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AULDEARN SWRIMeetings include talks anddemonstrations includingcraft, travel, social and in-ternational affairs.Preserves and enhancesawareness of Scotland'srural heritage. SecondWednesday of month,7.30pm, Dunbar Hall(excluding July & August).Contact 451374 or [email protected]

BEFRIENDERSHIGHLANDVoluntary organisation,which co-ordinates friend-ships between volunteersand people who have expe-rienced a mental healthproblem and are lonely orisolated. Contact HeatherForbes 451444 [email protected] www.befriendershighland.org.uk

BOYS BRIGADEContact 452950

CAWDOR BOWLINGCLUBProvides a six rink greenwhere club and open com-petitions are played. Spooncompetition Friday’s 7pm.Coaching is given tolearners on a Tuesdayevening. Contact 453698

CAWDOR CURLING CLUBContact 404291 or 07831760049 or [email protected]

CAWDOR HERITAGEGROUPFamily and local historyarchive facility within NairnMuseum. Contact 456791or email [email protected]

CAWDOR SWRIMeets on the lastWednesday of each monthfrom September until April,at 7:30pm in theCommunity Room at thenew Cawdor CommunityCentre, but not Decemberwhen we go out for ourChristmas Meal. For moreinformation contact Brendaon 493361 or [email protected]

CROSSROADSProvide and develop, withinNairn & Distict, a highquality, cost effective, domi-ciliary respite care servicefor carers. Contact 455369

CVS NAIRNAn umbrella group forvoluntary organisations inNairn. It provides adviceand information to groupsregarding funding and es-tablishing new groups.Contact 455234 or [email protected]

EGYPTIAN/TRIBAL BELLYDANCE CLASSAt Nairn United ReformChurch 7pm-9pmWednesday eveningsCall Liz for details 455661

FAMILY FIRST(BADENOCH, STRATH-SPEY & NAIRN)Provides a support servicevia home based volunteersupport and or groupsupport for families with achild under 4. ContactLynne 452865

FÈIS INBHIR NARAINNReg. Charity No.SC038460. Runningweeklay traditional musicclasses in guitar, fiddle,whistle, accordion, chanter,keyboard & bodhran. Anyability from age 8. Instru-ment hire available. Tel:462681 or visit www.span-glefish.com/inbhirnarainn

HIGHLAND RUSSIA CON-NECTIONOffers Russian languagelessons, art and craftworkshops, Russiandancing, educational talks,displays and exhibitions.Contact Elena Reid 456245or e-mail [email protected]

LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OFNAIRN HOSPITALOur charity raises funds toprovide extra comforts forthe staff and patients atNairn Town County Hospitaland also provide muchneeded equipment for thehospital. Contact 452243

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In this issue......

Clubs &Societies 3Organic Farming 4Pastoral letter 6Church Details 6Whatʼs On 9/10/11/12Chefʼs Confidential 14Council News 13/18Local Holidays 16Tide Times 16Useful Contacts 16School Dates 18Advertisers Index 18

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At the vegetable section of mylocal supermarket I stoodponde r i ng….Organ i c…NonOrganic? What’s the difference?Well for those of you who want toknow, this is what it’s all about….

Organic farming is the name givento a variety of agricultural produc-tion systems that aim to work withnature, rather than by conqueringit. Organic is most commonly as-sociated with food production,both crop and livestock. However,organic methods are alsoemployed in the production ofmany other goods, leading toproducts as diverse as timber andclothing, to be labeled as organic.

The principal differences betweenorganic farming and conventionalfarming are:

� an extensive restriction of theuse of artificial pesticides, fertilis-ers and other agro-chemicals;� a hostility to the agricultural ap-plication of biotechnology;� a rejection of the routine use ofpharmaceuticals on livestock;� an attention to animal welfare;and� a focus on crop rotation, soilquality and maintaining biological

diversity as alternatives tochemicals.

In this way, organic farming is inmany respects, a return to tradi-tional farming methods.Organic food is felt by a growingnumber of consumers to be safer,more nutritious, taste better and beless harmful to the environmentand animal welfare than conven-tionally produced food, and themarket for it has grown in recentyears accordingly.

