Banksia Bulletin Edition 301 December 2018

EDITION 301

BANKSIA BULLETIN

DECEMBER 2018

BANKSIA BULLETIN

QUAIRADING’S MONTHLY PUBLICATION SINCE 1991. PROUDLY PRODUCED AND PRINTED BY THE QUAIRADING CRC Call: 9645 0096 Email: quairading@crc.net.au Online: www.quairading.crc.net.au/banksia-bulletin See inside back cover for advertising rates and guidelines.

THAT’S A BIG BULL(ETIN)!

Love it or hate it, there’s no denying this big boy makes quite an impact! Local not-for-profit community group, Quairading Rainmakers Inc have spent the

LIONS SCREENING SUMMARY The numbers are in!

last few months fundraising and proposal writing with an aim to purchase this magnificent beast— named El Toro—from young Narembeen artist, Jordan Sprigg.

Read more about the Rainmakers’ efforts on page 31 of this un-bullievably epic Banksia Bull-etin!

Photos from Instagram users @jordanspriggsculptues, @quairading_rainmakers_inc and @_gardengossip_

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COUNTRY AMBULANCE SERVICE

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REGULAR HAPPENINGS & CONTACTS Please contact the Quairading CRC to make updates.

BEL CANTO CHOIR Every Tuesday (except school holidays) 9:30am @ CRC BETTY’S OP SHOP Open every Thursday morning at Lot 83 Heal Street CARPARK MARKETS Third Saturday every second month - March, May, July, Sept, Nov CATHOLIC LADIES GUILD See Church pages for services dates each month.

COMMUNITY CAR & DRIVER Available for transport to medical appointments

Mary Stacey

9645 5226

Betty Hudson

0407 600 139

Ivy Osborne

0429 799 853

Bertha Holbrook

9645 0661

Joan Bartlett

9645 1015

Rosemary Mills

9645 0538

Phil Nonmus & Tracey Patton

9645 2222

Rowlie Mellor

9645 1439

Peter West

0427 454 204

Janet Barton

0459 704 360

Emma Wilson

0429 795 212

Shirley Stacey

9645 1348

Pip Hall

9645 1213

CREATIVE ARTS SOCIETY Thursdays @ CRC Art Space 10am - 4pm CWA Meetings second Friday of each month.

HACC Second & fourth Thursday Outings NATURE RESERVE WALKS 15th of each month, April to October 10am @ reserve PHOTO CLUB Second Tuesday of each month, 7:30pm @ CRC PILATES Every Thursday 5:30pm PLAYGROUP Monday 9.00am - 10.30am @ Day-care Centre on Murphy Street QARRAS 2nd & 4th Mondays @ Community Building @ the Oval QUILTERS OF QUAIRADING Monday 12.30pm @ Old Railway Station building ROTARY CLUB OF QUAIRADING ST JOHN AMBULANCE 1st & last Thursday - Training 7.30 - 9.30pm

Helen Fraser Laura Haythornthwaite

9645 4242

Phyllis Brown

9645 1245

Emma Wilson

9045 2075

Dorothy Rogers

9645 1125

Neil Marrett

9645 0831

Adam Duncan

0428 331 700

Danny Marzocchi

0427 450 127

STAY ACTIVE Thursday 9.30am @ Town Hall TOURIST & TIDY TOWN COMMITTEE Monthly meeting 4th Monday 10.00am @ Old Railway Station TOY LIBRARY Housed at CRC UNITING CHURCH LADIES GUILD Meet first Friday of each month, from March.

VINTAGE CLUB Monthly meeting 2nd Saturday 10.00am VOLUNTEER FIRE & RESCUE 2nd Tuesday 7.00pm YOUTH CENTRE Tuesdays and Wednesdays after school PAGE 22 PAGE

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FROM THE EDITOR

ADVERTISERS & SPONSORS LIST Office of Regional Architecture

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North Quairading Contractors

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Digging Docker

08

Shire of Q Electrical Services

08

R2K Contracting

08

Spearwood Wool

12

AWD Enterprises Painting Contractors

12

Manitou Telehandler

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Dawson’s Concrete

12

P&J Glass Excavator Services

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Countryside Memorials

14

Valenti Lawyers

16

Barclay Books

16

Sandams Upholstery

16

Corrigin Dental

18

Loose Stitches

25

AMJ Industries Electrical Works

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Combined Pest Control

26

Wheatbelt Physiotherapy

26

Phoenix Sheds WA

30

Sarah Somers Lawyer

30

Wandu Electrical

30

Muntz & Partners

34

Quairading Seed Cleaners

37

GJ Jones Plumbing & Gas

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Hilton Barr Transport

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Shack Club

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Central Agcare

42

Flexi Grain

42

Countrywide Pools

46

Purslowe Tinetti Funerals

50

AW Duncan Carpentry & Building Maint.

50

Summit Fertiliser

50

Mad dash, home straight, final sprint; whatever you want to call it, we’re there and the end of another year is in sight. Of course it’s gone too quick, but I think as a community we’ve done pretty dang well at packing a whole heap into the past twelve months. Ticking over the list is exhausting to think about for a second, but I think gives me motivation to smash out even more in the next twelve! What’s that saying about never being satisfied?

Here at the Quairading CRC we’re in reporting and planning mode. Reflecting on what went well this year, telling our funding bodies what a great job we’ve done at investing their money in our community and making sure the mistakes learning experiences made are documented, so that we make sure that we do in fact learn from them.

We’re also pumping out event plans and funding applications to make sure the wheel keeps turning, whilst we take some hard earned time off during January.

We’ve recently run a short and sweet Food Sensations program with Elouise Hawkins from WA Country Health, which culminates in a Supermarket Tour on Tuesday 4th December. While the first two sessions were held at the QDHS Home Ec Room (thank you QDHS!!) this last session is a real out-in-the-wilderness, interactive, onsite session at the Quairading Co-op.

Speaking of the Co-op, get yourself down there this Saturday and lend a hand at the Busy Bee! The Co-op staff and board have been hard at work with constant plans for improvement over recent months (years, really!) and they’re at the point now where a little extra elbow grease is required. There’s even talk of cold refreshments afterwards. Hello rubber elbow. See you there.

Enjoy the read—I do hope you get the chance to get through all the content we’ve published this month. As always, let us know what you think!

Fa la la la la, la la la la.

Jill Hayes Editor, Banksia Bulletin Coordinator, Quairading CRC 1 Parker Street Quairading WA 6383 PHONE: 9645 0096 EMAIL: quairading@crc.net.au WEBSITE: www.quairading.crc.net.au FB: www.facebook.com/QuairadingCRC PAGE 3

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THE PASSION SHEET ______________________________ function, it will be the last for the year. A social afternoon, bring a plate of afternoon tea to share MUSIC PUPILS CONCERT please. All are welcome.

Friday 30 November, doors open from 6:30pm for a 7pm start. Free QUAIRADING YOUTH entry, come along to the Friday 14 December, from 5pm at Quairading Town Hall and see our the Town Hall. Please come and wonderful piano, guitar and drum join us for our ‘Community students. Queries to Kylie on Christmas Party Movie Night’. The 0400 766 269. first movie, Small Foot, will start at 5:30pm followed by JIGSAW SWAP Transformers 5. (Kids under five Wednesday 5 December, 10am at must have adult supervision). The the Café is the next jigsaw swap night will finish at approximately morning. Anyone is welcome to 10pm. Bring a blanket and pillow if join us for a cuppa and to swap you want to be more comfortable, their jigsaw (which can be any you will be able to make your own degree of difficulty; children’s Ice-cream Sundaes! Mums and Dads through to challenging). Any welcome. queries to Sue Anderson 9645 1661 BAND AT THE QUAIRADING PUB LOCAL SUPERMARKER TOUR Saturday 15 December. Rock ‘n’ Tuesday 6 December, 11am roll band “Party Town” will be 12:30pm at the Quairading Co-op. playing from 7:30pm til late.

Join us as we tour our very own local IGA to learn how to ______________________________ effectively decipher food labels in order to make better informed, healthier choices that will benefit THANK YOU you and your families and...It’s To whom it may concern; Thank completely free! you for leaving the statue of the baby Chihuahua on our front door, CWA CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON Thursday 6 December, 12pm at the we would love to know who you are. Thank you once again. Kevin Golden Grain Café. Partners and and Philip. friends are invited. If attending please advise Elaine on 9645 1402

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drop into the Quairading CRC so we can book an appointment for you.

PIANO GUITAR DRUM LESSONS 2019 Anyone interested in starting lessons next year please text Kylie Squiers on 0400 766 269 and I’ll send you all the information for 2019.

CARAVAN CLUB VISITS Friday 7 December, 18 vans from the Silver Possums Caravan Club are staying in our park and town.

Be sure to let local businesses and ambassadors know and make all of our visitors feel welcome.

SEEKING HOME REMEDIES Select CRCs, including the Quairading CRC, in conjunction with UWA are collecting bygone home-made remedies in a bid to preserve valuable information that may provide medical breakthroughs in the future. The data will be collected and researchers at UWA may conduct tests to deem effectiveness and possible use within the wider medical community. We welcome remedies of all cultural backgrounds, for human or animal usage. Please drop into the CRC reception to pass on your valuable remedies or please feel free to email it through TECH CLUB to us. Please include: The name LIVE MUSIC Please note instead of holding and purpose of the remedy, the Saturday 8 December, from 8pm at tech club we are now going to ingredients/tools, mixture the Club. “Chain Reaction” will be provide one on one support at a amounts/dosage, administering playing. time convenient to both the instructions, the author/ contributor– (Optional).

CRC and the person seeking QARRAS tech advice.

