Snipe Sailing Dinghy Restoration is Bringing People Together from Both Sides of Ulster
24th May 2021
The Snipe Ranger under restoration on 10th May
Credit: Fred Ternan
Snipes, the feathered sort, inhabit wetlands and lakes but in Ireland the breed is on the Red List, meaning it is of high conservation concern. Snipe dinghies (the wooden version) were common in Northern Ireland from the 1930s till the 60s but could have been put on a Red List after that, as their numbers suffered a marked decline. But I m told that Fermanagh supports a breeding population as well as an over-wintering population of the feathered variety, and if you listen, you can hear their distinctive drumming and chipping.
PICTURED: Pigs, ferrets and cats looking for forever homes - can you help? CAN you give any of these pets a forever home? Dorset-based animal rescue centre Margaret Green is hoping to find loving homes for two pigs, two ferrets and a cat this week. Pudding and Pie are two adorable rescue pigs looking for a home together. They are very friendly and active pigs who ended up in the care of Margaret Green when their previous owner had to move. They do have housing requirements so please do contact the centre if you would like to know more about them.
A FORMER accountant and craft extraordinaire set up a knitting club at the beginning of the pandemic and has supported local animal charities with her creations. Jean Willson, 79, of Stevenson Lodge, Poole Road, Westbourne, founded the knitting club with the aim of providing warm, hand-knitted blankets to animals who need them. Jean, along with Gill Maskell Linda Tucker and Barbara Kelly knit about 14 to 15 blankets every 10 days and donate them to causes of their choosing. So far, the group has knitted and crocheted over 100 blankets. Jean said: We started the group when we first went into lockdown. I volunteered at Poole Hospital and other residents volunteered elsewhere pre-pandemic, but as we couldn’t do this we decided to do something else. We have been knitting for dogs in rescue centres.
AN ANIMAL rescue centre received a surprise donation over Valentine s weekend to help share the love and care for pets during the pandemic. Margaret Green Animal Rescue at Church Knowle received a surprise £2,000 donation from Support Adoption For Pets over the weekend in recognition of the work the centre has done since the pandemic began. The centre is partnered with Dorchester Pets at Home store through Support Adoption For Pets charity of the year programme, and through this has received a total of £2,451.45 in 2020. In total, Support Adoption For Pets, the UK s largest grant giving animal charity, is giving away nearly £600,000 to rescue centres up and down the country to help them look after animals in their care as the financial hardship of the pandemic continues.
The Lower Cherokee Town of Esseneca was built on both sides of the Keowee River, now Lake Hartwell. In 1775, naturalist William Bartram described the village and its size in detail, including “the number of inhabitants is now estimated at about five hundred, and they are able to muster about one hundred warriors.”
After the Revolutionary War, the former South Carolina Cherokee lands were being developed, and the first Hopewell-Keowee Church opened in 1791. Rev. James McElhenney of Johns Island served as the Presbyterian minister from 1803-1812, living in a four-room house known as Clergy Hall in the summers and fall. At this time, only 12 white men owned more enslaved persons than McElhenney did in the Pendleton District.