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CLUBS & SOCIETIES BUCKIE AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB Classes spanning all levels and coaching available. Ages 5-16.

Contact David Eckersley: 832078.

BUCKIE RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Meets Linzee Gordon Park. on Saturdays 10am-12pm for training.

BUCKIE VICTORIA BOWLING CLUB Meets at West Church Street, Buckie. Contact: 832521.

CEROC DANCING IN ELGIN Mondays, 7:30pm - 10:30pm at Eight Acres Hotel, Elgin. Mix of jive, ballroom, tango and salsa. For beginners, there will be a 45 minute class where 3 or 4 of the easier moves will be learnt. No need to bring a partner as you will get the chance to dance with everybody! www.cerocscotland.com GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND Nairn & Moray Branch are looking for new branch volunteers. If interested, please contact Anna Temple or Anna Roberts. Tel: 01309 694866

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CULLEN ART GROUP Meets Tues 9am - 1pm at Cullen Community Centre. Friendly and supportive group. New members welcome. Coffee break at 11am.

Contact Janet on 01542 849228 or janet.creese@btinternet.com DIABETES UK MORAY Support group for people with diabetes and their carers. Active in raising awareness of diabetes, its risks & symptoms and raising funds for local support and for research. For details of meetings, phone 01343 860671 or visit www.diabetesukmoray.org.uk FOCHABERS WRVS LUNCH CLUB Thursdays, 12pm - 1pm at Bellie Church Hall, Fochabers. Freshly cooked 2 course lunch for £4. All welcome. Volunteer drivers wanted FRISKIS AND SVETTIS (BUCKIE) Meets at the Baptist Church Hall, Buckie on Monday 6pm-7pm.

Originating in Sweden, aiming to get people healthy. Exercise to music, open to all. Call Joan Thain: 01542 832749 or 07970 118647. www.fsaberdeen.co.uk 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 KEITH SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLASS Every Thurs 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Royal British Legion Hall, Keith KEITH SPORTS AND COMMUNITY CENTRE Contact 01542 882222

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MORAY ARTS CLUB Bringing 'The Arts' to the people of Moray. Call Myra Gallicker (Art Convener) on 01343 541426 or email mjg.artist@hotmail.co.uk or visit www.morayartsclub.com MORAY DISABILITY FORUM We welcome everyone interested, or working in the area of disability to become a member of the group. Call Mike McKenzie, c/o Moray Resource Centre, Elgin. Tel: 07967 440164

MORAY TRIBAL BELLY DANCE Friday 6.45pm - 8.15pm at St Rufus Hall, Keith. Weekly tribal belly dance classes for all levels.

Contact Mel on 07791 863613. www.moraytribaldance.co.uk MS EXTRA 1st Wed every month, 7pm at Ugie House Hotel, Keith. 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 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MORAY By people with multiple sclerosis for people with multiple sclerosis A website with info & support for people with MS, their friends, family & carers. www.MSMoray.net PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP KEITH & DISTRICT Meet regulary in different places throughout the area. For more information on meetings call 01542 831449 PET FOSTERING SCOTLAND Supporting pet owners in an emergency situation. Volunteers care for your pet in their own homes for short periods. Reg. charity SCO15672. Volunteers needed. Tel: 0844 811 9909 www.pfss.org.uk PORTKNOCKIE BOWLS CLUB Weekly Hat Nights at McBoyle Hall. Mon & Thurs at 6:30pm.

QUARRIERS CARER SUPPORT SERVICE MORAY Practical and emotional support for unpaid Carers of Moray. If you could use some help or just want to find out more about what we do, call 01343 556031

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.

ROTARY CLUB OF BUCKIE Mondays 5.30pm for 6pm.

Marine Hotel, Buckie. www.rotaryclubofbuckie.org.uk THE LIGHTHOUSE GROUP Meets on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7-9pm at Buckie Baptist Church Hall. A time of fun and fellowship for people with a learning disability in the local area. Contact leader Ali Beattie: 01542 841820 or 07544697865.

THE SALVATION ARMY ART CLUB Meets every Wednesday from 10am - 12pm at Chapel Street, Findochty. Instructions given in painting & drawing, if required.

New members are always welcome. For details call Mr S.J. Smith on 01542 835408.

THURSDAY SUPPER CLUB Free Social Group last Thursday every month 7pm Muckle Cross, Elgin For over 21s in the Moray area. Join the walking group, weekends away and attending music, theatre & cinema events.

