Latrobe Valley Express Wednesday 14 December 2022

Winner in our eyes

ZERO CONFIDENCE

By MICHELLE SLATER

UNION members at the Maryvale mill havemoved ano-confidence motion against Opal Australian Paper management and called on the Andrews Government to help save more than 200 jobs.

Workers held ameeting at Maryvale on Tuesdayafter being told Opalwill be handing out stand-downs just days before Christmas due to alackofpulp supplies to make white copy paper.

CFMEU Manufacturing division officials fear 220 jobs are under imminent threat in the M5 section of the mill.

It comes after VicForests stopped logginginareas that came undera Supreme Court decision ordered for better protections of endangeredgliders.

This has meant that Opal expects that it will be unable to maintain white copy

paperproductionasfromDecember 23.

An Opal spokesperson anticipated there would be temporary stand downs for some work groups in coming weeks.

The spokesperson said Opal was considering anumber of long-term scenarios in case it couldn’t find viable alternative wood fibre supplies.

“Given the uncertainty and current lack of supply, as part of our longerterm scenario planning, Opal is potentially considering areduction in size or the closure of white paper production at the Maryvale Mill,” the spokesperson said.

“In the case of this event, Opal anticipates this would result in areduction in the size of the workforce and potential redundancies.

“We are continuing to consult with our affected team members on this critical issue.”

CFMEUManufacturing is accusing

Opal management of showing a“completelack of engagementand interest in working collaboratively” to secure alternate supplies.

The union is reiterating its call for the state government to help access alternative supplies, and change the timber code of practice to allow logging to continue.

CFMEU Manufacturing national secretary,Michael O’Connor, has slammed Opal’s public commentary that the log supply interruption impacted “a small number of workgroups”.

Mr O’Connor saiditwas in fact indefinite stand-downs and potential redundancy for 220 workers.

“Opal are not being truthful to our members abouttheir jobs.They have not been transparent withthe union about their plans,” Mr O’Connor said.

“Our membershave zero confidence in

Opal and the member meeting turn-out and vote demonstrates that.

“SinceOpal’spublic support for the Victorian Forestry Plan in 2019, it has been clear to the union, to our members and to local management that this crisis was coming.”

Thestate government had previously issued astatement that is was “working with Opal to minimise any potential disruption to operations”.

An Officeworksspokespersonsaid the retailer expected minimal supply interruptions and was not imposing purchasing limits on copy paper.

“Officeworks has adiversified supplier base,” the spokesperson said.

“We wish to extendour thoughts and sympathy to employees at Opal Australian Paper and the local Morwell community as they face uncertainty during this difficult time.”

Australian musiclegend Shannon Noll rockedthe MoeRacingClub on Friday.

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Latrobe (set)toupgrade climatepolicy

By MICHELLE SLATER

LATROBECity Councilwilldetail updated climate change policies and targets in its draft SustainabilityAction Plandue to be out for comment next year.

It comes as Latrobe City had noted its position on climate change in a10-point statement from 12 years ago.

But Latrobe Valley Sustainability Group presented council with apetition at its December meeting calling for the statement to be updated in line with new information on climate change. In presenting to councillors, LVSG treasurer Lorraine Bull said the community was looking

to Latrobe City for leadership as the community transitioned from coal in the next decade.

Ms Bull said she hoped the impending Sustainability Action Plan would provide some assurance,and congratulatedLatrobe Cityon some actions it had already been rolling out.

“The need for aclimate policy is evident. Investors, business, workers, students, farmers and researchers and visitors are all affected one way or another by council policy,” Ms Bull said.

“Power workers may be just as concerned about bushfire and flood for instance, as anybody else. But they rightly wonder wheretheir future employment might be.”

The state government is now requiring all local governments to consider climatechange mitigation and adaptation responses.

Latrobe City has stated it was addressing this through its Council Plan and Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.

Some of this included abiogasgenerator at the Hyland Highway landfill, new solar panels on council buildings, street lighting upgrades and geothermal at the Traralgon aquatic centre.

Latrobe City mayor, Kellie O’Callaghan,said council had been been preparing for anticipated coal closures and was supporting alternative energy and low emission technologies.

Probecontinues into fatal Traralgon crash

PoliceBeat

POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding afatal collision that occurred in Traralgon on Wednesday, November 30.

Officers have been told aman,believed to be in his 50s, was hit by acar on McNairn Rd about 9.30pm.

He suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital in acriticalcondition and later died.

The driver of the car stopped at the scene and is assisting police with their enquires.

Anyone who witnessed the collision, has dashcam footage or information, is urged to phone Crime Stoppers.

Alarming speed in R’Dale

AT 12.30am on Friday, November 25, police were conducting speed checks on the Princes Hwy west of Rosedale, when amotorist approached at an alarming speed of 190 km/h.

“The young 19-year-old probationary NSW driver was intercepted and will now have a

Excessive: Policeintercepted avehicle in Rosedale,clocked at an alarming speed of 190km/h. photograph supplied

date with aMagistrate to explain why he was putting not only his life, but the life of his mate and other road users at risk,” police wrote on social media.

“His car was impounded for 30 days and now he has to find an alternative way to get back home to NSW.

“It’s along walk back to NSW, great work by police for stopping this dangerous behaviour on our roads.”

Did yousee this vehicle?

ON November 17 asingle vehicle -described

as asilver Lexus -was allegedly sighted driving erratically before having acollision in Tinamba.

Police at this stage believe the vehicle was travelling on the Traralgon-Maffra Rd, and had several near misses with on-coming vehicles before colliding with atree.

The single occupant was taken to Sale Hospital with minor injuries.

If you have any information in relation to the incident, please phone First Constable Wilson at Sale Police Station on 5142 2200.

Cr O’Callaghan said council had aresponsibility to ensure every effort was taken to minimise environmental impact.

“Council has acknowledged for along time that we musttakeaction on climate change, both by supporting international and Australian efforts and focusing on our own impact locally,” Cr O’Callaghan said.

“We are also working collaboratively with other Gippsland councils to deliver innovative solutions that respond to shared challenges of achanging climate.

“This includes our involvementinthe Gippsland Alliance for Climate Action.”

Postal scam hits the Latrobe Valley

ATRARALGON local recently came across a new scam relating to Australia Post.

The scam consists of aletter thatisbeing placed in the letterboxes of locals, telling them to contact the scammers, hiding behind the Australia Post name and logo.

The letter is as follows:

To the Resident, We have been notified by ‘Australia Post’ customerservice that aparcel has been wrongly delivered to your address-GPS location. If it could be possible to arrangeretrieval so we can get it forwarded on to the correct address it would be greatly appreciated.You can either call me on 9623 4754 or email me at Brett.

eddy@auspost.com.au

Yours sincerely, Brett Eddy

Delivery Manager Traralgon DC

The resident told The Express that locals shouldkeep an extra eye out for thedetails on the letter,because upon second inspection, it wasobviously not real.

The letter she received from the alleged scammers didn’t come in an envelope.

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We officially have anew member

By MICHELLE SLATER

THE VictorianElectoral Commissionhas officially declared Martin Cameron as the new Nationals Member for Morwell,inanannouncement on Monday morning.

Mr Cameron contested against 12 candidates and won the seat by 54.44 per cent on atwo-party preferred vote ahead of Labor candidate Kate Maxfield on 45.42 per cent.

The incoming MP won Morwellwith the help of Liberals preferences, polling 22.89 per cent on primary votes, behind Dr Maxfield, who was ahead on primaries with 31.44 per cent.

Liberal candidate Dale Harriman finished-up with 15.51 per cent of the primary vote.

The VEC is still expecting afinal few votes to trickle in over the next few days, but this will not affect the final outcome.

Results for the Upper House are expected to be announced on Wednesday in Melbourne.

Mr Cameron said he had already sat in a

Nationals Party room meeting and will sit in his first session of parliament on December 20.

The formerTraralgon plumber will be moving into theelectoral office of the retired Independent Member for Morwell, Russell Northe, on George Street, Morwell.

“It’s areally good feeling after all the hard work put in from the time Inominated, then going through pre-selection through to standing here today as the new Member for Morwell,” Mr Cameronsaid.

“It was surrealgoing to Spring Street and standing on the front steps of parliament looking back at Melbourne. That was awesome.”

Mr Cameron is being thrown into parliament amiduncertainty in the nativeforest industry and the future of jobs at the Maryvale paper mill.

He said he would discuss theseissuesinthe party room and take questions to the relevant newly sworn-in ministers.

“I’m here to back the peopleofthe Valley and especially Maryvale workers, but Idon’t think

they know 100 per cent what is going on at the moment. Thereneeds to be somequestions asked,” Mr Cameron said.

“The Laborgovernment can fix this by closing loopholes in the legislation. This will reverse the decision and then the forest industry can get back to supplying APM and keep workers working.”

The incumbent Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria, Melina Bath, said she “feltreasonably comfortable” that she would regain her seat in the Upper House.

Ms Bath said she was buoyedbycommunity advocacy that she had campaigned for in the past term, such as pushing for road safety upgrades in Walhalla and instigating the parliamentary inquiry in animal rights activism.

“Whenpeople approach my officefor assistance, we don’t ask who they voted for, Iask what their issue is and how we can support them to abetter outcome,” Ms Bath said.

“Peoplesee an MP as amechanism to help solve theirparticular problem.”

Contractor fined after spraying state forest

By MICHELLE SLATER

FRIENDS of the Earth has slammed acourt decision in which an HVP contractor was found guilty of chemical spray driftwhere herbicides werefound 150 metres into the Holey Plains State Forest.

FOEhad obtained freedom of information documents which showed that the contractor was found guilty in the SaleMagistrates CourtinAugust for 13 charges in breach of chemicals regulations.

Agriculture Victoria pressed charges after investigating several incidents in 2020 on receiving reports by FOE land-use researcher Anthony Amis, whodiscovered the damagewhile surveying for koalas.

The contractor was given a12-month good behaviour bond and was ordered to obtain anew aerial management system accreditation and to pay$1000 to Landcare.

But Mr Amis said he did not understand why aheftier penalty was not handed-down, with applicable maximum fines up to $66,000.

“This is aslap on the wrist. Thiswas not an

appropriate punishment at all. Where elsehas this company been operating?” Mr Amis said.

It was found that the contractor was spraying aneighbouring pine plantation and allowed chemicals to drift about two kilometres along the native forest boundary.

Investigators discoveredfour types of chemicals, including glyphosate in 17 locations and in native tree canopies up to 20-metres in the air.

Some of the charges included injuriously impacting nativeplants, breaching label instructions, using herbicides in excess of label rates and alack of appropriate record keeping.

Mr Amis said the Victorian Biodiversity Atlas showed theaffected area contained the critically endangered Martins toadlet, koalas, vulnerable powerful owls and endangered lace monitors.

The forest is also asitefor honey-producing bee hives and is apopular bush recreation area.

“If this area had afarm house or acommunity nearby, what would be the impact on residents?” Mr Amis said.

“This is areal worry for me, particularly as the

state government is planting thousands of hectares of pine plantations in Gippsland and Ifear there will be more inappropriate chemical use.”

An HVPPlantations spokesperson said it was an isolated incident and the company amended its protocols to maintain best practices.

“While this was an extremely isolated incident, we are confidentthese improved methods and procedures makeitextremelyunlikelysuchan incident could occur again,” the spokesperson said.

Agriculture Victoria hasstressed that it is an offence to carry out any spraying that contaminates land, plants or stockoutside the target area under the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act.

An Agriculture Victoria spokesperson said all agrichemicalusers were required to use chemicals responsibly to prevent spray from driftingfrom the target crop or activity.

“Agriculture Victoria accepts the outcome of the court case and encourages all agrichemical users to understand and comply with the relevant requirements of use,” the spokesperson said.

Solar farm proposed in Hazelwood North

THE community is being invited to hear about anew 450-to-500 megawatt solar farm and battery being proposed in Hazelwood North to generate energy equivalent to power 130,000 homes.

Developer Cogency and Robert Luxmoore Project Management are planning to build the solarfarm on grazing land between the Princes Highway, Firmins Lane and Hazelwood Road.

The proposal includes PV panels, substations and abattery, with construction slated to start in 2024and be operating the following year.

Cogency is exploringgrid connection options, with information tobeannounced early next year.

The company expects the project will create about 400 to 500 construction jobsand 11 ongoing jobs in its 30-year lifespan.

In astatement, Cogency said the Hazelwood North Solar Farm would be one of the largest in the state, helping to deliver clean energy and reach Victoria’s renewables and climate targets.

“Developing solar power generation in the Latrobe Valley is an important step to transitioning to renewable energy. It will also assist the transition of the Latrobe Valley to acleaner economy,” the statement said.

“The site is one of the largest remaining undeveloped landholdings in single ownership, representing asignificant opportunity for acohesively planned and developed solar farm.”

Cogency said the farm would be away from neighbouring dwellings and would include protective screening vegetation on all site boundaries. Sheep grazing could also co-exist with the operating solar farm.

The company picked the site, which is aflat and large plot of land with asingle owner, located outside of urban areas, close to transmission and main roads.

“The solarfarm plans willbeaccompanied by technical impact assessments for arange of issues such as biodiversity, noise, visual, traffic and cultural heritage,” the company said.

“Robert Luxmoore Project Management and Cogency Australia have worked together on numerous large-scale renewable energy projects.

“[They] are coordinating the planning permit application and community engagement program for the proposed Hazelwood North solar farm.”

Acommunity information day will be held at the Hazelwood North Public Hall on Saturday December 17 from 10am to 2pm.

Cogency Australia and Robert Luxmoore will host asecond community information day once the planning permit application has been lodged with the state government.

Official result: VEC electionmanager Janette Gibson withincumbent Nationals Member forEasternVictoria MelinaBath,officially-declaredNationals Member forMorwell Martin Cameron and hismum and dadFay and John Cameron. photograph michelle slater

By MICHELLE SLATER

THE Environment Protection Authorityhas reverted discharge limits for sulphur dioxide emissions at Loy Yang Bpowerstation aftergranting its operator Alinta achangeinits licence conditions.

Alinta made an application in August for the EPA to allow for its coal generatortoincrease discharge limitsfor sulphur dioxide to 100,000 grams per minute, up from 91,000g/min.

The EPA had held back emissions for 12 months while it was assessing data from Loy Yang Bas part of last year’s brown coal-fired power station licence reviews.

Sulphurdioxide emissionsare directly related to thevariable amounts of amount of sulphur in brown coal.

The amended licence allows for the variation in the quality of coal provided to Loy Yang Bfrom the opencut mine, combined withthe needtoprovide energy reliabilityinthe market.

Alinta told the EPA it actively monitored its sulphur emissions through a“coal quality specification agreement” with its coal provider.

“We require agreateroperational marginto manage compliance with ourlicence condition, to prevent Loy Yang B–the most efficient and reliablecoal fired power station in Victoria –from withdrawing much-needed generationtothe NEM,” it said.

The company told the EPA it had just completed agenerator upgrade at the time of the EPA licence reviews, which hadimproved efficiency and better output.

“At the time, we were also supplied with coal containingalower sulphur content than what has been providedmore recently,” the submission said.

“Ahead of making this request, we completed arange of mitigation actions including working closelywith our coal provider to provide lower sulphurcontent coal so far as reasonably practicable.”

But the changes have raised red flagsfor EnvironmentalJustice Australia, with concerns that the LatrobeValleyisalready disproportionately exposedtosulphur dioxide and particle pollution.

EJA lawyer Chloe Badcock said the amendment

set Alinta’s pollution limits back to the same levels that were in place for at least 20 years before the licence reviews.

“It is unconscionable that big polluters like Alinta Energy are not held accountable for pumping out tonnes of dangerous toxic pollution,” Ms Badcock said.

“The EPA are requiredtotakethe best available techniques or technologies into account.

“There are technologies used widely around the world that effectively reduce emissions, typically by over 98 per cent.”

An EPAspokesperson assured that therewould be no increase in health risks or areduction in safety to the Latrobe Valley community.

“The LatrobeValleyair quality modelling and the air monitoring network data shows that the ground levelconcentrations of SO2inthe valley are below human healthguidelines,” the spokesperson said.

“The EPA licence reviewwas comprehensivewith multiple community meetings and acommunity conference which informed several requirements the EPA imposed on the new licence conditions.”

By MICHELLE SLATER

LATROBECityCouncil is spending almost $4 million on energy efficiencyupgradesthrough installing LED streetlights and solar panels on its municipal buildings.

The New Energy Projects Investment program includes $1.70m on installing 1.2 megawatts of solar on councilbuildingsand $2.25m on replacing nearly 2840 inefficient streetlights with LEDs.

The projects are expected to save the ratepayer $600,000 ayear in power bills and cut Latrobe

City greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent,and should be completed by 2024.

It willalso offset abouta quarter of Latrobe City’s electricity use and provide some shelter from escalating energy prices.

Latrobe City Cr Dan Clancey pointed out that solar installations were pegged for major buildings such as Kernot Hall, the Churchill Hub, and Morwell, Churchill and Moe-Newborough leisure centres.

Cr Clancey citeda150 kilowattsystem on Kernot Hallthat wouldcost Latrobe City $220,000 but

save council 210,000 kilowatts in electricity.

“We have alarge number of buildings in Latrobe City when you look down the list, there’s significant investment not justinkilowatts but in dollars spent,” Cr Clancey said.

“Thisisagood investmentfor council around dollar figures and agood investment for the environment as well.

“There’s away we can participate in aleadership level to ensure we are doing our bit and encourage others to do their bit as well.”

BAWBaw Shire Council is seeking feedback from arangeofstakeholderstohelp develop a master plan for Walhalla to identify its long-term infrastructure needs whilemaintaining the town’s historical character.

Walhalla is one of Gippsland’s top tourist destinations and has been identified as an important potential source of both jobs and economic growth, the council says.However, the town faces infrastructure restraints,including the lack of sewerage, the needfor atrain-lineextension to Erica and improvements to camping and car parking.

The Walhalla Master Plan Projectaddressesthe existing requirementsfor the town and providesa strategic overview for the future of Walhalla over the next 30 years to meet its full potential as a tourist destination.

Once complete, the council says the master plan will provide aconsistent and consolidated document that identifies the responsibilities of the managing authorities in the region. It willalso outline areas where the council can support in an advocacy role, help prioritise time critical works and identifyopportunities to supportgrowth in jobs and visitor investment.

To ensure the master plan is consistent with the community’s vision, the council will explore theexisting actionsoutlined in the Walhalla& Mountain Rivers Destination Action Plan as well as encourage input fromresidents, businesses,

tourism agencies and government authorities.

Stage one of the master plan involves asurvey encouraging all relevant stakeholders to share their suggestions and feedbackabout what should be included and addressed.

The mayor, Cr Annemarie McCabe, said Walhallawas an iconic tourism destination, not just in Gippsland but in the state. “We wantto keep it that way. That’s why this master plan is being developed. This projectwill be developed as aconsultative process, not just with residents but also with state authorities, businessesand tourism agencies to provide athorough overview of the infrastructure needs required,” she said.

“We want to hear from you. Iencourage you to get involved in the survey and share your feedback to help. Council have abetterunderstanding of the areas of concern.”

Theshort survey is currently available on council’s website until 5pm Friday, 30 December 2022. All responses gathered will be consolidated and will help determine themes and inform discussions for upcoming workshop sessions to draft the newmasterplan.

It willthen be presented to the council and open for further communityconsultationatalater date. To learn moreabout the Walhallamaster plan project, search: Help develop amaster plan for Walhalla.

Moe project is on the way

LATROBE City Council is one step closer to delivering stage two of the Moe Revitalisation Project as works begin this month.

It includes work on the existing car park in George Street,creating ashared youth precinct and public open space for the community.

The new spacewill include askate park for beginner to intermediate skaters, aplayarea, barbeque and picnic tables, amenities and green spaces.

The projectwill be constructed by Multipro Civil and is expected to be completed by mid-2023 year.

Latrobe City mayor, Kellie O’Callaghan, said she was pleased that workswould begin on the long-awaited project for the local community.

Cr O’Callaghansaidthe revitalisationproject would reimagineMoe’s centralbusiness district and “bring to life the considerable input provided by the community”.

“This is an excitingtime, butweunderstand there may be some concernsinrelation to parking during the works,” Cr O’Callaghan said.

“Every effort will be made to minimise the impact, including to ensure as many car parks are available as possible in the lead up to Christmas.

“We look forward to watchingthe works progress overthe coming months and for ourcommunity to access the spacenextyear.”

Food and wine fest in Thorpy

THORPDALE was hosttothe MelbourneFood and Wine Festival over the weekendofNovember 19/20,with avarietyofbusinesses and talent coming together.

The festival named ‘The Village Feast’ included aplethora of items from food to live music.

Visitors to Thorpdale for ‘The Village Feast’ watched asix-man dixie band make its way through the crowd, playing catchytunesfor everyone in attendance.

The sun tried its best to break through the clouds as the temperature slowly rose.

Aglorious variety of food was cooked in the stalls, temptingthosewho had promised themselvesnot to eat until at least noon.

With almost too much to see, the marketplace behindthe famous Thorpdale bakery was a veritable eye-feast.

Stalls of local producers such as ‘Love in aJar’ from Sale, and the magnificent wood and resin creations of ‘Stuck on Wood’ from the country town of Kilmarney.

Newly-weds, Nic and Ellen who run the ‘Little Jungle’ from Traralgon East were there with an array of indoor plants.

Maria from ‘St Fiacres Farm’ in Neerim South left mouths watering with her display of sweet chilli sauces and chutneys.

Cheese business -That’s Amore -had apop-up

stall alongside local business -Gippsland Jersey -which were also celebrated throughout the weekend.

Sallie from ‘GippslandJersey’ was apopular attraction with young and old.

An opposite glace, you would see lines of people going into the bakery to realise that special food was the order of the day.

Severalfoods were produced using Gippsland

Heyfield Microgrid project

NOW approaching its final phase, the Heyfield MyTown Microgridproject team ranacommunity workshop on December 3and 4atHeyfield Memorial Hall.

The aim of the MyTown Microgrid projectis to helpHeyfield understand the feasibility of a microgrid and other local energy solutions in the town, while making it easier and faster for other communities to follow in its footsteps.

Hosted by the HCRC and with project team members in attendance from Wattwatchers and the UTS Institutefor Sustainable Futures, the open invitation event featuredanumberof information and workshop sessions.

It also heard amoving talk from Voices of the Valley founder Wendy Farmer on why Heyfield can be an inspiration to many other communities wanting to make energy work better for them.

Since its inception, MyTown has conducted detailed technical analysis of multiple local energy options, identified the business modelsand partnerships that would be needed to enable them, supported the formation of aproject community reference group,hosted webinars and other events

to help increase energy literacy and engagement, and installed almost 100 Wattwatchers monitors for free in homes, businesses, and schools.

This has allowed for abetter understanding of the way energy is used and generated in the town, with community screens and outreachtolocal schools helping to educate and inform using the data that has been gathered.

The project team will continue discussions with possiblepartners for the preferred local energy solutions for Heyfield.

The MyTown project team will host another webinarinFebruary 2023, to present the technical details of thefeasibilityresults for those interested.

Also being finalised is aweb-basedtool that will help other communityenergy groups in determining whether amicrogrid or other local energy solution is right for them.

MyTown hasempowered and developed the knowledge of its locally recruited community reference group members to support the community’s vision.

It will seek to continue their support activities through 2023 and beyond.

Jersey productsmadebyMelbourne and Thaiinspired ‘Mali Bakes’.

The specialmenu by Mali Bakes included a lemon poppyseed cake withGippsland Jersey buttercream, alongside aGippsland Jersey sour cream chocolate cake.

You didn’t have to wander too far to support local producers.

Main-stage entertainment arrived in the form of Queenslander Mia Wray, and Melbourne acts Grace Cummings and Dorsal Fins.

Music drifted up fromthe main stage as more visitors flocked in andthe art deco Thorpdale pub opened its ‘Bantock Bar’, offering delicious pulled pork burgers direct from its smoker.

Rain dampened spirits on the Sunday, but the show went on.

Interstate chefs Danielle Alvarez and Analiese Gregory also made an appearanceover the two days.

Alvarez is the head chef at one of the hottest restaurants in Sydney -Fred’s, which serves ‘farm to table’ food.

Gregory has bounced around the world, across Europe as achef, landing in Tasmania to forge a life closer to nature.

Thorpdale will be hosting onceagainin2023, withthe introduction of the Thorpdale Potato Festival, on Sunday, March 12.

Ticket sales open for Spud Festival

TICKETS are now on sale for the 2023 Thorpdale Potato Festival.

Thanks to awebsite refresh, patrons can now, for the very first time, purchase tickets online for the festival, avoiding lengthy wait times on the day and to secure tickets at the early-bird price.

The new website also has information on allthe great activities organised for the day.

The Thorpdale Potato Festival is still on the lookout for food vendors and market stalls holders.

If you were interested in applying, head on over to the ‘market stalls’ section of the website.

All the favourite spud-relatedactivities will be returning for the 2023 festival.

To stay up to date with the latestinfoabout The Thorpdale Potato Festival, or to purchase tickets, visit www.thorpdalepotatofestival. com and subscribe to social media channels.

Hussleand bustle: Themain street of Thorpdale wasshut down forthe occasion.

photographs supplied

Marching band: Thorpdale hosted asegment of theMelbourne Food and Wine Festival last month.

Be theone to deliver

THE Latrobe Valley Express is on the lookout for deliverers.

With the pages filled with great stories, we need to get them out into the community.

For any young kids looking to get a start in the workforce, delivering The Express might just be theperfect stepping stone.

Having the responsibility of seeing that papers are delivered to householdsontimedemonstrates punctuality, commitment, and diligence.

Traralgon youngsters Samuel and MasonTurner, aged 11 and 13 respectively, are part of the delivery team.

The boys deliver more than 100 paperstohouses around Glenview Park, setting aside an hour in which to do so.

Their efforts ensure the community stays informed, and has somethingnice to read with their morning cuppa.

The boysenjoytheirwork, gettingout in the

fresh air and seeingthe gratitude on people’s faces when their paper arrives.

Similar sentimentsare felt even by thoseslightly older.

With the line of work suitedtostudentsorthose semi-retired, being an Express deliverer remains a great way to stay active, and work as part of ateam.

Georgina Whitechurch is the zone leader for Moe, and has been delivering papers for anumber of years.

“I love it, and Iknow everybody else does when somebody else is out the frontwaiting for their paper, and you think‘yes,okaytheystill want them’,” she said.

The minimum age for being an Express deliverer is 11.

Those interestedinfinding out moreare encouraged to email the circulation manager on circulation@lvexpress.com.au,orphone 0456 000 541.

Left: Zone leaderGeorgina Whitechurchoversees deliveries in the Moearea. Ms Whitechurch says delivering newspapers is agreat way to stay active outside

Right: Youngsters Samuel and Mason Turner ensureTraralgon locals get their Express each andevery week photographs liam durkin

career in aged care

ARE you looking for a job in a rewarding workplace where you are willing to learn and be a part of a family?

Then, the aged-care sector might just be for you!

Respect - Mitchell House Aged Care in Morwell is currently on the hunt for new employees, with various positions available

Specifically, Mitchell House is looking for a Care Manager, Leisure and Lifestyle Assistants, Food Service Assistants (FSA), Chefs/ Cooks, Cleaning and Laundry Assistants, Personal Care Assistants (PCA) and Registered or Enrolled Nurses

Volunteers are also more than welcome to give a helping hand, due to the current shortage of staff General Manager, Sue Tettmann has worked at Mitchell House for a year now and believes it to be a rewarding place to work Ms Tettmann is looking for individuals who are “passionate about working in aged-care” and “committed to working across any shift that we do have” as well as “people that have got skills that they feel they could share with us ”

As an aged-care residence, Mitchell House tries to make it as homely as possible, as they currently set up for the Christmas period

Mitchell House has 56 rooms, in which is nearly at capacity

Need for employees is urgent, with only “about 16 personal carers at the moment” to cater for all of the residents, according to PCA Supervisor, Avril Gill

“Outgoing, friendly, energetic, enthusiastic, hard-workers and team players,” is what Ms Gill believes an ideal employee should be

“Another five or six (PCA’s) would be awesome “You feel a part of (the residents’) family, because a lot of residents don’t get family members visiting, so we’re their family

“It’s very rewarding and it’s fun.” Chef Manager Lynda Rich and FSA Maria Bright believe that the kitchen could use some extra hands too

They are looking for people that are “willing to learn”, have “kitchen experience” and “follow leadership ” Ms Rich noted that as a part of the kitchen, employees build relationships with the residents too, making them drinks and staying around for a chat after meals.

There are only seven current employees working in the Mitchell House kitchen, with the need for more Cooks and FSA’s

Mitchell House is currently in discussions to allow university students to apply for placement, so keep an eye open for that

But for now, Mitchell House does accept applications for PCA’s or Catering via TAFE

If you are interested in jumping into one of the available roles, apply today: www.respect.com.au/careers

Mitchell House team with resident Mr Hunt. Pictured from left to right: Maria, Wendy, Gayle, Tess, Mr Hunt and Sue.

Expertsbelieve bush needs human intervention

COMMENT

By MICHAEL-SHAWN, ANTHONY ROMANO, MICHELE MARIANI, RUSSELL MULLETT,and SIMON CONNOR

SOUTH-EAST Australia’s bushfire crisis culminated in the devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020 that burnt nearly 25 millions hectares of bush

Our new research demonstrates how the scale of this disaster blew out due to legislation introduced in the 1970s, which was based on idea that nature should be left to grow freely without human intervention.

We investigated the bushfire history of one of the worst hit areas: Buchan on Gunaikurnai Country in Victoria. We found no bushfires burned there for almost a century until the mid 1970s, following the establishment of the Land Conservation Act of 1970 -legislation that sought to protect the Australian bush from humans.

This legislation banned farmers from mimicking Aboriginal burning practices by using frequent fires to promote grass for livestock. As aresult, the amount of flammable trees and shrubs exploded in the region. It was only after this prohibition on burning that catastrophic bushfires became an issue in the Buchan area.

The prolonged neglect of south-east Australian forests under the guise of conservation means our forests now carry dangerous levels of fuels. This creates the conditions in which climate-driven bushfires become megafires, devastating Country and people’s lives.

Aboriginal people make use of all kinds of vegetation, from closed forest to treeless grasslands, from freshwater to sea Country. Each mob care for Country according to their own laws and philosophies. The principal (but not only) tool for caring for Country is fire -a process now referred to as cultural burning.

The Victorian Traditional Owner Cultural Fire Strategy eloquently captures what cultural burning is: cultural burning is right fire, right time, right way and for the right (cultural) reasons according to Lore. There are different kinds of cultural fire practices guided by Lore applicable across Victoria’s countries.

Prior to the British invasion, caring for Country led to diverse territories comprised of all the things people needed for themselves or for trade.

In contrast to hazard reduction burning, cultural burning is not ahomogeneous application of fire designed simply to keep fuel loads low. It is asophisticated and diverse system dictated by an intimate and reciprocal relationship with Country.

Aboriginal care for Country promotes asafe, productive and predictable world. It is regulated by strict spiritual, cultural and pragmatic protocols. It is intimate and small-scale. It is year-round. It is long term. It has both immediate and cumulative impacts on Country.

This includes increased biodiversity, fewer catastrophic bushfires, productive lands and waters, and asafehome for people and other occupants of Country. Settler farmers and open country settler farmers in south-east Australia capitalised on the systematic, finegrained and diverse set of ways Aboriginal people applied fire to Country.

Indeed, most agricultural areas in the southeast today occur on Country that was already open and grassy because of the application of

fire over millennia. This open Country was deemed desirable land. Much of it was further cleared for agriculture, while “less desirable” land was essentially neglected or viewed as a source of timber.

These neglected areas have become much more woody, and, as aresult, much more fire-prone.

Until the 1970s, many settler farmers observed and mimicked the practice of cultural burning. They particularly desired the benefits of increased green shoots following low-intensity burning of grasses to feed their livestock, and the safety from uncontrolled bushfires, such burning provided in this perilously flammable environment.

For a2008Victoriangovernment inquest into the impact of public land management practices on bushfires, Buchan locals commented on the causes of bushfire in the region. Astatement from aBuchan farmer reads: “After Europeans arrived, the settlers

followed the Aboriginal ways and the country was all open, rolling grassland. My father said it was paradise on earth”.

“Orbost right through Gelantipy, Wulgulmerang, Omeo and all that country was rolling grassland, and the settlers came there because it was great for their cattle. After the limitations on [Aboriginal] people, the settlers followed their ways and the country retained its grassland quality. […] Then the regulations began to be more and more restrictive. Public land management and the responsibility of the Minister, have been evaded, over along time.”

For our study, we extracted along sample of sediment from the Tooculerdoyung Lagoon on the banks of the Snowy River, near where it joins the Buchan River. Studying the pollen and charcoal contained in this sample reveals how vegetation, fire and erosion changed in this region over the past 120 years.

Tooculerdoyung is alocal Gunaikurnai word

that translates to ‘a point of river’. The site is currently surrounded by eucalypt-forest. It is depicted in awell-known lithograph by realist painter Eugene von Guérard in 1867, in which the landscape surrounding the site is portrayed as an open forest.

Our data confirms von Guérard’s depiction. From the early 1900s (shortly after the town of Buchan was established in 1873) until the 1970s, the area was indeed an open landscape, dominated by grass and herbs. In this time, it experienced aconsistent, low-intensity fire regime (fire pattern).

After 1970, the fire regime becomes more variable, with ashift to less frequent and higher impact burning. This is accompanied by adrastic increase in the amount of flammable trees such as eucalypts and shrubs.For the first time in the region, we see the onset of post-fire soil erosion.

