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Local News | July 2017

Tribute to Rhona Weir Many people in and well beyond the area were saddened last month by the passing of Rhona Weir, who shared the same lifelong love of Scotland’s great outdoors as her famous toorie-bunneted husband, Tom. Her death at the age of 97 prompted a heartfelt tribute from the Tom Weir Statue Campaign members, with whom she had worked so closely and successfully to bring about a lasting monument to the man best known for his signature TV series Weir’s Way. Tom died in 2006, but his work as naturalist, writer and household name broadcaster has left a powerful legacy – fully justifying the statue at Balmaha that is now one of the area’s most popular visitor attractions.

The tribute from the Statue Campaign read: “With great sadness and a heavy heart we have to announce that Rhona Weir, Tom’s widow, has died aged 97.

“She truly was my inspiration to see our campaign come to fruition.

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“Having worked closely with her every step of the way I had the privilege of getting to know this great woman behind the great man and said on many occasions that we were perhaps making the statue for the wrong person... I’ve never met a more determined woman with the biggest heart.”

Very recently the campaign thanked the many thousands of visitors to Tom Weir's Rest over the past year who left donations in the donation posts on the site.

The Campaign spokesperson said: “In the first full year that the posts have been in place a fantastic £2,981 has been collected.

“This has meant we were able to pay the annual statue insurance bill and site maintenance costs and the site is now on a financially sustainable footing.

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Tom and Rhona first got together in 1948, when she met him on the way back from a mountaineering outing to Glencoe, and as a

married couple they became synonymous with their home at Balmaha – at the very centre of the landscape they both loved so much.

Our picture shows Rhona with Gordon Watson and James Fraser launching Tom Weir’s Loch Lomond Wonderland booklet at the statue site last year – most fittingly, at a now annual family event called Weirfest.

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CounTrY's BesT in ToWn competition in the world, it’s sure to be another bumper year for West Dunbartonshire.

There will also be a range of free activities and games for all ages on offer at the West Dunbartonshire Leisure ‘Sports Zone’.

West Dunbartonshire Provost and Chieftain of the Scottish Pipe Band Championships, William Hendrie said: “As the new Provost in West Dunbartonshire, I am honoured to be taking on the role of Chieftain for this wonderful event, which West Dunbartonshire has had the honour of hosting for the last 18 years. “Few events can boast the colour, historical significance, the sounds and sights of a pipe band competition and the Scottish Championships is one that so many people look forward to.�

This great family day out runs from 9am to 6pm and spectators can enjoy a day of Highland dancing competitions, a fun fair, a wide selection of trader stalls and, of course, the unmistakable sound of the pipes and drums from some of the best pipe bands in the world.

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Now an established star of the national competition scene the Levengrove Park spectacular is also a prime showcase for talented local performers, for example 10-yearold Drum Major Beth Turner from Dumbarton, pictured here seen practising for the big day.

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LeT The GaMes BeGin! it will again secure its reputation as a landmark competition that’s one of a very small handful of top events of its kind in Scotland.

Events will include wrestling, cycling, tossing the caber, and tug of war, but perhaps the most eagerly anticipated competition of the day will be the Scottish Highland Games Association World Heavyweight Championship.

Both the Luss and the Loch Lomond Highland Games are on the calendar this month

July’s big, big local attractions include the Loch Lomond Highland Games at Moss o’Balloch – a fun event with a serious professional edge – and the Luss Highland Games.

The month starts as it means to go on with the Luss event on Saturday, July 1, with the Games Field playing host (from about 11,30am) to a whole catalogue of races and other tests of strength and skill for all age groups.

It also features an open piping competition, a strongman contest, and very much more besides – and will surely draw hordes of visitors to the area that weekend.

With a very special location and plenty of ancillary entertainment – it’s as much a classic summer gala as anything – it’s a great option for a family weekend outing.

For full updated information on the Luss Games visit www.lusshighlandgames.co.uk

With competitors from Poland, America and Iceland taking part, it is set to be an exciting and closely contested event.

Spectators will be entertained throughout the action-packed day with a full programme of track and fi eld events including running, jumping, cycling, wrestling, the heavyweight events of ball, hammer, weight and caber, plus the Highland dancing and pipe band competitions.

