Newman News December 2013 Edition

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NEWSNEWMANS COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERMonthly Edition December 2013 Issue 149

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On Thursday 31 October 2013, the

Newman Bapst Church hosted a Night

of Light. This was for the children of

Newman and involved cra!s, games,

food and a lantern walk. This was a

great alternave for families who did

not wish to celebrate Halloween.

I, for one, just thought Halloween was

an American tradion that was slowly

gaining momentum in Australia and

was just commercialism. However, on

doing a li"le research, have discoveredthat Halloween is a celebraon of

evil. It is a religious day but it is not

Chrisan. So I was quite pleased there

was an alternave acvity for kids in

town who did not want to parcipate

in Halloween.

The Night of Light was bright and

posive and, with close to 50 children

parcipang, was a well a"ended and

Night of LightBy Danielle Cochrane

acon packed evening. The children

decorated their own lanterns and then

they were lit with ny li"le torch lights

inside. The kids then did a walk withtheir lanterns up the hill behind the

Bapst Church.

They also made cards and pictures,

played games like sck the #ame on

the lantern (an alternave to pin the

tail on the donkey). Dinner was served

(bonus$), some yummy pizza and

fresh fruit. It was a great family night,

enjoyed by all those who a"ended.

Thank you to the Bapst Church forpu% ng on a fantasc evening and also

thank you to members of the Anglican

Church who helped on the evening.

Pin the #ame on the

lantern

Charlee, Sarah and

Gemma DunkleyAngus Robertson

Kids on the hill a!er

their lantern walk

Birgit Bowie and

Anthony Bowie


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Shire of East Pilbara Councillors

Lynne Craigie and Lang Coppin have

been re-elected in their roles of Shire

President and Deputy Shire President

respec!vely following the October

elec!on. Councillors whose term

had expired were all successfully re-contested.

Central Ward: Dean Hatwell

East Ward: Kevin Danks

(elected unopposed)

Lower Central: Bridget Rose Schill

North Ward: Lang Coppin

(elected unopposed)

South Ward: Shane Carter, Anita

Grace, Doug Stead

Twilight Movies

The new year will see a new series of

ten twilight movies presented by BHP

Billiton and the Shire of East Pilbara.

This year they will be held on Saturday

evenings running between 11 January

and 15 March 2014. They will be held

at the Boomerang Oval and food will

be available for purchase. Community

groups interested in running the

canteen for fundraising can contact

Sue Micho# on 9175 8000 to register

interest.

Wi! in the Middle of Nowhere

The Pilbara Regional Council has taken

the necessi!es of rest stops (shade and

ablu!on facili!es) and will be taking

huge leaps ahead in the coming months

by adding crea!ve feature shelters,

tourist informa!on on the surrounding

region, and even WiFi access points.

Coming to nowhere near anywhere

soon.

Keeping Leisure Spots Accessible

Some of Newmans local leisure spotsand water holes are on private land,

and the following applies even to those

that are not, as access may begin to be

limited. A few are ruining these spots

for the many through li$er, messy camp

res and general thoughtlessness. Pay

a$en!on to your own, your family and

friends, and other peoples behaviour.

Remember take nothing but photos

and leave nothing but footprints.

Sherpas on the Move

The Old Y building ceased being used

in June 2009 by the Newman Youth

Services, according to the unconrmed

Council mee!ng minutes from 25

October 2013. In 2010, signicant

renova!ons to the building were

undertaken and the Shire Council

approved use of this facility by children

and youth service providers. Since

commencing opera!on, the commercial

Sherpa Kids Australia has been sharing

facili!es with the Newman Recrea!on

Centres crche. As their number of

users have increased, so too has their

need for space. Following nego!a!ons

between the Newman Scouts, Sherpa

and the Shire of East Pilbara, the

Sherpa Kids Australias before and a%er

school care and vaca!on programmes

will be run out of the Hilditch Avenue

premises. Contact them directly for full

details.

New Sta" Housing at the Newman

Airport

The Shire of East Pilbara has accepted

a tender applica!on for the supply

and delivery of up to six sta# housing

units within a residen!al zone on

the Newman Airport reserve. More

specialised sta# are required to operate

the airport including Airservices

Australia that establishes a permanentAireld Rescue and Fire Figh!ng sta!on

at the airport. Further, emergency

response FIFO sta# will resident in

housing rather than single person

accommoda!on at the site.


