District News

Glenfarg

Continued. Rewind concert A Rewind concert will be held in the Village Hall tomorrow (Saturday), starting at 7pm. But don’t worry if you don’t like 70s or 80s music, as a mighty craic is promised. Tickets cost £2.50 each and are available to buy from the shop. Snuffbox concert Glenfarg’s very own Charlie Stewart, Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2017, will be playing with Snuffbox in Glenfarg Village Hall on Saturday, May 13. Tickets are available from the village shop or online via snuffboxmusic. com or from Rory and Sheona Stewart. There will be a bar on the night; doors open from 7.30pm for an 8pm start. Everyone is invited to come along and bring their friends. Glenfarg Folk Club The club meets ‘Backstage at the Green’ Hotel, Kinross every Monday night, starting at 8pm prompt. For details on upcoming acts and events, visit their website at www.glenfargfolkclub.com LECT Guild Their new session started on Monday with a songs of praise event held in Dunning Church. Meetings take place on the last Monday of each month until September, with the exception of July 30, when the group will have a Sunday walk and barbecue in the Moncrieffe Estate. Other meetings will include presentations on Perth Foodbank, Playlist for Life, Christian Aid’s Guild project in Bolivia, and Home-Start Perth. Membership for this session is £10. If you are a member of another Guild, membership is free. An offering will be uplifted at each meeting. All are welcome – both women and men. Why not come along and give it a try? Earn Singers The Earn Singers are preparing for their annual concert, which will take place at Dunbarney Church tonight (Friday), from 7.30pm. The evening follows the resounding success of their Good Friday concert, which brought a packed audience to the church. Admission is £8 for adults and free to children. Church notices Anyone with news, parish events to share, points of interests or even jokes, can email these to: Notices.Editor@ada-church.org.uk.

Kettins

Daffodil tea Kettins-Ardler Guild are hosting a daffodil tea in Kettins Parish Hall on Saturday, May 6, between 2pm and 4pm. There will be stalls including plants, cake and candy, tombola and a raffle as well as home baking. Entry is £2.50 for adults and 50p for children.

Kinross

RSPB Loch Leven Activities at the Loch Leven reserve will begin with an optics weekend on Saturday and Sunday of this week. For more information and to book a place, contact the reserve office on 01577 862355. Loch Leven WEX Group for five to 12-yearolds are having a Loch Leven Bioblitz on Sunday, from 1pm to 3pm. For further details, email Margaret, group leader, on lochlevenWEX@rspb.org. uk. Please note that children under eight must be accompanied by an adult. Perth and Kinross Fairtrade walk The group will hold a Fairtrade walk along the Loch Leven Heritage Trail tomorrow (Saturday). Anyone wishing to attend this event should register at Loch Leven lodges, Findatie between 9.30am and 11am. This is a free event and residents are encouraged to come along and show their support for Fairtrade and celebrate Perth and Kinross becoming a Fairtrade zone. There will be a choice of distances to walk. The full route will be 13 miles, with a shorter route around Findatie, turning off for Loch Leven’s Larder and back - a distance of seven and a half miles. The short route will be from Findatie to the RSPB Loch Leven reserve at Vane Farm and back – a distance of approximately one mile. Kinross and Ochil Walking Group The group’s next walk to the Falkirk Wheel will take place tomorrow (Saturday). This will be a circular walk of nine miles and will begin from the wheel, travelling along the canal path (through a tunnel) towards Pirleyhill and along country tracks, returning to the wheel car park. For more information and details of the meeting place, contact group secretary, Ann Eve on 01577 863887. The group are holding a walk to Gartmorn Dam and Lin Mill on Tuesday, May 9. Residents should meet at Kinross Park & Ride at 10am or at Gartmorn Visitor Centre at 10.40am. This will be an easy walk along a wooded waterside path and quiet roads with open views, returning along the south side of the dam. For further details, contact walks leader, Edna Burnett on 01577 862977. Kinross Cycling Club The club are hosting a family fun day this Sunday, at 10am from pier car park, Kinross. All families are welcome to attend this informal family cycling challenge on Loch Leven Heritage Trail. All riders must have completed the ride by 1pm. Families can cycle to Burleigh Sands and back, or complete the full 13 miles trail. Commemorative mugs and cake will be given to all competitors. A suggested donation of £10 for each family will be donated to PADS Dog Shelter and Fife Cat Shelter. Kinross Hub The carers cafe will next meet in Loch Leven Community Campus on Monday, May 1, from 10am to 12 noon. The speaker will commence at 10.15am prompt and will talk on the topic of moving and handling. Contact Gail Boath on 01577 867306 or Annette Bond on 01738 567076. Blythswood Care collection The next collection for Blythswood Care will take place at Asda’s car park, Perth on Tuesday, May 2, from 11.30am to 1.30pm. For more information, contact the driver on 07989 344770. Open day Enable Mobility will hold an open day in Loch Leven Health Centre, the Muirs, Kinross on Wednesday, May 3, from 10.30am to 3.30pm. AGM The Thursday group will hold their annual general meeting in the lower hall of the Church Centre, Kinross on Thursday, May 4, at 7.30pm. New members are welcome. For more information, contact 01577 863421. Yarn day A yarn day will be held at Skeins & Bobbins shop on 120 High Street, Kinross on Saturday, May 6, from 10am to 4.30pm. Complimentary tea, coffee, biscuits and cake will be served on the day, with attractions including free patterns, free raffle and special offers. Loch Leven Community Library A French story time event for four to eight-year-olds will be held in the library on Saturday, May 6, from 11.30am to 12 noon. To book a free place, contact the library on 01577 867205. Little Seedlings Club The club will next meet at Dobbies Garden Centre, Kinross on Sunday, May 7, at 11am. New members are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult. Please book online at community.kinross@dobbies.com. Perth Citizens Advice Bureau The group’s next outreach advice surgery will be held in St Paul’s Church Hall, the Muirs, Kinross on Tuesday, May 9, from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. No appointment is necessary as this 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 their advice line on 01738 450580; appointment line on 01738 450581.

