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LGBT 5K RUNNING GROUPMeets every Wednesday atInverness Leisure at 6.30pm. Email: [email protected] text/call 07941 553620 fordetails.

KILTARLITY CAMERA CLUBMeets on two Tuesdays of themonth at Brockies Lodge, Kiltarlity

at 7:30pm. Contact the secretary:714330. Welcomes all ages andabilities.

LGBT YOUTH SCOTLANDHolding youth group everyTuesday 7pm-9pm at The BikeShed, Grant Street, Inverness.Email:[email protected]

RESOLIS BABY & TODDLERGROUP Meets at Resolis Memorial Hall,Black Isle, IV7 8LP at Fridays10am-11:45am all year round. Allparents/grandparents/carerswelcome with children from birthto 3 years old, local and outwiththe area. Contact Lili on 07851083880. Find us on Facebook oremail [email protected]

ROSS AND CROMARTY ADVANCED MOTORISTS To improve the standard of driv-ing on our roads. Associatesmay enrol throughout the year.Visit www.rossandcromarty-iam.org

SOUNDS FAMILIARSINGING GROUPFor people with dementia andtheir carers. Meets 1st and 3rdTuesdays of the month in theCraigmonie Hotel, Annfield Rd,Inverness from 2:30pm-4pm.Come and enjoy our friendly,popular group. The next ses-sions are on May 7th and 21st.For more info, email [email protected] phone 01463 233231 or01463 230803.

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THE NESS BIKER CLUB First monthly event is onMay 4th, 3pm-5pm. First 25 cof-fees & bacon rolls free. A drop-incafe for those who love their mo-torbikes, running in conjunctionwith the CYC, Bank Street, Inver-ness. Money raised goes to-wards local youth work. Futureevents and organised runsplanned. For more, informationcall Werner on 07541 187459.

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INVERNESS TOUCH RUGBYWednesdays 6pm-8pm, BughtPitches (by Ice Rink). Fast & funfor men and women, all abilities& fitness levels welcome. [email protected] or"Inverness Touch" on Facebook

MEDITATION CLASSESMondays 6.30pm at MillburnAcademy, Diriebught Road, Inverness. £5 (£4 conc.). Call0141 334 1334 or visit www.meditateinglasgow.org All welcome.

PINK CASTLE PHILOSOPHYCLUB2nd Tuesday of the month. Fun& sociable chat with meaning forthe Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual &Transgender community. Visitthe website www.pinkcastle.euor tel: 07745 930383

PLANEFIELD BOWLING CLUBOpen to visitors Mon - Sat from2pm - 5pm. Members can playfrom 11am onwards most daysof the week. Contact Mrs GillianFarquhar 07752 300367

RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING HIGHLANDConfidential relationship counselling service in Invernessfor anyone experiencing problems in their intimate, personal relationship. Call712888 or [email protected]

SALVATION ARMY COFFEEMORNINGTuesdays 10am -12noon.Salvation Army Hall,TomnahurichStreet, Inverness. All welcome.No charge. Tel: 225276

STARLIGHT MUSICAL THEATRENew amateur musical theatregroup. For more information, email with your details [email protected]

STITCH THREAD AND BEYOND2nd Wednesday every month,Community Room, CullodenCommunity Centre. To promotethe Art of Embroidery & relatedCrafts in the Highlands. Call KateMacKenzie 01463 790924.

ARENA96 BUSINESS NETWORK GROUP Meets on the last Thursday ofevery month. The next meetingis on 25 April at 7pm-9pm.Friendly networking group forbusiness people along the A96corridor. No ongoing commitment or membershipfees. £15 includes a meal & opportunity to meet other business owners and customers.Book at www.arena96.com

BALLOCH BOWLING CLUBMeets in Balloch Village Hall onTuesdays and Fridays at7.30pm.Anyone interested wel-come to come and have a freegame. For more details, call01463790274.

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We hope you like the front coverimage this month. It is apainting taken from anexhibition of Fostered Children’sartwork. The competition rulesasked the children to drawsomething close to their heartsand this was one of the categorywinners. It probably reinforcesour own awareness of theimportance of homeand family.

In late July 1941, a prisoner at Auschwitzconcentration camp went missing andcould not be found. Karl Fritzsch, thedeputy commandant, announced aterrible reprisal against those whoremained. Ten men from the fugitive’sbunker were to be locked up withoutfood or water until all were dead.

As the ten were selected at random, oneof them, Franciszek Gajowniczek, criedout: “My wife! My children! What will theydo?” Fritzsch was uninterested in theman’s anguish, but what happened nexttook him completely by surprise. Anotherprisoner stepped quietly forward fromthe crowd, removed his cap and said:“Let me take his place. I am old. He hasa wife and children.”

