An Introduction From Your New Councillor Martin Corney

I’ve just been co-opted on to your Parish Council, so I thought I’d tell you something about myself. I’ve lived in St Ive for the last 25 years, and for 22 of those years I worked in Devonport Royal Dockyard in the computer department. I took early retirement three years ago, which has given me more time to spend on my interest in wildlife, as well as gardening. Think about it – how would you balance those two conflicting interests? Well I’ve had to think up a few new ideas of how to grow vegetables while letting the wildlife thrive in my garden. The ideas don’t all work, but I learn.

I volunteered my name for the council because I wanted the drain gulleys in my area cleared out properly, and thought, “Don’t just moan about it, get involved and do something”. So when I saw that the Parish Council was short in numbers, I stuck my head above the parapet.
Because of my background in computing, the first thing that the Parish Council asked me to do, was to look at how we can improve our internet services. I’m still at the stage of gathering information. So if you have any ideas about how we can use the internet to help share useful information about things that are happening locally, please contact me. I can be emailed, martin.corney@btinternet.com, or ring me on 382450 (leave a message if I’m not in), and I’m even on Facebook. I’ve created a group “St Ive Area Internet Ideas” on Facebook where your ideas can be shared.
I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more of each other over the coming months, and I still want to sort out the drains. Don’t let me forget.