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CLUBS & SOCIETIES BEAULY BRIDGE CLUB Tuesdays 7.00 - 9.30pm, September to March in Phipps Hall, Beauly. Call Bill Forsyth on 783774. BEFRIENDERS HIGHLAND Local charity providing supported friendships with a trained volunteer for people with mental health problems. Provides telephone befriending for people with dementia or memory problems and their carers. To receive a service, or volunteer to befriend someone, call Alan (mental health) or Liz (dementia) on 01667 451444 www.befriendershigland.co.uk or see their Facebook page. COMUNN GÀIDHLIG INBHIR NIS- INVERNESS GAELIC SOCIETY Monthly talks, Fridays at 7.30pm from September to March in the Inverness Gaelic School. For details visit: www.gsi.org.uk or www.facebook.com/ InvernessGaelicSociety CROMARTY BOWLING CLUB Outdoor at the Green - May Sept, Bowling for Beginners Fri

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2pm - 4pm Indoor at Victoria Hall - Nov - Apr, Bowling for Beginners Fridays 2pm - 4pm Causeway, Cromarty. CROMARTY CAMERA CLUB Thurs 7.30 - 9.30pm Sept - Apr, Victoria Hall, Cromarty. Digital camera club welcoming all levels of experience. Training in all aspects of photography incl. use of Photoshop. Members able to participate in club competitions and field shoots. CROWN CHURCH MENS CLUB Call 237768 or email mackenzie17@mackenzie17.plu s.com FORUM FOR MEN Wednesdays, 8pm at Macnabs Bar, Columba Hotel. For gay and bi men. Look for the small red post box on our table. Text 07941 553620, www.gayness.org.uk or e-mail jampa40@yahoo.co.uk FORTROSE SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCE CLUB Mondays at 7.30pm (7.00pm for beginners) at Gordon Memorial Hall, Rosemarkie. All welcome. Contact Susan 01381 610253 HIGHLAND DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY (HDFAS) 2nd Thursday of the month, 2pm, at Smithton Free Church, Inverness. Want to learn more about art? Encourage Young Artists? Volunteer to record Churches for posterity? £8 per monthly lecture. Contact 07595 219308 • hdfas.org.uk • averillbrodie@ymail.com or davidmartin30@hotmail.com. HIGHLAND GERMAN SOCIETY 1st Wednesday each month, 7:30pm, St.Ninian’s Church Hall, Culduthel Road, Inverness from Oct - Apr. Call Rosa Finlayson on 01463 238560 or email rosafinlayson@btinternet.com HIGHLAND QUILTERS 3rd Tuesday Sept- June (December meeting 2nd Tuesday). Meet in Smithton Free Church Hall at 7.30pm. New members and visitors welcolme.

Contact Alice (234076) for more details. HIGHLAND WHEELCHAIR CURLING CLUB Tues 1.30 - 3.30pm,Inverness Ice Rink. If you use a wheelchair or have mobility problems come and see what we do. Equipment provided. Call Mo Simpson 01463 716227 or 07798 710404 email: wheel77uk@yahoo.co.uk INVERNESS 41 CLUB The Assoc. of Ex-Round Tablers Clubs meets as Inverness 41 Club on last Thursday of the month Sept - May then occasionally during summer. New ex-Round Table members most welcome. Tel 01463 223504. Email brielafraser@gmail.com for details.

INVERNESS CAMERA CLUB Mondays & Wednesdays 7:30pm - 8pm in Culduthel Christian Centre. Sept - April and Mon workshops. Wed - include guest speakers & competitions. All levels welcome. Members are invited to enter competitions and other activities. For info visit www.invernesscameraclub.co.uk INVERNESS CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY Music lovers promote concerts of chamber music by professionals in the Town House, Inverness, Sept - April/May. Call Paul Crowe on 221535 or visit www.invernesschambermusic.co m

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INVERNESS SOCIAL DANCE CLUB Meets every Wednesday, 7.45pm - 9.45pm (with the exception of school holidays). Sept. to April. Located at Smithton Primary School hall. All levels, including Beginners, welcome. Tutor available. Ballroom, Latin American & Sequence. Contact Iris MacLeod on 01463 233746 or email iris.macleod241@ btinternet.com INVERNESS WINE APPRECIATION SOCIETY Bringing together people with an interest in wine and to develop their interest by holding tastings, usually led by a member of the wine trade and accompanied by suitable food, tel: 221535

INVERNESS AND HIGHLAND BRANCH PARACHUTE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION 2nd Monday of the month, 7.30pm in the Royal British Legion, Huntly Street Inverness. All ex Airborne are welcome Contact Chairman dennistoun38@gmail.com tel: 01349 862287

INVERNESS PARKRUN A free, weekly, 5K timed event that takes place on the Bught Park every Saturday morning at 9.30am. To take part, register at www.parkrun.org.uk and bring along your barcode.