The man’s name was Maximilian Kolbe,a Catholic priest from Poland. After amoment’s hesitation, Fritzsch acceptedhis offer and Kolbe was condemned todie in Gajowniczek’s place. The ten menwere thrown down the stairs of thestarvation bunker and left to die.Maximilian Kolbe spent the next two

weeks singing, praying and encouragingthe other men. By the end of thefortnight, Kolbe alone was still alive, andhis captors, requiring the bunker for newatrocities, ended his life with a fatalinjection of phenol.

Imagine for a moment how it would feelto be Franciszek Gajowniczek,sentenced to death and then suddenlyreprieved by the sacrifice of another.Your gratitude to Maximilian Kolbe wouldbe overwhelming. Gajowniczek lived for53 years after the day his life was saved.He never forgot what Kolbe had doneand never ceased to express hisgratitude to the man who had died on hisbehalf.

The amazing reality is that we all have areason for such gratitude. Every personon this planet has been served with aspiritual death sentence which cuts usoff from God. None of us can reach Godbased on our own merits, no matter howhard we try. Two thousand years ago, aman stepped forward from the crowdand offered to die in our place. His name

was Jesus. The Bible puts it like this:“But God demonstrates his own love forus in this: while we were still sinners,Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)

Love in this context is not a feeling or anemotion, but a selfless action on behalfof another person. Love is MaximilianKolbe stepping forward to die in place ofhis fellow prisoner. And love is Jesusstepping forward to die in place of youand me.

This leaves each of us with a decision tomake, whether to accept God’s offer tocancel the death sentence hanging overour lives. Many years ago, I reached aturning point in my life and decided tochoose God’s way. Although life as abeliever is not always easy, I am certainthat I made the right choice.

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Inverness Church of God Sundays 10.30am and 6.30pm. Tel: 01463241318.Inverness Crown Church, Church of Scotland 3 Midmills Road. Tel:01463 230537.Inverness East Church, Church of Scotland Academy Street. Con-tact Rev. Professor ATB McGowan: 01463 236695. Website: www.invernesseast.comInverness Greyfriars Stratherrick Free Church Greyfriars at BalloanRoad, Inverness, and Stratherrick at Errogie, Stratherrick. Tel: 01463714085. Website: www.greyfriarschurch.orgInverness Methodist Church Huntly Street, Inverness. Tel: 01463231170. Website: www.churchesinverness.comKiltarlity Church of Scotland Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire. Sundays:12noon. Website: www.kiltarlityandkirkhill.org.ukKiltarlity Free Church of Scotland Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire. Tel: 01463741729. Email: [email protected] Fellowship Meets at Smithton Industrial Estate, Culloden. Tel:01463 792700. Email: [email protected] Christian Centre Balnafettack Road, Inverness, IV3 8TF. Sundays 11.30am and 6pm. Wednesdays 7.30pm. Tel: 01463 716843. Kinmylies Church of Scotland Kinmylies Way, Inverness. Sundays

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There had been circulated Report No. CIA-02-13 (424kb pdf) dated 29 January 2013by the Director of Transport, Environmentaland Community Services which invitedapproval for the use of Ardross Street as atemporary coach drop-off / pick-up locationfor coaches during the construction phaseof the River Ness Flood Alleviation Schemeand also for the opportunity to be taken toevaluate this location in relation to anylonger term options for coach drop-off /pick-up in the City of Inverness.

During a summary of the report, it wasconfirmed that the proposals to useArdross Street would create between sixand eight coach drop-off/pick-up baysclose to the City Centre, involving theremoval of the pay and display bays alongthe full length of the street on the NorthernMeeting Park side, change of use of thearea to allow coaches to drop off and pickup during the hours of 1000 and 1700 only(with no parking restrictions outwith thesetimes), each bay to be signed andnumbered for clarity and installation of amap showing where the main attractionswere in relation the drop-off/pick-up area.

The benefits of this solution were thatArdross Street was easy to locate and signfrom all trunk roads, within easy walkingdistance of the City Centre and attractionsand close to refreshment and toilet facilitiesin Eden Court & the Cathedral Tea Room.

Finally, in order to implement the proposal,and in addition to agreement from the CityCommittee, it was advised that a trafficorder would be required for Ardross Streetfor change of use from pay and displayparking to coach drop-off/pick-up, signagewould need to be installed at suitable andstrategic locations and publicity would berequired to be produced and widelydistributed.

