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ROTARY POP-UP CAFÉ HITS THE SPOT CAFÉ & CRAFT FAYRE PROVES A WINNING COMBINATION
With the temperature dropping to minus 2 degrees on Saturday morning, the Rotary Pop-Up Café, with its range of three hearty homemade soups, an array of sandwiches and delicious home baking pulled in nearly 150 people to the D-Mac Hall on Saturday 27 October. The...
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ROTARY CLUB SAYS FAREWELL TO SECRETARY GEOFF
The Rotary Club of Lochaber’s business lunch meeting on 31 October saw Club Secretary Geoff Heathcote’s last appearance at the Club after seven years of very active membership. Originally from Chesterfield, Geoff and his wife Jenny arrived in Lochaber fourteen years...
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL LOCHABER CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL SANTA AND HIS REINDEER WOW THE YOUNGSTERS
On Saturday 24 November, the Rotary Club of Lochaber, supported by principal sponsors Ferguson Transport and Shipping, laid on a pre-Christmas event packed with entertainment and activity as well as showcasing Lochaber’s wide range of quality crafts and food products...
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KATE FORBES MSP GUESTS AT LOCHABER ROTARY CLUB ANNUAL CHARTER DINNER
Another successful Rotary Club Annual Charter Dinner was held on Saturday, 1st December. Nearly 70 Rotarians and guests were treated to an excellent 4-course meal at the Alexandra Hotel, Fort William and enjoyed a sparkling after-dinner talk from their constituent MSP...
read moreAugust 29th 2018
Visiting Lochaber Rotary Club in Fort William (District 1230) on August 29th, 2018 Dear Mr McCorkindale, dear Donald, as Immediate Past president you are in the chair today, as your current president, Mr Iain Johnston, has to meet other commitments this week. And the...
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DONALD GAINS “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT” AWARD
DONALD GAINS “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT” AWARD - 2nd July The Club congratulates Past President Donald Young on his recent and well-deserved award of a “Lifetime Achievement” Award at the 4th Lochaber VOSCARS event organised by Voluntary Action Lochaber as part of...
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ROTARY CLUB LAUNCHES POP-UP CAFÉ IN FORT WILLIAM
ROTARY CLUB LAUNCHES POP-UP CAFÉ IN FORT WILLIAM With good support from both locals and visitors, the Lochaber Rotary Club opened the first of its three Saturday pop-up café events on the 14th of July. The pop-up café, which is situated in the hall at the Duncansburgh...
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Young Chef Angus Dunn 2018
Hard on the heels of winning the Lochaber-wide heat, followed by topping the judges’ poll in the West of Scotland stage, fourteen-year-old Angus Dunn from Strontian was a runner-up in the All-Scotland & North of England heat, narrowly missing out on a place in the UK finals.
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AN INSIGHT INTO LIBERTY BRITISH ALUMINIUM – PAULA ROSS
Photo: Club Secretary Geoff Heathcote, Paula, and Club President Donald McCorkindale As well as giving a lively rundown of her new job as Rodding Room Supervisor at the smelter, immediate Past-President Paula Ross also gave members an interesting update on the...
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ROTARY CHILDREN’S POETRY COMPETITION TACKLES THE SEASHORE!
Club President Donald McCorkindale welcomed the winners of this year’s annual Rotary poetry competition, Alan Byrne and Sarah MacEachan from St Columba’s RC Primary, along with their Head Teacher Violet Smith, to lunch at a recent Rotary meeting. The winner of the...
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