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AVIEMORE TINY TOTS Fridays 9:30am - 11:30am (except Christmas Holidays) at the Hub (above the Red Cross Shop) in Aviemore. For u3 and their Parents or Carers. Play, do crafts, music, outings, parties and snacks. For info email aviemoretinytots@hotmail.co.uk BADENOCH & STRATHSPEY PIPE BAND Novice Juvenille Pipe Band practice at Macdonald Aviemore resort 7pm - 9pm on Mondays and 6.30pm - 7.30pm Tuesdays. Grade 3A band practice is on a Tuesday at 7.30pm-9.30pm. BADENOCH & STRATHSPEY RAMBLERS Alternate weekends, mostly Saturdays. Contact Ann Hadley 01479 873806 or email bands.ramblers@live.co.uk for more info. Visitors are welcome to join us for up to three walks before joining the Ramblers. BUCCANEER THEATRE CLUB Club nights are Monday, 7pm at RAF Lossiemouth. New members interested in both onstage and back-stage activities welcome. For more info call Chris on 07789 552968 or Ally on 07887 513915 DUFFTOWN OVER SIXTIES Meet first Wednesday monthly 2pm - 4pm in Back Hall of Memorial Hall. Entertainment including tea/coffee. All are welcome and Membership fee is £10 per annum. Annual summer bus outing. Tel: 01340 820388, 01340 820582, or 01340 820264.

GRANTOWN AND DISTRICT BILLIARDS AND SNOOKER CLUB Meets on Monday, Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays 7pm 10pm at Old Church Hall in Dulnain Bridge, near Grantownon-Spey.

834133 or email moraysands@hotmail.co.uk SPEYSIDE VOLLEYBALL Monday evenings 7pm - 10pm in The Games Hall, Speyside Community Centre, Aberlour. Men, women, youths, juniors, seniors, all welcome. Contact Stewart on 01340 871730

HELGIN ROLLER DERBY Saturdays, 12pm - 2pm in Elgin Community Centre and Thursdays, 6:30pm - 8pm in Forres House Community Centre. Learn to roller skate with the newly formed Elgin Roller Derby team and find out more about how you can get involved. Beginners welcome. Open to males and females 16+. Find us on Facebook for more details.

STEP BY STEP IN MORAY Toddler group for isolated and vulnerable families. Thursdays 9:30am - 11am. Meets at Aberlour Church. Tel: Margaret 07583 835681. STRATH SUNSHINE CLUB Meets every other Monday at 2pm in the St John’s Church Hall, Rothiemurchus. A social club for the over 50s living in the Strath. For info call Anne on 01479 810998 or e-mail walter.dempster@ homecall.co.uk

KINGUSSIE TENNIS CLUB Coaching available for members and non-members. New members welcome. For more information call Moira Webster 01540 661484. LONG DISTANCE WALKERS ASSOCIATION (NORTH WEST GRAMPIAN LDWA) For all who enjoy the outdoors combined with cake. Centred on Moray but covering Thurso to Pitlochry and even the islands. A varied programme of walks is planned to attract a wide range of people with shorter options for families when possible. For more info visit www.ldwa.org.uk MORAY FLYING CLUB 7 days a week. Also offering courses for people to become leisure pilots, all the way up to professional ratings. Kinloss barracks, IV36 3UH. For details please call 01309 617361 and visit www.morayflyingclub.com

EDINVILLIE BADMINTON CLUB Meets Thursdays at the Hall. There is a junior section which starts at 6pm until 7.30pm. Junior coaching for attendees only from 7.30pm - 8pm. ALL juniors MUST be accompanied by an adult. Adult section starts at 8.00pm until late. Call Paula

MORAY SANDS 3rd Wednesday every month, 7:30pm at The Ugie House Hotel. Self-help support group, run by bereaved parents for bereaved parents and their families. Informal and

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STRATHSPEY ANGLING IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION Membership open to residents of the Grantown-on-Spey, Duthil, Cromdale, Carrbridge, Dulnain Bridge and Nethybridge areas. Season Visitor Permits are available. Call us at Mortimer's shop in Grantown on Spey, from where this Association is administered. 01479 872684. STRATHSPEY RAILWAY ASSOCIATION Members/Volunteers help run the Strathspey Railway at Aviemore. More needed to be train drivers, guards, station staff, signalmen & coach restorers. Training given. Join and help the Railway extend to Grantown. For details contact Gill Kelly 01479 810725, email gill.kelly@strathspeyrailway.co.u k www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk

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As the year progresses trees and fields become bare and the colours of nature change. The animal world changes also. As some animals prepare to bed down for the winter, others begin to move closer to human habitation in search of food. Last year a Deer regularly came into the Manse garden from the Glebe field behind. The Deer would hop over the fence. My working Cocker ‘Moray’ would go out through the flap in the back door, bark once or twice and the Deer would hop back into the field. ‘Moray’ would come back into the house and the Deer would hop back into the garden.

