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Hall and District 2008 News Archive
November 2008
- 2009 Australia Day Citizen Awards - Yass Valley - Nominations for the Yass Valley 2009 Australia Day Citizen Awards have been extended to Friday 12 December 2008...
- Oh What a truck!! - At the 'Thank you Jan' function held at the Pavilion earlier this year it was announced that the money so generously donated by friends, family and grateful clients would be spent on a custom 'fit out' on the back of the new truck Jan was planning to purchase...
- Jan Spate Hitching Rail - An earlier story reported renovation of the hitching rail in front of www.hall.act.au/read/659...
- Hall village Community Fire Unit 13 - The Banyards, Marion and Brian and Rowena and Pierre Dragh have become trained members of our CFU 13...
- A Community Bank® for Hall - Could your group use some capital to buy some much needed equipment? How good would it be to secure sponsorship for our local footy team to provide for our juniors of all ages? Would you like to see Victoria Street revitalized with a new street scene to reflect a village atmosphere? Is there a charity or not-for-profit organization in our district in need of funds to further their work? What about a community bus to help our senior citizens access specialized health practitioners? These and a lot more can become a reality with a Community Bank® ...
- Sampling the Nightlife at Hall - I joined in with several volunteers helping Maree Treadway trap bats at Hall Cemetery recently. Maree is a student at Charles Sturt uni and her project involves surveying many reserves around Canberra with the aim of learning about how suburban development and reserve size impacts on bats...
- Paddock Plants ID Day - A great day, with nine participants, mostly local landmanagers interested in knowing what plants they have growing on their properties so they can best manage them - either for pasture management and to retain the biodiversity, or for accurate noxious weed identification and control...
October 2008
- Boot Strap action on Victoria - Our own community SWAT team continues to plant, mend, paint and clean around the village. Our photo shows Bob Richardson (left) with on-the-spot volunteers Shaun O'Connor and Graeme Watters, after replacing the hitching rail just beside the shop...
- Meet Marc - Local Canberra Raiders fans need no introduction to Marc Herbert. Marc stepped out of the shadows when Todd Carney was released by the http://www...
- Celebration of community heritage at Hall Schoolhouse Museum - On Sunday 12th October, the National Trust of Australia (ACT) launched two publications from children's heritage competitions at Hall School House Museum...
- Web site accolade - We thought we had got one or two things right, but it was a very pleasant surprise to get the following message: "My name is Jenelle and I am the new Community Liaison Officer at ...
- Wallaroo & Spring Range Residents Group formed - A Wallaroo & Spring Range Residents Group has been established under the umbrella of the Village of Hall and District Progress Association...
- Motor Bike Tracks - Yass Valley Council has issued a press release in relation to motor bike tracks...
- Free Classifieds - Residents can now Buy/Sell/Swap/Giveaway via the LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS feature active on the Halldistrict website (the link is on the navigation bar to the left)...
September 2008
August 2008
- 'Cooee' centenary - 'Cooee' is one hundred years old! A few weeks back we ran the story 'Winarlia lives!', about the pise cottage built in 1901 and now being renovated as a home for Shaun O'Connor and his young family...
- Buses - Action at last?! - Our picture shows an ACTION bus at the new bus stop in Hoskins Street - just in front of the Crombies and Spates...
- New faces - new challenges - At last nights Progress Association Annual General Meeting four new faces joined the Committee - Angie Hazlehurst, Greg Palethorpe, and John Starr, and Judy Roberts (left to right in the photo) - and two long serving members bowed out...
- 2008 Annual General Meeting - An opportunity to get the latest news about the Hall school site, the Victoria Square development, prospects for a Mens Shed in Hall, and for a Bendigo community bank...
- Jim Rochford - Ninety five not out - Hall and district residents may like to join us in wishing Jim Rochford a very happy ninety fifth birthday...
- A community Bank for Hall? - A well attended meeting in the Hall Pavilion on Monday night 4 August heard a great presentation from Ray Chappell of http://www...
- New Catholic priest welcomed to St Francis Xavier - St Francis Xavier's Church Hall today welcomed the arrival of our new priest Fr Warwick Tonkin. We as a parish look forward to getting to know Fr Warwick and welcome him warmly to our village...
- Local kids’ fitness improves with donation from Capital Region Farmers Market - The Capital Region Farmers Market and its founder, the Rotary Club of Hall, recently donated $8,760 to the SmartStart for Kids! Program founded by former Olympian Robert de Castella...
