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AIR TRAINING CORPS 446 (FORRES SQUADRON) Community organisation open to young men and women between the ages of 13 and 20. Victoria Road, Forres. Contact Flt Lt Chris Leaney 690215 ALVES CHURCH GUILD Contact Mrs Butler 01343 850209 CHILDREN 1ST (ELGIN) Aims: to provide a therapeutic service for children and young people to help them through the effects of abuse and neglect. Contact Beth Fraser 01343 564170 or email sheilagh.murray@ children1st.org.uk THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S OPEN AWARD CENTRE For anyone aged 14-24 who is already doing the award, or interested in finding out more we provide support and information as well as a monthly activity on the first Tuesday of every month. 6.30pm - 8pm.

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Email gavin.morgan@moray.gov.uk for more details FALCONER MUSEUM, FORRES “Fascinating Forres, Past & Present”. Opening times: April-October, Mon-Sat 10am - 5pm (except public hols).

Free admission FINDHORN VILLAGE CENTRE Aims: to benefit inhabitants of Findhorn, to provide recreational/leisure time facilities, encourage educational groups, participation training,

after-school clubs/IT resources. Contact Christine Hunt 692339 FITNESS LEAGUE (FORRES BRANCH) Recreational low impact exercise class in a friendly relaxed atmosphere. Level basic to moderate. Age 30+, Tuesdays 10-11am, Forres House. Contact Pam Watson 672971 FORRES ARCHERS Meets every Wed, juniors 7 8.30pm, adults 7 - 10pm at Forres House, minimum age 10 years. Contact Brian Regan 01667 456454 FORRES COMMUNITY GARDEN Transition Town Forres project on Bogton Road for the growing of organic produce by members of the public to strengthen the food resilience of Forres. 1.4 acre site with space for individuals to grow food in small friendly groups.

Contact Lorna 696233 or 07989 263028 FORRES & NAIRN DISTRICT WELFARE ASSOCIATION A football league made up from clubs and pubs in the Forres & Nairn area. Activities from April to September. Age: 16 years plus. Contact Stephen Levy 674875 FORRES QUILTERS Meets every Tuesday 1.30pm - 4pm in Forres Community Centre. Contact Mrs Moyra Cox 674024 FORRES SQUASH AND FITNESS CLUB Two squash courts and two small gyms available any time

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of the day or night. Club night Sunday from 7.15pm when a warm welcome will always be extended. Contact John Mckenzie 672103 MORAY CEILIDH CLUB It's informal! It's fun! It's a great night out! Everyone welcome! Great dancing in a traditional village hall environment. Dances will be explained for beginners ..and those members who cannot remember! Bring your own booze. Contact Steve Coomber on 541983 or visit www.moraycc.org NAIRNSHIRE CEILIDH DANCE GROUP Meets every Tuesday in the Seaforth Club, Gordon Street, Nairn, 7.30pm-10pm. Anyone interested in learning & enjoying social, sequence and ceilidh dancing in a friendly and informal group.

Contact Doreen 01667 451430 or Alistair 01309 674499 RIDING FOR THE DISABLED (FORRES, NAIRN & DISTRICT) Provides opportunities to ride and give therapeutic benefit to disabled children in the Forres and Nairn area.

Contact Mrs C Negus 0845 241 5301 VARIS PLAYERS Amateur dramatics society based in Forres. Contact Yvonne Pointon 01343 850311

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Highland Games The origin of games and sports predates recorded history. An example of a possible early Highland games venue is at Fetteresso, although that location is technically a few miles south of the Scottish Highlands.

It is reported in numerous books and Highland games programs, that King Malcolm III of Scotland, in the 11th century, summoned contestants to a foot race to the summit of Craig Choinnich (overlooking Braemar). King Malcolm created this foot race in order to find the fastest runner in the land to be his royal messenger. Some have seen in this apocryphal event the origin of today's modern Highland games.

During various times of English occupation, from before the Wars of Independence to the suppression after the Jacobite wars, the men of Scotland were forbidden to bear or train with arms, in an attempt to prevent another popular Scottish uprising. Scots continued to train for war; they simply did so with the implements of war replaced with the implements of the Highland games.

