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Clubs and Societies BIRNIE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon & Thurs, 7pm. Play on our excellent carpets & enjoy good company. Call Charles Stewart on 01343 543307 CHILDREN 1ST (ELGIN) Aims: to provide a therapeutic service for children & young people to help them through the effects of abuse & neglect. Call Beth Fraser on 01343 564170 ELGIN AND DISTRICT MEN'S SHED Thurs,1.30pm - 3.30pm, Hanover Linkwood View, Thornhill Drive, Elgin (at the back of Glassgreen Medical Centre). Do you want to meet new friends, have a blether & a cup tea with other guys? If your answer is Yes, then please come along. Call Pete on 07766 795868 or email at weatherhead795@btinternet.com

ELGIN FLOWER CLUB Tues (monthly), 7.30pm, Elgin High Church Hall, North Guildry Street, Elgin. Our aim is to stimulate & encourage interest in the art of flower arrangement & to promote ‘friendship through flowers.’ Annual subscription £26; visitors £4. Call Mrs Frances Reddy on 01343 813397 or at reception@lossiehouse.com ELGIN MUSEUM Mon - Fri, 10am - 5pm & Sat, 11am - 4pm (April - Oct). The Museum collects & safeguards artefacts & specimens held in trust for the people of Moray & visitors to the area. Call 01343 543675 or email at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk www.elginmuseum.org.uk

ELGIN SPEAKERS’ CLUB Wed (fortnightly), 7.30pm, Elgin High School. Provides a meeting place where members can onePage another1to learn & CLUB03/12/2018support Ad ELGIN rates CRICKET - Elgin.qxp 12:02 develop the basics of speaking Thurs (Apr - Sept), 6pm, Cooper in public. All welcome. Call Park, Elgin. Age 5 +. Coaching 07879 613738 or visit available. Call Allan Duncan on www.facebook.com/elginspeakers 01343 563177 or 821331. Email allaniduncan@btinternet.com ELGIN WRITERS’ GROUP Wed (fortnightly, Mar - Jun & Sample one-off advertising Sept - Dec), 7.30pm - 9.30pm, rates (colour advert) Elgin Library. Write poetry, fiction & history & listen to speakers.

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FOCHABERS MEN'S SHED Tues & Wed, 10am - 2pm, the Fochabers Institute, right opposite the bus stop for 35 & 10 buses. Facilities for woodworking, leatherworking, computer skills & anything else that interests you. See Facebook Call Chris Ritchie (Sec) on 07814 014349 www.moraymensshed.co.uk HIGHLAND GLIDING CLUB Sat & Sun all year & Wed evenings (May - Oct), Easterton Airfield, Birnie. Gliding & soaring at all levels, beginner upwards, Call Anne Burgess on 01343 820834. www.highglide.co.uk JOG SCOTLAND ELGIN Thurs, 6pm, Elgin Library during winter months & Cricket Pavilion

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Beginners to advanced joggers welcome. New members please arrive at 5.45pm. Email at jselgin@walkjogrunmoray.org.uk LGBT MORAY SOCIAL GROUP 3rd Sat of month, 10.30am, The Mosset Tavern, Gordon Street, Forres. A friendly, well attended group, meeting once a month for coffee/breakfast. (sorry, over 18s only). Email lgbtmoray@gmail.com www.lgbtmoray.co.uk LOSSIE SURF & LIFESAVING CLUB Wed, 6pm - 8pm, the Moray Firth Watersports Association, West Beach. All equipment provided.

Email at info@h2otraining.co.uk www.facebook.com/ LossiemouthSurfLifesavingClub MEDITATION CLASS Mon, 7pm - 8.30pm, Elgin Sports & Community Centre. Drop in session £7 or £25 for block of 5.

All welcome. Call 0141 5733 220 www.meditateinscotland.org/ elgin-branch-class MORAY FIRTH SURF RIDERS’ CLUB Sat or Sun mornings & Tues evenings, Sandend Beach.

