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She is the first purebred Speckled Park heifer born in WA, arriving a week early on June 14th and weighing 32 kilos. Garry Thomas, owner of Tungamah Stud has great expectations for her and her sibling Tungamah Archie, who arrived on the same day, the first purebred bull-calf.

Garry’s interest in Speckled Park began a few years ago when his Gingin neighbour Tony Trainer shared with him a photo of a Speckled Park bull in one of the farming papers.

This interest was reignited when visiting his wife Bloss’s cousins on the east coast. On mentioning the Speckled Park, one of the younger generation, a mad keen cattlemen, had saved all the articles out of the land magazines and was keen to share the information with Garry.

Garry contacted Dale Humphries, Speckled Park breeder at Wattle Grove. Arrangements were made for Garry and Tony to go over to Sydney Royal Show and visit Dale’s farm to see Speckled Park cattle in the paddock.

May 2011, Garry and Bloss went to NSW for a field day. “We were impressed and ordered a couple hundred semen straws and 150 embryos and bought them back.”

Garry is currently running about 500 breeders. “The ultimate aim is to have 100 purebreeds, stud animals and 500 to 600 commercial speckled animals.”

“I spent most of my working life setting up mines all over

the world, I sold my business and made a large fortune, I’m now turning it into a small one”.

Garry is a civil engineer and still keeps an interest in mining projects. For Garry, mining and farming work well together. They aim to keep farming fun, and apply commercial experience to hopefully make a bit of extra money to cover costs.

Recently, Garry and four other Speckled Park studs (including neighbour, Tony Trainor, Gingin Speckle Park) have come together to form a new incorporated business, Speckled Central.

“The goal of Speckle Central is to take the cattle from embryo to plate. Sold as certified Speckled Central meat, it will be processed and distributed with our label and delivered direct to the supermarket. One of the supermarket groups in Victoria are pretty keen to market Speckled Central meat.”

“We have to have the numbers to make it commercial. The Speckled Central business model, on the meat side of things, requires we process 8,000 bodies a year, which is 160/week.” says Gary.

People might say they are a bit of a flash in the pan. From my research I think they can stay around for a long time and make a big impression on the meat markets.”

Garry will be at this years Perth Royal Agricultural show, on exhibition as a new breed. Breed information continued on page 12.

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The Northern Valleys are at their best this time of year. Mild sunshine, green valleys and running rivers. What more could you ask for in life?

This issue looks at the big issues around the region from mining to politics and also recognises the many wonderful volunteers in the community.

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LettersThe Chittering Craft Group

sincerely thank the community for their support once again, of our “Biggest Morning Tea,” held on Sat. May 26th at U.C.B.F.B. new training room. It was a very happy social occasion and the delicious fare provided, was of the usual high standard. We have no doubt that this high standard will continue well into the future given the delicious Chocolate Mud Cake made by 9 year old Sasha Lee. Well done Sasha, a big thank you to you and all the ladies who baked such a lovely variety of food. We are delighted to announce that during the two hours we enjoyed catching up with friends, and sampling the goodies, we raised $1200 for the Cancer Council. Thank you very much for your generosity.

Katherine Lilburne, for the Chittering Craft Group

Just in case you are wondering if your local Newspaper is under threat. We received this letter from our printer.

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You will have heard and seen a lot of commentary in the press re

Fairfax Media’s rationalization in the Eastern states.

Let me assure this has nothing to with our relationship with you and our commitment to provide you with the very best we can both in print and distribution.

We take great pride in the long association we have had with you and your publication, and we will continue to ensure you get the best we can offer in quality and especially service.

What happens at the two metro print sites in the eastern states is about as far from our commercial reality here in Mandurah as can be.

They are servicing two shrinking/changing mastheads.

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Friday 6 July

SINGING SENSATION IN BINDOON

The National Director of the hugely successful Sing Australia network, Colin Slater OAM is visiting Bindoon to hold a special presentation on singing on Friday 6 July at the Town Hall from 7:00 - 9:00pm.

Sunday 15th July

Lower Chittering Farmers Market 9-1pm Huge range of local produce stalls. 260 Chittering Valley Rd, Lower CHittering

Saturday 21st July

Christmas in July for the Upper Chittering Fire Brigade. 6.30pm at the Fire Station on Hart Drive Cost: $40 per head which includes 3 course meal, wine, beer and some soft drinks. RSVP: Ring Brenda on 95761586 or Sue on 95760721

Sunday 29th July

Bindoon Op Shop Markets. Bric-a-brac and produce for sale.

Bindoon Playgroup will be holding a Sausage Sizzle fundraiser from 10am -12noon outside the Bindoon Op Shop Markets

Friday - Sunday 17-19th August

Winter wellness retreat, Get a healthy dose of Vitamin ‘ME’ - in just one weekend! Contact Nat on 0421818805 – www.a-nrg.com.au/mind

Monday 20th August

The Great Bike Hike passes through the Northern Valleys. See story left.

Saturday 20th October

Bindoon & Districts Agricultural show

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Also at the markets will be stalwarts of the local Chittering/Bindoon scene, Bindoon Bakehaus; the Brocks from Muchea; Regans Ridge and the Esslemonts with their fresh local olive oils; West Coast Honey and Harry Testoni.

Another highlight of The Lower Chittering Farmers’ Markets are the traditional Greek food

delicacies to buy, from savoury to sweet. It’s a great idea to enjoy a glass of Christos Valley Estate’s premium wine with the fresh-cooked Greek treats.

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The National Director of the hugely successful Sing Australia network, Colin Slater OAM is visiting Bindoon to hold a special presentation on singing on Friday 6 July at the Town Hall from 7:00 - 9:00pm.

Colin Slater, the dynamic and inspirational founder of Sing Australia has been promoting the concept that everyone can sing for many years. He has taken this message all around Australia and has now established a national network of singing groups that encourages anyone who wants to sing.

There are currently 6,000 members and 150 groups across the nation in the Sing Australia network who enjoy singing each week from a huge repertoire of songs.

‘I’ve just returned from leading another Sing Australia overseas tour with members who once would never have dreamed of singing in some of the places we visited,’ said Colin. ‘This is just one of the many opportunities in Sing Australia. Members also have lots of amazing opportunities to sing in their

community and to connect with other members from different groups and sing at regional and national gatherings all around Australia.

‘If you have always wanted to sing and been a bit shy or you think you can’t sing why not come and have a fun night with me and discover how easy it is to sing,’ said Colin.

Friday 6 July from 7:00-9:00pm at Town Hall, Great Northern Hwy, Bindoon.

Cost $10.00 – students free.

For further information contact Yvonne 9576 1409 or [email protected]

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Get on board this exciting adventure with riders as they promote awareness of and celebrate the ‘Count Me In’ principles and practices of inclusion of people with disabilities and mental illness in communities from Perth to Broome from 19th August to 15th September 2012.

TGBH riders and the support crew are stopping in several towns along the way including; Bullsbrook, Bindoon and New Norcia.

To celebrate the completion of their day in the Northern Valleys, New Norcia Benetictine Community has offered free sleeping accommodation for the night and will be putting on a small welcome party to celebrate the riders arrival.

At approximately 3pm the riders will arrive and all are invited to come and congratulate them, there’ll also be activities and games and displays from various health/disability departments from within the area. The afternoon will finish with a sausage sizzle

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CWA Choir and Drama Festival

What do ladies of the town, fairies, chimney sweeps, farmers and hippopotamuses have in common? Underneath their colourful costumes, convincing stage make up and imaginative props, they are all members of the Country Women’s Association.

Held at the Moora Performing Arts Centre, 180 people enjoyed the CWA Choir and Drama Festival, a fabulous day of entertainment provided by the members of Cervantes, Badgingarra, Moora, Koorunga and Chittering & Bindoon CWA Branches.

There may have been many weeks of writing scripts, rehearsals, and creating costumes, however the fun and fellowship offered at branches as they prepared for this day is one of CWA’s greatest resources.

This annual event is a great opportunity to showcase much hidden talent in the local community. The harmony of voices, melody of the piano, choreographed dance steps, ingenious costumes and original scripts, all add up to much laughter and plenty of fun.

Not only is the day confined to CWA ladies, many males are making their mark on the day. Peter Bourne has a much anticipated role in Badgingarra’s drama production, this was his seventh year appearing as the “sun flower”. Andrew Brown a young professional organist from St Mary’s Cathedral, provided the piano accompaniment for the Chittering Bindoon Choir, Mitford Reynolds has conducted the Cervantes Choir for many years and Brian White enjoyed performing in Applejack.

Each CWA Branch had the opportunity to present a song of their own choice, a sacred

song, song from a musical and a comedy fun song. The excellent standard of singing, rhythm and occasional solo was a delight to listen to. The song from a musical section had the audience tapping along with many well known tunes – Wooden Heart, Wouldn’t it be Lovely, Chim Chim Cheree, Colours of the World and Secret Love. Fish net stockings, hippopotamuses, onion and petunias, Zulu warriors, a huge cooking pot and a medley of farm nursery rhymes had the audience roaring with laughter in the comedy fun section.

Appreciative applause echoed around the hall as one amazing item followed the next. Originality in the individual verse reading, group verse dramatization and movement to music had the audience wondering what would follow. An Eighty year old fairy with a very droopy wand, a walrus feasting on oysters, a foot stomping country and western hoe down, the amazing bag ladies and a Pam Ayres impersonation. A great way to end a wonderful day of entertainment and fun were very cleverly delivered short speeches on “My life with Tom, Dick, Harry or Fred” .

Bindoon Retirees NewsTHE BINDOON RETIREES had a really

good day with friends from Wanneroo Senior Citizens coming up to Chinkabee to play indoor bowls, we had lots of laughs and plenty of food for the day to keep us all fuelled up and ready to enjoy the games.

Our trip out on Friday to Kalamunda was a great day, with our very safe driver Tom taking us wherever we wanted to go.

We had a lovely free coffee in St. Barnabas Church when we arrived, and a look around their Op Shop, and we then had chance to look around the shopping centre and buy in the English Shop, and then we all met for lunch in The Best Drop in the main street – we had hoped to look around the History Village but it closed on a Friday, but never mind we had a lovely day out, and that will be for another time.

Our next day out will be for our Christmas In July lunch at Toodyay.

Please come and join us we would love to have you – contact either : President: Lois Jones (08) 9576 0451

Secretary: Joy Askew (08) 9576 0262

We meet the first Monday of the month at 1.30pm at Bindoon Hall, or Chinkabee complex the other Mondays at 1.30pm for a game of indoor bowls.

BingoBingo night a success!, On Saturday the

16th June at the Lower Chittering Hall around 120 people attended. Watch out for another one later this year.

Run-Off Road Crashes

The Road Safety Council has identified several priority areas for urgent attention, and first among these is run-off road crashes. 39% of regional and 62% remote road crash related deaths and serious injuries are due to run-off road crashes. In 2011 the Wheatbelt North zone, of which the Shires of Chittering and Gingin are a part, featured prominently in these sorry statistics. Towards Zero, the WA Road Safety Strategy, is taking steps to both highlight and prevent such crashes wherever possible.

The causes of run off road crashes may be driver related (fatigue, distraction, risk taking, driver impairment) or road related (such as a sharp unexpected bend) or a combination of causes will be involved. In the Wheatbelt the presence of trees close to the road mean that if a driver loses control and crosses the shoulder, the result is very likely to be a collision with a tree.

Motorists should remember to take regular breaks (every 2 hours), avoid distractions such as mobile phones, and never drive whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs. At 110 km/h there is little margin for error.

Safety measures adopted must either prevent the vehicle from leaving the road surface, or prevent the vehicle from colliding with objects or rolling over. Vehicles fitted with Electronic Stability Control (ESC) can assist in control when braking on gravel, but it is much safer not to get into that situation in the first place!

Road engineering treatments such as roadside clear zones, treatments of high-risk curves, shoulder sealing, audible edge lining and barriers can be applied to mitigate the injury to vehicle occupants.

Towards Zero recommends improving road infrastructure to reduce the risk of crashes occurring and the severity of an injury if a crash does occur. By moving beyond current standards when building safe roads and roadsides, planners, designers and engineers are leading the way.

Contact: Regional Road Safety Officer Cliff Simpson on 0409 686 138 or [email protected]

Bindoon Chimney Sweeps - Lois Jones, Jane Reighton, Joy Garden

Haiyen Rutherford and Kathy Brown in Chim Chim Cher-ee

Annette Howard as the little visitor in the verse reading

‘I’m a lonely little petunia in an onion patch’ performers Jane Reighton, Florence Brown, June From, Carol Cover and Kathy Brown

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Jill Boerma of Greenacres nursery says she was very happy with the day. It was certainly an inspiring day to go home and garden.

For Arnold Counsel the Farmers Markets provided a perfect opportunity to take his wife and inlaws for a drive and enjoy his recent achievement. After 5 years Arnold has brought back to pristine condition a XB Ford Falcon , V8 Coupe. The original colour blue, this car was built in 1976 and was the last of

its kind produced..

The car was finished in April this year for their younger son’s wedding.

Front & back: Dawn Counsel with her mum Ruth Lucas, Arnold Counsel & David Lucas (Bindoon)

(Left to right) Bay, Greg & Millie Winning, Jodie Driffill, Mary Winning of Toodyay. Greg, who runs Avon Valley Grocer was very happy to support fresh local produce and more than happy for his children to bless him with flowers. They went home with fresh oranges, mandarins and enjoyed Greek sweets and souvlakis.

Michelle, Kelly, Dylan, Johan and Jaryd Rossouw.

