Report of Meeting Held 15^th March
2005

Apologies for absence were
received from Christine who has plumbing troubles. Diane is now
starting the hardest part of her history degree course, whilst Scott who
celebrated his third anniversary with Aimee. Sharon is
recuperating from the 'flu and Keith was unable to attend. It is a
painful time for Belinda who still has back troubles after her fall in
the snow but hopes to be back next time.

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In attendance were Caz,
Judy, Richard, Allen, Alex, Liliane, Peter, Dick, Ken, Les, Morag, Ann, Sue,
Tony, Gordon and Dave.

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Members and Other News:

Belinda's birthday
party at the Grosvenor was a nice gathering of a dozen of her friends. Again
the food was good, especially with the 2-1 offers! The company excellent.
Belinda has sent messages of thanks to everyone who attended which was sweet.
Let's just hope her back improves quickly now.

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Our old friend Edward who lives over Sutton Hoo way, has
taken his house off the market for the time being. Since losing his wife Meg,
Edward had intended moving back to Derbyshire to be nearer his family but now
that has been put on hold. Edward was one of the first members to share the
Scribblers resurgence a year or three back,

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A reminder of the tragic loss of our old friend
Nobby who died in a car accident last September. A verdict of accidental
death was recorded at his inquest and reported in the Evening Star.

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As recently reported, Ruth and baby
Eden, the new addition to her family, are doing fine. She is hoping that
her book will be published very soon as she has now gone through the final proof
stage. Recalling the excerpts she read out at our meetings in the past, it will
be a tremendous read.

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Caz has received a copy of
the glossy and expensive magazine Cancer Trust Wessexsize=2> in which her article, Charity Begins at Home (or does it?) was
published. It was a two page spread and included many colour photographs. Some
members may recall Caz reading it out as it was originally her Scribblers
homework!

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The Mini Soap for Felixstowe
TV [ href="http://felixstowetv.co.uk/">size=2>http://felixstowetv.co.uk ] is
progressing well. The first script was completed and read out by a merry band of
volunteers at the start of the meeting. A draft of the outline for the whole ten
episode series is appended at the end of the report. If you have any ideas for
inclusion, doubt over the content etc., please let me know as soon as possible.
The more feedback or additional ideas the better.

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A brief section on the homework read out at the
meeting, Alex relayed "The Perfect Summer's Day" and Judy read a
true story, "Boys will be Boys".

Sue chose a passage
"Picnic" from her book "The Tree House" and Caz recalled memories of the
"Magical Rockies".

Liliane shared "On the
Beach" and Allen read "Picnic" Richard provided his "Celebration"

Dick read out
Belinda's "My First Picnic" and Peter "Bovine Picnic". Ann
recalled her picnics "In All Weathers" and Les also recalled a time past
with "Joan's Dad".

Dave read "This Was No
Picnic" whilst Tony relayed his "In-Laws" and Morag read
Jan's "It Ain't No Picnic"

That leaves Gordon's "Family Outing" which
was probably one of the funniest tales for some time. Written on what appeared
to be pink toilet tissue, the story concerned a family of dung
beetles….

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The next Scribblers meeting will be
in 3 weeks time on April 5^th at 7.30pm

The homework, suggested by Alex , is
"Why I Write"

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Don't forget to keep an eye on the website at
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any comments or suggestions direct to Alex, href="mailto:alexpricea@hotmail.com">size=2>alexpricea@hotmail.com please on
any aspect of the site.

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Until next time when we hope everyone will be
feeling a lot better!

Keep Scribbling,

Dave
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