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Clubs and Societies 1ST KINLOSS SCOUT GROUP Provides Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Explorer Scouts for girls & boys 6 - 18yrs at Keddie House, Kinloss. Call Steve Ferris on 01309 675028

FINDHORN KNIT AND NATTER Tues, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Findhorn Village Centre. All ages welcome to join us for some fun & chatter. all 01309 692339 www.findhornvillagecentre.org.uk

BITE AND BLETHER Last Wed of month, 11am - 1pm, Dyke Village Hall. Join us for soup,tea/coffee, home baking & chat. Run by Dyke & District Village Hall/Dyke Church. All welcome. Email at dykevillagehall.co.uk

FINDHORN VILLAGE ART GROUP Tues & Thurs, 10am - 12pm, James Milne Institute, Findhorn.

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BRODIE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon & Wed, 7pm - 9.30pm at Dyke & District Hall. Call Sandy Burgess on 01309 674924 DYKE GARDEN CLUB 2nd Fri of month (Sept - May), Dyke Village Hall. Call 01309 641342 or email at ian.maclennan3@btinternet.com

FINDHORN VILLAGE STITCHERS Sewing classes for all abilities with International Tutors. Call Karin on 01309 692339 or email findhornvillagecentre@gmail.com

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FORRES ANGLING ASSOCIATION (FEB - SEPT) Formed in 1933, the FAA water consists of four miles of double bank fishing on the River Findhorn. Visitor permits available. Call Campbell Ross on 01309 690097 FORRES ARCHERS Wed: Juniors 7pm - 8.30pm & Adults 7pm - 10pm, Forres Community Centre, Forres House. Age 10 years up. Call Mike Voyzey on 07812 825427 FORRES AREA CREDIT UNION Mon, Tues, Fri, 9.15am - 2.30pm; Thurs, 9.15am - 6pm; 1st Sat of month, 9.15am - 12.15pm, 53 High Street, Forres. Local savings & loan co-operative.

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www.forresareacreditunion.co.uk FORRES BRANCH ROYAL SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE SOCIETY (Sept - Mar). Weekly classes in Forres & Nairn for new & experienced dancers. Call Kenneth Bews on 07906 306160 or at forresdance@gmail.com www.rscdsforres.org.uk FORRES GOLF CLUB A beautiful parkland course designed by James Braid & Willie Park. Call Sandy Aird on 01309 672949 or email at golfpro@forresgolfclub.co.uk secretary@forresgolfclub.co.uk

RAFFORD SCOTTISH WOMENS INSTITUTE 3rd Wed of month (Sept - May), 7.30pm, Rafford Village Hall.

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FORRES GYMNASTICS CLUB Training, exercise & fun, through display work & competitions.

Females only up to 18 yrs. Call Patsy Fraser-Mackenzie on 01309 673316

RIVER LIVET FISHING (FEB SEPT) Salmon, sea trout & brown trout fishing for the whole family on the River Livet. Permits can be obtained from Ballindalloch Post Office, Tomnavoulin Post Office, Crown Estate Office, Tomintoul & the Glen Livet Distillery. www.facebook.com/riverlivet fishing

FORRES HERITAGE TRUST Aims to promote the heritage & culture of Forres, the preservation of its historic structures & landscape & to preserve local traditions & customs. The Nelson Tower on Cluny Hill & the Tolbooth in Forres are in the Trust's care Call George Alexander (Chair) on 01309 674873 or email at m.duncan4@btinternet.com www.forresheritage.org

SJOGREN'S SYNDROME AND LUPUS SUPPORT GROUP Meetings arranged on an adhoc basis. Call Sheena or Susan on 01343 820635 or 01343 842656

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WALKMORAY (NHS GRAMPIAN) Do YOU want to get more active? WalkMoray offers volunteer-led, short, weekly walks in various locations.

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MORAY FLYING CLUB Not-for-profit Military flying club for both Kinloss Barracks, RAF Lossiemouth, all other Service personnel & their dependants.

