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AULDEARN SWRI Meetings include talks and demonstrations including craft, travel, social and international affairs. Preserves and enhances awareness of Scotland's rural heritage. Second Wednesday of month, 7.30pm, Dunbar Hall (excluding July & August). Contact 451374 or email prentice@god squad.fsnet.co.uk BEFRIENDERS HIGHLAND Voluntary organisation, which co-ordinates friendships between volunteers and people who have experienced a mental health problem and are lonely or isolated. Contact Heather Forbes 451444 email nairn@befrienders highland.org.uk website www.befrienders highland.org.uk BOYS BRIGADE Contact 452950 CAWDOR BOWLING CLUB Provides a six rink green where club and open competitions are played. Spoon competition Friday’s 7pm. Coaching is given to learners on a Tuesday evening. Contact 453698 CAWDOR CURLING CLUB Contact 404291 or 07831 760049 or email dave_rob@hotmail.com

CAWDOR HERITAGE GROUP Family and local history archive facility within Nairn Museum. Contact 456791 or email manager@nairnmuseum .freeserve.co.uk www.nairnmuseum.co.uk

FAMILY FIRST (BADENOCH, STRATHSPEY & NAIRN) Provides a support service via home based volunteer support and or group support for families with a child under 4. Contact Lynne 452865

CAWDOR SWRI Meets on the last Wednesday of each month from September until April, at 7:30pm in the Community Room at the new Cawdor Community Centre, but not December when we go out for our Christmas Meal. For more information contact Brenda on 493361 or email gbshone@btinternet.com

FÈIS INBHIR NARAINN Reg. Charity No. SC038460. Running weeklay traditional music classes in guitar, fiddle, whistle, accordion, chanter, keyboard & bodhran. Any ability from age 8. Instrument hire available. Tel: 462681 or visit www.spanglefish.com /inbhirnarainn

CROSSROADS Provide and develop, within Nairn & Distict, a high quality, cost effective, domiciliary respite care service for carers. Contact 455369 CVS NAIRN An umbrella group for voluntary organisations in Nairn. It provides advice and information to groups regarding funding and establishing new groups. Contact 455234 or email ed@cvsnairn.org.uk EGYPTIAN/TRIBAL BELLY DANCE CLASS At Nairn United Reform Church 7pm-9pm Wednesday evenings Call Liz for details 455661

HIGHLAND RUSSIA CONNECTION Offers Russian language lessons, art and craft workshops, Russian dancing, educational talks, displays and exhibitions. Contact Elena Reid 456245 or e-mail elena.k.reid@ homecall.co.uk www.highlandrussia.org.uk LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF NAIRN HOSPITAL Our charity raises funds to provide extra comforts for the staff and patients at Nairn Town County Hospital and also provide much needed equipment for the hospital. Contact 452243 NAIRN DOMINO LEAGUE Contact 452496

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- Sandy’s Story At the vegetable section of my local supermarket I stood pondering….Organic…Non Organic? What’s the difference? Well for those of you who want to know, this is what it’s all about…. Organic farming is the name given to a variety of agricultural production systems that aim to work with nature, rather than by conquering it. Organic is most commonly associated with food production, both crop and livestock. However, organic methods are also employed in the production of many other goods, leading to products as diverse as timber and clothing, to be labeled as organic. The principal differences between organic farming and conventional farming are: H

an extensive restriction of the use of artificial pesticides, fertilisers and other agro-chemicals; H a hostility to the agricultural application of biotechnology; H a rejection of the routine use of pharmaceuticals on livestock; H an attention to animal welfare; and H a focus on crop rotation, soil quality and maintaining biological

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In this way, organic farming is in many respects, a return to traditional farming methods. Organic food is felt by a growing number of consumers to be safer, more nutritious, taste better and be less harmful to the environment and animal welfare than conventionally produced food, and the market for it has grown in recent years accordingly. I recently spoke to Hugh Grierson, one of Scotland’s largest organic farmers, and he talked to me about his father Sandy. “Sandy was not an Organic farmer but watched with interest as Hugh stopped using sprays and fertiliser. He still worries about the weeds but the change that he really noticed was the butterflies. Insects have thrived since we went organic, especially the butterflies. They are drawn to the red clover that we plant for soil fertility. As they feed on the flowers they fill the farm with colour and movement. When the white clover flowers it can be quite alarming to walk through. Every step disturbs a cloud of bees. Fortunately they are well fed – too sleepy to be alarmed. Hoverflies and ladybirds hunt through our potato crops keeping them free of aphids and the diseases that aphids carry. Where there are insects there will be birds and mammals. We have wetland fields with Lapwings, Red Kite and Curlew. Other fields provide seeds for finches, larks, and Tree sparrows. Sand Martins follow the cows, hunting for tel: 01309 690063

