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Clubs and Societies

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Clubs & Societies 3 Sailing/Nairn Games 4 Pastoral letter 6 Church Details 6 Birding 8 What’s On 9/10/11/13 Chef’s Confidential 14 Council News 16 MP, MSP Blog 16 School Dates 18 Local Holidays 18 Tide Times 18 Useful Contacts 19 Advertisers Index 19

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LYNX NETBALL CLUB OF NAIRN The new season starts on the 18th August 2010. All abilities welcome. S1 upwards. Contact Kim Neill tel: 455486.

NAIRN & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB Meets on the third Monday in month at Nairn Community Centre at 7.30pm (except Aug second Monday in month).

A variety of topics are covered from visiting speakers. Contact 493326 or 452331 for further details.

NAIRN MUSEUM Local history museum with 6 rooms of archives and memorabilia. Changing exhibitions. Children’s Area.

Disabled Access. Open Monday to Friday 10am4.30pm and Saturday 10am-1pm. Last entry ½ hour before closing. Tel: 01667 456791 www.nairnmuseum.co.uk NAIRN ROAD RUNNERS We are a small & friendly club and cater for all running abilities. Come & join us on our club night every Thursday at 7.30pm at the Maggot. For more details contact Louise Scott tel: 451835, email info@nairnroad runners.co.uk or visit www.nairnroad runners.co.uk

NAIRN SCHOOL OF DANCING Meets Wednesdays at 3.30pm at the BB Hut, Old Parish Chruch. Contact Mrs Fraser 01463 729477 NAIRN SOCCER SEVEN'S Qualified SFA coaches provide coaching and games. Mondays 6pm 7.15pm, Easter to October.

Primary 2 - Primary 7.

Contact 452930 NAIRN SPORTS CLUB Nairn Sports Club has something for everyone Fitness classes, Gym, Tennis, Squash & Badminton Courts, Sauna, Non-members welcome.

Contact 454523 or email info@nairnsportsclub.co.uk

NAIRN YOUTH CLUB Contact 453476 NAIRN YOUTH THEATRE CLUB NYTC is an organisation for young people who are interested in all aspects of performance and theatre arts. NYTC work in association with Nairn Drama Club - youths, Nairn Academy, local Primary Schools and Eden Court. Contact 456902 RELATE HIGHLAND Offering the services of a counsellor in Nairn on Wednesday afternoons.

Contact 01463 712888 (Monday-Thursday 10-1, or leave a message and you will be called back)

NAIRN ST NINIAN BADMINTON CLUB Currently held at Nairn Academy gym hall every Thursday, September to Easter from 6pm - 7.30pm.

Age between 8 & 15 years.

Contact 454716 or email mariadicarlo46@hotmail.com

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Entertainment and dancing every weekend. Highland Hall function suite available for weddings and parties of all sizes. Contact 452077

NAIRN THUNDERBOLTS Nairnshire’s Mini Rugby Club. For children in Primary 4 - 7. Training on Sunday mornings 10.30am - 12noon at Viewfield, behind Nairn Museum. Affiliated to SRU. For more details tel: 01667 454963 or visit www.pitchero.com/clubs/ nairnminirugbyclub/

VOLUNTEERING HIGHLAND Volunteer Centre in Nairn Welcomes anyone who would like to volunteer in the local area. Contact Fiona Barnes 453055 or nairn@volunteeringhighland.org

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The Moray Coast Wet & Dry Challenge S ai l i n g w i t h t he R oy al ’ s Despite the rather grand title, the “ R o y a l F i n d h o r n Ya c h t C l u b ” is known locally as ‘the sailing club’, and it is just that.

A club to be enjoyed by those who sail and those that don’t.

The dinghy sailors young and old, keep the club on-wateractivities alive - a fun bunch - who turn out nearly every weekend to race and socialise afterwards. Findhorn sailing club also has its cruiser sailors who join in races that are held in the Firth and, of course, all the socialising in the clubhouse too.

