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Bringing out banner in Boghall
A group looking at the issue of community safety in Boghall has designed a banner round the topics tackled during the four week course.
The group looked at issues such as fire safety and improving safety for youngsters in the community.
They launched the banner during a visit to the fire station at Boghall.
Resource centre proves popular during summer
Boghall Drop-in and Resource Centre will be open during the summer holiday period for both adults and youths.
And already it is proving to be very popular.
The summer workshop at the centre will focus on Arts and Crafts.
Solving crime in Bathgate
Police making enquiries into a spate of vandalisms and other crimes that took place in the Boghall area during May have charged three local males with a total of 19 alleged offences.
A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal at Linlithgow.
Move to erect wind turbines picks up speed
The Council is providing the rest of the finance for the wind turbines at a total cost of £450,000.
The two 35m high wind turbines will produce 100KW of energy and aim to provide 'Green' energy to reduce the electricity supply costs to the existing Balbardie Sports Centre and the proposed new swimming pool.
It is estimated that the turbines will be in full spin by the end of October.
Executive councillor for culture and leisure, Jim Walker, attended the official sod cutting this week. He said: "Everyone must look at environmentally friendly ways of generating energy and it is important that we, as a forward thinking local authority, use alternative sources."
Business is better from Bathgate
Plenty as far as a West Lothian business is concerned.
For since organic produce delivery company Grow Wild moved out to Whiteside Industrial Estate, Bathgate, they have found it much easier to do business in Glasgow.
At their previous Edinburgh base, Grow Wild discovered that people in Glasgow weren't quite so keen on doing business with a company from the Capital.
Now Grow Wild have taken on six new local recruits in the last three years. And they're also looking to source more organic produce locally too.
Director Lindsay Girvan started the business when she was pregnant and couldn't find any organic food. So she decided to source her own and started supplying a few friends. "At first I was just part time," said Lindsay, "but the business quickly took off."
Lindsay, who once spent two months in the Borneo jungle, praised the help she received from business gateway in West Lothian. "I was highly impressed with them," she added. "They spent a lot of time with me and put me in touch with e-commerce website people."
Eighty per cent of Grow Wild's business is supplying business to households, with the other twenty per cent mainly to wholesale shops and restaurants.
- Their website www.growwild.co.uk (new window) includes special weekly offers.
Lyndsey's a marathon woman
The idea is the brainchild of Lindsey Colman, from Boghall.
And Lindsey hopes the event will soon become a full marathon to rival anything held in major towns or cities.
Lindsay is looking to hold the event in either March or October, in order to avoid a clash with any existing events.
"We also hope to boost tourism by showcasing some of the beautiful sites available for tourists in West Lothian," added Lindsey, who can be contacted at Linz251@googlemail.com or 01506 676991.
- The next meeting to discuss the marathon will take place in Boghall Resource Centre at 7pm on Tuesday, 12 August.