Home Hill Royal Party
ARRIVING unfashionably late to a post party of what has been arguably described as the “Royal Wedding of the Year” at Home Hill, Devonport, I was greeted by a marquee of very fashionable, elegant and stylish women.
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With what could only be described as a tentative and cursory observation, I estimated the majority of attendees to be in the post 30-year-old cohort, but confirmation of this generalisation may be one of questionable reliability?
A big thank you to all the volunteers, led very ably by Anne Teesdale, manager of Home Hill, for an afternoon of delicious food, wine and interesting conversation, as a very worthwhile fundraiser for the political home of Joe and Dame Enid Lyons, of which is now a very notable National Trust managed property, open to the public for all to appreciate.
Kenneth Gregson, Swansea.
Voluntary Assisted Dying
ED SIANSKI (The Examiner, May 21) is right that "the death of Professor Goodall in Switzerland is a cause of great sadness" but not for the reasons he suggests.
The sadness is that he had to go to the other side of the world at great personal cost to get the respect he deserved for his end of life wishes.
The sadness is that, to get his choice of a peaceful and dignified death, he had to leave most of his family and friends, and not be surrounded by his loved ones at the end.
He is still being treated with disrespect. Mr Sianski's suggestion that he should instead have continued to offer "his wealth of experience” to others is callous and insulting.
It is also a fallacy that his choice had anything to do with a lack of loving care.
Your life, your choice, Mr Sianski, but don't presume to tell the rest of us what we should choose at the end of our lives.
It's way past time we had the legal option of voluntary assisted dying for those of us who need and want it here.
Margaret Sing, West Hobart.
Rising Prices
ONE would hope that the proposed government legislation to cap the electricity price rises to CPI passes the Labor block in the upper house.
They could then concentrate on reducing TasWater’s unsustainable price rises down to CPI as well.
With a $200 million infusion of taxpayers funds into TasWater, the government should have some leverage in assisting a large proportion of the community to pay these unreasonable price hikes.
It is a ludicrous situation in these times that we have to choose between putting food on the table or water.
John Cheek, Longford.
New Technology
Jo Palmer’s article in (The Sunday Examiner, May 20), was, as it always is, so down to earth.
After reading her article, it sadden me to hear so many people have succumb to a little object most with earphones.
What happened to having a conversation with another person, or read a book, newspaper or magazine.
Imagination seems to be slipping away.
The home phone always brought back great memories, I still have one today, also you would love to wait for the postie to bring a letter, or a birthday/Christmas card.
I have a mobile phone only using it to make and receive calls.
Telstra has gone out twice in one month, what anger an panic it caused, but I was still able to call on my home phone.
Maybe it’s time to smell the roses.
There is a big wide world out there, luckily there are many people who want to explore it, I did and it wasn’t from looking at a little screen.
L. Morton, Beaumaris.
Project Booyah
CONGRATULATIONS to Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) for setting up this program for at-risk teenagers.
The 20-week program using the mountain bike trails at Derby was a life changer for many of those participating, giving new purpose to lives and setting participants on right pathways for the future.
As with all such programs funding is critical and the work can only continue with an injection of funds, whether government or private sources.
I am donating and I hope many others will join me.
Dick James, Launceston.
Volunteers
I WANT to take the opportunity of National Volunteer Week to acknowledge our amazing team of volunteers.
“No man is an island” is so true when it comes to not for profit organisations.
We could not have the successes we do nor provide the breadth of services we do without our generous and thoughtful volunteer team.
This year’s National Volunteer Week theme is “Give a little, to change a lot”.
Every person, regardless of their situation or circumstance has something to offer.
By creating a sense of community and solidarity, volunteering builds social capital.
It converts one small act, into a multitude of small acts that become a power and a force and can change people’s lives.
We will always need volunteers as we continue to ensure we are right here for our MS community,
making a difference in the lives of those impacted by multiple sclerosis.
Thank you sincerely for to all our amazing volunteers.
Sandra Walker, acting CEO, MS Community Visitors Scheme.
Hickey
PEOPLE love to tell people what to do, except when people tell them what to do.
Sue Hickey has been elected to do things.
She hasn’t done any of it yet, but already people tell her what to do, and how to do it.
Go for it, Sue. This is your chance to do what you do regardless.