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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 (3 months - 18 months, £1.50), Forres House Community Centre. Call Emma on 07973 491963 CHILDREN 1ST FORRES & DISTRICT ACTION GROUP A group of fundraising volunteers who meet approximately fuur times a year to plan & carry out events to raise money for Children 1st.

Call Louise on 01309 672521 if you would like to get involved.

DALLAS MINIATURE RIFLE CLUB Mon & Wed (Oct - Mar), 7.30pm10pm, Dallas Rifle Club. To promote safe handling & instruction in competitive target shooting. Call Neil Sutherland on 01343 890243 FELLOWSHIP OF HEALING FOR THE HIGHLANDS Mon,10.30am - 12.30pm, the Tollbooth, Forres. Offering healing prayer. Call 07835 583820 FINDHORN COASTAL ROWING CLUB Wed, Sat & Sun evenings. Our rowing shed is in between the Kimberley & the piers,Small organisation made up of volunteers. Anyone over 16 years old welcome. www.findhorncoastalrowing.co.uk FINDHORN COFFEE MORNINGS Wed, 10.30am - 12pm, Findhorn Village Hall. Coffee & tea with cakes & gossip.

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

Volunteering opportunities, School Savings Clubs, financial

education. Call 01309 676735 or email at info@forres-cu.co.uk www.forresareacreditunion.co.uk FORRES ARTHRITITS SUPPORT GROUP Last Thurs of month, Forres Town Hall. Speakers & demos.

Call Marie McKay on 01309 673505 FORRES BLUEFINS SWIMMING CLUB Various training sessions for all levels of competitive swimmers.

Regular intakes throughout the year. Call Kaye on 01343 890423 or email bluefins@hotmail.co.uk 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 COMMUNITY WOODLANDS TRUST Our vision is to maintain & enhance the Trust’s woodlands as bio-diverse habitats which provide recreational & educational opportunities. 20 Tolbooth Street, Forres. Call Gisela MacFarquhar on 01309 673230 or email at fcwt.secretary@gmail.com FORRES FOOTPATHS TRUST Dedicated to establishing a network of walks in & around Forres, but also to protecting wildlife & enhancing the local environment. The Trust has developed a number of walks around the town. Call Brad Chappell on 01309 675501 or at forresfootpathstrust@gmail.com www.forresfootpathstrust.org.uk FORRES KNIT & NATTER 2nd Thurs of month, 10.30am 12pm, Varis Court Sheltered Housing, North Street, Forres.

Knitting, crochet, cross stitch, embroidery, papercrafts. For any who are living with dementia or experiencing difficulties with their memory, incl family members.

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FORRES RAMBLERS 1st Sat of month, 9.30am, bottom of car park (opposite Applegrove School). Call Carolyn Boyd on 01309 672286 FORRES TENNIS CLUB All ages, all abilities, all welcome”. Club Nights - Friday evenings, courts available from 6.30pm. Come along and enjoy social tennis where there will always be someone to partner up with and have a game!

Call Julia Thomas on 01343 890742 KINLOSS COFFEE MORNING Thurs, 10.30am & a Soup & Sweet lunch the last Thurs of month, 12pm, Kinloss Church Hall.

only. Find us on Facebook. www.lgbtmoray.co.uk MORAY JUNIOR CURLING CLUB Wed (Sept - Mar, term time only), 5pm, the Ice Rink, Moray Leisure Centre. Call Sandra MacIver on 01309 673855 or 07817 106662 QUARRIERS UNPAID CARERS CAFE - FORRES 3rd Wed of month, 2pm - 4pm, McKenzie+Cruickshank, Forres.

Fun, free, friendly social group for unpaid carers in Moray. Drop in & 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

SING FOR PEACE LGBT + MORAY A weekly singing group open to 3rd Sat, 10.30am, The Mosset all. Acappella harmony songs of Moray Trusses May 18.pdf 1 O'connell 19/03/2018 Tavern, Forres. A social group for peace.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings What is truth?

Topping the list in the Collins Dictionary Words of the Year 2017 was the expression 'fake news'. It seemed to come out of nowhere, but hardly a day now passes without we hear it used to refute an inconvenient news report. The expression might be a newcomer to the English language, but the behaviour it describes is far from new. Some 2,000 years ago, when the Lord Jesus stood before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judaea, Pilate asked a question that has echoed down through the ages: "What is truth?" (John 18.38).

Whether the Roman was being cynical or sincere we do not know, but we do know what prompted his cry. In response to Pilate's previous question, "Art thou a king then?", Jesus had said "Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice". In the midst of a barrage of lies and false accusations, the Lord Jesus stood with holy dignity and claimed that every word He had uttered had been undiluted truth. Indeed, earlier, He had spoken words that many a child has committed

to memory in Sunday School: "I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me" (John 14.6).

