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Clubs, Societies & Regular Meetings AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Fellowship of relatives/friends of alcoholics sharing experience and strength. Details of local weekly meetings can be found at www.al-anonuk.org.uk or call 0141 339 8884 (helpline 10am10pm 365 days a year) ARK COMMUNITY NETWORKS Provides housing support & services to individuals with learning disabilities in their own homes. Call Andrew Findlay 675763 or email managerforres@arkha.org.uk DROP-IN @ NO1 LEASK ROAD Fridays 10am-4pm, tea, coffee & biscuits. Bring & meet, old & new friends. Hospitality, listening ear & christian lending library. We welcome you to your friday meeting place. FALCONER MUSEUM, FORRES Open: Apr - Oct, Mon - Sat 10am - 5pm (except public hols). “Fascinating Forres, Past & Present”. Free admission

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FINDHORN BOWLING CLUB Daily, 9am - 9pm, Apr - Sept, Church Place. Affiliated to the Scottish Bowling Association & Highland Bowling League. All ages & abilities welcome. Call Joan Tomkinson 673847 LEANCHOIL HEALING GROUP

Tuesdays 7pm - 8.30pm At Leanchoil Hospital All welcome Contact Leanchoil Hospital 0845 456 6000 FINDHORN HERITAGE CENTRE AND ICE HOUSE Open 2pm - 5pm daily Jun - Aug; (Sat & Sun only May & Sept.) Discover secrets of the sands, prehistoric to present day & 150-year old underground arched chambers.

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FORRES OVER 60S LUNCH GROUP Fridays 12pm, St Leonards Chuch Hall. 3 course meal. £3.75 per week. Open to anyone 60+. Call Joan Lobbett on 01309 671150 LEANCHOIL HEALING GROUP Tuesdays 7 - 8.30pm at the Hospital. All welcome. Contact Leanchoil Hospital 08454566000 ME MORAY SUPPORT GROUP 2nd Tuesday each month 7pm, Moray Resource Centre, Maisondeu Road, Elgin. Meet with other ME sufferers for support and information. Meetings are free with refreshments provided. www.memoray.org.uk/forum EAGLES BASKETBALL CLUB

FINDHORN TENNIS CLUB 2 full size & 1 short court. Family & young juniors rates available. Adults £50 & Juniors £20 annual subscription for unlimited play. Contact Ros Wright, tel. 691173 or email roswright@tiscali.co.uk or visit www.lta.org. (‘Findhorn’ into the search box)

Developing Basketball in Moray. U12, U14, U16s in Buckie, Elgin & Forres, Adults mixed (Tuesdays 7.30-10pm Elgin Academy) & Adults Women (6.30-8pm Mondays Elgin Academy). If interested in any of the above contact Graham Stewart on 07972 178 790 or elgin.eagles@yahoo.com

BRANCH) Tuesdays 10-11am, Forres House. Low impact exercise class in a relaxed atmosphere. Level - basic to moderate. Age 30+. Call Pam Watson 672971

MORAY COAST MOTORCYCLE CLUB 1st Wednesday every month at Mill House Hotel, Tynet, Buckie. Social ride out’s, fundraisers and more. Visit www.mcmc.org.uk or call Tracey Scott on 07928 444376

Box £39 Big Box £74 ¼ Page £134 ½ Page £254 Business Profile £277 Full Page £480 Discounts available for series FITNESS LEAGUE (FORRES bookings and Black & White SpotLight on Forres is published by Winterburn Media Ltd, Comraich, Woodside Farm, Kinloss IV36 3UA, 01309 690063. All material contained within the SpotLight magazines is subject to formal copyright restrictions and therefore the reproduction of any listings, editorial, advertiser artwork or any other content, without the publishers prior consent, will be considered a breach of copyright.