There is a document from 1703 summoning the clan of the Laird of Grant, Clan Grant. They were to arrive wearing Highland coats and "also with gun, sword and dirk". From this letter, it is believed that the competitions would have included feats of arms.

However, the modern Highland games are largely a Victorian invention, developed after the Highland Clearances.

the stone is put with one hand with the stone resting cradled in the neck until the moment of release.

Scottish hammer throw: This event is similar to the hammer throw as seen in modern-day track and field competitions. A round metal ball (weighing 16 or 22 lb for men or 12 or 16 lb for women) is attached to the end of a shaft about 4 feet in length and made out of wood, bamboo, rattan, or plastic. With the feet in a fixed position, the hammer is whirled about one's head and thrown for distance over the shoulder.

Weight throw, also known as the weight for distance event. A weight is made of metal and has a handle attached either directly or by means of a chain. The implement is thrown using one hand only. The longest throw wins.

Weight over the bar, also known as weight for height. The athletes attempt to toss a 56 pound weight with an attached handle over a horizontal bar using only one hand. Each athlete is allowed three attempts at each height.

Mu sic For many Highland games festival attendees, the most memorable of all the events at the games is the massing of the pipe bands. Normally held in conjunction with the opening and closing ceremonies of the games, as many as 20 or more pipe bands will march and play together It is, in fact, the music of the bagpipe which has come to symbolise music at the Games and, indeed, in Scotland itself.

In addition to the massed bands, nearly all Highland games gatherings feature a wide range of piping and drumming competition, including solo piping and drumming, small group ensembles and, of course, the pipe bands themselves.

In ve r n es s g am es The date of the first gathering on the banks of the River Ness by our ancestors has been lost in the mists of time and will forever remain a mystery. What we do know is that back in 1822 fundraising took place in the town to revive those ancient Games and to give the Capital of the Highlands a Highland Games that its townsfolk could be proud of.

Ev en ts Caber toss: A long tapered pine pole or log is stood upright and hoisted by the competitor who balances it vertically holding the smaller end in his hands. Then the competitor runs forward attempting to toss it in such a way that it turns end over end with the upper (larger) end striking the ground first.

Competitors are judged on how closely their throws approximate the ideal 12 o'clock toss on an imaginary clock.

Stone put: This event is similar to the modern-day shot put as seen in the Olympic Games. Instead of a steel shot, a large stone of variable weight is often used.

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Di f f e r e n ce b e t w e e n a s p o t l ig ht a n d a l a s e r be a m ?

How can a medium-powered laser burn through steel in a matter of seconds, while the most powerful spotlight can only make it warm? Both may have the same electrical power requirements.

The difference is unity. A laser beam works in union with each other but spotlight works differently.

During the decay process, Laserbeam release a photon, a particle of light. The photon moves along and “tickles” another molecule, inviting another photon to join him on his journey. Then these two photons “tickle” two more molecules and invite two more photons to join the parade. Soon there is a huge army of photons marching in step with each other. It is this unity that gives the laser its power.

A spotlight may have just as many photons, but each is going its own independent way, occasionally interfering with other photons. As a result, much of its power is used covering a wider area and therefore cannot be focused to do any hard work as a laser beam can burn through a steel.

However, the laser, because of its unity, is like an army marching in tight

formation and is able to focus all its power on its objective. Unity is “The state or quality of being in accord; harmony” In John 17:20-26, Jesus prays for our Unity ‘My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one.’

Our Lord knew the greatest test to the success of His mission on earth still lay ahead. The devil would wage a war against his troops - the disciples, and the only way to be victorious was to be United.

We face many challenges today in our world, and we are all stronger if we become united. There would be no war to fight, just love. Christians today could help make a peaceful world a reality.

Jesus moved beyond praying only for his disciples and prayed for generations to come.

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Lighthouse Church meets every Sunday at Forres Academy.

Coffee at 10.15am, Service starts at 11am. tel: 672215 or email info@lighthousechurch.co.uk www.lighthousechurch.co.uk Edinkillie Parish - Church of Scotland Sunday Worship 12noon. Contact Mrs A. Young (Session Clerk) 611271 St. Leonards Church meets every Sunday at 10.30am for Family Service and 6.30pm for Evening Worship, tel: 641239 or email:sessionclerk@stleonardschurchforres.com (For services at Rafford and St Michael’s Dallas please contact St Leonards.)

