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Am Bratach Raasay’S Community Newslettnewsletterererer July 2016 Am Bratach Raasay’s Community NewslettNewsletterererer July 2016 WhatWhat’’’’ss the The summer It’s better to What’s OOnn rush? of ‘69 give… Raasay? PAGE 444 PAGE 555 PAGE 8 PAGE 202020 First woman ordained to the priesthood on Skye BY VAL COREY Hallelujah! St Columba's taught her and the Portree, St Mary's Sleat and St congregation who welcome her. Michael & All Angels’ Raasay The Bishop then outlined the have a new priest! role and ministry of the St Columba's church was priesthood, followed by the packed as over a hundred folk lovely hymn Come Holy Ghost from many denominations (in Our Hearts Inspire. Rosemary itself a cause for great joy) now made her declaration of came together to rejoice in intent to be a dedicated priest. Rosemary Bungard’s ordination It was then the turn of the last Saturday. Bishop Kevin, in people to assent to her his inimitable style, set the ordination. The clergy laid their mood of celebration, causing hands on Rosemary in blessing gales of laughter with a few and prayer and the Bishop well-chosen words. Then we anointed her. She was vested embarked on the serious with a chasuble and handed a business of the day Bible and the chalice and paten commencing with the usual prepared for her first Eucharist. form of service up to the The service continued with sermon. the celebration of the Eucharist Bishop Kevin's sermon was © Tony Wilkinson during which Jonathan inspiring, following the theme community, friends and family, Bungard, Rosemary's son, sang that, as Rosemary had said and God! Cesar Franck's Panis Angelicus. when she started her unending After the sermon Rosemary's Lovely. journey, “I am a work in daughter, Elita Poulter, played As the final flourish Neil progress”. The Bishop replied the Adagio from Bach's violin Colquhoun, the organist, played that we are all works in sonata no.1 in G minor most a stirring and gorgeously progress, and that we have no exquisitely. It was very moving uplifting Hallelujah Chorus from timetable to reach perfection as and was followed by the Handel's Messiah in which we “there are no clocks in ordination proper. Rev'd Sr all attempted to join! Heaven”. Rosemary will be Clare Lockhart and Mr Robert A magnificent buffet was supported in her continuing MacDonald presented provided to feast our bodies journey by the church Rosemary for ordination, after the wonderful feast for representing those who had the soul. Am Bratach: Raasay’s Community Newsletter advertising rates, per issue: Full page: £15 Half page: £10 Quarter page: £6 Eighth page/Small ad: £3 Am Bratach 2 July 2016 Am Bratach 3 July 2016 ReReResidentsRe sidents unite in call to NHS Highland: “The islandisland wants a nurse” BY DELLA CHESHIRE In the first public meeting with Raasay residents about, although she was unaware of nurse since November 2015, NHS Highland (NHSH) absences during the working week. confirmed on Monday that they will not re- She admitted that her decision to “red-flag” advertise for community nurses on the island, residents’ island status to NHS 24 in November despite having ringfenced the money and having 2015 had not worked due to an administrative no alternative provision either planned or in error, which was only recently identified and place. rectified. A third of Raasay’s adult population attended NHS 24 and 999 have been Raasay’s only out- the meeting at the community hall, making impassioned calls for reinstatement of 24/7 general nursing cover. Residents also highlighted the discrepancy between NHSH’s advertised nursing hours of 9-5 Monday-Friday, and the hours a nurse is actually present on the island. Jill Westgarth, secretary of Raasay Community Council which organised the meeting, said: “All that we are asking for is a fairly basic nurse service like we always had.” NHSH most recently advertised nursing posts for Raasay in December 2015, but failed to recruit anyone. Attributing the failure to the on-call requirement of the posts, Kate Earnshaw, NHSH district manager for Skye, Lochalsh and Wester © Della Cheshire Ross, stressed the need for a new sustainable of-hours health service since July 2015, when model, and said: “Not every task that nurses do NHSH withdrew 24/7 nursing cover without has to be done by a qualified professional.” warning. Residents raised concerns about recent cases Ross MacKenzie, NHSH area manager (west), of islanders requiring emergency care or apologised for the length of time residents had evacuation, which Mrs Earnshaw said she knew been left without a resolution, and said: “We desperately want to work with the community to see if there is another model that