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CLUBS & SOCIETIES BUCKIE ROVERS JUNIOR FOOTBALL CLUB Training Monday & Wednesday, 7pm-9pm excl. June. Contact Mr D G Roberts: 840861.

CAFE 55 1st or 2nd monday each month, 10am at Elgin Youth Cafe, Francis Place. A monthly coffee morning for over 55s. With special guests, hot topics and help with technology. Come along for refreshments & homebakes - FREE entry CLOCHAN ART GROUP Mondays 2pm - 4pm at Clochan Hall . A small group enjoying painting and drawing, working in all mediums and happy to offer help and advice over a cup of coffee. All welcome!

CULLEN YOUTH CAFÉ Meets between September and June on Thursday nights, 7pm 9pm. £1 entry.

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01542 831165 or email kerrymain@hotmail.co.uk FOOTPRINTS GROUP Thursdays, 10am - 3pm in Buckie Church of Christ church hall. A group for adults with disabilities. Activities include cooking, arts & crafts, exercises, singing, boccia and games. £3.

Lunch and snacks included. All welcome for whole day or part.

For info call Barbara Zealand on 01542 832143 or Irene Johnston on 01542 836414 FRISKIS AND SVETTIS (CULLEN) Tues 6:30pm - 7:30pm & Thurs 6:15pm - 7:15pm at Hall Church, York Place, Cullen. Fun and Effective exercise to music for men and women of all ages and abilities. For more info visit www.fsaberdeen.co.uk or Facebook Friskis&Svettis Aberdeen. Gail 01542 840438 KEITH & DISTRICT PARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP Monthly meeting at Rathven Church Hall. 2pm - 4pm. Come along for a blether & a cuppa. All welcome. For info call 01343 870418 or email keithanddistrictpsg@gmail.com KEITH AND DISTRICT SILVER BAND Practice night, Sunday 6.30pm to 8.30pm, Longmore Hall, Keith.

Contact Wendy Jones 887529 or visit www.keithsilverband.org LIFE CHALLENGE OUTREACH IN BUCKIE A bus goes out every Friday in Newlands Lane, Buckie from 12pm - 3pm to offer help and support to anyone suffering from addictions or in need of any kind. Call 01542 836439 or email lifechallenge@yahoo.com.

MORAY COELIAC GROUP Meet 1st Saturday of the month (except Jan & Feb), 10:30am in the cafe at Baxters, Fochabers.

Get together for newly diagnosed and existing members to network, ask questions, share recipes and ideas / information. 'Coffee, Cake

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MORAY FIRTH SURF RIDERS CLUB Supervised surf sessions and lessons for kids in a fun and safe environment on Saturday or Sunday mornings and Tuesday evenings at Sandend Beach.

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MORAY SANDS 3rd Wednesday every month, 7:30pm at The Ugie House Hotel. Self-help support group, run by bereaved parents for bereaved parents and their families. Informal and confidential. No cost. For more details call or text Beck on 07549 684986 or Karen on 07971 834133 or email moraysands@hotmail.co.uk MORAY THRESHOLD SINGERS Women's choir offers to sing to people who are seriously ill and those approaching the end of life, in their own home, care home or hospital to bring comfort and ease. To request this service or to join call Chloe Greenwood on 07769 796672 www.thresholdchoir.org/moray

SPEY RUNNERS Official club night on Thursdays, 6:20pm for running at 6:30pm meeting at Milne's High School, Fochabers. A small and friendly club. All levels catered for. Also meet on Tuesday nights for efforts sessions at the Pavillion, East Street, Fochabers.

THE LOFT YOUTH PROJECT Drop-in sessions for S1 - S6, Fridays 7pm till 10pm. Contact Sharon Duncan tel: 886630

MS EXTRA 1st Wednesday every month, 10am at Boogie Woogie in FifeKeith square. A social & support group for extraordinary people who just happen to have Multiple Sclerosis. Call Susan Shand 07823 322268 for details MULBEN SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING 1st & 3rd Wednesday. 7.30pm9.30pm, Mulben Hall. All welcome. Contact Margaret Rhynas tel: 860208

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Every January the USA celebrates Martin Luther King Day. Although most are familiar with him and his "I have a Dream" speech, I doubt many of us know what his dream was or whether it came true. He actually spoke about several dreams in that speech (which I would recommend you watch or listen to) but they were all based around a central theme - that all people are created equal.

