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CELEBRATING 15 YEARS WITH $15 MILLION

HAWAIIAN RIDE FOR YOUTH, 21 - 25 MARCH 2017 More than 175 cyclists are gearing up to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the famed Hawaiian Ride for Youth in March this year. Taking place over four and a half days from March 21-25, the Ride has become known as one of Western Australia’s premier charity events, raising awareness and funds for Youth Focus and its work in preventing youth suicide and depression.

From humble beginnings in 2003, the Ride has raised a total of more than $15 million with all funds going directly to Youth Focus. Funds help to support the provision of free, unlimited, expert therapeutic counselling services to more than 2,500 young people and their families throughout Western Australia, from Geraldton to Albany.

This year sees the introduction of a fourth peloton, the Mid West route that extends from Geraldton to Perth, making way for an additional eight teams in the Ride.

The riders across the 34 teams will cycle almost 3000 kilometres on the four routes from Albany to Perth – Coastal, Inland and Wheatbelt – as well as the new Mid West route.

The addition of the Mid West route will see riders travel 700 kilometres from Geraldton through Morawa, Dalwallinu, New Norcia and Northam, before riding into Kings Park.

Hawaiian Ride for Youth Chairman Bruce Fielding said the nationally awarded Ride was a unique event that went a long way in spreading the Youth Focus message and highlighting important social issues among young people.

“The Ride is an excellent opportunity for participants to keep fit and build new friendships, while supporting

a great cause and spreading the Youth Focus message,” Mr Fielding said. “The deep level of engagement from participants and their genuine drive to improve the lives of young Western Australians creates a wonderful event full of camaraderie, dedication and motivation.

“Along the journey, the riders stop at 23 regional high schools and engage students in the issues of youth suicide, depression and self-harm. For many riders, the school visits are the most rewarding part of the event, giving them the opportunity to spread awareness of the services that Youth Focus provides and share their own personal stories,” he said. Youth Focus CEO, Fiona Kalaf, said the statistics around suicide were alarming, with one Western Australian taking their own life every day. continued on page 3

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“This is why events like the Hawaiian Ride for Youth are so important in raising awareness about mental health issues as well as raising the funds needed to support vulnerable young people,” Ms Kalaf said. In its third year, the CEO Challenge from Mandurah to Kings Park is an important highlight of the Ride giving prominent Western Australian senior executives the opportunity to escape the office setting and experience a special part of this incredible event.

CEO Challenge participants in 2017 will include Hollywood Private Hospital CEO Peter Mott, Azure Capital Managing Partner Adrian Arundell and Federal Finance Minister Mathias Cormann.

The challengers will ride the final leg of the epic ride from Mandurah to Perth together with the cyclists from the three Albany to Perth routes. Three pelotons of the Hawaiian Ride for Youth start from Albany with a fourth starting from Geraldton.

Each peloton will cover 700km to Perth via regional towns including Katanning, Narrogin, Walpole, Pemberton, Busselton, Frankland River, Bridgetown, Gnowangerup, Manjimup, Collie and Mandurah on the Coastal, Inland and Wheatbelt routes, and Geraldton, Morawa, Dalwallinu, New Norcia and Northam on the Mid West route.

To donate or for more information visit rideforyouth.com.au

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St George’s Anglican Church

Walpole Corner Vista and Pier Streets

Holy Communion Sunday 10am.

Contact: Rev Sue Lodge-Calvert Telephone: 9848 2173 Website: www.denmarkanglican.org.au

Temperatures and rainfall recorded in North Walpole Sunday March 5 to Saturday March 11, 2017

Temperatures Rainfall

Min Max mm

Sunday 17.5 24.8 0

Monday 18 25.3 .2

Tuesday 17.4 21.7 .2

Wednesday 16.8 19.8 .2

Thursday 15.6 18.9 12.2

Friday 14.9 20.3 19.2

Saturday 12.8 21 0

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Walpole forecast for the next five days:

Total rainfall for the week

Sources: www.bom.gov.au; www.willyweather.com.au

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Weekly Bike Group meets at Rec Centre every Thursday 9am. Autumn Club at the Rec Centre every Thursday 1pm to 3pm. Kinder Gym at the Rec Centre, Tuesdays during terms 1 and 2. Zumba at the Walpole Community Hall, Tuesdays 5.30pm

Monthly Walpole Cancer Support Group meets second Tuesday of every month. Call Di 0423 937 188.