Fin & Gwenda Powrie from Toodyay WA

Zoe, Sebastien , Xavier Jean-Paul Chaudron (Stirling) & Michelle Trovato biodynamic produce . Chaudrons were at the Stirling markets and Michelle

encouraged them to come for a day out at the markets. Michelle shares it was a very successful day, with not much left on the shelf at the end of the day.

Pat & Bruce Maconachie, & Margaret Bruce came up from Perth for the day and all agreed they could be in the south of France. I was very tempted to

join them when they offered me a glass of wine, . They didn’t go home empty handed; olives, cheese, wine, lamb rolls and of course fresh oranges

The first farmers market of 2012 found a perfect opening in the weather to reward all those who came. People from all over; locals and perth people came to relax and pick up fresh produce.

Sisters in Law Michelle (Fremantle) and Mandy Emery (Marysville Downs). Making the most of the beautiful day in the valleys sipping wine. Mandy was prepared with her umbrella, but the sun shined. Amazingly the day offered a perfect break in the rain. They were very pleased with their purchases; chilli sauce, organic olive oil and fruit & vegetables.

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Further Council information is available on www.gingin.wa.gov.au or at:Shire of Gingin, 7 Brockman Street, Gingin WA 6503

Telephone: 9575 2211 Facsimile: 9575 2121 Email: [email protected]

Council to the CommunityJULY 2012

NORTH COAST FOUNDATION DAY AWARD

On the evening of 7 June 2012, Councillors and Staff attended the presentation of the North Coast Foundation Day Award, hosted by the Lancelin Community Resource Centre.

Reports from those attendingindicated that the evening was very enjoyable. Photographs can be viewed on the Shire’s website at www.gingin.wa.gov.au.

CSRFF FUNDING ROUND NOW OPEN

The 2013/14 CSRFF Small and Annual/Forward Planning Grants funding round is now open and Clubs and Associations are invited to submit funding applications to be presented to Council at its Meeting of 18 September 2012. All applications are required to be completed and submitted to the Shire of Gingin by close of business on Friday, 31 August 2012.

The funding program provides financial assistance to community groups and local governments to develop basic, sustainable infrastructure for sport and recreation. The program aims to increase physical activity and participation in sport and recreation and is an incentive for the rational development of good quality, well-designed and well-utilised facilities.

Any Sporting Group, considering submitting a funding application is encouraged to contact Shire Staff, their local Ward Councillor(s) and representatives from the Department of Sport and Recreation Office on 9690 2400 prior to submission.

For more information, please contact Cher or Jerrah on 9575 2211.

LANCELIN BUS SERVICEPass on the word, a bus service is now running daily to and from Lancelin. Integrity Coach Lines are running between Perth and Geraldton.

To Perth, the bus will pick up dailyfrom Lancelin at 11.35am (arrive Joondalup 1pm) and pickup point is the Lodge. From Perth to Geraldton, the bus will leave Mon-Fri at 5.30pm from the Wellington St Bus Station (or Joondalup on Winton Road) at 6.10pm. This bus will arrive in Lancelin at 7.35pm. On Sunday the bus will leave Joondalup at 1.40pm leaving Lancelin for Geraldton at 3.05pm. The above times are a general idea for times and locations (starts and ends in Midland).

To book Integrity please ring 1800226 339, however, a booking agent will soon be available.

VOLUNTEER GRANTS 2012

Volunteer Grants 2012 recognises the valuable work of Australia’s volunteers. This initiative forms part of the Australian Government’s ongoing commitment to organisations whose volunteers assist disadvantaged communities and encourage inclusion of vulnerable people in community life.

Funding of $16 million is available to support and encourage volunteering. Eligible not-for-profit community organisations can apply for grants between $1,000 to $5,000 to:

• Purchase portable, tangible, small equipment items to help their volunteers;

• Contribute to the reimbursement of fuel costs for their volunteers who use their own car to transport others to activities, to deliver food, assist with medical appointments or help people in need;

• Contribute to the reimbursement of transport costs incurred by volunteers with disability, who are unable to drive; and/or

• Contribute to the costs of training courses and/or undertake background screening checks for their volunteers.

Funding is limited and applications will be assessed and prioritised according to how strongly they meet the selection criteria.

All completed online applications must be received by Wednesday, 25July 2012 and for further information please visit www.fahcsia.gov.au/sa/volunteers/funding/Pages/volunteer_grants2012.aspx.

COASTWEST GRANTS2012/13

Coastwest Grants are provided by the Western Australian Planning Commission to support projects designed as a response to the challenges facing Western Australia's coastal environments.

Partnerships of community groups and coastal managers, local governments, Aboriginal land councils or state government departments are invited to apply. The total funding pool is $500,000, with up to $150,000 available for individual projects.

Applications close Thursday 26 July 2012. For more information the Application kits can be downloaded from the Western Australian Planning Commission website at www.planning.wa.gov.au/coastwest.

GINGIN MARKET DAY

Come and look over the 100 odd stalls and enjoy a meal from the various vendors.

Register for the first ever talent quest held at the market day. You are the entertainment, so come along to Sing/dance/play guitar or show us your talent. Prizes for entrants are up for grabs!

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By Chittering Landcare

The Ellen Brockman Integrated Catchment Group was successful in obtaining a State NRM Grant of $39,384 to map and treat dieback in affected reserves in the City of Swan and the Shire of Chittering. This project has recently been completed and you may see new signs in our reserves indicating where dieback is present and where areas are dieback free.

Bonny Dunlop has successfully driven the project with the assistance of Glen Tufnell, a recognised expert in the phytophthora field in Western Australia.

Glen has been so impressed with Bonnys enthusiasm that he has requested her to address the Dieback Working Group state conference in July.

Dieback is called the biological bulldozer and for much of the jarrah woodland on private property in the Northern Valleys the greatest threat is development. Movement of machinery and soils, gravel and sand, has potential to spread the disease and walking through a contaminated area and into a

clean area can spread the pathogen.

A Dieback Workshop was held in Bullsbrook in November 2011, and from information received in this session over thirty community members have become active in preventing the spread of this disease.

The Western Australian State Government funds environmental grants to enable our community to protect our local reserves. Treating susceptible jarrah trees can look rather unusual (with a circle of syringes) but it works! The work is very labour intensive and without the grant the vegetation would die.

Injecting life into sick trees

By Val Pate

I am seeking to gather any information available on this stock trough in a reserve on Chittering Road, immediately opposite our property, Citrus Park, 12.64 Kilometres from Bullsbrook. Citrus Park was formerly part of the GBL Company and I believe has been known as Citrus Park for many years, probably since 1914 when a photo we were given taken in 1916 shows two year old citrus trees.

I believe the reserve is classed as Class “A” Reserve 7428 vested in the Swan Road Board in 1935. We feel the trough was built prior to then and because it is not very big think it was perhaps built for travellers passing through the Valley rather than for large numbers of stock being shifted.

It was fed by springs up a valley west of the trough with a stone dam catching the flow and then emptying into the trough.

The Historical Sub Committee of the Bullsbrook Residents and Ratepayers Association (BRAA) are researching and attempting to preserve historical sites and/or any information on these sites. If you can help could you please phone Val on 9571 8063 or email [email protected]

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engaging our studentsThe Catholic Agricultural College in Bindoon specialises in Agricultural and Trade courses with a high level of practical learning.We cater to co-ed day and residential students from year 7 to 12. Students are fast tracked into further studies, apprenticeships, university or the workforce.

Enrolments are now being taken for Semester 2.To find out more about the exciting opportunities for your child, visit www.cacbindoon.wa.edu.au or call the College on (08) 9576 5500.A Catholic School in the Edmund Rice Tradition

By Helen Martin

Approximately forty Shire residents had morning tea with Hon Brendon Grylls MLA, Hon Grant Woodhams MLA, Shane Love and Martin Aldridge at the Chinkabee Complex on Friday 29 June 2012.

Grant Woodhams reviewed issues he had dealt with over his time representing the area. These included mining in the Shire; plus Bindoon Bypass and Great Northern Highway improvements. Grant thanked everyone for making his 4 yr term representing the seat of Moore an enjoyable and rewarding experience.

He then introduced Shane Love from Badgingarra who will be running for the seat of Moore in the March 2013 election when Grant retires.

Shane, a farmer in Badjingarra since the 1980?s, spoke of his experience in local government as the Dandaragan Council shire president since 2004. He had used the opportunity of this visit to speak to the local residents about issues including mining; highway upgrades; medicals services in the town and the continuing development of the growing Shire of Chittering. He was looking forward to representing our shire if elected in March 2013.

Brendan Grylls then addressed the gathering discussing the fragility of the current WA political scene which then meant royalty for regions was very fragile too. He stressed the importance of everyone voting in the upcoming elections. He then opened the floor for questions.

There were many comments and questions about the Nationals policy of mining in the area. Brendon reiterated that National Party was not anti mining but did acknowledge that there had been some very damaging public relations by current mining ventures in the town. He stated “We should not however put all mining projects into the one basket and keep an open mind”. He stressed the importance of communities raising concerns to elected members as soon and as often as possible if action was to be taken. The Bindoon residents had been right to raise these concerns and as a result intervention had occurred.

The Bindoon Bypass was another topic raised by members of the audience. Brendon told those present that he was constantly telling all other areas when they were complaining about their roads that the Gt Northern highway was a priority for him as it was the main route to supply the infrastructure to the mining projects.

Victorian Plains resident, Jim Kelly, raised concerns about these trucks running through New Norcia and the damage they were doing to the historical buildings in the town and the threat to the tourism in the area. Brendan encouraged residents take the initiative by sending emails to himself and Shane Love regarding the highway loads and the experiences we have with them. He said the more information about numbers of loads, even photos of the loads they had, gave them the evidence needed to put pressure on the Commonwealth Government.

The issue of Bio-solids and risk relating to transport so close to public food outlets through town and the risk to the water ways was also raised.

Brendon reported that Shane Love and Terry Redman were aware of the concerns and asked us to be reassured that those people that were in a position to make decisions regarding this issue were aware of the problem.

The feeling at the meeting was that the visit was a great benefit and everyone would welcome a return visit before the 2013 election.

Morning tea with The Nationals

Jo Kennedy, Sue Metcalf, Martin Aldridge, Noel Metcalf (Bindoon)

Mal Taylor Wannamal, Laurie Bush Lower Chittering, Shayne Smith Wannamal

John Longman Moora; Grant Woodhams; Jim Kelly Gillingarra

Martin Aldridge Wayne and Pat Beard Bindoon Alex Douglas; Brendan Grylls; Gary Tuffin CEO Shire of Chittering

Neva Harris Bindoon Jim Kelly Gillingarra

Vivienne Du Plessis, Grant Woodhams, Jenny Kuhn, Shane Love, Linda Toms, Brendon Grylls, Sam Young

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Hon Brendon Grylls MLA, Hon Grant Woodhams MLA and Shane Love visited the Bindoon Primary School to discuss the lack of progress with the completion of the Early Childhood playground areas. They were addressed by Viv de Pleusis, P and C President, who outlined the concerns of the staff and parents about the delay in completing the playground project.

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As I mentioned last month, the Council and the Shire staff are in the thick of the chaos which afflicts us at the end of each financial year. We’re setting a budget once again. In some ways’ it’s a bit like gardening. You start with a wish list that’s a bit of a wilderness; lots of uncoordinated growth; ideas springing up all over the place; every one fighting for the available sustenance, in this case funding.

As with a garden, some sort of order must be brought if the result is to be productive, so we are currently pruning and weeding to determine what shall uprooted and removed; what shall be set aside for another season, and what shall be encouraged to flourish at once. Of course, fertilizer plays a vital part in the process, especially when dealing with exotic specimens that require State or Federal involvement in their growth!

Another parallel with gardening, or farming for that matter, is the need to plan for future years and prepare for what they may bring. In this area we have recently found ourselves confronted by some interesting statistics. We were only too aware of the steady growth in our population over the last decade or more. We are amongst the fastest growing country shires in the State, if not the fastest!

Recent figures released by the ABS and the WA Planning Commission indicate that we are about to experience even

more rapid growth in the next decade. We have outgrown York by some 25%; we passed the population of Toodyay in the last couple of years, and will soon match the population of Gingin, who are not growing nearly as rapidly as us. Even more challenging is the prediction that, within the next ten years, we will match the current population of Northam, which stands at 10,000.

Our current population is some 4,400. Throw in such unknown factors as the development of the Muchea Employment Node and what that may do to help retain young people in the region; and the fact that the Council are still pushing hard to provide more water to facilitate township development - and it’s only a matter of time until we succeed; likewise, Council is still doggedly pursuing the creation of a retirement village in Bindoon; and perhaps there may even be a revival of the long mothballed Chittering New Town project – if the State government should decide it’s time to drag it out and dust it off!

Whatever befalls us all in the near future, it’s safe to say that the garden will continue to grow and flourish, and continue to provide us with an endless crop of challenges to keep us from growing bored. I am reminded of the old Chinese curse “may you live in interesting times”. We do indeed live in interesting times, but I, for one, do not feel particularly cursed by them!

Thanks for your time.

Alex Douglas

A message from the Shire President

New StaffThe Shire has recently employed new staff in various departments:

In Planning and Development, Scott Penfold commenced with the Shire on 28 May 2012 as Planner Officer and Jan Green has been working as Casual Administrative Support.

Robert (Rob) Butler commenced on 19 April 2012 as Shire Ranger and has worked as a Ranger at Bayswater and Melville.

Jim Garrett, commences as Executive Manager Technical Services on 2 July 2012 and

will be living in Muchea. Jim has worked at the Shire of Merredin for nearly 17 years in various roles in the Works Crew and was their Executive Manager Technical Services before tendering his resignation to come to Chittering.