Abernethy Parish Church Family worship service on Sunday at 9:30am, followed by refreshments. More traditional worship service at 11:45am. Contact: Rev. Donald Walker. Tel: 01479 831252. Aberlour Parish Church The Square, Aberlour. Sunday 11.15am. Alvie & Insh Church of Scotland Our services are at 9:30am each Sunday in Kincraig (Church beside Loch Insh). The first Sunday of the month is the All-Age interactive service, also 9:30am, held in Kincraig Church Hall beside the Cairngorms Christian Centre. Please ring 01540 661918 for details. Badenoch Free Church Ruthven Road, Kingussie. Sundays 11am and evening service 6pm. Boat of Garten Parish Church, St Columba's Boat of Garten. Sunday service 10am. Evening worship at Kincardine Church, 6pm the 2nd Sunday of most months: check the weekly press. Contact: Rev. Donald Walker Tel: 01479 831252. Craigellachie Church Victoria Street. Sundays 9.45am. Cromdale and Advie Church, Church of Scotland Services 9:15am. Contact Rev Gordon Strang: 01479 872084.

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29 saturday inverness choral society coffee morning 10.30am 12.30pm at inverness town house. coffee, cake & live piano music. call fran tilbrook on 01381 600239. a guy called gerald 10.30pm@the ironworks. £10. visit ironworksvenue.com.

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highland decorative & fine arts society: "income & inspiration - the financial secrets of the masters, or art forgery & its identification" , speaker - david phillips, oxford 2pm - 3.30pm at smithton free church, murray road, inverness. non-members £8. new members welcome. contact david martin on 07595 219308 or davidmartin30@hotmail.com. visit hdfas.org.uk. gary little - a little bit of personal@the drouthy cobbler. 7.30pm. visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk

12 saturday the osprey music society (toms): "a night at the opera" - the london opera festival quartet featuring handel, mozart, rossini & gilbert & sullivan to name but a few. 7.30pm at boat of garten community hall. members £14, non-members £16, students £5 & complimentary for school pupils. for info call ann napier on 01479 831056 or email ann.nap@btinternet.com 'voiceworks' singing group: vocal music through time from baroque to bohemian raphsody 7.30pm at tala nan ros, kingussie. £5. proceeds to the wade centre. elgin model railway club: model fair exhibition 2016 10am at elgin town hall. family show. railway memorabilia with layouts & collections. radio controlled planes, boats, etc.

moray recovery roadshow 2pm - 4pm at dufftown library. free. for anyone affected by mental health problem either now or in the past - personally or as a carer. for info call 01340 820272.

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With Christmas around the corner, I know my mailbox will soon be filled with emails from constituents highlighting the many and varied delivery surcharges they are being asked to pay. Here in the North of Scotland, we are all still paying excessive delivery charges and my â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Peoples Delivery Guaranteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; campaign aims to put an end to this. In March 2016, I presented the first ever bill on the issue of Delivery Charges to the UK Parliament. I worked with Citizens Advice Scotland and officers from Trading Standards at the Highland Council to set out the legislative amendments the UK Government could make to put an end to these unfair charges. We already have a universal postal service and at the very least retailers should have to offer to post the parcel via the Royal Mail. You can show your support for a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Delivery Guaranteeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by signing my new petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/peoples-deliveryguarantee-end-unfair-delivery.Drew Hendry MP

As soon as First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon appointed me as Rural Economy Secretary, I made it my number one priority to put right the Common Agricultural Payment system and to end the delays in payments to farmers and crofters. We have now paid 97 per cent of them for this year and have agreed that for next year, payments will be brought forward to November. Most cases will soon apply for and receive four fifths of their total entitlement. This should put up to ÂŁ300Million into the rural Economy of the country at a time of year when many make their financial decisions to invest. There is more work to be done to get things 100% but I am pleased that we have made such good progress.

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21 monday re-wilding britain or new nature: are we looking forward or back by derek gow 8.30pm at grant arms hotel, grantown on spey. covering the controversial topic of re-wilding areas of britain.

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scottish rock garden club (moray group): dwarf shrubs for the alpine garden - speaker graeme butler 7.30pm at new ellgin hall annex, land street, new elgin. for info call netta milne (sec) on 01340 881558 or colinne souter (treas) on 01340871504.

27 sunday moray christmas fayre 12pm at elgin town hall. free. fun for all the family. meet santa. for more info email christmas@northern-scot.co.uk.

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24 thursday aberlour community consultation 6.30pm - 7.30pm at aberlour library. free. presentation of the recent community consultation in aberlour led by gillian bailey & others. contact: 01340 871693. rspb: "the highlands in all seasons" 7.30pm at greyfriars church, balloan road, inverness. all welcome contact: 01997 433283. rspb: outing to findhorn bay & roseisle 9.30am/9.50am, meet at highland council car park or nairn. all welcome.

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29 tuesday earthtime xmas crackers 3.30pm - 4.30pm at tomintoul library. free. all children welcome to make xmas crackers using recycled material with earthtime. booking required. contact: 01807 580755.

30 wednesday the drouthy cobbler comedy club@the drouthy cobbler, 7.30pm. visit www.thedrouthycobbler.co.uk.

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School Term Dates MORAY COUNCIL SCHOOLS for 2016/2017 (all dates inclusive) Winter Term Starts Mon 24th Oct 2016 In-Service Day Mon 14th Nov 2016 In-Service Day Tues 15th Nov 2016 Winter Term Ends Thurs 22nd Dec 2016 Christmas Holiday Starts Fri 23rd Dec 2016 Christmas Holiday Ends Fri 6th Jan 2017 HIGHLAND COUNCIL SCHOOLS for 2016/2017 (all dates inclusive) Autumn Term Ends Fri 7th Oct 2016 Autumn Holiday Starts Mon 10th Oct 2016

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