March 15 Business After Hours at Coalmine Beach Caravan Park, 5.30pm to 7.30pm

March 31 Closing date for Shire of Manjimup Community Grants applications.

March 17 Pioneer Cup Golf

April 16 Walpole Easter Market at Pioneer Park, 9.00am - 2.30pm

March 22 Hawaiian Ride for Youth

March 25 Green Waste Management at Ficifolia Community Garden, 9.30am-12pm

April 15 Tre Amici Band at The Walpole Hotel Motel, 8.00pm

April 8 Free Youth Festival, Zamia Street, Northcliffe, 11am - 4pm

March 21 St John launch of a new Community Transport Service, 1pm

Belated

Due to the Server issues the following Birthday’s were missed in last week’s edition MARCH 8 George Doust 11 Logan Thompson

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What’s on offer in and around Walpole this week...

Bow Bridge Road House ‘Homemade burgers, coffee, cakes fish and chips, liquor and groceries.’ 9840 8062

Open 7 days over the holidays, 8am - 6.30pm

Nornabar ‘Good Times, Wine, Food, Coffee. ‘All day food & wine, coffee & desserts’ 9840 1407

Open 6 days Tuesday to Sunday 10am - 3pm. Closed on Mondays . South Coast Hwy, Nornalup.

Old Kent River Winery and Marron House ‘Our specialty marron and champagne scones.’ 9840 8136

Open Wednesday to Sunday 11am - 4pm, South Coast Hwy, Kent River

Philippine Magic Café ‘Asian Fusion Cuisine’ 9840 1921

Open every day Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner 8.30am - 8pm, Nockolds Street , Walpole

Peaceful Bay Seafood Café ‘Fresh line-caught fish directly from the continental shelf off Peaceful Bay’ 9840 8060

Open every day Lunch 11am - 3pm, Takeaway 11am - 5pm Mon-Sat, 11am - 4pm Sun, Peaceful Bay

Thurlby Herb Farm ‘Pop in for lunch, homemade cakes & scones, coffee or even a bit of retail therapy!’ 9840 1249

Open Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm. Lunch until 3pm. Afternoon tea until 4pm, 301Gardiner Rd, Nth Walpole

Tingles Bakehouse ‘All from scratch! Gourmet pies, cakes, wholefoods and great coffee! 9840 1273

Open 8am - 3pm six days a week, closed on Tuesdays, 6405 South Coast Hwy, Nornalup

Top Deck Café ‘All our food is made fresh!’ 9840 1344

Open Tuesday to Saturday 9am - 2pm Dinner 5.30 - 8pm, Nockolds Street , Walpole

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Letter to Walpole Weekly Editor

A Correction

An error in my last week’s ‘Weekly’ article ‘What Attitude’ suggests the conflation of two distinct aircraft, ‘The Growler’ and ‘The Joint Strike Fighter’, both with separate capabilities and purchased by the Australian Federal Government for National Defence. For this confusion I apologise.

- Geoffrey Newby

Walpole Op-Shop Record Trading

Kate O’Brien from the Walpole Op-Shop said the takings recently from a single day totalled $373.00. This is quite a large amount for them to take in one day, a bit out of the ordinary. These funds are returned to the Community in the form of community support. Thank you for supporting our local Op-Shop.

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Manjimup announced as a celebration community for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay The Queen’s Baton Relay is coming to Manjimup and you can be a part of its journey to the start of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).

The Queen’s Baton Relay launched from Buckingham Palace in London on 13 March this year containing a message from Her Majesty the Queen. The Baton will travel to all nations and territories of the Commonwealth before arriving in Australia where the Baton will travel around Australia for 100 days. When the Queen’s Baton arrives at the Opening Ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, Her Majesty’s message will be removed from the Baton and read aloud to declare the Games open.

3,800 Batonbearers are needed to carry the Baton across Australia and online nominations are now open for 10 weeks until 15 May 2017.