St. Margaret’s Catholic Church mass on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday at 10am. Contact Father Barnett tel: 01667 453323 Caroline Street Gospel Hall Gospel Meeting every Sunday at 6.30pm. For more details tel: 674375 email: glcinfo@tiscali.co.uk Rafford Church meets every Sunday at 9.30am for FamilyService, our praise is from CH3 and Mission Praise. After the service

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Pastoral letter and Church Meetings dangerous inmates. He asked his guide, “Don’t you fear that these people will overpower the guards and escape?”

“No,” was the reply. “Lunatics never unite; they are always in their own little world.” The contemporary world must resist the lure of senseless rancour, rather, and be more smarter.

Jesus also prayed for the IMPACT and the GLORY of the Church on earth, ‘that the world may believe that you have sent me’ and that the present Church on earth and the future Church in heaven will see His glory, ‘I have given them the glory that you gave me.’ I think only the obvious, visible unity of believers will convince the world of the divinity of Jesus Christ. ‘By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.’ John 13:35 Our duty to Christ and to our communities in Buckie and Keith, Elgin, Lossiemouth, Kinloss and Foress, Inverness and Nairn and wherever else we find ourselves, is to transform our unity in Christ into loving deeds within those communities. To share the love of Christ in an effective and transforming way.

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St. John the Evangelist Church meets every Sunday at 8am for Communion and 10am for Family Service tel: 672856 or email: cliffpiper@tiscali.co.uk St. Laurence Church meets every Sunday at 10am for Family Service, tel: 672260 email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com Kinloss, Findhorn & Alves Church of Scotland Alternating weekly, Kinloss and Findhorn, at 10am, and Alves 1st Sunday of each month 11.30 am. Contact 690931 or 690349.

Moray Grace Fellowship Meets Sunday mornings 10.30am in Alves Village Hall. Contact Vic Cameron for more details tel. 850142 email vic.cameron2803@btinternet.com or online at www.moraygrace.wordpress.com If you are a member of a church not listed here please email us the details and we will print this in future issues.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE RATIFIED MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THURSDAY 15TH APRIL 2010 OF FORRES COMMUNITY COUNCIL

Public Session • Mr Peter Wilson of Mackenzie & Cruickshank returned to tell us that no further approaches had been made from the Flood Relief Team and that he felt that it would now be settled by the reporter after an expensive Public Enquiry. Moray Cllr Bell said that Mr D Gowans had made approaches through Mackenzie & Cruikshank’s solicitors but had not received a response. Moray Cllr Young pointed out that the Council Legal Officers advise Cllrs but do not instruct then as to a response. Mr Wilson said that a visit to the site would have shown the Cllrs the problems that would be created. C Cllr Mackenzie said that he understood the problem and that whilst Mr Wilson might be compensated for loss of trade, no compensation would be given to the workers laid off as a result, jobs would go. Moray Cllr Young said that he was sure that everything was being done to minimise the problems caused by the construction.

• A member of the public asked the Moray Cllrs what purpose the electronic bus timetable at the town hall stop served.

She said that the timetable, nicknamed ‘Darth Vader’ because of its design had cost £5,000 to install and had broken down five times since its installation.

Secretary’s Report • The Secretary drew members attention to a letter from Mr D Bruce, Environmental Protection Officer, concerning a memorial to the Nimrod Crew, lost in Afghanistan in 2006. It required, at short notice, our views on locating it adjacent to the Forres War Memorial. After some discussion the Secretary was instructed to reply that subject to the Royal British Legion being consulted & that adequate room was left for Remembrance Day ceremonies around the War Memorial the Community Council had no objections. It was also suggested that an alternative site could be by the War Veterans Cottages, adjacent to the model Nimrod page 10 - July 2010

installed there.

• Members were also asked to study options to determine Community Council funding, a process which had been interrupted last year prior to our election, following an email from John Ferguson.

Members studied the options given and selected option 2, a £500 grant plus a per capita amount based on the population, as being the fairest. They totally rejected any suggestion of combining Community Councils & Neighbourhood Forums funding into one pot per area. The Secretary was instructed to notify Mr Ferguson of this selection.

