Dalavich Community News

Dalavich Community Centre in the evening

(photograph courtesy of Robert Connor)

Dalavich Annual Burns Supper

Dalavich Village Hall

Fri 3^rd February 2012, 7:30pm

£15 per person

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Come along and join Willie Cameron and friends at our popular annual Burns Supper

For Tickets please call: 844221 or 844364.

Dalavich Shop and Cafe - New Opening Hours

Dine In & Take Away

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday:  7:30am - 6pm

Thursday, Friday & Saturday:  7;30am - 9:30pm

Sunday:  10am - 9:30pm

Food served all day!

Home made food & specials daily

For quick service pick up telephone: 01866 844256

HeartStart West Loch Awe Group

Members of Dalavich and Kilchrenan community have recently undergone training as trainers to help teach emergency procedures that will buy time for casualties in an emergency situation until the professional teams arrive.  The scheme which was implemented by Community Councillor Robert Connor will be up and running within the next few weeks.   The aim of the scheme is to teach people what to do in an emergency situation such as heart attack, or choking.  This essential training will be availabe to anyone wishing to learn these basic procedures.  The training is basic and it is hoped that many people will come forward to learn these procedures to help in the event of an emergency.  Would you know what to do if you found someone you thought was having a heart attack?  Anyone who is interested in learning these procedures should contact Robert Connor on 01866 844074 for further information. 

Fibromyalgia Awareness Week

Monday the 5th of September is the start of the UK Fibromyalgia Awareness Week. Can you please help to get the word out about this dreadful illness?  You can obtain further details here: http://bit.ly/pJ9vKF 

Thank you for your help.

Provisional Dates of the Community Council Meetings 2010

Water Safety

Water Safety is an issue that is paramount to anyone on or near a body of water such as the Sea a Loch or a River.  The R.N.L.I give out free information on how to stay safe at Sea, but these rules can also apply to the Lochs.

Here are some rules of advice given by the R.N.L.I.

ITSWET

1.    Inform - Tell others where you are going

2.    Training - Knowledge of your activity is essential

3.    SOS device - Carry some means of calling for help

4.    Wear a life jacket - It's a life statment not a fashion

5.    Engine and fuel checks - Do you have enough fuel and spares?

6.    Tides and weather - Check conditions before you head out

These six peices of advice can make a difference to a life or death situation. For further details please visit the R.N.L.I. website at

www.rnli.org.uk/seasafety you can also obtain free information documents from the website.

Be sensible, stay safe out there!

The source of this information was provided by R.N.L.I courtesy of Micheal Avril, Divisional Sea Safety Manager, Scotland R.N.L.I.

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Kilchrenan Events

Bridge Club - The winter session of the Bridge Club will start on Monday 6th September at 7pm. New players and beginners welcome. Contact: Flora on 833263 for further information.

Coffee Mornings: Monday mornings in the Kilchrenan Village Hall at 10am.

Scottish Country Dancing: The Scottish Country Dancing class will begin on the 30th September, The Tutor is Jean Campbell. Doors will be open at 7:30pm for a 7:45pm start. All are welcome, no experience is needed.  The cost is £2 - £3 per evening depending on the numbers. For further information contact Gela Rose on 833210.

Forestry Notes September 2010

1.       It’s a relatively quiet time of year in the forest (dangerous words!), with the bulk of the summer work done & the planting season not quite upon us yet. The time when we take stock of last years programmes & draw together those for the coming winter. It’s one of the times to appreciate the beauty of the area, as the vegetation starts to subtly change colour. There appears to be a healthy crop of acorns and hazelnuts this year, so the squirrels will be getting busy soon with their own winter preparations. 

2.       Harvesting continues in Inverliever at  Lochan a Bhruic. Harvesting operations are still  focused on the Loch Avich block, but these are tailing off at the moment, so there will be a gradual reduction in timber traffic in due course.

3.       On the forest management side of things, excavator mounding is almost finished in the Fernoch area and while it is planned to mound some of the older Loch Avich sites, a current lack of contractor resource means that these may be delayed until next year. The site at MacKenzies Road, which was half-mounded last year is also due to be completed this autumn.

4.       We are currently in the middle of carrying out stocking density surveys and it is pleasing to find that, despite the severe frost & subsequent drought, that last winters plantings had to endure, they are generally surviving well. Until the deer get hungry anyway……..

5.       Top-up spraying against the Pine Weevil is also ongoing on last years plantings, and we will be treating the few areas of Japanese Knotweed towards the end of the month.

Provided by Rhod Watts - Forestry West Loch Awe