£10,000 spòrsnis donation

ANGUS JOHN GILLIES, who is well known to fios readers for his occasional letters from Canada, has remembered the community he was brought up in in a very tangible form with a donation of £10,000 to the spòrsnis project. His cheque was received on Saturday by spòrsnis treasurer Christina Maclean.

Angus John - a close friend of Christina’s late father Ruairidh Bàn Morrison - has agreed to his donation being acknowledged publicly in the “hope that it might encourage others to contribute.” fios readers may recall an earlier, £10,000 private donation to spòrsnis which it has now revealed was also from Angus John - making an incredible total donation of £20,000 towards the new community facility being built at Lionel.

Calum Iain Macleod, sporsnis chairman said,
"This is absolutely wonderful news. The whole community will, I am sure, join all of us involved in the spòrsnis project, in warmly thanking AngusJohn for his truly generous contributions".

Sitework starts at sporsnis but fundraising efforts continue

THE building of a state-of-theart community facility, adjacent to Lionel School, has now started with local contractor Alex Murray (Construction) Ltd screening off the site and commencing the groundworks.

The sporsnis committee has been involved in the project since June 1995 and a major milestone has now been reached with the help of a generous community and regional national and European funding agencies. However the fundraising committee and other volunteers are still very active to ensure that the new centre can be fitted out with top quality equipment.

Recently a family barbecue was held at the Eoropie Dunes park and a car treasure hunt organised to raise funds. More activities are planned throughout the coming months.