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SCIENCE FUN: Wimmera families enjoyed the opportunity to try all things science when a Questacon Science Circus visited Horsham at the weekend. The circus, at Horsham Lanes and Games, featured more than 30 interactive science exhibits and spectacular science shows. Belinda and Cove McGrath, right, were among many familes who attended the popular pop-up circus. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
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BY ABBY WALTER
ajor movements are underway at Horsham City Oval and Sawyer Park as the first steps towards redeveloping the precinct begin.
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Proposed upgrades to buildings, the oval and netball court could provide opportunities to further develop Wimmera sportspeople and encourage regional level events to Horsham. However, the upgrades would require the relocation of the Horsham Rural City Band, Horsham Men’s Shed and Horsham Pipe Band. Horsham Rural City Band president Karl Carman said the band was yet to confirm its new location. “The council has committed to finding us an agreeable and suitable hous-
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ing of equal or better standard,” he said. “If we get suitable housing that matches our current functionality, I don’t see a downside to it. “We’ve been in that hall for over 50 years but at the end of the day, it is just a building. All our history stuff can come with us, other than the bricks and mortar. “We are the only ones that use the current hall, and we’ve been using the hall since the late 1960s when the band built it. It’s not overly expensive to run the hall, and we are councilfunded so we get a yearly grant to fund the running of the hall.” Mr Carman said the council proposed the band relocate to Jubilee Hall — a shared space in Roberts Avenue.
“As it was presented to us, it is not a viable option with so many other people in there and financially, it doesn’t sound like it is going to work,” he said. “There’s a lot of unknowns. “We don’t know if we would still get the funding, we don’t know how much it is going to cost us to lease the hall, we have no idea how much room we will have, how much security we would have or how much access to the building we would have.” City Oval and Sawyer Park precinct redevelopment community reference group vice-chair Prue Beltz said it was important to remain objective. “The community reference group put a lot of work into the plan,” she said. “We had an amazing group of people who were able to work to-
wards what they thought was best for the area over their personal interests.” Ms Beltz is also a representative of the band. “The netball court is more suited to the area and that was a decision (the community reference group) had to make,” she said. “It’s really exciting to see what will be happening with the scoreboard area, as that wasn’t something we first thought of and was something new and different. “I’m really happy to see that get the funding because that will give us a lot of new options for performing and the arts as well so the band will be able to get up there if we have performances.” Continued — page 3
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