Students of schools from port Stephens and across the Paterson electorate helped Member for Paterson Meryl Swanson spread the Christmas cheer this year by designing her Christmas cards.
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More than 100 local students took up Ms Swanson's invitation to draw or paint a Christmas card design, and a winner was chosen from six finalists by representatives of Raymond Terrace Art Society.
"The cards are beautiful, and show the great depth of artistic talent we have in our community," Ms Swanson said.
"All entries are displayed in the windows of my Raymond Terrace office for people to see."
The winning design, featuring a koala up a Christmas tree, is by Bobs Farm Public School year 4 student Fynn Brunt. Other winners were: Tayah McIntyre, year 2, Stanford Merthyr Infants School; Ahmani Jedniuk, year 2, Medowie Christian School; Karlani Lamond Swan, year 5, Bobs Farm Public School; Connah Newman, year 6, Hunter River Community School, and Kaili Ward, year 3, Tomaree Public School. The winning designs were printed on Ms Swanson's Christmas cards, and also featured in her Christmas newsletter, which was sent to every household in the Paterson electorate.
Talent shown in literature awards
Port Stephens writers featured prominently in the top twenty award-winning short stories for this year's 'Examiner Literature Awards'.
Susan Bowen from Medowie was highly commended for her entry The Fourth Man and Campbell Watson from Lemon Tree Passage picked up a commended certificate for his piece An usual Regression. Peter Barker from One Mile collected two commended prizes for The Park Bench and I Magpie. The 109 entries came from all Australian states but the major prizes went to NSW authors, Maree Gallop from Adamstown submitted Cold Comfort which took out the prestigious PSSC $500 first prize. The New Boyfriend by Reg James from Turramurra won the $300 second prize and Doug Pender from Manly Vale took out the $150 third prize with Dancing Man. The tilligerry.com $50 award went to Julie Alavoine from Monteagle for her entry The Book.
Once again the awards would not be possible without the continuing support of the Examiner, Port Stephens Council, Club Lemon Tree and our volunteer judges. The full results can be found online at tilligerry.com.
Year finished with a buzz
THE Port Stephens Busy B’s have held their last meeting for the year.
Forty-eight hardworking women raised close to $675 on the day with various stalls and raffles. They were entertained by the very talented Jenni Rossi and were encouraged to join in singing the Christmas carols. The next meeting will be held on February 14 – Valentine’s Day – so get out your best bonnets ladies, we look forward to seeing you all again then.
Summer workshops
Port residents are invited to head to Bunnings Warehouse at Taylors Beach on weekends throughout January to learn handy tips for their next project through a range of DIY workshops. Each Saturday and Sunday throughout January, team members from will host free DIY workshops for adults and children on a range of indoor and outdoor projects and share their expert advice with local residents. Workshops vary so contact Bunnings Warehouse Port Stephens for times.