“It is an honour to be chosen as a celebration community for the Baton Relay, as it will lift the profile of our amazing region, showcasing some of the Commonwealth’s most spectacular natural landscapes as the Baton travels through,” explained Shire President Paul Omodei. “Everyone has a local hero, their inspiration or mentor, and these are the people you need to nominate to be a part of local and national history as a Batonbearer,” said Cr Omodei.

GOLDOC Chairman Peter Beattie AC said “As it travels through the country the Baton will bring people together from across our nation’s vast and varied landscapes, from red deserts to rainforests and mountains to islands, from our city precincts to beyond the black stump. It’s a journey that is sure to increase our sense of connection and understanding of each other.”

Follow up Tourism article

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Albany’s and Denmark’s primary tourism bodies will see the two work towards establishment of a single Local Tourism Organisation for the Amazing South Coast.

Early last week, recently appointed Chairman of Denmark Tourism Inc, Mr Michael Evans and Discover Albany Foundation Ltd Chairman, Mr Peter Snow signed the Memorandum at Discover Albany Foundation’s quarterly Board Meeting.

It provides a framework for the two organisations to (Continued on page 10)

To nominate, visit www.gc2018.com/qbr and write 100 words about why someone inspires you. GC2018 are looking for people who:

Have achieved something extraordinary or inspired others to achieve something extraordinary; or

Have made a significant contribution to either sport, education, the arts, culture, charity or within their community; or

Have excelled, or aspire to excel athletically or personally; or

Contribute to a fun, friendly, vibrant and inclusive community;

Are at least 10 years old as at 25 December 2017; and

Are an Australia Citizen or lawfully entitled to reside in Australia during the Relay period

(25 December 2017 – 4 April 2018).

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Fourth anniversary of the National Youth Week Festival Day April 2017 National Youth Week 2017 takes place from 31 March - 9 April, as a celebration of our youth and the valuable contribution this age group of 12 to 25 year olds makes to our community and communities all over Australia. For the past four years the Shire of Manjimup Youth Network has held a free festival day which has been working its way around the towns of Pemberton, Walpole, Northcliffe and locality of Quinninup to acknowledge and commemorate youth. This year is Northcliffe’s turn to host the free Shire of Manjimup Youth Network, Youth Week celebration for 2017, taking place at the skate park in Zamia St from 11am until 4pm on Saturday 8th April. Various activities such as bubble soccer, a dunk tank, tie dying and rock climbing will be taking place across the day. One of the biggest drawcards is sure to be the local musical performers and the Flaming Idiots circus performers who will be entertaining the crowd over the day. The youth of the Shire of Manjimup have been involved in the planning and hosting of the event through advising what activities they would like to participate in on the day through to deciding what food will prepared and provided. The Manjimup High School years 9s designed several posters to promote the event with the winning poster being created by Hannah, Casey and Bonnie. “We want to acknowledge our young people and this youth week celebration will give them the opportunity to be entertained, learn some new skills, meet new people and visit one of our facilities that they perhaps don’t often get to,” said the Shire of Manjimup Youth Officer, Sharon Wilkinson. The day is a totally free event for youth from the food and workshops to the bus transport being provided to Northcliffe from Manjimup, Pemberton and Walpole. People are being asked to reserve their place on the bus early by calling Sharon Wilkinson at the Shire of Manjimup on 9771 7777. If no reservations are received by 1 April the buses will have to be cancelled. With almost a third of the population of the Shire of Manjimup being ‘youth’ and a significant number of those young people contributing to our community through volunteering and being involved in community groups, the festival’s ultimate aim is to acknowledge and show appreciation to the young people and the valuable contribution that they make to our communities.

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Vacant Position

Coalmine Beach Holiday Park is seeking a local energetic, reliable person available to

work 10 – 3pm on any given day. Tasks include cleaning our chalets and toilet blocks when

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Immediate start. Please call the office

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work together, avoid duplication of marketing resources and optimise planning efforts for tourism promotion in the Lower Great Southern. Ms Julie Ross will sit on the Boards of both entities.

Mr Evans will chair a joint Steering Committee that will review and recommend the appropriate industry-driven structure to achieve the common LTO aim while Perth-based Mr Snow will provide capital city liaison. Representation from other tourism stakeholders including the tri-partite local-government Economic Alliance will be invited.

