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Jessica Fox Named NSW Female Athlete of the Year

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Minister for Sport and Recreation and Penrith MP Stuart Ayres has congratulated Penrith’s own Jessica Fox who was awarded Female Athlete of the Year at the annual 2014 NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) Awards. “It’s been an incredible year for Jessica, highlighted by her historic double victory at the Canoe Slalom World Championships in September,�

Mr Ayres said. “It was only April this year that Jess took out both the C1 and K1 titles at the under-23 world championships in Penrith, but she has now backed that up to become the first woman to achieve the feat at the senior level. “Jessica is a genuine superstar on the world stage, and as a fellow Penrith local, I’ve had the utmost pleasure seeing first hand her determination to rise to the top.�

The NSWIS Awards recognise achievement in 11 award categories including academic excellence, career development, team and individual athletic performance.

The honour of Men’s Athlete of the Year was awarded to Wheelchair Rugby player Ryley Batt from Port Macquarie.

Other winners include Junior Athlete of the Year Georgia Wassall (Track & Field), Coach of the Year Ben Ettridge (Wheelchair Basketball) and Outstanding Achievement Cameron Bolton (Winter Sports).

For more information about the NSWIS Awards, please visit www.nswis. com.au.

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FROM THE EDITOR

Welcome to our final publication for the year.

2014 has seen the team at the District Gazette reporting on many highs and lows across our community. We have witnessed countless success stories, like our very own Jessica Fox who has risen from strength to strength, as our cover story details.

We have shared numerous ‘feel-good stories’ and reported on several events from across our community. It’s been a brilliant year of bringing local businesses to your door, it’s no secret that ‘We Love Local’ and thank you for supporting local business too.

Christmas is almost upon us! Spare a thought for those that are entering this Festive Season with emptiness and a heavy heart, whether it’s the first year or a repeat of many without that special someone, the pain seems to remain the same.

Dr Seuss once said ‘Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory’. Share many special moments with those close to you this Festive Season.

From the team here at the District Gazette, we wish you and yours a happy and safe Christmas and New Year, we’ll be back in February 2015!

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Western Sydney fair trade businesses have joined together to create an amazing Emu Plains Christmas gift shop with a difference.

Born out of a combined passion for social justice, five family businesses have joined together to launch a network with a specific focus on the Western Sydney areas, and they’re back again this year with a wonderland of Christmas decorations and gifts on offer.

The businesses share a shop front in Unit 15 Eco Blue Business Park, 84 Old Bathurst Road (behind Zokoko). Beautiful stock including homewares, clothing, bags, jewellery, children’s toys and games, Christmas decorations and skin care products are displayed in a spacious environment in the factory shop. The businesses represented are:.

Uplift Fair Trade. Headed by Anna Dohnt, Uplift has an eclectic range of goods from many developing countries, particularly throughout Asia. Anna and husband Dan have an exciting new venture called “Change Threads”, which promotes fair trade practices in the cotton industry in India. Anna previously worked with World Vision, and has a wealth of knowledge about social justice issues in developing countries.

Every Village. While travelling through East Timor, Paula and Perry Halvorson were deeply moved by the extreme poverty, but impressed with the resilience and talent of the people. They now source exquisite traditional craft, fashioned into jewellery, accessories and homewares.

After selling fair trade craft with a World Vision Community Group, Shirley Symons, together with her husband Ashley formed Serendib Craftlink. They specialise in multicultural resources for early childhood services, and also have a unique range of Christmas decorations.

Jeanine Croxon fronts Kashae Wings of Hope, sourcing goods from many different countries, with a fantastic range of raffia bags and homewares from Madagascar. They support many community and justice group. Mercy Ministries (rescuing and restoring child soldiers in Uganda) Katrina Vincent is a consultant with Body Shop at Home, and has a display of Community Fair Trade products on display. Body Shop founder Anita Roddick’s philosophy was to stop exploitation and support communities around the world.

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The proceeds from the sale of these trees are donated to the Cancer Council of New South Wales to assist with their ongoing research.