The Games will close with a mass pipe band march through the main street in Balloch guaranteeing a dramatic end to a mainstay of the summer season.

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The main attraction, though, is the number of local film locations used in the production, with Renton’s Central Bar, Luss Village Hall and Geilston House all featured as stand-ins for scenes enacted in the mythical Outer Hebridrean isle of Little Todday.

While debate still rages quietly over where Scotland’s national film theatre should be this production allows West Dunbartonshire to throw its hat in the ring once more – particularly coming at more or less the same time as the latest series of another comedy, Still Game, was being filmed in and around Dumbarton.

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Futsal – now available in Clydebank – is all about touch, control, balance and coordination, and is reckoned ideal for helping people with mobility issues.

It aims to cover the psychological, social and emotional needs of players and, crucially, is said to be great fun.

The Clydebank group are competing in the Disability Futsal League and, say local organizers, “it’s fantastic to see so many players, all with disabilities involved in sport.�

We’ll have more on local Futsal in future issues, but if you want to find out the local group for yourself you can follow their activities at www.facebook.com/ disabilityfutsalclub.

History is becoming a regular summer attraction at Dumbarton’s iconic Rock, and this month starts with a trip back to Jacobite times.

Called King’s Rock Fortress, the Historic Environment Scotland performance on the weekend of July 1 and 2 is a fascinating glimpse at a colourful period most don’t automatically associate with Dumbarton.

But the Rock was a strategically vital fortress for King George, and – much as with Edinburgh and Stirling – maintained a Hanoverian grip on the country at a time when Redcoat armies were being scattered by Bonnie Prince Charlie’s tartan army.

We know he lost, of course, but imagine being a redcoat in a tiny garrison on the Rock, with a horde of rebel clansmen just

waiting for you to make one false move.

King George’s men are typically thought of as “the baddies�, perhaps, but for the ordinary soldier – possibly enlisted forcibly, or perhaps voluntarily for food and pay – life was tough and grim.

Men like these had to ensure the old Rock was capable of acting as a modern artillery fortress against a determined enemy.

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Captain Brian is back

Loch Lomond Shores is understandably delighted to welcome back Captain Brian Warren for another summer of great bagpipe music – and so are all his local fans.

Of course his sudden appearance at this time of year is not unconnected to the fact that thousands of tourists will be descending on the area, and some of them will be vaguely expecting something definitively “Scottish” to welcome to them to such a premier site.

It is a bit different in Edinburgh Old Town, or even Glasgow

city centre, where musicians of varying levels of ability are everywhere to be seen at peak season.

At Lomond Shores there is possibly by now a built-in expectation that the welcoming piper will be a bit special – for one thing it is the first real indication that you are at the gateway of a great national park

on the route to the Highlands.

There is also another very positive aspect to Captain Warren’s playing.

Local man Brian has been tirelessly raising funds for Erskine, Scotland’s foremost provider of care for veterans and their spouses, for a number of years and last year raised nearly £2,000 by piping each Wednesday at Loch Lomond Shores.

Erskine has been providing care for veterans in Scotland for a decade at four purpose-built care homes across Scotland.

The money raised by Brian will help support Erskine’s work, which includes the purchase of larger items of specialist medical equipment, to smaller items such as adapted cutlery that allows the veterans to eat independently.

Clare Gemmell, General Manager of Loch Lomond Shores said “Brian’s music is wonderful, I can hear it from my office and the sounds travel all round the site.

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Regular summer sailings of the Paddle Steamer Waverley from Helensburgh and Kilcreggan have just begun in what is the 70th anniversary of Waverley’s maiden voyage.

He was one of the elite winners and fi nalists in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Competition last year, and has been involved in a tour which has taken the group as far as Orkney.

Last year Ryan graduated with an MMus in Scottish Music from the Ryan Young, a talented fiddler from Cardross is to see his Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in work produced in an album 2016, and besides last year’s success has twice been a fi nalist in the BBC to administer the Nurturing Radio 2 Young Folk Awards.

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BeTh Takes oVer What's Up Doc? as heaLTh ChieF with Dr Nick Dunn West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership will from this month be headed by chief officer Beth Culshaw.

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She replaces Keith Redpath, who retires this month, and will play the lead role in HCSP, which is responsible for delivering all local primary care, community health and social care services.

