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Mardi-Mangrove Link officially finished osford City and Wyong Shire Councils celebrated a significant milestone in securing the region’s water supply on Wednesday, July 25, with the official completion of the Mardi-Mangrove Link Project.

The Councils have taken official control of the $120 million Mardi-Mangrove Link from contractor John Holland after extensive testing of all components has ensured its functionality and reliability. To commemorate this milestone, Wyong Shire Mayor Bob Graham and Gosford City Mayor Laurie Maher unveiled a speciallydesigned sculpture at Woodbury Park, Mardi.

The Mardi-Mangrove Link Project is an initiative of Gosford City and Wyong Shire Councils with Australian Government funding of $80.3 million through its Water Smart Program and an additional $40 million combined from the two Councils. Media Release, 23 Jul 2012 Megan Low, Gosford Council

Gosford Council mayor Cr Laurie Maher, Wyong Council mayor Cr Bob Graham and contractor John Holland

Council moves into caretaker mode osford Council will operate under a caretaker mode from Friday August 10, to Saturday, September 8, as part of its responsibilities during the election period to ensure major decisions are not made which may limit the actions of an incoming council.

On June 22, amendments were made to the Local Government (General) Regulation (the Regulation) to mandate what were formally caretaker conventions.

Under the regulation, Council, the general manager or any delegate of the council must not enter into any contract or undertaking involving an expenditure or receipt by

the council of any amount equal to or greater than $150,000 or one per cent of the Council’s revenue from rates in the preceding financial year. It must not determine a

controversial development application, except where a failure to make such a determination would give rise to a deemed refusal, or such a deemed refusal arose before the commencement of the caretaker period. The term “controversial development application” is defined as one for

which at least 25 persons have made submissions by way of objection. Council must not appoint or renew the appointment of the general manager or terminate their employment. This does not include the appointment of an acting or temporary general manager).

In particular cases, these functions may be exercised with the approval of the Minister for Local Government. Gosford Council Agenda COR.73, 24 Jul 2012

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Gosford LGA emergency services directory

Ambulance, Police, Fire 000

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G-line - Gambling Helpline 1800 633 635 Credit Helpline 1800 808 488 Child Support Agency 13 12 72 Australian Injury Helpline 1800 223 363 Veteran Affairs Network 1300 551 918 Mens Domestic Violence 1800 000 599 Sexual Assault Resource 1800 199 888 Gay and Lesbian Counselling 1800 184 527 Gay and Lesbian Support 1800 249 377 Youth Sexuality Network 4320 2856 Vietnam Veterans 1800 043 503 Victims Support Services 1800 633 063 Translation and Interpreting Service 13 14 50

Aboriginal Legal Service 8842 8000 Community Options 4351 3388 Bungree Aboriginal Association 4351 3388 Mingaletta 4342 7515 Aboriginal Home Care 4352 1153 Drug & Alcohol rehab 4388 6360 Respite Care Options 4351 3388 Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health 4351 1040 Darkinjung Local Land Council 4351 2930

Accommodation Dept. of Housing Gosford 4323 5211 Cassie4Youth 4322 3197 Coast Shelter 4324 7239 Pacific Link Com Housing 4324 7617 Rumbalara Youth Refuge 4325 7555 Samaritans Youth Services 4351 1922 Youth Angle • Woy Woy 4341 8830 Youth Accom Hotline 1800 424 830 Temporary Accommodation 1800 152 152

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Parents Helpline 132 055 Centacare Gosford 4324 6403 Gosford Family Support Service 4340 1099 Horizons (For men with children) 4333 5111 Interrelate - Family Relationships 1300 736 966 Uniting Care Burnside Gosford 1800 067 967

Wildlife Arc 4325 0666 Wires 1300 094 737

Gosford Hospital 4320 2111 Cancer Hotline 131 120 Mental Health info Service 1300 794 991 Sexual Health @ Gosford Hospital 4320 2114 Beyond Blue (Depression) 1300 22 4636

Counselling Mensline - talk with a bloke 1300 789 978 Lifecare Family Services 1300 130 225 Centacare: 4324 6403 Relationship Australia: 1300 364 277 Interrelate: 1800 449 118

Problems, Habits & Addiction G-Line Telephone Counsel 1800 633 635 Gamblers Anonymous 9564 1574 Alcoholics Anonymous 4323 3890 Narcotics Anonymous 4325 0524 Quitline 131 848

Emergency Police Assistance Line 131 444 Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 Woy Woy Police Station 4323 5599 Energy Australia 13 13 88 Gas Emergency 131 909 Gosford City Council 4325 8222 Marine Rescue - Central Coast 4325 7929 SES - Storm and Flood Emergency 132 500

Welfare Services Donnison St. Restaurant 4325 3540 Gosford Family Support 4340 1585 Horizons Family Services 4334 3377 Meals on Wheels Gosford 4363 7111 Woy Woy 4341 6699 Department of Community Services Gosford - 4336 2400 The Salvation Army 4325 5733 Samaritans Emergency Relief 4393 2450 St Vincent De Paul Society HELPLINE 4323 6081

Crisis Services and Helplines Lifeline - 24 hr. 13 11 14 Suicide Helpline 1800 191 919 Kids Helpline 1800 551 800 Parents Helpline 13 20 55 Indigenous Call Centre 136 380 Family Relationship Advice Line 1800 050 321 Family Drug Support 1300 368 186

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oast Community News and the Central Coast Roller Girls are giving away two family passes to the Central Coast Roller Girls Astro Naughties V Dollies bout.

The bout will be held at the Central Coast Youth Club at Niagara iaga ara Park on Saturday, August 11, at 5pm. Doors open at 5pm with the Merby (Men’s Derby). The family tickets are valued at $40 and permit entry for fou four ur persons. To win one of the two family passes to the roller derby game ame e between the Astro Naughties and the Dollies, write your name, me, address and phone number on the back of an envelope and nd send to Coast Community News Roller Derby competition PO O Box 1056, Gosford, NSW, 2250, by the close of business on Tuesday, August 7. Winners will need to pick up their prize from our Gosford rd office. The winners of last edition’s Coast Community News Anjian Competition were Ms Barbara Spears of Gosford and Mr D Biggs of Erina.

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Underground cables installed at Empire Bay The cabling, completed on Saturday, July 14, was designed to help to power around 6000 homes and businesses around Empire Bay and Killcare. The new cables are expected to start being used early next year. The cables were mostly located under local roads and were laid by trenching. At regular intervals along the cable route, sections of cables were joined together in an underground joint bay. The work included digging in parts of Empire Bay Dr between Rosella Rd and Palmers Lane to install conduit pipes to safely house the cables. Specialist cable crews carried out this section of work during school holidays to reduce disruptions to the local community. Temporary lane closures and traffic controls were in place to help crews complete the work. Sections of road excavated to install the cables were filled with a temporarily asphalt surface to allow motorists to safely access the road immediately after crews complete works. The road was permanently reinstated after all work was finished. Email, 18 Jul 2012 Gareth Trickey, Ausgrid

Population grows 4.1 per cent Population has increased on the Peninsula at less than half the national rate over the ﬁve years between the last two Censuses. And mortgage repayments in Umina have increased at 1.5 times the rate of income. These are two trends revealed with the release of the 2011 Census data. Total population for the suburbs of Ettalong, Umina and Woy Woy increased by 1216 people, or 4.1 per cent, to a total of 30,801 people. Australia’s population has increased 8.3 per cent in the same period, and the State’s population by 5.6 per cent. Figures released on Thursday, June 21, showed population increased by 129 (1.3 per cent) people to 10,114 people in Woy Woy, by 667 (4.3 per cent) to 16,059 in Umina and 420 (10 per cent) to 4628 in Ettalong. The number of females increased by 22 to 5322 in Woy Woy, 337 to 8390 in Umina and 281 to 2454 in Ettalong. The number of males increased by 107 to 4792 in Woy Woy, 330 to