Buchan locals lay the blame for this fire regime shift on the banning of settler mimicry burning. In asubmission to the 2008 inquiry on public land management and bushfires, local Buchan residents wrote: “It was 35 years ago when the use of the burnt areas for cattle grazing was stopped […] when the Land Conservation Council first started.[…] That is when the demise of all this started happening. The older ones who are still around will still tell you that one day they will burn us out, because there is no management in the bush anymore as far as fire suppression goes, and, really, it is coming true”.

We implore land management agencies to rethink the way Country is perceived and cared for.

Country needs people and the neglect of our forests is destroying them. Aboriginal people hold the knowledge, connection and desire to return health to their Country, and they must be supported to do so.

The Conversation MICHAEL Shawn-Fletcher is associate professor in biogeography at Melbourne University; Anthony Romano is research assistant at Melbourne University; Michela Mariani is assistant professor in physical geography, at University of Nottingham; Russell Mullett is atraditional custodian and Simon Connor is afellow in natural history at Australian National University.

Knowledge: Associate professor in biogeographyatMelbourne University, Michael Shawn-Fletcher photographs supplied

Research: Russell Mullettisatraditional custodian -Kurnai, Indigenous knowledge

Idea: Fellow in natural historyatAustralian National University, Simon Connor

Thinking: Research assistant (paleoecology) at Melbourne University, Anthony Romano

HOROSCOPES

by Joanne Madeline Moore

December 12 -December18, 2022

Aries Mercury Venus and Pluto are visiting your career zone, so aim to be more curious, creative and strategic at work If you slow down, stagnate or procrastinate, then you’ll just be left behind The Sun/Saturn connection encourages you to have the confidence and discipline to turn your abstract ideas into a tangible form But remember there’s a fine line between communicating your ideas with plenty of passion and being completely misunderstood Taurus The Sun/Saturn link (on Monday and Tuesday) is terrific for work, career, promotions presentations and investigations But – with Mars reversing through your money zone – be prudent with finances On the weekend, Mercury and Uranus encourage you to express your original authentic talented Taurean self Be inspired by birthday great Taylor Swift (who was born on December 13, 1989): “If you ’ re lucky enough to be different, don’t ever change ”

Gemini With Mars reversing through y Gour sign, conserve your energy and try to get lots of sleep Geminis can be rather gullible especially this week when nebulous Neptune scrambles your Reality Radar and deactivates your BS Detector So be careful you ’ re not led up the primrose path to plenty of trouble –especially involving work and career or love and romance If something (or someone) sounds too good to be true, then start running in the opposite direction!

Cancer Mercury, Venus and Pluto are all powering through your relationship zone So the buzz words this week are companionship and conversation, as you get deep and meaningful with your partner, chat with family members, fraternise with friends and/or catch up with acquaintances Be inspired by this week’s birthday great, novelist Jane Austen: “My idea of good company is the company of clever well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation ”

Leo It’s a good week to make amends with a friend or colleague who you may have (unintentionally) offended If you eat some humble pie, then the relationship will head in a positive new direction It’s also time to share pleasurable activities with a loved one Whether it’s a movie, a concert, a delicious meal or stimulating conversation, make it a priority to have fun together But Neptune squares the Sun mid-week, so avoid sending out ambiguous messages

Virgo Mars (the planet of confrontation) is curg rently reversing through your public/ reputation zone So you could encounter problems with colleagues, clients or customers (or with argumentative people on social media) Don’t waste time worrying or retaliating! As birthday great Taylor Swift reminds us: “Haters gonna hate ” Just shake it off and get on with the business of living a positive, vibrant Virgo life The weekend favours travel, education and communication

Libra This week – despite some confusing moments with colleagues or friends – home is where the heart is Family matters and DIY projects are favoured, as your ruler, Venus, joins Mercury and Pluto in your home zone So do your best to keep the lines of communication wide open with relatives from near and far A troubled child teenager, lover or friend is waiting to hear some diplomatic advice from the heart And you ’ re just the person to give it!

Courtesy of nebulous Neptune and retrograde Mars, money matters look rather confusing this week If you re expecting funds from other people, then be prepared to wait And, if someone else is managing your money, make sure you have your finger on the pulse and know exactly what’s going on It’s not a good time to borrow funds, lend money, buy real estate or make a major purchase But it is an appropriate time to research, revise and recalibrate

Scorpio

Very long time no see

Sagittarius

The Sun’s transiting through fiery grestless Sagittarius – sign of the Archer traveller, teacher and seeker – which will boost energy and motivation levels (that have been flagging due to retrograde Mars) But Neptune squares the Sun, so situations (and people) are not as they seem And a family member may try to pull the wool over your eyes Smart Sagittarians will dismiss surface appearances and look beneath the surface to discover what s really going on!

Capricorn Saturn (your patron planet) provides a welcome energy surge this week when your words and wisdom have the power to move other people in profound ways You’re keen to persuade someone to do something, but are they ready for your serious (and sometimes controlling) approach? Venus is vamping through your sign so clever Capricorns will be an iron fist in a velvet glove as you utilise your magnetic personality and natural charm to get others onside

By ZOE ASKEW

WE all have that one primary school teacher we justadored,the one who madeuslook forward to going to school, even those who hated it on the best days.

For Diana Van Den Broek and 10 other former NambrokWestPrimary School students, that teacher was David Wright.

Ms Van Den Broek, joined by 10 formerNambrok West Primary students taughtbyMrWright, met with their formerfavourite teacher after almost 50 years at the Sale Greyhounds Club for lunch on Monday, November 21.

“I am aconnector of people,” Ms Van Den Broek said.

“Moving back to Sale, Icaught up with acouple of friends who Ihave known since four, five years old; we were catching up from time to time, and I said to them recently, ‘Why don’t we invite David Wright, who was our favourite school teacher?’

“I gotincontact withhim, and he was absolutely stoked, absolutely stoked, and couldn’t wait for the day,” she exclaimed.

“He and his wife were really involved with the families; theyhad two babies, two boys while they were there, so we were there with the prams. It was areally beautiful environment.”

Nambrok West Primary School no longer exists after the amalgamation, with all 10 students attending Nambrok West transferringtoNambrok Primary School in the late ‘80salong with all their equipment and resources.

In 1994, after state government changesto the education system, Nambrok Primary School was merged withDenison Primary Schooland Nambrok-Denison Primary School was established.

After an enjoyable lunch with their former favourite teacher, Mr Wright, Ms Van Den Broek and Pam Glenton, friend and former Nambrok West classmate, proposed a50-year reunionfor the Nambrok West students of Mr David Wright.

“It was really wonderful, we alljust got on, shared stories, and he [DavidWright] stayed on overnight, and we just kept talking, sharing stories, finding out more,” Ms Van Den Broek said.

“Pam Glenton, who was ayear above me, came to dinner because she couldn’t come to lunch and suggested we do a50threunion next year.”

Aquarius

Your home life looks lively this weeqk, as Uranus (your ruler) and Mercury stir up your domestic zone Uninvited guests could also drop in And things are likely to become messy and disorganised (especially involving friends and/or finances) as Neptune scrambles communication You might get confused and make some mistakes, but that’s OK Whatever happens, expect the unexpected accept changes with good grace and adapt accordingly!

Pisces It’s time for proactive Pisceans to make exciting plans and set solid goals Go for gold, as the Sun and Saturn help you envision (and pursue) ambitious dreams and creative schemes for the future But keep a firm grip on reality this week otherwise you could delude yourself about a person or situation, especially involving work or money In order to avoid disappointing yourself (and others) do your best to stay on top of facts and leave fantasy for the movies

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“So we organised it; Istarted networking, and we ended up getting 11 ex-students there.”

Mr Wright, now 80, taught at Nambrok West Primary School, on the corner of Nambrok Road and RossRoad,longbefore the amalgamation with Nambrok Primary School in 1987.

Ms Van Den Broekwas one of Mr Wright’s 30 students at Nambrok WestPrimary School, harbouring adulation and fond memories for her former teacher.

“He [Mr Wright] hadthe senior part of the school; there was aprep, one, two teacher,” Ms Van Den Broek said.

“Andhe[Mr Wright] was only therefor three years, which is really funny because my whole primary school, Ireally just remember him; we were all very, very fond of him.

The 50-year reunion of Mr David Wright’s NambrokWest Primary Schoolstudents will be hosted on March 19,2023.

Ms Van Den Broek invites allwhomMrWright taught at Nambrok West to celebrate aremarkable teacher.

“For me, it is something that Ireally want to give to David as avery personal ‘thank you’ because Ihave the best memories; we all have the best memories of him,” Ms Van Den Broek said.

“So it is really about giving back to David.”

If you or someone you know was taught by Mr Wright at NambrokWest Primary School and would like more informationaboutthe reunion, email Diana Van Den BroekatDisoutter@hotmail com.

History: Nambrok West PrimarySchool

photographs supplied

All theseyears later: Nambrok West PrimarySchool students reunited with theirfavouriteteacher, David Wright after49years.

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Churchill’spaddock that grew reaches half-century

By LIAM DURKIN

DIGNITARIES connected to Federation University gathered at aspecial ceremony on Thursday, to commemorate 50 years of tertiary education in Churchill.

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Gippsland campus, since the predecessor institution -Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education (GIAE), was established in the small Gippsland town.

Over the past half-century, the campus has been home to GIAE, Monash University, and now Federation.

Monash merged with The University of Ballarat in 2014 to create Federation University Australia.

To properly mark this history, a new information board was unveiled as part of the celebration.

The board details how Federation University came to be, and the opportunities on offer for students today.

With ahalf-century behind them, those in attendance reflected proudly on auniversity nestled in country Victoria -with ahistory longer than many city-based institutions, located in quite possibly the smallest country town of any university campus. Not bad for atown of less than 5000 people.

Truthfully, many new students coming from Melbourne may well

have to look up where Churchill is before commencing their studies.

Back to the celebration, the congregation filled the university auditorium, and heard from keynote speaker Mary Aldred, as well as Federation University vice chancellor and president Professor Duncan

Bentley.

Also present was Federation University chancellor Terry Moran, and member-elect for Morwell Martin Cameron.

Speaking before the formal proceedings, Prof Bentley said it was aworthwhile occasion.

“What Ilove about the Gippsland campus is it brings together so many diverse institutions, with such great heritage” he said.

“Having just seen the boards, all about the components of history, it tells you the story of the region and of the community, because the university and all of its predecessor institutions have been such critical parts of that community imbedded in the community.”

Given its location, the sense of community is heightened at Federation University Gippsland. Without a campus in Churchill, students from places such as Bairnsdale seeking tertiary education would have no other choice but to relocate closer to Melbourne.

Having this asset right on Gippslander’s doorstep wasreflected on as one of the campus’ great aspects by Barry Dunstan.

Mr Dunstan was one of the original staff in the old Yallourn Technical School, which eventually paved the way for the GIAE.

Mr Dunstan said he was proud to see the university still flourishing.

“I’m really surprised where the 50 years has gone, it has gone so quick,” he said.

“I loved every bit of it (time at the university). It was aplacethat invigoratedbecause of the strong

spirited kinship that existed among the staff -very strong -itwas unique.

“To come back and meet alot of people you haven’tseen for awhile is really good.”

As Mr Dunstan explained, the university has grownfromvery humble beginnings.

The land where the campus currently sits was literally home to cows just over 50 years ago.

“I was there from day dot, you could count the students on one hand, you knew every one of them, (it has grown) to aprettybig international institution over 30 years.

“All the hard work that went on. Ijokingly said we didn’t clean the place, but the place was just so short of background and experience that you had to jump in and do everything.

“To be allowed to design courses, these days they would say ‘you can’t do that’, but we did everything; designed courses, built equipment, purchased it, got funding, did all the bits and pieces.

“We just said ‘it has to be done, someone has to do it’.”

Mr Dunstan credited Antarctic explorer Phillip Law, charged with finding asuitable location by the head of education at the time, as the person pivotal in choosing Churchill as the site.

“Churchill was anew town at that

Dignitaries: Federation Universitychancellor TerryMoran, Franchise Council Australia chiefexecutive andreturning alumni Mary Aldred and Federation Universityvice chancellorProfessor Duncan Bentleyatthe 50th celebration. photograph liam durkin

Back in the day: The campus, pictured in 1976

stage, there was probably 30 houses,” Mr Dunstan explained.

“He (Law) could see this idea of growth, you’ve got plenty of room, everywhere else had constrictions on what you might do, here you’ve got as much space as you want, you have anew town that’s going to grow up with you, you’re both going to be the ‘new kids’ together, it wasn’t acase of trying to fight your way into an established community, so he was pretty smart” Dunstan said of Law.

For students, parents and staff alike, the countless number of graduation ceremonies over the last half-century has meant no shortage of smiling faces and moments of immense pride when the mortarboards are finally tossed skyward.

“It is fantastic, if you look at the transformation of people’s lives, not only students who come through, it completely transforms their lives,” Prof Bentley said.

Away from the classroom, the

university has contributed to many local groups, as the influx of new people to the community has meant people have been able to find anew football, netball or artistic club.

Students have also no doubt enjoyed the opportunity to celebrate as only they know how over the years.

By all reports, the uni nights at Churchill Saloon during the 90s were something else, while in more modern times, Thursday nights in Traralgon would often see students spend what little money they had on drink specials.

Just hope you didn’t have atute Friday morning.

Having agolf course on campus also surely meant the odd tute was skipped every now and again if the weather demanded ahit.

That aside, the success of Federation University, and the success of alumni, stands as living proof that those in rural and remote areas can thrive against their city counterparts.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, patrons gathered in the foyer of the auditorium to enjoy afternoon tea.

If there was any doubt to the significance of the occasion, it was surely squashed at the sight of special commemorative cupcakes with the FedUni logo on them.

Is it even an event if there aren’t any commemorative cupcakes?

Newaddition: Federation Universityvicechancellor and president Professor Duncan Bentley, Federation UniversitychancellorTerryMoran and memberelect forMorwell Martin Cameron standing alongside the newest chapter of the university’shistory board. photograph liam durkin

Gathering: Federation University past students and staff came together to commemorate a half-century of higher education in Churchill photograph liam durkin

Keynote: Guest speakerMaryAldred addresses the crowd.

METUNG Hot Springs, Victoria’s latest wellness destination, is now open.

The naturally undulating 25 acre site overlooks the magnificent Lake King in East Gippsland, and is the perfect haven to switch off and reconnect with yourself, with someone special and with nature.

Offering unique safari-style glamping accommodation perched over afreshwater lagoon, these luxury suites include private geothermal bathing barrels on the balconies, ensuite bathrooms, king four-poster beds and bespoke design features inspired by and sourced from the region.

Welcome drinks, canapes,all site bathing, amorning wellness program and gourmet breakfasts are included in glamping accommodation bookings.

The WellnessActivities have been curatedby Metung Hot Springswellness manager, Nicole Moran, and include hot springs yoga (yoga in the geothermal pools), pilates, meditation, sound healing, nature therapy and more.

Kick back and relax in Metung Working hard all the time

The tranquil day spa welcomes guests with authentic Larn’wa Aboriginal Lorewellness rituals and native botanical spa creations to beautifully enhance guests bathing and wellnessexperiences throughbalancing massages, facials and body treatments.

Co-founded by Peninsula Hot Springs Group, Metung Hot Springsopenedit’sfirstofmultiple stages on November 18, with the inclusion of the Metung Country Club, settobeAustralia’s first hot springs golf course.

Metung Hot Springs is located at 73 Storth Ryes Ave, King Cove, Metung.

HAZELWOOD North Rural Volunteer Fire Brigade members work hardbehind the scenes as well as at the scenes.

At Hazelwood North Brigade, the brigade attempts to ensure that the community are aware of the risks of living in this beautiful part of the country, and have as much informationaspossible so that we can work together for the safety of all.

This year, at its community meeting, Hazelwood Northcaptain, Brad Key, demonstratedfirebehaviour on aburn table. Even though it had just rained on the table before the burn demonstration, the crowd could still see and understandwhatwas being explained to them, leading to discussion post-demonstration. Even though the power went out alittle later on, the crowd stayed.

This year also saw the brigade welcome new members, noted any personal awards,and acknowledged those whose service extended over many years.

One such acknowledgement was to Ralph Greenough, who apart from 65 yearsofservice, has been helping Santa out for decades with his regular visit to the Hazelwood North community

on Christmas Eve.

While Ralph has completed his Santa tasks, as of the end of 2021, those waiting for the big red truck to drive past their home in Hazelwood North on Christmas Eve, be assured that the other long and short term helpers will not let Santadown, andbeonhand to continue the tradition.

While some members have, or are on standby for deployment to the flood impacted areas to support the efforts of the SES, and others are completing studies to ensure up to date training.

Other members of the brigade are currently preparing for the regular Christmas letter drop to help remind residentshow to prepare their property, what to pack in case of emergency, and of what you can and can’t do in regard to fires during the summer period.

In between these ‘behind the scenes’ activities, HazelwoodNorth volunteers are actively working on the end of the hoseatthe scenes, to ensure they are doing what they can, to be of service to the community and beyond.

Christmas cheer: RalphGreenoughwithagift from theKey familynotingtheirson’s enjoyment of Santaoverthe years.

Team: Hazelwood NorthRural Fire Brigade newmembers, alongside those who have servedmorethan 60 years. photographs supplied

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PICK OF THE WEEK

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Show 6.30 SBS World News. 7.35 TheToysThat Built The World: ToyCar Wars. (PG) 8.25 TheAirport: Back In TheSkies. Part 2of3 9.20 TokyoVice Jakestruggles to connectthe twovictims. 10.25 SBS World News Late. 10.55 Dignity (Ma) 11.55 The NightManager.(Masv, R) 12.45 Romulus. (MA15+v,R) 1.45 MOVIE: CrouchingTiger,Hidden Dragon. (2000,Masv, R, Mandarin) Chow YunFat, Michelle Yeoh. 4.00 Going PlacesWith Ernie Dingo.(PG R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 Soccer.2022FIFAWorld Cup.Semi-final. Match 59 WinnervMatch 60 Winner

9GEM (92, 81) 7TWO (72, 62) SBS VICELAND (31) 6am Children’s Programs. 5.35pm Do,Re&Mi. 5.50 Peppa Pig 5.55 Reef School. 6.05 Ben And Holly 6.20 Bluey. 6.25 Octonauts. 6.40 Andy’sAquatic Adventures 7.00 Odd Squad 7.10 Shaun TheSheep 7.20 Bluey. 7.30 Anh’s Brush With Fame. 8.00 Brian Johnson’s ALife On The Road. 8.45 Queen:DaysOfOur Lives. 9.50 MOVIE: The Go-Go’s.(2020,M) 11.30 Harley &Katya. 12.55am Pilgrimage: The Road To The Scottish Isles. 1.55 Starstruck. 2.45 Back. 3.10 ABC News Update 3.15 Close 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Baby Jake 5.35 Charlie And Lola. 5.45 Late Programs.

6.30 TheProject Alook at the day’snews and events. 7.30 TheDog House. (PG, R) Christmas might havecome earlyfor apug. 8.30 Miniseries: Crossfire. (MA15+v) Part 2of3.With the hotel shootersstill at large, and crippledbyfear for herown family,Josummons her courage to rescue as many staff andguests as possible. 9.30 Bull. (Ma, R) Bull andBenny defend an estranged couple who are charged with money laundering andfraud 11.30 TheProject (R) 12.30 TheLate Show With Stephen Colbert. (PG) 1.30 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings 6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St 11.00 TheMovie Show. Noon In Search Of 1.40 StaceyDooleyMeets The IS Brides. 2.35 The New York Times Presents: The Weekly 3.05 Front Up 1998 3.35 WorldWatch. 5.05 Shortland St. 5.35 JoyOfPainting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFAWorld Cup2022Daily WorldCup Show 7.00 FIFAWorld Cup 2022 Preview Show 7.35 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. 8.30 MOVIE: What Happened To Monday? (2017,MA15+) 10.50 MOVIE: Vice. (2018,MA15+) 1.10am Future Man. 3.00 NHK WorldEnglish News. 5.00 Al Jazeera News Hour

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Three Summers. Continued. (2019,PG, Portuguese) 7.10 The IdealPalace. (2018,PG, French) 9.05 ACat In Paris. (2010,PG) 10.20 Margot At The Wedding. (2007, M) 12.05pm The Actresses. (2009,M Korean) 2.05 Love And Friendship. (2016,PG) 3.50 Rosie. (2018, PG) 5.30 The Chaperone. (2018,PG) 7.30 ARoyal Affair.(2012, M, Danish) 10.00 Rabbit Hole. (2010) 11.40 Winona Ryder: FightingDemons. 12.40am The Guard. (2011, MA15+) 2.30 Jindabyne. (2006, M) 4.40 TheMovie Show. 5.15 Love And Friendship.(2016,PG) 7MATE (73, 64) SBS WORLD MOVIES (32) 6am Morning Programs. 10.50 Road Open. 11.00 Off Country 11.30 GoingPlaces. Noon The Last Land: Gespe’gewa’gi. 12.30 Hunting Aotearoa. 1.00 MeetingPlace 1.30 Settle Down Place. 2.00 ShortlandSt. 2.30 The Cook Up 3.00 Bushwhacked! 3.25 Little JAnd Big Cuz. 3.40 Red Dirt Riders. 3.55 Future Dreaming. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Thalu. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 Te Ao With Moana. 6.00 Bamay 6.30 News. 6.40 Great Blue Wild. 7.30 The Truth Tellers: 10 Years Of NITVNews. 8.30 I, Sniper 9.30 Kutcha’s Koorioke. 9.40 MOVIE: Poly Styrene:IAmACliché. (2021, M) 11.25 Late Programs.

6am

ABC TV PLUS (22) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon Inside Phuket Airport. 1.00 TheBionic Woman. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny 3.30 3rd Rock From TheSun. 4.00 That ’70s Show 4.30 EverybodyLovesRaymond. 5.30 TheNanny 6.00 3rd Rock From TheSun. 6.30 That’70sShow. 7.00 YoungSheldon. 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.40 MOVIE: The Inbetweeners 2. (2014,MA15+) 11.40 YoungSheldon 12.10am Satisfaction. 1.10 BelowDeck Mediterranean. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Evolutions. 3.30 Ninjago 4.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 5.00 Pokémon Journeys. 5.30 PowerPlayers.

6.00 Nine News 7.00 ACurrentAffair 7.30 Swimming 16th FINA World Championships (25m). Day 2. Finals. 10.30 Nine News Late. Alook at the latest news and events 11.00 Family Law. (Ma)Abby and Daniel represent aforty-year-old man. 12.00 TheThing About Pam. (Mdv,R) 1.00 Driving Test (PGl, R) 1.30 TV Shop:HomeShopping. (R) 2.30 GlobalShop. (R) 3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’s Voice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 5.00 News Early Edition 5.30 Today. CONSUMER ADVICE (P) Pre-school (C) Children (PG) Parental GuidanceRecommended (M) MatureAudiences (MA15+) MatureAudiencesOnly (AV15+) Extreme AdultViolence (R) Repeat (a) Adult themes (d) Drug references (h) Horror (s) Sexreferences (l) Language (m) Medical procedures (n) Nudity (v) Violence.

6am Home Shopping. 6.30 Escape To The Country 7.30 Room For Improvement. 8.00 Harry’sPractice 8.30 Million Dollar Minute 9.30 NBCToday Noon Emmerdale 12.30 Coronation Street. 1.00 SonsAnd Daughters. 3.00 South Aussie With Cosi. 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency 5.00 RSPCA Animal Rescue. 5.30 Escape To The Country 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Heartbeat. 8.45 Lewis. 10.45 Born To Kill? 11.45 Cities Of TheUnderworld. 12.45am Medical Emergency 1.30 Escape To The Country 2.30 Bargain Hunt. 3.30 Room For Improvement. 4.00 Late Programs. 6am Home Shopping. 8.00 PoochesAtPlay 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action 10.00 MacGyver Noon NCIS: LosAngeles 1.00 NCIS. 2.00 Bull. 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 TheLove Boat. 4.30 Star Trek: TheNext Generation. 5.30 MacGyver 7.30 NCIS 8.30 Hawaii Five-0 10.20 Miniseries:Crossfire. 11.15 Tommy 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 Hawaii Five-0. 3.10 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 4.05 MacGyver

The Big Bang Theory 9.20 TwoAnd AHalf Men 10.10 The BigBangTheory 11.00 Frasier Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 TheLate Show With Stephen Colbert. 2.30 The LateLate Show With James Corden. 3.30 The King Of Queens. 4.30 Home Shopping 10 PEACH (11, 52)

6am The Fishing Show 7.00 Fish Of The Day 7.30 Creek To Coast. 8.00 AFootballLife. 9.00 America’s Game:The Super Bowl Champions. 10.00 American Pickers.

6am TV Shop:Home Shopping. 7.00 CrefloDollar Ministries. 7.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian. Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 The Young And The Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 Christmas In New York:Inside ThePlaza 3.00 Antiques Roadshow 3.30 MOVIE: Maytime In Mayfair.(1949) 5.30 Murder, She Wrote. 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 As Time GoesBy. 8.40 MOVIE: Octopussy.(1983,PG) 11.20 Christmas In New York:Inside The Plaza. 12.20am My Favorite Martian. 12.50 Explore. 1.00 TV Shop 1.30 Take Two. 2.30 LatePrograms. 10 BOLD (12, 53)

11.00 American Restoration. 11.30 Pawn Stars. Noon Outback Truckers. 1.00 Pawn Stars South Africa. 1.30 Pawn Stars UK. 2.00 Scrap Kings. 3.00 Billy The Exterminator 3.30 No Man’s Land. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 American Pickers. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 MOVIE: Robin Hood. (2018,M) 9.45 MOVIE: Flash Gordon. (1980,M) Midnight Late Programs. 9GO! (93, 82)

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6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News

Mornings. 10.00 Australian Story.(R) 10.35 That PacificSports Show.(R) 11.05

The WimbledonKidnapping. (PG, R) 12.00

ABC News At Noon. 12.55 QI. (Mal, R) 1.25

Question Everything. (Final, Ms, R) 2.00

Call TheMidwife.(PG, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.10 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads. (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG, R)

6.00 TheDrum Analysisofthe day’snews.

7.00 ABCNews. Takesalook at today’stop stories.

7.30 7.30 Presented by LauraTingle

8.00 YouCan’t Ask That: Kids. (Ml, R) Agroup of 11-year-olds from around Australia speak candidlyabout life.

8.30 Dino Apocalypse With David Attenborough: TheNew Evidence. (R) Part 1of2.Sir David Attenborough brings to life the last days of the dinosaurs

10.15 TheWimbledon Kidnapping. (PG,R)Part 2of2

11.05 ABC LateNews.

11.25 Love On TheSpectrum. (PG,R)

12.25 TheCultOfThe Family:In Search Of Justice. (Final, Ma, R)

1.20 Parkinson In Australia. (PG, R)

2.40 Ask TheDoctor (PG, R)

3.10 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.25 The Drum. (R) 5.25 7.30.(R)

6.00Soccer.2022FIFAWorld Cup.Semifinal. Match 59 Winner vMatch60Winner Continued 8.30Soccer.2022FIFAWorld Cup. Semi-final.Match 59 Winnerv Match 60 Winner. Replay 11.30Soccer. 2022 FIFAWorld Cup QuarterFinal.England vFrance. Replay 2.30 Soccer.2022FIFAWorld Cup.Semi-final. Match 59 Winner vMatch 60 Winner.Replay. 5.30FIFA World Cup 2022 Daily World Cup Show

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show.

6.30 SBS WorldNews

7.35 World’sMostScenic Railway Journeys: Nice, France. (PG) NarratedbyBill Nighy

8.30 Britain’s Scenic RailwaysAt Christmas. Takesafestivelook at Britain’s scenic railways, from the Severn ValleyRailway to theYorkshire Moors.

9.25 WarOfThe Worlds (MA15+av) Astronauts witnessCatherine’s discovery

10.20 SBS WorldNewsLate

10.50 L’Opera. (Mls)

11.45 StellaBlomkvist. (MA15+s, R)

3.15 NSW Seniors’ChristmasConcert2021. (R) 4.30 Bamay. (R) 5.00 NHK World English News Morning. 5.30 ANC PhilippinesThe World Tonight.

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show.(PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Another Christmas Coincidence.(2019,PGa, R) Cindy Busby,Ben Hollingsworth, KathieLee Gifford. 2.00 Kochie’s Business Builders. 2.30 Travel And EatWith Dan&Steph. (PG) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia. (R)

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Cricket. Big Bash League. Game3 Brisbane Heat vMelbourne Renegades. From Cazalys Stadium, Queensland. 11.00 Extreme Weddings: Australia. (PG) Alookatthree weddings that are bursting with crazy costumes, curry feasts and asurprise destination

12.00 FantasyIsland. (PGals, R) Abookworm whowants to say yestolife goes back in time to meether favourite author

1.00 Black-ish. (PGa, R) DianebondswithPops. [VIC]HomeShopping.

1.30 Black-ish. (PG, R) Junior is scared that Olivia might leavehim.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 NBCToday News and current affairs.

5.00 SevenEarly News.

5.30 Sunrise. News, sportand weather.

TEN (10, 5) NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today. 9.00 Today ExtraSummer.(PG) 11.00 Swimming. 16th FINA World C’ships (25m). Day 3. Heats. 1.00 Dream Listings

Byron Bay.(R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R) 3.00 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News. 4.30[VIC]MillionaireHotSeat 5.00 Millionaire HotSeat. (R) 5.30[VIC]WINNews.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 Swimming. 16th FINA World Championships (25m).Day 3. Finals.From the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre.

10.30 Nine News Late. Takesa look at the latest news andevents from Australia and around theworld.

11.00 Emergency Call. (Ma) An elderly woman’s husband is assaulted

12.00 Pure Genius. (Mm) James attempts aradical anti-viral treatment.

1.00 Driving Test (PGl, R) A38-year-old navigates the streets of Darwin.

1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

2.30 Global Shop. (R) Homeshopping.

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa)

4.30 ACurrentAffair (R)

5.00 News Early Edition.

5.30 Today.

6.00 The Talk.(PGa) 7.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 7.30 Judge Judy.(PG, R) 8.00 10 News

First:Breakfast 8.30 Studio 10.(PG) 12.00

Dr Phil. (PGad, R) 1.00 Jamie’sQuick &Easy Christmas. (R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.(R) 3.00 Judge Judy.(PG, R) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals ForEvery Day.(R) 5.00 10 News First

6.30 TheProject Alook at the day’snews andevents

7.30 Jamie’s One-Pan Christmas. Jamie Oliver shows howtomake easydishesfor the festiveseason in just one pan, pot or dish.

8.30 Miniseries: Crossfire. (MA15+av) Part 3of3.After the residentsescape the carnage from the hotel, theymust face the aftermath of the tragedy and put the piecestogether to solvethe mystery as to why the hotel waschosen.

10.30 Law&Order:SVU (Mdsv, R) The unit searches forthree women.

11.30 Blue Bloods. (Mv,R)Frank and Mayor Chase butt heads.

12.30

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Would ILie To You? 9.00

Us. 10.25 Doctor Who 11.10 Back.

6am Morning Programs. 1.45pm Fast Horse. 2.00 Shortland St. 2.30 The Cook Up 3.00 Jarjums 3.55 Future Dreaming. 4.00 Grace Beside Me. 4.30 Thalu. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 The77Percent. 6.00

Programs.

6am WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St. 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon DaveGorman: ModernLifeIsGoodish 1.50 Valley Of The Boom 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Shortland St 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFAWorld Cup 2022 DailyWorld Cup Show 7.00 FIFAWorld Cup 2022 Preview Show 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats 8.30 The Curse Of Oak Island. 10.10 Betraying The Badge. 11.05 The UnXplained. 11.55 Late Programs.

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TheProject. (R)

TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG)

2.30

4.30

Home Shopping. (R)

6am Children’s Programs. 11.00 Full House Noon Survivor 3.00 The Nanny 3.30 3rdRock. 4.00 That ’70s Show 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 TheNanny 6.00 3rd Rock 6.30 That ’70s Show 7.00 YoungSheldon. 7.30 Survivor 10.30 Naked Attraction. 11.30 Young Sheldon. Midnight Dash Dolls. 1.00 MikeTyson Mysteries. 1.10 BelowDeck Mediterranean. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 Bakugan: Evolutions 3.30 Late Programs.

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6am The LateShow With Stephen Colbert 7.00 Friends. 8.00 Becker 9.00 The KingOfQueens 10.00 Friends. 10.30 TheMiddle. Noon TheBig Bang Theory 1.00 Frasier 2.00 Becker 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker 5.00 Frasier 6.00 Friends. 8.00

TheBig BangTheory. 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Frasier Midnight Shopping. 1.30 Stephen Colbert. 2.30 Late Programs.

