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SpotLight AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Self help group for families and friends of people with a drink problem, with meetings held locally throughout the Highland area. Are you concerned about someone else’s drinking? Telephone 020 7403 0888. They will give you a local contact number for the area you live in. All enquiries are treated in strictest confidence. Make that call. It could change YOUR life. AUTISM RIGHTS GROUP HIGHLAND (ARGH) Run by and for autistic adults. We hold meetings for members; produce a newsletter; campaign for improved services and challenge discrimination as a group, and as individuals in our daily lives. Working as a collective we aim to make the adult autistic voice heard. We uphold ‘Nothing About Us Without Us’ principle. Contact kb@ arghighland.co.uk www.arghighland.co.uk BEAULY ANGLING CLUB Established around 1960, the club provides sea trout and salmon fishing to residents of Beauly as well as to visitors. Visit www.beauly-angling-club.co.uk BEFRIENDERS HIGHLAND Providing 1-1 supported friendships between people who have mental ill health and trained volunteers across Highland. Contact: Sally Mackintosh tel: 235675 email: sallymackintosh@ befriendershighland.org.uk or www.befriendershighland.org.uk

BL’AZZ A new not-for-profit organisation seeking to promote the awareness and understanding of Jazz and Blues music within the Highlands. More info from: www.nigelsnonsense.org /blazz.htm or Nigel Mackenzie tel: 221460 or email nigel.mackenzie@blueorg.com

BOLESKINE SHINTY CLUB Tel: 791955 or email: lizbmacd@aol.com www.myweb.tiscali.co.uk/shinty/ CAPITAL SKATEPARK GROUP Tel: 714516 or email: agapeclothing@hotmail.co.uk CHANONRY SAILING CLUB Chanonry Sailing Club provides a safe and fun environment for people from all walks of life to come together and sail. The Harbour, Fortrose, tel: 01381 621973 www.chanonry.org.uk/

CROWN CHURCH MENS CLUB Tel: 237768 or email: mackenzie17@ mackenzie17.plus.com CROY & CULLODEN MOOR SENIOR CITIZENS' LUNCH CLUB Church Hall, Croy, alternate Wednesdays, 1pm-3pm, £3 for 2 course meal and afternoon tea. Enjoy dominoes, jigsaws and other activities DINGWALL TAEKWONDO WTF Classes in Dingwall. Sportscentre Tuesday 7.30pm; Fridays Dingwall Academy 7.30pm. Fun Club well established more than 45 years in the running. Experienced Black Belts advanced students only. Professional training and examinations.

CHARLESTON YOUTH THEATRE For ages 12-18, Charleston Academy, Inverness

DRAKIES BOWLING CLUB Tel: 237033

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EDITH MACPHERSON SCHOOL OF DANCE 50 Hill Street, Inverness Tel: 232112

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FAMILY FIRST Family First offers a support service to families with at least one child 0-3 years of age. Tel: 703033 or email: alisonstanley@smoothmail.co.uk

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FITNESS FRENZY Fitness sessions Thursday lunchtimes at the palace hotel. Visit www.fitnessfrenzy.co.uk HIGHLAND BONSAI SOCIETY Meets on 3rd Wednesday of every month in Balloch Village Hall at 7.30pm. For more infomation contact Chris tel: 01349 865485

HIGHLAND HILLWALKING CLUB Email: highlandhillwalkers@ fsmail.net or tel: 791572, www.spanglefish.com/ HighlandHillwalkingClub SEARCH SOCIETY We are an Inverness based metal detecting club, who have been searching the Highlands for over 23 years. During this time we have found 1000’s of artefacts, from the mundane to magnificent. Why not come & join us? You would be most welcome. Free equipment loan, tuition and regular places to detect. Beginners no problem & transport provided if needed. For full details contact Len tel: 01808 521340 anytime HIGHLANDS OPEN STUDIOS 60+ artists, makers, designers and galleries throughout the Highlands who host events and 60+ exhibitions throughout the year. Visit the website for details www.highlandsopenstudios.co.uk

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The Editor

As summer draws to a close, I often look forward to seeing the incredible panoply of colours brought to us by the autumn leaves. From reds to browns, yellows and greens it is a sight to behold. Americans talk of the Aspen woodlands but we have just as stunning autumn scenery along the Moray Firth Coastline. Try stopping alongside one of the many fast flowing rivers and sucking in the views. It cannot be beaten!

