The Weekly Times - 21st November 2018

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6 THE WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday 21 November, 2018 HUNTERS HILL FAREWELLED JOHN COLLINS ‘JC was a Great, Great man . . . ‘ HUNTER’S HILL COUNCIL HUNTER’S HILL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION OF AN INCREASE TO RATES EXHIBITION OF COUNCIL’S INTEGRATED PLANNING DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN While Council continues to strive to increase the efficiency of its operations in order to remain financially viable and provide for effective maintenance and renewal of its community infrastructure, several external factors have led to costs increasing beyond Council’s control. Shortly, all ratepayers will receive a detailed brochure outlining Council’s proposed rate strategy which has been developed to maintain, further develop and enhance our community facilities. Council will be asking the community and property owners for feedback about the following three options: • Option 1: Rate peg increase 2.7% (statutory increase that all councils receive) • Option 2: Rate peg 2.7% + Community Facilities 4.04% SV (10 year period) • Option 3: Rate peg 2.7% + Community Facilities 4.04% SV (10yrs) + Operational 3% SV (permanent) Please visit the Hunter’s Hill Council website www.huntershill.nsw.gov.au for detailed information, the rates calculator, and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ’s). Council also has its Integrated Planning & Reporting (IP&R) documents on public exhibition. This includes Councils Community Strategic Plan and Long Term Financial Plan (LTFP) which outline Council’s financial position and reasons why Council will consider a SV. Comments will be received up until Monday 10 December 2018. Your feedback will be used to make a determination on the proposed variation to rates and residents can participate by: • Take part in the IRIS telephone survey if you are called. • Visit council’s website www.huntershill.nsw.gov.au/srv to review all the information available. • Email council@huntershill.nsw.gov.au • Write: PO Box 21 Hunters Hill, NSW 2110. • Ph: 9879 9400. Submissions close on Monday 10 December 2018. Lisa Miscamble GENERAL MANAGER Precinct Roadshows are on the way and coming to your suburb Precinct meetings are open to all residents and businesses. Precinct meetings are an important way for our Councillors to have conversations with a range of locals about issues and opportunities in the municipality. These meetings aren’t all about the big issues - they will provide an opportunity to discuss ideas, generate thoughts and opinions, which can result in meaningful change. Come along! PrecinctRoadshowFrontPostcardv1.indd 1 Meet Councillors and Council staff to join in a conversation on the unique issues and opportunities for our municipality. For updates visit www.huntershill.nsw.gov.au, call 9879 9400, email council@huntershill.nsw.gov.au or follow us on Facebook @huntershillcouncil Meet your Council 2018 Precinct Roadshow No booking required Date/Time Precinct Location Wednesday 28 November 2018 6.30pm Monday 3 December 2018 6.30pm JAMIE LONGMIRE of Hunters Hill was one of six speakers at John Collins’ funeral service last Wednesday. This is what he said: John Collins, or Jay Cee as he was affectionately called, was a great, great man. I met him in 1987 after my first year Jackarooing on a cattle station and I was sailing in Pittwater where he was holidaying with his wife Sue, second son Greg and daughter Amanda. His first son, Darren was in Sydney. After only just making our acquaintance on the deck of his beautiful 42’ Griffin Cruiser “Radiance II” we found we had much in common and when he learned that I was travelling through Sydney he insisted I come and stay at his home. This became a staple whenever I was travelling through Sydney. I was only 18 years old then and away from my family who lived in Melbourne. John, (Jay Cee) essentially took me under his wing and mentored me from the beginning of my adult life. He was the person that I turned to whenever I needed advice or to be pointed in the right direction. He wrote glowing references for me that opened many doors when looking for a position or making an application. He was the first person to attend to me when I came off the back of a motorcycle on Woolwich Road out the front of the tennis courts. I was in a bad way and it was John who brought me back from the other side, peeled me off the road, keeping me conscious while riding in the back of the ambulance, sirens blaring as I was raced into Emergency at RNS. He was there holding my hand when I first opened my eyes in Hunters Hill Gladesville www.huntershill.nsw.gov.au/precinctroadshow Gladesville Road Community Centre The Priory 12/09/2018 10:26:56 AM Thank you to everyone who has attended one of our Precinct meetings over the past few weeks. We appreciate your attendance and contribution to these sessions, where a lot of discussion was