Different people have different ideas of what sailing is, from large yachts to the idyllic image of dinghy sailing on a summer’s afternoon in a fair wind. With the wind behind the

boat the idyllic dinghy becomes supercharged and sometimes can be seen haring across the bay! Sailing can be a very fast and exhilarating sport that can be enjoyed by both the young and old. Sailing is much more accessible than people may think. Clubs are often the best place to begin or continue sailing, as they provide access to other like minded people, as well as facilities such as a safety boat when racing, boat storage, subsidised training for members, usually a bar and also, in the case of the RFYC, a café and a fantastic view of Findhorn Bay. They also provide a great social life for both young people and those not so young!

RFYC is holding another open week in August following the success of previous events in May and July. This includes a week of “Try a Sail” days which are free of charge and are available to anyone subject to space. The week will be split into 7 daily slots of two hours each due to tide restrictions.

There will be 3 half-hour sessions and with 5 boats on offer this allows for 18 slots a day so booking is important. We have two types of boats which will be used. Four topazes which can be single or two-man crewed, and one Omega which can take 3 crew. Both boats are in excellent condition and will offer those sailing in them a modern and first class insight into the joys of dinghy sailing, with the support of qualified and experienced sailors, and with safety boat support.

For details visit the Club’s website at www.rfyc.net or phone 01309 690247 for details an d bookings . Early bookin g is rec om m en ded for t he “Try-A -S ail” places . page 4 - August 2010

‘Ca be r ’ A Hig hla nd Fling !

The Nairn Games were inaugurated on Saturday, August 10th 1867. It was the intention that this should be the first in an “annual series of athletic sports and Highland games.”

The scene at the links in 1867 would have had many basic similarities to that of today.

Two years later the first event was held, the attendance was put at 8,000 and it was established as the “largest and most popular gathering in the North.”

A gathering of this size soon attracted unofficial entertainers – the first itinerant pipers, fiddlers, cheap Johns and the like.

No meetings were held during the two world wars, but the games were as popular as ever when restarted after World War II. There were some changes to the games thereafter, the biggest coming in 1952 when the amateur and women’s events were introduced for the first time.

Today, meetings provide a greater variety of events than ever before, with traditional Highland dancing and piping providing a contrast with the athletic efforts on the track and in the heavy events, which remain as popular as ever.

T H E 1 33 r d N a ir n H ig h l an d G a m e s on 2 1 s t A u g u s t 2 0 1 0 promises to be another spectacular gathering this year. After the successful Homecoming Event of 2009 when organisers were blessed with glorious sunshine the Games committee are now looking forward to another big turn out competitors and spectators on the town links.

In recent years a major crowd puller has been the massed pipe bands marching through the town to the spectacular arena on the shores of the Moray Firth. This year eleven pipe bands have promised they will be there. So over two hundred pipers and drummers will lead a parade from Viewfield to the links. Games Convener Sandra Ross said: "We had two bad years with the weather in 2006 and 2007 but we weren't alone in that. The sun returned oin 2008 and again for Homecoming Year in 2009 so we are hoping for more of the same in 2010 and would remind everyone that we have the only free games in Scotland. It's free to come and sit on the links and you only have to pay if you want a ringside seat."

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Looking at the TV pictures of the summer solstice being celebrated at Stonehenge reminded me of how amazing that ancient structure is. I’ve never been to Stonehenge, but I’ve been to Callanish in Lewis, (Britain’s second-best preserved stone circle), and it too is hugely impressive.

I need to state categorically here that I have no sympathy whatsoever for sun-worship or anything to do with pagan religion. On the contrary, I thank God, (the Creator of the sun, moon and stars - and of everything else and everyone else too!), for the glorious Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ who gave his life on the cross to take away the sins of everybody who would believe on him, and who would trust him for salvation.

But that doesn’t stop me admiring the skill and engineering of those who erected these structures with tools and and ideas utterly primitive by today’s standards. These sites are grand, humbling and atmospheric, but big questions remain. How old

are they? Who built them? And why?

The answers have been lost over time - the stones have endured, but not the thinking and the beliefs behind them.

