July - Shire of Meekatharra

Issue Number 213—June 2010 Cost $ 2.00 incl. GST
Hi readers,
I hope you all enjoyed my first issue.
From now on I will be including the answers to the
puzzles in the same edition, instead of having to wait a
whole month.
If you have any contributions please forward them to me
at the Shire.
Enjoy the cooler weather while it lasts!
Happy reading!
-Sam
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May Answers:
Louise Archer will make the chocolate
cake.
Julie Bowness will make the coffee
cake.
Kay Cook will make the plain cake.
Mary Dancer will make the vanilla
cake.
Calling for
Submissions
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EVENTS NOT TO MISS
THIS MONTH
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Sydney Hot Shots - Thursday 1st
#
Free Great Gardens Presentation - Saturday 3rd
#
St John Ambulance Meeting - Wednesday 7th
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Youth Centre Discos - Friday 9th & 16th 6pm-9pm
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Battle of the Bands Meeting - Saturday 10th
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Telecentre Committee Meeting - Tuesday 13th
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Ordinary Council Meeting - Saturday 17th
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Interagency Meeting - Tuesday 20th
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Festival Committee Meeting - Wednesday 23rd
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Meekatharra Fancy Dress Ball - Saturday 24th
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Ben Muller Tax Returns - Friday 30th
Disclaimer: The Meekatharra Dust is a publication of the Shire of Meekatharra.
The Shire of Meekatharra, staff and councillors, take no responsibility for accuracy of or omissions in any material published.
Information contained within the Meekatharra Dust does not necessarily reflect the views of The Shire of Meekatharra or its employees or
councillors.
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Meekatharra Library
Did you know we get a new exchange
of books every month? Come in and
check out what is new this month!
If there is a particular novel or
author you are interested in, we can
request these for you, just pop in to
the Shire office.
We have a number of
library books and
DVDs that have not
been returned and are
overdue. Please could
you check that you
have returned all
overdue library items.
Please note that you must be an
existing member of the library
to order in books.
Located in the Shire Office
The Library is open:
Monday to Friday
8 am to 4.30 pm.
Thank you -Sam
Newman Vet
Meekatharra
Dr. Rick Fenny
Located at Paddy’s Flat
For appointments phone: 9175 1309 or
0408 936 061
EMERGENCY ADVICE : 9175 1309
or Dalkeith Veterinary Clinic on 9386 6277
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Meekatharra
Update
Festival Meeti
Dates Have Been Decided
For The Following Events Ö
Battle of the Bands Meeting Saturday 10th July 11am
Saturday 24th July - Fancy Dress Ball.
Theme - ' MKA ' ( anything starting with the letters M, K or A)
The Next Festival Meeting Will Be Held On:
Wednesday 23rd 2010
Time: 5.00pm
Venue: Council Chambers
All Old and New Committee Members welcome
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When is it going to STOP
To the PERSON or PERSONS responsible
for the countless ACTS of vandalism to
our Parks and Gardens,
Eg: snapping of our lovely trees, breaking
pieces of the New Front Fence, graffiting
our Park benches, ripping up our trickle
system and smashing the WALK TRAIL
BRIDGES.
(We know who you are)
MAYBE YOU MIGHT GRAB A BRAIN
SOMEDAY
RIGBY
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FIRST AID
COURSES
How are your first
aid skills?
Better Beginnings brings
together babies and books,
Expressions of
interest to run!
and families and libraries
through a range of
activities
If you are interested in
taking part of the Better
Register your interest
with
Beginnings Program please
Peter Clancy 9981 1088
contact the Shire Office
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DOG CONTROL
WHEN WALKING YOUR DOGS ON
THE TOWN OVAL THEY MUST BE ON
A LEASH AT ALL TIMES AND HELD
BY YOU, THE OWNER.
YOU MUST BE IN COMPLETE
CONTOL OF YOUR ANIMAL AT ALL
TIMES AND DISPOSE OF ANY
DROPPINGS IN THE RUBBISH BINS
PROVIDED BY THE COUNCIL.
Thank you
Meekatharra Shire
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MEEKATHARRA HEALTH CENTRE
VISTING SERVICES—JULY 2010
For Appointments—Hospital Reception: 9981 0600
Physiotherapist— Brian Poller
5th July
Podiatrist— Gerard Huck
6th July
For Appointments—Community Health : 9981 0638
Speech Pathologist—Laura
Dietician—Lauren Smith
Pediatrician
12th July
12th July
19th July
Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist— Referrals to Cue Primary Health : 9963 1539
Psychiatrist—Mental Health Team : 9981 0625
Other visiting specialists include Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist, Physician & Pediatric Physiotherapist
As all dates are subject to change—please confirm appointments the day before.
