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AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPSBUCKIE & KEITH

Al-Anon Family Groups offer free, confidential help & support to the relatives & friends of problem drinkers. Local weekly groups in Buckie & Keith. For further information call 020 7403 0888, visit www.hexnet.co.uk/ alanon/ or email alanonuk@aol.com BANFFSHIRE FIELD CLUB

Meets monthly at Keith Community Centre to explore the district, inquiring into its geology, botany, natural history, archaeology, etc. Contact Mrs K M Hawkes 840718 BUCKIE AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB

Classes spanning all levels and coaching available. Age 5-16 years. Contact David Eckersley 832078 BUCKIE ROVERS JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB

Training Monday & Wednesday, 7pm-9pm July - May. Contact Mr D G Roberts 840861 FAITH AND LIGHT GROUP BUCKIE

To provide an evening of respite care to the parents or carers of club members. 1st and 3rd

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Tuesday evening at 7pm. Contact Anne Gerrard 831124 JOG SCOTLAND BUCKIE

Meets on Tuesday 6.30pm at Swimming Pool car park, juniors meet on Monday 4.30pm at BHS Games Hall. Suitable for beginners. Tel: 842847 or email jsbuckie@walk jogrunmoray.org.uk JOG SCOTLAND KEITH

Meets on Monday 6.30pm at Keith Community Centre, juniors meet at 6pm.

Suitable for beginners.

Tel: 870609 or email jskeith@walk jogrunmoray.org.uk KEITH & HUNTLY TANG SOO DO

Korean martial arts, teaching mental & physical training. £3.

Thursdays, Royal British Legion, Keith.

Juniors:5.15pm-6pm; Adults:6pm-7pm, contact Master Wilma McGregor tel: 0797 607 4694 KEITH BOWLING CLUB

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MacAngus-Gerrard 887452 KEITH SENIOR YOUTH CLUB & SEVEN 2 ONE CLUB

Monday, Tuesday, and Friday evenings. 12-25 Senior Youth Club. 1112 Seven 2 One Club (P7 & S1). Contact Sharon Duncan or Shona Goodall 882222 KEITH TENNIS CLUB

Offers coaching April to September annually, St Rufus Park Tennis Courts, Seafield Avenue Keith. Contact Roy Wright 886175 MARACAIBO

Club for the over 50’s, Thursdays 1.30pm to 4pm, Longmore Hall, Keith MORAY ADVANCE MOTORISTS & MOTORCYCLISTS

Reg. Scottish Charity (SC 033561) visit www.morayiam.org.uk or 01309 673954 WEIGHTWATCHERS

Every Wednesday from 6.30pm, Longmore Hall, Keith If you would like details of your club or society included in this section please let us know.

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Orienteering Take a new direction!

Pub quiz sports question. Which Moray sporting event has drawn the most participants in the last 10 years? A well-known event like the Moray Marathons is the obvious answer but surprisingly it’s orienteering. When we heard that almost 4000 runners had converged on Culbin Forest in the summer of

2007 for what we thought was a minority sport, we asked local club Moravian Orienteers to explain why so many were attracted to Moray.

Orienteering has been around for a long time. It was invented in Victorian times by the Swedish army and introduced into Scotland in the 1960s. In essence it’s a cross-country race, but one with one big difference. Instead of following a set route, runners must work out for themselves how to get round the course. The idea is to visit several checkpoints along the way. At the beginner level, they are close together in easilylocated positions, mainly reached by running along tracks. At the other end of the scale they can be far apart in the remotest places, as far as possible from obvious landmarks. Courses vary between 1 Km and 18 km and can take place not only in rugged mountain and forest areas, but also in parks and towns. Even Forres has its own orienteering map!