When Joshua was leading the Israelites into the Promised Land on their way out of Egypt, God instructed Joshua to build a little memorial cairn so that future generations, seeing it, would ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’ This would afford the opportunity to tell the children about the mighty works of God in former days.

(You can read about this incident in the Bible, in Joshua Chapter 4).

The Christian world is full of piles of old stones too - old churches where people once worshipped God now fallen into disuse and disrepair. Even Nairn has a few prominently-sited ones! I can well imagine today’s children, and not just the children, looking at these old ruins and asking, ‘What’s that old building, Mum?’ - in effect, ‘What do these stones mean?’

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 - August 2010

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It is the duty of present-day Christians to ensure that the buildings we currently worship in are something vastly greater than ruins-in-waiting.

More to the point, God describes believers themselves as ‘living stones’ in his own great building project building a people who will share his glory with him forever. It’s all about the people of God, not the structures they build to worship in. The Christian Gospel is a living, breathing message and way of life, to be lived out by living, breathing men and women, boys and girls.

If the Gospel is lived out and proclaimed as it ought to be by God’s people today, then neither the children of today nor of the future will have to look at our buildings and ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’ The very question would be absurd ‘That's where God’s people work and worship! Everybody knows that that's what these stones mean!’

Murdo Macleod Nairn Free 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 11am; 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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High Flyers of The Moray Coast

Local Interest

The district of Moray & Nairn stretches along the southern shore of the Moray Firth from Cullen in the east to Nairn in the west. The Spey and the Findhorn, lend much to the character of the area and many smaller rivers and streams drain the interior into the Moray Firth. Typical breeding species are Dipper, Grey Wagtail and Common Sandpiper. Goosanders

inhabit the smaller upland tributaries with a few Red-breasted Mergansers breeding on the lower reaches. There is relatively little standing water in Moray & Nairn but Lochs Oire, na Bo, Loy and Spynie provide winter wildfowl interest; Loch Spynie in particular holds a spectacular winter goose roost, and a rich wetland breeding bird community in summer. The coastline consists of a rich mosaic of habitat types. Short stretches of cliff run from Hopeman to Covesea and from Portknockie to Findochty. Here may be found good populations of Fulmars and Kittiwakes with a smaller number of Shags and Black Guillemots. The best rocky shores are between Burghead and Hopeman, at Lossiemouth and between Portgordon and Findochty. Winter waders, which include Purple Sandpipers, are often well accustomed to people and easily watched. There are three muddy estuaries, the wide expanse of Findhorn Bay and the smaller, but more intimate and easily watched, estuaries of the Lossie and Spey rivers. A wide variety of wildfowl, gulls and terns feed and roost on the estuaries and fishing ospreys are a regular feature in summer.

Offshore, Burghead Bay and Spey Bay are well known for their flocks of wintering sea ducks with impressive rafts of scooters, Long-tailed Ducks and Eider.

Buckie shore In winter the rocks hold numerous Turnstones, Redshanks, Oystercatchers, Dunlin and Purple Sandpipers. Ringed Plovers, Curlews and Knot can also be expected in smaller numbers. The gull flocks are worth checking for Glaucous and Iceland, especially around Buckie harbour where the first Ross`s is long overdue! Strathlene, just to the east of Portessie, has banks of gorse along the shore below the golf course. This area provides by far the best site in Moray & Nairn to search for displaced passerine migrants when wind and rain are in the east in spring and autumn.

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B urg h ea d B ay Divers of all three commoner species can be seen in autumn and winter as well as Slavonian and, sometimes, Red-necked Grebes. Long-tailed Ducks and scoters often number in thousands in winter and careful scrutiny of the flocks will often reveal at least one Surf Scoter.

C o ve s e a C li f fs Viewing the seabird colonies from above is not easy and they are best seen from the beach below. Great care is needed however on a rising tide as access back to the cliff top path is not easy. Fulmars, Kittiwakes and Herring Gulls form the bulk of the colonies but a few pairs of Shags and Greater Black-backed Gulls also breed. Stonechats inhabit the cliff top gorse.

