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September, 2008

Bowls Club starts the season

Monday, 29th September, 2008 | Clubs and Societies, Community News | None

Monday 6th October sees the start of the 2008 - 09 table bowls season. The Furnace Club wll have two club practice nights in the Hall, at 8.00pm on Monday 6th and Monday 13th October. The first match will be away to Cairndow on the following Monday 20th October. This year\s Club Captain is Alastair [...]

See the Hafla from the Inveraray Farida Dance weekend

Saturday, 27th September, 2008 | Community News | None

Lots of may have bottled out of the Farida Dance weekend at the Argyll Hotel in Inveraray, promoted by Kerry McKay Hubbard. We could regret that. It was a great success, attracting dancers from Islay, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Haddington. Kay Taylor taught this choreography to a high tempo version of Enta Omri at the Saturday [...]

Public access to shore road closed between Furnace and Inveraray via Kenmore

Saturday, 27th September, 2008 | Community News | 4

The shore road through Furnace Quarry between Furnace and the Caravan Park has been closed at two points by  padlocked gates. Residents living between the two points and essential services can access the area - which remains open to walkers and cyclists.
The restriction removes the nuisance of weekend visitors diving and camping and leaving huge [...]

Pub Quiz winners

Saturday, 27th September, 2008 | Community News | None

Winners of last night’s quiz in The Furnace Inn were: The Whitebridge Quartet. Eddie McCallum claims responsbility for the win since he only decided to come with the others at the last minute.
Questions we all learned from asked for the names of the designer/architects of the Wallace Memorial in Stirling (Answer: J T Rockhead); and [...]

First 200 Club Draw

Thursday, 25th September, 2008 | Community News, fundraising | None

The 200 Club masterminded and organised - driven - by Eva Paterson to raise funds for the Hall, had its first draw tonight.

First Prize of £50: Alma Smyllie
Second Prize of £25: Louis Forsyth
Third Prize of £10: Lynda Henderson

Eva handed over £600 for Hall Funds and was hugely congratulated for her hard-earned success in getting 200 [...]

July and August 2008 Minutes of Community Council and Amenity Association

Thursday, 25th September, 2008 | Community Council/Amenity Association | None

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Table Tennis Club starts season on 1st October

Thursday, 25th September, 2008 | Clubs and Societies, Community News | None

Table Tennis Club kicks off this season on Wednesday 1st October at 8.00pm. Unfortunately, because of Child Protection laws, the club now has to be restricted to adults - but arrangements have been made with the Youth Project to have Table Tennis as one of the available indoor activities from time to time.
New members are [...]

John Gillies taking Mid Argyll Boccia team to 2009 Great Britain Special Olympics

Thursday, 25th September, 2008 | Community News, People | None

John Gillies, Secretary of Furnace Table Bowls Team, is taking a team of four athletes from Mid Argyll to next year’s Great Britain Special Olympics. He and Karen Heafey, a colleague from Lochgilphead Resource Centre, have been coaching Flora Currie, Campbell Ferguson, Iain MacDougall and Sandy MacKellar in Boccia and will go with them to [...]

Remember the Duck Derby?

Wednesday, 24th September, 2008 | Community News, Village Events | None

You don’t have t remember it now. Here are some great shots taken by Lynda Syed on the day.

Sarah shelters Abbie (left). Iain can take whatever comes at him (centre). Mike ‘ducks’ under Callum’s umbrella. Photos: Copyright: Lynda Syed

Syb and Edith (left) think ‘This is a laugh’. Pearl and Linda (right) reserve judgement. Photo: [...]

The Furnace Press - the future

Tuesday, 23rd September, 2008 | Community News, The Furnace Press | None

The Furnace Press (FP) team has what may have been its first full editorial meeting - in the pub on Monday night (24th September). Loads of ideas and lots of practical plans for how the FP can be run more easily. Decisions taken were:

Publish the FP in the first week of each month
Identify individual people [...]