FORRES OSPREY TRUST Minibus for use of elderly and disabled people from Forres, Kinloss, Findhorn and environs for outings, meetings & clubs. Call Annette Paterson 672355

FORRES & DISTRICT ROUND TABLE Contact Gary Banford 671435 FORRES OAP ASSOCIATION Wed, 1:45pm, Forres Town Hall. Teas, raffle and entertainment. New members welcome. Contact June Kirk tel: 673194

MORAY DISABILITY FORUM We welcome everyone interested, or working in the area of disability to become a member of the group. Call Mike McKenzie, c/o Moray Resource Centre, Elgin. Tel: 07967 440164 MORAY GAELIC GROUP Mondays, 7:30 - 9pm, at Moray

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College. Conversation classes led by volunteer native gaelic speakers. £5 year membership. moraygaelicgroup@uhi.ac.uk www.facebook.com/moraygaelic RAFFORD SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE GROUP Thursdays 8pm-10pm Rafford Village Hall, Oct - Mar. Call Sheila Biggs tel: 672756 RAFFORD WRI 3rd Wednesday each month in Rafford Village Hall. Contact Hazel Roy on 01309 673086 TOO MANY KOOKS Wednesday evenings. Womens acappella singing group, some performing, world music, gospel, scottish etc. Call Kate O’Connell 01343 850266 FREE SOCIAL GROUP Last Thursday every month 7pm Muckle Cross, Elgin. For over 21s in Moray. Walking group, weekends away, attending music, theatre & cinema events. New members always welcome. WALKMORAY (NHS GRAMPIAN) Do YOU want to get more active? WalkMoray offers volunteer-led, short, weekly walks in various locations. For details contact Debbie Barron, Health Walk Co-ordinator on 01343 567172.

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We always like to be positive here at SpotLight. You won’t find horror stories and tales of woe within these pages. We feel that there is plenty enough of that on the TV and in the papers. So our aim here is to be supportive and encouraging to local people to get involved with local activities and to play a part in your community. By engaging with our neighbours this is how we find a real place in society, not by pulling others down.

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Parliament Blog Richard and Angus March chat ...10

Moray Gig Fly the flag for Moray ................20

Travel India ..........................................24

Quarriers Support for young carers ..........28

Clubs & Societies ............................4 Pastoral Letter.................................6 Church Details.................................6 School Term Dates..........................8 Useful Numbers ..............................8

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Pastoral letter and Church Meetings Ch ri st i a n Uni t y – An i d ea l or God’s Plan This year, the week of Christian unity started with the theme “Changed by the Servant Christ”. A devout Monk from Pluscarden Abbey aptly pointed out that we need to be open to change as much as to service if we are to follow where Jesus the master leads us. There is also a sense of privilege in being called to the role of servant for Christ, and, in service of others, we find victory. On that theme the WW2 German Theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer advocated the need to serve one another to engage in victorious living. This surely echoes the text from 1st Corinthians...CH 15 - Thanks be to God who gives us the Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Paradoxically, it was not through

power and wealth that the Church in Poland thrived, during and after the years of Communism. The Church in Poland thrived more through adversity and service... indeed service to an atheist state. A state that worked like a hammer on the Church. But the Church is an anvil that has worn out many a hammer, and will continue to do so today, until the appointed time when Christ shall return in glory. It is interesting that the Church is united more in adversity and at prayer than any other occasions. This unity is not a kind of sameness. The Churches in Poland; Catholic, Orthodox and Reformed relied on solidarity to carry them through the times of trial. And more recently in Iraq, we find Syriac, Orthodox,

Dyke Church - Church of Scotland meets every Sunday at 10am for a family service. On the last Sunday in the month we enjoy fellowship over a cup of tea, email: john_macg@hotmail.com Lighthouse Church meets every Sunday at Clovenside Chapel. Service starts at 10am, refreshments served afterwards. Tel: 676434 or email info@lighthousechurch.co.uk www.lighthousechurch.co.uk Edinkillie Parish - Church of Scotland Sunday Worship 12noon. Contact Mrs A. Young (Session Clerk) tel: 611271 St. Leonards Church meets every Sunday at 10.30am for Family Service - tea and coffee served afterwards.tel:01309 672380, email: donald.prentice@tesco.net visit:www.stleonardschurchforres.com 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 St. Laurence Church meets every Sunday at 10am for Family Service, tel: 672260, email: barryj.boydstlaurence@btinternet.com

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Catholic and Reformed Christians holding together in martyrdom and adversity with precious little support from western Churches. And yet in Baghdad, in spite of daily extremist attacks, bombings, murders and threats, the small Church is serving the new Iraq by brokering peace links and building civil society across the Islamic sectarian divide of Sunis and Shias. Blessed are the peacemakers. So we pray for our fellow Christians in Iraq, under persecution today and for the foreseeable future.

