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Strathearn News for 17 October 2008

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On your marks for the Hairy Coo challenge Oct 17 2008

THE annual ‘Hairy Coo’ challenge is being held at Comrie Croft this Saturday. The fun, race-based mountain bike event for both juniors and adults takes place amidst some spectacular scenery.Read

Booze purge on Strath youths Oct 17 2008

LAST weekend saw more alcohol confiscated from groups of youths throughout Crieff, Auchterarder and Comrie.Read

Festival of fitness and fun Oct 17 2008

THE Drover’s Tryst Festival was heralded at Crieff Country Market in James Square on Saturday.Read

Sainsbury eager to serve the community Oct 17 2008

FOLLOWING last week’s announcement that Tesco have submitted plans for a supermarket at Duchlage Road, Crieff, rival food store Sainsbury have been keen to reiterate their commitment to providing the town with not just a food store but also a top class sporting venue.Read

Core Paths Plan causes concern Oct 17 2008

A STRATHEARN walker is “puzzled as to why money and time is being spent on the Core Paths Plan when there is already a perfectly exhaustive list of rights of way in existence.”Read

The Knock to the fore Oct 17 2008

THE Knock in Crieff will be showcased in the latest initiative to attract UK visitors to Scotland.Read

Christmas switch-on Oct 17 2008

CRIEFF’S Christmas lights will add sparkle to the town from Saturday, November 22.Read

Comrie First Response welcomes sponsor Oct 17 2008

AS IT approaches its first birthday, the Comrie First Response team were delighted to receive a gift of partial sponsorship from Douglas and Doreen Lamont of Wiltshire Farm Foods. The donation will go towards the ongoing expense of keeping the First Response vehicle on the road.Read

Auchterarder addresses community concerns Oct 17 2008

DOG poo, a wheelie bin plantation, and bogus callers were among the issues preoccupying Auchterarder and District Community Council at its first meeting following the summer recess.Read

Family fundraiser nets Leukaemia cash Oct 17 2008

A CRIEFF lady who lost her husband to cancer has raised a staggering £4,000 for charity through a weekend of events in his memory.Read

Gilmerton play plans unveiled Oct 17 2008

PERTH and Kinross Council has revealed what could be the shape of things to come for Gilmerton’s new play area.Read

Kids swing into new Auchterarder nursery Oct 17 2008

TWENTY-TWO Cheeky Monkeys have invaded an Auchterarder nursery, but, far from wrecking the joint, the playful primates aka Lang Toon under-fives are just glad to be back home.Read

Association heads for Crieff Oct 17 2008

MEMBERS of the British Limbless Ex-Service Men’s Association (BLESMA) from all over Britain will be in Crieff for a week of adrenalin pumping outdoor activities next week.Read

Traffic concerns aired in Muthill Oct 17 2008

WORRIED residents of a Strathearn village have launched a campaign for traffic calming measures to be introduced at a dangerous junction.Read

Stewart visits relief projects in Ethiopia Oct 17 2008

AN AUCHTERARDER computer consultant arrived in Ethiopia last week as a guest of the Ethiopian Kale Heywett Church, the largest evangelical denomination in Africa’s second-most populous nation.Read

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Agonising wait for dental treatment Oct 17 2008

A STRATHEARN woman had to endure 15 hours of “excruciating pain” due to a lack of out of hours dental provision in Perthshire.Read

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