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Healing Hospitals Blue Mountains Hospital and the provision of local health services have dominated local news for some time.

Despite renovations to the maternity wing and construction of a mental health unit, there has been a long struggle to attract and retain enough medical staff to operate the hospital at peak capacity, and there has been widespread concern in the community that existing services are under threat as well. These concerns are echoed by the lobby group, HEAL – Hospital Equity Access Lobby.

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Giant Book Sale The Blue Mountains East Timor Sisters are holding their annual Book Sale on Saturday August 29th and Sunday August 30th. It is being held in the CWA Hall, at Leura, and it’s going to be

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Afghanistan Film Launch The long awaited and much anticipated film on Afghanistan by award winning local filmmaker Gary Caganoff (National Pass, The Second Step) will have it’s world premier screening at The Edge Cinema on 20th August. The 50 minute documentary, entitled The Garden at the End of the World, follows Blue Mountains permaculturalist Rosemary Morrow to Afghanistan to see the effects of 25 years of war on the people, and together with Australian aid organisation Mahboba’s Promise, help the country in its struggle to rebuild.

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Warm & Fuzzy Fest This community arts project came about through a humble cuppa and chat late last year in the community room at Katoomba North Public School. Some local residents were talking about what makes North Katoomba such a unique and dynamic place and what they love about their community. The project will celebrate all that makes North Katoomba such a great place. That Warm & Fuzzy Festival will be held on Sunday August 23.

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Katoomba North Public School is a community based school which offers support to students, families and community members in the North Katoomba, Katoomba and Leura areas.

The Community Room is a place to come along and meet and socialise with other people in our area, learn new skills or teach others a skill or give younger children the opportunity to play and socialise with children their own age. Most activities are FREE and we would like to thank everyone for offering their time to support these wonderful programs.

The Community Room offers: Monday - 9.15-11.30am Play and chat for parents/carers and 0-5 year olds; 3-4pm Homework Network supporting parents by helping them with students homework Tuesday - 9.15-9.45am Music for 0-5 year olds; 9.30-12.30pm Gardening Course in conjuction with our Community Garden; 9.45-10.30am Play and Chat visits the Pre-school for a play; 10.30-11.30am Play and Chat for parents/carer and 0-5 year olds Wednesday - 9.15-11am Craft or information session Thursday - 9.15-11.30am Play and chat for parents/carers and 0-5s Friday - 9.30-11am Craft or information session Just pop into the school and we will direct you to the Community Room or phone us on 4782 2743.

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The Blue Mountains East Timor Sisters were founded in 2004, and support a number of worthwhile projects including providing university scholarships for young East Timorese women. Also the provision of sewing machines, cloth and advice on running a small business for the Hato Builico Women’s Co-operative and the Mana Marta Co-operative which provides income and maintains the traditional skills and culture of the women. The Alola Foundation contributes ‘Mother and Baby Packs’, a starter pack of nappies, soap, clothing and other essentials to mothers and new born babies. If you are interested, you can read more at the BMETS website at www.bmets.org.au, or come and introduce yourself at the book sale.

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You’re Never Too Old To Learn Here’s a challenge to the young and the young at heart!

Beatrice (Betty) Holmes is an extraordinary “mature-aged” student. Before embarking on a venture to learn the intricacies of the personal computer, she knew nothing about such technology. Her teachers? Visiting relatives and friends.

As soon as you meet Betty, who lives at Morven Gardens, you detect her vibrant attitude to life and learning.

“When I get confident with the email and internet, I’m going to do a course in Cyber Learning,” said Betty enthusiastically.

Irrepressable? Absolutely!

Because Betty was a professional gymnastics teacher, she still loves to walk and do gentle exercises in order to keep her body and mind in good shape.

“If I stopped walking, I’d stop!” she says. Even after retiring from the NSW Education Department, Beatrice Holmes continued teaching all-age gymnastic classes.

