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Oxford Street, Epping facing north in 1907
With retailing flat, the
last thing that
shopkeepers needed in
Oxford Street, Epping for
the past six months was
the double whammy of
having their street dug up
and parking severely
limited while Hornsby
Council completed its
beautification program.
Nonetheless, the project
is now complete and was
officially launched on
October 21, some six
weeks ahead of schedule.
Where the street has
come from with its stylish
pavers, alfresco dining
areas and tree plantings
can be seen from the photo
taken in 1907 showing the
few shops and dirt road to
North Epping.
While during the
construction period a few
businesses closed down,
those stoics who have
remained are positive
about the result and report
that people are slowly
returning. They do
however have reservations
as to whether the $3.5
million spent on the
project, not including the
losses they have sustained
at their counters, can be
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Hornsby Detectives put
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assistance regarding a
serious assault and
robbery which occurred
on the concourse of
Hornsby railway station at
approximately 5.10am on
Sunday, November 7.
During the robbery 2
males allegedly kicked and
punched the male victim
before robbing him.
A witness came forward
and provided police with a
contact number.
The witness was in a
group of 3 bike riders who
appear to have travelled by
train after the robbery.
The number provided
appears to be wrong and
therefore police request
this witness or the other 2
bike riders to contact
police again.
Additionally if any other
person witnessed the
incident or if anyone has
information that may assist
police in this matter please
call Hornsby Police on
9476 9799 or Crime
Stoppers on 1800 333
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Sir,
In response to the
Name and Shame Them
article, October 2010 by
Mr. Bill Aitken.
We at Cement Australia
are grateful this practice
has been brought to our
attention. We have
implemented a procedure
to ensure that our drivers
will be able to gain access
when they arrive to the
site, without the need to
wait. In the case that the
drivers are unable to gain
immediate access, safe and
legal parking has been
identified for our drivers to
use.
We are committed to
overcoming this and ask
your readers to report any
Cement Australia trucks
parked illegally in this area
to [email protected]
including the registration
details where relevant.
Mark Liddelow,
National Transport
Manager,
Cement Australia,
Brisbane
Editor’s Note: This letter
is in response to the illegal
parking at Dartford Road,
Thornleigh by trucks,
containers and other
vehicles. A number of
members of the public
have contacted the paper
over time about this
practice. I also addressed
Council regarding the
issue but nothing
happened. At last one of
the offenders has taken
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Cement Australia for
acting in a responsible
corporate manner to this
problem – let’s hope others
follow.
Sir,
A disturbing pattern
seems to be occurring in
Hornsby Shire planning
DAs. - the rise of the
“Green Offset”.
The council’s policy is
very good but it is the
implementation that is
questionable.
The policy can be found
by searching for “Green
Offsets” on the council’s
website.
The code states
1.5 When does the
Offsets Code apply?
The Offsets Code applies
when:
• A development is
expected to impact native
vegetation.
• Council assesses
alternative proposals on
their merits and decides
that if an applicant
addresses the principles of
the code and demonstrates
significant net gains for the
native vegetation of the
Hornsby Local
Government Area,
offsetting may be used.
1.6 When does the
Offsets Code not apply?
An offsetting action shall
not be allowed by Council
if:
• The applicant has not
adequately demonstrated
to Council’s satisfaction
that all measures have
been taken to avoid impact
through consideration of
alternative locations and
designs.
• The applicant has not
adequately demonstrated
to Council’s satisfaction
that all measures have
been taken to minimise
impact through
consideration of additional
or alternative amelioration
or mitigation measures.
Recently several
established areas of Blue
Gum High Forest have
been “Offset” for relatively
small sums of $10,000 or
$20,000. This has been
done to allow dubious sub
divisions or the
construction of very large
houses. $20,000 is a very
small price to pay when
the resulting development’s
value can be enhanced in
excess of $100,000.
Is this a “Green Offset”
or a “Greed Offset”?
Does this matter? One
established Blue Gum will
be replaced with as many
as 4 saplings at another
location. If this process is
continued offending
vegetation will be removed
from building plots and
replaced in already
vegetated reserves,
therefore changing the
balance of the built and
the natural environment.
This policy could
change the character and
quality of our suburbs
forever.
conflict with Human
Rights. The truth is that
even this committee has
not started work yet and it
was an empty promise.
Such a committee is a vital
first step as it could help to
safeguard Australians and
protect our human rights
which are being eroded
Clr Andrew Martin
without our knowledge.
Greens Councillor
We need human rights
Hornsby Shire Council
protected and taught at the
very basic level – it would
Sir,
help eliminate a growing
Human Rights in
problem of bullying and
Australia are still not
harassment.
protected by an Act of
What we need is for
Federal Parliament and
more people to know their
we remain one of the few human rights and demand
developed countries that
that we all get a fair go
do not have a Human
with human rights cared
Rights Act or Bill.
for by our government.
Only a few of the basic
Sitting back and waiting
Human Rights as laid out
for others to do it will be
in the Universal
the death of a tolerant and
Declaration of Human
democratic society. By
Rights are covered in the
inattention and thinking
Australian Constitution.
someone else is taking care
Victoria and the ACT have of it, we can suddenly
created their own Human wake up to find ourselves
Rights laws but the rest of restricted and unfairly
the country remains
governed. Write to you
unprotected, indeed at
local politicians and at the
present the Discrimination least demand that they
Act has been suspended in keep their promise and get
the Northern Territory.
the new Committee on
After conducting
Human Rights formed and
workshops around
doing their job. That will
Australia last year to find
be a start.
out what Australians
You can check out the
thought about human
United Nations Universal
rights, the Government
Declaration of Human
was told loud and clear
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rights should be at
Rights to be made into law. www.youthforhumanrights
The findings also revealed .org
that education in our
human rights was needed
Nigel Mannock
– what they are and what
Dundas
they mean. But the
politicians and lobby
For publication, letters
groups decided we did not should be concise and
need a law, but agreed that must include writer’s name
education was needed.
and address.
Instead of law, they
Send letters to
promised a Joint
Postbox , PO Box 74,
Parliamentary Committee
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COUNCIL BACKS DOWN
ON CHILDCARE CLOSURES
carers at both facilities and
further assessment by
council staff drew a
resounding negative
response to the suggestion
of closure.
At its meeting held on
Clearly, for Westleigh
November 17, Hornsby
parents to have to get
Shire Council decided
toddlers to the Council’s
not to proceed with the
centre at Cherrybrook
closure of its child care
before work and then drive
facilities at Westleigh
on to the city or elsewhere
and Asquith as a means
is unacceptable.
of cutting costs.
The suggestion to keep
A motion had been
the centres open but on
raised as a matter of
reduced hours was also
urgency at Council’s
given short shrift with
previous meeting and
councillors voting to
suggested that users of
maintain the status quo at
these centres could be
both centres with respect
accommodated in other
to the hours of operation
council run facilities in
and the service fees for 2
nearby suburbs.
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TALE OF TWO CRICKETERS
Cricketer Kean is in to bat for the
Liberal Party and Hornsby
recently its Vice President
The Liberal preselection to determine the and delegate to NSW
Cricket.
Party’s candidate to
The young Turk, Kean
replace Judy Hopwood in
the state seat of Hornsby plays for Berowra Cricket
Club where he is also the
could be seen as the tale
Club’s Vice President.
of two cricketers – Nick
Nick Berman’s eleventh
Berman and Matt Kean.
Both are devotees of the hour decision to ‘pull up
stumps’ and resign from
game with the high
the Party to run as an
profiled Mayor a playing
Independent, saw Kean go
member of Northern
into bat in the preDistricts’ Cricket
selection, scoring a very
Association and until
LEFT AT POOL
About 4pm on Sunday,
November 14 an 8 year
old boy and a 6 year old
girl were left at Hornsby
Swimming Pool by
themselves while their
mother went shopping.
A concerned pool life
guard contacted police
explaining the situation
and took the kids to
Hornsby police station.
At about 4.40pm the
mother turned up to
collect her kids.
“Despite police trying to
explain the reasons why
children should not be left
unattended at a
community swimming
pool or any place for that
matter the mother was
oblivious to the dangers
and didn’t seem to have a
problem with it all,” a
Police spokesperson said.
fighting which had seeped
down to branch level and
to the fact that:
“While ever Hornsby is
seen to be a safe Liberal
seat, there will no money
for important projects such
as Hornsby Hospital,
Pennant Hills Road, New
Line Road and parking at
Hornsby Station.”
He told The Chronicle
that he still believes in
Liberal values and would
not rule out the possibility
of re-joining the party once
the perceived problems are
ironed out. He has been
buoyed by encouraging
community support for his
decision and believes that
he can achieve far more for
the community as an
Independent Member.
credible 74 – 7 win over
Matt Kean is an
his rival, Steve Russell.
energetic 29 year old
In the lead-up to the
Chartered Accountant with
pre-selection, Nick
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
Berman, Hornsby’s
(PwC); he grew up in
popularly elected Mayor,
was re-elected un-opposed Wahroonga and has a
brother and a sister. As a
as President of NSROC
young schoolboy at
(Northern Sydney
Prouille he was a student
Regional Organisation of
leader on the school’s SRC
Councils). He told The
and later at Riverview he
Chronicle his decision to
was a debater, public
stand in the state election
as an Independent was due speaker, a member of St.
Vincent de Paul and
to his dissatisfaction with
played grade Cricket and
central office factional inThe matter has been
reported to DOCS.
The Police offered this
statement:
“Do not leave your
children unattended and
don’t leave them with
others expecting them to
look after them while you
do your thing. There are
obvious risks and dangers
involved; it also places an
unnecessary burden on
other people.”
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By Bill Aitken
Rugby.
His political skills were
honed when as a Year 12
student he became a
founding member of the
East Wahroonga
Residents’ Action Group
formed to fight the state
government’s overriding
arrogance on planning
issues.
“Working with likeminded people who cared
about their community
gave me the resolve to
become politically active,”
he said.
He joined the Liberal
Party at University and is
currently Vice President of
the and a NSW delegate
to the Liberal Party’s
Federal Council.
“I am a passionate
advocate about what the
Liberal Party stands for.
To me, the Liberal Party is
about individual freedoms
and respect for the
individual. It is about
empowering people
through education and it is
about making business
thrive.
“I am part of the
moderate wing of the Party
and, if elected, I will give
my all to the people of
Hornsby and endeavour to
fill the huge shoes that
Judy Hopwood leaves
behind.”
Regardless, of who wins
the poll in March, the
electorate can be certain
that there will be no tea
break for these two
cricketers between now
and Election Day.
Matthew Kean
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CHANGES WITH SOME CHANGES STAY
With a report claiming
that the six month trial of
traffic calming measures
on County Drive at
Cherrybrook has achieved
desired outcomes,
Hornsby Shire Council at
its meeting on November
17, determined by a vote
of 8 – 2 that the current
arrangements and line
marking should continue
for the time being.
Unlike previous
meetings when this matter
has been raised, only a
handful of residents were
present.
Two spoke for the
present system and one
against.
The two dissenting
councillors were Clrs.
Mills and Berman and both
believed that the matter
should be deferred to
enable further community
consultation.
“It was a lack of
communication with the
public that created this
mess in the first place,”
Mayor Nick Berman told
The Chronicle “and I
believe there is still a
significant amount of
community opposition to
the current situation,” he
added.
Clr. Mills had moved a
Foreshadowed Motion for
Deferral to allow for a
Public Meeting regarding
County Drive but this was
lost when the decision to
proceed with the officers’
recommendation was
taken.
The Council agreed that
the proposed alternate
cycleway proposal along
David and Purchase Roads
should be sent to the
Local Traffic Committee
for detailed evaluation,
consultation and a
recommendation.
