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Clubs and Societies BABY BOP - PARENT & CHILD DANCE & PLAY CLASS Tues, 9.30am -10.30am (18 months - 3 years, £2.50) & 10.30am -11am (3months18months, £1.50), Forres House Community Centre. Call Emma on 07973 491963 FINDHORN COFFEE MORNINGS Wed, 10.30am - 12pm, Findhorn Village Hall. Coffee & tea with cakes & gossip. Call 01309 692339 www.findhornvillagecentre.org.uk FINDHORN FLYERS Fri, 10.30am - 11.30am, James Milne Institute (Village Hall) Findhorn. Keep fit for the young at heart. £3 per session, includes refreshments.Call Sue Horn on 01309 691309

FORRES & DISTRICT ROUND TABLE Supporting local causes & charities. Call Gary Banford on 01309 671435 FORRES AND DISTRICT SOCIAL DANCE CLUB Wed, Beginners 7pm; Improvers 8pm - 9.30pm, Mosset Tavern, Forres. Ballroom, Latin American, Sequence & Social Dance Club, All welcome.

Call Jenny/Jacqui on 01463 233151/01309 672019 FORRES BIG CHOIR Thurs (term time only), 7pm 9pm, Kinloss Church. A mixed community choir for singers of all levels of experience. No auditions & no need to read music. Call Bill Henderson on 07876 213576

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FORRES COMMUNITY WEB Wed, 7pm, Community Hub, Tolbooth Street, Forres. To promote Forres on the Internet, All levels welcome, aged 18+.

Call Anthony Bowmer on 01309 672244 FORRES CYCLING CLUB Sun, 9.30am - weekly runs leave Clubhouse in Cumming Street, Forres. Midweek training most mornings. Tues evening (Summer) race/social league for all ages. Races from May - Sept.

Call Alan White on 01309 674698 alan.white.245@btinternet.com www.forrescyclingclub.co.uk FORRES VICTORIA INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon, Thurs & Fri (Sept - Apr), 7.45pm, Forres Academy Assembly Hall, For a friendly night out & a game of bowls. All abilities welcome.

FRIENDS OF THE FALCONER MUSEUM We support the work of the Falconer Museum. Membership is £10 per year, due in April. We organise Heritage themed events.

MORAY MODEL RAILWAY GROUP Blacks Barn, Sherrifston Farm.

Turn off A96 east of Elgin on Lossie Road & take first left into farm. Are you interested in railways? Come & see what model railways are about. Email membership@moraymrg.org.uk www.moraymrg.org.uk

GRANT PARK BOWLING CLUB Daily (Apr - Sept), 1pm - 4pm & 6pm - 9pm, Non-members & visitors £1 per session. All levels & ages welcome. Coaching available. Call Jim Hasman on 01309 673062 IMPROVER LINE DANCING CLUB FOR OVER 50S Wed, 2pm, Masonic Hall, Forres. £3.50. Easy routines for fitness & fun. Call Jenny Duncan (ukaptd h/c) or Jacquion 01463 233151 or 01309 672019 LGBT + MORAY 3rd Sat, 10.30am, The Mosset Tavern, Forres. A social group for Lesbian,Gay, Bisexual + people meeting for breakfast. Over 18s only. Find us on Facebook. www.lgbtmoray.co.uk LITTLE SHRIMPS Thurs, 9.30am - 10.50am, Findhorn Village Centre.

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NETMUMS Being a mum can be very isolating so meeting other mums can be a lifeline. Come along & see what we are all about. Call Claire Brenton on 07989 135607 or email claireymac1@aol.com SHRIMPS ACTIVE Thurs mornings & Fri afternoons.

Interactive soft play from babies to 5yrs. £2.50 per child. For timings & further information on sessions available call Karin on 01309 692339.

MORAY ACCESS PANEL Monthly, The Moray Resource Centre, Elgin.To help improve access to buildings or any other access problems throughout Moray. An advisory body made up of disabled & Moray Council representatives. New members welcome. Email wheelsgalore 100@googlemail.com

VARIS CLUB 1st Tues of month, 10am, Forres Town Hall until June. From Sept '18 to Feb '19 meet in the Blue Room Forres Community Centre.

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MORAY DISABILITY FORUM We welcome everyone interested or working in the area of disability to become a member of the group.Making available information, support & representation too, for & on behalf of people with a disability.

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NAIRN & FORRES FUNDRAISING GROUP GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND We are a small Fundraising Group who organise supermarket & street collections to raise funds for GDAB. We also sell Guide Dogs merchandise & visit various events including Burgie International Horse Trials.

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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 heart,

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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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

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, please email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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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 wornoff, 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 birthday 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!

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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the highland german society: memories of berlin 2pm, st. ninian's church hall, culduthel road, inverness. society members will talk about their visits to the city & bring along souvenirs & photos to illustrate this. call richard baxter on 01463 571372 or email at richbax52@yahoo.com the arts society speyside lecture: 'pots of art from grayson perry' looking at his vases, drawings, sculptures, tapestries and his 'house for essex' 11 am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome. visitors £7 donation. call mrs karen weller on 07789 880481 or email twelk69@hotmail.com the highland rock garden club: members’ night: 69 degrees north; tromso & its botanical garden & growing trilliums from seed to flower. speakers andrew fraser & john owen 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £4 (incl refreshments). call john owen on 01320 366246

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1 tuesday - 4 friday lego exhibition - brick history, 1000-1515 fort george, ardersier. experience the brick history lego exhibition by artist warren elsmore in our newly refurbished point battery casemate. incl in normal admission price. call john gibbon on 01667 460233 or email at john.gibbon@hes.scot. www.historicenvironment.scot

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1 tuesday - 31 thursday battle of the bands@tooth & claw, inverness tbc, grand prize £1,000 cash plus loads of runner up prizes to be announced! to apply to play please email. over 18s only. email at venue-hire@thetoothandclaw.co.uk

8 tuesday kinloss barracks: speaker - ruth douglas 10 am, north hall, forres town hall. free. call norman thomson on 01309 676884 or email at ndt4@btinternet.com

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CAROLINE STREET GOSPEL HALL, FORRES Gospel Meeting Each Sunday, 12.15 pm. All Welcome.