Cul b in For es t an d the Na ir n & Cul b in B a rs In the forest listen out for Crested Tits that are quite numerous and most easily located by call. Also present are Siskins, crossbills (apparently Parrot as well as Scottish); Stonechats and, in summer, a few Tree Pipits and Redstarts. Around the bars in summer can be found breeding Shelduck and Eider but the seaduck and wader flocks between autumn and spring are the main interest. Oystercatcher, Knot, Dunlin, Redshank and Bar-tailed Godwit are the main species but this

is also the best site in the area for Sanderling and Grey Plovers.

Kin g sto n an d Sp e y B a y Breeding species around the mouth of the Spey include Shelduck, Terns and Ringed Plovers. The main interest is to be found between July-September when Ospreys fish the river mouth and waders passage, although light in terms of numbers, often includes scarcer species such as Whimbrel, Greenshank, Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper. Offshore Spey Bay holds an important moulting flock of Red-throated Divers in autumn when hundreds may be present. Great Northern Divers are regular in summer plumage in spring.

Sea ducks are less numerous than formerly but good numbers of scooters, Long-tailed Ducks and Eiders can still sometimes be seen.

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JULY / AUGUST 2010

26 monday - 31 saturday

7 saturday

inverness tattoo 2010, for details visit the website www.tattooinverness.org.uk ®

speyside stages rally, from 9.30am, cooper park, elgin, visit www.speyside-stages.co.uk for details arthritis care coffee morning, 10am, nairn british legion, £1.50

29 july thursday - 1 august sunday

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speyfest 2010, visit www.speyfest.com for details

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29 thursday

open air theatre - illyria presents ‘pride and prejudice’, logie steading, forres, tickets available for the gallery tel: 01309 611378

30 friday cinema nairn - looking for eric (15), 7.30pm, nairn community centre, king street, nairn, £4 aduts/£3 under 18’s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com for details simon hopper - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111 aberdeen international youth festival, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £9/£7, contact 690110 FREE ENTRY

Nairn & District Gardening Club 28th Annual Show Saturday 14 August 1pm-4pm Nairn Community Centre Raffle & Refreshments Staging of Exhibits 13th Friday 4.30pm - 9pm or 14th Saturday 8am - 9.45am

8 sunday 10 tuesday

...telling new stories through new songs with a craftsman's eye and a poet's fist. Old England is new England, and it hurts. The songs are influenced by Brit-Folk, Joni Mitchell, Loudon Wainwright, Ron Sexsmith & Dylan.

the moray arts club open exhibition hand in day, 3pm-7pm at the gallery, elgin library, further information visit www.morayartsclub.com or email info@morayartsclub.com or speak to emma cooper 01343 548475 or 07894144021

31 saturday nairn show 2010, kinnudie farm, auldearn, contact patricia roberts tel: 01309 641121 or email secretary@nairnshow.org.uk or visit the website www.nairnshow.org.uk

AUGUST 1 sunday - 31 tuesday scotland’s housing expo 2010, inverness, visit www.scotlandshousingexpo.com for details

2 monday - 13 friday nairn arts society summer exhibition, 10am-4.30pm, court house, high street, nairn free entry

3 tuesday open air theatre - festival theatre presents ‘the tempest’, logie steading, forres, tickets available for the gallery tel: 01309 611378 SpotLight - Nairn and District

wolf trek wild day out challenge, join this 45 mile walk through the night from dallas dhu distillery to cairngorm mountain, more details available at www.wilddayout.com/WDO_Detail.aspx?id=48

historic wheels club annual rally, 2pm, brodie castle, contact 0844 493 2156 or visit www.nts.org.uk

Simon Hopper at The Loft Venue Friday 30th July

7 saturday & 8 sunday

14 saturday

nairn gaelic choir coffee morning, 10am, nairn british legion, £1.50 ssafa 125 coffee morning, 10am-12noon, forres town hall, celebrating 125 years of the soldiers, sailors, airmen and families association, for more details contact tony galloway tel: 01309 694816 soup, sweet & raffles in aid of motor neurone disease research, 12noon-2.30pm, moray bowling club, seafield street, elgin, come & enjoy homemade soup sweets and an excellent raffle, £3.00 per person, call sue for more details 01343 546871

