It's a big week ahead as we celebrate Australia Day on Wednesday and the Santos Festival of Cycling makes its way through many Hills communities throughout the rest of the week. 

 

Did everyone get the email about Rotary's Australia Day online, celebration event?  It promises to be an action packed hour of entertainment and great speakers.  It runs from 11:30am to 12:30pm Adelaide time on Wednesday, 26 January, Australia Day.

 

There is, of course, no charge but you need to register to get the link to attend online.

 

To register, Click HERE

 

It was quite special to hear from one of our own about the fantastic work Rotarian Nick Kentish is doing to mentor farmers to  regenerate over-worked soil and discuss how to develop sustainable agricultural practices for long term health. 

 

 

 

Australia is a land of feast and famine and, already, landowners are adopting best practices to ensure their future after adopting the basic principles of nurturing the land and ensuring sustainability.

 

Seriously, though, Nick.  Three Billion microbes in every cubic centimetre of soil?

 

Please join us next Monday for an important Club Assembly to review the first half of the Rotary Year and plan for the next 6 months.  Again, this is YOUR club and your ideas, suggestions and thoughts are crucial  components of the planning process. 

Please familiarise yourselves again with the Club Plan which was passed by the board at our last meeting.

There is a link to the document HERE.

 

Our responsiveness to a last minute request in late December has, as hoped, led to Rotary being approached on short notice to yet again this month run a sausage sizzle.

 

A big Shout Out to John Norris, Steve Blacketer, Pauline Annear, Grant Andrew, Michelle Lesiw, Dick Wilson, Greg Russell, David Hogan and Robert Koehne for putting up their hands to help us kick start our 2022 fundraising! 

 

The Committee has been meeting now for some months to prepare for the next Exhibition to open on Friday, 29 April, 2022.  The National Trust Mount Lofty Branch has closed and management of Stangate House has now transferred to the state based office.  The process of developing new relationships and getting the new team committed  has taken some time, but it is full steam ahead, now.

 

The Adelaide Hills Council is particularly anxious to get events going after a couple of difficult years, and have offered very tangible support to the organising committee, including the graphic design and printing of the catalogue.  They have also offered to help with the promotion throughout the community.

 

The committee is also exploring a new program of private, organised tours for seniors groups.

 

Jan and Tim have an impressive number of Sculptors committee to ensure this year's event is bigger and better than ever.

 

Pauline kindly hosts the congenial meetings on her beautiful patio  Members of the committee.  Left to right are PDG Dick and Liz Wilson, Tim Boon, Jan Lyon, Winnie Pelz and Pauline Annear.  Dan Edmonds took the picture.

 

Winnie Pelz AM is a very welcome addition to the team and is already making important cntributions.  She has been described as an arts legend, artist, writer, arts administrator and current affairs presenter.  

 

Jessica, as most will recall , is a successful alumnus of the ARH Indigenous Scholarship program and was sponsored by the club.

 

She and Dick are in regular contact.  While she and the family are fully vaccinated and remain healthy and well, her twin sister, husband and 2 children got COVID.  Fortunately, the symptoms were mild and they are all now fully recovered.

Jess shared a happy snap of the family to show off her two daughter's, Kelsey, 2 and Ella, just about 7 months! She advises that both are good kids.  Kelsey is "pretty" well behaved and Ella is a relatively easy baby just very attached to mum!

 

Enjoy!

...but we STILL ARE!