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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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C48 breakthrough

You’re never too young Sunny disposition: Inverloch’s Sunny Cousens is not yet two, but that hasn’t stopped her taking to the surf with the Bass Coast Boardriders. The club is less about competing than teaching kids about water safety and the fun to be had hanging ten. Sunny was strutting her stuff at the Inverloch Surf Beach on Sunday.

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Battle ground By Chris Brown THE battle has begun for one of the most valuable pieces of land in Leongatha. The primary school is due to move at the start of next year, likely leaving 2.91 hectares available in the middle of town. Some local identities are suggesting the community rally to have the land converted into a recreation facility. Others believe it is suitable for housing. Frank Dekker is the secretary of the Leongatha Recreation Reserve, tennis club president and golf club secretary. “I definitely think the land should be put towards recreational facilities for the town, whether that is another football oval or a soccer field,” he said. “Some of the established trees could be incorporated into a park type of setting and if the levels of the ground were suitable it could be the new home for the Leongatha Little Athletics club.” Mr Dekker said the Leongatha Recreation Reserve was becoming crowded. “There is a definite need for another cricket ground within the area,” he said.

“This seems like the ideal place to have these sorts of recreational facilities.” Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Darryl McGannon said community consultation, particularly with residents living near the site would be important. “I would expect the land should be used for either a residential or recreational facility,” he said. “If there are sporting clubs out there trying to relocate, it might give them options.” Leongatha Progress Association president Mick Flynn said the community should be given the opportunity to have a say on the ﬁnal decision for the site.

Leongatha Primary School principal Rob Higgins said it is anticipated students will start at the new site in 2011. Slabs have been poured for the Grade 3/4 classrooms, gym and the shared library. Mr Higgins said there had been a brief delay as builders waited for the delivery of steel works. Mr Higgins is frequently asked about what the primary school site will become. “I would like encourage discussions with the community and South Gippsland Shire about what recreation and business space we have in town and what this could be used for,” he said. Continued on page 8.

Opportunity: the Leongatha Primary School will move in 2011, paving the way for development at the present site on Horn Street.

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Surf’s up: young Bass Coast Boardriders member Rubi Gemmell learns how to hang ten with a little help from dad John.

THE Bass Coast Boardriders and the Wonthaggi, Woolamai and Inverloch surf lifesaving clubs were doing their respective things on Sunday at Inverloch Surf Beach. Side by side, the waterlovers were keen to make the most of the warm conditions. Whether toddler or middle aged, all had smiles on their faces as they faced the waves.

Splish, splash: Inverloch Surf Lifesavers Jake Lurati and Lars Reisinger came to shore well ahead of the pack.

Creating a splash: surf lifesavers hit the waves at Inverloch on Sunday. The Wonthaggi, Woolamai and Inverloch clubs were all practising their race training skills in the lead-up to the ﬁrst competition at the end of February.

Ready to ride: Bass Coast Boardriders members, back from left, Lucy Cousens and daughter Sunny, with Zephyr and dad Ron (president of the club); front from left, Alex McEntee, Jayden Matthews and Rubi Gemmell, were ready to hit the waves at Inverloch on Sunday.

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1300 221 249 or visit www.ﬁnes.vic.gov.au If you do not act before 19 March 2010 then all fees and costs will have to be paid in full.

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BEEK Week was a major success, with plenty of visitors to South Gippsland farms over the weekend. David Meikle (second from right) was delighted with the interest shown in his Tarwin Poll Hereford Stud in Meeniyan. Unfortunately, a mistake in a Star advertisement saw plenty of people turn up on Sunday, rather than Saturday, which should have been the advertised date. David, along with this newspaper, wanted to apologise for any inconvenience caused by the Star’s error.

Planning movement

By Bert van Bedaf

A MAJOR planning breakthrough could be the result of a recent meeting between South Gippsland shire council staff and councillors and State Planning Minister Justin Madden over the debilitating C48 Amendment.

About 200 local land owners could beneﬁt from the February 4 meeting, allowing them to build on their small blocks. Delegate members included Mayor Jim Fawcett, Cr Warren Raabe, council chief executive Tim Tamlin and planning manager Chris Wightman. In force since last May, C48 prohibits house construction and subdivisions on lots less than 40ha in the farming zone, which has caused substantial ﬁnancial hardship to many people in the shire. Delegates put a number of proposals to Minister Madden, which may result in the approval of a large number of small block building permits and the eventual lifting of C48. It would restore hundreds of thousands of dollars to the value of land, which was rendered virtually valueless

because of the amendment. “If we get the proposals through as presented, the breakthrough will be that they should resolve a lot of hardship for people,” Mr Tamlin said. “A lot of land will be affected. People sitting on an acre or two with development all around them, who are now not allowed to get a building permit (under the C48 rules), will be able to get a permit, if the Minister goes with the proposal. It affects about 200 people, which is exciting stuff.” Although a lot of detail will need to be worked through between the State Department of Planning and Economic Development and council’s Planning Department before C48 can be lifted, Mr Tamlin is optimistic this will happen in due course. “I believe it will be lifted. We need to work out more details with the Minister. His ofﬁce and our staff need to conﬁrm the policy documents.” The core points are that the Minister does not want any further erosion of rural land in the farming zone. “He does not want farming land turned into residential land,” Mr Tamlin said. Cr Raabe was not as optimistic, saying he did not want to rush to conclusions and raise people’s hopes un-

necessarily. He said the Minister spoke in “generalities” and he believed the eventual outcome would see council’s planning to be in line with the State Planning Scheme, endorsing the 40ha default. However, lifting C48 would restore some discretionary powers to council. “The State Planning Scheme will be applied and anything below 40ha will need to demonstrate an agricultural outcome,” Cr Raabe said. He said council needed to ﬁnalise its rural land use strategy and negotiate a positive outcome with the Minister, “hopefully before June”. A major sticking point is the difference in interpretations as to what constitutes the need for a dwelling in the farming zone. “Our interpretation differs from the Minister and we need to resolve, and come to an agreement, how to interpret the need for a dwelling. People coming down for a hobby farm need the ﬂexibility of having a dwelling associated with it. They need to have the opportunity to live in the country,” Cr Raabe said. Cr Fawcett believed it had been “an extremely positive meeting”. “We were given ample opportunity to present our

case and Minister Madden has given his “in principle” support to a process to address the urgent matter of clarifying subdivision provisions and dwellings in rural areas leading to the finalisation of the Rural (Land Use) Strategy. “The first step in the process will be for council to work closely with State Government officers to develop policies that will enable an equitable resolution to the complex issue of dwelling development and subdivision of land in rural areas,” Cr Fawcett said. “This should achieve outcomes that address local circumstances and reflect State policy,” the mayor said. “We are optimistic there will be a positive resolution for many landowners. “However it’s unrealistic to think that the local planning approach will return to its former state and that all individual issues will be resolved satisfactorily. We envisage a workable compromise and will seek to address hardship issues.” He said once the key issues surrounding dwellings in rural zones had been addressed, “the way will be paved to progress the second step of finalising the Rural (Land Use) Strategy to provide a long term vision for the shire”.

Back to square one THE Ruby Road issue has gone back to square one. South Gippsland Shire councillors voted to rescind a motion, which was moved in October 2008, that council does not close the eastern arm until VicRoads makes certain repairs. Furthermore council decided to

defer new recommendations to make improvements and repair to Ruby Arawata Road when new information was brought to council by Ruby residents. The issue has now been deferred for one month to allow further community consultation and assessment of the information before it returns to

council for resolution. Council also resolved that there would be no neighbourhood safer places in the shire. It rejected CFA recommendations and agreed with council ofﬁcers that the Waratah Bay foreshore was not suitable as a safer place.

Primary school attack THE Korumburra Primary School was attacked last weekend by vandals who broke into and trashed the school gym. The school was using the space as two temporary classrooms while renovations are made to other parts of the school. “Someone’s got in there and made a fair mess of the inside of it, spreading paint and glue and basically throwing all the kids’ books all over the place,” Korumburra Police’s Leading Senior Constable Carl Baido said. “There’s no sign of forced entry. It’s really disappointing, not just for the school but for the kids as well. They’ve been disrupted enough while the works are going on,

now they get to school and all their pencil cases and work have been thrown everywhere. “We can only assume that the people who broke in are also responsible for some pretty crass grafﬁti on classroom doors outside.” L/S/C Baido said it did not seem that anything had been stolen during the spree. School principal Bill Jeff said it was “very disturbing to come to school with a plan of action for the

day, only to spend the ﬁrst two hours dealing with the implications of what’s happened. “It feels like a personal attack on us all,” he said. “I hate to say, we’re getting used to it, but we’ve had a couple of incidents like this in recent times, with a theft last year and other vandalism attacks.” Mr Jeffs said the attack was “very disappointing and very disturbing for the kids”.

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Cash flows into ’Burra By Bert van Bedaf THE Korumburra Recreation Centre will receive State Government money to fund major upgrades, while the District Girl Guide and Scout Hall will also beneﬁt from a grant. Recently appointed Minister for Community Development Lily D’Ambrosio will make the announcements at the centre this morning at 10am. Ms D’Ambrosio will announce a grant of $98,125 towards refurbishment of the centre and $2400 towards electricity safety upgrades at the hall. South Gippsland Shire Council supported the grant application and provided $10,000 towards the centre project. The Korumburra Recreation Centre management committee contributed $88,125. Total cost for the project is estimated at $196,250. Management committee chairman Trevor Rickard welcomed the grant. “We’re pleased that council supported the

application and that the Department saw fit to approve the grant. This grant will add to the cultural entertainment and civic purposes of the area,” Mr Rickard said. “I understand this is pokies money which is funding the project. It is good to see money coming back to the country for a project like this. The whole of the funds will be applied to the use of a public hall.” Sport will benefit by improving the lining of the courts, but the main thrust of the grant is the construction of a dedicated stage for nonsporting purposes. It will better enable the staging of school productions, regional conventions, debutante balls, concerts and festivals, catering for up to 600 people. Minister D’Ambrosio said the upgrade would “extend the facility to incorporate a permanent stage and fittings as well as works to improve acoustics and audience facilities. “The Korumburra Recreation Centre is the only large multipurpose community facility in the South Gippsland region. The Government understands that up-to-date facilities are im-

portant for local communities, which is why we are pleased to help bring these centres into the modern age,” Ms D’Ambrosio said. Member for Eastern Victoria Matt Viney, praised the local community for their support for the project. ”The work to improve the Korumburra Recreation Centre will further cement its place as the most important multipurpose facility in the region, and the centre of local community life,” Mr Viney said. Ms D’Ambrosio also said the Korumburra District Girl Guide and Scout Hall would get “a new spark of life” with its $2400 grant. “The Hall is a valuable and much-loved community facility and this funding will ensure its power supply is reliable so people can continue to enjoy coming together there,” she said. “With more than 60 young people using the Hall regularly for their Guide and Scout activities, as well as seniors’ exercise groups, dance classes and other meetings, it is also crucial that the facility is safe to use.”

• OBITUARY

Music was his life STAN Elliott lived a life of music. It was fitting therefore, that members of the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band and Wonthaggi Citizens Band, together with masonic Grand Lodge Heralds, played at his funeral. Salvation Army captain and former brass band musical director Martyn Scrimshaw, came back to Leongatha from Bendigo, to lead the service which Stan’s wife Eileen described as a true celebration of his life. Musicians, friends and family lined the forecourt of St Andrew’s Uniting Church in a guard of honour as the cortege left for the Leongatha Lawn Cemetery. The church was overflowing, with many people standing outside listening to the service which included a touching and humorous account of Stan’s life offered by his sons Garry and Gavin. Stan was nominated for this year’s Australia Day South Gippsland Citizen of the Year. The award was won by somebody else, but each nominee is presented with a certificate. Stan was proud to receive his in hospital just before he died peacefully on January 23. Born in Wonthaggi the son of a coal miner, Stan started playing in that town’s brass band at the age of 10. The cornet, trumpet and baritone were his brass band specialities but he also

played the saxophone. He attended the Wonthaggi State and technical schools, one of the ﬁrst students to go into the latter’s diploma class. Stan left school to work as a cutter at the Adelyn Clothing Factory in Wonthaggi before becoming an apprentice ﬁtter and turner at the State Coal Mine. He had various jobs including one in a machinery shop, another at a factory making car exhausts and a night shift role at the Wonthaggi Cotton Mill. At 16, he joined Jack Atkinson’s Dance Band, soon ending up with a dance band of his own. Stan and Eileen married in Wonthaggi’s St George’s Anglican Church on August 1 1953. He continued playing with the Wonthaggi Citizens Band, but when the Woorayl (later South Gippsland) Brass Band was looking for a solo cornet player to go with its members to the Australian Championships in Hobart, Stan took up the offer, moving his family to Leongatha in 1968. He and Eileen became involved with Lyric Theatre. “Our whole life has been with music,” Eileen told The Star. Stan worked at South Gippsland Milk Industries, which later became the Murray Goulburn Co-operative, retiring in 1994. In 1983, he joined the Leongatha Bowling Club and the Lord Brassey Masonic Lodge, of which he was master in 1991. He was also

inducted into the Grand Lodge in Melbourne as a Grand Herald. Both Stan and Eileen are life members of the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band and Stan played the Last Post and Reveille at Anzac and Remembrance Day commemorations in Leongatha for 30 years. The couple raised four children and there are eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The Elliotts travelled a lot, including a caravan trip around Australia. Every winter for the past 15 or so years, they towed their caravan to Emu Park in Queensland, spending the winter there. Eileen summed up her husband this way, “He was only a little man, but he left behind a big reputation.”

Long tradition: for decades Stan Elliott played the Last Post and Reveille at Anzac and Remembrance Day commemoration services in Leongatha.

