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TheBerry APRIL 2014 Alliance POTown BOX 202 BERRY NSW 2535 Crierwww.berryalliance.org.au Don’t Miss the Pre-Loved ☺ Clothing Sale! Monies from this day will go to Zonta’s ANZAC DAY ongoing projects, including Birthing Kits. SEE PAGE 15 FOR MORE INFORMATION Commemoration Service Friday 25th April Assemble in Berry CBD by 10.20am for march to Easter Memorial Park where in Berry the Commemoration Service St Luke’s Meditation on Good Friday including a will be held. presentation of The Crucifi xion – a cantata by Sir John Stainer SEE PAGE 11 Easter at Berry Community Church SEE PAGE 25 David Berry Hospital’s Easter fundraising – come get your chooks! SEE PAGE 29 SEE PAGE 7 TheBerry Alliance Inside this Edition TheBerry The community leaders get together .................................................Page 3 Mainly Music continues to make a noise! ..........................................Page 8 Al ce Free craft for children in the school holidays .....................................Page 11 lian Berry Masonic Village Auxiliary invites you THE BERRY ALLIANCE PRESENTS: SUSTAINABLE BERRY: LANDFILL To a Fashion Parade .................................................................Page 21 SEE PAGE 13 TheBerry Alliance The Town Crier Information The Town Crier is produced by the Berry Alliance, Inc. The purpose of this publication is to communicate to the people of Berry about community activities and to generate a small income for the Berry Alliance to cover Le Tour de Berry 2014 is fast administrative costs. MEMBERSHIP approaching – 5th to 27th July Membership of the Berry Alliance costs $10 pa. It aims to share information amongst This annual event helps fund footpaths, shareways and a distinct French themed item or two throughout the community groups and individuals, and cycling infrastructure in Berry through “Tracks to the event and some money was raised in this way. We hope to ensure that Berry continues to be a community we are proud of. Future”. that this can be repeated. Membership is open to Berry community We are currently looking for: Sponsors: $1,000, $500 This year we are looking to repeat and extend these groups and individuals. or $250 sponsorships. – Many thanks to previous years events to go with the cycling events (thanks to Berry To join the Berry Alliance, write to Sponsors, please consider sponsoring again now, we Mountain Cycles). PO Box 202, Berry NSW 2535 have achieved so much but there are still projects in We are also looking to have a raffl e, a collection method the pipeline. The Berry Alliance has already committed (bucket or tins on counters) leading up to and during CONTACT DETAILS: $5,000 as a sponsorship for 2014. the event. ALL TOWN CRIER ENQUIRIES: Businesses or Community groups who would like to Not sure about the parade this year yet but it is currently 0428 037 572 organise or run an event this year. under consideration. [email protected] A prize for the best dressed window or business will also ALL BERRY ALLIANCE ENQUIRIES: Volunteers to assist the Committee (or join the committee) be a feature again this year. Secretary: 0449 569 059 So, get your thinking caps on and let us know what you Volunteers to assist at some of the events. Email: [email protected] might want to do or have in mind and we can discuss Some examples of the types of events we are asking Post Offi ce Box 202, Berry NSW 2535 it with you. businesses and community groups to run are (from Post script: The road works that Council have promised TOWN CRIER EDITORIAL BOARD last year): The Berry Hotel ran two dinners where a in Clarence Street outside the school is due shortly Rick Gainford Jennifer Clapham percentage of the dinner cost was donated to the fund. – there has been a delay in the procurement of the Sharon Dunn Nancy Davies They also created some food items and wine items for machinery needed. This will be a further improvement Contributors are those from the Berry community the entire period which also attracted a percentage as a who have news or views relating to residents of the to the safety of the students, parents and teachers at area. The opinions expressed in the Town Crier are donation; Petanque (or Boules) days at Broughton Mill Berry Public School following the new footpath that we not necessarily those of the Berry Alliance or the Farm Guesthouse with French infl uenced local food installed. Editor. The Town Crier is published every month, and wine where all the profi ts were donated; with a circulation of 2300. le Tour de Berry - An annual community project helping The Hungry Duck held a special themed dinner “French to raise funds for footpaths and cycleways in and around PRINTED BY Berry Printers infl uence on South East Asian cuisine” again, a $ fi gure