The Weekly TImes - TWT - 9th October 2019

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Gala Queen Presentation Saturday

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Iani Sujono was awarded Outstanding Business Person of the Year at Wednesday’s TWT Northern Districts Local Business Awards Gala Presentation with, l to r, Hunters Hill Council Deputy Mayor Clr Jim Sanderson, Lane Cove Council Mayor Clr Pam Palmer and Ryde Council’s Clr Edwina Clifton. SEE BUSINESS AWARDS FULL WINNERS LIST INSIDE - PAGES 15-25.

B THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 9 October, 2019

YOUR MULTI AWARD WINNING LOCAL NEWSPAPER!

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TWT Granny Smith Festival Queen Quest

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VOL. 98 NO. 39 PUBLISHED 98 YEARS

Gala Queen Presentation Saturday

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Wednesday October 9, 2019

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P.O. BOX 123, RYDE 1680 PHONE: 9807-6666

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Classic Conjuring Music Club Piano Concert Magic Show Three TWT readers can win Five TWT readers double passes to a Classic Conjuring Magic Show on Saturday October 12 at Sydney’s Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh Street, at 7pm.

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can win Double Passes to Ryde Eastwood District Music Club’s next concert on Wednesday October 16 featuring talented concert pianist Celine Kang in the School of Arts Hall, 201 Cox’s Road, North Ryde at 8pm. SEE PAGE 2

Granny Smith apples were given away in Eastwood and local schools this week to promote Saturday week’s Granny Smith Festival in Eastwood. Pictured Granny Smith Festival Committee chairman De ‘ann Hespe, Ryde Mayor Clr Jerome Laxale, Woolworths manager Michael and Eastwood Public School students Rachel and Chloe Fong.

INSIDE This Week CATHIE’S COLUMN..........................2 Letters to Editor.................................4 Granny Smith Quest..........................7 Ryde Council News...................10, 11 Parramatta News & View...............13 NORTHERN LOCAL BUSINESS AWARDS................. 15-25 North Ryde RSL Club................16, 17 Handy Phone Guide................ 24-28 Bowls, sports results................ 30-32

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Dr Taliesin’s Classic Magic Show

Ryde Art Society Annual Exhibition

CITY of Ryde Art Society will hold its 59th Annual Exhibition from Friday October 25 to Saturday November 2 in the Cox’s Road Community Hall, 201 Cox’s Road North Ryde.

Three TWT readers have won double passes to a Classic Conjuring Magic Show this Saturday October 12 at Sydney’s Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, 169 Castlereagh Street, at 7pm.

Winners are: Brenda Munro, Lane Cove; Fred Daniels, Epping and Denis Hartman of Lane Cove.

Enjoy an evening you won’t forget at Sydney’s most exclusive close up magic show as Eppingbased master magician Dr Taliesin MMC transports you back to a time when magicians performed their illusions within touching distance of the audience (and even in the audience’s own hands!).

Presented amidst the old-world elegance of the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel in the Sydney CBD, you’re sure to be amused, amazed and mystified as coins appear, cards vanish and thoughts transfer from one person to another.

Classic Conjuring performances are set to run monthly with each show uniquely tailored to the audience with sophisticated, timeless, and spell-binding magic suitable for all ages sure to leave audiences baffled, amused and amazed.

An expert in coin magic and one of the elite few Australian magicians to have been made a Member of the Magic Circle (the most prestigious magician’s society in the world, with its home in

London), Dr Taliesin is also one of the only people in the world to have been awarded a PhD for his research on magic performance.

With more than a decade of research behind his show, Classic Conjuring is the ideal way to mark a special occasion or simply to enjoy a night out with family and friends of all ages.

Dr Taliesin is also known to Sydney audiences for his performances as a virtuoso violinist with Camerata Academica of the Antipodes.

Tickets $98 single or $312 family / group of four.NeBookings essential 0459 577 110 or visit www.ClassicConjuring. com.au

Ryde Eastwood Music Concert

Five TWT readers have won double passes to Ryde Eastwood District Music Club’s next concert on Wednesday October 16 featuring talented concert pianist Celine Kang in the School of Arts Hall, 201 Cox’s Road, North Ryde at 8pm.

Winners are: Roger Woolnough, Ermington; Alyce Birrelli, Drummoyne; Portia Edwards,

Gladesville; Steven Nankervis, Melrose Park and Marina Tynan of Denistone.

Celine was previously invited to perform at the March 2018 concert of REMC but had to decline as she would be performing in New York’s Carnegie Hall that night. There she took out first prize in the advanced piano section at the Golden Classical Music Awards. Celine has already established herself as a performer of high calibre. Her many major achievements include winning First Place at the Grand Virtuoso International Competition and being invited to perform at both the Weiner Musikverein in Austria and the New York International Piano Competition. Tickets available at door for $25 although all students will be admitted FREE. Tickets will also be available on Ticketebo.

Further information can be obtained from Richard Banner 0432 109 184.

Combined Pensioners & Superannuants

Gladesville Ryde Combined Pensioners meet on the third Wednesday each month at Gladesville RSL Club from 10am.

Next meeting October 16. All pensioners and su-

Grand opening and Awards Presentation on Sunday October 27 at 4.15pm - opened by Ryde City Mayor Jerome Laxale.

Gallery opening hours Friday October 25 from 12 noon to 4pm; Saturday October 26 from 1pm to 4pm (buyers preview only); Monday October 28 from 11am to 4pm; Tuesday October 29 from 11am to 4pm; Wednesday October 30 from 11am to 4pm; Thursday October 31 from 12 noon to 6pm; Friday November 1 from 11am to 4pm and Saturday November 2 from 11am to 2pm.

Light classical music. $5 entry fee for opening. Contact by email: membershipcras@gmail.com

perannuants are invited to be in attendance. Enquiries Ron Gee 9809-3066.

CAP Money Course

A free course designed to help you especially with budgeting over the Christmas period will be held over two Thursday evenings on October 17 and October 24 at 89 Blaxland Road Ryde from 7.30pm to 9pm.

Run by experienced CAP (Christians Against Poverty) facilitators.

Registrations are essential by phone 9807 2500 or visit website: www.reachcommunity.com.au

Ex-Unilever Reunion lunch

A reunion luncheon will be held forformer employees of Unilever on Thursday November 28 at Pennant Hills Bowling Club, Yarrara Street, PennantHills, from 11.30am to 3pm.

All welcome including partners. Lunch at own cost. Enquiries Ian Kirkham 0407 278 588.

Calling all old Cubs, Scouts and families

1st Putney Scout Group invite all old Cubs, Scouts and families to the opening of the Alison Small Putney Scout Hall this Sunday October 13 in Cleves Park, Douglas Street, Putney from 2.30pm to 4pm.

Afternoon tea to follow.

RSVP 1putneyscouts@ gmail.com by October 9 or contact Kim McCarthy 0410 079 182.

Lane Cove Music Concert

Lane Cove Music present the Alf & Pearl Pollard Memorial Awards for Performance Excellence in association with Sydney Eisteddfod on Tuesday October 15 in Lane Cove-Mowbray Anglican Church, 19 Rosenthal Avenue, Lane Cove (behind the Post Office) at 7pm.

Ten of the most outstanding solo instrumentalists between the ages of 12 and 15 will be selected from the 2019 Eisteddfod for these awards. The performances will be followed by an audience vote and the awarding

Gala Day success for North Ryde bowlers

BRUSH Park Women’s Bowling Club recently hosted its annual Gala Day for bowlers in the district at Denistone Sports Club. Overall winners on the day were the experienced North Ryde RSL combination of Ivy Hutchins, Marguerite Burkett and Anne Richardson, who are pictured with Brush Park WBC Patron Laura Oakman. A special thank you to the many local businesses who provided raffle prizes for the event.

Twilight Community Marketsreturn for this coming daylight-saving season this Saturday October 12.

The markets are held monthly in the lovely grounds of North Ryde Community Church behind the Council carpark at 6-8 Cutler Parade North Ryde from 4pm to 8pm.

Lots of free parking in the vicinity.

There’ll be a variety of stalls selling gourmet foods and baked goods, handmade arts and crafts, apparel and accessories, jewellery, homewares and gifts plus play activities for the children, face painting and a visit from “Snelly” the clown. Afternoon tea and a wide range of tempting hot food options for dinner will be available something for everyone!

This project is supported by funding from the City of Ryde.

DR RUTH MILLS Will commence working at: 44 Denistone Road, Denistone NSW 2114 on the 14th of October 2019

Keep Alive the Spirit of Scouting & Guiding with the St George’s Guilds meeting at historic

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Sydney Guild meets Tuesdays: Inquiries John F Booth AM 9807 6666

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EASTWOOD: Meet second Monday each month.

Next meeting October 14.

Enquiries president Vic Tagg 0412 369 510 or secretary Steve Colquhoun 9874-0221.

GLADESVILLE: Enquiries President Max McFarlane email: max.mcfarlane@skywardfinancial. com WEST RYDE: Enquiries President Nora Etmekdjian 0417 699 955.

DRUMMOYNE: Meet first Wednesday each month. Next meeting November 6. Enquiries Secretary Alex Elliott 0438 774 323 or Vice President Paul Harcombe 0438 089 900.

RIVERSIDE BUSINESS CHAMBER: AGM & Business After Hours on Monday October 14 @ The Ranch Hotel, corner Herring and Epping roads, North Ryde from 5.30pm - 7pm. Enquiries Helen Crouch 9952-8498 or RiversideChamber.com.au

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Auxiliary Quilts presentation

Concord RSL Auxiliary stalwarts Christine Dickerson and Carole Wright experienced a proud moment when they recently presented special quilts to the Hyde Park War Memorial from NSW Auxilaries. These included The Gallipoli Journey Quilt plus At The Going Down of the Sun Quilt. Absent were long serving Concord RSL Auxiliary members Freda Sutton and Denise Hatter. Christine, Carole, Freda and Denise all contributed to both quilts. Well done ladies!

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GRANNY SMITH Festival Committee chaired by De‘ann Hespe meets today at Eastwood’s CWA rooms to finalise arrangements for this year’s festival on Saturday week October 19 which promises to be our biggest and best despite Ryde Council’s ridiculous ban on all things plastic by stallholders including cups, plates and even drinking straws. Cup your hands for a drink and eat with your fingers is back to the cave living days.

NEXT WEEK AWARDS PART 2

*** GEORGE ROBB was farewelled last Thursday at Macquarie Park Crematorium and later at North Ryde RSL Club where he served for many years as a director and Club Vice President.

His widow Norma was present with daughter Janice and family members.

We will publish an obituary next week.

MARGARET TAFFA widow of the late Ron Taffa of Taffa’s Mitre 10 West Ryde hardware fame heads This Week’s Birthday Honours List celebrating today with her children and grandchildren.

GEORGE ROBB

*** LYNNE WEARNE the effervescent blonde bombshell of days of yore at Top Ryde Shop-

Claudia Dominique Photios - who celebrates her birthday next Tuesday - and sister, Sophie Cartier Photios

ping Centre where she ran Michel’s Hair’M beauty salon and hairdresser celebrates Friday with hubby Bruce and children Lawsen and Morgan.

*** Bella Simpson younger daughter of Maria Gaucci Simpson and JB’s Godson the Great John L Simpson celebrates her fifteenth birthday on Friday with elder sister Lily Kate and a loving Grandma Maureen Simpson of cooking and cooking book and TV fame. Unfortunately this will be the first birthday without her grandfather Ian Simpson who was an old Ryde Scout good mate of JB who was Best Man at Ian and Maureen’s wedding at Ryde’s Presbyterian church many moons ago.

Inez Germeroth celebrates in Munich at Oktobefest on Friday while Teddi Delgado celebrates in The Philippines same day as Millie Booth, no relation, of North Ryde parties. *** Tony He of LCD & Co Financial Solutions celebrates Monday while Monday is also special for Sarnie Hay and Christine Pedrosa in Quezon City The Philippines.

Dhon Armour the Gladesville hairdresser we all remember retired after 53 years when he turned 70 in 2014 celebrates 75 on Tuesday.

Alan and Margaret (Peg) Bailey celebrate 69 years wedded bliss at Ryde’s Dalton Gardens Tuesday Same day Tom and Beryl Lemme celebrate 64 years with children Stuart and

Melinda and families.

They married at St Andrew’s Presbyterian church Leichhardt. *** Claudia Dominique Photios celebrates on Tuesday with elder sister Sophie Cartier Photios daughters of Janice Photios and Michael. *** Greg Barclay now general manager at the new Governor Hotel at Macquarie Park created a sensation when he proposed from the stage of Lunar New Year in Eastwood to his bride to be Esther Lee and married three years ago on Wednesday.

Ian and Ruth Henderson celebrate 54 years wedded bliss Wednesday.

Happy daze all. *** BUMPER STICKER: INSANITY – is hereditary – You get it from your kids! *** Keep Smiling!

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Pizza maestro wins top local award

The team at the Via Napoli Restaurant in Lane Cove said they are over the moon with winning the Best Outstanding Restaurant Award during this week’s Northern District Local Business Awards.

The Via Napoli Restaurant was founded in Lane Cove in 2011 by Luigi Esposito with the aim of recreating the traditional pizzas of his home city of Napoli as well as replicating the authentic atmosphere of a Neopolitan restaurant.

“Neapolitans take their pizza very seriously,” Mr Esposito told The Weekly Times.

“We are a big Neopolitan family and the atmosphere here at Via Napoli in Lane Cove is fun and is bustling with the activity and excitement of a family restaurant in Napoli.”

Restaurant staff are thrilled to have won the award – the second local business award won in the last two years – and thank the patrons and guests who nominated Via Napoli.

“Everyone here is over the moon to have won this prestigious award, especially so because this award reflects the passion and enjoyment of our valued patrons.” ‘'We thank everyone who supported us and who are very much a part of the Via Napoli family tradition.”

To read the Via Napoli story go to Pages 24 and 25 in this week’s edition.

See next week’s edition for more on our acclaimed Northern District Local Business Awards winners.

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Letters to the Editor Climate Change? No, Weather Change!

Dear Sir, A handy synopsis of the background to and a recommended way forward for Conserviatives to respond to the latest scaremongering by the Socialist Left Eco-Warriors using the child catastrophist Greta Thunberg to drive their marketing campaign among the gullible.

We need to do no less by way of meeting one marketing (misinformation) campaign with a better (more honest) marketing campaign.

And this time, the agents of the Fake News Industry have created a new hero in Greta Thunberg, a 16-year-old Swedish girl who challenged the world (well the West, actually) during a dramatic, emotion-laden monologue that she delivered in front of the United Nations.

Thunberg’s performance was political theatre at its absolute best—or worst, depending upon how one looks at it. That being said, that this adolescent believes at least some of the nonsense she espoused is a proposition few would doubt.

The adults by whom she’s been raised and educated have undoubtedly been hard at work brainwashing her from a very early age into thinking that the Earth is about to bring its 4.5 billionyear run to a cataclysmic end.

To further compound her anxieties, little Greta has been taught two other ideas that fundamentally distinguish the Godless apocalyptic scenario to which she subscribes from its traditional, theocentric counterpart: First, the Earth’s implosion will result in the sheer obliteration of all human beings.

There is no afterlife to which the apocalypse will lead.

Second, human beings can stop the apocalypse. We can stop the world from ending.

We just won’t.

From a traditional Christian perspective, there is nothing that human beings can do to prevent God from fulfilling His own will.

Within the framework of “climate change,” however, the framework within which

Greta has been reared, Armageddon is avoidable.

The point I’d like to make here, though, concerns, not the left’s latest childprop, but the utter failure on the part of conservatives to fight, to genuinely fight, their enemies.

The issue of “climate change” is the proverbial textbook illustration of this seemingly incorrigible ineptitude on the part of conservatives to engage in what many, including conservative media celebrities, typically describe as “political warfare.”

As has long been noted, success in politics (like success in war), is ultimately a matter of “perception.” Warfare, whether in politics or on the battlefield, encompasses psychological warfare at least as much as it does physical warfare. What we perceive depends upon how we look.

That those on the left are well aware of this fact is made plain by the apparent effortlessness by which they create and promote their narratives, the conceptual lenses through which an unwitting public then proceeds to view the world.

It is crucial to recognize that the content of the narrative is inseparable from the container, the specific terms in which the narrative is couched. More specifically, it is these terms that constitute the narrative.

Leftist ideologues originally packaged their version of the Apocalypse under the label of “Global Warming.” This nomenclature, they eventually discovered, wasn’t the best way to promote the alarmism among the populace for which they hoped, for it is difficult for the average person, relying only upon his senses, to feel in his bones that the Earth was inching ever-closer toward its incineration while he is experiencing for himself winters with historically-unprecedented cold temperatures. “Global warming,” as potentially ominous as it may strike the ears of many, simply couldn’t move people in the ways in which endless anecdotal evidence moves them.

So these secular millennialists decided to revisit their marketing strategies. As if overnight, they opted to replace “Global Warming” with…“Climate Change.”

HUNTER’S HILL COUNCIL

HUNTER’S HILL COUNCIL EXHIBITION OF DRAFT LOCAL STRATEGIC PLANNING STATEMENT The draft Local Strategic Planning Statement for the Municipality of Hunters Hill is on exhibition from Monday 16 September to Friday 25 October 2019.

The LSPS is a 20 year vision and strategy to guide the Municipality’s future, and provides the context and direction for land use decision making in the area. . The LSPS further interprets the vision for the area already developed with the help of residents and businesses in the Hunters Hill Community Strategic Plan 2018-2028 and responds to the State Government’s planning priorities for the Greater Sydney Regional Plan and North District Plan in the local context.

The draft LSPS is prepared in accordance with the Direction issued by the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment and the LSPS must be in place by 31 March 2020.

For more information about the draft LSPS and to stay informed, go to www.huntershill.nsw.gov.au to find how to participate or contact Council’s Customer Service team. A community consultation program will occur during the exhibition period.

To make comment on the draft LSPS, submission must be received by Friday 25 October 2020. Please write ‘Exhibition of draft LSPS submission’ in the topic line of your submission and send to: council@ huntershill.nsw.gov.au or PO Box 21, Hunters Hill, NSW 2110. For enquiries, contact Council’s Strategic Planning Officer on 9879 9442.

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LETTERS Welcome

TWT welcomes letters from our readers. Full name, address and telephone number MUST be supplied, even if not for publication.

