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25 years ago
Village set to get sporty
From the edition of November 5, 1996
A small Wester Ross community is set to go sports mad with the creation of a long-awaited playing field.
The 140-strong population of Shieldaig has been battling for years to get a sports field to meet the needs of youngsters and adults. The dream looks set to become a reality with work due to start in March. A grant from Ross and Cromarty Enterprise was the final piece in the £80,000 funding package. The community itself raised nearly £19,000.
The only playing field at the time was a “small patch of sloping grass” at the school.
Shieldaig Sports Field Association secretary Catherine MacKenzie said that while the area is surrounded by stunning hills and water, some flat land for organised sports for children and adults alike was in great demand for games like football, hockey and rounders.
It was hoped work would finish the following summer.
Local notes from Ross
From the edition of November 5, 1971
Mrs Macmillan, president, was in the chair for the October meeting of Garve and Lochluichart WRI at Strathgarve School.
After business was attended to, the institute was treated to a witty and entertaining slide show about Uganda presented by Mr and Mrs W.A. Easson, Invergordon.
The members of the Women's Section of the Dingwall branch of the Royal British Legion had a most enjoyable meeting when Miss Pat Henderson, beautician with Boots chemists, gave a fascinating talk on beauty aids and treatment, for which she was thanked by the president, Mrs Betty Munro.
Congratulations are extended to Mrs Henderson, Ballachladdich, Evanton, who has won a Molineux liquidiser and a year's supply of Delrossa fruit juices in a doodling competition run by Modern Mothet magazine. It was the second national competition she had won in a year, the paper reported.
Memorial set for unveiling
From the edition of November 4, 1921
The Fearn war memorial is now completed and will be unveiled on Armistice Day by Colonel A.F. Mackenzie or Ord.
Tain Town Council has agreed to pay its share of the Invergordon Joint Hospital Scheme. The expenses totalled £111 7s.
When the weather permits, the motor fishing boats from Hilton and Balintore get from 2 to 3 cwts of haddock and the fish is sold at about 17/- per cwt.
In aid of the funds of the Alness Pipe Band, a concert wil be held in the Public Hall, Alness, on Friday evening. Many well-known artists will take part and Commander |Croker will preside. A dance will follow in the Masonic Hall.
Miss H.M. Munro, Ardross Village, has, after a holiday extending over three months, left for Canada again where she takes up her old position as assistant superintendent in a boys' home in Toronto which she has held for the past five years.
