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June 2016 Edition

The Shire of Sandstone Hack St, Sandstone WA 6639

Ph: 08 9963 5802 Fax 08 9963 5852 Email: reception@sandstone.wa.gov.au

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PG 2 Contents

PG 3 Bus travelling to Mt Magnet

PG 4 Dentist van visiting Sandstone

PG 5-6 From the desk of the CEO

PG 7 Local Laws and Rates Concessions

PG 8 St John Ambulance sausage sizzle

PG 9 MyCouncil web site

PG 10 Country Age Pension fuel card to continue

PG 11 Astro Rocks festival in Mt Magnet

PG 12-13 Houses for sale

PG 14 Interesting facts about June

PG 15-18 Mines Department/Prospector Safety

PG 19 Golf Season

PG 20 Compliment/Bushfire meeting

PG 21 History Corner

PG 22 Heritage Museum & Visitor Centre

PG 23 Joker draw at National Hotel/pots for sale

PG 24-25 Recipes

PG 26-29 Puzzles / Just for laughs

PG 30 Public Notices

PG 31 Directory of Services

PG 32-34 Community Bulletin Board

PG 35 St John First Aid course for parents

PG 36-37 Health Services/Calendar

PG 38 Events Calendar

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COMMUNITY BUS TAKING PASSENGERS TO MT MAGNET The Sandstone Community Bus will be travelling to Mt Magnet once a month for Shire business. If anyone needs to travel to Mt Magnet, we may have available seats. We can take a maximum of 6 passengers so please book - please be aware that we adhere to a strict time schedule. The bus will leave from the Sandstone Shire Administration office at 10am and will leave Mt Magnet opposite the IGA at 1.30 pm for the return trip home. Please book your seat by contacting either Rhonda or Margaret at the Shire office (T: 08 9963-5802).

The next service will be on Wednesday

15th June 2016

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Shire News Shire of Sandstone

Hack Street SANDSTONE WA 6639 Phone: 08 9963 5802 Fax: 08 9663 5852

Email: reception@sandstone.wa.gov.au

FROM THE DESK OF THE CEO

WELCOME

I have enjoyed my return to Sandstone, which was effective from 11 May 2016. I leave again on Friday 3 June 2016 and will be replaced by Mr Mike Fitz Gerald. Mike will be here for two weeks, after which you will then see me return! Mike has a long association with local government, and like myself takes on acting CEO assign-ments from time to time.

Projects I am pleased to advise that the installation of the astrodome at the School is finally underway. At this stage, the concrete base has been poured. The review of the Shire’s Town Planning Scheme and Local Planning Strategy has now entered the last stages. Town Planning Scheme No2 has now been signed off by the Shire President and the CEO and submitted to the Minister for Planning for final approval. The Local Planning Strategy will also now be advertised as well. I have also written to the Department of Lands confirming that the Shire will take over the land management order from the Education Department and that the future use will be for communi-ty purposes. This is the last step in the process regarding the management of the school and its grounds passing to the Shire. The Police House sub-division is also in its final stages with the electricity and water connec-tions arranged for the new subdivided blocks.

Local Emergency Management Arrangements

The Local Emergency Management Committee was reactivated back in October of last year. Since then, the Committee has revised its Local Management Emergency Arrangements and the Local Recovery Sub-Plan and it hopes to sign off on these at its meeting on 9 June 2016. These arrangements are important as they give clear guidance on how to deal with an emergency incident in the Shire that may result from such things as the devastation resulting from bushfires, or a major traffic incident or even a plane crash.

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Shire News Shire of Sandstone

Hack Street SANDSTONE WA 6639 Phone: 08 9963 5802 Fax: 08 9663 5852

Email: reception@sandstone.wa.gov.au

...from previous page

Outcomes of the April Council Meeting At the April Council meeting, Council resolved to adopt its Budget Review for 2015/16. Each year, Council must review its adopted budget half way through the financial year. At this stage, the Shire expects there to be a surplus going forward into 2016/17 of $272,000. Sean Fletcher Acting Chief Executive Officer

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONER RATES CONCESSION FOR

2016-17

As part of the 2015/16 State Budget, the State Government announced that from the rating year commencing 1 July 2016, the 50% concession allowed to eligible pensioners on Local Government rates would be restricted to a capped amount. Western Australia was the only State not to provide a dollar cap on Local Government rates. The pensioner rates capped amounts will be set each year, consistent with the manner in which senior’s rates caps are set. The gazettal of the cap amounts usually occurs in late June, prior to the commencement of the rating year. The pensioner rate capped amount has been announced as $750 for 2016/17. The Shire does not administer the laws in regard to pensioner concessions. If you wish to lodge a complaint regard-ing the capping of the pensioner rebate you will need to contact your local Member of Parliament.