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Editors Rant

With the cry constantly going out for

greater shopping opons in Newman,

now is the me to support the shops

we dohave available and ensure that

they are around for the long haul.

Shop local this Christmas by taking the

me to see what is available for your

family and friends before purchasing

online.

Have a look with fresh eyes at places

like the pharmacies, news agency,

clothing and shoe shops, Retravision,

hardware, post o! ce, the Newman

Visitors Centre, and the pool shop in

the LIA has some pool toys and swim

wear available too.

Martumili Arsts will see you looking

for some fabulous local art to give to

family and friends from all regions of

the globe. Having guests staying over

the Christmas period? Consider new

furniture from Comfort Style.

Support local businesses.

Christmas Shopping

For those who are interested, I

thought I would share some insight

into the meaning of Halloween. The

informaon was sourced from Africa

Chrisan Acon in South Africa.

Halloween has strong roots in

paganism and witchcra". It began

as the Druid fesval of Samhain. The

Celts considered November 1st the

day of death because, in the Northernhemisphere, this was the beginning of

winter. They believed that their sun

god was losing strength and Samahin,

the lord of death was overpowering

it. The Druids also thought that on

31 October, on the eve of the feast,

Samhain assembled the spirits of all

who had died during the previous year

to return to their former home to visit

the living.

On Halloween for thousands of years

Druid priests have conducted diabolical

worship ceremonies of human and

animal sacri#ces meant to appease

Samhain and keep the spirits from

harming them.

The Bible and HalloweenBy Danielle Cochrane

So where does Trick or Treang come

into it? To obtain these sacri#ces, Druid

priests would go from house to house

asking for fa$ed calves, black sheep

and human beings. Those who gave

were promised prosperity, and those

who refused to give were threatened

and cursed. This is the origin of trick

or treat.

Now the Jack-O-Lantern has its origin in

the candle-lit pumpkin or skull, which

served as a signal to mark those farms

and homes that supported the Druids

religion and thus were seeking the

treat when the terror of Halloween

began.

So not wanng to sound like a Grinch,

there is a modernisaon of Halloween

these days% On a lighter side, Halloween

has become another very important

day in the commercial promoons

calendar. Organised entertainment

around the Halloween theme forpeople of all ages seems to be going

from strength to strength. Halloween

theme costume pares have gained in

popularity and will no doubt keep the

Halloween tradions alive for many

years to come.


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The WA Cat laws nally came into full

eect as of 1 November 2013. This

means that domesc cats, six months

and older must be sterilised, micro-

chipped, be wearing a tag in a public

place and registered with the local

shire. Fines of unto $5,000 can be

issued for non-compliance.

For more informaon contact the vet

hospital, the East Pilbara Shire or visit

http://www.dlg.wa.gov.au/Content/

Legislaon/CatActFaqs.aspx

Newman has been subject to a very

nasty outbreak of Parvovirus over the

past few months, with 21 conrmed

cases. Parvovirus is a very highly

contagious disease that aects dogs.Puppies and unvaccinated dogs are

parcularly suscepble. The Australian

Veterinary Associaon reports that the

death rate can be greater the 80% in

these animals.

This virus is very resilient in the

environment and spreads via an

oral-faecal route. Parvovirus aacks

Doing the Right Thing for Our Furry FriendsBy Newman Veterinary Hospital, Dr Lucy van der Weide BSc BVMS

the gastrointesnal tract and the

cardiovascular system. Common

clinical signs of parvovirus include inial

redness and reluctance to play, which

then can progress quickly to voming

and very foul smelling diarrhoea.

Early treatment intervenon is vital and

requires very intensive management.

Treatment can be very costly. It is beer

to take preventave measures against

this nasty disease by vaccinang your

dog.

Ensure that your puppy receives its full

puppy vaccinaon course and refrain

from taking your puppy out on walks or

to parks unl 10-14 days a!er the third

and nal puppy vaccinaon.

In Newman canine vaccinaons are

recommend to be carried out yearly,

due to the high risk of many infecous

diseases. For more informaon please

come in the Newman Veterinary

Hospital and have a chat to our friendly

team.

The Shire of East Pilbara and its

residents are fed up with the connued

destrucon through pointless acts of

vandalism. The $1,000 reward to those

who provide informaon leading to the

convicon of vandals is sll oered by

the Shire.

This reminder is to encourage residents

to help police catch vandals a!er a

signicant increase of reported damage

to council property in recent months.

