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ABN: 39 790 396 099 Front cover: Rob Slatter has won back-to-back national BMX championships. Story page 8. Photo: Renee Robinson
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Regal which ran across the state between Friday June 5 and Monday June 8. Acting Superintendent David Griffin said this follows a 20 per cent reduction during the Queen’s Birthday operation last year. “It is pleasing to see the number of offences detected dropping from more than 10,500 Operation Regal was conducted last weekend in 2013 to just over 8300 last year and now and the big offenders in the Moorabool Police down to 7162,” he said. Service Area (PSA) were those caught speeding. “But we still have plenty of work to do.” This year more than 141,000 drivers unA police spokesperson said the operation across Moorabool netted 63 speeding offences, derwent preliminary breath tests with 231 recording a blood alcohol concentration six unregistered vehicles, two drink drivers, over the legal limit. one unlicensed driver, one disobeying signs/ More than 2100 drivers were tested for signals and one disqualified driver. drugs with 182 returning a positive result. Last year the annual Operation Regal blitz also caught 63 speeding drivers and two drink “Seeing one in 12 drivers testing positive for drugs is a real concern,” Superintendent drivers, however there were more unregistered Griffin said. vehicles (10), defective vehicles (10), unli“It is also worrying that 2345 people were censed drivers (5), disobeying traffic signals (4), talking on mobile phones while operating caught speeding and 263 were using their mobile phones. a vehicle (4), and people not buckling up (3) “My thoughts are with the families of the offences in 2014. three people killed in two separate acciOverall there was a 13 per cent reduction in dents over the weekend.” traffic offences detected during Operation
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“A new swimming pool had opened up where I lived in England, and it was the first pool we had had, so it was a great treat for us. It was an indoor pool with diving boards, and being a gymnast I was a bit adventurous, so I would go to the pool and do handstands on the diving board and walk on my hands along the board and flip over and that was fun. “Then I noticed a diving club lined up along the pool side and they would be diving in one at a time doing forward dives, backwards dives, forward summersaults and I would be on the opposite side of the pool copying them. I used to do everything they did. One day I got approached by one of the lifeguards who said ‘See that man over there (who was the diving coach) he said he can make you a champion.’ So I said ‘OK!’” By 1968 Shelagh had competed in her first national competition and came fourth on the 10 metre board just missing a place on the team going to the Mexico Olympics. “By 1969 I got my first selection to represent Great Britain. From then I was in the British diving team up until 1974 when I came to Australia. I travelled all over the world to the European Cup, The European Games and in 1970 I was selected for the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games and won the bronze medal. My final dive was so nerve-wracking. I knew as soon as I hit the water it was good. I just started crying, it was such a relief. “Princess Anne and Prince Phillip were there presenting trophies. I remember the Australian swim team trashed their rooms, and I remember being scared of them. I thought they were rebels. After I won the bronze medal I became a mini celebrity in my local area. I was asked to judge a beauty contest, open the fete, cut the ribbon and had a photographer follow me around and later he presented me with a big folder of photos (shown opposite page). “During this time all the Europeans used to say I had the best handstand somersault in the world. I could stay on the board in a handstand all day if they wanted me to.” In 1974 Shelagh turned professional and went to Sweden and performed as a stunt diver diving into a tank. She then met and married an Aussie and came to Australia. “I got a job at the Harold Holt Swimming Pool and was their swimming and diving coach and also coached at the state swimming centre, but eventually we moved to Bacchus Marsh and there were no pools out here. I had a short but intense career.” These days Shelagh manages Abstars Dream Entertainment Studios with her daughter Abby at 32 Park St, Bacchus Marsh. Their students have also tasted success, winning state and national cheerleading and dance championships.