I recently spoke to Hugh Grierson,one of Scotland’s largest organicfarmers, and he talked to me abouthis father Sandy. “Sandy was notan Organic farmer but watchedwith interest as Hugh stoppedusing sprays and fertiliser. He stillworries about the weeds but thechange that he really noticed wasthe butterflies. Insects have thrivedsince we went organic, especiallythe butterflies. They are drawn tothe red clover that we plant for soilfertility. As they feed on the flowersthey fill the farm with colour andmovement. When the white cloverflowers it can be quite alarming towalk through. Every step disturbsa cloud of bees. Fortunately theyare well fed – too sleepy to bealarmed. Hoverflies and ladybirdshunt through our potato cropskeeping them free of aphids andthe diseases that aphids carry.Where there are insects there willbe birds and mammals. We havewetland fields with Lapwings, RedKite and Curlew. Other fieldsprovide seeds for finches, larks,and Tree sparrows. Sand Martinsfollow the cows, hunting for

insects. Barn owls hunt for volesand Red Kites clear up theleftovers.

Organic farming has brought thewildlife back into the fields but wehave also worked at improving thewoods and waste ground. Wehave planted hedges and wild-flower meadows. We have dugponds and planted woods. Welook after wetlands and rarehabitats. It is always veryrewarding because new plants andanimals moving in and setting uphome repay our efforts. They allbeautiful and all have a role to play.They are all a part of the jigsaw thatmakes up a healthy, living farm.”

Moray Coast and the Highland’shave some of the finest organicfarming in the world, so next time,like me, you stand ponderingOrganic or Non Organic, think ofHugh’s dad, Sandy!

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I’ve just come back from holiday. Firstbreak for 11 months and wife and Iwere ready for it. I know the old jokes- ministers only work one morning aweek and have a golf handicap of 2!If only, apart from the golf.

We went to a lovely, warm, sunnySpanish Island. The sea was 28degrees, and the air 34. Could getused to that. Blue skies every day,sitting outdoors eating dinner at 9 or10 at night in T shirt and shorts - wellI didn’t wear shorts, no need to scaresmall children with my knees. Freshfood, time on our hands, cool dietcokes, food cooked for you, nowashing up, no phone, no emails,nothing but time on our hands and nodead lines - paradise isn’t it?

Well yes and no. You get so that youhear what people are saying in myline of work, what they say and howthey say it. Even in paradise there washeart break about. The family on thebus from the airport when we arrivedwho had to cut their holiday shortbecause a sister had died unexpect-

edly. The manager in a coffee shopwho was not there one day becausehis dad had died during the night.Then there was the young waitress inthe same coffee shop who comesfrom Cuba and works from April untilOctober away from Husband andfamily, far from home, family, friendsall to support her folks, and she hadto fight all her own battles while away.

Then there were the folks in plastersand on crutches who had come togrief off bikes and stuff, not tomention the poor souls one encoun-tered who were on a last holidaybefore their illness took control. Ohyes, this Island was paradise, butthere were stories of grief.

And here in the Highlands, one of themost beautiful parts of the world,there have been a run of road trafficand sporting accidents and deaths,and all the sorrows of loss of jobs,and health, and marriages - how canthis be so in such a beautiful world -note I haven’t mentioned Pakistan orIran or Afghanistan.

Why doesn’t God do somethingabout this. If He is loving, does Helack the power, or if He has the power,does He lack the compassion?

He lacks neither, and He has donemore than something - He has doneeverything.

There are some things which arebeyond repair - a vase that shattersinto a thousand pieces will never bethe same again no matter how youput it back together with superglue. Itwould need to be re-made, and thatis what God has done in Jesus Christ- He offers us a new birth, a recre-ation, a being made new, and thiswas done through the cross. It maynot be the answer we wanted to hear,but our world and humanity is sodamaged, broken and hurting, ittakes nothing less than re-creation todeal with all the stuff. Jesus did thatfor us on the cross.