New members always welcome.

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

WESTERN FRONTASSOCIATION 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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The 2014 Commonwealth Games baton left Buckingham Palace a few weeks ago and has now started a worldwide trek around many of the Commonwealth nations ending up in Glasgow next June. I was surprised recently to learn that there are currently 53 independent sovereign states that are members of the Commonwealth with a further 7 waiting for acceptance.

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by Comic Relief throughout Moray, helping people, especially older people, tackle their energy bills. REAP offers confidential and impartial advice on insulation, grants, the Green Deal and benefits, plus help setting up fuel clubs to bulk-buy domestic heating oil.

“We are happy to give advice over the phone or face-to-face”, said Barrie Wink, REAP Project Worker. “We can also help people access other help, for example from the Citizen’s Advice Bureau or their landlord. If you or someone you know are struggling with fuel bills do get in touch”, he said.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS What is the question we often ask a neighbour or a friend when we bump into them in the street? It’s normally, ‘How are you?’ And the answer invariably is; ‘I’m fine.’ Even though the person replying might have had an awful day, or received bad news or just struggled to get out of bed.

‘I’m fine’ is often meaningless and trite. However such an expression even gets a mention in the Bible (2 Kings 4:8-37).

Elisha was a wandering prophet who predicted that a woman would fall pregnant and give birth to a healthy son. She did but, as a youngster, the boy became ill and died. As the woman rode out to meet Elisha, she was met by the prophet’s servant who asked her, ‘How is it with you and your husband and your family?’

And her reply? ‘Oh we’re doing away nicely, we’re all fine!’ The son that she hoped for, believing that she would never have, is now lying in his bedroom, apparently dead, and she replies, ‘I’m fine.’

A similar story is discovered in the New Testament.

Jesus is approached by a Jewish official who tells him that his daughter has just died, but he believes that Jesus

need only touch her and she will come to life. (Matthew 9:18-26).

Whatever you make of this encounter, it is enough for Jesus to have enough compassion for this man that he accompanies him back to the house. There he is greeted by the professional mourners and he tells them that the little girl is not dead only sleeping. They laugh at him – they know a dead body when they see one. Nevertheless Jesus goes into the girl’s room and takes hold of her hand and she gets up.

Two stories separated by thousands of years but at the heart of these events are two men – Elisha and Jesus who showed enough care and compassion and love for parents who believed they had lost their child. Were the children sleeping or had they died? Does it matter?

Answers on a postcard and send them to the Editor.

The Church must surely be a community where the great question IS NOT – are you a member? Or are you giving enough? Or heaven forbid – are you saved? The great question we should all be asking with feeling is; ‘Is it well with you and your loved ones. Are you OK?’

All Saints Episcopal Church, Buckie Sundays 11.30am: Parish Eucharist.

Contact Canon Jeremy Paisey: 01542 832312.

Buckie Baptist Church Sundays 11am & 6pm. Children welcome. Contact Gordon McPherson (Church Secretary) on 01542 840388 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 Mrs Elizabeth Reid: 01542 831907.

Buckie Salvation Army Sundays 10.30am and 6pm and others during the week. Contact Caroline Buchanan: 01542 823790.

Buckie South & West, Church of Scotland High Street. Sundays 11:30am including Sunday school. Contact Rev. Alan Macgregor: 01542 833775. 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.

Cullen & Deskford Church of Scotland First Sunday of the month. Hall 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

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Jesus and Elisha and so many great men and women in our history weren’t interested in the proper way of doing things – they got things done because they cared for God’s Family, especially those who had noone to speak up for them. Of course this did mean that others – often those in power – religious and political power – got upset.

The task of any Church is to show the human face of God to the world and never to let the so-called progress and technological advances of our society harden our ears and hearts that we no longer see the suffering in our society.

Rev Douglas Stevenson Cullen and Deskford Parish Church

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. Contact Rev. Dr Alan Macgregor on 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 Envoy Gordon Lovie on 01542 839633 for details.

Holy Trinity Scottish Episcopal Church Seafield Avenue, Keith. Sunday, Family Eucharist at 11:30am & Wednesday Morning Prayer at 9:30am. Last Thursday of each month a Service of Prayer & Reflection at 7pm. Tel: 01542 882782.

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Everywhere I go in Moray people are asking about the Independence Referendum set to take place next year.

Whether it is in the pub, in the supermarket or just walking down the street it is the subject many, many people want to ask me about.

