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WHY YOU SHOULD ADVERTISE IN THE SWAN MAGAZINE

n these difficult economic days with so many media outlets (radio, television, Yellow Pages, business directories of all kinds as well as newspapers) clamouring for your advertising dollar it is important for you to get the best possible value for your money.

We believe an investment in advertising space in the Swan Magazine represents good value for the following reasons: Any published advertisement lasts only until its next issue. A weekly newspaper lasts a week at best and in most cases a single reading only. We are a monthly magazine and so any advertisement lasts at least a month until the next issue.

We have many, many examples of advertisements lasting and working much longer than that since, because of the nature of the Swan Magazine, readers - your customers - retain copies of the magazine and refer back to it.

Swan Magazine covers a unique area of distribution extending throughout the City of Swan and The Shire of Mundaring, with a bulk drop in Kalamunda.

Print copies of Swan Magazine are bulk dropped at various locations, such as shopping centres, libraries, tourist centres and focus points.

This ensures that your message is delivered directly to your customers and potential new customers.

The print copies of Swan Magazine has a monthly readership of around 30,000, all of whom have your details in front of them.

We have gradually reduced the number of home-delivered copies

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and replaced them with bulk drops.

This was not an easy decision and one we took with trepidation - but the results have been unexpected.

Advertisers have reported a increase in results by and large as the copies have been taken by someone who wants to read it rather than have it delivered in the centre of a thick bundle of advertising material where it gets lost or thrown out.

An advertisement flashed onto a cinema screen lasts perhaps 30 seconds and few patrons take pen and paper with them to jot down your phone number in the dark.

Swan Magazine severely limits the percentage of space devoted to advertising, making each one more effective.

We have all seen publications with pages and pages of advertisements with nothing else on the page to tempt the reader to linger, notice and read your advertisement.

Because we carry so much editorial in the way of articles of general interest readers often tell us they read the magazine ‘from cover to cover’.

We are also the only printed, freely-distributed medium to carry both fiction and poetry. In addition the quarto size and the fact that it is bound makes the Swan Magazine easy and convenient to read anywhere.

In addition to the printed version, which we will always publish, we now produce a digital issue which can either be e-mailed directly to your inbox, or a link to a commercial site where you can read the magazine or download or print it out for later reading.

The first, test, issue was electronically published in October of 2013 on the website Issuu and as at the date of writing this has been viewed over 15,000 times locally and globally.

Swan Magazine does not publish so-called ‘advertorials’ for the simple reason that they do not work as an advertising feature. People simply do not read them. When did you personally last read an article all the way through which began ‘We have been in business now for thirty years and our service is .... etc...’

Puff pieces like this are ineffective because they are unread, irrelevant and regarded, quite rightly, by the reader with scepticism. Whatever you sell readers do not care to read about the excellence of your staff or their kind natures.

Our advertisements are more effective on a dollar for dollar basis.

A business card board advertisement in full colour in the Swan Magazine costs $80 per month.

Can you get a 6 by 4 centimetre advertisement in colour for $20 a week in your current publication?

A final point to consider is that Swan Magazine places advertisements on appropriate pages - health product advertisements appear on those pages devoted to health; financial consultants’ advertisements of the finance pages and so on - these advertisements are not placed wherever there is space or it is convenient - each is placed in a relevant, effective, spot.

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IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES

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Art and Artists June at MAC Gail in New York

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Books and Writing Memoir, Biography &

Life Writing Course KSP - Whats On Writing A Novel?

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Chef-Adventurer 5 Community One Million Dollars 8 Tech Smart School Initiative 9 People’s Choice to Silver Tree11 Six Friends Walk Kokoda Trail 17 New Home in Swan 20 Gourmet Travellers’ Star 23 Joseph 25 Community Notes 25 Dining Out 4 Education Entertainment

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Finance 21 Food for Thought 2

PAGE Gardening 12 Cooler Nights 13 Time to Winterise 13 Guildford Grammar School News 19

Health Matters Stress and Weight Loss 2 Keep Healthy, Keep Informed 3 Flouride is Toxic 3 MCC 23 Networking With Lesley Night Sky Notes From Parliament

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PC Surgeon 20 Pets 24 Rotary

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SAFE 24 The Idler The Voice of Swan Hills

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What’s On

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT Think about this: 1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss Australia contest.

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer prize.

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for Best Actor and Actress.

6. Who won the 2005 Grand Prix?

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remembers the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers, they're the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.

Now here's another quiz.

See how you do on this one: 1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time in your life.

3. Name five people who have taught you some worthwhile lesson.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

6. Name a half dozen heroes whose stories have inspired you.

Easier?

The lesson?

The people who make a difference in your life aren't the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They're the ones who care.

Where are the lions? They said there would be lions - at least one.

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HEALTH MATTERS STRESS AND WEIGHT LOSS

EDDIE ENEVER ND tress has a terrible effect on our health, for involved in producing the hormones that pump us example, reduced fertility and poor digestive up in stressful times. function. I would like to discuss one further One of these hormones is called Cortisol. The unfortunate side effects of high cortisol levels are important effect that stress has on the body.

Many people these days are struggling with that it redistributes fat tissue to the abdominal their weight, with recent studies indicating that area and increases insulin resistance. more than half of all Australian women (52%) and Other adrenal hormones at the same time two-thirds of men (67%) are overweight or obese. increase appetite, which may result in increased Another scary fact from the same study food intake leading to overeating and weight gain. indicates that 25% of Australian children are Elevated Cortisol levels can also impact on overweight or obese – that’s one in four children, your sleep by keeping your nervous system ‘on edge’ and not letting you relax and fall asleep at people!

The health care costs of excess body weight in night. This in itself over a prolonged period is a Australia have been estimated at 1.2 billion dollars stress on the body and compounds the impact a year. Australians each year spend in excess of stress is having on your physiology. The end result 700 million dollars in weight loss attempts, yet we can be weight gain.

I hope you can see that if chronic stress is are still gaining weight.

Why is this? And how does this relate to stress? implicated in your weight gain, simply going on The modern world we live in is stressful – I think a ‘fad diet’ such as ones found in retail stores like most of you would agree. Most of us have jobs that a pharmacy, health food shop or online will not we work long hours at, struggling to make ends address underlying driving factors.

Commonly in clinical practice my patients tell meet.

We have financial, social, emotional, mental me stories of how they have tried in the past to lose and physical stresses galore. Physiologically and weight using one of the hundreds of commercial genetically, our body is still in the hunter gather weight-loss programs and had great results, but unfortunately, they are short lived and the weight stage of evolution.

Our body wants us to be sitting under a tree, eventually comes back on, often with interest. hunting and gathering for foods and socialising – This phenomenon is known as Yo-Yo dieting. the major stressor in our day being whether or not Many people do this many times over a period of we’re going to be eaten by that pesky sabre tooth years and even though they may lose weight each tiger that lives around the corner. Bottom line is time their weight steadily goes up over the long our bodies aren’t built for the high stress load it term.

The major problem with diets is that they receives in modern times.

During the stress response, hormones are don’t teach you a thing. People are searching for released from our adrenal glands – the glands a magic weight loss pill. The only magic pill is the one inside your head – your brain!

Another major problem with commercial diets is that they are for a specified amount of time – “I’m on a diet to lose weight for summer, a wedding, a holiday etc.”

Once that event comes along, diet time is over and you revert back to your original diet.

Unfortunately in most cases the reason for the excess weight is the actual original diet itself.

There can be many other factors that contribute to weight gain such as hormones, an underactive thyroid, insulin resistance and as previously discussed, stress.

Fad diets unfortunately fail to address these underlying driving factors so will not work in the long term.

The key to long term weight loss is correcting these driving factors along with enhancing your knowledge about food, how it affects the body on a biochemical level, how different types of foods contribute to weight gain and how to construct a healthy diet for your current stage of life.

Arming yourself with the knowledge to change is paramount to long term weight loss success, so when choosing a partner to help you achieve your weight loss goals you need to ensure they are educated in nutritional medicine, have a sound understanding of human nutritional biochemistry and have the ability and passion to teach you everything you need to know to transform.

Courtesy of Mundaring Wellness Centre

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HEALTH MATTERS KEEP HEALTHY, KEEP INFORMED

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ies, damned lies and statistics’ is the phrase so often quoted, supposedly to indicate that a particular form of research can be misleading, sometimes deliberately so.

The potential problems associated with taking health statistics at face value are highlighted in a report in New Scientist magazine.

The author, Chris Dye, is a communicable diseases epidemiologist at the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva.

Dr Dye chooses the current debate over smallpox vaccination in the US to illustrate his point.

The risk of terrorists carrying out a smallpox attack seems small, probably miniscule. However, the issue is complicated by the fact that the mere possibility of such an attack provokes fear, even hysteria, among the population.

So the US government has chosen to conduct a mass inoculation program, initially of some ten million health care workers.

Another example given by Dr Dye is the WHO

convention to clarify all deaths of HIV-infected people as deaths from AIDS. Thus the 250,000 HIV positive people who died with tuberculosis last year were not included in the TB death statistics.

Statistics lead to funding; so these less than perfect figures could affect the global budget for TB control; and some of these patients could well have been saved by the standard treatment for TB.

LATEST NOT ALWAYS BEST The latest, and often the most expensive, medicine is not necessarily the best. Furthermore, simple lifestyle changes might reduce the need for some medicines in the categories specified.

As well, whatever medicine is prescribed for us, we should know how best to use it to maximise the benefits and minimise the risks – to use it in the most effective and cost-effective way.

Ask a pharmacist for “consumer medicines information” which is now available for nearly all prescription medicines.

FLUORIDE IS TOXIC

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KARL (THE MASKED DENTIST) BAILEY

he history of fluoridation is quite a tale. Early in the 1900s an earnest young dentist, Frederick McKay, working in Colorado Springs was puzzled by two unusual things: lots of his patients had yukky brown stains on their teeth and that these teeth had fewer cavities.

He started looking for the answer. The locals blamed the stains on many things, such as eating too much pork, poor milk, and something in the water.....

In 1923 McKay travelled to Oakley in Idaho to meet residents who had noticed similar brown stains on their children’s teeth. They told him that the stains began appearing shortly after construction of a new water pipeline to a warm spring five miles away.

The water was analysed but nothing unusual was found. Nonetheless, he advised town leaders to abandon the pipeline and use another water source. They did and within a few years, the problem had disappeared....

The puzzle was solved after thirty years in 1931 when, with more sophisticated testing equipment, it was found high levels of naturally occurring water-borne fluoride caused the discoloration of tooth enamel.

At the end of that decade by studying natural water samples and lots of teeth a balance was found: fluoride levels of up to 1.0 parts per million (ppm) in drinking water did not cause enamel fluorosis (the new name for yukky Colorado Brown stain!) in most people and only mild enamel fluorosis in a small percentage of people.

Over the next fifteen years the second of Dr McKay’s observations was investigated - fluoride did indeed make the teeth more resistant to decay and if kept below 1.0ppm did not cause the

staining.

OK, so now we know what can make teeth look like they are covered in chocolate (but ain’t) but what does 1.0 ppm look like. The best way to mentally picture this is; the width of a five cent coin between Perth and Midland train stations, or one day in 2739 years!

However, high amounts of fluoride are toxic to the body as is true for all vitamins and minerals, so balance is everything.

There are significant side effects to too high a level of fluoride exposure such as skeletal fluorosis which is what happens when fluoride deposits into bone. This causes joint stiffness, joint pain, and sometimes changes in bone shape.