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Nairn Baptist Church meets in Nairn Community Centre,King St. All welcome 11am every Sunday and 6pm everythird Sunday of the month. Contact the Pastor 459672 orvisit the website www.nairnbaptistchurch.org.ukAuldearn and Dalmore Parish Church Morning Service 12noon. Contact Rev. Ricky Reid 451675.Cawdor Parish Church Morning Service 10.15am. Rev. JSMathiesonNairn Free Church Morning Service 11am with SundaySchool & Creche (Gordon St); Evening Service 6pm(Rosebank Hall); Youth Club for S1 upwards Wednesday6.30pm (Rosebank Hall); Prayer and Bible Study Thursday7.30pm (8 George St). Minister Murdo MacLeod 459131.Nairn Christian Fellowship Sunday Worship 10.30am;Praise and Bible Study Wednesday 7.30pm. Contact SandyShaw 456492.Old Parish Church meets at 10.30am for Holiday Worship.Rev. Ian WF Hamilton.

St Ninians Church Morning Worship and Sunday School10.15am; Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7.30pm.Rev. Ricky Reid 451675.St Columba’s Scottish Episcopal Family Worship10.30am; Evening Prayer 6.30pm.Rev. Canon Alison Simpson 452458.St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Sunday Mass11.30am; Saturday Vigil 6pm.United Reformed Church Morning Service with SundaySchool and Creche 11am.Contact Rev. Steven Manders 451443.The Pentecostal Church of God Nairn Sunday Service10.30am. Minister: JD Grant 456088.www.churchofgodnairn.orgNairn Joint Service first Sunday of each month St Ninians6.30pm.If you are a member of a church not listed here pleaseemail with details and we will print this in future issues.

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Deadline for November issue isWednesday 6th October.

To book advertisingcall 01309 690063 or [email protected]

SEPTEMBER 30 thursdaybig day, 7.30pm, eden court, inverness, dramaabout eating disorders and young people, commis-sioned by hug, tickets £2/£3, tel: 01463 234234

OCTOBER 1 fridaycinema nairn - the railway children (u), 5.30pm, nairncommunity centre, king street, nairn, £4 aduts/£3under 18’s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.comjake cogan - free friday, the loft venue, by kinloss,tel: 01343 850111

2 saturdaycawdor and croy & dalcross parish churches charitychristmas card sale, 10am-1pm, cawdor communityhall, cawdor school, free entry, tea/coffee availablefor donation to church fundsfamily and local history fair, 10am-4.30pm, nairncommunity & arts centre, tel: 453476magic spaghetti by licketyspit, 4pm, universal hall,findhorn, £6/£5/£4 u-16’s, contact 01309 690110glen cunningham - songs from stage & screen,7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 453476

2 saturdaymatt andersen, the loft venue, by kinloss, £10/£12,tel: 01343 850111

3 sundaycawdor castle closes for the season, last entry 5pm,www.cawdorcastle.commatt andersen take 2, the loft venue, by kinloss,£10/£12, tel: 01343 850111

4 monday & 5 tuesdayearly christmas fair in aid of children 1st, monday5pm-8pm wine and savouries included, tuesday10am-3.30pm tea and coffee included, soup andsandwiches available, westfield house, spynie, nearelgin iv30 8xl, enticing shopping for christmas orindeed any other occasion, tel: 01343 547308

6 wednesdayhighland rock garden club - ‘the alpine plants of newzealand’ by david tool, 7.30pm, nairn community &arts centre, tel: 01309 641405

7 thursdayscottish mental health arts & film festival - rag tag inwonderland, 7pm, the town house, inverness, thisshow uses a theme of alice in wonderland to presentthe creations of rag tag ‘n textile, a social enterprisemaking hand-crafted items from recycled textiles,free entry

8 fridayscottish mental health arts & film festival - harebellsin the wind, 10am & 2pm, highland council debatingchamber, glenurquhart road, inverness, a sensitiveand holistic approach to perinatal mental illness withmothers and their partners giving vivd accounts oftheir experiences and recovery, free entrynairn literary institute illustrated talk ‘iceland - land offire and ice’ with derick nisbet, 7.30pm, st ninian’schurch hall, queen street, nairn, visit the website atwww.nairnliterary.org.ukdyke garden club - ‘really garlicky’ by glen & gilliallingham, 7.30pm, dyke village hall, contact 01309641342 or 01309 641565ill met by moonlight by hijinx, 8pm, universal hall,findhorn, £10/£8/£6 u-16’s, contact 01309 690110

Jake Cogan at The Loft VenueFriday 1st October FREE ENTRYRecognised as one of folk musics mostexciting new voices, Jake belongs to a rarebreed of selfless performers - those who lettradition breathe through them.Tel: 01343 850111 or visit www.loftgigs.co.uk

