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■ INDI MHR Cathy McGowan this week introduced a Private Member’s Bill to Federal Parliament, seeking a comprehensive higher education strategy for the bush.

The local independent politician says that three-quarters of students who study at regional universities actually stay in regional communities after they graduate.

“They act as an anchor for investment and, importantly, workforce development. One of the biggest threats to sustainability of rural communities is the great export of our young people to cities.”

Ms McGowan said the regional higher education strategy must be developed in partnership with all levels of government and with regional higher education providers, representative bodies and industry.

She called on the National Party and regional Liberal MPs to take action on a higher education strategy rather than settling for a “one size fits all” approach.

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Ms McGowan says the strategy is needed to underpin the policy decisions of government, as well as strengthen and promote the contribution of regional universities to national development.

“The delivery of higher education in regional Australia is central to the economic prosperity of this nation,” Ms McGowan said.

“The bill mandates that the government maintains a strategic plan and analysis of regional higher education, and recognises the role of regional universities in sustaining economic growth and supporting employment in regional Australia.

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● The Alexandra Race Club was forced to abandon its meeting last Saturday (Mar. 24) because of heavy rain.

There was a huge downpour, thunder and lightning around 12 Noon on Saturday, with more rain forecast.

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WASTE SERVICES RISK Shire needs quick response to investment moves

$65 per hour for Shire’s Manager: Development job

● Visy holds contracts with a number of local councils, including Murrindindi, for the collection of recyclables. Photo of Bayside truck: Flickr.

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● Shivaun Brown, Murrindindi’s Manager Development Services ■ Murrindindi Shire Council is willing to pay $65 per hour, plus superannuation, for the person appointed to be its Manager: Development Services on a temporary basis.

The temporary job, for which applications close at 5pm this afternoon (Wed.), is being advertised because its incumbent, Shivaun Brown, is being seconded to another position.

The rate of $65 per hour, over a 38-hour week, equals $2470 per week, or $128,440 annually.

“This temporary vacancy is designed to cover a short term secondment of the existing Manager,” says a notice on the Council website.

“You would be reporting to the General Manager Infrastructure and Development Services. The role oversees delivery of Council objectives for the strategic planning and sustainable land use, building development and business development in our shire.

“We are seeking a highly competent Manager, preferably with local government experience, to lead the department to promote sustainable land use planning and building practices that still support a business development agenda as well as fulfill Council’s statutory obligations; and maintain strong networks with relevant government and industry sectors to facilitate delivery of the council plan.

“You will be supported in this development opportunity by three highly experienced Coordinators and report to a strategic and forward thinking General Manager.

“For more information please download the position description from our website www.murrindindi.vic.au or call Stuart McConnell on 0411 020 945,” says the website notice.

■ A worse-case scenario of Murrindindi Shire Council being Council examines unable to provide recycling serdanger of vices including kerbside recycling, service collapse has been examined this month by its Audit Advisory Committee. in relation to a change to the contract (and Visy “One emerging risk has been recently identified as follows: market changes may undermine Council’s ability to deliver waste services leading to budget impacts, increased landfill pressure and reduced community support for recycling,” say the Draft Minutes for the Committee Meeting held on March 8.

“This issue relates to current significant global change in the waste and recycling industry which has attracted considerable media coverage and generated community concern in recent weeks,” said the Committee, which met at the Alexandra Chambers of Council.

The Committee’s Draft Minutes are due to be referred to the Council meeting to be held tonight (Wed.) at the Yea Chambers.

“A significant number of councils in Victoria have been advised by their contractor receiving recyclables that either the service will be ceased or that the price for the service will increase.

“This has been triggered by changes in the recyclables that will be accepted for processing by China; a major destination for recyclables from Victoria.

“The current situation also reflects the limitations in local processing and recycling capacity.

“The Victorian Government has announced a $13 million assistance package to be shared between all Victorian councils that will assist in addressing some of the financial impacts being experienced up to June 30, 2018.

“The Victorian Government have advised that after this time councils need to fully budget for these impacts.

“Council has a contract with Visy for receipt of our recyclables and this currently includes a rebate of approximately $60/tonne on the recyclables.

“Council has yet to be approached by Visy

are continuing to provide the service) although industry advice suggests Visy will seek to renegotiate the contract from a ~$60/tonne rebate to a $60/tonne gate fee,” according to the Draft Minutes.

“This issue presents a strategic risk in that the best case outcome is likely to be a budget impact in the range of $200,000/year or a worst case outcome (following collapse of the recycling sector) would be that Council is unable to provide recycling services including kerbside recycling.”

Other risks

Murrindindi Council’s Audit Advisory Committee is also warning of new ‘high risks’ relating to Occupational Health and Safety.

“If Councils OH&S management outcomes are unsatisfactory, because of governance and organisational capability issues and/or the inadequacy of existing policies, guidelines and templates, the consequences could include injury to staff, council contractors and community members, lack of reporting of incidents/near misses, internal and external investigations, fines, legal disputes, loss of confidence and reputation.

“This risk was re-assessed for two reasons; firstly, recent OHS audits undertaken within parts of Council’s operations has highlighted weaknesses in aspects of Council’s OHS systems, knowledge and procedures that need to be addressed by management.

“Secondly, Council has recently commenced its involvement in the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) Self-insurance Scheme, which involves a requirement to comply with the National OHS Audit Tool (that is national best practice) within three years.

“Feedback from councils participating in a pilot program for the above Scheme indicated that when externally audited against the Tool, councils were generally less compliant than they had anticipated from their own self-assessments.

● Craig Lloyd, Murrindindi Shire Council Chief Executive Officer ■ Pricing on investment matters are only valid for the day on which they are generated, and Murrindindi Shire Council needs to have a policy in place where prompt decisions can be made, says its Audit Advisory Committee.

A report, to be presented to Council’s meeting tonight (Wed.) at Yea, says that delegation of investment decisions about $500,000 should be shared between the Chief Executive Officer (Craig Lloyd) and General Manager Corporate and Community Services (Michael Chesworth).

“These decisions should be based upon any recommendations and research undertaken by the Manager Business Services (Andrew Bond) or Financial Accountant,” says the Committee.

A recommendation suggests that the Committee proposes revisions to the draft Investment Policy and that it be returned to the Committee for consideration at its May meeting.

The Advisory Committee members present at the March 8 meeting were Michele Steward, Ian McKaskill, Richard Rogerson, Cr Charlotte Bisset, Cr Leigh Dunscobe and Cr Sandice McAulay.

The Committee suggests matters to be considered are legislative restrictions, counter party and credit ratings, and other Councils’ investment policies.

Also in attendance were Craig Lloyd (Interim CEO), Michael Chesworth (General Manager Corporate and Community Services), Stuart McConnell (General Manager Infrastructure and Development Services), Andrew Bond (Manager Business Services), John Gavens (partner at Crowe Howarth), and Audrey Kyval (Governance Officer).

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Challenge for Rotarians

■ It was proved a confronting day this month as Alexandra Rotarians Hel en Gibb, Sandra Sinclair, David Dimech (President) and Tom Farrell (Secretary) met with Rotary International President Ian Risely and a new Rotary Challenge.

The Challenge is to have Australia Trachoma free by 2021.

The date marks 100 years of Rotary in Australia.

At a reception hosted by Victoria’s Governor Linda Dessau and Anthony Howard at Victoria’s Government House, Mr Riseley announced that Australia was the only developed country where the infectious eye disease trachoma is present.

He went on to issue a challenge to the 800 Rotarians from across South Eastern Australia that this treatable disease could be wiped out with help from Rotary.

This begins with the promotion of good hygiene practices that prevents the possibility of the disease spreading and infecting others.

The invitation from the State Governor to 200 Rotary Clubs was for a reception to meet Ian Riseley, and to explore Government House and its extensive gardens.

The reception was a total success and local Rotarians met personally with Ian Risely and some managed to have time with the Governor and Mr Howard.

The instant resolve was let's meet the Trachoma Challenge and meet the 2021 deadline by doing what ever it takes.

A day with the Rotary World President was most enjoyable and opened up the "can-do” part of Rotarians to act and meet the trachoma challenge.

- Robert Chaffe

Deer meat OK

● Steph Ryan MLA ■ Pet food processors at Seymour and Stanhope are set to benefit from a new plan to include deer in

News Briefs 10am start at Molo

■ The Molesworth Easter Auction and Bazaar will start at 10am this Saturday (Mar. 31). More than $250,000 has been raised for the local community over the 40-year history of the event.

Daylight saving

some of the reasons regional and rural Australians have been missing out on these services,” Ms McGowan said.

Lights at M’ville ■ A one-hour meeting will be held at the Marysville Caravan Park tonight (Wed.) to discuss possibilities of hanging Christmaas lights throughout the area in December.

Talent show ● Ian Riseley, Rotary World President Victoria’s kangaroo “These populations pet food program. are already thriving in National Party the bush. politicians have prom“This policy imised to include deer in proves the incentive to the program to control hunt and retrieve carnumbers and support casses, while also suplocal jobs if they are porting jobs and inelected to government vestment in our huntlater this year. ing and pet food proEuroa MLA Steph cessing sectors," Ms Ryan said the Nation- McLeish said. als recognised the role hunters play in controlling problem deer numbers.

“Expanding the program to include deer will support local jobs at Seymour and Stanhope,” Ms Ryan said.

“Not only are deer a real problem in the high country and areas like Tatong, but numbers have increased to such an extent that ● Cathy McGowan they are now being ■ Federal MHR for found in vineyards in Indi, Cathy McGowthe Strathbogie an, has welcomed a Ranges,” Ms Ryan Senate inquiry into acsaid. cess to mental health The Local Paper services in regional says the deer popula- and remote Australia. tion alongside the “I encourage resiMelba Hwy at dents, organisations, Castella, and the and mental health proWhittlesea-Yea Rd at fessionals in Indi with Kinglake West- experience in this field Flowerdale, deserves in Indi to have their say attention. and make a submisEildon MLA sion,” Ms McGowan Cindy McLeish said: said.

“Hunters already The inquiry will make a significant ask why rural and recontribution to control- mote Australians are ling introduced deer, accessing mental working to reduce the health services at a impact of deer on our much lower rate. It will environment and also investigate the roads. challenges of deliver"Currently hunters ing mental health seronly take what they vices in regional areas can consume them- and how technology selves. may assist.

"Unwanted deer “It is absolutely vimeat and carcasses tal that people in rural left in the bush can and regional Australia contribute to other pest have access to high animal problems in- quality mental health cluding fox and wild services. It is impordog populations.

Mental health

■ Talented young people , aged between 10 and 25, living in Doreen, are being encouraged to jump on board a local talent event in the Laurimar Town Centre on Friday, April 13.

Further details are available by phoning 9404 8800.

Secret session

■ The public is likely to be excluded from a discussion at tonight’s Murrindindi Council meeting at Yea. The ‘ Tree and Weed Services Panel’ is likely to be discussed confidentially, because it involves contract matters.

Off to Japan

■ Alexandra Secondary College is investigating whether there are enough interested students wishing to participate in a Japan tour in 2019.

Students currently in Years 8-10 are being canvassed about a tour of approximately two weeks during the Term One vacation period.

Planned attractions include: ■ Tokyo: Shinjuku, Mt Fuji and Hakone Hot Springs, Disneyland Kyoto: Golden Pavilion, Heian Shrine, Karaoke.

■ Nara: Daibutsuden (the largest wooden structure in the world), Ninja Village and Museum ■ Hiroshima: Himeji and Hiroshima Castles, A-Bomb Dome and Peace Park, Miyajima Island.

■ Turn your clocks forward by one hour at 2am this Sunday (April 2) when Daylight Saving comes to a close in Victoria.

Emergency services encourage home occupiers to “change your clocks, change your smoke alarm batteries” at Daylight Saving clock-changing time.

Fatality at Yea

■ A man has died after he was struck by a truck while on the side of the Melba Hwy on Friday night.

Victoria Police spokeswoman Belinda Batty said it was believed the man was hit after getting out of a vehicle on the side of the Melba Hwy, Glenburn just after 7.30pm.

The man died at the scene. The male truck driver was not injured and is assisting police with their inquiries.

Dentists to Alex.

■ The Flying Doctor School Dental Team will be providing free dental check-ups and education about healthy teeth and gums to Alexandra Secondary College students on Tuesday, April 24.

Strath Creek plan

■ I. and S. Gulic will tonight (Wed.) apply to Murrindindi Shire councillors to allow construction and use of a single dwelling at farming land at 174 Allandale Rd, Strath Creek. Council officers are recommending that a permit be issued.

Grants discussed

■ Community grants made by the Murrindindi Shire Council will be discussed at the 6pm meeting tonight (Wed.) at Yea. Yea Bowls Club has sought $1500. A recommendation will be put to Councillors that $1000 be paid.

Firefoxes Australia have sought $5000. It will be suggested that a $2500 grant be allowed, plus the waiving of fees for the hire of the Yea Shire Hall and community buses.

Sacred Heart Yea has applied for $4200.

Councillors will consider a recommendation that $2500 be paid.

A request for Yea Pottery Studio for $3500 may be supported. Further information is likely to be requested about a $4800 request from the AlexandraPrimarySchoolArtsCommittee.

Smith St plans

■ A proposal to discontinue part of Smith St, Yea, as a road, will be considered at tonight’s meeting of Murrindindi Shire Council.

Goulburn Valley Water initiated a planning enquiry for additional works to be undertaken at their Yea WaterTreatment Plant, which prompted clarification of their tenure over existing and proposed infrastructure on Smith St. “It was established that GVW’s occupation of the road is without formal consent,” says a report to Council.

Documents signed

■ Murrindindi Shire Chief Executive Officer Craig Lloyd has signed a number of documents relating to Council business: ■ Toolangi District Community House, ■ Alexandra Traders Pty Ltd relating to Vita Nova Fitness Facilityat Alexandra Community Leisure Centre ■ North Central Construction for civil works panel contract ■ Parkworks Environmental Group for civil works panel contract.

The first two documents were co-signed

by Mayor Cr Charlie Bisset; the other documents by Cr Margaret Rae.

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Your Stars with Kerry Kulkens ARIES: (March 21-April 20) Lucky Colour: Cream Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 9.6.2.3.

Lotto Numbers: 9.12.23.36.34.45.

Lots of movement in your domestic sector there could be someone going and others coming and a restless atmosphere could prevail for some time. Luck in games of chance.

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CANCER: (June 22- July 22) Lucky Colour: Blue Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 4.6.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 4.12.25.29.8.4 Someone could try to improve your moods and this person should make a big difference in your future. Financial matters will not improve if you are not prepared to do something positive about it.

LIBRA: (September 24- October 23) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 8.6.5.2.

Lotto Numbers: 8.12.26.35.40.22.

Stay out of family fights and arguments among friends.

Most will be in the grip of wanderlust and could be traveling longer distances than usual. It will be very hard to balance the budget however, keep trying. An old flame could re-cross your path.

SCORPIO: (October 24- November 22) Lucky Colour: Mauve Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 5.2.3.1.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.23.32.20.3.

A very favorable period. However, it is a period of ends and beginnings as one door closer a better one opens. So look ahead not back. Many will be luckier in lotteries or a punt on a wise investment. An interesting offer from someone very attractive.

SAGITTARIUS: (November 23- December20) Lucky Colour: Green Lucky Day: Saturday Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.1.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.45.40.9.7.

Most will be in a happier financial situation. However, not the time to lend money or possessions. The singles could find the lover they have been seeking for a long time. A bit on the side could prove dangerous.

CAPRICORN: (December 21- January 19) Lucky Colour: Dark Blue Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 1.3.2.5.

Lotto Numbers: 1.12.15.26.36.37.

There could be a tendency to be accident prone, watch your step. Most will be making plans for major changes to take place later this year. For most an increase in salary.

Singles could be receiving some special attention.