Beth is currently Head of Health and Community Care with Inverclyde HSCP. She has previously worked as a manager in primary and secondary care, community services and social care.

Beth said: “As one of the first HSCPs in the country, the partnership is well-established and I am committed to continuing the growth of that integration between the NHS and Council. “My first priority is to work with the team in West Dunbartonshire to further

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Jane Grant, Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said:“Beth has spent her entire career working to improve the health of the people of Clyde and this new role as Chief Officer will give her a fantastic opportunity to build on this.

“Her knowledge, enthusiasm and leadership skills will benefit the local community in West Dunbartonshire and I look forward to working with her in the years ahead.”

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It is supported by Friends of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs, and will surely turn out to be a sound investment – because it brings new emphasis to key aspects of park development such as biodiversity and conservation.

Local history and clan culture will also feature in a wide ranging pack that puts into full perspective the area’s development from the “Wild West” of Rob Roy’s day to modern eco-park.

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at random and taken from the electoral role. You must therefore be over eighteen years of age. Someone with a criminal record is unlikely to qualify and some jobs will make others ineligible, for example a practicing solicitor is not able to sit on a jury.

In the event you are cited but would wish to be excused from attending then you must contact the sheriff clerk. Only genuine and relevant factors will be taken into consideration, such as if you have already been a juror within the last two years.

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July 2017 | What's On Calendar Balloch Run 'n' Park Balloch Park Gates, Balloch Road

Calendar of events Friday 23rd June

9:30am, Stay in shape and meet new people. www.lomond-trossachs.org

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Mini-Beast Meadows Weekend RSPB Loch Lomond, Gartocharn

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Concord Community Cinema

7:30pm, A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. Jack Nicholson stars in this Oscar winning classic. concordcommunitycinema@ hotmail.com

Monday 26th June Last Monday Group Dumbarton Riverside Parish Church

19:30pm, In the lounge, topical discussion each month. www.dumbartonriverside.org.uk

Tuesday 27th June Drop-in Internet CafĂŠ Longcrags Community Centre

11am, Meadows are the perfect place to go in search of mini-beasts. From tiny bugs, to beautiful butterflies and frogs – we’ll be spending the day exploring. Wellies are recommended as it can be muddy and the activities will be taking place off-path. loch.lomond@rspb.org.uk

Grease Concord Community Centre

1:30pm, Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of highschool kids in the 1950s. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of "Grease," the most successful movie musical of all time. concordcommunitycinema@ hotmail.com

Friday 30th June Photography Club Longcrags Community Centre

10am, Fast wi-fi connection, free of charge. 01389 767115 . Weekly

7pm, All types of cameras, including tablets, iPads. All skill levels. 01389 767115

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1:30pm, Got a new tablet? Learn how to use your tablet in a relaxed, friendly group.

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10:45am, fun-filled day with a variety of events such as Highland Dancing, Children’s heavy events, Local piping competitions, 5-man tug-owar, strongman competition and wresting. www.lusshighlandgames.co.uk

Saturday 1st Family Fun Sessions West Dunbartonshire Museum

10am-11:15am, Arts, crafts and games.

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The Great American Rock Show Denny Civic Theatre

6:30pm, Not ONE but TWO great bands sharing the stage, bringing you the best of the back catalogues of two major American music stars of the last 40 years – Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel, for the first time together on the one bill! It's a 'must-see' event. www.tickets-scotland.com Lego Works Clydebank Museum

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What's On Calendar | July 2017 Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers Meet at Helensburgh Swimming Pool Car Park to depart at 9.30am

Lairig Eilde and Lairig Garten Circuit. No dogs. 01389 731953 www.hwdramblers.me.uk

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Monday 3rd

Sporting Memories Network Dumbarton Library

Walking Football Our Lady & St Patrick’s

10am, Sporting Memories Network is the premier reminiscence charity in Scotland.