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9 saturday“shall we dance”- a fun evening of music, perform-ance & dance , 7.30pm, nairn community & artscentre, tel: 453476andy irvine, 8pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8,contact 01309 690110

10 sundaygolden spurtle world porridge makingchampionships 2010, carrbridge,visit www.goldenspurtle.com for full details‘nigel’s nonsense’- a jazz quartet performing toe-tapping tunes from the 1920’s, 2pm-4pm, nickytam’s bar, glen mhor hotel, ness bank, inverness,free, more details from www.nigelsnonsense.org

14 thursdayscottish mental health arts & film festival - theunloved, 7pm, eden court, inverness, a powerfuldrama about a young girl growing up in a childrenshome, which provides an intimate child’s-eye view ofthe uk’s care system, tickets £2/£3 from eden courttel: 01463 234234

14 thursday & 15 fridayscottish mental health arts & film festival - ‘see me’photographic competition exhibition, eastgate

centre, inverness, a public exhibition of the highlandentries to the ‘see me’ photography competition onthe theme ‘support’, free

15 fridaycharity fashion show, 7.30pm, nairn community &arts centre, tel: 453476gilles petit, 7.30pm, universal hall, findhorn, £10/£8,contact 01309 690110

16 saturdaymusic nairn - the vogler string quartet play music bybeethoven, berg & schumann, 8pm, nairncommunity centre, tickets £16/members£12/students £2, tel: 404763bodysurf scotland dance double bill, 8pm, universalhall, findhorn, £8/£6, contact 01309 690110

16 saturday & 17 sundaygilles petit 2 day voice workshop,contact [email protected] for details

17 sundayorienteering at carse wood, registration 10.30am to12noon, a full-scale event with seven differentcourses to suit all ages and abilities, £6 adults/£2juniors, visit www.moravianorienteering.orgboogie blues ragtime, the loft venue, by kinloss, tel:01343 850111free walk & talk for speakers of other languages,2pm, la caverna, clifton road, lossiemouth, come fora walk, meet new people, practise speaking english,all welcome, visit www.english4moray.co.uk orphone / text 07922 051930 for informationscottish mental health arts & film festival - etre etavoir, 3pm, eden court, inverness, a single-classfrench school, where the handful of boys and girls,whose ages range from 4-10, are all taught by thesame remarkably dedicated and caring teacher, atrue gem of a film, tickets £2/£3 from eden court tel:01463 234234

19 tuesdaykids’ club with russian language and dance lessons,for more info and bookings tel: elena reid on 456245scottish mental health arts & film festival - my life asa dog, 7pm, eden court, inverness, set in thesweden of the 1950’s, a 12-year-old boy is farmedout to country relatives when his antics prove toomuch for his ailing mother , witty, touching and per-ceptive, tickets £2/£3 from eden court 01463 234234

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Cinema ListingsOctober 2010

Vue Cinema, InvernessFrom 1/10 Burries (15)

Takers (12a tbc)From 8/10Wall Street 2 : Money

Never Sleeps (12a)Charlie St Cloud (12a tbc)

From 15/10 Despicable Me 3D (PG)Vampires Suck (12a tbc)

From 22/10Alpha & Omega (PG)RED (12a tbc)

Paranormal Activity 2 (15)Legend of the Guardians 3D (PG)

From 29/10 Saw 3D

Special Showings1/10 Grease Sing Along

2&3/10Thomas : Misty Island RescueDate tbc Back to the Future

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KidsAM - Every Saturday & Sunday at10.15am - 95p per ticket

Senior Screenings - EveryTuesday at12.30pm - £3 inc. refreshments

Visit www.myvue.com for details

Moray Playhouse, Elgin

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Call 01343 542680 or visitwww.morayplayhouse.co.uk

Eden Court Theatre, InvernessInception (12A)

Scott PilgrilmVsTheWorld (12A)Five Easy Pieces (15)

Mother (15)WaltzWith Bashir (18)

The Human Centipede (18)Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (15)

Despicable Me (U)The Prestige (12A)

Made In Dagenham (15)TheTown (15)

plus many others

Visit www.eden-court.co.uk orcall 01463 234234 for details

Cinema Nairn1/10The Railway Children (U)29/10The Hurt Locker (15)

