Mount Beauty & District Men's Shed

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Invitation from Probus Club of Mt Beauty

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The Men’s Shed members have been invited to attend a talk organised by the Probus  Club of Mount Beauty on Wednesday 8th June 2016 at the Tawonga Hall.

The guest speaker, Rebecca Carne from the Law firm, Nevin, Lenne & 
Gross will talk about power of attorney, wills, estate management and other issues that are of interest to our members. There have been significant changes in recent times to the power of attorney provisions and these can be quite complicated. Rebecca will be happy to answer questions on any legal topic that may be of concern.

Nevin, Lenne & 
Gross is a regional law firm with offices in Myrtleford, Wangaratta, Shepparton, Wodonga, Bright & Mt Beauty.

  • Entry is $5.00 and includes morning tea.
  • Probus starts its General Meeting at 10:00 am followed by morning tea at approximately 10:30 am. The guest speaker’s talk starts at 11:00 am.

Probus wishes to know how many men will be attending. Please RSVP by Monday evening 6th June to Paul L’Huillier: Tel: 5754 460, Mob: 0400 056 247 or Email <paullhuillier@bigpond.com>

Also, following the talk by the guest speaker, Probus has a President’s Lunch provided by the Old Tawonga Store (at your cost). If you wish to attend the lunch please include that in your RSVP.

Red Cross Annual Lunch – Mon 16th May 12 noon – Tawonga Hall

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The Tawonga Red Cross Branch invites you to this ‘High Tea at Noon’ which will include savoury and sweet finger food.

Come and support the Annual Red Cross Luncheon starting at 12 noon Monday 16th May 2016 at the Tawonga Hall. All proceeds to go to Red Cross Appeals.

Raffle: A raffle with great prizes will be conducted.

Cost: $15.00 per head

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People Helping People (1914-2014)

Click [HERE] to view the Victorian Men’s Shed Association Newsletter – April 2016

Click [HERE] to have a virtual tour of the Melton Men’s Shed. It’s impressive!

Roland Pasuello working on the Skiing Kangaroo souvenir

Roland Pasuello working on the Skiing Kangaroo souvenir

Les Bevan (welder) & Dick Puttyfoot working on the Deer Guards for the 'Friends of the Clover Arboretum'

Les Bevan (welder) & Dick Puttyfoot working on the Deer Guards for the ‘Friends of the Clover Arboretum’

Furniture Building Opportunity–Sat 12th March

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Alpine Permablitz and Creative Collectives (The School of Self-Sufficiency) will be conducting a Pallet Furniture Building Workshop at the Shed on Saturday 12th March 2016: 9:30 am – 5:00 pm.

The Men’s Shed have been offered two FREE places at the workshop. If you are interested contact the Secretary Paul L’Huillier: Mobile: 0400 056 247 ASAP.

The Monthly BBQ and General Meeting Schedule has been finalised.  To view or print the Schedule click [HERE]. It is also displayed in the Shed. Members will not be mailed a copy. The March BBQ is on Friday 18th March at 12 noon at the Shed.

Important Information 

Shed fundraising — For the last three years the Shed has assisted the Dederang/Mt Beauty Football & Netball Club by collecting the Gate Entry money for home games. In return, they allow us to sell raffle tickets at the gate for a  trailer-load of redgum firewood or a $100 Bunnings voucher. Any ticket sales are Shed profit.

This activity is a major source of income towards the Shed’s annual operating costs so we need to continue to provide the service for the Football/Netball Clubs. The committee is seeking Volunteers for the 9 home games in 2016. Volunteers can help for as many games or for whatever time commitment they wish. Hours are 7 am to 3 pm. We work in 2 x 4-hour shifts.

— We need HELP with this project —

Please contact the co-ordinator Mark Hardidge if you can assist: Tel: (03) 5754 1619, Mob: 0407 549 651 or Email: <maurk01@bigpond.com>. The first four home games are at Mt Beauty starting Saturday 2nd April 2016.

See you at the Shed — The Shed is available for all members to use. If you have some personal jobs, then the tools/machinery in the Shed are yours to use. You can bring the job to the Shed to work on, or you have the opportunity to borrow tools on a short term loan (record loans in the register). If you wish to assist on a community project, let the supervisor on that day know and it can be arranged. We have a different supervisor for each day.

Shed Opening Days and Times
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30 am to 3:30 pm (except public holidays)
morning tea at 10:30 am and lunch at 12:30 pm

Community Meeting re Mt Beauty Library Upgrade – Wed. Nov 11th

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Members are encouraged to attend this Public Meeting to hear from the Shire about the Library Upgrade Program and of course to present your own views.

When: Wednesday 11th November 2015

Where: Mount Beauty Community Centre

Pre-Meeting Time: 3pm – The Centre will be open to view plans and formulate questions to put to the meeting.

Meeting Time : 5:30pm – 7pm – Information session, hosted by Alpine Shire and UKVCA Inc.

Thank you for your assistance,

Mary Pike
Secretary
Upper Kiewa Valley Community Association (UKVCA)

Seniors Week – Shed Open Day — Wed 7th October

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Men’s Shed Open Day — As part of  Seniors Week (this week) the Shed is holding an Open Day on Wednesday 7th October between 10am and 2pm.

This is to provide members, friends and visitors a chance to come down and have a look at the work being done to out-fit the internals of the Shed. It’s also an opportunity to have a chat with committee members about Men’s Sheds generally and what is planned for our Shed. You also get a ‘guided tour’.

Tea, Coffee and some nibbles will be available so please come along — and bring a friend.

Opening of the Beechworth Men’s Shed — Some members are planning to attend this function on Wednesday 28th October. If interested please let secretary Paul L’Hullier know by Tuesday 13th October. Contact: Mob: 0400 056 247 or Email <paullhuillier@bigpond.com>. We plan on taking a few car loads of men across.

Bookcase

No it’s not a Coffin. It’s an Ian Sharp project that ended up as a very impressive bookcase for the Shed. Thanks to Warwick Mitchell for all the help.

bookcase finished

Fundraising for the Sutton’s

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The UKV Lions Club is conducting fundraising activities for Bill & Yvonne Sutton over the next couple of weeks.

The Lions Club have asked the Men’s Shed for assistance with the fundraising. This will take the form of a raffle for a trailer load of wood or a $200 sales voucher from Bunnings. Does this sound familiar to our own fundraising Footy/Netball Gate Raffle. We are the raffle ticket selling experts so so lets get behind the Lions Club and help them out.

They need assistance to sell tickets from Monday 28th September to Friday 2nd October from 9am to 12noon each day in Mount Beauty.

Nick Brown (a Lion & also a Shed member) is co-ordinating this activity and would like to hear from you. Please telephone him on — mobile: 0417 014 431 or email: <nbrown14@bigpond.com> if you can assist. Nick will meet the volunteers each day at 9am in Hollonds St, opposite Season Cafe, with chairs, a table and raffle tickets etc.

Lets get behind this Lions initiative and support one of our own Shed members (Bill).

Make a Donation — UKV Lions has opened a bank account at the Bendigo Bank and if anyone wishes to make a donation to this fundraising effort, the details are:

  • BSB # 633-000
  • Account # 155632672
  • Account Name:  Upper Kiewa Valley Lions Club – Community Account. 
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