In orienteering it’s rarely the fastest runner who wins. It’s sometimes referred to as ‘cunning running’ as it’s the runner who navigates fastest who comes out on top. It’s very easy to make navigation mistakes, especially on harder courses, and the knack is to make sure your legs don’t go faster than your brain! There are thousands of areas mapped for orienteering in the UK, and Moray has some of the world’s finest orienteering terrain. Forested sand dune areas like Culbin and Roseisle provide great competition areas because the intricate contour shapes tax even the best navigators, while the going under foot is never too rough. This enables older, less agile people to take part too. Orienteering competitions are divided into 5-year age groups with courses getting shorter as you get older, so people can keep on competing right into their 80s when athletic ability might be on the wane but the mind is still just as sharp. Moray’s forests also have lots of paths that make them perfect for beginner-level

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courses. Every event lays on courses for the very young, and competitive orienteering can start as young as age 7 or 8.

The Culbin event in 2007 was part of a 6-Day festival based in Grantown on Spey, attracting over 1000 overseas competitors as well as 2500 Brits. In 2008 the forest hosted the British Championships where another 2000 runners descended on the tiny village of Kintessack. Anyone can take part, whatever the level of event, and this one was no exception where young local children were able to line up alongside elite national champions whose courses shared the same area. Lately there’s been a boom in adventure running for which navigation at speed is a fundamental part.

Local schools have recently discovered orienteering and many have their own school maps. The area’s Active Schools co-ordinators stage inter-school events where hundreds of children have learned to map read in an exciting and active way. All of Moray’s schools come together at Gordonstoun every April for an annual schools festival and this year youngsters can also look forward to a special competition. On June 13th, Culbin Forest will be the venue for the first ever Moray and Highland Junior Orienteering Championships. It’s aimed at novices who have discovered the sport at school, and anyone aged 16 or under on the day can take part. With entry classes for boys and girls in 2-year categories from under 11

upwards, the event will be combined with a mainstream competition open to anyone. This should be an exciting chance for budding adventure runners to take part in a big event at Scottish Orienteering’s Hampden Park! With the 2-yearly Scottish 6-Day Orienteering Festival returning to the Moray Coast in August 2013 it’s the perfect place to start getting in training for what might be Moray’s biggest sporting event of the next decade!

Moravian Orienteers stage at least one local event every month. They also organise training sessions and enter teams in races further afield. New members are always welcome so if adventure running Moravian style sounds like your kind of thing you can find more information on their web site w w w. m o r a v i a n o r i e n t e e r i n g . o r g

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Inequality, Justice and God In these times of economic crisis, it may become more apparent how unequally the load is carried. I was surprised the other day to switch on Radio 4 and find a professor of geography talking about Britain in general, and London in particular, as a very unequal society. His claim was that Britain ranked fourth in the world for inequality. He quoted as an example the wages of the top ten percent in the city’s square mile, compared with the bottom ten percent.

We could go further, and many are acutely aware of the difference between the west and the developing nations, where wages of a dollar or less are not uncommon. Amartya Sen who won the Nobel Prize for economics and who specialises in the economics of the poor, famously said that the poor have nothing to bargain with in the marketplace, and that is

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the fundamental reason for their poverty.

It was thought by some philosophers, John Rawls in particular, that it is reasonable to be just, because we may all be in the same boat one day. The reply came from his Harvard Colleague Nozick, who said with his usual bluntness, that the powerful would be foolish to give up their unequal bargaining position in the marketplace. And that indeed is the key - why should we, in any bargaining position, give up an unequal advantage?

The bible calls for just such a sacrifice, since God’s justice is not focused so much on a negotiated equality, but a justice based on need.

Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador was converted in three short years from a conservative defender of the status quo to one of the Church’s most outspoken voices on behalf of

Buckie Baptist Church meets Sundays 11am & 5.45pm.

