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Issue 008 December FINAL www.hasteltd.co.uk THE WEE GOIL Loch Goil Community Newspaper £1 January 2012 Issue no. 9 £1 And Summer was a Star! IN THIS ISSUE P2 Letter from the Editors Dates for your Diary P3 Lochgoilhead Primary School Christmas Fayre P4 Cowal 24/7 Review Community Council Election Results P5 Landslip on the A83 P7 B.O.G.O.F Drive Safe Campaign Has Anyone seen Scarlett? P8 Under the Skin ‘Power House’ P10 Recipe of the Month Picture of the Month On a cold winter’s night, hearts were warmed by our primary 50-50 Winners school children’s nativity play. The performance, called ‘Jesus’ P12 Cathy &Tom got Christmas Party’, included not only wise men, angels and Married shepherds but also a backing group which would not have RBS Awards looked out of place on X Factor. Gilles Boyd and Anna von January WRI Meeting Kaehne as Joseph and Mary and Mark Egan and Grace P13 Senior’s Christmas Charlton as the Innkeeper and the Innkeeper’s Wife (who had a Party very disturbed night indeed) were but a few of the potential P14 Regular Events stars in our midst. And Summer Mullen really was a star! The P15 Lochgoil Directory children sang both modern and traditional songs beautifully. Emergency Numbers The church would like to thank the congregation for their kind Kilmorich Church donations. A total of £178.00 was collected to buy malaria Flower Rota nets for children in Malawi. 1 LETTER FROM THE EDITORS DATES for your DIARY Dear Readers, JANUARY 2012 Happy New Year! Sunday 1st As we write, we cannot help but wonder at New Year Dip those hardy souls, (soothing a sore head Loch Goil perhaps?) celebrating the first day of the 11am New Year by immersing themselves (or even a big toe!) in the icy cold waters of Monday 9th Loch Goil. However, like all these things, they do say you should give it a try before Back to School! passing judgement. We will certainly be Thursday 19th there, (to take photos) so look out for a report and pictures in next month’s issue. Country Dancing restarts Village Hall In the coming months we have plans afoot to 8 pm start a series of reports on local walks. If you have any favourite walks in the area, we Wednesday 25th would love to hear from you and if you can include a photograph, all the better. Women's Rural In the meantime, we hope you will enjoy Children’s Burns Supper the first issue of 2012! Village Hall 7.30pm Lindy Thomson Monday 31st Duncan Findlay Community Council Meeting P.S. I am sure you have enjoyed our ‘Quote Village Hall Library of the Month’, which has been diligently 7.30pm contributed each month by Margaret Fishwick. We would like to wish Margaret ‘Be always at war with your vices ,at and her family happiness in their new home, peace with your neighbours, and let each back in Preston. We are delighted to know New Year find you a better man.’ that they will be returning frequently to holiday in their home here. We will miss Benjamin Franklin you! LOCHGOIL HAIR DESIGN GENERAL PLUMBING Bathrooms, Central Heating Installation, Service and Repairs: Oil, Electric, Gas and Leadwork. 24 hour Emergency Service No call out charge K. Carmichael & Son Ltd 10, Upper Riochan Inveraray PA32 8UR Tel. 07795224994 2 Anna and Amber meet Santa Piper Lochy greets Stallholders Mark, T-Beau visitors and Rachael Lochgoilhead Grace, Campbell and Primary School Sam, Kristina and Faye Heather Christmas Fayre man their stall 2011 The children at Lochgoilhead Primary worked hard to create decorations, calendars and baking to sell at the Christmas Fayre. This year the Parent Council decided that it might be nice to hold the Fayre at the school. The children were able to set up their stalls in their classrooms on the Friday afternoon whilst mums set up for teas and the tombola stalls. The Fayre was a great success and the Parent Council and the children would like to thank everyone (and Santa) for coming along and making it such a merry and enjoyable event. 