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Australia Day Awards SIX Port Stephens residents and groups have been honoured with Port Stephens Annual Awards at this year’s Australia Day celebrations in Port Stephens.

Acknowledged for their ongoing contribution to the community, nominees and Award recipients were recognised in a ceremony at Riverside Park, Raymond Terrace, as well as Fly Point Nelson Bay. The Citizen of the Year award was taken out by Hazel Grey, who has given over 60 years’ service across a wide variety of organisations, including the Red Cross, RSL, CWA and Raymond Terrace Baptist Church.

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Macca’s Armed Robbery

By Simone JOHNSON

THREE men entered Williamtown McDonald’s at approximately 10.50pm Wednesday 25 January armed

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with a machete, a baseball bat and a shotgun.

The men demanded money from a staff member before fleeing the scene along Nelson Bay Road.

A witness who did not wish to be named told News Of The Area, “One of the employees was hit in the back with a bat. Another two were held up with a gun and a

machete.”

It is alleged the accused “ransacked the safe and took a manager’s bag as well as everything that was in the safe”.

It has been reported that only one staff member received minor injuries during the incident.

It is currently not known how much money was taken.

Officers from Stephens Local Command attended

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Beginning his martial arts journey at the age of seven, Tony Gillespie has taken out Sportsperson of the Year, having brought Taekwondo and fitness to over 100 students.

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q Hazel Grey, Port Stephens mayor Bruce MacKenzie and Paralympian Leisl Tesch.

Reserves Committee, and Tomaree Accommodation Services Inc. also received a Port Stephens Medal and was represented by Pamela Raeburn.

A third Port Stephens Medal was received by David Sams.

Mayor of Port Stephens Bruce MacKenzie said the Annual Awards are a great opportunity to come together and thank those who do so much for our area.

“Australia Day is a time for us to celebrate what’s great about our

community and the people who positively contribute to our region every day,” he said.

“This year’s nominees have worked in a range of areas, helping many local residents and it’s fantastic to be able to take time to acknowledge their commitment and passion to Port Stephens.

“Our judging panel was tasked with the difficult job of selecting winners from this worthy group of nominees, the calibre of which is testimony to the wonderful people who call Port Stephens home.”

Giving up the panoramic water views for western town and for the roots which history are planted

By Geoff WALKER

WHY would anybody sell up a home in Tilligerry and head for the western town of Narrandera?

In Tony Taylor’s case it was a matter of returning to his roots which were very much planted west of the Great Divide.

“Kathy and I like moving around and we came to Mallabula some three years ago to be close to the John Hunter Hospital due to a heart condition I had,” he said.

“People ask me why

we are moving from a beautiful two-storey home with panoramic water views to a western town. Usually it’s the other way ‘round.”

“For us, Narrandera will be closer to our extended family and, as caravaners, we will nearer both Victoria and South Australia which we hope to explore.”

“We have very much enjoyed our time in Tilligerry and made enduring friendships.

For me, the Men’s Shed will hold very happy memories of a great bunch of blokes.”

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Police are investigating whether the attack was linked to another robbery at EB Games in Green Hills shopping centre on the same day.

This allegedly involved a sawn-off double barrelled shot gun, with one man threatening staff and another driving a getaway car.

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Mallabula Celebrations

CWA Craft and Friendship

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q Aussie, Aussie, Aussie: The Dodd family getting it all together on 26 January.

By Geoff WALKER WHILE most locals celebrated our National Day in Henderson Park Lemon Tree Passage, the extended Dodd family and a few others sought out Caswell Reserve, Mallabula, as the preferred option.

They were smart in as much as they set up their

tent in a prime waterfront site where they could keep a close eye on the kids in the shallows.

There were no crowds and no parking problems.

With eskies, ice and a portable barbecue, they were having the time of their lives.

An Aussie flag and balloons flew freely in the breeze.

Mangoes Gone Mad THIS mango season is one of the best that Tilligerry has seen for years.

Surprisingly bees are not a major pollinator but a native fly is in the frame as the one that gets the job done.

Some residents get hundreds of mangoes one year and very few or none

q Medowie CWA ladies enjoying their first morning together for 2017.

the next.

Perhaps wind, temperature and rainfall are contributing factors.

Reg and Peg Petit from Tanilba had some 1200 individual fruit on their old ‘turpentine’ mango tree one year.

They were disturbed late at night by the sound of fruit dropping into buckets as locals helped themselves.