Grayson Hindmarsh commences with us on 9 July as Principal Building Surveyor. Grayson is a local with family in Wannamal. Grayson is currently the Manager of Health and Building at Waroona and has experience in the roles of both Building Surveyor and Environmental Health Officer.

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The Shire has a community bus available for community groups who are unable to afford the cost of commercial hire.

if you are interested in using the shire’s community bus please contact the Shire’s Customer Service officers on 9576 4600 for more information.

kidSport FundingThe Shire of Chittering has registered with the Department of Sport and Recreation to roll out KidSport in our Shire this winter. KidSport will enable eligible families to access financial support to cover club membership fees for their children; getting more children into sport and supporting the future of local sporting clubs.

In order for families to access KidSport funding, clubs need to be registered as a KidSport Club with the Shire of Chittering. The form is available on the Shire’s website or one can be posted out to you. Please complete the registration form and return to the Shire of Chittering, PO Box 70, Bindoon WA 6502.

Once your application is received you will be sent a pack of applications to distribute to eligible families within your club. The application process for families is very simple and the Shire of Chittering is on hand to assist were necessary.

For more information, or if you would like to arrange a time to further discuss the KidSport initiative please contact either the Shire’s Club and Community Development Officer on 9576 4600 or [email protected] or the Shire’s BeActive Coordinator, Anna Jamieson on 9651 0000 or via [email protected].

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Chittering Community planning advisory Committee Thursday, 12 July – 1pm

ordinary Council wednesday, 18 July – 7pm

All Council and Advisory Committee meetings are held in Council Chambers, 6177 Great Northern Highway, Bindoon unless otherwise stated. All meetings are open to the public, unless otherwise stated.

The Shire of Chittering will be holding the Australia Day Awards Presentation evening on Thursday, 24 January 2013 at the Bindoon Town Hall. Further information about the event and when nominations are open will be advertised in September 2012.

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On Sunday the 24th of June 2012 the Lower Chittering Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade honoured three of its long standing and still serving members including Phil Beales, Hartley Read and Robert Marchesi, each contributing 50 years of service to the Brigade and the Shire of Chittering.

Mr Wayne Gregson the CEO of FESA, Mr

Wayne Jones the District Officer of Special Operations and Mr Gary Tuffin the CEO of the Chittering Shire were just some of the Dignitaries present to acknowledge and present certificates of appreciation for the invaluable contribution these men have given to their community.

All vividly remember joining the brigade on leaving school as 14 and 15 year olds and

lower Chittering Bush Fire Brigade Celebrate 50 years of Service by three of it’s members

holding numerous positions and responsibilities over 50 years. All three have served as Fire Control Officer to the Shire, Phil Beales served as Chittering Fire Chief for many years and Hartley Read served as Deputy Fire Chief for the past 17 years only stepping down in June of this year.

Robert Marchesi followed by Hartley and Phil reflected on the incredible changes to the Brigade and Fire services over all in the last 50 years. From the days of trekking on foot with Back Pack and Rake Hoe in hand, sometimes gone for 3 or 4 days at a time to fight a fire and construct and hold containment lines. Robert recalling the first vehicle the brigade used being a Chevy Blitz an ex-army truck with the water pump that sometimes worked but often

cut out when on a hill, which was somewhat of a problem in the hills of Lower Chittering.

With the Shire of Chittering and then FESA coming on board and with the introduction of the Emergency Service Levy, resources, training and safety dramatically improved. Long gone are the days of having to navigate their way out of a fire zone by the stars with all vehicles now fitted with GPS and you are more likely to find Hartley giving directions to the Helitacs than pushing a rake hoe or driving some old dozer.

All unanimously agreed that what has not changed is the camaraderie, mateship and sense of satisfaction received in being part of the brigade and serving the community.

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Olympic gold-fishBy Linda Napier

The best thing I did for my garden was to turn the swimming pool into a billabong. It was halfway there already, green with algae after 5 years of forgetting to switch on the pump. Over the fence I heard my neighbour cursing and slapping at mosquitoes.

‘Get some goldfish,’ he bellowed. ’They’ll eat the larvae and you don’t have to prune, water or mulch them. Should suit you down to the ground.’

So I tipped three tiny fish into the murky waters of my 5 x 3 metre pool. They disappeared. I sighed. Who knew what dangers lurked in those depths.

My watergarden book suggested complex designs for filters, pumps and fountains. I ignored all these. A few pots on bricks filled the shallow end with water lilies, irises, papyrus and umbrella plants as tangled as any bush waterhole. Handfuls of oxygenating azolla multiplied overnight into green edge-to-edge carpet. Every evening I scattered scoopfuls round the garden; every morning the carpet was replenished. I’d discovered endless, cheap and - most importantly - labour free mulch!

For months I kept a guilty vigil for signs of life. Then – a flash of gold! A hundred flashes! My three had grown as big as carrots. Darting between roots and fronds was a shoal of innumerable babies – they wouldn’t stay still long enough for me to count.

They gobbled colour enhancement pellets, amino acid additives and other performance boosters.

Fishy teams competed in aquatic formation displays, followed by a knockout three metre dash for fish food. Pinky and Frilly, the males, executed spectacular nosedives and aerial flips for prawn flakes. Bees watched from the azolla, cooling their feet before zooming off to pollinate. The billabong now brings my garden to life, supplies mulch, munches mosquitoes and all I have to do is sit and watch.

Bindoon & Surrounding districts Agricultural Show Updateby Maureen Barker, Secretary

The Bindoon Show is progressing well , and as an Agricultural Show we would like to use all the local talents,in the rural community to keep our show a Country Show,thus having a poultry section very popular with the community,horse events and stud cattle judging plus a cattle trade section with an auction

”THE YEAR OF THE FARMER” it is envisaged that some young farmer skills will be introduced into this years show.

We are well aware that the show needs to provide other areas of our wonderful Chittering Valley” and some of the produce that comes out of this great part of Western Australia.

This year its is hoped that the “Flavours of Chittering” will unite with us and show some of the produce that is part out of the valley showing wines , olive oil ,and many other products, that come out of this valley.

It has been decided that this year Local Talent will be used ,several groups have been approached and are very happy to participate.

The Bindoon Show committee hopes to have several demonstration in the hall,which will provide a lot more interest, perhaps encouraging more people to participate in the many activities that are available in this community.

Further entertainment will include a young persons ‘Talent Show” information will be printed in the primary school news letter.

Hope to update in the near future.

By Annette Howard

Chittering Shire President Alex Douglas, officially opened the new Wannamal Fire Station before a large crowd of Wannamalians, Chittering Shire and FESA representatives. This now has all five brigades in the Chittering Shire with respectable fire stations.

Before the official opening Greg Cocking, Deputy Chief North, reflected on the process to get this new facility and acknowledged the financial support from Chittering Shire, FESA and the ESL levy for this project. Brad Stringer Assistant Chief Operations Officer Metropolitan said the support from the community for a facility like this was exhibited by so many people attending.

He thanked members for housing fire units at their properties.

In the light of recent fires in the last 10 years this resource will become a focal point for housing fire units and managing major incidents.

Graham Taylor on behalf of the Wannamal Community Centre recognized the contribution from the Chittering Shire and thanked the Wannamal fire Brigade members for their work and effort. He also commented on how good it would be to see this many people turn up to the AGM.

In typical Wannamal hospitality, guests enjoyed a cuppa, a chat and a magnificent morning tea.

Wannamal Fire Station opening

Stuart Wade - Acting Reginal Director, Allan Dew - District Manager Perth North Coastal, Greg Cocking Deputy Chief North, Jamie O”Neill Community

Jeff Loudon and Mal Talyor reminscing over fighting fires with wet bags

The Wannamal members involved in getting the fire station

Do you believe if you have top medical private health cover that you do not need ambulance cover?

More often than not this is incorrect. For many health funds, non life threatening accidents are not covered, such as broken ankle and dislocated knees.

an ambulance trip from gingin and Bindoon can cost $600 - $700. Check with your health fund provider to confirm if they cover all ambulance priorities.

to be fully covered for all ambulance travel, the St John Ambulance Benefit Fund costs $75.00 per year for family membership, which includes dependent children until they turn 18, with a single membership being $45.00 a year. a gift of a membership could save a young family a huge financial burden and much heartache.

Visit Bindoon iga, the gingin Pharmacy or email [email protected] to obtain further information about joining St John Ambulance Benefit fund.

If you are looking for something different, why not join the Friends of St John?

initial contact was made with those who were previously ambulance dispatchers; however no previous ambulance skills or knowledge is required to become a member.

the Friends of St John offer their assistance at both the Gingin and Bindoon sub centres. Items identified at this stage are; assisting at the busy bee when moving into the new gingin Sub Centre, assisting with the garden at the new Gingin Sub Centre and maning stalls/ raffles at the Bindoon Agricultural Show. Specific projects will be identified for any fundraising. Members will be provided with a shirt to identify them as a Friend of St John.

If you would like to more about The Friends of St John contact Sally Gifford 95752504

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Speckle Park is an amalgam of Aberdeen-Angus, Shorthorn and White Park genetics (with possible distant infiltration by other breeds including Galloway, Highland and Jersey) that has been under development in Saskatchewan, Canada, since the late 1950s.

If cattle is your passion I’d recommend googling for further reading of the story of how the late Mary Lindsay of Canada created the breed.

They were registered as a purebred breed in Canada in 1996. The Canadian government wouldn’t allow the export of any genetics until 2006.

The breed has striking markings, which can range from the ‘classic’

(black sides, white top stripe and belly with a smattering of black speckles) to the ‘leopard’ (predominantly speckled) to the ‘pointed white’ (more reminiscent of a mottled or roan White Park with its characteristic black muzzle, hooves and tips to the ears).

Their thick skins are said to assist in insulation in extreme conditions. In Canada they are use to the very cold extreme. They calve during winter the calves are born into snow – they are up and about running in 15 minutes – if they don’t they freeze. In Australia they seem to be responding well in the heat.

The have a long body which equates to more meat. They are small boned, and statistics support that they

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On Friday 22 June, Gingin hosted a fraccing facts and queries public meeting.. The forum, facilitated by the National Party had a panel of speakers from the Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP),, Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA), Empire Oil and Gas, CSIRO and the Nationals Party. .

The first speaker Bill Tinapple, Executive Director Petroleum, Department of Mines and Petroleum - Western Australia provided an informative explanation of Shale gas. There are 3 types of this “unconventional gas” which according to Bill are not new and have been extracted for years.

The first; Coal seam gas is what is largely found on the east coast. This gas is found around 200m below the surface and often close to the water table. Understandbly causing many fears for agricultural regions on the east coast. nShale and tight gases, the types in WA, are found much deeper, generally around 4kms below ground. To release them requires deep vertical and then horizontal drilling. The process where small explosive charges are set off and then hydraulically stimulated in the horizontal section of the bore is called hydraulic fracturing - ‘fraccing’ or ‘hydrofraccing’.

Mr Tinapple highlighted that a global research company has identified that Australia potentially has the 5th largest supply in the world of these unconventional gases Further 77 percent of Australia’s supply is in WA and most of it just north of Perth, including Gingin. The research company estimated 229 trillion cubic feet which apparently would assure WA of future gas supplies.

With the onshore petroleum industry

looming in WA, the Regulatory framework was discussed, the presentation seemed to be designed more for miners than concerned community members. Despite this, there was a message of reassurance that the levels of regulation will be extremely high. Whether these will be a nuisance or a genuine investment in understanding the risks is unclear.

A video presentation from APPEA WA Onshore Gas included repetitive images of a gold coin, which says it all. The economic case for gas is clearly strong.

The challenge for our community will be how to assess the social and environmental risks and understanding the landholders’ rights. As much as we were reassured by regulators on the day, the presentation by Craig Marshall MD of Empire Oil & Gas, left many with more questions than answers.

Dr Peter Stone,from CSIRO and the Gas Industry Social & Environmental Research Alliance (GISERA) offered some reassurance with a process to manage this. The challenge will be to ensure the process is adopted by industry and that the base lines are implemented quick enough given mining is already happening within this region.

Hon Philip Gardiner MLC completed the workshop by sharing plans by the National Party to create a framework for compensation negotiations, including the risks of third parties on properties for both exploration and production. He says at the moment there is a lot of confusion and he shared the importance of qualifying compensation for access to site and water compensation. The Nationals plan on having this framework ready in a few months.

For some the workshop was a success in as far as it provided much needed conversation on the issue. On the downside, there wasn’t representation on the panel from the anti fraccing, health organisations or landholders that raised their concerns in question time. And as was suggested by a member of the audience, it would have been valuable to have a water expert on the panel to help address this issue which is of course the biggest concern for our region. These additions would have gone a long way to help develop a balanced assessment.

The Q&A after the workshop highlighted many of the challenging questions which communities need to consider. The need for base line measurements and other concerns such as failure rate of casings and full disclosure of chemical use are worthy of further discussion and understanding.

Meanwhile 21km north of Gingin, Empire Oil & Gas is another step closer, having now moved from exploration into the production phase at their first bore off Wannamal West Rd, Red Gully-1.. The land acquisition for the processing facility and easement to enable connection to the the Dampier to Bunbury Gas Pipeline has not been without its problems however an out of court settlement has occurred. According to an ASX report this Red Gully facility will be capable of processing 10 million cubic feet of gas per day along with any associated condensate or oil production.

If the resource is as big as they say, can WA ignore it? For most people I spoke with on the day there is still an uncertainty that warrants caution and deeper understanding.

