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SpotLight Clubs and Societies

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In this issue......

Clubs & Societies 3 Pastoral Letter 6 Church Details 6 Organic Farming 8 What’s On 9/10/11 & 13 Cinema Listings 11 Chef’s Confidential 12 Council News 14 & 15 School Dates 16 Local Holidays 16 Tide Times 16 Useful Contacts 18 Advertisers Index 18 SAMPLE ADVERT RATES Box £28.04 Big Box £54.12 ¼ Page £98.40 ½ Page £186.96 Business Profile £318.82 Full Page £354.24 Enhanced Listings in What’s On pages from £30.70 All rates are per month plus VAT and based on a Black & White 12 month series.

Deadline for November issue is Wednesday 6th October Call 01309 690063 for more details. SpotLight on Buckie & Keith 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.

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

JOG SCOTLAND BUCKIE Meets on Tuesday 6.30pm at Swimming Pool car park, juniors meet on Monday 4.30pm at BHS Games Hall. Suitable for beginners.

Tel: 842847 or email jsbuckie@walk jogrunmoray.org.uk

BUCKIE AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB Classes spanning all levels and coaching available.

Age 5-16 years. Contact David Eckersley 832078

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

Suitable for beginners. Tel: 870609 or email jskeith@walk jogrunmoray.org.uk

BUCKIE ROVERS JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB Training Monday & Wednesday, 7pm-9pm July - May. Contact Mr D G Roberts 840861 FAITH AND LIGHT GROUP - BUCKIE To provide an evening of respite care to the parents or carers of club members.

1st and 3rd Tuesday evening at 7pm. Contact Anne Gerrard 831124 GRANGE BADMINTON CLUB Tuesday evenings, 7pm to 9.30pm, King Memorial Hall, Grange. Contact Chris Lancaster 870622 KEITH SPORTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE Contact June Simpson 882222.

If you would like details of your club or society included in this section please let us know.Not all clubs will be listed every issue.

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MULBEN SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Mulben Hall. All welcome. Contact Margaret tel: 01542 860208 NIKKI’S AEROBICS Excercise class at Longmore Hall, Keith on Tuesdays 7pm to 8pm ‘NO STRINGS ATTACHED’ CONFIDENTIAL HELPLINE If you are caring for someone who is affected by drugs, alcohol or mental health issues and you feel that it is having an impact on you and the rest of your family call 01343 555031 for help and advice. Anonymity if required QUARRIERS CARER SUPPORT SERVICE MORAY Providing practical and emotional support to the

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unpaid Carers of Moray. If you look after a family member, friend or neighbour and could use some help or just want to find out more about what we do, call us on 01343 556031 RHYTHYM & RHYME GYM TOTS Fun musical baby and toddler sessions.

Movement, music, songs, soft play and healthy snack.

Wednesdays from 9.30am10.15am and 10.20am11.05 am. Contact Wendy tel: 832133 ROTARY CLUB OF BUCKIE Meets every Monday evening at 5.30pm for 6pm in the Marine Hotel, Buckie.

Visit our website at www.rotaryclub ofbuckie.org.uk ROYAL BURGH OF CULLEN PENSIONERS CLUB Meets first Tuesday of each month at 7pm, for the welfare of the elderly in Cullen. Contact Bunty Gardiner 840653 SILVER BAND Practice night, Sunday 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Longmore Hall, Keith SPEY BAY VILLAGE HAL Tuesday and Friday 7.30pm Bowls; Wednesday 7.30pm Ladies Craft Night; Thursday 1.30pm Mother and Toddler. Contact Irene Leslie 821081

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Supporting Carers across Moray

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Quarriers Carer Support Service’s dedicated staff respond to both the practical and emotional needs of unpaid Carers of all ages across Moray.

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This may be because the person they look after is frail or elderly, mentally or physically disabled or they may misuse alcohol or drugs. One in three of us will be an unpaid Carer at some point in our lives.

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Young Carers - one to one support for young people to ensure their caring responsibilities are minimised and that they get the same opportunities as other young people in their community.

Training - based on what Carers tell us they need and delivered in local communities.

Subjects include managing stress and benefit awareness.

Opportunities to meet other Carers - our Care and Share groups run throughout Moray and offer Carers an opportunity to meet up, share experiences and relax.