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St John Promotional Day in Sandstone

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Interesting facts about June

The birthstones for June are the pearl, alexandrite and moonstone

The birth flower for June is the rose

The zodiac signs for June are Gemini (May 21—June 20) and Cancer (June 21—July 22)

On June 14, 1777, the flag of the United States was adopted by the Continental Congress

On June 18 1812, the United States declared war on Great Britain

June 5—World Environment Day

U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot by an assassin on June 5, 1968 and he died

the following day

The Ford Motor Company was founded on June 16, 1903

The shortest day of the year occurs in June.

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IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF

MINES

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2016 Sandstone Golf Club Season

The Sandstone Golf Club commenced the new season on Sunday 10

th April, tee-

ing off at 12.00 midday. New players welcome. It takes about 4-5 hours to play 18 holes, and is great low impact exercise. We will play every Sunday through to October, when the season officially finishes. Special events during the year include: Meekatharra Open- May Leinster Open- July Sandstone Club Championships – August Sandstone Open - 10/11

th September

We also play the Putts and the SSC competitions, with various novelties through-out the year and keep the eclectic with the winners at the end of the season. Fully Affiliated Membership with Golf WA and official handicaps via Golf Link- $55 Players are then eligible for Sandstone Golf Club trophies and to compete away in other Open events, such as Meekatharra and Leinster. Weekly Green Fees- $2. Any queries please contact President- Richard Atkinson- 0409884035 Secretary/ Treasurer- Lana Lefroy- 99635831

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A Fire Brigade Meeting will be held at the fire station

on Thursday 16th June 2016

at 5pm

For further info contact Deputy Chief Bushfire

Control Officer

Banjo Patterson 0400 577 775

COMPLIMENT The General Manager, Elected Councillors, and all staff I recently visited and overnight stayed in Sandstone as part of a group of 10 persons, on motorcycles and accompanying vehicles. Our trip commenced in Adelaide SA and travelled via the Goldfields Highway to Broome and ultimately in Darwin prior to returning through the centre. Our group unanimously agreed that Sandstone was the cleanest and most friendly of every town vis-ited. We, as a group felt it worthy that your local government and its personnel be congratulated on presenting your town in such pristine condition. Please convey this message to all staff and Council-lors. Cheers Geoff Laan

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HISTORY CORNERHISTORY CORNER—— an excerpt from the book an excerpt from the book

“Sandstone“Sandstone——from Gold to Wool and Back Again” by Sally L. Seniorfrom Gold to Wool and Back Again” by Sally L. Senior

Local Characters and People who have lived in Sandstone in the Past - pg 405

Janet Fisher Janet fisher arrived in Sandstone in May 1934 as a newly qualified, double certificated registered nurse to the Sandstone hospital. Mrs. Shilling was the ma-tron at the time. The twenty seven year old Janet Paterson, as she was then, had never been ‘bush’, and had no experience of what it would be like to work in a small hospital without a doctor. The week after she arrived, the matron left her alone with a patient to care for. She was terrified. She had been sent there by the Medical Department because she was young. A great deal of her time was spent scrubbing floors and cleaning the many windows. Her pay was 3pd per week plus keep. The only other employees at the hospital were the matron and a cook/laundress. The wards were heated by wood burning, railway style pot-belly stoves (the rectangular type, where the wood is fed in through the end). There was no hot water in the bathroom, so cold showers were the order of the day. The wash-ing for the hospital was done in a copper outdoors. As a young nurse, she actually burned down the kitchen section of the hospital. While filling a kerosene lantern on the kitchen table, she had spilled some on the table, and when she lit the lamp, the spilled kerosene caught fire. One of their most common patient problems was drunkenness and the “DT’s”. The treatment for the DT’s was intramuscular paraldehyde. She says she will nev-er forget the smell of it. Janet Fisher had very clear memories of the cooler, as one day she found a large Bungarra that had climbed up into the water tray at the top to get to the water. The pharmaceuticals available then were very basic, and the nurses often had to make up their own drugs (that is, mix them). She later married Len Fisher, a tall red-headed Scot who was a miner, and they lived in Sandstone until the late 1950’s when Len Fisher died of a brain tu-mour. They had five children, Jane, Helen, Christopher, Rosalind and William. Af-ter the hospital closed down, Janet Fisher conducted a nursing posts from a small room built behind her house. She had this room built at her own cost. More next month….

