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CLUBS & SOCIETIES CAWDOR SWI Last Wednesday of each month, 7:30pm, Sept - April, Community Room at Cawdor Community Centre, (not December when we go out for our Christmas Meal). Call Brenda on 493361 or email bjshone@gmail.com COMMUNITY KRAFT CLUB Meets alternate Thursdays from 2pm - 4pm in 'The Tearoom' beside the CAB Office. Contact number 01667 453289 FORRES & NAIRN DISTRICT WELFARE ASSOCIATION A football league made up from clubs and pubs in the Forres & Nairn area. Apr - Sept, age 16 + For info call Mashy Young on 07796 524050 or email forresnairnwfa@hotmail.co.uk FORRES & NAIRN SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING Mondays 8pm - 10pm in Forres Town Hall Jan - Mar & Sept - Dec Thursdays 7:30pm - 9:30pm in Nairn Community Centre from Sept - Mar. All abilities welcome at these RSCDS classes. For details see www.rscdsforres.org or call 07906 306160 or Kate McArdle on 07918 147115

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HEADWAY HIGHLAND (NAIRN) SOCIAL GROUP Second Monday of each month 10am - 12pm at St Columba's Church Hall, Queen Street. Tea, coffee and biscuits served. For people and families affected by acquired brain injury. Call Blayne 01667 451392 for more info. HIGHLAND HISTORICAL SEARCH SOCIETY Inverness based metal detecting club. Free equipment loan, tuition and regular places to detect. Beginners & new members welcome. Contact Len tel: 01808 521340 anytime HIGHLAND LGBT FORUM Reg. charity with regular social events in Inverness for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Call 07512 231904 or visit www.gay-ness.org.uk HIGHLAND QUILTERS 3rd Tuesday of the month, SeptJune (December meeting 2nd Tuesday). Meet in Smithton Free Church Hall at 7:30pm. New members and visitors welcome. Visit www.highlandquilters.com INVERNESS CHORAL SOCIETY Mondays, 7:30pm (except summer holidays) at Smithton Free Church, Inverness. The largest choir in the Highlands, performing two classical concerts a year at Eden Court Theatre. New members welcome in Jan & Aug. For details visit www.invernesschoral.org.uk LONG DISTANCE WALKERS ASSOCIATION (NORTH WEST GRAMPIAN LDWA) For all who enjoy the outdoors combined with cake. Centred on Moray but covering Thurso to Pitlochry and even the islands. A varied programme of walks is planned to attract a wide range of people with shorter options for families when possible. For more info visit www.ldwa.org.uk MUSIC NAIRN Nairn's popular and well supported music society. Regular high quality concerts are held in Nairn Community and Arts Centre and everyone is most welcome. For more details visit www.musicnairn.org.uk or phone 01667 455701.

NAIRN & DISTRICT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION New beekeepers or visitors welcome at our monthly meetings. Call 454887 or email jandjburns@hotmail.com NAIRN & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB Meets 1st Thursday of the month, 7.30pm at Nairn Community & Arts Centre (Mar - Dec). Talks, visits and day outings with an Annual Show in August. New members welcome. Visit www.spanglefish.com/nairnand districtgardeningclub or call 01667 462410 for more details. NAIRN BOWLING CLUB Albert Street, Nairn, IV12 4HP. For more info contact John Harrison on 01667 452847 or harrison827@btinternet.com NAIRN CARDIACTIVE GROUP Meets Mondays at 7.15pm in Nairn Community Centre for an hour long exercise session led by a qualified physiotherapist. Come and join this friendly group and look after your heart. Call June on 01667 453655 for more details. NAIRN DISABLED SPORTS CLUB We cater for bowlers and athletes who have a disability. Contact 07766 952477 NAIRN GAELIC CHOIR Gaelic and other choral music, promoting the Gaelic language. Contact 01667 258829 or email christinagillies@hotmail.co.uk NAIRN HIGHLAND GAMES COMMITTEE Contact 452422 or email info@nairnhighlandgames.co.uk www.nairnhighlandgames.co.uk NAIRN HYDROTHERAPY POOL Monday - Saturday from 9.30am. For general health and well-being. Helps all ages & many mobility problems. Contact 455351 NAIRN LADIES CURLING CLUB Friendly club offering good fun social curling. New members welcome. Contact 404256