For skeletal fluorosis to occur, chronic, high level exposure to fluoride is required. A mild form of skeletal fluorosis, osteosclerosis is seen when levels of fluoride reach five parts per million (ppm) and the time of exposure lasts for ten years.

Fluoride is poisonous! Absolutely.

If you sat down and consumed thirteen tubes of toothpaste the chances are you would not survive (but your breath/death sure would be minty!)

In excessive doses many other ‘everyday essential items’ are also toxic. If you drank twenty-four litres of water in twenty-four hours you would literally drown.

Our kidneys are only designed to process fifteen litres (about sixty glasses!) in every 24 hours: it is life affirming but you can have too much.

So as you can see balance is everything, and everything in good measure!

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DINING OUT

The Thoughts of an Ageing, Balding Foodie

Chef Donna and her team are responsible for turning out a superb menu that does exactly what it says. The Mounties is a country pub and it should and does offer Country Pub food. Not just good, but great, faultless in fact.

We all had entrée, mains and a couple of us had dessert, which was brave - I am a hearty trencherman and I couldn’t manage three courses.

The menu is not large, but it’s exactly what you want. There is a range of meals under $20 - A BLT ($16) and a BLAT, which is a BLT with avocado, Bangers and Mash ets face it, The Mounties has had some ups ($18), a ‘Mounties Burger’ at and downs over the past year or so since the $18 and a Caesar Salad (see photo) also at $18. Angela change of management.

Chefs and cooks have come and gone, menus had that as a entrée and very tasty it was (you have been tried and discarded, Eftpos machines have worked only intermittently, the renovations and restorations ran over cost and time, tradesmen turned up as and when and just about everything that could go wrong, has.

But, and it’s a very big but, Dannyel has hung in there and learned and strived and put her heart and

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soul and resources into it and now the corner can has been turned. have it without A small party of four of us dined there off the anchovies.) new winter menu and I am happy, even thrilled I had the soup of the day ($10) which to be able to tell you, gentle reader, that the that day was Cauliflower and Bacon - delicious, Mounties is now onto a winner. rich and satisfying.

We also had a bowl of wedges for general use.

It came with bowls of sour cream and sweet chilli sauce. The wedges were heavily seasoned and were pretty much a meal by themselves.

James had Salt and Pepper Squid in rings and home-made coleslaw. Tender and tasty.

Most of the main meals were meat and came with chips, as you would hope and expect. There are also daily specials - one of which James ordered - slow cooked lamb shanks.

I was torn between Pork Rib Eye, crumbed with herbs and Parmesan and the baby back pork ribs in orange and bourbon bbq sauce. That was my eventual choice because I had eaten Donna’s ribs elsewhere and knew them to be sublime then.

As they were this time too. Deliciously tender and that sauce! Delicious chips and more homemade coleslaw.

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without doubt the most tender and sapid I have tasted in a long time.

Angela’s Garlic Prawns came with a timbale of

Jasmine rice and a small salad - and that was the only small portion of the whole evening.

All servings were extremely generous, not to make up for other deficiencies, but b e c a u s e that’s the way the Mounties rolls.

The service, provided to us by Rosie, was immaculate, swift, friendly and informed.

I really like it if wait staff have an opinion when asked, even if I don’t agree, I like to think they are so involved a nd passionate about the food they serve.

Rosie gave us some good advice about the desserts, which are all home-made and very kindly brought four spoons when two of us swore we’d never need dessert - Mississipi Mud Tart with Cream. We also had excellent coffee.

The meal for four of us, who left replete and satisfied, cost $217 which included ciders, so that represents not only great food, but great value for money.

There is a special menu for children, a range of pizzas and much to admire and be pleased about in this new resurgence of the grand old lady that is the Mounties, the Mount Helena Tavern.

If you go an a Friday, remember live music starts at 8:30pm.

Very highly recommended indeed.

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CHEF-ADVENTURER

A TASTE OF THE WORLD CUP

BRENDAN MURPHY s a Chef and Traveller I have spent most of my life working around the world and exploring each countries culture and cuisine, and as far as I am concerned that includes football too!

It is a sport that seems to permeate throughout people’s everyday lives more than any other sport on the planet. I mean it is not called ‘The World Game’ for nothing!

The last time I got out of my armchair and travelled to the country hosting the tournament was in 2006 in Germany and what a party that was! Long time readers may remember that Swan Magazine published two of my stories that I wrote from there whilst ‘On Location’, with the main emphasis on the cuisine and culture of Germany.

However, I also fondly remember dancing in the streets of Munich with the greatest of all street dancers; the Brazilian fans! Though I must add that the mighty Brazilians were given a good run for their money both on the football pitch and later in the street ‘Carnivale’ by the Australian supporters who certainly know how to party themselves!

And they had just been soundly beaten by Brazil too, but it did not matter, the Aussies were proud that they had conducted themselves well against the five times World Champions. It was all fun, like it should be, though I just have to conjure up a wry smile when I think of the Brazilian fans chant of: “Ooh, Ooh we killed the Kangaroo!”

In the nicest possible way of course! So I

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have plucked out a photo of yours truly in his Aussie football gear rather than Chefs hat, being consoled by a Brazilian fan! Note the deflated kangaroo toy she has!

But, here is the thing, where did they get those inflatable kangaroos from? I never saw them on sale or any Aussie fans with them.

So, I suspect that the Brazilian fans are as equally pre-prepared for the battle as the players!

Also, I still have my copy of National Geographic’s magazine of June 2006, with the cover theme asking; “Why the world loves soccer.”

Good question!

And too hard to answer fully here! However, to summarize that this great game can bring together all the various cultures of one country, even some past war torn countries together as one, just because they qualified for the World Cup! Of course, I know there is still great divide and football can cause friction as well as unification, but one thing all the Billions of us watching are united in, is witnessing the ‘possible’ beauty of the

(“He’s off again, I hear them say!”) about the fact that during my whole teenage years in the 1970s England did not even qualify!

So here we are again ready to witness the greatest sporting event in the World, the beautiful game.

And in celebration I have compiled a second Taste of the World book, but with the focus only on the thirty-two countries involved For Book 2 of the ‘Chef Explorer Series’, A Taste of the World Cup, you can inter-mingle recipes, or transform them into Tapas, and Nibbles to eat at the build up to the game, like a Starter or a full banquet during the whole main match. It is up to you whether you want to nibble good food during the game or just take your hunger out on your finger nails!

But, in the meantime here is a recipe from the book which I used to cook by the bucket load when I worked in a Spanish-Moroccan-British themed restaurant in Gibraltar during the late eighties. And should act as a delicious Appetiser for the great drama ahead!

GAMBAS PIL PIL (Spanish Prawns) Ingredients 500g (1 lb) King Prawns 6 tsp good Olive Oil 1- 2 small Chillies, finely shredded 3 cloves Garlic, crushed Salt Chopped parsley 50 ml of Sherry 50-70ml cream (optional) Lemon Wedges, to serve Method 1. Peel the prawns, leaving the tail intact. Cut along the back of each prawn halfway through so it curls. Remove the vein.

game, and enjoying every minute of the drama!

That sublime pass into free space to a player who was nowhere near there seconds ago, who passes it to another player who must have had psychic as well as physical powers to make his way to that perfect spot, so he could flick the ball at just the right speed (at an impossible angle man surely?) to a guy who had not only just sprinted there like a cheetah and jumped like a professional high jumper at just the right time, to then head the ball at a perfect angle into the top right hand corner, or did the goalie save it, and if so, how did he stretch so far at the right corner?

I mean this can happen in seconds! To Football fans around the world, ‘you know what I mean!?”

I will be supporting the Aussie Socceroos again as a good citizen should, but also my own country of England. However, I do not have high hopes, I barely remember England’s last and only triumph in 1966, when I was just a little lad.

Could we win it again at last, nearly fifty years later? I often complain to my own teenage kids,

2. Heat the oil in a frying pan until very hot and add the chillies, sauté for a minute or so then add the prawns, garlic and salt, stirring until the prawns are bright pink.

3. Deglaze pan with sherry.

4. Enrich with cream to make a sauce if desired.

But remove the prawns so they do not overcook 5. Sprinkle with parsley.

6. Serve immediately with crusty bread and wedges of lemon.

This dish is traditionally served as an entrée or Tapas.

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THE VOICE OF SWAN HILLS A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY FRANK ALBAN MLA

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s the State Member for Swan Hills, I am constantly aware that it is truly a unique electorate.

While we have the suburban area of Aveley, we also have many rural communities such as Chidlow, Wooroloo and Gidgegannup. On Sunday 25 May 2014, I had the great pleasure of officially opening the Countryman Gidgegannup Small Farm Field Day in its seventh year.

Twice a year Gidgegannup swings the limelight onto itself, with both the Small Farm Field Day in May and the Gidgegannup Agricultural Show in October, and is a great focus point for the communities of the area.

The Small Farm Field Day is a decidedly more industry-focussed event. There are plenty of family events and lots to see and do, but it is targeted towards those of a farming life, or those with interest in it.

Throughout the day, there were many types of livestock on display as farmers showcased

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their stock, produce, and methods. Between poultry, goats and alpacas, there were a number of different breeds on display.

Some of the highlights for the family to watch were the Australian Mounted Games WA Pairs Competition – a great horse sport held in the main arena, alongside pony rides and displays of working dogs. These are all great events on the programme and a regular fixture of most country shows.

I caught up with a number of people throughout the day, but one that stands out was Angela Whife. Angela has been campaigning to promote responsible dog ownership in Gidgegannup and the Hills for quite some time.

While some of the images on their board were unpleasant to see, dog attacks on livestock are a major threat to farmers, and while the message is definitely getting through, it’s something that has to be constantly addressed.

A dog on the loose can decimate a flock of sheep, causing pain, suffering, injury, and of course loss of income to a farmer. It can also put a much-loved family pet at the end of a farmer’s gun.

Dog ownership is a responsibility, and there is always the risk of people looking for a tree change being unfamiliar with their responsibilities when living in a rural locality.

While the inclement weather on the day certainly caused a few moments for people to search for shelter, the rainfall so far is a blessing from the previous dry years, and looks to be a great start to the season.

In the West Australian newspaper’s edition from Monday 26 May 2014, farmer Sue Middleton, a former Australian Rural Woman of the Year stated; “Not enough people in metropolitan areas seem to understand that our regional areas pretty much earn the first dollar of nearly all commodities that WA exports.”

It’s a very fair statement,

and while you would of course include the mining sector in there, there’s no doubt that as a farmer, Sue is aware of the realities of the agriculture sector, an industry that has been overshadowed by the big dollars and fly-in-fly-out employment booms from resources.

While the Gidgegannup Agricultural Show (or the Gidge Show to the locals) has, and will continue to be a great example of a country show, the Small Farm Field Day promotes and showcases our many local rural pursuits, which produces a find array of quality products so close to our everincreasing metropolitan sprawl.

Both are examples of a great day out for all the family.

ROTARY CHANGES, TALKS AND AWARDS GEOFF FRANCIS

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une is an important month in our Rotary calender. It is what we call “Changeover Month”. I.e. the new president and his/her board are installed for the coming financial year.

This last twelve months has been under the presidency of Sue Reid, our first female president at Mundaring Rotary. She has done a great job too.

The monthly markets, our main fundraiser continues to be a great success and several local projects have been the recipients of funds raised from that.