Yea High captains

■ Zumba Gold, planned for older adults, or people not used to exercising, will be held at Yea Community House from May 14-June 25 (excluding the Queen’s Birthday Holiday on June 11). Cost is discounted to $2 per class for the first six-week block. Phone 5797 3070 for more details.

GEMINI: (May 21- June 21) Lucky Colour: Yellow Lucky Day: Wednesday Racing Numbers: 9.6.5.3.

Lotto Numbers: 9.15.26.35.36.3.

You could do yourself a lot of damage if you get involved with something that does not concern you at all. Give opinions only if asked and help if you think it is really needed.

VIRGO: (August 23- September 23) Lucky Colour: Orange Lucky Day: Sunday Racing Numbers: 3.6.9.5.

Lotto Numbers: 9.5.12.24.45.40.

It could be easy to get into something you are not so familiar with during this period if you feel it's really not for you, stay out. Financial matters should be on the improve.

■ Holmesglen Eildon is scheduled to be recognised by Murrindindi Councillors at the Council meeting due to be held tonight (Wed.) at 6pm at the Yea Chambers.

■ A suspension of normal proceedings is planned by tonight’s Shire meeting at the Yea Chambers, so that the Yea High School captains can be officially recognised for their appointments.

TAURUS: (April 21- May 20) Lucky Colour: Peach Lucky Day: Tuesday Racing Numbers: 5.6.2.3.

Lotto Numbers: 5.12.24.40.26.33.

A lot depends on how you react to people during this period. Try not to be too sensitive to abrasive people.

Love life should get a lift in a surprising way very soon.

LEO: (July 23-August 22) Lucky Colour: Violet Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 4.6.5.2.

Lotto Numbers: 4.7.12.26.35.36.

If involved with someone special this could be a very busy period and happy moments could prevail. Using tact and understanding could help you to become friends with a person you really did not know that well.

Local Briefs Award recognition

■ Penny Pzaman spoke on business leadership at the Firefoxes meeting at the Kinglake Pub on Friday (March 23). Penny is the author of Riding The Ripples and Ready, Aim, Fire. ● Jian Zhao with Barbara Skerritt, Murrindindi Shire Council’s Co-Ordinator Customer Service ■ Murrindindi Shire Council CEO Craig one another as well as they should. As a result, Lloyd this week announced the launch of 'Cus- we don't necessarily have the full picture in the tomer First', a new project that seeks to make one place of all of the services we are providing Council services more responsive to the needs to individual customers."

"Customer requests and customer feedback of customers.

"It's a challenge for every council to keep up are not being tracked as well as they could, and with growing community demand, but if we we haven't always captured every customer restreamline processes and cut out some of the quest in a way that ensures it is actioned quickly bureaucracy, we can free up more resources to and efficiently."

The Customer First Project Team, with Mr deliver services that are important for everyLloyd sponsoring the project, is working to body," he said.

"We want to ensure that if people need to streamline management of customer requests access our services - whether that is to fix a and enquiries.

"When you contact Customer Service we're pothole, receive home care as an elderly citigoing to aim for about three-quarters of all rezen, or buy a season's ticket for the swimming pool - they can do so as easily and smoothly as quests being resolved there and then.

“Customers will be issued with reference possible. numbers for their enquiry, making it easier for "Since starting at Council I have been really them to track or follow up on their request. impressed by the commitment, knowledge and “Ultimately, want to move to a system work ethic of Council staff. They really want to where customerswe will be able to log in online to help customers to access the services they need. enable them to track their request and get a single We just need to ensure all our systems and pro- view of all of their interactions with Council. cesses support their efforts".

“Of course, customers will still be able to "Our staff are members of the community contact us in person or by phone - we know that too. They have a real stake in ensuring the personal interaction is very important," Mr community - and our individual customers - have Lloyd said. good experiences when they interact with Coun"We will be rolling this Project out over comcil," Mr Lloyd said. ing months and we will provide updates as we A major focus for the Customer First Project go. will be working to improve Council's use of tech“I'd ask for your patience as we work to imnology. prove how we deliver customer service. And "As new systems have evolved to gather and please feel free to get in touch with Council to use data, we deployed them to help organise let us know what you think of how we are going. our work - whether that was libraries, youth serYou can get in touch on 5772 0333 or via an vices, asset management or customer requests," online customer feedback form, available at Mr Lloyd said. http://www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/Contact"Unfortunately, a number of the systems we Us,” Mr Lloyd said.

- Contributed have adopted in recent years don't connect to

Lodge special

■ Freemasons from Mansfield and Euroa will visit Alexandra for a combined meeting to be held at the local temple at 6pm on Saturday, April 14. Under the leadership of Master Glenn Lowther, the ANZAC meeting will include the ‘Ceremony of the Unknown Soldier’. Ladies, guests and visitors will be welcomed to the ‘South’.

Artisan Market

■ The next Kinglake Produce and Artisan Market will be held at the Ellimatta Youth Space, 94 Whittlesea-Kinglake Rd, at 10am on Sunday, April 22.

Organisers are welcoming new stall-holders: Garden Curiosities by The Crazes, Memories and Moments, Clink Glasses and Roll with the Bears Regular participants include: Reiki with Taya, Alchemy Fudge, Kinglake Scrapbooking, Mt Slide Vineyard,A Local Baker St Andrews, Villanova Coffee Company, Global Gems and Fine Jewellery Kinglake, Nell’s Jam, ATreasure ForYou, Karen with her children’s books, Phinestea Creations, Margaret - The Cake Lady, Iris’s Kraftz, The Crisp HouseArtisan Foods, Rotary Book Exchange, Paul The Vegie man, Bryn's School and Inner Wheel Club of Kinglake Ranges Barbecue.

Alex. students in ■ Two Alexandra Secondary College students have been participating this week at the Beechworth Music Camp being held by the North East Victorian Region of schools.

Nick Lester has been running the Jazz Ensemble at this camp (previously in Dookie) for the past 15 years.

Good Fri. Appeal

AQUARIUS: (January 20- February 19) Lucky Colour: Silver Lucky Day: Thursday Racing Numbers: 4.6.5.2.

Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.35.5.1.

Most will be in for a very happy and relaxed period.

People you meet during this period are destined to have a big impact on your future plans. Some who cannot travel should be happy with friends and social activities. In your love affair, it is wise to correct old problems.

■ Local collectors are preparing for their annual fundraising efforts this week for the Good Friday Royal Children’s Hospital Appeal. Progress totals are expected to be broadcast on the ‘Country Board’ on the HSV7 telecast.

PISCES: (February 20- March 20) Lucky Colour: Red Lucky Day: Monday Racing Numbers: 4.6.8.9.

Lotto Numbers: 4.12.26.39.8.33.

Contacts from old friends or past flames. Most will have to be very diplomatic to keep personal relationships stable. Career activities are set to bring increased earnings and opportunities.

$1943 collected

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■ A $20,000 target has been set for a fund for landscaping works at Alexandra Secondary Colle. To date, $1943 has been collected.

Girls on UGFM ● Rotary Club of Alexandra members (from left) President David Dimech, Sandra Sinclair, secretary Tom Farrell and Helen Gibbs were at State Government House to hear Rotary International President Ian Risely challenge Rotarians to undertake a Trachoma Challenge. Robert Chaffe’s report is on Page 10

■ Yea’s junior women footballers paid a visit to the UGFM radio studios at Alexandra on Friday night (Mar. 23), ahead of their trip to Princes Park on Saturday for the AFLWgrand final between the Western Bulldogs and the Brisbane Lions.

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■ For many of our readers, Easter is the most significant religious period of the year.

■ Sacred Heart Parish, Yea, advertises the following observances: Holy Thursday (March 29): 7pm Good Friday Stations of the Cross (March 30): 10am Good Friday (March 30): 3pm Easter Vigil (March 31): 7:30pm Easter Sunday (1April 1): 10:30am ■ St Luke’s Anglican Church, Yea, carries the following details at its website: Maundy Thursday: Sung Eucharist & Liturgy of Foot washing 6.30pm Good Friday: Ecumenical Passion Liturgy 9am Ecumenical Stations of the Cross 10am Easter Day: Vigil Liturgy and Sung Eucharist 6am Parish Breakfast: 8am. Family Eucharist 9.30am.

■ There are many other churches and services throughout The Local Paper circulation area.

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andra Leisure Centre, Maroondah Hwy, Alexandra, next to the Secondary College.

The exhibition and sale includes traditional art, photographic prints, woodwork and crafts.

Easter break

with Ash Long, Editor Previous winner, Victoria’s best local reporter

Most senior newsman in the local area.

Now in his 49th year of local newspapers.

“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” Phone: 5797 2656, 1800 231 311 Web: www.LocalPaper. com.au Email: editor@LocalPaper.c om.au Personal Web: www.Long. com.au

Tom started work at the Yea newspaper in 1929, at age 12, as a printer’s devil.

He and brother Eddie bought the business in 1936. (Eddie died around 1968.)

In 1984, our family purchased the business from Tom. We both had requests.

To that time, Tom had invested 55 years of his life in service to the district.

Tom asked that the sale be delayed until April, so that it did not seem rushed after his being awarded as Yea Shire Citizen of the Year on Australia Day ● Tom Dignam 1984.

Our request was ■ Long Shots always has special memories that, in the circumof the late Tom stances, the contract Dignam at Easter have the date ‘April 2’ rather than ‘April 1’. time.

■ There will be no April 4 (Easter Wednesday) issue of The Local Paper.

Each year our office closes for a week to allow our team to have a mid-year break.

Our office will reopen at 9am Thursday, April 5. (We had plans to re-open on the Wednesday, but AusNet is planning yet another electricity outage in our area on that day.)

Bazaar, auction

Easter art show

Editor Ash Long first started newspaper work in 1969. He began writing for local newspapers in 1973. Over those 45 years he has kept extensive diaries and local photo files.

From Our Files - 30 Years Ago March-April-May 1988

Deputy CEO row ■ Just months after Yea Shire stared down the controversy of appointing a Chief Executive Officer at $60,000 a year, Councillors voted to appoint a Deputy Chief Executive Officer/Director-Technical Services at $46,000 per year.

All discussion on the appointment was held in secret, behind closed doors, from 10am-11.45am on the morning of the Yea Council monthly meeting.

Shire Engineer Stan Kisler was non-committal when the newspaper asked him if he would apply for the position.

“The new appointment is certain to be another controversial chapter in the often rocky presidency of Cr David Lawson,” we reported in 1988.

Death of dear Peg ■ Thirty years ago, Yea was mourning the death of popular townswoman, Peg Josephs, of Raglan St.

K’lake dog problem ■ Cr Ray Hutchinson called for further action on dog problems, when Yea Council met in April 1988: “It is my opinion that we’re not doing enough on the dog problem.”

Six dogs had been reported in the paddock of former Cr Ian Sharp, he said.

Cr Hutchinson asked if Council could be open to litigation if the Dog Act was not being administered.

Toll booths idea

Memories of Tom

● Tom Farrell ■ Opening night for the Rotary Club of Alexandra Art Show is Friday (Mar. 30), starting at 7pm.

Other hours are: Saturday (Mar. 31), 10am to 5pm; Sunday (Apr. 1), 10am to 5pm; Monday, Apr. 2, 9am to 12 Noon.

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● Les Ridd ■ A good word for ...

Les Ridd and his team at the Molesworth Easter Bazaar and Auction.

For 40 years, this Easter Saturday event has brought people together from around the region.

More than quarter of a million dollars has been raised for community projects in those four decades.

Because of daylight saving, there will be a 10am start.

Daredevil short-cut at Cotton’s Pinch

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■ The adjoining Shire of Goulburn, based at Nagambie, was planning to set up toll booths on three bridges and one road in its municiaplity, in protest of State and Federal Government funding cutbacks.

Locals were to be given tokens to exempt them from the tolls. All police and emergency service vehicles would be carried free at all times.

House numbers ■ House numbers were to be introduced at Flowerdale in 1988 on the following streets: Long Gully Rd, Riverside Cres, Creekside Dr, Rosella Ct, King Parrot Ct, Kookaburra Ct and Service Rd (Whittlesea-Yea Rd).

Rubbish problem ■ Yea Council was set to tackle its High St rubbish problem prior to the snow season by replacing 29 50-litre bins with 240-litre bins.

The three cubmic metre bulk bins at the Yea Toilet Block were being used by the public to dispose of bulk rubbish, we reported.

“It is generally overfull just three days after being emptied and is very unsightly emits odours in hot weather and become a health hazard,” said a rteport to Council.

K’lake head lice ■ Almost one-in-12 students at Kinglake students had head lice, said a report from Head Lice Sisters. All children attending local schools and kindergartens were checked.

Some 23 of the 289 children checked were found to be “infested”.

Local Phone Numbers FIRE BRIGADES (fire only) ............ 000 Local Brigades ............................... 000 POLICE (emergencies only) ............ 000 Alexandra ................................ 5772 1040 Kinglake ............................... 5786 1333 Seymour ............................... 5735 0200 Whittlesea ............................ 9716 2102 7 9 7 26 30 Yea ....................................... 5 57 263 AMBULANCE .................................... 000 Alexandra Hospital ............. 5772 0900 Northern Hospital, Epping .. 8405 8000 Seymour Hospital ................ 5793 6100 Yea Hospital ........................... 5 7 36 0400 57 STATE EMERGENC Y SER VICE ......... 13 25 00 EMERGENCY SERVICE

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Auxiliary’s $3294 ● This 1950s photo of Cotton’s Pinch at Alan Thorley’s ‘Yea and District Historical Pages’ on social media has sparked discussion of the main roadway between Yea and Molesworth, with a daredevil short-cut at Cotton’s Pinch. Who can remember the daring alternative track from 60 years ago?

■ The Yea Branch of the Blind Auxiliary raised $3294 which was sent to the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind in Melbourne, reported Elizabeth Kisler.

President Thelma Skey noted functions included stalls and card afternoon. A guest speaker had been the Rev. Stefan Slucki.

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What The Papers Say Black market

■ Following a series of large scale illegal tobacco raids across the state this month, Mansfield Police enacted a search on a local shop, allegedly uncovering thousands of dollars’ worth of the illegal ‘chop chop’.

Two search warrants were executed in Erril St, where police searched the premises and found loose-leaf tobacco and pre-filled cigarettes, along with $550 worth of cash – all of which was seized.

A further search warrant was issued in Griffin Avenue, where more loose-leaf tobacco and pre-filled cigarettes were found.

Police said there was a total of 27.5kg of tobacco found and approximately 20,200 illegal cigarettes. Two people were charged – a 45-year-old female from Mansfield and a 23-year-old man from Craigieburn.

- Mansfield Courier

$135 mil. for rail

■ An extra $135 million will be spent on the North East rail line following a landmark agreement between the Victorian and Commonwealth governments.

The signed agreement will pave the way for track upgrades that will bring better and faster transport services and new trains that will be rolled out once works are complete.

Both governments’ transport ministers signed a bilateral agreement, making Victoria the first state to lock into the Inland Rail project.

The steering committee resolved that $100 million was not enough to upgrade the track to run new modern trains, therefore the Commonwealth Government will contribute an additional $135 million to upgrade the track to at least a class 2 standard.

- Euroa Gazette

Seafood luncheon

■ Fancy a seafood lunch at Ruffy CFA? Come along on Friday Mar. 30), starts 12 Noon.

There will be fire truck demonstrations, kids activities, an Easter egg hunt and maybe even a special visitor with floppy ears.

Contact Bron Jamieson, 0409 935 176.

- Granite News

Hospital cuts?

■ Eastern Health has rejected claims that cuts to allied health services is impacting on clients and waiting times.

The Mail contacted Eastern Health after sources close to Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Community Health raised concerns about cut-backs to allied health services and a ‘staff freeze’ at Yarra Junction and the closure of the Tecoma centre.

The Mail has been told there are currently multiple vacancies in paediatric services such as speech therapy and occupational therapy.

