Port Wakefield
Community Newsletter Wednesday 12th October 2016 Issue 18 Circulation 370
This is a Publication of the Port Wakefield Community Newsletter Inc. Email: [email protected]
Clementina COMMUNITY CALENDAR Thank You to Our Volunteers, CFS & Corner Crafts Emergency Services & Gifts Mon What a great job the workers did in holding CFS Siren Testing 6.00pm back the flood waters around Port Wakefield. CFS Training 6.00pm - 8.30pm Initially it looked like the floodwaters would Little Athletics 5pm-6pm only flow to the north of the Wakefield River. Tues But our volunteers were vigilant and Men’s Shed 9am-4pm anticipated flooding across the levee bank Community Computing 10am-1pm along the Balaklava road and laid sand bags SA Ambulance Training 7.30pm-9.30pm in that area. CFS Cadet 5pm-7pm An enormous number of sand bags were filled Library 10am-1pm and placed on Balaklava road to divert water Wed through the causeway across the golf course Community Bus (pension week) 9.30am and Phillips Street to the salt flat.
Chooks & Chicks 10am Sand bagging around BP also saved damage UC Op-Shop (alternate weeks) 2pm-4pm from floodwaters. Library (when printing newsletter) 9am-10.30am Diversion in this way prevented flood waters Thur reaching the houses and businesses of Port Courthouse Museum Workshop Wakefield. 2nd Thursday each month 9.00am-2pm So well done to our wonderful workers and Food Barn 1st Thurs. each month 3pm-4pm volunteers. It could have been much Karate Class 6.30pm-8pm worse.
Fri Clementina Corner 10am-3pm Bingo (pension week) 7.30pm Sat UC Op-Shop 9.30-11.30am Clementina Corner 1pm-4pm Sun Clementina Corner 1pm-4pm Library 12pm-1.30pm Catholic Liturgy 1st week 9am Mass 2nd week 10.30am rd th th Mass 3 , 4 & 5 week 9am Please Note: Uniting Church (UC) : Wednesday 26th Oct 2016 st Next Issue 1 week Family Service (pooled lunch) 10.30am to be submitted by email or to the th News Items 2nd & 4 week Newsletter box in the Post Office by: 3.30pm Friday Praise & Worship & Kids 10.30am 21st Oct 2016 5th week Praise & Worship 10.30am Sports Results to be emailed or delivered to Post 3rd week Evening Service 6.30pm Office by 9am Tuesday 25th Oct 2016 Info Phone: 0409 286 177 or 0428 671 096
Vehicle driving through flood water near old DRAFT Landscape Round-up • 2016 Highways Depot, Phillips Street. Southern Plains This is not common during heavy rains Informing a new Northern and Yorke Regional Natural Resources Management Plan
A crucial part of rewriting the Draft Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Plan is getting your feedback on the document. We need to ensure that the voices of all stakeholder groups – including residents, landowners and community organisations – are taken into consideration. Over the past few years we've been working with local community members, stakeholders and landowners to find out what issues matter to our region. We've identified our natural resource assets, areas for improvement and threats facing the region, and have summarised the findings into Water across Golf Course the document attached. We invite you to review the Landscape Round- up for the Southern Plains region to ensure that your voice is heard and the priorities for your natural resources are represented. Please provide your feedback by Friday 28 October, 2016 by email; [email protected], phone (08) 8841 3400 or post (Natural Resources Centre, Northern and Yorke, 2/17 Lennon Street, Clare, SA 5453). For more information,
http://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/north
Thought of the Day ernandyorke/about-us/our-regions-
What you learn after you know it all is what plan/What_do_you_think counts. We thank you for your input into developing a
truly reflective Natural Resources Management MUNNO PARA and SALISBURY Plan for the Northern and Yorke region. SHOPPING TRIPS in 2016
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st Wakey bingo will be held on Friday 21 Oct 2016 . Why not come along for a fun night and you might even win a game or 2. Bingo will be nd on every 2 Friday at 7.30pm (pension week!). Why not give it a go if you have never played Community Bus bingo. It is FUN!! Dates for Community Bus to Balaklava Every Saturday is bingo at Port Clinton at 2pm. th Wednesday 19 Oct 2016 Fun, fun even have a laugh or two. For more information you can phone Nancy Info Phone Helen 88671141 On 88671255. Or Terry 88671073 Thank you.