With the help of many other Rotary clubs accross the nation, a great amount of money has been raised for distribution to people affected by the terrible fire in January. In co-operation with the Shire of Mundaring, cheques have been sent to people who’s homes were lost or badly damaged.

Other support groups have also been helped.

Recently at our weekly meeting we received a very interesting talk by a local arborist on the subject of Trees in Suburbia, or as he referred to “Urban Forest”.

Mr Micheal Byrne gave us a much better understanding of the value of trees in cooling our suburbs, and how to manage them with human habitation. Given the recent devastating fires his talk was very relevant with tree management near houses a hot topic.

Recently the Rotary Club of Mundaring presented an award to a local for her dedication to her work.

We call this our “Pride of Workmanship” award, as it really is to recognise people who do take pride in their work and deserve a pat on the back. The recent recipient was Mundaring Shire employee Cathy O’Brien, Administration officer health services.

In handing over the award, rotarian David Brockway complimented Cathy on her helpful nature and dedication to her work.

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THANK YOU

he Cancer morning tea held at the Ellenbrook Salvation Army Hall hosted by Brian and Bev Chitty on the 19th May was a great success.

Everyone had an excellent time and over $15000 was raised for the Cancer Council.

Brian and Bev host this event every year and look forward to supporting the cancer council again next year.

Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in this event.

NOTES FROM PARLIAMENT HON ALYSSA HAYDEN MLC Member for East Metropolitan R egion

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LIGHTS AND ACTION

welcome the installation and switching on of flashing safety lights at Clayton View Primary School in Koongamia and the Guildford Primary School. The signs are part of the Liberal-National Government’s commitment to make road safety one its top priorities.

The safety lights are now installed and flashing at Guildford Primary and Clayton View Primary Schools which will increase driver awareness that they have entered a school zone and should reduce their speed accordingly.

These flashing signs remove all doubt for motorists that they are in a 40km/h speed zone and must slow down. I know these lights will be welcomed by local parents.

During the election campaign last year, the candidate for Midland, Councillor Daniel Parasiliti assisted me in identifying prominent schools that deserved funding to have these flashing signs installed.

The Liberal Party made a commitment to ensure all Western Australian schools with a school zone would be protected by flashing electronic 40km/h speed signs by 2017. These lights are testament that we are committed to that

promise.

My goal is to ensure schools within my region receive them as a priority. In November the State Government announced it would install flashing electronic 40km/h speed signs at sixty-six schools this financial year.

Over the coming months these flashing lights will be installed and switched on and by 30 June with 237 school zones will be protected by flashing lights across Western Australia.

The cost of installing these flashing lights is around $40,000 each set.

The program was funded through the Road Trauma Trust Account, which uses money from the proceeds of red light and speed camera collections for road safety initiatives.

The flashing LED school lights is an important community safety program that protects WA’s most valuable asset, our children.”

I will continue to raise other schools in need directly with the Minister to ensure east metro schools benefit.

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Hon Alyssa Hayden MLC Ph: (08) 9274 8484 Fax: (08) 9274 7874 alyssa.hayden@mp.wa.gov.au

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COMMUNITY ONE MILLION DOLLARS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY

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he Mundaring Community Bank Branch story just keeps getting bigger.

On average the Bendigo Bank franchise supports eighty community groups or events each year and this year will celebrate a very important milestone – $1 million returned to the community.

Over the past few months the bank has partnered with a number of community groups, through cash sponsorships and in-kind support:

Darlington Concerts Inc. $1000 Mt Helena Jnr Football Club $ 500 Gidgegannup Small Farm Field Day $1500 Hills Symphony Orchestra $1000 Hills Choir $1200 Mundaring Netball Club $2000 Swan Woodturners Group $1289 Eastern Hills Cricket Club $1000 Wundowie Golf Club $2000 Mundaring Chamber of Commerce $5000 Chidlow Marsupial Hospital $2817 Mundaring in Transition $1500 Hills Football Association $5700 Seen and Heard $1000 Mundaring & Districts Senior Citizens Assoc $1662 Hills Rangers Football Club $5000 Glen Forrest Primary School Fete $1650 Hills Raiders Basketball Club $3000 Mt Helena Tennis Club $1000 Parkerville Senior Football Club $ 850 Swan Woodturners Group $ 700

They also support groups through the provision of free Mobile EFTPOS facility and Rotary Sunday Market Stall including: Glen Forrest Netball Club Mundaring Junior Football Club Hills Rangers Football Club Parkerville Junior Football Club Mt Helena Junior Football Club Glen Forrest Primary School P&C Art in the Valley – Bushfire Auction Mundaring Netball Club Wildflower Society of WA The bank would like to thank all of these groups for their contribution to making our community a vibrant and diverse place to live.

The community program continues to evolve in response to community needs, with the distribution of funds flowing to the sectors in

our community that most need it. They have focused on working with groups that need it most, enabling the group to achieve their goals and the bank to assist a larger number of groups.

The Parkerville Football Club recently did just that, asking the bank for assistance with the purchase of their special football jerseys for the Pink Day match. The bank invested $850 for Guernseys that will be used over the next three years. The Parkerville Football Club raised over $2,280 for Breast Cancer Foundation on the day.

The Swan Woodturners Group received a dollar matching grant of $1289 for a new transportable lathe which will enable them to not only extend their beginners classes but also undertake more demonstrations at local community events, promoting the group and building its member base.

The bank is continuing their partnership with the Mundaring Community Men’s Shed supporting their applications to the Shire and Lotterywest for funding to undertake a $90,000 extension of their Shed and provide better facilities for their members. The bank has approved a $10,000 grant to assist them to leverage further funding. With the money they have already raised through fundraising and Federal grants it is looking promising.

If you know of a community group that could do with a little or a lot of support, please call Andrea on 9295 6411 or email: andrea@mundaringcommunitybank.com.au.

On a separate note, the bank has been working closely with those people affected by the Parkerville, Stoneville and Mt Helena Bush Fire. The bank’s partnership with the Salvation Army raised over $400,000 which has been distributed to the people whose properties were damaged or destroyed.

They are also holding fortnightly Chat Room Morning Teas and a monthly Revitalise Dinner. This has provided Hills residents with an opportunity to meet with people in the same situation to share stories and gather information.

In response to requests arising from these meetings the bank opened the Community Connect Store in Sawyers Valley on May 31st.

This will provide a hub for the collection and distribution of clothing and small household goods to those in need.

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COMMUNITY TECH SMART SCHOOL INITIATIVE

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ommunity Bank Forrestfield and High Wycombe have done it, launched our Tech Smart School Initiative and granted twenty-five schools in our community $20,000 each to spend on implementing or improving technology at their school. Stay tuned as we bring you more on each school and what they are using their funding for.

Tech Smart School Initiative Briefing held in March — at Darling Range Sports College

The new look 'bendigobank.com.au' is now available on mobile! Piggy has spent all morning checking out the new features of the site.

Head over to www.bendigobank.com.au/ welcome-to-mobile to see what all the fuss is about!

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ART AND ARTISTS JUNE AT MAC CLARE STROUD

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he only exhibition of its kind in Western Australia, Mine Own Executioner has established its reputation, fascinating Western Australian audiences with diverse interpretations and representations of the self since the inaugural exhibition in 1995.

Presented by the Mundaring Arts Centre, this exhibition has challenged over 300 of some of Western Australia’s most significant artists to investigate the notion of self-portraiture.

Mine Own Executioner in 2014 presents an intriguing collection of new works by seminal Western Australian artists at various stages of their careers, with the aim of reflecting the depth and range of creative arts practice currently at work in our artistic community.

Under the guidance and curation of Ron Nyisztor, these eighteen West Australian artists have manifested an image of themselves free from the constraints of an overarching exhibition theme.

‘Executioners’ Amanda Alderson, Tané Andrews, Robert Cleworth, Brad Coleman, Moira de la Hunty, Michael Doherty, Abraham

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Dunovits, Lee Harrop, Matthew Hunt, Beth Kirkland, André Lipscombe, Andy Quilty, Max Richards, Nien Schwarz, Monique Tippett, Daniel Webster, Gera Woltjer and Jurek Wybraniec go beyond commercial representation of likeness, compelling the audience toward something more complex and meaningful.

Curator Ron Nyisztor on the task of creating a self-portrait: “Regardless of the process chosen, questions (and) concerns arise regarding what to project of the self in one static reflection. What word, device, imagery or concept can be used to describe myself adequately to others?”

The exhibition never fails to intrigue audiences with each artist’s diverse representations.

Presenting an important vehicle of self-expression and self-examination, Mine Own Executioner continues to be a unique documentation and archive of West Australian art history.

ARTIST IN FOCUS Andrea Wood will transform the Gallery 2 space with installations of works in ink on paper including artist’s books containing drawings and poetry.

Drawing on the writing and teaching career of the late Elizabeth Jolley, Wood’s individual and collective works reflect her own experience as an artist living in the Hills environment, as well as an artist in residence in the Zoology Department at the University of Western Australia.

This installation aims to synthesise her experiences as an artist doing doctoral research with aspects of ordinary daily life.

Both exhibitions are on show from 13 June to 13 July 2014 at the Mundaring Arts Centre, Great Eastern Highway, Mundaring.

Entry is free. For further information, contact 9295 3991 or visit www.mundaringartscentre. com.au.

Images: (top to bottom) Amanda Alderson, I like all my treasures (detail); Abraham Dunovits, Selfies (detail); Andre Lipscombe, Laughing Matter; Jurek Wybraniec, Yellow (May2014) (detail); Robert Cleworth, selfportrait as Ignacio Zuloaga and other fragments (detail); Artist in Focus Andrea Wood, installation 2013 (detail).

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GAIL IN NEW YORK

local visual artist, Gail Cullingworth Dell, has had her work featured in the ‘Best of Art Set Free’ fourth edition as part of the Arts Brookfield twenty-fifth year celebration.

Ten of the most novel and creative Art Set Free submissions from thousands of artists’ entries around the world have been chosen for the forth “Best of Art Set Free” digital art installation.

Gail Dell’s work features in the “Best of Art Set Free” fourth edition which is currently being displayed in New York’s famous Winter Garden on the edge of the Hudson River and will continue for the next six weeks, along with nine other artists.

The exhibition has been acclaimed for presenting hundreds of exciting, world-class cultural experiences for free to hundreds of thousands of people each year worldwide.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be given this opportunity. To be able to share my work with such a large and international audience is a rare and wonderful experience,” says visual artist Gail Dell.

“The Brookfield art set free is a fantastic idea and obviously very successful as they are celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary” Since its launch, the Art Set Free showcase has collected over 10,000 pieces of art from artists in

over fifty countries, including Australia, Brazil and India.

Art Set Free is an unprecedented global arts showcase that aims to create the largest collection of public art in a year as part of its twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations.

Art Set Free offers artists the opportunity to present their work to an international audience at ArtsBrookfield25.com and Brookfield’s premier commercial properties in New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Houston, Toronto, and Perth.

Every six weeks, Arts Brookfield features ten artists in a series of “Best of Art Set Free” onsite video installations.

Artwork by Gail Dell, Botanica, acrylic on canvas

COMMUNITY PEOPLE’S CHOICE TO SILVER TREE

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ilver Tree Steiner School won the ‘People's Choice’ Award at the Annual Bickley Valley Harvest Festival Scarecrow Competition.

Parents and Pupils worked on the the amazing design, modelled on the story of The Enormous Turnip.

Robyn Smith, a P&F Member who co-ordinated the effort said: "We love the fact that we are able to support this fundraising event for Muscular Dystrophy.