- Mountain Views Mail

13-y-o charged

■ A 13-year-old boy has been charged by police for deliberately lighting a fire in Mernda parkland on Martch 17.

It’s understood the teen was arrested and interviewed by police when he admitted to lighting the fire deliberately.

Victoria Police Senior-Sergeant James Schroeter said police were treating the incident “very seriously”.

“The potential loss of life and property by a fire like that was very high when you consider the conditions we had,” he said.

“We’re not sure if the teen will be criminally prosecuted or he’s introduced into a juvenile fire awareness and intervention program.”

- Whittlesea Leader

Shop raided

■ Police have executed another search warrant at a gift and accessories shop in Station St, Seymour, where illegal tobacco was allegedly seized.

A 51-year-old Seymour woman is expected to be charged on summons with dealing with the proceeds of crime.

- Seymour Telegraph

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Court Lists Seymour Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Tuesday, April 3 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Ploog, Garth. Highway Patrol-Seymour.

Thursday, April 5 Victoria Police - Batten, S (38514) v Sanderson, Mitchell.

Uni-Broadford Vic Roads - Green, B v Wight, Jack Edward. Vic Roads Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Brennan, Jackson Tyler. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police - Holcombe, S (39769) v Sibbald, Adrian.

Uni-Broadford Victoria Police - Holcombe, S (39769) v Vittle, Zoe. UniBroadford Victoria Police - Turner, J (34532) v Stoneman, Mark.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Crossing, J (42422) v Belford, Jemma Kate. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police Pezzimenti, P (32040) v Sherwood, Jeremy Leigh.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Boxall, T (39656) v Sanderson, Mitchell.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Sharma, S (37790) v Humphrey, Brett.

Dtu-Seymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Rizzo, Amanda Marie. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Oakenfull, Robert.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Rhead, A (40227) v Gardam, Daniel.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Brown, T (29986) v Wardley, Brian Geoffrey. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Walton, A (40916) v Scullin, Ashley. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Walton, A (40916) v Cresswell, Leigh Ann. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Gascoyne, Morgan.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Round, P (38567) v Humphrey, Brett.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Smith, D (35423) v Matthews, Dwayne Braddley. Uni-Benalla Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Bye, Craig. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Colenso, Ricky.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Grey, Tyson. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Hall, Neil. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Thomas, S (40419) v Wass, Rhyce. DtuSeymour Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Shaw, Robert. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Mills, K (33260) v Burrows, Ricky. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Page, T (42834) v Reid, Aaron. PcetSeymour Victoria Police - Binns Saxby, M (38713) v Stanley, William. Uni-Broadford Victoria Police - Barnhoorn, P (26905) v SinclairLiversidge, Max. State Highway Patrol South East J Victoria Police - Bennett, N (36915) v Hetherton, Justin.

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Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v Tennant, Allan. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v Tennant, Allan. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v Tennant, Allan. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v Tennant, Allan. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v Tennant, Allan. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v Tennant, Allan. Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Minney, M (31969) v Richards, Katie. UniHurstbridge Victoria Police - Warren, M (41378) v Downey, Julie.

Victoria Police - Minhas, A (40000) v Malazuk, Stephen.

Uni-Wallan Victoria Police - Page, T (42834) v Love, Robert. PcetSeymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Harris, Sean. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Zuzek, Rudolph.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Alexander, J (38787)v Pate, Andrew. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Jones, Christopher Andrew. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Tuttleby, Robert.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Rhead, A (40227) v Sonmez, Murat.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Rhead, A (40227) v Baker, Kane Owen.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Boxall, T (39656) v Economou, Michael.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Matthews, Dwayne Bradley. State Hwy PatrolNorth Victoria Police - Kennedy, B (42716) v Izzard, Sarah. UniReservoir Victoria Police - Bennett, N (36915) v Miskovic, Goran.

Ciu-Mitchell Victoria Police - Hitchens, F (36544) v Matthews, Dwyane. Uni-Richmond Victoria Police - Kolbe, L (38867) v Cresswell, Leigh Ann. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police - Barclay, J (36190) v Bouvac, Karen Ann .Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Price, K (41084) v Matthews, Dwayne.

Uni-Benalla Victoria Police - Bennett, N (36915) v Humphrey, Brett.

Ciu-Mitchell Victoria Police - Clark, P (38823) v Fennell, Ashley. UniWallan Victoria Police - Ellis, J (40810) v Royale, Jacqueline.

Uni-Kilmore Community Corrections Centre - Peacock, T v Draper, Darcy James. Seymour Community Correction Centre

Victoria Police - O'neill, J (40075) v Izzard, Sarah.

Victoria Police - Carden, S (34092) v Courtney, Stephen.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - HarperAdams, D (39902) v Browne, Jacqueline. Uni-Geelong Victoria Police - Eaton, S (30260) v Masierowski, Kye Robert. Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Telfer, J (38560) v Hussey, John Jay. Uni-Heidelberg Victoria Police - Sibillin, D (31691) v Berry, Andrew William. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Hele, L (37345) v Chamberlain, Paul.

Uni-Fitzroy Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Wallace, Dennis.

Uni-Seymour Community Corrections Centre - Ridgway, D v Wallace, Denis. Seymour Community Correction Centre Friday,April 6 Victoria Police - Gailey, B (42812) v Clegg, Ricky. PcetOakleigh Victoria Police - Grant, B (28598) v Clegg, Ricky. CiuMitchell Victoria Police - Burke, M (40361) v Llewellyn, Shane.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Ellis, R (18857) v Yates, Rachel Gwyneth. Uni-Yarrawonga Victoria Police - Thomas, S (40419) v Clegg, Ricky. DtuSeymour Victoria Police - Alexander, J (38787)v Llewellyn, Shane.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Clegg, Ricky. UniSeymour Community Corrections Centre - Cochrane, Sv Clegg, Ricky. Seymour Community Correction Centre Community Corrections Centre - Cochrane, S v Clegg, Ricky. Seymour Community Correction Centre Mansfield Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Wednesday, April 11 Plaintiff / Informant / Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Traffic Camera Office Traffic Camera Office v Gmanns Pty Ltd. Melbourne Victoria Police - Moser, A (32525) v Jones, Samuel David. Highway PatrolMansfield Victoria Police - Thompson, I (32126)v Mcfadzean, Jason.

Uni-Marysville Victoria Police - Walsh, M (38049) v Guilfoyle, Jacob.

Uni-Marysville Victoria Police - Hamill, I (22768) v Purcell, Anthony Robert. Uni-Alexandra Victoria Police - Woodstock, S (39399) v Walker-Seeber, Lachlan John. Highway PatrolMansfield Victoria Police - Young, S (25481) v Singh, Narinder Pal. Uni-Mansfield Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (00008) v Poulsom, Amanda. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Victoria Police - Crawford, G (37574) v Adams, Brooke.

Uni-Mansfield Victoria Police - Crawford, G (37574) v Barton, Jesse. UniMansfield Victoria Police - Walsh, M (38049) v Goodwin, Gabrielle.

Uni-Marysville Victoria Police - Grant, B (28598) Burton, Dean William Ciu-Mitchell. Turn To Page 00

From Our 1938 Files

At Alex. Court ■ Before Mr. Williams, P.M., and Messrs.

Lade and Murray, J's.P. George Robert Webster, charged that at Koriella on Feb. 17, he did drive a motor car without a driver's license.

Defendant pleaded guilty. First-constable Rawson gave evidence as to interviewing defendant on Yarck-Alexandra road. There was an accident.

When be asked Webster if he was a licensed driver, Webster said "No, but I have a licensed driver beside me."

He asked the licensed driver if he was teaching Webster to drive. lie replied "No." Sutcliffe said he lent the car to Webster on condition that Eric Hosken accompanied him.

Eric Hosken gave evidence that he was with Webster in car because he was a licensed driver. He was not instructing Webster to drive.

Webster said he thought he was doing the right thing by having a licensed driver with him. He had since got a licence.

The P.M.-A licensed driver was to instruct the person in the car. A misapprension, no doubt, under the circumstances.

Burnside opening ■ The new pasteurising and cooling plant at Mr. R. R. Kerr's Burnside Dairies, Yan Yean, has been nearly completed and it is expected that the official opening will take place early in May. The machinery has been installed and working tests should soon, be carried out. The equipment is the most modern in Australia and every thing has been done to ensure the cleanliness of the milk throughout all the stages. The inside of the factory is a wonderful sight and those who attend the opening ceremony will have their eyes opened when they see the plant in operation.

Kinglake Ball

■ The glorious weather brought hundreds of cars and picnickers to Kinglake during the holiday week-end.

Last Saturday evening an enjoyable time was spent in the Kinglake Hall when a ball was held in aid of hall funds. There was a good attendance.

Mr. H. Carlyle and Miss Chrystie won the Monte Carlo dance, and Miss Rowlandsheld the lucky number. Supper as provided by the ladies committee. Mr. J. Upton acted as AM.C. The old time ball which was held recently in the Kinglake Hall by the Mothers' Club was well patronised, and the Mothers' Club will benefit considerably. The hall presented a beautiful appearance, being decorated for the occasion by the secretary of the Mothers' Club (Mrs. Manchester).A very dainty supper was provided by the Mothers' Club and parents.

Sudden death

■ Mr. Bertrand Barrett, aged 52 years, a widower, who lived by himself on a poultry farm at Yarrambat, died suddenly on Wednesday. Mr. Barrett complained of illness on Tuesday and about 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning he knocked up a neighbor (Mr. K. Ellis) and asked to be taken to a doctor. Mr. Ellis took Mr. Barrett to the farm of Mr. Jeffreys, who had a car, so that he could be driven to hospital.

Before leaving for town they took him to Mr. Younger's house for a stimulant as he showed signs of collapse. When Mr. Younger came out to the car it was found that Mr. Barrett was dead.

Mr. Barrett was then taken to Greensborough, where Dr. Cordner examined the body, after which it was taken to the Morgue

by First. Const. Guider and Messrs. Ellis and Jeffrey.

Mr. Barrett, who had been in the district for six years, was a widower with six children who are all living in different parts of the state and of Australia. He was a noted cornet player and at one time was bandmaster of the Warracknabeal band.

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Lightning strikes twice

■ The pressure kept coming for members of Glenburn CFA this week after the previous week’s fire at Larritts Lane, originally attended by 22 units.

Jobs attended over the past week included: ■ a shed fire at Burns Rd, ■ a compost fire at Burns Rd, ■ the unfortunate fatal road incident on Melba Hwy on Friday night, ■ lightning striking, shorting, causing a shed fire on a property adjoining Melba Hwy.

Footy club reunions

■ A Life Members’ afternoon tea will be held on Saturday, April 28, at the Yea Football Netball clubrooms. Story-telling begins at 12 Noon.

The current day Yea Tigers team will be playing Thornton-Eildon on the day.

For catering purposes, respond to Greg Garlick, 5797 2819, or garlick@aabet.com.au ■ A Past Premiership Player Reunion of the Yea Football Netball Club will be held on Saturday, May 26, on a day when the club does battle with local rivals Kinglake.

Significant premierships to be celebrated are 1968 Seniors, 1988 Reserves, 1988 Under 15, 1998 Netball B. All past premiership players will be welcome. RSVP: Greg Garlick, 5797 2819.

Bridget cheers NBN

■ Indi MHR Cathy McGowan has a full-time staff member who does nothing but chase up telephone and internet problems throughout the electorate.

Alexandra-born Bridget McKenzie (Nationals) has a different approach. She issued a media release last week, lauding that the NBN regional rollout was 80 percent complete.

Try telling that to the residents of Whittlesea who have been plagued with outages, ever since the NBN came through. ““Reaching 80 percent complete outside of major metropolitan areas is a significant achievement. These new fixed wireless sites activated over February will help to connect thousands of regional homes and businesses in these communities with the world,” Senator McKenzie said.

NBN reached the milestone after activating 26 fixed wireless sites over February, providing broadband access to more than 5800 homes and businesses.

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Waiting for Melba Hwy fix ■ On the eve of heavy Easter traffic, Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish has slammed the Andrews Labor Government for failing to start resurfacing works on the Melba Highway.

"Of all the roads in my electorate, the Melba Highway is the number one cause for complaint, but Daniel Andrews and his government just don't seem to care,” said Ms McLeish.

"It's little wonder given Labor cut the road asset management budget by 10 per cent and cut the $160 million Country Roads and Bridges Program.”

In August last year Ms McLeish wrote to the Minister for Roads and Road Safety calling on the government to fix the notorious intersection of the Melba Hwy and HealesvilleKinglake Rd at Castella.

The Minister responded in September announcing that roadworks would be completed in the warmer months of 2017.

● Cindy McLeish MLA at the Toolangi turn-off "We are now well into 2018 and nothing has been done," Ms McLeish said.

Ms McLeish followed up the matter in January asking what works had been carried out and when the project would be completed.

The Minister said rehabilitation

works at the intersection are expected to be completed by the end of April.

"The Melba Highway is one of Victoria's major roads and for it to be continually neglected like this is putting lives at risk."

"Country roads are crumbling away whilst the Andrews Government wastes millions of dollars on the botched rollout of wire rope barriers which has been rejected by CFA brigades and SES units across the state."

Ms McLeish said she would continue to put pressure on the government to see the road fixed.

"This region needs a local voice that will stand up to Daniel Andrews and his government's empty promises to fix local infrastructure and services.

“I'll continue to be an unceasing advocate for that investment, especially when it comes to keeping our roads safe," Ms McLeish said.

Happiness after 20 years of rent

■ After 20 years jumping between rental properties, moving 18 times and struggling to provide for her three sons on a single income, Nicole Schryver took possession of her new Habitat for Humanity home in Yea last Wednesday (Mar. 21).

The Schryvers are the 59th family to receive a Habitat for Humanity home in Victoria, and are among 11 families who have moved into the Yea Heights development through Habitat’s ‘hand up’ not ‘hand out’ approach to assisting low income families into home ownership.

Habitat for Humanity Victoria says it is committed to addressing the affordable housing crisis in Victoria and seeks to work with Governments and local communities to improve the response to the crisis.

Four other homes are currently under construction in Yea and are expected to be finished before the middle of this year.

● Chris Healy ■ A ‘special mention’ hearing of the Court matter brought by the Local Government Investigations Compliance Inspector against former Murrindindi Shire Councillor Chris Healy was due to be held yesterday (Tues.) morning at Shepparton Magistrates’ Court.

The Inspectorate was due to be represented by the Victorian Government Solictor’s Office (Alice Robson).

Mr Healy was listed as not being represented.

No details of the hearing were available when The Local Paper went to press yesterday (Tues.).

4 jobs at ‘Dindi Council

■ Four positions are currently being advertised by the Murrindindi Shire Council at its website: ■ Manager Development Services (short term). $65 per hour plus Super.

■ Capital Works Engineer. Fixed term: two years. $73,500-$85,500.

■ Environment Officer. From $37 per hour plus Super.

■ Family Day Care Educator.

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Spring St in session

It’s all about Mee, Mee, Mee

■ Kinglake Football Netball Club have won Mee’s Bus Lines as a sponsor.

As part of the deal, Mee’s are supplying a bus on five occasions throughout the 2018 season.

First trip was last Saturday (Mar. 24) for the practice match at the J.J. Clancy Reserve at Broadford.

The club is holding its season launch and jumper presentation at Lawson’s Restaurant (Kinglake Pub) on Friday, April 13.

Kinglake travels to ThorntonEildon on Saturday, April 21 for the first round of the AFL Yarra Ranges Division 2 competition.

Then follows: a bye (April 28), Gembrook-Cockatoo at home (May 5), Yarra Junction at home (May 12), a general bye (May 19), and away at Yea (May 26).

Special mention

■ State Parliamentarians are sitting this week - on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (Mar. 27-29).

Both the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council are due to resume for a single day on Tuesday, May 1, and then for three days in the week commencing Tuesday, May 8.

