BROKEN HILL TODAY: 16° TheT river lands Magpies win Thursday: 15° streak Friday: 15 new talent Saturday: 13° SPOTLIGHT: Pages 16-17 continues Page 31 Wednesday, June 23, 2021 No. 32,868 $2.50 The treasured hospital kiosk volunteers have been brightening their corner of Broken Hill hospital for years in many ways, including raising $125,450 in the past year for hospital equipment. To say ‘thank you’, hospital staff treated the Broken Hill Hospital Kiosk Auxiliary to a special morning tea. Full story page 2. Teacher shortage leaves HSC class with no teacher Willyama High School their fi nal term before their Mrs Clark said staff at predicted. The teacher shortage that anyone with a degree can do are desperately seeking a exams in October. Students are Willyama will be considering is already biting as we can plainly a lightning fast teacher training qualifi ed English teacher obviously devastated and terribly further action at the start of see from the number of teacher course - six weeks in some cases with teachers holding a concerned about their progress in Term 3, “if the government does vacancies reported all around the - to teach in a NSW school. walkout last week to protest the coming term.” not fi nd an appropriately trained state, not just in the Far West.” “You have to ask why anyone continued staff shortages. Mrs Clark said the school English teacher for the HSC class. “When schools in Sydney would leave their chosen will put in place short term “The WHS began the school and on the North Coast of NSW profession to become a teacher, Maureen Clark, Councillor for measures to ensure the students year in February seeking four report diffi culty in fi lling vacant with minimal training, when the the Barrier Teachers Association can continue with their studies permanent teachers to cover teaching positions, then the recent Gallop Inquiry into the to the NSW Teachers Federation, adding that “principals should classes, including a Head Teacher task is doubly hard in rural and teaching profession identifi ed said that on Friday, June 18, not be put into the position of of Science position. Broken Hill remote schools.” so many areas of concern, Willyama teachers walked out having to search for teachers High School is still seeking Mrs Clark said Education including workload intensity and of school at the end of lunch for from what seems to be a a replacement Head Teacher Minister, Sarah Mitchell, is complexity, which were driving ten minutes, dwindling pool.” of Science.” “clearly desperate” when she new and experienced teachers to “To protest the failure “I will emphasise that this is She said the NSW Teachers advocates fast tracking teacher leave the profession.” of the NSW Government to not the fault of the school, the Federation is gravely concerned training. Mrs Clark said the Barrier appropriately staff their school. Principal or the staff. It is the about the staffi ng issues “It wasn’t all that long Teachers Association will be Union members took this action responsibility of the Department currently facing schools. ago when she was wanting to seeking a meeting with Barwon because the school is now of Education to fully staff all “Enrolments in NSW public increase teacher quality by MP Roy Butler in the near future desperately seeking a qualifi ed schools with appropriately schools are anticipated to rise raising the ATAR for students to discuss possible future action English teacher to teach an qualifi ed teachers, trained in the steeply in the near future and entering teacher training to remedy the staff shortages in HSC English Class in Term 3, subject areas they are teaching.” a shortfall of 11,000 teachers is courses. Now she is suggesting local schools. Phone 8087 2354 www.bdtruth.com.au facebook.com/BDTruth Kiosk volunteers thanked with cakes and a cuppa give to the community. By Nardia Keenan The kiosk sells home-cooked meals at affordable prices and, as the delicious aroma of spinach and fetta pies wafted After working so hard, hospital through the hospital foyer, it drew a kiosk volunteers had their turn crowd of staff, visitors and even patients. to be served morning tea in the In what can be a daunting environment, hospital foyer last week. the hospital kiosk is an oasis of home comforts. The morning tea was to thank the This comfort includes service with a Hospital Kiosk Auxiliary for all their hard smile, as well as genuine kindness and work in fundraising $125,450 for hospital cheerfulness. medical equipment. Kiosk volunteer Lynne Hatwell Manager of the Broken Hill Health explained that the reason volunteers are Service Pamela Charnock said that so caring to customers is because of the the kiosk volunteers decided how their camaraderie amongst the workers, who donated funds would be spent. socialise together outside of work. “The vollies sit at the meeting and they “The nice thing is the friendship with choose equipment from the hospital’s the girls. Some of us go out for lunch wish list,” Pamela said. on Tuesdays and the hospital provides Volunteers made their decisions Christmas dinner for us," Lynne said. carefully, with an emphasis on benefi tting “I look forward to coming here.” many people, not just a few. Volunteer Lynne also said that Broken Hill people Elaine Johns observed that the decisions are lovely and will give their time to run made now may even help the volunteers. the hospital kiosk at a time when most “We are old and we may need this hospital canteens have been privatised. It was time for cakes and a cuppa for kiosk volunteers (from left, in green), equipment soon.” “Not many hospitals do this. Elaine Johns, Lynne Hastwell, Marlene Gould, Bett y Burt and Cheryl Meuret. 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PICTURE: Nardia Keenan By Nardia Keenan decommissioned propeller. vehicles. Above the vehicles is is a wooden base made by John Howard said that supporting Ken arranged for the the camping ground - complete Coff. John only uses native the RFDS was a condition of propeller to be sand-blasted and with a dog - to signify the more timbers for his designs and contributing his artworks. Renowned local artist, it was then ready for Howard to than 340 dogs set to attend the shapes them with precision “I told Ken and Carol that I Howard Steer, made another start painting. Mundi Mundi Bash. using a Computer Numerical was going to do something for striking artwork for the It took Howard only two or The next segment of the Control (CNC) router, which the Silverton Bash and then the Mundi Mundi Bash and he three days to paint the propeller propeller artwork illustrates is a computer-controlled money would go back to the painted it on an old plane with scenes depicting the Mundi the focus of the bash - a crowd cutting machine. women’s auxiliary for the Flying propeller. Mundi Bash. watching a band perform on He cut a similar base for Doctor,” he said. “You start at the bottom and stage. High above the stage sits Howard’s previous propeller Carol Holden is pleased that Carol Holden is the Women’s see how far up you can get,” Howard’s trademark Flying artwork for the Mundi Mundi the money will stay in Broken Auxiliary President at the said Howard. Doctor - a man with a black hat Bash - an artwork that was Hill, “The money that goes to Royal Flying Doctor Service The bottom of the propeller and bag and wings - set against a auctioned for $4,000 with the women’s auxiliary gets (RFDS) and her husband, Ken, captures a scene of a musician wind turn turbine backdrop. half the proceeds donated spent locally. It doesn’t go back provided the key component - a at a campfi re near recreational Complementing the artwork to the RFDS. to Sydney.” Dinosaurs coming to Picnic train Westside Plaza cake stall Dinosaurs are coming to Westside dinosaurs, what prehistoric times were This coming Friday June 35, the Picnic Train. Plaza during the school holidays with like and what dinosaurs looked like and Conservation Centre in Crystal Street After being abandoned, the train loads of fun for children where they can where they lived.