Waste charges typo corrected

A QUESTION asked by tourist caravan park operator Patrick Honeywill at the February council meeting revealed a typographical error in the 2022/23 schedule of fees and charges.

Mr Honeywell asked council about the charges connected to waste collections from the Collie River Valley Tourist Park.

Chief executive officer Stuart Devenish said that due to the typographical error, the fees and charges were listed as being “weekly” when they should have been shown as “fortnightly”.

“The schedule outlines charges across the shire, charges that apply for commercial work,” said Mr Devenish.

“The aforementioned error in the fees and charges schedule has been corrected and added to the shire’s website.

“Waste charges are applied uniformly across the shire in accordance with the adopted schedule.”

New app for resilient families

The Collie Child and Parent Centre is recommending the 'Smiling Mind' app to Collie families.

The app, which can be downloaded free of charge, now offers a new program aimed specifically at building resilient families.

Broken up into six modules, the program offers tips and ways to encourage children to develop key social and emotional skills and equip them with the tools build their mental fitness.

More information can be found at the Smiling Mind website; smilingmind.com. au/resilient-families-program

WEARING OF THE GREEN: Marie Hicks with one of the teddy bears on sale at the St Patrick's Day sale tomorrow and Saturday.

St Pat’s Day garage sale

A GARAGE sale tomorrow and Saturday will raise funds for the Community Garden of Remembrance for Unborn and Infants.

With St Patrick’s Day celebrated tomorrow, it seemed a good time to hold the garage sale, organiser Marie Hicks said.

The garden is behind St Brigid’s Church, and is intended to be a place where those who have lost babies can sit quietly in contemplation.

However, the area needs some main- tenance, and also some shelter from sun and rain, hence the garage sale.

Donations of table or bed linen, towels, crockery, glassware, kitchen items, toys, ornaments, garden furniture, plants, books, DVDs, CDs and bric-abrac are still being accepted today at 120 Princep Street, or you can arrange to have things picked up by ringing Marie on 0414 755 054.

The sale will run from 8am to 2pm on both tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday, at Vinnies’ old entrance.