Christmas time is upon us already and, along with my wife Sarah, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
16 December 2011
Christmas time is upon us already and, along with my wife Sarah, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Our communities are filled with generous people who make living here so unique and two weeks ago I was able to recognise the important contributions made by Wannon individuals to our community through volunteering and sporting contributions at awards ceremonies in Warrnambool.
With the unique quality of our Wannon community in mind, I sent out a call to local grade 2 primary school students to help me create my Christmas cards for the year – with the theme “Christmas in Wannon”.
Over 200 students across Wannon took on this task with splendid creativity, and it was extremely difficult to choose the final winners from so many wonderful artworks. Not only have they helped me with my Christmas cards this year, but they have made a fantastic contribution to my offices in Warrnambool and Hamilton, as my front windows are covered with all of the entries.
One artwork, which won an Honourable Mention certificate, was a great picture of a tractor loading hay bales with presents sitting on top, which was this students depiction of the theme ‘Christmas in Wannon’. I liked this artwork because it really did remind me of Christmas time in Wannon. There are so many farmers out there working hard at this time of the year and this young student clearly aspired to be out there on the tractor this Christmas.
This Christmas we all need to make road safety our priority. I’d like to encourage people to slow down on our roads, plan travelling time including breaks, be patient and drive carefully.
I’d also like to remind everyone to shop locally and support Australian products. Our retailers do a fantastic job and they are competing in a global market due to the rise of internet shopping, please give them your support as they are a vital part of our country communities.
My Hamilton and Warrnambool Electorate Offices will close at 5pm on Friday 23 December and will reopen at 9am on Tuesday 3 January 2012.
-ENDS-
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