Possums are a pest as the fruit ripens and one family

from Tanilba Point picked all the overhanging mangoes early as fruit bats flew in from Snapper Island .

“It was like living inside a kettle drum,” said the owner.

“We couldn’t sleep as the sound of them falling on the flat tin roof kept us awake.”

Another enterprising resident, tired of thieves raiding his front yard tree, draped a sign from its branches which read “SPRAYED WITH POISON DO

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He admitted to eating the stolen fruit.

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Mrs Shanks is off to London in February, with a stopover in India with thirty-two baby nighties that Medowie CWA member June Fuller has made.

Medowie CWA publicity officer Kay Coghlan told News Of The Area, “Our Meeting Day is the second Wednesday of the month at 10am, and Craft and Friendship Day is the fourth Wednesday of the month.”

“We are a friendly bunch and would love to see some new faces in the CWA.” Meetings are held in the Medowie Sports Ground Hall.

Another family took up station in the shelter shed.

But what did Australia Day mean to them?

“A family day” seemed the most common response whereas “It’s just another day,” was also noted.

Patriotism shone through with others expressing pride in our flag and our long record of achievements as a nation.

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q Around 200 mangoes on this tree will be ready to pick sometime in February.

THE Medowie Country Women’s Association (CWA) is back in the swing of things, having hosted its first meeting for the year this week.

The ladies held a Craft and Friendship Day, and welcomed two new ladies who found their post on the Medowie Community group on Facebook.

Both ladies are new to Medowie, and were welcomed with open arms to the Country Women’s Association group.

The ladies also welcomed a very special guest, Mrs Ruth Shanks, World President of

ACWW (Associated Country Women of the World), who has been a member of the CWA since 1969.

Mrs Shanks married in 1969 and joined the Terramungamine Branch where her mother-in-law was the Branch President.

She transferred to Dubbo Evening Branch in 1977 where she’s been a member ever since.

She has held many positions within the branch over the years.

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Oh Honey, Honey

By Rachael VAUGHAN

SONUDOR Honey has been in business for the last five years, but have remained relatively low key about its high quality product and its wonderful benefits.

The Hughes family, owners of Sonudor Honey, noticed that there weren’t a lot of bees around to help pollinate their family pastures, so they invested in two hives on their property.

They now boast over twenty hives, and David

Hughes has become a registered apiarist, or bee keeper.

There is a lot of work involved in checking and maintaining the hives.

It is important to check hives regularly for any small hive beetles and diseases, as these can completely destroy the hive plus other hives in the area.

The current incredibly hot and humid weather in the region is not ideal for bees.

For those interested in keeping hives, you also have

to be registered with the DPI (Department of Primary Industries) and be a member of your local beekeeping association.

However, all this hard work aside, the benefits of honey and having bees in our natural environment are immeasurable.

Apart from being a natural sweetener and energy source, other benefits include soothing a sore throat, helping to heal wounds on both people and animals, assisting with

medowie@newsofthearea.com.au digestive issues, antibacterial and antifungal properties and it is a major source of antioxidants.

Sonudor Honey is wild bush honey and 100 percent raw, straight from the hive.

There is nothing to add and it is not heated.

Teneale Bassett, daughter of the Hughes Family, told News Of The Area, “The feedback we get from our customers is it’s the best tasting honey they have had and they can’t get over the amazing smell.”

“We have a number of customers who send it to their extended families in other states of Australia as

well as internationally to both Japan and Ireland.”

“We have also done a number of fundraisers with local preschools and schools to sell honey and make a profit to keep,” she said.

“Our bees make 100 percent of our honey, and feed on over 100 acres of native bushland which includes tea tree, wattle, bottlebrush and eucalyptus to name a few in the bushlands of Booral.

The honey, along with fresh raw honeycomb, is available to purchase in Medowie via the Facebook page ‘Sonudor Wild Bush Honey’.

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OOSH places falling short Covering the region across the Port.

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By Rachael VAUGHAN

WORKING parents face an extra hurdle in Port Stephens when trying to make their working schedules fit in with school aged children requiring before and after school care.

Across the whole of the Port Stephens area, over 6,000 children compete for just 396 OOSH (out of school hours) places.

In Medowie specifically, around 1,700 students compete for 144 approved before and after school care

places.

This is approximately one OOSH place for every 12 students requiring care.