Tides Walking on the beach .................6

Travel Dreaming of Ski-ing ..................30

PUBLISHER ...............David Nelmes SALES ......................Eilidh Conners ACCOUNTS ...................Lynn Wood LAYOUT ...............Megan Woodman DESIGN .................Alistair Davidson Clubs & Societies ............................4 Pastoral Letter.................................6 Church Details.................................6 Tide Times.......................................8 School Term Dates..........................8 Local Holidays.................................8 Council News ................................12 Useful Numbers ............................14 What’s On ................................19-22 Cinema Listings.............................23 Parliament Blog.............................38 Advertisers Index ..........................38

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Red Deer ..................................32

Chef Haddock, mussel, leek pie........26

Beauty Party Hairstyles.........................36

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I hated the church back then - at least what I’d seen of it. I can remember storming out of church services, throwing chairs around, denouncing the clergy. I always thought there was something terribly wrong with it all - that it had just completely lost it’s way. I can once remember going into a Cathedral to pray, only to be confronted by a group of elderly people sat behind trestle tables insisting I give them money before being allowed in! My overall impression of the church, at that time, was one of deep hypocrisy and narrow-mindedness. I wanted nothing whatsoever to do with it.

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turning many away from the Truth. On the one hand, they upheld the way of life embodied and proclaimed by the Master and yet, on the other, they seemed to have overlooked the very thing that made it all possible...

And yet... I couldn’t help warming to the man who, in his day, had had the courage to confront the hypocrisy of the religious leaders; the one who had stormed into the temple with a “whip of chords”, driving out the mechants, scattering the coins of the money-changers and overturning their tables. I just couldn’t make the link between this deeply passionate man and the dismal assemblies that gathered in his name. It was only later on that I realised there were many within the so called “churches” who had not fully understood the reason for his coming. It seemed to me they were like people selling the finest soap that money could buy, but because they themselves were so obviously “unwashed”, no one in their right mind would buy from them... They had failed to apply the very heart of his teaching to their own lives and, in doing so - quite unwittingly - were

In addressing one of Israel’s teachers, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born from above.” Nicodemus is confused by this statement and responds with the question, “How can a man be born when he is old? Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be born!” (John 3:34) But Jesus was speaking of “the new birth"; the new beginning that he makes possible for all who will receive him - “to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision, or a husband’s will, but born of God.” (John 1:12-13) This really is the crux of the matter - the most extraordinary thing; that he has in fact made a way for us to be made new, for

Ardersier with Petty Parish Church C of S, Ardersier Sundays 10.15am; Petty Sundays 12noon, tel. 462224 Avoch Congregational Church, High Street, Avoch. Sunday Service 11.30am. Refreshments afterwards. Visit www.avochcongregationalchurch.co.uk Black Isle Charge Episcopal Churches, 1 Deans Road, Fortrose, tel: 01381 622241 Cale House, C of S, Millburn Road, Inverness, tel: 718616 Christian Group in Inverness tel: 0772 4992790 or visit www.christian-group-inverness.org Culduthel Christian Centre, Culduthel Avenue, Inverness tel: 222795 Pastor Reverend Bill Slack www.culduthelchristiancentre.org Culloden Baptist Church meets 10.30am Sunday mornings at Culloden Academy, tel. 794005. www.cullodenbaptistchurch.org.uk culloden.baptist@btconnect.com Barn Church of Scotland, Culloden, Sundays 10.30am family friendly service; 1st & 3rd Sundays in month 6.30pm service, www.barnchurch.org.uk Croy & Dalcross Parish Church C of S, Croy Village, Every Sunday 12noon Dalneigh & Bona Church of Scotland, St Mary’s Avenue, Inverness. Bona Church, Lochend by Inverness - 10am; Dalneigh

Church, St Mary’s Avenue, Inverness 11.30am & 6.30pm. Tel: 232439 Dingwall Baptist Church, Tulloch Street, Dingwall www.dbc.org.uk Dingwall Castle Street Church of Scotland www.dingwall-church.co.uk Dingwall Catholic Church, St Lawrence, 21 Castle Street, Dingwall, tel: 01349 863143 Dingwall Episcopal Church, St James The Great, Castle Street, Dingwall tel: 01349 862204 www.stjames-stannes.org.uk Dingwall Free Church, High Street, Sundays 11am and 6pm, www.deep-river.co.uk Ferintosh and Resolis Free Church, Rev. Chris Smart, www.ferintosh.org.uk Free North Church, Bank Street, Inverness, tel: 224332 www.freenorthchurch.org Fortrose Free Church, 5 Church Street, Fortrose, IV10 8TE, Sunday: 11.30am & 6pm, www.freechurch.org Grace Community Church meets Sundays 10.30am at Inshes Primary School email:thenewseed@yahoo.com Hilton, C of S, Tomatin Road, Inverness, tel: 233310 www.hiltonchurch.org.uk Inshes, C of S, Sir Walter Scott Dr, Inverness tel: 226727, www.insheschurch.org Inverness Baptist Church, 69 Castle Street, Rev Tom Urquhart, tel: 223506, email: tajurquhart@btinernet.com Inverness Christian Fellowship, Meets

