page 32 Issue No 43, September 2013 a huge thank you to our sponsors delivered free to every address in Kilmallie A huge thank you to the businesses below who sponsored the newsleer last year. We are sll trying to raise funds for 2013/2014 so we are always grateful for more sponsorship. The cost of copying this newsleer has again been very generously donated by Lorna and Finlay Finlayson of Crannog Restaurant, Fort William. The paper for this issue has again been generously donated by BSW Timber, Kilmallie Our other newsleer costs have been met by donaons and from KCC’s limited funds. runner-up community newspaper of the year 2012 KCC reports – p2 Lochaber BID – p3 odds on pods – p4 locheilnet - p4 a way to the west - p4 councillors’ corner - p5 the lochaber axe - p5 past present future - p6 mews news - p6 community policing- p6 140 years ago- p7 whitta lotta litta - p8 community heroes – p9 flingin’s mingin - p9 litterature - p9 pearls of wisdom – p10 what a dump - p10 community heroes - p11 Banavie Primary – p12 High Notes - p13 Kilmallie Playgroup – p14 Coastguard - p15 Flower & Produce - p16/17 Canal News - p18 Music for All – p19 Community Centre - p19 Corpach Woods - p20 FOCAL - p20 royal occasion - p21 Many thanks to Iain Ferguson for photo funding fears - p21 Christmas Lights - p21 update from Africa - p22 mega congratulations Morgan! up the watter - p23 Morgan MacIntyre proudly holding her Silver medal she won at the Brish Transplant Games in Sheffield. rugby club – p24 Morgan also has a medal for compleng the 3k Donor run/walk to honour all Donors. shinty club - p24 BOYD BROTHERS CLYDEBoyd driftwood drover - p24 wild about kilmallie – p25 (HAULAGE) LTD Fort William Ltd Lochaber art club - p25 dè tha dol – p26 tapestry update - p26 would you like to become a sponsor too? focus on folk- p27 guiding memories – p28 We rely on the contribuons from our business community for the cost of distribung this free newsleer to every address in kilmallie history - p29 even bigger and better with 32 pages! our area. Without further sponsorship this year, we may not be able to meet all our costs. letters – p29 We welcome sponsorship from all businesses located in Kilmallie, or with principal key personnel resident in Kilmallie. If you feedback - p29 would you like to see your name or logo in print supporng your community newsleer, please join with our current sponsors. green fingers - p30 All donaons, big or small, are hugely appreciated. outward bound - p30 Please contact us at [email protected] for details. puzzles - p31 sponsors - p32 joan’s tapestry goes to holyrood see page 26 I was delighted to see the wee pepperpot lighthouse on Joan page 2 Kerr’s embroidery panel, what an achievement to have page 31 from the Chair completed such a wonderful piece of needlework that joins Well hello again and welcome to the September 2013 issue the other amazing pieces portraying Scotland’s rich history. of Kilmallie Community News. You will see that it is a wee The tapestry will be touring Scotland at some point so bit thicker this me at 32 pages; we have had great difficulty hopefully it will come to Lochaber. in recent issues trying to fit all the wonderful arcles we receive in to 28 pages, so when you have to grow, you have You will noce on page 5 that there is a newly formed to grow! Lochaber Area Commiee with an explanaon from Dot picture quiz Ferguson, Ward Manager on its role and how it will affect us You will noce a recurring theme of lier in this issue; it is locally. sad that a beauful area such as we live in is tainted by no 1 thoughtless dumping of rubbish, whether locally or arriving Well then, take some me out and enjoy yet another with the des, but heart‐warming that within our fantasc issue of the Kilmallie Community News; a very big where in Kilmallie community we have members who take acon to do well done to our newsleer team, arcle contributors, sponsors and delivery team, it just gets beer and beer! is this chef working? something about removing it. I just love the beauful driwood drove pony on page 24: Maggie Mackenzie how marvellous it is... an excellent piece of arstry and a great use for some of the many pieces of driwood that [email protected] ? ? ? ? ? ? ? growing all the time wash up on our beaches. Answers to these puzzles are on the website experience, equipment and infrastructure to potenally www.kilmallie.org.uk (follow the link on the RHS of the homepage) deliver these services much more efficiently than voluntary How can we help and will also be published in the next issue of the groups. They therefore do not seem sensible tasks to ask newsleer for people without access to the volunteers to do. Where community acon can really