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In this issue...... Clubs & Societies 3 Sailing/Highland Games 4 Pastoral Letter 6 Church Details 6 Council News 10/11 Mp & MPS Blog 10 Help for Heroes 12 15 - 19 What’s On Walk (Sanquhar) 20 High Flyers 22 Chef’s Confidential 24 School Dates 26 Tide Times 28 Useful Contacts 28 Local Holidays 28 Advertisers Index 31 SAMPLe ADverT rATeS Box £23.37 Big Box £45.10 ¼ Page £82.00 ½ Page £155.80 Business Profile £265.68 Full Page £295.20 enhanced Listings in What’s On pages from £25.60 All rates are per month plus vAT and based on a Black & White 12 month series. Deadline for September issue is Wednesday 11th August. Call 01309 690063 for more details. SpotLight on Forres is published by Winterburn Media Ltd, Comraich, Woodside Farm, Kinloss Iv36 3UA All material contained within the SpotLight magazines is subject to formal copyright restrictions and therefore the reproduction of any listings, editorial, advertiser artwork or any other content, without the publishers prior consent, will be considered to be a breach of copyright.
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AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS A fellowship of relatives/friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength and hope to solve common problems. For details of local weekly meetings visit www.alanonuk.org.uk or call 0141 339 8884, a helpline available 10am-10pm 365 days/year ARK COMMUNITY NETWORKS Aims: to provide housing support and other services to individuals with a learning disability, in their own home. Contact Andrew Findlay 675763 managerforres@arkha.org.uk ARMY CADET FORCE (FORRES DIVISION) Contact Stephen Calder 07720 875735
Forres area. Grant Park. Contact 691662 FORRES ARTHRITIS SUPPORT GROUP Meets last Thursday each month at Forres Town Hall. Speakers and demonstrations. Contact Marie McKay 673505 FORRES ‘BALL’ GROUP ‘Be Active Life Long’, meets Thursdays 10am-12noon, over 60’s group for exercise to music, and social exchange. Forres House. Contact 672838 FORRES CARERS SUPPORT GROUP Offers support to carers of people with learning or physical disabilities. Meetings and outings. Contact Anna Roberts 673619
CULBIN SINGERS Singing and performing 4-part choral music. Age 16+. August - May. Thursdays, 7.30pm - 9.30pm at Anderson's Primary School, Forres. Contact Ishbel Hardie 673110
FORRES CYCLING CLUB Small friendly club. Training schedule throughout the year with club races every weekend and mid-week club time trials in summer. Contact Alan White 674698
FINDHORN WRI Meets 1st Tuesday each month, James Milne Institute. Contact Marjory Barber 690349
FORRES TOASTMASTER CLUB Aim: to improve communication and leadership skills through a structured course of speeches. Welcomes members of all abilities and experience. Part of Toastmasters International. Contact Paul Harvey 694822
FORRES & DISTRICT ROUND TABLE Contact Gary Banford 671435 FORRES AREA CREDIT UNION Contact Ann McHardy 676735 FORRES AREA SOCCER SEVENS Provides fun football for children aged 8-15 in the
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FORRES COUNTRY MUSIC CLUB Meets the first Friday each month at the Victoria Hotel. Social & line dancing to live bands. Contact Billy 674674 FORRES GYMNASTICS CLUB Promotes Gymnastics and offers training, exercise and fun, through display work and competitions. Female only, up to 18 years. Contact Patsy Fraser-Mackenzie 673316 FORRES HARD OF HEARING To assist hard of hearing/deaf persons and tinnitus sufferers. Any age, lipreading classes, meets every 4 weeks, Forres Town Hall. Contact Moyra Cox 674024 FORRES HARRIERS Small friendly club, various ages and abilities. Meets Tuesday and Thursday 6.30pm Swimming Pool/Roysvale Park in Winter,Grant Park in Summer. www.forresharriers.org.uk FORRES LACE GROUP Meets every Wednesday 7.30pm - 9.30pm in Forres Community Centre. Contact Rona Russell 673367 FORRES / MOUNT DORA TWINNING ASSOCIATION Contact Kenneth J Laing 690398 MORAVIAN ORIENTEERS All ages welcome. Contact Dr Douglas Murray 672545 or email douglas.murray9 @btinternet.com
