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CLUBS & SOCIETIES 1ST KINLOSS SCOUT GROUP Provides Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Explorer Scouts for girls & boys 6 - 18yrs at Keddie House, Kinloss. Call Steve Ferris 675028 ACTIVE KIDS CLUB Tuesdays from 5pm - 6pm at Findhorn Village Centre. £1 includes snack. Ages 3 to teens, in conjunction with Fun-Key Fitness. Call Karin 01309 692339 or findhornvillagecentre@gmail.com BABY BOP - PARENT & CHILD DANCE & PLAY CLASS Tuesdays , 18months - 3years, 9.30 -10.30am (£2.50) 3months18months, 10.30 -11am (£1.50).

Forres house Community centre Tel: Emma 07973491963 BRODIE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon & Wed, 7pm - 9:30pm at Dyke & District Hall. Starts 16th September. Call Sandy Burgess on 01309 674924 FORRES ACCORDION & FIDDLE CLUB 2nd Wednesday each month, Victoria Hotel, Forres. Sept May. All levels & ages welcome.

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FORRES ANGLING ASSOCIATION February-September. Formed in 1933, the FAA water consists of four miles of double bank fishing on the River Findhorn. Visitor permits available. Contact Campbell Ross 690097 FORRES BOWLING CLUB St Catherine's Road. New members and visitors welcome, Come along and enjoy a friendly game of bowls. Opening Day 21st of April at 2:00pm, Hat Nights Mondays and Thursdays 6:30 for 7:00 pm. Annual Subscription £40.00 (if you wish to join). Call Sam Morrison on 01309 676366 for further details.

FORRES HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE Wide range of activities, interests & facilities. Call 672838 or email forres.house@moray.gov.uk FORRES CURLING CLUB Sept - Mar , Moray Leisure Centre. Coaching available. Call Ann Munro 690332 or email lambertmun@aol.com FORRES / MOUNT DORA TWINNING ASSOCIATION Contact Kenneth J Laing 690398

FORRES HOUSE BRIDGE CLUB Wednesdays 7pm, Sept - April at Forres House for social Bridge.

New members & beginners welcome. Tuition given during September. Contact Margaret Rankin 675353 or Forres House Community Centre 672838 FORRES & NAIRN DISTRICT WELFARE ASSOCIATION A football league made up from clubs and pubs in the Forres & Nairn area. Apr - Sept, age 16 + Call Stephen Levy 674875 FORRES MEN’S CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

1st Saturday each month for hot breakfast & Christian Fellowship. Call Barry Clarke on 676062 for details or email barrydclarke2@hotmail.co.uk FORRES OAP ASSOCIATION Wednesdays, 1:45pm in Forres Town Hall. New members welcome. Contact June Kirk on 01309 673194 FORRES SMALLBORE RIFLE & PISTOL CLUB Rifle, air rifle & air pistol target shooting. Call Donald MacRae on 01309 675345 for details.

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LEANCHOIL HEALING GROUP Tuesdays, 7pm - 8:30pm at Leanchoil Hospital. Contact Mrs Grant on 01309 674243.

MORAY & NAIRN FLORAL ART CLUB Wednesdays, 7.30pm, Ramnee Hotel, Forres. Friendship through flowers. Demonstration exhibits raffled. New members welcome.

Further details contact Chrissie on 673431 or Jean on 673552 MORAY FLYING CLUB 7 days a week. Also offering courses for people to become leisure pilots, all the way up to professional ratings. Kinloss barracks, IV36 3UH. For details please call 01309 617361 and visit www.morayflyingclub.com

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CAROLINE STREET GOSPEL HALL, FORRES Gospel Meeting every Sunday 6:30pm Prayer & Bible Study every Tuesday 7pm Monthly Message - Monday 3rd February 2pm

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS Clean me!