Port Parham Sports and Social Club Phone: 08-8529-2211
Halloween th Saturday 29 October, 2016 DJ – Shane Come fancy dress – Games for Children
Normal bar and meal times
Parham Singers Pantomime th th Friday 11 and Saturday 12 November 2016 Snow White and the 3 Fishermen
Meals and Bar available Bookings essential
And don’t forget Remembrance Day also on November 11th
First St (continuation of Port Parham Road) Phone: 08 8529 2211
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Wednesday - 4:00 PM til Close –
October 1st – 16th 2016 Porterhouse Steak or Fish night $10.00 3 steps to be in the running for a Spring Thursday - 4:00 PM til Close – Adelaide Zoo Experience Prize* Schnitzel or Fish night $10.00 1. Print a Challenge Passport Friday - 4:00 PM til Close –
2. Have fun completing Vitamin N challenges A la carte menu dine in or take away meals, happy 3. Visit a Mid North Check Point to sign off your hour, Members’ draw challenges
*All Vitamin N Challenge Passports verified Saturday - 4:00 PM til Close –
and lodged to an authorised Mid North A la carte menu dine in or take away meals
Check Point go into a random prize draw to Sunday - 11:00 AM til Close – win 1 of 4 Zoo experiences. Cheap ‘Pot Luck’ lunches
Vitamin N (N is for nature) is a great way to First Sunday of the month BBQ and salad $5 (no pot luck lunches these days) enjoy outside play with your family these school holidays. Memberships available $30.00 per year Visit Mid North Check Point for more Pokies available (Gamble responsibly 1800 858 858) information. Function bookings available Find your local checkpoint at www.facebook.com/OPALMidNorth
Notice from NOMINATE A Wakefield Regional Council LOCAL YOUNG September 2016 Storm Damage – Disposal ACHIEVER
Some residents may have damaged items as a Nominations for the Channel 9 Young Achiever result of the recent storm which affected Awards are now open and we want our local young predominately Blyth, Balaklava and Bowmans achievers to be recognised! Mayor Rodney Reid, Wakefield Regional Council and the regions surrounding. In support of these encourages residents to nominate a local young circumstances, Wakefield Regional Council will person for a Channel 9 Young Achiever Award. accept domestic sized loads of items resulting Nominations are being sought until Tuesday 24th from storm damage at our waste depots located January 2017 in the following categories: in Everard, Owen & Port Wakefield. The Coffee Clubs Arts and Fashion Award Office for Youth Aboriginal Achievement Domestic loads are equivalent to trailer loads up Award to 8ft x 5ft and will be accepted free of charge The University of Adelaide Faculty of from residents. Any larger items or loads shall Sciences, Science & Technology Award be taken to Cleanaway’s Inkerman Landfill Websters Lawyers Service to the Community (14kms south of Port Wakefield) however fees Award will apply. Multicultural Youth South Australia Spirit of Resilience Award Please contact Cleanaway’s Inkerman Landfill Rural Doctors Workforce Agency Rural Health on 8867 1355 for conditions and opening times. Award Worldwide Printing Solutions Sports Award This offer will be reviewed in late October 2016. Scouts SA Leadership Award Santos Regional Service Award
University Senior College Create Change Just for fun: Just as… Award 1.Cage is to bird as fence is to.. road hen 2.Spider is to fly as cat is to.. The Awards will culminate with a Gala 3.Boat is to water as car is to.. man Presentation Dinner on Friday 28th April 4.Sleep is to night as work is to.. cows 2017 at the Hilton Adelaide. bee 5.Orange is to tree as egg is to.. Category winners will each receive $2,000 thanks 6.Wing is to bird as arm is to.. day head to Allianz Australia and a magnificent trophy. One 7.Bite is to dog as sting is to.. of the ten category winners will be chosen as the mouse 8.Foot is to shoe as hat is to.. Channel 9 Young Achiever of the Year and will win an additional $2,000 from Allianz Australia and a state trophy.
Everyone that submits a nomination will go into
the draw for a $200 voucher from The Coffee Club. The Odd Sound Three words in each row have the same vowel Nomination enquiry brochures are available from sound. Circle the word that does not belong. Council or Awards sponsors or nominate online at www.bit.ly/sayaa For further information email 1 .boat coat coach cream [email protected] phone the Awards office 2. tail leaf whale sail on 8132 0753 or visit www.awardsaustralia.com 3. were there hair their 4. turn cure sure pure Recognise a young person now and make 5. beat search meal seal their day! 6 .wall talk pals walk 7. tied died tried thief PWPS Parent Club Photo Family Photo 8. groan shown crowd flown Fundraiser. Sunday the 23rd October 2016. Outdoor Family Portraits Sitting only $10 includes one 10x12'' Portrait. If interested please ring Sandra on 0427054409 for a booking time. Please pay the $10 to Sandra on the day.