During discussion, Members raised thefollowing issues:-the use of Ardross Street as a temporary

coach drop-off/pick-up location during the

construction of the River Ness FloodScheme was not ideal but represented thebest solution under the circumstances;there was a need to ensure that the road

safety issues involved in this newarrangement were carefully considered,not least in terms of the potential problemsassociated with the manoeuvring andparking of coaches and the need to ensurethe safety of passengers entering andleaving the vehicles;there had been concerns expressed by

the owners of local hotels and bed &breakfast establishments in the area inrelation to potential parking difficulties andthese concerns need to be addressed inthe first instance wherever possible;

there was a need to take account ofadditional traffic in the area during thetourist season, including tour buses fromInvergordon who regularly stopped in thecity; andit was imperative that Traffic Wardens

were in place to ensure the enforcement ofall conditions attached to this newarrangement and that the situation wasclosely monitored from the outset.

Thereafter, the Committee AGREED theuse of Ardross Street as a temporary coachdrop-off/pick-up location for coaches, asdetailed in Appendix A to the report, duringthe construction phase of the River NessFlood Alleviation Scheme and the relevantRoad Traffic Orders be progressed to allowthis change to be put in place for thecoming tourist season.

It was also AGREED that the opportunityshould be taken to evaluate this location inrelation to any longer term options forcoach drop-off/pick-up in the City ofInverness.

5. RIVER NESS FLOODALLEVIATION SCHEME (TIDALSECTION) PARKING AND TRAFFICORDERS PHASE 1

There had been circulated Report No. CIA-03-13 (2003kb pdf) dated 24 January 2013by the Director of Transport, Environmentaland Community Services which invitedapproval of the making andimplementation of Parking and TrafficOrders relating to the Streetscaping Works

associated with the River Ness FloodAlleviation Scheme (Tidal Section) Phase1. Members were also asked to note theprogramme for scheme delivery.

During a summary of the report, it wasconfirmed that a number of stakeholdermeetings, presentations and briefings hadtaken place through public exhibitions,street based stakeholder meetings,briefings for BID, tourism stakeholdermeetings and Member Briefings. Inaddition, various press releases had beenissued and scheme information had beenavailable from the Flood AlleviationScheme web page on the HighlandCouncil Website and all of theseconsultations had informed and influencedthe development of the proposed Parkingand Traffic Orders.

In this regard, objections to the Road TrafficOrders had been highlighted within thereport, together with detailed informationon progression of the Scheme which it wasnoted required to be completed by March2015 in order to achieve the fundingprogramme which had been set by theScottish Government.

12. CAPITAL PROJECTS TO 30NOVEMBER 2012

There had been circulated Report No. CIA-10-13 (78kb pdf) dated 31 January 2013 bythe Director of Finance which highlightedthe annual budget, expenditure to the endof November 2012 and the projected yearend position for 2012/13 for City Projectsincluded in the Council’s CapitalProgramme.

During a summary of the report, it wasconfirmed that capital spend in Nairn hadbeen unintentionally included in the reportbut that this would be corrected andextracted from future reports.

During discussion, and in regard to the‘Ach an Eas’ project, it was noted that therehad been additional costs which haddelayed Phase 2. Also, in relation to the‘Burnside’ project, this had been delayeddue to contaminated land which wouldhave to be made safe before buildingcommenced.


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for 2012/2013 (all dates inclusive)May Day Holiday Mon 6th May 2013Summer Term Ends Fri 28th Jun 2013

for 2013/2014 (all dates inclusive)Regional Closure Mon 19th Aug 2013Autumn Term Starts Tues 20th Aug 2013Autumn Term Ends Fri 4th Oct 2013Regional Closue Mon 21st Oct 2013Winter Term Starts Tues 22nd Oct 2013Winter Term Ends Fri 20th Dec 2013

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Ardersier Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 462658Beauly Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 782930Black Isle Leisure Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01381 621252Bus Station, Inverness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 239292Citizens Advice Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08444 994111Cromarty Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01381 600318Culloden Academy Community Complex . . . . . 01463 792794Culloden Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 792531Dalcross Airport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 464000Fortrose Community Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01381 622235Highland Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01349 886606Inshes Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 725928Inverness Leisure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 667500Inverness Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 236463National Rail Enquires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08457 484950Police Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 08456 005703

VILLAGE HALLS & COMMUNITY CENTRESAbriachan Village Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 861257Ardersier Old School Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01667 462658Balloch Community Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07955 756310Cameron Youth Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 234785Cannich Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01456 459224

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VETSCrown Vets (Argyle St) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 237000Crown Vets (Carsegate Rd Sth) . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 712202Culloden Veterinary Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 793700Eastgate Veterinary Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 230893Fish Vet Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 717774Inshes Veterinary Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 711777Kessock Equine Veterinary Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 731107Moray Coast Vet Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01463 794224

