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HUNTLY COMMUNITIY ADVICE CENTRE Mon - Fri, 9.15am - 4.15pm, 143 Main Street, Huntly. Non-profit organisation, working for the community - helping people with any queries & difficulties. Call (07) 828 9500 HUNTLY GOLF CLUB Situated in Cooper Park, Huntly Golf Club can offer everyone an enjoyable day of golf & suitable refreshment in the club house. Call 01466 792643 to enquire or book
HUNTLY HIGHLANDERS CRICKET CLUB Junior Club. U10s - U18s. Call Mr A.F Ritchie on 07920 782322
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HUNTLY SPORTS HUB Supports, promotes & helps sports & wellbeing organisations, clubs & facilities within the AB54 postal code area of Aberdeenshire www.huntlydevelopmenttrust.org HUNTLY SWIFT GROUP Attention Bird Watchers! Scotland's Swifts are in trouble. Call Cally on 07411 808573 or at huntlyswiftgroup@gmail.com Facebook/huntlyswiftgroup
HUNTLY TEA DANCE Mon (Monthly),1pm - 2pm (lesson) & 2pm - 4pm (Dance), Stewart Hall, Huntly. £3. Free dance lessons for people attending the afternoon. A great way to get out, meet new people & learn new skills. Call 01466 793732 or email at fiona@networksofwellbeing.org MONQUHITTER PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Wed, 9.30am - 11.30am,
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TURRIFF & DISTRICT ACCORDION CLUB Encouraging the playing & appreciation of traditional Scottish music. Call Pat Steele on 01888 562486 or email at penelopefield@aol.com
POUND FIT Tues, 6pm - 7pm. A drumming inspired workshop at the Royal Oak in Turriff. Yoga mat required.
RIVER LIVET FISHING (Season February - 30 Sept). Salmon, sea trout & brown trout fishing for the whole family on the River Livet. Permits can be obtained from Ballindalloch Post Office, Tomnavoulin Post Office, Crown Estate Office, Tomintoul & the Glen Livet Distillery. facebook.com/riverlivetfishing SCOTTISH SLIMMERS HUNTLY Mon, 5pm, the Huntly Hotel
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THE DORIC NEUK Wed - Sat (Summer), 11am 3pm, High Street, Turriff. Keeping Doric alive for future generations. Book collection, Doric events, quizzes, a How-to-get-startedwith-Doric-guide, etc THE SURF CLUB Nearly every day all year round, Banff Links Beach. Learn to surf & Sup-StandUpPaddleboard. All ages & abilities. All equipment supplied - Warm Steamer Wetsuits. Call 07867 522 282 TRANQUILITY & THE NORTHERN ROUGH RIDERS Sun, Tranquility, Drumblair. We
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TURRIFF & DISTRICT U3A 1st Tues of month, 2pm, St Ninian's Church, Turriff. General meeting followed by a guest speaker.www.u3asites.org.uk/turriff
WEE TOOTS: WEE ONE'S & WEE TWO'S Tues - Fri, 8.30am - 11.25am, the Linden Centre, Castle Street, Huntly. Playworker led session. £5.50 per session. Call Di Mitchell on 07595 601523 or at PLEASE NOTE: Details of Clubs & Societies are published on a rotational basis.
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Pastoral Le er & Church Meetings Romans 1:16 New International Version (NIV) 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. Last week as I prepared to write this article I heard the news of the passing of Billy Graham into heaven. Billy Graham had a remarkable ministry. As an evangelist he had the privilege of communicating the gospel to literally millions of people through his life. Billy Graham famously commented “My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world ” . But what was is it that gave Billy Graham and what is it that can give us confidence that we too will go to heaven when we die? Billy Graham’s confidence was not in his works nor was it even in his character. It was rooted in his faith in the good news of the gospel. The gospel is good news. It is good
news because in the gospel we recognise God’s love for the world, which is most clearly demonstrated at Calvary. In John 3v16 we read ‘ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Billy Graham commented that ‘“God proved his love on the Cross. When Christ hung, and bled, and died, it was God saying to the world, ‘I love you.’” Billy Graham knew that the certainty of a home in heaven was rooted not in following a religion or a set of rules but through a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Becoming a Christian is not easy as it involves a turning away from sin i.e repentance. However, the good news is if we repent and confess our sin, He is faithful and just, to forgive our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Gordon Presbytery Email gordoncoscotland.org.uk. www.presbyteryofgordon.org.uk All Saints Episcopal Church, Woodhead of Fyvie 2nd Sunday of the month: Holy Communion 10.15am (unless notified locally). Rev Alastair MacDonald Tel: 01464 820477. Email macinsch@gmail.com. www.allsaintswoodhead.aodiocese.org.uk Auchterless Church Rev Stephen J Potts Tel: 01888 511058. Christ Church, Provost Street, Huntly. Rev. Michael Last. Sundays 10:30am Fyvie & Rothienorman Parish Church Sunday 11.30am. Teas & coffees from 11am. Interim Moderator: Rev Steve Potts Tel: 01888 511058. www.fyviechurch.org.uk Huntly Christian Fellowship, 10.30am at the Linden Centre, Tim Gordon-Roberts Tel: 01466 794539. Email admin@huntlychristianfellowship.com Huntly Parish Church Rev. Thomas Calder Tel: 01466 792630 Marnoch New Church, Aberchirder Tel: 01466 781143. Email amacgregor@churchofscotland.org.uk Mintlaw & Pitsligo Community Church Sunday 10.30am, St John’s Centre, High Street, New Pitsligo. 