Lighting up Corpach for Christmas
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page 32 Issue No 55, December 2016 a huge thank you to our sponsors delivered free to every address in Kilmallie We welcome Wilmington Science and Maths Tuition as our latest new sponsor, with grateful thanks. 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 fact and fiction - p2 KCC meetings – p3 on the buses- p4 local heroes - p4 ELLCT- p5 Corpach Marina - p5 remembering - p5 community policing – p6 planning applications - p6 Councillors’ Corner - p7 missives from MSPs – p8-9 sawmill - p9 Banavie Park - p9 boundary changes - p10-11 Banavie School News - p11 Caramel takes biscuit - p12 Lochaber Small Boats - p13 Community Centre- p13 Canal News - p14 Grace Wegner and Jack Boyd getting ready to switch us on Focus on Business - p14 and feedback... and pictures...and articles...and stories articles...and pictures...and and and feedback... Banavie Floral - p15 BOYD BROTHERS Corpach in Colour - p15 lighting up Corpach for CLYDEBoyd Christmas Lights p15-17 (HAULAGE) LTD High Notes - p18 Fort William Ltd on the verge - p19 Corpach Woods - p20 Christmas FORT spotlight - p21 see page 15 and centre pages for more pictures Lochaber Athletic - p22 WILLIAM Shinty Club - p22 Music, music, music - p23 TYRE Art Lochaber - p23 SERVICES CREEL - p24 Rugby Club - p24 wild about Kilmallie - p25 success in Stornaway - p26 Green Fingers - p26 Kilmallie Singers - p27 Torlundy hydro - p27 We rely on the contributions from our business Focus on Folk – p28 community for the cost of producing and distributing this Torcastle - p29 free newsletter to every address in our area. We welcome sponsorship from all businesses located in Kilmallie, or Andy’s photo archive- p29 with principal key personnel resident in Kilmallie. If you Caledonian Stores - p29 would like to see your name or logo in print supporting First Minister unveils mosaic scouts - p30 community your community newsletter, please join with our current First Minister Nicola Sturgeon MSP was in Lochaber High School to deliver poems - p30 consultation sponsors. Kshama Wilmington the Charles Kennedy Lecture on 17 November as part of Lochaber Ideas Week. She All donations, big or small, are hugely appreciated. would you like to become 07557 051205 Puzzles from Pithean - p31 stopped off to unveil three impressive mosaics created by a group of High School 14 Dec Please contact us at [email protected] for details. a sponsor too? 01397 772499. Sponsors - p32 pupils, Gabrielle Campbell, Rianne Gilchrist, Julia Kaczor, Josie Rigby and Ryan Watchman. The First Minister took time to speak to the young artists see page 11 please send us YOUR letters... send letters... us YOUR please and even posed for selfies! page 2 Setting boundaries page 31 kilmallie There’s a looming issue that we need to deal with, as a community. The independent body, the Boundary Commission for Scotland is undertaking a “2018 Review of UK Parliamentary Constituencies” and the proposals were published on 20th October for a 12 week community consultation closing on 11th January 2017. “some straight, some cryptic, some easy, some not so easy” The big picture is the desire to reduce the number of MPs at Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 Westminster to 600, with Scotland reducing from 59 to 53. The 1 Simon was the Saint (7) council boundaries are assessed on the basis of population, the calculation 4 Mates got confused for this engine(5) being total electorate divided by the proposed number of MPs, “Fast away the old year giving 74,769 across the UK, with each constituency required to be 7 There is no sun about for these words (5) 7 8 9 passes…” the carol sings – within 5% of that, namely between 71,031 and 78,507. While the 9 This goes over my head(7) and so it has! They say the idea is praiseworthy, the practical outcome for us here in Kilmallie 10 The grandee is all at sea when it goes boom (7) years pass more quickly and is that the Canal becomes the boundary, with Camaghael going to 11 I am one. So are you (5) that’s true for the Community ‘Argyll, Bute and Lochaber’ along with Caol and Fort William, 12 London’s river (6) Council too, with our various activities. leaving Banavie, Corpach and Locheilside within ‘Inverness and 10 11 14 Rubber in this era, service included (6) Skye’. See pages 10 and 11 for more information. 