One lady who knows her well said that Betty’s hearing and eyesight are remarkably good and that she is a wonderful conversationalist too.

When asked “What keeps you so well?” Betty replies, “I love natural health, exercise and a challenge.”

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Afghanistan Launch After eight years of much hyped international aid and reconstruction efforts, and the homecoming of millions of refugees, Afghanistan is still experiencing widespread hunger, homelessness and lawlessness. In this very beautiful but confronting film we go with Rosemary into the very heart of Afghan suffering and hear stories of survival directly from the women and children who are hurting the most.

For more than thirty years Rosemary has been working with war-torn communities in South East Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. She was invited to go to Afghanistan by Afghan Australian Mahboba Rawi to help build the capacity of the organisation in Kabul and to simultaneously carry out a feasibility study for permaculture.

With so much suffering perpetuated for so long all that Afghanistan clings to now, is hope. Fed by hope, both Rosemary Morrow’s work and that of Mahboba’s Promise, is to help the Afghani people plant the seeds of peace in the garden at the end of the world.

Rosemary and Mahboba will be attending the screening at The Edge Cinema on Thursday 20th August, and updating us on what’s happening in Afghanistan now, what’s next for their work, and how you can help.

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Katoomba resident James Giddens is a campanologist, a ringer of bells.

He learned the art of ‘change ringing’ as a ten year old choirboy, ringing the church bells in the beautiful gothic bell tower of St Jude’s Church in Randwick.

“There are a few ways to ring a bell” he explains. “You can tie a rope to the clapper and beat it against the side of the bell. Or you can rock the bell – that’s called chiming. And then there is change ringing” Change ringing is the method that gives the mellifluous tones we associate with cathedral bells. A bell tower will have six to eight bells in different sizes, and these are actually hung upside down. When the bellringer pulls on the bell rope, it turns the bell 360 degrees, and sounds a long slow note. Bellringers have developed their own unique form of music to make the bells sound in a different order each time they swing.

The lovely resonant flow of sound is actually based on a precise mathematical pattern that aims to play every possible arrangement of the six or eight distinct notes. This is called a ‘peal’.

The method originated in England in the 1700’s and was exported to Australia with English culture and continued in churches with English styled bell towers. “Not all bellringers are associated with the Church,” said James. “Many people just enjoy it for its own sake.”

The Church did play an important role for James, however. He sang in the choir, rang the church bells and played the church organ at St Judes, and later at the Scots Kirk in Mosman, and St John’s in Maroubra.

James continues to teach piano and voice at both the Mitchell conservatorium and Mary Mackillop Girls’ school in Bathurst, as well as teaching privately with his business “Singing Satisfaction”.

He also conducts a fledging choir at St Alban’s in Leura. And, of course, he continues to ring church bells, in Lithgow at the Anglican Church once a week.

“It’s a passion that stays with you,” says James. “You often find that bell ringers have been ringing bells since they were quite young.”

History was made in Bathurst recently when the recast bells of Bathurst Anglican Cathedral were rung for the first time in over one hundred years.

A team of bell ringers, including Katoomba ringers Hannah Musgrove and James Giddens representing the Lithgow bell tower, had the honour of ringing the Bathurst bells for the first time since the mid 1890s.

Bell towers usually have eight bells tuned to the musical octave, each bell requiring one ringer. While the effect for the listener is musical, the appeal for ringers is the mathematical sequencing and the moderate exercise.

Active bell ringers of all ages, male and female, and from all walks of life enjoy the mental and physical stimulus and the camaraderie. For further enquiries contact James Giddens on 4782 5782 or 0427 472 166.

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Growing Veggies A fantastic kitchen garden at Katoomba North Public School is being developed by parents, students and local community members. The design of the garden is based on the story of Mirringan and Gurrangatch, the Gundungurra Aboriginal peoples’ Dreaming story of the creation of the Blue Mountains.

Much of the work in the garden is done as the practical component of a course run by TAFE Outreach Blue Mountains.