• The Secretary told the meeting that a response to our letter to the CEO of Moray Council with respect to our objection to the Community Councils being associated with the Community Support Unit and the Area Forums had been received. Moray Council respect our decision not to be a part of the CSU plans.

External Groups Report Cllr Hayward said that she had raised the failures of the e-planning system at a meeting with Mr Burnie. Cllr Hayward said it was undemocratic when some councils allowed access to comments and Moray Council did not.

• Cllr McDowell queried Moray Cllr Ogilvie’s statement about the Over 60’s Lunch Club closure being in abeyance & she confirmed this. He said that Irene Weeden & Heather Shaw had denied this & said that it was closing. Moray Cllr Young said that the closure of the after school club was caused by lack of supervisors as well but Community Cllr Ferris said that he thought the problem was that the community centre and staff were not user friendly.

• Cllr Mackenzie said that M Cowie was organising planting, that FIB had got a new treasurer and that they were working with the FAAA and Christmas Lights Committees this year

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I never thought I would be asked the question ‘Would you like to have your picture taken with a Giant Inflatable Colon?’.

While it is a fairly surreal statement to read in a letter, it is actually one of the more creative ways of getting an issue to the attention of MP’s. In this case it is the very worthy Bowel Cancer Campaign, which, with the support of TV personality Lynn Faulds Wood is doing a fantastic job raising awareness of a serious, but also preventable and curable form of cancer. I can recommend a visit to the campaign’s website at www.bowelcancer.tv It does go to show, though, that campaigns, even on very serious issues, can have a big impact through humour and get people to sit up and take notice.

Ang us R o b e rts on M P I really enjoy informing fellow MSP’s in the Scottish Parliament about how Moray is home to around half of Scotland’s whisky distilleries. I like to tell them that my summer constituency tours are great fun!

Representing Speyside and Moray does have its advantages. For instance, it’s now traditional to hold the first round of the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival whisky judging in the Scottish Parliament before the finals take place prior to the annual dinner. As the host MSP, I am now appointed a judge and have to sit alongside the professionals and sample anywhere between 50 and 60 Speyside drams, it’s a tough job but someone’s got to do it!

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MVSO had become decision makers in funding streams. â&#x20AC;˘ Cllr Hayward told the meeting that entry to the Castle Inn had been arranged for 3rd May. â&#x20AC;˘ Cllr Hellyer said that he had been asked by Cllr Maclean to say that in research into playing fields he had discovered that Moray Council had not consulted with Sport Scotland prior to deregulation of the NHS site on the Grantown Road from a playing field. By law Sport Scotland should be involved in change of use of sports fields. â&#x20AC;˘ Cllr McDowell told the meeting that he had been selected to represent the Community Councils of Forres, Kinloss

â&#x20AC;˘ Cllr Duncan said that 2 students from Mt Dora would be here in June. â&#x20AC;˘ Youth Rep Ross Kennedy said that Next week a presentation would be given in Forres Academy to Moray Cllrs and local business men about a Youth CafĂŠ. Members felt that the Community Council should have been included in the invitees.

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Dyke & Kintessack Circular Forres INTRODUCTION: A circular route linking the rural communities of Dyke and Kintessack, with a spur to Broom of Moy, and on to the wider network of paths around Forres.

THE ROUTE & FEATURES OF INTEREST: Start - Dyke Community Hall Car Park.

Signing - The route is marked with timber finger posts and waymarkers with LIGHT BLUE arrows.

A signed shortcut is available that links Dyke and Kintessack directly along the minor road, allowing users the option of two shorter loops.

BARRIERS: Bridge with steps located at Wellhead.

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TERRAIN: Minor tarmac roads, forest tracks, earth paths, and short sections of gravel paths.

USERS: There is a short section of grass path between Dyke and Loanhead which can be rough and unsuitable for cyling.

SIGNAGE: Fully Signed WALK GRADE: Hard A path which is generally over four miles, with varying surfaces and gradients along its length. The path could be less than four miles where it has excessive gradient and/or covers rough terrain.

