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Local News Home Based Child Care Coordinator .9 EFT- 9-day fortnight (Band 6) Murrindindi Family Day Care is looking for a suitably qualified and experienced person to cover its Home Based Child Care Coordinator position from 29 July 2019 to 8 May 2020 due to maternity leave. This position may be extended.

The role involves coordinating a team of 25 educators, a field officer and an administration officer. The right applicant will need to meet the necessary criteria to be the pedagogical leader and responsible person for Murrindindi Family Day Care service.

Local issues in State Parliament ■ Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish has mentioned a number of local issues in State Parliament this month. “ I attended a 10-year celebration at the Marysville Caravan and Holiday Park,” Ms McLeish told the Legislative Assembly “From the bushfires in 2009 to now it has been a long journey.

“Christine and Ken Adams were brilliant hosts. Half of the town of Marysville were there.

“It was supported by the Marysville & District Lions Club with the marquee and catering, and there was exceptional dessert catering from Christine and Ashraf Doos, who made absolutely delectable treats for everybody.

Applicants will be required to have the following: • Early Childhood or other relevant qualification (minimum Diploma level) as approved by Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority • Relevant experience in Children’s Services • First Aid Certificate Level 2 • Current CPR certificate • Current Anaphylaxis Management Certificate.

• Current Emergency Asthma Management training • Current Police Check and Working with Children Check.

• Current PRODA number Murrindindi Family Day Care team is dedicated to providing quality child care, so we’re looking for applicants with the same passion.

Leading Hand - Roads Full time (Band 4) Reporting to the Team Leader Sealed Roads, this role is responsible for the delivery of the annual roads maintenance and other asset related maintenance programs.

The right candidate will possess specialist plant operator skills, including appropriate licences and certificates in competency as well as having knowledge in relation to road and bridge construction maintenance activities.

For more information, see www.murrindindi.vic.au/jobs or phone Council’s Childrens Services Officer, Sue Porter on 5772 0333.

For further information or a confidential conversation about this position, please contact Council’s Coordinator Roads & Parks Maintenance, Stuart Russell on 5772 0333.

You can submit your application and any accompanying attachments online – you will receive an email notification confirming your submission. By email to msc@murrindindi.vic.gov.au or by post to Murrindindi Shire Council, PO Box 138, Alexandra 3714.

You can submit your application and any accompanying attachments online – you will receive an email notification confirming your submission. By email to msc@murrindindi.vic.gov.au or by post to Murrindindi Shire Council, PO Box 138, Alexandra 3714.

Applications close: 5pm Monday, 1 July 2019.

Applications close: 5pm Friday, 5 July 2019.

“It is great to see the caravan park looking absolutely brilliant, and it is a wonderful place to go.” ★ Ms McLeish spoke of the Behind The Wire project at Healesville.

“I recently attended an exhibition focused on Vietnam veterans at the Healesville RSL. “The Behind the Wire exhibition was different in that it exhibited images and stories of those who went to Vietnam but it covered a very broad range of people who went.

“Susan Gordon-Brown did a great job in bringing this exhibition to life. It showed the war from so many different aspects, depending on the roles of those who went.

“Their day-to-day roles were explored as their jobs and their experiences were put together in their own words.

“Susan spoke to them at length, interviewed them over a long period of time, and she talked to people such as cooks, dental assistants, truck drivers, tank drivers, forward scouts, riflemen, training team members, civilian nurses and more.

“So it was a very touching exhibition. There was a book that I was very happy to purchase, and the proceeds were going to the healing garden at the Healesville hospital.” ★ Bridghet Vallence, MLA for Evelyn, said: “My constituency question is to the Minister for Police and Emergency Services. Minister, the Coldstream CFA Fire Brigade, which has been fighting fires and keeping our community safe since 1898, is in urgent need of a new fire station to protect the growing community in Coldstream, Yering and surrounds.

“For years now the brigade has been told by CFA management that a new station will be built on Crown land on Killara Road which has been specifically set aside for the station, but several fire seasons have come and gone.

“The government has failed the volunteer firefighters of Coldstream who put their lives on the line for fire and road trauma and has failed the community that directly benefits from being protected by these dedicated volunteers.

“In a budget that cuts $40 million from the CFA’s capital budget it appear there is not one

cent for this new station to be built.

“This is just another example of how this government puts volunteer firefighters last.

“The Coldstream community and volunteer firefighters deserve an answer from the minister,” Ms Vallence said.

Business Partnerships Officer Full Time – 6-Month Contract (Band 5) Council is seeking a Business Partnerships Officer to provide business assistance and support its new Grants and Contributions Program. This position will focus ondeveloping and maintaining relationships that increase the participation of businesses within the community and ensuring Council systems and processes support the delivery of the Program in a customer focused, efficient, equitable and transparent manner.

To succeed in the role, you will have demonstrated business development experience and exceptional customer service skills. You will also have excellent team work and interpersonal skills, as well as a track record of working with community groups and business associations.

How to apply All applications should contain a covering letter and address the Key Selection Criteria set out in the position description.

Please note that applications which do not address the selection criteria may not be considered.

For more information or to discuss the role please, see www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/ jobs or call Council’s Director of Community Engagement, Shivaun Brown on 5772 0333.

Applications close: 5pm Sunday, 30 June 2019.

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TRAGEDY AT ALEXANDRA SPECIAL REPORT ■ THE Alexandra community is in mourning after young sportsman Jordan Purcell was killed in a road accident, early Sunday.

Police say that Mr Purcell, 20, appears to have been struck by a vehicle in Hall St, Alexandra, in tragic circumstances. ● Jordan Purcell pictured playing for Alexandra.

● Rebels President Ray Steyger talked to the media.

● Local Police carried out investigations.

It is believed that Jordan was walking to a mate’s home in foggy conditions, after an Alexandra Football-Netball Club social function on Saturday night.

Police believe that Mr Purcell was struck by a vehicle, with the five occupants possibly unaware there had been an accident.

It is said that the occupants were Alexandra FNC team-mates of Mr Purcell.

Emergency crews were called to Hall St, near Alexandra Secondary College, about 12.15am Sunday after Mr Purcell was found on the roadway, bleeding and with life-threatening injuries.

Paramedics treated Mr Purcell, but he died en route to Alexandra District Hospital.

The incident was first reported in Melbourne media as a “hit and run”, however Police confirm that a 20-year-old Alexandra man presented himself to them. He is being treated as a witness.

A 23-year-old Alexandra district man was arrested, and taken to the Police Station, interviewed and released later.

All five occupants of a Toyota Hi-Lux were interviewed by Police.

Media crews arrived in Alexandra on Sunday morning, as some club members gathered at Rebel Park to comfort each other, and talk to the media.

It was only hours after Club members had been there for the ‘Reverse Raffle’ social night.

Club President Ray Steyger said the event had shattered Alexandra.

“Just that suddenness just rips you ... He was showing great signs of progress and really looking with great excitement as far as the future was concerned.

“This certainly will impact right through, not just our club, but the whole whole community.

It's a local family and it's absolutely devastating."

■ If you are troubled, experiencing a personal crisis or thinking about suicide, you can call Lifeline 131 114 or Beyond Blue 1300 224 636 or visit lifeline.org.au or beyondblue.org.au ● We acknowledge 7News, Nine News and Ross Malcolm for images in this report.

● Emergency crews in Hall St, Alexandra, on Sunday.

● Jordan Purcell: killed in an accident at the weekend.

● Det. Sgt. Darryl Out spoke to journalists.

● Club identities comfort each other at Rebel Park.

● Police continue their investigations on a Toyota Hi-Lux.

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Here’s where to grab your weekly copy ● ALEXANDRA. Foodworks. 102 Grant St. ● ALEXANDRA. Landmark Real Estate. 56 Grant St. ● ALEXANDRA. Murrindindi Shire Offices.

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

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

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

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

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Norman cuts his chops for Cancer Research ■ Local Marysville resident Norman Fiske is donating his mutton chops to fundraise for the Australian Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation as part of JuLike MyChops.

“I have been growing these chops for 40 plus years. Pople may not recognise me when they are gone. I have a goal of $5000 to shave them off,” Norman says, at the fundraising website.

Local Briefs Urgent item

Purvis Fiji trip ● Norman Fiske of Marysville. Photo: Ash Long

■ Murrindindi Shire CEO Craig Lloyd introduced an urgent item of business to last Wednesday’s special meeting of Councillors.

The item concerned the State Government Funding Agreement – Fixing Country Roads. The document required signing prior to Friday (June 14) in order for 40 per cent of the rfunds to be paid prior to June 30.

Council approved the allocation of $755,900 in the 2019-20 financial year as Council’s contribution to the following projects” ■ High St, Yea, safety improvement works ■ Rubicon Rd route improvements ■ King Parrott Creek Rd improvement works ■ Back Eildon Rd improvement works The sum of $555,900 will be drawn from the unexpended capital works reserve, and $200,000 will be allocated from the 2019-20 capital works budget (rates revenue) and that this will be offset by the increase in Roads to Recovery funding from the Australian Government.

Platypus danger

● Barry Purvis ■ The Purvis family of Homewood left for Fiji on Monday (June 17).

Barry, Jenny and family flew out for a holiday to coinicide with the couple’s 50th wedding anniversary.

Yea High School Deb. Ball

Runners qualify

■ Yea High School has announced names of students who qualified for the Southern Ranges Cross Country: U13 Sacha Jolley and Jordan Kelly; U14 Ryan Ockwell and Zoe Gregory; U15 Reece Hargreaves and Harman Grewal; U16 Daniel Williams, Cass Wilsmore; U20 Ben Charles and Naretha Crumpen-Dolheguy.

Juniors scores

■ Seymour District Junior Football Netball League scores from Sunday (June 16): ■ Under 16: Broadford 13.10 (88) d St Mary’s 7.8 (50). Euroa 14.12 (96) d Alexandra 8.6 (54). Seymour: Bye. ■ Under 14: St Mary’s 7.5 (47) d Tabilk 2.10 (22). Yea 10.9 (69) d Seymour 0.3 (3). Broadford 30.17 (197) d Wandong 0.0 (0).

Euroa 13.10 (88) d Alexandra 1.1 (7).

■ Under 12: Tabilk 9.11 (65) d St Mary’s 1.1 (7). Seymour 7.8 (50) d Yea 1.1 (7).

Broadford 19.19 (133) d Wandong 0.0 (0).

Alexandra 7.5 (47) d Euroa 7.3 (45).

■ 15 and Under.

Euroa 42 d Alexandra 28. Seymour 27 d Yea 14. TAbilk 66 d St Mary's 27. Broadford: Bye. ■ 13 and Under.

Broadford: Bye. Euroa 29 d Alexandra 12.

Seymour 39 d Yea 8.

St Mary's 28 d Tabilk 9.

■ 11 and Under.

Euroa 16 d Alexandra 2. Seymour 16 d Yea 2. Broadford: Bye. St Mary's Bye.

■ Diamond Creek has been dubbed Melbourne’s most dangerous waterway for platypuses, says the Diamond Valley Leader.

“An eight-month Melbourne Water audit found masses of hair bands littering the creek floor, posing a life-threatening risk to Australia’s oddest mammal,” said the newspaper.

● Beaufort Manor, Yea, was the venue of a photo prior to Saturday night’s Deb Ball for Yea High School.

Photo: Beaufort Manor

Death of Taylor Bay’s Anne Hamilton-Byrne

37 injuries

■ High St, Yea, has recorded 26 traffic incidents in the past five years, with 37 injuries, last week’s Murrindindi Shire Council meeting was informed.

Deer on highway

■ Police were called to the Melba Hwy between Dixons Creek and Castella on Saturday to help motorists drive around deer. A young deer was injured, and their mother was killed in a motor vehicle accident.

Locals in Canberra

■ Murrindini Shire Council CEO Craig Lloyd and Mayor Cr Sandice McAulay travelled to the national capital for the National General Assembly of Local Government.

Acting Prime Minister Michael McCormack spoke to the assembly on Monday morning (June 17).

Whittlesea footy

● Anne Hamilton-Byrne ■ Anne Hamilton-Byrne, who and the Dandenongs. Chris was in national headlines for her Johnston write in The Age: “She treatment of young children in the ruined children’s lives. Worse, she Eildon district, died last week at took away their identities. the age of 98.

“That’s her legacy. Someone She was involved with the steal- who comprehensively ruined young ing of children, drugging them and lives and continues to in degrees controlling them. because of her dark, manipulative She claimed to be the reincar- ‘spirituality’.”v Former detective nation of Jesus Christ, and headed Lex de Man said Police had diffia ‘master race’ that she called ‘The culty in bringing some of the eviFamily’. dence to Court. Mr De Man said The group had hundreds of the cult started in 1963 in Melmembers, and as well as Eildon, bourne where she and husband she also centred activities in Kew Bill, collected numerous children .

■ NFNL Division 2 Seniors: Diamond Creek 9.20 (74) d Watsonia 9.9 (63). Eltham 18.6 (118) d Thomastown 11.6 (72). Fitzroy Stars 16.7 (103) d St Mary’s 14.10 (94).

Banyule 15.9 (99) d Whittlesea 7.13 (55).

■ Division 2 Reserves: Watsonia 8.9 (57) d Diamond Creek 6.6 (42). Eltham 24.14 (158) d Thomastown 5.1 (31). Fitzroy Stars 15.10 (100) d St Mary’s 8.9 (57). Whittlesea 13.14 (92) d Banyule 6.5 (41). Epping: Bye. ■ Division 2 Under 19: Eltham 2 7.8 (50) d Bulldog Bloods 4.6 (30). Mill Park 11.4 (70) d West Preston-Lakeside 9.12 (66). South Morang 7.24 (66) d Greensborough 2 7.5 (47). Laurimar 8.12 (66) d Lower Plenty 6.;8 (44). Mernda 17.122 (114) d Hurstbridge 3.4 (22).

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Ticks & Crosses

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Local people had to look at a Western Victorian local newspaper to find out the latest about the Yea and District Memorial Hospital (see this issue).

Perhaps it’s time for the Board to re-start its conversation with the community.

Politician Cindy McLeish was a welcomed visitor at Yea Primary School last week. She knows it well - she attended there as a child. The family business (the Railway Hotel) was next door. “It's always great to be back at my old school Yea Primary School to speak with local students - this time to Years 5/6 about my job as their Member of Parliament and how they can work to help make our community a better place. The students had plenty of ideas - especially for Murrindindi Shire Council,” Ms McLeish said.

Local girls Ruby O’Dwyer and Abby Christie have been selected for the Victorian Country Under 18 Squad by Cricket Victoria ahead of this year’s National Championships.

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VicRoads has announced that it will install new road advisory signs about the Black Spur at Narbethong ... but the action won’t take place until August, after the Snow Season.

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Belated congratulations to VICSES Kinglake Unit Controller Leanne Klammer, on her Emergency Services Medal awarded in the Queens Birthday Honours this month.Leanne be● Leanne came a Unit ConKlammer troller in 2002, and was integral to the rebuilding of the Unit after the 2009 fires.

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UGFM Radio’s outside broadcast van was put to the test this month with a 3½-hour show. The van has been support ed by the Marysville & Triangle Community Foundation and FRRR.

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A big tick to Alexandra and Marysville SES for their rescue last week of a 14-year-old girl along Green Hill Track, Mt Sugarloaf

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Students show the way ■ Yea Primary School students were the stars of the show at last week’s Murrindindi Shire Council meeting.

Councillors met to hear submissions from the community about the Draft Budget 201920.

Six submissions for additional items to be funded in the Budget were received rom community members. All matters were tabled for discussion at the meeting.

Ethan Fisher and Chloe Butterworth, Yea Primary School, told Councillors about the idea for a drinking fountain at the Yea Recreation Reserve.

Diane Miller spoke to a submission regarding sealing of Cheviot Rd. Ken Deacon, Rubicon Forest Protection Group, talked about a tourism and events strategy proposal and the eastern end of Cathedral Lane.

Bev Dick, Rubicon Forest Protection Group, addressed similar matters.

Ross Vaughan, from Friends of the Great Victorian Rail Trail, spoke about tourist signage.

MayorCr Sandice McAulay said it was “sensational” to have the students get involved in the Council budget process” “I must say, the 19 letters we received from the Yea Primary School students were very persuasive.

"Yea Primary School students Ethan Fisher and Chloe Butterworth attended the Council meeting to speak to Councillors > “They did a really fantastic job explaining why their proposed water fountain was needed at the Yea Recreation Reserve.

"The school has already raised $140 for the purchase and installation of a drinking fountain. Council will be considering this submission, alongside the other five, in preparation for the Ordinary Meeting of Council on June 26," Cr McAulay said.

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Readers’ contributions to the ‘Ticks & Crosses’ column are welcomed.

Send your contribution to: editor@LocalPaper.com.au Contributions will be published at the sole discretion of the Editor.

■ The next Murrindindi Shire Council meeting will be held be held at 6pm on Wednesday next week (June 26) at the Alexandra chambers, Perkins St.

Witnesses wanted ■ Mitchell Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for witnesses following the plane crash that claimed the life of a woman at Lake Eildon on June 8.

The fixed wing ultra-light aircraft crashed into the water at Gough’s Bay. The male pilot, a 43-year-old Mansfield man, was picked up by a fishing boat and treated by paramedics.

The body of his female passenger, a 23year-old Vermont South woman, was recovered by divers. Police are preparing a report for the Coroner.

A number of people have already come forward to Police, however investigators are still keen to speak to anyone else who witnessed the incident. www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

Saturday sport

● Yea Primary School students Ethan Fisher and Chloe Butterworth attended the Murrindindi Council meeting last week to speak on a submission to install a drinking fountain at the Yea Rec. Reserve

■ AFL Outer East Division 2 matches this Saturday (June 22): Kinglake v GembrookCockatoo, Seville v Yea, Yarra Glen v Thornton-Eildon, Yarra Junction v Powelltown. Alexandra: Bye. ■ Division 1: Emerald v Pakenham, Warburton-Millgrove v Mt Evelyn, Monbulk v Belgrave, Officer v Doveton.

■ Premier League: Cranbourne v UpweyTecoma, Beaconsfield v Woori Yallock, Wandin v Olinda-Ferny Creek. Healesville: Bye.

NFNL matches

■ NFNL Division 1 matches this Saturday (June 22): Hurstbridge v West PrestonLakeside, Macleod v Northcote Park, Greensborough v Montmorency, Lower Plenty v Bundoora, Heidelberg v North Heidelberg.

■ Division 2: Eltham v St Mary’s, Epping v Banyule, Thomastown v Whittlesea, Fitzroy Stars v Watsonia. Diamond Creek: Bye. ■ Division 3: Panton Hill v Lalor, Research v Kilmore, South Morang v Laurimar, Mernda v Heidelberg West. Old Eltham Collegians: Bye.

Weekly Times ● Mayor Cr Sandice McAulay and Deputy Mayor Cr Leigh Dunscombe with the Draft Budget.

Country roads missing out

● Cr Bec Bowles, raffle winner Cr Bec Bowles was winner of the raffle for a charity quilt after the Alexandra Quilt Show run by Alexandra Quilters on the long weekend.

She also purchased one of the jelly roll rugs.

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■ Money that should be used to fix potholes and crumbling road shoulders is being diverted to repair damaged wire rope barriers, it has been revealed.

VicRoads Chief Executive Officer Robyn Seymour said that repairs to damaged wire rope barriers are being funded from the VicRoads Routine Maintenance Fund and from the TAC. Ms Seymour was questioned in the Victorian Parliament's Public Accounts and Estimates Committee hearings, Ms Seymour also stated that ordinarily the fund was used for maintenance such as fixing potholes and cutting grass on roadsides.

Eildon MLA Cindy McLeish said as the rollout of wire rope barriers continues, it is expected that maintenance costs will also rise.

"The Andrews Government has spent a lot of money in rolling out wire rope barriers across the Victoria, but it hasn't thought about how those barriers will be maintained over time.

"How many potholes will go unfixed, how many roadsides will have dangerously long grass because money is being spent on fixing wire rope barriers?,” Ms McLeish asked.

Ms McLeish said theree was a $47.2 million cut from the existing Road Safety Strategy 20132022 over the past year.

■ Ron Litjens and wife Kate Hawkins, who are renewing the old Yea butter factory, were featured on The Weekly Times late last week.

Journalist Sarah Hudson traced the couple’s work in restoring the 1905, fourstorey, 2000sqm building — and nearly 2ha of land — to its original glory.

Show at Eildon

■ The Boat & Fishing Show will be coming to Eildon in October. Murrindindi Shire is a major partner in the project, Council CEO Craig Lloyd confirmed.

Speed limits

■ Yarra Ranges Council Council is proposing speed limit reductions on local roads n response to resident concerns about safety.

Roads with proposed speed limit reductions include: ■ Old Healesville Rd, Yarra Glen ■ Lauriston Drive, Coldstream ■ Station St, Coldstream ■ Lilydale Rd, Healesville, between Maroondah Hwy and Healesville Kinglake Road

Ladies’ Day

● Cindy McLeish, Eildon MLA

■ A Ladies’ Day is being held by the thornton-Eildon District Football Netball Club from 1pm-5pm on Saturday, July 13.

Ladies are invited to dress to impress.

Tickets are $50 each, which includes complimentary drink on arrival. There will be raffles, a silent auction and games.

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Yea team goes West ■ Our readers don’t hear a lot about the Yea and District Memorial Hospital.

And that’s probably a good thing. Board Chairman Ian Marshman and his team go quietly about their serious responsibilities.

It is a significantly different direction to just a few years ago, when the then-Board was looking to merge with Seymour Health.

Well-respected local Board member Jennifer Keast (nee Purvis) resigned on a matter of principle.

For a while it seemed as though control of the community-built facility was being wrestled out of local hands.

Surprise ■ The current Hospital Board and executive prefer to keep a low profile, so it was a surprise to see the Yea locals feature in a Warracknabeal newspaper this past week.

Our ‘Warrack’spy (yes, we have them everywhere) saw the report which saw the Yea team visit Yarriambiack Lodge as part of a collaborative learning exercise.

The Weekly Advertiser noted that the Yea team “was eager to position its organisation more distinctively into the future as a provider of excellence in aged care and community health hub”.

Rural Northwest Health chair Julia Hausler said the Yea members had the opportunity to be educated on models of care, discuss future learning opportunities between services, and to answer questions.

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● Yea and District Memorial Hospital directors and staff toured Rural Northwest Health at Warracknabeal. From left: Gary Pollard, nurse Katie Ramsdale, Delys Leslie, Yea Director of Nursing Lorina gray, chairman Ian Marshman, aged care unit manager Heather Luke, Margaret Waldron, board director Carolyn Morcom and chair Julia Hausler. shared resourcing such as corporate services, working with other health services in an alliance and the upcoming introduction of volunatry assisted dying legislation.”