Experienced teacher Sue Girard will teach how to improve soil, grow plants from seeds and cuttings, protect against pests and diseases, garden construction and much more and it’s free!

The course will run on Tuesdays from 12–3 and begins on August 4th.

Enrolments after this date will be accepted. For more information, contact Jeanette on 4758 9966.

Leura C.W.A The members of Leura Country Womens Association meet for companionship, various cultural activities, handicraft, bus trips (husbands welcome) and study a different country each year.

This year it is Egypt.

Unfortunately, one of our longtime members, Loreen Spears, passed away last week and will be greatly missed.

The C.W.A meets every Monday morning at 10 a.m. and everyone is welcome to join us anytime for a cup of tea at the CWA Hall, 137 Megalong St, Leura.

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Warm & Fuzzy Fest Sunday Aug 23 from 10am-3pm at Katoomba North Public School Hall ‘Belonging’ is the name of a photo documentary styled self-portrait of North Katoomba to be created from a series of opportunities to gather and record responses from community members on the topics of identity, culture, belonging and connectedness.

People will be asked “what does it mean for you to be part of the Katoomba North community”.

We will set up a photo booth on the day. Through our everyday expressions in the everyday objects we use are hidden clues of who we are so we will all be invited to have our photo taken wearing our favourite winter woolies and we’ll display the photos on a collage that can be displayed in the school and at community gatherings. By looking at our individual expressions using the beanie and other winter woolies we all wear we hope to capture a snapshot of who we are as a community. We will add to this the words and stories we collect about what makes North Katoomba special for us.

Other activities on the day will be: • display of the skills acquired in the series of craft workshops

• try some hand dyeing – buy a kit with wool to dye on the day and a pattern so you can take it home to knit • sale of hand-made winter woollies • spinning demonstration and the opportunity to have a try • Wrapped with Love – learn to knit or crochet a square for the Wrapped with Love project • a workshop on ways to keep your house warm from Transitions Blue Mountains This is a call out to be involved in our community as we look at who we are, how we see ourselves and have fun in the process!

Narrow Neck Birds A fine June morning after a few days of rain: just the day for a walk along Narrow Neck. The mist was still swirling in Jamison Valley and we stopped several times to take photos and admire the views before parking at the gate, and walking along the fire trail. As the mist lifted and the sun appeared the Banksias sparkled in the sunshine. Banksia ericifolia and Banksia marginata were in full bloom and the birds were having a feast of nectar. Red Wattlebirds were everywhere, chasing each other and any

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Eventually we dragged ourselves away and walked back to the car.

The honeyeaters were still busy in the Banksias, Crimson Rosellas flew in front of us along the track and we watched a White-throated Treecreeper searching for insects in the bark of a Stringybark. What a great way to spend a winter morning. By Jill Dark

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Healing Hospitals From page 1:

The HEAL group feels that mountains residents are being discriminated against because the services at the local hospital have been downgraded, and have put together a petition demanding this be recognized and addressed, to be presented to State Parliament in July.

“Nobody expects a local hospital to provide heart surgery,” said Heal Spokesperson Councillor Janet Mays.

“But six years ago it was possible to have your appendix out, or a hernia fixed at Katoomba hospital. This is no longer the case. And depending on what day you come in, even people with broken bones are being sent down to Nepean.”

“HEAL sees the hospital as an essential community service.” she adds.

“But when we raise these issues, we find that even the terms of the discussion have changed over the past few years. Patients are now referred to as clients, and the hospital is referred to as a business, rather than a service.”

HEAL is also concerned about local ambulance services. “We only have two full time ambulances,” said Janet Mays, “and they are spending

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all their time ferrying people down to Nepean. When they are out of the community, ambulances have to be called in from Lithgow.”

Local MP Phil Koperberg has been very active in his support for the hospital and the maintenance of local health services, and supports HEAL in its quest for better local services.

