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No 56, Mar 2017 page 28 Issue No 56, March 2017 a huge thank you to our sponsors delivered free to every address in Kilmallie A huge thank you to all the businesses below who are sponsoring the newsletter this year. Our newsletter costs have been met by their sponsorship donations, from KCC’s limited funds, from donations from the community and in kind from all our many volunteers. in this issue KCC from the chair – p2 bicycles carbon & traffic - p2 KCC meetings – p3 sawmill - p4 plans afoot- p4 on the buses - p5 missives from MSPs - p5 Councillors’ Corner - p6 ELLCT - p7 the big pedal – p8 community bike clubs - p9 Friends of Banavie Park - p9 Banavie School News - p9 High Notes - p10 Corpach in Colour - p11 Christmas Lights - p11 Canal News - p12 Community Company - p13 BOYD BROTHERS CLYDEBoyd Gleann Laoigh - p13 On behalf of himself and his wife Jessie, Bobby Henderson receives KCC’s Local Heroes certificate Fort William Ltd Community Centre - p14-15 and £50 worth of Co-op vouchers from Jan, KCC’s treasurer. (HAULAGE) LTD CREEL - p16 ten years ago - p16 FORT Rugby Club - p16 local heroes Music for All - p17 In the last newsletter KCC Two of the winners, nominated by class there some twenty years WILLIAM Shinty Club - p17 announced our Local Heroes a number of people, wanted to ago. They were keen to Award - Co-op vouchers to be remain anonymous and asked acknowledge the hard work of the Art Lochaber - p17 TYRE given to four local heroes as a that their £50 worth of vouchers small group of people who have FOCAL - p18 very small token of the be donated to the Lochaber Food also served and continue to serve SERVICES food for thought - p19 community’s huge thanks for Bank, which we have done. The on the hall committee. Kinlocheil camelids - p20 making a valuable voluntary other two were a couple: Jessie contribution to the people, places and Bobby Henderson. Many congratulations to our wild about Kilmallie - p21 and community in Kilmallie. anonymous winners, and to Jessie nature notes - p22 This idea for an award came about Although not living in Kilmallie, and Bobby, and thank you again Green Fingers - p23 after a local resident generously Jessie and Bobby have raised to all our Local Heroes on behalf donated £50 worth of vouchers to thousands of pounds for various of the Kilmallie community. We rely on the contributions from our business Focus on Business - p23 KCC. KCC decided to contribute a charities in and around Kilmallie, community for the cost of producing and distributing this Focus on Folk – p24 free newsletter to every address in our area. We welcome further £50, enabling us to award and were instrumental in saving sponsorship from all businesses located in Kilmallie, or our Thomas Telford - p25 £25 to four people. Kilmallie Community Centre when with principal key personnel resident in Kilmallie. If you spotlight - p26 its future was threatened by its would like to see your name or logo in print supporting We invited nominations with the poor state of repair. your community newsletter, please join with our current Puzzles from Pithean - p27 intention of putting it to sponsors. Kshama Wilmington Sponsors - p28 community vote to decide the They have worked hard on the All donations, big or small, are hugely appreciated. would you like to become 07557 051205 please send YOUR letters,us stories, articles, pictures for next issue Please contact us at [email protected] for details. a sponsor too? 01397 772499. winners. As it turned out we committee of the Community received nominations for just four Centre for years and, of course, people, so no vote was needed. they began the Old Tyme Dancing crossing there. It seems unfair if criteria that apply in urban page 2 page 27 kilmallie areas are being used here. The results of a pedestrian survey carried out at Banavie Swing Bridge in October 2016 have still not been divulged to KCC. community David Devine of Transport Scotland is planning on attending “some straight, some cryptic, some easy, some not so easy” Across our meeting on Monday 27th March in Kilmallie Community 1 Swimming aid provides the music makers with 1 2 3 4 5 6 Centre at 7:15pm when I hope he will give us the results and weapons (7) council offer some ways of making crossing the A830 safer for 4 Right in the heat keeps beating(5) everyone. Our meetings are open to everyone so please 7 AA gel can be blue green (5) Brick walls 9 Omen for ten in port (7) come along if you have concerns about crossing the A830 - 7 8 9 Do you ever feel you’re banging your head against a brick being able to demonstrate your backing is really important. 