7669 in Umina and 139 to 2174 in Ettalong. The median age increased by one year to 48 in Woy Woy and by four years to 49 in Ettalong. The median age in Umina remained at 42. The average person per household remained the same at 2.2 in Woy Woy and 2.4 in Umina but decreased by 0.4 to 1.7 in Ettalong. The number of private dwellings increased across all three suburbs with Woy Woy recording a 117 increase to 4945, a 318 increase for Ettalong to 2739 and a 276 increase in Umina to 7332. The median weekly household income also increased for each suburb going up $160 (25 per cent) to $795 for Woy Woy, $171 (23 per cent) from $917 for Umina and $129 (22 per cent) from $721 for Ettalong. The median amount households were paying on monthly mortgage repayments also increased by $300 (23 per cent) to $1600 for Ettalong, $433 (31 per cent) from $1841 for Umina and $303 (21 per cent) from $1733 for Woy Woy. Website, 20 Jul 2012 Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Under the Scheme, Gosford Council will borrow $6.85 million for roads renewal and $3.15 million to revamp Council owned community

buildings. Mayor of Gosford Cr Laurie Maher said the Scheme would allow Council to schedule works to improve some of the busiest roads and frequently used community buildings. “The funding will enable the completion of approximately 110 individual road projects and 19 community buildings that have

been backlogged until funding became available. “Works will be scheduled over the next three years, with roads including Crown Rd at Umina Beach among the ﬁrst to receive rehabilitation.” Media Release, 18 Jul 2012 Gosford Council media Photo: Naomi Bridges

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by Kaitlin Watts

Ky Hurst

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osford City and Wyong Shire Councils celebrated a significant milestone in securing the region’s water supply on Wednesday, July 25, with the official completion of the Mardi-Mangrove Link Project. The Councils have taken official control of the $120 million Mardi-Mangrove Link from contractor John Holland after extensive testing of all components has ensured its functionality and reliability. To commemorate this milestone, Wyong Shire Mayor Bob Graham and Gosford City Mayor Laurie Maher unveiled a speciallydesigned sculpture at Woodbury Park, Mardi.

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Gosford Council mayor Cr Laurie Maher, Wyong Council mayor Cr Bob Graham and contractor John Holland

he Central Coast has seven athletes selected in this year’s Olympic and Paralympic teams.

Ryan Napoleon

Tom Slingsby of Point Frederick was selected for sailing while Jai Opetaia of Wattanobi was selected for boxing and Joshua Ross of Woy Woy was selected for athletics.

Liesl Tesch of Woy Woy was selected for paralympic sailing and Teigan Van Roosmalen of Bateau Bay was selected for Paralympic swimming. Former Terrigal resident Ky Hurst was selected for open water swimming and Ryan Napoleon, formerly of Kincumber, was selected for swimming.

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Council moves into a caretaker mode

osford Council will operate under a caretaker mode from Friday August 10, to Saturday, September 8, as part of its responsibilities during the election period to ensure major decisions are not made which may limit the actions of an incoming council.

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On June 22, amendments were made to the Local Government (General) Regulation (the Regulation) to mandate what were formally caretaker conventions.

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More Pacific Link community scholarships ocal community housing provider Pacific Link has announced scholarships for eight more children and tenants from the Central Coast and Lower Hunter, bringing this year’s total to more than 20 awards.

“The scholarships are given to encourage Pacific Link Housing tenants and their children to pursue their educational aims and help break the chain of disadvantage,” said Pacific Link chairman Mr David Bacon. This year’s scholarship winners, ranging in age from seven to 33, received their awards at a special function at Pacific Link in Gosford on Tuesday, July 24. The youngest recipient in this round, seven year old Faith, received a laptop computer package to support her love of reading and writing. The oldest, 33 year old

Jade is working towards a Certificate II in Business and is enrolling in Certificate III. “The assistance we provide comes in many forms,” said Pacific Link CEO Mr Keith Gavin. “Like many people, 22 year old Jasmine wants to be a star. “She has completed Certificate III in Screen and Theatre, and we’re helping her develop her talents through a six-week Intensive Acting Course at NIDA in the hope she will win a scholarship in October to study there full time.” Pacific Link manages around 900 properties, including 40 for the disabled,

in the Central Coast and Lower Hunter regions. “Our tenants come from every walk of life, and most of those we help with housing are in need through no fault of their own,” said Mr Gavin. “Winning a scholarship allows them to achieve their immediate study aims and encourages them to study further in the future. “By helping families in need, we help build better communities for all,” he said. Media Release, 25 Jul 2012 Keith Gavin, Pacific Link

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Housing scheme tackles homelessness ederal Minister for Housing and Homelessness Mr Brendan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor and Member for Robertson Ms Deborah Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill met with tenants of a successful housing development in Gosford on Thursday, July 19, supported through the Australian Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s National Rental Affordability Scheme.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that housing affordability is a major concern for many households, including those here in Gosford,â&#x20AC;? said Mr Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why the Government has invested a record $20 billion in housing and homelessness programs since 2008. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here in the electorate of Robertson, we are delivering more than $16

million through the National Rental Affordability Scheme to reduce rental costs and increase access to affordable housing for low and moderate income earners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Under the $4.5 billion National Rental Affordability Scheme, delivered in partnership with state and territory governments, tenants can lease units at a discounted rent of at least

20 per cent below market rates,â&#x20AC;? he said. Ms Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill said the Gillard Government understands that there is a shortage of rental properties around the country, and that Gosford is no exception. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This development in Gosford has delivered a significant injection of rental properties into the local community,â&#x20AC;? Ms Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill said.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It includes a total of 28 homes consisting of one, two and three bedroom apartments available to low and moderate income earners. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Another 61 homes will be delivered in the Gosford area for rent between now and June 2016. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These new homes will not only benefit the people living in them, they also play an important role in freeing up other rental properties so that they can

be made available to other Australians on low and moderate incomes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would like to thank the Claireleigh Joint Venture for its involvement and management of the facility.â&#x20AC;? The National Rental Affordability Scheme aims to build more affordable private rental housing, as well as encouraging private investment in innovative affordable housing and reducing rental costs for low and moderate income

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Private sector offers to build tunnel link SW Roads Minister Duncan Gay has announced that the NSW Government has received an unsolicited proposal from private motorway operator Transurban for a possible F3 to M2 Motorway Tunnel link underneath Pennant Hills Rd.

“I concur with the Minister’s comments that this proposal is in its very early stages and that it is indeed encouraging that the private sector is interested in investing in Sydney’s motorways, which has led them to come to our government with a proposal,” said Member for Gosford Mr Chris Holstein. Mr Gay also advised that as part of the normal process for unsolicited private sector proposals, a cross-agency assessment committee had been set up to investigate its merits. “On behalf of my Parliamentary colleagues on the Central Coast, the Member for Terrigal, Chris Hartcher, the Member for The Entrance, Chris Spence, and the Member for Wyong, Darren Webber, we will be eager to learn the result of the committee’s findings.

“The committee includes representatives of Department of Premier and Cabinet, NSW Treasury, Transport for NSW, Infrastructure NSW and Roads and Maritime Services. “The proposal is being considered by the committee through three stages of assessment, which will include strategic assessment of the initial submission, development of a detailed proposal and negotiation of a final binding offer. “I am advised by the Minister that following the initial consideration of the proposal, it has now progressed to Stage two and that in the next six months the committee will work with Transurban to complete Stage two of the assessment. “Once the assessment has been completed, the

parties will be in a position to determine whether the proposal will proceed to negotiate a final binding offer,” Mr Holstein said. “My Central Coast colleagues and I will be watching closely as we are mindful that the Central Coast residents have long looked for a resolution to this issue. “I would further stress that there is no guarantee or commitment that the project will go ahead and that our

government will ensure that any proposal put forward will offer value for money for NSW taxpayers that meets our long term transport objectives”, Mr Holstein said. Liberal candidate for Robertson Ms Lucy Wicks said: “This proposal is in it’s very early stages, but this is a step in the right direction for the commuters of the Central Coast.” “Minister Duncan Gay has set up a cross-agency assessment committee to investigate the merits of the proposal. “I’ll be following this process and working closely with my Coalition State

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Petition for Kariong intersection ariong resident Ms Fiona Lloyd has presented Member for Gosford Mr Chris Holstein with a petition of over 1000 signatures requesting a solution be investigated with respect to the intersection at Langford Dr and Woy Woy Rd in Kariong.

