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● Above: Volunteers from Alexandra SES rescued a truck driver who was transporting fresh bread to surrounding towns early Saturday morning at Cathkin. ● At top left: Alexandra SES volunteer Angela Warren-Smith uses her Swift Water skills to help two stranded motorists early Saturday morning.

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● Floodwaters on Saturday. Photo: Helico Alexandra.

■ Heavy downpours on Friday and Saturday resulted in a intense 24 hours emergency volunteers, particularly for the Alexandra SES, after motorists became stranded and water inundated homes and businesses.

Alexandra was soaked with 154 millimetres of rain while Fawcett had 182mm and Thornton 145mm. One Yarck reading was 195mm.

Friday afternoon’s sudden downpour resulted in 19 calls for emergency assistance to the SES while numerous residents made their way to the Shamrock St headquarters of the SES in need of sandbags.

A small team of volunteers from Alexandra and Marysville SES deployed about 140 sandbags around Alexandra and Eildon from 4pm until midnight, which also coincided with the Alexandra SES Christmas breakup party at Holmesglen.

Further overnight rain overflowed waterways and roads around Cathkin and Molesworth before a 5.30am alert sent Alexandra SES volunteers rushing to motorists stranded on the Goulburn Valley Hwy. Turn to Page 9

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FLOOD EMERGENCY Drivers ignore warnings: SES

● From Page 5 Alexandra SES unit controller Peter Weeks said some motorists were ignoring safety messages.

“You should not drive through flood water because not only are you putting yourself at danger, you’re also putting the rescuers in danger,” he said.

Mr Weeks said despite the risks involved, several foolhardy motorists argued with volunteers and proceeded to drive through the flood water anyway.

“We’re all volunteers trying to keep the community safe, and it is disappointing to have some people not listen, thinking they know best.”

Mr Weeks thanked Eildon CFA volunteers who assisted the SES during the emergency to deploy sandbags around Eildon while Yea CFA was kept busy assisting close to home.

“Thank you to the Alexandra CFA and Alexandra Fire Brigades Group who were on standby to assist if we had any other further trouble,” he said.

“Well done to the community members that were proactive and prepared their homes well before the storm event, and collected their own sandbags from Council.”

Alexandra SES volunteer Shannon Mitrow said Murrindindi Council had assisted greatly by providing filled sandbags free for the community.

“It was such a great relief to have Council supply so many filled sandbags to our unit, because we had to hand out four pallet loads in under 24 hours,” she said.

The deluge capped off a busy week for Alexandra SES who rescued a stranded fisherman in Thornton on Tuesday afternoon last week (Nov. 28) and assisted in the search for a missing man on Mount Stirling on Thursday (Nov. 30).

Police Search and Rescue located the man’s body on Mount Stirling on Sunday afternoon.

■ This year Alexandra SES have responded to 84 callouts including road crash rescues, assistance for ambulance and police officers, searching for missing people, and swift water rescues.

Ms Mitrow said a wave of new volunteers joined Alexandra SES this year and more are always welcome to join.

“Particularly when it comes to alpine searches or carryouts, we’d love to have you join us,” she said.

“You don’t have to live directly in town either, but you do need to have your own reliable transport to our headquarters.”

To show support and to find out more like the Alexandra SES Facebook page.

- Shannon Mitrow

How the crisis unfolded

Bureau warnings

Pheasant Creek ● Kinglake SES volunteers helped with sandbagging. Photo: Kinglake SES

■ Bureau of Meteorology warnings preceded the storms that hit thisw region from Friday to Sunday.

Weather Bureau staff predicted falls of 250mm-300mm in the north-east.

Many local events were cancelled including the Eildon golf, Yea railway market (moved to this Saturday, Dec. 9) and the SeymourDistrict Cricket Association round.

Friday and Saturday matches in the DiamondValley Cricket Association did not proceed, and the Central Bowls Division and Bowls Victoria Saturday pennant matches were abandoned.

The first day of Round 8 in the Northern Metro Sault Shield, including the Kinglake v Preston Footballers 2nd XI did not proceed. The second day is due to be held this Saturday (Dec. 9) at Kinglake.

Friday Molesworth ● Molesworth Caravan Park was evacuated on Saturday. Photo: Facebook

■ Friday night saw an anxious watch on the UT Creek at Alexandra, with water covering much of the Jack Shiel Gardens by 3am Saturday. ““There has been 110mm of rain so far at the Eildon Fire Tower. This area is the headwaters of the UT Creek so continued flooding is likely,” said Alexandra volunteer Peter Rice.

Saturday

Yea Wetlands ● The Yea River rose and water flooded into the lagoons. The entrance was closed as water was over the track. Photo: Yea Water Discovery Centre.

Alexandra ● The UT Creek bridge in Grant St. Photo: L.J. Hooker, Alexandra

■ Early Saturday saw the Home Creek rise at Cathkin, blocking the Goulburn Valley Hwy. Alexandra SES units rescued a couple stranded in flood vehicles. A bread delivery vehicle also required rescue.

■ The Maroondah Hwy was blocked by flood waters at Spring Creek Rd, Koriella.

■ Yarck was one of the hardest hit areas, with falls close to 200mm. The Maroondah Link between Yarck and Cathkin was closed for a time.

■ Hughes Creek at Tarcombe Rd exceeded the minor flood level (2.0 m) during Friday evening.

■ VicRoads issued an advisory for the Taggerty-Thotnton Rd, from the Goulburn Valley Highway Service Road to Rubicon Road, Thornton.

■ Between Tallarook and Trawool, roads were closed due to flooding near Landscape Rd. ■ Molesworth Caravan Park was evacuated although the operators stayed on site.

■ Kinglake SES volunteers were called to Flowerdale to remove a tree that was blocking an ambulance.

■ Euroa was evacuated mid-Saturday.

■ Break-o’-Day Rd, Glenburn, was closed after flood waters blocked the carriageway, near the Melba Hwy intersection.

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Ash OnWednesday

Thefts everywhere ■ Thieves broke into the Flowerdale Hub last week, taking two TVs, a Gerni machine and a Dyson vacuum cleaner.

Thieves reportedly broke into the Kinglake Foodworks store, taking cigarettes.

At Whittlesea there have been a number of thefts, especially from outside private residences.

One resident gave chase to the villain, with a pursuit to Craigieburn, when Police were able to be engaged.

A person stole a large basket swing from the Whittlesea Lions Club Park. A local business has offered to help replace the swing, but the Lions Club would like to now set up a ‘Go Funds Me’ page to raise money to install some CCTCV cameras.

In another Whittlesea incident, thieves were chased almost all the way to Yea, until the chase had to be abandoned because of the weather.

Mass on Thurs.

■ Long Shots made an error last week, for which we apologise.

We had correct details of a Requiem Mass for Pat Carter in our Classifieds and online. But we had the incorrect date in this column.

The correct date is tomorrow (Thurs., Dec. 7), at 2.30pm, at Sacred Heart Church, Yea.

CFA split ■ Local volunteer firefighters are being encouraged to travel to Yarra Glen orBonnie Doon this Saturday (Dec. 9) to speak with Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish.

Items held over

■ Due to our extensive coverage of the local flood emergency, a number of regular Local Paper features have been held over.

Few local sporting events took place at the weekend. Two issues of The Local Paper remain before Christmas: Dec. 13 and 20.

We then take a break, resuming publication on February 7, 2018, after our team have enjoyed their summer leave entitlements.

Long Shots

Utility recruit

■ The Yea Football Netball Club has announced the recruitment of Jarrod Sandells for 2018.

A Melbourne native, Sandells cut his teeth as a junior for Blackburn in the Eastern Football League before playing Under 19s and senior footy forEmmaus St Leo's in the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

He spent time at Bell Park in the Geelong Football League and after a one-game stint at Modewarre on the Surf Coast, Sandells relocated to London to be part of the Wandsworth Demons’ drought breaking premiership in 2016.

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with Ash Long, Editor “For the cause that lacks assistance, ‘Gainst the wrongs that need resistance For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do”

Ms McLeish wants to hear about their concerns over the Andrews Labor Government’s proposed carve up of the Country Fire Authority.

Ms McLeish will be joined by Shadow Emergency Service Minister Brad Battin “All local CFA volunteers and other community members concerned about our fire services are welcome to take part in the two sessions we are hosting,” Ms McLeish said.

The meetings will be held between 9.30am – 11am at the Yarra Glen Uniting Church Hall or between 12.45pm – 2pm at the Bonnie Doon Recreation Reserve, Ms McLeish said.

Site hacked ■ Grace Lamers says the website for the Hungry Horse Highway Diner Hotel Molesworth has been hacked.

This newwebsite is hungryhorsemolesworth. com and the email address is now contact@hungryhorse molesworth.com

Cam returns ■ Cameron Caine is returning in 2018 for the Kinglake Under 15’s coaching staff.

Cam this week started running pre season training for the Under 15s, with the next session at 5pm6pm on Monday.

Sam at Yea

■ Sam Coppinger is joining Yea’s netball rankas for 2018.

She has played over the past decade ar Wandin in Division One of the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football Netball League, and NorthEast Blaze in the Victorian Netball League.

These stints include co-coaching Wandin to five premierships in 2016 (including as a player in the A-grade flag) and numerous inter league appearances.

Sam recently commenced her ninth season for North-East Blaze, where has been the captain of the Division One side for the previous four years and earned selection in the Division One Team of the Year in 2017. She is versatile midcourter with athleticism to burn.

Yea Shire Hall was single-storey

Editor’s Diary From Our Files - 30 Years Ago Wednesday, December 2, 1987

Midnight rescue ■ A 20-year-old man clun desperately onto a tree branch for two hours, after his boat overturned in the Goulburn River at Molesworth.

Local emergency services performed a dramatic midnight rescue mission, launching a boat to locate the man who they feared had drowned.

The rescue operation started after two men had been in their boat on the Goulburn River, upstream from the Molesworth Caravan Park.

One of the men, John McKerlie, 35, managed to hold onto the boat as it floated quickly in the fast-flowing river.

David Owen, 20, could not locate the boat in the quarter-moon darkness, and swam aimlessly in river before reaching a fallen tree in the river adjoining Bob McAlpin’s property.

Show girl quest ■ YeaA.P. & H. President Ross Armstrong, stalwart Ledley Anderson, and 1986 Show Girl Lisa Pollard helped with the 1987 Yea Show Girl quest.

Jacqui Ahern was named Miss Tiny Tot. Shirley Hopkins was Miss Teenage Show Girl. Roma Davies was the Miss Yea Show Girl.

‘Dunny can man’ ■ Yea ‘dunny can man’Harold Harper was featured in a Sun News-Pictorial feature, 30 years ago. He had been in the trade for 33 years at that point. At his busiest, he cleared 1600 pans a week in Melbourne.

