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CLUBS & SOCIETIES AVIEMORE COMMUNITY CAFE Wednesdays 10am - 4pm. St Andrew's Church Hall. Tea, coffee, home baking; and homemade soup and roll or cheese scone from 12noon. A warm welcome awaits you. Contact Jane Alexander: pjanealexander@gmail.com AVIEMORE TINY TOTS Wednesdays 10am - 12noon, Aviemore Youth Centre. Indoor play equipment & activities for 0 - 3 year olds. Facebook page Aviemore Tiny Tots. Email :aviemoretinytots@hotmail.co.uk. BEADING & JEWELLERY MAKING WORKSHOPS The Imagination Workshop, Inverdruie, Aviemore. Learn how to use beads and wire to make your own amazing jewellery. Call Gayle Penney on 01479 812111 BADENOCH & STRATHSPEY RAMBLERS Every other weekend, alternate Saturdays & Sundays. Contact Elizabeth Longley 01479 851735 / timlis.longley@tiscali.co.uk for more information about our walks and membership details.
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BALL - OVER 60'S CLUB Wednesdays 10am - 12.15pm at Memorial Hall, Tomintoul. COIRE CHORISTERS Community choir meets 7:15pm, Thursday evenings at St. John's Church Hall, Rothiemurchus. New members always welcome. Contact Carolyn Turner on 01540 662294. DALLAS PARENT & TODDLERS Every Monday, 2pm - 4pm at Dallas Hall. Come join us for a cuppa & play. Contact Susan 01343 890439 / Emma 01343 890479 or find us on Facebook. DUFFTOWN OVER SIXTIES Meet every Wednesday afternoon 2pm-4pm in Back Hall of Memorial Hall, Dufftown. Varied weekly entertainment: quiz, bingo, live entertainment etc and a cup of tea every week. Membership £3. Annual summer bus outing. Tel: 01340 820388, 01340 820582, or 01340 820264. EDINVILLIE BADMINTON CLUB Meets Thursdays at the Hall. There is a junior section which starts at 6pm until 7.30pm. Junior coaching for attendees only from 7.30pm - 8pm. ALL juniors MUST be accompanied by an adult. Adult section starts at 8.00pm until late. Call Paula Roberts on 01340 810620 or for the Junior Club Andrea Fuller on 01340 871745. EDINVILLIE CRAFT CLUB Ladies from Edinvillie & Aberlour district meet at the Edinvillie Hall every Tuesday 2pm - 4pm, from October to April, to teach each other new crafts.
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GRANTOWN AND DISTRICT BILLIARDS & SNOOKER CLUB Meets on Monday, Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays 7pm 10pm at Old Church Hall in Dulnain Bridge, near Grantownon-Spey. GRANTOWN 1ST RAINBOWS We meet once a week for fun, crafts and friendship. Ages 5-7 Contact Jaci for information or to put a girl on the waiting list. Tel: 01479 873728 GRANTOWN ON SPEY U3A Meets every two weeks from October to April at Grant Arms Hotel, Grantown on Spey. See website for details: www.grantownu3a.co.uk GRANTOWN ON SPEY BRIDGE CLUB Mondays, 7pm in Grantown’s Episcopal Church Hall (Oct Apr) Visitors and new members are always welcome. Call 01479 872672 ROYAL BRITISH LEGION DUFFTOWN Meets 3rd Tuesday every month, at 7pm, 50 Balvenie Street, Dufftown. On Mondays, 7:30pm Stramash - Traditional Scottish Music. Call 01340 820 514 SALTIRE SOCIETY HIGHLAND BRANCH Meets Saturday mornings in Inverness for talks on a wide range of Scottish topics. St Andrews Day celebrations, Burns lunch and summer outing. Call Alan Niven on 01667 459449 or email: alan.niven@hotmail.com STRATHSPEY RAILWAY ASSOCIATION Supporters of the Strathspey Steam Railway. Keeping Steam Alive in the Highlands. Visit www.strathspeyrailway.net for info & membership details. Email laurence.grant@ strathspeyrailway.co.uk
STRATHSPEY RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Poll Creagan, Newtonmore. Contact the secretary Ian Chadburn on 01540 673686 T-EXCHANGE MAKERSPACE Make things, build things and exchange ideas. Third Friday of every month 7:30pm at Findhorn Village Centre. Details on www.t-exchange.net or contact Bill on 07925 551191. THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Burnside Road, Aviemore, Highlands and Islands PH22 1SQ. Contact us on 01479 810892 THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION The Square, Grantown-on-Spey Morayshire, PH26 3HF. Call 01479 873690 WALKMORAY (NHS GRAMPIAN) Do YOU want to get more active? WalkMoray offers volunteer-led, short, weekly walks in various locations. For details, contact the Healthpoint: 01343 567842. WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION We hold 9 meetings per year on Saturday afternoons in Elgin Library. Open to anyone with an interest in WW1. Contact Derek Bird on 01343 870562 or email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk
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STEP BY STEP IN MORAY Toddler group for isolated and vulnerable families. Thursdays 9:30am - 11am. Meets at Aberlour Church. Tel: Margaret 07583 835681.