MILEAGE: 6.5 Miles ESTIMATED WALKING TIME: 3 Hours

Information kindly supplied by

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LOGIE STEADING

near Forres

Live Theatre Outside at the Steading 01309 611378

Dates

July 29th August 3rd August 17th

Play

Pride and Prejudice (tbc) The Tempest Romeo and Juliet

All Performances start at 7.30pm

Tickets: full price £12.50 concessions £10.00 children (16yrs and under) £8.00 ...available from the Gallery - 01309 611378 Bring chairs, rugs, beanbags etc

Open for picnics from 6pm

“...absolutely the best evening imaginable...”

“...the standard of performance was exceptional...”

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"INSPIRED" The Independent "SUPERB" Daily Mail "UNMISSABLE" The Scotsman

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JUNE / JULY 2010

JULY 1-12

JUNE 25 friday

marie curie cancer care blooming great tea party, if you would like to hold your own blooming great tea party, please call 08700 340 040 or visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/teaparty for your free blooming great tea party fundraising pack

rafford church fundraising bbq, 6.30pm for 7pm, forres accordian & fiddle group entertaining in rafford village hall with bbq outside cinema nairn - out of africa (pg), 7.30pm, nairn community centre, king street, nairn, ÂŁ4 aduts/ÂŁ3 under 18â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com for details tam white, the loft venue, by kinloss, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ12 tel: 01343 850111 tribute to tom jones, the mosset tavern, forres, ÂŁ8, tel: 672981

26 saturday forres cycling club coffee morning, 10am-12noon, forres town hall, ÂŁ1, contact doris dallas 673950 community market, 10am-2pm, bogton gardens, forres, are you an individual who might like to sell produce? are you a part of a community group who would like to provide information or entertainment? vehicle entry now from a96 only, follow the signs, call us to discuss your ideas & make it truly a community market, tel: 691616 vision awareness event, 10am-4pm, elgin town hall, contact carolyn lamb for more details 07500 033689 summer fete in aid of st john the evangelist church, forres, 1pm-4.30pm, grant park, contact mrs daykin for more details tel: 01343 850397 glitz and glee, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ10, contact 01309 690110

26 saturday & 27 sunday portsoy scottish traditional boat festival, visit www.stbf.bizland.com/2010 or tel: 01261 842951 mundole summer show, mundole equestrian, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com

Frankie Martin Help for Heroes Tour The Loft Venue Sunday 4th July This brat-packer intends to raise awareness of the continuing sacrifices made by British armed forces personnel world wide while entertaining with the songs of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Nat King Cole & more.

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1 thursday - 31 saturday food glorious food exhibition celebrating local food from the past and the present, throughout july at the falconer museum, forres contact 673701 for more information

1 thursday illyria open air theatre - james and the giant peach, 6.30pm, brodie castle, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8, contact 0844 493 2156 or visit www.nts.org.uk

3 saturday rafa coffee morning, 10am-12noon, forres town hall, ÂŁ1, contact mr kg cox tel: 674024 orienteering at grant park, forres, 10.15am, the latest in moravian's popular mini-events with help and advice on hand to get you started if it's your first time, tel anne 673291 or visit www.moravian orienteering.org dave sharp, the loft venue, by kinloss, free

Dave Sharp at The Loft Venue Saturday 3rd July

FREE entry

Lead guitarist and co-founder of British rock band The Alarm, Dave Sharp picked up the guitar in his early teens and from the onset was influenced by the Woodstock-era rock bands of the late 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and early 70â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

4 sunday northern working horse society show, 9am-5pm, contact 0844 493 2156 or visit www.nts.org.uk arena event, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com FREE walk & talk for speakers of other languages, 2pm, millbuies country park, near elgin, come for a walk & practise speaking english, email english4moray@yahoo.co.uk or tel: 07922 051930

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healthworks health fair, forres town hall over 60’s club - sale, 2pm, james milne institute, findhorn, £1

JULY 2010 continued

4 sunday help for heroes tour, the loft venue, by kinloss

5 monday members day, 9am, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com

7 wednesday treasure dishes, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, forres, contact 673701

9 friday starsky - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111

10 saturday amaranth coffee morning, 10am-12noon, forres town hall, £1, contact mary mackintosh 674144 findhorn wri - soup & sweet, 12.30pm, james milne institute, findhorn, £3 forres highland games, 12.30pm opening ceremony, visit www.www.forreshighlandgames.fsnet.co.uk for more details farmers’ market, from 10am-3pm, anderson’s school playground & forres house community centre, locally produced beef, cheeses, bread, fish, eggs, vegetables, chocolate, preserves and arts and crafts, contact anne marie 691616

