THE first memory Yvonne Jennings has of community work is trawling the streets for a hospital penny appeal at the age of five.
Ms Jennings still prides herself on her involvement with the Swan Hill community, a focus that influenced her decision to run in the upcoming Swan Hill Rural City Council election for a third term.
She is involved with Sunrise Rotary and the Business Professional Women group, and has held a place on the Swan Hill Rural City Council for seven years, after being elected to the Murray-Mallee Ward in 2005 and the Central Ward in 2008.
She has spent the past three years as deputy mayor.
A new council plan would be the cornerstone of all that can be achieved in the next four years, she told The Guardian.
“We are coming out of 20th Century ways and I believe we are in a transition period.”
Ms Jennings said there was still much strategic planning to be done, and new projects which needed to be monitored to ensure they became part of the local culture.
“A third term as a councillor will fully utilise the experience I have gained locally and at a State and Federal level,” she said.
For more of this story see today’s (October 3, 2012) Guardian.