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the slate to be wiped clean, for our hearts to be healed, and for our lives to be transformed. Despite all of my reservations... it happened to me... As I became aware of his true identity as God’s only Son; realising that he had died for my sins and risen from the dead in confirmation of his unique identity, I was finally moved to acknowledge my need of a Saviour. And then... renouncing all that was displeasing to him, and reaching out towards him in prayer, he... as promised... poured his Holy Spirit into my heart to make me new! It was simply that decision to hand over control of my life to him... And O, what joy to find the Saviour... and to be part of this wonderful family that is His Church! Jesus said “I have come that they may have life and have it to the full... If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink” (John 10:10,7:37) Rev Howard David, Grace Com mun ity

Sundays at 10.30am, Millburn Academy, Diriebught Road, www.icfchurch.co.uk Inverness Church of God, Friars Lane Sunday 10.30am & 6.30pm. Tel: 241318 Inverness Crown Church, C of S 3 Midmills Road, tel: 230537 Inverness East Church, C of S Academy Street, Rev. Professor ATB McGowan tel: 236695 www.invernesseast.com Inverness Greyfriars Stratherrick Free Church, Greyfriars at Balloan Road, Inverness and Stratherrick at Errogie, Stratherrick, tel: 714085 www.greyfriarschurch.org Inverness Methodist Church Huntly Street, Inverness, tel: 231170 www.churchesinverness.com Kiltarlity Church of Scotland, Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire. Sunday service at 12noon. Contact Rev. Dr Kobus Smit tel: 831662 www.kiltarlityandkirkhill.org.uk Kiltarlity Free Church of Scotland Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire, tel: 741729 email: jfraser@gmail.com This is listed alphbetically from A to K and will regularly be rotated. If you are a member of a church not listed here please email us with details and we may print this in future issues.

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LOW TIDE TIMES FOR INVERNESS IN OCTOBER Walking on the beach should be possible 2 hours either side of these times AM PM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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School Holidays for 2011/2012 (all dates inclusive) Autumn Term Ends Friday 7th October 2011 Regional Closure Monday 24th October 2011 Winter Term Starts Tuesday 25th October 2011 Winter Term Ends Thu. 22nd December 2011 Spring Term Starts Monday 9th January 2012 Regional Closure Wed. 15th February 2012 Regional Closure Thursday 16th February 2012 Regional Closure Friday 17th February 2012 Spring Term Ends Friday 30th March 2012 Good Friday Holiday Friday 6th April 2012 Easter Monday Holiday Monday 9th April 2012

Local Holidays 2011 Inverness Holiday Lochaber Holiday Inverness Holiday Lochaber Holiday St Andrews Day Christmas Day Holiday * Boxing Day Holiday * New Years Day Holiday * 2nd January Holiday * Inverness Holiday Inverness Holiday page 8 - October 2011

Mon. 3rd Oct. 2011 Mon. 3rd Oct. 2011 Mon. 7th Nov. 2011 Mon. 28th Nov. 2011 Wed. 30th Nov. 2011 Mon. 26th Dec. 2011 Tues. 27th Dec. 2011 Mon. 2nd Jan. 2012 Tues. 3rd Jan. 2012 Mon. 6th Feb. 2012 Mon. 5th Mar. 2012

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PM 13.36 15.20 16.16 17.06 17.56 18.42 19.26 20.10 20.54 20.42 21.35

May Day Holiday Monday 7th May 2012 Summer Term Starts Tuesday 17th April 2012 Summer Term Ends Friday 29th June 2012 for 2012/2013 (all dates inclusive) Regional Closure Monday 13th August 2012 Autumn Term Starts Tuesday 14th August 2012 Autumn Term Ends Friday 5th October 2012 Regional Closure Monday 22nd October 2012 Winter Term Starts Tuesday 23rd October 2012 Winter Term Ends Thursday 20th December 2012 Spring Term Starts Monday 7th January 2013 Holiday Closure Monday 11th February 2013 Holiday Closure Tuesday 12th February 2013 Regional Closure Wed. 13th February 2013 Inverness Holiday Mon. 2nd April 2012 Good Friday Fri. 6th April 2012 May Day Bank Holiday Mon. 7th May 2012 Spring Bank Holiday Mon. 4th June 2012 Queens Diamond Jubilee Tues. 5th June 2012 Inverness Holiday Mon. 2nd July 2012 Summer Bank Holiday Mon. 6th Aug. 2012 Inverness Holiday Mon. 1st Oct. 2012 Inverness Holiday Mon. 5th Nov. 2012 St Andrews Day Fri. 30th Nov. 2012 Christmas Day Tues. 25th Dec. 2012 * substitute, as this holiday falls on a weekend or other bank holiday

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extraCts from the minutes of the meeting 6th of June 2011 of inverness City Committee

