Just a reminder that the shed will be hosting a “garage sale” this Saturday the 10th of September, from 8:30am to 2:00pm. We will have wooden items made at the shed for sale as well as a very nice restored china cabinet, a restored antique Singer hand-operated sewing machine and a range of tools and donated items.

If you are visiting the “Dad’s Day Out” event at Gosford’s Kibble Park this Sunday the 11th of September don’t forget to visit the Shed marquee for one off our famous sausage sandwiches. Just look for the blokes in the hi-vis yellow shirts!

The Entrance Men’s Shed has a new (landline) phone number. It is (02) 43321023. The old landline number no longer works.

Following the Entrance Men’s Shed AGM on the 29th of August 2011, the committee members for the 2011-2012 year are:

Office	Person
President	Bob Ihlein
Vice President	Rob Eschbank
Secretary	Terry Anderson
Treasurer	Peter Whitehead
Committee	Michael Matus
Life Member	Geoff Dunn
Life Member	Allan Kember

Shed members thanked outgoing President Ian Warburton for his help and guidance during his term and welcomed back Bob Ihlein for his second term in this role.

Shed members also unanimously accepted a motion to confer a life membership on Peter Whitehead. This is in recognition of his efforts in bringing the training room extension to fruition. He has done this almost single-handedly while carrying out his regular duties as the shed’s Treasurer. He joins Allan Kember and Geoff Dunn–the other members of this esteemed group.

As it’s the end of the 2010/2011 financial year, The Entrance Men’s Shed Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place at The Entrance Men’s Shed, 15 Battley Avenue The Entrance on Monday 29 August 2011.

For further information including nomination forms, proxy forms and membership forms please contact the secretary Terry Anderson at the shed.

A strong community organisation needs a strong committee so if you are interested in participating, please get in touch.

The new training room construction at The Entrance Men’s Shed is progressing well. Here’s a snapshot of the framing going up.

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Shed members were saddened to hear of the death of Shed stalwart and oldest member Ernie Brooker, last Wednesday. Ernie had been in Gosford Hospital for some time. He was the Shed expert in scraping, sanding and painting of items salvaged by other members. 

He had his 90th birthday last year and until this latest bout of illness he looked after himself and drove himself to the Shed each day. Funeral details have not yet been finalised.

The Shed extension is now underway. Shed members laid the slab for the new training room on Wednesday and the builder starts construction next Monday.

The job brought out skills in members that had previously been hidden. Shed member Philip set up the formwork and did most of the concreting with help from members Andrew, Peter and Roger. Members Bob and Terry wheelbarrowed the mix from the truck to the site. 

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Wyong Shire Council has recently approved the Development Application for the addition of a training room to The Entrance Men’s Shed.

The approval is the culmination of a lot of effort by Shed members, particularly Peter Whitehead, who have put in a lot time and effort into planning and submitting the DA. With all systems ‘go’ members are looking forward to the new building and the benefits it will bring.

The Entrance Men’s Shed recently organized the availability of Hi-Vis tops for shed members. The tops feature the shed logo.

Shed member Roy, seen here making some easels for the art gallery in The Entrance Community Centre, sports one of the new Hi-Vis shirts.

Shed member Bruce has been busy making a hoist to help the Shed members store the BBQ and other equipment we have recently acquired in the raised storage area. Not one to leave a job unfinished Bruce is seen here putting the final lick of paint on the new hoist.

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Shed member Roy–also known as Santa–has been doing a bit of work to help his more famous namesake get ready for the Christmas rush. He has been busy making dolls cradles and is currently making toy wheelbarrows.

Roy has been helped with painting by shed member Greg and others and is seen here with shed member Rob assembling the wheelbarrows.

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As a result of recent changes to the regulations for the storage of weapons in museums, The Entrance / Long Jetty RSL Sub-branch approached The Entrance Men’s Shed to assist with the display of rifles at their museum.

Shed members Bob and Terry spent some time designing and installing the new rack at the museum on The Entrance Road Long Jetty.

The museum was very happy with the result and we recommend a visit to inspect Bob and Terry’s work and to have a look at the many other fascinating items on display.

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The Entrance Men’s Shed will be closing over the Christmas New-Year period. The Shed will close at 3:00pm on Monday 20 December 2010 and will re-open on Monday 10 January 2011.

We would like take this opportunity to wish the community the compliments of the season and a safe and happy holiday.

The Entrance Men’s Shed will be hosting an Open Day on Saturday the 13th of November 2010 from 10am to 2pm. The shed is located in the grounds of the Entrance Community Centre at 15 Battley Ave, The Entrance.

Come along and see the hand-crafted timber items for sale and enjoy a sausage sandwich from the sausage sizzle. You can also tour the shed and attend the Baby Expo which is hosted in the Entrance Community Centre grounds.

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All the Shed members have been busy getting items ready for the upcoming Shed Open Day and the Community Centre Baby Expo. Ducks, horse, benches and all sorts of creative items are being made out of the wood in the shop.Shed member

Ian has been putting the wheels on the duck projects for sale while members Greg and Ray have been doing painting on the horses and Terry completing his pink palm ring holders.

Here’s some images from recent projects at The Entrance Men’s Shed, up to the end of October 2010.

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Shed members have all been busy the last few weeks making and painting white horses for the upcoming Shed Open Day.

Shed member Ray has been especially busy painting all the rocking horses that he has built over the last few weeks. He is not the only one painting horses–it seems like every second bloke in the shed has a paint brush in hand recently.

Well done guys the horses are looking good for the upcoming Shed Open Day sale on 13 November 2010.

Shed member Allan has been hard at work recently gluing-up his wine rack project.

After rescuing the wine-rack from the Project Shelves, Allan and shed member Wayne worked to glue-up and complete the structure. In the next weeks he is planning to stain the new rack and have it completed in time for Christmas.

Members from The Entrance Men’s Shed were out early this morning setting up for a fundraiser BBQ at Bunnings Tuggerah.

Running one of these stalls is a big effort and the team were ably lead by shed member Rob. Rob guided the team in making over 400 sausage sandwiches as well as ensuring that we had ice, eskys, meat, bread, butter and sauce and all the other items suggested in the comprehensive instructions from Bunnings. Many thanks to Rob for his effort leading this project.

Shed member Peter did an excellent job ensuring that our finances were in order for the day, and he also ensured money was handled effectively on the day and an accurate tally was ready at the end of the session.

Many thanks to all those that cooked and cleaned, handed out drinks, kept the meat cold and the cooked hot food. We had many reports after the day about the professional way the team served customers and the quality of the sausage sandwiches provided. Thanks also goes to Elise from Bunnings who was on hand early in the morning and late in the afternoon to support and guide the team.

Many thanks to Bunnings Tuggerah for this opportunity. The comprehensive instructions, reassurance in the planning and professional support on the day were invaluable to The Entrance Men’s Shed for this important fundraising activity.

Shed members have been in discussions with Wyong Shire Council over planned extensions to the Entrance Men’s Shed. The planned extensions incorporate the functional requirements of the space as a Men’s Shed.

Detailed drawings and a proposal are soon to be submitted to Council for their consideration.

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