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PARISH COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS 2011
Number of votes recorded(if elected write elected against number of votes)       Surname other names Party Name Appleyard Stephen John   444 Elected Dowson Ann   358 Elected Engall Doreen Ann   376 Elected Evans Nicholas Charles   557 Elected Hastings Peter Thomas   342 Elected Hawcroft Gordon Albert   514 Elected Johnson Majorie   405 Elected Jones Peter   314   Payne Alison May   310   Shaw William Vincent   260   Smith Richard Ernest Retired Farmer 405 Elected Smith Sharon   314   Southgate Oliver   307   St.Clair Paul   373 Elected Stiff Christopher   312   Vicary Susann Kristin   264   Waudby Anthea Village supporter hard working 469 Elected Whitworth Kathryn Elizabeth   321 Elected Whitworth Paul Johnston   305   Wild Alec John   374 Elected Worrall Christopher Paul   510 Elected
The severe weather grant scheme being hailed a success   East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s pilot scheme to help local communities’ clear snow and ice has been hailed as a success, with over 80 town and parish councils applying for special funding.   The scheme has £175,000 funded through a performance reward grant obtained by the Council and other Local Strategic Partnership partners for meeting Government targets earlier this year.   Holme on Spalding Moor Parish Council received £2,000, which was used to buy salt and sand, a gritter and to hire a JCB to help clear the village of snow and ice.   Chris Worrall, chairman of Holme on Spalding Moor Parish Council, highlighted how well the scheme has worked.   He said: “The application process was very quick, from completing the paperwork to receiving the funds.   “We purchased salt and grit and hired a JCB to help clear footpaths and keep the roads around the village clear. We also bought a gritter for future use.   “Thanks to the funding, and with the help of volunteers from the community and local business who supplied free hot drinks and meals, we have cleared a footpath all the way around the village, connecting up the shops and the surgery and have also cleared the sheltered accommodation.”   Councillor Stephen Parnaby, OBE, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said: “Over the past couple of weeks the East Riding has bore the brunt of the severe weather conditions and with further snow forecast the council must prioritise its resources on the main road network and other key locations to keep the East Riding moving and enable people as far as possible to go about their normal daily lives.   “This scheme was the first of its kind in the country and was introduced to support town and parish councils to undertake work in their localities and has helped ensure that more is done as soon as possible which is what everyone wants to see."
Holme on Spalding Moor Parish Council organised a team of volunteers including diggers and equipment provided by local businesses and farmers, and also buying in grit. I spent the first Saturday morning working with the volunteers and was certainly impressed with the way so many people were able to achieve so much in a relatively short space of time. The tenacity of the Parish Council Chairman Chris Worrall should also be recognised in sticking with the task, for more information please click here   ERYC Ward Councillor Paul Robinson pictured with some of the HOSM residents who took part in the snow clearing.     To read more of this article click here
Ten councillors to appeal plans to exclude them from next year's elections HEADQUARTERS: County Hall, East Riding Council's base. Picture: Rob Stebbing TEN senior Conservative councillors are set to appeal against decisions to exclude them from an approved list of candidates for next year's East Riding elections. The ten – who include council leader Stephen Parnaby and his deputy Jonathan Owen - were informed about their de-selections in letters issued last week. Insiders at County Hall claim the move was triggered by growing tensions within the ruling Conservative group, fuelled by the recent row over cabinet approvals for early retirement packages for senior officers. Now hearings into their appeals have been set for next week. The Mail understands nine of the ten councillors involved will put forward their cases to be included on the candidates' list at two separate meetings. A date for the appeal hearing for the tenth councillor, Doreen Engall, has yet to be confirmed by the party's Haltemprice and Howden association. Options for the executive committees will be to uphold the appeals, or confirm the original decisions taken by a special selection panel drawn from local activists and officials across the area. It is believed pressure to resolve the issue and bring internal wrangling to an end is being exerted from the party's hierarchy. Other senior or long-serving Tories facing the axe include cabinet members Jane Evison, Andy Burton and Margaret Chadwick, group secretary Felicity Temple, planning vice-chairman Charles Hunter, former council chairman Bryan Pearson and scrutiny chairman Richard Stead.
