LeHuray Retires, Riggs Hired at PCTC
For years the Pavement Coatings Technology Council (PCTC) has given a voice to the pavement maintenance industry. Speaking on behalf of contractors and manufacturers all over the country, the council raises awareness and provides education through meetings, research and development, training, seminars, communications, publications and other programs and activities. At the end of 2020, Pavement Hall of Fame inductee Anne LeHuray retired from the Pavement Coatings Technology Council (PCTC) after serving as president for 12 years.
LeHuray will be replaced by Brian Riggs. Riggs has 20 years of experience in association management and hopes to bring this experience to help the PCTC advance their mission through awareness.
Pubs in Bridport and surrounding areas are preparing to reopen in either April or May. The roadmap for England s exit from the national lockdown states that pubs could be open from April 12 – but only serving customers outdoors. Pubs which do not have the outdoor space available will be unable to reopen then. The earliest date hospitality venues can seat customers indoors will be from May 17, and all restrictions look set to be lifted by June 21. Geraldine Baker, landlady of the Ropemakers on West Street, Bridport, said: We’re hoping to reopen in April. We’re lucky we have an outside area but you’ve got to weigh up whether the costs of opening are worth doing so.
Many groups visit the Weekender twice a year, year after year
- Credit: Tracey Stephenson
A group of festival-goers who lost a court battle with an events organiser after they refused to refund their deposits have said they treated loyal customers with contempt”.
Caister Soul Weekender in Great Yarmouth, run by Soul Music Enterprises (SME) and held at Parkdean’s Vauxhall Holiday Park for the last 26 years, was due to take place on May 2, 2020.
But despite the pandemic forcing its cancellation, organisers held on to attendees’ deposits - prompting fury from customers expecting full refunds.
According to the organisers, it was made clear in the terms and conditions that the £50 deposit on the £160 ticket was non-refundable - and that attendees should take out their own short break holiday cover or insurance when they book.
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It s cold outside so bundle up with a good book. Here are 30 great Canadian books to check out.
If I Knew Then is a book by Jann Arden.(Random House Canada)
Jann Arden is one of Canada s best known singer-songwriters. But when she reached her 50s, her life changed in unexpected ways: she became the caregiver for her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer s, she became the star of the sitcom
Jann and she realized that getting older doesn t mean she can t grow, change and celebrate.
If I Knew Then is Arden s memoir looking back on this journey, and how she learned to free herself from expectations and not only live her life, but revel in it.
Sunday 1 January
9st 3 (but post-Christmas), alcohol units 14 (but effectively covers 2 days as 4 hours of party was on New Year s Day), calories 5,424.
11.45pm Ugh. First day of New Year has been day of horror. Having skulked at home all day, hoping hangover would clear, I eventually gave up and set off for the Turkey Curry Buffet far too late.
When I got to the Alconburys and rang their entire-tune-of-town-hall- clock-style doorbell I was still in a strange world of my own nauseous, vile-headed, acidic. Bridget! Happy New Year! Just about to start without you.
In our first extract Bridget meets handsome, divorced Mark Darcey at the dreaded annual Turkey Curry Buffet