Advice and information - on a wide range of subjects eg specific medical conditions, local support services etc.

Emotional and practical support - is provided by our Adult Support Workers to help Carers cope in their caring role and to help them to develop ‘a life of their own’.

No Strings Attached’ confidential helpline (01343 555031) - is available for Carers who prefer to remain anonymous, but want information or advice. It is specifically targeted at Carers of people who misuse alcohol or drugs and Carers of people with mental health problems.

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We should be used to it, I suppose, but I still feel slightly irked at a certain point in a telephone conversation to be asked by someone I don’t know what my postcode is, and then told by him or her what my address is.

A large part of our lives nowadays is recorded in computers. And it’s not surprising that we feel at times as if something is being taken from us and that our personal liberty is being eroded.

Yet the Bible tells us that God knows much more about us than any computer database. He knows every move we make, every word we speak, every nook and cranny of our lives. Everything is subject to His scrutiny. That’s because He’s God.

Pastoral Letter and Church Meetings Several years ago, Bette Midler released a song called ‘From a Distance.’ A constant refrain is “God is watching us, God is watching us, from a distance.” It’s unclear from the song whether the emphasis is on the fact that God is watching us or the fact that God isn’t anywhere too near. But it’s certainly true that God is watching us.

God’s knowledge of us, however, is not like the worst aspects of the invasive media. It may be something of a challenge but it is also a comfort to know that there is someone who understands (from the inside) the real you and the real me, and still loves us - as He does.

This was the experience of which a Hebrew poet wrote in Psalm 139.

Buckie Baptist Church meets Sundays 11am & 5.45pm. Contact Rev. V MacDougall Email bydand52@aol.com - Children are welcome to join us on Sunday morning at Rainbow Kids (0-5yrs) and Junior Church (5yrs upwards) Contact Irene 01542 840821 Buckie North, C of S, Cluny Square, contact Rev Gordon Mathew 882352/831328 email jg.mathew@btinternet.com or Mr Graeme Gerrard (Session Clerk) 01542 831124 email graeme_gerrard@hotmail.com Buckie, Riverside Christian Church, Sundays 10.30am, contact 01542 833923 or visit www.riversidebuckie.org Buckie, St Peters Church RC contact 832196 Buckie Methodist Church Sundays 11am & 6pm, alternative Sundays at Portessie. Sunday School, Bible Studies, Prayer meetings, Study groups, Women's Guild, Men's Prayer Breakfast and House Groups Cullen & Deskford C of S every Sunday at 10.30am. First Sunday of Month in the Hall Church, every other Sunday in the Auld Kirk, 2nd and 4th Sundays in Jubilee Hall Deskford at 12noon, contact 01542 840193 or email:gordonmcneillg@btinternet.com Cullen Methodist Church, Seatown, Cullen, Buckie Sunday morning worship at 11am led by a Minister or an authorised Local Preacher. Activities for children are available as required.

Findochty Methodist Church welcomes you to fellowship every Sunday morning at 11am. We also meet weekly every Wednesday from 2pm-3.30pm for fellowship and fun.

It’s theme is God the inescapable.

It says that wherever in the universe we may be we are surrounded by His presence.

Wherever we go, His eye is always upon us. “If I went up to heaven, You would be there, if I lay down in the world of the dead, You would be there. If I flew away beyond the east, or lived in the farthest place in the west, You would be there to lead me… to help me.” (Psalm 139 verse 8 to 10) And why would we want it otherwise? Wherever I go, there God is. Now and always He upholds me with His power, and keeps me with his love.

JG Matthew Buckie North Church

Keith, Holy Trinity Episcopal, Family Eucharist 11.30am.

Keith, C of S - North, Newmill, Boharm and Rothiemay North Church : Sunday 11am; Boharm Church : Sunday 9.30am (first Sunday of the month at Mulben village hall); Rothiemay Church : Sunday 9.30am, except the first Sunday in each month. Contact: Rev G Hutton Steel or email: knnbrchurch@btconnect.com Keith, C of S - St Rufus, Botriphnie and Grange St Rufus Church : Sunday 10.15am; Botriphnie Church : Sunday 11.45am (alternate Sundays); Grange Church : Sunday 11.45am (alternate Sundays), contact: Rev Ranald S.R. Gauld or email: kay_gauld@strufus.fsnet.co.uk Keith, St. Thomas’ Church RC, Vigil-Mass 9.30am and 6.30pm Confessions Saturday 10am on request.