Supervised surf sessions & lessons for kids in a fun & safe environment. Conditions dependent. Call Suds on 07793 063849 or email at suds@surfschoolscotland.co.uk www.surfschoolscotland.co.uk MORAY FIRTH TRIATHLON CLUB See Facebook for more details.

MORAY JAZZ CLUB Thurs, 8pm - 10.15pm, doors open 7.30pm, Elgin City Football/Social Club. Fantastic live bands. Admission: members £4, £5 for non-members. Fully licensed bar, soft drinks & beverages. Email at morayjazzclub@gmail.com www.morayjazzclub.com SPEY VALLEY CAGED BIRD SOCIETY 1st Tues of month, 7.30pm, Gordon Arms Hotel, Fochabers.

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TEEN FITNESS Fri (until 26th Apr '19), 6pm 7pm, Elgin Academy. First half exercise to music with disco lights & the second half fun games. Hosted by the Moray Motivator. £3 per session.

THE ELGIN STROKE FRIENDS (CHEST HEART & STROKE SCOTLAND) Fri, 10am - 12.30pm, Elgin & Forres Free Church. Offers support, friendship, fun & outings to people who are living with the effects of stroke & their carers. Call Anne Toye (Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland) on 07919 023449 THE HIGHLANDS SUPPORTS REFUGEES (FORMERLY MORAY SUPPORTS REFUGEES) We work together to support refugees coming to Scotland & to ease the suffering of those who remain in camps wherever they may be. Donations of warm clothing, toiletries, camping equipment & cash are very welcome. Volunteers needed! www.en-gb.facebook.com/ MorayCalAid THE LUNCH CLUB Tues, coffee 11am - 12pm & lunch 12pm - 1.30pm, the Williamson Hall, St. Giles’ & St. Columba’s South Church, Elgin.

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WALKING FOOTBALL Thurs, 1pm - 2pm, Elgin Community Centre. £3 - £4 per session. Call Dougie Ross on 07776 024180

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Lining up with God’s Will As we move into 2019 , and if you are a Christian, how can you know what God’s will is for your life, or for your family or your church. I read a story recently which I thought had some useful things to say… based on the scripture below. "'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the Lord; 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.

You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.'"—Jeremiah 29:11-13 The story goes something like this : Born in London and educated at Brighton College, F. B. Meyer made the most of his life

in Christ and travelled throughout the world to preach the good news.

Once, while he was crossing the Irish Channel on a dark night, Meyer stood on the deck of the ship, turned to the captain and asked, "How do you know Holyhead Harbour on so dark a night as this?" The captain pointed out three lights on the horizon. "Do you see those three lights? Those three lights must line up behind each other as one, and when we see them so united we know the exact position of the harbour’s mouth."

Meyer applied this to the Christian life: "When we want to know the will of God there are three things which always occur; the inward impulse, the Word of God, and the trend of circumstances! God in the

Parish of Duffus, Spynie and Hopeman First Sunday of the month, united service 10.30am. On other Sundays, services are 10am at Hopeman and 11.30am at Duffus or Spynie. Call Rev. Jenny Adams on 01343 830276. www.duffusparish.co.uk Pluscarden Abbey Weekday Mass 9am. Sunday Mass 8am - English and 10am - Latin. See www.pluscardenabbey.org/services for full timetable of services.

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St Giles and St Columba’s South Elgin. All Sunday services start at 10.30am and will be held in St Giles, High Street, Elgin during July, September and November. Services will also be held in St Columba’s South Church, Duff Avenue, Elgin during August, October and December 2016. For further information please contact the Church

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heart, impelling you forward; God in his book corroborating whatever he says in the heart; and God in circumstances, which are always indicative of his will. Never start until these three things agree."

As Christians, we often miss God's will because we neglect His Word, ignore His prompting of our heart, or try to plow through circumstances.

