# THE REDGUM HOLLOW GAZETTE ### Serving the District Since 1954 | Edition 9 — Monday to Thursday #### *"All the news that fits, and some that doesn't."* **Weather:** Still nothing. The sky continues its policy of studied indifference. We are not mentioning the gauge reading because nothing would be in it. --- ## SOURDOUGH REACHES DIPLOMATIC INCIDENT STATUS Tuesday's loaves were gone before ten, which is now less a surprise than a ritual. What *is* notable is the woman from the Currawong Flats direction who secured one. This is being read variously as (a) a triumph for local enterprise, (b) an affront to natural borders, and (c) a sign of the times. Tash, who continues to say nothing publicly beyond what her loaves say for her, was unavailable for comment. She is always unavailable. She is also always correct. The Gazette considers this a pattern worth watching. --- ## THE HENDERSON FENCING: A LOCAL ACHIEVEMENT NOBODY WILL OWN Ray Connelly was again visible on the eastern fence line Wednesday and Thursday. The work is ahead of schedule by any honest estimate. The town is quietly proud in the way it gets quietly proud — that is, several people have implied credit in passing, nobody has stated it plainly, and the man who actually did the work has not said a word. The Gazette notes that Ray has now been sighted at the Henderson place more times than he has been spoken to, quoted, or photographed. This is both a testament to his industry and a source of personal professional frustration that this editor refuses to dramatise in print. The Ray Connelly feature is progressing. That is all anyone needs to know. --- ## STEVE-O'S UTE, MERTON ROAD, WEDNESDAY: A BRIEF ACCOUNTING Two hours. Red eyes at the servo Thursday. His mother has said nothing. He has said nothing. He has also not been at the Hartley place his usual days, and Hartley said less than usual at the co-op, which is to say he communicated volumes. The Gazette will not speculate on private matters. We will simply note that the maths completing itself around Steve-o's future has nothing to do with his feelings and everything to do with the Hartley operation's requirements, and that the two might currently be in conversation with each other in ways that are not the town's business until they are. His mother, for the record, has not been quoted in this piece. She was not asked. --- ## FOOTY: THE SUBJECT OF EVERY CONVERSATION NOT BEING HAD Saturday. Currawong Flats. Home game. We have not beaten them at home since 2021 and the pub is treating this with the solemnity it deserves, which is to say the topic is approached sideways and immediately discussed for forty minutes. The team sheet stands as posted. We ask only that everyone get there early and that Clarrie be warm enough on the bench. --- ## LETTERS TO THE EDITOR **From B. Patterson, general delivery:** *Marge. Needed Jatz. Got Jatz. Don't read into it.* — Bruce **From L. Apps, as submitted:** *Dear Marge, I think readers should know it was absolutely Clarrie who asked for the tea. I was nearby and it seemed the thing to do but I want to be clear that I did not simply arrive with tea uninvited, which is not how I operate. I also think the sourdough situation is worth monitoring from a community equity standpoint. Just a thought.* — Lorraine Apps **From a reader who prefers no name but whose handwriting is recognisable:** *The fencing at the Henderson place is excellent work. Whoever is responsible should be acknowledged.* --- ## AROUND THE DISTRICT • The Royal Hotel remains open. Consider visiting it this Saturday, before and after. • Deb Forsythe was observed slowing near the Henderson place Wednesday. Festival fencing business, apparently. The Henderson place is busy lately. • Fuel prices at the servo are up again. The servo attendant, for the record, has a sister. • Bruce Patterson is fine. • No rain. *— M. Holloway, Editor, Proprietor, and sole member of staff*