“This is a lovely way of bringing the school community together and

LESLIE HERBERT

there's nothing like a funny scarecrow to being a smile to someone's face!"

MyattsField Winery are proud supporters of Muscular Dystrophy Western Australia, an organisation dedicated to improving the quality of life for Western Australians with muscular dystrophy.

Silver Tree Steiner School’s scarecrows were displayed in the Scarecrow Walk at MyattsField during the weekend of the Bickley Valley Harvest Festival.

If you missed them at the festival, they will be re-erected for the Steiner School Open Day on 20th September.

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GARDENING WILLOW HOUSE GARDEN ROXY CALLAHAN

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he iconic Willow House in Sawyers Valley is a typical and lovely Federation Style home that has been used for a number of different vocations - family home, saddlery, auction house, antique shop, book shop, bridal shop and so on.

It was bought in 2013 by Ana and Charlie who have opened a rather splendid gift shop for unusual gifts, local craft and the like.

But they are also using the rear of the building as a personal residence and have spent a very large amount of money on restoring and renovating the building and, more particularly, the gardens.

The process was simple as far as Charlie was concerned, strip back, prune to the original stock and then build up and decorate.

The photographs show the progress and ultimate result - a charming and delightful enclosed garden with a gazebo, seated areas and shady pergolas holding up wisteria, bouganvillia and vines.

There is also an for the light which supplies all the couple’s needs. excellent vegetable garden and shed Photographs by A na Diciano hidden from view behind the pergola to the south and Douglas Sutherland-Bruce

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GARDENING JUNE JOBS TO DO IN THE GARDEN

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utumn is one of the most enjoyable times of But don’t make the mistake of pruning back year in the garden which is just as well, as everything in the garden, because if you do you might miss spring blossoms. Wisteria, for there is plenty to do. example, has already set its spring buds - look for PRUNING:- There are three mains reasons why the flowering spur and leave it because pruning you prune. The first is to remove dead or diseased that means missing its spring flush. wood, the second is to try and promote more When pruning always use sharp tools because flowering and fruit, and the third is to have a if the cut is torn or bruised you’ll slow down the shapely, attractive plant. As a general rule don’t healing process. And to stop the spread of disease from one plant to another, always dip tools and cut more than a third off a plant.

Pruning actually stimulates new growth. The secateurs in bleach or disinfectant and wipe them reason it does is because a chemical is contained before moving onto the next plant. in each terminal bud, or leader, and once you’ve removed that it allows the buds below to break. FEEDING:- Feed the lawn. Use a slow release lawn food to develop a strong root system and This means a much bushier plant. thicker grass.

TIME TO WINTERISE YOUR POOL GEOFF FRANCIS

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ooler weather means the outdoor pool is used less, so preparing for winter or “winterizing” your pool is important.

A little bit of care and maintenance over the cooler months will save you a lot of money when the warmer days return. (And I have it on good authority that they will).

Correct application of the correct algeacide will kill and control; Algae blooms during winter.

This means a stain free pool and a much easier start up in spring.

There are now available Winteriser formulae which last up to ninety days with no harmful side effects.

It makes sense to talk to your local pool shop for advice on the latest pool treatments available to see what is compatible with treatments used in your pool, no matter how big or small.

Courtesy of Eastern Hills Pools Supplies

Coriander growing in a pot

PLANTING:- Plant herbs like chives, coriander, marjoram, oregano, mustard and parsley.

Sow broccoli, cabbage, broad beans, cauliflower, celery, English spinach, silver beet, lettuce and peas.

COOLER NIGHTS GEOFF FRANCIS

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ell winter has certainly arrived with some great soaking rains, cooler nights and the need for our fires to warm the house.

The regular problems of chainsaws not doing what they are supposed to do, i.e. cut wood effectively, arise again.

The best advice I can give is that the vast majority of problems with chain saws comes down to the cutting end of the machine. Many engine problems are caused or at least exacerbated by a blunt chain.

A good sharp chain cuts well, brings out chips NOT dust, and keeps the engine cleaner and cooler.

So maybe just a few basic tips on the sharpening of the chain teeth themselves may assist you.

The cutting edge is kept keen by the hard chromium coating on the cutter tooth. Consistant angle (whether it be 25deg or 30deg or even 35deg) is critical. ie; it is more important to have a consistant angle on every tooth, than have the right angle!

In other words, sharpen every tooth, both left and right at the same angle. The longer the angle ie up to 40deg, the faster the saw will cut, but the quicker it goes blunt.

On the other hand a steeper angle such as

25deg will cut a bit slower, but would normally last longer.

Tooth length is also important. A shorter tooth is in fact a narrower tooth, hence the longer teeth are wider. Now if, as is often the case, one side of the teeth, say the left side are all shorter (i.e. been filed more) the saw will start to run to the side of the longer, hence wider teeth, ie right side.

Once the saw starts running to one side, the bar rails will wear unevenly causing further curve in the cut.

In summary, always try to keep all teeth, both left and right, the same angle and the same length.

I will discuss bar rail wear in my next article.

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THE IDLER

The Idle Thoughts of an Idle Mind

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THE WILD ROAD

ome time ago, I found a book in a second hand book shop that immediately appealed to me. Called The Wild Road, (by Gabriel King) it was a fanciful tale about some cats, who had extraordinary adventures.

As I recall it, the premise of the story was that there are paths through our countryside that only cats know and they can follow those old “roads” even though buildings and developments may impede their path.

I believe there was a white cat, a Persian, who spent many an hour looking through her windows and wondering about the world she could see, but not join. By happenstance, she escaped her confined life and set off down the wild road that ran through her own backyard. She had seen many another cat tripping along its overgrown way, and had longed for weeks to join them.

Wicked scientists were using vivisection in an effort to combine the genes of two magnificent Persians to make a perfect cat that would unlock some ancient and mysterious secrets of great wealth and power and our escapee fell into the company of cats determined to thwart their efforts.

The king and queen cats were in dire straits, needing food and shelter and protection, being very weakened from the unseemly experiments to which they had been subjected. Or so I seem to remember.

The idea of the the wild road appealed to me a great deal. Cats are mysterious creatures and know all kinds of things that are beyond their immediate experience. In my lifetime, I have had several cats that can materialize out of thin air. One moment they are there, the next they are not. Or the alternative – they just appear out of nowhere. I have no doubt they can see things we do not and travel paths unknown to us.

You may recall that I am Plan B, the fall back position for my Mum's cat, Snowdrop, who came to us as a rescue cat from S.A.F.E. - widely supported through Swan Magazine. When Mum went to live in Archbishop Goody Hostel in East Perth, in November 2011, Snowdrop became my cat.

She has always had a touch of the wild about her. Having been fostered, adopted and returned several times before we took her in, she was skittish and somewhat reserved. With both her ears damaged from skin cancer, she was not of a mind to let anyone handle her very much, either.

But she did understand that I was her rescuer.

While she lived with Mum, she would often inveigle me into the lounge room, out of sight

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of Mum's bedroom, and have a furtive petting session with me. This “secret” love affair caused Mum and I great hilarity, although we never laughed out loud, because Snowdrop was that rarity – a grateful cat, one who knew from the time I collected her that she was mine and I, hers.

Before we could move to Mandurah, my Dad and I, we had to get the bathroom and kitchen renovated and then, of course, pack, relocate and unpack. Both a houseful of belongings that needed to be drastically downsized and a lifetime of memories in boxes and cartons.

Needing four weeks for the renovations and enclosing the front verandah to make a secure cat enclosure plus two weeks for the move and unpacking, we arranged for Snowdrop and Splinter to be fostered with Warren and Lisa, in Stoneville. Everything went according to plan, until the second last week.

We had a most unexpected death in the family; and Warren and Lisa's home became the centre of family visitors, funeral arrangements and hosting family from overseas and interstate.

On the Monday before the funeral, Snowdrop flew the coop. She had, apparently, had a donnybrook with the legendary Persian, Lloyd, over who had the rights to the upstairs balcony and she decided to make good her escape. From the first floor. Probably by jumping on to the roof of one of the many cars parked close to the house.

There are some things that Mothers don't need to know immediately, especially if there is a chance that the wrong can be put right before she even finds out what has happened. But on the day of the funeral, since my Dad and I planned to come up to Stoneville to be with the family the cat had to be let out of the bag, so to speak.

The day before, Warren and Lisa had emailed all the neighbours, put flyers in letterboxes and notified the Shire Rangers. Family had spent hours walking the bush, calling “puss, puss, puss”.

Snowdrop had been seen once, they thought, and that Wednesday night, I went walking with a torch around the dam and definitely did see her, in the dark. She is a fabulous full coated white Persian and quite unmistakable, even when you are too far away to see her ears are missing.

The next night, I drove up from Mandurah to spend the night in the shed, the light on, in the hope she might come in and sleep with me as she does at home. No sign of her, although the cat biscuits on the front verandah were gone. Splinter was very glad to see me and have a cuddle.

By Friday night, she had been seen and heard,

but was too flighty to come close enough to be caught, while all this time, Splinter had remained in his bedroom, under the bed, venturing out only for a quick bite to eat.

Setting a baited cat (aka possum) trap on Saturday night bore no fruit and I decided to take to the wild road myself to find her, on Sunday night. With everyone gone to Rottnest for a few days, and the house empty of humans, I set myself up to wait for her. There had been incessant, heavy rain for days but it wasn't too cold. I rugged myself up in my thick NZ coat, wore heavy jeans, a beanie and spread a towel over my knees to absorb the misty rain.

Warren had told me she usually came for her food around ten pm; I staked out the cat trap area from seven pm, but by nine, I was cold and hungry. I wandered back to the house and popped some steak and veggies pre-prepared dinner into the microwave. While it was heating, I thought about one of my Facebook friends suggesting we try luring her home with fish and chips.

Snowdrop has walked the wild road, many times. One of her favourite things in life is to be given little tidbits from off my plate. When she eats, she likes to pick up some of the food and carry it off, where she can eat in peace – a sure sign she had had to live rough and scrap for her food in the past.

I walked on to the front verandah and sat near to where she came to eat her biscuits. On my lap, I had my fragrant, steak and vegetable dinner.

Before I could take a mouthful, she walked up to me from out of the bush, sat by my feet and asked to share my dinner. She let me stroke her, turned around and rubbed her face against my hand and leg and again, sat down and asked for food from my plate.

I cut her a piece and dropped it on the bricks.

As she ate, I stroked her gently and then caught the scruff of her neck. It took no time at all to get her inside, and into the room she shares with Splinter.

I cannot lie. She was not pleased to be back behind the glass. There was much angry flicking of her tail, to show her displeasure at my duplicity.

As glad as I am to have her home, safe again, I know the wild road will always call to her. It's my job to make her life as happy as I can, which will keep me forever on my toes.

Who knows what she will think, when she is relocated to Mandurah and smell of the sea air becomes fragrant on the afternoon sea breeze?

There will be no chance to be idle, with her!

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ENTERTAINMENT FARNDALE AVENUE MACBETH DOUGLAS SUTHERLAND-BRUCE

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the job and one actress has been his is, as we have been told many, injured ... several times. many times this year, the four The whole mess is just hundred and fiftieth anniversary of gorgeous fun and Marloo has rather William Shakespeare’s birth. cleverly chosen Gail Palmer to Consequently this important direct. This award-winning director milestone has led to many productions has many productions to her credit of his plays. Marloo Theatre, for over the years and as well as more example, led the way with three plays serious work she has a very light hand in combination with Garrick and with a comedy, and this the Farndale Kads theatres - Macbeth, Othello Avenue Macbeth most assuredly is. and A Midsummernight’s Dream.