Also present at the handing over of the petition were Liberal Candidate for the federal seat of Robertson Mrs Lucy Wicks, and Cr Craig Doyle. “The intersection experiences a high level of both vehicular and pedestrian activity. “Local residents are passionate about this issue and I join them in considering the intersection a matter of importance,” Mr Holstein said. Cr Doyle said he was taking the matter to Council

to investigate all potential solutions. Mr Holstein said he would present the petition to Parliament when sitting resumes and will await Council’s updated review of potential ways forward for Langford Dr and Woy Woy Rd. Mr Holstein and Ms Wicks concurred with Cr Doyle, commenting: “...we are not the experts and we are eager to determine our options after consultation with Council officers.” Circumstances have

changed since the last investigation by Gosford Council some time ago, when the issue was considered low priority. The determination of the community combined with a significant increase in activity within the surrounding area requires a fresh approach. Mr Holstein said he looks forward to the Council investigation. Media Release, 23 Jul 2012 Chris Holstein, Member for Gosford

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Gosford’s Service NSW office would be established within the existing Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) office on the corner of Henry Parry Drive and William St. “We are making it as easy as possible to do business with the Government and this new office is another step in the right direction,” Mr Holstein said. “It will be open from

7am until 7pm during the week and from 9am to 3pm on Saturday, meaning you can do your business with Government at a time that suits you. “Services available at the new office include all the usual RMS licensing, registration, and testing; but you will also be able to pay your rates, enrol to vote or get a national parks annual pass, among other things.” Mr Holstein said he welcomed the announcement of Premier

Barry O’Farrell that Mike Pratt would be the State’s first Customer Service Commissioner. Mr Pratt, a career banker who has held senior roles at Westpac, NAB and the Bank of New Zealand, will oversee service reforms across the NSW public sector. Mr Pratt said “Increasingly, private sector organisations are moving to deliver their products and services across a range of distribution channels

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Land fill gets worse T and worse am becoming increasingly concerned about the Central Mangrove garbage dump.

Firstly in 1998 we were approached to support a clean soil-rock landfill of a small size to tidy up the local golf course. A four year project. The community agreed, although with some concern, because of the close proximity to Hallards’s Gully. Now in 2012 we have a large garbage dump across the gully. When you read the ads: “Need help disposing of your commercial household waste such as toxic waste, recycling, hazardous waste etc, please call 4373188,” it doesn’t sounds like what the community agreed on in 1998. This detail doesn’t fall in line with the threats, bullying and guilt trips being levelled at community members about being the cause of the Mountain not having a golf course etc. We have always

Letters to the editor should be sent to: Coast Community News PO Box 1056, Gosford 2250 or mail@gosfordnews.org See Page 2 for contribution conditions supported our Mountain golf course but at no detriment to the creek, to the ground water, to the community land or to the school’s natural learning area. We, the community majority, didn’t know about, nor do we value the win-win points especially in light of what we lose. I do hope we still have the freedom of choice to say no to anymore garbage or win-win. Letter, 16 Jul 2012 Margaret Pontifex, Mangrove Mountain

Agenda presents errors to councillors

here are many errors in the presentation of ENV 55 to councillors.

This area of West Gosford has increased motor vehicle use with major issues associated with the West Gosford intersection planned to be redesigned. It is now not sufficient to comment on car parking spaces only. The council should require a study of vehicle movements to and from the site, reporting on traffic flow

Letter, 18 Jul 2012 Norman Harris, Umina

Critics need to check facts

efore Ian Kilpatrick (Coast Community News, 16 Jul) levels unfounded criticism, he should check his facts.

I have been, since 1975, publicly endeavouring to secure a concert hall for Gosford. My latest attempt was in 2005-2006 when I was mayor.

impact on the local road network to complete the picture. Commenting on providing parking spaces is important, so is vehicular movement

per hour to and from the site. The agenda item is short on information. In your report, (Coast Community News, 16 July) you said “Cr Vicki Scott, however, said it was clear at the inspection that neighbours conditionally supported the proposal”. The agenda (p15) stated otherwise: “The road widening required has

not been agreed to by the affected owners and the RSL Club has objected to the proposal”. As a member of the RSL Club, I certainly don’t agree that a Bunnings store is appropriate at Yallambee Ave, West Gosford, and I would accept that the club opposes the development, contrary to Scott’s comments.

After discussions with

senior members of the education department, architectural drawings were produced by Grenfell and Fraser for a concert hall on the Gosford Primary School site.

These are on file in the Council and are available for public inspection. When I lost the mayorship, Council did not proceed with the scheme. Letter, 24 Jul 2012 Malcolm Brooks, Point Frederick

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Flood map motion deferred he motion to replace sea level rise flood maps on the Gosford Council website with four separate maps, one for each predicted flood level scenario, was deferred at Gosford Council’s meeting of Tuesday, July 24, to a future Strategy Policy Workshop.

also a marine scientist with expertise in estuarine processes, said there was still no real evidence that sea level was rising in Brisbane Water and therefore, an adaptive management approach should be taken. “In other words, should new evidence indicate that projected sea level rise is occurring in Brisbane Water then a staged approach of adaptation, protection, mitigation of impacts and other management actions should be considered,” he said. “Related to this need to protect the community and individuals, whose livelihood and financial security is tied to their homes, is the need to address the current confusion resulting from Council sea level rise maps. “The [current] maps indicate four different one in 100 flood events with four different colour codes superimposed on the one map.

“Three of these flood events add different amounts of sea level rise up to 90cm (the predicted sea level rise that may occur 90

years from now). “Current flood inundation maps must be separated from uncertain sea level rise projections to ensure

that insurance companies are not misinterpreting this information causing home insurance costs to be driven upwards,” said Cr

Freewater. Gosford Council Agenda NM.10, 24 Jul 2012

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Cr Peter Freewater put forward the notice of motion and also recommended that Council consult with the affected property owners on the draft maps before they are posted on Council’s website. Cr Vicki Scott suggested that due to the complex nature of the issue, it should be deferred to a Strategy Policy Workshop to be discussed further. At Gosford Council’s meeting of Tuesday, July 3, Council resolved to remove the sea level rise warning from the 149 certificates pending further direction from the NSW State Government. “Among the reasons that Council moved this way is the advice received from the community that the 149 warning was impacting on property prices and driving up the cost of insurance,” said Cr Freewater in his report. Cr Freewater, who is

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Election

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Gary Jackson to stand for local election

Scientist to stand for election

nvironmental scientist Mr David Leggett will stand in the September local government election as part of the Central Coast Alliance.

His expertise includes Forestry Management, Bushfire Management and Geographical Information Systems. David’s family are prominent figures on the Peninsula, with deep roots in the community. His father, Eric Leggett, is a very well known Rotarian who has spent decades doing charity work in the community. His uncle was Don Leggett, a popular Mayor of Gosford for many years who

was responsible for a great volume of major capital works projects and was instrumental in the construction of the Rip Bridge, Woy Woy Leagues Club and other iconic buildings on the Central Coast. Mr Leggett said he would be pushing for essential infrastructure such as decent roads and footpaths as well as improving family parks and recreation areas. Like the other Central Coast Alliance candidates,

David said he was fed up with the poor condition of local roads. He said he was also concerned with the way Gosford Council neglected the Peninsula. Given the number of tourists the Peninsula attracts with its beauty, natural environment and family friendly beaches, David said he believed there should be more emphasis directed to the protection natural resources, such as the Umina

Sandplain Woodland which is an Endangered Ecological Community only found on the Peninsula. Media Release, 11 Jul 2012 Peter Freewater, Central Coast Alliance

Labor announces local team

abor has finalised its ticket for the upcoming Gosford Council elections, with sitting Crs Jim MacFadyen and Vicki Scott headlining a 10 member team that boasts experience, youth, enthusiasm and passion for the Coast.

Labor hosted a local government forum for party members on Sunday, June 17, to start developing a policy platform ahead of the elections in September. Jobs, the future of Gosford, protection of the environment and better council services

were high on the agenda for debate amongst Labor rank and file at the forum. Councillors Macfadyen and Scott are both nominating for their third term on Council. “Gosford is crying out for a strong team to lead the council,” said Cr Macfadyen.