PART TWO-Ness Walk and Ardross StreetTraffic Orders there had been circulated report no. ICC22-11 dated 25 may 2011 by the Director of transport, environmental and Community services outlining the objections received to the draft road traffic orders for ness Walk and ardross street. mr D henderson commented that he felt the location of the coach park outside the Cathedral was not appropriate. however other members felt that its placement was ideal given that tourists would now be dropped off in a particularly scenic and historic area of the city. Update on Sports Pitches in Inverness there had been circulated report no. iCC-2311 dated 26 may 2011 by the Director of education, Culture and sport updating members on the development of sports pitches and their use in inverness and recommending specific improvements at Bught Park, to be funded through the inverness Common good fund. mr D Wilby summarised the report highlighting the provision for Junior League football;Bught Park playing surface improve ments; and Bught Park general improvements.members welcomed the report. however regarding the situation with finding a solution for inverness City football team they commented that: the scottish Junior football association was placing an unfair burden on small teams to provide facilities with criteria which was unreasonable;the Council was not in a position to set facilities up for teams and options for ground sharing should be looked at;inverness City football team was being penalised because it could not find suitable facilities;to provide separate facilities for sole use by inverness City would exclude the majority of the community;the Council’s obligation was to provide facilities for the whole community; andthe Council and it’s officers had gone to great lengths to find a solution and it was unfortunate that a solution had not yet been reached, but the Council had fully discharged its obligations. in relation to the request for funding from the Common good fund, some members expressed concern that:a standard application form had not been completed, as was required for all other funding requests from external organisations; andthe Cgf was being asked to fully fund the improvements and there was no obvious attempt to find funding from other sources. other members commented that the Bught Park was an important open space for the community and the works detailed in the report were essential and we should just get on with it through Common good funding. in response, officers commented that:they would continue to work with the sJfa to look at solutions for inverness City but would relay the Committee’s feeling that the sJfa’s demands for exclusive facilities were unreasonable; he request for Cgf funding had not been on an application form as detail had been provided to members over three separate reports and it was felt all pertinent information had been provided. however any future funding requests would be presented on an application form; and because of the nature of the work to be carried out (internal access roads) agencies such as sportscotland would not fund. they would however consider

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SpotLight funding improvements to the pitches. the Committee agreeD that the:primary use of the northern meeting Park be for events and school sport;. Council continues to use its reasonable endeavours to work with the scottish Junior football association to locate a suitable football pitch within the City of inverness that meets the requirements of the sJfa through the City manager making contact with the secretary of the sJfa, tom Johnston. Discussions to convey the Committee’s belief that the sJfa criteria for sports pitches are too inflexible; and general improvements outlined in paragraph four of the report be funded from the inverness Common good fund, at an estimated cost of £54K. Barclay’s Scottish Golf Open Championship – Castle Stuart there had been circulated report no. iCC-2511 dated 26 may 2011 by the inverness City manager providing an overview of the work in progress to prepare for the Barclay’s scottish open golf Championship at Castle stuart golf Club between 7 – 10 July 2011. members noted the work being carried out by the City manager, events officer and other Council officers in ensuring that the event was a success and that inverness was seen as a successful venue for hosting such events. members also commented that it was important to ensure that restaurants and catering establishments were fully aware of the benefits to be gained by extending their opening hours during this period and mr P Corbett, commented that the Licensing Committee would welcome any requests for extensions to food licences. other members asked that officers ensure visitors to the areas were given a typical highland welcome and suggestions of achieving this were:ensuring the grass cutting and carpet bedding was in place;the use of tartan;traditional music, including accordion music and gaelic choir;public address systems at key entries to the City (Dalcross and the railway station) welcoming visitors to the highlands in english and gaelic; andgifts of branded whisky miniaturessome members questioned whether the local community would benefit in any way from the event, as at rock ness. the City manager confirmed to members that:Castle stuart and BiD had been briefing local businesses to ensure they were fully aware of the potential of this event to their businesses;the events officer was planning a number of traditional events around the city to provide visitors with a taste of the highlands;potential Community Benefit for future years was being looked at; andcarpet bedding, grass cutting and general maintenance of the city would continue with the full support of teCs. the Committee noteD the arrangements that have been made to support this event as detailed in thereport Inverness Common Good Fund – funding requests from the 2011/12 Budget

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Please send us details of Your events log on to www.spotlighton.co.uk email megan@spotlighton.co.uk or call 01309 690063 diary deadline for november issue is friday 30/09/11

charity christmas card sale, 10am-1pm, cawdor community hall, cawdor school, entry free, tea and coffee available for church funds play pieces presents ‘shoreline’ at the ironworks, 1pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com chase and status DJ set at the ironworks, 10pm, £15, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com highland baby show until the sunday 2nd, eden court theatre,inverness 10am-5pm, adults £2.50children free,£2 in advance from eden court box office,visit www.highlandbabyshow.co.uk

