The Weekly Times - 10th January, 2018
Issue #1, 2018
Issue #1, 2018
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Wednesday 10 <strong>January</strong>, <strong>2018</strong> THE WEEKLY TIMES 5<br />
POWER CRISIS HITS HOME!<br />
Gladesville, Lane Cove Blackouts!<br />
THE WEEKLY TIMES SPECIAL EDITORIAL<br />
Homes in Gladesville, Lane Cove, Chatswood and Cherrybrook were<br />
among 40,000 homes that lost electric power during Sunday's near record<br />
high <strong>January</strong> temperature.<br />
This is a result of the failure of State and Federal governments to face the reality of ensuring<br />
adequate power generating facilities and succumbing to the madness of renewable<br />
sources such as wind and solar.<br />
NSW energy minister Don Harwin had 1he gall to comment 1hat it was satisfactory considering 1he circumstances.<br />
What absolute nonsense and codswallop.<br />
lns1ead of blabbering and boasting he should be hanging his head in shame. Along with 1he rest of 1he dunderheads<br />
in the Berejiklian government who prefer to demolish sports stadiums instead of Investing in the basic<br />
power needs of the community.<br />
Have YOUR Say!<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> Tlmee Invites readers to Have VOUR Sayf qn tlie<br />
issues that you believe need to:t>e addreasecf today end 1h8 days<br />
$~ .<br />
What are the prtOrlties that ahol;lld be addr~ inyout opinion<br />
in alJ leY91s of. life, Whether It be toe.ii Courie~ State GOY"ernment or<br />
FEideral Governm.-rt or other actlvil• SUCh as SQCl$1 or spQf.f.<br />
Cont&Qt L8: in any of ttw mediums avatrable in.c1Ud1ng .Facebook<br />
email or goOd old fashioned poStal mall. We lookfor:ward to hearing<br />
from you ~d 'fOl'r vtewpolnts.<br />
BACK TO THE FUTURE<br />
ITHTWT!<br />
Why is Kathryn so happy?<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Weekly</strong> 'Ilmes is e.~ding oar ollliAe<br />
presence including a welde re\'lllll p and<br />
ree registntion to accessimpt'OVed atte!li to<br />
ur archives ud digital editions and breakng<br />
ne'1-s alens.<br />
Of conrse, to complement that, we'll be<br />
in~g our social media activity acm;s<br />
acebook, Tuitter, Google+-, I:nstaaram and<br />
inkedln , where we hope to hear li'Om yon.<br />
face~ook.c.om/w..adytlme1au.atraUA<br />
Kathryn Griffiths was ecstatic when Ryde MP Victor Domine/lo drew her name from the barrel at Cox's Road<br />
Mall North Ryde to win the $5,an first prize in the Christmas Cash Gi veaway pictured with Roseanna Gallo<br />
OAM. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO. SEE PAGE 9.<br />
BRANDON LANGE of Ryde celebrated his 18th birthday last Friday night with<br />
his mother Narelle Smith and sisters Chantelle, Kristy and Danielle and friends<br />
at Maranello's restaurant Concord.<br />
BRANDON LANGE son<br />
nd heir of our lWT's Nar·<br />
lle Smith celebrated his<br />
ighteenth birthday w ith sisers<br />
Chantelle, Kristy and<br />
anielle and friends at<br />
Maranello's restaurant on<br />
riday same day as Cathrine<br />
Mccure of Ryde celbrated<br />
with children Scott<br />
JB's World<br />
Campbell, Victoria Kate<br />
and Alexandra Louise with<br />
congratulations from eleven<br />
grandchildren.<br />
Cather ine Taffa celebrated<br />
on Monday eldest daughter<br />
of Margar et and Ron Taffa<br />
of Taffa's Mitre 1 O ~t Ryde<br />
fame and sister of Julianne,<br />
Anthony and Victor.<br />
Hyde City Mowers<br />
SALES SERVICE SPARES REPAIRS<br />
Sr~""j u1o S""'"1w,<br />
With.HONDA<br />
HONDA TRIMMERS<br />
from $299.00<br />
HONDA LAWN MOWERS<br />
from $699.00<br />
Steve Coggan widow of<br />
Trish and father of Alice Louise<br />
and Edward celebrated<br />
in Canberra also on Monday<br />
same day as Stephen<br />
Clarke of Eastwood and<br />
Elijah Leonard Dale turning<br />
four son of Rev Paul Dale<br />
and Rachel Dale.<br />
Yesterday was the first anniversary<br />
of the passing of<br />