We promote and develop the use of sporting memories to improve the wellbeing of people through conversation and reminiscence. george@sportingmemoriesnetwork. com Weekly

6:30-7:30pm, A slower version of the beautiful game. audrey.macdonald@ west-dunbarton.gov.uk Baby Massage Alexandria Library

Market Day Loch Lomond Shores

10am, Open-air market on the banks of Loch Lomond, with a selection of farmers' market and craft market stalls. Plus live music to add to the atmosphere. www.lochlomondshores.com Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers Meet at Helensburgh Swimming Pool Car Park to depart at 9.30am

Greenock Cut/Dunrod Hill. No dogs. 01389 731953 www.hwdramblers.me.uk Vintage Tractor Rally Ardardan Estate

10am, A display of brilliantly restored tractors and lots of fun in the kid zone for wee ones. hello@ardardan.co.uk

10am, Baby massage is an excellent opportunity to share special moments with your baby, helping to develop that loving bond between you and your child. www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Drop-in Service For anyone affected by cancer; patients, carers, family members or friends.

MON: 10:30am-12:30pm, Alexandria Library. THU: 122pm, Clydebank Library. WED:

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Summer Camp Football Camp (5-8yrs & 9-14yrs) 9am-3pm, 9am-12pm, 12-3pm.

3rd-7th: Dumbarton Academy.

17th-21st: Vale of Leven Academy. 24th-28th: Clydebank High School. 31st-4th: Vale of Leven Academy.

Minikickers (3-4yrs) 17th-21st: 9.30-10.30am, Vale of Leven Academy. 24th-28th: 11am12pm. Clydebank High School.

7th-11th AUG: 1:30-2:30pm, Dumbarton Academy.

Girls Football (5-12yrs) 9:30am-12pm 10th-14th: Dumbarton Academy.

Gymnastics and Dance Camp (5-6yrs) 17th-20th: 10am-12:30pm, Vale of Leven Academy.

Multi Sports Camps (5-12yrs) 9am-3pm 10th-14th & 24th-28th:, Vale of Leven Academy. 17th-21st & 31st4th: St Peter the Apostle HS. Ready Steady Go (3-4yrs) 9:30-10:30am 24th-28th: Vale of Leven Academy.

Balance Bikes (2.5-4yrs) 9:30-10:30am 10th-14th: Vale of Leven Academy. 31st-4th: St Peter the Apostle HS.

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Tuesday 4th Big Quiz of the Year The Clipper

9:30pm, This is easily going to be the biggest quiz, in Dumbarton, of the year so get your smartest mates messaged ASAP and sort your team out! ÂŁ700 worth of cash must be won with prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd! Booking essential.

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Calendar of events Walking Football Alexandria Community Centre

3-4pm, A slower version of the beautiful game. audrey.macdonald@ west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Drakes of Hazard Show Loch Lomond Shores

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12pm, Farmer Mark is back again with those rowdy drakes. Once again it’s up to his sheepdog team to round them all up. info@lochlomondshores.com

Wednesday 5th 6-7pm, new players welcome to this fun football team.

07960 435179

Langcraigs Hillwalking club For weekend walks meet 8am at Gilmour Street car park, Alexandria. For Tuesday evening walks meet 7pm at Gilmour Street car park.

TUE 4: The Whangie. SAT 8: Ailsa

Craig (prior booking required).

TUE 11: Sallochy. TUE 18: Glasgow Riverside. TUE 25: Pappert Hill. SUN: Aonach Mor. Phil Gaunt 01389 763662 langcraigshillwalkingclub@yahoo.co.uk

10am, Alexandria Mandolin Club meets every Tuesday morning to play all kinds of music. The club has a vast repertoire and is happy to play for all local community groups for free. ian.mcguinness@blueyonder.co.uk Ladies Badminton Riverside Church

9:30-11:30am, We meet every Tuesday and Thursday morning, all welcome. 07757 944749 Tuesday Lunches Riverside Church

12pm, Meet friends and enjoy home-made soup and filled rolls. www.dumbartonriverside.org.uk Weekly

Honest Food Quality Cocktails Fresh food & cocktails served daily.

Live entertainment, kids play area & free function hire.

1:30pm, Enjoy a cuppa and a blether.

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Clydebank Futsal Club Dalmuir Community Centre

Alexandria Mandolin Club Lagavulin Cafe, Lomond Galleries, Alexandria

Knit ’n’ Crochet Club Longcrags Community Centre

3-4:30pm, Fun FREE 30-40 min sessions which include stories, games and activities for parents/ carers and their 3-5 year olds.

