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THE ROTHESIAN March 2007 Sponsored by Rothes Fish & Chip Shop Issue No 37 Business Partners Andrew McLaughlin and Robert 5 minutes away. The vast majority of all the food and Findlay took over the running of Rothes Fish & Chip drink we use are purchased from a company based at Shop on 21 July 2006. Troves farm, near Elgin and all our fruit and veg pro- duce are bought from local shops daily. Our fish supplier is probably the furthest away but that is as close as Portsoy. Service and maintenance is carried out by local contractors. Both Andrew and Robert are delighted to say that the Fish & Chip Shop is doing well due to a lot of hard work and effort, but mainly – and more importantly - thanks to the people of Rothes and the surrounding areas for supporting us. We are still in our infancy but the feed back we get from our customers are very encouraging. Takeaway Menus are available to everyone – pop in and pick one up. Telephone orders (for collection) are welcome. If you have visited Rothes Fish & Chip Shop since 21 July 2006 we would like to thank you for your custom, support and warm welcome. If Having previously been in business together running a you haven’t yet paid us a visit – why not drop in, say café and a Coffee Shop, near North Berwick, East Lo- hello and see what we have to offer. thian and faced with the sub let tenancy expiring, we decided that it was time for a change – especially in Rothes Fish & Chip Shop – 34 New Street, Rothes. location. (01340) 831 064 Since arriving in Rothes, our aim has always been to Rothes Fish & Chip Shop provide a traditional Fish & Chip shop for the village. is a registered member of the National Federation The first requirement was to re-introduce a potato of Fish Fryers, and have achieved qualifications peeler and chipper for the production of freshly peeled and certificates in food hygiene from the Charted and cut chips on the premises. This done, we now pro- Institute of Environmental Health Foundation & duce at least 75 kg of chips daily. Sourcing fish and all the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scot- our other food products took weeks of enquiries and land now ensure that we are able to offer our customers a quality meal at very reasonable prices. SPRING HOLIDAY BREAK In addition, we have introduced a Stone Oven for THE FISH & CHIP SHOP WILL BE CLOSED making Stone Baked Pizza, fresh to order, and with a MONDAY 26th MARCH AND WILL RE-OPEN large selection of toppings. Pizza is available in 9” and ON 3rd APRIL 12” bases. The local area, surrounding areas, and the local econo- my are of great importance to any small town or vil- lage - that’s why we do our utmost to ensure that all of our suppliers and tradesmen are from the local com- munity. For example: the best quality potatoes used for making our chips are supplied from a company just You may contact The Rothesian by e-mail, using the following address: [email protected] The Rothes Medical Centre Patient Group nd The Patient Group met on Thursday 22 February 2007 at 6.30pm in the Surgery. The Patient Group is a forum for patient concerns about the Health Service. Enquiry Service It provides a support for Rothes Medical Centre and acts as a bridge between the Health Service and the for Pensioners Community. Members of the Group are:- Dr N M Johnston, Dr T Dennis, Mrs Anne Johnston Mr J Tilley, Mrs Linda Meldrum, Mrs L Masson, and Mr Mark Ingram. Mr Jim Anderson, Rev Bob Ander- son, Mrs Heather Ewen, Mrs Margaret Matthews Dr Johnston thanked all those present for attending the third Patient Group Meeting. He once again reiter- Do you need advice or information about pen- ated how important it was to have members of a group sion credit, state pension or other entitlements? in touch with local concerns about the National Health Service. Call and see someone from The Pension Service at: The results of the Patient Questionnaire were dis- cussed and it was noted that everyone continued to be ROTHES MEDICAL CENTRE happy with the Non-appointment system at the sur- gery. HIGH STREET ROTHES The Out of Hours service was discussed and those pre- sent had no concerns. It was noted that it seemed to be On Thursday 19 April from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. working very efficiently for our area with no com- plaints received about it. Although you don’t need an appointment, we Dr Johnston informed the group that Mrs Alison Clark can arrange one if you wish. We will see you in (Receptionist) was retiring in April after 16 