central goldfields shire council newsletter

Page 20 — The Maryborough Advertiser — Friday, June 24, 2011
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CENTRAL GOLDFIELDS SHIRE COUNCIL NEWSLETTER
Holiday activities for the kids
WASTE STRATEGY: Students from St Augustineʼs Primary School visit the transfer station at Carisbrook.
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The next step in
waste management
In the past 10 years Central
Goldfields Shire Council, along
with members of the
community, has made
considerable change to the way
waste is managed.
These changes have lead to a
significant reduction in the amount
of waste that goes to landfill.
Some examples of the changes
include the swap to smaller green
garbage bins and lager recycling
bins, as well as the introduction of a
green waste bin in urban areas.
Council also manages four waste
transfer stations, which actively
meet regulatory and community
requirements for materials recovery
services.
Council encourages education
around waste management.
St Augustine’s students recently
visited the Carisbrook Transfer
Station to learn more about how
materials are recovered from the
waste stream and how Council sorts
and processes materials to
maximise recovery and ultimately
reduce waste to landfill.
Having achieved so many of its
waste management goals, council is
now presented with the challenge to
further improve waste management
services and continue waste
reduction.
The draft 2011 Waste
Management Strategy has been
completed and is currently open for
public comment.
The development of the strategy
has resulted from the review of the
plan, which dated back to the year
2000.
The new Waste Management
Strategy sets out a number of key
initiatives, set in the context of the
National Waste Policy, and the
State’s Towards Zero Waste
Strategy.
Council is also a member of the
Highlands Regional Waste
Management Group, which has
significant influence towards waste
management.
The draft Waste Management
Strategy is now available at the
shire office or can be viewed on the
shire’s website
www.centralgoldfields.com.au.
Comments or submissions on the
draft strategy will be accepted to
the July 15.
The July school holidays are
coming up and there are several
opportunities for kids to get out of
the house and event try something
new.
The Central Goldfields Art Gallery
will conduct its school holiday program.
The increasingly popular art
workshops will be on again at the art
gallery in Neill Street.
The workshops are open for children
aged five to 10 years. Places are limited
so bookings are essential.
Four sessions have been planned for
July, two on each Wednesday of the
holiday.
Daniel Henderson from Ballarat,
whose artwork will be on display in the
gallery in July, will tutor the
workshops on July 6 for the children.
“Daniel does beautiful, mystical
landscapes of the environment as he
sees it from Ballarat to Maryborough,”
said Kay Parkin, Central Goldfields Art
Gallery manager.
“The workshop should be lots of fun
learning how to create and paint or
draw your very own landscape.”
To learn more about the workshops
or to book your child in, contact Kay
Parkin at the Central Goldfields Art
Gallery on 5460-4588.
The Maryborough Education Centre
and Goldfields Children’s Centre is coordinating a holiday program for
primary aged children for the
weekdays of the school holidays.
A new co-ordinator has been
employed to run the program, and a
variety of new and exciting activities
are planned — there is something for
everyone.
Some examples include:
• MasterChef Day — learn to make
vegetable soup and spaghetti
bolognese. No need to bring lunch!
• Movie Day, with popcorn and
milkshake making
• Games Day — learn the sports of
soccer, footy and rugby
• Fashion Parade Day
• Robot Making Day.
A full program can be obtained by
visiting the Goldfields Children’s
Centre at 100 Napier Street,
Maryborough.
Bookings and payments are also
arranged through the children’s centre.
Speed humps to improve pedestrian safety
Council has installed new
speed humps in Clarendon
Street, Maryborough in an
effort to enhance the safety of
pedestrians in the area.
Clarendon Street is one of the
town’s busiest streets, with
services such as the hospital, post
office, court house and V/Line bus
service all located on the street.
It is therefore a high volume
traffic area, and council was
concerned with the speed at which
drivers pass through the busy
area.
The speed humps are currently
installed for a six month trial.
Council is seeking feedback from
the community on the effectiveness
of speed humps in improving
safety for pedestrians.
The speed humps have been
installed at the V/Line bus stop
near Havelock Street, and two
more between Nightingale and
Tuaggra streets.
Council will also be installing
speed humps in Wills Street and
Alma Street, Maryborough,
adjacent to the kindergartens, to
improve pedestrian safety for
families accessing the
kindergartens.
All feedback regarding the trial
needs to be in writing for council’s
consideration, and should be sent
to Central Goldfields Shire
Council, PO Box 194, Maryborough
VIC, 3465.
SAFETY: Speed humps have been installed on a number of roads around Maryborough.
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BUSINESS: Member for Ripon Joe Helper and the Small Business Victoria Mobile Business Centre.
WORKSHOP: Daniel Henderson, whose works are currently on display at the Central Goldfields Art Gallery, will host a
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workshop for kids in the school holidays.
Improved sports centre planned
The Maryborough Sports
Leisure Centre (MSLC) will
have new management from
the start of next month, and
already several changes and
improvements are planned.
Unified Community Sports and
Leisure (UCSL) has been
appointed to manage the MSLC for
a three year period.
Their first day as managers will
be Friday, July 1, and all are
invited to come in and used the
facility for free.