Register to join in your local library.

Weekly

Drop-in Internet Café Longcrags Community Centre

Walk in the Park Drymen and Croftamie Village Square outside The Winnock Hotel

10am & 1:30pm, Fast wi-fi connection, free of charge.

01389 767115 Walk in the Park Balloch Tourist Information Centre

10:20am, Friendly walks around Balloch lasting between 45-60 mins. cathy.scott@lochlomond-trossachs.org.uk

10.20am, Friendly walks around Drymen and Croftamie lasting between 45-60 mins. No need to book simply turn up and join in, everyone’s welcome! fran.crumley@lochlomond-trossachs.org

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Cardross Mother and Toddler Group Cardross Church Hall

Wargames + Miniatures Games Store Unit 4, 7 Merkins Avenue, Bellsmyre, Dumbarton

10-11:30am, Come join us for coffee and a chat while the wee ones play!

07717 238979 cardrossmotherandtoddlers@gmail.com Weekly

5pm, Our Magic: The Gathering 'Learn Magic' weekly program.

Boys & Girls welcome. Including a FREE introductory starter pack! events@wargamesandminiatures.com Weekly

Thursday 6th

Friday 7th

iPad Class Longcrags Community Centre

7pm, Learn how to use your iPad over a cuppa and a blether. mick.maloney@wwmail.co.uk Weekly

Writers Alexandria Library

6pm, Every Thursday writers are invited to meet and share their work.

Laura 07922 833472

Bellsmyre Digital Astronomy Club Longcrags Community Centre

7pm, This very popular club is for all ages. Talks, research, sky gazing. Field trips and events.

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Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers Meet at Helensburgh Swimming Pool Car Park to depart at 9.30am

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What's On Calendar | July 2017 Texan Rock Country Western Club Masonic Hall Church Street Dumbarton

7:30pm, Come along and dance to your favourite country and line dance songs. Willie Mac providing the live music this month. Bingo, raffle, open the box and fast draw. Accompanied children welcome. thecarolinewalls@hotmail.com

Just Amazing Music Ben View Resource Centre, Dumbarton G82

Dumbarton Acoustic Music Night St Augustine's Church, High Street, Dumbarton

7:30pm, A collection of local artists offering a selection of folk, blues, jazz, rock and pop in acoustic format. Local band AGM will host the event as usual and included on the bill this month along with many others performing on the night. £5 entry, BYOB and glass and enjoy a wonderful night of varied music.

07787 310391 www.facebook.com/ dumbartonacousticmusicnight

Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers Meet Helensburgh Central to catch 9.26 train

Froglife: Dragons on the Move Roadshow RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond, Gartocharn

Linear walk from Ayr to Troon.

No dogs.

01389 731953 www.hwdramblers.me.uk

11am, Join Froglife and RSPB Scotland to learn about the frogs, toads and other reptiles found here and what you can do to help them. Families can get involved in fun crafts or learn about our species by taking part in our Dragon Trail. No booking necessary. loch.lomond@rspb.org.uk

Monday 17th 12pm, Meet the Hulk as he meets and greets visitors throughout the afternoon at regular intervals. info@lochlomondshores.com

7pm, The Sons Supporters Trust presents a Comedy and Curry Night at Dumbarton FC. Great food, served with a side order of laughs! www.dumbartonfootballclub.com

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Dumbarton – Comedy and Curry Night Dumbarton Football Stadium

7:30pm, Whether you play an instrument or are a complete novice, then the music group is for you. We are a group of people who enjoy singing and making music with various instruments.

We help and encourage one another to enjoy the musical experience as it is all about having fun. Contact Jim on 01389 606552 bmilcairns@hotmail.co.uk

Saturday 15th

Tuesday 18th Meet Elsa from Frozen Loch Lomond Shores

Saturday 15th Loch Lomond Highland Games Moss ‘O’ Balloch

10am, Spectators will be entertained throughout the day with track and field events including running, jumping, cycling, wrestling, the heavyweight events of ball, hammer, weight and caber, plus the highland dancing. Outside the main arena, spectators will find a wide variety of trade stalls selling a range of modern and traditional goods and food and drink. The event will close with a mass Pipe band march through the main street in Balloch offering a dramatic end to what promises to be a wonderful event. www.llhgb.com

12pm, Meet Elsa the lookalike mascot from Frozen and have your picture taken with her. She will be appearing at regular intervals throughout the afternoon. info@lochlomondshores.com

Saturday 22nd Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers Meet at Helensburgh Swimming Pool Car Park to depart at 9.30am

Inverary-Dun na Cuaiche Tower & Forest Circuit. No dogs.

