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Clubs and Societies CAWDOR BOWLING CLUB Tues evening coaching for learners; Fri, 7pm, Spoon competition. Provides a six rink green where club & open competitions are played. Call 01667 453698 COMMUNITY KRAFT CLUB Alternate Thurs, 2pm - 4pm, The Lounge, MacLean Court, Albert Street, Nairn. Call 01667 453289 FAMILY FIRST (BADENOCH, STRATHSPEY & NAIRN) Support service via home based volunteer support &/or group support for families with a child under 4. Call Lynne on 01667 452865 GIRLGUIDING NAIRN Contact District Commissioner Jane Burns on 07962 190557 nairnshiregirlguiding@gmail.com HEADWAY HIGHLAND (NAIRN) SOCIAL GROUP 2nd Mon of month, 10am 12pm, St Columba's Church Hall, Queen Street, Nairn. Tea,

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HIGHLAND RUSSIA CONNECTION Russian language lessons, art & craft workshops, Russian dancing, educational talks, displays & exhibitions. Call Elena Reid on 01667 456245 or email elena.k.reid@homecall.co.uk. www.highlandrussia.org.uk NAIRN & DISTRICT BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION New beekeepers or visitors welcome at our monthly meetings. Call 01667 454887 or email jandjburns@hotmail.com NAIRN & DISTRICT PIPE BAND Wed, 7.30pm - 9pm, the Nairn British Legion. More members needed who have experience in pipes or drums. We play at various local events & functions throughout the year. Call Susan (Sec) on 07776 008413.

See Facebook (Nairn Pipe Band) NAIRN & DISTRICT SENIOR CITIZENS LUNCH CLUB Mon & Thurs, 12.30pm, Nairn Community Centre. Two course lunch, tea, coffee & biscuits.

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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings At this coldest time of year when all the festivities of Christmas are past and spring still seems a long time coming, it’s good to have something to look forward to.

Maybe even something which captures a little of light and hope that we have enjoyed only a few weeks previous; which is why the church still keeps a very old festival at the beginning of this month of February.

This is the Feast of Candlemas which dates back to around the year 300 AD. It is sometimes called the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple and refers to the story in Luke’s Gospel where Mary and Joseph take the baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem for a blessing, a bit like the same way people still bring their new baby to church for baptism today. And just like today when people greet a couple with a new baby, there were folks there waiting for them to share in their celebration. One of them was a prophet called Anna who had lived

around the Temple for a very long time. Another was a man called Simeon who took the baby Jesus in his arms, saying these words which we sometimes know better by their Latin name of the Nunc Dimittis; Lord, now let your servant go in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all people, a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of your people Israel ( Luke 2 v 35-40) It was Simeon’s way of blessing the couple and their baby and it must have been another reminder for them that Jesus was no ordinary child. Simeon and Anna add their voices to those of the shepherds and the angels, to tell us again that this is God come to us in Jesus.

So, that’s the story behind the festival, but what about the candles ? Through the Christmas season candles often symbolise the light of God’s love coming into the world.

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Auldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Sundays 12noon.

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Cawdor L/W Croy and Dalcross Parish Church Sunday 10.15am. Contact Rev Robert E. Brookes on 01667 493717 or RBrookes@churchofscotland.org.uk Nairn Baptist Church Nairn Community Centre. Sundays 11am. Contact Rev. Dr. Philip Egglestone on 01667 452764 or Secretary on 01667 452428. www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.uk Nairn Christian Fellowship Sundays 10.30am. Wednesday 7.30pm: praise and Bible study. Call Sandy Shaw on 01667 456492.

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light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it” ( John 1v 4-5).

When it comes to Candlemas, which is the end of our Christmas celebrations, we recall that the light and the love that Jesus brings is not for ourselves alone, but to be shared with everyone and so the candles are lit and carried out of the church into the world.

It is just a nice way of saying that the God who comes to us in Jesus is for everyone and the light and joy and hope that we find in the Christmas season and beyond, can help spread his love around.

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crèche. Contact Rev. Alison Mehigan on 01667 453777 St. Ninian’s Church Sunday services & Sunday school: 10.15am. Evening service at 6.30pm on the last Sunday of the month. Contact Rev. 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.

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Parliament Blog & Tide Times The modern world’s reliance on the internet has become so important that a fast broadband connection is now regarded as the fourth utility along with water, gas and electricity.

All politicians will be judged on this issue and even more so now that the UK Government will ensure that homes and businesses have a legal right to high-speed broadband by 2020. That strengthens consumer rights and that is a step in the right direction.

The Scottish Government have committed £600 million towards ensuring every home and business has secured superfast broadband by 2021.

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The Scottish Government plans to enable all homes and businesses to have access to superfast broadband, at 30megabits per second, by 2021. The plan, supported by a budget of £600M, will divide Scotland into three regions for the purpose of getting competitive bids and thus best value.

