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Edition 447, April 2018 Despite windy day Blown away by Expo success In very windy conditions Friends of Royal Park held the fifth Smart Building and Living Expo on Sunday, 25 February from 10am to 3.30pm. More than 30 exhibitors, sponsors and ten community groups were on display, alongside food vendors, entertainment and an art display. The Expo had the theme of Waste: War and Peace. Despite the strong winds, organisers were thrilled with its success. La Vergne Lehmann, Executive Officer of the Grampians Central West Waste and Resource Recovery Group, said there were lots of questions around recycling, and how people can manage waste. “Many asked about how you could go plastic bag free at home and use less commercial cleaners.” Eco Homewares exhibitor Helen Tobias, of Daylesford, said she was busy all day with inquiries about the materials in her products. Expo Organiser Andrea Mason said the event had grown and it was encouraging to Helen Tobias of Eco Homewares shown with her wide range of products for use in the home. witness so many residents eager to learn more about sustainability. She also found Andrea suggested that as more people it exciting to observe changing attitudes in become aware of sustainability messages INSIDE THIS ISSUE the community. like Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, more conversations will take place in-person and Habit changes Kerry the barber.........................2 through the internet. “People were inspired by the event Fire report..................................6 and many are willing to change their Planning will begin soon for the 2019 habits. There is a growing momentum in event. New face at local pub..................8 Buninyong around recycling and reducing For more information, visit Home alone...............................10 waste, evident through the Boomerang FriendsofRoyalPark.org.au. School news..............................15 Bags movement, and I think more community-driven ideas will come,” she Gardens play..............................20 said. Amy Darby Walker PEOPLELOCAL NEWS After 66 years as a barber Kerry still cuts a fine figure After marrying wife Beverley whom he met at one of the many dances then held in the Civic Hall and St Patrick’s Hall, the family (later with three children) first lived in Leith Street, Redan. But being a country boy at heart, he soon moved out to Shire Avenue in Mount Helen to a 12 acre block where the family had “much more space.” In turn, in the late 1980s they moved to Blackberry Lane, Buninyong. Going strong He opened his shop in Albert Street, Sebastopol, just near the Coles store, about thirty years ago. Asked about The name Kerry Stokes is well known The Daly family also had another famous retirement, the fit-looking 82 year old Kerry around Australia. Two come to mind. barber in the family, Michael, who plied said it was not on the horizon. “I don’t play There is the Channel 7 media mogul. his trade in and around McArthur Street for bowls or golf, and all I would have to do is The other is an 82 year old barber, over 50 years. stay home and cut the grass!” a long-term resident of Buninyong, Fired A life-long Geelong supporter, he recalled who is still going strong in his Albert Kerry’s apprenticeship with Groves ended that the father of famous Cat’s captain Street, Sebastopol barber shop after abruptly when he took a day’s leave to Bob Davis was the barber out at Clunes being in the hairdressing trade for attend the funeral of a cousin in Beaufort where he also ran the billiards saloon. some 66 years. and he “got the sack!” In his shop he still proudly has his original Kerry grew up on the farm in Beaufort However, at that time there were four Hairdressers’ Registration Certificate dated where he attended the local primary men’s hairdressers in Lydiard Street near 15 June 1955 which followed his several school. When Kerry was in his early teens the Mining Exchange and he soon found years as an apprentice. his father died of a heart attack. With no one (Davidson’s) willing to take him on. pension available for his widowed mother, He’s truly amazing for an old bloke who will Kerry left school (which he didn’t like He recalls that in those days with the turn 83 in June. anyway) to “learn a trade to help support police station and the Court House nearby The world’s oldest barber is her.” in Camp Street, he had many police and Anthony Mancinelli, aged 105 lawyers as customers. He came to Ballarat, boarding with the from Orange County, New York. Daly family in Neill Street, and got an He even recalled a visit from the then- Still working five days each week, apprenticeship with barber Ken Groves Premier Henry Bolte. Later he worked he started cutting hair at the age in Mair Street, just near the old Ritchies for Bill Irwin in Doveton Street. of twelve! store. 