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The students were participating in a Science Fair aimed at sparking their interest in science and showcasing their talents. College publicity contact Pam Bennet said: “Some of the students have been working very hard towards this event and we are hoping it will be a success. This year we have made it so that it is simply a Year 8 thing, however if it is successful there is room to extend it to the wider school community and parents.” She said last Friday morning students set up their projects in the science lab and, for those needing a larger space, the drama hall. She said the students worked in pairs and groups to develop their projects and there were prizes for the most popular experiments. Students judged each other and whoever had the most votes won the students’ choice award. The winners were a group of five students who created a flammable substance they could ignite and hold in their hands, safely. (pictured)
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ABN: 39 790 396 099 Front cover: Aisling Love (left), Brosnan Love and Nellie Le Huray celebrate St Bernard’s Parish Primary School’s 125th anniversary. Story page 5. Photo: Renee Robinson
Winners of the students’ choice awards Chevin and Joshua. Photo: Pam Bennet
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Convenor of the celebrations, Barry Wilkins, said the event would take place on Sunday, October 25 and would include a memorabilia exhibition. “We welcome any contributions of historical items, photos, artefacts and memorabilia pertaining to the activities of the church over the years to use in our historical display in the church foyer.” He also called on people to reach out to past members of the church so that they could be involved in the celebrations. “If you know the names and contact details of any past members of St Andrew’s Uniting Church, please add that information to the list on the table in the church foyer so we can make contact.” For more information phone 5367 3567.
From Left: Barbara Manly, Merryn Morris, Barry Wilkins and Reverend Ian Smith Photo: Renee Robinson
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Next Friday, July 31, at 11am pupils will dress up in period costume for a procession from the school’s original site in Fisken Street to the current school grounds at Gisborne Road. The main celebration will take place on Friday, August 7 with a Catholic Mass led by Bishop Vincent Long and Father Brian Glasheen, followed by a formal morning tea in the assembly hall. The school will be open to all visitors throughout the day with children’s activities and access to the museum in the original convent chapel. Principal Emilio Scalzo said: “When you look at it in the context of Australian history, for a school to exist since 1890 is pretty spectacular. It was part of the colony of Victoria before Federation.” He said the Sisters of St Joseph arrived in Bacchus Marsh and moved onto the school’s present site in 1890 and commenced teaching 60 students who were enrolled in the school. “Mary MacKillop (Australia’s first Catholic Saint) stayed at the convent here and handed out boiled lollies.” “The Josephites came here in 1890 and laid the foundations and we’re trying to respect the stewardship of the school. “We’re trying to continue the mission of Mary MacKillop which was to bring education to every and anybody. We’re very proud to be continuing in her footsteps. “It’s a very inclusive school. We have kids with special learning needs and kids from here go on to become Dux of other schools.” He said with growing demand for education in Bacchus Marsh the school was now planning its next stage of growth by purchasing land at Stonehill for another school. “In five to ten years from now there will be a second catholic primary school in Bacchus Marsh. “This is a word-of-mouth town and it’s lovely meeting and talking to people who have had relatives or connections to the school.” He said the school still had pupils who were the fourth and fifth generations of families who attended St Bernard’s Parish Primary School. Current students Aisling and Brosnan Love’s father Michael, grandfather Brenden, great-grandfather Alphonsus Byrne Love and great-great grandfather Alphonsus Michael Love were past pupils. Their ancestor James Love received a prize for regular attendance in 1890 and another ancestor Rose Love read the welcome address when the oratory at the convent was opened in 1905. Current pupil Nellie Le Huray’s mother Mandy attended the school as a child and still works there today. Nellie’s grandmother Sue Bennett, great-grandmother Mary Hanson and great-great grandmother Sarah Densley were past pupils too. Emilio said the school was unsure of the exact day the school moved from Fisken St to the current site in 1890, but was very keen to find out, so they decided to hold the anniversary celebration the day before the Feast Day for Saint Mary MacKillop to commemorate the Sisters of St Joseph’s impact on catholic education in the area.
