You can't have a local charity or community centre and not have a fund-raising tradition of selling calendars full of local people in sexy, curious, or just plain awkward situations and attires. It's almost a legal requirement to have one. And what is the HOPE centre, if not law abiding?

Don't answer that question. We are law abiding. We have a lawyer in Seattle and we're not afraid to use her.

The 2022 calendar

Forty-six contestants entered the Thunderdome; twelve left. The votes spread out pretty evenly though there were a few obvious audience favourites from day one: The name of Addington carries a lot of weight around here (and the picture is gorgeous), and a certain Rosencrantz got pegged as Mr May by several people. August Roen got voted for anything but August (no one saw that one coming, right?).

January

Aidan Kinney
Busking Magician

February

Hyacinth Addington
Corporate Conquistadora

March

Rhys Evans
Night Club & Casino Manager

April

Ravn Abildgaard & Itzhak Rosencrantz
Violin buddies

May

Itzhak Rosencrantz
Mechanic

June

Perdita Leontes
Real estate owner

July

Isi Cameron
City Hall Auditor

August

Alexander Clayton
Private Investigator

September

Joey Kelly
Coach of the Year

October

Vyvyan Vydal
Pātissier

November

August Roen
Botanist

December

Ravn Abildgaard
Folklorist

The full list of entries, preserved for posterity: