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THE new Collie Community Radio Station is closer to completion, as preparations for its roof installation get underway. Excavation at the building’s entrance will also start soon, as committee members hope to begin moving in May or June. Installation of equipment will take quite some time after that. Collie Community Broadcasting chairperson Tony Briggs said there were some initial setbacks in the construction process. These included a delayed building permit approval and the effects of COVID-19 on material supplies. The new building, which is being built in Steere Street across from the Seventh Day Adventist Church, will be a vast improvement to the association’s premises in Wittenoom Street. Mr Briggs said the new building will have three studios, a kitchen, bathroom, reception area and a stage for live-broadcast music performances. The new building was made possible by a $390,000 grant from Community Bank Collie. “Without Bendigo, we wouldn’t have this facility,” he said. Mr Briggs said the association is hope-
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PROGRESS: Collie Community Broadcasting chairperson Tony Briggs (right) with project manager Mark Sanders at the site of the new radio station. It is hoped the roof and excavation works at the front of the building will be underway soon. ful that the new facility will allow for radio and television training programs for the students at Collie Senior High
NEEDLES will be clickin’ and clackin’ at the Collie Senior Citizens' Centre next month when a new knitting and crochet group starts. Committee member Karin Archer said anyone wanting to learn the skills is welcome to join. “There is the opportunity to teach people who don’t know how to knit,” she said. Mrs Archer said the group will also provide the much-needed opportunity for people to meet and socialise. “I think it will get the community together. “I’ve been in Collie for five and a half years and even now I don't really know the town,” she said. “It’s not a serious thing, it’s to get people to talk and laugh and tell stories. “A cuppa is included. I’ll even buy a cake!” Mrs Archer said.
School. “Wouldn’t it be nice for an academy of radio?” he said. “There is more to it than just talking into a microphone.”
Bird sale brings best LOGAN Fisher travelled from Albany to have first pick of the budgies at the South West Avicultural Society’s bird sale Saturday morning. The sale was held at the Collie CWA hall in Throssell Street from 9am until 1pm and attracted a large crowd. Logan made the journey with his
SWEET SONG: Trudi Curran with some of the canaries she had for sale at the South West Avicultural Society’s bird sale on Saturday.
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grandmother and selected three budgies to take home. He said he intends to breed them, just like his grandfather. Local bird breeder Trudi Curran was also at the show to sell a selection of canaries and doves. She also bought some finches, she said.
BUDGIE BREEDER: Logan Fisher from Albany with two of the three budgies he bought at the South West Avicultural Society’s bird sale on Saturday.
GROUP FORMED: Karin Archer is looking forward to a chance to get together and knit garments for newborn babies at the hospital. There has already been community interest, and Mrs Archer said she has searched the supply of her own mother’s wool and knitting in preparation. “It’s surprising what’s coming out of the woodwork,” she said. The group will meet on Tuesdays at 1pm to make baby bundles for newborns at Collie Hospital. She said the bundles may include bonnets, bibs, cardigans, mittens and cot blankets. Another idea of Mrs Archer’s is to knit blankets for people in need, such as those who are homeless. The group’s first meeting is Tuesday, March 7 at the Margaretta Wilson Centre in Forrest Street.
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