Lake library turns over new leaf
Thursday, December 13, 2012
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ocal Government Minister Jeanette Powell has launched Lake Bolac’s new library and a new vehicle for an outreach library service. She joined Member for Lowan Hugh Delahunty and local government and district residents for the occasion.
Funding for the two projects came from the State Government’s Living Libraries Infrastructure Program – $45,000 for the outreach library service and $180,000 for the Lake Bolac Library. Ararat Rural City Council contributed $15,000 for the outreach service and $30,000 for the library which also received a $30,000 donation from Lake Bolac Development As-
sociation. Ararat Rural City Council mayor Cr Ian Wilson said the new services would be a fantastic asset to the district rural communities.
He said the new library was an extension to the town’s Business and Information Centre that also included a meeting room and children’s area. The centre would operate seven days a week and provide both information
stopped operating in June this year.
“The new library will house up to 1500 books with a variety of adult fiction, large print, non-fiction, junior and youth as well as audio books and magazine subscriptions,” he said.
Cr Wilson said the council took over the outreach service on July 1, continuing a library service for Willaura, Elmhurst, Lake Bolac and Streatham, increasing the service to a weekly one-hour visit.
Cr Wilson said training with staff and volunteers from Lake Bolac had occurred with the help of Evelyn Curley from the Ararat Regional Library.
Mobile service The new mobile library vehicle replaces a previous Central Highlands Library Corporation service that
Grain receival centre loading up on oats Regional graingrowers have welcomed a new grain receival centre at Dunneworthy, on the Pyrenees Highway east of Ararat. A venture between Shane and Tim Molloy from Blue Lake Milling of Bordertown in SA and Driscoll Seeds, Maryborough, has led to the development of three huge grain bunkers. The 180-metre bunkers can accommodate up to 20,000 tonnes of oats. Farmers from as far north
as Elmore to Lake Bolac and Maroona in the south and Grampians in the west have already delivered 3000 tonnes to the site. At the end of the summer harvest the grain will head north-west to Blue Lake Milling’s processing plant at Bordertown. Ararat community and business officials opened the bunker this week. Workers on site have been dealing with close to 20 trucks of oats a day.
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POURING IN: The new Dunneworthy bunker in operation. Picture: GEOFF PENNA
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and library services.
“The collection will be on a rotating basis from the Ararat Regional Library which will give the community a better selection. The internet will also be available for book searches.” NEW SERVICES: From left, Minister Hugh Delahunty, Ararat mayor Cr Ian Wilson and Local Government Minister Jeanette Powell, Lake Bolac Development Association president Karen McIntyre. Picture: CONTRIBUTED
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“We have already increased the visit to Elmhurst to two hours a week to incorporate school sessions and community groups,” he said. “More consultation and research will be conducted by council so that we can hopefully increase our visiting range to further accommodate towns across the municipality. Since the council has been operating the service, we are averaging around 164 visits a month between the four towns and this number is continuing to increase, which is wonderful.”
Nhill opens for business push Business Nhill and Nhill Town Committee are inviting community support for the town’s Open for Business project. The project, an idea from a 2010 community planning session, aims to market and promote Nhill and surrounding areas to people seeking a lifestyle change and promote Hindmarsh Shire as a destination. The Nhill Open for Business steering committee is chaired by Alex Graham and includes representatives of a broad cross-section of business and community groups.