With this in mind, he recently met with the manager of the Hospital, Andrea Williams and a senior executive from Western Sydney Health Services, and the results have been very positive.

“Accident and emergency, maternity and opthamology are all now running at full capacity,” said Mr Koperberg. “Day surgery will be increasing after the end of the school holidays.

The problem has always been attracting enough staff,” he continued, “so the hospital has reclassified certain positions, and increased renumeration. We are currently in the process of recruiting more staff to re-open the five beds in the mental health unit.”

The ambulance issue is being addressed with the development of a separate patient transport system through the Western District Health Area.

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Theatres at Springwood Hospital. “The system is not without its problems,” he said. “There is still room for improvement. But we will keep working at it.”

You can contact HEAL by ringing 4784 1873. Phil Koperberg can be reached on 4751 3298 or email bluemountains@parliament.nsw.gov.au.

Church Concerts St Alban’s Church, Megalong St, Leura. August 16th 3pm ‘On the Lighter Side,’ a program with an ‘American flavour’, delicious part songs by Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland, spirituals and folk arrangements, jazz legend George Shearing’s first setting of Shakespeare Songs and Sonnets, plus the ‘Kings of Swing’ including songs of George Gershwin and Cole Porter with piano and double bass.

Tickets are $15 ($12 concession).

St Hilda’s, Katoomba St, Saturday 22nd August, Organ recital with Walter Sutcliffe with works by three of the greatest composers for organ, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn and Floor Peeters Also included are works by Samuel Wesley, Edward Elgar and Percy Whitlock. The cost is $10 per ticket.

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Art Street This year the Winter Magic Art Street Exhibition was both bigger and better than the ever before. Over 50 businesses in and around Katoomba St displayed artworks, so that Katoomba’s shop windows were transformed into a street-sized gallery for the pleasure of passers-by.

The theme was “When the Stars Come Out”, and the artists of the Blue Mountains produced some fantastic pieces with a huge variety of interpretations.“We had 67 entries this year, a huge increase from last year and a wonderful mix of 2D, 3D and installation. We also had a few young people enter this year exhibiting work of a high standard,” said Art Street co-ordinator Sally Grant.

The judges this year were local artists John Ellison and Tara Lilburne, and Blue Mountains Cultural Centre Director, Simon Ambrose. The Mayoral Award for Overall Art Street Winner went to Jane Stapleford, for her star studded gathering of clothespeg movie stars, ‘Peggywood’. It appeared in the window of Lloyds Jewellers. Jane painted a series of pegs, each one a “star” (right). She even painted one of the jeweller of Lloyds Jewellers which was a great touch and showed for a wonderful collaboration between artist and shop owner.

People’s Choice Award went to Roderick Kiredor for ‘Winter Queen’, which was exhibited in The Heart of Stone, and the Artist and Business Collaboration Award went to Very Fashion, in Waratah St, and the Maternity Coalition.

In the 2D Category, the winner was Evan Wells for ‘Microcosm’ in Graham Chuck’s Optometrist, and The Hatter’s Café hosted the winner of the sculpture/installation category, Pam de Groot for ‘Planetary Tribal’, The Textile Group, exhibited in Zuri won the Community Group Award for their piece ‘Starlings’. The Under 18’s winner was Lilianne Ivins for ‘When The Lights Go Out, The Stars Come Up’, which was displayed in Mountain Style.

And finally, the winner of the “Most Magic” Special

Award was Peter Shoemark for ‘Twinkle’, an artwork made entirely of found objects which appeared in the window of MacArthurs Arcade.

Prizes included $1,000 generously sponsored by the Cultural Centre, a Mayoral Prize of $1,000 and $500 worth of Matisse Art materials from The Artist’s Store, Katoomba.

Art Street has received some funding from ArtStart, a NSW Government Program, to run art workshops to provide a space for young people to learn new skills and techniques, and aim to encourage them to display their work in next year’s Art Street.

