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Collapse Issue 471 - 10 Jun 2019Issue 471 - 10 Jun 2019
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Fuel tanks to be replaced to remediate contamination
Council is 'more bureaucratic and less attentive'
Concrete burrows installed for penguin colony
Village resident celebrates 100th birthday
Tesch to continue to campaign for palliative care
Hamper donated to celebrate birthday
Community halls 'not commercial entities'
Peta Colebatch steps down after eight years
Three receive Queens Birthday honours
Small buses not suitable for Phegans Bay, residents told
Marquart attends fewest briefings of ward councillors
Application to construct new warehouse
Submissions to close on proposal next to St Luke's
'No tender' for Correa Bay boat ramp
Two local councillors claim no expenses
Water rates to drop from July
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Councillors give themselves a pay rise
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Sea Shepherd to clean Umina Beach
Chamber president welcomes Farnell Rd approval
Geoff Melville steps back from a lifetime of service
Rotary club hears about youth cottage
Bill would prohibit Woy Woy cash loan machine
Residents with stormwater issues invited to tell council
Italian theme day
Special lunch for volunteers at restaurant
Trainee named as finalist
Papua New Guinea lunch at CWA
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Have efficiency and economies occurred?
Could some councillors up their work rate?
Living next to a weekend party house
Loud minority of older people take selfish attitude
Democratic representatives or government tools?
Decline in non-compliance is deemed to be acceptable
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Defibrillators for Wagstaffe and Killcare
Memory walk for dementia body
Fundraising barbecue
Physiotherapist is outstanding employee finalist
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Winners of music scholarship announced
Folk club puts on two events
Bays art show is planned for July
Colouring competition for aged care residents
Artist launches art classes for adults
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Pretty Beach principal retires
Pacific island group at risk of collapse
Breakfast club to be extended
Three teams in cheer and dance finals
Arts students camp at Cockatoo Island
School reviews both winter and summer uniforms
First debates in debating challenge
Uniform shop seeks donations
Support unit students enjoy arboretum
New lambs at Umina campus
Rotary Club hears about mentoring program
Grant to install bush tucker garden and dreaming trail
Ettalong students take part in simultaneous storytime
Year 2 students visit zoo
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Under-15s captain celebrates 150 games
Southern and Ettalong loses top spot on women's ladder
Woy Woy defeated by Hornsby in rugby union
Gold medal in vision-impaired games
Selected for junior squad
Soccer camp to be held in Woy Woy
Celebrating 50 years of Buckworth Shield
Basketball returns
Volunteers honoured

Geoff Melville steps back from a lifetime of service

Empire Bay resident Mr Geoff Melville is taking a step back from a lifetime of service to the Peninsula community.

He has moved into an aged care facility at Umina.

Mr Melville is known throughout the Peninsula for his years of service to the Empire Bay Progress Association and the Rotary Club of Umina Beach, of which he has been a member for over 30 years.

Mr Melville made the move into Peninsula Villages' Don Leggett House due to an ongoing health issue that has begun to affect his mobility.

Mr Melville said he had settled into his new surrounds nicely and was enjoying his time in the village.

"I'm quite happy here and I'm always happy to have a chat and welcome visitors," Mr Melville said.

Mr Melville will continue on as a member of the Rotary Club but has stepped down from his role as editor of the club's Torque newsletter, with Mr Simon Darwin now taking on the role.

Some of Mr Melville's most notable achievements during his lifetime of community service include holding multiple board positions, including the presidency, with the Empire Bay Progress Association and Rotary Club of Umina Beach, and organising the Anzac Day ceremony at the Empire Bay Cenotaph for 20 years.

He has received numerous accolades and community service awards including four Paul Harris Fellowship Awards and a Rotary International Avenues of Service Citation.

He has worked with the Peninsula District Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal as a fundraising committee member since 2001 and, most recently, received a NSW Government Local Achievement Award for service to the community.





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