Volume 25 Issue 9 June 2019

Nurturing & Tailored Environment — Transition to School Tooraweenah Community Health Transition to School starts Monday Clinic 17th June for any Kindergarten Gilgandra students who will be, or are Health Service considering enrolling in Kindergarten We are happy to talk to you about your 2020 for Tooraweenah Public health (or health problems) and Refer you School. to an appropriate team. This is an opportunity to find out Services Provided more about the school, and the Baby/Child Health check unique and tailored setting that we offer our students. Transition Immunisation (Please call Sarah prior students come to school on to the clinic to book) Mondays until mid-Term 4 and join Speech and Occupational Therapy into the K/1/2 classroom becoming Referrals familiar with routines and Wound assessment Simultaneous Story Time with students from developing confidence to start their school journey. Help to understand the aged care sys- Tooraweenah Public School and Preschool They participate in games and activities which they tem Referral to My Aged Care collect in their scrapbook, taking this home every week to share with parents their experiences Blood pressure check from the day. Fall prevention We have had very positive feedback to the transition program in the past years and would like to welcome and encourage new families and students to experience learning in our nurturing and Immunisation Information tailored environment with high staff to student ratios. Medication Advice th Many parents often wonder how students interact socially in small schools. Students at our Next Clinic: Thursday 20 June school play in the playground across all ages much like a big family. The older students relish in 10am to 12pm taking leadership roles and look after our younger students. If you are interested in enrolling in our Transition to School Program or know of someone who may Tooraweenah CWA Rooms be interested, please contact Karen Smith on 68481073 or [email protected] for an enrolment form and information package.

Community Revitalisation Workshop - Thursday 27th June 2019 Contact for Contact for Child Community Health and Family Health The Community Revitalisation Workshop has been rescheduled for Thursday 27th June ( 02) 68805943 or (02) 68805937 or (02) 68805944 (02)68805940 2019 commencing at 6.30pm. The Venue will be advised when you book to attend. Sheree, Sue or Sarah or Sue-Ann Allan Parker will facilitate the community workshop with a focus on community driven Megan change. Allan aims to equip communities to act on what the community can do, to facilitate change. The workshop will explore innovation and result in new goals and new ways to network Ovarian Cancer together in the community. Our vision is to save lives and ensure that The workshop is a gathering, rather than a meeting, run as an informal conversation no woman with ovarian cancer walks that also crosses generational boundaries. alone. If people are interested in attending they can contact Amanda via email: Help Line: 1300 660 3345 [email protected] Web: ovariancancer.net.au

