VOTING AT THE BUNCRANA LOCAL ELECTIONS

Nicholas Crossan interviewed by Inishowen Community radio straight after finding out that he was voted in.

Lee Tedstone gets a congratulatory kiss from his mother as he finds out that he was voted in on the first count

Michelle Bradley looking relaxed before the count

Assessing the spoiled votes.

See more details on the Highland Radio site site

WISDOM OF THE WORLD - WEEK 60

The Stone and the Flower

"You have hardened", said the flower, bending her petals downward toward the half stone at her roots. "These rains should have softened you, made you more fertile and receptive to the seeds of the fields; but no. You have accumulated minerals and have become more silent and full of calcium. Why do you stay here? Why do you resist the brook that gives us water?"

The stone said nothing.

A number of clouds passed by, the sun set and the night arrived with an immense bronze-coloured freckled moon with acne scars upon her worn face and in this manner reflected down upon the silent stone which still had not fallen asleep. The flower, by now, had tucked-in her petals and slept profoundly, and at this time the stone began to answer:

"I stay here because your roots have made me yours. I stay here because it is no longer about my feeling the earth rather because I have become part of that which functions as a support of your stem which resists the wind and the rain. Everything changes, my sweet flower", said the stone, "but I stay here because love is that microscopic space between your feet and my salted skin. You would only be able to feel it if destiny were ever to separate the two of us."

The moon followed the fade of the stars. Dawn gave a yawn as the sun began to burn its horizon on the lower lip of the mouth of a new day. The flower awoke and extended her beautiful petals. "Good morning", she said, "I dreamt that you were singing to me. How foolish of me, don't you think?"

The stone said nothing.

SHEEP SHEARING FESTIVAL AT BURT

A small typo on the clothing meant that there were a LOT of Stewarts in the crowd.....

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The Amma stall

BUNCRANA 5KM ROAD RACE

Sean Furey from Furey Insurances Ltd, the sponsors of the event with the President of the Athletics Association Northern Ireland Brian Downing and his wife Pat at the finishing line of the road run.

NEW COUNCIL GARDENING FACILITY OPENS IN BUNCRANA

The new trophy in memeory of Phillip Diggin who did so much in getting the facility and working to create the Tidy Towns Group

Councilor Paul Bradley had a laugh with George, the town gardener

Council workers and local councilors officially opening the gardening growing facility in Buncrana. Mayor Dermott McLaughlin cuts the ribbon,

WISDOM OF THE WORLD - WEEK 59

Moving Rocks

A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox with his box of cars and trucks, and his bucket and spade. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.

The boy dug around the rock, managing to dislodge it from the dirt. With a little bit of struggle, he pushed and nudged the rock across the sandbox by using his feet. (He was a very small boy, and the rock was very large.) When he got it to the edge he couldn't roll it up and over the little wall.

Determined, the little boy shoved, pushed, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox. he grunted, struggled, pushed, & shoved; but his only reward was to have the rock roll back, smashing his fingers.
Finally he burst into tears of frustration. All this time the boy's father watched from his living room window as the drama unfolded. He walked over to the sand pit and said, "Son, why didn't you use all the strength that you had available?"

"But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!"

"No, son," corrected the father kindly. "You didn't use all the strength you had. You didn't ask me." With that the father reached down, picked up the rock and removed it from the sandbox.
Do you have "rocks" in your life that need to be removed?

Are you discovering that you don't have what it takes to lift them? There is One who is always available to us and willing to give us the strength we need. Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things ourselves.