INVERNESS PETANQUE CLUB Wednesdays 7pm - 9pm & Sundays 2pm - 5pm. New piste at Queens Park, Bught Drive. Boules will be available. New members very welcome. For details call Christine Simpson on 01463 243617.

MUIR OF ORD ART GROUP Tuesdays, 6:30pm - 9pm and Saturdays, 9:30am - 12pm at the Old School, Great North Rd, Muir of Ord. For info contact the Tutor / Chairperson Annie MacLean on 01463 870274. THE HIGHLAND BRIDGE CLUB Meets every Wednesday all year. New members welcome. Call Marsalaidh on 01463 224434 or Graham on 01463 792811 TORCH (FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED) Meet at the Kingsview Christian Centre at 2pm on the last Saturday of the month. Contact Clark Walls: 01463 221597.

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PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself in my first blog since becoming an MSP for the Highlands and Islands. I grew up in Ullapool and worked in Inverness as a mental health pharmacist for 20 years before entering politics. I now live in Strathpeffer with my husband and three children. I’m keen for my children to have the opportunity to live and work here in future, so I have a vested interest in the Highlands and Islands flourishing! You can be sure that I will work hard for everyone in the region over the next five years. If I can be of any help, please contact my office in Dingwall on 01349 863888 or email me on maree.todd.msp@parliament. scot

The most telling comment that I have every heard about the purpose of education was from the great Irish poet, William Butler Yeats. He said that the aim is "not to fill a bucket but to light a fire." The aim is to inspire children about what might be - not just in the career they choose - but also in the way they develop and use their learning in later life. What inspires me is the chance of driving forward Scotland in our economy our NHS our schools. To create more opportunities for young people so that more can stay live and work in their own part of Scotland. In my own role as MSP this year I hope to continue to work to see the new Justice Campus created, to see a good location identified and agreed for a new Prison replacing Porterfield, and to continue working with The Highland Council, in but a few years, to transform Inverness Castle into a major visitor attraction.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of those, either from the communities and organisations or from the funding bodies for making the Funding Fayre I hosted last week such a great success. I would also like to extend thanks to the Highland Council who supported the event by providing a venue, to the local Tesco in the Community Team for providing refreshments and to my constituency office team who worked very hard to pull the event together. The purpose was to help community groups and third sector organisations to make contact with funding bodies. I am sure that many of the groups in attendance will use the information they gathered on the various funding opportunities to help take their community projects forward. We really don’t hear enough about all these people working away behind the scenes in our communities helping others out. Finally, a Merry Christmas to all and my very best wishes for 2018.

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Rolling Events 1 January - 14 January paintings by lindsey clark tbc, alien hole gallery, inverness. features dream-like imagery with an emphasis on the natural world. merkinch welfare hall: fit for the future contact museum, inverness museum & art gallery photographic exhibition documenting the process of researching & restoring the merkinch welfare hall.

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2 monday hangover hike 11am, glenmore visitor centre. a helping hand to get your new year off to a healthy, active start. booking not required.

3 tuesday new year bird count 2017: in your own backyard or anywhere in the highlands start anytime, finish 3.30pm. the highlands rspb highland group annual bird count. see as many species as you can.

7 saturday great glen walking club: daviot woods circular 9am, highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade c. distance 7 miles.

8 sunday highland ramblers: druminorsair circular 10.30am, highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade c. contact: jane chisholm (walks coordinator) on 01463 236204. visit www.highlandramblers.org.uk.

10 tuesday highland astronomical society talk: "ephemeral bubbles" by paul jenkins 7.20pm, smithton culloden free church. all welcome. inverness botany group talk: "marsh marigold or lus buidhe bealltainn?": speaker roddy maclean. some traditional gaelic perspectives on our native plants. 7.30pm, smithton culloden free church. scottish ornithologists' club: "tigers, taj & more": speaker al mcnee on a birding trip to rajasthan. 7.30pm, culloden library, keppoch road, culloden, inverness. £3 (members), £4 (non members). contact: 01463 772539 or 01808 511740.

11 wednesday moray banff & badenoch decorative & fine arts society lecture: tea with mackintosh: the glasgow tearoom phenomenon. lecturer evelyn silber 11am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome. contact: membership@nadfasin-elgin.org.uk or visit www.nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk. highland rock garden club: "the dolomites" by andrew fraser 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £4 (incl refreshments). all welcome. contact: john owen on 01320 366246. social diners - why eat alone? 7.30pm. for dining venue & info contact gill on 01349 877061.

