(Re-Scheduled from May)

Lawyer Paul O'Connor from the Legal Services Commission will be at the Mount Pleasant Library on Wednesday 7th August, from 10am.
He will be giving a Session on Wills, Advanced Care Directives, Power of Attorney and related matters.
Paul is a really interesting speaker - and he has been here previously talking about Coercive Control. A real eye opener.
Come and see Lee from CarersSA, who runs these informative sessions on a range of subjects. If you'd like something specific, why not have a chat with her and see if she can help.
The Legal Services Commission offers a range of advice and services, some free.

To RSVP please contact Lee at Carers SA on 0455 445 524.

https://lsc.sa.gov.au
https://www.carerssa.com.au

OPEN TO EVERYONE AND ALL AGES
BEGINNERS AND EXPERIENCED MUSHERS
ALL BREEDS ARE WELCOME
COME JOIN IN THE FUN!

Does your dog love to run?
Have you ever wondered about sled dog racing?
Our Training Day is the perfect opportunity to try Dryland Sledding!
Come out and see what all the fun is about.
Dryland Sledding is open to all breeds and Beginners, there will be equipment to borrow and club members will be on hand to show you what it is all about. So what are you waiting for, try sledding this year!

ENTRY GATE VIA GLEN DEVON RD, MOUNT CRAWFORD OPPOSITE MCBEAN RD then follow signs to campsite/race site

CAMPING (From 1pm Saturday) and Toilets on site.
YOU MUST HAVE A PERMIT to camp, spot checks by ForestrySA - Link to permit is on our website sasleddogclub.com.au
For campfires please fill out an application form on our website, campfires must be approved by the club and meet the ForestrySA rules.

BBQ Catering Sunday after training, so bring some change if you want some brekky.

We will be running on two different tracks, one approximately 2km loop and the other approximately 3.5km.
2km track will be for beginners and anyone wanting to do a shorter track early in the season.
3.5km track is for experienced mushers and anyone wanting to train at a greater distance.

EXPERIENCED MUSHERS CHECK IN 6AM
DRIVERS MEETING 6:30AM

NOVICE/BEGINNERS & JUNIORS CHECK IN 8:30AM
DRIVERS MEETING 9AM

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW & BRING
-Dog with collar and lead
-Water & Bowl (for dog) is essential
-Bike Helmet
-Comfortable clothing
-Pair of runners
-Drop line or crate (to keep hands free)
-Equipment available to borrow
-Participating dogs must be 12 months old
-All dogs attending event must have proof of up to date minimum C3 vaccination

Link to Entry Form and Camping permit will be posted on Facebook so keep an eye out closer to the event.
Hope to see you out there!

Get ready everyone! Urban Kulture is back on the East Coast for the 2024 EAST COAST WORKSHOP TOUR to deliver their two beginner hands on mushroom cultivation workshops in person.

Join Urban Kulture for either the '5 Minute Mushroom Kit' (Level 1) or the '5 Minute Grain Spawn' (Level 2) or make the most of the value deal and attend both!

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5 Minute Mushroom Kit:
A short course on making mushroom grow kits from grain spawn (Level 1).

This is our introductory gourmet and medicinal mushroom cultivation course.

It's 'all you need to know, to get you growing as fast as possible.'

Here's what you need to know:

The Lingo... The 5 words you need to know to start speaking mushroom cultivation.

The Technique... Learn to create your very own mushroom growing kits in only 5 minutes.

The Aftercare... How to successfully ignore your kits as they do their thing.

The Fruiting... The part where you grow the mushrooms!

The Multiple Harvests... How to get as many mushrooms out of your kits as possible.

The Supplies... What to get and where to get it from.

After the presentation, you will make 2 x mushroom grow kits to take home with you! (Value $35).

You will also receive access to the ‘5-minute mushroom kit’ community group on our website for continued learning and access to a recording of the presentation.

There is no specialised or expensive equipment needed for this technique.

Not only will you have all the mushrooms you can eat, you will never need to buy another birthday or Christmas gift again.

Mushroom kits for everyone!

Workshop Duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Workshop Cost: $90 (includes 2 x take home mushroom kits - Value $35).

