Dan Elkington stands for election

Dan Elkington (BGS 1996-2003)

The candidates in Boston Borough Council’s by-election for the Fenside Ward have been announced. They are: Ben Cook (labour), Dan Elkington (Conservative), Tiggs Keywood-Wainwright (UKIP) and Alan Taylor (Liberal Democrats). The seat became available last month after former Fenside Ward councillor Elliot Fountain (English Democrat) was removed from the council for not turning up to meetings for six months. The by-election will be held on Thursday, 5 September.

For the purposes of this blog (and not in order to show political bias), it's interesting to note that Dan Elkington was at Boston Grammar School from 1996 to 2003.

Since leaving school, Dan has worked in a variety of roles including working in factories and as a healthcare support worker. He is now a fully qualified independent Financial advisor and private client wealth manager, serving an area taking in Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk. He is working towards chartered status in his chosen profession.

Congratulations to Boston Borough Council

I occasionally post an article here that isn't directly related to Boston Grammar School or its "old boys". Here's one. There has long been a debate going on about the number of immigrants in Boston, and their effect on the life of the town. I'm not commenting on that matter, but some time ago, BBC's Question Time programme came from Lincoln, and Mary Beard, well known professor of Classics at Cambridge University, caused quite a stir by quoting from a council report.

According to Mary Beard's blog, Boston Borough Council has won the "overall impact award" for that very report at the annual Good Scrutiny Awards. You can read more about Mary's reaction to this news on her blog - A Don's Life.

Stan Meeds - Service to the Community Award

Stan Meeds (BGS 1938-43)

Stan Meeds receiving his award from
Boston Mayor,  Coun. Colin Brotherton

On 18 April 2013 Stan Meeds received a Service to the Community Award from Boston Borough Council. The citation is as follows:

In appreciation of his dedicated commitments and invaluable service to the community, particularly to St Nicholas Church, Skirbeck, serving as churchwarden for over thirty years, to the British Red Cross, and the local branches of the Royal British Legion and The Royal Naval Association.

...this award for services to the community as an expression of the high esteem in which he is held in the Borough.