OCTOBER 2015 © Vol 12 Issue 9 AboutOur Bay & Basin ..... Featuring in this issue ..... 3 Training Our Youth – Part II Bendigo Bank Sanctuary Point Photo by Maree Clout 5 Skills to Save Lives 21 Community Noticeboard Become CPR Savvy 24 What's On 9 Sanctuary Point Community Pride 32 Sarex training in JB Marine Rescue NSW JB Unit 11 "On the Beat" Good advice 34 The Stadium Monthly Feature 15 Gardening Growing awesome tomatoes 42 Schools Corner VHS & SPPS 19 Healing benefits of Meditation 1 Your Community Magazine A publication of Bay & Basin Community Financial Services Limited (ACN 105 756 063) A Committed Community Centric Company ContAct DetAils A Word from the Editor Contributions Please submit WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER your contributions for the November issue by 7th October EDITION OF THE and the Dec Issue by 4th November to MAGAZINE. The Co-ordinator As you know, the magazine is a Community magazine sponsored by your [email protected] ® PO Box 180 local Bendigo Community Bank , and largely Sanctuary Point NSW 2540 we rely on members of the Bay and Basin Phone: 0478 607 829 community to provide content. Our editorial policy is to focus on local stories – both current Advertising Enquiries 0478 607 829 and historical - we promote local events and [email protected] activities, we feature newsworthy content and anything we believe is of interest to the Distribution Enquiries 0478 607 829 community as a whole. 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Before you contact us, please ensure that if you have a “NO JUNK MAIL” sticker on your letter box you also have an “I LOVE THE ” sticker as well. These are obtainable free of charge from the friendly staff behind the counter at your local Community Bank® in Sanctuary Point. Look forward to hearing from you The Team 2 Your Community Bank® Training our YOUTH Part II Bendigo Bank Sanctuary Point has entered into a new phase of its business. We have decided that we now have the infrastructure in place to take on a training role in the Bay & Basin area. If you have visited the branch in the last couple of weeks you will have noticed a couple of new faces. We have taken on two new trainees, both girls will work on a 2 year traineeship with the bank including their on the job training and also the completion of Certificate III in Financial Services through Australian College. Please meet our trainee, Sarah Doyle. "My name is Sarah Doyle I am 20 years old. I have re- cently moved to Nowra. I finished school in 2011 com- pleting my school certificate. I then went on to complete an Accounts Administration Certificate 3; this was to enhance my knowledge in the financial industry. I enjoy playing hockey in my spare time. I have lived in Fennell Bay in Newcastle all my life until a year ago where I moved to Wagga with my partner. I look forward to my career in the financial services in- dustry, and I am grateful for the opportunity that the Sanctuary Point Community Bank® has given me." Until next month, Keith Robinson – 4443 9825 3 Community Forums Basin Villages Forum basinvillagesforum.asn.au PO Box 37, St Georges Basin 2540 At the August meeting local issues around • Heritage Estate – waiting Federal court the Basin area were discussed concerning: decision - grant funding being sought • Official opening of Basin Village Green by Council to rehabilitate and regenerate on Island Point Rd, St Georges Basin. some degraded areas. Especially designed to slow down • Council assessing illegal jetties along stormwater flows that previously caused Sanctuary Point Rd foreshore. pollution to the sensitive waterway of • Concerns re Development Application the Basin. Basin Parkcare volunteers adjacent to Larmer Ave site. Forum assisting Council. commenting. • Meeting held re Larmer Ave and • Council requesting comment on 2 hour wetland proposal. Council to work at parking proposal for Kerry St, Sanct. Pt. rehabilitating the site prior to Bio banking • Issue of lack of parking on Paradise acceptance. Funding from grants can be Beach Rd (Sanctuary Point), especially utilised and a steering committee formed near library. Disabled space requested. with community members playing a • Cycleway to be continued to link St major role. Georges Basin and Sanctuary Pt shops. • Residents of Kerry St/Paradise Rd area • Foreshore damage increase – request lobbying Council to ensure a roundabout for Basin Walk track to be upgraded. is built to help reduce dangerous Basin Villages Forum is setup to assist all situations that have been occurring. residents of the whole St Georges Basin area Actions taken by Councillor Kitchener. with issues relating to local situations. The • Problems of uncontrolled dogs in Forum meets 3rd Monday of each month at Wrights Beach attacking kangaroos. Meriton St Community Hall at St Georges Actions taken by Councillor Kitchener. Basin. 7.15pm for cuppa and chat. Meeting • Bay and Basin Community Resources starts 7.30. holding a Sanctuary Point SOUP night Enquiries 4443 5080. All welcome (19th Sept)- a micro granting dinner celebrating and supporting projects that improve our community. • ‘Spring into Sanctuary Point’ - Saturday 31st October. Extra activities will be held at Paradise Beach Exercise facility – instructor to assist with exercise and also Clifton Park ‘Learn to Ride’ supervised activity. • Sanctuary Point Pride offered St Georges Basin Country Club (ex) squash courts for use as an after-business hours Youth Club with homework areas. 4 Events Become CPR Savvy at the Shoalhaven River Festival CPR is a skill that can save lives. you with the ability to respond instead of reacting Here are a few blunt facts from the: to an emergency situation. Australian Heart Foundation CPR Savvy is a 15 minute practical, hands on CPR • Every day heart disease claims the life of 24 awareness program. It provides an opportunity women in this country; for participants to learn the DRSABC systematic • Women are almost three times more likely to approach and basic compression only CPR on die of heart disease then breast cancer; an adult or child resuscitation mannequin in a • Every day 98 of Australian men have a heart fun and inclusive environment. Techniques and attacks. 1 in 7 will die. procedures are as per Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines. National Drowning report 2014 Although this program does NOT replace an • 266 people drowned in Australian waterways; accredited course required to gain a formal CPR • 90 in NSW; qualification it does provide a great opportunity • 105 in inland waterways; for people from all walks of life and abilities to • 18-24 year old age group saw an increase in learn the skills that can save lives. drowning numbers. So come down to the to the Shoalhaven River It is well documented that bystander CPR Festival visit the Skills to Save Lives, CPR Savvy improves the overall outcome for someone who area and book your training time slot. Everyone becomes unconscious and stops breathing. who participates will be able learn the skills that Would you know what to do if someone collapsed could save a life, receive an A4 Resuscitation chart, in front of you or was pulled from the water a Skills to Save Lives CPR Savvy certificate and the unconscious and not breathing?? chance to win a “Lucky Mannequin” prize Training in the skills that can save lives is not Take the pledge to be prepared, make always accessible for everyone, but, imagine if a difference and become CPR Savvy at everyone was trained in the DRSABCD, systematic www.skillstosavelives.com. approach and in CPR. The Australian Resuscitation For more information contact Colleen Allan Council states “Participation in Basic Life Support 0402 737 585 training courses is known to increase bystander CPR and improve the outcomes of victims. Any attempt at Resuscitation is better than no attempt.