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

Portgordon Methodist Church, Portgordon, Buckie meets for Sunday worship at 11am, bible study meeting on alternate Mondays with the Church of Scotland congregation at 2pm, craft group meets on Wednesdays at 2pm Rathven Church of Scotland Sunday morning worship at 9.45am led by a Minister or an authorised Local Preacher. Sunday School outwith the local school holidays. Wee ones also very welcome. Contact Moira 01542 833956 or Ann 01542 831607

If you are a member of a church not listed here, please email the details to natalie@spotlighton.co.uk and we may print this in future issues.

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Sandy’s Story

At the vegetable section of my local supermarket I stood pondering….Organic…Non Organic? What’s the difference?

Well for those of you who want to know, this is what it’s all about….

Organic farming is the name given to a variety of agricultural production systems that aim to work with nature, rather than by conquering it. Organic is most commonly associated with food production, both crop and livestock. However, organic methods are also employed in the production of many other goods, leading to products as diverse as timber and clothing, to be labeled as organic.

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In this way, organic farming is in many respects, a return to traditional farming methods.

Organic food is felt by a growing number of consumers to be safer, more nutritious, taste better and be less harmful to the environment and animal welfare than conventionally produced food, and the market for it has grown in recent years accordingly.

I recently spoke to Hugh Griesson, one of Scotland’s largest organic farmers, and he talked to me about his father Sandy. “Sandy was not an Organic farmer but watched with interest as Hugh stopped using sprays and fertiliser. He still worries about the weeds but the change that he really noticed was the butterflies. Insects have thrived since we went organic, especially the butterflies. They are drawn to the red clover that we plant for soil fertility. As they feed on the flowers they fill the farm with colour and movement. When the white clover flowers it can be quite alarming to walk through. Every step disturbs a cloud of bees. Fortunately they are well fed – too sleepy to be alarmed. Hoverflies and ladybirds hunt through our potato crops keeping them free of aphids and the diseases that aphids carry.

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Organic farming has brought the wildlife back into the fields but we have also worked at improving the woods and waste ground. We have planted hedges and wildflower meadows. We have dug ponds and planted woods. We look after wetlands and rare habitats. It is always very rewarding because new plants and animals moving in and setting up home repay our efforts. They all beautiful and all have a role to play.

They are all a part of the jigsaw that makes up a healthy, living farm.”

Moray Coast and the Highland’s have some of the finest organic farming in the world, so next time, like me, you stand pondering Organic or Non Organic, think of Hugh’s dad, Sandy!

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OCTOBER 1 friday

6 wednesday

jake cogan - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, tel: 01343 850111

craft demonstrations and tasters by buckie arts & crafts group, 6pm, buckie library, for more details contact elgin library tel: 01343 562600 or visit www.moray.gov.uk

Jake Cogan at The Loft Venue Friday 1st October FREE ENTRY

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Recognised as one of folk musics most exciting new voices, Jake belongs to a rare breed of selfless performers - those who let tradition breathe through them.

Tel: 01343 850111 or visit www.loftgigs.co.uk

ill met by moonlight by hijinx, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8/£6 u-16’s, contact 01309 690110

9 saturday andy irvine, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8, contact 01309 690110

2 saturday magic spaghetti by licketyspit, 4pm, universal hall, findhorn, £6/£5/£4 u-16’s, contact 01309 690110 quiz night, 7pm, lhanbryde community centre, £2 per person with teams up to a maximum of 4, contact alison on 01343 843025 or email enquiries@lhanbrydecc.org elgin city social club - ‘stars in their eyes’, in aid of club house stair lift, tel: 01343 551114 or 01343 541305 after 6pm matt andersen, 8pm, the loft venue, by kinloss, £10/£12, tel: 01343 850111

3 sunday blood donors, 10.30am-12.30pm and 2pm-4.30pm, fisherman’s hall, buckie cawdor castle closes for the season, last entry 5pm, www.cawdorcastle.com matt andersen take 2, 3pm, the loft venue, by kinloss, £10/£12, tel: 01343 850111

