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3 June 2009
HELP promote Sussex as a tourist attraction with the aim of encouraging new visitors to the area.
A photographic competition is being run, with a prize of 250 of photography vouchers for the photo judged the best for its promotion of Sussex as a tourist destination, The closing date for entries is July 31, 2009.
All photographers who are successful in having their photos selected to be used in next year's Enjoy Sussex Visitor Guide will have their images credited in the tourism marketing literature and on the Enjoy Sussex website.
A wide range of photographs is invited, from landscapes to coastal shots, colourful local scenes, people enjoying a great day out and any other images that capture the unique character of this beautiful part of Sussex.
The only condition is that the images must be taken within the Enjoy Sussex area – the Wealden, Horsham, Lewes and Mid Sussex districts, whose officers work together to produce an annual visitors and accommodation guide as well as the website www.
enjoysussex.info
For further details and an application form visit www.wealden.gov.uk or contact the economic development and tourism team on 01892 602887 or email photocomp@wealden.gov.uk
Copies of the 2009 Enjoy Sussex Visitor Guide are available from the following tourist information centres: Horsham, Burgess Hill, Lewes and Seaford, as well as from visitor information racks across the Wealden district and Wealden District Council offices.
It can also be ordered from the Enjoy Sussex website.
ST LUKE'S Community Market is held on the first and third Fridays of the month from 9am to midday at St Luke's Parish Centre.
It aims to provide the community of Stone Cross and its neighbouring areas with a source of local produce, crafts and services, thus reducing transportation miles and the need for excessive packaging, and a regular and sociable meeting place for customers and traders.
The market has been held on five occasions now and has already built up a solid base of regular stalls, including Friday Street Farmers – organic beef, lamb, chickens and eggs, Say Cheese – local and other British cow and goat cheeses, Hankham Organics fruit and vegetables (starting June 5), The Happy Pig Company – free-range, additive-free pork, bacon and sausages, Oven Fresh Bakery – freshly baked bread, cakes and pastries, Hook & Son – organic raw milk. Milton Nurseries – vegetable and bedding plants, Prickly Hedgehog Cakes – fairy and other dainty cakes, Jubilee Delights – chutneys, jams & marmalades, Merryweather Herbs – herbs, edible and cottage garden plants, Stone Cross Windmill – wholemeal flour and souvenirs, Wikaniko ('We can eco') – eco-friendly cleaning products, bio-degradable bags, energy-saving gadgets, organic toiletries, plus a wide range of local crafts including jewellery, wood turning, hand-made cards, gifts, clothes, cushions, knitting, candles and a stall selling Fairtrade goods and accessories.
Starting on June 5, the market organiser is expecting to be joined at each term-time market by some Year 6 pupils from Hankham School.
They will be helping clear tables for the caf and chatting with customers and stallholders.
This is part of their community involvement programme and will help improve the children's social skills while helping them learn about food production, eco-friendliness and animal welfare.
It is also expected that East Sussex County Council's 'Compost Doctor' will be there on June 5, advocating the benefits of home composting.
A representative from the charity Care for the Carers will be promoting National Carers' Week, which starts on June 8.
The next market dates are June 5 and 19 and July 3 and 17.
DATES to note at St Luke's Church in Stone Cross during June:
On Saturday, June 13 there will be a musicals themed fete from 10.30am to 3.30pm. Admission is free and there will be a wide variety of stalls, games and sideshows.
Refreshments will be served all day, including a barbecue and a beer and wine tent.
Two weeks later, the St Luke's Players will be presenting a murder mystery entitled The Final Act in St Luke's Parish Centre, Stone Cross, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost 6, which includes refreshments, but bring your own drinks.
TOMORROW is polling day for elections to East Sussex County Council and the European Parliament.
For the electoral division of Pevensey and Westham, polling stations will be at the Ethel Wood Community Centre, St Wilfrid's Church Hall, Pevensey Memorial Hall, Stone Cross Memorial Hall and Westham Village Hall.
All polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm. All people entitled to vote should have received a polling card that should be taken with them when they go to vote. It isn't essential but it is helpful.
Candidates standing for election to East Sussex County Council are Bernier MD – Lib Dem, Freebody TG – Con, Payea RS – Lab and Pursglove MC – UKIP.
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