Carols on the Course On the evening of the 13th. The donation will be handed over at that event to be held at the Emu Plains Sporting and Recreation Club (Emu Plains Golf Course). This is a great night for all with food, drinks, fireworks, Santa, Christmas Carols and lots of entertainment for the children.

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Joy to the World What’s your favourite Christmas carol? I think mine is ‘Joy to the World’. I’ve always loved the music, and as it turns out, it’s not just a song about joy, but I feel joy when I hear it!

Then there are the words. It’s a big picture song, with words about the king, not just a king, and the Saviour, not just a saviour.

And hope! Well, the word hope isn’t there. But that’s where the words together lead us. Joy comes from hope. And I’m not thinking of the ‘I’d really like it to happen’, ‘it would be nice if things turned out this way, sort of hope’. This is hope that is certain.

This carol expects a reversal of all that is wrong in the world. It isn’t seen in its entirety yet, but it will be.

And when Christmas time comes with loads of expectations - expectations about family, expectations about life - some of us don’t feel like there is much hope when those expectations haven’t been met. But the message of Christmas, the message of ‘Joy to the World’, is that God hasn’t left us to our own devices.

He has skin in the game. He came himself, as the Lord Jesus, to offer us the hope we need. It’s His gift to us. All we are asked to do is accept it.

So ‘Joy to the World’ is a cleverly named carol. No doubt you’ll hear it again this Christmas.

And when you do, I hope the music and message have the same affect on you as they do on me – real JOY! Rev Roger Cunningham

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5 minutes with BRITTANIE SHIPWAY I had the chance to catch a quick 5 minutes with local (and truly wonderful) singer and songwriter, Brittanie Shipway who is set to release a new single this month. Here's what she had to say.

What is the name of your new single? It’s Over When and where will it be released? December 16, with an exclusive Single Launch at Hanks Seafood Restaurant in Penrith Panthers. (Hop onto Brittanie’s Facebook page for tickets) What are the musical influences behind the single? I definitely wanted my first single to be a big pop ballad, something that showed off vocal ability but still had relatable content. It’s a cross between an Ariana Grande and Jessica Mauboy ballad; it’s a different sound from the musical theatre that people heard from me on The Voice, but it’s a song that encapsulates a lot of the pop charts at the moment.

Where will the music video be filmed? It was filmed last month and set on the beautiful Fernhill Estate; it just seemed like the perfect setting for the single.

Will you be releasing the single on iTunes? It’s Over will debut in iTunes on December 16 and the music video will be available on my YouTube channel (Brittanie Shipway) before it hits the silver screen! There’ll be heaps of giveaways and prizes available on my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts before Christmas, so make sure you follow to keep up to date.

Tell us about your plans for 2015. There are so many opportunities on the horizon, it’s just about going after them! Songwriting is definitely something I would like to pursue further; I’m currently working on a jazz-pop song along the lines of a Meghan Trainor and Paloma Faith. I’ve also fell in love with the world of cabaret, and would love to follow in my coach (from The Voice Australia) Kylie’s footsteps and perform at next year’s Mardi Gras! I can’t wait to dip my toes back into my roots and start acting again… Watch out Neighbours!

Christmas is just around the corner, what is your fondest Christmas memory? This is a really hard one! Every year my family get together and put on the best Christmas celebration ever. My Pa takes the kids out on a pony driven Santa sled, and everyone brings their best dishes.

You never leave Christmas at our house on an empty stomach!

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PARENTS CORNER Article by: Narelle Smith (Family Worker) NepeanStudent-Wellbeing Worker – Mulgoa Public School Nepean Community & Neighbourhood Services Ph: 0409 986 121 Centre: 4721 8520 Blog: http://handsheartsminds.wordpress.com

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10 Tips for Encouraging Kids to Eat Veggies!

Summer time = Salads. Yay! No more stodgy veggies. It’s time for fresh, crunchy, and healthy salads.

No? The kids are not so enthusiastic?