4 monday & 5 tuesday early christmas fair in aid of children 1st, monday 5pm-8pm wine and savouries included, tuesday 10am-3.30pm tea and coffee included, soup and sandwiches available, westfield house, spynie, near elgin iv30 8xl, enticing shopping for christmas or indeed any other occasion, tel: 01343 547308

5 tuesday quarriers care and share, aberlour, 11am-1pm, come along and meet other carers, enjoy a chat, a brew and some fun activities, call liz or marion on 01343 556031 for more information SpotLight - Buckie, Keith and District

10 sunday golden spurtle world porridge making championships 2010, carrbridge, visit www.goldenspurtle.com for full details

12 tuesday quarriers care and share, aberlour, 11am-1pm, come along and meet other carers, enjoy a chat, a brew and some fun activities, call liz or marion on 01343 556031 for more information

13 wednesday natural speyside by ged connell, 7.30pm, keith library, for more details contact elgin library tel: 01343 562600 or visit www.moray.gov.uk

14 thursday keith support group parkinsons uk - ga’an about folk, 7pm-9pm, keith resource centre

15 friday gilles petit, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8, contact 01309 690110

16 saturday headwater, 8pm, the warehouse theatre, lossiemouth, £10, contact 01343 814004 or visit www.thebooth.co.uk to book bodysurf scotland dance double bill, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £8/£6, contact 01309 690110 live music with jason porter, 9.30pm, kris kros bar @ the seafield arms hotel, cullen, free, tel: 840791 or email info@theseafieldarms.co.uk

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the bevvy sisters, 8pm, the warehouse theatre, lossiemouth, £10, contact 01343 814004 or visit www.thebooth.co.uk to book

gilles petit 2 day voice workshop, contact info@one bodyonevoice.com for details

17 sunday orienteering at carse wood, registration 10.30am to 12noon, a full-scale event with seven different courses to suit all ages and abilities, £6 adults/£2 juniors, visit www.moravianorienteering.org free walk & talk for speakers of other languages, 2pm, la caverna, clifton road, lossiemouth, come for a walk, meet new people, practise speaking english, all welcome, visit www.english4moray.co.uk or phone / text 07922 051930 for information boogie blues ragtime, the loft venue, by kinloss, tel: 01343 850111

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23 saturday halloween party, 7pm-9pm, lhanbryde community centre, adults £4/children £2/family £12 (2 adults & 3 or more children) michael marra, 8pm, the warehouse theatre, lossiemouth, £10, contact 01343 814004 or visit www.thebooth.co.uk to book

26 tuesday we dance wee groove, 10am & 1.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £4 per child, contact 01309 690110 quarriers care and share, aberlour, 11am-1pm, come along and meet other carers, enjoy a chat, a brew and some fun activities, call liz or marion on 01343 556031 for more information

29 friday scottish international storytelling festival 2010 eastern routes:authentic voices, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £9/£7/£5 u-16’s, contact 01309 690110 andy white, the loft venue, by kinloss, CAP/donation, tel: 01343 850111

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Cinema Listings October 2010 Vue Cinema, Inverness From 1/10 Burries (15) Takers (12a tbc) From 8/10 Wall Street 2 : Money Never Sleeps (12a) Charlie St Cloud (12a tbc) From 15/10 Despicable Me 3D (PG) Vampires Suck (12a tbc) From 22/10 Alpha & Omega (PG) RED (12a tbc) Paranormal Activity 2 (15) Legend of the Guardians 3D (PG) From 29/10 Saw 3D Special Showings 1/10 Grease Sing Along 2&3/10 Thomas : Misty Island Rescue Date tbc Back to the Future - Special Edition

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Sticky Toffee Pudding and Butterscotch Sauce

This month as the leaves are turning, one of our most popular sweets is sticky toffee pudding. It features often in our menu so I thought I would share the recipe. It is a fantastic sweet for the cooler months and cheer up those dark evenings.

