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A spring feed should feature nitrogen to get it growing and put some colour into the leaf, the autumn feed should contain iron (ferrous sulphate) to control moss growth, and winter nutrients to help the roots through the winter. We use a soluble powder mix to make up a 5 gallon backpack sprayer, which makes for an even application.

Many of you will have put down an autumn feed and seen the moss turn brown/black, pretty much overnight. This is caused by the iron in the mix, which dehydrates the top growth of moss, killing it off. It’s only part of the control required however.

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CLUBS & SOCIETIES AJG FORRES AND NAIRN WELFARE FOOTBALL LEAGUE April - September games played in Nairn, Forres, Kinloss and Elgin. Match details available in local press and via the website www.leaguewebsite.co.uk/ forresnairnwfa/Home or via email at forresnairnwfa@hotmail.co.uk CAWDOR HERITAGE GROUP 3rd Wed every month excluding June, July, Aug, Dec & Jan, 7.30pm at Cawdor Community Centre. Talks on Local & Family History. Research facilities at Nairn Museum. Contact 01667 493218 for details.

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 CHILDREN’S HIGHLAND DANCE Wednesdays at Nairn British Legion Hall. Preschool 3:30pm 4:30pm and Beginners 4:30pm 5:30pm. Call Elizabeth Fraser on 01463 729477

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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

LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF NAIRN HOSPITAL Our charity raises funds to provide extra comforts for staff and patients at Nairn Town County Hos pital and also provide equipment for the hospital. Contact 452243

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

MORAY & NAIRN FLORAL ART CLUB Wednesdays, 7.30pm, Ramnee Hotel, Forres. Friendship through flowers. Demonstration exhibits raffled. New members welcome.

Further details contact Chrissie on 01309 673431 or Jean on 01309 673552

GIRLGUIDING NAIRN Contact District Commissioner Jane Burns tel: 07962 190557 nairnshiregirlguiding@gmail.com GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND New branch volunteers needed at Nairn & Moray Branch. Call 0845 372 7406 for details.

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 QUILTERS 3rd Tuesday of the month, SeptJune. Meet in Smithton Free Church Hall at 7:30pm. New members and visitors welcome.

Visit www.highlandquilters.com INVERNESS RACING PIGEON CLUB Seeking new members young and old. Races from Inverness to as far away as France with the North East Federation. All ages welcome. Call 01463 243038.

KITE SURFING The vast sandy beaches in the Highlands of Scotland provide a perfect platform for year round activity. Ongoing at Ardersier, Nairn, Findhorn, Lossie and Burghead. The Scottish Power Kite Assoc covers all good kite surfing spots. Visit the website www.spka.org/activities

MORAY & NAIRN PONY CLUB Contact 01309 641483 or email willandjudith@btopenworld.com www.pcuk.org NAIRN ANGLING ASSOCIATION Contact 459250 or email nairnangling@tiscali.co.uk NAIRN CARDIACTIVE GROUP Mondays, 7pm - 8pm, Nairn Community Centre.

Physiotherapist led exercise group. Intended mainly to help people recovering from heart & stroke problems, but all welcome. Call 01667 456397.

NAIRN COMMUNITY CENTRE Contact Sam Morrison 453476 NAIRN COMMUNITY TRANSPORT Call 01667 459337 or email nairncommunitytransport@googl email.com NAIRN DISABLED SPORTS CLUB We cater for bowlers and athletes who have a disability.

Contact 07766 952477 NAIRN DRAMA CLUB Mondays from 7:30pm, The Little Theatre in Nairn. Amateur drama club open to everyone, whatever your interest in theatre. Visit www.nairndrama.org.uk, email enquiries@nairndrama.org.uk or phone Helen Wright tel: 452505

NAIRN PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AND CAMERA CLUB Tuesdays at 7:30pm in Nairn Community Centre. Sept - April.