If you have any Monday 10 December, 2pm at the CONGRATULATIONS questions at all please call or Community Building is our next

COMMUNITY

To Harrison on again being

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CWA SECOND HAND SHOP We wish to thank everyone who has donated goods to our shop, it is QUAIRADING GARDEN & GIFTS greatly appreciated. We are still Will be closed Tuesday 27 requiring clean clothing and November. accessories; unfortunately we are not in a position to accept WHAT’S NEW AT THE BOOK POST? electrical goods, second hand In the lead up to Christmas we underwear or socks. At the want to ensure that everyone moment we have sheets for sale at receives their parcels. If you have $5 a bag and ladies jeans at $5 a your mail delivered on a roadside bag. Come in and check out our mail run, any parcels that require Sterling Silver jewellery at very signature or are oversized to your low prices, if you see any item you letter box they will be carded for would like we do accept PROHIBITED BURNING NOTICE collection at the post office.

We laybys. Contact Rosemary on 9645 The prohibited burning period has apologise for any inconvenience 0538 or 0447 758 136. commenced on Thursday 1 this may cause but hope you November 2018. All burning, understand our concern and extra BETTY’S OP SHOP including garden refuse is diligence over the festive season. If Due to request Betty’s Op Shop will prohibited during this period, you are going away and wish to be open: which concludes on the 14 have your mail delivery held please Tuesdays 9am-12pm February 2019. contact us at the post office. Did Thursdays 8am-12pm you know that at our Post Office All donations welcome. If you Q PHOTO CLUB CALENDARS you can apply for your Seniors require items to be picked up Our 2019 Quairading Photo Club Card, Country Age Pension Fuel please call Ray on 0447 791 908. calendars are now available for Card as well as see if you are purchase from the Quairading CRC, eligible for postage stamps at a GOLDEN GRAIN CAFÉ & BAKERY and the Co-op. The calendar this concession rate?

Come by and have Opening Hours year are photos we have sourced to a chat to us.

Next week we will Monday - Thursday 8am-4pm compare Quairading in it’s past to start selling the Book Post Friday - 8am-8pm (Pizza from 5pm) the present.

Christmas Raffle! $1 ticket or 3 for Saturday & Sunday 8am-2pm $5 to win a hamper of goodies with Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day CWA MEMBERS something for everyone. Only 34 and New Years Day. Our Christmas raffle will be held days until Christmas and we still ______________________________ between 17-22 December. have new stock arriving!

Shop local Donations of goods to November meeting where possible. If you are and get your present shopping done. available to sell tickets please QUAIRADING AQUATIC CLUB notify Elaine ASAP so a roster can CENTRAL AGCARE INC Thursday 29 Novemberbe prepared. Thank you.

COUNSELLING Timekeepers: Scott Fairhead, Sam Central Agcare Inc Counselling is a Brown, Nat Logan, Kylie Squiers, CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD free mobile service, our contact Jonathon Hippisley, Renee The Shire of Quairading Citizen of details are 08 9063 2037 or Anderson. the Year Award recognises people ceagcare@bigpond.com. in the community who go above QUAIRADING LADIES BOWLING and beyond and who have made a LOOSE STITCHES CLUB real difference to our community.

In stock now we have lovely Wednesday 12 December, Names Do you know someone who Christmas ribbons, great for for ‘Bowl Over Cancer’ Day need to deserves special recognition for wrapping presents. We have Maggie be in by 12:45pm for a 1pm start. their outstanding contribution to Beer products and can make a Please note change of start time. the community? If so, why not beautiful Christmas hamper up for nominate them for the Australia you. Loosies will no longer open DOODENANNING XMAS PARTY Day Citizen of the Year Award?

Mondays, so it is back to normal Saturday 15 December, 3:30pm Nominations close 4pm, Friday 21 trading; Tuesday to Friday 9am until late. BYO drinks, meat and December 2018. Download the 4pm.

Sewing Machine Christmas salad to share. Santa will be nomination form from the Shire cake will be drawn on Wednesday visiting at 5pm. Can parents please website.

12 December so if you haven't got provide a gift up to the value of ______________________________ your tickets yet, pop into the shop. $10 for Santa to hand out. We are Thanks for your support. also introducing a new tradition, a

chosen to dance with WA Ballet as a Child Guest Artist in their production of The Nutcracker.

The dates he is performing are: Friday 30 November– Evening Sunday 2 December– Midday Thursday 6 December– Evening Saturday 8 December- Evening.

Please let us know if you do choose to go, so Harrison can come and say hello at the interval!!

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Christmas pudding competition which must be home made and will be eaten on the night. For any further information please call Larissa on 0409 109 191.

mowing, gutter cleaning, vacate clean ups. General property up keep and repairs. Contact Renee on 9645 1628 or 0437 803 432.

Mary Clemens is “90” on Boxing Day.

______________________________ SOUTH CAROLING SOCIAL CLUB Saturday 22 December, at the South Caroling tennis courts.

Tennis to start at 3pm, Christmas tree and visit from Santa to follow.

BYO drinks and a plate of finger food to share. Names of players and children attending to Kate Walker 0418 213 940 or pilkington.kate@gmail.com by Wednesday 19 December.

Please provide a labelled gift to the value of $10 for you child.

BUY & SELL

WANTED Does anyone have a small children’s paddle pool, the half shell ones, that they are no longer using and would like to rehome? If so please contact 9645 0030.

HOUSE FOR SALE 12 Dall Street. If interested please call Kylie Squiers on 0400 766 269.

______________________________ GARAGE SALE Saturday 1 December, from 8am at 23 Jennaberring Road.

WORK WANTED

WORK WANTED Mature man quick learner, holds HR licence, looking for immediate start. Please contact Shane 0444 550 812

Please help her celebrate at the Quairading Club from 2:30pm.

Light afternoon tea provided.

No presents, but your presence is appreciated.

TIP RUN Large items taken to the tip free of charge. If you have any car batteries I will pay $5 per battery.

Contact 0487 869 712.

ROOF PAINTING Roof cleaning, ridge caps repointed, sealed, two coats of paint. Dulux certified sprayer. 10 years warranty. For free quotations please call John 0423 147 429.

AVON REAL ESTATE YORK Offering property management services in your local area. Please contact June on 9641 2444 or 0419 764 454.

GARDENING SERVICES All garden maintenance services available. From lawn mowing to fertilising, from weeding to mulching and any other garden jobs in between. Onsite and Office appointments available. Please contact Rhys Burgess by phone on 0477 444 785 or via email at burgosgardening@gmail.com. We are police cleared and fully insured.

PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Fly screen repairs, door locks, painting, taps & washers, lawn PAGE 6

A “Christmas” edition of the Banksia Bulletin will be produced the week before Christmas.

Deadline for content is 12pm on Tuesday 18th December.

Please email or drop off your Christmas wishes and notices before this time. Any January events and activities and end of year reports are encouraged to be submitted too.

The Passion Sheet will continue to be produced on Thursday through December and January (except in the weeks on Christmas and New Years). The first Banksia Bulletin for 2019 will be the March edition, deadline is Tuesday 26th February.

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FOR SALE 2005 Forest River Wildcat F29 $50 000.00 30ft 4 berth fifth wheeler, Excellent condition with slide out.

Upstairs features North/South Queen bed with robes, bathroom; spacious shower & vanity, separate china toilet.

Living area features 4 seat dining table, 2 recliner chairs and sofa which converts to a double bed.

Kitchen includes 4 burner gas stove with full oven, range hood and microwave, 186Lt Dometic 3 way fridge/freezer, huge pantry and sink with cover.

Gas/electric hot water, gas heating, full auto washing machine.

Fresh, grey and black water tanks, with all equipment to assist emptying.

Large TV, Concertone stereo & Dometic ducted roof top aircon.

Outside features;roll out awning with cover, longwall and 2 end walls, 2 gas bottles.

Electric brakes, 16 inch tyres, large tunnel and front boot with twin batteries with charger controller, security screen on entrance door.

2005 Iveco Dailey Duel Cab 50C17 $15 000.00 Low km Diesel , 6 speed manual. Seats 6, includes tong generator box.

100Lt fuel tank + separate 200lt Inspections welcomes and recommended. Payment on pick up by bank cheque or cash. $1 000.00 Holding deposit required, refundable if purchase does not go ahead. $65 000.00 for both or will sell Wildcat only for $50 000.00. Can deliver Australia wide for fuel cost if purchased together as a whole unit. This unit is built for Australia with 240v wiring and appliances. Floor plan is for Australia with strengthened frame for Australian road conditions.

Please contact 0458 918 831 I will not answer calls from privately listed numbers or texts requesting email reply.

CWA SECONDHAND SHOP

FOR SALE

We are changing the second hand shop opening times to: Wednesday 10.30am to 2.00pm; Friday 10.30am to 2.00pm; Saturday 10.30am to 12.30pm. If anyone requires anything outside of these hours please contact Rosemary on 0447758136.

2014 PMX CAMPER TRAILER Licenced until May 2019 - Independent Suspension Fitted with 3 near new Cooper tyres on 16” Sunraysia rims Extended A frame with platform for quad bike – complete with attached folding ramp Large alloy tool box Pull out 2 burner Bromic gas stove with 3.7kg gas bottle Aluminium drawers Bed linen included Annex and extra rooms Pure Sine Wave 12V-240V Power Inverter (batteries not included) Portable solar panels One owner with written instructions including a CD and all original paperwork Very reliable off road Owner only selling due to ill health

Now is the time to purchase jewellery or layby for that special lady in your life. There is a large range of sterling silver and gold bangles; necklaces and earrings. We also have men’s titanium and stainless steel rings.

We also have Christmas cards in stock from 50 cents to $6.00 come in quick before they are gone.

Thank you once again to people who have donated goods to the shop, it is greatly appreciated. We are still requiring clean clothing and of course will still accept items on consignment.

For further information please contact Rosemary on 96450538 or 044775136.

