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The Snowy River Echo is dedicated to the memory of Carol Page 1948-2005, founding editor of the Snowy River Echo. Est April 2004
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Government Announces $10 Million Health Facility for Cooma
Tuesday 1 May, Federal Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek and Federal Member for Eden Monaro, Dr Mike Kelly came to Cooma to announce that the 2012-2013 Budget will deliver a vital new health facility for Cooma and the local community as part of a $31million network of three new facilities which will be used to treat patients and train medical staff in South East NSW.
Ms Plibersek, who was obviously delighted to make the announcement, has a very special connection with Cooma and said that her Slovenian father was a worker on the Snowy Scheme.
Ms Plibersek said that the 524 sq metre facility will be constructed by the Southern General Practice Network (SGPN) and will include training rooms for staff, community groups and medical students in addition to consulting rooms for use by private practitioners, government and non-government service providers.
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Minister Don Page Tours Flood Damaged Snowy Shire
Tuesday 24 April, NSW Local Government Minister Don Page and Member for Monaro John Barilaro met with Snowy River Shire Council to discuss disaster funding to restore the Shire’s road network, following devastating floods in early March.
Shire’s General Manager, Joe Vescio, Mayor John Cahill and Council’s Manager of Operations, Gary Shakespeare took the Minister on a brief tour of the flood damaged local area, including the box culvert on William Street over Myack Creek (which partially collapsed during the previous weekend) and Coolamatong Road which is a typical example of how the recent floods have devastated our rural roads, with several sections literary washed away and in need of total reconstruction.
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Snowy Mountains Readers’ and Writers’ Festival - a Valuable Cultural Addition
Jindabyne hosted the inaugural Snowy Mountains Readers’ and Writers’ Festival this Easter as part of the National Year of Reading; a truly memorable event, the festival featured seventeen published Australian authors including Snowy Mountains writers Sandy McKinnon, Jane Carroll, Sulari Gentill and Michael Keenan.
This well attended Festival - which will no doubt carry on for many years to come - also brought some of the highest profile writers in the country such as internationally celebrated identities, John Marsden, George Negus and Adrian d’Hagé.
Over one hundred fifty aspiring word smiths came to attend John Marsden’s creative writing workshop, aimed at literary students of all ages and predispositions. John, who has written over forty books and sold more than five million copies, gave some invaluable advice regarding the importance of establishing (and changing) the social status of characters within a storyline and said that it was always essential to give the readers what they wanted.
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Cooma and Day View Club Celebrates 25 Years
April 26, the Cooma Day View Club welcomed members and guests for their gala 25th birthday party. Fifty ladies gathered at the Cooma Ex-Services Club for the big get-together and a great lunch.
Special guests at the event were View Club National Councillor, Margaret Gooch and guest speaker, Sue Hain who regaled the group with her fascinating accounts of her recent trip to South Africa.
The official theme of the celebration was ‘Silver’ and there was also a ‘trading table’ packed with goodies, with all proceeds going to help support The Smith Family.
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Cooma Hospital Auxiliary Hosts Regional Conference
Tuesday 3rd April, the Cooma Hospital Auxiliary hosted the United Hospital Auxiliaries of NSW, South East Regional Conference at the Alpine Hotel Cooma, attended by State President Mrs Christine Smith, Cooma-Monaro Shire Mayor Dean Lynch, Deputy-Mayor and McGrath Breast Care Nurse Bronnie Taylor, MCCR President Sue Litchfield and Cooma Hospital’s Health Services Manager Elizabeth Mendes, as well as representatives of Auxiliaries from around the region.
Organiser Jan Carpenter said that the idea for the day is for Auxiliaries to get together, to share information and elect a new Regional Representative.
Guest speaker on the day were Bronnie Taylor and Snowy Hydro SouthCare CEO Owen Finegan.
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Berridale Fire Shed Officially Opened
Saturday 14th April, the Berridale Bush Fire Brigade hosted the opening of the new Berridale Brigade Station.
RFS Learning and Development Officer Mick Holton said that the brigade had basically outgrown their old shed and the $130,000 it cost to build a new one is ‘a drop in the ocean’ compared with lives and property the volunteers have protected over the last seventy-two years. “It’s a small token of our appreciation that they get a nice new shed to work in”, Mick said. “It’s an essential part of the fire fighting operations for this area although without the volunteers, this shed is just a shed; with the volunteers, it’s a real fire station”.
The Berridale brigade also responds to fires in the township itself and the new shed represents a higher level of health and safety for volunteers and is physically attached to the Fire Control Centre, providing increased amenity.
