COMMUNITY & EVENTS PAGE 11 The Tooth Whisperer Horse Dentist Brad Whalan EqDT www.thetoothwhisperer.com.au CLARENCE TOWN 0417 245 244 OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm Open SOME Saturday mornings 9am - 11.30am We cater for all your pet, farm, equine medical and surgical needs We provide comprehensive mobile and farm services for small and large animals, including consultations, vaccinations, routine surgery, ultrasound, x-ray, dental and pathology. Additionally, we offer a wide selection of quality pet foods, accessories, natural health products, and various parasite control products. Call 4996 4441 28 Grey Street, Clarence Town| Dr Jasmin Klocker BVSc & Assoc. 9 SOLICITOR W J Enright & Prentice Solicitors & Conveyancers 124 Dowling Street, Dungog. 2420 Phone: 4992 1730 Email: mail@felixprentice.com.au To get in touch our email is CTmuseum@outlook.com , Our phone number is 0491 346 491 , or you can reach us through Facebook. as an item of fashion, and the materials used, and the original owners if known. While this continued, there was a chance to have valuables appraised by an expert. Once again, Cotton Sax entertained us with his eclectic mix of songs and instrumental tracks. The local scouts provided a BBQ and there was coffee or fresh ice cream available. Young James provided tours as required and young Jack took photos of the event. Two weeks later, the Museum hosted morning Tea and BBQ lunch for the Dungog Rattlin’ Bones and Engine Groans Club AGM and Ordinary Meeting. The museum also received a $100 donation from this Club. Yours truly wore two suits from the 1970’s and by an interesting coincidence, one of our lovely Senior Citizens had known the owners of these suits, John Morris OAM, Foundation member of the Maitland Repertory Theatre, and Mr N Pyle, from when she was growing up in Rutherford! A gentleman from Queensland sent some information about his German descendants who arrived at Clarence Town in 1855. They are the Heinz family and the Krohmann family. Their connections here seem tenuous. They remained only a short time here, although owning a block of land in Marshall Street till 1910, before finding much success at Hill End in goldmining and very successful at real estate in Woollahra in Sydney. Chris O’Neill (Secretary) restoration until a new bridge can be built. In 2021, grant funding for Council to build a replacement bridge was approved by the Federal and NSW Governments, and by December 2022 the design was finalised and approved by Heritage NSW. However, an additional $4.86 million was required to construct this design. While the extra funding was being sought, the Federal Government imposed a freeze on all its infrastructure spending with every project under review including their commitment of $8.8 million. No decision is expected until late September at the earliest. Draft Dungog Waste Management Strategy and Action Plan 2023-2043 Council’s Draft Dungog Waste Management Strategy and Action Plan 2023-2043 was placed on public exhibition last month and it’s displayed on Council’s website. Over the next two decades, Dungog Shire's population, and consequently its waste output, is projected to surge by over 45%. But despite this potential increase, even a continuation of the present quantum of waste is a major concern that cannot be ignored. Sadly, local communities are forced to pay for disposing the multitude of packaging materials at the wrong end of the waste stream instead of placing this burden where the packaging is produced in the first place. There are several issues under consideration in the Draft Strategy: Firstly, there is commendable Commonwealth and State legislation intended to reduce the amount of waste and the most important target is to have a resource recovery rate of 80% by 2030. There will be mandates for increased use of recycled materials in packaging etc. and plastics that cannot be recycled are supposed to be banned by 2025. Council is charged $94 for every tonne of waste delivered to the landfill and this increases with the CPI. Secondly, extending the expected life of the landfill is a major consideration of the Strategy because remediating the site will be expensive as will be options for its replacement. The waste strategy considers several scenarios predicting the expected life of the landfill and in particular options for extending it. One option under consideration is the introduction of a kerbside collection service with a third bin for food and garden waste (FOGO). This offers the potential to reduce waste to landfill by up to 50% and the material would be converted to compost. A FOGO service could be introduced when the current waste collection contract is renewed in 2025. Waste charges are determined on a user pays system aiming to be revenue neutral, but Council will also have to begin collecting funds in order to close the landfill when it has reached maximum capacity limits (at least $10 million). Whatever options are selected, our annual waste charges will need to increase. 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