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1-2 Variety Club Visit

3. Public Notices

4. Adopt a Cop Program

4. Church Notices

5. From the Student at LDHS

6. Crossword Corner

8-9. What’s happening in September

10. Toy Library Open Day

The breakfast was exceptionally well organised and all were fed quickly and well. The atmosphere was amaz-ing and the view out of the Museum Shed door as the sun came up was also amazing!! Everyone was in such good spirit it made you want to buy an old car and join the fun. The costumes people wore demonstrated their commitment to such a good cause especially the white space suits worn by the NASA astronauts! The generosity of those who were part of the 2019 Melbourne to Geraldton Variety Club Bash was also shown in the short auction held after the breakfast where for $200 you got to buy a broken tambourine.

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Shire of Leonora

Recreation Centre/Swimming Pool

Opening Date

It is planned for the swimming pool to re-open on

Tuesday 8th October, 2019 for the summer months.

Please note that an Organised Sport Program will be

put in place for the summer months, dependent upon

interest and participation. At this stage it will be

co-ordinated and run by Alex Baxter, whilst other

staff are in place at the pool.

The focus will be on Childrens’ Sporting Activities for

Tuesday afternoon and Sunday afternoon, with

adults scheduled for Thursday evening with Indoor

Cricket being proposed, although this can be varied

dependent upon the community’s suggestions.

The program’s times are listed below:

It is important for any of these activities not to

encroach on other sporting activities scheduled in

Leonora during the week, so the selection of these

times and days were designed to fill any gaps

identified. Please do not hesitate to contact Alex

Baxter at the Shire of Leonora on 90367044 or Linda

Gray on 0429 376 044 should you wish further

information on the schedule. This is just a proposal

at this stage so we are happy to hear from anyone

who may have a constructive suggestion.

Date Program Times

Tuesday Children 3.30 pm – 4.30 pm

Wednesday Adults 6.30 pm – 7.30 pm

Sunday Children To be advised

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LEONORA CRC

OPENING HOURS

Monday to Friday 9am - 4.30pm

Goldenbell People’s Church

Service time:

10am every Sunday

Contact: 0498 528 0989

Leonora Police recently launched

the “Adopt-a-Cop Program” at

Leonora District High School. The

aim is to foster positive relationships

between the Leonora Police and

Leonora District High School

students, staff and community.

The program involves police officers

being allocated a classroom at the

school to attend on a regular basis

and engage with students,

participate in class, school activities

and events.

Potential role of Adopt-a-Cops:

Socialise with students in the

classes, getting to know them

and building rapport

In partnership with teachers,

provide ‘talks’ with classes on

important topics eg. Road

safety, cyber safety, the role

of police etc.

Attend Community Days/

Cultural Days Hand out

awards at assemblies (citizen

award/Adopt-a-Cop award)

Attend appropriate excursions

with approval

Benefits of the program:

The enhanced safety and

wellbeing of children through

education

Positive attitudes among

children, police, teachers

and community

The encouragement of law

abiding behaviour

Increased community

satisfaction with police

and the school

Greater community support of

the police and the school

Developing interagency

partnerships between police

and LDHS.

Police recently helped launch the

Road Safety Initiative with Leonora

District High School. The session

involved the whole school and target-

ed scooter safety, pedestrians,

vehicle awareness and seatbelts.

JuWest provided a semi-trailer as part

of the session which helped the kids

get a visual appreciation of the size,

limited visibility and stopping distance

of large trucks that regularly travel

through town.

A big thank you to all the staff at

Leonora District High School and

JuWest for your valuable support.

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On the 5

th August 2019 a group of six students

and two staff from Leonora District High School

flew from Leonora to Sydney to compete in the

first ever INDIGIHack.

INDIGIHack is a hackathon where students from

Leonora, Sydney and New Zealand competed to

create an app or game, based on traditional

knowledge of country, culture and language.

Leonora students were put into two groups. One

of our teams came second with their creation

based on Pokémon Go. The idea is that players

move through country, like The Breakaways,

looking for totems.

All of the teams had to ‘pitch’ their game ideas to

a panel. When Chloe spoke about learning

traditional knowledge and language at school, and

from local elders, one of the judges was so

impressed with the Leonora students, she cried.

Chloe’s pitch even earned her a leadership prize!!!

While we were there, we met some incredible

people. On the first day, we went to Google

Australia and got to see the offices, including a

room with a pool table. We also go to talk to

people who work there.

We went to The Australia Museum and the

University of Technology, Sydney. During the

hackathon, we were interviewed by ABC and

NITV, representing our school and community.

Another exciting adventure was going to Taronga

Zoo. It was so much fun catching a ferry from

Circular Quay and seeing the Harbour Bridge and

Sydney Opera House. The view of the harbour

was incredible. A few funny things happened. Jet

got in the way of a tiger marking its territory and

we saw a seal, stealing a pair of sunglasses.

We would like to thank all of the companies who

helped make this happen through their generosity.

We also want to thank our school for sending us

on this incredible adventure.

We had an awesome time :)

Jet and Chloe

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Answers in next Issue

Issue 7 answers

ACROSS

1. Underwater sportsman

6. Of sea phases

9. Outlay

10. Twisted quickly

11. …. Only but also

12. Customer

13. Dusting powder

15. Rearing up (of bronco)

16. High voice

18. Rectangles

20. Maybe

21. Utter defeat

23. Song words

24. Rope pulling contest

… of war

27. Ground breaking tool

28. Objects

29. Harvest

30. Full of vitality

DOWN

1. Actress ….. Sarandon 7. River-mouth flats 19. Cunning

2. Duplicate 8. Preposterous 20. Artist

3. Penalty points 14. Persecuting 22. America …. Sam

4. Expressing 15. Life History 25. Windy

5. TV popularity figures 17 Residential unit 26. Magic Stick

6. Look-alike

1. Keeping You Out of Trouble

2. Foreign Movie

3. A Little Rough Around the Edges

4. Too Little, Too Late

5. Peppermint Twist

6. Start of Something Big Sunday 1st September 2019

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FREE!!

Do you want to learn how to use a computer or

better your digital skills? Come and join in our classes

held once a month at the CRC.

Classes are every last Tuesday of the month at 10am.

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Disclaimer

The Information in this publication is of a general nature and is provided as a service to the community

No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of this information

The editor of the Tower Street Times reserves the right to reject or not publish any material which

may be scandalous or offensive to any person

No liability will be accepted for any statements of opinion, errors or omissions.

We are a Community Paper - so we are only as good as ‘you’ help make us.

Linda Gray, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Shire of Leonora, will be at the CRC from 10.00 till 11.00 on Saturday 7th September, 2019. She will have some questions to ask the community’s parents about what they would like to see included in the redesign of the Tower Street Playground.