2 Buninyong & District Community News Edition 447, April 2018 LOCAL NEWS Vicroads quizzed on $150,000 road study Two senior staff from VicRoads He said that an immediate exercise was attended the February meeting of to set up “data capture” points involving the Buninyong & District Community cameras and counters to study where Association (BDCA) to provide heavy vehicles were coming from and The Argus, 2 September 1936, p7 details of the $150,000 traffic study going to. Number plates would be used to Contributed by Betty McGuiness announced by local member Geoff track vehicle movement. This would lead Howard late last year. to proposals about “possible solutions” for (Above) VicRoads’ staff Sam Brown and Lee alternative routes. Taylor at the BDCA meeting. They were Sam Brown, Team Leader, Integrated Transport Planning and Lee At this stage “community engagement Taylor, a planning engineer, who is sessions” would be held at Buninyong and (Below) Geoff Howard MP and ALP heading up the project. also at Mt Helen/Mt Clear. candidate Michaela Settle inspect one of the camera/ traffic counting points as part of Three stages Sam Brown cautioned that the present the study. Lee Taylor, a former Buninyong resident, study “would not be looking at said that the project would involve three putting lines on a map.” The stages. The first phase would identify ‘feasibility report’ is expected the problems that the traffic study was to be finalised in mid-2018. attempting to solve. In December 2017 an Comments initial meeting involved staff from the City Among comments made by of Ballarat, the Shire of Moorabool, and BDCA members was that focus representatives from the BDCA and the must be kept on the future Business Network. impact of the Western Link Mr Taylor said that three principal matters Road, while others said that were identified: the name given to the project referring to an “eastern” by- pedestrian safety and movement caused pass was an unfortunate one. by the Midland Highway’s bisecting the town and the increasing presence of heavy Another member said that vehicles on the road it was to be hoped that the results of this study would not • the need to identify more efficient route be allowed to ‘gather dust’ like options particularly for trucks heading to the results of the 2012 City Geelong and further west of Ballarat/VicRoads Traffic • the need for better cycling and foot Impact Study. traffic links though Buninyong Edition 447, April 2018 Buninyong & District Community News 3 LOCAL NEWS THAT PLACE ON THE HILL Recently police have reported several incidents in Buninyong (such as intrusions into private property). Concerned with reports that some may have involved residents of Merindah, the former motel, now a boarding house on the Midland Highway on Mt Buninyong, the manager has written an open letter to The News to let local residents know a little about the property and its residents. The property was sold in October 2017 to an operator of another home in Ararat, but it will continue as a boarding house for another five years. I am writing this hoping to answer some bathroom with three meals a day. impacts badly they are evicted. This can ‘questions that I’m sure the community sometimes prove difficult when there is Yes, we do get some troublesome might have about Merindah that ‘place on nowhere for them to go, as I will never see residents, and we do our best to try to get the hill’ up on the Midland Highway atop Mt someone become homeless. help from agencies so they are supported Buninyong. It was formerly called Hillview and assisted to access appropriate and If a resident misbehaves don’t hesitate to Lodge and before that was a motel. meaningful activities during the day. call police as you would do if anybody else Merindah is a boarding house. It houses Sometimes this fails. misbehaves in the community. 20 people most referred by welfare But please feel free to come and visit to agencies. Most have been homeless or meet the staff and residents. You will be are at risk of homelessness. Some have “I will never see most welcome and the kettle’s always physical and/or mental health Issues . someone go homeless” on. I will be happy to answer any further Mostly quiet questions that you may have. ’ Our residents are mostly very quiet. Behaviour Jacinta Peart, Manager Some go to work daily and most go to We cannot be responsible for their day programs in Ballarat thanks to the behaviour in the community. We can’t introduction of the NDIS. The residents lock them up. The system states they (Above) Manager Jacinta Peart chats with each have a furnished private room/ have choice.