Ingredients - Pudding 100g Pitted Dates 50mls Water 50mls Orange Juice 75g Dark Or Light Brown Sugar 65g Butter (Room Temperature) 1 Egg 125g Plain Flour 7g Baking Powder 5g Bicarbonate Soda 1 tin condensed milk Ingredients - Sauce 75g Butter 250ml Double Cream 100g Light Brown Sugar Pinch Of Salt One Vanilla Pod Seeded Put dates, water and orange juice into a small pan and bring to the boil. Simmer until they have broken up slightly then leave aside (chefs tip - put in 2-3 earl grey teabags to add flavour) Cream sugar and butter with a hand blender or wooden spoon. Once soft, add your egg then continue to mix well. Sieve the flour and baking powder into creamed butter mix, then add bicarbonate of soda to date mix. Combine the date mix to the butter mix, stir well, then put into a greaseproof paper lined deep baking tin roughly 10”x 10”.

condensed milk (toffee) and spread it around into the mix before baking (the more the better). Cook in the oven at 180°C (gas mark 5) for 15/20 minutes.

The mix will still will be soft and wet when you test with a skewer, hence the Sticky in Sticky Toffee Pudding! Cut to desired size and shape.

Sauce method - this is simple - add all sauce ingredients into a sauce pan then boil gently until all has come together and sugar has dissolved. The difference between this and toffee sauce is that butterscotch has salt and vanilla in it.

I would serve the Sticky Toffee Pudding with your favourite ice cream and the butterscotch. You could also replace buttertscotch with custard if you liked.

This Recipe was given to me by my old head chef and good friend Mark Greenaway and I am now passing it out to you as I think we all love it! It's got to be up there with chocolate brownie for me, which I will leave for another month!

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EXTRACTS FROM THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 5TH JULy 2010

Police Matters • CL said a traffic survey was conducted at Fife- Keith on the 1/7/2010. CL felt that they weren’t there long enough to see how much traffic there really was going through the area especially in evenings at the weekend. There are still complaints about the speed of some drivers. GC said to keep on taking number plates and reporting them. DH will be asked to contact the police on this matter again.

• Vehicles on Nelson Court junction are causing an obstruction.

• The Community warden has been notified of property damage in the Den. Two officers have been appointed to cover the estate. Children been reported to be wandering around at 3am, 10 - 11 year olds.

• Implements/trailers parked in the lorry park - can they be removed.

Presentation • John Cairnie and Richard Donald gave an interesting presentation from the Head of Children’s Services in Moray.

They try to work with people in schools and other groups in the area to help youngsters and parents. Richard Donald left an information pamphlet for councilors to read over. Ivor Lee is a contact in Keith for anyone needing advice.

• There was a reduction in Moray in the period 2006/2007 due to the partnership with the police that the group had. John Cairnie was interested to hear what the councilors thought of youth crime. JM said that the youth team had been cut although the community warden is greatly appreciated. She said there were still the ongoing problems that have always been around eg Noisy cars and underage drinking. She didn’t think it was any worse than twenty years ago.

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• DH will find out if Moray Councils insurance will cover the BMX track if it were to go ahead.

• JM asked if the traffic survey had been done at peak times in School road - GC said they had been done at peak times.

• Complaints again about Tesco lights.

• GC said Bear were to get in contact about the snow clearance. A meeting is to be arranged for Moray Council and Transport to attend as well as Bear.

• GC will chase up on the drains for Fife Keith square.

• Potholes around the town need to be repaired - Den car park and School Road were mentioned. GC will see to it.

Correspondence • Moray Council is disappointed that KCC are objecting to theroad closure in School Road. Traffic survey done in that area.There haven’t been a lot of objections for the closure of school road. There was a meeting held in the library which DH attended, She said that the crossing at Bydand can be dangerous.

• CC received a letter from Alistair Keddie outlining how to tailor meetings. There is a lack of people attending the meetings on a regular basis. Usually someone does attend from Keith.

• The Caravan park- there was no copy of the consultation. JM responded to the consultation. RP knew the background and helped with the response. The caravan park needs to be shut down for two months. Strathisla have responded as well.

• JM responded to the funding – Option 3 was decided.

Community Councillors Updates • CL - Roads and Rights of Way - More volunteers have been working with the railway.

•The fence at the Old town onlooking the railway line is broken. Can it be fixed?

•Why doesn’t the street cleaner use the machine to clean the gullies?

