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C h ild ren in café s - sh ould t h ey b e seen and not h eard ?

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No, it was all to do with whether children should be welcomed in caf .

To summarise the incident, a mother felt uncomfortable at a Broadmeadow caf when having a coffee and a chat with others who had brought their children and posted these feelings on the caf ’s Facebook page.

The shop’s owner, while not directly referring to this particular customer, replied by saying there were other options if patrons wanted “an area for your children to run rampant, and annoy other customers, whilst you are oblivious to them”.

In fairness, it was also pointed by the owner that she was a mother herself and that children were more than welcome in the caf if they remained seated at a table and were well behaved.

Predictably this set off a chain of replies from those on both sides of the argument.

I have three young children and this is a big issue for my wife and I.

Whenever we pluck up the courage to take the kids out for breakfast or lunch at a caf , there has to be a great deal of planning involved.

A bare minimum when choosing a dining venue is the availability of paper and crayons. Generally, that can keep the kids quiet for 20 minutes or so.

But of course, there are the obligatory argu-ments over who gets to use the red, blue or green crayon and who gets left with the white one that does absolutely nothing when the paper is also white.

We give bonus points are given to caf s that set aside an area for toys. However, this also leads to heated debate amongst the children over who gets to play with the “good” toys.

All of this leads to a great deal of stress for us parents. I hate the idea of other customers having their meal ruined by my children being noisy.

Thankfully there are a lot of child-friendly’ caf s and restaurants in the Hunter region.

I think it’s mainly paranoia on my part - obvi-ously, by choosing to eat in a place that has a kids’ menu, tins of crayons and pencils and toys, these people are aware that children may be present and that they are likely to be making noise.

Prior to having children, I have to admit to being one of those people rolling their eyes at parents when I saw kids seemingly running wild.

How quick I was to udge and I can report that karma has come back to punish me

Businesses serving food run the risk of seriously damaging their revenue by appearing to be anti-children’, but I can completely understand why they would tire of some kids running around and possibly leading to other customers choosing not to return.

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hen Hamilton resident, uth Cotton started her local history blog, to , in May last year as

a “retirement pro ect”, she had no idea that 18 months on she would be a published book author.

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to documents the suburb’s humble beginnings as a mining settlement, its transformation through migration from Macedonia, Greece, Italy, and China, and details stories of resilience in the aftermath of the 1989 earthquake and 2007 Pasha Bulker storm.

Ms Cotton said about 100 locals had contributed to the book and that the rela-tionships forged through the making of the book were her greatest reward.

“I have been ama ed by the number of people who extended their trust to me and spoke so frankly,” she said.

“There have even been a number of family reunions that have come about as a result the book, with families sharing their memories.

“It’s the personal connections that make the stories in the book interesting.”

The Post first published an article about Ms Cotton’s blog in June last year, calling for locals to share their stories.

Ms Cotton said a number of stories and photographs in the book were contrib-

uted as a direct result of the article, including a section on Barrie’s Furniture Shop.

The to blog has been selected for preservation by the State Library of Newcastle and will be included in Australia’s web archive Pandora.

Hidden Hamilton is available to pre-order at www.hunterpress.com.au.

The book will also be available to purchase through newsagents in Hamil-ton, McLeans Booksellers on Beaumont Street and the Newcastle Museum gift shop.

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t is one of Newcastle’s proudest exports but now, enew Newcastle is facing a funding shortfall that could spell an end to its transformative

influence on the CB . Last week, enew Newcastle founder,

Marcus Westbury and newly-appointed general manager, Christopher Saunders fronted Newcastle City Council, asking for cash to help ensure the organisation’s survival.

Mr Westbury said a three-year funding arrangement with the State Government was coming to an end, leaving the organi-sation without a funding source.

“Our future is under threat from 201 without an ongoing and secure funding source,” he said.

Since 2008, enew Newcastle has supported more than 160 creative pro ects, fixed up 70 properties and helped 20 temporary lessees “graduate” to commer-cial leases.

Mr Westbury said changes to Council’s community grants programs had left the organisation without an appropriate avenue to apply for funding at a local government level.

Councillor Sharon Waterhouse said enew Newcastle was a “defining pro ect for Newcastle” and was deserving of support. While Council did not make a decision about future funding on the night, eputy Lord Mayor, Brad Luke said

O rganisation faces uncertain future as State G overnm ent funding dries up

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Council staff would assist enew Newcas-tle in identifying new funding streams.

After the meeting Hunter evelopment Corporation came to enew’s aid with

90,000 of funding over three years. Mr Westbury said the funding was

“timely” and “greatly appreciated” but “doesn’t get us all the way there”.

Supporters are now being encouraged to write to Premier, Mike Baird voicing their support for the enew Newcastle or to tweet mikebairdMP using saverenew.

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unter commuters may know how frequently buses will run in the CB after the heavy rail line into Newcastle is axed on Boxing

ay, but they are none the wiser as to how long they will have to put up with the new arrangement.

nder pressure to reveal the Govern-ment’s interim transport arrangements for passengers after the heavy rail line is cut, Transport Minister, Gladys Bere iklian last week revealed that bus services would run every 10 minutes in peak periods to ensure smooth transitions for passengers travel-ling in and out of the CB .