10 at Confirmation ■ Ten candidates applied for confirmation when Bishop Perkins officiated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Yea. They were Tracy Baynes, Damien Coonan, Christopher Hauser, Tracey Hilde, Matthew Lockhart, Marc McGregor, Sarah Moore, John-Paul Mullaly, Matthew Muller and Leon Oliver.

Bicentennial book ■ Preparations were underway for the 198 8 Australian Bicentennial. A book of poetry and prose was being planned by the Bicentennial Committee.

Items of two-dimensional art and photography were also sought for the book.

John Cummins ■ A crowd of more than 70 people attended the opening of the John Cummins Nature Park at Yea, performed by Shire President, Cr David Lawson.

Cr Lawson said that the late John Cummins had been involved with much of the bulldozing and beautification of the land sitauted between the ‘two bridges’, just east of the Yea township on the Goulburn Valley Hwy and Killingworth Rd.

Cyclist injured ■ Yea youngster John-Paul Mullaly was taken to hospital after a cycling accident at the Snodgrass St-Pechell St corner opposite the entrance to the Yea Recreation Reserve.

He was knocked out by the fall, and suffered severe grazing to his face.

30 years ago

● A photo of the original single-storey Yea Shire Hall, alongside the Commercial Bank building which became part of the store which became Carter’s. The Forbes family ran a grocery at the site prior to 1946.

Photo: Alan Thorley, Yea and District Historical Society

■ Ian Walker was recognised for his volunteer community work by the Yea A.P. & H. Association.

■ The nearby Mansfield Courier went to print saying its nickname had been The Two-Minute Silence.

■ Terry Lawley was named as Yea’s new football coach for 1988.

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Flood Emergency

with Kerry Kulkens ARIES: (March 21-April 20) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 3.5.1.6.

Lotto Numbers: 5.9.20.21.25.34.

Very much a period of surprises and sudden changes, you could be thinking of long distance travel and new plans for the future is indicated. Busy time when everything seems to happen.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: Aqua Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 5.3.2.7.

Lotto Numbers: 6.10.18.20.22.25.

You have been hoping for some changes to take place and during this period it looks very much that it soon will.

Your love life should be blooming and some romantic times ahead.

Buxton ● Steavenson River from Steavenson Rd bridge. Photo: Buxton CFA

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 8.3.2.6.

Lotto Numbers: 1.17.20.26.33.38.

Changes are about to happen but try not to rush in. Interesting people to meet from the past and some surprises in your love life, so not a dull period at all.

CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Ochre Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 6.4.8.6.

Lotto Numbers: 1.17.20.26.33.38.

Good period for enterprises with partners and joint business ventures should prosper. Try to be calm with people who are obviously not in a good mood.

LEO: (July 23-August 22) Lucky Colour: Lavender Blue Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 9.1.2.3.

Lotto Numbers: 8.13.20.22.26.31.

A good period to trust your intuition in most aspects and in financial dealings it should be spot on. Someone could help you to achieve what you have been hoping for.

Kinglake ● Kinglake SES perform a night-time rescue. Photo: Kinglake SES.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Peppermint Green Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 8.3.5.4.

Lotto Numbers: 7.14.21.28.33.35.

If hoping for a fair hearing of your ideas at the work place you must state your case clearly and without provocation. You seem to be a very popular person during this period.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Rose Pink Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 8.1.4.3.

Lotto Numbers: 6.11.20.26.36.41.

Big changes that could see you travelling a lot. If on the look out for a new partner this could be the time to find the right one, very good romance wise.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: Olive Green Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 4.3.2.4.

Lotto Numbers: 10.18.22.24.34.40.

Some of your best-kept secrets could come out into the open during this period. Trust only those who you know and are worth it. Productive period in working environment.

Yea ● Bottom of Sichlaus Rd, Yea. Photo: Beth Sichlau

SAGITTARIUS: (November23- December20) Lucky Colour: Flame Red Lucky Day: Friday Racing Numbers: 4.2.9.6.

Lotto Numbers: 7.16.19.23.41.44.

Something you have been trying to get off the ground for some time should now be ready to launch. Keep everything very clear in your head and important matters should be in writing.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Navy Blue Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 9.5.7.3.

Lotto Numbers: 10.19.26.31.39.43.

Do not completely dismiss someone from your life there could be something worth saving in the relationship.

Your plans for long distance travel could be in doubt at the moment.

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19) Lucky Colour: Primrose Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 4.3.2.8.

Lotto Numbers: 17.20.28.30.36.42.

You could be feeling too restricted in your present environment and plans to move and change your life is in the pipeline. Keep out of arguments with loved ones.

Molesworth ● Loking from the Molesworth Rail Trail. Photo: David Wareham

PISCES: (February 20- March 20) Lucky Colour: Khaki Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 6.9.3.1.

Lotto Numbers: 6.11.20.25.30.36.

You might have neglected your health during the last few months and now need to be extra careful l. Some domestic moments could lift your mood to no end and help with the recovery.

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Perkins St. ● ALEXANDRA. Newsagency. 82-84 Grant St. ● ALEXANDRA. Simpsons Fuel. 25 Aitken St. ● ALEXANDRA. Totally Trout. 2/42 Downey St. ● BUXTON. Post Office. 2187 Maroondah Hwy. ● DIAMOND CREEK. Newsagency. 62A Main Hurstbridge Rd. ● DOREEN. General Store. 920 Yan Yean Rd. ● EILDON. Foodworks. 18 Main St. ● ELTHAM. Newsagency. 2/963 Main Rd. ● FLOWERDALE. Community House. 36 Silver Creek Rd. ● FLOWERDALE. Hazeldene Store. 6 Curlings Rd. ● FLOWERDALE. Hotel. 3325 WhittleseaYea Rd ● GLENBURN. United Petroleum. 3883 Melba Hwy. ● HEALESVILLE. Newsagency. 195 Maroondah Hwy. ● HURSTBRIDGE. Newsagency 800 Heidelberg-Kinglake Rd. ● KANGAROO GROUND. General Store.

280 Eltham-Yarra Glen Rd. ● KINGLAKE. Bakehouse. 10 WhittleseaKinglake Rd. ● KINGL AKE. Foodworks. 12 Main St. ● KINGLAKE. Library. 19 WhittleseaKinglake Rd. ● KINGLAKE. Pub. 28 WhittleseaKinglake Rd. ● KINGLAKE. United Petroleum. 2 Kinglake-Glenburn Rd. ● LAURIMAR. Newsagency. 8/95 Hazel Glen Dr. ● LILYDALE. Newsagency. 237 Main St. ● MANSFIELD. Foodworks. 119 High St. ● MERNDA VILLAGES. Post Office. 50 Mernda Village Dr. ● MARYSVILLE. Foodworks. 49 Darwin St. ● MOLESWORTH. Hungry Horse Hotel.

4364 Goulburn Valley Hwy. ● MOLESWORTH. Store.4353 Goulburn Valley Hwy. ● NARBETHONG. Black Spur Inn. 436 Maroondah Hwy. ● PHEASANT CREEK. Flying Tarts. 888 Whittlesea-Kinglake Rd. ● PHEASANT CREEK. Store. 884 Whittlesea-Kinglake Rd. ● RESEARCH. Post Office. 1544 Main Rd ● SEYMOUR. Newsagency. 66 Station St ● ST ANDREWS. Store. 10 Caledonia St. ● STRATH CREEK. Post Office. 8 Glover St. ● TAGGERTY. Store. 26 Taggerty-Thornton Rd. ● THORNTON. Store. 1365 TaggertyThornton Rd. ● TOOLANGI. Tavern. 1390 Myers Creek Rd. ● WATTLE GLEN. Peppers Paddock General Store. 13 Kangaroo GroundWattle Glen Rd. ● WHITTLESEA. Bowls Club. 101 Church St. ● WHITTLESEA. Champions Supa IGA. 2/ 16 Church St. ● WHITTLESEA. El-Azar Milk Bar. 13 Church St. ● WHITTLESEA. Foodworks. 65 Church St. ● WHITTLESEA. Whittlesea H Hardware.

2420 Plenty Rd. ● WHITTLESEA. Newsagency. 45 Church St. ● WHITTLESEA. Royal Mail Hotel. 29 Beech St. ● YARCK. Hotel. Maroondah Hwy. ● YARCK. Store. 6595 Maroondah Hwy ● YARRA GLEN. IGA. 1/38 Bell St. ● YARRA GLEN. Newsagency. 32 Bell St. ● YEA. Amble Inn Cafe. 24 High St ● YEA. Bakery. 44 High St. ● YEA. BP. 31 High St ● YEA. Cafe Christies. 17 High St ● YEA. Country Woman. 6 Station St. ● YEA. Foodworks. 10 High St ● YEA. Library. 15 The Semi-Circle ● YEA. Manna Fest. 94 High St. ● YEA. Marmalades. 20 High St ● YEA. Mint and Jam. 46 High St ● YEA. Newsagency. 74 High St ● YEA. Peppercorn Hotel. 21 Station St. ● YEA. Provender Bakery. 56 High St ● YEA. Rendezvous. 10 High St ● YEA. Royal Mail Hotel. 88 High St. ● YEA. Take-Away. 68 High St

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Council turns sprinklers on ■ In the midst of last weekend’s flooding, one Alexandra local notes that the Murrindindi’s sprinklers were going full blast on Friday night/Saturday morning at the Jack Shiel Gardens, near Rotary Park. The gardens, at that time, were 60 per cent under water.

Yea Races this Sunday ■ Yea Race Club is advertising its Sister Olive Handicap meeting for this Sunday (Dec. 10).

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Tigers recruit ‘Rabbits’ ■ Michael Curcio is the latest addition to the Yea Football Netball Club for 2018, capping off an exciting November recruiting drive.

After running out for St Bedes/ Mentone during juniors, ‘Rabbits’ represented Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup before spending three seasons at Sandringham Zebras in the VFL. He returned to St Bedes in the PremierA Division of the VictorianAmateur Football Association and then headed abroad to be part of the Wandsworth Demons 2017 premiership winning side in the AFL London competition.

“Rabbits is a tall, athletic key forward with a great set of hands who always makes a contest. A noted goalkicker, he will be a great target inside 50,” said a club spokesman.

MP cornered

■ Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish continues to agitate for the State Government to take action at a Alexandra’s busy intersection at Downey and Grant Sts. Speaking in the Victorian Parliament, Ms McLeish asked the Roads Minister Luke Donnellan, what progress had been made on upgrading the intersection. ● Stephanie Ryan MLA ■ Euroa MLA Steph Ryan was sought for comment when her township was flooded, then evacuated, on Saturday.

In one radio interview, Ms Ryan said that she “visually observed” something. In the old days, the word “saw” would have been sufficient.