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Organic farming has brought the wildlife back into the fields but we have also worked at improving the woods and waste ground. We have planted hedges and wildflower meadows. We have dug ponds and planted woods. We look after wetlands and rare habitats. It is always very rewarding because new plants and animals moving in and setting up home repay our efforts. They all beautiful and all have a role to play. They are all a part of the jigsaw that makes up a healthy, living farm.” Moray Coast and the Highland’s have some of the finest organic farming in the world, so next time, like me, you stand pondering Organic or Non Organic, think of Hugh’s dad, Sandy! Grateful thanks to: Hugh Grierson Organic Newmiln Farm, Tibbermore Perth, PH1 1QN 01738 730201 07876 732633 www.hughgrierson.co.uk in the compila on of this ar cle. SpotLight - Nairn and District

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I’ve just come back from holiday. First break for 11 months and wife and I were ready for it. I know the old jokes - ministers only work one morning a week and have a golf handicap of 2! If only, apart from the golf. We went to a lovely, warm, sunny Spanish Island. The sea was 28 degrees, and the air 34. Could get used to that. Blue skies every day, sitting outdoors eating dinner at 9 or 10 at night in T shirt and shorts - well I didn’t wear shorts, no need to scare small children with my knees. Fresh food, time on our hands, cool diet cokes, food cooked for you, no washing up, no phone, no emails, nothing but time on our hands and no dead lines - paradise isn’t it? Well yes and no. You get so that you hear what people are saying in my line of work, what they say and how they say it. Even in paradise there was heart break about. The family on the bus from the airport when we arrived who had to cut their holiday short because a sister had died unexpect-

edly. The manager in a coffee shop who was not there one day because his dad had died during the night. Then there was the young waitress in the same coffee shop who comes from Cuba and works from April until October away from Husband and family, far from home, family, friends all to support her folks, and she had to fight all her own battles while away.

Then there were the folks in plasters and on crutches who had come to grief off bikes and stuff, not to mention the poor souls one encountered who were on a last holiday before their illness took control. Oh yes, this Island was paradise, but there were stories of grief. And here in the Highlands, one of the most beautiful parts of the world, there have been a run of road traffic and sporting accidents and deaths, and all the sorrows of loss of jobs, and health, and marriages - how can this be so in such a beautiful world note I haven’t mentioned Pakistan or Iran or Afghanistan.

Nairn Baptist Church meets in Nairn Community Centre, King St. All welcome 11am every Sunday and 6pm every third Sunday of the month. Contact the Pastor 459672 or visit the website www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.uk Auldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Morning Service 12 noon. Contact Rev. Ricky Reid 451675. Cawdor Parish Church Morning Service 10.15am. Rev. JS Mathieson Nairn Free Church Morning Service 11am with Sunday School & Creche (Gordon St); Evening Service 6pm (Rosebank Hall); Youth Club for S1 upwards Wednesday 6.30pm (Rosebank Hall); Prayer and Bible Study Thursday 7.30pm (8 George St). Minister Murdo MacLeod 459131. Nairn Christian Fellowship Sunday Worship 10.30am; Praise and Bible Study Wednesday 7.30pm. Contact Sandy Shaw 456492. Old Parish Church meets at 10.30am for Holiday Worship. Rev. Ian WF Hamilton. page 6 - October 2010

Why doesn’t God do something about this. If He is loving, does He lack the power, or if He has the power, does He lack the compassion? He lacks neither, and He has done more than something - He has done everything. There are some things which are beyond repair - a vase that shatters into a thousand pieces will never be the same again no matter how you put it back together with superglue. It would need to be re-made, and that is what God has done in Jesus Christ - He offers us a new birth, a recreation, a being made new, and this was done through the cross. It may not be the answer we wanted to hear, but our world and humanity is so damaged, broken and hurting, it takes nothing less than re-creation to deal with all the stuff. Jesus did that for us on the cross. Ricky Reid Auldearn & Dalmore Parish Church

