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Next meeting of Douglas Community Council..
13 February 2013

The next scheduled meeting of the Douglas Community Council will be Wednesday 20th March at 7pm in the Douglas Community Fire Station where all will be made most welcome.

Agenda items to be considered should be with the secretary 14 days prior to the meeting.

The Community Council can be contacted at DouglasCCouncil@aol.com

Community News..
13 February 2013

Douglas Senior Citizens
The next social evening for the Douglas senior citizens will be on Wednesday February 13 at 6.30pm in St. Brides Community Centre. Transport will be the usual arrangement and the entertainment will be provided by 'Bobby and Nancy'.

WRI
The annual dinner was held in St Brides Centre on Wednesday January 23 thanks to a grant from South Lanarkshire Council. Guests from Coalburn and Carmichael joined us for the evening. A lovely meal was prepared by Tom Kirkland and the entertainment was provided by the committee. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday February 27, and the speaker for the evening will be from Carluke camera club. The competitions for the night will be 3 pieces of tray-bake (same variety) and a local photo. At this meeting we will also be having a bake-less sale.

Flower Show Bingo
The above committee have organised a prize bingo on Wednesday March 6, in the bowling green at 7pm. Tea tickets, costing £1.00 are available at the door on the night.

Douglas Heritage Museum
The Douglas Heritage Society AGM will be held in the St Brides Centre on Tuesday February 26, at 7pm where all are welcome to attend. Please come along and support your local heritage group.

Douglas Gala Day
The gala court for 2013 has now been picked and is as follows;  Queen - Allana Halliday, Champion - Ronan Hannigan, Senior Maids - Sophia Gopalla and Iona Robertson, Junior Maids Chelsie Putman and Erin Whyte, Page Boys Ruari Ellis and Matthew Cronin. The Gala Day Committee are thinking about having a family night after the gala day this year but, before organising they would be keen to know if there would be any interest from the village before going ahead. If you are interested could you please forward your name to either the committee or St Brides Centre by Friday May 17.

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