play an internet Highland Council important role is responding to rare and unusual events that the Council could not realiscally expect to plan for, improve their services? providing the kind of extra assistance that friends and neighbours are parcularly good at. During this summer’s “some straight clues, some cryptic clues, Across Last year Highland Council started a consultaon process on hill fires, the community excelled at checking up on and how the council could save money to address its funding some easy, some not so easy” 1 Top of the head followed by the Spanish blade helping their neighbours, leaving the emergency services to deficit. Some of these cuts will simply be addressing a short‐ (7) tackle the most crical situaons with their specialist skills. term crisis. However, the more important issue is thinking 1 2 3 4 5 6 4 Diamond has 4 (5) Similarly we should all be prepared to change our plans and about what kind of services we all need and would like to 7 Maybe the cat got it? (5) help each other out in response to extreme weather, but 9 Beer (7) see in the longer‐term, and how they can best be provided. that is a very different thing from the regular clearing of 10 Bouquet (7) One of Highland Council’s plans is to recruit volunteers to do footpaths in typical winter condions. 7 8 9 11 He’s part of a small answer (5) jobs that we have always seen done by Council workers. 12 Right in the sng for this e (6) more Kilmallie quiz pictures to baffle us Arguably the most effecve thing we can all do to help Whilst most of us aspire to live in a community where 14 He lives next door to the knight (6) the Council improve services is to look at all the things we do people play their part looking aer each other and the local 18 Leans (5) which unwingly cause expense. Refuse collecon is an environment, that is not the same as expecng volunteers to 20 Scosh plant (7) obvious example. Whilst recycling is helpful in 10 11 provide services that were previously provided by the 22 Presenter(7) environmental terms, such waste sll needs to be collected Council. There are few that would argue that saving money 23 Robin’s colour from Lincoln (5) and processed, and it would be beer if it were never by cung jobs and then hoping volunteers, who may or may 24 Gomorrah’s partner (5) created at all. In 2010/11 the cost for refuse collecon for 25 Stan gets in the mug ‐ whoa there horsey (7) not have the necessary skills, will fill the gaps is a sensible each household in Highland was £183, and landfill tax is set 12 13 14 15 16 strategy. Similarly, expecng voluntary groups to raise Down to be £80 per tonne by 2014. These costs roughly scale to money to pay the Council for ‘non‐essenal’ services is the amount of waste we produce. Cut our waste by 1% and 17 1 They get out the ring at the start of the round basically a form of voluntary local taxaon which is hard to (7) that would pay for Christmas lights. By composng all food see can be viable in the long term. Whether paid or unpaid, 2 Inially a man eats noodle stew for the endings waste and avoiding items with unnecessary packaging it is 18 19 20 21 everyone’s me is valuable, and their skills need to be used (5) easy to reduce what we put in the bin by 25% without any to best effect. There needs to be a well thought out strategy 3 Cricket extra (6) real effort. The retail industry would also soon get the for how voluntary groups including Community Councils can 4 Dance for a lile Samuel who got a degree (5) message if items in excess packaging simply didn’t sell and a 5 Samson’s partner (7) work most effecvely alongside Highland Council. Roune 25% reducon would save roughly the equivalent of 22 23 6 Temptress (5) services requiring specialist equipment or infrastructure Highland Council’s total winter road maintenance budget. 8 Girl’s Renaults car lose final direcon (5) should be provided by the Council. Community Councils and That would be a good example of a community acng 13 Started again when the sum is in the rering other voluntary groups can provide advice on how best to together and playing to its strengths. deer (7) tailor these to local needs. 24 25 15 It’s oen on the cake (5) Or why not consider helping to make the voice of the For example, Highland Council are currently seeking 16 Old German currency (7) community really heard, by joining Kilmallie Community volunteers to take on jobs such as clearing snow and ice 17 This small river confuses the master 6) Council? As members of KCC, cizens have a real from footpaths, and they have stopped providing Christmas 18 There are lots of these in Scotland (5) opportunity to make long‐lasng improvements in their Thank you to Tony Whitelocke please send us lights.