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The Free Community Information website - Free to view and Free to upload your listings. View our entire database of Clubs and Societies, Trades Listings, What’s On Diary, Restauarants, Reviews and articles, Schools, Holidays Tides, Useful Numbers and more... CLUBS & SOCIETIES 1ST FORRES SCOUT GROUP 4 sections for Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers, male and female, ages from 6-18. Always looking for adult leadership to join too. Meet on Bank Lane in the Scout Hut. For info call the Group Scout Leader on 675569 or email first forresscouts.scouts @hotmail.co.uk ALVES CHURCH GUILD Call Mrs Butler 01343 850209 BRODIE INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Mon & Wed, 7pm - 9:30pm at Dyke & District Hall. Starts 16th September. Call Sandy Burgess on 01309 674924 CHILDREN 1ST FORRES AND DISTRICT ACTION GROUP Raising money for Children 1st through various events. If you are interested in finding out more call Jane Lyon 01309 674058 CHRISTIANS TOGETHER IN FORRES Fridays, 10:30am - 2pm at the Tolbooth for tea & coffee,

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fellowship, Christian lending Library and charity goods for sale. All welcome. DIABETES UK MORAY Support for people with diabetes and their carers. For details visit moray.diabetesukgroup.org or email moraydiabetesukgroup @yahoo.co.uk DYKE & DISTRICT COMMUNITY HALL/ DYKE CHURCH Last Wednesday of every month. 10:30am - 1pm at Dyke Village Hall. Join us for Coffee, Home Baking and Chat. All welcome. Entry £2. for info email dykevillagehall.co.uk FINDHORN FLYERS Every Friday, 10:30am - 11:30am in James Milne Institute (Village Hall) Findhorn. Keep fit for the young at heart. £3 per session, includes refreshments. For info call Sue Horn on 01309 691309 FORRES & DISTRICT ROUND TABLE Contact Gary Banford 671435 FORRES AREA FORUM 1st Wednesday every month, 7pm-9pm in Forres Community Centre. For everyone who cares about Forres. For information call 01309 676936 or email forresareaforum@btinternet.com FORRES ARTHRITIS SUPPORT GROUP Last Thurs each month, Forres Town Hall. Speakers & demos. Contact Marie McKay 673505 FORRES ‘BALL’ GROUP ‘Be Active Life Long’. Thurs 10am - 12noon, Forres House. Exercise to music for over 60’s group. Contact 672838 FORRES TENNIS CLUB Club nights & mornings, coaching sessions and more. Social tennis where there will always be someone to partner up with. All ages, all abilities, all welcome. For more info email forrestennisclub@outlook.com

FORRES TENNIS CLUB Club nights & mornings, coaching sessions and more. Social tennis where there will always be someone to partner up with. All ages, all abilities, all welcome. Email forrestennisclub@outlook.com for more information GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND (NAIRN & MORAY BRANCH) New branch volunteers needed. Call 0118 983 5555 IMPROVER LINE DANCING CLUB FOR OVER 50S Wednesday 2pm, Masonic Hall, Forres. £3.50. Easy routines for fitness and fun Call Jenny Duncan (ukaptd h/c) on 01463 233151 or Jacqui tel: 672019 INVERNESS FIELD ARCHERY CLUB Available to interested parties wishing to take up archery and are located in Nairn, Forres, Elgin and all surrounding areas. Contact Secretary, Gerry Parks on 01667 462219 (evenings) or 07801 593 637. Visit invernessfieldarcheryclub.webed en.co.uk LOSSIE LADIES NETBALL Wednesdays, 7.30pm - 9.30pm, Lossiemouth Community Centre For players 18+. £5 per session. A fun, friendly way of keeping fit and enjoying netball. Welcomes newcomers and returners of all abilities. Also competes in the Highland & Moray Netball League for those players who wish to. For info call 01343 815299 MACMILLAN CANCER RELIEF (FORRES BRANCH) Contact Sue Hellon, Secretary on 01309 678875 MORAVIAN ORIENTEERS All ages welcome. Contact Dr Douglas Murray 672545 or email douglas.murray9 @btinternet.com MORAY DISABILITY FORUM We welcome everyone interested, or working in the area of disability to become member

