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ISSUE 1081 FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2018

White Night on the way IT was all sparkle and glitz this week as Fashion and Art were in town ahead of White Night in Bendigo on September 1.

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By SHARON KEMP

BENDIGO’S manufacturing industry must convince parents and teachers welding is a trade worth pursuing to address a critical shortage in the skill threatening to grind local production to a halt. “A lot of our community’s teachers and parents do not think too highly of the welding profession,” Jeff Bothe said. Mr Bothe is working with the Bendigo Manufacturing Group to try and find hundreds of welders the industry forecasts it will need

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in the next couple of years. “Simply doing nothing at this stage to address this issue is not a option,” Thales Australia operations manager Murray Brown told a packed meeting of Bendigo businesspeople on Tuesday night. The chief executive of representative body Weld Australia added that 90 per cent of applicants for welding jobs were failing basic pre-employment competency

tests forcing it to write and supply standardised training programs and facilities. Geoff Crittenden said Bendigo had applied to be the location of specialised training centre which were fully funded by the Victorian government. “This is an issue nationally,” he said, adding that Bendigo’s method of finding a solution made the city stand out.

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BMG is leading the rescue mission, starting by conducting research leading to forecast demand for welders in Bendigo. Fifteen local respondents predicted they would be advertising to find 130 additional welders in the coming year, and another 113 the year after. The respondents accounted for less than 20 per cent of businesses which employ welders.

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Outlining what must be done, Bendigo TAFE Skills and Jobs Centre manager Paul Stagg told employers they needed to “change the mindset of influencers” including school career advisors by reassuring them the job opportunities were real. The industry outlines various reasons for the shortage but among them is the perceived trend among secondary schools to give career advice that values university degrees higher than vocational training. Continued Page 2

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TIME is running out to get your tickets for the 2018 Bendigo Writers Festival, which will see more than 100 writers gather in Bendigo from August 10 to 12 in the View Street arts precinct. Simultaneous sessions in six venues begin on Friday morning and run throughout the weekend. The Friday night gala in Ulumbarra Theatre focuses on the festival’s theme this year, Let’s Get Curious, with Benjamin Law hosting British crime writer Ann Cleeves, Gareth Evans, Carly Findlay and distinguished scientist Jenny Graves. Other big names coming to the festival include former NSW Premier and Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr, anti-nuclear campaigner Helen Caldicott, former leader of the Greens Christine Milne, historian Henry Reynolds, fashion designer Alannah Hill and reporter-turned crime novelist Michael Brissenden. Festival director Rosemary Sorensen said there was a range of ticket options to suit everyone. “We try to cater for everyone, from those who come for the entire weekend to those who just want to attend a single event,” Ms Sorensen said. “It’s shaping up to be another fantastic weekend. The festival is one of the highlights of Bendigo’s annual event calendar with a loyal following of locals and visitors alike.” To book tickets go to www. bendigowritersfestival.com.au

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The Bendigo Weekly reported a year ago that local apprenticeship providers found not all local high schools promoted vocational training as a career path despite the training gaining entry to nine of the top 10 fastest growing occupation fields in Australia. That experience was supported by conclusions drawn by research on behalf of Skilling Australia Foundation that “compared with

university, VET is often considered the poor second cousin, seemingly receiving less positive attention in the media, among career counsellors and significantly, with parents”. Two Bendigo senior secondary schools said their career programs included vocational training options. A Girton Grammar School spokesperson said advice was founded on strengths identified through testing, relevant skills and realistic

personal preferences. “If all of these things aligned with a future in the welding profession then that is where the student would be directed and supported,” a Girton spokesperson said. A Bendigo Senior Secondary College spokesperson said the school’s students had access to fantastic work placement schemes. “Our students are getting great pathways advice around trades including welding,” the spokesperson said.

In the meantime, BMG chairman Mark Brennan said welders were being asked to come to Bendigo to fill the immediate shortfall. “Over the last significant period of time, things like apprenticeships haven’t been pushed as hard as they could be, TAFE have tried to fill a gap and we have recognised there is a gap and we are trying to support with funding and a plan to try and attract people here to Bendigo to fill that,” Mr Brennan said.

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Shortfall on funding Money outstanding on major projects

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MORE than $500,000 is still owing on two of Bendigo’s biggest projects as they near completion and organisers of community fundraising campaigns say it will be harder to raise money once they are open for business. Memberships are already being sold for the $31 million Gurri Wanyarra aquatic centre in Kangaroo Flat but the community is still up for $400,000. City of Greater Bendigo active and healthy communities manager Lincoln Fitzgerald said the council would cover the difference and be

reimbursed as the additional funds came in. The Kangaroo Flat Community Enterprise is leading the campaign. President Jack Lyons said the enterprise had yet to tap several major Bendigo corporations. He said the fundraising commitment was subject to a memorandum of understanding that the enterprise would “do its best” to raise the full $1 million contribution to the centre. “We will do our best,” he said.

Mr Fitzgerald said he expects the enterprise to uphold its commitment and ensure the remaining funds are raised. “(The enterprise) has worked hard to raise approximately $560,000 and continues to have promising discussions with potential donors,” he said. “The contractor will receive all funds owed to them as per the agreement of the contract and will not be impacted by the fundraising agreement.”

The project is expected to be completed by late September and pool operators Belgravia Leisure will move into the building and “learn to operate it, install additional equipment and train staff, so it is expected to open late October or early November provided there are no further significant delays”. Weather, challenging ground conditions, design revisions and a delay in the delivery of some materials have pushed the project back by almost a year.

Brute Crute puts the boot in FOR all his softspokeness, the newly contracted Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter Jimmy “The Brute” Crute speaks plainly about the coward’s punch. “If you hit someone, if you even start a fight for no reason, you are the scum of the earth,” Crute said, echoing other Australian sportsmen who have spoken out recently against unprovoked one punch attacks. The fighter was in his home town of Bendigo after returning from Las Vegas where he secured a multiple fight contract with UFC by forcing a first round stoppage against US rival Chris Birchler. It is dream come true for Crute but hardly a pinnacle. “I have got a long career ahead of me in the sport and I am going to enjoy the ride,” Crute said. At age 22, he can already claim 10 years of training in multiple disciplines, starting at Stewie’s House of Brazilian jiu jitsu, qualifying him to fight in the mixed martial arts arena. And now the world’s premier fight promotion wants him to fight in theirs. Crute has made it the way no other Australian fighter has, through UFC president Dana White’s contender series. Middleweight champion Rob Whittaker and Crute’s good friend Ben Sosoli found a path through the reality TV series Ultimate Fighter. Crute had one shot at a contract last Wednesday, and he won like he has all seven previous fights, against a more experienced opponent. The win came after three years of hard work in Melbourne with coach Sam Greco, and his recovery time in Bendigo with family and friends this week is the first time in a while he has had the opportunity to enjoy what most locals take for granted. “The last three years, I pretty much disappeared off the face of the planet, no one saw me and I didn’t see anyone,” he said.

In the CBD, the RSL is moving into the revitalised RSL Soldier Memorial Institute but the community’s contribution to the $4.5m project exceeds $100,000 having raised more than $400,000. It will announce a $20,000 boost today from Bendigo’s enterprise committees. Bendigo District RSL president Peter Swandale told the Bendigo Weekly the prospect of completing the institute with a new museum was exciting but it would also increased the fundraising challenge. It will take the RSL until November to complete the move.

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HIGH FLYER: Jimmy Crute is doing well in his chosen sport. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN Crute said he would go wherever the UFC wanted him to fight next but he had his eye on a fight date in Adelaide on December 2 where “I think we are going to take over Adelaide, there will be a whole area for Bendigo”.

