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Beijing may be over but the countdown is on to the UK Special Olympics which are in Leicester next March -- and there will be a record Highland entry.

And teenage Dingwall swimmer Ionutsa McCelland is a gold medal favourite -- after grabbing gold in the butterfly event in the World Games in Shanghai last October.

Ionutsa, who is coached by Linda McCulloch and Stephen Meeks, has been supported by

Dingwall Swimming Club and trains with the rest of the Highlands’ Special Olympics swim squad at Inverness Aquadome on Saturday afternoons.

Lesley Jones, Inverness, administrator for Highland Disability Sport, reveals:”We’ll have a party of 124 competitors, coaches and carers at Leicester -- which is up from 104 at the last Special Olympics in Glasgow four years ago.

“Tulloch Homes are our main sponsor while Highland Council have also been very generous as fundraising is always a battle.

“Ionutsa is a terrific swimmer who could hold her own outwith the learning disabilities category. We’ve great hopes for her at Leicester.”

Sports at the Special Olympics include athletics, sailing, basketball, table tennis, swimming, golf and football.

Ionutsa and the rest of the Highland team are looking forward to the opening ceremony in the Walkers Stadium on March 25. Keep up to date with their progress in ‘Imag”.

The 7000-plus attendance at Barry Wilson’s testimonial match with Liverpool last month ended one fundraising sequence -- but another one is just round the corner.

For defender Richard Hastings is the next Caledonian Thistle player to be granted a testimonial -- and the first Canadian to be granted one in Scottish football!

Born in Prince George, British Columbia, Richard spent his early years in Vancouver before the family crossed the Atlantic and he became a pupil at Millburn Academy and was still at school when he made his debut for Nairn County in 1994.

A year later he was snapped up by Caledonian Thistle and has gone on to clock more than 335 appearances for the club.

Former Caledonian Thistle director Roy Maclennan, managing director of Highland Office Equipment, is secretary of the testimonial committee which has just been assembled.

“Now that Barry’s game is past, we can put the focus on the fact that 08-09 is Richard’s testimonial season”, reveals Roy.”We’re lining up a golf day and a dinner and the actual show game is pencilled in for next summer, with enquiries already underway to secure quality opposition.

“Richard’s been an excellent servant to the club, coming through the divisions with them, and he deserves a bumper testimonial. He’s been a consistently quality performer who is still very much a key player.”

Richard had a year at Ross County in 2001 then played UEFA Cup football while with Grazer AK and MVV in Austria before returning to Tulloch Caledonian Stadium in 2003.

He’s heading towards his 50th cap for Canada as the Maple Leafers battle it out with Mexico, Honduras and Jamaica in a group section in the CONCACAF qualifying phase for the 2010 World Cup finals. The group is in full swing with Richard hoping to play at Honduras on October 11 and Jamaica on November 19.

Hastings clocked up his 300th appearance for Caley Jags against St Mirren in May 2007-- being the third player to do so, following Ross Tokely and Charlie Christie. Roy McBain joined that select group in the opening game of this season against Aberdeen.

Richard is still only 31 and extremely athletic, so all going well the 400 game mark is attainable in the next 18 months.

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New striker Steven Craig is confident Ross County can start to climb the table -- and, as the successor to 26-goal Andy Barrowman, his own finishing will be vital to that happening.

Craig, who quit Livingston in May, played alongside Ross boss Derek Adams at Motherwell and Aberdeen. He says:”There’s no point being here if you’re happy being third or fourth in the First Division. We’ve players of SPL quality ands that’s where we want to play.

“We got off to a sticky start to the season but we’ve not played badly. We were the better side at Dundee, though losing, while we were two up at Clyde before having to settle for a point.

“I’m confident we’ll soon make good progress and climb that table”.

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A Shetland soap-making company is bubbling over with business growth ideas, thanks to a skills training conference provided by Highlands and Islands Enterprise’s (HIE) Learningworks website.

Shetland Soap Company will launch four new product lines this year in a bid to rapidly expand their existing operation.

The new product ranges will see the company diversify their current operation by targeting new consumer markets through the development of products designed specifically for men and babies.

‘Black Ice’, the first men’s skincare range to be launched by the Shetland firm, will include body wash, soap bars, traditional shaving soap & foam wash created for men in fragrance and strength.

‘Honey Baby’, a range of products enriched with aloe vera and organic honey, will see the company promote soothing natural products for sensitive baby skin.