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Returning home to Aviemorefollowing the Budget, I waslooking forward to getting awayfrom the cut and thrust ofparliamentary business andquestions. Little did I know I hada different, and in some wayseven more challenging audienceawaiting me in Aviemore! Being

quizzed by Aviemore Primary pupils was certainly more funthan the House of Commons or the TV studios but no lessdifficult. Questions such as ‘Can we move Big Ben to theHighlands?’ and ‘If you are my MP, who is your MP?’ made fora busy and entertaining chat. But it was also hugely informativefor me. Primary two pupils at the school re-enacted theircategory winning performance from the Badenoch andStrathspey Music Festival. It was a superb underwater themedmusical presentation and one young man received his winningcertificate for his awareness raising artwork for the Earth HourPoster Competition. I was also given a tour of the new high-tech specifications of the school. Pupils told me theyparticularly enjoyed the interactive technology, such as theelectronic whiteboard and the communal laptops.Congratulations to everyone involved and thank you to theteachers and pupils for a thrilling afternoon. Hopefully I will getto visit many more of our schools, organisations andbusinesses this spring and summer as I extend my regularsurgeries to include additional events for constituents in thesmaller communities of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch andStrathspey.

The Convention of the Highlands andIslands is a meeting between theScottish Government and Highlandsand Islands councils, health,enterprise, environment and skillsleaders. Writing this from Lerwick,where the Convention has just met,we have just had a day of

discussions on health, community planning, youth employmentand energy. We have also had a beautifully sunny day and,reputedly at least, the weather here was the best in Scotland!The aim of the Convention is to make sure that the Highlandsand the Islands are not neglected, in the grand scheme of things,by Ministers in Edinburgh or, for that matter, London. And it is ameans of ensuring that Ministers can discuss with Councilleaders matters of concern and importance. In addition toattending the Convention and during the three day visit, I met thelocal Port Authority in Lerwick, who are very busy and lookingto be able to carry out the work needed to decommission oilrigs. In addition, I visited Sullom Voe and also met with localcampaigners on a variety of issues. We have, in my party,always supported the idea that the Islands should enjoy thepower to control their own future - and that we should work withthem in partnership. The only way to do that is to have regularmeetings - which we do every six months. There is no shortcutor substitute in politics and in government in spending thenecessary time to listen and learn - it is time well spent.

Danny Alexander MP Fergus Ewing MSP

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APRIL22 monday - 4 maymixed spring exhibition monday-saturday 9am-5pm. castlegallery, 43 castle street, inverness. 01463 [email protected] www.castlegallery.co.uk

22 monday - 1 junesecret egypt: unravelling truth from myth (exhibition) tues-day-saturday 10am-5pm. inverness museum & art gallery,castle wynd. free admission.

23 tuesday - 28 sundaythe sleeping beauty on ice @ eden court various times.01463 234234. www.eden-court.co.uk

25 thursdayheadway highland social night 7pm. inshes church. thosewho suffered brain injury/a carer/a family member, join for achat. call susanne: 07767 416006.rspb agm & talk history of bird conservation in scotland7:30pm. fraser park bowling club, macewen dr, inverness.contact 01997 433283.tullamore 7:30pm. nairn community & arts centre. tel: 01667453476. www.nairncommunitycentre.co.ukmsfits theatre in “i spy mrs peery” @ strathpeffer pavilion8pm. £10. £6 for school pupils. tickets from june’s cardshop, dingwall and the pavilion.

26 fridayexplore glen strathfarrar 11am-3pm. meeting place givenout on booking. grade b. adults £5, conc £3. contact 01463255291 or [email protected] show fundraiser for birchwood highland 6:30pm.millburn academy recreation hall. entry £5. for more info,contact [email protected] rotary club ceilidh @ strathpeffer pavilion 7:30pm.tickets from 08444 771000, june's card shop in dingwallhigh street, the dingwall rotary club & the pavilion.moray society lecture: “the moray gig” by mary byatt 8pm.elgin museum. £3 or £2 for society members. 01343543675. [email protected]

27 saturdayfamily ceilidh nairn community & arts centre. tel: 01667453476. www.nairncommunitycentre.co.ukinverness ramblers: shenavall circuit 8am. grade b, os sheet19, nh114852. meet at highland council car park. tel: 01463236204.rspb car outing to bonar br. & shin falls 9am. highlandcouncil car park. contact 01997 433283.inverness choral society coffee morning 10am-12pm. townhouse. sheila bruce on piano.happy mums market 10am-1pm. thistle hotel, inverness.www.facebook.com/happymumsmarketannual spring flower show and plant sale (highland rockgarden club) 10:30am. nairn community centre. john owen:01320 366246.redcoats and redshanks, kingussie 1pm-4pm. ruthven bar-racks car park. nn765996. grade a. £3 per child. contact01479 873706 or [email protected]

