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Wednesday June 1, 2011
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Land sale prompts councillor to push for budget switch
Port Wakefield Community Management Committee (CMC) will receive $15,000 from the proceeds of the sale of the former Port Wakefield works depot, recently sold by Wakefield Regional Council. The figure is in stark contrast from the $50,000 previously committed to the CMC in the 2010/2011 budget. Under a motion moved by Central Ward
Les Pearson reports: councillor, David Lamond, the rest of the proceeds from the land sale will be held over to help fund the future relocation of the Balaklava works depot – a ongoing issue because of its proximity to housing in Wattle Ridge estate. “(I also suggest) the $15,000 allocated to
the CMC be to put towards a major project, some form of project where they can see the actual money came from the sale of the depot,” Cr Lamond said. His reasoning for the drop in funding was if council was selling a depot, the majority of money raised should be reinvested in another depot. Cr Lamond also envisaged money from
the sale of the depots in Balaklava, Owen and Blyth would go towards the new depot in Balaklava. Western Ward councillor, Darryl Pain, was perplexed with the funding decrease. “I don’t see why there has been such a massive reduction in the allocation of funds to the Port Wakefield CMC,” he said. n CONTINUED PAGE 4
Charmaine nabs her (police) man Sally Crowther reports: This is not just your average love story of falling in love and getting engaged – that would be a cop out. For two recently engaged local police officers it wasn’t quite love at first sight. Hamley Bridge, Brevet Sergeant Eddie Dilena, 38, and Port Wakefield Brevet Sergeant Charmaine Barlow, 30, did not get off to the normal fairy-tale beginning. They first met in October 2009 at Balaklava police station. It was Charmaine’s first day in the region and the local police officers, including Eddie, came to introduce themselves. “There was no connection at first. I didn’t actually like him much when we first met,” Charmaine admitted. But their interest in each other grew when they were rostered to work together over the Christmas period. When asked what their first date involved Eddie
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PICTURE: Lisa Redpath said, “speed detection on Port Wakefield road.” They also admit to packing lunch consisting of sausage rolls. “The only thing missing was a picnic blanket,” Charmaine said. A year later, the engagement followed on Christmas day. But when Eddie finally
plucked up the courage, Charmaine was called out to a nearby crash. When she returned home, the proposal came. “He made me wait all day,” Charmaine said. When it comes to wedding planning, both Charmaine and Eddie said they are in no rush. While they both have
decided on a small wedding, they are yet to agree on where they will tie the knot. Charmaine claims she would like a beach wedding, whereas Eddie would prefer to wed in a rainforest. “I guess that’s something we will need to talk about!” Eddie said. While the wedding may
not be in the near distant future, they plan on leaving their workboots behind and heading to Europe for their honeymoon. And because they both hold the same rank, there’s sure to be no pre or postwedding spats! n Love is in the air! More engagements, Page 14.
behind the scenes with our local police – SEE PAGE 7
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