How can any man rightly claim that all his words are true? Note carefully the Lord's words to Pilate: "To this end was I born …" - so He was truly a man. But then He said, "and for this cause came I into the world" - so He was pre-existent, a statement of His deity. Paul summed it up like this: "great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh" (1 Timothy 3.16). Not only did the Lord Jesus never lie, but He could not lie - "God … cannot lie" (Titus 1.2).

Therefore His words are worthy of all trust and, in a world so confused by 'fake news', the absolute verity of the words of Christ is a wonderful assurance. His words were never vague, and His promises were never vain. When he said "He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life" (John 5.24), He was uttering unshakeable and irrefutable truth. Those who hear and believe "the gospel of God … concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 1.1, 3) become

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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possessors of everlasting life, and have the divine promise that they will not face judgment for their sins. The Lord's statement would be 'fake news' if He were merely a man, but it is 'good news' (the meaning of the word 'gospel') because He is the Son of God. "The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world" (1 John 4.14).

Of course, if the Biblical record of the Lord's words is to be trusted, then we must have confidence that the Bible also is true. The world has known many spiritual leaders, and their devotees always claim their words to be true. So, we come back to Pilate's question: "What is truth?". The Bible can be trusted as the inspired Word of God, not least because of its amazing origins.

Forty different authors, from different backgrounds, over a period of more than 1,500 years, without collusion, produced a Book that consistently and harmoniously declares the truth of God. Have you read it? The psalmist wrote "The entrance of thy words giveth light" (Psalm 119.130), and the Lord Jesus said "Thy word is truth" (John 17.17).

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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 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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Parliament Blog & Tide Times The Tattie Holidays are here and the long, hot summer now seems like a distant memory.

When the temperatures in Moray were higher than we would normally experience on an exotic holiday, you know it has been quite an exceptional year. As autumn is a precursor for long winter months, many people will be concerned about the downgrading of the maternity unit at Dr Gray’s and the mothers who are due to give birth in Moray but now may have to travel to Aberdeen or Inverness to have their child during the winter. There has been a great campaign launched by local people to retain these services but both maternity and paediatric care needs to be returned to Dr Gray’s to the levels we enjoyed before the recent changes. We want to attract people to our area, but as more services are centralised within NHS Grampian, even if just for a limited amount of time, the less appealing Moray becomes for individuals and families.

The professionalism and care offered by staff at Dr Gray’s is second to none, but they need the support of the Health Board and the Scottish Government to ensure the services we need in Moray are delivered in Moray.

I was delighted to celebrate the first anniversary of the Scottish Government’s Baby-box scheme recently. More than 52,000 boxes have been distributed across Scotland and the latest survey showed 100% satisfaction – certainly something to be proud of! The box contains lots of useful items for the new baby’s first weeks of life and it can itself be used as a sleeping space. The boxes are having a real impact on families receiving them, and demonstrate that as a society, we value each and every child. It was great to see the box take its place in history in the Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh and have an opportunity to meet “the Baby box generation” – one of whom was toddling already – time flies!

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For a number of years, I have been campaigning to persuade Historic Environment Scotland to develop the famous Dallas Dhu and I am delighted that at long last they are seeking external investment to write a new chapter in the distillery’s story.

Dallas Dhu is spectacular and unique and is Scotland’s only historic distillery with the potential to restart production of a famous whisky at a time when the industry is booming and also to play a wider role in the Scotch whisky sector and tourism.

Interested parties are now being formally invited to come forward and over the years I’ve had exciting and creative ideas suggested by very serious players in the industry and now these can be taken forward.

Speyside is at the heart of scotch whisky production and with imagination and ambition we can open an exciting new chapter in the Dallas Dhu story providing a huge boost for Moray and Speyside and the wider economy.

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sigma: astrophotography; speaker - eric walker, highlands astronomical society on imaging the night sky 7pm for 7.30pm, birnie village hall, nr elgin. motorheadache@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm, battle of the bands heat 6: semi finals 8.30pm, the playhouse, nairn music nairn: leon mccawley (piano) plays beethoven & schubert 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £19/15/3. www.musicnairn.org.uk

5 friday - 7 sunday pictish arts society conference: reception on fri, conference on sat, field trip on sun 9am - 5.15pm on sat, elgin museum hall, 1 high street, elgin. £25. call 23/08/2018 09:07 janet trythall on 01343543675 or email at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk

6 saturday findhorn scottish teas 2pm, findhorn village centre homemade cakes & savouries. fresh tea & coffee. call mo hyde on 01309 692339 or email at findhornvillagecentre@gmail.com proud ness 9am-midnight, inverness city centre & eden court (day), mercure hotel (evening disco) large-scale event for lgbti+ people & allies. parade, stalls, arts & crafts, speakers, entertainment, evening disco. email support@proud-ness.org moray ramblers: boat of garten to grantown on spey 8am, community centre, elgin route via forres bookings essential by wed prior to walk. call donnie mcdonald on 07809 480768 or email at bookings@morayramblers.org.uk is the un capable of achieving peace?: speaker vijay mehta, chair of uniting for peace, global peace ambassador, distinguished author speaks about the scourge of war 2pm - 4pm, st leonard's church hall. free entry - donations welcome. call jo fry on 078551 189580 or email at csfry33@gmail.com