Send to: TWT PO Box 123, Ryde 1680 or email: contactus@weekly times.com.au

The move was a sensible one. “Climate Change” simultaneously served two purposes: on the one hand, the term “climate,” precisely because it is not a term used all that often by the average person, sounds sufficiently scientific: the climate is a subject for experts. On the other hand, radically unlike the idea that the planet is on its way toward becoming an ember, that the climate is forever undergoing changes, and often fairly abrupt, dramatic changes, is selfevident.

What conservatives and other Armageddon skeptics must do, though, is change the narrative by selecting terms that lay bare for all with eyes to see the Climate Changers’ central claim for what it is: The weather is changing.

The Global Warmiststurned-Climate Changers wax hysterical from the rooftops over the fact that the weather changes.

It is the omnipresent fact that the weather changes that (allegedly) has the alarmists up at night.

It is the phenomena of changes in the weather that the left would have us believe constitute the biggest existential crisis facing the planet.

Now, there isn’t a single soul wailing and gnashing over “Climate Change” that would so much as think of substituting “Weather Change” for his crisis of choice. The reason for this is as obvious as, and has everything to do with, the selfevident nature of the subject itself: The weather is and has always been incessantly changing.

In fact, inasmuch as the term “weather,” being but a short-hand term for a manifold of meteorological phenomena, practically by definition implies variation. “Weather” is like the term “universe” in that it refers to the totality of a complex of ever-changing things.

Moreover, unlike “climate,” “weather” is about as mundane a term as any.

Everyone knows about the weather, and it doesn’t require a degree in climatology or geo-science to recognize that some days are sunny and warm, other days snowy and cold, etc.

When we identify the subject under consideration here for what it is by calling it Weather Change, the position of the alarmists is reduced to the absurdity that it has always been.

But in order to accomplish this end, conservatives need to first be willing to take that first step and create their own narrative—one that reflects reality.

JIM SIMPSON Convenor Climate Realists of Five Dock

Morrison, king of spin and BS Dear Sir, I am writing in response to the Australian Taxpayers Alliance (ATA) letter “Aust must boycott UN climate summit” published in the TWT 2/10/2019.

Well, the ATA certainly haven’t let the facts interfere with their media release.

The fact is that Australia was snubbed by the UN ahead of the Climate Sum-

mit because of its global reputation as a climate action laggard.

Scott Morrison decided not to attend, even though he was in the US at the time, preferring to throw Environment Minister Marise Payne under the bus instead.

Australia was also roundly criticised by our vulnerable neighbours at the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu weeks before.

Scott Morrison wasn’t happy at all with widespread comments that he was running a “denialist government” so he decided to give the UN General Assembly a pep talk about how good Australia was actually going in dealing with climate change.

Perhaps the CEO of the Climate Council summed it up best when she said, “Scott Morrison’s speech and his claim that Australia was doing enough on climate change was “colossal bullshit”. ”He performed like a suburban loudmouth talking crap to his mates over the barbie; not so much unconcerned about truth as seemingly unaware that such a thing exists”.

The Department of Environment and Energy projections released in December 2018 show Australia is not on track to meet its current target.

The Climate Council says “Australia’s Kyoto targets were among the weakest in the world, and that the government’s data proves our emissions are actually increasing”.

A further example of Australia’s climate “wallflower” status and its lack of serious commitment is the Coalition’s withdrawal from funding the Green Climate Fund and its need to resist pressure from within its own ranks to withdraw Australia from the Paris climate agreement altogether.

MIKE HILDER Marsfield

Hunters Hill Guest Column Creative Doves are Sewing for Soldiers

QUESTION: What is the “common thread” linking a small group of schoolchildren in Gladesville to members of our Australian defence force personnel serving overseas in remote locations?

Answer: A sewing machine… some material… an opportunity to learn new skills… and a desire to offer recognition and service to others.

In an age dominated by computerised devices and with our children immersed in personal software games here we have a group of young students who have chosen to develop practical skills, viz. sewing, and use these skills to create useful items for strangers.

In this activity it is fellow Australians serving thousands of kilometres away from their own families and friends. * * * THE “Creative Doves” are five young girls in Year 6 at Our Lady Queen of Peace school at

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Gladesville.

They are carrying on a school tradition where they learn sewing skills and then make useful, practical items which are given to people in need.

The girls in the group - Elyse Smith, Sophie Haddad, Isabella Calleja, Holly Mizens and Lara Wisemantel get together once each week at school and sacrifice their lunchbreak to do their sewing.

They are coordinated by Julie Simon, one of the school’s Learning Support Officers and Mrs Sharon Smith who is one of the girls’ mothers. * * * THIS LATEST project, on behalf of Aussie Hero Quilts, provided individual laundry bags with care packs for Australian troops serving overseas.

Previous offerings earlier this year included rainbow

quilts for the Handmade With Love project and chair bags for school children in Townsville who had lost everything in local floods.

In this laundry bag initiative, it reminds our Australian troops that they are not forgotten…. that we are grateful and thankful for their service and sacrifice.

This sewing activity is also a wonderful opportunity for young people to demonstrate the virtue of “giving” and at the same time truly living out their OLQP school values of mercy, human dignity, justice and service in the tradition of the founding Sisters of Mercy.

JULIE SIMON is the Learning Support Officer at Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary School Gladesville

Scouts partner council in bee project THE HUNTERS Hill Scouts will partner Hunters Hill Council to create a local variety of honey as part of a stingless native bee project.

The partnership offers environmental benefits and it is hoped that local residents will also join the partnership.

“Native stingless bees are key pollinators for our bushlands, but are at risk of decline from increased clearing and pesticide use,” Hunters Hill Clr Elizabeth Krassoi said. “ It is hoped that this educational project will excite residents, young and old, about protecting our small habitats and our small but important creatures.

“The project will also include identifying a safe location for Council’s community native bee hive, hosting an educational event and demonstration to encourage residents to establish their own hives, planting a garden bed pantry full of the ingredients that bees need to make their honey.”

Along the theme of reuse and recycling, the Scouts will use some long abandoned dinghies from Council’s storage to make garden beds.

“We enjoyed a walk in the rain followed by hot tea and cake with Scout leaders Gigi (Lori Graff) and Kathy Ward, native and per-

maculture landscape expert Steve and Wahroonga Council Native Bee Volunteer Alison,” Clr Krassoi said.

“Some early ideas have formed and some exciting plans are afoot for a shared native bee project that aims to enrich the Scout learning program, but also to

reach into the Municipality to share and collaborate as much as possible.

“This sort of collaboration and eco focus ticks a whole heap of Community Strategic Plan boxes, but business aside, it will just be great fun and a win for the bees and for community partnerships”

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TWT Granny Smith Festival Queen Quest

Gala 2019 Queen Quest Presentation This Saturday in Eastwood Shopping Centre This year’s TWT Miss Eastwood Granny Smith Festival Queen will be named and crowned on stage at Eastwood Shopping Centre this Saturday at 11am.

Eleven contestants will face the judging panel this afternoon in Eastwood Shopping Centre tower 160 Rowe Street Eastwood.

The Queen and Grand Finalists will star in next Saturday’s October 19 Grand Parade through the streets of Eastwood and return to centre court stage after the Parade for prizegiving which includes: $1,000 First Prize courtesy Eastwood Shopping Centre $500 First Runner-up $250 Third Prize

Christine Wang - Who doesn’t like apples, and who wouldn’t want to be queen? Honestly, who needs beauty pageants when you can become an apple queen? 7,500 types of apples in the world, but I chose Granny Smith

Kimberley Spencer - My interest in the history of the Granny Smith apple, started from a young age when my sister and two cousins, would walk with my Gran to the local lolly shop and on the way visit Ray Park. Being Granny Smith Festival Queen would allow me to share my passion about our local area, as well as volunteering and I would encourage and support others to get involved in the wide range of opportunities that our local area offers us. It would also allow me to be more involved in a range of different opportunities.

Sandra Hodgekiss - I love Granny Smith apples and they make an excellent apple pie and it will make my grandsons proud.

Victoria Kopacheva - This is not just an application, it is a challenge to myself, to society and to other mothers like me. Our society believes that if you are a mother, you cannot be the queen in the competition. If you are over thirty, then you should not think about competitions. Many of my friends are beautiful mothers of different nationalities who hide their talents and beauty, because they think that their time has passed.

Laura Middleton - The opportunity to hold the title of Granny smith festival Queen for 2019 would allow me to gain a platform to spread awareness for critical issues within our community. I am particularly concerned about the growing rate of food insecurity within our local and broader community.

I have met with the CEO of Food Bank Australia to speak about strategies that could be used to eradicate food insecurity and educate families on food nutrition. I believe that if I am crowned Festival Queen, I will be better placed to make a more considerable difference in this field.

Festival Operating Hours

• Clive Road - resident access only The following roads will be closed from approximately 9.00 - 11.00am on Saturday 19 October for the street parade:

Festival area Road closed Parade Road closure Disability drop off St. John First Aid

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• Shaftsbury Road - between Terry Road and Rutledge Street • Hillview Road - between Terry Road and Lakeside Road • Glen Street • Rowe Street - between Shaftsbury Road and Tarrants Avenue • Richards Avenue - between Auld Avenue and Shaftsbury Road

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• Lakeside Road - between Wingate Avenue and Hillview Road

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The following roads will be closed from 5.00 - 11.00am on Saturday 19 October for the street parade:

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The following closures will be in place from 6.00pm Friday 18 October until 9.00pm (or until streets are cleared) on Saturday 19 October: • Rowe Street - between Shaftsbury Rd and the Avenue • Trelawney Street - between Rowe St and Eastwood Centre carpark entry • Progress Avenue • Hillview Lane car park • Hillview Lane between Progress Avenue and West Parade The following road will be closed from 10.00pm Friday 18 October until 10.00pm (or until streets are cleared) on Saturday 19 October: • Hillview Road – between West Parade and Lakeside Road The following roads will be closed from 5.00am - 10.00pm • West Parade - between Wingate Ave and the West Parade overpass • Coolgun Lane The following roads will be closed from 6.00am until 7.00pm on Saturday 19 October: • Lakeside Road – between Glen Street and The Avenue (car park access only beyond Glen Street) • Hillview Lane – between Shaftsbury Road and Lakeside Avenue

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Due to the closure of West Parade, all buses have been diverted to pick up and set down on the east side of the station (closed between 9.00 and 11.00am for parade procession)

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GLEN STREET CAR PARK CLOSURE All Glen Street car park entry and exits will be closed from 9.00 11.00am on Saturday 19 October for the street parade. No entry or exit to the car park will be allowed between 9.00 - 11.00am or until the street parade has passed.

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For enquiries please contact the City of Ryde Events Team on 9952 8222 or email events@ryde.nsw.gov.au

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HEALTH

FOOT HEALTH WEEK

Put your best foot forward this week

HUNTERS HILL Podiatry practice is celebrating Foot Health Week and want readers of The Weekly Times to take this opportunity to have their feet checked.

Podiatrist Sam Lewis reminds readers about the importance of daily foot checks and the role of the podiatrist working along side doctor as part of a personal health care team. ‘’Podiatrists are specialist in the lower limb and feet and it is our job to work with your doctor to ensure your feet don’t get in the way of you living your life,’ he said.

Mr Lewis stressed that feet house a quarter of the bones within the body and it is important to take proper care of them.

He also stressed that a foot check up can reveal other medical conditions.

“When was the last time you or you doctor had a close look at your feet?

“Whilst not the prettiest part of the body, our feet play an important part in our health that is often un-

derestimated and misunderstood.

“Your feet are a great indicator of how your body is working and can give hints to what might be happening below the skin.

“Problems like yellowed or thick nails can be a sign of issues with blood flow, corns and callus can be an indicator of poor walking technique and curled nails can even predict possible issues with lung function!”

He said that with one in four older people experiencing foot pain, issues like Plantar Fasciitis, painful flat feet or in-grown nail are much more common than people think and can become more prevalent with age.

“Talking to your podiatrist about your pain can help them diagnose underlying issues.

“Assessing the way you

walk, the shoes you wear as well as how your feet affect your ankles, knees and hips is all part of the role of a podiatrist in helping treat the root of your pain.”

Mr Lewis reassures readers that many foot related issues are treatable and can be prevented if detected early.

“Chronic conditions like Diabetes can be harmful to the feet, but with your doctor and podiatrist’s help, can be well managed.

“So whether it be for you or your family’s feet, remember just because your feet may be out of sight, they should never be out of mind!”

For an appointment with Sam at Hunters Hill Podiatry Practice phone 9817 2080 or visit the website: hhpodiatry.com.au

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It’s time to put your best foot forward this October!

Given the feet alone house a quarter of the bones within the body, it is important to ensure you take proper care of them!

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WEST RYDE optometrist Tom Geroulas (pictured) will be taking the World Sight Day Challenge on October 10, donating all examination fees,as well as collecting donations to give the gift of sight to people around the world who don’t have access to basic eye care.

Currently there are over 1.2 billion children and adults suffering needlessly from avoidable blindness and vision impairment.

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Lane Cove springs into life with streets full of flowers

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LANE Cove MP Anthony Roberts recently joined Mayor of Lane Cove Councillor Pam Palmer for the official opening of the local azalea project.

The project saw more than 600 azaleas planted along Epping Road between Coxs Lane and the Longueville Road intersection, funded under the NSW Government’s Stronger Communities Fund.

Other works in the project included the repair of retaining walls and the planting of native ground covering plants and installation of irrigation.

The azaleas were sourced entirely from cuttings grown by Council which were taken from original azaleas on Epping Road.

Further works have begun on

the section between Coxs Lane and the Longueville Road intersection and will include the removal of some azaleas and soil for structural brick and repairing structural brick.

There will be a further planting of azaleas in the top terrace using plants grown from cuttings as well as a planting of native ground covering plants in the lower terrace “I was delighted with Lane Cove Council’s decision to rejuvenate the azaleas along Epping Road, and I am extremely pleased that with a contribution

from the State Government we will get to what will be a beautiful final result” Mr Roberts said.

“The azaleas were planted over 30 years ago and quickly became a must see attraction for those travelling through Lane Cove”.

Lane Cove Council has now cultivated over 700 azaleas seedlings which are being cared for at the Lane Cove community nursery.

Lane Cove MP Anthony Roberts and Lane Cove Mayor Pam Palmer are pictured with the azaleas.

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Your City News DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS DETERMINED The following Development Applications and Complying Development Applications were determined in the period 23/09/2019 to 29/09/2019. The reasons for the decision can be viewed by accessing Council’s DA Tracker at: www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/eServices Central Ward Approved

Dropping by our Granny Smith Festival Apple sponsor, Woolworths

New sessions and website for Heritage Review 2019 In response to community feedback, the City of Ryde has created new heritage information sessions that will be tailored to the different heritage types. Council has also updated the website, which provides further details on the Heritage Review 2019.

The website is full of helpful information on proposed heritage properties and proposed heritage conservation areas, as well as answers to frequently asked questions. There is also an interactive online map that shows where the proposed items are located.

In addition, members of the public can also complete an online survey, register for one of the upcoming information sessions and submit specific questions on the Heritage Review 2019.

The online hub follows the decision by the City of Ryde to extend consultation on the Heritage Review 2019 by a further two weeks, to Sunday 10 November.

To access the online hub visit www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/haveyoursay/ heritage.

Snap and win at this year’s Granny Smith Festival Preparations are ramping up for the upcoming Granny Smith Festival, which will take place in Eastwood on Saturday 19 October.

While there is plenty of entertainment planned throughout the festival that will cater for all ages, there will also be the chance to win a fantastic prize thanks to Granny Smith Festival Platinum sponsor, RMA Eastwood.

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For more information on the competition, as well as all the great entertainment that will feature in this year’s Granny Smith Festival, visit ryde.rocks/gsf.

Be fantastic, cut single-use plastic At the City of Ryde we have led the way in protecting the local environment by becoming one of the first councils to prohibit the use of single-use plastics at Council events and phasing out their use in all Council operations.

In order to help local businesses follow suit, we are staging a free Sustainable Solutions Expo at Ryde Civic Hall on Thursday 7 November.

At this event, businesses will get the chance to learn how they can make their organisation a sustainable one.

There will be free toolkits available, the chance to learn new sustainable tips and skills, as well as the opportunity to meet sustainable suppliers.

For more information and to register for this event visit www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/cutplastic.

Sincerely,

Clr Jerome Laxale Mayor Phone 9952 8222 mayor@ryde.nsw.gov.au

MUSICAL MORNING TEA: RYDE EISTEDDFOD HIGHLIGHTS

10.30 – 11.30am, Ryde Library Join us for a special Musical Morning Tea and enjoy a musical showcase of highlights from the 2019 Ryde Eisteddfod.

Bookings are essential at cityofryde.eventbrite.com.au or call 9952 8352.

INFOCUS: CENTRELINK AND CARERS

10.30 – 12.30am, Gladesville Library Discover how Centrelink can help support carers. Topics include assistance for carers, carer payment/allowance options, and Special Disability Trusts.

Presented by the ATO. Bookings are essential at cityofryde.eventbrite.com.au or call 9952 8352.

MOD2019/0142 12 Putney Pde PUTNEY LDA2019/0136 Section 4.55 to modify floor layouts and 38 Addington Ave RYDE façade and addition of a plant room to Ground floor alterations and first floor basement level. addition to existing dwelling.

MOD2019/0180 LDA2019/0250 15 Halifax St MACQUARIE PARK 21 Commissioners Rd DENISTONE Section 4.55 to enclose the retail lobby, Alterations and additions to dwelling addition of 2 kiosk spaces, relocation of including a new carport. communal area.

LDA2019/0256 MOD2019/0182 267 Morrison Rd RYDE Demolition; new two storey dwelling and 53 Wharf Rd GLADESVILLE Section 4.55 to remove condition 66 a detached secondary dwelling. relating to Section 73 Certificate.

LDA2019/0290 West Ward Approved 42A-42B Aeolus Ave RYDE LDA2019/0130 Torrens Title subdivision of existing 3-5 Vincentia St MARSFIELD dual occupancy (attached).

Torrens Title subdivision into 4 lots MOD2019/0171 including strata subdivision of the 9 Moss St WEST RYDE buildings in proposed lot 1.

Section 4.55 to reduce floor area to rear LDA2019/0198 of dwelling and modify elevations and 42 Ryedale Rd DENISTONE floor layout.

Two storey alterations and additions East Ward Approved including a swimming pool.

LDA2019/0241 MOD2019/0128 121 Morrison Rd GLADESVILLE 249 Rowe St EASTWOOD Torrens Title subdivision of existing Section 4.55 to amend fitout and convert dual occupancy (attached). outdoor plant area to floor space.