$4,000.00 ONO Please ring 0427 081 942 Or view camper at 38 Suburban Road QUARAIDING PAGE 7

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CAM FRASER SPREADING, TRUCKING, SEEDING & HARVESTING LATE SEASON IN CROP SPRAYING (MULTI SPREADER AND 36M SP BOOMSPRAY ON 3M WHEEL CENTRES, BOTH SUITED TO TRAMLINES) LIKE US ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM

DIGGING DOCKER Ray & Stephen   

4 in 1 Bucket Trencher Post Hole Digger

Phone: 9645 0116 Mobile: 0407 755 239

SHIRE OF QUAIRADING

Electrical & Air Conditioning Services Contact John Greenwood for all your Domestic and Commercial Electrical requirements.

Call: 0448 371 760 Lic No: EC11850

Richard Kovac & Robyn Kovac Hydraulics Sales & Services 21 Westral Street (PO Box 30) Bruce Rock WA 6418 Richard: 0427 851 870 Robyn: 0400 552 141 Fax: 9061 1194 Email: rdkovac@bigpond.net.au PAGE 8

Hydraulic Component’s Sales ex supplier Hydraulic system design and testing Hydraulic Components Repairs in house Fully equipped service vehicle, will travel Regular trips to Perth, repairs & purchase of parts Hydraulic hose assembly made to order, in-house Mobile hose and fitting trailer for onsite repair ABN: 16 563 552 915

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TAGGED AROUND TOWN Use the hashtag #quairading on Instagram and we’ll feature the best snaps here every month.

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Shire of Quairading

MEDICAL PRACTICE

19 Harris Street / PO Box 125 Quairading WA 6383 GENERAL PRACTITIONERS Dr Adenola Adeleye Dr Joseph Ogunleye MBCHB, FRACGP MBBS

Practice Manager Debra Stacey JP Practice Nurse Jess Richards RN ADMINISTRATION Sam Brown, Tarryn Lear, Di Wallwork, Deanna Hathaway PRACTICE HOURS MONDAY 8:00am—11:30am 12:30pm—5:00pm TUE, WED, THURS 8:00am—12:30pm 1:30pm—5:00pm FRIDAY 8:00am—12:00pm

FAX: 9645 1066

NO SMOKING IS PERMITTED WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF THE SURGERY. PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR CIGARETTE DOWN THE WALKWAY AS THIS IS PART OF THE GROUNDS AND ALSO A NON SMOKING AREA.

MBCHB, MPH, FRACGP

Dr Olu Jegede

PHONE: 9645 1210

ZERO TOLERACE TO BAD BEHAVIOUR Patients who disrupt the flow of the Practice, cause concerns to other patients, act aggressively including unacceptable language, yelling or making threats directed at staff or patients will be removed by the Police.

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CLOSURE DATES CLOSED OPEN CLOSED OPEN CLOSED

24th, 25th,, 26th 27th 28th 31st 1ST 2nd 3rd 4th

December December 08:00am December 08:00am December January 2019 January 08:00am January 08:00am January

–5:00pm – 12:00pm – 5:00pm – 4:30pm

Please note: The above times are the opening hours of the Practice. They do not reflect available appointment times. IN AN EMERGENCY PLEASE DIAL 000 OR ATTEND THE HOSPITAL.

Please note these are the opening hours of the Medical practice and do not reflect appointment availability.

VISITING PROFESSIONALS Female GP Dr Ellie Brusasco Podiatrist Deb Schoen Dietitian Laura Nairn Diabetes Educator Sandy Havlin Clinical Psychologist Carol Deppe OTHER SERVICES OFFERED  Health Assessments  Skin Checks  Flu Clinics  Immunisations/Vaccinations  Diabetes Management  Pathology  Preventative Medicine  Chronic Illness Care Plans  Occupational Therapy by referral  Antenatal Care  Physiotherapist by referral  Health Checks/Medical Reports  Nursing Home Visits to  Quairading Hospital  PATS—Patient Assisted Travel Scheme Applications  Home visits when deemed safe and necessary by GP PAGE 10

WE ALL WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SAFE, HEALTHY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR 2019 SCRIPTS As Christmas is just around the corner NOW is the time to check you have enough Medications and that your Scripts have Repeats available.

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE?

If you have a PROBLEM, CONCERN, QUESTION, IDEA or SUGGESTION, please let us know so we can THANK YOU to all our understanding patients when we need to alter your assist. We can be contacted at the surgery on 9645 1210. appointment due to emergencies.

NEW MEMBER TO OUR TEAM We would like to welcome Michaela Stone who has joined our Team as an Emergency Casual Receptionist.

Please let Michaela know when you arrive for your appointment.

FOR ALL MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, DIAL 000

ENJOY OUR PRACTICE NEWSLETTER BUT PLEASE REMEMBER THAT DECISIONS ABOUT MEDICAL CARE SHOULD BE MADE IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE ACTING ON ANY OF THE INFORMATION.

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VISITING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS – JANUARY 2019 Monday 10 January Carol Deppe, Clinical Psychologist ACWY MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE PROGRAM EXTENDED The McGowan Government has announced it will extend the State-funded meningococcal ACWY vaccine program for another year. This program is for children aged one to four years to ensure that more children receive this life-saving protection. The State-funded program will also be extended to include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged six weeks. For more information about the Childhood MenACWY Catchup Vaccination Program visit http;://healthywa.wa.gov.au Additional charges attached to both Bulk Billing and Private fees for ALL patients.

Either Private or Bulk Billing Fees apply when you attend for a consultation.

Consumables are items we must purchase for use during a patient’s consultation and this cost must be covered by the patient with or without a Commonwealth concession card and is payable at time of consult.

The cost of the consumable to private patients will be billed as a separate item at the time of your consult as it is not covered by Medicare or private health fund.

Examples of consumables which attract a separate fee for ALL patients include, but not limited to; Ear irrigation (ear syringe) $10.00 Spirometry (testing of lung capacity) $5.00 Pregnancy testing (including Lady Doctor Visits) $10.00 Removal of Foreign Body from eye (using Algerbrush burr) $15.00 INR (Testing Warfarin levels) $5.00 Liquid Nitrogen $10.00 first visit, $5.00 subsequent visit for same lesion APPOINTMENT TIME REMINDER: Patients are seen according to their diary appointment time, not by time of arrival.

TIME TO RETIRE I would like to take this opportunity to wish Sam Brown all the best as she commences her role as Practice Manager.

I also want to thank the Shire Staff and Councillors for their assistance during my decade plus as Practice Manager. In particular, I would like to thank CEO Graeme Fardon whose consistent back-up and support which helped me complete my role to the best of my ability Our community is very lucky to have a proactive Shire which has ensured continuous medical coverage for both the Practice and the Hospital.

To my Team, THANK YOU just isn’t enough. It is impossible to explain to anyone who has not worked here, just how much pressure is on the Medical Team to multi-task half a dozen critical items at any given time whilst triaging patients and looking calm so as not to cause concern to our patients and allow a positive work-flow. A fabulous Team who supported my role and helped implement improvements to better manage our Practice.

To our GPs, and over the years I have worked with 21, thank you for the tireless efforts and unending care and support offered to our patients.

We are a dedicated Team with our patients’ health foremost in everything we do.

To our Patients, thank you for understanding when times are busy. Thank you for the smiles and the many funny stories patients have told me over the years.

Cheers, Debra Stacey

ENJOY OUR PRACTICE NEWSLETTER BUT PLEASE REMEMBER THAT DECISIONS ABOUT MEDICAL CARE SHOULD BE MADE IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE ACTING ON ANY OF THE INFORMATION.

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MANITOU TELEHANDLER Available for Hire with attachments: Bucket, Hay Forks, Safety Cage, Fork Lift $150.00 plus GST per hour (includes machine and Driver) Contact: Russell Stacey Call: 0429 451 093 Email: rrjbstacey@bigpond.com

Dawson’s Concrete & Reinforcing SANDY DAWSON Call: 0417 375 221

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SHIRE OF QUAIRADING ADOPTION OF LOCAL LAW PEST PLANTS AMENDMENT LOCAL LAW 2018 The Shire of Quairading has made a local law relating to Pest Plants.

The purpose of the proposed Pest Plants Amendment Local Law 2018 is to prescribe pest plants within the district. The effect of the proposed Pest Plants Amendment Local Law 2018 is that owners and occupiers of land within the district are to comply with the provisions in this local law. A copy of the law may be inspected at or obtained from Shire of Quairading Administration Office, 10 Jennaberring Road, Quairading, between the hours of 8.30am and 5.00pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

The Local Law will come into operation on 26th October 2018.

Graeme Fardon, Chief Executive Officer PAGE 14

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Quairading Music Pupils Concert

Quairading Showcase Friday 30th November Quairading Town Hall Doors open 6:30pm Showcase starts at 7pm

FREE ENTRY Come along and check out our local talent!

Performers include: Chloe, Andrew, Jorja, Mitchell, Nyssa, Anthony, Stella, Aeryn, Jack, Danika, John, Josh, Macey, Molly, Bronte, Jasmine, Reagan, Nadia, Aaron, Leith, Will & Ebony.

Hope you can come!

QUAIRADING ST JOHN SUB CENTRE Open Morning: 5th December 2018 We look forward to seeing you!!

The Quairading Sub Centre invites all community members to our Open Morning on Wednesday 5th December 2018 between 9.00am and 11.00am for a look around the sub centre and a coffee.

With summer quickly approaching, it is important that everyone knows what to do in case of a snake bite. We will have a volunteer available between 9.30 and 10.30 on this day to provide information and assist in making sure we are all aware of this important information.

As a note for your diary, we will be holding a Provide First Aid Course on Saturday 16th February 2018. Further information will be provided in the near future, so that you are able to register early and have plenty of time to complete the required online learning beforehand.

Further information may be obtained by emailing: qdgsubcentre@westnet.com.au

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Dental Services Include:        

General Dentistry Fillings Worn teeth Mouthguards Wisdom Tooth removal Crown & Bridge work Teeth Whitening Smile assessment and Cosmetic dentistry

APPOINTMENTS Dr John Cobley is available at the Corrigin Dental Surgery every:

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY (Narembeen on Thursday and Friday)

Please call Deb at the surgery for further information and to book an appointment time.

