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Aberdour Residents Association: Notes of the quarterly business meeting held on 17th March in the Aberdour Boat Club. The chairman welcomed Fife councillor Dave Dempsey and new members, Carol Bailey, David Mathieson and Norman Niven. The association represents the interests of the villagers as a support to the community council and meets monthly. Activities are largely confined to : the village clock which they own, the triangle of ground which has a recently set up sub-committee and the pier and harbour, run on behalf of its owners, Fife Council, with a harbour master, convenor and pier and harbour committee. The need for fresh blood had been discussed and there are three new members but, with Dick Drummond also fulfilling the role of harbour master, there was still one vacancy. The party for retiring stationmaster Trevor Francis, in December, was a great success while Simon Taylor gave an excellent talk entitled 'An Aberdour Timeline' at the AGM. The Fife Plan had been through another round of consultation which was complete and was now being forwarded by Fife Council to the Scottish Government for examination. The field at the east end of the village had been removed from the plan. A small scale inquiry during the resurfacing of the High Street had been held into communication problems. The resurfacing plans for Shore Road were not scheduled for the new financial year. A 20mph speed limit was scheduled for the village as well as extra yellow lines near the Woodside Hotel. The proposal to put extra yellow lines on Main Street had been withdrawn. Pier and Harbour Committee: Roy Marrian was re-elected unanimously as convenor, committee members John Bielski, Andy Carnduff, Joan Dryburgh, and Donald McAndie (treasurer) were re-elected unanimously while new members, David Mathieson and Norman Niven were elected unanimously. All moorings had been taken and paid for and there was a waiting list of five. Aberdour Boat Club was aware of 'economic migrants' on account of the attractively priced subscription fees and priority given to local residents. There was a feeling that the triangle of ground should be kept as an open space without too much further development. The demolition of the toilet block was now the subject of a monthly report to Fife Council. The council had consent from Home Park residents for access to the site, subject to a delapidations walk, and wished to avoid damage by contractors to verges and flowers in the field. It was reported that the art work would not be reinstated in the station waiting room and was in the possession of the heritage centre steering group. The next quarterly meeting is Tuesday 9th June at 7.30pm in the boat club.

Aberdour Bowling Club: The club enjoyed a well attended coffee morning in the St Fillans church hall on Saturday, raising £905 as a result.

comrie CLASSES are running as usual over the Easter holidays at the community centre, the hall is available for hire from £7 per hour. The gardening group will be starting maintenance of the tubs, trees, and flowers around the park and village soon, any willing volunteers would be most welcome, please contact 07879 888654. A terrific egg hunt took place at The White Gates on Easter Saturday which was very well attended and fun for everyone involved and included egg decorating, face painting, Easter bonnet competition and raffle prizes.

crombie CROMBIE Whist, Easter results: Ladies - 1 Gwen McDougall, 2 Margaret Dalgleish, 3 Helen Fox. Gents - 1 Bayne McDougall, 2 Andy McNab, 3 Cecil Fox. Thanks to everyone for your contributions to the Easter Whist.

culross CULROSS and Torryburn Parish Church serving the villages of Culross, High and Low Valleyfield, Newmills, Torryburn, Shiresmill and Blairhall: Services on Sunday will be in High Valleyfield Church at 9.45am and in Culross Abbey at 11am which will include a baptism and the Children's Church. Both services will be led by interim moderator the Reverend Liz Fisk. Sunday services at High Valleyfield will now be held weekly at 9.45am. Parishioners are invited to attend as often as they can to ensure this service remains viable. A further welcome change is that communion will now be celebrated regularly in both High Valleyfield Church and in the Abbey at least four times a year. Weekly Tuesday coffee morning 10am-12noon, where all are welcome, and the Thursday Kids' Club, 5pm-6.30pm, will be held in High Valleyfield Church (contact Rae Hunter on 01383 881574 for further information). Good Companions will hold their AGM in High Valleyfield Church on Monday. The reopening of the Abbey Tea Shop for the season is rapidly approaching. Volunteers are still required. If you can spare time Tuesday-Sunday, even for a few hours, please contact John on 01259 731431 or 07879442915. The next meeting of the Culross and Torryburn Fete committee at 2pm on 5th May will be held in High Valleyfield Church. If you feel that you can offer your services to help organise this important event, please contact Robert on 01383 880284. Those wishing to place a stall for this event, which will be held together with the Fife Farmers Market on Culross Green on Sunday 16th August, please contact Sheila on 01383 881739 for details.