Discover Albany Foundation Ltd currently receives royalties from Albany’s Historic Whaling Station and adjoining wildlife park and wildflower gardens and will ultimately own those assets under The Jaycees Community Foundation’s 2015 commitment to the Albany community. It is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee whose Board and membership includes key tourism industry operators throughout the Great Southern Region, providing a voice for the industry and funding for co-operative destination marketing programs.

Denmark Tourism Incorporated is the largest tourism body in the Great Southern region, representing approximately 250 tourism members from Denmark, the Great Southern and Southern Forests Regions. The Association was established in 2006, managed by a member elected Board. DTI is the recipient of several prestigious tourism awards, recognising DTI’s successes in the areas of visitor servicing, marketing, business planning and events delivery for the DTI owned Taste Great Southern, the largest geographically spread food and wine festival in Western Australia. DTI has secured over $2.5 million in State and Federal funding for local projects, and operates the Level 1 Accredited Denmark Visitor Centre. DTI’s push to form a single LTO for the region has been a driving force for over four years.

Further details can be found at

http://www.denmark.com.au/

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The Elections, local scene “Thank you to the people of Warren-Blackwood for returning me as your local member for another 4 years. It is such an honour.”

These were the words posted on Facebook by the Hon Terry Redman MLA just after 10pm on Saturday night, when it became obvious that he had successfully retained his Legislative Assembly seat of Warren-Blackwood, in the name of The Nationals.

The Walpole Polling Place processed just under 400 voters from Warren-Blackwood electorate.

With rain a possibility, chairs were placed inside the Walpole Community Centre for the comfort of electors waiting to vote.

An outstanding number of Declaration Voters presented to vote, with the line running out the Community Centre’s front door on several occasions.

Tingledale Hall saw the usual ebb and flow of local and visiting voters dropping in en-route to or from the beach

The Legislative Assembly and Council ballot papers were printed and distributed as conjoined papers separated by perforations. Electoral officials separated them at the point of issue. Not only did this create printing and distribution efficiencies, it negated the possibility of an elector being issued with the wrong matching ballot paper.

Marie and Terry Redman on Election night

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Walpole Nornalup & District Historical

Society will hold its AGM on

Sunday 9th April 2017

at 2:00pm

in the Walpole Community Centre

All commi�ee posi�ons will be declared vacant

Elec�on of Office Bearers

Annual Reports

Guest Speaker : Mike Murphy -

Cars in Red Tingle Trees presenta�on

Please join us for an interes�ng a�ernoon,

with refreshments provided a�erwards.

All current financial members are encouraged to

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Scroungers Golf Results 7/3/17 Multiplied Stableford Pairs Winners P Francis & P Ebbs 31 points Runners-up C Devine & M Hagdorn 31 points Owen Simmonds’ Best 3rd #10 C Burton Walpole Concrete & Hardware Nearest the pin #13 P Francis Ross & Mim Longest putt #9 S Jackson Birdies: G Becker #14 M Hagdorn #17 - Betty Cooper

Results for Mens Golf

Opening Round Mixed Stableford 12/3/17 Mens Winner: P Francis 41 points Mens R/up: W Dumbrell 40 points Womens Winner: M Minty 35 points Womens R/up: M Tindale 34 points NTPin No2: P Francis No7: P Sutcliffe No13: P Francis No17: C Hill Long Putt 9: J Collis Birdies: W Dumbrell No4 N Burton No7 C Hill No17 Next Week: Pioneer Cup Fri, Sat & Sunday A Big Weekend Ahead. Greg actually had 73 last week, he was far from it this week, damn trees. How Good Is Golf! - Norm Hawkins

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Weekly sport

Photo of the winner, Heather McConchie

Wednesday 9th March the Walpole Ladies Bowls held the Singles Championships.

Ladies played a round robin format and the winner was Heather McConchie who won all of her games, the Runner-up was Betty Cooper.

Congratulations Heather for this is the second time she has been the singles Champion.

Heather will be playing off against all of the Singles winners from all the other clubs in our League on the 8th and 9th of April, we would all like to wish her every success.

- Betty Cooper

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