“Customers will be able to catch a bus every 10 minutes in the peak from shel-tered bus stops at Hamilton, Wickham, Civic and Newcastle stations and ueens Wharf connecting with every train service at Hamilton Station,” she said.

“It is intended every customer will get a seat on modern, fully-accessible, aircon-ditioned buses and that they can carry surfboards and other luggage onboard.”

From ecember 26, trains will terminate at Broadmeadow Station while upgrades are carried out at Hamilton Station.

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January until the new Wickham Trans-port Interchange is completed in late-2016.

Ms Bere iklian said passengers travelling further east than Wickham would have to catch buses until the city’s light rail network was up and running, the date of which is still unknown.

Labor candidate for Maitland, Jenny Aitchison said the interim arrangements were an “absolute oke”.

“If you look at the congestion around that area Hamilton Station it’s only going to get worse,” she said.

Bus timetables and train timetables will

be integrated, with buses leaving Newcas-tle about 2 minutes before connecting trains depart from Hamilton Station.

Extra bus services will be scheduled to handle large crowds during ma or events such as New ears Eve and the Asian Cup in January.

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technology has already begun in Belmont and will soon start across 60 other suburbs, stretching from Blacksmiths to Killingworth in Lake Macquarie, and from Merewether Heights to Kooragang in Newcastle.

Charlton MP, Pat Conroy said the announcement was welcome news for residents who had suffered from a lack of A SL broadband services in the past.

“Edgeworth, in particular, is a notorious broadband blackspot due to its physical distance from the Boolaroo telephone exchange,” he said.

“There are similar issues in areas like Barnsley, Killingworth, Warners Bay, Bolton Point and Marmong Point where residents have for a long time been left with inadequate internet speeds and unreliable service.”

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ewcastle’s own Patch Adams is on the road to becoming Senior Australian of the ear.

A veteran performer and “humour-manitarian”, Jean-Paul Bell was last week named as a state finalist for the prestigious awards, which are announced each year as part of national Australia ay celebrations.

Speaking to the Post, Mr Bell said he was thrilled to be recognised.

“It’s only when you get singled out for such a prestigious award that you really look back on why you’ve been selected,” he said.

“I’m not sure who nominated me but I’d certainly like to thank them.”

Inspired by pioneering American clown doctor, Patch Adams, in 1996 Mr Bell co-founded the Humour Foundation and its Clown octor Program, putting smiles on the faces of sick children receiving treatment in hospital.

After leaving the Foundation in 2010, Mr Bell helped found the Arts Health Institute and continues to improve the lives of, not only children, but the elderly, particularly those with dementia.

“Through our programs we manage to get elderly people, who may have been

self-isolating, back in the community and verbali ing again,” he said.

The Institute’s tailored performance programs help the elderly, dementia suffers, children with hemiplegia, and individuals with Parkinson’s isease.

Mr Bell said making people laugh had become an obsession.

“I’m getting to that point now where as I’m getting older I’m getting sillier,” he said.

“I’m delighted to have the opportunity to do all that I do and I want to continue it for years to come.”

The NSW award winners will be announced at a reception in Sydney next month.

The state winners will then progress as finalists in the national awards, which will take place in Canberra on January 2 next year.

Hamilton South surgeon, Kelvin Kong was named as a finalist in the NSW Local Hero category of the awards.

Hailing from the Worimi nation of Port Stephens, Mr Kong is Australia’s first Indigenous surgeon.

As an ear, nose and throat specialist he is passionate about addressing the health gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and works with children in Aboriginal communities to tackle ear disease.

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Council’s decision to adopt strict budget principles is paying off with our audited annual financial statements showing a significant improvement in our financial position.

Focussing attention on key pro ects and services has been critical in the turnaround and the result is a modest net oper-ating surplus of 7 ,000. The audited financial statements also show an 18.7 million operating result but this includes 18 million for capital grants and contributions which cannot be used to meet operational expenses.

This achievement is something to celebrate however we need to be mindful that while on paper this looks great, the reality is we still have significant work to do.

Broadly, financial sustainability of Council operations requires sufficient operational revenue to cover expenses in the long run. To build an accurate picture of Newcastle’s future financial sustainability all revenue that cannot be applied to cover normal day to day operational costs should be excluded. After ad usting for these items the underlying operating deficit is 6.2 million. This is a significant improvement on the underlying deficit of 20 million plus prior to the implementa-tion of Council’s financial recovery strategy in early 2013.

Council has done the hard work to decrease expenses and reduce the underlying deficit by two thirds. We are seeking community assistance through a special rate variation to address the balance of the deficit and achieve long term financial sustainability. We must address the balance of the underlying deficit as well as the 90 million challenge to maintain and replace assets which are not in a satisfactory condition.

The road to financial recovery has been a primary focus of councillors, management and staff after Treasury Corpora-tion T Corp reviewed Council’s finances in 2012, giving a very bleak outlook for the future if significant changes were not made.

While recovery has not been an easy task, we are making very good progress. There is clearly more to be done before we are in a sustainable position where we can not only main-tain, but also invest in new community infrastructure and facilities.

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Many of us were saddened by the loss of former Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam last week. As well as introducing universal health care and free tertiary education, Mr Whitlam introduced financial assistance to local government, and he was instrumental in obtaining equal pay for women.

As well as his commitment to increasing women’s workforce participation, the Whitlam Government was also the first in the world to appoint a Women’s Advisor to the Prime Minister.

In his famous dismissal speech, Whitlam encouraged us to maintain our rage and enthusiasm. With this, and with these important women’s issues in mind, I encourage you all to show your support for women’s safety in Lake Macquarie by attending this year’s eclaim the Night events.

eclaim the Night aims to raise awareness of, and end, sexual violence against women. The global movement also aims to make the streets and community a safer place for women, for this night and every day.

Council is pleased to host the event in partnership with the Eastlake and Westlake domestic violence committees. Funding has been provided through ClubG ANTS to hold the event in Lake Macquarie, which features a march in Warners Bay along with guest speakers and entertainment. There will also be a movie screening of s at the Lake Macquarie Performing Arts Centre. s follows the lives of nine unforgettable women

from around the world, who show the strength of the human spirit with their fight to make education available to all women.

There is no doubt that anti-violence messages remain essen-tial, with one in three women said to experience domestic violence in their lifetime.

For more information and to make a booking for the film screening, call Council on 921 0333.

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O ne of the four m en, all described as being of Paci�ic Islander/M aori appearance, allegedly produced a knife and stabbed him in the arm . The m an treated his ow n w ounds and attended The M ater H ospital in the afternoon, before police w ere contacted.

H is injuries w ere not considered life threatening. Detectives from New castle City Local Area Com m and are investigating the incident and are appealing for anyone w ith inform ation to contact Crim e Stoppers on 180 0 333 0 0 0 .

Drug offence chargesPolice have charged a m an, w ith

num erous drug o�fences, after tw o search w arrants w ere executed near New castle last w eek. Police conducted search w arrants at tw o locations last Wednesday. The �irst occurred about 12.30 pm , in Darby Street at Cooks H ill and the other at 5pm in Corlette Street in The Junction.

During the searches police allegedly seized m ore than $60 ,0 0 0 cash, approxi-m ately 170 0 pills (believed to be ecstasy), 290 tablets (believed to be LSD), 149 valium

tablets, 21 gram s of a substance believed to be cocaine, 40 0 gram s of cannabis and other item s including journals, com puter hard drives and surveillance cam era equipm ent. Police also seized a current m odel H olden Com m odore sedan, allegedly obtained through proceeds of crim e.

During the Cooks H ill search the occupant, a 25-year-old m an, w as arrested and taken to New castle Police Station.

H e w as charged w ith tw o counts of deem ed supply com m ercial quantity of ecstasy and LSD, supply indictable quantity of cocaine, possess tra��icable quantity of cannabis as w ell charges for dealing in the proceeds of crim e possession.

H e w as refused bail to appear at New castle Local Court last Thursday.

A 26-year-old m an, at the Cooks H ill location during the search, w as found to allegedly have 15 gram s of cannabis leaf on him . H e w ill be issued w ith a cannabis caution.

A 24-year-old m an, at The Junction during the search w arrant, allegedly had a sm all am ount of cannabis seeds and three ecstasy pills. H e w ill be issued w ith a court attendance notice for tw o counts of possess prohibited drugs. Inquiries are continuing.

New castle City Local Area Com m and Duty O ��icer, Inspector Dean O lsen, said this job w ill have an im pact on the local drug trade.

“Police have been focussing their resources on reducing drugs w ithin New cas-tle City area as these types of arrests cause m ajor disruptions to the local drug trade,” Insp O lsen said.

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irector of the Frontier Technologies esearch Centre at the Newcastle Insti-tute for Energy and esources, Professor Moghtaderi was acknowledged for his work on the Granex heat engine, an energy system that turns low-grade heat sources, like thermal and solar, into usable, ero carbon electricity.

Presenting the award to Professor Moghtaderi, NSW Parliamentary Secretary for enewable Energy, Leslie Williams said the research could have a direct effect in minimising greenhouse gas emissions.

“This has specific applications in areas such as renewable energy systems, advanced clean coal technologies, hydrogen powered micro-energy systems and energy efficiency,” she said.

“Professor Moghtaderi’s contribution to science, and in particular renewable energy, is invaluable to Australia.”

niversity of Newcastle professor, Nick

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eputy Vice-chancellor esearch and Innovation , Professor Kevin Hall said the university was immensely proud of both academics.

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ver seen a bull with wool The students at Hamilton North Public School have, and they know him as Mr Archie Wool.

With a little help from parents and teachers, over the last four months students have crafted a curious fibreglass and fleece calf, and last week it came under the scrutiny of udges from the Art Agriculture Archibull Pri e.

un in primary schools and high schools across NSW, the Archibull Pri e aims to engage students with the state’s agricultural sector through art and part-nerships with real farmers from the meat, wool, dairy, grain and cotton industries.

“80 per cent of Australians now live in our capital cities or within 80 kilometres of the Eastern Seaboard so it’s not surpris-ing that young people don’t have a lot of knowledge in the agricultural space,” Art Agriculture national program direc-tor, Lynne Strong told the Post.

“For our particular program, what is of most interest to us is to actually showcase the exciting careers that are in agriculture and also showcase our modern farming practices.

“A lot of people have that rural ideal of

farmers with straw hats and pitchforks and the Old Mc onald type image from Golden Books.