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Sun 5th ......................................Black Isle Jazz - 2pm-4pmFri 10th ..................Phil Cunningham & Aly Bain - 7:30pmSat 18th ...................... Donnie Munro in Concert - 7:30pmFri 24th ..............................................................Music Nairn:

Fri 31st............................................................Cinema Nairn:

Song Studio from RCS Vocalists “Magic, Myth and Legend”

“The Angel’s Share” (15) - 7:30pm

May 2013 tel: 01309 690063 [email protected]

art society of inverness: artist demonstration by hugh kirk-wood 2:30pm. the king's factory, unit 4, smithton industrialestate, inverness. 01463 870889. www.artinverness.comalbert lee @ ironworks 7pm. 0871 7894173. www.ironworksvenue.cominverness music festival highlights concert 7pm. onetouchtheatre, eden court. www.invernessmusicfestival.orgthe paul mckenna band 7:30pm. bogbain farm, inverness.01463 772800. www.bogbainfarm.com

27 saturday - 28 sundayanne’s garden at the boots (drynie park north, muir of ord)will open 2pm. all donations to the british heart foundationscotland, inverness branch. tel: 01463 870515.

28 sundaygreat glen walking club: hopeman - lossiemouth and return,11 miles, grade b, os sheet 28 9am. meet at highland coun-cil car park. 01463 236204.bl’azz: “the r.s.j. quintet” @ eden court 2:30pm-5pm. led byroy stevenson on reeds, with his hand-picked backers. tick-ets £8 from eden court box office. 01463 234234.music nairn: arta arnicane - piano 7:30pm. nairn community & arts centre. tel: 01667 453476.www.nairncommunitycentre.co.uk

30 tuesdayinverness film fans (infifa): “the straight story” 7:15pm. edencourt cinema. full details from www.invernessfilmfans.org

MAY 1 wednesdaybring me the horizon @ ironworks 7:30pm. 14+. 08717894173. www.ironworksvenue.com

2 thursdaypublic service broadcasting @ ironworks 7:30pm. 14+.0871 7894173. www.ironworksvenue.comsouledout! ecstatic dance for mind, body, spirit 7:45pm. £3.text/call: 07745 930383.

3 fridayout with the otters at dawn, kincraig 5am-7am. meetingplace given out on booking. grade a. contact 01479 873706or [email protected] nelson @ ironworks 7pm. 16+. 0871 7894173.www.ironworksvenue.comroyal scottish national orchestra concert @ eden court 8pm. 01463 234234. www.eden-court.co.uk

4 saturdaygreat glen walking club: history trail in killearnan parish9am. grade c, os sheet 26, nh576495. gaiters essential.meet at highland council car park. tel: 01463 236204.brew at the bog 12pm. bogbain farm, inverness. 18+.01463 772800. www.bogbainfarm.comtoby michaels @ ironworks 7pm. standing. 14+. 08717894173. www.ironworksvenue.comdingwall choral society spring concert @ strathpeffer pavil-ion 7:30pm. www.dingwallchoralsociety.co.ukdave pearce @ ironworks 10pm. standing. 18+. 08717894173. www.ironworksvenue.com

5 sundayinverness ramblers: sgurr an airgid 8:30am. grade a. ossheet 33. ng945213. meet at highland council car park. tel:01463 236204.black isle jazz 2pm-4pm. nairn community & arts centre.01667 453476. [email protected] complete stone roses @ ironworks 7:30pm. 08717894173. www.ironworksvenue.com

7 tuesdaysounds familiar singing group for people with dementia &their carers 2:30pm-4pm. craigmonie hotel, inverness. forinfo and reservations, contact 01463 233231. wordpress meetups 7pm. forres. friendly networking groupto support users & those interested in wordpress. bookingessential at wpscotland.orginverness floral art club 7:30pm. will meet in cauldeenschool. new members and guests welcome. lucy rose @ ironworks 7:30pm. standing. 14+. 08717894173. www.ironworksvenue.com

8 wednesdaynadfas fine art lecture: ‘a family affair: florence & the houseof medici’ by jo walton 11am. sherwood suite, eight acreshotel, elgin. visitors welcome.o duo 8pm. town house, inverness. www.invernesschambermusic.com

9 thursdayaly bain & phil cunningham @ strathpeffer pavilion 8pm.£17/£16/£6. tickets from 24-hr hotline 08444 771000, fromjune’s card shop in dingwall & the pavilion 01997 420124.

