page 32 Issue No 50, June 2015 a huge thank you delivered free to every address in Kilmallie to our sponsors A huge thank you to the businesses below who have sponsored the newsleer this year. Our newsleer costs have been met by donaons from all the businesses below, from KCC’s limited funds and in kind from all our many volunteers. in this issue KCC from the chair – p2 KCC meetings – p3 last post - p4 community policing – p4 planning applications - p4 slower safer smilier - p5 councillors’ corner - p6 carbon challenge – p7 Banavie War Memorial - p7 Corpach Marine - p8-9 Banavie Play Park - p10 more Moorings - p10 Banavie Floral - p11 Corpach in Colour - p11 towpath troubles - p11 Produce Show - p12-13 let us know via our suggestion boxes Kilmallie Playgroup - p14-16 Locheilnet - p16 Banavie School - p17 Heather’s Walk - p18-19 High Notes - p20 Canal News - p21 Waterloo Walk - p22 Christmas Lights - p22 Green Fingers - p23 Community Centre - p23 Music for All - p24 Music Shed - p24 Wilson Corpach - p24 BOYD BROTHERS CLYDEBoyd Rugby Club - p25 Fort William Ltd Shinty Club – p25 (HAULAGE) LTD geocaching - p26 dancing divas – p26 poem from Ruth - p26 wild about Kilmallie - p27 heather’s huge happy walk dog club - p28 The sun shone for the 180 people When Sarah Walker and Margaret raising money for a very worthy bowel cancer - p28 that did Heather's Walk on 31st Simpson started the walk in 2008 cause. You have been Lochaber Beekeepers - p29 May. The hall was busy with all in memory of their friend Heather inspiraonal. Huge cheers too to FOCAL - p30 the lovely stalls, many raffles and it was to be for one year. Heather everyone else who has worked so letters & feedback - p30 aucon. The ladies/two lovely girls had been in the Highland Hospice hard to make it such a success kept us all well fed. The fun went for care so they decided to hold year on year, and to the hundreds crofting townships - p31 on to Tradewinds in the evening the walk to raise money for the of people of all ages who have museum needs you - p31 with great music, raffles and the Hospice. It was so successful they taken part. would you like to become a sponsor too? history snippets - p32 aucon. It stayed dry for the carried on ‐ this was their eighth We rely on the contribuons from our business community spotlight - p33 annual Strip the Willow out on the year! Sadly we hear it will also be More pictures Corpach for the cost of producing and distribung this free newsleer to every address in our area. focus on business - p33 road with tourists joining in. the last. Huge cheers for in centre in Colour We welcome sponsorship from all businesses located in Kilmallie, or with principal key personnel resident in Kilmallie. If you focus on folk - p34 what should KCC’s priorities be? Sarah, myself and all the Margaret and Sarah for a truly pages. would you like to see your name or logo in print supporng your community newsleer, please join with our current sponsors. message from puzzles from pithean - p35 volunteers thank you for helping fantasc fundraising effort, raising All donaons, big or small, are hugely appreciated. the two sponsors - p36 us to raise the great amount of about £70,000 in total, that has Please contact us at [email protected] for details. Margarets, £6000 (and sll counng). provided so much fun, fresh air Margaret and community spirit, as well as page 11 page 2 Is KCC worth keeping? page 35 kilmallie We hope you think we’ve served a useful purpose over the last four years, but would you noce, or mind, if KCC ceased community to exist? Would it maer if Kilmallie lost the most local level of representaon? Only Kilmallie residents can answer that. If the answer from everyone is ‘No’ then KCC will cease to council exist in November (and this will be your last‐but‐one Delighted to welcome Gerry Hallas and LBS to our slowly newsleer!). But if the answer from even a few people is picture quiz no 7 growing list of sponsors (see back page). The newsleer ‘Yes’ then the next queson must be ‘Wha’ll gie it a blaw?’ These creatures (but not the specific simply couldn’t happen without the generous help of local Journalist and broadcaster Lesley Riddoch gave a smulang ones in the photos) have all been business people. spotted in Kilmallie in the last few talk in Kilmallie at the end of March. A turnout of about 100 people gave her a long loud round of applause at the end. weeks. Can you name them, and Her topic was essenally community empowerment ‐ what guess which feature in the Thinking ahead impedes it and what encourages it to blossom. If we wait for landscape is common to where they were all seen? Come November 2015, just five months away, you will no empowerment to be bestowed on us, we’ll probably be a longer have a Community Council. long me waing.