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Bluebird House committee members Danielle Facciolo, Amber Farrugia and Noelle Dickson. Photo: Lisa Comerford
Bluebird House – a 12 person facility situated on acreage on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh – is the vision of a committee of nine Bacchus Marsh community members leading the fight against drug and alcohol addiction. Bluebird House committee members Noelle Dickson and Amber Farrugia both know from personal experience how important an affordable and local rehabilitation centre is for the Bacchus Marsh community. Noelle Dickson said she was invited to join the committee because her 22-year-old daughter Sarah Cafferkey struggled with addiction prior to her murder in November, 2012. Noelle said she believed Sarah’s addiction stemmed from her battle with acute bronchial spasms brought on by asthma. “She was undiagnosed until she was 15-years-old and suffered as a result with it taking a toll on her mental health. Unfortunately she tried marijuana and it calmed her mind and physical symptoms and then her addiction began. That’s how it all started. “Sarah struggled with ice (crystal methamphetamine) addiction for 12 months. She spent a week at the Bacchus Marsh hospital detox program but afterwards there was nothing there to support her and nothing to help me guide her. She went straight back to her friends. She left the detox with thoughts she was going to change the world and help them kick the drugs too, but she got back into it again.” Noelle said Sarah decided on her own that she wanted to go back into detox. She was booked in for treatment on November 12, 2012 but - in what became a defining case which resulted in reforms to Victoria’s parole legislation – Sarah was murdered on Saturday, November 10, 2012. “We don’t know what triggered their argument which led to her violent death because he refused to give any details. We’ll never know. But nobody deserves to be murdered,” Noelle said. “After she was killed, I could only focus on the investigation and the court cases.Then I was invited due to Sarah’s history along with other community members to come to Amber’s home, which was the beginning of a steering committee forming Bluebird House.” In many ways, particularly its name, Bluebird House is a tribute to Sarah Cafferkey and all those people who’ve struggled with something beyond their control. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow was Sarah’s favourite song. I said I’d like the centre to be called something I could associate with Sarah. We looked at the lyrics to the song and everything fell into place. Bluebird means a spiritual awakening.” Amber Farrugia has been volunteering at the Djerriwarrh Health Services facility for ten years, supporting people going through detox. She struggled
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with her own addiction for nine years and has been clean and a “recovering addict” for the past 13 years. “It touches everyone, everywhere. I wanted to support families to blow the whistle on their addicted family members and to get them the help they deserve. We can be a community that is active and cares.” Amber said there was only one public detox bed available for people in Bacchus Marsh and surrounding areas. The program goes for one week and there are no resources for follow-up care. “That bed is the last bed before the South Australian border.” She said the only other alternative was to pay up to $36,000 in a private facility, go on a lengthy waitlist for one of the 209 public residential beds in Victoria or go interstate. “Bluebird House is a not-for-profit and won’t cost them that. Through fundraising and donations we can keep our costs low. We need people to get behind it. If we had 1000 locals or organisations who donated $10 a month for an entire year, then that $120,000 could contribute to the running costs. “We have got lives that need saving and it shouldn’t come down to dollars.” She said Bluebird House had been given an opportunity to lease a property on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh which could care for 12 clients. She said initially the house would be a treatment facility for females only, with the goal of opening an additional facility for males down the track. “We will also run a transitional program of six months out of a house in town so that recovering addicts will have the support and structure to be able to take care of themselves.” Amber believes that she was “predisposed to becoming an addict”. She was also around family members struggling with addiction. “I was in active addiction for nine years and then a violent episode 13-years-ago made me turn it around. I got beaten one night and was crying out to God asking why was this happening to me. Then I heard this really loud voice saying ‘you have done this to yourself again’. I realised if I kept pushing myself I was going to end up dead. It was a big ‘God job’ for me. “It took me seven months in the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous to get clean. Addiction is a relapsing disease. Between the physical compulsion, the mental obsession and the spiritual malady, there’s no defense against picking up that first drug. They say it’s a threefold disease and I have come to believe that’s true. “On May 15, 13 years ago, I got myself a sponsor and have been clean ever since.” She said the majority of staff at Bluebird House would be recovering addicts alongside trained volunteers. “In July, Bluebird House will start offering training in Certificate 4 in Alcohol and Other Drugs (AOD) through AGB which will take a year part time to complete. As soon as someone is undergoing or have completed this training, they are able to work in the field.
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“If we get funding, donations and support, we could be all ready to go by the end of July.” Amber said the Bluebird House committee included Certified AOD workers and passionate community leaders. The committee is supported by local GPs and Bacchus Marsh Leading Senior Constable Jim Ross. “People need to remember that they might not need the facility today, but in three years time things can change and they might. This is affecting and damag-ing our families, our heritage, our connections and relationships, which then transfers into the community by an increase in the rate of crime and domestic violence. It also affects our school systems and increases the demands placed on our teachers. “We can educate our children about drugs and alcohol, provide a loving home and boundaries for them, and hope that they make good choices. But ultimately, there is no fail-safe way to inoculate them against the disease of drug addiction. If this happened in your family, where would you go to get help? Bluebird House welcomes you.” People wishing to be proactive and help stop the affects of drug and alcohol abuse on Bacchus Marsh families and community can donate to the following bank account. All donations are gratefully accepted.