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S ailing with t he Roy al’s Despite the rather grand title, the “Royal Findhorn Yacht Club” is known locally as ‘the sailing club’, and it is just that. A club to be enjoyed by those who sail and those that don’t. The dinghy sailors young and old, keep the club on-water-activities alive - a fun bunch - who turn out nearly every weekend to race and socialise afterwards. Findhorn sailing club also has its cruiser sailors who join in races that are held in the Firth and, of course, all the socialising in the clubhouse too. Different people have different ideas of what sailing is, from large yachts to the idyllic image of dinghy sailing on a summer’s afternoon in a fair wind. With the wind behind the
boat the idyllic dinghy becomes supercharged and sometimes can be seen haring across the bay! Sailing can be a very fast and exhilarating sport that can be enjoyed by both the young and old. Sailing is much more accessible than people may think. Clubs are often the best place to begin or continue sailing, as they provide access to other like minded people, as well as facilities such as a safety boat when racing, boat storage, subsidised training for members, usually a bar and also, in the case of the RFYC, a café and a fantastic view of Findhorn Bay. They also provide a great social life for both young people and those not so young! RFYC is holding another open week in August following the success of previous events in May and July. This includes a week of “Try a Sail” days which are free of charge and are available to anyone subject to space. The week will be split into 7 daily slots of two hours each due to tide restrictions. There will be 3 half-hour sessions and with 5 boats on offer this allows for 18 slots a day so booking is important. We have two types of boats which will be used. Four topazes which can be single or two-man crewed, and one Omega which can take 3 crew. Both boats are in excellent condition and will offer those sailing in them a modern and first class insight into the joys of dinghy sailing, with the support of qualified and experienced sailors, and with safety boat support. For details visit the Club’s website at www.rfyc.net or phone 01309 690247 for details and bookings. Early booking is recommended for the “Try-A-Sail” places.
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‘Caber’ A Highland Fling! The Nairn Games were inaugurated on Saturday, August 10th 1867. It was the intention that this should be the first in an “annual series of athletic sports and Highland games.” The scene at the links in 1867 would have had many basic similarities to that of today. Two years later the first event was held, the attendance was put at 8,000 and it was established as the “largest and most popular gathering in the North.” A gathering of this size soon attracted unofficial entertainers – the first itinerant pipers, fiddlers, cheap Johns and the like. No meetings were held during the two world wars, but the games were as popular as ever when restarted after World War II. There were some changes to the games thereafter, the biggest coming in 1952 when the amateur and women’s events were introduced for the first time. Today, meetings provide a greater variety of events than ever before, with traditional Highland dancing and piping providing a contrast with the athletic efforts on the track and in the heavy events, which remain as popular as ever. THE 133rd Nairn Highland Games on 21st August 2010 promises to be another spectacular gathering this year. After the successful Homecoming Event of 2009 when organisers were blessed with glorious sunshine the Games committee are now looking forward to another big turn out of competitors and spectators on the town links.
In recent years a major crowd puller has been the massed pipe bands marching through the town to the spectacular arena on the shores of the Moray Firth. This year eleven pipe bands have promised they will be there. So over two hundred pipers and drummers will lead a parade from Viewfield to the links. Games Convener Sandra Ross said: "We had two bad years with the weather in 2006 and 2007 but we weren't alone in that. The sun returned in 2008 and again for Homecoming Year in 2009 so we are hoping for more of the same in 2010 and would remind everyone that we have the only free games in Scotland. It's free to come and sit on the links and you only have to pay if you want a ringside seat."