He is confident about his prospects, but admitted in a post-fight interview he likes to brawl. “I will take a hit to get a hit, I don’t care what you throw at me I am just going to eat it and come back,” Crute said.

A PARLIAMENTARY committee has recommended that a full inquiry into VicRoads’ management of country roads be held after this year’s state election. The interim report from the Law Reform, Road and Community Safety Committee was tabled in parliament last week and said due to time constraints it would be difficult to complete a full enquiry before the conclusion of the 58th Victorian Parliament. More than 300 submissions from individuals and organisations were made to the inquiry, the process for which began in November, 2016. The report showed 278 individuals and 57 organisations including local governments had responded to the terms of reference, predominantly from the state’s south-west. The report stated the committee was of the view that directly receiving evidence from people impacted by the issues raised in the terms of reference was essential to the inquiry. Nine responses came from residents within the City of Greater Bendigo, however the council itself did not make a submission. Concerns raised include the state of regional roads and a lack of funding as well as confusion over who maintains the roads and a crossover between VicRoads and local government. In this year’s budget the state government responded to the concerns surrounding regional roads, creating Regional Roads Victoria as a new division within VicRoads. Despite that move, the interim report stated that the potential dismantling of VicRoads should be explored by the relevant committee in the next parliament. A recent Victorian Auditor General’s Report found that total real funding for VicRoads has decreased since 2010-11, including a 60 per cent decrease in maintenance funding. It said the organisation also has no statewide pavement management strategy and was reactive in terms of its approach to maintenance due to a lack of funding.

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Thumbs up for Aspire

THE Aspire interfaith project at the base of the Sacred Heart Cathedral will proceed without any additional parking but a VCAT judgement has put limitations on a refurbished, licenced parish hall that will be available to hire for private use. Residents in streets surrounding the historic cathedral took to VCAT their objection that the City of Greater Bendigo approved the $15 million project without the 40 car parks it estimated would be required under its own parking requirements for major projects. In his judgement, member Geoff Rundell ordered the Aspire

board to arrange a designated bus loading area and a plan to deal with the movements of a large number of people but upheld the council’s decision to waive all parking spaces but require it contribute financially for 14 spaces. Residents have complained about “the dangerous practice” of buses double parking outside the cathedral to deliver and pick up visitors to the historic building. In his judgement, member Rundell said he could only make directions on the Aspire project, “I cannot fix the existing problems, and I am limited to directing the buses generated by the new place of assembly”. Resident Max Turner who was

part of the action said he was disappointed Aspire would go ahead without on-site parking, but he was not opposed to the project itself. He said the VCAT case was a last resort.

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“We felt there was no option having regard to council’s disregard for the amenities and liveability of residents in the Aspire precinct,” Mr Turner said. The council said the VCAT decision vindicated its own planning decisions.

“We are pleased that the (Aspire Cultural and Charitable Foundation) can move forward with its development, in line with permit conditions.” Member Rundell imposed conditions on project which focussed on addressing potential noise, light

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and unruly behaviour issues. The conditions included operating hours, noise abatement and signage, waste storage and pick up, hours of loading and unloading, alcohol serving hours and when activities must end in outdoor areas. Foundation chair Gordon McKern said Aspire would work within all the conditions. “The foundation will work with the surrounding residents and hope that this precinct will add to the beauty of Bendigo and its grand buildings,” he said. The project includes construction of a theatre, library, learning centre, exhibition space and meeting hall.

Early support to be trialled EARLY support for families entering the child protection system will be trialled in Bendigo. Victoria Legal Aid wants advocates to provide families with information about the system; make referrals to legal and other support; and coach for self advocacy. The trial will prioritise families who have not yet been to court. “The rate of children in the child protection system continues to grow and we need to try new approaches,” Family, Youth and Children’s Law executive director Nicole Rich said. “The rate of children in the child protection system continues to grow and we need to try new approaches. Ms Rich said non-legal advocates will be able to support these families to address their needs and to understand what they are required to do, before they have to go to court. “Around one-third of child protection cases that go to court involve concerns that do not require the immediate removal of children,” she said. “We are aiming for this service to provide support to resolve matters earlier.”

MORE social housing constructed in Bendigo means 28 fewer people will be sleeping rough. A $2.8 million state government grant will help build 16 units, eight in North Bendigo on Lobb Street and eight on Somerville Street in Flora Hill, available for rent at less than 75 per cent the market rate. Haven; Home, Safe will contribute the remainder of the funds for the $4.62m project and provide project management. Social welfare agencies have lamented the lack of affordable rental properties in Bendigo for the most disadvantaged including people on Newstart and disability allowances. Rent or mortgage costs that exceeds 30 per cent of income is regarded as housing stress. Rent for the eight properties that will constructed in the latest social housing scheme by Haven will not exceed that percentage. The eight units to be built in Flora Hill, four one-bedroom and four two-bedroom homes, will have access to support available at Sidney Myer Haven. The eight units in Lobb Street could be the next step for those who have graduated from Sidney Myer Haven. “The people who come here will be young people who have come through the homelessness system, most likely who will be coming out of our Sidney Myer Haven project,” Haven chief executive Ken Marchingo said. “Even if we help someone mitigate their mental health problems, solve the parenting issues, solve the living on low income and all that, they still have to find somewhere to live.”

IT’S WORLD CAT DAY WEDNESDAY is world cat day. To help celebrate Petbarn Kangaroo Flat, in partnership with RSPCA Victoria, is inviting locals to go in-store. On the day, locals will have the opportunity to meet some of the cats available for adoption who are looking to find their fur-ever homes. If Bendigo locals happen to find their new best friend on the day at Petbarn Kangaroo Flat, they will be able to go through the pet adoption process in-store. All cats and kittens up for adoption are vaccinated, microchipped, desexed and health checked.

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F for education plan

By SHARON KEMP

BENDIGO public school students are still less likely than the Victorian average to complete senior secondary school more than a decade on from the plan that was supposed to change it all. The original Bendigo Education Plan released in 2005 merged high schools to create four junior colleges for years seven to 10, having identified students were starting to fall through the gaps in education. The plan was to lift retention and attendance rates, broaden subject choices, challenge students and improve their engagement, and drive a change to “highly effective teaching practice”. A KPMG audit of the original plan said there was angst among teachers and parents that went

with the wholesale restructure of junior colleges which included the closure and merger of some schools and the construction of new infrastructure at all. With the building finished, “and with reduced resources to support the BEP from Department of Education and Training’s Bendigo office, schools focussed more on embedding their learning and teaching approaches than on pursuing cross-school collaborative benefits”. The schools went their own ways, and competition between campuses later exacerbated an unequal number of students flowing into colleges which is also a challenge for the future, the new plan says. The new plan effectively takes up, again, the work of the original version.

Bendigo East MP Jacinta Allan said the new BEP was about “lifting education outcomes across the region so all Bendigo students have access to a great education no matter which school they attend”. “We know that the best education systems in the world are highly networked and this plan outlines how schools can collaborate to powerfully lift the performance and achievements of all students,” she said. The BEP 2018-2028 calls for a review every two years so momentum isn’t lost. But Nationals candidate Gaelle Broad said she wanted to see broader change in local education. “We cannot afford to spend the next 10 years planning,” Ms Broad said.