• Christmas Lights - We will be unable to use Stephen Taylors shed. SC has tel: 01309 690063

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With the time delay between writing a column and it being in print I suspect summer will be a distant memory, however I feel it is still timely enough to make mention of a new business in Fochabers which is already enjoying great success with locals and visitors alike. After a visit to Fochabers Ice Cream Parlour you, like me, will probably be amazed, not just at the very cool old style signage complete with giant cone, but also at the unbelievable mouth watering selection of ice creams. With flavours including ‘Blackforest Gateaux’, ‘Fudgy Mallow Swirl’ and the very old school ‘Parma Violets’ I can honestly say I had to be dragged away, but not before managing to get a cone. It’s great to see a new business up and running and using local suppliers, especially in the current challenging economic environment, and I wish them every success.

Angu s Robert son MP Over the summer and away from parliamentary duties I have managed to get back to cycling, which I very much enjoy but which also often takes a back seat. Along with the family I have been exploring the cycling byways around Elgin and Lossiemouth and introducing my two young children to the activity before being rapidly outclassed with youthful energy while I am peching and wheezing my way up a hill.

Fortunately a few days out have blown the cobwebs away and I am feeling a little fitter than I was. The trick of course will be keeping up the effort but with the same two youngsters pestering me to take them out it will hopefully continue!

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• MC - Signs and Street Furniture - MC asked about signs going up to point the way to Mid Street shops - permission from C Murphy would be asked for. Was there any money from KCRP from this group that could be used to change the signs that MC already has in storage. It wouldn’t cost much too get the signs are written. Notice board displaying information has never been done in Tesco. Flags pointing the way to Mid Street were suggested at the end of the lane on Moss Street, going to Mid street – Auction room lane. Tubs not looked after in Keith Square. Nobody has volunteered to do them this year.

Sign fallen down in Newmill.

External Groups Updates Regeneration Partnership – Most comments are positive about the flags on Mid Street. Some need to be uncurled.

Hopefully shopkeepers will do this. Other ones to go up for Keith Show and in Fife Keith.

Next Meeting The next meeting wiill be on Monday 4th October 2010 at 7pm in Keith Sports and Community Centre.

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SCHOOLS Botriphnie Primary School ............................01542 810207 Cluny Primary School....................................01542 831417 Crossroads Primary School ..........................01542 870221 Cullen Primary School ..................................01542 840279 Findochty Primary School ............................01542 832287 Keith Primary School ....................................01542 882802 Millbank Primary School ................................01542 831113 Milne’s Primary School ..................................01343 820977 Mosstodloch Primary School ........................01343 820476 Newmill Primary School ................................01542 882788 Portessie Primary School ..............................01542 832288 Portgordon Primary School ..........................01542 831198 Portknockie Primary School ..........................01542 840244 St Peters RC Primary School ........................01542 831339 St Thomas RC Primary School ......................01542 882256 Buckie High School ......................................01542 832605 Keith Grammar School ..................................01542 882461 Milne’s High School ......................................01343 820611 DOCTORS Ardach Health Centre ....................................01542 831555 Seafield Medical Centre ................................01542 835577 Cullen Medical Centre....................................01542 840272 Keith Medical Centre......................................01542 882244 Dr Grays Hospital, Elgin................................0845 456 6000

DENTISTS The Keith Dental Practice ............................(01542) 886251 Buckie Dental Practice ................................(01542) 831163 PHARMACIES Bairds Pharmacy, Keith..................................01542 882512 Clarks Pharmacy, Fife-Keith ..........................01542 882533 Listermac Pharmacy, Union St ......................01542 840268 Listermac Pharmacy, W. Church St ..............01542 833321 W.S. Taylor, Buckie ........................................01542 831116 Normac Pharmacy, Buckie ............................01542 831147

Buckie Leisure Centre....................................01542 832841 Police Station ................................................0845 600 5700 Keith Community Centre................................01542 882028 Keith Swimming Pool ....................................01542 882222 Keith Resource Centre ..................................01542 886174 Keith Library ..................................................01542 882223 Keith Sports & Com. Ctr ................................01542 882222 Moray Council Access Point, Keith................01542 885500 Registrar ........................................................01542 885525 Keith Tourist Info. Ctr......................................01542 888423 Keith Community Bus ....................................01542 882222 Babs Dial A Bus ............................................01542 835800 National Rail Enquiries ..................................08457 484950 If you have any suggestions for additional useful numbers please email these to us on admin@spotlighton.co.uk

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