“There are some big decisions that need to be made over the next four years. “Labor is determined to run a strong campaign so that the right team is elected to move the city forward,” he said. Cr Scott said the Labor platform would also focus

on the everyday needs of residents. “It’s important that the core council issues are front and centre. “Better local roads, playgrounds and community facilities are the services that people use every day. “Labor will embrace the council issues that help everyday families.” Candidate Peter McCabe said Crs Macfadyen and Scott had the runs on the board when it came to delivering for the community. “Jim and Vicky have been champions for better community services and have led Gosford Council’s investment in local surf clubs and playgrounds,” he said. “Labor understands the upcoming elections will be vitally important for the future of Gosford City, with projects such as the Gosford waterfront and finalising the Local Environment Plan needing strong leadership to become reality.” On the Labor ticket are Jim Macfadyen, Vicki Scott, Peter McCabe, Trevor Drake, Katie Smith, Patrick Norman, Paul Malone, Brad Maisey, Liam O’Neill and George Sidiropoulos. Media Release, 4 Jul 2012 Peter McCabe, Labor party

ifelong Gosford resident Mr Gary Jackson has announced his intention to stand in the Local Government elections in September as part of the independent group, Central Coast Alliance.

Mr Jackson, a former NSW Police Officer of 30 years, has both strong community and family ties to the Gosford area and currently spends much time committed to community work and projects within P and C Associations, Gosford Waterfront Action Group, Youth in Performing Arts (YIPA), youth performance projects and has been a strong supporter of Operation Art. For the past 10 years, Mr Jackson has been campaigning for improved education facilities for Gosford Public School, and more recently a member of the Gosford Waterfront Action Group. He claims to be a passionate group of community minded people, not dissimilar to the 1970s advocate groups saving Sydney prime real estate from development with their strong advocacy, that was successful in retaining public land that included Sydney’s Hyde Park Barracks and the Sydney Botanic Gardens. “I have been involved in many aspects of the Gosford Challenge process over the past three years,” said Mr Jackson who was involved in the Challenge Design Charette. “There are certain parts of the Challenge process which are essential for the revitalisation of Gosford, however, I am very concerned about the

proposed development of the waterfront area. “Much of that area is public land which needs to be retained for our future generations. “There is certainly space and capacity for cafes and improved family facilities on the waterfront, but I fiercely oppose the need to take public land for high rise apartments,” he said. If successful in the Council elections, Mr Jackson said he would, among other things, ensure Council and its processes were more open and transparent, request an independent review of Gosford Council’s Foreign Investments, ensure proper planning of Education facilities given the predicted population rise, encourage more effective community consultation, advocate better funding and preservation of local heritage and ensure that the development of the Gosford CBD is a priority. Media Release, 11 Jul 2012 Gary Jackson, Gosford

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CCA campaign launch T

he Central Coast Alliance (CCA) campaign launch at Henry Kendall Cottage on Sunday, July 22, was a huge success, according to candidate Mr Peter Freewater.

A big crowd turned out despite the poor weather. There was live music and good old-fashioned fun activities for the kids; including three-legged races, tug-a-war and egg and spoon races. “The impassioned speeches provided by each of the candidates were well received,” said Mr Freewater. The CCA candidates made commitments to giving the community a voice, connecting the community, the revitalisation of Gosford CBD, investment in

infrastructure and how they would use Councils natural, colonial and indigenous heritage to make the area a thriving tourist destination and create sustainable jobs long into the future. They spoke about bringing Old Sydney Town back and building a Marina complex on the waterfront. They also promised to protect the community from the immediate dangers of Coal Seam Gas mining, impacts to farms and water supply from mining. They repeated their commitments to protecting

the community owned waterfront parklands, the Olympic pool and heritage items, such as the War Memorials. Among the many takehome messages was that the community have a real opportunity to change Council and make it more open and transparent by supporting the Central Coast Alliance. Media Release, 23 Jul 2012 Peter Freewater, CCA

Peter Freewater addressing the crowd

Gosford LGA to get loan subsidy for infrastructure

he Gosford Local Government Area will get a $6.85 million revamp of its roads thanks to a loan subsidy from the NSW Government’s Local Infrastructure Renewal Scheme.

The $70 million scheme provides councils across the State with a four per cent interest subsidy over 10 years on loans to allow infrastructure projects to go ahead. Minister for Local Government Don Page said the scheme would unlock shovel-ready infrastructure projects for communities across the State. Member for Gosford Mr Chris Holstein said the Gosford project involved the renewal of existing

roads through rehabilitation, reconstruction or asphalt resurfacing. Within the Gosford Local Government Area, this will see additional works to over 100 local roads, with many of these being on the Woy Woy Peninsula. “I am delighted the NSW Government can assist our community to finally begin work on this vital project, which was ignored under Labor,” Mr Holstein said. “This program will make our busiest roads safer for

all residents and visitors,” he said. Gosford City Council plans to borrow $6.85 million to fund the work, assisted by the State Government’s interest rate subsidy under the NSW Government’s Local Infrastructure Renewal Scheme. Mr Page said the projects covered by the scheme include roads, bridges, community halls, libraries, paths, parks, water facilities and airports. The scheme is expected to

give the green light to up to $1 billion worth of infrastructure across the State. “Almost 100 applications from councils across the State were received for funding, a response which illustrated how dire the backlog in infrastructure was under the previous Labor Government,” Mr Page said. “This scheme is a promise kept by the NSW Liberals and Nationals. “It will create jobs, develop and renew infrastructure and improve the quality of life for the people of NSW. “With the first round of applications complete, there

is still $60 million to fund other projects across the State in future rounds of grants under the scheme,” Mr Page said. Mayor of Gosford City Cr Laurie Maher said the scheme allowed Council to schedule works to improve some of the busiest roads and frequently used community buildings across the City. “The funding will enable the completion of approximately 110 individual road projects and 19 community buildings that have been backlogged until funding became available. “Works will be scheduled over the next three years,

with roads including the Scenic Highway at Terrigal, Mangrove Rd at Narara, Wattle Tree Rd at Holgate and Crown Rd at Umina Beach among the first to receive rehabilitation. “Community buildings identified for renewal include Gosford Seniors Centre, Adcock Park amenities, Wyoming and Niagara Park Child Care Centres and public halls at Saratoga and Point Clare,” said Cr Maher. Media Release, 16 Jul 2012 Chris Holstein, Member for Gosford

Coast to host State Water Management Conference

osford and Wyong Councils have won their bid to jointly host the 2013 Local Government and Shires Associations (LGSA) Water Management Conference.

Attracting around 200 delegates from the water industry and Councils throughout NSW, hosting the annual three day conference is a significant win for the Central Coast. Wyong Council mayor Cr Bob Graham said the event would bring people from across NSW to the Central Coast to discuss a wide range of water issues. “The conference is aimed at those working in the water management industry, such as policy makers and local

government professionals and representatives. “It is exciting to see our region chosen for an event that contributes to the ongoing improvement of water management by local government water utilities,” Cr Graham said. Gosford Council Mayor Cr Laurie Maher said the conference would not only showcase the region but also the achievements

made in water management on the Central Coast. “We have successfully managed our water supply to move from a time of drought to the highest dam levels in 15 years. “This has been achieved through the implementation of WaterPlan 2050, our region’s long term water supply strategy, the completion of the MardiMangrove Link and other

major system upgrades. “The Central Coast provides a unique example of regional cooperation in the delivery of water services with the creation of the Central Coast Water Corporation well underway,” Cr Maher said. Cr Graham added: “Not only will delegates experience all that the Central Coast has to offer; many will travel to and stay on the Central Coast providing an economic boost to our region”. The conference will be

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Christmas in July luncheon

rentwood Retirement Village residents held their annual Christmas in July luncheon on Saturday, July 7, with 140 residents and invited guests attending.