It was also resolved to
pursue a number of
changes with the Local
Traffic Committee, these
were:
• The removal of
parking in peak hours and
line marking to provide
two turn lanes in
Woodgrove Avenue on the
approach to County Drive
• The removal of
parking on the southern
side of John Road between
County Drive and Ashford
Road in peak hours and a
review of the parking lane
in County Drive near John
Road
• The provision of an
exclusive left turn lane in
KITCHEN CLOSING CAR FLIPS
EVERYTHING
TO MAKE ANY OCCASION SUCCESSFUL
Sue’s Kitchen which has
operated for 15 years at
St. Albans Church Hall in
Pembroke Street, Epping
will close with its
Christmas Lunch from 12
noon on Monday,
December 6.
Sue regrets that this
valuable outreach to
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Shop 5, 5 Hillcrest Road, Pennant Hills 2120
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isolated members of the
community will come to
an end and offers her
gratitude to all her helpers
and the many in the
community who have
given support to the
project over the years.
A Honda sedan driven
by a 24 year old
Cherrybrook man was
travelling south on Fox
Valley Road, Wahroonga
around 4.30am on
Sunday, November 14.
For reasons unknown,
Last time we talked
about how the Australian
Tax Office had
commenced to use
benchmarking to assess
the amount of tax it
considers businesses
within certain industries
should pay in typical
circumstances.
Businesses in the
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County Drive between
Castle Hill Road and
Treetops Road or a
comment whether other
improvements may be
required
• A review of access
the car flipped onto its
roof and then proceeded
to crash into two parked
vehicles.
The driver was taken to
Hornsby Hospital and
Police were awaiting the
home. The husbands of
three members acted as
helpers and chefs for a
sausage sizzle. All monies
raised went to The Smith
Family.
from Darlington Road into
County Drive to alleviate
queuing issues.
• The extension of the
southern left hand turning
lane into Castle Hill Road
past the intersection of
Tree Tops Road to near the
first residents that front
County Drive.
results of blood tests on
November 15, before
deciding on what action is
to be taken.
available to your
accountant and can be
used by forward thinking
targeted industries, whose send you a copy as it
businesses as a means of
income and expenditure
contains important
assessing the performance
are outside the
information for all
of their own business
“benchmarked” guidelines, businesses.
against peers. For
can expect to receive a
The most important
example, the comparison
“please explain” letter from piece of advice that I can
the ATO.
offer to any business is not of your own results against
If you missed reading
to ignore anything that you the general information
the article please call the
receive from the ATO. You provided by the ATO can
provide a pointer to an
Abby Practice Office on
should immediately
inefficient use of a material
9476 0399 and we will
contact your accountant
and arrange to see them to or resource within your
business.
discuss a response and
Should you wish to
devise an appropriate
discuss any aspect of
strategy to deal with the
benchmarking including
questions raised by the
using the statistics as a tool
ATO.
within your own business
Benchmarking is,
however, not all gloom and contact Sid Edwards at
Abby Practice on
doom for taxpayers. The
9476 0399 or email
relevant benchmarks, for
the targeted industries, are [email protected].
To ensure that you achieve the best
possible tax result, three things count:
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Members of Hills
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and produce for a Craft
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BENCHMARKING - you and the tax man Part 2
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to maximise your
tax deductions?
A Peaceful, Safe and Happy Christmas Season to All
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call Abby Practice now on 9476 0399
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Under the
Hammer!
Another on site auction this month, the contents
of ‘Camellia’,150 Bettington Road, Oatlands will
be sold at the residence on Sunday, 5th
December at 11am.
Please come and view this amazing collection
from 9am on the day of the sale.
This collection has been amassed over many
years by the owners of this house, due to the
sale of this amazing property all the contents
MUST BE SOLD.
Included in the sale are: cedar bookcases;
marble top credenzas; bombe commode; music
cabinets; lounge and dining suites; superb
alabaster figural lamp on column; antique
mirrors. bronze figures; Australian and British
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GRANT TO TURN A SOD WHILE LEARNING
Staff, parents and
children of Normanhurst
West Community PreSchool were excited to
learn in late October that
they had been awarded a
$1,000 grant by the Coles
Junior Landcare Program.
“We have used this grant
to establish a vegetable
garden at the Pre-School
and are also in the process
of building a sensory
garden during this term,” a
member of staff said.
“The children have been
very keen to be involved in
every stage of the garden
establishment and are
looking forward to being
able to taste the “fruits of
their labour”.
“We have also
introduced compost and a
worm farm over the year.
The feedback from parents
has been amazingly
been run by the City of
Sydney over the last six
years.
“We’ll provide training,
information and food and
refreshments for the
Turning a sod or two at the pre-school’s veggie patch
volunteers,” said Council’s
Manager of Community
Development, Lisa Cahill.
Local volunteers are
needed to take on specific
roles on the night
Council on behalf of the
including the
Taskforce.
transportation of groups of
The
volunteers,
who
Since its inception, the
The group has felt the
Hornsby Homelessness
need for an accurate census must be 18 years and over, volunteers, Counters who
will be walkers who are in
Taskforce, spearheaded by of these people to ascertain will work in teams to
good physical shape, team
record the number and
the services and facilities
Judy Hopwood MP has
leaders, and people to
location
of
homeless
they require and to be able
relied on anecdotal
people sleeping rough from assist at the count
evidence from the various to account for them in an
headquarters in Hornsby.
approximately 9pm until
charitable and community emergency such as bush
“This is a simple way
1am on a weeknight in
fires.
organisations, including
that
residents can make a
February.
Now, Hornsby Shire
Police, Council and
difference and help provide
The data will be
Council is calling for
church groups working
assistance to homeless
volunteers to help conduct provided to State
with homeless people in
people,” Lisa said.
Government authorities
the Shire’s first ever count
the Shire to ascertain the
To register your interest,
and
local
charities
to
assist
number of people sleeping of homeless people.
please visit
them in offering better
rough on any given night. The count is being led by
www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au or
services for homeless
call 9847 6536.
people living in the Shire.
A similar survey has
CALL TO COUNT
HOMELESS
WARNING AFTER
DOG ATTACKS
Mayor Ian Cross urged
dog owners to properly
supervise their animals
after statistics showed there
were 64 reported dog
attacks in Ku-ring-gai in
2009/10.
“In the most serious case,
a woman was
hospitalised with severe
injuries to her arm after
being attacked by a German
Shepherd in Boomerang
St, Turramurra. The dog’s
owners agreed to have it put
down after discussing the
matter with Council staff.
“Dogs in off-leash areas
are required to be kept
“under effective control”.
This means owners must
watch them at all times and
be able to stop them rushing
at, chasing or attacking a
person or other animal. Dog
owners who break these
laws face large fines, and
Council has the power
to declare a dog
dangerous which involves
strict control measures
including the dog being
muzzled in public places
and kept in a high security
enclosure,” Mayor Cross
said.
supportive and has seen
some families begin their
own vegetable gardens
and worm farms at
home.”
Coles has been
providing School Garden
Grants of up to $1,000
since 2008. These grants
to schools and youth
groups are used to help
create gardens in their
grounds or community,
such as bush tucker
gardens, water wise
gardens or veggie gardens.
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and wish everyone All the Best for Christmas
& the New Year.
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The Mystery Shopper circled in this
photograph should bring this copy of the
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December and visit Rotary Club
organisers to claim the shopper reward
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Despite prevailing
storms around 500 people
gathered at Hornsby
Catholic Parish on
Saturday, November 6, to
commemorate and
celebrate Mary MacKillop
– Australia’s First Saint.
This official Diocesan
gathering brought together
people from across the
region, from as far as the
northern Central Coast,
Manly, and Peninsula
areas, together with many
representatives of the
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Sisters of St Joseph
including Josephite
Congregational Leader
Sister Anne Derwin rsj.
The afternoon
commenced with an
informal picnic. Guests
listened to the words of
pilgrims who had attended
the Canonisation in Rome,
including Sr Marea Ross rsj
and Mr Stephen Aitken,
Principal of MacKillop
Catholic College,
Warnervale, before joining
in procession with Bishop
David Walker, from St
Leo’s Catholic College
Oval, Wahroonga to Our
Lady of the Rosary
Cathedral, Waitara.
The choir, led by Sarah
Webster, sang the Mary
MacKillop Litany
throughout the walk as
school and parish groups
carried their banners
behind a beautiful icon of
St Mary held by students
from MacKillop Catholic
College.
The Cathedral was filled
as Bishop David Walker
celebrated Mass,
honouring St Mary of the
Cross – Australia’s first
Saint.
“This was a wonderful
opportunity to celebrate
this important event in our
Australian Catholic
Church, at a local level,”
Bishop David said.
“Not everyone was able
Bishop David Walker with some of those who gathered to celebrate
and honour St Mary of the Cross.
to travel to Rome for the
Canonisation of St Mary
MacKillop, so this was a
fitting way to
commemorate it here.”
St Mary MacKillop holds
a special place in the
Diocese of Broken Bay,
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A Chinese proverb says
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appropriate for the
recently rebranded
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be called Inform
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Owner, Halimah Shams
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brand to increase
credibility in the
community pharmacy
following the increase in
the number of retail
orientated discount
pharmacies which provide
a diminished service.
Halimah had decided
that she needed something
to stand apart from the
discount model so after
about a year of planning,
the Inform Pharmacy
concept was born 6 years
ago at her Neutral Bay
pharmacy.
“Our intention is to be
vastly different from the
big chains while still being
able to offer value for
money,” Ms.Shams said.
“More info and
community oriented
health initiatives is the
primary focus of my
brand.”
with her Order, the Sisters
of St Joseph, founding
many schools. St Mary also
visited the Central Coast
many times in her lifetime,
visiting the St Joseph’s
Orphanage at Kincumber,
which her Order
established. The
Orphanage has since
closed and is now the St
Joseph’s Spirituality
Centre.
getting that message
across”.
Halimah has also
increased the pharmacy
lines and done away with
supermarket/grocery lines
to offer more variety to
customers. There is also a
strong emphasis to train
The re-branded Inform Pharmacy
and educate staff to meet
in Thornleigh Marketplace
all the community
pharmacy accreditation
Diabetes, Flu Vaccination
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and certification needs.
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“It is imperative that a
with a dedicated in-house and we intend to build on
these existing community business model like mine
lab that compounds a
attracts the best staff. The
range of specialised items. focused health initiatives
existing longtime staff
with our recent
Inform Pharmacy
rebranding,” Halimah said. members have been
Thornleigh has already
exceptional in embracing
“There is a strong need
initiated a range of
for the general public to be the Inform values and a
community health
plan to put more staff on
able to access health
programs.
the floor is on its way to
“Following my purchase information and advice
improve our service
of the pharmacy 6 months and I want to use my
delivery,” Ms Shams added.
pharmacy as a means of
ago, we have organised
PROBUS
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If you are retired or
semi-retired and you are
seeking a well-organised
club for fellowship,
friendship and fun then
Thornleigh Mixed Probus
Club could be the ticket.
Formed in August, the
Club invites you to join
and become involved in a
variety of interesting
activities as determined by
club members.
The club also offers
a range of outings,
tours and entertaining
guest speakers at monthly
meetings held on the first
Thursday of each month at
Thornleigh Community
Baptist Church Hall, 15-17
Duffy Avenue,
Thornleigh from 10.00am
to 12.00pm. Inquires: Sue
Hall on 9484 6719.
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were early Pennant Hills
settlers.
The family built and lived
While today everything in the substantial residence
a school student owns goes known as Bramhall in
into a ubiquitous back
Britannia Street, Pennant
pack, this was never the
Hills now occupied by local
case for those of us who
MP Philip Ruddock and his
attended school in postfamily.
war Australia and indeed
Recently, the Ruddocks
through to the 1970’s.
opened Bramhall for
I can still remember, as I Hornsby Historical Society
am sure many readers can, for a special meeting to hear
moving from primary
from Professor Geoffrey
school to high school and
Sherington on his
yearning for my first
recollections of the property,
‘Globite’. This would mean his family and their
putting aside my leather
business.
school satchel and joining
Professor Sherrington
explained that the Globite
Memories of a Globite (l-r) Professor Geoffrey Sherington, Hon. Philip Ruddock MP and ‘the big kids’.
