District News
Kinross Contd
Netball club Training sessions resume in the large sports hall at Loch Leven community campus on Friday, August 18, from 7pm to 8pm. New members are welcome. The club is open to all levels of ability and fitness. For more information email kinrossnetball@hotmail.com. Community campus An antiques, vintage, retro collectors fair will take place at Loch Leven Communty Campus on Saturday, August 19, from 9.30am to 3.30pm, entry costs £1 per person. Buying, selling and valuations will be given on the day. For stall bookings, telephone Angus Martin on 07944 416565. Anniversary Giacopazzi’s in Kinross will host their its anniversary party on Saturday, August 19. Attractions will include a barbecue, bouncy castle, face painting for the kids, strawberry tart making and competitions with a chance to win Giacopazzi’s pizza and ice cream and lots more. Fossoway and District Horticultural Society The society’s 99th competition will take place in the village hall, Crook of Devon on Saturday, August 19. Doors open at 2pm and will be followed by the presentation of trophies. Admission costs £1 for adults £1, free entry for children. Schedules are available from Fossoway Store or Garage, Crook of Devon or by contacting George Harley on 01577 840752. Everyone is welcome. Crook and Drum Growing Together The official opening of the new flower bed on the green will take place on Sunday, August 20, at noon. Everyone is welcome to go along with a picnic and any outdoor games and visitors are encouraged to bring a plant along to be added to the bed. All welcome. Circle dancing Classes resumes in Millbridge Hall on Tuesday, August 22, at 10.30am and Wednesday, August 23 at 10am in the Dance Studio in Junction Road. Newcomers will be made welcome with no experience needed. For more information, contact Lynne on 01259 742173 or email lynne244@btinternet.com. Perth Citizens Advice Bureau Outreach surgery will be held in St Paul’s Church hall, The Muirs, on Tuesday, August 22, from 1.30-3.30pm. No appointment is needed as the surgery is a drop-in service. For complex issues a further appointment may be necessary. Perth CAB can help; advice is free, confidential, impartial and independent. Contact the advice line on 01738 450580; appointment line on 01738 450581. Perth CAB offers a benefits advice in libraries service on Wednesday and Thursday, August 23 and 24. Benefits specialist Sarah MacLean will be available in Loch Leven community library to provide advice on all benefit related issues. Sarah is available by appointment only. Appointments are usually offered on Wednesdays and Thursday. To make an appointment, call 01738 450599 or email Andrew Scobie (benefits and debt administration) at Andrew. Scobie@Perthcab.casonline.org.uk.
Luncarty
Church The service on Sunday will be held in Stanley Church at the usual time. The messy church event will be held in Luncarty Church Centre after the service from 3-5pm. There will be games, crafts, songs and stories for all the family and will conclude with a barbecue tea at 5pm. All welcome.
Newburgh
Bonus ball The winner of last week’s TICC bonus ball was Elisabeth Pearson. The winning number was 27. TICC Cafe August 12 will be the last Saturday that the TICC Cafe will be open for the summer. Coffee mornings resume on August 26. A twelve-week-old beaver kit found near the River Earn between Crieff and Comrie is currently in the care of the Scottish SPCA.
The injured youngster is the first of its kind that the charity’s National Wildlife Rescue Centre at Fishcross has cared for.
He was discovered by a Crieff resident while out on a walk.
The kit appeared to have been caught by a dog and was having difficulty walking.
The woman took him to Crieff Vets, where staff checked him over and named him‘Justin (Beaver)’
Methven
Bowling club This week’s Methven Bowling Club lottery numbers were 10, 13, 15 and 19. There were no winners, meaning the jackpot next week – in a nod to the Canadian pop star Justin Beiber.
They then alerted the SSPCA, who have since renamed him‘Timber’, and he is now on the long road to rehabilitation at the rescue centre.
Centre manager Colin Seddon said:“Timber arrived into our care at only ten weeks old after being caught by a dog on what could have been one of his first times out of the lodge!
“At such a young age he would have still been taking milk but has moved onto solid food in our care.
“Timber is the first beaver kit we have cared for
Timber the beaver is being cared for by the SSPCA at our centre in Fishcross so it’s very exciting.
“He will remain in our care for up to two years as this is the length of time beaver kits stay with their parents in the wild. After this they are able to find territories and partners of their own.
“We’ll release Timber back into the wild with the landowners permissions along with the appropriate licences once he is matured and ready.”
Anyone who discovers an injured or distressed wild animal should call the Scottish SPCA animal helpline on 03000 999999.