Brentwood Retirement Village residents held their annual Christmas in July luncheon on Saturday, July 7, with 140 residents and invited guests attending. At this event, they presented Shayne Silvers from the Coast Shelter with a station wagon full of nonperishable food and goods that were generously donated by the residents of the village over the previous month. Brentwood Residents Committee president MS Gladys Waugh commented on why the residents of the Village support Coast shelter. “The residents are happy to help people who are having

a hard time, especially when they live in the same area as themselves. “Coast Shelter apart from being local, is well run and relies on assistance from volunteers, it does not have a State wide base or publicity.” Invited guests included Ann Holzer representing Lend Lease, Liberal candidate Lucy Wicks, Member for Robertson Deborah O’Neill, and Village manager Jamie Sterland. Coast Shelter operations manager Shayne Silvers gave a speech on the many different aspects of the work that the Coast Shelter do for those requiring assistance on the Central Coast.

“Unfortunately, the need for our services continues to increase and we are unable to provide housing for 70 per cent of homeless people seeking our help because we have no vacancies. “It is only with the assistance of our local community like the wonderful generous residents of Brentwood Village that we are able to provide the level of service that we do. “This sizeable donation of food will help so many struggling at the moment to feed their families,” Shayne remarked. In addition to the goods donated, the Brentwood

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Residents Committee also contributed all proceeds raised from the raffle on the day. Mrs Waugh conveyed the residents’ future dedication

in supporting Coast Shelter in saying: “We have supported Coast Shelter over the past four years and look forward to continue with our support of Coast Shelter in the years

to come.” Media Release, 16 Jul 2012 Jessica Gleeson, Brentwood Village

Government supports elderly LGBTI on the Coast vergreen Life Care Limited, an established aged care provider in West Gosford, has received Commonwealth government funding for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Elders’ Wellbeing Project.

The aim of the Project is to deliver health and wellness capacity building programs to LGBTI people aged over 65 across five geographical regions of NSW, Far North Coast, Central Coast, Hunter, Inner West and Blue Mountains. Evergreen Life Care chief executive officer Mr Ted Coupe said he was pleased that the organisation would be delivering a project plan to sustain and improve the aged care services offered to this special needs group. “This funding will allow for us to work collaboratively with a range of community and health services, social groups and aged care providers to implement a program to promote the needs and

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concerns of LGBTI elders. “We agree with the government’s assumption that there will be an increasing demand for aged care by this group and it is particularly important that a strategy is put in place to ensure the needs of LGBTI Australians are addressed,” he said. As identified by the government, there are three main objectives of the project which are to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes of LGBTI elders, to sustain independent, active and healthy lives and to improve the skills and awareness of aged care providers regarding the needs of LGBTI elders. In order to effectively implement a plan under this

project, Evergreen Life Care are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced full time project officer for a contract position. “An exciting and rewarding opportunity exists for a project officer with a background in health promotion and capacity building. “We are looking for a person who is goal orientated and has experience in project management with links to LGBTI communities, an ability to build partnerships and a genuine interest in improving the health and wellbeing of LGBTI elders is required,” added Mr Coupe. Media Release, 25 Jul 2012 Katey Small, Brilliant Logic

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Guide Dogs aim for an extra $5000

Childcare trainee named one of the best osford Council’s Childcare Trainee, Ebony Bruns, has been named one of the Trainees of the Year at the 2012 Central Coast Training Awards.

The Awards recognise exceptional trainees from different Registered Training Organisations across a variety of disciplines. Ms Bruns, who was nominated as a trainee completing Certificate III in Children’s Services, went through an interview process with the Awards Committee before being shortlisted as one of five finalists. Gosford Council’s Team Leader Child and Family Services Ms Kylie

Payne said that this award highlights the calibre of childcare workers employed at Gosford Council. “The Central Coast Training Awards provide a great opportunity to acknowledge and reward those trainees, like Ebony, who have excelled in their chosen fields. “Ebony has exhibited outstanding dedication and motivation to early childhood education since commencing her traineeship at Council’s Michael Burns

Childcare Centre in 2010. “Traineeships are an opportunity for Council to invest in our future while also being committed to the ongoing training and development of our staff. “We are all very proud of Ebony and look forward to seeing her success continue well into the future,” Ms Payne said. Media Release, 20 Jul 2012 Gosford Council Media

uide Dogs NSW-ACT’s dedicated fundraising volunteers on the Central Coast are hoping to raise $5000 to put five more puppies into guide dog training.

Central Coast residents can help them achieve their goal during the region’s annual Charity Week, at the Imperial Shopping Centre in Gosford from Tuesday, July 31, to Friday, August 3. The week will also see Dogs Central Coast Support Group president Ms Barbara Craig, celebrate 10 years of fundraising service. During that time, she has run over 250 fundraising stalls with the group, including those during Charity Week. Named Guide Dogs Volunteer of the Year in 2009, Barbara said she joined the local group in 2002 out of amazement for how guide dogs provide independence to people with impaired vision. “I just love dogs and it constantly amazes me how guide dogs help people who can’t see to get out and about on their own,” said Barbara. “Whenever I have to visit an unfamiliar place, I get

worried about how I’m going to get there, but people with guide dogs do this all the time without any trouble.” Mrs Craig thanked the Central Coast community for its generosity over the years and hoped that there would be a similar response during Charity Week. “Guide Dogs relies on the community’s support to provide its services free of charge. “We’re really hoping we can raise another $5000 during Charity Week so that more people with impaired vision can benefit from the incredible independence that a guide dog provides.” The Guide Dogs Charity Week Stall, which can be found near the escalators at the Imperial Shopping Centre from 8.30am to 2.30pm each day, will be selling Guide Dogs branded merchandise and tickets for a Father’s Day raffle. The raffle offers great prizes for dad, including an electric drill set from

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Bunnings and a $50 gift voucher from the Mingara Recreation Club. The raffle will be drawn at the group’s Chittaway fundraising stall on August 31. Visitors can also talk to local guide dog owners during Charity Week to learn firsthand about vision loss and how Guide Dogs services aid their independence. Media Release, 18 Jul 2012 Sally Edgar, Guide Dogs NSW ACT

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School relocation response is spin over substance reens NSW MP Dr John Kaye has responded to regional education director Mr Frank Potter’s defence over the co-location of Gosford Public School with Henry Kendall High School and said it was yet another example of spin over substance from the O’Farrell government and its supporters in the Department of Education and Communities.

“Mr Potter is attempting to pull the wool over the eyes of the Gosford community using highly deceptive language,” said Dr Kaye. “It doesn’t matter what spin is trotted out, the people of Gosford know the truth. “Mr Potter repeated the mantra that the Henry Kendall HS co-location will see two separate schools but, regardless of the window-dressing, the reality is that the project is about cramming two

schools onto the one site. “The O’Farrell government and the Department can continue to tell the world how wonderful the new facilities will be but the fact remains that squashing 1400 students onto a 4.64 hectare site will lead to overcrowding and safety issues. “Even Mr Potter has acknowledged that the new Gosford Public School will not match the Department’s current standard size for new

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schools. “Mr Potter says that the principals of Gosford Public School and Henry Kendall High School have expressed the desire not to segregate the students with a fence, but he does not tell the whole truth. “What he did not say was that the principals were offered the breathtakingly impractical option of a fence cutting the oval in half. “For obvious reasons, they declined. “Mr Potter’s absurd use of the state’s central schools as an example of how primary and secondary students can coexist without problems is also highly deceptive. “Central schools are unique institutions with a myriad of special support systems, staffing arrangements and facilities. “Trying to mislead the public using the comparison of central schools, is almost as bad as Education Minister Adrian Piccoli telling Alan Jones on radio that the co-location of primary and secondary students would be as successful at Henry Kendall as it is at the Kings School in Parramatta. “Obviously, there is no comparison. “The elite private school sits on 121 hectares of land and had a total net recurrent income in 2010 of more than $35 million. “The Greens condemn the deception and misleading language from the proponents of the co-location and call on the Premier Barry O’Farrell to intervene in this increasingly dirty and underhand dispute. “Tens of thousands of people on the Central

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Kempshall only thought of others hertsey Public School principal Mr John Anderson has passed on his sincerest sympathies on behalf of the school to the family of Iris Kempshall who passed away on Saturday, July 14, after a prolonged illness.

“Iris was well known and liked at Chertsey having had both sons, Drew and Jesse attend the school,” said Mr

Anderson. “I can attest to her generous nature and even in her greatest time of need,

she was thinking of others.” Newsletter, 17 Jul 2012 John Anderson, Chertsey Public School

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Kariong High win Schools Show-Off

Families to host exchange students

wo groups of budding film makers have come out on top with their entries in a competition to highlight exactly what it is that makes a particular school a source of pride to its students.