Borrowing policy

● Nicole Schryver and her three sons have moved house to Yea

■ Murrindindi Shire Council has offered a long-term financial forecast that it will not need to borrow more than $500,000 per annum in any of the 10 years ahead.

The draft budget for 2018-19 will proposed that Council discontinue borrowing any further funds due to its strong financial position and considerable cash holdings.

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Local sports stars recognised

● James Clavarino and Alan Pell were made Life Members of the Yea Tigers Cricket Club at the annual presentations on Saturday night.

● Chris Simmons starred for Yea Golf Club by winning the B Grade championship with 35 points on a ‘countback’ at Kilmore's Ladies Open Challenge.

● Whittlesea Bowls Club team members proudly display their Division One pennant at the weekend.

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

California, the golden state

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

Out and About ■ Supremes singer Mary Wilson and author Mark Bego at Pip's on La Brea in LA celebrating her birthday and his book, Eat Like A Rock Star.

■ Neil Patrick Harris at Benjamin Steakhouse Prime in NYC. ■ Oprah Winfrey at the Milling Room on the Upper West Side in NYC after A Wrinkle in Time screening.

Powerful TV campaign

■ Everybody has seen the ads - actors, surfers, musicians, models swimming, hiking or lounging by the pool, all while encouraging people to travel to California.

These ‘Visit California’ ads are having an effect in at least one city in the Golden State, Los Angeles, the largest in California which has become a major destination for people travelling to the West Coast and the many Australians that arrive every day to frolic in the sun.

The hotel market has adjusted to meet the sharply increasing demand.

Trendy West Hollywood is leading that change and is one of the best examples of a high energy, stimulating, urban location with great restaurants, nightlife, art, culture and music.

Tourists are really drawn to this area given its access to Santa Monica Beach, Hollywood Hills, The Desert in Palm Springs and the Mountains.

There's just a lot of excitement and a lot of really fun things to do in West Hollywood.

The location of the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites is spectacular on Santa Monica Boulevard and walking distance to the famous Sunset Strip.

The Ramada Hotel and Suites on Santa Monica Boulevard is on the legendary Route 66 from Chicago to the Santa Monica Pier.

Lopez not wanting a fourth ● Celebrating this vibrant tourism destination is Ramada Plaza and Suites Managing Director, Alan Johnson, with Gavin Wood who has notched up 10 years living in West Hollywood.

Amber Heard, Dating Game ■ Elon Musk's ex, Amber Heard, clearly has a thing for bad boys: the actress has just shared a romantic dinner with Sean Penn.

Amid showing up at a series of Oscar parties also attended by billionaire Musk in Hollywood, sources confirmed that Johnny Depp's ex-wife Heard also enjoyed a late-night date with Penn.

The famous pair was spotted sharing dinner at A-list haunt the Tower Bar at the Sunset Tower Hotel over Oscar weekend.

A very special human ■ World-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has passed away at the age of 76, his family confirmed through a spokesman.

The scientist, a defining force in the field of cosmology, claimed a slew of awards throughout his career.

He was diagnosed with the motor neurone disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 21.

His 1988 book, A Brief History of Time, catapulted him to fame with its stunning overview of how the universe came to be, and his work on black holes left an indelible imprint on the field of cosmology.

He died at his home in Cambridge.

US currency around world

■ The Bureau of Engraving and Printing prints billions of dollars - referred to as Federal Reserve notes each year for delivery to the Federal Reserve system.

US currency is used as a medium of exchange and store of value around the world. According to the Federal Reserve, there is approximately $1.39 trillion worth of Federal Reserve notes in circulation.

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Starlet, Cameron, done

■ Don't expect to see Cameron Diaz on the silver screen anymore. Selma Blair, who co-starred with Diaz, 45, in 2002's The Sweetest Thing, revealed the blond beauty is done with movies for good.

"I had lunch with Cameron the other day, we were reminiscing about the film," Blair, 45, told Metro News in an interview.

"I would have liked to do a sequel but Cameron's retired from acting, she's like, 'I'm done.' I mean, she doesn't need to make any more films, she has a pretty great life, I don't know what it would take to bring her back. She's happy."

Diaz, who hasn't appeared in a feature film since 2014's backto-back flops Sex Tape and Annie, previously spoke about why she took a step away from Hollywood.

Real story: how they met

■ Zsa Zsa Gabor's ninth husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, met her at an A-list bash that he crashed. The "prince," who bought his title, met Gabor in '82 at writer Sidney Sheldon's mansion, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Von Anhalt (formerly sauna owner Hans Georg Robert Lichtenberg) rented a Rolls Royce at Budget and paid two UCLA students $100 to pose as his driver and bodyguard. But when he arrived at the Holmby Hills, California house in faux royal garb, the "prince" noticed Sheldon's wife was at the door. Although they'd never met, she greeted him with, "Your royal highness." Sheldon even bowed.

■ It appears Jennifer Lopez hasn't ruled out a fourth trip to the altar. "I do believe in marriage," the pop diva said in the April issue of Harper's Bazaar, but Lopez, who was previously married to Ojani Noa, Cris Judd and Marc Anthony, isn't pushing boyfriend Alex Rodriguez, to put a ring on it anytime soon.

"I would love to grow old with somebody in a committed relationship. But I'm not forcing anything right now," Lopez said.

"It's good, it's healthy; we communicate well. We understand each other's lives in a way that most other people couldn't.”

■ Richard Simmons was ordered to pay nearly $130,000 to the National Enquirer and Radar Online after the exercise guru sued the two media outlets for running a series of articles alleging he was transitioning to become a woman.

Simmons, 69, was ordered by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory Keosian to pay the media outlets attorneys' fees, and American Media and their publisher.

Rapper dishes NRA ■ Eminem has given another politically charged performance by calling out the National Rifle Association in a freestyle rap at the iHeart Radio Music awards.

After being introduced by Alex Moscou, one of the survivors of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 dead, the rapper adapted his song Nowhere Fast to heavily criticise the NRA. The freestyle verse went: "This whole country is going nuts, and the NRA is in our way. They're responsible for this whole production. They hold the strings, they control the puppet. And they threaten to take donor bucks. So they know the government won't do nothing and no one's budging. Gun owners clutching their loaded weapons. They love their guns more than our children."

Last October, Eminem made headlines by dropping a vicious anti-Trump freestyle video at the BET Hip Hop Awards, referring to the president as "Donald the bitch."

Time for a holiday in the Los Angeles sun ● Cameron Diaz

Tough times for Tori ■ In the wake of police visits on two separate occasions, Tori Spelling has told her fans that she's doing OK. Over the weekend, the Tori & Dean star shared a cryptic message on Instagram that appeared to address rumours swirling about the state of her mental health. "I'm strong, I'm amazing, I'm beautiful, I'm wonderful, I'm worthy, I'm cherished, I'm brave, I'm sweet, I'm happy, I'm me," she wrote in an Instagram story.

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Photos from the past: Kinglake

● Kinglake Hotel. Source: Eltham District Historical Society

● Log Bridge. Source: Eltham District Historical Society

● Kinglake National Park. No 1 Creek.

Source: Eltham District Historical Society.

● Whittlesea Road, Kinglake. Source: Mrs McMinn

● Lovers’ Walk, Kinglake.

● Kinglake Hall re-built after 1926 fires.

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Movies, DVDs with Jim Sherlock, Aaron Rourke What’s Hot and What’s Not in Blu-Rays and DVDs FILM: THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC: Genre: Comedy/Drama/Fantasy.

Cast: Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jeremy Irvine, Andrew Scott.

Year: 2016.

Rating: PG. Length: 100 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Verdict: Delightfully engaging and eloquent fairy tale story of a young woman who dreams of being a children's author and relationship with her lonely, bitter and cantankerous old widower neighbour, but when she faces eviction because of her unkempt garden, hearts, friendships and creativity blossom.

Beautifully poetic and charming realization of a contemporary fantasy in the most unexpected of scenarios, set in modern day suburbia, succeeds due to the respectful and intelligent screenplay and direction by Simon Aboud, as the creation of the new garden soon becomes the metaphor for life and all its emotive power.

The performances by Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) as the beautifully quirky Bella, and veteran Tom Wilkinson as the grumpy next door neighbour Alfie, immediately captivate, keeping the tale nicely balanced and well rooted in reality, never allowing its rich and rewarding tapestry to become too heavy handed.

Never mechanical or emotionally contrived, this is a simple and blissful breath of fresh air, a small movie with a big heart that shines with wit, beauty, humour and all the emotions nature has to offer, definitely one to embrace and enjoy.

FILM: PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN: Genre: Biography/Drama.

Cast: Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall, Bella Heathcote, Oliver Platt, Connie Briton.

Year: 2017.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 108 Minutes.

Stars: **** Verdict: The story of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and the relationship with his wife Elizabeth, a psychologist and inventor in her own right, and Olive Byrne, a former student who became an academic, and it was this subversive relationship with his wife and his mistress who would inspire his creation of the then controversial and now legendary comic book icon, Wonder Woman in 1941.

Fascinating period drama that looks into the adult lives of three extraordinary people and a unique relationship that would inspire the 20th century's first super-heroine succeeds due to respectful, sensitive and intelligent screenplay and direction by Angela Robinson.

Standout cast in stellar performances exhibiting superb chemistry includes Luke Evans as William Marston, Rebecca Hall as Elizabeth Marston, Bella Heathcote as mistress Olive Byrne and Oliver Platt as comic books publisher, M.C. Gaines.

Along with superb 1940s period detail, production design, costume design and cinematography the end result is a thought provoking, compelling, sexy, poignant, crazy, smart, sensual and hugely entertaining adult origin story that fought archaic and demeaning convention to create an iconic figure embraced by millions in literature and cinema, and won!

FILM: SUBURBICON: Genre: Crime/Drama/Mystery.

Cast: Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac.

Year: 2017.

Rating: MA15+ Stars: **½ Summary: Darkly comic, quirky but flawed and uneven noir thriller of a home invasion that rattles a seemingly perfect American family in a deceptively peaceful community that hides a violent underbelly when a mild-mannered father must face his demons in his neighbourhood in America in 1959.

Seemingly tacked on and misplaced, in a parallel event, right across the street an African-American family have moved into the neighbourhood and spark a chain of racial discontent with the towns people culminating in a race riot to have them evicted, but this is of little concern as Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon) who tries in vain to stop his life spiralling out of control.

Originally written in 1986 by Joel and Ethan Coen, around the time they created the classic "Fargo," this similarly themed film that also deals with a deceptive and bumbling husband who becomes involved in a wildly outrageous plot to change his life for the better, but sadly here, this falls way short on that landmark cinematic effort.

Co-writer, director and Coen Bros. stalwart George Clooney, along with partner Grant Heslov, have subtlety infused little nuggets from "Fargo" as well and their debut noir thriller "Blood Simple," among other Coen Brothers favourites, as well as reflective of David Lynch's chilling "Blue Velvet," an even darker depiction on the underbelly of seemingly innocent American suburbia.

Matt Damon as the deceptively dour husband and Julianne Moore in a duel role as the wheelchair bound wife and her sister are both in good form, but it is Oscar Isaac as the insurance salesman sparks up events, and along with period detail, production design and costume design of the period, they are all are the mark.

More appropriate if titled "The Untalented Mr. Ripley" this is dry, slow burning, predictable and even tiresome to a point, as director George Clooney and the Coen Bros. offer nothing new here, they've done it all before, only better.

Nonetheless, for fans of Clooney and the Coen Bros. there may be enough here to tickle the senses, but overall, this remains a shallow cousin to "Fargo."

Rourke’s Reviews: Ready Player One ■ (M). 140 minutes. Opens in cinemas on March 29, including 3D IMAX. T echnically dazzling but dramatically empty, this big budget blockbuster from veteran director Steven Spielberg, may enter the Guinness Book of Records for cramming the most amount of pop culture references into one feature film.

The year is 2045, and the setting is one of the poorer neighbourhoods of Oklahoma City, where our young hero Wade (Tye Sheridan) resides.

Wanting out, he regularly escapes to the virtual world of Oasis, and in this world he is known as Parzival.

Wade will soon team up with four other gamers to find three keys, which if located, will see the winner handed Oasis and the riches behind it.

Also after the prize is rival company CEO Nolan Sorrento (Ben Mendelsohn), who wants total control over the lucrative digital universe.

Visually Ready Player One is quite dynamic, and the large effects team should be applauded, but the non-stop cavalcade of pop culture references drowns out the story and its characters, making it hard to care about anything that is going on.

The highlight of the film involves a Stanley Kubrick film, and it is an absolute doozy.

RATING - ***

The Other Side of Hope (M). 100 minutes. Opens in selected cinemas on March 29.

There is no mistaking that dry, deadpan style of renowned Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki, and his low-key sensibilities help make this tale of war-torn refugees searching for a place to call home all the more affecting.

The story begins with Khaled (Sherwan Haji), who after fleeing the horrors currently happening in Syria, has inadvertently found himself in Finland.

Separated from his sister during their long, arduous trek, Khaled's official pleas for help fall on deaf ears, and deciding to make a break for it, finds himself at the newly acquired restaurant of ex-travelling salesman Waldemar Wikstrom (Sakari Kuosmanen), who decides to take the young man under his wing.

The two, who are both trying to find their feet again but for very different reasons, start to build up a sense of trust and friendship.

Kaurismaki(of Leningrad Cowboys fame) never sensationalises the material, keeping his characters likeable and believable, but still infuses everything with his unmistakable comic eccentricities and love of music.

This would make a wonderful companion piece with his 2011 film Le Havre, which is also must-see viewing.

RATING - ***½

Early Man (PG). 89 minutes. Opens in cinemas on March 29.

While not up there with the best of Aardman, this knockabout comedy still delivers the goods, filled with nicely moderated humour and slapstick.

Set in a relatively peaceful valley, we are introduced to a tribe who are still part of the Stone Age. Amongst this group is Dug (voiced by Eddie Redmayne), who is always questioning their chief (Timothy Spall) as to why they never aim higher in life.

One night, they are invaded by Lord Nooth (Tom Hiddleston) and his minions, who easily account for their cavemen adversaries, as they have long entered the far superior Bronze Age. Kicked out of their beloved Valley, the cave people challenge Nooth to a battle, with the victor gaining full control of the resourcerich area.

What battle will decide the tribe's fate? A game of soccer!

Director Nick Park maintains an agreeably goofy atmosphere throughout, with some highly amusing dialogue and sight gags.

There is some noticeable silliness on display for the very young, but overall this is still good, oldfashioned fun from the people at Aardman.

Make sure you stay through the end credits.

RATING - ***½

Re: Mind (M). 13 episodes. Now streaming on Netflix.

Based on a story by author Yasushi Akimoto (One Missed Call, The Suicide Song), this uneven series maintains mild interest, but variable acting and a fall into repetition prevents it from becoming truly compelling viewing.

Eleven high school students wake up in a large dining room, hooded and with their feet shackled to the floor.

Disorientated and terrified, the group, who are all in the same class, must start to piece together where they are and why, and who has gone to such great effort to capture, restrain, and scare them.

While the series moves along quickly enough (the episodes are only 24 minutes long), the story does bog down when certain plot points are repeated, and this does undermine any suspense that could have been created.

The cast, made up of members of the popular J-Pop group Keyakizaka46, offer generally onenote performances, which mutes the potentially weird, off-kilter atmosphere.

Of the group, Kyoko Saito and Ayaka Takamoto certainly fare the best.

Be prepared too for a highly interpretive ending that doesn't offer easy answers.

RATING - *** - Aaron Rourke

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TWIN PEAKS: A Limited Event Series [Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee].

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■ One of my favourite singers from the 1950s was Guy Mitchell. Thanks to Mike McHugh, from the Guy Mitchell Appreciation Society, I had the pleasure of recording a radio interview with this legend of American popular music in 1997.

Albert George Cernick was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA, in 1927.