9 thursday - 11 saturdayscottish ballet: highland fling @ eden court 01463 234234.www.eden-court.co.uk

10 fridayexplore the river beauly 1pm-3:30pm. meet at the car parkbeside black bridge kilmorack. nh498439. grade b. contact01463 255291 or [email protected] cunningham & aly bain 7.30pm. nairn community & artscentre. 01667 453476. www.nairncommunitycentre.co.ukcolin macleod @ ironworks 7:30pm. 0871 7894173.www.ironworksvenue.comcamille o’sullivan @ eden court 8pm. 01463 234234.www.eden-court.co.uk

11 saturdaymacmillan 5k mini mudder, grantown-on-spey £10 registration per person. contact 01479 870320 or 01479872872. www.macmudders.co.ukinverness ramblers: loch an eileen, ord ban, loch gamhna9:30am. grade c+. os sheet 36. nh901101. meet at high-land council car park. tel: 01463 236204.the western front association: “ladies from hell? morale inthe highland battalions 1914 -1918” 2:30pm. elgin [email protected] nairn: ‘life is beautiful’ (pg) 7:30pm. nairn commu-nity & arts centre. tel: 01667 453476. tickets at door. for fur-ther info: cinemanairn.blogspot.co.uk

the culbin singers’ spring concert 7.30pm. st laurencechurch forres. music by jenkins & others.www.manachie.eclipse.co.uk/culbinsingers/culbinsingers.htm

11 saturday - 12 sundaythe 1st photography fair @ strathpeffer pavilion 10am-4pm.photgraphs, cards, etc. available for purchase. free entry.refreshments available.

11 saturday - 1 juneblandine anderson: oil paintings & ceramics inspired byfolklore mon-sat 9am-5pm. castle gallery, 43 castle street,inverness. 01463 729512. www.castlegallery.co.uk

12 sundaygreat glen walking club: glen feshie, coire garbhlach, carnban mor & achlean circular 9am. grade a, os sheet 35 & 36,nn852985. meet at highland council car park. tel: 01463 236204.buckie classic car show 10:30am. linzee gordon park.07831 263915. [email protected]’azz: “blue and sentimental” @ maclean room, eden court2:30pm. featuring living guitar legend anthony george bax-ter. tickets £8 from eden court box office. 01463 234234.loudon wainwright lll (music) @ eden court 8pm. 01463234234. www.eden-court.co.uk

14 tuesdayinverness film fans (infifa): “little miss sunshine” 7:15pm.eden court cinema. visit www.invernessfilmfans.orginverness gardening club: wild flowers of the north high-lands by ken butler 7:30pm. mackenzie centre, inverness.all welcome. [email protected] pink castle philosophy club - your fun & friendly ‘think-ing lgbt club’ 7.30pm. riverside lounge, glen mhor hotel.www.pinkcastle.eu

15 wednesdayfriends of highland music: “my music journey” 7:30pm. wa-terside hotel. £10/£8 (fohm members)/£5 (school aged chil-dren). contact moira: 01381 620412 or [email protected]

16 thursdaysecret egypt: death shall come on swift wings (free lecture)1pm. inverness museum & art gallery. booking essential.01463 237114. [email protected] arias – reno and gail troillus + guests showstopperzand troillus ensemble @ eden court 7:30pm. 01463 234234.www.eden-court.co.uksouledout! ecstatic dance for mind, body, spirit 7:45pm. £3.text/call: 07745 930383.

17 fridayroyal incorporation of architects in scotland internationalconvention 2013 strathpeffer pavilion. www.rias.org.uk

18 saturdayworld whisky day 2013 various venues around speyside,dufftown. 01340 881616. dawn red squirrel spot at foyers 6am-8am. meeting placegiven out on booking. grade b. adults £3, conc £2. contact01463 255291 or email [email protected] glen walking club: golspie to brora 9am. grade c, ossheet 17/21, start nh830000, finish nc905039. car shuttle. meet at highland council car park. tel: 01463 236204.

nairn men’s breakfast 9:45am for 10am. dunbar golf club,nairn. speaker: alasdair moodie. phone campbell (01667455149) by fri 17th to book a place.annual plant sale with tea room 10am-12pm. st andrew’scathedral, inverness. celebrating nature 12pm-4pm. meet at the big lawn ataviemore highland resort, aviemore. nh895122. grade a.contact 01479 873914 /[email protected] doors alive @ ironworks 7:30pm. 0871 7894173.www.ironworksvenue.cominverness choral society spring concert @ eden court7:30pm. orff carmina burana and beethoven mass in c.donnie munro in concert 7:30pm. nairn community & artscentre. 01667 453476. [email protected]

19 sunday inverness ramblers: sgurr a’ mhaoraich 8:30am. grade a. ossheet 33. nh001035. meet at highland council car park. tel:01463 236204.cake walk with story meall fuar-mhonaidh, drumnadrochit. 5miles. 10am. highland council, glenurquhart rd. contact guy& jocelyn on 07724 992790 for more details & a lift.gordon castle highland games and country fair 11am-5pm.fochabers. all day fun for all the family. new concert corner,gordon setter parade & dog show, air display, traditionalevents, massed bands, sporting activities, highland danc-ing, solo piping, masses of shopping & lots of food anddrink. more details at www.gordoncastle.co.uk/highland-games contact [email protected] or 07500879687.

