I have written before about what a vital contribution volunteers make to the heath and wellbeing of our societies and we have our own example as we bid a fond farewell to Olivia Boon, who has stepped down as sub-editor for Upton Bishop. As one of our other sub-editors, John Lancaster, said in his tribute to her “The job of sub-editor involves maintaining links with correspondents, editing contributions, working to editorial deadlines and generally ensuring that the content of one's copy reflects community life. Olivia did all this with consistency, to a high standard and with great style. We are very grateful to her and she leaves our team with our warmest best wishes and thanks.” 
  But it is with huge pleasure that we welcome Annette Colwell to the role this month. Her first contribution maintains those standards and I for one am extremely grateful that the transition has gone so smoothly.
  We are still looking for another main Editor to join Francine, Steve and me on this most interesting and challenging job. Please get in touch to find out more about how you can contribute. You need some computer skills of course, but full training is available on our new design software which is making life a great deal easier for all of us. And there is a plus side: the feedback from Steve’s ‘egg-sighting’ competition in the last issue is still reverberating round the parishes, so there are certainly some rewards for all the hard work!

  Peter