6am Home Shopping 8.00 Pooches At Play 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 MacGyver. Noon NCIS: LosAngeles. 1.00 NCIS 2.00 Bull 3.00 Bondi Rescue 3.30 TheLove Boat 4.30 Star Trek:The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver 7.30 NCIS 8.30 Bull 10 30 Miniseries: Crossfire 12.30am Home Shopping. 2.00 Tommy 3.00 ST:NextGen 4.00 MacGyver

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Friday, December 16

ABCTV (2) SBS (3) SEVEN (7,6) TEN (10, 5) NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 The Pool. (PG, R) 11.00 WaltzingThe Dragon With Benjamin Law. (PG, R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Belgravia. (PG,R) 1.45 Doc Martin. (PG, R) 2.35 Poh’s Kitchen. (R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 4.10 Long Lost Family (PG, R) 5.00 Back Roads (R) 5.30 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

6.00 Sunrise. 9.00 TheMorning Show. (PG) 11.30 SevenMorning News. 12.00 MOVIE: Christmas At Maple Creek. (2020,PGal, R) 2.00 House Of Wellness (PG) 3.00 TheChase. (R) 4.00 SevenNews At 4. 5.00 TheChase Australia. (R)

7.30 Gardening Australia (Final) Josh Byrnepreps his gardenfor theholidays. 8.30 Vera (Ma, R) DCIVeramust untangle aweb of family and financial intrigue whenshe investigates themurder of abusinesswoman’ssister whose body wasfound in the river duringa boat party being heldbyher sibling. 10.00 Troppo (Malv,R)Amanda is shocked to discoverthe attack on Ted. 10.55 ABC Late News. (Final) Detailed coverage of the day’sevents. 11.10 Adam Hills: TheLastLeg. (R) UK-based panel show 11.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

6.30 SBS WorldNews. 7.35 Engineering Reborn:Port House, Warehouse Hostel, Sandford Underground Laboratory. (PG) Hosted by RobBell. 8.30 Inside Central Station: Lidcombe Self Harm. (PGa, R) Rail staff deals with the impacton passengers and the network after a man tragically takes his ownlife 9.30 Concorde:Secrets Behind TheCrash. (PGa, R) The tragic story of the crash of Air France Flight 4590 and what really happened is explored. 10.20 SBS WorldNewsLate 10.50 Dear Mama. (Premiere, Madl) 3.20 BigFat Quiz Of The Year 2021. (Mls, R) 5.00 NHK World EnglishNewsMorning 5.30 ANC Philippines TheWorld Tonight.

6.00 Today 9.00 Today ExtraSummer.(PG) 11.00 Swimming. 16thFINAWorld C’ships (25m). Day 4. Heats. 1.00 Eatwell Christmas With Emma Dean. (PG, R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG, R)

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who can come up with themost impressiveChristmas lights display. Danny DeVito,MatthewBroderick, Kristin Davis. 10 PEACH (11, 52) 6am Morning Programs. 9.00 DVineLiving 9.30 NBC Today Noon Emmerdale 12.30 CoronationStreet. 1.00 Sons And Daughters. 3.00 Our Town 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. 4.30 Medical Emergency. 5.00 Animal Rescue. 5.30 EscapeToThe Country 6.30 Bargain Hunt. 7.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer 8.30 Escape To The Country 10.30 Australia’s Big Backyards. 11.30 Late Programs.

Council Of Dads. (Premiere, PGa) Afather is facedwithahealth crisis. 1.30 6am TV Shop 7.00 Creflo 7.30 TV Shop 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 TheYoung AndThe Restless. 1.50 Explore. 2.00 World’sGreatest Natural Wonders. 3.00 Antiques Roadshow 3.30 MOVIE: Brothers In Law.(1957) 5.30 Murder,She Wrote 6.30 Antiques Roadshow 7.30 Fawlty Towers. 8.40 MOVIE: The Living Daylights. (1987, PG) 11.20 Late Programs.

Take Two. (R) Home shopping

Global Shop. (R) Home shopping.

neighbours compete to 6am The LateShow With Stephen Colbert 7.00 NBL Slam. 7.30 Seinfeld. 9.00 Becker 10.00 TheMiddle. 11.30 The King Of Queens 12.30pm Frasier 1.30 Seinfeld. 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker 5.00 Frasier 6.00 Friends. 8.00 The Big BangTheory 9.30 Mom. 11.00 Frasier Midnight Shopping. 1.30 StephenColbert. 2.30 JamesCorden. 3.30 Becker 4.30 Shopping. 5.30 JosephPrince.

Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

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Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 9GEM (92,81) 7TWO (72, 62) 6am Children’s Programs. Noon InsidePhuketAirport. 1.00 TheBionic Woman. 2.00 Full House. 3.00 The Nanny 3.30 3rd Rock 4.00 That ’70s Show 4.30 Raymond. 5.30 MOVIE: The Nanny Diaries. (2007, PG) 7.40 MOVIE: Mean Girls. (2004, M) 9.40 MOVIE: Monster-In-Law.(2005,M) 11.40 Telenovela 12.10am Queer EyeFor The Straight Guy 1.10 Below Deck Mediterranean. 2.00 Late Programs.

Pooches At Play 8.30

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6.30 TheABC Of:Sarah Ferguson. (PGa, R) Hosted by David Wenham.

7.00 ABCNews. Takesalook at today’stop stories.

7.30 Doc Martin. (Ml) The news of Martin’s Imperial College job offer flies through thevillage.

8.20 Shetland. (Mal) Facinga dead end in the hunt for Galbraith’s killer,Toshleads Perez to the remote island of Fetlar

9.20 Midsomer Murders (Mv, R) Barnaby and Winter investigate an attack on abee keeper and the death of avillager

10.50 MOVIE: ThePost. (2017,Ml, R) Anewspapers works to expose acover-up.MerylStreep

12.40 Rage FiftyCountdown. (MA15+adhlnsv) 5.00 Rage. (PG)

ABC TV PLUS (22)

Night Dinner 2.05 Universe With Brian Cox. 3.05 ABC News Update. 3.10 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot 5.25 Pablo 5.35 Late Programs.

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6am Morning Programs. 12.10pm Great Blue Wild. 1.00 Always WasAlways Will Be. 1.35 From The Heart Of Our Nation: A Celebration. 4.35 Going Places. 5.35 Power To The People. 6.05 PacificIsland Food Revolution. 6.55 News. 7.05 On CountryKitchen. 7.35 Boteti: The Returning River 8.35 MOVIE: The Tracker. (2002, M) 10.20 MOVIE: Tudawali. (1987, M) Midnight Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBCNews At Six.

7.30 WorldWatch. 9.00 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 9.05 Britain’s Great Outdoors. (PG, R)

10.05 The World From Above.(PG) 11.05 PaulO’Grady ForThe Love Of DogsXmas. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 Surf Lifesaving. Iron SeriesManly 2.30 Soccer.2022FIFA World Cup.Round of 16.Brazilv South Korea. Replay 5.30 FIFAWorld Cup Extra2022.

6.30 SBS World News.

7.35 Lapland: TheUltimate Winter Wonderland. Presented by GreggWallace.

8.30 Kensington Palace: Behind Closed Doors. (PG, R) Part 2of2.The look at Kensington Palace, the private home of the royalfamily,concludes.

9.25 Thatcher &Reagan. (PGv,R)Part2of2

10.25 Celebrity Letters And Numbers (M)

11.25 TheArtist’sView (Ms, R)

11.55 Wonders Of Scotland (PG)

12.55 GrandTours Of Scotland’sLochs. (PG, R)

1.30 Soccer.2022FIFAWorld Cup. Thirdplace play-off.From Khalifa International Stadium, Doha,Qatar 4.30 GoingPlaces With Ernie Dingo.(PG, R) 5.00 NHKWorld English News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 ANC Philippines The World Tonight.

6am

6.00 NBCToday [VIC]Shopping 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Test Cricket: PreGame Show 11.20 Cricket. First Test.Australia vSouth Africa. Day 1. Morning session. 1.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 2.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia vSouthAfrica. Day1 Afternoon session 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 1. Late afternoon session.

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Schools Spectacular Creating TheMagic (PG)Coverage of theSchools Spectacular from Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney,withthe themeCreatingthe Magic.

9.30 VIC State Schools: Spectacular (PG) Coverage of theVictorian State School Spectacular featuring dance and musical performances.

12.00 Black-ish (PGas, R) Bow surprises Jack and Diane 1.00 Beach Cops. (PG, R) Narrated by Layne Beachley [VIC]HomeShopping.

1.30 Beach Cops (PGa, R) Officers move on adrunk man.

2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 GetClever. (R)The wonders of science are explored.

5.00 House Of Wellness (PGal, R) Alook at locations that highlight living well

6.00 DriveTV. (R) 6.30 ACA. (R) 7.00

WeekendToday 10.00 Today ExtraSummer (PG) 11.00 Swimming. 16thFINA World C’ships(25m). Day 5. Heats. 1.00 Surfing Australia TV.(PGl) 1.30 Cross Court 2.00 Animal Embassy. (R) 2.30 Explore. (R) 2.45 MOVIE: AGlenbrookeChristmas. (2020,G) 4.30 The Garden Gurus. 5.00 News:First At Five. 5.30 CountryHouse Hunters Australia.

6.00 Nine News Saturday.

7.00 ACurrentAffair

7.30 Swimming. 16th FINA World Championships (25m).Day 5. Finals.From the Melbourne Sports And Aquatic Centre.

10.30 MOVIE: Daddy’sHome2 (2017,PGals, R) Twomen plantohavethe perfect Christmas, but when their fathers arrive, their holiday is turned into chaos. Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson.

12.30 Reported Missing: Tyler (Mal, R) Follows the search for five-year-old Tyler,who wasreported missing by his estrangedfather

1.45 Talking Honey. (PGs, R) Adiscussion about sex education.

2.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

4.30 Global Shop (R) Homeshopping.

5.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R)

5.30 SkippyThe Bush Kangaroo (R) An inspector visits the park.

6.00 Reel Action. (R) 6.30 LeadingThe Way.

7.00 Tough Tested. (PG, R) 8.00 Escape

Fishing.(R) 8.30 What’sUpDown Under.(R)

9.00 Australia By Design: Architecture. (PG, R) 9.30 St10.(PG) 12.00 Everyday Gourmet. (R) 12.30 Well Traveller. (PGa, R) 1.00 Offroad Adv.(R) 2.00 All 4Adventure. (PGl, R) 3.00

4x4 Adventures.(R) 4.00 Farm To Fork. (R) 4.30 Taste Of Aust. (PG, R) 5.00 News.

6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PG, R) Follows the work of elitelifeguards.

6.30 Hungry. PresentedbyGeorge Calombaris and SarahTodd.

7.00 Jamie’sOne-Pan Wonders. (Final) Jamie Oliver prepares an aubergineburger

7.30 MOVIE: SherlockHolmes. (2009,Mv, R) Sherlock Holmes and his colleague Dr Watson battleacultleader who has seemingly returned from the grave. Robert Downey Jr,Jude Law

10.00 MOVIE: SherlockHolmes2: AGame Of Shadows. (2011, Mv,R) Sherlock Holmessetsoffinpursuit of acriminalmastermind known as Moriarty.Robert Downey Jr,Jude Law 12.30 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30[VIC]Infomercials.(PG) 4.00[VIC]HomeShopping.(R) 4.30 Authentic (PG) 5.00 Hour Of Power.

6am Chocolat.(1988,French) 7.35 Hairspray.(1988, PG) 9.15 Strange Birds. (2017,PG, French) 10.40 American Pastoral.(2016) 12.35pm HappyAs Lazzaro.(2018,M,Italian) 2.55 The Extraordinary Journey Of TheFakir.(2018, PG) 4.45 Belle And Sebastian 3. (2017,PG, French) 6.25 Charade. (1963) 8.30 APrivate War. (2018) 10.35 Leaving. (2009 French) 12.10am Late Programs.

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 Soccer. 2022 FIFA WorldCup.Third placeplay-off.Replay 10.30 Cook Up Bitesize. (R) 10.35 TheWorld From Above.(PG,R) 11.05 Paul O’Grady ForThe Love Of DogsXmas. (R) 12.00 WorldWatch. 12.30 Surf Lifesaving. IronSeries Manly 2.30 Soccer.2022FIFAWorld Cup.Round of 16 PortugalvSwitzerland. Replay. 5.30 FIFA WorldCup 2022 Daily World CupShow.

6.00 FIFA World Cup 2022 Preview Show. Apreview of FIFAWorld Cup matches. 6.30 SBS WorldNews 7.30 Houdini’sLostDiaries. Explores thelifeofHarry Houdini. 9.05 Big Ben: Restoring TheWorldFamous Clock. (R) Delves into the history and restorationofElizabeth Tower, home to the Great Bell knownasBig Ben. 10.00 CherAnd TheLoneliest Elephant. (PGal, R) Exploreshow Cher helped saveabull elephant. 11.00 Grand Tours Of Scotland’s Lochs: AFyne Tour (PG, R) 1.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFAWorld Cup. Final. 4.30 GoingPlaces With Ernie Dingo.(R) 5.00 NHK WorldEnglish News Morning. 5.15 France 24 Feature. 5.30 AlJazeeraNews.

7TWO (72, 62)

6am Home Shopping 8.30 Travel Oz. 10.00 Travel And Eat With Dan &Steph 10.30 Creek To Coast. 11.00 House Of Wellness. Noon HorseRacing. 6.00 Border Security:International. 6.30 The YorkshireVet. 7.30 The Yorkshire VetInAutumn. 8.30 Escape To The Country 9.30 Escape To The Perfect Town. 10.30 Penelope Keith’sHidden Villages. 11.30 Late Programs.

7MATE (73, 64)

6am Morning Programs. 1pm Blokesworld. 1.30 Australia ReDiscovered. 2.00 Motor Racing. Austn TopFuelC’ship. 3.00 Rides Down Under: Workshop Wars 4.00 Carnage. 5.00 Leepu And Pitbull. 6.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia vSouth Africa. Day 1. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 Ultimate Rides. 8.30 Counting Cars. 9.30 Full Custom Garage. 10.30 Barrett-Jackson: Revved Up 11.30 Late Programs.

6.00 NBCToday [VIC]Shopping 7.00 Weekend Sunrise. 10.00 Test Cricket: PreGame Show 11.20 Cricket. First Test.Australia vSouth Africa. Day 2. Morningsession. 1.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break. 2.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia vSouth Africa. Day 2. Afternoon session. 4.00 Test Cricket: Tea Break. 4.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 2. Lateafternoon session.

6.00 SevenNews. 7.00 Cricket. BigBashLeague. Game 7. Melbourne Renegadesv SydneyThunder 11.00 7NEWSSpotlight. (R) Alook inside Australian sport’sbiggest crisis 12.00 BoyToMan: The Reindeer People. (PGa, R) Tim Noonan travelstoSiberia. [VIC]ToBeAdvised. 12.30[VIC]HomeShopping. 1.00 Harry’s Practice. (R) Information about petcare 1.30 Travel Oz. (PG, R) Alook at holiday destinations 2.00 Home Shopping. (R) 3.30 Million Dollar Minute. (R)

9GEM (92,81)

6am Morning Programs. 7.30 TV Shop 8.00 Beyond Today 8.30 TV Shop 10.00 My Favorite Martian. 10.30 Skippy. 11.00 Seaway Noon World’sGreatest Natural Wonders. 1.00 MOVIE: Summer Holiday.(1963) 3.15 MOVIE: Clambake. (1967) 5.15 MOVIE: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.(1988,PG) 7.30 MOVIE: Licence To Kill. (1989,M) 10.15 MOVIE: Death Wish V. (1994, MA15+) 12.15am Late Programs.

9GO! (93, 82)

6am Children’s Programs. 1.35pm Motor Racing. FIAWorld Endurance C’ship H’lights. 2.45 Inside Phuket Airport. 4.45 About A Boy. 5.15 MOVIE: Bee Movie. (2007) 7.00 MOVIE: Shrek The Third. (2007, PG) 8.50 MOVIE: The Scorpion King.(2002, M) 10.40 MOVIE: Life.(2017, MA15+) 12.40am Manifest. 2.30 Transformers Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures. 3.00 Power Rangers Dino Charge. 3.30 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52)

6am The Late Show With StephenColbert 7.00 The King Of Queens 8.00 Frasier 9.00 Becker 10.00 Friends. Noon The King Of Queens. 1.00 TheChallenge Australia. 3.00 Friends. 6.00 The BigBang Theory 8.30 TikTok ForYou Fest. 10.00 The Big BangTheory 10.25 Friends. 12.15am Home Shopping. 1.45 Mom. 2.15 NBL Slam. 2.45 Broke 4.30 HomeShopping.

10 BOLD (12, 53)

6am Shopping. 9.00 Healthy Homes Aust. 9.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 10.00 4x4 Adventures. 11.00 All 4 Adventure. Noon The Love Boat 1.00 ST:Next Gen. 2.00 A-League All Access. 2.30 Stories Of Bikes. 3.00 MacGyver 5.00 Reel Action. 5.30 I Fish 6.00 Scorpion 7.00 Soccer.A-League Men. Matchweek 8. Melbourne City vMelbourne Victory 10.15 MacGyver 11.10 Late Programs.

(R)

All 4Adventure. (PGl) 5.00 News. 6.30 TheABC Of:John Howard. (Final, PG, R) Hosted by David Wenham. 7.00 ABCNews. Takesalook at today’stop stories. 7.30 Death In Paradise. (Madv, R) Asurvival expertisfound dead. 8.30 MOVIE: Jackie. (2016,MA15+v,R) Jackie Kennedyfights through her grief to define herhusband’slegacy following his assassination. Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig. 10.10 Miniseries: Ridley Road. (Mv,R)Part 4of4 11.05 MysteryRoad: Origin. (Final, Mlv,R) 12.05 TheHeights. (PG, R) 2.20 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv) 4.00 Classic Countdown. (PG, R) 5.00 Think Tank (PG, R)

Traveller (Final,PGa)

TopGun. (1986,R)A young, hot-headed fighter pilot competes for the prestigious TopGun award at an elite US flying school. However, hisinsistence on doing thingshis own waybrings him into conflictwith those around him. TomCruise, Kelly McGillis, ValKilmer 10.55 FBI. (Mv,R)A university studentismurdered. 11.55 TheSundayProject. (R) Alook at theday’s news. 1.00 Home Shopping. (R) 4.30 CBSMornings.

Hope Springs. (2012, M) 3.30 Broke 4.30 Home Shopping.

Monday,December 19

ABC TV (2)

6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Australia’sOceanOdyssey: AJourneyDownThe East AustralianCurrent. (PG, R) 11.00 AntiquesRoadshow.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Would ILie To You? (R) 1.30 Vera.(Ma, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia. (R) 3.55 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 4.45 Back Roads. (R) 5.10 QI. (PG, R) 5.40 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

6.10 Grand Designs New Zealand. (R) Hosted by Chris Moller

7.00 ABCNews. Takesa look at today’stop stories.

7.30 7.30 Presented by LauraTingle

8.00 AustralianStory: Bon Scott –OnThe Brink. (Final, R) Forthe first time, family and friends discuss the late AC/DC singer Bon Scott, who died unexpectedly in 1980

8.40 BrianCox:Seven DaysOn Mars. (R) Professor Brian Coxfollows Perseverance rover’ssearch forlife on Mars during acritical seven-dayperiod.

10.10 OurDementia Choir (PG,R)Part 1of2

11.10 TheDetectives. (Mal, R)

12.10 Operation Buffalo (Madlv,R)

1.05 Total Control. (MA15+l, R) 1.55 Rage. (MA15+adhlnsv)

4.30 Think Tank. (PG, R) 5.25 7.30.(R)

SBS (3)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.30 France 24 English News. 8.00 Soccer. 2022 FIFAWorld Cup Final. Replay 11.30 Cook Up With Adam LiawBitesize. (R) 11.40 BarkleyManor 12.10 BBC Weekend News. 12.30 ABC World News Tonight With David Muir 1.00 Al Jazeera News Hour 2.00 Soccer.2022FIFAWorld Cup. Final.Replay 5.30 FIFAWorld Cup2022 Daily World CupShow.

6.30 SBS WorldNews.

7.30 Celebrity LettersAnd Numbers. (M, R) Hosted by MichaelHing

8.30 24 Hours In Emergency: Safety Net. (M)A 21-year-old is rushed to St George’s after suffering from asuspected stroke

9.25 Secrets Of Playboy: ThePlayboy Legacy (Premiere) Exposesthe hidden truths behind the Playboybrand and the complex world HughHefner created.

10.15 SBSWorld News Late.

10.45 Reunions (Mal, R) Vanessa attempts to get off the island.

11.45 Medici: TheMagnificent Part II (Mav,R)

4.00 Food Safari (R)

5.00 NHK World EnglishNewsMorning 5.30 ANC Philippines TheWorld Tonight.

SEVEN (7,6)

6.00 Sunrise. 10.00 Test Cricket: Pre-Game Show 11.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia v South Africa. Day 3. Morning session. 1.20 Test Cricket: The Lunch Break 2.00 Cricket. First Test.Australia vSouthAfrica. Day 3. Afternoon session. From the Gabba, Brisbane. 4.00 Test Cricket: TeaBreak. 4.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia vSouth Africa. Day 3. Late afternoon session. From the Gabba, Brisbane.

6.00 SevenNews.

7.00 Cricket. BigBashLeague Game 8. Hobart HurricanesvPerth Scorchers. From University of Tasmania Stadium, Launceston, Tasmania.

11.00 TheSpin. Lisa Sthalekar,Brad Hodge and Jason Richardson take alook into the world of cricket.

11.30 April Jones: TheInterrogation Tapes. (MA15+a, R) Explores the2012 abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones.

12.50 Heartbreak Island Australia. (Mal) As the singlescontinue their romantic adventure in Fiji, three couplesbecome two in therace for the $100,000 1.00[VIC]HomeShopping. 4.00 NBCToday News and current affairs. 5.00 SevenEarly News. 5.30 Sunrise. News, sportand weather.

TEN (10, 5) NINE (9, 8)

6.00 Today 9.00 Today ExtraSummer (PG) 11.30 Morning News. 12.00 MOVIE: ChristmasInWashington. (2021, G) Natalie Lisinska,Damon Runyan 1.50 Explore. (R) 2.00 Pointless. (PG,R) 3.00 TippingPoint. (PG, R) 4.00 Afternoon News.

4.30[VIC]MillionaireHotSeat 5.00 Millionaire HotSeat. (R) 5.30[VIC]WINNews.

6.00 Nine News.

7.00 ACurrent Affair

7.30 Snackmasters (Final, PG)Hosted by ScottPickett and Poh LingYeow 8.50 Inside TheSuperbrands: McCain. Abehind the sceneslook at McCain,the world’slargest chip company

9.50 Australian Crime Stories: Mark Standen –ADirty Cop (Mad, R) Alook at the case of Mark Standen.

10.50 TheEqualizer (Mv,R)McCall, Mel andHarrymustwork remotely 11.40 AlmostFamily (Mas) 12.35 Tipping Point. (PG, R) 1.30 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 2.30 Global Shop. (R)

3.00 TV Shop: Home Shopping. (R) 4.00 Believer’sVoice Of Victory. (PGa) 4.30 ACurrent Affair (R) 5.00 News EarlyEdition 5.30 Today.

6.00 The Talk.(PGa) 7.00 Entertainment Tonight. (R) 7.30 Judge Judy.(PG, R) 8.00 10 NewsFirst:Breakfast 8.30 Studio 10.(PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGad, R) 1.00 Jamie’sOne-Pan Christmas. (R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight. 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.(R) 3.00 Judge Judy.(PG, R) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals ForEvery Day.(R) 5.00 10 News First.

6.30 TheProject. Alook at the day’snews and events

7.30 Bondi Rescue. (PGal, R) Beach marshalswork with the lifeguards to check numbersand enforcesocialdistancing. 8.30 Ghosts. (PGs) Jay’ssister,Bela, visits Woodstone Mansion for Christmas and brings along afriend, inspiring Samto spark aromance between them in the spirit of the holiday rom-coms she loves.

9.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible. (1996,R)A secretagent sets out to discoverwho double-crossed him and killed his colleagues. Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames.

11.45 FBI: MostWanted. (Mv,R) 1.30 TheProject. (R)

2.30 TheLate ShowWith Stephen Colbert. (PG) 3.30 Home Shopping (R) 4.30 CBS Mornings.

ABC TV PLUS (22)

SBS VICELAND (31)

6am WorldWatch.

7TWO (72, 62) 6am Children’s Programs. 7.10pm Hey Duggee. 7.20 Bluey 7.30 Universe With Brian Cox. 8.30 Long Lost Family 9.20 George Clarke’sAmazing Spaces 10.05 Catalyst. 11.10 Adam Hills: The LastLeg. 11.50 Brian Johnson’sALife On The Road. 12.35am Penn & Teller: Fool Us. 1.15 Back 1.40 Would ILie To YouAt Christmas? 2.10 ABC NewsUpdate 2.15 Close. 5.00 Hoot Hoot Go! 5.10 Dot. 5.25 Late Programs.

NITV (34)

6am Morning Programs. 1.30pm Spirit Talker 2.00 Shortland St 2.30 The Cook Up 3.00 Jarjums. 3.55 Tales Of The Moana. 4.00 Raven Steals TheLight. 4.10 Jarjums. 5.00 Our Stories. 5.30 APTN National News. 6.00 Bamay. 6.30 The Land We’reOnWith Penelope Towney. 6.35 News. 6.45 Great Blue Wild. 7.35 Hip Hop Evolution. 8.30 Karla Grant Presents. 9.10 Sing About This Country. 11.10 Late Programs.

6.50 The77Percent. 7.20 WorldWatch. 9.30 Shortland St 11.00 The Movie Show. Noon Dave Gorman: Modern Life Is Goodish 2.50 Bizarre Foods. 3.40 WorldWatch. 5.05 Takeshi’sCastle. 5.35 JoyOfPainting. 6.05 Jeopardy! 6.30 FIFA WorldCup 2022 Daily WorldCup Show 7.30 News. 7.35 8Out Of 10 Cats 8.30 Taskmaster 9.25 Hypothetical. 10.20 Late Programs.

6am MorningPrograms. 10.30 Better Homes And Gardens Summer Noon Emmerdale 12.30 CoronationStreet 1.00 Air Crash Investigation. 2.00 Creek To Coast. 2.30 MillionDollarMinute 3.30 Medical Emergency 4.00 Animal Rescue. 4.30 Better Homes. 5.30 EscapeToThe Country 6.30 BargainHunt 7.30 Doc Martin. 8.30 Inspector Morse. 10.50 Late Programs.

9GEM (92, 81)

6am TV Shop 7.00 Creflo 7.30 TV Shop 9.30 Newstyle Direct. 10.00 Danoz 10.30 Pointless. 11.30 My Favorite Martian Noon Days Of Our Lives. 12.55 TheYoungAnd The Restless. 1.50 Bondi Vet. 2.50 AntiquesRoadshow 3.20 MOVIE: The ThirdMan.(1949, PG) 5.30 Murder,She Wrote. 6.30 AntiquesRoadshow 7.30 Death In Paradise. 8.40 MOVIE: Tomorrow Never Dies. (1997, M) 11.05 Late Programs.

10 PEACH (11, 52)

6am Friends. 9.00

TheMiddle. 11.00 The BigBang Theory. 12.30pm Friends. 1.00 Broke 3.00 The King Of Queens. 4.00 Becker 5.00 Frasier 6.00 Friends. 8.00

The BigBangTheory 9.30 Seinfeld. 11.00 Frasier Midnight Home Shopping. 1.30 TheKing Of Queens. 2.30 The Late Late Show With James Corden. 3.30 The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. 4.30 Home Shopping.

SBS WORLD MOVIES (32)

6am Belle And Sebastian 3. Continued. (2017, PG, French) 6.40 An Ideal Husband. (1999,PG) 8.30 Charade. (1963) 10.35 Blackbird. (2019) 12.40pm Flawless. (2007, M) 2.35 TheMovie Show 3.10 Kim Ji-Young, Born1982.(2019, PG, Korean) 5.15 The Great Dictator.(1940) 7.30 The Internship.(2013,M) 9.40 OSS 117:FromAfricaWith Love.(2021, French) 11.50 Late Programs.

7MATE (73, 64)

6am MorningPrograms. 1.30pm Wheelburn. 2.00 Motor Racing. Austn TopFuel C’ship. Replay. 3.00 Seven’sMotorsport Classic 3.30 IrishPickers. 4.30 Aussie Lobster Men. 5.30 American Restoration. 6.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia vSouth Africa. Day 3. Late afternoon session. 7.00 Pawn Stars. 7.30 American Pickers: Best Of 8.30 MOVIE: The Recruit. (2003, M) 10.55 Late Programs.

6am Children’s Programs. Noon InsidePhuketAirport 1.00 SurfingAustralia TV 1.30 The Bionic Woman. 2.30 Full House 3.30 Raymond. 5.30 TheNanny 6.00 3rd Rock 6.30 That ’70s Show 7.00 YoungSheldon. 7.30 The Weakest Link USA 8.30 Love Island Australia. 9.40 MOVIE: Four Holidays. (2008,M) 11.30 Young Sheldon. Midnight Satisfaction 1.00 BelowDeck Mediterranean. 1.50 Late Programs.

9GO! (93, 82)

6am Home Shopping 8.00 Pooches At Play 8.30 Australia By Design: Innovations. 9.00 iFish. 9.30 Reel Action. 10.00 All 4Adventure. 11.00 The Offroad Adventure Show Noon MacGyver. 1.00 DiagnosisMurder 3.00 Bondi Rescue. 3.30 The Love Boat 4.30 Star Trek: The Next Generation. 5.30 MacGyver. 7.30 NCIS. 10.20 TheCode. 12.15am Home Shopping. 2.15 The FBI Declassified. 3.10 ST:Next Gen. 4.05 MacGyver

10 BOLD (12, 53)

MerryChristmas

Tuesday, December20

ABC TV (2)

SBS (3)

SEVEN (7,6)

Grand Designs New Zealand. (R)

ABCNews.

TEN (10, 5) NINE (9,8) 6.00 News Breakfast. 9.00 ABC News Mornings. 10.00 Kurt Fearnley’sOne Plus One. (R) 10.30 DreamGardens. (R) 11.00 Restoration Australia.(R) 12.00 ABC News At Noon. 1.00 Shetland. (Mal,R) 2.00 CallThe Midwife.(Ma, R) 3.00 Gardening Australia (R) 3.55 Long Lost Family.(PG, R) 4.45 Back Roads. (PG, R) 5.10 QI. (PG, R) 5.40 Hard Quiz. (PG,R)

6.00 WorldWatch. 7.00 BBCNews At Six. 7.30 WorldWatch. 9.00 Peer To Peer (PG) 10.00 Paul O’Grady’sLittleHeroes. 11.00 Barkley Manor 12.00 WorldWatch. 1.00 PBS NewsHour 2.00 Luke Nguyen’s RailwayVietnam. (PG, R) 2.30 TheCook Up With Adam Liaw. (R) 3.00 Jeopardy! 3.30 Ethnic Business Awards. 5.30 LettersAnd Numbers. (R)

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6.00 The Talk.(PGa) 7.00 Ent. Tonight. (R) 7.30 Judge Judy. (PG, R) 8.00 10 NewsFirst: Breakfast. 8.30 Studio 10.(PG) 12.00 Dr Phil. (PGa, R) 1.00 Jamie’s EasyChristmas Countdown. (R) 2.00 Entertainment Tonight 2.30 Good Chef Bad Chef.(R) 3.00 Judge Judy.(PG, R) 3.30 Freshly Picked With Simon Toohey 4.00 Farm To Fork. 4.30 Jamie’s Easy Meals ForEvery Day.(R) 5.00 10 NewsFirst 6.00 Mastermind Australia. (PG,

6am MorningPrograms. 1.20 Test Cricket: TheLunch Break. 2.00 Cricket. First Test. Australia vSouth Africa. Day 4. Afternoon session. 4.00 Test Cricket: TeaBreak. 4.20 Cricket. First Test. Australia vSouth Africa. Day 4. Late afternoon session.

12.20pm Days Of TheBagnoldSummer. (2019, M) 2.00 AnIdeal Husband. (1999,PG) 3.50 Passione. (2010,PG) 5.30 Of Love &Lies. (2019, PG) 7.30 Husbands And Wives. (1992) 9.30 Jonsson Gang. (2020,Finnish) 11.50 Late Programs. 7MATE (73, 64)

TheProject Alook at the day’snews and events.

7.30

Ambulance Australia. (Mdlm, R) Follows dispatchers and paramedics. 8.30 NCIS. (Mdv) NCIS Special Agent Timothy McGee and theteam investigates thedeath of auniversitystudentwho was killed while runningacross the street and had connections to McGee’s wife, Delilah 9.30 MOVIE: Mission: Impossible II. (2000,R)A special agent is ordered to find adeadly virus stolen

by acriminal mastermind.Tom Cruise, ThandiweNewton.

MacGyver 2.00 Diagnosis Murder 3.00

CFAsays don’t let your Christmas lights ignite

AS Victorians adorn their homes with festive fairy lights in the lead up to Christmas, firefighters are reminding people to check the wiring and placement of their lights.

CFA chief officer,Jason Heffernan, urged Victorians to take simple precautionary steps to be sure it’s only Santa’s sleigh that visits this Christmas, and not afire truck.

“Before setting your lights up, make sure the wiring is intact, check there are no missing bulbs or frayedcords andthe lightsare in good, working order,”MrHeffernan said.

“When plugging in your lights, remember not to overload power boards, and make sure electrical cords are not covered by arug or mat.

“Tinsel and other festive decorations will be abundant, but placing lights too close to these items can present afirerisk.

“Remember to turn your Christmas lights off when leaving the house or before going to bed to ensure they don’t overheat.”

Christmas lights safety tips:



Whenbuying Christmaslights, make sure theyhavethe RegulatoryComplianceMark tick of approval;  Consider usingbattery-operated LED or solarlights which don’t require electricity;  InspectyourChristmas lights for anysignofdamageorwear and

tear.Makesurethere’sno exposed wiring, that the lights areingood working order andthatthere areno missing globes;  Whendecoratingthe outsideof your home, only chooselights and fittingsdesigned forexternal use;

Make sure youhaveasafety switch in your meter boxor havea

In September, CFA responded to an electrical fire causedbyfairy lights at aFerntree Gully house which caused significant damage to the brick veneer property.

qualifiedelectricianinstall one;

Don’toverload powerboards; use nomore than threesets of lights per powerboard, even if there are four ormoreoutlets onit, and avoid using doubleadaptors;

Make sureelectric cords are completely uncoiledand arenot placedunder rugsormats;

Incident controller and FerntreeGully firefighter, ToddSmall, said theincidentdemonstrated the risk associated with damaged festive lights.

Place your treeasfar as possible from anyheatsource, curtains or furnishings, and;

Make sure youhaveworking smoke alarms in allbedrooms, living areas and hallways. Ideally, smoke alarms areinterconnected, which means if afire in one room sets offone smoke alarm, all alarms will activate.