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“Yea chairman Ian Marshman’s family was originally from Yaapeet and Warr-

acknabeal, and he’d heard about our excellent award-winning aged care though RNH board director Professor Amanda Kelly.

“The two boards discussed models of

■ The Yea team were hosted around the facility by Rural Northwest board member Carolyn Morcom and well-being co-ordinator Katie Ramsdale, noted The Weekly Advertiser.

“Rural Northwest Health chief executive Kevin Mills said hosting Yea and including members in the board meeting was a fantastic opportunity to learn from each other and draw on their key strengths for future community benefit.

“The growing uptake in co-operation among regional health outcomes for our respective communities,” he said.

“It was great to be able to share what we do and what we are trying to achieve at Rural Northwest Health, and it is always nice to receive positive feedback.”

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■ An emergency search was conducted for four lost children in denseforest at Flowerdale. They were located at a local farm, about one kilometre from the search centre.

The children had gone for a walk with two dogs along Long Gully Rd. They were Joel Dunne, 7; Hayley Dunne, 10; lisa Vergunst, 120; and Jarrod Tumbas, 8.

Police involved in the search were Sen. Sgt. Fred Green, sen. Consts. Les Taylor, Helmut Pimperl and trainee Shane Cowan, said Sen. Const. Stephen Goodwin.

Building begins

■ Veterinarian Dr Murray Grant started work on the site of the new Yea Veterinary Clinic, alongside the Tartan Motel and Restaurant.

Honour for Daryl

■ “The highest honour in Rotary, being made a Paul Harris Fellow, was bestowed on Yea Charter President Daryl Callander.

“Mr Callander, proprietor of Yea Engineering, of Oliver St, Yea, received the award at the changeover dinner held at Beaufort Manor Restaurant.”

Farewell Ben

■ Yea mourned the passing of a favourite son, Ben Stephens. Frederick Benjamin Stephens died at Yea Hospital just days after the 50th wedding anniversary of he and wife Olive (nee Turner). He was an athlete and Yea footballer, worked at the Yea electricity supply, and was a school bus driver.

Minister visits

■ Federal Agirculture Minister John Kerin was in Yea with McEwen MHR Peter Cleeland to inspect the Yea Dairy Coy’s refurbished factory, with owners, Ballantyne’s.

Writs issued

■ Six writs were issued on Jim Smith, Editor of the Kilmore Free Press. Each plaintiff (six members of Kilmore Shire Council) sought $100,000 damages, plus interest and costs, over a letter from Dennis Cousins.

The Councillors alleged their character and reputation were injured.

Honours degree

■ Matthew McCarthy of Strath Creek graduated from the La Trobe University School of Agriculture.

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● Yea High School pupils had an excursion to Devonport, Tasmania, in 1961.

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Aries: (March 21-April 20) Lucky colour: Rose Lucky day: Wednesday Racing numbers: 7-1-5-2 Lotto numbers: 7-12-13-24-28-37 A very favourable time to try new ventures and asking special treatment from the people that matter. Many opportunities coming your way and it would be wise to grab them with both hands. Love life is also strongly featured.

Cancer: (June 22- July 22) Lucky colour: Brown Lucky day: Tuesday Racing numbers: 2-1-9-7 Lotto numbers: 1-13-21-22-30-42 Be discreet about any love affairs. You will get the support needed to get ahead in your career. Beware of socalled friends who may be jealous of your success.

Leo: (July 23- August 22) Lucky colour: Blue Lucky day: Monday Racing numbers: 1-7-2-9 Lotto numbers: 2-12-24-28-31-37 A very favourable time to start a new venture or career. A new idea you have worked out could become very successful. Many could meet the right person and embark on a long and meaningful relationship.

Virgo: (August 23- September 23) Lucky colour: Navy Lucky day: Tuesday Racing numbers: 7-2-1-5 Lotto numbers: 7-14-22-28-35-41 Do not take your work problems with you. Leave them where they belong. Many will take a new direction in life. Also, a job offer in a completely new field is indicated.

Libra: (September 24- October 23) Lucky colour: Silver Lucky day: Saturday Racing numbers: 1-5-1-7 Lotto numbers: 1-11-17-23-27-30 Many could get involved with the right person and have a very good relationship coming up. Revise your budget, because there are many things which are really not necessary.

Scorpio: (October 24- November 22) Lucky colour: Orange Lucky day: Wednesday Racing numbers: 6-1-3-7 Lotto numbers: 6-12-13-27-35-39 Many will be trying to change their lifestyle. Many will try a more outgoing approach and live life a bit fuller.

Many opportunities will present themselves.

Sagittarius: (November 23- December 20) Lucky colour: Black Lucky day: Monday Racing numbers: 1-7-3-6 Lotto numbers: 3-17-23-24-37-43 Make sure all is square at home and at work. Do not have any unfinished business, but everything is up to date.

For many romances is in the air. A little financial windfall could come your way.

Capricorn: (December 21- January 19) Lucky colour: Brown Lucky day: Tuesday Racing numbers: 3-1-4-2 Lotto numbers: 3-17-18-23-26-34 Life may take a new direction for many. There will be many new friends coming into your life, and many could form new and close relationships. You should socialize more.

Aquarius: (January 20- February 19) Lucky colour: Yellow Lucky day: Friday Racing numbers: 1-7-3-9 Lotto numbers: 9-11-17-32-34-41 Your financial situation may suddenly change. This could be because of some gamble. However, be very careful with taking risks, or you could lose more than you expected. Your life life may be in for a surprise.

Pisces: (February 20- march 20) Lucky colour: Green Lucky day: Thursday Racing numbers: 1-5-2-7 Lotto numbers: 5-15-20-27-34-41 Your financial situation is looking quite healthy. Do not overdo the party scene or you could be putting on the kilos. Many will feel like settling down.

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■ A petition by Murrindindi Shire residents, calling for Maroondah Hwy road improvements on the Black Spur, is being circulated widely.

100th game ■ Michael Coombs played his 100th game for Alexandra Football-Netball Club last Saturday, in the match against ladder leaders Yarra Junction.

Racing at Caveat

Taurus: (April 21- May 20) Lucky colour: Red Lucky day: Thursday Racing numbers: 4-7-1-2 Lotto numbers: 4-13-15-24-29-38 Past efforts will now pay dividends. Some troubles at home could surface. There are a few changes at home to be made. A good period for real estate dealings.

Gemini: (May 21- June 21) Lucky colour: Green Lucky day: Friday Racing numbers: 2-9-3-8 Lotto numbers: 3-19-23-29-37-42 Do not spend your hard-earned money too freely. Many will get support from influential people to achieve their ideals. Many will get the recognition they have hoped to get from the people that really matter.

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● Cr Charlie Bisset mixes with community members at Marysville.

■ More than 50 Marysville community memThe Project aims to put communities in the bers attended he Community Planning Dinner driver's seat identifying priorities collaborative at the Marysville Community Centre last Thurs- solutions for the future of their towns. day night (June 13).

Australian general insurer IAG, and their loAlmost 40 of those community members cal brands CGU and WFI, are supporters of signed onto help progress a community plan for Murrindindi Shire Council's Community PlanMarysville. ning Project.

Marysville is one of three towns taking part To find out more see www.murrindindi.vic. in Murrindindi Shire Council's pilot 'Commu- gov.au/communityplanning or phone Council nity Planning Project'. on 5772 0333.

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Big day at Yea footy-netball ■ AFL legend Peter Knights will be heavily involved in proceedings at the Yea-Kinglake football-netball games at the Yea Rec. on Sunday, Juner 30.

Netball idcentities Julie Corletto (national ambassador) and Mwai Kumwenda (Melbourne Vixens) will be the official luncheon being held as part of the WorkSafe game of the month.

Ben Brown will also be attending, and will

participate in the coin toss and National Anthem 2pm, prior to the 2.10pm Seniors football and A-Grade netball.

Netball mentoring will take place during the afternoon.

Peter Knights will conduct a Q&A during afternoon tea at half-time. After-match presentations will also be held.

Travis Cloke is expected to play for Yea on the day.

‘Worst scaremongering’ ■ Reports that up to 1000 people - some in Yarra Glen could lose their lives if the Upper Yarra Dam, was some of the “worst scaremongering” that Water Minister, Lisa Neville, says she has ever heard.

Ms Ryan raised the matter in State Parliament this month: “My question is to the Minister for Water. The Aecom report into the UpperYarra Dam, which notes the potential catastrophic consequences of dam failure, was written three months ago,” Ms Ryan said.

“It warns that up to 150,000 people could be inundated and up to 1000 could lose their lives.

“With a safety risk described by engineers as ‘intolerable’ and work not due to begin until October, why did Victorians have to find out about this life-threatening risk through the front page of the newspaper?”

Ms Neville, speaking in the Legislative Assembly said: “Can I thank the member for her question. I would say I think she owes the Victorian community an apology today.

“This was absolutely the worst scaremongering I have ever heard, and if she was actually really interested in the safety of Victorians she could have sought a briefing and I would have explained very clearly to her that there is absolutely no risk to public safety.

“Secondly, this is the proactive work that Melbourne Water do each and every day around our water infrastructure

● Steph Ryan, MLA for Euroa and particularly our dams, and thirdly, we have some of the strongest dam protection rules in the world, and we adhere to those.

“Now, this is not some secret document; it is online, so no-one is trying to hide it.

“This is business as usual for Melbourne Water. They are doing what they need to do.

“It has been online the whole time, thank you very much. It has been up online.

“This is not about hiding anything; this is about outlining the work that Melbourne Water do each and every day to protect the water infrastructure in Victoria.

“We are very lucky in Victoria that we have a dam system that is connected and that we can move water between the dams, as we did over summer, in order to do these sorts of works on our dams.

“This is proactive work by Melbourne Water, and I think

the member for Euroa needs to apologise to the community.”

Ms Ryan said: “The government is increasing the dividend paid by Melbourne Water by 342 per cent this year.

Why has the minister spent her time finding ways to milk water customers of cash to cover up the government’s cost blowouts instead of focusing on vital work to improve dam safety?”

Ms Neville replied: “Look, I do always enjoy water questions. Firstly, I have said this a number of times: Melbourne has the cheapest water prices in the country, and we continue to have the cheapest water prices.

“We also have some of the most profitable water corporations who are building capital and doing the work that has been outlined—all of this done through the Essential Services Commission and well planned, including these dam works, and all regulated.

“But let us have a look at water dividends. Apparently it is outrageous. If we have look at from 2010 to 2014, the previous government collected $667 million; we are collecting about an extra $13 million, and in that time we have had massive population growth and are also increasing profitability of our water authorities.

“They are in a strong position. We have invested over $700 million as a government on top of what our water authorities do in infrastructure,” Ms Neville said.

■ Following the Mudbash this month at Mafeking Rover Park at Caveat, plans are underway for the ‘Yeah The Boys Racing’ to be held on the August 30-September 1 weekend. A post-Mudbash working bee is to be held on Friday, June 28.

Dress Up Day ■ Middle Kinglake Primary School is holding a Dress Up Day on Friday, July 19. Students are being invited to dress up as a famous Australian.

Rebels Ball ■ The Alexandra Rebels are holding a ball at Holmesglen at Eildon from 7pm-Midnight on Saturday, June 29. Tickets are $60 each for a two-course meal and live band entertainment. Bus transport is available for an additional $10. Tickets are available from Emma Kidd, 0418 398 216.

Spring St sits

■ State Parliamentarians are on duty at Spring St, Melbourne, this week, with sittings of the Legislative Assembly and Council on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (June 18-20).

School supplies ■ Danielle Green, Yan Yean MLA, has told State Parliament that the the Andrews State Labor Government will provide sanitary pads and tampons in every government school free of charge.

Fuse training ■ Volunteer firefighters from around the region converged on Yea on Saturday to undertake training in regard to low voltage fuses.

Ambos improve ■ Yan Yean MLA Danielle Green says response times by ambulance crews are improving.

“It is with great pleasure I report to the house a significant improvement in ambulance response times across the Yan Yean electorate. In the Mitchell shire ambulances were arriving to code 1s within an average of 13 minutes and 21 seconds, an improvement of over a minute from 14 minutes and 28 seconds, the arrival time a year prior; and 68.4 per cent of Mitchell’s code 1 ambulances arrived within 15 minutes, which is an improvement of over 4 per cent on the year prior.

“In Nillumbik, which is seeing the benefit of having had 24-hour coverage over the last 18 months or so and with a brand-new branch operational in Diamond Creek, ambulances are now arriving in 13 minutes and 17 seconds, an improvement on 13 minutes and 44 seconds three months prior; and 71.1 per cent of Nillumbik’s code 1 ambulances arrived within 15 minutes, a 2 per cent increase on the previous quarter.

“In Whittlesea there is continual improvement. Ambulances are arriving within 11 minutes and 16 seconds, an improvement on the arrival time of 11 minutes and 45 seconds a year prior; and 82.2 per cent of Whittlesea’s code 1 ambulances arrived within 15 minutes, which is an improvement on 81.1 per cent a year prior.

“In Whittlesea ambulances turned out to 2280 code 1 calls, up from 1987 last year,” Ms Green said.

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What The Papers Say Possum case

■ Environmentalist group Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum is attempting to stop State Government controlled VicForests from logging in areas that are home to the endangered greater gliders and the Leadbeater’s possum.

A trial in the Federal Court commenced on Monday June 3 in the case of Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc v VicForests, and could have ramifications for Regional Forest Agreement across the country and change the way that forests and threatened species are managed and protected.

The group, represented by Environmental Justice Australia is challenging the legality of logging by VicForests in areas of habitat for the critically endangered Leadbeater’s possum and the vulnerable greater glider.

- Mountain Views Mail

Aged care woes

■ The Federal Government’s aged care reforms are causing concern for City of Whittlesea councillors as they grapple with the uncertain future of subsidised aged care services.

Councillors resolved to continue delivering aged care services while the Federal Government continues to fund the services until 2022.

Council agreed on developing a transition plan before December 2019 covering a range of scenarios to support council’s response to the reform.

- Whittlesea Review

Snake invasion

■ After surviving a “snake invasion” during summer, Diamond Valley families are encountering another serpent problem — the venomous offspring.

Mark Pelley, widely known as the Snake Hunter, caught 558 serpents across the municipality last summer, completely surpassing the previous warm season’s tally of 379.

He said it was the region’s “worst” summer on record.

- Diamond Valley Leader

Flying in

■ A national contingent converged on Shepparton for the Australian Biology of Tephritid Fruit Flies Conference, bringing together researchers, scholars and industry leads.

The Goulburn Murray Valley Fruit Fly Project hosted the national conference which attracted about 150 delegates from across Australia.

The conference theme — Blue Sky Applied — highlighted blue sky research that can be applied to provide practical solutions for Australian horticulture.

The event brought together key research, findings and emerging opportunities in the management and control of the pest.

- Seymour Telegraph

Dam works fears

■ People living downstream from a Yarra Ranges dam fear any breach in the wall while it is being repaired could lead to a “catastrophic’ safety risk.

The Upper Yarra Reservoir Park will be closed to the public for two years while work to repair the dam wall is carried out.

The Melbourne Water tender includes a report which notes because of the size of the dam, any breach of it would be a catastrophic public safety risk.

- Lilydale and Yarra Valley Leader

Roos trapped

■ A mob of Mernda kangaroos has been stuck on a vacant block for more than a year because a government department won’t sign off on the 35-page plan to move them on.

The mob became stranded in the Woolworths-owned paddock near the Mernda train line when a gate was left open last Easter. Two months later, Woolworths paid for a plan to be developed to shift the roos just 30m back into the gorge.

- Whittlesea Leader

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Court Lists Seymour Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Wednesday, June 26 Plaintiff / Informant /Applicant vs Defendant / Accused / Respondent. Information Division.

Victoria Police - Dunsford, A (28464) v Mcdonald, Alex.

Ciu-Alexandra Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Mcdonald, Alex.

Dtu-Seymour Victoria Police - Konings, D (26750) v Mcdonald, Alex.

Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Stephens, S (40205) v Mcdonald, Alex.

Uni-Alexandra Victoria Police - Binns Saxby, M (38713) v Mcdonald, Alex. Uni-Kyneton Victoria Police - Pezzimenti, P (32040) v Mcdonald, Alex Tarum. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Mcdonald, Alex.

Dtu-Seymour Victoria Police - Maynard, E (38468) v Anderson, Paul Dallas. Uni-Wallan Victoria Police - Minhas, A (40000) v Anderson, Paul Dallas. Uni-Mernda Thursday, June 27 Victoria Police - Warren, M (41378) v Morritt, Benjamin.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Warren, M (41378) v Gordon, Benjamin John. Uni-Kilmore K11453794 Vi c t o r i a Police - Donohue, B (41483) Davidson, Kathryn Elizabeth Uni-Wallan Victoria Police - Tait, W (37033) v Sheppard, Elizabeth Jean. Uni-Nagambie Victoria Police - Konings, D (26750) v Wyatt, Zachary Joshua. Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Pace, Kevin. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - O'neill, J (40075) v Copulos, Christopher.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Boxall, T (39656) v Luca, Fil. Highway Patrol-Fawkner Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Downey, Brendan.

Uni-Pyalong Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Cree, Robert Geoffrey. Uni-Pyalong Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Turner, Matthew John. Uni-Pyalong Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Buckland, Richard.

Uni-Pyalong Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Whitfield, David.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - O'neill, J (40075) v Oliver, Reece. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Woolfe, R (34462) v Pearce, Nathan.

Socit-Fawkner Victoria Police - Kamali, V (42448) v Tebble, Michael.

Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Ellis, J (40810) v Skerritt, Jesiah. UniKilmore Victoria Police - Webster, B (41109) v Fogarty, Rhonda.

Uni-Whittlesea Victoria Police - Boxall, T (39656) v Heenan, Luke Michael. Highway PatrolFawkner Victoria Police - Webster, B (41109) v Fitzell, Tiannen. UniWhittlesea Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Downard, Keith William. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Jackson, A (41009) v Newbold, Aron.

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Highway Patrol-Fawkner Victoria Police - Slater, D (44375) v Cleveland, Trevor James. Pcet-Mooroolbark Victoria Police - Konings, D (26750) v Blackaby-Rose, Jamie. Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Jackson, A (41009) v Cook, David. Highway Patrol-Fawkner Victoria Police - Walton, A (40916) v Velicki, Shane. UniBroadford Victoria Police - Burke, M (40361) v Mcauliffe, Matthew Ryan. Uni-Yea Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Hall, Neil Russell.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Burke, M (40361) v Brennan, Jake. UniYea Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Evans, Dale. UniSeymour Victoria Police - Burke, M (40361) v Garlick, Donna. UniYea Victoria Police - O'halloran, P (42009) v Velicki, Shane.

Uni-Craigieburn Victoria Police - Howe, P (41220) v Velicki, Shane. CiuGeelong Victoria Police - Colosimo, P (43419) v Edwards, Dylan.

Uni-Mill Park Victoria Police - Sowden, D (36568) v Bastin, Tayler. UniPyalong Victoria Police - Fidler, T (41595) v Charles, Sean. DtuSeymour Victoria Police - Walton, A (40916) v Velicki, Shane. UniBroadford Victoria Police - Walton, A (40916) v Crass, Jessica. UniBroadford Victoria Police - Voisey, A (41594) v Sanderson, Matthew Wayne. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Kacew, T (39982) v Harkness, Zenaan.

Dtu-Croydon Victoria Police - Gardiner, J (40644) v Benmasaud, Nathan Victoria Police - Roberts, P (32777) v Mcclure, Malcolm.

Uni-Kinglake Victoria Police - Sartori, D (35479) v Harkness, Zenaan.

State Highway Patrol South East Victoria Police - Wright, A (31459) v Harkness, Zenaan.

Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Brown, R (27257) v Harkness, Zenaan.

Uni-Kinglake Victoria Police - Roberts, P (32777) v Harkness, Zenaan.

Uni-Kinglake Victoria Police - Fraser, P (35913) v Griffiths, Lynda Paige. Uni-Kilmore Victoria Police - Baker, N (36147) v Velicki, Shane. Transit Central 2 Victoria Police - Baker, N (36147) v Velicki, Shane. Transit Central 2 Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (00008) v Baldock, Jason Wayne. Office Of The Chief Commissioner Victoria Police - Chief Commissioner Of Police (18457) v Cole, Corey Adam. Victoria Police Executive

Victoria Police - Pezzimenti, P (32040) v Frazer, Aaron. Highway PatrolSeymour Victoria Police - Mercier, E (39428) v Moore, Vivian Ruth .Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Rogers, M (40077) v Moore, Vivian Ruth.

Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Shortt, T (40203) v Pearce, Mitchell Raymond. Uni-Seymour Victoria Police - Houguet, B (40313) v Farrell, Darren Victoria Police - Rhead, A (40227) v Sharpe, Ayla Joy. Highway Patrol-Seymour Victoria Police - Yates, C (42281) v Williams, William.

Uni-Kilmore DHHS - Simpson, E v Muller, Jennifer Annette. Department Of Health And Human Services Victoria Police - Engel, M (21896) v Bourke, Jesse. CiuAlexandra Victoria Police - Bennett, N (36915) v Charles, Sean. CiuMitchell Victoria Police - Warren, M (41378) v Edwards, Dylan.

Uni-Kilmore Mansfield Magistrates’ Court - Criminal Case Listings Monday, July 1 Victoria Police - Naidu, V (39646) Pargeter, Damian GeoffreyState Highway Patrol South East Wednesday, July 3 Victoria Police - Watkins, R (33441) v Peters, Christopher.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Iordanov, A (42580) v Riley, Grant. UniRingwood Victoria Police - Scannell, M (35182) v Walsh, Mark Leonard. Uni-Mansfield Victoria Police - Swan, P (39871) v Mariani, Luca. Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Stevens, M (34763) v Stringer, Amanda Carrie. Uni-Mansfield Victoria Police - Mackenzie, B (43145) v Shannon, Oscar.

Uni-Heidelberg Victoria Police - Leach, N (38967) v Roper, Daniel. Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Mcdonald, G (40664) v Harambage, Ramura Marisha. Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Mcdonald, G (40664) v Jones, Jessica.

Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Dowell, C (24892) v Christodoulou, Jason.

Traffic Camera Office Victoria Police - Nolan, M (31536) v Renn, Sarah. UniMansfield Unknown - Norman, C v Gianforte, Leslie Lloyd.