As the Hunter and Central Coast Region winners of the Secondary School category in the second annual Great Schools Show-Off (GSSO) competition, Kariong Mountains High School and schools within the Tuggerah Lakes Learning Community all receive a $600 digital Tough still camera from Panasonic for their efforts. Kariong Mountains High School’s student production team said their intention was to show prospective students their “new and interesting” school. “We are an exciting new specialist school,” they said, “with a focus in the biosciences and technology.” “We intend to show the video during assemblies, at presentations, and to students at our local primary school, as well.”

Kariong Mountains High School was one of the 47 pilot schools in the statewide Local Schools, Local Decisions program, and is now part of the national Empowering Local Schools initiative. And students from the Tuggerah Lakes Learning Community have won the regional award in the Community of Schools category. The group comprises the three campuses of Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, and the Bateau Bay, Berkeley Vale, Brooke Avenue, Chittaway Bay, Kilarney Vale, The Entrance and Wamberal Public Schools. Their entry highlighted the motto: “United in excellence, equity and opportunity” by showcasing the wide variety of positive learning and

extracurricular opportunities for students within the TLLC. The GSSO competition was a chance for all NSW public schools to tell their school’s story, and promote their school to new audiences. More than 180 schools submitted video entries to the competition judges. Students already regularly produce videos, vodcasts, web pages and a variety of other technology-based materials as part of their coursework. As part of the GSSO, students, working under the guidance of their teachers, were encouraged to develop digital promotional material for their school. Media Release, 16 Jul 2012 Sven Wright, DET

O’Neill visits Point Clare for Gonski Day

onski Day was recognised on Tuesday, July 24, at Point Clare Public School with a staff Morning Tea To Make a Difference.

Member for Robertson Ms Deborah O’Neill attended the morning tea to speak to the staff about the government’s commitment to passing a bill through Federal Parliament before the end of 2012 in order to legislate the findings of the Gonski Review. She encouraged all staff and the wider school community to support the Gonski campaign which seeks to inject more funds

into public schools in order to adequately address areas of disadvantage. Ms O’Neill stated that, as a teacher herself, she understood the need to urgently invest more in public education in order to address the learning needs of all children. She said extra funding would allow for additional resources, smaller class sizes and more specialist literacy

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and numeracy teachers to be appointed to offer more individual instruction. Ms O’Neill asserted that the Labor Government was committed to legislating the Gonski recommendations that would result in each public school receiving an additional $1500 per student annually. Media Release, 25 Jul 2012 Ingrid Hasler, Point Clare Public School

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number of Central Coast families will play host to students from Edogawa, Japan over the coming weeks as part of an on-going Sister City Exchange Program.

The students arrived on Tuesday, July 24, and will take part in a school attendance program at Narara Valley High School as well as a home stay with local families. The students will also make visits to our beaches, national parks and local attractions including the Reptile Park and the Gosford Regional Gallery. Mayor of Gosford Cr Laurie Maher said that the exchange program had

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rock and blues bands, established himself as a singer-songwriter and has now let fly with his current incarnation as a solo electric guitarist. He has written and recorded his debut instrumental release titled Renaissance while living on the Central Coast over the past year. Chris Brookes is a singer-songwriter, whose playing experience includes rock covers band, Irish traditional pub sessions and folk festivals. He has been writing acoustic-based songs since his teens and started performing them publicly two years ago. His songs have been compared with the Kinks, Cat Stevens and, oddly, Danish band The Rumour Said Fire and he is currently recording some songs for wider release. Chris plays guitar, bouzouki and mandolin

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and lives on the Central Coast. As a budding musician in his early twenties, Ollie Moylette played in a number of bands in his native Ireland. After arriving in Australia and moving into Bondi seven years ago, he picked up his guitar and became active in the local music scene. Recently, he formed the Ollie Moylette Trio with Sylvia Gustin on saxophone and Lenny Viall on bass. Ollie’s musical influences stem from classic rock and blues. Dexter Moore is a singer, a songwriter, a performer, an engineer, an arranger, a producer, a multi-instrumentalist with a definitive voice and a innovative guitar style and has a cataloque of over 120 original songs. “I love that Beatles song The long and winding

ost people associate classical music with Mozart, Tchaikovsky and symphony orchestras; not Lady Gaga, Rihanna and Coldplay.

A young group of classically trained musicians have well and truly turned the image of classical music on its head and they’re heading our way on Saturday, August 11, to perform at the Youth Arts Warehouse in Gosford. Aged under 25, the six members of ASTON have become online sensations since graduating together from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in their early 20s. All classically trained, the band members radically rearrange contemporary hits and deliver them in a fresh, unique way like nobody’s ever heard them before. In 2010, ASTON released a cover version of Lady Gaga’s smash single, Telephone on YouTube, which attracted more than 700,000 hits within just two weeks. After being blogged by infamous online gossip columnist, Perez Hilton,

the clip instantly became the most viewed Australian music video of the year and earned the band a worldwide following and more than a million hits on the video-sharing site. Shortly afterwards, ASTON was signed by Warner Music and the band recorded its debut self-titled album. ASTON performs covers of a variety of other popular artists today also, including Rihanna, Adele, Kylie Minogue, David Guetta and Cold Chisel, just to name a few. Band members are Eliza Morrison (a former Central Coast Conservatorium student) and Michael Bennett on violin, Hanna Oblikov on cello, Ella Jamieson on piano, Patrick Abrams on guitar and Daniel Luscombe on arrangements and percussion. Media release, 26 Jul 2012 Phaedra Pym, A Way With Words

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road,” said Dexter. “Apart from bringing back memories, it also applies to my life and how music has shaped and continues to shape it. “I was brought up thinking of career and success in terms of fame and fortune, but what has

transpired is something far more valuable indeed. “I was 18 when I walked away from a major record deal in London, and I’ve kept my distance from the industry ever since. “Two reasons being, that the mainstream music industry is not known for

its expansive views on the psychology of art and human evolution, and I’m not known for being a yoyo,” he said. Email, 26 Jul 2012 Noel Plummer, Brackets and Jam

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Avoca to compete in BCiB Pennants

Napoleon to swim for Australia

voca Beach Bowling Club’s Grade One Pennant Side will compete in the 2012 BCiB Grade One Pennant Finals at the The Greens, The Entrance Bowling Club starting on Saturday, August 4, at 9am, and continuing for three days.

ormer Holy Cross Kincumber Ryan Napoleon will make his debut at the London Olympic competing in the 4x200m Freestyle 400m Freestyle swimming events.

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There will be four sections, each of four clubs, with no section easy. Avoca will be in Section Three, their first match on the Saturday morning against Alexandria and Erskineville. Avoca will face the strong Park Beach Club from Coffs Harbour in the afternoon Round Two game, followed

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by Round Three on Sunday morning when Avoca meets northern neighbour, Zone 2’s representative, Raymond Terrace. The club with the best result from each section over their three rounds will proceed to the semifinals on Sunday afternoon to decide the two clubs that will battle it out in the Monday morning final. Avoca’s performance in Section Two during the Pennant Season, which was conducted over 10 Sectional Rounds, saw them only lose two games. Avoca went down to Ettalong Memorial in Round Nine and were defeated by The Greens, The Entrance, in Round 10, while Ettalong Memorial suffered three losses, one to Avoca in the first half, Terrigal and The Greens in the second half. Avoca emerged the winner of Section Two by 1.5 points from Ettalong Memorial. Avoca’s win against Ettalong Memorial put them into the Final against Section One winner Halekulani and, although it was close in the early stages of the match, Avoca’s relentless pressure saw them gain the upper hand and win. “This is the first time in the 52 years history of the club that Avoca Beach has won the much coveted No1 flag and I congratulate all of our players on their performance right through the Pennant Season,” said Avoca Beach Bowling Club president Ashley Ayre. Avoca is in full practice mode for the State Grade One Pennant Finals, with the teams honing their skills during matches at home as well as at the host venue The Greens, The Entrance. Avoca’s side consists of Team One, Team Two and Two Three.

