Editorial
THE Crier returns from its Summer break only to find its pages spurned again by our new County Councillor. While slightly mollified to learn that at least we're not being discriminated against - our CC's cross-district parish council attendance has recently been estimated at a discriminating 30% and a plaintive "there was no CCC report this month" is now a regular feature of Karen's report from our own PC - a regular article in the Crier, as from predecessor James Fitch, is a surely good way to keep in touch with the electorate. We were promised it!
Of course, coverage in the Crier can occasionally be a mixed-blessing, if not as mixed as some readers suppose. Yes, it seems no sooner has Y innocuously written "...and X did a really good job...", than an indignant X will be demanding to know what Y meant by it. But we are sorry when we genuinely offend or get things wrong (see Letters).
Last month's Crier also contained some truly spectacular "re-adjustments". Clearly miffed by the less-than complimentary coverage it frequently gets in these pages, our so-called "publishing" software got its own back and wreaked havoc on our advertising print-run. Many apologies to all affected.
After a highly effective advertising campaign (ably aided by the Crier of course) a well-attended "Friends of St Cyriac's" meeting went ahead, but reckoned without St Cyriac's celebrated acoustics. No-one could make out a word anyone-else said! Not that that deterred in the least, but confusions did arise (the Crier is at least happy to report that monies already raised have not been scrubbed off the slate, as a dismayed audience rather thought they had) and we could probably have done with a few more "hard truths" at the beginning. But the ball is rolling - see Joan Rest and Verity elsewhere in this issue.
In fact, this month's issue is absolutely packed - thankyou correspondents all! Congratulations to Trevor our postman, who's collected a magnificent £1400 for Arthur Rank, Joanna Darul, who's off to the European Parliament and (grudging!) same to neighbouring team the magnificent Optimists, who triumphed at the quiz (yes, the Eds were thrashed as usual). Alas, profuse apologies to Allen Alderson, whose hand-delivered report came to an untimely HALT, and...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOB SMITH, 95 on October 6!