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In all weathers and nowadays at almost every time of year people do it. They don tracksuits or swim gear; they get on their bike or on the treadmill and do their bit for charity. Events multiply - aiming to raise awareness of some of the big killers of our time. Apart from raising money to promote research these events (and what grows out of them) often bring greater understanding of illness and trauma, provide much needed support for families and encourage people to fight for life. Unquestionably they have great value in a society where people often live fractured lives; they also fill up what is lacking in health services that are stretched to the limit by shortage of resources and ever increasing demands. There is no doubt too that they stimulate the participants into healthier living. Having run (recreationally) a little in the past I know
only too well that without a goal I won’t keep at it, but with that goal its amazing how much you can do. At that level of encouraging personal fitness it has great benefits; in some cases I guess it really is a race for life, whether yours or another’s. But no matter your physical prowess in the gym or in the swim, pounding the streets or pedalling your way to victory, there’s a line you cannot cross. Race for life yes; but the race for eternity is not in your grasp, or mine. Even if we go on competing until well past the free bus pass, the point will come when someone calls time on us. That’s inevitable - fight it though we may. It’s then we need more than human support, more than incredible commitment and more than a goal to aim for. However well we have done - and many people do live amazingly positive and useful lives - the entry
Lighthouse Church meets every Sunday at Forres Academy. Coffee at 10.15am, Service starts at 11am. tel: 672215 or email info@lighthousechurch.co.uk www.lighthousechurch.co.uk Edinkillie Parish - Church of Scotland Sunday Worship 12noon. Contact Mrs A. Young (Session Clerk) 611271 St. Leonards Church meets every Sunday at 10.30am for Family Service and 6.30pm for Evening Worship, tel: 641239 or email:sessionclerk@stleonardschurchforres.com (For services at Rafford and St Michael’s Dallas please contact St Leonards.) St. Margaret’s Catholic Church mass on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 10am. Contact Father Barnett tel: 01667 453323 Caroline Street Gospel Hall Gospel Meeting every Sunday at 6.30pm. For more details tel: 674375 email: glcinfo@tiscali.co.uk Rafford Church meets every Sunday at 9.30am for FamilyService, our praise is from CH3 and Mission Praise. After the service
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Pastoral letter and Church Meetings to everlasting life is not ours to earn. No matter how hard we worked or trained, once we pass from this life, our destiny is not in our own hands - nor is it in the hands of anyone left behind.
It is in the hands of the one who gave us life in the first place. So right now - before that day comes - make sure you’re fit for eternity. Successfully fighting the worst of diseases, or coming through the most painful of circumstances, will bring great hope and satisfaction here and now; but a secure relationship with the one who holds the future in his everlasting arms means so much more - it offers hope and satisfaction that cannot ever be removed.
Colin Morrison, Minister Elgin & Forres Free Church of Scotland
we enjoy fellowship over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Contact Anne Garrow (Session Clerk) 672930. St. John the Evangelist Church meets every Sunday at 8am for Communion and 10am for Family Service tel: 672856 or email: cliffpiper@tiscali.co.uk St. Laurence Church meets every Sunday at 10am for Family Service, tel: 672260 email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com Kinloss, Findhorn & Alves Church of Scotland Alternating weekly, Kinloss and Findhorn, at 10am, and Alves 1st Sunday of each month 11.30 am. Contact 690931 or 690349. Moray Grace Fellowship Meets Sunday mornings 10.30am in Alves Village Hall. Contact Vic Cameron for more details tel. 850142 email vic.cameron2803@btinternet.com or online at www.moraygrace.wordpress.com 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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extraCtS from the ratified minuteS of the meeting of 20th may 2010 of forreS Community CounCil
Public Session • a member of staff from mackenzie & Cruikshank addressed the meeting on behalf of the 75 employees, to tell us of the petition they had launched to call for a compromise over the river findhorn & Pilmuir flood relief Scheme. the petition, in just 17 days, has been supported by some 3,800 signatures from both residents to forres and visitors to moray. the campaign, run by a steering group of the staff, have held or are holding discussions with local mSP’s but have been unable to address their moray Cllrs, who, following advice given by officers, will not engage with them. they hope to present the petition to the local authority prior to the Public enquiry which is scheduled to start on June 8th. • mr Wilson told the meeting that since our last meeting m & C had had a full days meeting with council officials who requested further technical information supporting the proposed modification to the plans. even if those modifications are implemented the business will suffer setbacks from the construction he told the Cllrs but the business supports the flood relief Scheme 100%. he noted that in april 2010 the revised estimate for the plan had risen by £10 million to £40 million, an increase of 25% and that neither the Community Council nor members of the public had been kept informed of the progress of the scheme. he said that further costs would occur as a result of the Public enquiry next month but hoped that the main result would be to retain the jobs of the 75 employees. • mr euan tulloch asked the Community Council where they stood on the subject of the proposed travellers Site. he had seen quoted in the newspapers that the Waterford trading estate would be an alternative to the Kingsmeadow and wished to point out that, although undeveloped, the reason it was empty was