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of the group. Call Irena Paterson (Chairperson) on 01343 545663 or 01343 546968 or email irenaandneil@btinternet.com MORAY VETERANS BREAKFAST CLUB 1st Saturday of the month, 11am at the Red Lion, Tolbooth St, Forres. Open to veterans and serving personnel of all services and their friends and families. Enjoy military banter, get peer support and information on the issues affecting veterans. Find them at MVBC Moray Veterans Breakfast Club on facebook..6 QUASAR HOCKEY CLUB Wednesdays at Elgin Academy. P3-7 • S1-S2 • S3-S6 (New Starts / Players) 6pm - 7.30pm. U16, U18 and Adults 7pm - 9pm. Open to males and females of any ability. For more information contact Pete Bavidge at kqcoach@aol.com or visit www.quasarhockeyclub.co.uk RIDING FOR THE DISABLED (FORRES, NAIRN & DISTRICT) Volunteer with this small friendly group at Burgie on Mondays 9:15am - 11:15am or 11am 1pm, or all morning during term time. No experience necessary. Training will be given. The time you give provides long lasting therapeutic benefit to the children. call 01343 890745 or email forresnairnrda@gmail.com WALKMORAY (NHS GRAMPIAN) Do YOU want to get more active? WalkMoray offers volunteer-led, short, weekly walks in various locations. For info, contact the Healthpoint: 01343 567842.

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Someone asks - how is it that the US, one of the greatest “Superpowers” of the day, have ended up with Trump and Clinton.This set me thinking. How indeed I thought. Maybe we have all missed something, maybe the process of democracy, as potentially flawed as all systems of democracy are, have delivered up these candidates precisely because it can. I asked myself whether we might ever see the like in the UK and my mind turned back to some of our previous leaders and if we look hard enough there are quite a few “characters” among them. Food for thought perhaps?“

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For children it is a time of fun and enjoyment with Halloween and Bonfires and Fireworks displays. November is

War. Here is the poem:

freedoms we enjoy today.

“ Today, as I rode by, I saw the brown leaves dropping from their tree In a still afternoon, When no wind whirled them whistling to the sky, But thickly, silently, They fell, like snowflakes wiping out the noon; And wandered slowly thence For thinking of a gallant multitude which now all withering lay, Slain by no wind of age or pestilence, But in their beauty strewed Like snowflakes falling on the Flemish clay.”

May we never give up lightly or easily those freedoms. And may we never fall into apathy when wrongdoing has to be challenged, or we too may be called on to make that same sacrifice.

also a time when nature goes to sleep for the Winter. Among the birds,

the

Summer visitors in the trees and hedgerows have long since flown south, following the sun. Perhaps most obvious of all are the piles of brown coloured fallen leaves , with barely a few signs of greenery left on the branches.

“The Falling Leaves” is the title of a poem by Margaret Postgate-Coles which she wrote in 1915 to compare the multitude of fallen leaves with the men who had fallen in the First Word

Yes in November we also remember the fallen in those visitations called war, caused mainly by human greed and lust for power. This is not of God! However, as Edmund Burk, the Philiosopher stated, “ For evil to triumph, it is sufficent for good men to do nothing.” Peace and justice are bought at a price and someone has to make the sacrifce and pay the price. So with grateful hearts we remember and thank those people, many in their youth, who paid the ultimate price for the

Caroline Street Gospel Hall Gospel Service, Sundays at 12:15pm Tel: 01309 674375. Email: glcinfo@tiscali.co.uk Dyke Church - Church of Scotland Sunday worship 10am. Family service. Tea/coffee and fellowship after every service. Contact Mrs Jane Foster on 01309 641257 (Session Clerk) Edinkillie Parish - Church of Scotland Sunday worship 11.30am. Contact Mrs Panny Laing (Session Clerk): 01309 611278. Kinloss, Findhorn & Alves Church of Scotland Alternating weekly. Kinloss and Findhorn 10am. Alves first Sunday of each month at 11.30am. Tel: Corinne Davies on 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: http://thelighthousechurch.wix.com/home#! 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 Anne Garrow (session clerk):

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The Gospel of Jesus Christ gives good news to us all. In the battle with evil and sin, He, Jesus, has paid the price for us and made the ultimate sacrifice . All people who decide to commit their lives to God through Jesus Christ can rejoice in that Good News.