Shepparton Victoria Police - Leach, N (38967) v Hudswell, Julie Ann. Highway Patrol-Mansfield Victoria Police - Scannell, M (35182) v Petros, Isteefan.

Uni-Mansfield Victoria Police - Mcdonald, G (40664) v Szmerling, Shimon. Highway PatrolMansfield Victoria Police - Smith, B (29408) v Bellingham, Blake.

Uni-Alexandra Victoria Police - Young, S (25481) v Reynolds, Bruce John. Uni-Mansfield Victoria Police - Field, A (34736) v Jarvis, Nigel. UniAlexandra Victoria Police - Field, A (34736) v Kidd, Rachael Shirley. Uni-Alexandra

From Our 1919 Files

Sad Spring Creek

■ We deeply regret having to record the sudden death of Mrs. Jose, of Spring Creek.

It was the more sad because she had spent a long and anxious time looking forward to her son coming home from the front, and then it seems as though the excite ment caused by his return was too much. Her son was welcomed home only on Thursday of last week, and on Monday she collapsed. . The late Mrs. Jose was well-known and highly respected throughout the town and district.

- Alexandra Standard

Rabit industry

■ The rabbit industry. locally is making great strides. Rabbits are being delivered to the local factory in thousands. On Saturday, 7th June, 1,500 pairs were delivered at the factory doors, and 2000 pairs were delivered the same day from the Mansfield line.

At the current rate of 10d per pair the amount paid out for rabbits for the day was £150 in round figures. The packing and handling of these rabbits gives quite a lot of employment locally, as many as eleven men being employed on the work.

- Yea Chronicle

Farewell

■ A farewell social is being given by the residents of Broadford to Mr. and Mrs Gibson in the hall on Thursday. June 26th commencing at 8pm. Admission free.

The ladies are requested to supply provisions, Mr Gibson and family are to take their departure for Euroa on Saturday, Mr. C. Harrison. from Moorabbin, will take charge of Broadfurd station.

- Broadford Courier

Returned Soldiers

■ The residents of Flowerdale turned up in force at the Flowerdale hall on Friday evening last to welcome home three returned soldiersPrivate Hatty, J. Collins, and Callander.

The hall was tastefully decorated, and a wealth of provisions was provided by the admirers of the returned soldiers. Major Purcell (President of the Yea sub branch of the Returned Sailors' and Soldiers' Imperial League of Australia) and Councillor McLure (President of the Yea Welcome Home Committee), accompanied by CouncillorA. Drysdale and Corporal Robert Drysdale, represented Yea at the function, and Mr James, of the Fathers' Association, provided the music.

- Yea Chronicle

Road at Terip

■ A short time back Mr McCormack visited Terip in connection with the new road to he oonstructed in that district.

Cr Lade said that the meeting which had been a convened for that day had been delayed owing to lifference of opinion as to the best site for the road. They had Mr McCormack with them after having fought for them at the front.

- Alexandra Standard

Trades’ football

■ A most enjoyable game of football took piece in the Recreation reserve on Wednesday.of last week, between the Yea Trades' Club and the Rainbows (the "have beens," or mugs), and although many of the latter had not handled a ball for many years they held their own with their more youthful opponents, and had it not been for leaving their places and crowding on the ball in the last quarter they would undoubtedly have won, As it was, they were only beaten by a goal (6 points), which was kicked in the last five minutes.

- Yea Chronicle

Please return

■ Mr Wood, shire secretary, has asked us to request the lady or gentleman who took a loan of the shire council step ladder to return same as they are urgently required.

- Alexandra Standard

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■ Murrindindi Film Society will present the 1980 Australian Boer War drama Breaker Morant, on Friday (June 21). Doors open at the Yea Shire Chambers at 6.45 p.m.

Considered one of the best of director Bruce Beresford's many productions, this powerful film recounts the court martial of Harry ‘Breaker’ Morant and two of his fellow Australian officers from the irregular ‘Bushveldt Carbineers’.

The film has been described as a "beautiful antiwar statement - a plea for the end of the intrigues and crimes that war entails."

Edward Woodward heads the cast as Morant with Bryan Brown and Lewis Fitz-gerald as his co-accused.

All enquiries to Jill Dwyer, 5797 2480 or jill.dwyer@bigpond.com Doors open at the Yea Shire Chambers at 6.45 p.m.

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The Arts Make Me A Houri

● Emina Ashman in Make Me a Houri. Photo: Keith Costelo ■ La Mama presents Make Me a Houri from July 25 – August 4 at La Mama Courthouse.

Written by Malaysian born Emina Ashman and directed by Stephanie Ghajar, two women meet in the afterlife.

After experiencing grave punishment, Asmara wants nothing more than to purify herself and transform into a Houri - a Virgin of Paradise. Safia agrees to help...

This is promoted as a controversial and compelling story of two women seeking to defy the external forces governing their bodies. In a place where religion, liberation, and free will collide, is paradise attainable?

A personal, creative response to the symbol of Houris that’s been derived from interpretations of sacred text, Make Me A Houri is an exploration of faith and feminism.

"Make Me A Houri is the result of my need to express how I felt about religious dogma, the patriarchal moral policing in Malaysia, and my own detachment from the Islamic cultural upbringing I was born into,” explains writer-performer Emina Ashman.

"The show sparked from there as I continued to question how interpretation s of scripture affect my embodied experience and agency as a woman. What is the energy of tension that lies in between embodying spirituality and sensuality?"

A culmination of four years of creative development, with dramaturgical feedback from female artists and friends from diverse cultural backgrounds spanning Australia, South-East Asia, the Middle East and France, Make Me A Houri blends poetry, stylised physicality and unusual anecdotes to explore the relationship between the realms of the mystical and the material.

Performance Season: July 25-August 4 Venue: La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond St, Carlton Bookings: 9347 6948 or online at www.lamama.com.au - Cheryl Threadgold

Lady Be Good

■ Following Arts Centre Melbourne’s High Tea Party for children and their families in May, the month of June saw multi awardwinning vocalist-songwriter Nina Ferro continue the 2019 High Tea Live series with a captivating arrangement of Ella Fitzgerald songs in Lady Be Good.

Backed by her ensemble of Craig Schneider on piano and vocals, Frank DiSario on bass and Rod Gilbert on drums and vocals, we were masterfully entertained

by Ferro’s powerful voice and splendid vocal range, sense of rhythm and stage presence with Nina’s own rendition of Ella.

The High Tea Live series features a different act, on the first Sunday of every month from May to December, in the Pavilion room, 8th floor, Theatres Building in the Arts Centre overlooking St Kilda Rd and the Gardens.

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Entertainment

Puttin’ On The Ritz

● Cast take a bow in Puttin’ on the Ritz.

■ Melburnians flocked to two sell-out perforHighlights for me were firstly the standout mances of Puttin’ on the Ritz at Melbourne’s performance of Aussie Tamara Eden. RegardAthenaeum Theatre, where Mellen Events pre- less of country of origin, Tamara constantly sented their all-singing, all-dancing tribute to the works at entertaining her audience as well as Golden Days of Hollywood, and more. performing the numbers. Her solo song Rock a The versatile cast of six vocalists and 10 dy- Bye Your Baby was terrific. namic dancers travelled from London’s West Secondly, the wonderful, hard-working dyEnd for this Australian tour, and Melbourne’s namic dancers also engage well with their audiaudiences loved it. ence, and the two encores for the energetic No sets, but superb varied coloured lighting Maple Leaf Clapping number were well earned. designs allow the fabulous tunes to shine.

Critically speaking, it is doubtful composer Medleys of contrasting moods feature the Ray Henderson would recognise the reimagined works of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole arrangement of Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries.

Porter, songs made popular by Fred Astaire, Al Disappointing, and messing with original verJolson and Judy Garland, the Charleston era, sions is not truly celebrating the songs or their the Cotton Club and some iconic musical the- era. atre tunes.

There is a gap in our local theatrical offerHollywood’s glamorous era is captured well ings of similar productions which is puzzling, in the ladies’ meticulously groomed hairstyles because the talent is here and, as this show and beautiful costumes –elegant, colourful proves, audiences love it. whirls of sequins, frills, chiffon and feathers, Congratulations to the cast and crew on recomplemented by stylish outfits for the gents. turning to sell-out performances of Puttin’ on This is an ensemble production, but lead per- the Ritz after a successful 2017 Australian tour. former Graham Macduff’s triple-threat perforBook early if the show returns. mance in particular was most enjoyable.

- Review by Cheryl Threadgold

One night in winter ● Nicholas Building doomed ceiling Originally designed by architect Harry ■ For one night in winter, (Thursday, June 20) from 5pm-9pm, the Nicholas Building will open Norris and built in 1926, the Nicholas Building its doors and invite the public to explore its wind- has a long history of association with the arts, ing corridors and experience all the building has fashion, design and innovation, including being home to Valli Myer’s studio. to offer.

A Night at the Nicholas: Block Party Edition The novel Shantaram was written in the is the next instalment in a series of events that building by Gregory David Roberts, one of foster public engagement in the presence and Australia's most wanted fugitives. The building is heritage listed and listed by the National Trust. future of this vertical precinct.

Artwork can be purchased, or a one-off piece The Nicholas Building Association is a tenof jewellery directly from the maker, and visi- ant based incorporated association formed in tors will encounter a secret dance party, there 2017. will be tarot readings, a room of projections or The NBA formed to protect and nurture the unique culture of arts and innovation that the explore the corridors with cocktail in hand.

A diverse vertical creative precinct, the building is known for.

Nicholas Building is home to over 100 studios Event Date: Thursday, June 20 from 5pm – across 10 floors - an eclectic mix of small busi- 9pm Venue: The Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston nesses and attractions including art galleries, unique boutiques, designers, jewellers, artists, St, Melbourne musicians, recording studios, architects, startFurther details: nicholasbuilding.org.au ups and technology innovators.

- Cheryl Threadgold

What’s On Blackrock

● Sophie Stewart in Blackrock.

Photo: Cameron Taylor ■ Ebb Flow Theatre Company presents Blackrock by Australian playwright Nick Enright from July 25 to August 3 at St Martins Youth Arts Centre, South Yarra.

Blackrock is loosely based on the true murder of Leigh Leigh in 1989, 30 years ago, where a 14-year-old girl suffered a horrendous attack of sexual assault and was murdered by being bludgeoned with a rock.

The play’s narrative does not focus on this side of the horrendous act, but looks to those in the town who allowed this to happen, and how they react afterwards.

Making her directorial debut with this intricate look into a world of victim blaming, guilt and mateship for EbbFlow Theatre Company is Nicola Bowman.

“Blackrock is a story that contemporary Australia desperately needs to hear,” says Bowman.

“It is as terrifyingly relevant now as it was when first performed in 1995. The expertly penned words of Nick Enright illuminate the destruction left in the wake of toxic masculinity. We want to bring female voices to the forefront and take charge of the narrative.”

Karl Richmond (Romeo and Juliet, Truly Madly Britney) stars as Jared Kirby, his cousin Cherie is Joanna Halliday (Romeo and Juliet, The Crucible). Luisa Scrofani (In The Heights , Sydney Opera House), Violet, Spring Awakening) is Rachel and as Ricko portrays Jayden Popik (Ghosted, Erasers).

Diane is played by Michelle Robertson (When The Light Leaves, Ajax) and Sophie Stewart (Roaring 1920’s, In The Heights) is Tiffany.

Henry O’Brien (Love’s Labour’s Lost), Callum Mackay (Love’s Labour’s Lost, Richard III) and Alexander Lloyd (Love’s Labour’s Lost) are Scott, Davo and Toby respectively.

Playing multiple roles are Jessica Tanner (The Bar, Marie Antionette by David Adjmi) as Marian and Glenys, Monty Burgess (Knights of the Damned, Welcome to Curiosity) as Len, Stewart and Roy, and Kate Schmidli (Paris! A Rock Odyssey, The Beautiful Game) as Shana and Others.

John Reed is Fight Choreographer. Completing the team are Kyra von Stiegler, Stage Manager, Jac Antcliff Set/ Costume Design, Adelaide Harney, Lighting Design and Rachel Lewindon, Sound Design.

Performance Dates: July 25 – August 3 at 7.30pm Venue: St Martins Youth Arts Centre, 28 St Martins Lane, South Yarra Cost: $27-$35 Tickets: bit.ly/BlackRockEbbFlow - Cheryl Threadgold

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Confidential Talk is cheap, gossip is priceless

Meet Rob Motton

● June Cherrey OAM ■ June Cherrey’s dedicated work with Heidelberg Theatre Company was recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

June’s involvement with Heidelberg Theatre Company dates back over 64 years, starting in 1955 when HTC was known as the Heidelberg Repertory Group.

President John Gilbert points out that over that extensive period, the company has grown from humble beginnings in the Ivanhoe Eisteddfod Hall, to the East Ivanhoe Methodist Church Hall and now to the company’s own well-equipped theatre in Rosanna.

“June has been involved with nearly every aspect of HTC,” says John.

“Whilst she has left onstage roles to others, June’s commitment to our company is legendary.

“She has worked tirelessly, with a level of dedication and enthusiasm that has contributed to the strong foundations of our theatre and ensured that HTC is a vibrant and strong community theatre today.”

Amongst her many administration and production roles with Heidelberg Theatre Company, June has been ticket secretary, served on the Committee for almost 40 years, and remains an active member in 2019.

An Honorary Life Member of HTC, June was the first recipient of the President’s Award in 2007.

According to President John Gilbert, June Cherrey has been a mentor to many members in the theatre group and has always been a wise, hardworking and generous committee member.

“We are proud that she is still actively involved with theHeidelberg Theatre Company and we acknowledge the valuable lifetime contribution that she has given.”

Congratulations June.

- Cheryl Threadgold

Lady Be Good

■ Everything about the afternoon is classy and elegant. On entry we were offered a glass of Azahara champagne or orange juice and seated at circular tables with tiered cakes stands of gourmet, sweet and savoury high tea delights and scones with jam and cream.

Staff discreetly served tables with more drinks and water and freshly brewed teas and coffee as we watched the show.

Whether your taste is jazz, classical, opera, pop, cabaret or Broadway, this series provides a stylish blend of fine fare and good music: perfect for a special birthday, anniversary or a relaxed afternoon with family or friends with a chance to meet the stars after the performance.

The line-up of stellar internationally acclaimed artists includes Michaela Burger with Greg Wain in Exposing Piaf, Melissa Langton with Mark Jones celebrating the sixties, Michael Cormickwith Broadway hits, the Steaming Jazz with Stevenson’s Rockets’jazz greats and Kane Alexander in cabaret. In December Danielle Matthew concludes the year with Songs of Shirley Bassey.

Bookings: artscentremelbourne.com.au or 1300 182 183 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne - Review by Sherryn Danaher

● Rob Motton with Shane Jacobson.

■ This is a busy week for elor of Education in 1978 at Speakers Group and since State Commissioner for the Melbourne University, major- then has worked with some of Melbourne Gang Show, Rob ing in Drama and Geography, Australia’s best-known celebMotton, and his team as they Rob has been a successful rities to develop their presentaprepare for the annual musical teacher, performer, director tion skills. presented by the Scouts and and manager of theatre and its The first Gang Show was Guides of Melbourne. techniques for over 35 years. presented in London in 1932 The 67th Melbourne Gang Selected as a cast member when Ralph Reader produced Show, is this year titled The Big for the Melbourne Gang Show a fund-raising concert for a Top, opening on June 21 at The in 1968, Rob was invited onto Scout camp swimming pool.

Besen Centre, Burwood. the Production Team in 1970 Lord Baden Powell atScouting has played a sig- and has been the Production tended, recognised the nificant role in Rob’s life.

Director since 1992. production’s value, and evenHe joined Cubs at 9th He was also the Concert Di- tually the Gang Show were the Brunswick at eight years old, rector of the Australian Girls’ first amateur players to present where he obtained his Leaping Choir for 20 years from its in- a Royal Variety performance.

Wolf, and as a Scout was ception in 1984.

In Melbourne in 1951, awarded his First Class and During that time he directed John Goss had seen the LonBushman’s Thong. large and small touring shows don Gang Show and petitioned Rob is a Queen’s Scout and, throughout Australia and inter- Victorian Headquarters to as an Evans Rover at 6th nationally in Europe, Asia and launch a Melbourne group.

Coburg, a Baden Powell America for both MGS and Unsuccessful but undeawardee.

AGC. terred, Group Leader Goss He was also the initial Rob was the Director of organised his own 9th Branch Rover Council Secre- Performing Arts at Ringwood Brunswick Scout Group to tary for Victoria.

Secondary College where he present a Ralph Reader show, The holder of a Woodbadge was integral to the develop- We’ll Live Forever. (formal Scouter training aware) ment of a highly acclaimed Victorian Headquarters for the Scout and Venturer Performing Arts Program over recognised value in the concept sections, Rob successfully ran 31 years from 1979. and the first Gang Show was the 9th Brunswick Scout In 2001 Rob instigated the presented in 1952 at Troop from 1973-1976 and the Ringwood Secondary College Melbourne University’s Brunswick District Venturers World Tour, where he led 23 Union Theatre. from 1977 – 1987. students and five staff on a perThis year’s Melbourne He also has a Commis- formance tour through New Gang Show, The Big Top, is sioner Woodbadge and been Zealand, Canada, England, the story of how a family saves the Branch Commissioner for France and Thailand, with the the circus by saving itself, and Public Relations in Victoria. standing ovation show This Is how a father rediscovers the Awards include a Silver Melbourne, Australia! colour in his life again through Emu for distinguished service Rob also led these tours in his daughter’s determination to to Scouting and the W.F. Wa- 2004, 2007 and 2010 with 40 follow her dream. ters Award for outstanding ser- students and eight staff, adding Performance Season: June vice to the Rover Section. His the Czech Republic and USA to 21-29 current warrant is Assistant the tour.

Venue: The Besen Centre, Branch Commissioner for In 1999, Rob was invited to Burwood Gang Show in Victoria. become an exclusive speaker Bookings: gangshow.org Since completing his Bach- and trainer for the Saxton - Cheryl Threadgold

Observations When The Light Leaves

■ Death is a highly personal thing. This is well expounded in the context of When The Light Leaves by writer Rory Godbold.

While fictional it is based upon Godbold’s personal experience with his father’s death in 2015.

Now as the play is being staged the new VoluntaryAssisted Dying. VADL laws come in effect in Victoria from today (Wed., June 19) As Victoria moves towards a future where people have a choice at the end of their lives, Director Jayde Kirchert says,”the timing of this story will play a pivotal role in the community discussion around VAD. The play doesn’t tell audiences what’s right or wrong, but rather presents the different sides of the story so people can make up their own minds about what they believe is right for them”.

Tomas Parrish is Dan, is terminally ill facing an unpredictable death, not knowing when and how to tell people, in particular his lover, Liam played by Leigh Scully or his sister Kate played by Veronica Thomas.

While not bringing the truth out initially we experience many personal and emotional moments between them as Dan, weakening by the week, faces his mortality without fear and saying that “death is a lonely experience, something you would not understand”.

Liam, when realising Dan’s fate proposes marriage, Kate reflects upon her little brother and their early childhood lives together and the fact that mother doesn’t know of Dan’s approaching death.

Interwoven between them and at first a confidant to Dan is clinical Nurse Alice played

by Michelle Robertson.

Alice later provides the life ending drug Nembutal to Kate and Liam and is “not on duty” at Dan’s last hours.

Tomas Parrish was unique in his portrayal of Dan, emotive, many times confronting yet well in control of his death.

Leigh Scully and Veronica Thomas provided the strength and diversity required to bring the full impact of coping when a loved one is dying.

The team at High Line Theatre in collaboration with Citizen Theatre, skilfully with sensitivity left us contemplating on something that we are likely to experience at some stage of our lives.

Performance Season: Until June 23 Venue: La Mama Courthouse, Carlton Bookings:www.lamama.com.au - Review by Graeme McCoubrie

We Three

■ Dramatic Pause Theatre presents We Three from July 25 to August 1 at Gasworks Studio Theatre, Middle Park.

Three wise men travel across the sand to Bethlehem in search of the King of Men. Two wise men and one drunken wretch, travel across the sand to Bethlehem in search of the King of Men. One wise man, one drunken wretch, and one senile grandfather travel across the sand to Bethlehem in search of the King of Men. One senile grandfather, one drunken wretch, and one pregnant woman walk into a bar …of sand, as they travel across the desert to Bethlehem in search of the King of Men. The desert has no fairy lights. The desert has no pork. The desert has no presents.

This is the worst holiday ever.

The Nativity Play is a contemplative, humorous look at one of our oldest stories; a fantasy take that pulses with the question of what this glitzed out time of year could possibly still mean?

Director: Eryn Kimberley Writer: Hayley Lawson-Smith Dramaturgy: Vidya Rajan Starring: Andrea Mendez, Mohan Lakshmipathy, Paul Wentford, Berk Ozturk.

Performance Season: July 26 – August 1 Venue: Gasworks Studio Theatre, Middle Park Bookings: www.gasworks.org.au/events - Cheryl Threadgold

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Shows ■ Windmill Theatre Company: Disney's Beauty and the Beast, until June 23 at Bunjil Place, Narre Warren. Bookings: www.windmilltheatre.com.au ■ Peridot Theatre: Crimes of the Heart (by Beth Henley) Until June 22 at the Unicorn Theatre, Mt Waverley Secondary College, Lechte Drive, Mt Waverley. Director: Michelle Swann. Bookings: 0429 115 334.

■ Warrandyte Theatre Company: All My Sons (by Arthur Miller) Until June 22 at the Mechanics' Institute, Yarra St., Warrandyte.

Director: Alastair Rice. Bookings: warrandytehallarts.asn.au/theatre ■ Allegro Theatre Company: The Club (by David Williamson) June 21 - 29 at the Yarrawonga Town Hall, Yarrawonga. Director: Steve Thornycroft. Bookings: www.allegrotheatreco.com ■ Malvern Theatre Company: The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful (by Charles Ludlam) June 21 - July 6 at 29 Burke Rd., Melbourne. Director: Andrew McMillan.

Bookings: 1300 131 552.

■ Mordialloc Theatre Company: Mr Bailey's Minder (by Debra Oswald) June 21 - July 6 at Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale. Director: Martin Gibbs. Bookings: 9587 5141 or www.mordialloctheatre.com ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: A Man of No Importance (by Terrance McNally, music by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty) June 26 - July 13 at 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Barbara Hughes.