It is great to see people excited about the debate and asking questions about a decision that will for most be one of the biggest they make in their lifetime. I was out in Elgin’s newest pub, the Drouthy Cobbler, recently and, again, it was the subject that came up in almost every discussion. It is great to see people so engaged about the issue and really thinking about what they want for the future.

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October saw the 100th anniversary of the National Farmers Union and I was absolutely delighted to join NFU members in Norah to celebrate what is a long and proud history of an important rural organisation.

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craft fair & teas 10:30am - 3pm, spey bay hall. £7 per table. call jane on 01343 829262 to reserve a table. forres fireworks display 6:30pm, grant park, forres. collections made on the night pay for the fireworks for the following year – so the more money donated the grander the fireworks next year!

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3 sunday the black umfolosi 5 @ universal hall 7:30pm. £12/£10 conc /£8 u16s. call the phoenix stores on 01309 690110 or visit www.universalhall.co.uk

OCTOBER 28 monday bastille @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com mosstodloch racenight & raffle 7.30pm, speymouth hall, mosstodloch. tea/coffee & snacks provided. bring your own drinks etc. proceeds to speymouth hall association & mosstodloch football club. tickets £5. contact chris on 07786792781.

30 wednesday lisbee stainton 7:30pm, ogstoun theatre, gordonstoun school, nr elgin. £10/£5. for more information visit www.thegcs.org.uk tickets available from www.hubtickets.co.uk fundraising tombola at portessie public hall doors open 6:30pm, eyes down 7:30 pm. star prize £60 grocery vouchers. entry £1 plus books for playing. please bring a cup. the rua macmillan big band @ universal hall 7:30pm. £12/£10 conc /£8 u16s. call the phoenix stores on 01309 690110 or visit www.universalhall.co.uk

5 tuesday civic bonfire & fireworks display 7:30pm, bught park, inverness. featuring one of the biggest bonfires around and a stunning 20 minute fireworks display.

6 wednesday fundraising tombola doors open 6:30pm, eyes down 7:30pm, portessie public hall. star prize £60 grocery vouchers. entry £1 plus books. please bring a cup.

7 thursday martin simpson @ universal hall 7:30pm. £12/£10 conc /£8 u16s. call the phoenix stores on 01309 690110 or visit www.universalhall.co.uk aberchirder nursery christmas fayre 6pm - 8pm. local producers & exhibitors' tables, nursery & school crafts for sale, raffle, lucky dip, teas, coffees & mince pies all funds raised in support of nursery.

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8 friday ‘the tallest horse on earth’ 7pm at portsoy church hall. for details call helen munro on 01261 842307 dance night 7:30pm at clochan community centre. bring & share, tea & raffle. proceeds to clochan c.c. renovations. call paul / pauline on 01542 850416

THE MORAY PIANO COMPETITION 2013 ELGIN TOWN HALL Saturday 16th November - Qualifying Rounds Age 16 years and under 9.30am Age 20 years and under afternoon session 1.30pm Age 20 years and under evening session 6.30pm PUBLIC ADMISSION FREE Programme £3

9 saturday roddy hart & the lonesome fire @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com banffshire field club - salmon fishing on the moray firth coast 2:15pm - 3:45pm, st. rufus church hall, keith. £3 visitors / £2 club members. tea & biscuits provided. more sky than we need 8pm, universal hall, forres. the hugely popular plan b are back with a beautiful and serene meditation on the vast clouds above us and the immense space within us. for details please visit www.universalhall.co.uk or call 01309 690110

12 tuesday tea & competition fundraising for the greyfriars club doors open at 6:30pm at the elgin town hall. elgin street pastors agm 7:30pm, williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. for info contact sarah johnson on 07818 841074, e-mail elgin@streetpastors.org.uk or visit www.elgin.streetpastors.org.uk

Sunday 17th November - 2.30pm - Finals Age 12 years and under (Qualifying Round) 9.45am

Tickets at the door Adults: £8 (no concession) Children under 18 free Adjudicators: Martin Roscoe and Gordon Fergus-Thompson Outstanding young pianists from home and abroad compete for a share of prize money totalling £4000 www.moray-piano-competition.co.uk The Moray Piano Festival Trust is a registered Scottish Charity No. SC032432

13 wednesday iranian feast @ universal hall 7:30pm. £10/£8 conc /£6 u16s. theatre, cooking on stage, and delicious food! call the phoenix stores on 01309 690110 or visit www.universalhall.co.uk nadfas fine art lecture on the genius of antonio stradivari delivered by tony faber 11am, sherwood suite, eight acres hotel, elgin. visitors welcome.

