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Kilmarnock Standard News for 31 August 2012

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annick walk time Aug 31 2012

IT’S TIME for the popular Annick Valley walking festival.Read

Make a will cash is charity’s gain Aug 31 2012

McSHERRY Halliday solicitors in Kilmarnock has donated more than £5500 to Ayrshire Hospice as a result of the Make A Will fortnight initiative earlier this summer.Read

Children can line up story jackpot Aug 31 2012

THE deadline’s looming for secondary schools in Ayrshire to sign up for a ScottishPower initiative aimed at encouraging reading, writing and creativity.Read

Bond movie will raise cancer cash Aug 31 2012

KILLIE film fans are being given the chance to see the new James Bond movie – before its general release.Read

Top speakers at hospice dinner Aug 31 2012

THE Ayrshire Hospice has lined up two of the country’s most entertaining speakers for its gents dinner to be held in Ayr in October.Read

Fundraiser will remember our pal Stuart Aug 31 2012

A MUCH-LOVED friend who was killed almost a year ago is to remembered at a fundraiser.Read

Teenager denies knife charge Aug 31 2012

A HURLFORD teenager is accused of having an illegal lock-knife in a Kilmarnock street.Read

School dinners for parents Aug 31 2012

MUMS and dads are being invited to tuck in with their kids in a ‘back to school’ exercise.Read

Academy Co-op title is a first in Scotland Aug 31 2012

A SECONDARY school is set to become the first Scottish School of Co-operation in a link-up with the Co-operative Society.Read

Dance teams are on top of the world Aug 31 2012

A DANCE group set up just two years ago is now world-beating!Read

Engineering firm celebrates its 65 years in business Aug 31 2012

KILMARNOCK company Smillie & Cuthbertson Ltd is celebrating 65 years in business.Read

Don’t lose your right to vote Aug 31 2012

PEOPLE are being asked to complete their annual electoral registration forms this month.Read

Pedal power raises charity cash Aug 31 2012

SUPER staff in Kilmarnock’s Marks and Spencer store have pedalled their way to a £2000 charity donation.Read

Extra summer cash for the Lighthouse project Aug 31 2012

A KILMARNOCK project that provides vital support for vulnerable children has received a summer grant from West Sound’s Cash for Kids charity.Read

Anger over fire chief's comments Aug 31 2012

COMMENTS by Strathclyde’s fire chief have angered the family of Galston woman Alison Hume who died after plunging 50 feet down a disused mineshaft near her home.Read

Arts and crafts at the Howard Centre Aug 31 2012

IT is time to get crafty once again in the Howard Centre, Portland Road, Kilmarnock.Read

Common sense needed Aug 31 2012

PARKING wardens have always been a bugbear in most Scottish towns, but only recently have the uniformed merchants of gloom reared their heads in Kilmarnock town centre.Read

Prefects look perfect Aug 31 2012

MEET the new senior prefect team at Kilmarnock Academy.Read

Beechgrove Garden films in Kilmarnock Aug 31 2012

FILMING got underway this week at the new community garden project in Knockinlaw.Read

Brothers in court Aug 31 2012

TWO brothers involved in a love triangle appeared separately at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week accused of sending offensive messages to different women.Read

MSP attacked over Diageo comments Aug 31 2012

AN MSP has come under fire for praising drinks giant Diageo.Read

Provost greets charity biker Aug 31 2012

A 63-YEAR-OLD biker who is raising money for the Samaritans was welcomed to Kilmarnock by East Ayrshire Provost Jim Todd.Read

Little Fire Music Column Aug 31 2012

THIS weekend sees the third annual Live@Troon Festival coming to town.Read

Live@Troon line-up 2012 Aug 31 2012

IT’S going to be a weekend to remember.Read

Money Matters with Adrian Murphy Aug 31 2012

NOW that I have my feet firmly back on the ground after my skydive, I have had to think hard about where to start this week.Read

Nutz the jannie calls it a day Aug 31 2012

KILMARNOCK Academy has lost stalwart jannie Ian Downie – but the Rugby Park faithful can breathe easy.Read

Vote for Killie's Mr Spoons! Aug 31 2012

KILMARNOCK’S most colourful character needs YOU to vote for him as he lines up in the Sunday Mail’s Great Scot awards.Read

Let’s have your Grand Green Ideas, says TV’s Heather Aug 31 2012

BBC Scotland’s ‘Heather the Weather’ has launched a nationwide search for the best green community idea.Read

Pupils are blazing a trail Aug 31 2012

A KILMARNOCK school is blazing a trail in terms of uniform policy.Read

A KILMARNOCK man last week denied assaulting his sister. Aug 31 2012

Christopher O’Pray, 29, of Fullarton Street, Kilmarnock, is accused of threatening the female with violence, seizing her by the hair, punching her on the head and pushing her to the ground.Read