Bookings: wlt.org.au ■ Essendon Theatre Company: Home Grown: A Series of One Act Plays June 20 29 at Bradshaw Street Community Hall, Bradshaw Street, West Essendon. Further details: 0422 029 483 or www.essendontheatrecompany.com.au ■ Adelphi Players Theatre Company: The Golden Pathway Annual (by John Harding and John Burrows) June 29 - July 7 at Booran Road Hall, 264 Booran Rd., Ormond (next to Uniting Church). Director: Michael Mace.

Tickets: $15/$12. Bookings: 9578-0952 (Leave message). Limited seating, bookings essential.

■ Hartwell Players: One Act Play Season July 4 - 14 at the Ashwood High School Performing Arts Centre, 50 Vannam Drive, Ashwood. Bookings: 0422 010 830 ■ Eltham Little Theatre: Look Back in Anger (by John Osborne) July 5 - 20 at the Eltham Performing Arts Centre. Director: Drew Mason.

Bookings: www.elthamlittletheatre.org.au ■ Geelong Repertory Theatre: The Book of Everything July 5 - 20 at 15 Coronation St/ . West Geelong. Director: Ryan Bentley.

Bookings: GPAC 5225 1200.

■ Diamond Valley Singers: Annie Get Your Gun July 5 - 13 at the Warrandyte High School Theatre, Alexander Rd., Warrandyte. Performed with the Eltham Orchestra. Enquiries: 9439 7843.

Bookings: www.dvsingers.org.

■ Ballarat National Theatre: Speaking in Tongues (by Andrew Bovell) July 6 - 13 at the Ballarat Courthouse Theatre. Director: Daniel West. Bookings: 5333 5888 or hermaj.com ■ Encore Theatre: Well Hung (by Robert Lord) July 12 - 27 at the Clayton Community Centre, 9-15 Cooke St., Clayton. Director: David Collins. Bookings: 1300 737 099.

■ Frankston Theatre Group: Yes, Prime Minister (by Antony Jay and Jonathon Lynn) July 26 - August 4 at the Mount Eliza Community Centre. Director: David McCall. Bookings: 1300 665 377.

■ Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: Aladdin Junior August 2 - 11 at the Centenary Theatre, 71 Railway Place, Williamstown. Bookings: 1300 881 545 or wmtc.org.au AUDITIONS ■ The 1812 Theatre: Leading Ladies (by Ken Luwig), June 23 at 7pm, June 24 at 7pm at 3-5 Rose St., Upper Ferntree Gully. Director: Pip Le Blond. Enquiries: 0400 350 792.

■ Essendon Theatre Company: Summer of the Aliens (by Louis Nowra) June 25 at 7.30pm and June 30 at 10.30am at the Bradshaw Street Community Theatre, West Essendon. Director: David Runnalls. Bookings: 0417 205 871 or kay002@bigpond.com ■ Williamstown Little Theatre: Strawberry (by Kerry Drumm), June 29 at 1.30pm, June 30 at 12noon, July 1 at 7.30pm at 2-4 Albert St., Williamstown. Director: Shirley Sydenham. Enquiries: ssydenham@ gmail.com ■ Gemco Players Community Theatre: Going Postal June 30 at 2.00pm, July 2 at 7.00pm at The Gem Community Arts Centre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald. Director: Evie Housham. Enquiries: 0400 327 970.

- Cheryl Threadgold

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Horror show at Northcote

● JOF (centre) with cast in The Cabin. Photo: Pia Johnson ■ The Cabin, a horror show written by kids, for gives the artwork a richness that you wouldn’t adults, will open at the Northcote Town Hall on ever achieve by yourself or within your ‘artsy’ July 3 as part of the Darebin Arts Speakeasy circles.” says JOF. 2019 season.

For Those Who Rock, a ‘Super Group’ of Joseph O’Farrell (JOF) is the creator of The people was created who enjoyed performing all Cabin! with Emily Tomlins in collaboration with over the city.

“I got to play with all these musicians over 200 primary school students from the UK and three months in nine different suburbs and we Australia.

Melbourne-born JOF is a multi-art per- got to share this crazy, euphoric experience of former, curator, musician and lecturer who playing on the biggest stage in town, Hamer works between Melbourne and London, tour- Hall.”

JOF thinks it’s the shared experience with ing the world since 2004, and spending the last six years living between both London and the community that he enjoys the most. “It’s our artwork, our voices and we get to share this speMelbourne.

“I feel so lucky to call Melbourne home,” cial moment together with the audience.”

Still working with his award-winning comsays JOF . “We have such a vibrant arts scene as well as a dynamic and diverse community.” edy trio The Suitcase Royale, which has toured JOF’s first musical calling were the drums, new Australian theatre works nationally and in“I never got to properly know my Poppy, who ternationally since 2004, Josh says they are a was also called Joseph O’Farrell, but he was a band of brothers.

“We are all doing our own solo projects well known drummer around Melbourne.”

When JOF was 14, he found his grandfather’s around the place and get to tour one or two times old drum kit in the garage, dusted it off, and a year.”

JOF says the initial goal for The Cabin! was began to play with his best mates in high school.

“There is so much to learn as a young person “to bring a genuine creative process into schools collaborate with young people”. playing music and I try to create shows that of- and“When work in schools I tend to target fer a platform for young people to play as part of schools thatI don’t have art programs. Art premy artworks. another way to think and play. I think the“The Cabin! will feature 14-year old guitar- sents is important for kids when they can particiist, Mariela, who will play her first ever gig as atre pate, be seen and be heard.” part of the show’.

JOF says the children have thought up the JOF believes art offers an incredible oppor- scariest things to scare their older counterparts. tunity to connect with one another and be in“I can’t emphasise enough how truly scary spired. this show is going to be. There is also a charac“I have been lucky enough to perform on ter called ‘Rex’s Poo’. stages all over the world. I was driven to create Life is never dull for JOF. The Cabin! will works that gave people, who might not normally travel to the UK one day for performances and be seen or heard, a voice, a spotlight and a plat- local UK students will then be involved. form to share in this exciting world.”

In the meantime, when the show finishes in In 2015, JOF was the first artist to deliver an Melbourne, JOF will tour his show We are Lightintensive workshop program for young people ning, ‘a theatre/gig work about gentrification and in the Turbine Hall at the TATE Modern in Lon- the closure of live music venues with 100 comdon. He continues now to take the same work- munity players’ to Dublin with his best friend, a shops into schools, councils and arts centres. UK collaborator, Sam Halmarck.

“It’s so much fun.”

Then JOF commences work as co-artistic In March this year, JOF created Those Who director at Sanafest, an arts festival in Norway.

Rock which premiered at Arts Centre Performance Season of The Cabin!: July 3 – Melbourne’s Hamer Hall to a sold out audience. 13 This event featured 400 ‘everyday’ musicians Venue: Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre from across Melbourne, playing iconic rock anBookings and further information: http:// thems and featured high profile artists. www.darebinarts.com.au/ “Creating work with a diverse group of people - Cheryl Threadgold

What’s On Mr Bailey’s Minder

● Eric Heyes and Julia Landberg in Mr Bailey’s Minder.

Photo: Michael Kakogiannis ■ Mordialloc Theatre Company presents Mr Bailey’s Minder from June 21 to July 6 at the Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd, Parkdale.

Written by Debra Oswald and directed by Martin Gibbs, Mr Bailey’s Minder tells of Leo Bailey, a great Australian living artist, whose genius battles to survive the effects of alcohol, cynicism and self-loathing.

Only one of his children, Margo, is prepared to help, but from arm’s length. She finds a live-in minder, Therese, who is fresh out of prison and desperate for a home.

Then along comes Karl, a handyman who has the job of removing a valuable mural, but keeps returning with offers of practical friendship.

The cast includes Juliet Hayday (Margo), Julia Landberg (Therese), Eric Heyes (Leo) and Aaron Townley (Gavin/Karl).

Mr Bailey’s Minder is described as “a funny and deeply moving play about friendship, ego, art and the secret longing for a better life”.

Performance Season: June 21 – July 6 Venue: Shirley Burke Theatre, 64 Parkers Rd., Parkdale Tickets: www.mordialloctheatre.com or 9587 5141.

- Cheryl Threadgold

I Hope It’s Not Raining in London

■ Youth managed not-for-profit theatre company Bearfoot Theatre present I Hope It’s Not Raining in London, from July 8-13 at The Butterfly Club.

The story tells of two strangers trapped together in a mysterious room with no memories of who they are.

Bearfoot Theatre say they have a passion for producing original works which challenge boundaries, tackle social justice issues and give a voice to young artists.

This is the first time the youth theatre company has toured one of their original works, and are travelling from Newcastle, New South Wales to the Central Coast Sydney, Melbourne, Frankston and Upwey.

Written by Nicholas Thoroughgood, I Hope It’s Not Raining in London is a contemporary, experimental theatre piece, which explores identity, our perceived realities and the effects of trauma.

The cast alternates each performance under the direction of Riley McLean, with each combination providing an entirely new perspective and experience.

Warnings: This production contains mature themes, strobe effects, violent images, language and references to sexual assault and suicide.

Performance Dates: July 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 Time: 7pm Cost: $25-32 Venue: The Butterfly Club, 5 Carson Place, Melbourne Tickets: thebutterflyclub.com - Cheryl Threadgold

AIR News sells

■ Air News is in the process of selling the radio news business.

“If all goes to plan then come July 1, AIR News will be owned and operated as AIR News Media by Terry Daniel of Coffs Harbour,” said current owner Artie Stevens who will be staying with the business as News Director.

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Crossroads

By Rob Foenander info@countrycrossroads com.au

Lonnie’s new album

■ Australian rocker Lonnie Lee has released his brand new album Back to Base X. This historic album, 60 years after his first, is for fans of that wonderful era as well as for those who just want to know what makes the 50s such a fascinating time says his media release.

More info: www.lonnielee.comGood Friday Appeal.

Brooke and Dolly

■ An enthusiastic Athenaeum Theatre audience didn't need much coaxing when 23year-old Brooke McMullen delivered an impressive two-hour tribute show to Dolly Parton on Thursday (June 13).

All the classic hits were there plus songs from other country greats and even Elvis.

A well-produced show worthy of praise from this very dynamic young entertainer.

Watch out for Brooke.

Casey winter arts

■ The seventeenth City Of Casey Winter Arts Festival runs throughout June, July and August.

Casey Radio 97.7FM is on board as a partner and will present a number of concerts as part of their popular Story Tellers series. On Saturday (June 22_ Melbournebased alt-country and blues outfit Burnt Letters will perform in the Administration Building Suite 7, 65 Berwick-Cranbourne Rd, Cranbourne East from 7pm to 9pm.Tickets at trybooking.com - Rob Foenander

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Temparillo: one of my favourites ■ JOHN ROZENTALS declares a love for tempranillo … and reckons the red variety is established enough here to be regarded as mainsteam.

I really like tempranillo as a red grape variety for Australia.

Always have, ever since I tasted my first 'local' example - from Tim Adams in SouthAustralia's Clare Valley, I think, though it could have been from Andrew Birks' Waggabased Bidgeebong venture.

The variety is best known as the principal grape of Spain's famous Rioja (pronounced with a 'k' rather than a 'j') but is these days well established enough here to be regarded as mainstream.

In the variety's comparatively early days in Australia Tim had Isaac Muga, from Rioja's renowned Muga family, come and help him.

Isaac was mighty impressed with what he saw in Tim's Ladera Vineyard - the term is Spanish for 'ladder' - and agreed that the variety did best under tough conditions.

Regardless of how it is grown, tempranillo will never outshine this palate's favourite Australian red, shiraz, but it will go a long way towards producing more immediately drinkable reds here than does cabernet sauvignon.

Peter Douglas, who is one of Coonawarra's most accomplished winemakers, has also taken a shine to tempranillo.

He used to be the Chief

● Peter Douglas: spread his wings to work in the Northern Hemisphere for a while before returning to Coonawarra and its surrounding Limestone Coast.

Winemaker at Wynns red cherries. Oak is only of sec- is dark chocolate. Follow the winemaker and drink with charCoonawarra Estate, but then spread ondary importance here. his wings to work in the Northern Do as the Spaniards them- grilled lamb and baby eggplant.

WINE OF THE WEEK Hemisphere for a while before re- selves do and enjoy a glass with a Xanadu 2017 Cabernet turning to Coonawarra and its sur- plate of tapas, especially one conrounding Limestone Coast as a taining lots of olives, cheeses and Sauvignon ($40): Regardless of grape variety used, this Margaret consultant winemaker, with one of chorizo. his main clients being Di Giorgio Di Giorgio Family Wines 2016 River dry red is definitely one of Family Wines.

Coonawarra Shiraz ($26): Not sur- Australia's best, having won the WINE REVIEWS prisingly, my favourite if the latest esteemed Jimmy Watson Trophy Di Giorgio Family Wines 2016 quartet of Di Giorgio Family Wines for best young red at the Melbourne Wine Show. It's certainly powerful Tempranillo ($23): This is a me- red releases. dium-bodied, easy-drinking style of It's a ripper, loaded with the and varietally pure. It will cellar for red that Peter Douglas has fash- savoury flavours of dark berries and many years yet, but if you must drink ioned from Limestone Coast fruit spices, with quite obvious black it now please do so with some reand is dominated by the flavour of pepper. New oak is also there, as ally fine lamb.

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Top 5

THE T OP 5 THINGS WE C AN TOP CAN SAY A T THE FOO TY AT FOOTY (I THINK).

5. "Jolly good play".

4. "What a wonderful leap".

3. "What excellent athleticism".

2. "That was a poor lapse of judgement".

1. "Excuse me Mr Martin - tackle responsibly".

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Stateside with Gavin Wood in West Hollywood

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

Out and About

Sheriff’s award

Feeling free

■ For all international travelers to the United States it is always top of mind. Will I be safe?

Rest easy because West Hollywood has been named one of the safest destinations in America.

With the many restaurants, coffee shops, fashion houses, firstclass accommodations, night clubs, gardens and top social life, West Hollywood is the hottest city in LosAngeles.

West Hollywood is a trendy area known for its high-energy nightlife. The fabled Sunset Strip features the Chateau Marmont, a swanky celebrity hideaway, plus comedy clubs and live music venues like the legendary Whiskey a Go Go. Santa Monica Boulevard, awash in rainbow flags, is home to a number of dance clubs and shops. WeHo also offers some of the city's most buzzworthy restaurants.

To be in West Hollywood means that you are in the epicenter of the action. You are 30 minutes to everything Los Angeles has to offer.

Sergeant John Knox of the West Hollywood Sheriff's Department awarded the 'City Safety Award' to the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites.

Accepting this important safety award is the Managing Director of the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, Alan Johnson.

Now you have no excuse to travel to the United States and stay at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites. I can guarantee you a fantastic stay.

■ Tom Petty's widow has issued legal threats against his eldest daughter, Adria, accusing her of planning to create a Paul Newman-style range of salad dressings using her father's image.

The new allegations are part of a broader feud between Dana and Petty's daughters from his first marriage that is ultimately about control of the Petty estate and intellectual property.

Dana is the sole trustee of her late husband's trust, however the trust directs her to establish an entity to control Petty's catalogue, with, crucially, "equal participation" from his daughters.

Daughters Adria and Annakim have interpreted "equal participation" to mean they should get control of the entity by a two-thirds majority vote. Dana Petty, who was married to Tom for the last 10 years of his life, has now accused Adria of sending her abusive text messages as a bitter struggle for control of the late rocker's estate escalates.

The latest legal blast from Dana comes after Adria alleged in probate court that Dana has been "misappropriating" money from Petty's estate and intellectual property for her own gain.

2.2 million diapers

Twitter power down ■ Trump's Twitter presence is losing its sting. A measure of the president's "interaction rate" shows that the President has been packing less of a punch with each month he's been in office, according to data from Crowd Tangle.

Trump's interaction rate has fallen from 0.55 percent in November 2016, the month he was elected, to 0.16 percent so far this month.

The metric measures retweets and likes per tweet divided by the size of his following. May is set to be the lowest month for Trump's Twitter interaction rate since January 2016.

One explanation for the commander in chief's "bad ratio" could be that his inflammatory tweets, which were once novel, have now become customary.

Attacking the FBI and accusing government officials of treason are near-daily tweet fodder for the president.

Since April 1, Trump has tweeted the phrase "no collusion" 54 times, "no obstruction" 30 times, and "witch hunt" 20 times.

● Accepting an important safety award is the Managing Director of the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Suites, Alan Johnson.

Uber low ratings

US debt problems ■ Car accidents are relatively common occurrences. Train wrecks are a little more out of the ordinary, to be sure.

One would be hard-pressed, however, to find many examples of a 15-lane pileup of 435 cars, 100 semi-trucks, three trains, and a small army of app-rent scooters strangling the centre of the capital of the United States of America.

Except, of course, in the federal budget. Year after year, the federal government passes spending bills so riddled with wasteful spending, crony handouts, and thoughtless debt accumulation that it's pretty much like a massive car crash: so awful to watch that you can't even look away.

Congress is once again considering a massive spending increase that could end up being a near-total fiscal wreck, dubbed a "caps deal."

It's long past time for Congress to take a serious and sober look at America's debt addiction and hit the brakes on out-ofcontrol spending to avoid further deficit disasters.

Looking at projections by the Congressional Budget Office, Congress' official federal scorekeeper, one sees that the federal budget is on a rapid collision course with out-of-control deficits.

By 2025, the mere interest payments on the national debt are set to eclipse defense spending. For a household, this would be the equivalent of incurring credit card bills every month that are the same size as their mortgage payments. Meanwhile, mandatory and entitlement programs are accelerating on auto-pilot, on course to consume the entirety of government revenue in just over 20 years. This would mean that all spending set by Congress - defense, education, welfare, infrastructure, foreign aid, tax expenditures, and national security would need to be funded solely by deficits, orCongresswould need to raise taxes significantly.

■ The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is buying 2.2 million diapers to help deliver economic migrants and their young children into Americans' worksites, schools, and neighborhoods, according to an online contract request.

The purchase implements the welcome policy set by a bipartisan panel in Congress, which in February directed the Department of Homeland Security to help the migrants despite the impact on Americans' wages, schools, and neighborhoods instead of helping Americans by giving the agency the legal authority needed to block the migration.

The 2.2 million diapers are being bought with funds provided in the February border spending bill for the DHS. The bill included "$192,700,000 for improved medical care, transportation, and consumables to better ensure the health and safety of migrants who are temporarily in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody," according to a congressional Explanatory Statement of the provisions.

The money is also being used to fly migrants from the border to their target job sites and homes in the United States.

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From my Suite at the Ramada Plaza Complex on Santa Monica Blvd

■ Uber has unveiled a new policy that enables the company to kick riders with low ratings to the curb.

For years, Uber allowed passengers to rate drivers on a star system, ultimately allowing customers to influence whether drivers can stay behind the wheel.

Internal charts from 2014 published by Business Insider showed that drivers with ratings of 4.6 or below were at risk for the boot.

Though drivers could rate passengers, there was no equivalency in consequences. But now Uber's drivers will have a greater say about the behaviour of passengers.

"Respect is a two-way street, and so is accountability," Kate Parker, Uber's head of Safety Brand and Initiatives, said in a statement released this week.

Parker added, "While we expect only a small number of riders to ultimately be impacted by ratings-based deactivations, it's the right thing to do." The shift will begin in the United States and Canada.

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■ I clearly remember interviewing June Bronhill in 1992. It was a bit like talking to Queen Elizabeth but there was a twinkle in her eye and I soon relaxed in her presence.

The radio interview was to promote a show that June was doing at that time titled, Legends.

I was at the opening night and when June sang Vilia from The Merry Widow, the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. It was marvellous and I will never forget it.

June Mary Gough was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales in 1929 and began singing at the age of four. When June was 20 she came third in The SunAria Vocal and won the competition the following year.

She never forgot that it was the people of Broken Hill who raised the money to send her to England in 1952 to further her operatic studies.

Whilst in England she adopted the stage name of June Bronhill which was an abbreviation of her beloved home town.

June trained with the Sadler's Wells Company and became one of their leading coloratura sopranos. She appeared in leading roles in their productions of Die Fledermaus, The Gypsy Baron, Don Pasquale, The Telephone, Martha and Hänsel und Gretel.

Her performance in The Merry Widow in 1958 saved the company from financial ruin. In 1960 June Bronhill triumphantly returned to Broken Hill and the crowds flocked to the airport to greet her. It was bigger than the Queen's visit in 1954.

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In 1962 June Bronhill starred as Maria Von Trapp in the first Australian production of The Sound Of Music for J. C. Williamson's.

In 1962 June played Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the West End musical Robert and Elizabeth opposite another Australian, Keith Michell.

I still remember her performance in 1966 when she performed the role at The Princess Theatre in Melbourne, this time working with Dennis Quilley and Frank Thring.

During her fabulous career June starred in Gilbert & Sullivan productions such as HMS Pinafore, Iolanthe and Pirates of Penzance. She also starred in the musical comedies, The Maid Of The Mountains, Call Me Madam, A Little Night Music, Nunsense, My Fair Lady and How

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In her later years June acted in several straight plays Arsenic And Old Lace and Straight And Narrow.

In 1977 she received the OBE for her services to the performing arts. June was married twice and had a daughter, Carolyn.

In 1980 she was cast as Mrs Slocombe in the Australian television version of Are You Being Served and played opposite one of the original cast members, John Inman.

June worked in many concerts and shows with her dear friend, Dennis Olsen. During her career she recorded more than 30 albums. Sadly June lost her hearing at the age of 65 and this impacted on her quality of life in her final years.

June Bronhill passed away in a Sydney nursing home in January 2005. Her funeral was held in Broken Hill. Two days later, on Australia Day, there was a two minute silence held in her home town as a mark of respect for their beloved citizen.

June conquered the world and performed in operas, musical comedies and plays. June Bronhill truly earned the title of ‘Australian Legend’.

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Meet Elsie, the busiest girl in town ■ Elsie Eiler knows that the quickest way to get something done in the little village of Monowi in north-eastern Nebraska, is to do it herself.

And that’s not just in the tavern which she owns and is manager, barkeep, cook and bottle-washer too, but in Monowi generally as she also holds down the roles of Mayor, Town Clerk and Treasurer of the one-person Monowi Local Council, and is librarian for the 5000-volume Monowi Library.

And despite now being 84 years of age, Elsie also ensures the tavern sends its taxes off on time – to herself in her role as Council Treasurer to pass on to the State of Nebraska, that then sends it back to her as the local Mayor to keep Monowi’s four street lights ablaze every night.

If it all sounds a little bizarre it is, because Elsie is the only resident of Monowi that’s America’s only 1-person town or village, although it was two people for a near 30-years until her husband Rudy died in 2004.