Craig Campbell - The Loft Venue Friday 30th September 8pm “Bringing a tale to life like a young Billy Connolly” (The Edinburgh Evening News) Over 16’s. Tickets £12 Tel: 01343 850111 www.eastgrange.co.uk

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OCTOBER 2011 continued

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5 wed nesday nairn community and arts centre-powerpoint presentation and photo display on yuri gagarin's life to coincide with the un declared world space week, page 20 - October 2011

followed by the highland-russia connection charity's agm,7.30pm,tel:01667456245 or visitwww.highlandrussia.org.uk Creative Minds (SMHA & FF) a beautiful film about people's experiences of dementia and the importance of creativity, using puppetry, poetry and interviews. Film 30 minutes with discussion to follow. 7 8:30pm, The Greenhouse Dingwall (donations requested)

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groam house museum lecture ‘celtic revival art from ossian to george bain’ by murdo macdonald, professor of history of scottish art, university of dundee, 7.30pm, fortrose community theatre, admission £4 (members £2) fortrose community theatre tel: 01381 621252 clive carroll at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com from ross-shire with love: rag tag 'n' textile fashion show (SMHA & FF) www.ragtagntextile.org.uk. 7.30pm, One Touch Theatre (Eden Court), Inverness 01463 234 234, £5/£3 (Concessions)

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OCTOBER 2011 continued www.ironworksvenue.com ivan drever, 8pm, the loft venue, kinloss, tickets £10, tel: 01343 850111, visit www.eastgrange.co.uk

Zenwing Puppets, half-day workshop for people to stay for as long or as short as they want (suggested donation £3: workshops are drop-in for an hour or the whole afternoon) 2 - 5pm, The Bike Shed, Grant Street, Inverness

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bl’azz at eden court presents “the black isle stompers”, 3pm-5pm, the maclean room at eden court, inverness, £6, for bookings tel: 234234 arthur, 7.30pm,£14, £12 concessions, universal hall,findhorn

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10 monday

hidden gifts & other films (SMHA & FF) hidden Gifts is a creative documentary that explores the mystery of art and mental illness. Two other locally-produced films will also be screened. 6pm - 9pm, Playhouse Cinema Eden Court, Inverness, Free entry. To book a seat, please contact Keith Walker highlandkeith@mhfestival.com

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16 sunday

OCTOBER 2011 continued 7pm, £12, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com the pink castle philosophy club - democracy, 7.30pm, riverside lounge, glen mhor hotel, ness bank, inverness, for the lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender community visit www.pinkcastle.eu inverness floral art club, 7.30pm, florians theatre, bught drive, all welcome

12 wednesday

the notebook (12A) (SMHA & FF) based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks this is a beautiful film about the power of love and of shared memories. 7:30 - 10pm, Eden Court, Inverness £4/£2 Concessions

12 wednesday - 15 saturday

Subsist:(SMHA & FF) Excellent classic horror with a modern twist performed by Dundee company DBS Productions.' Post show discussion with actors and director/writer after every performance. 8pm, The Bike Shed, Grant Street, Inverness 01463 240 085, £5

12 wednesday and 13 thursday

roger dean sings ‘the johnny cash story’, featuring the lazy boys, 8pm, strathpeffer pavilion, tickets £17 (conc £15), visit www.roger-dean.com

13 thursday

digital photography & picture framing (workshop): (SMHA & FF) express yourself through digital photography, two hands-on workshops – picture framing and digital photography.Places are free but need to be prebooked. 10am - 3pm, TAG Highland, Rowans 1&4, New Craigs, Inverness. Free / Booking required 01463 253 635

14 friday and 15 saturday

blackburn dance group, strathpeffer pavilion, essentially a private event but tickets usually available at the door, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org

15 saturday

skerryvore plus jill jackson and donald mcdonald & the islands at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £10 tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com dingwall scottish country dance club rally 7.30pmdancing to lindsay weir's band. further details from fiona 01997 423373 the highland branch of seagull trust cruises coffee morning 10am-12noon ,£2,crown church hall, inverness hapis dvd & silent auction:(SMHA & FF) silent auction, showing of HAPIS (Highland Antenatal & Postnatal Illness Support) DVD and short DVD on fathers’ support. Donations to auction gratefully received. visit hapis.org.uk. 7pm, Kingsmills Hotel, Inverness. £5 - Includes glass of wine and entry to auction, Tickets from Anne Simpson: 01463 233 378 / 07594644768

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great glen walking club - inverlaidnan to the red bothy, depart 0900 hrs, highland council car park, inverness, 12 miles, 1102 feet ascent, grade b, OS sheet 35 GR NH 865 210 wheatus at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £11 tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com the edge of dreaming:(SMHA & FF) free refreshments provided after film for post event discussion. 4:30 - 7pm, Eden Court, Inverness 01463 234 234 £4/£2 Concessions

