During 2008/9 Signposts purchased premises in Houghton Regis. After many months of building and refurbishment the hostel, accommodating 8 residents, opened in May 2009.

Mrs Cathy Aizlewood has recently become the newest member of Luton Someries Rotary Club.  Born in Dunstable, she has lived in Luton since marrying in 1973.

The Rotary Clubs of Luton Someries, Luton North and Luton Chiltern all participated with the help and assistance of local doctors and nurses from the Luton and Dunstable Hospital in raising awareness of the effect of high blood pressure and possibility of stroke.

Every club has committed to raise £1500 over three years to meet the Bill & Melissa Gates Foundation's challenge to Rotary.

As part of Luton Someries's push to fund-raise Sandra is offering a range of her artwork on cards for sale.

There were 11 of us staying at the Langham Hotel and 2 staying at The Grand.

Some of us arrived on Thursday night ready to put up the stand in the House of Fellowship on Friday morning. Pictures of the final version of the stand are attached, which I think did the club credit in terms of trying to encourage urban clubs to make the environment greener, by showing  how we have done it over the last 3 years.

After trudging across ¼ mile of playing field, we inspected the whips (saplings) that we planted last November. It is encouraging to see that many were still in existence and surviving although the support stakes that had been put in place had all been ‘whipped’ by some locals, no doubt for their own gardens!!

Whilst off enjoying himself on a cruise to the caribbean, Jim didn't forget us all at home enduring Christmas in the snow, er... rain.

He left this little ode behind him to be read in his stead at our pre-Christmas meeting.

The group was watched carefully by a small person of two years who told me with great excitement that "the ladies and gentleman were putting pretty flowers in that would come up when the sun came back after Christmas."