Cherry Chatter Edition #288. march 2018

I love the fact that we have a few facilities that we can enjoy in our rural Cherry Gardens. The oval is a great place to take your dog for a walk too, but...
While the weather is good, if you have a neddy that is reluctant to go into his float, this is a good time to do some practice/training.
Your Cherry Gardens brigade was busy during the recent storm where dry lightning combined with dry vegetation sparked several fires across the district.
During 2017, Cherry Church was able to make donations to a variety of worthy organisations.
Recently we came across a newspaper clipping from the Chronicle newspaper published on Saturday 2nd August 1919 which reported on Peace Day celebrations across Australia and reported on Cherry Gardens and Clarendon Peace Day activities held on July 21st 1919.
I imagine I am not alone in my frustration at driving through the hills and coming across piles of rubbish that someone has snuck out overnight and dumped on the roadside or, worse, tipped over the edge of an embankment so that it is that much more difficult for someone else to retrieve.
Last season’s Spring flush lasted for 4 months, with a huge volume of injured and orphaned possums, lorikeets, tawny frogmouths and owls finding their way to our wildlife rehabilitation centre.
Did you know there are more mobile phones than people in Australia? This is why it is critical that the Federal Government commits to funding further rounds of the Mobile Phone Black Spot Program.
I’m Karen Hockley and I’m excited to be the SA BEST candidate for Davenport. I am focussed on genuine community engagement and I am committed to ensuring that the needs and concerns of ordinary people are heard.
Planning is under way for the funds that we received as part of the Fund My Neighbourhood grant program + IBCG Netball Club is looking for umpires to assist us on Saturdays.
Last Thursday night was the Crackers Cup, where the Football club players play the Cricket team players in a day/night Big Bash style format.
The program for our club is included here and we would invite all locals to come along and enjoy the community based football that we are so lucky to have here in our district.