Postage Paid TO THE HOUSEHOLDER Toodyay 6566 West Aust PO Box 100, Toodyay, WA 6566 Telephone/Fax: (08) 9574 2106 VOLUME 309 email - [email protected] December 2012 www.toodyayherald.com.au Circulation 3400 Butterly Cottages receive their award. L-R: Jo Sutton (Sec), Tena Short (Vice Pres), Jim Short (Pres), Shirley Patten (founding member), Lachlan Baird (presenter) and Paul Sutton (Treas) Butterly Cottages Recognised at Awards Night Grant Scobie named winner in its category. • Goolarri Media Enterprises Community Group of the Year President Jim Short, Vice President 410 guests from across the state of Broome - Department of Award Tena Short, Treasurer Paul Sutton BUTTERLY Cottages was one of including many politicians, mayors, Indigenous Affairs Indigenous Goolarri Media Enterprises of and Secretary Jo Sutton, along with the ‘winners’ of the prestigious shire presidents, sponsors, finalists Service Award Broome was also named the overall one of our founder members, Shirley 2012 Regional Achievement and and nominees gathered to celebrate • Eddie Bear of Derby - state winner: The Department Patten, who was instrumental in Community Awards, announced the wonderful achievements of Horizon Power Leadership and of Regional Development and starting off the whole concept. at a Gala Awards Presentation many of regional and rural Western Innovation Award Lands - Regional Achievement and Butterly was humbled to be Dinner at the Perth Convention and Australia’s highest achievers and • South West Catchment Community Award winner. in the presence of so many Exhibition Centre on Friday night community contributors. Council (SWCC) of Bunbury Butterly Cottages Response community-minded people doing 16 November 2012. Host for the evening was WIN – CSBP Environment Award Butterly Cottages Committee was such wonderful work from all over Toodyay was well represented Television’s Matt Tinney. • Anna-Lisa Newman of Varley very pleased to have the support of the state. Even the ones who didn’t among the finalists with The Winners were presented with – Country Housing Authority Toodyay CEO, Stan Scott, and his make the finals were awe inspiring Moondyne Festival in the running a $2,000 bank account from the Primary Producer of the Year wife and Councillor John Prater and to say the least. for the Perth Airport Events and Commonwealth Bank and a trophy. Award his wife on the night. If you would like to join this Tourism Award. Wayne Clarke was a The 2012 category award winners • The Newton-Wordsworth Though not all of our finalists from award winning team, we would be finalist for the Rinehart Volunteering are: Family of Williams - LandCorp Toodyay were lucky enough to win very glad to have more volunteers Award and Butterly Cottages for the • Barbara Sing of Derby - Curtin Sustainability Award on the night, it was heartening to to be a part of our Butterly Cottages Prime Super Community Group University Teaching Excellence • Marie Kelly of Manjimup – have three representatives from our Association. of the Year Award. Unfortunately, Award Rinehart Family Volunteering little town among nine categories We meet bi-monthly at Butterly the Moondyne Festival and Wayne • Manjimup Cherry Harmony Award altogether; that should put us on the House. For further details please Clarke were pipped at the post but Festival – Perth Airport Events • Butterly Cottages Association map anyway! contact the secretary on 9574 2698 Butterly Cottages motored on to be and Tourism Award of Toodyay - Prime Super Butterly was represented by or write to PO Box 37 Toodyay. Howling Gales Batter Shire classifieds 37 Maree Lewis some wind gusts of over 100km/hr education 8 recorded. SES crews were kept busy emergency services 9 WEDNESDAY, 28 November: Severe responding to emergency calls and environmental matters 25 worked from early afternoon, well winds and torrential rain battered Frank Venn Awards 6 Toodyay along with much of the into the night. Southwest and Central Wheatbelt, Julie Brown, co-ordinator for health matters 22 causing significant damage to property the SES in Northam, informed the letters 4 and making driving conditions on the Toodyay Herald that there were 15 public notices 18 roads hazardous. Trees were felled, call-outs within the Wheatbelt. Teams puzzles 37 from Northam, Merredin and York vegetation shredded, roofs peeled shire pages 20-21 away, roads blocked and power blacked responded as well as Shire crews. out. Eight of the jobs were in Northam, sport & leisure 36 The unseasonal weather, more typical two in Moora, one at Cadoux and four trades & services 29 of winter patterns, was caused by a in Toodyay districts. when & where they meet 18 deep low pressure system affecting Lorraine McMahon of Coondle, youth fusion 35 the Southwest of the state. There were Continued on Page 3 Page 2. THE TOODYAY HERALD December 2012 The Toodyay Herald is a monthly publication. The deadline for all contributions is the DAY BEFORE THE LAST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH and the paper will ACCOUNT ENQUIRIES ONLY