Are you charting your life's course according to God's will?

Today in prayer give thanks that Christ reveals enough of His will so that you can live your life for Him. With very best wishes for the new year.

Rev Dr Philip Egglestone Minister, Nairn Baptist Church

Office on 01343 551501 or via e-mail at stgileselgin@gmail.com You can also visit our website at www.elginstgileschurch.co.uk St James’ Church of Scotland Lossiemouth. Sunday worship 10am including crèche and Sunday school. Contact Rev. Geoff McKee 01343 208852 St Margaret’s Church Lossiemouth. Sunday 9.30am: Family Eucharist . Thursdays 10am: Holy Communion.

St Michael’s Parish Church of Scotland Dallas. Family service at 12 noon followed by tea & fellowship. Tel. 01309.672380 or 01343.890420.

St Sylvester's Catholic Church Elgin. Vigil Mass Saturday 7pm.

Sunday Mass 11.45am. Tel: 01343 542280.

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times After the excesses of the festive period, getting the New Year off to a healthy start is always highly recommended. It’s time for a fresh start and looking to the year ahead as we make our resolutions, full of enthusiasm and positivity. In the Ross household, 2019 is already full of promise as we plan for our new arrival who is due within a matter of weeks.

January can be a long month as the weather remains cold, the nights are still long and dark and the excitement of Christmas has worn-off, but it also gives us time to plan ahead. There is a lot to look forward to in Moray over the coming twelve months and plenty to keep us busy locally in 2019. We really are blessed to live in such a beautiful part of the country from the amazing coasts, to superb inland scenes to mountain tops – there is something for everyone in Moray. So this January, why not plan what you’re going to do this year - in Moray - with so much on our doorstep, we really are spoilt for choice!

Wishing you all the very best for 2019.

Douglas Ross MP

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I celebrate two important birthdays in January; my daughter, Rachel, shares a birthday with Robert Burns.

I admit it makes me a little proud that as a nation we come together and celebrate the Birthday of a poet. I do not suppose that it is unique, but it is perhaps unusual that a country should take a collective breath and turn its thoughts to poetry in this way. It is two centuries or more since the Bard died, but his words still strike a chord with many of us today. Like many others, I love his poetry. Since our Parliament has reconvened, we have blessed ourselves with marvellous makars, cementing poetry in our consciousness and civic life. Long may this continue!

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Happy New Year! I hope that all of my constituents got some rest over the festive period. I’d like to thank all the public sector workers who keep our essential services running and who don’t get time off during the holidays - I am always grateful for everything they do.

At the end of last year, the Bank of Scotland announced plans to close branches in Lossiemouth and Keith. The proposed closures are a real blow to the local communities, particularly in Lossiemouth where this is the last remaining back in the town.

Moray has been disproportionately hit by bank closures in recent years, with us losing 40% of our local branches since 2010. The closure of these banks has a real impact on those who rely on face to face banking, as well as our local businesses who need access to banking services within the local community.

I’ve had discussions with the Bank of Scotland, as well as attending public meetings in the community, and organising petitions to put pressure on the bank to reverse these proposals. We have an uphill struggle to persuade the Bank of Scotland to rethink but the communities can be sure that I will continue to do all I can to support their efforts to retain these local bank branches.

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7.30pm start, lhanbryde community centre. a chance to see some of the wonders of the night sky (weather permitting) & talk with local amateur astronomers, etc. www.sigma-astro.co.uk funbox: once upon a time 1pm, elgin town hall. singalong storybook silliness roller derby taster session 11am - 1pm, elgin sports & community centre. free. come along & give roller skating a go! open to all, aged 16+. no skating experience necessary, with all kit provided. www.helginrollerderby.com 21:36

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17 thursday harvest centre mah jong - the north wind doth blow & we shall have mah jong!: free beginners event!