In tribute: the large crowd at Stan Elliott’s funeral formed a guard of honour as the cortege left St Andrew’s Uniting Church for the Leongatha Lawn Cemetery.

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Step forward for station A PUSH for an ambulance station at Grantville may have come one step closer, with Health Minister Daniel Andrews giving the green light to an investigation of the plan.

AFTER years of campaigning by locals, Foster is ﬁnally set to receive a childcare centre worth more than $2.5 million. Long time campaigner Megan Vuillermin was over the moon at the announcement, with a commitment that a centre – which will cater for up to 58 children and offer long day care, kindergarten, family day care, occasional care, maternal and child health, play groups, parenting programs and allied health services – will be built before the end of the year. Building is expected to begin some time before May on a site between the Foster Scout Hall and Foster Tennis Club. “How exciting is that! It’s a done deal! Finally!” Ms Vuillermin exclaimed when The Star called. She said many locals had been campaigning for a facility like the one proposed for close to 20 years. Ms Vuillermin’s involvement in the campaign started when news got around that the Foster Occasional Childcare Centre was closing. The eventual closure happened at the end of 2008. Although the money for the centre was said to be ‘there’ for some months, nothing ofﬁcial was announced until last week. Work is expected to

happen quickly. “It’s got to be ﬁnished at the end of December. The doors have to be open then. That’s a condition to getting the money,” she said. “We can’t help rain and we’ve got a few good things up our sleeve, because we’ve known about all these promises for a while. We’ve known for about about four or ﬁve months that we’re getting it all. “But nobody could announce anything until the money was in the bank.” The announcement was made last week by Minister for Early Childhood Education and Child Care, Kate Ellis, and the Victorian Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development, Maxine Morand. The centre will be jointly funded by the Federal Government ($1.85 million), the Victorian Government ($500, 000) and the South Gippsland Shire Council ($200, 000). South Gippsland Shire Council’s projects co-ordinator Shelley Fixter, who has been working on the deal, was another who said she’d be celebrating. “Not only have we all been working together, we’ve also had Scouts Victoria working with us as well to make this happen. Everyone’s really excited and everyone’s been working really hard to produce the best outcome for the area,” she said. “In this case it’s going very, very

well.” She said the Foster Scouts had been happy to relinquish land at the back of their hall, which had helped with the plans for the centre. Ms Ellis said early childhood education was “so important to the social, emotional and educational growth of children. “Studies show quality early childhood experiences can overcome disadvantage and set children on the path to a happy and healthy life,” she said. Ms Morand believes the new centre at Foster will give families access to integrated family and children’s services under one roof, making it easier for working families to access services. “We want to give Victorian children, through new centres such as this great facility at Foster, every opportunity to learn so that they can have the best possible future,” she said. The Foster centre will cater for communities including Foster, Yanakie, Fish Creek, Sandy Point, Waratah Bay, Port Franklin, Toora, Welshpool, Port Welshpool and Walkerville. The Rudd Government is investing $114.5 million in 38 new Early Learning and Care Centres across Australia as part of the Government’s Education Revolution.

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Foster gets childcare

Ambulance members, the Grantville Community Emergency Response Team and Member for Bass Ken Smith believe there is a service black hole in the region that only a dedicated station can ﬁx. CERT volunteers have helped ambulance members plug holes, but cannot contend with the increasing workload of the role. CERT chairman David Blum was one of a contingent who met the minister last Thursday. He described the meeting as “vey positive”. “We have been given the green light to discuss the possibilities of what we can put in at Grantville with Ambulance

Victoria. We’ve got a meeting with Ambulance Victoria in three weeks to discuss the issues,” he said. “We’ll be working with them directly. Between Ambulance Victoria and the people of Grantville and District we will then have another meeting with the minister and put a solid case up with the support of Ambulance Victoria.” STATE opposition leader Ted Baillieu will be at Grantville on Thursday morning to discuss the need for an ambulance station. The town has a volunteer Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), but has been lobbying for some time for a full service. CERT volunteers provide “ﬁrst aid and comfort” but are not geared for the major accidents which the Grantville team has been called on to attend. Mr Baillieu will meet with members of the Grantville and District Ambulance Auxiliary and the CERT team.

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At last: Megan Vuillermin celebrates the announcement of funding for the Foster childcare centre with children Olivia and Tom.

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Insulation scam hits By Matt Dunn

SHONKY ﬂy-by-night insulation installers have descended on South Gippsland, leaving householders in potential ﬁre traps and without proper insulation.

Stories have been filtering out of Korumburra and Leongatha, but The Star believes other towns have also been stung in the scam, with many residents unaware they have been short changed. The operators bill the Federal Government $1200 for each job under its Energy Efficient Homes Package, sometimes filling in false invoices that claim much larger jobs. Other scams include asking residents for extra money that is not owed and only filling part of the roof space with insulation while claiming a complete job has been done. One Korumburra building expert, who wanted to remain anonymous lest he be inundated by

requests to check insulation jobs, said his parents had been stung in the scam. The elderly couple did not have the ability to check the work. “I was told that the installers were qualified, all work would be done to the Australian Standard and if I wasn’t happy with the job that they’d done not to sign the form until I was satisfied,” he said. “The guys turned up Friday afternoon to do the work and didn’t have any identification with them, but did have the insulation rebate paperwork saying which company they were from. “They proceeded to put the insulation in, I checked the type of insulation and the square metres covered by each bag. My father and I counted the bags of insulation that were put into the ceiling. They’d allowed in the quote to put in 110 square metres. When they guy said he was finished he’d only put eight bags, 72 square metres into the ceiling, so I tackled him on

the issue.” Under sufferance the worker ﬁlled the ceiling space, but it “looked like the batts had been literally thrown around in there”. The man complained, and while the company said it would return, the workers never came back. The man also checked out the work done in the unit of his parents’ friends. While the job was done by a different company it was also substandard, with the government being billed for a bigger job than had actually been done. The Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts has already deregistered 16 installation companies for improper conduct under the Federal Government’s Energy Efﬁcient Homes Package scheme. A detailed list of questions regarding the scheme was sent to the department, and while there were assurances the questions would be answered, this did not occur before The Star

went to print. Ian Smith, from AW Smith hardware in Leongatha, said people had to be wary of dodgy operators. Mr Smith’s business organises insulation, but does so using qualiﬁed contractors. “I don’t know where these people are travelling from, but they’re not from Leongatha. They can call it a remote area and charge extra to get here. The government is insisting that a criteria is followed, but these operators are not taking notice of it,” he said. “They’re totally against the law the way they’re doing it. The government is really tightening up on the rules so they can get rid of these shonkies so the householder isn’t getting ripped off. They’re deﬁnitely not doing the right thing.” Leongatha Police’s Sergeant Scott Bodycomb said the station had received several complaints about insulation installers.

And, action... By Chris Brown FILMS celebrating South Gippsland small town life will be launched later this month.

Movie making professionals from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne shot 12 mini-documentaries in October last year. They zero in on towns across South Gippsland Shire, with Mirboo North, Meeniyan, Mount Best, and the Hills cluster of Bena, Loch, Nyora and Poowong all receiving the attention of documentary makers. Mirboo North’s Jacinta Hicken said about 60 people participated in the three Mirboo North ﬁlms. “They were stories about people in the community, so they will highlight people who don’t normally get highlighted and what they put back into the town,” she said. A producer, cameraman and sound person captured the essence of small town life while ﬁlming. Lend us a hand is an 11 minute and 20 second documentary about the Mirboo North volunteers. It examines the role of op shop volunteers from the Anglican church, Parks Victoria volunteer group,

Wednesday Warriors and people producing the Mirboo North Times newspaper. In Young Voices of Mirboo North teenagers from Mirboo North Secondary College speak about growing up in the area. Vocal Nosh looks at a singing group that shares a meal together after practice. Mini-documentaries from Meeniyan follow the day in the life of a dairy farmer, a look at the Meeniyan Junior CFA and two war veterans. Stories from the Hills cluster include the women who operate businesses in Loch, music from the Poowong Consolidated School and proﬁles of Bob Attenborough (Poowong), Frank Deane (Loch), Ray Irving (Bena) and Tricia Fleming (Nyora). Mt Best mini-documentaries look at alternative living, artists of the region and This is Mt Best, which is tagged as an opportunity to “meet the creatures that stir in the hills, forests and halls of Mt Best”. The project was funded by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and Arts Victoria Major Touring Initiative. ACMI’s Content Development

Manager said South Gippsland was one of two regions chosen in Victoria. “We are absolutely delighted with the outcome,” she said. “The communities were so enthusiastic and came up with excellent content that illustrates why people live, work, and play in these towns.” At each launch the documentaries from that area will be shown as well as another from the other three areas. Poowong will kick off the launch weekend on Thursday, February 18 at 6.45pm. To book contact Frank Deane on 5659 4258. Meeniyan’s documentary launch is on the next night from 7.30pm at the Meeniyan town hall. You don’t need to book and there will be a musical interlude. On the Saturday night, free popcorn and jaffas will tempt filmgoers to attend the Mirboo North launch in the shire hall. It will act as a bushfire recovery summer event. Bookings are not required for this event either. The final launch is at Mt Best Hall at 3pm on Sunday, February 21. To book contact Meryl Agar on 5681 6335.

Mt Best ﬁlming: Dean Lawry behind the camera and Simon Walshe holding the umbrella.

Documentary interview: Julie Wallace of the Quilters Barn from the ﬁlm Loch Ladies.

Intrigue: Ross West from the ﬁlm Artists of Mt Best.

On the farm: Brian Fisher from the ﬁlm A Day in the Life of a Dairy Farm from Meeniyan.

Brian Ahearne: representing the Wednesday Warriors from the ﬁlm Lend us a Hand from Mirboo North.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - PAGE 7

Parking wrangle: advocate Paul Richardson and resident Mavis Wrench are asking how come these two cars can park in the lane without copping a fine, while Mrs Wrench got fined for leaving her car parked for five minutes to open her gate.

Fine fight By Bert van Bedaf WHERE there’s dialogue there’s hope, but in the case of Mavis Wrench it’s hanging on a thin thread.

Mrs Wrench was fined $117 for parking her car in Wrench’s Lane for a few minutes at the back of her property, while opening her gate. The front of her house is in Bridge St, where she operates a podiatry practice. Access to her property is from the rear, which has parking restrictions. On December 2 last year, Mrs Wrench parked her car momentarily in the lane, admittedly in a non-parking spot, to open her gate and garage door. When she got back to her car there was a fine pinned behind her windscreen wiper. Mrs Wrench said she’d recently broken her left arm and at 77 wasn’t as agile as she wanted to be, having difficulty opening the gate and door

Population grows THE population of Bass Coast is estimated to have grown by 500 last year. With construction of the desalination plant set to boost the tally further this year, Bass Coast Council is working with the Minister for Planning Justin Madden, to provide residential land for an extra 6000 people. CEO Allan Bawden said rezoning of 12 hectares in Wonthaggi would provide 120 lots, with a further 40 on rezoned land in Dalyston. Cowes has eight to 12 years’ worth of residential land left, not including vacant blocks in existing urban areas. Mr Bawden said as the population in the shire was growing last year, council was completing amendments allowing for 750 new residental blocks which would provide housing for 1600.

with one hand. “I’m getting a bit slower and I can’t open the gate and garage door in seconds,” Mrs Wrench said. Nevertheless, in the few minutes it took her to open her doors, the parking attendant had hit her with a stiff fine at 8.25am, according to her recollection. She appealed to South Gippsland Shire Council for clemency to no avail. The fine would stand and must be paid before February 16. Enter self-proclaimed shire watchdog, Paul Richardson. Best known for his agitation on the State Government C48 Amendment, restricting planning options on rural land, Mr Richardson has become Mrs Wrench’s advocate regarding the fine. She informed council’s chief executive Tim Tamlin of the appointment. Mr Tamlin went to see her early morning last Wednesday. Mrs Wrench explained her plight, hoping Mr Tamlin would understand the situation and waive the fine.

For example, two other cars were parked in the lane and they were not fined. She wondered why she was singled out to be fined. Mrs Wrench also wants council to review the parking situation. She wants free access to her property without restrictions and fear of being fined for herself and other residents. “I’m hoping council will see common sense,” Mrs Wrench said. Mr Tamlin said he’d had a long conversation with Mrs Wrench to “understand the situation”. “Mrs Wrench was parked in a nostanding zone. She confirmed that,” Mr Tamlin said. He said he doubted that he could remove the fine. “There’s only a slight window of opportunity to have it removed,” he said. “It would set a precedent.” He said he would look into the case of the other two cars being parked in the lane without being fined.

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Cash aids recovery By Bert van Bedaf

BUSHFIRE recovery in Mirboo North, Darlimurla and Boolarra has been progressing steadily. Funds allocated by the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority (VBRRA) to the region amounts to $544,000, according to an interim report by Ned Dennis, community strengthening co-ordinator at South Gippsland Shire Council. This includes $435,000 for community projects, including infrastructure and $89,000 for memorials and commemorative events and $21,000 for community events. The clean-up of bushfire affected properties was completed, two months ahead of schedule, in July. Over 3000 properties were cleared. It is the first time such a project has been undertaken in Victoria, Mr Dennis said. As of this week 1427 building permits were issued, including 382 for dwellings and 635 for sheds which we know many people are rebuilding first as temporary homes while they undertake the difficult task of rebuilding.

Great turnout: More than 100 people turned up for a social gathering celebrating the progress after the devastating ﬁres a year ago. In terms of material aid, 2974 people have accessed the donations management system; 6588 referral cards have been issued and 29 store fronts are operating.

