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Scott’s Spot Hello all and welcome to the May edition of Scott’s Spot. This month’s edition will cover the usual short stories, photos and random observations over the last month. This month, the spotlight will be on the Golden Grain Pinnaroo publicans, Jessie and Leigh Simon in what is a wonderful insight into their journey into the hotel industry along with the history of the hotel and township of Pinnaroo. REGIONAL MEETINGS Regionals are in full swing starting with a massive turnout at the Beachport Hotel in the South East followed by another fantastic event at the North Laura Hotel in the Mid North. Thanks to both venues for hosting the events along with all the members and corporate partners who made the days both enjoyable and informative as they were the first meetings in these regions since 2019. Now, I would like to thank Lynton Cram the trailblazing publican from the Pines Hotel in Tarpeena who agreed to a short pilot video that was uploaded to the AHA|SA socials. He was an absolute natural so look out for more videos over the coming month as I do have members lined up to participate and would love a call for more participation as 2021 rolls on.
With the meeting starting at 11am, my thoughts were to buy a bit of time before starting the meeting, then his grand entrance would be made. However, while my brain was ticking over, slowly of course, I received another message advising of further delays and that Ian would not be making the meeting at all. I was now a little edgy as I did not have a copy of the presentation, and members were starting to arrive. As luck would have it, Lorraine Kranz, Gaming Care officer for the South East along with Didier Vollerin, Liquor Licensing and Gaming Advisor arrived and proceeded to run the meeting with minimal assistance from myself and did a fantastic job. Now Ian did have his grand entrance arriving at 12.45pm just as lunch was being served to a round of applause. Can you believe it? Below is a photo of Ian sharing his frustration with the pilots at being late, while a quick snap was taken of me upon hearing the news.
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AHA|SA OFFICE NEWS Ian Horne had quite an interesting flight to Mount Gambier on the day of the Beachport regional meeting. At 9.59am I received a text from Ian advising that he was in the air, circling Mount Gambier due to heavy fog, and would not arrive at the meeting until 11.30am due to the hour drive after landing. 22 | Hotel SA | W W W . A H A S A . A S N . A U
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