(Phone is attended Monday to Friday during office hours).

9063 2323 HICAPS services available to claim from your private health fund at time of treatment.

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Sunday 9th December, 6:30pm Come and sing in the air-conditioned comfort of the Quairading Town Hall

All welcome!

DOODENANNING CHRISTMAS PARTY Saturday 15th December, 3:30pm til late.

BYO DRINKS, MEAT & SALAD TO SHARE. SANTA WILL BE VISITING AT 5PM. If parents could please provide a gift up to the value of $10 for Santa to hand out.

FOR ANY FURTHER INFO PLEASE CALL: LARISSA 0409 109 191

INTRODUCING A NEW TRADITION WITH A CHRISTMAS PUDDING COMPETITION WHICH MUST BE A HOME PRODUCED TREAT THAT WE ALL CAN EAT.

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QUAIRADING YOUTH CENTRE A big thank you to the Quairading Bowling Club for hosting bowls for the Youth Centre. I was surprised at the standard of the bowling from the kids, we look forward to next year.

A thank you goes out to Primaries for the donation of two shuttles for our aquaponics. A thank you to Phyllis and Don for donating a table tennis table. The garden is starting to grow now, and is producing weeds for the chooks and the chooks are producing fertiliser in return.

December at the Youth Centre 3rd December 3pm-5pm th 5 December 3pm-5pm th 10 December 3pm-5pm th 14 December 6:30pm-10pm

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Games/ Activities Make Christmas Cards Games /Activities Christmas Party (see below)

Come and join us at the Quairading Town Hall Friday14th December Movie starts 5.30 pm Small Foot followed by Transformers 5 finishing at 10pm Make your own Ice-cream Sundaes.

Kids under five must have adult supervision.

Bring blanket and pillow if you want to be more comfortable.

Mums and Dads welcome!

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We thank you for the opportunity of screening in your town. As you can see from the results 18 people were referred for further investigation. This number is slightly higher than what we usually experience and reinforces the need to be able to continue to take our service to the rural communities.

Our screening program is funded by Lions Clubs, business and public donations and, as always, we are looking for opportunities to be able to fund our program.

This year we have obtained a Grower Number with CBH which allows grain growers to donate a portion of their crop’s returns to the Institute. That # is 40437089.

Your help to enable us to enjoy this very valuable support is much appreciated.

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Lids and lid rings should be removed from bottles and put in the green topped bin.

For more info, you can visit www.avonwaste.com.au or www.recycleright.wa.gov.au You can also contact Avon Waste on 9641 1318 or email admin@avonwaste.com.au PAGE 24

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Loose Stitches Well here we are at the pointy end of the year! We have had another really busy month with 2 visiting teachers coming up over Greenmount to share their knowledge with us. Our thanks to them for making the trek and a very special thanks to our loyal customers for continuing to support and encourage us. By the time you read this we would have been and come back from our annual fact finding, networking and buying trip to Melbourne at the Australian Quilt Market. We will have many great ideas and projects for next year.

Robyn Richards presenting Angela Brailey, Breast Care Nurse from Bethesda Hospital, a gift of “drain carrier” bags kindly sewn by our ladies during a Loose Stitches sit ‘n’ sew day.

Angela asked me to pass on her heartfelt thanks to the kind and caring ladies for making these bags and to Loose Stitches for their thoughtfulness and innovative design.

“These are just fabulous” said Angela. “I can’t believe these ladies have gone to so much trouble! These will definitely help make life a little easier for women recovering from breast surgery. Well done Loose Stitches and your team of fabulous sewers”

Here are some great Christmas ideas come in store and check them out

Loose Stitches

We had a very successful Westalee Ruler Demo on the 3rd Nov with Sharon Wyatt instructing us.

For any of you that are reluctant quilters this method makes it a lot more achievable. We will be hosting a follow up class on the 9th March 2019 so mark that in your diary now.

CALL: 9645 1806

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EMAIL: loosestitches@hotmail.com

37 Heal Street, Quairading WA 6383

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Wheatbelt Physiotherapy York: Monday Wednesday and Thursday mornings Cunderdin: Tuesday and Friday mornings Northam: Monday and Thursday afternoons Goomalling: Tuesday and Friday afternoons

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Busy Bee We are giving the store a spruce this Saturday (1st December) from 12:30pm.

We are going to move some shelves and fridges, block off some areas that aren’t being used, install a beautiful Christmas tree and would love the community’s help. If you are free, bring your work boots and we can promise good company and a cold beer afterwards.

Christmas Orders Fruit, Vegetables, Cooked Chickens, Pork Pies and Scotch Eggs orders can be placed at Opening Times in the lead up to Christmas: Open: 5.30am - 5pm Mon, Wed & Fri| the Cafe by 7th December 2018 for 5.30am – 6pm Tues & Thurs|8.30am – 12pm collection.

Sat Trucks over Christmas Period Opening Times in January (when you are all Trucks will be interrupted due to Public Holidays over Christmas & New Year period; hopefully enjoying some time away): however, we will endeavour to keep this to a Open: 8:30am – 5pm Monday to Friday | minimum with the team working some nights 8:30am – 12:30pm Saturday | excluding all public holidays. to receive stock to ensure we have fresh produce on the shelves for our customers.

The Quairading Co-op Team and Board of Directors wish the community a very Merry Social Media We are doing our best to embrace the power Christmas and Happy and Safe New Year. We want to thank you for all your support this of social media and would love all our past year and promise that bigger and better customers to follow us on Facebook and Instagram. We will be posting updates about things are in store for us in 2019! what is happening in store as well as some meal inspiration and ideas. We hope to see Sharon Cutts General Manager you liking and commenting on our posts soon!

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QUAIRADING RAINMAKERS #quairadingthrive

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o you use social media? If so, we would love for you to follow Quairading Rainmakers Inc. on twitter, Instagram and now on Facebook!

We are using these platforms (as well as the Banksia Bulletin) to keep you updated on all the positive things that are happening in our town and promoting the hashtag #quairadingthrive.

farm scrap into something beautiful and new again. The fact that our local Football and Hockey Clubs are represented by bulls on their emblems is a happy coincidence.

We strongly believe El Toro represents our town To ensure we are covering all the wonderful things and our aspirations for prosperity, growth and about Quairading, we would love for all community rejuvenation; we can also see his street appeal is members to be our roving photographers- take a working- tourists are getting out of their cars and picture of something you would like us to highlight spending money in our main street. and send it through to us!

MURAL EL TORO Thank you to everyone who sent through mural Hopefully you have noticed El Toro guarding the content suggestions- if you have a good idea, town hall corner proudly. We are beyond thrilled please send it through ASAP. We will be submitting at the response since he was installed. The main a revised funding application in January (once street businesses are full of stories of tourists harvest has finished!) coming into the shops and raving about how wonderful he is!

CHRISTMAS CARDS Have you bought your Wheatbelt themed Christmas cards yet? You can purchase the set of six cards and envelopes for $15 at the Quairading CRC, Quairading Book Post & Quairading Co-Op.

As the Banksia Bulletin goes to print this month we will be presenting our proposal to Council, to convince them to contribute $10,000 towards the purchase and permanent installation of El Toro.

So far, the community has raised $39,550 of the $65,000 we require (we are hoping a Council contribution will take this to $49,550!). There is still time to pledge some funds to this project- any contribution is appreciated and encouraged (Quairading Rainmakers Inc BSB: 036-172 141-277).

We want to take this opportunity to remind the community of El Toro’s symbolism- a bull is symbolic of fertility, determination, strength and prosperity. The sculpture has rejuvenated old

We hope you love them as much as we do, and we can assure you the proceeds from these cards will be put towards completing all the great community development project ideas we have talked about for years!

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FOOD SENSATIONS Written by Tamara Spark

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o far we have held two Food Sensations workshops, these have been attended by a small group in the comfort of the Quairading District High School’s Home Economics classroom. The Food Sensations Program is completely free and is being delivered by our Wheatbelt Health Promotion Officer, Elouise Hawkins.

The workshops have been a refreshing reiteration of what we probably should already know. That is, we should be eating a colourful REAL whole foods diet, with minimal processed ingredients. If it comes in a colourful package and doesn’t require any preparation, it’s likely that food is a ‘treat’ that should only be consumed occasionally.

that are capable of real cooking. This simply isn’t so and we need to prioritise our time so that we are able to cook the majority of our own meals.

It’s been encouraging to learn that you don’t require a PhD to decipher nutrition labels and can make quick comparisons on the go leading to a healthier trolley at the checkout. For example if one of the first three ingredients listed is sugar (and you’re not actually purchasing a bag of sugar) then perhaps consider a better alternative. Beware though, sugar has many aliases, a few common ones are sucrose, highfructose corn syrup, dextrose and maltose. It’s the hidden added sugar in processed foods that can tip you well over the recommended daily intake.

As well as doing some hands on cooking in these sessions we also receive some great general If this is an area that interests you and you’re advice as well as recipe books and other tools to curious to know more, join us for our third and take home. final session next week. We’ll be doing a Supermarket Tour at the Quairading Farmer’s Co We learnt that a common misconception is that -op. We will be focusing again on label reading ‘healthy’ foods are more expensive to buy, when and efficient shopping. Everyone is welcome to in reality, while it may take a little more join in on this FREE session! preparation and organisation, buying real whole foods that are in season and knowing what Supermarket Tour pantry essentials to stock up on in bulk can save Quairading Farmer’s Co-op you hundred of dollars a year. Our second Tuesday 4th December 11:00am—12:30pm session focused on some great online resources and tools in the form of meal planners and Please checkout the LiveLighter website shopping list generators, that can really help you (www.livelighter.com.au) for a great list of manage and maintain a varied, tasty and healthy quick and easy, healthy recipes as well as some diet on a budget. useful meal planning tools.

Processed foods, while sometimes appearing easy and cheap, often do not contain the nutritional sustenance to sate your appetite, this means you eat more and need to shop more often and may still not be receiving the nourishment needed to best fuel the machine that is you.

