In the life of an organisation as diverse as Rushworth Community House, the golden rule is simple - expect the unexpected! Over the past year, RCH has seen many changes, including a few that could only be described as ... well ... odd! Here a few pictorial reminders of an interesting year in the life of the House.

The Ladies of the Rushworth CWA invited the Community House to produce its 80th birthday commemorative calendar, and we were only too happy to oblige. When the photo at left appeared on the front page of the Waranga News, some people around town said that dear old Rushworth would never quite be the same again!  

In the photo album above:

• RCH mounted its first Hall of Fame photos during 2008 (right).
• Clem Furphy introduced a new standard of dress code for opening events at the House Gallery.
• Photographer Kevin Plew showed us how good Rushworth’s gardens really are (left)
• Esteemed Art Group Tutor Irene Ritli retired after many years of dedicated service to the Community House (far left).

Australia Day Competition

School students are invited to enter Rushworth’s Australia Day Competition by completing either of the following challenges:

Write in no more than 50 words what is so good about Australia

or

Design an Australia Day Poster (either hand-drawn or using a PC and printer)

Entries must be sent to Rushworth Community House by 30 December, and must include your name, contact number and school.

Entries can also be faxed to 5856 1077, lodged by emailed to admin@rushcomhouse.org, delivered in person during holiday opening hours or posted to the House at 67 High Street, Rushworth, Victoria, 3612.

All entries will be returned to the students’ schools, and awards will be given in Junior, Intermediate and Senior categories. Be in it to win it!

Welcome aboard the Rushy Whroomer
For the past few years, Rushworth Community House has compiled and published the Rushy
Whroomer as an internal newsletter that was posted to RCH members, regional Neighbourhood
and Community Houses, and local schools and Community organisations.

Originally  conceived  by  former  Community  House Coordinator  Gillian  Schoenborn,  the  publication  was designed  to  let all of our staff and volunteers know who was who and what was what at the House.

It  was  also  designed  to  appraise  Community  House members  about  our  activities,  and  to report  on  major events throughout the year.

Previous editions of the Whroomer were printed at the Community House. However, the publication only reached a  relatively  small  audience,  and  many  of  the  district’s residents knew little about the House or its activities.

With so much now happening at Rushworth Community House, it was proposed that the frst Whroomer edition for 2009 should be printed as a supplement  to  the Waranga News,  and  thus distributed  to  a much wider  readership throughout Rushworth and surrounding areas.

The idea was approved, so here we are!

We  welcome  your  comments  and  suggestions  about the Rushy Whroomer, and will publish  the newsletter quarterly as a supplement  to  the Waranga News  if  the response  is favourable.

Meanwhile,  one  of  the Community  House  volunteers who assisted greatly with previous editions of the Rushy Whroomer recently left Rushworth to live in Far North Queensland.

“The  fact  that  a  cyclone struck Cairns  just  as Barry  and I  arrived  is  pure  coincidence”, Diane Bundy told us recently. We extend our thanks to Diane for a job well done, and wish her and Barry all the best.