(Appointments availability is usually determined by prioritising according to health needs)
RFDS MEDICAL SERVICE
Outpatient Opening Times : Monday—Friday 9am—12 noon (except Thursday 10am—12
noon) & 2pm—4pm. Medical Services are prioritised according to urgency.
After Hours is for EMERGENCIES Only
DENTAL VISITS TO MEEKATHARRA —2010
Phone contact numbers during above periods only
Meekatharra Dental Clinic : 9981 0640
Mobile Dental Clinic : 0427 386 647
For More Information : Dental Health Services (Perth) : 9313 0555
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2010 Variety WA Bash
28 August - 4 September 2010
What is the Bash?
The Bash is a carnival on wheels, bringing fun and excitement to regional
communities throughout WA.
The Bash is not a race or a rally and speed is not important. What really matters
is that everyone has a great time visiting parts of WA they would not otherwise
see, at the same time providing much needed help to WA’s sick, disadvantaged
and special needs children.
As with all Variety WA motoring events, Bashers are bound by a strict code of
conduct including WA Road Rules, safety and behavioral standards, with an
experienced mechanical and medical crew on hand to assist whenever needed.
The Bash legend began with businessman, explorer and philanthropist Dick
Smith in June 1985, when he organised to take a few mates for a drive in the
outback in old cars and at the same time raise money for charity.
Since then, the annual Variety Bash has become Australia’s most successful
charity motoring event and is the focal point of fund raising efforts by many
hundreds of Variety supporters Australia wide.
For more information about the Variety WA Bash, please contact Natalie at
Variety WA on 9355 3655.
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Meeka’s Social Cycle
Place:
Meet at Shire corner
Time:
9:00am every Sunday
5:15pm every Thursday
Get training
ready for the
Murchison
Community
Cycling Challenge
MCCC
Enquiries Ph: 0409 089 597
Squash Court
OPEN
Located at the back of the Sports Complex
Agreements, Keys and Tokens are available from the Shire Office.
Fees and Charges are as follows :

Key Bond (Fully refundable) - $100 Cash.

Court Hire—$11.00 per token = one hours use

We do not hire equipment (racquets/balls etc)

Entry is permitted to key holders only
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Christmas in July The history of Christmas
Although it is sometimes attributed to an
Irish group who enjoyed the winter snow
in Sydney's Blue Mountains and decided
to party, the precise beginnings of the
Christmas in July tradition is not totally
clear, nor does it need to be, as it is a
simple idea that has been enjoyed by
many here who remember the northern
hemisphere's snow blanketed Christmas
nights.
Australians too love a traditional Christmas dinner, however the typical
midsummer heat here on Christmas Day, means that many families are forced to
focus on salads, because it is just too hot to get enthusiastic about a traditional
big roast with pudding etc. So over the years many Australian families and
organisations have opted to have an addition Christmas dinner in July celebration,
in the middle of winter when it's nice and cool and great for tucking in to a
sumptuous big feast. A Christmas in July dinner usually includes Christmas
Decorations Christmas Candles, colourful streamers, bonbons, Christmas hats and
whistles.
This Christmas tradition is so well entrenched in Australia that most restaurants,
clubs and dining halls, have an official advertised annual catered menu for
Christmas in July, and are often booked in advance.
It's always a great excuse for work
teams to get together and party, and
at a time when they don't have to
battle to reserve a table and pay
premium prices.
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July Birthdays
Chelsea Mongoo
1st
Edgar Edwards
1st
Michael Walley
1st
Zeth Hill
5th
Murray Pens
3rd
Tilly Kyanga
8th
Esteena Gillespie
3rd
Braiden Page
8th
Tahlea Hansen
3rd
Mandi Ostaszewskyj
12th
Jerome Jones
3rd
B.J. Baumgarten
14th
Tyrone Hill
4th
Mary Coulthard
14th
Max Johns
16th
Corrissa Boddington
17th
Jessica Lunken
17th
Peter Clare
19th
Zodiac Gillespie
20th
Tahlia Ashwin
22nd
Leannedra James
22nd
Steven Trenfield
25th
If you have any birthdays you would like placed in the Meekatharra Dust please call Sam on 9981 1002
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A very happy day was held for my
87th Birthday. All the players bought
me a beer and Dot made me a cake
with five candles on it which I blew
out. Thanks again everyone.
-Your editor Rusty
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Contact Elaine King for further details—0439 909 738, 9980 1030
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FREE PROMOTIONS
Any non profit organisations or activities which are purely for the benefit of the
Meekatharra and surrounding communities can promote themselves free on
Meeka FM in many ways.