2pm Mintlaw Academy. Refreshments after both services. www.mintlawchurch.co.uk Monquhitter & New Byth Tel: 01888 560304. Email jcook@churchofscotland.org.uk. page 6 - April 2018
Therefore, If we have professed faith in Jesus Christ we recognise there is, therefore, now no condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8v1). This contains great news, because we can know like the apostle Paul Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come The old has gone, the new has come (2 Corinthians 5v17). I wonder if you too have professed faith in the good news of the gospel like Billy Graham and millions of others. It is important that we realise the only certainty of us going to heaven is found not in our good works or deeds or even our church membership but through accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour. Pastor Gavin Hunter Buckie Baptist Church
St Andrew’s Church, Turriff. Sunday 11.15am. Tel: 01888 560304. Email jcook@churcchofscotland.org.uk St Congan’s Church, Turriff. First & second Sunday of month: Holy Communion, 10.30am; third Sunday of month: Morning Prayer/Family Service, 10.30am; fourth & fifth Sundays of month: Holy Communion, 10.30am. Gordon Brown, Lay Reader Tel: 01345 518411. Email gordon@derbyhall.plus.com St Kanes Church, New Deer Sunday service 11.30am. Currently seeking new minister. Tel: 01771 644097. Email web@stkanes.org.uk St Margaret's Catholic Church, Huntly. Sunday Mass 9am St Marnan, Aberchirder. Rev Michael Last St Ninian’s & Forglen Church, Turriff. Rev Kevin Gruer Tel: 01888 563850 or email minister@stniniansandforglen.org.uk Strathbogie Drumblade, Huntly Tel: 01466 792702 St Peter’s Church, Fyvie - See Fyvie & Rothienorman Parish Church. Turriff Baptist Church. Meetings vary time and venue. Deacon Neil Mclean Tel: 01888 560241 If you are a member of a church not listed here or if there are any amendments to existing details, please email linda@winterburnmedia.co.uk
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visitor centre burghead 12pm - 4pm, burghead a former coastguard lookout, the centre covers the history of the area from about 400ad to the present call 01343 835518 nelson tower with panoramic views over the moray firth 2pm - 4pm. exhibitions of local photographs & nelson memorabilia. entry by donation. the red ensign flying from the tower mast signifies that the tower is open! www.forresheritage.org
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falconer museum, forres tues - sat, 10am - 5pm & sun, 1pm - 5pm, tolbooth street, forres. free. call 01309 673701 or museums.forres@moray.gov.uk www.falconermuseum.co.uk moray motor museum 11am - 5pm, bridge street, elgin. open every day during season. a superb collection of veteran, vintage, classic cars & motorbikes. call 01343 544933 or email at info@moraymotormuseum.org lossie fisheries & community museum 10am 4.45pm, pitgaveny quay, lossiemouth. an insight into the life & danger of the fishing industry past & present. call 01343 813772
2 april - 31 october
nairn museum mon - fri, 10am - 4.30pm & sat, 10am - 1pm, viewfield house, nairn. free. call 01667 456791. www.nairnmuseum.co.uk
27 april - 12 may
inverness science festival various events throughout inverness
28 april - 31 october
elgin museum mon - fri, 10am - 5pm & sat, 11am 4pm, high street, elgin. call 01343 543675 or email at curator@elginmuseum.org.uk
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portraits by mosman for lord braco: speaker - nel whiting 2pm - 3pm, duff house, long gallery, banff call 01261 818181 chilling women: learn about relaxation techniques 10am - 12pm, linden centre basement, huntly. call 01466 793732. www.networksofwellbeing.org/
30 friday
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tea dance: networks of wellbeing: free dance lessons for beginners (1pm –Transport 2pm) 1pmMuseum - 4pm, March stewart's hall, Grampian 18.pdf huntly. £3. call 01466 793732 www.networksofwellbeing.org
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grampian transport museum: opens for the 2018 season. range of transport exhibits, from 1800s, to some of fastest cars ever made 10.30am, montgarrie road, alford. call 01975 562292 www.gtm.org.uk linedance social evening 8pm - 11.30pm, commercial 06/02/2018 15:30 hotel, south street, aberchirder £3.50. all levels of dancers & non-dancers welcome. call 01466 780787 or at info@thecommercialhotel.net