18 sunday victorian kitchen fun, drop in any time between 1pm and 4pm, falconer museum, forres, try out victorian labour saving kitchen gadgets - can you make butter, slice lemons and grind coffee?, contact 673701 for more info open air theatre at cawdor castle : shakespeare’s romeo & juliet by illyria theatre company, gates 6pm/ performance 7.30pm, tickets £14/£12/£8, tel: 01667 404401 or visit www.cawdorcastle.com

19 monday buttermaking with pam rodway, 7pm at the falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for tickets and more information

21 wednesday felt beads, bags...and snakes, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for more information

23 friday findhorn village heritage - tombola, 7pm for 7.30pm, james milne institute, findhorn, £1 jinski - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111

10 saturday & 11 sunday

Jinski at The Loft Venue

findhorn regatta weekend 2010, visit www.rfyc.net for more details

Friday 23rd July Jinski are two highly individual guitarists/musicians with strong distinctive voices. Jinski have a wealth of great original songs that draw upon acoustic roots and country music whilst remaining resolutely modern. Jinski play songs that tell stories of love, joy, loneliness and longing.

11 sunday dallas gala day, 2pm-4pm, procession of float & pipe band from hall to gala field, grand raffle at 4pm, lots of stalls, fun for all the family, display by the ‘infamous’ dallas cowboys, for more details contact gil nicol tel: 01343 890201 dallas gala day car boot sale, from 2pm, field adjacent to gala field, cars £5/traders £15, cars to be on field by 1.45pm, for more dteilas contact the school tel: 01343 890206

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forres victoria indoor bowling club coffee morning, forres town hall community market, 10am-2pm, bogton gardens, forres, are you an individual who might like to sell produce? are you a part of a community group who would like to provide information or entertainment? vehicle entry now from a96 only, follow the signs, call us to discuss your ideas & make it truly a community market, tel: 691616 inverness highland games, from 10.30am, visit www.invernesshighlandgames.com for details the wilders, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £12/£10, contact 690110

Open Air Theatre at Cawdor Castle

25 sunday

12 monday - 16 friday findhorn week, visit www.rfyc.net for more details

14 wednesday finger puppets, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for more information

Illyria Theatre Co. present Romeo & Juliet

findhorn fair & rnli day, 1pm-4pm, between the piers, findhorn, many attractions & raffle with great prizes

Sunday 18th July

26 monday - 31 saturday

7.30pm

The exceptional Illyria Theatre Company will be at the Castle performing Shakespeare's classic.

Gates open at 6pm for 7.30pm performance.

Tickets £14/£12/£8 from 01667 404401

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inverness tattoo 2010, for details visit the website www.tattooinverness.org.uk

tel: 01309 690063

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Moray Playhouse, Elgin

From 2/7 Shrek 4 (PG) From 9/7 Twilight Eclispe (12a) Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk

Cinema Listings July 2010 Vue Cinema, Inverness

Shrek Forever After 3D & 2D (PG) Twilight:Eclipse (12a) Predators (18 tbc) Inception (15) Knight and Day (12a tbc) Toy Story 3D & 2D (PG) The A-Team (12a tbc) Karate Kid (PG tbc)

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Toy Story 3 (PG tbc) Shrek Forever After (PG tbc) The Brothers Bloom (12a tbc) Inception (12a tbc) [REC] (18 tbc) [REC] 2 (18 tbc) Four Lions (15 tbc) Centurion (15 tbc) Greenberg (15 tbc) The Ghost (15 tbc) Erasing David (12a tbc) plus many others

KidsAM - Every Saturday & Sunday at 10.15am - 95p per ticket Senior Screenings - Every Tuesday at 12.30pm - ÂŁ3 inc. refreshments

Visit www.myvue.com for details

Visit www.eden-court.co.uk or call 01463 234234 for details

Cinema Nairn

25/6 Out of Africa (PG) 30/7 Looking for Eric (15)

Visit the website www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com or contact Nairn Community Centre on 01667 453476 for details

Universal Hall, Findhorn

Showing films throughout the year. Visit www.findhorn.org/uhall or call 01309 691170 for details.