Monowi was founded in 1902 when a rail line was extended there to open up the surrounding area to cattle ranching. The population peaked at around 150 in the 1930s, but the town died in the late 1960s when the railroad pulled its services with declining cattle shipments.

Yet despite its receding population, Rudy and Elsie Eiler built the Monowi Tavern in 1975, with Elsie’s “Coldest Beer In Town” (a sign outside proclaims) and her hamburgers, and hugely-popular pork fritters and crackling, still luring to today not only owners and workers from surrounding farms and ranches, but out-of-town groups from retirees to bikies curious to visit this one-person town and tavern.

Many also borrow old, time-before books fromMonowi’s Rudy’s Library that Elsie built to house her bookworm hubby’s extraordinary collection of 5000 books and journals.

Superbike

■ A 50-year-old prototype of a Honda CB750 motorcycle, a machine that was to go on to be dubbed “the world’s first superbike,” has sold in England for an extraordinary 161,000 pounds (that’sAU$287,000,) making

OK. With John O’Keefe Celine, true star of Las Vegas

● Celine Dion ■ Celine Dion originally signed on for a three month residency in Las Vegas. Fans took a liking to Celine and this month she decided to move on after 16 years, totalling 141 shows seen by four million fans, contributing $700 million in box office takings.

Worry over words

■ Channel Ten is in desperate need of a proof reader if last week was any indication. On screen appeared a promotional message ‘TV With A Twist’ with each word on a separate line.

If you combined the first letter of each line it spelt out something that would make a sailor blush. Whoops. ● Monowi Tavern, unchallenged in its claim to serve “The Coldest Beer In Town" than 40,000 pounds (AU$71,350) … a mere quarter of that final selling price The CB750 prototype was one of just four hand-built by Honda in 1968 to promote the commercial launch of the CB750 range in 1969, 4-cylinder machines capable of a then unheardof 200kmh and more, and described as “the most sophisticated production bikes ever… top landmarks of Japanese automotive technology.”

Only the one just sold at auction in England and one other prototype are still in existence today – the other reselling in America in 2014 for US$148,000 (AU$187,000.)

A third one of the four disappeared off the radar in France many years ago, and the fourth was crushed as scrap in the US in 2013.

The one just sold in England through auction house H&H Classics, with David Ellis had been owned for the past 35 years it the world’s most expensive motor- by the one enthusiast until his death cycle ever sold at auction. last year, with its world-record price And what is probably more amaz- the result of keen international intering, is that it had been appraised by est and an extended-bidding battle.

Struth

Blue Lagoon memories

■ Back last century Blue Lagoon was a contraverial film featuring two relatively unknowns in Brooke Shields and ChristopherAtkins.

The film was the launching pad for both teenagers for a number of reasons. Filmed on a desert island the love struck pair gambled around the scenic isle wearing loin cloth bikinis and Atkins started a fashion craze by having permed hair.

And then came a child. “What’s the world coming to ?”complained parents. Both actors went onto bigger and better film roles.

Now nearing 60, Atkins slipped into Melbourne this week to appear in a stage play at Crown. He has been in constant work since Blue Lagoon and says acting sure beats being a lifeguard.

Changes at Fox

■ Later this year expect a change in line-up on Fox breakfast, Melbourne.

TV personality Yvie Jones will replace Fifi Box when Fifi goes on maternity leave later this year.

Yvie has appeared on Gogglebox, and as a contestant on I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. Rest of breakfast team in Brendon Fevola and Byron Cooke remain unchanged.

Eyes on Gold Logie

■ Eve Morey is amongst the candidates as a nominee for Most Popular Actor in forthcoming Gold Logie presentations at end of June. Problem is Eve’s character, in Ten’s Neighbours has been killed off in the script and Eve will be unemployed at time the Logies are announced. Let’s hope she polls well and scores a new role.

- John O’Keefe

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

Cast: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Eddie Marsan, Sam Rockwell.

Year: 2018.

Rating: M. Length: 154 Minutes.

Stars: ***½ Verdict: The story of Dick Cheney, a seemingly unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.

No matter what side of the political fence you are on in relation to U.S. politics, this biopic of former Vice President Dick Cheney filled with caustic wit and dramatic intensity, driven by a smart and taut direction by writer-director Adam McKay, and a career high Oscar caliber tour-de-force performance by Oscar winner Christian Bale that is simply breathtaking, brilliantly capturing every detail of his outwardly bland and unassuming facade, as well as his deeply inner turmoil and cunning manipulative drive.

The supporting cast includes five time Oscar nominee Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney, Oscar nominee Steve Carell as Donald Rumsford, and Oscar winner Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush, and all are equally enthralling in their individual performances, each delivering an acting masterclass that hit a bulls-eye for every moment of their screen time in this searing, primal and at times savage political and social commentary that refuses to sacrifice detail purely for mass market consumption.

At 132 minutes in length this is still a tight journey, and could have gone longer to flesh out characters more, a scene at a restaurant with Alfred Molina as a waiter is absolutely priceless, but nonetheless, this is a wickedly funny, smart, thrilling, thought provoking and thoroughly entertaining experience.

FILM: HOTEL MUMBAI: Genre: Drama/History/Thriller.

Cast: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Jason Isaacs.

Year: 2018.

Rating: MA15+ Length: 125 Minutes.

Stars ***½ Verdict: The extraordinary true story of the victims and survivors of the Taj Hotel terrorist bombing attack in Mumbai, as hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices.

Compelling re-telling of the tragic 2008 attack is of tremendous suspense and devastating horror, an unflinching, effective and highly affecting portrait of senseless terror, a startling feature debut from co-writer and director Anthony Maras, who handles the material with great force, compassion and empathy, keeping keep it firmly grounded and fresh, the atmosphere and tension gripping at fever pitch throughout moments unfathomable violence and heart-wrenching poignancy.

For the most part set with-in the confines of the luxurious five-star Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in the heart of Mumbai, the outstanding ensemble cast includes Dev Patal as a hotel waiter and Anupam Kher as the hotel's chef, and guests include Armie Hammer as a newly married American engineer with his wife Nazanin Boniadi, and Jason Isaacs as a crooked Russian businessman, these and others represent a varied array nationalities who all ultimately step up to the plate with great conviction to re-enact this four day ordeal that claimed 164 lives and hundreds injured.

Extremely well made, superbly paced and edited, writer-director Anthony Maras has adopted the more traditional Hollywood storytelling device or approach in telling this story, that combines archival footage with the re-enacted material, and in doing so, he has created a false sense familiarity and an uneasy accessibility that creates a genuine and startling scenario of shock and awe, a powerful, brutal, poignant and heart-breaking emotion charged edgeof-your seat thriller that would have been far more easily enjoyed if it were not based on such truly tragic real life events.

FILM: Genre: Cast: Jim Broadbent,

KING OF THIEVES: Comedy/Crime/Drama.

Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Ray W instone,

Michael Gambon, Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Cox. Year: 2018.

Rating: M. Length: 108 Minutes.

Stars: ** Verdict: Dad's Army meets Ocean's 11 in this romp based on the true events of the Hatton Garden safe deposit burglary of 2015, as a band of elderly, except for one, misfit criminals plan and carry out the biggest bank heist in British history, manage to escape with allegedly over £200 million worth of stolen jewels and money, but cracks between the gang members begin to show over how to share the goods and they become increasingly distrustful of each other.

Legendary screen veterans Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, Ray Winstone, Jim Broadbent, Michael Gamon and Paul Whitehouse, a cast like this is worth the price of admission alone, however, even though the film is not without its flaws, they all are in fine form and clearly comfortable in their respective roles and having a good time, surrounding you in a wall of old fashioned, old school familiarity in a well worn genre.

Utilizing footage from such films as "Billy Liar" (1963) and "The Italian Job" (1969) to show characters Tom Courtenay and Michael Caine in younger years, as well as footage and images from Peter Yates' "Robbery" (1967), there is much to like here, but overall, this is a movie that could have been, and even though the cast sparkle like diamonds in one of the safety deposit boxes, the same can't be said about the overall results of the film.

Rourke’s Reviews Under The Silver Lake ■ (MA). 139 minutes. Opens in selected cinemas June 20.

After gaining much critical acclaim in 2014 for his terrific, John Carpenter-inspired horror film It Follows, writer/director David Robert Mitchell now delivers his follow-up feature, Under The Silver Lake, a decidedly bizarre take on the LA landscape and its inhabitants, and while comparisons to David Lynch are valid, there is enough here to give this opus its own distinct identity.

The story centres on Sam (Andrew Garfield), who is unemployed and about to be evicted from his apartment, and how a whole new world is opened up to him when he meets the mysterious Sarah (Riley Keough).

Entranced by the young woman, Sam is unsettled when Sarah disappears as quickly as she appeared, and as he sets out to find out what happened to her, encounters an entire underground society who can only be found via obscure, complicated clues.

For many, Lynch's beloved Mulholland Drive will immediately come to mind, and while other influences are obvious, Mitchell does believe in the material he has created, and like Quentin Tarantino, effectively fuses his love of cinema to the story he wants to slowly reveal to the audience.

Mitchell re-teams with his It Follows cinematographer Mike Gioulakis (who also shot Glass and Us), and the two make the most of the Los Angeles locations, imaginatively mixing landmarks people will recognise, with those that are odd and unseen.

Garfield (Boy A, The Social Network, Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) is perfect as the laconic but growingly disorientated Sam, but the entire cast has been well-chosen, as Mitchell wants to ensure that every face intrigues as the elusive plot plays out.

At 139 minutes, patience is required, but this skilfully crafted concoction (which has taken a long time to reach our shores after premiering at Cannes in 2018) is worth the effort, and will provide ample rewards for those who are tired of mega-budget blockbusters filled with superheroes or reheated Disney characters.

RATING - ***½

Men In Black: International ■ (M). 115 minutes. Now showing in cinemas.

After a seven year hiatus, the MIB series returns to our screens with Men In Black : International, but this new entry will not reenergise the franchise in the way the producers obviously want it to.

Beginning in 2016, the story (a loose term indeed) introduces Agents H (Chris Hemsworth) and T (Liam Neeson), battling an alien force known as The Hive (think of the Borg from Star Trek) on the top of the Eiffel Tower, before jarringly flashing back to Brooklyn circa

1996, where a young girl named Molly (Mandeiya Flory) encounters both an extraterrestrial and members of the MIB team. Obsessed with finding out who this agency is, Molly, now grown up (and played by Tessa Thompson), finally does just that, and is given probationary status by stern Agent O (Emma Thompson).

Sent to their London office, Molly (known now as Agent M) is teamed up with H, who shows a cavalier attitude towards his duties, and the duo must try and figure out why a notorious alien royal has been targeted by two Hive assassins (who are reminiscent of the twin villains from The Matrix Reloaded), and how it may affect the future of the universe.

Everything in this belated reboot misfires, and under the typically lethargic, uninspired direction of F. Gary Gray (A Man Apart, The Italian Job, Be Cool), who again needlessly protracts material beyond its worth, makes sure that every flaw in the woeful script (from the writers of turkeys such as Punisher : War Zone and Transformers : The Last Knight) is made glaringly obvious.

The film-makers also manage the impossible task of making two talented, charismatic actors in Thompson and Hemsworth exceedingly dull, and the pair strangely share no chemistry whatsoever (frequent ad-libbing also falls flat).

Neeson goes through the motions, Emma Thompson offers some brief, amusing moments, Rafe (son of Timothy) Spall is as wasted here as he was in Jurassic World : Fallen Kingdom, while Rebecca Ferguson convincingly delivers the one line that generates the closest thing to a laugh. Men In Black : International is concrete proof that this uneven franchise should be laid to rest.

RATING - *

The Secret Life of Pets 2 ■ (PG). 86 minutes. Opens in cinemas June 20.

Though nothing to write home about, this ever-so-slight sequel to the 2016 hit is thankfully an improvement, offering up mild family entertainment. The new film sees dogs Max (voiced by Patton Oswalt, replacing Louis C.K.) and Duke (Eric Stonestreet) deal with huge changes when their owner Katie (Ellie Kemper) starts a relationship, before the pair's world is turned completely upside down when she has a child.

Hesitant at first, Max soon takes to the baby, but as his protective instincts take over, he is soon worrying incessantly over any possible danger that potentially surrounds the child. To ease Max's anxiousness, Katie takes everyone to the family farm, and it's here that he slowly befriends a gruff sheep dog called Rooster (Harrison Ford).

It may leave the memory pretty quickly, but The Secret Life Of Pets 2 is okay for what it is, but is far from the best examples of the animated genre, like Spirited Away, The Iron Giant and Toy Story.

RATING - **½

Top 10 Lists JUNE 16 -22 THE AUSTRALIAN BOX OFFICE TOP TEN: 1. ALADDIN (LIVE ACTION).

2. ROCKETMAN. 3. X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX. 4. GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS. 5. JOHN WICK: CHAPTER THREE. 6. POKEMON DETECTIVE PIKACHU. 7. AVENGERS: ENDGAME. 8. BRIGHTBURN. 9. RED JOAN. 10. THE HUSTLE. NEW RELEASES AND COMING SOON TO CINEMAS AROUND AUSTRALIA: JUNE 13: MEN IN BLACK INERNATIONAL, TOLKIEN, WILD ROSE. JUNE 20: CHILD'S PLAY, CLAIRE DARLING, NEVER LOOK AWAY, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS 2, TOY STORY 4, UNDER THE SILVER LAKE. THE DVD AND BLU-RAY TOP RENTALS & SALES: 1. HOTEL MUMBAI [History/Drama/ Thriller/dev Patel, Armie Hammer].

2. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK [Drama/ Romance/KiKi Layne, Stephan James].

3. GREEN BOOK [Biography/Comedy/ Drama/Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali].

4. VICE [Biography/Comedy/Drama/ Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell].

5. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS [History/ Drama/Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie].

6. WHAT MEN WANT [Comedy/Romantic/ Fantasy/Taraji P. Henson, Richard Roundtree].

7. THE UPSIDE [Comedy/Drama/Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Kevin Hart].

8. HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U [Horror/Thriller/ Jessica Rothe, Steve Zissis].

9. COLD PURSUIT [Action/Drama/Thriller/ Liam Neeson, Laura Dern].

Also: WHERE HANDS TOUCH, BEN IS BACK, VOX LUX, THE VANISHING, THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD, THE GUILTY, WELCOME TO MARWEN, COLETTE, THE FRONT RUNNER, COLD WAR. NEW HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: STAN AND OLLIE [Biography/Comedy/ Drama/John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan].

THE SISTERS BROTHERS [Western/Crime/ Comedy/Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly].

A DOG'S WAY HOME [Family/Adventure/ Drama/Jonah Hauer-King, Ashley Judd].

A STAR IS BORN: Special Encore Edition [Music/Drama/Bradley Cooper, Lady GaGa].

ESCAPE ROOM [Mystery/Thriller/Tyler Labine, Jay Ellis, Taylor Russell].

GRETA [Mystery/Thriller/Chloe Grace Moretz, Isabelle Huppert, Colm Feore, Maika Monroe].

DVD AND/OR BLU-RAY NEW & RE-RELEASE CLASSIC MOVIES HIGHLIGHTS: THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE/A VERY BRADY SEQUEL: Classic Double Bill.

NEW RELEASE TELEVISION, DOCUMENTARY AND MUSIC HIGHLIGHTS: JACK RYAN: Season 1.

PERRY MASON: Collection 3.

PERRY MASON: Complete Movie Collection.

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK: Season 6.

AMERICAN GODS: Season 2.

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Local Theatre with Cheryl Threadgold and team WAR OF THE WORLDS

● War of the Worlds editors Chris Sequeira and Steve Proposch at Melbourne’s Oz Comic-Con. ■ Chris Sequeira and Steve Proposch have launched their new book War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia, with Clan Destine Press.

War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia sheds fresh, antipodean light on H.G. Wells’ original invasion tale in stories that traverse the great southern continent.

Home to the planet’s longest surviving people and mysteries, Australia was also invaded by marauding Martians … well, at least according to this collection of stories set in the past, present and future.

It is well-known that Wells found inspiration for his 1897 novel in the horrific plight of Tasmanian Aboriginals who, within his lifetime, were virtually wiped out by the warfare and disease brought by white invaders.

Battleground Australia reveals that the war with Mars was not confined to England and did not end with all Martians destroyed by disease.

In Australia some of the aliens survived and went underground, to emerge a century or more later.

These were the possibilities that electrified three writer-editors who specialise in packaging books for the Mystery-Horror-SF market: Steve Proposch, Christopher Sequeira and Bryce Stevens, collectively known as HorrorAustralis or HA. The three reached into their virtual rolodexes and the end-result was that some of the biggest names in genre and literary fiction in the country produced stories for a collection of brand-new fiction: War of the Worlds: Battleground Australia.

Contributors include SF giant Jack Dann, best-seller Sean Williams, mystery great Kerry (‘Miss Fisher Mysteries’) Greenwood, internationally lauded horror writer Kaaron Warren, and acclaimed writer, editor and broadcaster Dmetri Kakmi.

Other featured authors are Carmel Bird, Janeen Webb, Angela Meyer, Lindy Cameron, Jenny Valentish, Narrelle M Harris, Lucy Sussex, Rick Kennett, Jason Franks, Bill Congreve and Jason Fischer.

Like other projects that members of the HA team have put together (Sherlock Holmes: The Australian Casebook, and the Cthulhu Deep Down Under series) the conceptualists/editors are responding to a fierce demand.

“We do conventions, and signings, and get emails, and have a yarn over a coffee or a slightly stronger beverage, and people constantly bombard us to say that they love classic genre tropes but why is there never an antipodean perspective?” Sequeira says.

Sequeira said that with this War of the Worlds book, they also expanded the Wellsian notion with original ideas of their own that sought a response from asked the writers.

“We wanted a section set in 1896, but also a section set now that posits; What if some Martians survived, and they may or may not have integrated too well in our world? And what of the far future? Would a Martian presence on Australian soil create a blended society, or an horrific regime of intolerance – theirs, or ours, or both?”

Publication of the book couldn’t be more timely as later this year, 81 years after an infamous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds sparked a mass panic in New York, the BBC is translating H.G> Wells' story for the small screen. It stars Rafe Spall, Eleanor Tomlinson, Rupert Graves and Robert Carlyle.

IT’S SUPERDOG ■ Not often do we have a film devoted just to dogs where humans play second fiddle.

Thus is the dynamics of Superpower Dogs 3D. There was no need for them to talk, their actions, skills and their placid dispositions said it all.

Canine lovers will enjoy the 50 minutes and probably wish that their pooch could emulate some of the feats demonstrated throughout the world wide grab of dogs extraordinary.

At the before release preview we were treated to host Dr Chris Brown introducing the film together with some our own very special highly trained search and rescue, seeing eye crisis and therapy dogs in the foyer, much to the delight of the many children amongst the eight hundred or so first nighters.

While essentially American with Chris ‘Captain America’ Evans as narrator we follow the journey of Halo, a Dutch Shepherd, from being the runt of the litter to a highly trained disaster response dog.

The development of the bond between owner/trainer is foremost with each of the featured dogs, as we particularly follow Halo through all of her training culminating in her final examination.

Five other dogs are featured, named Reef, a Newfoundland water rescue dog; Henry , a snow fields/avalanche rescue dog); Ricochet, a Golden Retriever surfing dog providing emotional /therapy support and two dogs; Tony and Tipper, Bloodhounds who are endangered species protector dogs in Kenya using their keen sense of smell in bringing poachers and thieves to justice.

The visual effects provided by 3D IMAX are many and grand, and together with animated diagrams explain more of the “superpowers” and make up of these special canines.

An entertaining film for all ages, a credit not

● Superdog Halo only to the six star canines but from the end credits rolling through, the many hundreds of humans who played a part in bringing it to 3D IMAX Venue: Imax Melbourne Museum, Rathdowne St, Carlton Bookings: https://imaxmelbourne.com.au/ movie/superpower_dogs_3d - Review by Graeme McCoubrie

Stars line up for Logies ■ The Logie Awards have firmed as the party of the year with an all-star line-up of music acts confirmed to perform live on Sunday, June 30, at The Star Gold Coast and telecast on Nine Network and 9Now. Delta Goodrem, multiple ARIAaward winner and multi-platinum Australian singersongwriter and actress, will be making her fourth return to the stage for the Logie’s audience.

“The Logies has held a special place in my heart since the start of my career, and I’m so honoured to be performing for the fourth time on the Logies stage,” she said.

“I am very thankful to be part of this year’s show, it really is TV’s night of nights for all involved and I can’t wait to celebrate what has been an incredible year with not only my Voice family, but all of the TV industry.”

Singer, songwriter and producer Guy Sebastian will perform a medley of his hits for the Logie Awards audience.

“I’m loving being back on TV and am so proud to be a part of The Voice family mentoring some incredibly talented artists,” Guy said. “I can’t wait to perform at this year’s Logies and celebrate the amazing shows on Aussie television.”

Chart-topping singer, actress and Eurovision star Jessica Mauboy will be performing a new song from her highly anticipated fourth studio album.

“Since my last performance in 2017, I’ve been so keen to return to the Logies stage,” Jessica said. “It’s one of the best nights of the year for a performer. And to be able to do it with an all new song I’ve co-written is a privilege.”

Bringing international flavour to this year’s Logie Awards, US boyband Why Don’t We will perform their hit single I Don’t Belong In This Club.

The group played sold-out shows in Sydney and Melbourne in 2018 and this is their first

time back in Australia since then. I Don’t Belong In This Club, a surprise collaboration with Macklemore, has over 70 million streams globally. Why Don’t We have amassed a huge 1 billion streams worldwide to date.

Why Don’t We said: “Yo! We’re so excited to be performing our new single I Don’t Belong in This Club for the first time in Australia on the Logie Awards. It’s gonna be epic.”

TV Week editor Thomas Woodgate said, “I’m beyond thrilled that Delta Goodrem, Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy and Why Don’t We are performing at this year’s Logie Awards.

“Delta, Guy and Jessica are three of the country’s best performers, and Why Don’t We are one of the hottest bands in the world so I know they will all tear the roof off The Star Gold Coast on June 30.

“There’s zero chance that anyone will still be sitting in their seats when they take to the stage – I can’t wait to see them perform.”

City of Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said: “The Gold Coast knows how to party – and, with this line-up, it’s going to be a cracker of a night. I can’t wait to see how our city sparkles on TV’s night of nights.”

Geoff Hogg, Managing Director Queensland for The Star Entertainment Group said “As the home of entertainment on the Gold Coast, The Star Gold Coast looks forward to welcoming these incredible artists on property for the 61st Logie Awards.

“Style, sophistication and star-spotting – The Star Gold Coast is the thrilling heartbeat of the 2019 Logie Awards.”