“Please don’t leave fairy lights on all the time. Keep yourself and your loved ones safe,” he said. Electrical fires are among the top causes of house fires each year.

Proud day as students graduate

By TOMHAYES

SEVENstudents from the Berry StreetSchool were presented with their Victorian Certificate of AppliedLearning (VCAL) on theafternoon of Thursday, December1

Berry Street School is aspecialistindependent school that supports students ranging from Year 7to12.

Their vision caters for studentswith learning difficulties,which maynot be looked after in mainstream schools, giving themafocusedlearning environment for ahigh-quality education.

Berry Street VCAL co-ordinator, Max Affleck, believes thatthe schooloffersa lot of different pathways.

“The program we run here is prettyunique, where we offer avery high ratio of staff to students,” Mr Affleck said.

“A reason why Ilove working here is we get to know our students really well.

“(We)understandwhatstudents like, what they don’t like, what their interests are …that kind of intimacy lets us tailor the program.”

Mr Affleck believes Berry Street students face

multiple barriers, but the levelofpersistence they show shines further.

“There’s lots of barriers that Ithink students face …whether that’s things goingonintheirpersonal lives, the opportunities that are available to them, theirown diagnoses or mental health challenges,” Mr Affleck said.

“With every student, especially with our graduates, is there’s an incredible amount of persistence that they bring.”

Berry Street offers a‘Pathways Program’, which is run one day of the week, allowing students to work on life skills and their career plans.

Here they can prepare CVs, practise interviews and learn day-to-day skills that aren’t taught within mainstream curriculum.

Mr Affleck explained that the VCAL certificate was focussed on appliedlearning; aftergraduation from Berry Street, students can explore further learning at TAFE.

While at TAFE, Berry Street continues to guide students, as certain TAFE classes consist of Berry Street students.

However fromnextyear,students will be blending into TAFEclasses with mainstream students.

Berry Street 2022 VCAL graduate, Shemika Hoskinson, believes that her VCAL certificate will open many doors into her preferred career-path.

When asked what she would liketouse her VCALcertificate for, Shemikasaid, “It’s amixture between defence force …and agriculture”

Another VCAL graduate from Berry Street, Thistle Kolek, said that the freedom of receiving her VCAL certificate is “really awesome”.

“Now getting aVCAL pass opens us to more career paths, like TAFE, (that has) all different careers,” Thistle said.

“I’m using (my certificate) to do aCert 4in agriculture in TAFE next year,sothat’s to get me into farming.”

Both Shemika and Thistle learnt valuable life lessons while attending Berry Street School.

“Respect forothersand their needs,” Shemika suggested.

“We are all the same, but in unique ways,” Thistle said.

Good-luck to all of the graduates on their future careers, after receiving their VCAL certificate.

Any oldglasses?

By TOMHAYES

SPECSAVERSTraralgon is encouraging Latrobe Valley locals to digthrough their houses to find any unwanted or unused glasses for agood cause.

In partnership with Lions Recycle for Sight, Specsavers Traralgon have opened arecycling bin for unneeded glasses, which will be donated to those in need.

The partnership starts anation-wideinitiative that hopes to collect 200,000 pairs of glasses.

As we head into the Christmas period, it’s the perfect time to help Specsavers Traralgon reaching their goal of 200,000 donated pairs of glasses.

Asum of 200,000 glasseswould stretch more than 30 kilometres, to put into perspective, that’s from Morwell to Traralgon, and back.

Recent researchundertaken by Specsavers found thatonaverage,75per centofAustralian households haveatleast onepair of optical glasses or sunglasses that aren’t being used.

This equates to awhopping 36 million pairs of unused glasses or sunglasses across the country that could be used by those in need.

Retail partner at Specsavers Traralgon, Karen Shallard, noticed the amount of people getting new glasses, compared to those donating old pairs.

“We see ahugeinflux of people wanting to use their health insurance benefits to purchase anew pair of glasses,” Ms Shallard said.

“We’d love to see more people donating their old specs in store so they can benefit people in need.”

Specsavers Traralgon urge locals to support the mission for vision, by bringing in their unused glasses, placing them in the recycling collection box, or handing them to ateam member.

More than one billionpeople worldwide are living with vision impairment because they do not get the carethey need for conditions likefar and shortsightedness, glaucoma or cataracts.

Specsaversare now in their fourth year of the initiative withLions Recycle for Sight, hoping to beattheir 2018 total of 334,860 pairs of glasses that were sent overseas to 20 destinations.

Over the past four years, Specsavers Australia has donated morethan700,000 pairs in partnership with Lions Recycle for Sight, and are hoping to collect another 400,000 by end the of 2022, heading towarda goal of more than onemillionpairsofglasses donated after five years.

To donate, head in-store at Specsavers Traralgon at 70 Seymour St, Traralgon, or visit https://www. specsavers.com.au/stores for more information.

Graduates: BerryStreetstudentsThistle Kolekand ShemikaHoskinson await their VCAL graduation. photographs tomhayes

Intothe real world: BerryStreet VCAL co-ordinator MaxAffleck poses outside the BerryStreetSchool,with students Thistle Kolek and Shemika Hoskinson on their graduation day.

Rose garden is widely acclaimed

ON Saturday, November 12, at the International Rose Garden Festival, Morwell, the launch of the book Morwell Centenary Rose Garden 1992-2022 was held.

Thebook is acolourful portrayal of the history of thegarden.

The book came about by asuggestion from afriend of the garden in September 2021, and the committee immediately approved the proposal.

Ahistory book subcommittee of friends comprising Carl Ellefsen, Bev Maguire, Del Matthews, Pat Claassens, Frank Sutherland and TrevorBrown was formed with Mr Browntakingonthe task of compiling abook with the help of the subcommittee.

Mr Brownspent more than 800hours researching the garden’s history sourcinghistorical and current photos.

The book would not have been made possible without the early generous financial support by Advance Morwell Inc, and Rotary Club of Morwell (Advance Morwell president John Guy and Rotary past president David Swainsbury and Dave McInnes are shown in the book).

The idea of arose garden was instigated by the

Donation to Morwell Neighbourhood House

DELTA Group recently opened their new office in Traralgon.

The LV Gippsland Delta team partnered with Morwell Neighbourhood House to collect donations for the annual Christmas hampers, which are distributedthroughout the local community.

The Delta Team enthusiastically embraced the opportunity to contribute and help make Christmas brighter for others, donating generously to this heart-warming cause.

On Thursday, December 8, Bartek Kogutowski (Delta LV Gippsland divisional manager), Kane Gostling (Delta senior projects manager) and Lisa Bigham(Delta community engagement) proudly presentedMorwell Neighbourhood House manager Tracie Lund with donations from the Delta team.

The basic requirements of the steeringcommittee at the time were to:

-Establish agarden of highstandard of excellence, capable of achieving recognition by the state and national horticultural organisations, and; -To provide agarden readily accessible to the public for their pleasure and enjoyment and education in the culture of roses and horticulture in general.

These requirementshave been achievedand are still in place, with the garden having become an icon of Latrobe City.

Another highlightofthe week at the rose garden was the visit by 51 overseas rosarians who were in Australia for the World Federation of Rose Societies World Conference in Adelaide during October.

The post-conference tour took the visitors to see the roses at the state rose gardenatWerribee, Mornington Botanical Rose Garden, Flemington Race Course and then onto the Morwell garden.

The World Federation of Rose Societies was the organisation that approved the Morwell Centenary Rose Garden ‘Award for Garden Excellence’ in 2009. This awardispresented to aworthy garden somewhere in the world every threeyears.

The visitors were delighted withthe layout. So informal was the ideathat it was built andmaintained by volunteerswith the supportofLatrobe City Council. It impressed them that there was no fences or fees, as is common in alot of the gardens they visitoverseas.

Comments were madethat blooms werelargeron some varietiesthan what they were used to in their country. Their visitwas cut short for unknown reasons, and it was hard to drag them away from the north side of the garden, where they loved how the older varieties of roses rambled over the railway embankment.

They were treated to adelightful afternoon tea prepared by the Friends of the Garden before they departed and the skies opened up. The next day, they were boarding an aeroplane to visit Tasmania.

History: Former Morwell MayorJohn Guy with David Swainsburyand David McInnes from Morwell Rotary at thelaunch of Morwell CentenaryRose Garden photograph supplied

Much appreciated: Morwell Neighbourhood House manager Tracie Lund (third from left) with donationsfrom DeltaGroup

photograph supplied

then councillor MartinHill, as an idea to commemoratethe centenaryofMorwell.Funding, materials and labour were provided by the Chamber of Commerce, Morwell City Council, Latrobe Valley Express, localbusinesses and service clubs and those in the public. The garden was officially opened on November 11992by Morwell Mayor, John Guy.

Tradition continues

By TOMHAYES

THE carpet laying business may not appear to be glamorousfromthe outside lookingin, but for one family it has lasted generations.

For 44 years, the Dawsonfamilyhavebeen involved in the carpet business, laying throughout the community for decades.

Earlier this year, Jordy Dawson bought Carpet Supermarket from his uncle, Malcolm Dawson.

Malcolm had previously worked for ‘Flemings Carpet’ for 10 years, from 1978 to 1988.

He learnt how to lay carpet from his brother and Jordy’s father -Robert.

When Malcolm bought the business in 1988 he wasn’t alone.

“That waswith me,and two otherguyswere involved,” he said.

Malcolm then ownedCarpet Supermarket for 34 years, from 1988 until July of this year.

His father Bill also helped on occasion, but was never afull-time employee.

During the 34 years, Malcolm admittedthere was next to no hardships.

In the early 1990s, he experienced the recession, which saw interest rates rise to over 17 per cent.

Other than that, the business has barely been affected, including duringthe COVID-19 pandemic.

He believes it came downtocustomerservice that allowed the business to strive for so long.

“Just dealing with the people and being honest with the people,” Malcolm said.

“We’ve just done everything right.”

His nephew Jordybegan working for Carpet

Supermarket as an installer in 1999.

Up until the mid-2000s, Jordy worked full-time.

Afterwards, Jordy continued housing work with DHS,while helpingMalcolm every nowand again, using the Carpet Supermarket to store his carpet.

Carpet businesses are scarce now compared to what they used to be.

“It’s the only one in Morwell,” Jordy said, referring to his business.

“I think there was about four when we started,” Malcolm added.

Jordy eventually decided to take over the company from his uncle in July this year.

“The motivation for taking over the business was to get off the tools basically,” Jordy said.

Malcolm always joked that Jordy would take over the business.

However, he revealed he never thought he would take over.

“We never really thought he would, but we’re glad he did,” Malcolm said.

“It made sense to combine the two (jobs),” Jordy added.

Morerecently,Jordy’sson Jackalsobegan working full-time at Carpet Supermarket.

Jordyand his wife Sharon admitted that they didn’tinitially wantJacktoget intoflooring, as it can be quiteintense on thebody.

“I actually didn’t want him to (join the business),” Jordy said.

“He always wanted to do carpet,” Sharon added.

After 44 years and four generations, it appears that the family business is in safe hands, with many more yearsofservice and experiencetocome.

Nationals welcome funding

billion sector by 2030,” Mr Littleproud said.

Mr Littleproud said the Budget had committed to fund Beef 2024 after the Coalition government

the announcement in March.

“We know how important Beef 2024,orBeef Week, is for the cattle industry,” Mr Littleproud said.

“The next Beef Weekwillbeheld from May 5-11, 2024. Iampleased the former Coalition government secured the future of Beef 2024 and backed Australia’s world-class beef industry.”

Arecord 115,000 people consumed 63 tonnes of beef at the 2021 event, making it the biggest yet.

The next Beef Week will include the launch of Beef TV, alivestreamed channel accessible globally via the Beef Australia website.

“Our support ensured Beef Week goes from strength to strength, driving up industry growth and pushing agriculture closer to being a$100

“The event is akey economic driver for Rockhampton and beyond, generating more than $90 millionineconomic activity for the greater Rockhampton region and afurther almost$60 million for Queensland.”

Australia is one of the world’s largest exporters of beef, with the industry worth $15 billion.

Beef Week is known for bringing local producers together with international industry leaders, helping to facilitate new trade and export opportunities.

Of course, Beef Week also gives visitorsthe chance to enjoy the world’s best beef.

Mr Littleproud said he was looking forward to enjoying atasty steak himselfatthe next Beef Week and would always back beef.

“The Nationals will work with Labor to ensure the continued success of our vital cattle industry,” he said.

“Australia has the best beef in the world and The Nationals will do everything to support and expand the sale of it.”

To see the overwhelming number of gifts for the less fortunate local children both under and surrounding the Christmas Tree certainly shows the kind-heartedness of those we live with, and work with, in our local communities, side by side every day

Feel the warmth on Christmas Day as you wake up knowing that you really have made adifference this Christmas.

Switching hands: JordyDawson took thereins of Morwell business Carpet Supermarketfromhis uncleMalcolmDawson in July this year photograph tomhayes

NATIONALS LeaderDavid Littleproudhas welcomed news Labor will match The Nationals previously pledged funding of $6 million for Beef 2024.

made

The generosity shown by members of our local community has been amazing!

Buy local to bolster the community

WE all need to work together and keep putting locals first this Christmas as we support jobs in our own communities.

The past few years have tested our resilience with drought, fires, storms, floods and the coronavirus, along with interest rate rises hurting household budgets.

The regional economy has been tested but we can all help.

Every time we shop at alocal business or hire alocal service provider, the money stays in our region and helps to support local jobs.

Even taking ashort break, visiting alocal pub, or booking afamily holiday in Gippsland can make abig difference in our community.

We have agreat deal to be hopeful and optimistic about as Gippslanders as we recover from these difficult challenges and we need to stick together.

Iwanttotake this opportunity to thank everyone who has made acontribution to keeping our region functioning in these strange times: from the health workers to the truck drivers, from the farmers to the power station crews, and everyone else.

We are blessed to have so many hard-working volunteers and professional staff in awide range of industries who serve our community and look after our needs, every day of the year.

Please keep safe these summer holidays and enjoy some peaceful time in the company of your family and friends.

We’ve seen small businesses decimated by draconian policies in regional areas that weren’t necessary, and you’ve given them free fridges made in China they never wanted. We’ve seen a total lack of accountability, in anon-statesman manner, when things have gone wrong. We’ve seen train carriages built by Chinese companies when we have the skills, knowledge and trades to build them. Your leader shies away from the people in hidden rooms to make announcements, such as the recent visit to an old SEC building, instead of hearing their concerns. You’ve pandered to inner city Greens who are out of touch with the real world. We’ve seen state debt balloon to unprecedented levels while our region is still feeling the effects of last time Labor let that happen. Our medical systems are in crisis, but you’ve built buildings you can’t staff instead. We’ve seen you shower people with ‘trinkets and tokens’, such as free tampons for women, when we see people daily who struggle to put food on the table because of the soaring cost of living.

I’ve personally made all this known to you locally during the last 12 years.

It’s clear you haven’t bothered to listen. And you’re foolish if you believe largeswathes of the population hasn’t seen it to Anthony Wasiukiewicz, Yallourn North

Weighing intodebate

Merry

Christmas Gippsland. Darren Chester, Federal Member for Gippsland

WhyLabor has struggled locally

TO Labor,

Do you want to know why The Nationals gained seats and why votes for Morwell and East and South Gippsland went to The Nationals and others?

Do you want to know why West Melbourne, your heartland, had double digit swings against you?

Let me share with you the reason.

In Yarram recently for example, every cubicle in the public toilets was covered in urine and faeces, because the state government mandates councils spend money on smoking ceremonies, ‘inclusion’ and other tokenistic gestures instead of letting them do their job.

Roads are riddled with potholes; new sections of the Hyland Hwy as well. Other roads managed by VicRoads are overgrown with prolific weeds and non-native trees. We have new school buildings built in Bendigo instead of locally -where air conditioners have broken and roofs leak within afew short years. We have ageing facilities, such as town halls with leaky roofs, that no one wants to fund to fix. We’ve had fancy facades built in Ballarat for the Morwell GovHub, with the installation of an unneeded kitchen and coffee shop which sets to undermine local cafes. Overpaid bureaucrats are paid extra to stay at home. The Latrobe Valley Authority has funded play equipment in Moe made in Finland. Other playgrounds, and sporting change rooms, etc. are made interstate instead of using local trades. We have unemployment rates in Latrobe City and Gippsland higher than the state average. You have aleader, who is aknown socialist, implementing policies the likes of which my forebears and other newer immigrants fled from. No one wants that here.

IRECENTLY turned 95 and Irealise that I have had amajor concern all of my life. It is a sport called boxing.

Icannotget any satisfaction from this sport. Ihavenever gone to aboxing match and don’t watch it on TV.

The art of boxing is to hit hard enough to knock your opponent out -KOisthe term. The knockout requires you to be unconscious to the count of 10. If you get up at the count of six you can be belted again.

In other sports, protection of the head is of prime importance.

Adeliberate hit to the head in Aussie rules means athree-match suspension. In rugby, 10 minutes in the sin bin. Cricket, gridiron and baseball all have helmets to protect the head. Soldiers wear helmets, as do riot police. If you have astreet fight and you hurt somebody you can be prosecuted for serious bodily harm.

It amazes me that newspapers and TV continue to promote boxing.

To me, it is not asport at all.

How on earth can knocking out an opponent be called asport?

Bill Edgar, Traralgon

Strong countryadvocates

THIS election has shown that regional Victorians are looking for astrong, local voice to represent them in Parliament.

Someone who knows what makes our smaller communities tick, and who will hold the government to account as it continues to overlook our rural and regional communities.

The voters of Shepparton, Morwell and Mildura sent aclear message to the independents that previously represented them that it was time for achange. And the communities of our incumbent MPs once again renewed their support of aparty prioritising people living outside of the city.

The Nationals have deep roots in our country communities and along history of strong

advocacy for all regional Victorians.

Our grassroots campaigns, led by candidates who are fierce advocates for their regions, brought the issues regional Victoria faces to the fore. And regional Victorians chose to support aparty that would lower their cost of living, address our crumbling roads, fix Victoria’s health crisis and deliver agricultural innovation for Victoria, among myriad other things.

Labor said they’re doing what matters, and we’re here to ensure they’re doing it for all Victorians, and not just the inner-city.

The Nationals now cover Victoria from border to border.

We will ensure the Labor government knows it must do more for regional Victoria.

The Nationals is the only party solely representing regional Victoria, it is our core focus and it should be afocus for the Labor government.

We have agreat team that will work together to make sure regional Victoria has avery loud, very proud, very strong voice in Parliament.

Peter Walsh, Leader of The Nationals

Not guilty

IN response to the letter from Leanne Flaherty of Sale (LV Express 7/12/22) regarding the “Voice” in Federal Parliament.

Ifully support the Nationals stand on this issue.

When Ileft behind the bombs, bullets and sectarian violence in Northern Ireland to make a new life in Australia, Icame to amulti-cultural country where people like myself also came here for abetter life.

Now, this multi-cultural country is becoming a ‘black and white’ country.

The ‘Voice’ is being divisive when we have 12 Indigenous MPs voices already in Federal Parliament.

Why isn’t the Albanese government listening to what these Indigenous MP’s have to say on Indigenous matters?

Why set up another ‘government’ for one individual group? Should we now set up a‘Voice’ for every other nationality living in Australia as well? After all, wedon’t want to be seen as a“racist” country do we? But that is what Australia is becoming.

Leanne talks of massacres of the Indigenous community, but neither Inor all of those people who have come to this country for abetter life have committed any massacre or are responsible for what has happened since the arrival of the First Fleet.

We have all worked hard and paid our taxes to enjoy abetter life for ourselves and our children.

Our children are no longer taught how to read,

and look toward apositive future

There is no justification to reintroduce those horrid systems of racial privilege in the 21st century.

Labor, the Greens, and their lunatic left cheerleaders must stop obsessing with people’s skin colour and start developing policies that unite Australians.

Nicholas Tam, Traralgon East

Makea move that counts

STROKE Foundation’s annual physical fundraiser Stride4Stroke has raised more than $320,000 this year.

Iwould like to take this opportunity to thank the 1619 participants from across Australia for contributing to this incredible achievement.

Every step, every minute of activity, and every dollar raised will make an enormous difference to survivors of stroke and their families.

By getting involved in Stride4Stroke, participants play the vital role of raising awareness about stroke in their local communities, all while taking steps to reduce their own stroke risk.

Together, they clocked 903,000 moving minutes.

While our month-long Stride4Stroke campaign has wrapped up for another year, our fundraising efforts continue.

Around 75 per cent of Stroke Foundation’s income came from donations and bequests, mostly from survivors, their families and network of friends and supporters. These incredible individuals understand the impact of stroke and the value of finding the information, support and care you need to recovery.

Their generosity and commitment to Stroke Foundation’s work is humbling.

Preventing and treating stroke should not be the sole responsibility of the family members who have already had to endure so much. But currently, without their donations, 1335 phone calls to Stroke Foundation’s dedicated phone support service StrokeLine, would have gone unanswered. Hospitals would not receive vital resources critical to asurvivor’s recovery, and our Enableme online support service would not exist.

hamper packing, donation pickups and drop offs.

It’s easy to get swept up in the busyness, but in amongst it all, it’s important to come back to what matters most, why we do what we do at The Salvos over the Christmas season.

One of our Christmas stories is from Fiona’s family, who would have spent Christmas homeless if it were not for the help of The Salvos. What did The Salvos do that meant the most to her?

“They showed us unconditional love,” she said, “and our lives changed forever.”

‘Leave no one in need this Christmas’ is our message -not just physical need, but in terms of practical support, personal connection, kindness and love.

Clueless Chris

IF my letter (above-titled) merits publication in your paper, could you please insert the two words “meaningful” and “main” as follows: In other words, ‘Clueless Chris’ Bowen, Australia’s Climate Change and Energy Minister, suicidal rush to renewables will make absolutely no meaningful difference at all to “global” greenhouse emissions mainly due to China and even if we reach net-zero by 2023.

Joseph Lis, Morwell

Farmersneed support

IRECENTLY heard that apercentage of coal was meant to be set aside for fertiliser as it makes excellent fertiliser.

Now that there is aglobal shortage, Victoria could make aprofit while supporting farmers worldwide.

Whatever happened to that promise? It’d be great to look at diversifying potential options with our local resources that would benefitthe environment, the economy and humanity.

Farmers need to be supported to grow the food we depend on now more than ever

Ariane Armstrong, Morwell

Aday to remember

IT is extremely pleasing that Federal Environment And Water Minister Tanya Plibersek announced on December 8that there is to be acomplete overhaul of Australian National Environment laws.

Given that Australia hasanative animal extinction crisis, and in fact is one of the world leaders for native animal extinctions, and our forests are being cleared at aratesimilar to that of the Congo and Amazon, the announcement , after years of environmental neglect, is certain to be welcomed by agreat many people in Australia.

write and count in schools. It’s all about their rights, sex education and it’s okay to skip school and glue yourselves to the road in protest about ‘climate change’.

Unfortunately those democratic freedoms that we had when arriving in Australia in 1981 are vanishing as the years go by thanks to Anthony Albanese and Daniel Andrews.

Idon’t feel guilty for what happened in the past, but if Leanne feels guilty then Isuggest she apologies for the sins of her fathers, get on aboat and “Sale” back to where she or her ancestors came from.

Brian Mawhinney, Traralgon

Need to unite

CONGRATULATIONS to the Federal Nationals for having the courage to become the first major political party to stand up for the inviolable principle of racial equality in opposing the absurd Voice referendum.

We should all be proudly Australian with equal rights, instead of creating multiple tiers of citizenship where some have greater political rights than others based on their race.

Humanity spent much of the 20th century fighting to end apartheid and eliminate the last vestiges of racial segregation.

We know that without our amazing supporters, even more people would fall through the gaps once they have been discharged from hospital.

Put simply, no one else provides these vital services.

Without the generosity of stroke survivors and their families, the Stroke Foundation’s resources, services, and educational programs would just not exist.

Over 445,000 Australians are living with the impact of stroke.

Together, we can make life better for stroke survivors, their families, and carers

If you can donate regularly to our work, even a small amount, you will help ease the burden on survivors and their families.

Together, we can change the state of stroke in Australia, and we would very much appreciate your support.

Sharon McGowan, Stroke Foundation

From the Salvos

CHRISTMAS is one of the busiest times of the year for The Salvos.

I’ve been aSalvation Army officer for over 30 years -meaning over 30 Christmases of collecting, community outreach and lunches, carols,

Christmas is very hard for those unable to make ends meet, for those suffering from the crippling financial impacts of the last few years.

It’s extremely hard for people that are without family or asupport network, many of whom feel completely disconnected from society at atime when connection with loved ones increases for most.

What is meant to be atime of celebration, sadly isn’t for lots of Aussies -and that’s why The Salvos do what we do.

By ensuring people have access to food, hampers, vouchers and toys for their children, we hope to spread love, peace, joy and asense of belonging. Not just so their Christmas is a joyous one, but so that they know their community is behind them, support is there -that they’re loved.

Our goal is to make Christmas asafeand happy time for everyone, which is why we ask you to please give what you can to ensure no one is left in need of awarm meal, agift, asafe place to sleep or alittle bit of love this Christmas.

If you would like to donate to The Salvation Army’s Christmas Appeal, or if you need support, please visit salvationarmy.org.au, or call 13 SALVOS (13 72 58).

The announcement has all the hallmarks of being aday to remember for nature.

Brian Measday, Myrtle Bank

Have your say

THE Latrobe Valley Express welcomes letters to the editor.

Preference will be given to brief, concise letters which address local issues.

The editor, Liam Durkin, reserves the right to edit letters for reasons of space and clarity, and may refuse to publish any letter without explanation.

The Express does not publish letters from anonymous contributors.

Letters must include aphone number, email address and the author’s hometown for purposes of substantiating authenticity. The views expressed in letters to the editor are those of the writers, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Latrobe Valley Express management or staff.

Email letters to news@lvexpress.com.au and include ‘letter to the editor’ in the subject line.

Deadline for letters is Thursday 3pm.

Major Bruce Harmer, The Salvation Army

Glovesare off: Traralgon resident Bill Edgarisconcerned about the impacts of boxing

Viewpoint: Yallourn North’s Anthony Wasiukiewicz has offered his insights into the state election

photographs supplied

Morwell Citizens Band

MORWELL Citizens band annual meeting will be held next Tuesday (December 20).

The meeting, to be held at the Morwell Town Common Pavilion, will start at 8.15pm.

The common pavilion is located on White St.

1st Moe Scout Group XMAS tree sales.

One final week, while stocks last, At the Scout Hall, Apex Park Moe. Weekdays, 4pm-6pm.

Saturday/Sunday, 10am-4pm. Stocks running out fast.

For further information, phone 0448 571 660.

Tarra-Bulga

THE Friends of Tarra-Bulga National Park are gearing up for an influx of visitors this summer, preparing new brochures highlighting the delights of one of the region’s most popular destinations and outlining the opportunities available for locals to volunteer or join the group.

With the school holidays fast approaching, The Friends of Tarra-Bulga National Park are keen to hear from people who would like to volunteer behind the desk in the park visitor centre. Experienced volunteers will show you the ropes.

If you can spare aday or two or more, they would love to hear from you.

For more information on how to obtain copies of either brochure or volunteering, email friendsoftarrabulga@gmail.com or call 0488 035 314. Alternatively, you can visit The Friends of Tarra-Bulga National Park website, https://friendsoftarrabulga.org.au/park-information/ visitors-centre/

Bridgeonbreak

TRARALGON Bridge Club will be having abreak for aweek from Thursday, December 22 until Tuesday, January 3.

When we resume, we will be planning the schedule for our free lessons and would love to see you there.

More specific information will be sent in early January.

Our meeting place will still be The Masonic function rooms in Traralgon.

Results for Monday, December 5: 1st Marion and Kevin Taylor 65.62, 2nd Don Tylee and Robin Hecker 58.33; Tuesday, December 6: Joint first Geoff Dixon and John Marsiglio 60.12; Thursday, December 15: 1st Peter Lonie and David Hawkins 58.75, 2nd Ken Tierney and Anna Field 51.67.

Phone Greg Nicholson on 0419 365 739 for more information on local bridge.

30th birthday celebrations

AGREAT day was enjoyed by Moe View Club members for the club’s 30th birthday recently.

The wonderfully decorated celebration cake was made by Shirl McGillivray. Thank you Shirl.

The cake was cut by our two longest serving and inaugural members, Margo Evans and Mary Kendall.

Fun was had by all, thanks to Moe Hotel for the great meal.

Merry Christmas to all.

Carols in the Park

OLD Gippstown is excited to announce that we’ll be having a small Carols in the Park event on Sunday, December 18.

If you enjoy Christmas carols, we hope you can make it for acouple hours of singing and fun.

Gates open at 7pm.

Gold coin entry.

Dogs welcome on leash.

Old Gippstown (Gippsland Heritage Park) is located at 211 Lloyd St, Moe.

Moe District Cancer Council

WE would like to wish aMerry Christmas, and ahappy new year to everyone, and thank all the communities of Moe and the surrounding districts, for their support through tough times, especially during COVID.

We look forward to your continued support in 2023.

Thank you also to all our committee and members. Stay safe and we hope to see you all next year.

Our next meeting will be on Monday, January 23 from 1.30pm at Moe RSL.

Our next fundraising event, will be the Strzelecki Stringbusters at Moe RSL on Saturday, February 18. Show starts 7pm.

Entry is $30 per person. Meals will be available to purchase before the show.

Tickets are available from Diane on 0438 517 470 or Linda on 0427 671 780.

For more information on Moe District Cancer Council, phone volunteer group contact Beryl (5127 4028) or Linda (0427 671 780).

Cancer Council Supporters Hot Line: 1300 65 65 85.

Cancer Council Help Line: 13 11 20.

Quit Line: 13 78 48

Visit: wwwcancervic.org.au

Newera

MOE Art Society is relocating to the Latrobe City Library, Moe.

The group has been at the Narracan Hall in Old Gippstown Heritage Park for some 50 years. We are fortunate to have the

Latrobe City Library, Moe available to us, and we will meet at the library from Monday, December12.

Members are very excited, the group will have more scope and better lighting being in the East End of the Library, better known as the Glass Room.

We will also be in town, which is agreat asset as we will be more accessible to anyone wanting to pop in for achattothe artists.

Our first general committee meeting will be at the library on Thursday, February 9at2pm, and we are hosting amultimedia workshop with Libby Witchell on Thursday, February 23.

The public are always welcome to come in and chat to the artists and new members are welcome.

Any queries should be directed to president Beryl Galloway on 0407 271686, or secretary Peter McLaren on 0400 933609.

Free copying

TRARALGON and District Historical Society Inc. is offering to make adigital copy of documents held by those in the community or organisations that are relevant to the history of our district.

This TDHS Community History Snap and Share Project received a grant from the federal government’s ‘Stronger Community Grant’ and the Latrobe City Council.

If you are interested, please phone us on 03 5174 8399 or email secretar@traralgonhistory.asn. au -weaim to respond within two weeks.

If we reach agreement to proceed, TDHS will make adigital copy of the documents for use by our society and the original documents will be returned to you along with adigital copy (on amemory stick supplied by you).

Calling all umpires

LATROBE Valley Umpires are celebrating 70 years of umpiring

local football on the weekend of May 6and 72023, and are seeking contact details and interest from retired panel members, and would be pleased to exhibit any memorabilia that may be lent for the weekend.

For more details and umpire contact details, please get in touch with the panel by emailing lvumpires@ gmail.com or Barry Lawrence on jblaw@speedweb.com.au

Keith Chenhall

Charitable Trust

FOR 20 years, the Keith Chenhall Charitable Trust has distributed money to support the cultural, social, educational, environmental and community welfare of the local community.

The Trust invites community groups and organisations that have Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status to register interest for 2023 funding.

For further information, please phone Ian on 0419 313 831.

Lumen Christi Christmas mass times

CHRISTMAS Eve: Saturday, December 24. To be held at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Main St, Yinnar at 6pm (outside depending on weather).

Christmas Day: Sunday, December 25. To be held at Lumen Christi Church, Williams Ave, Churchill at 9am.

Social tennis in Morwell

COME and have ahit with us. Monday and Friday mornings from 9am to 12pm at Morwell Tennis Club (Ronald Reserve off Vary St).

All inclusive, fun, social, no sheep-stations, many laughs.

First timers to old timers, everyone can begin to learn to play or bring their memories to start again.

Modified games suiting all levels of fitness and ability, or lack thereof.

Just turn up, or if you’d like to speak to someone first, please call Naomi on 0405 739 819.

Cost is $2

Time to tango

NEED to exercise but unmotivated, and going for awalkis uninteresting?

Try Argentine Tango -the walking dance.

Have fun with us on Wednesday nights from 7pm to 8.30pm at St David’s Uniting Church Hall, 9 Campbell St, Yarragon (Hall behind Church).

Learn the dance with us to then enjoy our social practice dance on first Saturday night of each month.

Easy movement for the body even for those with two left feet.

Research showing that dancing is beneficial for all types of medical conditions and for prevention of older lifestyle conditions.

No partner or experience required. Fantastic group of people for social interaction which is great for your mental health.

For more information, phone Naomi on 0405 739 819.

WorldDay of Prayer

FRIDAY, March 32023.

St Luke’s Uniting Church, 281 Princes Dr Morwell.

The service prepared by the women of Taiwan.

Ameeting will be held on Friday, February 3at1.30pmtofinalise arrangements for the day.

For more information, phone 5166 1264.

Christmas dinner

TRARALGON and District Uniting Church is hosting aChristmas dinner on Christmas Day for people in our community who may otherwise be alone.

It is acold meat and salad meal plus dessert.

The Christmas Day lunch is at the Traralgon Uniting Church, Park Lane, 11.45am to 2pm.