Aisling Love, Nellie Le Huray and Brosnan Love are 4th and 5th generation St Bernard’s Primary School pupils. Photo: Renee Robinson
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THEY DID WHAT? Terrie James
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Over a period of eight years, while battling chronic fatigue, Ri (pictured right) completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts, majoring in ceramics, through LaTrobe University in Bendigo. She graduated at the end of 2014 and has just been awarded a $10,000 Australia Council for the Arts grant. “I found out I got the grant at the end of June. It’s to help people who recently graduated to get up and running and further your education and pay for essential equipment,” she said. The Bacchus Marsh artist has wasted no time using the grant money to further her education. When she spoke to Bacchus Marsh Scoop last Monday, she was packing to fly out to France three days later. “I’m going to the Vallauris Institute of Arts just outside of Nice for a one week workshop with Doris Becker from Luxembourg to do work on surface treatment of clay. Then I have two weeks to have a look at art galleries before doing two more workshops out of Barcelona (Spain) looking at naked raku firing, which is something I specialise in.” Ri said she never imagined how her illness would change her life. “I was a welfare teacher running an anti-bullying welfare program in schools. When I got Chronic Fatigue Syndrome I could barely be out of bed for an hour and clay was my therapeutic BACCHUS MARSH BACCHUS MARSH activity. Clay collapses if you work on it for more than an hour and I was the same! That’s how I found my new career.” Ri said clay helped set your soul and spirit free but grounded RTO 5064 RTO 5064 you at the same time because it was an earth substance. TRAINING and ASSESMENT “I love that you have to give over control. When working with COMMUNITY SERVICES TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training & Assessment clay it’s a conversation. You really have to listen to it when you’re *CHC20112 Certificate II Community Services This nationally recognised qualification will This nationally recognised qualification may be working with it. You never really know 100 per cent what you’re used as a pathway into Community Services work qualify you to deliver training and/or conduct going to get. It’s a three-way collaboration between me and clay, and may apply to several industry fields such as: assessment in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector and/or workplace. Aged Care, Children’s Services, Youth work, Drug the kiln and clay.” Commences : Wednesday 21st October, 2015 and Alcohol or Disability work Ri said her work usually had “some sort of activist theme”. At Commences : Thursday, 6th August 2015 Also available to upgrade existing TAE qualifications: the recent Bacchus Marsh Fruits of the Loom Festival her exhi- FLORISTRY (Assistant) TAELLN411 Address adult language, literacy bition featured ceramic balloons with barbwire ‘strings’. “I was *SFL20110 Certificate II in Floristry (Assistant) & numeracy skills—Unit ONLY This nationally recognised qualification would suit inspired by the difficulties young people face trying to seek out 2 Sessions / 6pm—9pm anyone interested in working in the floristry a career. It’s incredibly difficult for young people to hang onto Thursday 22nd October, 2015 & industry, or for workers in the industry seeking to Thursday 29th October, 2015 gain a qualification. their dreams.” Expressions of interest now being taken Her work is currently appearing at the Moorabool Artists SHORT COURSES Network (MAGnet) exhibition at the Backspace Gallery, Alfred *Certificate I in General Education for Adults • ““B” Barista course - NEW B” forfor Barista course—NEW For those that have not successfully completed a • Start your ownown business Start your business Deakin Place in Camp St, Ballarat. She said the theme was ‘Facets recognised secondary school level, this nationally office & Administration skills skills • Basic Basic office & administration recognised qualification recognises competence of Life’ and her sculptures were of women’s torsos because women planning for the • Career Career planning forfuture the future in reading, writing, oral communication, work— Build confidence/career planning/resume writing • Back Backtoto work - build confidence/career were the givers of life. mathematics and vocational education iPad Basics – NEW planning/resume writing “The things around me inspire me. We moved to Bacchus Marsh qualifications. Expressions of interest now being taken • Computer Basics - Level 1 & 2 iPad basics - NEW ‘Next Step” - intermediate three years ago and we love it here. Since I’ve moved to Bacchus OTHER COURSES • Computers Computer basics - Level 1 & 2 level RSA , Food Hygiene, Food Safety Supervisor Introduction to Excel—NEW • Introduction to Excel NEW Marsh my work has become more biomorphic and leafy. It is First Aid, CPR, Anaphylaxis Management — Design, Create, Make • Floristry Floristry - design, create, make MYOB the surrounds. Your work is always ‘of you’ and inspired by your your career in Aged Care • Start Start your career in Aged Care Acknowledgements: Kick start your career in Childcare surrounds.” Nationally Recognised Training at the Bac• Kick start your career in Childcare chus Marsh Community College is delivered Expressions of interest being taken with funding made available by the Ri said she was passionate about supporting art in Bacchus Victorian & Commonwealth Governments. Marsh. “I’ve joined the Bacchus Marsh Arts Council. It’s exciting to be there at the grass roots. Art helps create a community and it’s a good thing.” For more information about Ri Van Veen’s art visit www.ri-creations.com
