Slow food meeting for Kildare

Jane Russell and Jenny Young want to start a slow food convivium in Kildare. To guage the interest and to elect a committee of 5 (which is needed to start a slow food convivium) they are holding a meeting at Castlefarm next Tuesday 5th of August at 7.30pm. Anyone wanting more information please phone Jenny at 059-8636948 or log onto http://www.slowfoodireland.ie/

Japanese Woodblock Printing

Tuesday – Friday, 5th-8th August
Debra Bowden is a print artist who has studied Japanese Woodblock Printing in Awaji Japan. This is an ancient technique that dates back to the 8th century. The course includes an illustrated talk, practical carving and printing demonstrations, and instruction to carve and print from woodblocks. This 4-day course is also highly recommended for students developing a portfolio.

AGE GROUP TIME PRICE
Adult 3½ hrs per day €100[incl. materials]
[min. age 15years]

Dunamaise Art Centre,
Church Street,
Portlaoise,
Co. Laois

Athy RFC Summer Camp 2008

Athy RFC Summer camp takes place for 1 week commencing 18^th of August from 9.30 am to 1.30pm daily.

The camp is open to boys and girls aged between 7 to 16 years. No previous experience is required.

Full supervision by IRFU qualified coaches ensures fun and full participation for all.

Course fees are €70 per child and €50 for second child

For details contact Jim Short:(086 821 7801) or Joe Carbery ( 085 761 8645) or apply on line at www.athyrugbyclub.com

Bank Holiday Weekend

Churchtown and Castlemitchell Community Development Association would like to invite you to celebrate 150 years of education at Churchtown School and 50 years of social involvement with our local Community Hall.
To celebrate these milestones the association will run a number of events over the August Bank Holiday weekend

Saturday 2nd August 2008
from 7.30pm
Official re-opening of Castlemitchell Community Hall;
Ecumenical Prayer Service;
Blessing of the Colours of Churchtown Pipe Band;
Launch of Commemorative Book;
Music/Social/ Light Refreshments;

Sunday 3rd August
@ 2pm
Opening of Churchtown Old School to Public;
Display of Photographs;
Prayers;
Light Refreshments.

@ 7.30pm
Celebration Dance in the Clanard Court Hotel, Dublin Rd., Athy. Music by Bradbury’s , Disco and Late Bar.
Tickets: €50 each

Monday 4th August @ 2pm
Community Field Day in
Castlemitchell GFC.
Full list of events including, Wheel of fortune, Bottle Stall, Shop, Cake Stall, Burger Stall, Underage Gaelic Match, Granny and Grandad sprint, Mother and Father Mile, Fun races for children, Shop, Dart Competition, Pony riding, Egg Toss and many other events.
Special guest appearance and match featuring the Castlemitchell 1983 Junior Championship Winning Team.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

Anybody interested in reading “Athy Matters” – a newsletter outlining most of the local developments can read it or download it at www.athylive.com/Athymatters.pdf Many Athylive recipients may be familiar with many of the items but those of you involved in clubs or organisations might like to pass on the information to colleagues. Please feel free to forward the link.

Back on Track

http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/travel_alerts.asp?action=view&news_id=410
17 35 Heuston to Carlow resumes from Monday 28th July
by Corporate Communications
Iarnród Éireann is pleased to confirm that the 17 35 Heuston to
Carlow service will resume daily operation from this Monday 28th
July.
Iarnród Éireann apologises to customers who were so badly
inconvenienced over recent months by the suspension of this
service.

Web Presence

Congratulations to those who keep working on their websites to keep them up to date. Good redesigns have taken place on the Athy Rugby Club www.athyrugbyclub.com and the Athy Town Council www.athytowncouncil.ie sites with improved content. If there is information which you would like to see on websites ( including Athylive www.athylive.com ) let us know and we will transmit the info to those concerned

The French are Coming!

Eighteen French students will travel to Athy on 25th August next to commence work placements in equine and traditional agriculture. The 3 week placement is being organised by Athy Town Council's Twinning Sub Committee and is being supported by the EU Lifelong Learning Program (EACEA) & MFR Songeons.
Local host families and farms from Athy and environs are now being invited to participate in the program.
Athy has been twinned with Grandvilliers, located north of Paris, since
2004 and
the local committee has an ongoing programme of events and cultural exchanges throughout the year. Currently 3 local students are participating in a sustainable energy 2 week summer university at Pierrefonds, Compiegne in France.
Further details and information is available from Mary Boland, Community Warden, Athy Town Council Tel.: 059-8631444. Email: info@athytowncouncil.ie

Chamber Update

Athy Chamber will hold its half yearly meeting next Tuesday 22nd July in the Clonard Hotel commencing 7 pm sharp.

The meeting will receive updates from the various sub commitees of the chamber on activities to date this year, and outline plans for the remainder of the year. A proactive and strong chamber will continue to benefit all businesses locally and the town in general.

This meeting is open to all current members and prospective new members.

Going Swimmingly

Construction work is almost complete on the new Community Swimming Pool and it is expected that the project will be handed over to the management group in early September. Site clearance, removal of hoarding, surfacing of car parks and landscaping will be now taking place. Testing, safety checks and commissioning will then take place probably until the end of the calendar year with the pool in full operation in the new year.

Wanted

Our Twinning partners are asking if we can source a volunteer who will offer accommodation to a young 19 yr old French man who will be coming to the town for the month of August.
Any interested person can e-mail here and we will forward it to the relevant organisers.

We’re on the one Road

Subject to final sign off by Iarnroid Eireann HQ local consensus seems to have been reached on the positioning and construction of the Southern Distributor Road and significant progress is being made. While there is still work to be done, if all goes to plan construction work could begin in 2010 and could take 18 months or so. Funding for the project has to be secured in the meantime.

Meanwhile work has begun on the Ardreigh/Carlow road to straighten the bad bend. This work and the construction of footpaths from Coneyboro outwards should be completed by the end of the year

Education Foundation

Construction has begun on the first premises located on the new education campus on the Monasterevin road. Ground clearance began yesterday on the site of the new 8 classroom primary school which sees the start of the relocation of St Partick’s Primary school. This location comprising 25 acres will become the home of two more primary schools and the new community college

Art Exhibition

Athy Heritage Centre and Museum

presents an Exhibition of Works


by
Johanna Lyons
in
Athy Heritage Centre & Museum
Town Hall, Emily Square, Athy, Co. Kildare



Exhibition Opening: Friday 11th to Friday 25th July 2008

Water Solution

Work is completing on the water reservoir at ardscull. This reservoir will hold a reserve supply for the town so that hopefully episodes like we experienced earlier this year of water shortage should be a thing of the past. The reservoir is being supplied by water brought from Ballymore Eustace which is augmenting the town supply. As work begins on the water abstraction plant at Barrowford, Athy the supply will come from there and will be pumped to other areas of the county but this could be 2010

Garda Division

Word is that the Garda administrative regions are about to be synchronised with the electoral areas. This autumn the Garda district for this region will be Kildare with the admin centre at the station in Naas. For many years we have been part of the Carlow division and this area will now be associated with Kilkenny. As Naas is farther from the town than Carlow it is expected that additional resources will be awarded to Athy which should be of benefit to all of us