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19 tuesdayharry the piano, 7:30pm, ogstoun theatre, gordon-stoun school, nr elgin, £12/£6, visit our websitewww.thegcs.org.uk for details or tel: 01343 837917

22 fridaykids’ club with russian language and dance lessons,for more info and bookings tel: elena reid on456245nairn literary institute ‘the railways of aberdeenshire- the way we were’ with gordon casely, 7.30pm, stninian’s church hall, queen street, nairn, visit thewebsite at www.nairnliterary.org.uk

24 sunday‘nigel’s nonsense’- a jazz quartet performing toe-tapping tunes from the 1920’s, 2pm-4pm, nickytam’s bar, glen mhor hotel, ness bank, inverness,free, more details from www.nigelsnonsense.org

26 tuesdaywe dance wee groove, 10am & 1.30pm, universalhall, findhorn, £4 per child, contact 01309 690110

29 fridaycinema nairn - the hurt locker (15), 7.30pm, nairncommunity centre, king street, nairn, £4 aduts/£3under 18’s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com fordetailsscottish international storytelling festival 2010 -eastern routes:authentic voices, 7.30pm, universalhall, findhorn, £9/£7/£5 u-16’s, contact 01309690110andy white, the loft venue, by kinloss,CAP/donation, tel: 01343 850111

30 saturdayhocus pocus - spooky halloween walk in thegrounds of brodie castle, dooking for apples &other activities, 6pm-7.30pm, adults £2/children£4/family (2+2) £10, tel: 0844 493 2156

30 saturday oct. - 2 tuesday nov.bioneers at findhorn - sustainability conference andcelebration, universal hall, findhorn, to book tel:01309 691653 or visit www.findhorn.org/bioneers

6 saturdayorienteering at lossie forest, 10.15am-11am, two differentcourses to challenge your navigation skills and fitness inmoravian’s popular saturday series of events, £3adults/£2 juniors, for more details visit www.moravianori-enteering.orgthe opera bus - scottish opera ‘the marriage of figaro’,7.15pm at eden court theatre, inverness, coach pick uppoints along a96 from keith to nairn, ticket & coach £38approx. (coach only £7 return) tel. 01343 8352589 tuesdayblood donors, 1.30pm-4pm and 5pm-8.30pm, nairncommunity centre10 wednesdayhighland rock garden club - ‘the bainbridge world ofbulbs, 7.30pm, nairn community & arts centre, tel: 0130964140512 fridaydyke garden club - ‘hydroponics’ by jenny stewart,7.30pm, dyke village hall, contact 01309 641342 or 0130964156520 saturdaycinema nairn - snow falling on cedars (15), 7.30pm, nairncommunity centre, king street, nairn, £4 aduts/£3 under18’s, visit www.cinemanairn.blogspot.com for details25 thursdayred priest, 7:30pm, st christopher’s chapel, gordonstounschool, nr elgin, £12/£6, visit our websitewww.thegcs.org.uk for details or tel: 01343 83791726 fridaymoroccan gnawa music with omar afif, 8pm, universalhall, findhorn, £10/£8, tel: 01309 690110the highland-russia connection charity presents“an epic russian adventure”, 7.30pm, st columba's churchhall, nairn, an illustrated talk given by highland artist andfirefighter, vicky stonebridge on her journey to a remotepart of this vast country, for details of this event pleasephone 01667 45624526 friday, 27 saturday, 21 sundaychristmas craft fair, brodie castle, tel: 0844 493 2156

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Andy White at The Loft VenueFriday 29th October DONATION ON ENTRYAndy has won Ireland’s top rock & songwritingawards & toured the world working with the likesof Mary Black & Van Morrison and has writtenwith Peter Gabriel & Tim Finn (Crowded House)Tel: 01343 850111 or visit www.loftgigs.co.uk

