Published as Issue No. 102
April 6, 2014
Community Gathers: On Sunday 17 local people attended the quarterly meeting of the Houghton Valley Progressive Association, joined by three city councillors. Full minutes of the meeting will be posted on the website shortly, highlights included;
- Thirty years on from when she first took on the role of hall manager, Trish Leith has retired. Without her efforts and those of treasurer and husband Hugh (who is stepping down at the July 20 AGM) the hall would have been lost to the community.
- Bus services: submissions on the modified (modified) proposals need to be in by this Friday, May 9. A draft of the Association’s next submission, prepared by Linda of View Rd is attached. [No attachment]
- Thanks to an extraordinary community effort the exterior of the hall has been repainted and some minor repairs carried out for the total sum of …. $2,545.15c!
- If “Boot camp for beginners” or “Zumba” is for you, two new groups have just started to use the hall, see below.
Lifting the Creek Project: As result of increased interest from the community about ‘Lifting the Creek’ and to prepare for a visit from Council worker Nicci Woods, sessions to share ideas and find creative solutions are being held every Friday at Hornsey Road from 7 – 8.30 pm. For more information please ring Miranda.
Boot-camp for beginners: Is a fun fitness class being held in the community hall on Thursdays 9.05 – 10.05 am. It incorporates weight training, aerobic fitness, core strengthening, boxing and self defence. No drill sergeants! Everyone welcome. $10 casual or an introductory price for 10 trip card $70.
Bus Review: Linda advises that we are still waiting for feedback from Martin Hanley (President of the Newtown Residents Association). He has indicated that residents from Newtown, Berhampore and Mt Cook are willing to support our submission. We haven’t had long to prepare the submission and given it is due on Friday there won’t be time to make a lot of changes. I therefore suggest letting people know that they can also send individual submissions if they have comments and suggestions – the deadline is this Friday, 9 May.
The website link to the bus review is no longer current.
Norman