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A resolution passed by Moorabool Shire councillors in June will force Acrofun to share the council-owned Darley Hall facility with group fitness activities managed by Belgravia Leisure, the business that left Acrofun high and dry last July after claiming a $70,000 loss. The council has awarded Belgravia Leisure a two year contract to manage leisure services in Bacchus Marsh. Under its contract Belgravia Leisure was asked to implement a strategy that would see Acrofun share Darley Hall with fitness groups. Acrofun club president Bree Mort said after Belgravia Leisure ceased running the program last year a volunteer committee of management was established and commenced running Acrofun as a not-for-profit group in October 2014. The committee won the Gymnastics Victoria Small Club of the Year in February 2015 based on their heroic efforts to keep the program running. “The club had just purchased $15,500 worth of new equipment through fundraising efforts this year to cater for the growing demand of the program. Reducing the space we can use in the hall is making it difficult for us to put the new equipment out. “Since being informed of the decision by our council on June 15 that we will have to share the facility and pay $5500 per annum to hire the building, there has been little to no consultation from either council or Belgravia on how they see this new arrangement working. “We currently offer Acrofit group training as well as personal training so putting group fitness in the same building is directly competing with our business model.” Bree said the resolution to share the facility presented health and safety
issues because heavy gymnastics equipment would need to be packed away after use to make room for other user groups and then brought back out and set up again in accordance with the strict standards required to ensure gymnasts’ safety. She said the $6000 spring mat used for tumbling activities would be damaged if it was trampled by other groups or had equipment dragged across it. She said although Acrofun had provided the council and Belgravia with its term three timetable, a list of concerns and a proposed layout designed by Gymnastics Victoria, the group had only received two emails and one phone call to advise them that Moorabool Shire Council was working with Belgravia Leisure on a draft agreement. “As a club we just want to be given the opportunity to find solid ground to run the sport for our community. We were dealt a cruel blow in 2014 when Belgravia dropped gymnastics from their program three days before our gymnasts commenced their competition schedule. All we want is to be given the support by our council to get a good grounding behind the club so we can find a facility of our own to operate from. “We have been continually asking council representatives to come over to the gym and see us in action, see the standard of the gymnasts we are producing and how much space and equipment we require to operate. If they did this they would realise what they are asking is an unreasonable request.” “At what point do the council and councillors make the same commitment to gymnastics as they have to the other traditional sports of football, netball, basketball, soccer and little athletics?” Acrofun has more than 150 members aged from three to 14-years-old. The group is currently circulating a petition with 190 signatures. At the time of going to print Moorabool Shire Council had not responded to questions from Bacchus Marsh Scoop.
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Viva La Dulce event organiser Chris Carroll at St Anne’s Winery
The inaugural Viva La Dulce (Sweet Living) food and wine festival at St Anne’s Winery will take place on Sunday, August 30. The festival will feature beverage stallholders Bests Winery, Peregrine Ridge Wines, Buninyong Wines, Beaumonde Boutique Beer, The Apple Thief cider beer, Echuca Espresso Coffee served from a classic motorbike sidecar, and Simply Teatime from Dunkeld. There will be chocolate and port masterclasses, beekeeping demonstrations and port tours with Allan McLean - a master port blender with more than 40 years experience. Sweet and savoury food will also take centre stage with Cakes by Rachel, Echuca Chocolate Company, Twins Pantry, World Wide Spices from Ballarat, gourmet meats from Salvatore Butcher in Ballan, Red Rock Olives, Happy Camper pizzas served from an Airstream trailer, Lisa’s Country Kitchen jams, Yuulong Lavender Farm jams and chutneys, and Goldfields Farmhouse Cheese from Creswick. A jumping castle and musical entertainment will make this a truly family-friendly event. Bacchus Marsh Coaches will run a complementary bus service from Ballan Train Station to St Anne’s Winery from 11am to 3.30pm. Tickets cost $15 (includes a bottomless wine glass). The masterclass will be $10 extra. Viva La Dulce is an initiative of the Ballan Rotary Club and proceeds will go to the Ballan Hospital. Buy tickets at St Anne’s Winery, online at www.vivaladulce.org or phone 0400 141 811.
