30 January 2016 The Bugle The Bugle The Bugle The Bugle A fortnightly celebration of A fortnightly celebration of A fortnightly celebration of A fortnightly celebration of people and places on the people and places on the people and places on the people and places on the Upper South Coast of NSW Upper South Coast of NSW Upper South Coast of NSW Upper South Coast of NSW Serving the communities of Kiama, Gerringong, Jamberoo, Kiama Downs, Minnamurra and Gerroa and now at www.thebugleonline.com Shoalhaven Council opposes merger p 3 Johnny Warren Cup p3 Kiama welcomes its new citizens p 5 Congratulations to the Kiama Showgirl p6 Survey results show strong opposition to merger p3 Join Gerringong’s Green Day Out p8 Inside this issue As the process of deciding whether Kiama Council will be able to stay independent grinds on, the Keep Kiama Council Local Committee has organised a protest rally at a time to suit the whole community. Some of the area’s leading performers including bands John Littrich and the Water Runner, No Such Thing and The Kiama Pipe Band, singers Penny Hartgerink and Sean Emmett, and comedian Dave Evans have volunteered their services for the Concert for Kiama. The concert format will alternate live performances with information about the consequences for the residents of Kiama, Kiama Downs, Gerringong, Jamberoo and Minnamurra if the NSW Government proceeds with its proposal to force Kiama Municipal Council to merge with the City of Shoalhaven. “We have already had one community meeting attended by well over 1000 concerned residents,” says Committee spokesman Nick Hartgerink said. “But we wanted to do something different at a more family- friendly hour, when families with young children could come out and join in. “We encourage everyone to come along, have a picnic in the park, be entertained and also be informed about just what we stand to lose as a community if this forced merger goes ahead. “Kiama Council has been a great supporter of cultural events over many years and we risk losing that in a forced merger. We thought a concert in Hindmarsh Park would be a way of demon- strating the great things we have in this community and what is at risk. “We have local artists who have performed at Kiama’s iconic annual music festivals that Council supports, the Kiama Jazz Festival and Folk By The Sea, as well as circus entertainer Dave Evans who, with his wife Tamara, puts on the annual KISS Arts Festival.” John Littrich and the Water Runners will be performing a special song they have written to high- light community concerns about the NSW Government proposal. Speakers will address dif- ferent aspects of the forced merger, providing informa- tion on how people can make submissions to the Government expressing their opposition to its plans. “We’ll be inviting Premier Mike Baird and Member for Kiama Gareth Ward, and hope they will come and hear the voice of the community,” says Nick. “It’s going to be a lot of fun, but with a serious edge.” Details: Sunday 31 January, Hindmarsh Park, 4-7pm Concert for Kiama: come and be counted Community concert to show depth of support for keeping Kiama independent Bemused residents of Kiama have been caught up in the phenomena that is Bollywood, as a Mumbai-based crew came to the area to film The Return of Sardaar Ji, the sequel to a hit movie. Locations have included the Honey Farm, Ocean Groove in Terralong St, Jamberoo Pub and Terragong House. Locals have been engaged as extras, sometimes when just passing by. The Bugle’s photographer, David Finlay, went to take pictures at Terragong and ended up as an extra - playing a press photographer! Our former Crossword compiler, Margot Law, spent two days on set as a farmer attending a lavish party to show off the delicious crops grown with the help of a Bollywood comes to Kiama Continued p 4 Rococo Walker poses for a selfie with a Bollywood cast member Chris, baby Ellis and Julia O’Hara will be attending the concert. “We have dealt with Council on issues that were important to us and they listened,” says Julia. “Our voices just wouldn’t be heard in a much bigger council area. I’ve lived here all my life and want to make sure we don’t lose the level of services that we are used to getting, and the opportunity to have a say.” Latest detail on Council’s ‘fitness’ Council’s February meeting has been brought forward to Tuesday 2 February, so resolutions can be made before the Public Hear- ings on the proposed merger with Shoalhaven Council. The business papers for the meeting are now available at kiama.nsw.gov.au They include a copy of the consultant’s report on Council’s Fit for the Future status. The Council meeting can be watched live on its website, from 5pm.
Opposition to the proposed merger of Kiama and Shoalhaven councils continues to grow. This edition encourages you to come along to a protest concert, and gives more details on what is happening on various fronts. Then there is the little story about Kiama being invaded by Bollywood over the last couple of weeks!