LDA2019/0294 MOD2019/0138 27 Darwin St WEST RYDE 5 Kaluna St PUTNEY Section 4.55 to increase size of alfresco, Alterations and first floor addition to revise ground floor levels, modify dwelling. stormwater plan, internal changes to LDA2019/0302 ground floor units 1 and 2 and the 2C Wolfe Rd EAST RYDE addition of a 300mm privacy screen to New in-ground spa and retaining walls. boundary fence on east elevation.

MOD2019/0097 Refused LDA2018/0462 6/7 Eden Park Dr MACQUARIE PARK Section 4.55 to extend trading hours from 62-64 Abuklea Rd EASTWOOD 8.30am to 6.30pm to 8.00am to 10.00pm New multi-dwelling housing containing 7 dwellings and strata subdivision.

Monday to Sunday.

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED The following applications have been received and Council invites public comment before making a decision: Property: 176 Quarry Road, Ryde Local Development Application No. LDA2019/0328 Applicant: Designcorp Architects Consolidation of two lots into one and construction of a two storey child care centre with basement car parking for 20 vehicles. The child care centre will operate between 7.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Friday and have a capacity for up to 100 children.

Submissions regarding the above application must be lodged no later than 23 October 2019.

Property: 160 to 186 Balaclava Road, Marsfield Local Development Application No. LDA2019/0327 Applicant: Trustees of the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul Construction of two new “self contained dwellings”, each containing 4 bedrooms in conjunction with the existing seniors living development. Submissions regarding the above application must be lodged no later than 30 October 2019.

Anyone may make submissions to Council. Submissions are required to be in writing. They should be addressed to the General Manager and sent by post, email or delivered in person to the Customer Service Centre. A submission by way of objection should specify the grounds of objection. The City of Ryde has resolved that all submissions received in relation to rezoning and development applications will be publicly accessible on request. The supply of personal information is voluntary. However if you choose to make an anonymous submission it may be given less weight (or no weight) in the overall consideration of the application. Development Applications are available for inspection electronically and without charge at the Customer Service Centre, 1 Pope Street, Ryde (within the Top Ryde Shopping Centre) between 8.30am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday (2nd Thursday of each month – 10.00am to 5.00pm).

To make an appointment go to www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/planningandbusiness or call 9952 8222.

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Deputy Mayor Simon Zhou (front row, seventh from left) is pictured at the Council Chambers last week with members of Ryde’s Chinese speaking community.

City of Ryde hosts event for Chinese speaking residents RYDE Council Chamber was packed last week as the City of Ryde hosted an information event for the local Chinese speaking community.

The event was presented by Deputy Mayor Simon Zhou and Council staff, with a focus on Council services.

The event also gave the Chinese Seniors Learning Group an opportunity to learn about local libraries, halls and facilities available for community use.

A presentation on the New Heart of Ryde proposal was made and the community was told the proposed new civic centre building is being called the new Heart of Ryde because it is located on the Top Ryde site of the current but abandoned Civic Centre as well as offering a four-fold increase in community space.

Deputy Mayor Zhou said the Council Chamber event was “extremely beneficial” for The City of Ryde’s Chinese speaking community.

“The City of Ryde is proud of its multicultural-

ism and offers great services to our community, including those of non-English speaking backgrounds,” he said.

“For instance, Council’s Library Service has a growing collection of books in languages other than English and community language newspapers that are available to all library members.

“Therefore the event was extremely informative for the members of the Chinese Seniors Learning Group and I hope it encourages them to make the most of the Council services that will assist them.”

New civic centre will go out for tender but the cost is hidden from ratepayers

A CITY of Ryde proposal for a new civic centre at Top Ryde will go out for public tender next month but council staff will not reveal how much it will cost until the tender process is underway.

Councillors voted by seven votes to four to have the New Heart Of Ryde civic centre concept put out for tender with a caveat that allows councillors to withdraw from the process if necessary.

Pressed on the cost to ratepayers by Liberal councillors, the council’s Director of Corporate Services Steve Kludass stressed that it would be financially irresponsible to make a budget

known to potential tenderers.

“I do not want to go on public record and jeopardise the tender process but what we have said is that there will be a mix of cash returns and we will finance the debt from future developer contributions,” he said.

“We will know what the cost is once we have gone through the tender process .. it is not about what I think, it is about what the

market thinks.”

Mayor Jerome Laxale gave a personal assurance that the project will be financially “viable and affordable” and has gone on public record to confirm that he expects “healthy returns” from leasing office space in the new building to government and community organisations.

Mr Kludass also gave assurances that the process will follow specific Department

of Local Government guidelines for the new building, to be located on the site of the existing but abandoned civic centre.

“We will satisfy each and every one of them !” he said of the guidelines.

He nonetheless acknowledged the risks involved.

“Risk?

Absolutely there is risk and that is why we have a risk management plan,” he said.

“There are 18 risks and the person we have commissioned has significant experience and I think the project is in good hands.

“We have also assembled an expert team to manage project governance.

“But if all things fail there are provisions in the tender process to opt out.”

The Liberals questioned Mr Kludass about “the fatal risk”

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of developer contributions drying up, forcing ratepayers to bail it out through a special levy, possibly on new home buyers.

“With or without this project, development will go on and we have amassed $80 million in developer contributions in the last few years, this is not a stretch in anyone’s imagination,” Mr Kludass said.

The Corporate Services Director’s refusal

to reveal a cost to the community prior to the tender process, left the Liberals fuming about what they see as a failure to meet ratepayers’ right to know.

Councillor Moujalli (Lib) stressed that state and federal government agencies often reveal a budget estimate when a project is announced.

“This is one rule for council and another rule for everyone else!” he said.

Walk the park pathway that is saving lives

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Exhibition of Voluntary Planning Agreement under Section 7.4 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979

Council proposes to enter into the following Voluntary Planning Agreement, which is now on Public Exhibition: Voluntary Planning Agreement for 11-17 Khartoum Road and 33-39 Talavera Road Macquarie Park NSW 2113 (Lots 1 in DP633221) (Site) in association with a Staged Development for redevelopment of the Site incorporating five Staged Commercial Office Buildings with Stage 1 being 10 storey Building with 3 basement levels and 17,759sqm of floor area in Development Application - LDA2017/0547.

Description: The above development is to be determined by the North Sydney Regional Planning Panel in the near future, which will require the Developer to enter into a Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) with Council: The VPA provides the following Public Benefits: • Dedication and Construction of a Road as part of the Macquarie Park Access network to the agreed value of $4,860,000 • Construction of a Pedestrian Link with Public Access Easement as part of the Macquarie Park Access network to the agreed value of $1,880,000 • Reconstruction of Public Domain along Khartoum Road and Talavera Road frontages to an agreed value of $1,620,000 • Pay monetary contributions in accordance with the current contribution plan and incentive contribution rate to a combined value of $5,766,647 over the life of the development Where can I view the Planning Agreements?

The Planning Agreements are on public exhibition and can be viewed: Online www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/haveyoursay In Person Customer Service Centre, 1 Pope Street, Ryde (Monday to Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm) How do I make a submission?

Written submissions must be clearly marked as ‘VPA2017/547/7’ and can be made as follows: Online www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/haveyoursay Post General Manager, City of Ryde Locked Bag 2069, North Ryde NSW 1670 Email cityofryde@ryde.nsw.gov.au Submissions regarding the above Planning Agreement must be lodged no later than Wednesday 6 November 2019.

For further information please call our Customer Service Centre on 9952 8222 or visit www.ryde.nsw.gov.au

A RISK to the lives of Field of Mars Reserve visitors - forced to dash across hectic Pittwater Water to access parts of the park – has been removed with the creation of a new pedestrian and cyclist pathway.

The new pathway was completed by the City of Ryde on Friday with the construction of a new shared user footpath, an upgrade to existing footpaths to connect to the new pathway and repainting the line markings.

The new shared user path is part of the City of Ryde’s commitment to creating safe and accessible pathways and was put forward as a notice of motion put forward by Clr Penny Pedersen in February 2018, which was unanimously supported by other councillors.

An inspection of the pathway on Friday found a “No Pedestrian Access” sign dumped in bush land after being

repeatedly hit by cars.

“This highlights the danger faced by park users, some of whom took the risk to dash onto Pittwater Road in front of traffic,” Clr Pedersen told The Weekly Times.

“With this pathway that danger has been removed.”

The Thomas and Cameron families were the first locals to walk the path on Friday and stressed how important it would be to younger children, whose road sense is not fully developed.

“You shudder to think what would happen to a child who could fall off a bike on this busy stretch of Pittwater Road.”

Councillor Pedersen

said the pathway will be used by a range of people in the community. “ The shared user pathway also allows shoppers and workers from East Ryde and North Ryde to safely access Buffalo Creek Reserve, Boronia Park and Hunters Hill,” she said.

“Gladesville families and workers will be able to walk into East Ryde, North Ryde and to the railway.”

The project has been a passion for Clr Pedersen, a regular Field of Mars Reserve user, albeit a frustrated one.

“My involvement with this issue started with a letter to council nine years ago as a mother of young children beg-

ging for safe pedestrian access and “I was told by council in 2010 that it was already in a 2008 plan and would be finalised in a year or two.

“When I was elected in 2017, seven years later, we still found families forced to drive and pay for parking (in Hunters Hill) to a park we could easily have walked to.

“If they chose to walk they were forced onto the shoulder of the road into oncoming traffic.

“Try that with two toddlers and their bikes !

“I also suggested that a warning sign for pedestrians be erected, which was put up but was, ironically, hit by vehicles.”

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Parramatta News and Views

Have your say on how Parramatta is being planned for the future COMMUNITY comment is being sought by the City of Parramatta on a Draft Local Strategic Planning Statement.

The City of Parramatta communications team said the Draft Local Strategic Planning Statement (LSPS) is Council’s 20-year vision (20162036) for land use planning for the City of Parramatta and community imput is vital to the plan’s development.

“We are seeking community input into the draft vision, with the aim of working together to decide how we would like to see our city grow; to be a thriving place to live, work and play now and into the future.

“In 20 years, Parramatta will be a bustling, cosmopolitan and vibrant metropolis, the Central City for Greater Sydney.

“It will be a Smart City that is well connected to the region, surrounded by high quality and diverse residential neighbourhoods with lots of parks and green spaces.

“It will also be innovative and creative and be well supported by strong, productive and competitive employment precincts.

“It will be a place that people will want to be a part of.”

Housing Strategy To ensure the Draft LSPS addresses future housing supply appropriately, Council has prepared a Draft Local Housing Strategy. “ A number of Growth Precincts concentrate much of the growth at Camellia, Carter Street, Epping, Granville, Parramatta CBD, Parramatta North, Parramatta East, Melrose Park, Telopea, Wentworth Point and Westmead.

“These precincts will be the focus of new housing and will align with major transport hubs.”

The population of the City of Parramatta is expected to double over the next two decades.and the Council has developed four Planning Priorities to guide the proposed 20 year vision.

These include housing and jobs are delivered as infrastructure is built, local infrastructure and public transport options.

The community will also have a say on a range of housing types and affordable rental housing.

Views are also sought on how jobs are delivered in line with population growth and industrial land is protected.

“New transport options such as the light rail will make getting in and out of the city easier.”

Sustainability is also a key feature of the survey and includes the protection of areas of environmental importance, heritage and items that reflect the City of Parramatta’s identity.

“To have your say visit the Council’s engagement portal where you can read the full Draft LSPS and Draft LHS or a summary of each.

“The engagement portal will also have a survey to collect your views on specific aspects of the Draft LSPS and Draft LHS.” The summary and survey are both available in Arabic, English, Hindi, Korean and Simplified Chinese.

Community members who would like to take the survey in these languages can click the ‘Have your say’ button on the engagement portal.

Submissions close at 5pm on Monday November 11.

“Copies of the Draft LSPS and Draft LHS will be also be available at each of our libraries and at Council’s customer contact centre at 126 Church Street Parramatta.”

Submissions can also be made via email at: lsps@cityo f p a r r a m a t t a . n s w. gov.au or posted to the Chief Executive Officer, City of Parramatta Council, PO Box 32, Parramatta NSW 2150 *******

Shape your community The neighbourhoods of the City of Parramatta are transforming the Council seeks community feedback on a proposed Draft Community Infrastructure Strategy.

“Major urban re-

newal is taking place and changing our area from a low scale suburban centre to Sydney’s Central River City; the centre of services, infrastructure and employment for Western Sydney, where more than half of Sydney’s population lives,” the City of Parramatta Communications Team said.

“The Draft Community Infrastructure Strategy (CIS) outlines the City of Parramatta’s long term direction for community infrastructure provision.

“It focuses on community infrastructure over which Council has primary responsibility, plays a role in delivering, or seeks to advocate for on behalf of the community.

“The Strategy also identifies and assesses existing community infrastructure in the City of Parramatta local government area.

“It further identifies contemporary challenges we have for providing quality community infrastructure and key opportunities and direction for our 12 high growth areas.

“This is a strategy that applies to our unique and diverse neighbourhoods.”

Decision Time The strategy will be used by the City of Parramatta to identify priorities for future community infrastructure and will guide decision making about planning, funding, delivering and negotiating for community infrastructure.

“Visit our engagement portal where you can read the full Draft CIS or a summary version and complete a survey to provide views on aspects of the Draft CIS that are important to you.

“The summary and survey are both available in Arabic, English, Hindi, Korean and Simplified Chinese.

Community members who would like to take the survey in these languages can click the ‘Have your say’ button and select their preferred language from the dropdown menu.

Submissions close at 5pm on Monday

The Parramatta business district

November 11..

Copies of the strategy, along with the concurrently exhibited Draft Local Strategic Planning State-

ment and Draft Local Housing Strategy, will be available at City of Parramatta libraries and at the Council’s customer contact

centre at 126 Church Street Parramatta.

Submissions can also be made via email on cis@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.

au or posted to the Manager Social Outcomes, City of Parramatta Council, PO Box 32, Parramatta NSW 2150.

DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS Development Applications Determined Notice is given in accordance with Section 4.59 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 of the determination of the following Development Consents and/or Complying Development Certificates. These consents/ refusals are electronically available for public inspection without charge during ordinary office hours at the Development Unit Enquiry Counter on the ground floor of Council’s Offices at 126 Church Street, Parramatta between 8.30am and 5pm – Monday to Friday – public holidays excluded.

APPROVED – CITY OF PARRAMATTA EPPING DA/233/2019 18 Gloucester Road (Lot 1 DP 26592)

DA/473/2019 5 Ridge Street (Lot 30 DP 210615) Construction of a patio cover over existing deck.

Decision Date: 10 September 2019.

DA/58/2019 35 Valley Road (Lot 34 DP 39190) Tree removal and construction of an attached 2-storey dual occupancy development with Torrens title subdivision.

Decision Date: 13 September 2019.

MELROSE PARK DA/337/2018/A 38–42 Wharf Road and 659 Victoria Road (Lot 10 DP 1102001, Lot 11 DP 128907, Lot 3 DP 588575)

Alterations and additions to an existing dwelling.

Section 4.55(1A) modification to an approved local road, specifically, introduction of additional underground stormwater infrastructure.

Decision Date: 9 September 2019.

Decision Date: 11 September 2019.

Lord Mayor, Cr Bob Dwyer | Chief Executive Officer, Brett Newman To contact the Lord Mayor follow the link at cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au 126 Church Street, Parramatta | PO Box 32, Parramatta NSW 2124 P 02 9806 5050 E council@cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au | cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au @parracity, @discover_parra @cityofparramatta, @discoverparramatta

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Major Refurb at North Ryde’s Good Fuel Inn

TWT on-The-spot PHOTO. North Ryde’s Good Fuel Inn at corner Cox’s Road and Blenheim Road is undergoing a major refurbishment with a new tenant for the pumps and upgraded shop.

Good Fuel Inn proprietor former Ryde Councillor Terry Ryan this year celebrated 40 years service on the site and will continue to operate the service department and workshop.. Terry is pictured welcoming the new tenant Bill Wansa whose family has successfully operated service stations for many years.

New modern pumps are being installed with extra diesel capacity to serve the increased number of diesel vehicles on the roads. Bill Wansa expects to have the renovations completed in two to three weeks for a grand reopening with a new helpful team. Watch this space for details and opening specials.

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The team at Cav & Co celebrate another Awards win

Gladesville’s tasty back-to-back cafe winner Cav & Co has been announced for the second year in a row as Winner of the Most Outstanding Cafe in the 2019 Northern District Local Business Awards.

The contemporary and vibrant café, on a quiet corner of Pittwater Road in Gladesville, is owned and run by young husband-and-wife team, Michael and Amanda Cavallaro, serving a delectable breakfast and lunch menu alongside locally-roasted coffee to the folk of Gladesville and

beyond.

“It really is a dream come true and we never thought we would win this prestigious award two years in a row,” says Michael Cavallaro.

“And it is credit to our outstanding staff and loyal customers who have supported us since the moment we opened our doors.

“We love what we do, and it’s great to be recognised for our hard work and dedication.”

The cafe has an inviting and warm

Boronia Bakehouse: Part of the landscape for more than three decades Boronia Bakehouse has been part of the landscape at Boronia Park for more than 30 years.

Opened in 1987, owners Sue-Ellen and Rob had a vision to provide the local community with the freshest and best bakery items.

Over the years, Boronia Bakehouse’s products have become famous — gorgeous breads and rolls; traditional neenish tarts and vanilla slices; those wonderful Wimbledon tarts, full of fresh cream and strawberries; on to handmade pies and of course, their bestselling sausage rolls.

Cakes for all occasions, from dessert-style tiramisu and chocolate mousse through to their most popular tower cakes.

With four blends of coffee available, all tastes are covered when you drop in for your favourite brew. Try their favourite, the Jet Fuel dark blend.

Boronia Bakehouse would firstly like to thank their wonderfully loyal customers whose votes ensured the win as Best Bakery Cake Shop in the Local Business Awards.

Secondly, to all of their hardworking staff - like pastry cook Scott, who has been there since day one! — the best team ever.

Drop in to Boronia Bakehouse soon for some coffee and cake and connect with us through Instagram - #boroniabakehouse @ boroniabakehouse

feel complemented by its extensive brunch menu.

Cav & Co knows brunch and that’s evident with its weekend brunch crowds.

There’s a variety of brunch dishes from acai bowls to burgers, but with a unique twist.

Try the Cavocado Smash, the avo favourite reworked; and the popular Cavlova French Toast, a take on the Australian classic pavlova - and that’s just to name a couple.

