Issue No 36,December 2011 page 20 Please take a copy—it is FREE A and a big thank you to all our sponsors We have been able to produce and distribute the Kilmallie Community News through sponsorship from the following local businesses. Finlay Finlayson of The Underwater Centre, Fort William has again very generously donated the copying costs. We owe Tradewinds a HUGE apology for missing them out by mistake in the last issue. inside We’ve made their logo twice the size this time to compensate! page 2 KCC Report page 3 LOCHEIL LOGISTICS KCC news page 4 Councillors’ corner On the web page 5 CORPACH HOTEL Noticeboard news page 6 Corpach in Colour Banavie Floral Fireworks page 7 Thanks to Stuart Taylor of Lochaber News for this photo. Xmas party Playgroup page 8 High School www.kilmallie.org.uk goes live page 9 Kilmallie Community Council are delighted to announce the birth of our new website! Banavie Primary We hope you like it. Please visit it, let us know what you think of it, and let us know what else you would like to see there. page 10 It’s just a start though, and we’ll be adding more features, and hopefully lots of your photos, soon. for your email copy of the next newsletter? next copy of the email your for BOYD BROTHERS (HAULAGE) LTD. Kilmallie Hall Full story on page 4 page 11 Community Company Canal Consultation Welcome to Issue Number 36 of the Kilmallie Community News. Thank you for all the positive feedback on our recently reintroduced newsletter, we hope you enjoy this one just as much. Once again I also page 12 thank all our contributors, every snippet is much appreciated. Please contact us if you have anything you Wild about Kilmallie would like to include in the next issue. page 13 There were Community Council elections in October/November and by the time you receive this newsletter we will be reconstituted and actively working again for the residents of Kilmallie. You can Canal news read more about the elections inside. Not all areas have a Community Council and we hope that CLYDEBoyd Fort William Ltd page 14 Kilmallie residents will feel a positive effect of our representation. Please contact us if you have any Coastguard issues of local interest you would like us to pursue. page 15 Our minutes are posted on the Corpach noticeboard and will also appear on the newly-reinstated Would you like to see your name/logo in print supporting your community newsletter? At the Mod Banavie noticeboard too. Dates, times and locations of meetings are included there. Generally though, rd If so then please join with our sponsors and contribute to the cost of publishing and distributing we meet on the 3 Wednesday of the month in Kilmallie Hall. You will be made very welcome if you page 16 future issues. come along and be given the opportunity to speak if you desire. Focus on business Contact us at [email protected] for details There’s just space for me to squeeze in a personal thank you to the other Community Council Focus on folk members for their hard work and perseverance, and also our local Councillors for their continuing History snippets 21 Elite Elite 21 invaluable advice. eps, Ne 19 Canal, 18 Annual, 17 Tarnish, 16 Cocoa, 15 Labours, 13 Erect, 8 Tweet, 6 Fiancee, 5 Bobby, 4 Excess, 3 Lions, 2 1Wagtail, Down page 17 Finally and most importantly, happy reading! Jillian Clark 24 Lists, 25 Lambeth 25 Lists, 24 Letters , Al ibi 23 Nouveau, 22 Nuclear, 20 Cabin, 18 Accent, 14 Plates, L 12 Yacht, 11 Answers, 10 Cabbage, 9 Glove, 7 Befit, 4 Welcome, 1 Across Tony’s Crossword Tony’s page 18 Tummel 30 Torridon, 29 ay, T 8 16 Laxford, 17 Leven, 18 Long, 19 Moidart, 20 Monar, 21 More, 22 Ness, 23 Nevis, 24 Seaforth, 25 Shiel, 26 Shin, 27 Sunart, 2 Sunart, 27 Shin, 26 Shiel, 25 Seaforth, 24 Nevis, 23 Ness, 22 More, 21 Monar, 20 Moidart, 19 Long, 18 Leven, 17 Laxford, 16 Spotlight a very merry kilmallie christmas Laggan, 5 1 , 1 Ailort, 2 Alsh, 3 Awe, 4 Broom, 5 Carron, 6 Cluanie, 7 Earn, 8 Eil, 9 Etive, 10 Ewe, 11 Fyne, 12 Hourn, 13 Insh, 14 Katrine 14 Insh, 13 Hourn, 12 Fyne, 11 Ewe, 10 Etive, 9 Eil, 8 Earn, 7 Cluanie, 6 Carron, 5 Broom, 4 Awe, 3 Alsh, 2 Ailort, 1 page 19 Lochs the Unlock Answers to Puzzles to Answers Puzzles and all best wishes for 2012! Christmas Ceilidh - story and pictures on page 7 have you signed up page 20 sponsors page 2 page 19 Kilmallie Community Council feedback Thanks for your Newsletter, it looks great, congratulations to you Well it has been a very busy 3 months since our September edition of the newsletter. We’ve held our regular meetings in