All public land identiﬁed as high priority for emergency stabilisation has now been treated. More than 4500 hectares of forest has been reseeded and over 1800 km of ﬁre control lines have

been rehabilitated on private land. Also, 53km of fencing has been installed along waterways, 400km of damaged roads have been restored. Income recovery subsidies occurred in three phases: in Phase 1 3803 claims totalling $7.8 million were processed, followed by 1989 claims totalling $4.9 million and 1136 claims totalling $3.2 million in Phase 3. In total 10,280 insurance claims were received at a cost of $1.1 billion. Emergency payments of $910 million have been made, with 99 per cent of assessment completed. Of the 33 damaged or destroyed sports clubs, more than half have been completed through a $3 million fund. The remaining projects are due for completion around June/July this year. Darlimurla Community Association president Alan Foster said 144 people turned up for a recent social gathering, celebrating the progress after such devastating ﬁres a year ago. The function was organised by the Darlimurla Community Association to thank the essential services, organisations and residents of the Darlimurla/ Delburn region who assisted during

the bushfires. CFA unit representation included Mirboo North, Foster, Koonwarra, Leongatha and Loch. “The Loch members fought the fire at my place,” Mr Foster said. “The fire was three metres from the back shed. It was nice to meet them again.” Although no homes were lost on the Darlimurla estate, houses, sheds and fences were damaged. The Mirboo North and District Community Recovery Committee is expected to make public a comprehensive report later this month. The committee was established in February 2009 and continues to meet monthly until the recovery job has been completed. It involved a massive clearing task. Damaged and dangerous trees were removed and fencing repaired to avoid loose cattle on roads to protect public safety. The Mirboo North section of the rail trail has been opened up to the first bridge. Erosion control to stabilise vegetation has been completed on the rail trail to protect the community and public health.

Battle starts for prime school land Continued from page 1. The gym, ofﬁce and tennis courts all offer potential for community group use. Alex Scott & Staff Leongatha’s Andrew Newton said the location would be ideal for residential development. “It would be a once in a lifetime opportunity for a residential development,” he said. “It’s accessible, not too steep, and central to all the other schools and the shops.” Mr Newton said it would suit a mixture of townhouses and medium

size house blocks. Department of Education and Early Learning Director of Major Projects in the Gippsland region, Don Paproth, said the school site will be offered to other government departments and if they don’t want it the shire can acquire it. “If there is no interest from them, the next stage is, it is put up for public sale, which might be by tender, but usually by auction,” he said. “We are a long way off making those sorts of decisions.” The Department of Education and

Early Learning has had early discussions with council. Mr Paproth said some school sites had been retained for public use, others have become housing developments. Rosedale Primary School’s old site was turned into a community space maintained by volunteers. A Wellington Shire spokesperson said the site is used for meetings, markets and a community drop in centre. “The open space area surrounding the old school building is maintained by council and now contains a skate

park, playground, barbecues, public toilets and general open lawn areas,” she said. The former site of the Koonwarra Primary School land now hosts the Koonwarra Sustainable Communities Centre and is available for community groups to use. The old Moe High School became a housing development near the centre of town. It is estimated the Leongatha Primary School site could accommodate 20-25 medium sized house blocks or

50-60 townhouses. South Gippsland Shire Council Mayor Jim Fawcett said the land shouldn’t be used for something that was detrimental to the amenity of residents. “We have to comply with planning laws like anyone else and you can imagine the residents’ views could be quite at odds with it being used for some activities,” he said. Mr Fawcett said how the land was used would be a matter for the education department, community groups and council.

Garden party FORMER miss and matron winners of the Wonthaggi Hospital garden party will help judge this year’s centenary replica event. Categories include best 50s and 60s outﬁt. Competition organiser Carmel Lynch of San Remo, is urging women to search their mother’s and grandmother’s wardrobes or comb op shops for vintage clothes to wear to the garden party. She said women always dressed up for the garden party, with hats and gloves complementing their outﬁts. Competition entrants are asked to register with Carmel on 5678 5455.

Dressing up: Rebecca Snell, Daisy McClelland and Kate De Fazio are looking forward to the miss and matron competition that will be part of the Wonthaggi Hospital garden party in March.

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RSPCA probe Local horse breeder investigated By Bert van Bedaf A HALLSTON horse breeder is being investigated over the condition of his animals following a number of recent complaints and inspections. Greg Boland, manager of inspectorate services at the RSPCA in Mel-

Breeder investigated: the RSPCA is investigating a Hallston horse breeder regarding the condition of the animals.

bourne, told The Star that local breeder Uwe Ross was being investigated over the condition of a colt and a number of other of his horses. The colt has a suspected spinal injury or condition, which is being investigated. “The RSPCA has concerns for this horse and other horses that the owner has,” Mr Boland said. The Star was contacted as a result of a previous story on horses owned by Mr Ross, located in Venus Bay. A Tarwin Lower resident Jodie Anderson, had expressed concern over those horses, but these concerns were later refuted. Last week Mirboo North resident Heather Lea contacted The Star expressing concerns over horses in a paddock in Castle St and also owned by Mr Ross. Another resident Evelyn Smith, joined her and echoed Ms Lea’s concerns. They said that the condition of horses kept on the Hallston property of Mr Ross was also worrying them. On February 1, Ms Lea alerted The Star to the condition of the colt, which she said was “near death”. She said the horse had spinal injuries as a result of having been attacked by the dominant stallion at Castle St. She said she could not stand seeing the horse suffer any longer and called friends for help. The RSPCA was informed and a veterinarian was called who treated the colt, which was moved from the Ross property. Mr Boland said he was aware of the developments and that the colt’s spinal condition was “under veterinarian treatment”. “We are aware the colt was given to new owners and that it has been getting veterinarian treatment.” He said the RSPCA would need to determine the extent of the condition before it could take legal action under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. So far no allegations had been made and the investigation was ongoing.

“We are checking on the welfare of the colt and other animals to determine if an offence has occurred. We have not charged the person with any offences at this stage. The matter is under investigation and we can’t pre-empt the investigation to say whether there is a case for neglect,” Mr Boland said. Concerns over horses bred by Mr Ross have been ongoing for several years. It is believed Mr Ross owns up to 40 horses, kept at several properties. Mr Ross breeds Walers, a type of horse that was ﬁrst developed in Australia in the 1800s and made famous by the Light Horse Brigade in several wars, including the Boer War and World War I. Peter Fischer, vice president of the Waler Horse Owners and Breeders Association of Australia, said Mr Ross had not had his association membership renewed for more than two years. It expired in June 2007. “We started to get reports from people saying his horses weren’t looked after properly. Mr Ross won’t take advice. He thinks he’s doing the right thing,” Mr Fischer said. “We continued to get complaints from a number of distressed people, concerned with Mr Ross’s approach and as a consequence we’ve had to deny him future membership.” Mr Fischer said Mr Ross appeared to have “too many horses” and was unable to look after them. “They appear to suffer from lack of maintenance and he doesn’t want to get rid of any of them,” Mr Fischer said. The RSPCA website provides details on a phenomenon known as hoarding. Association research proﬁles the problem of animal hoarders and the cost to the animals in their care. It says that animal hoarders accumulate large numbers of animals for whom they are unable to provide adequate care.

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Safety ﬁrst: Korumburra’s Sindy Van Eede made sure her cat Misty was secure by having her microchipped by vet, Ruth Barrett, at the Korumburra microchipping day on the weekend. ALEX Scott & Staff’s longest serving employee retired last month. Clive Walkinshaw worked for the company in Warragul for almost 66 years in many roles including as booking clerk, manager and auctioneer.

He grew up on a dairy farm at Kongwak before moving to Longwarry in 1939. Now a Warragul resident, he told that town’s newspaper he was looking forward to some golf and travelling.

A LEONGATHA resident with a penchant for collecting scored another opportunity shop special when taking home an identical cow cookie jar last Wednesday. He spotted his ﬁrst cow months ago in Meeniyan and caught the second one in Korumburra last week. Occupying space in his study, the identical jars have been dubbed the cookies cow twins. POOWONG’S Krystal Clark is urging everyone to get behind her Good Friday Walkathon, which helps raise money for the Royal Children’s Hospital. Why the Royal Children’s Hospital? “I just want to help, because one day they might be in there.” For details on joining the Walkathon or donating to the cause call Krystal on 0439 831 502.

SERVICES will be held in over 170 countries and islands world-wide, when some three million people take part in a globe circling Day of Prayer. The service focuses on the women of Cameroon. They rejoice and praise God in all activities of daily life: cooking, singing lullabies and working in the ﬁelds, farms, and cocoa and coffee plantations. Located in Westem Africa, Cameroon is about twice the size of Victoria with a population close to 18 million. The World Day of Prayer celebration will be held at Loch Uniting Church, Roy St, Loch at 2pm on March 5. Afternoon tea will be served after the service.

LEONGATHA Community House is offering Apple Mac basic classes starting Feb 23 from 10 12. The dates in our Term 1 program for First Aid are incorrect, the dates should read CPR Friday March 12, Level 2 March 12 and 19 and Fast Track Level 2 Friday March 19. Please call 5662 3962 for more details.

LEONGATHA SES is about to receive a new Hino Heavy Rescue Truck. It replaces an Izuzu truck that is 25 years old, and is expected to arrive sometime this week. It is one of more than 25 such vehicles issued to groups across Victoria by the State Government. It will be commissioned on February 18 at the SES station.

MCMILLAN MP Russell Broadbent spoke in parliament last week about the bushﬁre tragedy. Among his words were: “Each of us carries such burdens of tragedy in our own way. Some choose life and strike out with renewed hope; others change and are diminished by their experience. For me, there is no condemnation as to how you may cope. Our task is to understand that grief has different forms and, having not stood in the shoes of the grieving, allow for time, however long, to heal, restore and mend.”

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False alarm rise

By Danny Buttler

OVER anxious citizens are causing headaches for CFA volunteers by calling in false alarms. Foster CFA captain David Jones said up to 70 per cent of call-outs this summer could have been avoided if the people reporting the ﬁres had looked more closely at the source of their concern. Calling the reports “good intention calls” rather than false alarms, Mr Jones said they had become somewhat of a burden on volunteers. “It was happening before Black Saturday but it is happening more and more recently,” he said. “We need to educate people that they should stop and investigate that it is actually a ﬁre.” Mr Jones said mobile phones were great for speeding up communication,

but were causing problems for the CFA as well. “Mobile phones have made it extremely hard for us; over 60 to 70 per cent of our calls are good intention calls,” he said. “What happens is that people drive past a barbecue in someone’s back yard, for instance, and they ring it in as a house fire. “That’s a three brigade turn-out to a house-fire.” Leongatha brigade captain Andy Kay said unnecessary call-outs have not been a major problem so far this year, but have provided nuisance value in previous fire seasons. “I remember a couple of years ago, a passerby spotted something between Inverloch and Leongatha,” he said. “It turned out to be a broken pipe which was spraying a mist of water into the air.” A major hassle for CFA crews, according to Mr Kay, is being called

out to fires without proper directions. “We’d like people to stop and figure out where they are,” he said. “If we don’t know where to go it’s difficult, so we would prefer to know the name of the nearest crossroads. Meanwhile, a year after the devastating Delburn Complex and Black Saturday bushfires ravaged the state, police are calling for the public to help track down arsonists. Victoria Police’s Arson and Explosives Squad is asking the community to be courageous and call Crime Stoppers with any information they have about arson. The call is part of the new Extinguish Arson Campaign – the brainchild of Victoria Police and Crime Stoppers which aims to prevent arson-related crime. Detective Superintendent Paul Hollowood said police are encouraging the community to pour cold water on arsonists by calling Crime Stoppers.

“We want the community to be courageous and come forward with information – including information before an arson-related crime is committed,” Superintendent Hollowood said. “We’re asking people to report any information they may have – no matter how insigniﬁcant they think it may be – to help stop arsonists in their tracks,” he said. “Fires have an absolutely devastating effect on lives – they destroy homes, decimate wildlife and in the worst case scenarios, kill men, women and children. “Arson is a serious crime so our plea is this - if you’ve seen something or know something - say something,” Superintendent Hollowood said. Superintendent Hollowood said Victoria Police and Crime Stoppers are hoping this fresh approach to arsonrelated crime will be widely supported by the community.

Crime Stoppers Executive director Peter Sprott said there were particular types of information the community should report. “If you live or work in a fire prone area, you may be aware of people who are often seen at the scene of fires or show an intense interest in what is happening,” Mr Sprott said. “You may be aware of a vehicle or person seen in the vicinity of a bushfire just before it started. “If in any doubt, let us know and we will get the information to police, because we all have to play our part in stopping arsonists,” he said. “Your call is confidential and you do not need to leave your name.” Contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppers. com.au

Desal is NQR Cast announced By Jane Ross THE Wonthaggi desalination plant ofﬁce has moved. It has vacated Moyle’s Building on the corner of McBride Avenue and Murray Street, a former antique store called Two Little Pigs. The new headquarters are in the arcade next to Connell’s Bakery, in premises vacated last year by the Not Quite Right supermarket chain. “Not Quite Right!” Watershed Victoria presi-

dent Stephen Cannon immediately saw the irony. “It’s the obvious truth of the matter,” he declared. “It doesn’t change the plant. It’s ironical it is going into somewhere where the nature of the product historically hasn’t changed with the tenancy.” Mr Cannon has called on the South Gippsland community to help Watershed monitor the environment during construction of the desalination plant. Work at the site is due to become more hectic next month.

LEONGATHA Lyric Theatre’s producer for High Society, Peter McAlpine, has chosen his cast and rehearsals are underway.

Women in leading roles are Kathy Westaway, stalwart Kerrie Giles, a welcome return to Lyric in Chelsea Foon, and a big welcome to the group’s youngest newcomer, 11-year-old old Kelsea Timmers, a bright youngster from Warragul. Leading men include old favourites Glen Turner and Dave Durrant, Daniel Hansen who has been in recent Lyric shows, Charles Pearce who hasn’t trod the boards for a while, and Bruce Grainger, a very

Big moment: there is plenty of support at the prospectus signing.

