Unfortunately, despite some gallant fundraising efforts, it looks like this club will have to close, forcing hard-working parents to make some tough choices — either give up work or reduce their hours, as well as making the staff who work in the club redundant. As you can imagine, in these very difficult financial times, this is a terrible situation to be forced into.

Our nearest club is Lochee Out of School Club, which will be full after the holidays and unable to offer any places to our children.

There may be other clubs such as ours in similar circumstances. However, due to a lack of a co-ordinated approach to out-of-school care from Dundee City Council, we would not be able to join forces and ensure out-of-school provision is available for parents who desperately need it.

The irony of having a few million pounds spent on our new joint school campus with Charleston PS and Lochee PS, without having the funds to run an Out of School Care Club, was not lost on any of us who attended the meeting.

All of our local councillors were invited to our meeting but none turned up.

Our next (and potentially last) meeting will be held on Tuesday in Charleston Community Centre at 6.15pm. I urge all interested parents (and any interested councillors) to come along and provide any kind of support/encouragement they can. — Hard Working Parent.

On Monday I was driving down Pitkerro Road behind a police car and there were four people walking down the pavement and clearly carrying a water pole valve.

The parents should be fined for the action of their children then maybe it would stop. Who pays for this water? Us. The water board don’t care because if they did they could fit locked covers to water valves in ground. — Dave, Dundee.

I reside in one of the new town houses and absolutely love the area. I am on first name terms with all my neighbours in the other town houses, semis and disabled houses which surround the grassed communal garden, and I feel there is a real sense of community within the small development.

I agree that the lovely border plants have been pulled out by the kids playing, but, to put a planted feature right in the middle of the only grassed area in the vicinity was ludicrous on Hillcrest’s part, especially considering the houses are mainly occupied by families with kids under 10.

I really hope that things improve for the person who can’t bear to stay, but I don’t think I would move, even if I won the lottery. — Proud Scott Court Resident.

If approved the thousands of pounds involved could be put back into council services, a lifeline to Dundee City Council given what is happening with the economy.

Also, it cannot be right that additional allowances waived by councillors such as Independent Ian Borthwick, don’t go back into the public purse, but are redistributed between other elected members.

As a point of principle, I think it is for those councillors to return the money.

In hiding behind a rule book, they run the risk of following those Westminster MPs who blamed advice from the Fees Office but now find themselves in deep trouble. — Politics Watcher.

It was not a particularly pleasant experience.

The smell inside was the type one might associate with the old style of unattended toilets. There was no sign of any form of deodorizing or sanitizing materials, and I immediately spoke to the attendant and complained about the situation. This only brought a muttered response of “I can’t be expected to do two jobs at one time”.

I wonder what his supervisor would have to say to that?

All together a poor image (odour) for Dundee. — T. G. D., St Andrews.

It was a nice day and the walk was very enjoyable. We are glad we had the chance to raise money for the fund. Thanks to everyone who took part. — Donna Mitchell, Dundee.

Stagecoach Strathtay will continue to provide almost all journey options that were available prior to July 6, with more opportunities to make the connection further afield. For example, residents of Invergowrie wishing to travel to the east of Dundee City can travel on service 77 or 16 to the City Centre and make the connection to a service 73, which will depart every 10 minutes, using one simple connecting ticket. — Martin Hall, Operations Manager, Stagecoach Strathtay.

The necessary funding was achieved during the first three months of 2009, solely from members’ donations and friends, and the new memorial is to be unveiled at a ceremony on August 2009 at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, Staffordshire.

We would desperately like to find more handlers before then, so they too will have the opportunity to take part in the very final event of the ADU history.

Contact details: website www.armydogunit-ni.co.uk, email pressliaison@armydogunit-ni.co.uk. — Robert Shevill, Carnarc Crescent, Inverness.