“Our education sector needs a clear and concise education plan for Bendigo that addresses continued population growth. “Private schools are expanding, but we still only have one public school in Bendigo offering years 11 and 12. “Bendigo’s primary and secondary school enrolment numbers are swelling, and we’re still trying to push them through the same small funnel. “A few years ago the focus was on reducing class sizes to improve education standards, now we‘re building mega schools and mega classrooms.” Liberals candidate Ian Ellis said it was a shame achievement and retention outcomes had been allowed to fall below expected levels but he questioned why Ben-C digo needed an individual plan. M

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Making a plan THE angels that stopped people in Bendigo Health’s atrium, the Bendigo Marketplace and Hargreaves Mall last week were messengers encouraging people to talk about their final days. Rather than being symbolic, the forum’s coorganiser Meagan Adams said the angels played by actors in the Born in a Taxi ensemble were a means of getting people’s attention. That is because dying and making arrange-

ments for death are not subjects that typically get a lot of time in family conversations. In fact, Ms Adams who as Bendigo Health’s advance care planning coordinator talks to patients about their wishes before they die, said less than 20 per cent had documented end of life care plans. Talking about end of life wishes when they are facing a health crisis, leaving family members to make tough decisions on their behalf, is

not an ideal scenario. Unspoken: What will become of Me? uses performance art and art installations to provoke conversation before a crisis. Given Victoria has legislated Advance Care Directives, we now had the opportunity to do so. Three forums will be available in Bendigo next Tuesday and next Wednesday. For session times and to register, go to www.eventbrite.com.au

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Ambos on the move

AMBULANCE response times in Bendigo have dramatically improved over the past year but remain slightly worse than the Victorian average. Data released by Ambulance Victoria shows that 83.1 per cent of code one, or life-threatening, emergencies in Bendigo were responded to within the benchmark time of 15 minutes. The average response time was 11 minutes and 20 seconds. This time last year, 80.4 per cent of emergencies responded were to within the 15 minutes within the city’s boundaries. Statewide, 83.6 per cent

of code one emergencies were responded to within 15 minutes and the average response time was 11 minutes and 12 seconds. Those figures are the best recorded by Ambulance Victoria since the organisation was formed by the merger of the rural and metropolitan ambulance services in July, 2008. Within Bendigo’s urban area that figure rises to 88.2 per cent with an average response time of 10 minutes and 30 seconds, just above the statewide average of 10 minutes and 12 seconds. Rural areas continue to lag badly behind, with the

Loddon and Buloke shires to Bendigo’s north among the worst areas in the state for average response times. Ambulance Victoria CEO Tony Walker said the organisation was proud of the results. “Our organisation has transformed dramatically over the past decade. The coordinated, state-wide service we now provide, in partnership with other health and emergency services, is delivering remarkable patient outcomes each and every day,” he said. “We are, on any clinical measure, one of the best ambulance services

in the world and are committed to continued improvement.” Bendigo Health also fared well in the most recent round of data released by the state government charting hospital waiting lists. It showed the organisation has reduced the number of patients on the elective surgery waiting list – from 1272 at the end of the March quarter to 1076 at the end of June, provided elective surgery to 100 per cent of urgent patients within the benchmark of 30 days and reduced its treatment for elective surgery patients by 11 days.

Traffic crossing complete SAFETY at a notorious Bendigo intersection has been significantly increased with the activation of traffic lights and unveiling of upgrades, close to four years after the first plans were announced. The intersection of Tannery Lane and Strathfieldsaye Road has long been a source of frustration among residents campaigning for upgrades to safety for all road users. New traffic lights at the reconfigured intersection were switched on for the first time this week, while pedestrian crossings are also among $4.5 million worth of work. The project came into focus before the 2014 Victorian election when then Bendigo East candidates Jacinta Allan and Greg Bickley each pledged funding toward building a roundabout at the intersection. The scope of the project changed again in 2016 when the government committed to traffic lights at the intersection, bumping the cost up from a projected $800,000 to $4.5 million committed in that year’s budget. Plans were released in 2017 and the project was expected to be completed by the end of last year but VicRoads’ Matt Gard said this week the complex nature of the underground infrastructure at the site had pushed completion back. He said VicRoads had also undertaken extensive consultation with residents to determine what upgrades were needed. Ms Allan said the delays had

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Honours for RSL veterans

FORMER servicemen Paul Penno and Robert Harrison have joined an elite group of Bendigo District RSL members. They have received The Returned and Services League of Australia, Victorian Branch, Life Membership.

The honour was presented at the Committee and Life Members Dinner held at the Bendigo District RSL Sub-Branch last month. The membership is a prestigious award for service to the RSL and veteran community. “It’s an absolute privi-

lege,” Mr Penno said. “When I see who has been awarded this before it makes it a very special award. Mr Penno is a Vietnam war veteran and has been involved with the RSL subcommittee for more than 20 years.

Remembering a hero CARPENTER Bill McShane had helped The centenary of Lt McShane’s death South Bendigo to a fifth football premier- will be commemorated during next Thursship in six years by defeating Eaglehawk day’s nightly vigil on the Soldiers’ Memojust weeks after World War I had been rial Institute forecourt in Pall Mall at 6pm. declared. Local buglers and pipers have been perhorticulturalist, receptionist, hearing aid user the following forming the nightly Penny vigil in –Pall Mall since With football abandoned SERVICE MARKED: Robert Harrison and Paul Penno. FUNERALS & year and news reaching home of casualties Anzac night as part of the city’s Centenary PRE - PAID FUNERALS at Gallipoli, the former cadet lieutenant en- of Anzac commemorations that will conlisted in 6th Battalion and arrived in France clude on the centenary of the Armistice in World War I on November 11. two days before the New Year. He saw action across the Western Front Final crosses to Bendigo’s Field of Rethroughout 1917 and in the final year of membrance will be added as a final tribute. Descendants can register names for the World War I, during a battle at Rosieres railORCHESTRA Victoria’s On the Move series Sacred Heart Cathedral on Monday, August way station, the battalion lieutenant was additional crosses by emailing anzaccenteof workshops and concerts will return to 13. narybendigo@gmail.com killed on August 9, 1918, aged 22. Bendigo this month. The program, conducted by Simon Orchestral events will take centre stage Thew, will feature works for antiphonal as part of the fourth annual Bendigo Festi- brass, originally written for St Mark’s Baval, running alongside the On the mOVe! silica in Venice. education program from August 11-18. Another 15 chamber music concerts More than 80 of the state’s classical mu- will be performed at venues across the resicians will present an engaging series of 17 gion, including Elmore, Goornong, HeathS I M O N M U L Q U E E N concerts, education programs and pop-up cote, Mia Mia, Eaglehawk, Long Gully, and performances, culminating in a full orches- in central Bendigo itself. FUNERALS & PRE-PAID FUNERALS tra performance at the Ulumbarra Theatre. The shows will be held in the Bendigo Simon & Sue Mulqueen One of the festival’s highlights will re- Art Gallery, Star Cinema, or deep underBENDIGO FUNERAL CENTRE - 29 Miller Street, Flora Hill, BENDIGO turn, the Orchestra Victoria brass ensemble. ground in the Crib Room of the Central 5444 0400 www.smfd.com.au The ensemble will be performing at the Deborah Gold Mine.

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TWENTY volunteer participants from across Australia attended Australia’s first Cycling Without Age Conference in at the Fairway Aged Care Centre in Sandringham in July. Cycling Without Age is an activity using trishaws to give those with limited mobility a safe cycling experience. Trevor Miles from Bendigo said it was the first time Ozzies from across Australia had got together to advance the cause of Cycling Without Age. Mr Miles has been interested in the concept for some time and wants to see a chapter start in Bendigo. “We have a number of community members including cy-

clists who want to see Bendigo continue with being a cycling friendly city and this is another way that cyclists and the use of cycling can extend the social and health benefits of cycling to the broader community,” he said. Dorthe Pederson from Denmark, one of the co-founders of Cycling Without Age, said it’s about just having a good time. “The idea is that the passengers and pilot share a very personal experience in a quiet and gentle way,” she said. “They talk and reminisce while slowly travelling and enjoying the wind in their hair.” She introduced the program to Fairway about 18 months ago and they now have two trishaws.