Please call the Church office on (03) 5176 1029 and leave your name and number if you would like to attend.

Someone from the office will confirm your place.

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Doingthe honours: Moe ViewClub’slongest serving and inaugural membersMargo Evans and Mary Kendallcut the anniversarycake. photograph supplied

By PHILIP HOPKINS

operatorsthroughout

the Latrobe Valley have formed anew body, the Latrobe CityChamberofCommerce, to give local businesses aunitedvoiceand push for greater economic development.

The LCCC was formed at ameeting last week, which adopted aconstitution and elected aleadership group, including acommittee.

The new body aims to have amembership coving all aspects of business in the Latrobe Valley,from retail to manufacturing, transport/logistics and agriculture.

It is designed to complement existing chambers of commerce and business groups from Moe, Morwell and Traralgon, not replace them.

President is Peter Ceeney, managing director of Morwell manufacturer, PfG-Group. “This is a single business chamber for Latrobe City that will push Latrobe City,” he said.

Vice-presidentisMoe/Newborough businesswoman Sophie Morell, the managing director of My Support Australia, while the treasurer is Scott Lowater from McMillanAccounting in Traralgon. Mr Ceeney said initial feedback on the new body was extremely positive.

Acampaign to attract members will get under way this week, with the LCCC holding ameeting tomorrow night (Thursday, December 15) at the Morwell BowlsClubat6.30pm to drum up support.

“Wewant to build some membership and see where it goes from there,” he said.

“Membership is free at the moment.”

The formation of the LCCC is several years in the making. It replaces the previous Latrobe City Business Tourism Association,which was set up almost adecade ago with help from Latrobe City Council.

This was aprivately run group consisting of business owners and leaders based around tourism.

Mr Ceeney, the association chair since 2014, saidthe group received small funding from the council for apart-time project officer, who organised People’s Choice awards,breakfasts and other events.

“COVIDput the brakesonthat. We worked really hard with Advance Morwell, Traralgon Chamber of Commerce and the Committee for Moe. What we tried to do -weoffered membership to outlying areas as well, but we were seen

predominantly as atourism association,” he said.

Mr Ceeney said from 2015, the heads of three groups got together.

“It was ridiculous that such asmall city had four business associations all chasing members, trying to get committees together,” he said.

The groups from Moe and Morwell had great community people but there was notalot of young blood coming through.

“TraralgonChamber hasbeenupand down; they were struggling, and we were struggling,” he said.

The drive thus began to create something that was asinglebusiness chamber for Latrobe City that would push Latrobe City.

“We wanted to getaway fromthe ‘separate towns’ and the angst that has caused,” he said.

“We were talking about abusiness group alone. We’ve had great support from Latrobe City Council, which sees benefit of asinglepoint of reference.”

Mr Ceeney said the previous associationtended to include only shop fronts and retail, not manufacturing, transport and farming.

“We wanted achamber,likeBallarat, Bendigo and Geelong, areally strong self-containable

business chamber -that’s where we need to get to,” he said.

“We are not in competition with other groups. Latrobe City is the fourth biggest regional city in the state;wewanttorepresentthat. It’sup to them whether they will be members of both. Traralgon is staying alone at this stage. We are stillgoing to back anythingbusiness-relevant to Traralgon.”

Mr Ceeneysaidthe single chamber would workwith all the entities, such as the Latrobe Valley Authority, Regional Development Victoria and Regional Development Australia, who were helping Latrobe City grow.

“We want to make sure members are aware of these services. Many people are busy running their business and do not know what is available,” he said.

It was not unusual to go to abusiness event where 90 per cent of the people weregovernment representatives of some sort.

“I’m sometimes not sure who I’m talking to. It can be very confusing,” he said.

Plastics leader right here in Morwell

By PHILIP HOPKINS

TUCKED away on TramwayRoad in Morwell is one of the Latrobe Valley’s quiet achievers -PfG Group

People use their everyday plastic products without knowing who produces them and where they come from -everythingfrom storage bins to pallets and even playground equipment at McDonalds.

The common denominator, as local general manager Peter Ceeney,puts it in goodmarketing speak, is “durable products for harsh environments”. Warming up, Peteradds: “We have the largest plastic pallet range in the SouthernHemisphere.”

The company, whose headquarters is in Tasmania, has its origins in abusiness founded 35 years ago by acouple from Mirboo North, Colin and Maxine Kiel, who called their venture, naturally enough, Kiel Industries.

Specialising in plastic pallets, they moved their business to the Tramway Rd site in 2006. Peter said Kiel Industries was mainly manual handling -alot of pallets, bins, specialised pallets. “The business was built on that,” he said.

Impressedbytheir success, PfGGroupmovedin and bought the company in 2018. PfG -traditionally Plastic Fabrication Group -has agreateremphasis on fabrication, particularly boat fabrication, and the two sides of the business have blended well together.

PfG has sites in Hobart, Devonport, Port Lincoln in SA and the Latrobe Valley.

“We predominantly do rotational moulding, they more fabrication. They make alot of boats and are working hard on anumberofdefence tenders,”said Mr Ceeney. Those contracts, if successful, will be very good for the Morwell factory.

In Morwell’smoulding process,the hollowshapes of the products are coated in plastic powder and then run through an oven on both axis. The heat -about 220-240degrees, “not unlike your cooking at home”, said Peter -‘layers up’ the plastic, which is then dried into the shape that has been formed.

Those products can be insulated bins -acommercial version of a1000-litre esky -orfuel tanks, diesel tanks, mooring floats or hot watercases.

“Our plasticsare fully recyclable,low-density polyethylene. Roto-moulding is different to plastic

injectionwherehot plasticisput through atool under high pressure; ours is low pressure, really durable-goodfor anything in aharshenvironment,” said Peter.

“They can withstand harsh sunlight, so are used to hold diesel, fuel or water, even playgrounds; we do about 80 per cent of new playground installations

at McDonalds.Wedoitonbehalfofclient who services them and does the installation.”

One interesting product PFG has not yet had the time to market properly -South East Asia is akey target -isthe Rotaloo. This waterless composting toilet system, chemical free and odourless, turns human waste into rich humus for safe disposal or

use in the garden, but not on food.

The Morwell business has 30 staff but hopes to expand by up to 10 by next March -“if we canget them”, said Mr Ceeney.

Apotential new product for the business is a road barriers contract -water-filled internal cable road safety barriers. This would replace imports from theUS.

“Thereispotential to do more products from that client -and potential 75 per cent more revenue -a big deal,” said Mr Ceeney.

“We have received the tools fromthe US. We will trial 12 and send them back to the US. Once approved, we can go into fullproduction.A$1m order is sitting there,” he said.

The company has room to expand. The site contains two sheds, but they only take up two-thirds of the property.

“We have one third free land, but the expected growth is dependent on Tasmania. They are tendering for adefence contract. If they win that, we may have to expand out the back and take on some of that tender,” he said.

Peterpreviously owned Gippsland Trade Printer in Churchill,which he began runningin2004, but sold it in 2019 as the industry was in decline. He grew up in the foot of the Dandenongs and has a Bachelor of Business from Monash University.

His colleague, Mark Medew, has been with the companyfor 17 years, and is on the executivecommittee of the Association of Rotating Moulders Australia-“abig deal in our industry,itgives us credibility, gives our customers confidence”, said Peter.

The biggest cloudonthe horizon for the business is an expected 300 per cent increase in the gas price.

“With three big ovens, all gas-fired, that is areal concernfor our growth,” he said.

“That is the negative -the other is trying to get staff,another big issue -but many companies have this problem.”

Peter has been in the Valley for 25 years, so he reckoned that qualified him as being alocal.

“You’re not alocal yet, you’ve got to be asecond generation,” quipped one of his mates. His reply: “You can’t keep changing the rules!”

Ingenuity: PfGmanagingdirector PeterCeeneywiththe company’sRotaloo compost-creating product. photograph philip hopkins

BUSINESSowners and

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T'GON, 1Springfield Crt, 9-3pm, Saturday. Grab a bargain, Christmas decos, artificial plants, kids things, bike. Lots of other bric-a-brac, 2sheds full.

TRARALGON, 110 Gordon St, Sat. 7-2pm. Figurines, Marvel lamps, cards, games, collectables, dinosaurs, teddies, Star Wars, Lego. Left over stock from collector show, come get agreat bargain!

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Fireworks Display

Sunday 18th Dec. approx. 9.30pm (if wet alternate date Mon. 19th) at Lions Christmas Carols, Victory/ Newman Park, Traralgon.

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CREDITORS, next of kin and others having claims against the estate of any of the undermentioned deceased persons are required to send particulars of their claims to STATE TRUSTEESLIMITED ABN 68 064 593 148, of 1McNab Avenue, Footscray, Victoria 3011, the personal representative, on or before 10 February 2023, afterwhich date State Trustees Limited may convey or distribute the assets, having regard only to the claims of which State Trustees Limited then has notice.

WHATMOUGH, Robert William, late of Unit 13, 13 Wiggs Cl, TRARALGON, VIC 3844, deceased, who died on 5June 2022. 2December 2022

Gippsland Guitar School, all ages, 8-80, beginners to advanced, banjo and ukulele lessons also available. 0439 111 610.

MARY POPPINS

Wednesday Matinee 5th April 2023 $125 p.p.

Jaybee Tours / Hazelwood Coaches 0428 223 361

Moe Self Storage

various sizes from $85 p.c.m. Contact Strzelecki Realty on 5127 1333.

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will be CLOSEDMONDAY 26/12/2022 TUESDAY 27/12/2022 MONDAY 2/1/2023

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BATHROOMS

We areseeking an enthusiastic and suitably qualified or experienced Education Support employee who is inspired to work in theCatholic schoolsystem and is dedicated to improving studentlearning. Applicants who arewillingtoundertake the required training are also encouraged to apply

Application form and Position Description/ Criteria can be downloaded from the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria(CECV) website www.cecv.catholic.edu.au/Positions-Vacant

Enquiries may be directed to Jodie Ware, Principal, on 5174 3295 or email principal@stmtraralgon.catholic.edu.au

Applications close 4pm Friday16th December 2022.

St Michael’s school community is committedto thesafety,wellbeingand protection of allchildren

Door Installer

ELECTRICIAN

SeniorManagement Opportunity

About

LoyYang Bisanelectricity generator located in the picturesque Latrobe Valley currently supplying around 20% of Victoria’s power.Weare owned by Chow TaiFook Enterprises(CTFE) and belong to theAlinta Energy family,agrowing andinnovative energy marketdisrupter

We arefocused on maintaining world class levels of plant performance, efficiency and flexibilityand areinsearch of aperson with expertise and experience to contribute to innovative new projects as we look to re-invent our business.

We arecommitted to increasing workforce diversity and creating an environment wherepeople with new ideas feel empowered to speak up and explorewhat is possible.

We constantly strive to understand and meet broad community expectations regarding environmental management,health, safety and good corporate citizenship.

About the opportunity

We arelookingtoappoint adynamic andhighly motivated senior manager on apermanent basis. The ideal candidate will have experience at amanagement level in the day-to-day operations, and engineering and maintenance of a thermal power plant or heavy industry.The successful candidate will initially take on the role of Manager Production, withpotential opportunityinthe futureto move into other management roles.

As amember of the LoyYang BManagement Team, you will play apivotal role in influencingand shaping our futureaswellasproviding effective leadership and contributing to the developmentand implementation of our overall business strategy.This role is akey part of our senior management succession strategy and ensures our ability to meet longer-term business objectives

What you’ll do

Reporting directly to the General Manager,Loy Yang B, theManager Production plans, organises, staffs,directs and controls all operational activities, ensuring that the business meets availability,reliability,efficiency,generation and cost targets, both safely and within environmental limits. Additionally,this role is responsible for chemistry,environmental andcompliance programs and activities associated with the operation of the LoyYang Power Station.

What you’ll need

Skills to empower,motivate, lead, mentor,coach and developemployees.

Demonstrated excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, including technical writing.

The ability to achieve successful business outcomes through functional and informal networks.

Abachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical, or Mechanical).

Significant experienceworking in athermal generation plant in both operations and engineering and maintenance.

If this sounds likeyou, don’t ignorethis opportunity,makesureyou:

Apply via our careers page www.loyyangb.com.au/careers

Close date 18 January2023.

LoyYang B–powering your career!

LoyYang Bwelcomeapplications from peoplewith diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability.Wewill provide reasonab eadjustments for individuals with disabilitythroughout the recruitment process. If you identifyasa person with disability and requireadjustments to the application, recruitment,selection and/or assessment process, please advise viathe aboveemail andindicate yourpreferred methodofcommunication (email or phone) so we cankeepintouchand meet yourneeds.

MORLEYS MACHINERY

Small Engine Mechanic and Salesperson (Full Time)

Two full time positions exist:

One for aqualified small engine mechanic or someone with asuitable skill set.

One for asales person.

The successful applicants will be required to work within asmall team environment.

We are looking for people who are motivated with attention to detail and also have good customer service skills.

Duties include but are not limited to.

● Carrying out servicing &repairs to all type of small engine equipment.

● Day to day running of aworkshop.

● Liaising with customers on the progress of their job and answering questions in relation to the repair.

Sales will include ensuring the showroom is stocked and clean as well as sales and customer service as directed by senior staff.

Above award wages and benefits to the successful candidates.

CV's to be sent to info@morleysmachinery.com.au

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Are you ready to join acompany that makes a difference? We have several exciting opportunities for Support Workers to support people with Autism and other complex disabilities at our Active Choice Services in Newborough and Accommodation Services in Traralgon. We have avariety of hours available across our sites. If you have experience, or adesire to start your career and get qualified while working, we want to hear from you!

You will possess the ability to work as part of a team and maintain positive relationships with clients and their families, colleagues and management.

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Deaths

CARDILLO, Francesco (Frank).

Born 1/6/1931 Corleto Perticara, Italy. Passed away peacefully at Heritage Manor in the early hours of Sunday morning 11 December 2022.

Aged 91 years

Loving husband of Lucia. Cherished father of Angela, Vin, Tony and Mario.

Father-in-law of Darren, Tanya, and Mel.

Adored Nonno of Lisa and Justin, Jordan, Josh and Olivia, Allie, Karina and Josh, Brad and Shalee.

CARDILLO, Frank. Much loved brother-in-law of Antonio and Serafina Massaro (both dec.) and loved Zio of Vin, Rosemary, Maria, Mark, Jan, Trevor, Catherine (dec.), Andrew, Anthony, Diana and Elisabeth.

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JAGUAR XF Sports, 4dr, V6 twin turbo engine, 6 speed auto, very clean low km, reg. August '23, YNA-580, priced to sell $22,000 o.n.o. Phone 0418 383 522.

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KUDU Trek camper trailer, reg. 2/23, dble bed matt, 75L fridge/freezer, solar panel, camper wired 240v &12v, 100amph batt., water pump &sink, 2burn stove &hotplate, slide out drawers -all brand new $8500 o.n.o. 0448 496 172.

QUEST Bluestone, 20ft, 2008, tandem, reg. till 2023, comb. shower/toilet, 3way fridge, new QS matt, recently serv., new brakes, lovely clean van. $29,500, selling due to ill health. 0413 683 223.

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Caravans and pop-tops, 1970s -mid 2000 models.

Tired of waiting for buyers? Phone now, cash paid.

Affordable Caravans 0418 336 238, 5623 4782.

Motorcycles

ABEL, Jillian. We regretfully wish to advise that our wife, mother and sister, Jill, passed away on Sunday, 4December 2022.

Devoted wife of Rick/Rich. Much loved mum of Sheree and Trevor, Tim and Anna. Loving sister of Gaye. Much loved nan of Jordy and Jensen.

Forever In Our Hearts Funeral held (Tuesday, 12 December 2022). MOE-MORWELL-TRARALGON TRARALGON 5174 2258 Place your tribute on latrobevalleyfunerals.com.au

Mostly adored Big Nonno of Ella and Joel.

Also abig part of the Heritage Manor family who respectfully cared for Frank for the last 3years.

Papa, your love of family was unconditional, and your greatest joy was being surrounded by your family. We will miss you dearly and we will keep you in our hearts forever.

Treasured memories of a fun loving Zio that will remain in our hearts forever. Beyond the beautiful sunset, Free from suffering, Resting in God's garden of love, Where we hope to meet again. Rest in eternal peace with the angels Zio.

CARDILLO, Frank. Our deepest condolences to the Cardillo family at this sad time. Loved brother-in-law of Carmelo (dec.) and Carmela, uncle of Vince, Tony and families.

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BLEW, Gavin Francis. Passed away peacefully on 3December 2022, whilst in the wonderful care of the Critical Care Unit. Latrobe regional Hospital Traralgon. Beloved husband of Rosalyn. Father, stepfather of Megan, Nicole, Christine and Anthony (dec.). Loving grandfather and great grandfather. Loving brother of May, Edna and Shirley.

Special thankyou to Dr. Anthony Boers for many years of wonderful compassionate care and friendship.

My dearest Papa, our hearts are broken into a thousand pieces. You have been the most inspirational man in our lives always guiding us with your love. You showed us strength, courage and determination and you fought so hard to stay with us right to the very end. Iwill miss that smile, laugh, our daily visits, always with coffee and biscotti, but most of all Iwill miss the soft beautiful touch of your hands.

Requiescat in Pace my beautiful Papa Yourlovingdaughter Angela.

BMW1200

GS Adventurer, 2006, 72,000km, reg. 30/1/23, r.w.c., Wunderlich power module, Remus exhaust, lower/modified seat (orig. incl.), doubletake mirrors, Trickle charger, tail shaft Universal replacement done, 32L tank good for 800+ kms. In last 2000km -gearbox input shaft fault done (replacement later model box fitted by BMW Traralgon), new clutch while motor/box split, full BMW serv. and tune, new rear Heidenau tyre, gen. BMW new old stock side panniers all keyed alike to match top box and ignition keys, Touratech tank bag $13,000. 0436 408 480.

COROMAL VAN '06

Also, Pritish and Claire for their amazing understanding and all the staff in the CC unit.

MOE-MORWELL-TRARALGON MOE 5126 1111

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BLEW, Gavin. The members of the Trafalgar Bowls Club were saddened to hear of the passing of our member Gavin. Our deepest sympathy to Rosalyn and family.

BROWN, Craig Thomas. Passed away peacefully at the Alfred Hospital Melbourne on 7December 2022. Aged 62 years Dearly loved and loving partner of Yvonne. Father of Jesse. Son of the late Jim and Joan Brown.

To my dear Dad, Iwill miss you so much but know that Ihave always loved you and respected you. Ithank you so much for what you have done for all of us right up until the end. Fly high and wide Dad as I know that's what you loved to do. Iwill miss you for the rest of my life. Love you, Vince.

Dad, Deep in our hearts you will always stay. Loved and remembered every day. Much loved Dad of Tony. Nonno to Joshua and Alessandra. Fondly remembered by Nikki.

Dad, Akind gentle man who gave so much and asked for little in return. We will miss your guiding hand, that big smile and your duck calls. Time to walk forever with the angels. Love you and miss you always. Forever in our hearts.

Your little roo, Mario, Tanya and Karina.

CARRINGTON, William Bernard "Bernie" (OAM). Passed away on Sunday, 11 December 2022.

Loving husband of Helen (dec.). Loving father and father-in-law of Michelle and Gerard, Paul, Louise and Colin, Graeme (dec.) and Kerry. Greatly missed Grandad to Joshua and Nicole, Sarah and Peter, Jarred, Jacob, Melissa and Wes, Liam, Ryan, Aidan and Emily, Great Grandad to Aylah. No more confusion. No more pain. Reunited with Mum and Graeme. Rest in Peace Paul (Shorty).

DEMETRIOUS, Andrew. Andrew, what an extraordinary man you were. You grabbed life with both hands, battled highs and lows but always with a smile. You were afriend, mentor and godfather to our son. Iwill miss our conversations. You will be missed! Deepest condolences to Dolly, George, Effie, Peter and the entire Demetrious family. John, Kath, Chris and Michael Pap.

FISHER, Ruth (Struthie Ruthie). 8/7/1946 -8/12/2022. Passed away peacefully at Heritage Manor.

Dearly loved wife of Alby (dec.).

FIFTH WHEELER

Crossroads

Tenders

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BROWNE (nee TePaa), Mandy. 26/7/1967 -26/11/2022. In Qld. Beloved daughter of Nikki and Pinky (dec.). Adored sister of Scott and Mandy, Richard and Amy, Wayne and Sherri. Loved aunt to all of her nephews and nieces. Abravebattle lost after 6years. Our hearts are shattered.

Rest in peace Baby Girl

REQUEST FOR TENDER

Council is seeking submissions from qualified companies/applicants for the following:

RFT/351 -Design and Construct New Toilet Block; Baromi Park, Mirboo North. Tenders close 2pm AEST on Thursday, 2February 2023.

Documentation is available from Council's e-Tendering Portal www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/tenders

Nonno, Ican't even begin to explain how much you mean to us. Losing you has left ahole in our hearts that could never be filled. We were so lucky that you were ours. Too strong for too long, rest in peace now my beautiful Nonno, we will always love you. Lisa and Justin.

To Big Nonno, Iloved having you by my side and Iwill really really miss you too much. Love Ella.

Ilove my Big Nonno, he's the best Big Nonno in the world and Imiss him so much Love from Joel.

Much loved mum to Simon (dec.) and Anthea. Sister to Jim and David. Much loved aunty, grandmother, surrogate grandmother, godmother and friend.

"Those we love never truly leave us, thereare things that death cannot touch"

FRANKLIN, Lindsay James.

Aged 57 years Passed away as aresult of an accident, Wednesday, 30 November 2022.

Much loved brother of Lynette, Isobel, Teresa, Kathleen, Beverley, Peter, Georgie and their partners. Uncle and grandfather. Loving father of Rhys and Shaun.

At Rest

FURLONG, Maureen. Passed away with family at her side on Thursday, 8December 2022. Loved and loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend. Rest In Peace

WARRAGUL LDV

WARRAGUL RENAULT

JENNINGS (Edwards),

Merle Elaine.

Passed away peacefully at Maryvale Private Hospital Morwell on 10 December 2022, surrounded by her loving family.

Aged 78 years Dearly loved and loving wife of Ken for 55 years.

Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Jacki and Chris (dec.), Melissa and David,Rochelle and Craig, Rebecca and Wayne.

Adored Nan of Cassie, Ben, Josh, Kirsty, Daniel, Olivia, Jarrad, Emmy, Hayley, Eloise, Ben, Luke, Jake and Great Nan to Andy.

Forever in our hearts

Those we love don't go away, They walk beside us everyday, Unseen, unheard but always near, Still loved, still missed and very dear.

MUSSARED-HORNE, Tanya.

The Committee and members of the Moe Memorial Park Cemetery send their condolences to Tanya's family. Tanya was our Trust Secretary and a much valued member of our team. Vale Tanya.

McMAHON, Ian George, 'Ringer' Of Bass, Bairnsdale, and all over Queensland. 25/1/1953 -8/12/2022.

Loved son of 'Plugger' and Lorna (both dec.). Dearly loved brother and uncle of Kaye (Murphy), Sue (Hollingsworth), Ann, Peter, Lynn and their families. Good mate of Laurie. 'It can be pretty lonely living in the bush. But when you go to sleep with adog at your feet and you wake up with that dog still there in the morning, it lets you know you have amate.' Ian McMahon -Central Queensland 2013.

PRESTIPINO, Salvatore. Passed away 5/12/2022

Aged 88 years

Passed away suddenly at home on 5December 2022, aged 88 years.

Loved and loving husband of Angela (dec.). Loving father and father-in-law of Josephine and Sam.

Grandfather to Michael, Laura, Daniel and Emma.

Adored Great Grandfather to Anthony and Evelyn.

Will be sadly missed, forever in our hearts

Yourlovingdaughter Josephine and family.

RIDLEY, Keith Warren.

The members of the Traralgon Lodge No.925 and the Craft in general sadly report the passing of their esteemed brother, Wor. Bro. Keith Ridley P.G.Swd.B to the Grand Lodge above.

Adedicated Freemason for over 63 years. Wor. Bro. Keith Ridley lived respected and died regretted. So Mote it Be

CARDILLO.

Requiem Mass for the Repose of the soul for Mr Francesco (Frank) Cardillo will be offered at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Morwell on WEDNESDAY (21 December 2022) at 11am.

The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of Mass for the Gippsland Memorial Park Cemetery, Traralgon. Rosary will be recited in the above church at 10.30am prior to the Mass In lieu of flowers, donations to Dementia Australia would be appreciated, envelopes available at the service.

MALCOLM. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mrs Heather Malcolm will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway Traralgon, THURSDAY (15 December 2022) commencing at 11am.

Heather's Service will also be livestreamed. To view the live stream, visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on live streaming.

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BUSUTTIL, June. In memory of June who passed away on 5/12/2016. We miss you so much, especially around Christmas. Always in our hearts Love from Vic and the Busuttil family XXX.

HILL, Gertrude Lily (Trudie). 11/3/1932 -12/12/2021.

McDERMOTT, Valma (Val). Ray and Lyn, and families would like to thank everyone for their friendship, support, beautiful flowers, cards, baking and condolences on the loss of our Mum, Val. Also, thank you to the staff at Rosewood, LV Village for their care and support of Val.

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JUNGE, Dietmar (Dick).

It is with great sadness that the Junge family announce the passing of Dietmar at home on 10 December 2022.

Aged 83 years Born in Tonhain, Germany.

Loving husband of Gladys for 58 years and dearly loved father and fatherin-law of Tilo and Julie, Trevor and Moira and Troy and Marney. Adored grandfather to Claudia, Saskia, John, Asher, Heidi, Emily and Coen.

Forever in our hearts

Funeral details at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services.

JUNGE, Dick.

The President and members of the Morwell Numismatic Society wish to extend their sincere condolences to Gladys and family on the recent passing of Dick. Afounding member and Life Member of our society. A generous supporter of the club and its activities and always willing to share his knowledge. He will be sadly missed by all members.

MALCOLM (Christie), Heather Agnes.

Passed away peacefully at the Alfred Hospital Melbourne, 24 November 2022.

Aged 52 years Dearly loved and loving wife of Craig. Much loved mother and mother-in-law of Tanya and Danny, Carly and Chris, and Shawn. Adored Grandma of Jessie, Tyler, Mia, Nathan, James, Charlotte, Jodie, and Raymond. Loved daughter of Jim (dec.) and Margaret. Sister and sister-in-law of Ian and Narelle, stepsister of Bill and Farah and their families.

MASELLI, Carolina.

Passed away Thursday, 8 December 2022, aged 100 years and 6months.

Wife of Giuseppe (dec.).

Mother of Lucrezia and Felice (dec.). Mother-inlaw of Cosmo (dec.) and Maria. Nonna of Margie, Romeo, Delia and Joe.

Biz Nonna of 11 and Biz

Biz Nonna of 3.

Alife lived her way

At Rest

MUSSARED-HORNE, Tanya Maree.

8/4/1964 -9/12/2022.

Passed away peacefully at home with her treasured husband and best friend by her side.

Beloved wife of Darren.

Much loved mother of Jared (dec.), Melissa, Bryce and Tamara.

Devoted 'Nan Tan' of Apryl and Emma. Now reunited with Judy, Charlie and Jared Until we meet again

Please visit: stephenbaggs.com.au for funeral details and a link to the livestream.

Stephen Baggs Funeral Directors Bairnsdale 5153 2150

PAULSON, Ron (Ludwig). 27/10/1947 -8/12/2022.

Passed away peacefully at home.

Only son of Stan and Gertrude Siwiec. Beloved partner of Lisa.

Loving father of Ronnie, Stanley, Mandy, David, Natalie, Rick and Jacqui

Fond grandfather of Reece, Ryan, Marley, Michaela, Jaylee, Jacob, Mia, Clancy, Jackson and Peyton.

Great grandfather of Zarli, Camaro, William, Jack and Elias.

Forever in our hearts

PRESTIPINO, Salvatore. Passed away suddenly at home on Monday, 5 December 2022.

Beloved husband of Angelina (dec.). Much loved father of Josephine, Cosimo, Filipina and Alfi. Father-in-law of Sam, Enes, Tony and Donna.

Loved Nonna of Michael, Daniel, Laura, Monique, Jacob, Adrian, Elissa, Gianni, Riley and Kiana.

Greatgrandfatherto Anthony and Evelyn.

Sadly Missed Repose In Pace

To our beloved Father, Father-in-law and Nonno (Poppy), thank you for all the precious memories that we will forever cherish.

Forever missed and in our hearts

Rest in peace Pappa, Nonno

Your loved family Cosi, Enes, Jacob, Monique and Nick.

My loving Papa, The day that God called your name, It broke my heart in two, But Heaven needed an Angel, And the one He picked was you.

Ijust wish He could have waited, And let you stay with me, You have left memories in my heart, And that's where they'll always be.

Ijust wish Icould rewind the clock, Or make it turn real slow, Icould have hugged you one more time, Before you had to go. No matter how much time will pass, I'll miss you everyday.

Rest in peace together with Mum now Love and miss you dearly, your daughter Filipina, son-in-law Tony. Your loving grandchildren Adrian, Elissa and Gianni, Jim, and Sophie.

If tears could build a stairwell, And memories were a lane, Iwould walk right up to, Heaven and bring you home again.

No farewell words were spoken, No time to say good-bye... You were gone before, Iknew it, and only God knows why.

My heart still aches in sadness, And secret tears still flow, What it means to lose you, No-one will ever know.

The fact you're no longer here, Will always bring us pain. Your forever in our hearts, Until we meet again.

Rest in peace Papa

Your loving family, your son Alfi, daughter-in-law Donna, your grandchildren Riley and Kiana.

Rest in peace Nono

The President, Committee and Members of the Traralgon RSL deeply regret the passing of their esteemed Service Member Keith and extend sincere condolences to his family.

LEST WE FORGET

RIDLEY, Keith. I'll miss you my dear friend, and Iwill treasure the times we shared. Love Merle.

VARDON, Trenton Harcourt. 3/5/1947 -5/12/2022.

Passed away very peacefully at Latrobe Regional Hospital with his family by his side. Loved and loving husband and soulmate to Jen. Much loved Dad to Dominic, Tyler and Courtney. Father-in-law to Mel, Emily and Jasmine.

Dearly loved "Uppy" to Hedy, Finn, Meisha, Charlie, Poppy and Piper.

He will always bewith us APrivate Cremation will take place.

The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation of Mr William 'Bernie' Carrington will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy, Traralgon TUESDAY (20 December 2022) commencing at 11am.

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MASELLI. Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Mrs Carolina Maselli will be held at St Vincent's Catholic Church, Barry and Hunt Sts, Morwell on THURSDAY (15 December 2022) commencing at 11am.

Following the Mass, the funeral will leave for the Yallourn Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart Foundation would be appreciated. Envelopes available at the service.

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In loving memory of my lovely, loving wife Trudie. Sister of Julie. Loving and loved mother of Sheryl and Stacey. Grandmother of Duncan, Callum, Laura, Brayden, Mikaela. Great grandmother of Amber, Jazmine, Blayke, Hamish, Charlie and Eliza Brother-in-law to Barry. Mother-in-law to Graeme. Grandmother-in-law to Bryceand Nic. Your loving husband, Stacey.

Loved andmissed by all

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VARDON, Trenton Harcourt.

Loved brother and brother-in-law of Trish and Graeme. Special uncle of Mandy, Dale, Trina and their families. Admired by us all for his courageous fight and wonderful sense of humour

WILSON, Dale "Bull".

The Gormandale Cricket Club mourn the passing of our Life Member Dale. We pass on our deepest sympathy to his family.

From all past players, officials and current players. R.I.P. "Bull" -G.C.C.

Funerals

BROWN.

The Funeral Service for Mr Craig Brown will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue Moe on MONDAY (19 December 2022) commencing at 2pm.

The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Yallourn Cemetery.

Craig's service will be livestreamed. To view the livestream, go to: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.

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FISHER, Ruth. AGathering to Celebrate the Life of Ruth Fisher will take place in the Rose Chapel, Gippsland Memorial Park, Cemetery Drive, Traralgon, WEDNESDAY (14 December 2022) commencing at 2.30pm.

FRANKLIN.

Family and friends are warmly invited to attend Lindsay's Funeral Service to be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Hwy, Traralgon FRIDAY (16 December 2022), commencing at 11am. Refreshments will follow at Glenview Park, McNairn Road, Traralgon.

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FURLONG.

The Funeral Service of Mrs Maureen Furlong will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 260 Princes Highway, Traralgon on FRIDAY, (16 December 2022), commencing at 2pm.

Following the Service, the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery.

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JENNINGS.

The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mrs Merle Jennings will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Ave, Moe FRIDAY (16 December 2022) commencing at 10am.

Merle's Service will also be livestreamed. To view the livestream, go to: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and click on livestreaming.

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MUSSARED-HORNE. AService to celebrate the life of Mrs Tanya Maree Mussared-Horne will be held at the Nielsen Funeral Chapel, Korumburra Rd, Warragul on FRIDAY (16 December 2022) at 10.30am.

At the conclusion of the Service the cortege will leave for the Trafalgar Cemetery.

To help celebrate Tanya's life you are welcome to wear atouch of purple.

PAULSON. The Funeral Service and Committal for Cremation for Mr Ronald Paulson will be held at Latrobe Valley Funeral Services Chapel, 6Ollerton Avenue Moe on FRIDAY (16 December 2022) commencing at 1.30pm.

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PRESTIPINO.

Requiem Mass for the Repose of the Souls of Mr Salvatore Prestipino will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Commercial Rd, Morwell, MONDAY (19 December 2022commencingat 1pm.

Following the Mass, the Funeral will leave for the Traralgon Cemetery.

The Rosary will be recited at the Church, SUNDAY, 18 December 2022, commencing at 5pm.

