Kinross Newsletter Founded in 1977 by Mrs Nan Walker, MBE Issue No 359 December 2008 www.kinrossnewsletter.org ISSN 1757-4781 DEADLINE for the January/February Issue 2.00 pm, Monday CONTENTS 12 January 2009 From the Editor ............................................................2 for publication on Letters ..........................................................................2 Saturday 24 January 2009 News and Articles .........................................................4 Police Box....................................................................8 Contributions for inclusion in the Community Councils.....................................................9 Newsletter Club & Community Group News .................................17 The Newsletter welcomes items from clubs, Sport ..........................................................................27 community organisations and individuals for News from the Rurals..................................................32 publication. 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Editor Eileen Thomas Typesetting and Layout Tony Dyson Word Processing Julia Fulton Advertising Ann Harley Treasurer Ross McConnell Distribution Craig Williams Subscriptions Ann Harley 2 Letters Editorial Support for football in Kinross 7.11.08 We welcome your views on all matters to do with life in In October Tom Muirhead wrote of the ‘lack of recognition Kinross-shire, so please keep the letters coming in. and support that Kinross High School and in particular the PE staff have given to football’. Please also remember than January is a strange month for Through your publication I would like to respond to that us. There is no Newsletter at the start of the month; instead statement on behalf of the school. we have a joint January/February issue. The deadline will The support and promotion of any single sport in a school is seem really early compared to a normal month – it is done in two ways; firstly through the curriculum and Monday 12 January , for publication on Saturday 24 secondly by providing opportunities outwith the curriculum, January. i.e. extra-curricular activities. Within the curriculum, here at KHS, we support and thereby The Newsletter team wishes all our readers and contributors promote a wide range of sporting activities. We teach both a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. team and individual sports throughout the six years of a pupil’s education. We are in fact one of a few secondary Letters Policy schools who have offered PE as part of our core curriculum We reserve the right not to publish any letter. Letters will not be in S5/6, before the Scottish Government’s recent guidelines published unless the sender’s name and address are supplied and concerning physical activity for all pupils. Throughout they are prepared to have them published along with their letter. those six years our PE courses are organised in blocks o f Please note that the Newsletter does not necessarily agree with activity. Football, Mr Muirhead’s principal concern, is any of the views expressed on these pages. always offered on an annual basis as are a number of others. In that way we ensure that football is treated exactly the same as the other sports. At other points in our courses a Abbreviations Used choice of activity is sometimes offered and at these times P&KC = Perth & Kinross Council football is often the pupils’ chosen activity and we support CC = Community Council this on these occasions. Cllr = Councillor Outwith the curriculum, in extra-curricular activities, the CCllr = Community Councillor school is dependent upon staff giving of their own time. In this regard we are limited to those staff who choose to give and in which areas they wish to do so. Our extra-curricular ALDERBANK LTD programme is not only limited to the sporting arena. Hardwood Flooring Specialists On a weekly basis we offer some 55 different extra- curricular clubs and activities which our pupils can access • New Floors Supplied and Fitted and many of them do. It would be wrong of me to suggest that this programme is • Old Floors Repaired, Sanded and Refinished limited in any way and I believe it would stand up to programmes offered by many other schools. For Free Advice and Quotations Of these 55 activities there are three dedicated to football Call Niall Simpson on 07778 772354 and there are four dedicated to rugby, both offering an or 01259 781394 opportunity for girls. or see www.alderbank.com I would counter Mr Muirhead’s assertion that football has a for more info and special offers lack of support and recognition in Kinross High School. On the matter of sporting tours abroad for a school football team, I would be delighted to support this venture in any CHRISTMAS TREE LAND way I could. It would require staff to be interested in doing SPONSOR OF KINROSS CHRISTMAS TREE 2008 so, to organise the event and to forego their holiday, in order Let “The Kilted Christmas Tree Company Ltd” make your to accompany the young people. These voluntary Christmas extra special this year by ordering a premium commitments of KHS staff are a matter of individual quality Christmas tree from our Milnathort based business, choice. The parents and pupils of KHS benefit in many We also have a cracking selection of Stockings, Gifts, ways from the contributions of our staff to the extra Stocking Fillers, Wreaths & Garlands, curricular programme. Christmas Tree Lights and Christmas Tree Decorations. We do better to encourage those individuals who make this Why don’t you pop down to David Sands car park in level of commitment and not to castigate those who do not. Kinross where we will be on site selling our top quality R H Keatings, Headteacher Christmas trees every Saturday and Sunday in December Kinross High School OR PHONE 01577 865500 www.christmastreeland.co.uk Please quote Kinross 10 when placing orders for Free delivery & 10% discount on orders over £75 Letters 3 Home Reports and Selling Your Home 17.11.08 Heritage Trail - Grahamstone 09.11.08 From 1 December the Scottish Executive has decided that Having sampled the new and beautiful stage of the Heritage every property placed onto the market will require a Home Trail my wife and I find it a joy. We however can only walk Report. Properties on the market before this date will not it as unfortunately our days of cycling are past. Living as require a report and there will be some other exceptions we do in Kinnesswood we can only reach the Trail initially