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We can create a promo and have it played at specific times on air
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We can promote your service/activity while we are on air
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We can get you into the studio to record a promo
We can do phone interviews to promote your services
So if you’re wondering how you can get your message out to the community with
very little effort, please contact Meeka FM 98.3
Email: [email protected]
PH/FAX: 08 9981 1358
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MEEKATHARRA
CARAVAN
PARK
OPEN
CHEAP FUEL
GAS BOTTLE REFILLS
7 DAYS A WEEK
MINI DELI
ICE
GOLDEN FRIED CHICKEN
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Diabetes Awareness Week
Sunday 11 to Saturday 17 July 2010
Alerting people to their risk factors for type 2
diabetes.
Diabetes is a chronic disease with serious complications, currently affecting an estimated 1.7 million Australians.
About 275 adults develop diabetes every day, yet research shows that most Australians think diabetes is not a serious
illness and believe they have a lower risk of developing it than they actually do.
Diabetes Mellitus (Diabetes) is the name given to a group of conditions that occurs when the level of glucose (a type of
sugar) in the blood becomes higher than normal.
Insulin is a hormone that moves glucose from your blood stream, into the cells of your body where it is used for energy.
When you have diabetes, the body either can’t make enough insulin or the insulin that is being made does not work
properly. This causes your blood glucose level to become too high.
High blood glucose levels can affect both your short and long term health.
There are two main types of diabetes – type 1 and type 2. At this stage there is no known cure for either type of
diabetes, although diabetes can be well managed.
Healthy eating and an active lifestyle are important for everyone. Changes to your eating habits and physical activity level
can reduce your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
If you are overweight, losing weight is one of the most important things that you can do to help prevent or delay
diabetes. Even small amounts of weight loss will help and will also reduce risks of heart disease and other chronic
diseases.
Who is at risk of type 2 diabetes?
People who have a family history of type 2 diabetes
People who are overweight or obese
People who are inactive
People with pre-diabetes (impaired glucose tolerance / impaired fasting glucose)
People with high blood pressure and/or abnormal blood fats or a history of cardiovascular disease
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
People from certain ethnic backgrounds
Women who have had diabetes while pregnant (gestational)
Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome and are overweight
Smokers
People taking antipsychotic medication
The good news is, that type 2 diabetes can
be prevented! Studies have shown that
lifestyle modification programs, involving
healthy eating, physical activity and weight
loss, are effective at preventing or delaying
type 2 diabetes in those at high risk.
More than 60 per cent of the Australian
population are overweight or obese. Being
overweight is one of the major factors
contributing to the increase in type 2
diabetes. It is important for all people to
adopt a health lifestyle to prevent diabetes.
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"Meeka FM is looking for new volunteers.
Training will be provided where needed and program
times are very flexible.
Please call 99811358
or email: [email protected]
Meekatharra’s
Community Gym – OPEN
Located at the Indoor Cricket Centre on High Street
State of the art equipment is now set up including a
treadmill, rowing machine, a variety of weights and
much more!
Gym agreements and keys are available from the
Shire office (a fee applies for key holders)
Entry is permitted to key holders only
between 5am and 10pm daily
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The Bathtub Test
During a visit to the mental asylum, a
visitor asked the Director how do
you determine whether or not a Patient
should be institutionalized.
"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a
bathtub, then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup
and a bucket to the patient and ask him
or her to empty the bathtub."
"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A
normal person would use the bucket
because it's bigger than the spoon or the
teacup."
"No." said the Director, "A normal person
would pull the plug. Do you want a bed near
the window?"
Darren Lockyer, the Pope, John Howard & a
school boy were all on the same plane when the
engine failed and started to plummet towards
the Earth. They all realised that there was 4 of
them & only 3 parachutes. Darren Lockyer got
up & said I am a sporting superstar & must live
so that I can please my fans & continue my
career to beat the Kiwi's & the Poms in the trinations series. So he grabbed a parachute and
jumped out of the plane. Then John Howard got
up and said I am the smartest Prime Minister
Australia has ever have and I need to live to
continue to govern the nation. Then the Pope
said to the school boy & said I am old & have
lived my life so you should take the last
parachute. The school boy replied, no it's ok, the
worlds smartest Prime Minister took my school
bag so there’s one for each of us!
Quote of the month:
Accept that some days you're the
pigeon, and some days you're the
statue.
A Homeless Mans Funeral
As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked
by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a
homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the
service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the
Kentucky back country. As I was not familiar with the
backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't
stop for directions.
I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy
had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in
sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and
they were eating lunch. I felt badly and apologized to
the men for being late. I went to the side of the grave
and looked down and the vault lid was already in
place. I didn't know what else to do, so I started to
play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to
gather around. I played out my heart and soul for this
man with no family and friends. I played like I've
never played before for this homeless man. And as I
played 'Amazing Grace,' the workers began to weep.