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NANNA’S CURRY Recipes courtesy of the complimentary FOODBANK ® recipe book given to all Food Sensations participants.

The male constituents of our second Food Sensations session whipped up this curry for us in less than 30 minutes while we ladies prepared the nearly guilt free dessert. It was delicious, easy and didn't contain any obscure ingredients. It would be super simple to switch in and bulk out this recipe with seasonal vegetables based on your personal preferences and the same can be said for the fruits in the dessert. We added some unprocessed local honey to the yoghurt as well.

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1 brown onion Oil 500g lean meat (beef, lamb, pork, kangaroo) 1 tablespoon curry powder 1 green apple 1 carrot 1 capsicum ½ sweet potato 2 cups water 1 tablespoon salt-reduced beef stock powder 1 tablespoon shredded coconut 1 tablespoon apricot jam 1 tablespoon pickles 2 tablespoons cornflour

METHOD Step 1: Dice onion. Turn frypan onto medium heat and spray with oil. Add onion to frypan, cook until softened.

Step 2: Dice meat into small pieces (or buy ready diced). Add meat and curry powder to frypan and cook until meat is brown.

Step 3: On a clean chopping board, dice apple, carrot, capsicum and sweet potato into small pieces, add to frypan.

Step 4: Add water, stock powder, coconut, jam and pickles. Stir to combine. Cook for 10 minutes.

Step 5: Mix cornflour and 2 tablespoons of water in small bowl. Add to frypan and stir for 5 minutes or until sauce thickens. Serve with rice.

PAVLOVA MESS INGREDIENTS  1 cup fresh or frozen berries, defrosted  1 cup natural or Greek yoghurt  1 250g punnet strawberries, sliced  3 kiwifruit and/or bananas, peeled and sliced  6 meringue nests  1 170 g can passionfruit METHOD Step 1: Place berries and yoghurt in a large bowl. Mash together with a fork until smooth.

Step 2: Crush meringues with your hands in a large bowl. Place 1 tablespoon of crushed meringue in each cup Step 3: Add 1/2 cup of yoghurt mixture, followed by a layer of fruit to each cup.

Step 4: Spoon 1 tablespoon passionfruit and remaining meringue on top *Internet images of the recipes due to our devouring them before a photo could be snapped. Sorry not sorry.

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GARDENING IN THE WHEATBELT Written by Carmela Kriszyk

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ell we certainly have had a taste of what lies ahead this summer with our first heat wave for the year. Fortunately for our gardens the following week brought some relief from the hot and humid weather. Some of you may have been lucky enough to have had a little shower of rain over those hot days which may have made conditions just bearable. However, the humidity is not always welcome because it does cause an increase in fungal diseases in both vegetables and ornamentals.

Treating fungal diseases depends on the severity of the condition. To prevent black spot on roses and mildew on the cucurbit family spray with a mixture of 1 tsp of Bi-Carb Soda, 1 tsp of dishwashing liquid in 2 litres of water, this spray changes the PH of the surface of the leaves and prevents the fungus taking hold. In minimal cases just removing the affected leaves is enough, or spraying the leaves with a 10% solution of water and full cream milk and finally in the most severe cases there are a variety of commercial products available.

Plant of the Month: It was a difficult choice this month because of course spring has many beautiful flowering plants to choose from. In the end I chose the most accommodating Pennisetum Purple Fountain Grass. It has long strappy arching burgundy foliage and feathery seed heads. Its seeds are sterile so there is no danger of it becoming a weed problem as the old style of this grass used to be. It is very drought tolerant and looks great in small or large gardens. There is also a green version of this plant which is also worth consideration. At Eaglewood Farm I have these growing both in the Mediterranean garden and in front of the north facing sliding doors of the front of our house. In the garden they are allowed to grow to their full potential which is about 1.5 x 1.5 metres, in mid winter they are simply cut down to ground level and by mid November they are looking beautiful again. At the front of the house they only have a small space to grow in and are there to do the job of keeping the glass cool in March when the sun starts

hitting the bottom of these windows again. They do this job very well indeed. Here they are cut back a little later but still in winter and their root mass is also reduced at this time which of course means new plants to give away or plant elsewhere. All in all a very handy plant, I love it!

It’s time to ……

Plant: more lettuces, tomatoes and other summer veggies; tropical trees are best planted now but only if you can keep the water up to them.

Sow: the second crop of corn and zucchini can be put in now summer bean crops can also be put in during December.

Harvest: we are still gorging on strawberries, white mulberries, asparagus and babacoes. The first of the corn, zucchinis, gherkins, borlotti beans and cucumbers will start in early December and I wonder if you will be picking tomatoes for a Christmas day salad? This is the first of the stone fruit months, early cherries, apricots, and white peaches have started ripening here by mid December. The abundance of the summer fruits is about to start towards the end of December when plums, nectarines and peacherines and yellow peaches begin.

Things to do: watering is the most important job in the garden during our summer months. It is crucial to the survival and success of our gardens. It is a good time to take cuttings from camellias, succulents and cacti. Mites become active during these warm months, look for rusty markings on the undersides of leaves of susceptible plants, use wettable sulphur in the cool of the evening when the next day is not going to be over 32 degrees. Look out for fruit fly, garden hygiene, that is collecting fallen fruit and solarising it is very important as is netting fruit and using baits. This must be a community effort so that we can all benefit from the comparative advantage of our isolation. Seed collecting from sweet peas, peas, broad beans, coriander, parsnips, rocket and carrots are best collected during this month.

Continue deadheading and watering roses to keep them blooming well. A liquid spray of fertiliser also helps them stay healthy.

The last word… Old gardeners never die, they just spade away.

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THE JOURNEY OF THE DANGIN DANCER Hello! We missed last month’s Banksia Bulletin, there was just so much happening!

Excitingly though, he was accepted straight away for fourth term. A huge upheaval for us, Over the October School Holidays Harrison because it entailed Harrison and I moving down participated in 10 different performances for to Perth, staying with his lovely big sister the Bayswater Festival of Dance, receiving Emilie, whilst Don and Scarlett stayed in second place for his Classical, Lyrical and new Quairading for her schooling and his work. I Contemporary solos, and special mention for am so grateful to everyone who has supported his own choreography solo. In the trios he was Scarlett during this time, being away from her part of he also won either first or second mum and brother. It has been hard for us all. place, and the same for the larger jazz and lyrical troupes. He did so well, and continues Harrison has had the joy of being in the to improve as a dancer.

Nutcracker with the WA Ballet at His Majesty’s again too. It is so lovely to be a part of the At the beginning of the holidays he also took professional ballet world, a place he has got to part in an audition for the Charlesworth Ballet feel quite comfortable in this year!!

Institute. We had been to see them perform when they visited Beverley at The Station Arts, The Charlesworth Ballet and he had also taken part in dance workshops is performing Sleeping with them as well over the year. They have Beauty at the Crown quite a different approach, not only is it a Theatre on the 14th and different style of ballet – Vagonova, which is 15th of December. He is used at both the WA Ballet and the Australian certainly getting to be on Ballet – but as a full time programme the stage at some amazing students have three hours of ‘academic’ each venues. day through distance education, supervised by a teacher, with the rest of the day committed We have been very to dance training and physical development. honoured to have He starts at 8.30 in the morning, finishing at received some generous 5.30 at night, and for fourth term there is a financial assistance from local community half day on Saturdays too. We were hoping he groups in Quairading would be accepted for next year, as this year has been really tough, travelling over 1000km’s I forgot to add in my last write up that a week, and both he and I being in Toodyay for Harrison was interviewed by ABC Radio, as such a long time – him dancing and me waiting ‘The Boy Ballerino from the Bush’, another whilst he danced! interesting experience for him.

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PHOTO CLUB NEWS Written by Russell Stacey

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ast month’s subject was the colour “yellow”.

This allowed us to take photos of any subject but we had to get a yellow coloured item into our competition pic.

I got first place yet again but had to share bragging rights with Geoff Hall as we both got the same amount of votes. Geoff’s equal winning first place pic was taken with a mobile phone so I will repeat myself again and tell you that if you don’t have a camera you can still join our club and use a mobile phone to take your pics.

comes to other calendars on sale they all seem to have the same old photos every year to a point where they are boring. But our calendar has all these different pics every year all taken right here in Q town, the photograph capital of OZ. We have promoted our calendar for sale in previous years but this year we have realised that everybody knows that they are available at this time of year and this gave us more time to compile our calendar and we didn’t have the calendar ready for sale on Quairading Show Day. We have made a theme for the calendar this year and it is Quairading in the past and as it is now in the present. Talking about present, make sure you give one away at Christmas time especially to someone overseas.

We only have 300 printed at the moment, we can print of more if we get enough demand, but don’t count on it. You best get a calendar straight away, as it is highly likely they will like last year, all sell out!

We have been asked to enter pics in the Manjimup Show photo competition which came about from us promoting the photo competition at the Quairading Show and asking people from down south to enter in our local show. I have entered a pic in the macro We have finished this years in house photo photography section, if it gets 1st prize or no votes competition as the December meeting is being held at all, its still promotes our club. in combination with the Cunderdin Photo Club, for this meeting our subject is “flight”. At this meeting Next year we are going to spend more time at our we will announce the winner of the 2018 photo meetings dedicated to learning how to use your competition which will be a surprise as we keep it a camera. Some of the areas will be how to take pics secret who scores the most points during the year. of lightning bolts and taking night time pics of stars To find out who wins is going to be more exciting and the milky way. At our meetings the time we than the Melbourne Cup horse race! dedicate for learning about photography has progressed from a member being asked to prepare a Our 2019 calendars have arrived from the printers talk on a particular subject to now watching a just in time for Christmas presents and are on sale YouTube tutorial. It’s much easier done this way. for $15 each from Quairading CRC, Co-op, BP Roadhouse and the Café. Our calendars are much Photo Club meetings are held on the second more interesting than the stock standard calendars Tuesday of the month at the Quairading CRC at available elsewhere.

7.30pm. If you want to join our club just come along to a meeting.

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WA'S COUNTRY AMBULANCE SERVICE DRAFT STRATEGY

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n 2016 the WA Country Health Service Board endorsed the need for the development of a future driven strategy to ensure the Country Ambulance Service meets the needs of regional communities.

The draft Country Ambulance Strategy is the result of consultation with key stakeholders who use and run ambulance services in country communities and recognises the tremendous and valuable commitment of WA’s ambulance volunteers in providing an ambulance response in more regional and remote locations in WA than in any other State.

The draft Strategy makes a range of recommendations including increasing investment in community paramedics, improvements to communications and technology, volunteer support and improving consistency of dispatch times. A major recommendation is the implementation of a policy framework to set a foundation for the future and ensure consistent standards across all communities.

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A summary of the draft Strategy has been developed and is available for review. (https://wacountryambulance.com.au/ DraftStrategy) This is open for public comment until 10th December 2018. Your feedback is welcomed to shape the final Strategy to ensure the provision of a sustainable and strengthened ambulance service for country communities into the future.

Quairading’s local St John volunteers and committee would like to see improvements to communications between themselves and WA Country Health Services as well as greater financial support. They encourage you to have your say on the draft WA Country Ambulance Strategy and welcome any questions you may have.

The strategy makes 19 recommendations aimed at supporting WA’s country ambulance services into the future and the survey can be found here https://wacountryambulance.com.au/? fbclid=IwAR3MoMueANacgyVU8mzsyTvTcGN wU52KE2JYWbIpPMhuWkfPRQInNsTOPJQ

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It’s nearly time for the Christmas Holidays but there’s no sign of slowing down at the Centre. We’ve been having great numbers with us almost reaching full capacity on Wednesdays! We’ve also welcomed some new children to the Centre the past couple of months which is great to see.

The past month we have focused on ‘Under the Sea’ as the children love the song ‘Baby Shark’. The children have made some colourful creations to decorate our room and help develop their fine motor skills.

As part of our ‘Under the Sea’ month we also discussed pirates. The children played outside only to realise a pirate had left some clues to where he had hidden some treasure! The children were too clever for him and found a treasure box full of jewels and chocolate coins.

We finished the month with Halloween. We had a slime sensory table filled with plastic spiders, bats and cockroaches. The children thought it was really gooey and sticky. It was great to see the other children in the community come and visit us at the Centre for ‘Trick or Treat’ and show us their amazing costumes.

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Ella’s ‘Under the sea’ bookmarks that she made.

Wyatt’s making his paper plate Octopus.

Emma using natural materials from outside to make a Starfish.

Thursday 20th December 2018.

We will close for a 4 week period and will reopen Tuesday 22nd January 2019.

We wish you all a happy and safe Christmas

Jordi and Raph having a picnic on their boat.

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DECEMBER 2018 Central Agcare Inc. PO Box 6 Corrigin WA 6375 Ph: 08 90632037 Fax: 08 90632319 E:ceagcare@bigpond.com

Sometime you just need someone to talk to……

Sometimes situations in our lives can become stressful and we feel like we have lost control.

This may affect our health and wellbeing, both emotionally and physically.

Counselling can help you work towards a balance in your work and family life activities.

Counselling may assist you to: 

Understand anxiety and depression - reduce the symptoms   

Develop skills to manage stress Manage life transitions and health issues

Understand and express your loss and grief issues

Central Agcare Inc Counselling is a FREE MOBILE service

* based on growers delivering 1,000mt to our pre and post-harvest pools with returns compared to ave harvest cash prices

A contract with Flexi Grain gives growers access to high harvest cash prices but also provides the opportunity to participate in any price volatility that may occur post-harvest.

WHY NOT DIP YOUR TOE IN THE POOL THIS YEAR?

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Noongar Cultural Corner A monthly article produced in collaboration with local Noongar representatives and Noongar cultural organisations.

Jews and Noongars Seems like an unlikely combination. But yes you read it right. Noongars in Quairading just hosted a three day event inviting the Jewish Community to discuss moving forward and healing pain from a turbulent history.

It seems an irony considering on 18th May 2018 people in Melbourne at a rally were chanting to cleanse the Jews from river to sea. The Jewish nation has been the victim of the most hideous antisemitism throughout history.

They were able to share with the Noongar Community in Quairading how to rise above pain and to forward themselves past generational hurt, and prosper.

With all the blood spilled on the land the Jewish Community stands with the first peoples of the land, to help forward and teach Noongars how to heal.

Many meals were had together and tears shed, but if anyone can talk about rising above persecution it’s the Jewish Communities.

Approximately 45 Noongars attended this event it was a great turnout.

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QUAIRADING DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL NEWS November 2018 This term the Kindergarten students have been learning about the people and occupations in the Quairading community. We have visited the Police station where Sergeant Deb Andrews, Senior Sergeant John Hancock and Teke Jasper showed us around the station and the patrol car.

We have also visited the Post Office where Peta West showed us where the mail is stamped and sorted. We posted our own letters to ourselves and to Santa.

We have taken a tour of the dental van to get us ready for our check-up and finally we visited the Co-op IGA and were taken to the behind the scenes areas. The children experienced the cold fridges and the freezing freezers, had a sit on the forklift and were lucky enough to have a piece of fruit, a lamington and a juice box.

The fire truck came to the school where Kath Wilton and Phil Kevill spoke to the students about fire safety. We were able to have a close look at the fire truck and climb on board!!

In Pre-Primary science this term, we have been exploring the different types of weather that we experience here in Quairading. The students have used a weather kit to support them in recording when it rains, describing the temperature and recognising that the weather is always changing. The students have had lots of fun creating thermometers, conducting experiments and recording their findings.

This term, the year one class have been working hard learning about persuasive writing, word problems, earth and space and emergencies. We have been very busy with lots of incursions, Halloween dress up day, an excursion to the Gravity Discovery Centre and our assembly!

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The year two/three class has been looking into the future. We have discussed many features of our destinies, like what we want to be, what car we may want to drive, where we may live, who will be our friends and how much money we might earn.

This made for excellent discussion on the steps and processes involved in achieving their future dreams. I can tell you the future of the year two/three class is looking extremely bright!

Look out for the ‘Future of the Year 2/3 Class’ greenscreen on the Facebook page.

The year 4 and 5’s looked at new ways to prevent wave erosion because we know that it cannot be stopped. We created realistic scenarios and tested these ways to see how well we could prevent this process. All groups had fantastic ideas which included; natural vegetation, a recycled wall/ fence, a drain that caught most of the water and took it back out to sea, and concrete barriers out at sea to slow down the waves.

The year 5/6 students with their science experiments testing whether or not their earthquake structures will survive an earthquake. The jelly is the unstable earth.

In the Secondary School…

The high school students are learning about Earth and Space Science this term. They have been doing various investigations on global systems, astronomy, rocks and mineral mining.

More over the page!

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The year 7/8 class have been learning all about visual language conventions in English. They have made their own ‘still image story’ and have watched the film Matilda, focusing on the way that audiences are positioned to respond to different characters. In HASS, they have designed their own businesses.

In year 9/10 English we have just finished reading the verse novel The Simple Gift. We analysed it after each chapter and wrote an essay. In HASS, we have been generating creative ideas with our 6 Thinking Hats. We recently finished presentations on entrepreneurs who are doing great things in our world today.

LOOSE STITCHES FAN Another report from me about Loose Stitches. I am getting on well but unfortunately did not win the gold medal at the Quairading Agricultural show.

I am still doing this HUGE quilt, I need to finish it now preferably before Christmas (although the way I am going it will probably be next Christmas). The ladies are all busy with lots of people now attending and lots of visitors from different towns.

The “doll ladies” also come in now and again and you should see their handmade dolls, they are magnificent! Come in and take a look.

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YEAR 7/8’S KEP TRACK TREK Written by Scarlett Woodcock

QDHS’s 7/8 class went on a trip into the wilderness in Week 4.

It all started on a lovely spring day, the 31st of October 2018. The Year 7/8 class, Mr Curtin, Miss Eastwood and JC (Mr Colbung) were going away for three days. We would drive to Chidlow, set up camp at Lake Leschenaultia and then go on an adventure. We were going to walk a part of the Kep Track.

So, Day 1… After the Halloween parade at school, we piled into the bus with our clothes and bags. After the ride down, we all unpacked the trailer and the bus, and got used to our surroundings. There was another school at the site as well, but they weren’t doing the same thing as us. We refilled our water bottles, grabbed our bags and headed off to Mundaring to the Sculpture Park. When we got to the park, we started walking. We walked 3.6 kilometres out into the bush, then turned around and walked 3.6 back to the bus. It was so hot, and sticky. The air was swarming with flies. After all that long, hard walking, we wanted to play on the big flying fox. Even Mr Curtin and Miss Eastwood went on it. That was a lot of fun. The bus took us back to the camp site, and then we went for a swim in the lake and had a game of cricket on the pontoon. After that we had our showers and had dinner. Our camp site was at the edge of the bush, so we played ‘spotlight’ and ‘escape from quarantine’. We probably stayed up a little past our bed times, but it was the best start to a brilliant walk.

Day 2. We woke up at about 5:30am. Early birds, I know. At 7am we all went to breakfast. I had vegemite toast. After breakfast we piled back into the bus and drove a few kilometres out of Wundowie (almost halfway between Wundowie and Wooroloo) and we walked 20 kilometres in five and a half hours. We started at 8am on the dot, and walked all the way back to Lake Leschenaultia. That day was the longest day ever!! (33 512 steps). And, after all that walking, some of the kids still wanted to play on the sports equipment at the Chidlow park. There were only three of us that rested our weary legs. Once we got back to camp, we went down to the lake and had another swim. We played a big game of spotlight with the other school that night. It was fun. We went to bed a little bit earlier than the night before, after we toasted marshmallows. Yum. Day 3. The last day.