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because of hydrocarbon contamination & that there were high levels of arsenic on the site. Cllr hellyer said that alternative sites had been suggested as there had been no consultation prior to the announcement that Kingsmeadow had been selected, this lack of consultation was now being rectified thanks to a objection raised by moray Cllr Wright at the full meeting of the moray Council last week. Cllr mackenzie said that officers & travellers had been in consultation, but neither moray Cllrs nor the public had been a party to these discussions. travellers had brought about this public resistance to them and their sites by their own failure to clean up after themselves, even when local authorities provided facilities for litter collection. Cllr hellyer said that if he chose to park his caravan in a lay by for a week & then moved on leaving all his rubbish littering the lay by he would no doubt be the subject of police action. Why, he asked, were travellers immune to similar action, why are they not harassed by the police. equally so, why could they not use the myriad of normal caravan sites in the county, paying by the night as normal tourists do. • Community Police officer K Skivington told the meeting that during the last month only 18 crimes had been reported, a reduction, however he said the ongoing drives against drink driving and anti social behaviour go on. a member of the public questioned the graffitti adorning the old tesco building & PC Skivington said that patrols kept an eye on the building to try and apprehend the culprit. • Carin Schwartz told the meeting that ttf had now complied with access requirements from the a96 in order to hold their farmers markets down at Bogton. Secretary’s Report • the Secretary told members that following a letter to Cllr mcgillivary
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It's great to see that sales of Scottish food and drink across S c o t l a n d , England and Wales have rocketed by 30 per cent in the past three years. This is great news for producers in Speyside and throughout Moray. Despite recent pictures of me with a large World Champion Murdoch Brothers pie there is no truth in the rumour that politicians are responsible for most of these sales! Richard Lochh ead MS P SpotLight - Forres and District
(Chair of the Communities Committee) an exchange of letters with mr Burrell on the leasing of the Kingsmeadow had been carried out. the Secretary read out the letters to members, together with the Community Council response. •a letter had also been received from mr Stewart (director of environmental Services) with reference to the flood alleviation Scheme and members were briefed on that and the response. •the Secretary also updated members on the recent JCC meeting and the progress that the JCC had made in supporting our letters to audit Scotland. they had received responses, which indicated that we had been written to, during the period of the Community Council elections. the Secretary pointed out that the second letter appeared to have been written on a Sunday, a fact that he found hard to believe. Chair’s Report • the Chair said that he had received copies of a newsletter produced by the Scottish health Council to promote Patient focus and Public involvement in Scotland. External Groups Report • Cllr mackenzie said that the tolbooth was being discussed with oSCr & nelsons tower is ready to go apart from
Public liability insurance. he said that once the contents had been moved to the greshop we would try and involve Schools to get grant aid. • Cllr hayward said that there were no planning applications this month though she and a number of Cllrs had attended the Castle inn to be shown proposed plans for the premises. With the basement car park she felt that the plans would be acceptable to local residents & withdrew her earlier objections. however CC david maclean did not vote for the demolition. Treasurer’s Report • the Secretary, in place of the absent treasurer, reported that the account stood at £753.15 after the remainder of our annual grant had been paid in. he reminded members of the annual membership fees that were due, including £15, already voted on, for membership of the aSCC, added to that we had the friends of the falconer museum subscription, £25 which was proposed by Cllr hellyer & seconded by Cllr Pitstra and the forres in Bloom sponsorship set at £70, for 2 half Barrels, proposed by Cllr Pitstra & seconded by Cllr hayward. the Secretary also pointed out our annual membership support of forres groups action and asked for proposer & seconder for the £50 support.
OThER COMMuNiTy COuNCil CONTACTS Dyke landward Community Council: meets third Wednesday of each month (excluding august and december) 7pm at dyke Village hall. Contact: Karen hamilton (Secretary) on 641236.