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JOKER NIGHT AT THE PUB

COME AND TRY YOUR LUCK!

At the National Hotel every Wednesday Night we have the Joker

draw.

Every time you buy an alcoholic drink from 5.30pm – 7.30 pm you get

a FREE ticket to go into the draw to win the cash prize,

drawn at 7.30 pm

If no one wins, the cash jackpots by $50 till the next Wednesday.

.... Ya gotta be in it to win it.

Colourful recycled plastic flower pots for sale

Would make great gifts, can be painted to the colours of

your choice.

See Lady Di

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butter biscuits

Ingredients

125g butter, softened

1/2 cup caster sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 egg, at room temperature

2 cups plain flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 tablespoon milk

2 tablespoons pure icing sugar, to serve

Method Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.

Step 2 Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla in a small bowl until pale and creamy. Add egg and mix until well combined. Sift flour and baking powder over butter mixture. Add milk and stir until just combined.

Step 3 Using 2 teaspoons of dough at a time, roll dough into balls. Place on baking trays lined with baking paper. Using a lightly-floured fork, flatten biscuits slightly (allow room for spreading).

Step 4 Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, swapping trays over in oven after 10 minutes, or until light golden. Allow to cool on trays for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar.

Serve.

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Apple crumble dessert cake

Ingredients 220g butter, chopped, melted

4 eggs, at room temperature

2 3/4 cups self-raising flour

1 1/2 cups caster sugar

1 cup sour cream

1/3 cup Foster Clark's custard powder

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

800g can apple pie fruit

Double thick cream to serve

Crumble topping

3/4 cup plain flour

1/3 cup white sugar

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

75g butter, chilled, chopped

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 5cm-deep, 20cm x 30cm (base) roasting dish or slab pan. Line base and sides with baking paper, allowing a 2cm overhang at both long ends. Using an electric mixer, beat melted butter, eggs, flour, caster sugar, sour cream, custard powder and vanilla essence for 3 minutes or until pale and fluffy. Pour half the mixture into prepared dish or pan. Spread apple over mixture. Top with re-maining mixture. Make crumble topping: Combine flour, white sugar, baking powder and cinnamon in a bowl. Using your fingertips, rub butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Sprinkle topping over cake mixture. Bake cake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Serve warm with cream.

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NUMBER SEARCH PUZZLE ANSWER

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Pastoralists and D.E.C. in the Sandstone and

surrounding Shire’s have commenced the wild

dog bait programme. Please be advised

BAITS WILL BE ON THE GROUND ALL YEAR ROUND

Also just a friendly reminder to keep your dogs

locked up, or on a leash if out walking.

To avoid being

penalised all dogs and cats must be kept in your

yards or on leads at all times. Please clean up

after your dog!!!!!

All dogs must be registered. If your dog is not registered, or if

you are unsure when the registration expires,

please contact the Shire office.

The RANGER is making more and more frequent

visits to Sandstone.

When was the last time you

visited your local library? We

don’t just have books, there

are DVD’s and Audio books as

well, so next time you are pass-

ing the office, pop in and have

a look.

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JPB Contracting

Paul (Scruffy)

Bennett

Ph: 0427 841 888

Physiotherapist Visiting Sandstone

Nursing Post monthly

Please call the Shire for an appointment

08 9963 5802

If there are no appointments made the Physiotherapist will not

come to Sandstone

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Mount Magnet Post & Lotteries

We now have Gold Detector Hire

Pick up a brochure from us or the Sandstone Shire

Check out the website www.mtmagnetpost.com

SANDSTONE LIBRARY

Open Monday—Friday 8.30am—4.30pm Casual memberships welcome

Interlibrary Loans Audio Books Internet access DVD’s Fiction and non Fiction books

Hair Cuts

Call Drina 0431 025 760

I can come to you or you can come to me!

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YOU MUST CONTACT THE SHIRE OF SANDSTONE PRIOR TO

DISPOSAL OF ANY ASBESTOS MATERIALS

Phone 9963 5802 Mondays - Fridays

8:30 - 4:00pm

LEGAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN FOR

NON-COMPLIANCE

Cut off time for the next Newsletter June 30th

We are always after stories for the Bush Telegraph so if you have a story , a photo or maybe a birthday, or perhaps

or there is something you would like to see in your

newsletter please contact the Shire office

ROTARY CLUB

We are the very first Rotary

Club that is based purely online

in WA. This enables people liv-

ing in remote/regional areas the

option to still provide a service

to their local community by

joining Rotary E club of E.WA.