2016 Wakefield Regional Council Building capacity to protect watercourses VET Student of the Year Awards On ground works for the Natural Resources The 2016 Wakefield Regional Council Vocational Northern and Yorke co-ordinated Catchments Education and Training (VET) Awards are now open project across the Willochra, Broughton, Wakefield to all students attending a school or are a resident in and Light catchments, have now been completed. the Council zone. Applications are invited from students participating in a VET course or Australian More than 60 landholders, five local governments, School Based Apprenticeship/ Traineeship (ASBA). and numerous schools and volunteers across the All applications are due by 5.00pm on Friday 21st Northern and Yorke and Adelaide Mount Lofty October 2016 with the winners receiving a cash prize Ranges Natural Resources regions have been from the major sponsor, Balco Australia. involved in the project to achieve 460ha of Application forms are also available on the revegetation, 54km of fencing and 4000ha of weed Council website control. http://www.wakefieldrc.sa.gov.au/page Natural Resources Northern and Yorke Water Officer Jennifer Munro thanked all of the Whole Town Garage Sale Thank You landholders who have participated to make the
We had perfect weather for garage sales! outcomes of the project possible.
Unfortunately roads into and out of Port
Wakefield were closed due to floods and so Have a say in future Action Plans for the customers were far and few between. Willochra, Broughton, Wakefield and Light river
Some participants couldn’t open because catchment systems here: friends and family couldn’t bring their goods for sale. http://yoursay.sa.gov.au/decisions/yours
Thank you to those who braved the adverse ay-engagements-northern-and-yorke- conditions and remained open. catchments-action-plans/about
The Australia Day Response to the Thank You Citizen of the Year Awards (14 Sept. 2016 newsletter) As executor, I wish to clarify the false information written in the last newsletter by my stepdaughter in regard to Wendy’s estate. My responsibilities as executor of Wendy’s estate were to secure and finalize the affairs of that estate.
Who makes a difference in your Affairs will be settled after due process has been followed and the estate legally finalized. community? No one was or will be forced from the family home; however, certain items, personal Nominations are now open: documents and valuables were removed from Citizen of the Year the home against the explicit instructions of the
Young Citizen of the Year executor. Norm Goller Community Event of the Year
Awards are presented at Australia Day Response to the Thank You (14 Sept. 2016 newsletter events in Councils across South Australia It is unfortunate that through sadness and Head to the website or contact our local personal tragedy the private feelings of Council for details individuals inferred Port Wakefield as no longer www.citizenoftheyear.com.au a happy place to visit. However, those who live in the town, I am
sure, do consider Port Wakefield as a happy
place with memories from across the spectrum. Glenda Pain
Beware on Phillips Street! Birds of the Port Wakefield Area As a result of the flooding and the subsequent from a book of the same name by Paul attempts to drain the water Phillips Street has been Taylor and Wikipedia further flooded and appears impassable. Rufous Whistler Pachyephala rufiventris Once fairly common but has declined in recent years. Predominantly a reddish-brown and grey bird, it makes up for its subdued plumage with its song-making ability
Could This Be Why You Don’t Have NBN?
Male and Female Rufous Whistlers. Whistlers are sometimes nicknamed “Thunderbirds” because they burst into song at the sound of thunder, or any other loud noise. Rufous whistlers are large-headed and With floodwaters stocky. They have short beaks and long surrounding the base of tails (almost as long as the rest of the the NBN tower, could this bird) which are very narrow and have be why you have no sharp, forked tips. The species is sexually service? Apparently dimorphic. While females are typically dull access to the tower will brown or grey with streaked underbodies, not be available until the males are predominantly dark-grey with water drains away. white throats and (in most cases) a black mask that covers most of their head and some of their neck. These birds are Wakefield Regional Council (WRC) between 16 and 18 centimetres in size, on Attempting to Solve the Water Problem. average, and their average weight is approximately 25 grams.
Riddles: Q: I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Q: In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower– everything was pink! What color were the stairs?
Q: What has hands but cannot clap?