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Matters Arising• Sandown Lands ~ Comm. Cllr. Mackiesaid we were still awaiting word fromTHC Planning as to the legal position onthe Wetlands/Parkland as to whether theC.C. could undertake the work to formthe wetlands element, thereafter formthe Parkland as a Community Project. Ifno response by October 2010 - letter toTHC Planning.• Community Council Consultation ~ weare still awaiting a joint meeting with thethree Nairn C.C.’s and William Gilfillanto address the issue of Nairn C.C.’sfuture composition.• Nairn Bus Issues ~ Comm. Cllr. Mackiegave a report on the meeting we held

with representatives of StagecoachHighland, after several years trying tohold such a meeting. The new M.D. atInverness Mr. Steve. Walker appearedto want to address these issues, andwould like to work with the C.C.’s andwants to arrange a joint meeting with theNairn C.C.’s and public to hear theircomplaints. He will also look at theprovision of buses to & from NairnHospital after the afternoon school runis complete, so we will await thatdecision. Meantime we still want peopleto pass on any complaints they haveabout the buses, and would encourageall the C.C.’s to gather such informationand pass it on either to NSCC or Stage-

coach, Inverness.Oral or Tabled Reports from LocalAuthority Councillors• Planning/Environment ~ Cllr. DickYoungson gave a resume of a visit to theHousing Expo in Inverness, andremarked that there were no “Prices”available for the various types ofHouses. He then went on to localplanning issues including the Co-op,Moss-side Road who were due a refit,and he will contact them regarding anotice board which we have previouslyhad discussions about, with Co-op man-agement. He also reported thatRosebank Church had again come upCOUNCIL MINUTES CONTINUED ON P18

EXTRACTS FROM THE DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF 24TH AUGUST 2010 OF NAIRN SUBURBAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL

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Parliament Blog ”“It is saidthat overthe pastd e c a d eor so,Inverness

has been the fastest growingcity in Britain - some say inEurope. Which statisticiankeeps the tally of city sizes Iknow not. But, given thepace of growth in popula-tion that we have undoubt-edly seen in Inverness,Nairn and the corridorbetween them, it is fittingthat we have hosted the firsthousing "Expo" in Scotlandand indeed Britain. Andwhat a success it was. Withwell over 30,000 visitors itwas one of the top summerattractions in the North. Ijoined Alex Salmond,Scotland’s First Minister, onthe day before the officialclosure of the month longevent when he returned for

his own second visit - and Isuspect that this was in partso that Moira Salmond, whoaccompanied him, was ableto see it for herself! Now theScottish Government willwork with the Council thehousing alliance and othersto evaluate and learn fromthe event, and, I will be as-tonished if the InvernessExpo is not one of many thatwill follow in Scotland inthe years to come.The idea of the expo origi-nated in Finland, but theHighlands have led the wayin Britain and this in itselfwill be good for the region;good for the reputation ofthose involved, and also forthe thousands of our citizenswho in one way or anotherdepend, for their lives andlivelihoods, on a thrivingbuilding sector. Better to beknown as Expo city thanTesco town.

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to a face – and, ideally, somerelevant background infor-mation too.Conversely, it can be embar-rassing when the mentalpathways come to a deadend and leave their ownerstranded hopelessly in frontof someone he has met butcannot quite remember whenor where. I hugely enjoymeeting thousands of localpeople in the course of mywork, but it does add to thechallenge as time goes on!This is one area where myHighland colleague CharlesKennedy definitely has anedge on me. Charles hasbeen an MP for 27 years, butseems effortlessly to recall

people whom he once gavedirections to in 1986: theirnames, where they met andwhere it was they were tryingto get to at the time.Last month, I was delightedto be invited by Fujitsu toopen their new offices inInverness and came across afamiliar face. While all thepeople present were beingintroduced, I was challengedto remember where it wasthat I had previously met myhost, Fujitsu’s companyservice developmentmanager.I am afraid that I did notsucceed. It was a relief –and a very pleasant surprise– to be told he was NeilMacleod who, some 28 yearspreviously when I was aged10, had coached me as ayoung Ross County cricketer.I could only add that he hadnever taught me how to spin!DDaannnnyy AAlleexxaannddeerr MMPP FFeerrgguuss EEwwiinngg MMSSPP


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questing answers to those question, and if no response, willtake the matter up with Transport Scotland.• The matter of signage to the Nairn Hospital / Doctor Surgeriesand the Railway Station from the A96/ Waverley Road junctionwas also discussed and Cllr. Mackie will write to Bear Scotlandand T.E.C.’s regarding this matter.• Health/Education - A letter has been received from NHSHighland regarding the application for a licence to open a‘Community Pharmacy’ within Nairn Hospital.

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