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Last weekend there was a special ceremony of Long Service Medals to Rural Fire Service (RFS) volunteers in the Liverpool Range RFS Zone.
The council’s general manager Waid Crockett attended to assist in the presentation of medals to 12 volunteers from the Upper Hunter who were recognised for such a splendid effort in being volunteers in our rural communities.
The Liverpool Plains RFS covers the shires of Gunnedah, Liverpool Plains and the Upper Hunter and the zone manager is superintendent Andrew Luke, who those from Merriwa will probably know from his contributions not just to the Merriwa RFS but also the Volunteer Rescue Association and the State Emergency Service (SES).
I would like to pay tribute to SES volunteer, Mr Oliver Lambley of Aberdeen, who recently passed away.
He is a true example of a giving personality to his community.
There has been plenty of extreme weather including snow around the Upper Hunter over recent weeks.
This has kept council staff very busy, assessing and closing roads and sporting fields, and doing their best to make repairs to keep roads open.
I urge drivers to be patient during delays and always respect road closure signs.
There are worrying reports of drivers ignoring road closure signs, which is not only putting their own safety at risk, if they get bogged it could mean an unnecessary callout for a hard working SES crew.
Council announces road and sporting field closures on our Facebook page (which you can see even if you are not a member of Facebook) and there is also information via an SMS Enquiry Service.
You can use your mobile phone to check road and oval conditions by sending an SMS containing the unique code and immediately receive a response.
The codes for different roads and fields are available on the council’s website at www.upperhunter. nsw.gov.au.
As a long time member of the council’s Library Services Advisory Committee I am very pleased they have launched a survey to find out how to improve our libraries.
The survey for both library members and non-members can be found on the council’s website at www.upperhunter.nsw.gov.au under ‘Hot Topics’ or you can fill one in at your local library.
Library members could even win $200 for completing the survey before the end of August.