Aberdeen All Stars
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On Saturday evening, Zenda and I had the absolute pleasure to attend the ninth Aberdeen All Stars concert at St Joseph’s Aberdeen.
One hundred and forty seven students from St Joseph’s joined forces with integratedLiving, for the annual All Stars week.
It includes cooking, music, art and drama workshops, where students and adult volunteers work with people with intellectual disabilities.
It was a 50’s theme and the whole concert was action packed with dancing and fantastic music.
My congratulations go to all participants, especially the 147 students that helped out all week.
The delight on everyone’s faces was all anyone needed to see, to show just how important it is to work and play together in our community.
Volunteering and Australia Day
The Aberdeen All Stars concert reminded me of the lead up to Australia Day and the community awards that are given to members of our Upper Hunter community, nominated by their peers, each year.
I am constantly in awe of the quiet achievers, the people that spend much of their time providing a community service to an individual and/or organisation.
I have been a volunteer virtually all my life.
My father taught me how important it was to work for your community and how, even as a little bloke, I could play my part and I have ever since.
There are various events being held on Australia Day in the Upper Hunter in Aberdeen, Merriwa, Murrurundi and Scone.
I will be attending Scone and Aberdeen ceremonies and Murrurundi for the cricket match beginning at 5pm, I hope to see as many people at these events as possible to congratulate and recognise our deserving community members.
Water pipeline
I have recently met again with the Water minister, Hon Kevin Humphries MP, to press home the importance of a permanent solution to what is an ongoing problem with the Murrurundi town water supplies.
Now that the Lake Glenbawn to Scone water is secure and running well, we can hook into the line at Scone and send clean, treated water to Murrurundi.
Along the way, the villages of Parkville, Wingen and Blandford would also benefit by having the ability to tap into (pardon the pun) the same supply.
I was talking to John Gallen from the Durham Hotel in Wingen recently and in his words ‘the water pipeline will set Wingen up for ever’.
I couldn’t agree more.
This sort of infrastructure helps build towns, it brings people to the area who want a fabulous lifestyle and who want to invest.
Opportunity follows and so do jobs and security.
I will continue to push the issue until we get a result.
Enjoy your long weekend and stay safe.