As the new school year begins, parents who have been unable to obtain care for their children are faced with the struggle of juggling work commitments whilst ensuring their children are safe before and after school.

With OOSH places in such high demand, and the fallout numbers of students who have missed out being so extreme, parents are being forced to reduce work hours, losing much needed

income for their families.

Alternatively, parents are also seeking out alternative informal arrangements that are often unregulated and inherently risky.

In 2015, Mike Baird and NSW Government promised 45,000 new before and after school places by 2019, but the NSW Auditor General recently found a mere

5,993 new places have been created.

News Of The Area met with Shadow Minister for Early Education Kate Washington who said, “The grants offered by the Government to create additional OOSH places has been a complete failure, and the Baird Government have failed to deliver on their commitment.”

“Parents are being unfairly affected in all this, they are dealing with extra

stresses over the safety and care of their children.”

Emma Gordon, Mother of a 2017 Wirreanda Kindergarten student, told News Of The Area, “There are just not adequate spaces available in Port Stephens for families.”

“I have managed to rally around friends to help me with care for my son on the days I missed out on a place, but I worry for the families who don’t that support network.”

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Mrs VT, Pindimar Dear VT, I can remember the exact moment when I realised I needed to stop being a stay-at-home mum and go back to work.

It was when the storyline of Bear in the Big Blue House became important to me.

I was gaining one plot, but losing another.

Those first weeks, armed with a briefcase and a breast pump, were hard.

Being separated from your offspring is no walk in the park, whether it is because you are returning to work or study and they have to be put into childcare, or they are starting school and the nest is suddenly empty.

A lot of this comes down to that unfortunate condition known as ‘mother guilt’.

We are guilty when we go to work and we are guilty when we don’t.

We are particularly guilty if, like you, we feel as though we have some free time on our hands.

Don’t you worry, VT. In no time at all you’ll be whipping up 24 choc-chip cookies, teaching voluntary ethics classes and driving to three different inter-school activities in one day, because schools love parental involvement and if you’ve got a void, trust me, they’ll fill it.

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But then, one day, you’ll say, “I’ll miss you, sweetheart”, and you’ll try not to let her see that little skip in your step as you hotfoot it home.

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New Wheels for Overflow

By Rachael VAUGHAN

OVERFLOW Church (formerly Medowie Community Baptist Church) has recently launched its Overflow Community Van. Launched at the final Medowie Markets in December last year, the van is a result of a team of dedicated hard working people, plus contributions from members of Overflow Church.

Pastor Brad Fewster told News Of The Area, “We’ve had so much support from the church, it’s fantastic.”

“People in our church, like Arthur and Dianne Parlett, have worked away to deliver a van that will bless the community for years to come.”

“We’ve also had great support from a number of local business people who aren’t looking for any recognition but simply want to see our community prosper.”

The van will be regularly seen at the Medowie Markets which has been co-ordinated

by Overflow Church for many years.

It is fully equipped with cooking facilities, ready to make those delicious market sausage sandwiches and bacon and egg rolls our community has come to know and love.

Markets Coordinator, Pastor David Deal, said: “The van is part of the way the church wants to ‘overflow’ into the community and simply provide the things our community is wanting.”

“We envisage the van being used in a host of ways to support various community projects and events,” he said.

The first Medowie Markets for 2017 will be held on Saturday 11 February outside the Bull & Bush Hotel in Medowie.

For further information please call Overflow Church on 49829123.

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What could be more enticing to go to school than delicious and healthy pack foods!

AS the new school year gets under way, Hunter parents are seeking opportunities to save on the cost of school lunches while still packing delicious fare kids love to eat.

More than 1600 Hunter parents have taken part in the Cancer Council NSW Eat It To Beat It program’s Healthy Lunch Box sessions as part of kindergarten orientation.

The free sessions provide ideas and tips on quick and easy ways to pack a healthy lunch box boosting fruit and vegetable content for cancer prevention and saving money on the weekly grocery shop.

Hunter Nutrition Project Officer Clare Murphy said favouring fresh foods over packaged goods and boosting fruit and vegetable content were easy ways to make lunch boxes budget-friendly.

“Processed snacks are

much more expensive per kilogram than fruit and vegetables, so when it comes to packing school lunches, fresh is best,” she said.

A healthy lunch box includes a combination of breads and cereals, vegetables and salad, fruit, meat and alternatives, dairy and water.

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“A nutrient-rich lunch box gives kids what they need to learn and play all day long,” Miss Murphy said.

