This has been going on for too long now and is just a joke.

The problem is they don’t have a form for the community getting together and helping kids with disabilities.

Although the local community has donated every last cent of this project and will cost the Education Department nothing, they have continually stopped this project from happening simply because this is the first time that a community like ours ever got together and fully funded something for kids with disabilities on school grounds.

So now the Department of Education and the Minister for Education create more obstacles because they still haven’t created a form to fill out for us as a community to help the disabled kids in our own community.

It takes one letter from the Minister of Education to allow all of us volunteers and donators to make this happen.

Why is it so hard for our communities to be able to help kids in need?

It's about as low as a snake’s guts defacing and vandalising the resting place of our deceased loved ones.

I feel for the family and friends of those deceased persons’ graves that were vandalised last week (‘Vandals shatter peace’, The Border Mail, June 15).

These offending criminal morons need to have a long hard look in the mirror.

They will be caught by the police I can assure you as a vile despicable act like this would even be deemed beyond the pale by those in the criminal community.

When caught I hope they are sentenced to 12-plus months of strict community service that involves tidying up some of our local cemeteries. The cost of paint, tools and materials should also be deducted from their pay packets, or their Centrelink benefits.

Time to start planning for the Baby Boomers in Indigo Shire.

In Beechworth alone, over 25 per cent of the population is aged over 65 years.

Retirement can be different things to different people. Some want to stay at home as long as they can, others want to enter a residential village before going into full-time care.

There are many issues to consider when we get older some of which include what services are available, how many aged and high care beds there are, what paperwork needs to be completed when going into permanent care.

A group of Baby Boomers is exploring creative ways for our seniors and those with disabilities to enjoy their lives and continue to be very much a part of the community.

There are wonderful and imaginative examples of retirement villages and age friendly communities both here and overseas that we can learn from.

A seminar will be held in the coming months which all residents of the community will be invited to.

Speakers will cover a range of topics and there will be time for residents to make suggestions, ideas and give their views on retirement.