“Everyone who participates seems to enjoy these rides,” Ms Pederson said. Fairway has about 90 residents and more than half, including some with dementia, participate in the program. The carers report that some of the clients with dementia often begin talking when they are on the trishaw where normally they are non-verbal. Over the three day of activities at the conference, the participants visited two aged care facilities, and Cargocycles in East Brunswick who import various electric bikes and trishaws. Participants also looked at how organisations can get involved in Cycling Without Age.

Mr Miles would like to hear from those who are interested in the program. “It would be good if we can develop sufficient volunteers to be self sustaining. “We need to get at least one trishaw in Bendigo so that more people can see the benefits of the program. “We have previously introduced trishaws for a day or two at a couple of Bendigo’s aged care facilities.” If you would like more information check out cyclingwithoutage.org or contact Mr Miles on 0417 331 990.

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State audience for Bendigo’s festival ABC Radio Victoria, Live Evening broadcast from the Bendigo Writers Festival A SPECIAL broadcast will be hosted by the ABC’s Lindy Burns and wordsmith David Astle. The event will be broadcast statewide, to promote and feature eight writers from the festival. The panel of special guests includes Norwegian, Polish-based Jewish musician, director and playwright, Bente Kahan; poet, actor, playwright and chancellor of the University of Manchester, Lemn Sissay; creators of a new madcap children’s book about animal mummies; the Chaser’s Andrew Hansen and his partner Jessica Roberts; American science journalist

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Drop in, Drop out POPULAR disability and appearance advocate, Carly Findlay, will be the replacement in the lineup for the Friday Night at the Festival event in Ulumbarra Theatre, Let’s Get Curious. In a panel hosted by Benjamin Law, Ms Findlay will be talking about the role of curiosity in our lives with Ann Cleeves, Gareth Evans and Jenny Graves. “We’re delighted that Carly will be with us for a lively, interesting, surprising discussion,” festival director Rosemary Sorensen said. Australian Children’s Laureate, Morris Gleitzman, has cancelled his Bendigo Writers Festival appearance. If you have tickets to his Stories Make Us session, please contact the box office for a refund: 5434 6100.

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Bendigo writer unearths past WHEN writer Rachel Nightingale came to live in Bendigo two and half years ago she had no idea she had returned to the city of her ancestors. “I found out my great– great–great grandfather was one of the builders on the Alexandra fountain,” she said. “And my great–great–great grandmother is buried in the Carpenter Street cemetery. We live in Flora Hill, so I’m not too far away from her.” Since coming to Bendigo, apart from working as an academic editor and raising a family, Rachel has been busy finishing the second book of her fantasy trilogy, Columbine’ Tale (Odyssey Books). Like its predecessor, the Tales of Tarya, the book presents readers with a unique and engrossing world. The characters entice you to follow them into a story of travelling actors with amazing abilities that are as dangerous as they are wondrous. And for once you can believe the blurb on back of her novel. “Mysteries and machinations,

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Love Letters THE Regional Centre for Culture is launching an e-book, Love Letters to Dja Dja Wurrung Country at the Bendigo Writers Festival. The book contains hundreds of love letters written by people from the local community celebrating their love for the country where they live and its vibrant communities. Love Letters to Dja Dja Wurrung

Country will be available for everyone to view for free. Love Letters was the launch event for the year-long RCC program on Valentine’s Day this year. Celebrations included specially commissioned sculpture, Heart, created by Felipe Reynolds and Dja Dja Wurrung traditional owner and artist Racquel Kerr. Inspired by the rivers, country and mountains of Dja Dja Wurrung Country, the nine-metre by eightmetre inflatable sculpture was surrounded by the love letters written by locals. The launch will be held at the Capital Theatre on Wednesday, August 8, at 6.30pm.

In the good country THE Dja Dja Wurrung people of Central Victoria described their land as merrygic barbarie – good country. Within their own nation, the Dja Dja Wurrung lived a life of natural harmony. But in a terrible irony the “lush plains” which attracted the European invaders of the 1830s were the result of deliberate “fire-stick” farming by the Dja Dja Wurrung. In his latest book , The Good Country, historian Bain Attwood references archaeologist AGL Shaw who said, “this was not the land as God had made it but a land that the Aboriginal people had made”. Apart from the impact of colonial pastoralists, Attwood says that two smallpox epidemics, in 1788 and 1829, brought in by earlier invaders were responsible for the initial decimation of the Dja Dja Wurrung nation.

When the Europeans invaded their idyll in 1837, the Dja Dja Wurrung were nervous and suspicious. Their attempts at preserving the rights to the bounty of their own land were rejected. Professor Attwood estimates that by 1863 the Dja Dja Wurrung nation had been reduced from some 900 to 1900 people to a pitiful 38. The Dja Dja Wurrung story is one beyond sadness. Witnessing the demise of their culture, the deletion of food stocks and the domination of the pastoralists, the assistant protector Edward Parker said “there will be no place for the sole of their feet.” And yet from those small numbers, Attwood relates the remarkable story of the revival of the Dja Dja Wurrung. He estimates that there are now some 3000 direct descendents of the

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Heart and soul ON THE BALL: Bob Murphy’s second book has been published. AFTER almost a year out of life as a professional footballer, Bob Murphy says he doesn’t yet feel like an explayer, but knows he has fallen in love with the game again. Murphy’s second book, Leather Soul, was released on Monday and chronicles his early days as a skinny but talented youngster in Warragul, being drafted by the Dogs and fitting in among the likes of Luke Darcy and the Dogs champions of the day. It reaches its crescendo telling the tale behind the infamous moment after the 2016 grand final and also details the excruciating knee injury that led to Murphy missing that year’s long-awaited premiership triumph. But it’s far from your typical football book, just how Murphy wanted it to be, and written in his trademark un-

derstated, almost folksy tone. “I wanted to do something different, so many of the football books are about the champions of the game and I guess I thought I had a different story to tell,” he said. “I always liked the idea of a player chronicling the end of a career, and then the career went a bit longer that I thought so it became a bit of a captain’s diary.” Murphy writes about how much of his life has been governed by routine, and his writing was the same. “I used to get up at 5am and write. It was definitely inconvenient, but I felt like that was my best chance to get a crack at it. I couldn’t do it at night because there ere too many distractions,” he said. This year, along with finalising the book, he has his own TV show – Bob, airing

on Fox Footy– and has been working in commentary on radio with Melbourne station SEN. He says it has helped him find a new side of the game to love. “It’s almost like falling in love again. I didn’t watch a lot of footy while I was playing, you just never had the time, but it’s a different way of watching,” he said. “I was wondering whether my eye would still be in and whether I could still identify things and I’ve y loved it. I worked the Richmond vs Collingwood game at the weekend and I was like a little kid again at threequarter time, just immersed in that match.” Murphy will be appearing at Dymocks Bendigo next Tuesday, August 7 to sign copies of Leather Soul. – Joel Peterson

Battle of the Bands returns REGISTRATIONS are now open for the 2018 FReeZA Yo Events Battle of the Bands competition. This year’s event will be held on Friday, August 10 from 6pm to 10pm at the Gold Dust Lounge on Williamson Street. Battle of the Bands is open to young people aged between 12 and 25 years, in any type of music act – bands, singers, rappers, acoustic, DJs. Each act will have approximately 15 minutes on stage, with prizes going for first to fourth place getters. The winning performance will go on to compete at the regional finals later this year. Fiona Machin from the council’s Inclusive Communities Team said the

events is an opportunity for young musicians to showcase their talent. “Over the years we have seen some fantastic young acts compete and we are hoping this year won’t be any different,” Ms Machin said. “The battle is a great opportunity for young people to showcase their talent, get experience performing in a professional way while having the chance to win some great prizes.” Registrations close on Monday. To register your details, go to the YoBendigo website www.yobendigo.com.au Entry to the event will be by gold coin donation and there are no passouts. Snacks and non-alcoholic drinks will be available. Security, first aid and council staff will be in attendance.

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Too little, too late IN response to Stephen Colbert letter, Bendigo Weekly, July 27: Yes, parking meter fees are a penalty, but you must remember why they were first installed. They were installed in the late 60s early 70s to stop retailers and their staff from parking all day in front of the shops, which left no parking for shoppers. The fees then had to be continually increased to a level that would stop these same people from firstly, just feeding the meter, to then moving their car every two hours or so. Since day one these fees have been a “pet hate” of shoppers. The introduction of credit card parking is just a show of the times, as we continue to move into a cashless society. The amount of income derived from parking meters would be a drop in the ocean in relation to the council’s total income. Perhaps the council needs to consider what parking meters were first introduced for, and consider changing parking fee times to 8am to 10am and then again from 4pm to 6pm (at increased fees) to continue to deter retailers and staff from parking there, yet provide an amount of free parking for shoppers, which I am sure will bring back shoppers to the CBD. If the council brings up the “user pays” scenario then they can add it to the shire rates of CBD retailers who caused this problem in the first place. But this could be all too little too late as most shoppers are happy to go to Railway Place or Lansell Square and the like where you get free parking and all the shops you need in easy walking distance. John Gledhill, Pompapiel

Make this happen CAN the City of Greater Bendigo get the museum up? I’m sure many people are asking themselves the same question. Another question could be “Does the council really want a museum?” Their form in recent years of backing the wrong horse (or not backing the right horse) is spectacular. The Hargreaves Mall redevelopment and the dismal support to partner with the state and federal governments to secure Fortuna for the people are two examples. Turning the Bendigo law courts into a museun is a no-brainer; location for a start; Bendigo is desperate for somewhere to display our vast history; visitors to Victoria’s third largest city expect a museum and the “Myer” hotel will be opposite.

The council must be proactive and seek support from all levels of government to make this happen and not just sit on their hands until it is sold off to private concerns. Stuart Symonds, Bendigo

Station plan parked OUTSIDE of the old Kangaroo Flat goods shed at Kangaroo Flat Station is the following sign: Connecting Regional Victoria – Kangaroo Flat Station Car Park Upgrade. Also listed on this sign in small print is a completion date given as “by the end of June 2018” However as of this date, July 31, no work has been undertaken. The Minister of Transport Jacinta Allan announced this project several months ago with a press release and a photo shoot. Why has work not commenced or are our two local members holding off this project to a date closer to the state election so that they can have a “Grand Opening”? Meanwhile rail patrons suffer with a temporary gravel pit car park when the established car park is full. Ed Thomas, Kangaroo Flat

Significant sentiment IN the late 1960s, when anti-Vietnam war sentiment was high, protest marches occurred in in cities and towns across Australia. A politician’s motorcade met one of these protest groups in a capital city, and when asked what the motorcade should do, he replied “Run over the bastards!” This story has been attributed to both NSW premier Robert Askin, and Victorian premier Henry Bolte, and possibly others as well. Who made the comment probably doesn’t matter now, but the sentiment is still significant. Remembering the story has made me wonder – are those who favour the return of through traffic to the mall foreseeing a time when this attitude to those who congregate there also returns? Whatever else may be going on in their lives, at least the so-called “misfits” in the mall are not in danger (yet) of being driven over by anybody. Julie Hopper, Bendigo

Lack of communication IT appears the state government and support from the federal government are going to proceed with the rail link to the airport.

PICK OF THE WEEK: Lake Eppalock fishers. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN For more photos go to www.newbendigophotos.com The transport minister has stated that the line will use the existing line to Sunshine and branch off from there, and that Sunshine station will undergo a major revamp that will improve regional services to Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo. One hopes this will happen because services on the Bendigo through to Swan Hill and Echuca line commuters are not getting good services. Train services will never improve until such time as the government and transport minister reinstate the double line between Bendigo and Southern Cross and complete the socalled designated line between Sunbury and Sunshine. This was supposed to segregate regional from metropolitan services, but Bendigo services still share a line between Sunbury and Sunshine before the designated line takes effect. All this money being spent and talking about improving regional services yet there doesn’t appear to be any talk on returning the passenger service to Mildura. Our politicians spruik how good they are and what they are doing in improving public transport, but just think back 30 to 40 years ago we ran three services each way between Bendigo and Melbourne as well as some freight trains on double tracks, but now with all the so-called modern technology we are trying to run 20 services each way between Bendigo and Melbourne on a single track and the rare freight trains run after all passenger services during the night. There were no speed restrictions

either because gaps were installed to allow for track expansion during hot weather. Governments employ high cost consultants and bureaucrats that have come out of universities with a piece of paper saying they are qualified to give advice and opinions on infrastructure without any practical experience or knowledge. That’s why we have so many problems that costs the taxpayer big dollars, because authorities will not talk to people from the various industries that understand what goes on and what works and doesn’t work. Ivan Kitt, Bendigo

Who will care? IN 1835 a young Karl Marx wrote, “Our entire life is an unfortunate struggle between the intellectual and the physical principal.” And so it is for the people living on Bendigo’s main streets of the CBD. They struggle while a smarmy, smug prime minister sits in his mansion with that big smirk on his face. He doesn’t know what it is to struggle and be cast out of one’s home after being unable to pay the mortgage or the rent and keep up with the increasing price of bills and food. It is a disgrace that we have homeless people living on our streets in Bendigo yet who is going to help them? In Luke 10:25-37 Jesus tells an expert on the law about the Good Samaritan who looked after a man

who’d been hurt and robbed on the street. He then took him to an inn and paid for his lodgings. How many of us would be prepared to take in one of the homeless people on our streets? How many of us truly do love our neighbour? Unfortunately, some institutions that care for people like the mentally ill have been shut down and now to get into the psychiatric ward at Bendigo Health there is a waiting list and people are thrown out after a week. Many people on the street have a mental illness and cannot care for themselves. Someone has to. Angela Morrissey, Eaglehawk

BHP – it’s our money BHP’s disastrous foray into the shale oil business managed to squander between $US20 billion and $25 billion of our money. Mums and Dads in super funds have also paid the price. Who has taken the rap and paid the penalty? No one to my knowledge. Accountability gone missing. Any suggestion that shareholders should leave the $14 billion that wasn’t blown with the board and management for another “light bulb” moment would be outrageous. Andrew Mackenzie, current BHP CEO, has got it right, “ return the net proceeds from the transactions to shareholders”. The sooner the better. Michael McKenzie, Strathdale

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The right trade AUSTRALIA and by definition Bendigo, is suffering from a shortage of skilled tradespeople. In an understandable aspiration by parents, children are being pushed into so-called white collar professions at the expense of the hands-on roles. Traditional trades, such as plumbers, electricians and the like are well-paid jobs in an industry which offers work. Sure, the workforce needs to include lawyers and office-bound trades, but the reality is we need people with hands on the tools too. Education facilities in a bid to appear more attractive to parents are pushing their academic success rate. Why not, that’s the role of a school, but steering students away from the trades may not be best in the long run. We hear of a shortage of students

Editorial Comment heading to STEM subjects, science technology education and maths, but this is being addressed to a certain extent with a push to actively interest students to those fields. What is now needed is a rethink on how the hands-on trades are handled. Australia is projected to have a shortage of pilots to the tune of around 640,000 by 2050, that’s a solid career to focus on, but without the engineers and associated trades to build the aircraft, perhaps the need will be short lived. The same goes for many other aspects of Australian life.