Contact Rev. V MacDougall Email bydand52@aol.com Buckie North, C of S, Cluny Square, contact Rev Gordon Mathew 882352/831328 email jg.mathew@btinternet.com or Mr Graeme Gerrard (Session Clerk) 01542 831124 email graeme_gerrard@hotmail.com Buckie, Riverside Christian Church, Sundays 10.30am, contact 01542 833923 or visit www.riversidebuckie.org Buckie, St Peters Church RC contact 832196 Buckie Methodist Church Sundays 11am & 6pm, alternative Sundays at Portessie. Sunday School, Bible Studies, Prayer meetings, Study groups, Women's Guild, Men's Prayer Breakfast and House Groups Cullen Methodist Church, Seatown, Cullen, Buckie Sunday morning worship at 11am led by a Minister or an authorised Local Preacher. Activities for children are available as required.

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the oppressed, finally dying at the hands of government troops. A short quotation from his book is given below:

“The violence we preach is not The violence of the sword, The violence of hatred.

It is the violence of love, Of brotherhood, The violence that wills to beat weapons Into sickles for work” Our covenant or relationship with God is not that of equals. Like the poor we have nothing to negotiate with. Yet God is willing to sacrifice all he has, to become one of us, even our slave.

This he calls mercy. This is his justice.

Do we dare to accept such a risk, to live by such a Spirit?

Rev. Maximilian McKeown St Thomas RC Church, Keith

Rothiemay Church : Sunday 9.30am, except the first Sunday in each month. Contact: Rev G Hutton Steel Email: knnbrchurch@btconnect.com Keith, C of S - St Rufus, Botriphnie and Grange St Rufus Church : Sunday 10.15am; Botriphnie Church : Sunday 11.45am (alternate Sundays); Grange Church : Sunday 11.45am (alternate Sundays), contact: Rev Ranald S.R. Gauld or email: kay_gauld@strufus.fsnet.co.uk Keith, Holy Trinity Episcopal, Family Eucharist 11.30am.

Keith, St. Thomas’ Church RC, Vigil-Mass 9.30am and 6.30pm, Confessions Saturday 10am on request.

Portessie Methodist Church, Portessie, Buckie Sunday worship at 11am (with Sunday school) and at 6pm (alternately here and at Buckie).

Portgordon Methodist Church, Portgordon, Buckie meets for Sunday worship at 11am, bible study meeting on alternate Mondays with the Church of Scotland congregation at 2pm, craft group meets on Wednesdays at 2pm If you are a member of a church not listed here please email us the details and we will print this in future issues.

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JUNE / JULY 2010

JUNE 25 friday

english4moray@yahoo.co.uk or tel: 07922 051930 help for heroes tour, the loft venue, by kinloss, 2.30pm, donation, tel: 01343 850111

tam white, the loft venue, by kinloss, £10/£12 tel: 01343 850111

26 saturday vision awareness event, 10am-4pm, elgin town hall, contact carolyn lamb for more details 07500 033689 glitz and glee, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10, contact 01309 690110 live music c-red, 9.30pm, harbour bar, buckie

26 saturday & 27 sunday portsoy scottish traditional boat festival, visit www.stbf.bizland.com/2010 or tel: 01261 842951

JULY 1-12 marie curie cancer care blooming great tea party, if you would like to hold your own blooming great tea party, please call 08700 340 040 or visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/teaparty for your free blooming great tea party fundraising pack

Friday 9th July Starsky has been wowing crowds with his phenomenal song writing and unique style and stage presence. With a unique blend of up beat folk/acoustic and mature plaintive ballads, Starsky is an artist that never fails to engage with his audiences and he has been creating a stir right across Scotland.

9 friday starsky - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111

10 saturday live music dave nash, 9.30pm, harbour bar, buckie

12 monday - 16 friday children’s mission - cullen churches in conjunction with scripture union, for more information contact helen tel: 01542 840234

Dave Sharp at The Loft Venue Saturday 3rd July

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Lead guitarist and co-founder of British rock band The Alarm, Dave Sharp picked up the guitar in his early teens and from the onset was influenced by the Woodstock-era rock bands of the late 60’s and early 70’s.

open air theatre at cawdor castle : shakespeare’s romeo & juliet by illyria theatre company, gates 6pm/ performance 7.30pm, tickets £14/£12/£8, tel: 01667 404401 or visit www.cawdorcastle.com