Shane Love, Candidate for Moore, Nationals Party

“It is good see the number of people come out here to listen to the discussion about fraccing and what it might mean for the area. I’m trying to get an understanding of just how valuable the resource is under there and what

danger or what potential problems there might be for the community in exploiting that resource and what potential benefits there might be. Whilst there is talk of a monatorium on fracking. My view is the exploration is happening and will continue to happen, but before any production occurs there has to be a very good look at what the community expects will be the regulations and the environmental protections that will be put in place. We don’t want to see any environment damage from what occurs”.

Mr Craig Marshall, the Managing Director of Empire Oil & Gas & Terry Groeke (local Gingin resident and contractor to Empire Oil & Gas.

I’m very happy with the meeting that was held. I think it was overdue and some great things came out of it. One unfortunate issue was it was a bit rushed., with only 15 minutes to speak they had to skip through them too quickly. Overall outcome was positive.

What’s the fracking issue?

WA Farmers Alan Hill & Dale Park (President)

According to Dale Park, “Today is useful to get information out, being able to make sure information is correct is one of the problems. At the moment we are saying to members, Let’s be cautious about the way we approach this.

The reality is most of our water comes from within less than 250m from the surface, if they are operating 4kms down, one hopes that there shouldn’t be a problem. The base line is we just have to start monitoring. However that is not going to be easy for farmers to take on. We usually take the view that regulation authorities are our enemies not our friends. We will need a cultural shift for farmers, We need to start testing our bores and monitoring. The only way farmers can be compensated is to prove what was happening beforehand.”

Alan Hill suggests, the first point of call needs to be a lawyer. So our first advice is to talk to our in-house lawyers; it is a complicated issue that requires experience.”

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Residents of the Shire of Chittering have welcomed last Friday’s decision by the Mining Warden to refuse the grant of three bauxite exploration licences sought by a subsidiary of Bauxite Resources Limited (ASX:BAU) to conduct bauxite exploration in State Forest and farm land between Manjimup and Bridgetown.

The Mining Warden, Magistrate Wilson, heard the objections of 3 Pemberton residents last year and issued his decision citing the public interest in State Forest and productive farmland.

Clair Medhurst, co-convener of Residents for Responsible Mining (R4RM), a Chittering based residents group said “This is a breakthrough decision for farmers, tourism operators and rural residents who oppose the expansion of bauxite mining into prime agricultural land in the South West. We are delighted that the Mining Warden has recognized that trying to “retro-fit” bauxite mining into areas prized for food growing and eco-tourism is against the public interest.

We urge the Minister for Mines, Norman Moore MLC to accept the Mining Warden’s recommendation.”.

Bauxite Resources has blanket-pegged exploration tenements over 25,000,000Ha (>25,000km2) of land in the south west of the State, including Shires like Chittering

and Toodyay whose Town Planning Schemes do not permit mining.

For over 2 years Chttering residents have been battling a proposal by Bauxite Resources and its Chinese partners to mine bauxite from agricultural land on Bindoon Hill and adjacent to Julimar Conservation Park, less than one hour from Perth. Residents say such a development would threaten agricultural production and tourism and destroy the fragile environment.

Ms Medhurst said: “The Warden’s decision is very significant for Chittering. The Bauxite Alumina JV doesn’t have an exploration licence over most of the land they are trying to mine at Bindoon because it’s very old farmland – granted pre 1899. It cannot be mined under our local laws and the Warden’s decision strongly supports the case that the JV should not be granted a mining tenement over the properties – the traditional land uses and residential density are clearly incompatible with bauxite mining”.

“Like every other industry or community, farmers and tourism operators need certainty – not endless speculation over low margin mineral projects that threaten the local economy and lifestyle. Rural Shires will now be more active in objecting to mining tenement applications whereas many have felt it was pointless

to object”.

“R4RM is continuing to develop its proposal for permanent protection of agricultural shires from large scale mining. We’ve had positive encouragement from Nationals and Greens MPs for a policy solution that gives certainty for agricultural/tourism communities and miners, and will end the speculation in rural areas where large scale mining threatens farming, tourism and residential amenity”.

According to Clair Medhurst, this is an extremely significant decision for the Shire of Chittering because our Town Planning Scheme does not permit bauxite mining and this decision makes it clear that the protection of existing land uses (especially land uses associated with agriculture and tourism) and the protection of the natural environment upon which those land uses rely are legitimate grounds for objecting to the grant of an Exploration Licence which may or may not later lead to bauxite mining proposals.

The Magistrate recognised the ‘standing’ of 3 local long term residents and/or business operators to have their objections heard.

He recognised that each of the objectors had clear and legitimate reasons to be

concerned about bauxite exploration and mining in the licence area, even though they are not “academics” or “experts in their field”. He found that bauxite mining caused significant concerns because it alters the surface conditions of the land and could result in long term degradation of the land.

His recommendation is that the licences should be refused by the Minister, or if they are granted it should only be after the EPA has assessed the social and environmental impacts.

There are two specific issues I would like to refer to CMAC arising from this decision:

1. As the Chittering TPS does not permit mining as a land use, the Shire should adopt a policy consistent with this: that it will object to all applications for Exploration Licences, Mining Leases or applications to bring private land under the Mining Act in respect of Chittering land.

2. That the Shire should inform residents and mining companies about the law in relation to mining, in particular that exploration and mining are not permitted land uses in Chittering therefore no mineral exploration is allowed on private land excluded from the Mining Act (pre 1899 land).

As chairman of the St John Ambulance Chittering/Gingin Sub-Centre, Sally Gifford has made a significant contribution. Her drive and organisation skills have been instrumental in ensuring the new Sub-Centre in Gingin is complete and fully operational.

When attending the official opening I was moved to tears myself as I sensed the tremendous gratitude the audience had for Sally’s efforts. Sitting beside her husband, George Gifford, I gained an insight into her own personal health struggles occurring in parallel to this major project.

I was inspired to set about the ambitious task of preparing a short biography on Sally, a glimpse into the lady behind the project.

I discovered that wonderful English sense of fun as well as the determination to get a job done.

Sally was born and bred in Chippenham, United Kingdom, only about 7 miles from where George was born.

Sally & George Immigrated to Australia in 1990, and they bought the Gingin property soon after they arrived. Sally shares, “George had farmed a property near Bath all his life. He couldn’t have possibly lived in the city”.

When Sally moved up here, like many, she never gave a thought to the ambulance service.

It was her neighbour Jan Mason (dec), who introduced Sally to St John Ambulance, Jan was the dispatch coordinator, a person who sat by the phone every night and weekend (when the shire offices weren’t open). Basically these people (dispatchers) couldn’t

leave their phone as they would coordinate the emergency calls.

Jan had asked Sally to become a dispatch coordinator. In 2001 Sally took on the role. Sally recalls, “I was absolutely amazed to find the ambulance was an entirely voluntary thing. I remember asking her how it works, she said it is just a sort of miracle really. I think it is a man made miracle.”

Jan became ill so Sally was asked to take over the roster of the dispatchers, which she did for over two years.

As a dispatch coordinator, and through attendance at committee meetings, Sally gained a deeper understanding of the business. The Chairman of the committee John Fewster wanted to retire, he been involved with the organisation for 30 years and was devoted to it. He clearly recognized Sally’s skills and asked her to consider the role as Chairman.

Sally recalls, “ I didn’t think I was ready for the role but the next year, when he asked me again, I knew how much he had given and I thought, ohhhh allright.

That’s how I became chairman, I was’ t an obvious choice, not being an ambulance officer.

And yet, not being an officer does enable you to stand back a bit, you are not so totally involved, you can make some sort of an independent assessment.

The way those volunteers work and the amount of the work they are doing is extraordinary”.

“I have always had a great deal of respect for the officers, like any organisation there are humps and bumps but I’ve always kept

that respect for them. And we have achieved so much in the last 6 years; 3 new ambulances and now this building.”

The Chittering/Gingin Sub-Centre goes to about 300 calls a year including public duty events. It is run much like a business, all income from call outs goes to the sub centre. As a joint Sub- Centre; there is one bank account, one treasurer and a committee of twelve; six from each community. Funds are allocated based on who needs it most, gets it first. The Gingin training room was getting far too small, so Gingin got the training room first. Bindoon needed new ambulances so they got them.

The need for a new sub centre building was identified in 2008. It was a long four-year process.

During the building process Sally was diagnosed with cancer. Sally recalls, “I was submitting a planning application into the shire. The lady standing behind the desk asked me to stand over there, I thought I can’t stand, I have to sit down. That was the last thing I did, I went into hospital the next day.

I had my operation, went home, went to carol service and that night went back into hospital with a blood clot in my lungs.

I did think about giving it all up but I thought I won’t, “I’ve started this, I’ll bloody well finish it. I remember, the first training night I went to after the operation, with my hair in need of a cut, and I looked at them all and said gosh its good to see you”

So where did Sally get the experience to take on something like this.

At the completion of college, Sally became

a trainee agent for the Conservative Party. As an officer her job was to form branches, get members, she was a professional dealing with volunteers. This experience perhaps helped provide her with organisational talents that would years later help deliver an ambulance Sub-Centre.

Sally also has a great sense of reality. She is already talking about succession planning, she understands there are no guarantees. “I don’t know how long I’m going to be ok for. The surgeon has put me back together but he wasn’t sure how long I might have.” The melanoma is a very rare type. She shares “the most unfair thing is I have never worshipped the sun. I don’t like sitting on the beach. “

I believe her sense of humour is her most precious attribute. She shared with me some of her hospital experiences, what a treat she would have been to have as a patient with her lovely sense of fun. Keep on laughing Sally.

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By Sally Gifford Chairman, Gingin Chittering Sub Centre

The idea for a bigger building started at a training held in Gingin in 2008 when our old training room was filled to capacity. We had just acquired two new Ambulances one for Chittering and one for Gingin with the help of LotteriesWest and the Gingin Bendigo Bank.

Under the guidance of Trevor Phillips, Quantity Surveyor, we had a plan for doubling the size of the existing Sub-Centre, however this plan was not going to allow us to make an office, and large enough training room and we would be left with little space for parking. The other alternative would have been to demolish and start again which would have been an extremely wasteful option, and still left us with very little parking space and room to grow in the future.

So with the Committee’s support we applied to the Shire of Gingin for a new site and our then regional manager Dirk Sunley and I had a meeting with the then CEO Simon Fraser and Linda Fidge the Community Development Officer.

After Council had considered several sites we were allocated one in Robinson Street. We appointed an Architect and when the plan arrived and I asked Trevor if he would run his expert eye over it and give us an approximate cost we discovered we had competition for the site.

The plan was costed at a million dollars. Far in excess of our reach. A new site was allocated to St John by the Shire of Gingin, and what a site it is. We now have room for further development when this becomes necessary. In a few years when the yet to be planted garden has matured and the cottonwood trees have grown, the building will be a picture.

But back to the building, by now we were a little older and wiser and so we asked Simon Anderson to design

a new Sub-Centre for us with office, large Training Room and a garage big enough for the Ambulances and any other extra vehicles we may have to garage in the future. The planning application was delivered to the Shire and on receiving permission we applied for a grant via St John from Lottery West.

As many of you know the wait to see if you are going to receive grant funding is agonizing. All the work has been done, the builder is ready to start, and all you need is that letter informing you that your grant application has succeeded. Our Regional Manager at that time was Dirk Sunley and his assistance in this matter was invaluable to the Sub-Centre.

Together Trevor Phillips and Simon Anderson, drew up the specifications and organized the building contract. Without them I feel we could still be floundering at the start.

Our next stroke of luck was that Tom Campbell was appointed as the builder. Tom has given us the benefit of his knowledge of building, and made suggestions where necessary. We would like to say thank you Tom for a job well done.

When Mike Longman arrived in Belmont as Property Manager, he was the fourth person to hold that position in the life of this project. Mike has been a wonderful support; somehow he has found the time to visit on three or four occasions and always came up with useful suggestions and answers to our questions.

The day in September when All Track arrived and unloaded the digger from the low loader was one I will not forget. At Long last the building was on its way. The Sub-Centre owes a huge debt of gratitude to All Track and its staff. Their quote to do the earthworks and pad for the building was slim, almost anorexic. The quote for doing the car park, well that was their donation to the Sub-Centre.

I would like to thank all the officers who rallied round to help with the move, to Dennis Harvey for getting the trickle chargers re-connected in a timely manner and Dane Hendry for overseeing the change of the phone/fax number with Belmont.

This has been a very busy week for the Gingin subcentre they have attended 8 callouts between Monday and the early hours of Thursday night.

There are two more groups of people I would like to thank. Many of the officers here today are with their husband’s wives or partners.

On behalf of the service I would like to thank you for the support you give to your loved one, whether it is a cuppa when they get home, getting up in the middle of the night to get the car out for them, or occasionally a shoulder to cry on.

That support should never be underestimated, and on a personal note I should like to thank my husband for all his support over the two years of this project. At times it was a bumpy ride but certainly without his cooking skills in the last few months I might well have starved!

Finally, and not forgetting the new recruits who are yet to get their uniforms, I want to pay tribute to those around you dressed in green, the officers of the Chittering/Gingin Sub-Centre. It is you who are the real heroes and heroines of this building, it is your willingness to provide such a wonderful service to the Communities of Chittering and Gingin that has allowed us to build this new Sub-Centre. I am very proud of the way you carry out your duties.

And me, what am I feeling. Well I feel like a chook that has been sitting on this one egg for an awfully long time waiting for it to hatch, and today that has finally happened. And like all new mothers I think this creation is magnificent.