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHILDREN’S SERVICES CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care
This qualification is the minimum requirement and designed to prepare students for work as an assistant in Centre based care, Pre-school Centres, Occasional and Family Day Care settings. : Tuesday, 14th July, 2015
COMMUNITY SERVICES CHC20112 Certificate II Community Services This nationally accredited qualification may be used as a pathway into Community Services work and may apply to several industry fields such as: Aged Care, Children’s Services, Youth work, Drug and Alcohol or Disability work : Thursday, 6th August 2015
FLORISTRY (Assistant) SFL20110 Certificate II in Floristry (Assistant)
This nationally accredited qualification would suit anyone interested in working in the floristry industry, or for workers in the industry seeking to gain a qualification. Acknowledgements: Nationally Recognised Training at the Bacchus Marsh Community College is delivered with funding made available by the Victorian & Commonwealth Governments.
AGED CARE CHC30212 Certificate III in Aged Care
This nationally accredited qualification will give you the skills and knowledge required to work as a personal carer in an Aged Care facility or Residential Aged Care Facility. Can also be completed as a dual qualification with Certificate III in Home and Community Care (CHC30312) for those wishing to work in a community care environment or home setting. : Monday, 13th July, 2015
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Rob Slatter claims his 12th national BMX title
Rob Slatter leads the pack above and below
Grade five teacher Rob Slatter is a legend in the BMX bike racing world and has just won back-to-back national championships. He won the BMX National Championship at the Sleeman Sports Centre in Brisbane on May 3, clocking up his 12th national title from 25 starts. Rob said more than 3000 riders competed in the three-day event aged from three to over 50s and he won the 35- 39 years event. “I’ve been competing since I was four and-a-half years old. A friend in kindergarten got me started. My first competitive event was in 1985 in Melton and I still have the trophy.” Rob’s track record didn’t stop there. He has placed in the top eight in Victoria’s state championships for the last 30 years and was named in the top 30 competitors in the world at the 2013 World Championships. “Over the years I’ve seen the whole sport evolve from chromemoly and steel bikes to today where we use carbon fibre and alloy which only weighs about 5kgs.” When he’s not racing or teaching, he coaches about 20 BMX riders from Bacchus Marsh, Melton and Sunbury. He said BMX riding was a great way to keep children physically active and engaged in the community. “As a teacher I need to know how to speak to kids and that helps when I’m coaching them. Reflex skills help and to be able to read what’s happening in front of you. You need to be defensive, but aggressive and know when to take your chances. Above all you need to make sure you’re having fun and enjoying it.” Rob said he was lending his experience to help design the new BMX track at the Bacchus Marsh Racecourse Recreation Reserve. “I looked at the Olympic Games’ track facilities used at Beijing and London and have based the design on the Beijing Olympic track, but it will be tweaked. It will have a split straight for elite and amateur riders with a five metre start hill. It will definitely be a world championship track because we would like to be able to hold a state championship here down the track.”
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Denis (pictured above) was recognised for his 36 years of service to the community through the State Emergency Services (SES) and said he was just one of a big team of volunteers. “I was very honoured and humbled at the same time,” he said. “You don’t earn it on your own. Your family, friends and all volunteers of emergency services are all part of it. It’s great to be a part of that organisation. I feel very honoured to be recognised for providing that sort of service. “You’re just one of many but you’re part of a widespread team. First your local unit, then all units in the mid-west region and then all units across the state. Also there are 100s of CFA members who do the same work we do just in a slightly different field and you try to assist each other wherever you can.” Denis was one of the founding members of the Nhill SES unit in 1977, was a unit controller for Warracknabeal SES from 1992 to 1998, on the Victorian Emergency Services management committee from 1992 to 2005 and has been a member of the Bacchus Marsh SES unit since 2004. He said you never forgot your first fatality and his came about six months after the Nhill SES unit began when two semi-trailers collided head-on on the Western Highway. “The local police sergeant called us to come out and provide lighting at the scene of the accident. We couldn’t do anything for the casualty, but helped get him out of an eight metre high crush of metal. You don’t forget something like that.” He has been the fundraising coordinator for the Bacchus Marsh SES unit since 2007 and said he was “blown away by individuals who respond to our fundraising each year.” “A lot of people have all sorts of demands on their resources these days and it’s humbling that amongst all their demands they can still find a donation for us.” He said the best part about belonging to the Bacchus Marsh SES was the camaraderie and companionship. “We’ve got people with a great range of experiences and a great group of younger people in their 20s all keen and willing to put in. We know the organisation is doing something right if these people have decided to be an active part of it and have embraced it.” He said in the early days it took a long time and a lot of dedicated work to raise awareness in the community about the SES but now most people understood and appreciated the work the SES volunteers did. He said receiving the OAM was recognition for all emergency service volunteers. “People have been very generous in their congratulations.”