“We find that people are really blown away by the innovation and the technol-ogy and the diversity of careers that are there.”

The program also includes multimedia and blog components, allowing students to share their progress and learning online with the wider community.

epresenting the wool industry, Hamilton North Public School’s design used wool shorn at the school, yarn in the colours of the Visit Newcastle tourism logo, and a model of Burragan farmhouse, the home of the school’s oung Farming Champion, Bessie Blore-Thomas, a our-nalist turned Merino wool producer from the state’s remote north-west.

Teacher, Trudy amsay said the design was about capturing the production

process and how wool makes its way from the sheep, onto the backs of city-dwellers in the clothes we wear.

As well as Hamilton North Public School, Bolwarra Public School, Maitland Grossman High School and Wiripaang Public School at Gateshead also entered bulls into the competition.

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hen 1 -year-old Mia ichard-son is out selling bandannas for CanTeen this Friday, she’ll

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Mia remembers her mum’s diagnosis as a scary time for the family.

“It was pretty nerve-wracking,” she said.

“At the time I didn’t really know much about cancer apart from that people die from it.”

Prior to her diagnosis, Mrs ichardson who has a family history of breast cancer, had undergone testing that revealed she had faulty B CA genes, an abnormality which increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers in women, as well as prostate cancer in men.

“I always said I would have a preventa-tive mastectomy when I turned 0,” Mrs ichardson told the Post.

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Even with her mum’s clean bill of health, the cancer ourney is continuing for Mia, who is determined to help other young people by becoming a leader with CanTeen, the organisation that helped her so much during her mum’s illness.

“When I oined CanTeen they gave me books on chemo and radiation, explain-ing cancer in terms I could understand,” she said.

“It made me feel so much more at ease.“It’s an ama ing feeling when you

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“The support you get is ust incredible.”Bandanna ay is CanTeen’s ma or

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Bandannas can also be purchased from local Newslink, Wendys and NIB shop-fronts and at the Paleo Caf in Hamilton.

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hen Maitland’s Gerald Frogley embarks on a motorcycle ride around Australia next May,

he’ll be killing two birds with the one stone.While travelling the country on the

world’s longest national highway, High-way 1, which connects all the mainland capital cities, Mr Frogley will be attempt-ing to gain both an Australian record and raise much-needed funds for disability service provider, Mai-Wel.

“I’ve always been wanting to ride around Australia,” Mr Frogley said.

“But once you get married, have kids and start having to make a living you ust don’t have time.”

He said he was inspired to fundraise on the ride after seeing other groups embark on similar missions, and with his son, Stephen, involved with Mai-Wel, there was no question about where the money would go.

iagnosed with autism at two-years-old, Stephen completed a school to work transition program with Mai-Wel LabourForce Solutions, and has also worked for PACE Setters for ten years, where he helps to make pallets, crates and works on various production obs.

“ uring this time he has been provided daily with support and encouragement to build a strong work ethic and become a valued member of his community,” Mr Frogley said.

“But they do more than provide employment, they provide counselling and leisure activities as well.”

In order to achieve the record, Mr Frog-ley has to abide by all the road rules for the approximately 1 , 00 kilometre ride, as well as only drive during daylight for no more than eight hours per day.

“Logistically you can’t do it in less than 20 days,” he said.

“But realistically I’m not going to be able to go at the speed limit the whole time, so I’m looking at about 2 days.

“I reckon I can handle it.”He also has to complete the ride on a

Honda 12 cc bike, which he has modified for comfort by changing the seat and raising the handlebars.

Where possible, Mr Frogley said he would pull into a motel for the night, but said it would be necessary to camp at some points along the ride.

He also said that he would have a GPS tracker attached to his bike so supporters will be able to track his progress.

For more information Mr Frogley’s ride or how to donate, search for ide Around Australia for isability’ on Facebook.

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More often I am getting asked by clients when they can access their super.

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Firstly, what we do know is that if you are born prior to 1 July 1960 you can start to get access to your super at age in a reduced capacity min and max 10 of balance each year if still working and full access if you retire after age or reach age 6 .

If you are born between 01 07 1960 and 30 06 1961 you will need to be aged 6 before you are able to access your superan-nuation and this increases by one year for each financial year after until you reach 01 07 196 at which time you will have to be age 60 before you can access your superannuation in any capacity.

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The valued contribution grandpar-ents make to their grandchildren’s lives was celebrated at Woodberry

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The day was held to coincide with last Sunday’s state-wide Grandparents ay, a NSW Government initiative recognis-ing the unique role grandparents play.

Woodberry Public School’s community engagement officer, Katuscia Cummings said that with many parents working, the role grandparents, as well as aunts, uncles and stepparents, play had increased.

“We call it Grandfriends ay because

there are many kids that may not have a grandparent but have an extended family,” Ms Cummings said.

“It’s especially fitting because we have a fair amount of families where the grandparent is the primary carer.”

uring the day, the grandfriends were treated to classroom visits, displays made by the students, a myriad of games from their schooldays, such as quoits and hopscotch, and a student-cooked afternoon tea.

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S he’s been a familiar face around the Lake Macquarie region for two decades but Belmont Citi Centre and

Belmont Central manager, Barbara avis has decided the time is right to move on.