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NAIRN MUSEUM Local history museum with 6 rooms of archives & memorabilia. Changing photo exhibitions. Children's Area. Disabled Access. Mon - Friday 10am - 4.30pm & Sat 10am 1pm, Easter to Oct. Call 456791 NAIRN SOCCER SEVENS Mondays 6pm - 7.15pm, Easter to October. Qualified SFA coaches provide coaching and games. P2 - P7. Contact 452930 NAIRNSHIRE FARMING SOCIETY Contact 01667 452760 or email secretary@nairnshow.org.uk SIGNPOST Guidance and support to voluntary groups and individuals in Nairn and Inverness-shire. Volunteering, funding, office services (typing, photocopying, book-keeping and more). Handypersons service carrying out jobs around the home (many at no cost) for the elderly and those living with a disability. Contact 01667 455234 or email nairn@signpost-inc.org TREES FOR LIFE GREEN DAYS OUT For people in Moray & Invernessshire. Spend a day carrying out conservation tasks. Transport, tools and training free of charge. Pick ups available. Volunteers over 18 with a reasonable level of fitness. Every Wed & last Sun of the month. Booking essential. Call Mick on 01309 691292 or email mick@treesforlife.org.uk WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION We hold 9 meetings per year on Saturday afternoons in Elgin Library. Open to anyone with an interest in WW1. Contact Derek Bird on 01343 870562 or email chairman.wfasnb@virgin.net www.wfascotlandnorth.org.uk

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it is an accurate description of the word. On the other hand, some people call Christians fools for believing there is a God. In fact, I often hear stories of Christians being mocked for their faith in God. We all have choices to make in life: we can choose to believe there is an Intelligent Designer, or there is no God. Personally, how can I disregard history and archaeological discoveries that confirm what the Bible says is true? How can I ignore Bible prophecies that have been fulfilled and still are being fulfilled? How can I deny the testimonies of millions of people who have been radically changed by Jesus Christ in a positive way? Incidentally, I also hear stories from people who have tried everything in life to make them happy, but these things only left them feeling even more empty. We live in a world where many voices try to tell us there is no God or there is some other ‘better’ alternative. In my view, I find a life without God has nothing positive to offer me because I once rejected God and lived that

Ardersier with Petty Parish Church, Church of Scotland Sundays 10.15am. Petty Sundays 12 noon.Tel: 01667 462224. Auldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Sundays 12noon. Contact Revd. Thomas M Bryson on 01667 451675. Cawdor Parish Church Sunday 10.15am. Contact Rev. JS Mathieson: 01667 493217. Nairn Baptist Church Nairn Community Centre. Sundays 11am. Contact the Pastor on 01667 452764 or Secretary on 01667 452351 or visit www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.uk Nairn Christian Fellowship Sundays 10.30am. Wednesday 7.30pm: praise and Bible study. Contact Sandy Shaw: 01667 456492. Nairn Free Church Sundays 11am with Sunday school and crèche, 6pm at Gordon St, Nairn. Wednesday cafe, 10am. Wednesday Youth Club, 7pm for S1-S6. Thursday: 316 Club, 3.15pm, for P4-P7. Thursday Bible Study Prayer Meeting at 7pm Contact the Minister Murdo MacLeod on 01667 459131. Nairn Old Parish Church 10.30am: holiday worship and crèche. Contact Rev. Alison Mehigan on 01667 453777

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kind of life. For example, before I became a Christian in 1983, I found life very unsatisfying and empty. Of course, I tried to find satisfaction in all kinds of things - but it all failed. After all, I believed in many false assumptions and unproven theories that tried to dismiss the accuracy of the Bible and the reality of God. Thankfully, I made the right decision to follow God, and it has profoundly changed my life. I have answers to all the big questions about life; I have a peace that passes all understanding; I have a hope beyond the grave and so many other wonderful blessings in my life. Sadly, many do not want to know these heavenly blessings for many bizarre reasons. Yes, we can all be fooled, but do you really want to be fool out of the gift of eternal life that the Gospel of John talks about in John 3:15? Finally, the word of God says in Galatians 6:7, ‘Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God.’ Rev J Dereck Grant (Church of God Nairn & Railway Mission Chaplain)

