Moville community alert. Calling all senior citizens. Anyone wishing to apply for a monitoring alarm system or outside light, apply to William McCorkell before theb26th September 2007. For further information phone: 086 8381552.
A garden fete will be held in the Moville Presbyterian Church grounds on Saturday 18th August starting at 2pm. Church will be open to the public. The glamorous Granny and Handsome Grandad competition will commence at 3pm. Usual stalls will be available, cakes, plants, books, bric-a-brac, games, tea and even a bouncy castle, plus many more novelties. Music by Capricorn, admission 2 euro (children under 12 are free). All proceeds in aid of the proposed hall building fund.
The Inishowen Methodist Churches are holding their annual Regatta Afternoon Tea and Cake sale at the Moville Hall on Monday 6th August from 3pm to 6pm. The usual cakes/plants will be available.
The Annual Blessing of the Fishing Fleet takes place at Greencastle Pier on Friday 10th August at 3.30pm. Everyone welcome.
Moville Fire Brigade is doing their annual car wash at the bottom of Main Street in support of the Donegal Hospice on Saturday 4th August from 12 noon to 5pm. Please support.
Any child born in 2002 or already in school that has not received their preschool booster are now invited to attend their GP for the 4 in 1 (Diphtheria, Tetanus, Whooping Cough and Polio) and MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella) vaccines. All vaccines are free of charge. For further information contact Bernie McNulty, Asst. Director of Public Health Nursing on 087 9008239 or 074 9189117.
Umbra Clothing Collection. All types of clean, dry, ladies, gents, and children's clothing and also, bed linens, curtains, towels and shoes are needed. The collection will help fund the Educational Project aimed at educating the children of Kitui, Kenya. Please leave items at St. Mary's Ballybrack car park on Friday 3rd August before 12 noon.
A charity dance in aid of Inishowen cancer support group will be held in the Malin Hotel on Friday August 3rd.
Moville Regatta 07: Saturday 4th August, 12 noon, Dinghy Race for the Trawlerman's Cup followed by Dinghy Race for the John Kirkland Cup; 2pm Canoe Testers; 3pm, Foyle Punt Race for the Barracuda Cup followed by the Punt Race for the North East Inishowen Cup. Sunday 5th August, 1pm, Traditional Dronthein Race for the Regatta Cup followed by the Dronthein Race for the Paddy Keaveney Cup; 2pm, Foyle Punt Association Rowing Races, Men's, Ladies, Mixed and Novelty Races; 2pm, Canoe Polo Games; 2.30pm, Cruiser Race for Denis Rawdon's Cup; 4pm, Raft Race. Monday 6th August, 2pm, Foyle Punt Race for George Kelly Cup followed by Punt Race for the Jackie White Cup and lastly Punt Race for the Joseph Doherty Cup; 2pm, Canoe Racing; 2pm, Rowing Races for children 10-12 years, 12-14 years, 14 – 16 years and Relay and Novelty Races; 2pm Swimming Races at the Stone Pier. Close of the Regatta will be a Rocket Launch at the Pier. Presentation of all prizes at the buffet in the Barracuda Bar at 7pm approx. Boat trips from the Pier on Monday 6th August at 1pm.
Serenity House will be holding their annual Art and Craft Exhibition in Serenity House, Moville on the Sunday 5th and Monday 6th August from 12pm to 5pm. Admission is free. Why not come along and see what you also could achieve under the tuition of your expert tutors.
Serenity House, Moville is running an ECDL course for Second Level students starting on the 3rd September. It will run on Monday and Thursday evenings from 5pm to 7pm for 30 weeks at a cost of 5 euro per week. For further information and to book a place contact Serenity House on 9382945. Places are limited.
All applications for the Certificate in Preparatory Studies (formerly known as the Foundation Certificate) must be returned to Serenity House as soon as possible The Certificate in Preparatory Studies will be commencing at Serenity House, Moville in September. Contact Serenity House at 074 9382945 or by e-mail at serenityhouse@eircom.net for further information.
Moville Celtic FC numbers draw. Winning numbers 1, 9, 10, and 22. No jackpot winner. 20 euro draw winners, p. Hannon, c/o Lynotts; Shane Carey, c/o Rawdon's; Neil Gillespie Sr. Foyleview Crescent. Next week's jackpot 1,130 euro.
In the coming weeks the Committee will be organising the annual Garden Competition. Application forms will be available in the Post Office. Anyone interested should complete a form and return it to the Post Office by 11th August.
The final clean up of the season will be held on Saturday 11th August at 10:30 in from the car park on the Green. For every bag of rubbish you collect you will get a free raffle ticket. We will be asking local businesses to donate the prizes.
Presentation of the awards and prizes for both the competition and Clean-Up raffle will be presented on Monday 20th August venue to be agreed.
We will also be calling a public meeting in the coming weeks as part of the consultation for the Interreg HEART project (Heritage, Environment, Arts and Rural Tourism). This will give people an opportunity to view the plans for the Environmental Improvement Scheme and the Sculpture Trail – Lockie Morris has been selected as the artist for Moville. We will also try and tackle the litter problem. We hope as many people as possible can attend.
Further information will be posted in the parish bulletins and Moville Notes in local press.