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AUGUST 2010 in brief

JULY 2010 continued Findhorn Fair & RNLI Day Between the Piers, Findhorn Sunday 25th July

1pm-4pm

Spend the afternoon here with us!

Lots of interesting attractions.

Raffle prizes, including first prize of £100, and many more prizes

28 wednesday bug mobiles and creepy caterpillars, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for more information

29 july thursday - 1 august sunday speyfest 2010, visit www.speyfest.com for details

29 thursday open air theatre - illyria presents ‘pride and prejudice’, logie steading, forres, tickets available for the gallery tel: 611378

30 friday cinema nairn - looking for eric (15), 7.30pm, nairn community centre, king street, nairn, £4 aduts/£3 under 18’s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com for details simon hopper - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111

Simon Hopper at The Loft Venue Friday 30th July ...telling new stories through new songs with a craftsman's eye and a poet's fist. Old England is new England, and it hurts. The songs are influenced by Brit-Folk, Joni Mitchell, Loudon Wainwright, Ron Sexsmith & Dylan.

31 saturday lodge st lawrence coffee morning, forres town hall nairn show 2010, kinnudie farm, auldearn, contact patricia roberts tel: 01309 641121 or email secretary@nairnshow.org.uk or visit the website www.nairnshow.org.uk picnic with the picts, 12noon to 5pm, the headland in burghead, an historical re-enactment day featuring pictish and viking demonstrations and activities for all ages, free entry

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1 sunday - 31 tuesday scotland’s housing expo 2010, inverness, visit www.scotlandshousingexpo.com for details food glorious food exhibition celebrating local food from the past and the present, throughout august at the falconer museum, forres contact 673701 for more information 3 tuesday open air theatre - festival theatre presents ‘the tempest’, logie steading, forres, tickets from the gallery tel: 611378 4 wednesday pirates...of varis, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for more info.

7 saturday macmillan cancer support coffee morning, forres town hall 7 saturday & 8 sunday wolf trek wild day out challenge, join this 45 mile walk through the night from dallas dhu distillery to cairngorm mountain, more details available at www.wilddayout.com/WDO_Detail.aspx?id=48 8 sunday historic wheels club annual rally, 2pm, brodie castle, contact 0844 493 2156 or visit www.nts.org.uk 11 wednesday re-use crafts with moray wastebusters, 1pm-3pm, free family drop-in at the falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for more information 14 saturday forres hard of hearing coffee morning, forres town hall ssafa 125 coffee morning, 10am-12noon, forres town hall, celebrating 125 years of the soldiers, sailors, airmen and families association, for more details tel: 694816 farmers’ market, from 10am-2pm, anderson’s school playground & forres house community centre, locally produced beef, cheeses, bread, fish, eggs, vegetables, chocolate, preserves and arts and crafts, contact anne marie 691616 starsky with jamie duffin - free, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111 15 sunday the scottish alvis owner’s club rally, www.cawdorcastle.com 17 tuesday open air theatre - illyria presents ‘romeo and juliet’, logie steading, forres, tickets from the gallery tel: 611378 19 thursday beekeeping with john salt, 7pm, falconer museum, forres, contact 673701 for more information 21 saturday moray dolphin hydrotherapy pool coffee morning, 10am12noon, forres town hall, £1, contact may taylor tel: 675337 nairn highland games, tel: 01667 452422 or visit www.nairnhighlandgames.co.uk 22 sunday showjumping, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com 23 monday members day, 9am, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com 28 saturday friends of guiding coffee morning, forres town hall forres community market, 10am-2pm at bogton community gardens, all cars follow signs for entry from a96, pedestrians and cyclists can still enter from bogton road, tel: 691616 westlife live at cawdor castle, visit www.cawdorcastle.com 29 sunday one day event, mundole equestrian, forres, tel: 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com

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Orienteering

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Pub quiz sports question. Which Moray sporting event has drawn the most participants in the last 10 years? A well-known event like the Moray Marathons is the obvious answer but surprisingly it’s orienteering. When we heard that almost 4000 runners had converged on Culbin Forest in the summer of

2007 for what we thought was a minority sport, we asked local club Moravian Orienteers to explain why so many were attracted to Moray.