The Mass will be livestreamed. To view the livestream, visit: latrobevalley funerals.com.au and follow the prompts.

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THE CHOICE IS YOURS

General Manager ALLAN WORTHY Funeral Consultant

MYRA KRAFFT Funeral Consultant STEVE EVANS Funeral Consultant

Funeral Directors •

Midweek pennant reaches halfway

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LAWN BOWLS MIDWEEK PENNANT

BY MICHAEL HOLROYD

DIVISION 1

NEWBOROUGHwelcomed Traralgon and for the visitors Paddy Francis and her rink of Di Richards, Bill Francisand Vin McIlwain had a27-14 win over HeatherMooney and her rink of Peter Policha, Fran Clark and Rod Lewis.

Pat Trewin and her rink of Carolyn Roscholler, Ron Baker and Garry Trewin had a28-13 win over Jo-Anne Michaels and her rink of Phil Marston, Mary Whelan and Nosha Michaels.

For the home team, Joan Goldie and her rink of Bob Goldie, Jeff Wetzel and Julie Jackson had a 20-15 win over Kathy Smiles and her rink of Chris Thomas, Matt Ogilvie and Rosie Lorenz

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TRARALGON 14-70 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH 2-47

WARRAGUL travelled to Morwell and came home with awin

Gabrielle Draisma and her rink of Kerri Currie, Jim Power and Margaret Ratcliffe had a25-13 win over Judy Tumney and her rink of Helen Cook, Bob Skinner and Keith Gadsby.

Pat Hammond and her rink of John Vickerman, Gaye Renn and Graeme Davis had a26-17 win over Rita Reddiexand her rink of Ross Harford, ShirleySkinner and Abbas Mehran.

For the home team, Kerry Wright and her rink of Bill Tumney, Irene Biggs and Kevin Pigdon had a20-17 win over Janette Gallasch and her rink of Matt Draisma, Elsie Hefford and Peter Gallasch.

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WARRAGUL 14-68 DEFEATED MORWELL 2-50

MORWELLClub had agood win at home against Traralgon RSL.

Jan Karleusaand herrink of DashaaMartin, Gail Rejmer and Neil Whitelaw had a33-19 win over MarianneHodson and her rink of Adriana Eaton, Gordon Bayley and Dave Hodson.

Tess Borg and her rink of Leanne Broadbent, Bernie Kirkup and TaraHarle hada 17-14 win over Margaret Gibbins and her rink of Margaret Morley, Shirley McKenzie and Ron Osler.

For the visitors, ElaineMuirand her teamofTitch Hore, Julie Sutcliffe and Max Gibbins defeated Beryl Noblett and her rink of Iyoko Yoshimura, Sue Karleusa and Roger Rejmer 22-16.

 MORWELL CLUB 14-66 DEFEATED TRARALGON RSL 2-55

DROUIN travelled to Trafalgar and came home with all of the points.

Denise Hamilton and her rink of Ron Westrup, JanAubrey and Dennis Throup defeated Heather Taylorand her rink of Pat Tatterson, Peter Watson and Tim Anderson 27-13.

MaureenLeighton and her rink of ElaineThorpe, JohnLeighton and Geoff Bailey won 27-17 against Helen Robertson and her rink of Col Carmichael, Carolyn Fox and Ken Capper.

Sheryl Atkinson and her rink of Mary and Les Firth together with Mark Atkinson had a32-11 win overSue Robinson and her rink of Anthony Mitchinson, Shirley Melsen and Paul Dawson.

 DROUIN18-86 DEFEATED TRAFALGAR 0-41

DIVISION 2

NEWBOROUGH (3) welcomed visitors Morwell Club (2) who had agood win with Betty Burridge and her rink of Mil Karleusa, Barry Flanigan and Joyce Hughes having a22-7win over Natalie Lambos.

Shirley Kolcze had a22-21 win over Joan Lee and for the home team Dianne Bertoli and her rink of Lyn Arkasu, Ed Whelan and Jim Cuthbertson had a21-15 win over Sandy Sinnott.

AGRADE -ROUND 10

CATS Innings

JCochrane bGamage 2 JMoore. cWilson bBloomfield 9 SGissara. bGamage 0

JKeyhoe bBZomer 21 NHarrup. cMZomer bBZomer 23 TBrown bDobson 36 DKeyhoe cDobson bBZomer 1 EPorigneaux cChokunungabFreshwater 6

VPenrose bGamage 1 BFoster not out 4

CMcDonald lbw bGamage 0 Extras (nb 2, w13, b0,lb2). 17 Overs. ...................................................................41.5

Total. 120

Latrobe Bowling: TGamage 6.5-3-13-4, LDobson 10.0-2-30-1, B Zomer 10.0-1-24-3, JBloomfield 6.0-0-24-1, SFreshwater 9.0-1-27-1

Latrobe Innings

RChokununga. cPorigneaux bFoster 0 JColtman cDKeyhoe bMoore. 15 BZomer cBrown bFoster 6 SFreshwater not out 29

LDobson cCochrane bMoore. 8 ABloomfield cJ Keyhoe bPenrose 9 MZomer bCochrane 11

TGamage cDKeyhoe bCochrane 10 BWilson runout (Moore, Cochrane) 6 JBloomfield cGissarabJ Keyhoe 0

LDuncan runout (J Keyhoe,Brown) 2

Extras (nb 4, w12, b0,lb1). 17 Overs. 46.5 Total. 113

CATS Bowling: BFoster7.0-1-25-2, JMoore7.0-0-22-2, TBrown 6.5-0-20-0, VPenrose 10.0-3-12-1, JCochrane 10.0-4-20-2, JKeyhoe 6.0-2-13-1

Jeeralang-Boolarra

Innings

BMcCormack. runout (Fenech, Speairs) 3

ARanthilakage bWebber 20

KRanthilakage lbw bHefer 7

NThillekarathna cWilliamson bWebber..................64

LSmith bWebber 0

BHeath lbw bHourigan 6

SDeSilva lbw bStuart. 2

HHewawasam. cWilliamson bFenech 7

MMcGrath cWebber bHourigan 12

AOvitigala not out 0

DGregor. runout (Fenech, Gray). 1

Extras (nb 0, w9,b1,lb2). 12

Overs. 49.3

Total. 134

Centrals Bowling: MFenech 8.0-0-34-1, RHefer 10.0-3-16-1, RWebber 10.0-1-23-3, JStuart10.0-3-14-1, THourigan 8.3-2-27-2, BOuld 3.0-0-17-0

Centrals Innings

WHenry. cThillekarathna bOvitigala 20 RWebber cKRanthilakage bMcGrath 34 SGray. cDeSilva bHewawasam. 0 THourigan. c&bHewawasam 12 RHefer cMcGrath bSmith 24 LSpeairs. not out 9 ROuld not out 13 Extras (nb 0, w19, b0,lb4). 23

MORWELL CLUB (2) 14-59 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (3) 2-49

NEWBOROUGH (2) travelled to Traralgon (2) and had adraw.

For the home team, Lyn Moffat and her rink of JimOverdyk together with Janis and Bill Kirby had a26-14 win over Ann-Mary Ryan and May Cross defeated Bev Luck 24-15.

For the visitors, Carmel Goss and her rinkof Glenys Perkins, JennyCocksand Robbert Cook had a28-7win over Barbara Scott leaving the match tied. 

TRARALGON (2) 9-57 DREW WITH NEWBOROUGH (2) 7-57

DROUIN (2) welcomed Moe and the visitors with only one rink up had agood win as Val Rodgers and her rink of Fred Martin, Brian Rodgers and Brenda Hosking had a29-12 win over Irene Dawson.

For the home team, Lyn Jeffrey and her rink of Glenda Jarred, Rudy Kerkvliet and David Tayles had a22-16 win over RobynDoddand Mary Andrews defeated Lorraine Horton 25-20. 

MOE12-65 DEFEATED DROUIN (2) 4-59 NEERIMDistrict travelled to Warragul (2) and came home with full points.

Pat Fraser-Aurisch and her rink of John Rochford, Bronwyn Throup and Diane Tame won 23-20 against Gladys Atkinson, Karren Sheersdefeated MargaretKeeffe 19-17and CookieHalligan and herrink of Joe Marino, Neville and Kay Cousins defeated Glynis Mitchell 18-15. 

NEERIM DISTRICT 16-60 DEFEATED WARRAGUL (2) 0-52

DIVISION 3

Lamport24-13 and MeredithKennon defeated Gwen Fabris 26-13.

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GARFIELD 12-63 DEFEATED YINNAR 4-62 YARRAGON had agood win at home with Kaye McLaren and her rink of Gordon Wright, Marion Willis and Richard Chetland defeating Muriel Johnson 19-9 and Margaret Arnolddefeated Cheryl Reynolds 23-16.

For Traralgon (3) Joyce Hales defeated Marion Chetland 20-12.

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YARRAGON 14-54 DEFEATED TRARALGON (3) 2-45

MORWELL (3)had anarrowone shot victory against Trafalgar (2) with Glenda Thompson and her rink of Lou Edge, Max Duncan and Graham Hutchinsonwinning29-19 and for Trafalgar (2) Margaret Moss defeated Palma McNeill 24-15 whilst Joanna Reekie drew with Jenny Duncan 22-22.

 MORWELL (3) 13-66 DEFEATED TRAFALGAR (2) 3-65

DROUIN(2) welcomed Morwell (2) and for the home teamEthel Van Maanenand herrink of Pat Cole, Wayne Walsh and Bob Cole had a18-12 win over Letti Mizzi and Dini Hone defeated Jan Moody 22-20.

For the visitors Rebecca Matheson defeated Maureen McMillan 25-23.

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GARFIELD

LVDCL SCOREBOARD

Overs. 47.0 Total. 5/135

Jeeralang-BoolarraBowling: MMcGrath 10.0-0-36-1, BHeath 4.0-0-13-0, AOvitigala 10.0-5-19-1, HHewawasam 10.0-1-17-2, D Gregor 3.0-0-13-0, LSmith 6.0-1-27-1, NThillekarathna 3.0-1-4-0, K Ranthilakage 1.0-0-2-0

Raiders Innings

GChesire runout (Baldi) 38 CMills cKaneb Blunt 7 MHiggins bBlunt. 0 ABurcombe cKaneb Blunt 19 LMaynard cKaneb Phoenix 59 BMacFarlane cPhoenix bGrant 11 MPerera. cRobinson bSpiteri. 5 BBurrows. bPhoenix 6 THutchinson cPhilip bPhoenix 10 HMcColl not out 9 JVarghese cSpiteri bPhoenix 0 Extras (nb 0, w6, b1, lb 2) 9 Overs. 48.3 Total. 173

Moe Bowling: CTaylor10.0-1-33-0, RColgrave 5.0-0-29-0, RBlunt 9.0-1-34-3, CGrant 10.0-2-28-1, SSpiteri10.0-1-36-1, RPhoenix 4.3-0-10-4

MoeInnings

RBaldi cBurrowsb McColl 3 NKane lbw bChesire. 35 APhilip not out. 72 SSpiteri. bMcColl 22 RPhoenix cVarghese bChesire. 13 CRobinson lbw bChesire. 0 CGrant not out 8 Extras (nb 1, w19, b4,lb2). 26 Overs. 48.3 Total. 5/179

RaidersBowling: MPerera8.0-0-25-0, HMcColl 9.0-0-31-2, JVarghese 6.0-0-24-0, GChesire 10.0-3-21-3, BMacFarlane 2.0-0-13-0, MHiggins 6.0-0-19-0, ABurcombe 5.3-0-24-0, LMaynard2.0-0-16-0 Traralgon West Innings

BEdebohls runout (Holdsworth)....................... 3

HKimpton bBrown 1

RWilkie cConnollyb Durkin 41

JMonacella.........bConnolly. 5 IZafar cR WhitebDurkin 42 TFitch cConnollyb Durkin 0 MGriffiths cHoldsworthb Connolly. 21 BHowe. lbw bNoonan 1 SRasool lbw bConnolly. 3 DCooke. cNoonan bGeorge 8 AThow. not out 4 Extras (nb 0,w 16,b 1, lb 2) 19 Overs 49.2

Total. 148

Trafalgar Bowling: JNoonan 10.0-1-27-1, ZBrown 3.0-0-5-1, D Heathcote9.1-0-30-0, AConnolly10.0-1-25-3, OMcLeod-Agland 5.0-0-18-0, LDurkin 10.0-1-29-3, AGeorge 2.2-0-11-1

TrafalgarInnings

AGeorge. cFitch bEdebohls 24 LWhite. bRasool 1 RHoldsworth. cMonacella bHowe. 37 AConnolly. runout (Zafar) 31 RWhite. cMonacella bFitch 20 DHeathcote. cZafar bEdebohls 6

CBurgess cMonacella bFitch 1 JNoonan cWilkieb Kimpton. 0 OMcLeod-Agland.not out 4 LDurkin not out 4 Extras (nb 0, w16, b2,lb3). 21 Overs. 45.5 Total. 8/149

TraralgonWest Bowling: SRasool 8.0-1-24-1, BEdebohls 10,0-1-44-1, BHowe6.5-0-24-1, AThow8.0-1-35-0, TFitch 10.0-2-14-2, HKimpton 3.0-0-5-1

Churchill Innings CWilliams cSeymour bPatterson 3 MHarvey. runout (Harvey, Cukier) 20 BKearns bBrincat 54 SWarr cCampbell bWhelpdale 2 JKeighran cDay bCukier 59 NDuncan runout (Day,Patterson) 43 KHolt not out 6 KFarnworth not out 1 Extras (nb 3, w10, b1,lb2). 16 Overs. 50.0 Total. 6/204

Morwell Bowling: BBrincat 10.0-1-41-1, LPatterson 10.0-2-54-1, M Cukier 10.0-0-34-1, GHarvey10.0-1-33-0, RWhelpdale 10.0-0-39-1

Morwell Innings

MCukier cKeighran bHolt. 1 LDay cKearns bFarnworth 0 BClymo lbw bWarr. 48 JCampbell bWarr. 23 BMills runout (Duncan, Rae) 9 CSeymour cHolt bKeighran 0 BBrincat bWilliams 18 GHarvey. st RaebKeighran 9 LPatterson cHarveybKeighran 0 JSeymour bKeighran 1 RWhelpdale not out 0 Extras (nb 0, w10, b1,lb0). 11 Overs. 40.1 Total. 120

Churchill Bowling: KFarnworth 5.0-0-28-1, KHolt5.0-1-13-1, MHarvey 10.0-1-31-0, SWarr 10.0-1-27-2, JKeighran 8.1-2-15-4, CWilliams 2.0-0-5-1

Mirboo North Innings

BPedlow. cGrima bWalsh........................... 71

JAlexander cPerkins bGrima 44 ZHollis cCumiskey bWalsh......................60

HBarnes lbw bWalsh 0

DDavid cJames bCumiskey 22 JBlair bCumiskey 9 AThomas. not out 8 CSchellekens runout (Weatherhead, Cumiskey)0 WLawrey. not out 1 Extras (nb 0, w9, b1, lb 1) 11 Overs. 50.0 Total. 7/233

WillowGrove Bowling:N Wheildon8.0-1-57-0, LCumiskey 5.0-0-24-2, PGrima 10.0-1-25-1, NWeatherhead 7.0-0-26-0, DWalsh 10.0-1-53-3, JCoombs 10.0-0-47-0

Willow Grove Innings

JHammond bLawrey 16 BHams cBlair bWoodall 20 NWheildon cBarnes bBanks 24

DROUIN (2) 14-63 DEFEATED MORWELL (2) 2-57

DIVISION 4

CHURCHILL10-44 defeatedWarragul(3) 0-38; Morwell Club (3) 10-50 defeated Drouin (4) 0-28; Newborough (4) 8-36 defeated Traralgon RSL (2) 2-33; Yinnar (2) 10-45 defeated Traralgon (4) 0-36; Yallourn North 10-43 defeated Moe (2) 0-39; Moe (3) 10-56 defeated Trafalgar (3) 0-34.

CPolo lbw bAlexander 4

NPerkins cWoodall bAlexander 7 PGrima cBanks bAlexander 7 NWeatherhead cWoodall bAlexander 16 AJames cBlair bBanks................................ 5

LCumiskey runout (Barnes,Davis) 10 JCoombs not out 3 DWalsh bWoodall 0 Extras (nb 2, w12, b0,lb1). 15 Overs. 38.0 Total. 128

Mirboo North Bowling: MWoodall 8.0-1-32-2, AThomas 3.0-0-11-0, W Lawrey 5.0-0-18-1, DBanks 10.0-1-35-2, JAlexander 10.0-0-25-4, Z Hollis 2.0-0-6-0

PREMIER BGRADE -ROUND10

Jeeralang-Boolarra7/149 (C Dekaste50, GSmith 50, DWhite 3/36, LZammit 2/13) def Centrals 126 (T Shankland 41, DWhite31, JCecil 3/20, C Dekaste2/9); Thorpdale 113(JDurkin 31, BWilson 5/26, JShields 4/22) def Moe 84 (M Powell 6/18, K O’Connell 2/18); Mirboo North 3/33 (T Basarke 22*) def Newborough 18 (A McCarthy4/7,CSnell 2/4); Morwell -Bye

BGRADE -ROUND 10

Raiders108 (J Berryman-Lambert24) def by WillowGrove 9/184 (J Daddo 3/26, SFox 2/13); Trafalgar 126(BClaridge 62, HBright 4/33, JCooke 2/0, MWilliams 2/21) def by Traralgon West 4/133 (M Williams 34, LHennessy2/19, JChapman 2/20); CATS 141(BHagley53*,T Hagley25, D Ganegodage 2/21) def by Latrobe 9/146 (B Aitken 35, BMadden 26, THagley3/20, HCooper 3/37); Churchill -Bye

PREMIERC GRADE -ROUND 8

Jeeralang-Boolarra61(Z Larkin 3/13,B Claridge 2/6, SAsmussen 2/9) def by Trafalgar82 (N Spark5/5, A Baker2/12); Morwell 5/127(AKays44*, MGlibanovic 2/26) def Moe 119(BJackson 51, CMonds (2/17, Z Cheffers 2/28, AKays2/31); CATS 3/121(CBeaver 37*,T Harrup 29*,M Snell 2/26) def Mirboo North 116(GShaw27, MPayne 4/16,JStevenson 3/20); Centrals 0/41 (A Foley22*, KSaunders15*)def YallournNorth 6/35 (JMurdoch2/0,HCanny 2/12, B Williamson2/15)

CGRADE -ROUND 8

Latrobe9/129 (SGrover40, JBeath 28*, TGriffiths 2/17, SRogers2/19, ATurrell2/21) def by Traralgon West 3/141(GStephens 60, MRogers44); Newborough 4/156(RHussey88*, CFalls 2/8) def Willow Grove114 (J Cook 3/16, SWernham 3/35); Rawson vThorpdale-Raiders(no scoresupplied).

WOMENS DIVISION -ROUND 8

Mirboo North 5/59 (Z Quinsey-Munro3/3) def by Raiders0/111 (S Blines 32*, ZQuinsey-Munro31*, RCarr 25*); Latrobe 2/80 (S Rockliff 33*,DCole 2/7) def Morwell Yellow15(SRockliff2/0, MDuncan 2/4); Morwell Black2/92(MQuinn 32*) def Newborough 4/71 (Z Long 2/7,MQuinn 2/10); Centrals 1/71 (O Speairs28) def WillowGrove 4/56(T Kilpatrick2/5).

MIDWEEK Bowls continued with Round 7, forming the half way mark of the season.

with only one rink up defeated visitors Yinnar by one shot with Helene Newton and her rink of Cheryl Breteler, Luke Monckton and Richard Ross having a37-12 win overJenny Jones.

For the visitors,Jennie HarrisdefeatedMaureen

Penney wins big in bocce rafa

BOCCE

By TOM HAYES

AUSTRALIAstruckgold when AntonioBiancacci and ItalianAustralian Club Morwell’s Diane Penney recentlywon the Asia-Oceania Confederation Mixed-Doubles Bocce-Raffa Championship.

This wasthe third edition of the Asia-Oceania Confederation Championships, and the second time Malaysia was host, following the inaugural 2019 Championships in India.

Earlier this year, Penney was inducted into the Bocce Australia ‘Team of the Half-Century’ at the Bocce Australia Hall of Fame gala night.

In the Malaysian city of Kota Bharu, Penney and Biancacci rolled toward their first international victory in Bocce-Raffa code, outplaying their Malaysian counterparts in the final.

Penneywas left speechless after receiving her first international gold medal.

Meanwhile, doubles partner Biancacci said, “I can’t stop smiling”.

“It’s been areally good day, making it through each round as the number one.”

Although Biancacci is relatively new to playing the sport of Bocce,hehas recently been more focussed on administration as the vice-president of BocceAustralia and the secretary general of ‘Confederazione Boccistica Internazionale’ -the World Bocce-Raffa governing body.

His doubles partner- Morwell’s Penneyonly recently returned from the World Bocce Championships, held in Turkey.

Sheachievedanoverall rankingof17th in the world, before entering and winning the AsiaOceaniaConfederation Championships, alongside Biancacci.

By securing gold, Penney, Biancacci and the Australian team have locked in aslottocompete in the World Bocce-Raffa Championships next year in Algeria.

Harriers crowntheir running King and Queen

ATHLETICS HARRIERS

By GARYFOX

LAST week’s (December 8) Harriers Thursday night running was at the Joe Carmody Athletics Track in Newborough.

We had agreat turnoutwith atotal of 49 runners in cool conditions.

Great running by Pete Cutler saw him take out the men’s 10km in avery impressive 35.26. Next home was Ian Cornthwaite in 38.21. Excellent running by Yani Cornthwaitesaw herfirst lady home in the 10km with 41.59, followed by Liz Kenney (47.08) and Ree Graham (54.23).

Last weekend(December 4), the Harriers ran the annual King and Queen of the mountain challenge -which is a30kmrun from Loy Yang to the top of Mount Tassie.

In hot conditions,ahardy contingent took on the full 30km challenge with many more participating as part of arelay team.

An amazing runbyJordanCowleysaw himfirst to the top and crownedKingofthe Mountainin two hours 10 minutes 20 seconds. Georgia Calloway was crowned Queen of the Mountain in 4: 39.06.

In the spirit of Christmas, this week’s run is anovelty run followed by the clubsChristmas breakup function.

The club will resume normal nightrunson Thursday, January 12.

Harriers contact is www.traralgonharriers.org. au or at the Harriers Facebook page

Results

Thursday, December 8

Men’s Open 10km: Pete Cutler 35.26, Ian Cornthwaite 38.21, Clinton Jolly41.29*, SteveRenehan 41.43, Daryl Cross 42.18, GeoffFrancis 46.45, RonVerschuur 54.48, Alfie Warner 55.50,

Women’s Open 10km: Yani Cornthwaite41.59, Liz Kenney47.08, ReeGraham 54.23.

Men’s CGrade 5km: Paul Rollandin 27.10, MarkFairbairn 28.00, Paul Smith 28.01, Ian Heafield 48.42, LukeWitham 55.14, Jim Cutler No Time

Women’s CGrade 5km: Michelle Sawyer 25.42, Susan Poole 27.13, Matilda Lappin 27.22, Mandy Ellis 29.10, Ella Warner 29.59, Kate Cumming 30.05, Belinda Heafield 48.42, Christina Creighton 55.14, AnikaReillyNot Time KathyQuinn No Time,Michelle Colwell No Time,Marieka Reilly No Time

Men’s BGrade 5km: KeithWilliamson 22.18, GaryFox 23.50, Phill Mayer24.30, GaryHarding 24.35, Johny Roscoe 24.51, Neilson Archibald 24.52, Angelo Gaudiano

25.39, Errol Poole 25.58, James Townsend 45.00.

Women’s BGrade 5km: Kathleen Kent 25.41.07,Alysha Duncan 26.35, Callie Cook 26.42.

Men’s AGrade 5km: Miles Verschuur 18.11, Pete Cutler 18.24, Owen Notting 19.45, NickTalerico 19.59, Andrew Greenhill 20.27,Chris VanUnen 20.58, Clinton Jolly21.34, Darrel Cross 21.51

King of the Mountain results: 2.10.20 Jordan Cowley 1st Open Male,2.39.35 Zac Beasley2nd Open Male, 2.41.49 TomCrosby3rd Open Male,2.48.10Ian Cornthwaite1st 50+ Male,2.57.02 Snacks Crew 1st Team, 2.58.40 Fellowship of the TTRG 2nd Team, 3.31.33 Chris VanUuen, 3.34.02 Jason Odlum, 3.42.24 Glenn Crawford,3.46.49 No Wazza 3rdTeam, 3.56.21

Latrobe Valley women enjoy strong GCL win

CRICKET GCL By LIAM DURKIN

LATROBE VALLEY proved too strong for Leongatha in Women’s Gippsland Cricket League on Sunday.

Battingfirst at Inverloch, the visitors from the Valleymade 9/166aftercompulsory close(35 overs).

Bridie Kimpton was outstanding, scoring 54 off 49 balls, with her innings featuring seven fours. Others to get among the runs were Olivia Speairs (19), Stacy Rockliff (18), skipper Emily Shaw (16), Susie Blines (13) and Simone Clymo (13).

Latrobe Valley showed they bat deep,with Blines’ contribution coming from number 11.

Wickets were shared for Leongatha.Katrina Burgione took 2/18, while Kylie Collins (2/18) and Holly Williams 2/36 hit good areas.

Leongathamadeadecent start, with Collins and Amanda Linford putting on 31 for the first wicket, butafter they were dismissed, the rest of the card failed to get going.

Collins made 18 and Linford 16, while Gabrielle Perry scored 18, as Leongatha was restricted to 8/84.

Catriona Halkett gave little away, taking 2/6 off seven overs, including two maidens.

Rockliff also proved ahandful, nabbing 2/31.

Sale-Maffra had the bye.

The next round of women’s GCL will be played on January 22, 2023.

Sale-Maffra hosts Leongatha at avenue to be confirmed. Latrobe Valley has the bye.

UNDER 15 JuniorCountry Week saw wins to Sale-Maffra, Bairnsdale and Leongatha.

Sale-Maffra defeated Latrobe Valley by six wickets.

Latrobe Valleywon the toss and chose to bat first at Stephenson Park.

The visitors were soon lookingatanearly Macca’s stop on the way home, crumbling to 3/9, 4/16 and then 5/30.

The Sharkbowlers were proving impossible to get away. Riley Donohue took 2/18 off eight overs and Navdeep Singh returnedthe astonishingfigures of 1/4 off 10 overs, with seven maidens.

Talk about dot ball pressure.

Latrobe Valley pair Archie Norman and Darcy Walsh got together and set about fixing the damage, and batted through the rest of the innings to get the home side into triple figures.

Norman showed outstanding patience, with his 26 coming off 146 balls, while Walsh made afine 36 off 57 balls.

Sale-Maffra was rarely challenged with the ball, andgot the winning runs away inside 40 overs.

Charlie Morris top-scored with 40, while others around him chipped in.

Jacob Dunn had some success with the ball for LatrobeValley,taking 2/8, while Walshbackedup his efforts with the bat, taking 2/21.

Bairnsdale defeated Traralgon by five wickets.

The trip to Lucknow proved challenging for the Tornadoes, who were bowled out for 88.

Wicketswereshared in the Bairnsdale camp. Seth Noonan nabbed 3/10, working with Kruze Farley (2/11) and Campbell Moncrieff (2/16).

Bairnsdale lost fivewickets on the runhome,

but apart from this blemish, could not be faulted.

Mitchell Johnson led the way with 26.

Leongatha and Warragul played out acompetitive game at Korumburra.

The home side endedupwinning by 33 runs, after posting 164.

Rhys Newman played amightyhand of 70 off 107 balls, combining with Riley Harris,who made 40 opening up.

The pair put on 58 for the second wicket.

Dane Hammondbowled well for the Wild Dogs, finishing with 4/30. Nate Murphy gave his opponents grief, taking 3/8 off 10 overs with five maidens.

Warragul looked in aspotofbother at 3/39, but fought back well through the likes of Joe Sheehan (35), Murphy (25off 30) and Jesse Jagoe (24), only to fall short.

The WildDogsendedat5/131 -beaten,but by no means defeated.

BryceRiddell maintained very good discipline, withfigures of 2/7 off five. AndotMankhong did likewise, taking 2/25 off 10 with three maidens.

IN the Under13Development League,athrilling match between Bairnsdaleand Traralgon highlighted the action.

Just 11 runs determined the winner, which happened to be Bairnsdale.

Lucknow synthetic was the venue, and 106 the total scored by the home side.

Ollie Hudson made agood portion of the runs, making 38 at the top of the order.

The Tornadoes were then bowled out for 95, due in no small way to the bowling efforts of Lucas

Shanahan (2/1) and Harper Clack (2/7).

Latrobe Valleyfoundthe going tough against Sale-Maffra.

The Sharks bowled Latrobe Valley out for 98 on the Stephenson Park synthetic.

Linc Chila playedalone hand for the visitors, making 38 opening the batting.

Remy Sutton, Xavier Adam and Mac Birss all took two wickets for Sale-Maffra.

The Sharks then got the required runsfour wickets down, before getting some match practise in, and closing at 6/192 off 40 overs.

Ryder Thomas was outstanding, retiring on 52 from 53 balls, in an effort that included five fours.

Shevan Fernando didn’tmuck around, smacking 39 from 42 balls, with two sixes thrown in the lot.

Xavier Hurleyalsoretired, making 28 against the new ball.

They’re pretty good at cricket those Hurleys.

Leongatha had too many answers for Warragul.

Warragul batted first at home on Eastern Park, buthad to makedowithclosing at 8/71 from 40 overs.

Leongatha’s bowlers proved hard to get away. Cooper Newman with 2/1 did some damage, as did Ty Debono (2/4) and Louis Read (2/6).

Newman and Eamon Berryman then put on 34 for the opening stand, with the latter retiring on 22. Some moments of mayhem saw Leongatha lose 3/2, before Jobe Williams steadied things with 32 off 26 balls batting at number six.

Others to help out were Read (22 not out off 24) and Max Johnston (20 not out off 23).

Zak Parson experienced some success for Warragul, grabbing 2/6.

Topstep: Antonio Biancacci andMorwell’sDiane Penney stand atop of the podium aftersecuring the Asia-Oceania Confederation Mixed-Doubles Bocce-Raffa Championship photograph contributed

Conquered: Race director Yani Cornthwaite with 2022 Queenofthe Mountain Georgia Calloway. photographs supplied

Topthree: Men’sKing of the Mountain placegetters TomCrosby(third) ZacBeasley(second) and winner Jordan Cowley(first), with race director Yani Cornthwaite(kneeling)

Pounding the pavement: PeterCutler (inred) and JohnyRoscoe smash out great runs on the JoeCarmody AthleticsTrack

High honour for Cameron and Elder

GOLF

By LIAM DURKIN

AS long as the Traralgon Golf Club exists, the portraits of Judy Elder and John Cameron will be on the wall as life members.

The pair were recently bestowed with the honour after many years of loyal service to the club

Judy has been with Traralgon Golf Club for 26 years, while John has served an astonishing41. The new inductees join just 15 other people as life members at TGC.

In addition, John joins wife Heather as alife member, whileJudy is the first woman in some 20 years to receive life membership.

While neither ever got involved with theclub seeking personal glory, both said it was a great thrill to be formally recognised.

For Judy, even afew tears were shed.

“I’m really chuffed, it is nice to be acknowledged for all the hours you put in over the years,” she said.

“It has beenmysecondhome really helpedwith lots of clinics and catering and whatnot.

“I was ateacher in the day so it was nice to put my organisational skills into practise and feel like Iwas helping people, it has been great working with teams.”

Judy played tennis and squash before taking up golf, and quickly became involved in all facets of club life at Traralgon.

She was captain in 2001/02, and helped maintain the gardens and serve Friday night meals.

On the course, Judy has won anumberofpennant titles, as well as overseeing many scoresheets at the administration desk.

“The arrival of technology has made abig difference, we used to do everything after competitions by hand on paper,” she explained.

“The course has definitely improved over the years, with all the volunteers and the greenkeepers doing agreat job.”

Judy has formed arock-solid team alongside husbandGeorge, who Judy said was “verysupportive”, helping in the upkeep of the course and

keeping-up with the catering required for various functions.

These days, the pair are actively behind avery strong senior groupofgolfers at Traralgon, with membership hovering around the 100 mark.

For John Cameron, if there has been acommittee at Traralgon Golf Club in the last 40 years, there

is agood chance he has been on it.

As well as being an activeplaying member,John has served on the course committee, financial committee, drainage committee and turf committee.

Not to be outdone, he also servedonacommittee that ultimately led to Traralgon Golf Club moving from ageneral committee structure to aboard

structure.

“That board structure was institutedabout 20 years ago. Oneofthe positions theyleft offwas director of membership and sponsorship, I’m not quite sure why,” John recalled.

“I moved amotion that we reinstate that role and thenI gotlumbered with it.”

Accepting all these roles, John said he was happy to serve aclub that has given him so much.

“The course committee as far as I’m concerned, it’s like afreegym session, you come up here and keep fit,” he said.

John’sintroduction to Traralgon Golf Club was fairly pedestrian -givenathree month introductory membership by wife Heather.

Little was anyone to know what it would lead to.

With hisnamenow among the truegreats, John saidthere was one element thatgavehim the most pride.

“It is agreat honour, Isuppose it is nice to join my wife as alife member, Iknow how much work Heather put in,” he said.

“One of the things Inotice about Australian culture is all of our regionalsportingclubs rely on considerable volunteer effort, and Ithink this, as much as anything, is acelebration of all that.”

Acricketer in his younger days, John took up golf full time at the age of 47, after realising his body could no longer back up playing golf on Sunday’s after sending down bulk overs the previous day.

Although describing his golfing game as “just average”, John has collected afew awards and ticked off anumberofmilestonesinhis playing career, including shooting his age.

