Kinross Newsletter Founded in 1977 by Mrs Nan Walker, MBE Issue No 355 August 2008 www.kinrossnewsletter.org ISSN 1757-4781 DEADLINE CONTENTS for the September Issue From the Editor ............................................................2 2.00 pm, Monday Letters ..........................................................................2 18 August 2008 News and Articles .........................................................4 for publication on Book Competition.......................................................12 Saturday 30 August 2008 Police Box..................................................................13 Community Councils...................................................14 Club & Community Group News .................................20 Contributions for inclusion in the Sport ..........................................................................25 Newsletter Out & About...............................................................30 The Newsletter welcomes items from clubs, Gardens Open..............................................................33 community organisations and individuals for Congratulations and Thanks ........................................34 publication. 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Treasurer The Newsletter reserves the right to refuse or amend any Ross McConnell 865885 advertisement or submission and accepts no liability for any [email protected] omission or inaccuracy. Editor Eileen Thomas Typesetting and Layout Tony Dyson Word Processing Julia Fulton Advertising Ann Harley Treasurer Ross McConnell Distribution Craig Williams Subscriptions Ann Harley 2 Letters Megaliths at Kirkgate Park 21.07.08 Editorial Following the correspondence in last month’s Newsletter, I T in the Park thought I ought to pin my colours to the mast (so to speak) The traffic arrangements and other logistics for T in the over the megalith discussion. Park 2008 seem to have been a great success. Read the Let me start by saying that I think the Loch Leven Heritage Police point of view of how the event went on page 13. We Trail is absolutely fantastic, I walk it on a regular basis and have had one negative comment about the fireworks, see The Rural Access Committee Kinross-shire (TRACKS) Letters, page 3. If you have any views you’d like to share members cannot be praised enough for what they have about this year’s event, do write in. achieved through dedicated use of their free time. If an award Get active for civic duty were to be bestowed on Neil Kilpatrick for all Our diary at the back of the Newsletter summarises main his hard work then I would applaud loudly. local events that are open to most people, but we don’t have I am a member of the Friends of Kirkgate Park (FoKP) room to list every date that is mentioned in the Newsletter Committee who have been attempting to improve the park for in the Diary. For example, this month there are lots of the benefit of the people of Kinross. Part of the remit of sports clubs re-starting after the summer break, so have a FoKP is to sit on a sub committee of TRACKS which good look through the Sports section to see if there is discusses interpretation and signage issues relating to the anything you’d like to join. Heritage Trail. During these discussions, FoKP have No doubt next month’s issue (September) will also contain consistently raised two concerns about the megaliths which plenty of news of clubs and groups re-starting for the are being proposed by TRACKS as a gateway to the Trail at autumn/winter season. the eastern end of the Kirkgate Park. The first concern is that Many local groups will have stalls at the Kinross Show on the megaliths are a pre-Christian symbol which might cause 9 August, so that’s another opportunity to find an activity upset to people who have relatives buried in the Kirkgate that might interest you. See what else the Show has to offer Cemetery. The second is that the megaliths will dominate the on page 4. eastern end of the Park and are not in keeping with the area. Farming We have been pushing for the proposal to be put out for This month we welcome John Buchanan as a writer of the public consultation in advance of them being erected, so that farming column. Fiona Turnbull hasn’t left us, though. She they can be discussed publicly. It turns out that P&KC and John will share the task of informing us about rural planning dept considers a planning application to be matters. We are very grateful to them for their unnecessary: they are treating the megaliths as signage and contributions. for this reason TRACKS have decided not to put the proposal Letters Policy through the normal planning process. I find this surprising as We reserve the right not to publish any letter. Letters will not be the largest megalith is 2.7m in height, they will be situated in a National Nature Reserve, an area designated as Historic published unless the sender’s name and address are supplied and Garden/Designed Landscape; they are within an SSSI, they are prepared to have them published along with their letter. RAMSAR and will be close to two scheduled ancient Please note that the Newsletter does not necessarily agree with monuments. I personally feel that they may contravene policy any of the views expressed on these pages. numbers 5, 19, 28, 31 and 33 of the Kinross Area Local Plan. Abbreviations Used P&KC = Perth & Kinross Council CC = Community Council Cllr = Councillor CCllr = Community Councillor DOG GROOMING BY KIRSTEN Qualified Groomer 19 years experience All types of dogs Bathed – Trimmed – Clipped Impressi on of the proposed megaliths by D C uthbert Nails and Ears attended to I have put together an impression of what the megaliths might Cats and small animals look like in the park for readers to consider (I apologise for Also groomed the quality of this image, and the grass cuttings on the path!) Given that the proposal is not going through the normal For an appointment or further enquiries planning process, I think it is important that people are given TEL: 0771 647 2733 the chance to give their thoughts on the proposals and this or email medium appears to be the only way to do it. kirsten [email protected] Dave Cuthbert 8 Highfield Circle, Kinross Letters 3 Community Car Association - correction 11.07.08 PKCTG not a transport provider 18.07.08 In the report from Milnathort CC published in the July The July notes from Milnathort CC inferred that Perth and Newsletter, correspondence from P&KC (corr. item no. 3) Kinross Community Transport Group is a Community requires some clarification as the Community Car Transport (CT) provider and I write to inform the local Association does not provide the same type of service as is community that this is not the case! carried out by Kinross-shire Volunteer Group and Rural In this area, Community Transport is provided effectively and Outreach Scheme. efficiently by a local group, Kinross Volunteer Group and The Community Car Association is an offshoot of the Perth