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dave sharp, the loft venue, by kinloss, free, tel: 01343 850111

jinski - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111

4 sunday FREE walk & talk for speakers of other languages, 2pm, lossiemouth west beach come for a walk & practise speaking english, email

Frankie Martin Help for Heroes Tour The Loft Venue

Jinski at The Loft Venue Friday 23rd July Jinski are two highly individual guitarists/musicians with strong distinctive voices. Jinski have a wealth of great original songs that draw upon acoustic roots and country music whilst remaining resolutely modern. Jinski play songs that tell stories of love, joy, loneliness and longing.

Sunday 4th July This brat-packer intends to raise awareness of the continuing sacrifices made by British armed forces personnel world wide while entertaining with the songs of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole & more.

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24 saturday the wilders, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £12/£10, contact 01309 690110

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AUGUST 2010 in brief

JULY 2010 continued Simon Hopper at The Loft Venue Friday 30th July ...telling new stories through new songs with a craftsman's eye and a poet's fist. Old England is new England, and it hurts. The songs are influenced by Brit-Folk, Joni Mitchell, Loudon Wainwright, Ron Sexsmith & Dylan.

29 july thursday - 1 august sunday speyfest 2010, visit www.speyfest.com for details

30 fri / 31 sat july / 1 sun august cullen art group exhibition, friday 6pm-8pm, saturday 10am-6pm, sunday 12noon-6pm, cullen memorial hall, free entry, all welcome

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simon hopper - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111

1 sunday - 31 tuesday scotlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing expo 2010, inverness, visit www.scotlandshousingexpo.com for details 7 saturday & 8 sunday wolf trek wild day out challenge, join this 45 mile walk through the night from dallas dhu distillery to cairngorm mountain, more details available at www.wilddayout.com/WDO_Detail.aspx?id=48 14 saturday starsky with jamie duffin - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111 15 sunday the scottish alvis ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club rally, all day, cawdor castle, www.cawdorcastle.com 28 saturday westlife live at cawdor castle, visit www.cawdorcastle.com for details

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If you are looking for a great night of nostalgic entertainment, then this is a good place to start, with the classic hits of the 1950Ęźs, 1960Ęźs & 1970Ęźs.

New signings for Darts & Pool welcome

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Relax in our Beer Garden this summer

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Moray Playhouse, Elgin

From 2/7 Shrek 4 (PG) From 9/7 Twilight Eclispe (12a) Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk

Cinema Listings July 2010 Vue Cinema, Inverness

Shrek Forever After 3D & 2D (PG) Twilight:Eclipse (12a) Predators (18 tbc) Inception (15) Knight and Day (12a tbc) Toy Story 3D & 2D (PG) The A-Team (12a tbc) Karate Kid (PG tbc)

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Toy Story 3 (PG tbc) Shrek Forever After (PG tbc) The Brothers Bloom (12a tbc) Inception (12a tbc) [REC] (18 tbc) [REC] 2 (18 tbc) Four Lions (15 tbc) Centurion (15 tbc) Greenberg (15 tbc) The Ghost (15 tbc) Erasing David (12a tbc) plus many others

KidsAM - Every Saturday & Sunday at 10.15am - 95p per ticket Senior Screenings - Every Tuesday at 12.30pm - ÂŁ3 inc. refreshments

Visit www.myvue.com for details

Visit www.eden-court.co.uk or call 01463 234234 for details

Cinema Nairn

25/6 Out of Africa (PG) 30/7 Looking for Eric (15)

Visit the website www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com or contact Nairn Community Centre on 01667 453476 for details

Universal Hall, Findhorn

Showing films throughout the year. Visit www.findhorn.org/uhall or call 01309 691170 for details.