Reports include signicant damage to

Miners Hope Park in East Newman

where panels reinforced by steel were

deliberately kicked down. Other recent

damage includes the destrucon of

dozens of newly planted trees around

the town.

The damage at Miners Hope would

have required quite considerable force

by the perpetrators and addionally

created a signicant amount of noise

which most likely would have been

heard by nearby residents, said Shire

of East Pilbara Chief Execuve O" cer

Allen Cooper.

Vandalism S!ll Problem


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Sunday 1 December 9 am-12 noon, Newman Mainstreet Markets at Pioneer

Football and Sporng Club, Capricorn Complex

Sunday 1 December Evening presented by the Shire of East Pilbara and the

Combine Churches of Newman

5 pm, Lighng of the Christmas Tree at the Newman Aquac

Centre, free entry 6 pm, Sausage sizzle at Boomerang Oval

7 pm, Carols by Candlelight at Boomerang Oval

Friday 6 December 10 am, Shire of East Pilbaras Ordinary Council meeng

Friday 13 December 9-11 am, Family Christmas Party, contact Newman Neighbourhood Centre for full details as there

are special arrangements to be made with Santa [email protected]

Saturday 14 December 10 am-12 noon, Meet your Shire Councillors at the shopping centre

Evening, BHP Christmas party

Hillview Speedway producon and Christmas event

Tuesday 24 December 8 pm, Nine Carols, Anglican Church, 11 Hilditch Avenue, 9175 1350

Wed 25 December Christmas Day

9 am, Christmas Day Service, Anglican Church, 11 Hilditch Avenue, 9175 1350

Thursday 26 December Boxing Day

Tuesday 31 December New Years Eve

COMING SOON

Saturday 11 January Twilight movies series commence

Boomerang Oval

Sunday 26 January Australia Day

Saturday 22 February The Annual Ro!nest Channel,

Newman Aquac Centre. Start

training for a great swim in either a

group or couple.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS December 2013

Please contact Newman Mainstreet

Project to have your community eventadded to this calendar.

Phone/Fax 9177 8290 or via

[email protected]


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In September this year, Newman

Primary School launched Story Time.

Story Time was a 9 week program

designed for children who will aend

Kindergarten at Newman Primary

School in 2014. The program provided

students and parents with a strong

transion to school experience and asolid base from which to start Kindy in

2014.

The goals of the program were to:

Improve early learning and

development of children;

Increase school readiness;

Support families to develop parents

capacity to provide posive early

developmental experiences for

their children; Engage families who are new to the

school;

Familiarise children with the Kindy

environment, rounes and other

children; and to

Provide relevant and up to date

informaon about transion to

school.

Story Time has run in partnership with

Allied Health Services, the School Nurse,Speech Therapists, Physiotherapist and

Child Health Nurse vising. During

these visits the specialists conducted

sessions for parents about the services

they provide and early intervenon

NPSs Story TimeBy Ryan Kenny, Deputy Principal

indicators. Ngala also visited Story Time

to educate parents on transioning to

school.

Story Time has been extremely

successful with an average aendance

of 26 students. The students

loved coming and parcipang inexcing and engaging lessons that

were planned and delivered by the

Kindergarten teacher at Newman

Primary School, Noeleen Campbell.

April enjoying mosaic acvies

Kaitlyn enjoying Story Time sessions


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Newman Primary School took a group

of nineteen Year 7 students to Canberra

for camp from 11-15 November.

The students had the opportunity

to explore many of the signicant

sites in Canberra and learn about the

history of our Naonal Capital City andAustralia. The students visited Black

Mountain Tower, Royal Australian

Mint, Parliament House, Australian

Instute of Sport, Canberra Deep Space

Communicaon Complex, Australian

War Memorial, the Naonal Museum

of Australia, Government House,

Questacon, and the Electoral Educaon

Centre. The students had the rare

opportunity to aend the opening of

the new si ng of Parliament and had

the opportunity to meet My Bryce, the

Governor Generals husband. Newman

Primary School would like to thank

Megara for their generous support of

the Canberra Camp.

Following are some student responses

about the Canberra Camp.

NPSs Canberra AdventuresBy Ryan Kenny, Deputy Principal

Questacon

Damijan: I learnt a lot at Questacon

including what an earthquake feels like.

Mrs Bateman: I thought it was

awesome inside the earthquake house.

Electoral Educa!on CentreTaylor: Learning about how to vote in a

referendum was interesng.

Government House

Jasmin: The Governor Generals house

was fun and very prey.