“We are always working with our talented chefs to create new and different inspiring dishes”, Mr Cavallaro says.

Like the name Cav & Co suggests, the staff are no ‘side serve’ to the café’s dining experience; they are a ‘main course’.

“We pride ourselves in making our customers happy and believe the most important element to our business is our friendly ‘family feel’ service,” Mr Cavallaro says.

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Working parents to have a say on after school care

Business people are being invited to have their say on the State Government’s new Before and After School Care initiative.

The Before and After School Care initiative will be available to children at all NSW Government primary schools by 2021.

“The New South Wales government knows how important it is for working parents to have access to flexible, affordable and convenient child care services, which is why we are rapidly rolling out this initiative,” Epping MP Dominic Perrottet said.

“Hearing directly from families will help us understand their needs, giving the Government better insights into where there are gaps in service delivery to ensure the extra places and new services go where they are needed most.

“Parents can also use the Service NSW website to stay up to date with any new de-

velopments in their area.”

Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell said applications have also opened for grants to assist Before and After School Care services to set up or expand their services with the costs of new facilities and equipment.

“This Government’s $120 million investment in Before and After School Care includes $50 million for new equipment and facilities, $40 million for rental subsidies to reduce costs to parents and $20 million to help schools where a standalone service may not be viable, including smaller schools and rural and remote communities,” Ms Mitchell said.

To have your say visit: www.service.nsw. gov.au/basc

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the Winners and Finalists of the Northern Districts Local Business Awards.

Great Small Businesses are the backbone of our Community

Victor Member For Ryde Dominello MP Minister for Finance, Services and Property 5-9 Devlin St Ryde NSW 2112

PO Box 736, Ryde 1680

ryde@parliament.nsw.gov.au

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John Alexander MP grows communities

Boronia Park The Federal Government has committed $150,000 to fund local community initiatives across the electorate Hunters Hill of Bennelong.

Ryde Bennelong MP John Alexander OAM said the funding is part of a $22.65 million Stronger Communities Program that will be welcomed by businesses and community groups.

Lane Cove North “These investments in vital local infrastructure for the people of Bennelong are the sort of projects that bring our communities toGladesville gether, strengthen social engagement, build community participation and create vibrant and viable communities into the future,” Mr Epping Alexander said.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport Lane Cove West and Regional Development Michael McCormack said the Stronger Communities Program aims to fund projects that deliver social benWest Ryde efits.

“Our local communities are the heart of this great country and this investment in local projects under the Stronger Communities North Ryde Program is about invigorating these communities and ensuring their continued success,” Mr McCormack said.

North Ryde “The program will fund small capital projects which can range from upgrading the local community hall or sporting facility, building Macquarie Park new bike paths, or providing essential equipment for the local State Emergency Service.”

North Epping Mr Alexander has been a sterling supporter of small business since he launched his Bennelong Business Venture plan several North Ryde years ago. His aim is to encourage local people to shop locally and it has seen him visit every local shopping village and meet shop owners and staff.

Lane Cove Lane Cove JOHN ALEXANDER OAM MP Gladesville FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BENNELONG Helping families get ahead Ryde 2019 Northern Districts Macquarie ParkCongestion busting infrastructure Local including $4.5 millionBusiness to improve Awards Epping Blaxland Rd intersection with Congratulations to the Lane Cove Balaclava Rd and $80 million for the winners!

Denistone EastMacquarie Park Interchange.

Thriving local shop precincts boost local Putney Supporting older Australians jobs, provide better Lane Cove West Backing small business service, protect home North Ryde values, enhance neighLower taxes for hard-working Australians bourhood security, and North Ryde and small business project a welcoming Gladesville sense of community.

Lane Cove Lane Cove Shop local! MP Epping FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BENNELONG Macquarie Park 32 Beecroft Road, Epping NSW 2121 02 9869 4288

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The team from Gladesville Veterinary Hospital collect their award.

Gladesville Veterinary Hospital: 60 years of exceptional pet care We are dedicated to our profession for a very simply reason: our love of animals and our passionate commitment to their welfare.

Associate Professor Maxell (Max) Zuber and all the team would like to thank our clients for their support, and we are humbled and honoured to have been selected for the Best Pet Care award and to have been nominated for the Business of the year award.

Gladesville Vet Hospital has been servicing the community for 60 years, this year, which is an incredible milestone.

For Gladesville Vet Hospital to receive this award in its 60th year makes this milestone most memorable.

Our mission statement will continue guiding us: We are committed to treating our patients with superior professional skills, compassionate hearts, gentle hands and kindly words.

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Handmade Pies, Sausage Rolls and a range of Cakes and Pastries.

Decorated Cakes Tower Cakes our specialty!

Coffee and Chocolate Hot or Iced Milkshakes and Iced Teas.

www.gladesvillevet.com.au

Appointments can easily be booked online

Celebrating 60 years of service General Health Services Microchipping Puppy School Canine College Boarding Grooming Acupuncture Nuclear Medicine Hyperthyroidism Treatment Laser Therapy

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Gladesville Vet Hospital has been part of the community since 1959 and prides itself in maintaining the highest professional standards of treatments that we offer and by promoting continuing education for the staff.

Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm Saturday and Sunday 8am to 5pm

Ph: 9817 5758 449 Victoria Road, Gladesville NSW 2111

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Outstanding Business Person of the Year pays tribute to clients, families and carers The 2019 Northern Districts Local Business Awards Outstanding Business Person of the Year, Iani Sujono of Sound Expression, said she was greatly honoured and has thanked clients, families and carers.

The 2019 Northern Districts Local Business Awards Outstanding Business Person of the Year, Iani Sujono of Sound Expression, said she was greatly honoured and has thanked clients, families and carers.

“They are the reason we exist,” she said.

“It’s very humbling to win this award in a field of very worthy finalists.”

Sound Expression is a music therapy clinic in North Ryde with a friendly team of Registered Music Therapists who are passionate about helping children and adults with disability through music therapy work.

“We work very hard to achieve this,” she said.

“We know that the effort is worth it, when we see the achievements of our clients – like when we see a nonverbal child vocalise for the

first time or when we see a child learn to play alongside another in music and take turns.”

On the first day the clinic opened in 2015, Iani opened the door to the clinic and sat all alone, with no local network and no client base to start with.

“Fast forward four years, we now have more than 160 clients come to our clinic each week,” Ms Sunojo said.

“We have a team of six awesome Registered Music Therapists, an amazing administrator, dedicated volunteers, and many Masters Students hungry to learn the craft of being a music therapist.

“It has been an amazing journey so far and we look forward to seeing many more goals being achieved by our clients. A huge ‘thank you’ once again, for this enormous honour.”

Iani Sujono of Sound Expression collects her award.

The team from Tracy Yap Realty collect their award.

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South African gourmet delights to really whet your appetite SPRINGBOK Delights at 656 Mowbray Road Lane Cove North is a unique fresh food store. such as Mrs Ball’s chutney, All Gold tomato sauce, Ouma Rusks and Koeksisters.

From the start they made customer service their focus and most of their customers are to this day their friends like mate Steve who came up with the name for the shop.

Word of Springbok Delights and their products quickly spread and before long they had a very loyal customer base, most of whom they still serve!

Supplying a few restaurants and shops with Biltong and Boerewors, it quickly grew into a separate wholesale business and today they supply over 80 shops, deli’s and restaurants in and around Sydney as well as a few interstate.

In September 2006 they opened The Biltong Man, their factory in Mascot from where they manufacture all Boerewors and air-dried beef products.

They also age all their own beef at this HACCP accredited facility to ensure consistency in the product they sell in their shops.

In October 2018 they moved to Seven Hills.

In 2003 they opened another store, African Delights, in Round Corner, Dural, to

serve clientele in the Hills area.

A family business from day one, they were joined by Reon’s sister Inge in 2007 to manage the administrative side of the business and head up new projects.

In July 2007 they bought the Fruit and Veg business next door and renovated both shops.

In September 2007 they opened the doors to a brand new store that includes a state of the art gourmet butchery, a cellar with arguably the biggest range of South African beer, wine and sprits in NSW (if not Australia), a fresh Fruit and Veg department and of course loads of imported South African groceries.

The team at Springbok Delights are very involved with the South African community, attending and catering for South African supporters get togethers and other events.

Springbok Delights was the main sponsor for SAvents, an event management company that recently hosted a TriNations Bash at Ryan’s Bar in the city with great success.

Being the first of many,they look forward to many more such events in future.

Thank you….Thank you This award is also for our loyal and regular customers, our corporate businesses and local school communities and for everyone who voted for us and to our friendly staff who all support us.

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They have a gourmet butcher with a complete range of aged beef barbeque meats, chicken, pork and lamb, including gluten free gourmet sausages as well as a large range of pre-prepared meal solutions.

The team also specialise in South African style smallgoods (biltong, boerewors and drywors), and stock arguably the largest range of South African beers, wine and spirits in Sydney.

Not to mention the variety of garden fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh bread, pasta and milk.

For a lazy night in, come try their homemade lasagne, family pies and quiches.

Springbok Delights was founded in 2000 by Reon and Lyndie Wilsenach, who came to Australia in 1997 and soon realised there was a need for proper South African delicacies such as Biltong and Boerewors amongst the homesick South African ex-pats.

Reon and Lyndie opened their butchery in Lane Cove, specialising in South African style meat cuts and marinated products like Sosaties, Texan Steaks and of course Biltong and Boerewors.

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Over 30 years in business, we are here to serve you. Thank also to Coxs Road Mall Centre Management and staff.

AT the recent 2019 Small Business Awards, North Ryde Deli were a finalist in the “Specialised Retail business” Category and then went on to win the Award.

Nona thanked her loyal customers, her staff, Cox’s Road Shopping Centre Management in her speech and everyone who voted.

“This award is also for the people of North Ryde” she added.

“It is for those local families, businesses and

schools who have supported us for over 30 years since Sam and I have been in business.”

Nona reminded the audience who consisted of other small businesses, that the stuggles are real, but then you get acknowledged with an award like

this and it makes it all worth while.

Nona and Sam congratulate all the other worthy small businesses nominated for this award.

“We love doing what we do, come in and say hello, we value your support,” she added.

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Starting the conversation

JOHN begins his morning, as he has many times over the last 12 months, answering an ordinary question from his wife. ‘What’s the plan for today?’

Once there was little to offer someone with dementia, but now this is not the case. Research has discovered much more about the condition and the different types. Alzheimer’s disease is still the most common type of dementia.

“It is important that the diagnosis is made as early as possible, so that treatment can be prescribed to slow the progression of the symptoms. This is not a cure, but just like Parkinson’s disease, medication can help with symptom control and improve quality of life,” says A/Prof Kathryn Goozee, KaRa Institute of Neurological Diseases.

“So, start the conversation early. If the person is aware of their memory changes (which can be the case) you need to focus on the ‘treatments’ that are currently available.

“Advances in diagnostic technology have paved the way for promising international clinical trials to be available in Sydney. Clinical trials offer careful monitoring and enable access to the most promising treatments,” says A/Prof Goozee.

A/Prof Goozee goes on to say that if the person has little or no insight into their memory issues, the conversation can be more about a comprehensive health check. Rather than only focussing on the person with possible dementia, suggest a review for them and for the person providing support. A dual check-up is harder to argue with.

Once a person agrees to have a memory check, it’s important to ensure this happens in a clinic that focuses on dementia. Often, opportunities are lost by at-

World Mental Health Day

What is good mental health?

By Dr MARGO ORUM, Principal Psychologist, Open Sky Psychology

ing anxiety for instance, are way too harsh on themselves, and not firm enough in demanding respect from others.

It is worth the trouble it takes to earn our own selfrespect. It is worth “sharpening the saw” as author Stephen Covey recommends in his classic book, the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

In so doing, we tend to monitor and direct ourselves through all the minefields of life, in a way that contributes to what I think of as good mental health.

I have seen over and over again that it tends to be those for whom the outer life presents the most difficult circumstances, that tend to get propelled, pushed or prodded to dig deep into their inner motivations, who ultimately grow the most in forming mature and accurate perceptions of reality.

In order to learn to love ourselves and others well, we need to examine, quell and master our unwise thoughts, instead of being buffeted around and driven by them like a helpless puppet.

Therapy, meditation and mindfulness practice help immeasurably in coming to know and train our minds to serve us and others better, just as the vitality of exercise fine-tunes our bodies.

You might ask why we would bother with holding ourselves to high moral standards? To be seen as good person and get a pat on the back? No. Because it works. Because greater mental discipline leads to a better life, greater life satisfaction and fulfilment, and ultimately, ‘good’ mental health.

Dr Margo Orum is the Director and Principal Psychologist at Open Sky Psychology in Ryde www. openskypsychology.com. au. Phone1300 739 531.

Meet members of the Open Sky Psychology team at their marquis at the Putney Village Street Festival on Sunday November 24.

mains untreated.

“This is one of the reasons the KaRa Institute of Neurological Diseases established a one-stop practice. No referral is initially required, and we even offer a 30-minute free consul-

tation to break down any further barriers. We aim to help navigate what can be a difficult conversation.

Getting the right diagnosis at the right time, along with the right treatment, is absolutely critical,” confirms A/

Prof Goozee.

KaRa MINDS - www. karaminds.com.au phone 8960 7788 or info@karaminds.com.au

A new look for a trusted service THEY have a new line up of lawyers and a slick new office- but what hasn’t changed is Sydney Law Group’s commitment to its valued clients.

Taking out the Northern Suburb’s Local Business Award for 2019 in the Professional Services category has been an achievement ten years in the making for family business owners Melanie and Jeffrey Tonazzi, who have been faithfully serving the local community for the better part of the last decade.

“First and foremost we’d like to thank everyone who has come into contact with the firm over the last twelve months”, said Principal Solicitor Melanie (pictured).

Whether we’ve executed your will, had a crisis call in an emergency family law or criminal matter or shared in the joy of your first home purchase, it’s been an honour and a privilege to try and untangle the messy web that is our Australian legal system for all of you.”

And they’re not stopping anytime soon, with a larger litigation office having opened in the heart of the Macquarie Park in June, the team have huge plans heading in to 2020.

“We are better placed than ever before to be able to deliver exceptional legal services to the everyday consumer. We remain committed to the timely and effective resolution of the existing matters we have in the practice, and can’t wait to meet some new faces in the coming months.”

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ON THE eve of October 10, World Mental Health day, it is worth considering: what is ‘good’ mental health?

One of my favourite yardstick answers to the question of what constitutes good mental health (as opposed to poor mental health, or mental illness), is this: a person who is mentally healthy will have a reasonably accurate perception of reality.

Not only will they have an accurate-enough perception of their own nature and what motivates them, ie, their own internal world; but also they would be fairly astute as to what makes the external world tick. They would have a capacity for compassion, tolerance and understanding in regard to other people and cultures.

I have spent decades trawling hundreds of psychological and spiritual books, searching for inspirational nuggets about what helps us to grow, mature, and blossom into a psychologically healthy adulthood that can steward us well in the endeavour to lead a good life.

It seems one of the most important contributors to enduring good mental health is the willingness to reflect on our own thoughts and behaviour and ultimately become more accountable – not only to others – but importantly, to ourselves. To be willing to review our behaviour with an aim to do a bit better next time, next opportunity.

Not in a punitive way - but in a firm, kind and committed way.

Both the positive psychology movement and neuroscience in the last couple of decades has begun to tap into a rich vein of profound wisdom that mystical traditions like Buddhism and Sufism have been mining with deep discrimination for centuries.

Modern psychological researcher, Martin Seligman,

has identified three main roads to what he calls “authentic happiness”.

First, there is the pursuit of simple or momentary pleasures – experiences that are fun or exciting.

These however don’t make for lasting happiness.

Secondly, there is the satisfaction that comes from the capacity for absorption and engagement in personally worthwhile endeavours.

Thirdly, and most powerfully, is the deep and lasting fulfilment that comes from dedication to some cause greater than oneself. The sense of being useful and effective – whether at work or at play – helps energise us to serve ourselves and our communities at the same time, which in turn can help us protect other species and the delicately balanced ecosystem of our fragile planet.

A wonderful book by David Brooks, called The Road to Character, describes two kinds of virtues – the “resume” virtues and the “eulogy” virtues.

The “resume” virtues are our ambitions and actions that are easily recognised by the external world. They are the kind of achievements we might list on our CV. The “eulogy” virtues are developed and judged by ourselves, for our own sake, in our own inner moral chamber. They are what used to be referred to as “good character”.

These are the attributes that others will remember us for at our funeral - whether we have been kind, compassionate, courageous, diligent, loyal and importantly, what kind of relationships we formed.

Whether we were a good friend, parent, or citizen.

There can be great value – when anxiety, stress or depression strikes - in taking time out to examine the thoughts and emotions that drive us there by default. Sometimes an overhaul of these can be helpful.

Many people suffer-

tending a non-specialised clinic. If people are told ‘there is nothing to worry about and that most people have memory issues’, chances are they will not return again for a very long time, and the problem re-

LO

It’s a common enough question in anyone’s home.

“When you need to answer the same question up to six times in the first hour of the day, it starts to wear out a person’s patience,”John admits.

He first noticed changes in his wife’s behaviour about three years ago when they were traveling overseas.

Alice was highly anxious.

She locked herself out of the hotel room, and on one occasion, returned to the hotel room much later than expected, without a clear explanation about what had happened.

Often, one of the most challenging aspects to dementia is getting a person to accept that they may need a memory test. They may respond in anger or denial, determined that it’s not going to happen.

2019

AW

ARDS

WINNER NORTHERN DISTRICTS

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Northern Districts Local Business Awards WINNERS

The award winning dining experience that brings Napoli Pizza to Lane Cove A LANE COVE restaurant that prides itself on tradition, authenticity and excellence won the Best Outstanding Restaurant Award at last Wednesday night’s Northern District Business Awards event.

The Via Napoli Restaurant was founded in Lane Cove in 2011 by Luigi Esposito with the aim of recreating the traditional pizzas of his home city of Napoli as well as replicating the authentic atmosphere of a Neopolitan restaurant.

This combination of tradition and authenticity ensures that dining at Via Napoli is a unique and memorable experience that captures the spirit of dining in Napoli as well as the genuine taste sensation of the city, where the Esposito family have a dining tradition that stretches back many generations.

From the age of eight Luigi followed his grandparents around the streets of Naples selling pagniottiello and freshly made pizza fritta covered by a blanket in a pram on the side of the streets.

At 15 he was part of the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana and Associazione Regina.