How often we have seen the words ‘Clean me’ scrawled in the filth on the back door of a van, especially in February, which is often quite a messy month. The necessity to treat the roads with salt means it is impossible to keep our cars clean, while muddy paths and slushy pavements overwhelm our doormats. This is quite ironic, because the month of February derives its name from ‘Februalia’, the Roman festival of purification. The months of winter darkness meant that the regular pattern of life in the Roman Empire was put on hold, and people gave themselves over to various winter festivals that made up the time of Brumalia. Generally the dark months were marked by increasing drunkenness and revelry that culminated in the feast of Saturnalia, from which many of today’s social habits at Yuletide are derived.

All the excesses of the winter festivals evidently provoked the collective conscience, because the very system that encouraged the revelries also observed a festival of purification to deal with their corrupting effect. This futile attempt at self-cleansing was not confined to the idolatrous Roman society. Even today, all forms of religion recognise the necessity for purification

from sins and their effects, but none can achieve that end.

The only God-given religion, Judaism, degenerated into a form of ritual observance that the Lord Jesus denounced with the words “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity” (Matthew 23.27-28).

But if religious observance, of whatever kind, cannot deal with the matter of man’s inner corruption, what can? Paul the apostle recalled the Lord’s command to him to preach the Gospel to the Gentile nations; “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified (purified) by faith that is in me” (Acts 26.18). There’s the answer! The Lord Jesus said, “Purified by faith that is in me”. It is not the faith itself that makes the believer pure, but what that faith brings. Peter teaches his readers that “ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit” (1 Peter 1.22), so it was their obedient response

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to the claims of the Gospel, brought to their conviction by the Holy Spirit, that resulted in their souls being purified.

Is that it? Does the settlement of such a massive need as our personal guilt require nothing more from us? No penance, no religious observance, no church attendance? Can full purification from sin and all its effects be obtained through faith alone? The word of God states that we “should repent and turn to God” (Acts 26.20) and, “being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5.1).

The cleansing of the soul is only possible through “our Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a unique people, zealous of good works” (Titus 2.13-14).

Phil Coulson, Elder Caroline Street Gospel Hall, Forres

invited to join us at 4.30pm on the third Sunday of each month for a contemporary style act of worship. Contact Anne Garrow (session clerk): 01309 672930.

St John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church Sundays 8am: communion. 10am: family communion. Tel: 01309 672856.

Email: stjohnsforres@btinternet.com.

Website: www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.com St Laurence Church Sundays 10am: family service. Tel: 01309 672260. Email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com St Leonards Church Sundays 10.30am: family service. Tea and coffee served afterwards. Tel: 01309 672380.

Email: donald.prentice@tesco.net.

Website: www.stleonardschurchforres.com St Margaret’s Catholic Church Mass on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday 10am. Contact Father Barnett: 01667 453323.

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Useful Contacts SCHOOLS Alves Primary ..............................................01343 850247 Andersons Primary School ..........................01309 672887 Applegrove Primary School ........................01309 672367 Dyke Primary School ..................................01309 641275 Dallas Primary School..................................01343 890206 Kinloss Primary School ................................01309 690376 Logie Primary School ..................................01309 611258 Moray Steiner School ..................................01309 676300 Pilmuir Primary School ................................01309 673034 Rose Abbey School ....................................01309 691872 Forres Academy ..........................................01309 672271 DOCTORS Forres Health Centre ..................................0845 337 1120 Leanchoil Hospital ......................................0845 456 6000 DENTISTS Orchard Road ..............................................01309 675544 Leys ..............................................................01309 673553 VETS Moray Coast Veterinary Group ....................01309 672243 page 8 - February 2014

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The end of January sees Holocaust Memorial Day marked, which remembers victims of the holocaust. The theme of this year’s remembrance was ‘journeys’ - the journeys that holocaust victims were forced to undertake and the journeys we should all be making to create a better world and prevent such atrocities occurring again. I have been to visit former concentration camps at Auschwitz and elsewhere along with students from Moray secondary schools and they have been incredibly moving journeys where we have heard the experiences of holocaust survivors.

Equality and fairness is at the heart of how I approach my work as an MP and there are few more moving examples of why this is so important to the decisions that we all take on a day-today basis.

