Hugh Smith’s letter from Islay

Anger over three-weekly waste uplift

THERE has been a furious response to the news that

Elephant campaigner is unmasked

Many people will have been mystified over the past six

Former councillor passes away

DUNCAN MACINTYRE, a former councillor and justice of the peace,

160 new jobs set for Argyll factory

A GROUND-BREAKING ceremony will take place today (July 7) to

Barcaldine centre sold to SSF

SCOTTISH Sea Farms has bought Barcaldine’s Marine Resource Centre and

Concerns grow as Rio Tinto put up for sale

CONCERNS over the future of a Lochaber smelter have once

High times and holidays

Youngsters reached dizzy heights at the Glengarry Games last weekend

Lochaber businesses join to launch new marketing group

A NEW joint marketing group has been set up in

Van driver hurt in crash

A MAN in his 60s is in hospital following an

Speed restriction slammed

AN A82 campaign group has condemned Transport Scotland’s decision to

Future looks bright for Canna

A REMOTE island will have access to electricity 24 hours

Community rally round to support Mull mum

A SUPPER, auction and raffle in Pennyghael Hall on Mull

Gala programme is announced

THE PROGRAMME for the Ross of Mull and Iona Gala

Tobermory Lifeboat Day

THERE will be all kinds of fun and games at

Play park appeal reaches £62,000 fundraising target

CHILDREN in Tobermory could benefit from a new play park

Oban family celebrates Fabulous five

FIVE generations of an Oban family recently marked the birth

Lifeboat rescues yacht from rocks

ISLAY RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew was called to the aid

SQA success for education assistants

EDUCATION staff from across Argyll and Bute attended an awards

West Coast Motors to improve service to Dunbeg

WEST COAST MOTORS said this week that it will put

The Oban Times unmasks local elephant campaigner

MANY people may have been mystified over the last six

Veteran actor stages fundraiser for Mary’s Meals

ALL THE world has been a stage for Keith Bartlett

10 months for Oban man who attacked friend

AN OBAN man has been sentenced to 10 months for

Residents urged to report scammers

ARGYLL and Bute Trading Standards is urging people to spread

Shellfish toxins warning is lifted

MONITORING work undertaken on behalf of Food Standards Scotland has

Investigation finds inexperience resulted in accident

A 17-METRE scallop dredger had to be scrapped after running

Drugs case adjourned for evidence from expert witness

A COURT case against two men accused of having cannabis

New pontoon at Ulva Ferry is ready for operation

THE Ulva Ferry community is about to celebrate the opening

New airports role for ex-VisitScotland chief

MIKE CANTLAY OBE has been appointed the new chairman of

Council boost for Argyll businesses

A THIRD of Argyll and Bute Council contracts were awarded

Talks held on key issues for islands

WESTERN ISLES councillor Norman A MacDonald attended the second annual

Communities up in arms over boundary change proposals

THE Boundary Commission has ‘totally ignored’ Kilninver and Kilmelford’s wish

High school celebrates its young achievers

OBAN High School prizegiving ceremony took place last week as

Air gun confusion

CONTRADICTING campaigns by the Scottish government and Police Scotland have

Fighting loneliness

ARGYLL and Bute MP Brendan O’Hara has welcomed an NHS

New café to feature finest Argyll produce

LOCAL produce from Argyll is being given a chance to

Council backs parliament’s Brexit plan

ARGYLL and Bute Council threw its weight behind the Scottish

Policy lead gives last health update

OUTGOING policy lead for integration of health and social care,

Councillor dismisses SNP criticism o ver new role

A NEWLY-ELECTED Oban councillor has dismissed claims he does not

Conservation push sees rise in curlew numbers

CURLEWS are back on song across Scotland’s grouse moors, as

POLICE FILES

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an assault at the

Sentence deferred on nuisance caller

A TIREE mother has pleaded guilty to making abusive telephone

Lucky escape

A 19-YEAR-OLD Irishman had a lucky escape when he fell

Cash boost will fund new service to support cancer sufferers

MARIE CURIE cancer support in Argyll and Bute has been

Family fulfills father’s promise with a feast

A SON has fulfilled a promise made by his dad

Concerns grow as Rio Tinto put up for sale

CONCERNS over the future of a Lochaber smelter have once

High times and holidays

Youngsters reached dizzy heights at the Glengarry Games last weekend

Lochaber businesses join to launch new marketing group Van driver hurt in crash

A NEW joint marketing group has been set up in

Speed restriction slammed

AN A82 campaign group has condemned Transport Scotland’s decision to

For John’s a jolly good fellow...