30 friday - 2 monday
cadbury easter egg hunts at fyvie castle 10.30am 4pm, fyvie castle. £2.50 per hunt (usual entry prices apply. become a nature detective to follow bunny’s clues & finish your adventure with a delicious chocolatey treat. call 01651 891266 cadbury egg hunts at leith hall 11am - 4pm, leith hall cadbury easter egg hunt at brodie castle: become a nature detective to follow bunny’s clues & finish your adventure with a delicious chocolatey treat 10am 4pm, brodie castle. £4. call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or at raharrison@nts.org.uk www.nts.org.uk/events keith & dufftown railway: easter bunny weekend 10am - 4pm, dufftown. for information email info@keith-dufftown-railway.co.uk www.keith-dufftown-railway.co.uk/easter
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3 tuesday
turriff & district u3a: defribillators & training; speaker - george watt 2pm, st ninian's church, turriff www.u3asites.org.uk/turriff/contact turriff u3a creative writing group 10.15am - 11.45am, turriff library. all welcome
3 tuesday - 6 friday
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Mosset Tavern, Forres 5-8 April 2018 80 beers from 18 Scottish brewers Four live bands on stage Street food with a Cajun-Scottish twist Day pass: £10 • Weekend: £20 Info and tickets: www.foottapper.co.uk
4 wednesday
easter funtime: easter themed crafts, activities & more 1pm, grampian transport museum, montgarrie road, alford. normal admission charges. call 01975 562292 or email at marketing@gtm.org.uk brander library reading group 11am, huntly library free. all welcome
7 saturday
an evening with johhny nelson: hosted by the different not less foundation 6pm - 11.55pm, banff springs hotel, banff. currently the longest reigning cruiserweight world champion of all time. three course meal & complimentary drink lego club 2pm - 3pm, turriff library
10 tuesday
turriff u3a: family history group 10.15am - 11.45am, turriff library. all welcome
11 wednesday
easter craft sessions 3pm - 4pm, turriff library
12 thursday - 15 sunday
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team turriff reading group 6.30pm - 7.30pm, turriff library. all welcome
17 tuesday
bookbug story & rhymetime 2pm - 2.30pm, insch library. free. all welcome turriff u3a creative writing group 10.15am - 11.45am, turriff library. all welcome hae a news 2pm - 3.30pm, turriff library. all welcome
18 wednesday
marr area bus forum 7.30pm - 9pm, the new room, stewarts hall, huntly. all welcome. if transport needed please call claire marshall on 01467 533493 (4 working days prior to the forum)
19 thursday
blood donors: fyvie 5pm - 8pm, fyvie primary school to book your appointment, please call 0345 90 90 999 or email nss.snbtsenquiry@nhs.net huntly film club 7.30pm - 10pm, ex-service men's club, huntly.email at huntlyfilms@hotmail.com
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betamix bandits: a night at the 80s 7pm - 11pm, stewart's hall, huntly. seated table concert. fancy dress is optional but we will award a prize for the best outfit. call huntly live events ltd - (james) on 07990 978732 turriff u3a geology group 10.30am - 11.30am, turriff library. free. all welcome
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2018 mcdonald & munro speyside stages: a 45 mile stage rally. starting in elgin the event uses forestry stages & the cooper park. elgin 8.55am, cooper park, elgin. www.speyside-stages.co.uk gary barlow@aberdeen exhibition & conference centre 6.30pm - 10.30pm. www.ticketmaster.co.uk tmsa: gaberlunzie 8pm, royal hotel, keith. ÂŁ8 call sandy mccombie on 01542 882638 lego club 2pm - 3pm, turriff library
21 saturday - 22 sunday
room to ride 100km: huntly audax 9am - 5.20pm, huntly. ÂŁ5 (closing date 11th april 2018). huntly development trust offers 4 routes through huntly, banff, cullen, keith, the cabrach, alford & clatt email donald boyd at donald.boyd@huntly.net www.huntlydevelopmenttrust.org/room-to-ride-2018
runbalmoral: a festival of running, for people of all ages. book online tbc, balmoral castle. call 01339 742555. www.runbalmoral.com/content daffodil weekend walks & exhibition 11am - 4pm, brodie castle. ÂŁ5. the garden team will be leading guided tours & talking about the history of the daffodil collection at brodie castle. call rebecca harrison on 01309 641371 or raharrison@nts.org.uk www.nts.org.uk/events
buckie 10k & junior run registration online or at buckie high school small hall. (entry via emergency exit) 12pm - 1.30pm. junior on the day only; junior start - 1pm; 10k - 2pm. www.entrycentral.com/event
2018 spring round up: tranquility wild west town first ever open day!!! a reconstruction of a small frontier town in the old american west 1.30pm - 4.30pm, drumblair, nr the glendronach distillery,