The company’s other two new ranges, ‘Winter

Berries’ and ‘The Night Before Christmas’, aim to strengthen the popular firms’ existing offering by providing regular customers with more choice for Christmas gifts in 2008.

The company’s decision to launch its new product lines was cemented after employees logged on to view a virtual conference aired over HIE’s Learningworks website in May.

Odie explained: “The Learningworks virtual conference was

fantastic, because it really got us thinking about brand development and marketing. And it was all done without staff having to leave the island to attend a physical conference, which can be so expensive and time-consuming.”

Launched three years ago, Learningworks is an on-line portal designed to make skills training and development easy for businesses in the Highlands and Islands region.

Learningworks Development Manager Graham Young said: “By visiting www.learning-works.co.uk, users can search through over 3,000 training courses currently in operation in the region.

“Staff training has so many benefits for businesses and it is an area HIE are determined to invest in. Not only can employees gain increased job satisfaction, skills training can be a direct route to business growth, as seen with the Shetland Soap Company.”

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Owner James Souter, who has 18 years of experience in the business, said: “Our team of 12 operate to a really high spec, we are offering something totally different from the norm. We sit down with our clients and come up with funky ideas.

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At time of writing hijobs.co.uk already has around 300 courses from top local providers like UHI Millennium Institute, Pitman Training, Synergie Scotland and SCVO.

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MSThe House of Beauly has brought great honour to the Highlands by winning the UK Visitor Centre of the Year Award 2008 at a glittering ceremony in London, beating finalists of the calibre of Denby Pottery and the Victoria and Albert Museum.Now the excellence of its gifts and produce will be be showcased at a A Special Evening of House of Beauly on Thursday, October 23, to which everyone is cordially invited.Charles Morgan, managing director of House of Beauly, says: ”Winning the UK Award is a huge feather in Beauly’s cap as the sponsors, Progressive Gift and Home Magazine, had such a huge entry.“But we feel we succeeded through a combination of our promotion of all things Scottish plus the standards we apply here, which reflect the quality of so many creative people.Talented local musicians Feis Ross, who recently played for The Princess Royal at the opening of the Highland Drover exhibition in Dingwall, will provide live music on the night.A Fashion Parade will show the latest fashions in formal countrywear, wedding attire and casual dressing.Wesley Grant Parke will show his acclaimed range of wood furniture which reflects his love of indigenious trees in the Highlands. Each piece is bespoke and

represents a craft skill fast disappearing in modern day living. Wesley’s furniture is regarded by many clients as an investment in future antiques.Ian Thompson, author of books such as ‘Isolation Shepherd’, ‘Endless Tale’ and ‘Long Horizon’, will sign his books and chat on their topics.Jay Muirhead, author and artist, has assembled as fine collection of local and Scottish artists’ work in the centre’s Airdé Gallery, and she will be on hand to discuss and advise on the canvasses on show.The centre’s superb Food Hall was recently opened by First Minister Alex Salmond and, from seafood to specialist meat, visitors can see the range of quality Highland produce.

Charles Morgan (right) accepts the UK Visitor Centre of the Year Award

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The Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland is Scotland’s largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis. About 10,400 people in Scotland have MS. We are part of the MS Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Inverness & Nairn Branch is one of thirty six branches in Scotland providing support to people affected by MS and those working with them.The MS Society in Scotland provides a variety of support functions which can be accessed directly through our website, our publications, our enquiry service and through information events. Alternatively you can contact the local branch and we will be happy to put you in touch with the appropriate service.

Support and activities include:-• Various courses for people with MS, and for carers.• Financial support to people affected by MS.• Respite care at our short break centre, Leuchie House. We also provide self-catering caravan holidays. We work with other providers of respite to help them improve their service to people affected by MS.• Working with health boards to provide specialist care for people affected by MS.• Campaigning to persuade the Scottish Government to provide services which will meet the

needs of people affected by MS, and to raise public awareness of MS.• Working in partnership with health and social care professionals.• Funding research into MS.• Fundraising - the Society depends entirely on charitable fundraising and the support of the public and our volunteers to be able to do our work.

