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Advertising & news enquiries: Mullumbimby 02 6684 1777 Byron Bay 02 6685 5222 Fax 02 6684 1719 editor@echo.net.au adcopy@echo.net.au Available early Tuesday at: http://www.echo.net.au VOLUME 22 #03 TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007 22,300 copies every week
Mayor praises hall upgrade
Lean and posey, like a ferret, Mungo gets the Archibald treatment from 30 artists as part of FEHVA at the A and I Hall in Bangalow. Here Camilla Connolly layers oil onto her piece while Ariel Schlesinger’s blue Mungo looks on. The Mungo portrait prize is sponsored by the Byron Bay Writers Festival. See another political portrait on back page. Photo Jeff ‘Portrait of the Photographer as an Avid Onlooker’ Dawson
Warm start to week of art FEHVA FEHVA lived up to its name on the weekend, warming body and soul of over 200 people at the A &I Hall for the opening concert on Sunday night, launching a week of conversations, studio tours, and discus-
sions about all things artistic. Grace Knight and the Buttery Choir had people singing in the aisles. Over 80 artworks from the region’s ďŹ nest lit up the beautifully restored hall.
Archibald winner Wendy Sharpe and Bernard Ollis, head of the National Art School, will be adding to the works up for the auction this Thursday. Panel discussions on June 30 and
July 1 cost from as little as $16 to attend, with an Indigenous arts session on Sunday July 1 the last but by no means the least event. For FEHVA tickets call Barebones Artspace on 66871 623.
Peace and war games continue with local presence Lou Beaumont The Peace Convergence protests opposing the Talisman Saber war games continue in the Shoalwater region. The peak of the peaceful rally occurred last weekend which uncoincidentally was when the bombing began in the area. Protesters gathered from around Australia and overseas (including Iraq), with large contingencies from the local area affected directly by the military exercise, many from Byron Shire and the Northern Rivers region, Sydney and Melbourne. A number of arrests were made despite the protest actions being
predominantly peaceful. Police acted in a non-threatening and unaggressive manner but at least ten people were taken to the station for processing. Objections to the war games were made by people by entering the military base to sit down, or camp or get naked and make love not war in protest of the imminent actions by the US and Australian military. A group of seven, including a staunch grandmother devoted to the cause, managed to elude arrest for ďŹ ve days within the base, giving themselves up after days of attempting to halt exercises with their presence.
Despite Rockhampton recording the coldest temperatures on record, protesters persisted and every day saw them at the entrance gates of the military training base unwavered by police road blocks meaning a 10km walk was necessary to get there. Police were cooperative to the protesters cause too, with road blocks set up to allow a peaceful march, organised by SWAG (Shoalwater Wilderness Awareness Group) to take place. About 500 people were observed to take part in this march through the community of Yeppoon. A speaker’s soapbox was held at the local town hall on Friday June
22 with twelve seminars including visitors Fanai Castro from Guam, and Terri Keko’olani and Leimaile Quitevis, both from Hawai’i, who spoke of the detrimental impact US war games have had on their communities both socially and environmentally. They were in Shoalwater Bay to issue strong warnings to Australians against letting the US into Australia and afďŹ liating with them. A peace concert was held the following evening. To keep up to date, visit www. peaceconvergence.com and www. shoalwaterbay.org. The Echo will run a further article next week.
Byron Shire Mayor Jan Barham has praised those involved in the new backstage additions to the Bangalow A&I Hall. ‘The voluntary committee that manages the A & I Hall have done a magniďŹ cent job and achieved a great result with the new backstage upgrade,’ said Cr Barham. ‘The new works are practical in design and will be efficient in operation. I particularly like the way it blends in with the heritage nature of the existing hall. It is a wonderful example of the community working in a very positive way, with the assistance of Council. ‘Council has committed in excess of $150,000 in recent years to the upgrade of the A & I Hall, including works on the backstage area. The backstage area was demolished in the early nineties due to white ant infestation making it unsafe. ‘I endorse the observations of Jill Eddington, Chief Executive OfďŹ cer of Arts Northern Rivers, who performed the ofďŹ cial opening. Jill spoke about the importance of public spaces in building and strengthening communities. ‘She also correctly identiďŹ ed that these important additions to the A & I Hall make it a truly unique cultural centre for Bangalow, Byron Shire and the region. ‘I would like to congratulate heritage architect Don Osborne and master builder Glen Parrington on a very professional outcome. My thanks to the A & I Hall Committee of Management, ably led by Sue Holm, for planning and oversighting this project and to hall manager Michael Malloy, who now has the task of making it work in a practical way for community events, festivals, concerts and the variety of other activities which call the A & I Hall home. ‘I also would like to congratulate Cr Ray Kestle who has worked with the committee and raised the issue in Council.’
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