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September 2020 September 2020

OTHER CHURCHES NEWS B3390 – Road Safety

BERE REGIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Councillors were sorry to learn about a recent accident in the Parish along the
B3390. The Parish Council discussed measures which might improve road safety
along this dangerous stretch of road. Councillors will be liaising with the highways
authority consider what can be done to improve on the current situation.
Sundays 10.30am Morning Service taken each week by visiting
preachers.
Mondays at 7pm STS (Search the Scriptures) Youth meeting On-Road Parking
Concerns have been expressed to
Tuesdays at 9.15am (during term time) Chapel Toddlers Group
the Parish Council that some on-
Tuesdays at 7.30pm Bible Study and Prayer road parking could obstruct
emergency vehicles reaching their
Our Sunday morning services restarted on 8 August and continue each week at destination. It is of course
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10.30am. The service content is restricted by Government guide lines, masks must recognised that many houses lack
be worn, and social distancing observed. In spite of these, and other restrictions, it the necessary off-road parking to
has been good to be able to worship together again. The service is shown live on accommodate resident and visitor
you tube for those unable to attend. Other meetings are still closed.
vehicles. However, the Parish

Council asks that residents to be
Donald Duck?! mindful of the need for access at
all times. Parking should not
Some while ago I was watching obstruct the use of the highway.
a duck preening itself on a wide

and fast flowing river. The
fascinating thing about this was Next Meeting
that it was arranging the
feathers on its back, so it had its The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place at 7pm on Wednesday 9th
head turned round facing its tail September. Please check the Parish Council section of the Community Website
– and it was doing all this about nearer the time for the agenda and information about how to join the meeting if it
three metres upstream from a is once again to be held remotely. Residents wishing to raise issues may also
weir. The water carried the contact the Parish Clerk in advance of the meeting if they prefer.
seemingly quite oblivious duck Sue Jones, Chairman
towards the very edge of the
weir and the drop over the
edge, but the duck (perhaps called Donald!) suddenly realising it might be
plunged over the edge, spoiling its nicely arranged watertight overcoat, quickly
turned its head forward and paddled desperately back to its original starting point
some three metres upstream. Then it repeated the whole process again- and When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw
again- and again and ......! What incredible patience and will power.
Why didn’t it do its preening where all the other ducks were? Perhaps it was a their advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the
‘loner’, or it had fallen out with the others. Why didn’t the other ducks tell this one effectiveness of their advert and helps us generate more
determined duck how silly it looked, and anyway it would be far safer as part of
the group, away in the calm shallows? Or why didn’t the duck allow itself the thrill advertising revenue!!

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