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Founding editor, Kinross Newsletter Mrs Nan Walker, MBE Founded in 1977 by Kinross Community Council ISSN 1757-4781 Published by Kinross Newsletter Limited, Company No. SC374361 Issue No 487 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 August 2020 DEADLINE CONTENTS for the September Issue From the Editor .......................................................................... 2 5pm, Thanks and Congratulations, Items For Sale ............................... 3 Friday 14 August 2020 Letters ......................................................................................... 5 News ........................................................................................... 7 for publication on Politicians .................................................................................. 21 Saturday 29 August 2020 Police Box .................................................................................. 26 Features .................................................................................... 29 Contributions for inclusion Emergency Contact Numbers .................................................... 40 in the Newsletter Health and Wellbeing ................................................................ 41 The Newsletter welcomes items from community Community Councils ................................................................. 47 organisations and individuals for publication. This Club and Community Group News ............................................ 52 is free of charge. (We only charge for business Sport. ......................................................................................... 75 advertising – see below right.) All items may be Volunteering .............................................................................. 78 subject to editing and we reserve the right not to Out and About. ......................................................................... 81 publish an item. Please also see our Letters Policy Church Information ................................................................... 87 and Notes on page 2. Submit your item (except adverts) in one of the following ways: Puzzles ....................................................................................... 93 Notices ...................................................................................... 95 Email: [email protected] (all emails will be acknowledged) Commercial Advertising in the Newsletter Post or hand in to: Our advertising terms and conditions are available to view at Kinross Newsletter www.kinrossnewsletter.org. c/o Ross McConnell Accountants 3 High Street Display Adverts Kinross Rates shown are for new advertisers KY13 8AW Eighth page Quarter page Half page Black & White £14.70 n/a n/a Colour (internal) £19.00 £38.00 £76.00 Editor The above prices are per issue, based on a six-month run of advertising being Hannah Phillips ..........................07591 228884 placed. One-off adverts are charged at a higher rate. The Newsletter welcomes advertising enquiries. We do not have a waiting list for adverts. 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Kinross KY13 8AW......................01577 865885 Send all this to the Advertising Manager by the normal monthly Newsletter deadline (see top of left-hand column for date). [email protected] The Newsletter reserves the right to vary the physical size of these adverts from Subscriptions issue to issue according to the space available. If you wish to place a typed advert on a permanent or semi-permanent basis, Ross McConnell (address as above) contact the Advertising Manager to see if you can go on to our billing list. [email protected] For full information on advertising in theNewsletter , including terms and conditions, please go to our website www.kinrossnewsletter.org and click on ‘Advertising’. Distribution The Newsletter reserves the right to refuse or amend any advertisement or submission David Anderson .........................07747 890375 and accepts no liability for any omission or inaccuracy. No part of this publication may be [email protected] reproduced or used in any form without the express written permission of the publishers. Editor Hannah Phillips Assistant Editor Joyce Horsman Layout & Design Chris Colllins Advertising Julia Fulton Treasurer and Subscriptions Ross McConnell Distribution David Anderson Editor’s Page Cover photo: Wallace Shackleton Cover Design: Lee Scammacca of Cree8. Letter from The Editor THE RETURN OF THE Farmers’ Market on 22 August away from them, which for some will be a long- signifies another small step towards life in Kinross awaited joy (perhaps for their parents, too?) but for returning to ‘normal’. It’s great to see more of our others, it could be quite the opposite. restaurants and local businesses able to finally open up again and it’s important that we continue to Some will find it a frightening and challenging support them through this difficult time. experience to return to a busy environment among so many people after months of learning to stay away Some of our local restaurants will be taking from others, and having vastly reduced face-to-face advantage of the Government ‘Eat Out To Help Out’ contact with their friends and relatives. scheme from 3 August, offering 50% off your bill, from Monday to Wednesday, up to a maximum of Many older and vulnerable people have been shielding £10 per head. until very recently and are only now beginning to re- We are lucky in Kinross to have such good local experience the freedoms of getting out and about shops, and now that travel restrictions have eased and meeting people. For them, it must be a mixture it’s vital that we remember to continue to use them of joy and trepidation, and it’s for them that the rest whenever possible if we want to see them around for of us must continue to remain cautious, following years to come. social distancing rules and helping to minimise the While we sadly can’t enjoy our beloved Kinross impact of a second wave of this dreadful virus. Show this year, we are to be treated to a Tractor My first physio appointment since March last week Road Run on 8 August (see p19 for details). Come was indescribably wonderful. out and give the tractors a wave and a cheer if you can as they pass by. Results of the (online) Garden After going steadily grey(er) over the past few and Dog Shows will be published in the Newsletter months, and hiding away working hard at Newsletter next month. Towers, it’s finally time for me to face the music and Our local schoolchildren will be returning to their book a haircut. school buildings this month after almost five months Hannah Phillips, Editor Note to Contributors About the Kinross Newsletter A great deal of the Newsletter comprises reports supplied by local clubs and other organisations. These reports are The Newsletter has been informing and supporting the accepted in good faith. Clubs etc should ensure that reports community for over 40 years. are factually accurate and do not contain material which could cause legal proceedings to be taken against the Newsletter. It began as a way of letting residents know what Kinross Letters Policy Community Council was saying and doing, but soon Senders must supply their name and address, which will be published with the letter. Letters should be truthful and not expanded to be so much more. contain matter which could cause legal proceedings to be taken against the Newsletter. The Newsletter does not necessarily Readers use the Newsletter to find local trades agree with any of the views expressed on the letters or and services, and our loyal advertisers support the indeed other pages. In special circumstances addresses may community by enabling us to publish local clubs’ reports be withheld from publication on request (but must still be and essential community information free of charge. supplied to the editor). Readers, when answering an advertisement, please say Note to Readers: Advertising you saw it in the Newsletter. Thank you. Inclusion of advertisements in the Newsletter does not imply any particular endorsement or recommendation of services or The Newsletter is published by Kinross Newsletter companies by Kinross CC or Kinross Newsletter Ltd. Limited (company no SC374361). Any profits are Abbreviations transferred to charitable company Kinross Community PKC: Perth & Kinross Council Cllr: Councillor CC: Community Council CCllr: Community Council Newsletter Limited (charitable company Councillor SC040913) to be given away to local good causes.