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Ingred ients 1.8kg pork spare ribs 2 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, peeled and chopped 4 clove garlic, crushed 2 red chillies, finely chopped 2 tsp fennel seeds, crushed 115g dark brown sugar 100ml dark soy sauce 600ml tomato ketchup black pepper Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas 4. Place the spare ribs on a baking sheet and roast for 25-30 minutes until cooked through.

While the ribs are cooking heat the olive oil in a saucepan. Add the onion and garlic and fry until fragrant. Add the chilli, fennel seeds and sugar and cook, stirring often, until sugar melted. Add the soy sauce and tomato ketchup. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Bring to the boil and simmer for around 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

Once the ribs have cooked through, remove them from the oven and brush liberally with half the barbecue sauce, leaving half for later. Return the ribs to the oven and cook for a further 10 minutes to glaze the ribs. Serve with the remaining barbecue sauce on the side.

To enjoy these ribs at a barbecue, follow the recipe as above the end of step two. Brush the ribs with barbecue sauce and cook over a preheated barbecue until glazed, then serve.

Happy Cooking!

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Cullen INTRODUCTION: The route provides a variety of views and habitats of agricultural land and the coast.

THE ROUTE AND FEATURES OF INTEREST: Starting at Cullen Square take the path up the hill and turn right along Reidhaven Street. At Seafiled Place turn left towards the playing field.

Following the timber finger post, take the gravel track along the edge of the playing field and continue right up the hill. At the gate turn left and follow the green waymarkers along the farm track for about a mile. Pass over the old Railway bridge and turn left along the tarmac track towards the old quarry, following the waymarkers.

Take great care crossing the busy A98

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road, then follow the timber waymarkers along the minor country roads to Lintmill.

From here follow the cycle path back towards Cullen. Follow the signs past the cemetery and along Cathay Terrace, South Deskford Street, and then turn right back to the Square.

TERRAIN: A mixture of pavements, quiet country roads, and farm tracks, with aggregate and earth paths through the woodland section.

SIGNAGE: Fully Signed WALK GRADE: Moderate MILEAGE: 4 Miles ESTIMATED WALKING TIME: 1 Hour 45 Minutes

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Council News

EXTRACTS FROM THE FINAL MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 5TH 2010 OF STRATHISLA COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Police Matters No Police present.

Rhona has reported a recent incident regarding Quarry Brae in Newmill – no feedback as yet.

Also concerns have been raised over chip vans in Newmill – Police are aware, no further information at present.

Planning.

Myreton – emails re the appeal for 2 new turbines. Fiona has copies if anyone is interested.

Edintore Windfarm. Questionnaire and all asked to give an opinion. Questionnaire completed. Fiona has been in contact and has asked that SCC be kept informed. James has heard nothing from locals. James also commented on local planning applications for property that did not appear in district lists.

Boharm Popin Brae – works completed.

Rosarie – caravans no longer there, but landowner advised to contact Police should they return.

Bond Houses – increased traffic issues re work Chivas has contracted out. Due to heavy lorry etc 20mph speed limit will be introduced. Action – Fiona to contact Moray Council.

Blocked culverts – Rhona has still no word from Ralph Newlands, Innes reports that it has now been cleared.

Hollcroft – No further on action.

Fiona will email Cllr Murdoch again re contact with Derek Murray.

Botriphnie MC bus – Rhona told that an accumulation of events surrounding parking/cars/bus etc. MC reports that it is now rectified and driver spoken to.

Gulley Brae – Fiona has been out and reports that it has been fixed.

James will confirm on Monday.

Water at hall – Hall meeting on Monday.

James will contact Derek Murray prior to that. Drummuir village, streetlights are

on 24/7, reason. Action – Rhona will investigate.

Newmill Flood action Gp meetings have taken place. Officer has been appointed to Newmill (John Stewart). Approval for £130k for works. Progress is being made. Letter has been received from flood alleviation gp for funds to support admin etc. Sum of £250 asked for. After discussion all present agreed to request. Action – Rhona to recieve cheque. Also there was a brief discussion re funding for CC in general.

Action – Fiona to put on next agenda.

