More Thame news ‘snippets’

A Draft agreement between Thame Town Council and the Showman?s Guild to enable this year?s Thame fairs to go ahead, includes two new clauses laying out fines for late or non compliance with necessary paper work and excessive noise, following problems last year.

TICKETS have now gone on sale for this year?s Music In The Park event on May 12, 2013. Tickets cost Adults – £7, Concessions – £4 and Family Ticket – £20. More information available at: Music In The Park’s website

It is expected that some of the money raised from Music In the Park will go towards the installation of lamp posts in the Elms Park. Clarification of where the £27,000 quoted to the town council for the lighting will come from will be sought from Thame Town Council at its next full meeting.

FUNDING for refurbishment and additional equipment at Thame Skate Park, is to be sought by the town council, including looking into the criteria for South Oxfordshire District Council?s Community Investment Fund. A total of £275 was raised at the Thame Christmas Event towards the work and the council says it will seek costings before raising tenders for the work.

FOLLOWING an annual review by Thame Town Council?s Policy and Resources Committee, the allowance paid to Thame?s Mayors is to go up from £1,500 to £2,000, and the allowance for the Mayor?s Civic Ball, from to £750, from £500. The current Mayor, Nigel Champken Woods, told the committee that because of the extra commitments brought about by his being Jubilee year, he ran out of money and had to turn down three events.

THAME Twinning Association is planning for the visit in May of a group of residents from our twin town of Montesson, near Paris. They could still do with some more host families to put up one or two people for the weekend, May 17-19. Contact: jm@telot.wanadoo.co.uk
01844213004.

THAME Town Cricket Club, which is planning a total refurbishment of its Club house, is to challenge RAF Halton, which received Freedom of the Town last year, to a cricket match.

THAME Barns Centre, which is jointly owned by St Mary’s Church, Thame, and the Town Council, continues to be popular as a venue, including for wedding celebrations, and has a wedding booked every Saturday between May and September.

THERE will be a meeting of the Thame Carnival Committee on April 4, at the Black Horse Pub in Thame, at 7pm. Anyone who would like to be involved in planning this year?s carnival is welcome to go along
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