“I was luckyenough to playinfour pennant premierships, which Iwas very pleased with, and afoursomes championship with my wife,”hesaid.

“Theywere probably the highlights.”

As theirnames are now ensured in the annals of TraralgonGolf Club history, Judy and John both agreed it wasthe peopleabove all elsewho had made it agreat club to be at.

“We have agreat band of volunteers, we probably get three quarters of amillion dollars worth of work done ayear,” John said.

Yinnar/Churchill

ATHLETICS

GIPPSLAND ATHLETICS CLUB

Round nine of trackand field season held on Tuesday, December 6.

Record– (pending membership confirmation).

Women U/142000mWalk –Matilda Read (Wel) 12:14.13(15:46.82 previous record, Ellee Polman -Short(G/A) 22/11/05).

800M.Women: U/14–Z Dalton 2:58.74 Men: U/20 –A Saltmarsh-Milne 3:37.30; Masters–JFernando 2:47.78, ITwite 3:22.66, SDalton 3:52.12.

HAMMER.Women: U/18–I Georgeson 13.90; Masters–F Saltmarsh 18.31Men: U/20 ASaltmarsh-Milne 25.31

TRIPLE JUMP.Women: U/14–Z Dalton 8.59;U/18–I Georgeson 7.92 Men: U/20 –A Saltmarsh-Milne N/J; Masters–J Fernando 10.52.

2000MWALK.Women: U/14–M Read 12:14.13.

2000MMen: Masters–ITwite9:09.66;J Fernando 10:36.93.

SHOTPUT.Women: U/14–Z Dalton 5.64; U/18–I Georgeson 4.51; Masters–F Saltmarsh6.05 Men: U/20 –A SaltmarshMilne 9.26; Masters–S Dalton 8.00, ITwite 6.58, JFernando 6.18.

100M.Women: U/14–Z Dalton 14.80, U/18–I Georgeson 16.22Men: U/20 -A Saltmarsh-Milne 13.09; Masters–J Fernando 13.32, SDalton 16.41. LAWN BOWLS

Traralgon 17 00 462 367 95 96 Drouin 15 20 481 344 13783 Morwell 14 30 417412 564 Trafalgar 13 40 396 409 -1346 Newborough 13 40 365 418-53 46 Warragul 13 40 372 416-44 45 Morwell Club 12 50 375 417-42 39

Traralgon RSL1 16 0349 434 -85 29 Div 2W LD FA Dif Pts Moe 15 11 410390 20 79

Newborough 24 12 388 302 86 75 Morwell Club 24 30 404 354 50 62

Traralgon 23 22 408 384 24 60 Drouin 23 31 340 360 -20 58 Warragul 22 50 386 387 -1 42 Neerim Dist 12 41 289 395 -106 40 Newborough 31 51 309 362 -53 32 Div 3W LD FA Dif Pts Yinnar 16 10 481 312169 97 Drouin 34 21 421 392 29 73 Garfield 14 30 348 404 -56 58 Morwell 33 31 424 4121256 Trafalgar 23 40 337 383 -46 49 Yarragon 13 40 392 413-21 46 Traralgon 32 50 355 430 -75 35 Morwell 22 50 391 403 -1234 Div 4W LD FA Dif Pts Yinnar 26 10 343 204 13960 YallournNth 61 0314 229 85 56 Churchill 15 20 300 247 53 52 Traralgon RSL2 43 0241 233 843 Newborough 43 31 233 227 635 Traralgon 43

Longwarry(2) 14 66, Neerim District (2) 254.

Div 6: Morwell Club (3) 10 56, Neerim District (3) 022, Drouin (4) 946, Yallourn North (2) 132, Boolarra(2) 10 54, Yallourn North (3) 040, Yinnar/Churchill 842, Traralgon (6) 240, Traralgon RSL(4) 10 16,Newborough (5) 00,Trafalgar (4) 10 37, Thorpdale (2) 031.

Saturdaypennant ladders, Saturday December 10

Div 1W LD FA Dif Pts

Newborough 18 00 716503 213129

Traralgon 15 30 727 517210 90 Morwell 15 30 648 630 18 82 Drouin 14 40 606 634 -28 76

Traralgon RSL1 35 0618 630 -1264 Trafalgar 13 50 581 682 -101 58 Moe 12 60 593 701-10842

Warragul 12 60 531 723 -192 35

Div 2W LD FA Dif Pts Morwell Club 16 20 659 569 90 101

Longwarry1 44 0687 549 13882

Traralgon 25 30 662 620 42 81

Newborough 25 30 616615 176 Neerim Dist 14 40 624 6195 72

Thorpdale 13 50 577 627 -50 63

Traralgon RSL2 35 0564 667 -103 58 Drouin 22 60 561 684 -123 43

Div 3W LD FA Dif Pts

Garfield 18 00 707 519188 128

Traralgon 37 10 650 580 70 106

Morwell 25 30 655 581 74 85

Yinnar 14 40 579 624 -45 72

Warragul 23 50 614621 -7 61 Moe 22 60 537 659 -122 45

Newborough 32 60 553 630 -77 42

Boolarra1 17 0579 660 -81 37

Div 4W LD FA Dif Pts

Trafalgar 26 20 663 497 166104

Morwell 36 20 674591 83 96

YallournNth 15 30 647 586 61 87 Yarragon 15 30 622 605 17 87

Traralgon 45 30 660 602 58 85 Churchill 14 40 642 655 -1369 Warragul 31 70 547 694 -147 34 Newborough 40 80 499 724 -225 14 Div 5W LD FA Dif Pts

Morwell Club 26 20 586 376210 98

Longwarry2 62 0488 450 38 84 Neerim Dist 25 30 489 460 29 76 Garfield 25 30 463 493 -30 74

Trafalgar 34 40 481 487 -6 60

GOLF

CHURCHILL &MONASH

Stableford, Saturday, December 3.

Agrade: FKeighran 28pts.B grade: M Soppe 34 on c/b.C grade: MHutchinson 34. DTL: GHarvey, TSterrick34; MWrite 33; WSutton32; SAinsworth, DRadnell, ASharrock, PBolding 31 on c/b.NTP: 3rd DRadnell, 14th BKilday. Target hole: T Sterrick. Birdies: PFlanigan 12th Monthly medal,Tuesday, December 6.

Scratchwinner: SCaldwell 107. Medal winner:M Ryan 73 net. DTL: CStevens 82 net. Putts: SCaldwell 34. NTP: 3rdL Brent, 5th LBrent, 12th MMcQuillen, 14th LBrent. MOE

Twilight stableford,Wednesday,November 23.

Winners: SHibbs (12) 18.Birdies: 8th S Hibbs

Twilight stableford,Wednesday,November 30.

Winners: APickard (5) 20. Birdies: 14th A Pickard

Women’snineholestableford, Wednesday, December 7.

Overall winners: JRankin (54) 19

Women’sfour person ambrose, Wednesday, December 7.

Overall winners: HStanlake, MLang,K Borg, AGriggs 62.25. NTP: 4th KSavige, 8th KBorg, 14th KMiddlemiss

Open medley stableford,Thusday, December 8.

Agrade: SBruce (6) 37 on c/b.B grade: C Weir (16)39. Cgrade: MCropley(22) 34 on c/b.Runners-up: TJohnson 37; SAyton, MPapettas35; DCollings,T Colvin, JPisa, ADeVent, PStephens 34; DGriggs,G Panozzo, MPeel 33. Birdies: TJohnson 4th; SAyton 8th;R Mann,B Taylor 14th.NTP: 4th TJohnson, 8th SAyton, 14th TColvin.

Women’sstableford, Saturday, December 10

Dunstan &MFife, 7JHarber &GPanozzo 44 on c/b

Birdies: NDouglas Meharry4th;B Thomson, AColvin, SBackman, LWilson, BSavige 8th; APickard,A Pickard,JBoyce 14th.NTP: 4th PSpiteri, 8th BTaylor,14th MFife.

MORWELLWOMEN

Star medal, December 7.

Star medallist: DVuillermin 73 nett. DTL: L French 33pts.NTP: 2nd DVuillermin, 8th M Morgan, 11th DVuillermin, 15th MMorgan.

TRAFALGAR

Open men’s& women’sstableford,Friday, December 9.

Agrade: RAnderson 41pts

Bgrade: DWatt41pts

DTL: HIng 39, JWinters39, BBaldry38, G Jansen 37,D Cook 37,G Roberts 37 Birdies: 5th DWatt, JWinters, EBeveridge, JToyne,M Walker 13th AJessup,G Evison, BCheetham.

Stoney Creek Challenge, Saturday, December 10

Winners: RWilliams,PMassey, CMoody GDoolan 118pts DTL: PRhodes,GDonohue,SLee,R Saunders115;R Wiseman, MRobinson, P Trickett,JDodorico 115; LBrain, NDart, P James,CBlack111 NTP: 2nd WGriggs 5th NCornish 11th J Tabuteau 13th SMarriott15th NDart.

TENNIS

Yinnar 14 81, Moe (2) 472, Garfield 16 84, Boolarra271. Div 4: Morwell (3) 18 102, Traralgon (4) 0 49, Trafalgar (2) 16 75, Newborough (4) 2 64, YallournNorth 18 88, Warragul (3) 056, Churchill 18 118, Yarragon 053. Div 5: Morwell (4) 14 61, Traralgon RSL (3) 244, Traralgon (5) 16 24, Moe (3) 0 0, Drouin (3) 14 70, Morwell Club (2) 2 49, Garfield (2) 14 59, Trafalgar (3) 257,

Agrade: LClarke (41)34. Runners-up: ATaylor33. Birdies: JRobertson 4th, J Robertson 8th, ATaylor @16.

NTP: 4th KShaw, 8th JRobertson, 14th A Taylor

Men’s4BBB stableford, Saturday, December 10

Overall winners: BYoung&C Imer 51

Runners-up: PStephens &K Ayton47; BBackman &BBackman, BTaylor &N Taylor 45 on c/b; BThomson &JBoyce,C

19 52 2127.06 68 Drouin Maroon 28 43 1125.97 62 Warragul 0104 33 119.27 60 Moe Blue 19351 97.26 50 Neerim District 19 25 28046 Poowong 19 16 263.7635.5 Trafalgar 19 07 234.7421

Section 1singles: Drouin Gold 2-4- 30 drew Moe White2 - 4– 30, Trafalgar 2- 433 dbyMoe Blue 2- 5 –36.

Team BP WL D% Pts

Moe White2 8701 158.29 37

Drouin Gold 28 61 1136.28 32

Moe Blue 28350 111.03 23

Trafalgar 2825 170.71 19.5

Drouin Maroon 2807 152.43 12.5

Bestowed: NewlyinductedlifemembersofTraralgon Golf Club,John Cameron andJudy Elder. photograph liam durkin

Showing thetrue power of sport

BY TOM HAYES

“TO include the unincluded”, is the message from Reclink founder and director Peter Cullen AM.

Reclink is an Australian organisation founded in 1990, which provides evidence-based sport and recreation programs to disadvantaged Australians

The Reclink program creates socially inclusive, life-changing opportunities for these Australians, providing pathways to improved healthand wellbeing, education and employment outcomes.

Reclink exists to provide moments of joy, human connection,opportunity andasense of purposefor participants, thus,improving physical andmental health via greater social inclusion.

Participants are sourced in arangeofways; through welfare agencies, straight from the streets or from boarding houses.

“Our role and mission is to bring people from non-inclusion or isolation into the community,” Mr Cullen said.

“We believe in health throughcommunity, through involvement, through friendship, through participating.”

Reclink has partnered with more than 500 different community organisations in Australia, and is now in the Latrobe Valley.

“What normally draws us is acommunity experiencingchallengesordisadvantage,ormaybe a lack of opportunity,”MrCullen said.

On Wednesday, December 7, Reclinkhosted a cricket match including ahandful of participants who suffer from Community Collapse Disorder (CCD).

People who suffer from CCD could experience a number of issues from homelessness, gambling, alcohol and drug addictions, disability or poor mental health.

Cricket isn’t the only sport that Reclink provides in the Latrobe Valley, as it works throughout the entire year to provide its service.

“The main sort of sport programs we do is obviously cricket and footy, they rotate on aseasonal basis,” Reclink seniorsports co-ordinator, Isaac Copland, said.

To caterfor everyone,Reclinkalsoprovides programs likechairfitness, chairyoga, walking groups, tennis, squash and lawn bowls.

These programs are run in Traralgon, Churchill andMorwell andthroughout the Latrobe Valley andBaw Baw regions.

“All of our programsare to create asafeand inclusive environment,” Mr Copland said.

Reclink has been providing aservice to Gippsland

Morwell secures key signing

FOOTBALL

GIPPSLAND LEAGUE

BY LIAM DURKIN

WELL, this is one way to intensify arivalry. Moe best and fairest winner Darnell Grech has signed at Morwell.

Grech, who won the bestand fairest at the Lions in 2019, is back in the Gippsland League after acouple of seasons away from football.

The defender will be joined by Brandon Bailey, who is also akey inclusion for the Tigers’ squad.

Bailey, who played in Morwell’s 2014senior premiership,has spent time in the VFL with Coburg,and the high standard Northern League in recent years.

His older brother Boyd is about to enter his first season as senior coach of Morwell.

Boyd will take over aTiger outfit that proved to be one of the feel-good stories of 2022, with the young side goingfrom virtual unknowns before the season to making finals.

There wasalsonoshortage of Morwell-related highlights, headlined by Aidan Quigley playing in aVFL premiership, and Casey Sherriff in an AFLW triumph.

The Tigerconnectionswill be strong acrossthe board in 2023, with 1996 Morwell premiership player Rick Galea coaching the reserves.

Galea, awell-known and respected football person in Gippsland, recently held the position of seniorcoach at Heyfield, and was asenior assistant at Morwell in the season just gone.

Interestingly, Bailey will be added to the ‘coaching graduates’ list of two-timeMorwell premiership coach Harmit Singh.

No less than nine Gippsland players coached by Singh have gone on to coach senior teams in their own right.

They are: MichaelDuncan (TTU and Woodside), Joel Soutar(Morwell),Devon Soutar (Morwell East), Adam Bailey(Yallourn Yallourn North), Julian Blackford (Yinnar), Simon Noy (Yarragon), Jake Best (Traralgon), Jack Weston (Foster), and now Boyd Bailey.

Best and Duncan are still coaching today, with the former to come up against Bailey next season in Round 3, under lights at Traralgon, before the rematch in Round 11.

Duncan has put together avery good resume in ashortspace of time, and perhaps hasn’t been given the credit his record warrants.

He has won 70 per cent of home-and-away games since 2018 (coachingatTTU and Woodside), finished top three in both yearsat TTU (2018-19), won the minor premiership at Woodside(2021)and got within 15 minutes of makingthis year’s GrandFinal in the North Gippsland Football-Netball League.

As fate would have it, Grech won’t have to wait long to come up against his old side.

Moe and Morwell play each other in Round 1.

Countdownthe days, Round1isonSaturday, April 12023.

and the Latrobe Valley since June 2021, after they were fundedbythe Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (VRGF).

They hope to continue to grow and have a Gippsland-basedcricketteam to compete as other Reclink teamsare currently.

“I’ve started using the term ‘third-tier sport’,” Mr Cullen said.

Reclink’s third-tier sport program is run during the week, is inclusive as possible -including rule alterationssoparticipantscan have afairgo-and has no cost to participants, Mr Cullen describes it as “non-clinical therapy”.

“Some of the best impact happens at third-tier footy… and it’s probably the most unknown,” Mr Cullen continued.

“We believe every time we start up aReclink team, lives are saved.”

Mr Cullen announced the release of new book: ‘The Powerofa Football’,which dissectsthe stories of participants.

Also shared is quotes from notable Australians such as Prime Minister AnthonyAlbanese,Father Bob Maguire and AFL icons Paul Roos, Kevin Sheedy, Tim Watson and EddieMaguire,toname afew.

The Power of aFootballisfilled with stories

from Reclink participants from all over Australia, sharing their stories in adeeper, intimate way.

The profits made from the book will go towards funding Reclink football teams and leagues.

“It’ll simply help us run our leagues,which(there) are alot of expenses to run,” Mr Cullen said.

“We have Grand Finals and medal events and development days, potentially camps, umpiring costs and uniforms.

“The stories are powerful, and they bring home astrongmessage.”

Even Mr Albanese believesthe book is “full of stories of redemption, hope, pushing doors open for people and bringingout the very finestqualities in our communities”

“Reclink Australia has always had aspecial place in my heart because they make us better as anation. Theyhelp people outand theychange lives. Importantly, Reclink is one of this country’s greatest unifiers,” Mr Albanese said.

Reclink is always looking for more participants. For more information go to https://reclink.org/ and to buy ‘The Power of aFootball’gotohttps://reclink. org/power-football

T-Birds too good again

BASKETBALL CBL

BY TOM HAYES

THE curtains closed on the 2022 CBL Gippsland season, with both Men’s and Women’s Grand Finals played on Saturday at the GippslandRegional Indoor Sports Stadium in Traralgon.

First up was the Women’s division, where KorumburraWildcats steamed to the title, slaughtering Moe Meteors by 48 points.

The Wildcatsput the pedaltothe metal, growing its leadinevery quarter, climbingtothe titleat full speed.

With afour-point lead at the end of the first quarter, Korumburra’s lead grew to 21 at the half, as it kept the Meteors to just seven points in the second quarter.

The Wildcats weren’t running out of energy anytime soon, with the lead extending to 30 with aquarter to play.

Korumburra’s final quarterwas certainlythe mostover-powering, outscoring Moe 24-6, to complete aGrand Final demolition.

Moe’s best point-scorer was Caitlin Demczuk, doing so once again for the Meteors in 2022.

The Grand Final MVP was taken out by Korumburra’s Gemma Dixon, who featured with eight points, which included one from outside the arc.

NOT

Like fellow Premiers, Korumburra, the T-Birds

The first quarter was the tightest of the entire Grand Final, with Traralgon slightly edging Maffra by just apoint.

Butthe remaining three quarters would be all Traralgon, as they continued to romp the Eagles.

The T-Birds outscored Maffra by 10 points in the second quarter to take an 11-point lead into the half time break.

The rest in between quarters did the T-Birds a world of good, as they came out and continued to batterthe Eaglesmore severelyinthe secondhalf

Thelead grew to 15 with aquartertoplay, before Traralgon blew it out to 27 points,thanks to a 32-20 quarter, to be crowned eventual champions.

Points were scoredall over the floorfor Traralgon, with Christian D’Angelo top scoring with 24.

Frazar Brouns scored 22 points, while Ben Barlow, Kody Tibballs and Luis D’Angelo all scored in double digits.

Christian D’Angelo wasawarded the Grand Final MVP for the T-Birds, thankstohis outstanding performance, which included three three-pointers.

Must read: Reclink’s Shaun Johnson,Isaac Coplandand Anthea Merson pose withthe newbook: ‘The PowerofaFootball’.

Drinks break: Reclinkco-ordinators, Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation partnersand Reclink participants pose during agame of cricket. photographs tomhayes

many teamscan say they’ve won two Grand Finals in acalendar year, but now the Traralgon T-Birds Men’s team can, after defeating Maffra Eagles.

grew its lead after every quarter to ease to another title.

Coup: DarnellGrech with newMorwell senior coachBoydBailey. photograph supplied

Ambassador Ablett for greyhounds

GREYHOUND RACING

AFL royalty Gary Ablett Jr will be the ambassador for this year’s GippslandFestival of Racing across Sale, Warragul, and Traralgon.

Former Geelong Cats and Gold Coast Suns player Gary Ablett Jr said he will come to the countrytobeapart of the Gippsland Festival of Racing.

“I’m reallyexcited to be attending the Gippsland Festival of Racing this year across the three days,” Ablett said.

“I can’t wait to see everyone there.”

The month of racing willstart in Saleon December 26, with the fun moving to Warragul on January13and finishing in Traralgon on

January 26.

Each club will be putting their own spin on the event.

AccordingtoSale Greyhound Racing Club general manager Peter Johnston, this year’s cup is set to be the biggest in the club’s 85-year history.

“Melbourne Cup winner Yachi Balewill be going up against Jarick Bale, no dog has ever won the Sale Cup back-to-back, but Jarick will be going for it,” Johnston said.

“This year is also about giving the community the opportunitytorub shoulders,maybe even grab an autograph or selfie with one of the AFL greats.”

The festival will then take on amore communitybased tone at Warragul.

The club willberunningseven heatsonJanuary 6, where local community groups are able to own adog for the evening and go into the draw to win up to $5000.

“Post COVID, alot of community groups are struggling for money, and this will give them a kick along,” Warragul general manager, Tony Mitchell said.

The Gippsland FestivalofRacingwill then conclude in Traralgonwherefamilies are encouraged to join the fun.

The Traralgon GreyhoundRacing Clubwill provide free entry to the event, awaterslide for the kids, live music, and fireworks.

TraralgonGreyhoundRacing Club general manager, Olivia Alcock, said the Traralgon Cup

is agreat waytoencourage the Gippsland community to come see what the club has to offer.

“It’s agreat time of the year, the weather is fantastic,”Alcock said.

“We have made this year super family-friendly, so it’s agreat chance forparents to enjoy aday out with the kids.”

The Traralgon Greyhound Racing club will also be running heats where local community groups cangointhe draw to winupto$11,000.

“The GippslandFestival is all about showing the Gippsland community what greyhound racing is all about,” Mitchell said.

“We want to be able to help the community as much as we can, and we are so grateful that we can do this with the support of Gary Ablett Jr.”

Morwell candonowrong in Division 1bowls

BOWLS

SATURDAYPENNANT

BY MICHAEL HOLROYD

STRZELECKINorth Playing Area Saturday

Pennant was played in excellent conditions, with many of the grass greens running at an excellent paceproviding great bowling conditions in the sunny weather.

DIVISION 1

WARRAGUL travelled to face Traralgon RSL and for the home team Beau Williamson and his rink of Gordon Bayley, Dick Glossopand Terry Hunter hada27-21 win over Bill Clappers and his rink of Terry Sullivan, Brian Kennedy and Pat Hammond.

Alan Kanavan and his rink of Titch Hore, Dave Morley and Rick Lukey had a19-16 win over Jim Power and his rink of Des Stephens, Russell Carrick and David Ferguson.

Ross Sizeland andhis rink of Daniel Earl, Garry Trewin and John Taylor had a26-13 win overDavid Smith and his rink of John Vickerman, Graeme Davis and Robert Renn.

For the visitors, Andrew Glover and his rink of Matt Draisma together with Peter and Janette Gallasch salvaged two points with a26-13 win over Dave Hodson and his rink of Eric Warfe, Ross McKenzie and Kevin Durwood.

Traralgon RSL 16-85defeated Warragul 2-76 MOE travelled to Traralgon and for the home teamMickCoram andhis rink of AngelaHackett, Ian Kirkup and Shane O’Loughlinhad a36-8 win over Ted Kuklinsky andhis rink of Bob Rennie, Les Stolarik and Stuart Caines.

JimScullin and his rink of Nick Turnbull, Pat Trewin and Brenton Hackett had a25-18win over Michael Smogavec and his team of Paul Read, Val andBrian Rodgers.

Matt Ferrari and his rink of Ian Hilsley, Kevin Enguell and Matt Ferrari had a30-20 win over Jayde Leech and his rink of Jan Parniak, Michelle Muccillo and Jan Rudy.

Steve Pallotand his rink of Stan Myers,Ian Caines and Banger Harvey rescued twopoints for Moe with a22-16 win over Vin McIlwain and his rink of Kirsty Vanden Hoff,Kathy Smilesand Matt Eccles.

 TRARALGON 16-107 DEFEATED MOE 2-68

NEWBOROUGH travelledtoTrafalgar and for the visitors Ryan Marston andhis rink of Tony Knipping, Josh Kennedy and Paul Sherman had a20-15 win over Tim Fraser and his rink of Jim Wilson, Wayne Hurst and Ken Capper.

Tommy Lodgeand his rink of Dave Wurlod, John Backman and Scott Jones had a22-16 win over Matt Schreyerand his rink of Col Carmichael, Steve Lodge and Wayne Arnold.

Alan Grubb and his rink of Barry Daley, Rod Lewis and NealeHouston had a23-9win over Darren Kane and his rink of Danny Bryant, Peter Jonas and Paul Dawson.

Ian Miles and his rink of Bernie Detering, Chris Bortignon and Tim Anderson had a24-21 win over Kevin Lovett and his rinkofBrian Carpenter, Jo-Anne Michaelsand GeorgeLambos to give Trafalgar two points.

 NEWBOROUGH 16-86 DEFEATED TRAFALGAR 2-64

MORWELL’S excellentrun of form continued with anarrow one shot victory over visitors Drouin.

Ron Lyfield and his rink of Ross Harford, Brian Kingsley and Chris Goldsbrough had a24-18 win over Mick Fleming and his rink of Peter Wallace, Graeme Aubrey and Dale Hendrick.

David Cook and his rink of Jodie Ashby, Kevin Pigdon and Keith Gadsby had a24-15 win over SherylAtkinsonand herrink of Maureen Leighton, Jan Aubrey and Les Firth.

The visitors responded with MarkLeighton and his rink of Bruce Andrews, John Leighton and Geoff Bailey defeating Steve Collins and his rink of Danny McKeown, Mike Arnold and Ernie

King 22-11 and Samantha Atkinson and her rink of David McIlfatrick,Rudy Kerkvliet and Mark Atkinson defeatedNathanCook and his rink of Jim Turner, Russell Williamsand Laurie Melhuish.  MORWELL 14-79 DEFEATED DROUIN 4-78

DIVISION 2

NEWBOROUGH (2) continued their good form with astrong win at home against Longwarry.

Graham Cocks and his team of Mary Whelan, Phil Marston and Jeff Wetzel won 33-8over Russell White.

Robbert Cook and his rink of Stuart Gemmill, John Arnold and Michael Weatherall had a28-14 win over Adam Proctor.

For the visitors, Ken Towt and his rink of Hank Metselaar, Robert Proctor and Glenn Pask had a 23-17 win over Spencer Goss.

Ken White and his rink of Grant Pask, Ian Peterson and Barry White won 26-13 over Joan Goldie.

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NEWBOROUGH (2) 14-91 DEFEATED LONGWARRY4-71

DROUIN (2)had amuch needed win over Neerim Districtwith SteveBarr and his rink of Lyn Jeffrey, Mary Firth and Col Jeffrey defeating Neil Adams 22-13.

Arthur Moore and his rink of Alex Miller, John Bickerdike and Phil Jarred defeated PeterThroup 23-18.

Brian Thorpe and his rink of Denise Hamilton, Elaine Thorpe and Terry McFadzean defeated Peter Brooks 24-12.

For the visitors, Ray Watts and his team of Russell Meehan, Ross Pollard and Ray Throup had a22-21 win over David Tayles.

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DROUIN (2) 16-90 DEFEATED NEERIM DISTRICT 2-65

MORWELL Club (2) retained top spot despite losing to Traralgon (2) led by Ron Sherlock and his rink of Matt Ogilvie, Ian Bloomfield and Maurie Sutcliffe who defeated Brett Harle 32-10.

CaryLocke and his team of Ken Mooney, Al Hegarty and Trevor James won 19-13against Glenn Trembath.

For Morwell Club, TaraHarle and her rink of Michael Skinner, David Patience and Roger Rejmer defeated Dave Currie 29-12, while Neil Whitelaw drew 17-17 with Abe Roeder.

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TRARALGON (2) 15-80 DEFEATED MORWELL CLUB 3-69

THORPDALE welcomed Traralgon RSL (2) and hada goodwin with BenPowelland his rink of Wendy Jennings, Keith Geisler and Denis Gunn winning 20-19 over Jeff Blythman.

Danny VanZuylenand his rink of Shane Chambers, Neville Smith and Graeme Edwards had a23-21 win over Chris Mackintosh.

DwayneGunnand his rink of Rubin Van Zuylen, Dylan Gunn and Ross Kennedy had a21-7win over Gordon Bakker.

For the visitors, Max Gibbins and his rink of Don Wight, Paul Matters and Brian Wilkinson had a 21-15 win over Brendan Jennings.

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THORPDALE 16-79 DEFEATED TRARALGON RSL (2) 2-68

DIVISION 3

BOOLARRAwelcomed Garfieldand for the visitors, Shane Oliver and his rink of Graeme Burton, Henry Breteler and Richard Ross had a27-10 win over Darren Napier

Steve Bassed defeated David Caldwell 22-17 and Tom Cleary defeated Terry Parker 21-18.

For the home team, Travis Baker had a26-14 win over Stephen Whyte.

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GARFIELD 16-84 DEFEATED BOOLARRA 2-71

NEWBOROUGH (3) travelledtoWarragul(2) with the locals winning all rinks.

LindaMcCoyand her rinkofJohn Bell, Paul Simmons and Margaret Ratcliffe defeated Peter Policha 23-13.

Noel Rubenstein defeated Alan Luck 18-13, Bob Currie defeated Jim Cuthbertson 22-16 and Greg Mitchell defeated Ed Whelan 29-19. 

WARRAGUL (2) 18-92 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (3) 0-60

MORWELL(2) travelled to Traralgon (3) and for thehometeam Gordon Slimmon and his rink of Darrell Curnick, Bob Dykstraand Bill Munday defeated Abbas Mehran 22-15 and Brendon Smiles defeated Ken Turneer 15-14.

For the visitors,Bob Skinner defeatedBillKirby 25-22and Gerry Van Duindefeated May Cross 21-17.

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TRARALGON (3) 14-76DEFEATED MORWELL (2) 4-75

YINNAR travelled to Moe (2) and come home with awin as Gavin Osborne and his rinkofKerryn Nicholson, Aga Kozlowska and Russ Peters

defeated Rex Price 28-15 and Tim Roche defeated Val Griffiths 24-15.

For the locals, Lorraine Horton defeated Murray De La Haye 23-11 and Bob Essler defeated Meredith Kennon 19-18.

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YINNAR 14-81 DEFEATED MOE (2)4-72

DIVISION 4

TRAFALGAR (3) had astrongwin at Newborough (4) with Bruce Giles and his rink of Anthony Dalgleish, Terry Robertson and Darryl Horner defeating Ken Bechaz24-9, Frank Farrugia defeated MichaelHolroyd20-19and Anthony Mitchinson defeated Maurie Ludlow 19-17, whilst for the home team Joan Lee defeated Mal Clymo 19-12.

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TRAFALGAR (2) 16-75 DEFEATED NEWBOROUGH (4) 2-64

CHURCHILLwelcomed Yarragon and the home team wonall tour rinkswith Chris Thomas and hisrink of Paul Dodds, Herb Kennedy and Tony Colwell defeating Peter Handley 34-11, BillBrown defeated Richard Polmear 28-12, Cathleen Dodds defeated Jarrod Grigg 27-17 and Craig Flanigan defeated Kevin McLaren 29-13.

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CHURCHILL 18-118 DEFEATED YARRAGON 0-53

MORWELL (3) welcomed Traralgon (4) and the home sidewon all rinks with Trevor Curtis and his rink of John Betteley, Julie Klein and Nick Nikodemski defeating Norbert Schroeder 29-10, Graham Hutchinson defeatedStuart Hulse20-11, Rita Reddiexdefeated Col Mayman 26-11 and Bob D’Brass defeated Bill Bishop 27-17.

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MORWELL (3) 18-102 DEFEATED TRARALGON (4) 0-49

YALLOURN North travelled to Warragul (3) and came home with full points.

Rob Matthews and his rink of Dale Raven, Wendy Speake and Barry Lester defeated Brent Grigg 32-9, GaryIngley defeatedBillClarke 21-17, Ricky Hearn defeatedBernie McIntosh16-15 and Darren Fry defeated Lester Mason 19-15.

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YALLOURN NORTH 18-88 DEFEATED WARRAGUL (3) 0-56

DIVISION 5

LONGWARRY (2) 14-66 defeatedvisitors Neerim District (2) 2-54 with John McCarthy and his rink of Lorna Sheedy, Robert Davis and SharonTwite winning 25-12 and John Majkut winning 23-22.

For the visitors, John Rochford won 20-18 GARFIELD(2) 14-59 defeated visitors Trafalgar (3) 2-57 in aclose gamewithGordonMoxey and his rinkofLois King, Stephen Hyam and Helene Newtonwinning 19-16, Gwen Fabriswon 22-20 and for the visitors Paul Gridley won 21-18.

DROUIN (3) 14-64 defeated visitorsMorwell Club (2) 2-49 with Ethel Van Maanen and her rink of Laurie Innes, Dini Hone and Bob Cole winning 29-13, Peter Hone won 20-14 and for the visitors Beryl Noblett won 22-15.

MORWELL (4) 14-61 defeated Traralgon RSL (3) 2-44 with Glenn Watkins and his rink of Ian Chamings, Jenny Duncan andDavid O’Reilly winning 32-8 and Bob Lorenz winning 15-14.

For the RSL Frank Metcalf won 22-14.

TRARALGON (5) 16-24 defeated Moe (3) 0-0.

DIVISION 6

DROUIN (4) 9-46 defeated Yallourn North (2) 1-32; Morwell Club (3) 10-56 defeated Neerim District (3) 0-22; Yinnar-Churchill 8-42 defeatedTraralgon (6) 2-40;Trafalgar (4) 10-37 defeated Thorpdale 0-31; TraralgonRSL (4) 10-16 defeated Newborough (4) 0-0; Boolarra (2) 10-54 defeated Yallourn North (3) 0-40.

Churchill Cobras show their class

CRICKET LVDCL

By LIAM DURKIN

LOW scores featured prominently in Round 10 of the Latrobe Valley District Cricket League.

Whether or not good bowling met bad batting may depend on who you ask, but as far as scoreboards were concerned, only two out of 12 innings spread across six games saw more than 200 posted.