Locally our Tuesday Day Centre is a very important facility of which the Branch is very proud. The Day Centre has been operational for over 30 years, firstly in the Recreation Hall at the Royal Northern Infirmary and then moved to its current home at the Trinity Church Hall, Huntly Street, Inverness where it still operates each Tuesday. The Day Centre offers respite to carers for one day in the week, and people with MS who attend the Day Centre enjoy meeting friends, chatting over coffee and enjoy a two course lunch – currently 50p! Members arrive any time after 10 am and have tea/coffee, lunch is served at 12.30 pm and closes at 3 pm. Transport is available if required. A number of social events are also held during the year. The Branch is always looking for additional volunteers and if you could spare a few hours, particularly on a Tuesday or would like more information about any of the branch activities,

please contact us on 0131 335 4086.

MS Space is the MS Society Scotland’s free national information day for people with MS, their families, carers and friends. The interactive programme comprises talks and panel discussions, exhibition stands, demonstrations, workshops and taster sessions of complementary therapies.

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That is why a celebration of organic food and local produce from across the Highlands and Islands provides a tempting visitor attraction to Cawdor Castle, near Nairn, on Saturday, September 27.‘Living Food at Cawdor Castle’ will contain over 50 stalls set in marquees in the splendid grounds of the 14th century castle.Chief organiser David Broadfoot (pictured), administrator of Cawdor Castle Ltd, says:”This is our third such event and it has gone from strength to strength. The concept is enabling people to sample some of Scotland’s finest produce as well as learning where to source it along with the benefit to your health and environment.”Hugh Raven, director of the Soil Association, Scotland, says:” I think Living Food at Cawdor is a very important part of the food renaissance of the Highlands”.Richard Lochhead, Scottish Government Minister for rural affairs and environment, agrees.”The campaign to support local, sustainable food is gathering momentum. This promotes slow, rather than fast, food.“It’s clear there is a growing trend for organic food. The UK market was worth nearly £2 billion in 2006

and it is growing.”The event is now enhanced by wonderful organic lunches, with food provided from event stalls and produced on the day by the East Highlands and Moray Slow Food Convivium. An organic barbecue, with organic wine, is also on offer.The exhibition is supported by a programme of cooking demos, entertainment for all ages and some live music.The range of Highland fare at the stalls stretches from

langoustines and dressed crab from Dry Island Shellfish, to Speyside Organics’ beef and lamb, or preserves, honey and puddings from Rose Cottage Country Garden. Add the delights from Findhorn’s Phoenix Bakehouse, organic cheeses from Wester Lawrenceton, organic chickens from Killara, venison salami and smoked venison from Great Glen Game and children’s cookery lessons at Stirinn Stuff and you still have only a flavour on show at this dynamic event.A £4 ticket gains entry --- children under 16 free on the day -- not just to the event but also the gardens -- the castle has a walled garden dating back to the 1600s, a flower garden from a century later and, between the castle and Cawdor Burn, a wild garden laid in the 1960s.You can upgrade your entry ticket to access the castle itself.With its medieval tower, it was the private fortress of the Thane of Cawdor with additions, mainly in the 17th century, in the Scottish vernacular style.The fortress will now be ‘foodie heaven’ -- and a real family fun day.

Castle’s princelyfare!The era of mass produced food has triggered increasing public interest in local produce as an option carrying superior quality, taste and greater value. Supporting such producers also underpins small local businesses and strengthens communities.

Super stirrers from far and wide will be heading for Carrbridge on Sunday October 15 -- for what has become one of the best known highlights of the Scottish food and drink calendar.The occasion? The World Porridge Making Championships with the Golden Spurtle to the overall champ. The title is awarded to the contender judged to have made the best traditional porridge using oatmeal and water.This year’s entries include a combination of professional chefs and individuals who believe they have the secret of making a winning bowl of porridge. As well as the title, the winner of the competition will receive a £350 hotel voucher and a cash prize of £250.Contestants are also invited to enter the “speciality porridge” competition for porridge with other ingredients added.This has a cash prize of £150 plus a special trophy named in memory of legendary four-times world porridge making champion, Duncan Hilditch.Chairman of organisers Carrbridge Community Council, Scott Bruce said that the village was the championship continues to go from strength to strength.”This has built up an international following generating a huge amount of interest across the world,” he said.This year’s panel of judges is to be headed up by George McIvor and Colin Bussey of the Master Chefs of Great Britain. They are to be joined by guest judge, Tom Lewis well known from his TV involvement in the BBC Two ‘Great British Menu’ series, Tom is multi award winning head chef at the Monachyle Mhor Hotel in PerthshireAmong those who have already signed up to take part are current champion Maria Soep from the Roinebhal Country House at Kilchrenan in Argyll, 2007 speciality section winner Al Beaton from the Porridge Bowl, Inverness and newcomer, Joanne

Grice who is breakfast chef at the Saint Anne’s Inn and Spa – one of Canada’s premier spa destinations.