Bank gets closer SHARES in Mirboo North and District Community Bank Branch will be offered to the community from February 22. The public share offer follows a successful Community Bank campaign and the issuing of a legal prospectus. The prospectus will be launched in the Mirboo North Old Shire Hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday, March 10. Community Bank chairman Karen Anton said from this date the focus will be on selling $650,000 worth of $1 shareholdings to local residents, traders and business people. “This is an historic time for our communities of Mirboo North, Yinnar and Boolarra, and one which I

am sure we will never forget,” Karen said. “It’s not very often that we get the chance to purchase shares in a community company which is going to directly beneﬁt our communities. “Our aim is to have more than 300 locally-based shareholders having ownership in our company to ensure this is a truly communityspirited company and venture. “My message to local residents is to take the time to attend the launch and bring your chequebook and Tax File Number with you. “If our pledge campaign is anything to go by, I expect demand for our $1 shares to be strong and the offer is limited. “The establishment of the Mirboo North and District Community

Bank Branch will ensure that the people of our community have access to branch banking both now, and into the future. “And of course, the fact that our community gets to share in the proﬁts of the branch is an added bonus.” Karen said the sooner the share capital is raised, the sooner work can begin on the branch, staff can be recruited and the doors of the Community Bank branch opened to the public. Directors will soon be delivering prospectuses to those who have pledged. Copies of the prospectus will also be available at the launch. Transport will be provided on the night. Contact Rob in Boolarra on 5169 6355 or John in Yinnar on 5122 2737.

seasoned player well remembered in the recent Lyric play A Little Hotel On The Side. Bruce has also performed for the Foster Amateur Music and Drama Association, with an outstanding performance in Oedipus Rex. There are also familiar names in other roles, such as Christine Skicko, Sheryl Harris, Bernadette Grainger, Gemma Richards, Louise Dower, Myca Alba, Noel Stringer, Michael Fowles and Michael Dixon. Cole Porter’s High Society is due to hit the stage on April 30 and will run for three weekends.

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Fire help wanted Time for talk

LEONGATHA Primary School has not even moved to its new home yet, and already the debate has started over what to do with the leftover land and buildings. It’s a community conversation we should be having and there are legitimate claims made by many South Gippsland interest groups. An adult learning centre sounds great. So does a new home for Leongatha athletics. Some think it would make a great soccer facility. Perhaps it should be cleared of everything but its tress and turned into a quiet park for family picnics and games of Frisbee. Others believe it is prime housing land and should be used as such. It’s a legitimate argument when finding subdividable land is so difficult under the current planning regime. Whatever the outcome, it should be made after a mature and thorough debate. Let us hope that the final decision is not one based totally on the almighty dollar. It is rare that opportunities like this come along, so it is imperative we make the most of this chance.

Black lessons

ANYONE who watched the excellent ABC TV documentary on Black Saturday could not have been left unmoved. Chilling accounts of personal survival and family loss were mixed with the most extraordinary home video footage of the fires racing towards towns and homes. The speed, size and ferocity of the bushfire should be a warning to anyone who lives in a high danger fire area. Basically, we all need a safe place to go. “Defendable” homes burnt down in minutes; other homes exploded in seconds. We must learn the lessons of Black Saturday to ensure the devastating loss of life is never repeated.

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MANY people don’t feel they have the skill, fitness or capacity to be a frontline firefighter, but they may still be just what we need at the Leongatha Fire Station. The Leongatha CFA is like any volunteer group, it needs the people behind the scenes to keep it running and provide support for those on the fire front. Some of the best volunteers we have are retired from serving on tanker crews, or perhaps were never on the fire line at all. They can make the district safer by teaching fire safety to the community, helping with brigade administration, maintaining equipment or even just tidying up the station a couple of times a week. Some brigades have non-operational volunteers carrying considerable responsibility, in roles as senior as brigade secretary, and many people don’t realise that just under half of Victoria’s 60,000 CFA volunteers are non-operational. Any football club that fields a team on a Saturday also needs the coach, trainers, fundraising auxiliary, secretary, committee and people in match day roles like manning the ticket box or the scoreboard. Your local CFA brigade is the same,

Race relations THE family and friends of Nitin Garg, the Indian student murdered in Melbourne, have recently laid him to rest in a Punjab cemetery. Their media and government ofﬁcials continue to harangue Australia for being a racist and violent country in regards to Indian students studying here. But let us take a look at the criminal scene in India. Much of India is plagued with caste war, feudal brutality and religious conﬂict. These have led to “honour” killings both in India and abroad. Recently a young Indian woman was found bashed and dying in a London street with her right hand missing. Her husband and his mate have been charged with her murder; her crime? She wanted a divorce. There are 33,000 murders a year in India and 8000 of those are brides, killed because their dowry was too small. India has more murders than any country in the world according to the UN. And they have the audacity to tell

and they are CFA volunteers, part of the brigade, given CFA training and vital to the organisation, just like the crews who respond to fires and car accidents. So even if you can’t see yourself as a frontline firefighter, volunteering can still offer you the camaraderie, the chance to serve the community and the respect that

us to speedily catch the killer of Nitin Garg. In the Punjab, where Mr Garg was from, 1000 unidentified dead bodies turn up every year. In the meantime the search for the killer of Nitin Garg continues. It may have been a robbery gone wrong or he may have been murdered by a fellow Indian. Let us not be stampeded into thinking that Australia is an unsafe and racist place and India should first look to its own crime ridden nation and fix their problems. Eddie Nowak Gormandale

Eternal vigilance KLAAS Waldring speaks “Republic now”. I saw Klaas on ABC TV two years ago. He was debating the crucial need to simplify the Australian Constitution and to introduce local regional authorities. This will, of course, result in abolishing the existing State Government level of administration. He was correct in this analysis.

VOXPOP! VOX Should the Leongatha Primary School site be handed over for community use?

Yes. They have good facilities there, surely they can ﬁnd a use for them. It would be a pity to become housing. Emily Morris Leongatha

Yes, I think there’s little enough area for community functions apart from McIndoe Park, plus a building would still remain, which would be for indoor functions. Robert Meyer Leongatha

Yes, it could be used for personal development classes for adults as well as meeting and sporting areas. Judy McHugh Inverloch

Yes, anything is better for the community rather than building it up with houses. Amy McLardy Korumburra

goes with the words ‘CFA volunteer’. A visit to the CFA’s website at www. cfa.vic.gov.au or a chat with a Leongatha CFA volunteer can help you discover how you can be part of the team. Andrew Kay Captain Leongatha Fire Brigade

I say however, the Constitutional Republic can wait, it is a peripheral need for our society. We already have “Our Own Man”, in the Governor General and the British Crown has, I suggest, only symbolic attachment to the Australian political scene. Let’s get our priorities right. The first and most important change to government must be the removal of the States and implicit with this change, the unfortunate city - state mentality. By this, I mean the only place that counts is the major metropolitan area, the regions being there merely to serve, in Victoria’s case, Melbourne. Then we can talk about a Republic. Now, I realise that Klaas is disenchanted with the present system and tired of fighting, with others, the apparently unwinnable fight. After all, what powerful group would ever willingly give up control. We have witnessed during the last 20 years, consecutive, extreme right wing premiers removing any potent powers of the local authorities making it quite clear, “You will do as you are told.” I say we will have no democracy as long as we have State Governments and hordes of well fed and splendidly dressed but useless politicians cluttering up the scene. The recent C48 Planning regulation change affecting the South Gippsland Shire which was falsely, simplistically and destructively introduced, supposedly to protect good agricultural land, clearly proves the critical need for change. It is the act of a group who has assumed, illegitimately, in my opinion, total power and behave with indifference to the truth and with no regard to the suffering of the people. Klaas is right, we the people need to engage in a far ranging constitutional debate. We must be more than compliant and possibly contented consumers. We deserve to be critically involved with the planning and function of our region. Someone said, “The price of freedom is eternal vigi-

lance”, so wake up Australia. Ron Brown Turtons Creek

Dogs and jet skis

YES, Nancy from Cohuna, Inverloch is indeed a beautiful place. My observation as a daily beach walker is that a lot of dogs arrive for holidays with their owners. It appears to me that these are the dogs that are spending extended periods of time at the beach, as locals generally take their dogs for a walk or swim, then return home with them. My dog loves to get into the water to cool off on a hot day, which is a little difficult when she’s on a leash. By-laws officers tell me that the only beach access in the Bass Shire is at Ventnor on Phillip Island. This would be costly to owners as well as to the environment. We used to have beach access with dogs during allocated periods and times. Perhaps this could be reinstated with reasonable times for those of us who are not early risers. Alternatively, as with patrolled surf beaches, there could be clearly marked sections of beach where owners could let their dogs off the leash for a run or swim. This would be preferable, provided access to these areas was reasonable for older dogs and older persons. On the topic of jet skis – it appears to me that any regulations which may apply are constantly flouted. They often seem to be travelling dangerously fast, close to shore and swimmers. By-laws officers responded very quickly to a letter regarding dogs on beaches and on the Sunday morning that the by-laws officers were at Inverloch beach, the jet skis were noticeably behaving themselves. I don’t know who the relevant authority is for jet skis, but perhaps they could make an appearance the next time we have an influx. Helen Dand Inverloch

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Gag won’t stick By Jane Ross A TOP level meeting with CFA brass has further inflamed fire fighters in the Bass Coast Group.

Called by10 brigades from Phillip Island to Wonthaggi in the hope of changing a CFA dictum for the group to change regions, the gathering solved nothing. Worse, group ofﬁcer Damien O’Connor said he is being warned to keep his mouth shut. He’s not doing that. On Friday, he and representatives from each of the affected brigades spent an hour in the Wonthaggi Fire Station with State opposition leader Ted Baillieu, Bass MLA Ken Smith, Eastern Region MLC Edward O’Donohue, Bass Coast mayor Cr Peter Paul and Cr John Duscher. This hearing was sympathetic. Mr O’Connor told The Star that CFA chief executive Russell Rees and CEO Mick Bourke met with brigade representatives at Kilcunda on Wednesday evening. The volunteers tried to explain that aligning the Bass Coast Group with Gippsland instead of Dandenong, would mean they would have

to travel to Sale for training. That’s a long way from Wonthaggi. It’s even further from Phillip Island. They’ve jacked up. But Mr O’Connor said the meeting with Mr Rees and Mr Bourke offered no comfort. Rather, it added fuel to the ﬁre. “We were able to put our case but we have made no progress. “We are talking to an organisation that is being hammered by the (State) Government. “They’re not interested in listening.” Mr O’Connor said his colleagues objected to the arrogance associated with the directive. “It’s all about what they’re calling an over-riding government footprint. “That’s more important than we are. “We’re all volunteers and without the volunteers there’s no CFA.” Mr O’Connor said the government “footprint” had stamped heavily on South Gippsland in recent years. “To put it bluntly, we’re being screwed.” Members in the Bass Coast Group have threatened a mass walk

out if they are forced into a different region. Mr O’Connor said it was only the ongoing pressure being applied by the group that finally drew Mr Rees and Mr Bourke to a discussion. In his view, the talks should have taken place last October when the region move was mooted. Ted Baillieu was scathing. “The State Government has made a terrible mistake. The CFA depends on volunteers and this change that has been forced on them will destroy the brigades. They are being heavied and threatened. “The government has to listen. It has breached its own volunteer charter.” He called on Police and Emergency Services Minister Bob Cameron to intervene. Cr Paul said, “You can’t expect a brigade from Phillip Island to work out of the bowels of Gippsland. This is not the way to show respect to volunteers.” Cr Duscher described the situation as “an insensitive attack on the eve of the very sensitive reflection on last year’s (Black Saturday) fires”.

I’m with you: opposition leader Ted Baillieu tells Bass Coast CFA Group ofﬁcer Damien O’Connor that Emergency Services Minister Bob Cameron should intervene in a dispute between the group and CFA headquarters.

Political clout: opposition leader Ted Baillieu (rear) is sympathetic to the plight of the Bass Coast CFA brigades which also have the support of Bass Coast mayor Cr Peter Paul (left), Bass MLA Ken Smith (second from left), MLC Edward O’Donohue (partly obscured at the rear) and Cr John Duscher (right).

Burra Foods steps on up Burra Foods announced a fourth step up to the 2009/10 milk price last week. Whilst a significant amount of volatility remains in the market place, Burra Foods will continue to monitor events closely and act accordingly during the course of the season. The week before, Murray Goulburn and Bega Cheese both announced price increases to farmers. Chief Executive Officer, Grant Crothers in announcing the 14 c/kg fat and 35 c/kg protein step up, confirmed Burra Food’s objective of achieving higher farm gate returns for its suppliers than any other major processors in the region. “Burra Foods is continuing to achieve a premium farm gate price for our suppliers through the implementation of a sound and stable business model that has been proven over many years,” he said.

Burra Foods captures value in world dairy markets through high quality premium products that enables improved returns to be passed through to its suppliers; a business model that has continued to be reﬁned and developed over the past 19 years. The announcement comes at the beginning of the next stage of growth for the Gippsland based company. In August 2009, Burra Foods announced a joint venture with the Itochu Corporation to build a state-of-the-art milk powder plant at Korumburra. The new facility remains on schedule for commissioning mid-year. Upon completion of the project, Burra Foods will process over 35,000 tonnes of high value ingredient products. Growing milk supply to meet increasing customer demand is a key priority.