It’s a new and vital Rotary

Experience.

We meet via online webinars

and the use of Facebook, both

open to the public and private

sessions.

Name: E-WA Rotary

Address: www.ewarotary.org.au

www.facebook.com/ewarotary

Ph 0408 802 490

Community Group Name :

E-WA Rotary—Kerry O’Shea

rotaryewa@gmail.com

We’d love to hear from you :)

Westcoast Seafood

Email: stan@westcoastseafood.com.au

Contact Stan to see when he will be in

Sandstone next

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Looking for Gold? Want to Prospect near Sandstone?

Please contact the Mt Magnet

Office of the Department of Mines

and Petroleum,

Cnr Hepburn and Richardson St

Telephone (08) 9963 4509

Fax (08) 9963 4488

Museum & Visitor Centre

Open 7 days per week. Tuesday—Saturday

9am—4pm

Sunday & Monday 10am—3pm

Ordinary

Meeting

of Council

The next meeting of Council will be

held on Thursday June 23rd 2016

The Agenda is viewable at the

Sandstone Public Library and on-line at

www.sandstone.wa.gov.au once

prepared.

Alice Atkinson Caravan Park 08 9963 5859 Main Roads - Road Conditions 13 81 38

(24 Hr Customer Contact Centre )

Mt Magnet Police 08 9963 3222

National Hotel 08 9963 5801

Outback Accommodation 08 9963 5869

Sandstone Museum &

Visitor Information Centre 08 9963 5061

Sandstone Nursing Post 08 9963 5808

Sandstone Post Office 08 9963 5222

Shire of Sandstone Office 08 9963 5802 Ambulance 000 RFDS 1800 625 800

Useful Sandstone Phone

Numbers

Church Notices Black Range Chapel

Sandstone

Any enquiries regarding Mass or Communion at the Black

Range Chapel, please contact Sr. Annette on telephone 9963

4179, Mt Magnet, or Leonora 90376392 or leave a message at

the Shire Office.

PO Box 272 Leonora

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Sandstone Nursing post IRVINE ST SANDSTONE

Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831

Mental Health Services in Meekatharra are currently providing an outreach service

to Sandstone.

Generally the Mental Health nurse will attend Sandstone with the Flying Doctor on the

last visit of each month.

To make an appointment please call Meekatharra Mental Health Services on

9981 0625

TELEPHONE HELP LINES

Mental Health Emergency Response Line

(formerly Psychiatric Emergency Team)

Perth WA 6000 Tel: 08 9224 8888

RuralLink

Tel: 1800 552 002

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Sandstone Nursing post IRVINE ST SANDSTONE

Nurse - Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831

SERVICE June July CONTACT DETAILS

Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) Hours: 10am - 3:00pm

At Nursing Post

By appoint-ment only

Please phone

By appoint-ment only

Please Phone

Geraldton Office Ph 9956 6555 Mt Magnet Office Ph. 99634016

Goldfields Chiropractic, Leonora Clinic

The clinic operates from the Leonora Community Health Centre on main street in Leonora, call 9091 5667 for appointments

Murchison Dental Service

Appointments are necessary Ph 0427 386 647

In Sandstone 7th—9th June 2016

Nursing Post 8.30 am-4.00pm

Thursday 9th & 23rd

Thursday 7th & 21st

Lana Lefroy 9963 5808 or 9963 5831

Meekatharra Flying Doctor Service RFDS

At Nursing Post

THURSDAY

2nd,16th & 30th

THURSDAY 14th & 28th

RFDS Emergency Number 1800 625 800 Meekatharra Hospital 9981 0600

Physiotherapist 11:00am - 3:30pm

At Nursing Post

Monday

27th Monday

25th

Contact Shire office for enquiries or appointments Ph 9963 5802

PODIATRIST

GRAMS Geraldton Ph 9956 6555

Mt Magnet Pharmacy

Ph/fax 9963 4788

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Doctors Clinic

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DENTIST

VAN

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VAN

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Nurses Clinic

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Bus going to

Mt Magnet

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Clinic

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Shire RDO

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Bush

Fire meet

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If you would like your event to appear on the Community Planner please contact the Shire of Sandstone Phone: 9963 5802 Fax: 9963 5852 Email: reception@sandstone.wa.gov.au

JUNE 2016

**Internet is available at Sandstone Library in the

Shire building**

Monday—Friday,

8.30am—4.30pm

We don’t have WIFI but you can use our

computers to access the internet