In the book of Isaiah, Ch 53 and verse 6 we read...” All we like sheep have gone astray. We have turned each one to his own way. And the Lord has laid on HIM the iniquity of us all.” This is a message of hope and good news for all who follow Jesus.

Rev Donald Prentice St Leonards

01309 672930. St John the Evangelist Scottish Episcopal Church Sundays 8am: communion. 10am: family communion. Tel: 01309 672856. Email: stjohnsforres@btinternet.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 Leonards 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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School Term Dates for 2016/2017 (all dates inclusive) Winter Term Starts Mon 24th Oct 2016 In-Service Day Mon 14th Nov 2016 In-Service Day Tues 15th Nov 2016 Winter Term Ends Thurs 22nd Dec 2016 Christmas Holiday Starts Fri 23rd Dec 2016 Christmas Holiday Ends Fri 6th Jan 2017 Spring Term Starts Mon 9th Jan 2017 Mid Term Holiday Fri 10th Feb 2017 Mid Term Holiday Mon 13th Feb 2017 Spring Term Ends Fri 31st Mar 2017

Spring Holiday Starts Spring Holiday Ends Summer Term Starts Occasional Day Forres May Day Holiday In-Service Day In-Service Day Summer Term Ends Summer Holiday Starts

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Useful Contacts SCHOOLS Alves Primary ..............................................01343 850247 Andersons Primary School ..........................01309 672887 Applegrove Primary School ........................01309 672367 Dyke Primary School ..................................01309 641275 Dallas Primary School..................................01343 890206 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 Moray Cats Protection ................................07837 342646 Railway Mission ..........................................078419 85768 DOCTORS NHS 24 ..........................................................................111 Forres Health Centre ..................................0345 337 1120 NHS Grampian Switchboard ......................0345 456 6000 PHARMACIES Clear Pharmacy ..........................................01309 672614 Rowlands Pharmacy ..................................01309 672784 Boots ..........................................................01309 673370 page 8 - November 2016

DENTISTS Orchard Road ..............................................01309 675544 Leys ..............................................................01309 673553 VETS Moray Coast Veterinary Group ....................01309 672243 OTHERS Police Station ................................................................101 Bus Station, Elgin .........................................01343 544222 Citizens Advice Bureau ...............................01343 550088 Inverness Airport .........................................01667 464000 Dallas Village Hall.........................................01343 890243 James Milne Institute (Findhorn) ................01309 692365 Rafford District Hall ......................................01309 675949 Forres Town Hall ..........................................01309 675140 Moray Council (Forres) ................................01309 694000 Moray Council (Elgin)...................................01343 543451 National Rail Enquiries ................................03457 484950 Forres Library ..............................................01309 672834 Forres House Com Education Centre..........01309 672838 To add a contact or to make an amendment to existing linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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Tailored education from 3-18 years What is the true purpose of our education system? Why do we sit at desks for much of the day at school for over ten years? Are we teaching our pupils the life skills they need? Drumduan School, Clovenside Road, Forres, Moray, IV36 2RD 01309 676300 Drumduan Kindergarten Due to increased demand the Kindergarten at Drumduan School in Forres is creating additional places for children aged 3 to 6. Council funded morning places are now available, and afternoon care is provided for children aged 4 to 8. In a recent report, Education Scotland said that Drumduan provides “a stimulating, creative and supportive ethos for learning.” Contact tina@drumduan.org or call 01309 676300. See www.drumduan.org

The Baptist Church in Forres

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10:30 Every Sunday Morning Evening Meeting at 18:30 Every Sunday at Clovenside Chapel, Clovenside Rd We extend a very warm invitation to anyone who would like to come and join us, as we follow and worship the Lord Jesus Christ our great God and Saviour.

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The Newton Hotel 2016

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The Free Community Information website - Free to view and Free to upload your listings. View our entire database of Clubs and Societies, Trades Listings, What’s On Diary, Restauarants, Reviews and articles, Schools, Holidays Tides, Useful Numbers and more... PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES I’m delighted to have the opportunity to contribute to this edition of Spotlight as one of your regional MSPs. I was elected in May and cover the entire Highlands and Islands region which includes Moray. Tea in the Park at Glenlivet Hall was one of my highlights this summer. Every day through August you could get an excellent lunch or tea and cakes made by the volunteers with all the proceeds spent locally. The day we went, there was a large group in, so the only tables left were outside. My peanut and broccoli soup was outstanding and made all the better by eating it al fresco in Speyside! I hope whatever you did over the summer you had a good time. Now we’re well into the autumn, the few days of sunshine we had are a distant memory!