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POLICE BRIEFS

Truck hay bale fire THE South Gippsland Highway was closed for several hours last Tuesday night as CFA crews battled to contain a hay bale ﬁre that almost got out of control. The bales were on the back of a truck that was heading toward Korumburra from Leongatha. “The incident occurred at about 7.55pm, 600m east of Hardwicks Road, Korumburra. There was a Korumburra male who was transporting about 20 round bales of hay,” Leongatha Police’s Sergeant Scott Bodycomb said. “It appears the ﬁre may have been

caused by the smoke stack on the back of the truck coming into contact with some of the loose hay, which may have set it alight. The man pulled over to the side of the road, but as the fire got underway it burnt all the brake lines. “The vehicle rolled back about 20 metres to the side of an embankment. Everything caught fire.” The fire caught both sides of the road, with “concern we may have had a bushfire as a secondary fire”. But Sgt Bodycomb said CFA crews from Ruby, Korumburra and Leongatha quickly swung into action. “The incident was pretty well co-

ordinated from the CFA point of view by incident controller Ross Harris from Korumburra. There was a tipper and a bobcat utilised,” he said. “The problem was that the round bales are probably equivalent to 17 normal bales of hay in one round and every time they moved one it would reignite.” The road was closed until 1.30 in the morning, while the scene was cleaned up. Because the CFA has been forbidden to back burn, crews were forced to load the hay into a dump truck to have it transported away. Several trips had to be made.

Motel burgs WONTHAGGI CIU is investigating two aggravated burglaries that occurred in the early hours of Sunday, January 31 at the Inverloch Motel.

Under control: the CFA battled hard to stop this truck hay bale ﬁre from becoming a full blown bushﬁre.

The theft, which occurred while the occupants were sleeping, is the third such incident in a two week period. “The offenders have gone into the motel room through an unlocked door. Once inside, while the people staying in the rooms were asleep in their beds, the offenders have gone through pockets and stolen money, as well as mobile phones, walkmans, cameras,” Detective Senior Constable Rob Brown said. “The victims woke up to the sound of the door banging in the wind. They then got up and noticed their belongings had been stolen.

“We’ll be appealing to anyone who saw anything unusual between 3.30am and 5am around the motel to call us.” Wonthaggi CIU can be contacted on 5672 2630.

Car theft TWO Morwell teenagers faced court yesterday, the same day they were involved in a joy ride that almost saw a child run down in Inverloch. Driving through the back streets of Morwell, the pair went to McDonalds before stealing some petrol and driving to Inverloch. “They did a series of burnouts and then they almost collided with a child pedestrian,” Wonthaggi Police’s Senior Constable Anthony Williams said. Wonthaggi Police intercepted the car, which was stationary in a line of trafﬁc. The 16-year-old driver and his 18-year-old passenger are charged with theft of a motor car, theft of petrol, conduct endangering life and driving offences.

Licence busts LEONGATHA Police’s Sergeant Scott Bodycomb said it had been a “particularly busy weekend” for people being careless on the roads, with one Mirboo North man nabbed after he allegedly drove his car at a pedestrian. “We had two licence seizures on the weekend. We had one on Saturday

night that may have stemmed from a domestic. There was a vehicle that was checked in Anderson Street (Leongatha) because of an earlier complaint about driving toward a person in Hassett Street,” Sgt Bodycomb said. “The driver was a Mirboo North male, who was interviewed concerning reckless conduct and breach of an intervention order. When his vehicle was checked by police, he was also found to be .077. “Subsequently his licence was seized and he’ll be charged on summons for those offences.” Another licence was seized by Leongatha Police on Sunday. The police were alerted to “someone driving erratically in Warragul Road, Korumburra”. “We had a phone call at about 3.45pm on Sunday. The man from Korumburra, tested to a blood alcohol reading of .105. He’ll be going to court,” Sgt Bodycomb said.

Star correction

LAST week’s Star article, Teen Crash Mystery, quoted Foster Police’s Sergeant Neil Coates as saying it was unlikely anyone would be charged in relation to a Yanakie crash on Saturday, January 23. The quote should have read: “It’s doubtful anyone’s going to be charged with the theft of the vehicle.” The driver of the vehicle is likely to face charges.

Help for Milk shake-up tenants

By Matt Dunn

THE Tenants’ Union of Victoria is set to make a trip to Wonthaggi, to talk with residents who believe they may have been unfairly treated by landlords.

Many believe they are being evicted to make way for cashed-up desalination workers. Member for Bass Ken Smith, said he has spoken to “15 or 16” people who may have been evicted to make way for people with more money in their pockets. “I had another this week. A bloke came in to see us. He’s been given a 120 days notice to vacate by registered mail,” Mr Smith said. The Wonthaggi man was part of a growing list, Mr Smith said. He described the Bass Coast Shire Council bringing the tenants union to Wonthaggi as a “positive initiative”. “The difﬁculty we’ve had all the way through, with the people we’ve spoken to, is that we’re in a position where we can’t prove they’ve been thrown out so the owners can get people from the desal plant to take up the tenancy,” he said. “The trouble is we can’t prove it. I can understand that, from the real estate agents’ point of view, they can’t go against the wishes of the landlords – as far as giving notice to these people. “The fact is it can’t be a coincidence. It wasn’t a problem until the desal plant was mooted. These guys are coming down with something like $700 a week to have as a living away from home allowance.” Construction Forestry Mining and

THE electricity needed to accommodate expansion at Burra Foods will signiﬁcantly boost power to the town of Korumburra.

Energy Union Victorian branch secretary Bill Oliver said the union “would not like people to be thrown out of their homes and for landlords to exploit the situation”. Bass Coast Shire Council CEO Allan Bawden said the planned meetings would be a chance for residents to air any grievances they had. “We’ve worked with the Tenants’ Union of Victoria to make a representative available so that residents in Bass Coast can discuss any tenancy issues with them,” he said. “This is an opportunity for residents to meet in private to discuss their concerns. There has been a lot of coverage in the local media recently about tenants allegedly being treated unfairly. “This is a way we can ensure that local tenants are being treated fairly and if they’re not, give them an avenue to rectify their situation.” Mr Bawden said rentals across Australia had increased, which is now impacting on low income earners trying to access affordable rental properties in Bass Coast. “The Housing Affordability Study we recently completed showed that rents have been increasing since 2006 along with the median house prices,” he said. “The median house price in Bass Coast is just under $280,000 which aligns with that of neighbouring municipalities of Cardinia and Casey. “This is sure to cause some ﬁnancial stress on our low income households.” A representative from the tenants’ union will be available at the Bass Coast Civic Centre, 76 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi on Tuesday, February 16. Bookings are essential. Contact Council on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) to make an appointment.

The factory has developed a processing plant so it can move into the

milk powder business. This is expected to increase annual factory turnover to $163 million and add $75m a year to export revenue. Greater electricity capacity is in turn expected to attract more business to Korumburra. State Regional and Rural Develop-

ment Minister Jacinta Allan, will visit

Burra Foods tomorrow morning to

announce “a signiﬁcant grant” to help Burra Foods’ expansion.

She is being hosted by Burra Foods

CEO Grant Crothers.

Bass road block VICROADS has given assurances that it will do whatever possible to ensure the completion of stage six of the duplication of the Bass Highway. Akron, which has been undertaking the work, has gone into voluntary administration. The company is one of Victoria’s largest civil contractors and designers. Bass MLA Ken Smith said he wasn’t surprised to hear about Akron. “You can’t get 12 months behind in a project and still be in a position where you are making a proﬁt. At times there has not been one vehicle or piece of machinery working on the road.” Mr Smith said he had continually raised the matter with Roads Minister Tim Pallas. “The time Akron has taken to build different stages of Bass Highway duplication has been a gross inconvenience to locals and visitors to the region.”

“The true number of locals who have been sacked by the company may not be known for some time.” Bass Coast Shire CEO Allan Bawden, said the council had impressed on VicRoads the importance of getting the duplication back on track. “We have stressed the urgency. There has been signiﬁcant delay.” Taylor Woodings Partners Ross Blakeley, Michael Ryan and Quentin Olde have been appointed voluntary administrators. “We will continue to work closely with the management team to determine the best outcome for all stakeholders,” said Mr Blakeley. The ﬁrst creditors’ meeting will be held on Thursday. VicRoads Gippsland regional director Patricia Liew said VicRoads would “seek to work with the administrators to complete outstanding works under the current contracts”. “We aim to deliver these works with minimal disruptions to motorists.”

Rumours dismissed RUMOURS are circulating the former Toora milk factory will be used as a carbon sequestration plant. But South Gippsland Shire Councillor Jeanette Harding – a Toora resident – is unaware of such a proposal, nor is she aware of a public meeting apparently being called to discuss the

project. She has been in contact with the new owners of the factory but does not believe a sequestration plant would be built there. “I have no idea what is going to happen with it (factory),” she said. “There is no chance of a public meeting just yet. The company involved will have a public meeting

when the time is right.” Cr Harding said the company had assured her the community would be permitted continued access to the former store room and shop at the front of the factory. Those buildings are used to hold the monthly Toora indoor markets.

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Centre funding on the go By Bert van Bedaf A FUNDING application for the community centre at Sandy Point has reached the Federal Government and ﬁngers are now crossed that the money will come through soon. The TP Taylor committee of management welcomed the application by South Gippsland Shire Council to the Regional and Local Community Infrastructure Program (Strategic Projects), “with the aim of receiving funding for a new community business and community centre to be developed in Sandy Point,” project co-ordinator and a former councillor Diane Casbolt said. “The need for this centre was established more than 10 years ago. The new facility will replace the 1960s second hand maintenance shed (known as TP Taylor hall) from Yallourn. It will provide a vital focal point for the Sandy Point town and provide services to the local residents, tourists and surrounding communities.” Sandy Point is one of the four main holiday centres (Venus Bay, Walkerville and Waratah Bay) that have an overﬂowing population during the festive season and long weekends and are sleepy hollows during the rest of the year. “More than 6000 visitors come to Sandy Point with expectations and needs for services and information,” Ms Casbolt said. “Also, local residents will be able to have more services and young people will have additional facilities provided to them. “We look forward to hearing the

result of the application and know the community will continue to work towards providing services through a much-needed modern facility in the Sandy Point town.” Council passed a resolution on November 18 last year to make the application, which was submitted on January 14. The centre will be centrally located and accessible within the township. The project cost is $1,495,000, with $1,295,000 requested through the funding program. “The remaining funds will be provided by the Sandy Point Community Centre Committee and council,” said Penni Ellicott, council’s grants co-ordination and support ofﬁcer. The local community has raised nearly $140,000 to date towards this centre. “The project comprises a modern and versatile community centre, providing the opportunity for a range of services to be delivered,” Ms Elliott said. Lobbying for the new centre began in 2000, when it became obvious that the old hall could no longer meet community needs. Crowded conditions, ventilation and lack of free space, coupled with the hall’s inability to cater for more than one group or activity at a time, were becoming increasing problems. Community needs were also on the rise, such as internet access, aged activities, youth and child care, learning opportunities, visiting health professionals, environmental issues and tourism demands could not be addressed in the current hall. “The development of a new centre will address these issues,” Ms El-

Centre funds: A funding application for Sandy Point’s new community centre has been made to build a new centre at Sandy Point (pictured) to replace the ageing TP Taylor hall, which will be removed. liott said. “The project will greatly improve the quality and range of participation in social, recreational, cultural and civic activities within the township.” The proposal is to build a centre measuring 380 square metres that will provide a large internal ﬂexible space for a variety of user groups and purposes. The main hall space will be complemented by two adjoining meeting rooms, an ofﬁce/consulting room, male, female and a disable toilet with shower facilities, a kitchen area and storage areas. Capacity for the centre will be 185 people. The site, about 2770 square metres, is bounded by Church Street, Surfers Walk, Ocean View Parade and an unsealed service road. The centre will be located on the south east portion of this site. Architect Rob McGauren, of Giannini Soon Pty Ltd (MSG), presented the plans and design for the new building to council in July, 2008.

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Happy couple: Ed and Jill Carmody keep the ﬂame of romance alive. Their faith has played an important part in their relationship and every now and then Ed buys Jill ﬂowers. “That’s the most romantic thing I do,” he said.

Love’s journey By Jane Ross WHEN Ed saw Jill across a crowded dance hall in Colac he thought to himself, “I’m going to marry that girl.” They were unofﬁcially engaged six weeks later. Then on a beautiful autumn day in May 1972, they became Mr and Mrs Carmody. Ed said he was attracted to Jill because, “She has a lovely laugh, a nice personality and we got on well as friends.” Jill: “I always thought I’d marry young and I said there was only one Ed Carmody that would come along. He had lots of attributes and I saw those qualities early in our relationship. And he was good looking.” “I had all my teeth then

too!” chimed in Ed with a broad grin. Their lives together have been a moveable feast. To begin with, their roles were defined. Jill chose a career at home raising the couple’s four children, while Ed pursued his profession in education. “Ed worked and studied and we had a happy family life in Melbourne. It was very busy,” recalled Jill. Ed was very involved in karate and once he had attained his black belt, taught the martial art to help supplement his income. “Jill made lots of sacrifices,” said Ed. His charming wife agrees, but added, “You make sacrifices but once you start keeping score, it affects your relationship.”

Starting out: Ed and Jill Carmody on their wedding day nearly 38 years ago. Life’s experiences have strengthened their relationship.