18 tuesday

fiddlers bid 7.30pm, £14/£12,universal hall,findhorn Six and a Tanner:(SMHA & FF) based on a true story, starring David Hayman and written and produced by Rony Bridges. 7:30 - 9:30pmGlenurquart Public Hall, Blairbeg, Drumnadrochit £12 / £10 Concessions, www.booklochness.com

19 wednesday

the dykeenies at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £7, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com how the koala learnt to hug,7pm,£6/£5 ,£4 u16’s,concessions, universal hall,findhorn

20 thursday to 25 tuesday

western front association - branch battlefield tour to the somme, arras and ypres, contact derek bird tel: 01343 870562, email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net or visit www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk

20 thursday

six and a tanner, strathpeffer pavilion, 8pm, tickets £12/£10/£6, www.fairpley.com, tel: 01997 420124, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org Six and a Tanner:(SMHA & FF) based on a true story, starring David Hayman and written and produced by Rony Bridges. 7:30 - 9:30pm, Strathpeffer Pavillion,£12 / £10 Concessions, www.strathpefferpavilion.org 08444 77 1000

21 friday

sound of guns at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £6, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

22 saturday

great glen walking club - lovat bridge circular, depart 1100, highland council car park, inverness, 6 miles, minimal height, grade c, OS sheet 26 GR NH 517 449 green drive hall quiz night, 7.30pm, £10 per team,(max 4 per team) £50 prize. tea & coffee included or b.y.o.b.(in aid of hall funds) held at green drive hall.

27 thursday

phil cool at the ironworks, 7pm, £15, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

28 friday

janis ian, strathpeffer pavilion, 8pm, tickets £24, www.janisian.com, tel: 01997 420124, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org ladies pamper evening

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Cinema Nairn

Visit cinemanairn.blogspot.com or contact Nairn Community Centre on 01667 453476 for details

Cinema listings October 2011 Eden Court Theatre, Inverness

Vue Cinema, Inverness

Up to 6th of October In A Better World (15) The Big Picture (15) You’ve Been Trumped The Inbetweeners(15)

From Friday 30th The Debt (tbc) Abduction (tbc) Shark Night 3D (tbc) From Friday 7th Johnny English 2 (tbc) Tyrannosaur (18) The Lion King 3D (U) The Three Musketeers 3D (tbc) From Friday 14th Real Stee (12a) Footloose (tbc) Dolphine Tale 3D From Friday 21st Paranormal Activity 3 (tbc) Monte Carlo (PG) Contagion (tbc) The Help (12a) KidsAM Every Saturday & Sunday at 10.15am Tickets £1.25 / VIP Tickets £2.75 Senior Screenings Every Tuesday afternoon Tickets £3.05 / VIP Tickets £4.55

Visit www.eden-court.co.uk or call 01463 234234 for details

Moray Playhouse, Elgin

New Screenings begin on Fridays Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk

Highland Spiritual Cinema

Monthly screenings of uplifting and inspiring films that inform, enlighten and entertain. For further details please visit www.highlandspiritualcinema.net or telephone 01463 237452

Includes tea/coffee & biscuits

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Regular films including Saturday matinees. For further details email portessiepublichall@hotmail.co.uk

Universal Hall, Findhorn

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NOVEMBER 2011 in brief

OCTOBER 2011 continued strathpeffer spa golf club, 7.00pm, £5 entry includes treatment of your choice plus a free glass of wine! tel 07871 374718

29 saturday and 30 sunday

great glen walking club - october weekend away

Des Horsfall’s Kuschty Rye - The Loft Venue Saturday 29th October 8pm “This is a killer record….KILLER” – Pete Townshend (The Who). Pass the Hat'-gig, suggested donation £5. Tel: 01343 850111 www.eastgrange.co.uk

29 saturday

beyond presents king creosote and kid canaveral at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com an audience with jonathan miller,8pm,strathpeffer pavilion tickets £16,£15,£6, on-line at booth scotland and ticketweb, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org 'Hot Salsa Night' charity dance on behalf of Rape and Abuse Line.National Hotel Dingwall, Dance to the sounds of top Latin big band, Orquesta Latina Del Norte. £5 on the door. www.rapeandabuseline.co.uk the hunted,7pm,£6/£5 / £4 u-16’s,universal hall,findhorn des horsfall’s kuschty rye, 8pm, the loft venue, kinloss, ‘pass-the-hat’ gig suggested £5 donation, tel: 01343 850111, visit www.eastgrange.co.uk