all, you are doing a fantastic job, it looks so professional and it is Sept Oct and Nov, plus an additional one in early Dec. We’ve been responsive to a number of issues raised by individuals in the com- Here’s some of the great feedback we received after our re- very informative. Carolyn munity. As well as all the things mentioned below, topics that have been discussed include the poor availability of broadband in launch issue in September: remoter areas, (see letter p 17) the illicit dumping of waste and its possible impact on the River Lochy, the Banavie street lighting Thank you so much for my first copy of the Kilmallie Community reduction trials, and a photographic record of the Blar before development work starts (see p 5). Congratulations to all - the newsletter is excellent! News. I really enjoyed all the stories and puzzles in it. And I look Four members of KCC attended the Lochaber North Ward Forum at Caol Community Centre (see p 3) and we continue to Paul and Joy Biggin forward to the next issue. Paula Halas support the interest of Kilmallie families with one member attending meetings about the joint campus primary school in Caol, repre- senting, in particular, the Additional Support Needs provision. We appreciate the effort which went into the newsletter - it is not Thank you for sending through a copy of the new community We were in discussions with The Waterways Trust regarding planned repairs to sections of the canal towpath which are now news. It is good to see that the Community Council is back up and easy to put something like that together, so well done. part of the Highland Council Core Path scheme. We stressed the number of complaints that we have heard over recent repairs using running. Stuart Wilkie, Fassfern Estate Manager Marian and Andy loose chunky stone chippings which cause problems for pushchairs, wheelchairs and anyone who has difficulty walking. We were Enjoyed reading the newsletter and congratulate you all on your assured that British Waterways Scotland (BWS) were aware that past repairs were below standard and that it will not be done in this We have thoroughly enjoyed the first copy of your news- work. Sue Chadney way again. We attended BWS’s canal consultation over two days, listening to and absorbing people’s views. We have supported letter. Keep it up and hope it is successful for many years to the Friends of Caledonian Canal Lochaber’s (FOCAL’s) requests to BWS to facilitate better community participation in the canal devel- come. Glenys and Iain Henshaw opment masterplan proposals. Five of us attended a pre-planning application community consultation given by BSW Timber to explain the proposals for the final phase of the sawmill's £18 m move to, and redevelopment of, the former pulp mill site. The new modern sawmill has already exceeded its expected increased employment numbers and currently has a workforce of about 150 staff. Two members attended a thermal imaging course organised by Lochaber Environmental Group (see p 3) and have completed the first home visits to undertake a thermal survey and give the householder information on insulation, draught proofing etc. We have had several meetings and worked closely with Hotscot to produce our fabulous new website. We’ve put a lot of unlock the lochs time into preparing the content of the website, collecting existing photographs for it, and taking lots more. It’s great to have the op- Each cryptic clue leads to the name of a Scottish loch. Hint: the answers are in alphabetical order. portunity to show off some of our stunning scenery in Kilmallie. We have also received training from Hotscot on how to maintain the website, which is essential so we can keep it live and current. 1 TAILOR MADE 11 SOUNDS GOOD 21 INGREDIENT OF HAM OR EGG We were delighted to show our appreciation of Corpach in Colour’s Flower and Produce Show held at the Kilmallie Hall with 2 LASH OUT 12 TIME HAS NO ENDING 22 FOUR DIRECTIONS the KCC Salver being presented to Susan Munro for most points in the garden produce section. We have made informal comments on the planning applications for the new Tesco supermarket at the Blar, and the associat- 3 WE FOLLOW A LEADER 13 LEG BONE IS BROKEN... 23 IN ONE VISIT at www.kilmallie.org.uk ed new roundabouts etc. If anyone would like more information about the proposals please get in touch. We understand that work 4 BOY LEFT BEDROOM 14 A TINKER TINKERED 24 PRONOUNCED 3RD LETTER & 4TH on the ground is likely to be starting fairly soon, so keep an eye out for more information.