He believes that a true Neapolitan pizza must be baked in a wood-fired, domed oven at 485°C for no more than 60 to 90 seconds; that the base must be hand-kneaded by rolling it with your fingers and that the pizza must not exceed 35 centimetres in diameter or be more than one-third of a centimetre thick at the centre.

This strong believer in authenticity and tradition began working in the most famous pizzerias in Naples where the pizza bases are soft and pliable.

“Neapolitans take their pizza very seriously,” Mr Esposito said.

“We are a big Neopolitan family and the atmosphere here at Via Napoli in Lane Cove is fun and bustling with the activity and excitement of a family restaurant in Napoli.

“This is why we are so popular with local families and with corporate events.”

Mr Esposito’s team is also driven by a philosophy that incorporates the traditional values of exceptional service.

Restaurant staff are thrilled to have won the award – the second award won in the last two years – and thank the patrons and guests who nominated Via Napoli.

“Everyone here is over the moon to have won this prestigious award, especially so because this award reflects the enjoyment of our valued patrons.” ‘‘We thank everyone who supported us and who are very much a part of the Via Napoli family tradition.”

The Napoli pizza tradition is unique to this region of Southern Italy and the team of chefs at Via Napoli create the traditional Napoli pizza from fresh local and imported ingredients as well as preparing the dough on site to traditional Neopolitan standards and recipes.

“The highest quality produce is sourced and prepared with the respect it deserves but our main ingredient is passion, passion is everything!”

A popular attraction is the one metre long pizza which is presented on the restaurant’s long tables and where young and old alike can reach across the table and grab their own slice of Napoli.

Another attraction is the wood fire process that creates the pizzas and where children are welcome to watch their pizza being created from flipping the dough through to the sprinkling of the toppings and the aromatic moment when the pizza is taken from the oven with a traditional long handle

“shovel” by the accomplished chef.

The restaurant is also filled with the aroma of the Napoli pizza which enhances the traditional Neopolitan decor, which combines large and bustling dining with small, romantic tables.

“Pizza is not all about eating.”

“The streets of Naples are filled by the smell of basil, tomato and charcoal and all the Via Napoli restaurants are designed to be filled with all these scents as the chefs prepare the pizzas.

“There is not one corner of Via Napoli that does not recreate the Napoli experience with little Pulcinella masks, hanging Parma prosciuttos, chillies and flasks right in front of Sophia Loren and Tot” whom are keeping an eye on everything from the old photos on every wall.”

Many of the chefs and waiters at the Via Napoli restaurants in Lane Cove, Hunters Hill and Surry Hills come from Italy where they bring skills, a family tradition and a knowledge of the country to the dining experience.

“We especially pride ourselves on our fried pizza, which is something unique and traditional to Napoli and is a taste sensation.”

“It is very much an integral part of the experience of stepping straight into Napoli as soon as you walk into our open and welcoming restaurant.”

There are a wide selection of pizzas available.

Via Napoli is located at 141 Longueville Road, Lane Cove and bookings can be made by phoning 9428 3297.

It is open from 5pm to 10pm Tuesday to Thursday and from noon until 10pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Children can watch their authentic Napoli pizza being created by expert chefs.

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Phone

Handy ACCOUNTING

BEDDING

ACCOUNTING & TAXATION SERVICES

0414 658 956

• Chartered Accountant & Registered Tax Agent • Provided at reasonable rates www.rgaccounting.com.au

AIR CONDITIONING ACE AIR CONDITIONING

0411 967 333

Sales, Repair & Install Split & Ducting A/C.

Lic 236838c TOWN & COUNTRY AIR CONDITIONING

9481 0667

Sales, Service & Installation of all domestic & commercial air conditioning equipment. www.townandcountryair.com.au

AU18964 Lic 125392c

ANTENNA

MCA DIGITAL ANTENNA SPECIALIST

0431 444 111

Local Tech, free quotes Fully Ins, Pens Disc, Gov app 5 yrs warranty.

ARCHITECTS

PETER HALL ARCHITECTS P/L

9878 5850

P Hall Nom Arch. 3279 Experienced firm, capable of handling all types of work, both residential and commercial, alterations or new.

ASBESTOS REMOVAL

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ballustrades WARD STEEL & ALUMINIUM

9645 6358

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bathroom renovations SPINRYDE HOME RENOVATIONS

9879 4855

7/53-55 Gladesville Rd Hunters Hill NSW 2110 Beautiful bathrooms, fully renovated and guaranteed! 10% Discount (max $500) to Seniors Card Holders! Now offering HSBC interest free periods of 6, 12, 24, & 50 months to approved purchasers* **Minimum spend $5,000 per contract www.spinryde.com.au NSW Builders Licence 45000JP

APS BATHROOM & KITCHEN RENOVATIONS

0410 454 165

Thinking of Renovating ?

Call us for a free quote Bathroom, Kitchen & Laundry Renovations Lic 207688c Over 20yrs Experience www.apsbathroomsandkitchens.com.au ANDREW’S BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

0414 577 574

• Over 35 years experience in bathroom, kitchen & laundry renovations • Qualified & Insured workmanship.

• Projects available on Website • Call for free measure and quote www.perfectceramics.com Lic R71536

The Weekly Times 9807 6666

BEDS ‘N’ SECONDS PAUL GILES

9879 4226

Quality Australian Inner Spring mattresses, Singles fr $139, Doubles fr $279, Queens fr $299. Fast local delivery. Huge range of mattresses, beds & manchester. Your local bed shop! Paul GIles New & Seconds Mattresses. 1A / 28 Buffalo Road, Gladesville

builders

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GRANNY FLAT BUILDERS

0425 298 745

We build Granny Flats in your area, Reasonable prices, Fast and efficient services,Friendly staff Any area, any sites, any sloppy or flat sites, any small access sites or any shape. Tell us what do u want and we will deliver Contact Rav at 0425 298 745 for free site inspection 7am to 10pm , 7 days a week.

CARPENTER/BUILDER

BLINDS

SUNSET WINDOW FURNISHINGS

8765 1733

Free measure & quote! Good quality. Holland blinds, vertical drapes & venetian blinds at factory prices. Washing & repairing of venetian blinds same day service.

BURRA BLINDS AND SHUTTERS

Cameron 0401 805 534 Plantation Shutters, Roller Blinds, Verticals and more. Free Quote. Call Cameron.

bricklayers

QUALITY WORK GUARANTEED

Gary 0431 163 114 GSH Bricklaying FRONT FENCES * Ret walls * BBQ’s & *Besser Blocks. For prompt reliable service call Gary. Lic No 180752c

BRICK & BLOCK LAYING

Steve 0409 124 751 Extensions, Front fences, garden walls etc.

Plus heritage work. Call Steve.

Lic. 55906c

BUILDING CONTRACTORS

SPINRYDE HOME RENOVATIONS

9879 4855

7/53-55 Gladesville Rd Hunters Hill NSW 2110 Authorised STRATCO Dealer and Home Renovation Specialist. Fully Guaranteed to comply with the BCA (Building Code of Australia). 10% Discount (max $500) to Seniors Card Holders! Now offering HSBC interest free periods of 6, 12, 24, & 50 months to approved purchasers* **Minimum spend $5,000 per contract www.spinryde.com.au NSW Builders Licence 45000JP

TASSONE DESIGN & CONSTRUCT

Guide

0418 493 789

For all new work, extensions & alterations, renovations or refurbishments. MBA Quality Lic 100569c work.

BP CONSTRUCTIONS

MJD CARPENTRY

Matthew 0414 418 248 For all carpentry, gyprocking, painting and maintenance works.

ASH BUILDING & CARPENTRY PTY LTD

0433 275 545

All Building Works, Housing & Commercial Renovations, Decks & Pergolas. All types of Carpentry and Building work. Free Quotes.

Lic 323457c

ACE TRADE BUILDING SERVICES

Michael 0407 912 355 All carpentry, renovations, decks, property maintenance & repairs. All General Building work. Fully Insured.

Lic No 188739C

CARPENTRY & JOINERY

James 0428 581 542 For construction of & repair of decks, pergolas, doors & new building work call James

Lic 179663c

Megna Building Services

0412 435 584

General Carpentry and Joinery. Cabinetmaking, Maintenance, Building and Repairs. PH O412 435 584.

Lic. 31952c

CARPET LAYING BILL ROWE CARPETS

0404 803 496

New carpet laid, re-stretching, repairs.

40 yrs experience.

CEMENT RENDERING J PRESTIGE RENDERING

0410 746 378

Rendering, repairs, blueboard etc Quality service g’teed, no job too big or small. F/Q

CLEANING Home, Office, Strata,

9832 7254

Brett 9684 6948 All building work including renovations, extensions, decks pergolas & carports, bathrooms. www.bpconstructions.com.au Lic 195060c

S & A CLEANING HUS & WIFE

builders

0411 420 011

9630 8722

(owner self)Home/professional/spring/ regular moving windows. 15 yrs exp.

0406 526 688

Professional and Reliable. Home, office and strata cleaning ph 0406 526 688

ALTERATIONS

0418 484 216

9674 7527

Ground & 1st floor additions decks & pergolas.

Plans drawn from concept to completion.I. S. Giltinan Builder P/L.

Lic 91637c

CUCEK CONTRUCTIONS

Luciano “Lu” 0418 647 641 YOUR LOCAL BUILDER with over 30 years exp. Specialising in bathrooms, alterations, additions, decks & pergolas.

Lic 247952c Building Evolution Group Pty Ltd

9858 4614

0411 627 847

0418 417 440

Specialising in renovating, new bathrooms, laundry, kitchen, decks, open place.

Family operated business .

Free quotes available Call Steve Gjakovski, stevegjakovski@outlook.com.

Lic 299828c

CALL CLEANING 0433 038 667 Home and office cleaning, weekly, fortnightly & ownership. 10 years experience.

CLEANING HIGH PRESSURE

NORTH RYDE HIGH PRESSURE CLEAN

9888 5406

SKY PRESSURE CLEANING

0414 765 181

Driveways, BBQ’s, Pool surrounds, Sealer.

No job too small

0418 605 025

House washing & water blasting driveways, paths & roofs etc.

COMPUTERS

GLADESVILLE COMPUTERS

0401 339 402

• Free service call • Home office support • I.T. specialist • All work guaranteed • www.g1computers.com.au

COMPUTER REPAIRS

DOES YOUR COMPUTER NEED HELP?

Greg 0422 169 313 ❁ Home & Business ❁ Sales & Service ❁ Virus & Spyware removal. ❁ Networking ❁ PC or Mac ❁ NO CALL OUT FEE Call Greg DIP IT

concreting

AAA ALL AREAS CONCRETE

Charlie 0413

777 239

Concrete Driveways Sydney, all types of concrete work, Driveways and Pathways etc.

Small jobs welcome.

Lic. 129960c Over 32 Years Experience.

urbancrete CONCRETE CONTRACTORS

0414 764 349

Driveways, paths, steps, stencils, stamped, plain & colour concrete. Honest, reliable & Lic 216063c quality workmanship.

RYDALMERE CONCRETE SERVICES

0419 423 032

TCP CONCRETE

0404 770 791

Small/large jobs All decorative concr.

Lic 39926c finishes. All excav. 20yrs exp.

All concrete Works-Plain, Stamped, Stenciled & Coloured & the Resurfacing of old and new concrete surfaces. Domestic & Commercial.

Free Quote.

Lic 52825c G RIGHETTO & SON

ALBERTO’S CLEANING & CARPET SHAMPOO

0418 489 627

CLEANING - HIGH PRESSURE (continued)

0419 282 402

Garden Sheds, Paths, Patios, Driveways etc.

Lic11427C

concretE Cutting MASTER CHASING SERVICES

0403 111 758

Specialising in concrete cutting, core drilling, road sawing and wall sawing.

COUNSELLOR MAVERICK CHANGES

0426 821 959

Provides out-of-hours Counseling services in Epping - handy location close to transport. We provide Counseling to resolve issues of: Stress, Anxiety & Depression Addictions, relationships, group counseling, grief & loss, loneliness, sexual assault, personal issues.

Hours: 7-9pm Monday to Friday Saturday 9:00am - 4:00pm

curtains

RELIABLE & PROFESSIONAL

RUDIA CURTAINS & BLINDS

Pressure clean & seal d’ways paths, verandahs, walls, roof & pool surrounds. F/Q Up to 50% off* cond apply

Swags, tail, pelmets - Roman Blinds. Vertical, venetian, Holland & timber blinds, shutters.

Free quote, family business. Alteration.

8677 4141

0404 397 198

9887 1004

Phone Phone

Handy

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DAMPNESS ANTI-DAMP

FLOORS

EASTWOOD ELECTRICAL SERVICES

9648 0070

Ozwood Timber Specialist

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9817 7600 0412 229 955

* Rising Dampness * Condensation & Dampness * Sub-floor Ventilation * Rising Damp Contact us for a free quote. www.antidamp.com.au

dentist

PUTNEY DENTAL SURGERY 9809 7110

• Over 25 years’ experience in Putney • Renowned for gentleness and care • Exceptional quality at affordable price • Prompt appointments. 6 days • Bupa Members Gap free regular dental check-up and mouthguard • Book On-Line www.putneydentalsurgery.com.au PUTNEY DENTAL CARE 9808 2588 Putney Dental Care is a national award-winning dental practice focused on delivering the highest standard of patient care and comfort by using the latest technologies. We look forward to looking after patients of all ages in our local community. We offer specialised services such as dental implants, veneers, and orthodontics. Laughing gas and sleep dentistry is available for anxious patients.

DOLL REPAIRS

electricians

9808 6314

Old and modern dolls and teddy bears repaired, cleaned and dressed. Local family team.

Yvonne and Cheryl Phone 9808 6314

DRAINER

Gerard 0408 447 882 All electrical repairs, Residential & commercial rewiring . Switchboard upgrades. All new work call Lic 82184c Gerard

GET SPARKED ELECTRICAL & COMPUTERS

Greg 0422 169 313 ❁ How about a safety switch ❁ New installations or renovations ❁ Data, electrical ❁ Domestic, commercial & industrial ❁ Fast reliable service.

Lic 180641c ❁ Servicing All Area CJM ELECTRICAL Jason 9807 2455 / 0411 749 838 All Electrical work. Domestic & Commercial.

Rewires, safety switches, LED lighting and data. Servicing the local area since 1996. Call Jason.

Lic 164332c

DENISTONE ELECTRICAL SERVICES

Andrew/Electrician 0417 909 407 Power & Lighting. All electrical work, Upgrade switch board, Rewiring, Celing fan, Smoke alarm, Data telephone. CCTV. Alarm. Intercom Lic 201164C

Ryde District Electrician 20+yrs Exp

Ian 0412 988 012 ✓ Same Day Service ✓ Switchboards, Smoke Alarms, ✓ Lights, Power, Phones, Broadband (Points) ✓ Pensioner Discounts ✓ Ryde Area - Hunters Hill & Gladesville ✓ Small Jobs Welcome www.secure-electrical.com.au Lic 92264C

EXCAVATIONS

SYDNEY DRAINAGE EXPERTS Lic 143252c

EXCAVATIONS, DEMOLITION DEMO POOLS, BACK FILLING

Clearing of blocked drains, sewers / storm water Toilets, basins, baths, shower, laundry, kitchens Jetblasting,electric eel,cctv camera,root treatment All work guaranteed. 25 yrs exp. 24/7 emergency.

Same day service, reliable, professional, efficient.

5 tonne excavator with hammer. Rock exc., Bobcat, Tippers. Free fill delivered.

R54172

0414 837 679 Phil 9715 1804

RYDE SEWERFIX

9809 4230

0412 200 939

Sewer & Stormwater Specialist • Blockages Cleared • CCTV & Pipe Location • Repairs & Replacement • Free Quotes Lic. L985 Over 50 year experience

Electricians

r a ELECTRICAL & ALARM SERVICES

9816 1471

0418 224 924

All Electrical Work. Smoke detectors, sensor lighting, security intercoms, ceiling fans, safety switches, power and lighting points.

Lic72458C No job too small, free quotes.

EASTWOOD Bruce Kennard Pty Ltd

9809 7001

0417 690 627

Domestic & Commercial repairs. Installation, repairs, house, rewiring, security lighting, fans.

Prompt service. Over 26yrs experience. 22 Lic 35887c Thorn St Ryde

GEOFF NASH ELECTRICAL SERVICES

9807 1957

0419 200 011

All electrical installs. & repairs. AH service, Lic No 2871 competitive rates.

RYDE DISTRICT ELECTRICIAN

Blake 0488 843 433 + $0 No Call-Out Fee + Local Ryde District Electrician + Small Family Owned & Run Business + 24 Hour Emergency Service + Seniors Discount +100% Satisfaction Guaranteed Captain Cook Electrical. Credit Cards Welcome

Lic 288540C

To advertise Phone Narelle: 9807 6666

9648 0040

• Supply and Install Timber & Vinyl floors.

• Sand and Polish D2, 290 Parramatta Rd AUBURN Tel: 9648 0070 www.ozwoodaustralia.com.au Tel: 9648 0040

FLORISTS

BLOSSOM HOUSE FLORIST

9874 1577

Multi Award Winning Florist Flowers & Gifts for All Occasions Member Interflora Shop 27, Eastwood Centre Shi Li Zhao Email: blossomhouseflorist@yahoo.com.au JOANNE’S FLOWERS GALORE AWARD WINNING FLORIST

9809 3082

All Floral Arrangements, Plants, Gifts.

3 Avon Road, North Ryde 2113 www.joannesflowersgalore.com.au

FLYSCREEN

FLYSCREEN & GLASS REPAIR

0412 503 020

Security Door & Flyscreen windows. Also glass repairs, broken windows & doors, sash cords etc.

All gardening work / lawn mowing, etc.

FLECK RUBBISH REMOVALS & MINI EXCAVATIONS

Glen 0418 268 040 Narrow Access Excavation. Excavators from 760mm wide up to 1200mm wide. Dumper Tippers 760mm wide. Bobcats 3 Tonne Trucks. All Areas. Best Rates. Call Glen

FENCING

PRIMO FENCING 0417 468 166 Specialist in treated pine & hardwood, A1 workmanship guaranteed

LOCAL FENCING 9807 2367 Quality timber, c/bond, gates, pickets, pool, log walls. Free quotes KOALA FENCING

Martin 0412 010 212 Horizontal & Privacy Fences. Pool fences & gates. Timber & colourbond, fence repairs. call Martin 0412 010 212

ANDREW SPIES FENCING

0410 534 692

Specialises in all types of fencing. View website @ Andrew-Spies-Fencing.com

ACTIVE FENCING

Peter Carbon 0425 203 080 Boundary and paling fencing. Also Gates and picket fences. Ph: Peter 0425 203 080

Smith Fencing

TRADITIONAL FINE FURNITURE

0417 457 897

DOWN TO EARTH GARDENING SERVICES

Nick 0408 688 949 Qualified horticulturalist Specialising in garden maintenance, garden make over’s and organic vegetable gardens. Fully insured. Call Nick.

