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Founding editor, Mrs Nan Walker, MBE Kinross Newsletter Founded in 1977 by Kinross Community Council ISSN 1757-4781 Published by Kinross Newsletter Limited, Company No. SC374361 Issue No 445 All profits given away to local good causes by The Kinross Community Council Newsletter, Charitable Company No. SC040913 www.kinrossnewsletter.org www.facebook.com/kinrossnewsletter October 2016 DEADLINE CONTENTS for the November Issue From the Editor ........................................................................... 2 5pm, News and Articles ........................................................................ 2 Friday 14 October 2016 Police Box .................................................................................. 14 for publication on Community Councils ................................................................. 15 Club & Community Group News ............................................... 25 Saturday 29 October 2016 Sport .......................................................................................... 41 Scottish Women’s Institutes. ..................................................... 51 Contributions for inclusion in the Out & About. ............................................................................. 52 Newsletter Congratulations & Thanks ......................................................... 54 Church Information ................................................................... 55 The Newsletter welcomes items from community organisations and individuals for publication. This Playgroups and Toddlers............................................................ 58 is free of charge (we only charge for business Notices ...................................................................................... 59 advertising – see below right). All items may be Day Centre & Chemists .............................................................. 66 subject to editing and we reserve the right not to Classified Adverts, Situations Vacant ......................................... 67 publish an item. Please also see our Letters Policy Diary .......................................................................................... 68 and Notes on page 2. Submit your item (except adverts) in one of the following ways: Email: [email protected] Cover: Find out about Gaelic Day on pages 53 and 60 and about (all emails will be acknowledged) the concert on the Saturday evening on pages 31 and 53. 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For full information on advertising in the Newsletter, please go to our website Distribution www.kinrossnewsletter.org and click on 'Advertising'. Lee Scammacca (Cree8) 62 Muirs, Kinross KY13 8AU ......01577 863186 The Newsletter reserves the right to refuse or amend any advertisement or submission and [email protected] accepts no liability for any omission or inaccuracy. No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form without the express written permission of the publishers. Editor Eileen Thomas Typesetting and Layout Tony Dyson Distribution Lee Scammacca Advertising Julia Fulton Treasurer and Subscriptions Ross McConnell Assistant Editor Joyce Horsman News & Articles Editorial Health representation relevant to you Planning issues have been in the news in the last month. The Perth & Kinross Integration Joint Board was formed in An application by Persimmon Homes for 300 houses at April 2016. It is tasked with integrating Health and Social Lathro Farm was successful. Councillors Cuthbert and Care Services in Perth & Kinross. This also involves working Giacopazzi write about this in their columns (see pages 4 with communities, individuals and third sector organisations and 7), as does the Civic Trust on page 44. to ensure people have an experience of care and support The shared space in Kinross High Street came to national that connects them with their own families, friends and attention when a blind reporter made a short film for BBC community support networks. Scotland News about how difficult it is for people with This is an introduction to your Community Representatives disabilities to negotiate these spaces, which are a relatively on the Integration Joint Board. They are: Ann Gourlay, Sue new planning concept. Cole, Bernie Campbell and Maureen Summers. This Newsletter contains several reports from local bloom These people are YOUR voice in this time of change and groups who have won awards in various local or national challenges. The ladies are getting to grips with the business competitions and we congratulate them. Whether prize- of the board and some of the intensive transformations being winners or not, however, all our local bloom groups worked through to pull services closer together. They are deserve appreciation for their excellent work in making our meeting as a forum prior to the formal meetings to ensure settlements more attractive places to be and adding to our topics that need attention or clarification can be raised. The community spirit. Thank you, all! historical papers are available to view online. Upcoming papers appear one week prior to each meeting. Look for Integration-Joint-Board on the website www.pkc.gov.uk Note to Contributors A great deal of the Newsletter comprises reports supplied by The next meeting is 4 November. These are open to the local clubs and other organisations. These reports are accepted public for observation. If you have concerns, contributions, in good faith. Clubs etc should ensure that reports are factually views and would like to attend the forum or be kept up to accurate and do not contain material which could cause legal date with the issues the representatives are raising, please proceedings to be taken against the Newsletter. get in touch. There is space for more representation from Letters Policy the Kinross-shire area to help support your representatives Senders must supply their name and address, which will be with more in depth knowledge of your local issues. If you are published with the letter. Letters should be truthful and not interested in helping with this, please get in touch: contain matter which could cause legal proceedings to be taken Email: [email protected] against the Newsletter. The Newsletter does not necessarily Telephone: 01738 567076 agree with any of the views expressed on the Letters or indeed S Bathgate other pages. In special circumstances addresses may be withheld Community Engagement Worker from publication on request (but must still be supplied to the editor). Note to Readers: Advertising Inclusion of advertisements in the Newsletter does not imply any particular endorsement or recommendation of services or companies by Kinross CC or Kinross Newsletter Ltd. Abbreviations PKC: Perth & Kinross Council Cllr: Councillor CC: Community Council CCllr: Community Councillor About the Kinross Newsletter The Newsletter has been informing and supporting the Ann Gourlay Bernie Campbell community for 39 years. It began as a way of letting residents know what Kinross Community Council was saying and doing, but soon expanded to be so much more. Readers use the Newsletter to find local trades and services, and our loyal advertisers support the community by enabling us to publish local clubs’ reports and essential community information free of charge. Readers, when answering an advertisement, please say you saw it in the Newsletter. Thank you. Any profits made by the Newsletter are given away to local Maureen Summers Sue Cole good causes. The Newsletter reserves the right to refuse or amend any advertisement or submission and accepts no liability for any omission