The director as well as Marloo’s own production of Macbeth was very well received and they are her impressive CV has a theatrical following it with a rather less intense and serious background - her parents Phil and Harris were founding version, called in full, The Farndale Avenue E n a members of the Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Darlington Theatre Dramatic Society’s Production of Players nearly sixty Macbeth written by David McGillivray years ago. and Walter Zerlin Jr.

Phil Harris was The premise is that the local CWAan acclaimed director equivilent is taking part in an am-dram of Shakespeare at competition and is mounting Macbeth.

Marloo and one The stage manager is surly, the leading lady can’t help but is playing Macbeth and the stage manager wonder what has to fill in for Lady Macbeth, who caught he would have the bus to the wrong hall. thought of this The adjudicator’s mind isn’t really on

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he story of Darlington’s now famous chamber music series began in the 1970s when a very young Jon Tooby was taken to watch the Arenski String Quartet play in Darlington Hall.

Jon had only just started to play the cello at Darlington Primary School, but somehow came to the realisation that chamber music was for him, and furthermore, that one day he would bring it back to the Darlington Hall.

Since then first his studies in music and then his emerging career as a professional musician, have reinforced his ambition to develop his passion for the Chamber Music genre.

In 2004 he was fifteen years into a career as a WASO cellist when he formed a piano trio. By then living back in Darlington with his young family, he felt that the time had come to achieve his childhood dream of bringing fine music back into the Darlington Hall.

Darlington Concerts was launched in that year, and now, ten years and fifty concerts later, is a well recognised series in Perth’s music calendar.

It is arguably the stand-out Chamber Music series.

Its pianist, Graeme Gilling, is the only member of the trio who was not involved from the start in 2004. He is a professor at UWA and WASO’s first choice pianist.

Semra Lee–Smith was a founder with Jon Tooby. She is currently WASO’s Acting Assistant Concertmaster, and Jon Tooby now freelances, playing as a casual for WASO when required, and allowing himself the freedom to follow his musical star in other directions. He is the Artistic Director of Darlington Concerts.

play! Gail has put together a highly talented cast - Neroli Burton, Richard Coleman, Siobhan Vincent, Rodney Stickles-Palmer, Rachel Vonk, Fi Livings and Taneal Thompson making welcome returns to the Marloo Stage.

The play runs from the 4th July until the 19th at 8pm with two 2pm matinees at Marloo Theatre, Marloo Road, Greenmount.

Tickets are $20 for adults, Concession and children $18. Bookings may be made by ringing Gwyne on 9255 1783.

DARLINGTON CONCERTS

Darlington Hall is actually a very good chamber music venue; large enough to accommodate a viable audience and small enough to retain the intimate relationship between audience and musicians.

It is no architectural gem, but decorated with beautiful flower arrangements and fine artworks for the series concerts, it has a lovely atmosphere.

To round off the concert experience Darlington Concerts invites its audiences to stay and mingle with the musicians over a generously

proportioned afternoon tea.

Concerts are held on Sunday afternoons; the next being on June 15th and features the Piano Trio. The September concert features Craig Ogden, a world renowned guitarist, and Paul Tanner, one of Perth’s leading percussionists.

All concerts feature highly regarded Australian musicians.

A telephone call to 9299 6457 will provide details of the whole 2014 programme or a visit to the website www.darlingtonconcerts.com.au 15

BOOKS AND WRITING MEMOIR, BIOGRAPHY AND LIFE WRITING COURSE KSP - WHAT’S ON

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014 marks the tenth year that Peter Cowan Writers’ Centre Inc. (PCWC) has offered its popular ‘Memoir, Biography and Life Writing’ course.

The course is a great opportunity for seasoned and beginning writers alike to learn how to capture their memoir, family and travel experiences in a meaningful way. Dr MaureenHelen, author of the published memoir Other People’s Country, and an experienced writer and writing teacher, will facilitate this structured eightpart course commencing on 8 June 2014.

The aim of the course is to provide participants with the skills and confidence to write their own or others’ life experiences as either short or book length stories.

At each session participants will learn how to structure their writing in this genre, engage in practical writing exercises, and will have the opportunity to share their writing and receive feedback from the facilitator.

‘This course is not just for people starting to write,’ Maureen-Helen said. There will be plenty

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of thought-provoking ideas, writing practice and solid support for writers at any stage of their writing endeavours.’

The Memoir, Biography and Life Writing Course will consist of eight fortnightly workshops covering all elements of writing in this genre: choosing a style for your story; developing your characters; the role of the narrator; memory truth-telling and ethics; plotting, storyline and tension; finding the theme of your story; giving and receiving feedback; and research, editing and publication.

Maureen-Helen said, ‘We all want the stories we write to be engaging and personal. In this course, participants will learn to filter memories and choose the right degree of art and decorum to engage their readers.’

Course sessions will be held from 1.30 to 4.30 pm at Peter Cowan Writers’ Centre, ECU Joondalup Campus, Joondalup on the 8th and 22nd June, 6th and 20th July, 3rd, 17th and 31st August, with the final session on 14th September 2014.

Fees for the course are from $304.

Registrations close on 3rd June 2014 and places are limited.

People interested in enrolling in the course will find registration forms and information on the PCWC website Queries may also be directed to Peter Cowan Writers’ Centre on 9301 2282 or by e-mailing the centre at cowan05@ bigpond.com.

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FOR SALE

Copies are for sale of this charming autobiography written by local identity John Edgecombe. $20 plus postage and handling.

Phone: 9296 7780 Email: edgecombejn@eftl.net.au Web: www.swanmagazine.com.au/books

A STORY FROM AN ANECDOTE Sat 12 July, 1-4pm All of us have anecdotes that we tell or that we hear from family and friends. They’re entertaining or funny or saddening, but they are not stories that can hold the attention of a reader and reverberate in the way of great fiction.

However, they can be the raw material for great stories. In this workshop you will take your anecdotes and turn them over and pummel them and tear them up and put them back together to see if there is a story inside.

Participants should come with an idea of an anecdote they tell or a family story or an anecdote they have heard that has stayed with them for some reason. $30 members, $45 others.

THE KSP CAFÉ PRESENTS PADDY O’REILLY Tues 15 July, 7-9.30pm Come along to a beautiful evening of food and entertainment as the KSP Writers’ Centre presents Established Writer-in-Residence Paddy O’Reilly at this special event.

Paddy will read from and talk about her work in between three gourmet courses. Bring your favourite drinks to complement the meal, meet Paddy and mingle with local authors. Casual and intimate ambiance. Book a table and bring your friends. $25 members, $30 others E-BOOK CREATION CLASS Sat 28 July, 9am-4pm with lunch break From the USA and Canada to the UK, Australia and New Zealand, a unique trend is engaging and challenging the publishing world - the phenomena of the eBook.

Popular digital reading platforms like the iPad, Nook and Kindle and all manner of new digital devices are pushing eBook publishing to record after record. This workshop is designed to help you tap into this market and give you the skills you need to turn your work into an e-book, no matter the format, length or genre.

Do you have a new and exciting work that a traditional publisher won’t touch? In this digital age there is no reason to let your work take an extended smoko on your hard-drive.

This full day workshop is designed to take your writing and give you the skills you need to turn it into an e-book.

This workshop is outcome focused, meaning that you won’t be taking notes like a slave, you will be actively working on your e-book product and by the end of the day will have it formatted ready for upload to the online e-book stores and with a marketing plan catered specifically for your audience. $80 members, $120 others. E-mail bookings and payment in advance to kspf@iinet.net.au or 9294 1872.

COMMUNITY SIX FRIENDS WALK KOKODA TRAIL ANDREA ALEXANDER

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n April 2014, six friends, John McDonald, Sandy Thompson, Sharon Bristow, Jacinta Pember, Leesa & Paul Hogarth, embarked on an eight day journey along the Kokoda Track to raise money for the Children’s Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation Inc, covering close to 100km and raising an amazing $11,144.70.

The friends lives had been touched by the struggle of nine-year-old Shona Heard along with other friends and family who had also been touched by childhood cancer.

Shona’s story could have ended in tragedy in 2013 when eight-year-old Shona was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Admitted to Perth’s Children’s Hospital, Shona was taken to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and immediately put into a sleep induced coma for the next ten days.

Little Shona has had a rough ride,as it turned out that there was more than one issue at hand.

Her internal organs were starting to fail and she

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2014 w a s also fighting bacteria of the blood, E Coli, a Staph infection and even a possible strain of chicken pox. To top it all off, she had a reaction to the medication and broke out in rashes from head to toe.

Shona had to learn to walk and eat again, spending seven and a half weeks in hospital as she went through rehabilitation. Upon leaving

the hospital, Shona suffered a very severe seizure, which resulted in her returning to the PICU. Brave Shona is now once again learning to walk, eat and do the normal things she once did with ease. The good news is that Shona is now in remission, although she still has a year of treatment.

“She is a really strong and brave girl who continues to amaze us after all that she has been through" said Shona’s Mum, Kate Hearn.

“What keeps us going is amazing endeavours like the Kokoda Track challenge by these six friends who walked to help raise much needed vital funds into research for childhood cancers”.

For over thirty years Children’s Leukaemia & Cancer Research Foundation has been raising vital funds for research into childhood cancers, leukaemia and brain tumours.

Because of this invaluable and vital research, the prognosis for children with some cancers has greatly improved, with their survival rate now at approximately 80%.

The road to finding a cure is still long, but extraordinary people, like this group of friends, become an important part of the solution, one amazing step at a time.

WRITING WRITING A NOVEL? DOUGLAS SUTHERLAND-BRUCE

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hey say everyone has at least one good book in them. Are you attempting to write that great novel?

Need help? The Society of Women Writers WA is again conducting Saturday morning writing classes for six weeks, commencing on Saturday 31 May until Saturday 12 July 2014 from 10am to 12 noon at Citiplace Community Centre in the Perth Railway Station Concourse (no class on 5 July 2014).

Writing a Novel, will be run by Helen Iles, award winning author and poet, manuscript assessor, publisher and editor who will help you set a solid foundation for your novel.

Helen, President of the Society of Women Writers WA, says “These classes will help writers

set a solid foundation to their story by focusing on theme, plot, the development of unique characters readers will want to join on their journey, and sound writing techniques. By setting the building blocks in place the novel will start to write itself."

Bookings are essential as places are limited.

The classes are open to men and women.

Cost for the six week course is $200 for members of the Society; $240 for non-members.

For bookings or more information, call 0415 840 031, email swwofwa@gmail.com or check the website: www.swwofwa.com.

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EDUCATION

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GUILDFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL NEWS GUILDFORD GRAMMAR SCHOOL hosted the first Indigenous AFL round in the PSA schools, as part of its Saturday sporting fixture against Wesley College, on Saturday 7 June 2014. A special football jersey has been designed for the fixture, and will be worn each year during the Indigenous round.

Of the twenty-two students selected for the match, six were Aboriginal students from all around the state.

Events commenced at 10.00am with a Welcome to Country, followed by the bouncedown at 10.30am.

Old Guildfordian and WAFL legend, Larry Kickett, tossed the coin and was on hand to inspire the Guildford team to a victory. A number of current and former AFL players were in attendance along with Mr Ken Wyatt, Federal Member of Parliament, representatives from Reconciliation Australia, the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program, Future Footprints and AIME. A selection of bush tucker, including kangaroo, emu, crocodile and buffalo were cooked gourmet style and served at the conclusion of the match for players and spectators.