Is that something that we recognise in modern society? Despite the tireless efforts of thousands of individuals like King who have and continue to work for equality, we still encounter racism, gender bias, and many other 'phobias' and prejudices.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS What do you know about Christmas? Who is that baby on the cards … in the nativity plays … in the carols that we sing? Why should someone write about him ‘because of Bethlehem love is born, hope is here’?

Music is everywhere at Christmas – chart toppers, carols, children’s tunes – there were 4 songs (in the Bible) that were sung at the very 1st Christmas – by a teenage girl, a respected priest, a group of angels and an old man.

These songs bring readers to the heart of Christmas – a baby who lay in the food trough changed eternity.

A recent comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries has found that there are 2.18 billion Christians of all ages around the world, representing nearly a third of the estimated 2010 global population of 6.9 billion.

Christians are also geographically widespread – so far-flung, in fact, that no single continent or region can indisputably claim to be the centre of global Christianity.

Who exactly was he? Why not investigate further this coming year?

Nearly 100 years ago Dr James Allan Francis wrote some words

familiar to many of us ……..

‘Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty.

Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.

He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put His foot inside a big city. He never travelled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself...

While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against him.

His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves.

While He was dying His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth – His coat. When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is a

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Buckie Baptist Church Sundays 11am & 6pm. All welcome. Contact Rev. Gavin Hunter • Church - 836041• Manse - 833587 • jesuslives@hotmail.co.uk Buckie Church of Christ Sunday 9.30am: Bible Study. Morning worship 11am. Children welcome. Tel: 01542 834696.

Buckie North, Church of Scotland Cluny Square. Sundays 11am and 6pm. Contact Rev. Isabel Buchan on 01542 832118 Buckie Salvation Army Sunday meeting @ 6pm and Tuesday Musical Tots 10am. Enquiries 01542 489061 Buckie South & West, Church of Scotland High Street. Sundays 11:30am including Sunday school. Call 01542 833775 or email buckiesouwester@btconnect.com Buckie Methodist Church Sundays 11am and 6pm. Sunday school, Bible studies, prayer meetings, study and house groups, Alpha and Women’s Guild. Tel: 01542 831176.

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centrepiece of the human race and leader of the column of progress.

I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that were ever built; all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that one solitary life.’

This New Year, 2017, may your investigations about this baby, who grew up to be a man….. lead you discover that he longs right now to be your Saviour and Lord.

Luke 2:10-12 (NIV) 2:10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

11 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

Rev Dr Philip Egglestone Nairn Baptist Church

church at 11am. Followed by soup & sweet. Every other Sunday. Auld Kirk at 10.30am and the 2nd and 4th Sundays. Jubilee Hall, Deskford at 12pm.

Contact Sheila Sellar: 01542 840760. Email: sasellar@btinternet.com Cullen Methodist Church, Buckie Sundays 11am. Contact Ian Burnett (secretary to Church Council): 01542 840234.

Enzie Parish Church Portgordon, Buckie. Sunday worship and Sunday school 10am. Call 01542 833775 or Email: enziekirk@btconnect.com Findochty Church of Scotland Sundays 9.45am. All welcome. Contact David Pirie: 01542 834123.

Findochty Methodist Church Sunday fellowship 11am.

Findochty Salvation Army Sundays 10:30am Morning meeting, S.A.S Kids 12pm (Sunday School), 6pm evening meeting plus a weekly programme. Contact Majors Bruce & Isobel Smith on 01542 832189 for details.

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Police Station ......................................................................101 Buckie Leisure Centre ........................................01542 832841 Keith Community Centre ....................................01542 882222 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 886390 Babs Dial A Bus..................................................01542 835800 National Rail Enquiries ......................................03457 484950 Dial ‘M’ For Moray Buses ..................................03001 234565

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Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself in my first blog since becoming an MSP for the Highlands and Islands.

I grew up in Ullapool and worked in Inverness as a mental health pharmacist for 20 years before entering politics.

I now live in Strathpeffer with my husband and three children. I’m keen for my children to have the opportunity to live and work here in future, so I have a vested interest in the Highlands and Islands flourishing!