14 saturday nairn & district gardening club 28th annual show, 1pm-4pm, nairn community centre, raffle & refreshments; staging of exhibits 13 fri 4.30pm-9pm or 14 sat 8am-9.45am

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AUGUST 2010 continued Starsky at The Loft Venue Saturday 14th August

rod clements and rachael harrington, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ12, tel: 01343 850111

FREE ENTRY

Starsky has been wowing crowds with his phenomenal song writing and unique style and stage presence. With a unique blend of up beat folk/acoustic and mature plaintive ballads, Starsky is an artist that never fails to engage with his audiences and he has been creating a stir right across Scotland.

14 saturday

21 saturday rafa coffee morning, 10am, nairn british legion, ÂŁ1.50 nairn highland games, tel: 01667 452422 or visit www.nairnhighlandgames.co.uk blazin fiddles, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ14/ÂŁ12, tel: 01309 690110

Cawdor Castle August

starsky with jamie duffin - free, the loft venue, by kinloss, 9pm, tel: 01343 850111

Alvis Owners Car Rally - Saturday 15th X Factor In Concert - Friday 27th Westlife In Concert - Saturday 28th

14 saturday - 27 friday the moray arts club open exhibition, weekdays 10am-8pm, saturday 10am-4pm, at the gallery, elgin library, further information visit www.morayartsclub.com or email info@moray artsclub.com or speak to emma cooper 01343 548475 or 07894144021

Rod Clements & Rachael Harrington RA Productions at The Loft Venue Friday 20th August

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14 sat. august - 4 sat. september

01667 404401 www.cawdorcastle.com

27 friday x factor in concert, cawdor castle, tickets ÂŁ25 from www.ticketmaster.co.uk or tel: 08444 999990 the wishing well, the loft venue, by kinloss, ÂŁ8/ÂŁ10, tel: 01343 850111

28 saturday parish church coffee morning, 10am, nairn british legion, ÂŁ1.50 live music - jake & ian, 9pm, nairn british legion westlife live at cawdor castle, visit www.cawdorcastle.com for details

the moray arts club open exhibition, daily 9am5.30pm, sunday 12noon-5pm, st giles centre, elgin, further information visit www.morayartsclub.com or email info@morayartsclub.com or speak to emma cooper 01343 548475 or 07894144021

The Wishing Well at The Loft Venue Friday 27th August ÂŁ8/ÂŁ10 Bequiling orchestral and lush Melbourne band, The Wishing Well create spellbinding songs which produce a rich tapestry of mesmerizing folk, pop and rock. As relative newcomers to the scene and come with an impressive musical maturity & remarkable background

15 sunday the scottish alvis ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club rally, all day, cawdor castle, www.cawdorcastle.com

17 tuesday open air theatre - illyria presents â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;romeo and julietâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, logie steading, forres, tickets available for the gallery tel: 01309 611378

20 friday story telling and dance poetry, 5pm, nairn arts & community centre, a unique performance by former royal bellerina susi alexander, tickets ÂŁ5 at door pokey lafarge and the south city three, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8, tel: 01309 690110 page 10 - August 2010

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Moray Playhouse, Elgin

New screenings begin on Fridays

Call 01343 542680 or visit www.morayplayhouse.co.uk

Cinema Listings August 2010 Vue Cinema, Inverness

From 4th Knight and Day Cats and Dogs 2 3D Step Up 3D From 11th The Sorcerers Apprentice The Last Airbender 3D From 18th Piranha 3D The Expendables Salt Marmaduke From 25th Grown Ups Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Eden Court Theatre, Inverness Toy Story 3 Four Lions South of the Border Europa Europa The Girl on the Train Heartless Please Give Gregory’s Girl The First Movie The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Leaving Les Visiteurs Wild Target Kicks The Twilight Saga : Eclipse When You’re Strange Good Hair The Man Who Would Be King The Girl Who Played With Fire plus many others

KidsAM - Daily during school holidays at 10.15am - 95p per ticket Senior Screenings - Every Tuesday at 12.30pm - £3 inc. refreshments

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Cinema Nairn

30th July Looking For Eric (15)

Other films throughout the year

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

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

Universal Hall, Findhorn

Showing films throughout the year. Visit www.findhorn.org/uhall or call 01309 691170 for details.