YEAR 8 CAMP The recent Year 8 camp, at Stronghills, the School’s camp in the Avon Valley was a great success.

The boys undertook a variety of activities including archery, canoeing, bush biology, survival skills, camp cooking and team strategy games.

The highlights were the hike and the mountain biking where the boys left Stronghills and ventured into the Avon Valley National Park, where they camped overnight. Those who

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hiked to that site then mountain biked back the next day whilst those who had ridden the previous day then hiked back.

Initially there was some concern that the thirty kilometre bike ride might be too challenging for the boys but they managed it in style.

SCHOOL TOURS If you are interested in learning more about an education at Guildford Grammar School, contact our Registrar today on 9377 9247 or registrar@ ggs.wa.edu.au to arrange a personal tour.

Thanks must go to Jason Eccles at Malaga Cycles for organising a fleet of Giant mountain bikes for the teachers and instructors to ride. Well done to the boys, the teachers and the instructors who all contributed to this successful camp.

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CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR PC

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ost of us enjoy web-browsing for a wide range of reasons.

But did you know a massive part of the internet is basically ‘hidden’ because it’s not accessed through queries via yahoo, google or various other search engines?

Now you do.

According to The Guardian, you can only access 0.03 percent of the internet via search ‘normal’ engines -- the rest is what makes up the deep web that is invisible to those engines.

Trawling the net is a bit like dragging a net through the water. Yes, you’ll catch something, but a huge amount of stuff is far below the surface so it will be missed by surface searches.

You might be interested to learn: • Even generally public information is at least four or five hundred times greater on the Invisible Web than on WWW (World Wide Web) • Whereas there might be twenty terabytes of information on the WWW the deep Web could have around 6500 TB – and it grows daily.

• The deep Web offers at least 550 billion times the amount of unique records and documents than the surface Web. • Estimates suggest there are far more than even 200,000 deep internet sites • The deep Web is actually the largest expanding division of fresh information on the Internet • Compared to regular surface sites deep Web sites are usually narrower with much deeper content material • And the overall quality is at least 1000 to 2000 times ‘better’ than the surface Web

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• Even better, about 95percent of publicly invisibleweb.htm available information on the deep Web is free of And Finally…

Quite by chance and just a couple of days ago charges or subscriptions.

I came across a program that apparently lets you use Android apps on Macs, Windows PCs and THE DARK SIDE Humankind is capable of great good and Windows 8 tablets. It’s called BlueStacks. great evil. Such polarities come to mind when we Have I tried it? No! compare the Sistine Chapel with the horrors of Why not? Because although free, it’s still in the BETA stage. That means it’s NOT FULLY Auschwitz , Belsen and Dachau.

Both polarities are wings of the same species. TESTED YET. So of course there’s a very, very dark side to the So it’s likely to be unstable and have all sorts deep Web, indeed. Under the surface there lurk of issues, some of which could affect the smooth hackers, assassins, drug dealers, revolutionaries, running of my PC. anarchists, terrorists, gun-runners, perverts, So download and install it at your risk. kidnappers, forgers – think of a category and it’s But it might be worth keeping an eye on it to monitor progress and others’ comments. quite likely there.

But because the information available covers the whole spectrum of human activity there is also ‘good stuff’ from those who want rapid distribution of their information.

This is usually done anonymously to avoid legal or perhaps even moral implications. he Perth chapter of Bicycles for Humanity (B4H WA) moved into its new home at Jack ACCESSING THE DEEP WEB Williamson Oval in the City of Swan this May. I’m somewhat ambivalent about providing This world-wide, grass roots, volunteer run this sort of information. organisation collects and ships donated bikes from But assuming readers are mature, law-abiding the developed world to partner organisations in adults who are simply curious then I’ll leave it to various countries in need. them to type a suitable search phrase into Google. City of Swan Mayor, Charlie Zannino, said But be aware – many nations’ security services the City was proud to be involved with such a and their law enforcement agencies monitor the charitable organisation. deep Web. “The City of Swan is happy to support this And they will take action against groups and worthwhile cause by donating space for B4H WA individuals when appropriate. (Think of the FBI’s operations,” he said. “Run solely by volunteers, actions against The Silk Road in recent times, as the Perth chapter sets an inspiring example for our just one of dozens of other examples.) community and I hope residents get involved by Please don’t get caught up in any illegal donating some of their time to the organisation.” activities or downloading stuff you shouldn’t. You B4H WA shipped its first container of bikes will eventually get caught. (Think of recent cases to Namibia in October 2011, and have achieved in the UK, one of which currently involves an their target of two containers a year since, recently Australian entertainment icon.) shipping their sixth container. This makes a total of over 1,850 bikes plus numerous spares and tools to date.

THE INVISIBLE WEB For those interested in ‘nice stuff’ I David Tucker, Chairman of the Perth chapter, is pleased to be able to continue the important recommend this site is a useful starting point: http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/a/ work in the City of Swan.

“Obviously a volunteer organisation such as invisible_web.htm And this link (it is slightly different if you look this relies heavily on community support and it is closely!) will suggest suitable directories to search heartening to have the City of Swan get behind us by providing us a home,” he said. “This is such a the Invisible Web: http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/a/ worthy cause.

“For those who would otherwise have to walk, having a bike allows them to travel twice as far, twice as fast and carry four times the load which in the countries we support can mean access to education, health care, fresh water, economic opportunity and community.”

For more information on the organisation and how to make a donation of time, money or bicycles, visit http://www.bicyclesforhumanity. com/perth/ or email perth@bicyclesforhumanity. com.

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NEW HOME IN SWAN

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FINANCE HOCKEY BUDGET CREATES SUPER OPPORTUNITIES

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nlike Labor’s past six budgets Treasurer Joe Hockey’s first budget has seen superannuation being boosted in several positive ways.

The rise in the concessional (pre-tax) superannuation contribution limits for the 2015 financial year is welcome news.

When Rudd’s Labor gained office, one of the first changes made was to slash the upper limit of $100,000 for people over aged fifty making concessional super contributions, which massively reduced any reward for people seeking to save for their retirement.

The increased contribution cap of $100,000 was meant to cease after July 1, 2012, but proved to be another of Labor Treasurer Wayne Swan’s broken promises.

Since 2008, concessional super contributions have been further capped at $25,000, with a slightly higher limit of $35,000 for those aged fiftynine or over.

The Abbott Government has now reversed the freeze on concessional superannuation limits.

The concessional super contribution limits applying from 1 July will be increased to $35,000 for people aged fifty and above, and up to $30,000 for under fifties.

BEATING THE DEFICIT LEVY Despite howls of moral outrage from Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, he barely blinked when asked to pass the new high-income earners Deficit Levy through the lower house.

However, all is not lost for employees wanting to reduce the impact of the Deficit Levy.

Employees have few ways of reducing their taxable income.

But increasing super contributions from $25,000 to $30,000 (or $35,000 if over fifty) from 1 July, is a good place to begin.

For under fifties, income up to a limit of $30,000 diverted into superannuation is taxed at fifteen percent, so anyone in the forty-nine percent tax bracket, which comes into effect from July 1, will keep an extra thirty-four cents in every dollar earned, if they sacrifice that salary until retirement. It’s too easy!

NEW NON-CONCESSIONAL LIMITS Labor also amended how the limit on nonconcessional (after-tax) super contributions is calculated. Beforehand, non-concessional contributions were set at three times the concessional contribution limit.

After Labor’s changes, the non-concessional contribution limit was six times the concessional contribution limit, calculated to be only $150,000.

Under the Abbott-led Coalition Government, the non-concessional contribution limit for the 2015 year has now raised to $180,000.

STEVE BLIZARD

Where the appropriate conditions have been met, a fund member can use the two-year bring-forward rule enabling them to contribute up to three times the non-concessional annual contribution limit.

This means that from 1 July 2014 the maximum non-concessional super contribution limit will be $540,000, rather than the $450,000 limit that applies for the 2013-14 financial year.

This is subject to the member being under age sixty-five and not having exceeded the contribution limit in the previous three years.

If the member meets the work test in the financial year when using the bring-forward rule, they can make the maximum non-concessional contribution up to June 30 of the year they turn sixty-five.

Subject to advice, as long as a person has not turned sixty-five during the 2014 year they can maximise their non-concessional contributions by contributing $150,000 for the 2014 year, and then

make a $540,000 non-concessional contribution after June 30, 2014.

EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS RELIEF The Abbot Government has also moved to introduce a mechanism allowing taxpayers to withdraw excess non-concessional contributions made after 1 July 2013.

This is a positive outcome as it stops punitive tax outcomes where taxpayers can pay up to ninety-three percent on excess non-concessional contributions.

While the government will need to work through the finer details of the proposal, the changes allow taxpayers to refund excess nonconcessional contributions, removing the overly punitive outcomes.

In its 2014-15 Federal Budget Report, Bendzulla Actuarial said this measure will reduce the significant tax impost of making an inadvertent contribution error.

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he paliamentary despatch box is the ornate wooden box used as a lectern from which frontbench members of Parliament deliver speeches with one box on the Government side and one on the Opposition side of the table that divides the opposing frontbenches.

The original purpose of the despatch box was for members to carry documents and other belongings with them into the chamber. Whereas backbenchers in both the Australian and UK Parliaments generally deliver addresses to the chamber while standing at their seat, frontbenchers (ministers and shadow ministers) deliver their addresses from their side's despatch box.

The despatch boxes in the Australian House of Representatives were gifts from King George V to mark the opening of the Old Parliament House in Canberra on 9 May 1927.

They are made of rosewood and have enamel and silver decorations. They are replicas of the despatch boxes in the British House of Commons until those boxes were destroyed on 10 May 1941. Inside the lid of each box is an inscription signed by George V.

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NETWORKING WITH LESLEY MEETING A NEW NETWORK LESLEY DEWAR

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oving to a new city, suburb or country, is a major challenge for those who build their businesses through personal networking.

Where longstanding friendships may have been developed from regular personal contact, it can be a little daunting to start out again from scratch and establish your presence in a new community.

It's times like this that the value of a well established Social Media network comes into its own!

First, use your contacts on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to find friends and acquaintances in your new area. It's a good time to review your lists, decide who can be most helpful in getting you settled into circles of influence for your own niche and reaching out to them. It's also a good time to think carefully about how you intend to present yourself and your business in your new community.

Then, spread the word!

EMAIL, SOCIAL MEDIA AND NEWSLETTER This is an excellent time for an email campaign, to alert family, friends and clients of your activities. Never assume that everyone knows what is happening! Even with Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, for examples, there is much that is missed.

People have busy lives of their own and you are not always top of mind for them! Especially if, during the lead up to the move, you have been less active while you have been plotting and packing!

A personal email with your new contact details and a brief story about your move is an excellent way to get the news out. If you use a newsletter in your business, this is the time for one that is dedicated solely to your move. Why, where, when, how and who.

Include something about the mishaps that inevitable occurs – like the removalists leaving behind a huge box packed with all the frozen and

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fresh food from my refrigerator. Or the bottom falling out of an over-packed box and me losing eight of my ten beautiful new glass canisters, which are now out of production and cannot be replaced.

Update your social media contact details – and write a succinct note for your networks, to alert them to the changes. Add a photo or two, if it's appropriate. You may be very surprised by some of the responses you receive.

