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THE SOUTH DEESIDE VIEW September 2010 CONTENTS As we head into autumn, forecasters are predicting an ‘Indian summer’ for September...fingers crossed! It will surely be 1 Macmillan Coffee Morning welcome after what has been a rather disappointing spell of weather over the summer proper. 2 Youth activities 3 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts As always, this issue is packed with contributions from 4 Lairhillock School individuals and organisations across our area. This, together with our loyal advertisers, is what makes South Deeside View 5 Lairhillock School football possible—our thanks to you all. Banchory-Devenick School The annual Plant Sale and Coffee Morning in May was an 6 Clubs and Societies unprecedented success and raised the amazing sum of £643. 7 Leisure activities This year, we decided to donate all the proceeds to the new Blairs Museum South Deeside Under 5s group, to help them get established after the enforced closure of Maryculter Playgroup. Thanks go 8 Community Halls to Kate and Mandy for their help in making the day such a North East Open Studios success, as well as to all the Playgroup Mums who donated 9 Driving for the Disabled home baking. Thanks too for all the contributions from our enthusiastic local gardeners. Many comments were heard on Home deliveries the day as to the high standard of both plants and fine pieces! 10 Maryculter-Cookney Church Meanwhile, we are always on the lookout for new contributors 11 St Ternan’s Church and ideas on what you would like to see in South Deeside St Mary’s Chapel View. Please feel free to contact Hazel or Pam at any time 12 Grampian Police (contact details on the back page). 13 Trout and about! All phone numbers are Aberdeen listed (01224) unless 14 Nature Notes otherwise indicated. The back page, with its Events Diary and Cocoa Ooze list of useful contacts, is arranged for handy reference. Other contact information is at the end of each section. 15 Local councillors and MP 16 Community Council Till spring... 17 NKRCC, Planning 18 Plans for a new town at Elsick Macmillan Coffee Morning 300 Club Friday September 24 19 Advertisements Storybook Glen 10.15 - noon 20 Handy contacts and Events There will be a wide range of stalls, crafts, bring and buy, raffle, teas, coffees and home baking. The Doric Festival Raffle prizes and any contributions to the sale to be Meal an’Ale Evening handed in to Sheila Stewart, Tel: 734222 with any Cookney Hall last minute items gladly received at the door. We Saturday October 2 at 7.30pm look forward to seeing all the regulars who support this event so well each year. Book your tickets from Joyce Murison, Tel: 01569 731236 Admission by donation YOUTH ACTIVITIES Maryculter Babies and Toddlers Maryculter Brownies We meet in Maryculter Church Hall, on Thursday mornings during school term time from 9.30 - 11.30am. The Brownies have been busy Celebrating Girlguiding’s Anyone looking after children between birth and 3 years Centenary this year. We took part in the Scottish is very welcome to drop in during the session for a cuppa Walkabout Challenge and went round the Old Wood of and chat, whilst the tots play with jigsaws, trikes, Drum Discovery Trail. Some of us visited the airport as pretend kitchens and lots more! We’re always on the part of Our Adventure 100 badge, but the rest of us had look out for new members so please tell friends, to cancel due to the volcanic eruption which threw the neighbours and those new to the area: £2 per session. airports into chaos. Mandy Tulloch Tel: 01569 730577 We went to Banchory Guide Lodge this year for our South Deeside under 5’s sleepover. We walked a Treasure Trail around Banchory This is a new community-led charity providing and made a craft for Fathers Day. For the Community independent childcare for children from birth to five Service part of our Scottish Centenary Badge we went years. It replaces the Playgroup. Meeting at Maryculter to Lairhillock School to help in their garden. We also Community Hall (next to the Old Mill Inn), it is raised Money for the Wallace and Gromit’s Children’s delighted to offer three programmes: Foundation by having a pyjama party and pampering Baby & Toddler Group night when some mums came to help us with beauty Monday 9.30-11.30 £3.50 per session. treatments and makeup. For children from birth to three. Adults relax over a coffee whilst children make their first friends. An And coming up in October we are very excited to be experienced playleader leads children through crafts, going to the AECC for the End of Centenary Concert messy and active play plus traditional songs and stories. featuring Stacey and Olly from the X Factor. While we Two’s