3 Cowal 24/7 Review Group S/K/T and presumably would be keen to cover Lochgoil too, along with his partner The Group was set up in August this year to GPs, if the area were to transfer from look into the provision of medical Greater Glasgow to Highland . The review practitioner cover for Cowal Community is looking at the best possible options for Hospital and Out of Hours cover for the the whole of Cowal and this would need to whole of the Cowal Peninsula. Because be looked at in that context by NHS Lochgoil gets OOH provision from NHS Highland. Greater Glasgow & Clyde, it was not It was obvious from many of the questions originally included in the review, however it and statements made at the meeting on the has now been confirmed that Lochgoilhead 21st, that people were confused by the will be part of the review. different issues and bringing the ambulance Last year a similar OOH group was set up to service into the equation as well. The OOH address the issue of cover in the Strachur, service is specifically covered by qualified Kames and Tighnabruaich areas because Dr GPs during nights and weekends when their Carle the Tighnabruaich GP decided to cease own GP is off duty. My own personal doing OOH as from March 17th this year. opinion, after hearing the views from the When the new provisions for GPs were community and having a fair idea of the agreed by the Government some years ago, issues involved is that Lochgoil may be they were given the licence to opt out if they better off with ‘the devil it knows’. so wished and I believe there are now very few GPs in Scotland that carry out the Councillor Bruce Marshall service in their own rural areas. The OOH Group for Strachur, Kames and Community Council Elections Tighnabruich, last year finished up with six options and chose an option which provided full cover for the S/K/T areas, using a mix of locum doctors and local GPs at a cost in excess of £200,000, despite the group being informed at the start of the process that the NHS Highland current budget, based on the service being provided by the existing GP, was £60k. The call outs annually in the S/K/T area are running at about 60 per annum. These are where a GP is requested to The Lochgoil Community Council is attend to a patient and ascertain what delighted to welcome Irene McAllister and treatment is required. All calls, as you will Dennis Bolt as Community Councillors. They be aware, go to NHS 24, who do a quick sift will take their seats at the next Community to ascertain the urgency of an issue and then Council Meeting on January 31st 2012. will either give advice over the phone or ask the patient to attend one of the centres or call Charlie Carr for an ambulance or for a doctor to attend if would like to say thank you to necessary. everybody who sent pressies, cards and Obviously, from the comments Dr Von well wishes following her accident and Kaehne made at the meeting on Nov 21st in subsequent stay in Yorkhill Children’s Lochgoil, he is quite keen to take on some of Hospital, Glasgow. the OOH work and is already doing some for 4 Landslip on the A83 come from other communities who are similarly affected, for example Inveraray The recent landslip and blockage of the A83 and the islands. on the Ardgarten side of the Rest and be Petition Thankful has been a serious problem for people living in the Loch Goil area. The The Wee Goil has been made aware of a incident was initially reported incorrectly on campaign to improve the A83, led by Argyll the Traffic Scotland website as being on the First Councillors. The co-ordinator, Cllr other side of the Rest. In fact, the road was Dougie Philand has sent us the following: cleared of landslip debris very quickly but Argyll First Councillors have campaigned the road was completely closed for two days both individually and as a group on many while the situation was assessed. There occasions regarding the various problems followed a period of night-time closure and associated with the A83. It is our intention it was this that caused problems for residents. to unite the community of Argyll and Bute People who commute to their workplaces or in a common cause, campaigning for the businesses were most affected but after a many unresolved road issues to be addressed. few days others who just wanted to do their We are asking all politicians, businesses, and Christmas shopping began to have to plan members of the public to join with us and their outings very carefully. Our Community show a united front. The time has come to Council chairman, Iain MacInnes, made work together in a positive and constructive representations to have the hours the road manner for the benefit of the Argyll and was open made longer, but this was not Bute Community. We have received many granted. Eventually on Tuesday 11th representations from members of the public, December, we learned that the road was to community councils and businesses be fully opened again. However, it remained regarding the various problems associated shut that evening because heavy rain had with this route. These range from the current prevented the installation of lighting in order unacceptable situation at the Rest and be that the road could be monitored during the Thankful, to the pinch points which exist at night.
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