With thisround completed, teams will now head intothe lastmatch before Christmas,eagertotake some winning form into the break.

Just one more game until two dayers start. (Multiple love heart emojis).

CHURCHILL showed they are still aforce to be reckoned with.

The Cobras brushed aside premiership fancies Morwell by 84 runs.

Playing at George Cain Oval, the home side decided to have ahit after the coin tossfell in their favour.

Ben Kearns showed little signs of rust, scoring apatient 54 off 107 balls.

His only boundary was asix,inwhatwas only his eighth AGrade matchinthree seasons.

Runs also came from afamiliar face in John Keighran, who scoredabrisk 59 off 65 balls, sending two balls over the fence in the process.

Nick Duncan played abusy hand, with his 43 going at better than arun-a-ball.

After 50 overs, Churchill compiled astrong total of 6/204.

Morwell bowled five bowlers out. Included in the Tigers line-up was Lachlan Patterson, who was able to suit up in theyellowand black duetoa bye with his aligned club Rovers in the Traralgon District Cricket Association.

Thingsgot off to adisastrous start with the bat for Morwell, as the number of wickets became higher than the total number of runs.

Coming in at 2/1, Blair Clymo did his best to pull the Tigers out of the proverbial, and got the score to 48 batting with skipper Jordan Campbell.

Campbell’s dismissal howevertriggeredamajor middle order collapse, as Morwell lost 4/40.

Clymo’s 48 (two sixes) was by far the best effort in aTiger totalthat was eventuallyrattled for 120.

King Keighran finished with four wickets, receiving good support frompartner-in-crimeSteveWarr, who took the key wickets of Campbell and Clymo.

IT waslike The Blues Brothers at Ted Summerton Reserve on Saturday-Moe got the bandback together.

For the first time in more than adecade, Rob Phoenix joinedpremiership teammates Andrew Philip, Sean Spiteriand Pat Spiteriall in the same Moe team.

The Lions of today returned to the winners list, and fittingly, used the same formula that served them so well when Phoenix was in charge: Time at the crease +wickets in hand =runs =win.

Bowling first against Raiders, wickets fell at semiregularintervals.The visitors were well-served

Youngster casts hat-trick spell

CRICKET

LVDCL

By TOM HAYES

WILLOW Grove Cricket Club may have found adiamond in the rough.

Thirteen-year-old Hamish Phoenix took ahattrick recently in the Wolves’ CGrade encounter against Latrobe.

Back in late-November at Morwell’s Northern Reserve, WillowGrove’s young CGrade side visited in hopes of delivering its first win of the season.

Filled with juniors,Willow Grove’s CGrade side for the Round 6clash was filled with two under 12 players and three under 14 boys -one of them, Hamish.

“OurC Grade haspretty muchbecomean avenue to develop alot of the younger players,” Willow Grove CGrade captain,GregSallee, said. Sallee praises the likes of fellow clubmen Percy Walsh and Peter Grima for helping to develop Hamish’s game.

Upon the hat-trick moment, Hamish was beside himself.

“I was really excited because I’ve never gotten thatinmylife, it was abrilliant opportunityfor me,” Hamish said.

“The whole team gotaround him, it was just abig lifter for the CGrade guys,” Sallee said. This is just the start for Hamish, but he has alreadyendured experience in seniorcricket, in both Band CGrade

“Hehas played afair bit of senior cricket, he played CGrade last year and some BGrade games last year for Willow Grove,” Hamish’s father Rob Phoenix said.

His father has quite the cricketing brain too.

He currently plays for Moe, and boasts four Byrne-James medals in the Central Gippsland Cricket Association (now LVDCL) as the competitions best first-grade player.

Funnily enough, Hamish plays as awicket keeper when in the Willow Grove under 14 side.

“I was bowling medium pace,” Hamish said about his hat-trick.

“We are trying to develop him as akeeper more, but it’s hard to keephim in the glovesifhe’s bowling like that,” Sallee said.

Hamish finished with figures of 5/9 from four overs, while fellow under 14 teammates Lincoln Mulley and TaylorRiley gotthe chance to bowl, the formergetting awicket also With that success, Willow Grove locked in its firstwin of theseason, in atrying season.

Sallee admitted that the team was rebuilding, as the club fielded an AGrade side for the first time in more than 30 years.

“(Hamish is)pretty much locked in with the C Gradeside, Isuppose if he gets his opportunity to go up to (B Grade) he will,” Sallee said.

Hamish remainsbusy with sport during all timesofthe year, playing football, soccer and tennis, on top of cricket.

“I am playing quite alot of other sports,” Hamish admitted.

Nonetheless,playing AGrade cricket remains one of his goals for perhaps the near future.

He may well follow in the footsteps of his father, or go one better.

by skipper Liam Maynard, who led from the front with 59, while Englishman George Chesire made 38 opening the batting.

Chesire’s innings came to an end after adirect hit run out from Riley Baldi.

The comebacksdidn’t just end at Phoenix for Moe, as Riley was joined by twin brotherTrent in the side.

Trent, who will soon have his name on the honour board upstairs at Ted Summerton Reserve, traded the footy boots for spikes to play what are becoming very rare cricket appearances in recent years.

The Lions did very well to keep Raiders to 173 on aground and wicket that has become avirtual graveyard for bowlers.

Phoenixshowed howvaluable experienceis, taking 4/10, while Robert Blunt grabbed 3/34, made all the more meritorious by the fact those three were all top order bats, including key Raiders bat Mick Higgins for afirst baller.

Moe took acautious approach in response. After losing Riley Baldi early,NoahKane and Philip knuckled down.

Captain Kanemade 35,while Philipbatted through to finish unbeaten on 72.

Philipfinished the game in style,sending the winning runs over the clubrooms in the penultimate over.

Chesire wasthe most successfulRaiders bowler, returningverytidyfigures of 3/21 off 10 withthree maidens.

Harry McColl provided something, getting 2/31.

Philip 72 not out and Phoenix four-fa.

Not much has changed at all.

CATS held on in athriller against Latrobe. Only on asportingfield could abattle between acat and ashark happen, and in this particular battle, it was the Cats of Callignee and Traralgon South who prevailed.

Batting first at McGregor Reserve, Yallourn North, CATS scratched out ascore of 120.

The middle order did their best to give the batting side some hope, with Tyler Brown scoring 36.

NathanHarrapand JoshKeyhoe alsochipped in with efforts of 23 and 21 respectively, and in the context of the conditionsand game,couldwell have been worth twice as many.

In case you didn’t know already, Tyron Gamage can bowl acricket ball.

The Latrobe speed demon took 4/13 off6.5 overs, with three maidens included in the lot.

Gamage got the Sharks awaytoaflyer, disturbing the timberofJamie Cochrane and SamGissara within the first five overs.

Shark skipper Benn Zomer was just as productive, taking 3/24 off his 10.

Despite doing agood job in the first half, Latrobe had atricky total to chase down -and they do say never judge agame until both teams have batted.

CATS did as their opponents had done with the ball, only this time, with the added intensity that comes with defending atotal.

Brad Foster removed key Latrobe playmakers Ronnie Chokununga and Zomer cheaply, leaving Steven Freshwater to pick up the pieces.

The man known as ‘Freshy’ batted an incredible 128 balls for 29, as wickets kept tumbling around him.

Following Foster, Josh Moore and Cochrane got in on the act, snaring two wickets each.

At 6/92, it was well and truly game on, but two run outs among the last four wickets led to CATS pinching victory by seven runs.

THEY are always close games between Trafalgar and Traralgon West.

The Ships won the most recent close game between the two sides,overcoming what has beensomething of abogey team for them in recent seasons.

Saturday’s two wicket win was in keeping with margins from the last three times the Ships and Eagles have met.

In those games, the margins had been: Trafalgar win by 22 runs, and TraralgonWestwin by one wicket (twice in succession).

Batting firstatJackCanavan,the home side was restricted to 148, of which Rami Zafar made 42 and captain Rob Wilkie 41.

Wilkie’s counterpart Aydan Connolly took three wickets, and then looked to be steering the Ships over the line, before being run out by an unbelievable direct hit from Zafar at mid on -throwing down the stumps at the strikersend mind you, to see Connolly wellshortofhis ground after getting to 31.

Before that, Rhys Holdsworth played an attacking hand of 37 off 40 balls, with 24 of those runs coming in boundaries.

Speakingofboundaries, opening bat Aiden George struck two huge sixes, one of which ended with something that would have honestly been a one-in-a-million chance of happening.

After seeingthatthe ball was sailing overthe long off boundary, aspectator gotout of their car to take the catch. The catch was taken, and the spectator was none other than Paul George -the batsman’s dad.

Following Connolly’s dismissal,the Ships needed 34 to win with six wickets in hand.

Trafalgar lost afew poles on the run home, with the equation coming down to the visitors needing 13 runs and the home side needing two wickets.

The man who lost his 100th AGrade game the week before, made sure game number 101 was abit better, steering the Ships past the victory target.

Tim Fitch was the pickofthe bowlersfor the Eagles,with thescorebook saying he took 2/13 off 10 overs.

Thereisjust no explaining cricket sometimes -you go from losing off the last ball of the game oneweek to hitting the winning runs the next.

CENTRALS won their fourth game in arow.

The Lions overcame aspiritedJeeralang-Boolarra by five wickets at Racecourse Turf.

Deciding to bat first, the Panthers managed 134, headlined by Nila Thillekarathna scoring 64.

Rob Webber was the best bowler for Centrals, taking 3/23, while Tye Hourigan nabbed 2/27.

TheLions were cruising in reply, getting to 66 before losing their first wicket.

Jeeeralang-Boolarra enjoyed some fortune, takingthe next three wickets for three runs,before Centrals tip-toed to the required total.

Hasitha Hewawasam took 2/17 for the Panthers, while Matt McGrathwas anoticeable inclusion on the team sheet, playing his first match for the season.

After four consecutivewins, Centralswill be smiling more than Mariah Carey at Christmas when she cashes her royalties.

MIRBOO NORTH was too strong for Willow Grove.

The Tigers batted first at Willow Grove, and closed at 7/233.

Leading lights with the bat were Brett Pedlow, who scored 74, Zach Hollis (60) and Jed Alexander (44).

Pete Grima was economical against his old side, taking 1/25 off 10, the wicket being that of Mirboo North premiership teammate Alexander.

Liam Cumiskey also chipped in,claimingfigures of 2/24, as did Darcy Walsh with 3/53.

The Wolves battled hard with the bat, with five players gettingtodoublefigures in ateam total of 128.

Alexander cleaned up, taking 4/25, along with Max Woodall(2/32) and Dale Banks (2/35), securing abonus point for the visitors.

Hat-trickhero: Willow Groveyoungster Hamish Phoenix recentlytook ahat-trick for the Wolves in CGrade.The 13-year-old is a jack-of-all-trades,playing as awicketkeeper in juniorcricket photograph supplied

Done it again: John Keighran made 59 off65balls and then took four wickets forChurchill in theCobras win at the weekend. file photograph

Students survive scare

THE TraralgonDistrict Cricket Association witnessed some mixed results at the weekend.

Matches went as predicted, although some could have finished alot different.

MATCH of the round between Toongabbie and Yarram District, played at Roger Ries Oval, was all about Jason Veneman in the leadupashe was set to play his 250th AGrade game for his beloved Rams.

Veneman is an unassuming cricketer who has shown lots of fightacross his verysuccessful career, being atwo-time premiership player to go with his many awards and individual achievements.

Venemanwas asked to writesomething in celebration of his 250th match for this article and selectthe greatest team he’s ever played against as away of looking back on his career, but considering how humbleheishedeclined the invitation saying it wouldbeincredibly self servingand cringeto partake in such an activity.

Yarram won the toss and decided to bat, but were in trouble on the firstballofthe day as Keenan Hughes ran straight through Jack Moore for a rubyduck(first ball of the innings)toget the Rams up and about.

With the score on 12 Hughes then went bang again andripped through the in form Anthony Scott for 12, while up the other end Matt Barry and Kev Stoddart were getting it done as well, dismissing Dylan Rash, Jarryd Swift and Ben Layton to have the Pelicans reeling at 5/38.

Luckily for Yarram, the cool head of Daniel O’Keefewas holdinghis end together as he worked incredibly hard on his way to making avery good 78, before being dismissed by Sam Moran.

The tail also helped the score along for the Pelicans as Michael Lush (24) and Jeremy Babb (27 not out) helped the score to 200.

Hughes was superb for his team, claiming 4/22, while Kev Stoddart took two wickets of his own. The Rams had atough task ahead, and things certainly didn’t start the way Toongabbie wanted as they found themselves 5/28 in quick time.

Kev Stoddart tried his best but couldonly manage 18, while Tim Dunn was by far the best Rams batsman, making 32 from 72 balls.

O’Keefe wasn’t satisfied with top-scoring for the match,sohewentabouttaking four wickets as well to round out abrilliant all-round performance, while JackCollins took threewicketsofhis ownas Toongabbie were bowled out for 104 in the 42nd over.

YarramDistrict have shown thatthey are the real deal in this match, having proved that even if the big hittersdon’t haveanimpactthey can still make abig score and bat well under pressure Toongabbie has now lost two gamesinarow, but will be looking forward to this week when they take on awin-less Gormandale.

IN whatwas tipped to be aone-sidedaffair, Ex Students travelled to Stoddart Oval to take on Gormandale.

Winning the toss, the Sharks lost Matt Dyke and Lee Stockdalewith the score on 35, with Mitch Membrey and Mitch Harris falling as well with the score on 69.

Jimmy Pryde was batting well at the other end though and made afine 55, with Daniel Trease up the other end also getting 51 of his own.

The Gormandale bowlers toiled hard and were able to take late wickets, but the damage had been done, and although Ex Students were bowled out they still made 199 in the process.

Yohan Soyza has been in incredible form at the moment, and claimed 4/19 from his 10 overs, as Adam Brady and Campbell Peavey both took two wickets each.

On form there wouldn’t havebeen anyone thinking Gormandale had achancetochase this total down, but when ChrisLehner and Matt Hibbs came together in the middle at 2/24, they put on apartnership of 79 to take the total to 103.

Adrinksbreak broke the concentration of Lehner who made agood 34, but Soyza then came to the

crease and kept the scoring going as Gormandale were making Ex Students nervous by batting well.

The Tigers then lost wickets in clumps, and although they still had achanceitwas becoming slimmer and slimmer, especially when Hibbs was dismissed for 58 with the score on 167.

TheSharksthen closedout the game taking the

last three wickets for eight runs,smashingthe hopes of the Tigers and securing a24-runwin in what was the closest matchfor the day in AGrade Pryde would have certainly walked away with the maximum votes for the match, as he claimed 3/31 to go with his 55.

Ex Students got the job done but certainly had pressure applied to them for parts of the game. The Sharks stillsit second on the ladder but have shown early wickets can cause them concerns.

Gormandale still haven’t won amatch forthe season, but would have been pleased to push avery good Ex Students outfit. This game may just set the Tigers up for the rest of the season.

IMPERIALS travelled to Fred King Oval to take on Glengarry.

The visitors were sent in to bat after Glengarry won the toss.

The in form Ryan Morley lead theway for Imperials,asheand Tom Starkey put on 33 for the first wicket beforeStarkey was removedfor 10

It fellapart for Imps after that though, as wickets fell at asteady pace while Morley was trying his best to score up the other end.

Five Imperials batsmen got ducks, and as Morley continued to carry thebat he could only do so much as he was the second-last wickettofall, having made avery good 58 out of Imperials’ total of 91.

Cam Graham continued his top form as he claimed 4/30, while only Max Merton missed out on getting awicket for Glengarry, with all others joining in the carnage.

If Morley had his time over again he probably would have opened the bowling with his most credentialed wicket takers Brad Sizeland or Joel Randall.

Tom Starkey and Scott Aitken have been in good touch lately and took the new ball, but Sizeland knows the Glengarry wicketwell and Randall has Xfactor, and with only 91 runs to play with Imperials needed something special that those two players have the ability of producing.

Alesson learnt perhaps as Glengarry cruised to victory in just 19 overs, losing one wicket in the process to the bowling of Sizeland.

Al Jenkin was not out on 43 at the close of play, while Nat Freitag made 36 from 40 balls himself.

Glengarry continue to go from strength to strength, while Imperials have the bye this week so will enjoy along Christmas break.

ROVERS had the bye.

Tornadoes have twomonths to prepare for GF

CRICKET

GCL BY LIAM DURKIN

TRARALGON booked aplace in the Gippsland Cricket League final after defeating Bairnsdale by 65 runs.

Making the road trip to Lakes Entrance, the visitors compiled 214 batting first.

Traralgon was well-served by Matt Dyke scoring 52, in aknock that included seven fours, and fellow opener Lee Stockdale, who scored 34 off 37 balls (with two sixes).

After the pair put on 74 for the opening stand, further runs came thanks to some late hitting from Cam Graham,tosee Traralgon use up virtually

their entire 50-over allotment.

Bairnsdale took the initiative in response, with Rohan Blandford and Dylan Jordan combining for a59-run stand to start proceedings.

Jordan sent three balls over the fence, although his demise set about arot as far as the home side was concerned.

Jordan’s innings of 60 ended up being the only effort ofnote, as Traralgon was able to turn the gamethanks,inturn,tothe workofJimmyPryde and Stockdale.

Pryde was miserly, going for just 28 runs off 10 overs, while Stockdalecouldnot be denied,taking 4/10 off just as many, with four maidens.

‘Spin to win’ provedtobethe catch-cryfor Traralgon,asYohan Soyzaalsochipped in with 2/23.

After gettingto2/99, Bairnsdale was soon staring down the barrel, with the scoreboard reading5/108.

Asmall partnership took the score to 5/133, but this rebuild was undone when Bairnsdalelost their next three wickets for two runs.

In the end, Bairnsdale could only manage 149.

Youngster Campbell Peavey made his senior GCL debut for the Tornadoes, and grabbed 2/19.

With four of five regular season games now completed, Traralgon and Sale-Maffra cannot mathematicallymissthe final,tobeplayed on February 52023.

That means the Tornadoes last remaining regular season match against Sale-Maffra, to be played on January152023, is virtually adress rehearsal for the final.

AGRADE

ROUND 12

Ex Students Innings

MDyke. cJacobsen bBrady 3

JPryde cLehner bHibbs 55

LStockdale cSoyza bPeavey. 12

MMembrey bSoyza 3

MHarris cPeaveybJarvis........................5

DTrease. cJacobsen bSoyza 51

ZBastin. cJacobsen bSoyza 16

MWarne bSoyza 8

AMatthews cReynolds bBrady 12 KDuncan lbw bPeavey. 0 NThompson not out 0 Extras. (nb 0, w30, b1,lb3). .34 Overs 48.1

Total......................................................................199

Gormandale Bowling: ABrady 9.1-2-33-2, CPeavey7.0-0-27-2, Y Soyza 10.0-1-19-4, EJarvis 6.0-0-32-1, NCampbell 10.0-0-55-0, T Reynolds 1.0-0-10-0, MHibbs 5.0-0-19-1

Gormandale Innings

NCampbell cMembrey bHarris 17

NScammell lbw bStockdale 6

CLehner cTrease bMatthews 34 MHibbs cTrease bHarris. 58

YSoyza cBastin bMembrey 22

CPeavey. runout (Bastin, Trease) 2

TReynolds cStockdale bPryde 0 JJacobsen not out 5

HRichards. cStockdale bPryde 3

ABrady lbw bPryde 0

TGafa. st TreasebMembrey...................1 Extras (nb 1, w22, b2,lb2). 27 Overs. 42.2

Total......................................................................175

Ex Students Bowling: LStockdale 10.0-2-28-1, AMatthews 5.0-125-1, MHarris 7.0-0-34-2, JPryde 9.0-1-31-3, KDuncan 1.0-0-10-0, MMembrey 7.2-0-23-2, NThompson 2.0-0-10-0, ZBastin 1.0-0-10-0

Yarram District Innings

JMoore. bHughes 0

AScott. bHughes 12

DO’Keefe. st Dunn bMoran.......................78 DRash lbw bBarry. 1 JSwift lbw bKStoddart. 9 BLayton. bKStoddart. 0 MGarland cDunnb Hood 8 MLush cHughes bM Stoddart. 24 JBabb. not out 27

KGriffiths bHughes 13 JCollins cChalmersb Hughes 0 Extras (nb 2, w18, b0,lb8). 28 Overs. 48.2 Total. 200

Toongabbie Bowling: KHughes 9.2-2-22-4, MBarry10.0-2-34-1, KStoddart9.0-0-45-2, SMoran 9.0-1-40-1, THood5.0-0-29-1, B Fleming 4.0-0-13-0, MStoddart2.0-0-9-1

Toongabbie Innings

TShippen cMoorebO’Keefe. 14 RWheildon bScott. 4 JVeneman bO’Keefe. 4 MStoddart. cSwiftb O’Keefe. 1 KStoddart. bCollins 18 JChalmers. cLush bO’Keefe. 0 TDunn st MoorebLayton. 32 KHughes. bCollins 0 SMoran cBabbbCollins..........................4

BFlemming runout (Babb) 7 MBarry. not out 3 Extras (nb 3, w9, b0, lb 5) 17 Overs. 41.2 Total. 104

Yarram-District Bowling: KGriffiths 10.0-5-14-0, JSwift 1.0-0-5-0, AScott6.0-0-21-1, DO’Keefe10.0-2-22-4, JBabb6.2-1-12-0, J Collins 7.0-0-21-3, BLayton1.0-0-4-1

Imperials Innings

RMorley..............bJenkin.....................................58

TStarkey cSMarks bWaack-Hawkins 10

SAitken bFreitag 0 DThillekarathna lbw bFreitag 2

TPaulet cBMarks bJenkin 1

cSMarks bGraham

b0,lb0). 10 Overs. 28.3 Total. 91

GlengarryBowling: CGraham 10.0-1-30-4, GWaack-Hawkins 6.0-1-17-1, NFreitag 4.0-0-1-2, MMerton2.0-0-20-0, AJenkin 6.0-2-14-2,

GlengarryInnings

Milestone man: Toongabbie CricketClub stalwart Jason Veneman playedhis 250th AGrade matchatthe weekend photograph supplied

In vain: Matt Hibbsscoredaterrific 58 for Gormandale at the weekend in alosing cause forthe Tigers file photograph

Nollsy wows Moe crowd

HORSERACING

By LIAM DURKIN

EVEN Shannon Noll said Moe was “God’s country”.

The Australian music legend played to an adoring crowd at Moe Racing Club on Friday, taking to the stage after the last race.

Noll finally came to the area, two years after he was first booked to play.

While the original date had to be rescheduled for obvious reasons, the quality of the show and reception he received on Friday indicated it had been worth the wait.

The Australian Idol cult hero played all his hits, including ‘Lift’, ‘Shine’ and ‘Drive’.

He also belted out anumberofcovers, with ‘Run To Paradise’ by The Choirboys and, of course, ‘Horses’ by Daryl Braithwaite seeing plenty of hands in the air, and even some people on each others shoulders.

The concert was set up on the lawn area closest to the main carpark, with food vans surrounding the area.

Thanks to Moe Racing Club chief executive, Shane Berry, The Express was able to have a word to Noll backstage before the show.

As Noll explained, he flew down from Ballina on the New South Wales coast, to Sydney, to Melbourne before arriving in little old Moe.

“We came down aday early, Iwatched on the news there was going to be some plane strikes early in the week, so Ipanicked and thought the last thing we need is trying to get our flights on Friday and then not be able to make it, so we came down last night (Thursday),” Noll said.

“I’m really stoked about getting down here to do agig,for sure.

“We’ve played at Traralgon before, done alot of touring here, down this way years ago, long time ago, back in the day. Itoured alot around this area.”

Like most musicians, Noll has been busy in the last 12 months, with the Moe performance one of many rescheduled during the last couple of years.

“Just had aheap of shows on, we’ve been doing afairbit,” he said.

“I did The Masked Singer at the start of the year, which was really good, then we just had afew shows, alot of them have been catch-up shows from two years ago, catch-up shows from 18 months ago, mixed with afew that have been freshly booked.

“It’s been abit all over the shop, but we’re finding our feet now and hopefully we can plan decently for the future.”

His new single ‘Believe It’ is coming out early next year.

While you often wonder when talking to people of some notoriety if they really want to be interviewed, speaking to Noll, who started every answer with “yeah mate”, you did get the impression he was agenuinely good guy willing to give you the time of day.

Some eager fans got to the concert well before starting time to get aspot right in front of the stage, before Noll came on for anear two-hour set.

Not that this writer knows anything about singing, but Noll sounded just as he does on record.

By the time the concert was in full swing, congregators had gathered from all walks of life.

Racing club members mixed with those who had been in the Pub Marquee all day.

If the races were the Boxing Day Test, the committee room would have been the MCC, and the marquee Bay 13.

The Shannon Noll concert was like The Royal -the place everyone goes after the day’s play.

Speaking of cricket, there was perhaps only one disappointment: Nollsy didn’t play ‘C’mon Aussie C’mon’.

“That was abit offun (covering the original late 70s jingle used to promote World Series Cricket),” he said laughing.

“That’s such an iconic cricket song.

“Mark and Steve Waugh are my second cousins, we’ve had alot to do with cricket over the years, we all played up in the bush, we are cricket tragics as much as they come.”

Back on stage, you can probably guess what song he ended with.

You just might not guess exactly how it ended.

“What about Mo-eeeee”.

Big smiles: Boolarra’sDarcy McIntosh and Trafalgar’s Amandaand LukeBrincat enjoying the Moeraces on Friday.

Exclusiveclub: Thorpdale premiership players Trent Gibson andMattPowell.

Couplesretreat: Traralgon’s RebekahAlimpic and Mark Droog made aday of it at theMoe Races

Chill: Moe’s BevKerrigan, Wayne Gouldand Hilma Gould. I’ll get youonthe front pageone dayGouldy

Crowdlifter: Theaudience joinsinsinging with Shannon Noll all photographs liam durkin unlessstated

Plenty happening: Newborough matesRyan Griggs and JackEdebohls

Stepping out: Thepaparazzi spotted Trafalgar’s Mitchell Walker at the Moe races

Great men: Moelegends Adam Bodak and Calvin Griggs outside thePub Marquee.

Funinthe sun: Melinda Jane,Tim Ryan, Nick Ryan and Chelsea Paynter

Great company: Locals StaceyPenaluna, LorettaClarke,MarkFisher and Mia McNally living it up insidethe HillsidePavilion.

Dress to impress: Valley boys RubenRouillon and KalebChapman

My man: Newborough’s Gaynor and JimBell.

Career peak: TheExpress’own LiamDurkin backstage with ShannonNoll. Might as well retirenow,there is surelynotopping this photograph supplied

Making the trip: Warragul mates Declan Bagotand Eddy McGillivray

Nollsy: Shannon Noll fans MargaretWilson, from Drouin, Abby Robb (Leongatha),Tiara Carpanedo (Traralgon) and Lisa Laforgia (Pakenham) eagerly await forthe showtostart

He’s here: Shannon Noll performing in Moe

Not alone: Shannon Noll wasn’t theonly realityTVstaratMoe on Friday. Moe’s Andrea Dickason is pictured with Thorpdale’s Mark Hughes,ofMarried At FirstSight notoriety.

Local success ahighlight

HORSERACING

By LIAM DURKIN

SOMETIMES things just fall into place.

Four-year-old mare Margaret’s Banter had its first career win at Moe Racing Club on Friday -the very club trainer Peter Gelagotis calls home.

The Gelagotis stablehas trained Margaret’s Banter for the last year-and-a-half. The horsewas purchased as agift for Margaret Bell of Sunbury, who has becomeamuch-lovedfigureonradio station SEN.

Margaret, asprightly 92-year-old staunched Carlton supporter, has beenpart of the SENfabric for the best part of 15 years, striking achord with listeners for her honesty and humour.

Through friendship and racing connections, a number of prominentAFL celebrities including Craig Hutchison, Liam Pickering, Gerard Whateley and Garry Lyon, partnered with the Gelagotis clan to buy shares in Margaret’s Banter, along with the lady herself.

The horse debuted at Moe in May 2021, running fourth, andhas since improved bit by bit, culminating in amaiden win last Friday in the Race 3YarragonCountryStyle Bakery Maiden Plate over 1600 metres.

Taking very longoddsof$14.00into the Ian Grant’s Caravans Xmas Partymeeting, Margaret’s Banter settled on the outside, going from second at the 800 metre mark, to win by over alength in the finish.

With younggun Tianni Chapman in the saddle, Margaret’sBantertook over with 300 metres to go, and was never in trouble from there on in Running on aGood4 appeared to suit themare, while Chapman’s decisiontoput the nose roll on was justified

Amazingly, Chapman actually asked not to ride Margaret’s Banter on the day, but was given a glowing show of faith by the Gelagotis team.

Post-race, smiles brimmed fromear to ear, as Margaret herself was in the mounting yard, alongside Peter and Manny Gelagotis.

“It was agreat win and I’m very, very happy, we’ve waited awhile,” she told Racing.com.

“Lot of work to get her here, so credit goes to the boys and little Tianni.

“I’m very well, I’m struggling abit (with shock), but I’m much better now, that was agreat win.”

Manny, an assistant trainer and the stables general manager,said he wasdelighted for Margaret.

“What an amazing lady, 10 pastseven every Saturday she puts asmile on alot of peoples faces, and all the SEN guys, this is areally great outcome,” he said.

“A very kind gesturefrom Hutchy(Craig Hutchison) and Pickers (Liam Pickering), and all the guys in the horse. We’ve peppered away and believed in her.

“Her last couple of runs have been excellent, but more importantly, ahugewin forabeautiful lady, it’s amazing.”

Manny, who is also president of Moe FootballNetball Club, wished to pay tribute to Hutchison for getting the initiative started.

Hutchison, from Warragul, was on hand to see Margaret’s Banter on debut in Moe last year.

“Manny is an old friend, great soccer and racing contributor to the area, and we couldn’t think of anyone else we wanted to train the horse,” Hutchison told The Express at the time.

ANOTHER man named Craig also had awinner at Moe.

Craig Blackshaw ensured the meeting ended withalocal winner,with ObsessiveNature claiming the Race 8Harvey Norman BM58 Handicap (1000m).

The four-year-old gelding made it back-to-back

wins at Moe, following victory at the track on November 26.

Obsessive Nature was always travelling well,and ended up winning by just over alength.

It has been agood few weeks for the Blackshaw stable, who are fresh off winning the Traralgon Cup.

Although now training in Pakenham, Craig Blackshaw has his roots in Moe, while his brother Brendanisonthe committee at Moe Racing Club.

THE track at Moeheld its Good 4grading from start to finish last Friday.

Prominent trainer Gai Waterhouse had awinner in the Race 7Ladbroke It! Fillies and MaresBM58 Handicap (1100m), with Star Mistress prevailing.

The meeting started with aphotofinishin the Race1Ian Grants Caravans Maiden Plate (2050m).

The Kings Gospel, trained by Adrian McGregor at Cranbourne, held off First Immortal by literally anose to win on the inside.

Race 2, the Purcell Painting 3YO Maiden Plate (1100m), sawBahama Bay getthe first win of his career.

The three-year-old colt got the job done for Kevin Corstens of Cranbourne.

Distorted also had its first career win, getting up in the Race 4Paulls Carpet Choice Maiden Plate (1200m)for fellow Cranbournetrainer Shea Eden.

SilverTycoonwas too good in the Race 5Bidfood BM58 Handicap (2050m), winning by more than two lengths.Cranbourne again represented on the winners list here, this time for Nathan Dunn.

Ninja Derbywon the Race6Heycdm Winterbrook BM58 Handicap (1600m) for the Euroa stable of Benand JD Hayes, leaving its opponents for good to winby2.25lengths.

Having hosted six meetings in the last seven weeks, the Moe Racing Club track, and staff, are taking awell-earned break until the new year. Idon’t think anyone can say they haven’t earnt it.

The Idol experience

“I’M justover the moon to still be going around after 20 years.

“Normally the reality TV show contestants don’t have along shelf life, so I’m reallyproud of still being able to tour and still have aposition in the business 20 years later.

“Coming from adisposable start, because that’s what alot of people are, they don’t go on after these shows, which is sad, hopefully the new Idol (set to come out next year) can create some careers for people instead of just creating abit of avibearound theshow itself.”

GuySebastian

“WE’VE spokenjust on text the other day haven’t seen him for awhile (though).

“Guy’s an amazingtalent. The moment Imet him Ithought he’d win it for sure.

“To come second to him was aprivilege and very proud of it because he is one awesome singer.”

Cult status in Australia

“I SEEM to come second on alot of things these days.

“People still come up and say they voted and Isometimes say ‘well not enough’ (laughing).

“I’m very appreciative of all the support the peoplebackthen gave me andcontinued to give me ever since, because the music industry is only built on the support of the Australian public.”

What About Me

“THE song itself is just an amazing piece of work.

“It is atestament to the song itself,ithas been number one three times over the years.

“It’s just abrilliantly crafted song, I’m very, very luckytohave been involved in the journey, it was areally defining decision to sing it on theshow that’s for sure.

“All my family said to pick another song. It was between that and Living Years (by Mike +The Mechanics).

“I was leaning toward What About Me and everyonewas sayingthe other one, so I’m quite happy Istuck with me guns on that one.”

Breakingfromthe field: Margaret’sBanter(in green) on routetowinning Race 3atMoe last Fridayfor local stable PeterGelagotis Racing photograph racing photos

Local success: ObsessiveNaturesaw out Friday’smeeting at Moewithawin forCraig Blackshaw. photograph racing photos

Great story: PeterGelagotis Racing head trainer PeterGelagotis,Margaret’sBanterpartowner MargaretBell, Moe Racing Clubchief executive Shane Berry, and PeterGelagotis Racing generalmanager Manny Gelagotis afterMargaret’sBanter wonRace 3atMoe on Friday. photograph supplied