REINVENTING YOURSELF This is a great time to reinvent yourself, in your business.

Do some online research to see who else operates in your niche. Introduce yourself to them and invite them to coffee. Ask their advice on local business, local activities and seek the wisdom of their experience.

In my experience, it is rare for such an invitation to be refused or abused. After all, if you are about to become a potential competitor, they may well want to check you out and draw their own conclusions of how much of a threat you are likely to be.

You may find there are unexpected synergies in your businesses which will be to your mutual advantage.

Exercise the very best of social graces as you settle in to your new community.

Be gracious: Accept that you are the new kid on the block and need some help to find your way around.

meetings and introductions. If you don't already have one, set up a client relationship management programme, where you can record and cross reference this information.

Schedule: Schedule your time and activities carefully. Your time is precious and you do not want to be running about making lots of new contacts and not keeping proper records of what happened, and what did not!

Be Generous: If you have been an active networker in your previous location, offer to introduce new people you meet to those you already know, where there is a potential mutual benefit for them.

Use your Social Media options to facilitate those introductions, and your network will be grateful for them. Be prepared to go out of your way to help find a desired resource, product or service for someone else. Do that at least once a week. You will soon establish a reputation as being the “go to” person and this will help your own influence to grow in the new community.

Be Reliable: If you make commitments to attend events, have meetings, give referrals, find resources, honour those commitments without fail. If you are not reliable, you will very soon have your card marked by the locals and their disappointment and displeasure will become evident when your invitations to network dry up.

It takes a great deal of work to organize good guest speakers and other community events and being a “maybe” attendee too often means you will miss out on a lot of good opportunities to showcase your business.

Listen: Remember that every community has its own “tall poppies” and they can be of enormous help in introducing you to a potential future customer base for your business, if you accept Be Conscious: It's very important to be conscious of the local community attitudes, about itself. Is offers of help. your new community a bustling city environment, Join in: Find out where and when local where everything is expected to be fast, sharp and community groups meet, who arranges their decisive? Have you moved to a quieter area, when events and what is required before you can there is more time to talk and discuss, before attend. Are they free? Are they Membership seeking decisions? Do you have a good backup based? Are there costs involved? Do they suit your of stories on how successful your business is, to business type? Indeed, are you eligible to become provide “social proof” in the new area and are those stories likely to appeal to your new potential a Member? clientele?

Budget: It's a good time to set a budget for If you have been a hot shot Wall Street business promotion and weigh up the cost/ Banker, you may struggle a bit to appeal to a local benefit of all your activities before you start community bank, where individuals seed the promoting your presence. Decide if you need to capital of the bank, $500 at a time.

Good networking skills are one of the keys of be geographical or topical.

Find out how other similar businesses present becoming respected and liked, anywhere in the themselves to the community. Is it by local world. It's an exciting and challenging time – to newspaper advertising? On line promotion? Face relocate yourself and your business. to face meeting with centres of influence? Letter Even an online business like Stories My Nana box flyers? Have a definite strategy for promoting Tells needs personal presentation, networking and your business and yourself, developed after you community acceptance to successfully transition from one geographic location to another, because have done your research and stick to it! regardless of your business, people usually buy Monitor: Keep very good records of all your from people they like. activities and their results. Be meticulous in We will be working very hard to make sure recording the outcomes of various events, Mandurah and Rockingham like us.

NIGHT SKY JUNE

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une the 1st, officially the first day of winter in Australia, is with us again.

For years I’ve been muttering about starting the seasons at the solstices and the equinoxes, in the old-fashioned way. It would boost the recognition of astronomy and astronomers in the community; but nobody else cares, so I’ll let it be.

Suffice it to say that the winter solstice will occur on the 21st: the time of shortest days, with the day length being ten hours and three minutes for Perth. That’s the time from sunrise to sunset.

Approximately ten hours of “day” and fourteen hours of “night”, if we count the twilight times as part of the night. In high summer it’s the other way around.

Jupiter’s run as the dominant evening planet will draw to a close at the end of June. The giant planet is still the brightest starlike object in the early evenings. It’s located in the north-western sky at dusk and is setting in the WNW at about 8pm in early June, then some three or four minutes earlier from each night to the next.

By mid-month it’s setting around 7:15pm. At the end of the month it’ll be low in the WNW at dusk, poised to disappear into the glare of the Sun. Watch for the pleasing sight of the crescent moon near Jupiter on the 1st and the 29th.

Mars, now visibly less bright than it was a month ago, is still easy to spot by virtue of its orange colour. You’ll find it high up in the northeastern sky at dusk early in the month, when it’ll reach culmination (highest altitude) very high in the north around 8:15pm and will go down in the west at about 2:15am.

GREG LOWE As the weeks pass, Mars will be found higher and further to the west (left) at nightfall. The time of culmination or “meridian transit” will be about three minutes earlier day by day, hence 7:30pm mid-month and 6:50pm at the end of the month.

Similarly with the setting times: around 1:30am in mid-June and 1am by month’s end. The Moon will be just to the east (left) of Mars at nightfall on the 8th.

While it doesn’t recommend itself to the unaided eye, Saturn is sure to knock your socks off if you see it through a decent telescope.

In early June Saturn’s well up in the east at dusk, passes high overhead around 10:45pm, and goes down in the WSW at about 5am. By mid-month it’s higher in the eastern sky at dusk, culminating at about 9:40pm and setting around 4am.

At month’s end Saturn begins the night high in the ENE, culminates ‘way up overhead around 8:45pm and goes down at about 3am.

Venus is a grand sight as the brilliant “morning star” standing out in the ENE before dawn. Its rising time is getting later by about two minutes per day: around 4:15am at the start of the month, 4:40 mid-month, and 5:10 in late June.

It’ll still be visible, though not as nicely – steadily losing altitude – for the next couple of months. Watch for Venus with the waning crescent moon nearby, at daybreak on the morning of the 25th.

The Moon begins the month in waxing crescent phase: crescent moon in the western sky at dusk.

GOURMET TRAVELLER’S STAR OF THE SWAN VALLEY

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or the second year in a row, Upper Reach winery has been chosen as the Swan Valley’s Star Cellar Door by Gourmet Traveller Wine magazine.

There are stunning views over the vineyard while tasting the Upper Reach award winning wines and stay for lunch at Broads Restaurant.

Renovated in 2011, Upper Reach’s cellar door has est a bl i shed itself as a destination for local, interstate and international visitors alike.

After a great lead up to the 2014 vintage, a hot snap in early January saw fruit ripen quickly as the weather stayed hot and warm.

In spite of this, the just released 2014 Upper Reach Verdelho is intensely aromatic, with lifted

Remember the rule of thumb: if you can see the Moon at nightfall, it’s waxing. Up until full moon, that is.

The major phases this month are first quarter on the 6th, full moon on the 13th (Friday the 13th!), last quarter on the 20th, and new moon on the 27th. In the last couple of days of June, the waxing crescent moon should again be visible low in the western sky at dusk.

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undaring Chamber of Commerce continues to grow and several new members have joined our ranks.

The next function is a Business Breakfast at Murphy’s cafe on Wednesday, 11th June at 7.00 am.

The guest speaker, Judy Keenan, from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Western Australia will give us information on apprentices and industry training options.

We have a sundowner planned for Friday, 11th July. We are trying a Friday as perhaps people may enjoy a reaxing drink at the end of the working week.

The Annual General Meeting is planned for Wednesday 16th July, after a short industry presentation.

Our co-ordinator of event, Rachael Sarich is doing a great job. Her enthusiasm is infectious.

If you are a business in the hills area (not just Mundaring Shire) please consider joining our progressive group.

Contact Rachael on admin@mundaring.org. au.

passionfruit, grapefruit and ripe stone fruits on the nose. Tropical fruit salad on the palate with a twist of lime zest and grapefruit taking it through for a long finish.

If you want to really get a feel for what life is like on a vineyard and working in a winery, Upper Reach’s Cellar Door staff have been involved in all parts of the process and would like to give you an insight into how they make their wines.

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very important point to remember when adopting a rescue dog is not to feel sorry for the dog — not while you are standing there in the pound and not after you bring the dog home.

Dogs interpret the emotion of pity as weakness.

After you have chosen a dog and done the paperwork, it is time to leave the pound with your new friend. There are some key actions that will set you up for either success or failure; the choice is yours.

Refrain from giving the dog hugs and kisses at this time. You have a mission for the day and the more successful you are, the more hugs and kisses you will later be able to give your new friend.

To a human a hug is affection. It symbolizes love. For a dog, however, a hug is not love at all; a hug symbolizes dominance and invasion of space.

By hugging your dog, you will be invading his space by wrapping your body on top of his before he has gotten the chance to know you and before he has gotten the chance to figure out his place in this new pack.

Even if this particular dog does not seem to mind your hugs and kisses, in order to properly ease the dog into their new life you must act like a dog and refrain from your human affection until you communicate some key rules and boundaries to your new family member. This will lessen the stress level for the dog and possibly prevent a bite due to a lack of human-canine communication.

Do not go straight home with your new family member. You need to walk your dog before you bring it home to burn off some of that energy and establish yourself as the leader of the pack in your dog's new life BEFORE you get to your house.

When I say “walk the dog,” most people picture themselves with a lead in their hands and the dog walking in front of them. Most people walk their dogs this way and guess what? Most dogs believe they are higher in the pack order than the humans. This explains our huge pet overpopulation problem. The humans need to "Speak Dog", because dogs cannot learn to speak human.

You need to get into your dog's mind and communicate with him that he is no longer alpha over humans. Therefore you MUST make your dog heel on the lead without pulling and you MUST go SAFE Saving Animals From Euthanasia (SAFE) was founded by Sue Hedley in 2003. Since then SAFE has developed branches and networks across the state.

SAFE’s dedicated work has had a positive impact on people, pets and wildlife.

SAFE’s innovative foster care program provides temporary care for animals until a permanent home is found. This means there are no cages or time lines on an animal’s life.

Your donation or bequest can ensure SAFE can continue its life saving work.

Have a look at our website: www.safe.asn.au

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through all entrances and exits such as doorways and gates before the dog — not just on this first day, but from this point forward.

In a dog's mind, the leader leads the way. If you allow your dog to go ahead of you, then, whether you realize it or not, you are communicating to the dog that he is YOUR leader.

Take your new dog for a nice long walk, longer than normal as he will have extra energy he will need to burn off. Walking him as soon as you leave the pound is best.

If this is not possible, then drive somewhere you can take him for a walk. You will also need to walk your own neighbourhood or surrounding area if you don't have a neighbourhood, showing them this new area.

You are mimicking the migration instinct in the dog. Driving in the car is not going to do this for the dog. He must walk, heeling on the lead.

If you just adopted a small dog do not carry the dog. He must walk just like the big dogs. He may be small but he is still a canine animal with the same instincts. If you own other dogs you need to walk all of the dogs together, heeling on the lead without pulling before you bring the new

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dog home in order to establish them as one pack.

After your long walk, do not walk in your front door, unsnap the lead and allow the dog to investigate your home. Why, you ask?

Because we are "thinking dog". If you unsnap the lead and allow the dog to investigate your home the dog will instinctually run from room to room and claim each room as his own. Remember that there is a good chance the dog was in the pound because he believed he was alpha over his prior family.

In order for you to more easily correct his way of thinking, from day one you have to start fresh— new rules for his new life. In the canine world the leader of the pack not only goes first, but he owns everything and gets the best of everything.