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Rafford Church meets every Sunday at 9.30am for Family Service, our praise is from CH3 and Mission Praise. After the service we enjoy fellowship over a cup of tea and a biscuit. Contact Anne Garrow (Session Clerk) tel: 672930 St. John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church meets every Sunday at 8am for Communion and 10am for Family Communion Service, tel: 672856, email stjohnsforres@btinternet.com or visit www.stjohnsforres.wordpress.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 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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for 2011/2012 (all dates inclusive) Spring Term Ends Friday 30th March 2012 Good Friday Holiday Friday 6th April 2012 Summer Term Starts Monday 16th April 2012 May Day Holiday Monday 7th May 2012 In-service Closure Thursday 17th May 2012 In-service Closure Friday 18th May 2012 Summer Term Ends Thursday 28th June 2012 for 2012/2013 (all dates inclusive)

Autumn Term Starts Tuesday 21st August 2012 Autumn Term Ends Friday 12th October 2012 Winter Term Starts Monday 29th October 2012 In-service Closure Monday 19th November 2012 In-service Closure Tuesday 20th November 2012 Winter Term Ends Fri. 21st December 2012 Spring Term Starts Monday 7th January 2013 Mid-term Holiday Friday 15th February 2013 Mid-term Holiday Monday 18th February 2013

Useful Numbers SCHOOLS Andersons Primary School..........................(01309) 672887 Applegrove Primary School ........................(01309) 672367 Dyke Primary School ..................................(01309) 641275 Dallas Primary School ..................................(01343) 89020 Kinloss Primary School ..............................(01309) 690376 Logie Primary School ..................................(01309) 611258 Moray Steiner School ..................................(01309) 676300 Pilmuir Primary School ................................(01309) 673034 Rose Abbey School ....................................(01309) 691872 Forres Academy ..........................................(01309) 672271 DOCTORS Forres Health Centre ....................................0845 337 1120 Leanchoil Hospital ........................................0845 456 6000 Dr Grays Hospital, Elgin................................0845 456 6000 DENTISTS Orchard Road ..............................................(01309) 675544 Leys ............................................................(01309) 673553 VETS Moray Coast Veterinary Group....................(01309) 672243

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PHARMACIES Lloyds Pharmacy ........................................(01309) 672614 Rowlands Pharmacy ..................................(01309) 672784 Boots ..........................................................(01309) 673370 OTHERS Police Station ................................................0845 600 5700 Bus Station, Elgin .......................................(01343) 544222 Citizens Advice Bureau ...............................(01343) 550088 Dalcross Airport ...........................................(01667) 464000 Dallas Village Hall .......................................(01343) 890243 James Milne Institute (Findhorn) ................(01309) 692365 Rafford District Hall......................................(01309) 674583 Forres Town Hall ..........................................(01309) 675140 Moray Council (Forres).................................(01309) 694000 Moray Council (Elgin) .................................(01343) 543451 National Rail Enquiries ..................................08457 484950 Forres Library ..............................................(01309) 672834 Forres House Com Education Centre ........(01309) 672838

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Rolling Event 6 tuesday - onwards interactive exhibition of modern automata and kinetic art 10am - 5pm, tuesday - saturday at the house of automata, kinloss (next to petrol station). free entry. tel: 01309 691212 for more information or visit www.thehouseofautomata.com

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seated.tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com nairn 10k 2:30pm start. registration from 1-2pm at nairn community centre. for more information visit www.nairnroadrunners.co.uk

6 tuesday the attic @ universal hall 11am & 2pm. findhorn foundation, the park, findhorn. parent & child combined ÂŁ6/ ÂŁ5 concessions. tickets at the phoenix stores 01309 690110 or www.thebooth.co.uk.