SCOTTISH Association for Marine Science (SAMS) staff past and present

Libraries award

THE HIGH Life Highland Libraries team is celebrating having received

WASPI stirs a hornets’ nest over state pension changes

A HUGE injustice has been done to a small cohort

HAVE YOUR SAY on plans to cut bin collections

Helen Szynk, Loch Awe ‘It’s unacceptable, especially in the summer

Jobs boost at Campbeltown thanks to £27m investment in wind tower factory

WORK on the UK’s first offshore wind tower factory will

MP visits 70 towns and villages

ARGYLL and Bute MP Brendan O’Hara has under taken an

Chamber appoints new manager to champion Lochaber outdoors

LOCHABER Chamber of Commerce has appointed a new destination manager

Charities celebrating thanks to Highland pupils’ generosity

YOUNG Highland philanthropists have secured £72,000 for a local charity

Inverlochy couple thanked for first-class service as they step down from post office

A COUPLE are stepping down from Inverlochy Post Pffice after

POLICE FILES

POLICE are appealing for information after unknown persons entered a

Young pipers’ European success

LOCHALSH Junior Pipe Band is celebrating success at the European

Dancers’ success

THE NEVIS School of Highland Dancing students celebrated their hard

Pupils mark day of school graduations

BUN-SGOIL Gàidhlig Loch Abar celebrated two of its classes moving

Air gun amnesty extended

AN AIR weapon amnesty has been extended due to the

Sleeper sneak peek

SCOTLAND’s transport minister was one of the first to see

Celebrating Lochyside

LOCHYSIDE RC primary held an open week to mark the

A day of long goodbyes

THERE were more goodbyes than usual at the Lochyside end

Prepare ahead for winter storms

SSE IS urging communities to take advantage of its Resilient

Highland health team wins award

AN ‘INNOVATIVE’ health team been awarded £10,000 in recognition of

Campaigner calls for drugs test use

A ROAD safety campaigner is pushing for a drug driving

Federation meets with crofting MSP

THE Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has met with Fergus Ewing,

Caol pupils’ big send-off for Mrs Stewart

A PRIMARY one teacher was wished a long and happy

Dlite as new teachers graduate

ELEVEN Highland students have graduated thanks to a joint partnership

Chamber appoints new manager to champion Lochaber outdoors

LOCHABER Chamber of Commerce has appointed a new destination manager

Charities celebrating thanks to Highland pupils’ generosity

YOUNG Highland philanthropists have secured £72,000 for a local charity

Inverlochy couple thanked for first-class service as they step down from post office

A COUPLE are stepping down from Inverlochy Post Pffice after

POLICE FILES

POLICE are appealing for information after unknown persons entered a

Young pipers’ European success

LOCHALSH Junior Pipe Band is celebrating success at the European

Dancers’ success

THE NEVIS School of Highland Dancing students celebrated their hard

Pupils mark day of school graduations

BUN-SGOIL Gàidhlig Loch Abar celebrated two of its classes moving

Air gun amnesty extended

AN AIR weapon amnesty has been extended due to the

Sleeper sneak peek

SCOTLAND’s transport minister was one of the first to see

Celebrating Lochyside

LOCHYSIDE RC primary held an open week to mark the

A day of long goodbyes

THERE were more goodbyes than usual at the Lochyside end

Caol pupils’ big send-off for Mrs Stewart

A PRIMARY one teacher was wished a long and happy

Dlite as new teachers graduate

ELEVEN Highland students have graduated thanks to a joint partnership

Prepare ahead for winter storms

SSE IS urging communities to take advantage of its Resilient

Highland health team wins award

AN ‘INNOVATIVE’ health team been awarded £10,000 in recognition of

Campaigner calls for drugs test use

A ROAD safety campaigner is pushing for a drug driving

Federation meets with crofting MSP

THE Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has met with Fergus Ewing,