A.O.C.B. • Cllr mackenzie said that he wished to draw attention to the pedestrian crossing in the tesco car park, which he felt was in a dangerous position. he had complained to tesco’s without much success & felt that the moray Cllrs attention should be drawn to the situation. • Cllr hellyer, on Cllr ferris’s behalf said that the 30mph sign on leys road was part of a survey to determine the speed of traffic using the road. • on behalf of Cllr mcdowell, Cllr hellyer said that plans for the luncheon Club to meet in the St leonards Church hall were progressing with the first meeting on June 4th and would be supported by the WrVS & the volunteer cook, on a three month trial. Cllr hellyer drew members attention to a document, drawn up by the moray Council, in association with nhS grampian & moray Community health and Social Care Partnership for the period 2009 - 2014 with the title “living longer living Betterâ€?. Was this, he said, another pointless example of time, effort, research & cost wasting taxpayers money & resources by moray Council. Date of Next Meeting • thursday 19th august 2010 at 7.30pm
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A Royal “Help for Heroes” Ro yal Ma ri nes re tur n f or E lgin c onc e r t, 12 mo nths a fte r f lo odi ng disapp oin tme nt. The Band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines Scotland will finally make their debut at Elgin Town Hall this September following the disappointment of a year ago when a sell-out concert in aid of “Help for Heroes” was cancelled at the last minute following flash flooding which closed the hall. Around 50 talented and versatile musicians will be appearing on Friday, September 3 in a gala concert, organised by the Rotary Club of Elgin, who have worked hard over the past year to get the world famous white helmets back to Elgin. Following last year’s cancellation, Rotarian Glen Elliot, the driving force behind the event, immediately set about organising another date, but with a
The concert is being sponsored by Diageo and supported by a number of local companies, including Walker’s Shortbread and Johnston’s. Elgin Rotarians are delighted to be given a second chance to support Help for Heroes, said president Ian Davidson, who went on: “We are mindful of the enormous debt we owe to all members of the Armed forces and more recently those who have served in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. We are proud that our local RAF bases at Kinloss and Lossiemouth have made such tremendous contributions.” For more details: Elgin Rotary Club - Glen Elliot (01343 543076) or www.elginrotary.co.uk.
very busy schedule, the club had to wait 12 months for a return visit. Tickets, priced £16, are on sale at Elgin Library in Coo per Park or call 0 1343 5626 00. The, Royal Marines are renowned throughout the world for the quality of their music, visual splendour and precision drill, and in Elgin, the full concert band, including the world famous Corps of Drums, under the direction of Captain Ian Philip Davis, will perform a varied programme containing military music, light opera, Scottish, music from shows and light classical. Appearing with them will be guest soloist Lisa Moffat. page 12 - August 2010
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29 thursday open air theatre - illyria presents ‘pride and prejudice’, logie steading, forres, tickets available for the gallery tel: 611378
30 friday cinema nairn - looking for eric (15), 7.30pm, nairn community centre, king street, nairn, £4 aduts/£3 under 18’s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com for details aberdeen international youth festival, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £9/£7, contact 690110 simon hopper - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111
Simon Hopper at The Loft Venue Friday 30th July FREE ENTRY ...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.
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31 saturday lodge st lawrence coffee morning, forres town hall nairn show 2010, kinnudie farm, auldearn, contact patricia roberts tel: 01309 641121 or email secretary@nairnshow.org.uk or visit the website www.nairnshow.org.uk picnic with the picts, 12noon to 5pm, the headland in burghead, an historical re-enactment day featuring pictish and viking demonstrations and activities for all ages, free entry SpotLight - Forres and District
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3 tuesday blood donors, 2.30pm-4pm and 5pm-8pm, forres town hall
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Cawdor Castle August Alvis Owners Car Rally - Saturday 15th X Factor In Concert - Friday 27th Westlife In Concert - Saturday 28th
01667 404401 www.cawdorcastle.com open air theatre - festival theatre presents ‘the tempest’, logie steading, forres, tickets available for the gallery tel: 611378
4 wednesday pirates...of varis, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for more information
7 saturday speyside stages rally, from 9.30am, cooper park, elgin, visit www.speyside-stages.co.uk for details macmillan cancer support coffee morning, forres town hall
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
8 sunday historic wheels club annual rally, 2pm, brodie castle, contact 0844 493 2156 or visit www.nts.org.uk
10 tuesday the moray arts club open exhibition hand in day, 3pm-7pm at the gallery, elgin library, further information visit www.morayartsclub.com or email info@morayartsclub.com or speak to emma cooper 01343 548475 or 07894144021
Starsky at The Loft Venue Saturday 14th August
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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.