20 monday - 2 junebarbara mchardy paintings 10am-4pm. udale gallery, ferryhouse, balblair, black isle, iv7 8lg. tel: 01381 610 710.email: [email protected].

21 tuesdaysounds familiar singing group for people with dementia &their carers 2:30pm-4pm. craigmonie hotel, inverness. forinfo and reservations, contact 01463 233231.highland literary salon 7:30pm. glenmhor hotel, inverness.


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22 wednesdayrachel sermanni @ ironworks 7pm. 0871 7894173.www.ironworksvenue.comsocial diners - why eat alone? 7pm for 7:30pm dining.kingcraig castle hotel, cromarty. contact gill to book: 01349877061.

24 fridayred hot chilli pipers @ ironworks 7:30pm. 0871 7894173.www.ironworksvenue.commusic nairn: song studio from rcs vocalists “magic, mythand legend” nairn community & arts centre.01667 453476. www.nairncommunitycentre.co.uk

25 saturdayotter watch in glen urquhart 5:30am-7:30am. meeting placewill be given out on booking. grade a. adults £3, conc £2.contact 01463 255291/[email protected] ramblers: walk 1 - midtown to rubha reidh andmelvaig 7:30am. grade b. os sheet 19. ng815860. meet athighland council car park. tel: 01463 236204.inverness ramblers: walk 2 - beinn airigh charr 7:30am.grade a. os sheet 19. ng862814. meet at highland councilcar park. tel: 01463 236204.rspb coach outing to caithness 8am at highland council carpark in inverness or 8:20am at dingwall car park. bookingessential on 01997 433283. may fair (raising funds for the primary school) 12pm. ding-wall primary school. zorbing, bouncy castle, food, games,stalls, displays, etc.the black isle country music club: one day country musicfestival 1pm-12am. the legion, dingwall, ross-shire. tickets£40. for details & tickets, call 01463 811677 & ask for liam.inverness abc boxing tournament @ ironworks 7pm.seated. 16+. 0871 7894173. www.ironworksvenue.com

26 sundaygreat glen walking club: meall nan ceapraichean & eididhnan clach geala 8am. grade a, os sheet 20, nh182852.meet at highland council car park. tel: 01463 236204.bl’azz: “the kyle-keddie quintet'” @ eden court 2:30pm.with the drummer, owner & founder of “the jazz bar”, edin-burgh. tickets £8 from eden court box office. 01463234234.

30 thursdayheadway highland social night 7pm. inshes church. if youhave suffered a brain injury or are a carer or family mem-ber, come along for a chat. for info, call susanne: 07767416006.souledout! ecstatic dance for mind, body, spirit 7:45pm.£3. text/call: 07745 930383.

31 fridaygathering in the glen 9am-6pm. meeting place given out onbooking. grade d. adults £10, conc £6. contact corinne01463 255291 or [email protected] roots music festival 7:30pm. bogbain farm, inver-ness. 01463 772800. www.bogbainfarm.comcinema nairn: “the angel’s share” (15) 7:30pm. nairn com-munity & arts centre. 01667 453476. www.nairncommunitycentre.co.uk

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We were warmly welcomed by

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The varied menu has many traditional

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well laid out and tastefully decorated.

All in all - very inviting!

The extremely well crafted, but very

reasonably priced menu caters for all

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Sunday Carvery is very popular). The

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We ate in the evening and it had a

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which was beautifully cooked, as

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white wine sauce mixed in with

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Popular dishes amongst other

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FOR sixty years the Hawco family has been synonymous with the motor trade in Moray and the Highlands – a respected name that continues today as one of Scotland’s largest Volkswagen franchises and an expanding used car business.

From their main base at Inverness, Hawco Volkswagen has busy branches at Elgin and Peterhead with a strong presence in Fort William.

At Elgin under the management of Ken Hammond the main dealership at Wards Road has recently added a large Volkswagen Approved Used Car Centre operating just a few hundred metres away on Edgar Road where some of the finest pre-owned cars in the area are now on display.

To celebrate their 60th anniversary everyone who buys a new or used car from any Hawco Volkswagen branch this year will be automatically entered into a draw and could win a brand new Volkswagen Beetle.

Hawco has represented the Volkswagen brand in Elgin since 1953. Today the wider Hawco Group employs more than 150 people at various locations and retails cars and commercials throughout Scotland.

