2 COLLIE RIVER VALLEY BULLETIN, MARCH 23, 2023
AAAAAA What's on, When and Where Harmony Day Friday, March 24, 4pm to 8pm, Collie Italian Club, pizza and pasta making, try beach volleyball and bocce, Italian biscuits for sale, bar open, live music. Youth Group pizza night Friday, March 24, 7pm-9pm, at Collie Church of Christ with Dale Christian School. For school ages in years 7-12. Music, drama and games. Church in the Park Saturday, March 25, 4.30-7pm, in Central Park, free community event with sausage sizzle, games and face painting. Bingo Collie Eagles football clubrooms, Thursdays, doors open 6.30pm, eyes down 7pm. Library activities Sing along story time, weekly, Mondays, 9am; Junior board game fortnightly Thursdays 3.30pm; Lego Club weekly Mondays, 3.30pm. Parkrun Soldiers’ Park every Saturday 8am. Walk or run at your own pace. Coalfields Museum Open every day, 9am to 3pm. Children under 16 are free when accompanied by an adult. See how Collie people lived, worked and played. Signing centre Monday 10am to 12-noon; Thursday 2pm-3.30pm; Friday 10am to 12-noon at the courthouse. Op shops The Anglican Op Shop, Tuesday to Friday, from 9am to 3pm; Vinnies open Mon to Fri, 9am to 3pm; Jo’s Bazaar, Monday and Thursday, 9am to 12pm. Collie Child and Parent Centre Playgroup Mondays at 9.00am (for parents and carers with children, birth to 5 years old); MyTime support group (for parents and carers with children with additional needs) Tuesdays February 7 from 12.30pm; Baby Business (for parents and carers with children birth to 2 years) Fridays at 9am. For more information call 9734 3364 or drop in at 6 Cable Street Collie. Send it in This column offers free publication of events for not for profit clubs and organisations, or for items of social news. If you would like to have details of your events or organisation published in this column, send copy to nola.crvbulletin@ gmail.com or classies@crvbulletin.com. Deadline 5pm on Fridays.
Wood chop service axed
COLLIE seniors will not have wood chopped as part of Community Home Care (CHC) services this winter. The aged and community care services provider confirmed this week that the service has been discontinued. Chief executive officer Krystal Laurentsch said the decision had been made
following staff reporting wood chopping as a hazard. She said a subsequent risk assessment indicated the potential for injuries. Ms Laurentsch said a review of changes to funding program guidelines released in January of this year also found woodchopping has been removed as a
funded service. Collie residents were made aware of the change before the end of last winter. Residents had also been provided with details of providers capable of providing cut wood. Ms Laurentsch added that CHC staff would still be able to assist with carrying wood into clients’ homes.
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AWARD WINNER: Dr Jared Watts during a helicopter flight in the Kimberley.
Excellence award for Dr Watts
FORMER Collie Senior High School student Dr Jared Watts has been named specialist of the year in the Rural Health West Excellence Awards. Dr Watts, who is stationed in the Kimberley, is the Director of Obstetrics and Gyneacology in the Country Health Service. He graduated from CSHS in 1999, and after graduating with honours in his MB.BS, went on to obtain three Masters degrees. Dr Watts is spearheading world-first research projects in the Kimberley, one being a joint project with Notre Dame University trialling point-of-care cervical screenings. “We can go into an Aboriginal community with a machine and women can do a swab on themselves and we
get an answer within 45 minutes,”said Dr Watts. “Based on the results, they can then have any further investigations and treatments needed at the same time to prevent cervical cancer.” Country Health Service chief executive Jeff Moffet congratulated the finalists and winners in the various categories, highlighting the calibre of health professionals working in regional WA. “These awards are a fantastic opportunity to show our immense gratitude for the remarkable healthcare workers who give so much of themselves to care for country patients,” he said. “Every day they make outstanding contributions to improving health outcomes for the communities in which they live and work.”
Continued from front page. Mr Devenish said the shire got $500,000 in mid-2018 to do planning and environmental assessments for a nature based tourism facility, including low key overnight accommodation. As part of the funding arrangement, Brighthouse consultants were commissioned to do a pool demand and pre-feasibility study, which was completed in 2019. Part of the study was a high level engagement with local Aboriginal people, which was done by consultants Myles Mitchell and Rosie Halsmith. The report found that a campground with tourist accommodation is a priority proposal for Minningup and recommended the shire proceed to a detailed design and business case for the development of the proposed campground and eco-accommodation. The report also proposes tourism development of Minningup Pool day visitation area as a priority. “A masterplan for the pool foreshore day use area, comprising three distinct precincts with their own character – Sandy Beach, the main pool and the rowing club - was completed in December 2020,” Mr Devenish said. “The masterplan seeks to achieve the vision for Minningup as a ‘welcoming, natural place where the Noongar cultural values are acknowledged and shared and recreation is provided sustainably for the whole of the Collie community’. “A community meeting about the design for the day-use area and interpretation of Noongar culture at Minningup Pool was held in July 2020. “This gave direction to the proposed site designs and interpretation concepts and has been followed up with site visits and consultation with the elders.” Mr Devenish said further investigations were also undertaken to enable indicative cost estimates to be prepared and to confirm the feasibility of proposals. These included a report in providing power, water and sewer services to the day use area.
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