The 15th annual championship starts off with a pipe band parade of competitors and judges along the main street followed by the traditional ‘Toast to the Porridge’.

Other events during the day include the Cairngorms Farmers Market, live music, product tastings and street entertainment as well as the Carrbridge Challenge 5km and 3km Forest Run and minis fun run sponsored by RE/MAX Cairngorm with fund raising in aid of Maggie’s Highland.Information can be found on the website at www.goldenspurtle.com

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World Porridge Making Champion 2007 Maria Soep and Speciality winner, Al Beaton from the Porridge Bowl, Inverness will be both defending their titles at this year’s championships

The winner of the unique gold and silver neckpiece created by Hazel Passmore is Mrs June Engel of Inverness The money raised in the competition went to the Black Isle branch of Cancer Research UK. Thank you everyone who took part.

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BeautyInverness now offers the luxury skincare range used by Angeline Jolie, Madonna, Kylie Minogue,

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The Angel Beauty Salon, in Church Street, opened on July 1 and proprietor Laura Williamson and all her team are fully trained therapists in Yon-Ka, choice of the stars.

“We are the exclusive Yon-Ka professionals in Inverness and it’s proving extremely popular, helping our new salon get off to such a successful start”, says Laura.

Yon-Ka is labelled the ‘haute couture’ of skincare, what it does is use four distinctive plant therapies plus a special needs therapy which together produce an ‘integrated botanic science’ process for a selection of face and body treatments which benefit your skin from all the goodness of the plant world.

For instance, there is a deep regenerating facial to re-energise the skin after exposure to the sun or during pregnancy, the meonopause or ill health. Or

‘Escale Beaute’ is simply 35 minutes of wellbeing and relaxation with citrus scent combined with true lavender fragrance to leave your skin stimulated and re-energised.

And the men’s products and treatments are an easy to follow programme -- which doesn’t appear to have done Mr Clooney any harm!

Angel Beauty Salon (phone 01463 250272) also offer Medik8 Skincare Biotechnology, with a layering method because some ingredients need to penetrate deeper than others to maximise results. And Medik8 products can be used with any other skincare range -- so if, for example, you have a hydrator you cannot live without, just slot it into step 6.

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A Highland country house, built in 1710, is bringing traditional elegance with a modern twist. Dunain Park Hotel and Restaurant in six acres of splendid gardens on Inverness’s western outskirt is a city secret that is increasingly being well and truly discovered.

An 11 bedroom former shooting lodge for the Duke of Gordon, Dunain Park also has two country cottages each with two suites. But history is taking second place to the latest elegance, in bedrooms, dining room and in the proactive approach of the team at Dunain.

It’s not just a ‘county set’ hideaway any longer -- the hotel is awaiting its four-star status and is being licensed for weddings, while food is now served all day.

The message from the ‘new’ Dunain Park is that it’s a luxury venue that’s not ‘too posh’ for people to pop in for a coffee, a sandwich or a glass of chenin blanc.

Business meetings are increasingly a target -- stylish seclusion where you can get things done.

The transformation inside the stately pile began when leading business figure David Sutherland acquired it. He felt the decor needed the ‘wow’ factor and drafted in Susan and Adrian Pieraccini, formerly of Rocpool Reserve, to undertake a ravishing revamp.

Every bedroom has a view -- either right over the walled garden to the tree-lined valley or over the rhodedondron-flanked lawn, where the marquee can be sited for key functions.

“Now there has been such a stylistic investment, we’re appealing to different sectors of the market, from ladies who lunch, to private dinners to passers-by who want to check us out over a pot of tea”, smiles Sue.

“Dunain Park is a hidden gem for weddings

and we’re generating high levels of enquiries. The grounds are perfect and we can cater for up to 200 and can offer total exclusive use of the hotel and gardens in our wedding package. And we’re doing festive period dining bookings.”

The Highland Feast Festival cocktails and lunch event was held there recently and star ‘mixologist’ Andy Adams will feature in more cocktail dates in the Dunain diary. Plans are underway for a Malt Whisky Room unrivalled in the North.

From ultra-cosy lounges with Highland scene oil paintings, up to classic contemporary bedrooms with marble en suite bathrooms, plasma TVs, DVD player and iPod docking station, Dunain Park is all style and relaxation.

