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CLUBS & SOCIETIES 1068 AIR CADETS Tues & Thurs, 7:15pm - 9:30pm, 2 Firth Street, Nairn. Activities ranging from flying to RAF Station visits. Ages 13 - 20. For details contact 01667 453232 on parade evenings or e-mail 1068@aircadets.org 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 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 GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND New branch volunteers needed at Nairn & Moray Branch. Call 0845 372 7406 for details.

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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.

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.

HIGHLAND DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS SOCIETY (HDFAS) 2nd Thursday of the month, 2pm, at Smithton Free Church, Inverness. Want to learn more about art? Encourage Young Artists? Volunteer to record Churches for posterity? £8 per monthly lecture. Contact 07595 219308 • hdfas.org.uk • averillbrodie@ymail.com or davidmartin30@hotmail.com.

NAIRN CARDIACTIVE GROUP Meets Mondays at 7.15pm in Nairn Community Centre for an hour long exercise session led by a qualified physiotherapist.

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Call June on 01667 453655 for more details.

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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

NAIRN GAELIC CHOIR Gaelic and other choral music, promoting the Gaelic language.

Contact 01667 258829 or email christinagillies@hotmail.co.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.

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NAIRN HYDROTHERAPY POOL Monday - Saturday from 9.30am.

For general health and wellbeing. Helps all ages & many mobility problems. Contact 455351

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

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

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

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until 30 April Moray supports refugees: appeal for warm clothing, tents & equipment for adults, children & babies living in refugee camps this winter. collection points at the sorting centre, chanonry estate, elgin (near blind spot) thursdays 2pm - 4.30pm & fridays 11.30pm - 2pm; babalou,high street,forres; reboot, greshop road, forres; the drop off caravan, pineridge, findhorn foundation & wastebusters (camping equipment only), waterford, forres.

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3 tuesday new year bird count 2017: in your own backyard or anywhere in the highlands start anytime, finish 3.30pm. the highlands rspb highland group annual bird count. see as many species as you can.

concert 7.30pm, falconer museum, forres. £8. moray-based performers. proceeds to help fund forres academy pupils going to vienenburg next june. contact: david macfarquhar on 01309 673230 or davidmacfarquhartwinning@yahoo.co.uk. burning of the clavie, burghead 6pm - 9pm. all welcome. visit www.burghead.com/clavie. highland rock garden club: "the dolomites" by andrew fraser 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre. £4 (incl refreshments). all welcome. contact: john owen on 01320 366246.

12 thursday king creosote 8pm, bogbain farm. for info call 01463 772800. visit www.bogbainfarm.com. highland decorative & fine arts society: "tea with mackintosh: the glasgow tearoom phenomenom” by evelyn silber. 2pm, free church hall, smithton, inverness. visitors £8. new members welcome. contact: averill brodie on 01463 790904 or averillbrodie@ymail.com. visit www.hdfas.org.uk.

13 friday

great glen walking club: daviot woods circular 9am, highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade - c. distance - 7 miles.

tunna tunes@the drouthy cobbler 8pm - 10pm visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk. nairn literary institute lecture - lecture by dr gordon noble: discovering the northern picts 7.30pm, nairn free church. free for members, non-members £3 contact: pam sherriff on 01667451402 or email info@nairnliterary.org.uk. visit www.nairnliterary.org.uk.

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highland ramblers: druminorsair circular 10.30am, highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade c. contact: jane chisholm (walks coordinator) on 01463 236204. visit www.highlandramblers.org.uk.

highland ramblers: monaughty forest 10.20am (please arrive 10 minutes early), highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade c+ contact: jane chisholm (walks coordinator) on 01463 236204. visit www.highlandramblers.org.uk.

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highland astronomical society talk: "ephemeral bubbles" by paul jenkins 7.20pm, smithton culloden free church. all welcome. inverness botany group talk: "marsh marigold or lus buidhe bealltainn?": speaker roddy maclean. some traditional gaelic perspectives on our native plants.

7.30pm, smithton culloden free church. scottish ornithologists' club: "tigers, taj & more": speaker al mcnee on a birding trip to rajasthan.

7.30pm, culloden library, keppoch road, culloden, inverness. £3 (members), £4 (non members). contact: 01463 772539 or 01808 511740.

orienteering at quarrelwood 10.15am -11.15am. discover quarrelwood like never before at the first of moravian's monthly event series for 2017. £5 adults £4 juniors (£1 off for club members).contact: mike rodgers on 07957836124 or email mikerodgers506@gmail.com. visit www.moravianorienteering.org/events/quarrelwood. nairn literary institute: "discovering the northern picts" by gordon noble 7.30pm, nairn free church all welcome. visit www.nairnliterary.org.uk. great glen walking club: fyrish 10am, highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness grade - c. distance - 4 miles.