dalgety bay RESULTS from the Bay Tuesday Bridge Club's final session of the 2014/15 season, on 31st March, were based on aggregate points: N/S 1 Hugh Smeaton & Steven Morton, 2 Angus Cameron & Tom Nisbett. E/W 1 = Ian Hunter & Anne Hunter and Stuart & Chris Stuart. The organiser would like to thank all the players who regularly attended and give advance notification that play will resume on Tuesday 8th September.

dunfermline MORNING Music Group: Members contributed the musical items on Tuesday morning. The programme was entitled Music from the Musicals and it began with Bali Ha'i from the soundtrack of South Pacific and Getting to Know You from The King and I. Paul Robeson sang Ol' Man River followed by Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby singing Well, Did you Evah! We'll Gather Lilacs was performed by Anne Zeigler and Webster Booth. The next two items were Cabaret and I Could Have Danced All Night. From Joseph's Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat, Jason Donovan sang Any Dream Will Do and from Aspects of Love Michael Ball sang Love Changes Everything. The versatile Renee Fleming performed Hello, Young Lovers and the Italian tenor, Vittorio Grigolo, sang Maria from West Side Story. Joshua Bell on violin played Tonight, also from West Side Story. To finish we heard The Last Night of the World from Miss Saigon.

kelty KELTY Community Council: The council met in the Moray Institute on 2nd April. The meeting was attended by councillors Ann Bain, Alex Campbell and Willie Clarke. PC Gary Chrystal gave a report on the monthly crime figures for Kelty and took questions from the members. Ben Conway gave the greening report and advised that a new bench and four picnic tables will be put in Blairadam Park. Fife Council have planted a beech hedge in the Millennium Garden and tidied up the shrub beds around the village. Wild flowers will be planted again this year at the memorial, Station Road, Bath Street, Blackhall Square, Croftangry, Keltyhill Crescent and a double maze in Blairadam Park. Kelty has been entered for Fife in Bloom and the community council hopes that members of the community both young and old will get involved with the projects to improve the visual impact of the village and highlight Kelty's proud heritage. The greening group are holding a meeting on 23rd April at 7pm in the computer suite of the Moray Institute. Anyone who is interested in finding out more information, or getting involved in Kelty in Bloom, is most welcome to attend. Cllr Campbell reported on matters raised at the last meeting. He discussed waiting times with the Kelty Medical Practice. In a written reply he has been informed that a busy winter, staff shortages and difficulty getting locums have caused the issues in getting appointments but the practice is trying to recruit additional staff and the GP partners are looking at ways to try and increase the number of patients that they can see in a day. Cllr Campbell also reported that he had investigated the problem Kelty residents were experiencing when trying to get foodbank vouchers. Vouchers are not available at the health centre and anyone going there is sent to the Fife Council local office. The local office will issue them but there was some uncertainty amongst CC members about whether there is anyone available on the three days that the office is closed. To clarify the issue, Chair Fred Clarke will write to Fife Council to establish their procedure for issuing the vouchers in Kelty. He said that he would also like to take up the offer from John Drylie, the Chair of Dunfermline Foodbank, to address a CC meeting. Cllr Campbell also stated that the skate park development has been submitted for planning approval and hopefully it will be underway soon. Building work has started at Lime Park Crescent and work will commence at the top of Seafar Drive in the next few weeks. The chair announced that due to the general election the next meeting will be held on Tuesday 5th May at 6.30pm.

kincardine TULLIALLAN and Kincardine Church: The service on Sunday is at 10.30am. Tea and coffee will be served after the service. Please note that there is no Young Church. The sponsored walk on Sunday starts from the hall at 1.30pm. Please note that the bus for the Men's Club visit to Lady Haig's Poppy Factory in Edinburgh on Monday leaves the hall at 9am. As there are a few spare seats available in the bus, anyone interested can contact Willie McKie on 730572.

rosyth RESULTS of bridge played at Rosyth Civil Service club on Wednesday 1st April: Howell Movement - 1 W Finlay & J Binnie, 2 F Binnie & T Nesbitt, 3 M Steele & M Cleary.

