Kinross Newsletter

Club & Community Group News20Kinross and District Art ClubWhat a thought – September is here already.August for our Club usually means taking part inour Outdoor Painting Sessions. This year we visited theharbour and boats around the Loch Leven Pier. A few of usbraved the odd shower but had a good time developing anautical scene of the boats coming and going, takingholidaymakers to the Island.August is such a colourful month, with so many shades ofreds, greens, and blues to enjoy in our gardens and on thehills and glens. The striking contrasts in colours for many atthis time of year is the brilliant orange berries and greenleaves of the Rowan tree and the colourful sight of massesof purple heather against the many varied shades of greensand browns of the grasses and rich dark green of the fir treeson our hills and in our glens.We open our Winter Club session on Tuesday 1 Septemberand as well as finishing off our outdoor paintings we will bemaking our final preparations for our Annual Exhibition ofArt and Crafts that is to be opened on Wednesday 23September at 6pm, again in Kinross Parish Church, by thewell known award winning TV chef, TOM KITCHIN.There are around 120 paintings on a wide variety ofsubjects, painted in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolour, Charcoal andSilk to be exhibited. Last year over 30 were sold. This isvery rewarding for the artists who cover a wide spectrum ofabilities, from eager learners to accomplished artists, someof whom undertake commissions of particular interest tovisitors to the Exhibition.If you have an hour to spare between 24 and 26 Septemberyou will be welcome to visit the Exhibition at the KinrossParish Church and talk to any member. Opening hours are:Thursday 24 September 3.30pm to 8pmFriday 25 September 10.30am to 4pmSaturday 26 September 10.30 am to 4pmIf you have an interest in painting or would like to have a goat a new hobby there is no reason why YOU could not enjoypainting as we do; you will be welcomed any Tuesday at2pm in the Millbridge Hall.Children’s HospiceAssociation ScotlandStock for Temporary Shopin DunfermlineCHAS is looking for unwanted gifts for its temporary shopin Dunfermline.Donations can be handed in to CHAS Bazaar at 88 HighStreet, Kinross from 9.30am to 5pm, Monday to Saturday orat 61 Kingsgate, Dunfermline from 11am to 3pm onFridays only.Volunteering in the CHAS ShopsCHAS volunteers help to keep the two CHAS charity shopsand gift shop in Kinross open six days a week. Volunteersare also kept busy at this time of year in mail order fromMonday to Friday. If you are interested in volunteeringwith CHAS in the shops or mail order and would like toknow more, please call Frances Todd on 01577 865557 .Common GroundsSeptember 30th is the end of ourfinancial year and a good year it hasbeen, but more of that later. I amrequired to inform publicly that our AGM will be held onFriday 23 October at 7pm in the Guide and Scout Hall,Church Street, Milnathort. The public is invited to attendshould they so wish and will be most welcome.Project: Our project for August was Ethiopiaid. Our end ofyear is a time when we choose an “ Emergency Relief Fund”project; we have found MERLIN, a large charity that in2008 spent £38 to 39 million in 16 countries. The largestamounts were given out to the following: DemocraticRepublic of Congo, Liberia, Myanmar and Afghanistan.Merlin specialises in health, savings lives in times of crisisand helping to rebuild shattered health services. This is aprovisional decision to be confirmed after this goes to press.We are pleased to report that due to a very handsomecheque from the Inland Revenue for donations that had beenGift Aided to us over the last few years, we found ourselvesin the position to give a second donation toMarocaroundtheclock and to the new project from ScoutingUK in The Gambia. Both Mike Laird fromMarocaroundtheclock and George Devine from the Scoutswill be visiting Common Grounds in a few months to giveus an update on how our donations have been used.Needless to say both charities were thrilled to get a seconddonation and this was only made possible by people GiftAiding their donations, so please think about this yourselfwhen you next make a donation to us or any other Charity.Project Lunch: The next Project Lunch will take place onWednesday 16 September in the Scout & Guide Hall,Milnathort. The speaker will be Alison Graham fromSightsavers. She will talk to us about the project wesponsored in Cameroon. The main problem is caused byriver blindness, which affects 18 million people. The talkwill start at 12.30 followed by a light lunch.Book Club: The book club continues to meet on the firstTuesday of the month at 7.30pm in the Guide and ScoutHall. If you are interested in joining the club and wish toknow if a space is available, please contact Marlene Whyteon 01592 840371.We are reaching the end of our year and still CommonGrounds are looking for a replacement Treasurer. Ourcontinued thanks to John Colebourn for holding on, despiteretiring from the post in January 2009. Interested? Thenplease contact us.As usual our opening hours are 10am – 3pm on Tuesday,Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at the Guide and ScoutHall, Church Street, Milnathort.Lastly, thanks to the person who kindly donated coal andlogs, fire lighting time will soon be upon us.Contacts outside of opening hours are: James Henry(Convener) 01577 864452 and Linda Freeman (Secretary)01577 865045.Hall BookingsA list of halls and contact details can be found atwww.kinross.cc