might work.” Mr MacKenzie suggested a meeting with other parties including the Scottish Ambulance Service and CalMac, while Mrs Earnshaw committed to providing islanders with a weekly rota detailing what nursing cover might be expected. Anne Gillies, chair of Raasay Community Council, summed up the feelings of many present by saying: “What we’ve got here at the © Della Cheshire moment is a shambles.” Arts and Crafts Project Emma, Katherine, Jill, Lillian, Elizabeth and Lloyd would like to say thank you to everyone - especially the Primary School pupils - for all their hard work and effort on the Arts and Crafts Project. Should anyone still have outstanding pieces of work, they should be brought to the Hall on Wednesday 13 th July when the last workshop will take place between 2-4pm. The end result of this work is imminent! The unveiling will be during the Craft Fair which is being held in the Hall on Wednesday 27 th July. Am Bratach 4 July 2016 Watch your speed on Raasay! There are many residents who drive their cars or trucks around, particularly around the village and to and from the ferry, at speeds that would not allow them to stop if a child stepped or ran out or wobbled on a bike (which is highly likely with the state of the roads). People regularly fly past the entrance to the play park and no matter how well you teach children about road safety, it's easy for them to get distracted or misjudge how fast a car is going. It's getting to that time of year when there are far more children out and about on the roads, and it would be awful if something were to happen, and even worse if the driver was a local resident. Isle of Raasay Distillery uupdatepdate The site of Borodale House and our R&B clearing this was donated to the local charity Distillers Isle of Raasay Distillery has changed shop on the island. dramatically over the past few weeks with a Even before we were able to start the project- surge of activity once we secured grant funding proper, pre-planning surveys required us to fell a for the build. number of trees on the site due either to decay The distillery is designed by Raasay resident or placement, with the requirement that we Olli Blair of ABIR Architects with process design replant for each which we happily honour in the by Allen Associates and overseen by our lead first planting season of the distillery opening. contractors Colorado Group. The whole on-site Felled timber was gifted to the RDT Wood Fuel team have begun work at pace to begin group and we plan to replant using native tree construction on the project, planned for species of Raasay and those linked in some way completion in spring 2017. to the production of whisky and spirits such as The roof maintenance scaffolding set up to gin. These will include juniper, hazel, birch and install bat protection has been removed and the beech. site has now been cleared ready for demolition We’re eagerly anticipating each milestone of of the extension to Borodale House, which will the build and checking in with progress regularly be replaced with the distillery production unit. here in Raasay’s Community Newsletter and via The Victorian house itself will be restored and our online blog at www.rbdistillers.com/whisky- renovated to serve as the distillery visitors’ blog. If anyone has pictures of the site as it centre and Na Tùsairean Club membership evolves we’d love to see them. Please feel free rooms. to send them to us via social media or by email In its former life the extension served as guest to [email protected] bedrooms of Borodale House Hotel and the In the meantime we’ll wait a little longer with a temporary Raasay House and so still was still dram of Raasay While We Wait single malt at the stocked with linen supplies. During the site ready – available from Raasay Community Stores. ARNISH EGGS As of the end of June there will be no more Arnish Eggs available. Following two visits from “the mink!” I have decided not to replenish my flock this year. I would like to thank everyone for their support. Barbara Am Bratach 5 July 2016 Back in the summer of ’’’69’696969:: The boat In August 1969, CATHERINE WARD PENNY (NEE PIDGEON) and ROSEMARY WATKINS, then students at a sixth form college in Southampton, undertook a sociological and economic survey of Raasay with the aid of a Ford Foundation Travel Scholarship. They have kindly given us permission to reproduce extracts from their work in the newsletter. The people of Raasay would be lost without their own form of contact with the outside world, the boat “Loch Arkaig”, a small converted inshore mine-sweeper. It is on this boat that anybody wanting to go to, or leave Raasay, would have to travel.
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