8 thursday camerata ritmata 7:30pm. south room, gordonstoun house, gordonstoun school, nr elgin. ÂŁ12/ÂŁ6. visit www.thegcs.org.uk for details, tickets available from www.thebooth.co.uk sound of guns @ ironworks 7:30pm. 14+. tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or www.ironworksvenue.com

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9 friday ian mclaughlin & the outsiders @ ironworks 7:30pm. 14+. for tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

10 saturday women of moray : promoting women's history conference organised by women of moray group and the moray society, in st. giles church, elgin. for more information call elgin museum 01343 543675 or email curator@elginmuseum.org.uk celebrating the community - for further details call 01667 453476, email info@nairncc.co.uk or visit www.nairncommunitycentre.co.uk

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MARCH EVENTS 3rd MARCH – Music Nairn “Joanna MacGregor” Piano .....8.00pm .....................................................................“Nairn 10K” 4th MARCH .....................................................................“Nairn 10th MARCH ................................... “Celebrating the Community” ......................Cinema Nairn “On the Town” Town” 1949(U) 1949(U) 12th MARCH ......................Cinema ea and cakes!) ..............2.00pm (Seniors Special £2.50 including TTea Nairn_“Divertimenti String Quintet” _8.00pm 23rd MARCH Music Nairn_“Divertimenti 2011 (12A) – 7.30pm “Source Code” 2011 30th MARCH Cinema Nairn – “Source **Coming up in April “Pallywags” new touring stage show for children** elephone 01667 453476, For further details TTelephone e-mail, info@nairncc.co.uk or check out our website www.nairncommunitycentre.co.uk at www .nairncommunitycentre.co.uk

11 sunday mundole equestrian show jumping contact 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com nazareth @ ironworks 7:30pm. for tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

12 monday cinema nairn seniors special ‘on the town’ 1949 (u) 98 mins 2pm, nairn community & arts centre, king street. £2.50 incl. tea & bakes. tel 01667 455701

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14 wednesday how to grow alpine bulbs 7.30pm. the highland rock garden club hosts an illustrated talk by expert susan band of pitcairn nursery, nairn community centre, king street. tel: 01320 366246 children 1st gardener’s question time 7pm for 7:30 pm start. st christopher’s chapel, gordonstoun school, duffus. tickets £5 available from royan the butchers, johnstons of elgin, A&I supplies & beaver travel, elgin. NADFAS fine art lecture 11.00am, sherwood suite, eight acres hotel, elgin. 'travel broadens the mind: artists and their travels from van eyck to gaugin' delivered by clare ford-wille. visitors welcome.

15 thursday fatherson @ ironworks 7:30pm. 14+. tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

16 friday the johnny cash roadshow @ ironworks 7:30pm. seated. tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

17 saturday the dangleberries @ ironworks 7:30pm. tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or www.ironworksvenue.com

18 sunday mundole equestrian british dressage and unaffiliated dressage closing date 9th march. contact 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com push @ universal hall 7:30pm. findhorn foundation, the park, findhorn. tickets £10/ £8 concs/ £6 U16s available at the phoenix stores 01309 690110 or www.thebooth.co.uk.

20 tuesday - 23 friday ‘the science of the olympics’ primary school festival for P7 at moray college. focuses on the human body with interactive workshops and activities. call 01343 576319 or email samantha.bright@moray.uhi.ac.uk

21 wednesday the peatbog faeries @ universal hall 7:30pm. findhorn foundation, the park, findhorn. tickets £15/

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MARCH 2012 continued £13 concessions available at the phoenix stores 01309 690110 or www.thebooth.co.uk.

23 friday black stone cherry @ ironworks 7:30pm. over 14s. tickets or information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com music nairn presents divertimenti string quintet 8pm, nairn community and arts centre. playing schubert, glazunov & frank martin. tickets £18 / members £14 / students £2. tel 01667 455701

TOWN HALL FORRES Friday 30th March, 6.30.pm - Ticket £8

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24 saturday steve hughes @ ironworks 7:30pm. for tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com ‘the science of the olympics’ family day 10am - 5pm at moray college, elgin. focuses on the human body with workshops and activities. family ticket £20 for 7 hrs (2 adults + 3 kids or 1 adult + 4 kids) or individual tickets £6. for info call 01343 576319 or email samantha.bright@moray.uhi.ac.uk

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25 sunday mundole equestrian show jumping contact 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com salsa celtica @ ironworks 7:30pm. for tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com zumba party 3pm-4:30pm, forres town hall. tickets £5, in aid of habitat for humanity. call 07740896223 for more information. lunch and concert recital at brodie castle 1pm. by music for a while with special guest, adrian boorman, countertenor. booking essential - 08444 932 156 or brodiecastle@nts.org.uk

28 wednesday richard durrant @ universal hall 7:30pm. findhorn foundation, the park, findhorn. tickets £10/ £8 conc / £6 u16 available at the phoenix stores 01309 690110 or www.thebooth.co.uk.