The centre will then be closed
for the weekend, July 2 and 3, but
will re-open on Monday, July 4 and
Ride offers
chance for
city to shine
The Great Victorian Bike Ride
will pass through Maryborough
this December, and council is
seeking feedback from
community groups that wish to
be involved.
The Great Victorian Bike Ride is a
nine-day bike riding and camping
holiday through some of Victoria’s
most beautiful communities.
Participants of the bike ride will
arrive in Maryborough on Saturday,
December 3 and will stay overnight,
before cycling to the finish line in
Castlemaine.
Maryborough community groups
and businesses will have a large
captive audience and it is hoped
many will be involved to show our
guests how much the town has to
offer.
A community information meeting
is planned for Sunday, June 26 at
6.30 pm at the Maryborough
Community Hub.
Those who attend the meeting will
be given a brief presentation from
Bicycle Victoria, and then learn
about the various ways they can be
involved. The meeting will then be
open to questions.
If you would like to be a part of
the meeting or would like more
information, contact Alisha
Chadwick on 5461-0637.
resume normal operating hours.
Some of the changes that will
commence almost immediately
include the introduction of a cycle
class. There is also new equipment
to be introduced into the gym area
during July and August.
As well as onsite facilities, a
new website is currently being
developed and will provide
customers with up to date
information regarding the centre,
as well as on line booking and
payment facilities for programs
and activities.
UCSL will be working with
council to significantly improve the
fitness amenities and add
additional equipment so that
quality levels and customer
experience are enhanced.
A range of fitness memberships
and options will be provided and
members will be able to pay for a
membership term or join using a
direct debit facility.
UCSL is keen to hear feedback
from the community regarding
improvements that could be made
to the centre.
For questions and feedback,
please send an email to
[email protected].
Business centre visit
The Small Business Victoria
Mobile Business Centre will
visit Maryborough next week
to provide free business
mentoring and face-to-face
assistance for businesses in
Central Goldfields Shire.
The Mobile Business Centre
provides access to helpful business
advice, resources and information
at no cost. The free and
confidential business mentoring
and face-to-face assistance is
designed to help small businesses
grow and flourish.
On board the Mobile Business
Centre is information on Small
Business Victoria’s programs and
services such as Victoria’s Small
Business Festival, Skills for
Growth and the Business Loan
Finder.
The Mobile Business Centre is
delivered by Small Business
Victoria, in collaboration with the
Small Business Mentoring Service
(SBMS). All mentors are
volunteers with SBMS and have
extensive experience in small
business.
Their skills include marketing,
finance, human resources, sales
and specialist industry knowledge.
All mentors have a strong desire to
pass on this knowledge to help
businesses grow.
The Mobile Business Centre
connects programs, services,
resources and information to
Victorian small businesses in order
to make it easier for them to start
and operate, facilitate growth,
create jobs and investment and
improve business skills.
The Mobile Business Centre will
be located at the front of the
Maryborough Resource Centre in
Alma Street on Wednesday, June
29.
Visit business.vic.gov.au/mbc or
call 132 215 for more information.
Survey on where the
training is needed
A new survey is circulating
through the Maryborough
business community to assist in
identifying skills gaps.
Neighbourhood Renewal, the
Goldfields Local Learning and
Employment Network and CVGT
have collaborated on the survey in
an effort to gather data that will
help Maryborough residents make
informed decisions about career
opportunities open to them locally.
It is hoped many businesses in
Maryborough will participate, to
enable researchers to get a thorough
understanding of skills needs in the
community.
The survey will also help to
determine the key traits employers
are seeking in job applicants.
This information will be shared
with local employment and training
services to better understand the
local market.
The information gathered will
further assist local schools in placing
work experience students, and
prepare the students for what
awaits them in the workplace.
Neighbourhood Renewal plans to
use the results of the survey to tap
into Skills Victoria’s Victorian
Training Guarantee, and set up
courses to up-skill existing
employee’s to better meet the needs
of their work place.
Further information about the
survey, including a copy of the
survey, can be obtained by
contacting Matt Broad on 54612406.
Central Goldfields Shire Council
wishes all the finalists in the
2011 Powercor Central Goldfields
Business Awards
the best of luck.
The presentation dinner will be held on
Tuesday, June 28
GRANTS: Representatives from some of the groups who were awarded money in the 2011 community grants.
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Council grants for the community
Ten community groups were
awarded grant money totalling
more than $23,000 in the 2011
Central Goldfields Shire
Community Grants Scheme.
This is the largest amount ever
awarded through the program.
The scheme commenced in 2008,
and has been a very successful
program for the last four years.
The announcement of recipients
was made at a morning tea at the
Maryborough Resource Centre,
where shire mayor Chris Meddows-
Taylor presented each group with a
cheque.
The 10 local, not-for-profit groups
put together strong applications
that highlighted their plans for
important community building
initiatives and services.
The groups successful in their
application were:
• Betley Mechanics Institute
• Maryborough Arts Society
• Dunolly and District
Neighbourhood Centre
• Maryborough Basketball
Association
• Talbot CFA
• Moliagul Reserves Committee
• Wareek Public Hall Committee
• Royal Park Football Netball
Club
• Talbot Action
• Lions Club of Carisbrook.
Council seeks to encourage
innovative, creative,
entrepreneurial projects via this
scheme, and has supported those
types of projects where possible,
while recognising that there is
always a demand for infrastructure
projects funding.