● Michael ‘Rabbits’ Curcio will play for Yea. Photo: Danny Radis

Cathkin-Koriella damage: local rail trail closed

Market this Saturday ■ The Yea Railway Market, which was cancelled last Saturday, has been re-scheduled for 9am1pm this Saturday (Dec. 9).

One of the co-organisers, Clare Hooton, says that the Christmas Market will have stalls, coffee, music, and participation from community groups.

Yellow Creek/Dairy Creek Landcare will run the community barbecue, Rotary and Yea Garden Club have plants on the community table to benefit the Royal Children’s Hospital.

PS: Santa might make a visit.

● Jack Russell ■ Yea and District Ratepayers’ Association identity Jack Russell has received anonymously-sent hate mail.

Mr Russell says the letter contains copy of a petition sent to Murrindindi Shire, urging Councillors not to allow the Association to have free space in the Yea Shire Hall.

Mr Russell is banned from the Shire Hall, and more than 40 other Shire buildings, by Shire Chief Executive Margaret Abbey.

Mr Russell said that he also received a letter from a community group, informing him that he would not be allowed to enter the Shire Hall for a seniors’ Christmas function this month.

Brave or stupid?

■ A villain is either brave or stupid. The ne’er-do-well stole a 4WD from Whittlesea to conduct some local thefts ... and at one stage was chased to Craigieburn by one of the victims.

The vehicle re-appeared in Whittlesea on Monday (Dec. 4), probably pon another light-fingered adventure.

Cash for sports groups

Bait suppliers running late ■ Murrindindi Shire’s campaign against wasps will be delayed, apparently because of a delay with suppliers of bait.

Over the summer it is planned to train Council staff and community volunteers with the placement of bait stations throughout the municipality.

The Council is understood to have put in an order for 200 ‘Druga’ bait stations.

Anonymous letter to Jack

● You would not want to be speeding along the Great Victorian Rail Trail between Cathkin and Koriella ... it would be a fine test of your bicycle’s brakes. Murrindindi Shire Council advises that due to the damage caused by the storm activity at the weekend, a section of the Great Victorian Rail Trail has been closed between Cathkin and Koriella until further notice. Photo: Murrindindi Council

■ Labor MLC Jaclyn Symes sent a media release to the Local Paper news desk about country clubs winning funding under the Active Club Grants.

Sadly, not much of the grant money finds its way to our readership area. The Northern Province MLC boasts of cash bound for the Wodonga Squash and Racquetball Association, $2998; Euroa Golf Club, $1129; Violet Towns Bowls Club, $2737; Benalla Bowls Club, $2727; Murchison Football Netball Club, $2129.20; Benalla Hockey Association, $2487; Cobram Bowling Club, $3000; Milawa Football Netball Club, $2957; Wangaratta Magpies Cricket Club, $2500; Whoroully Football and Netball Club, $1940.82; Goulburn Valley Hockey Association, $3000; Shepparton Rugby Union Club, $6190. The onlt groups that come with coo-ee are Healesville Netball Association, $430l; Woori Yallock Cricket Club, $2944; and Mansfield District Soccer Club, $2085,

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Legacy cares for local widows

● Santa presents a gift to Legacy widow Sheila Jones, 101, from Kellock Lodge, at Alexandra RSL on Thursday (Nov. 30).

■ Alexandra, Yea, Mansfield Legacy Group President Robert 'Bob' Benghamy welcomed Legatees and widows from Yea and Alexandra at the Christmas Lunch at the Alexandra RSL. The annual event includes lunch, gifts and entertainment.

- Jeffrey Swain ● Left: Legatee Ruth Crockett serves Christmas lunch to Legacy widow Elaine White, both of Yea. ● Right: Legatees and widows are welcomed.

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

Welcome to West Hollywood Dynasty

■ Hi everyone, from my suite at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites comes this week's news.

Grammy Award noms ■ Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar are the top contenders for the 60th annual Grammy Awards, leading a crop of nominations that is heavy on hip-hop and R&B but has left some mainstream pop stars, including Ed Sheeran, shut out of major prizes.

Jay-Z got eight nods for his album 4:44, which mixed dark personal confessions with meditations about race; Mr Lamar had seven for DAMN, a critical favourite and a smash on streaming services that also addressed racial politics and selfreflection.

Bruno Mars had six nominations, and Childish Gambino, Khalid, SZA and No I.D. (Jay-Z's producer) each had five.

With all major awards shows under scrutiny for how they incorporate diversity, the Grammy nominations are striking, as minority artists dominate the ballot in nearly all of the most prestigious categories, including record, song and album of the year.

American Royalty

■ From The Young Doctors where he played Dr John Forrest to Jim Robinson from Neighbours , Alan Dale decided to try America and what a success story he has become.

Great parts in Lost, Ugly Betty, The O.C. and Dominion, plus many other guest roles and parts in movies. The work that Alan Dale has done here in America is incredible and impressive.

Alan also starred on London's West End Theatre district as King Arthur in Spamalot.

Alan said: "It's hard to come home and do the dishes after standing ovations every night in the theatre".

His latest role is playing Joseph Anders, the high-class valet to Blake Carrington and the family in Dynasty.

Dynasty is a modernised reboot of the 1980s primetime soap follows two of America's wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children.

Told primarily through the perspectives of two women at odds, Fallon Carrington, daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington; and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, a Hispanic woman marrying into the family ‘dynasty’ not only features the glitz and gloss of extreme wealth, but also exposes the dark underbelly of a corrupt world built on backroom deals.

Alan Dale made a brief visit to West Hollywood to catch up with old friends from Melbourne.

● Pictured on Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood outside the Ramada is Managing Director, Alan Johnson with another ‘Alan’, Alan Dale.

TV host out of line ■ In a sombre Today show monologue last week, a visibly shaken Savannah Guthrie addressed the new allegations about her now-former co-host Matt Lauer's inappropriate sexual behaviour in the workplace.

"I'm heartbroken for Matt," she said. "He is my dear, dear friend and my partner, and he is beloved by many, many people here.

“And I'm heartbroken for the brave colleague who came forward to tell her story and any other women who have their own stories to tell."

Guthrie added, "How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly? I don't know the answer to that."

Hoda Kotb co-anchored the show, nodding her head in agreement while Guthrie said, "This reckoning that so many organisations have been going through is important, it's long overdue, and it must result in workplaces where all women, all people, feel safe and respected."

Ku Klux Klan

■ The Ku Klux Klan arose in the Southern United States after the end of the Civil War in 1865.

The Klan is not a single historical group, but a grassroots movement that has risen and then largely disappeared several times since the original Klan was disbanded in 1872.

Notable periods of Klan activity include the original Klan of the 1860s and the Klan revivals of the 1920s and 1950s.

According to a 2016 Anti-Defamation League report, membership in the KKK throughout the USA had dropped to approximately 3000 members. The Southern Poverty Law Centre places their estimate slightly higher, between 5000 and 8000.

The KKK defines its principle enemies as African Americans, Jews and Catholics.

After the devastation of the Civil War, many Southern men were drawn to the Klan, seeing it as a way to regain a sense of control over their lives and communities, and as a continued form of resistance to what they considered Northern aggression.

Early KKK leaders referred to their organisation as ‘The Invisible Empire’, and saw themselves as knights carrying out a crusade to maintain white leadership and safeguard the moral fabric of the South.

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NY Christmas terrorism ■ An ISIS supporter released a poster of Santa Claus on the group's social media haunts.

The poster shows Santa overlooking Times Square with a case of dynamite at his side. In the image, the New York streets are filled with pedestrians at night time and Santa carries a bulky red sack. "We meet at Christmas in New York... soon," reads the text on the image.

According to world acclaimed security expert Kent Moyer, "The NYPD is well prepared for any threats to New York City.

In fact, the person who made the threat may have the NYPD SWAT team repelling down their chimney in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve with a gift of an arrest. Law Enforcement and the military have taken off the political gloves to now deal with ISIS. The US is prepared to stop many threats before they launch into an attack."

Boss back on Broadway ■ Bruce Springsteen extended his intimate, 16-week Broadway series into 2018. Springsteen on Broadway, staged at the Walter Kerr Theatre, will continue with a round of new shows set for February 28 through June 30 .

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Warning on flies, food ■ Don't eat food if a fly lands on it, as they carry more dangerous bacteria than previously thought, warn scientists: Most picnickers would brush away flies from food, thinking nothing of bugs briefly landing on their sandwiches.

But a new study suggests the insects carry far more dangerous bacteria than previously thought, meaning sandwiches are best avoided if flies have contaminated them.

Researchers at Penn State Eberly College of Science in the United States found that common houseflies carry salmonella, e-coli and even bacteria which lead to stomach ulcers and deadly sepsis.

The researchers say public health officials may have overlooked flies as a source of disease outbreaks.

America’s Mixed Stories ■ Starbucks executive chairman, Howard Schultz, and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, appear to be pursuing their quest for the White House, inspired by the improbable rise of Donald Trump to become the 45th president of the United States.

New York Sen. Chuck Schumer just revealed he has met with both moguls about their burning political ambitions but the veteran Democrat didn't seem bowled over by either.

■ Billy Bush is recovering after a golfing accident sent him to the hospital. The controversial former Today host, 46, shared snaps from his hospital bed explaining a ball struck him.

"Thanks nurse Katrina, Jovi, Jenn and Mercy @Cedars Sinai for the bed, the care and the ice," he explained. "I think I dodged a bullet but sadly not a golf ball. Scan is clear, let the jokes begin. Although Bush did not share where the ball hit him, he appeared to be smiling in his photos.

■ MTV has announced that it is officially reviving the hit reality-TV franchise Jersey Shore. A handful of the original cast members will return, including Jenni "JWOWW" Farley, Deena Nicole Cortese, Paul "Pauly D" Delvecchio, Vinny Guadagnino, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino. The new show, Jersey Shore Family Vacation, will premiere in 2018.

Animation wins

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■ Pixar's Coco won the Thanksgiving weekend box office this year, raking in $71.2 million to post the fourth best alltime Thanksgiving opener.

Justice League came in a distant second, earning $59.7 million over the long weekend. Last Thanksgiving, Disney's Moana posted the second best all-time opener for the holiday weekend with $82.1 million. Coco, which portrays the Mexican holiday Dia de Los Muertos, was extremely popular in Mexico, where it became the highest grossing movie ever with $53.4 million.

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Photos from the past: local floods

● Alexandra. 1923.

● Yarra Glen. 1934.

● Tallarook St, Seymour. 1909.

● Alexandra. 1923.

● Flooded road near Alexandra. c1910-30. Photo” Lindsay G. Cumming

● Eildon Weir after the flood. 1918.

● Flood in Diamond Creeek. Circa 1910-18. Photo: Albert Jones.

● Yea. March 2017. Photo: Belinda McGovern Dean

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke FILM: AMERICAN MADE: Genre: Action/Biography/Thriller.

Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright.

Year: 2017 Rating: MA15+ Length: 115 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Verdict: Fact based thriller inspired by the outrageous exploits of Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who is unexpectedly recruited by the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair, during which he also caught the eye of Pablo Escobar, and went on to drug trafficking, gun smuggling and money laundering.

How much is fact and how much is fiction in this wildly over-the-top story we may never fully know, but in the meantime, never let the facts get in the way of a good story.

Tom Cruise grabs the bull by the horns and is seemingly having the time of his life in this stylish, darkly comedic, thrilling and ceaselessly entertaining adventure romp from "The Bourne Identity" (2002), "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" (2005) and "Edge of Tomorrow" (2014) director Doug Liman.

As a result of the high end rapid fire entertainment approach there is a shallowness to the characters and events, making them more unreal than real, however, the supporting cast including Sarah Wright as his long suffering wife during his exploits and Domhnall Gleeson as the CIA operative keep it grounded throughout.

Previously filmed in more low key dramatic fashion as "Doublecrossed" in 1991 with Dennis Hopper as Barry Seal, this is a wild patchwork ride during a time when the Reagan Government and people ran riot in the abuse of power and greed.

Believe it or not, despite any shortcomings, Tom Cruise succeeds in shaking off the dust off any previous inferior efforts that may have lingered for too long, and by doing so, makes the shenanigans of Jordan Belfort in Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street" seem like a boy scout.

FILM: THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS: Genre: Drama/Horror/Thriller.

Cast: Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine.

Year: 2017.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 129 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Verdict: In a dystopian near future, humanity has been ravaged by a mysterious disease, and humankind's only hope is a small group of hybrid children confined to school at an army base in rural Britain, where they're subjected to cruel experiments by Dr. Caroline Caldwell (Glenn Close).

School teacher Helen Justineau (Gemma Arterton) grows particularly close to an exceptional girl named Melanie (Sennia Nanua) and form a special bond, but when the base is invaded, the trio escape and embark on a perilous journey of survival, during which the young Melanie must come to terms with who she really is.

Refreshingly original and unpredictably respectful British horror-thriller refuses to follow the more traditional rules and quickly distances itself from the normal horror genre formula, with undeniably great effect.

Impressive feature directorial debut by Scottish by filmmaker Colm McCarthy (Ripper Street, Peaky Blinders, Sherlock), the performances by Gemma Arterton, veteran Glenn Close and Paddy Considine are at the top of their game, but the real standout is the compelling and scene-stealing performance by newcomer Sennia Nanua as the young Melanie.

Reflective of Danny Boyle's gripping 2002 cult-classic "28 Days Later," and from the novel and screenplay by Mike Carey, along with an emotionally charged music score, impressive production design, CGI effects and location filming, no matter what your taste in the horror genre is, they all fall into place nicely to create a chilling, haunting and ultimately thought provoking jewel in the crown in an otherwise overly saturated and tiring genre. Highly Recommended!

FILM: 47 METERS DOWN: Genre: Drama/Horror/Thriller.

Cast: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt and Matthew Modine.

Year: 2017.

Rating: M. Length: 89 Minutes.

Stars: *** Verdict: While on vacation in Mexico, two girls reluctantly decide to go shark diving with some locals, and once underwater in a protective cage, they catch a once in a lifetime, face-to-face look at majestic Great Whites, but their worst fears are realized when the cage breaks away from the boat and they find themselves on the bottom of the seabed, too deep to radio for help, with savage sharks circling, and their oxygen rapidly running out.

Stars Mandy Moore and Claire Holt as the damsels in distress do well in the claustrophobic confines of the aging shark cage, the fear intensified more by the unseen than what is seen, with the occasional fly-by and bump from the hungry creatures looking for a snack, and Matthew Modine as the boat captain has little to do other than try and figure out a way to save the girls.

Nicely filmed by Cinematographer Mark Silk (Captain Phillips), cowriter and director Johannes Roberts smartly balances it all with finely tuned atmospheric tension, taut editing and haunting sound effects, that bring it all together with surprising results.

Something B-movie king Roger Corman would have been proud of in his hey-day in the '60s and '70s, this fiendishly effective B-Grade pot-boiler is a lean, mean and smart nail-biter that manages to raise the pulse and keep the tension high throughout as the girls fight for survival.

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Rourke’s Reviews: Worst for 2017

● The worst of the worst...Michael Pena and Dax Shepard manage the dubious feat of starring in the shoddiest film of 2017, the deplorably unfunny CHiPs. ■ I normally don't like talking 9) The Babysitter. about bad movies, but there were Obnoxious horror/comedy from so many lurking in the cinematic McG, who seems to have no idea waters this year. how to make this kind of picture.

Firstly, Michael Bay doesn't top Illogical in the extreme, with overthe list this year simply because I the-top performances that grate didn't want to endure the pain of very quickly. another Transformers atrocity, so 10) Cage Dive. it gives another incompetent filmEven by its own low standards, maker the chance of being number this made-in-Australia effort is pitione. ful. Awful acting makes the found So here they all are, my worst footage set-up even more unbear(and most disappointing) movies for able.

2017. Next week will be more posi11) The Hitman's Bodyguard. tive, as I will list my favourite films What could have been a fun 90 for the year. minute action/comedy becomes a 1) CHiPs. bloated two-hour marathon, filled An affront to anything resem- with unfunny dialogue, stale action, bling actual comedy, this crude re- and unlikeable characters. make of the 80s TV show from star/ 12) Geostorm. writer/director Dax Shepard is When the best compliment you appallingly bad. can say for a large scale disaster 2) The Last Face. film is that it's better than Meteor, I can't believe that a film di- there is something seriously wrong. rected by Sean Penn was almost Like The Guardians, delivers some the worst film of the year, but this unintentional laughs. empty-headed drama/romance set 13) Rings. in Africa is staggeringly inept.

An attempt to reboot the Ring 3) XXX : The Return Of franchise falls flat, with not a scare Xander Cage. to be found (unless you count Smug, brainless action sequel Vincent D'Onofrio's over-acting). starring a repellently self-satisfied 14) Leatherface.

Vin Diesel, who seems to think he Yet another entry in the neveris the greatest movie star ever. ending Texas Chainsaw Massacre Wrong. series, this look at the title character's 4) The Emoji Movie. origins is overripe from the word Shameless advertisement for go, concentrating on cheap gore Sony apps trying to masquerade as instead of the intense, disturbing family entertainment. Devoid of horror found in the classic 1974 colourful characters and laughs, it's original. non-stop product placement makes More Turkeys. you feel dirty afterwards.

Beauty And The Beast; Ghost 5) Rough Night.

In The Shell; Power Rangers; The Relentlessly unfunny comedy Belko Experiment; Going In Style; that basically rips off Very Bad King Arthur : Legend Of The Things and Weekend At Bernie's. Sword; The Mummy; 47 Meters The ad-libbing is embarrassing.

Down; The Dark Tower; Amityville 6) Death Note. : The Awakening; Happy Death Total bastardisation of the excel- Day; Suburbicon; Jigsaw; Jeepers lent Japanese manga, anime, and Creepers 3; Justice League; The two-part film. Director Adam Founder.

Wingard turns the material into a Major Disappointments. second-rate Final Destination War On Everyone; Patriots Day; knock-off.

Lion; 20th Century Women; The 7) The Guardians.

Prison; The Discovery; The Berlin Big budget attempt by Russia to Syndrome; Their Finest; Guardmake a Guardians Of The Galaxy/ ians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2; Wonder X-Men type blockbuster misfires Woman; Mindhorn; Una; Baby spectacularly, inducing uninten- Driver; Dunkirk; Strange Weather; tional laughter instead.

Atomic Blonde; The Wall; Valerian 8) Alien : Covenant.

And The City Of A Thousand PlanRidley Scott destroys the unique ets; Annabelle : Creation; Logan mystery of the Alien franchise with Lucky; The Limehouse Golem; this idiotic entry, while also embrac- American Made; Hidden Figures; ing a slasher film-style mentality. Jungle; Brad's Status; Murder On Moronic characters do not help The Orient Express; Radius; matters.

Fences.

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Top 10 Lists DECEMBER 3-9 THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. JUSTICE LEAGUE. 2. DADDY'S HOME 2.

3. MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. 4. THOR: RAGNAROK. 5. BAD MOMS 2.

6. GOODBYE CHRISTOPER ROBIN. 7. JIGSAW. 8. THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER. 9. THE TEACHER. 10. BLADE RUNNER 2049.

NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: NOVEMBER 30: INFERENCE NOTES, NO GAME NO LIFE: ZERO, ONLY THE BRAVE, SHOT CALLER, SWEET VIRGINIA, THE DISASTER ARTIST, THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS, THE STAR, WONDER. DECEMBER 7: THE SECRET SCRIPTURE, WONDER WHEEL. THE DVD AND BLU-RAY TOP RENTALS & SALES: 1. THE HITMAN'S BODYGUARD [Action/ Comedy/Thriller/Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Reynolds].

2. THE DARK TOWER [Action/Fantasy/Adventure/Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey].

3. THE LOST CITY OF Z [Adventure/Biography/Drama/Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller].

4. GIRLS TRIP [Comedy/Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish].

5. GIFTED [Drama/McKenna Grace, Chris Evans, Jenny Slate].

6. VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS [Sci-Fi/Action/Clive Owen].

7. LOGAN LUCKY [Comedy/Crime/Drama/ Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum, Adam Driver].

8. ATOMIC BLONDE [Action/Mystery/Thriller/ Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman].

9. A GHOST STORY [Drama/Romance/Fantasy/Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara].

Also: HAMPSTEAD, CARS 3, PARIS CAN WAIT, THE CIRCLE, EVERYTHING-EVERYTHING, THE BOOK OF HENRY, KEDI, SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING, THE BEGUILED, THE BIG SICK. NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON DVD THIS WEEK: THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS [Thriller/Horror/Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close].

WIND RIVER [Crime/Mystery/Drama/Jeremy Renner, Elixabeth Olsen, Graham Greene].

AMERICAN MADE [Crime/Thriller/Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright].

47 METERS DOWN [Horror/Thriller/Claire Holt, Mandy Moore, Matthew Modine].

THE DILEMMA [Comedy/Kevin James, Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Connelly].

THE VILLAINESS [Action/Thriller/Seo-hyeong Kim, Bang Sung-Jun].

NEW RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS ON BLU-RAY THIS WEEK: THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS [Thriller/Horror/Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close].

WIND RIVER [Crime/Mystery/Drama/Jeremy Renner, Elixabeth Olsen, Graham Greene].

AMERICAN MADE [Crime/Thriller/Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright].

47 METERS DOWN [Horror/Thriller/Claire Holt, Mandy Moore, Matthew Modine].

SERPICO [Crime/Drama/Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe].