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Clavie burning at Burghead has marked the old New Year of the 11th January and it is a real family occasion. As a regular visitor to the event it is great to take my two boys down, who are both full of ‘oohs’ and ‘ahhhs’ at the fiery spectacle.

When I was first elected for Moray I took the parliamentary oath holding a piece of Clavie, which is reputed to bring good luck.

The Clavie burning always brings back memories of moving to Moray and, with the family feel, it is definitely one of my favourite Moray events!

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Many of you will, in your darkest moments, consider giving up on your lawn… too far gone… wouldn’t know where to start… best to get it dug up and put down a new lawn ! Replacing a lawn can be very expensive however whether you plan to replace it with a new lawn or even slabs or gravel. Consider this, a worn-out lawn can actually be renovated in situ at a fraction of the cost of removing and replacing the whole thing. I have included here a before and after picture taken just a few weeks apart last summer. I suggest there are 4 stages in the process, and you could either try this yourself, probably with some hired machines, or get some help (probably best as you have to live with the results for years to come).

1. Hollow tine Aeration removes thousands of cores, reducing compaction and allowing air to move in the root zone, encouraging microbial activity and root development.

2. Severe Scarification removes as much thatch as possible, allowing the seed to find the soil surface which always aids germination. Once the thatch has been removed it has to be cleaned off the surface by either raking or sweeping, using a leaf sweeper.

3. Seeding should be applied at a rate of 20-25gms per m². The seed, being on the soil surface, puts it in direct contact with the material that will help it germinate; it is however open to the elements and can be disrupted by heavy winds and birds’ feasting.

4. Top Dressing covers the seed. Many think top dressing should be a sandy soil mix. We actually use a lawn compost, manufactured from recycled green waste and therefore environmentally friendly. It contains nutrient to assist existing grass and promote good germination from the seed and aids good microbial activity. This is applied at 2kg per m².

All that’s required now is regular watering until the seed germinates (regular rainfall isn’t usually a problem in these parts). The best time to tackle this is June-Sept in Scotland, and that means starting planning now for your new lawn this summer. At around £2 per m2 to renovate, compared with around £12 per m2 to replace, it really is worth considering.

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JANUARY 2014 28 tuesday macmillan cancer support (forres) AGM 7:30pm in forres town hall.

FEBRUARY 2014 1 saturday sold on soul dance in aid of unicef doors open 7:30pm in elgin town hall. tickets £10 available from sound & vision, south street, elgin or phone 01343 544600. over 18's only. licensed bar.

7 friday cinema nairn celebrates the winter olympics with 'cool runnings' 7:30pm at nairn community & arts centre. tickets at door. for more information visit cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk

8 saturday scooty & the skyhooks @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com music nairn presents ‘doric string quartet’ playing haydn, janacek and beethoven 7:30pm at nairn community and arts centre. www.musicnairn.org.uk or call 01667 455701 craft collective valentine's craft fair 11am - 4pm, victoria hotel forres. all welcome. for details call anne marie on 01309 691616.

1 saturday - 2 sunday buccaneer theatre club presents 'sleeping beauty' 2pm at raf lossiemouth tickets £6 adults /£5 concs, family & group tickets available. 07930 361721

2 sunday orienteering at lossiemouth high school all ages and abilities welcome. euromeet take 2 . 3 courses. refreshments. visit www.moravianorienteering.org. fundraiser for lossie high school india 2014 trip. the loft activity open day east grange, kinloss. please call 01343 850111 for details or facebook/eastgrange

5 wednesday nairn u3a - a gap decade; illustrated talk on michael laycock's adventures in australia in the 50s and 60s 1:45pm, nairn community centre. all welcome. call pauline on 01667 453537 or www.nairnu3a.org.uk

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FEBRUARY EVENTS Fri 7th..................Cinema Nairn “Cool Runnings” (PG) 1993 Sat 8th............. Music Nairn- “Doric Quartet” String Quartet

7 friday film forres doors open 6:30pm, forres town hall. visit www.filmforres.co.uk for films being shown. all ages welcome. come along and join our membership.