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Wellbeing and support services are freely available to all, from pre-diagnosis and diagnosis through treatment and beyond at support centres across Moray, located in Elgin, Buckie, Forres and Lossiemouth.

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music nairn: exploing the classics with susan tomes featuring the impromptus & schubert's a major sonata 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. tickets at the door. £19, £15 & £3. call 01667 455701. www.musicnairn.org.uk park circus@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. 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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cinema nairn: funny face (u) with audrey hepburn 2pm, nairn community & arts centre. £2.50. call 01667 453476. www.cinema-nairn.co.uk

enter shikari plus palaye royale & black peaks@the ironworks, inverness 7pm. age 14+ (u16 with adult). tickets from www.entershikari.com cinema nairn: the hundred foot journey (pg) with helen mirren & om puri 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £5 & £3. call 01667 453476 burns’ night tbc, captain's table, findhorn. booking essential. call 01309 690663 nairn literary institute: john graham of claverhouse, viscount dundee; speaker - kenneth mackenzie 7pm, nairn free church, gordon street, nairn.www.nairnliterary.org.uk

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moravian orienteering: northern night cup round 6: findhorn see www.moravianorienteering.org u3a nairn: "the red cross in nairn & first aid skills"; speaker - karen kemp on the work of the local red cross shop, followed by an introduction to first aid 1.45pm for 2pm, nairn community & arts centre, king street, nairn. £2 members, £4 non-members (incl refreshments). call pauline ross (sec) on 01667 453537 or email secretary@nairnu3a.org.uk

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 tribute to dzem performed by barberq. zespol

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26 saturday - 27 sunday aviemore sled dog rally times vary, glenmore forest park, aviemore. the largest event of its kind in the uk, with over 1,000 sled dogs & 250 mushers. www.siberianhuskyclub.org.uk

30 wednesday the classic rock show 2019 7pm - 10pm, eden court, inverness. tickets from www.ticketmaster.co.ukbite & blether jointly run by dyke & district village hall & dyke church 11am - 1pm, dyke & district village hall. join us for a bowl of soup & bread followed by cake & tea/coffee

31 thursday spynie soup & sweet lunch: duffus, spynie & hopeman church will be holding their first soup & sweet lunch of the new year 12pm - 2pm, spynie village hall. suggested donation £3. everyone welcome. call elsie watson on 01343 543914 or email at elsie.watson121@btinernet.com

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atching my resident red squirrel feeding in my garden this morning, I was happy to see that he’d brought along a friend. And a few weeks back, when I first put this feeder up, I derived great enjoyment from watching the squirrel and the rooks all trying to work out how to access the peanuts in this particular feeder. One of the great joys of living in the Highlands is the abundant, wonderful wildlife that we have on our doorstep. A garden well managed for wildlife can bring an enormous amount of enjoyment through the winter months. I find watching the birds in the morning a helpful reminder that there is a whole busy world out there getting on with surviving and living, and in the process helping to dwarf any day-to-day trivial problems that might be distracting me. My one-legged blackbird Bob (because he ‘bobs’ up and down) is a case in point!

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.

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

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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Pupils from Sir E Scott School in Tarbert using wooden handlooms. Picture credit: Laurence Winram

As part of the Year of Young People 2018, the Isle of Harris Distillery, in collaboration with Harris Tweed Hebrides and the Harris Tweed Authority invited school children from across the Outer Hebrides to join them in creating a unique Isle of Harris Distillery Harris Tweed cloth.

In September the distillery launched the competition to design the final pattern through a series of guides, practical workshops and class visits as part of an island-wide project run through local schools and supported by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Education Services.

The first round of judging has just taken place and 140 wonderful creations from school children across the Outer Hebrides have been whittled down to a very strong shortlist of 35 designs which will be displayed at the Isle of Harris Distillery throughout December.

At the end of January 2019 prizes will be awarded to the best entries across four age

categories, with a final overall winner going on to spend time with the team at Harris Tweed Hebrides at their mill in Shawbost, Isle of Lewis to bring their final creation to life.

Harris Distillery Managing Director Simon Erlanger said: “The reason the word ‘Harris’ evokes such wonderful imagery is in no small part thanks to the extraordinary fabric that is Harris Tweed. It inspired the work done at the distillery today, setting the high standards of quality and provenance required of anything that bears our island's name. We look forward to working together with the Tweed industry, developing the distillery’s own cloth, importantly designed by the young people of the islands, whose future the distillery was established to support.

Margaret Ann Macleod, Sales Director, Harris Tweed Hebrides added. "Creating sustainable employment for young people in the Harris Tweed industry has been a key focus for Harris

Tweed Hebrides since we were established over 10 years ago. Working with the Harris Tweed Authority and the Harris Distillery we have developed an innovative project which will cover all aspects our unique industry from the pure new wool right through to the finished Orb stamped fabric which is exported all over the world from our base in Shawbost. We are all looking forward to seeing the creative ideas and design inspiration which we know the young people of our islands will bring to this project."

Lorna Macaulay, CEO Harris Tweed Authority (HTA) said: "The Harris Tweed industry shares many aspirations and brand values with the Isle of Harris Distillery (IOHD) having worked successfully together on several promotional projects over the last 3 years, including both the HTA and IOHD working together as business representatives on the local 'Developing Young Workforce' Board.

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