AL’s COMPLETE GARDEN CARE

Al 0414 753 258 Qualified horticulturalist, Complete garden maintenance. Lawn mowing, hedging, fertilising, weed control, high pressure water cleaning Comm/Res/Strata Call Al

able Gardening

Andrew 0415 756 713

• 1/2 price this month • 20% Pens. Disc. Gardening, Landscaping • Turfing, Tree & Stump removal • Garden restoration, trimming & weeding • F/Q Fully Ins. Call Andrew

GECKO PLANTSCAPE

Robbie 0412 131 362 Irrigation solutions for your garden during water restrictions. Horticultural advice, garden maintenance and green walls. Qualified Horticulturist fully insured. Call Now Robbie 0412 131 362

garage doors

SYDNEY WIDE GARAGE DOORS

Andy 0423 156 789 Installation, repair all type garage doors, garage motors ,sliding gates, swing gates garage remotes, spring, same day service, free quotes.

RYDE GARAGE DOORS 9809 1965 Installation, sales & service. B & D Dealer. Call for free quote.

ALPHA GARAGE DOORS AND AUTO OPENERS

nections/servicing/commissioning of room/ central heaters, fake coal/logfires, commercial kitchens, cooktops, ovens, stoves, hotwater heaters, all makes/models, Rinnai, Rheem, Pyrox, Bonair, Everdure, Electrolux Westinghouse, Chef, Miele, Smeg, Bosch, Vulcan, Dux, Jetmaster, realflame, Genesis, bayonets fitted, LP/ BBQ conversions, (carbon monoxide testing). Same day Service, reliable, professional, efficient. All work Guaranteed. 25 yrs exp. C/Cards, Eftpos, 24/7 Emergencies.

Lic 143252C

GLASs

GLADESVILLE GLASS SERVICE

0423 755 077 9817 3416

Supply - Install - Repairs: . Garage Door Motors . Sliding & Swing Gate Motors .

Remotes

GARDENING

ABLOOM ACE GARDENING

8819 4980

Sam or Chad 0410 774 647 Restore overgrown gardens, Land & yard clearing, Trimming, Weeding, Lawnmowing, Turfing, Tree lopping, Stump Removal, Landscape, Plants, Gurney wash, Rubbish removal. Regular Maintenance, Pens Discount. Fully Insured, 7 Days, Best hourly rate. Free quotes. Call Sam or Chad

NORTH RYDE GARDENING

0414 765 181

0414 837 679 Phil 9715 1804

8765 8949 Leakfinding, fixes, repairs / renewals, new con-

Custom made furniture and specialist repairs & restoration work. 30 years experience.

Alan 9888 5406

Your reliable gardener. Weed, dig, trim, clean, tree trim/lopping, stump grind, mow, turf, rubbish removal, maintenance, high pressure cleam. Call Alan

9816 3055

Glass repairs Com. & Dom. • Shower screens, mirrors • All glass requirements • Free measure and quote. 278 Victoria Rd, Gladesville.

GET GLAZING 0420 996 Fast glass replacement. Free measure & quote. Call Matt

778

EXCELL GLASS SERVICE 9874 9555 All your glazing needs. Mirrors, tables, safety glass or repairs. 1073 Victoria Rd, West Ryde.

guttering

GUTTER-SNIPE GUTTER CLEANERS

9477 5943

We clean roof gutters, no mess, local, guaranteed, insured

Just gardens

8866 0954

Mark 0411 548 503 Is your garden overgrown. Call Mark for your garden needs. a & a absolute best price

0400 598 403 9439 8550 Timber Boundary Fencing, Gates & Pickets.

Small jobs & Repairs Welcome psmithfencing@gmail .com

GARDENING (continued)

FURNITURE REPAIRS GAS & CABINET MAKING SYDNEY LOCAL GAS SPECIALIST

9817 3911

0418 250 404

Guide

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Jack 0411 351 161 Digging, weeding, land & yard clearing, tree lopping, trimming, pruning, restore overgrown garden, turflaying. Pensioner discounts. Ring Jack

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guttering (continued)

KITCHENS

0414 837 679 Phil 9715 1804

GUTTER, DOWNPIPE CLEANING SPECIALIST

GRANITE MARBLE CAESAR STONE

Local, efficient, reliable, neat & tidy, insured, on time. Gutter mesh & guard (install/replace) Leakfinding, gutters, downpipes, valleys, flashing, install & repairs whirlybird, venting, raintanks, roof & skylight leaks. Lic 143252c 25 yrs exp, Eftpos, C/Cards Accepted

Kitchen & vanity tops 100’s of colours. Est 60yrs Gladesville. www.ronbennettmarble.com.au

hairdresser want a great haircut?

9888 5257

Come & see Joe’s Continental Barber 117 North Rd Ryde - Midway shops

HANDYMAN

S.S. CARPENTRY & HANDYMAN SERVICES

Sam 0414 413 326 Specialising in all Building, Carpentry & Gyprocking work. Free Quotes & Pens. Disc.

Ph. Sam Nicholas carpentry & Handyman services Steven 0419 606 288 • All Trades • Bathroom & Kitchen Renovations • Pergola’s, decks, roofing, gyprock, & painting • All minor & major repair work • Quote this advert and get a 10% discount !!! • Call Steven www.nicholascarpentry.com.au Lic no 108119c

HANDYMAN SERVICES

0435 617 567

Good Experience. Includes doors, lock doors, frame, windows, ceilings, walls, Gyprock, tiles.

Timberflooring fix or replace and painting.

Call Kee 0435 617 567 Lic 296601c FMG HANDYMAN AND HOME MAINTENANCE

0431 585 504 Painting, Gyprock repairs, Tiles repairs, Carpentry, Landscaping, Lawns, Tree lopping, Yard clean ups. 20+ years experience, Free quotes. No job too small Fully insured call Frank 0431 585 504

Hedges

9809 3623

Aryan Kitchen

hot water services A LOCAL HOT WATER SPECIALIST

FULL KITCHEN PACKAGE $4999.

Include; Cabinetry, Oven, Cook top, Range hood, Sink, Mixer tap and Tiles.

256-258 Victoria Road, Gladesville myaryankitchen@gmail.com www.aryankitchen.com.au

COMPLETE CUSTOM KITCHENS Glenn 0414 717 111 Highest quality custom kitchen renovations Complete job. All trades. Unbeatable prices.

Builder 20 Years Experience. Free Quotes.

Pens.Disc. 0414 717 111 Lic no 301036c

KITCHEN REPAIRS

KITCHEN REPAIRS Angelo 0408 677 614 Hinges, Doors, Drawers, Shelves, Cabinets, Kick-boards etc.

No job too small. Free quotes 7 days. angeloskitchenrepairs@gmail.com Lic no 139738C

LANDSCAPING

*NICK’S LANDSCAPING & DESIGN*

Eftpos, 24/7 Emergencies.

Lic 143252c

RYDE HOT WATER SERVICE

9809 4230

0412 200 939

Installations, repairs & sales. Electric and gas Lic No L985. hot water heaters.

AUSTRALIAN HOT WATER HOT WATER SPECIALIST EASTWOOD

Est. since 1986.

9874 8620

Sales, service, installations on all brands. Est. since 1986 www.australianhotwater.com.au.

Lic 53936C

ironing services

IRONING 0411 155 774 Free pick up and delivery Twice daily. 6 days p/w Family owned. 24hr turn around

Jason 0424 619 816

SERVING THE LOCAL AREA FOR OVER 10 YEARS. Lawn, gutters cleared.

Fully Insured. Call Jason

0418 169 369

0412 448 623

Good Pensioner Discounts. Free Quotes.

10 Years experience. Satisfied customers. Insured.

TREEMENDOUS LANDSCAPES P/L

9874 2605

LAWN MOWING

0421 656 420

LAWNS, EDGES, HEDGES, cut & shaped, gardening, tree lopping, gutter cleaning, rubbish removal. All house & yard maintenance. Also Pressure Cleaning. All areas Free Quotes 0421 656 420 Digger’s Lawns & Gardens

0423 219 919

Free quotes / Pension Discount. Guaranteed, honest, reliable, Fully insured.Ph 0423 219 919.

ALTRA MOWING

0402 456 863

Lawn mowing & garden care. Honest & reliable Senior discount. Insured. Free quote.

0402 456 863.

LAWN MOWER REPAIRS

9809 0329

Repairs to most brands of lawnmowers, brushcutters, chainsaws. Chain sharpening. Guaranteed service. Factory trained & qualified technicians.

Local pick up & delivery available (charges apply)

locksmiths

Carl 0414 724 557

ABLE LANDSCAPING

Andrew

0415 756 713

A-TEAM RENOVATIONS

Jim 0411

696 165

STOP – Don’t Paint Before You Call Us. Professional & reliable. Prices & quality guaranteed. Call the Team you trust!!

Call Jim Lic 152633c PETER PAINTING

0423 808 115

8819 2795

20 yrs exp. Work guaranteed Pensioner Lic 157468c Discount. Free Quotes

Buffalo Locksmiths cnr Buffalo Road & Master Lic 408949295 Princes Street.

massage

QUALIFIED STRESS RELIEVING

quotes.

Lic 158883c

PRO SHIELD PTY LTD

Simon

0405 567 891

Multi Award winner master painter

Lic 287890c

RYDE PAINTING & DECORATING SERVICES

0412 944 025

Genuine local painter, Fully Insured. All types of painting, reliable, reasonable price. Free Quotes -Pensioner Discount.

Lic 150743c

SKY PAINTING

0418 605 025

9929 4966

28 yrs exp. Pensioner Dis Free Quotes Lic R96188 Member MPA MICHAEL THE PAINTER

Michael 0412 444 838 • Professional and reliable • All types of painting • All areas • Reasonable rates • Best quality • Cheapest quotes • Pensioner Disc Call Michael.

Lic 320177c

W Z FINE PAINTING SERVICE PTY LTD

David 0450 726 188 * Reliable and professional * Guaranteed quality and price. * All types of painting * Fully Lic & Ins. Lic No 310324c * Free onsite quote.

EDGE PAINTING

YOUR ONE STOP SECURITY SHOP SAMSON LANSCAPING 0432 474 950 9809 0294 & Property maintenance. Design, Construct, 24hr Mobile Service & shop. Locks, Free Quotes, reliable service. Servicing Ryde & Maintain, Irrigation service ins. Free Quotation. samson.call@hotmail.com Lic 208121c surrounding suburbs for over 25 yrs.

All types of structural landscaping from Design to completion. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fully Insured. Phone Carl

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THE MOWER SURGEON 0407 419 793 BILLY’S PAINTING & DECORATING 3 mth warranty on mower, chainsaw & line 0414 881 267 9878 1677 trimmer repairs & service.

All work guaranteed, fully insured, free

All types of landscaping & design. Sandstone wall / Timber Wall /Block & Retainer Walls Paving & all types of landscaping.

RYDE CITY MOWERS

Lic 96884c

0414 837 679 Phil 9715 1804 STRUCTURAL LANDSCAPING Servicing / repairs / installs, Gas, Electric, Solar (all makes/models) Rinnai, Rheem, Bosch, Pyrox, Aquamax, Solahart, Thermann, Junkers, Bayard, Vulcan, Hocking, Everhot, Dux, Edwards, Beasley, Roomheaters Same day service, reliable, professional, efficient.

All work guaranteed. 25 Yrs exp. C/Cards,

LAWN MOWING (continued) PAINTERS & JAYS MAINTENANCE PLUS DECORATORS

0413 395 444 NS LAWN CUTTING - Affordable

Paul 0407 207 672 Landscape design & construction. Member of Lic 77216c 0481 555 659 AILDM

Gary Superior hedges, lawn handyman services.

Call – Gary Bell Refs available

Guide

0406 038 729

Relaxing full body massage. Swedish & remedial.

Ayurvedic style. Home vis it. All Sydney areas.

Sam 0433 742 162 * Master Painters Association Member. * Dulux accredited *Specialised in repairing & repainting. Interior/exterior * Pensioner Discount *Quality Guaranteed. www.edgepainting.net

Honest painting

Lic 267578c/MPA280514

0452 639 991

Joe’s painting 74

0431 026 679

Over 20 years experience. Specializing in repairing cracks, peeling, mills removal.

Interior&exterior, free quote. Fully insured.

Seven years warranty. Eason 0452639991.

Lic 312751

We have a best team of highly experienced over 15 years Domestic/commercial Interior/exterior Cracks/moulds All guaranteed jobs

• 1/2 price this month • 20% Pens. Disc. Gardening, Landscaping • Turfing, Tree & Stump removal • Garden restoration, trimming & weeding • F/Q Fully Ins. Call Andrew

Authentic Thai Massage

Specialising in- Garden design- Landscaping, planting, pruning, turfing, cutting small trees, mulching, laying, mowing, ret wall - paving rubbish removal. Free quote 28years experience, Full Insurance.

Street Ryde/Putney. 25years experience.

Our services include: Painting and decorating, Wall and ceilings repairs, Plastering, General repairs and maintenance. All insurances provided NO JOB TO SMALL. CALL TONY ON Lic 178295c 0403062712.

TESSA PAINTING & MAINTENANCE

PAINTER

Cheapest price, best quality. We prove it. Fully guaranteed 20 years experience, free quotes

Lic 164240

Quality guaranteed. Free Quotes Call James 0405 765 631 Lic No 195805c.

9809 3990

Come meet our friendly new staff.

968 Victoria Rd, West Ryde Open 7 days 10am-8pm Ph. 9809 3990

Lic 274648c

Papillion painting building

Massage Therapy services Pty ltd TIDY GARDEN LANDSCAPING

0419 203 605 0403 062 712 9807 3480 Joseph 0403 621 162 Remedial And Sports Michael Gregoric 3 Henry Residential and Commercial Real Estate

LAWN MOWING Digger’s Lawns & Gardens

0423 219 919

Free quotes / Pension Discount. Guaranteed, honest, reliable, Fully insured.Ph 0423 219 919.

PAINTERS & DECORATORS

0405 765 631 0411 143 534 Interior & Exterior,James Pensioner Discount.

Wednesday 9 October, 2019 THE WEEKLY TIMES 27

Phone

Handy

The Weekly Times 9807 6666

PLUMBERS (continued)

pest control

LOCAL PLUMBER

FORENSIC PEST CONTROL PC

1300 360 457

The Pest Detectives All termite & general pestcontrol, sub floor ventilation & bird control. PC Lic 3433

PEST CONTROL 9449 2948 HAVE YOUR HOME PEST FREE FROM $240.00 Cockroaches, Silverfish, Webbing Spiders 40+ YRS Exp.

Shore Pest Services

PLASTERING

GYPROCK PLASTERING SERVICES Demitri 0404 770 412 All types of plastering * Reasonable rates.

Call Demitri

Lic 288665c

PLUMBERS

0488 801 042

• Taps, Hot water, Blocked Drains, Blocked pipes • 24/7 EMERGENCY Plumbers • On-time & Reliable • Plumbers you can trust • All works guaranteed • $0 CALL out • You approve the price before we start! $50 OFF when you mention this AD

BLOCKED DRAINS & SEWER SPECIALIST

9638 1398

0414 808 809

9808 3020

Phillip Draper West Ryde

Lic 3906

0414 837 679 Phil 9715 1804

Guaranteed Same Day Service. Prompt, On time, Efficient, Reliable, Honest. Blocked drains cleared.

Sewer-stormwater, burst pipes, leaking showers Taps/toilets, waterproofing, water filters, hot water heater maintenance accredited repairer/ installer.

Servicing (all makes / models), gas leaks, installs Repairs, connections, appliance repairs,servicing Room-Central heating, fake log/coal fires, stoves BackflowPrevention, TMV’s, downpipes/gutters, cappings Flashings), lead, Roof repairs (metal/ asbestos/Tile / slate) Skylights, leaks / fixes. No job too big or small. All work guaranteed. 25 Yrs exp.

C/Cards, Eftpos, 24/7 emergencies.

Lic. 143252c

domestic plumbing 0416 274 249 leaky pipes & roofs, dripping taps, blocked drains, gas leaks or connections, running cisterns. I can fix it. C. Parker Plumbing 45 yrs in business. 24hrs 7 day emerg. calls.

Master Plumber Gold Lic. L1376

Need a Local Plumber Fast?

9191 7353

Do you have no hot water?

Is your drain blocked?

Are your taps and toilets leaking?

Do you want an extra gas point?

For fast friendly service with a smile Call Jeremy on 9191 7353 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

0412 200 939

Your Local Plumber for 50 Years. * Blocked drains cleared * Taps & toilets * Hot Water * Gasfitting www.pooletheplumber.com.au

rubbish removals

AB HOME REMOVAL

9809 7555

All suburbs • electric eel • leaking taps • hot water • water • roof guttering • gas fitting • leaking toilets • blocked drain • home renovations • real estate strata.

• 7 days a week friendly sevice.

Lic L 10575

• Local Business Award Winning Plumbers • $0 Call Out Fee* • Fast Emergency Service • Hot Water Repairs • Blocked Drains Cleared • Taps and Toilets • Noisy Pipes • Gas Fitting • Seniors Discounts www.pureplumbingpros.com.au

RYDE SEWERFIX

9809 4230

0412 200 939

Sewer & Stormwater Speciali st • Blockages Cleared • CCTV & Pipe Location • Repairs & Replacement • Free Quotes Lic. L985 Over 50 year experience

FRANK DRAPER SEWER REPAIRS & REPLACEMENTS

0438 065 852

Free Quotes, High Pressure Water Jetter Service. Ryde Lic 181690c

9809 4230

J & M SCHALK.

9878 4483

Roof repairs. Metal, tile & leaking roof replac-

0412 200 939

Local Gas Specialists · Portable Gas Room Heaters Serviced · Carbon Monoxide Testing · Hot Water Heaters · Leak location & repair · New installations, replacement & additions · Bayonets & BBQ conversions.

Lic. L985

Local plumber based in Denistone.