For info contact Dave Freeman (President) on 360026 or email dave@nairncameraclub.co.uk NAIRN ROTARY CLUB Tuesdays 12.30pm for 1pm, Golf View Hotel, Nairn. There is usually a speaker and all Rotarians are welcome. To join or support fundraising, email nairnrotary@gmail.com.

NAIRN SOCCER SEVENS Mondays 6pm - 7.15pm, Easter to October. Qualified SFA coaches provide coaching and games. P2 - P7. Contact 452930 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 PET FOSTERING SCOTLAND Supporting pet owners in an emergency situation. Volunteers care for your pet in their own homes for short periods. Reg. charity SCO15672. Volunteers needed. Tel: 0844 811 9909 www.pfss.org.uk SEWING GROUP NAIRN Contact 455012 PLEASE NOTE: Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis.

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PASTORAL LETTER & CHURCH MEETINGS be “light for the whole world” Not so very far from where my roots are in Galloway, there is a cave on the seashore. It is not very big and it does not go very far back, but around the entrance there are a number of crosses carved into the rock, some of them very old.

Pilgrims still come there and some make and leave their own crosses made from driftwood and things they find on the shore. Some find it a sacred place still because of the cave’s connection with St. Ninian, one of those pioneering celtic saints who first brought Christianity to this country.

This month of September the church remembers and celebrates the courage, faithfulness and compassion of St. Ninian, whose feast day is September 16th.

Ninian was born around the year 360 and from an early age expressed a desire to live like Jesus, teaching his message and

caring for people. As a young man he travelled widely in Italy and France, studying and learning more of the gospel. A biographer of the time describes Ninian as a “bright star” someone whose life shone with the light of God’s love “like a city set on a hill”. Matt 5:14 Ninian set up a community of monks on the Solway coast at Whithorn, close to where that cave on the beach is. His church was built of stone which was unusual at the time and it shone in the sunlight, so that even the building reflected the light of the gospel that he and his followers believed in and he lived his life following his deepest desire to teach the things of Jesus and to care for people. He paved the way for others who came after and spread the message wider and from across the ages.

His example is still an encouragement and an inspiration.

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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: 01667 452764 or Secretary 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. Evening 6pm - both Gordon St. Youth club for S1 up on Wednesday at 6.30pm (Rosebank Hall). Prayer and Bible study Thursday 11am or 7:30pm on alternate weeks (Gordon Street). Contact Minister Murdo MacLeod: 01667 459131.

Nairn Old Parish Church 10.30am: holiday worship and crèche. Contact Rev. Alistair S. Younger on 01463 242873

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about those who light up a room with their presence, encountered people who always seem to be able to bring a sense of light and hope to any situation just by being there. Ninian was clearly one of those kinds of folk.

In Matthew’s Gospel Jesus calls us to be “light for the whole world” (Matt 5:13) because if “our light shines before people” (Matt 5:16) then they will see God’s light and God’s love alive in the world. Ninian before us, was a “bright star” in this world not because he was famous or had any great fortune, but because he cared for people and brought a little love wherever he went.

Very Rev. Alison J Simpson St. Columba’s Nairn

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 Rev. Steven Manders: 01667 451443.

The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sundays 10.30am.

Contact Minister JD Grant on 01667 456088 or visit www.churchofgodnairn.org Nairn Joint Service at Nairn St Ninian's Church of Scotland.

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AUGUST 2015 26 wednesday do you like jokes? comedy club 7:30pm the blue room, drouthy cobbler. www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk soup & coffee morning 10am - 1pm at dyke & district village hall. all welcome.

scotland’s salmon film festival 7pm - 10pm, eden court theatre, inverness. tickets £10. for more info visit www.scotlandsalmonfestival.org self help art group 1.30pm - 4.30pm at moray art centre, the park, findhorn. every wednesday. for info visit www.morayartcentre.org life drawing class with randy klinger 7pm - 9pm at moray art centre, the park, findhorn. every wednesday. for info visit www.morayartcentre.org