“We’ve worked hard together,” said Ed. “Marriage doesn’t just ﬂow along, you really have to work together for personal growth as a couple. We’ve grown together and changed. Relationships always change, you grow closer. Your past experience forms the depth of an ongoing relationship.” When Ed had the chance to build up a new Catholic secondary school in Leongatha, they jumped at the chance to move to the country. As founding principal of Mary MacKillop College, he quickly gained a high community proﬁle and Jill continued in her role supporting him. “It’s been a fantastic move for us,” said Jill. “It gave us lots of opportunities.” And once their children were in school, she was able to pursue a career for herself. She began part time in a travel agency and progressed to running Jetset Leongatha in the Compass Arcade. Ed retired from Mary Mac and some years later, joined Jill in the travel business. It’s a comfortable situation for the Carmodys. “She’s the boss,” he said, “as long as I’ve got a door open and I can get out! “You mean as long as you do as you’re told,” laughed Jill. Their relationship has had to change with the differing circumstances of their lives. Now on the domestic front, they share the tasks. Ed cooks (and cleans up afterwards) Jill refuses to mow the lawns, but everything else is attended to by whoever is there at the time. “It’s not a matter of Ed’s role or mine, we just pitch in.” They enjoy common interests. “We’ve travelled. We like art and culture, scenery, nice food and history,” Jill explained. With the death of his parents, Ed is now the patriarch of his extended family, as well as his own unit. He and Jill are aware that being a welcome part of their respective extended families is a blessing. And they love being grandparents. There are ten grandchildren, six of whom are at school. “They’re all beautiful,” said Jill. She and Ed make sure they celebrate hallmark dates in their relationship. “It’s important to keep the romance alive,” mused Jill. “I love her, make sure you put that in!” declared her husband.

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INVERLOCH’S Esplanade Hotel is the place to go at any time of the year, but is particularly appropriate on Valentine’s Day. The upstairs Captain’s Lounge has the ambiance, food and drinks selection to make any Valentine’s Day meal one to remember.

Romance in the air: The Captain’s Lounge is the perfect place for a quiet, intimate dinner.

Relaxing moments: service and style are a hallmark of the Captain’s Lounge at the Esplanade Hotel.

Time to talk: the quiet atmosphere at Captain’s Lounge is perfect for a couple’s dinner.

St. Valentine ACCORDING to Catholic Online website, St Valentine was the Patron of love, young people and happy marriages. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who had him beaten with clubs, and beheaded, which was executed on February 14, about the year 270. Pope Julius I is said to have built a church near Ponte Mole to his memory which for a long time gave name to the gate now called Porta del Popolo, formerly, Porta Valetini.

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NEWHAVEN College is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

“It’s a real milestone in the history of the school. The school started off in 1980 with 50 students, a couple of teachers, a principal and one administrative person,” principal Michael Brewin said. They were humble beginnings, but right from the start the school had a vision of quality education that embraced the needs of all students. “The school started off with very few buildings and resources. The place has really been on the faith of those people and the hard work of many people in the community who helped establish the school,” Mr Brewin said. “We’re now a Prep to Year 12 school and we’ve got 665 students and growing. The school now has outstanding facilities and a strong vision for the future.” The school now boasts two campuses and while it looks back proudly on its past, it has an eye firmly fixed on the future. “We have an 82 acre property up the road in the centre of Phillip Island that is now in the process of being developed as well. We have a Year 9 Environmental Centre up there,” he said. “It’s got fantastic playing fields and dressing rooms. At the moment we’re building our $3.2 million junior school there, which is Prep to Grade 6.” Mr Brewin said they are proud the new junior school campus is being built by local builders and tradespeople and is due for completion in October. The move will happen for staff and students next year. Mr Brewin can hardly contain his excitement at the changes, which he believes will take the school to an even higher level of excellence.

“I think the school is doing things very well and making it very worthwhile for parents to choose the school,” he said. “They’ve got to pay fees, but we’re a non-selective school. We have families from Leongatha, Korumburra, Tarwin Lower as well as Phillip Island, who have their children at this school.” He put the ratio of students outside of Phillip Island at 50 per cent. “You can read about the work done by the school’s ﬁrst principal, Frank Moore, who went out into the countryside in those early days well beyond Phillip Island, speaking to farmers and their families about sending their kids to Newhaven,” Mr Brewin said. He said many of those early recruits to the school had stayed, becoming part of the Newhaven family. Mr Brewin believes there is “absolutely” an advantage to having students at the school from Prep to the completion of Year 12. “The early years of a child’s education are of exceptional importance in terms of where they’ll be at in their secondary education and their senior secondary education,” he said. “Making sure the students have a strong grounding in literacy, numeracy and an understanding of broader aspects of education, like humanities, performing and visual arts, physical education and so on are exceptionally important.” Mr Brewin said their VCE students last year achieved fabulous results. “We don’t stop there, we believe in lifting the bar and encouraging our students to strive for their very best in all areas of the curriculum.”

New beginnings: new Prep student Chelsea Webber enjoyed her ﬁrst week at Newhaven College and is excited about the prospect of moving to a state of the art, new Junior School, to be completed this year.

Celebrating: students at Phillip Island’s Newhaven College have plenty to cheer about, with the college celebrating its milestone 30th anniversary this year, a new $3.2 million junior school, due for completion in October and an exciting year ahead for the new Year 9 students at the magniﬁcent Environmental Centre.

NEWHAVEN COLLEGE In Quietness and Confidence Shall Be Your Strength Situated on beautiful Phillip Island, Newhaven College is an independent school offering P-12 in a supportive environment with dedicated teachers. Outstanding features of our school include excellent VCE results and a magnificent Year 9 Environmental Centre.

Providing wonderful educational opportunities for your son or daughter An Independent Co-educational School on Phillip Island, Prep to Year 12 Newhaven College, Boys Home Road, Newhaven 3925 Ph: 5956 7505 Fax: 5956 7131 info@newhavencol.vic.edu.au www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au

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Keen to succeed THERE’S a feeling of success at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College in Leongatha as well as a desire to help those less fortunate. Sam Wright is a new deputy principal at Mary MacKillop in 2009, with responsibility for pastoral care and daily administration. He has already noted that students at the college are very friendly and keen to begin the academic year. “Our VCE results were outstanding last year and there’s also a sense of students wishing to achieve,” Mr Wright said. “The connectedness they have to the community and their general concern for the wellbeing not only of their peers, but also the staff, (also stands out).” The college has its biggest Year 7 cohort in three years, with 90 students. Overall student numbers have also increased to 430. As well as replacing Jason Scott, who changed to Newhaven College, as a deputy principal, Mr Wright will also teach RE and biology to senior students. Previously he was deputy principal at MacKillop College in Swan Hill for four years. Before that the West Gippsland born teacher worked at Marist Sion college in Warragul. It was a desire to return to Gippsland with his wife and four children that

New leadership: vice captains Ben Tilley and Matilda Patterson, new deputy principal Sam Wright, and captains Claire Miller and Michael Fowles. drew him to the deputy principal role in Leongatha. Mr Wright also welcomed the opportunity to work in another MacKillop school. It will be an exciting year for MacKillop schools across the coun-

try, with Mary MacKillop likely to be given sainthood by the Pope. This year’s school motto draws from a famous Mary MacKillop quote about never seeing a need without trying to do something about it. “It tries to enforce or extend this

sense of students being more active in the global and local community as far as social justice,” Mr Wright said. The college’s Walkathon has a proud history of raising thousands of dollars for worthy causes around the world.

But the college also wants to create awareness among students about the needs of people in the South Gippsland region as the region becomes more multicultural. There are two new graduate teachers at the college this year. Jaqueline Kennon will draw on her experience as a nurse to teach science and maths. Canadian Tiffany Yap will take students for French. Other teachers are returning to the Catholic college including Leonie Gilbert teaching health after extended leave. This year’s Mary MacKillop college captains are Claire Miller and Michael Fowles. Matilda Patterson and Ben Tilley are the vice-captains. Activities are already underway for the year. Last week Year 12 students had their retreat at Rawson. The theme was ‘God is our potter we are His clay.’ Year 7s have been participating in orientation exercises at Inverloch beaches and will have their camp at Dromana later this month. Tomorrow (Wednesday) is the school swimming sports. The college will celebrate opening mass next Wednesday.

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One body at SCCC “ONE Body” is the overarching theme for South Coast Christian College in 2010.

The human body is incredible, and has been designed with many small and large parts, all working together. It’s known people can train the body physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually; and that training allows them to develop new skills or to improve skills they already possess. The approach they take towards education at South Coast Christian College recognises the importance of the development of the child as a whole; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. They believe that each child is a unique created being, made in the image of God, and this means that each

one has a special place in the world, whether that be as a doctor, builder or garbage collector. The college’s aim is to help the child grow to meet their full potential in the following ways: • Provide a quality academic program that meets all the requirements set by the state and/or national educational authorities. • Provide a quality, Bible-based, values and personal development program that gives students a stable foundation upon which to frame the moral and ethical decisions of life. • Provide a supportive environment in which students can explore the social and spiritual aspects of their lives. • Provide an environment where families are supported in the role of educating and raising their children.

In Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12, the Bible makes it clear, that no part of the body is of more importance than the other and that each part has a purpose. It is the same with our children. The child who grows up to be a doctor will be able to heal those who become sick; however, the child who grows up to become a garbage collector will ensure the environment is kept clean, signiﬁcantly reducing the number of people who become sick. It is also vital for each one, doctor or garbage collector, to know that they are equally loved and valued in God’s eyes. Should you want to know more about what the college can offer you, please do not hesitate to contact them.

Above: Welcome to school: Prep girls are Rebecca, Kasey and Molly-Mae.

Top left: SCCC: Preps start the new school year at the Leongatha campus. Top right: Final year: Year 12 student Nic Piening hard at work last week.

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Core business is learning LEONGATHA Secondary College takes pride in the opportunities that can be created by working closely with students, the community and business as well as tertiary institutions. Increasingly students need to be lifelong learners who leave school well equipped to deal with the pace of modern society. There are so many opportunities worldwide that young people have to be really aware of their personal strengths and also how to be strategic about working towards their goals. Staff on site are fully cognisant of opportunities that can be capitalised on and because they know their students they can target best chances students can go for. Links with parents enable them to support their children in the pursuit of a best possible future. Year 12 graduates from 2009 received offers to pursue a remarkable range of career possibilities that included things as diverse as an apprenticeship green keeping at the MCG through medicine at Monash University, jazz music in Queensland and even boat design in Tasmania. The most important factor in students getting the course they aspired to seems to be having the dream and being prepared to work towards it. Leongatha Secondary College offers the environment where students are encouraged to try out their talents and be supported in developing their skills so that

they can compete at the highly competitive levels needed to be successful. Senior Campus principal Tracey Summerton said: “We know our students excel but the number of elite scholarships awarded to students at the end of 2009 is a great indicator of how Leongatha Secondary students measure up”. Students from LSC last year have already been notified they are successful recipients of the Margaret Schofield Scholarship, (for the second time in four years and a shortlisting in between), the Samuel Griffiths Scholarship and Honours Program, Top Acts Victoria, Business Information Systems Industry Based Learning Scholarship, bursaries and Premier’s awards, which will be presented soon. Links to Japan, Indonesia, and Turkey also offer students an international platform, with wonderful insights and scope for extending their cultural sensitivity. Really there is something for every talent: sports programs encourage students to participate at local state and national levels. Technology with real workshop capacity sets students up to develop technical expertise respected in industry. Work placements and work experience keep things real for both students and industry. Vocational Education and Training is also a perfect option for students who want to focus on being in the workforce as soon as they can.

Seven study tips Here are our sensational seven tips to help you study. 1. Find your study space . Find a space that works for you and stick with it. 2. Be organised Make sure you have all the materials you need in your study space before you start studying. Getting up to look for a pencil sharpener or ruler will break your concentration and waste your time. 3. Clear your mind If you’ve got a lot on your mind take a moment to write yourself some notes about what you’re thinking about before you start studying. This will help to clear your mind as you focus all your thoughts on your work. 4. Get motivated Think about what it will mean for you if you do well in your studies. How will it make you feel? 5. Plan

your time (and use it well) It helps to plan when you will study and how you can make the most of your study time. Use a calendar or a list of dates or a wall planner to keep track of exam dates and assignment due dates. Plan ahead. Space out your study time each week for the whole term/semester - don’t try to cram it all in the night before! 6. Know your learning style Most of us have a preferred way of learning. Get to know your learning style and study in the ways you learn best. 7. Use your notes Taking detailed notes in class will save you heaps of time later. Re-writing and adding to your notes is a great way to revise.

Motor inspection: Joel Taylor, Greg Pate and Jenny Kent beneﬁt from the wide curriculum at Leongatha Secondary College. Teaching approaches, such as the ﬂexible programe in I-Learn better cater for adaptive, active learners and this is typical of the planning going into the exciting new precinct design for Leongatha schools.

Feedback from parents like the following is the stuff that keeps teachers at LSC working hard to ensure the best possible opportunities are made available: “My son would never have had the opportunity of

wide curriculum and the specialised subject support if he had been at his other school”. Leongatha Secondary College has a focus on helping students realise the future they can have.

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A new look at ECG

ECG, Education Centre Gippsland, has launched a brand new annual brochure with new course opportunities for Southern Gippsland for 2010.

The new look brochure provides a full 12-month course program and highlights some exciting new programs and opportunities for the communities in Southern Gippsland. David Lane, manager of ECG’s Southern Gippsland campus at Leongatha, said the 2010 brochure provided a range of exciting adult education and training options to increase the skills of local people in a broad range of ﬁelds. “ECG has moved to increase the range of accredited courses it offers and this year is pleased to offer new Diploma courses and a brand new program, the Victorian Certiﬁcate of Applied Learning or VCAL.” To implement the VCAL program, Kristy Loenen has been appointed as the new VCAL

co-ordinator based at ECG’s Leongatha campus in the Leongatha Education precinct on the Nerrena Road. “VCAL is an exciting hands-on option for people over 16, covering practical work and life skills as well as literacy and numeracy skills,” explained Kristy. “Already our program is featuring a range of activities to cover those skills and will also encompass art, electronics, IT and communication, and practical community challenges leading to Certiﬁcate II in Volunteering” Kristy is new to Southern Gippsland and has a strong education background and focus – including time spent in Japan teaching English, a successful time she looks back on with huge enjoyment and pleasure. “I am really excited to be part of this new VCAL program and to join the team at ECG in Leongatha”. ECG is also offering Diploma courses in Children’s Services, Human Resources

Management and also Project Management. Ongoing certiﬁcate programs in Aged Care, Retail Services, Business Administration and others are still on offer, as well as a full range of general interest courses including ﬁrst aid, construction induction, introduction to garden design and much much more. Mr Lane said ECG courses appealed to people wishing to upgrade their skills for promotion, to re-enter the workforce, change careers, acquire new skills, or learn a new hobby. “As a community based organisation, ECG mixes small class sizes with experienced trainers to help people get the most out of their learning experience.” For further information on courses offered by ECG, please phone Leongatha campus on 5662 6700.

