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THE SOUTH DEESIDE VIEW Spring 2011 CONTENTS As we go to press, the daffodils are bravely emerging into a (so far) rather chilly spring. That said, we were blessed with 1 Plant Sale and Coffee Morning some beautiful weather in March and we can only hope this continues throughout the spring and summer. Gardens of Scotland 2 Youth activities This issue is once again packed with contributions from 3 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts individuals and organisations across our area. Together with our loyal advertisers and faithful band of „deliverers‟, this is 4 Lairhillock School what makes South Deeside View possible - a huge thanks to 5 Lairhillock School football you all. Banchory-Devenick School Meanwhile, we are always on the lookout for new material 6 Clubs and Societies that you - the readers - would like to see. It is after all „your‟ 7 Leisure activities newsletter, so please feel free to contact Hazel or Pam at any time with your ideas (contact details on the back page). St Mary’s Chapel, Blairs 8 Community Halls All phone numbers are Aberdeen listed (01224) unless 9 Driving for the Disabled otherwise indicated. The back page, with its Events Calendar and list of useful contacts, is arranged for handy reference. Home deliveries Other contact information is at the end of each section. 10 Banchory-Devenick and In the meantime, we look forward to seeing you all at the now Maryculter-Cookney Church legendary Annual Plant Sale and Coffee Morning on May 14 11 St Ternan’s Church (see below)... 12 Grampian Police 13 Ian Forbes - the Blairs Years! 14 Nature Notes ANNUAL PLANT SALE 15 Local councillors and MP and COFFEE MORNING 16 NKRCC + 300 Club 17 NKRCC, Planning Saturday May 14, from 10.30 till noon at Corbie Hall, Maryculter 18 NKRCC, Planning K&M Volunteering We are holding a sale of garden plants: herbaceous, rockery, herbs, salad vegetables, annuals, bushes - all David & June Gordon Trust grown by enthusiastic local amateur gardeners. There 19 Advertisements will also be a „swap shop‟ for old/unwanted gardening books. 20 Handy contacts and Events Coffee, tea, juice and home baking will also be available. Gardens of Scotland Please let us know if you can offer any donations or Blairwood House garden is open by assistance on the day - all contributions welcome! th st appointment from 15 June till 31 If you can help with supplies, contact Rob Winmill August this year. Admission is £3.50 (plants), Tel: 01569 730308 or Pam Robertson (coffee (for charity). morning), Tel: 863887. Contact Ilse Elders on 868301. YOUTH ACTIVITIES Maryculter Babies and Toddlers Maryculter Brownies We meet in Maryculter Church Hall, Kirkton of The Brownies have been busy this term learning about Maryculter on Thursday mornings during school term Brownies from all over the world and have been doing time from 9.30 to 11.30am. Anyone looking after their World Guiding Badge as part of World Thinking children between birth and 3 years is very welcome to Day in February. They have also completed their drop in during the session for a cuppa and a chat, whilst Stargazer Badge and managed to get out one night to the tots play with jigsaws, trikes, pretend kitchens and look at the stars. lots more! We‟re always on the lookout for new We have started on our Royal Wedding Challenge members so please tell friends, neighbours and those Badge and also our World Guiding Goes Tartan Badge new to the area. £2 per session. to celebrate the World Conference in Scotland this In addition to our group, the South Deeside Under Fives summer. run a Baby and Toddler class on Monday mornings In the coming months we will be looking to get out and during term time at Maryculter Community Hall – 9.30 about if the weather is kind to us. Also the three units to 11.30am. See below for further information. are collecting Sainsbury's Active Kids Vouchers and Contact Louise MacDonald on 874014. Tesco Vouchers for Schools and Clubs so if you have any you could share with us please do get in touch with South Deeside under 5’s any of the Unit Leaders. We are hoping to replace some of our ageing equipment. South Deeside Under Fives is a community-led charity, providing independent childcare for young children. It We meet on Thursdays from 6.30-8pm in Corbie Hall. aims to give children from birth to five a gentle and fun There is still a substantial waiting list but if you know introduction to life beyond home. anybody who would be interested in joining us please We run three classes – a Baby and Toddler Group, a do get in touch so they can be added to