Lic 299998c

0418 247 597

* Maintenance * Repairs * Renovations * Pensioner Disc * Fully Insured Lic.46242c

AAA ACTIVE ROOFING

0404 397 198

Leakfinding/Repairs(tiles,metal,slate)shingals/skylights, asbestos, copper, Waterproofing , Lead, Flashings, cappings, ridgepointing, rebedding, Chimney’s, Stormwater Drains Cleared, relayed, Diverted, fixed.

(Gutter’s/Downpipes) renewal, cleaning, whirlybirds.

Same day service – reliable, professional, efficient.

All work guaranteed. 25 Yrs exp. C/Cards, Eftpos, 24/7 Emergencies.

Lic 143252c

Top ryde top roofing

0410 322 681

• High pressure cleaning • All roof repairs & painting F/Q. • Dulux Colour. • Pens Disc

AARON’S ROOFING

0410 322 681

TAP RESCUE

1300 827 000 We repair, supply, install direct to you TAPS, TOILETS, Hot Water Systems, Water Filters and more. NO CALL OUT FEE! 0414 333 461 Lic 40572c

PAUL RUFF & SON PLUMBING

Est. Locally 1981

0418 961 406

Lic 3792

OPEN SKY PSYCHOLOGY

1300 739 531

• Anxiety, Depression, Complex problems • Addictions, Trauma, Parenting • Children, Teens, Adults, Couples, Families After Hours and Saturdays available.

Bookings within a few days. 6 practitioners (incl. Workcover approved) Suite 9, 227 Morrison Rd, Ryde www.openskypsychology.com.au

Lic 136874c

9871 0313

High pressure cleaning. All roof repairs & colour 20% off. F/Q Pens Disc.

PETER PAINTING

• Plumbing, draining, roofing, gas fitting • Maintenance specialist • Jet blaster & CCTV Lic 117469c • No job too small

9871 0313

roof painting

Psychologists & Relationship Counsellors

9808 4220

Brian 0413 115 450 20yrs exp all areas, rubbish, gard’, pruning & odd jobs. F/Q, same day service 8 days/week.

Brian NO TEXTING.

FLECK RUBBISH REMOVAL

Glen 0418 268 040 • All Areas • 24/7 • Free Quotes • Excavator for hire • Domestic/Commercial • Good Rates • All types of waste • Senior Disc. Call Glen.

CHEAPEST PRICE RUBBISH REMOVAL

9809 2536

0416 295 790

* Residence * Office * Factories * Household * Garden Waste * Large or Small * Deceased Estates * 7 Days * Sen. Disc 25 Years Exp. “We’ll Save You”. Call Gary.

0416 099 599

9613 7774

• All Types of Rubbish – Good Rates • Property Maintenance • Commercial / Domestic Same Day Service • All Areas 24/7 Free Quotes.

safety rails

SAFETY RAILS BY RAILS 2U

Les 0439 967 102 sam’s roofing P/L Make your home safer by installing internal

Sam 0416 178 058 and external rails by experienced installer.

All metal roofing & guttering, no job too small Can supply and install large range of rail sizes, Lic 215152c 33yrs exp. Ph Sam for quote.

SKY ROOF PAINTING

0411 232 629

8677 4141

0414 837 679 Phil 9715 1804

Blocked Drains specialists. Plumbing, Drainers and Gasfitters. Senior discounts ph 9888 9940 Lic 123739c / 0414 849 366

CMF PLUMBING

Lic R91302.

LOCAL SYDNEY ROOF SPECIALIST

For all your plumbing needs. Free Quotes.

24hr/7days. Emerg. serv.

Visa/Master/Eftpos.

Lic 168655C

0414 849 366

DJ DAISLEY AND SONS PTY LTD 9798 7075

Roof repairs and renewals slate metal tile.. Est 1912. Ph 9798 7075

All roof restore & repair 30% off. Pressure AAA COMPLETE RUBBISH REMOVALS cleaning. F/Q Lic 133762c

ALL DAY/ NIGHT PLUMBING

0413 402 599

0408 642 056

9191 7353 ing valleys, F/Q,

The Punctual Plumbers -

RYDE GAS COMPANY

0403 903 022

roofing

GLADESVILLE PLUMBING SERVICES

9817 4777

9745 5772

• House • Factory • Piano • Furniture • Disposals Competitive Rate with excellent service! All areas!

PH 0403 903 022, 0466 669 107

KW Removals

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AUSSIE BATTLER.

S.A.PLUMBING SERVICES FREE CAMERA SERVICE WITH EVERY BLOCKED DRAIN

JIM MEADE PLUMBING Lic 985

REMOVALISTS

RYDE REPAIR CENTRE 0409 833 832 Repairs all fridges/seal washers, dryers, dishwashers. 7 days.

0409 833 832 9807 9828

Excellent Service. No job too big or small. Local and interstate. $80 per hour.

Fix That Plumbing Gavin 0431 126 808

POOLE & CO PLUMBING

roof repairs

All general plumbing including gas. (24hr Emergency Service) No job too sml. Free quotes. STEMBRIDGE PLUMBING. Lic. 9880 Mastercard & Visa welcome.

PURE PLUMBING PROFESSIONALS

YOUR FAST LOCAL PLUMBER

REFRIGERATOR REPAIRS

0419 409 130 0431 995 369

0416 297 555

COTTAGE & DOMESTIC MAINTENANCE

9809 4230

Guide

0418 605 025

9929 4966

Water blasting & re-spraying 28 yrs exp Pen Dis Free Quotes Member MPA

0423 808 115

8819 2795

High pressure clean & painting. Free quotes.

20% off quoted price. Work Guaranteed.

Lic 157468c

roof repairs

BOB THE ROOFER 0418 677 188 Leak Detection. All roof & gutter repairs guaranteed. 35yrs Exp. C/Cards OK. Lic 123259C

no long waiting lists. No job too small. Senior Discounts. NDIS Approved Provider. Ph Les

SEWING MACHINE REPAIRS SEWING MACHINE REPAIRS

9181 1168

0401 802 752

Sewing Machine Repairs all makes, service, incl. Jenome, Brother, Elna, Pfaff, Husquvarna.

Ph 9181 1168 0401 802 752

SKIP BINS

PAYLESS MINI SKIPS

0402 844 744 George 0415 224 460 2-3-4m. Fast reliable service, specialising in small drives. Call George

Solicitors & CONVEYANCING

OSBORNE HOWELL 9807 3222 Over 50 years in RYDE. Shop 6, 43-49 Blaxland Road, Ryde (Entry via Argyle Ave) Wills, Estates, Probate, Conveyancing, Family Law, Commercial Leases, Sale of Business.

To advertise Phone Narelle: 9807 6666

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Phone

Handy

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TILES/TILING

Solicitors & CONVEYANCING LEES & GIVNEY LAWYERS

9816 1122

Established 1983 Accredited Specialist: Family Law and Wills, Estate Law; Conveyancing, Enduring Power of Attorney. Home visits available.

243 Victoria Road, Gladesville

0409 833 832

Repairs all stoves & ovens, 7 days / fast service 0409 833 832 9807 9828

surveyor

0407 442 288

• All Wall And Floor Tiling Interior & Exterior • Waterproofing Interior & Exterior • Kitchen & Laundry splash backs • Bathroom, Pools & Laundry Renovations • Leaking Shower Repairs • Stack Stone & Natural Stones • Professional Friendly Advice • Special Price For Pensioners • Free Measure & Detailed Quote • We Do It Right The First Time.

Call Raymond 0407 442 288 Lic Number 202336c

SAM THE TILING MAN

9808 6854

Suite 3, 75 Rydedale Rd, West Ryde, ats1@ atssurveyors.com.au

swimming

9832 9837

Enquiries 0417 477 733

Leaders in Learn-to-Swim and Swim Coaching for 45 years at Ryde.

Year round Tuition at all levels in warm (34c) state of the art indoor pools.

• Learn to Swim. Babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and elementary at 16 Cross Street Ryde.

• Style Correction for school competition in graded classes at Ryde Aquatic Centre

To advertise Phone Narelle: 9807 6666

0413 072 621

Small tiling jobs only Lab & Mats under Lic No. 68534C $1000 40 yr exp TONY TILING

CARLILE SWIMMING

9808 3199

Gabriel 0404 032 426 Specilaising in bathroom renos & all types of Lic 251461c wall & floor tiling. Call Gaby

stove repairs

ATS LAND SURVEYORS

Innovative Tiling Floor & Wall Tiling

LEVY PARTNERS 9809 1533 Trusted since 1957 4a Church St, Ryde

RYDE REPAIR CENTRE

tree lopping (continued) VENETIAN BLINDS

ACCLAIM TILING SERVICES

(continued)

0414 616 366

All ceramic tiles (wall & floor) etc. All water proofing. All areas.

Lic R78511

tree lopping VIC’S TREE CUTTING

0404 162 752

Guide

9858 2874

Tree pruning and removal, stump grinding. Fully ins. Free Quotes. Qual Aborist. Family business.

A.J’S TREELOPPING & RUBBISH REMOVAL

0412 933 031

Quick, reliable, fully insured, free quote, pens. disc.

Extra services incl. stump grinding, garden main, small concrete jobs, etc.

able tree service 0415 756 713 1/2 price this month, 20% Pens. Disc. All aspects of tree and stump removal. Qualified Arborist F/Q Fully Ins. Call Andrew

S T J Group Tree Services

0412 111 785

Fully Insured • Fully Qualified • Tree services - removal, clearing, lopping, stump grinding, hedging, pruning Free Quotes • call Steve

TV, DVD & AUDIO INSTALLS TV, AUDIO INSTALLATIONS

Nick 0412

667 770

Set up of Plasma/LCD, Home theatre, DVD, Hi-Fi. Pens disc. Technician with 40yrs exp. Call Nick.

TUITION

MATHEMATICS Jo-Anne

0401 914 269

Yr 4-12 Ext 1 & 2. Very experienced teacher & tutor. Call Jo-Anne

0422 682 243

Tutor

Personal Standard Maths tutor graded 6-12, Conversational English / IELTS for exceptional results, with over 10 years experience Ph 0422 682 243.

TV REPAIRS

AMORS VENETIAN BLIND LAUNDRY

WASHING MACHINE REPAIRS

RYDE REPAIR CENTRE 0409 833 832 Repairs all washers, dryers, fridges/seal, dishwashers. 7 days. 0409 833 832 9807 9828

weddings

RAY WOOD PHOTOGRAPHY

0414 843 759

WINDOW CLEANING

NO STREAKS WINDOW CLEANING, 9808 6773 Eugene 0415 258 454 Prompt, friendly, reliable service, F/Q, fully ins. Eugene SPIC AND SPAN WINDOW CLEANING

Greg 0411 055 Also soft house wash. Greg: H/ pressure cleaning. Sydney Water exempt.

476

OUTLOOK GLASS WINDOW CLEANING 9874 2815 David 0412 667 525 Pressure clean/softwash. Fully Qualified. Fully Insured 20 yrs exp. Call David

EXCELLENCE ELECTRONIC ENTERPRISE

0412 566 100

8765 1733

Gentle pressure clean, wax finish, re-cond. of all makes, free wash with all full reps. Same day serv. Meas & quote on venet, vertical & Holland. Gladesville.

9807 2772

• Install, DVD, Setup box Foxtel/Optus • Get your DIGITAL Ready • All TV, DVD, Hi-Fi, Microwave, Vacuum, Antenna • Owner operated for 20 years

To advertise Phone Narelle: 9807 6666

Trades & Services 9807 6666

rvices 9807 6666 glass services

GLASS SERVICES

roofing

RUBBISH REMOVAL

Enhance your skills with North Epping Probus Chess Group

ation

aren Laing is presented with a framed women’s jersey by Rovers’ Life Member Karen Harrison.

WEST RYDE ROVERS

2013 Soccer Registrations New Members Welcome!

ams in 2012 including 13 women’s teams!

To advertise Phone Narelle: 9807 6666

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN? New Players Welcome

Chess is a popular activity at North Epping Men’s Probus Club with regular Chess Group monthly meetings that are always well-attended.

Club members who want to learn more about the game are welcome to come along with one or two regulars to enhance their skills.

North Epping Probus is a community organisation for men who are retired or semiretired and who want to en-

rubbish removal

No job too Big or Small

0418 486 665 9550 2046

Deceased Estates All Residential & Business Waste 25yrs+ Experience | Seniors Discounts joy a variety of activities with other people that share similar interests.

Club meets at North Epping Bowling & Community Club on the third Monday each month.

If you’d like more information about the Club or to attend a meeting contact President Ron Seidl 0435 112 035 or visit website: www.probussouthpacific. org/microsites/eppingnorth

Wednesday 9 October, 2019 THE WEEKLY TIMES 29

DEATH NOTICE

Mrsnik nada

KAIN, Tanya Teresa 16.05.1962 – 11.03.2018

TV Tevion old style big back, set top box, DVD player & remote ideal for men’s shed, comes with 15 DVD movies $60 can deliver Ph 0415 953 099 BABY Prams 2 to choose from $70 and up Steelcraft can deliver Ph 0415 953 099

20.05.1924 – 02.10.2019

BBQ Everdure suit BBQ or Roast good cond $60.00, cappaccino coffee maker Aldi brand $40.00 Ph 9887 2356 or 0412 390 126

InLate memory of a of Ryde magnificent life well lived.

JEWELLERY Box 35x15cm Rosewood art deco decoration, value $300 sell $65 Ph 0425 370 022

Cherished wife of Bill and adored Aged 95 and Years mother of Ryan Jordan

Requiem Mass for the Repose Tanya will be dearly missed

by Soul all who of the of love Nadaher. will be celebrated in St55 Charles Aged YearsBorromeo Catholic Church, cnr Victoria Rd Family and friends of Tanya are and invited CharlestoSt, Rydeher warmly attend Friday (Oct to 11,be2019) funeral service held intothe Magnolia Chapel,at Macquarie commence 10.30am.Park

Crematorium, Cnr of Plassey and conclusion the cortege DelhiOn Roads North Ryde on Monday Marchwill 19, leave 2018 appointed for the to commence at 2:00pm.

Catholic Cemetery Rookwood.

Bright Attire would be appreciated

TREVOR LEE & SON PTY LTD

9746 2949

Cars for Sale HONDA Accord 2006 2.4 I.VTEC Auto 160,000km Top Condition $5,500.00 Ph: 0403 473 149

For Sale CABINET Six piece glass line near new, selling very cheap 10c Ph 9888 9611

BAR Fridge Lemaire 81mmH, 52mmW, 49mmD, 115 Litres as new $130 can deliver Ph 0415 953 099 FOOD Warmer on casters Salton brand 3 heat sections ideal for BBQ’s or parties 74x64x38cms $50 Ph 9876 2269 0407 926 172 BOX Freezer Fisher Paykel, Height 900mm, 860mm Length x 580mm wide $100 good cond Ph 0412 369 510

OIL Painting rare plates, statues brass, carved wood and Tiffany lamp and silver wares all bargains Ph 0425 370 022 FANS High power quality steel vgc, take or bring in fresh air $40 great value Ph 0425 370 022 AIR Condition mobile vgc, get ready for hot summer only, $195 now only not used much Ph 0425 370 022 LEAF Blower for fast job vgc $35, good quality light and strong Ph 0425 370 022 LAMP Quality marble for any room, also one tall 175cm 100 yrs old $20 and $65 for tv room Ph 0425 370 022 BOOKSHELVES 3 Rare and beautiful items, med and tall items, high quality $35, $65 and one is $295 Ph 0425 370 022 FURNITURE Very special items, corner and coffee table, bedside tables, all stunning and bargain $$$ Ph 0425 370 022 ARCHITECT Drawing table adjustable 700x1000mm approx used $100, pick up North Ryde Ph 0431 475 025

OBITUARIES BEAZLEY Gordon Neill - Formerly of Five Dock / Canada Passed away September 29. Bay. Aged 95 years.

Late of Concord.

MAHER Mary Angela - Passed BOURKE Pauline Rose away September 23. Late of (nee Keeley) - Passed away Central Coast. Formerly of Eastwood.

September 28.

FODER Gilda Patricia - Passed van NUNEN Wilhelmus Passed away October 3. away September 27.

(Nee Leonard) HOOLAHAN Terence Mark - PRATTEN Passed away September 27. Jillian Ruth - Passed away September 28.

Late of Epping.

LAVENDER Edna Jean - ROSS-JONES The Honorable This couponto be used only for thoseadverts listedbelo w, $2.20 will September guaranteenext Bryce - Passed away Passed away September edition, will be published in order 13.of receipt.DEADLINEfor all adverts is 14. FREE Late adverts of Strathfield South.

5pm Monday’s. No multiplebookingswill be acceptedon coupons.No Trading Corner Adverts accepted by phone,fax or email. DO NOT SEND COINS IN POST .

For all other Classifi ed adverts please call 9807 6666

FISHING Rods, lines plus wide assortment of fishing gear, the lot $60.00 Ph 9888 6034 LEATHER Jackets grey Tussoni medium brown Gianni Versace large bargain at $30 each, Bellini brown suede jacket medium $25 Ph 9807 2317 KEY Ring collection of 4 different ones $5 the lot Ph 9888 5051 KEYBOARD Huxley 61 key light up plus stand, stool, micro stand, as new $100 Ph 0431 475 025 RUG Modern blue spirit S141 160cmx230cm blue with yellow surround photo’s available on request $20 Ph 9807 2317 NOVELS French 10 for $4 Ph 9888 5051 DINING Table wooden with two drawers, 200cmx94cm with six cane chairs exc cond $500 neg Ph 0407 913 993 DVD Internal PC drive DVD rewriter $3 Ph 9888 5051 GOLF Bag brand new grip lok classic red/black combo $80 Ph 9887 1708 COMPUTER Monitors HP Pavilion f1723 17” flatscreen LG flatron W1942T 19” flatscreen both with power and link cords $20 Ph 9807 23177 TV Sony flat screen 101cm 40 inch, exc cond hardly used $250 ono Ph 0414 827 997 60 CDS Orchestras, Dancing, easy listening, classic and good music $15 the lot Ph 9888 5051 SEWING Machine Lomain zig zag light blue metal body 1960’s exc cond plus tool kit, foot pedal $30 Ph 9807 2317

WORK WANTED Cleaning – Experienced * Reliable lady * Honest, Thorough, Punctual * Home/Office * Ironing * Good Refs * Free Quotes Susan 0421 180 466

NOW IN SIX

LANGUAGES

Police issue a warning after recent spate of garage theft

RYDE Police this week issued further warnings to local residents in unit complexes to lock up their security cages.

