22,000 copies / month Community News, Local Businesses, Local Events and Free TV Guide 15TH SEPTEMBER - 1ST OCTOBER 2017 VOL 34 - ISSUE 19 Wild About Waratah's Festival Blue Mountains Botanic Gardens 23rd September to 2nd October - 9.30-5.30 daily Sandstone MARK VINT FIRST HOME Special Offers Special Offers FIRST HOME BUYERSBUYERS Available Available Sales 9651 2182 FIRST TIME Insider Information Buy Direct From the Quarry INVESTORS and Help Insider Information 270 New Line Road FIRST TIME INVESTORS and Help Help for Dural NSW 2158 DEBTS & LOANS Everyone 9652 1783 DEBTS & LOANS Help for [email protected] 0414 903 443 / 9653 2034 Everyone Handsplit ABN: 84 451 806 754 www.everyloan.com.au 0414 903 443 / 9653 2034 Random Flagging $55m2 WWW.DURALAUTO.COM www.everyloan.com.au 113 Smallwood Rd Glenorie Community News Garage Sale Trail is on Again Natalie Burton Award 2017 Garage Sale Do you know a high school student who has shown great strength Trail is back for by overcoming adversity? Why not nominate them for the 2017 another year Natalie Burton Memorial Award? and the The Hills Hawkesbury City Council is calling for nominations for the Shire, Councillo is annual Natalie Burton Memorial Award on behalf of the Burton, encouraging Hills Turner and Lawrance families. Residents are encouraged to residents to get nominate any Hawkesbury high school student, whom they feel is involved. a worthy recipient and they could be awarded with the prestigious The nation- Natalie Burton Memorial Award trophy and $200 prize money. wide garage sale Nominations close 5pm Monday, 25 September 2017. Past Mayor Keane met with homeowners on initiative, now Natalie Burton was a remarkable individual who died from cancer in Mediati Avenue, in Kellyville, who banded in its seventh March 2003 at the age of 32. Natalie was herself an exceptional student together to hold a street wide sale. year, promotes who accomplished a great deal during her life. This Award aims to see community Natalie’s life and her extraordinary achievements inspire local students connectedness and provides a novel way for residents to declutter, to overcome adversity in their own lives to still achieve. reduce waste, make money and fundraise for a charity or According to Natalie Burton’s mother, Elizabeth Turner, the organisation of their choice. award is intended for a recipient who has faced challenging More than 45 garage sales were registered in the area in 2016 and circumstances and, despite this adversity, has still succeeded the Council hopes more residents get involved this year. through their personal application and determination. The award-winning sustainability and community campaign The award is open to male or female students and is not restricted was founded in 2010 and has grown from one event in Sydney to a to academic achievement; it may take the form of community, massive national program supported by more than 54 local NSW sporting or general achievements and improvements. Councils. Nomination forms are available online via Council’s To register or to find out more information, visit: website https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/ www.garagesaletrail.com.au. pdf_file/0011/96635/Natalie-Burton- Memorial-Award- for- application-and- determination-Nomination- 2017-July.pdf or at Meals Get The Thumbs Up the Council Administration Building, 366 George Street, Windsor, Four days a week or Hawkesbury Central Library at Windsor or Richmond Branch Ken Methven waits Library or by calling 4560 4444. on his veranda between 10am to Enhancing the Arts in the 10.30am eagerly awaiting his Hawkesbury Meals on Wheels Council is currently seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from delivery. Mr members of the Hawkesbury community to act as community Methven is one of representatives on the Enhancing the Arts in the Hawkesbury 130 clients who Working Group. Members would need to have a genuine interest Mr Ken Methven and past Mayor Yvonne receive meals in the arts and be able to demonstrate knowledge, expertise and Keane. each week from experience in arts projects. Hills Community Community members are generally appointed to working groups Care (HCC) – a service provider of The Hills Shire Council. The on the basis of their subject knowledge and experience, technical 89-year-old started using Council’s Meals On Wheels after his skills and or their ability to interpret the common interests of family encouraged him to give it a go to help him eat regularly and residents. healthily. The goal of the Working Group is broad but the initial focus Meals are delivered by Hills Community Care volunteers and of the working group will be around music sector growth and consist of a main meal, soup, dessert and juice or water. increased community participation in the arts. It is also proposed Meals can range from: that the Working Group will identify a range of projects, each with attainable goals while