July 2008
- New Bank Considered for Hall - The possibility of attracting a Community Bank® to Hall will be discussed at a meeting to be held in the Community Hall at 6...
- National Tree Day in Hall - A colourful army assembled in the chill of Sunday morning to mark National Tree Day in Hall. AS a result a hundred more trees have started the adventure of life on the banks of Halls creek - many of them planted by children little taller that than the trees! Well done and thank you to all who took part...
- ‘Winarlia’ lives! - Residents will be delighted to see the resurrection of 'Winarlia', one of our oldest buildings, and a fine example of pise (rammed earth) construction...
- Financial planners come to Hall - Local residents will have been watching the construction of a new premises at 9, Victoria Street over the past five months...
- Polish Pilgrims come to Hall - A party of over 100 Polish Pilgrim's arrived at St Monica's parish in Evatt on Sunday the 6th of July for the start of their celebrations for World Youth Day...
- CAP committed to re-opening Hall school - Following a 'meet the people' visit by Community Alliance Party candidates for Ginninderra Mike Crowther and Jane Tullis, Jane (pictured) has forwarded at our request the following statement on CAP's education policy, and their specific commitment in relation to Hall school...
- Garnaut, the earth, and us - "A diabolical policy problem". That is the conclusion of Professor Ross Garnaut about www.garnautreview...
- Hall Pre-school enrolling now for 2009 - Parents wishing to enrol their children at Hall Pre-school, Hall, for next year should complete an enrolment form, listing Hall Pre-school as their first preference...
June 2008
- Watching our environment - Frogwatch - Waterwatch and Frogwatch Coordinator Dr Beth Mantle attended our latest committee meeting to brief us on these two important environmental monitoring programs...
- Watching our environment - Waterwatch - Waterwatch and Frogwatch Coordinator Dr Beth Mantle attended our latest committee meeting to brief us on these two important environmental monitoring programs What is Waterwatch? Waterwatch is a community water quality monitoring program that encourages all Australians to become involved and active in the protection and management of their waterways and catchments...
- Hall Rotary Changeover - The Rotary Club of Hall had it's annual changeover dinner at the Yowani Country Club on Tuesday 24th June...
- Candidates line up for Ginninderra - To date fourteen candidates have nominated as candidates for the electorate of Ginninderra in the October ACT Legislative Assembly http://www...
- Catchment Group seeks our interest - Julie Palmer is the new Landcare Coordinator with the Ginninderra Catchment Group. Hall lies within the Ginninderra catchment, Hall Creek / Gooromon Ponds being tributaries of Ginninderra Creek...
- Mary Porter launches community website - Mary Porter AM, MLA for Ginninderra, launched the Hall and district community website – www.hall.act...
- Back to the hills - and the Brumbies! - Meet Simon and Janie Southwell, owners of the family business now operating the 'Ray White Rural' franchise from the Old Bootmakers Shop in Victoria Street...
May 2008
- An Interim Report to Members - The Association has around 75 members - families, individuals, businesses, and other community organizations...
- Hall Ute Show a shining success - The inaugural Hall Ute Show was a shining success despite cloudy skies and freezing temperatures. Over 70 contestants assembled at EPIC and moved in a colourful convoy led by a Wallaroo fire tanker to the Hall Polocrosse grounds for a display and judging session...
- Meeting with AFP Crime Prevention - Association members, including committee members Alastair Crombie, Tony Morris and Brian Banyard, met today with officers from the Crime Prevention unit of the AFP to discuss crime prevention and community safety issues in our community...
- New Editor for Rural Fringe - and thanks Rhian! - Allyson Wedrat from the Wood Duck Inn has offered to take on the job of Editor of the Rural Fringe. We are very grateful to Allyson, and ask community members who receive and enjoy the Fringe to support Allyson and this valuable community newsletter...
- Heritage Grant application - The Association has recently submitted an application for a Heritage Grant (2008-2009) to help us make progress on interpretation, access and promotion of the Hall School Museum and its very fine collection of heritage items...
- Hall creatures great and small – the Jan Spate quilt - A highlight of the 'Jan Spate Appreciation' gathering in the Pavilion on Sunday 4th May was the presentation to Jan of a quilt by the four Hall and district women who have been making it over the past few months...
- Hall School site announcement - Update: We are now advised that $1.5 million of capital funding has been allocated to Hall, and that the Government is undertaking community consultations with all affected communities, with Hall now fourth in line...