7 sunday homelessness sunday various events throughout moray & the highlands. please check your local press, etc for details steam@alford tbc, grampian transport museum, montgarrie road, alford. adult: £8; concession: £6; child: £1. demonstrations & arena activities. call 01975 562292 or email at info@gtm.org.uk. ainglean gheata spiritualist church: deena mcbride, nairn 7.30pm - 8.30pm, the royal british legion club, sanquhar road, forres. donations at door. tea, coffee & cakes. call 07943 986897

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10 wednesday the arts society speyside: 'hidden canvases - street art & the city.' lecturer doug gillen lecture starts at 11 am with coffee/tea available from 10.15am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome to join/visitors £7. call the membership secretary on 07789 880481 or email at twelk69@hotmail.com the highland rock garden club: narcissus; the national collection of brodie cultivars at brodie castle. speaker - malcolm davidson & ed walling 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £4 (incl refreshments). call john owen on 01320 366246

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17 wednesday elgin u3a: u3a plays group presents - 'temptation sordid, virtue rewarded' 2pm - 4pm, the supper room, elgin town hall. all members friends & interested parties welcome. free. call terry ballard on 01340 871491 or at secretary@u3a-elgin.org.uk. nairn u3a talk on aberlour: 1500 years of story, myth & legend; speaker - ben hinnie, storyteller & gatherer followed by questions & the chance to chat over tea & biscuits 1.45pm for 2.00pm, nairn community & arts centre. £2 members, £4 nonmembers (incl refreshments). call pauline ross (sec) on 01667-453537 or at secretary@nairnu3a.org.uk

18 thursday clan coffee morning 10.30am - 2pm, the clan cancer support centre, 227 high street, elgin. open to anyone affected by cancer with information & support available. guest speakers.all welcome. call julie on 01343 544132

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22 monday - 23 tuesday reboot: wide horizons; working in social enterprise 9.30am - 2.30pm, elgin. free but booking essential. refreshments. develop your skills & find out about social enterprise. call lorna jamieson on 01463 238088 or email at lorna@socialenterprise.academy

23 tuesday moray road runners: the fochabers monumental challenge 9am - 2pm, christies car park, fochabers trail running. www.morayroadrunners.com

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My friend and I chose Tipplings Bar for an evening meal and were spoilt for choice with the menu and specials board - full of fresh, locally sourced seasonal produce. Decision making was hard with prime steaks, corn fed chicken breast, beef ragu with pasta and monkfish, special burgers and roast cauliflower steak, just some of the main dishes to choose from. Our waitress was friendly, knew the menu and checked whether either of us had any dietary requests. Vegetarian, gluten free, and a children's menu are all available.

To start, I chose the Foraged Mushrooms on Sourdough, served with rocket, poached hen's egg and shaved parmesan. It smelt and looked amazing... the best tasting mushrooms I have had, with a perfectly cooked poached egg. We cut into the egg with anticipation and... the yolk gently flowed over the mushrooms beautifully!

As a main course I chose the Venison Haunch Steak served with a pastrami and black pudding hash, baby veg and a bramble jus. The baby vegetables were heritage carrots - both the usual orange and beautiful purple colour, along with the asparagus and brambles to complement.

The talented chefs led by David and Kris, once again triumphed. Lovely tender venison, medium rare and definitely no blood on the plate, this dish did not disappoint and was a tasty, well presented plate.

My friend's main course looked equally impressive Sticky Cajun Chicken, accompanied by chips, salad, slaw, and a red pepper and chilli jam. I begged a taste - the jam and cajun favours were spicy, with a hint of sweetness. Yummy!!

We just had to have dessert - but decided sharing was the best option. After much debating, and a recommendation from the waitress, we plumped for the light Black Forest Cheesecake - with 2 plates!

It was a truly spectacular presentation - a tower with spun sugar spiral, yuzu fruit pearls and cherry ice-cream. I am not usually an ice cream fan but could easily have eaten a tub of this. The cheesecake was beautiful with a crumb base, fruity mousse, and surrounded by a delicate sponge. Delicious!

