Church News.

There will be Mass in Drumsna on Friday evening October 10th at 7pm followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Holy hour duty Margaret Mc Guire, Ella Gannon.

9.30am Mass Sunday October 5th, Reader Teresa Mc Nulty; Ministers Ella Gannon, Teresa Mc Nulty.

Church Collectors for October Barry Guckian , Niall Daniels. Altar Society for October Kathleen Reynolds; Geraldine Monaghan.

Social Dancing

Social dancing in Duignan’s Lounge Drumsna on Friday night October 10th  with music by Sean Brennan. Social dancing in Fitzpatrick’s  Lounge Mohill on Sunday night October 12th with dancing to Gerry Keenan .

Bingo.

Please note that Bingo continues in the Centre Drumsna on this Thursday October 10^th at the new Winter time of 8.30pm. Last week’s winners included Patricia Beirne, Gerry Rynn, Mona Foley. Raffle Patricia O’ Reilly, Chris Murray, Mary Beirne. Free books Dympna Butler, Mel Rowley.

Set Dancing.

Set dancing for beginners in Kiltoghert Community Centre starting  at 8.30pm.

Adult set dancing for beginners and improvers in St. Mary’s Hall Carrick-on-Shannon on Wednesdays at 8.30pm. All are welcome . For further information contact 085 1293

Art in the Centre.

Adult painting classes in oils/acrylic with Noreen Gaffney will commence in Drumsna Community Centre on Tuesday September 23^rd from 7pm until 9pm.for further information contact Roz/Martina at 071 9625782

Guitar with Larry

Guitar classes with Larry in the Canon Donohoe Hall, Mohill ,Mondays from 7pm .

Tidy Towns Report cont.

Wildlife, Habitats and Natural Amenities.

The insect and wildlife run on Main Street was noted with approval. The Riverside park was excellent but the sign does need to be refurbished. The charming butterfly garden is certainly a pleasant addition enhanced by the unusually painted stones. We love the ‘’don’t shoot us we are friendly’’ duck sign. We admired the fine wild life area at the end of the harbour mooring area. The well sighted and maintained signage in connection with the wildlife and amenity areas was admired.

Sustainable Waste and Resource Management.

Your entry form makes clear that Drumsna is approaching resource management in an appropriatemulti-faceted way. The recycling of books and unwantedgifts at the Bingo session is all part of the same process. Developing your own compost material again is reducing the financial draw of maintaining your flowers, shrubs and grassed areas. One area not mentioned is the prevention of food waste. This issue has become front and centre among many groups. Explore with schools the staging of a survey at household level: many appropriate forms are available from the local authority and others to facilitate this. Very often the findings are a surprise indeed a jolt for individual householders who are confronted with the extent of food purchased but not consumed.

Tidiness and Litter  Control.

Because of their close connectivity both tidiness and litter control are now amalgamated in the one category. Drumsna is delightfully neat and orderly centre which was a joy to visit. Power washing the footpaths certainly helped the area which looked very well on the day of adjudication. We ae glad to learn that you are in the queue for the removal of overhead cabling in time.

Litter  management generally throughout the centre was very much in evidence. Sadly the same cannot be said for the harbour area which was very much below par on adjudication day. The extent of litter there would have to be described by this adjudicator as the worst example he has seen in many a year. There were no litter bins and perhaps this would assist matters given that suitable arrangements can br made for servicing that area.

Residential Streets and Housing Areas.

The limited housing stock was neat and orderly, green areas being suitably maintained notably in Belmont Heights. Oak Meadow still has some distance to go to achieve the same level of presentation but was litter free during our visit. The enthusiastic involvement of residents of the various housing estates themselves will make for an overall pleasing success in this category.

Approach Roads, Streets and lanes.

The approach road from the N4 is a joy as the grass was suitable but not excessively cut back from the junction inwards. We admired the many low level shrubs on this charming approach. The wonderful wide Main Street leading to the Historic bridge was most imposing and impressive. This was an excellent prelude to what proved to be a delightful centre. Well done to all involved.

All those of us on the towns committee are well pleased with the report and wish to thank everyone for their input to keeping the village looking so well. With all the many improvements being finalised around us at the moment we hope to be able to gain well in next year’s competition.

Golden Age news.

The  Golden age group meet in the Centre Drumsna on this Wednesday morning at 11am. The Centre have a talk on Fire safety and we will join up with them for the morning.

Drumsna Development Association

Drumsna Development Association Ltd., are holding their Annual  General Meeting on Wednesday October 8^th in the Community Centre at 7pm . If you are interested in joining the board of management please speak with a current member after the meeting . All are welcome.

Annaduff G.A.A.

Annaduff G.A.A. are currently drafting a five year plan strategic plan for the club.

This plan will include everything we hope to achieve both on and off the pitch over the next half decade the plan will also detail the means by which this can be achieved. If you can play for the club, or have a daughter or son who play with Annaduff or who may play in the future or if you are one of our fantastic supporters then we would welcome and appreciate your input into this document. A workshop will be held in the clubhouse on Friday next October 10^th at 8.30pm.to help formulate the plan and we hope to see you there.

Jamestown Community Pre-School.

Jamestown Community Pre-School are holding a used clothes collection on Tuesday October 22^nd. If you have any unwanted clean clothes , new and used, men’s women’s and children’s clothing, shoes, belts, handbags, ties, bed linen,( no duvets or pillows) household textiles, stuffed toys etc., ( in any condition once clean) please put them in bags and drop them into pre-school any day.