“I’ve been here 20 years and my daugh-ter, who lives in Coffs Harbour, said to me ust the other day. ou’ve missed 20 years of our Christmases. Can we ust have some together before you go altogether ’,” Mrs avis said.

“We’ve had to have Christmas on Boxing ay with them up there because I don’t knock off work here until nine o’clock on Christmas Eve,” she said.

That situation has been rectified with Mrs avis and her husband, Charlie deciding to make Coffs Harbour their new home.

“Charlie is a builder and he built two or three hundred houses up there 30 years ago,” Mrs avis said. “Our kids went to primary school up there and we have a lot of friends in the area.”

Mrs avis said her two sons would also be living in Coffs Harbour.

The two Belmont shopping centres are owned by Perth-based company, Prime West and Mrs avis said she appreciated

the trust the company has placed in her over the years.

“I have to say that Prime West have been wonderful and so community-minded,” she said. “While I’ve had the ideas for sponsorships and promotions over the year, they have always supported me by supplying the money.”

In particular, Mrs avis said she has been proud to support BreastScreen NSW Hunter New England’s free mammogram service which regularly takes up residence in the car park of the Citi Centre.

With the much larger Charlestown Square only a 1 -minute drive north, smaller shopping areas face a constant battle to retain customers.

“My aim has been to make the people of all the suburbs around here feel like these are their centres.

Mrs avis is also a passionate Newcastle Knights fan and served on the club’s board for two years during the A L Super League war in the late 90s.

Mrs avis said she had been vocal in her concerns over Nathan Tinkler’s ownership of the Knights but is confident of a bright future for the team.

“I think the process is on the right track now,” she said. “I worked with John uayle during the A L Super League war and he is a very good man.”

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ton Public School, Hubbard Street, 9.30am to 11.30am. Phone: 4961 6576From Central to Hunter Ex-students’ Association: Next meeting Tuesday, 18th November. Venue details may be obtained by phoning 49522705. Ex-students are welcome and invited to attend.Jenny’s Place: Women and children’s refuge - do-mestic violence resource, information, referral and support. Call 4927 85293Lake Macquarie Family History Group: Meet at Marmong Point Community Hall 1st Wednes-day of the month 2-5pm and 3rd Saturday of the month 10-4pm. Telephone Warren on 49595403 or www.lmfhg.org.auLifeball: Modified netball for over 50s. Warners Bay, every Friday, 9:30am. Call 4947 3650 for more informationMen’s Shed: Elermore Vale, open 9am - 4pm, Monday - Friday. Call 0407 787 540Newcastle Family History Society: Next meeting will be held on Tuesday 4th November at Lamb-ton Mechanics Institute, 68 Elder St, Lambton 7.30pm. Guest Speakers John Gillam and Yvonne Fletcher - topic - “process employed in the development of publication “Their Story” (WWI Raymond Terrace Honour Roll) enquiries 49578296 e-mail: nfhsinc@gmail.comNewcastle National Seniors: Meeting fourth Tuesday of the month, 10:15am, Adamstown RSL. Call 4966 0147 for more informationNewcastle School of Practical Philosophy: New classes commencing early October, Thursday, 7pm, St Marks, Islington. Email newsop@aanet.com.au or visit, www.practicalphilosophy.org.au for more information.NSW Justices Association: Community desk at Edgeworth town centre for witnessing and signing documents. First Thursday and third Saturday, 10am - noon. Call 0422 592 544Older Women’s Network: Thursday, 6 November, 10.00 am – Older Women’s Network Meeting, Sydney Junction Hotel, Cnr. Beaumont and

Hudson Streets, Hamilton. Guest Speaker from Legal Aid: Wills, Power of Attorney. 49632077.The Friendship Circle: A happy, fun, social group of over 55 singles who have enjoyable outings with a great bunch of people. All over 55s. Sin-gle people are welcome join. We have weekend and weekday outings, including- visits to places of interest, picnics, walks, lunches, dinners, live music, dancing, day trips and weekends away. Please contact Davina on 0487908503 for further details.

CLUBSBelmont Lantern Club: Monday, 13th October, 2pm at Tingira Centre, Floraville Road, Flo-raville. All welcome. Phone 49458245.Bushwalking: Hunter Area Walkabout Club. hawacss@gmail.com. Newcastle ramblers first and third Monday, Charlestown Uniting Church, Milson St, Charlestown. Call 0419 491 612Car club: Triumph Sports Owners Association meet first Tuesday of the month, 7pm, Club Macquarie. For more information, call David, 0409 885 342Cardiff Seniors Club: Monday and Friday. Seek-ing new members. Bingo, carpet bowls, cards, etc. Call 4945 5785 or 4954 5662Lions Club: Warners Bay. first and third Thurs-day of the month, 6:30pm for 7pm start, Sweet St. Call 4947 1983 for more informationLions Club: Elermore Vale. second and fourth Tuesday of the month, 6:30pm, Wallsend Dig-gers. Call 4950 2138 for more informationNewcastle Caravan Club: Fourth Tuesday of the month, 7pm, Wallsend South Public School, Smith Rd, Elermore Vale. Call Gael, 4950 2232 Probus: Call 1300 630 488 for nearest club and meeting timesRotary: See www.rotary9670.org.au/ClubDirec-tory for meeting locations and timesVIEW: See www.view.org.au or call 1800 805 366 for local club details.

