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Oracle’s front cover this month is Sunflowersby Vincent Van Gogh, 1888. Van Gogh intended to decorate Gauguin’s room with thesepaintings in the so-called Yellow House that herented in Arles in the South of France. He and Gauguin worked there together between Octoberand December 1888. For more information on thispainting and further paintings at the National Galleryplease visit the website on: www.nationalgallery.org.uk

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Local IssuesSupporting Leigh-on-Sea 9/10By Tony Prior

Lasting Powers of Attorney 14by Simon Smith

How to Shop 16Hair & Beauty by Craig Smith

Scre4m Film Review 18

Cultured Club by Tracy Jones

Best of British 20Oracle Motoring by Stuart Winder

Sausage Meatball Pasta Bake 24Judy ‘s Recipe Page

Retirement Apathy Will Cost You Dear 28Money Matters by Jacqui Moyies

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e often see reports in the media about thewithdrawal of support for community

projects by local and national governmentagencies but how are those gaps in funding andsupport being filled ? Who is stepping into thebreach ?

In Leigh on Sea it’s the local Lions Club memberswho believe in putting something back into thelocal community by helping those less fortunatethan themselves. But it doesn’t stop there. Mem-bers of Leigh on Sea Lions Club have shown theyare also willing to devote their time, energy andexpertise to assist local charitable groups withtheir administration and compliance in a worldwhere some might consider political correctnessand bureaucracy has got just a little out of control.

Together with its branches, Eastwood andThames Estuary, Leigh on Sea Lions Club is part

W of the largest service clubs organisation in theworld, Lions Clubs International, with more than1.3 million members in over two hundred countries around the globe.

The Club has a policy of maintaining contactsand cooperation with other groups of unpaidvolunteers in the locality and has members whoare actively involved with Leigh Town Council,Southend Borough Council, Castle Point CarScheme, Leigh Folk Festival, Southend Riding forthe Disabled and many other similar organisations.

There are monthly meetings to consider ways ofhelping local individuals and ‘charitable’ organisations by making cash donations or providing hands on support. This has led tosome £200,000.00 being donated to manyhundreds of local good causes since the Club

was formed in 1991.

There is an active fund raising programmewhich includes the popular annual Charity DuckRace where over a thousand plastic ducks arereleased on the incoming tide at Old Leigh.Sponsors of the first four ducks to pass BilletWharf receive a cash prize and members of thelocal scouts help the Lions to retrieve the

remaining ducks before they make their way pastthe cockle sheds then back through the pier tothe North Sea on the outgoing tide.

Each year the Lions run a charity shop in Leigh onSea which is totally manned by unpaid volunteerswith all profits going to local good causes. Manymembers of the public attend the shop on a dailybasis, not only to snap up a bargain but also tohave a chat and pass the time of day with thefriendly members of the Lions Club.

The Lions Charity Barbecue also helps to raisecharitable funds for the Club and may be seen atthe Leigh Folk Festival, Leigh Easter Fete, LeighChristmas Lights ‘Switch-On’ Event as well asother events around the Borough.

In June, in conjunction with other local LionsClubs, members will be organising the first LionsMidsummer Sports Festival for the Disabled atThe King John School in Thundersley. It is ex-pected that over one hundred people will attendon the day and take part in numerous sporting

activities including archery, seven a side football,javelin and discus as well as new age kurling,table tennis, darts, petang and sticky balls. Therewill also be a musical programme which willhopefully include a wheelchair barndance anddemonstration by a local morris side.

Is it all work and no play for the Leigh Lions ? Notat all, members of the Lions Club like to enjoythemselves and have a strong social programmewhich includes dinner dances, an annualpilgrimage by coach to the hypermarkets ofnorthern France, local ‘treasure hunts’, visits tothe theatre and local restaurants as well as quizevenings and beetle drives.

Who are the Leigh Lions ? They are a completecross-section of the local population with bothsexes and ages ranging from the early forties tomid eighties. Many are still gainfully employedwhilst others are using their retirement years toput something back into the community andenjoying themselves in the bargain.

If you live in or around Leigh on Sea, feel that itstime you put something back into yourcommunity, want to enjoy good company andmake new friends, then why not consider joiningthe Lions ?

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Not everyone likes to read guides, so here we relaya real life story to put the subject of “losing capacity”, the Court of Protection and LastingPowers of Attorney into perspective. We have exaggerated nothing, although at first you may notbelieve that!

70 year old retired grandparents Jack and Pamwere financially comfortably off when withoutwarning, Jack suffered a stroke that left him withthe mental ability of a child for the remainder of hislife.

Jack was officially declared as “lacking capacity”, as he could no longer make decisions for himself.To their horror, Pam and son David discovered thatdespite being married Pam could not act for, or sign

anything on Jack’s behalf! Bank accounts and savings in Jack’s name and held jointly were‘frozen’. The family was forced, at considerable ex-pense, to instruct a solicitor for son David to applyto the Court of Protection for authority to access hisparent’s money on their behalf. This required timeconsuming and confusing completion of up to fiftyofficial documents. Three months later they heardthat they had been unsuccessful, probably due toa minor error in the form-filling.