Rothiemay Local M.Council land for sale, Jenny has had queries from local residents re gifting of this land to Rothiemay. Cllr Cree noted MC not allowed to dispose of land in this way. Suggestions that Rothiemay CA aim to purchase?

Action – Rhona and Jenny to liaise re this. Jenny still has had no further interest in local resident interest in CC. Vice Chair Nominations James nominated Innes, seconded by Jenny. Innes accepted.

A.O.C.B. Finances. Discussed new signatories for cheques. 3 req’d. Jenny to continue, Ian and Keith as other 2. Action – Jenny to get paperwork for both to complete.

Treasurer training recently undertaken

by Jenny was very informative. Jenny requires Microsoft Excel. All agreed to purchase for Jenny. Emails, Jenny not receiving, Fiona is sending??Reason for failure. Action – Rhona will forward emails from work email, Jenny to investigate new email account.

Date of next meeting: Wednesday 2nd June 2010.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL CONTACTS Keith Community Council: meets first Monday of each month (excluding January and August) 7pm at Keith Community Centre. Contact: Diane Halley (Secretary) on 886640. Buckie Community Council: meets third Tuesday each month (excluding July) 7pm Town House West.

Contact: Allan Fraser (Secretary) 832826 page 12 - July 2010

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I never thought I would be asked the question ‘Would you like to have your picture taken with a Giant Inflatable Colon?’.

While it is a fairly surreal statement to read in a letter, it is actually one of the more creative ways of getting an issue to the attention of MP’s. In this case it is the very worthy Bowel Cancer Campaign, which, with the support of TV personality Lynn Faulds Wood is doing a fantastic job raising awareness of a serious, but also preventable and curable form of cancer. I can recommend a visit to the campaign’s website at www.bowelcancer.tv It does go to show, though, that campaigns, even on very serious issues, can have a big impact through humour and get people to sit up and take notice.

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I really enjoy informing fellow MSP’s in the Scottish Parliament about how Moray is home to around half of Scotland’s whisky distilleries. I like to tell them that my summer constituency tours are great fun!

Representing Speyside and Moray does have its advantages. For instance, it’s now traditional to hold the first round of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival whisky judging in the Scottish Parliament before the finals take place prior to the annual dinner. As the host MSP, I am now appointed a judge and have to sit alongside the professionals and sample anywhere between 50 and 60 Speyside drams, it’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it!

However, if any reader is worried about my health or their local MSP setting a bad example, don’t worry, as we only take a small sip of each dram and usually spit it out before eating some more oatcake and washing out our mouths to help prepare for the next tasting! This annual event is now one of my favourite parliamentary duties!

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School Term Dates Holidays and Tide Times

for 2010 (all dates inclusive) Summer Term Ends Friday 2nd July 2010 for 2010/2011 (all dates inclusive) Autumn Term Starts Tuesday 17th August 2010 Autumn Term Ends Friday 8th October 2010 Winter Term Starts Monday 25th October 2010 In-service Closure Friday 12th November 2010 In-service Closure Monday 15th November 2010 In-service Closure Tuesday 16th November 2010 Winter Term Ends Wed. 22nd December 2010

Spring Term Starts Thursday 3rd January 2011 Mid-term Holiday Friday 11th February 2011 Mid-term Holiday Monday 14th February 2011 Spring Term Ends Friday 1st April 2011 Summer Term Starts Monday 18th April 2011 Good Friday Holiday Friday 22nd April 2011 May Day Holiday Monday 2nd May 2011 In-service Closure Thursday 19th May 201 In-service Closure Friday 20th May 2011 Summer Term Ends Friday 1st July 2011

Holiday Dates 2010 Buckie Holiday Monday 26th July Summer Bank Holiday Monday 2nd August Keith Holiday Monday 9th August Fochabers Holiday Monday 6th September Buckie Holiday Monday 13th September Buckie Holiday Monday 18th October St Andrews Day Tuesday 30th November Christmas Day Holiday Monday 27th December Boxing Day Holiday Tuesday 28th December New Years Day Monday 3rd January 2011

