Headlines for October 2006

• Tell us what you want from the Great Outdoors - Tuesday, Oct 31 2006
  A major meeting is being held in Galashiels on Wednesday 1 November on how best to make the countryside available for sport and leisure.
• Screen School is blockbuster success with young Borderers - Friday, Oct 27 2006
  A five-day International Screen School held in Evanton, Ross-shire earlier this month has been hailed a resounding success by the 10 Borders youngsters who took part.
• Do you know someone who deserves a Scottish Borders Award? - Friday, Oct 27 2006
  If you know an enterprising, innovative and committed organisation or individual who deserves a helping hand, why don’t you nominate them for a Scottish Borders Award? 
• Review planned for community councils - Friday, Oct 27 2006
  Scottish Borders Council will shortly begin reviewing how it works with community councils.
• Council accounts audit “best in five years” - Friday, Oct 27 2006
  Scottish Borders Council’s accounts have received probably their best audit report in five years, councillors heard today.
• Council reaffirms support for traditional school cooking - Monday, Oct 23 2006
  Scottish Borders Council’s Executive reaffirmed its commitment to return school meal production to traditional production at a meeting on 17 October. 
• Garden waste collections to take winter break - Monday, Oct 23 2006
  The Council’s garden waste collections are about to pause for the winter before resuming next Spring. The final garden waste of the year will be made next week, starting 30 October.
• Local companies praised for recruiting disabled staff - Monday, Oct 23 2006
  The McDonald Cardrona Hotel, the Roxburghe Hotel & Golf Course and Tesco Galashiels have all been singled out for their dedication to providing employment to people with disabilities.
• Gala schools in Waverley Railway Line competition - Monday, Oct 23 2006
  An exciting primary school project based on the Waverley Railway Line is being piloted in six Galashiels primary schools this week as part of National Construction Week.   One of the youngsters’ tasks will be to come up with an original design layout for the new Tweedbank Station.
• Views sought on school holidays - Tuesday, Oct 17 2006
  Scottish Borders Council’s Director of Education is inviting views on the dates for the 2009/10 school session/holiday dates.
• No plans to reduce weekly bin collections - Tuesday, Oct 17 2006
  In a recent report attributed to COSLA (the body representing Scotland’s Local Authorities), it was suggested that all Scottish Councils are preparing to introduce fortnightly refuse collections. This is not the case in the Scottish Borders.
• Silver SHAW award for Burnfoot School - Tuesday, Oct 17 2006
  Burnfoot Community School in Hawick is the first primary school in the Borders to be awarded a silver award in Scotland’s Health at Work (SHAW).
• HMIe Inspection: Eyemouth Primary School - Tuesday, Oct 17 2006
  An HMIe inspection of Eyemouth Primary School, which took place in June 2006, has identified several very important strengths of the school.
• New booklet to help people with hearing difficulties - Tuesday, Oct 10 2006
  A new booklet for people with hearing difficulties has been launched by Scottish Borders Council and NHS Borders.
• Borders Archaeological Forum is a sell-out - Tuesday, Oct 10 2006
  The first one-day conference of the re-launched Borders Archaeological Forum has proved a sell-out.
• New trip sharing scheme launched for the Borders - Monday, Oct 9 2006
  Save money and help the environment - share a lift
• Care provider announced for supported housing service at Todlaw - Friday, Oct 6 2006
  Scottish Borders Council and NHS Borders have appointed Community Integrated Care (CIC) to run their new, community based supported housing service for disabled people at Todlaw, Duns. This new facility is due to be completed in September 2007 and become operational the following month.
• Meals at Home become twice as popular - Friday, Oct 6 2006
  The number of elderly, disabled and housebound people taking Scottish Borders Council's Meals at Home has more than doubled since the Council appointed a new company to provide the service.
• Time to nominate winners for the Scottish Borders Awards - Friday, Oct 6 2006
  The search is on once again to find the most enterprising, innovative and committed organisations and individuals in the Scottish Borders.
• Walk to School Month begins for Broomlands Primary School - Thursday, Oct 5 2006
  October 2006 sees the launch of the first International Walk to School Month when several million children and their families around the world will be taking to their feet in an effort to reduce the number of cars on the daily school run. 
• Derelict land to become reading garden for Kelso Library - Thursday, Oct 5 2006
  Work to create a new outdoor reading and storytelling area at Kelso Library will start shortly, thanks to a £10,000 grant from the Awards for All (Scotland) scheme.
• LB Alert is the new emergency information website for Lothian and Borders - Thursday, Oct 5 2006
  A pioneering website giving vital information to the public in an emergency went live across the Lothians and Scottish Borders on Wednesday (October 4). 
• Young film makers head north to International Screen School - Thursday, Oct 5 2006
  A group of 11 young film makers from the Scottish Borders is heading north during the October break to take part in a week-long International Screen School.