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Coonamble Gala Day the Cross Country Champions on the day: protection lessons with Mrs Jenkin and Y- Students from years 3-6 nominated to Juvenile Boy 1000m Sam Trickey PEP instructor Andrew. Students have participate in the Small Schools Team for Juvenile Girls 1000m Holly Wykes participated in lessons in small groups and Netball and Rugby League at Coonamble. It Junior Boy 2000m Jahkaia Hughes are learning about important child was very pleasing to see so many of our Junior Girl 2000m Lara Duff protection topics such as sense of self, students put their hand up for the challenge Special mention must also go to Daisy Wykes power in relationships, recognising abuse and participate with such great who competed for the first time in the and protective strategies at age appropriate sportsmanship on the day. 2000m race and as an 8 year old, came 2nd levels. These topics cover conversations and Our students joined with Carinda, against the 8, 9 and 10 year old girls. A very activities around rights of the child, Quambone and Marra Creek to form the gutsy effort indeed! similarities and differences, trusted adults, Small Schools Teams for the day. Mrs Peart, Technology Open Classrooms warning signs, body parts, types of abuse, who supervised the rugby league, reported secrets, safe and unsafe situations and No that the Toora kids represented the school Go Tell strategies. with pride. Special mention going to Jahkaia Karen Smith Hughes who showed outstanding Relieving Principal sportsmanship throughout the day. Tooraweenah Public School Thank you to the staff and parents who Safe, Respectful Achievers transported students and played an active |w| 02 role in supervising, coaching and refereeing 68481073 at the Gala Day. Billionaire Boy It is always a great experience to watch live theatre and the performance of Billionaire Some of the Small Boy at the Dubbo Regional Theatre, was no Tallis, Brock & Darcy coding with LEGO We do 2.0 Schools’ exception. Students were enthralled by the Sparklers set design changes and story being told We welcomed parents as well as patron, Mrs Netball team through acting and music. Thank you to Pike into our technology classroom on Craig Dowsett who transported the students Friday. Our guests were amazed at the skills to Dubbo and to the staff for their help in of the students in building and coding Lego supervision and organization. We Do 2.0 and coding the Dash robots. Mark Pitts- Fitness and Rugby Thank you to Petria and James Cameron for The 5/6 Barbar- Coaching by Mark Pitts is our Friday sport for providing their expertise during technology ians Term 2. We are fortunate to have a coach of lessons. Team his calibre live locally and make available his John Fleming Excursion Tallis & Brock fitness facility for some of our lessons. This Students and staff travelled to Gilgandra pictured program is supported by a sporting schools Public School for Mr John Fleming’s Term 2 far right grant. visit. Thank you to Gilgandra Public School NAPLAN for once again welcoming our students into The NAPLAN assessments have been classrooms. Mrs Jenkin and students in the completed online. I have been impressed Years 3-6 class were observed by Mr Fleming with the students’ persistence and work and other staff for their Narrative writing ethic in completing these assessments. We lesson. It is fantastic to see the students look forward to using this assessment in developing such outstanding skills in writing. combination with school assessments to Mrs Smith and Mrs Jenkin found the Years help determine teaching and learning goals professional development opportunities in 3/4 Barbar- for the students. observing other teachers use the Fleming ians Easter Colouring in Competition techniques in their classrooms highly Team Congratulations to Lexi Trickey who was the beneficial. Professional Learning led by Mr Jahkaia pictured second place winner in the Gilgandra Fleming after school allowed the staff to centre Newsagency Easter Colouring in have some questions answered and clarify Competition. Well done, Lexi! their own use of the techniques. Thank you Cross Country to parents in assisting the school with transport and therefore allowing us to take Karl’s Motorcycle and advantage of these opportunities for our Small Motor Repairs

