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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.
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...
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...
REPLICA MODEL T FORD FINALLY REALISED
The bronze £90,000 replica full-scale Model T Ford has finally arrived at Cameron Square and several Rotarians were there on Saturday 19 May to assist and support the project. Our pictures show Rotarians Margaret Boyd, Robbie Robertson, George Bruce, John Hutchison...
Honorary Member Charlie Moore with President-Elect Iain Johnston
at Saturday’s unveiling of the bronze Model T Ford. Great to see Charlie out and about. He served our Club as Treasurer and as Auditor for many years and when he retired we recognised his decades of support by awarding him honorary membership.
YOUNG MUSICIANS OF THE YEAR PERFORM AT ROTARY CLUB
Picture, courtesy of Iain Ferguson, The Write Image.Ailsa Janzen, Junior Young Musician of the Year, Mr Rose, Music Teacher, President-Elect Iain Johnston and Francesca Rose, Senior Young Musician of the Year. Local young musician winners gave a “superb performance”...
ROTARY CLUB HEARS ABOUT NEW M&S FOOD HALL IN FORT WILLIAM Feb 15th 2018
FORT WILLIAM STORE MOST REMOTE IN UK Over 50 rotarians, partners and guests enjoyed an excellent 3-course meal at the annual Partners’ Lunch event on 14 February in the Alexandra Hotel. Guest speaker was Sam Nugent, manager of the new Marks & Spencer Food Hall at...
HAGGIS ADDRESS TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT ROTARY CLUB ‘BURNS SUPPER’ LUNCH Jan 25th 2018
At its weekly business lunch meeting on 23 January in the Alexandra Hotel, 32 members and guests of Lochaber Rotary Club celebrated the life and songs of Robert Burns with a fine meal of game terrine and traditional haggis with neeps. In the absence of a piper,...
STRONTIAN YOUNGSTER WINS WEST OF SCOTLAND HEAT IN “ROTARY YOUNG CHEF” COMPETITION Jan 28th 2018
Fourteen-year-old Angus Dunn, a third-year pupil from Ardnamurchan High School, has won the West of Scotland heat of the Rotary Young Chef Competition. This competition is open to school pupils in the 51 Rotary Club districts that stretch from Wigtownshire in the...
An Update “Bedtime Stories from the Scottish Highlands” Jan 25th 2018
The book “Bedtime Stories from the Scottish Highlands” was launched on Saturday 18th November 2017 at the Highland Bookshop in Fort William by the Rotary Club of Lochaber. Last week, the club’s treasurer informed me that sales of the book, over the Christmas period,...