11am-1pm, harvest centre, greyfriars street, elgin (next door to yeadon's bookshop). come along & learn to play the ancient chinese game played with tiles. you'll soon know your winds from your dragons! call mrs karen weller on 07789 880481 or email at twelk69@hotmail.com clan cancer drop ins 10.30am - 12pm, the clan cancer support centre, 227 high street, elgin. free open to anyone affected by cancer with information & support available, guest speakers. all welcome call 01343 544132

19 saturday music nairn: susan tomes will talk about & play schubert 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre £19, £15 & £3. call 01667 455701. www.musicnairn.org.uk park circus@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com moray conservative & unionist party burns supper 7pm - 11pm, moray conservatives, hay street, elgin soul space in hopeman 11am - 7pm, hopeman church, farquhar st, hopeman. offering a sacred place to find stillness & refreshment, with no pressure, no word-filled service. call jenny on 01343 830276 or email ajadams@churchofscotland.org.uk roller derby taster session 11am - 1pm, elgin sports & community centre. free. come along & give roller skating a go! open to all, aged 16+. no skating experience necessary, with all kit provided. www.helginrollerderby.com jenna@the seaforth club, elgin. call 01343 549494 or email at seaforthclubelgin@hotmail.co.uk

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moravian orienteering: northern night cup round 6: findhorn see www.moravianorienteering.org

20 sunday legends of american country 7.30pm, elgin town hall tickets from sound & vision, south street, elgin mj livery winter dressage league 10am, ardioch farm & mj livery, aultmore, keith. entries £10 per class via paypal. open to all. walk, intro, prelim & novice leagues to participate in. entries close 23rd jan. email at mandygarlick@hotmail.com moray ramblers: garve to strathpeffer 8am, forres grade: easy; distance: 8 miles. call shirley lamb & delphine leadbetter on 01343 870663 & 07799 186875

21 monday cinema nairn: funny face (u) with audrey hepburn 2pm, nairn community & arts centre. £2.50. call 01667 453476. www.cinema-nairn.co.uk admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

23 wednesday - 24 thursday book sale wed: 12pm - 8pm & thurs: 10am - 5pm, elgin library. all welcome

25 friday enter shikari plus palaye royale & black peaks@the ironworks, inverness 7pm. age 14+ (u16 with adult). tickets from www.entershikari.com burns’ night tbc, captain's table, findhorn. booking essential. call 01309 690 663

26 saturday chris grant live 9pm, the admirals, findochty scottish rock garden club (moray group): members' afternoon: short talks on plants, flowers & gardens, plus a quiz 7.30pm, new elgin hall annex, land street, new elgin. call alan souter (convener) or amanda willox (sec) on 01340 871504 or 07787 289372 torridon burns night special@the ironworks, inverness 8pm. www.ironworksvenue.com roller derby taster session 11am - 1pm, elgin sports & community centre. free. come along & give roller skating a go! open to all, aged 16+. no skating

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Immediately outside my kitchen windows I have arranged three bird feeders that hang from various sections of drainpipe, meaning that the birds are inches from my windows. I’ve seen a number of places where people have done this. Some people are even lucky enough to have red squirrels happily feeding at their window.

To ensure wildlife wants to come and visit your garden at any time of the year, you need to make sure you are looking after them through the whole year. That means putting bird food out all year, not just in the winter, though it is obviously more critical for them in the winter. The single best thing you can do for wildlife in your garden is to have a body of water in your garden. If you’re lucky enough to have space for a pond then that’s perfect, but there are other options. I have a mini pond that I have created in an old Belfast sink, with bricks at the side creating an access point for frogs. It is important that the pond has a shallow area so that birds can use it to bathe, and again I have used bricks and stones to create a shallow area. Aquatic plants finish off the essential items, and whatever size pond you have it is best not to have fish if you want to have maximum benefit for wildlife.