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Repair work to the building on Steiglitz Street commenced on Tuesday, July 21 and is expected to be completed in five months. Site foreman Stephen Steer said the sequence of work would involve repairs to the brickwork first, then underpinning the footings, rendering and painting. He said the bulk of the work would be required to underpin the footings because back then buildings weren’t built on slabs. To underpin the building they will dig two metre trenches, one corner at a time, and pour and set concrete. Ballan Shire Historical Society secretary Richard Biden said the work was funded by a government appointed body called MINT Inc. whose charter was to repair heritage buildings on crown land. “They own the old Mint building in Melbourne and within that building is a carpark. They use the money they get from the carpark to fund these projects.” He said MINT Inc. was now the committee of management for the Ballan Courthouse and the land was owned by the Victorian Government. “Up until 2007 the committee of management was the Moorabool Shire, however they relinquished that position when their contract expired in 2007. The courthouse has a council heritage overlay.” Richard said the Ballan Shire Historical Society got in touch with MINT Inc. after they saw their work on the Beaufort Courthouse. “They came and had a look and said they would take the job. We’ve been on their project list for a few years now. “In 2007 the repairs to the courthouse were estimated at $230,000, however it would be a lot more now because of deterioration. We moved our stuff out and put it in storage last week so they could start.” For more information visit www.mintinc.com.au
Eligible community groups and events can apply for community strengthening grants, community arts grants and community event grants. Community strengthening grants of up to $5000 are available for community programs, activities or intiatives, and capital improvement programs, while grants of up to $1000 are available for small projects. Community arts grants of up to $3000 are available for community arts projects, activities or initiatives that link artists with local communities through small projects, publications, exhibitions, performances or similar activities. Community events grants of up to $3000 are also on offer for community events that showcase local talent, provide public entertainment, or foster community participation, connectedness and diversity. Program guidelines, application forms and further information are available online at www.moorabool.vic.gov.au or by contacting customer service on 5366 7100. Prior to lodging an application, the council has urged applicants to contact a community development officer on 5366 7100 to discuss their application.
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The group currently has an exhibition at the Lerderderg Library, which includes stunning images of landscapes, wildlife, architecture, portraits, creative photography and local scenes around Bacchus Marsh. Club committee member Bronwyn Flack said the photography club was established two years ago. She said there were 23 financial members of all skill levels, from beginners to award winners. The group meets twice a month from 7.30pm at the Darley Neighbourhood House in Jonathan Drive, Darley. They meet the second Wednesday of each month for a workshop and “tech night” to provide hands-on practical learning, and the fourth Wednesday of the month for a competition night with constructive advice. Bronwyn said: “We have a set subject each month, such as landscapes, portraiture or creative, and we try to co-ordinate the tech night with the competition.” She said the club has recently established a new perpetual trophy named after club member and award-winning photographer, Kim Prime, who passed away this year.
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Bronwyn Flack (left) and Marilyn Prime rotate the images at Lerderderg Library
“Photography makes you look at the world a different way. It’s not the camera; it’s the person behind the camera. My advice to photographers is to get out there and shoot, use your camera and don’t leave it on auto.” Club secretary Marilyn Prime said she enjoyed just getting out there and taking photos and the challenge of making her photos better.
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“The club has been amazing. We have a lot of experienced photographers willing to help those who need help. We’ve had some good field trips and it inspires you and then you come along to a meeting and see some of the work that people have done and you think ‘Wow, why didn’t I think of that!’” To join the club contact Marilyn on 5367 0495.
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New work in multiple mediums & styles from artists living across Moorabool. Backspace Gallery, Huyghue House, Moorabool Light Orchestra presAlfred Deakin Place @ Camp St & ents a Concert in Cabaret at Melton Police Lane, Ballarat Community Hall. Doors open 7pm, admission $25. Bookings essential (no door tickets). Ph: 5367 3567 Ballan Community House, 7:30 – 9pm. All welcome. Wine and food festival, 11am - 5pm, St Anne’s Winery, Myrniong. Tickets $15. Ph: 0400 141 811 or visit vivaladulce.org Celebrate the school’s 125th anni-
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Owner Sam Maihoub said he decided to open up his own tobacco store after working in a similar store for years. The Tobacco Station has a huge range of cigarettes, smoking accessories and gifts including popular American Zippo lighters, Middle-Eastern shisha pipes and old-fashioned tobacco pipes that remind people of their grandfathers. The boutique store also stocks ashtrays, clocks, cigar boxes and more. Sam said the Tobacco Station specialised in gifts for those people who were hard to please and gifts for all occasions. “I want people to feel happy when they walk into my store. My prices are very competitive.” The Tobacco Station is open from 9am to 5pm, seven days a week, at The Village Shopping Centre, Bacchus Marsh. Phone 5367 8560.