Many would be
was initially made as a
Pat Dewey of Hornsby Historical Society in the garden of Bramhall with a collection of
interested to learn that the
travelling case for use by sea
‘Globites’
‘Globite’ was the main
voyagers between Australia
product manufactured by
and Britain.
the Sherington family who
Among his family’s many
MEMORIES OF A ‘GLOBITE’ By Bill Aitken
PREPARED TO PAY MORE?
A Council survey of
over 750 residents
conducted at a number of
venues and events during
September and October
found that approximately
76 percent of Hornsby
residents are prepared to
pay slightly higher rates
in exchange for improved
local facilities.
The survey found that
the facilities residents
wanted to see more of, in
order of priority, were:
amenities at local parks /
ovals, including lighting,
parking and drainage;
footpaths; the replacement
of Hornsby Aquatic Centre
and the replacement of
Hornsby pedestrian
overbridge.
In October, Hornsby
Shire Council resolved to
apply to IPART for
approval to charge
additional rates to fund
additional services and
facilities. Council has also
resolved to undertake a
review of its internal and
external services to find
major cost savings.
“Our prudent financial
management has enabled
us to maintain day-to-day
services but we are
constrained in our ability
to fund the expansion of
new services and
infrastructure,” said
Council’s General Manager,
Robert Ball.
“The survey has given
us a good indication of
residents’ priorities,” Mr
Ball said.
“We now want the
community to tell us how
much they would be
prepared to pay for these
improved facilities and
how the rate should be
applied.”
Community meetings
have been held in the last
week at Hornsby RSL and
the Galston Club to
further consult with
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Another meeting will be
held at Pennant Hills
Bowling Club on Monday,
December 6 from 7pm
until 8.30pm with light
refreshments available
from 6.30pm.
While bookings for this
meeting closed on
November 24 check on
9847 6840 or
emailyoursay@hornsby.
nsw.gov.au to find out if
you can still attend.
friends were the Bradmans
of Bowral and he was able
to confirm that Sir Donald
Bradman had played on
Pennant Hills No 1 oval and
had been a guest at
Bramhall.
The sons of the
Sherington family had
distinguished war records
and the Sherington name is
honoured at Pennant Hills
Primary School with a
scholarship recognising the
family’s early history.
Philip and Heather
Ruddock entertained those
attending the meeting in the
garden of Bramhall.
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Pennant Hills VIEW
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recently celebrated its
50th Birthday at Pennant
Hills Golf Club.
The Birthday Cake was
cut by National President
of VIEW, Heather
Isemonger and Mollie
Vernon, a foundation
member of the club, who
travelled from the Central
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Westleigh has been
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shopping centres since the
1970’s and over the years
has had shops in Pennant
Hills (Old Arcade) and
more recently at Westleigh
Shopping Village.
Presently and for the
past six years she has
operated at Belrose
Shopping Centre.
She has now opened at
Shop 2 in Hillcrest Arcade,
7 Hillcrest Road, Pennant
Hills (behind Pennant
Hills Framing).
Amongst the treasure
trove at this clever outlet
shop where nothing is
priced over $25.00, you
will find a delightful range
of fabric handbags for both
day and evening occasions
and in a variety of colours
including: beige, black,
brown, green, purple and
red.
Many are decorated with
flower designs and
brooches.
What little girl would
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title of a recent musical
evening at Cherrybrook
Uniting Church hall to
raise money for the Breast
Cancer Network (BCNA).
The organising committee
led by Cherrybrook
resident, Jeanne Hope
included a number of
“survivors”, including
Jeanne herself and a
number of parents from
Pennant Hills Public
School (PHPS) who have
also had experiences with
breast cancer.
The hall decoration and
the attire of many of those
attending reflected the pink
theme.
Jeanne is a music teacher
and conductor at PHPS
and she drew together a
trad jazz sextet of
professionals who donated
their time to this very
worthy cause. They opened
the evening with gusto,
playing some classic jazz
numbers.
Pennant Hills Public School’s Stage Band with their conductor Ms. Jeanne Hope
The PHPS Stage Band,
conducted by Jeanne Hope,
provided an inspiring
selection of melodies and,
considering that none of
the musicians was over 11
years old, they displayed a
remarkable maturity in
their presentation.
Nearly 300 people
attended the evening while
many were turned away
due to hall capacity.
Over $5,500 was
collected for the BCNA
appeal including a silent
auction generously
supported with prizes from
many local sponsors.
Ms Hope thanked
everyone for their
attendance and
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contribution.
“The local community
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supportive; the character of
local residents with the
participation of children,
sponsors and the help of
PHPS teacher Ian Baker
made the night a
wonderful success,” she
said.
of council rates despite
average rates doubling or
tripling over the past 17
rebate to cover 50 percent to say on November 3.
years.
“Pensioners welcome
of rates charged.
“Obviously when there
the call for reform of the
Following an ABC
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pensioner rebate for
report on a councillor in
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Nambucca seeking a better council rates, which has
value.
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“All home owners find
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cover, but it’s much harder
when your sole source of
income is a pension”.
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all from us Wyverns.
Christmas is when the
new year begins for me –
forget January 1.
There are so many new
scams out there. Please, if
someone rings you
purporting to be from an
online computer company,
just tell them you are not
interested at all and have an
excellent technician and
just hang up. Or tell them
that you are aware of the
scam and know that the
federal police are
investigating them. These
people ring random
numbers so you could have
a silent number or be on a
no-call list and you may
still get a call from them.
They are not looking after
your best interests at all,
quite the opposite.
Talking about infections
– they can come from
many sources. Once they
came in attachments so if
you didn’t open the
attachment you didn’t get
the infection. Then they
came in the email itself so
once the email was
delivered to your machine,
you were infected. Now –
well, go to any website and
they may be waiting, a flash
drive can be infected etc. anything that can load onto
your computer can carry an
infection. Even if you have
excellent protection, be
aware that there are at a
conservative estimate,
40,000 new infections
every day. The internet
security companies have to
be aware of them and find a
cure and then send you an
update, so make sure you
have automatic updates
running. And if you think
your computer is behaving
differently, then ring a
technician.
This is why it is
important to have good
protection all the time. I
have been recommending
AVG for many years but
there seems to be a
problem with AVG 2011
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Outlook. If you are having
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not solved it for you, then
download Avast – it has a
free version which is
excellent. It is available at
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Another warning – I
seem to be full of them
this month – if you google
for a website, be careful
you have the genuine one
– there are a few imposters
out there.
If you want to keep your
computing free of
problems:
1. Have excellent
internet security software
2. Backup to an external
hard drive
3. Run a disc clean and
a defrag every month
4.Check the inside of
your computer for dust –
particularly the CPU fan
5.When a thunderstorm
is approaching, not only
shut down your computer,
but take the plug out of
the power point.
6.Have a service check
of your computer every 12
months – you do it for
your car, don’t you?
Possibly next time you
see us we will be wearing
t-shirts with our very own
logo from our good friends
Heather and Arthur at
Print2Day at Thornleigh –
have recently moved over
the road if you can’t find
them where they were.
Good parking underneath
as well.
Cheers, Deirdree
CHRISTMAS IN BEECROFT
WIDE ANGER OVER M2 WIDENING
There will be no local link to convince the Minister to
from Beecroft Road to the force Transurban to, at
Murray Farm Road area of least, construct a
temporary single lane
Beecroft.
“Our community has to bridge before work
commences with lights at
put up with the M2
either end to enable access
construction, with loss of
to Beecroft over this
greenspace and local
amenity. It is unacceptable important route.
that Beecroft residents will
also be cut off from shops,
services, friends and
neighbours by
Transurban’s ill-considered
bridge demolition.”
Mr Stove also noted:
“Transurban advises: The
start of major work is
expected to commence in
Anger mounts in Beecroft over the closure of the Murray Farm Road Bridge
late 2010 and is expected
to take approximately two
paddocks have helped to
The $550 million
the tollway.
years to complete. It will
create a tranquil buffer
Member for Epping,
widening of the M2
be at least 6 months before
between the M2 and
Greg Smith SC explained
tollway is drawing
a replacement bridge is
residences, some of which
that in Marsfield it is not
justified anger from
constructed.”
only the popular park that suffer acutely from the lack
residents in affected
The Trust, through Mr.
of any noise-proofing,
is under threat but also
suburbs.
Smith, has secured a
apart from the trees on
irreplaceable horse
In Marsfield, a recent
meeting with Minister for
meeting of residents drew agistment paddocks leased these two sites.
Roads, David Borger (after
“Despite the
from the Department of
commitment to fight
deadline) at which it hopes
Environmental Assessment
Lands and cleared by
construction giant
members of Riding for the for the M2 Upgrade
Leighton Contractors,
claiming that ‘the final
Disabled, which has its
Transurban’s preferred
contractor for the project, Centre nearby in Culloden location of these
compound sites is subject
and its intention to destroy Road.
“Both Federal and State to further assessment as
part of Waterloo Park,
well as consultation with
Governments have
Marsfield at the end of
landowners,’ there has
Vimiera Road, near Busaco provided significant
been no consultation with
and Talavera Roads for use financial support for the
local residents or the
Riding for the Disabled
as a 24 hour daily
lessees of the horse
Centre after they were
construction compound.
paddocks.”
In Beecroft, there is also forced to move from land
In Beecroft the story is
at the Ryde Rehabilitation
anger with Transurban’s
no different in terms of
Centre due to the
intention to close the
consultation.
proposed re-development
bridge linking Murray
At a meeting of residents
of that land for housing,”
Farm Road and Beecroft
and local councillors held
Mr. Smith explained.
Road over the M2, ahead
“The park and the horse on November 7, President
of its intended widening of
of Beecroft Cheltenham
Civic Trust, Michael Stove
said,
“Transurban has not
provided residents with
detailed information and
while Transurban’s media
No excuse for not
message that the M2
keeping your cool this
project ‘aims to provide
Christmas with cute
efficient and integrated
cotton pieces from the
transport for the
Gabriella Frattini
community of Sydney’s
Spring/Summer collection.
North-West,’ the
This sleeveless, ‘baby doll’
demolition of the Murray
styled top teamed with
Farm Road Bridge is not
bootcut jeans is an ideal
transport integration. This
look for that Christmas
bridge is a key link in
pool party, coffee break or
Beecroft.
shopping spree.
“Beecroft will be a
You’ll find many more
suburb divided. How do
ideas from the collection at
our students get to local
Shop 2/1A Wongala Cres BEECROFT 2119
Corfu Blue located at Shop
schools, our elderly get to
1/5b Hannah Street,
Ph: 9980 1237
doctors and chemists?
Beecroft, phone 9875
[email protected]
3870.
DENNY PHARMACY
6 BEECROFT VILLAGE, BEECROFT
Gary & Staff would like to wish everyone
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
We are always ready to look after all your
Health Care Needs.
Shop 6 Beecroft Arcade Hannah St Beecroft
Telephone: 9484 457
Beecroft Seafoods
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
COOL CUTE
COTTON
● Wide variety of Fresh Fish Daily
● Cooked Fish to Order ● Family and combo packs
● Freshest Salads
● Super Burgers
● Catering for all occasions
● Phone Orders Welcome
ORDER YOUR
Prawns, Oysters & Shellfish
For Christmas
NOW
We Wish All Our
Customers a
Peaceful & Happy Christmas
Shop 12
Beecroft Village Arcade
Phone 9481 9407
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR HER AND FOR HIM
beautiful things by.....
Helps remove the stress from
finding that special present
Our gis are sure to please
Open Sundays too
from 10am - 2pm
Clothes
Accessories
Large range of
Gifts for ‘HIM”
Merry Christmas and an outstanding 2011
Shop 8, The Module, 16 Hannah Street, Beecro 9875 5335
Shop 1/97 Beecroft Road, Beecroft
www.justforhim.com.au / 9484 2534
THROWING OUT A LINE IN BEECROFT
Christmas...
From Our All-Time Favourite
Gabrielle Frattini
As well you’ll find
Fabulous
Festive
Fashion
by
RJ Fashions
Jham and
Andiamo
( l-r) Ashley with baby Christine, Chris, Nick and Fina display the superb salads
prepared fresh daily at Beecroft Seafoods.