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SEPTEMBER 3 friday forres academy reunion lunch, 12.30pm for 1pm, mosset tavern, gordon street, forres, contact vima tulloch for details tel: 01309 675959 the wall youth music festival - in aid of lossie high climbing wall, 1pm-5pm, station park, lossiemouth, music from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;soul casinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; (uk finalists in live & unsigned), â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dead rabbitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; & â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;nnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, bbq & snack stall 4 saturday cawdor primary school coffee morning, 10am, nairn british legion, ÂŁ1.50 the wall youth music festival family day- in aid of lossie high climbing wall, 8pm-10pm, station park, lossiemouth, music from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;180 liveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;3drâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;superfast jellyfishâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; & others; stalls; car boot, bouncy castle & much more carve carrbridge 2010, www.carvecarrbridge.com 11 saturday nairn academy rsa coffee morning, 10am, nairn british legion, ÂŁ1.50 the theatre bus - â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;calendar girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 1.30pm at eden court theatre, inverness, coach pick up points along a96 from keith to nairn, ticket & coach ÂŁ27 (approx.) tel. 01343 850282 18 saturday nairn syncro swimming coffee morning, 10am, nairn british legion, ÂŁ1.50 live music - bill alexander, 9pm, nairn british legion 18 saturday & 19 sunday coast to coast race, staging though cawdor castle, visit www.cawdorcastle.com for details 25 saturday crossroads coffee morning, 10am, nairn british legion, ÂŁ1.50 living food at cawdor castle, 10am-5pm, organic food festival, visit www.cawdorcastle.com for details wee burgie one day event, visit www.burgie.org or email secretary@burgie.org

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Quail Balotine with Wood Pigeon Breast SpotLight would like to introduce you to a new Chef (Peter Norrie of the Knockomie Hotel) who, from this month, will be providing the Chef’s Confidential.

Before you read the recipe, however, we would like to extend our most sincere thanks to John McCruden (Head Chef of Chapter One restaurant) for all the work that he has put in over the last two years or so.

All the recipes that are printed in SpotLight are designed individually by the Chef and there is much work involved in producing this - so once again - thanks John for all your hard work and to Peter for offerring to pick up the baton!

What now follows are all Peter’s words!

We teamed up with MacBeths of Forres butcher to perform a live cooking demonstration at this years Royal Highland Show and this is one of the dishes we produced in front of the live audience. It is a simple dish to create but will impress your friends and family. It went down a treat with the audience at the Royal Highland Show when they got to taste the completed dish after the demonstration.

Ingre dients 6 Carrots (for puree) 1 Star Anise 2 Quails (de-boned) 2 Slices Parma Ham Baby Spinach 2 Wood Pigeon Breasts Wild Mushrooms

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Metho d - Quail Balotines Cook Carrots in water with Star Anise and a teaspoon of salt until extremely soft, strain but keep the water. Liquidise carrots adding the strained water until mixture is of a spreadable texture, pass through a fine sieve.

For the Quail, cook Mushrooms and season, remove from pan and leave to cool. Place one slice of Parma Ham on cling film. Place your Quail on top of the Parma Ham, place some Mushrooms and Spinach inside. Roll into a cylinder, tie each end and then poach for 12-14 minutes (Rest for 46 minutes Cut open so all excess juices run out, then crispen in a hot pan with oil. At the same time place your seasoned pigeon breast in the pan as well. The pigeon will take 2-3 minutes to cook.

Peter Norrie, Head Chef Kn oc kom ie Ho te l, Forres 01309 673146 tel: 01309 690063

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Introducing the new Spotlight Chef

Peter Norrie, Head Chef of the Knockomie Hotel, Forres is originally from Nairn, undertook most of his training in-house at Kingsmills Hotel working as a Commis Chef and leaving to take on a Chef de Partie role in another hotel.