The 61st Logie Awards will take place on Sunday, June 30, at The Star Gold Coast in Queensland.

All the action from the red-carpet arrivals and awards-show celebrations will be telecast on Nine Network and 9Now.

LET MEN TREMBLE

● Alexandra Hines, Shamita Siva, Louise Woodward, Nicole Harvey, Indigo Keane, Eidann Glover, Sarah Clarke in Let Men Tremble.

Photo: Morgan Roberts. Head dress: Bryn Meredith ■ Contemporary and experimental theatre company The Danger Ensemble return to Theatre Works this August following their hugely divisive 2018 production, The Hamlet Apocalypse, as part of the Theatre Works 2019 Chapter Two Season.

Inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1850 historical novel The Scarlet Letter about a 17th century puritan romance, Let Men Tremble hurls colonial concepts of sin, sex, and the role of women in society into a modern day crucible.

A liturgical slut drop dripping with song, dance, and theatrical madness, Let Men Tremble is a rebellion. A revolt. A clarion call.

It is a battle cry against the patriarchy, the church, and theatre itself.

“When the #MeToo movement broke there was a lot of talk on social media and how Arthur Miller's The Crucible was a perfect play for this moment and I thoroughly disagreed”, explains Director Steven Mitchell Wright.

“It got me to thinking about The Scarlet Letter. Let Men Tremble champions powerful, complicated and intelligent women and non-binary people at the centre of a new theatrical experience.

“It's ambitious. It's a huge team and there are so many new collaborators. The work is still surprising all of us and that's exciting when you're creating something original for audiences”.

Led by award-winning Director/Designer Steven Mitchell Wright, The Danger Ensemble invites Melbourne audiences this August to watch as they take a piece of seminal American literature and transform it into cuttingly-contemporary Australian theatre.

Directed/designed by Steven Mitchell Wright, lighting design by Ben Hughes, performed by Chris Beckey, Jane Cameron, Danny Carroll, Caroline Dunphy, Eidann Glover, Nicole Harvey, Alexandra Hines, Shamita Siva, Leo Thompson and Louise Woodward Performance Season: August 14 - 25 Preview: Wednesday, August 14 Tues - Sat 7:30pm, Sun 5pm Tickets: $45 Full, $37 Concession, $30 Preview, Student and Under 30s Bookings: 9534 3388 or online at www.dangerensemble.com and www.theatreworks.org.au Venue: Theatre Works - 14 Acland St, St Kilda www.dangerensemble.com 100 minutes duration Suitable for 15+ age Please note: this show contains adult themes, hazer and smoke machine, sexual references, loud noise, nudity and coarse language - Cheryl Threadgold

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Bleak House - by Charles Dickens Mr. Snagsby is dismayed to see, standing with an attentive face between himself and the lawyer at a little distance from the table, a person with a hat and stick in his hand who was not there when he himself came in and has not since entered by the door or by either of the windows.

There is a press in the room, but its hinges have not creaked, nor has a step been audible upon the floor. Yet this third person stands there with his attentive face, and his hat and stick in his hands, and his hands behind him, a composed and quiet listener. He is a stoutly built, steadylooking, sharp-eyed man in black, of about the middle-age. Except that he looks at Mr. Snagsby as if he were going to take his portrait, there is nothing remarkable about him at first sight but his ghostly manner of appearing.

“Don’t mind this gentleman,” says Mr. Tulkinghorn in his quiet way. “This is only Mr. Bucket.”

“Oh, indeed, sir?” returns the stationer, expressing by a cough that he is quite in the dark as to who Mr. Bucket may be.

“I wanted him to hear this story,” says the lawyer, “because I have half a mind (for a reason) to know more of it, and he is very intelligent in such things. What do you say to this, Bucket?”

“It’s very plain, sir. Since our people have moved this boy on, and he’s not to be found on his old lay, if Mr. Snagsby don’t object to go down with me to Tom-all–Alone’s and point him out, we can have him here in less than a couple of hours’ time. I can do it without Mr. Snagsby, of course, but this is the shortest way.”

“Mr. Bucket is a detective officer, Snagsby,” says the lawyer in explanation.

“Is he indeed, sir?” says Mr. Snagsby with a strong tendency in his clump of hair to stand on end.

“And if you have no real objection to accompany Mr. Bucket to the place in question,” pursues the lawyer, “I shall feel obliged to you if you will do so.”

In a moment’s hesitation on the part of Mr. Snagsby, Bucket dips down to the bottom of his mind.

“Don’t you be afraid of hurting the boy,” he says.

“You won’t do that. It’s all right as far as the boy’s concerned. We shall only bring him here to ask him a question or so I want to put to him, and he’ll be paid for his trouble and sent away again. It’ll be a good job for him. I promise you, as a man, that you shall see the boy sent away all right. Don’t you be afraid of hurting him; you an’t going to do that.”

“Very well, Mr. Tulkinghorn!” cries Mr. Snagsby cheerfully. And reassured, “Since that’s the case —” “Yes! And lookee here, Mr. Snagsby,” resumes Bucket, taking him aside by the arm, tapping him familiarly on the breast, and speaking in a confidential tone. “You’re a man of the world, you know, and a man of business, and a man of sense. That’s what YOU are.”

“I am sure I am much obliged to you for your good opinion,” returns the stationer with his cough of modesty, “but — ” “That’s what YOU are, you know,” says Bucket.

“Now, it an’t necessary to say to a man like you, engaged in your business, which is a business of trust and requires a person to be wide awake and have his senses about him and his head screwed on tight (I had an uncle in your business once) — it an’t necessary to say to a man like you that it’s the best and wisest way to keep little matters like this quiet. Don’t you see?

Quiet!”

“Certainly, certainly,” returns the other.

“I don’t mind telling YOU,” says Bucket with an engaging appearance of frankness, “that as far as I can understand it, there seems to be a doubt whether this dead person wasn’t entitled to a little property, and whether this female hasn’t been up to some games respecting that property, don’t you see?”

“Oh!” says Mr. Snagsby, but not appearing to see quite distinctly.

“Now, what YOU want,” pursues Bucket, again tapping Mr. Snagsby on the breast in a comfortable and soothing manner, “is that every person should have their rights according to justice.

That’s what YOU want.”

Charles Dickens “To be sure,” returns Mr. Snagsby with a nod.

“On account of which, and at the same time to oblige a — do you call it, in your business, customer or client? I forget how my uncle used to call it.”

“Why, I generally say customer myself,” replies Mr. Snagsby.

“You’re right!” returns Mr. Bucket, shaking hands with him quite affectionately. “ — On account of which, and at the same time to oblige a real good customer, you mean to go down with me, in confidence, to Tom-all–Alone’s and to keep the whole thing quiet ever afterwards and never mention it to any one. That’s about your intentions, if I understand you?”

“You are right, sir. You are right,” says Mr. Snagsby.

“Then here’s your hat,” returns his new friend, quite as intimate with it as if he had made it; “and if you’re ready, I am.”

They leave Mr. Tulkinghorn, without a ruffle on the surface of his unfathomable depths, drinking his old wine, and go down into the streets.

“You don’t happen to know a very good sort of person of the name of Gridley, do you?” says Bucket in friendly converse as they descend the stairs.

“No,” says Mr. Snagsby, considering, “I don’t know anybody of that name. Why?” “Nothing particular,” says Bucket; “only having allowed his temper to get a little the better of him and having been threatening some respectable people, he is keeping out of the way of a warrant I have got against him — which it’s a pity that a man of sense should do.”

As they walk along, Mr. Snagsby observes, as a novelty, that however quick their pace may be,

manner to lurk and lounge; also, that whenever he is going to turn to the right or left, he pretends to have a fixed purpose in his mind of going straight ahead, and wheels off, sharply, at the very last moment. Now and then, when they pass a police-constable on his beat, Mr. Snagsby notices that both the constable and his guide fall into a deep abstraction as they come towards each other, and appear entirely to overlook each other, and to gaze into space. In a few instances, Mr. Bucket, coming behind some under-sized young man with a shining hat on, and his sleek hair twisted into one flat curl on each side of his head, almost without glancing at him touches him with his stick, upon which the young man, looking round, instantly evaporates. For the most part Mr. Bucket notices things in general, with a face as unchanging as the great mourning ring on his little finger or the brooch, composed of not much diamond and a good deal of setting, which he wears in his shirt.

When they come at last to Tom-all–Alone’s, Mr. Bucket stops for a moment at the corner and takes a lighted bull’s-eye from the constable on duty there, who then accompanies him with his own particular bull’s-eye at his waist. Between his two conductors, Mr. Snagsby passes along the middle of a villainous street, undrained, unventilated, deep in black mud and corrupt water — though the roads are dry elsewhere — and reeking with such smells and sights that he, who has lived in London all his life, can scarce believe his senses. Branching from this street and its heaps of ruins are other streets and courts so infamous that Mr. Snagsby sickens in body and mind and feels as if he were going every moment deeper down into the infernal gulf.

“Draw off a bit here, Mr. Snagsby,” says Bucket

as a kind of shabby palanquin is borne towards them, surrounded by a noisy crowd. “Here’s the fever coming up the street!”

As the unseen wretch goes by, the crowd, leaving that object of attraction, hovers round the three visitors like a dream of horrible faces and fades away up alleys and into ruins and behind walls, and with occasional cries and shrill whistles of warning, thenceforth flits about them until they leave the place.

“Are those the fever-houses, Darby?” Mr. Bucket coolly asks as he turns his bull’s-eye on a line of stinking ruins.

Darby replies that “all them are,” and further that in all, for months and months, the people “have been down by dozens” and have been carried out dead and dying “like sheep with the rot.” Bucket observing to Mr. Snagsby as they go on again that he looks a little poorly, Mr. Snagsby answers that he feels as if he couldn’t breathe the dreadful air.

There is inquiry made at various houses for a boy named Jo. As few people are known in Tomall–Alone’s by any Christian sign, there is much reference to Mr. Snagsby whether he means Carrots, or the Colonel, or Gallows, or Young Chisel, or Terrier Tip, or Lanky, or the Brick.

Mr. Snagsby describes over and over again.

There are conflicting opinions respecting the original of his picture. Some think it must be Carrots, some say the Brick. The Colonel is produced, but is not at all near the thing. Whenever Mr. Snagsby and his conductors are stationary, the crowd flows round, and from its squalid depths obsequious advice heaves up to Mr. Bucket. Whenever they move, and the angry bull’s-eyes glare, it fades away and flits about them up the alleys, and in the ruins, and behind the walls, as before.

At last there is a lair found out where Toughy, or the Tough Subject, lays him down at night; and it is thought that the Tough Subject may be Jo. Comparison of notes between Mr. Snagsby and the proprietress of the house — a drunken face tied up in a black bundle, and flaring out of a heap of rags on the floor of a dog-hutch which is her private apartment — leads to the establishment of this conclusion. Toughy has gone to the doctor’s to get a bottle of stuff for a sick woman but will be here anon.

“And who have we got here to-night?” says Mr. Bucket, opening another door and glaring in with his bull’s-eye. “Two drunken men, eh? And two women? The men are sound enough,” turning back each sleeper’s arm from his face to look at him. “Are these your good men, my dears?”

“Yes, sir,” returns one of the women. “They are our husbands.”

“Brickmakers, eh?”

“Yes, sir.”

“What are you doing here? You don’t belong to London.”

“No, sir. We belong to Hertfordshire.”

“Whereabouts in Hertfordshire?”

“Saint Albans.”

“Come up on the tramp?”

“We walked up yesterday. There’s no work down with us at present, but we have done no good by coming here, and shall do none, I expect.”

“That’s not the way to do much good,” says Mr. Bucket, turning his head in the direction of the unconscious figures on the ground.

“It an’t indeed,” replies the woman with a sigh.

“Jenny and me knows it full well.”

The room, though two or three feet higher than the door, is so low that the head of the tallest of the visitors would touch the blackened ceiling if he stood upright. It is offensive to every sense; even the gross candle burns pale and sickly in the polluted air. There are a couple of benches and a higher bench by way of table. The men lie asleep where they stumbled down, but the women sit by the candle. Lying in the arms of the woman who has spoken is a very young child.

“Why, what age do you call that little creature?” says Bucket. “It looks as if it was born yesterday.” He is not at all rough about it; and as he turns his light gently on the infant, Mr. Snagsby is strangely reminded of another infant, encircled

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“He is not three weeks old yet, sir,” says the woman.

“Is he your child?”

“Mine.”

The other woman, who was bending over it when they came in, stoops down again and kisses it as it lies asleep.

“You seem as fond of it as if you were the mother yourself,” says Mr. Bucket.

“I was the mother of one like it, master, and it died.”

“Ah, Jenny, Jenny!” says the other woman to her. “Better so. Much better to think of dead than alive, Jenny! Much better!”

“Why, you an’t such an unnatural woman, I hope,” returns Bucket sternly, “as to wish your own child dead?”

“God knows you are right, master,” she returns.

“I am not. I’d stand between it and death with my own life if I could, as true as any pretty lady.”

“Then don’t talk in that wrong manner,” says Mr. Bucket, mollified again. “Why do you do it?”

“It’s brought into my head, master,” returns the woman, her eyes filling with tears, “when I look down at the child lying so. If it was never to wake no more, you’d think me mad, I should take on so. I know that very well. I was with Jenny when she lost hers — warn’t I, Jenny? — and I know how she grieved. But look around you at this place. Look at them,” glancing at the sleepers on the ground. “Look at the boy you’re waiting for, who’s gone out to do me a good turn. Think of the children that your business lays with often and often, and that YOU see grow up!”

“Well, well,” says Mr. Bucket, “you train him respectable, and he’ll be a comfort to you, and look after you in your old age, you know.”

“I mean to try hard,” she answers, wiping her eyes. “But I have been a-thinking, being overtired to-night and not well with the ague, of all the many things that’ll come in his way. My master will be against it, and he’ll be beat, and see me beat, and made to fear his home, and perhaps to stray wild. If I work for him ever so much, and ever so hard, there’s no one to help me; and if he should be turned bad ‘spite of all I could do, and the time should come when I should sit by him in his sleep, made hard and changed, an’t it likely I should think of him as he lies in my lap now and wish he had died as Jenny’s child died!”

“There, there!” says Jenny. “Liz, you’re tired and ill. Let me take him.”

In doing so, she displaces the mother’s dress, but quickly readjusts it over the wounded and bruised bosom where the baby has been lying.

“It’s my dead child,” says Jenny, walking up and down as she nurses, “that makes me love this child so dear, and it’s my dead child that makes her love it so dear too, as even to think of its being taken away from her now. While she thinks that, I think what fortune would I give to have my darling back. But we mean the same thing, if we knew how to say it, us two mothers does in our poor hearts!”

As Mr. Snagsby blows his nose and coughs his cough of sympathy, a step is heard without. Mr. Bucket throws his light into the doorway and says to Mr. Snagsby, “Now, what do you say to Toughy? Will HE do?”

“That’s Jo,” says Mr. Snagsby.

Jo stands amazed in the disk of light, like a ragged figure in a magic-lantern, trembling to think that he has offended against the law in not having moved on far enough. Mr. Snagsby, however, giving him the consolatory assurance, “It’s only a job you will be paid for, Jo,” he recovers; and on being taken outside by Mr. Bucket for a little private confabulation, tells his tale satisfactorily, though out of breath.

“I have squared it with the lad,” says Mr. Bucket, returning, “and it’s all right. Now, Mr. Snagsby, we’re ready for you.”

First, Jo has to complete his errand of good nature by handing over the physic he has been to get, which he delivers with the laconic verbal direction that “it’s to be all took d’rectly.” Secondly, Mr. Snagsby has to lay upon the table half a crown, his usual panacea for an immense variety of afflictions. Thirdly, Mr. Bucket has to take Jo by the arm a little above the elbow and walk him on before him, without which observance neither the Tough Subject nor any other Subject could be professionally conducted to

Magazine Lincoln’s Inn Fields. These arrangements completed, they give the women good night and come out once more into black and foul Tom-all– Alone’s.

By the noisome ways through which they descended into that pit, they gradually emerge from it, the crowd flitting, and whistling, and skulking about them until they come to the verge, where restoration of the bull’s-eyes is made to Darby.

Here the crowd, like a concourse of imprisoned demons, turns back, yelling, and is seen no more.

Through the clearer and fresher streets, never so clear and fresh to Mr. Snagsby’s mind as now, they walk and ride until they come to Mr. Tulkinghorn’s gate.

As they ascend the dim stairs (Mr. Tulkinghorn’s chambers being on the first floor), Mr. Bucket mentions that he has the key of the outer door in his pocket and that there is no need to ring. For a man so expert in most things of that kind, Bucket takes time to open the door and makes some noise too. It may be that he sounds a note of preparation.

Howbeit, they come at last into the hall, where a lamp is burning, and so into Mr. Tulkinghorn’s usual room — the room where he drank his old wine to-night. He is not there, but his two oldfashioned candlesticks are, and the room is tolerably light.

Mr. Bucket, still having his professional hold of Jo and appearing to Mr. Snagsby to possess an unlimited number of eyes, makes a little way into this room, when Jo starts and stops.

“What’s the matter?” says Bucket in a whisper.

“There she is!” cries Jo. “Who!” “The lady!”

A female figure, closely veiled, stands in the middle of the room, where the light falls upon it.

It is quite still and silent. The front of the figure is towards them, but it takes no notice of their entrance and remains like a statue.

“Now, tell me,” says Bucket aloud, “how you know that to be the lady.”

“I know the wale,” replies Jo, staring, “and the bonnet, and the gownd.”

“Be quite sure of what you say, Tough,” returns Bucket, narrowly observant of him. “Look again.”

“I am a-looking as hard as ever I can look,” says Jo with starting eyes, “and that there’s the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd.”

“What about those rings you told me of?” asks Bucket.

“A-sparkling all over here,” says Jo, rubbing the fingers of his left hand on the knuckles of his right without taking his eyes from the figure.

The figure removes the right-hand glove and shows the hand.

“Now, what do you say to that?” asks Bucket.

Jo shakes his head. “Not rings a bit like them.

Not a hand like that.”

“What are you talking of?” says Bucket, evidently pleased though, and well pleased too.

“Hand was a deal whiter, a deal delicater, and a deal smaller,” returns Jo. “Why, you’ll tell me I’m my own mother next,” says Mr. Bucket. “Do you recollect the lady’s voice?”

“I think I does,” says Jo. The figure speaks. “Was it at all like this? I will speak as long as you like if you are not sure.

Was it this voice, or at all like this voice?”

Jo looks aghast at Mr. Bucket. “Not a bit!”

“Then, what,” retorts that worthy, pointing to the figure, “did you say it was the lady for?”

“Cos,” says Jo with a perplexed stare but without being at all shaken in his certainty, “cos that there’s the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd. It is her and it an’t her. It an’t her hand, nor yet her rings, nor yet her woice. But that there’s the wale, the bonnet, and the gownd, and they’re wore the same way wot she wore ’em, and it’s her height wot she wos, and she giv me a sov’ring and hooked it.”

“Well!” says Mr. Bucket slightly, “we haven’t got much good out of YOU. But, however, here’s five shillings for you. Take care how you spend it, and don’t get yourself into trouble.” Bucket stealthily tells the coins from one hand into the other like counters — which is a way he has, his principal use of them being in these games of skill — and then puts them, in a little pile, into the boy’s hand and takes him out to the door, leaving Mr. Snagsby, not by any means comfortable under these mysterious circumstances, alone with the veiled figure. But on Mr. Tulkinghorn’s coming into the room, the veil is raised and a sufficiently good-looking

Frenchwoman is revealed, though her expression is something of the intensest.

“Thank you, Mademoiselle Hortense,” says Mr. Tulkinghorn with his usual equanimity. “I will give you no further trouble about this little wager.”

“You will do me the kindness to remember, sir, that I am not at present placed?” says mademoiselle.

“Certainly, certainly!”

“And to confer upon me the favour of your distinguished recommendation?”

“By all means, Mademoiselle Hortense.”

“A word from Mr. Tulkinghorn is so powerful.”

“It shall not be wanting, mademoiselle.”

“Receive the assurance of my devoted gratitude, dear sir.”

“Good night.”

Mademoiselle goes out with an air of native gentility; and Mr. Bucket, to whom it is, on an emergency, as natural to be groom of the ceremonies as it is to be anything else, shows her downstairs, not without gallantry.

“Well, Bucket?” quoth Mr. Tulkinghorn on his return.

“It’s all squared, you see, as I squared it myself, sir. There an’t a doubt that it was the other one with this one’s dress on. The boy was exact respecting colours and everything. Mr. Snagsby, I promised you as a man that he should be sent away all right. Don’t say it wasn’t done!”

“You have kept your word, sir,” returns the stationer; “and if I can be of no further use, Mr. Tulkinghorn, I think, as my little woman will be getting anxious — ” “Thank you, Snagsby, no further use,” says Mr. Tulkinghorn. “I am quite indebted to you for the trouble you have taken already.”

“Not at all, sir. I wish you good night.”

“You see, Mr. Snagsby,” says Mr. Bucket, accompanying him to the door and shaking hands with him over and over again, “what I like in you is that you’re a man it’s of no use pumping; that’s what YOU are. When you know you have done a right thing, you put it away, and it’s done with and gone, and there’s an end of it. That’s what YOU do.”

“That is certainly what I endeavour to do, sir,” returns Mr. Snagsby.

“No, you don’t do yourself justice. It an’t what you endeavour to do,” says Mr. Bucket, shaking hands with him and blessing him in the tenderest manner, “it’s what you DO. That’s what I estimate in a man in your way of business.”

Mr. Snagsby makes a suitable response and goes homeward so confused by the events of the evening that he is doubtful of his being awake and out — doubtful of the reality of the streets through which he goes — doubtful of the reality of the moon that shines above him. He is presently reassured on these subjects by the unchallengeable reality of Mrs. Snagsby, sitting up with her head in a perfect beehive of curl-papers and night-cap, who has dispatched Guster to the police-station with official intelligence of her husband’s being made away with, and who within the last two hours has passed through every stage of swooning with the greatest decorum. But as the little woman feelingly says, many thanks she gets for it!

Chapter XXIII— Esther’s Narrative We came home from Mr. Boythorn’s after six pleasant weeks. We were often in the park and in the woods and seldom passed the lodge where we had taken shelter without looking in to speak to the keeper’s wife; but we saw no more of Lady Dedlock, except at church on Sundays.