The Spelson Family
have been casting a line as
top-knotch seafood
retailers for more years
than Dad, Con cares to
remember. Now, with a
flurry, they have reopened Beecroft Seafoods
in Beecroft Village Arcade.
“We aim to be the
Leader in seafood in the
Wishing Everyone a Safe &
Happy Christmas
Shop 1/5b Hannah Street, Beecroft
Ph: 9875 3870
None of Our Labels are found in big
shopping centres or department stores!
Shop 17, Beecro Village Arcade
6-8 Hannah Street, Beecro
(near staon) Ph: 9484 7078
TOP INDIAN DESIGNER CLOTHES
• Kurtis • Salwars (full outfit) • Kaftans
• Sarees/Saris • Skirts • Pants
• Kids Outfits • Shawls & Wraps
• Hand Bags • Jewellery • Gift Items
GIFT VOUCHERS FOR CHRISTMAS www.toppbouque.com
THE BEES KNEES
FOR UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFTS
• Beautiful Cotton Nightwear
sizes: 8-24
• Crabtree and Evelyn Gift Packs
• Jewellery • Lang Calendars
• Christmas Decorations and Crackers
and MUCH, MUCH MORE
Beecroft Village Arcade 6-8 Hannah Street, BEECROFT
local area,” said son, Chris
and if the satisfied smiles
on the faces of customers
on opening day, November
4, was anything to go by
LIFE WITH A
LABRADOODLE
Velma’s Pets as Therapy
six years ago.
Now, Margaret has
created a delightful
illustrated story book
based on these
experiences.
Once upon a time stories,
About a dog called Toby is
designed to be read to
children from 3 years of
Sales of About a Dog called age but the stories will also
Toby will benefit Allowah provide a chuckle or two
from the adult reader. The
Children’s Hospital
book also highlights the
Beecroft artist Margaret positive affect that Pet
Therapy has on both the
Piper has shared “many
young and the elderly.
magical moments” with
Margaret and Toby have
her dog Toby, (neither a
Poodle nor a Labrador but paid many visits to
children at Allowah
rather a Labradoodle),
Children’s Hospital in
visiting nursing homes
Dundas and a number of
and sick children in
the children are featured
hospital since she took
with Toby in the book.
him for training with
CHRISTMAS SALE
• Clothes
• Accessories
excluding re-stringing
Stuck for a Gift? The Merchant’s
Christmas gift voucher is a perfect solution.
PHONE 9484 9113
BEECROFT VILLAGE ARCADE
NEEDLEWORK
OILS
TAPESTRIES
PRINTS
ETCHINGS
PASTELS
Protect & Enhance your
Memories & Treasures with
QUALITY CUSTOM FRAMING
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At
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Wishing Everyone a Safe & Happy Christmas 2010
Closed Wednesday 22nd December 2010 - Re-open Tuesday 18th January 2011
All framing carried out at shop to your personal requirements.
101 Beecroft Road, Beecroft
WATERCOLOUR
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Phone: 9875 3748
TAPESTRIES
PRINTS
ETCHINGS
PASTELS
PHOTOGRAPHS
MEMORIABILIA
WATERCOLOUR
ACRYLICS
PHOTO-RESTORATION
www.merchantoftennis.com
BRITANNIA TRAVEL
Excellence in Business & Leisure Travel
The management and staff wish all our clients and friends a very
Sam is geared up for
Christmas with beautiful
shoes and handbags at
Cocolina.
At Cocolina Gifts and
Homewares, Samantha is
geared up for Christmas
with smart leather and
canvas shoes and bags
that will take you
anywhere through the
Festive Season and would
make any woman happy
to find under the
Christmas tree.
The shoes and
accessories are only one
part of Cocolina’s
Christmas story for here
there is a treasure trove of
gift ideas ranging from
distressed provincial
furniture to lamps; soft
Books for Christmas
at The Children’s Bookshop, Beecroft
Choose Books for the family for that Special Day!
Some recommended titles include:
My Dad Thinks He’s Funny! By Germein
The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard Morais
The Happiest Refugee by Ahn Do
Sydney by Delia falconer
Plus lots more titles!
Ask our specialist staff for ideas!
6 Hannah Street, Beecroft
and a Happy New Year!
Shop 22, BEECROFT ARCADE
www.britanniatravel.com.au
9481 0388
Ph:
9481 8811
[email protected]
offers the best in fresh fish
and seafood as well as fish
and chips, grilled, battered
or crumbed (using only
quality canola oil), a
variety of salads (Caesar,
Garden, Greek and
Seafood) and ‘value for
money’ burgers and
combos.
For your Christmas
prawns, lobsters and crabs
you are advised to preorder.
The store is open from
9am until 7pm, Monday –
Saturday and you can
order ahead on 9481 9407
SERIOUS BAUBLES
While the Christmas
baubles in the window of
beautiful things by... at
Shop 8, The Module
shopping Centre, 16
Hannah Street Beecroft
are but one theme in
decorations available at
the store they are serious
baubles sized for those
who want to make a ‘big’
Christmas statement and
maybe for those who
want to punch a little
above their weight this
year.
This ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ is
bursting with everything
from lollipops to
stoneware to ceramics to
jewellery to photo frames
to pewter pieces to soft
furnishings and decor
pieces to Mela Purdie
fashions for Christmas
The book would make a
great Christmas gift. It is
for sale at the Denny
Pharmacy in Beecroft
Village Arcade, at Pennant
Hills Pharmacy on Yarrara
Road, Pennant Hills and at
CHRISTMAS AT COCOLINA
Phone: 9481 0052
• Racquets
• Footwear
this does not seem to be
an idle boast.
Many would remember
Con, Fina and Chris from
their days when they had
stores in Turramurra and
Epping or you may have
crossed their path in Ryde,
St. Leonards, Dee Why or
Penrith.
They are professionals
who pride themselves on
presenting the freshest and
best available fish and
seafood the market has on
offer on any given day.
They are extremely
welcoming and will
answer any questions you
might have regarding
species and recipes.
Beecroft Seafoods has
undergone a complete
facelift. It is spotless and
furnishings; candles; soaps;
silk flowers; photo frames;
unique decor and usable
luggage; jewellery; pewter;
crockery; ceramics;
Christmas decorations and
more.
The store has parking at
Serious baubles and lots of
inspiration at beautiful
things by...
gift giving.
If you’re short on an
idea of what to give, here
you will find inspiration –
call in and browse or call
the store on 9875 5335.
The Children’s Bookshop,
Beecroft where Toby and
Margaret will be attending
one of the regular ‘book
readings to
children’ sessions soon.
The cost of the book is
$15.00 and proceeds from
sales will be donated to
Allowah.
the door and is just a short
walk along from Beecroft
station at shop 2, 1a
Wongala Crescent,
Beecroft. Put it on your
Christmas list and if you
need more information
phone 9980 1237.
REMEMBRANCE
“God’s Table” is the
theme of the service at
Beecroft Uniting Church,
on Sunday, December 5 at
2pm, in memory of loved
ones and friends who are
no longer with us at
Christmas.
Rev Eric Drury will lead
the service for all who’ve
experienced loss.
To find out more call
LMA Jenny Pearson on
0407 226 017.
THEY KNOW MONEY STUFF
(l-r) Peggy Ling, Minister Fair Trading, Virginia Judge and Gurpinder Mand
at the presentation
BIG YEAR, BIG CHRISTMAS
range of gifts.”
On the day we visited,
collapsible metal
Christmas trees were
literally walking out the
door in the arms of
satisfied customers.
“I wonder if we can
order more of them before
Christmas,” said Gail as
she too rushed out the
door to meet with a sales
rep.
As she left, a courier
arrived with a plethora of
traditional Christmas trees
and boxes of crockery and
kitchenware. It was hard to
see where these would be
displayed amongst the
lanterns and hurricane
lamps; the Sophie Conran
range of Port Meirion
crockery; pewter
champagne buckets and
jugs; figurines; candles;
Where to find a place? Natalie with a silver pewter
marble pears; body lotions
water jug to add to one of the themed displays at
and soaps; fragrant candles
Cranberry & Fig.
and more.
The Christmas
“We have been awed by decorations and Christmas
For Cranberry & Fig it
napery sections are bulging
the way in which our
has been a big year. In
customers have embraced with great festive decor
October owners, Gail
Cranberry & Fig as part of pieces and it was pleasing
Clayton and Natalie
Pinker celebrated the first Beecroft,” Natalie said “We to see the Great Cities of
the World apron which lists
anniversary of their clever are buoyed by their
gift boutique in Beecroft. support and look forward ‘Beecroft’ along with New
York and London is back
to serving them at
Now, it is full steam on
Christmas with our unique for a second Christmas –
to Christmas.
challenge with more than
900 students from 51
schools across the state
Cheltenham Girls’ High Minister Virginia Judge
said at the presentation of vying for a share of the
School Year 9 students
$16,000 cash pool.
Peggy Ling and Gurpinder awards on November 17.
The competition
Now in its 10th year, the
Mand were highly
challenges young people to
Money Stuff Challenge is
commended for their
be creative in researching
open to all public and
award winning entry in
and developing consumer
NSW Fair Trading’s 2010 private high school
messages that target their
students around NSW.
Money Stuff Challenge.
peers. It is a fun and
There was an excellent
The girls each received
engaging way for students
$50, as well as $500 and a response to this year’s
plaque for their school for
their video cartoon
animation on budgeting
and saving money.
“It uses humour and
animation to tell a story
about a young female
character that learns to
stop impulse buying and
start saving with a little
help from a cute winged
friend,” Fair Trading
to learn about their
consumer rights while
meeting syllabus learning
outcomes.
Since 2000, 11,000
students have participated
in the Money Stuff
Challenge and $100,000 in
prize money has been
awarded, as well as
computers, digital cameras
and ipods.
Have Yourselves
A Very
Sparkling Christmas...
From The Team
at Carmichaels
hurry, they won’t last long!
Cranberry & Fig is at
shop 5/5 Wongala
Crescent, Beecroft – a visit
for Christmas is a must or
phone 9875 5555.
CARMICHAEL
the Jeweller
Shop 16, Beecroft Shopping Village
Ph 9481 8373
For a Little Bit
of French Style
visit..
Estelle’s Boutique
& Wardrobe
Consultancy
New stock
including
Jewellery
Arrivng from Paris
for Christmas
Yummy Kitchens@Beecroft
The right mix of Asian & Western Cuisine
103-105 Beecroft Road, Beecroft
Phone: 9484 6629
Wishing Everyone a Happy and
Stylish Christmas
Gift Vouchers available
Shop 26
Beecroft Village Arcade
Ph. 9481 0230
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• Festive napery
• Christmas decorations
• Pewter & Glass
• Laguiole cutlery
• Cufflinks & Key rings
• Handbags & Jewellery
• Sid Dickens Tiles
• 2011 calendars
• Framed prints
• Candles & Diffusers
Shop 3-4,
5b Hannah Street
BEECROFT
Tel: 9980 7577
Homewares & Gifts
Shop 5/5 Wongala Cres
Beecroft 2119
9875 5555
Also at:
2a William Street,
TURRAMURRA,
Ph 9440 8047
242 Miller Street
NORTH SYDNEY
Ph: 9954 4888
CAREGivers OFFER HOME INSTEAD
They say that home is
where the heart is, and no
one understands this
better than local home
care services provider,
Home Instead Senior Care
which helps older people
live independently in
their own home for as
long as possible. Offices
are located all over
Australia, local ones being
Pymble, Northern
Beaches and Gladesville
Now a new office in
Thornleigh has opened
servicing Hornsby Shire
and the Hills District.
The Director of the new
operation is Sue McGarry,
who trained as a
Registered Nurse (RN) in
both Britain and USA
before pursuing a career in
sales and marketing
management within the
Healthcare industry.
“I wanted to own a
business where I could use
my background and skills
and really make a
difference,” Sue said.