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5 Minute Grain Spawn:
A short course in making your own grain spawn from liquid culture (Level 2).

The follow on from ‘The 5-Minute Mushroom Kit’ this workshop will expand your mushroom cultivation skillset by dipping your toes into sterile techniques and learning how to make our own grain spawn (in only 5 minutes!).

This course is still very much suited for the beginner and will not require any expensive equipment purchases. You already know how to make fruiting kits from spawn (inoculant) so now it’s time to reduce your per kit cost and dive a little deeper into cultivation by learning how to make your own grain spawn.

Much like the 5-minute kit, 5-minute grain spawn is designed for minimal time inputs, no special equipment and super easy to follow techniques.

Here is a quick rundown of what you will learn:

Some new lingo - Another 5 words you need to know!

How to make a still air box for doing sterile work.

How to take a spore print and make a multi spore syringe.

Grain spawn inoculation using liquid culture or multi spore solution.

Grain to grain transfers for second generation spawn.
How to look after and store your spawn.

After the presentation, you will inoculate and take home 5 x 125g bags of grain spawn which can then be turned into as many as 15 x mushroom fruiting kits!

Of course, this is not just the live event, you will also have unlimited access to a recording of the course, as well as access to the ‘5-Minute Grain Spawn’ group which can be accessed via our website... to ask any questions as they arise, show off your grain spawn grows and be part of a wonderful growing community!

Workshop Duration: 2 hours.
Workshop Cost: $130 (includes 1 x take home liquid culture syringe - Value $20 and 5 x 125g bags of grain spawn - Value $30).

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*** BEST VALUE DEAL ***

Book in for both workshops for only $180 (That's $40 off the individual workshop pricing).

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Select your preferred workshop session upon booking.

* Please note that your ticket will state the times for the entirety of both workshops at the top, with your selected workshop and times below.

Presented by Lawyer Paul O’Connor from the Legal Services Commission.

Session on Wills, Advanced Care Directives, Power of Attorney and related matters.

Join the qualified trimmers and trainers of www.wildabouthooves.com.au for a fun, educational and hands-on two day workshop to learn to maintain your horses hooves.
You will gain insight into:
- distal limb anatomy
- the relevance of the wild horse
- landmarks on the hoof to safely trim to
- the tools to use
- recognising and treating common hoof pathologies
- keys to success in keeping a horse happy, healthy and sound

Contact jenclingly@yahoo.com.au for more details

Join the qualified trimmers and trainers of www.wildabouthooves.com.au for a fun, educational and hands-on two day workshop to learn to maintain your horses hooves.
You will gain insight into:
- distal limb anatomy
- the relevance of the wild horse
- landmarks on the hoof to safely trim to
- the tools to use
- recognising and treating common hoof pathologies
- keys to success in keeping a horse happy, healthy and sound

Contact jenclingly@yahoo.com.au for more details

For our next show TOP OF THE TORRENS THEATRE GROUP is planning something a little different – an entertaining and amusing play featuring an actress who retires to the peaceful country life… only to find it’s not all as peaceful as it seems! There are some great roles to fill making up the lively characters she encounters along the way…

INFORMATION NIGHT - On Tuesday April 16 (7pm), Director Steve Farrer will give us a little insight into his vision for this show, then we’ll have a read through of the script.

AUDITIONS – will follow on Thursday April 18, from 7pm.

REGISTER at https://tott-tg.com.au/register/

Any enquiries: Steve 0458 752 020 or Kate 0400 441 042

A BAD YEAR FOR TOMATOES by John Patrick is a comedy play set in the small town of Beaver Haven in New England, America. The action occurs in Myra Marlowe's living room of her small, rented house. It is set in the 1970’s.