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QUARRIERS UNPAID CARERS CAFE - FORRES 3rd Wed of month starting, 2pm 4pm. McKenzie & Cruickshank, Fun, free, friendly social group for unpaid carers in Moray. Drop in and out as you like. Make friends, glean info, take time out from caring. Call Nuala Lindsay on 01343 556031 or email at carersmoray@quarriers.org.uk

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Welcome to our February 2019 issue of SpotLight. You may have noticed that we have been running more editorial pieces lately and this is intentional and is designed to add some more interest to each issue. This month there are various items featuring Valentine’s Day including the occasional attempt at humour.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings As months go, unless you are a Siberian Husky, then freezing February does not have much going for it! I have never come across a single person who said February was their favourite month. Perhaps February’s only redeeming feature for a lot of people (not including the Six Nations of course!) is Valentine’s Day. The one day of the year when social expectation and commercial pressure is applied to people to show and express their love for someone close. Husbands dread forgetting it and wives dread receiving what the husbands who have remembered, have gone out and bought them!

Many young people live in hope of receiving a card from someone, anyone, because when we do, we feel loved. Reciprocated love is the best of all.

Love is a wonderful thing and because God is Love, we can have a living relationship with a wonderful God. For however much a person may love God, they can never love Him more than He loves them! And although the Bible and Christianity

have come in for some stick over the years with regards to romance, love and relationships, that it is prudish and puritanical, this usually arises from a misunderstanding of what the Bible actually says. There are some very sensual and erotic passages in the Bible, such as in the Song of Solomon.

This book records a conversation between two lovers and how much their love for each other moves them to their very core. The female says to her male counterpart: ‘as an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love … I am sick with love. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!’ Song of Solomon 2:4-6. He then goes on to speak of how much her eyes and breasts and thighs and mouth cause him to go weak at the knees. It is full of passion, delight and sensual pleasure.

Caroline Street Gospel Hall Gospel Service, Sundays at 12:15pm Tel: 01309 674375. Email: glcinfo@tiscali.co.uk Dyke and Edinkillie Parish Church of Scotland Dyke Family Service Sunday : 10am. Edinkillie Sunday Service: 11.30am Alternate monthly services on the first Sunday of each month at 11am. Tea/coffee after every service. Contact Jane Foster (Session Clerk) on 01309 641257 Elgin Mosque 78 South Street, Elgin IV30 1JG. www.elginmosque.org.uk Kinloss, Findhorn & Alves Church of Scotland Alternating weekly. Kinloss and Findhorn 10am. Alves first Sunday of each month at 11.30am. Tel: 01309 690359.

Lighthouse Baptist Church Clovenside Chapel, Forres. Sunday service 10:30am and 6.30pm. Refreshments served afterwards.

Contact: 01309 676974. Email: info@lighthousechurch.co.uk Website: www.forresbaptistchurch.org Moray Presbytery www.moraypresbytery.org.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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The relationship between this man and woman is a picture of Christ (portrayed in the New Testament as a bridegroom) and his Church (known as the Bride of Christ). It describes the longing between the Lord Jesus Christ and his people for one another.

It reminds us that only when we love God above all else, can we experience what it means to be truly, wholly, faithfully loved. So for anyone who has not received a Valentine’s Day card this year and is perhaps feeling unloved, remember that God loves you so much, he came in the person of Jesus Christ to take away your sin, and reconcile you to himself, the one who is Love. What a beautiful thing it is to be loved by God.

Jon Mackenzie Lighthouse Baptist Church Forres

Rafford Church Family service Sundays at 9.30am. Praise from CH3 and Mission Praise. Enjoy fellowship over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Sunday school with Bible stories, songs, games and crafts.

Contact Heather Mackenzie (Session Clerk): 01309 674245.

St John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church Sundays 8am: Communion. 10am: Family Communion. Tel: 01309 672856.