I know that those who lack superfast are frustrated, and so 2021 seems like a long way away. In the interim, those on very slow speeds of up to 2mbps can contact the Better Broadband Programme run by the Scottish Government. Rolling out R100 from 2019 we aim to complete the provision by end 2021 using a voucher scheme for those who cannot access through fibre. This is the most ambitious plan anywhere in the UK, and the largest investment. It will seek to make Scotland a world class digital nation essential for the world our children are inheriting.

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You know the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Well, it is true that apples are healthy for us. Apples also make a tasty addition to baked goods like cakes, they’re simple, easy and always taste great. Recipe is supplied by The Peppermill Restaurant in Forres.

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4 sunday inverness ramblers: brora to golspie 9am, start time 10.30am, uhi car park, inverness. grade: moderate; distance: 6.8km. www.ramblers.org.uk ben & emily@the market bar, inverness 10pm the seaforth ceilidh band@seaforth club, nairn 2pm

5 monday the highland astronomical society: pluto; speaker pauline macrae (has) 7.20pm - 10pm, smithton culloden free church. all meetings are open to the public - your first visit is free! www.spacegazer.com

6 tuesday scottish ornithologists' club (highland): timing of seabird breeding in a changing climate; local to global perspective. speaker - kat keogan 7.30pm, culloden library, inverness. £3 members; £4 nonmembers. call 01463 772539 or 01808 511740

7 wednesday nairn u3a: nairn bid: business improvement plans in nairn; speaker - alan rankin, bid manager on future developments in tourism & improvements to the nairn economy 1.45pm for 2pm, nairn community & arts centre,. £2 (members) £3 (non-members). call pauline ross on 01667 453537 or email at website@nairnu3a.org.uk fergus & greg@the market bar, inverness 10pm

8 thursday a parent's guide to the law & additional support needs: falkland house school, a leading school for boys with additional support needs, invites you to a seminar 10am - 1pm, mercure inverness hotel, church street, inverness. free but tickets from www.eventbrite.co.uk

9 friday super hans@the ironworks, inverness tbc www.ironworksvenue.com pathogen, never knowing & jacket rabbit slams@ page 16 - February 2018

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10 saturday north district cross country league 1.15pm start (u-11 girls) onwards, grant park, forres. call 07890 729969 or email at ndccleague@gmail.com highland car club's 2018 snowman rally in aid of the elsie normington foundation inverness. for the first year the snowman rally will be the first round of the rsac motorsport ecosse challenge. www.snowmanrally.co.uk cobalt - bourbon nightmares ep launch show@ ironworks, inverness 7pm.

36th bothy ballads champion of champions 2018 doors open 6pm for 7pm, elgin town hall. £10 upstairs; £9 - downstairs from elgin library. call 01343 562603 inverness ramblers: sgurr an airgrid 8am, start time 9.15am, uhi car park, executive building, ness walk, inverness. grade: strenous; distance: 3.7 miles www.ramblers.org.uk tunna@hootananny, inverness 9.30pm taking back elmo club night@ tooth & claw, inverness 9.30pm kinky karma@johnny foxes, inverness 10pm the mystic shoes@the market bar, inverness 10pm smokin' jeffrey's@mad hatters, inverness 10pm

11 sunday great glen walking club: castle roy to revack circular 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade: b; distance 11 miles www.greatglen.org doc livingston@johnny foxes, inverness 10pm caroline truslove@the market bar, inverness 10pm remendous trees: winter tree id; learn tree identification with dan puplett of nature awareness 1.30pm - 4.30pm, marcassie farm, rafford. free tickets from website. www.danpuplett.net the seaforth ceilidh band@the seaforth club, nairn 2pm. all welcome

12 monday royal geographical society of scotland (highland): the great horizon: stories of exploration; from polar exploration to bolshevist russia. speaker jo woolf.

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13 tuesday inverness botany group: dragonflies; speaker jonathan willet 7.30pm, smithton culloden free church. £2 non-members www.invernessbotanygroup.com davy gowan@johhny foxes, inverness 10pm calvin prior@the market bar, inverness 10pm

14 wednesday karaoke@johhny foxes, inverness 10pm highland rock garden club: yunnan; speaker - john roy (scottish rhododendron society) 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £4 (incl refreshments) call john owen on 01320 366246 the arts society speyside: undressing antiques; speaker - mark hill. an introduction to buying antiques, the state of the antiques market, current & future trends 11am - coffee & tea served from 10.15am., the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. £7 for visitors. call membership secretary on 07789 880481. www.theartssociety.org/speyside

15 thursday the arts society highland: undressing antiques; speaker - mark hill. an introduction to buying antiques, the state of the antiques market, current & future trends 2.30pm, smithton culloden free church £8 non-members. email averill brodie at averillbrodie@ymail.com. www.hdfas.org.uk punching elvis@the market bar, inverness 10pm stay classy@ johhny foxes, inverness 10pm

