Editorial - March/April (post COVID-19)

Firstly, we have to apologize for the delay in getting this edition of the Cherry Chatter out to you. This is a combined edition with content from the March and April editions. When we met back in early March, we had held back on the March edition due to the rapidly changing situation that was taking place due to the Corona Virus or COVID-19 as we now refer to it.

A number of the articles were referring to meetings and gatherings which looked like being cancelled due to the new situation being referred to as “Social Distancing” which was unheard of just a few short months ago. Then we had to cancel the ANZAC Day service and breakfast. So many changes in such a very short time including all sports and meals at the Recreation Ground along with people having to work from home and in many cases, people losing their jobs.

What we have prepared for you in this edition is an edited version which hopefully represents what is still going on.

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The Cherry Chatter group would like to put it out there that if anyone in the community has any needs then we will do our best to help out. We can be contacted by email at cherrychatter@yahoo.com or the committee phone numbers are listed below in each Cherry Chatter. Let us know what the needs are and we will do what we can.

While things appear to be looking up right now with the number of new cases on COVID-19 being fairly low, this really just means that all the changes made, and social distancing are working. Let’s all hope that things can get back to normal (if they ever will be normal as we knew it before COVID-19) sooner rather than later.

And some very late breaking news!!

During a ZOOM online meeting with Corey Wingard (state government MP) the Recreation Ground was informed that they have been successful in receiving grant funding to build new changerooms. What a great win for our community and sporting clubs. They now have to work with the Onkaparinga Council to get approval for the balance of the required funds and work can commence.

The Don