HomeStart
Caithness Is Moving Home-Start are moving to new premises!
Hello to Stevenson House! Goodbye to the Community Education
Office! As of Wednesday 2nd May 2012, Home-Start Caithness
will be
moving to a new home - Office 4, Stevenson House, 10 Harbour Terrace,
Wick, KW1 5HB. HomeStart have been at the Community Education
Office since Home-Start Caithness was 'born' 13 years ago, so 3rd May
will be a mixed day - one of sadness at leaving to Community Education
Office, but one of happiness going somewhere fresh and new.
HomeStart will be one of the first organisations to move into the new
office complex in the recently renovated former Customs and
Excise building in Harbour Terrace. The building has been bought
and renovated to a high standard by Dunbeath Estates Ltd. About
HomeStart Caithness
'Scales Sails
& Surf' - Innovative Music Project Supports Thurso Lifeboat A
group of Caithness youngsters spent the first week of their Easter
holiday working on a music project about the Pentland Firth, the
world-famous tidal channel between Orkney and Caithness. Over the
years, the RNLI has often been called out from Thurso and Wick, as well
as Longhope, Kirkwall & Stromness to deal with emergencies caused
by the ferocious sea conditions in this part of Scotland. It was
to honour this work that Piping Arts Limited and Caithness Horizons
invited the Scrabster-based RNLI crew and volunteers to hold a
fund-raising event during a concert performed in the Caithness Horizons
museum exhibition hall at the end of the week-long project. As
research for creating music on the theme of the Pentland Firth, the
children considered a wide range of uses of the tidal rip - everything
from traditional creel-fishing to the current cold-water surfing scene
that is emerging on Caithness waves. As well as meeting crew from
the RNLI, they met local surfers, and got an insight into the thrill of
standing upright in 'the Barrel' - the inside of a wave as it curls
around and above a surfer's head.
See the full exhibition of paintings and photographs at Northlands
Glass Gallery, Lybster until 20th April
27 April 2012
Planting Day At Newtonhill, Wick Volunteers completed
the final stages of the pond project at the new community woodland at
Newtonhill, Wick on Sunday (22 April 2012). The overall project has
involved excavating and landscaping an old pond and installing an all
abilities pond dipping platform. The volunteers added the
finishing touches by planting a range of flowering shrubs and plants
around the pond area. These plants will attract wildlife onto the site
by creating useful habitat. The volunteers also prepared ground and
sowed a range of wild flower seeds. One area is specifically targeting
butterflies, bees and birds while the water margins around the pond
were sowed with water tolerant plant species.
17 April 2012
Home Start Caithness - Training Course Begins In May Our next Volunteer Preparation Course starts on Tuesday 8th May Could you be one of our new volunteers? Please call Naomi or Rachel by Monday 30th April on 01955 606222 to find out more!
15 April 2012
Wick Academy V Turriff United 2 - 1
Reporter and Photographer - Noel Donaldson
ACADEMY made heavy weather on their
return game with ‘Turra’ but ground out the result, at Harmsworth
Park. The visitors were obviously a more experienced side than
the Brora outfit the Scorries demolished earlier in the week.
With United down to 10 men following a dramatic touchline incident, in
the first half, which saw Cammy Bowden stroll for an early shower,
Academy should have been set to capitialise on the numerical
advantage. It wasn’t until early in the second half, however,
before Wick secured their opener, the in-form, Gary Weir nodding in a
Macadie cross. The visitors evened things up with a giveaway goal
after Grant Steven misjudged a back-pass, allowing Gary Harris to nip
in and waltz round Gray for the equaliser. Chances went abegging
at both ends and Academy had one or two scares before leaving the field
as victors after claiming the decider, courtesy of Richard Macadie.
Calling All
want-to-be Wick Gala Queens The Wick Gala Committee is currently searching
for this year's Gala Queen. They are looking for nominations for girls
in 4th, 5th or 6th year.
What's On Section
Upgrade - Boost Your Event With a Poster or Photo
The Caithness.org What's On section has been undergoing an
upgrade in the past few days. The section will now accepts
posters and photographs directly from anyone wishing to advertise
events. The events poster section will now be discontinued.