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moray banff & badenoch decorative & fine arts society lecture: tea with mackintosh: the glasgow tearoom phenomenon. lecturer evelyn silber 11am, the williamson hall, duff avenue, elgin. new members welcome. contact: membership@nadfasin-elgin.org.uk or visit www.nadfas-in-elgin.org.uk. forres-vienenburg twinning association january page 18 - January 2017

nairn speakers: say what you mean; speaking out. creating persuasive arguments 7.30pm, newton hotel, nairn. £6. contact: john brown on 01667 453373 or hello@nairnspeakers.org.uk. visit www.nairnspeakers.org.uk. conserving scotland's nature: what future – prof. roger crofts – lecture 19.30, highland council

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20 friday

sasha savaloni: guitar concert 1pm, spectrum centre, margaret street, inverness. all welcome gaelic society of inverness: "a tour through the ebudae": talk by allan turner on a detailed account by rev James Maclagan in 1794. 7.30pm, inverness gaelic school.

21 saturday

british ski mountaineering championships 12pm, glenshee ski centre. a 13 km course with over 1200m of ascent & descent will see racers travel all 3 valleys of glenshee ski centre. visit www.skimoscotland.co.uk/races/glenshee. benn artair tbc, nairn community & arts centre all welcome. for info visit www.musicnairn.org.uk. great glen walking club: auchtereang to creag na hlolaire and back 9am, highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade - c. distance 8.4 miles.

21 saturday - 22 sunday

the strathpuffer: 12th annual 24 hour mountain bike endurance event 10am - 11am (sun), strathpeffer. the event is open to solos, pairs, teams of four, teams of eight for schools, &teams of ten. visit www.strathpuffer.co.uk.

22 sunday

highland ramblers: craigmonie & the falls of divach 9am (please arrive 10 minutes early), highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness. grade c. contact: jane chisholm (walks coordinator) on 01463 236204. www.highlandramblers.org.uk.

25 wednesday

orienteering by head torch: how good's your night navigation? find out at this event for all ages by moravian orienteers 5.45pm - 7pm, forres golf club. ÂŁ7 adults ÂŁ4 u21s.(ÂŁ1 less for members). contact: lil lenyon on 07596 867797 or email kenyonp@pobroadband.com. visit www.moravianorienteering.org. the drouthy cobbler comedy club@the drouthy cobbler 7.30pm. visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk. nairn u3a the highland sky at night; an illustrated talk by pauline macrae 1.45pm, nairn community centre. all welcome. contact: ann nicol on 01667 453159 or ann.nicol57@gmail.com. soup & coffee morning jointly run by dyke & district village hall & dyke church 11am - 1pm, dyke & district village hall. all welcome.

26 thursday

elgin museum fund raiser 7.30pm - 10pm, elgin museum hall. ÂŁ3 (incl refreshments). volunteers explaining the behind-the-scenes work that is done when the museum closes for the winter. silent auction. visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk.

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torridon@ironworks, inverness. tbc. visit www.ironworksvenue.com. nairn literary institute: "the nairn floods" by dougie fraser 7.30pm, nairn free church. all welcome. contact: pam sherriff on 01667 451402. visit www.nairnliterary.org.uk. musicinverness: cuillin sound 7.30pm, smithton culloden free church.

28 saturday

mumbai science@ironworks, inverness 10.30pm, over 18s. visit www.ironworksvenue.com. single by sunday@ironworks, inverness 7pm, over 14s (u§6s with an adult). visit www.ironworksvenue.com. highland ramblers: wildcat trail newtonmore 9am (please arrive 10 minutes early), highland council car park, glenurquhart road, inverness grade c. distance: 8 miles. contact: jane chisholm (walks coordinator) on 01463 236204. visit www.highlandramblers.org.uk.

28 saturday - 29 sunday aviemore sled dog rally 9am - 5pm (sun), glenmore, aviemore. the race features teams of between two &eight dogs pulling their musher on a sled around a four to seven mile trail. contact: 0871 277 6783 or enquiry@siberianhuskyclub.org.uk. visit www.siberianhuskyclub.org.uk.

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30 monday nairn speakers: introduction to competition speaking. 7.30pm, newton hotel, nairn. ÂŁ6. contact: john brown on 01667 453373 or email hello@nairnspeakers.org.uk. visit www.nairnspeakers.org.uk

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PARLIAMENT BLOG & TIDE TIMES Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself in my first blog since becoming an MSP for the Highlands and Islands.

I grew up in Ullapool and worked in Inverness as a mental health pharmacist for 20 years before entering politics.

I now live in Strathpeffer with my husband and three children. I’m keen for my children to have the opportunity to live and work here in future, so I have a vested interest in the Highlands and Islands flourishing!

You can be sure that I will work hard for everyone in the region over the next five years. If I can be of any help, please contact my office in Dingwall on 01349 863888 or email me on maree.todd.msp@parliament .scot

The most telling comment that I have every heard about the purpose of education was from the great Irish poet, William Butler Yeats. He said that the aim is "not to fill a bucket but to light a fire."