wordzworthies 2.30pm - 3.30pm, turriff library
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24 tuesday
sheesham lotus & son (bluegrass, country & western etc) 7.30pm , tin hut, gartly. £10. tickets from orb book shop, deveron st. huntly. call charles ford on 01466 720234 or charles@myticefarm.co.uk (tickets at door unless sold out)
25 wednesday
bookbug rhymetime 10am - 10.30am, huntly library Highland Fuels Jan 17.pdf 1 14/12/2016 free. all welcome noel gallagher's high flying birds 6.30pm - 10.30pm,
27 friday
turriff u3a geology group: cullen to portknockie tbc. www.u3asites.org.uk/turriff/contact
28 saturday
28th junior highland games: supporting children 1st (elgin) & nspcc scotland 11am - 2pm, gordonstoun school, duffus. teams of children from all over ne of scotland take part in traditional games. stalls & activities. display of morgan cars, etc. email at hughesy@gordonstoun.org.uk
29 sunday
car boot sale (inchberry & district community association) 8.30am - 1pm, inchberry hall, orton, fochabers. no booking required, just turn up early before 9am with a car & table. teas/coffees, soft drinks, butteries, bbq. www.wherecanwego.com etape loch ness: chosen charity macmillan cancer support 6.15am, inverness. £63 (sold out) a cycle sportive offering the chance to cycle 66 miles around the loch on traffic free roads. 18yrs +
30 monday
tea dance: networks of wellbeing 1pm - 4pm, stewarts hall, huntly. £3. free dance lessons for beginners (1pm - 2pm). call 01466 793732 www.networksofwellbeing.org
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Do gently hoe over your borders to disrupt any emerging weeds under the soil. Do dig well-rotted horse or cow manure into your beds. Do cut your lawn if it needs it, but just a light cut for the first one. Do prune Forsythia sp. once it has finished flowering. Do scarify your lawn with a spring-tine rake for smaller areas, or hire a machine for larger areas. Do add a lawn feed to your grass. Do treat decks and hard surfaces for moss.
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Don’t apply lawn mosskiller by hand, however careful you are it will create ugly black streaks that take ages to recover. Use a spreader. Don’t go overboard with your lawn feed if you have large areas of grass and no time to cut it. I only ever use an autumn feed on my lawn which has a bit less nitrogen in. Don’t forget to top-dress plant pots – skim a bit of old compost away, and add some new compost. Don’t forget to start spraying roses to help keep pests away. You can get organic sprays that use things like garlic. Once the overnight temperatures are over 6C, the grass will start growing in earnest, so be sure your mower is working nicely. Mow at least once a fortnight to prevent weeds setting seed. If you do scarify, as advised above, don’t mow it for a few days afterwards as it is a stressful process for the grass.
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Simnel Cake This spiced fruit cake has a layer of marzipan and another one on top. Originally the cake was baked by girls in service to take home with them on Mothering Sunday. It is now more traditional to have Simnel Cake at Easter time.
Ingredients: 100g glace cherries 500g mixed dried fruit 175g soft butter (unsalted) 175g caster sugar zest of 1 lemon 225g plain flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
¼ teaspoon ground ginger 25g ground almonds 3 eggs 2 tablespoons milk 1 kg yellow marzipan Icing sugar (for rolling marzipan) 1 tablespoon apricot jam (melted) 1 egg white
Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 170°C. Grease and line both the bottom and sides of a 20cm cake tin with a double layer of brown baking paper.
2. Chop the cherries finely and mix them with the rest of the dried fruit. Cream the butter and sugar until pale and soft (using an electric mixer is easiest), add the lemon zest.
3. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger and ground almonds together into a bowl. Add 1 of the eggs to the creamed butter mixture along with 2 tablespoons of the flour mixture, then beat in the remaining eggs in the same way. Beat in the rest of the dry ingredients, and then the milk. Finally fold in the fruit.
4. With a small amount of icing sugar lightly dust a worktop space and then roll out just less than half of the marzipan into a circle (the size of the tin) which will fit in the middle of the cake.
5. Tip half of the cake mixture into the tin and smooth down. Place the marzipan circle on top of it. Spread the rest of the cake mixture into the tin on top of the marzipan and level. Bake for about half an hour and then lower the oven temperature to 150°C for another hour and a half or until the cake has risen and is firm on top. Allow the cake to cool completely on a rack before removing it from the tin.
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