There is, and will continue to be, a shortage of welders. While it would not suit all, it’s a trade which is needed and pays well. While students are being pushed to follow tertiary education into a career which may not exist in 20 years, those hands on trades are lacking. Apprenticeships are at the heart of the learning process, and a welder could be trained and on the workforce by age 18. Not all people are ripe for uni, and not all need to spend the associated learning fees. A modified approach to employment could see a return to traditional trades being filled by people who are fit for certain jobs. Some people are not cut out to be doctors, and some or not cut out to be welders, but we need people to fill the roles, not university and school quotas.

opinion By MAX TURNER CBD resident

THE decision by VCAT to grant a permit for the Aspire project to proceed without on-site parking is disappointing to objectors. No on-site parking for at least staff is a major concern. It is pleasing that a third party appraisal validated all our points of objection. It recognised the impact a lack of bus parking has on the neighbourhood. The tribunal imposed on council a condition that they undertake a bus parking management plan for the Aspire site as follows: My discretion is limited to the application before me. I cannot impose conditions that are unrelated to the permit application. I cannot fix the existing problems, and I am limited to directing the buses generated by the new place of assembly. I am persuaded to impose a condition for a bus parking management plan to be developed with and approved by the council, and the parties must accept that this plan can only apply to the new place of assembly. Whether it can be applied to the existing situation would need to be agreed by the church, the bus companies and the council.

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As a consequence the council must urgently find a solution for the dangerous and illegal practice buses now undertake because no alternative exists other than double parking to drop off and pick up passengers visiting the cathedral in Wattle and MacKenzie streets. No problems, council said. VCAT also directed that council issue a permit, subject to at least 18 amended conditions.

residents hold the view that council only listens to the vocal minority groups and user groups in our community. The silent majority having no say in important issues facing the Greater City of Bendigo. Objectors were, and are still, upset with what is perceived as the planning department’s and CEO Craig Niemann’s handling of the council’s planning scheme. Its suggestions that resi-

We genuinely hope Aspire will not suffer a similar fate to the CBD It was not the preferred action of objectors to end up appealing the council decision at VCAT. However, we felt there was no option having regard to council’s disregard for the amenities and livability of residents in the Aspire precinct. The City of Greater Bendigo Planning Scheme, which by design many believe displays a flagrant disregard to the concerns of residents and ratepayers particularly in residential streets close to the interface with the CBD. Many ratepayers and

dents living near the interface should be treated differently to residents in the suburbs are both ridiculous and preposterous. Many have lived in the cathedral precinct and the interface with the CBD for decades and have witnessed the steady increase in traffic congestion and declining parking availability, while our rates have increased dramatically, some over 250 per cent over the last five years. It is what it is and it is what we see and I am sure residents right around the CBD interface will agree. Workers who park and

walk to the CBD from all points of the compass have our sympathy as councils have continually ignored parking for workers, shoppers and residents. We hold particular concern for a traffic survey presented at VCAT by council that suggested there is ample parking availability during weekdays within a 200-metre radius of Aspire. The constant waiving by past and present councils of statutory parking requirements for significant developments will impact on parking in the CBD for years to come. It can be argued that a lack of easy parking is a major cause in the CBD demise. People vote with their feet and the success of the Marketplace, Lansell Plaza and Strath Village is testimony to that conclusion. We genuinely hope Aspire will not suffer a similar fate to the CBD due to accessibility issues. It is not unusual to see vehicles traverse the cathedral block several times and finally leave because of a lack of parking availability. One thing for sure is that time will only prove who was right and who was wrong.

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The Grammar of Glitch IT’S a long way from Northumberland, England to central Victoria but Ross Taylor says his work has flourished since moving to Kyneton four years ago. “I’ve been inspired by the landscape around me” he said. “It’s given me the space to re-focus my art practice.” His initial move 10 years ago to the antipodes via Europe and Japan has resulted in an assured technique as well as an abiding urge to push the boundaries of conventional drawing. Mr Taylor’s work,

which is part of a group exhibition, reflects the La Trobe Art Institute’s current theme – that of the dissonance or discord that can be enjoyed when glitches occur within the general or conventional scheme of life. Mr Taylor’s work, Norwegian Gem, for example features both the interior and exterior of a ship’s cabin where the walls and interior items are moved around, contracted and generally played with. At the same time there is an inherent satisfaction to be found when the

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subject matter comes together as a coherent whole. Added to the intrigue of Mr Taylor’s perspective is his playful, light-filled palate. His medium in these works consists of prismacolor on textured print making paper. Painting, sculpture and print are used by Antonia Sellbach, James Little, Katie Paine, Michael Georgetti and Paul Kaptein who are also participating in The Grammar of Glitch, which will be at the LAI until Saturday, September 1.

VERY early in April 1870 the family of Elizabeth and George Knight arrived here in Bendigo, the speculative mining company boom was then in its infancy. Almost immediately Knight offered his services as a surveyor, marking out the leases that a plethora of mining companies had pegged for registration. Existing mines needed accurate underground surveys to ensure that they were keeping within their boundaries as indicated on their leases. Knight picked up quite quickly the geology of the Bendigo goldfield with its spur systems and saddle reefs. While surveying at the Rainbow Tribute Company, operating on the productive Garden Gully Reef, he was able to observe the reef’s structure. He duly recommended to sink a winze, which is an internal shaft within the mine, to pick up the continuation of the payable reef. The mine management heeded his advice and a rich gold bearing formation was duly uncovered. On the New Chum Reef the Equity Company wanted Knight to establish the precise location of the reef that ran through their lease in 1872.

Having arrived on this goldfield in a rather skint state, it was natural for the family to at first rent their living premises. Knight decided that Quarry Hill was possibly the best location for his family, as there was very little deep reef quartz mining in that area, hence less noise and dust. The Great Southern had not yet begun, it starting its operations a number of years later in 1876, located between Gladstone and Peel streets. Similarly the Summerhill Mine had not yet begun to sink its shaft in Palmerston Square, not far from where the South Bendigo Bowling Club is located. There was however, considerable mining activity on the Sheepshead Reef which was further to the west of Quarry Hill. Elizabeth and George Knight rented a house in Horace Street, this belonged to William Mackay, large enough to accommodate their eight surviving children, the eldest being London-born, William John Knight. William turned 16 years only six months after the family arrived here. The Bendigo council sought to appoint a new valuer for the municipality, a position that

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• Full & Partial Dentures • Repairs • Relines & Mouth Guards • Veterans’ Affairs • Health Fund Rebates 586 Hargreaves St, Bendigo 3550

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ENDIGO Prosthetic Centre and Dental Laboratory in Mundy Street, is offering free denture checks from next Monday to coincide with Dental Health Week. Anne Hughes and Sarah Thompson have more than 40 years’ experience, and with all work done on-site the prosthetist consulting you personally constructs or repairs your dentures. “We can even place your name in your dentures and provide tips on the care of your dentures and natural teeth,” dental prosthetist Anne Hughes said. “As we get older health conditions, medications or just aging can cause changes in the condition of your mouth, affecting your choices in diet because of an inability to chew properly. “Getting your dentures checked and possibly replaced or relined regularly can enable you to overcome the changes that take place with time.” Dentures should be replaced every five to eight years and cleaned morning and night to remove food particles and plaque

by lightly brushing with toothbrush and toothpaste, denture soakers can also be used. “Leaving your dentures out at night gives your mouth and gums an opportunity to recover from the effort of supporting your dentures during the day,” Anne said. “If you choose to keep your dentures in overnight, always clean them thoroughly before you go to bed.” Bendigo Prosthetic Centre and Dental Laboratory also manufactures customised mouth-guards for that ultimate fit – perfect for protecting your teeth and jaw while playing sport. They also deal direct with the public with no referral necessary as well as Veterans’ Affairs card holders. Dentures and mouth-guards may also able to be claimed through your health medical insurance. Bendigo Prosthetic Centre and Dental Laboratory, 55 Mundy Street, Bendigo, phone 5443 4561.