The opportunity arose
when Sue learnt that Home
Instead Senior Care was
seeking to open its 14th
Australian office in the
local area offering
companionship and nonmedical home care support
for older people.
“I was really impressed
with their commitment
and the services Home
Instead Senior Care
provides. Many people are
unaware that they can
access care in their own
homes and I look forward
to raising awareness of
Home Instead’s services in
the local area,” Sue
explained.
Home Instead Senior Care
provides services for just a
few hours a day up to 24
hours, seven days a week
including weekends and
public holidays.
“For seniors, it’s not just
the house; it’s the local
neighbours, the local
grocery store, the church
and community that give
them identity and
comfort,” she said.
Fully-trained
CAREGivers make daily
living activities easier –
they can assist with
shopping, planning fresh
and wholesome meals,
they can help with light
housekeeping, errands,
accompanying clients with
medical appointments,
and, most importantly,
keeping clients connected
to the community.
“To clients it’s about
choosing the type of care
Chiropractic
EST 2002
NOW OPEN LONGER
Mon-Wed-Fri 7.15 am – 6pm
Tues & Thurs 8.30am – 6pm
Saturdays 8.30am – Noon
• Full Chiropractic Services
• Initital Spinal Screens for children
• HICAPS available
Appointment Essential
19 Wongala Crescent Beecroft
(opposite Beecroft Station)
PHONE 9484 6822
Pennant Hills
Physiotherapy Centre
Mon-Fri 8.00am - 5.30pm
David Young
Merren Coad • Robyn Willcock
Wendy Mackenzie
Physiotherapists
2/374 Pennant Hills Road
Pennant Hills
9484 6300
MENS & WOMENS
EXERCISE CLASSES AVAILABLE
SPORTS
BACKS
NECKS
January Workshops
At
The Children’s Bookshop
Beecroft
Book now for January workshops at
The Children’s Bookshop which include
Writing with Libby Gleeson,
Illustrating with Bruce Whatley and an
HSC English belonging Workshop.
E-Mail or phone for a full brochure!
6 Hannah Street, Beecroft
Ph:
9481 8811
[email protected]
they would like, how
many hours of care they
need and when it will be
delivered,” Sue McGarry
said.
“CAREGivers can
provide extra support for
our clients who are living
away from their family and
friends. This can help
reduce stress and worry
and help re-establish their
personal freedom.
“It’s about finding a
trusted solution and to us,
it’s personal,” Sue said.
The new office caters for
suburbs including
Wahroonga, Hornsby,
Hornsby Heights, Mt
Colah, Berowra,
Thornleigh, Normanhurst,
Westleigh, Pennant Hills,
Home Instead CAREGivers Eunice, Julie, Sue, Lyn and Vicki,
offer services that enable older people to maintain their independence
West Pennant Hills,
Beecroft, Cherrybrook,
Carlingford, Galston and
Dural.
Home Instead Senior
Care North Shore is
located at Unit 5/7 Sefton
Road, Thornleigh. For
more information call
9980 2226 or visit
www.homeinstead.com.au
GIFT MAKER WITH FLAIR
It comes as no surprise
that Amanda Takchi
studied Business within
the Fashion industry on
completion of her
schooling at Mt.St.
Benedict College. Her eye
for detail and design is
evident in the gifts she
puts together as part of
her business, Gift Makers,
which she started around
18 months ago.
Here you will find
hampers and gifts for
every occasion:
Christmas, Weddings,
Christenings, Holy
Communions, New Born
and Get Well gifts, Easter,
Fathers’ Day, Mothers’
Day, Valentine’s Day and
age milestones – in fact
every celebration you can
think of.
“We recognise that gift
giving can be stressful for
many who are ‘time poor’
and who have difficulty
getting to the stores,”
Amanda said.
“At Gift Makers we offer
the perfect solution
whether for corporate
clients seeking value for
money Christmas Gifts for
staff and clients or
individuals seeking
something different for
family or friends. Nothing
goes out that we would
not be happy to receive
and so, we use only the
best quality products
HAVE YOUR SAY
NEW OFFICE NOW OPEN
CAREGivers NEEDED!
If you enjoy the company of seniors and
would like to make a difference in their lives,
we are looking for dependable, caring and
compassionate people to join our new team.
We provide non medical home services
including personal care, companionship and
help in the home for the older person. We
offer flexible hours for day, evening and
weekend shifts in the Hills area.
Experience an advantage, however all training
provided. Own vehicle required.
To apply please call Vicki on 9980 2226
or send resume to:
[email protected]
available within the
customer’s budget.”
You’ll find examples of
Amanda’s artistry at www,
giftmakers.com.au or you
are welcome to contact her
for a free consultation to
discuss and personalise
your gift so that it is more
relevant and meaningful to
the lucky recipient.
Gift Makers has had
great success with stalls at
a number of venues
including: Westmead
Hospital Charity Fair;
Breast Cancer Fundraisers
at Castle Hill RSL and
Oatlands, and at the Castle
Hill Food and Wine
Aficionado last year.
Some of the more
unusual designs available
include Nappy ‘Cakes’ for
the new-born, an amazing
bomboniere ‘tree’ with gifts
delicately hung from
decorated branches; there
are picnic set hampers;
bomboniere wedding cakes
and the fabulous Walking
on Ferreros comprising a
hamper of Johnnie Walker
Black Label and Ferrero
Rocher chocolates – hard
to resist!
Whatever your ideas for
a gift and whatever the
occasion call Gift Makers
on 0404 010 109 and
make that certain
somebody very happy!
is seeking residents’
feedback about how the
Shire’s trees and
vegetation should be
protected in the future.
New state legislation
means that tree and
Gifts with Flair, Amanda with a selection of gifts tailored for every taste and for every
occasion by Gift Makers.
Dietitian
NEED
Veronica Taffs
B.SC. (HONS) NUTRITION M.A., APD, AN
• Management of
Adverse Food Reactions - Allergy,
Intolerance, Coeliac Disease, IBS
• Diabetes • Management of
Cholesterol & Blood Pressure
• Other Dietary Disorders
DIETARY
PENNANT HILLS
9875 2626
Unit 5/380 Pennant Hills Road
HORNSBY 0407
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462 319
3/46 Edgeworth David Ave
Services also available at Castle Hill
and Terrey Hills - call 0407 462 319
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• Rollator walkers
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• Stair lifts
• Wheelchairs
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• Walking sticks / crutches
• Bathroom aids
• Back & seat cushions
• Continence products
• Daily living aids
• Orthopaedic shoes
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number of tree species that
are exempt from
protection, including
species that commonly
invade bushland such as
liquidambar, alder, cypress
and some Australian native
trees that are not
indigenous to Hornsby
Shire (for example,
camphor laurel and
wattles)
• Residents be required
to either plant a new tree
to replace any removed
tree or pay an offset fee for
Council to plant a new tree
on public land
• Protect trees that are
heritage items or within
heritage conservation areas
• Protect native
vegetation (shrubs, grasses
and groundcovers)
Option 3
• The current Tree
Preservation Order would
be reproduced in the DCP
(no change to tree and
vegetation protection in
Hornsby Shire)
• Protect native
and groundcovers)
To have your say and
read full details of the
three options, please visit
www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/o
nexhibition.
A ‘Bang The Table’
online forum has also been
established for residents.
Feedback must be received
by December 17, 2010.
For more information, call
9847 6853.
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vegetation protection (and
all development controls)
must be combined in a
single Development
Control Plan. Council
recently celebrated the
50th anniversary of its
Tree Preservation Order,
but that document must
now be replaced.
Council understands
that while trees can cause
damage and be a nuisance,
they also provide very
important ecological and
economic benefits to the
Shire.
Residents are being
asked to vote on one of
three different options.
Option 1
• Protect only trees that
are locally native to
Hornsby Shire
• Residents be required
to either plant a new tree
to replace any removed
tree or pay an offset fee for
Council to plant a new tree
on public land
• Protect native
and groundcovers)
Option 2
• The current Tree
Preservation Order be
revised to expand the
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Have a Restful Christmas and a Great New Year
Communities, The Hon
Tony Burke MP.
Judge of the awards,
Sean Rooney said : “The
Hornsby Shire Council has
an impressive and
comprehensive approach
to resource recovery and
waste management in the
Shire.
“The Council is working
hard to address this
important issue and is
being very proactive in its
approach and the range of
programs it has initiated.”
The Council has
developed Hornsby Shire
2020: A Framework for a
Sustainable Future which
encompasses all of the
Council’s strategies and
directions for achieving a
sustainable Hornsby Shire
into one overall document.
It covers many different
areas the Council is
working on including
(l-r) Robert Stevens, Executive Manager Environment,
Hornsby Shire Council, (HSC) Jenny Pickles, Packaging
Stewardship Forum, Eva Egen, Sustainability Officer, HSC
and Mayor of Hornsby Clr Nick Berman.
biodiversity, air, water and
soil quality, waste
management, energy
conservation, businesses
strategies and issues of
heritage and culture.
Keep Australia
HAVE A GREAT
CHRISTMAS
Beautiful Executive Officer
Scott Lyall said,
“Sustainability is a
critical issue for all cities as
the world becomes more
and more urbanised. We
all know there are massive
pressures on our cities.
Cities make up just 2% of
the earth’s surface but now
actually account for 80%
of greenhouse gas
emissions.”
By Monique Monsees, Cherrybrook Travel, Westleigh
Well another year has
flown by and what a year
it has been. Not only have
we been flat out sending
you all off on your dream
holidays but the booming
dollar at the moment
means you are flocking in
to book your 2011
holidays to Europe and
the US.
To start off I would like
to take care of a bit of
housekeeping. From
January Cherrybrook
Travel will be changing its
Saturday opening hours to
best suit our customers
and therefore will be open
on Saturdays from 9am to
12noon starting from
Saturday 8th January.
We have had a huge
response to the earlybird
fares with a lot of dates
from Mid-June to the end
of August already booked
out! If you are planning to
travel to Europe next year
I urge you to book your
flights in and out of
Europe now, especially as a
Royal wedding in the UK
is planned for 2011.
We have found a lot of
you would like to do a bit
of leisurely touring
combined with some
cruising as a way to get a
good look at Europe. A
new product has just been
launched by a company
called WorldShores that
combines land touring
with cruising on the
Mediterranean or Baltic
Seas on Holland America
Line.
WorldShores offer an
all-inclusive affordable
luxury land product that
has been specifically
designed to join up with
the Holland America Line
cruises. There are no
hidden extras! That’s right
no tipping and no optional
excursions (excluding the
cruise portion). You also
get some special discovery
inclusions like traditional
Italian Cake & coffee in
Rome; or a private boat
tour of Lake Como with
guided visit to Villa
Balbianello and lunch.
These tours take you off
the main tourist treadmill
of Europe so you can
experience the real Europe
without the hassles of
finding parking or hotels.
The hotels on the tours are
the highest quality 5 star
hotels and are chosen for
their historic and/or
location value. All tour
guides have at least 20
years experience with a
maximum of 40 guests per
tour.
An example of one of
their tours is the Italian
Discovery & Mediterranean
Empires Cruise. This is a
25 day package, 12 night
tour and 12 night cruise.
The tour starts with 3
nights in Rome, then 2
nights in Sorrento, 2
nights Perugia, 2 nights
Florence, 1 night Cinque
Terre and 2 nights Como.
From Como you drive to
Venice (via Verona) and
then embark on Holland
America Line’s MS Nieuw
Amsterdam for your 12
night cruise to Croatia,
Greece and Turkey. The
cruise returns to Venice
where you fly out to
Australia. Included in the
tour are 24 full buffet
breakfasts, 16 lunches and
19 dinners. Included in
these lunches and dinners
are some extra special
dining experiences.
There are 4 departures
on this tour in 2011; April
18, May 10, July 16, and
August 28. Prices start
from $13,195 per person.
The inclusions and tour
details are just too
numerous to list here so
please contact us for a
copy of the brochure. You
really need to view the
brochure to truly
appreciate the value of this
package.
Remember, we can be
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3775 or email at sales@
cherrybrooktravel.com.au
and we are in the
Westleigh Village in Shop
22.