We woke up at 4:30am, packed up the tents and swags, and shoved them all into the bus. Breakfast at 6:30 am, and then set off for the final day. We drove to Wundowie and walked to Bakers Hill (the Bakers Hill Pie Shop). 8km walked in 2 hours. Adam almost ran that 8kms – he was so determined to get the first pie. Sadly enough for Adam, Will beat him to it. Poor Adam ended up getting the third pie.

I got the fourth pie. They were really good pies. JC and Miss Eastwood went to get the bus again. We sat on the brick wall and played ‘sweet and sour’. That was also loads of fun. Then we drove back to Quairading.

I don’t know how I squeezed 3 days into 600 words. To tell you how much fun it was would be impossible.

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COMMUNITY CAR An important notice A recent incident following the use of the Community Car has prompted the Quairading Ladies Hospital Auxiliary to once again clarify the terms of use for the car.

When service began around five years ago notices were put in both the Passion Sheet and the Banksia Bulletin on several occasions to advise our townsfolk that the car was now available. It was for the use of clients who could not drive themselves to hospital appointments in Perth or elsewhere and had no Personal Carer or family member to drive them. This has been largely adhered to by the clients who have appreciated the use of the vehicle and respected our wonderful band of volunteer drivers.

It should be pointed out that if the client booking the car needs a carer to stay with them during their appointments then they have to arrange for a carer to travel with them. The volunteer driver is NOT a carer. His/her role is to transport the patient to the place of the appointment, see them through check-in, then transport them home at the end of the appointment.

Parking at most of the major hospitals is a huge problem, not to mention expensive, and as ALL paid parking has to be paid by the patient this often necessitates the driver trying to find somewhere to park off the hospital grounds that is free in order to minimise the cost to the patient. The hundreds of clients who have been transported over the years have been grateful for this consideration.

In order to make appropriate parking decisions it is helpful for the volunteer driver to know how long the appointment will take, so when booking the car please advise if the trip involves a procedure or just a consultation. If it is a procedure please check approximately how long the driver will have to wait.

Driving on country roads in the dark is hazardous and to minimise the risk it would be appreciated if city appointments could be arranged between the hours of 9:30am and 1pm. We have found that most hospitals and private medical centres are happy to cooperate with us on this issue knowing how far we have to travel to meet the appointment.

Finally, remember that the government PATS subsidy is still available which currently refunds approximately 75% of the cost of a trip to Perth in the Community Car. PATS forms can be picked up from the Medical Practice or Quairading Hospital.

Thank you for keeping the above in mind. The Community Car provides an exceptional service for those most in need and we hope it can continue for many years to come. We need everybody’s help to ensure this will happen. Thanks also to our fantastic volunteer drivers who all do a great job and who always have the best interests of the patient in mind. Without them the service would not exist.

Joy Arbusti President, Quairading Ladies Hospital Auxiliary

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Five reasons why being kind makes you feel good – according to science 1. Contagious smiling Being kind is likely to make someone smile and if you see that smile for yourself, it might be catchy. A key theory about how we understand other people in neuroscience suggests that seeing someone else show an emotion automatically activates the same areas of the brain as if we experienced that emotion for ourselves.

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verybody can appreciate acts of kindness.

But when it comes to explaining why we do them, people often take one of two extreme positions. Some think kindness is something completely selfless that we do out of love and care, while others believe it is just a tool that we cunningly use to become more popular and reap the benefits.

But research shows that being kind to others can actually make us genuinely happy in a number of different ways. We know that deciding to be generous or cooperating with othersactivates an area of the brain called the striatum.

Interestingly, this area responds to things we find rewarding, such as nice food and even addictive drugs. The feel-good emotion from helping has been termed “warm glow” and the activity we see in the striatum is the likely biological basis of that feeling.

You may have been in a situation where you find yourself laughing just because someone else is – why not set off that chain of good feelings with a nice surprise for someone?

2. Righting a wrong

The same mechanism also makes us empathise with others when they are feeling negative, which could make us feel down. This is particularly true for close friends and family, Of course, you don’t have to scan brains to see that kindness has this kind of benefit. Research as our representations of them in the brain in psychology shows a link between kindness and physically overlap with our representations of ourselves. Doing a kind act to make someone well-being throughout life, starting at a who is sad feel better can also make us feel good very young age. In fact, even just reflecting on – partly because we feel the same relief they do having been kind in the past may be enough to and partly because we are putting something improve teenagers’ mood. Research has also right. Although this effect is especially powerful shown that spending extra money on other for people we are close to, it can even apply to people may be more powerful in increasing humanitarian problems such as poverty or happiness than spending it on yourself. climate change. Getting engaged with charities But why and how does kindness make us so that tackle these issues provide a way to have a happy? There are a number of different positive impact, which in turn improves mood. mechanisms involved, and how powerful they are in making us feel good may depend on our personalities.

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3. Making connections Being kind opens up many different possibilities to start or develop a social connection with someone. Kind acts such as a buying someone a thoughtful present or even just a coffee strengthens friendships, and that in itself is linked to improved mood. could donate to a gallery or a retired teacher could volunteer at an after-school group.

Research suggests that the more someone identifies with the organisation they volunteer for, the more satisfied they are.

5. Kindness comes back around Work on the psychology of kindness shows that one out of several possible motivations is reciprocity, the returning of a favour. This can happen directly or indirectly. Someone might remember that you helped them out last time Similarly, charities offer the opportunity to and therefore be more likely to help you in the connect with someone on the other side of the future. It could also be that one person being world through donating to improve their life.

Volunteering also opens up new circles of people kind makes others in the group more kind, which to connect with, both other volunteers and those lifts everyone’s spirits. Imagine that you bake cakes for the office and it catches on so you are helping. someone does it each month. That is a lot more days that you’re getting cakes than providing them.

4. A kind identity Most people would like to think of themselves as The story doesn’t end there. Being kind may a kind person, so acts of kindness help us to demonstrate that positive identity and make us boost your mood, but research has also shown that being in a good mood can make you more feel proud of ourselves. In one recent study, kind. This makes it a wonderful two-way even children in their first year of secondary school recognised how being kind can make you relationship which just keeps giving. feel “better as a person … more complete”, Written by Jo Cutler (PhD Candidate in leading to feelings of happiness. This effect is even more powerful when the kind act links with Psychology, University of Sussex) and Robin Banerjee (Professor of Developmental other aspects of our personality, perhaps creating a more purposeful feeling. For example, Psychology, University of Sussex) for an animal-lover could rescue a bird, an art-lover TheConversation.com

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DOODENANNING HALL CENTENARY CELEBRATION

Photos by Nicole Harwood.

volunteered a story about how several youths suddenly and very loudly ‘repositioned’ the he celebration was a vast success bringing Ladies’ toilet, causing its collapse and the descendants from many Doodenanning mortification of adults in the near vicinity. They pioneering families along with other newer were promptly ‘re-directed’ by an elder to families, it is estimated that 150 people reinstate it. Roger Davies & Graham Veitch also attended with 125 registering on the day. reminisced about hilarious occasions.

Families represented included Green, Gault, Davies, Boyle, Crimp, Pettit, Budiselik, Keeble, Shire President Wayne Davies, having a long Marwick, Hayes, Peacock, Veitch, Hawksley & family tradition at Doodenanning, officiated in O’Hare.

Extraordinary fashion, speaking of the history of the hall and its many purposes over the 100 Family representatives were invited to come years and unveiling a commemorative plaque. forward and speak, several women and men addressed the crowd, regaling the assembly with Mr Aubrey Green & Mrs Audrey Davies cut an stories of old for everyone’s delight. Two Gault exquisitely decorated commemorative cake to sisters, Shirley & Lorraine, told the story of mark this momentous event, the cake being accompanying their grandmother who pushed a made by Mrs Davies. The Hall was decorated wheelbarrow two kilometres laden with befitting its Centenary and the surrounds were in requisites for Sunday church service in all a very presentable state. Vast gratitude is weathers. Carolyn Cussons (nee Crimp) extended to everyone who contributed to and reminisced about her family. John Weeks attended this successful event.

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DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st

Kate Minchin, Shauna Stone, Maurice Priest Kieg Simpson, Maddelin Johnston, Libby Osborne Judith Chandler, Michael Henry Jnr Leah Atkinson, Zieluneta Stacey Brett Hayes, Elizabeth Priest, Kelsie Squiers Brodie Colbung Vanessa Bloom, Rebecca Johnson Trevor Hayes Chris Wells, Beryl Green, Murray Williams Tameshia Walsh John Stone Ryan Wells, Mark Haythornthwaite Barb Stewart, Murray Yarran, Scarlett Woodcock Dene White, Hayley Richards, Lachlan Pritchard, Don Woodcock Sophie Heal, David Chandler (Jnr), Hunter Bavin Carol Dall, Zoe Simpson Bim White, PJ Morgan Kate Maynard Tara Johnston Bradley Hall Sheila O’Hare, Greg Robinson, Greg Richards, Johnathon Bubb Gary Bavin Mary Clemens, Marie Dalton Claire Walker Carol Wells, Liz Taylor, Chrissy Gors Renae Yarran, Rodney Gors, Ethan Gors, Kimberley Groves Jeff Dalton, Olivia Brown, Noel Ron Atkinson, Bev Thomson, Pamela Cole Want to add someone? Just contact the Quairading CRC!

UNITING CHURCH Coraling Street THE EXTRAVAGANCE OF GOD More sky than man can see, More seas than he can sail.

More sun than he can bare to watch, More stars than he can scale, More breath than he can breathe, More yield than he can sow, More grace than he can comprehend, More love than he can know. (Ralth W. Seager) UPCOMING SERVICES Sunday 2nd December Service 10.30am, Alan Carter. Flowers - B. Stacey.

Sunday 9th December Service 10.30am. A Jones Flowers - D.Bloom.

Sunday 16th December Service 10.30am P. West. Flowers - B. West.