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30 friday the moray society lecture series continues 7pm, elgin museum hall. a musical evening "simply music" by glenn munro & partner donations £3, £2 for society members. refreshments will be available. phil cool @ ironworks 7pm. 16+. seated. tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or www.ironworksvenue.com cinema nairn presents ‘source code’ 2011 (12a) 93 mins 7:30pm, nairn community & arts centre, king street. £5 adults, £3 under 18. tel 01667 455701 the syndicate presents a night of thrash & death metal 8pm, flanagans bar, elgin. ‘thrashist regime’ debut and ‘bonesaw’ make a welcome return. £5 entry. email thesyndicate2008@btinternet.com or visit www.facebook.com/thesyndicate2008 ian white in concert 7:30pm, st. leonard’s church, forres. part of 2012 ‘sound & vision’ tour by scottish, contemporary, christian, singer/songwriter, ian white. tickets £5 at the door or call 01309 676769. antique valuation evening & talk 6:30pm, forres town hall. tickets £8, includes a valuation (extra valuations £3) wine & savouries. hosted by lyon and turnbull auctioneers. limited tickets available on door. apply for tickets: k mitcalfe, milton brodie, forres, iv36 2ua. 01343 850281. in aid of riding for the disabled & st johns, forres

31 saturday cloud man @ universal hall 4pm. findhorn foundation, the park, findhorn. tickets £6/ £5 conc / £4 u16 available at the phoenix stores 01309 690110 or www.thebooth.co.uk. highland hospice fundraiser @ ironworks 7:30pm. 18+. with special guests ‘the complete stone roses’. tickets or info tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit the website www.ironworksvenue.com handmade in scotland spring craft fair 10am - 1pm, lossiemouth high school. free entry, free tea & coffee & free facepainting. charity raffle for ladybird group. email islaandesme@gmail.com more info.

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APRIL 2012 in brief 1 sunday wedding fair at brodie castle 12pm - 4pm. free entry. meet with wedding suppliers & consider your wedding in a castle. call 08444 932 156 or email brodiecastle@nts.org.uk 4 wednesday himalayan primula 7.30pm. the highland rock garden club hosts an illustrated talk by pam eveleigh, international travelling speaker and outstanding photographer from calgary, canada. nairn community centre, king street. tel:01320 366246 6 friday the wee man presents nedator to land @ ironworks 7pm. seated. 16+. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 7 saturday ironworks easter showcase 7pm. over 14s. 8 top quality acts from around the highlands. tickets or info tel: 0871 7894173 or www.ironworksvenue.com 7 saturday - 9 monday cadbury easter egg trails at brodie castle 10:30am - 4pm. free entry. lots of giant outdoor games, face painters and more. call 08444 932 156 or visit www.nts.org.uk 14 saturday - 15 sunday twin atlantic @ ironworks 7:30pm. over 14s. for tickets or more information tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com daffodil festival at brodie castle 1:30 - 4:30pm. daffodil teas with entertainment by elgin, strathspey & reel society. daffodil walks with the gardens team, part of scotland's gardens scheme; drawing room display "a host of golden daffodils". 0844 493 2156

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28 Saturday annual spring flower show plants, stalls and coffee morning. 10.30am. scottish rock garden national show opens at midday (approx.). nairn community centre, king street. tel: 01320 366246

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29 sunday mundole equestrian british dressage and unaffiliated dressage closing date 20th april. contact 07901 602042 or visit www.mundoleequestrian.com

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Bien Trouvé (transl: Well Founded) is a replica of a French design from the type of boat that would have carried the ship’s captain to and from his man o’war. Based in Findhorn this charity offers a challenge for all in a controlled environment by handling, sailing and rowing a fast traditional gig www.moraygig.com, www.thamesdiamondjubilee pageant.org It is intended to produce a booklet about Moray and what goes on in the county for wide distribution. There will be space for advertising, good luck

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