Leura Concert The Leura Singers and the Blackheath Phoenix Choir held a very successful concert on 27 June at the Leura Uniting Church. Under the skilful baton of much loved conductor, Walter Sutcliffe, the two choirs lifted to recreate magnificent works of Haydn and Mendelssohn.

The quartet for Haydn’s St. Nicholas Mass, comprising Margaret Hilder, soprano, Rhianna Williams, contralto, Michael Francis, tenor and the ever versatile Walter Sutcliffe, bass, added to the choirs’ harmonious efforts, with the glorious, liquid notes of soprano, Lyn Phillips. Well known local musician, Ron Marks, provided variety with a horn solo.

Local charity CANASSIST, founded in the Blue Mountains by the late Dennis Heffernan, benefitted from the proceeds by $750.

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Need a removalist? Need a job well done?

Want someone local? Want a free quote?

Call PAUL on 0430 447 337

If anyone can ... Matcan!

0402 328 143

21 years experience, reliable, friendly & lives locally 8-tonne truck • Electric tail lifter

ELECTRICIAN

LEGAL SERVICES

RESTAURANT

For all your Electrical Needs

• Qualified • Courteous • Clean • Reliable • On time

Call Gary: 0419

Lic No 14178S

972 427

LURLINE LEGAL SERVICES

* Conveyancing & Leases * Wills & Estates * Family Law * General Litigation

4782 3700

lls49@bigpond.net.au 49 Lurline Street, Katoomba

EXCAVATION

LEGAL SERVICES

ALPINE EXCAVATIONS

Wentworth Falls Legal

BOBCAT, EXCAVATOR & TIPPER HIRE

Rockhammer & Auger, Land Clearing, Yards Levelled, Driveways, Slashing, Rubbish Removed, Filling Supplied

4757 1560 or 0414 541 560 FINANCIAL ADVISER

Eddie de Sousa LLB, MDR tel: 4757 2915 Solicitor, Mediator, Conveyancer, Civil, mob: 0414 57 2915 fax: 4757 2917

Criminal - Commercial Law, Wills and Estates

202 Gt Western H’way, Wentworth Falls eddesousa@swiftdsl.com.au

MOTORCYCLES

For the best honest deals on bikes & accessorieS

Sada Thai Restaurant

Authentic Pure Thai Cuisine Takeaway lunch special $9.90 from 11.30am-2.30pm Tues-Sun Open 7 days • Eat in or Takeaway

4757 3623

1/24 Station St, Wentworth Falls

SECURITY MAKE YOUR BUSINESS SAFER High Quality Guard & Patrol Services 24 hours, 365 days of the year

• Alarm installations & service • CCTV • Alarm Monitoring • Mobile security patrols • Functions/parties SPC STATEWIDE PROTECTIVE SERVICES

4751 8932

Master Licence No. 408 379 413

SOUND GEAR

Sound Gear for Parties & Events Also photos & video coverage of your next family occasion

• • • •

Superannuation Specialist Retirement Strategy Life Insurance Wealth Creation

“Local advice in worrying times”

Contact Peter Tichband Dip FP

Authorised Representitive Total Financial Solutions Pty Ltd AFSL No. 246545

Ph 4757 4385

Suite 5, 201 Gt Western Hwy Wentworth Falls

Email: ptichband@tfsa.com.au

www.theecho.net.au

4782 2507

162 Main St, Katoomba

MUSIC LESSONS

Piano & Keyboard Lessons

Friendly & inspiring atmosphere • Contemporary method • Musicianship & Composition Classes • Beginners & adults • All styles • Exams available

Early Childhood Classes

Developmentally appropriate music & movement programme • Newborn to 7 yrs • Singing & Instruments • Gift Certificates Available •

4757 2757

www.bmmm.net brad2782@gmail.com

VIDEO TO DVD Preserve your precious memories vhs/tapes photographs/slides memorial/tribute to professionally edited DVD movies

0416 279 377 or 4753 7761

Phone 4757 1476 August 2009

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