The headline of a recent publication spoke of “Battling Penrith’s Bulge”.

You are probably tired of hearing it, but Penrith has very high obesity rates. They top the State. 60% of our adults and kids are obese. And I know that it’s not a favourite topic in Penrith because every time I post something about eating healthy food on facebook (Parenting In Penrith) I get very few views on that post compared to other topics about parenting.

But encouraging your kids to eat more healthy food is just as much about good parenting as listening, setting limits, and providing guidance and support. Here are 10 tips for getting kids to eat more veggies based on the research…

1. Google “Dr Ellyn Satter” and have a read about her work on “the division of responsibility”. It’s your responsibility to offer good tucker, it’s your child’s responsibility to eat it. Check it out, and stop offering your kids chicken nuggets and chips every night because “that’s all they will eat”.

2. Food process the veggies and put them in your homemade rissoles, spaghetti bolognaise, and nachos. It’s up to you whether you tell the kids or not. I prefer to be honest with my kids.

3. They are watching you. Be a good role model for how to eat healthy. Sorry Mums, but it has been found that you are the biggest influence on your child’s eating habits. The Cancer Council NSW has found that 95% of adults are not getting enough veggies on a daily basis. Kids are far too savvy these days to swallow the line “do as I say not as I do”.

4. Have meals at the table together as a family. Switch off the TV and the other screens and devices.

5. Offer cheese, dips, dressing, and sauces with veggies and salad.

6. Talking to children about the science of healthy eating helps them to make better food choices. Talking about how veggies grow, vitamins, minerals, fibre, fats, protein, the body, energy, and brain power, has been shown to increase veggie consumption even in pre-schoolers. But remember, it’s no good just telling them, you also have to show them (tip number 3).

7. Give veggies cool names like “Xray Carrots” and “Tomato Bursts”. And believe it or not, watching Popeye has been shown to increase children’s interest in eating spinach. It just goes to show how much television influences our children. One of my sons started eating better after watching the documentary “Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead”.

8. Offer veggies over and over again, so they get used to them.

Give lots of descriptive praise when your kids taste and eat veggies.

9. Get kids involved in growing, shopping for, choosing, preparing, and cooking veggies.

10. Offering water at meal time instead of juice, gives kids a better taste for eating veggies. Juice has lots of sugar and no fibre, and isn’t a good drink for kids.

Good luck!

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F1 in Schools – Local Students Take on the State

ď ˛ď€ Jarryd Porter and Declan Cashman-Jones The UWS Kingswood campus recently hosted the NSW Titles for the F1 in Schools competition for 2014 on the 6th & 7th of November. Over 30 schools from across NSW had won through their respective Regional Finals to be eligible to fight it out in four different categories.

Local schools were represented by an enthusiastic McCarthy Catholic College who had 2/4 of their teams win through the Regional Titles. This was the first year MCC entered the competition, so the students were never quite sure how they would perform in the heat of competition at this level. Prior to the State Titles, their mentoring teacher Mr Michael Laws was quietly confident that the students would acquit themselves well, given the methodical way in which they went about rebuilding and testing their cars after the Regional Titles.

In a hotly contested two days of racing, scrutineering, interviews, sudden death drag racing and presentations, MCC students were indeed very competitive. ‘Team Meerkats’,

consisting of Declan Cashman-Jones, Jarryd Porter & Brandon East, competed in the Cadet Class and placed a commendable 5th from 12 teams. They also received an encouragement award in recognition of their sportsmanship and positive interactions with judges and fellow competitors.

MCC’s real surprise packet was in the Development Class, where their team of Joshua Car, Kane Dyer & Zach La Rosa, known as ‘The Vanquished’, placed 2nd which gave them a Wildcard Invitation to the Australian Titles. They were also awarded prizes for the best-engineered car and best portfolio in their class. The final results revealed that they had scored consistently well in all disciplines and were within reach of 1st place.

