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If you would like to know more about the work of the Wildlife Group or to be
To round off the first half term the Beavers put on a spectacular play of Arthur included on our mailing list, please contact:
Conan Doyle's Lost World. They did brilliantly with acting, singing and
puppeteering, and together we produced a great evening's entertainment and Tony Bates at tonybates19@gmail.com / 01929 471563 or
raised some about £220 for the Explorers' Borneo fund. Many thanks to Bere Regis
School or lending us the staging, and to all the leaders, young leaders, scouts and Mike Gee at mike.n.g@outlook.com / 0775 988 4942.
parents who helped, and all those who came to watch. This has given the
beavers a massive confidence boost which will set them up for future activities in
their lives.
BERE REGIS WI
A group of us also visited PGL in October, and tried out giant zip wire, climbing,
archery, fencing, street surfing and much more!
During our Centenary Celebrations in
In November the focus for the colony has shifted towards the Faith badge, which August, we were reminded that one of
fits well with the Remembrance Day activities for the First World War centenary the early meetings of the Bere Regis WI
which we are all be marking as a Group. This includes a visit to the church and featured a talk on keeping rabbits.
understanding about how the various things they see are used in worship. Perhaps in sub-conscience tribute to this,
in our September meeting we welcomed
We are also doing a winter night hike which the Young Leaders are organising,
along with craft and music projects to bring us to Christmas! Beavers is always Lisa and her assistant Vicky from The Creature Teachers and some of their animals.
fun, and very varied! Echo the barn owl, who has been raised by Lisa from a chick, broke the ice by
flying to each of the ladies in turn and landing on their arm. Next up were a milk
snake and Zeb and Abe the bearded dragons, who were pleased to be stroked
Scout Hut Hire by everyone who wished to. Ernie and Fraggle the ferrets needed more
The Scout Hut is available for hire, particularly during the daytime – rates from encouragement, in the form of a special protein paste, to sit still but were equally
£7.50 per hour. For more information, please contact Andrea Marshall on 01929 pleased to soak up as much attention as was offered. Last, but by no means least,
472588 or 0788 422 6445, andrealynnmarshall@hotmail.com we met Zeus the unbelievably soft and docile chinchilla.
All the animals, some of which had been rescued and some re-homed, were a
credit to Lisa and Vicky. They were all content and comfortable with being
Logs for Sale
handled and in great condition. Lisa and Vicky were excellent, knowledgeable
Bags of seasoned logs are £30.00 and bundles of kindling are £1.00 Proceeds to speakers who passed on a wealth of information about the creatures in a
Group Funds – contact Bernie Lightfoot on 01929 472007. humourous and engaging manner.
In October, we gave a warm welcome to Mechelle, our surgery nurse from the

Bere Regis practice who, it seemed, already knew almost every lady in the room –
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and their husbands, children and grandchildren.
If anyone would like further information about Bere Regis Scout Group or the
Kingsbere Explorer Scout Unit, all the contact details for the individual sections In addition to performing duties within the surgery, Mechelle is often out and
about in the community, delivering care within people’s homes, and this was the
(Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers) are available in the village directory at the
back of this magazine. General enquiries and offers of help/assistance: Neal Unitt focus of her presentation to the group. In particular, Mechelle focused on a new
-Jones on 01929 472273. initiative recently launched by the practice – a home health check. This is aimed
at patients with documented long term health conditions and anyone aged over
Scout Group Publicity: Andrea Marshall on 01929 472588 and Helen Unitt-Jones on sixty five who wishes to take part, with the objective of identifying where the
01929 472273. practice can offer advice and assistance and perhaps therefore reduce the
burden on carers and even prevent hospital admissions.

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