June - Alyth Voice

Overlooking Alyth from a beautiful
vantage point on Loyal Hill
10% Discount available to members of
Strathmore, Glen Isla and Alyth Golf
courses, when members card is shown.
Serving lunch and dinner every day,
non residents and families welcome.
Come and enjoy the beautiful gardens,
food can be served outside In the gardens.
Visit the kitchen garden and the polytunnel
to pick up a bargain for your flower
borders Herbs, window boxes and hanging
baskets too.
To contact call 01828 633151.
EASTER CAMP TO R.A.F AKROTIRI CYPRUS 2009
Two Cadets Flight Sergeant Andrew Morrison (Blairgowrie) and Cadet Lewis Dobie (Alyth) of
2519 (Strathmore) Squadron, Air Training Corps recently returned from Easter Camp at Royal
Air Force Akrotiri, Cyprus.
Their journey commenced at HMS Caledonia, Fife, where after meeting other cadets from
various Squadrons of Dundee & Central Scotland Wing, Air Training Corps they departed at
2100hrs travelling by coach, arriving at Heathrow at 0530 two hours early. While they waited
there they separated to browse Heathrow’s impressive shopping plaza as well as getting accustomed
to all the new faces. They boarded a Boeing 737 at 0730 and arrived in Larnaca at
1700hrs (1500 GMT), and at RAF Akrotiri at 1800hrs.
The cadets were detailed into Flights - A, B, C or D – and took part in a ‘Station Familiarity’
quiz in which each flight was given riddle questions to answer. The quiz took the flights all
around the base. While on the quiz there was a Sentry and a Hercules outside the hangers.
They also visited the Dog Section, where they learned how to train dogs to search for drugs,
including a demonstration of a dog attacking and a searching for drugs. The Flights were
separated into AB and CD. While A & B flights visited the navy boat and used its lifesaving
gear, C & D flights went on a walk to local cliffs. After Dinner, A & B flights visited the USAF
base while C & D flights relaxed on the beach, then the flights switched over. Visiting the
American airbase and seeing a U-2 land was deemed as one of the camp’s highlights.
They also had a visit into Cyprus, visited a UN base responsible for keeping the peace
between the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots, and were given a tour into the Buffer
Zone (the border between the Greek and Turkish Cyprus). They all returned from the buffer
zone and went to Limassol’s abandoned airport occupied by the United Nations to get a demonstration
on anti-rioting techniques. After visiting the UN they had a trip into Northern Republic
of Turkish Cyprus, which many said was an unpleasant place to see. They also visited Paphos
and Limassol in their free time and had a shopping trip.
Andrew and Lewis had a fantastic time at this camp and have since briefed all cadets and
staff of their Squadron about all they experienced.
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ALYTH 2020
A CLEAR VISION FOR ALYTH’S FUTURE
Background
A further public meeting was held, on 27th April, to discuss how to best
proceed with identifying what the people of Alyth want for the future of their
town. The meeting was well attended, with many who had not come to the
first meeting. A wide ranging and open discussion came to the broad
consensus that:
♦ Alyth needs a clear “vision” for how the town should look and feel in
future. This would help identify and prioritise which amenities and
facilities might be developed
♦ There is a need to consult as widely as possible and use as many
alternative forms of engagement and feedback as possible
♦ Drumderg funds should not be used for projects that are the
responsibility of Perth & Kinross Council or other statuary bodies.
♦ Funding should be sought from other sources as well as the
Drumderg Wind Farm Fund.
♦ Any projects should be co-ordinated with the Council and the many
community groups already working hard in Alyth
♦ Funds should not be used to pay for a consultant at this stage, but
rather seek to do this on a volunteer basis as far as possible
♦ The most suitable legal structure for delivering these developments
needs to be identified
So an initial working group was formed to:
♦ Involve as many people from Alyth, and gather their views on a
vision for the town and the facilities they would like to have
♦ Identify who should be responsible for delivering the various projects
and co-ordinate with them
♦ Recommend an appropriate legal structure for delivering projects
that are not the responsibility of an existing body
The working group needs to deliver this is a short space of time (3-4 months)
to avoid the process dragging on.
Going Forward
The working committee are: George Allan, Susan Allan, Amanda Blakeman,
Clive Bowman, Stuart Clark, Clare Cooper, John Corrigan, John Gordon,
Edith Payne, Barbara Prettyman, Paul Prettyman and Sanjay Samani.
Sanjay Samani has been nominated as Chair, Stuart Clark as Secretary and
Amanda Blakeman as Treasurer.
The name “Alyth 2020” was chosen to cover the process of gathering
peoples’ views. We want to get a clear 20/20 vision of what people want the
town to be in the year 2020!
We need to know from you:
♦ What sort of town would you like Alyth to be?
♦ What should it feel like to live here?
♦ What should it feel like to visit?
♦ What facilities, services and amenities are missing?
♦ What has been lost from Alyth that we should bring back?
♦ How can we best deliver all of this?
Alyth 2020 needs to involve as many people as possible, young and old, so
please:
♦ Talk to us at our stalls at the Gala Day, Alyth Show and Market Days
♦ Share your ideas online at http://alyth2020.ning.com
♦ Get your community group to come up with ideas
♦ Respond to a survey we will distribute later in the summer
♦ Attend the other community events we plan to hold over the summer
♦ Get your children involved; ask them to draw a picture of Alyth in the
future and let us have a copy to share with everyone
Contacts
We really want and need to get everyone involved and would
appreciate your thoughts. Please contact us at:
Website: http://alyth2020.ning.com
Telephone: 01828 634 134 (Sanjay Samani)
Email: alyth2020@googlemail.com
Address: Alyth 2020, 43 Airlie Street, Alyth, PH11 8AJ