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Keith, Fiona and Steevie are back with more golf banter and fun – Find out what is happening to BOB in the golfing world as he plays live in Dubai as they record (and Keith gets distracted watching on TV) this week with with Carol MacLarty and Moira MacVicar chatting to Fiona at Taynuilt Golf Club
Music, poetry, songs and even a bit of highland dancing were served up as extras to go with the St Andrew’s Day take away cooked by volunteers and delivered to Oban Link club members’ homes in celebration.
President Kees van Rein has handed over cheques for £200 each to Morven Finlayson of the Salvation Army (left) and Catriona Petit of Hope Kitchen to assist with their Christmas appeals.
The virtual session on Thursday December 10 will help parents and carers find out more about how they can help their child plan for the future and access the support that is available.
The so-called ‘bund’ will be 570ft long and 19ft tall and will be positioned next to the OMR at the foot of the vulnerable channel formed by landslips in August and September.
Seil community councillors are still waiting to hear back from Scottish Water with details of a meeting it wants to set up with stakeholders and community representatives to talk through its decision to review its plans.
‘They are putting money first and risking our health,’ a meeting of Oban Community Council is told.
A series of performances as part of Music For Winter Solitude are being created over the next few months with the first of them by Gaelic electronica duo Whyte tonight Thursday December 3 at 8pm.
Sandy Wilkie, who has neither accepted or rejected the financial settlement being offered, says people’s settlement offers are being downscaled and ‘stink of budget restraints’.
Kilmallie community councillors agreed this was an appropriate course of action and the council will contact the rugby club to seek such assurances.
From January 1 2021 the way the UK trades with the EU will change. Businesses need to act now! This is true for retail, those trading in consumer goods, services and investment, construction and housing as well as vehicle and haulier firms.
Despite being faced with more experienced opponents the Saints management team will be disappointed
The midfielder’s introduction proved to be a master stroke by manager Willie Gemmell
The Oban left hander showed his class at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa by firing off the day’s best round and recording another top-10 finish.
Online music community Tunes in the Hoose are asking for help from the public to spread the news to those working in the care sector or any community that may benefit from the show.
Plenty of chit chat and cheer in this week’s Something for the Weekend. We’re a cultural lot at the Oban Times so listen in for news about a panto for Oban and what was happening on Luing this week to mark Book Week Scotland. Merriment as a Welsh castle and celebrities were also in the pot ….. so to speak! Oh and beware…the dolphins!
A total of 17,355 people from 475 churches took part in the event and to date it has raised £203,259 nationally towards the charity’s work.
Kathleen MacPhee: The folk who live in the West: tales from the West Coast. New Generation Publishing.
The band is made up of stalwarts from the traditional music scene, equally at home touring the great stages of the world as performing in the local village hall.
Plenty of chit chat and cheer in this week’s Something for the Weekend. We’re a cultural lot at the Oban Times so listen in for news about a panto for Oban and what was happening on Luing this week to mark Book Week Scotland. Merriment as a Welsh castle and celebrities were also in the pot ….. so to speak! Oh and beware…the dolphins!
If you’re looking for the oldest generation of Scots who have missed out on seeing our team at a major tournament, look no further than me.
The award-winning SEALL Festival of Small Halls will live-stream the music of some of Scotland’s best traditional musicians from three stunning locations on the island later this month.
Things are so different this year that wee gestures have come to mean a lot.
The sight of the animal that night did not fill me with horror, instead it caught my breath in a thrill. The pine marten has a beating heart, and a stomach, and a survival instinct.
This week’s photo is more of a ‘where was it taken from?’, rather than ‘where is it?’
Both Hope Kitchen and the Salvation Army are collecting gifts for those less fortunate, and if you’re able to contribute then this year it’s even more needed than ever.
Well done to everyone who gives so selflessly to make the Oban area such a great place to live and work.
Scotland’s historic victory in Belgrade was sweeter still for Highland viewers given the starring role of local lad Ryan Christie! Euphoria in the wake of so much sadness during preceding days as we remembered the thousands sacrificed in wars, with so many known only to God where they lie.