PARENTINGDads in Distress: Call 1300 853 437 or visit www.dadsindistress.asn.au to find your nearest support group or local workerHappy Hippo Toy Library: Toys for 0-6 years. Open Tuesday and Friday, 10am - noon or by appointment. Call 4973 7000InspYre: Young mothers mentoring program. Connects young mothers up to 25 years with car-ing women and services in the community. Call 4929 2954 for more informationMyTime: Peer support for parents and carers of children under school age with a disability or chronic medical condition. Call 1800 889 997Newcastle Multiple Birth Club Inc: Support, social events and information for parents of multiples. Call 0407 431 339SIDS and Kids: 24-hours bereavement support. Call, 4969 3171

HEALTHAl-anon: Family groups. Call 1300 252 666 or email alanonnorthernnsw@bigpond.com for more informationHunter Dementia and Memory Centre: 2 Percy St, Hamilton. Call 4962 7000Hunter Women’s Centre: Alternative therapies. Call 4968 2511 for more informationNewcastle MS Support Group: 10am - noon, third Wednesday, Heaton Birmingham Gardens Bowling Club, Mordue Pde, Jesmond. Call Ste-phen, 4952 7302, or Janelle, 4982 6123Red Cross: Blood donation. Newcastle Donor Centre, 38 Watt St. Call 13 14 95

If you know of an event going on in Newcastle or Lake Macquarie, contact us at least two weeks before the date of publication. This is a free community calendar and is for not-for-profit and community organisations. Write to us at the Post, 19 Pearson St, Charlestown, NSW, 2290 or email editorial@newcastlepost.com.au

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Hay fever is a term commonly used to refer to allergic rhinitis which is commonly caused by seasonal expo-sure to pollen.

Allergic rhinitis can cause irritation and interference in a sufferer’s daily activities, considerably reducing their quality of life. It is one of the most common chronic respiratory conditions in Australia, affecting around 1 per cent of Australians or 3.1 million people.

According to data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the amount of money paid by community pharmacies to wholesalers for medica-tions commonly used to treat allergic rhinitis doubled between 2001 107.8 million and 2010 226.8 million . Clearly, then hay fever is not really a condi-tion to be snee ed at.

The symptoms of hay fever develop as the result of us having an extremely active immune system.

What happens is that substances which in most people would cause no reaction cause a severe allergic reaction in those of us who are very sensitive to them. esearch has shown that most people inherit the tendency to be a hay fever sufferer and if one parent has allergic rhinitis, their child has about a 30 per cent chance of having it also.

our pharmacist can assist your selection of the most appropriate product and you can get information from the “fact card” available from pharmacies providing the Pharmaceutical Society’s Self Care information. Log on to www.psa.org.au and click on Self Care Phar-macy Finder for the nearest location.

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ANTH ONY PI G G OTTPharm acist of Piggott’s pharm acies

D EC LAN C LAUS EN Com m entator @ DeclanClausen

As the dust settles on last weekend’s by-elections, and people turn their attention to the Newcastle Lord Mayoral vote on November 1 , there’s an interesting statistic that is worth commenting on.

Twenty percent of people who voted in the by-elections had already cast their vote before Saturday. That’s one fifth of the voters who didn’t go out in the Saturday heat, or buy a sausage from the P C, but were still able to have their say in the by-elections.

Postal voting has been available for many years, although to use this service voters are required to provide a valid reason to use it such as mobility restric-tions or travelling on Election ay. Two others forms of early voting have recently become available.

Pre-poll booths are open business hours during the two weeks before Election ay. These were very popular with over 6000 voters in each electorate using these facilities.

The other recent innovation is iVote, an online voting system that is currently only available for State Govern-ment elections. Voters can register, be sent a password, and log in before numbering their ballot paper and click-ing submit. This was the first time iVote was available to Hunter voters, and will presumably become more popular in years to come.

While the changing nature of how we vote has implica-tions for the electoral commission, for political parties and for P C fundraisers, the added convenience for voters prevents disenfranchisement.

Any effort to increase voter participation should be applauded.

C h a n g i n g f a c e o f v o t i n g

eciding to take on an employee is an enormous mile-stone for any small business. Before you begin hiring, visit www.fairwork.gov.au learning to find out what you need to know about taking on a new employee.

An employee’s minimum terms and conditions of employment will come from their award or agreement. Most employees will be entitled to annual, sick and parental leave. They will also be entitled to the allow-ances and penalty rates set out in their award or agree-ment. To find out which award or agreement applies visit www.fairwork.gov.au awards

To work out pay and conditions you’ll need to decide whether an employee is full-time, part-time or casual. For help figuring out what employment status suits the position go to www.fairwork.gov.au employment

There are different minimum rates of pay for different obs. Visit www.fairwork.gov.au pay for help finding out the minimum rate of pay for your employee.

nder most awards you’ll need to agree with your employees on their hours of work and rostering in advance. Fair Work’s templates will assist you to do this and are available at www.fairwork.gov.au templates.

ou need to keep written time and wages records for your employees for seven years. ou have to give all employees a pay slip within one day of paying wages.

ou need to provide your employees with a safe workplace. This can include paying insurance to cover workers who are in ured or become ill because of work. Visit www.workcover.nsw.gov.au for information about these obligations.