“Over the past few weeks there have been several break and enters across the Ryde Police Area Command, particularly in the Ryde, Meadowbank and Macquarie Park areas,” Ryde Police said. “ Thieves are targeting basement car parks and gaining access into garage and storage units.”

“You can play an important role in maintaining your apartment’s security by locking your car, including the boot and removing all valuables from sight.

“When exiting and entering the carpark LABELER Model Brother P-Touch as new $25 Ph 9888 5051 PEARSON Chesterfield pot glazed, new red / burgundy 22cms wide made in England $10 Ph 9888 5051 AIR Conditioner window box Kelvinator, good as new $200 ono. Pick up Kellyville Ph 0498 384 341

Garage Sale MARSFIELD- 3 Coral Street.

Saturday 12th October 9am3pm. Household, clothes, toys , handyman items etc at bargain prices .

RYDE - 12 Suttor Ave on Saturday 12th October from 9am - 2pm.

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North Epping Men

Wed Oct 2 Club B Godsell R Peterson d A Robinson G Stace 20/17 J Taylor P Delves d C Sneddon K Douglass 26/18 T Holden S Palmer d R Stanton N Swancott 22/12 P P Brown d R Michie K Beacom 18/13 R Monteith W Fletcher d T Warner R Vass 20/17 R Crowne B Wallen d B Swan P Hinds 20/5 N Oppedisano R Matheson d R Watkins J Fry 22/19 J Kaine W Daley d J Clough W Spaul 22/11 R Seidl R Gallop d A Macleod M Havron 27/10 S Slocombe G Scott d J McClintock M Hollier 25/19 Sat Oct 5 Club M Brereton A Robinson R Peterson d J Taylor B Swan P Dunleavy 20/19 A Macleod R Monteith J Fry d S Booth R Stanton K Douglass 36/9 J Clough D Singleton d B Godsell M Havron 22/14 R Kern N Swancott d O Sherrard J Swan 15/15 (on ends) S Burge S Garvey W Fletcher R Gallop 24/20 T Warner G Scott d R Crowne W Daley 22/20 KEN DOUGLASS

Gladesville Women

Tue Oct 1 Social E Craven K Ruser L Macdonald d E Malcolm C Bambach E Meagher, M Tennant A Barton B Paterson d J Bryant M Luckey K Russell Raffle B Turner Final of the Minor Singles C/ ship was Thu Oct 3 JILL FORSTER

Brush Park/Denistone Women

Tue Oct 1 Brush Park Women’s Club Fours Comp Finals R Holman J McCreadie F Langdon M Pollard d M Armstrong E Bell C Cupitt P Lyons Social Triples B McGrath N Waddell A Ross d R Newton C Jackson M Miller, S McClatchey C Smith S Baillie d S McClatchey C Minogue P Dick. P McClean P Orr J De Vries d J Roddy P Nealon E Leermakers. C Whitelock B Palmer F Laney d R Pacey M Forbes M Dewhirst Denistone Women’s Social Triples M Woods M Segula B Smith d H Naudin U Mere E Whatmore, C Netterfield N McLeod M Wade d C Netterfield H Simmons E Tulloch,

Bowling Round-up C Heming A McKeon J Vinton d J Tumminello M Johnston B Peddell, H Tumminello T Little S McWhirter d N Dal Santo R Isaacs M Caldwell MARIE DEWHIRST

North Ryde RSL Women

Tue Oct 1 Social Rk 3 M Burkett C Candrick 19 S Fennell S Beram 19 Rk 4 S Leabeater J Bax 17 J Auberson E Marsden 15 /k 5 A Broholm J Hope L Humphreys 25 J Fahey W Hyland F Lancett 15 WR 3,on count back C Candrick 10 ends S Barem 8 ends J/Pot not won Thu Oct 3 Rk 1 S Fennell S Leabeater A Alvar 24 I Hitchens C Candrick L Humphreys 7 Rk 3 K Moss M Nichelson J Bax S Barem 24 K Moss W Hyland J Hope E Marsden 10 Win Rk 3 as above J/Pot not won Minor and Graduation Singles start Oct 15 sheet on board Rd 2 Mixed Pairs Oct 12 and don’t forget our Fashon Parade on

Oct 28 ask a friend or two see you there COLLEEN RENWICK

North Epping Women

Tue Oct 1 Social L Walsh J Grimes S Quessy d S Hapek M Daley T Hilder 18/10 J Palmer L Pierens d P Lane G Tucker 17/16 J Kemmis H Stibbs P Spaul d E Stewart L Finnigan M Garrick 14/1 R Delves J Havron d S Caswell V Riley 20/11 SUE ARCHIBALD

North Ryde RSL Men

Wed Oct 2 Social V Spano W Coelho J Morris d R Dummett G King D Hope 28/8 B Arnold B Cain J Grabiec d G Ramsay N Ferris A Benson 19/10 W Wood S Layburn J French d D Jessep R Culotta D Fenelon 15/10 J Wellar R Hochstetter V Beram d C Costa B Gibson P Collins 20/14 Sat Oct 5 Social I Pendleton P Dowling R Reitano d J Ferguson D Hope K Ho 26/14 V Spano A Woods A Benson d P McPhie G King S Palmer 23/12 Mixed Pairs Rds 2 & 3 Oct 12 1 and Oct 13 Our 5-a-Side Carnival Mon Oct 14 DON HOPE

Gladesville Men

Wed Jackpot Sponsored

by Belle Properties Hunters Hill A Locascio B Iacono C Sandstrom d S Rotondo P Coyle G Hazel 23/18 R Collyer J Restaino d J Roberts C Patterson 21/14 Sat Jackpot Social $300 Sponsored by Belle Properties Hunters Hill S Rotondo G Merchant T Beno d T Sidone C Patterson V Moscato 30/22 F Alcuri G Jones P Coyle d G Burkett A Crockart G Tutt 39/8 J Roberts W Cappelletto d R Bainsbridge C Sandstrom 23/10 O Wong A Mc Donald K Mc Far-

GLADESVILLE Womens Bowling Club recently celebrated its 58th Birthday and Friends Day with a special morning tea and luncheon.

Despite the appalling weather and the constant rain the members and their guests enjoyed a Trivia Quiz

- courtesy of Alex Macdonald - before playing a “testing” game of indoor bowls. Guests on the day were from North Ryde RSL, Ryde X Phoenix, Putney and Denistone Women’s Bowling Clubs.

The 58th Birthday cake was cut by patron Marie Farthing, Presi-

lane d R Gledhill T Vanderlaak B Iacono 28/15 Jackpot didn’t go off Jackpots next week Call the bowls club 98161773 Come enjoy a game of Bowls at Gladesville Men’s Sporties Bowling Club Craig Sandstrom (Match committee) CRAIG SANDSTROM

Putney Tennyson Men

Wed Oct 2 Social K Beatty K Riley d P Noone J Stanton 24/17 J Falsone B Prentice d A Windle J MConnell 21/17 K Wooden K Jennings d J Elliott R Rees 25/23 P Brown A Long d P Dobie A Rodger 27/18 R Prentice A Heyes d C Dale K Lake 31/14 P Anderson D Walker d J Carrington I Purcell +4 K Glesson L Ager d P Smith R Marrins 25/23 Sat Oct 5 Social P Harris R Marrins d R Rees I Purcell 40/14 I Radovnikovic A Heyes d K Beatty K Lake 23/21 S/F Oc t 5 Club Triples C/ship K Glesson B Prentice A Long d P Noone C Dale A Windle 25/16 R Rust A Rodger J Cunningham d P Yeow J McConnell D Walker 30/13 JOCK CUNNINGHAM

Denistone Men

Wed Oct 2 Social J Kenny K Graham d R Ralston L Hanson 30/16 N Felstead J Fleming d K Johnson G Robinson 30/12 D Lee D Gatati G Jones d B Williams J Mohan F McGarry 27/14 F Woodly B Nicoll A Isaacs d G Kennedy R Gavin J Knight 20/14 D Alice D Pocock R Johnston d J Rae A Marcellino J Woods 22/12 J O’Brien J Dalton T Imer d T Stanis A Crokart J Myers 34/9 B Richards D Douglas G Carroll d C Norgate A Roznyoi J Hiotellis 26/16 B White V Ardino J Dominak d J Kennedy G Hatch R Goggin 21/17 Sat Oct 5

Social D Douglas K Gray (vis) d J Rando J Dominiak 23/12 P Dale T Gardiner D Linnert d J Kennedy R Howell J Dalton 34/13 W Sutcliffe A Marcellino G Carroll d T Stanis E Coleman F McGarry 24/18 J Mohan L Boekman(vis) L Hanson d G Thomas J Hae R Johnston 25/23 J O’Brien B Nicoll J Hiotellis d D Galati V Aroino R Court 30/25 JDM

Hunters Hill Men

Sun Sep 29 Sipper Sunday Pairs Tournament in celebration Bob (Sipper) Robson’s Centenary Winners J Stewart D Amos 2nd J Herford J Sadler 3rd D Treseder T Burt Fri Oct 4 Belle Property Hunters Hill Turnaround Triples Winning team Leichhardt BC 2nd J Stewart team HHBC 3rd S Crowhurst K Stuart R Rose HHBC Sat Oct 5 Social P Langwill R Schilling dr D Treseder P Nightingale 25/25 J Juniper M Burton d B Carpenter P Chatfield 27/17 Sun Oct 6 Club Triples C/ship S/F R Schilling K Stuart R Rose d G Thongsophon S Donnelly J Lowe 25/13

Brush Park Men

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Wed Oct 2 Social J Uren P Murphy d S Merani R Hurley 23/21 N Holman D Kensett-Smith d T Siviour W Dewhirst 21/15 G Willis R Palmer d G Monk R Preston (Carl) 29/21 G Bale N Martelli d R Summerhayes J Stuart 23/14 B Logan B Goldsworthy d J Wedderburn A Burgoyne 27/13 C Carmichael B Milner A Cukon d B Wood N Ward R French 25/24 Thu Oct 3 Social I Kirkham F Lacey R French d A Moore B Cupitt T King 32/14 F Woodley G Wilson P Roach d C Norgate E Rayner J Forbes 32/19 J Arkins A Stone d B Hon J Hobson 16/15 D Baillie W Brigden d R Dickinson R Milner

31/16 Sat Oct 5 Social P Taylor R French B Goldsworthy d A French J Miles D Freeman 24/18 A Moore B Took R Summerhayes d J Forbes B Wood A Cukon 32/16 J Wedderburn C Carmichael R Palmer d J Arkins G Monk D Kensett-Smith 22/17 R Milner R Hoare d B Logan J Roddy 25/22 L Hoare D Livesey A Burgoyne d J Turner D Turner R Preston (Carl) 22/16 N Holman D Hosking d J Uren G Willis 19/17 A Stone F Lacey W Dewhirst d C Dickins J Hobson T King 25/18 GEOFF YOUNG

Hunters Hill

Thirty four bowlers participated in the Hunters Hill Thursday Mixed Social Bowls during the year. The final was held on October 3 with the top 12 point scorers competing for a bottle on 1997 Grange Hermitage in an eleven round, two ends event. Results: 5th place Peter Nightingale 124 pts; 4th place Gretta Blunt 126 pts; 3rd place John Hirst 130 pts; Equal 1st: Ron Hopwood &Richard Schilling 1 3 1 pts. The result of the play off between Richard and Ron was 12/8 to Richard. Bowls as usual next Thursday Women: Social Bowls Sept 24: L. Green, J. Castaldi, P. Hirst d L. Green, A. Dale, L. Stecenson V. Wahlquist, A. Allum G. Blunt d C. Campbell, J. Lloyd, G. Guice Social Bowls 1/10/19 J. Maclaine, A. Dale d L. Green, C. Campbell P. Hirst, G. Blunt d K. Stewart, J. Beale K. Sagger, V. Elias, J. Lloyd d F. Palmer, J. Castaldi, G. Guice J Mac:aine & A Dale d L Green & C Campbell P Hirst & G Blunt d K Stewart J Beale K Saggers, V Elias & J Lloyd d F Palmer, J Castaldi & G Guice JILL BEALE

dent Lyn Macdonald, Vice President Jean Jones and life member Shirley Gibson (pictured). Event trophies were awarded to Jenny Bryant (lead) Chris Stock (second) and Jan Vinton (skip). Lucky “non” players trophies were won by Jill Forster and Lauris Maher.

TALENTED quartet of Margaret Pollard, Fay Langdon, Judith McCreadie and Ruth Holman (pictured) celebrate their 2019 Brush Park Womens Bowling Club Fours championship triumph.

POWERFUL combination of Fausto Alcuri, Peter Coyle and Walter Cappelletto (pictured left) recently clinched the Butchers Triples title at Gladesville Sporties Bowling Club after toppling John Lee, Roy Gledhill and Tony Beno 28-8 in the final.

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Six wicket milestone for Tigers pace ace Nic PACE spearhead Nic Bills (pictured) has opened the 2019-20 NSW Premier Cricket first grade season the way he left off last campaign – with a bulk of wickets for Sydney Cricket Club.

The Eastwood native and former NSW tearaway bagged the impressive figures of 6-46 off 17 overs to help the Tigers dismiss reigning premiers Parramatta for 154 on the opening day of their second round fixture at Old Kings Oval last weekend.

Bills, who claimed 46 scalps in the top grade last summer, demonstrated why he is a key member of the Tigers line up again this season in their quest for the Belvidere Cup. The six wicket haul capped a memorable fortnight for the Bills family with Nic’s younger sister Emily and mother Dianne tasting NSW Netball Premier League Opens championship glory with the Eastwood Ryde Hawks as a shooter and team manager respectively.

It also chalked up another milestone for warrior Nic - who has now snared 151 first grade wickets for the Tigers.

Rising off spinner Ben Manenti - a talented cub who is pushing for selection in the NSW Blues squad - grabbed the tidy figures of 2-28 off 14 overs as the Sydney attack dominated from the outset.

Sent in to bat after the visitors won the toss, the Parramatta side were reeling at 2-2 after Bills removed Ben Abbott (0) and Brenton Cherry (0) for ducks in a dramatic start to the match.

Opener TimothyWard posted a top score of 36 runs off 55 balls before Parramatta lost their third wicket with 54 runs on the board.

Milos Ninkovic in action during a pre-season friendly (pic: Jaime Castaneda)

Maestro Milos in the hunt for more A League soccer silverware

SYDNEY FC’s midfield maestro Milos Ninkovic is targeting more trophies and a record run in the AFC Champions League for the Sky Blues this season.

Bills and Manenti wreaked havoc with the ball as the home side slumped to 8-97 and 9-113 despite a gritty 23

by Adam Turrell before tailenders Bradley Taylor (32) and Donal Whyte (21 not out) combined for a last wicket stand of 41 to make the premiers’ total respective.

At stumps, the Tigers were 0-23 with openers Justin Mosca (13 not out) and Suff Hassan (10 not out) set to resume this Saturday after safely negotiating 13 overs during the final session.

SECONDS: Sydney 248

(Nick Govers 74, Steve King 43no, Liam Gibson 31, Daniel Jacob 25, Matt Kent 20, Alex Bloomfield 19, Ben Aitchison 4-53, Owen Simonsen 3-47, Blair Overton 1-22, Luke McNaught 1-33, Shane Cassel 1-36) v Parramatta 0-6.

THIRDS: No play; FOURTHS: No play.

FIFTHS: Sydney 6-84 (Antonio Christy 24, Darcy Mooney 16 retired, Sandeep Joshi 15, Tyrone Hargreaves 1-8, Varun Lakshmanarajah 1-8, Abish Mohanaraj 1-9, Kevin Tyler 1-10, Shanuk Karandeniya 1-17) v Parramatta.

The 2019 Joe Marston Medal Winner believes the side is primed for further silverware.

“It’s nice to score goals but for me, the most important thing is to win trophies with my teammates,” Ninkovic said.

“This season we should get better results in the Champions League (AFC) compared to last year.

“We’ve got a good squad to go through to the second round.”

The Sky Blues will be lead this season by

their newly-annointed captain, local star Alex Wilkinson and kicked off their 201920 campaign with a members-only launch event at Luna Park yesterday.

Sydney FC’s first game of the season will be away to Adelaide United at Coopers Stadium, Adelaide this Friday October 11 with the first home game against Wellington Pheonix on Sunday October 20 at Leichhardt Oval.

The Sky Blues have made some minor adjustments to the kick

off times for five home fixtures at Kogarah Jubilee Oval this season following the announcement that one Hyundai A-League game will be broadcast on free to air television every Saturday night.

The new deal struck between the Hyundai A-League and ABC TV means a number of fixtures across the league will be changed, with televised games being shown from 5pm.

The Sky Blues home matches against Melbourne Victory (Round

6), Western Sydney Wanderers (Round 18), Perth Glory (Round 23) and Newcastle Jets (Round 28) will be brought forward by 15 minutes from their original kick off times of 5.15pm and now start at the broadcast time of 5pm.

Sydney FC’s Christmas and New Year holiday fixture against Melbourne City (Round 12) will also be moved from it’s original 4pm start to a later kick off time of 6.30pm, in order to accommodate a potential Westfield WLeague double header.

Cameron Sykes Memorial boosts ConnecTed Foundation

RUGBY league personalities Darryl ‘The Big Marn’ Brohman and Paul ‘Nobby’ Clarke were special guests at the final Cameron Sykes Memorial Sports Charity Luncheon held at Drummoyne Sailing Club. They are pictured with Bill McGill OAM - the grandfather of Cameron Sykes - who sadly passed away in 2009 at the age of 10 of Hunter syndrome, a genetic disorder that shortens life. Bill has proved a driving force behind the fundraising for the event’s charity - the ConnecTed Foundation at the Children’s Hospital Westmead. Also pictured are Bill’s wife Dianne McGill, daughters Karen Sykes and Leanne Imbro and son-in-laws Marcus Sykes and Valentino Imbro. Funds raised to date are in excess of $220,000. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO.

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Fullback Corey Thompson has been named Tigers Players’ Player of the Year 2019 by his fellow team mates at the club’s end of year gala presentation dinner.

By the one eyed Tiger

Corey is without a doubt the Tigers best value player pound for pound and the best in the league.

Corey is pictured left congratulating Tigers superstar Benji Marshall who has been selected in the Kiwi’s squad for the Test match against the Kangaroos in Wollongong on Friday October 25.

Benji will team up with his Tigers and Kiwis coach Michael “Madge” Maguire in what shapes up as crackerjack contest.

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