Berry (and having fun) • W: www.tourdeberry.com CONCORDE WAY BOMADERRY PH: 4421 0569 for everyone attending was donated. E: [email protected] PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Previously some of the cafes and food outlets had see us on facebook - Tour de Berry PROPERTY PRICES ARE RISING . It had to happen! The Sydney boom in property prices has reached Berry and its surrounding region as recent sales volumes increase and the prices recorded also increase on previous years. Raine & Horne Berry’s results for the Financial Year to date confirm our status as the number 1 office in Berry with recent sales across village properties and lifestyle acres setting new benchmarks for the office and for the local industry. To see how this current buoyanty real estate market may influence your property investment, call the team at Raine & Horne BerryBerry forfor a confidentialconf discussion on the industry stats for Berry. Berry Raine & Horne $!" '!& $!'& #(' $"(! $ !! $!"&('!#% Page 2 - The Town Crier APRIL 2014 2014 Community Group TheBerry Editor’s Note... The closing date for our Alliance MAY issue will be Leaders Get Together Wednesday 16th APRIL The Annual Get Together of Community Group facilities are not eroded. This all impinges on the Please submit prior to this 16 Leaders was held at the end of February and entire community, new and old, and groups like date if it is your fi rst submission. was very well attended as usual. yours, groups like ours. Material can be submitted via e-mail to: This is an opportunity for Group Leaders to I would also like to say something about sporting [email protected] or drop box state what their group is planning and hear clubs. Sporting clubs fi ll an important need in in the Berry Post Offi ce PO Box 202 Berry 2535, what the other groups are planning as well as our community and they also perform similar Phone 0428 037 572. For subscriptions contact identifying where we can assist each other in services to a lot of our other community groups. the Editor or visit http://www.berryalliance.org.au/ our endeavours. Younger people and older people mixing together, subscription.html Nancy Davies - BERRY TOWN CRIER Extract from the opening by the Berry Alliance working and playing together both in teams and President. with mentors all provide an important role and set a great example to our younger people. Our local Being the Community Consultative Body for Berry Thank you for coming to this Community Group public school does a great job in this area as well. does not mean that the Alliance makes all the Leaders Get Together at the Berry Courthouse. As a community we all benefi t from well adjusted, decisions, we are there to advertise the items, Firstly, congratulations and thank you and all your responsible young people who know how to work receive submissions and opinions and to hold members for all the time and effort you put in as as a team and know that winning is not everything. forums. We also form Action or Steering Groups volunteers assisting this wonderful community. There will be times that we will disagree with each on some important subjects when requested by at Please take those thanks back to your many active other. There will be times when rumours may least 10 Berry community members. members who assist you in your good work. The bring into question someone’s motives for doing For your Community Group the Berry Alliance contribution that you all make greatly improves our something. There will be times when we cannot can provide a returning offi cer at your Annual society, our wonderful community of Berry. easily understand why someone did a particular General Meetings; help with advice on how to We had our last Get together over a year ago. It is thing. By getting to know each other better, by conduct annual general meetings and meetings always a good opportunity for the leaders of the building understanding and trust, we can better and to provide guest speakers on local issues community groups to meet with other community deal with those times when we are unsure. for your group. We welcome the opportunity to leaders and volunteers, we often fi nd that we have Some years ago the Berry Alliance was appointed provide a guest speaker to your groups so that we a commonality of view and we can assist each the “Principal Consultative Body” – now known as can pass on our perspective and what we know other in our projects. We also share a love of the the “Community Consultative Body” for Berry by about a particular issue or issues, We also take the Berry community and people. the Shoalhaven Council. This means that Council opportunity to listen to your aspirations, concerns As a community we need to plan and plan well sends us all Council meeting agendas, minutes and ideas.