Gracious, glamorous Myra Marlowe, fed up with fame after a very long career as a television actress, retreats to the small town of Beaver Haven, Vermont, planning to live quietly and anonymously, write her juicy autobiography, and grow her own tomatoes.
The complaints of her faithful agent and less faithful lover, Tom Lamont, that she is throwing herself away on a backwards backwater of a town, fall on deaf ears, until she gets to know her neighbours: Reba and Cora, the Hospitality Ladies, full of rapid fire gossip and rapid fire questions; woodcutter Piney, impressively bearded and smelling of the great outdoors, who terrifies his victims with the force of his sales pitch, and Willa Mae Wilcox, the widow woman with the purple shutters on her house, who put a voodoo curse on her husband.
With these colourful characters inviting themselves over at every hour of the day, Myra gets no time to write, and in frustration, invents a dangerous, mentally disturbed sister -- based on her first, best-known TV role, Sis Sadie -- to frighten away her neighbours and give her some peace and quiet.
However, the upstanding citizens of Beaver Haven react in unexpected ways to Sadie’s shrill, childlike charms and sad plight, and before her charade is over, Myra finds herself accused of murder! A Bad Year for Tomatoes, John Patrick’s ridiculously clever comedy, with brisk and uproarious dialogue and sharply comedic characters, is a delight for actors and audiences alike.

CHARACTERS

MYRA MARLOWE:
Pre-cast A retired actress. Approx 817 lines

TOM LAMONT:
Myra's long-standing agent and business manager. He is charismatic, and persuasive. In love with Myra. Any American accent. Has approx 176 lines

CORA GUMP:
A welcome committee lady. Loves drinking. Neighbour to Myra. Loves gossiping and being nosy. New England American accent. Approx 175 lines.

REBA HARPER:
A welcome committee lady. Nosy, chatty, gossipy neighbour to Myra. Likes cooking and knitting New England American accent. Approx 211 lines

PINEY:
Local crazy character of Beaver Haven. Skunk catcher, wood chopper, manure and nut seller. Appears dim but is sharp when it comes to selling his goods. Has grubby appearance and normally carries an axe. Can hang around like a bad smell. Falls in love with Myra's invented crazy sister. New England American drawl. Approx 183 lines

WILA MAE WILCOX:
Local witch and occultist, into Voodoo curses and alternative remedies. Tells fortunes. Goes under split doors rather than through doors. New England American accent. Approx 131 lines

SHERIFF:
Local law man called in to investigate a suspected murder. New England American accent. Approx 45 lines

MYRA'S OFF STAGE RECORDER VOICE:
Read from script backstage wings.

FULL BACKSTAGE CREW. SET BUILDERS AND PAINTERS. REHEARSAL PROMPT. FRONT OF HOUSE. PROPS. COSTUMES. ALL NEEDED AND TREASURED!

INFO NIGHT / READ THROUGH script - Tuesday April 16th at 7pm in the Pentelows Road, Mount Pleasant clubrooms.

AUDITIONS - Thursday April 18th at the clubrooms, starting at 7pm

Rehearsals will be Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm to 10pm

Sunday 23rd June: 9am - 5pm Bump in.
Tuesday 25th June: 7:30pm - 9pm Rehearsal/Setup
Thursday 27th June: 7:30pm - 9pm Rehearsal/Setup
Sunday 30th June: 2pm - 5pm Dress Rehearsal/Setup
Tuesday 2nd July: 7:30pm - 9pm Dress Rehearsal/Setup
Thursday 4th July: 7:30pm - 9pm Dress Rehearsal/Setup

Friday 5th July: 7:30pm - 10pm Show
Saturday 6th July: 2pm - 4:30pm Show
Sunday 7th July: 2pm - 4:30pm Show

Tuesday 9th July: 7:30pm - 9pm Rehearsal
Thursday 11th July: 7:30pm - 9pm Rehearsal

Saturday 13th July: 2pm - 4:30pm Show
Sunday 14th July: 2pm - 4:30pm Show - 4:30pm to 8pm Bump out.

Any enquiries: Steve 0458 752 020 or Kate 0400 441 042

Find Top of the Torrens Theatre Group on Facebook,
or at www.tott-tg.com.au

REGISTER for events and information at

https://tott-tg.com.au/register/

For our next show TOP OF THE TORRENS THEATRE GROUP is planning something a little different – an entertaining and amusing play featuring an actress who retires to the peaceful country life… only to find it’s not all as peaceful as it seems! There are some great roles to fill making up the lively characters she encounters along the way…

INFORMATION NIGHT - On Tuesday April 16 (7pm), Director Steve Farrer will give us a little insight into his vision for this show, then we’ll have a read through of the script.