St Ninians Church Morning Worship and Sunday School 10.15am; Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7.30pm. Rev. Ricky Reid 451675. St Columba’s Scottish Episcopal Family Worship 10.30am; Evening Prayer 6.30pm. Rev. Canon Alison Simpson 452458. St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Sunday Mass 11.30am; Saturday Vigil 6pm. United Reformed Church Morning Service with Sunday School and Creche 11am. Contact Rev. Steven Manders 451443. The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sunday Service 10.30am. Minister: JD Grant 456088. www.churchofgodnairn.org Nairn Joint Service first Sunday of each month St Ninians 6.30pm. If you are a member of a church not listed here please email with details and we will print this in future issues.

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matt andersen, the loft venue, by kinloss, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ12, tel: 01343 850111

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cawdor castle closes for the season, last entry 5pm, www.cawdorcastle.com matt andersen take 2, the loft venue, by kinloss, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ12, tel: 01343 850111

cinema nairn - the railway children (u), 5.30pm, nairn community centre, king street, nairn, £4 aduts/£3 under 18’s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com jake cogan - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, tel: 01343 850111

Jake Cogan at The Loft Venue Friday 1st October FREE ENTRY Recognised as one of folk musics most exciting new voices, Jake belongs to a rare breed of selfless performers - those who let tradition breathe through them. Tel: 01343 850111 or visit www.loftgigs.co.uk

4 monday & 5 tuesday early christmas fair in aid of children 1st, monday 5pm-8pm wine and savouries included, tuesday 10am-3.30pm tea and coffee included, soup and sandwiches available, westfield house, spynie, near elgin iv30 8xl, enticing shopping for christmas or indeed any other occasion, tel: 01343 547308

6 wednesday highland rock garden club - ‘the alpine plants of new zealand’ by david tool, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 01309 641405

2 saturday cawdor and croy & dalcross parish churches charity christmas card sale, 10am-1pm, cawdor community hall, cawdor school, free entry, tea/coffee available for donation to church funds family and local history fair, 10am-4.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 453476 magic spaghetti by licketyspit, 4pm, universal hall, findhorn, £6/£5/£4 u-16’s, contact 01309 690110 glen cunningham - songs from stage & screen, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 453476 23 0- *.&-" "*1. 7 )& "*,5"6 )*,%1&.8 .% "- 0- "-*,6 ".% /$", *23/16 "*1 .% 0- ,&. 4..*.()"- /.$&13 '1/- 23"(& 2$1&&. 3) 0- 7 )",, !& ".$&8 -42*$ 0&1'/1-".$& %".$& 3) 0- )"1*36 "2)*/. )/5 3) 42*$ "*1. 7 /(,&1 31*.( 4"13&38 3) 0- *.&-" "*1. 7 )& 413 /$+&18

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7 thursday scottish mental health arts & film festival - rag tag in wonderland, 7pm, the town house, inverness, this show uses a theme of alice in wonderland to present the creations of rag tag ‘n textile, a social enterprise making hand-crafted items from recycled textiles, free entry

8 friday scottish mental health arts & film festival - harebells in the wind, 10am & 2pm, highland council debating chamber, glenurquhart road, inverness, a sensitive and holistic approach to perinatal mental illness with mothers and their partners giving vivd accounts of their experiences and recovery, free entry nairn literary institute illustrated talk ‘iceland - land of fire and ice’ with derick nisbet, 7.30pm, st ninian’s church hall, queen street, nairn, visit the website at www.nairnliterary.org.uk dyke garden club - ‘really garlicky’ by glen & gilli allingham, 7.30pm, dyke village hall, contact 01309 641342 or 01309 641565 ill met by moonlight by hijinx, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6 u-16’s, contact 01309 690110

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centre, inverness, a public exhibition of the highland entries to the ‘see me’ photography competition on the theme ‘support’, free

15 friday charity fashion show, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 453476 gilles petit, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8, contact 01309 690110

16 saturday music nairn - the vogler string quartet play music by beethoven, berg & schumann, 8pm, nairn community centre, tickets ÂŁ16/members ÂŁ12/students ÂŁ2, tel: 404763 bodysurf scotland dance double bill, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ8/ÂŁ6, contact 01309 690110