Team One includes Garry Macfadyen (L), Justin Shelley (second), Jason White (third) and Brett Pritchard (skip). Team Two consists of Jeff Doyle (L), Alan Lewin (second), Waylon Pritchard (third) and Anthony Shoebridge (skip). Team Three includes Richard Love (L), Terry Gains (second), Lawrence Bartlett (third) and Kevin Bowcock (skip). Jack Lenard is the side manager and the reserves are Greg Watson, Lex Gemmell and Richard Nowland. The Greens, The Entrance Bowling Club is in serious preparation for the event, purchasing a high resolution projector and big screen, which is will be mounted in the club house to display the progressive score on every rink every 20 minutes during play on all three days. Email, 22 Jul 2012 Bob Bourke, Bowls Central Coast

The 22 year old has been on the national team for three years and has been coached by Michael Bohl since 2007. Prior to 2007, he was coached by Doug Frost. The swimmer‘s primary training base is in Brisbane and he is a member of St Peters Western in Queensland and the Queensland Academy of Sport in Brisbane. Napoleon’s career highlight is winning silver in the 400m freestyle and gold in the 4x200m freestyle at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Ryan Napoleon sealed a place on his maiden Olympic Team when he finished second in the 400m freestyle. He also finished fifth in a red-hot field in the 200m freestyle to earn a place in the 4x200m freestyle relay. In November, 2009, Napoleon failed a drug test because his asthma medication had been incorrectly labelled meaning he took the wrong type containing a banned substance. In 2010, the swimming governing body FINA imposed a three-month ban on Napoleon. Even though FINA accepted an innocent mistake was made, they held him partly responsible for the error since he did not

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check the medication. The ban would have ruled the freestyle specialist out of the Commonwealth Games in which he had qualified in two events, but a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport saw Napoleon’s suspension shortened, allowing him to compete in Delhi. At the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010, Napoleon went on to win an individual silver medal in the 400m freestyle and a gold as part of the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay. Napoleon has contested two World Championships (Rome, 2009 and Shanghai, 2011) with his best result being 5th in the 4x200m freestyle relay in 2011. At the 2007 AYOF, Napoleon won gold in the 4x200m freestyle, silver in the 4x100m medley and a bronze in the 100m butterfly. Napoleon’s recent performances include second place in the 400m freestyle at the 2012 National Championships in Adelaide, fifth in the 200m freestyle at the 2012 National Championships in Adelaide and fifth place in the 4x200m freestyle in the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, China. Website, 25 Jul 2012 Australian Olympic Team

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yong will host the Championship Division of the State age netball titles for the ﬁrst time from Saturday, June 30, to Monday, July 2, thanks to the joint efforts of Wyong Netball Association and Wyong Shire Council.

Mayor Cr Bob Graham described this as a major coup for Wyong and said Council was proud to support the Netball NSW State Age Championships with funds from its sporting sponsorship program. “The Championships are expected to provide a huge ﬁnancial boost for the region with over 4030 netballers and spectators at Baker Park in Wyong alone. “All of these visitors bring dollars to this region, not to mention that these kinds of events provide for sporting opportunities and generate community pride. “I congratulate Wyong Netball Association on their great work in attracting this event to the area,” said Cr Graham. Wyong Netball

Association’s Christine Miles said the association was “really thrilled” to be holding this event. “The State Age Championships are the single largest sporting event held in the southern hemisphere every year. “We thank Wyong Shire Council for their support in helping us to secure this event,” Ms Miles said. Wyong Shire Council and the Wyong Netball Association have worked together for a number of years to invest in the netball facilities at Baker Park in order to win the prestigious sports event for the area. Six new courts have been built, other courts have been resurfaced, netball posts repaired and replaced and the car park improved. “Winning this event took much preparation and is a great example of how Council is able to work with local sports group like Wyong Netball Association to improve facilities and provide more opportunities to participate in sport,” Cr Graham said. “Sport is close to my heart, and this is what good sports development is all about.”

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Randwick Botany win 4x4Km state title

Baker Park to host netball championships

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July 26, 2012

by Kaitlin Watts

Jai Opetaia

or the seventh year Randwick Botany relegated arch rival Sydney University into second place in an exciting open men’s 4x4km NSW Road Relay Championship at Ourimbah on Saturday, July 7.

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Central Coast athletes at the Olympics

Despite pushing Randwick Botany to the limit in recent years Sydney Uni, surprisingly, has only won the race once in 2005. But off-road runner Russell Dessaix-Chin kept hope alive when he took Uni to the lead on the second leg.

Dessaix-Chin, 34, has been at the top of the tree for more than 10 years, setting a half marathon PB in 2002 and a 5km PB on the road as recently as 2010. On Saturday he powered around the course in 11 minutes 34 seconds, the second fastest split of the day, bettered only by Randwick Botany’s Olympics bound Jeff Hunt (11:20). For Hunt leading Randwick Botany home in a total time of 46 minutes 27 seconds to Sydney Uni’s 46:59 was a ﬁtting warmup before running in the London Marathon in three weeks time.

David Byrne had given Randwick Botany the lead at the ﬁrst change and 2009 World Championship representative Jeremy Roff regained it on the third leg with a mighty 11 minute 35 second split. UTS Norths (48 minutes 14 seconds) gave plenty of cheek early with 2010 national 800m champion James Kaan splitting in 11:51 to change in second place. Despite running his team’s fastest split (11:43) James Connor could not hold off Deassaix-Chin and UTS Norths slipped to third, a position they held until the ﬁnish.

Sydney Uni demonstrated its tremendous depth in distance running with its B team ﬁnishing a closeup fourth in 49 minutes 39 seconds with veteran Ben Liddy running the fastest split of 11 minutes 55 seconds. UTS Norths won its ﬁrst ever open women’s 4x4km NSW Road Relay Championship, cruising home more than two and half minutes ahead of their nearest rival Athletics East. Miranda Middleton ran her team’s fastest split, 14 minutes 21 seconds, to give UTS Norths a narrow lead over Hills District’s Sarah Marvin (14:28) and Kembla

Joggers’ Kasey Mumby (14:32) at the ﬁrst changeover. Hills dropped out of the picture on the second leg but Kembla’s Lorraine Hince ran a tremendous split of 14:36 to grab the lead from UTS Norths’ Liana Eckert (14:49) just before the second change-over. But after that Kembla’s challenge faded and UTS Norths Katie Haines (15:01) stormed back into the lead and they were never threatened again with Charlotte Wilson strolling home the ﬁnal leg in 14:23. “We’re just glad to be part of history,’’ Eckert said after the medal presentation.

After the race Wilson was flooded with a great sense of relief. Twelve months ago she lead out a strong UTS Norths team in the U20 women’s relay but fell and badly injured her ankle early in the race. To win a gold medal on Saturday gave her a great sense of satisfaction. UTS Norths’ winning time was 58 minutes 34 with Athletics East second in 61:16. Sydney Uni’s Milly Clark ran the fastest split of the day (13:59) to drag her team from fifth to third on the final leg for a total team time of 61:46.

The Central Coast

Ky Hurst

he Central Coast has seven athletes selected in this year’s Olympic and Paralympic teams.

Ryan Napoleon

Joshua Ross

Tom Slingsby of Point Frederick was selected for sailing while Jai Opetaia of Wattanobi was selected for boxing and Joshua Ross of Woy Woy was selected for athletics.

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Tom Slingsby

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Slingsby to sail in London Olympics

Ky Hurst to compete in Olympic marathon swim

y Hurst is set to compete in the 10km Marathon Swimming event at the London Olympic Games.