The National Titles will be held early next year at the Australian GP in Melbourne where the talented students will enjoy a weeklong Pit Pass, get to meet the F1 drivers and compete against some of the best young Engineering and Physics minds from across the country. In the meantime, it will be back to the testing track for the MCC students. At the Australian Titles, every fraction of a second will be vital.

As part of their entry into each level of the competition, the students are required to foster relations with local industry to raise capital to help them with their associated costs such as entry fees, competition uniforms, car detailing, pit displays etc.

The team would like to acknowledge their existing sponsors: Signwave, DLR Building Services, Unisys and Stones Kart Sports.

The National Titles will introduce the significant expenses of flights and accommodation to the other costs associated with the competition. If there are any local businesses out there that would like to get behind these bright young students, they are encouraged to ring McCarthy Catholic College and ask to speak to Michael Laws or visit the team’s website thevanquishedf1. com.

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Oils Ain’t Oils I’m sure you have heard this before in relation to engine oils, but it also applies to essential oils.

Essential oils are natural aromatic compounds found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. They can be powerfully fragrant. They are non water-based phytochemicals made up of volatile aromatic compounds. Essential oils are very clean, almost crisp, to the touch and are immediately absorbed by the skin. Pure, unadulterated essential oils are translucent and range in colour from crystal clear to deep blue. In addition to their intrinsic benefits to plants and being beautifully fragrant to people, essential oils have been used throughout history in many cultures for their medicinal and therapeutic benefits.

Modern scientific study and trends toward more holistic approaches to wellness are driving a revival and new discovery of essential oil health applications.

Whether you diffuse oils through the house or office to achieve a nice aroma, or for the many health benefits they give, it is important to choose good quality oils. As with perfumes, cheap oils can contain a lot of chemicals which are not ideal to be inhaling or putting on the skin.

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With all of the weight loss options around today, it’s no surprise that some have looked to hypnosis to shed extra kilos. Successful hypnosis advocates say that it’s helped them to reshape their thoughts about food, a key factor for maintaining weight loss. Sound interesting? Here are a few things to consider.

We all know being over weight is unhealthy, so what stops us?

Harvard University research shows up to 90% of the mind is unconscious. This is why when our brains are firing excitedly to ‘sugar’ its hard to break old patterns. Hypnosis is an altered state that allows new neural pathways to be rewired and change your thoughts about food. Before you agree to give Hypnosis a shot check your clinician is a registered member of the AHA.

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3. Spoon mixture into prepared pan, smooth top. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.

Allow to cool in the tin for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Use a 4cm round cutter to cut 16 rounds.

4. In a small heatproof bowl, add the remaining ½ cup of dark chocolate buttons, & set over a saucepan half-filled with simmering water. Stir with a metal spoon until melted, then drop a little chocolate on the cut-side of each strawberry & place on top of the brownie.

5. To prepare the icing, combine the icing mix, cream cheese & butter.

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We all Want to be Remembered.

Are we CRAZY? Christmas is only a couple of weeks away.

It’s a difficult time for people who have lost a loved. We try so desperately to remember them without looking like we’re crazy. That’s the problem in our western culture, we only get a short time to grieve, and then we are meant live our lives as if nothing has happened.

This month I thought I would share a part of my story with you.

When I had my twin girls at 24 weeks gestation, my sister came to the hospital with a necklace (engraved with their names) for each of them. She was the only person who celebrated the birth of my girls with me. Everyone else felt sorry for me or was waiting for them to die. The youngest of my twin girls died 4 days later and the eldest is 28 years old with a family of her own. My daughter’s necklace reminds me that she lived, that she was acknowledged as living and was a part of this world for a short time. I don’t think my sister knows how much this meant to me.

We all want to be remembered and that we mattered. We want the memory of us to carry on through the generations.

The way I keep my daughter’s memory alive is to put an extra x (kiss) on cards; I buy an ornament for each of my children (living and dead) to put on the Christmas tree; planted special flowers; garden ornaments; wrote letters; created a scrapbook with my hopes and dreams for her. These are but a few things I’ve done to remember her. I love people speaking her name and remembering her.