16 saturday & 17 sunday gilles petit 2 day voice workshop, contact info@onebodyonevoice.com for details

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9 saturday “shall we danceâ€?- a fun evening of music, performance & dance , 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 453476 andy irvine, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8, contact 01309 690110

10 sunday golden spurtle world porridge making championships 2010, carrbridge, visit www.goldenspurtle.com for full details ‘nigel’s nonsense’- a jazz quartet performing toetapping tunes from the 1920’s, 2pm-4pm, nicky tam’s bar, glen mhor hotel, ness bank, inverness, free, more details from www.nigelsnonsense.org

14 thursday scottish mental health arts & film festival - the unloved, 7pm, eden court, inverness, a powerful drama about a young girl growing up in a childrens home, which provides an intimate child’s-eye view of the uk’s care system, tickets £2/£3 from eden court tel: 01463 234234

14 thursday & 15 friday scottish mental health arts & film festival - ‘see me’ photographic competition exhibition, eastgate

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orienteering at carse wood, registration 10.30am to 12noon, a full-scale event with seven different courses to suit all ages and abilities, ÂŁ6 adults/ÂŁ2 juniors, visit www.moravianorienteering.org boogie blues ragtime, the loft venue, by kinloss, tel: 01343 850111 free walk & talk for speakers of other languages, 2pm, la caverna, clifton road, lossiemouth, come for a walk, meet new people, practise speaking english, all welcome, visit www.english4moray.co.uk or phone / text 07922 051930 for information scottish mental health arts & film festival - etre et avoir, 3pm, eden court, inverness, a single-class french school, where the handful of boys and girls, whose ages range from 4-10, are all taught by the same remarkably dedicated and caring teacher, a true gem of a film, tickets ÂŁ2/ÂŁ3 from eden court tel: 01463 234234

Boogie Blues Ragtime The Loft Venue Sunday 17th October 2pm Piano – Guitars - Vocals Tel: 01343 850111 or visit www.loftgigs.co.uk

19 tuesday kids’ club with russian language and dance lessons, for more info and bookings tel: elena reid on 456245 scottish mental health arts & film festival - my life as a dog, 7pm, eden court, inverness, set in the sweden of the 1950’s, a 12-year-old boy is farmed out to country relatives when his antics prove too much for his ailing mother , witty, touching and perceptive, tickets £2/£3 from eden court 01463 234234

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Cinema Listings October 2010 Vue Cinema, Inverness

From 1/10 Burries (15) Takers (12a tbc) From 8/10 Wall Street 2 : Money Never Sleeps (12a) Charlie St Cloud (12a tbc) From 15/10 Despicable Me 3D (PG) Vampires Suck (12a tbc) From 22/10 Alpha & Omega (PG) RED (12a tbc) Paranormal Activity 2 (15) Legend of the Guardians 3D (PG) From 29/10 Saw 3D

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Inception (12A) Scott Pilgrilm Vs The World (12A) Five Easy Pieces (15) Mother (15) Waltz With Bashir (18) The Human Centipede (18) Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (15) Despicable Me (U) The Prestige (12A) Made In Dagenham (15) The Town (15) plus many others

Special Showings 1/10 Grease Sing Along 2&3/10 Thomas : Misty Island Rescue Date tbc Back to the Future - Special Edition

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1/10 The Railway Children (U) 29/10 The Hurt Locker (15)

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OCTOBER 2010 continued

19 tuesday harry the piano, 7:30pm, ogstoun theatre, gordonstoun school, nr elgin, ÂŁ12/ÂŁ6, visit our website www.thegcs.org.uk for details or tel: 01343 837917

22 friday kids’ club with russian language and dance lessons, for more info and bookings tel: elena reid on 456245 nairn literary institute ‘the railways of aberdeenshire - the way we were’ with gordon casely, 7.30pm, st ninian’s church hall, queen street, nairn, visit the website at www.nairnliterary.org.uk

24 sunday ‘nigel’s nonsense’- a jazz quartet performing toetapping tunes from the 1920’s, 2pm-4pm, nicky tam’s bar, glen mhor hotel, ness bank, inverness, free, more details from www.nigelsnonsense.org