3 thursday scotland’s salmon festival public lectures 7pm 10pm, eden court theatre, inverness. on salmon, science and society. tickets £10. for more info visit www.scotlandsalmonfestival.org nairn & district gardening club - ponds & bog gardens with paul kelly at howdens garden centre, inverness meet at nairn bus station at 7pm. visit www.spanglefish.com/nairnanddistrictgardeningclub fine blend 8pm at royal british legion, nairn. entry £3. artist practice with diane main 10am - 1pm at moray art centre, the park, findhorn. every thursday. for info visit www.morayartcentre.org gary murinson photography: taking control of your camera 7pm - 9pm at moray art centre, the park, findhorn. every thursday. www.morayartcentre.org

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27 thursday andy mccormack trio 8pm at royal british legion, nairn. entry £3.

28 friday highland summer darts challenge @ ironworks 7:30pm. 0871 7894173 • www.ironworksvenue.com

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nairn book & arts festival @ brodie castle 12pm roger hutchinson discusses his new book on st kilda; 2.30pm philip long, director of v&a museum of design, dundee, talks on the plans for the new museum. tickets from www.nairnfestival.co.uk at nairn bookshop and nairn community & arts centre.

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scotland’s salmon film festival 11am - 4pm at bught park, inverness. alexander grant memorial casting competition at little isle pool, river ness. free entry, visit www.scotlandsalmonfestival.org for info.

green velvet @ ironworks 10pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

5 saturday cinema nairn: the navigator' (u) 7:30pm at nairn community and arts centre. tickets at the door. for more info visit cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk loch ness beast race all day, loch ness. a 10k run with 20 intense obstacles set through bogs, rough dirt tracks, dense forest, undergrowth and joined by a refreshing dip in the loch! find out more and sign up for your adventure today at www.beastrace.co.uk great feil maree 10.30am - 4pm, dingwall. annual street market with over 40 stalls, music, dance, food and refreshments. classic vehicle rally, pipe band parades through town centre. organised by dingwall rotary club. carve carrbridge on the village sports field. a day of family events including live music, activities, games, stalls and food & drink. for info call 07771 914598 or visit www.carvecarrbridge.com blas festival presents: shooglenifty horo niteworks @ ironworks 7:30pm. www.ironworksvenue.com

5 saturday - 25 friday a life in stitches - ann corrigall mbe 10am - 5pm mon - fri, 11am - 4pm sat, elgin museum. a retrospective exhibition of art and embroidery brought together by judith sutherland. visit www.elginmuseum.org.uk

6 sunday infifa ‘burning bush’ 1pm at eden court cinema and followed by informal post film discussion. part of the made in prague, the new czech cinema uk tour 2015, organised in collaboration with czech centre london and czech film center. visit www.invernessfilmfans.org glen moray marathon, half marathon and 10k starts and finishes at glen moray distillery, elgin. for more info visit www.forresharriers.org.uk ironworks, hyah, feis rois & blas presents: blas youth arts hub event @ ironworks 2pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

8 tuesday infifa ‘into the clouds we gaze’ 8pm at eden court cinema and followed by informal post film discussion. part of the made in prague, the new czech cinema uk tour 2015, organised in collaboration with czech centre london and czech film center. visit www.invernessfilmfans.org highland literary salon 7pm at glen mhor hotel inverness. guest speaker janet paisley. for further info see www.highlandlitsalon.com

10 thursday nairn ceilidh band 8pm at royal british legion, nairn. entry £3.

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12 saturday ardersier farmers market 9am - 4pm around old school hall, ardersier. local produce, crafts and garden plants. bbq run by forbes farm fresh meats. for more info visit www.morayfoodnetwork.org.uk euan's family bike ride 10am, aldie burn woods, tain.

20k family biking challenge on forestry commission trails with views over the dornoch firth. plus a 3 or 7k route that can be cycled or walked, themed on robin hood. bbq in a glade with woodland drums, face painting, bows and arrows and much more. £10 or £25 for a family. visit www.euansbikeride.co.uk call peter logie on 01463 713080, text “bike” to 07889 119147 or email peter.logie@clicsargent.org.uk

14 monday headway highland nairn group 10am - 12pm at st columbas church hall. meetings resume and will take place every second monday each month.