school. National Simultaneous Story Time

Our students joined over 1,085,587

participants across Australia and New

Cross Country competitors Zealand in reading Alpacas with Maracas, the biggest National Simultaneous Storytime The Tooraweenah Cross Country was held ever! The Preschool and School students Phone Karl on: recently at the Tooraweenah Golf Course. enjoyed the story and were very keen to 0434 613 155 or Parents and community members came have a turn with the maracas. 6848 1186 along and supported the students. Y-PEP Congratulations to the students who were Students have been participating in child June 2019 Volume 25, Issue 9 Toora Bungles page 3 Around The Traps Tooraweenah LPO Clothing bin are reminded that it is for clean and return home a little less drought weary. The rainfall for Tooraweenah for May was clothing and if anyone has clean blankets or Undertaking this most valuable role Kristy, has 18.6mm falling over 4 days with a YTD total of Doonas not being used we can find them a been appreciated by everyone. THANK YOU! 218.2mm over 21 days. home in the cooler weather. Thank you for These events were supported by Gilgandra Please ensure you use your correct mailing your support. Shire Council through funding from the address to speed up sorting and delivery, make Australian Government as part of the Drought sure your mail has been correctly addressed Biggest Morning Tea Communities Funding and you put the appropriate amount of Tooraweenah’s biggest morning tea was on th postage on larger letters. again on Saturday the 18 of May, outside Tooraweenah Lions Club “RUBY” Annual If you require parcels to be delivered to your Tooraweenah Trading Co from 10am. J N J’s Changeover Saturday 12 June 6pm for 6.30 door by the mail contractors, your suppliers coffee van was in attendance. Nearly $800 was Tooraweenah Memorial Hall need to be advised of this as the default option raised for the Cancer Council. Thank you to the This annual event is a great opportunity to join usually requires a signature on delivery and to community for your generosity in such hard with Lions Club members to reminisce, be collected from the post office. In todays times. acknowledge and celebrate 40 years of changing world of online purchasing, many outstanding service across the Tooraweenah parcels are able to be delivered but the Tooraweenah Community Health Clinic community and beyond. receiving roadside mailbox is far too small. Their next visit to Tooraweenah is on Please, pick up your phones and call Kathryn A reminder that the Tooraweenah Post Code is Thursday 20th June, 10am –12noon in the 2817 Larkin on 0400 471 648 and book for this their Tooraweenah CWA Rooms. Lions Club “RUBY” celebration, share a The Clinic will be coming under a review during Pub Community BBQ’s delicious 3 course dinner and enjoy good July, so please use this important service that is The May BBQs at the hotel were run by a company, live music and entertainment. Tooraweenah community group, raising money available for everyone. for the installation of playground equipment at Dust Buster BBQ’s Yule Tide Lunch the Recreation Ground. Thank you to all who (Christmas in July) assisted in any way during the month. The June Congratulations and a very big thank you to Mountain View Hotel BBQ’s are to be run by the Tooraweenah Town Kristy Cosier and her team for a job well done Fire Brigade, why not roar in for a great feed in arranging and coordinating the Dust Buster Wednesday 10th July 12 noon supplied by the fire fighters of Tooraweenah. BBQ’s across the Shire. All ladies are invited for a Watch the local notice boards for menus. It was wonderful to see more than 150 people friendly outreach day. attend each of these events to connect with Lions Clothing Bin Roast, Dessert Coffee/Tea $20 family, neighbours and friends, have some fun Residents who take advantage of the Lions Presentation by Sue Armstrong Guest Speaker Dalene Pretorius Tooraweenah CWA RSVP: Ashley by 6 July 6848 1017 Hi to all. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday the Several of our members attended the 12th of June at the Next Grind. Biggest Morning Tea on Saturday the Following the meeting Narelle Rodway will join 8th of May and also the Drought Buster BBQ on us at the Coo-ee Heritage Centre for a guided Sunday 9th May. These activities were a great tour of her Photography Exhibition “Hidden time to catch up and reconnect. Thanks to all Tiger, Crouching Dragon”. the members who provided slices for the day. It will be great to see you all there. Sue and Denise attended the State Conference The ‘Sip & Sew’ get-togethers continue every in Albury and will share everything that Wednesday in the Tooraweenah CWA Rooms happened during the June meeting. and anyone is welcome to come along. The Drought Vouchers given out by the Branch Cath Waller, Publicity Officer before Christmas have now closed. The funds that remain will be used around the Tooraweenah area. Anglican Church EMU LOGIC Tooraweenah Emu oil for sore joints and skin problems, for you and your dog First Sunday at 11.30am Morning tea Products available from Tooraweenah Motors & General Store Grahame Yager Gilgandra Coo-ee Heritage Centre 0428 866 525 Coona Rural and On-Farm Need Farm Fuel? Lubricants? Gulargambone Give Inland Petroleum a call Visit us at: Jeff Tym 1800 638 700 www.emulogic.com.au. 0427 223 182 Or call in at Inland BP or on Facebook: emulogic 84 Miller Street, Gilgandra June 2019 Volume 25, Issue 9 Toora Bungles page 4 Drought Support & Information www.agriculture.gov,au/ag-farm-food/ Water NSW on 1300 662 077 Applications can be made NOW to the drought/assistance/farm-household- NSW Rural Assistance Authority allowance; or contact; Office of Environment & Heritage www.raa.nsw.gov.au Farmer Assistance Hotline 132316 Check their website to find all the The scheme will close 30/06/2021 or

NSW Government Drought Hub information on; when funding allocation is exhausted, www.droughthub.nsw.gov.au The changes to licences to reduce whichever comes first.