Anger over three-weekly waste uplift

THERE has been a furious response to the news that

Elephant campaigner is unmasked

Many people will have been mystified over the past six

Former councillor passes away

DUNCAN MACINTYRE, a former councillor and justice of the peace,

160 new jobs set for Argyll factory

A GROUND-BREAKING ceremony will take place today (July 7) to

West Coast Motors to improve service to Dunbeg

WEST COAST MOTORS said this week that it will put

The Oban Times unmasks local elephant campaigner

MANY people may have been mystified over the last six

Veteran actor stages fundraiser for Mary’s Meals

ALL THE world has been a stage for Keith Bartlett

Investigation finds inexperience resulted in accident

A 17-METRE scallop dredger had to be scrapped after running

Drugs case adjourned for evidence from expert witness

A COURT case against two men accused of having cannabis

New pontoon at Ulva Ferry is ready for operation

THE Ulva Ferry community is about to celebrate the opening

10 months for Oban man who attacked friend

AN OBAN man has been sentenced to 10 months for

Residents urged to report scammers

ARGYLL and Bute Trading Standards is urging people to spread

Shellfish toxins warning is lifted

MONITORING work undertaken on behalf of Food Standards Scotland has

Council backs parliament’s Brexit plan

ARGYLL and Bute Council threw its weight behind the Scottish

Policy lead gives last health update

OUTGOING policy lead for integration of health and social care,

Councillor dismisses SNP criticism over new role

A NEWLY-ELECTED Oban councillor has dismissed claims he does not

Conservation push sees rise in curlew numbers

CURLEWS are back on song across Scotland’s grouse moors, as

POLICE FILES

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an assault at the

Sentence deferred on nuisance caller

A TIREE mother has pleaded guilty to making abusive telephone

Lucky escape

A 19-YEAR-OLD Irishman had a lucky escape when he fell

Cash boost will fund new service to support cancer sufferers

MARIE CURIE cancer support in Argyll and Bute has been

Family fulfills father’s promise with a feast

A SON has fulfilled a promise made by his dad

Lismore

THE LISMORE Agricultural Show has received £1,500 from Scottish Sea

South Uist

SOUTH UIST woman Gemma Steele has been nominated as a

Lewis

COMHAIRLE nan Eilean Siar Convener Norman MacDonald has congratulated Lewis

Colonsay

THE Colonsay Medical Equipment Fund committee is having a ceilidh

Football star Gemma inspires school with her sporting visit

KINLOCHLEVEN High School had a visit from the most capped

Western Isles

WESTERN Isles MP Angus Brendan MacNeil is calling on mobile

Benderloch

PUPILS from Lochnell primary school received a £10,000 cheque from

Powerful arguments on energy

GREEN energy is not new. Man has been using falling

Viewpoint

The passing of Duncan MacIntyre marks the end of an

Days gone by – the SS Handa

Iain Thornber sent in this week’s photo of the SS

Unwanted visitor

THE Tiree Fèis – at which I am teaching guitar

Social media

THERE was a huge response on The Oban Times Facebook

Join the commission to help crofting

There has been much said recently about the Crofting Commission

A poem in tribute to the fallen at Somme

One hundred years ago this year, They went ‘over the

Quarrying would be disastrous for Appin

I have been reading the latest issue of Holiday West

Beachd Ailein

BHA MI GU MATH MÌ-THOILICHTE nuair a chaidh coinneamh de

Press policy

WE AT The Oban Times endeavour to ensure that all

Your letters

THE EDITOR welcomes letters of approximately 300 words in length

No Man’s Land

Last week witnessed the centenary of the Battle of the

Mairidh Gaol is Ceol (Love and Music are eternal)