Orienteering has been around for a long time. It was invented in Victorian times by the Swedish army and introduced into Scotland in the 1960s. In essence it’s a cross-country race, but one with one big difference. Instead of following a set route, runners must work out for themselves how to get round the course. The idea is to visit several checkpoints along the way. At the beginner level, they are close together in easilylocated positions, mainly reached by running along tracks. At the other end of the scale they can be far apart in the remotest places, as far as possible from obvious landmarks. Courses vary between 1 Km and 18 km and can take place not only in rugged mountain and forest areas, but also in parks and towns. Even Forres has its own orienteering map!

In orienteering it’s rarely the fastest runner who wins. It’s sometimes referred to as ‘cunning running’ as it’s the runner who navigates fastest who comes out on top. It’s very easy to make navigation mistakes, especially on harder courses, and the knack is to make sure your legs don’t go faster than your brain! There are thousands of areas mapped for orienteering in the UK, and Moray has some of the world’s finest orienteering terrain. Forested sand dune areas like Culbin and Roseisle provide great competition areas because the intricate contour shapes tax even the best navigators, while the going under foot is never too rough. This enables older, less agile people to take part too. Orienteering competitions are divided into 5-year age groups with courses getting shorter as you get older, so people can keep on competing right into their 80s when athletic ability might be on the wane but the mind is still just as sharp. Moray’s forests also have lots of paths that make them perfect for beginner-level

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courses. Every event lays on courses for the very young, and competitive orienteering can start as young as age 7 or 8.

The Culbin event in 2007 was part of a 6-Day festival based in Grantown on Spey, attracting over 1000 overseas competitors as well as 2500 Brits. In 2008 the forest hosted the British Championships where another 2000 runners descended on the tiny village of Kintessack. Anyone can take part, whatever the level of event, and this one was no exception where young local children were able to line up alongside elite national champions whose courses shared the same area. Lately there’s been a boom in adventure running for which navigation at speed is a fundamental part.

Local schools have recently discovered orienteering and many have their own school maps. The area’s Active Schools co-ordinators stage inter-school events where hundreds of children have learned to map read in an exciting and active way. All of Moray’s schools come together at Gordonstoun every April for an annual schools festival and this year youngsters can also look forward to a special competition. On June 13th, Culbin Forest will be the venue for the first ever Moray and Highland Junior Orienteering Championships. It’s aimed at novices who have discovered the sport at school, and anyone aged 16 or under on the day can take part. With entry classes for boys and girls in 2-year categories from under 11

upwards, the event will be combined with a mainstream competition open to anyone. This should be an exciting chance for budding adventure runners to take part in a big event at Scottish Orienteering’s Hampden Park! With the 2-yearly Scottish 6-Day Orienteering Festival returning to the Moray Coast in August 2013 it’s the perfect place to start getting in training for what might be Moray’s biggest sporting event of the next decade!

Moravian Orienteers stage at least one local event every month. They also organise training sessions and enter teams in races further afield. New members are always welcome so if adventure running Moravian style sounds like your kind of thing you can find more information on their web site www.moravianorienteering.org

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Barbecue Sauce Spare Ribs

Chef’s Confidential

Ingred ients 1.8kg pork spare ribs 2 tbsp olive oil 2 onions, peeled and chopped 4 clove garlic, crushed 2 red chillies, finely chopped 2 tsp fennel seeds, crushed 115g dark brown sugar 100ml dark soy sauce 600ml tomato ketchup black pepper Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas 4. Place the spare ribs on a baking sheet and roast for 25-30 minutes until cooked through.

While the ribs are cooking heat the olive oil in a saucepan. Add the onion and garlic and fry until fragrant. Add the chilli, fennel seeds and sugar and cook, stirring often, until sugar melted. Add the soy sauce and tomato ketchup. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper. Bring to the boil and simmer for around 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

Once the ribs have cooked through, remove them from the oven and brush liberally with half the barbecue sauce, leaving half for later. Return the ribs to the oven and cook for a further 10 minutes to glaze the ribs. Serve with the remaining barbecue sauce on the side.

To enjoy these ribs at a barbecue, follow the recipe as above the end of step two. Brush the ribs with barbecue sauce and cook over a preheated barbecue until glazed, then serve.

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