Worse still the Court of Protection appointed a‘deputy’ in the form of a local solicitor to look afterJack’s financial affairs. Pam and David were shockedto discover that the ‘deputy’ ignored all their pleasand requests, he had his own ideas on what Jackwould have wanted, and appealing the ‘deputy’s’decision could take the family up to a year.

This scenario, and worse, has already been playedout many times, and will be repeated time andagain, as many people will be slow to protect themselves.

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The trouble is, there have been far too manyoccasions when I’ve come home and realised that Ispent hours buying stuff that doesn’t really suit meand which I’ll have to hide so the other half doesn’trealise the fortune you’ve spent – on his card!So, now VERY wise after the event, here are my toptips for smarter shopping, which will help you buy abetter wardrobe while spending less time andmoney.

Have a planCheck your current wardrobe and make a mentalnote of what you really could use that’s not alreadythere – a crisp white shirt for your new suit, strappyblack sandals to match your evening dress, that sortof thing.

Set your budgetIf you need an LBD for a hot date and know you can’tafford to spend more than £100, this will help yousort through the racks quicker.

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Turn a blind eye to salesStores put enticing promotional items at the front –but chances are you'll blow your budget right thereunless you stay focused.

‘Can I help you?’It might be irritating sometimes, but you’ll be surprised by how much time you'll save if you givethe sales person some direction about what you'relooking for.

Try it onWalk, sit and bend in the clothes. Do they move easily? Are the seams pulling? Do the zippers andbuttons all work?

Take a good look at yourselfBe brave and use the store’s three-way mirror to getan honest look at your rear and side views. If you looklike an over-filled sausage, it is way too tight. If ithangs like around you like an old lady’s dressinggown, it’s too big.

Check the care tags whilst browsingIs there any point in falling in love with something ifit’s going to be a pain to maintain and needs drycleaning every time you wear it? Some things arebut they tend to be very, very expensive.

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have always been a massive horror film fan,and could never understand why the genre

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But in 1996 that all changed, when a jobbingactor and horror film fan called KevinWilliamson decided it was time to bring thegenre back from the dead. He wrote a script,and managed to get iconic director WesCraven (The Hills Have Eyes, A Nightmare onElm Street etc) to read it. The result was one ofthe biggest ever box office successes for ascary movie – Scream.

15 years – and two sequels later – Scre4m hasjust been released in cinemas.

All the films follow the character of SidneyPrescott (Neve Campbell) who becomes thetarget of a succession of murderers, who alladopt the guise of Ghostface to stalk and tor-ment their victims. Sidney receives support inthe films from Woodsboro town deputy DeweyRiley (David Arquette) and TV reporter GaleWeathers (Courtney Cox).

Scre4m opens with the 15th anniversary of theWoodsboro massacre - and two high school

students are brutally killed by a new Ghost-face. The following day, Sidney returns totown to promote her new self help book. Sheunwittingly becomes a suspect in the mur-ders due to evidence found in her rental car,meaning she has to stay in Woodsboro untilthe crime is solved. And so the edge of yourseat tension and action commences, with thefamiliar faces joined by a younger generationof stars including Hayden Panettiere (Heroes),Emma Roberts (Julia’s niece) and Adam Brody(OC)

The original Scream films were unique, asthey combined the violence of the slashergenre with elements of comedy, and an al-most Agatha Christie style "whodunit" mys-tery - placing suspicion on many of the film'scharacters. Another great thing they did wassatirize all the clichés of the horror genremade common in films such as Halloween. Iam pleased to say all of this is still here, andjust as enjoyable as ever.

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They plan to exceed the old record by over200mph by adding braces, in the form of arocket, to the already substantial belt providedby the jet engine from a Eurofighter Typhoondonated by the RAF. I, for one, am hoping thattheir chosen HQ at Filton, Bristol – the “homeof Concorde” – is a good omen. Good luckchaps!

he recent unusually clement weather has leftme feeling positive and unable to muster my

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The Octagon ReturnsAfter a 16 year gap, the first new model rolled offthe MG production line recently, and surprisinglyto some, it actually looks like a decent package!The general view from the motoring press seemsto be that not only is the MG6 a modern, well-built, well-equipped car - far from the “re-bodiedChinese Rover 75” that some had scoffed at – it’salso well pitched. Its size creates an opportunityto straddle the gap between the Focus and Mondeo-sized cars, and with prices between£15,495 and £18,995, MG hope that the 6 willblur the boundaries and capture sales from bothcamps.

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1.Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently fry thebacon pieces until browned and crispy, removewith a slotted spoon and put on kitchen paper.In the same pan fry the onion, garlic and rosemary for 5 minutes until soft and golden.

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Tip the pasta into an oven proof dish. Mix withthe tomatoes, passata, stock and sausage ballsand scatter over the crispy bacon. Season wellwith salt, pepper and a good pinch of sugar.Scatter over the cheese and bake for 30-40 minutes until the sausage balls are cookedthrough. Check and if the top is browning toomuch cover loosely with a piece of foil. Servescattered with the thyme sprigs, if using and acrisp green salad.

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