be on the streets on the following THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH. All contributions and advertising may be left at the office of The Toodyay Herald, 92 Stirling Terrace, Toodyay, or posted to P.O. Box 100, Toodyay, 6566 or emailed to 0429 896 860 [email protected]. Website: toodyayherald.com.au (OFFICE HOURS) is a community paper and as such welcomes contributions of letters, articles and Council Vacancies to be Filled Soon photographs from all members of the community. Contributions via email or on flash drive are appreciated. There is no charge for articles which appear in the paper. Shire of Toodyay as diverse as recreation, libraries, the SUBSCRIPTIONS environment, town planning, health, roads THE Shire of Toodyay has advertised for and many more. Subscriptions are available at $2.50 per issue (postage and packaging) or $25 per year nominations for two council vacancies. “While meeting fees and some expenses (11 issues) by writing to P.O. Box 100, Toodyay 6566, enclosing a cheque for the The positions became vacant through the are paid, it is not something anyone does number of issues required. resignation of two Councillors for different for the money. It is about making a real reasons over the last few months. The term contribution to your community,” Mr Scott MEMBERSHIP for the West Ward is until October 2013 said. Membership of The Toodyay Herald is available to residents of the Shire of Toodyay while the Central Ward term is until 2015. The Shire has prepared a nomination pack at $10 per member per year (July - June). Send your name, phone number, residential Shire President, Kevin Hogg, is for potential candidates and is holding an address and postal address with your membership fee to P.O. Box 100, Toodyay 6566 encouraging interested people to nominate information session at the Council Chambers or leave it at 92 Stirling Terrace. for the vacancies. “Working as a Councillor at 6pm on Thursday 6 December 2012. “If Readers who reside outside the Shire of Toodyay are not eligible for membership but is one of the most significant contributions people cannot attend the information session, for $10 per year are invited to become a ‘Friend of the Herald’. you can make to your local community. You I am happy to provide a briefing at any time Members receive $15 free advertising per annum. would be involved in running an organisation to suit. It is even possible to complete your with the responsibility of making decisions nomination through an agent. Please call me COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT Editor: Grant Scobie that have a major impact on our lifestyle,” if you have any questions at all,” Mr Scott President: Paul Sutton Asst Editor: Meredith Neilsen he said. offered. Shire CEO Stan Scott agreed. “As a Nominations open on Thursday 6 December Vice President: Michael Cox ACCOUNT ENQUIRIES Secretary: Maree Lewis representative of your community you will 2012 and close at 4pm sharp on Thursday 13 Treasurer: Wayne Clarke 0429 896 860 find the role enjoyable, challenging and December 2012. The election will be held on Members: stimulating with involvement in matters 19 January 2013. Natalie Prowse, Desraé Clarke, Meredith Neilsen, Stirling Hamilton, GENERAL ENQUIRIES Ken Prowse, Kathy Robinson The Editor PO Box 100, Toodyay Happy New Year from The Toodyay Herald Phone/Fax: (08) 9574 2106 DISTRIBUTION email: [email protected] Grant Scobie The Toodyay Herald has a distribution of 3,400copies. 1,800 copies are distributed as Editor introduced on Gardening in which there a ‘Householder’ to the residents of Toodyay, Morangup and Bolgart. Copies are also will be monthly stories on growing just available at the roadhouses and businesses in Toodyay, the Northam and York Tourist AT the Herald office, we are always looking about anything that will grow in Toodyay. Bureaux, the Clackline General Store, the Bakers Hill Newsagency and the Gidgegannup for ways to enrich our readers’ experience We shall need locals’ help in producing this Newsagency. Online at www.toodyayherald.com.au with our newspaper. So here are a couple of section as there are so many varied soils The Toodyay Herald is printed by new ideas for next year. and microclimates within the district. So, if Firstly, our column Out and About in you’re a gardener, please keep this in mind RURALPRESS Toodyay will change dramatically. Out and send in stories of your successes and and About was initially set up to remind failures. folk of all the businesses that were along We shall also be looking towards upgrading THANK YOU Stirling Terrace that were in danger of our website in the new year. Advertising being forgotten due to the move of both the online will then be available providing Thank you to the volunteers who help with the Toodyay Herald: Speedy Cox, supermarket and the post office to their new advertisers with links to their websites and Paul Sutton, Wayne Clarke, Desraé Clarke, Maree Lewis, Richard Grant, Janice positions on Charcoal Lane and Piesse Street, email addresses.