St. Ninian’s Church Sunday services and Sunday school: 10.15am. Contact Revd. Thomas M Bryson on 01667 451675. St Columba’s Scottish Episcopal Family Eucharist on Sundays at 10.30am. Holy Communion on Wednesdays at 10.30am. Contact Rev. Dean Alison J Simpson 01667 452458 St Mary’s Catholic Church IV12 4RJ. Saturday Vigil 6pm. Sunday Mass 10am. Tel: 01667 453323. United Reformed Church Sunday services and Sunday School with crèche 11am. Contact John C Brown (Secretary) 01667 453373. The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sundays 10.30am. Contact Minister JD Grant on 01667 456088 or visit www.churchofgodnairn.com Nairn Joint Service at Nairn St Ninian's Church of Scotland. First Sunday each month at 6:30pm. 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 existing details, email tamsyn@spotlighton.co.uk

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Rolling Event 25 march - 10 april easter fun in fochabers at the walled garden, gordon castle, fochabers. for info call 01343 612317

23 april - 7 may spey art group annual exhibition 2016 10am - 5pm at grantown on spey museum. free entry. for more info call carol-anne on 01479 873534 or speyartgroup.wordpress.com

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Is your Lawn Now Ready for the Season ? By “Ready” I mean aerated, and raked or scarified. If so, well done. The ground conditions have been awful this year, right through the mid-winter months. The succession of storms, and heavy rain has meant lots of waterlogging. These conditions are not good for GreenThumb, or indeed anyone trying to get any work done. Very few plants thrive on standing for weeks on end with their feet in cold water ! We have made very slow progress for months now, and have a substantial backlog of preparatory work to catch-up. Easter weekend is early this year too. As a general rule, you should have the grass scarified and the winter moss dealt with before you start mowing or feeding. Once you get new young grass shoots up and running, a scarifier will no doubt do them some damage. We will probably have to postpone our spring feeding until all our aerating and scarification is done. This has been becoming more of a “norm” in the last 10 years as it seems to us on the ground every day, that autumn conditions are lasting late (up to Christmas), and winter is then running late and producing a late spring. Last year there was almost no spring at all ! Wet ground conditions going into this season means even worse moss than usual this spring. There’s not much time left therefore for raking and scarifying before the grass wants to get going. It also probably means we will all need to aerate the ground, to help with waterlogging, and the inevitable compaction of heavy ground. Spring – bring it on !

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deja vu in aid of children 1st - sale of unworn & nearly new clothes for adults & children 5pm - 8pm at westfield house, nr elgin. for info call veronica maclean 01343 547308

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nairn & district gardening club - success with hardy fuschias 7:30pm at nairn community & arts centre. www.spanglefish.com/nairnanddistrictgardeningclub hunter and the bear@ the drouthy cobbler 7:30pm. £15. book early. call 01343 596000 or visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

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8 friday - 16 saturday bandstand beer & music festival for info visit www.braevalhotel.co.uk

9 saturday guns2roses@ ironworks 7.30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

11 monday light & life 7pm - 9pm costa coffee, high st, elgin fhealing for body, soul and mind and live music. call 07733 127539.

12 tuesday scottish ornithologists’ club: agm &”bradford bay/skye birds” 7.30pm, culloden library. call 01463 221661 or 01808 511740 for more information highland literary salon: speaker - dr sue black 7.30pm at glen mhor hotel, inverness. for more info see www.highlandlitsalon.com sjögren's syndrome and lupus support group meeting 1pm - 3pm at moray resource centre. for more information call sheena on 01343 820635 or susan on 01343 842656

13 wednesday moray, banff & badenoch decorative and fine arts society lecture (mbbdfas) ‘what really happened on easter island’ - lecturer paul bahn 11am at the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. non-members £7 donation. new members welcome. email membership secretary membership@nadfas-inelgin.org.uk or visit nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk nairn u3a - talk by chris higgins on ‘beekeeping in the highlands 1.45pm nairn community centre. all welcome. for more information contact pauline on 01467 453537 or visit www.nairnu3a.org.uk.

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16 saturday manran@ ironworks 8pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com nairn men’s breakfast 9.45am for 10am at dunbar golf club, nairn. testimony by johhny bremner. contact campbell on 01667 455149 by 6.30pm on fri 15th april to book your place.