Rural Assistance Authority (RAA) kangaroos; How to apply for a licence for existing and new licence holders Drought Communities Programme Extension. Loans at a Glance This funding is now available for farmers, farm NSW RAA: 1800 678 593 Farm Innovation Fund customers will workers and farm suppliers, and contractors facing hardship due to drought. NSW Drought Transport Subsidies have interest charges refunded for the It can be used to spend in local communities or https://www.raa.nsw.gov.au/assistance/ 2017/18 financial year and the 2018/19 financial year. to cover urgent bills such as food, petrol and emergency-drought-relief/transport- utilities. sibsidy-online-form For more information go to; The $3,000 per household can consist of up to

Automatic waiver of Local Land Services www.agriculture.gov.au $2,000 in cash and $1,000 in vouchers. The Salvation Army, St Vincent de Paul Society rates for all landholders in 2019 For Mental Health Information and and Rotary Australia World Community Service To apply call Service NSW 13 77 88 support; have been engaged to deliver the assistance. Class 1 agricultural vehicles will be Centre for Rural & Remote Mental Health Eligible households should reach out to these exempt from the next annual registration and RAMHP—Rural Adversity Mental organisations directly to seek financial support charge. Health Program. Check out their web site (details below). To apply call Service NSW 13 77 88 W: www.ramph.com.au to find the local The Salvation Army RAMHP Coordinator 24 hour hotline: 1300 551 030 Fixed charge component of water Website: salvos.org.au/drought licences issued by Water NSW will be E: [email protected] Visit www.crrmh.com.au click on the link St Vincent de Paul automatically waived for licence holders in Hotline: 13 18 12 to the Drought Support Home Page rural and regional NSW Website: vinnies.org.au Contact; Water Infrastructure Rebates

Councillors Corner It is Budget time of the councillors advocate in relation to priorities of grant funding. On our local tourism front, year. Your Shire councillors’ with budget planning and decisions. welcome to our new Caravan Park owners. consider there is a Rural roads draft 2019/2020 budget is Investigations and consultations are ongoing in responsibility to do our primarily allocated for maintenance and relation to establishing a dump point in level best to present and rehabilitation works. New bitumen seals have Tooraweenah. Take a moment to look at Toora achieve balanced budgets. missed out in the short term. Showground Drought Relief funding Reserves are set aside for future infrastructure Tooraweenah Recreation Park is a hive of infrastructure works, particularly new shelter projects. activity with installation of new playground shed and kitchen, these are real community Taking on board community chats, all facilities and oval grandstand, mostly courtesy outcomes. Cr Brian Mockler

Tooraweenah Show

This year’s show on Saturday 19 October stands and for not only the Annual Show but also will be bigger and better. Our committee kitchen tables horse events, golf days, parties, weddings has lots of new ideas they are putting into and benches; a and more. action so that you will have more fun than new commer- I would like to acknowledge and thank our ever before. cial kitchen wonderful committee members. Not only There are some new additions to the with an do they do all the hands on stuff, but the showgrounds due to the Drought Grant attached Secretary and Treasurer keep the wheels we received through enormous all weather undercover area; in turning. The hard working Stewards Council and the Government Drought the Pavilion the dining room windows and organise and refine the show program all Initiative. outer walls year. Special thanks to every-one in our Our local tradespeople have done us are brand community who helps us at show time proud. new; look for and throughout the year. You are the life There the fans in the blood of our Show. will be dining room Our next meeting is Wednesday 26 June more and Pavilion at 6.30 pm at the Mountain View Hotel. seating and the water All welcome. with systems are being upgraded. These Sue Armstrong President several additions enhance our grounds which grand- continue to be used throughout the year June 2019 Volume 25 Issue 9 Toora Bungles Page 5