Sunday 23rd December Service 10.30am Carol Service - Flowers K. Tiemens Combined Carol Service at the Shire Hall Sunday 9th December 6.30pm Combined Guild lunch at the Catholic Church Friday 7th at 10.30am?

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ANGLICAN CHURCH (St Faith’s) Harris Street Sunday 2 December at 9am: Tuesday 4 December at 7:30pm: Wednesday 5 December at 9am: Sunday 9 December at 9am: Sunday 9 December at 6:30pm: Wednesday 12 December at 9am: Sunday 16 December at 9am: Sunday 23 December at 9am: Monday 24 December at 6:30pm:

Morning Prayer, [Advent Sunday] Church Council Meeting ½ Hour Service Children’s Christmas Service [Advent 2] Combined Church Christmas Carols in the Town Hall ½ Hour Service HC Service with Rev’d Keith Wheeler [Advent 3] Morning Prayer [Advent 4] HC Christmas Eve Service with Rev’d Keith Wheeler

Note: Wednesday Advent Services are quiet services without any morning tea or social gathering etc. Please see weekly Passion Sheet for any changes or additions For more info contact: David Whyte: 9645 0170 or

Dorothy Hayes: 9645 1620

A Visit from our Bishop On Sunday 28th October St Faith’s Anglican Church’s congregation and friends were fortunate to have visit from our Bishop Jeremy James. It was especially wonderful because we had 4 students being Confirmed and 2 students taking their First Communion. The students had been preparing for this day for over 6 weeks and it is a credit to them and their parents for the effort they put into their work over that time.

The service was followed by a bring and share lunch with lots of great fellowship and reminiscing for all.

Children’s Christmas Service Come along to St Faith’s Children Christmas Service on Sunday 9th December at 9am.

St Faith’s Kids will be presenting a Short Play and song and enjoy singing some lovely Christmas Carols.

A small plate of Morning Tea would be appreciated.

All children very welcome…..

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CATHOLIC CHURCH

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(St Francis Xavier)

Heggerty Street

DATE

Sunday 2 December

Saturday 8 December

Sunday 16 December

Saturday 22 December

Sunday 30 December

TIME

8am

6pm

10am

6pm

10am

READING, PSALM & GENERAL INTERCESSION

B. HOLBROOK

P. WELLS L. TAYLOR

D. WOOD C. Gimbel

Sacrament of Reconciliation: 15 minutes prior to Saturday evening Mass.

Christmas Program to be advised in the following Banksia Bulletin ‘Christmas’ edition.

Feast Days during December 2018 3rd: St Francis Zavier 8th: The immaculate Conception 14th: St John The Cross 25th: The Nativity of The Lord 27th: St John, Apostle and Evangelist 30th: The Holy Family

MEALS ON WHEELS ROSTER - DECEMBER 2018 MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY 1st V. Flanigan

3rd J. Hards

4th L. Mills

5th G. Eyre

6th S. Anderson

7th J & B. Bartlett

8th V. Hayes

10th P. Brown

11th P. Fairhead

12th E. Atkinson

13th D. Wilson

14th P. Fairhead

15th T. Flanigan

17th S. Stone

18th P. Fairhead

19th J & B. Bartlett

20th J. Hards

21st B. Wilson

22nd V. Hayes

24th I. Osborne

25th CHRISTMAS DAY

26th G. Eyre

27th P. Brown

28th I. Osborne

29th P. Brown

31st J & B. Bartlett EMERGENCY DRIVERS: Ivy Osborne (0429 799 853) E Turner (0428 621 682) T Patton (0438 857 147) Joan Bartlett (9645 1015) If unable to drive meals on allocated day, try to change with another driver before ringing an emergency driver, then please advise hospital kitchen of the change.

Please collect meals from hospital kitchen at 11:45am and return eskies as soon as possible.

There will be a tester meal with the delivery on most days, please be aware of this and ensure it is not given to any clients. 41/2 litres of petrol is available to each driver to help cover costs. This may be picked up from Quairading Tyres either the day you drive, or if possible within that week.

THANK YOU! ALL ENQUIRIES: Quairading Hospital 9645 2222

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WARRIOR WELLBEING Blokes and The Choice to Leave Home All bloke’s leave home at some stage whether to go to university, start a new job or just to get on with adult life.

However, the act of leaving the protective shell of the family home can feel like a thing to be feared or regretted. We should not let these fears cloud our appreciation for what is a real opportunity to enjoy independence, freedom and responsibility unlike any we can have under the shelter of our family roof.

different sets of challenges to face than their parents, from exorbitant housing prices, longer periods at university and what can be a difficult job market. It is still important to continue our life’s journey in an enthusiastic and optimistic fashion.

furniture to get and who if anyone to live with. However, it’s important to acknowledge that leaving home for the first time is not easy and there will likely be feelings of anxiety, homesickness and loneliness along the way and that needs to be planned for as well.

Ways to deal with this are to What young blokes need to do have the practical details when thinking of moving out is planned well in advance to realistically ask themselves reduce stress, but also to plan some important questions: for your emotional wellbeing.

Try to resolve any arguments  What mental, physical, you may be having with your There is a growing trend in social and financial parents and be sure you Australia and globally, for advantages and aren’t moving out young people to stay home for disadvantages are there prematurely simply to avoid longer and longer, even into to moving out? conflict. Make sure to their late twenties. While  Is this a move that will schedule time to visit home, there are legitimate financial have a positive impact on or at least call often and keep and family reasons that make my future? involved. Importantly try to up a portion of this trend  Will the place I move to make the new home feel like there is also a resistance be a safe and healthy a proper home to you, amongst young people, and environment? whether that be by bringing even parents, to allow life to  Am I being realistic about your own mementos from take its natural course and for my expectations and home, or by creating a similar young blokes to try and strike what I can afford? routine. out on their own.  Have I got my family’s support?

The choice to leave home This has the dangerous involves many uncertainties potential of arresting the If the answers to these but can be rewarding because development of our young questions are positive, it’s it exposes us to opportunities men and putting their lives on time to start planning. for personal growth. Take the hold. How often have we Planning for the practical time to enjoy this exciting heard the saying that the 30’s matters usually comes first, new chapter in your life are the new 20’s. While such as when and where to journey. young people these days have move, what appliances and From Jaxon and the Team from The Regional Men’s Health Initiative Delivered by Wheatbelt Men’s Health (Inc) Address: PO Box 768, Northam WA 6401 Phone: 9690 2277 Email: menshealth@4blokes.com.au Website: www.regionalmenshealth.com.au PAGE 58

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We are excited to announce the appointment of former 2008 premiership player Paul Dilena as our head coach for the 2019 season.

Since winning a premiership here in 2008 Paul has coached premierships in the amateurs at Scarborough and Noranda.

We have already signed some high profile recruits who we will announce in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. Pre-Season announcements won’t be far away either.

Welcome Paul Dilena, and here to the Bulls charging back to contention in 2019 #2Q19 Registrations are now open for the 2019 season. Copy and paste the link below and click on Registration, from the drop down menu click on Registration form and follow the prompts EASY!!!! https://membership.sportstg.com/main.cgi? client=MHwwfDB8MHwwfDB8MHw4NDUyfC0xfDQ0MTU2fC0xfC0xfDN8M3wtMXw4NDUyfC0xfDB8MHw wfDgxMTM2OXwxNTQyNzA2NTYyfDM5YjdkM2ViMjE0ZDA0NjRmODUyMDQyZjc1YzJjZjhk&a=M_L&l=1 By registering early makes Robyn’s job easier. Thanks in advance Have a great Christmas and holiday season. Looking forward to seeing you all at the footy cheering on the Bulls in 2019 PAGE 59

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QUAIRADING LADIES BOWLS GALA DAY

A very successful Gala Day was held on Friday 2 November with 24 teams from surrounding districts and the metro area competing, including Quairading teams.

Weather conditions were perfect for bowls, mostly overcast with a slight breeze.

The winners of the day were Gwen Gentle’s team from York and runners-up were Glenys Hastings’ team from Beverley.

Congratulations to Pamela Caporn and Donna Hayes in the Captains office on such a well-run event.

Many thanks to the catering coordinators, kitchen helpers, bar staff and all members who provided food on the day. We had many compliments on the delicious lunch and afternoon tea.

This event could not have been held without the very generous support of our many sponsors, who are greatly appreciated. Please remember to give your support to them in return whenever possible.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING: Purslowe Tinetti Funerals, J&J Haythornthwaite, Quairading Tyre and Battery Supplies, Valenti Lawyers, Quairading Farmers Co-op, Quairading Seed Cleaners, BR & WK Taylor, RSM Australia, CBH Group, Quairading Earthmoving, Flys ‘R’ Gone, Quairading Club, CV Hayes & Co, J&C Gimbel, Primaries Quairading, Mia Davies, Cunderdin Seed Cleaners and the Quairading Hotel.

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SUNDAY 30

Co-op Busy Bee @ 12:30pm

09

SATURDAY Music Pupils Concert@ Q Town Hall

08

Community Christmas Carols Service @ Town Hall

FRIDAY

07

Band ’Chain Reaction’ @ the Club

16

THURSDAY

06

Student Council Assembly @ QDHS, 2pm

15

WEDNESDAY

05

CWA Christmas Luncheon

14

TUESDAY

04 St John Ambulance Open Morning—Snake Bite training @ Q Sub Centre

13

Doodenanning Xmas Party

MONDAY 31

Local Supermarket Tour @ IGA

12

Christmas Movie Night @ Town Hall

10

Nominations close for Citizen of the Year

21

29

South Caroling Social Club Tennis & Christmas Tree

22

02

New Years Eve

11

Last day of school for the year!

03

QDHS Awards Day @ Town Hall

28

Band @ the Pub

Ladies ‘Bowl Over Cancer’ Day @ Bowling Club

27

30

23

19

26

20

18

25

Boxing Day

17

24

Christmas Day

12pm: Deadline for Christmas edition of the Banksia Bulletin!

Christmas Eve

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