The former Terrigal Primary School and Terrigal High School student was one of the first athletes selected for the 2012 Australian Olympic Team in December last year. The 31 year old has been on the national team for 10 years and has been coached by Colin Braund since 2008. His career highlights included making the 2008 Olympic Team and winning silver in the 5km open water at the 1998 World Championships in Perth. Hurst competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, placing 11th in the 10km open water swim, finishing in a time of 1 hr 52:13.70. After the Beijing Games, Hurst stopped marathon swimming and returned to his surf lifesaving and ironman career. However, at the last minute he entered the 2011 National Championships in

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open water swimming, his first 10km marathon swim since Beijing. Hurst won the event in a time of 1 hour 55:04.30 and his dream of competing in a second Olympics begun. Hurst contested the 10km event at the 2011 World Championships where he finished fifth, securing his berth for the 2012 London Olympics. The swimmer‘s primary

training base is on the Gold Coast and he is a member of the Bond Swimming Club in Queensland and the Queensland Academy of Sport in Brisbane. Hurst is the only man to have won seven Australian Ironman titles and is regarded as one of the best ironmen in the history of surf lifesaving. He has won 27 Australian Surf titles and is a member of the Surf Lifesaving Hall of Fame. Hurst’s recent performances include first place in the 10km open water at the 2011 World Championships in Penrith, fifth in the 10km open water in the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, China and eighth place in the 10km open water at the 2011 London Test Event in London. Website, 25 Jul 2012 Australian Olympic Team

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oint Frederick athlete Tom Slingsby will compete in the London Olympics in the Laser men’s sailing event.

The 27-year-old who sails for Gosford Sailing Club placed first in the 2012 Sail for Gold Regatta, the 2012 Laser World Championships, the 2011 World Championships, the 2011 Olympic Test Event, the 2011 Sailing World Cup in Great Britain and the 2011 Sailing World Cup in The Netherlands. He also placed second in the 2011 Sailing World Cup in Spain and third in the 2011 Sailing World Cup in France. He won the Rolex World Sailor of the Year in 2010 and was World Champion for the laser singlehanded dinghy event in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Slingsby, who has been on the national team for seven years, was a full time tennis player until the age of 16 when he suffered burn out. He then turned his focus to sailing, which he had been doing since the age of eight.

Tom Slingsby

He went into the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games as the number one ranked sailor and world champion in his class, however, his Olympic campaign did not go as planned and he finished 22nd. In 2010, Slingsby was named World Sailor of the Year and was the first Australian to do so. The award came after a year of racing where he reclaimed the world number one ranking, won the 2010 Laser World Championship (his third in four years) and took out the 2010 Etchells World Championship. He also won three rounds of the 2010 World Cup including one at the Olympic venue of Weymouth.

Slingsby shed weight down to 81kg to contest the Olympic Test Event in Weymouth last year, testing himself to see if being lighter would gain him an advantage. He won the event, albeit only by three points but said he preferred competing with a bigger and stronger build so returned to his gym regime to bulk back up to 83kg, He finalised his preparations with a fifth World Championship title in six years as he took out the Laser World Championship in Boltenhagen, Germany. Slingsby said he would compete with the Oracle Racing Team that would defend the America’s Cup in San Francisco next year, but said achieving Olympic gold remained his priority for this year, with America’s Cup sailing fitting into his Laser schedule. Website, 25 Jul 2012 Australian Olympic Teame

t s e b s ’ e t a t S e h t e e S ers in action! bowl

Champion bowlers from Clubs around NSW go head to head at The Greens The Entrance Bowling Club on Sat 4th, Sun 5th & Mon 6th August in their quest to win the 2012 BCiB State Grade 1 Pennant ﬁnal Action Starts 9am daily

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Scores updated online every 20 minutes during play at www.bowlscentralcoast.org.au Section 1 - Ballina, Dubbo Railway, Northmead, Glenbrook Panthers Section 2 - Belrose, Tathra Beach, Wagga Rules, Tuncurry Section 3 - Alexandria Erskinville, Raymond Terrace, Park Beach, Avoca Beach Section 4 - Inverell East, Cabramatta, Taren Point, Dapto Citizens

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Page 24 - July 30, 2012 - Coast Community News

Green Point are Coast league champions

World Boys Baseball Tournament he 2012 World Boys Baseball Tournament will be held in Australia for the first time at Baseball Park in East Gosford and Watanobbi Oval in Wyong from August 9 to 13.

reen Point Christian College’s Open Primary First team won the Final of the Central Coast All Schools’ Rugby League when they beat Berkeley Vale by 60 points to nil on Friday, July 20.

The day before, the same team remained undefeated through their Pool Matches before triumphing in the

Final of the Central Coast Catholic-Independent Rugby League against Holy Cross Kincumber 42 – 0.

On the same day the Open Primary Seconds tried valiantly but were unable to progress beyond their Pool

Matches despite playing some great football. Newsletter, 23 Jul 2012 Wayne Parks, Green Point Christian College

Gosford wins Coast Pennants

he Central Coast RSL 2012 Grade One Pennants was won by Gosford City Bowling Club, with Umina Bowling Club winning Grade Two and Terrigal Bowling Club winning Grade Three.

Gosford City Bowling Club won Grade One on

23.5 points, followed by the Greens Bowling Club on 16 and Munmorah Bowling Club on 13.5. Players for Gosford City Bowling Club included Harley Boyd, Allan Chapman, Bill Dent, Steve Lambert, Dennis McDivett, George Clark, Wayne Balfe and Alan Pollock. In the final of Grade Two, Umina Bowling Club snatched victory in the

last few ends, defeating Gwandalan 41 shots to 40. Umina Bowling Club Players included K Cunliffe (Lead), V Tselios (second), R Davies (third), T Forbes (skip) and N Campbell (lead), R Kaltenbacher (second), R Clarke (third), and M Currie (skip). Terrigal Bowling Club won the RSL Grade Three Pennants, defeating Gwandalan with 35 shots to

27. Players for Terrigal Bowling Club included Merv Benoit (lead), Brian Parker (second), Ken Warby (skip) and Rick Astill (lead), Brian Birchall (second) and Graham Quinn (skip). Email, 18 Jul 2012 Kevin Owen, Central Coast RSL Bowls

Over eight countries from around the world including Japan (2), USA (2), Mexico (2), Korea, Italy, Peru, Taiwan, China are expected to compete with around 270 players. This tournament is for players aged 14 to 16 years and is free to spectators. The tournament will begin on Thursday, August 9, with an opening ceremony and games played over the following five days. Two games will be played during the day at Baseball Park, East Gosford from 9am to 3pm each day. One game will be played each night at Watanobbi Oval, Wyong This is the first time the event has been hosted in Australia with the Central Coast Baseball Association successful in their bid to host it this year. The International Boys league was formed in 1982. Its purpose was, and remains today, to foster international goodwill and friendship by holding a world youth baseball tournament each year. Osaka, Japan held the inaugural World Boys tournament in 1982, which comprised of four Japanese teams and four foreign teams. Team sizes are typically 18 players and four support staff plus family and friends. In 1973, the Japan Boys League wanted to send a team of their 14-15 year olds to California to play a series of friendship games. Their goal was to promote International understanding and friendship between Japan and the United States. They asked P.A. Shibata, a well-known and respected Japanese businessman living in Hayward, to make this dream possible. Mr Shibata arranged games against teams from Hayward, Santa Maria and Gardenia. The Japanese team at that time stayed at local hotels throughout their visit. Similar trips occurred in 1975 and 1977.

Alameda first became aware of these games in 1977. Several Alameda Babe Ruth board members went to see the games. When they learned that the Japanese players were staying in hotels, they offered to host the Japanese players in Alameda homes the next time they came to the Bay Area. As a result, when the Japan Boys League asked Mr Shibata in 1978 to form a team to go to Japan for two weeks of friendship games, they asked Mr Shibata to bring a team from the San Francisco Bay Area. Mr. Howard Zenimura of Fresno was asked to manage the team. Members of the families of the Japan Boys League graciously invited the young American players to stay in their homes during their visits. In 1979, the Japan Boys League team came to California again, with Alameda, Fresno and San Diego offering home stay for the young Japanese players during the trip. In 1980, a San Diego team led by Al Alvarado went to Japan, and in 1981 a small tournament was held in Gardenia, California with teams from Japan, Mexico and California participating. By this time it was common practice for the host country to house the young players of foreign teams. During the succeeding years, teams from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Taiwan, Cuba, Guatemala, Italy, Puerto Rico, South Korea, two from Mexico (Rojo - or Red - from Baja California, and Verde - or Green - from Mainland Mexico) and six from the United States (Alameda, Castro Valley, Fairfield, Fresno, Hawaii and San Diego) have participated in these tournaments. Email, 24 Jul 2012 Megan Morgan, Central Coast Baseball Association