The leader then allows the rest of his pack to use its things when the leader wishes, and tells them when to eat and where to sleep and where not to go. The rest of the subordinates in the pack happily follow the alpha's wishes. Some humans may think this sounds harsh and mean, however we are not dealing with humans; we are dealing with canine animals and must think like them.

Concluded next month ...

FRED THE GENTLE GIANT

red is a six year old large mixed breed dog minimal costs thanks to our ongoing support who is desexed, vaccinated and microchipped. from Qantas Freight and Jetpets.

Fred came to SAFE Broome from the shire Call SAFE 9185 4634 pound as no owner claimed him. He was flown to Karratha where he is currently being cared for in a foster home while he awaits a permanent home of his own.

Like many Northerners as they reach a certain age bracket they feel ready to escape from the heat and move to a cooler climate in the more southern regions of our vast state.

Fred has impeccable behaviour is good natured and easy to train. His one small failing is due to not wanting to be left home alone he can “leap tall fences at a single bound!”

Naturally when he has company at home going anywhere is not going to happen.

Fred is also not suitable to be rehomed with cats.

He really loves a belly rub and thinks its great if the carer gets down on his level to give it. The quirky thing is that he has a patch of white fur on his tummy and when this is rubbed he goes into a trance of contentment.

Fred can be flown to a new home with

COMMUNITY JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT SABRINA LYNSDALE

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uditions commenced last year and since then approximately 180 cast, backstage crew, production team, ensemble, orchestra and costume designers (students, staff, parents) have dedicated their days and weekends to ensuring the performance was one to remember for many years to come.

The production commenced with the dress rehearsal for the Catholic feeder primary schools on Tuesday 20 May. Sold out performances continued to the final performance on Saturday 24 May evening.

Scenes from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat were viewed at the College’s Open Day. Joseph is the collaboration of shared love and vision from the journey of audition to show from a passionate, dedicated and creative production team, Shellie Rodrigues, Director, Christopher Milne, Musical Director, David Willis, Assistant Musical Director, Belinda Lush and Sarah McDonnell, Choreographers and Amy Webb, Vocal Director.

It was a particularly rewarding experience for the students who know that as well as entertaining the students and guests to the five sell out performances, they were also sharing the message that everyone should be free to dream

and live in a world where at least sometimes justice prevails and for these youth 'any dream will do’.

Donations received during the production will go to the St Vincent de Paul Youth Programme.

“This year’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a tribute to the outstanding efforts and commitment of our student and staff.

Led by two incredibly dedicated and gifted teachers, Director, Shellie Rodriguez and

Musical Director, Christopher Milne our student performers have relished the opportunity to showcase their impressive acting, dancing and musical repertoires.” Mr Wayne Bull.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an all-time favourite musical.

Originally performed in 1968, it was a fifteen minute pop cantata performed by the Young Vic Theatre Company. Since then, this landmark musical has undergone many rewrites and revision resulting in the full musical production that we know today.

There has not been a single day somewhere in the world without a performance of this remarkable show.

The production’s popularity is enduring, with its plethora of musical styles, humour and energy, all the while telling the captivating biblical story of Joseph, the son of Jacob and Rachel, his eleven brothers and his remarkable time in Egypt as advisor to the all-powerful Pharaoh.

Photos courtesy Mark Flower, Mark Flower Photography

CITY OF SWAN NOTES CITY WELCOMES FUNDING

“The DOS will host a range of sports on the playing fields and in the Recreation Hub, and provide a focal point for active and passive he City of Swan has welcomed the allocation recreation in the area. of up to $250,000 in the State Government “The City is thankful to the State Government Budget towards the Ellenbrook Recreation Hub. for continuing to support sporting and City Mayor, Charlie Zannino, said providing recreational activities in the City of Swan.” sporting and recreation facilities for the growing community of Ellenbrook is a priority for the City.

“Work is already well underway on facilities in HEARING WEBSITE the Ellenbrook District Open Space (DOS), with A new website will help residents with hearing construction started on the Northern Community loss to receive the support they need sooner by Building and turf being laid for the Northern making it easier to find information and apply Playing Fields,” he said. for services. One in six Australians experience “The next stage of the DOS project will be hearing loss. the synthetic turf Southern Playing Fields and The new website conveniently links local associated Southern Sports Pavilion.” people to their closest hearing services through Ellenbrook Ward Councillor, Natasha the Australian Government Hearing Services Cheung, said the Ellenbrook Recreation Hub will Program. complement these facilities.

With just a few clicks, people can check their “The active, family dominated demographics eligibility and apply for services online. It gives of Ellenbrook have resulted in a strong demand residents better access to up-to date information for community infrastructure like the District about hearing, what services are available and Open Space,” she said. who provides them.

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The website has been developed in close consultation with the hearing service industry and their clients. Hearing services providers are already using the website as part of a trial period, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.

Managing information electronically replaces many of the paper forms, cutting red tape for clients and service providers. Through the new website, providers have already successfully processed thousands of client applications.

There is already a significant reduction in the time that people have had to wait between applying for hearing services and actually receiving them.

Ken Wyatt MP, Member for Hasluck, said the improvements to the Hearing Services Program form part of the Australian Government’s commitment to cutting regulatory burden and modernising public services to make the lives of Australians a little easier.

The Department of Health’s new hearing services website is:

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WHAT’S ON IF YOU WOULD LIKE AN EVENT LISTED IN THIS COLUMN RING JAN ON 9298 8495 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Glen Forrest Group Every Monday evening We meet at 7.00pm at the Glen Forrest Uniting Church, Mc Glew Rd, Glen Forrest. Call Dermot 0488 905 211 or John 0448 074 536 or the Perth Office (all hours) 9325 3566.

land to plant approx 10,000 native seedlings as part of their green initiatives, for their staff environment and tree planting day. No cost of seedlings to the landowner but a contribution to land preparation.

The day is being organized by Daniel Oxenburgh from Wildly Important Eco Programs.

If you think you might have a suitable area or Project please contact Daniel at wildly@iinet.net.

AUSTRALIAN BREASTFEEDING ASSOC. Discussion groups, guest speakers, morning au or mob 0416 855 335 tea. Free breastfeeding counselling. Expectant mothers, mothers, babies and children welcome. HILLS CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT GROUP National Breastfeeding Helpline 1800 686 2686 is 1st Wednesday of each month Hilltop Grove Estate, 1645 Jacoby Street, a 24 hour 7 days a week service.

Mahogany Creek. Morning tea provided, between Swan/Mundaring Group meets every Monday, 10.30 - 12.00 noon.

9:30-11:30am at the Gumnuts Family Centre, Enquiries Terina 9572 1655.

8 Mudalla Way, Koongamia. A qualified ABA counsellor is present at each meeting to give THE HILLS CHOIR confidential information and support on Monday Evenings breastfeeding issues. Contact Natalie 9572 4971. Do you enjoy singing and joining with others to make beautiful music? Come and join the Hills Kalamunda Group meets fortnighly on a Choir. We meet from 7.30 to 9.30pm at the Uniting Thursday, 9:30-11:30am at the Maida Vale Baptist Church on Stoneville Road, Mundaring. Our 2014 Church, Edney Road, High Wycombe. season commences on Monday 3 February.

Contact Jenny 9252 1996.

Contact Margie on 9295 6103 for further information.

Northam Group meets each second Tuesday of the month at the Bridgeley Community Centre, BINGO AT ELLENBROOK Wellington Street, Northam 10am to Noon.

Every Tuesday evening Fourth Tuesday each month at Toodyay Playgroup, Eyes down 7.00pm at Valley Bowls Club, Cnr Stirling Terrace, Toodyay. Noon to 2pm. Please Maffina Parade and Cashmore Ave, Ellenbrook. phone Louisa 9574 0229.

Lots of games and prizes. Lucky number draw.

Continuous jackpot. Bars open. Tea and biscuits available. Enquiries Ray 6296 5580.

SWAN VALLEY SQUARES – ELLENBROOK Every Friday Night Modern Australian Square Dancing from MUSTARD SEED - DISCOVERING COMPUTERS 8.00 pm – 10.00 pm Woodlake Community Hall, Teaching computer skills to all ages and abilities.

1 Highpoint Blvd, Ellenbrook. Friendly, fun and Monday afternoons - iPad and Android tablets low cost. No previous experience necessary. All and Mac computing.

Welcome. Contact Greg Fawell 0417 912 241 or Tuesday mornings and afternoons - Windows. www.swanvalleysquares.weebly.com Wednesday mornings - Club morning.

We are fully equipped with computers, software, TREE PLANTING scanners, printers wi-fi broadband and projection This is a SHOUT OUT for that development equipment. Phone 9299 7236 for information. project - land owners, Shires, Reserves, parks, Enrol now and avoid our waiting list. $3 per Farms, Acreage, A greening Project. Western session. www.glenforrestuniting.org/computers/ Australia Private Insurer, “HBF” are looking for ELLENBROOK COMMUNITY WEIGHT LOSS CLUB Every Wednesday evening We meet from 6.45pm to 8.00pm at the Woodlake Community Hall, Meeting room 1.

Highpoint Blvd, Ellenbrook. Friendly support group and low cost. Male and females of all ages welcome Contact Shirley 9276 7938 shirleysardelich@ aapt.net.au.

Sat 28 June 10am - 3pm 88 Hale Road, Forrestfield SWAN HARMONY SINGERS Every Wednesday Fun day for the whole family Come and sing with us! Swan Harmony Stalls of all kinds Singers meet from 7-9pm at the Ascension Parish Stallholders/Buskers Wanted Church Hall, Spring Park Rd, Midland. We would forrestfieldmarkets@gmail.com be delighted to welcome new members, especially 26

men. No auditions. For more information, call Chris on 9298 9529 or 0435 062 728.

LA SALLE COLLEGE, MIDDLE SWAN – MEMORABILIA FOR 60th ANNIVERSARY La Salle College’s 60th Anniversary Community Mass and Open Day will be held on Sunday 22 June from 10am to 3pm. As part of this event the College would like to display significant items of memorabilia from over the years (photographs, publications, anniversary items, uniforms of De La Salle College).

If you are able to assist with the use of these items, please call the Community Relations Department on 9449 0635 or email communityrelations@lasalle.wa.edu.au GUILDFORD MARKET Third Sunday of every month At Guildford Town Hall, Corner of James and Meadow Streets. 9am - 3pm.

Situated in the heart of Guildford, within five minutes walking distance from the Guildford Train Station, a visit to the Guildford Market is sure to please.

With a diverse and unique array of locally handcrafted products and produce, there will be something of interest for all.

From garden ornaments, homemade jams and relishes to handmade soy candles, cards, bags, cushions, children’s toys, bears, baby and children’s wear to individually designed and crafted glassware, jewellery and beautifully made wood products and so much more to tempt you.

Sausage sizzle, live music all day.

Make a day of it, stroll around the markets and then take the time to wander about the heritage listed town of Guildford. Enjoy a picturesque Heritage Walk Trail or pay a visit to the antique, art and craft shops along the cafe strip.

Enquiries: Bromwyn, 6278 4252.

THE EASTERN HILLS GUIDE AND SCOUT GROUP Saturday July 5.

We would like to invite past, current and future members to help us celebrate Fifty Years of Scouting Tradition in Mt Helena join us for this amazing milestone at our Billy Tea and Damper “High Tea” from 2 – 4pm on.

Everyone is most welcome and we are also looking for any Scout information, photos, or any other Scouting news that past members would like to share.

Please phone Carolyn on 0418 884124 or Jennine on 0417 749423.

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