March BBQ & the West Wing Progress

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Some of boys are not keen on the boring name ‘Shed Extension’ and rather like ‘The West Wing’. It could catch on…

BBQ – Friday 12th March

**It’s a great social gathering. See you there!**

Shed extension work progress

**Bradford Insulation** has supplied us with $850.00 worth of product thanks to Campbell Ford and his contact. Thanks Campbell. From left: *Ian Howley, Ian Sharp, Campbell Ford, Kenton Ford & John Driver.*

**East wall construction**. From left: *Phil Armitage, Dick Puttyfoot & Jeremy Reichl*.

*Rod Hyde* has done wonders installing a **sliding door to the toilet and manufacturing the main door between the two buildings**. Our Rod likes a challenge.

Installation of our new **Compactus Storage Unit.** From left: *Reg Hollonds, Dick Puttyfoot* & the two guys from Andrews Office Furniture – Wodonga. We had a little problem in that the Unit was too tall to fit in the room (ceiling was too low). The boys got to work with the angle grinder and took off the top shelf. Perfect fit!

Big job! **Installing insulation** in all the walls prior to covering with plywood then staining the ply. From left: *Ian Howley & Reg Hollonds.*

From left: Dick Puttyfoot, Reg Hollonds & Shane Clooney. Dick & Shane have done all the **electrical installations**. This has been a huge job. Thank you.

**Neighbourhood Centre Project** — This is nearing completion thanks to the expert planning work of Mal Darwent & his band of helpers. It has comprised erecting the large garden shed including all the foundation work, removing the old fence and realigning and building the extra fence structure needed. From left: *Reg Hollonds & Mal Darwent.*

**He is back!** It was great to see *Warwick Mitchell* back in the Shed last week doing what he does best. He is keen to contribute to the **West Wing** development.

Shed Torque

Warwick Mitchell — It was great to see Warwick back in the Shed this week. It has been too quiet in the Recreation Room recently.
Birthday Boys! — Congratulations to, Mal Darwent, Ian Sharp, Vaclav Marcak, Phil Collins and Peter Panozzo who have a birthday in March.
Inspector-General for Emergency Management (Tony Pearce) Visit — This occurred outside the Shed with 15 people in attendance. He was there to seeking feedback from the community on how the Vic Gov’t managed the community recovery since the 2019-20 bushfires. Thanks to Henry Ziemnicki who manned the Shed BBQ and the NHCentre for the support of the visit.
Shed providing man-power to the community — Recently the NHCentre has been installing, removing and rearranging furniture in the Centre. The Shed has assisted them with this heavy work.

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