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30 January 2016
The BugleThe BugleThe BugleThe Bugle A fortnightly celebration of A fortnightly celebration of A fortnightly celebration of A fortnightly celebration of
people and places on the people and places on the people and places on the people and places on the
Upper South Coast of NSWUpper South Coast of NSWUpper South Coast of NSWUpper South Coast of NSW
Serving the communities of Kiama,
Gerringong, Jamberoo, Kiama Downs,
Minnamurra and Gerroa
and now at www.thebugleonline.com
Shoalhaven Council
opposes merger p 3
Johnny Warren Cup
p3
Kiama welcomes its
new citizens p 5
Congratulations to
the Kiama Showgirl
p6
Survey results show
strong opposition to
merger p3
Join Gerringong’s
Green Day Out p8
Inside this issue
As the process of deciding
whether Kiama Council will
be able to stay independent
grinds on, the Keep Kiama
Council Local Committee
has organised a protest rally
at a time to suit the whole
community.
Some of the area’s leading
performers including bands
John Littrich and the Water
Runner, No Such Thing
and The Kiama Pipe Band,
singers Penny Hartgerink
and Sean Emmett, and
comedian Dave Evans have
volunteered their services
for the Concert for Kiama.
The concert format will
alternate live performances
with information about
the consequences for the
residents of Kiama, Kiama
Downs, Gerringong,
Jamberoo and Minnamurra
if the NSW Government
proceeds with its proposal
to force Kiama Municipal
Council to merge with the
City of Shoalhaven.
“We have already had
one community meeting
attended by well over 1000
concerned residents,” says
Committee spokesman Nick
Hartgerink said. “But we
wanted to do something
different at a more family-
friendly hour, when families
with young children could
come out and join in.
“We encourage everyone
to come along, have a picnic
in the park, be entertained
and also be informed about
just what we stand to lose as
a community if this forced
merger goes ahead.
“Kiama Council has been
a great supporter of cultural
events over many years
and we risk losing that in
a forced merger. We thought
a concert in Hindmarsh Park
would be a way of demon-
strating the great things we
have in this community and
what is at risk.
“We have local artists who
have performed at Kiama’s
iconic annual music festivals
that Council supports, the
Kiama Jazz Festival and
Folk By The Sea, as well
as circus entertainer Dave
Evans who, with his wife
Tamara, puts on the annual
KISS Arts Festival.”
John Littrich and the
Water Runners will be
performing a special song
they have written to high-
light community concerns
about the NSW Government
proposal.
Speakers will address dif-
ferent aspects of the forced
merger, providing informa-
tion on how people can
make submissions to the
Government expressing
their opposition to its plans.
“We’ll be inviting Premier
Mike Baird and Member
for Kiama Gareth Ward,
and hope they will come
and hear the voice of the
community,” says Nick.
“It’s going to be a lot of
fun, but with a serious
edge.”
Details: Sunday 31 January,
Hindmarsh Park, 4-7pm
Concert for Kiama: come and be counted Community concert to show depth of support for keeping Kiama independent
Bemused residents of Kiama have been
caught up in the phenomena that is
Bollywood, as a Mumbai-based crew
came to the area to film The Return of
Sardaar Ji, the sequel to a hit movie.
Locations have included the Honey
Farm, Ocean Groove in Terralong St,
Jamberoo Pub and Terragong House.
Locals have been engaged as extras,
sometimes when just passing by.
The Bugle’s photographer, David Finlay,
went to take pictures at Terragong and
ended up as an extra - playing a press
photographer!
Our former Crossword compiler, Margot
Law, spent two days on set as a farmer
attending a lavish party to show off the
delicious crops grown with the help of a
Bollywood comes to Kiama
Continued p 4
Rococo Walker poses for a selfie with a
Bollywood cast member
Chris, baby Ellis and Julia O’Hara will be attending the concert.
“We have dealt with Council on issues that were important to
us and they listened,” says Julia. “Our voices just wouldn’t be
heard in a much bigger council area. I’ve lived here all my life
and want to make sure we don’t lose the level of services that
we are used to getting, and the opportunity to have a say.”
Latest detail on Council’s ‘fitness’ Council’s February
meeting has been
brought forward to
Tuesday 2 February, so
resolutions can be made
before the Public Hear-
ings on the proposed
merger with Shoalhaven
Council. The business
papers for the meeting
are now available at
kiama.nsw.gov.au
They include a copy of
the consultant’s report
on Council’s Fit for the
Future status.