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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS Inside Out Or Outside In? ‘Man looks at the outward appearance but I look at the heart.’ 1st Samuel 16: 7. Most of us have put a jumper on the wrong way at one time or another so that it’s inside out – or should that be outside in? It doesn’t really matter because they both mean the same thing don’t they? It always seems to happen to me when I’m in a hurry and it can be a right pain. However, I suppose it’s important not to be going about with our clothes inside out or outside in. As people, we also have an inside and an outside. The face we show the world and the person we are on the inside. Sometimes the inside and the outside correspond and folks get a glimpse of the real us but most of the time we are careful to keep the inside in and the outside out. The above verse from the Old Testament book of 1st Samuel is from a story about choosing a new king for Israel a long time ago. Samuel had been sent to choose one of the sons of a man called Jesse but every time he brought Samuel one of his sons God told Samuel that he wasn’t the one. Samuel was told not to look at the outward appearance because, ‘Man looks at the outward appearance but I look at the
heart.’ Eventually, after going through all Jesse’s sons, Samuel asked if there were any more sons. To which Jesse replies that there was only the youngest and he was out tending the sheep. Samuel ordered him to be sent for and when arrived Samuel anointed him as Israel’s future king. He was, of course, David, the shepherd king. Our modern consumer society encourages us to concentrate on our outward appearance a lot of the time. There are television adverts suggesting that certain creams can reduce wrinkles and stop us growing old – or certain shampoos, body sprays, or soaps will make us as handsome, sexy and desirable as the people in the advert. A whole industry is devoted to trying to persuade us to buy the products they advertise so that we can be sure that our outward appearance, and our lives, will be just right – clean, bright, sexy and up to the mark. So what’s wrong with that? Nothing at all because we all want to look our best and often we know that when we look good outside then we can feel better about ourselves inside as well. However, as my late father used to say, ‘beauty is only skin deep’. By which he meant that what a person is like on the inside
Abernethy Parish Church Nethybridge. Family worship service on Sunday at 9:30am, followed by refreshments. More traditional worship service at 11:45am. Contact: Rev. Donald Walker. Tel: 01479 831252. Aberlour Parish Church The Square, Aberlour. Sunday 11.15am. Alvie & Insh Church of Scotland Our services are at 9:30am each Sunday in Kincraig (Church beside Loch Insh). The first Sunday of the month is the All-Age interactive service, also 9:30am, held in Kincraig Church Hall beside the Cairngorms Christian Centre. Please ring 01540 661918 for details. Badenoch Free Church Ruthven Road, Kingussie. Sundays 11am and evening service 6pm. Boat of Garten Parish Church, St Columba's Boat of Garten. Sunday service 10am. Evening worship at Kincardine Church, 6pm the 2nd Sunday of most months: check the weekly press. Contact: Rev. Donald Walker Tel: 01479 831252. Craigellachie Church Victoria Street. Sundays 9.45am. page 4 - January 2014
counts much more than their outward appearance. The reading from 1st Samuel reminds us that while the world might judge by outward appearances God judges by what we are like inside. A reminder that it is important for us to make sure our inner selves are as well cared for as our outer selves. Jesus said, ‘For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks‘, St. Matthew 12:34. He knew, as we do, that when the inner nature is right then the outer nature is right too – and when that inner nature is right then we discover that we can allow the inside out and the outside in.
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Cromdale and Advie Church, Church of Scotland Services 9:15am. Contact Diane Brazier: 01479 872547. Dulnain Bridge, Church of Scotland Sunday services 12noon. All welcome. Contact Rev. Morris Smith on 01479 872084 Duthil Parish Church Carrbridge. Sunday morning service at 11.30am. Contact Rev. Donald Walker Tel: 01479 831252. Grantown Baptist Church High Street, Grantown-on-Spey. Sundays 11am and evening service at 6pm. All welcome. Contact Rev. Rick Moeller: 01479 873125. Inverallan Parish Church Church of Scotland. Grantown-onSpey. Sundays 10.30am with crèche. All welcome. Contact Rev. Morris Smith: 01479 872084. www.inverallanparishchurch.org.uk Inveravon Church of Scotland Sunday morning service 9.30am. All welcome. Listed from A - I & regularly rotated. If you are a member of a church not listed here or if there are any amendments to existing details, please email tamsyn@spotlighton.co.uk
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How long will we live? The other day I heard someone say that “you will die if you have too much fat in your diet�. Then I thought - well we’ll all die no matter how much fat we eat! Not that I would be advocating a careless attitude to our food but maybe we should relax a bit more and try to worry less for “who would add one day to his life by worrying?� Enjoy life and enjoy 2014!
