What do we have for you in this week’s Oban Times newspaper and online?
A nurse at Easdale Medical Centre has won the Nurse of the Year award, bringing the trophy home to Luing after winning the accolade at the Scottish Health Awards.
Fiona Cruickshanks has dedicated her career to patient care for more than 30 years.
There is a bit of a buzz about helping make braille labelling for food products become law in Scotland, with a Ganavan beekeeper signing a petition spearheaded by Oban campaigners and two other charities.
We have Remembrance events taking place in Oban this weekend, with a fly-past on Friday at around 1.30pm.
An act of commemoration will also be held in the Garden of Remembrance on George Street on Saturday morning, with poignant exhibitions at the Rockfield Centre and the Remembrance Parade leaving Corran Halls at 10am on Sunday.
In other news, the biggest map of Scotland is coming to Oban’s Atlantis Leisure Centre in the form of a giant interactive jigsaw puzzle on Saturday.
Witches, zombies, terrifying clowns, a mangled rabbit…and a banana featured in our photographs from Hallowe’en parties at the Rockfield and St Columba’s primary schools.
A special celebration to mark the transformation of a former gunpowder factory near Oban into a much loved tourist destination is set to go off with a bang.
Last weekend, the town saw one of its most impressive firework displays for many years and we have spectacular photographs from the event on Saturday night.
Elsewhere, the Deputy First Minister Shona Robison has told protestor that Highland Council’s plan for the Corran Ferry is “not good enough”.
The Corran Action Group held a protest over the ongoing issues with the Loch Linnhe ferry at the Scottish Rural and Islands Parliament in Fort William.
Over on Colonsay, the island’s small community has rallied around to support a family that lost their home in a house fire in October, holding a ceilidh and silent auction on Guy Fawkes to support Susan Dance and her two children.
We also heard from Finn MacDonald, a primary four pupil at Rockfield who won gold on his Royal National Mòd debut in Paisley last month.
An Oban man has also told us how he rebuilt his life after a car crash to become a top author in the United States.
And in this week’s Lochaber Times you can read about the plight of Duror Primary School, with parents worried that Highland Council will decide to mothball their local school.
Meanwhile, in the sport the second edition of the Oban Professional Squash Association event proved a resounding success, with 24 players from nine countries in action.
Our weekly shinty round-up gives the lowdown on this season’s final round of on-field shinty and it was an early exit for Oban Saints in football’s Scottish Amateur Cup.
Taynuilt trials rider Euan Sim has also been looking back on a successful year and we have the latest from the Oban & District Darts League.