I recently had the great pleasure of meeting organisers and runners at the weekly Elgin Parkrun to mark the 12th Anniversary of the parkrun movement. Hundreds of parkruns take place around the world and in Elgin alone over 100 volunteers help to make it work for the now well over 1,000 people who have taken part. It is a fantastic way for folk to improve their fitness with like minded people with feeling self-conscious and meeting other folk. "There are walkers, joggers and runners taking part with the aim being improved health and wellbeing. A great initiative right on our doorstep….and it’s completely free to join in! Check it out online at: www.parkrun.org.uk/elgin.

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Welcoming is very much a part of CLAN Cancer Support’s work with those affected by a cancer diagnosis and the family and friends who support them during that time. CLAN do an amazing job with the dedicated staff and volunteers at their office in Elgin and in the outreach work they do throughout the Moray area and I’m delighted that we’re able to support CLAN Cancer Support through our annual competition. If you have children or grandchildren who’d like to enter our competition the deadline for entries is the 18th November and they can be sent directly to our offices at 9 Wards Road, Elgin, IV30 1NL.

Angus Robertson MP

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LOW TIDE TIMES FOR FINDHORN IN NOVEMBER

Each year myself and Angus Robertson hold a Christmas Card competition for children in Moray to take part in, to raise money for a nominated local charity. This year our nominated charity is Moray CLAN Cancer Support with kids being asked to design a card with the theme of ‘Welcoming’.

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1.30pm-4pm

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x Find out more about what helps people recover from mental health problems.

Elgin-

5.30pm-8pm

Elgin Library Activity Room, IV30 1HS

x Hear from others about their recovery journeys and what recovery means to them.

Buckie-

1.30pm-4pm

Buckie Library, AB56 1HB

Lossiemouth-

5.30pm-8pm

Youth Café, IV31 6DF

x Learn about how writing and sharing stories can help people in their recovery.

Buckie-

10.30am-1pm

Phoenix (fully booked)

Keith-

2.30pm-5pm

Sports & Community Centre Circular Room, AB55 5GT

x Get information about the projects and resources that are available to maintain good mental health and wellbeing. x Find out about #YouChoose a new Moray participatory budget fund for supporting community mental health initiatives.

Tues 15 Nov

Wed 16 Nov

Thurs 17 Nov

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Gospel Meeting - Each Sunday, 12.30pm Prayer and Bible Study - Tuesdays at 7pm. Senior Citizens - Monday, 7th November at 2.30pm. All Welcome. And it shall be, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Acts 2:21)

craft cafe 7pm - 9pm, tolbooth, the high street, forres. £3.50. wool craft evening: meet the makers, demos, make & take, kits to buy, refreshments. all welcome. 12-16 with an adult. for info email forrescrafters@gmail.com

26 wednesday the drouthy cobbler comedy club 7.30pm - 9.30pm, @the drouthy cobbler. £12. tom speight 7pm - 10pm@hootananny, inverness. soup & coffee morning 11am - 1pm, dyke & district village hall. jointly run bydyke & district village hall and dyke church. all welcome.

27 thursday teyr @hootananny, inverness. 9.30pm - 12am. moray jazz club tbc 8pm - 10.30pm, moray jazz club, borough briggs road, elgin. £4 (members). £6 (non-members). contact:tom mcpherson at morayjazz@gmail.com.

28 friday the nordic fiddlers bloc@ universal hall 8pm. visit universalhall.co.uk. an evening of moody & sankey 7pm at dyke parish church in aid of dyke church access 4 all. donations appreciated. refreshments at 8pm after singing. for info contact alison on 07702 985747 or visit dykeandedinkillie.org.uk. birlinn jiarg 8pm - 10pm@the drouthy cobbler. £10 visit thedrouthycobbler.co.uk.

