Community Noticeboard - September 1, 2010
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Rural returns
THE new session of Milton of Campsie SWRI begins on Wednesday, September 28, in Milton of Campsie Village Hall at 7.30 pm.
Mrs Maureen Kirkland will give a talk on the "Hairy Bikers", the travelling chefs. The competition is a holiday souvenir and we hope that we will have lots of entries.
The ladies enjoyed their trip to Largs and the Seamill Hydro for high tea in May. The extra bonus was the sun shone the whole day!
The committee have a varied and interesting syllabus for 2010/11 and look forward to welcoming old and new members and anyone who wishes to come as a visitor.
Looking back
PAST and present pupils and staff of Auchinloch Primary are being invited to a trip down memory lane.
Auchinloch Community Council is holding an exhibition - Auchinloch Primary School Days - on Saturday, September 11, from 11am to 3pm in the village hall.
There will be photographs and memorabilia, dating from 1900, on display. Refreshments will also be available.
Quilt workshop
EVER wanted to learn how to make patchwork quilts?
A beginners' class is being held on September 18, from 1pm to 4pm at the Park Centre, 45 Kerr Street, in Kirkintilloch.
Three hours tuition and full materials supplied.
Workshop costs 20, please contact Margaret on 07719 171283 if you would like to book a place!
Speakers' Club
Kirkintilloch Speakers' Club held its annual general meeting at Lenzie Golf Club.
The club is the third largest in the United Kingdom.
This year Martin Walker was the winner in the Mid Scotland Area Speech Contest in addition to winning the club's own competition in that category.
Martin also won the Area and District Evaluation Contest and represented the area and district at York in the National Speakers' Conference.
All the club's competition winners were presented with their trophies at the AGM.
Winners: Speech, Martin Walker; verse, Ian Ross; topic competition, Max Bennet; evaluation competition, Martin Walker.
Kirkintilloch Speakers' organise a schools' competition each year and Kirkintilloch was awarded the National Brian Driskel Trophy for achieve-ments in this field.
Kirkintilloch Speakers' Club is informal and a member of the Association of Speakers Clubs.
Persons interested in joining should e-mail glmsb10@tiscali. co.uk
Cash boost
AUCHINAIRN Primary will be bursting with activity thanks to a lottery grant.
The Bishopbriggs school has been awarded 900 from the Big Lottery Fund's 2014 Communities programme.
The cash will allow the school to provide extra curricular activities in netball, badminton, cycling and dance.
Let's dance
SEQUENCE dancing at St Matthew's Church Hall' Bishopbriggs' will recommence on Thursday, September 2. All welcome.
Centre fair
Mavisbank Care Centre in Lennox Crescent, Bishop-briggs, is the place to be for a special fair this Saturday, September 4, from 1.30-4pm.
Relatives of the residents are organising the event, which is the major fundraiser of the year. This year the fair has an emergency services theme and will feature a fire engine, ambulance, police car and police dog, along with all the many other attractions.
Learn Gaelic
AN informal conversational Gaelic class will begin again on Friday, September 10. Classes run in blocks of six throughout the year, with support from Bord Na Gaidhlig.
Anyone interested in joining should go along on September 10 at 10am to Woodhill Evangelical Church on Wester Cleddens Road, Bishopbriggs. Call Valerie Gillies on 07981 281943 for further information.
Support
THE North of Glasgow support group resumes monthly meetings on Wednesday, September 8.
The gathering, under the chairmanship of Drew Edwards, will restart at their usual meeting place in Bishopbriggs Community Church Hall at 21 Park Avenue, at 2pm. Mr Edwards said: "We will listen to a wide variety of speakers. I guarantee any newcomer will discover our meetings have positive benefits."
Golf outing
Kirkintilloch Speakers Club members held their annual golf outing at Kirkintilloch Golf Club recently.
The weather was first class and the condition of the course was excellent
Robert Wilson won the nearest to the pin competition and Roger Copper won the overall trophy.
Staff at Kirkintilloch Golf Club were praised for producing a superb lunch and high tea which the members certainly appreciated after their work out round the course during the day.
The dubious special prize for winning the highest score at any hole was won by . . . nobody is saying, but the number of shots were 10!
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Wednesday 30 May 2012
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