Jasmine: I like the Governor Generals

house because it was fun and interesng

and we got to meet Mr Bryce, the

Governor General's husband!

Natasha: The Governor Generals house

was beauful with amazing trees.

Na!onal Museum of Australia

Demi: The amount of exhibits were

breathtaking.

Shona: The interacve game with the

iPads gave us a really good chance to

explore the museum.

Australian War Memorial

Shanelle: The war memorial discovery

zone was fun. It showed me what it

was like to be in di"erent situaons like

in a submarine, a helicopter and the

Vietnam War.

Genie: The war memorial was reallytouching.

Australian Ins!tute of Sport

Taylor: I really enjoyed the Australian

Instute of Sport. Sportex was great

because of the interacve acvies.

Temia: The AIS was loads of fun. I liked

seeing where people pracce and play

their sports.

Parliament House

Leighton: Parliament House was one of

the most amazing places I've ever been

to. I was surprised by both how much I

knew and how much I sll had to learn.

Malda: Parliament House was both

fun and educaonal. I enjoyed seeing

how parliament actually works.

Black Mountain Tower

Olivia: The lookout at the arboretum

was amazing. I enjoyed being able to

see all of Canberra.

Photographs by Ma! Benne!

Olivia at Questacon

George and Genie in soldiers uniforms at

the Australian War Memorial

Demi and Shanelle in the "ight simulator at the

Canberra Deep Space Communica!on Complex

Watching MPs arriving for the new

si ng of Parliament


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The Pilbara style poker run was a great

success held 9-10 November 2013.

Parcipants enjoyed a safe ride with no

accidents or breakdowns.

Fund raising for exceeded its target by

raising over $1,200.

A big thank you is extended to Auski

Road house for showing their support

and allowing competors to take over

one of their camping lawns to ll riders

with food and beverages.

The night was a lile smoky with bush

res surrounding the road house

pu ng on a spectacular light show.

Thanks go to all who aended

Poker RunBy Cyndy Williams

The Beach Indoor Play Centre has

been undergoing a faceli! since 16

September with a HUGE thank-you

to BHP Billiton Iron Ore, the Shire ofEast Pilbara, and Newman Mainstreet

Project Inc.

As most people would have seen the

front of the hall has begun to transform

with the assistance of Wideglide

construcon pu ng up cladding, new

railing and an automated door (YAY").

Inside is also transforming with a brand

new commercial grade kitchen sll to

be installed, with #oor to ceiling lesand three new toilets being built from

scratch to accommodate all patrons.

While we are sll far from compleon it

is good to know that these new facilies

will be benecial to all families and

community groups within Newman...

But we are not stopping there. The

Mainstreet Commiee are now looking

toward future projects, with the hope

to soon upgrade our current play-ground ...

Stay tuned Newman, excing mes

ahead for The Beach Indoor Play Centre

and Newman Mainstreet Project Inc."

A Faceli! for The BeachBy Nicole Willis

Mainstreet Projects Coordinator


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Saturday 9 November 2013 saw the

highly ancipated opening of the

exercise staons on Fortescue Avenue.

Outdoor exercise staons oer a fun,

self-guided way to exercise. They are

long lasng, safe and hygienic and,with no moving parts, require minimal

ongoing maintenance. These staons

were installed by The Shire of East

Pilbara and are perfectly located on

Fortescue Avenue, and really add to

the sporng precinct of the area. They

are also shaded so are great for year

round usage.

At the opening, aendees were

given instrucon on how to use the

equipment and were also treated to

healthy smoothies created by Emma

Jeeries.

A plaque was unveiled and a red ribbon

cut by representaves from the Shire

of East Pilbara and BHP Billiton as this

was a joint iniave.

Outdoor Exercise Staons OpenBy Danielle Cochrane

Andrea Ahipene shows how to use the

equipment

Photographs by Danielle Cochrane

Katrina Linning showing some exercise techniques

Pat Bourke, Lynne Craigie, Alex Seed and Allen Cooper

Healthy smoothies created by Emma

Jeeries

The Have a Go Day program is based

on the Royal Life Saving Societys Swimand Survive program that is designed

to provide essenal swimming, water

safety and survival skills to prepare

children for a lifeme of safe acvity in,

on or around the water.

Royal Life Saving Have a Go Day

Student performs a manikin tow rescue at Royal

Life Saving Have a Go Day

Photograph by Jennifer Mickle

Students Rescue a Friend

Photograph by Jennifer Mickle

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