- Thank you Jan - A very large gathering met at the Pavilion last night to say 'thank you' to our very own living treasure – Jan Spate...
April 2008
- Young tree planters green Hall - A couple of dozen or so villagers joined in the community tree planting this morning. Some two hundred trees were planted in a couple of hours or so along the north side of the creek, from the bridge towards the 'centenary well'...
- Victoria Square - update - ACT Planning and Land Authority advises that they continue to monitor the reconstruction of Victoria Square closely, and that work is continuing to return the development to plans 'as approved'...
- Laurie Copping Heritage Centre visit - Members and friends of the Australian College of Educators, ACT Branch, joined friends of the Australian National Museum of Education on a visit to the Laurie Copping Heritage Centre at Hall Village...
- Our top class joinery - Gino and Robyn Monteleone and four year old Aidan are living their dream down the Wallaroo Road. Gino is a skilled and experienced cabinet maker, with twenty one years in the industry...
March 2008
- Hall prominent at Launch - Elizabeth Burness' "Pages of Early History' was the subject of an official Launch on Tuesday March 25th...
- Tingey Wedding - Alex Tingey eldest son of Bob and Nancy Tingey (previously of Hall Street, Hall) married Kim Dawson at the National Botanic Gardens on Saturday 15th March...
- Allan Golding – moving on - We may be seeing more of Allan Golding now that he is no longer doing business in the main street. Allan has been moving out of his offices in the Old Bootmakers Shop in the past week or so, but will continue to offer his services locally as a development consultant and project manager, as well as running a few head of cattle...
- Food and Crude at the Pavilion - Mick de Britt and friends fed the hungry, and West Texas Crude got the feet tapping (and some dancing!) at the Pavilion last night...
- Vale Brian Brogan - Brian Brogan, former-resident and former President of the Progress Association was farewelled by family and friends at a funeral today (March 11th)...
- Hall cleaned up - Chalk another one up for the 'Bootstrap Brigade'. We have done out little bit for Clean Up Australia Day...
February 2008
- West Texas Crude - the TRUTH! - Local band West Texas Crude will play the Hall Pavilion on Thursday March 13th - the National Sheep Dog Trials community BBQ / hop...
- Hall history lives! - Somebody has been seen recently coming and going at the old Schoolhouse Museum - also known as the 'Laurie Copping Heritage Centre' ...
- Murrumbateman Taxi Service - Taxis have been in the news recently. At the airport at least, they seem to have become an endangered species...
- Pavilion furniture scoop! - Add a quick-witted resident, a kind cafe owner, and the Hall 'Bootstrap Brigade' - what do you get? A fine supply of tables and chairs for the Hall community! Hall resident David Fussell was dining a couple of days ago at the Asian Café in Civic...
- Surgery bites the dust - Unless you are 'out of town' you will have noticed the toothless gap in Victoria Street where the Surgery used to be...
- Pavilion - 'party' abuse - Hall Pavilion was recently the scene of a wild, noisy, anti-social party. Residents close to the Pavilion were particularly badly affected by noise and drunken behaviour...
- Rotary Club supports website - The Rotary Club of Hall has very generously sponsored the development of this website. A cheque for $3,000 was received by the Progress Association from the Club today...
- UPDATE - Hall break-ins - Stuart Sampson of Vogue Constructions advises that those responsible for the break-in at his business (reported below) have been apprehended by police, and stolen computers recovered...
- Hall hosts Filipino community gathering - On Sunday 20th January, the Canberra Filipino Community celebrated Santo Nino De Cebu at Sunday Mass in Hall's Francis Xavier Church and later at the Hall Pavilion...
- Pre-School Parents meeting - Pre-school parents met at the school on Wednesday 6th February. Our photo shows teacher Kalli Hadzantonis (on the right) and Assistant Jenny Simpson...
January 2008
- Victoria Square - action at last! - The re-building of Victoria Square in compliance with the approved plans is under way at last. Residents and visitors to the main street will have noticed that the appearance of the tall units on the street front has changed considerably...
- Hall Carols at the Christmas tree - and Santa! - Hall Village and District residents came together in impressive numbers to celebrate the lighting of the community Christmas Tree on Saturday 15th December 2007...
- BNT - a Big National Treasure! - What is over 5,000 kilometres long, passes through Hall, and is a well kept secret? It is of course the http://home...
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