All in readiness for Pancake Day

Preparing for Pancake Day in Launceston on February 12 are (from left): UnitingCare Tasmania Chief Executive Lindy O’Neill, David Miller (Trinity UC) and Shirley Blackman (Pilgrim UC) Throughout the last decade Pancake

Opportunity for singles

The prospect of dating in the over-40 age bracket leaves many weak at the knees. It’s a time when people can find themselves unexpectedly single after divorce or the death of a partner.

Voice for the voiceless

Possible Dreams International (PDI) is a Melbourne based not-for-profit organisation currently working with 32 remote communities in Swaziland – a country with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the world.

Facing doubt

In Defence of Doubt: an invitation to adventure by Val Webb Publisher: Mosaic Press Review by Noel Preston The quest for certainty is part of the human condition.

Driving a bargain

Glenys Bounday proudly shows off one of the new buses.

Animal news time

The Christmas and the early New Year period is traditionally a slow news period. Industries, sectors and organisations slow right down and close, people take holidays and generally relax.

A time to resolve?

Pic by Krissy Mayhew New Year’s resolutions. Make them, break them or forsake them, chances are most will give some a certain amount of reflective time and attention to the year passed and the new one in.