We will be closing for
the Christmas break this
year from 1pm Thursday
23 December till 9am
Tuesday 4 January. And
don’t forget from 8 January
we will be opening from
9am to 12noon on
Saturdays.
We would like to wish
all readers of the Monthly
Chronicle a happy and safe
Christmas break and a
healthy and prosperous
2011.
environmentally friendly
green Father Christmas.
With 85,000 votes ‘in’
Green Santa is leading by
over 3000 votes
The Green Santa’s Little
Green Book Climate
Change in My Backyard is
aimed at getting parents
involved in 20 fun projects
with their children and
developing life skills and
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them protect the
environment and ensure a
healthy planet for their
own children.”
For your FREE copy of
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A Green Santa has
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issuing a free a special
edition of Climate Change
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special Christmas gift
around the world.
Visitors to the site are
invited to vote for a red or
HELP THEM MAKE THE TRANSITION
The mechanical team at Hornsby Nissan have been mentoring and
supporting Luke during his placement there.
Transition to Work
Under the banner of
The transition from
Centacare Waitara Family (TTW) is a two year
school into the world of
focused program funded
Centre there operates an
employment is difficult
by Adhc (NSW
empowering program for
enough for most school
Department of Ageing,
these very important
leavers but even more so
Disability and Home
young people.
for those young people
Care). It assists school
The Program –
with a disability.
leavers with a disability to
move on to open or
supported employment, or
enrolment in vocational
education and training, or
higher education.
The program teaches
skills in: communication;
interview techniques;
money; independent
living; workplace
awareness; practical retail
skills and OH& S.
The students also
participate in volunteer
work and work
experience/sampling.
Work experience
placements are sought for
the students based on their
individual skills and
interests with a view to
them sampling as many
work experiences as
possible, in order that they
(the students) can make
an informed decision
Jess recently began work experience at Cherrybooks in Cherrybrook where she will
develop skills and knowledge in placing books into categories and alphabetical order.
by Centacare’s Catholic
computer, mail outs;
about their future
Insurance whilst attending
Gardening; Retail –
employment.
work placements,” said the
Sought after placements supermarket, hardware,
variety stores, sports stores Program’s Co-coordinator,
include: Library work;
Kerry Smyth.
Childcare – working with etc and Café /Kitchen
Both staff and students
the children, general room work.
are grateful to those local
Initial work experience
and playground activity
businesses and
set-up, kitchen assistance; placements are sought in
organisations which have
blocks of 8 to12 weeks.
Office work – general
offered work experience
“As part of our
filing, telephone,
placements including:
commitment to our
Gloria Jean’s Cherrybrook;
students and prospective
OLOR Waitara through
work experience
employers, students will be their weekly ‘Drop-In’
coffee shop; Nissan Car
provided with trained
Dealers Waitara; Rebel
Centacare staff support
Sports, Macquarie
during their placement.
Shopping Centre;, Pinjara
“Staff will teach them
Child Care Centre –
the requirements of the
role they are to undertake Gordon; Cherrybooks
Bookshop, Cherrybrook;
and provide on-going
Centacare Waitara
supervision.
“As the student achieves Children’s Centre and The
Broken Bay Institute
confidence and is able to
perform the tasks required Library, Pennant Hills.
If your business is able
without staff assistance,
to offer work placements
staff support will be
or assistance to this
gradually withdrawn.
program, please contact
“We will then provide
Kerry Smyth and the
drop-in assistance and
Transition to Work Team
assessments when
on 9489 4791.
necessary.
“All students are covered
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At Cherrybrook Village
Give a little Christmas Cheer to those in need
this Christmas!
Christmas should be a time enjoyed by all.
But unfortunately this is not always the case.
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A Glimmer of Hope
for the Blind,
in Five Years Time
Recent trials of the "bionic eye" in
Germany have yielded positive results
for three blind participants. Scientists
have developed a 3mm x 3mm
microchip incorporating one thousand
five hundred light sensitive receptors.
The microchip is then implanted within
the retina through complicated and
delicate surgery. The photoreceptive
pixels then stimulate the optic nerve via
electrodes.
Although the trial has been small, the
results have been impressive. In all three
of the participants, a sense of
rudimentary vision was achieved within
a few days of implanting. They were
able to perceive shapes and individual
objects. One participant was even able
to read large words and appreciate the
difference between several shades of
grey.
This has been a breakthrough in medical
research. It has shown that the optic
nerve can be reawakened after many
years of inactivity. In its current form,
the implanting of the microchip is likely
to be a very costly and labour intensive
procedure. A German company is
hoping to have the microchip available
to the public within five years.
For further information please
contact Stephen McGowan at David J
Hendry Optometrists, Westleigh on
9481 8994.
AN ENTERTAINING LIFE By Bill Aitken
Octogenarian, Don Wall
has delved into both his
personal and family’s
history vault to produce
an honest account of his
life in his recently
published memoir An
Entertaining Life.
Don’s paternal great
grandmother is generally
credited as being the first
settler in Berowra.
Mary Wall was born
Mary Hear in County
Limerick, Ireland in 1832,
Greg Smith SC MP - Member for Epping
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Christmas &
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A Happy
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New Year
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Heather and I wish You and your Family
A Very Happy, Peaceful and Safe Christmas
and may 2011 bring You and yours
Good Health and Happiness
Please do not hesitate to contact me at my Electorate Office.
Level 7, 423 Pennant Hills Rd,Pennant Hills NSW 2120
Telephone 02 9980 1822 Facsimile 02 9980 1833
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This material has been produced by Philip Ruddock MP using his printing and communications entitlement.
Season’s Greetings
Wishing everyone a happy,
safe holiday season
and a prosperous new year.
the youngest of 21
children. She came to
Sydney and was a
nursemaid for an army
officer and later worked in
the home of Sir Henry
Parkes. The family holds
that it was on advice from
Parkes that she purchased
a selection of 60 acres at
Berowra while managing a
boarding house in the city.
After her marriage to
blacksmith Nathaniel John
Wall in 1851, Mary would
spend one day a week on
the property, walking from
the city to Berowra and
back. By the late 1880’s
Mary, Nat and their seven
children spent more time
at the property and thus
began the family’s long
association with the local
area.
Don Wall’s dad, William
(born in Dural in 1888)
was a labourer working
with horses in his early
years. He then became
chauffeur to Marcus Clark
driving the first car in the
district. In his thirties, he
married Berowra girl,
Eileen Foster Jones. The
couple settled on 2.5 acres
at North Hornsby and
eventually the family grew
to include six children.
Eileen Wall’s mother,
Ada Foster was the niece
of one of America’s most
famous composers,
Stephen Foster author of
Swanee River and I Dream
of Jeannie but, it was not
until he was in his sixties
that Don Wall discovered
that he was also descended
from Australia’s first
millionaire, Samuel Terry
and that Eileen’s father
was, in fact, Edward Terry
His four daughters (l-r) Vanessa Brown, Robyn Butler, Susanne West, Debra Leighton
continue to provide Don Wall with An Entertaining Life.
and television (Mobil Quest Don has authored a regular
who held large land
monthly column for Bowls
holdings in Eastwood and and Showcase) He was a
NSW the official magazine
recording artist with
a horse stud in Bathurst.
of the NSW Lawn Bowls
He was one time Mayor of Festival Records and
Ryde and a Member of the performed on cruise ships Association and he has
been the recipient of
and in clubs throughout
NSW Parliament on two
numerous awards
Australia, appearing with
occasions, (1898 – 1901
among many others: Dame including the prestigious
and 1904 until 1907).
ASF Outstanding NSW
Joan Sutherland, Julie
Terry was also the owner
Anthony, Gladys Moncrief, Senior Club Personality in
of Archer, winner of the
2009.
June Bronhill and the
inaugural and second
An Entertaining Life was
legendary Sophie Tucker.
Melbourne Cups.
written for his four
In another life, Don
Eileen Wall was well
Wall was Chief Prosecutor daughters, but it is a book
educated. She had a
that deserves a much
and Advisor for the
trained voice and was an
wider read. It gives a
accomplished pianist. This Australian Taxation
wonderful insight into the
was passed on to Don. He Office, appearing for the
initially took violin lessons Taxation Commissioner in development of our local
area and holds the reader’s
high profiled cases
with Sr. Mary Bertram at
interest through the story
involving among others,
the Convent of Mercy,
telling and candid
Robert Trimbole and
Waitara and went on to
anecdotes that have shaped
Madam Lash.
study at the NSW
For many years Don was its author’s life.
Conservatorium of Music.
The book is available
house compere for
As a teenager, it was
through
Oatlands House and
discovered that he had a
rich baritone voice and he presented Don Wall and his Deerubbin Press,
Music for local community PO Box 158,
commenced singing
Berowra Hts, NSW 2082
radio station North FM
lessons.
($20.00 incl postage) and
100.1.
Don Wall went on to
over the counter at The
Don Wall’s association
sing professionally. In 1948
Children’s Bookshop,
with Lawn Bowls and the
he won the Australian
Beecroft and Pennant
Music Examination Board’s development of Asquith
Hills Pharmacy, Pennant
Bowling & Recreation
Outstanding Singer of the
Year award and competed Club as its President for 16 Hills.
years forms another facet
with distinction in the
Railway Aria and on radio of An Entertaining Life.
JUDY HOPWOOD, MP – State Member for Hornsby
Electorate Office: Suite 5, “The Madison”,
25-29 Hunter St. HORNSBY NSW 2077
Ph: 9476 3411 Fax: 9476 2965
CHRISTMAS
IS EMPTY
WHEN YOU
HAVE
NOTHING
For credit card
donations go to
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or call 13 SALVOS.
NEW MINISTER
Chester Street and
Oxford Street Uniting
Churches recently joined
to form the Epping
Uniting Church. Their
new minister, the Rev. Dr
Mark Hillis, was inducted
on November 20 at a
service conducted by the
Sydney North Presbytery
of the Uniting Church
Synod, and attended by
representatives from the
community, from other
local churches, as well as
members and friends.
Mark Hillis has 35 years
experience in ministry. He
has been a parish minister
in Orange, Tweed
Heads, and Toronto. He has
taught Religious Education
in Papua New Guinea and
served as Regional
Education Officer for the
Board of Education. For the
last 5 years he has been the
National Director of
Christian Education for the
National Assembly.
“Mark is a person of
deep and sincere faith, with
wide experience of the
church, and excellent
skills in education, listening
and group leadership,” a
FROM THE TRUST
Quick quiz: which is
more believable? :
(i)Widening the M2 to
six lanes will increase
average car speeds by
40km/ h, as Transurban
forecasts;
(ii) Santa Claus is alive
and well. Correct: Santa by
a mile!
Independent expert, Dr
John Goldberg, predicts
that the $550-million
upgrade will be lucky to
lift average speeds by 10
km/h.
If he’s right, add this to
the sorry litany of
outlandishly optimistic
predictions by tollway
operators that have led to
one financial collapse after
another.
Not that Transurban is
in danger: it has a lucrative
captive market – and a 20
year monopoly to boot.
We have a right to know if
this upgrade sets in train a
new 20 year monopoly.
Dr Goldberg, former
principal scientist with
CSIRO, who gave his
analysis in a peer-reviewed
paper in Canberra last
month, has a knack for
being correct about toll
roads. He predicted well in
advance the financial
collapse of the Cross City
and Lane Cove tunnels. As
for the average speed
increase on the six-lane
M2, “It would be a breakeven proposition to get
more than 10 km/h,” he
told the SMH.
Transurban’s estimate
of a 40 km/h average speed
increase is, he said, “wildly
church spokesperson said.
He holds degrees in Arts
(UNSW) and Divinity
(Sydney), a Graduate
Diploma in Religious
Education (Brisbane CAE),
and a Master of
Education and Doctor of
Philosophy from Newcastle
University.
He lists his wider interests
as exercise and gym
activities, swimming,
bushwalking, and music
appreciation. He enjoys
involvement in interfaith
conversations, gatherings
and events, and
engagement with the
school education field.
