Who are these guys...

After searching the ol You Tube, I came across this and love it....I need these guys for our talent night for ArtsFest in October.....

Does anyone know who they are???

BLOOPER ALERT....

BLOOPER ALERT....Claire from CEROC has just been alerted to the fact that she has given us the wrong date for the new CEROC course here in Putaruru....24th June is the opening night for the new CEROC dance course and NOT 17th June as stated in the Prattler - thankfully for once this wasn't one of my typo's....lol. HOWEVER, not one to miss an advertising slot, NICOLA WARRINGTON from the Plaza has pointed out that the 17th June is actually the Freemasons Junior Secondary School Debate - so you can attend that instead, then go to CEROC the week after!!

It is “Odyssey” time again at Putaruru Library....

It is “Odyssey” time again at Putaruru Library

This programme is for age group 12-17 years and involves reading books and giving a verbal report to Library staff with points gained towards prizes with each book read. For written reviews there is also a draw each week to win a prize.

Enrolment begins on 15 June for one week. Reporting is from 22 June to 31 July and the programme finishes with a party to be held on 7 August.

Call into Putaruru Library for more information and to enroll.

LTCCP Submission at the South Waikato District Council...

Here is the recent submission to the South Waikato District Council from Pride In Putaruru on the LTCCP (long term plan)...I'm usually lucky enough to be behind the lens, but on this occasion, I had to be be on the other side..We had 6 major areas of concern for us - especially the Urban Design of which you will now know that we have funding for the actual concept - but then we shall have to find the funding to improve the look of Putaruru. Air quality, economic development were also on our submission headings with other categories falling under each one, time seems to fly so fast as you only have 10 minutes to have your say & answer questions..

Correct Name At Last...

Poor Kaylah Mcginity of Putaruru College...Earlier on the Blog, we had incorrectly spelt her name not once but twice on the Arts & Crafts section winners - when copied over to our Prattler newsletter, once again they were incorrect - HOWEVER, once notified, we have corrected the Blog - and say a huge sorry to Kaylah for the incorrect spelling....

Whoo hoo - The Telfar Drumline Is Here...

Check this out everyone, it is the Telfar Drumline from the 2009 Earth Hour in Putaruru, I think that Brian Telfar is doing a fantastic job here - wow how great are these kids...A huge thanks to Mike from @Junction here in town for recording the footage and getting it onto You Tube - thanks Brian, The Telfar Drumline, Cirque Alazas and all who attended!! CRANK UP YOUR SPEAKERSS TO FULL VOLUME FOR A FANTASTIC EFFECT!

New Prattler In Print..

Well, the new Prattler has gone to print and should be back to us this week for re-distribution...A massive issue this time - 12 whole pages with a big special on Communities and Schools - namely our schools - from Tirau right through to Lichfield... Lots of photographs, and already, we're underway with the next issue that has a focus on our trustees! As I've said before - and in this Prattler, we can't run any advertisements because we're currently funded by The Southern Trust - but it is crammed full of community information...Well the farms have finally got the rain that they have been waiting for - and with it for joe public comes the housewives nightmare - undryable clothes...I can't believe how excited I was last week to walk into Mitre 10 Putaruru and find a mobile clothes dryer - one that looks like a smaller version of my spinner outside, but stands alone and can dry the clothes by the fire without the need for an electric clothes dryer - my excitement of the find also highlighted my need for a new life maybe..I was beaming all the way home! If you think that you need one too...go ask Christine at Mitre 10 and they can help you out..Did you also know, that if you really want to shop local, you can go to a Mitre 10 mega, get the product code from anything that you want, then come back to Putaruru Mitre 10 and order it here..And also an obscurity I know, watching the famed Extreme Makeover - home edition..did you know that both Dean Gittings of Art & Signs and Nick Walsh of Simple Sign & Print both have printers that can make WALLPAPER FROM A PHOTO....and Nick can print photos onto canvas, AND both Nick, Dean & Linda from Stitch Witch can cut laser cuts for walls & windows so you can now plan real trendy bedrooms and have it made in our very own Putaruru - centre of the universe..

Right, I'm supposed to be on holiday, so off to strip some bedroom walls! Watch out for some photos soon!

Tough Kids..........Thank you St Mary's & Lichfield...

Wow - what resilient kids we have here in town - first the Putaruru College and Te Waotu kids working through a huge dump of rain, however today, I rang around all of our schools still to work on the waterway, and St Marys we definate that they wanted to plough on assisted by a team from Lichfield - the work needed to be done whatever the weather...Greg Shaw and his parks & reserves team brought along 500 plants to be dug in and the group ploughed through the work. Greg explained to the groups that they needed to dig a hole twice the size of the rootball to make it easier for the roots to go through the ground as they develop. He also showed how far the dirt should go up against the plants to prevent them from rotting off and dying.. Mrs White of St Marys collected the old plant pots to grow new natives from seed - and Greg Shaw is going to arrange delivery of the seeds. We cranked up the bbq and cooked over 150 sausages donated by Wallace Corp, gave the kids bottled water donated by New Zealand Quality Waters of Domain Road and the bread and chocolate bar was kindly paid for by His Worship Mayor Neil Sinclair. I would like to thank all of those involved especially the hard working kids who all we impecably behaved and our parent & teacher helpers who braved the cold & wet to assist us. Thank you to our sponsors, and I look forward to going back to see how much they have grown...

Mason Reserve / Oraka Walkway Clean Up.......

What a day. We had the big clean up planned today for down at the Mason Reserve - just beyond the Oraka Reserve. For those of you that slept through the torrential rain last night, the day was in dispute from 7am. A quick call to Greg Shaw at council, and we made the decision to go to Friday which was our planned postponement day. Every school and helper had been rung by 8am, newspapers and toilets postponed, and Fridays meetings brought forward to Wednesday so that we could clear the decks for Friday - however, my boys were alarmed that they would now have to go to school. By 9am, things had started to clear up, and so Nina called from Putauru College to say that most of their kids had arrived at College in mufty and raving to go - so basically, could we go ahead with the college kids and start the clean-up and Fridays kids could do the planting....like I'm going to refuse free help! By 10am, the heavens opened and torrential rain poured until around 10.15am...Thankfully it cleared and we managed to get in an hour of clearing - my kids were most impressed that they got to go to school later AND they've completed another segment of PRIDE homework.

We have lots of planting organised with council for Friday, getting ready for the Wai Jazz for the water festival on 14th February next year.

The kids worked exceptionally hard, got through vast ammounts of work and had impeccable manners - so a MASSIVE thank you to Putaruru College and Te Waotu School for the first section of this stage of the clean-up, and heres hopefully to Friday with Lichfield, Putaruru Primary, St Mary's and Tirau School.....fingers crossed!

Many thanks to His Worship Mayor Neil Sinclair and Wallace Corporation for assisting Pride In Putaruru in providing refreshments for the children and helpers - including hot chips today and a sausage sizzle lunch on Friday.....