Notes to the Paper - 28 January 2011

Cappoquin Civic Link Notes

In the Money

Many thanks to the various bodies who assisted Civic Link projects towards the end of 2010 with financial aid, much of it unexpected but all of it very welcome in these cash-strapped times. The Foróige club benefited from two grants from Waterford County Council, totalling €1559 in all, which will be a great support to its efforts to provide activities and supports to our teenagers. Civic Link has also been successful in its first efforts to promote the Inch area, with a promise of €1250 from the Local Agenda 21 fund, for wildlife signage and possibly a seat at the car park adjacent to the Red Bridge. We are going to visit the GeoPark at Dunhill in the Spring in search of more ideas for enhancing and preserving this unique natural area at the river bend, a project which has been identified for implementation under the 2010 town plan. A note also to inform people that the Heritage Group sold over 600 Christmas cards with Cappoquin themes in the four-week spell before Christmas, netting a profit of over €200 and helping people to send a bit of the old place to friends and relatives around the globe. Thanks for the support.  Lastly, but by no means least, our thanks to everyone at Cappoquin Fire Station for their contribution of €400 to Civic Link’s funds for community support, part of the proceeds from their pre-Christmas ladder climb. It all counts, big time!

Foróige Club

Club members are practicing hard of late in preparation for the county Foróige talent competition which is being held this year at Cappoquin Community Centre on Friday, 4^th February. We plan to enter two five-minute acts, one musical and one comedy, and it is now a question of getting everyone together for some practice, and some extra practice to make it all come together.

Best of luck also to everyone involved in organising the Brendan Grace concert at the Community Centre this Friday night. He will be a hard act to follow but we will do our best the following week…

Library Celebrations

2010 sees the centenary of the Carnegie Free Library at Cappoquin. Built and opened in 1910 on a site donated by Sir John Keane, the local library has stood the test of time and economics in excellent shape, and it will be great to see it reach this milestone during the year. We hope to have more complete details about any plans for anniversary celebrations in the coming weeks, and know that this is something that a lot of people feel very positively about.

Playground

With the mid-winter nights well and truly upon us now, we are keeping up our efforts to have lighting and a repaired gate fitted at Cappoquin’s lovely playground as soon as possible. A great job was done by the Co. Council early in 2010 in renovating the facility, and in fairness too the playground users have been equally anxious to keep it in good condition. Hopefully, the small repairs needed will be effected sooner rather than too much later, and out thanks to both the council employees and public representatives who have supported this issue for the town.

Keep in Touch

Just a reminder that you can keep in touch with all Civic Link goings on at www.cappoquin.net or join us on facebook, where you will find we have 206 ‘friends’ at the last count, with 338 following the heritage group also.  Blogs are also online at cappoquinciviclink.blogspot.com and cappoquinheritage.blogspot.com.