They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I
finished I packed up my bagpipes and started for my
car. Though my head hung low, my heart was full. As I
opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers
say, "I never seen nothin' like that before and I've been
putting in septic tanks for twenty years."
Apparently I'm still lost....
Sent in by Ellen
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Sudoku is the logic based number game, also know
as number place. The game is simple to play with the
aim being to fill the empty cells of the Sodoku grid
so that each column, row and 3x3 grid contain the
digits 1 to 9.
May Sudoku
lution
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So
Can the Big bad wolf
find his way through the
maze to huff and puff
and blow the house
down?
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Answers on page 70
The tabletops are identical in shape and size!
I haven't believed that either, until I
measured it myself.
1.
If an electric train is going east at 60
miles an hour and there is a strong
westerly wind, which way does the
smoke from the train drift.?
2.
If one child has 5 2/3 sand piles and
another has 2 1/3, and you combine
them, how many sand piles do you
have?
Is the blue wall
in the block or
on the block? Is
it the back wall
or the side wall?
How many words can you find? Each word
must contain the central U and no letter can
be used twice, however, the letters do not
have to be connected. Proper nouns are not
allowed, however, plurals are. There is at
least one nine letter word.
Excellent: 50 words.
Good: 35 words.
Average: 25 words.
???????????
3.
A man takes a barrel that weighs 50
pounds, and then puts something in it. It
now weighs less than 50 pounds. What did
he put in it?
4.
Often held but never touched, always wet
but never rusts, often bit but seldom bites,
to use me well you must have wit. What
am I?
5.
Have you heard the saying What goes up
must come down? Well what goes up and
never goes down?
R
O
T
U
A
N
A
T
In spite of what your eyes are telling you,
the smaller off-center circle is actually
perfectly round.
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For Integrity Bookings Please Call (08) 95 746 707 or
call in & see Russell at the Meekatharra Post Office
Answers—1. Electric trains don’t produce smoke! 2. One 3. He put a hole in it. 4. A Tongue 5. Your age!
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Blessings,
Revd. Lesley deGrussa-Macaulay, 67 Darlot Street, Meekatharra (or PO Box 14),
P: 08 9981 1053,
M: 0417 918 035.
Weekly Church Services:
Meekatharra Community
Church Frontier Services
65-67 Darlot Street, Meekatharra.
Weekly Sunday Services:
Communion:
9am
1st Sunday each month
Contact: Revd. Lesley deGrussa-Macaulay
Phone (08) 9981 1053 or Mobile 0417 918 035
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WHATS COOKING
Beef stroganoff & potato pies
Method
Ingredients (serves 4)
 2 sheets ready rolled
shortcrust pastry
 500g gravy beef, diced
 1 tbs oil
 1 onion, chopped
 2 garlic cloves, crushed
 250g mushrooms, halved
 1 cup (250ml) beef stock
 1/4 cup (70g) tomato paste
 1/4 cup (65g) sour cream
 1/2 cup chopped fresh
continental parsley
 475g tub mashed desiree potato
Answers: 1. Electric trains don’t produce
smoke! 2. One 3. He put a hole in it. 4. a
tongue. 5. Your age!
1.
Preheat oven to 220°C. Line 4 x 9 1/2
cm (base) pie dishes using 2 sheets ready
rolled shortcrust pastry, overlapping and
cut to fit. Line the base with
non-stick
baking paper and fill with rice. Bake 10
minutes. Remove paper and rice. Bake
10-15 minutes or until golden. Brown 500g
gravy
beef, diced in 1 tbs oil in a large
saucepan. Remove.
2.
Saute 1 onion, chopped, 2 garlic
cloves, crushed and 250g mushrooms,
halved. Return beef. Add 1 cup (250ml)
beef stock. Simmer, covered, for 1 hour.
3.
Add 1/4 cup (70g) tomato paste and
simmer for 30 minutes. Stir in 1/4
cup
(65g) sour cream and 1/2 cup chopped
fresh continental parsley.
Spoon
into
cases. Top with 475g tub mashed desiree
potato. Bake 15-20 minutes.
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Events
Calendar
JULY
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Sydney Hot Shots - Thursday 1st
#
Free Great Gardens Presentation - Saturday 3rd
#
St John Ambulance Meeting - Wednesday 7th
#
Youth Centre Discos - Friday 9th & 16th 6pm-9pm
#
Battle of the Bands Meeting - Saturday 10th
#
Telecentre Committee Meeting - Tuesday 13th
#
Ordinary Council Meeting - Saturday 17th
#
Interagency Meeting - Tuesday 20th
#
Festival Committee Meeting - Wednesday 23rd
#
Meekatharra Fancy Dress Ball - Saturday 24th
#
Ben Muller Tax Returns - Friday 30th
Closing Date: 27th July
Publishing Date: 30th July
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