The aim is to inspire children about what might be - not just in the career they choose - but also in the way they develop and use their learning in later life. What inspires me is the chance of driving forward Scotland in our economy our NHS our schools.

To create more opportunities for young people so that more can stay live and work in their own part of Scotland.

In my own role as MSP this year I hope to continue to work to see the new Justice Campus created, to see a good location identified and agreed for a new Prison replacing Porterfield, and to continue working with The Highland Council, in but a few years, to transform Inverness Castle into a major visitor attraction.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of those, either from the communities and organisations or from the funding bodies for making the Funding Fayre I hosted last week such a great success. I would also like to extend thanks to the Highland Council who supported the event by providing a venue, to the local Tesco in the Community Team for providing refreshments and to my constituency office team who worked very hard to pull the event together. The purpose was to help community groups and third sector organisations to make contact with funding bodies.

I am sure that many of the groups in attendance will use the information they gathered on the various funding opportunities to help take their community projects forward. We really don’t hear enough about all these people working away behind the scenes in our communities helping others out. Finally, a Merry Christmas to all and my very best wishes for 2018.

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FIXTURES DEC 2016/JAN 2017 14th Jan (H) Annan Athletic

21st Jan (A) Stirling Albion

Elgin City

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Music THE DROUTHY COBBLER Local bar, venue and kitchen, The Drouthy Cobbler was recently in the news having been nominated for “Venue of the Year” at the BBC Alba Trad Music Awards. The star-studded awards ceremony at Dundee’s Caird Hall saw Glasgow’s The Glad Cafe take the trophy - but The Drouthy was a close runner up.

The awards are a chance to celebrate in the rich cultural heritage of Scottish music whilst also looking forward to the excitement of what the future holds. With fiery live performances from the likes of The Scott Wood Band, Talisk and Dallahan, and the amazing Breabach winning the double of Best Band and Album of the Year, Scottish music is not only alive and well, but positively thriving.

The Drouthy Cobbler nomination was in recognition of the high calibre of events which they have run over the last twelve months including Talisk, Dalahan, Session A9, FARA, Fras, RURA, Adam Holmes and the Embers, Adam Sutherland, Rachel Newton Trio - a veritable who’s who of Scotland’s trad music scene.

Of course, it’s not just Trad music where Scotland is flourishing. In the genres of Rock, Electronic and even Hip-Hop, bands all over the country are proving that it’s nae all fiddles and pipes. The Drouthy Cobbler are building on their existing events programmer and starting monthly gigs showcasing the best of the rest with a series of Rock, Indie, Funk, Soul and Electro nights.

As residents of Moray and Speyside, it can be difficult to see live music on a regular basis. Factoring in travel and hotels, going to see a small gig can end up costing a small fortune. To have such a variety of high quality live entertainment on our doorstep is something we should all be celebrating.

January alone, a traditionally quiet month includes some great acts including a visit from “Tunna Tunes”, a celtic folk rock fusion band who have been producing melodic fiddle tunes, funky bass lines, awesome guitar licks and whopping drum beats since 2008 (13th, 8pm). The alternative rock series kicks off with Aberdeen’s finest “The Little Kicks” supported by “Miss Lucid” (20th, 9pm). And towards the end of the month, an alternative Burns night celebration - details yet to be announced.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS What do you know about Christmas? Who is that baby on the cards … in the nativity plays … in the carols that we sing? Why should someone write about him ‘because of Bethlehem love is born, hope is here’?

Music is everywhere at Christmas – chart toppers, carols, children’s tunes – there were 4 songs (in the Bible) that were sung at the very 1st Christmas – by a teenage girl, a respected priest, a group of angels and an old man.

These songs bring readers to the heart of Christmas – a baby who lay in the food trough changed eternity.

A recent comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries has found that there are 2.18 billion Christians of all ages around the world, representing nearly a third of the estimated 2010 global population of 6.9 billion.

Christians are also geographically widespread – so far-flung, in fact, that no single continent or region can indisputably claim to be the centre of global Christianity.

Who exactly was he? Why not investigate further this coming year?

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‘Here is a man who was born in an obscure village, the child of a peasant woman. He grew up in another village. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty.

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He never owned a home. He never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never had a family. He never went to college. He never put His foot inside a big city. He never travelled two hundred miles from the place He was born. He never did one of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself...

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His friends ran away. One of them denied Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of a trial. He was nailed upon a cross between two thieves.

While He was dying His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth – His coat. When He was dead, He was laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend.

Nineteen long centuries have come and gone, and today He is a

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centrepiece of the human race and leader of the column of progress.

I am far within the mark when I say that all the armies that ever marched, all the navies that were ever built; all the parliaments that ever sat and all the kings that ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of man upon this earth as powerfully as has that one solitary life.’

This New Year, 2017, may your investigations about this baby, who grew up to be a man….. lead you discover that he longs right now to be your Saviour and Lord.

Luke 2:10-12 (NIV) 2:10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.

11 Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.

12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

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