my sister Patricia Booth<br />
Gilkes mother of Gina Michelle<br />
Maxted of Beecroft<br />
and Timothy Michael Gilkes<br />
of Crows Nest.<br />
Xavier Watkins youngest<br />
child of former Ryde MP<br />
John Watkins and Deborah<br />
Watkins turns ~venteen today<br />
celebrating with siblings<br />
Melanie, Sarah, Charles<br />
and Sophie. Al so t oday Paul<br />
Renzo and Denise Burns<br />
celebrate.<br />
Else Hojberg celebrates In<br />
Aalborg Denmark tomorrow<br />
same day as Jim F oster's<br />
birthday.<br />
Olivia Kierdal our 2013<br />
lWT Granny Smith Festival<br />
Queen and 2010 lWT<br />
Gladesville Christm as Festival<br />
Singing Star Contest<br />
celebrates 24 on Friday ame<br />
day as Fr ank Polverino and<br />
Rober t Springett a former<br />
p olitical aspirant turning 66<br />
while Pi Kirsten Hojte celebrates<br />
in Copenhagen Denmark<br />
with hubby Knud and<br />
kinder Born, Per and Karen.<br />
JB niece Gorgeous Gina<br />
Gilkes Maxted of Beecroft<br />
faces 54 candles on her<br />
birthday cake Saturday with<br />
hubby Ian Maxted and children<br />
Michael, Rebecca and<br />
Hayley while Tony Chan celebrates<br />
8 1.<br />
John Donohoe celebrat es<br />
Sunday same day as Allan<br />
and Bernadette Horrell<br />
celebrate 29 years wedded<br />
bliss.<br />
Jason Berther turns 48<br />
on Monday younger son of<br />
Noelene Berther Gorman<br />
and younger brother of Sharon<br />
and Russell same day<br />
as <strong>The</strong>rese Austin and John<br />
Stanton also celebrate.<br />
Twins Jessica and Claire<br />
Frazer turn 33 n Tuesday<br />
with Jessica a grand finalist<br />
In lWT Gladesville Christmas<br />
Festival Teen Queen Quest<br />
and Granny Smith Festival<br />
Queen contest.<br />
Sarah Bottoms daughter<br />
of Elisabeth and Daniel<br />
Bottoms and granddaughter<br />
of our Ulr ike turns twelve<br />
on Tuesday and celebrates<br />
with younger brother Michael<br />
and family and friends<br />
In a snowy Vienna on Tuesday.<br />
JB and Sarah's father<br />
c hose Sarah's name the<br />
night before sie was born<br />
at a little bar in Vienna as we<br />
attempted t o select names<br />
that are bilingual in German<br />
and English as the mother is<br />
German speaking and father<br />
Americ an. We also ~ttled<br />
on Michael for a boy which<br />
has been applied t o Sarah's<br />
brother who just celebrated<br />
six.<br />
Jenny Tomkins a JB<br />
c ousin living in Canberra<br />
celebrates on Tuesday with<br />
hubby Neville Tomkins<br />
OAM who happens to be<br />
NSW Chief Scout Commissioner<br />
and former Australian<br />
International Commissioner<br />
and children while Joe and<br />
Anne Bolton formerly longtime<br />
mana~rs of T J And<br />
rews Ryde celebrate 66<br />
years Wedded bliss next<br />
Wednesday. Happy daze all.<br />
BUMPER STICKER:<br />
When a man steals your<br />
wife there is no better revenpe<br />
than to let him keep<br />
her.<br />
Keep Smiling!<br />
-JOHN F. BOOTH<br />
Victor Dominello MP<br />
State Member for RY,de<br />
<strong>The</strong> new yeair is always an opportunity to ~ook bacl< on the hard work<br />
achieved in the past year. AfJ. your local member I am [pleased to have<br />
announced great educational opportunities for Ryde, improvements<br />
in transport and community facilities, and we have conthued to fight<br />
alongside the community against overdevelopment.<br />
Ryde wi~~ see a new secondary and primary school in Meadowbank,<br />
a new high school and exploration for a new pD'imary school in Macquarie<br />
Park. Smalls Road Primary is in the final stages of design, a<br />
new catholic high school as part of the Ivanhoe Estate Refurbishment<br />
and upgrades to Denistone East Public, Kent Road Public and<br />
West Ryde Public.<br />
$ 25 M has been pledged to the COll1Cil to<br />
provide 300 commuter spaces in their refurbishment<br />
of the parl
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