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Athenry Parish Newsletter Sun 13th May 2012
The Athenry 10 Day Lose It Challenge
" 10 Day Lose It Challenge" with Dance It Off Bootcamp at District Health and Fitness in Raheen starting Tues 15th May @ 7pm in District, Food plan and exercise Plan provided. Call 087 2764867 for more info.
The Athenry News and Views-May/June Edition
Friday, 25th of May is the deadline for News, Sports Items, Photos, Articles etc. for publication in the May/June issue of The Athenry News and Views.
Items about upcoming events in June/July will be very welcome.
Please email your article/photos to: gerryahern100@hotmail.com on or before Friday, 25th May.
The Athenry News and Views will be on sale in local shops from Thursday, 31st of May.
RHS Home Service Athenry
RHS Home Service who provide Care in their own Homes for the Elderly are currently recruiting part time workers. For more information, please contact 091 388785 .
Athenry Spanish Group
Host families or individuals are required in Athenry and surrounding area for Spanish students from June 29th to July 27th. The students will be attending English classes in Presentation College from 10am – 5pm. For further details and rate of payment contact Peggy on 091 844233
Athenry Cancer Care Womens’s Mini-marathon
Athenry Cancer Care invites women to join them for the Women’s mini-marathon on Monday June 4th. Official entry is essential and can be done on-line www.womensminimarathon.ie Enter as soon as possible and be part of the biggest womens event in the world. Athenry Cancer Care will organise travel and other details for the day. Full information from 087 6484225 or 087 6536132. This is the annual fundraiser and support at any level will be much appreciated.
Burial Grounds- Disposal of waste materials
There is an increasing difficulty at a number of burial grounds, throughout the county regarding the proper disposal of waste soil, stones, timbers, wreaths, flowers etc generated from new plots and maintenance of existing plots. There is a tendency to dump such materials at a common location in the burial ground and this can lead to an increased use of this location as a permanent dumping point. The area could be a “bunker” or a corner site.
This area can be extremely unsightly and leads to many complaints from the general public.
It is not the intention to prohibit the use of properly maintained bunkers but given the limited resources of the Council in clearing these, more and more bunkers or corner sites are left untended or overused.
We are asking that you would co-operate in the proper maintenance of your burial ground by taking away all materials, wreaths, flowers etc., and reuse the disturbed soil on the plot.
By doing so you are ensuring that your loved ones rest in peace with the dignity and respect they deserve.
Your co-operation in this would be greatly appreciated.
Paraic Carroll-Environmental Section,
Galway County Council
Athenry Tennis Club
Athenry Tennis Club, renewal forms available for membership, from Sonya Flanagan,Boyhill Athenry 087)1879010. Classes for adults and kids,upcoming events with plenty of fun for all!. New members welcome
Athenry Community Games Committee
Athenry Community Games Committee would like to send a huge THANK YOU to all of the volunteers who helped with both the swimming & Athenry Parish Sports, these events could not happen without their time and expertise, a special word of thanks to Athenry AC Juvenile Section, the main sponsor of the Sports Athenry Credit Union, St. Mary’s GAA Club for use of the grounds at Carnaun, the Raheen Woods Hotel for the use of the swimming pool, the Civil Defence, Ned Waldron who provided the PA System and finally we would like to thank all the people of the parish who continue to support all our events after year. Those athletes that qualified in Community Games events will now represent Athenry in the Galway county finals coming up in June, we wish them all the very best of luck.
Drains or Radiators
Please take up the challenge in your own way to get involved in your own community, if you can, with the view to making our country a better place.
What is holding you back from giving and helping others to choose a better future? Is it the fear of what others may think or say about you?
Is it just not something our family does or ever did. Why?
It is so easy to do nothing, sit back and critisize others, disecting their good intentions as something else.....
The time is now to change our attitudes fundamentally at the core and ask again not what the county can do for you but what you can you do for OUR country and OUR community.
President McAleese said in her address to a Garden Party for Representatives of Community Groups, Áras an Uachtaráin, 14 July, 2003 that there are two types of people – drains and radiators.
The "drains" sit around giving out about all the things that are wrong, the ‘radiators’ get out there and fix them.
So if you feel you are not able to contribute in a public way, then lead by your own example and help keep an eye and ear on the hollow "Drains" and challenge their talk and views.
See the Athenry News and Views or visit athenry.net for ideas on how you can help. & let’s start thinking and saying OUR country instead of THE country.
It is our future and our childrens that we want to build and it starts here in Athenry. Our responsibilty is clear and the choice is yours to make.
Otherwise the Leaving Cert will be just that, and the young will continue to take their qualifications and leave Ireland to head for a future overseas.
(John Tetris - Athenry Musical Society PRO)
Scoil Chroí Naofa Enrolments September 2012
If you wish to enrol your child in Scoil Chroí Naofa for September 2012, enrolment forms are now available at the school. Please contact 091 844510.
Caregivers required
Reliable, friendly, cheerful and dependable to assist seniors in their homes in your area. Experience, car and full license essential. Call Home Instead Senior Care on 091 384170.
Volvo Ocean Race finishing in Galway July 2012
Athenry is listed in the ‘top ten things to do in Galway’ on the official Volvo Ocean Race website. Surely there is something that could be done to capitalise on this truly international tourist event?
Ideas anyone?
Someone suggested to me that we build a canal between Galway and Athenry and get the boats to moor here!
Volvo Ocean Race Website - Galway
Volvo Ocean Race Galway July 2012 - Athenry Chamber of Commerce meeting 27/2/12
Peter Feeney said that the Volvo Ocean Race is going to be bigger than Ben Hur as it is the finish leg.
For example Volvo are bringing 4000 staff to Galway for the 2 weeks
Galway City hotels are full and some Dublin Hotels are offering shuttle buses to the train and spaces on Dublin to Galway trains
Peter has been involved with rail planning for the race and says a shuttle train will run continually between Athenry to Galway every 20 mins with Athenry a key point with its access off the motorway for all.
So the plan will be to direct people to Athenry and park here, then train into Galway as the issue always is Galway City access for huge events with the traffic grid lock & if you don’t go by train, you can’t get in.
So expect to hear more shortly about offical involvement by Athenry in the Volvo Ocean Race.
The rough plan is to get a group of Athenry people together with vision and to come up with a range of options / events running in Athenry for tourists around the Volvo Race for all those thousands coming to town and to use this opportunity to try and get the look of the town from the "black & white era into full colour".
Athenry Bingo
This week’s jackpot is €3,900 in 52 numbers and the flyer is €1820. Bingo is on every Tuesday night at 8.30pm sharp in the De Burgo Suite of the Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry and is run entirely by volunteer parents on behalf ofGaelscoil Riada (Athenry). Thanks to everyone who have supported us to date! Athenry Bingo can be contacted on (085) 2387238. Join us on facebook!