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Community diary Bacchus Marsh women’s football team will hold a Pink Day to raise 4pm - 6pm, Ballan Mechanics Hall, money for breast cancer. Sale of 143 Inglis St, Ballan pink cakes, raffle. Entry is gold coin donation. Maddingley Park. NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia each July to celebrate the history, culture and Bacchus Marsh Library 7:30pm achievements of Aboriginal and 9pm. All welcome. Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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The official opening of the Comadai Memorial Park and re-dedication of the Coimadai Memorial Cairn will take place on Saturday, June 27 at the Merrimu Reservoir Picnic Ground. Starts 2pm.
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Coimadai Avenue of Honour Restoration Association chairman Ken McDonald said musicians from the Kyneton, Daylesford and Geelong memorial brass bands would provide a musical backdrop to the opening ceremony and play tunes from the World War 1 era along with popular hymns, marches and songs. “The Coimadai Memorial Park has been constructed to commemorate the 129 volunteers from the area who enlisted for World War 1 and a new Avenue of Honour has been planted to replace the original avenue lost under the waters of Merrimu Reservoir,” he said. “The new park is adjacent to the reservoir and the opening ceremony will be conducted by the Minister for Veterans Affairs, Senator Michael Ronaldson and dedicated by the Anglican Bishop Reverend Philip Huggins.”
He said in all, music would be played for two hours – before, during and after the official ceremony. “It is quite unusual to have three sizable bands mass together for a single occasion, but what will make this event really special is that Coimadai vocalist Julie Vanzyl will sing many of the songs with the brass band accompaniment. During the ceremony itself, the whole crowd will join Julie in singing a medley of WW1 songs in a re-enactment of the ceremony in 1918 when the original Coimadai avenue of honour was planted. “Everyone is welcome to attend the opening ceremony and no invitation is necessary, so if you are a brass band buff, or you just enjoy good old time music, the Coimadai Memorial Park on the June 27 is the place to be.” The opening ceremony of the Coimadai Memorial Park will take place from 1.30pm onwards on June 27 at the 732 Coimadai-Diggers Rest Road, Coimadai. For more information call 0408 327 884.
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Daylesford Brass Band. Photo courtesy Hepburn Advocate
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Probus Club secretary Jean Bedwell, Barbara Snibson, president Margaret Vigor
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What: Ladies Probus Club Bacchus Marsh 25th anniversary morning tea When: Thursday, June 4 Where: Uniting Church, Bacchus Marsh
From left: Vera Smethurst, Shirley Anderson, Heather Shugg, Merle Closter
From left: Heather White, Christina Hallett, Verna White and Barbara Atkin
Foundation members Helen Lennox, Bette Stork, Bertha Missen
From left: Barbara Atkin, Marie Stevenson, Evelyn Oakley and Margaret Barrie
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The draft masterplans will be on public exhibition for an eight week period - from June 4 until July 30 - and the council is inviting feedback on the draft masterplans during this time. The draft documents can be viewed at the council’s customer service offices at 15 Stead Street, Ballan, 182 Halletts Way, Darley and Lerderderg Library, Bacchus Marsh, or online at moorabool.vic.gov.au Submissions can be made in writing, or via haveyoursaymoorabool.com.au For more information phone 5366 7100.
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BACCHUS Marsh Youth Girls football player Maddison Field was presented with the coveted Spirit of Sport medal by Constable Bree Whitaker on May 23. The Spirit of Sport Awards program was created to reward young participants in team sport for sportsmanship, fair play and mutual respect.
