Strathspey and Badenoch Herald
15 May, 2008
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ONLY IN THIS WEEK'S STRATHY - Festival drug dealers jailed... New police chief for East Division... Clan icon's work goes on show... Couple notch up 65 years of marriage... Spey in May draws international field... and more!

Skiers enjoyed some of the best conditions at the Cairngorm ski area for many years.

Bumper ski season ends on a real high
Published:  14 May, 2008

THE number of people visiting Cairngorm to ski and snowboard this winter rose by almost two-thirds compared to the previous season, thanks to almost six months of continual snow cover.

Local News 
Walker's rebuff leads to rescue fury
Published:  14 May, 2008

A 65-YEAR-OLD Merseyside man has been blasted for wasting thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money after refusing to board an RAF helicopter scrambled to rescue him from a remote mountainside.

Leader 
Campaign welcomed
Published:  14 May, 2008

WE all know by now that breast is best and NHS Highland's latest campaign to highlight the benefits of mother's own milk is to be generally welcomed especially if it helps remove some of the stigma that still surrounds breastfeeding in public.

Local Sport 
Lightning stoppage
Published:  14 May, 2008

THE first round of the Macaulay Cup brought some high scoring, close shaves and an event unique in the Newtonmore club's history – an abandonment of their game due to thunder and lightning.

Foolscap 
Traffic lights leave locals scratching their heads
Published:  14 May, 2008

THE people of Grantown are to be found these days huddling in corners talking in whispers from the corners of their mouths.

In the Spotlight 
Traditional favourite returns to home turf
Published:  14 May, 2008

A WELL-known Scottish "super group" is set to have the audience jigging when they return to perform in Strathspey this weekend, along with a local winner of the BBC's Young Traditional Musician of the Year.

People and Places 

Aggie MacKenzie

Aggie gets on her bike to aid charity
Published:  14 May, 2008

TV's Aggie MacKenzie will be swapping her skates for a bike when she competes in a gruelling ride through Highland Perthshire for national health charity Action Medical Research at the weekend.

Letters 
Wind farm proposals must be rejected
Published:  14 May, 2008

Sir, – Johnny Pott, Nethy Bridge, writes ('Strathy', 'Hidden cost of windpower', April 23, 2008) that 'the sighting of wind farms anywhere on the Dava, or the Findhorn catchment, would be devastating.

Inside Holyrood 
A candle to banish the spectre of starvation
Published:  14 May, 2008

THERE was a debate in Holyrood recently at which Parliament unanimously expressed its concerns over the cost of increases to basic food products and the potential for global food shortages.

Dear Diary 
Share your blogs with us – and the world
Published:  03 April, 2008

HAVE you a blog you think deserves a wider audience? This is your opportunity to get it known. We don't mind what you write about as long as it keeps us interested or entertained and the subject or the author is from our area.

The Music Room 
Get your music on the web with the Strathy
Published:  24 April, 2007

CALLING all local musicians: the Strathy wants you – and your music - on our website.

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