“Adding extra vegetables to family dinners is also an ideal way to refuel kids’ bodies ready for school the next day.”

Eat It To Beat It’s free Fruit & Veg Sense workshops to show parents how to make simple, budget-friendly changes to household meals, such as modifying a stir fry recipe to reduce expensive meat ingredients and increase cheaper vegetables.

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and your hip pocket,” Miss Murphy said. Eating more fruit and vegetables was important for good health and cancer prevention.

“A fibre-rich diet including two serves of fruit and five serves of vegetables a day can help prevent one in six bowel cancer cases,” Miss Murphy said.

“Eating the recommended servings of fruit and vegetables also reduces your risk of oesophageal, lung and some mouth and throat cancers.”

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Danie wanted to see children be able to SOUTH African-born Danie participate in a fun sport, Bezuidenhout has been and learn valuable life skills doing karate and kickboxing along the way. for thirty five years, so it was He told News Of The only natural that his love for Area, “I love working with these sports inspired his the kids and seeing how venture for kids in Medowie. they develop and what they Danie started with achieve, not only in the karate when he was five kickboxing but also with years old, before adding school and other areas of kickboxing when he was ten their life.” years old.

Danie’s classes have He began coaching been popular, and parents and instructing when he are seeing wonderful was about eleven, and ran changes in their children. classes for his dad who was “I have been getting a lot an instructor too. of feedback from different His love of coaching and people saying how good the instructing was a driving kickboxing has been for the force behind the kids kids socially, mentally and programs at his home gym physically,” he said.

‘The Sweat Shed’ and their The kickboxing-style ‘kickxercise’ program. program helps children to develop self confidence, self q Children enjoying their Sweat Shed classes: Beau Redman, Tyler Lavender, control and Brodie Warner, Divan Bezuidenhout Brodie Capes, Kade Warner and Alex.

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It also works with children on building character and teaching them not get bored or realise they are competitions throughout discipline and to have respect actually doing fitness.” the year and also have two The program also actively gradings they can participate for one another.

“They learn about self involves the parents in the in. defence and what to do in tough learning process, thus creating Classes are open to a great experience for children children from five to twelve situations,” Danie said.

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Corroboree under the Stars

By Rachael VAUGHAN

EVERY year the Hunter and Coastal region holds a five day Scout camp.

This year it was located at Lostock Scout Camp on the Paterson River, in the farm lands near the Barrington Tops.

The Corroboree, as it is known, began on the 18 January with a fun-filled camp set up.

The camp is based on the patrol system, with Troops camping Jamboree style.

Each troop is formed by combining local scout troops on a District basis just as scouts do for a Jamboree with those troops responsible for setting up a kitchen for themselves, a mess tent and sleeping tents for everyone.

It looked like a tent city, and the troops were extremely proud of their hard work and impressive results.

The morning after the camp set-up, activities commenced in full swing bright and early.

Over the course of the camp, Scouts participated in water safety lessons,

canoeing, archery, camel riding, horizontal bungee, scouting activities on survival, free time swimming in the river and using a giant water slide.

One night, the Scouts were treated to a movie on the big screen under the stars.

Another night, all scouts and their leaders slept out in a dairy paddock among the cow paddies under their self-made hutchies consisting of a tarp and pole, demonstrating great skill and technique in doing so.

During the closing

parade, one Scout was presented with an Australian Scout Medallion.

The award is the highest level badge work achievable for the Scout section, and therefore a very special moment as not many Scouts achieve this level Medallion.

The closing parade was a colourful night, with a display of fireworks and a disco that the local cows enjoyed.

This year’s Corroboree was the first for the new District Scout Leader for Port Stephens, Dennis Conroy.

q 1st Medowie Scout members had a blast at this year’s camp.

q The Hunter and Coast Region Scouts who attended this year’s camp.

q Medowie Junior Rugby side celebrating with their coaches.

Dennis told News Of The Area, “This camp was a great way for the youth to get out and learn new life skills and enjoy the activities along with meeting new youth from other districts who will become lifelong friends.

“It was certainly way better than sitting at home in front of a television, playing video games.”

“Life is about getting out of your comfort zone and learning new things, and the youth that attended this camp did just that,” he said.

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Rugby Rego Family Fun Day

By Rachael VAUGHAN

MEDOWIE Rugby Club is becoming well known for their fun family activity days, and on Saturday 4 February they are hosting another one.

