PETER JIRGENS - SHOALHAVEN CITIZEN OF THE YEAR 2021
Shoalhaven Council describe Peter as 'an outstanding volunteer in the Shoalhaven for over twenty five years, in a number of community based organisations. This nomination covers his activities with the Cambewarra Rate Payers Association, Tapitalee Creek Landcare, Shoalhaven Riverwatch and the Shoalhaven Landcare Fox Control Program. Peter has been an active volunteer throughout the Cambewarra Village area over many years with planting of many trees, providing engineering advi

WHERE HAS CROOKED RIVER GONE?
Huge seas and high tides have closed the river mouth today. The shape of the beach continues to change.

LOVE IS THE BREAD OF LIFE ... YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT EVERY DAY IF YOU WANT IT FRESH.
A good friend enticed me into making sourdough bread during Covid. She has long forsaken the ritual but I’m addicted. The simplicity, the commitment, the massaging of the dough, the aroma, bring great satisfaction.

THE SILENT HOLOCAUST HERO
Marcel Marceau’s extraordinary talent for pantomime entertained audiences around the world for over sixty years. It also saved hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust. Born to a Jewish family in Strasbourg, France in 1923, young Marcel Mangel discovered Charlie Chaplin at age five and became an avid fan. He entertained his friends with Chaplin imitations, and dreamed of starring in silent movies. When Marcel was 16, the Nazis marched into France, and the Jews of Stra

THIS TOO SHALL PASS
Wishing you a Happy New Year A poem from my dear friend Bobby Burnett - Shawnee, Oklahoma. What a year 2020 has been,
Almost time to come to an end.
The Pestilence has taken it’s toll,
While markets continue to roll.
People still looking for a stimulus Check,
Locked up in a political bottleneck.
Election day is now in the past,
How much longer will the counting last?
Getting accustomed to wearing a mask,
Breathing all covered is quite a task.
Forbidding groups from getting to