Group are there we will be renewing our Promise and getting a Wed., Thur. and Friday mornings - £6.50 per session. Special Promise Badge. For children aged two until they go to nursery. Tots are left in the capable hands of experienced playleaders who support the children in learning through play in a small, We meet on Thursdays at Maryculter Scout Hut from friendly group. Activities include crafts, bug hunting, 6.30-8pm but have waiting list of six due to a lack of bubbles in the garden and countryside walks. adult leaders, and priority is given to girls moving up Rising Fives Group from the Rainbows. Please note if you want to add your Tuesday from 12 noon to 2pm - £6.50 per session. daughter to our list, places may not become available For ante-pre and pre-school children. A gentle until sometime in 2011 unless you come and assist with introduction to spending more time away from their the group. adults prior to school. Children bring a packed lunch Lynn Murphy: Tel: 01330 825936 which is followed by fun activities including cooking, [email protected] painting or sports. The South Deeside Under Fives is a member of the Scottish Preschool Play Association. Maryculter Guides More information at M: 079661 63953 or E-mail: [email protected]. We joined over 100 Guides in June at 1st Maryculter Rainbows Stonehaven swimming pool to celebrate the Guiding Centenary. In We had busy summer term and gained another July we camped for three nights and Roundabout badge. A Walkabout badge was awarded cooked a roast dinner in a flowerpot and taco wraps in a too, which involved us going for a walk in Maryculter cardboard box oven. Our big event in August was a woods, collecting things on the way and then creating a visit to Glasgow to attend the Guides-only Tartan Gig, picture with our findings! Our end of term outing was headlining Wanted and Alisha Dixon. The highlight for tubing at Garthdee Snowsports Centre, which the girls one Guide was when she had her photo taken with one greatly enjoyed and left the leaders very tired! of the guys from Twenty Twenty. We start our new term with a full pack of Rainbows and We meet on Tuesday evenings at 7.30pm in the Scout are looking forward to working on the AIM HI badge and Guide Hall. and the very important centenary event on October 20th. Tel:07849 315203, E-mail: [email protected] Girls aged between 5 and 7 meet in the Scout and Guide Hut on Thursdays from 4.30pm to 5.30pm. Alison Stephen Tel: 899703 2 YOUTH ACTIVITIES Maryculter Beavers September and we will also hold a sleepover in the Scout Hut again to coincide with the Remembrance We meet at the Scout and Sunday service at the church. We plan to do some Guide Hut each Tuesday orienteering and another cycle tour before the evenings from 5.30-7.00p.m. draw in too far and will be working on Navigation skills Beavers can gain many as badgework to complement these activities. badges by taking part in activities we arrange for them. In the summer term we Pack numbers are slightly down from our limit of 18 as had several short hikes which enabled them to gain their the boys coming up from Beavers have not quite kept Hiker's badge. The Beavers enjoy being outside when it pace with those moving on to Scouts so we currently is nice weather, but in the winter we will concentrate on have room for one or two more. Anyone interested indoor crafts, games and having fun. should contact one of the following: David Kirk Tel.: 869006, Bill Caffyn Tel: 734080, David Burslem Tel: Last term the Beavers (and parents) collected 732819, Chris Grinyer Tel: 732324, Andrew Warnock Sainsburys Active Kids vouchers which should result in Tel: 739602. us obtaining some new games and sports equipment soon. We plan to collect these again next year - so please remember us when they become available. All 1st Maryculter Scouts donations gratefully received. Scouts meet at the Scout and Guide Hut, Maryculter Any boy wishing to join us should contact: each Friday from 7.15 to 9.15pm and have recently Kathleen Paterson , Beaver Leader Tel: 868676 returned from their summer camp in Stornoway. to be put on the waiting list. And of course, new Travelling by minibus and ferry, they arrived during a Leaders are always welcome.... spell of very stormy weather with force 7-9 gales being st experienced. However the weather did not dampen 1 Maryculter Cubs their spirit and trips around the island to the historic Callanish stones, Breanish tweed weaving, the beach, The Maryculter Cubs pack has come full circle since it the lifeboat, being interviewed by Radio Nan Gaidheal restarted almost three years ago, as we saw the last of and karting on the last day made it an unforgettable the original intake achieve their Silver Awards and camp.