{"id":11331,"date":"2020-11-01T13:03:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T13:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fippennynews.co.uk\/?p=11331"},"modified":"2020-12-01T13:28:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T13:28:00","slug":"november-lockdown-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/?p=11331","title":{"rendered":"November Lockdown Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11330\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/2020\/11\/BorisLockdown.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/2020\/11\/BorisLockdown.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/2020\/11\/BorisLockdown.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/2020\/11\/BorisLockdown.jpg?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/2020\/11\/BorisLockdown.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As you are probably all aware by now, a lockdown has been imposed for England for most of November. This will run from Thursday 5<sup>th<\/sup> November until 02<sup>nd<\/sup> December.<\/p>\n<p>The print edition of Fippenny News for November had already been printed and was being distributed when the November lockdown was announced. As we learn more about the effect on any of the events in and around the parish which were mentioned in the magazine we&#8217;ll update this news article and make any changes we need to in the calendar pages of the web site.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like us to include information about support for residents of the parish, or other items of interest, please get in touch.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">A Correction<\/h2>\n<p>In &#8216;<strong>Volunteering Opportunities in Okeford Fitzpaine<\/strong>&#8216; on page 4 of the November edition we printed an old email address for Jeremy Gartside.<\/p>\n<p>The correct address is jeremygartside@gmail.com<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">Art Trail &#8211; Child Okeford<\/h2>\n<p>This event, planned for the last weekend in November, has been cancelled.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Julie Little<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"\">Church Services in November<\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">All services for November will be online via Zoom. Please check the Benefice web site &#8211; <a class=\"moz-txt-link-abbreviated\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okefordbenefice.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.okefordbenefice.org<\/a> &#8211; for more information.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rev&#8217;d Lydia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Day of Prayer<\/h2>\n<p><b class=\"\">12pm<\/b>\u00a0Midday prayer on Zoom\u00a0<br class=\"\" \/><br \/>\nMeeting ID: 833 5460 8306<br class=\"\" \/><br \/>\nPasscode: 640071<br class=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<b class=\"\">5pm<\/b>\u00a0Evening Prayer on Zoom (same ID and password as for Midday prayer)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Rev&#8217;d Lydia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Remembrance Sunday<\/h2>\n<div class=\"\">After guidance from the government an Act of Remembrance will go ahead at 10.45am on Sunday 8th November at the war memorial.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Representatives of the village community, serving military and veterans (and their carers) are invited to attend.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">The general public may not participate in the service but may come as spectators.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Please observe social distancing.<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Rev&#8217;d Lydia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Short Mat Bowls Club<\/h2>\n<p>The Bowls club will not start now till the New Year. Hopefully we can have a meeting with all the members sometime in December and decide on a start date. ( Corvid permitting. ) Will keep you informed.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Barbara<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>SOS Group<\/h2>\n<p>Okeford Fitzpaine SOS Group remains active. If you need help (picking up a prescription, a few groceries etc), and live in the Parish of Okeford Fitzpaine, give Sue Finklaire a call on 01258 861357.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sue<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Events at the Village Hall<\/h2>\n<div dir=\"auto\">All village hall\u00a0 bookings from Thursday onwards are cancelled. Hopefully\u00a0 we can reinstate these from 2<sup>nd<\/sup> December. The yoga class scheduled for 4<sup>th<\/sup> November has also been cancelled.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Craft Fair has been rescheduled\u00a0 for Saturday 5<sup>th<\/sup> December. Fingers\u00a0 crossed\u00a0 that\u00a0 Boris does\u00a0 not pull the plug again.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>Sue<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\">Silent Auction<\/h2>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Silent Auction will end at the Craft Fair on 5<sup>th<\/sup> December. <strong>Final bids:<\/strong> 13:00.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">See &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/silent-auction-2020\/\">Silent Auction 2020<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>Rachael<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<h2>The Vale Pantry<\/h2>\n<p>The Pantry is definitely opening this Thursday 5 \u2013 8pm and again Saturday 9am till noon and will continue weekly on these days.\u00a0 \u00a0Needed now more than ever I think!<\/p>\n<p>We can help anyone in crisis as well as serving our members who are signing up thick and fast!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Carole<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><sup><strong><em>Derek Day<br \/>\nfippennynews@gmail.com<\/em><\/strong><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you are probably all aware by now, a lockdown has been imposed for England for most of November. This will run from Thursday 5th November until 02nd December. The print edition of Fippenny News for November had already been printed and was being distributed when the November lockdown was announced. As we learn more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"class_list":["post-11331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fippennynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/2020\/11\/BorisLockdown.jpg?fit=450%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fippennynews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}