17 sunday moravian orienteers 10.30am - 12.00pm at roseisle forest. includes the moray & highland junior championship. all welcome. call mike rodgers 07957 836124 or www.moravianorienteeering.org music nairn presents:maximilliano martin (clarinet) & julian millford (piano) 3pm at nairn community and arts centre. tickets at door or music nairn www.musicnairn.org.uk or call 01667 455701 moray field club coastal walk - findochty to cullen 10am at elgin community centre. charge for bus. bring packed lunch. to book or info call kerstin on 01343 547968 or morayfieldclub@outlook.com

22 friday piano recital with alexander chapman campbell 7.30pm at brodie castle. online booking at www.nts.org.uk/events/brodie-castle cinema nairn: 'the lunchbox' (pg) 7:30pm at nairn community and arts centre. tickets at the door. for more information visit cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk spey art group annual exhibition 2016 - preview night 5pm - 8pm. wine & nibbles. for more info call carol-anne 0n 01479 873534 or speyartgroup.wordpress.com space@ ironworks 7.30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com scottish rock garden club (moray group) - stan da prato - scotland’s showiest alpines 7:30pm, new elgin hall annex. for more information call colinne souter (treasurer) on 01340 871504 or netta milne (secretary) on 01340 881558

23 saturday the dangleberries@ ironworks 7pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com inverness choral society: faure requiem 7.30pm at eden court theatre. spring concert guarantees to lift winter-weary spirits. £16; students & u16 £8. visit www.invernesschoral.org.uk

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23 saturday - 24 sunday the rhum plants - a comedy 2.30pm at brodie castle. online booking at www.nts.org.uk daffodil walks for scotland’s gardens scheme 10.30am to 4pm at brodie castle.

24 sunday afternoon tea in aid of glasgow children’s hospital charity 2pm - 4pm at pluscarden hall. balloon race, raffles, stalls. donations welcome mairearad green and anna massie@the drouthy cobbler 7:30pm. £12. book early. call 01343 596000 or visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk etape loch ness 6.30am - 4pm cycle sportive around loch ness. for info visit www.etapelochness.com finding the findhorn 2pm - 5pm. walk to the higher reaches of the river findhorn (grade b). booking essential. call john orr 01463 255291 or rangers.inverness@highland.gov.uk baby & children's market 10am - 12pm at inverness leisure centre, bught park. nearly new sale of baby and children's items. good quality 2nd hand kids clothes, toys and equipment at our pop-up indoor market. email info@happymumsmarket.co.uk

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glenfiddich gallery experience 11am - 12pm, 3pm 4pm at the glenfiddich distillery, dufftown. free live music 9.30pm - 1.30am at the stuart arms, dufftown. free in-store extravaganza: uisge source 12pm - 5pm at the whisky shop, dufftown. free moray society agm & talk on wildcat conservation 6.30pm agm, 7.30pm talk at elgin museum hall. or more info call 01343 543675 or visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk whisky tasting with carn mor’s peter mackay 10.30am - 5pm at the whisky castle, tomintoul. free craig charles funk & social club@ ironworks 8pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

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School Studies : It is approaching exam time again for our young folk in high schools across Moray. Several students have been in touch with me asking my views on a range of subjects that they are investigating - normally for Modern Studies assignments - covering subjects as diverse as the Westminster voting system and whether I support or oppose the death penalty. It is great to see the enthusiasm and I wish all of our students all the best in their upcoming exams. Something, I confess, I do not envy any one of them! Election Time : It wouldn’t be appropriate to use this column for political campaigning (and no-one would be surprised at who I’m campaigning for anyway!), however I would simply urge folk to use their vote in next month’s Scottish Parliament elections. Democracy has been paid for very dearly by those before us and I strongly believe we should all exercise our right to vote, whoever it may be for.

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K.F.C. (Kev’s Fried Chicken). Sticky and Southern fried chicken fillets, coleslaw, bourbon barbeque sauce, fried corn and chips ............................ £13.75 Open lasagne of lobster, crayfish and leek, Applewood cheese sauce, fried hens egg ............................. £13.50 Sweet and sticky rack of slow roasted pork ribs, coleslaw, chilli and pineapple salsa, potato salad, fried corn and chips (G/F)........................... £13.50 Add crispy chicken @ ................... £4.25 Spicy peanut king prawns, steamed jasmine rice, mango and coriander salad (G/F) ........................................... £13.75

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8oz Rump Steak ..................... ÂŁ14.50 8oz Sirloin Steak ................... ÂŁ16.50 16oz Rump Steak ................... ÂŁ21.50

SALAD Chargrilled Chicken, Stornoway black pudding and bacon with soft poached egg (Can be made G/F)...................... £12.95 Trawlerman’s Salad (Can be made G/F)...................... £13.50 Hot and cold smoked local salmon, prawns and crayfish marie rose, dressed leaves, gherkins and capers, proper bread and butter Farmhouse Salad (G/F) .......... £13.50 Homecooked and smoked meats, sticky pickle, potato salad, leaves, house dressing, parsley and buttered new potatoes

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