The Council meeting
can be watched live on
its website, from 5pm.
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Jamberoo will be overrun with 780 soccer players and
their supporters next weekend, as they gather together
to celebrate the spirit of the game, personified in the late
Johnny Warren.
“Teams keep coming back, as it is a very special event
where you get to remember Johnny’s contribution to the
game and catch up with your mates,” says organiser Jamie
Warren.
“There is no prize money, no organised entertainment
but great fun. Three teams from Sydney’s Brazilian com-
munity bring an extra carnival flavour to the gathering.”
It starts at 8.30pm on Friday 5 February, and the finals
are at 5pm on Saturday. Go along and feel the love.
Johnny Warren Cup celebrates the love of football
Shoalhaven formally opposes merger ‘in current form’
Figures put together by Shoalhaven Council show
the difference in size of the LGAs and the amount
dedicated to various cultural services in both areas:
Shoalhaven Kiama
Population 97,694 21,047
No. of capita/ouncillors 7,515 2,339
Population Density:
capita/sq km 21.4 81.7
No. of public halls 28 20
No. of public libraries 4 2
Recreation &
Culture Expenditure/capita $200.90 $286.60
Library budget/capita $25.40 $62.70
Survey results loud and clear Kiama Council commis-
sioned IRIS Research to
survey residents to get
an independent gauge of
the community’s attitude
to the proposed merger.
Five hundred and four resi-
dents were interviewed by
telephone, producing the
following results:
• The Kiama community
overwhelmingly (92%)
rejected the proposal to
amalgamate Kiama with
the Shoalhaven, across
both sex and age groups.
• When residents were
prompted further, 9 in 10
(89%) residents prefer
Council to remain an
independent council,
believing (87%) Kiama
Council best understands
and represents their com-
munity interests.
• More than 9 in 10 (93%)
residents don’t believe
amalgamation will bene-
fit the local community.
• Consistently across the
four questions residents
have strongly rejected
the idea of amalgamation
in general, and amalga-
mation with Shoalhaven
City Council specifically.
A sample this size has an
error rate of just +/-2.2%.
The Member for Kiama, Gareth Ward, says he is
working behind the scenes to present the best case
he can against the amalgamation.
“I have said right from the beginning that I
believe our communities are very, very different,”
he says. “I encourage people to get involved in the
process by registering to speak to the Delegate at
the public hearings. Keep to the ten heads
of consideration that exist in the Local Government
Act so that the Delegate will consider your submis-
sions. {Eds note: listed in last edition}
“We need to give the Delegate the evidence in a
methodical, rational and sensible way. We need to
do everything we can to present the most cogent
sensible case.”
Having met the Delegate, Greg Wright, Mr Ward
believes he is approaching this in a very profes-
sional manner - an impression also taken away by
Kiama councillors after their meeting with him.
Mayor Brian Petschler has
met with residents of Blue
Haven Retirement Village
to address their concerns
over the proposed merger.
At a meeting attended by
150 people, Cr Petschler
assured residents their legal
rights would be protected if
any merger went ahead.
He also assured residents
that the Council was push-
ing ahead with its plans to
redevelop the Kiama Hospi-
tal site into the Centre of
Excellence in Aged Care,
which would see the nursing
home relocated.
Secretary of the Blue
Haven Retirement Village
Residents’ Committee, John
Hetherington said Blue
Haven residents had some
concerns with the amalga-
mation.
“Over the years the current
Council has shown a very
caring attitude to all resi-
dents of Kiama not just Blue
Haven.
“Residents here have a
close relationship with the
managers of the complex
and the councillors.
“They fear that relation-
ship would be diminished
if we merged into a much
larger body.”
Cr Petschler said “Blue
Haven is an important asset
on our balance sheet. It
doesn’t cost ratepayers a
cent. We have run this as an
independent business with-
out affecting ratepayers and
we think we have been very
successful at it.
“But more importantly we
are dealing with people
lives. Blue Haven is not an
asset like a water supply or
a grader. We want to make
sure residents lives continue
in the way to which they
have come accustomed.”
Shoalhaven does not oper-
ate aged care services.
How to have your say The Delegate will hold a
Public Inquiry into the merger
proposal at two sessions in
Kiama on Weds 3 February.