After he left school he worked as a saddle maker. Albertdrifted into singing on radio shows then he served in the Navy during WWII. In 1947 he joined Carmen Cavallaro's Band as a vocalist. He came to the attention of Mitch Miller atColumbia Records who said, "You seem like a nice "guy' and my name is Mitchell so we'll call you Guy Mitchell”.

Mitch Miller then set about creating a "new sound”. Mitch introduced the French Horns and a vocal backing group for the string of hit songs they produced in the early 1950s.

Guy sold millions of records and his hit songs included My Heart Cries For You, The Roving Kind, My Truly Truly Truly Fair, She Wears Red Feathers and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He told me, "They were great pub songs."

His film credits included Those Redheads From Seattle, Red Garters and Mirth and Melody.

Guy performed in a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth in 1954.

In 1956 Guy Mitchell went to the top of the hit parade with his version of Singing The Blues.

In 1957 he was in Melbourne to do some

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Guy Mitchell

By Kevin Trask of 3AW and 96.5 Inner FM television shows for Channel 7 at the old Teletheatre in Fitzroy.

Guy continued to record country songs but failed to achieve the same degree of success that he had with his earlier hits.

His last big success was in 1959 with a cover of Ray Price's Heartaches By The Number, written by Harlan Howard.

Guy Mitchell was a guest star in many television series including Perry Mason and Thriller.

In 1961 he had a regular acting role in the TV western series Whispering Smith playing opposite Audie Murphy.

Guy overcame his problems with alcohol and cancer and continued to perform at concerts throughout his life.

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He told me he was a fan of my cousin Diana Trask and said that he thought Diana's version of the song Jessie was the best he had ever heard.

In 1997 there was a double CD released that was a great collection of his greatest hits.

It is one of my favourite CDs. In 1991 Guy had a bad accident whilst touring Australia and his life was saved by Australian doctors after his liver had been virtually cut in half after he rolled down a hill and landed on a metal bucket.

Guy was married three times: first to Jackie Loughery, a former Miss USA, in 1952; secondly to Elsa Soronson, formerly Miss Denmark, in 1956; and celebrated 25 years of marriage to his third wife, Betty.

Betty was with him when he passed away in 1999 at the age of 72 following an operation for cancer.

In his final years Guy had been living and working in Las Vegas. His last record was a children's album titled Dusty The Magic Elf. Guy Mitchell made us feel good with his bright happy songs. I treasure our radio interview and it was a privilege to be able to talk with him.

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

Elvis Presley: ‘no discerning singing ability’ ■ It’s just as well he had a pretty thick skin, for had he not the world quite possibly may never have known Elvis Presley.

Because while teens crammed into sell-out venues at which he gyrated almost bizarrely around the stage to their screaming and yelling, when he first appeared on TV his pelvic gyrations were slammed by older critics as overtly sexual and bordering on obscenity – one network even ordering that he be filmed only from the waist up.

And after performing on the massaudience Milton Berle Show in 1956 in which he sang Hound Dog, New York Herald Tribune columnist John Crosby dismissed Presley as “unspeakably untalented and vulgar,” adding that his hip-and-pelvic antics “may doom rock ’roll.”

New York TimesTV reporter and critic, Jack Gould also weighed-in, writing that Presley’s TV performances showed “he had no discernible singing ability,” while a major American high school’s head of mu● Elvis Presley sic told any journalists who would lisToday it produces on average just ten that Elvis’s performances “bor450 cases a year of Pinot Noir from a dered on obscenity (and) were such single strain of vines, that wine being an assault to the senses as to repel the described variously by connoisseurs most tolerant observer.” as “the scarcest, most expensive and Another critic slammed Presley as frequently best wine in the world,” “a a “convulsive shouter of rock ’n roll perfection of aroma and taste” and songs,” and a band-leader who re“the peak of Pinot Noir.” And if you jected Elvis’s suggestion he sing with want one of those cases of the latest that band, told him he should have vintage, it’ll cost you around stuck to truck driving, “because you AU$17,200 – IF there are any left. can’t sing” (Presley’s first job was Horses are still used in the vinedriving for an electrical goods comyard to avoid tractors compacting the pany.) soil, fertiliser for the vines is a homeAnd a California police officer afmade compost of crushed vine roots, ter watching Elvis at a concert told grape skins and residues from fermenTV reporters: “If he did that on the tation, and grape yields are kept low street, we’d arrest him.” through severe early season pruning Ironically Elvis Presley had no forto remove substandard fruit and conmal music training, could not read centrate flavour in the remainder. music, and his school music teacher And on picking, every grape is described him as having no aptitude hand examined for health and condiwith David Ellis for singing – so much for the eventual tion, meaning it can take the total fruit King of Rock ’n Roll, whose sales of French wine that the buyer’s going to selected from up to three vines to 1.5 billion records and albums world- no doubt spend plenty of time looking make just one bottle of wine. wide made him the biggest selling solo at, but in no way pull a cork.

The 152,750 pounds for the case artist of all time.

The vintage 1988 Pinot Noir came of 1988 was paid by a European wine from the Domaine de la Romanée- investor at a just-held Fine and Rare Conti vineyard in Burgundy, which at Wines auction conducted by British a mere 1.8ha (4.5 acres) is one of the auction firm Bonhams in London. If ■ An auction in London has just seen smallest estates in France, and was you’d like to see what other classic 152,750 pounds (around AU$262,680) first worked seriously by monks from wines they have coming up in future paid for a case of near-30 years old a local abbey back in 1232. auctions, go to www.bonhams.com

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Dear drop

OK. With John O’Keefe Jo Hall sidelined by Crocmedia

■ Jo Hall, best known as a TV presenter at , has been dismissed from her radio side job because of a a drink driving charge.

Jo was presenter of the Sunday evening program, Great Australian Lives,’ on3AW. Crocmedia produces the program for replay on 3AW and a string of other platforms.

Crocmedia took Jo Hall to task and terminated her contract. Simon Owens and Phil ip Brady filled in last Sunday whilst Crocmedia search for a permanent replacement host.

Good Sports line-up named

■ Rex Hunt coined the phrase ‘Big Man who travels by train’ when he referred to fellow 3AW footy broadcasterTony Leonard.

Currently the biggest rumour in radio land is Tony Leonard could be off to sister station Macquarie Media when they drop their Lifestyle format and go head to head with SEN. If it’s true what will become of Tony’s ‘Pub of the Week’ heard of a Friday with Neil Mitchell?

Also said to be moving to all-sport Macquarie is the ex-SEN duo David Schwartz and Mark Allen who both have considerable issues with SEN over allegedly unpaid salaries.

Chris in the Naughty Corner

■ Channel 9 Political Editor Chris Uhlmaun has been suspended from Federal Parliament for three days this week .

The suspension is in regard to his commentary about the recent controversy over Michaela Cash’s outrage during the Senate Estimates appearances. Uhlmaun commented: “I accept I broke the rules and I accept the umpire’s verdict.”

UK import takes on Gold show

■ Much awarded English broadcaster Christian O’Connell has set sail for Australia to take over the brekky show on Gold 104.3. O’Connell commences on June 4. He is full of bluster and the show’s format will centre on news of the day and sports. We’ll wait and see if an import can win the hearts and ears of Melbourne listeners – a big ask.

Tim Watson’s workload

■ Almost certain that popular Seven sports presenter Tim Watson will no longer be a panel member of Talking Football . Official line from the channel is the demanding workload Tim undertakes each week on Seven and SEN, but we believe there’s more to it . We, the poor viewers, will never know.

RIP Delilah

■ Readers will be saddened to hear the death of American born singer Delilah. She burst onto the Australian Tonight show scene in the seventies.

Her commercials for Campbell’s Cash and Carry made her even more famous but in reality made her depressed – singing gave her pleasure and whilst commercials paid the bills they were unfulfilling to the bubbly Delilah.

- John O’Keefe

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By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Elvis’s gospel

■ Narre Warren artist Eddie James will perform the Gospel songs of Elvis on April 28.

Along with the Singing Inspirations, Eddie will take the audience down memory lane one more time with songs from the King’s spiritual repertoire list.

Location: Lighthouse Christian Churc,h Keysborough commencing 6.30pm. Tickets 8796 7333.Good Friday Appeal.

Suzette: Folk Club

■ Melbourne's contemporary troubadour Suzette Herft will be a guest artist at the Peninsula Folk Club on Sunday, April 8.

Suzette has won wide acclaim for her shows of both her own original songs and covers.

Add to this, she has appeared at numerous festivals around Australia and overseas.

More info at www.suzetteherft.com

Power Ranch

■ The Power Ranch in Trafalgar will play host to the Country Music Channel's artist of the year Christie Lamb on Saturday, April 21 Gates open 4pm, 525 Mountain Glen Drive, Trafalgar East.

A fun start to the night will include racing lawnmowers and a Dash for Cash competition.

The evening will also feature singersongwriter Mel Pollard and Gordo. Ticket enquiries: 0427 347 309 - Rob Foenander

■ John Rozentals marvels at a couple of wines dedicated to great Clare Valley grapegrowers.

Despite the decidedly gruff - if very friendly and delivered with a somewhat boyish grin - handshake, Clare Valley winemaker Tim Adams is, at the core of it, a rather soft-hearted sentimentalist.

You only have to look at his latest releases for evidence - two wines unashamedly dedicated to local vineyards he has long regarded as special, and hence to the people who have created them.

One wine is the Tim Adams 2017 Skilly Ridge Riesling, made from a parcel of fruit harvested from a vineyard previously owned by the Ingham family.

It was planted in 1994 by Clark Ingham, who had followed his dream and moved from the city to create a special vineyard in a special place.

When Tim and his wife Pam Goldsack bought the Ingham’s Skilly Ridge property in 2014 they liked it so much that they decided to eventually call it home.

"It's a vineyard very close to our hearts," said Tim. The other wine is the Tim Adams 2013 Schaefer Shiraz, made from a vineyard planted in 1998 by the late Roy Schaefer in 1998, after finishing years of broadacre farming on the Eyre Pensinula and moving with his family to Clare.

"Roy was passionate about

● Tim Adams with some winery helpers growing things and meticulously Schaefer, one of Tim's current ofmanaged the vineyard to the point fice staff. She just happens to be that he almost had a name for each the late Roy Schaefer's daughter.

But that's hardly surprising in the vine," said Tim Tim has been purchasing fruit Clare Valley. It's a tight-knit comfrom the Schaefer vineyard since munity and that's just the way things 2011 and in 2015 he and Pam pur- work there.

WINE REVIEWS chased the property.

Casillero del Diablo Reserva The release of this shiraz is especially meaningful to Natalie Chardonnay ($14): The South

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American country of Chile has been producing exciting wines for quite a few years, and this medium-bodied dry white certainly offers exceptional value.

Its flavours reside firmly in the stonefruit sesector, though there are hints of nuttiness, too, from maturation in French oak. It's good for most seafood, but particularly, the Australian distributor suggests, with salmon fishcakes.

Margan 2016 Shiraz ($25): Andrew Morgan is probably just a few years beyond being described at a Hunter Valley 'young gun any more', but he is still producing some great wines there.

I particular like the tannin structure of this dry red that he's made from a 50-year-old vineyard near Fordwich. It has excellent mediumbodied flavours and would make a great match for red-sauced pasta either at home or in a local bistro.

WINE OF THE WEEK Tim Adams 2017 Skilly Ridge Riesling ($29): This is probably a bit fuller and softer than many of Tim's premium Clare Rieslings but I can still certainly detect that confident, citrusy spine-tingling sliver of acidity in the wine's backbone.

Like most of his young rieslings this will certainly accompany fresh oysters or simply grilled whiting or bream, but I'd suggest it also has the weight to equally match a slightly heavier dish such as flathead with a beurre blanc sauce.

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150 Years of Local Press

Local paper makes world history ■ The 150 years of local newspapers in Murrindindi have seen a number of forms of print technology.

The first issues of the Alexandra Times in 1868, were hand-set, with every letter in each issue composed by hand.

After each issue was printed, every letter had to be returned to its proper place in the type case.

The 1930s saw the introduction of linotype machines at the Yea newspaper, where a line-of-type could be set in hot metal.

In April 1984, after taking over from Tom Dignam, Ash Long brought an Itec typesetting computer to Yea. It used a photo-mechanical process where type was projected onto photographic paper, and then - after being developed - was cut-and-pasted onto layout sheets.

Then came desktop publishing.

Did you know that Murrindindi was the second place in the world to trial this new process?

The April 1986 edition of Ink magazine was in Yea to witness the Australian-first using “laser technology”.

“The hitching posts have been replaced by ‘no parking’ signs otherwise nothing much has changed outside the little weatherboard offices of The Yea Chronicle since its first began publishing in October 1885,” wrote INK editor John Monks.

“In fact not many people noticed when they stopped using the old linotype machines, and the Wharfedale flatbed press to print a tabloid Chronicle - instead of the solid old broadsheet - in 1984.

“Quietly, without upsetting the calm rural breakfasts of his 12001500 loyal readers, a few weeks ago Ash Long, the Chronicle’s experienced young editor/publisher set about making Australian newspaper history.

“With no fanfare, The Yea Chronicle became the first newspaper in Australia- and probably the Southern Hemisphere - to be entirely produced using a Macintosh Personal Computer and a Laser Writer,” said the 1986 magazine.

“I found it very ease to use. I had some trouble with communications between the terminal and the printer, but that turned out to be just connections.

“I didn’t have to refer to the instructions very much at all because it really is what they call a very userfriendly system. It was mostly selfexplanatory.

“I now know how to use a mouse, although I kept running off the desk withb it at first.

“The quality is good. Look it’s better quality than my system and with that the quality varies, especially for a country newpaper depending on the chemicals you are using.

“Some of the advantages of the machine were that I found that I could instantly do tones behind advertisements.

“Borders for ads were no prob● Ash Long and Dianne Howarth test the Apple Laser Writer/Macintosh PC in Yea in 1986. lem either. I could do them on the “The honour of producing the Wharfedale in the tiny print room followed with Ash setting the world’s first weekly paper using the behind the little weatherboard office streamer “Australia first for Yea spot with the Apple Mac without all expensive border tapes.

Apple-Macintosh combination actu- at 36 High St, Yea. Chronicle” and then deciding to use those “They were neat type faces. I had ally went to The Town Crier in “Ash brought in his own elderly the Apple-Mac to shadow the letters.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, USA photo-typesetter and soon had the “Later Apple’s bitten apple sym- a choice of Helvetica, Times, Cou(in 1985).”

Chronicle turned into a lively tabloid bol was to let into the boxed lead rier, Monaco, Chicago and the opof outline, underline, shadowINK said several newspaper had printed web offset in Melbourne. when Ash Long got back to his cut- tion ing, italics and also the option of putexperimented with the new process, “Would the Longs like to join the ting table. with visiting experts challenged to Laser Writer revolution, INK asked “The issue of February 26 with ting typoes into a range of bold or spot the difference. and Ash Long replied: “How about type, set by the Laser Writer, caused plain ... and you had that on all sizes Apple Laser Writer predicted the next issue?’ great interest in Yea with pupils from from 6pt to 72pt.

“We used the Helvetica throughthat desktop publishing was set to “A few days later we drove up the local high school - all knowlout and of course the Apple-Mac did capture most of the production done the Melba Highway to beautiful Yea edgeable Apple enthusiasts- coming by photo-typesetters. followed by Dianne Howarth, the around to the Chronicle office and the H and J-ing.

“Certainly the Chronicle looks INK magzine said the price of the knowledgeable Coates marketing Ash actually carrying the Apple-Mac system was under $US10,000. services representative with the gear across to a retail store and set- neater and if it wasn’t my paper and INK contacted John Caust, Gen- Apple and Macintosh boxes bal- ting the ad they wanted in their shop I was looking at it objectively I couldn’t tell you which was done on eral Manager of Coates Systems anced on her back seat.” window.