There was company at Chesney Wold; and although several beautiful faces surrounded her, her face retained the same influence on me as at first. I do not quite know even now whether it was painful or pleasurable, whether it drew me towards her or made me shrink from her. I think I admired her with a kind of fear, and I know that in her presence my thoughts always wandered back, as they had done at first, to that old time of my life.

I had a fancy, on more than one of these Sundays, that what this lady so curiously was to me, I was to her — I mean that I disturbed her thoughts as she influenced mine, though in some different way. But when I stole a glance at her and saw her so composed and distant and unapproachable, I felt this to be a foolish weakness.

Indeed, I felt the whole state of my mind in reference to her to be weak and unreasonable, and I remonstrated with myself about it as much as I could.

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One incident that occurred before we quitted Mr. Boythorn’s house, I had better mention in this place.

I was walking in the garden with Ada and when I was told that some one wished to see me. Going into the breakfast-room where this person was waiting, I found it to be the French maid who had cast off her shoes and walked through the wet grass on the day when it thundered and lightened.

“Mademoiselle,” she began, looking fixedly at me with her too-eager eyes, though otherwise presenting an agreeable appearance and speaking neither with boldness nor servility, “I have taken a great liberty in coming here, but you know how to excuse it, being so amiable, mademoiselle.”

“No excuse is necessary,” I returned, “if you wish to speak to me.”

“That is my desire, mademoiselle. A thousand thanks for the permission. I have your leave to speak. Is it not?” she said in a quick, natural way.

“Certainly,” said I. “Mademoiselle, you are so amiable! Listen then, if you please. I have left my Lady. We could not agree. My Lady is so high, so very high. Pardon! Mademoiselle, you are right!” Her quickness anticipated what I might have said presently but as yet had only thought. “It is not for me to come here to complain of my Lady. But I say she is so high, so very high. I will not say a word more. All the world knows that.”

“Go on, if you please,” said I. “Assuredly; mademoiselle, I am thankful for your politeness. Mademoiselle, I have an inexpressible desire to find service with a young lady who is good, accomplished, beautiful. You are good, accomplished, and beautiful as an angel.

Ah, could I have the honour of being your domestic!”

“I am sorry — ” I began.

“Do not dismiss me so soon, mademoiselle!” she said with an involuntary contraction of her fine black eyebrows. “Let me hope a moment!

Mademoiselle, I know this service would be more retired than that which I have quitted. Well!

I wish that. I know this service would be less distinguished than that which I have quitted.

Well! I wish that, I know that I should win less, as to wages here. Good. I am content.”

“I assure you,” said I, quite embarrassed by the mere idea of having such an attendant, “that I keep no maid — ” “Ah, mademoiselle, but why not? Why not, when you can have one so devoted to you! Who would be enchanted to serve you; who would be so true, so zealous, and so faithful every day! Mademoiselle, I wish with all my heart to serve you. Do not speak of money at present. Take me as I am. For nothing!”

She was so singularly earnest that I drew back, almost afraid of her. Without appearing to notice it, in her ardour she still pressed herself upon me, speaking in a rapid subdued voice, though always with a certain grace and propriety.

“Mademoiselle, I come from the South country where we are quick and where we like and dislike very strong. My Lady was too high for me; I was too high for her. It is done — past — finlshed! Receive me as your domestic, and I will serve you well. I will do more for you than you figure to yourself now. Chut! Mademoiselle, I will — no matter, I will do my utmost possible in all things. If you accept my service, you will not repent it. Mademoiselle, you will not repent it, and I will serve you well. You don’t know how well!”

There was a lowering energy in her face as she stood looking at me while I explained the impossibility of my engagmg her (without thinking it necessary to say how very little I desired to do so), which seemed to bring visibly before me some woman from the streets of Paris in the reign of terror.

She heard me out without interruption and then said with her pretty accent and in her mildest voice, “Hey, mademoiselle, I have received my answer! I am sorry of it. But I must go elsewhere and seek what I have not found here.

Will you graciously let me kiss your hand?”

She looked at me more intently as she took it, and seemed to take note, with her momentary touch, of every vein in it. “I fear I surprised you, mademoiselle, on the day of the storm?” she said with a parting curtsy.

I confessed that she had surprised us all.

To Be Continued Next Issue

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Memories, oh memories

■ Memories kept flooding back when I heard of the death of Racing's Rick Renzella.

For those who don't follow racing, the name may not ring a bell.

But those diehards like myself, I remember the name very well.

We take you right back to May 1972 to a little race meeting in the western part of Victoria at Casterton.

Main race of the day was the Muntham Handicap, and local trainer,Jack Barling, had set his star sprinter, Apex Star, to win the event, hoping to make it a hat trick with his smart sprinter.

But it wasn't to be; a little ‘neddy’, by the name of Royal School ruined the day.

A good mate of mine, Ray Benson called the meeting for 3UZ. I spoke with Ray and asked him about the race. He explained that Apex Star, a good sprinter in his own right, was in front on the rails, with Royal School being hard held on the outside, and when they entered the straight, Royal School blitzed them in the run home, naturally being Regal Vista.

About a half hour later after the race, local trainer Jim Cerchi felt that that it was not Royal School, and the rumour flooded the course.

The mail was that Jack Barling, the trainer of Apex Star, who had won several races on end, felt he was a good thing and had plenty on his horse.

At the time of the ring-in, I was working for Channel Nine as the Racing Editor, and covered the case at the Courts.

I became friendly with Renzella's barrister, Brian Cash, whose brother, Pat, was the father of Wimbledon champion, Pat. It was stated at the course case that it was alleged that the person who checked the markings of Royal School, didn't check under the rug, in the mounting year, and if this is the case he would have seen the lengthy scar on the rump of the real winner, Regal Vista.

It was then alleged the Renzella team showered Royal School down and put him back in the float, while with Regal Vista, who had won the race didn't get the wash down after winning, as is customary.

Pulling a smart move they drove from the course and headed to Adelaide while it was assumed that they had headed for Melbourne.

Brian Cash was able to get me the authority from Ric Renzella for Channel Nine to get shots with both horses at the trainer Ross Afflick's establishment at Cranbourne.

Later I had a chance of getting an award for getting the shots of the two horses together, but the film at that time was lent to A Current Affair, and it went missing.

The trainer, Ross Afflick, passed on, and now, Renzella, in one the most intriguing horse ringins in modern times.

Up there with the likes of the Fine Cotton Affair in recent years.

Corey recuperates

■ Leading jockey Corey Brown has had successful surgery recently, to correct an unstable

Horse Racing

● Injured jockey Corey Brown. Racing Photos spine after a piece of bone " chipped off" and was floating around.

A very lucky man.

Brown was taken to a Brisbane Hospital after his mount, Lord Arthur, broke a back leg and fell in the Queensland Derby.

He faces 12 months out of the saddle.

Brown won the Melbourne Cup for Flemington trainer Mark Kavanagh on Shocking in 2009, along with many other major events.

We wish him a speedy recovery as it was a nasty fall.

Ted Ryan

New track

■ The Victoria Racing Club is over the moon with news that they have moved into the Synthetic World at the track at Flemington.

A new $4.56 million State-of-the-Art Syn-

thetic training track, will boost the world-class facilities at Flemington Racecourse, and the Club had its first trial recently coming out with flying colours.

A number of jockeys and trainers are all in favour of the venture.

The project was funded by the VRC, the Victorian Government and Racing Victoria.

Flemington's dirt track has been replaced with the synthetic surface, which will be used for jump outs as well as training.

The new 2200-metre track provides a more forgiving surface for horses and will reduce the training load on Flemington's grass tracks, in turn helping with the condition of all other tracks including the course proper.

Approximately 600 horses utilise Flemington's training facilities every day and it is vital they continue to be among the finest in Australia.

Track statistics

■ Track Distance. 2210 metres.

■ Surface area of Track. 20,000 square metres.

■ Dirt removed from old track. 7000 cubic metres.

■ Concrete Kerb installed for Synthetic track.

■ Graded stone for drainage installed. 3400 tonnes.

■ Open Graded asphalt laid. 2600 tonnes.

Yet another good move by the racing heavyweights for horse racing, especially our major track.

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Tough matches for Yea netballers B-GRADE Yea faced a tough opponent in Thornton on Saturday, the Roos’ improvement a credit to their players and club.

The sides went goal for goal in the first quarter with Yea just taking the advantage by one goal at quarter-time.

Coach Nikki urged the girls to lift their voice and intensity in the second quarter and they responded, eventually getting the game on their terms and drawing away late in the half.

Yea's full court defensive pressure was excellent, none better than the defensive trio of Loz, Elly and Rach, Thornton only managing four goals for the quarter whilst the Tigers were able to pile on 16 to take a handy 13-goal lead to half-time.

The second half was an even contest, 24-22 in Yea’s favour. Birthday girl Nikki and Maggie never stopped running all game and their work into Brydee and Cindy was at times unstoppable for the Thornton defenders.

Brydee had a great game under the post with many goals and rebounded when required.

A good solid team effort resulted in a 15-goal victory. Well done.

Yea 53 def Thornton 38 Goals: C. Hayes 27, B. Bond 26 Best: L. Cronk, N. Waghorn, B. Bond Awards: Maggie McSpeerin and Brydee Bond.

- Cindy Hayes ★ C-GRADE A ripping 16-2 first quarter set up Yea’s win over Thornton on Saturday.

The Tigers’ ball movement in the first quarter was unstoppable and their defensive efforts exceptional, all seven players getting their hands on an intercept.

Rotations were made every quarter with many different combinations used. Goalers Jess, Kath and Fiona all moved and shot beautifully, mid courters Emily, Molly and Kate drove strongly on the circle edge and fed with precision into the shooters.

Defensively, Deb, Chelsea and Ebony were simply just too strong, allowing the opposition onlyseven goals for the game, and making them earn every one of them.

With a 25-goal lead at half-time, the Tigers’ intensity dropped a little in the third but picked up again in the last to end up with a percentage boosting 53-7 win.

Yea 53 def Thornton 7 Goals: J. Armstrong 32, F. Purvis 12, K. Alldrick 9 Best: E. Edge, K. Alldrick, J. Armstrong Awards: Ebony Edge and Kate Broadway - Cindy Hayes

Not this week ■ It has been an upset week. There were no reports submitted from the Thornton-Eildon District Football-Netball Club at press time.

No reports have been submitted this year by the Kinglake Football-Netball Club.

Our harness racing scribe Len Baker is away for a few weeks on a mid-winter overseas jaunt.

His columns resume then.

Yea Golf Club ■ Wednesday saw nine optimistic golfers tee off at Royal Yea Golf Course amid the encircling doom. As a result, players completed between 4-12 holes before succumbing to the rain.

Thursday saw five Yea players at Dalhousie Vets at Broadford GC. Best of the Yea contingent was Ray Partridge with 32 points. Veterans next compete in a 2 Person Ambrose at Lancefield on Thursday, June 27.

■ Peter Keast with a fine two round score of 70 won the Prideaux Trophy on Saturday from Rick Wills and Peter Johnston, both on 65 points.

He could have won by more.

Winner on the day was Jeff Aurisch (15) with 35 points on CB from Gary Pollard (10), with third Kevin Coghlan (17) and Rick Wills (9) both on 33 points.

● Peter Keast receives congratulations from Jeff Aurisch.

NTP on the 14th was Peter Johnston and Winner of the Ladies was Meryl Connell with the Club Award Winner was Carl Maffei. There 31 points from Di Holdsworth and Adrianne were 20 men and 7 ladies playing on the day.

Anglin both on 28 points.

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Yea racing clubs merge ■ Horse racing in Yea will go forward under a new club: Yea and St Pats Racing Club.

This follows two meetings held at the weekend between the Yea Racing Club and Yea St Pats Club are delighted to announce that One of the key points in the statement of purpose for the new club is the emphasis on the continuing support of local organizsations and charities previously supported by both racing clubs.

One of the attendees at the St Pats meeting was past President Frank Hargrave who over many years helped boost attendances with innovative ideas.

"This was one of the main reasons that the amalgamation went so smoothly" said St Pats President Leonard Sheehan.

"We are also pleased that a St Pats Cup will again be run at the Febuary meeting next year."

Yea Racing Club President Denis Smith said

that his club welcomed the enterprising move.

"Not only should it give us an opportunity to spread the workload over more volunteers, but it should unite the town’s support for an organisation which not only benefits local organisations but provides four vital social outlets for people of all ages.”

The attendance at the Yea meeting of past President and Secretary John Quinlan, together with his brother Mick, brought back memories of their father Pat, who was President when picnic racing in Yea was last under one banner.

Over the years at the races, there have been many gatherings to celebrate, birthdays family reunions, upcoming nuptials and even a wedding.

Each year many firms organise their end of year break ups at Yea Races.

There will be meetings at Yea on Saturdays November 16, December 14 and January 25

for the Yea Cup. A St Pats Cup will be held on Sunday Febuary 23.

A Sunday meeting is great for organisations such as bowls clubs and cricket clubs who normally play on Saturdays to have a day at the races.

All race days at Yea cater specifically for families with a variety of free children's activities organised at each meeting.

New Secretary of Yea and St Pats, Kathy Quinlan, will convene a meeting on July 3 of a group nominated by the former Clubs which will elect the rest of the office bearers from that group under the collegiate system adopted by the new club under the model club rules.

By the middle of July details of all meetings and packages and contacts should be found for the new Yea and St Pats Racing Club on the Country Racing Victoria website.

- Contributed

Practice day for ECDRA

● ECDRA Captain Neal Hambridge, in the foreground, just cannot believe the results of his load testing at the 600 yd mound. Note the limp red flag in the background that just happened to catch the VT wind in the “almost’ zero position.

Photo and report: Rob Chaffe ■ The East Central District Rifle Association sion and he really got what he asked for with wind that cost the 0.4 points. shoot this week was a practice shoot at 600 yards. every shooter putting on good groups only to It is remarkable to see scores and groups like Captain Neal Hambridge asked that the shoot have their score compromised by the wind. this from club shooters and it is an indication of be over the longest range possible so that we At other times some of the ammunition proved just how the ECDRA have improved in recent can get some serious practice before the Chas not to be the right thing for the “long ranges” years.

Hayes long range pennant. and then the ever present challenge to keep the The electronic targets have helped. First, with The conditions were grey and cold with some rifle dead still for that 1/100th of a second it the ability to analyse the shoot from the very bright patches and, as ever, the Violet Town wind takes the bullet to travel down the barrel. precise shot plot available on the world wide joined the day to really test the shooters as it Just what the Captain had ordered, practice web and secondly the fact that the most experiwas blowing from behind, fish tailing just enough and more practice. So it was with mixed feel- enced shooters are available at the mound all to really keep the shooters on their toes. ings the shooters gathered for a cuppa after the day to help all the shooters, not away in the tarDes Coulter put on one of the most complete shoot. get pit pulling targets. and focused group for the day, just a mere Yes, it had been a good work out, ammuniNext week both mid week and Saturday are 68.3mm high. tion had been checked, the practice was good down for practice but shooters should check the A remarkably group, good enough for the ab- and the actual scores could have been better. calendar (www.ecdra.com.au) for changes as solute maximum score but for the VT wind that The off-rifle results for the day were: F-Std there are adjustments to the program due to the dragged it out. Des was really scotching his Glenn Chisholm 50.1, 42, 54.2, 54.2 = 182.5, NRAA championships in Queensland and some head. Why? Richard Godden 20, 44, 41.1= 111.1: F-Open members of the other clubs are heading to EnHe and Graeme Kerr got their heads together Neal Hambridge 47.1, 47.3, 56.4 = 150.8, Des gland to contest the “Bisley Queens”. as Des went trough every possibility as to what Coulter 55.1, 60.5 = 115.7, Paul Watkins 58.1, James Corbett is sure to be there trying to caused the shots to move to the right.

52.1 = 110.2 and Doug Moser 53.2. win the double the Bisley Queen's and Grand They even checked the electronic targets as Des Coulter’s 60.5 was the top range score Aggregate, a feat that very few have been able 68.3mm is a very precise measurement. and to complete the story, the group was only to achieve of the 100-plus years of the competiJust then there was just the hint of a gust of 72.6mm wide by 68.3 mm high only very slightly tion at Bisley with modern smokeless powders. wind on Graeme’s cheek, and it was clear the more than ½-minute of angle and just inside the We wish those involved every success and movement was that VT wind. absolute maximum scoring zone, the group was for James we really hope he can crack this one Captain Neal had asked for a practice ses- dead centre in the vertical plane it was just the to top off a fantastic shooting career.

Local Sport Rebels Report

■ Due to the tragedy at Alexandra, there is no report this week on the Rebels football and netball, both senior and junior.

Our thoughts are with ALL the members of the Alexandra community during this difficult time.

Yea Football SENIORS Yea 9.9 (63) defeated by Thornton Eildon 9.12 (66) Yea has gone down to Thornton-Eildon by three points in heartbreaking fashion at the Recreation Reserve.

The Tigers took the lead with only minutes to go but failed to contain the visitors, who moved the ball the length of the ground for a shot on goal after the siren, which saw the Boners steal victory.

Thornton started well, jumping out to a 14-point advantage at the first change before a three-goal to one second term saw the margin slashed to a solitary behind at half time.

A tight third quarter ensured a grandstand finish, with the visiting side booting four majors to three in a see-sawing final stanza.

Adrian McCarthy and Daniel Evans were standouts once again, Andrew Chisholm battled hard and Sam Bowler put in his best performance for the club in a move up the ground.

Brad Clements worked tirelessly in the ruck, while Josh Carroll and Patrick Evans booted four goals apiece.

Yea will lick their wounds before travelling to Seville this weekend.

Goalkickers: J. Carroll 4, P. Evans 4, J. Sandells. Best Players: S. Bowler, A. Chisholm, J. Carroll, A. McCarthy, X. O''Dwyer, B. Clements. ★ RESERVES Yea 7.5 (47) defeated Thornton-Eildon 5.9 (39) Yea secured its first victory of the season in a hard-fought contest against ThorntonEildon, coming up trumps by eight points at home.

It was an even contest throughout, with the Tigers holding a slender lead at quarter time before strangling the visitors in the second term to take a three-goal buffer at the major break.

The Boners hit back in the third to cut the margin to just nine points but the hosts were able to hold on for a deserved win.

Mark Steiner was outstanding in his second game back, Joshua Barrett continued his fine run of form and Ben Charles was important with two goals.

Sof Vlamis was tough in the clinches, Cam Ryan found plenty of the footy and Tom O'Dwyer was a presence in the air.

The Tigers will hope to make it back to back wins against Seville on Saturday.

Goalkickers: B. Charles 2, E. Aldous, J. Barrett, C. Ryan, E. Fay, S. Vlamis. Best Players: M. Steiner, J. Barrett, S. Vlamis, D. Pell, T. O'’Dwyer, B. Charles.

- Patrick Evans

NFNL Division 1

■ Div. 1 Seniors. North Heidelberg 11.5 (71) drew with Macleod 10.11 (71). Greensborough 21.8 (134) d Northcote Park 8.2 (50).

West Preston-Lakeside 14.12 (96) d Montmorency 11.4 (790). Lower Plenty 12.5 (77) d Heidelberg 10.13 (73). Hurstbridge 13.9 (87) d Bundoora 10.11 (71).

■ Ladder. 1. Greensborough, 224.29, 32. 2.

Heidelberg, 162.78, 24. 3. North Heidelberg, 133.74, 22. 4. Bundoora, 93.69, 16. 5.

Northcote Park, 85.41, 16. 6. Montmorency, 81.08, 12. 7. Hurstrbidge, 73.24, 12. 8.

Macleod, 88.37, 10. 9. West PrestonLakeside, 83.64, 8. 10. Lower Plenty, 62.92, 8.

■ Div. 1 Reserves. North Heidelberg 5.8 (38) d Macleod 5.4 (34). Greensborough 28.28 (196) d Northcote Park 0.1 (1). West PrestonLakeside 12.8 (80) d Montmorency 11.11 (77). Heidelberg 12.9 (81) d Lower Plenty 10.7 (67). Bundoora 16.7 (103) d Hurstbridge 2.7 (19).

■ Div. 1 Under 19. Montmorency 15.10 (100) d Banyule 4.6 (30). Eltham 1 10.15 (75) d Macleod 4.5 (29). Greensborough 1 8.4 (52) d Diamond Creek 3.6 (24). St Mary’s 13.11 (89) d Heidelberg 9.12 (66). Bundoora 12.7 (79) d Whittlesea 5.6 (36).

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● Photos by Georgie Wells

Yea junior netballers improve

UNDER 11s The Tigers made a strong defensive start to the game. Marley, Sophie, Lila and Ada applied great pressure to turn the ball over.

In attack, Marley, Micayla and Maya worked hard and Ella N was able to finish off with her first goal of the season.

The Tigers were competitive all over the court and showed great improvement.

Sienna came on in the second quarter into GA. Seymour started strongly and moved the ball well, but Lila and Marley defended every ball outside the circle.

Sophie and Ada made a great defensive team in the goal circle and went hard on ball to get lots of tips and rebounds.

They worked hard to hold the Seymour shooters. Marley, Ella N, Sienna and Maya continued to make some great leads.

Coach Liz made some changes to positions, Ella N having a rest, and the girls continued playing without skipping a beat.

The defenders again got their hands to lots of balls. The Tigers were able to get past the Seymour defenders moving the ball beautifully down the court.

Maya then scored Yea's second goal, after amazing team work for a perfect finish to the third quarter.

Lila came off for the last after three quarters of strong passing. The Tigers continued to work well as a team. Sophie and Ada took some great intercepts and rebounds.

Sienna and Micayla were relentless following their players and making great drives to push the Tigers into attack.

Ella N, Marley and Maya worked together to bring the ball into the ring. This game showed just how much improvement this team has made under Liz's guidance. Well done Liz and her Under 11s.

Count Chicken Award - Micayla McGillvray.

Your Wardrobe - Maya Cronk. Encouragement - Lila McKay. - Lauren Cronk ★ UNDER 13s Captain - Millie Charles 1st Quarter - Seymour came out strong today however the Yea girls continued to fight hard.

Bridie, Millie and Bonnie worked well together through the centre. Chloe and Haylee managed a couple of great goals and Ashlee and Annie tried really hard in defence against their much taller opponents.Yea 4 - Seymour 11.

2nd Quarter - Yea came out fighting and managed some great intercepts. Bridie, Mia and Annie played well through the centre. Seymour's

defence was tight so Chloe and Haylee in goals found it extra hard to pocket their goals. Ashlee and Lauren persisted in their defensive roles and had quite the job on their hands this quarter.

Yea 6 - Seymour 24.

3rd Quarter - Throughout the third quarter the girls didn't give up in their pursuit of possession of the ball. Seymour gained strength and rhythm this quarter consolidating their lead.

