July 30th 2020

Boxwood hockey club celebrated an amazing day with these beau-

tiful mother daughter combinations all playing together in the A

grade game. From left Abby and Kelly O’Neill, Taite and Pete

O’Neill and Laura and Deanne Glass.

Operation Care Boxwood Hills Friday July 24th At the last Stirlings to Coast Farmers board meeting Ian Evans men-

tioned that our Eastern members were having another very dry year.

Their Chairman Ken Drummond contacted Rick Chadwick at Well-

stead Rural Supplies to see if SCF could reach out to their fellow

farmers. Rick arranged a meeting with a couple of locals, to find out

how we could help. Rick was thinking of hosting a moral boosting

BBQ, Elders also had an event planned so we collaborated and

“Operation Care” was born. The first event let’s have a Party! The

idea took off at warp speed indicating a real need to have a get to-

gether.

Rick was approached by Ag industry companies wanting to lend a

hand. We started a kitty administered by SCF. We would like to thank

them all for their support.

David Gray’s Aglink : Warren Stirrat donated the beer

ARH: Rick Chadwick - Bouncy Castle

Bakers Junction: Ray and Ros provided a spit with a pig also 50

BBQ packs and sausages

WA Producers Co-op: 3 lambs

Elders, CSBP, AFGRI, V Belt & Rubber, McIntosh & Sons, Nutrien,

Albany Engineering, Albany Hydraulics and Lincolns all put in

$500.

Frankland Estate, Gilberts, Forrest Hill and Dukes Wineries donated

2 dozen bottles each.

Rabo Bank: The best bus driver ever Simon Bigwood.

Summit Fertilizers: $300

NAB: $200

Door prizes courtesy of Bennett Batteries, Elders, McIntosh & Sons, Bremer General Store, ARH Bremer Rural,

Farmers Centre.

Thank you all for your generous support, everyone had a fantastic time. We apologise to those organisations that

would have contributed if they knew about the event. Ken’s family Karen, Harriet and Tara Drummond fed every-

one, along with Phil on the spits. They didn’t stop working all

night. A huge effort Thank you Thank you. Thank you

to Nathan Dovey and his staff at Stirlings to Coast Farmers

thank you for your support.

Well done to Rick and Dawn Chadwick, we are lucky to have

such a community minded couple. We wish them a fantastic

holiday.

The run of dry seasons plus Covid 19 has put incredible strain

on our community, it is events like this that show people care

for each other and the importance of sharing experiences.

Thanks Ken Drummond Stirlings to Coast Chairperson.

Hannah Gaffney with Rick Chadwick

Below: Aaron Davis with his desalination plant

Annette Cake, Emma Dawn Smith, Ellie Stone and Shenae Miers

Community Notices

JULY

24th Ava Harding

25th Caroline House/Graeme

Savage

30th Tina Harding

31st April Langdon

AUGUST

5th Michelle Duits

13th Harry Creagh

16th Rory O’Neill

18th Kylie Taylor

18th Kevin Hazel

18th Nigel Ritchie

19th Greg Hyde

21st Neil Morgan

22nd Mel Sclater

26th Rosie Chisholm

ONGERUP DRUM MUSTER FRIDAY 14TH AUGUST 12 noon to 5pm at

Ongerup Rubbish Tip, please make sure your containers have been washed out. Fur-

ther details phone Gerald Slee – 0428 282013 This is a fundraiser for the Ongerup

Golf Club - your support would be appreciated.

ONGERUP P&C NEWS The Ongerup P&C held their first meeting back after

COVID-19 restrictions on Friday 12 June. It was good to see everyone’s faces again –

some we haven’t seen in a while.

With a shaky start to our fundraising efforts this year, the Committee is re-focused to

undertake a few initiatives. These include:-

Vegie Box Raffle: For those of you who have already bought tickets in our fresh Ve-

gie Box raffle – it hasn’t been in vain. Those tickets are still good and we are hoping

to start selling more tickets. If you want a ticket for $2 (or 3 for $5) please see me at

Ongerup Tyres or one of our school parents, who will be happy to sell them to you.

We are happy to deliver to the surrounding area and Albany. Raffle will be drawn at

the end of Term 4.

Battery Drive: Is ongoing. If you have any old batteries lying around, please bring

them into Ongerup Tyres or if you have more than 1 or 2 – we will collect them from

you! Ring us to arrange pick up.

Ongerup Hoodies & Beanies: We are hoping to put together some great Ongerup

hoodies and beanies in the near future. Designs are underway.

Things to Keep Watch For: Ongerup P&C’s own wine label coming soon. Buy a case of mixed wines. Support the

P&C and have fun drinking the wine!

Doralane Food Drive coming up in time for harvest. Order forms for selections will be

coming out in August.

Ongoing recyclables drive. As at 1st October the WA government will be providing a

10c payment back for the collection of approved recyclable items. Ongerup P&C will

be setting up a collection station, possibly at the school, to accept your donations. Also

a good way to keep our roadsides cleaner!

If you want to keep in touch with what’s going on at Ongerup Primary School, the

school has a great little newsletter that comes out regularly. Please contact the school

to receive your copy by email.

Our next meeting is coming up in August. We welcome all parents and community

members to come along.

Melissa Savage

President

Black Cockatoos art display

Pop in to Yongergnow and see our new art display

featuring the endangered Black and Red Tail

Cockatoos.

DISTRICT 4 - CBH

VOTE 1

SHANE CARRUTHERS

“Grower Focused”

Shane Carruthers Mob. 0408396432

Email shaneandlynette@bigpond.com

9828 2325

ocrcgrapevine@gmail.com

OPEN: 9am-4pm Tuesday-Saturday

Ongerup Services

Veterinarian (Albany Veterinary Hospital) 1st Wednesday of each

month. Call 9841 1788 for appointments.

Child Health Nurse (Gnowangerup) - Amber Crichton 9827 2290.

Daycare - Every Friday during school term. Katie 0427 271 454

Centrelink Access Point - Located at the Ongerup CRC.

Fire Brigade - 000

Ambulance - 000

Ongerup Sporting Complex - Jan Slee 0428 503 535

Ongerup Craft Group & Op Shop - Michelle Duits 0404 188 542

Ongerup Bowling Club - Jade Peacock

ongerupbowlingclub@gmail.com

Ongerup Golf Club - Sarah Hyde 0427 382 634

Ongerup Library - FREE to join. Open Tues-Sat 9am-4pm @

Ongerup CRC. 9828 2325.

Ongerup Hall/Gym - Contact the Ongerup CRC 9828 2325

Ongerup Museum - Vicki O’Neill 0428 282 282

Ongerup Caravan Park - Lee & Steven Baker 0476 379 291

Ongerup Roadhouse - 0447 466 078

Ongerup Farm Supplies & General Store - 9828 2288

Ongerup Tyres & Auto - 9828 2101

Ongerup Hotel - 9828 2001

Shearing Ongerup - Lex 0458 524 342 or Kylie 0474 111 900

Hamersley Shearing –Brett 0457 620 041 or Storm 0457 620 040

Lot 260 Jaekel St

PO Box 9

Ongerup WA 6336

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN

31 Daycare Wine tasting

1

Boxwood v

Newdegate

2

3 4

Active Farmers

5 6 7 8

Boxwood v

Gnowangerup

9

10 11

Active Farmers

12 13 14 Drum Muster

15

LG/Ping v

Boxwood

MND round

16

17 18

Active Farmers

19 20 21 22

2nd semi final

Lake Grace

23

1st semi final

Newdegate

34 25

Active Farmers

26 27 28 29

PRELIM FINAL @

BOXWOOD

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