THE DILEMMA [Comedy/Kevin James, Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Connelly].

THE VILLAINESS [Action/Thriller/Seo-hyeong Kim, Bang Sung-Jun].

NEW & RE-RELEASE AND CLASSIC MOVIES DVD HIGHLIGHTS: SERPICO [Crime/Drama/Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe].

NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS: BATES MOTEL: Season 5.

GATE: The Complete Series.

NASA: 60th Anniversary Collectors Set. THE ORIGINALS: Season 3.

DOCTOR FOSTER: Series 2.

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■ Irene Hewitt was born in South Melbourne in 1922. Irene was the eldest of three children and sadly both of her brothers died during childhood in tragic circumstances.

Irene was a ‘tomboy’ and was keen on sports and athletics. She played netball and when she left school Irene became a member of the Harriers Runners at Abbotsford.

Irene loved singing and putting on shows with her friends in back-yard concerts. She took tap dancing lessons and was in the South Street Competitions at Ballarat.

During the war years Irene ran a small mixed business shop in Abbotsford. She enjoyed singing the comedy songs and performed in The Southern Review which was a concert party show.

In the cast were comedian Joff Allen, the Review Dancers and Shirley Radford on piano.

This led to regular singing appearances at The Trocadero where she sang with Frank Coghlan's Band and made friends with another singer, Frank Rich.

Irene was a featured vocalist at The Coconut Grove in South Yarra for three years. She met and fell in love with Ernie Mehner who played tenor saxophone in the band and they were married in 1954.

Irene also sang with Don Harper’s Orchestra at the Masonic Hall in Collins Street, the Collingwood Town Hall and the St Kilda Town Hall.

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By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM

Her radio work included singing spots on Tyes Radio Review on 3XY and Nicky and Tuppy's shows on 3AW. She also worked on radio shows at the ABC and her specialty was comedy songs such as Cigarettes and Whiskey and Wild Wild Women, Ragtime Cowboy Joe and Old McDonald Had A Farm.

Irene worked the cruise ships, nightclubs and theatres in the early 1950s. When television began Irene was a cast member in Take That which was a school room comedy show on Channel Seven and she co-starred with Joff Allen and Frank Rich.

She also did guest roles in television shows such as The Sullivans, Prisoner, Cop Shop,

● Irene Hewitt Carson's Law and Neighbours. Her film credits included: Dimboola, Lonely Hearts, Blue Fire Lady, Death of a Soldier and Evil Angels.

Irene never stopped working and played ‘Diamond Lil’ for eight years in shows for Terry Gill and his wife Carole Ann.

Irene starred in pantomimes with Lindsay Edwards. In 1981 Irene played the maid in a national tour of the play Habeas Corpus starring opposite Frank Thornton from Are You Being Served?

She was a support artist for many overseas performers such as The Bee Gees, Frank Sinatra Jnr and Steve Raymond.

Irene was a foundation member of The Showbiz Club and spent many years working on the committee.

In 1997 Irene performed in a variety show for 96.5 Inner FM and I had the pleasure of working with this professional performer.

Irene was a fan of Frank Sinatra and was a regular at the International Sinatra Society meetings.

Irene Hewitt passed away in 2004 at the age of 82. Her funeral service was attended by many showbusiness personalities and Terry and Carole Anne Gill told many great stories about their memories of Irene. I was very pleased to have known this lovely lady - she loved life and entertaining people.

Kevin Trask Kevin can be heard on 3AW Mike Till Midnight Saturday at 8.10pm The Time Tunnel - on Remember When Sundays at 9.10pm And on 96.5 FM That's Entertainment - Sundays at 12 Noon

Record nominations for Blue Diamond Stakes ■ A record number of nominations have been received for Victoria's richest two-year old classic, the Blue Diamond Stakes to be run at Caulfield on February 24.

There were 706 first acceptors when the first noms were taken in late November.

The Ladbrokes Blue Diamond worth $1.5 million is run over over 1200 metres and attracts the best young sprinters from all the leading stables from all over Australasia.

This is a rise from the 686 horses that accepted at this stage last year and is also the first time that first acceptances have topped 700 in the race's history.

The reigning Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes winning partnership of David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig top the list of first acceptors with 77 entries.

Leading South Australian trainer, Tony McEvoy, and the Gai Waterhouse-Adrian Bott combination, have each 46 entries.

Caulfield trainer Aaron Purcell, who has taken the reins over from Ciaron Maher while he is out, nominated 38 youngsters.

Top Caulfield trainer, Mick Price, who won the Blue Diamond two years ago with Extreme Choice, has 34 entries.

Likewise the powerful Hawkes stable has also 34 nominations for the classic.

Probably the most interesting nomination is that of undefeated mare, Black Caviar's second foal, named, Prince of Caviar, a striking bay colt by the Golden Slipper winner, Sebring.

Among the Hawkes entries is a daughter of Fastnet Rock, Symi, a bay filly out of Cats Whisker, and is a full sister to last year's Blue Diamond winner, Catchy.

The best represented stallions among the list of the first acceptors include, I Am Invincible, who has 48 sons and daughters still in contention for the feature race next year.

I Am Invincible was the second leading two-year-old sire by winners last season with 29.

He finished just behind champion sire, Snitzel, who finished on 32, and is represented, by 42 of his own progeny.

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with Ted Ryan Former Golden Slipper winner, Pierro, who sired the Oaks winner, Pinot, has 29 juveniles, all nice types.

All horses originally nominated for next year's Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes will remain eligible for the 2018, $350,000, Group Three Catanach's Jewellers Blue Sapphire Stakes over 1200 metres to be run during next year's BMW Caulfield Cup Carnival, even if their nomination lapses at the first, second, third or final acceptance stage.

Second declarations for the 2018 Ladbrokes Blue Diamond Stakes, close at 12 noon on Tuesday January 9.

Survivors

■ Enjoyed a great day with old friends at our bi-annual get together of radio and TV Identities of yesteryear and today, at the Rising Sun Hotel in South Melbourne.

Convenor Bruce McKay, who spent some of radio career at 3AW, got proceedings underway, with many a story about the "Good Old Days".

Great to see Brian Smith, who I worked with Channel Nine, for many years, and Hughie Hill.

The well- known voice of Jane Holmes, was in full flight, while 3AW newsreaders Tony Tardio and Dennis O'Kane enjoyed the day.

Channel Nine stalwart, Peter Smith, who never changes, was his

usual bubbly self. I had the pleasure of running into my old boss, Gordon Bennett, who I worked with for a couple of years at Channel Seven, where Gordon, was the Executive Producer of the football, World of Sport, and major sporting telecasts.

Former 3DB on-air announcer, Denis Scanlan, now with Pulse Radio, in Geelong made the journey up with John Humphreys, former General Manager of 3GL. Top singer Dorothy Baker along with Carryl Browne, formerly with No Man's Land on Nine, was among the many that had a great day.

Other radio people from the past were Keith Livingston, Paul Konik, John Vertigan and Ray Lawrence. Of course we missed the guru, our Editor, Ash Long, who got caught up at the Yea Show.

Another blast from the past was Jim Murphy, who wrote for the Listener In-TV in the "Good Old Days".

It was great to touch bases.

P.S.: Ash, you still owe me a beer.

Japan Cup

■ I watched the recent Japan Cup with interest, and the Japanese know how to put on a show.

I was astounded to notice before the start of the race all horses in the Cup were led to the start by gentlemen in dark slacks, a bow tie and some sort of leggings up to their knees.

The coats they were wearing appeared to be a fawny colour and they were carrying something like a stock whip.

When the runners were called to come forward, the attendants one to each horse took over.

The big race attracted 100,000 racegoers, with the Cup run on fast track.

For Australia it was great, our second Cup, with an Australian rider aboard.

Hughie Bowman, the rider of Winx, showed them what it was all about with a great ride.

Back in 1990, Michael Clarke won the Cup for the Hayes camp on Better Loosen Up. - Ted Ryan

OK. With John O’Keefe

● Jimmy Barnes

Hello Sailor

■ Cast your mind back to 1999 when 18-year-old Jesse Martin sailed into Port Phillip Bay to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. Fast forward to today we find 38-year-old Jesse in New York where he is kept busy writing scripts for sailing docos, writing books, as well as being a regular on the speaker circuit.

His double-storey Melbourne house in the hills is on the market and don't be surprised to see him embark on his next sea adventure .And that adventure could well be sailing around South Africa.

Sunrise in 2018

■ It has now been confirmed host David Koch will be returning next year but only on a four day-a-week basis. Kochie is reported to earning $1 million per year, which is the sticking point with co-host Samantha Armytage who is keen to explore other options once her contract with Seven expires next year. The new brekky program on Ten is looking good for Sam.

Spray from Jimmy Barnes

■ The normally placid Jimmy Barnes got his knickers in a twist over use of his name and lyrics in a political speech made by Malcolm Turnbull and Josh Frydenberg. The pollies were in Port Kembla sprouting off about energy and jobs while weaving Barnes song lines and inuendos into their speeches. A furious Jimmy replied with a Trump-like Tweet - “Don't use my name to sell your shitty policies.”

Better late than never

■ The Nine Network has reacted to the Don Burke scenario and other cases with the appointment of an external counselling service. In addition to the Nine HR department disgruntled staff are urged to discuss concerns with Converge International. In a segment on Studio 10, co-host Ita Buttrose said she had once been victim of Rolf Harris's wandering hands. Where will it end, and who willl be next named ?

Nice gesture

■ Boy George and his band Culture Club were on a long haul flight to Australia. Boy George noticed a young man was seated in seperate seats to his parents , he arranged to swap seats so the young passenger was reunited with his folks. Nice gesture.

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By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

At Bonnie Doon

■ A diverse group of entertainers will be one of the highlights at the Bonnie Doon Music Festival in February.

The three-day event will also feature bush dances, poets and a host of well-known artists. Lake Eildon's serenity will no doubt be challenged from February 16-18.

Casey Radio awards

■ The annual Casey Radio Awards were held on November 29. Legendary presenter Leigh Drew took top gong for best on-air program 2017. The former commercial radio announcer hosts ShowBiz that includes interviews with actors, singers, performers, directors and producers, both local and international.

Bryce Eishold, 22, was presented with a life membership and holds the record for the youngest member ever to receive such an award. Bryce started his career at the tender age of nine and is now a journalist with the Latrobe Valley Express. He still fulfils on air commitments at the station however.

Other winners included Laura Wootton, Bernadette Nolan, Deoki Wilcek, Mikayla White and Liam Brontz.

Justin at Ballarat

■ 2012 X Factor finalist Justin Standley will be the guest artist at the Country Music Association of Victoria on December 10.

The Ballarat-based organisation hold monthly events featuring both local and interstate guests. It also offers a number of other social activities for the community.