Millie, Mia and Annie supported each other and tried to get the ball into Bonnie and Haylee in goals. Yea 7 - Seymour 30.

4th Quarter - Yea kept trying hard, the score really didn't reflect how good they played.

Lauren and Chloe did a terrific job in defence and really made Seymour work for their goals.

Haylee and Millie played well and Bridie, Mia and Bonnie did a great job supporting them all.

Good try girls, your enthusiasm, positivity and teamwork shines through each and everyone of you.

Final score - Yea 8 def by Seymour 39 Awards: Country Fried Chicken - Bonnie Aldous. Your Wardrobe - Mia Wojcik. Tiger Bucks - Millie Charles.

- Jo Dignam ★ UNDER 15s Captain - Grace Cunningham

Vice Captain - Bridie Hayes 1st Quarter. Yea showed some great opening skills against Seymour. Great defensive efforts by Bridie and Tilly. With Arienne driving hard as centre against her opponent. We had to work hard to get a couple of goals. Yea 2 - Seymour 8.

2nd Quarter. Chelsea was on a great roll this quarter making herself available all the times. All girls defending really well. Arienne and Zoe made Seymour work for the ball.

Maddie and Olivia desperately tried to shoot for a goal. Yea 5 - Seymour 14.

3rd Quarter. The girls started the third quarter well with Chloe coming on the court. Yea led forward to the ball with Arienne and Chelsea.

Tilly leapt high for the ball in defence with Zoee.

Madeline and Olivia passed well together. Yea 7 - Seymour 23.

4th Quarter. The last quarter was a cracker with the girls catching up. Zoee was outstanding preventing Seymour from getting many goals.

Well done Tiges but Seymour was the better team on the day.

Final score: Yea 14 def by Seymour 27 Awards: Tilly Archibald - Tiger Bucks, Maddie Granter - Country Chicken Shop, Zoee Gregory - Your Wardrobe.

- Sarah Cunningham

● Marley Leatham

● Ada Hayes

● Ella Noble

● Bonnie Aldous

● Chloe Butterworth

● Ashlee Frankcombe

● Arienne Holdsworth-Rose

● Zoee Gregory

● Bridie Hayes

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U10 photos: Ian Porter U14 photos: Katherine Kelderman

Battle of the Cubs at Seymour UNDER 10s TheTiger Cubs made their way to Seymour to play against the Seymour LionCubs An awesome team link was great to watch with Harry, Tander and Jack Johnston play in sync for Jack to kick a point for the team.

Jorja and Bradley played with great enthusiasm score a goal each for the team.

The Seymour Lions put up a great fight yet the Yea Tigers were stronger on the day Well done boys and girls, keep on going Awards: Jordan Martin, Dustin Fisher, Louis McAlpine.

- Belinda Johnston UNDER 12s Last time these two teams met the Seymour

Lions were the victors however it was anticipated that the Tigers would be able to redeem themselves this round.

Like the Round 2 battle the game started evenly with the ball being moved up and down the ground without much success on the scoreboard.

Both teams had one shot at goal with Seymour nailing it for the six points and Yea’s wayward shot scoring just the one.

The second quarter was all Lions and lucky for the Tigers they weren't accurate with only one of they six scoring shots hitting the target.

The Tigers were flat footed at times and the Lions were able to turn the ball over and hit

targets instead of booting and hoping.

The third quarter saw Yea kick a goal but that was it for their scoring shots for the day.

Yea 1.1 (7) defeated by Seymour 7.8 (50) Goalkicker: J. Allen-Tainton Awards: S. Johnston, S. Gregory, W. Ross.

- Deb Schickerling UNDER 14s What an amazing game of play the under 14's put on show in Seymour. We played against the Seymour Lions on their home soil and controlled the play from the first toss. Dominik and Lucas had a strong presence in the centre sending the ball onto the forward line time and time again, backing up this play in the forward line

was Kelso, Cooper, Frankie and Jack.

Team play was evident with goals being pumped through white posts Jennke was in the wing chasing down Seymour with great determination, Reese also had great hands marking the ball many times.

Sensational game of football boys, you must be proud of yourselves.

Yea 10.9 (69) defeated Seymour 0.3 (3) Goalkickers: Jack,Will,Seth,Chayne and Riley Awards: Lucas Zipsin, Reece Harding, Lucas Jenkins - Belinda Johnston

● Yea Under 14s shoot towards goal.

● Yea Under 14s set the pace.

● Yea Under 14s determination for the ball

● Lucas Zipsin, Reece Harding, Lucas Jenkins

● Yea Under 12: S. Gregory

● Yea Under 12: B. Bastion

● Yea Under 10: D. Fisher

● Yea Under 10: J. Martin

● Yea Under 10: L. McAlpin

● Yea U12 Awards: S. Johnston, S. Gregory, W. Ross

● Yea U10 Awards: Jordan Martin, Dustin Fisher, Louis McAlpine

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AFL OUTER EAST FOOTBALL SCORES AT A GLANCE DIV. 2 SENIORS

■ Results. Round 9. Saturday, June 15.

Yarra Junction 16.12 (108) d Alexandra 11.8 (74). Seville 20.10 (130) d Kinglake 8.6 (54).

Yarra Glen 12.11 (83) d Gembrook-Cockatoo 9.8 (62). Thornton-Eildon 9.12 (66) d Yea 9.9 (63). Powelltown: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Yarra Junction, 201.95, 32. 2.

Seville, 166.97, 28. 3. Kinglake, 146.08, 28.

4. Yarra Glen, 134.36, 24. 5. GembrookCockatoo, 121.10, 20. 6. Powelltown, 117.77, 20. 7. Alexandra, 84.97, 16. 8. ThorntonEildon, 35.91, 8. 9. Yea, 27.86, 4.

DIV. 2 RESERVES

■ Results. Round 9. Saturday, June 15.

Yarra Junction 7.8 (50) d Alexandra 5.8 (38).

Kinglake 8.7 (55) d Seville 4.10 (34).

Gembrook-Cockatoo 8.5 (53) d Yarra glen 7.6 (48). Yea 7.5 (47) d Thornton-Eildon 5.9 (39).

Powelltown: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Yarra Glen, 216.55, 32. 2.

Gembrook-Cockatoo, 190.30, 32. 3. Yarra Junction, 125.39, 28. 4. Kinglake, 169.38, 34.

5. Seville, 154.98, 20. 6. Alexandra, 91.41, 16. 7. Powelltown, 69.92, 12. 8. Yea, 38.45, 8.

9. Thornton-Eildon, 24.88, 8.

DIV. 1 SENIORS

■ Results. Round 7. Saturday, June 15.

Monbulk 7.16 (58) d Doveton 7.8 (50). Mt Evelyn 24.23 (167) d Belgrave 8.7 (55). Officer 22.15 (147) d Emerald 10.5 (65).

Pakenham 18.19 (127) d War4burtonMillgrove 6.8 (44).

■ Ladder. 1. Monbulk,. 177.18,m 28. 2.

Pakenham, 159.63, 24. 3. Mt Evelyn, 143.32, 16. 4. Officer, 114.15, 16. 5. Doveton, 112.22, 16. 6. Emerald, 71.10, 4. 7. Belgrave, 68.68, 4. 8. Warburton-Millgrove, 46.40, 4.

DIV. 1 RESERVES

■ Results. Round 7. Saturday, June 15.

Monbulk 8.7 (55) d Doveton 4.7 (31). Mt Evelyn 18.18 (126) d Belgrave 4.1 (25). Officer 11.9 (75) d Emerald 5.4 (34). Pakenham 22.17 (149) Warburton-Millgrove 1.2 (8).

■ Ladder. 1. Pakenham, 357.14, 24. 2. Mt Evelyn, 291.93, 24. 3. Doveton, 215.12, 20. 4.

Officer, 147.26, 16. 5. Monbulk, 93.30, 12. 6.

Emerald, 61.12, 12. 7. Belgrave, 33.63, 4. 8.

Warburton-Millgrove, 16.64, 0.

DIV. 1 UNDER 18

■ Results. Round 7. Saturday, June 15.

Doveton 4.8 (32) d Monbulk 3.12 (30). Officer 12.11 (83) d Emerald 2.7 (19). Pakenham 18.15 (123) d Warburton-Millgrove 0.5 (5).

■ Ladder. 1. Officer, 543.70, 100.00. 2.

Pakenham, 215.58, 83.33. 3. Doveton, 125.48, 66.67. 4. Emerald, 107.10, 50.00. 5. Monbulk, 66.13, 33.33. 6. Warburton-Millgrove, 28.88, 16.67. 7. Mt Evelyn, 29.78, 0.00.

PREMIER SENIORS

■ Results. Round 8. Saturday, June 15.

Olinda-Ferny Creek 12.10 (82) d Cranbourne 10.6 (66). Berwick 25.12 (163) d UpweyTecoma 8.5 (53). Wandin 25.12 (162) d Healesville 18.20 (128). Narre Warren 19.12 (126) d Woori Yallock 8.12 (60). Beaconsfield: Bye. ■ Ladder. 1. Berwick, 210.00, 32.2. Narre Warren, 204.34, 32. 3. Woori Yallock, 94.68, 24. 4. Beaconsfield, 187.23, 20. 5. Cranbourne, 135.23, 16. 6. Wandin, 74.69, 16. 7. UpweyTecoma, 63.20, 12. 8. Olinda-Ferny Creek, 60.28, 12. 9. Healesville, 39.46, 0.

PREMIER RESERVES

■ Results. Round 8. Saturday, June 15.

Cranbourne 13.12 (90) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 7.8 (50). Berwick 12.22 (94) d UpweyTecoma 3.0 (18). Wandin 16.13 (109) d Healesville 7.6 (48). Narre Warren 25.18 (168) d Woori Yallock 0.1 (1). Beaconsfield: Bye.

PREMIER UNDER 18

■ Results. Round 8. Saturday, June 15.

Gembrook-Cockatoo 8.9 (57) d Olinda-Ferny Creek 3.2 (20). Alexandra 5.14 (44) d Wandin 5.11 (41). Beaconsfield 24.15 (159) d Berwick Springs 3.1 (19). Berwick 12.9 (61) d UpweyTecoma 4.3 (27). Narre Warren 19.19 (133) d Woori Yallock 1.2 (8).

■ Ladder. 1. Narre Warren, 505.02, 36. 2.

Berwick, 449.36, 32. 3. Beaconsfield, 353.82, 24. 4. Upwey-Tecoma, 159.19, 20. 5. Woori Yallock, 105.93, 20. 6. Gembrook-Cockatoo, 75.35, 16. 7. Berwick Springs, 33.59, 6. 8.

Olinda-Ferny Creek, 26.02, 6. 9. Alexandra, 28.74, 4. 10. Wandin, 17.71, 0.

Sport

Boners beat Tigers in 3-point thriller ■ Thornton-Eildon achieved a thrilling threepoint victory against Yea on Saturday (June 15).

The Boners 9.12 (66) defeated the Tigers 9.9 (63) at the Yea Rec. The Yea Reserves were able to sing the club song after their match: 7.5 (47) d 5.9 (39).

Kinglake had another dip in performance, losing to Seville: 20.10 (130) to 8.6 (54).

The Lakers are now third on the Division 2 Seniors ladder after Round 9.

Alexandra had no luck against top-of-theladder Yarra Junction.

The Rebels Seniors, 11.8 (74) went sdown to Junction’s 16.12 (108). The Rebels Reserves, 5.8 (38) went down to the Eagles, 7.8 (50).

However, the Alexandra Under 18s earned their four ladder points in the Premier League with a nail-biting three-point victory against Wandin: 5.14 (44) to 5.11 (41).

ALEXANDRA V YARRA JUNCTION

SENIORS YARRA JUNC. ......... 3.2, 5.7, 12.10, 16.12 (108) ALEXANDRA ................... 2.3, 4.5, 7.7, 11.8 (74) Yarra Junction. Goalkickers: S. Morton 5, R. Bombinski 3, L. Hoffman 3, S. Cannon 2, D. Johnson, E. Wadsworth, C. Hoare. Best Players: C. Hoare, J. Hammen, L. Spaulding, J. Holmes, P. Cubbin.

Alexandra. Goalkickers: B. Norris 4, J. Keath 2, J. Daniel 2, B. Cooper 2, B. Kapakoulakis.

Best Players: T. McKinlay, S. Woolland, P. Ferguson, J. Daniel, L. Collard, B. Kapakoulakis.

RESERVES YARRA JUNC. ..................................... 7. 8 (50) ALEXANDRA ....................................... 5.8 (38) Yarra Junction. Goalkickers: H. Tindley-Roe 4, W. Robertson, A. Ward, M. Tarr. Best Players: D. Bebarfald, J. Taylor, S. Jordan, H. Tindley-Roe,A. Dos Santos, J. Millis.

Alexandra. Best Players: J. Williamosn, L. Scott, W. Ingram, I. Hedger, O. Jabore.

UNDER 18 ALEXANDRA ................. 1.3, 3.6, 4.10, 5.14 (44) WANDIN ......................... 2.3, 2.5, 5.7, 5.11 (41) Wandin. Goalkickers: K. Emary 3, N. Bruzzese 2. Best Players: K. Emary, D. Sartori, S. Van Steyn, M. Feakes, R. Fern, C. Simonsen.

SEVILLE V KINGLAKE

SENIORS SEVILLE ................. 7.4, 10.5, 17.7, 20.10 (130) KINGLAKE .................. 0.0, 4.3k, 5.4, 8.6 (54) Seville. Goalkickers: N. O’Keefe 4, P. Rattray 4,. C. Glass 3, J.; Fraser 3, D. Broadway 2, B. Dickison 2, B. Penwill, J. Neal. Best Players: L. O’Keefe, B. Penwill, N. O’Keefe, J. Noble3, D. Broadway, J. Nolan.

Kinglake. Goalkickers: A. Fairchild 5, J. Butterworth, E. Robinson, C. Horman. Best Players: B. Robinson, K. Douglas, J. Butterworth, J. McDonald, J. Burns, A. Fairchild.

RESERVES KINGLAKE ...................... 2.3, 4.6, 5.6, 8.7 (55) SEVILLE ......................... 0.2, 0.5, 2.7, 4.10 (34) Kinglake. Goalkickers: A. Burns 4, B. Howlett 2, J. Chalmers, D. Pywell. Best Players: J. Graf, D. Pywell, A. Griffiths, B. Howlett, J. Komen, K. Cantone.

Seville. Goalkickers: J. Zotos 2, J. Ackland, J. Larkin. Best Players: J. Wathen, J. Coshutt, K. Mountjoy, L. Wright, S. Lindsay, J. Zotos.

YEA V THORNTON-EILDON

SENIORS THORNTON-EILDON .. 4.4, 5.5, 5.10, 9.12 (66) YEA .................................. 2.1, 5.4, 6.8, 9.9 (63) Thornton-Eildon. Goalkickers: A. Stevens 3, S. Barnard 2, J. Scotland, R. Anderson, J. Gorman, A. Majok. Best Players: S. Barnard, J. Lowe, R. Anderson, J. Gorman, D. Nai, A. Stevens.

Yea. Goalkickers: J. Carroll 4, P. Evans 4, J. Sandells. Best Players: S. Bowler, A. Chisholm, J. Carroll, A. McCarthy, X. O’Dwyer, B. Clements.

RESERVES YEA ...................................................... 7.5 (47) THORNTON-EILDON ........................ 5.9 (39) Yea. Goalkickers: B. Charles 2, E. Aldous, C. Ryan, J. Barrett, E. Fay, S. Vlamis. Best Players: M. Steiner, G. Baird, S/ Vlamis, D. Pell, T. O’Dwyer, B. Charles.

Thornton-Eildon. Goalkickers: C. Piggott, J.

● Yea Seniors take to the field at home against Thornton-Eildon.

Players: J. O’Connell, M. Herridge, B. Arnott, Seville. Goals: Christie Booth 28, Tarsha Collette D. Allan, T. Polson, C. Piggott.

23. Best: Melissa Berry, Hayley Jordan, Tarsha Collette. Kinglake. Goals: Danielle Howe 32.

NETBALL Best: Taryn Jennings, Caitlyn Hendrie, Danielle DIV. 2 SCOREBOARD Hower.

■ A-Grade Results. Round 9. Saturday, June C-GRADE 15. Powelltown: Bye. Alexandra 51 d Yarra Junc- SEVILLE ..................................... 18, 29, 40, 51 tion 46. Seville 42 d Kinglake 42. Yarra Glen 76 KINGLAKE ................................... 4, 7, 10, 11 d Gembrook-Cockatoo 23. Yea: Bye. Seville. Goals: Corinne Tesselarr 1, Rebecca ■ B-Grade Results. Round 9. Saturday, June Groen 43. Best: Rebecca Groen, Stevie-Lee 15. Yarra Junction 55 d Alexandra 54. Seville 51 Minton, Brooke Shute. Kinglake. Goals: Hayley d Kinglake 41. Yarra Glen 78 d Gembrook- Bawden 4, Stacey Chalmers 7. Best: Danielle Cockatoo 11. Yea 53 d Thorton-Eildon 38. Smith, Stacey Chalmers, Hayley Bawden.

Powelltown: Bye. D-GRADE ■ C-Grade Results. Round 9. Saturday, June SEVILLE ....................................... 7, 13, 22, 31 15. Alexandra 44 d Yarra junction 25. Seville 51 KINGLAKE ....................................... 3, 6, 9, 11 d Kinglake 11. Yarra Glen 56 d Gembrook- Seville. Goals: Suzanne Ticker 4, Caitlin Ford Cockatoo 16. Yea 16 d Thornton-Eildon 2. 15, Tahla Gibbs 5. Best: Reagan Yost, Nancy Powelltown: Bye. Stanley. Kinglake. Goals: Melanie Gibson 5, ■ D-Grade Results. Round 9. Saturday, June Stacey Chalmers 6. Best: Errin White, Lisa15. Alexandra 42 d Yarra Junction 10. Seville 31 Marie Sazonov. d Kinglake 11. Yarra Glen 32 d GembrookCockatoo 28. Yea: Bye. Powelltown: Bye. YEA V THORNTON-EILDON ALEXANDRA V B-GRADE YEA ..............................................

13, 29, 41, 53 YARRA JUNCTION THORNTON-EILDON ............... 12, 16, 25, 38 A-GRADE Goals: Brtydee Bond 26, Cindy Hayes 27.

ALEXANDRA ............................... 12, 24, 39, 51 Yea. Lauren Cronk, Nikki Waghorn, Brydee YARRAJUNCTION .................... 12, 25, 36, 46 Best: Bond.

Thornton-Eildon. Goals: Keely Grant 8, Alexandra. Goals: Louise Chapple 21. Best: Rose Kealy 30. Best: Rose Kealy, Keely Grant, Rebecca Wallis, Louise Chapple. Yarra JuncTayla Sturges. tion. Goals: Amelia Rose Michelle 26, Amanda C-GRADE Finn 20. Best: Stacey Davis, Cara Moore, Mia YEA ..............................................

16, 28, 41, 53 Motteram.

THORNTON-EILDON ....................... 2, 3, 4, 7 B-GRADE YARRAJUNCTION .................... 12, 24, 36, 55 Yea. Goals: JessicaArmstrong 32, Fiona Purvis ALEXANDRA .............................. 13, 29, 43, 54 12. Best: Kathleen Alldrick, Jessica Armstrong Yarra Junction. Goals: Indiya Bosen 32, Shelby Thornton-Eildon. Goals: Jayne Farnan 3, Lewer 25. Best: Indiya Bosen, Shelby Lewer, Briana Calvert 4. Best: Elley Morrison, Briana Katelin Borondy. Alexandra. Goals: Emma Kidd Calvert, Jessie Williams.

23, Brooke Pearce 31. Best: Stephanie Morten, Katherine Quinsee, Brooke Pearce.

NETBALL LADDERS C-GRADE A-GRADE ALEXANDRA ............................... 7, 18, 31, 44 1. Yea, 183.26, 36. 2. Seville, 172.57, 32. 3 YARRA JUNCTION ...................... 7, 15, 19, 25 Kinglake, 137.30, 28. 4. Yarra Glen, 99.39, 24 Alexandra. Goals: Mandy Gelser 24, Michelle 5. Alexandra, 89.88, 20. 6. Yarra Junction, 88.60, Jack 6. Yarra Junction. Goals: Natalie Boxell 16. 7. Powelltown, 85.93, 12. 9. Gembrook1, Jessica Ellwood 21. Best: Jessica Ellwood. Cockatoo, 32.58, 8.

D-GRADE B-GRADE ALEXANDRA ................................ 9, 20, 32, 42 1. Sevill;e, 236.28, 36. 2. Yarra Glen, 145.63, 24.

YARRA JUNCTION .......................... 1, 2, 6, 10 3. Kinglake, 128.37, 24. 4. Yea, 111.75, 24. 5.

Alexandra. Goals: Kate Mullins 6, Kim Weber- Alexandra, 127.49, 20. 6. Powelltown, 94.67, 20 Lally 3. Best: Rachael McDonald. Yarra junc- 7. Yarra Junction, 88.85, 16. 8. Thornton-Eildon, tion. Goals: Belinda Conway 2, Jessica 55.41, 12. 9. Gembrook-Cockatoo, 30.94, 4.

MacDonald-Johnson 2.

C-GRADE SEVILLE V KINGLAKE 1. Seville, 362.61, 36. 2. Alexandra, 174.15. 3.

A-GRADE Powelltown, 180.49, 28. 4. Yarra Glen, 120.80, SEVILLE ..................................... 12, 21, 32, 42 24. 5. Yea, 138,71, 20. 6. Kinglake, 79.84, 16. 7 KINGLAKE ................................. 11, 21, 27, 33 Yarra Junction, 80.36, 12. 8. Thornton-Eildon Seville. Goals: Jackie Cullimore. Carly 23.41, 8. 9. Gembrook-Cockatoo, 29.74, 4.

McDonnell 7. Best: Stephanie McNay, D-GRADE Stephanie Durant. Kinglake. Goals: Bille 1. Seville, 183.61, 36. 2. Yea, 113.29, 30. 3.

Cvihetic 17. Best: Billie Cvijetic, Caitlin Ryan. Alexandra, 141.25, 28. 4. Yarra Glen, 122.75, B-GRADE 26. 5. Powelltown, 131.65, 20. 6. GembrookSEVILLE ................................... 16, 29, 42, 51 Cockatoo, 91.56, 16. 7. Kinglake, 80.92, 12. 8 KINGLAKE ................................. 5, 18, 27, 41 Yarra Junction, 18.05, 8.

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