the list. Twos Group and a Rising Fives Group. We will also be looking for a new Young Leader in the Classes are held on weekdays during term time in Summer (aged 14 to 18) when one of ours moves out of Maryculter Community Hall. Our experienced Play the area. So if you know anybody of that age who would Leaders prepare an exciting array of activities for like to help us out, please do get in touch. youngsters, from glittery crafts, construction games and Contact Lynn Murphy on 01330 825936 imaginative play inside, to gardening, active games and or e-mail [email protected]. country walks outside. Beyond the fun for children, the group aims to be a focus for local parents to meet and Maryculter Guides make new friends – an important aspect of living in a rural area. We have just celebrated World If you would like to find out more information about our Thinking Day. Some of us went to a group, please have a look at our website www.south- fun day in Newtonhill, where the deeside-under-fives.co.uk or join us for family fun at girls were able to widen their our Spring Fair on Saturday 23rd April between knowledge of The Girl Guide 10.30am and 12.30pm. Tel: 07966 163953 or Email: Association all over the world. [email protected]. The girls have been working very hard on their interest badges. We held a ceremony where our newest Guide 1st Maryculter Rainbows made her promise and we awarded the Guides for their hard work with their badges. A total of 20 were handed Rainbows are still running at full quota although our out. waiting list is getting smaller! We have been busy After the Easter break we will be working on a Royal working on a „roundabout badge‟ this term which has Wedding Challenge, learning all about the Royal included making salt dough bees, a black and white Family and planning a wedding celebration to panda night and the ultimate „edible wormery‟. We also remember (even if we only get to watch it on TV). Once had a fundraising „Bingo, Blether and Bakes‟ afternoon the warm nights are with us we are hoping to get out with the Brownies to raise money for our annual and about into the great outdoors, playing games census. With Mothers Day, our annual Daffodil Tea and and learning new skills to take with us to our summer Easter on their way we have a lot of things going on to camp in July. keep us busy. The Rainbows are also very excited about We meet on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm in the Corbie their move to Corbie Hall after the Easter Holidays. Hall and are always on the lookout for new members. Girls aged between 5 and 7 meet on Thursdays from Contact Morag Lister on 07849 315203 4.30pm to 5.30pm. or email [email protected] Contact Alison Stephen on 899703 2 YOUTH ACTIVITIES Maryculter Beavers of sailing events at Loch of Skene planned for the summer months so we will be hoping for some suitably warm weather. Beavers meet every Cubs meet at the Scout Hut on Mondays between 6.15 Tuesday from 5.30 to and 7.45. The pack is currently close to capacity and we 7pm in the Scout Hut but will give priority to boys wanting to move up from are currently suffering Beavers. For more information, contact one of the from a lack of numbers. following: David Kirk tel.: 869006, David Burslem tel: This is perhaps fortunate, as Beavers are now operating 732819, Bill Caffyn tel: 734080, Andrew Warnock tel: with one leader and a parent rota. Hopefully next term 739602. will see a fresh infusion of boys and, more importantly, some adults coming forth to become leaders. If additional leaders are not recruited, Beavers will not be 1st Maryculter Scouts in existence next year. Scouts meet at the Scout and Guide Hut in Maryculter The winter term is by necessity an indoor term when we each Friday from 7.15 to 9.15pm. do crafts, games, cooking etc but we hope to get out and Most things this spring will be geared to preparing for about in the spring for more adventurous activities. We our summer trip to Oberkirch in the Black Forest. We have already had a fundraising hike up Bennachie, made would love to boost our current membership of 12 and any enquiries should be made to Kathleen Paterson, some holly wreaths at Christmas and planted some trees Beaver Leader, on 868676. kindly donated by Sainsbury's. Another cycle trip up Cairn-mon-earn is planned, as is a quiz in May. We 1st Maryculter Cubs hope you will support us if you can. Scouts and leaders are looking forward to the trip and hope the weather will The Cub pack continues to have an active programme in be better than we had in Lewis last summer.
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