Preacher and

the soloist

REV R J Lamb, the vicar of St Mellion was the preacher and soloist at Callington Brotherhood's Sunday meeting for Fellowship.

Fernley Burrows read the lesson and Barry Higgins was organist for the hymns chosen by Don Mutton. The Chairman was Bob Hope.

On the following Sunday, sharing in the service led by Kevin Veal, members welcomed local preacher Rex Parkyn from Golberdon, who based his message on a New Testament reading from Paul's letter to the Ephesians, given by Basil Bunkum.

Guest soloist, Ruth Mutton, sang two gospel songs accompanied by Barry Higgins on the organ.

On Saturday March 31, Mevagissey Choir will give a concert for the Brotherhood at 7.30pm.

New Portreeve

announced

THE new Portreeve and Deputy for Callington Town for the term of 2001 until 2002 was announced this week as Jane Black for Portreeve and Tony Nettle as Deputy.

Both Jane and Tony have held the position of Portreeve before in the early 1990s. The official Portreeve making ceremony will take place on the third Tuesday in May at Callington Town Hall which is also open to the public.

Community

fayre

CALLINGTON Cats Protection are to hold a stall at Callington community fayre in the community college on April 7 from l0am until 1pm.

College achieves the Standard

CALLINGTON Community College has achieved the National Investors in People Standard, awarded in recognition of its commitment to quality training and staff development activities.

The College's 74 full and part time teachers and 39 non-teaching staff have worked to achieve the standard for more than two years. During this time the college has expanded considerably, student numbers continue to rise, the accommodation continues to improve - with the tennis dome due for completion after Easter and the foundation stone for a new Art Block due to be laid in the near future.

The educational activities on the campus are growing too: after college clubs are expanding, the Saturday Masterclasses to extend pupils from Year 7 through to the Sixth Form have been a success; the newly created Professional Development Centre is used non-stop by the college itself and by a host of outside bodies, and the partnership between Callington and the College of St Mark and St John, which is providing teacher training for some 70 students, is drawing on the expertise of the staff.

Head teacher Steve Kenning said: 'Investors in People has made a terrific difference to our college. The hard work put in by everyone to gain the standard has really paid off.

We have a culture based on teamwork and staff involvement and people are encouraged to contribute ideas to help us continuously improve.

Staff feel more motivated and, as a result, everyone benefits - staff, students and the community as a whole.'

He continued: 'As a result of our ongoing commitment to Investors in People practices, we are in a strong position to manage the growth and change which will be affecting the college in the next few years.'

Rugby bus

drops by

CALLINGTON Community College was visited by Lloyds TSB Live Rugby Six Nation Tour Bus.

Professional coaches took over the PE timetable for the day and over 400 students were involved in practical sessions.

Those students who could not take an active part in the day's events had the opportunity to visit the tour bus where they could see a video on the history of the game and also use interactive computers to revisit memorable moments from international games of recent years.

The college also benefited from rugby equipment and teaching resources which were donated and every participating student received an achievement certificate.

Graeme gathers

non-smoking kisses

CALLINGTON Community College Students became heavily involved in the 'Kiss it Goodbye' anti-smoking campaign as part of non-smoking day.

Year 10 students produced plays with anti-smoking themes which they presented to students in the lower years assemblies; and Year 11 students, Katy Rumbold and Jenny Yarnell gave up their lunch time break to run an information stall and give out stickers and leaflets: A dedicated noticeboard is now available to persuade students not to smoke, while Tic-Tac the college's teenage information and advice centre, now offers smoking cessation advice: The college web-site is to include facts about smoking, PSHE lessons include extensive information about smoking and a whole college survey has been carried out on attitudes to smoking. The information will be collated and analysed by Year 12 GNVQ students.

Students, Louisa Bond and Lesley Wilson also took the opportunity to highlight the day's events, making giant model cigarettes and raising money for their end of year summer ball at the same time.

Amongst all the hard work that went on during the day it must have been Graeme Murray, a year 13 student, who had the most taxing job. Sporting 'Kiss it Goodbye' t-shirt, he had to endure queues of girls placing lip-stick kisses on his clothing to underline the fact that it is much nicer to kiss a non-smoker!

Valley

achievements

THE Tamar Valley Consortium of schools, colleges and further education colleges is to hold a 'vocational extravaganza' to celebrate over 600 young people's vocational achievements, from aged 14-19.

There will be active demonstrations, and the guest presenter will be Gary Stronach.

Talk about the

National Trust

THE speaker at this week's Guild meeting at Callington Methodist Church, Haye Road, was Mrs J Gee.

She gave a talk illustrated with a video about the National Trust. Included in the talk were details of how the Trust formed over a century ago.

Barry Higgins chaired the meeting and Rev Anne Curnow played for the hymns. Tea and biscuits were served at the end of the meeting by Mrs G Olver and Mrs M Northcott.