Registration time has come around for the 2017 season, so the club is making a day of it and providing a range of activities for all the family.

There will be a jumping castle and face painting for the kids, and a barbecue of sausages and bacon and egg rolls available for all the family.

Medowie Rugby Club representative Lisa Cook told News Of The Area, “We are a family orientated club, and we’re looking forward to meeting lots of new members this year.”

“Come on down to registration day, introduce yourself, sign up and join the Medowie Rugby Club family.”

The club is fielding teams across Juniors, Colts (U19), Seniors and Old Boys.

All returning juniors players will receive playing socks, shorts and singlets thanks to one major sponsor WALK Electrical.

New players will receive

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playing socks and shorts, club polo shirt, club training singlet, club tracksuit, club bag and ball with club logo, and a kicking tee.

If you’ve ever thought about playing, or becoming involved in your local club, now is your chance.

Medowie Rugby needs local support as they strive hard to give yet another season to our young sportsmen and women, proudly offering the same opportunities as the big city clubs in Newcastle.

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Talented teens of Medowie in Rugby Union

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INTRODUCING a young child to dance can be a special and memorable experience, and what better memory than to share that experience together.

Medowie studio Dance ‘n Dazzle offer a special ‘Mummy and Me’ class for eighteen-month to threeyear-old children who would like to participate in a dance class with the assistance and support of a parent.

These classes are held Monday afternoons at Wirreanda School Hall at 4pm.

Classes such as these help to develop coordination and gross motor skills as well as fostering the love and enjoyment of dance in a safe and familiar environment.

The class focuses on basic ballet movements, nursery rhymes and drama, singing and jazz/hip hop whilst using lots of props and stories to hold their interest.

The little dancers may participate with any adult loved one, making this a wonderful chance to form

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q Olivia Storer and Erin Cole.

stronger family bonds through a shared love of the Creative Arts.

Principal Corynne Darcy told News Of The Area, “Our students have gained

q Lucy De Souza and Eden Bland.

confidence, discipline, grooming, grace, enjoyment, sportsmanship and a healthy lifestyle.”

“Our Mummy and Me classes offer a special

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Day’s Event: Single Stableford Medley DSR Men: 70

DSR Women: 74

Eagle Nest: 12 Balls Not Won Player No: 38 Ball Comp: 35 c/b

Division 1: 0 to 14 1st: Chris Maguire 37 pts c/b 2nd: Luke George 37 pts

Division 2: 15 to 22 1st: Ian Roach 40 pts c/b 2nd: Ian Langdon 40 pts Division 3: 23 to 45 1st: Bruce Searles 39 pts 2nd: Reg McGee 38 pts

NTP 4th: ProPin – Gary Howell 411 cm 11th: Scott Chapman 428 cm 18th: N/A cm

lifelong friendships are made,” she said.

More information can be found on the Dance ‘n Dazzle facebook page and website.

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experience for our young ones to share with a family member.”

“We are like a big extended family where

Date: Saturday 28th January 2017 Day’s Event: Single Stableford Medley DSR Men: 71

Eagle Nest: 14 Balls – Bruce Day 17th DSR Women: 75 Player No: 77

Ball Comp: 34 c/b

Ladies Division 1: 0 to 45 1st: Cindi Connell 36 pts

Division 1: 0 to 14 1st: Rob Connell 38 pts 2nd: Jim Clarke 36 pts c/b

3rd: Bruce Day 36 pts c/b Division 2: 15 to 22 1st: Allan Broadfoot 41 pts 2nd: Jeff Merlin 37 pts c/b 3rd: Heath Buman 37 pts Division 3: 23 to 36 1st: Rod Key 38 pts 2nd: Rod Collins 35 pts 3rd: Bob Gordon 34 pts

NTP 4th (pro pin) Mens - Ron McKay 149 cm 4th: Ladies N/A cm 7th: Mens – Jeff Merlin 365 cm 11th: Mens – Terry Marlborough 150 cm 11th: Ladies – Glenys Thompson 800 cm 18th: Mens – Rick Smith 250 cm

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premierships for Medowie rugby in 2012 and 2013.

Jacob moved into the area soon after that, and all three boys joined the Hamilton Hawks Under 15s team due to insufficient numbers locally.

The Hamilton Hawks team were minor premiers in 2015 and major premiers in 2016.

