MEET OUR STAFF Samantha Appleton
is the Executive Manager Development for
& Administration at the Shire of Morawa.
Samantha grew up in Bunbury and moved
to Morawa in September last year. She
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enjoys her role at the Shire and working
with a great team. Samantha has been in
From the CEO’s Desk…
local government for 19 years, all at country
Work continues this fortnight at the Shire as per
councils, including 14 years as a Senior
normal. We are busily working on updating our
Manager. She has a degree in accounting
Strategic Community Plan which will be circulated
and is completing a degree in community development. She also has
for community review in the upcoming weeks. This is
obtained certificates in applied science and project management.
An important document as it is the strategy and planning document that reflects
Samantha is married to Robert and has an adult son, Hayden, who lives
the longer term (10+ year) community and local government aspirations and
in Northam. She loves to travel and manages to disappear a couple of
times a year. Her favourite country so far is Vietnam.
priorities. It is one of the primary plans that leads council decision making
regarding Shire projects and core business. Watch this space for information
regarding the updated plan and how you can have your say on the strategies and
objectives included in the document.
I will be taking leave starting this Friday 3rd June and will return on 28th June. The
Shire of Morawa has been fortunate enough to employ Mr Stephen Tindale who
will be the Acting CEO in my absence. Mr Tindale is suitably qualified and very
experienced having worked in local government , including as the CEO at the City
of Subiaco and Town of Cottesloe, for a number of years.
I look forward to seeing you all on my return.
John Roberts
CEO Shire of Morawa
CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS The 2016 Morawa Art Exhibition is fast approaching and we are looking for volunteers. If you would like to learn skills in
ticketing, curating, customer service or would generally just like to help out then please contact Jo on 9971 1651 to see how you can get involved!
ARE YOU A MEMBER OF A LOCAL SPORTS CLUB COMMITTEE? Or just an interested member of the Morawa Sporting Community? If so, come
along to the ’Planning for Success’ Workshop hosted by Candor Training. The workshop is being held on June 29 at the Greater Morawa Sportsground. RSVP to
[email protected] by June 24.
BASKETBALL COMPETITION—YOUR TOWN NEEDS YOU! The Mid West Basketball Carnival will be held on Saturday July 9th at the Mullewa
Recreational Centre. Get your mates together and arrive by 9.30am. Team registration is $50 and open to Male and Female Teams.
Teams Compete against teams from
Yalgoo, Mullewa, Three Springs, Perenjori, Mingenew and Mt Magnet and go in the running for the Melissa Price Town Challenge shield which will be awarded to
the winning team. Contact Tammy on 9971 1813 to take part.
KIDSPORT KidSport, a Department of Sport and Recreation funded program, allows WA youth to participate in physical activities, no matter
matt their financial
circumstances. Eligible youth aged 5-18
18 can apply for financial assistance to use towards their club fees. The KidSport system is
i getting updated. In the not so
distant future parents will no longer need to collect KidSport forms from their clubs/shires. Soon they will be able to fill out a form online. Eligible youth are able
to receive $200 in total off their club fees/expenses, which can be divided across a total of three sports throughout the year.
ye Clubs that would like to participate
in the KidSport Program are now to register online through the Clubs Online Website: http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/funding/individuals/kidsport.
http://www.dsr.wa.gov.au/funding/individ
For more
information on how to access KidSport funding contact Lara Johnson, the Club Development Officer for Central North Midland, on
o 9973 0107 (weekday mornings
only) or email [email protected].
YOUTH CENTRE NEWS The Morawa Youth Centre has a new selection of games which are proving to be very popular. Pop in and check them out! FREE
Teen Yoga is still on, If you're aged between 12 to 17 come on down to the Youth Centre from 4.30pm on Tuesdays to try it out.
out Who said kids won’t eat
healthy food? Wednesdays are packed at the Youth Centre as the kids line up to see what we’ll be cooking each week. We cook and
a
prepare food from healthy
recipes while we talk about the nutritional benefits of the ingredients that we use. Last week was fruit salad, with natural yoghurt,
cinnamon, honey and grated dark chocolate. YUMMO!!