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Owner Sharon Shelley said the Seahorse Wellbeing Centre offered a wide range of services including crystal healings, Reiki, Kinesiology, counselling, massage, Tarot reading, Soul Blueprint picture, spirit guide drawing, past life healings, crystal bed healings and a selection of workshops that run throughout the year. “We also sell crystals and gemstones, crystal jewellery, incense, salt lamps, candles, books, oracle and tarot cards and giftware,” she said. Sharon said she was introduced to crystals by a family friend who owned Crystals and Wings in Swan Hill. “Her knowledge and passion for crystals sparked an interest in me and I soon found myself wanting to work with them every day. Crystals had become my passion, and my dream from the first day of being introduced to them was to own my own crystal shop. The Seahorse Cottage has been running for around 12 years in the Bacchus Marsh area. I was lucky enough to come across The Seahorse being put up for sale when I was looking into starting my own shop like it, so I jumped at the opportunity to buy it.” Sharon, a Level 2 Reiki practitioner with a Diploma of Crystal Awakening with Rachelle Charman, said it was the people who worked at the Seahorse Wellbeing Centre who made the space special. “We are lucky to be blessed with some very special and talented people who work in the store on a regular basis and those who work from the centre when they visit from interstate. We are also blessed with many special regulars who visit the store and help to make it what it is today. You know who you are,” she said. “I would love for the people who come to visit us here at the Seahorse to leave feeling happy, energised and relaxed and also inspired to follow their true path, find their passion and live their life in a way that makes them happy and empowered.”
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Patrick Bonello with his award winning photograph. Photo: Carmel Hunter
PATRICK Bonello’s stunning photograph of the sun setting over Pykes Creek Reservoir has won Moorabool Environment Group’s 2015 photographic competition. This year’s theme was ‘Natural Beauty within the Moorabool Shire’ and saw a range of entries from keen photographers across Moorabool. Patrick won $250 for his photo, with runner-up Robert Armstrong taking home $150 for his image called ‘Lerderderg Gorge Reflections’.
In the Under 17 section, first prize ($100) went to Keely Fitzsimons for ‘River Reflections’ and second prize ($75) was awarded to Jack Saxby for his piece ‘A Gang Gang at Greendale’. A $50 encouragement prize and trophy was presented to Brooke Oliver for ‘Foggy Mornings’. All entries will be exhibited in the arts space at Lerderderg Library, Bacchus Marsh, until the end of June.
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What a difference a pool can make. It was because a pool opened up in her small English village that Shelagh Meates (story page 4) became an international diving champion. Her short but “intense” career ended when she moved to Bacchus Marsh in the 1970s and there wasn’t a pool here. Are we depriving our kids of Olympic glory because of our lack of recreational facilities? Maybe. The Bacchus Marsh Pool Consortium is working very hard to try to establish a world-class aquatic centre, however they will have to rely heavily on private donations from philanthropists rather than government (all levels) funding. The block of land they were trying to purchase (on the corner of Taverner and Fisken streets) has just been snapped up by the Moorabool Shire. It would’ve been a perfect extension of the recreational facilities already available at Maddingley Park and something for all ages in the community to enjoy. It remains to be seen what our local council has planned for this site. I fear it won’t be used for appropriate recreational facilities, but I hope they prove me wrong. However we might just have the next Olympic BMX champion living in the Marsh! Plans are afoot to build a world championship BMX racing track at the Bacchus Marsh Racecourse Recreation Reserve and we’ve got a national champion helping to design the course and coach our kids. (You can read more about Rob Slatter on page 8). The draft Bacchus Marsh Racecourse Recreation Reserve Site Masterplan and Active Sports Precinct Masterplan are now on public display at local council offices and people can provide feedback until July 30 on both plans. This is your opportunity to tell your local councillors what you REALLY want for Bacchus Marsh. You need to guide them, not the other way around. The chance to build something exciting for Bacchus Marsh is here right now and it needs to be done right. Let’s make sure the planners and managers do what’s in the best interests for our families and for future families moving here. Speak up and be heard at www.haveyoursaymoorabool.com.au
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Shelagh Meates dives at an event in Kuwait (above) and with her Finnish diving friend in Europe (below)
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