Email: clergystjohnsforres@gmail.com Website: www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.com St Laurence Church Sundays 10am: family service. Tel: 01309 672260. Email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com or visit www.stlaurencechurchforres.org.uk St Leonard’s Church Sundays 10.30am: family service. Tea and coffee served afterwards. For any information call 01309 672380 or visit www.stleonardschurchforres.com St Margaret’s Catholic Church Mass on Tuesday & Thursday at 10am and Sunday 10:30am. Contact Father Colin Stewart on 01343 542280 If you are a member of a church not listed here and would like to be considered for inclusion or if there are any amendments to be made to existing details, email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times Last month I launched my campaign to ensure Fairer Hospital TV Charges for patients.

The current pricing system for bedside television in many of our health boards is extortionate and prohibitive, with some providers charging up to £9.90 a day.

Patients who can no longer afford expensive bedside TVs can begin to suffer from boredom, loneliness and isolation. This set of feelings is unlikely to aid recovery during a long-stay in the hospital.

What patients need is a better deal and now is the time for health boards such as NHS Highland and NHS Grampian to secure Fairer Hospital TV Charges as contracts come up for renewal. I will be pressing the Scottish Government and our health boards to look at all the options.

Edward Mountain MSP

Last month I convened a meeting in Forres along with the local community council to discuss the increasing reports of antisocial behaviour in the town.

I was pleased that we were joined by representatives from Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Moray Council.

The meeting provided an opportunity for local residents to highlight some of their concerns and seek reassurances from the various agencies about what is being done to address these issues.

As I made clear at the meeting, we live in a very safe part of Scotland but unfortunately the behaviour of a small minority can have a huge impact on the majority of local residents.

I am hopeful that following this meeting there will be even greater joint working between the agencies and local residents who have been concerned about anti-social behaviour and we can deal with this blight on our community once and for all.

If any resident in Moray would like to raise issues of anti-social behaviour or any other matter then please contact me at douglas.ross.mp@parliament.uk or through my constituency office at 63 High Street, Forres.

Douglas Ross MP

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It’s incredibly disappointing to see that figures are rising year on year, despite support for the Fair Delivery Charges campaign from MPs, MSPs, the media, and people right across the country. The campaign is making a positive difference but given that on-line shopping is on the increase, so is the postcode penalty paid by households and businesses.

The authorities have thankfully begun to take action but it’s now time to put the foot on the accelerator and take more and faster action. It is also time for the UK government, that holds responsibility for regulation, to consider what more can be done, otherwise Scotland’s delivery surcharge bill will continue to get higher and higher.

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moray field club indoor meeting: the birds of dava moor; speaker - mike crutch of a9 birds 7.30pm, the lounge, elgin town hall £2 (inc tea & coffee). call sara marsh on 07840 285438 or email at morayfieldclub@gmail.com piano recital: concert pianist steven osborne gives a recital of works by schubert & prokofiev 7.30pm - 9.30pm, inverness town house. £15 standard, £5 students. call paul crowe on 01463 221535 or email at paul@paulcrowe.co.uk www.invernesspianorecitals.com

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13 wednesday the arts society speyside lecture: 'the nation's prize: the gripping story of how velazquez's rokeby venus was saved for the nation.' 11am - coffee & tea available from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome/£7 for visitors call mrs karen weller on 07789 880481 or email at twelk69@hotmail.com the clan donald society of the highlands & islands: massacre of glencoe 11am, glencoe. annual commemoration. st mary's church service; march to the memorial & lunch. please email the society re booking lunch at contact@clandonald.org www.clandonald.org

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highland rock garden club: mike's spanish fiesta (andalucia); speaker - mike hopkins, aberdeen rock garden club 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre £4 (incl refreshments). all welcome. call john owen on 01320 366246

14 thursday scottish studies: scottish education revealed through literature; speaker - dr hilary christie 2pm - 4pm, elgin library, cooper park. £3