LOW TIDE TIMES FOR BUCKIE IN JULY

(mobile service also available)

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Tel: 07796 872545

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8 TH

03.33

15.59

20 T

01.11

13.59

Walking on the beach should be possible 2 hours either side of these times AM PM

9 F

04.31

16.52

21 W

02.37

15.18

10 SA

05.20

17.37

22 TH

03.57

16.23

11 SU

06.04

18.21

23 F

04.56

17.11

12 M

06.48

19.03

24 SA

05.42

17.51

1 TH

09.28

21.34

13 T

07.31

19.46

25 SU

06.21

18.26

2 F

10.05

22.13

14 W

08.17

20.29

26 M

06.54

18.58

3 SA

10.48

22.58

15 TH

09.04

21.14

27 T

07.25

19.28

4 SU

11.35

23.54

16 F

09.53

22.02

28 W

07.55

19.58

5 M

12.33

17 SA

10.46

22.54

29 TH

08.25

20.29

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01.03

13.43

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11.43

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08.56

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02.21

14.54

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12.46

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09.28

21.35

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SpotLight Useful Numbers and Advertisers Index

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SCHOOLS

PHARMACIES

Botriphnie Primary School ............................01542 810207

Bairds Pharmacy, Keith..................................01542 882512

Cluny Primary School....................................01542 831417

Clarks Pharmacy, Fife-Keith ..........................01542 882533

Crossroads Primary School ..........................01542 870221

Listermac Pharmacy, Union St ......................01542 840268

Cullen Primary School ..................................01542 840279

Listermac Pharmacy, W. Church St ..............01542 833321

Findochty Primary School ............................01542 832287

W.S. Taylor, Buckie ........................................01542 831116

Keith Primary School ....................................01542 882802

Normac Pharmacy, Buckie ............................01542 831147

Millbank Primary School ................................01542 831113 Milne’s Primary School ..................................01343 820977

Buckie Leisure Centre....................................01542 832841

Mosstodloch Primary School ........................01343 820476

Police Station ................................................0845 600 5700

Newmill Primary School ................................01542 882788

Keith Community Centre................................01542 882028

Portessie Primary School ..............................01542 832288

Keith Swimming Pool ....................................01542 882222

Portgordon Primary School ..........................01542 831198

Keith Resource Centre ..................................01542 886174

Portknockie Primary School ..........................01542 840244

Keith Library ..................................................01542 882223

St Peters RC Primary School ........................01542 831339

Keith Sports & Com. Ctr ................................01542 882222

St Thomas RC Primary School ......................01542 882256

Moray Council Access Point, Keith................01542 885500

Buckie High School ......................................01542 832605

Registrar ........................................................01542 885525

Keith Grammar School ..................................01542 882461

Keith Tourist Info. Ctr......................................01542 888423

Milne’s High School ......................................01343 820611

Keith Community Bus ....................................01542 882222 Babs Dial A Bus ............................................01542 835800 If you have any suggestions for additional useful numbers please

DOCTORS

National Rail Enquiries ..................................08457 484950

Ardach Health Centre ....................................01542 831555

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Seafield Medical Centre ................................01542 835577 Cullen Medical Centre....................................01542 840272 Keith Medical Centre......................................01542 882244 Dr Grays Hospital, Elgin................................0845 456 6000 DENTISTS The Keith Dental Practice ............................(01542) 886251

To advertise call 01309 690063 or email david@spotlight.co.uk Deadline for August issue is 7th July

Buckie Dental Practice ................................(01542) 831163

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Michael Sharp Joinery ........................................................8 Moray Arts Centre ..............................................................5 Joanne Newsome Canine Behaviourist..............................8 The Loft Bistro ....................................................Front Cover Unique Beauty ..................................................Front Cover Wheelchair Care................................................................13 Xanadu Ladies Fashions....................................Front Cover

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