30 sunday

bl’azz at eden court presents “andrea turner and friends”, 3pm-5pm, the maclean room at eden court, inverness, admission £6, for bookings tel: 234234 Sunday November 27th Nairn Children's Art Club - Art and craft workshops 2pm-4pm,Junior World, Nairn,Ages 4-14, £4 per child Matthewebonthomas@yahoo.co.uk

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NOVEMBER 3 thursday craig campbell at the ironworks, 7pm, £12, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com tj higgs - tv medium tracy ‘tj’ higgs, strathpeffer pavilion, tickets £19/£18/£6, tjhiggspsychicmedium.vpweb.co.uk 4 friday cancer research uk and friends of the pavilion fashion show, 7.30pm,strathpeffer pavilion 5 saturday exclusively highlands christmas fair 10am-4pm,strathpeffer pavilion. charity dance - to raise funds for a kilimanjaro trek in June 2012 ,for chosen charity stepping stones nigeria,national hotel dingwall 6 sunday bl’azz at eden court presents “the ness river rhythm kings”, 3pm5pm, the maclean room at eden court, inverness, admission £6, for bookings tel: 234234 inverness blitz presents blitz awards 2011 at the ironworks, 4.30pm, £6, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 8 tuesday inverness floral art club, 7.30pm, cauldeen primary school, mackay road, all welcome the hunted, Join the hunt (recommended age 11+). Tickets £6 now online at Booth Scotland and Ticketweb, also via Ticketweb 24-hr hotline 08444 771000 - on sale elsewhere very soon. 11 friday salsa celtica at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £16, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com the ross-shire ball 10pm-3am,more info tel edith blake 01349 862134,strathpeffer pavilion. 12 saturday play pieces presents ‘blood from a stone’ at the ironworks, 1pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 18 friday peacock & gamble ‘emergency broadcast show’ at the ironworks, 7pm, £10, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 19 saturday western front association - members’ forum, 2.30pm, the gallery, elgin library, contact derek bird tel: 01343 870562, email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net or visit www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk 20 sunday glenn tilbrook at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £15, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 23 wednesday electric six at the ironworks, 7.30pm, £11, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com 24 thursday to 27 sunday annual strathpeffer pavilion art fair, typically exhibiting some 400 original works by well over 100 artists, all work for sale, plus cards, prints and calendars by participating artists, tel: 01997 420124, visit www.strathpefferpavilion.org 27 sunday tom stade at the ironworks, 7pm, £12, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com Nairn Children's Art Club - Art and craft workshops 2pm-4pm,Junior World, Nairn,Ages 4-14, £4 per child Matthewebonthomas@yahoo.co.uk 30 wednesday the great canadian songbook at the ironworks room 2, 7.30pm, £12, tel: 0871 789 4173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com Nairn Children's Art Club - Art and craft workshops 2pm-4pm,Junior World, Nairn,Ages 4-14, £4 per child Matthewebonthomas@yahoo.co.uk

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Chef’s Confidential As autumn comes upon us its time to put the garden furniture away and all the summer salad stuff and start to think about more hearty meals. This dishes is a great supper dish and one that can be made in advance and just reheated if you wish.

Haddock, mussel, leek and cider pie Serves 2 people 2 lb of clean, bearded mussels 1 lb of haddock pinned ( no bones) and chopped into pieces 2 leeks chopped into slices butter 1 1/2 oz plain flour 1 white onion chopped roughly 1 glove of garlic or a tea spoon of lazy garlic if no fresh available 1/2 pint cider 1 pint fish stock 1/4 pint double cream 1 1/2 lb of mashed potatoes If you have a little tarragon it does make a difference Steam of the mussels, the best way is to place the mussels in a frying pan and pour enough boiling water over them to just cover them and no more. place a lid on the pan and cook for three - four mins until the mussels are all open, those that do not open .. through out. drain the mussels and leave to cool. In a large sauce pan place a knob of butter with the leeks onion and garlic ( also tarragon if you have). stir and simmer for eight to ten mins until the vegetables are soft. Add the fish stock and cider and simmer for about ten mins until the liquid has reduce by three quarters. Whilst this is cooking remove the mussels from the shells. In a separate sauce pan add a knob of butter and the flour and stir together to form a roux, which should be a golden sandy color, once this is ready add the liquid to the roux and stir until the roux id dissolved into the liquid. Add the double cream the mussels and the chopped haddock and stir through and simmer for two, three mins.

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DON’T GET THE WRONG IDEA! Men have many strange, un-scriptural ideas about what it takes to be forgiven and be at peace with God. WHO TOLD YOU THAT...all you have to do is live a good life and God will then accept you? Does God say that your best is good enough for you to be acceptable to Him? God’s viewpoint is “There is none righteous, no, not one.” Romans 3:10. Why is this true? God states, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23. God cannot accept you because you have already sinned. WHO TOLD YOU THAT... being a member of a church would get you into Heaven? To get into Heaven God must deal with your sin problem. Joining a church will not save you. You need forgiveness and cleansing so that God can associate with you. This change is a spiritual birth where God causes a brandnew spiritual nature to live in you. The Bible says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17. To be forgiven and associate with God you need to be born again. “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” John 3:3.