New face: Kristy Loenen, the new VCAL co-ordinator at ECG Southern Gippsland.

Diploma in ornamental horticulture takes off ECG McMillan has received a strong response to its new offering of a Diploma of Ornamental Horticulture at its Southern Gippsland campus.

The Victorian accredited course begins this month and has been developed in response to industry demand for people with higher level technical skills and knowledge to work in a range of horticulture enterprises including local government, landscape design, retail and wholesale nurseries, historical and

botanical gardens. Head of Rural Studies at ECG McMillan Babis Lagos, said the new course will assist people to increase their horticultural skills, advance in their workplace, or set up their own business. “We have strong enrolments to the new diploma course which is open to anyone with an interest in horticulture – people working in industry, new entrants, as well as serious home or hobby gardeners.” Mr Lagos said ECG McMillan continues to broaden its range of specialist

horticulture and agriculture programs to assist local producers and agri-business managers to advance their management skills as well as new entrants to the industry. Accredited programs in horticulture, agriculture, rural business management, and arboriculture are all on offer at ECG’s Leongatha campus. “This year ECG has also moved to expand its highly successful Diploma in Conservation and Land Management running two courses at both its Leongatha and Warragul campuses to meet growing

demand for places. ECG is one of few education providers in Victoria to offer the course which attracts participants from across the state who attend the campus four times a year to undertake intensive practical weekend workshops. “By extending the course to run two programs over two campuses will expand the reach to more students and enable participants to fast-track the course, completing it in one year instead of two if they choose.” Mr Lagos said ECG McMillan continued to work closely with industry to

develop courses to build skill capability and help them meet challenges and opportunities, and increase national and international competitiveness. ECG also offers a range of traineeships to support employers to upskill staff or take on new recruits including a successful arboriculture traineeship program at its Leongatha and Warragul campuses. To ﬁnd out more visit: www.ecg. vic.edu.au or phone ECG Leongatha McMillan campus on 5662 6700.

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Indigenous building By Jane Ross WHEN Wonthaggi artist Patrice Mahoney booked herself in to hospital to give birth late last year, she was automatically noted on the admissions paperwork as a non-indigenous person. That got the Koori artist thinking: what are our perceptions of indigenous? She decided it was time for Aboriginal people in Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires to work together to support each other and educate the rest of the community. Patrice called a meeting. Fifty people turned up. Invigorated, she arranged another. That was held at Inverloch. When Patrice called for volunteers to join a committee, a number of people responded. For the past few years,

Patrice has organised annual NAIDOC celebrations in Wonthaggi. As well as being an artist, she’s the busy mother of a young family and said she can no longer devote the time needed. She’s keen to extend NAIDOC to other towns in the district. NAIDOC Week is held around Australia every July. Patrice sees it as an ideal way to draw indigenous people together and promote their cause. Two of those at the Inverloch meeting were Stephen Walsh, a Wurreker broker in Gippsland and John Murray, a Koori engagement support ofﬁcer. Stephen’s task is in transition education, training and employment which runs in partnership with VET. He targets disengaged Koori community members and links them with TAFE and the region’s Koori liaison ofﬁcer.

Last week’s announcement of $2.55 million funding from the three tiers of Government for the new Corner Inlet Early Learning and Care Centre highlights the success of community projects that are developed in strategic partnerships. My congratulations to the Corner Inlet community and the Committee for the focus and determination they have demonstrated in presenting a formidable case for this facility, identifying appropriate land and completing environmental assessments, conducting brieﬁngs and consultation, and presenting concept designs and costings. Council has been proud to support with dedicated staff, Councillor resources and a contribution of $200,000.

He also works in with the Local Learning and Employment Network (LLEN) and was proud to see 60 of his charges graduate across Gippsland in both VCE and its alternative VCAL. John, who lives in Wonthaggi, has been busy introducing himself to primary and secondary school principals in the region, offering his encouragement and support to Koori parents and their children. Part of his job is to ensure that both parents and students feel welcome at school. A total of 75 Koori students have been identiﬁed at schools in the region said John, but he estimates there would be many more. He said forums such as the one at Inverloch, help spread the word about services that are available and identify those that are needed. “It’s all about community building.”

I also thank our local Members of Parliament for their advocacy on behalf of this project, resulting in the Federal Government contributing $1.85 million and the Victorian Government $500,000. Like Councillors, our Members of Parliament in both the Upper and Lower Houses play an important role in the communication channels that relay your ideas and concerns to the decision making tables of Federal, State and Local Government, and their advocacy on your behalf to bring projects to fruition should not be underestimated. We are an apolitical Council and as the Victorian Government prepares its last Budget before the November elections, we encourage you to capitalise on the opportunities available now to articulate the issues that are relevant to South Gippsland.

Community support: indigenous people in Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires are banding together. At a forum in Inverloch were from left: Stephen Walsh, Patrice Mahoney, Sonia Weston, Bradley Proctor and John Murray.

Representatives in the Legislative Assembly for this region are Peter Ryan (Gippsland SouthNat) and Ken Smith (Bass-Lib), and in the Upper House representing Eastern Victoria are Philip Davis (Lib), Peter Hall (Nat), Edward O’Donohue (Lib), Johan Scheffer (ALP) and Matt Viney (ALP). A simple Google search will provide contact details for each. Russell Broadbent (Lib) is the Federal member for McMillan. Council will also be undertaking a focused advocacy program over the next two months in particular, meeting with Members of Parliament to discuss priority issues for South Gippsland for budgetary considerations. Let’s take advantage of every opportunity to improve our communities and services. Cr Jim Fawcett Mayor

From pages past Historical snippets from The Star One year ago, February 10, 2009 Gippslanders are digging deep to help families affected by bushﬁres at Boolarra and Mirboo North. Thousands of dollars have been raised and charities have been overwhelmed by donations of goods. **** Leongatha teenager Jesse Poulton has returned from a lifechanging trip to Cambodia as a World Vision youth ambassador. The 18-year-old learned Cambodians face a life short of food, family and hardship, but still re-

mained gracious. Five years ago, February 8, 2005 Students were rescued from Wilsons Promontory National Park after winds up to 140km/h felled trees around them. Tents, cars and caravans were wrecked and the winds ripped a roof from a cabin. **** More than $9000 was raised by a musical show in Leongatha to beneﬁt victims of the tsunami in Asia. Organisers Joan Fawcett and Robyn Eldred were amazed by the result.

Anti-social BASS Coast Council will review its local law relating to anti social behaviour.

This is at the direction of councillors who are alarmed by the poor behaviour of visitors to Phillip Island. It starts in November and continues throughout the summer. Cr Gareth Barlow moved a motion at the first council meeting for 2010, seeking action including asking Federal authorities to put a total ban on the sale of fireworks. “These are not the fireworks we used as kids. Cowes Police have found eight inch mortars!” Cr Barlow said the Phillip Island community had expressed serious concerns about the behaviour.

10 years ago, February 8, 2000 Recreational anglers have voiced their concern over a plan to establish marine national parks in and around Corner Inlet. More than 200 people attended a public meeting at Foster, held by the Environment Conservation Council. **** Chemotherapy is now available at Leongatha Memorial Hospital, saving patients the hassle of travelling to Warragul or Latrobe Regional Hospital. Gippsland Southern Health Service has

Meals roster (Leongatha) Sth Gippsland Specialist School, Lions Club, Smith & Heide (15th, 17th, 18th, 19th) and National Bank (16th) will be responsible for the delivery of meals on wheels, the week beginning February 15, 2010.

spent $100,000 over 12 months, establishing the service. 30 years ago, February 12, 1980 Top Australian golfer Jane Crafter set a new course record of 72 at the Leongatha Golf Club. The visitor was taking part in an invitation ladies event. **** Koonwarra bowler Graeme Fawcett produced the best ﬁgures of the round when he took 9/32 to limit Korumburra White to just 87 runs. His effort has put Koonwarra back in the ﬁnals race.

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Rotary on show RAMON Horsfield will judge the 33rd annual Korumburra Rotary Club art show. Ramon, who lives at Coronet Bay, is a renowned local artist who has works in overseas, corporate, private and local collections. He has won numerous awards for his oils and water colours. In the late 1940s, Ramon was the youngest member of the Victorian Artists’ Society. He studied for five years at the National Gallery Art School. He will have paintings for sale during the art show which will have its official opening at 7.30pm on Friday February 12, remaining open until February 14. The show offers a total prize pool of $5700, with a first prize of $1500 and second of $1250, as well as five other major prizes and six highly commended ones. More than 370 entries have been received which, according to art show director Stewart Woods, “is very pleasing”. Entrants include recent judges Bob Pelchen

and Ern Trembath. Mr Woods said proﬁts from this year’s show will help support six club members who will ride 600kms as part of a Ride to Conference that aims to raise $6000 for a primary school Life Education Program, Gippsland Rotary Centenary House which provides accommodation for patients and families attending the Cancer Care Centre at Latrobe Regional Hospital, and an international Rotary project offering emergency accommodation for people in disaster areas. Korumburra Rotarians are grateful for the support that the town’s businesses give to the art show and invite anyone interested to attend the ofﬁcial opening. Tickets cost $15.

Rafﬂe prize: Korumburra Rotarian Stewart Woods holds a painting by Ern Trembath called Touch of Light Rubicon, which is being rafﬂed as part of the annual art show.

Assembling artworks HAVING worked through a group show of 13 (exhibition called Pattern 12) about this time last year, Michael Lester, of Gecko Studio Art Gallery in Fish Creek, has upped the stakes by three for his coming exhibition.

High proﬁle: Venus Bay artist Peter Cole is one of 16 artists combining for an exhibition at Gecko Studio Gallery in Fish Creek.

Called Assemblage 15, opening on Sunday, February 13, from 2-5pm, it will show work by 16 artists, each showing up to ﬁve small canvasses. Michael explained the difference in numbers. “As happened with our Pattern 12 exhibition, which ended up with 13 artists, a certain artistic licence means this time there are 16 artists involved,” Michael said. “I’m sure there are more important things in the world to worry about.

“Some of the participants are well known for their artworks featuring assemblage or collage, hence the title.” The artists involved are local and wellknown outside the region. They are Mandy Gunn, Peter Cole, Rachel Warren, Sue Gilford, Deb Le Cerf, Jane Power, Andrew McPherson, Ann Parry, Bridget Crowe, Grant Flather, Helen Wilkinson, Kerry Spokes, Annie Stark, Suellen Lee, Sian Adnam and Abigail van Rooyen. Assemblage incorporates everyday objects into a composition. The practice began about 1911–12. One of the earliest examples is Picasso’s Still Life with Chair Caning, in which a piece of oilcloth with an imitation chair caning design was pasted onto the painting, and a rope was used to frame the picture.

Show opening

ANNE Roussac-Hoyne and John Banikos (pictured) combined their artistic talents for a great show at Meeniyan Art Gallery. The exhibition opened on Sunday, January 31, and will run until February 25.

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Pets, home and family MYRELL Sanders specialises in animal portraits and family homes, mainly in acrylic. But 30 years of painting has allowed her a diverse body of work, some of which can be seen at Mushroom Art/Crafts Space in Leongatha during all of February. Formerly of Inverloch, Myrell lives in Korumburra. She began painting as a hobby and has continued working in pastel, pen and ink, pencil as well and has added photography. All of it is on show at Mushroom in her exhibition, called Diversity. “I painted mostly pets, homes and local scenes for family and friends,” Myrell said. “Recently, abstract painting has become an interest. I ﬁnd colours and design almost have a life of their own. “Experimenting, mixing media, expanding my subject matter and painting virtually anything that does not move is what I intend to explore,” Myrell said.”

Myrell Sanders: specialises in animal portraits and family homes, shown at Mushroom Art/Crafts Space in Leongatha this month. Night Lights, Illusions and Fragments are interesting abstracts, revealing ﬁne form and colour combinations. Her street scenes have engaging angular perspectives. Memories depicts a

family home, dating from 1977. It is not for sale, but her other work is available at affordable prices. For details, call the gallery on 5661 2144.

Sea stars THE open section of the Life Aquatic competition was won by Andy McPherson from Ride The Wild Goat Gallery in Fish Creek, while his son Evan won the Best Junior section. There were more than 160 entries. The competition was held at Stockyard Gallery in Foster last Sunday. An exhibition of the entries will run until February 23.

Competition winners: Andy McPherson won the open section of the Life Aquatic competition, while his son Evan won the junior section.

Classic chapel POOWONG’S Pioneer Chapel will be hosting another classical concert on the weekend of March 6 and 7. Presented under the Classic Music in Historic Venues scheme, the concert will offer Stephen Robinson on oboe, Darryl Coote on piano and Tahnee van Herk on bassoon. Works by Schumann, Poulenc, Ravel and Nielsen are included. Concert-goers are reminded to take a cushion because the Wesleyan pews are

hard. Admission costs $38 a head, with $20 for pensioners. Tickets are available by sending a cheque made payable to Poowong Historical Group, to Stephen Halliday, PO Box 72 Poowong 3988. Include a stamped, self addressed envelope or request the tickets be held for collection at the door. Those who wish to pay by credit card can do so, but only through a Team of Pianists brochure. The team is sponsored by the National Trust.