also encouraging active participation and • Chilled meals delivered each weekday; involvement by the community. • Frozen meals delivered on weekdays in advance for weekends; The Working Group will provide constructive advice and practical support and assistance to Council in enhancing the arts in the • Meals for an emergency; and Hawkesbury, with a particular focus on seeking external funding, facilitating local arts activities and events as well as encouraging • Culturally diverse meal choices. audience participation. The Working Group will consist of Collectively, 27,000 meals are prepared by HCC every year. Councillors, Council staff and five community members. For more information on Meals on Wheels, contact Hills For more information or to obtain an Expression of Interest Form Community Care on (02) 9761 7602 or email your interest to please visit www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au or contact Joanne Russo [email protected]. on (02) 4560 3354. EOIs close 5pm Friday, 29 September 2017. 2 15 September 2017 | Hills to Hawkesbury Living Read online: www.hillstohawkesbury.com.au Community News Sewage Pump Station Book in a Home Library Visit Replacement Old Pump Station New Pump Station Council has invested $1.83 million into the renewal of the Windsor Sewerage Scheme’s Sewage Pump Station &'C'; using funding set aside for the renewal of vital assets. The continued and sustainable management of Council’s Sewerage assets is essential to ensure ongoing and reliable sewerage services. The pump station was ear-marked for renewal due to its age and condition, having given reliable service over many years. The pump station project began in September 2016 and was commissioned and handed over to Council on Friday, 8 September 2017. Past Mayor and Councillor Yvonne Keane, made a special visit along with a delivery of books to Glenhaven resident, Valerie Forrester, to The pump station consists of a new 3.6 metre diameter highlight The Hills Shire Library’s home library service. concrete pump station eight metres deep, explained the Mayor of Hawkesbury, Councillor Mary Lyons-Buckett. Eligible library members, generally those book lovers who “There is also a new control switchboard and generator, allowing are housebound or frail, may apply to have a selection of items full remote access and control via the internet, and 24 hour backup delivered monthly by a librarian as part of the home service. If you power if reticulated power supplies should fail,” she said. know someone who is housebound or frail and loves to read, this is “This new infrastructure will help us to reduce our environmental a fabulous service to recommend to them. footprint through resource and waste management, which is part The home library service can supply both regular and large print of ‘Caring for Our Environment’ under the Hawkesbury Community books, audiobooks on CD or MP3, DVDs, CDs and magazines. Strategic Plan 2017-2036.” Background Interested residents can complete an online enquiry form on The Hills Shire Library Service website www.thehills.nsw.gov.au/library The Windsor Sewerage Scheme’s Sewage Pump Station 'C', or call Castle Hill Library on 9761 4510 for assistance. Windsor (located behind Windsor Toyota along Macquarie Street) was constructed in the 1930s and was around 80 years old. The Free Movie – The Tale of Ruby pump station was originally commissioned in 1938 to serve the townships of Windsor and South Windsor. Rose A structural assessment conducted by consultants on The award-winning film, The Tale of Ruby Rose, will be screened behalf of Council determined that, while currently operating at Hawkesbury Central Library on Thursday, 12 October at 10am satisfactorily, the declining condition of the pump station meant and again at 6pm. it was in need of replacement to ensure continued satisfactory This 1987 thriller is set in the wild and isolated wilderness of the operation. Tasmanian highlands, and centres on Ruby Rose, who is driven to take a harrowing journey out of the mountains to seek help from Orange Blossom Art Show her lost grandmother. This film, and its characters, has been heavily --An art exhibition of paintings from “Hills Artists” influenced by the director’s intense interest in the way isolation has Saturday 23 Sept until Sunday 24 Sept shaped people’s lives. See the work of over 30 artists from the “Hills District” in the new The movie will be shown in the Tebbutt Room, Deerubbin Centre, venue at Glenhaven Community Centre. 300 George Street Windsor. Entry is free but bookings are essential via Eventbrite www.hawkesburylibrary.eventbrite.com or call 4560 Exhibition open 10am to 4pm each day. Free admission. 4460. Paintings displayed are from award winning artists and include Tea and coffee will be available before the movie and everyone is oil and acrylic landscapes, still-life plus floral pastels. All paintings also welcome to bring along snacks and drinks.