15 friday concert with elgin strathspey and reel society 7pm at portessie public hall. tickets £5. ring 01542 833969 or email portessiepublichall@hotmail.co.uk

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nomads tent exhibition 10:30am - 5pm. westfield house, near elgin, iv30 8xl. a selling exhibition of tribal rugs, crafts, jewellery and artefacts. refreshments available all day. soup and rolls for lunch all proceeds from refreshments in aid of children 1st.

16 saturday the western front association: members’ forum and book auction 2:30pm. the gallery, elgin library.

01343 870562. chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net ‘the iranian feast’ 7pm at portsoy church hall. for more details call helen munro on 01261 842307 craig campbell @ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com crossroads caring moray - soup & sweet 12pm 2pm, north church, buckie. £3.50 per person. all welcome. art & craft christmas fair 10am - 4pm, fishermen's hall, north pringle street, buckie. free entry. refreshments served.

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4.2kW Gas Cabinet Heater

£99.99

£15.99each Dulux Pure Brilliant White 3L Matt or Silk

£10.99each

£39.99 Large Room

01542 832369

Dulux Brilliants White 1.25L Non Drip Gloss, Undercoat or Once Gloss

£9.99 each

26 East Church Street, Buckie AB56 1AB

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HARRISON’S Home Improvements Ltd www.harrisonselgin.co.uk

FULLY FITTED KITCHENS

RENOVATIONS/HOME IMPROVEMENT PACK – 4 Home Improvements for only £20,000!

PRICE BUSTER KITCHENS Any 13 Units, Worktops, Cornice, Pelmets Select from 7 ranges

KITCHEN PACK

LAKES LIFETIME GUARANTEE

£3500 Supplied and Fitted

13 Units Kitchen Pack and Appliances fitted

LAKES KITCHENS Over 40 door styles to choose from Soft close on all doors and drawers Styles to suit every budget FREE plan and design – Lifetime guarantee

BATHROOM PACK 13 Piece Bathroom Pack inc Bath, Toilet, Basin and Wetwall

50% OFF

Up to selected ranges

FULLY FITTED BATHROOMS Refresher Package

£2999

13-Piece Bathroom Set – perfect for smaller bathrooms where budget is key

inc VAT and Installation

Premier Package

10 YEAR GUARANTEE

£5499

A complete refurbishment solution with vanity storage at an affordable price

inc VAT and Installation

Ultra Package

7 White uPVC Windows plus 2 White uPVC Doors

Combi Boiler, 7 Radiators plus Pipework and Valves

inc VAT and Installation

Balterley Lifetime Manufacturer’s Guarantee Contact Harrison’s for full package info. Ts and Cs apply

ALL THIS FOR £20,000 –

Introducing NEEDO & NOVO SAVING YOU 25% ELECTRICITY ON YOUR CURRENT PANEL AND STORAGE HEATERS! The new generation controller – revolutionise the management of your heating

NOVO PACK Special Offer: 7x 1000watt radiators £3100 inc VAT and fitting Full system swap

WINDOWS & DOOR PACK

HEATING PACK

£8999

Everything you need for your new bathroom, giving you the widest choice of styles and colours with high quality products

BALTERLEY LIFETIME GAURANTEE

5 YEAR PARTS AND LABOUR WARRANTY

Includes VAT and Fitting

Advanced electric central heating Providing comfortable, flexible & fully controlable heating throughout the home exactly when its needed Stylish radiators – Wireless Control Systems – Programmed to suit your needs

NEEDO PACK Special Offer: High quality heating system £4700 inc VAT and fitting Full system swap

Free Plan and Design Free Quotations Terms and Conditions Apply Pictures for illustration purposes only

Open 7 Days Mon-Fri 8 am-5 pm Sat and Sun 10 am-4 pm

Call us on 01343 551331 for more information on the latest in electric heating

COME AND VISIT OUR SHOWROOM AT 16 Linkwood Place, Elgin Tel (01343) 551331

HARRISON’S

LINKWOOD PLACE

THERE’S NO COMPARISONS TO HARRISON’S! SP O F ECIA FE L R

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PLUMBING and HEATING Only £2195

30kw 30kw

Manufacturer’s Lifetime Guarantee Available Ts and Cs apply

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