AUDITIONS – will follow on Thursday April 18, from 7pm.

REGISTER at https://tott-tg.com.au/register/

Any enquiries: Steve 0458 752 020 or Kate 0400 441 042

A BAD YEAR FOR TOMATOES by John Patrick is a comedy play set in the small town of Beaver Haven in New England, America. The action occurs in Myra Marlowe's living room of her small, rented house. It is set in the 1970’s.

Gracious, glamorous Myra Marlowe, fed up with fame after a very long career as a television actress, retreats to the small town of Beaver Haven, Vermont, planning to live quietly and anonymously, write her juicy autobiography, and grow her own tomatoes.
The complaints of her faithful agent and less faithful lover, Tom Lamont, that she is throwing herself away on a backwards backwater of a town, fall on deaf ears, until she gets to know her neighbours: Reba and Cora, the Hospitality Ladies, full of rapid fire gossip and rapid fire questions; woodcutter Piney, impressively bearded and smelling of the great outdoors, who terrifies his victims with the force of his sales pitch, and Willa Mae Wilcox, the widow woman with the purple shutters on her house, who put a voodoo curse on her husband.
With these colourful characters inviting themselves over at every hour of the day, Myra gets no time to write, and in frustration, invents a dangerous, mentally disturbed sister -- based on her first, best-known TV role, Sis Sadie -- to frighten away her neighbours and give her some peace and quiet.
However, the upstanding citizens of Beaver Haven react in unexpected ways to Sadie’s shrill, childlike charms and sad plight, and before her charade is over, Myra finds herself accused of murder! A Bad Year for Tomatoes, John Patrick’s ridiculously clever comedy, with brisk and uproarious dialogue and sharply comedic characters, is a delight for actors and audiences alike.

CHARACTERS

MYRA MARLOWE:
Pre-cast A retired actress. Approx 817 lines

TOM LAMONT:
Myra's long-standing agent and business manager. He is charismatic, and persuasive. In love with Myra. Any American accent. Has approx 176 lines

CORA GUMP:
A welcome committee lady. Loves drinking. Neighbour to Myra. Loves gossiping and being nosy. New England American accent. Approx 175 lines.

REBA HARPER:
A welcome committee lady. Nosy, chatty, gossipy neighbour to Myra. Likes cooking and knitting New England American accent. Approx 211 lines

PINEY:
Local crazy character of Beaver Haven. Skunk catcher, wood chopper, manure and nut seller. Appears dim but is sharp when it comes to selling his goods. Has grubby appearance and normally carries an axe. Can hang around like a bad smell. Falls in love with Myra's invented crazy sister. New England American drawl. Approx 183 lines

WILA MAE WILCOX:
Local witch and occultist, into Voodoo curses and alternative remedies. Tells fortunes. Goes under split doors rather than through doors. New England American accent. Approx 131 lines

SHERIFF:
Local law man called in to investigate a suspected murder. New England American accent. Approx 45 lines

MYRA'S OFF STAGE RECORDER VOICE:
Read from script backstage wings.

FULL BACKSTAGE CREW. SET BUILDERS AND PAINTERS. REHEARSAL PROMPT. FRONT OF HOUSE. PROPS. COSTUMES. ALL NEEDED AND TREASURED!

INFO NIGHT / READ THROUGH script - Tuesday April 16th at 7pm in the Pentelows Road, Mount Pleasant clubrooms.

AUDITIONS - Thursday April 18th at the clubrooms, starting at 7pm

Rehearsals will be Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm to 10pm

Sunday 23rd June: 9am - 5pm Bump in.
Tuesday 25th June: 7:30pm - 9pm Rehearsal/Setup
Thursday 27th June: 7:30pm - 9pm Rehearsal/Setup
Sunday 30th June: 2pm - 5pm Dress Rehearsal/Setup
Tuesday 2nd July: 7:30pm - 9pm Dress Rehearsal/Setup
Thursday 4th July: 7:30pm - 9pm Dress Rehearsal/Setup

Friday 5th July: 7:30pm - 10pm Show
Saturday 6th July: 2pm - 4:30pm Show
Sunday 7th July: 2pm - 4:30pm Show

Tuesday 9th July: 7:30pm - 9pm Rehearsal
Thursday 11th July: 7:30pm - 9pm Rehearsal

Saturday 13th July: 2pm - 4:30pm Show
Sunday 14th July: 2pm - 4:30pm Show - 4:30pm to 8pm Bump out.