(Australia), to arrange an Australian INK magazine made a note about “Not content with the February 26 which system.

“Look, no one should think that newspaper to trial: “Find me a pa- someone using a desktop computer issue because a blurred negative had the Apple-Mac Laser Writer is a per and we’ll supply the equipment. and mouse for the first time: sone less than justice to the part of “A call to Yea, in the foothills of “Ash Long’s fingers were soon the laser-set front page, Ash Long second or alternative system.

“It’s a genuine stand-on-its-own the Australian Alps, north-east of flashing over the Macintosh key- proceeded to produce a much Melbourne, found us a suitable and board, but as he used the ‘mouse’ for cleaner March 5 issue using a wide feet typestetter which is quite appliwilling paper, The Yea Chronicle. the first time and thrust it over the range of the Apple Mac output in- cable to newspapers and to printers “It was 100 years old last year, edge of his desk he was complain- cluding some clearly readable 6- and publishers.

“I’d certainly like to have the had a circulation of about 1500 and ing: “I’ve got to get a bigger desk.” point type and a beautifully laser-set Apple Mac - mouse and all - permawas entirely produced by the hus“In less than 30 minutes as Dianne page of Yea Chronicle Classifieds. band and wife team of Ash and Fleur Howarth looked on Ash was re-set“After the Melbourne press run nently on my desk.”

- From ‘Apple’s Day in Yea’ Long. ting some long standing Chronicle finished I asked Ash Long what he

by John Monks “The Longs had taken over the ads and adding rules with curved thought of the Laser Writer and INK magazine, April 1986 broadsheet Chronicle set on linotype corners and tone.

Macintosh team.

(Minnis Business Press) machines and printed on an ancient “The front page dummy lead “His report:-

● Ash Long in front of the Yea newspaper office in 1986.

Photo: John Monks

● Ash Long at the Apple MacIntosh, paste-up bench to the left, ITEC typesetter at right.

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The Yea Story: Part 37

Gloom spreads throughout town From The Story of Yea

by Harvey Blanks

Yea High School ■ The Yea Higher Elementary School in Station St was officially proclaimed a high school on January 1, 1956, with an enrolment of 126 pupils and MrG. Treseder as its first headmaster.

The following year a Committee for Educational Development in Yea was established, its principal task being to find a suitable site for a new high school so that the existing school could be used for primary education.

The new site on Racecourse Road was purchased from Messrs G.R. Lawrance and R. Buckland in 1959.

Meantime, matriculation classes had become available in the old school and improved facilities provided for woodworking, domestic science, library and art.

A new headmaster, Mr W. Storey, was assigned in 1960 and over the next four years the school enjoyed considerable athletic success.

During the one-year tenure of Mr L. McKean as headmaster in 1963, tenders for the construction of the new school were let to A.V. Jennings Industries (Aust.) Ltd, who began to build a Type 500 school in August of that year.

The big shift to the new school tok place in 1964, staff and pupils meeting in the spacious new building for the first time on June 16 with Mr D.N. Baudinette as principal.

A year later, work began on the Advisory Council’s three-year plan for the development of the magnificent grounds, with work on the main oval and hockey fields.

During the year, the new building was opened by the Minister of Education, the Hon. J.S. Bloomfield.

At the end of 1971, M r Baudinette was succeeded as principal by Mr G.P. Jones, who had an ambitious list of projects for the betterment of the school.

Through Two World Wars ■ World War I was the great watershed in the life and development of the Shire, although, as elsewhere, the fact was not realised at the time.

Before 1914, pastoral life and social pursuits followed their leisurely course at a more or less stately Edwardian tempo, with the first motor car yet to arrive upon the scene and electric power lines to make their paths along the streets of the township.

In 1905, Yea was still enjoying the novelty of its first telephone service, although it was soon to become annoyed because its exchange was not immediately linked with Seymour enabling its subscribers to ring outside the Shire.

And townspeople using the public telephone situated in the Post Office were not tardy in demanding that a booth should be erected around the instrument so that conversations could be enjoyed with a small degree of privacy.

It took six months’ representations however, before their local member, the Hon. Robert Harper, MHR, was able to induce the PMG to erect a wooden screen diving the telephone from the stamp counter.

● Headlines from the Extraordinary Edition of The Yea Chronicle published on Monday night, March 30, 1908, several hours after the Trawool scheme announcement.

The great crisis of the pre-war that the scheme would proceed. He the Government’s protestations valyears was the announcement of the presented the Government’s apol- ues became depressed.

Trawool scheme, which envisaged ogy - but only for the tardiness of the However, the entire scheme was the building of a weir across the surveyors, as qualified men were in abandoned before the survey was Goulburn threatening innundation short supply. completed, in favour of an alternaof the township.

The deputation was told that the tive site at Eildon, although 50 years Indeed, echoes of this plan are Trawool Scheme was but part of a later survey pegs could still be seen still heard with unease whenever a major water supply project for the on part of Switzerland Station. severe drought is experienced. area north of the Dividing Range, and By 1910, the year of the death of In March 1908 the Minister of that Yea woulde “certainly be sub- Edward VII and the ascension of Water Supply publicly announced merged within five or six years”.

King George V - the Council had rethat the implementation of the Adequate compensation to land gained sufficient confidence in the Trawool Water Scheme would al- owners would be paid in full at val- township’s future to start thinking most certainly mean the drowning ues ruling before the scheme was about a scheme to light Yea with of the township of Yea. announced, and a new railway line electricity, and also to buy one of the The plan was naturally greeted and station site were already being new ‘Patent Austin Reversible Roadwith consternation, and a deputation, planned. making Machines’ to help reconconsisting of the Shire president, Cr \ In October, 1908, a further depu- struct its roads - provide they could G.H. Evans, Crs Drysdale and tation of some 20 residents of the hire a suitable team of horses to drag Dunlop and Major F.G. Purcell, was town and district waited upon the it. appointed at a hurriedly-called pub- Premier, Sir Thomas Bent, who inThe electric power story was to lic meeting to wait upon the minis- formed them that property owners, be a long drawn-out one with many ter. business people and employees in side issues involved.

The minister, Mr Swinburne, the doomed township had nothing to Just four years before the outreceived the deputation “most gra- fear - the Government, in the lan- break of World War I, the Yea and ciously”, according to an ‘Extraor- guage of all politicians, “would treat Mansfield Dairy Company apdinary Edition’ of The Yea Chronicle them most liberally”. proached the Council inquiring to of the period.

A certain amount of gloom spread what extent it would contribute over Nevertheless, he was adamant throughout the town, and in spite of a period of five years in the event of

the company undertaking to generate an electricity supply to power its plant and light the town.

The Council declared its willingness to pay £100 a year for street lighting and also power for the Shire Hall and offices, and later agreed to pay one-third of the cost of an expert’s report on the installation of a suitable plant.

One year later however, the Council had second thoughts: it was prepared to pay the Dairy Company £150 a year for its share of the lighting, but wanted an equal share of any profits to be made by selling power to private and commercial consumers.

Within six months its changed its mind again. Forecasting that the marketing of power might well be a profitable operation it applied for, and was granted, an order under the Electric Light and Power Act granting it exclusive right to supply power for all public and private purposes.

A firm of consulting engineers, Lincoln and McDougall, was engaged to draw up a plan, the Dairy Company and Water Trust were asked to enter into satisfactory arrangements to participate, and a loan of £4000 to build the necessary plant was authorised (but never proceeded with).

Yet while all this was going on the war clouds were gathering.

The Government asked for, and received, permission to use the Shire Hall for military drilling purposes.

The Yea Troop, 7th Light Horse, under its commanding officer, T. Harvey Templeton, who later gave his life on active service, began carrying out mounted parades and manmoeuvres on the township’s parkland, and a munitions depot was established within the Shire.

As the last year of peace drew to its close the electricity plan was completed.

Because the Dairy Company would be the largest user of power, the proposed plant was to be erected within the factory building and the company was to benefit from a special reducingt rate for all power used.

The Council was to supply the electrical engineering staff, who would supervise the factory’s operations and work the refrigeration plant.

Township ratepayers would be able to buy power, and any profits were to be returned to consumers in the form of a reduction in rates.

Both the Dairy Company and the Water Trust, which also would be a major user of power for its pumping station, agreed to the plan.

Before the scheme could be implemented, the Great War broke out and both the Dairy Company and the Water Trust withdrew their offers to buy electricity from the Shire.

Together with many less important schemes, the power plan was shelved while the whole Shire geared itself for war.

The Yea Troop of the 7th Light Horse enlisted almost as one body.

The Shire Council voted an immediate donation of £50 toward the Patriotic Fund and a similar amount to the Australian Red Cross.

The Shire Hall was given free of charge to the Yea Amateur Dramatic Society to provide entertainments in aid of the Patriotic Fund. ● To be continued next week in The Local Paper.

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The Yea Story: Part 38

Yea wanted its own hydro scheme From The Story of Yea

by Harvey Blanks ■ Within eight months of World War I hostilities breaking out a large Roll of Honour board was ordered to be placed in the Shire Offices to record the names of Yea’s vounteers.

Patriotic fever ran high, but when a township resident, Mrs C. Rafael, sought authority to establish and conduct a patriotic shooting gallery on the plantations in the middle of High Street so that ratepayers might improve their marksmanship (for a fee) to repel invaders as part of the war effort, the Council thought this was perhaps going too far, and withheld permission.

In 1916, one of Yea’s sons, Lieutenant Rupert Ker, was awarded the French Military Cross for gallantry in France and the Council sent a letter of congratulations to his proud father, Mr C. de B. Ker. Requests for financial aid poured in continually from all manner of war charities, and, as far as can be deduced from Council records, no appeal was ever turned down, even such exotic ones as a fund to build hospitals in Russia and Serbia, and one called the Société Maternelle et Infantile, whose President Madame Crivelli, successfully applied for £5 for the maintenance of unmarried mothers and their children being cared for by the Military Government of Paris.

Headed by Major F.G. Purcell, Shire councillors attended recruiting meetings throughout the district, giving fiery patriotic addresses designed to encourage young men to enlist.

However, a split occurred in the Council at the end of 1917 over the Commonwealth referendum on conscription.

TheReinforcements Referendum Council asked the Shire to display giant placards on its public buildings reading ‘REINFORCEMENTS REFERENDUM - VOTE YES!’ Cr T.J. McLeish moved that the Council loyally support the request, and added the rider “we will do everything we can to help secure the successof the referendum”.

Cr John Quinlan, then the Council senior member, moved an amendment that Yea should allow the display of YES placards, providing equal opportunity be afforded for the display of NO signs.

He and his seconder, Cr Coonan, were howled down and the motion was passed.

The Council then went on to vote money to provide a car for the recruiting officer so that he might tour the electorate of Indi and raise another 100 recruits.

The recruiting officer was also suplied with a free office in the Council Chambers, plus a free telephone, and the Council - perhaps illegally drew up a list of eligible young men in the Shire whom he could pursue.

In view of the temper of the times, it was a courageous and democratically sound attitude that Crs Quinlan and Coonan took.

Other Councillors were slow to forgive, and when a few months later Cr Coonan applied for use of the Shire Hall for a lecture on Women’s Rights by Mrs Walsh (nee Pankhirst) he was refused out of hand.

His attempt, supported by Cr Quinlan, to have the refusal debated was ruled out of order.

As the war drew to its close - and

● Adela Constantia Mary Pankhurst Walsh was a British-Australian suffragette, political organiser, and co-founder of both the Communist Party of Australia and the Australia First Movement. Her use of the Yea Shire Hall, moved by Cr Coonan, was rejected out of hand by Yea Councillors. there was scarcely a family which threw a spanner into the works that had not felt its impact in the loss of the Dairy Company temporarily one or more relatives - Yea began to shelved its plans. turn its attention to the establishment In the last months of the war, the and settlement of its returned men. contentious recruiting officer’s car The township had already been broke down and was abandoned doing what it could to assist soldiers’ somewhere in the wilds of the Highwives - for some time past they had lands and probably glad to see and been allowed free agistment for one end of the issue, the Council refused house cow each in Yea’s public park. to pay a single penny toward its reNow, believing that many return- pair or removal. ing men would want to develop The death on active service of one small farms of their own, the Coun- of its earlier members, ex-Councilcil approached the owners of lorW.G. Purvis, saddened everyone Killingworth Estate asking if they and seemed to bring the warring facwould offer it for sale to ex-service- tions together; and reconciliation bemen. came complete when Cr John At the same time, other landhold- Quinlan suffered a personal loss in ers were written to, asking them to the form of the death of his wife sell small-holdings to returned men shortly after the Armistice. or at least to offer them positions as With a flood of young ex-serviceshare-farmers. men returning home, the Council About this time, the matter of an turned again to the provision of suitelectricity supply for the town was able land and, as no satisfactory reunexpectedly resurrected. plies had been received to its earlier While the Council had been ar- requests, it recommended to the mindently supporting the war efort and ister of lands the compulsory acquipassing flowery resolutions such as sition of Killingworth Estate. that of August 4, 1917, recording its But before any of its plans could “inflexible determination to continue be put into effect the great influenza to a victorious end the struggle in epidemic of 1919 struck the Shire. maintenance of those ideals of LibAlthough a public infectious diserty and Justice which are the com- eases ward had been installed earmon and sacred cause of the Allies”, lier at Sister Drysdale’s private hosthe Yea Dairy Company had stolen pital in thne township, it proved hopea march on it and completed plans lessly inadequate to deal with the for a private generating plant. flood of victims of the virus which A letter was sent to the Council was sweeping not only Australia but offering to supply the town at the the whole of the Western world.

Dairy Company’s own price.

The state school was closed and The Council hastily embarked hastily converted into an emergency upon a delaying action by siggesting ward, but even this was not enough. that it might be much better to conWhile a Council deputation vissider a hydro-electric scheme to sup- ited the premier to ask for urgent supply not only Yea but also the adja- plies of vaccine and financial aid to cent Shires. fight the ‘flu outbreak, residents were With a wildly imaginative leap issued with instructions to help them into the future, it suggested that nurse victims at home.

Kiewa might be a suitable site, and Rooms were darkened as sheets, invited representatives from wrung out in a solution of Condy’s neighbouring shires to meet in Yea crystals, were draped across doors for a special conference to consider and pinned across windows, and such a scheme. housewives were warned to the wads The suggestion so effectively of cottonwool soaked in disinfectant

across their mouths and nostrils every time they entered a sick room.

In spite of all precautions, notifications of deaths continued to mount - the Shire health inspector recording as many as four in a week.

Eventually the epidemic waned and people were once more able to turn their minds to the shape of the post-war world.

A grant of £750 was received from the Commonwealth to provide work for ex-servicemen and among the projects upon which the money was spent were major improvements to the township’s municipal gardens, landscaped surroundings for the proposed war memorial, and - more practically, perhaps - the provision of access roads to newly-subdivided properties now being taken up by returned men.

Pressured by the newly-formed Yea branch of the Returned Services League, the Council asked both Houses of the Legislature to compulsory acquire and subdivide Killingworth Estate.

New roads were pushed through to soldiers’ blocks on the old Switzerland Station, and fresh across routes were constructed in the parishes of Windham and Woodbourne.

Enterprisingly too, the Council decided to spend part of the grant on opening a road to the mineral spings in Dropmore Parish in the Highlands in the fond hope that it might eventually become a major tourist attracxtion with a reputation as a spa.

Toward the end of 1919, a ratepayer, Mrs M. Stuart, suggested that the weather-beaten flag which had flown at the masthead over the Shire Hall throughout the war period should be preserved for posterity as a symbol of the sacrifices made by Yea over four long years.

Her suggestion was enthusiastically adopted, and the worn old Union Jack was framed in a glass case and proudly displayed in the Council Chambers.

Much later, the flag in its case was banished to the storeroom, along with other relics of past times, and was re-discopvered by the Shire Secretary, Mr Frank Berkery, who had it cleaned, re-furbished and presented to the Yea branch of the RSL which is now its proud possessor.