16 friday inverness gaelic society: the naval reserve in the highlands & islands; speaker - ben thomas 7.30pm, sgl room, eden court, inverness. www.gsi.org.uk orynthia@tooth & claw, inverness tbc a'hooligan@hootananny, inverness 9,30pm city limits@ johhny foxes, inverness 10pm all so simple & table for four@mad hatters, inverness 10pm, sara bills & the hasbeens@the market bar, inverness 10pm, all welcome

17 saturday moravian orienteering saturday league: darnaway 10.15am - 11.15 am (registration; 10.30am 11.30am (start), darnaway. in conjunction with moray & nairn schools league. contact karen fraser www.moravianorienteering.org inverness fiddlers rally: an orchestra of around 100 players performing a varied programme of traditional music from scotland & beyond 7.30pm, eden court (empire theatre), inverness. £16; £14 call 01463 234234 u2 2@the ironworks, inverness 7.30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com neon waltz@bogbain farm 8pm. call 01463 772800 great glen walking club: culbin forest 9am (please admin@winterburnmedia.co.uk

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21 wednesday inverness field club: academy street townscape project; speaker - sarah james-gaukroger of the academy street townscape heritage project on the fruits of recent research 7pm for 7.30pm, millburn academy, inverness. free for members; nominal charge for visitors. www.invernessfieldclub.org.uk fergus & greg@the market bar, inverness 10pm karaoke@johhny foxes, inverness 10pm nairn u3a: yellowstone: birds, bison, bears & more; speaker - duncan mcdonald, speyside wildlife 1.45pm for 2pm, nairn community & arts centre, king street, nairn. £2 (members) £3 (non-members) call pauline ross on 01667-453537 or email at website@nairnu3a.org.uk www.u3asites.org.uk/nairn/home fergus & greg@the market bar, inverness 10pm karaoke@johhny foxes, inverness 10pm

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winter folk session@velocity cafe, inverness 7pm, james shewan hosts a winter folk session. enjoy a hot cuppa, some delicious cake & brilliant local music! email nicole@velocitylove.co.uk rspb (highland): a day in the life of a highland ranger; speaker - alison greggans, rspb community ranger 7.30pm, greyfriars church, balloan road, inverness. group members ÂŁ3, visitiors ÂŁ4 call doreen manson on 01997 433283 or email at doreen.a.manson@gmail.com caman@johhny foxes, inverness 10pm punching elvis@the market bar, inverness 10pm

great glen walking club: conagleann & loch mhor 9am (please arrive 15 mins earlier), uhi car park, ness walk, inverness. grade c+; distance: 8 miles www.greatglen.org bflf inverness launch: 'unicorns love rainbows' party@the ironworks, inverness 2pm, big fish little fish scotland. craft area with themed crafts play area with tents & tunnels giant colouring-in mural. www.ironworksvenue.com perpetua@ tooth & claw, inverness 10pm kevin fraser@johhny foxes, inverness 10pm robin abbot@the market bar, inverness 10pm gerry coogan@ohhny foxes, inverness 10pm the seaforth ceilidh band@the seaforth club, nairn 2pm. all welcome

23 friday music nairn: finghin collins (piano); celebrated irish pianist plays chopin, field & stanford 7.30, nairn community & arts centre. ÂŁ15 / ÂŁ19 / ÂŁ3. call 01667 455701. www.musicnairn.org.uk the dunnottar ceilidh band@hootananny, inverness 9.30pm, all welcome rant@ johhny foxes, inverness 10pm pathogen@the market bar, inverness 10pm the mystic shoes@mad hatters, inverness 10pm shredd@tooth & claw, inverness 10pm nairn literary institute: nairn's hidden links; speaker douglas fowlie 7.30pm, nairn free church, gordon street, nairn. members free - non-members ÂŁ4 email hazel macfarlane at info@nairnliterary.org.uk www.nairnliterary.org.uk

23 friday - 24 saturday groove cairngorm 2018: the uk's only winter music & snowsports festival cairngorm mountain & badaguish outdoor centre. tickets from www.skiddle.com

24 saturday abba live@the playhouse, nairn 7pm, all welcome rspb (highland): nairn & findhorn field trip 9.30am (inverness); 10am (nairn harbour), nairn & findhorn. departing inverness retail park car park( opposite burger king). call doreen manson on 01997 433283 or at doreen.a.manson@gmail.com ww2.rspb.org.uk/groups/highland mactallica@tooth & claw, inverness 8pm the van ts@tooth & claw, inverness 7pm mactallica@ tooth & claw, inverness 8pm ruairidh maclean@hootananny, inverness 9.30pm hunky dory@johhny foxes, inverness 10pm deadfire@mad hatters, inverness 10pm mactallica@tooth & claw, inverness 10pm

24 saturday - 25 sunday hilton coylumbridge cairngorm ski club open tbc, cairngorm. email at info@cairngormmountain.org call 01479 861261

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27 tuesday blood donors 1.15pm - 4.30pm & 5.30pm - 7.45pm, nairn community & arts centre. all welcome. please book an appointment. call 0345 3017 270 or email at nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.net chris suckle@ johhny foxes, inverness 10pm

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