The submission for is more or less the same as before with the addition
of a place for you to add a poster or a photographs that you think will
highlight your event. It could be a photo from a previous similar
event. The Caithness.org Whats On section now flows automatically
into our Caithness.org Facebook section for even more free coverage for
your events. If you have poster for your event, you can add it
here. The file must be in .jpg format and be less than 300kb. If your
poster is in another format such as PDF or Word you can use this
website to convert it: http://docupub.com/pdfconvert/
See the following examples to get the idea - Wick HarbourFest Caithness
County Show
Wick
Diamond Jubliee HarbourFest Stalls - Pitches Filling Fast Stall pitches for June's Wick Diamond
Jubilee HarbourFest are being
snapped up - and the organisers are asking for yet-to-register
exhibitors to lodge their applications as soon as they can to ensure
their presence at the event. The HarbourFest pitch organiser, Liz
Richard-Jones says "We've had a good response so far, including an
encouraging number of new exhibitors. However, many of the
2009 HarbourFest stallholders have told us they wish to exhibit at this
year's event but they have not yet registered with us. The
closing date for applications is 18th May..............The HarbourFest Committee wish to support
community groups, charities and local organisations to take advantage
of this popular event. Pitch
application forms can be obtained from Liz Richard-Jones (01955 603821
or harbourfest[AT]btopenworld.com) or a copy can be downloaded
from the website http://www.wickharbour.co.uk/harbourfest for completion and return to the
HarbourFest organisers at the address shown on the forms.
Highland Council Elections - Space
For Candidates To Let Electors Know More About You
Highland Council Elections Candidates for
the Caithness wards of Wick, Thurso and Landward Caithness are invited
to send a statement and photograph to go on the web site. Just
email items of any length you choose to bill@caithness.org
How To Vote In the Council Elections
12 April 2012
More
Classes At Pulteney Centre
Pulteneytown People’s Project will be running new classes week
beginning 16th April at the Pulteney Centre in Wick. Due to
popular demand Floral Art classes will run on Monday evenings at
beginners and intermediate levels. Cost will be £22.50 for a five week
course with participants supplying their own flowers. Spanish for beginners
will run on Thursday evenings at a cost of £17.50 for a five week
course. Internet, email and
basic computing courses will cost £12.50 for five weeks with daytime
and evening classes available. Afternoon and evening classes are
available at Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2 for the popular PC
Passport course which is ILA funded, meaning most learners can claim
the cost of this course. Professional Cooking takes place on Monday
evenings with a three week course covering starters, main course and
desserts. The cost for this course is £20. There are places
available on Friday afternoons for Drawing and Painting Studies at a
cost of £3.50 a class. If anyone would like
more information or to book a place call PPP on 01955 608530 or email
info@pppwick.org.uk
MS People
Caithness A local caithness
support group for MS have set up a web site and Facebook page.
Take a look if you want help or support or would like to volunteer for
the group.
Would
You Like To Help Out At Mary Ann's Cottage This Summer If
you enjoyed your last visit to Mary Ann's Cottage, or even have never
been there but would like to know more, it is on your doorstep so how
about considering joining the small band of volunteers who keep this
unique croft experience alive for the general public to enjoy. This is
our local heritage - help us to maintain it by volunteering a few hours
a week throughout the summer - for further details contact Chris Cariss
on 01847 851765
9 April 2012
Highland Council Elections
Candidates In Caithness - Submissions To Date Candidates can email items of any length they wish for the election to bill@caithness.org.
A Moment In
Time - Exhibition 'A moment in time', an
exhibition of work by two Latheronwheel artists got off to a flying
start at the North Lands Creative Glass gallery at Quatre Bras, Lybster
on Friday evening. A collection of paintings by Jane McDonough
and photographic prints by Angus Mackay proved a big attraction, with
over 100 people attending the preview night. Jane
lived and worked as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator in Manchester
for over 10 years before moving to Caithness in 2008. She is a
self-taught artist and has been drawing and painting for as long as she
can remember. "Since moving to Caithness I have been inspired to
develop my painting style and what better inspiration than the big
dramatic skies and lonely landscapes," said Jane.
Halkirk
Bowling Team Win The Geddes Cup Halkirk Family Bowling team Jim
and Marie Falconer with their grandsons Kelvin Falconer (Far right) and
Kevin Mackay won the Geddes Cup Bowling match in Halkirk. They have
played as a team a couple of times before but this is the first time
they won together.
Issue
26 – March 2012 - Highlands & Islands Fire and Recue Service Now being issued online
to save postage and printing costs.
10K Run Open To All Wk Triathlon Club - Sunday 8th April
The Wick Tri Club 10K will take
place on Sunday 8th April at 2pm (registration is 1pm - 1.45pm).
The route will be from Staxigoe Hall to Noss Head and return.
Entries can be made on entrycentral.com
ahead of the event. This is an ideal race for all levels and will
give people an opportunity to see how prepared they are for the Mey
10K, which will be 5 weeks later. Also motorists should be aware
that runners will be on the road along the route.
1 April 2012
Log
Building Course At Dunnet Forest Dunnet Forestry Trust are
holding a FREE log-scribing course in Dunnet Forest under the
instruction of Dan Franklin who runs the British Isles School of Log
Builders. The course will
start on Monday 11 June 2012 and there will be a limited number of
places available for students who must own their own chainsaw and hold
a certificate of competence for crosscutting and chainsaw maintenance.
