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Volunteering is a great way to meet new friends and support local community groups. This month, on our centre spread, we have just a few of the clubs and societies that need your help. Have a look and see if you think you can be of aid to them. There are many that need help, not just those we’ve mentioned. This could also open unknown doors for you and get you out of the house and become involved with something really interesting.
Contents
06 Dad’s Day
Lots of ideas for that special day
08 Cherry Fair & Olney Camera Club
Olney’s famous cherries and its camera club
10 Readers Letters
Your words sent to us
12 Hallelujah
Get in on the act
14 Newport Pagnell Council News
Latest news from the Mayor and Focus Team
16 Mercury Report
The first meeting of the new council
18 Anton and Giovanni
Keeping it together
22 Olney Ward Councillors
The latest reports from our MK team
24 Newport Pagnell & Olney Lions Club
On the prowl with the Lions
26 Phonebox’s Diary
What’s on and where from our local clubs and societies
28 The Pibworth Column
Our master of humour, wit and satire
30 Ben Everitt MP
News from our local representative
32 Your town needs you
Volunteering is good for you
36 Phonebox Foodie
Our culinary expert eggs you on in June
39 Book Review
Top book covered
40 Churches Together
Words from our local ministers
43 Fashion Show for charity
Olney shopkeepers’ charity event
46 Phonebox Motoring
Driving forward
48 Musical collective
Artists get together
49 Club of the Month
Olney & District Flower Club
50 Ukraine News
Support for those in Ukraine
52 Phonebox Gardening
Spring into water
54 Sport
News from our local sporting groups
55 Olney is Kind
Row row row your ‘boat’, for charity
55 Girl Power
Football in a staged event
56 In Brief
Lots more news
62 Quiz Corner
A ‘dad’ easy one this month
63 Swifts and Martins
A bird’s eye view
Talking of doors, or perhaps more precisely, gates, the Bull in Olney has had a ‘request’ to put theirs round the right way. Charles Wells the brewery has presented an alternative. Have a look on page 11 and see what you think.
This month marks the beginning of the summer season, filled with exciting local events. Olney’s Cherry Fair, Newport Pagnell’s Strawberry Fair and Vintage Fair are just a few of the highlights. RiverFest is on the horizon, and the Weston Underwood Fete is another local favourite. Don’t miss out on these events to connect with your local community. We remember D-Day, on page 17, where we celebrate its 80th anniversary, which takes place on 6th June, and also have an interesting local story linked to this memorable day.
Finally, well done to the volunteers who participated in Olney is Kind’s sponsored row, raising a significant amount for charity. There is more of that on page 55.
Ron Hall, Editor
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