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|  | | | Community News | | 2010-07-31 Resident Anger at School Students Littering | Residents of Kippax are complaining about the way in which students leaving Brigshaw School at the end of term were tearing up books and scattering the litter in the street. When challenged over the mess, the pupils just walked on.
| | 2010-07-31 Yorkshire Day Celebrations | Local Yorkshire Day Celebrations on Sunday 1st August will include family games, tombola and a snowboard simulator at Fairburn Ings. West Yorkshire Brass Band will be playing at Lotherton Hall and Kippax Band will be playing at Wetherby Riverside
| | 2010-07-30 The Cost of Councillors | A study of Leeds City Councillor payments has revealed that Kippax councillor Keith Wakefield is paid fifty three thousand pounds a year and Garforth councillor Tom Murray receives over thirty seven thousand pounds a year. Figures for the other councillors in Kippax and Garforth wards were not given in the study. Payments made to councillors and details of allowances are published on the council’s website.
| | 2010-07-26 Teacher Raises Funds for Namibia Projects | Brigshaw music teacher Angela Wright raised over £800 when she cycled over 280 miles, from London to Paris, in four days. The money raised will help educational projects in Namibia.
| | 2010-07-25 Kippax Band Require Players | Kippax Band are currently recruiting for the positions of Solo Trombone, Soprano Cornet, Bb Bass and Percussion. If you are interested in joining, please apply in confidence to Colin Moss , Band Chairman Tel: 01977 709901 or email: colinmoss@talktalk.net
| | 2010-07-22 It’s a Rubbish Collection Service | Residents of Emley View, Kippax are complaining to the council that their brown bins, containing garden rubbish have not been collected for 5 weeks despite repeated calls and promises that they would be.
| | 2010-07-21 Agency Finally Act to Stop Brecks Smells | The Environment Agency is to take long overdue firm action at Brecks Farm, ordering the introduction of a covering for the slurry pond to significantly reduce the odour blighting the lives of local residents. Kippax councillors had complained about Environment Agency officers failing to resolve the problem despite visiting the farm over fifty times.
| | 2010-07-18 Callum Signs for Liverpool | Fourteen year old centre forward Callum Pilkington from Kippax has signed for Liverpool FC and has also been selected to go on an England training camp. The Brigshaw youngster, who was a junior with Bradford City when spotted by Liverpool, is an ardent Leeds United fan.
| | 2010-07-17 Kippax Poet in Concert | The poems of Jean Gittens from Kippax have been set to music and will be performed by Leeds choir Free Range at a fundraising concert at the Shine Centre on Harehills Road in aid of refugees and asylum seekers. Jean’s poems describe the struggles of local mining communities during the miner’s strike.
| | 2010-07-11 Tennis Balls Wanted at the Ings | Staff at Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve are asking the public for old tennis balls that can be cut up to serve as nests for harvest mice. Field mice numbers have fallen in recent years and nests in converted tennis balls are a proven success.
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| | Clubs and Societies | | 1st. St. Mary's Scout Group Group Scout Leader Mr Simon Burgess 0113 2876126 | | Extend Exercise Pat Goodacre | | First Steps Elizabeth Anne Thomas 0113 287 0326 | | Kippax Amateur Operatic Society Anne Brookes 0113 286 2468 | | Kippax and District Local History Society Edgar Pickles 0113 286 4785 | | Kippax Community Association LorraineHarrison 0113 286 5211 | | Kippax in Bloom Mrs Pat Sammy 0113-2862283 | | Kippax Methodist Church Rev Robin Fox 0113 2877669 | | LeedsPhoenix Club Mrs M Watson 0113 286 7813 | | LorraineSchool of Theatre Dance Mrs LorraineHarrison 0113 286 9321 | | Osteoporosis Society - Leeds Branch Pat Goodacre 0113 286 8193 | | Royal British Legion - Kippax Branch Mr Fielding 0113 286 3734 | | St Mary's (CE) - Kippax Bruce Carlin 0113 286 2710 | | St Vincent Paul Society J T Guthrie 0113 286 3449 | | The Fitness League Miss Denise Perry 0113 286 4475 | | The Growing Zone, Gibson Lane, Kippax , Leeds LS25 7BQ June Perkin | | Yorkshire Evening Post Brass Diane Carlisle 0113 286 2415 | |
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|  | | | Events | | 26/6/10 Kippax Welfare Memorial 7’s Rugby Competition, and Kippax Gala | | 26-27/6/10 Kippax Welfare Kippax Gala - Memorial 7’s Rugby Competition, Beer tent open air Music event starring Clicks , Leesa Mae , first time performer Becky and others, Fun Fair Rides , craft stalls . Ice cream sales , food/ hot/cold drinks , Fancy Dress Parade , Music , Mr Custard (clown children’s entertainer ) The fuss (Band), Kippax Brass Band , Go carts. and local groups information stalls , Weather permitting there will be a Hot Air balloon ride . | | 3/7/10 Kippax Leisure Centre,Station Road The Cycle Passport Scheme 10am to 2pm | | 11/7/10 Kippax Band Club, Mount Pleasant, Kippax Kippax Band at the Kippax Band Club, 8:00 pm start - no ticket required | | 18/7/10 Kippax Churches Together Concert - Kippax 2pm | | 8/8/10 Kippax Band Club, Mount Pleasant, Kippax Kippax Band at the Kippax Band Club, 8:00 pm start - no ticket required | | 21/8/10 Ledstonn Luck Ledston Luck Fete 2pm | | 18/9/10 Kippax Band Club, Mount Pleasant, Kippax Kippax Band Cabaret Evening Ticket details and time tbc | | 20/9/10 Great and Little Preston Village Hall Older Persons Events week | | 22/9/10 Kippax tba Older Persons Events week | | 24/9/10 Garforth Liberal Club Older Persons Events week | | 27/9/10 Brigshaw School Kippax and Methley ward forum | | 14/11/10 St. Marys Church Kippax Remembrance Service 10:30am | | 14/11/10 Kippax Band Club, Mount Pleasant, Kippax Kippax Band at the Kippax Band Club, 8:00 pm start - no ticket required | | 12/12/10 Kippax Band Club, Mount Pleasant, Kippax Kippax Band at the Kippax Band Club, 8:00 pm start - no ticket required | | 19/12/10 St. Mary’s Church, Kippax Kippax Band at St Mary's Kippax 7:30pm | | 18/4/11 Brigshaw School Kippax and Methley ward forum | | Every Monday Band Club Kippax Kippax Line Dancing Club 7:30-9.0pm easy, 9-10:30pm Intermediate | | 2nd Monday of Month St Marys Church Hall Kippax Kippax and District Historical Society 7:30pm | | every monday Kippax Methodist Church Pram Club mums and babies 1.30-3pm | | every tuesday Kippax Methodist Church Coffee morning 9.30-11.30am | | Every Wednesday Band Club Kippax Kippax Line Dancing Club 7:30-9.0pm easy, 9-10:30pm Intermediate | | last Wednesday of the month Brigshaw High School Friends of Billy Wood Monthly Meeting 7:30 Harry Bratley 2868073 | | every wednesday Kippax Methodist Church Dancing Class 7-9pm | | 3rd Thursday of month Methodist Chapel Kippax Kippax Parish Council 7pm Parish Clerk: Colin Child, 0113 2860033 | | first Thursday of month Mount Pleasant Kippax Connect friendship group 10am-noon | | every third saturday Kippax Methodist Church Dance 7.15pm | |
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