26 tuesday we dance wee groove, 10am & 1.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ4 per child, contact 01309 690110

29 friday cinema nairn - the hurt locker (15), 7.30pm, nairn community centre, king street, nairn, £4 aduts/£3 under 18’s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com for details scottish international storytelling festival 2010 eastern routes:authentic voices, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £9/£7/£5 u-16’s, contact 01309 690110 andy white, the loft venue, by kinloss, CAP/donation, tel: 01343 850111

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6 saturday orienteering at lossie forest, 10.15am-11am, two different courses to challenge your navigation skills and fitness in moravian’s popular saturday series of events, ÂŁ3 adults/ÂŁ2 juniors, for more details visit www.moravianorienteering.org the opera bus - scottish opera ‘the marriage of figaro’, 7.15pm at eden court theatre, inverness, coach pick up points along a96 from keith to nairn, ticket & coach ÂŁ38 approx. (coach only ÂŁ7 return) tel. 01343 835258 9 tuesday blood donors, 1.30pm-4pm and 5pm-8.30pm, nairn community centre 10 wednesday highland rock garden club - ‘the bainbridge world of bulbs, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 01309 641405 12 friday dyke garden club - ‘hydroponics’ by jenny stewart, 7.30pm, dyke village hall, contact 01309 641342 or 01309 641565 20 saturday cinema nairn - snow falling on cedars (15), 7.30pm, nairn community centre, king street, nairn, ÂŁ4 aduts/ÂŁ3 under 18’s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com for details 25 thursday red priest, 7:30pm, st christopher’s chapel, gordonstoun school, nr elgin, ÂŁ12/ÂŁ6, visit our website www.thegcs.org.uk for details or tel: 01343 837917 26 friday moroccan gnawa music with omar afif, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8, tel: 01309 690110 the highland-russia connection charity presents “an epic russian adventureâ€?, 7.30pm, st columba's church hall, nairn, an illustrated talk given by highland artist and firefighter, vicky stonebridge on her journey to a remote part of this vast country, for details of this event please phone 01667 456245 26 friday, 27 saturday, 21 sunday christmas craft fair, brodie castle, tel: 0844 493 2156

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Matters Arising • Sandown Lands ~ Comm. Cllr. Mackie said we were still awaiting word from THC Planning as to the legal position on the Wetlands/Parkland as to whether the C.C. could undertake the work to form the wetlands element, thereafter form the Parkland as a Community Project. If no response by October 2010 - letter to THC Planning. • Community Council Consultation ~ we are still awaiting a joint meeting with the three Nairn C.C.’s and William Gilfillan to address the issue of Nairn C.C.’s future composition. • Nairn Bus Issues ~ Comm. Cllr. Mackie gave a report on the meeting we held

One of the g r e a t political skills is the ability to put a name to a face – and, ideally, some relevant background information too.

Conversely, it can be embarrassing when the mental pathways come to a dead end and leave their owner stranded hopelessly in front of someone he has met but cannot quite remember when or where. I hugely enjoy meeting thousands of local people in the course of my work, but it does add to the challenge as time goes on!

This is one area where my Highland colleague Charles Kennedy definitely has an edge on me. Charles has been an MP for 27 years, but seems effortlessly to recall

with representatives of Stagecoach Highland, after several years trying to hold such a meeting. The new M.D. at Inverness Mr. Steve. Walker appeared to want to address these issues, and would like to work with the C.C.’s and wants to arrange a joint meeting with the Nairn C.C.’s and public to hear their complaints. He will also look at the provision of buses to & from Nairn Hospital after the afternoon school run is complete, so we will await that decision. Meantime we still want people to pass on any complaints they have about the buses, and would encourage all the C.C.’s to gather such information and pass it on either to NSCC or Stage-

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people whom he once gave directions to in 1986: their names, where they met and where it was they were trying to get to at the time.

Last month, I was delighted to be invited by Fujitsu to open their new offices in Inverness and came across a familiar face. While all the people present were being introduced, I was challenged to remember where it was that I had previously met my host, Fujitsu’s company service development manager. I am afraid that I did not succeed. It was a relief – and a very pleasant surprise – to be told he was Neil Macleod who, some 28 years previously when I was aged 10, had coached me as a young Ross County cricketer. I could only add that he had never taught me how to spin!