Assault claim to be rejected CLAIMS by an East Riding councillor that she was physically and verbally attacked by a fellow politician look set to be rejected. Councillor Doreen Engall lodged a formal complaint after a bust-up with fellow parish councillor Nick Evans at an event in Holme on Spalding Moor in March last year. The pair clashed as guests gathered at the Blacksmiths Arms pub to mark the launch of a new community transport scheme in the village. According to Councillor Engall, she had been invited to the event in her capacity as parish council vice-chairman. But, on arrival, she claimed Councillor Evans, who is a volunteer driver with the scheme, pushed her away and told her: "You're not going to gatecrash my launch." In turn, he claimed she had not been invited and was not welcome. In a subsequent statement, he said: "She attempted to push her way past my extended arms, in which I was holding a clipboard in one hand and a pen in the other. "I stood my ground and asked her to take her hands off me." Details of the incident have only just been published in a report on an investigation into Cllr Engall's complaint, which is due to go before an East Riding Council standards committee being held on Tuesday. Cllr Engall, who is also an East Riding councillor, alleged Cllr Evans had breached a code of conduct for councillors, describing his behaviour as "both unbecoming and unacceptable". She said: "I was publicly, physically and verbally attacked by a fellow parish councillor. "His public behaviour was both unbecoming and unacceptable." He said: "She attempted to push her way past my extended arms. "I stood my ground and asked her to take her hands off me." However, he claimed Cllr Engall had tried to push her way past him in an attempt to enter the room after being told she was not on the guest list. He maintained it had been a private event involving volunteers from the transport scheme and invited guests and not one organised for councillors. In a recommendation for next week's committee, the East Riding's monitoring officer Matthew Buckley says no action should be taken against Cllr Evans because there is no evidence to show he was attending the event in his capacity as a parish councillor. He said councillors could only be judged to be in breach of their code of conduct in incidents where they were officially representing their particular authority.
Veteran councillor facing inquiry over clash   By Alexandra Wood     A VETERAN East Riding councillor is being investigated over claims that she tried to push her way into a private event. Doreen Engall is said to have turned up uninvited to the launch of a community bus scheme in Holme on Spalding Moor. Parish councillor Nick Evans lodged a formal complaint after Coun Engall claimed she had been "publicly, physically and verbally attacked" at the event. Both claim and counter-claim will be heard by an East Riding Council standards committee. The pair clashed when Coun Engall, who is also the parish council's vice chairman, turned up at the Blacksmiths Arms for the launch last March. The Tory politician, a former chairman of the council, says she was invited by a representative of the scheme. She claims that when she arrived Mr Evans – one of the volunteer drivers – obstructed her and pushed her back, saying: "You are not going to gatecrash my launch." However Mr Evans – who stood as an Independent in the 2007 East Riding Council elections against Coun Engall – says despite being told she was not welcome, Coun Engall tried to push past. In a statement he said: "She attempted to push her way past my extended arms in which I was holding a clipboard in one hand and a pen in the other. "I stood my ground and asked her to take her hands off me." Coun Engall claims that Mr Evans's actions were "both unbecoming and unacceptable" and amounted to a breach in the code of conduct. But officials who investigated her complaint recommended no further action, saying there was no evidence he was attending the event in his official capacity. Another volunteer driver, Paul Whitworth, organised and paid for the event, to celebrate the success of efforts to get a bus permanently based in the village. He said: "The bus arrived on March 18 last year and I wanted to celebrate it – it felt like a little victory so I invited about 40 people who'd been involved, including councillors, but they weren't there as councillors, they were there as supporters of the community bus. "Doreen Engall was not on the list because as far as I am aware she has never done anything to support it." The standards committee, which met to discuss Coun Engall's complaint earlier this week, deferred a decision. Committee member Symon Fraser said: "It was certainly my view that there should be a proper hearing to clear the air." Mr Evans said he "felt unable to comment in view of an outstanding complaint against Coun Engall."
Councillors face behaviour inquiry   WARRING councillors are to face East Riding Council's standards committee over claims and counter claims about their behaviour. Veteran East Riding councillor, Doreen Engall, is being investigated over claims that she tried to push her way into a private event in Holme-on-Spalding Moor. It was claimed by Holme parish councillor, Nick Evans, that she turned up uninvited to the launch of a community bus scheme in the village. However, Coun Engall claimed she had been "publicly, physically and verbally attacked" by Mr Evans at the event. The pair clashed when Coun Engall, who is also the parish council's vice chairman, turned up at the Blacksmiths Arms for the launch last March. The Tory politician, a former chairman of the council, says she was invited by a representative of the scheme. She claims that when she arrived Mr Evans - one of the volunteer drivers - obstructed her and pushed her back, saying: "You are not going to gatecrash my launch." However Mr Evans - who stood as an Independent in the 2007 East Riding Council elections against Coun Engall - says despite being told she was not welcome, Coun Engall tried to push past. In a statement he said: "She attempted to push her way past my extended arms in which I was holding a clipboard in one hand and a pen in the other. "I stood my ground and asked her to take her hands off me." Coun Engall claims that Mr Evans's actions were "both unbecoming and unacceptable" and amounted to a breach in the code of conduct. But officials who investigated her complaint recommended no further action, saying there was no evidence he was attending the event in his official capacity. Another volunteer driver, Paul Whitworth, organised and paid fori the event, to celebrate the success of efforts to get a bus permanently based in the village. He said: "The bus arrived on 18 March last year and I wanted to celebrate it - it felt like a little victory so I invited about 40 people who'd been involved, including councillors, but they weren't there as councillors, they were there as supporters of the community bus. "Doreen Engall was not on the list because as far as I am aware she has never done anything to support it." The standards committee, which met to discuss Coun Engall's complaint earlier this week, deferred a decision. Committee member Symon Fraser said: "It was certainly my view that there should be a proper hearing to clear the air." Mr Evans said he "felt unable to comment in view of an outstanding complaint aganst Coun Engall." Coun Engall said it wasn't "fair or wise" to comment "at this stage". An East Riding Council spokesman said an investigation into Mr Evans's complaint was ongoing, adding: "The committee wishes to discuss both issues together."