You can dine or have beauty treatment in your bedroom -- or simply appreciate the view over a drink on the attractively decked garden terrace. It’s a do-what-you-enjoy facility.

“Dunain Park has had a distinguished past”, says David Sutherland.”But we’ve planned and invested to give it an exciting future, as a place people talk about because of its excellence.”

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Jackie Cuddy, who has been centre manager at Eastgate shopping mall for four years, is particularly busy these days.

For this spring she succeeded Fiona McBeath as president of Highland Business Women’s Club and Jackie has been masterminding their big project, Women In Business, to be held at Drumossie Hotel, Inverness, on October 1.

The Chamber of Commerce are not holding their ‘Spotlight’ exhibition this year -- so the women have stepped with a first of its kind event.

“We’re now the biggest women’s business club in Scotland, with over 170 members”, says Jackie.”There is an ever increasing number of success stories of women right across the commercial and industrial sector in this area.

“That gives us a pool of talent to tackle this exhibition aimed at giving the Highland business community an opportunity to showcase their services. We’re also offering the public the chance to get advice and support on various issues from recruitment to starting a business.

“It’s certainly not a women-only event, anyone

is welcome to come along free of charge, wander round the stands and speak to professionals, or take part in seminars and workshops which will take place throughout the day.”

Guest speakers include David Sutherland, chairman of Tulloch Homes, whose lunchtime talk is ‘The Business Future of the Highlands’.

Details of the event are at info@hbwc.co.uk and Highlands and Islands Enterprise is supporting an exhibition which marks the growing status and innovative drive of the Highland Business Women’s Club.

Jackie says:”Our chosen charity this year is Maggies Highland, to help the Maggie Centre at Raigmore Hospital which helps people whose lives are affected by cancer.

“And we have a fashion show lined up for November 6 at which Caley Thistle players will be among the models.” The footballers will get a kick out of that!

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Bill McAllister, EditorThink Provost of Inverness and you don’t exactly think distance running, cycling and fitness.

But the new Provost, Jimmy Gray, and his wife Liz, a bank manager in the city, are fitness enthusiasts. They’d rather exercise outdoors than wine and dine indoors at civic receptions.

Jimmy has run eight half-marathons plus the 50-mile duathlon Highland Cross -- while Liz has run and cycled the gruelling Highland Cross no fewer than 12 times.

“I get up at 6 am and three days a week I head off for a run, usually down the canalside from Tomnahurich to Dochgarroch and back”, says Jimmy, who is 60.”Though Daviot Woods is another favourite run.”

“I also like to go cycling regularly. Liz does more mileage than me and we both have trek road bikes and really enjoy slogging it out along paths and tracks.”

This summer’s holiday was a ferry from Oban, complete with bikes, and they cycled through Barra, Coll, Tiree and across to Harris and Lewis. They finished by catching the ferry from Stornoway to Ullapool -- and cycling from there home to Inverness!

“Strenuous exercise and fresh air clears your brain. It’s a great way to start your day and I’m determined that having taken over as Provost in August won’t stop my fitness regime”, says Jimmy.

The Grays, who have three children and stay in Beaufort Road, also go for sessions to the gymn and must be the fittest ‘First Couple’ of Inverness this century. Liz, a former Brownies officer and swimming coach, has run in dozens of distance races.

Jimmy has been elected by the new Independent/ Lib Dem/ Labour coalition administration but says:”I want to be as inclusive as possible. I’ve been on the other side of the fence so I know you have to try harder to build

consensus.“I think there are key issues facing the city -- with

roads a priority. What do we do about improving the A96 and A9?

“The ageing population of the area is steadily rising, and that brings issues of housing and social work. Education has a whole range of key decisions to be made. I’ve got no magic wand, and local government finance is going to be more difficult, but we need constructive dialogue and debate on these issues so we’re clear where our priorities lie.”

‘Provost Jimmy’, as friends call him in the street, is also a keen footballer -- he has played for the Over 35s team for quarter of a century and in winter he plays indoor footy twice a week. He’s also a season ticket holder at Caley Thistle, often offering helpful civic advice to the referee.....

Cheerful yet determined, Jimmy Gray is still easing himself in to the hot seat. But he likes nothing better than to come home from meetings and swop hot air for fresh air, putting his trainers on for a run.

Jim and Liz, the galloping Grays, accept his new job means more civic engagements -- but they’re adamant that they’ll still find time to keep on running!

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