Singers are invited to come along, do their thing, have a feed and catch up with friends.

More info: cmav.com.au - Rob Foenander

Chardonnay makes its comeback ■ JOHN ROZENTALS predicts a very significant and worthy comeback for chardonnay.

Australian winemakers seem to have learnt from their sins of the past as far as chardonnay is concerned, when they seemed chiefly concerned about seeing how much oak they could imbue their wines with.

Maybe it was all part of the learning curve and maybe hence it was natural and meaningful.

Unfortunately it also resulted in the creation of what became known as the ABC syndrome among winelovers - Anything But Chardonnay.

Drinkers were finding the resultant wines often unpalatable - and certainly far from food friendly.

They were looking for genuine fruit flavour, not a mouthful of splinters - for a balanced wine that complemented foods they enjoyed eating rather than overwhelming them.

Some smart winemakers - such as Andrew Koerner, of Blue Pyrenees Estate, in western Victoria's Pyrenees - completely avoided the trap.

Others fell for it big time, with the result that they did themselves and the industry a great deal of harm. ● Andrew Korner has always been interested in making There has been a drive for a few chardonnay that complements, rather than fights, food. years now to undo the damage that And that's a very good thing, be- varieties - one quite capable of quite possibly led the world to beat cause chardonnay is undoubtedly making a range of complex wines a path to New Zealand sauvignon one of the world's greatest white that suit our life styles. blanc.

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Let's just hope that it isn't too late.

Though there is some residual action from the ABC contingent, I sense that drinkers are finding a new passion for chardonnay.

I never lost mine, and instead found chardonnays that weren't excessively oaky.

WINE REVIEWS Blue Pyrenees Estate 2013 Chardonnay: They're never would have been a problem with Australian chardonnay if others had followed Andrew Korner's lead. This is quite simply a beautiful drink.

Natural fermentation, barrel fermentation and batonage (stirring of residual year lees) have all contributed to a complex dry white that foodies will love.

Blue Pyrenees Estate 2017 Bone-Dry Pinot Noir Rosé ($22) Here's another wine doing its best to combat misunderstanding. At this time of year, restaurant tables should be packed with this type of refreshing chilled drink. It's dry, it's balanced and it tastes good. Ask no more.

WINE OF THE WEEK Robert Stein Wines 2016 Reserve Chardonnay ($40): Made from 100 per cent Mudgee chardonnay planted in 1976 and now producing at their peak, this wine, like the BPE Chardonnay, has been produced with complexity and fruit flavour as peak requirements. It's the epitome of warm-climate chardonnay with ample flavours in the nectarine spectrum.

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THE T OP 5 BES T SELLING TOP BEST CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR CHILDREN 5. Barbie and her good friend "Same Sex" Sally.

4. The Oscar Pistorius No Leggo set.

3. Mr Potato-head aka Donald Trump.

2. A very large monkey who is a cross-dresser. Kinky Kong.

1. The Harvey Weinstein wind-up doll.

You wind it up and it does something that would get me, the editor and this newspaper banned for life.

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Local Sport History 130 Years of Local Press

Count revealed 23 players ■ Newly-discovered press files show the Yea was active in football prior to the commonly accepted 1893 formation date.

Contemporary reports offer match descriptions from; ■ 1887 and 1889: against Alexandra and Tallarook; ■ 1890: against Alexandra and Muddy Creek.

The first match appears to have been on June 4, 1887, against visitors, Alexandra (see below, right).

Other games that year were also played against Tallarook (see match description on next page).

No press reports can be found for local football for 1888, but the following year sees fixtures also organised at Muddy Creek (Glenmore).

The 1889 report of the Tallarook match was published on September 13:“The football match, Yea v Tallarook, played on Saturday last, ended in the defeat of the former by 5 goals 5 behinds to 2 behinds.

“It is only fair to the Yea team to state that several of their best players did not put in an appearance, and that their opponents played with 23 men against 16 up to three-quarter time, when the men were ranged up and counted.

“Tallarook then gave Yea three men, and with this assistance Yea pressed their antagonists very hard indeed, just missing a goal or two.”

The Seymour Express newspaper (June 28, 1889) had previewed the Yea-Tallarook match: “The recently formed football club are practising regularly in anticipation of a challenge from Seymour or Tallarook.

If either event comes off 'our boys' will not be far behind.”

A report in the Alexandra & Yea Standard from April 4, 1890, suggests that Yea had a football heritage going back much earlier.

“The annual meeting of the football club was held at Davey's Hotel, on Mon day, when it was ultimately and unanimously decided to reform the club thoroughly, go regularly to practice, and endeavour to reachieve the honors the club used to possess some time ago.”

In the previous year, the Club had been active socially. The press scribe noted in the Standard’s ‘Yea Jottings’: “I hear it is the intention of the football club to close the season with a ball, to be held in the shire hall.”

Teams in the region also included combinations from Yarck, Gobur, Ruffy, Thornton, Tallarook.

Seymour Mansfield and Darlingford.

There was certainly a ‘Yea Football Club’ in existence in 1889. It wrote a letter to the Yea Shire Council seeking a refund. The Seymour Express (Sept. 17, 1889) reported: “From Yea Football Club, requesting that a portion of rent paid by them for use of Sliire Hall be refunded. — Cr Purcell was of opinion that no refund should be made.

“It cost the council 7s 6d each time the hall was used, and he thought when it was used for the purpose of holding an entertainment, those using it ought to be able to pay for it. No action taken.”

On July 4, 1890. The Yea correspondent wrote: “A football match was played here on Saturday between a scratch team fron.Glenmore and the local men. The game was very very unequal, Yea having the

1889 grudge match between Yea-Alexandra councillors ■ “An unexpected visit from the Alex andra Rangers quite took our young men by surprise on Saturday last, as it was understood the football match was off,” reported the Yea correspondent to the Alexandra and Yea Standard on August 30, 1889.

“However not to disappoint the visitors the local men mustered 20 strong, the game coimmencing about 2.30. p.m.

“It was evident from the start that the Rangers were not on a par with a team of a partly somewhat similar name hailing from Alexandra, their play being at times anything hut good, with exceptions of course.

“Yea, I must say, played remarkably well, and although the team was not a strong one, shared good form.

“A lad named Clarke, from Tasmania, played an excellent game as did McCann who kicked an almost impossible goal, also Anthony, Develin, Toohey, M' Leish and several others.

“For the .Rangers - Watt, (1 goal), Stillman, Vining, Asling, McMartin, (2), Tossol, (2), showed very fair form.

“The game resulted as follows :-Yea, 2 goals 12 behinds ; Rangers, 1 goal 4 behinds. I must mention in all fairness to the losers that they played with only 18 men, while their opponents had their full complement and declined although asked to play with equal numbers.

“Mr Stillman mentioned this fact in replying (as captain) for his club.

Mr J. Robinson made a very fair and impartial umpire.

“The football match of the season is about to take place shortly, and intense interest is being evinced as to the probable result of the match, viz, that between the Alexandra and Yea Shire Councillors.

“Money is changing hands in this, the greatest event of the year in sporting circles. Several councillors are privately taking lessons and tuition in the rules of the game.

“I suppose all the officers will be allowed to take part in this game , poundkeepers included.

“It seems to me that the man who will desire most sympathy at the end of the game will be the central umpire. ● A football match between Yea Shire and Alexandra Shire councillors was organised in 1889, reported The Standard. game in their own hands kicking 7 goals 4 behinds to one behind. It is only fair to state Glen more did not play with anything like their best team but they expect to turn the tables when Yea visits Glenmore.”

In 1893, the Alexandra and Yea Standard quoted The Yea Chronicle: “Commenting on the recent football match betweeda Alexandra and Yea, the Chronicle says:-" The Yea players would have shone much more brilliantly had they remembered the golden rule of football, i.e., Stick to your places and not rove all

over the ground.

“They meed practice in the “May they profit by the lesson. So meantime, and the men must keep far as the records go, Saturday’s beat- to their positions in the field just as ing was the worst the Yea boys ever had, and Giles and his team are to be complimented on the effective way in which they did their work.

“I hope to see Yea, in the return match, retrieve the disaster, if they do not actually turn the tables on their victorious opponents “One thing must be mentioned to their credit, viz.. they took their gruel, though given with a pot-stick lnstead of a spoon, like genuine footballers.

good cricketers always do.

“The Geelong and Carlton clubs ●● Turn Turn To Page 46 24

Yea and Homewood combine for match against Alexandra ■ “On Saturday afternoon last a return football match between the (Alexandra and Yea-Homwood Combined teams) was played at Johnson's Creek, opposite the Belle Vue Hotel, in a paddock kindly lent for the occasion by Dr E. W. Sampsson, it was reported on September 30, 1892.

There was a fairly large gathering of spectators, amongst them being Dr Jee, Messrs Doberty, Munckton, Graham, Jackson, J. Murphy, J. McMinn, McNicol, H. Maubey, E. W. Sampson, A. Stillman, A. Baker, Oates (Yea), and Elliott (Miller's Ponds).

Amongst the ladies on the ground were Mrs.Hutchinson. Miss Thom, Miss Barras, Miss N. McMinn, Misses Johnson, Miss Robinson (Thornton), and Mrs Parsons.

Mr W. Parsons was central umpire, the goal umpires being A. Hall (Alexandra) and Pettigrew (Yea).

The play all through the match was not up to much. In fact, it was very unlike football.

At quarter time the score stood Yea’s goal 1 behind, Alexandra nil.

Half time: Alexandra 1 goal 2 behinds, Yea.1 goal 1 behind.

In the third quarter Yea added a behind and in the fourth Alexandra scored two, the final result being Alexandra 1 goal 4 behinds, Yea 1 goal 2 behinds.

Alexandra's goal was kicked by Kenny, and Yea's by M. McLelsh.

The former's behinds were scored by Kellock, Peck (2), and Lee, the latter's by McPherson and Drysdale.

For Alexandra, Kellam, Kenny, Lee, Maddeford, and H. Robinson played best; and for the visitors Maynard (captain), M'Pherson, Antony, M'Leieh, Robinson, W. Williamson, Burns, and Mitchell well.

● A press report of what is believed to be Yea’s first football match, against Alexandra, printed in the Alexandra and Yea Standard on June 10, 1887.

First game may have been played on June 4, 1887 ■ Old newspaper clippings indicate that Yea’s first football match may have been held locally on Saturday, June 4, 1887, against Alexandra.

Reports in both the Seymour Express and Alexandra and Yea Standard newspaper point to a match at Yea, manned by the “recently formed” club.

The June 10 Standard says the match ended with Alexandra scoring 2 goals, 5 behind; with Yea restricted to 2 behinds.

Yea’s best players were named as Lees, Lang, Dods and Davis.

It was reported that because of bad weather the ‘Yeaites’ did not expect Alexandra to make the journey for the match.