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king creosote 8pm, bogbain farm. for info call 01463772800. visit www.bogbainfarm.com. highland decorative & fine arts society: "tea with mackintosh: the glasgow tearoom phenomenom” by evelyn silber. 2pm, free church hall, smithton, inverness. visitors £8. new members welcome. contact: averill brodie on 01463 790904 or averillbrodie@ymail.com. visit www.hdfas.org.uk.

13 friday tunna tunes@the drouthy cobbler 8pm - 10pm visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk. nairn literary institute lecture - lecture by dr gordon noble: discovering the northern picts 7.30pm, nairn free church. free for members, non-members £3 contact: pam sherriff on 01667451402 or email info@nairnliterary.org.uk. visit www.nairnliterary.org.uk.

14 saturday highland ramblers: monaughty forest 10.20am (please arrive 10 minutes early), highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade c+ contact: jane chisholm (walks coordinator) on 01463 236204. visit www.highlandramblers.org.uk.

15 sunday nairn literary institute: "discovering the northern picts" by gordon noble 7.30pm, nairn free church all welcome. visit www.nairnliterary.org.uk. great glen walking club: fyrish 10am, highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness grade c. 4 miles.

16 monday nairn speakers: say what you mean; speaking out. creating persuasive arguments 7.30pm, newton hotel, nairn. £6. contact: john brown on 01667 453373 or hello@nairnspeakers.org.uk. visit www.nairnspeakers.org.uk. conserving scotland's nature: what future – prof. roger crofts – lecture 7.30pm, highland council chamber, glenurquhart road, inverness. adults £10; tiso oe card holders £8; rsg. changes are occurring to scotland's nature, some good, some appalling, some indifferent. what or who is the problem? for info email rpreece@onetel.com. visit www.rsgs.org.

20 friday sasha savaloni: guitar concert 1pm, spectrum centre, margaret street, inverness. all welcome gaelic society of inverness: "a tour through the ebudae": talk by allan turner on a detailed account by rev James Maclagan in 1794. 7.30pm, inverness gaelic school.

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21 saturday - 22 sunday the strathpuffer: 12th annual 24 hour mountain bike endurance event 10am - 11am (sun), strathpeffer. the event is open to solos, pairs, teams of four, teams of eight for schools, &teams of ten. visit www.strathpuffer.co.uk.

22 sunday highland ramblers: craigmonie & the falls of divach 9am (please arrive 10 minutes early), highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade c. contact: jane chisholm (walks coordinator) on 01463 236204. www.highlandramblers.org.uk.

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28 saturday - 29 sunday aviemore sled dog rally 9am - 5pm (sun), glenmore, aviemore. the race features teams of between two &eight dogs pulling their musher on a sled around a four to seven mile trail. contact: 0871 277 6783 or enquiry@siberianhuskyclub.org.uk. visit www.siberianhuskyclub.org.uk.

29 sunday birds, seed & soup 11am, osprey centre, loch garten £3 per adult, £5 per family. be part of the rspb’s big garden bird watch while sipping soup at loch garten. take home free bags of bird seed. great glen walking club: mount eagle circular 9am, highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade c. 7 miles.

30 monday nairn speakers: introduction to competition speaking. 7.30pm, newton hotel, nairn. £6. contact: john brown on 01667 453373 or email hello@nairnspeakers.org.uk. visit www.nairnspeakers.org.uk.

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increase wealth, ideas to climb the career ladder, ideas for this and that… It seems to me as though we are always looking for the next thing that will sort out our issues and problems, it seems, we no longer have anything that is worth holding valuable. I believe that within our society we are placing more value in our material treasures, we are constantly looking for the next thing; treasures are things we try to keep or get more of because of a value we place upon them. Within the Judeo-Christian tradition the most important commandment is to treasure God and his kingdom more than anything else. Matthew 22: 37-38 highlights this where Jesus was asked, ‘which is the greatest commandment… ?’, such a wonderful question to be asked, then Jesus replied, ‘love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.’ Although I am writing this short article before Christmas it is obvious by the amount of shopping that’s taking place during December that many people are rushing around looking for the next big thing, of course we can argue that what is being bought is for someone

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else, however, the pressure to give big at Christmas is I believe, because, we want, we want and we want some more. Maybe 2017 is a chance for you, instead of making the usual New Year resolution that fizzles out in two months, to really look at what you hold valuable in your life. A wonderful writer called Dallas Willard wrote, ‘we cannot but serve our treasures, we labour all day for them and think about them all night. They fill our dreams.’ I would suggest that valuing your treasures or placing your hope in the political sphere of life will not be enough to fulfil your deepest longing for real meaning and value. Make 2017 the year you place your value in the right thing; let that be found in Jesus. He is the only one who can transform every aspect of your heart, your mind and your soul place your value in Him.

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21st Jan (A) Stirling Albion

Elgin City

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7th Jan (A) Montrose

Inverness CT

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