Tom’s father and Medowie Juniors Coach, Michael Mildren, told News Of The Area, “We are still a big part of the Medowie Rugby Club family, and we would love to be able to see all grades and ages represented again with full numbers, but because the kids are all having to leave town to go to High School, they all want to play with their mates, who play in town.”

“The numbers lag, and players like these boys are forced to play in town.”

“This is likely to continue until Medowie gets their own public high school to keep our talent here and we can stop sending our talented kids out to fill the city teams,” he said.

The boys were all selected this year to play for the Under 17s Wildfires, an impressive selection.

Jacob was also selected for the Combined High Schools team, and NSW Country.

The boys have gained some local attention recently on Facebook, then spotted going door to door selling chocolates and raffle tickets, with all residents reporting that the boys were extremely polite and a credit to themselves, their club, and their family.

The boys are also looking for sponsorship from local businesses wanting to get behind them and their representative efforts.

For more information, call Michael Mildren on 0423244983.

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49829498 Classifieds ads@mcnota.com.au GRAND Hall black Premium 323 four burner barbecue with cover. Includes a separate side burner, side shelf and gas cylinder.

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Six (6) attachments.

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Price $9500ono. Call Phil 0418672321

Wanted to buy ALUMINIUM boat, 11 or 12 foot, to replace my last two stolen from Soldiers Point. I’ve got the outboard, oars, jackets etc.

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PLANT coast pigface white flower large leaf variety [carpobrotus] 0407275717 RESTORER looking for vintage English motorbikes & parts.

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Business for sale BAKERY/cafe Tea Gardens. New fitout New equipment.

Very busy. Great opportunity POA 0407787384 Amanda

Motorbikes YAMAHA XJ 600S ‘94. 9000klms.

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Position Vacant CLEANER Casual Tea Gardens. Local person morning work cleaning gardening lawn mowing w/ ends and week days 3-4hrs/day possibly.

Ring 0412411293 CONCRETER/ Steelfixer/ Formsetter required Karuah Area. 5 Months work. Send resume to twenham.ica@live.com

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Positions Vacant GREAT LAKES AGED CARE Care Assistant: Casual Applications are invited at Great Lakes Aged Care, Bulahdelah, from suitably qualified persons for the above positions Essential Criteria • Care Certificate 111 (Aged Care) or working towards Bachelor of Nursing Degree • Current First Aid Certificate (ongoing requirement) • Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team • Self motivated • Good Communication skills • Understanding of WH&S principals • Ability to identify with Great Lakes Aged Care philosophy and mission statement • Willingness to undertake training as required Desirable Criteria • Experience in Aged Care • Relevant criminal record (Police) check Application Forms and Job Descriptions are available at Great Lakes Aged Care reception. Any further information required by contacting Kathryn Freihaut, Director of Nursing on 02 49974122. During office hours (Monday – Friday 8am-4pm).

All applications in writing to the undersigned by Friday, February 3 2017 Kathryn Freihaut, Director of Nursing Great Lakes Aged Care. PO Box 108, BULAHDELAH 2423

Positions Vacant

ARBORISTS, OPERATORS & LABOURERS FEDC is seeking a range of experienced arborists, operators and labourers for vegetation management contracts around Bulahdelah.

FEDC would like to hear from candidates that: • have previous experience working as supervisors, scopers, cutters, EWP operators, chipper operators and/or ground crew in the vegetation management, private tree trimming or power line clearing industries; or • are hard working, ambitious and want to begin a new career in vegetation management.

Applicants with current qualifications in the following areas will be looked upon favourably: • CATT, Cert II ESI, CAVC; • Chainsaw ticket, ChemCert, OH&S white card, first aid, traffic control; • EWP licence; • unrestricted medium rigid (MR) licence, or higher; • Essential Energy authorised; • Certificate II or III in arboriculture, or other climbing qualifications.

All applicants should be prepared to operate out of FEDC’s depot in Bulahdelah, NSW. To express your interest in a role with FEDC, please email or fax your cover letter and resume, including work history and details of all relevant skills and experience, to admin@fedc.com.au or (02) 6662 8258.

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THREE talented Medowie teenagers are making their mark on the Rugby Union world with some impressive achievements, and a community fundraising campaign to assist them with their fundraising goals to play representative rugby.

Elijah Hayter, Jacob Rabai and Tom Mildren all began their rugby journey with Medowie Rugby Club Juniors.

Tom and Eli were part of the exciting and memorable Medowie Under 11s and Under 12s that won major

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