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G'Day folks! Here again with some more snippets of news from Kariong
Rural
Fire Brigade. Well, last month was reasonably quiet in terms of fire
activity with a few bush alight calls and several car accidents in and
around the area. In between "adventures" however, the brigade went about
its
usual business of training and maintenance. Just on that note, the
invitation is open to Kariong residents to come on up to the Dandaloo st.
station on any Wednesday night or Saturday morning to have a look around
the
station to see how we do things. We're always on the lookout for local
people who are keen to be a part of a community based organisation
dedicated
to assisting in the protection of both life and property. Pretty heady
words
I know, but it's good to know that you are helping in some way by giving
some of your spare time to a worthwhile concern and getting trained in a
skill along the way.
Our Catering unit has a little something on the boil so to speak, coming
up
on May 3rd down at the "dish-lickers" or greyhounds (for those playing
at
home). The catering mob are having a little fund raiser down at Gosford
dogs
and tickets are five dollars each. So if you feel the need for some
greyhound speed and a good night to boot, support a great hard-working
crew
by calling Sherrel on 43284242 and she'll give you the details.
A little something which I totally neglected last month was my usual
monthly
awards to brigade members who, in the line of duty (or otherwise) excel
themselves and their deeds are noteworthy of a mention. At the recent
Australia Day celebrations over at Mt Penang Parklands, a couple of our
brigade luminaries out did themselves in the pie-eating contest. First
up to
the plate was Glen "slam-it-down-fast" Howe who demolished the little
pastry
encrusted work of art in about fifty-nine seconds. Not bad if you
consider
that you couldn't use your hands and just had to bury your face into the
mystery bag, munch as fast as you can and hope for the best that it all
stays down.
Not to be outdone, Mal "the muncher" Smit sat down to level the score
and as
the judges were preparing to signal the start of the event, Mal gave
that
pie a long steely glare and you could almost hear him say, "you're mine
meat
bag". As soon as the word "go" was sung out, Mal dived in with ferocity
and
passion chomping and grinding at that defenseless little pie. It didn't
stand a chance and that fifty-nine second barrier Mr. Howe set looked as
good as beat. But alas as all good yarns go, the pie had the last laugh
and
at a point where one would have thought it was all over, Big Mal choked
and
started to giggle and all was lost. A minute thirty was the score.
With head bowed, Mal left the arena with only the crumbs on his shirt to
remind him that the pie had won the day. But, he did win the mystery
prize
at the end of the day which is still a mystery so all was not lost. So
to
you my gallant lads I bestow the "Simon the Pieman" award. Legend has it
that Simon too, was a pie man of some note and he took on some big pies
in
his day. Some say he may have bitten off more than he could chew.
However,
in true Kariong tradition though, me thinks that Mal and Glen both
subscribe
to the fact that if you've bitten off more than you can chew, then you
chew
like hell. Onya guys, well done.
That's it for now folks. Stay safe and I'll seeya next issue.
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