In an attempt to drain the water from the golf course Q: A house has 4 walls. All of the walls area, WRC has been advised to dig a channel from are facing south, and a bear is circling the the southern side of Port Wakefield Road, opposite house. What color is the bear? Port Wakefield Wreckers, across the land to the gulf. This should allow the water to drain under the road Q: What is at the end of a rainbow? through the present drain, along the channel and be dispersed freely into the Gulf St Vincent.
FLINDERS MID NORTH YORKE RE: Future Use Port Wakefield Tourist BUSHFIRE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Information Building/ River Gum Info Centre Help protect your community. Have your say.
The Flinders Mid North Yorke Bushfire
Management Committee would like your input on the draft Bushfire Management Area Plan (BMAP) for the region. Have Your Say!! The Plan identifies assets at risk from bushfire and The Port Wakefield Community outlines work that will be done to manage the Management Committee (PWCMC) recently bushfire risks to those assets and the broader received information from Wakefield Regional landscape, with a focus on prevention rather than Council (WRC) about the future use of Port fighting fires. Wakefield Tourist Information Building, commonly To view the context document, online maps, Risk known as the River Gum Information Centre. & Treatment Registers and additional information This building is located facing the main go to www.cfs.sa.gov.au. highway in Port Wakefield. It has for many years Details of public meetings can also be found on been under the care and control of WRC who the website or by phoning (08) 8463 4151 employed a cleaner, but local Port Wakefield Closing date for public comment: residents (volunteers) opened and closed the 18 November 2016. building each day, displayed and refilled the Contact the CFS Bushfire Management Planning tourist brochures and reported to WRC when Unit brochures needed to be replenished until the Phone: (08) 8463 4151 Caravan Park Caretaker took responsibility of the building. Local businesses also displayed their Email: promotional brochures in the centre. [email protected] As the lease between WRC and River Gum homes has expired negotiations are underway as to the future of the building. River Gum homes has no further use of the building. WRC is asking if PWCMC or any other town group is willing to assume management of the building. The PWCMC believes this building provides an opportunity for the businesses in the entire area of WRC to promote themselves and our district by displaying promotional material and
brochures. The PWCMC committee would consider Do You Have Ghostly Activity?? undertaking management of the building but With many historical sites and quite a long history, would require support from businesses across the Port Wakefield is sure to have some paranormal district to provide brochures and to cover future activity. operating costs. At this time these costs are unknown. Do you have such activity at your place? PWCMC asks for feedback from local Do you know of such activity that could be businesses, groups and individuals in the form of further investigated? written feedback or attend the next monthly Have you heard stories of ghostly occurrences? meeting of PWCMC which will be held Monday 7 November 2016 at 5 pm in the meeting room The Port Wakefield Community Management Committee of the Port Wakefield Community Newsletter (PWCMC) has been approached to ascertain if much building (Former Council Chamber) 15 Burra activity exists with the possibility of future promotion and Street Port Wakefield. advertisement and development of this phenomenon It would be appreciated if an indication of activity. your attendance is provided to the PWCMC Secretary prior to the meeting. Please contact PWCMC Secretary Glenda Pain with your Glenda Pain information and to learn more. Email: [email protected] Phone: 0409 286 177 Phone: 0409 286 177
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Across Down 1. Australian marsupial 1. Flightless bird of New Zealand Paraprosdokians: (8) (4) 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it. 3. Oviparous creatures 2. Burrowing mammal of Africa, 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt produce feeds on termites (8) you….but it’s still on my list. them (4) 4. Small compact aquatic bird, 3. Since light travels faster than sound, some 7. Membrane builds people appear bright until you hear them connecting the toes of floating nests (5) speak. 5. Pilchards (8) some aquatic birds and 4. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong. 6. Hog (3) mammals (3) 8. Clutch of small animals (5) 9. Group of lions (5) 9. Small horse (4) 10. Relating to crows 12. Small long-winged songbirds (7) (8)
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AUSTRALIA DAY AWARDS PORT WAKEFIELD 2016 Closing date Friday 2nd December 2016
Nominations can now be forwarded for the Australia Day Port Wakefield Citizen of the year Award for 2016, and Young Achiever of the year award 2016.
Citizen of the year Nominations should be for people who voluntarily donate their time to help the community. The Young Achievers Award is open to young people between the ages of 12 and 18 who are achievers in any field deserving of recognition. One nomination form per household or business premises is permitted and signature of nominator requested.
Place nominations with a short statement describing the contribution/s of the nominee in the box at the Post Office. Attach extra pages as required.
CITIZEN OF THE YEAR
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