THE HARDRES - STELLING NEWS

The Monthly Parish Magazine for Upper Hardres, Bossingham and Stelling Minnis

The Hardres-Stelling News is the Parish Magazine for Upper Hardres, Bossingham and Stelling Minnis.     The magazine was originally a church magazine (Stelling & Upper Hardres Parishes) and originated around 1953. It continued in that form until 1973. In 1972/73 both churches suffered arson attacks and co-incidentally the church newsletter ceased and was replaced by a Villages Magazine – The Hardres – Stelling News.  In 2009 the magazine entered the Parish Magazines of the year competition and was awarded 20th place out of 410 entries.

The magazine normally runs to 40 A5 pages of material plus advertising pages. Space is sometimes available for new advertisers (see) . Each issue contains a diary of events for two months and contacts for most local clubs and societies. Regular contributors are the 4 churches (Stelling, Upper Hardres, Methodist and Church in the Hall); Managers of Stelling Minnis Common; Historical Society; Stelling Minnis Parish Council, Kent Police; The windmill (in season); Stelling Striders; Stelling Minnis School; Farming, Vets and weather articles to name but a few.        

Articles or letters for publication can be left in Stelling Minnis Stores* or e-mailed to smwebmag@yahoo.co.uk and should reach the Editor by 15^th of the month (10^th in December) otherwise they may be held over for the next edition. If e-mailing, please ensure the subject line makes it clear that the message relates to the Parish Magazine, otherwise it may be deleted as spam.

*Typed articles appreciated - then they can be scanned straight into a suitable format to go into the Magazine.  Handwritten is of course OK, but please clearly print any names or unusual words.

As a guide 1 page of text is 300 words at 10 point size.

If e-mailing an article/item for publication, please ensure that you specify whether the article is for the Hardes-Stelling News, the Web site or both.

Articles sent via e-mail should either be PLAIN Text as an e-mail; or  an attachment as a Notepad or MS Word File.  Items must carry the name and contact address and telephone number or e-mail address of the originator.  Pictures should be sent as jpg files.

Letters must include the name and address of the sender and both will be printed with the letter, although the address will be truncated.  There are no exceptions to this rule.

Files will be virus checked before being opened and if found to be infected will be deleted and the originator advised.

Clubs and societies with web pages, may wish to include the url of that page/site and or an e-mail address.  To check url of your club/society with a page on the Stelling Minnis web site, visit the Contents & Index or Club list page.

Items in the Hardres - Stelling News are published in good faith.  Views expresses are not necessarily those of the Editor or management team.  Complaints regarding an article should be taken up with the originator.  Published items are considered to be in the public domain.

A few advertising spaces are still available for 2010. When all advertising spaces for 2010 have been taken Ann Day (e-mail: annday1010@tiscali.co.uk) will be able to add your name to the waiting list in case someone drops out during the year.

Current prices for advertising are:-

Issues relating to advertisements in the magazine should be taken up with the advertiser concerned and not the Editor or management team.

Subscriptions for the magazine are payable on 1st January each year for 12 months.  A limited number of copies of the Magazine are available in Stelling Minnis Stores at the beginning of each month.  The best way to secure your copy is to subscribe.  Obtain a copy of the magazine and contact the distribution point (Margaret Crawford). You can have your copy delivered to your home or pick it up at the shop. If you live outside the delivery area and wish to have your magazine delivered then you will need a postal subscription - click here.

Subscriptions £5 for 1 year (12 issues) - P&P costs extra for Postal Subscriptions

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Childrens' Christmas Cover Competition

Each year children under the age of 11, or still at Primary School, are invited to take part in a small competition to design the cover of the Parish Magazine for the December Issue.  Judging is normally undertaken by the Stelling Minnis Art Club and the winner and runner up in each of the two age groups (under 6 and 7-11) receive a prize.  The best of the two is then selected, again by the Art Club as the front cover.  The other winner has their entry printed inside the magazine.

Cover competition winning entries were:

2005 4		2006  4
2007 4		2008 4 Santa's been
2009 4 Santa's workshop		2010 4	Your picture could be here. Watch out for announcement of competition in the September 2010 issue of the Hardres - Stelling News. Revised rules and age groups will apply

Entry restricted to residents within the Parish Magazine catchment area (Upper Hardres, Bossingham & Stelling Minnis).

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Page designed and produced for Hardres-Stelling News by Nick Smith  - 29 February 2004

Revised 9 April 2010

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