The Elgin branch is fully equipped to sell and service all Volkswagen models and are prepared for the arrival of summer with some outstanding Spring offers covering favourites from the range, including the compact Tiguan SUV and Touran MPV.

The new Golf Plus is available on a hire purchase offer with zero per cent finance until June 30. It’s a great deal for a spacious five-door that can also be driven away on a retail cash deal with a £1500 discount.The finance offer means that a high-efficiency 1.2 TSI in S trim costing £16,310 can be delivered for a deposit of £6626 followed by 36 equal payments of £269.

Another top choice is the latest Polo. Costing from just £10,490 it is available with 12 month’s free insurance for over 21-year-olds and a finance deal that includes a £1000 deposit contribution from Volkswagen and a three-year/30,000-mile servicing package for only £249.

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1 Scarifying is very traumatic for the grass

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Contact Alastair or Fiona for aFREE LAWN ANALYSIS on 01667 404774, or email us at: [email protected]

Scarifying the winter moss and thatch

needs done now, either with a spring

rake, an electric scarifier (if you have

one), or hiring a big scarifier (or getting

us to do it). Spring is very late this year

and Easter passed with very few lawns

needing their first cut. Scarifying is done

outwith the growing season (usually at

the very end, or the very beginning of

the season). Why not scarify in the

summer when the weather is better

some of you will ask? There are at least

3 good reasons:

1 Scarifying is very traumatic for the grass

and new growing grass is too fragile to

survive a rigorous scarifying, it will be

ripped out.

2 Most scarified lawns look pretty poorly

until they recover, Winter doesn’t matter

so much, but most people want to enjoy

their gardens in the Summer.

3 Putting on a feed and then trashing

the grass is rather counterproductive,

not to mention a bit of a waste of your

money.

We had a lot of pretty horrified feedback from the scarifying photo in last month’s Spotlight Magazine, so I’ve put it in again as a reminder!

MOSS – last chance saloon(for this year)

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“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life’’

John 3:16

Sin Brings DeathIn God’s Word, the Bible, we learn that death came into the world because of sin. “Wherefore … by one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Romans 5:12). “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). You and I die because we are sinners; we have forfeited our right to live on the earth. “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

Jesus Died For UsDid Jesus die because He had sinned? No. Listen to the inspired Word of God: “In Him is no sin” (1 John 3:5); “Who did no sin” (1 Peter 2:22); “Who knew no sin” (2 Corinthians 5:21). Therefore, death had no claim upon Him. But, blessed be His Name, He “gave Himself for our sins” (Galatians 1:4). It was love to you and me that caused the Lord Jesus Christ to come down from heaven and die on Calvary’s cross. It was love to us that held Him on that shameful cross until He had �nished the work of atonement to the glory of God.A holy, righteous, just God cannot let sin go unpun-ished. On the cross the Lord Jesus bore God’s judgment against sin in our stead, as our substitute; and now God is o�ering not only forgiveness, but also justi�cation to the repentant sinner who believes in Jesus. He is “just, and the justi�er of him which believeth in Jesus” (Romans 3:26). God showed His approval of that mighty work by raising the Lord Jesus from among the dead and seating Him at His own right hand in heaven (Mark 16:19).

Jesus Is The WayThere is no other way you can be saved but through the atoning death of the Lord Jesus. He says : “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6). “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).

Why did Jesus die? Have you ever realized that it was your sins that caused Him to die upon the cross, or ever felt your need of Him as your personal Saviour? As you read this little message, He looks down from heaven upon you, and He reads the thoughts and intents of your heart. He knows your attitude toward your sins, as well as your attitude toward the One who wants to be your Saviour. If you don’t know the forgiveness of sins, there is only one person in the world to blame and that is yourself. God is ready to forgive you, if only you are ready to turn from your sins and be forgiven.

Turn To Him TodayGod knows all about you. I urge you not to lay aside this opportunity until you have settled this great question of your sin and eternity and have received the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour. Once you see the seriousness of your sinful condition before God, you will never get rest of conscience and heart until you have trusted the Saviour of sinners. He made “peace through the blood of His cross” (Colossians 1:20). We are “reconciled to God by the death of His Son” (Romans 5:10).

If you do not trust Him now as your Saviour, you will meet Him in eternity as your Judge. For God “hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He hath raised Him from the dead” (Acts 17:31).

Won’t you �ee to Him now for refuge while it is the day of salvation? He will be your shelter. “We pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God” (2 Corinthians 5:20). “Dost thou believe on the Son of God?”( John 9:35) Have faith and doubt not.

This question is of vital importance because your eternal destiny depends upon your answer to it. Do you know why Jesus died? If not, I believe God has sent me across your path to tell you.

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