The 2pm match did not start until almost an hour later.

The visitors were entertained that night at Rankin’s Hotel.

A return match, with Yea visitors travelling to Alexandra, was staged on July 23. A game against Tallarook was played on July 9.

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Local Sport History 130 Years of Local Press First match FOOTALL. ALEXANDRAV.YEA. “On Saturday last fifteen members of the Alexandra football club journeyed to Yea to "battle" with a like number of the club recently formed at the latter place.

“Real football weather greeted the players, for when the Alexandra contingent left it was raining in torrents and continued until Yea was reached.

“At noon the rain ceased and made the game somewhat more agreeable than otherwise would have been the case, footballers heeding not the mud and slosh. so long as there was an absence of rain ...

“The following is the team that represented Alexandra: E. Hall.

W. Hubbard, A. McKay, T. Mensforth, G. Milroy, R Empoy W. Dobson (captain), J. Davies (vice-captain), H. Dobson, W. Cocking, J. Tossel, A. McMartin, E. Lipsconmbe, W. Hemmings, and C. Fooks.

“It was arranged that the match should commence at two o'clock sharp, but owing to the bad weather the Yeaites did not expect that Alexandra would venture the journey “This caused a considerable amount of delay, as not only did the Alexandra team arrive early, but were on the ground in all readiness a quarter of an hour before the appointed time, and spent three quarters of an hour in practice.

“The game was started shortly before three o'clock and Captain Dobson, of Alexandra, winnirg the toss took choice of goals.

“Captain Lang, of Yea, kicked off and for the first part of the game the play was very even.

“Shortly before the first change Alexandra forced the ball down and secured first goal, kicked by Milroy.

“Upon changing positions it was seen that Alexandra had the game in their own hands, and at call of time the result was Alexandra 2 goals 5 behinds; Yea 2 behinds.

“Mensforth registered the second goal for Alexandra. Those deserving of mention for Alexandra are-Mensforth, Dobson's (2), Lipscombe, E. Hall, G. Milroy, and Cocking; and for Yea - Lees, Lang, Dods, and Davis.

“The visitors were entertained in the evening at an excellent supper at Rankin's hotel, and all seemed highly pleased with the associations that had been formed that day.

“Mr. E. Hall, the energetic secretary, deserves the thanks of the club for the arranging of tlis match, and has proved himself most worthy of the office recerntly vacated by his brother, Mr Fred Hall.

“The club is certainly to be complimented upon gaining the first victory in this district this season, and we hope that it will not be the last.

“It is expected that matches will be played with Doon, Tallarook, Kilmore, Mansfield, Jamieson, and probably a team from Melbourne, selected by Mr. W. O'Connor.

“This gentleman is particularly anxious that Alexandra should meet a junior teaml from the mntropolis, and no doubt thei Alexandra Football Club will willingly consent to such if the arrangements are officially conveyed.”

- Alexandra & Yea Standard June 10, 1887

● ● From Page Page 45 23 took the premier position for years by systematic passing and kicking, and Essendon achieved distinction in the same way last season,” the Yea scribe penned.

In 1891, the Seymour Express noted: “Seven acres of land at northern side of Snodgrass-street, Yea, have been reserved for a recreation ground.”

Meeting to form club ■ It was on April 19, 1893, that a meeting was held at the Royal Mail Hotel, Yea, “for the formation of a Yea Football Club”.

The meeting was convened by Chas. Carr.

A July press report said a match with Alexandra did not go ahead because the visitors had an outbreak of measles.

“Tne Yea Footballers were deemed to disappointment through the Alexandra team not being able to put in an appearance last Saturday owing to the prevalence of measles.

“The match will, however, be played on some future date.

“On Saturday next the Yea team meet Homewood on the ground of the latter.

“The Yea team will be chosen from the following :- Barratt, Anderson, Blackburn, Burns, Borrie, Cleeland, Corlhue (Corlass?), Carr, Dean, W. Drysdale, R. Dryslale, J. Hume, Lloyd, M'Asey, McManus, McLeish, A. Smith, E. Smith, Snodgrass, Thompson, Wilson, Withers.”

On September 21, 1893, local paper readers were told: “On Saturday next the Yea footbhallers travel to Flowerdale.

“The Yea team will be chosen from the following players :- Burns, Barrett, Blackburn, Baird, Borrie, Corlass, Carr, Cleeland, Drysdale (3), Hume, McAsey, Snodgrass, Dean, Thompson, Sandilands, E. Smith, A. Smith, McManus, MnLeish, Maynard, Lloyd, Sheard, and Dillon.

“As this is the last match to be played from home, the Yea boys are expected to turn up in full force.

The Chronicle reported that a football match between the Seymour and Yea Shire Councils would probably take place on Saturday week (Sept. 30), and ‘Lonehand' in the Seymour Express, tought that some really good fun may be expected. " Cr Condon says he will grass the entire Seymour team before the day is over, but the president and Cr. Donaldson have already been appointed to shadow him, so that the boot may be on the other foot before the game is over.

“A prominent Seymour council-

● Australian Rules football spread widely across Victoria in the late 19th Century. In 1886, a crowd of 34,000 people was attracted in Melbourne. Yea’s first games appear to have been played in 1887. This sketch, provided by the State Library, shows play at Yarra Park.

Yea struggles in its first season

■ The Yea footballers battled to find success in the first matches reported by local newspapers.

■ June 3, 1887. Alexandra 2.5, d. Yea, 0.2. At Yea. ■ July 9, 1887. Tallarook, 2.9 d Yea, 2.8. At Yea. ■ July 23, 1887. Alexandra, 7.12, d Yea, 0.1. At Alexandra.

● The Yea correspondent of the Seymour Express (July 9, 1889) documented a football match against Muddy Creek. lor is also anxious to meet the presi- arrival the game was started. Barrett dent of the Yea Council, but believ- captained Yea boys, and Giles acted ing discretion to be the better part of in a similar capacity for the valor, that far-seeing gentleman has Alexandrians, while Stillman underdecided that his position will be in took the arduous duties of central close proximity to the goal umpire." umpire.

Also in Septembver 1893, the Yea “Almost as soon as ball was newspaper reported: “TheYea bounced the home team scored by a footballers journed to Alexandra on kick out of a scrimmage; after the Saturday last to try conclusions with second bounce ball was taken to Yea the local team there. goal, and by a lucky kick put through “With the exception of two or again. three good players, notably Gray and “The Alexandra players seemed Antony, they had a good team, quite at home, while at the Yea boys “Arrangements were made to were all at sea, but they last woke up play on the Alexandra football ground, so that the cabs drove right to their responsibilities, and managed on to the " scene of battle," and in to keep the other side busier, “The first quarter ended with 3 less than a quarter of an hour after goals 3 behinds to 'Xandra, and 1 behind to Yea. “The last quarter was all in favor of Alexandra, who put on 3 more goals, making the final scores: Alexandra, 9 goals 9 behinds; Yea, 1 goal 4 behinds.

For the winners Croughey was the best, well seconded by Rance, Herring, Dobson, Robinson, and Giles.

For Yea, in addition to those previously mentioned, were Carr, Smith, and Maynard.

“The game throughout was played in a most friendly spirit and temper, and Still man carried out his duties to everyone's satisfaction.”

A letter writer, ‘H.B.’, suggested that the Yea players don fancy dress ● An advertisement in The Yea Chronicle on April 13, 1893, to generate funds for “the terrible called for people to attend a meeting at the Royal Mail Hotel distress existing in Melbourne.” HB suggested a silver coin donation. to form a football club.

Early days

■ Formed in 1859, Melbourne and Geelong are among the world’s oldest football clubs.

They were soon followed by Carlton (1864) and North Melbourne (1869).

More teams were created in the 1870s; including Essendon (1871), St Kilda (1873), and Hawthorn (1873).

By this stage, football clubs had also formed in other parts of Victoria Huge crowds soon attended games in Melbourne.

In 1880, big matches might attract crowds of 15,000. In 1886 a South Melbourne v Geelong game attracted 34,000, “possibly the largest football crowd in the world up to that point” according to Prof. Geoffrey Blainey.

Tallarook in 1887 game Tallarook v. Yea. (Held over from last week) “A well contested match was played at Yea on Saturday, 9th inst., between the abovenamed clubs, Tallarook playing 12 men, and the locals 15.

“Winnell captained the visitors, and Laing the local club.

“At half-time the game stood Tallarook 1 goal, 4 behinds; Yea, 1 goal 2 behind.

“Shortly before half-time was called one of the Talla rook team kicked the ball, it striking another of his team, and went through the posts, the umpire giving it as a goal to Yea, which they (Tallarook) disputed, but the umpire allowed it to Yea. “The final result was Tallarook, 2 goals 9 behinds; Yea, 2 goals 8 behiuds.

“Roberts, J. Howe, Winnell, Maddigan, Ryan, and Woods played a good game for Tallarook, as did Lee, Home, Laing, Mullens and Toohey for Yea. “At the conclusion of the match the Club entertained the visitors at Rankin's Hotel, where an excellent luncheon was laid.

“After the usual toasts were proposed and responded to the visitors left by the 6.30 train after one of the most enjoyable matches played this year.”

- Seymour Express, July 22, 1887

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SEYMOUR DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD

CENTRAL BOWLS DIVISION SCOREBOARD SATURDAY

■ B-Grade Fixture. Round 9. Saturday, December 9. Flowerdale v Broadford. Tallarook v Royals. Yea Tigers v Seymour. Pyalong v Kilmore. Avenel v Puckapunyal. Eastern Hill v Alexandra.

■ C-Grade Fixture. Round 8. Saturday, December 9. Puckapunyal Wanderers v Kilmore.

Alexandra v Seymour Maroon. Eastern Hill v Broadford Black. Puckapunyal Nomads: Bye. Broadford Red v Nagambie. Seymour Gold v Pyalong.

■ Under 16 Fixture. Round 8. Sunday, December 10. Kilmore: Bye. Broadford v Eastern Hill. Yea Tigers v Alexandra.

■ Under 14 Fixture. Round 8. Saturday, December 9. Kilmore: Bye. Eastern Hill v Nagambie. Avenel v Broadford.

■ Under 12 Fixture. Round 6. Friday, December 8. Kilmore Light Blue S2 v Kilmore Dark Blue S2. Tallarook S2 v Kilmore White S2. Yea Tigers S2 v Alexandra S2. Eastern Hill S1 v Avenel S1. Kilmore S1v Nagambie S1.

Broadford S1 v Seymour S1.

■ Saturday Pennant. Divisions 1 and 2. Saturday, December 2. Washed Out.

DIVISION 1

■ Ladder. 1. Kilmore, 148.11, 93. 2. Alexandra, 128.46, 91. 3. Seymour, 94.76, 73. 4.