Pictured here with Community Police Support Officers are Parish Council Chairman Chris Worrall and Parish Councillor Madge Johnson	HOSM PARISH COUNCIL SURGERIES The Parish Council for sometime now has been holding Surgeries for the Parishioners of Holme the Saturday morning before a Parish Council Meeting.  They are held in the Drop in Coffee Shop between 10.00am and 12.00 noon.  Apart from there being Parish Councillors in attendance to listen to concerns about the village and to answer any question, there is also when shifts and duties allow Community Police Support Officers in attendance, and occasionally ERYC Councillors drop in. On display for you to see will be any current Parish Council Minutes that have been ratified, the next Parish Council Agenda, any current Planning applications and decision notices , plus any other information that is relevant to the village Back to Contents
Pictured with Peter Wiles is Parish Council Chairman Chris Worrall	Holme on Spalding Moor Parish Council welcomes Peter   Holme on Spalding Moor Parish Council took the decision back in 2009 based on the Parish Plan to employ someone part time to pick litter within the village. Four people applied and Peter Wiles was the successful candidate,  Peter has already been doing the job voluntary for a number of years and continues to do more then the 4 hrs which he is contracted for. This scheme is to work hand in hand with the ERYC litter picking schedule which takes place on a Friday and Sunday within the village. The ERYC have provided peter with the necessary safety equipment plus equipment to carry out his duties.  They have also agreed to provide any training that Peter needs free of charge. Anyway please remember to say hello to Peter as you see him in the village, and we all look forward to a much cleaner place to live Back to Contents
	HOSM COUNCIL ACHIEVES QUALITY STATUS Chairman Chris Worrall on behalf of the Parish Council was presented the certificate by Tom Glossop President of the East Riding and North Lincolnshire Councils Association on Monday 25 January 2010, Holme on Spalding Moor is only the 5th Parish Council in this area to be recognized in this way and is now one of only 693 Quality Parish Council’s in England Chris said ‘It makes me very proud that the Parish Council has achieved this prestigious award, this “kite mark” shows everyone that the Parish Council is doing a good job. A lot of hard work has gone into the achievement of this award. This shows our working partners and most importantly our residents that they are being represented in the proper way by a Parish Council which has passed a series of tests to show it is operating to a set of standards as laid down by Central Government’ In congratulating the Parish Council, Tom explained that Quality Status is a Government initiative which provides the Charter Mark for Parish and Town Councils. It is a means of assessment for Local Councils, underpinning their important role as the first tier of government, closest to the people they represent and firmly placed at the heart of local communities. Councils seeking Quality Status are assessed by a panel   composed of people who are appointed by the relevant Government Minister because of their knowledge of Local Councils and what they can do to help their communities. Back to Contents
	SOLDIER CAUGHT IN AFGHAN BLAST Soldier Ben Bainbridge has been seriously injured on patrol in Afghanistan. Private Bainbridge suffered severe flesh injuries and broken bones in an explosion in Hellmand     province. The 18 year old is now recovering in Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham where he was in intensive care for five days following the incident. Since then he has undergone a serious of operations and will stay at Selly Oak until he is moved to a specialist rehabilitation centre for service men and women. Private Bainbridge, a member of the 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment (The Green Howards), is a former Market Weighton School pupil and grew up in Holme on Spalding Moor. He was on the second half of his first tour of duty when the incident happened. Bens mother Andrea Ella has been staying in Birmingham with Ben. Ben received many messages from friends and family via a special page which had been set up on the Social network Facebook. Private Ben Bainbridge pictured second row right hand side Back to Contents
	76 Squadron Memorial Parish Council Chairman Chris Worrall pays his respects on behalf of the community (far right) Back to Contents
	Holme on Spalding Moor Youth Shelter   In February 2008 the Parish Council invited Heather Bennett of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to a Council meeting to discuss getting a youth shelter for the village. The invitation was part of the Council’s commitment to responding positively to the Parish Plan of 2006, the shelter is now in place.   Heather has worked ever since with the Parish Council, she has attended the last two Gala Days, has conducted the  necessary public consultation, has found the budget, consulted with our youth over the type of shelter and siting and finally the shelter is a reality Heather and her colleagues at the East Riding of Yorkshire Council are warmly thanked by the Parish Council.   The Parish Council also recognises the support of the Village Hall Committee, The Playing Fields Association, and Holme Christian Fellowships Youth again a community in action Back to Contents