15 tuesday - 19 saturday spirit of moray book festival 2015 at elgin library. an exciting range of authors will entertain, educate and enthral and who will instil the importance of books and reading for pleasure and learning. for more info call elgin library 01343 562623 or visit www.moray.gov.uk/moraybookfestival

16 wednesday nairn u3a 1.45pm at nairn community centre. a social afternoon with tea and biscuits. find out more about the programme of events and interest groups. all welcome, especially new members. call pauline on 01667 453537 or visit www.nairnu3a.org.uk

19 saturday music nairn presents: hoot (harp and flute duo) 7.30pm at nairn community and arts centre. a very appealing programme including bach, debussy, piazzolla, bizet. tickets at door or music nairn www.musicnairn.org.uk or call 01667 455701 nairn men’s breakfast 9.45pm for 10am at dunbar golf club, nairn. testimony by eddie murison from prison to preacher. share food and fellowship and hear what god is doing in other men's lives. call campbell on 01667 455149 by 6.30pm friday 18th to book your place. whole lotta led @ ironworks 7:30pm. call 0871 7894173 or visit www.ironworksvenue.com

20 sunday free fiddle masterclass with paul anderson @ brodie castle (intermediate level & up). book in advance and be available to play on 27th sept when a new piece of music, specially written by paul and inspired by rodney's stone, will be premiered. booking essential, call 01309 641 371 or email brodiecastle@nts.org.uk

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In this exhibition ‘Patterns of Change’ it becomes evident that Dina Leigh is in search of something deeply elemental, different and very much her own. Her paintings are exquisite but seemingly chaotic, vibrant and full of roaring humanity.

An exploration in the flux of change, crossroads experience, growth and death are underpinned with Goethe’s phenomenology and poetry by Emily Dickinson, T. S. Eliot and Paul Celan.

Findhorn based Dina Leigh graduated BA (Hons) and MA Fine Art at the Norwich University of the Arts.

This retrospective exhibition will be displaying a selection of her work produced over a decade from 2003-2013.

Large-scale mixed media pieces printed on to canvas and often painted into using acrylic paints.

Sandra uses her own photographs as a starting point and basis for her work.

Light, colour and atmosphere are themes that fascinate her the most.

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saltire society of scotland, highland branch 12pm at culloden battlefield visitor centre. andrew mckenzie will give a talk on the 1715 jacobite rising. all welcome. call jim miller on 01463 713552

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underworld encounters - professor ian armit & dr lindsey buster 7.30pm - 9pm, elgin museum. first in the lecture series. ÂŁ3. members ÂŁ2. students ÂŁ1.50.

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river festival and extreme duck race 10am - 4pm on the river findhorn at logie steading. free family activities in and on the river and charity duck race. for info call 01309 611220 or visit www.fnlft.org.uk pict your way to brodie family activities: storytelling, art activities, a pict trail around the grounds & more. nts archaeologist, shannon fraser, will lead a walk and talk on the rodney stone - 8th c stone carved with enigmatic pictish symbols. ÂŁ3 children, adults free. paul anderson and the masterclass participants will perform for the first time at the rodney stone. baxters loch ness marathon & festival of running taking you along the south-eastern shores of loch ness, across the river ness and into the centre of inverness. visit www.lochnessmarathon.com

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cinema nairn: 'ida' (pg13) 7:30pm at nairn community and arts centre. tickets at the door. for more info visit cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk

26 wednesday culture day - forres the streets, cafes, shops and civic buildings of forres come alive with a mix of street theatre, performance, art, music and dance and much more. visit www.findhornbayarts.com

soup & coffee morning 10.30am - 1pm dyke & district village hall. all welcome. nairn u3a : a talk on orienteering in moray and nairn 1.45pm at nairn community centre. following the world championship held in the highlands, mike rodgers, scottish orienteering association will give the talk. all welcome. contact pauline on 01667 453537 or visit www.nairnu3a.org.uk

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