The next few weeks will see the council Streetscape officers going round all the Stirling shops, pubs and business premises offering smokers personal ashtrays and reminding people that unless portable ashtrays or the ashtrays on the litter bins are used a £50 on the spot fine will be the result of dropping a cigarette butt in the street.

And yes, more than 40 people have already suffered the consequences of dropping their butts!

Bark in the Park

13-Aug-06

Bark in the Park on Sunday, August 13, is organised by Stirling Council's Countryside Service and Top Dog Training. It is a free event promoting responsible dog ownership and is set to provide fun for all owners and pooches from noon. Dogs are asked to bring their owners on a lead.

Groups Share LOTTO £40,000

04-Aug-06

PROJECTS around rural Stirling have reaped thousands of pounds of lottery cash in the latest round of grants.
Recently-formed Trossachs Toddlers in Brig o' Turk is receiving £4761 for kitchen equipment, toys and hall hire.
Aberfoyle Youth Activities Group gets £1874 towards a multi-activiity residential course.
Out-of-school group the Poppy Club Ltd in Balfron has been awarded £5000 to buy furniture and equipment.
Buchanan Community Council in Balmaha also receives £5000, which is to be spent on printing and artwork costs, DVDs and stationery.
£5000 is on its way to Killearn Primary School towards preparing a building site and creating a new structure.
New group Buchanan 500, set up to organise and stage an event celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of George Buchanan, gets £4750.
Buchanan School in Milton of Buchanan now has £4179 to put towards resurfacing and painting the playground and providing seating and a soft play area.
Crossroads (West Stirlingshire) care attendant scheme receives £4968 towards training costs.
Strathblane out of school care has been awarded £5000.
Forth Valley Indian Women's Association, based in Stirling, is a new group whose £4920 grant will go towards equipment, fees, outings and toys for its creche.

Groups that want to apply for a grant of £500-£10,000 can get an Awards For All application pack by calling 0845 600 2040 or by visiting the website at www.awardsforall.org.uk.

Annie and Angus set for first flight

04-Aug-06

ABERFOYLE'S osprey chicks have been christened Annie and Angus a week before they take their first flight.
Since the chicks hatched seven weeks ago, children from as far afield as the south coast of England have been entering a competition to name them.
Staff and volunteers at David Marshall Lodge eventually settled on Annie and Angus, suggested by Kerry Monaghan of Dumbarton.
Education officer Joanna McFarlane said: 'Name suggestions have ranged from the typical to the bizarre, including Bonnie and Clyde and Cherie and Tony.
This is an incredibly exciting and nerve-wracking time for us. It will only be a few more days before the chicks make their first flight and prepare to leave the nest — something you need to get right when you are 30 feet up a tree — and in a few weeks the chicks will be off to Africa for the winter.
Everyone who wants to catch a glimpse of the chicks taking their first flight should make sure they come along to the viewing centre as soon as they can.'

Ospreys are a highlight of the Trossachs Bird of Prey Trail, which was lunched in January and has proved popular.

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