Afternoon tea to say farewell

A farewell afternoon tea for Michael and Joyce Rasic was held at the Wagstaffe Community Hall on Sunday, May 5, from 2pm.

Mr and Mrs Rasic are leaving Wagstaffe after 30 years to move to their new home in Woy Woy.

"Michael and Joyce have been great neighbours and have helped the community enormously, bringing in rubbish bins for neighbours, keeping an eye on houses, carrying out endless maintenance to our Wagstaffe Community Hall and tennis court, and much more," said Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association president Peta Colebatch.

"In the past, Michael also cleaned all the barbeques, mowed the lawns, brought in rubbish bins, and carried out all our electrical repairs.

"And, with our changing society, these are now matters which we will need to pay for (though luckily we have some long term members still doing this, who have worked with Michael).

"We will all be sorry to see them go, and will miss their unfailing support and assistance.

'In particular, Michael's support to hall maintenance, putting out and bringing in the Australian flag will be sorely missed.

"But their departure is more than this.

"It marks yet again the passage of time in our community, and we lose someone who knows about all the developments that have taken place, how the hall developed, which people were around 30 years ago, and how those who were present at that time worked together to build what we have today.

"We are all in their debt for the many, many years of support they have provided, and indeed, Michael and Joyce pre-date all current members of the Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association Committee, and we all know how much we owe them, and those who went before," said Ms Colebatch.

Email, 26 Apr 2013

Peta Colebatch, Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association

Photo: Chris Dillon