Other things you can do to create a wildlife-friendly garden are cutting a small hatch in the bottom of your back fence to enable hedgehogs to get in; piles of branches and twigs left to rot down are also a great addition because the woodlice and beetles that make their home become food for larger animals and you have helped create a little garden ecosystem of your own. In a larger garden, leaving areas of longer grass is good thing to do, and if you want to avoid it looking too messy then just mow around the longer grass and it will suddenly become an intentional-looking garden feature.

Bird boxes are a great idea too. You can buy ones with cameras in now that allow you to watch the roosting, nesting, feeding and squabbling birds from the comfort of your TV! Sometimes you have to love technology!

Hopefully this gives you a few ideas, but there are so many more things you can do to attract wildlife and in turn create a garden with a diverse and exciting ecosystem.

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Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm: Weel are ye worthy o' a grace As lang's my arm.

Address to a Haggis Robert Burns

A fictional wild haggis specimen, Haggis scotticus, as displayed in the Glasgow Kelvingrove Gallery.

Wild haggis (given the humorous taxonomic designation Haggis scoticus) is a fictional creature of Scottish folklore, said to be native to the Scottish Highlands. It is comically claimed to be the source of haggis, a traditional Scottish dish that is in fact made from the innards of sheep (including heart, lungs, and liver).

According to some sources, the wild haggis' left and right legs are of different lengths, allowing it to run quickly around the steep mountains and hillsides which make up its natural habitat, but only in one direction. It is further claimed that there are two varieties of haggis, one with longer left legs and the other with longer right legs. The former variety can run clockwise around a mountain, while the latter can run anticlockwise. The two varieties coexist peacefully but are unable to interbreed in the wild because in order for the male of one variety to mate with a female of the other, he must turn to face in the same direction as his intended mate, causing him to lose his balance before he can mount her. As a result of this difficulty, differences in leg length among the haggis population are accentuated.

Haggis abroad The notion of the wild haggis is widely believed, though not always including the idea of mismatched legs.

According to an online survey, commissioned by haggis manufacturers Hall's of Broxburn, released on 26 November 2003, one-third of U.S. visitors to Scotland believed the wild haggis to be a real creature.

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How to hunt Wild Haggis First, be sure to identify whether the creature you are stalking is a clockwise or anti-clockwise variety. Dig a large hole in which to hide and then, as it approaches, leap up and yell, "BOOOO!!" in its face as loudly as your lungs permit (It will be noted that facing in the wrong direction at this point would be rather ineffectual, hence the importance of pre-determining the rotational preference of the intended prey). Correct application will cause the animal to take fright, recoil and turn to attempt to run in the opposite direction, the consequences of which will be immediately apparent. While it is still stunned from rolling downhill, simply pick it up (assuming that you have managed to keep pace with its rate of descent and reach it before it has recovered), whack it over the head with your walking stick and pop it into your backpack.

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By Billy Connolly After my knighthood was announced, a woman from the BBC came to Glasgow to interview me. We sat down in a lovely hotel in a nice part of town, and she hit me with her first question: "This must mean a lot to you, with you coming from nothing?" Scotland is a unique and wonderful place. Its national motto says a lot about it: Nemo me impune lacessit. A decent translation might be: `By all means punch me in the nose but prepare yourself for a kick in the arse.' I did'nae come from nothing: I come from Scotland. And this book is about why I will always be happy and proud that I do.'

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Our small team of 4 based here in the Moray Firth, will no doubt have a busy year ahead.as usual. I should also give a mention to Susie, the springer spaniel, who I don’t think has been properly introduced. Many of you will have met her though, as she goes everywhere with us – mad as a box of frogs !

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Winter Months NOW Moss and thatch; we will be aerating and scarifying all hours of the day to get through everybody before the Spring Weed and Feed Treatments start. Also look out for

Mowing; best practice is never cut shorter than 1”. Mowing too close is the most destructive thing you can do to a lawn (usually a man-thing) and in particular encourages moss to flourish ! June is when we will likely see the first signs of Red Thread fungal disease damage (wet summers are the worst).

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