*** Lesley illustrated, by many inspiring examples, that empowerment comes from within, especially Answer to Picture Quiz No 6: This isn’t because your exisng Community Councillors have when people come together in common cause. The cupola, or rooflight, over the had enough, are too exhausted to carry on, have too many foyer of the Health Centre at independent countries! other commitments, or are just throwing in the towel. All Camaghael. Community Councils throughout Scotland are elected for a Be the change you want to see The Health Centre was officially four year fixed term, and for us that term ends in November. Where community councils are concerned, it can be a case opened in May 2007 so the cupola must have been there since early At that point all exisng Community Councillors must stand of ‘use us or lose us’. And the best way to use a community 2007 or maybe late 2006. down, and the Community Council is dissolved. council ‐ to have a really effecve community council ‐ is for as many people as possible to get acvely involved, either as full members or associate members. What happens next? Answers to these puzzles are on the website www.kilmallie.org.uk Across Highland Council haven’t yet published a detailed metable (follow the link on the RHS of the homepage) There is no guarantee that any of our exisng Community for the CC elecons, but we expect nominaons to be called and will also be published in the next issue of the newsletter for people 1 One of three (7) Councillors will stand for re‐elecon. We’ve enjoyed the for in September. More details in our next newsleer. without access to the internet 4 This girl is mean with a good centre (5) last four years, and we like to think we’ve made a lile 7 The prayer asks for this daily (5) difference, but some of us will be considering whether we Hopefully enough people will want to see KCC re‐established 9 Can be haute (7) “some straight, some cryptic, some easy, some not so easy” can manage a second term ‐ many of us work full me, or for a further term, with lots of ideas for protecng, 10 This officer sounds like a bit of a nut (7) have onerous family commitments, or other voluntary improving and enhancing the place where we live. Could 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 It has landed! (5) involvements, some even have all three! one of them be you? No experience necessary, just a 12 Kirkwall is here (6) bigger than six smidge of idealism. 14 Mixed as nose. Salt would do it (6) Highland Council sets the rules for how many people can be *** Holyrood’s Community Empowerment Bill, if passed later this month, 18 Charloe’s uncle (5) on a Community Council. For Kilmallie, the minimum is 4. 7 8 9 will be welcome but it’s only one very small step in the right direcon. 20 Sail man confused these beasts (7) So if more than 3 of the present 7 don’t stand for re‐elecon, 22 Denver’s equestrian NFL team (7) there will be no more Community Council unless some new As well as our normal meengs and correspondence over the last 23 The Rolling Stones sang about her (5) people have come forward too. In any case it is always good three months, KCC members have: 24 The short foot robbery (5) to keep new faces coming aboard ‐ CCs that have the same 10 11 established a Community Fund 25 Aural stopper (7) few members for years on end can easily get stuck in a rut. become much more acve on Facebook (thanks Carol Anne!) joint‐hosted a community husngs in the general elecon Down Think global, act local had talks from Cizens’ Advice Bureau, Corpach Marina (see 12 13 14 15 16 1 Put that in your pipe and smoke it! (7) Across Scotland a number of Community Councils are in page 8 and Locheil Estates (see page 21) 2 Perfect. Inside always (5) aended meengs of the Partnership of Fort William Area CCs crisis, and have either had to fold because their numbers 17 3 This Mr Man might make you giggle (6) on top of Cnoc nam Faobh? any history of the ruined stone enclosure have dropped below the minimum, or are struggling to keep raised concerns about the surface of the canal towpath and 4 Jerry is one (5) the pavement outside the Co‐op going with minimum numbers.