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From the Editor
This week, I turned 43. Not old to some, to others I am an ancient. What was interesting is I was thinking about ten years ago, when I was 33. I was 30 kilos heavier, very unfit, unhappy and stressed and on the brink of failure. That version of me seems a lifetime ago, and I have this amazing region and the life we have created here to thank for the fact that I feel healthier, happier, and more a part of a community than I ever have. Below is one of my favourite sayings. It is exactly how I feel at this point in my life. Have a Happy and Safe Easter.
Issue 156 - 14 April 2017
Your Say Submitted by commnity members How sad but unsurprising our councillors are using the media to have their little foot stamping spats. Perhaps the energy they are wasting on pre-school tantrums could be poured into council work and changing minds of people like me, who fervently believe local council should be either abolished or amalgamated. Bev Matthews Wallerawang Send your letters to the editor to editor@villagevoice.net.au for publication in the Village Voice. Remember, the Village Voice is your paper and the more feedback we get from the community, the more we can do to help with isuues in the region.
Easter Long Weekend Waste Collection It will be business as usual over the Easter period for garbage and recycling services. "Garbage and recycling collection services will occur as normal and residents should put their bins out as usual on their collection day. Collections will occur as normal on Good Friday and Easter Monday" said Lithgow City Council Mayor, Councillor Stephen Lesslie. "Also with Easter comes additional chances to recycle so don’t forget to place your cards, cardboard, cans, bottles and empty cartons in your yellow recycling bin" concluded Mayor Lesslie.
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Lithgow Ironfest: Steampunk gets people riveted From the Magpie Whisperer
“Lost World” is this year’s Ironfest theme, but an older ‘clan’ has me captivated. Steampunk was first introduced to Ironfest in 2011, and it’s one of fourteen different clans that together make Ironfest widely appealing and wildly successful. But until Steampunk came to Lithgow, I knew little about it. So, what’s its all about? The term itself apparently derives from science fiction novels, but it’s grown into a whole visual style and even a philosophy. It’s all about mixing old and new, blending the usability of modern technology with the design aesthetic of the Victorian era. It could be seen as a way of giving your personal technology a goth makeover. Imagine your laptop tricked up to look like a 1950s typewriter, or an iPhone dock that allows you to answer using an old brass and wood phone. It’s a different way of living and a joyful protest against rapidly advancing technology. Steampunk’s biggest impact has probably been in product design. It’s reignited a love of old fashioned materials: brass, copper, wood, glass, and all things mechanical. In its quest for the old, Steampunk has incorporated recycling, the reworked, and the imperfect. Retro-altered products, from jewelry with exposed cogs to coffee tables, are among hundreds of steampunk products now available online. The steampunk look has also influenced street fashion. Steampunk clothing adopts the look of the Victorian period: soldiers, explorers, lords, countesses and prostitutes, to street styles such as goth, burlesque, the leather and lace of pirates, and the frills and capes of vampires. There’s even a modern day environmental element, harking back to a time when the worst emission was steam from multifarious steam engines. Steampunk doesn’t always adhere to the Victorian look. Other popular alternatives are the American ‘wild west’, science fiction, or a fantasy that takes place in space or on another planet. Whatever the preferred era, steampunks share common interests. They relish retrolooking technology, making things for themselves and the romanticism of a time long ago. It’s an eclectic world of cogs and rivets, goggles and steam, and unlimited imagination. American young fiction author Caitlin Kittredge described it as being, “...a sort of Victorian-industrial, but with more whimsy and fewer orphans.”
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