Sat 22nd............................Feis Workshops & Family Ceilidh Fri 28th........... Cinema Nairn – “A Very Long Engagement” (PG) 2004 English subtitles

7 friday - 8 saturday buccaneer theatre club presents 'sleeping beauty' Fri at 7.30pm, Sat 2pm & 7:30pm at raf lossiemouth tickets £6 adults /£5 concs, family and group tickets available. box office:- 07930 361721 admin@spotlighton.co.uk

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Going for Green! at Culbin Forest

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20 thursday

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20 thursday - 22 saturday

paper aeroplanes @ ironworks 7:30pm. over 14s. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com present ‘stepping out’ by richard harris 7:30pm every night plus a 2:30pm matinee on saturday at the holy trinity church hall, elgin. tickets £10 / £8 concs, include refreshments. details from estelle on 01343 544610 or email info@ladselgin.co.uk LADS

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9 sunday orienteering at altyre 10:30am - 12pm at altyre sawmill, near rafford. moravian\'s big winter event with a choice of 8 different routes to tackle from 2 km to 10 km. a great day out for everyone from toddlers who love the outdoors to hardened adventure runners!

21 friday ‘hms defiant’ - moray inshore rescue organisation film night 7pm for 7:30pm, milne institute, findhorn. bring your friends & enjoy a glass of wine & an evening out.

22 saturday

10 monday referendum cafe - let's talk about independence music from 7pm, event starts 7:30pm at the mosset tavern. relaxed and informal atmosphere. get information and join the big discussion. all welcome.

film forres doors open 6:30pm, forres town hall. visit www.filmforres.co.uk for films being shown. all ages welcome. come along and join our membership.

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MORAY GOLF CLUB

the rat pack is back! valentines special @ ironworks 7:30pm. u16s must be accompanied by an adult. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com st. valentine’s charity concert 7:30pm, little theatre, nairn. £5 per person. for highland hospice, firthsiders & friends. tickets from the bookshop in nairn or call 01667 456915.

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Domestic Cleaning (Regular; one-off; end-of-tenancy;

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Findhorn Pottery Pottery studio offering handorienteering at lhanbryde - the crooked wood created ceramics and on-going 10:15am - 11:15am at lhanbryde primary school. weekly pottery classes.

2 km short course or more challenging 4 km route. refreshments in aid of lhanbryde primary school. visit Contact: Belia 01309 691601 www.moravianorienteering.org findhornpottery@yahoo.co.uk We are on Facebook.

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diabetes uk moray a.g.m. 7pm - 9pm, in the inkwell at elgin youth cafe, francis place, elgin. richard carey, Universal Hall ceo grampian nhs will discuss diabetes care in Findhorn Foundation grampian and in moray in particular.

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27 thursday

moray society lecture 2pm, elgin museum hall. lecture on ‘church interiors in moray’ by marion yool, nadfas. FOOD & DRINK df concerts presents: the stranglers + nine below zero Findhorn Piers Café @ ironworks 7pm. over 14s (u16s with adult). call Coffee, homemade baking or 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com something more filling.

28 friday macmillan cancer support (forres) ceilidh with 'the dunphail ceilidh band' 7:30pm at the mosset tavern. £10, includes stovies. tickets from beaver travel, the washington, committee members and forres gazette office. contact sue hellon on 01309 678875

29 saturday al-anon family groups ‘public meeting’ 10:30am 12pm at the thistle hotel, millburn road, inverness. if you are concerned about someone else’s drinking please come along - perhaps we can help.

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These included “stunning,” “magnificent,” “heavenly,” “superb,” “exquisite” and many more – not only in recognition of the delights eaten, but also to reflect the marvelous friendliness and impeccable service offered by all the staff involved in creating a memorable evening.

From the outset we were made to feel really special with every attention to detail. There are menus to suit all tastes; ‘Supper,’ ‘A la carte’ and ‘Specials’ - each with a mouth-watering array of delights to tempt us - and friendly staff to explain the dishes where necessary!