I wish for you that Christmas will be where you can remember your loved one the way you need to and not feel crazy about doing it. Say their name, do what you feel is necessary, remember them and enjoy doing it.

As they say, Merry Christmas (or whatever your celebration is) and have a happy and safe New Year.

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Leonay Golf Club has won the 2014 Western Sydney with a healthy lead in the Club of the Year standing and were Region Veteran Golfers Association ‘Interclub of the Year’ able to extend that lead by one point in the final game, thanks Championships, finishing in style with a team win in the last to some great scores’.. “This is the fourth time Leonay has won event at Penrith Golf Club. the team event in these annual Championships�. “Apart from The members of the winning team at Penrith were Garry winning our own event (Leonay), we also won at Springwood, Denny (42 points), Bob Sproule (41), Chris Holden (38) and Roy Stonecutters Ridge and lastly at Penrith�.

Molloy (38), whilst Brian Metcalfe also recorded a strong 38 points on the day.

Coordinator Les Knox praised the effort of the players who had represented Leonay Golf Club throughout the year, stating those players ‘represented their club in an outstanding manner, both on and off the course’.

Leonay GC finished the year with 10 players in the Top 25, including Sydney Metropolitan B Grade Pennants representative Ian Gribble, who finished the year as runner-up ď ˛ď€ The happy team of golfers from Leonay GC who competed in the final event of in the ‘Player of the Year’ award.

Knox said “What an effort�. “We (Leonay) went into this event the year at Penrith – photo courtesy of Les Knox.

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PAWS A WHILE With Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital 377 Wentworth Rd, Orchard Hills Ph: 4736 2027

Santa Photos with Your Pets Santa Claus will be visiting Orchard Hills Veterinary Hospital during December 2014 to take photos with your pets.

Santa will be here from Monday 1st December until Wednesday 24th December 2014.

The Santa photos are so popular we have extended Santa’s hours, so he will be here all day Monday to Friday (9am7pm) and on Saturdays (9am-12pm).

Your Santa photo presented in a Christmas card costs $10, with all proceeds donated to the Guide Dogs NSW.

New Veterinarians

We are pleased to announce we have 2 part time veterinarians joining our team.

Kellie Lorschy grew up in the western suburbs and attended Rooty Hill High obtaining dux at her high school. She graduated from Sydney University with First Class Honours in 1995 and along the way obtained Honours in a Veterinary Research Degree as well. Kellie then went on to practice in mixed animal practice in Canada and then came back to Australia to practice small animals in various locations across Western Sydney.

Kellie has experienced many facets of veterinary medicine.

She has worked as a technical veterinarian for a large pharmaceutical company, worked in sales and marketing

in veterinary pathology and as a marketing manager in a veterinary support organisation.

Kellie not only works for us part time since October 2014, but is training veterinary nurses at Richmond TAFE and has done so for the last 9 years – she even trained some of our nurses!

Kellie’s passion is providing clients well informed options for best possible health outcomes for their four legged members of the family. She has a family of her own with 2-legged and 4-legged members.

Benjamin Yap has always dreamed of being a veterinarian.

As a primary school child in his hometown of Perth, Western Australia, his passion for medicine and animals was very obvious to teachers and his parents. As one of the top students in his school, he went directly to Murdoch University and graduated with his veterinary degree in 2002 before he decided to spread his wings on his "eastern states adventures". He has worked in mixed, small animal and emergency practice in Victoria, Canberra and finally suburban Sydney since mid 2009.

After nearly 12 years in the veterinary game, he still works in the field he loves. Ben attends nearly every further education lecture to enhance his knowledge to help his clients, both human and animal.

He has two lovely cats at home (named Delta and Kingston) and has a lovely fiancĂŠe named Alexandra, who he is due to marry in the spring of 2015.

Ben joined the team in November 2014.

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Come along and experience the caring and benefits offered by our Support Group whose motto is YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

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(3rd Saturday each month) Lower Blue Mountains Rotary Club Monthly Markets Glenbrook Infants School, Ross Street, Glenbrook.

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