farmers’ market, from 10am-2pm, anderson’s school playground & forres house community centre, locally produced beef, cheeses, bread, fish, eggs, vegetables, chocolate, preserves and arts and crafts, contact anne marie 691616 elgin BID summer festival - healthy/environmental theme day, 10am-4pm, elgin plainstones, for more details visit www.elginbid.co.uk the moray arts club open exhibition preview, 10.30pm-12noon at the gallery, elgin library, further information visit www.morayartsclub.com or email info@morayartsclub.com or speak to emma cooper 01343 548475 or 07894144021 soup, sweet & raffles in aid of motor neurone disease research, 12noon-2.30pm, moray bowling club, seafield street, elgin, come & enjoy homemade soup sweets and an excellent raffle, £3 per person, call sue for more details 01343 546871 starsky with jamie duffin - free, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111
14 saturday - 27 friday the moray arts club open exhibition, weekdays 10am-8pm, saturday 10am-4pm, at the gallery, elgin library, further information visit www.morayartsclub.com or email info@moray artsclub.com or speak to emma cooper 01343 548475 or 07894144021
14 sat. august - 4 sat. september the moray arts club open exhibition, daily 9am5.30pm, sunday 12noon-5pm, st giles centre, elgin, further information visit www.morayartsclub.com or email info@morayartsclub.com or speak to emma cooper 01343 548475 or 07894144021
15 sunday the scottish alvis owner’s club rally, all day, cawdor castle, www.cawdorcastle.com
17 tuesday open air theatre - illyria presents ‘romeo and juliet’, logie steading, forres, tickets available for the gallery tel: 611378
Rod Clements & Rachel H arrington Presents……
11 wednesday re-use crafts with moray wastebusters, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for more information
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14 saturday forres hard of hearing coffee morning, town hall ssafa 125 coffee morning, 10am-12noon, forres town hall, celebrating 125 years ofssafa, for more details contact tony galloway tel: 694816 page 16 - August 2010
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Moray Playhouse, Elgin New screenings begin on Fridays
Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk
Cinema Listings August 2010 Vue Cinema, Inverness From 4th Knight and Day Cats and Dogs 2 3D Step Up 3D From 11th The Sorcerers Apprentice The Last Airbender 3D From 18th Piranha 3D The Expendables Salt Marmaduke From 25th Grown Ups Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Toy Story 3 Four Lions South of the Border Europa Europa The Girl on the Train Heartless Please Give Gregory’s Girl The First Movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Leaving Les Visiteurs Wild Target Kicks The Twilight Saga : Eclipse When You’re Strange Good Hair The Man Who Would Be King The Girl Who Played With Fire plus many others
KidsAM - Daily during school holidays at 10.15am - 95p per ticket Senior Screenings - Every Tuesday at 12.30pm - £3 inc. refreshments
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Cinema Nairn
Visit www.eden-court.co.uk or call 01463 234234 for details
30th July Looking For Eric (15)
Other films throughout the year Visit 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. SpotLight - Forres and District
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19 thursday beekeeping with john salt, 7pm, falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for more information
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pokey lafarge and the south city three, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8, contact 690110 rod clements and rachael harrington, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, £10/£12, tel: 01343 850111
friends of guiding coffee morning, forres town hall forres community market, 10am-2pm at bogton community gardens, all cars follow signs for entry from a96, pedestrians and cyclists can still enter from bogton road, tel: 691616 westlife live at cawdor castle, visit www.cawdorcastle.com for details
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moray dolphin hydrotherapy pool coffee morning, 10am-12noon, forres town hall, £1, contact may taylor tel: 675337
one day event, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com
elgin BID summer festival - dance/music and drama day, 12noon-4pm, elgin plainstones, for more details visit www.elginbid.co.uk nairn highland games, tel: 01667 452422 or visit www.nairnhighlandgames.co.uk blazin fiddles, 8pm, universal hall, £14/£12, 690110
The Wishing Well at The Loft Venue Friday 27th August £8/£10 Bequiling orchestral and lush Melbourne band, The Wishing Well create spellbinding songs which produce a rich tapestry of mesmerizing folk, pop and rock. As relative newcomers to the scene and come with an impressive musical maturity & remarkable background
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OPEN EXHIBITION Curated by Liz Skulina Saturday 14th August to Friday 27th August 2010 at The Gallery, Elgin Library Open daily 10.00am - 8.00pm, Saturdays 10.00am - 4pm To confirm opening times please call 01343 562600.
The exhibition continues in the St Giles Centre Saturday 14th August to 4th September Open daily 9am - 5.30pm, Sunday 12pm - 5pm
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23 monday members day, 9am, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com
PUBLIC PREVIEW Preview of exhibition Saturday 14th August from 10.30am in The Gallery, Elgin Library. Refreshments will be served.
