A free vaccination to protect against meningococcal strains A, C, W and Y is being offered to children aged 12 months to four years.
Meningococcal disease is an uncommon, but life-threatening illness and at any one time, about 10pc of healthy people carry meningococcal bacteria harmlessly in their nose or throat and do not become ill.
Contact your local doctor or child health clinic to schedule an appointment for your child to receive the vaccine.
A clinic will be held at Darkan Health Service on Tuesday, November 20 from 11am to 12noon. For appointments contact Beth Piesse on 9885 2600.
For more information visit www.healthywa.wa.gov.au
Cottage homes meeting
West Arthur Cottage Homes will hold its annual general meeting on Monday, November 26 at the West Arthur CRC Hawthorn Room at 7.30pm.
The West Arthur Cottage Homes management committee meets every two months to provide good governance in the operation of the seniors housing, strategic direction and future planning. Nomination forms available at the CRC.
Oppy Shop, Gardens Day
Our takings at the Darkan Oppy Shop for October came to $500 which will be forwarded to Parkinson’s WA. The donations from the three open gardens came to $950 which will also be sent to Parkinson’s WA. We would ike to thank everyone who supported both Oppy Shop and visited the gardens. November will be our month for Perth Children’s Hospital at the Oppy Shop.
Regulating biosecurity
Blackwood Biosecurity is inviting West Arthur Shire landholders to register for a free release of the rabbit biological control haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) “calicivirus” K5. The release looks to happen in November and a direct infection of rabbits flushed from warrens will replace pre-feeding tactics.
A fox trapping blitz will take place between now and autumn with town-sites a target. Feral pigs are also a target with field officers ready to assist if they are making their presence felt on your property.
Blackwood Biosecurity in partnership with Blackwood Basin Group is offering landholders an all-in-one training and license opportunity, whether it is to control pigs, foxes, rabbits or other vertebrate pests.
This workshop will also demonstrate the use of the new Canid Pest Ejector bait delivery system which has the advantage of keeping the bait dry as well as minimizing off target take-up.
The training will take place on Thursday, December 6, from 9.30am to 2.30pm at Lake Towerrining Caravan Park. To book for the training or for pest problems phone 0475 774 558 or email projects@blackwoodbiosecurity.org.au