Peter has worked in some fantastic places such as Kilcamb Lodge Hotel, Srontian; Room at One Devonshire Gardens, Glasgow and the City Inn Glasgow before settling back in his homeland early this year.

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EXTRACTS FROM THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 29TH JUNE 2010 OF NAIRN SUBURBAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL

THC Budget Cuts • To date, we still did not know what the Budget Cuts were to be.

• The ‘FOI’ request by CCllr John Hart was not yet available.

The Budget Cuts would be the main topic of debate at the ‘Ward Forum’ meeting on Wed 30th June 2010, we may know more subsequent to that meeting.

The Sandown Lands • Deveron Homes had till Wed 30th June 2010 to appeal the Reporters decision on their planning application. Deveron Homes retain an option on the Sandown Lands till the ‘long stop’ date in 2012. If they intend to submit a revised planning application it would need to be submitted in the not too distant future.

Member of the public Ada Grant asked; ‘what happens if Deveron does nothing?’ CCllr John Mackie answered that NSCC had approached THC to ask if the ‘Wetland Park’ project could be proceeded with in the mean time. No definitive answer had yet been received, but the reaction had been fairly ‘upbeat’. He asked the floor ‘if anyone would be interested in helping with the project to let the CC know.

Community Council Boundary Consultation • There had been no more progress with this THC had started the consultation process but now would like the CCs to carry on the process. The CCs could not finance the level of consultation required.

MPs should jump at the chance to promote their constituency on the international stage – and Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey offers more to shout about than most.

Even so, I was surprised at how quickly an opportunity came along after I was appointed to the new Government.

No sooner had I arrived in my new office than I was informed that President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan – after seeing my constituency mentioned in news reports – had been in touch to ask if I could supply him with a photograph of Nethy Bridge.

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Nairn Bus Issues • ‘Stagecoach’, the firm who at present run the buses, claim the cancelled routes were not viable. Ada Grant commented ‘at busy periods you can’t get on the buses by the time they reach Tradespark.

• ‘Sainsbury’s’ on completion of their new store have pledged £160,000 over 2 years to subsidise local transport. It is hoped that they will not just replace the cancelled services.

• Nairn Community Transport are looking, hard, into this problem, but they can’t run a scheduled bus service. Member of the public Des Scholes commented that ‘the HC had to have been informed 70 days prior to the bus routes being cancelled, due to confidentiality requirements they could not inform the public for 14 days that left 56 days they could have. What are they playing at?’

Treasurer • The 2009-2010 statement of accounts was still with the auditors.

The bank reconciliation figure shows a balance of £166.34.

AOCB • It had been noticed by several people attending the meeting that overgrowing vegetation, poorly positioned posts and traffic signage meant that the traffic signs could not easily be seen.

CCllr J Mackie would contact ‘Bear Scotland’.

Next Meeting Nairn Academy, Tuesday 24th August 2010 @ 19.30hrs.

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wondered if this was some form of civil service prank, but were persuaded that the request was genuine. A photograph was duly arranged and dispatched – and thus, I hope, a diplomatic incident was averted!

If only all the problems of Government were so easily solved.

I am not sure why President Karzai wanted the picture – although I do know he came to Strathspey on a visit to the UK some years ago. By coincidence, this summer marks the bicentenary of Nethy Bridge and the three other bridges in the village, all of which were designed by Thomas Telford.

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The Scottish Parliament is on recess till September. So I'll be spending my summer "holiday" with tours around Nairn and Inverness along with the other parts of my far flung constituency meeting with constituents, holding surgeries and dealing with paperwork along with a series of ministerial visits one of which this week included a beach clean up in Wigtownshire. I think we had better luck with that than BP are having at the moment in the Gulf States of the USA! But it isn't all work. I love the chance to introduce my two year daughter to the delights of the summer season of Highland Games and Agricul-

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tural shows. The summer recess is a great opportunity for me to couple work with some of my other loves, pottering around book and record shops in Nairn and Inverness and hunting for old books and Jazz CDs and old music which I love, when I get the chance, to play on the piano. My daughter isn't entirely convinced yet about my taste in jazz, in fact the hands often go up to the little ears..but I am sure she will come round..perhaps a few visits to the Nairn Jazz festival this year will do it..no harm in trying. Natasha is now two years and one month; as someone once said; "babies are a nice way to start people", and they are generally more popular than politicians!

