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EIGHT PAGE HAY FEATURE
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
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STAR OF THE NORTH
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They’re back in action
Balaklava waiting list ‘up to 4 or 5 years’
Hospital surgery crippled by delays Les Pearson reports:
TopClass! WASLEYS Primary School student support officer, Belinda Pringle, was announced as the Excellent School/Preschool Support Staff Member of the Year at the SA Public Teaching Awards on Friday night. Belinda works as the school finance officer, runs the school library and also provides regular classroom support. She was recognised for showing initiative well beyond the expected role and has an impact throughout the whole community. Belinda was announced as a regional winner and state finalist a few months ago. “I didn’t expect it to go any further, so it was a nice surprise,” she said. While the wider community would probably be unaware of her efforts, the tiny school population of 47 at Wasleys Primary
Belinda is surrounded by Wasleys year 5/6/7 class and fellow staff members (from left):student teacher Tim Clarke, SSO Rebecca Seward (obscured), Prue Mosman and student teacher Lachlan Norman. – PICTURE: Lisa Redpath.
Belinda’s SA school award Les Pearson reports:
are extremely conscious of the gem it has in a vital administrative role. Belinda works extremely hard at opening up as many opportunities to broaden the student’s educational horizons. She initiated the pedal prix program, which involved the school buying a previous Balaklava High School vehicle, enabling the students to enter a team into races held in Adelaide.
Belinda also helped the school enter a team in the recent City to Bay Fun Run and arranged for the Barossa Interschool Chess Tournament to be held at Wasleys Primary. Even the smaller things, like special tshirts for the school’s year seven students, have been projects she has taken on. “They didn’t get shirts like students do at other schools and I thought someone needed to change that, so I did,” Belinda said. “The kids are really positive about being here.” She is now in her sixth year at Wasleys, after working in a similar role at Balaklava High School for three years. “Being a small school does have its pros and cons,” she said. n Continued Page 7
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LIMITED access to sterilisation services and operating equipment is crippling the number of surgeries performed at the Balaklava Soldiers Memorial Hospital operating theatre. The issue was raised in a letter to the editor by Balaklava resident, Ken Hausner (Page 2). Local GP, Dr Tom Lemon, said the issue had contributed to an extremely long waiting list for respective local operations. “The waiting list for a knee arthroscopy, for example, would be up to four or five years,” he said. Operating equipment is sent to Clare for sterilisation, which is then collected by a local staff member, who travels up there to retrieve the newly cleaned and sterilised tools. “The biggest limitation is we only own one batch of equipment for knee arthroscopies and shoulder repairs, hence no more than one of these procedures can be done on any one list,” Dr Lemon said. “This leaves us with a list comprising one knee, one shoulder and one or two other minor procedures.” n Continued Page 3
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