Any enquiries: Steve 0458 752 020 or Kate 0400 441 042

Find Top of the Torrens Theatre Group on Facebook,
or at www.tott-tg.com.au

REGISTER for events and information at

https://tott-tg.com.au/register/

Who's looking after your eyes?

FREE COMMUNITY PRESENTATION

You are invited to an eye health session from optometrist and eye health educator Paige Lynch.

Learn about why eyesight is important, the main causes of vision loss in Australia and tips on how to keep your eyes healthy.

FREE | All Welcome
Contact: education@sightforall.org or 0428 049 888

Fire season is fast approaching this year and with expected high heats on the way it is more important, now more than ever, to have your property prepared.

Join us at Mount Pleasant Library for this information session with the CFS on fire safety for rural property.

Ages: All ages welcome

Cost: Free of charge

On Country. Kids. Connect is all about celebrating, learning and experiencing first hand our Indigenous culture on the banks of Kenton Creek, a tributary of Karrawirra Pari (River Torrens).  Four concurrent sessions will be held across the day, with the Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony beginning at 9.30am and Session 4 concluding at 1.45pm.

Each presenter will provide an opportunity for kids (of all ages) to immerse themselves in the experience of ancient and cultural ceremonies including making music with clapsticks and singing ancient story lines; participating in bush therapy and Ngardi Guwanda (deep listening), listening with more than our ears to connect to Country; learning through art about storylines and painting on boomerangs; and a chance to choose and prepare your own Bushtucker (and other) seedlings to take home and plant in your garden (20 plants).

First Nations Elders, Aunty Angelina Harradine-Buckskin from Claptsticks for Creation, Bianca Stawiarski from Warida Wholistic Wellness and Corey Turner from Southern Cultural Immersion will join together for this unique event in Gumeracha for one day during Nature Festival.  Don't miss the opportunity to enjoy a day learning about our Indigenous history and culture.

Tickets: $25 (Parents/caregivers of participating kids don't need to buy a ticket, but will need to supervise their own children at all times.)

This event is only possible with the funding support from Landcare Australia, Australian Home Heating Association and Adelaide Hills Council. The Upper River Torrens Landcare Group will provide volunteers to assist with the Sow to Grow sessions.

Contact: Kim Thompson - 0438 639 353 or kim.environmentalconnections@gmail.com

Paul O’Connor from The Legal Services Commission is presenting an informative session on Coercive Control and Legal Recognition of this insidious form of Domestic Violence

9.30am Wed 6th Sept, in Library

Healthy Relationships: A legal perspective

We will start by first asking what people consider a healthy relationship is.

We will then quickly talk about how the law has not always been an ally in ensuring relationships are healthy (ie laws in relation to women re employment, pay, rape in marriage and the assumptions that these laws were based on/ the assumptions that these laws perpetuated).

The evolving approach to abuse in relationships.

Moving from a focus on violence and identifying isolated incidents of violence to a wider concept of abuse and abuse as a pattern of behaviour that works to erode the autonomy and agency of an individual.

Explain the concept of coercive control and explain why as a concept its important for us to understand:

• The SA govt has indicated a commitment to criminalise ‘coercive control’ (no timetable as yet)

• Having a term for these behaviours, helps to identify them as wrong.

• A community’s understanding of these issues is important in determining the willingness of victim/survivors to ask for help or for us to ask the right questions.

Then legal and non legal supports available to individuals who may be victims/survivors and the supports available to somebody who may be exhibiting these behaviours.

In relation to legal supports the focus will be on intervention orders and the process of obtaining one and services that can assist.

If anyone is interested in joining this session please TEXT Lee 0455 445 524 with RSVP