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School Dates

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School Term Dates Holidays and Tide Times

for 2009/2010 (all dates inclusive) Autumn Term Starts Tuesday 17th August 2010 Autumn Term Ends Friday 8th October 2010 Regional Closure Monday 25th October 2010 Winter Term Starts Tuesday 26th October 2010 Winter Term Ends Thursday 23rd December 2010 Spring Term Starts Monday 10th January 2011 Holiday Closure Monday 14th February 2011 Holiday Closure Tuesday 15th February 2011

Holiday Dates 2010 Summer Bank Holiday Inverness Holiday Inverness Holiday

Monday 2nd August Monday 4th October Monday 1st November

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

SU M T W TH F SA

09.33 09.50 10.27 11.52 01.28 03.13 04.33

21.29 22.07 23.09 14.33 15.34 16.30

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Regional Closure Wed. 16th February 2011 Regional Closure Thursday 17th February 2011 Regional Closure Friday 18th February 2011 Spring Term Ends Friday 8th April 2011 Good Friday Holiday Friday 22nd April 2011 Easter Monday Holiday Mon. 25th April 2011 Summer Term Starts Tuesday 26th April 2011 May Day Holiday Monday 2nd May 2011 Summer Term Ends Friday 1st July 2011 St Andrews Day Christmas Day * Boxing Day * * substitue day AM 04.11 06.05 06.54 07.38 08.21 09.05 09.49 10.33 11.18 12.10 00.18 03.00

PM 17.29 18.21 19.06 19.47 20.27 21.05 21.44 22.24 23.12 13.54 15.27

Monday 30th November Monday 27th December Tuesday 28th December

20 F 21 SA 22 SU 23 M 24 T 25 W 26 TH 27 F 28 SA 29 SU 30 M 31 T

AM 04.10 05.06 05.52 06.28 06.56 07.14 07.35 08.03 08.34 08.45 08.54 08.57

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Advertisers Index Ace Adventures ..................................................................5 Alastair Munro (Plumbing and Heating) ..........................13 Beaver Travel ......................................................................2 Caledonian Kilts ..................................................................5 Carrobes IT ..................................................................12/13 Cawdor Castle ..................................................................10 Chapter One Restaurant ....................................................5 East Grange Activity Centre ................................................2 Firefly IT Solutions Ltd ......................................Front Cover Gateaux Regal ..................................................................13 Gold 375 ..............................................Outside Back Cover Golf View Hotel..................................................................17 Gordon Scott Chartered Accountant ................................18 J C Chimney Sweeps........................................................18 Knockomie Hotel Ltd ........................................................15 Les Hester Photography ..................................................15 Logie Steading ....................................................................2

Mackenzie & Cruickshank Ltd ............................................7 McDonald & Munro Ltd ....................................................15 McHardy Pub Co Ltd ..........................................................2 Moray Coast Veterinary Group ..........................Front Cover Nairn & District Gardening Club ........................................9 Nairn Community & Arts Centre ......................................15 Nairn Leisure ....................................................................13 Pitman Training ..................................................................7 Smith & Castle Jewellers ..................................................15 The Loft Bistro ....................................................................5 Thistle Property Services ..................................................18 Tinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childminding Services ..........................................19 Unique Beauty ..................................................Front Cover Universal Hall ....................................................................10 Vista Development & Construction....................Front Cover Wheelchair Care..................................................................5

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

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

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

Ti na's Childmi ndi ng Service G

Registered childminder G Full/part time vacancies G Member of SCMA G First aid qualified G HNC in Early Education & Childcare For details please call me on: 01667 456278 or email me at: tina.childminder@btinternet.com

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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

To advertise in the next issue of Spotlight on Nairn call 01309 690063 or go online at www.spotlighton.co.uk for more details.

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