18 Hoard(5) Important for us this year has been road safety and we continue to 20 Acorn grows into it. Teak ore is about too (3,4) KCC will be considering how to consult the community and react to encourage Transport Scotland to provide safer crossings at Banavie 22 Progressed when devolved is headless (7) Swing Bridge, Banavie School Road end and at the Co-op in this Review. We must respond and so should you as individuals. 12 13 14 15 16 23 He’s mentioned in 15 (5) Corpach. You may have seen the traffic counters and cameras at Please watch our noticeboards and our website for details. 24 Lost romany lacking direction looking for the swing bridge in October – we have still to hear from Transport 17 dignitary(5) Scotland the results of their survey – but we will continue in our aim to make crossing the A830 safer for our community. Community land ownership 25 Let in again (7) We hope you have been following the East Lochaber and Laggan 18 19 20 21 Down Community Trust and their aspiration to buy the Rio Tinto Alcan First Minister speaks to Kilmallie Estate land on behalf of the community. The announcement of the 1 Could be thing to do after this evening (7) The First Minister visited Kilmallie for the second time this year – sale of Rio Tinto’s assets in Lochaber on Wednesday 23rd 2 Jerry or Mickey (5) November 2016 was welcomed and I know that ELLCT are still The Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon delivered the Charles Kennedy 22 23 3 Goes into space, or your salad (6) involved in the process – we look forward to hearing how they Memorial Lecture at Lochaber High School (in Kilmallie, of course) 4 This goes before kebab (5) progress. in mid-November. The lecture formed a closing highlight to the 5 Confused in games. They are puzzling (7) Lochaber Ideas Week – I wasn’t able to attend but I hope some of 6 This girl is game mixed with direction added (5) you did. The Ideas Week Team produced an impressive panel of So, in sending my best wishes for Christmas and the New Year, I’ll 24 25 8 A black card (5) four MSPs for a ‘Question Time’ panel of Kate Forbes, David finish with the same carol, “Hail the new, ye lads and lasses!” 13 Little fish (7) Stewart, Donald Cameron and John Finnie. I found their knowledge Christine Hutchison, Chair 15 Drake got in a twist when he did this to the on local issues quite refreshing and encouraging! Thank you to Tony Whitelocke [email protected] leaves (5) for another great crossword. 16 Vote back in (2-5) 17 Singer Stevie is this (6) Minister, Michael Gove who said that ‘I 18 The cat got it (5) think people in this country have had Answers to last issue’s crossword: 19 Young eel (5) enough of experts’. What is education for fact and 21 Kingdom (5) unless it is to equip our children with the Across: expertise that they need for their future 1 BOB A JOB, 4 CREAM, 7 CABIN, lives? 9 ROCKING, 10 RELEASE, fiction 11 ADMIN, 12 IMPOSE 14 MISSED, The lack of respect for facts is starting to rok ! astný nový 18 ASCOT, 20 AMNESIA, picture quiz no 11 encroach on all aspects of life beyond where in Kilmallie? 22 REFEREE, 23 RANGE, 24 NICHE, Šť Happy New Year ! Happy New Year Everyone is entitled politics. Large commercial companies used to be concerned about public image. Giving 25 SACHETS to their own opinion customers incorrect information was once a Down: big deal, but is slowly edging towards 1 BACARDI, 2 BABEL, 3 BARREL, but not their own acceptability. High profile companies like 4 COCOA, 5 ENIGMAS, 6 MEGAN Volkswagen have been caught cheating in 8 NEARS, 13 PACIFIC, 15 INNER, facts ways that harm the whole of society but 16 DIAPERS, 17 CADETS, 18 ARRAN, ‘Everyone is entitled to their own opinion they are still in business. More close to will affect our lives in all respects. Parents 19 THREE, 21 SENSE but not their own facts’ is a quote generally home, I was recently without an internet trying to teach their children to tell the truth attributed to US politician and academic connection for 3 weeks. Every few days BT now have to explain why people who should Answer to last issue’s Daniel Moynihan. A real concern is that repeated the same story about a fault at the be role models can get away with, or even Picture Quiz No 11: recent political campaigns in both the UK exchange which needed a visit from a benefit from, dishonesty. Decisions will no Sorry, no idea, it’s a mystery - we were and US have been swung by poorly different engineer to the one that they had longer be based on facts or evidence and hoping you could tell us! informed opinion presented as fact or sent on the previous occasion.