01389 731953 www.hwdramblers.me.uk

Tuesday 25th Meet Chase from Paw Patrol Loch Lomond Shores

12pm, Meet Chase the lookalike mascot from Paw Patrol.

He will be meeting and greeting visitors at regular intervals in the afternoon. info@lochlomondshores.com

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Photography Club Longcrags Community Centre

Helensburgh and West Dunbartonshire Ramblers Meet at Helensburgh Swimming Pool Car Park to depart at 9.30am

10am, Dumbarton and District Model Aircraft Club fly-in. www.dadmac.org.uk

7pm, All types of cameras, including tablets, iPads. All skill levels. 01389 767115

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Monday 31st Meet the Minion Loch Lomond Shores

Saturday 29th Scottish Pipe Band Championships Levengrove Park, Dumbarton G82 4AF

Kyiv Accordion Duo St Mungo's Church, Main St, Alexandria. G83 0BN

7:30pm, An evening of easy listening with Kyiv Accordion Duo who return to the Vale to play popular classics and traditional Ukrainian and Russian music. Retiring collection for the children still being affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear disaster. staugustinessec@btinternet.com Drakes of Hazard Show Loch Lomond Shores

12pm, Farmer Mark is back again with those rowdy drakes. Once again it’s up to his sheepdog team to round them all up. info@lochlomondshores.com

Beastie Triathlons Balloch Castle Country Park

9am, Triathlon Scotland's Championship Aquathlon (Swim/ Run) kicks off the day followed by the infamous Beastie and Wee Beastie triathlons in the Balloch Park. Swimming in Loch Lomond from the Balloch Park Pier followed by mountain biking and running around the trails of the park. www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk

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9am, Set against the backdrop of Dumbarton Rock and Castle, the Scottish Pipe Band Championships welcomes players and spectators from across the globe. Spectators can enter the event for free and can expect a fun day of Highland Dancing competitions, fun fair, trader areas with confectionery, jewellery, clothing, toys and Scottish souvenirs and food and drinks; and of course the magnificent sound of the pipes and drums of some of the world's best pipe bands. Free. www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk

12pm, Minion mascot will be meeting and greeting visitors, so come say hi and get your photo taken! info@lochlomondshores.com

Thursday 3rd August Charity Psychic Night Denny Civic Theatre

7pm, Private reading available, raffle with amazing prizes, refreshments during interval, all proceeds going to ROHHAD association. Barry Hogg, Ricky Martin, Joanne Davis and Alan Welsh.

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honour For sTuDios FirM Congratulations to Dumbarton music studios enterprise Skapade for its latest award – at the first ever Working4Business Awards in West Dunbartonshire.

There were several worthy winners, but Skapade’s community impact accolade was surely among the best-deserved.

Described as a state of the art, independent studio based in Dumbarton, which offers music production training in various styles of electronic music, Skapade has proved itself a local centre of excellence many budding young musicians (and sound engineers, etc) have been able to use to great effect.

aspiring artists and young people who are interested in music.

Held at Clydebank Town Hall, the ceremony was described as a fantastic celebration of the success, diversity and innovation that can be found throughout the business community of West Dunbartonshire.

These strengths were refl ected in the very high standard of entries for each award category, with the judges having to make diffi cult It provides one-to-one tuition, track winner choices. engineering, mastering, mixing, The awards were hosted by podcasting, youth training and popular TV and radio presenter personal development.

Kaye Adams and guests enjoyed It tries to “give back” to the local, creative community and support

after dinner entertainment from comedian Des McLean.

West Dunbartonshire Council leader Jonathan McColl said: “We are delighted with the response to the first Working4Business awards. The awards have provided a platform for celebrating the category winners and their tremendous achievements.