Yea wanted more than a flag however, as a memento of the war years and as a reminder of the victory so sorely won by the deaths of its sons, and over the next year or two pressed its claims for some war trophies which it hoped could be displayed in public places in perpetuity as a reminder to future generations of the sacrifices of their fathers.

The State Trophy Committee, as it was called, allotted Yea one machine gun which had been captured from the enemy and later a trench mortar was obtained to be placed in the reserve opposite the Post Office.

But while the Council was seeking to commemorate the past, the quality of life was already changing.

Silent motion pictures came to town in May, 1920, when a Mr T.J. Fowler obtained a lease ofr the Shire Hall every Tuesday night at £1 a week to exhibit his “thrilling cinematographic film plays” and the Council built him a fireproof projection box, which it called a biograph booth.

Mr John Tosh bought himself a motor car which was available for hire and the Council ran up a bill of

£9 10s surveying areas suitable for soldier settlement before it was informed that the Closer Settlement Board would not reimburse it for such new fangled transport; it then disgustedly reverted to horse and buggy.

The young people of the town demanded proper facilities for their tennis club and the Council parted up with £20 for the formation of courts near the Courthouse.

The Dairy Company resurrected its electric power scheme and paid a Mr Danne for plans (never fulfilled) to generate hydro-electric power at the Wilhelmina Falls - a project which led the Council once again to ask the Dairy Company how much it would charge to light Yea’s streets and the Shire Hall as well as supply power to the Water Trust for its pumping plant.

Killingworth Estate was cut up for soldier settlement and the Government supplied £900 as an outright gift and provided a further £900 as a loan for the Council to build access roads.

Within 12 months the silent moving pictures proved so hugely successful that accommodation in the Shire Hall became uncomfortably crowded, and the Health Commission stepped in with the demand that ventilation and other amenities be improved or else limitations would be placed on attendances, both at the pictures and at dances and concerts.

Although pressed for funds, the Council decided to carry out improvements and enlarged the hall to provide for maximum attendances of 700, at a cost of £2450.

Electric power finally came to Yea - if only partially - late in 1922, and neither the Council nor the Dairy Company was responsible.

Armed with a detailed plan to instal and operate a private generating plant, Major F.G. Purcell successfully applied for the transfer to him of powers p-reviously gazetted in favour of the Council.

He offered to light some of the major streets for £250 a year and, after the Shire Engineer had selected sites for power poles, Major Purcell installed his engine and generator in premises behind the site of the Yea Chronicle office (36 High St).

The provisions of electricity, even on a limited scale, was a major step forward, although not everyone regarded it as an unqualified blessing; for in April 1923, a Mr F.J. Auld headed a deputation of ratepayers living in proximity to the plant to complain of the “noise nuisance”.

Melodrama burst upon the town on Sunday, June 23, 1922, whena young married woman, Josephione Hame McLaughlin, mother of three boys aged 10, seven and two, was savagely murdered on her way home from a Saturday night ball in the Shire Hall.

Mrs McLaughlin, who lived in a cottage near ther Yea River below the Masonic Hall, was waylaid as she crossed a paddock on her way home shortly after midnight, brutally battered about the head and then thrown into the muddy waters.

A few hours later, her husband, who suffered from poor health and had stayed home, reported her disappearance to the police. The body was recovered and a large force of detectives and forensic experts from Melbourne descended upon Yea, much to the excitement of the town’s population; for it was obvious that the murderer must be a local man. ● To be continued next week in The Local Paper.

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150 Years of Local Press

Special paper for Detective’s retirement ■ Over the 150-year history of local press in the Murrindindi area, there was a special newspaper that appeared just once.

The Yea Truth was a special celebratory newspaper produced as a souvenir on Sunday, July 1, 1990, for the retirement of Detective Sgt. Ian ArthurWelch.

The eight-page newspaper was circulated to guests at a farewell retirement dinner held at Sizzlers (Eildon Back Road) for the Alexandra-based detective nicknamed ‘Columbo’.

The name Yea Truth was a popular tag given to the Yea newspaper, which included a weekly budget of reports from Magistrates’ Courts at Alexandra, Seymour, Yea, Mansfield and Whittlesea.

The newspaper noted that ‘Columbo’ had served as a member of Victoria Police from June 29, 1962, to June 30, 1990.

His Certificate of Service, presented by then-Mount Pleasant Hotel publican, the late John O’Brien, noted Welch’s honourable and distinguished service.

The certificate, noting that Det. Sgt. Welch was a recipient of the National Medal and First Clasp, was signed by Chief Commissioner of Police, Kelvin Glare, APM, O. St J. The Yea Truth also included a copy of a Victoria Police Motor Driving School ‘Certificate of Proficiency’, which Welch’s colleagues claimed to be a forgery.

“All are prepared to give evidence that a pass in theory does not equal a pass in practice.”

The souvenir newspaper included tribute columns from colleagues including Det. Sen. Jim Sullivan, Eildon policeman Peter Le Plastrier (‘The Frog’) and Seymour detective, Sgt. Doug Dainton.

A poem was published by the then-officer-in-charge of the Alexandra uniform branch, Sgt. Ron Smith.

Jim Sullivan, in his column, gave a hint to how Ian Welch had been given the nickname ‘Columbo’, after a television detective.

Wikipedia describes TV’s Columbo: “(He) is a shrewd but inelegant blue-collar homicide detective whose trademarks include his shambling manner, rumpled beige raincoat, cigar smoking, and generally disheveled appearance.”

Sullivan said: “After a very heavy day in the snow at Mt Buller, our hero made an arrest.

“At the subsequent Court case, the defendant entered the witness box, and made a submission to the Magistrate.

“The Detective’s hair was all over the place, he was frothing at the mouth, uncontrolably smoking, very abusive, and didn’t at all look like a policeman.”

Jim Sullivan told the story of ‘Columbo’ when tape recorders were first introduced to Police work.

“Columbo taped this very heavy interview, and sent the tape away to have it transcribed.

“The Audio Section rang back and asked if he wanted the interview or the Christmas party transcribed.

Stories were told of some of Columbo’s arrests.

One story surrounded the theft of a white jet-ski from the Lake Eildon Boat Harbour.

The jet ski was the property of a houseboat owner from Toorak.

● The front-page of the souvenir Yea Truth newspaper published on July 1, 1990

● After Government financial cut-backs in 1989, Alexandra Court was closed. After the last public case, Det. Sgt. Ian Welch brought mock charges against Magistrate Tony Ellis, ordering that he be detained for “intensive inquiries” at “the tree” alongside the barbecue at the Alexandra police residence.

Photo: Ash Long, 1989.

Columbo put out a big All Points Bulletin, but did not realise what it would bring.

An alert camera processor was looking at shots from the red light camera at the Maroondah Hwy (Whitehorse Rd)-Springvale Rd corner in Nunawading.

Did the dark sedan with a jet-ski on its roof hold any interest for Det. Sgt. Welch?

The mag-wheeled sedan was photographed at 3.26am on October 5, 1983, buzzing through the intersection againats a red light.

An Albion man was fined $500 at Alexandra Magistrates’ Court on March 23, 1984, for the theft of a water ski.

A policing bonus for Columbo was that the man was ordered to pay a $90 fine for failing to obey a traffic control signal, and the man’s probationary licence was cancelled.

Two other men were each fined $500, in default one month’s jail.

Editor Ash Long told stories of ‘post-Court’ analysis, often playing ‘World Championship 8-Ball’ at John O’Brien’s Mount Pleasant Hotel.

Long said that the newspaper sold particularly well in Alexandra in the late 1980s after a story of a local church official was charged with theft of cash.

“Columbo was worried that his defendant was Catholic. Out of even handed fairness, he promised that his next culprit would be a Freemason.”

In another incident, the Editor told the story of a trip to Benalla where Welch and offsider Jim Sullivan were to be presented with their National Medals by Det. Supt. Tony McDonough.

“One quiet day in winter 1987 the call came that ‘Yea 200’would be picking me up in five minutes, and your columnist would be covering our heroes receiving their National Medals.

“So Long Shots was chauffeured to Yarck where pre-dinner cans were puchased for the long journey.

Subsequent replenishments were made at the Bonnie Doon and Maindample outlets.

“By the time we arrived for lunch, your team with attendant press photographer were ready for any ceremony.

“Long Shots photographed anything that moved. Perplexed readers must have wondered the following week why they had a six-page coverage of country coppers receiving medals.”

The Yea Truth, for the retirement dinner souvenir, accessed ‘Form 15 - Record of Conduct of Service’ documents recording that Ian Welch was born at Pyramid Hill on May 27, 1940, listing his occupation as ‘taxi driver’ when he joined the job in 1962.

He was allocated the Victoria Police number of 14286. He was 5ft 9½in. tall, appointed to Russell St beat duty on October 22, 1962, taking his 10st 5lb frame to North Melbourne, then the wharf patrol at Victoria Dock.

He and Judy married on September 11, 1965, and Ian went on to serve at Orbost, Dandenong, Victoria Dock, with promotion to First Constable in 1967.

‘C.I.’ duties followed at Russell St, Bourke St West and Warrnambool, then as a Detective at Maidstoneand Toorak,beforeAlexandra.

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AFL Yarra Ranges 2018 fixtures Division 1 Round 1 Saturday, April 21 Belgrave v Upwey-Tecoma Monbulk v Olinda-Ferny Creek Healesville v Emerald Woori Yallock v Warb.-Millgrove Sunday, April 22 Mt Evelyn v Wandin Round 2 Wednesday, April 25 Healesville v Warb.-Millgrove Saturday, April 28 Olinda-Ferny Creek v Belgrave Upwey-Tecoma v Woori Yallock Wandin v Monbulk Emerald v Mt Evelyn Round 3 Saturday, May 5 Healesville v Olinda-Ferny Creek Belgrave v Warb.-Millgrove Monbulk v Emerald Woori Yallock v Wandin Mt Evelyn v Upwey-Tecoma Round 4 Saturday, May 12 Wandin v Healesville Upwey-Tecoma v Olinda-Ferny Ck Monbulk v Warburton-Millgrove Mt Evelyn v Belgrave Emerald v Woori Yallock Saturday, May 19 Interleague v South East FNL Round 5 Saturday, May 26 Upwey-Tecoma v Warb.-Millgrove Wandin v Belgrave Olinda-Ferny Creek v Emerald Woori Yallock v Monbulk Mt Evelyn v Healesville Round 6 Saturday, June 2 Belgrave v Emerald Watb-Millgrove v Mt Evelyn Olinda-Ferny Creek v Wandin Monbulk v Upwey-Tecoma Twilight: Healesville v W. Yallock

Round 10 Saturday, June 30 Upwey-Tecoma v Belgrave Olinda-Ferny Creek v Monbulk Emerald v Healesville Warb.-Millgrove v Woori Yallock Wandin v Mt Evelyn Round 11 Saturday, July 7 Warb.-Millgrove v Healesville Belgrave v Olinda-Ferny Creek Woori Yallock v Upwey-Tecoma Monbulk v Wandin Mt Evelyn v Emerald Saturday, July 14 Vic Country v VAFA Round 12 Saturday, July 21 Olinda-Ferny Creek v Healesville Warburton-Millgrove v Belgrave Emerald v Monbulk Wandin v Woori Yallock Upwey-Tecoma v Mt Evelyn Round 13 Saturday, July 28 Healesville v Wandin Olinda-Ferny Ck v Upwey-Tecoma Warburton-Millgrove v Monbulk Belgrave v Mt Evelyn Woori Yallock v Emerald Round 14 Saturday, August 4 Warb.-Millgrove v Upwey-Tecoma Belgrave v Wandin Emerald v Olinda-Ferny Creek Monbulk v Woori Yallock Healesville v Mt Evelyn Round 15 Saturday, August 11 Emerald v Belgrave Mt Evelyn v Warburton-Millgrove Wandin v Olinda-Ferny Creek Upwey-Tecoma v Monbulk Woori Yallock v Healesville

Round 7 Saturday, June 9 Healesville v Belgrave Woori Yallock v Olinda-Ferny Ck Mt Evelyn v Monbulk Emerald v Upwey-Tecoma Wandin v Warburton-Millgrove

Round 16 Saturday, August 18 Belgrave v Healesville Olinda-Ferny Ck v Woori Yallock Monbulk v Mt Evelyn Upwey-Tecoma v Emerald Warburton-Millgrove v Wandin

Round 8 Saturday, June 16 Belgrave v Woori Yallock Upwey-Tecoma v Wandin Monbulk v Healesville Warburton-Millgrove v Emerald Olinda-Ferny Creek v Mt Evelyn

Round 17 Saturday, August 25 Woori Yallock v Belgrave Wandin v Upwey-Tecoma Healesville v Monbulk Emerald v Warburton-Millgrove Mt Evelyn v Olinda-Ferny Creek

Round 9 Saturday, June 23 Healesville v Upwey-Tecoma Woori Yallock v Mt Evelyn Monbulk v Belgrave Warb.-Millgrove v Olinda-Ferny Ck Emerald v Wandin

Round 18 Saturday, September 1 Wandin v Emerald Upwey-Tecoma v Healesville Mt Evelyn v Woori Yallock Belgrave v Monbulk Olinda-Ferny Ck v Warb.-Millgrove

AFL Yarra Ranges Division 1 Finals ■ Qualifying and Elimination Finals Saturday, September 8 ■ Semi-Finals Saturday, September 15 ■ Preliminary Finals Saturday, September 22 ■ Grand Finals Friday, September 28

Local games at a glance

Apr. 21: Yea (home) Apr. 28: Yarra Glen (away) May 5: Powelltown (away) May 12: Bye May 19: Interleague May 26: Seville (away) Jun. 2: Thornton-Eildon (home) Jun. 9: G’brook-Cockatoo (home) Jun. 16: Yarra Junc. (away) Jun. 23: Kinglake (home) Jun. 30: Yea (away) Jul. 7: Yarra Glen (home) Jul. 14: Powelltown (home) Jul. 21: Bye Jul. 29: Seville (home) Aug. 4: Thornton-Eildon (away) Aug. 11: G’brook-Cockatoo (away) Aug. 18: Yarra Junc. (home) Aug. 25: Kinglake (away)

Division 2 Round 1 Saturday, April 21 Gembrook-Cockatoo v Seville Thornton-Eildon v Kinglake Yarra Junction v Powelltown Alexandra v Yea Yarra Glen: Bye

Round 10 Saturday, June 30 Seville v Gembrook-Cockatoo Kinglake v Thornton-Eildon Poweeltown v Yarra Junction Yea v Alexandra Yarra Glen: Bye

Round 2 Saturday, April 28 Seville v Powelltown Yarra Glen v Alexandra Yea v Thornton-Eildon Gembrook-Cockatoo v Yarra Junc.