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ENVIRONMENT
Rainbow Lorikeet and sugar glider in nesting box. Photos: Renee Robinson
The long, silent “pregnancy of winter” (TV gardener Peter Cundall’s description) is moving towards the burst of life, colour and sound that is spring. Bulbs have awakened, pushing up their slender stalks and herbaceous peones are showing their brave, pink noses through the cold soil. Gardeners are getting excited! It’s a good time to put nesting boxes up in tall trees. Birds like to have a look around before spring and seek out nesting places. The native parrots, lorikeets, treecreepers and kookaburras need tree hollows which only occur in old trees (50 years +) so are hard to find. The size, shape and positioning of nesting boxes need to be right for each species for them to be used. Page 46 of the book Birdscaping Australian Gardens by G. Adams has this information. You can make your own or The Men’s Shed in Ballan sell nicely made nesting boxes. Smaller native birds like to nest in thick protective plants like hakeas, wattles, banksias and native clematis. Tiny insect-eating bats are also an important part of our local ecology and need nesting boxes. Moorabool Catchment Landcare has a bat project going so if you are interested in participating contact moorabool.landcare@gmail. com Winter plantings of native trees and nectar plants by various volunteer groups have been busy throughout July. Another one tomorrow, Sunday, July 26 is planned with the Moorabool Environment Group (MEG) and Moorabool Catchment Landcare. If you would like to join us call 0420591028 or visit the websites. We have had some of the heaviest frosts in history – down to minus 4 in Ballan and Gordon - and the poor plants have suffered. Citrus are sulking and many plants have been blackened. Don’t be tempted to cut off frost
bitten leaves yet, ugly as they are. They are best left to protect the plant from further frosts. It’s nearly time to Bordeaux fruit trees. Bordeaux is the standard organic fungicide used to prevent a range of parasitic fungi and bacteria, including leaf curl in stone fruit trees. It needs to be sprayed at bud swell – just as the buds are becoming pink and ready to burst into leaf. The Bordeaux recipe is a bit fiddly and needs time and a calm day for spraying but is well worthwhile according to organic gardeners. Here we go: Get two plastic buckets (NOT metal). Mix 90 gms of blue copper sulphate (bluestone) with 6.5 litres of cold water in one. In the second bucket mix 125 gms of calcium hydroxide (hydrated brickie’s lime – NOT agricultural/garden lime) in 2.5 litres cold water. Both products are found at the hardware shop. Make sure the hydrated lime is from an unopened package (it won’t work if it’s exposed to air and carbonated). Both mixtures must be well dissolved – mix and mix with a wooden spoon. Combine the two mixtures and stir. Spray trees (buds and trunks) within an hour of making the mixture. Discard any leftover. After that big job, sit back and enjoy the sweet smelling winter flowers – daphne, winter sweet, wallflowers, early wattle and the lovely perfumed camellia: Yuhsienesnsis.
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How are your photography skills? Rusty? I know the feeling. Starting the Bacchus Marsh Scoop has been a learning curve, more like a learning vertical line!, and one of those skills I’ve had to learn and hone has been photography. I was interested to write about a local photography club - Bacchus Marsh and District Photography Club - that has an exhibition at the Lerderderg Library at the moment (story page 11). I was even more interested when I saw the quality of their work! It’s absolutely stunning. The work is diverse and covers landscapes, portraits, travel, wildlife and creative photography to name a few. Each piece would sit proudly framed on anybody’s wall. What does it take to be a good photographer? The ladies I spoke to said a lot of practice and learning about the equipment you use. I think it’s also about being in the right place at the right time and recognising that what you see in front of you is pretty special. You only have to look at local facebook pages to see that Bacchus Marsh is full of photographers with untapped talent. Some of the images just take your breath away. Photographs are also extremely important historical documents. I love looking at old photos. I participated in an ABC Open Ballarat workshop a few years ago called ‘Now and then’ where a photo of yourself as a child is enlarged, cut in half, and then held up against your face now and you record a verbal message to your younger self. It was amazing and powerful to hear the advice that our older selves gave our younger selves. Messages included “Be brave”, “Don’t muck around so much in school”, “Relax more because everything will work out”, “Don’t be a nurse, become the teacher you always wanted to be”. Two iconic local institutions are celebrating anniversaries this year: St Bernard’s Parish Primary School (125 years) and St Andrew’s Uniting Church (150 years). Photographs of the buildings and the people through the ages are an important part of these celebrations and fascinating to look at. So next time you see something that makes you stop and say “wow” maybe pull out your camera (or your camera phone) and take a photo. People might just be talking about your image 150 years from now.
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