Rev. Mark Hillis with Lois
Rees West Epping Uniting
Church after the Induction
Service.
out” because ‘induced
congestion’ – the extra
traffic attracted to new or
widened roads – will curb
speeds.
Indeed, NSW
government figures show
that the widening will
pour an extra 2.3 million
cars a year on to the M2,
causing ‘extremely
congested’ traffic flow
between Beecroft Rd. and
Christie Rd.
On top of this, greedy
Transurban will slug our
lucky drivers an extra 8
per cent in tolls (RTAapproved), and residents
will cop a surge in exhaust
fumes!
But wait: it gets worse:
the operator will demolish
the vital Kirkham St. –
Murray Farm Rd bridge
over the M2 and not start
replacing it for two years,
when the upgrade is
complete. And this is
OUR land!
Many hundreds of very
angry residents, including
children, will have to take
very long detours to get to
Beecroft schools, shops
and trains. And now,
Transurban has vetoed its
decision to install noise
barriers, claiming they are
unnecessary: how
contemptuous of residents!
Meanwhile the crazy 8
km tunnel plan from the
M2 to the F3 under
Pennant Hills is still on the
agenda. To hope that it
will speed up traffic flow is
a tooth-fairy belief and the
unfiltered stacks will be a
health disaster. Why on
earth did John Howard
give $1.2 billion for this
idiocy?
- Graham Williams
Pennant Hills District
Civic Trust
J
Choose a floppy style of
hat that can be easily
washed,” Mr Cooper said.
disease in young trees may been working in the bush
“Gloves are also of
kill shoot tips, causing loss to remove weeds and
major concern as they may
rubbish, indicating that the come into direct contact
of leaders and a bushy
rust has come into contact with infected plants.
habit.
Improved biosecurity is people who may have
Gloves should never be
unknowingly moved it on taken from one site to
the key to preventing
clothing and tools.
further spread of Myrtle
another unless first
“This demonstrates the
Rust to native bushland
washed.”
following recent detections importance that hygiene
A guide to biosecurity
in two central coast nature and biosecurity measures
for bush regenerators and
reserves, NSW Director of can play in reducing the
other groups who work in
spread of unwanted pests
Plant Biosecurity Dr
the natural environment is
and diseases in our native available on the NSW
Satendra Kumar said on
bush.”
November 5.
Myrtle rust website at
Myrtle Rust Incident
“Infestations of Myrtle
www.industry.nsw.gov.au/i
Controller, Kevin Cooper, nfo/myrtlerust
Rust on scrub turpentine
(Rhodamnia rubescens) at said that simple steps such
“The good news is that
as laundering clothing
Wambina Nature Reserve
control and eradication
before moving between
and Greenbank Reserve
efforts are underway at the
and on landscape plantings work sites can be the
infected bushland sites and
of broad-leaved paperbark difference between healthy infection seems to be
(Melaleuca quinquenervia) and diseased plants.
confined to only one
“Hats are of particular
at Bateau Bay have been
species,” Dr Kumar said.
linked to human activity,” concern as these are rarely
“The next few months
washed and frequently
he said.
will be critical as
“These detections of the contact plants when worn temperatures and plant
by people working in
Myrtle Rust fungus are in
movements increase
bushland situations.
areas where people have
REGENERATORS BECOME CARRIERS
These rusts are
serious pathogens which
affect plants belonging to
the family Myrtaceae
including many iconic
Australian natives like
willow myrtle (Agonis
sp.) and bottle brush
(Callistemon sp.).
Myrtle Rust infects
leaves of susceptible plants
producing spore-filled
lesions on young actively
growing leaves and shoots,
Leaf showing advanced
as well as fruits and sepals.
myrtle rust reprinted with Leaves may become
permission from NSW
buckled or twisted as a
Dept.of Industry website, result of infection. On
photo by Jonathan Lidbetter turpentine and callistemon
rust lesions are purple in
Myrtle Rust (Uredo
colour, with masses of
rangelii) is a newly
bright yellow or orangedescribed fungus that is
yellow spores. Older
closely related to the
lesions may contain dark
Eucalyptus/Guava rusts.
brown spores. Severe rust
NATURE NOTES
with Nick Hodges
the jacaranda, thus
providing a colourful
contrast to the vivid blue
of the latter.
In Northern New South
Wales, the city of Grafton
has an annual Jacaranda
Festival which takes place
at the end of October. The
program has included a
party to select a princess, a
flower girl and a page boy;
a jacaranda ball and
crowning of the various
jacaranda queens; awards
for the festival’s best
garden; most beautiful
baby and a parade of youth
- not to mention floral
windows, a pet show and
horse racing.
When the jacaranda’s
flowers fall on grass they
form a carpet of vivid blue,
reminding me of bluebells
- flowers of the northern
hemisphere - which bloom
in masses when the spring
arrives. The shade of blue
is almost that of the
jacaranda. If you can’t get
to England, a country
renowned for its bluebells,
then they can be seen at
this time of the year in
some of the Blue
Mountains’ show gardens.
I’ve often wondered
which offers the most
astonishing display:
bluebells or jacarandas? I
think now it’s the latter.
After all, the jacaranda
flowers can be admired
twice: once while on the
tree and, once again,
having fallen, when they
cover the ground.
Dinner at 7pm on Monday,
December 6 at Asquith
Rugby League Club.
Entry to Fagan Park is
Members and partners
$5 per car, entry to the
welcome. Contact Kay De
Heritage area, free. Tea,
Luca urgently 8812 2479
coffee and cake $2. The
or 0410 688 886 for
Heritage area is open to
the public each Tuesday, 10 bookings.
– 4 pm and on the second
V.I .E .W
Sunday of the month
Pennant Hills VIEW
between 1.30pm and 4pm.
Club will hold its last
Enquiries: 9653 1228.
luncheon meeting for 2010
at Pennant Hills Golf Club
JPs
at 11am on Tuesday,
NSW Justices
December 14.There will be
Association Hornsby
a Christmas theme and
Branch final meeting for
the year will be Christmas entertainment will be by
Greg Smith, State Member
for Epping, who is also a
member of a singing
group. Visitors welcome.
Bookings: Jacqui - 9481
9124
Hills District View
Club wishes everyone a
wonderful Christmas
Season and will welcome
everyone back to their
regular luncheon meetings
at the Dural Country Club
on the 4th Tuesday of
February 2011.
Anyone interested in
joining this vital, happy
group of VIEW
Women, should
contact Valery for
bookings on 9634-5306.
Visitors and New Members
are most welcome!
American tree - also found
in the Caribbean - which
has proved very popular
because of its showy
clusters of trumpet-shaped
flowers.
The jacaranda has been
widely planted in the
warmer parts of Australia.
Canberra is too cold but
Sydney is ideal. Here the
Jacarandas
trees are often planted with
The jacarandas are in
silky oaks, orangeflower: what a
flowering trees which
performance!
The jacaranda is a South bloom at the same time as
HAPPENINGS
AUSTRALIA DAY
The Friends of Fagan
Park (a volunteer group)
will open the Heritage
Area of Netherby
Homestead and rural
museums in Fagan Park
From 10am – 4pm on
Australia Day, Wednesday,
January 26, 2011. There’s
the chance to view
displays of memorabilia,
farm machinery, a parade
of heritage vehicles and a
demonstration of
blacksmithing.
around the state. Public
awareness and reporting
has never been more
important.
“Anyone who works
with native plants and
plants in the family
Myrtaceae, including bush
regenerators, landscapers,
nursery staff and home
gardeners, should keep a
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• Everything is growing so fast at present. Climbing
plants can become entwined with neighbouring
• I’ve just been looking
garden.
shrubs. The climbers must be cut back or you will
around my local garden
• Fill in gaps with some long lasting potted colour – I have an even bigger problem in a few months time.
centre and there is so much use Bedding Begonias and Vinca – both will flower
Similarly, shrubs such as Camellia Sasanquas have put
fantastic colour around to
through until the chilly weeks of winter – not bad for on a lot of new growth with all the fantastic rain that
brighten up your garden
a few dollars outlay!
we’ve been having. Don’t leave trimming these too late
for the coming summer.
• Then you could also scatter some Cosmos,
as the flower buds for autumn flowering will start
What is also encouraging is Ageratum and Nasturtium seed to fill in any
setting in the New Year. C. Sasanquas can take hard
the news that colourful
remaining gaps.
pruning if needs be.
plants are back in fashion.
• See if you can find some of the tall growing Cane
• There are other plants that will also need a trim –
It’s all very well having a
Begonias. These are absolutely brilliant for a semi
the Buxus hedging and topiary, Westringia shrubs and
garden full of grasses,
shade spot and will grow up to 2 metres and produce most other Australian Natives will enjoy a tidy up.
Lomandras etc, which I hasten to add, are fantastic
delicate sprays of pink, white or red blooms. These
Rosemary is growing so fast as well and I’ve taken
but we all need some cheerful colour in our lives.
plants are indestructible and very rewarding.
plenty of cuttings – you can’t have too much
So....get cracking with potted colour, hardy
• Look around your garden and check that the mulch Rosemary. Also, get those Lavender bushes trimmed
perennials, seeds and seedlings.
on the garden beds is still at least 5 cm thick. A few
back straight away. Don’t cut so far back that there
• Pentstemon, Salvia, Day Lily, Nemesia, Statice,
moments spent replenishing the bald patches will save isn’t any foliage remaining. You must leave some
Gaura, Brachyscome – these are just a few of the
greenery.
water and the plants will be healthier.
fantastic perennials that you will find in your local
garden centre and these plants will be guaranteed to
• A light feed with an organic fertiliser is a good idea • Agapanthus has once again been splendid – they
give you months of brilliant colour in the summer
really do welcome in the summer months. Don’t
in these weeks approaching Christmas. I scatter
The Garden Edge by Peter Whitehead CNP
close look out for anything
that looks like Myrtle Rust
and report suspect
symptoms to the Exotic
Plant Pest Hotline 1800
084 881. “Early detection
is critical for successful
containment and
eradication,” Mr. Kumar
said.
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forget to dead head them later on before the seeds set.
Hydrangeas will need really thick mulch around them
and deep watering. On really hot days they can droop
a bit but soon perk up in the cool of the day.
• Here are extra tips for this time of the year. If you
are going away, please get a neighbour to collect all
the local papers and junk mail – a tell tale sign that
the house is empty if these are left lying around the
driveway. Get someone to mow the front lawn as well.
The house must look lived in!
• Plants are becoming more and more popular as
Gifts. There is a suitable plant for just about everyone
from the novice and youngsters to the avid and
enthusiastic. Citrus never fail in popularity, succulents
are great for kids and the not so green thumbed,
whilst a pot of ‘ready to cook with’ herbs will go
down a treat with inner city gourmet cooks! You will
find a plant for every person on your shopping list –
give it a go! And if you can’t find anything, then a Gift
Voucher is always a really great alternative.
Have a wonderful summer break and I’ll see you in
the New Year. Peter Whitehead
EAT WITH YOUR EYES FIRST
immaculately clean.
Since her nine years as
co-owner of La Pomme
Patisserie in Dural Mall,
this pint-sized
powerhouse has
established A Votre
Service – Catering (At
Your Service – Catering)
offering her exquisite,
quality petit-fours,
gateaux, flans and
cheesecake through a
number of exclusive
outlets (“Only one per
Give your Christmas Celebration the ‘Wow’ factor with a suburb”) and including
decadent Christmas log from A Votre Service.
delis, coffee shops and
cafes throughout the local
The old saying ‘You
kitchen. Everything is in area.
She is also prepared to
can tell a cook by his/her its place and every bench
sell direct to individual
kitchen” is surely true of top, appliance and
Edith Dendievel’s
cupboard is ordered and companies and groups.
Edith’s creations are to die
for.