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27 friday x factor in concert, cawdor castle, tickets £25 from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or tel: 08444 999990
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SEPTEMBER 2010 in brief 3 friday forres academy reunion lunch, 12.30pm for 1pm, mosset tavern, gordon street, forres, contact vima tulloch for details tel: 675959 the wall youth music festival - in aid of lossie high climbing wall, 1pm-5pm, station park, lossiemouth, music from ‘soul casino’ (uk finalists in live & unsigned), ‘dead rabbit’ & ‘nny’, bbq & snack stall calum carlyle & friends - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, tel: 01343 850111 4 saturday lodge st john coffee morning, forres town hall carve carrbridge 2010, www.carvecarrbridge.com the wall youth music festival family day- in aid of lossie high climbing wall, 8pm-10pm, station park, lossiemouth, music from ‘180 live’, ‘3dr’, ‘superfast jellyfish’ & others; stalls; car boot, bouncy castle & much more 4 saturday & 5 sunday elgin BID summer festival - heritage treasure hunt, saturday 11am-3pm & sunday 1pm-3pm, elgin plainstones, for more details visit www.elginbid.co.uk 5 sunday car boot sale, 11am-3pm, garages adjacent to findhorn village centre, come and grab a bargain and find some treasure, for more information and to book a slot call the findhorn village centre 692339 showjumping, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com 6 monday members day, 9am, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com 6 monday - 18 saturday elgin BID summer festival - moray food festival, various venues throughtout elgin, for more details visit www.elginbid.co.uk 10 friday & 11 saturday forres flower show, forres town hall 11 saturday farmers’ market, from 10am-2pm, anderson’s school playground & forres house community centre, locally produced beef, cheeses, bread, fish, eggs, vegetables, chocolate, preserves and arts and crafts, contact anne marie 691616 the theatre bus - ‘calendar girls’, 1.30pm at eden court theatre, inverness, coach pick up points along a96 from keith to nairn, ticket & coach £27 (approx.) tel. 01343 850282 ‘north sea gas’ - musical, 8pm, the warehouse theatre, lossiemouth, £10, contact 01343 814004 or visit www.thebooth.co.uk to book 12 sunday british dressage & unaff, mundole equestrian, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com 13 monday members day, 9am, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com rscds forres branch classes commence, 8pm-10pm, lesser town hall, forres, tel: 673325 for details 15 wednesday - 18 saturday elgin BID summer festival - moray book festival, elgin library and various venues throughtout elgin, for more details visit www.elginbid.co.uk 17 friday dan friedman, 8pm, the warehouse theatre, lossiemouth, SpotLight - Forres and District
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Sanquhar, Chapelton Muiry Walk Forres INTRODUCTION: A circular walk around the southern outskirts of Forres taking in Sanquhar Loch and Woodlands, Cluny Hill and an unexpected glimpse of Findhorn Bay. THE ROUTE AND FEATURES OF INTEREST: Start: Grant Park Car Park on Victoria Road. Signing: The route is signed with YELLOW ARROWS in an anticlockwise direction. Follow the Forres Footpaths Trust signs located on lamposts, waymarkers and occassionally fence posts. BARRIERS: A set of steps in Grant Park leading from the car park, a set leading
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The district of Moray & Nairn stretches along the southern shore of the Moray Firth from Cullen in the east to Nairn in the west. The Spey and the Findhorn, lend much to the character of the area and many smaller rivers and streams drain the interior into the Moray Firth. Typical breeding species are Dipper, Grey Wagtail and Common Sandpiper. Goosanders
inhabit the smaller upland tributaries with a few Red-breasted Mergansers breeding on the lower reaches. There is relatively little standing water in Moray & Nairn but Lochs Oire, na Bo, Loy and Spynie provide winter wildfowl interest; Loch Spynie in particular holds a spectacular winter goose roost, and a rich wetland breeding bird community in summer. The coastline consists of a rich mosaic of habitat types. Short stretches of cliff run from Hopeman to Covesea and from Portknockie to Findochty. Here may be found good populations of Fulmars and Kittiwakes with a smaller number of Shags and Black Guillemots. The best rocky shores are between Burghead and Hopeman, at Lossiemouth and between Portgordon and Findochty. Winter waders, which include Purple Sandpipers, are often well accustomed to people and easily watched. There are three muddy estuaries, the wide expanse of Findhorn Bay and the smaller, but more intimate and easily watched, estuaries of the Lossie and Spey rivers. A wide variety of wildfowl, gulls and terns feed and roost on the estuaries and fishing ospreys are a regular feature in summer. Offshore, Burghead Bay and Spey Bay are well known for their flocks of wintering sea ducks with impressive rafts of scooters, Long-tailed Ducks and Eider. Buckie shore In winter the rocks hold numerous Turnstones, Redshanks, Oystercatchers, Dunlin and Purple Sandpipers. Ringed Plovers, Curlews and Knot can also be expected in smaller numbers. The gull flocks are worth checking for Glaucous and Iceland, especially around Buckie harbour where the first Ross`s is long overdue! Strathlene, just to the east of Portessie, has banks of gorse along the shore below the golf course. This area provides by far the best site in Moray & Nairn to search for displaced passerine migrants when wind and rain are in the east in spring and autumn.
