I guess the proposers of the pharmacy thought the same way, but their assumptions proved wrong -- as they would have discovered a lot earlier if they had elected to attend the public meeting in the Dounby Centre a year ago. Jim > All, > > I'm very confused here. I would have thought that putting a pharmacy > in Dounby, even a small one, would be a convenience to those living in > the West Mainland, Birsay etc., not having to drive to Stromness or > Kirkwall for their meds. So why did 1500 people sign a petition > against it, and what does that have to do with saving a surgery? > > Explain, please. > > > Tuck > On Mar 12, 2010, at 4:21 PM, James Thompson wrote: > > > Hi Sue, > > > > We're very glad, along with the 1500 other West Mainland folk who > > signed the petition opposing the proposal. Now we wait 21 days to see > > if an appeal is lodged. We'll all sleep better tonight with the > > thought that our truly excellent surgery may be secure. > > > > Jim > > > > P.S. How are things in Virginia? > > > > > >> are you sad or glad?? > >> > >> sue hamilton > >> > >> --- On Fri, 3/12/10, James Thompson <orkney@empirenet.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> From: James Thompson <orkney@empirenet.com> > >> Subject: [ORCADIA] Dounby pharmacy > >> To: "Orcadia" <Orcadia@rootsweb.com> > >> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 1:09 PM > >> > >> > >> The proposal to add a pharmacy in Dounby has been rejected (!); see > >> the Orcadian's announcement at http://orcadian.co.uk/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------- > >> This message was sent using the UIA Web Mail Server. > >> ULTIMATE Internet Access, Inc http://www.uia.net/ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> Orcadia Group Photo Album > >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ORCADIA-request@roots> web.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and > > t> he body of the message > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> Orcadia Group Photo Album > >> http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > ORCADIA-request@roots> web.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and > > t> he body of the message > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > This message was sent using the UIA Web Mail Server. > > ULTIMATE Internet Access, Inc http://www.uia.net/ > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > Orcadia Group Photo Album > > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com > > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > Orcadia Group Photo Album > http://tinyurl.com/28bx9x > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ORCADIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using the UIA Web Mail Server. ULTIMATE Internet Access, Inc http://www.uia.net/