Kirkmichael

Session house A talk by Sally Atkinson entitled ‘Madagascar - Island of Mysteries’ took place in the Session house on Wednesday of this week. The illustrated talk covered the development of the island’s unique flora and fauna. It also covered the migration of people, their history and culture. A donation of £2 at the door was taken in aid of session house funds, and included refreshments.

Luncarty

Luncarty Church Communion will be celebrated in Luncarty Church Centre this Sunday, at 10am. All welcome. A coffee morning will be held on Saturday, May 6, from 10am to 11.30am. Bowling Club Numbers in the lottery this week were 1, 6, 13 and 16. There was no winning line, and prize money next week will be £2000.

Meigle

Concert Scottish trad-rock band Skerryvore are performing in Meigle’s Kinloch Memorial Hall this Friday, April 29. Tickets cost £16 and the evening is bring your own bottle (BYOB). For more information, contact Elaine Sturrock on 01828 640312.

Methven

Bowling Club This year Methven Bowling Club celebrates its 150th year and to commemorate this milestone in the club’s history a number of special events have been planned. Starting on Saturday of this week, the club will entertain representatives from the clubs they play against, including those from the Perth league from Auchterarder to Crieff and also many local clubs. Glasgow’s Hampden Bowling Club, against whom the club has had a friendship for 20 years, will be attending on Saturday. This will be an exciting year for the village club, so why not come along try bowls and be part of it. Bowls is no longer an old person’s game. It’s a game for all; a place to meet both friends old and new, and with that in mind Saturday, June 3, will be a day when ex-members will be coming along to join in the celebrations. Anyone male or female, young or old, can come along to the club on Tuesday evenings and most Saturdays to take the time to try bowls. For further information, contact club secretary on 01738 840932 or match secretary on 01738 840615. Lottery numbers were 8, 14, 18 and 20. Church news T he communion service in Methven church will be conducted by Rev Iain Paton on Sunday, at 11.30am. There will be a joint session meeting on Monday, May 1, when Rev Dr Rob Barlow, Interim Moderator, will chair the meeting. This meeting will begin in the church hall at 7.30pm.

St Madoes

Donate a Chair campaign St Madoes and Kinfauns Parish Church are running a fundraising campaign to help raise money for 200 chairs for the Madoch Centre. Anyone who would like to contribute to this campaign would be welcomed. Donations of £50 cheques, made payable to St Madoes and Kinfauns Parish Church, should be addressed to Ian Wiggins, treasurer, c/o St Madoes manse, Glencarse, Perth, PH2 7NF. Chairs can be dedicated to loved ones who have passed away or had a connection with the church. Please supply wording similar to the following examples: “In loving memory of..., 1945–1997” or “From the... family, St Madoes.” All dedications will be displayed as a wall hanging in the new centre. The committee thank everyone for their generosity. The building is now taking shape and should be completed in five to six months time. St Madoes and Kinfauns Parish Church There will be a celebration of the Lord’s supper held in the church

on Sunday, at 10.30am. This will be preceded by a kirk session meeting in the vestry at 10.15am. Wednesday’s Bible study group meets in the church at 11am, to which all are welcome, and the kirk session meets on Wednesdays in the Community Centre at 7.30pm. For further details visit www.stmadoeskinfauns.com, on Facebook at stmadoesandkinfauns parishchurch or email stmadoes kinfauns@hotmail.com.

Newburgh

Whinnybank Cat Sanctuary An elderly female grey and white cat wandered into the sanctuary’s Newburgh shop on Saturday of last week. She was obviously ‘not right’ and Linda asked passers-by if they knew who she belonged to but to no avail. Linda would like to thank Mandy for the loan of a cat carrier which enabled Sue to collect the moggie. She had been seen around the bottom end of Newburgh and Sue wondered if, perhaps, an elderly person is now missing her. Laura, previously of Twist Fibre Craft, has kindly given the cat a temporary home as she would not have been happy at the sanctuary with many other cats around. Unfortunately, there is a sad ending to this tale if the grey cat Sue recently neutered and returned to Buckhaven. He became very ill on the Friday and was rushed to Wilson’s Vets in Cupar, where he was sadly put to sleep. It appears that he may have been poisoned. Apparently, a number of cats in that area have been reported as being poisoned lately. Sue would like to thank the Age Concern charity for their kind donation of books and bric-a-brac. Anyone who is able to offer a home to a cat, help at fundraising events, in the shops or at the sanctuary, should contact Sue on 01337 840414, or online at www. catchat.org/adoption/fife.html or www.whinnybank.org.uk.

Pitlochry

CHAS Fundraising The sale of teddy bears, Easter bunnies, crafts and home baking at the event held in the town on Saturday, April 15, raised a wonderful sum of £848 for the CHAS charity. A total of 31 beautifully dressed teddy bears were sold, along with many Easter bunnies, chicks and nests of eggs, as well as marmalade and lots of lovely baking. Thanks are given to all the ladies who knitted and to everyone who contributed, donated and came along to purchase items, whose support was much appreciated. Continued overleaf