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- 1. 13Thursday,September22,2016 ♂ ♂ Bingofund-raiser atForfarLegion AngusThreewayFund- raisersareholdinga prizebingosessionon Tuesday,September27,in theLegionHall,Academy Street,Forfar.Eyesdown isat7.30pmandallare welcometoattend. AngusThreewayFund- raisersisledbyWilma Whyteandhermerry bandwhoraisemoney forAngusCancerCare, MultipleSclerosisand AngusCardiacGroup. Macmillancoffee servedbybowlers Macmillan Members of Brechin’s Parkview Bowling Club are hosting a coffee morning on behalf of Macmillan on Saturday, September 24, from 10am to 2pm. Juniors During the day the Junior Section (Parkview Panthers) will play the finals of its competitions. Coffeemorning fitforaqueen Thisyear’sMontrose RoseQueen,Rachel Kennedyhasorganised acoffeemorninginaid ofMacmillanCancer SupportinColumba Hall,MarketStreet, Montrose,onSaturday from10amuntilnoon.It willberunbytheRachel andherRoseMaids,Cara BarbourandCharley Laird.TheweeRosebuds fromFerrydenPrimary willassist. Edzellartist’sutterdelight atsuccessofhiscreation Peter Davidson, the Oor Wullie artist who lives in Glenesk, has expressed his delight at his ‘Oor Origi- nal’ statue being sold for £50,000. The lot was sold during a live streaming auction at Dun- dee Rep theatre on Tuesday, September 13, and the 70 sculptures on offer raised a staggering £883,000 for the ARCHIE Foundation and its £2 million campaign to pro- vide a new twin operating suite at Tayside Children’s Hospital. Peter told our reporter: “I’m utterly delighted that Oor Original made so much money, it was astonishing. I’m even more delighted about the total raised.” Peter, who also designed the Oor Golfer statue which soldfor£20,000,waskeento stress that Oor Original was ajointventurewithSuzanne Scott, the artist coordinator of the Bucket Trail. He said: “Suzanne laid it out and I etched in the de- tails.Iwasdelightedtomake a contribution and some of the other designs were truly remarkable.” SuzanneScottconfirmed the working relationship withthemanwhohasdrawn OorWullie’sadventureseve- ry week since 1993, having SuzanneScott(seatedfront)andPeterDavidson(backcentre)withsomeoftheotherBucketTrailartists. first produced artwork for the strip in the late 1970s. She said: “Peter was such a nice collaborator to work with. I did the big blacks and whites and he provided the details.” Talking of the success of theBucketTrailandthehuge amount of money raised at theauction,Suzannecontin- ued: “The whole thing feels like a dream and it will take a while to sink in - I did three otherstatuesmyselfandthey raised a total of £40,000. “The Bucket Trail has been a huge career highlight but it involved an incred- ible amount of hard work, although you never achieve anything worthwhile with- out it.” Suzanne has many more artistic projects in the pipe- line, including illustrating a book. However, right now she is looking forward to a well- deserved break, something she “really needs” after her efforts on the Bucket Trail. Peter, whose website www.davidsonart.com con- tains fantastic examples of his work, was left to explain the enduring appeal of Oor Wullie as a character. Heexplained:“He’sinour DNA - everybody loves him!” byCraigFerguson craig.ferguson@jpress.co.uk @The_Brechiner Contributed Angus man really chuffed with Oor Wullie ’Original’ fundraiser Helpand information weekin Forfar National Self Management Week runs from Monday, Oc- tober 3, and a celebratory in- formation event is being held inForfar. The theme is ‘Powerful Partnerships’, which is a very apt theme for the many col- laborationsthatruninAngus tohelppeoplelivingwithlong termconditions. A celebratory event to mark National Self Manage- ment Week is to be held on Friday, September 30 from 2 to 4pm in Voluntary Action Angus, 1 St James Road, For- farandmembersofthepublic areinvitedtoattend. The event will include in- formation about local devel- opmentsforpeoplelivingwith dementia,cardiacdiseaseand respiratorydisease.Therewill alsobeinformationaboutde- velopments open for all pa- tients living with long term conditions including Angus Long Term Conditions Sup- port Groups and the Angus Long Term Conditions Activ- ityProgramme.Carersupport isessentialandAngusCarers willalsobeinattendance. Formoreinformationorto beaddedtothemailinglistto receive advance notice about self management meetings, please contact the Primary Care Team on 01307 474889 oremailachppatientcourses. tayside@nhs.net SelfManagement Find outmoreabout HigherEducation SkillsDevelopmentScotland (SDS) and UCAS are having a HigherEducationExhibition at D&A College where young peoplecanfindoutmoreabout careers,collegeanduniversity. The event, in Dundee and AngusCollege’sGardyneCam- pus tomorrow (Thursday) brings together representa- tivesfrom27HigherandFur- therEducationinstitutionsin Scotlandandelsewhere.They willbeonhandtoofferadvice aswellasinformationonava- riety of courses and learning pathways. SDSworkcoachShonaLa- ing said: “This year’s Exhibi- tion gives young people and theirparentstheopportunity tofindtheinformationabout their options in one place at one time. It also gives them accesstoexpertswhichisalso veryvaluable.Choosingwhich course,universityorcareeris one of the biggest decisions peoplemake,soitisvitalthey havealltheinformationtoen- sure that decision is well-in- formed.” CareersadvisersfromSDS willbeatthefreeeventtogive impartial, one-to-one advice on options and opportuni- ties including employment, training, apprenticeships and volunteering. It will run from 9.30am-4pm. 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