Projects & Other News

West Peak Hotel Fundraiser

This Friday 31st January. Come along and support this Shed fundraising initiative. Dinner from 5:30 pm and 20 raffle draws at 7:00 pm. Funds towards the Shed Extension. Shed sells the tickets (we have sellers identified). All you need to do is enjoy the meal and the social occasion. Please bring your partner or friend.

New 15″ Thicknesser – spiral cutting heads

With assistance from a $2,000.00 grant from the *Alpine Shires Community Development Fund* and a *Shed contribution* of $1,200.00 we now have a state of the art **‘Thicknesser’** for preparing wood surfaces. The boys are excited about this new piece of equipment. Pictured from left: *Henry Ziemnicki, Rod Hyde, Derek Hutton, Reg Hollonds & Mal Darwent*

Neighbourhood Centre Project

This Community project involves the Men’s Shed constructing a new ramp to one of the portables (Stage 1), another garden shed (Stage 2) and a fence (Stage 3). This will improve the whole appearance to the area next to the Alex McCullough Hall.

**Stage 1** completed and officially opened by *Mal Darwent (left) & Barry Hinson* cutting the ribbon. *Dick Puttyfoot* getting suck into the serious part of the project.

Kenyan Topbar Beehives

Local Australia Day Awards

On Sunday 26th January in the Hydro Park (next to the swimming pool) the local Alpine Shire Australia Day Awards were presented. We had two members involved. Reg Hollonds was the guest speaker and spoke about his early days in the Kiewa Valley. Nick Brown was the recipient of two awards. The Alpine Shire Local Achiever of the Year (Kiewa Valley) and the Alpine Shire Citizen of the Year (for the whole Shire). Nick congratulations. Well deserved. Also thank you to the Upper Kiewa Valley Lions Club for hosting the Awards for the Alpine Shire. The club has been providing this service forever.

Victorian Men’s Shed Association Newsletter – January 2020. Click [HERE] to view.