Celebrating a new Sub-Centre

Vee Cheriton and Norma Gray admiring the ambulance uniform Vee wore many years ago

Del Jack and Cathy Fisher arriving with some of the delicious morning tea

Catherine and Rick Choules

Jenny Oliver and Dianne Elliot

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Pat Elliot, shares how proud she is to have three generations of her family serving as officers of St John. “I am Honoured, I think it is absolutely wonderful. We don’t have enough young people to be volunteers and so it is wonderful to see young

volunteers.”

Jessica Elliot will be the youngest member in the sub centre, Jessica sees it as a great way to give back to the community.

Dianne, Jessica & Pat elliot, Three generations of Ambulance officers

Doreen Mackie and Sally Gifford

A rare showing of the four ambulances together

Congratulations to Vicky Mclean (left) from Gingin Ladies Darts. Vicky organised of the Ladies Dart Fundraiser which raised a Total of $6110 for the Volunteer Chittering/Gingin St John Ambulance. Vicki extends her thanks to all supporters and her husband, Steve, without whom Vicki says she couldn’t do the Fundraiser.

Duncan Jones and Dirk SundleyVicki Humphries and Jenny Oliver cutting the cake

The ambulance officers of the Chittering/Gingin Sub Centre

Gerard King

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Bindoon 2nd & 4th Sunday 9.30am

Gingin 1st & 3rd Sunday 9.30am

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Bible Study 9.30am to 10.30am, Divine Service 11am to 12 noon

every Saturday, Bindoon

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Secretary: Carmel Ross)

Weekend Mass times: Sunday 9am

CAtHoliC CHuRCH (F Paul Fox 9571 1839)

Sat Vigil: St Catherine’s Gingin 6pm (Constable Street)

Sunday: St Anne’s Bindoon 7.30am (6549 Great Northern

Hwy) Bullsbrook Shrine-Church 9.30am

(9am Rosary) Bullsbrook Chapel, 39 Brearley

Street, 5pm 2nd,3rd,4th,5th Sun Youth Mass - St Anne’s 1st Sunday of month 3.30pm

CHRiStiAN FElloWSHiP (9576 1326)

CWA Hall, Turner Road, Bullsbrook Worship Service every Sunday

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PoNderINgsBy Alex Douglas

Solutions to last month’s crossword

RAINFALL DATA Recorded at 150 Bindoon-Moora Road, Bindoon

Year ending December 31, 2011

This month 29 years Ave

Rainfall

Progressive total

Rain days mm Rain days mm

Month This mth

Last year

This month

Last year

This year

Last year

This year

Last year

July 19 14 125.5 91.8 116.8 49 28 290.7 209.7

August 12 9 108.8 64.4 87.3 61 37 399.5 274.1

September 16 5 74.7 24.3 59.9 77 42 474.2 298.4

October 11 5 57.7 7.8 32.5 88 47 531.9 306.2

November 8 3 25.6 9.1 18.8 96 50 557.5 315.3

December 5 3 68.7 17.0 11.8 101 53 626.2 332.3

January 4 1 7.1 2.5 14.9 4 1 7.1 2.5

February 3 2 45.6 10.6 13.7 7 3 52.7 13.1

March 0 0 0.0 0.0 14.2 0 3 52.7 13.1

April 6 7 19.9 18.9 21.4 13 10 72.6 32.0

May 8 7 21.2 45.2 76.5 21 17 93.8 77.2

June 17 13 81.9 88.0 95.9 38 30 175.7 165.2

Forty years ago, when I first lobbed in Australia, it was a very different place to the one we live in now. Not geographically, of course; it’s still where it always was; but a different place socially and economically. In four decades the changes have been many and varied; and, naturally, people’s reactions to them have been just as variable.

There are, of course, those amongst us who hanker for “the good old days”, and in some ways that’s understandable. Life was indeed a bit simpler then, but simpler is not necessarily better. True, bureaucratic interference in our everyday life has now reached a level unmatched anywhere on earth except France, and being less bureaucratic than the French isn’t much to be proud of. But on the positive side, efforts have been made to tackle such problems as alcohol- and drug-fuelled anti-social behavior and domestic violence. In the “good old days” these things were tolerated, or even ignored, because tackling them may infringe on somebody’s “rights”. Now, we at least try to protect the victims’ rights!

Technological advances over these same forty years have been mind-boggling. In the fields of communication and entertainment; travel and navigation; medicine and the forensic sciences; and just

about any other form of scientific endeavor, technology has changed our world forever. Computers are an indispensable part of everyday life. There are precious few of our daily activities that don’t bring us into contact with them, and I for one, am glad to welcome them amongst us! I have no wish to turn back the clock to a pre-computer yesteryear. I believe we are living in fascinating and adventurous times, and should be grateful that we’re around to see them.

In fact, I could go on for hours about all the things that we have to be grateful for – and which we take so much for granted! We live in a huge country that has no land boundaries. That is an immense advantage in matters of national security. We are blessed with just about every natural resource that a people could ever need. We enjoy an amazingly high standard of living compared to most of the rest of the world.

In fact, someone recently calculated that a person living on a pension in Australia has a greater income than 85% of the world’s population. We even get to choose our own leaders, although it’s apparent that we don’t always do it very well! And, most importantly, we have a democratic right to whinge. This last item is, in fact, quite sad, because, it seems to me that we are really, really good at it and we have so little to actually whinge about!

Thanks for your time

(Source: Provided by John Williams Rainfall at 150 Bindoon-Moora Road Bindoon)

Attitudes, a key to good healthby Julien Krieg - A VIEW FROM THE SHED

I recently read an article written in 2009 by Japanese Doctor, Shigeaki Hinohara, which amazed me. Dr Hinohara was 97 years old and still working 18 hours a day, 7 days a week. He wrote about his views on retirement and had some valid theories which may be well worth considering.

He wrote about longevity and made the following observation; regardless of race or gender people who live long productive lives have one thing in common – none are overweight. He stated that he doesn’t get hungry because he focuses on his work, which is still his passion.

He wrote about where his energy came from; Dr Hinohara stated that we place too much emphasis on diet, rest and exercise. He believes energy comes from feeling good and suggests we remember what we were like as children. When you were playing as a child did you ever get so involved you forgot about eating or sleeping? I think most have had that experience and Dr Hinohara suggests keeping that attitude to keep up our energy levels.

He wrote about pain; he said pain is mysterious and having fun takes our mind off our problem which is often the best way to combat pain. Again think of childhood; if a child has a toothache and starts playing a game more often than not the child will forget the pain for a time. As adults we should use the same strategy.

Dr Hinohara also suggests we should not be obsessed with amassing material goods as too often this detracts from real living. He believes that up to about 60 years of age we are building up resources and knowledge, plus supporting our family, and after this age we should focus on giving back to society to build a better future.

For me some of these points are important to reflect on as too often our life is consumed with things that don’t really matter. We all need enough to provide and support our family but we can lose sight of the big picture. Older members of society have so much to offer others in their later years. Dr Hinohara celebrated his 100th birthday on the 4th of October 2011 and is still continuing to inspire others. He also has plans to attend the 2016 Tokyo Olympics.

The simple message is to stay involved in life, keep active as long as you can, maintain a healthy lifestyle and most importantly a healthy attitude. We can all achieve a long productive life!

Have a good month.

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158th Anniversary of Gingin Uniting Church & Memorial Service for Rev Max Smith (1933-2011)Gingin Uniting Church will be holding a Memorial Service for Rev Max Smith at 10 am on Sunday 8 July 2012, coinciding with their 158th Anniversary Service.

Max worked in several Churches in Victoria, Tasmania and Western Australia, retiring in 1998 and settling with his wife Gaie in Bindoon. He

and Gaie regularly attended Gingin Uniting Church, where Max preached on many occasions, was Congregational Chairperson and much involved in the life of the Church.

Max is greatly missed and we invite his family and friends to come and be part of this special Memorial Service, and tree planting ceremony in his memory.

For more information please contact Marian Crew (Tel: 9575 1357).

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For about 2 million Australians regular, routine, trouble-free breathing is not all that easy. For these people, asthma is part of their day-to-day life. These statistics make asthma one of the most common medical conditions in Australia.

Symptoms of asthma include shortness of breath, wheeze, chest tightness and persistent, dry, irritating cough - symptoms which can also indicate other conditions; but when occurring together make asthma the likely diagnosis; especially if triggered by exercise, allergy, viral infection or if worse at night. Diagnosis can be confirmed by the doctor using a lung function test known as spirometry.

Asthma is thought to result from a combination of inherited and environmental factors - environmental factors such as inhaled grasses and pollens, mould, dust mite and their droppings, the hair and dead skin cells from domestic animals (cats seem to be a particular problem) and exposure to tobacco smoke; both active and the passive form. These trigger factors are similar to those which cause hay fever in many people. In fact, most people with asthma also get hay fever and many people with hay fever have asthma, too. So, if you sniffle and sneeze and then maybe get a blocked-up nose, and sometimes get watery, itchy eyes; and if you occasionally get a bit wheezy as well, you should definitely get along to your doctor for a check-up.

Asthma occurs more often in children, but can actually begin at any age. Children who have eczema, particularly when occurring with hay fever, are nine times more likely to develop allergic asthma later in life.

Both with asthma and hay fever, if the triggers can be identified then we should take whatever steps possible to avoid them. Exercise is the exception. People with exercise-induced asthma should still exercise, but will reduce the possibility of an asthma attack by using a reliever medicine before exercising.

Some trigger factors are very difficult to avoid. Changes in weather or air temperature (especially during the night or early hours of the morning) affect some people with asthma; emotional stress and even laughter can also trigger asthma. Viral upper respiratory infections can be a

problem (even more troublesome at this time of year), so all people with asthma should have an annual flu vaccine.

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A spacer is a device that functions as a holding chamber and helps to deliver medication more effectively. Using a spacer is equally as effective as a nebuliser in most patients and is the preferred way to give asthma medication to both children and adults. There are many benefits of using a spacer:

- Assists in coordination while pressing the puffer and breathing in

- Traps large particles inside the spacer before they reach your mouth (preventing oral thrush and foul taste)

- Allows for evaporation of the medication, reducing particle size and enabling more medication to reach the lungs

- Decreases unwanted side effects by reducing the amount of medication swallowed

In recognition of the value of patients using spacers to administer medications more effectively we are offering a 10% discount on the purchase of any spacer during July at Bindoon and Bullsbrook Pharmacy upon presentation of this page.

For more evidence-based information on how best to manage asthma, and how to make breathing just that little bit easier, come in and talk to one of our pharmacists or ask for one of the “fact cards” on Asthma and Asthma Medicines from Bindoon or Bullsbrook Pharmacy.

These facts were supplied from the Self Care program by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Many other fact sheets are available free of charge from Bindoon or Bullsbrook Pharmacy. Ask your local Pharmacist.

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How do you eat or taste lemon in your house?

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If so, what a waste! I’m sure you know how nutritious a lemon is. But you may only know how to use it as a simple seasoning, as most people do, and not as a side dish.

We found out that many professionals in restaurants and eateries are using or consuming the entire lemon and nothing is wasted. It’s simple...place the lemon in the freezer section of your refrigerator.

Once the lemon is frozen, get your grater, and shred the whole lemon (no need to peel it) and sprinkle it on top of

your foods. Sprinkle it to your whisky, wine, vegetable salad, ice cream, vegetable soup, chicken soup, curry soup, noodles, spaghetti sauce, rice, sushi, meat loaf, sausage, fish dishes, and ramen.

You’ll be amazed at how it brings out the flavour in a wide variety of foods, and drinks!

What’s the major advantage of using the whole lemon other than preventing waste and adding new taste to your dishes? Well, you see lemon peels contain as much as 5 to 10 times more vitamins than the lemon juice itself. And yes, that’s what you’ve been wasting.

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educaTIoN Northern Valleys News acknowledges TRONOX as an active supporter of schools in the region. The financial donations to local schools; Bullsbrook, Bindoon and Gingin play a key role in the schools being able to fund new projects and initiatives.

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Northern Valleys News would like to wish all kids a happy

and safe school holidays!

Dance FestivalOn Monday, 25 June the Year 12 dance students from Bullsbrook District High (K-12) School performed for the very first time in the ACHPER Dance Festival at St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School in Karrinyup. The night was a festival focus rather than a competition night, designed to promote students’ hard work and provide them the opportunity to perform at a prestige venue. Mrs McMullen, the teacher of the Certificate II Retail Make-up and Skin Care Course assisted with make up and supported the students backstage. The Dance teacher, Mrs Lockyer was impressed with the way that the students worked as a team throughout the many rehearsals leading up to the performance. The enthusiasm and positive attitude displayed by the students was reflected in their successful performance on the night.

Calingiri PS Mosaic Tiling Day On 19th June all children and staff participated in the designing and construction of mosaic artworks. The Arts Society Ladies came to the school and helped out with the designs and then gluing the broken tiles onto concrete slabs. The children were put into groups of three and were then given a letter to make out of broken tiles. The letters will spell out ‘Learning for Life which is the school motto.

It has been a real team effort with all children, staff and other members of the community being a part of this project. When finished, the mosaic artworks will be placed in the garden between the administration and school buildings. This will be an outstanding feature that everyone can be proud to have been involved in.

Bindoon Heritage Museum excursion By Monique Kay

On Monday, 25th May I went in a bus to the Bindoon Heritage Museum. I went with the whole Year 2 class. Mrs. Coffman, Mrs. Willsher, Mrs. Holgate, Mr. Hardy-Johnston and Mrs. Brownlie went with us to the Museum. It was very exciting when I got there.