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Burgh ead Bay Divers of all three commoner species can be seen in autumn and winter as well as Slavonian and, sometimes, Red-necked Grebes. Long-tailed Ducks and scoters often number in thousands in winter and careful scrutiny of the flocks will often reveal at least one Surf Scoter. Covesea C liffs Viewing the seabird colonies from above is not easy and they are best seen from the beach below. Great care is needed however on a rising tide as access back to the cliff top path is not easy. Fulmars, Kittiwakes and Herring Gulls form the bulk of the colonies but a few pairs of Shags and Greater Blackbacked Gulls also breed. Stonechats inhabit the cliff top gorse. Culbin Fores t an d the Nairn & Culbin Bars In the forest listen out for Crested Tits that are quite numerous and most easily located by call. Also present are Siskins, crossbills (apparently Parrot as well as Scottish); Stonechats and, in summer, a few Tree Pipits and Redstarts. Around the bars in summer can be found breeding Shelduck and Eider but the seaduck and wader flocks between autumn and spring are the main interest. Oystercatcher, Knot, Dunlin, Redshank and Bar-tailed Godwit are the main species but this is also the best site in for Sanderling and Grey Plovers.
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SpotLight would like to introduce you to a new Chef (Peter Norrie of the Knockomie Hotel) who, from this month, will be providing the Chef’s Confidential. Before you read the recipe, however, we would like to extend our most sincere thanks to John McCruden (Head Chef of Chapter One restaurant) for all the work that he has put in over the last two years or so. All the recipes that are printed in SpotLight are designed individually by the Chef and there is much work involved in producing this - so once again - thanks John for all your hard work and to Peter for offerring to pick up the baton! What now follows are all Peter’s words! We teamed up with MacBeths of Forres butcher to perform a live cooking demonstration at this years Royal Highland Show and this is one of the dishes we produced in front of the live audience. It is a simple dish to create but will impress your friends and family. It went down a treat with the audience at the Royal Highland Show when they got to taste the completed dish after the demonstration.
Ingredients 6 Carrots (for puree) 1 Star Anise 2 Quails (de-boned) 2 Slices Parma Ham Baby Spinach 2 Wood Pigeon Breasts Wild Mushrooms
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Method - Quail Balotines Cook Carrots in water with Star Anise and a teaspoon of salt until extremely soft, strain but keep the water. Liquidise carrots adding the strained water until mixture is of a spreadable texture, pass through a fine sieve. For the Quail, cook Mushrooms and season, remove from pan and leave to cool. Place one slice of Parma Ham on cling film. Place your Quail on top of the Parma Ham, place some Mushrooms and Spinach inside. Roll into a cylinder, tie each end and then poach for 12-14 minutes (Rest for 46 minutes Cut open so all excess juices run out, then crispen in a hot pan with oil. At the same time place your seasoned pigeon breast in the pan as well. The pigeon will take 2-3 minutes to cook.
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SCHOOLS Andersons Primary School..........................(01309) 672887 Applegrove Primary School ........................(01309) 672367 Dyke Primary School ..................................(01309) 641275 Kinloss Primary School ..............................(01309) 690376 Pilmuir Primary School ................................(01309) 673034 Forres Academy ..........................................(01309) 672271
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PHARMACIES lloyds Pharmacy ........................................(01309) 672614 rowlands Pharmacy ..................................(01309) 672784 Boots ..........................................................(01309) 673370
Police Station ................................................0845 600 5700 Bus Station, Elgin .......................................(01343) 544222 Citizens Advice Bureau ...............................(01343) 550088 Dalcross Airport ...........................................(01667) 464000 Dallas Village Hall .......................................(01343) 890243 James Milne Institute (Findhorn) ................(01309) 692365 Rafford District Hall......................................(01309) 674583 Forres Town Hall ..........................................(01309) 675140 Moray Council (Forres).................................(01309) 694000 Moray Council (Elgin) .................................(01343) 543451 National Rail Enquiries ..................................08457 484950 Forres Library ..............................................(01309) 672834 Forres House Com Education Centre ........(01309) 672838
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