	Not Forgotten The poem says “ If I should die, think only this of me: that’s there's some corner of a foreign field That is forever England” Well up in Holme on Spalding Moors All Saints Church yard there is a corner in which there is a memorial to those terrible battles of the First World War.  Parish Councillor Ann Dowson brought to the    attention of the Chairman of the Parish Council a memorial stone which had been forgotten, over grown, broken  and had overtime half buried.  The Chairman then proposed to the Council that they restore this memorial to its original condition, this was passed unanimously by the Council. The Memorial reads: In Loving Memory of Private Tom Cooper 102798 Sherwood Foresters Son of JW + ME Cooper Missing 15th April 1914 Sleeping with England's Heroes . Private Cooper’s name appears on the Ploegsteert  memorial.  The Ploegsteert Memorial commemorates more than 11 000 servicemen of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War and have no known grave. The memorial serves the area from the line Caestre-Dranoutre-Warneton to the north, to Haverskerque-Estaires-Fournes to the south, including the towns of Hazebrouck, Merville, Bailleu and Armentières, the Forest of Nieppe, and Ploegsteert Wood. The original intention had been to erect the memorial in Lille. Those commemorated by the memorial did not die in major offensives, such as those which took place around Ypres to the north, or Loos to the south. Most were killed in the course of the day-to-day trench  warfare which characterised this part of the line, or in small scale set    engagements, usually carried out in support of the major attacks taking place elsewhere. The cemetery, cemetery extension and memorial were designed by H Chalton    Bradshaw, with sculpture by Sir Gilbert Ledward.   Chairman Chris Worrall, Councillor Ann Dowson and Ward Councillor Doreen Engall along side the restored Memorial. Work Carried out by J. Rotherham Memorials Please if anyone has any details on Private Cooper then please contact the Parish Council Clerk Back to Contents
	Holmes New Cemetery  Some 10 years ago Holme on Spalding Moor Parish Council had the foresight to purchase a field adjacent to the existing Church Graveyard to serve as a cemetery for residents of the parish. This new cemetery will be big enough to be the    burial place for many generations and meet this important need in our parish.  The Parish Council, being the owners of the new cemetery, has had the field prepared to become the parish   cemetery, planning permission has been obtained and as the existing Graveyard is becoming full then there is a need to bring the cemetery into use soon Consecration is the act of making the ground sacred or holy, once this is done the cemetery can be used for Christian burials. The Bishop of Selby will attend to carried out the necessary formalities on consecration day On Sunday 22nd November Parish Councillors', parishioners of Holme Upon Spalding Moor, members of the PCC,   Market Weighton Town Mayor Marian Frith, Bubwith Parish Council Chairman Ann Smith, Foggathorpe Parish Council Chairman John White, Ellerton Parish Council Chairman Paul Horricks. The Chairman of Holme on Spalding Moor Parish Council Called upon the Bishop of Selby to consecrate the new   cemetery and formally handed over the Petition making the request.  After a short speech in which the Bishop outlined the importance of the event, everyone then proceeded outside to the new cemetery.  The Bishop and everyone then went to each of the four consecration stones on the boundary of the cemetery where a short prayer was said.  Everyone then had to gather in the centre of the Cemetery and the Reverend Nigel Strafford then read out all the legal documents  required, which he read out flawlessly.  Well Done Nigel.  Everyone then headed back to the Church out of the wind.  Inside 10 witnesses where required to sign the legal and now historic documents to make the consecration official.  The Parish Council Chairman Chris Worrall signed on    behalf of the Parish and then asked Shelia Smith former clerk to the Council and who was  Involved with the purchasing and the legal side of the cemetery     initially to be a witness, other witness included Cllrs Engall,  Dowson,    PCC members Paul Dorrington, Ted Kinch, Rev. D. Robinson retd. Rev Nigel Strafford and of coarse the Arch Bishop of Selby.  The proceeding were then finished off with an excellent buffet which had been laid on by Members of the Thursday Club.  A community in Action Back to Contents