years and her place had been filled by Mrs Shona Scott who private. would begin work on 2nd April 2007. To arrange an appointment, ring 01343 528034. The meeting concluded at 7.15pm NEWS FLASH HEADTEACHER 423 (Aberlour) DF, Air Training Corps Are Moving and changing our name....... The Rothesian would like to extend a warm welcome to Rosemary Garrity the newly appointed headteacher We are moving to the Grant Hall, Rothes as of for Rothes Primary School. Rosemary, who was April, and our name will become 423 (Speyside) DF, headteacher at Craigellachie Primary takes up her new Air Training Corps post at Rothes in April. We also wish to pass on our best wishes to past INTERESTED IN JOINING? headteacher Juli Grant who is now headteacher at Milnes Primary, Fochabers. Come along and find out more Parade Nights will be Monday and Thursday 1830 – 2100 Any queries please call Sarah or Jason on 01340 831108 or speak to the local loons 2 This issue sponsored by Rothes Fish & Chip Shop The Grant Hall Update. First of all, the good news. We have recently been awarded £10,000 from the National Lottery ‘Awards For All’ Scheme. st This will be spent on an ongoing renovation pro- 1 Rothes Rainbows started back with four new girls, gramme. At the moment, the toilets in the main hall Katie, Jasmin, Alana and Georgia. We have started on are undergoing a transformation, with new wash hand the next part of our roundabout badge, and we have also basins already installed in the Gents. New cubicles are started our “right to me” and “ right to be happy” badges. on order for both sets of toilets, and Ian James is just These badges are about our “human rights” and we will waiting for their arrival to complete the installation. learn through fun activities and games. As usual we have In conjunction with Moray Council, we are trying to been playing games, having craft sessions, singing, we have made pancakes and cards. For thinking day this establish a series of Music Workshops for young peo- year we stayed close to home and remembered Scotland ple interested in all aspects of the music industry. It is and Scottish Rainbows. We made thinking day thistle hoped to access some funding from The Scottish Arts cards, ate oatcakes; cheese from Orkney; beetroot; pan- Council to help with this project. This would enable us cakes; shortbread and tunnocks wafers. We had so much to buy equipment; Drum Kit, P.A., Microphones, to do on the night, that we didn’t have time to “Toss the Speakers etc., and hopefully subsidise transport for the Wellie” or make our flags. We are looking forward to Speyside area. Check posters for details. Easter and will be finishing for the Easter holidays on the The A.T.C. have been using one of the upstairs rooms 29th, reopening on the 19th April. Rainbows is for girls for storage of equipment and uniforms over the winter aged 5 – 7 and anyone wishing to put their daughters months, and it is hoped that they will be joining the name on the waiting list should contact Bev (831137) or ‘fold’ very soon. Jennifer (831201). We are looking forward to another successful year and as always would appreciate your comments or criti- cisms to [email protected] Finally, the bad news………Oh, there is none! The Brownies now have five new girls who have moved up the guiding FRIENDS OF GUIDING ladder from Rainbows, welcome Michaela, Megan, Les- ley, Mia and Coco. We are now well on our way with Friends of Guiding Rothes would like to thank every- our World Cultures badge. Part of our badge work is to one who has contributed with our last two fundraiser's. make a scrapbook about our own culture. We have had a The Webb Ivory sales did very well we were on par trip across the road to the “Strathspey Kilts and Gifts with last year's figures. Our Coffee morning in Febru- Shop”, where we were shown by Martin Flynn, all about ary was fantastic we raised £440. Thanks goes to all tartan, its history, Sporrans, Sgians Dhu and how to make who helped on the day, donated raffles and baking and a kilt. Thank you for all the help you gave us Martin and to all who came and shared a coffee and a blether. the swatches that you gave us for our scrapbooks. Our Your generosity is much appreciated. World cultures badge incorporated Thinking Day this year, and we had a Scottish theme and thought about the other Brownies in Scotland. We coloured in a Piper, made our flag and had a lovely taster session of foods HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. from Scotland. We love food at Brownies, and the week before we had celebrated the Chinese New Year.