WHO TOLD YOU THAT.... obeying God’s law will save you? It is too late. God’s Word states, “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.” James 2: 10. Every one of us has broken at least one of God’s laws. WHO TOLD YOU THAT... loving every one has anything to do with being saved? This is commendable, however we are separated from God because of our sin nature. Even a sinful person can be loving, however he is stiIl sinful until God removes the stain in Christ.

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Look out also for the stags apparently digging the vegetation by tossing their head, lifting heather and bracken as they do. They are actually spraying themselves to give a distinctive scent, to attract the Red Deer fawn hinds. Not quite old spice but it seems to work for the hinds! After mating, the hinds go through an eight month gestation period with the young born in June the following year, when they are left hidden in long vegetation for the first few weeks, safe from predators such as golden eagle.

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Often, the roaring alone is not enough to ward off rivals and a challenger will try to penetrate the group to mate with the hinds himself. This challenge is usually met by simply chasing off the would be usurper, however occasionally when two stags are very evenly matched a spectacular clash of antlers can occur, with both stags determinedly fighting for the right to spread their genes. These clashes are usually short lived with no real damage done. However, very occasionally they may end in serious injury or even death.

The stags shed their antlers in April, with a full new set re-growing by the end of August, ready for the rut. In the wilds, the antlers rarely grow beyond 16 points (tines) whilst in captivity or where they have easy access to good grazing they can grow much larger. Stags will often eat the shed antlers, providing their bodies with much needed resources for the regrowth of new antlers. Whilst a stags cannot be accurately aged by it's points, generally the more points, the older the animal. A 12 point stag is a Royal, 14 an Imperial and a 16 pointer is a Monarch. Great places to see the rut around Inverness include Glen Affric, Glen Cannich and Strathconon. I also run trips to see the rut throughout October , with a full interpretation of the activity – further details on the web site (below)

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For styling your hair for that special night out you want to try something different, and that may mean big hair!!! Big hair is huge at the moment and can be done different ways, for example you could back comp the top half of your hair and brush it back giving instant volume and with some hairspray will stay in all night, this can be

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autumn brings with it the main party conferences - traditionally a chance for mps, party members and journalists to crowd into out-of-season British seaside resorts and recall their former glories.

It's nice to be by the sea - although, even at this time of year, the coast of the moray Firth strikes me as a good deal more tempting than the english Channel. politicians themselves have been a bit wary of venturing on to the beach since Neil Kinnock famously had a very close encounter of a watery kind while posing for photographs with his wife in Brighton. this year's liberal democrat event formed part of a slight trend against the seaside theme by heading inland to Birmingham. the experience of a conference is hectic - with a continuous stream of events, speeches and meetings in close succession over four or five days, often on a very wide range of different topics. But it brings a different atmosphere to Westminster and a welcome opportunity to explore and debate new ideas more freely than the day-to-day business of government sometimes allows. Within Scotland, the big party conferences often seem to be held by famous rivers rather than the seaside. With that in mind, I am very pleased that the Scottish lib dems will be returning to eden Court on the banks of the Ness next Spring. the event will bring a boost to local business and the associated media coverage can only raise the profile of the facilities which eden Court and the city have to offer. So now that Birmingham is behind us, I am looking forward to welcoming my colleagues home to the Highlands!

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the mood of the times can best be summed up in a short and plaintive poem, by richard armour, entitled “money talks.” “that money talks, I’ll not deny, I heard it once, It said goodbye.” that said, there are a huge number of positives and good developments taking place throughout the land – last week I attended the launch of 240 new jobs in the Oil sector, in subsea work. this week, I shall attend the Oil and Gas Conference in aberdeen, where there is continued success. Indeed, though 38 billion barrels of oil have been extracted from Scottish waters, estimates suggest there may be another 24 billion to come! One of the exciting developments in that sector is called “eOr.” this stands for enhanced oil extraction. Basically, using improved engineering solutions, a greater proportion of the oil in a given oil field can be extracted than before. a further, possible, positive development for Scotland is called Carbon capture and storage. this would sequester carbon emitted, in the North sea disused fields, and this technology may be combined with eOr – so that the injection of compressed carbon can in turn enable more oil to be extracted. the economics of this are being considered, and some of the leading experts in the world work in Scottish universities. Some say that from these policies some 13,000 jobs could be created. So there are hints of rays of sunshine amidst the clouded economic horizon, and though I am no eric morecambe, I hope that I can bring you that sunshine sometime before the end of this parliamentary session.

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