Bendigo Prosthetic Centre and Dental Lab Are your Dentures feeling uncomfortable or wearing out? Don’t wait any longer, Now is the time to get them checked and possibly relined. All work is completed on site.

Service with a smile!

Call Anne Hughes today to make your appointment. We can help with all your denture and mouth guard needs. 55 Mundy Street, Bendigo Phone: 5443 4561

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Four large rooms currently available each with own split system A/C and Heating. Lots of carpark for clients.

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Spring Gully Children Tues 4-5.30pm Phone Cheryle Ludbey: 0429 430 819

SPRING Gully Senior Citizens Club 2018 AGM

Single 50+ Tues nights 6pm + other events Judy 0416 376 564 Lyn 0434 433 122

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Preacher:

St. Paul’s Cathedral August Promenade Series

Ps Peter Pritchard

A series of fine music performances in St. Paul’s Cathedral, Myers Street, Bendigo Featuring choirs, flute and piano players, guitarists, harpist and solo voices.

Ph 0413 682 999

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FROM THE BIBLE

PSALM 2, 3, 4

HEENAN Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Soul of the late Mrs. Pearl HEENAN will be offered at St Kilian’s Catholic Church McCrae Street Bendigo, FRIDAY (August 10) at 1.30pm. The cortege will leave at the conclusion of Mass for the Axedale Catholic Cemetery. Rosary will be held at the Mulqueen Family Chapel 15-25 Bridge Street Bendigo on FRIDAY (August 10) at 11.00am.

2, But his delight is in the law of the Lord and on his law he meditates day and night 3, He is like a tree planted by streams of water which yields its fruit in season and who’s leaf does not wither, whatever he does prospers 4, Not so the wicked They are like chaff that the wind blows away

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AUDREY VIVIENNE GLADMAN

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Daughter of Ellen

Son of Esther

McRae and Stephen

Schouten and Kit

Gladman of Huntly.

Hine of Chewton.

was born at Bendigo Health July 30, 2018 2848 grams Daughter of Melisa Brown and Jacob Cornish of Kerang. Sister for Derek and Krysta.

was born at

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WILLIAM LEIGH PAPPIN was born at

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July 31, 2018

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Daughter of Samantha

Adrian Pappin of Huntly.

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July 29, 2018 Daughter of Hollie Alford and Grant Holdsworth of Kennington.

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EMPLOYMENT Eastern Road Freight require an Interstate Truck Driver - Full time Local Truck driver - Full time with general freight experience. Minimum H/C Licence Required. Must be well presented & reliable. Above award wages. Send Resume to 135 Breen st, Bendigo

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Community Meals and Soup Kitchens: Bendigo Community Health Soup Kitchen: The Arcade, 165-171 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. Ph: 5448 1600. Thurs, 4pm-4.45pm. Bendigo Baptist Community Care Breakfast: Life Essentials, Mad Cow Cafe, 214 Hargreaves St, Bendigo. 5441 4747. Tues 7.45am. Cafe 153 Community Breakfast: The Salvation Army Bendigo Worship Centre, 65-71 Mundy St, Bendigo (Gate 1). Sundays 8.45am-9.45am. Eaglehawk Community House: 19 Bright St, Eaglehawk. 5446 8322. Tues 12 noon and 6pm. Kangaroo Flat Community Meals: Rotary Gateway Park, High St, Kangaroo Flat, Wed 5.30pm-6.30pm. Kangaroo Flat Uniting Church: Cnr Church and Camp sts, Kangaroo Flat. Ph: 5447 9998. Fourth Wednesday of every month, 12pm. Not Just Soup - Soup Kitchen: A Reasonable Christianity Church, 237 High Street, Golden Square - back room (opposite Woolworths). Ph: 0404 559 769. Sun, 3.30pm-4.40pm, Thurs, 5pm-6pm. FOODCARE3556: Eaglehawk Uniting Church, Peg Leg Rd Eaglehawk. Tues 1pm–3pm. Gold coin donation.Ph 0403 698 715. Saltworks Community Meal: Eaglehawk Anglican Church, 63 High St, Eaglehawk. Ph: 5446 8251. Fri 5.45pm (except Jan or public holidays). St Liborius Parish Centre: 50 Panton St, Eaglehawk. 5446 8235. Tues 11.30am (school terms). Supplied by City of Greater Bendigo.

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Cameron Concrete Domestic & Commercial. For all your concrete requirements.. Call Rod 0400 611 016 Free Quotes & advice. 30 years experience

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DD HANDYMAN & MAINTENANCE SERVICE All types of household jobs inc garden maint. Phone 0409 949 111 FURNITURE REPAIRS on

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Pioneers graduates enjoying success By JOEL PETERSON

IT’S been a good week for the Bendigo Pioneers and the club will be hoping it gets even better this weekend. The Pioneers host Geelong on Sunday in their third last TAC Cup match of the year before the wildcard finals series, having seen several graduates shine over the past week. Fergus Greene debuted for the Western Bulldogs in Ballarat last week, while Kane Farrell played his first game for their opponents on the day, Port Adelaide. Both kicked goals as the Power romped to a 44-point win over the Dogs. Tom Cole also further franked his recent form, the 2015 Pioneers graduate and West Coast Eagle named the round 19 NAB Rising Star nominee. Cole collected 19 disposals in the Eagles’ loss to North Melbourne in Hobart, but has played every game for the second-placed side since

RISING STAR: Tom Cole. returning into the 22 in round five. Despite his good form on the field it hasn’t been an easy year for the young defender off of it, losing his father Russell to cancer in the preseason. “It’s been a bit of a roller coaster, I am proud of what I’ve achieved this

year,” Cole said this week. “I’ve said it before, it’s a bit of a motivation. I play for my old man.” Cole was also part of an injury scare for West Coast last week, involved in a collision with star forward Josh Kennedy at training. Kennedy’s injury saw the spearhead miss last week’s game and has put him in doubt for the coming fortnight. “I felt pretty bad but I bought him a coffee after it, so we’re back on good terms,” Cole said with a laugh. Meantime, the Pioneers have had midfielder Jye Caldwell selected to take part in the AFL Draft Combine later this year. Caldwell has missed several weeks due to a hamstring injury suffered while playing for Vic Country at the national under-18 championships. The Pioneers host Geelong Falcons on Sunday at the QEO from 1pm in their second last home game of the TAC Cup season.

FUN TIME: The athletics program has received a boost.

