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Community Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC) appointed

A recommendation from the Internal Audit – Budget Management for Capital and Major Works Budget, December 2019, recommended the establishment of a Community Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC) that captures a broad cross section of demographics, interest, and knowledge within the community.

At the September 2020 Council meeting, Council approved a proposal for a new committee called the Community Infrastructure Advisory Committee (CIAC). The closing date for applicants was initially set at Oct 19th, 2020 then October 29th but was then further extended to December 13th according to a Council spokesperson, due to a concentration of applicants from one town.

How hard are the Administrators working at Council on Wednesdays?

A comparison between the time periods of October to March show how many briefing sessions were worked through by the Councillors from Oct 2018 to March 2019 and the Administrators from Oct 2020 to March 2021. The result raises several concerns.

Councillors worked through 76 sessions whereas the Administrators could only manage 37 in the matching period.

The breakdown by month is as follows:

The Bay Gourmet-Jupiter Boulevard, Venus Bay

Meet Bridget Assender, a young, passionate, proficient woman, who materialised her dream and established The Bay Gourmet in beautiful Venus Bay. Having recently celebrated its 3rd anniversary, the food and wine store is a popular eatery among the coastal shopping village. Its warm, inviting ambiance feels a little European, while the teasing, fresh aromas wafting from the kitchen are incredibly enticing.

Royal flush for Ken (Kenny) Parnall at Exchange Hotel Foster

At the weekly poker game held at the Exchange Hotel Foster on Wednesday evenings at 7pm and after a year’s absence due to Covid-19 and not wanting to catch it, Kenny Parnall after much encouragement from some other regulars, turned up to the regular weekly event.

Kenny had some great hands early on and managed to have some convinced that he was a “newbie” poker player and that let him in to steal the pot with some well disguised hand obtain is called a royal flush. A royal flush is made up from the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten of the same suit. The odds of having such a hand is around 40,000 to 1. In other words, one does not see many in their poker career.

Bendigo Bank ATM to close in Meeniyan

Bendigo Bank spokesperson said:

“ Whilst we recognise this decision may impact some customers, due to growing customer use and popularity of ‘tap and go’ payments – and the acceptance by and preference for card and mobile payments by nearly all local retail outlets – usage of the ATM in Meeniyan has been declining steadily year on year. Regrettably, this means that the Bank has had to make a decision to remove the ATM at the end of this month with the exact date yet to be determined. The nearest Bendigo Bank branches with ATM facilities are located in Leongatha and Foster, both of which are 20 minutes’ drive by car from Meeniyan. Customers in Meeniyan can also continue to transact as normal at any Bendigo Bank branch or ATM, via internet banking, our mobile app or via phone banking on 1300 236 344”

Bourekas with fennel and cheese

This is relatively simple and very tasty dish from Israel. The Middle East has been a melting pot of different cuisines with unique flavour sensations.

Bourekasare a popular Israeli pastry of Sephardi Jewish origin. It is understood that the Turkic tribes migrated from Central Asia to what is now Turkey to form the Ottoman Empire. They brought with them their cuisine. This included a dumpling called bureg. The name of this dish may have contributed to the name of bourekas. Bureg later evolved into a pastry called börek and was similar to the empanadas, a Sephardic Jewish pastry.