First I saw a lady using a spinning wheel. She was making yarn out of sheep’s wool. I thought it was hard but it

wasn’t really. Then I went inside the museum and saw tons of stuff, mostly cars and also trucks. The one I was mostly amused by was the fire-truck. It had a bell on it and was red coloured. Then I saw a toy truck that kids can ride in by pushing pedals with their legs. Next I saw a rocking chair. The design looked very complicated. I like rocking chairs because you can relax on them and have a nap or a snooze.

I had an exciting trip to the Museum and would like to go there again.

By Hope Kavanagh

On Monday, 25th May 2012 the Year 2 class went to the Bindoon Heritage Museum and Mrs. Willsher, Mrs. Holgate, Mrs. Brownlie, Mr. Hardy-Johnston, and Mrs. Coffman came with us.

At the end I saw a beautiful clock. It was a clock that had been thrown out onto the tip and it broke into a thousand pieces. Luckily a man found it and fixed it. When I saw lots of little cracks in it I was very sad. I wanted to take the clock back with me.

I said to my parents, “Can we go back there again?” They said, “Yes.” From that day on I can’t wait.

As part of developing our school’s community garden, and recycling waste products from the garden we have been learning about how to set up and use a worm farm. Kevin Smith from the Chittering Worm Shed came to the school on Wednesday 30th May to teach us all about worms. Each group watched a very informative power point demonstration that explained the body parts of a worm and, how and what earthworms eat. Some of the questions the students asked were both entertaining and interesting. We learnt that worms have no eyes, ears or bones. They are both boy and girl, and an adult can produce up to a thousand young each year. They are adults when they have a saddle.

We all got to explore the worms by using magnifying glasses to see them up close and nearly everyone got to pick them up and feel them. They were described as slimy, squishy, wriggly, squirmy and yuck.

Everyone got to make their own mini worm farm which was a much organised affair. Kevin demonstrated putting the worm farm together which entailed layers of dirt, grass, paper and worms. It was fun and very interesting. All the students are keen to start caring for the worms and we have already started collecting scraps.

The castings and the worm juice will be used to fertilize our now growing vegies. We have all the tubs prepared and lots of vegetables in them growing away.

New interactive whiteboards for BullsbrookBullsbrook District High School is one of three of many public schools to be receiving new interactive whiteboards, as part of the State Governments $4 million technology program. Education Minister Liz Constable recently announced the names of 124 public schools that will benefit from this program.

“A total of 242 schools will have benefited from this program once these schools receive their new learning technology, putting the State ahead of the rest of Australia in the use of assistive technology” the Minister said.

College celebrates Corpus Christi

On Friday 15 June, Immaculate Heart College celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi and The Sacred Heart with a whole-school Church service and Procession around the College grounds.

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Locavore News

LocaVore News A LOCAVORE is a person who:

• Eats fresh-picked produce;

• Eats in the natural season for that fruit or vegetable (when the produce will be at its plant-ripened best);

• Eats from the local region to reduce wastage in transport costs and diminished freshness.

Locavore News is sponsored by:

Lower Chittering Farmers’ Markets

with Maggie EdmondsBrowsing her way through paddocks full of local food news, producers, sustainability issues and anything else that NVN readers should know!

2012 MARkET CALENDAR •15th July•19th Aug•16th Sept

Try this ! chilli Jam

You would think that Chilli Jam isn’t much to get excited about. But it is ! Chilli Jam is made in Kirup by a friend’s Mum for Maggie’s Place. We keep her pretty busy cooking up more and more jars.

Chilli Jam can be used for a multitude of purposes – such as folded into Philly Cheese for a dip; with cold meats and cheeses; basted onto lamb or anything on the bbq; and with icecream (so I am told –haven’t tried that!).

Because our Chilli Jam isn’t too hot – just right – even those who don’t rate chillies will enjoy it. The capsicum also included in the recipe gives Chilli Jam an unexpected dimension – and, beware, it can become addictive !

In SeasonIf you have visited the

Lower Chittering Farmers’ Markets, travelling through the attractive – and now green – countryside of the Chittering Valley and around Bindoon, you will have seen orange and mandarin trees laden with bright orange fruit.

There is a huge crop this year – so take advantage of affordable prices, support local, and enjoy sweet and juicy citrus now, at its best.

Many of my customers at Maggie’s Place are making pumpkin-everything! That’s pumpkin scones, bread, stews, bbq pumpkin, roast pumpkin, and

pumpkin soup of course.

Peas and sugar snap peas from some dedicated farmers who have the patience to pick them are a welcome change from broccoli and cauli, nice as these are.

A new variety of “guilt free” potato is now available called Bellita.This variety has 50% less carbohydrates than normal potatoes. It is a creamy colour and, from the feedback I have had, tastes good and is useful for anything from roasts to mash. Don’t fall into the trap, because there are fewer carbs., of putting more butter into the mash, will you ?

And while we are talking about spuds, one of the discussions at the recent World Potato Congress held in Edinburgh was of the crucial role that spuds will play in solving global food shortages over the coming half century. Never knock spuds!

Phew – strawberries are here! Berry Sweet’s varieties smell SO good and taste just as good. Berry Sweet is in Neaves Road in Bullsbrook, and as the season progresses, do take advantage of their strawberry seconds.

Coming up… broad beans and asparagus – in August, if nature is on time !

Maggie can be found Fridays, 1-5pm, Saturdays and Sundays and public holiday Mondays at her farmstall, Maggie’s Place, in the Swan Valley. 1715 Gnangara Road, just in Gnangara off West Swan Road and next to Edgecombe Bros. winery and restaurant. Maggie offers fresh fruit and vegies from Chittering, Gingin, Wanneroo, the Hills and Dwellingup.

Potato Pancakes4 large raw potatoes, peeled and grated

1 large onion, peel and grated

2 eggs, beaten

2 tablespoons flour

Half teaspoon baking powder

Salt and black pepper

Butter and olive oil for frying.

Mix all prepared ingredients together and season. Heat a mixture of butter and olive oil and drop spoonfuls of the potato mixture into this in the fry pan. Fry until golden and drain on kitchen paper. This should serve 4 people !

Leesa Caldwell is a treasured PYO retailer. Leesa supplies Certified Organic Vegetable seedlings, potted herbs and organic heirloom seeds under her “The Greenhouse” logo; and organic potted herbs/organic veg seedlings/fruit trees and edible plants under “Herbs R Us”.

You can find Leesa at The Lower Chittering Markets each month. She has recently purchased the business Herbs R Us to expand her business The Greenhouse.

Leesa has always worked for herself. 20 years ago, when she became a single Mum, she didn’t want to send her kids to daycare. So, to finance herself and look after her kids, she started a manufacturing business making sportswear.

Later, Leesa purchased a 5 acre property north of Guilderton. When she realised how much money it would cost to buy the plants she wanted to grow, she took a Hort 1 Course at TAFE to learn to propagate plants.

After that plants became her main passion and she bought ‘The Greenhouse’ 4 years ago from an advert in The Quokka.

Now, the addition of Herbs R Us has taken her interest for herbs a step further.

Leesa delivers to retail outlets around metro Perth, and has just started an on-line shop which delivers direct to households.

Lessa cites her major goals is life as, “Making sure my 4 boys are happy and safe. Secondly, to have people grow their own food and medicine. I think it is very important that people start looking after mother earth because she will look after us. Thirdly, I would love to semi- retire and continue studying to become a Western Herbalist.”

What an admirable person Leesa is – must be something very

special in those edible plants she eats !

Save Seeds and PLANT YOUR OWN !

Jessica Rademan is a busy Mum. She also grows heirloom plants – such as white cherry tomatoes and rainbow silverbeet – and herbs for Maggie’s Place. If Jessica could spend every hour in her garden – or in her local Community Garden at Ellenbrook where she is on the Committee – she’d be there.

Seed saving is important, according to Jessica, as having seeds that come from the local environment mean they are acclimatised to your own backyard.

Jessica enjoys seed saving – its her hobby – and “its great to bring a seed back from the edge of extinction” ! She loves collecting rare seeds and shares them with friends and has ‘seed swaps’ with local gardening groups or posts them to friends who live in the country.

This is Jessica’s advice:

“Original seeds must be Open-Pollinated, Heirloom and Organic/GM Free. They must not be a hybrid variety of seed, as you cannot harvest seeds from hybrids, as the resulting seed will be different from that of the parent.

Seed saving can be tricky. Plants must not cross pollinate with

other plants of the same family. Pollination can occur by wind, insects, bees and some plants are self-pollinating. With beans, for instance, pollination occurs when the flower is still closed, while pumpkins need bees, and corn needs the wind.

Only the best plants must be selected for seed saving – free of disease and insect damage.

Herb seeds are the best for a beginner, as they are all true-to-type, so you don’t have to worry about cross pollination. There are different methods of actual saving of the seed – peas are dried in their pods, whereas some need to be de-chaffed or winnowed.” Jessica recommends the book “The Seed Saving Handbook” as a must-have.

As Jessica says, “I could talk forever about seed saving !”.

Good on you, Jessica – save seeds, save the world !

Plant your own (PYo)

Jessica and her whopper sweet potato- over 4kgs

Buy Local and PLANT YOUR OWN !

Plant Your Own and Grow Your Own (two different things!)

I love planting, watching plants grow and harvesting them. (Oh, and eating them, mostly.) Respondents to an online survey at The Edible Garden Show in England earlier this year said that growing plants with their partner made them feel closer to each other. How about that? Of course, l00% of the respondents also confirmed that growing produce together helps children understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle and diet.

Eight out of l0 said that joining the Plant Your Own revolution and harvesting for themselves meant that the food tasted better, they liked gardening and also that it saved money.

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ADRA Bindoon Op Shop Open each morning Sunday-Friday(Closed Saturday)Market last Sunday each month

Bindoon Arts and Crafts Jenny Brown 9576 0593

Bindoon Basketball Carolyn Chadwick 9575 1063

Bindoon Bowling Club Sandra Clarke 9576 1444

Bindoon and District Ag Society Meets 3rd Monday of each month at 7.30pm in the Society Office, northern end of oval.

[email protected]

0457103 033

Bindoon Community Progress Association

7.30pm 3rd Tues of month in Ag Society RmRin Rutherford (Pres)Lance Stagbouer (Secretary) 9576 2001

Bindoon Districts Historical Society

Meets 1st Wed of each month 2pm in The Museum Don Gibson 9576 1090

Bindoon Sporting & Rec Assn Meets 2nd Monday of each month at 8pm at Chinkabee

Gail Smith 9655 9046

Bindoon P and C Assn Meets every 3rd Tuesday of each month in the Bindoon Primary School Staff room, Vivienne Du Plessis 0420 352 958

Bindoon Play Group Meets every Friday at Chinkabee 9.30am-12pm Belinda Martin 0429 180 245

Bindoon Range Pony Club Ros Maindock 95760285

Bindoon RSL George Ferguson 9576 1046

Bindoon Retirees Lois Jones (President) Joy Askew (Secretary)

9576 0451 9576 0262

Bindoon Rifle Club Colin Clarkson (Captain) Dave Mann (Secretary)

9576 0772 9296 0103

Bindoon Sing Australia Meets Mon nights in the Town Hall from 7-9pm Yvonne Press 9576 1409

Bindoon Theatre Group Alex Douglas 9576 1154

Bindoon Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade

Meets 1st Wed every second month at 7pm in the Fire Station Catherine Choules 0407 088 245

Bullsbrook Neighbourhood Centre Shaley 9571 1008

Bullsbrook Football Club (Seniors) Rory Bennett 0432 872 931

Chequers Golf Club Open 7 days a week. Visitors welcome. [email protected] 9571 1277

Chittering Visitors Centre.... Meets the 2nd Tues of every month at 7.30pm at the Brockman Centre 9576 1100

Chittering Scout Group Meets Thursdays at the Lower Chittering Hall. Scouter in Charge is Sue Budd 0403 852 333

Lower Chittering Valley Progress & Sporting Assn Dave Barnes 9571 8686

Chittering Junior Football ClubIan Hall 0419 042 455

Chittering Junior Cricket ClubIan Claxon 0409 087 917

Chittering Rural Watch 2nd Tuesday of every 2nd month 6.30 to 7.15pm

9576 46000427 699 700

Chittering Wildlife Carers Inc Ann Graham (injured wildlife) Louise Bewick ( Sec)

9576 1010 9571 8669

Country Women’s Association

Meets every 4th Wednesday of the month at the CWA rooms at 10.00am

Lois Jones 9576 0451

Gingin/Chittering Lions 2nd Mon of month at 6.30pm, Bowling club, Gingin. 4th Mon of month at 6.30pm at St John Ambulance Rooms, Bindoon. Pat Elliot 9575 2316

Gingin Freemasons Lodge Bob Blizard 9576 0085

Gingin Bowling club Tom Cabassi 9575 2342

Gingin Tennis Club Nicole Hendry 9575 3043

Gingin Football Club Rodney Hannagan 9575 2339

Gingin Pensioners Social Club 9575 2245

Gingin P&C Assoc 9575 2249

Lower Chittering Cricket Dave Barnes (President)Sean McAlister (Sec/Treasurer)

9571 81940439 401 869

Lower Chittering Hall and Tennis Court (Bookings) 0416 253 603

Muchea Senior Cricket Club Shane Angel 0408 674 643

Muchea NetballFran Bryant 9571 4168

Muchea Judo Club Inc Meets every Tues at Muchea Hall 6.15-8pm juniors/ 8-9pm seniors Ann 9576 1497

Muchea Vol Bushfire Brigade Peter Hall, [email protected] 0437 908 079

Pearce Community Toy Library Open Fridays 9.30am – 11.30am 9571 7491

South Midlands Polocrosse Club Jenny Hall 9571 4362

South Midlands Pony Club Kay Kavanagh 0407 509 509

Wannamal Community Centre Ruth Loudon 9655 7024

Wannamal Indoor Bowls Keith Cunningham 9655 7070

Wannamal Tennis Club Julie Taylor 9655 7013

do we have your club here? are the contact details correctly listed?

if not please let us know so we can update this list asap! email [email protected] or call 0419 045 783

community groups

e-Workout a success!The first Northern Valleys eWorkout, was a success. Organised in conjunction with the Small Business Centre the event attracted a dozen attendees, who huddled together to explore the online world.