You can be sure that I will work hard for everyone in the region over the next five years. If I can be of any help, please contact my office in Dingwall on 01349 863888 or email me on maree.todd.msp@parliament .scot

Happy New Year to everyone and all the very best for 2017.

'Reflecting on 2016 it has been a pretty hectic year both as MP and personally as well. Early in the year I moved house in Moray and in the summer got married! A very exciting and happy year from a personal perspective.

'From a political perspective it has also been incredibly busy, firstly supporting my Moray colleague Richard Lochhead MSP in his re-election in May, followed by the EU Referendum in June and my subsequent election to the post of Depute Leader of the SNP. All of that in addition to all the more normal things that go on day-to-day!

'Looking ahead to 2017 I would like to wish everyone who may have similar big events in their lives every success - whether it is in a new home, a new job, a wedding or anything else! After a very enjoyable Christmas break and an opportunity to recharge the batteries I am looking forward to getting stuck into the issues that 2017 throws up!'

“Let me start by saying a very Happy New Year to you and yours! I hope you have had an enjoyable festive period and you’ve now recovered.

“I’m sure many of you will once again have made New Year’s resolutions… Some which will be kept and many which will be easily broken. However, there is one resolution we can all make quite easily and that is to keep doing our bit to waste less and recycle more.

“I’ve no doubt your home, like mine, will have been left with Christmas cards, trees, cardboard boxes, all ready to be disposed of.

Every year we are finding better ways to stop waste going to landfill and to be more responsible for the wider environment.

“Moray proudly leads the way in Scotland when it comes to recycling and disposing of our waste responsibly. I hope that you’ll keep doing your bit to keep up that fantastic record throughout the year.”

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The awards are a chance to celebrate in the rich cultural heritage of Scottish music whilst also looking forward to the excitement of what the future holds. With fiery live performances from the likes of The Scott Wood Band, Talisk and Dallahan, and the amazing Breabach winning the double of Best Band and Album of the Year, Scottish music is not only alive and well, but positively thriving.

The Drouthy Cobbler nomination was in recognition of the high calibre of events which they have run over the last twelve months including Talisk, Dalahan, Session A9, FARA, Fras, RURA, Adam Holmes and the Embers, Adam Sutherland, Rachel Newton Trio - a veritable who’s who of Scotland’s trad music scene.

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Scottish Championship Event comes to Lossie Following hot on the heels of last year's World Orienteering Championships that were staged in Forres and Nairn, local club Moravian Orienteers have been given the honour of staging two Scottish Championship events in one weekend this February.

Lossiemouth will host the second of these races on 19th Feb. The town's Community Centre will be the event base for two separate "sprint" races that will decide the championship. The town is no stranger to sprint orienteering, having staged the international Euromeeting event in August 2013 (see photos).

Sprint orienteering is an "urban" form of the navigation running sport where the rough complex terrain of forests and hills is replaced by a glorified street map. Because the navigation is so much easier, the running speed goes up, and the pressure on runners to make route choices much more quickly increases. In forest orienteering, a 2-minute mistake can quite easily be recovered from, as other runners are likely to make mistakes too. In sprint orienteering seconds count. Spotting a quicker route between two controls saving you 5 seconds could make all the difference between a place on the podium and missing it entirely. There's no time to stand still while making your mind up. Fast thinking on the run is what it's all about. It's the mental speed that can be more important than the running speed.

That's why steadier runners can often do much better than they ever could in a traditional road race. Cutting out mistakes and bad route choices is the key.

Local knowledge will be a definite advantage. Even though it's a championship event, the courses will be open to anyone to take part in, so local runners are warmly invited to take part alongside local orienteers, as well as some of the superstars from around Scotland. Much of the fun comes after the race when you get to compare routes and sob stories with other runners!

Unfortunately the event clashes with the Kinloss to Lossie Half Marathon the same day, but with an expected winning time of 15 minutes for each of the orienteering races, this event could be just the answer to runners who'd rather run 3 miles than 13!

Event details will be posted on www.moravianorienteering.org as the event approaches, together with details of how to enter. The previous night (18th Feb) Moravian are holding the Scottish Night Orienteering Championships at Darnaway Forest near Forres. This event is about as extreme as the sport gets the complete opposite to simplicity of sprint orienteering. It's not for the faint hearted, but the event is open to anyone who's up for the ultimate night-running challenge!

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