BEAVERS LOG

Having spent much of the first half of the term out and about, we've had a month of more restful activities at the Hut.  Our first week revolved around preparing for some firework pictures.  Traditionally, the wonderfully colourful crayon pictures are covered by a thick layer of black paint and left to dry ready for scraping.  But we went one better and used coloured paint to fantastic effect - even though our liberal lashings took a number of days to dry, the following week we were ready to scrape.  Using a variety of kitchen implements the Beavers had a marvellous time making their explosive firework creations.  The evening ended with the enrolment of the new Beavers, well attended by the proud parents, in the presence of the Group Scout Leader and also Supreme Beaver.  There was no let up over half term - we took part in the national weather watch program.  Each Beaver had to log the number of hours of sun, rain and cloud for each day; the weather at 3pm and the visibility of the stars at night.  At the next meeting, the weather watch results were collated as part of our weather themed night, all of which will count towards another Beaver badge.  The coming month has something of an emergency services theme with both the police service and fire service being involved with our meetings.  Hopefully neither of them will be required for our cookery night.  There's also a First Aid night with a mysterious subtitle - how to make a mummie.  All will be revealed next issue!

Anyone who would like to join Sheringham Beavers should contact Jayne Burghall on 825644 for membership information. Beavers is for boys and girls aged 6 to 8 - younger children can join the waiting list, older ones are eligible for Cubs or Scouts. Jayne also handles membership enquiries for all sections of Sheringham and Beeston Regis Sea Scout Group.

KIDZ CORNER

Okay, all you children aged 1 - 12 years, this column is for you.

Enter the competition(s) and you may win a prize.

If you took 5 chocolates from a box which contained
21 chocolates, how many chocolates would you have?

Teen+ Scene

YOUR Column YOUR interests ALL AGES

A cowboy rides into town on Tuesday.  He is tired, so he decides to stay at the town's hotel.  He rides out of town on Sunday.   He hasn't left town in the meantime or stayed anywhere else, but he only pays the hotel for two nights.  How does he do it, without breaking the law?

HELP US NAME OUR GIANT WOODSMAN

A gentle giant now welcomes visitors to Holt Country Park and North Norfolk District Council is asking children to help give him a name.

The sculpture of a giant woodsman was unveiled at a Hallowe'en treasure trail event this week [Tuesday, 24 October, 2006] and it now looks out over the entrance and car park at the Council-owned Holt Country Park, leaning on a new fingerpost sign showing where the park's facilities and trails are.  It is the work of local sculptor Mike Thody, who has created other pieces of artwork for the park in recent years.  Now the Council's countryside rangers are running a competition to find a name for the giant.

To enter, children simply need to fill in an entry form at the visitors' centre at Holt Country Park.  Entries must be received by Christmas and the winner will receive a prize appropriate to their age.  Mr Thody started work on the 11-foot sculpture in April and used locally-sourced timber   - sweet chestnut from Council-owned woodland at Pretty Corner near Sheringham for the giant's body, and a piece of yew for the head.

* Holt Country Park is on the B1149 just south of Holt.  It has waymarked trails around its 100 acres of woodland and family events are run throughout the year.  For more information call North Norfolk District Council's ranger service on 01263 516298.

COMPETITION WINNERS ISSUE 67

Spelling Mistakes -  No  winner
Page 2  garrage - garage
Page 3  Satterday - Saturday
Page 5  wen - when
Page 5  bye - by
Page 6  kame - came
Page7  leaks - leeks
Page 8  factorry - factory
Page 9  currantly - currently
Page10  vacination - vaccination
Page12  shair - share

Beaky -  Winner - Doris West
Pages: 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13 & 15

Kidz Quiz -  Winner - Edward Windows
Answer - 0

Teen Scene - Winner - Haiden Fisher
Answer - Move the top match up to create a small square in the middle



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Friends of EA Air Ambulance Lottery Winners

13 Oct - Miss R Bruce   21 Oct - Mrs N Gifford
27 Oct - Miss Audrey Lanham    3 Nov - Miss P Willingham