You need to register if you
wish to speak at one of the
sessions or even just to attend
the sessions to hear what
others say. Call 1300 813020
to register or do so online -
go to
www.councilboundaryreview.
nsw.gov.au
Written submissions
The closing date is 5pm
Sunday 28 February
Blue Haven is more than a business
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New novel from Peter McAra Foxground’s Peter McAra
doesn’t fit the stereotype
of a romance novelist, but
eight years after he quit
his job teaching marketing
at Wollongong Uni to
write fiction full-time,
he’s just had his sixth
novel launched.
The latest in his series
of Australian historical
romances, commissioned
and published by global
publisher Harlequin,
Lessons in Loving is set in
the New England Ranges.
It follows the struggles
of a young governess to
teach her handsome but
near-illiterate employer, a
wealthy young land baron,
the basics of literacy so he
can woo his heartthrob,
a fetching young English
gentlewoman who’s reject-
ed him because of his lack
of ‘culture’.
His first published novel,
The Vintner’s Letters, soon
hit the best-seller lists with
great reviews, and is now
in its third edition.
Details: Available on-line
as an ebook from leading
online book shops
Bollywood comes to Kiama Continued from page 1
fabulous Indian fertiliser.
One of the owners of Terragong, Simon Milner
says they had fun, “We had sports cars, machine
guns, Mr Whippy vans, people on horses and
someone being pushed out of a window.
“I can’t wait to see what the movie is like.”
They filmed at Terragong for four days, and
are still in the area at the time this goes to print.
Kiama’s brush with fame continues with the
news that a segment of Germany’s Next Top
Model, complete with Heidi Klum, has recently
been filmed at Bombo Headlands.
Left: Director Rohit Jugraj
Below left: Emily Stratten of the Kiama
Actors Studio worked as a casting agent
and extra
Right and below: Party scenes were filmed
at Terragong, with the women in beautiful
jewelled coloured clothes Photo
s: D
avid F
inla
y
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Kiama welcomes its new citizens Six women were officially
welcomed into our
community at a nation-
alisation ceremony on
Australia Day, three from
England (Jo Price, and
Clair and Lily Simpson),
and one each from Scot-
land (Eileen Gallagher),
the United States (Sarah
Brown) and South Africa
(Catherine Davina).
Some had migrated
here with their families,
while others had married
Australians.
The touching ceremony
began with a Welcome to
Country by Gerry Moore,
whose mother came from
Kiama. He explained the
tradition of the Welcome
and said that he chooses
to be involved with Aust-
ralia Day, rather than
see it as a day of protest,
because he believes
we can remember the
wrongs of the past but
still move forward as a
community.
The Australia Day Ad-
dress was given by local
optometrist Susan Ang-
Ngo. She told the moving
story of her family’s refu-
gee experience.
It gives an insight into
what it’s like to grow up
as the child of refugees,
and how she has been
taught to give back to
the community.
The ceremony ended,
new and old citizens
tucked into a spread of
lamingtons, scones and
sandwiches. Bonza! Councillor Mark Way congratulates Sarah Brown from the USA,
with Mayor Brian Petschler looking on
Our youngest new citizen, Lily Simpson, gets a kiss sandwich
from her mother Clair and aunt Joanne, who were also made
citizens. Originally from Essex, Joanne was the first to immi-
grate to Australia, followed by Clare and Lily, and now her
parents are moving here too. Gerroa’s Catherine Davina is now as Australian as her
husband and son.
Gerry Moore with Susan Ang
Sophie Yates (10), Noah Yates (7), Tully Yates (12), Sam Price (12), Lily Simpson (13), Grace Schofield
(9), Abbey O'Connor (10), Zane O'Connor (3) and Jed O'Connor (8) relax after the ceremony.
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Out & about At the Adam Regal Trivia Night Over 200 people packed the Leagues
Club auditorium for a fun filled trivia
marathon to raise funds for Adam Regal.
Just over $15,000 was raised on the
night. Unlike other fundraisers which
have been for medical research into
Motor Neurone Disease, this one was
to help the Regals themselves.
The organisers want to give a huge
thank you to the Leagues Club, major
prize donor: the Kiama Golf Club, and
the many other sponsors that gave
vouchers, prizes and cash donations.
Mark Redding's table was victorious,
with Linda Long's table picking up the
lucky draw barbie pack. A huge thanks
to the Blowies and Blowettes (from
Kiama Rugby Club) who toiled all night.
The biggest thanks go out to all of the
trivia buffs who dug deep during the eve-
ning and to our wonderful communities
for their generosity.
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