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07518 518736 or mwa on 01343 548549 or r&r urquhart, high street, forres. an evening of burlesque 7pm@the ironworks, ÂŁ20 over 18s. visit ironworksvenue.com. coffee morning 10am - 12pm, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. ÂŁ2. raising funds for alzheimer scotland, elgin branch for the monday club. raffle, stalls, homebakes. baby show & happy mums market 10am - 4pm , elgin town hall. ÂŁ2, children free.largest pregnancy & baby event in the north offering services, products & advice to families plus mums market, 10am-1pm. harvest supper 7pm, pluscarden hall. adults ÂŁ12, children ÂŁ6. with entertainment. contact: pluscardenhall@gmail.com. a guy called gerald 10.30pm@ironworks. ÂŁ10. visit www.ironworksvenue.com. spooky saturday 12pm - 4pm@the loft. halloween party. dancing to spooky tunes, face painting, etc. details on the website and facebook. for info call 01343 850111 or visit eastgrange.co.uk. music nairn: william howard, pianist - pieces from mendelshon, schumann, lizst, schubert & chopin. 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. tickets at door or from music nairn. contact: 01667 455701. a halloween ball in the hall in aid of logan's fund 7pm - 12am, lossiemouth town hall. adults ÂŁ5, children ÂŁ3. open to all ages but u18s must be accompanied by an adult. themed buffet, disco, fancy dress, etc

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treasures of the falconer museum, forres: speaker liz trevethick 7pm- 8pm, forres library. free. talk includes a selection of 'mystery objects' & a short film about 19th century museum founder, hugh falconer.

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NOVEMBER 2016 1 tuesday alzheimer scotland cafe at the green 10.30am 12pm, the bowling green pavillion, st catherine's road, forres. all welcome. contact shirley mackenzie on 01343 552080/07584 408209.

2 wednesday scottish opera: "a little bit of figaro" 1.30pm - 4pm, st giles church, elgin. £12. asst director & some of the singers from eden court provide music & behind the scenes. refreshments at interval. contact: fiona royce on 01309 672519 or fiona.royce@btinternet.com. nairn u3a: everyone has a voice - social media & digital inclusivity 1.45pm, nairn community & arts centre. all welcome. contact: pauline on 01667 453373. visit www.nairnu3a.org.uk

3 thursday sarah-jane scott quintet at the moray jazz club. 7.30pm - 10.30pm, moray jazz club, borough briggs road, elgin. £4 (members). £6 (non-members). email tom mcpherson at morayjazz@gmail.com. visit www.morayjazzclub.co.uk. mah jong: "meet eleanor, wallie & suzie q - an eternal triangle" 11am - 1pm, harvest centre (next door to yeadon's bookshop). beginners welcome. email hce.roombookings@gmail.com. visit www.spanglefish.com/harvestcentremahjongclub. hippotherapy & keeping your horse healthy in winter 7pm, dyke & district hall. tickets £4 in advance, £5 on the night. fundraiser for the rda, with a talk by brid walsh, alba physiotherapy. contact: claire doughty on 07846145050 or claire@chitchat.scot. also sonia howell (rda)/moray coast vet group on 01309 641363 or soniaghowell@gmail.com admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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“battle of the somme” - special screening of 1916 film by the w.f.a. *& film forres 6pm (doors open) at forres town hall. music by laura rossi. wwi songs by kinloss military wives’ choir. entry by donation & proceeds to service charities. contact derek bird on 01343 876562 or derek.bird876@gmail.com. "observing uranus and neptune" - speaker: mike lunan of the caithness astronomy group. 7pm for 7.30pm, birnie village hall, thornhill, elgin.nonmembers welcome. refreshments (for a small donation). contact: stan barber at stan@sigmaastro.co.uk. visit sigma-astro.co.uk

5 saturday christian aid coffee morning 10am - 12pm, st leonard's church hall, high street, forres. £2.

6 sunday brodie castle 10k time tbc, brodie castle. formerly the dyke 10k - follows much of the same route but starts & finishes at Brodie Castle.

7 monday moray field club: agm & a talk on "trees for life" by alan watson featherstone 7pm for agm at lounge, elgin town hall. non-members welcome to attend talk at 7.45pm. for info call 01309 676884.

8 tuesday greyfriars club: tea & competitions 6.30pm (doors open), elgin town hall

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