No gluten is no joke
I WISH to comment on the ignorance behind advertising seen on a sandwich board outside an Albury hairdressing salon. The sign says "we now offer gluten-free haircuts".
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I suffer from Coeliac's Disease which is a serious incurable disease where you cannot ingest even the smallest amount of gluten or you will become very ill. It makes life really hard. I contacted the salon to inquire what it was that they actually meant.
I was told it was a bit of light-hearted humour they have in their salon. Just a joke. I found that very offensive as would most people with Coeliac's Disease. I have to wonder what disease will be the butt of their light hearted humour next week?
CAROL GLEESON,
Albury
Looking for historians
DO you enjoy local history? If so and you have a little spare time, the Wodonga Historical Society need to grow their volunteer base and you would be made most welcome.
Each Wednesday at 1-3 we are at the Society’s rooms at 19 South St. where we are working on the many local historical files. The room is also open on the first Sunday of each month from 1-4, so if you have an interest in our city, come along and see the treasures of the past we are caring for.
MARIE ELLIOT,
Wodonga Historical Society.
Overlooked tourism asset
THE closure of Morris wines is a sad loss and a result of a region both sides of the river that fails to have a tourism plan.
Rutherglen is a great assett overlooked by too many. There needs to be a tourism logo theme and some new thinking.
STUART DAVIE,
Corowa
Country community
TRY to remember what the C in CFA stands. County. The volunteers are involved for no other reason than to support their friends and neighbours.
The unions and the paid men are in it for the money. All the smoke and mirrors and media releases can't hide this fundamental truth . So stop with the fairy tales.
TONY DOUGLAS, Gooramadda
Community funded centre
THE fitting out and furnishing of the Albury-Wodonga Cancer centre is a separate cost from the building project.
When Albury's Councillor Kevin Mack appealed to adjoining municipalities to make a contribution (Albury Council has given $100,000) I asked the Wodonga Council to make its centrally located offices a place where Wodonga's people could make donations. I did not ask the Council to donate taxpayers money.
Again, I ask the Council to place a suitable marked container on the foyer desk, publicise the fact it is there and actively encourage people to donate what is an Albury-Wodonga joint facility. We all know someone who will use it.
The Centre will ease the financial burdens of many local people having to travel to Melbourne sometimes weekly for advice or treatment. Many people do not know where to make contributions.
It is a community issue, not an "us and them" one. I would support a Wodonga Council decision to amek a substantial donation to our Albury/Wodonga Cancer Centre.
JEAN WHITLA, Wodonga
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