On the day we spoke
Born and raised in the
she was putting together a
French Region of
superb Chocolate Log for
Belgium, Edith trained as an early Christmas
a pastry cook and chef in celebration, along with
her native country before her ‘melt in the mouth’
migrating to Australia.
petit-fours, four flans
“I was taught to eat
(both savoury (salty) and
with your eyes first and
sweet and a beautifully
therefore presentation is a decorated cake (gateau)
vital ingredient in all my
for a child’s birthday
work,” Edith said.
party.
This may be so, but the
“Do you ever get sick of
flavour and taste of
the sight of food?” we
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ask.
She smiles and answers
simply:
“How can you be sick
of what you love? I love
using my skill to create
something of beauty that
is appreciated for both its
appearance and taste. And
I love serving people who
appreciate my work.”
A Votre Service can
provide a unique point of
difference for your
Birthday, Anniversary,
Christening, Holy
Central Avenue,
Thornleigh, just along
from Elaine’s World of
Lights and facing Pennant
CADETS GRADUATE
Pennant Hills High
School Principal, Mr
Geoff Wing,
congratulated those
students who formed this
year’s State Emergency
Service (SES) Cadet
group at their recent
graduation ceremony.
Mr Wing welcomed
parents and guests who
joined with the school
community for this
special occasion. Among
the guests were Hills
Network School
Education Director, Mrs
Janet Wasson; NSW SES
Cadet Program State Coordinator, Mr Todd Burns;
NSW SES Sydney
Northern Region
Controller, Mr David
Chambers; and the cadets’
three trainers from
Hornsby Unit, Mr Bob
Corbett, Mrs Kathryn
Hine and Mrs Lee Lowe.
This group of 16 young
people spent 10 weeks
studying a diverse range
of topics, including the
roles and responsibilities
of emergency services,
occupational health and
safety, teamwork and
radio communications.
Class sessions were
punctuated with visits to
local emergency service
facilities and a two-day
camp where cadets were
provided with hands-on
experience in many of the
Hills Road.
This year, the store’s
window displays feature
elegant wreaths, silver
candelabra, ceramic fruits
and table decor on one
side and on the other,
traditional wooden ‘toy
town’ figurines, houses
and musical instruments.
The staff is on hand to
offer friendly advice and
help you theme a unique
Christmas statement with
decorations sourced from
all over the world.
As well, you’ll find an
exciting range of gift ideas
from Fitz & Floyd,
skills used by SES
volunteers in the field.
The program
culminated in an exercise
during which cadets were
assessed on their
knowledge base and their
practical application of
teamwork,
communication and safety
aspects of the course.
‘The manner in which
these cadets have
embraced the ideals of
volunteering, community
service and teamwork is a
credit to themselves, their
families and their school,’
said lead trainer, Mrs Lee
Lowe.
In recognition of their
achievement, Todd Burns
Communion, Engagement
and Wedding celebrations
and for end-of-year
corporate and staff
functions you will
certainly impress with
creations that will be
eaten by your guests’
eyes!
For your parties and
celebrations over the
Festive Season A Votre
Service is at Your Service
call Edith direct to
discuss how she can help
make your celebration
unforgettable on 9654
3436 or mob. 0424 244
965 email: avotreservice@
live.com.au
Heartwood Creek and more
and you’ll receive a free
gift valued at $20.00 with
any purchases exceeding
$80.00.
Whether it’s a box of
Christmas crackers, a life–
size reindeer or Christmas
tree you seek, Everything
Christmas is where you
need to be.
To view the full range
and shop securely on-line
with delivery to your door
go to:
www.everythingchristmas.
com.au, call in at the store
or phone 9484 9074.
presented each cadet with
a nationally recognised
Statement of Attainment,
an SES mascot and an
MP4 player, after which
they joined family and
invited guests for a
celebratory morning tea.
Pennant Hills High
School was among the
first schools in NSW to
offer the SES Cadet
program to its students
when it was introduced in
2009 and, in close cooperation with volunteers
from Hornsby SES Unit,
the foundations have been
laid for this exciting
initiative to continue on
an annual basis.
The 2010 graduating class of SES Cadets at Pennant Hills High School
AUCTION 11 & 12 Dec
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GETTING THE RIGHT MIX’ FOR CHRISTMAS
JESUS
IS
BORN
Speaker, Tiffany Hall (right) with some of those who got
the right mix!
What do you get if you
combine (among other
things) 30 dozen eggs, 20
kilos of sultanas, 6 bottles
of brandy, 20 kilos of
butter with over 90
women of all ages? A
great community event!
On Saturday, November
20 the Women’s Ministry
team at St Mark’s Anglican
Church Pennant Hills
hosted a Christmas
Pudding making event that
has become a local
tradition attracting women
from across the
generations and across the
local area.
The women watched a
demonstration by prizewinning cake maker
Madeline Sinclair and then
it was time for them to
mix, beat and shape on
their own. The event was
about food for the soul as
well as food for the body
and so after everyone had
made their puddings, Bible
College Student Tiffany
Hall spoke on the topic
Come And Celebrate Christmas With Us
ANGLICAN
St. Stephen’s Anglican Church
Thornleigh Community Baptist
Church
2 Kenley Road, Normanhurst
9487 3730
CHRISTMAS EVE
5pm
Family Carols Service
6.30pm
Family Carols Service
11pm
Christmas Communion
Service
CHRISTMAS DAY
8am
Christmas Communion
Service
9:30am
Family Service
15-17 Duffy Avenue, Thornleigh
9484 0093
www.tcbc.org.au
CHRISTMAS EVE
9pm
Reflective Communion
Service
CHRISTMAS DAY
8am & 9:30am Family Services
BOXING DAY
5pm
Celebration Service
BAPTIST
Normanhurst Uniting Church
UNITING
Pennant Hills Baptist Church
Cnr. Rosemount Ave and Ramsay Rd,
Pennant Hills 9484 8829
DECEMBER 12
6pm
Carol Service & Supper
DECEMBER 19
10am and 6pm Services with
Christmas Theme
(Due to renovations, we currently meet
every Sunday at the corner of Yarrara
Rd & Pritchard St, Thornleigh (in the
Seventh Day Adventist Church
buildings)
CHRISTMAS DAY
9am
Christmas Day Service
(Service will be held at the Thornleigh
Community Centre, Cnr. Phyllis &
Central Ave, Thornleigh (next to
Bunnings)
2 Buckingham Avenue Normanhurst
9484 0206
CHRISTMAS EVE
6:30pm
Family Service
11:30pm
Holy Communion
Service
CHRISTMAS DAY
9am
Christmas Celebration
CHRISTMAS EVE
9:30pm
Christmas Eve
Celebration –
Carols, Readings &
Reflections
CHRISTMAS DAY
9.15am
Christmas Day Worship
Thornleigh Hillcrest
Uniting Church
1-3 Paling Street Thornleigh
9875 1844
DECEMBER 19
7pm-8.30pm Carols by Candlelight in
the Carpark
(including free sausage
sizzle/Tea/Coffee)
CHRISTMAS DAY
8am
Family Service
BOXING DAY
9.30am
Family Service
‘getting the right’ mix;
sharing why the birth of
Jesus is worth celebrating,
but not the end of the
story as far as God is
concerned.
St Mark’s new pastor
Craig Schafer said,
“It’s been fantastic to see
this event grow each year
and to see the range of
local women who get
involved. The Women’s
Ministry Team did a
fantastic job and lots of
local women have found it
a great introduction to St
Mark’s and also to who
Jesus really is and the
difference He makes. I’d
encourage women to keep
an eye on
www.stmarks.com.au to
see what the Women’s
Ministry Team has planned
next.”
Many a local house
smelled like Christmas
that night, as the women
went home to boil their
creations – for five hours
straight!
t
CROSS~ ALK
The Reason for the Season!
Christmas is fast approaching again. In my line of work I hear
a lot of opinions about Christmas, from the commercialism of
the sacred; to the irrelevance and insensitivity of such a
religious event in a secular and pluralistic nation; and then
from Christians that “Jesus is the reason for the season.” At
first, this sounds good and right. But is it?
Think about what Christmas actually means. Does it not tell
us that God values us so much that he was prepared to send
his only Son, Jesus, into the world wrapped in human skin to
be our saviour because we clearly cannot save ourselves?
So, what’s my point? The point is you and I are the reason
for the season. Jesus is the answer to our need, but
humanity is the reason Jesus came – because of God’s
intense, intimate love for us he was prepared to make the
ultimate sacrifice on our behalf.
So next time you hear a Christmas carol, or see some
decorations, or put presents under the tree – remember that
you are the reason for the season. You are so special to God,
the creator of the universe, that he gave up his son for you.
Talk about a special gift! What will you do with God’s gift of
Jesus to you this Christmas? My suggestion is that you
accept it, unwrap it, and start getting to know the sheer
wonder, the joy, the love, the hope and the peace that comes
with the gift of knowing Jesus Christ. I wish you and your
family a truly special Christmas. If you have nowhere else to
go on Christmas Day and you want to connect with God, you
are welcome at our church at 8am or 9:30am. You would be
our special guest, because you are the reason for the season.
Pennant Hills Uniting Church
Cnr Boundary Road & Bellamy Street
Pennant Hills 9484 1039
SATURDAY 18 DEC
8-1pm
Christmas Market Day
with White Elephant Stall
SUNDAY 19 DEC
9.15am
Children’s Christmas
Musical “Three Wise Men
and a Baby”
For comment:
Above are the details of many local churches so you can find a time and place where you can celebrate
your faith in God; where you can give thanks for so great a gift; where you can offer God your worship and
your promises; where you can refresh your own understanding of His love, grace and promise.
Rev Neil Dawson
Thornleigh Community Baptist
Church
15-17 Duffy Ave
Thornleigh NSW 2120
On behalf of the Churches of the Community.
FLIGHT OF THEIR LIVES!
Over 300 special
children took the ride of
their lives on Saturday,
November 13 when The
Rotary Club of
Turramurra and Qantas
Jumbo Joy Flight made a
unique 90 minute flight
over Sydney and its
surrounds.
The children, aged from
4 to 18 years are all
physically or intellectually
disabled, suffer from lifethreatening illnesses or
come from backgrounds
where holidays are not on
the agenda.
Nine months preparation by dozens of
volunteers made the flight
possible.
Even the Qantas aircraft
crew volunteers its time
for the day.
Remarkably, The Rotary
Club of Turramurra has
been able to provide this
wonderful event for 37
years assisted by
organisations such as
Qantas, Qantas
Pathfinders, Shell and
McDonalds.
“Many of the children
were taking the first flight
of their lives and this
creates an atmosphere that
is hard to describe,” said
Roger Norman, PR
Director of The Rotary
Club of Turramurra.
“The smiles, laughter
and excitement generated
on the day made it a pretty
marvellous experience for
everyone.”
The children are
nominated from various
children’s charities such as
Barnardos, Camp
Breakaway, Ermington
Family Learning Centre,
Giant Steps, Heart Kids,
Vision Australia, Royal Far
West Children, Shepherd
Centre, Stewart House,
Taldumande Youth Services,
The Spastic Centre,
Uniting Care Burnside
and several special schools.
IT COULD
BE YOU!
Each month
throughout the year The
Chronicle in association
with The Rotary Club of
Thornleigh’s Farm
Market offers the chance
for a Mystery Market
Shopper to win a great
prize by simply taking
the paper to the next
Brumbys Thornleigh
Thornleigh Marketplace
TAKING ORDERS NOW FOR CHRISTMAS
Shop 64, Macquarie Centre, North Ryde
TEL: 9887 2910 / FAX: 9878 4205
Lucienne Bell receiving her Gift Certificate from Bob
Young, Convenor, Thornleigh Farm Market.
market and claiming the
prize.
In October, Lucienne
Bell of West Pennant Hills
claimed her prize package
from Brasserie Breads and
in November, Sue
McDonald of Normanhurst
claimed her prize from
Let’s Meat.
Both Brasserie Breads
and Let’s Meat are regular
stalls at the market.
The next winner could
be you! Check out the
advert for the Christmas
market on December 19
on page 5 and be at the
Market to claim your
prize.
Sue Macdonald with daughter Abby and Ken Lutwyche –
Community Service Director – Rotary Club of Thornleigh.

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