It is said that over the past decade or so, Inverness has been the fastest growing city in Britain - some say in Europe. Which statistician keeps the tally of city sizes I know not. But, given the pace of growth in population that we have undoubtedly seen in Inverness, Nairn and the corridor between them, it is fitting that we have hosted the first housing "Expo" in Scotland and indeed Britain. And what a success it was. With well over 30,000 visitors it was one of the top summer attractions in the North. I joined Alex Salmond, Scotland’s First Minister, on the day before the official closure of the month long event when he returned for

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coach, Inverness. Oral or Tabled Reports from Local Authority Councillors • Planning/Environment ~ Cllr. Dick Youngson gave a resume of a visit to the Housing Expo in Inverness, and remarked that there were no “Prices” available for the various types of Houses. He then went on to local planning issues including the Co-op, Moss-side Road who were due a refit, and he will contact them regarding a notice board which we have previously had discussions about, with Co-op management. He also reported that Rosebank Church had again come up COUNCIL MINUTES CONTINUED ON P18

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his own second visit - and I suspect that this was in part so that Moira Salmond, who accompanied him, was able to see it for herself! Now the Scottish Government will work with the Council the housing alliance and others to evaluate and learn from the event, and, I will be astonished if the Inverness Expo is not one of many that will follow in Scotland in the years to come. The idea of the expo originated in Finland, but the Highlands have led the way in Britain and this in itself will be good for the region; good for the reputation of those involved, and also for the thousands of our citizens who in one way or another depend, for their lives and livelihoods, on a thriving building sector. Better to be known as Expo city than Tesco town. Fe rg us Ew ing M SP

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SCHOOLS Auldearn Primary School ............................(01667) 452118 Cawdor Primary School ..............................(01667) 402460 Millbank Primary School..............................(01667) 452240 Rosebank Primary School ..........................(01667) 454090 Nairn Academy ............................................(01667) 453700 Moray College Nairn Learning ....................(01667) 456759

DOCTORS Nairn Hospital A&E .....................................(01667) 452101 The Lodgehill Clinic ....................................(01667) 452096 Arderseir Medical Practice ..........................(01667) 452278 Nairn Sports Medicine Clinic ......................(01667) 454523 DENTISTS Jones Jones & Behrendt ............................(01667) 453189 RM Donald & Associates ............................(01667) 454603 PHARMACIES Lloyds Pharmacy ........................................(01667) 453100 Boots The Chemist ......................................(01667) 453169

VETS Moray Coast ................................................(01667) 453161 Inshes Veterinary Clinic Inverness ..............(01463) 711777

Police Station ..............................................(01667) 452222 Stagecoach Inverness .................................(01463) 239292 Citizens Advice Bureau ...............................(01667) 456677 Nairn Museum ............................................(01667) 456791 Dalcross Airport .............................(01667) 464000/462280 Inverness Job Centre ....................(01463) 888100/888200 Highland Council ........................................(01667) 458500 Victim Support ............................................(01463) 710806 Samaritans ..................................................(01463) 713456 Gas - Emergency ............................................(0800 111999 Water - Emergency ........................................08456 008855 British Red Cross Inverness ........................(01463) 231620 Crossroads ..................................................(01667) 455369 National Rail Enquiries ..................................08457 484950 If you have any suggestions for additional useful numbers please email these to us on admin@spotlighton.co.uk

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for changes to planning, and he will have another look at that. • We have also responded in support of Nairn West C.C. regarding the Planning Application to build flats at Lodgehill Clinic site, and put in supporting objections. Likewise, we have supported Nairn West C.C. regarding the Corsee Planning Application and raised our concern regarding the main Corsee building and its future useage. • H.W.D.P. ~ a question was asked about the HWDP outcome and a discussion ensued which indicated that many people were disappointed with the Plan so far, and wondered what and when the next phase was to appear. It was decided to put this item on the agenda for September meeting as the Inner Moray Development Plan should be ongoing by then. • Roads/Community ~ Signage issues at the west end of Nairn were again raised, and Cllr. Mackie reported he had e-mail’d Bear Scotland regarding the “Nairnâ€? signs at Sandown Road, as well as the ‘Safety Fencing and other items abandoned after the street lighting replacement programme but had had no response. Cllr. Mackie has now written to Bear Scotland repage 18 - October 2010

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