Parish Clerk

After the half term holiday the Gobowen IT drop in sessions resume on Thursday morning between 10 and 12 at The Pavilion, St Martins Road

Parish Council elections are to be held on 2nd May - All councillors in Selattyn Gobowen, St Martins and weston Rhyn will have to stand for re election. To help people find out more about the election process Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Council have organised 2 Parish Council drop in information sessions Tuesday 5th March 6.00 – 7.00pm Gobowen Library Thursday 7th March 10.30 – 12.00 am Gobowen Library We will have a small display on some of our work and services but the sessions will also be a chance to informally meet councillors and the Parish Clerk. If you are interested in becoming a councillor then this is an ideal opportunity to further explore that interest and find out what you need to do to stand for election. If you cannot attend these sessions but would still like to find out more then please get in touch with the Parish Clerk via any of the methods below. Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Council, 3 Lady Ida Kinnerley Oswestry, Shropshire SY108DN Tel: 01691 682683 email parishclerksg@gmail.com Also if you know of anyone who is interested in becoming a councillor can you make sure that they are aware of the sessions as well.

Selattyn and Gobowen Parish Council is now on Facebook, if you would like to receive additional information about the Parish Council's activities or raise issues via our Facebook page please find us on Facebook.

A black backpack was found in Bryn y Castle coppice, Gobowen and it contains a fairly good pair of size 6 trainers and could belong to one of the members of Gobowen Youth Team, if you know anyone who has lost it please contact parishclerksg@gmail.com thanks

The majority of the lights in Hammonds Place and West Place are owned by the Parish Council and the Parish Council does not have any plans currently to convert these lights to part night lighting. However it is something that the Parish Council may look at in the next financial year, but no decsions have been made as to the proposed locations and the public will be asked for comments on any proposals. Shropshire Council are however converting some of the lights that they are responsible for in the parish to part night lighting however I am not sure which lights they are considering as we have not yet received detailed maps.

A backpack was found in Bryn y Castle coppice, Gobowen and it contains a fairly good pair of trainers and could belong to one of the members of Gobowen Youth Team, if you know anyone who has lost it please contact parishclerksg@gmail.com thanks

Thanks Gardner - if you or anyone else has any suggestions about what you want to see included in the newsletter please contact us. The current edition is being printed and should be ready for distribution next week. Next edition is due out in March.

Last week there were a couple of nasty incidents that took place whilst meetings were being held in the pavilion. The small bags used to hold dog faeces was pulled out of the bin on St Martins Road and slung around the car park. A couple of the cars had the stuff smeared on their car windscreens (mine was damaged in this way) and someone also threw a bag into the pavilion whilst a training session for local first responder volunteers was being held. The problem started because the bin was not emptied when it usually is and the rubbish built up inside the bin, the bin is now empty and hopefully the problem should not happen again. The incidents have been reported to the police but if you are aware of anyone who was hanging around the pavillion on Mon, Tues and Wed, evenings of last week I would be grateful if you would ring 101 or let me know as these incidents were very unpleasant. A number of people have worked very hard over the last few years to make the pavilion a useful meeting place and I would hate for the actions of a small minority to put people off using the pavilion so if you do have any information that could be useful please let me or the police know.