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Jindabyne Aerodrome in Good Hands
MLC and Government Whip in the Legislative Council, Dr Peter Phelps spoke to the Echo this April about the upcoming airfield land transfer from the NSW Department of Lands to the Snowy River Shire Council.
Dr. Phelps was representing NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell at the Jindabyne Randall Community Aerodrome during the Polish ‘Over the Moonbah Festival’ which included Polish-Aboriginal Fraternity Flights over Mt Kosciuszko, generously donated by members of Jindabyne Aero Club.
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Tana Recognised on ANZAC Day for Saving Aussie Lives
ANZAC Day services for 2012 were well attended throughout the Snowy Mountains.
During the morning service held in Banjo Paterson Park, Jindabyne, retired Royal Australian Navy Lieutenant Commander, Paul ‘Tanzi’ Lea reminded us of the great significance to Australia of the ANZAC tradition saying that during the First World War, over 400,000 Australian men volunteered to fight out of a population of just five million and 59,000 of those gave their lives to protect the freedoms we enjoy today, along with 152,000 soldiers who were injured.
In Gallipoli, 8,000 Australians were killed and 19,000 wounded. “These numbers alone highlight the great sacrifice that Australian men made so that we can enjoy our lives today”, Tanzi said.
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Reynella Rides Achieves Eco Tourism Status
Roslyn and John Rudd have been awarded a “Ten Year Premium Eco Pass” by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, making Reynella Rides one of just eleven tourism operators to achieve this level of access to a NSW National Park.
NSW Minister for the Environment Robyn Parker MP, Member for Monaro John Barilaro, Snowy River Shire Mayor John Cahill, Tourism Snowy Mountains new CEO Peter Sheppard, NPWS Southern Ranges Regional Manager Dave Darlington as well as friends, family and supporters, came together and the Rudd’s property near Adaminaby, to congratulate Roslyn and John on their momentous achievement.
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Men’s Muster Celebrates Year of the Farmer
The 2012 Men’s Mountain Muster held at the Dalgety Memorial Hall this April attracted over eighty of our senior men from as far away as Bombala. Ngarigo descendant, Angel John Gallard kicked off the Muster with the traditional Welcome to Country and local ex-farmer Jeffrey Power took on the role of MC.
Our first guest speaker was Craig Mitchell, Cooma District Council Chair of the NSW Farmers Association and this year’s Australia Day Ambassador for Cooma-Monaro Shire. Craig is a sheep and cattle farmer and spoke about the traineeships offered through the forty members Monaro Farming Systems association.
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Dalgety Women’s Day 2012
This year like many years before, over two hundred women from our region will be treated to a whole day of entertainment, friendship and good food at the not-to-be-missed Dalgety Women’s Day on Wednesday 16th May at the Dalgety Hall, starting at 8.30am.
This year, our theme is “Women who have inspired you” and the Friends of Dalgety Women’s Day committee is thrilled to have invited Justine Curtis - a wonderful, dynamic, inspiring young woman - as their main guest speaker.
The founder and director of “Inspired Adventures”, Justine Curtis is “passionate about fundraising and using the sustainable travel industry to grow philanthropy by creating exciting and challenging adventures in support of leading charities.”
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Actor Greg Kapernick has New Film Festival in his Sights
Many of you may know Greg Kapernick from his role as ‘Kingsten’ in three episodes of the hit ABC TV series ‘The Straits’ but did you know that he is trying to bring a new film festival to Jindabyne? Through the Snowy Mountains Film Collective, Greg hopes to launch small film festival right here in the snowies.
Fresh from Thailand and the Middle East, Greg got his first break as an extra on Channel Nine’s ‘Sea Patrol’ and it was then he was invited through friends to come and work during the 2010 winter season at the legendary Serge’s Café in the Jindabyne town centre. “We had most of the townspeople fooled, thinking that I was Serge’s long lost son from Caledonia”, Greg said.
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To the Editor,
I would like to pose the question to our esteemed Federal Government as to how they are going to assist self- funded retirees with regards to the Carbon Tax. Pensioners of many persuasions are having their payments increased; lower income families will be receiving taxation relief.
Self-funded retirees have been severely beaten up by the Global Financial Crisis (my pension fund has been reduced by over twenty per cent) and now, we are being beaten up by our own Commonwealth Government with a Carbon Tax which is said, will only apply to big businesses.
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Renewable Energy Under Fire
Mr Constance, you are opposed to a carbon tax. The NSW Energy Minister Chris Hartcher has said the O’Farrell government will no longer be supporting green schemes that require a subsidy. He is also calling for the closure of the federal government's renewable energy target. Solar in NSW has been stopped dead in its tracks. The draft wind guidelines seem designed to handicap the expansion of the wind industry. Renewable energy is under attack!
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