ONE hundred years ago this week, the Battle of the

Battle of The Somme

Low proud Willie Lawrie’s descendants must be, and we all

Glengarry Highland Games

A HISTORICAL highland games was enjoyed by locals and tourists

Kintyre’s magical kingdom awaits

KINTYRE is the Riviera of Argyll and Bute with azure

Top dog Dan helps John bring home the silverware

BREEZY conditions with the odd sharp shower failed to deter

Let customers buy Scottish, NFU Scotland urges supermarkets

AS THE UK teeters on the brink of exiting the

Reported dog attacks on rise

REPORTS of livestock worrying have risen by 55 per cent

Safety week sends out stark message to farmers

FARM Safety Week 2016 has been posing the simple question:

Prime cattle sold at Cally Marts, Stirling

AT STIRLING, Caledonian Marts Ltd sold 165 Cattle on Thursday

BIRTHS

LANGFORD - On June 28, 2016 at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee,

MACDONALD

Suddenly but peacefully at ARI on Sunday July 3, 2016,

MACDOUGALL

Suddenlyat her home, 7 Garval Terrace, Tarbert, on July 2,

MARTIN

May, in her 87th year, formerly of Ardrishaig, district nurse

MURDOCH

Peacefully on June 30, 2016 in the care of her

BROWN - Remembering

Remembering with love my dear mum and gran Annie, and

CAMPBELL

In loving memory of my dear mum Mary, who passed

CAMPBELL

In loving memory of my dearly missed gran. Your face

EDWARDS - In loving

MACDONALD

In loving memory of a dear father and grandfather William

MACKAY -

In loving memory ofour dear mother and grandmother Annie, died

MACLEAN

Treasured memories of Donald, a loving father and grandfather, sadly

McCREEVY

In memory of my beloved daughter Eileen (Gunn), who died

McEWAN

- Cherished memories of Eddie, taken from us on July

POTTER

Treasured memories of Iain, a dear son, brother, brother-in-law and

POTTER -

In memory of Iain, died July 6, 2015, a dear

SCOBIE

Remembering our mum Morag, who passed away one year ago

TURNER -

Treasured memories of Dennis, a beloved husband and dad, who

LOCHYSIDE pupils’ receive Pope Francis Faith Awards

LOCHYSIDE pupils’ received recognition for their faith and commitment after

MUCKAIRN Church Guild host Annual Guild Rally

MUCKAIRN Church Guild was the host at the Annual Guild

Thought for the week

HOPE FOR HONEST FAILURES “God, have mercy on me, a

McAULEY

Ryan and Alison are delighted to announce the arrival of

Golden Bear’s son borrows Trump’s helicopter to play Machrihanish

THE SON of arguably golf’s greatest player borrowed the potential

Talented young athletes compete at sports day

THE WEATHER was far from ideal on Sunday June 26

West Highland Tennis Week at upgraded courts

THE UPGRADED tennis courts at Atlantis Leisure, Oban, were well

Bowling

Left to right: Liz Fraser, Jenifer Jones and Liz Smith

Prizegiving at Taynuilt

TAYNUILT Bowling Club held their annual dinner and prizegiving in

Second class win for rising rally star

RISING Mull rally star AlasdaIr Currie bagged maximum class points

Dalmally

ALMOST 70 men braved the weather to compete in Dalmally

Glencruitten

CAMERON Milne won the George Huntly Trophy at Glencruitten on

Islay

ISLAY Golf Club result: July Medal played Sunday July 3

Cup action and change at top of premiership

KYLES Athletic reached the Artemis Macaulay Cup semi-finals, the Kingussie

Hamilton Accies win D & K Cup

OBAN Saints got preparations for the 2016-17 season under way

Mountain bikers flock back to 12th annual 10 Under the Ben challenge

LAST weekend was the 12th time No Fuss Events delivered

Liz and Tommy combine to win bowling shield

Fort William Railway Bowling Club president Bill Clark, second right,