Lions Roar Toora Lions 40th “RUBY” annual firewood for sale to visitors to the We now have 7 honorary Lion cubs courtesy of changeover is on Saturday 15 June Warrumbungle National Park. Will Alison, Jade Zell and Kathryn Larkin. 6pm for 6.30pm, Tooraweenah The Club acknowledges those in our rural A reminder ,Toora Lions members relish a Memorial Hall. Bookings to Kathryn Larkin community who generously allow us to cut challenge. We welcome any projects or social 0400 471 648 $45pp BYO. 3 course dinner firewood which is our main winter activity. activities that any community organisation and live musical entertainment. Our versatile catering teams helped out on 2 would like us to support in a constructive way. Our Club was chartered way back in 1979. We weekends with the Landcare coordinated Lions Motto, “We Serve”. Most importantly we are privileged to have current Charter Lions Community Drought Dust Buster events at have fun and enjoy the friendship of our Members Max Bonnington, John Gale, Sir Jack Bearbong and Tooraweenah and then a community service. A Lion Mock Parkes and Don Zell. clearing sale at Toora, the busiest clearing sale Amazingly, our membership currently has a Toora Lions has ever experienced. similar number to what it was 40 years ago. Slightly embarrassing that the BBQ was sold Pretty good effort for the small village of Toor- NARELLE RODWAY out, fortunately we were able to source extra aweenah. Photographic Exhibition drinks on short notice. ‘Hidden Tiger, Crouching Dragon’ Ken Gordon will hand over the Presidential A special recognition of Macca McKenzie, 5 June to 21 July 2019 reigns to Lester Thurston and his executive whilst he is getting extremely long in the tooth, Gilgandra Art Gallery located in team of Kathryn Larkin, Secretary & Jane he is a supreme organiser and tireless in what Coo-ee Heritage Centre, Gilgandra Gesell, Treasurer. he does for Toora Lions catering and general T 6817 8700 With winter on our doorstep we have revved Club activities. Official Opening Saturday 8 June up our “wood choppers” and are now taking from 2pm-4pm In the last 12months we have welcomed new orders for our Senior citizens and those in members and our range of community All Welcome need in our community. activities have been many. A working bee is planned to cut and bag Walkway & Habitat Corridor Mountain View Hotel Tooraweenah Gilgandra Shire Koala Tree species from the GK Rohr, Council, Warrumbungle Viewing Platform to the village June 2019 Tooraweenah boundary. Keep an eye out in the Toora Town Bungles for progress with this project. Every Friday Night is Committee Happy Hour 5-6pm CWA members, Presbyterian Church Saturday Nights Lions Club, Tooraweenah School and the BBQ Tea & Deserts provided by broader Fourth Sunday Tooraweenah community groups

community are at 9am Wednesday 5th First Game of Origin working followed by $5 schooners & $4 middies collectively morning tea Every drink ticket gets you an entry to win towards the prizes at half & full time Footy on the big establishment Reverend Peter Tamsett screen outside with bon fires of a Walkway 6847 2036 to keep warm and an Avenue Steak & beer dinner special and Habitat corridor of Kurrajong and Friday 14th Mexican Food Night Tooraweenah 5.30 to 8pm eat in or take away! Community Bus offers a door-to- Wednesday 19th Pool Comp $20 Entry Winner takes all! door pick up from Free bar snacks for all competitors Luke Harvey 9am to Gilgandra, Names in by 6pm start 6.15 Owner/Certified Welder returning approximately 2.30pm to Sunday 23rd 2nd game of Origin Mobile Welding and Repairs Tooraweenah. On-Site Service, No Job Too Small $5 Schooners & $4 middies Schedule for 2019: Every drink ticket gets you an entry to win Ph 0407 321 672 prizes at half & full time [email protected] Footy on the big screen outside with June 11th & 25th Our services include: July 9th & 23rd bonfires to keep warm MIG TIG STICK, Air Arc Gouging Pizza Deals specials August 13th & 27th General Fabrication, Farm Equipment, Friday 28th Indian Food Night Earth Moving Equipment, Always the second and fourth 5.30 to 8pm eat in or take away Trailers, Repairs Tuesdays of the month Call For A Quote Today Please ring to book: 6817 8750 6848 1017 Toora Bungles June 2019 Volume 25 Issue 9 Page 6 Items repaired or replaced using MENTAL WELLBEING BASIC MACHINING Depression & WELDING It’s not a matter of just being tougher or more resilient … you’re in strife and you can be helped

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