15 friday elgin rotary club gin & prosecco night for the mayega water project. africa 6.30pm for 7pm, johnstons of elgin. £30 each from johnstons & cathedral. a valentine celebration, with buffet & musical entertainment in aid of busega scotland -Clan mayega water in africa. call Sept 18 .pdf project 1 09/08/2018 09:38 john trodden on 01542 840967 or at www.clanhouse.org #Livingwithcancer

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A History of the Snowman Rally (Written by Iain Campbell Snr & Jim McGill)

The first organised in February 1955 was a closed to club event using tarmac roads and covering over 350 miles. The inaugural event was run overnight with high tea available before the start at 10pm. Finishers could enjoy the luxury of a cooked breakfast for 7/6 (37p). Of course there was no Nomex racewear in those days. Instead the fashionable gear was Norwegian sweaters, with matching "bunnets". Interestingly, bunnets have again become a regular feature of the event since 1999 as a thank you to our volunteer marshals.

While 50 successful and highly competitive rallies have been organised, only three have had to be cancelled at the last minute. In 1969 lack of a sponsor forced the event to be cancelled; the world oil crisis led to a rallying ban in 1972; and two years later the RAC banned rallying because of the outbreak of foot and

mouth disease across the whole of the UK. In 1962 the mileage covered by the rally had been reduced to 250 miles. It was though, still an overnight event starting at 10pm, with a half-hour halt for fuel and refreshments . The entry fee was ÂŁ1.05 with a deposit of ÂŁ1.50 for the sealed watch carried in each car. The ÂŁ1.50 was refundable at the end of the rally when the watch was returned intact to the organisers.

Many of the trophies from that era are still part of the Snowman prize list. The organisers promised "a route of over 250 miles of typically highland terrain, but we have striven to eliminate untarred tracks, impossible time schedules, steep hills, and regularity sections" In 1959 the rally had two start points, Monte Carlo style, at Inverness and Elgin and such was the growing success of the Snowman that it had become

known favourably as "the poor man's Monte Carlo".

In 1964 Iain Sutherland, the outright winner, virtually had to be lifted out of his car as a frozen lump because he had removed the driver's door in something of a farcical, but nonetheless rapid manoeuvre.

Finding himself in a position where he needed to reverse in a hurry, Iain glanced in his rearview mirror to find the rear window completely misted up. Undaunted, he threw open his driver's door, peered into the dark, reversed at speed ... and ripped the door clean off its hinges against a rather substantial, but unseen, snowbank.

In 1967, the event ventured into the forests: 65 stage miles combined with a number of selectives on public roads to give a total competitive mileage of 300 miles throughout Inverness-shire and Moray.

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The organisers permitted the use of studded (but not spiked) tyres.

Route books were issued one hour before each competitor's start time.

The overnight rally, which was popularly sponsored by beer-makers McEwens, began at 10.31pm on the Saturday from Inverness, finishing at Aviemore on Sunday morning at 11am, where lunch was available for the equivalent of 32p. Entry fees had increased to £4.20, no doubt the increase was due to the cost of using Forestry Commission roads.

The following year stage mileage increased to 100 miles, while the road mileage of 250 miles was used only as road sections as we know today. The rally started in Spean Bridge at 10pm and OS maps 27, 28, 29, 35, 36, 37, and 38 were required. Crews were warned in the supplementary regulations that smoking during the course of a special stage would result in exclusion!

In 1972 there were three classes up to 1000cc; 1001 to 1300cc; and over 1300cc. Total mileage was 300 with 100 miles of timed stages. The start was in Fort William at 9pm and the finish was at the Royal Stuart Motor Hotel, Inverness (Drumossie) at 7am on Sunday morning. By now the entry fee had increased to £12.

Service cars were allowed, but had to have pre-glued stickers fixed to the inside of the driver's rear

passenger window. And as an indication as to how things have changed, the programme advertised a new 2.0-litre BMW for £2,197.