As starters we tried three dishes which were Lobster Bisque, Cullen Skink and Haggis Cannelloni. The Lobster Bisque was “to die for” especially as, tucked under the surface, was a whole lobster claw (shelled of course) that was “huge” and “gorgeous” to eat.

My Cullen Skink was more than excellent (and I am a bit of a Cullen Skink expert!). It was full of delicate flakes of smoked haddock and other fish too, I believe, together with generous pieces of potato, and it was probably the creamiest of soups I’ve ever tasted.

The Haggis Cannelloni was selected from the ‘Scottish Specials’ board and was accompanied by typically Mediterranean sauce – tomatoes, chorizo, herbs, spices and more. What a terrific start!!

The Wine List was most extensive, and those who wanted wine enjoyed a pleasing and smooth carafe of the house red.

Again we had three different main courses; a Salmon dish, Scampi and a Chicken with Wild Mushroom sauce. That sounds like simplicity itself, but the way these simple foods were prepared, cooked and served left us swooning with pleasure. My Chicken with Wild Mushroom sauce on a bed of rice was divine – slices of chicken breast in a creamy sauce of really tasty baby wild mushrooms, all infused expertly with basil and other herbs. The Salmon was cooked to perfection and was lying on a bed of crushed prawn and mackerel pieces aided by yet another deeply and well-flavoured sauce. The Scampi were large, succulent and lightly battered (though bread crumbed scampi was also available) and the accompanying chips were “beautiful.” The homemade Tartare Sauce was so creamy that fingers were constantly being dipped into it!!

Homemade Lemon Meringue pie was our choice of dessert which we shared between us.

It was deep and dreamy - the lemon filling was not tart and seemed to include a hint of mango, and the meringue not overly sweet, which can often be the case. Mmm! The whole evening was an absolute delight. No less than 6 friendly faces regularly appeared to ensure that our evening would pass without a hitch and that we would leave happy. There was no waiting to have dirty plates removed or empty glasses taken away. Similarly there was only a short break between courses. Our grateful thanks go to David, his daughter’s Erin and Julie, the chefs and all the waiting staff for making one meal an experience to remember.

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MOROCCO A very popular destination currently is Morocco.

This amazing country has thrived on being at the north end of the Sahara Desert and on the trade route to Europe. We spent three nights in Marrakech, 3 nights in the Atlas Mountains and 3 nights on the West coast.

In Marrakech we walked for miles taking in all the sights, sounds and smells which make it such an extraordinary and vibrant city. We enjoyed the Djemaa El Fna Square with its music, snake charmers, street entertainers and stalls selling delicious freshly squeezed orange juice and in the evening hundreds of barbeques seem to appear from nowhere.

The rabbit warren of the Souks are unlike anything we had seen before. We stayed in a wonderful Riad within the Medina. The staff were incredibly welcoming and friendly and our room combined Moroccan style with a contemporary twist and we enjoyed being able to lie back and rest on our own roof terrace. It was one of the best places we have ever stayed in but was a world away from what we found outside the Riad and by the time we moved on we had really had enough of being hassled endlessly to buy things. Beware the carpet stores, serving peppermint tea and being very persuasive!

From Marrakech we went into the Atlas Mountains for three nights of peace and tranquillity.

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Morocco is ideal for a long weekend or for longer multi-centre journeys as we did. Riads are smaller boutique hotels with central atriums open to the skies and roof terraces, negating the need for widows to the exterior, and Kasbahs are larger guest houses with grounds â&#x20AC;&#x201C; both are generally very characterful and certainly a contrast to a normal city hotel. Temperatures in the towns and cities are comfortable all year round, becoming hotter from June to October, and being really at their hottest from July to September.

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“The big day itself was all that we wished it to be and more” We had both fallen in love with the Scottish Highlands since coming up on holiday to visit my family, so when we got engaged it seemed like the perfect location to have our wedding.

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