generated with valuable feedback and suggestions provided. If you have not yet had the opportunity to attend, please join us at either of the two remaining sessions for the year. JOHN COLLINS as President of Sydney Chamber of Commerce 1987-1988 hospital. He bought me my first car after seeing me ride into his driveway on my motorcycle, drenched and covered in mud after a long night riding down from Coolah to Sydney. As I got off my bike, I unzipped my leather jacket and pulled a pup out from inside and placed him on the lawn. Then I pulled my boots off and upended a couple of litres of water onto his lawn. JayCee, standing on the balcony looked down upon me shaking his head. The next evening, he handed me the keys to a Holden Sunbird. We had agreement in place to repay him and I always did but he never demanded it. He did the same in 1991 to get started in a Fencing Building and Property Maintenance business when I was 21. He just handed me a blank cheque and said “Go and buy a mobile phone (they cost thousands back then), some tools and put an advertisement in the local newspaper The Weekly Times, which I did. I ran an ad in there for several years and built up a nice little business for myself all the while JayCee was mentoring me in how to get better at running a business. I asked him once, “Jay Cee, why do you do so much for me? Why are you so good to me?” His response was straight up… “Young men, starting out in life, sometimes need a hand up. Not a hand out. You deserve it.” The whole Collin’s family has been wonderfull to me. Sue was like a mum. Still is As years rolled on and I started a family of my own, we spent Christmas’s with the Collins’s and my children came to know Jay Cee as Poppy John and Sue as Nanna Sue. John Collins did more for me than some fathers do for their own. Jay Cee showed me what it was to be a great man and a great father. I hope I can live up to that. Emeritus Mayor Ross Williams Hunters Hill Emeritus Mayor Clr ROSS WILLIAMS said: “John was a very important member of the Hunters Hill community. He was a prominent businessman working in the fabric and carpet industry. “John served on Hunters Hill Council from 1991 to 1995. He was Deputy Mayor during that term. “John made a significant contribution to Council’s financial well-being and continued his service on financial committees of Council for many years. “John also played a key role in the revitalisation of the Hunters Hill Club as their chairman. Above all he was a committed family man. He will be sadly missed by many in the Woolwich and Hunters Hill area”.
Wednesday 21 November, 2018 THE WEEKLY TIMES 7 Club Eastwood hosts Chamber meeting EASTWOOD COMMUNITY NEWS Living the Dream: Local Talent wins Pan Pacific Masters By DR FELIX LO* LCT Champions with Team Managers, Liz Power & Bronwyn Larcombe; Coach, Pip Hockham; Photographer, Gail Mitchell and Cheerleader Instructor, Dr Felix Lo. Martial arts students from Lane Cove Taekwondo (LCT) have dominated the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the weekend by winning 12 Golds, 15 Silvers and 7 Bronzes. The Best Fight went to red belt, Jason Yu, whose victory over a 3rd Dan opponent shocked the whole stadium and won Yu a standing ovation. “Wininng is important but above all, I had a victory over my own fear!” Says Yu. Team Poomsae Champions, Val Kwok, Michelle De Bella and Tina Lowry say they owe their Gold to super coach, Pip Hockham, who demanded “flawless repetition” at every practice session. Team Mixed Champions, Katrina Cashman, Suzie Losanno and Kristen Morris say their instructor mentor, Dr Felix Lo, provided the crucial support to get them across the winning line. “When Lo yelled out “I like it!” from our corner, our confidence skyrocketed” the trio said. 5 Dan Head Instructor, Fabian Peters, says the culture of the club produced the top results. “At LCT everybody works really hard, has great energy and good attitude,...when such synergy exists, good clubs become great clubs. This is what we have here.” Join me at the ArtXtra Exhibition at Gallery Lane Cove until November 29. The paintings are amazing! *Dr Felix Lo is a World Taekwondo Blackbelt, Australian Karate Federation Blackbelt; IBJJF Pan Pacific Champion and Nationally Accredited Sports Coach Guest speakers at Eastwood Chamber of Commerce November meeting were Clare McMullan from Ryde TAFE, Virginia Coy from Stryder, Bella Li from Bupa and Deborah Liu and Karim Hwalla from Tax Store. New managers at the Landmark Hotel and the Eastwood Hotel Matthew Ruhman and Tim Drake respectively were welcomed. TWT on-the-spot PHOTO. Save Your Skin From Skin Cancer & Sun Damage Skin cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis, and it’s the most preventable cancer. Most skin cancer is caused by damage from the sun’s UV rays. EASTWOOD SKIN CANCER & COSMETIC CLINIC SKIN CANCER CLINIC (BULK BILLED) • Skin Cancer Check • Skin Cancer Diagnosis • Skin biopsy • Skin Cancer Surgery • Non Surgical Treatments • Laser Skin Cancer Therapy • Photodynamic therapy • Minor Operations for lumps & Bumps CoSmEtIC PRomotIoN • Laser mole removal ($65 per mole) • Anti Wrinkle injection (Approx $100 per area) According to the Cancer Council of Australia, this year, an estimated 138,000 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Australia. To combat the skin cancer epidemic, a monthly skin selfexam at home is recommended to document the moles on your body so that you can easily detect changes or causes for concern. The easiest way of spotting the cancerous skin spot is to know your ABCDEs. It’s important to check your skin for suspicious moles once a month and report anything unusual to your health care professional. Remember the ABCDE rule: Asymmetry (one half of the mole doesn’t match the other), Border irregularity (serrated edges), Colour (more than one colour in a skin spot), Diameter greater than 6 mm (about the size of a pencil eraser), and Evolving size, shape, colour or symptoms. Of these five features of a suspicious skin spot, the most important is the E for “Evolving.” Not all evolving skin spots are cancerous. However, 100 percent of the skin cancers will evolve. Evolving means a previous skin spot whether a freckle or a mole change in the size, shape, or colour. Or they may develop new symptoms. Basal cell cancers usually ulcerate, become lumpy or may become redder. Squamous cell cancers may become harder, scalier and itchier. Melanomas typically become rapidly noticeable by changing colour and become wider. If you have any concerns, please do seek professional advice early. Early detection may Skin CanCer CheCk Bulk Billed No Referral is needed For appointment call 9411 4880 62-80 Rowe Street East, Eastwood (Aldi building) www.peterkim.com.au | Dr Peter kim FRACGP FACCS save lives! And an annual skin examination by Dr Peter Kim at Eastwood Skin Cancer Clinic is painless, reassuring and bulk billed. MAYOR’S COMMUNITY MESSAGE Ryde stands with refugees It was with great pleasure that I was joined with other local refugee advocates to sign the Refugee Welcome Scroll on behalf of the City of Ryde. The Refugee Welcome Scroll confirms the commitment from local councils that they support refugees settling in their local communities. The scroll has been touring Australia for more than a year and has now been signed by 113 Refugee Welcome Zone councils. In 2013 I moved a motion for the City of Ryde to become a Refugee Welcome Zone. Since then, I am proud to say Council has undertaken a number of programs designed at assisting refugees in the community, including staging regular workshops, support programs and making vital information easily accessible. The signing of the Refugee Welcome Scroll is just another step as the City of Ryde tries to promote a more inclusive and compassionate community. Community grant information sessions The latest round of applications for funding under the Community Grants Program is now open for locally based, not-for-profit community groups, clubs and organisations which carry out special projects for the community. These grants offer assistance ranging from $2,000 up to $10,000 and are just one of the ways Council supports our local community to carry out special projects that contribute to community well-being and help build a vibrant community culture. To assist applicants with the grant process, Council will host two information sessions next Tuesday (27 November) at Ryde Library and next Wednesday (28 November) at West Ryde Library. These information sessions will allow people to identify which grant category best suits their objectives and assist them in preparing a submission. Online bookings are essential for both sessions as places are strictly limited. Details can be found at www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/communitygrants. Running for a great cause This Sunday, the Terry Fox Run will take place at Meadowbank Park to raise money for the Children’s Medical Research Institute. In 1980, with one leg having been amputated due to cancer, Terry Fox embarked on an east to west cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The Terry Fox Run is an annual event held around the world in Mr Fox’s memory to raise money for medical research. Sunday’s event at Meadowbank Park is a family-friendly, non-competitive, community event starting at 8.00am where participants can walk or run at their own pace. People willing to take part are required to make a donation with all proceeds to go to the Children’s Medical Research Institute. For more information visit www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/terryfoxrun. Consultation on planning proposal A reminder that community consultation on the planning proposal for 112 Talavera Road, Macquarie Park closes at 4.30pm today (21 November). Visit www.ryde.nsw.gov.au/ haveyoursay to take part in the community consultation. Sincerely, Clr Jerome Laxale Mayor Phone 9952 8222 mayor@ryde.nsw.gov.au
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