Kinglake: Bye

Round 11 Saturday, July 7 Powelltown v Seville Alexandra v Yarra Glen Thornton-Eildon v Yea Yarra Junc. v G’brook-Cockatoo Kinglake: Bye

Round 3 Saturday, May 5 Kinglake v Gembrook-Cockatoo Yarra Junction v Yea Powelltown vAlexandra Sunday, May 6 Seville v Yarra Glen Thornton-Eildon: Bye Round 4 Saturday, May 12 Kinglake v Yarra Junction Yea v Seville Thornton-Eildon v Powelltown Yarra Glen v Gembrook-Cockatoo Alexandra: Bye Saturday, May 19 Interleague v South East NFL

Apr. 21: Thornton-Eildon (away) Apr. 28: Bye May 5: G’brook-Cockatoo (home) May 12: Yarra Junc. (home) May 19: Interleague May 26: Yea (away) Jun. 2: Powelltown (away) Jun. 9: Yarra Glen (home) Jun. 16: Seville (home) Jun. 23: Alexandra (away) Jun. 30: Thornton-Eildon (home) Jul. 7: Bye Jul. 14: G’brook-Cockatoo (away) Jul. 21: Yarra Junc. (away) Jul. 28: Yea (home) Aug. 4: Powelltown (home) Aug. 11: Yarra Glen (home) Aug. 18: Seville (away) Aug. 25: Alexandra (home)

Apr. 21: Alexandra (away) Apr. 28: Thornton-Eildon (home) May 5: Yarra Junc. (away) May 12: Seville (home) May 19: Interleague May 26: Kinglake (home) Jun. 2: Yarra Glen (away) Jun. 9: Powelltown (home) Jun. 16: G’brook-Cockatoo (away) Jun. 23: Bye Jun. 30: Alexandra (home) Jul. 7: Thornton-Eildon (away) Jul. 14: Yarra Junc. (home) Jul. 21: Seville (away) Jul. 28: Kinglake (away) Aug. 4: Yarra Glen (home) Aug. 11: Powelltown (away) Aug. 18: G’brook-Cockatoo (home) Aug. 25: Bye

Round 5 Saturday, May 26 G’brook-Cockatoo Thornton-Eildon Powelltown V Yarra Glen Seville v Alexandra Yea v Kinglake Yarra Junction: Bye Round 6 Saturday, June 2 Alexandra v Thornton-Eildon Powelltown v Kinglake Yarra Junction v Seville Yarra Glen v Yea Gembrook-Cockatoo: Bye Round 7 Saturday, June 9 Alexandra v Gembrook-Cockatoo Thornton-Eildon v Yarra Junction Kinglake v Yarra Glen Yea v Powelltown Seville: Bye Round 8 Saturday, June 16 Gembrook-Cockatoo v Yea Kinglake v Seville Yarra Junction v Alexandra Thornton-Eildon v Yarra Glen Powelltown - Bye Round 9 Saturday, June 23 Powelltown v G’brook-Cockatoo Seville v Thornton-Eildon Yarra Glen v Yarra Junction Alexandra v Kinglake Yea: Bye

Round 12 Saturday, July 14 Gembrook-Cockatoo v Kinglake Yea v Yarra Junction Alexandra v Powelltown Yarra Glen v Seville Thornton-Eildon: Bye Round 13 Saturday, July 21 Yarra Junction v Kinglake Seville v Yea Powelltown v Thornton-Eildon Gembrook-Cockatoo v Yarra Glen Alexandra: Bye Round 14 Saturday, July 28 Thornton-Eil. v G’brook-Cockatoo Yarra Glen v Powelltown Alexandra v Seville Kinglake v Yea Yarra Junction: Bye Round 15 Saturday, August 4 Thornton-Eildon v Alexandra Kinglake v Powelltown Seville v Yarra Junction Yea v Yarra Glen Gembrook-Cockatoo: Bye Round 16 Saturday, August 11 Gembrook-Cockatoo v Alexandra Yarra Junction v Thornton-Eildon Yarra Glen v Kinglake Powelltown v Yae Seville: Bye Round 17 Saturday, August 18 Yea v GFembrook-Cockatoo Seville v Kinglake Alexandra v Yarra Junction Yarra Glen v Thornton-Eildon Powelltown: Bye Round 18 Saturday, August 25 Gembrook-Cockatoo v Powelltown Thornton-Eildon v Seville Yarra Junction v Yarra Glen Kinglake v Alexandra Yea: Bye

AFL Yarra Ranges Division 2 Finals ■ Qualifying and Elimination Finals Sunday, September 2 ■ Semi-Finals Sunday, September 9 ■ Preliminary Finals Sunday, September 16 ■ Grand Finals Sunday, September 23

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Challenge issued for Legacy to do more

● Hugh Roberton, new President of Melbourne Legacy; Robert Benghamy, outgoing President of Alexandra-Yea-Mansfield Legacy Group; and Jeffrey Swain, incoming AYM President.

■ Legatees from the Alexandra, Yea and Mansfield Legacy Group welcomed Legatee Hugh Roberton, the new President of Melbourne Legacy, to their annual luncheon at Goughs Bay near Mansfield on Sunday (Mar. 25).

Hugh, a retired Melbourne surgeon, is a Vietnam veteran who served with several local veterans in the 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, and with the 1st Australian Field Hospital.

Speaking to the Legatees, Hugh outlined several challenges facing Legacy in the years ahead.

The number of widows and children still needing assistance, the ageing of Legatee volunteers and the need to work in partnership with other ex-service organisations and community groups were all highlighted.

He emphasised the importance of access to good educational opportunities for the children of widows.

“A good education sets a young child up for life,” said Hugh. :We must secure funds to ensure educational opportunities for each child,”

he challenged.

Alexandra local, Robert 'Bob' Benghamy, retiring President of the Alexandra, Yea and Mansfield Group paid tribute to the community for its on-going support for Legacy and thanked fellow Legatees for their work in caring for the veterans' widows and children.

President Hugh Roberton then installed Legatee Jeffrey Swain, from the Yea area, as the new President of the local Legacy Group.

The Presidents of the Mansfield, Alexandra and Yea RSLs each presented a cheque to assist the Legacy Group with the cost of a coach so local students can attend the 87th Students Commemoration at the Melbourne Shrine on Friday, April 20.

This significant commemoration service is held annually on the Friday before ANZAC Day. Jeff Swain expressed his appreciation: “Our students are the future leaders in our communities. It is important that they get the same opportunities to participate as the big city students,” Jeff said.

Legacy continues to care for the families of deceased or incapacitated veterans.

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ALEXANDRA FOOTBALLNETBALL CLUB REPORT

ALEXANDRA FOOTBALLNETBALL CLUB REPORT

DIAMOND VALLEY CRICKET ASSOCIATION 2017-18 FIXTURES

COURT LIST: MANSFIELD MAGISTRATES’ COURT

■ The 2018 season for the AFL Yarra Ranges Football-Netball League will kick off on Saturday, April 21, and Alexandra will commence with a home game hosting Yea; with the Rebels travelling to Yarra Glen in Round 2 for the annual Pride Game on Saturday, April 28; before travelling to Powelltown in Round 3 on Saturday, May 5.

Alexandra's football pre-season continues on Tuesdays and Thursdays for all open age and Under 18 players at 6 pm at Rebel Park, with training for all open age netball players at 6pm on Thursdays at Rebel Park.

The Club and coaches are pleased to welcome all past players, football and netball, and anyone that would like to come along and join in, everyone is very welcome. Any enquiries please contact Ray Steyger on 5772 2627.

Pre-season matches continued last weekend with a mix of Under 18s, reserves and senior footballers hosting Whitehorse Pioneers for two games of football.

The first game was an even affair as players blew off the cobwebs and enjoyed some humid conditions with the visitors leading by a couple of goals at the final siren, Corey Malcolm and Peter McKenzie doing a fine job of umpiring.

In the first quarter of the following game the heavens opened and the rains came, drenching the ground.

Due to ongoing lightning and thunder the players took a break for 15 minutes until the weather calmed down and the game was able to resume, the visitors handling the conditions a little better.

The netballers also had an intra-Club hit out and were finished before the weather turned.

It was pleasing to see Club Life Member Kim Platt in attendance on Saturday as his 18year-old son Lachlan played in the Alexandra jumper for the first time, Kim having played over 300 games in his career with the Rebels.

Lachlan has been playing in Melbourne with Keilor but has decided to play at Alexandra this year.

Everyone has this weekend off for Easter, the Under 18s football travel on Saturday, April 7 to Healesville for a 10am start and everyone has the following weekend off on April 14 before our season starts the following weekend.

In junior football and netball, the 2018 season for the Seymour District Junior Football/ Netball League will kick off on Sunday, April 15 and Alexandra travels to Wandong, returning to Rebel Park in Round 2 to host Euroa on Sunday, April 22.

All 2017 players are invited to re-register through the SportsTG system for football and the VNA system for netball.

- Ray Steyger

weeks time that always finishes at 1000 yards and it is never easy.

Terry Gee found the conditions very challenging and his single stage 48 gave him an insight into his rifle and his sight settings.

He will be ready for the next 1000 as the rifle performed flawlessly and he now has a zero setting on his sights that will centre his group much more quickly, next time.

It was down to Graeme Kerr and Marty Kelly to show how it was done and they led the field after stage one with a 57.5 and 57.2 respectively.

It was then the long day and the heavy work took its toll and on stage two Graeme shot 56.2 for a total of 113.7 to be top score and Marty a 54.1 for a total of 111.3 and second top score.

Other scores were: Target Rifle: Phillips Betts 93.4, Peter Daldy 89.4, Richard Wall 79.1, Peter Stanley 75.1 and Len Hayes shooting only one stage 41.1.

F class standard: Michael Purden 110.5, Keven Epps 108.3, Morrie Jackman 102.2 and Warren Burns 93.2.

F Class Target Rifle: Graeme Kerr 113.7, Marty Kelly 111.3, Joe Melbourne 106.3 and Terry Gee one stage only 48.

The 2018 season starts with the Upper Murray DRA /Wangaratta Prize shoots on Easter Saturday and Sunday, ECDRA Prize shoot on Easter Monday followed by the Dragon Diesel Challenge on April 7.

We wish our local ECDRA Mountain Marksmen every best wish to have a enjoyable and successful time.

The main thing is to win back the Dragon Diesel Challenge Team trophy. If you would like to try this fascinating and fun sport of long range target shooting please drop into one of the shoots listed above you will be made most welcome and a time for you to have a go will be organised.

- Robert Chaffe

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EAST CENTRAL DISTRICT RIFLE ASSOC. REPORT

■ The East Central District Rifle Association Inc members really put in on Saturday (March 24) stating with a working bee atViolet Town Range starting at 8.30am and finishing with two stage shoot over 1000 yds at Karramomus.

The six members that were available got stuck in on the range so much so that by 11.30am the No 2 (and last electronic) target was fully functioning and ready for the Prize shoot on Easter Monday.

The ECDRA’s first all electronic target shoot using three targets. The target pit, that was subjected to all sorts of activities to get the new target in and working, as well as the annual clean out of dirt and dust that builds up was sparkling clean and fully functioning.

Meanwhile back at the Club Room the final stages of works required to install the 30KVA generator were completed and wiring checked to ensure it is safe and fully functioning.

The icing on the cake was the 10l urn was polished up and a full urn was boiled for “brunch" and time for the team of Graeme, Marty, Terry, Neal, Brian and Bob to enjoy a hot cuppa and a much deserved rest. It was then off to Karramomus for the 1000yard shoot just as the weather took a turn for the worst.

Fortunately the large club house at Karramomus meant there was plenty of room to shelter from the storm.

With the conditions looking quite dark Neal, Brian and Bob decided to call it a day and headed for home.

The remaining 13 shooters from across the COURT LIST: Goulburn Valley decided to give the day a little more time and in doing so found that the squalls MANSFIELD cleared and it was possible to get the shoot unMAGISTRATES’ COURT derway.

Needless to say the conditions were far from From Page 14 ideal and judging the impact of the wind over Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v 1000 yards under these conditions is difficult Girdhar, Manish. Traffic Camera Office and shoot gave a good chance to practice, that Victoria Police - Dwight, K (26884) v is hard to get at this extreme range.

Romanes, Gregory John. Uni-Woods Point In the back of the shooters’ minds was the Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v Fox, annual VRA Queens Prize coming up in a few Stuart. Traffic Camera Office

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COMPUTERS

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CONTRACTING

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“No job too small”

Adam Hetherton - Electrical Contractor REC: 18382. 4 Toora Cres, Healesville 0407 506 215 • Domestic/Commercial/Industrial • Motor Control • Hot Water Services • Extensions/New Homes • Safety Switches • Stoves and Ovens • Underground Cabling • Surge Protection

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COMPUTERS

CONVEYANCING

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murrindindi COMPUTERS

Shop 1, 2 Bakers Lane, Alexandra 3714 PH 5772 1403 FOR SALES, SERVICE AND REPAIRS

CONCRETING

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CURTAINS AND BLINDS

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5772 2978 ELECTRICS

ELECTRICAL

REC: 13433.

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PREMIX Ready mix concrete

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sand • screenings • reinforcing steel • plastic

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Phone 0418 543 310

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FENCING

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HEALTH SOLUTIONS GET

YOUR

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Tree plantation ripping.

5 hydraulic post drivers and pneumatic drivers.

HAY CONTRACTING: Mowing, raking, round and square bales, cartage, loading, unloading.

GRASS SL ASHING: 4 extra heavy duty slashers.

GENERAL FREIGHT: Hay, timber, wool, steel, grapes, machinery

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The Local Paper • Trades and Services Directory • 5797 2656 PLUMBING & GASFITTING

TREE SERVICE

SERVICES

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PLASTERING

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(A CFA recommendation)

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SECURITY CAMERAS

MARK’S TREES BROADFORD

5 MELALEUCA ST, YEA PETER & LORETTA TRIM B: 5797 2800

PLUMBER PLUMBER Simon Young 0429 052 166 I am a local guy who has lived in the area for more than 34 years and have 20 years’ plumbing experience. I pride myself in quality workmanship and reliability.

• All areas of plumbing • Drainage • New Homes • Hot water installation • Renovations • Gas fitting • Roofing and Gutter • Maintenance and repairs • Septic tanks • Water tanks and pumps • Free quotes

Give me a try, I won’t let you down!

PLUMBING

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Family owned and operated business.

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Taggerty

3329 Maroondah Hwy

Eildon

Eildon

SOLD

Overlooking natural bushland:• Brick home with 3 Bedroom plus study & 2 living areas • Master bedroom with ensuite & WIR • Single lockup garage & Large Shed at rear • Currently leased for $300PW $395,000

Eildon

Eildon

SOLD

Developers Take Note! :• Rare opportunity to purchase 7.65Acres 3.1HA • Council approved 30 lot sub-division in the township of Eildon • Current plans and planning permits available • Flat allotments ranging from 626 sqm to 1778 sqm $460,000

Wonderful Views, great location!

• Delightful home with 3 lrge bedrooms & built-in robes • Repainted and new floor coverings throughout • Restumped and re-wired.

• Carport and shed with drive through access • Split system and combustion wood heater $255,000

Sales Specialists I Belinda Hocking 0418 115 574 Sales and Property Services I Jessica Bates 0437 533 236 Property Management I Sarah Brockhus 0457 537 222

Alexandra

Lifestyle Living with Magnificent Views:• Immaculate 3 bedroom home on 3 Parklike Acres • Open plan living with magnificent views • Huge lock-up color bond shed • Town water, 12000lt water tank $529,000

Alexandra

NEW, UNDER CONTRACT

Stylish Living:• Immaculate 3 bedroom home • 2 living areas, ensuite & WIR to master • Lovely kitchen, huge outdoor entertaining area • Double lock up garage with internal access $420,000

NEW

Stylish Living:• Immaculate 3 bedroom home • 2 living areas, ensuite & WIR to master • Lovely kitchen, huge outdoor entertaining area • Double lock up garage with internal access $420,000

Landmark Harcourts Alexandra 56 Grant Street, Alexandra I 5772 3444

Yea

This 3 bedroom brick unit is a must to see. Superbly well built and designed, this 15 square home features 3 generous sized bedrooms, all with robes. The master bedroom has a semiensuited bathroom. There are 2 separate toilets, a European style laundry, open plan living with a well appointed spacious kitchen with dishwasher. There is a tiled dining area and carpet through the lounge and bedrooms. The garage is remote controlled. The dwelling has a large Fujitsu Split System and off street parking for a further 2 vehicles. Very easy walking to all facilities, including the supermarkets, hospital and transport. Being rented at the moment by the most fastidious tenant, this would be an excellent investment or just move in, unpack and enjoy the serenity of living in Yea. Sharon Butcher 0402 113 927 I sharon.butcher@landmark.com.au landmarkharcourts.com.au

Landmark Harcourts Yea 52 High Street, Yea I 5797 2799