Wallan, 115.33, 72. 5. Broadford, 104.02, 70. 6.

Eildon, 97.4, 47. 7. Yea, 63.64, 29. 8. Seymour, 75.96, 21.

■ Fixture. Round 8. Saturday, December 9.

Alexandra v Broadford. Eildon v Wallan.

Kilmore v Yea. Seymour VRI v Seymour.

DIVISION 2

■ Ladder. 1. Seymour, 147.31, 97. 2. Kilmore, 112.54, 96. 3. Broadford, 100.0, 61. 4. Wallan, 90.42, 60. 5. Alexandra, 77.37, 42. 6. Seymour VRI, 61.45, 28.

■ Fixture. Round 9. Saturday, December 9.

Alexandra v Wallan. Kilmore v Seymour.

Seymour VRI v Broadford.

YEA GOLF CLUB REPORT

■ One of the most highly regarded events on the Yea Golf Club's men's calendar is the Sichlau Trophy.

The ‘Sichlau’ is played over six rounds of stroke play throughout the year and players total their best four rounds for their final score.

The ‘Sichlau’ has been played for many years and was first introduced to the program in recognition of the significant role played by Lou Sichlau over many years.

The long-standing members of the club fondly remember Lou, not only as a golfer, committee member but also as an entertainer.

Lou's sense of humour was played out many times at club functions, in conjunction with his long time friend John McLeish.

In more recent years the event had become more closely aligned with Lou's son, Ross, who inherited Lou's sense of humour and commitment to Yea Golf Club.

Ross passed away some 12 months ago after suffering from Motor Neurone Disease but the club is extremely pleased that Ross's wife Margaret has continued the family's relationship at Yea Golf Club.

In this year’s event Alan Pell was the clear winner with his best four rounds being 68, 69, 72 and 73. Alan was six shots clear of Rob O'Halloran in seconnd place.

The daily stroke event was won by Ivor Brayley with 66 from Greg Clements and Kevin Coghlan on 67.

Saturday was scheduled to be the first round of the Murrindindi Masters at Eildon but the event had to be postponed because of the weather.

However, seven brave souls did venture onto the course at Yea for a stableford event. Neil Peterson was the winner from Bill Dredge in second place.

- Gary Pollard

NOTHERN METRO CRICKET: E-GRADE SCOREBOARD

■ Ladder. 1. North Brunswick/Rosebank 4th XI, 2.28, 42. 2. Preston Druids 3rd XI, 2.00, 34.

3. Preston Baseballers 3rd XI, 1.54, 30. 4.

Strathewen 2nd XI, 3.77, 28. 5. Holy Trinity 3rd XI, 0.78, 18. 6. Bundoora Park 3rd XI, 0.68, 12.

7. Preston Footballers 2nd XI, 0.52, 12. 8.

Kinglake, 0.20, 0.

■ Fixture. Round 8. Saturday, December 9.

Preston Baseballers 3rd XI v Bundoora Park 3rd XI. Holy Trinity 3rd XI v Preston Druids 3rd XI. Kinglake v Preston Footballers 2nd XI. Strathewen 2nd XI v North Brunswick/Rosebank 4th XI.

HARNESS RACING ‘SULKY SNIPPETS’ WITH LEN BAKER

● Yea Tigers Cricket Club has extended congratulations to Abby Christie and Ruby O'Dwyer on being selected in the Victorian Country Under 15 Girls team. The girls will be heading to South Australia to play at the start of January.

ALEXANDRA FOOTBALL-NETBALL CLUB REPORT

ALEXANDRA FOOTBALL-NETBALL CLUB REPORT

■ The Alexandra Football-Netball Club would like to invite anyone interested in getting involved for the 2018 season to come along to Rebel Park as training for all senior, reserve and under 18 footballers has commenced on Wednesdays at 6 pm at Rebel Park with players needing to bring singlet, shorts and runners.

Senior netball training is on Thursdays at 6 pm at Rebel Park.

Training will continue each Wednesday for football and Thursdays for netball with the final training session to be confirmed with a family night and barbecue to end the year and confirm plans into the New Year.

The Alexandra Football-Netball Club met on Wednesday, October 26 for the Annual General Meeting.

After presentation of the Club's 2017 Financial Report and President's Report, all executive positions were declared vacant with the following appointments subsequently made: President - Ray Steyger, Senior Vice President Darren Ritchie, Junior Vice President - Peter McKenzie, Secretary - Kylie Cairns and Treasurer - Ray Steyger.

A number of enthusiastic people have pledged to assist the Club on the Committee and if anyone is interested in joining the Club in any capacity, please don't hesitate in contacting Ray Steyger on 5772 2627, everyone is welcome.

The Alexandra Football-Netball Club is pleased to announce the appointment of the following coaches for the 2018 season with Sam Kidd re-appointed as senior coach joined by Scott Whitehead as reserves coach assisted by

Jason Krijt and Scott Ferrier as under 18s coach.

In netball, A- and B-Grades will be coached

by Michelle Jack assisted by Jess Lucas, CGrade by Maggie Hamill with Jo Steel to coach D-Grade.

In junior football, the Club has re-appointed John Tossol to coach the under 16s, Stuart Coller to coach the under 12s assisted by Brad Kidd and Derrick Meggitt with the under 10s to be coached by Dan Crane. The under 14s coach is to be confirmed.

In junior netball, the League has a motion to be voted on at the League AGM to be held on Monday, December 4 at Seymour.

The motion is to change the netball age groups to 17 and under, 15 and under, 13 and under, 11 and under. The Club will seek expressions of interest for 2018 coaches once the age groups have been decided.

The Club now looks forward to continued growth into the future which is dependent on everyone getting involved as we intend to make a positive impact on and off the field with juniors and seniors football and netball in 2018.

- Ray Steyger

SEYMOUR DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION SCOREBOARD ■ A-Grade Fixture. Round 9. Saturdays, December 9 and 16. Kilmore v Avenel. Broadford v Yea Tigers. Nagambie v Tallarook.

■ Sutton Grange breeder/owner/trainer/driver Shane Hall's consistent 4Y0 Yankee SpiderHilltown Ashley mare Iona Spider was successful in the Cougar Bourbon Trotters Mobile for TR1 & TR2 class over 1720 metres at Tabcorp Park Melton on Monday November 27. Despite racing without cover from gate three, Iona Spider was too tough for the pacemaker My Jackofdiamonds over the concluding stages, scoring by 1.4 metres in a mile rate of 1-59.6.

All The Way Mae came from last to finish third 2.7 metres back.

■ Dunnstown's John Murphy snared a double at Melton - 4Y0 Lawman-Granuaile gelding Eoghan Omaille taking the Mediatech Trotters Mobile for TR0 class over 1720 metres and 4Y0 Village Jasper-Margaret Eden gelding Oscar Bravo the 1720 metre Benstud Standards Pace for R0 class. Eoghan Omaille (Darby McGuigan) finished best from mid-field to register a neck decision from a death-seating Fremarksrooster and Pretty Penny in 2-01.8, while Oscar Bravo driven by brother David came from five back the markers to prevail by 4.3 metres over Heathbern Alimay (three back on the inside) and Apollon which trailed the leader Song Of Courage in 1-58.8.

■ For the second time in the last few weeks, Mildura trots were abandoned due to weather conditions, with only four races held on Tuesday. The $7,000 DNR Logistics Pace Final for C0 class over 1790 metres went the way of South Australian Golden Bambi for father-son combination Justin and Jayden Brewin. A 4YO daughter of Badlands Hanover and Golden Cruiser, Golden Bambi led throughout from gate four, winning by 14.2 metres from Mio Christisimo and Juza in a rate of 2-00.2.

Ouyen part-owner/trainer Graeme Mengler snared the Zilzie Wines Pace for C1 or better class over 2190 metres with 6Y0 Red River Hanover-Marchioness Meg gelding Heza Reddy in a rate of 1-59.6. Driven by local Luke Watson, Heza Reddy led all of the way from gate four, accounting for Major Jamane and Wake Up Quinn.

■ Rochester trainer Mark Thompson kept up his impeccable record at his home track Echuca on Wednesday when chalking up a stable double, combining with Bendigo based Todd Matthews to land the 1755 metre Moama Bowling Club Pace for C1 class with Artikulate Miss and the C4 to C6 class Lets Do Coffee & Catering Pace over the same distance with Times A Bonus.

Five year old Art Major-Tika mare Artikulate Miss led throughout from the pole to record a half head victory over Causenfriction which lost second on protest to Benji Mara in a mile rate of 1-58.6.

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Wednesday, Dec. 6 (1st Wednesday) • 7pm-8pm. 1st Kinglake Cubs Meeting. At Scout Hall, Kinglake Memorial Oval. Cubs (7-11 years).

Thursday, Dec. 7 (1st Thursday) • 7pm. Meeting. Rotary Club of Yea. At Yea Golf Club rooms. Every Thursday.

Friday, Dec. 8. (1st Friday) • 10am-3pm. Whittleseamers. Craft Group. At Hall, behind Christ Church, Whittlesea. Phone: Jenny, 9716 0079, or Sandra, 9717 0704. Fridays.

• 7pm-8.30pm. Meeting. 1st Kinglake Venturers. At Scout Hall, Kinglake Memorial Reserve. Fridays.

Saturday, December 9 (2nd Saturday) • 9am-2pm. Wadambuk Makers Market.

At St Andrews Community Hall, Caledonia St, St Andrews. wadambukmakersmarket@gmail.com 2nd Saturday Sunday, Dec. 10. (2nd Sunday) • 10am-2pm. Bollygum Community Market. Phone: 0409 849 722. Market Season Sept.-May, excluding Jan. • PM. Yea Races. At Yea Racecourse, Racecourse Rd, Yea. Phone: Denis Smith, 0438 048 178. www.yearacingclub.com.au • 2pm-3.30pm. Kinglake Community Christmas Carols. At Bollygum Park Christmas Market. Run by Kinglake Ranges Neighbourhood House.

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Tuesday, Dec. 12. (2nd Tuesday) • 7pm. Annual General Meeting.

Whittlesea Pre-School. Phone: 9716 2405.

• 7pm-8.30pm. Meeting. 1st Kinglake Scouts (11-15). At Scout Hall, Kinglake Memorial Reserve. Every Tuesday.

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Thursday, Dec. 14. (2nd Tuesday) • 12 Noon. Christmas Luncheon.

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Whittlesea Combined Pensioners. At Whittlesea Community Activity Centre.

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Eildon

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Solid home on a huge block featuring:• 3 bedrooms with built-in robes • Kitchen meals/lounge with split system • Loads of cupboards, central bathroom • Double garage and rear access on 1240 sq m $285,000

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High side of Hillside:• Tidy home, 2 dble bedrooms with BIR’s.

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UNDER CONTRACT

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