Funding boost for inclusive athletics A NEW athletics program for people living with an intellectual disability has received a boost from a local community enterprise. Strathfieldsaye and Districts Community Enterprise is providing $1400 in sponsorship to the Bendigo Specialised Athletics Program. The program has started in recent weeks and runs each Friday at the Bendigo Athletics Track from 4.15pm to 5pm and is available to all ages and abilities. Enterprise chair Catherine Wilby said the group was keen to encourage community partnerships to ensure activities that helped create stronger and healthier communities were available to everyone. Athletics Bendigo general manager Craig Green said he was thrilled

with the sponsorship as it means all participants would be able to participate in the program free of charge. “Our objective was to make athletics inclusive for everyone but this generous support by SDCE means we can now offer the program for free,” Mr Green said. The SDCE has given back well over $1 million for community groups and projects since its inception in 2005. SDCE’s community funds come from its partners Bendigo Bank and Bendigo Telco. Ms Wilby said residents and businesses who “tag” Strathfieldsaye and Districts Community Enterprise to their existing or new Bendigo Bank or Bendigo Telco accounts were helping contribute to these funds.

Clubs take a stand RECRUIT: Louella Tomlinson will suit up for Bendigo this season. Photo: ANDREW PERRYMAN

Spirit advance preseason preparation THE Bendigo Spirit has made an early start to their Women’s National Basketball League preparation with a training camp in Bendigo. Coach Simon Pritchard took the opportunity to bring the majority of the group together last week including new recruits Marena Whittle, Cassidy McLean and Louella Tomlinson. Bendigo Braves guard Bianca Dufelmeier was also among those to participate after being signed as

a development player, joined in those ranks by Maddy Wild and Caitlin McLachlan. Imports Becca Tobin and Jamie Scott remain overseas, while Nat Hurst is still in season with the Queensland Basketball League’s Sunshine Coast Phoenix and Abbey Wehrung was preparing for SEABL finals with Diamond Valley Eagles. The WNBL season will start on October 12 and will again be condensed into a 12-week block.

It will be a vastly differentlooking Spirit lineup this season, without familiar faces such as the Canberra-bound Kelsey Griffin as well as Heather Oliver and Gabe Richards. The Spirit’s 2018/19 roster: Nadeen Payne, Kara Tessari, Maddy Wild, Caitlin McLachlan, Becca Tobin (import), Jamie Scott (import), Nat Hurst Abbey Wehrung, Bianca Dufelmeier, Marena Whittle, Louella Tomlinson, Cassidy McLean.

THE leagues under the administration arm of AFL Central Victoria have banded together to mark violence prevention round. Senior footballers and A-grade netballers in the Bendigo Football Netball League, Heathcote and District Football Netball League and Loddon Valley Football Netball League will be wearing orange arm bands this weekend. The round is being held to coincide with White Ribbon Round across AFL Victoria’s men’s and women’s competitions. Clubs from 18 leagues from all levels of football across the state are supporting the round, to raise critical awareness to prevent violence against women. Victorians are encouraged to show their support by taking part in an online social media campaign and taking the White Ribbon Oath to prevent men’s

violence against women. Senior footballers and A-grade netballers in the Bendigo Football Netball League, Heathcote and District Football Netball League and Loddon Valley Football Netball League will be wearing orange arm bands this weekend. Violence against women predominately happens in the context of family violence and statistics show 90 per cent of family violence is perpetrated by men and 80 per cent of victims are women. “Sport is an integral part of Australian culture. It is woven into the fabric of the everyday lives of many individuals, families and communities,” Victoria Police Sergeant Margaret Singe said. “We can use this connectivity to prevent violence against women and to change the statistics.“

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Finals win helps Braves find belief

By JOEL PETERSON

THE first loss of the year didn’t come as a complete shock to the Bendigo Braves women and one of their stars has said it won’t necessarily provide them a sudden jolt back into action. Gabe Richards said rather than being a sudden turning point, the loss has allowed the team to reflect on a string of performances that may not have been reflected in the team’s 20-0 record. Richards said although they were winning, the Braves had been doing so unconvincingly on several occasions. That caught up to them at home last Saturday night, when an undermanned Launceston jumped them from the start to lead 24-10 at the opening break and the Braves couldn’t grind their way to a victory in the fashion they have many times this year. “I think certainly this year we’ve won all of our games but we haven’t been happy with the way that we’ve done it,” Richards said. “The way that it played out we’ve seen before and we just weren’t able to claw it back and get that momentum to get over the top in the end. Against the really good sides it turns out you can’t do that all the time.” Bendigo meets Geelong this week after the Supercats smashed Diamond Valley 92-65 last week in the elimination final. The match will be held in Bendigo, a legacy of the club’s top-of-thetable finish and a 20-0 campaign. “We’ve played all season to put ourselves in a position that if this happened we really can learn from it,” Richards said. “It’s up to us now to go back, look at it and learn from it. If we don’t do that there’s no point in playing our guts out all season.” Ash Karaitiana comes back into the Braves’ lineup after being

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missed in the clash against Launceston while on New Zealand national team duties. “If people want to post Ash up, good luck. She’s strong, and she’s got good size for a guard in the post and that’s where we got exploited on the weekend so she’ll help with that,” Richards said. “She’s bringing incredible form back as well so we’re excited to have her back.” Bendigo and Geelong have a long-standing rivalry, including Geelong’s win in last year’s SEABL grand final. But the Braves have plenty of finals experience on their side, some-

thing Richards said should work in their favour. “I think, having said that, as veterans of the group that we’ll look at Saturday night and say ‘let’s not do that again’,” she said. “There’s learning points there for all of us but that experience can certainly come into effect for us and hopefully it will the further we go through the finals.” Bendigo hosts Geelong from 7pm on Saturday night in the SEABL second semi final. If the Braves emerge victorious they will travel to play the winner of Nunawading and Melbourne Tigers in the preliminary final next week.

Umpires stump up for new faces WITH cricket season fast approaching, the Bendigo District Cricket Umpires Association is looking for more umpires. It is already one of the largest groups of its kind in Victoria, but president Larry Wust said there is always room for new faces. Wust was reappointed as president at the group’s recent annual general meeting, while Peter Williams takes on the role of umpire coordinator. “Peter will not only be focusing on a closer relationship with all the ten BDCA clubs and the umpires association but also boosting the ranks of the

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By JOEL PETERSON

IT’S taken 17 weeks, 21 games and a handful of painful losses, but Bendigo Braves coach Ben Harvey has seen a change in his team after it staved off elimination from finals last weekend. It’s not their defence, their offence, or any physical factor. Rather, for the first time all year, Harvey says the Braves simply believe in themselves. “I think the guys are really hungry, for the first time after the weekend I think they believed in themselves,” he said. “As a coaching staff you always want to feel like you believe in the team and yes you get frustrated and things change during the year. “But at the end of the day I really do feel we found our identity and we believe in ourselves and now we can just focus on the things that we are good at.” The Braves rediscovered that mental edge after a crushing win over the Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence team in Canberra. The Braves smashed the hosts by 22 points, led by a monsterous 37 points and 11 rebounds from Ray Turner, a standout first half from Jeremy Kendle and five Daniel Hansen threepointers. But it was the smaller pieces falling into place that most pleased Harvey. “Daniel Hansen hit five threes, Matt Andronicos was diving on loose balls, Chris Adkins was doing the same, Chris Hogan hit some big shots, Indiana Faithfull got into the paint and made some good passes, Kendle had a huge first half and Ray Turner was just a beast,” he said. During the 2016 championship season the Braves and Harvey spoke regularly of their identity, which was centered around defence and built the foundation of a long-awaited title. Last year the team lost that completely amid a disappointing season. This year it has lurked somewhere near the surface, not fully on show but never far away. Continued Page 27

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