The following year the first Snowman Rally ran in daylight and Roger Clark won the rally with the Esso Uniflo Ford Escort from a lowly seeding position of five. The highest seeded locals were A. Martin and Fiona Kennedy at 37 in an Imp; Vince Finlayson and Hector Munro, both also in Imps, were seeded 42 and 50, Terry Glendinning was in car 54 in a BMW and Dougie Riach was in car 58, a Ford Escort. Wilson Girvan was entered at 102 in another Escort.

The rally attracted a full entry of 120 plus seven reserves and 1973 also marked the introduction of the 60mph stage 'bogey', or target, for competitors.

1991 supplementary regulations said ‘As in previous years our sport is again having to endure excessive rising costs from both the Forestry Commission and the RACMSA, but despite this we are able to offer 50 stage miles for an entry fee of £148.’

Our 2005 Forest costs were £475 per mile plus £60 permit and insurance fees per car.

The Snowman Rally has changed dramatically since that cold night in 1955 when the first competitors set off, but we still get the same challenges of weather, testing roads, and luck, things just happen quicker than they did in 1955.

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Around 150 registered competitors will tackle gravel forestry tracks during the course of the season in a bid to take the overall championship crown, or one of the many unique awards on offer at the end of the season.

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T he ever- popular Sp e y s id e S ta ge s hos ts round th re e , be f o re t h e c l a s s i c S co ttish Rally, the pic ture s q ue A rgy ll R a lly, the c h a l l e n g i n g G r a m p i a n F o rest Rally an d t he G a llow a y Hills R a lly tha t w ill c o n c l u de t h e s e a s o n i n S eptember. The at mos p he re in Ca s tle Dougla s w i l l be f e v e r pi t c h , wi t h t h e Ga llow ay Hills also w e lc oming the B r itis h R a lly C h a m p i o n s h i p f o r i t s f i n a l e .

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Valentine’s Day began to be popularly celebrated around the 17th century. By the middle of the 18th, it was common for friends and lovers of all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes, and by 1900 printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology.

Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one’s feelings was discouraged. Cheaper postage rates also contributed to an increase in the popularity of sending Valentine’s Day greetings.

Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages, though written Valentines didn’t begin to appear until after 1400. The oldest known Valentine still in existence today was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. (The greeting is now part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London.) Several years later, it is believed that King Henry V hired a writer named John Lydgate to compose a Valentine note to Catherine of Valois.

The history of Valentine’s Day–and the story of its patron saint–is shrouded in mystery. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realising the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

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Let love sparkle in her e'e; Let her lo'e nae man but me; That's the tocher-gude I prize, There the luver's treasure lies.

O wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the aingry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee.

Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, The bield* should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.

Or were I in the wildest waste, Sae black and bare, sae black and bare, The desert were a Paradise, If thou wert there, if thou wert there; Or were I monarch o' the globe, Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen!

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Tarbet Sunset Martini

By James Sutherland of 56 North, Edinburgh, UK. "Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evocative of sky, land and sea, as the sun is setting on the day."

60ml Isle of Harris Gin 5ml Vermut Lustau Sweet Sherry Vermouth 3 drops Isle of Harris Sugar Kelp Aromatic Water Sprig of fresh Thyme Pink Grapefruit peel

1. Place bottle of Isle of Harris Gin in freezer until ice cold.

2. Place a large block of ice into a mixing glass.

3. Add the gin, Vermut, aromatic water and thyme to the mixing glass.

4. Squeeze a large twist of pink grapefruit into the liquid and drop the peel into the mixing glass.

5. Stir with a bar spoon for 2-3 minutes.

6. Strain slowly into a chilled coupe glass.

7. Squeeze a fresh twist of pink grapefruit over the drink and place into the glass.

8. Tie or clip a stem of fresh thyme onto the stem

freshness of pink grapefruit peel with the green notes of thyme, and the ocean notes of sugar kelp water. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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