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Useful Contacts Aberlour Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 871693 Aberlour Post Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01340 871201 Aviemore Citizens Advice Bureau. . . . . . . . 01479 810919 Aviemore Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 813141 Aviemore Post Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 811056 Aviemore Registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 813146 Aviemore Social Work Services . . . . . . . . . 01479 810251 Aviemore Tourist Information . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 810363 Badenoch Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01540 661596 Badenoch Learning & Resource Centre . . . 01540 662420 Dufftown Post Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 820244 Dufftown Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .01340 820272 Grantown Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 873175 National Rail Enquires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08457 484950 Police . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 SCHOOLS Aberlour Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 871255 Abernethy Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 821274 Alvie Primary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01540 651238 Aviemore Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 810343 Carrbridge Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 841249 Craigellachie Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01340 881271 Dalwhinnie Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01528 522228 Deshar Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01479 831226 Gergask Primary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01528 544272 page 6 - January 2014
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PARLIAMENT BLOG Let me start by saying that I sincerely hope everyone had a very enjoyable Christmas and New Year. I am writing this blog in December, so I can tell you that I am very much looking forward to spending some time with my family in Aviemore over Christmas. Last year, I was able to spend a day on the Mountain teaching my girls to ski. I’m told that Cairngorm are expecting another record breaking year, so I’m hoping to do the same again this year. It was also good to be able to stop on the village high street to speak to so many folk out doing their last minute Christmas shopping. Like me! I would like to end by wishing everyone in the Highlands all the best for 2014. It will be a very important time for many people and it is a very important year for our country. If I can ever do anything to help you over the coming year, no matter how big or small, please do email me at danny@highlandlibdems.org.uk or call my office on 01463 711280.
2014 will not be boring! This year will see Scotland host the Commonwealth Games and the Ryder Cup, which will be watched by 500 Million people all over the planet. We will celebrate the Year of the Homecoming, with hundreds of events all over the country, and the centrepiece Bannockburn Live held on the 28th - 30th June near Stirling, combined with Armed Forces Day there. This will see Scotland on the world stage as never before. A huge amount of effort has been devoted to the success of these events, to promote Scotland, as a great place to visit, with a vast array of visitor attractions and quality accommodation as well as food and drink. As Tourism Minister, I will be busy to play a part in making the most and the best of the opportunities this year brings, when we will portray ourselves as a positive welcoming friendly country - democratic and dynamic innovative but traditional, with whisky, tartan and the bagpipes recognised and loved by people from all over the world. Oh yes - there is also something else happening in 2014. A time to choose the future we wish for Scotland.
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18 saturday orienteering at findhorn 10:15am, moray arts centre, findhorn. beginners can try their hand at the 2 km short course while those wanting more of a challenge can tackle the 4 km route. for more information visit www.moravianorienteering.org
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cinema nairn matinee 'calamity jane' (u) 2pm nairn community and arts centre. tickets at door. includes tea and bakes. visit cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk for further info.
DECEMBER 24 tuesday torchlight procession - aviemore from 5pm. join the christmas eve procession through the streets of aviemore with santa and his reindeer.
28 saturday slam @ ironworks 10:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
31 tuesday the loft hogmanay ceildih tickets 01343 850111 / www.wegottickets.com rhythmnreel hogmanay party @ ironworks 9pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
22 wednesday worbey & farrell 7:30pm, st. christopher’s chapel, gordonstoun school, nr elgin, £15 / £7.50, visit www.thegcs.org.uk for details. tickets available from www.hubtickets.co.uk
24 friday dallas burns supper doors open 7pm, houldsworth institute, main street, dallas. tickets £10. byob. tickets available from mrs susan richards 01343 890717
24 friday - 25 saturday the vatersay boys @ ironworks 8pm. u16s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com
JANUARY 2014 11 saturday burning of the clavie 6pm - 9pm, brander street, burghead. ancient traditions are rekindled at this ancient fire festival.
25 saturday burns supper 7pm - 11:30pm, glenrinnes community centre.
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12 sunday britten @100 an afternoon of vocal chamber music to celebrate the centenary of benjamin britten 3pm, boat of garten community hall. tickets £12 / £10 concs / £5 students including refreshments. for more info call 01540 662294 or info@calderas-nigh-music.com
arden grange and siberian husky club of GB 30th anniversary aviemore sled dog rally 9am - 4pm. run on forest trails around loch morlich, in the shadow of the cairngorms. for more information call 07990 848898 or email aviemore@siberianhuskyclub.com
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spanish film night: volver 7pm, the iona gallery duke street kingussie. spanish themed night featuring 'volver' (starring penelope cruz) sangria and tapas! call 01540 662900 for more information.
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31 friday scottish rock garden club, moray group members’ night 7:30pm, new elgin hall annexe, land street, new elgin. short talks on plants, flowers and gardens in a variety of localities plus a quiz. call 01340 871504
FEBRUARY in brief 1 saturday - 2 sunday buccaneer theatre club presents 'sleeping beauty' 2pm at raf lossiemouth tickets £6 adults /£5 concs, family and group tickets available. box office:07930 361721 5 wednesday inverallan guild meeting 2:15pm in the inverallan church hall. cake decoration with ann leishman. 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
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