Crombie & District whist results, Monday: Ladies - 1 Ella Smith, 2 Joan Cartledge, 3 Barbara Johnstone. Gents - 1 Nick Jones, 2 Doreen Robinson, 3 Ron Robinson. Highest 1st half - Gaynor Miller. Highest 2nd half - Rosie Miller. Booby - Bett Millar.

saline SALINE, Steelend & District SWRI: At the April meeting president Mrs C Hall welcomed members and guests. All enjoyed a very interesting presentation on kilt making by Kathleen from Capercaillie Kilts of Thornton. After a vote of thanks business was conducted followed by tea before Mrs Hall wished everyone a safe journey home.

West Fife Villages 2015 Exhibition of Art, Photography & Craft: A further meeting of the art exhibition committee was held on 31st March in the Saline Community Centre. A total of 500 flyers designed by Derek Fudge had been produced and he said he would distribute these approximately two weeks prior to the exhibition. Posters will go to all the primary schools. Anyone can exhibit paintings, drawings or photographs. Just bring them along to Saline Community Centre between 2pm and 8pm on Friday 8th May. There are no forms to fill out and no charges. If you require any further details please ring Marylla, the exhibition manager, on 851868. The exhibition will be open to the public from 10am till 4.30pm on the Saturday and Sunday. Entry is free and light refreshments and lunches will be available, courtesy of the ladies of the church guild. There are good car parking facilities at the community centre and good access for wheelchairs. The village's website, the West Fife Villages website and Fife Direct have all carried information regarding the exhibition. Articles were published in the February and March editions of the Bulletin and a further article would be submitted for the April edition. As stated at the previous meeting, Dorella Brodie has kindly revitalised the 'West Fife Villages Exhibition of Art, Photography and Craft' Facebook page. It was agreed that the entries be limited to pupils from P4/5/6/7. It was confirmed that the Dunfermline Photographic Society and the Dunfermline Art Club would again be entering exhibits. Dave Hatton would also be staging a display of photographs. It was agreed that Ian Mason should be invited to enter exhibits. The meeting briefly considered all the work involved in preparing for the exhibition. This to be discussed in detail at the next meeting on Tuesday 28th April, 7pm at Saline Community Centre.

wellwood WELLWOOD Community Council held their monthly meeting at The Well on Thursday 2nd April. They were joined by councillors Helen Law, David Mogg and William Campbell and police officers Lee Morris and Derek Skene. Chairman Chris Ingram began by thanking all those in attendance and gave an update on the new playpark. Only the FET application is still to be complete and the planning application should be applied for in the coming week. Clare Hill is assisting with this and we are expecting to hear back from the first applications in the coming week. Ann from the floral group then updated everyone on their progress. Plans were drawn up to create a flower garden on the grassed area across from the shop and should be presented to the members shortly for approval. Aileen from Gillespie Church and Leanne from the Salvation Army kindly offered boxes of wildflower seeds and it was suggested a joint effort to organise an area and planting event. Gillespie also asked if it would be okay to create tin can planters at the kids club to decorate the recycling area. This was given the full support of everyone in attendance. The school project took a massive step forward with the final meeting between Campbell McCrae and WCC before the start of the business plan/feasibility study. This should be complete in the coming weeks and WCC are currently working on a press release to promote this project and gather information. Cllr Law has arranged a meeting in the coming weeks to take place in Burt Street with Fife Council, CC members and local police to establish a way forward with the current parking issues. After a local resident approached the community council with concerns in Springbank Terrace they will also look at this area. The litter issues caused by lunch pupils from QAHS along with the stone throwing incidents at some properties is also being addressed by PC Lee Morris and Derek Skene. They have been in discussions with QAHS who will highlight the issues at assembly and lock the side gate to see if that helps. They have also made trips up to the village during lunchtimes to monitor the situation. Kerry has taken on the new project to introduce new Welcome to Wellwood signs at both ends of the village. There is nothing on the north side and on the south the sign is dated and in need of renewing. For the latest news regarding the village follow us on Facebook or come to our meetings at The Well. Our next meeting is on Thursday 7th May with everyone welcome. If you wish to contact WCC email jr.wellwood@hotmail.co.uk.