10 It’s normally dark then (2.5) 11 Swiss song (5) wall? I certainly do and one big issue on my mind (and that In the last newsletter I said ‘I wasn’t comfortable in the 12 It’s mad mad lets in (6) of KCC members) is the A830 through Kilmallie - trying to Chair’ - but I’m trying to be more comfortable. Whether it’ll 14 You might find this burner in the chemistry class find a safer way for everyone to cross. Whether it is at the 10 11 be ‘a comfortable chair’ during our March meeting, I don’t (6) Banavie Swing Bridge, Banavie School road end, at the Co-op know but I’ll try my best to get a safer way forward for us all. 18 She may be forwards or backwards, it’s all the in Corpach or at Drumfada Terrace. Another subject that is a head-banging issue is getting same (5) Our Slower, Safer, Smilier Campaign has had some success in movement on the new Belford Hospital site - as you know it 20 In case the cad makes the waterfall (7) 12 13 14 15 16 22 She’s said to have a fabulous box (7) that the speed limit along the A830 from the roundabout at is earmarked to be built in Kilmallie. Some 15 months after a the Police Station to the 30mph sign near Tomonie has been 23 Bet it does in the Himalayas (5) steering group and sub-groups were formed, not much has 17 reduced from 60mph to 40mph - so crossing near Banavie happened - but it is re-starting so hopefully we’ll have some 24 Eva and Ed get together and avoid things (5) 25 Precisely (7) Swing Bridge is slightly safer but not safe enough. news for everyone later in the year - again we must be 18 19 20 21 positive! Circumstances have changed with the planned Down Another positive is that plans are being made for 1 The song says there’s a sweet home here in the expansion of the smelter which surely reinforces the improvements at the Banavie School road end, but that is it! USA (7) business case that the NHS will have to make for funding. I have heard comments that they are not ideal - but let’s be 2 This girl was included in the mega night out (5) 22 23 positive. I hope this finds you looking forward to spring and to a good 3 The despot rearranged where the buses stay summer and any plans you have for yourselves, your family overnight (6) How can it be so difficult and take so long to get 4 You’ll find the prince’s Rolls Royce in the hay (5) improvements? or your business. 5 You should find them at meetings (7) 24 25 KCC have had a meeting with Transport Scotland and BEAR Best wishes, 6 The lot can be found when you go to talent Scotland back in August 2016 when we heard that results of Christine Hutchison, Chair contest (5) a pedestrian survey done near the Co-op in June 2016 did 8 Rowing crew (5) [email protected] Thank you to Tony Whitelocke not give sufficiently high numbers to get a pedestrian 13 She’s a Material Girl (7) for another great crossword. 15 Use PT in distress, distressed (5) 16 Stop! None try troubled (2,5) few traffic issues. So it would only take 17 When glaciers ruled (3.3) bicycles, a small effort to keep traffic numbers Answers to last issue’s crossword: 18 Canadian leaf (5) below the critical threshold. Across: 19 Elk (5) 1 TEMPLAR, 4 STEAM, 7 NOUNS 21 Ta bob at the monastery (5) carbon The Big Pedal initiative and Richard 9 CEILING, 10 GRENADE, Bowman’s ideas for cycle clubs are a 11 HUMAN good start. If we all replaced one in four 12 THAMES, 14 ERASED, 18 CACHE of our car journeys into town with one picture quiz no 13 20 OAK TREE, 22 EVOLVED, Not technically within KCC’s current boundary, though we think of it as ours! and by bike, even just over the summer, it 23 DRAKE. 24 MAYOR, Where, when and who? would reduce the number of cars 25 READMIT With thanks to Andy Goodwin for sending us the picture. enough to keep the traffic flowing. traffic Keeping traffic to levels the network Down: can support has been shown to be 1 TONIGHT, 2 MOUSE, 3 ROCKET A few weeks ago Susan Carstairs However, greenhouse gas emissions much more effective than new roads or 4 SHISH, 5 ENIGMAS, 6 MEGAN presented a fascinating talk at Kilmallie cause the same damage wherever they bypasses which often just shift the 8 SPADE, 13 ANCHOVY, 15 RAKED Community Centre about her research come from.
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