Founding editor, Mrs Nan Walker, MBE Kinross Newsletter Founded in 1977 by Kinross Community Council ISSN 1757-4781 Published by Kinross Newsletter Limited, Company No. SC374361 Issue No 430 www.kinrossnewsletter.org www.facebook.com/kinrossnewsletter June 2015 DEADLINE CONTENTS for the July Issue 5.00 pm, Friday From the Editor ..................................................................2 Letters ................................................................................2 12 June 2015 News and Articles ...............................................................4 for publication on Police Box ........................................................................19 Saturday 27 June 2015 Community Councils ........................................................20 Club & Community Group News .....................................31 Contributions for inclusion in the Sport .................................................................................45 Newsletter News from the Rurals .......................................................52 The Newsletter welcomes items from community organisations and individuals for publication. 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[email protected] No part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form without the express written permission of the publishers. Editor Eileen Thomas Typesetting and Layout Tony Dyson Distribution Lee Scammacca Advertising Ann Harley Treasurer and Subscriptions Ross McConnell Letters Editorial Local Landscape Areas (LLAs) Dear Editor, I feel, in the interest of historical accuracy, that There appears to be an explosion of interest in good food I must comment on the report by Councillor Giacopazzi in and eating experiences in Kinross-shire! your May 2015 edition on the above. My source is the PKC Andy Miller opened a smokehouse and shop recently at Minute enclosed, from which you should note viz: Loch Leven’s Larder. I’ve tasted some samples of the It was the meeting of 25 March 2015 of the Enterprise and salmon, cheese and venison and they were delicious. Infrastructure Committee, of which Councillor Giacopazzi is Also, suddenly, we have more choice when eating out. Vice Convener, not Development Management as he stated, Heaven Scent recently expanded with its Heavens Above which considered this matter of LLA designations. dining experiences. The Court House Restaurant and I had circulated the Committee on 23 March 2015 regarding Coffee Bar opened in the former County Buildings in early this and enclose same referred to in my letter of 31 March May and The Boathouse reopens under new management, 2015 to Planning and Sustainable Development on the Review and with a completely new vision, in late May, while this of our Local Development Plan (abridged in your May 2015 Newsletter is at press. In this issue we have features on the edition). latter two. The Minute states there was not cross-party support for the We have a full report on last month’s Feel Good Fair and Paper, as stated by Councillor Giacopazzi; in fact an amendment associated events. The outdoor trend continues as June plays by myself, supported by Councillor Robertson, calling for host to Discovery Day, Farm Open Sunday, Glenfarg village reconsideration of the Devon Gorge and Cleish Hills as LLAs fete and the last ever Kinross Primary School summer fair was defeated. All six members of the Committee from the to take place in the grounds as we know them. SNP voted against the community’s wishes on this. Neither All four of our local elected members have chosen to the Committee Convener Kellas nor Councillor Giacopazzi write about the Local Government Boundary Commission attended the Review Panel meetings with the Consultants; if Scotland proposals in this month’s Newsletter. This is they had done so as I did, they would have been aware of the clearly a very important issue, as it could see a further strong representations made for the inclusion of these areas on erosion of Kinross-shire’s identity. merit; I note the subsequent submission from Kinross-shire Civic Trust to planning on this matter. About the Kinross Newsletter I thought it necessary to put the record straight and emphasise The Newsletter has been informing and supporting the the request by local members, at their meeting with Planning community for over 37 years. on 26 March 2015, for these areas to be reconsidered for LLA It began as a way of letting residents know what Kinross status as former AGLVs, which the community had fought Community Council was saying and doing, but soon hard for inclusion in our Local Plan 2004. expanded to be so much more. Yours sincerely As well as keeping up to date via news and club reports, Councillor Mike Barnacle readers use the Newsletter to find local trades and services, Independent Member for Kinross-shire and our loyal advertisers support the community by enabling us to publish local clubs’ reports and essential community information free of charge. Any profits made by House History Appeal the Newsletter are given away to local good causes. Whinfield House I am researching the history of Whinfield House for a degree Note to Contributors course with the University of Dundee. A great deal of the Newsletter comprises reports supplied by local I am appealing for any information or interesting stories clubs and other organisations. These reports are accepted in good about the house before the 1980s. faith. 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