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NARELLE Mc C LELLAND Business

Most of us live very busy lives which can make it challenging to serve healthy meals. Today a lot of our eating habits are based on fast and convenient foods. Let’s face it, preparing and cooking a meal can be very time consuming.

A patient I consulted with recently, drank energy drinks for breakfast, had a hamburger or meat pie for lunch and ate Mc onald’s or KFC for dinner on the way home followed by a few beers. He spent two hours each day driving to work and back. One day he found himself falling asleep at the wheel. He went to the doctors and was told that he had type 2 diabetes and needed to make some big changes in his life including starting medication to reduce his blood sugar levels.

When he came to see me, we discussed the changes to his diet that would help, including eating healthier meals, cutting out sugary energy drinks for breakfast and reducing his alco-hol intake.

He gradually made changes to one thing at a time. He weaned himself off the sugary energy drinks and started to eat a solid breakfast based on either toast or a healthy cereal. He then started to pack healthy snacks like fruit, nuts and healthy snack bars and he started choosing a sandwich or salad for lunch most days. He kept the hamburgers and pies for once-a-week treats only. He even started to choose healthier take-away options for dinner most nights. A few weeks later he also began a regular light walk when he could.

He quickly noticed a huge improvement in his energy levels. When he went back to his doctor three months later, he had lost 6kg and his blood sugar levels were so much better that his doctor told him he would not need the diabetes medication anymore.

If you have type 2 diabetes and would like help improving your health and how you feel, why not consult one of our dieti-tians at Feast for Health Also keep in mind our new program iabetes Made Easy’ which is a complete educational V guide for anyone with type 2 diabetes. For more information, go to www.diabetesmadeeasy.com.au

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According to the Cancer Council there will be a staggering 128,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed in Australia this year.

Many of us will know someone who has cancer. We may even be experiencing it ourselves. We may be undergoing treatment, we may care for someone who is or we may mourn the memory of a loved one who has lost their battle with cancer.

While cancer is still one of the leading causes of death in Australia, there is hope - over time the actual death rate has fallen and more people diagnosed with cancer are surviving for longer.

These advancements have come about by research that increases awareness and prevention, enables earlier detection of cancer and provides better treatments. But this doesn’t happen without the enormous effort of organisations like the Cancer Council.

Support organisations need the resources to help fund the research that is going to help find a cure for cancer.

The elay For Life is one of the ma or fundraising events for the Cancer Council and it is on this weekend at The Hunter Sports Centre at Glendale.

The elay For Life started in 198 in the SA when a doctor in Washington wanted to raise awareness and funds for his local cancer charity. It has been in Australia since 1999 and last year it raised 2 million dollars with every dollar raised going towards research, prevention and support programs.

Our team at Kotara Family Practice support the survivors, the caregivers and the fabulous work of the Cancer Council and we believe that through research and knowledge we will gradually chip away at the impact cancer has on so many.

That is why we have entered a team in the elay For Life and why we would love your support.

If you would like to donate to our team in the elay For Life visit www.relayforlife.org.au and search for Kotara Family Practice in the team search box.

Or you can drop into the Practice to make a donation in the elay For Life box. Perhaps you’d like to start your own team. Thanks for your support. Hope to see you on the track.

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RAYMOND TERRACE BOWLER LENNON SCOTT has recorded his biggest success in lawn bowls winning the blue ribbon NSW State Singles Cham-pionship. Scott lead all the way in the Final to beat Australian representative Aron Sherriff Ettalong Memorial 31 23, after establishing a match winning 2 13 advantage. Scott also had an outstand-ing semi-final victory defeating Bruce Lack Temora 31 13, while Sherriff struggled to overcome Craig onaldson Taren Point 31 28. Scott is the first Newcastle bowler to win the title since Sam Lagu a in 2002.

Michael Beesley Beresfield lost a tight NSW State Senior Singles Final 31 28 to his NSW State Senior Side teammate Geoff McGillivray Warilla . Both players had comfortable semi-final victories, with Beesley accounting for Noel James Tuncurry 31 18 and McGillivray downed Phillip Burns Merimbula 31 22.

Ettalong “Eagles” 10 . have had their lead reduced to ust a point in the BCIB Challenge following its 10 loss to Valentine 71 . Valentine winning the

Pairs Triples rubbers. Corey Nichalls avid Govan defeated Neil Malloy and John oberts 8 6, 10 in the Pairs and the trio of Owen Jefferson, Greg Tilden and Bill Ahoy beat Stephen White, Zac obertson and Paul Freestone 19 2, 9 7.

aymond Terrace 10 shared the points 7. each with the Lambton “ osel-las” 77 . aymond Terrace winning the Singles, Lambton the Triples and the Pairs were drawn. Lennon Scott and Matthew Baus playing an exciting 6 8, 11 7, 2 2 tie-break draw with Matthew ickinson and avid Horn. East Cessnock 96. , Nelson Bay 93. and Charlestown 91 round out the top five.

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Batting first, Wallsend showed patience against the always tight Charlestown bowling attack eventually being bowled out for 218. Jason Sangha top scored for the Tigers with 0 whilst aniel McGov-ern was the best of the top order batsmen with 6 before holing out to a skied catch off spinner oscoe Thattil.