The session offered a short presentation on the understanding of online marketing. Members explored social media, search marketing and some of the basic free

marketing strategies available such as google place.

A special thank you to Joan and Milton Clark of Bindoon’s Windmill Farm, who hosted the first eWorkout, including wifi for all attendees and the Chittering Chamber of Commerce for paying for afternoon tea.

The workshop presentation is available online http://www.slideshare.net/jackies/

northern-valleys-eworkout-presentation.

A linkedin group was created, which marks the begining of an online business community in the Northern Valleys.

“Thanks for the eWorkout. I really enjoyed it. When is the next one and what will we be discussing?”

Daryl Du Plessis

At the Chittering Chamber of Commerce Sundowner, around 16 people came to hear from Helen Martin, owner Bindoon Citrus on their new online venture. Helen shared openly the experiences her and husband Shane have gained in this new venture and the benefits and challenges of selling oranges online.

The presentation helped to challenge traditional thinking and consider other online business opportunities.

You can view Helen’s presentation online at http://www.slideshare.net/BindoonCitrus/bindoon-citrus-chittering-chamber-of-commerce.

Chittering Chamber of Commerce Sundowner

Northern Valleys business & community

Directory 2012. Available free at your local post office or shire office in the

Northern Valleys Region

Contact for 2013 Edition [email protected]

Ph 9576 1978 or 0419 879 454

Bindoon Citrus presents

business


attention business

ownersDoes this sound like you, “My website needs work I just need time to fix it”. You know you should but it always falls to the bottom of our list.

It is not all about your website, it is also about finding out all the free things Google has to offer.

Much like doing sit-ups - it can be a struggle to do them on your own. So lets work together...

Northern Valleys News eWorkout.

Wed 19th July, 9- 1pm.

Chittering Valley Retreat

A free edicated session with peers to work on your own online strategies.

You don’t even need a website; come see how to get one or what can you do for free. Please bring your own laptop or let us know if you need to borrow one.

RSVP [email protected]

Choosing the right email address Daryl du Plessis - Chittering IT [email protected]

I was recently helping out a local business owner who I discovered was paying to keep an email address from their previous service provider. In this case it was a Bigpond email address and because the business had been using this address for many years, it was important that it remain active. Consequently Bigpond were after a monthly fee just to provide access to this email address.

This is not uncommon amongst small business owners. When you signup with an internet service provider you will receive an email address from them for access to your account and for general email purposes. I recommend that this address is not used for general correspondence as it is locked to the service provider, so if you move to another provider (e.g. from Bigpond to iiNet) you will either lose access to this address or need to pay a fee to keep access to this email.

There are plenty of free options for email that you can use regardless of the service provider you are with. My recommendation would be to look at Google (gmail.com), Yahoo! (yahoo.com) or Microsoft (hotmail.com or live.com) for a free email address that can be used from anywhere.

Better yet, for business owners, I would recommend registering you own internet domain name that can be used as an email address. e.g. I use chitteringit.com, which I have setup to use Google’s gmail. A domain name is just an online address typically ending .com or .com.au. It can be used for your website address as well as email and is essentially your online identity. Note you will pay an annual fee for registering a domain name but this is not very expensive.

On a related note I will be looking at spam management (unsolicited email) in next month’s article.

50 Spoonbill Close $695,000This unique 10 acre property is nestled in the hills overlooking the beautiful Chittering Valley, and walking distance to Spoonbill Lake.

3 x 1 hardiplank cottage freshly painted, a/c house. Abundant water from 4 bores, 3 equipped and commercial water licence. Plus mature fruit trees, ride on mower, trailer, dome sprayer and much more. Bonus 1000 nut trees. Harvest the rewards from the mature fully reticulated ORGANIC Macadamia trees. The hard work is done; reticulation, tanks, sheds and established markets.

If you enjoy the outdoors, opportunities like these don’t come up often.

Contact Jackie Shervington 0419 045 783

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Maybe you’d like to retire but don’t want your lifestyle to suffer. Perhaps you’d better like to protect your income or family from unforseen circumstances. Or maybe you’d simply like to minimise your tax.

Many of us have hopes and expectations for our lives but are unsure how best to achieve them. If this is true for you, perhaps you can benefit from the assistance of our qualified financial planner, Sheena McLeod.

Sheena is passionate about helping Bendigo Bank customers with a wide range of needs to improve their financial situation and protect their lifestyle.

“I like to think I make a difference to all my clients,” says Sheena, “but I particularly enjoy helping retirees by providing them with an income and peace of mind in retirement.”

Drawing on a wealth of experience, Sheena can

help you gain clarity on your financial situation and achieve financial security.

Financial security is about being able to make confident financial decisions, afford the things you need, and being able to provide for you and your loved ones in the way that you want to. It’s all about being smarter with your money.

Outside of being a planner, Sheena enjoys spending time with her family, her dog, at the gym, and listening to Rod Stewart. Before working as a planner, Sheena worked in Parliament for 10 years.

If you’d like to book a complimentary appointment with Sheena or would simply like to find out more, we invite you to:

• Call Sheena on: 0437 125 630

• Email Sheena at: [email protected]

• Visit our website: http://www.bendigobank.com.au/financialplanning

• Speak to our friendly staff at your local branches:

Gingin - 9575 1560

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Bullsbrook - 9571 2355

What would you like to be able to afford?

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Functional Fascial Taping*Heath fund provider

Ph 0419 964 909 or 9576 1978

For Peace and Re-Charge/Additional Bed Space for

some of your Visiting Friends

1324 Chittering Road, Adjacent to Avon Valley National Park

Phone: 95718108 www.peacebestill.com.

hairdressing

accommodation

accounting

Coo-eeCouriers & TransporT

Bullsbrook, Chittering, Muchea, Gingin & Bindoon.

Daily parcel pickup & delivery service to and from anywhere, to the Metro area.

Taxi Truck service also available.Ph: 9571 4166 or

Mob: 0409 990 446

Transport

Migwich transport sErvicEs

• TilT Tray & Small FreighT SpecialiSTS

• OlD carS remOVeD

John & gail milnermobile 0427 875 447Tel 9655 0020

Ph 9576 1119

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The LakesTar easy ChairEl. Lift and Recline Chairs

Custom made in Bindoon, WA

Furniture

TV aNTeNNas

garden

AnSPACh AGC O n T r A C T I n G

• Transport• Agricultural services

• Earthmoving• Plant Hire

Phone: 9655 7074Rob: 0427 770 365

Angela: 0419 043 960Email: [email protected]

Bindoon RefRigeRationSupply • DeSign • inStall

• Service • WarrantyContaCt:

Peter easey (Dipl.Mech.Eng.HVaCR)p: 9576 0281 m: 0413 536 991email: [email protected]

auto & air- cond

building & renovation

agricultural

TaxationFor local assistance

with all your tax needs, contact Chris Oversby

Tax Agent on 0400 440 277

or PO Box 46 Bindoon 6502

• TV points • Set top boxes • Digital ready antennas • All work guaranteed

• Police clearance WILL TRAVEL

Ph Terry: 0437 971 591

anTennas anywhere

stonemason

“For that creative touch”

John Glover All stonework, all types of stone,

any stone feature. Ph: 9575 2458 or 0427 801 513

stan’s mowing

Lawn-mowing & Handyman jobs in the

Bindoon-Chittering area.

Ring Stan 0429 154 600

sheds

Alison 0428 883 284Cert iii organic horticulture.

ChITTerInG-BullSBrOOk

Valley Garden Care &Design

• Weeding • Mulching • Fertilising • Design • Pruning

• Vegetable bed establishment

• Termites• Pre-Purchase Reports

• Timber Pest Inspections• Pre Treatments• Rodent Control

• All Household Pests• Total Weed Management

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Plumbing

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Chris 0414 922 456154 Davern Street, Muchea

Ph/Fax 9571 0590

Visit our showroomFor all your bathroom renovations

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• ATU Septic Systems • Solar Hot Water

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Salon & Training CentreBINDOON

tel: 9576 0170

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M: 0428 899 839P/F: 9576 1197For those ‘little’ things.

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• Cabinet Making • Renovations

• Flooring • Cubby Houses • Maintenance

• Servicing all areas

Please call Justin 0427 042 884

computing

• Project Management • PC Troubleshooting • Broadband

Setup • Wireless • VoIP

Daryl du Plessis Ph: 0417 300 701

Email: [email protected]

cabinet Maker

electrician

Wrightways driving academy

Bullsbrook - Chittering - Gingin - Bindoon and all surrounding areas.

Certificate IV in transport & Logistics

Instructor Debbie Wright Contact 0422 418 764

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driving Lessons

beautician

Massage

TraVIs & keLLYProfessionaL

shooTers for all your roo & fox control

Mob: 0427 774 158 fax: 9575 2167

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Teena leuba Beautician

• waxing/Tinting• manicure/pedicure

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• miSmo Skin Care range available ph: 9576 0170 for an appointment.

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OBITUARY

Post your Classifieds on Facebook!Search and join ‘Northern Valleys News Classifieds’

Then you can post an item to sell or pick up a local bargain - it’s your local swapmeet online!

Use ‘NorthernValleys was Chittering Noticeboard’ for public notices and community concerns.

‘A Prepared Community is the

Best Defence against Disasters’

Being prepared is clearly the best defence against

disasters.

Many of us are still learning the lessons of the past and

rely on others to respond in time of need.

However, there is a growing number of people and

community organisations that are working together to be better prepared for

the times disaster threatens our homes, loved ones and

neighbours.

Please help us.

In your community on:

• Tuesday, 3 July 2012 4.00pm – 10.00pm

Guilderton Hall

• Thursday, 5 July 2012 4.00pm – 10.00pm Lancelin

Community Hall

• Saturday, 7 July 2011 9.00am – 3.00pm Granville

Civic Centre Gingin

Your local government and the members of its local emergency committee

will host a workshop that provides historical incident information which will be used to establish our risk

and vulnerability from established hazards such

as plane or road crash and fires in structures/buildings for example. This workshop

is open to the public and you are welcome to be part

of that decision making process.

If you wish to attend, please RSVP to Margaret

Woodthorpe by: [email protected] or by telephone

0894838815.

An online community survey can be accessed by

following the link below.

https://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/

WEB22EZ75P8AF9

Your participation will help us save lives and protect our

homes and livelihood.

BE RESILIENT NoT RELIANT – you can help and make a difference.

Acknowledgement – This community project is proudly

supported by your Local Government and its local

emergency planning committee, the Western Australian Local

Government Association, Emergency Management

Western Australia. Funded through the Natural Disaster

Resilience Program.

Restaurant Bite Bindoon :

CASuAL WAIT STAFF WANTED

We are looking for a waiter/waitress for

our restaurant with the following qualifications :

• minimum age 18 years

• RSA (responsible service of alcohol)

qualification

• flexible working hours including working in the

weekends

• enthusiastic and friendly

Position is available immediately.

You can send your job application to :

Restaurant Bite PO Box 278,

Bindoon WA 6502

Peter Crawford SNR Born 10th August 1947

Failsworth, Manchester. 1947-2012.

He was a good man, and a great pop!

Peter passed away, a peaceful goodbye, sitting in his favourite chair, with 1/2 glass of Brandy. For those he left behind he will be remembered as Crow, the Mr Fix It.

He was a quiet achiever, he was brilliant with his hands; he could build and fix anything. He was an accountant by profession, but life on the land began running a pig farm in New Zealand.

Peter came to Perth in 1961, and went to Hollywood High School. His first career move was working for an optician by day and a milk run in the early hours of the morning.

He then took off around Australia and finished up in Queensland where he met and married his first wife. They moved to New Zealand and had two children Tracey & Peter.

Peter became an Accountant in New Zealand but never a man to be frightened of hard work he also bought a small farm where he raised cattle and pigs.

Peter returned to Perth in 1974 and worked until retirement with Kevin Sullivan & Assoc., which after Kevin’s death became McGees.

Peter met his second wife Victoria in 1983 and in 1989 they bought land in Gingin. They both worked tirelessly to create a paradise in the middle of nowhere. The gardens surrounding their rammed earth home are a testament to their mutual affection for projects and hard work. Peter loved animals and living the country life.

Among his favourite company was his grandchildren who he would spend hours coaching how to play pool, teaching arithmetic and many hours playing golf around the garden. His love for his dogs and his diligent attention to his chooks were a reflection of his caring nature.

But if there was a crisis he would swing into action, his attention to detail and what was ‘right’ would take over and put everyone at ease.

He is survived by his wife, two children, two step children and seven grandchildren. He will be missed. Rest in Peace Pop.

Jackie Shervington (step daughter)

PROPOSED MENS SHED IN

BINDOONA public meeting to be held on Friday

20th July at 7-00 pm in the Bindoon Hall to

investigate the interest in starting a Mens Shed in the area. A

promotions officer from the West Australian Mens

Shed Assoc. will be in attendance.