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24 wednesday let's inherit the earth (dogstar theatre)@universal hall, findhorn, 7.30pm, £12/£10 concs/£8 u16s. call 01309 691170

25 thursday spynie soup & sweet lunch hosted by duffus,spynie & hopeman church 12pm - 2pm, spynie village hall. suggested donation £3. everyone welcome. call elsie watson on Sept 01343 or at 18543914 .pdf 1 email 09/08/2018 09:38 Clan elsie.watson121@btinternet.com turin brakes@the ironworks, inverness, 7.30pm www.clanhouse.org #Livingwithcancer

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26 friday clever anaeet 8pm, moray art centre, the park, findhorn.call david till on 01309 691170or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com halloween special tbc, grampian transport museum, montgarrie road, alford. halloween themed crafts & quizzes. costumesencouraged! call 01975 562292 or email at info@gtm.org.uk. moray reach out disco 7.30pm - 10pm, elgin exservice men's club. raffles. you must be over 18

unless accompanied by a responsible adult. transport can be arranged by calling. call angela kelly (to arrange transport) on 07951 088184 the arts society speyside: the richest man in scotland; speaker - charles burnett (special interest day) timing & venue tbc. members from the highland society are most welcome. email jennifer.kerr@btinternet.com colonel mustard & the dijon 5@the ironworks, inverness tbc. www.ironworksvenue.com public talk: staying sane in trying times 7.30pm, sunshine room, 505 east whins, the park, findhorn. £15- £7. call margo van greta on 01309 691240 or email at togmesangpo37@gmail.com cinema nairn: the wipers times (pg) 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £5/3.

27 saturday miltonduff pre school group's harvest coffee morning 10am - 11.30am, miltonduff hall. stalls selling local produce. raffle. children's crafts. lucky dip. homebakes. craft competition schedule on our facebook page happy mums' market: indoor pre-loved market dedicated to baby & children's items from birth to 10 years 10am - 12pm, elgin town hall. £1 - adults; children - free. www.happymumsmarket.co.uk moravian orienteering: scottish orienteering urban league; forres all day, grant park, forres. green hive, by nairn river enterprise: bumblebags workshop, action against plastic 11am - 3pm, links studios, grant street, nairn. make your own shopping bag from scrap material. tea, coffee, biscuits provided. call 07453 912697 or email at nre@greenhive.co.uk. www.greenhive.co.uk

28 sunday charlie landsborough@universal hall, findhorn, 7.30pm. £23.50. call david till on 01309 691170 or email at uhallpromo@gmail.com. moravian orienteering: scottish orienteering league: roseisle all day. www.moravianorienteering.org fochabers hill walking & rambling club: the great glen way; fort augustus to invermoriston (loch ness) 7am, fochabers.depending on route. call 01343 209001 or email at veronica@glenlivet.org moray ramblers: troup head 8am, elgin community centre route via fochabers. bookings essential by wed prior to walk. call ann hewawitharana on 01340 821242 or email at bookings@morayramblers.org.uk meet & greet evening with the banff & moray members' centre nts 6.30pm - 8.30pm, playful garden cafe. find out what we do to help local nts properties & have fun as we do it! call janice oakes on 01309 675224 or at janiceoakes51@gmail.com

29 monday - 30 tuesday children 1st october fair: lots of stalls for early christmas shopping 29th: 5pm - 8pm & 30th: 10am 3.30pm, westfield house, spynie, near elgin. 29th drinks & nibbles; 30th - coffee, tea & lunch available reboot: wide horizons; working in social enterprise 9.30am - 2.30pm, elgin. free but booking essential.

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Ingredients: 600g Margarine

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The Moss Season Approaches!

We live in cool maritime climate, which is ideal for moss to thrive. You cannot change the weather, and you cannot banish moss permanently, but you can control its’ infestation with some basic good husbandry, and a bit of work. I’m talking about scarifying again of course. This will also be featuring in all the TV gardening programmes and magazines about now, and it is what we at GreenThumb spend all winter doing. We will have 3 heavy blade scarifier machines out clearing (at the last count) 1,000 lawns round here. – oh joy!

lawn! An “average” lawn usually takes 2 experienced crew half a day to do with machines and blowers.

The best time to tackle this is either side of Christmas. Scarifying is never recommended in the growing season because the very nature of the exercise is pretty traumatic for the grass, and some recovery time is required, during which time it looks pretty shabby. Doing it off-season allows recovery, then you put on a spring feed, and have a season of decent grass to mow. Enjoy!

Scarifying moss and thatch out is undertaken to clear the lawn surface of all the dead material and moss to allow fresh grass plants to dominate the lawn environment, providing the best conditions for absorbsion of sunlight, moisture and nutrients. If this task is overlooked (or avoided), the following season there is even more build-up, and in no time, the lawn is more moss than grass.

There’s no getting away from it, this is hard work and often generates haystacks of debris.. It can be done by hand with a spring rake, but some mechanical help is really the best option for anything more than quite a small lawn. You can hire a blade scarifier for the day at some garden machinery centres, but be warned, these are pretty vicious machines and it’s only too easy to “plough” your garden, and then need a new

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