Thattil who took 3 for 8 off 22 overs was well supported by Parth Shah, Chris Connors and Aaron Payne who all took two wickets. Charlestown survived an awkward session late in the day to finish at 0 for 11.

Another game that could go either way is at niversity Oval with niversity 3 for 0 chasing Newcastle City’s first innings total of 1 0. Bryce Garrett was best with the bat for City. His 0 batting at eight added some respectability to the total. Michael adnidge, Tim Prescott and Jesse Ma or all took three wickets for niversity.

W allsend captain D aniel McG overn skying a catch off Charlestow n spinner R oscoe Thattil Photo: Paul Allan

a send thr er on the cardsCharlestown bowling attack restricts hosts to 218 in m atch of the round

PAUL ROB ERTS ONPremiers Merewether appear to have

the upper hand at on Hill Oval against Toronto Workers.

Veteran avid Celep top scored for the Lions with 89. Celep along with repre-sentative batsman Pat arwen put on 10 for the sixth wicket steering Merewether from for 101 to a more comfortable posi-tion before arwen was dismissed for 86.

Andrew Nikolai bagged for 7 for the Kookaburras. espite home ground advantage and what is bound to be a flat pitch, the home team will face an uphill battle when they resume on 0 for 13.

In a very tense end to day one at Wara-tah Oval, Cardiff Boolaroo secured first innings point finishing the day at 9 for 131 chasing down Waratah’s total of 126. Outright points will be top of mind for both these teams as they both recover from slow starts to the season.

After last week’s upset loss to Wallsend, Hamilton Wickham appear to be back on track against Stockton posting 2 9 at Passmore Oval.

For the second game in a row Belmont have claimed first innings points on day one, this time against Wests at No.1 Sportsground.

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ne step forward and two steps back for the Jets after the -1 loss to Wellington Phoenix on Sunday.

The Jets’ Joel Griffiths almost had the visitors on the board in the first minute with his header striking the post.

Former Jet Nathan Burns had Wellington in front only minutes later and added a second shortly before halftime.

When Michael McGlinchey scored the home side’s third goal in the 6 th minute, the Jets faced an enormous task to get back in the match. Griffiths was able to get a header on target in the 90th minute for a consolation goal.

But the Phoenix kept up the pressure in in ury time and added a fourth goal via an Andrew urante header.

“The stats would suggest that we played some decent football but the problem for us was our effectiveness in the front third which wasn’t what we’d like it to be,” Jets coach, Phil Stubbins said.

The Jets head across the country this weekend for the clash with Perth Glory at nib Stadium on Saturday night.

The match starts at 7.30pm AE T .A League ladder after round 3

Melbourne Victory 7pts 6 , Sydney

FC 7pts 3 , Adelaide nited 7pts 3 , Wellington Phoenix 6pts 3 , Perth Glory 6pts 0 , Central Coast Mariners 3pts 0 , Melbourne City 2pts -3 , Newcastle Jets 1pt - , Brisbane oar 0pts - , Western Sydney Wanderers 0pts - .

The Jets’ W League side kept up their strong form with a convincing -1 victory over Brisbane oar at Magic Park on Satur-day. Their next match will be against Perth Glory on Saturday, November 8.

Newcastle’s outh League team, who had a 3-3 draw with Melbourne Victory to open their season on October 18, head to Perth on Sunday to play the Glory.

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CEO of the Asian Cup Local Organising Committee, Michael Brown added his congrat-ulations to the region. “This is a massive boost for Cessnock, Newcastle and the whole Hunter Valley,” Brown said.

“To attract a team of Japan’s stature to the

region speaks volumes for the Hunter, which has traditionally been one of the most passion-ate football areas in Australia.

“With less than three months to go until kick-off, this announcement takes the excitement and anticipation up another notch.”

A FC Asian Cup defending champions, Japan have delivered a massive boost to the Hunter region by announcing they will base their training opera-

tions in Cessnock for next year’s tournament.Japan, featuring World Cup star Keisuke

Honda, will meet Palestine at Hunter Stadium on January 12 in their first match before travel-ling to Brisbane to play 2007 champions Iraq on January 16 and Melbourne to take on Jordan on January 20.

The Japanese will arrive in Cessnock on Janu-ary 3 and train at Cessnock Sports Ground.

Cessnock Mayor, Councillor Bob Pynsent welcomed the news.

“Our residents live for sport and are so excited to welcome the Japanese Team as visitors to our magnificent area,” Cr Pynsent said.

“We know this is a brilliant opportunity and cannot wait to showcase our world-renowned Hunter Valley food, wine, recreation and relaxation and for the Japanese to experience the best of Australian hospitality in their time with us.”

The stars are headed to CessnockAsian Cup powerhouse Japan to set-up training operations in the heart of the Hunter region

PAUL MONFORTE

The Australian Socceroos will play Japan in a friendly in Osaka on November 18 with the hosts to play their first match against Kuwait on January 9.

The final of the tournament will be played at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium on January 31.

2007 Cessnock Hall of Fame inductee, Kevin O’Neill, SBS football commentator, Les Murray, 2008 Cessnock Hall of Fame inductee, Cliff Almond, Federal Member for Hunter, Joel Fitzgibbon and Cessnock Mayor, Bob Pynsent during the visit of the AFC Asian Cup trophy to Cessnock

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