All interested persons invited to attend. Further

information contact Wayne Beard 95761325

0428682296

REQuEST TO LEASE SUBMISSION(S) FOR THE

OLD ST JOHNS AMBuLANCE PREMISES

GINGIN

Request to Lease Premises submission(s) closing at 4.00 pm on Thursday, 26

July 2012, are invited from not-for-profit Community

Organisations for the Lease of the Old St Johns Premises

on Reserve 42950, Lot 86 Horan Street, Gingin.

The negotiated lease will be subject to the

“Disposition of Property” provisions of the Local Government Act 1995.

A “Request to Lease” package can be obtained by contacting Linda Fidge

during Office Hours on:

Ph: (08) 9575 2211

Fax: (08) 9575 2121

email: [email protected]

No Request to Lease submission necessarily

accepted.

Canvassing of Councillors will disqualify.

DT BuRT, CHIEF EXECuTIVE OFFICER

Shire of Gingin 7 Brockman Street GINGIN WA 6503

Day Carer Position

In home at Bindoon for 42 yr old lady.

Choice of rosters available 9-5 up to 7 days & 4.40-7.30 up to 7 days.

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Limestone Park Earthmoving has been carrying out fencing work for the past 5 years. We have found that the types of fences installed are often dependant on location and budget. If the fence is to be installed in hard ground, then it is worth considering how much effort and expense is required in digging or drilling before committing to a particular type of fence. You may well decide on using star pickets with protective covers which can normally be hammered into hard ground.

Over the last few years the price of fencing has sky rocketed, gone are the days when fencing materials could be purchased in quantity at fairly affordable prices, therefore most people now need to carefully consider their requirements and then budget for their cost.

Here are a few tips that we have learnt over the years for horse fencing.

No 1- electric fencing.The key to better protecting both horse and fence, as the horse will very quickly learn to respect the fence, and will keep a safe distance away from it. Most importantly this means less fence injuries and less wear and tear on your expensive fence.

The “outrigger” style of mounting insulators for your electric wire (hot wire) is a great way to keep a little extra distance between neighbouring horses as it sticks out from the fence line by about 400mm each side giving nearly a metre between horses, this helps reduce kicking and striking etc. through the fence, and the outriggers can easily be installed on new fences or old fences.

It is interesting to watch a horse that is educated to electric fences as opposed to one that isn’t, we often witness horses coming onto our Stud, that have come from the electric fence environment, they come galloping up to a fence, and will pull up a metre or two before a fence, as opposed to the horse that comes from a conventional fence environment that will often pull up at the fence line or actually hit it.

If you plan on using treated pine post

and rails, then Limestone Park would suggest that you mount the hot wire up near the rail using the outrigger system or the screw on plastic insulators, this will stop you horse chewing on the rail, which isn’t good for the horse and can destroy railing overnight.

Another really helpful trick to reduce the horses chewing the posts or rails, especially this time of year is to provide them with a mineral block to chew on.

No 2. soft WireUse soft wire as opposed to high tensile wire, we prefer the 3.15mm Waratah, we have been using this wire at Limestone Park Stud for years and years now and have not had a single fence injury from it.

What we have found - because it is thicker and softer than the high tensile wires, when a horse does hit it, it normally only leaves a mark across the outer skin as opposed to cutting into the skin and flesh.

Soft wire does however need what is referred to as an inline strainer, a simple little device that you put at one end of the wire to tighten it up, they are not very expensive, and easy to use. Because it is soft wire you do need to tighten the wire every now and again.

No 3 - Less WiresReduce the amount of wires on your fence line especially down low. Our fences have only one wire between ground level and about 600mm, as a general rule a horse won’t try and go under a fence, however this low part of the fence is where a lot of leg injuries occur, while horses are doing their little meet and greet mini strikes at neighbouring horses.

This is also when the soft wire comes into its own, as the wire will normally give or break before an injury is done. We like to use two sighter wires and 3 soft 3.15mm wires at Limestone Park Stud, as well as keeping the posts fairly close together.

If you are not using a rail, then it is tempting to increase the distance between post to save cost.However the closer the posts the better the visual cue for the horse, we recommend every 6 metres, and of course try and make sure that there is nothing sharp or pointed coming off the fence as these are horse magnets!!

If you need any advice give us a call on 0418 908 538 and hopefully we can help.

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chittering riding club It all started one night at the local pub! A couple of friends over a drink discussing how excellent it would be to have our own horse riding club. Before we knew it we were deeply involved in the process of starting an incorporated club. In June 2011, it was official and we held our first rally.

Now it’s 2012 and we are all rearing to go again! Our rallys this season have included flatwork and showjumping instruction, sausage sizzles, quizzes and trail rides. Thank you to everyone that came along, what a great day!

We love seeing new faces and meeting new people so keep your eye on our website or Facebook page for up and coming events and information.

Facebook; http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chittering-Riding-Club/

Website; http://chitteringridingclub.webs.com/

Email; [email protected]

The Chittering Riding club is aimed at adults who want to improve their riding and have fun in a pressure free environment. Rallys take place at the Bindoon Agricultural College grounds

Next club rallysunday, Jul 15 at 9:00 aM - 3:00 PM

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Name? Elise Croft

Age? 29

Where in the Northern Valleys the do you live? Bullsbrook

How old were you when you started riding? 18

Your main equestrian discipline? Rodeo

What does riding rodeo involve? A lot of training, like most disciplines, if you want to do well at it. The added difficulty is that you don’t just need an arena to work your horse - you have to find an arena with cattle!

What’s the best thing about riding in the rodeo? Definitely the people you meet, although the sport itself is obviously great fun.

What’s your greatest achievement in the ring so far? Definitely my allround titles. You win an allround title when you earn the most points in 2 or more rodeo events for the year, so it’s the best/hardest title you compete for. I won the 2011 ABCRA-WA and NRCA-WA Allround Cowgirl titles last year.

Any major disasters? Epic fall at the State Equestrian Centre one year. In front of a full house. My horse reared up after my rope clipped her head (I don’t blame her!) - I did the splits, falling off backwards...

Rodeo Hero? There’s quite a few, actually. Vicki Schiller is right up the top -

great horsewoman and very good sport.

How many horses do you have in work at the moment? Three. Thus I have no life outside of work and horses!

How often do you ride/train horses? Every day, at the moment. I’m trying to get a young horse going to replace one of my older ones. He’s due to go on spell soon so then I’ll be back to working two.

Real Job? Lawyer.

Married? Engaged to Jamie Rewell. Trying to work out how to organise a wedding whilst not missing a rodeo!

What is your greatest (riding) goal for the future? To keep having fun! It’s harder than it sounds, sometimes.

What should Northern Valleys riders do if they want to get involved in Rodeo? Have a look on the WCRC website: http://westcoastrodeo.com.au/ - it has all of the relevant information about practice days, training fees, membership etc.

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World’s Most Travelled Trophy Sets Course towards Lancelin on the emirates Melbourne Cup Tour The Victoria Racing Club celebrated the 10th Anniversary of its Emirates Melbourne Cup Tour in June, and announced Lancelin is one of 26 successful tender destinations selected for the trophy’s upcoming three-month Australasian journey.

As Tour destinations, Lancelin along with Gingin will unite in anticipation of the Cup’s arrival on 31st July by engaging councils, schools, hospitals, aged-care and racing groups

in community events to raise funds for local causes.

“We look forward to sharing the magical trophy with communities when we take to the road in July,”

“After visiting more than 210 towns and travelling more than 285,000 kilometres to engage hundreds of thousands of people since its inception in 2003, the VRC is proud to claim the Cup as the world’s most travelled sporting trophy,” said VRC Chairman, Michael Burn.

To keep up to date on the Tour’s adventures please visit www.melbournecuptour.com.au or www.facebook.com/flemingtonracecourse / @MelbCupCarnival

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Chittering Bronocs recently held a sponsors night at the club rooms. It was a great opportunity for sponsors to view the game and for the club to pass on their thanks. A buffet was served, all organised by volunteers and Jacob Kelly shared a few words of thanks.

The local sporting clubs wouldn’t survive without the support of the local business community. Among the sponsors present were Craig & Karen Hyne from Cabassi


JuNIor sPorTsupported by smarter than smokingJunior sportshuhari karateShuhari Karate is based in Yanchep and have training venues in Two Rocks, Butler, Carramar, Woodridge & Gingin.

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Footy season beginsChittering Broncos: Auskick & Juniors contact Alan Nairn, 0467 282 422.

auskick ginginFootball for boys and girls 5 to 8 year olds. Time: 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm Where: Gingin Recreation Centre – Football Oval Cost: $60 per child register and pay on start day.

Minkey - hockey (gingin)Training for minkey (6 to 10 year olds) is at 3.30pm on Wednesdays and 4pm for Juniors (10 to 14 years old for boys, 10 to 16 years old for girls).

You can register your interest by calling Alison McVee on 0417 093 084.

Fun Net and Netta (gingin)Netball for 5 to 9 year olds. Starts: Tuesday, 1 May 2012 Time: 3.30 pm to 4:30 pm Where: Gingin Recreation Centre - Netball Courts Cost: $35 for Tuesday netball only and $45 for Tuesday and Saturday netball plus $25 for the pack which is an optional extra.

We will hold a skills and training session followed by a game every Tuesday. An additional game is available to anyone interested on Saturday mornings in conjunction with the netball fixtures (optional). Enquiries to: Narelle Fewster 9575 1551 or Simone Gresele 9575 2234

golf (gingin) We will be starting a Junior Golf Program in May for Children and Golf WA are planing to visit schools to promote golf in the area in May too. Contact Kerry Fewster [email protected]

On Friday 22 June, students from years 4-7 represented their schools at the Moore District Schools Winter Carnival.

This carnival is organised by Bullsbrook District High School and teams compete in netball, football and soccer. For the first time this year,

volleyball was added to the competition, and played in the new Bullsbrook sports centre.

Special congratulations to Bindoon’s two netball teams (pictured) who won both championship trophies.

WINNERS OF THE DAY:

Football; Bullsbrook

Netball A&B; Bindoon

Soccer; Gingin

Volleyball; Yanchep

Left to right. Alan Nairn, Daniel Parks, Jacob Kelley & Ian Hall

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Healthway and The Smarter than Smoking Project are giving all 10 to 17-year-olds in WA the chance to win a coaching session with renowned netball coach Norma Plummer. There are also runner up prizes including netballs signed by Norma Plummer and West Coast Fever Tickets.

Norma Plummer took over as coach of WA’s flagship netball team the West Coast Fever this season after a brilliant coaching career with the Diamonds, Australia’s national netball team.

She coached the Diamonds to 67 victories from 89 tests from 2003 to 2011 – a success rate of 75% – and is widely regarded as one of the toughest and most talented netball coaches in the world.

A coaching session with Norma Plummer is certain to guide any young netball fan on the path to increased success on the court.

“It is thanks in part to the Smarter than Smoking campaign that WA now has the lowest smoking rate among young people in the nation, at 4.8%.”

To enter the competition visit the new Smarter than Smoking interactive website www.futureinyourhands.com.au, view the video footage of Norma Plummer displayed at the top of the homepage and answer the question “why you shouldn’t smoke if you’re serious about sport”.

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Realty and their children , Ian Sweetman from Sweetman Excavations and Paul Woodcock from The Maze.

It was also a chance to celebrate Mathew Shorter and Jack Watson’s 100th game.

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The Edmund House Cup Gingin Ladies open day has been played since the sixties and this year was well attended with 45 participants from 11 clubs including a big group from Cottesloe and Yaringa.

Despite some gusty wind, the rain held out and a great day was had by all. Some of

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The winner was Kelly Tayler of Cervantes. Runner up was Kathy Gobbart, Gingin on a countback from Chris Haywood.

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Kelly wins the cup

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Local Trainer Bruce Kay had an exciting win with maiden sprinter Tossa Dante at Northam last month. The 5 year old gelding won his first race on June 4th in the Gannon’s Maiden 1000m sprint.

Bruce says, “There’s nothing like getting a winner and it doesn’t matter where it is, it’s a big adrenaline rush”.

So it was a shame Bruce missed the actual run, as he was on his way back from watching the footy in Melbourne. But Bruce is confident the gelding will have more success.”I think he’s got the ability to win a midweek in Perth” he says.

Tossa Dante was bought as a yearling from Cromartry Park, and was sired by Dante’s Fury, and his dam is Melodian. He is owned by Bruce’s mates Alan and Margaret Greenwell, along with Bruce’s wife, Dawn. The gelding has had 5 starts, but has been held back by shin soreness in the past.

It’s fair to say that Bruce himself has been around the track a few times, starting out his career with horses over 35 years ago. Bindoon born and bred, Bruce grew up along with his seven brothers a stones throw from his current training stables and home he and wife Dawn have shared for 20 years.

He’s hard pressed to choose a favourite or most sucessful horse, but Bruce remembers fondly his first win, in the Rothwells Toodyay sprint with Kahlua Gold in 1983. It was the richest event in the Eastern racing district at the time, and he was presented with the winning trophy by Laurie Connell.

Giving Damien Oliver his debut win as a 16 year old Novice apprentice on galloper Mr Gudbod is also a standout. Oliver then went on to win his first city race on Epcot, also a Kay- trained horse, in the Grange Hermitage Graduation Stakes. Bruce has kept in touch with the successful jockey.

But the winning pictures on the wall are just the tip of the iceburg and with any luck there’s more to come. With few runners in recent years, Bruce has gone back to breeding his own and is expecting three foals on the ground this year. Plus he has a few young ones coming on.

In the meantime, keep your eye on Tossa Dante, as the saying goes, ‘If you can win in the country, you can win in the city!’

Tossa Dante wins the chocolates

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