“The winners really do showcase the best of West Dunbartonshire’s thriving business sector. It is also important to recognise the efforts and achievements of the wider short-listed finalists, and indeed, all the firms which entered the awards.

“We were pleased to welcome a diverse range of guests, with attendees from sectors such as manufacturing, electronics, tourism, social enterprises, as well as businesses of all sizes, and from all around the region.”

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The Scottish SPCA is saying thank you to all of their local fundraising volunteers during the recent Volunteers Week.

Senior Community Fundraiser Sharon Meiklejohn said, “We couldn’t do what we do without public support and we really appreciate every single volunteer.

“We have volunteers who walk our dogs, help out at our centres, collect on the street and take part in our many events.

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“The Scottish SPCA receives no government or lottery funding

and we rely on the kindness and generosity of the public to continue our work. We would be extremely grateful if anyone would like to donate their time and help us raise vital funds.”

Sometimes the effort was a few hours at a weekend spent manning a fundraising stall – and it all helped to bring in vital funds the charity otherwise wouldn’t receive.

For more information on Scottish SPCA fundraising events email fundraising@ scottishspca.org or call fundraising on 03000 999 999 (option 4).

August 26 is the date of a Loch Lomond event that simply gets bigger and even more popular every year.

The Great Scottish Swim events are now open and with a half mile, one mile, two mile, 5k and 10k there's something for all swimming abilities to choose from.

For those of us who have no intention whatsoever of competing, it’s still a great spectator spectacle, and makes for a brilliant day out.

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Christopher Currie of Caldwell Golf Club shared the top Pro prize at the 31st West Dunbarton Pro-Am golf tournament held at Dalmuir Golf Club. He is congratulated by Provost William Hendrie

The 2017 West Dunbartonshire Pro-Am golf tournament was won by a team of colleagues from the Spark Of Genius school in Clydebank.

Kris Stewart, Fraser Miller, Kenny Stewart and their designated pro David Stein, of Ranfurly Castle Golf Club, were a cut above the fi eld at the 31st edition of the popular event, held as usual at Dalmuir Golf Course.

score is named the winning professional.

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Amateur awards were also given to James Hutchison for being

That prize was this year shared by four pros – Christopher Currie of Caldwell Golf Club; Louis Gaughan of Bathgate Golf Club; Robert Arnott of Bishopbriggs Golf Club; and Greig Hutcheon A total of 35 teams took part, with each team of three amateurs of the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre in Inchmarlo. joined by a professional player.

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VeTerans askeD To TeLL The sTorY oF The arGYLLs community that can be used to tell the Argylls’ story.

“It’s about getting heritage back into the community. Part of HLF funding is about community and people as, heritage, community and people. We want a better understanding of what resources are out there.”

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders museum is keen to hear from former Argyll's men, family and descendants, who served in the regiment since the 1950s

The regiment which once “belonged” to West Dunbartonshire – where it recruited for generations – is calling on veterans to support a unique project.

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders museum and regimental association, based in Stirling, want to hear from former Argyll's men, their families and descendants, who served in the regiment since the Korean War (1950-53).

in contact to tell their stories and to share their letters, memories and artefacts.

With a £4m building and display renewal programme already in motion, the new Museum is set to open in 2019.

Rob Layden, chief executive Called the Thin Red Line Appeal, of the Argyll and Sutherland after the regiment’s famous stand Highlanders Museum said: “One of the purposes of the object is at the Battle of Balaklava in the to understand what is out there, Crimean War, they are asking veterans and their families to get what heritage exists within the

He added: “We also want to collaborate with local community groups, by providing additional material, plus help and advice on conservation, both in general and in relation to specific exhibitions.”

Jim Tilly, Secretary of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Association, said: “We have a superlative collection here at the museum but there are gaps.

“We would like to have more interaction with the public so we have that up to date material in the museum.”

If you can help, contact the Museum directly at museum@ argylls.co.uk or write to the project at The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Museum, The Castle, Stirling FK8 1EH. Tel 01786 475165.

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Strathleven House businesses large and small are said to be making the most of their unique setting, a stunning Paladian mansion.

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Linsey Burnett of The Mount Whistle Company said: “Strathleven House is a beautiful building, inside and out, and although it's technically in an industrial estate it feels like it's out in the countryside.

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