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Learning lots: swimming instructor Katie Ardley of Agnes passed on some tips to Kiara Maruzza of Leongatha and Ryan Angwin of Foster. Above: Deserved rest: Sharli Hams of Fish Creek and Samantha Hoppner of Yarram take a break from swimming lessons at the Toora and District Swimming Pool.

Smooth style: Liam Buckland of Fish Creek swims freestyle.

Call for action THE fatal road accident on Phillip Island Road near Anderson earlier this year has prompted Bass Coast councillors to call (again) for State action. Cr Gareth Barlow is so concerned he told his colleagues at their first meeting for 2010, that he was “happy to go to Spring Street at five or six in the morning” to meet with State Roads Minister Tim Pallas. “Most ministers don’t have Bass Coast on their Melways,” he declared. Cr Barlow said he wants to know how the State intends to deal with the “very real” issues that the shire – and Phillip Island - have with traffic and road works. He said the tragic accident locked up traffic in both directions for seven hours. “We don’t have a hospital (at Cowes), there is no acute care, no accident and emergency. But we do have accidents.” Cr Barlow said it was fortunate that none of the “60,000 people on Phillip Island” needed emergency medical treatment during the time Phillip Island Road was closed. He accused VicRoads of spending “obscene amounts” on planned works on the Bass Highway at Anderson “which no one wants, or asked for or needs”. Cr Barlow has long criticised changes to the Anderson roundabout which “will force all people to make a right turn through traffic on an undivided highway travelling at 100km/h 15 hours a day. “That will kill somebody and it had better not be someone I’m related to.” Cr John Duscher said the traffic issues had been canvassed with Mr Pallas during a visit to Bass Coast six months ago and he had promised to return. Mr Pallas has been invited to attend the next meeting of the South East Australia Transport Strategy at Monash University’s Churchill campus on February 14 and 15. Cr Duscher said that would provide an opportunity to speak with him about Bass Coast matters. Cr Barlow’s motion to seek an urgent meeting with Mr Pallas and the Minister for Police and Emergency Services Bob Cameron, and a request to the State Government to bring forward the planning for future traffic needs of the Phillip Island Tourist Road, was passed. “Traffic volumes and congestion have now reached such levels that the Government must act to honour the commitments made in the Bass Highway Strategy,” declared Cr Barlow.

Summer fun: Keegan Pedersen and Tom King, both of Yarram, found a tube entertaining at the Toora and District Swimming Pool last recently.

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ENTER this Leongatha home from this wonderful tinted glass sunroom. It is for sale through Stockdale & Leggo, Leongatha and proﬁled on page 32.

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Special property with bushland H

ERE’S a truly special property, located between Inverloch and Tarwin Lower, boasting about 50 acres of natural bush land and 10 acres of cleared farm land.

It has a comfortable three bedroom, two bathroom family home. The land is flat to gently undulating and offers the best of both worlds. Cleared land was previously used for horses. There are stables and ample other shedding including tack room, hayshed and horse truck/float storage. Then the remainder of the property is bush land, with walking tracks and is home to many animals including koalas, kangaroos, wombats and wallabies. With some views towards Tarwin and over Anderson Inlet, the home was constructed in the early 1980s and consists of three bedrooms, each with built-in robes. The master bedroom has an en suite, and the living room is heated and cooled by a gas heater, plus Kelvinator air conditioner. The good sized rumpus room has a cosy wood fire, with the

convenience of a Daikin reverse cycle. Off the rumpus room there is also a good sized study and a sewing/sun room. A large shed adjacent to the home has been modiﬁed to also have basic self contained sleeping quarters – ideal for that extra guest. There is also a double carport (under the roof line of the home), extra high carport – suitable for a horse truck, ﬂoat, caravan or the like, horse stables, small hay storage area, and a double shed also ideal for a caravan or boat. Inspection by appointment only.

At a glance Location: Mason’s Road, Tarwin. Price: $698,000. Sole agent: Elders. Contact: Zel Svenson 0438 636 290.

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Stunning and secluded property R

ARELY do properties of this quality come onto the market.

This three bedroom solid brick residence in Leongatha was constructed by local builders for the original owners and is on about half an acre. Many hours have been spent tending the beautiful gardens, which are accessed by weaving paved walkways. A fernery, fountain and retaining walls are highlights. Mature trees around the boundary provide a sense of privacy despite the home’s closeness to town. As you enter the residence there is a formal lounge with central bar for entertaining. The bar area is large enough to be utilised as a studio or

ofﬁce area. The living areas have slate ﬂoors and new blinds and plantation shutters are throughout the home. Walk-in pantry, double sized refrigerator area, dishwasher and updated benchtops and tiling make for an impressive kitchen. Step outside from the family room onto a patio area that’s perfect for entertaining. It has a new spa and also an amenities change room with shower and toilet. A barbecue space and shade sails for protection complete this versatile area. Three phase zoned ducted reverse cycle air conditioning throughout the house and a wood heater in the family room will keep an ideal indoor temperature.

The large main bedroom has a walk-in robe and en suite as well as its own outdoor patio. Both of the other bedrooms have built-in robes. Like the home, the laundry has lots of cupboards as well as workbenches. Sealed circular driveways, terracotta tiled roof, aluminium windows and two electric hot water services are other features. There’s also a double carport, 24 foot x 20 foot workshop, hot house and water tank. Contact the sole agent, SEJ, for further enquiries or an inspection. Open for inspection this Saturday, February 13 from 10.30am to 11am.

At a glance Location: 1A Sawyer Street, Leongatha. Price: on application. Sole agent: SEJ, Leongatha. Contact: 5662 4033, Lyle Miller 0408 515 665 or Barry Redmond 0418 515 666.

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As good as new family home T

HIS great family home is packed with features and is in a top Leongatha location. With a very comfortable feel, this home is constructed of bricks with a tiled roof, and is on a good sized corner block. Inside features lounge with reverse cycle air conditioning, bay window with vertical blinds, complemented by warm toned paint work, which is repeated throughout the house.

The kitchen features electric hotplates, and a wall oven (with a left hand hinged door) separate griller, timber venetians over the double kitchen sink, pot drawers and plenty of cupboards. A brekkie bar separates the kitchen from the family/dining room and has a sliding door accessing the undercover outdoor entertaining area. The bathroom has both a bath and a shower, timber venetian blinds, and a single bowl vanity. The bedrooms have built-in robes,

and the master includes a walk-in robe and an en suite. Outside offers an under roof line carport, manicured gardens, garden shed, cement edging to garden beds for ease of mowing and a bricked pillar letterbox. Affordably priced, this is the perfect home for families as it is located near Allora Kindergarten, Leongatha Childrens Centre Day Care, Li’l Rascals Day Care in Brown Street, and is an easy walk to the main street. Contact Andrew or Peter for more details.

At a glance Location: 27 Allison Street, Leongatha. Price: $298,000 . Agent: Alex Scott & Staff, Leongatha. Contact: 5662 0922

"PINAROO" 560 Koonwarra-Pound Creek Rd, Inverloch/Koonwarra

AUCTION Saturday March 6 ON SITE at 1pm

46.87 HA - 116 Acres in 2 Titles (Offered as a whole) OUTSTANDING OCEAN AND INLET VIEWS Offering panoramic water views and relaxing rural vistas. This undulating blank canvas presents the lifestyle enthusiast with unrivalled potential to capture the unique coastal ambience of this ultimate country address. Framed by a landscape of shade and shelter trees, with a choice of elevated home sites, complemented by enormous ground water supply and is situated in the heart and soul of the regions gourmet food/wine locale. Short Distance to one of Regional Victoria’s Premier Golf Courses, 15km to Inverloch and 145km to Melbourne. PRIOR OFFERS CONSIDERED

3A a'Beckett Street, Inverloch 5674 1111 A/H: Dennis Ginn 0412 317 360 A/H: Tim Harris 0427 547 939

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A lot of home for your dollar R

ARELY does a sizeable weatherboard home come onto the market at such an affordable price. This is a well positioned four bedroom home with loads of character and is ideal for those looking for space in a second hand

home. The bedrooms are spacious and the bathroom updated. A renovated Blackwood kitchen and formal dining area open up onto the living area and sun room that could also double as home ofﬁce space. Polished ﬂoor boards throughout, ornamen-

tal ﬁre place and heritage colours will appeal to the traditionalist. The laundry at the rear of the home contains a second shower; ideal for families. The backyard is level and a carport is enclosed on three sides where an easy addition of a roller door would secure it as a garage. Situated close to schools, the home lends itself to being owner occupied subject to the current lease, or remain an investment property with the existing agreement and rental return.

At a glance Location: 4 McDonald Street, Leongatha. Price: $280,000. Agent: Stockdale and Leggo, Leongatha. Contact: 5662 5800.

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More than meets the eye W

ITHIN short walking distance to Leongatha schools and overlooking the Nerrena hills, this home has been beautifully kept and is in excellent condition. Entry to the home is via a superb, tinted glass sunroom, which takes full advantage of the rural views and sets the tone for the rest of the home. A remote roller door also allows direct access into the laundry from the deep brick garage, with a second remote door to the back yard. The home comprises four bedrooms, all with built-in robes and en suite to the main, two separate living areas, large timber kitchen with stainless steel appliances, tasteful décor throughout and electric ducted heating. The garden is low maintenance and features sandstone retaining walls, established plantings and some fruit trees. This is a great value home with a lot of appeal.

At a glance Location: 4 Warralong Court, Leongatha. Price: $319,000. Agent: Stockdale and Leggo, Leongatha. Contact: 5662 5800.

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Building sustainability BACK to school excitement at Leongatha Secondary College involved the beginnings of a new outdoor area with a horticultural focus.

Good effort: new horticulture teacher Leith Cummins gives Year 10 student Jake Fenby the thumbs up for his work constructing vegetable garden beds.

Last week students helped construct garden beds for the project. Student suggestions will be critical in the development of the area that will benefit the whole school. Community involvement is also a priority. The old horticultural site was taken over for education precinct development. New horticulture teacher Leith Cummins said students are really excited about the project. “The whole idea is to promote sustainability and biodiversity within the school and have composting facilities and using gray water systems with fish ponds,” she said. Vegetable scraps from the home economics centre will be used for composting and the worm farm. In the future school grown herbs could add flavour to dishes made in cooking classes.

Milpara news WOULD you like to be able to take professional looking photos with your digital camera? Digital Photography is starting on February 12 from 11am to 2pm. Please call 5655 2524 for bookings and further information. Milpara’s very popular computer courses are starting again. Computer Basics Course is designed to give you conﬁdence and an understanding of all the basics, together with an introduction to the internet and how to use a word processing package. This course goes over 10 weeks starting on February 16. Please call for further details 5655 2524.

Have you mastered the basics of your computer? Do you need a Computers Beyond Basics Course? Learn about the Control Panel, right clicking, ﬁle management, emails, etc. Course starts on Thursday, February 11 at Milpara, 21 Shellcott’s Road, Korumburra. Please call for bookings and further information. Have you recently moved to Australia? Do you require lessons in English? We are currently taking enrolments for Certiﬁcate in Written and Spoken English, together with Migrant English. Please call our co-ordinators for further information.

Red Cross news By Lily Harris THE ﬁrst Leongatha Red Cross meeting after the Christmas break went very well. There was as always plenty to discuss with reference to fundraising. The next big one will be Red Cross Calling in March. Along with that, we do meals on wheels, operate the Red Cross shop at Inverloch and various other things. We are only a small group and so each day is worked by the same people who put in many hours, and driving here and there. We are also very happy to welcome back a couple of old members who had

to leave us for a while, and we welcome them back with open arms. We need members badly. Most of us range in the age group of 60 and into our 80s, so new blood and ideas are needed to carry on the great work of the Red Cross all over the world. Why not join us? You will be well rewarded knowing you are doing your bit to help those people who are suffering so much, if only a couple of hours once a week. We meet on the last Thursday of the month at the Leongatha RSL at 10.30. You will be made most welcome, male or female, any age.

Year 10: students Wayne McCaughan and Jack Stuart strike a blow to turn the ﬁrst sod for the new horticulture area at Leongatha Secondary College.

Chaos on Friday KORUMBURRA artist Tracy Lewis has herself at the edge of art during her children’s sessions at Birralee Childcare Centre. The Korumburra Community Childcare Co-operative that operates the centre runs a childcare program that aims at stimulating children’s development in different

areas, including cultural activities. Tracy visits the centre a few times per week, allowing the children free expression with paint. Recently, they’ve been revelling in paint throwing, which has resulted in a painting remarkably similar to Jackson Pollock’s Blue Poles. Tracy has called it Chaos on Friday.

Friday chaos: Birralee children created this painting, shown are Turner Walker, Hayden Simcock, (artist) Tracy Lewis, Kiera Witton, Laura Smith, Josh Hall, Jodie Humphrey (teacher) and Brodie Hall.

“It is a bit chaotic on Fridays and the painting seems to reﬂect that. I enjoy working with the children and watching them working on a painting together,” Tracy said. The work is an acrylic on paper and was created by the Friday group, called Rainbow room. It has pride of place in the centre. For details, call the centre on 5655 2121.

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Ready to battle fire By Brad Lester EVERY action possible has been taken to protect the Welshpool and Port Welshpool communities from bushfire this season. The Welshpool Country Fire Authority has teamed up with the Department of Sustainability and Environment to slash and maintain firebreaks, and fire hydrants and other water sources were inspected before Christmas. CFA volunteers have been monitoring where hay has been cut, as such paddocks could become ideal firebreaks for buildings in a bushfire, said the brigade’s second lieutenant, David Grylls. “It’s all part of our fire prevention program and gives us a heads up as to where the tracks are and what is accessible,” he said. “Port Welshpool is more of a concern than Welshpool as the fuel load in Welshpool is a lot less. Port Welshpool is surrounded by scrub on two sides

Planning ahead: preparation is the key to safety during the fire season, said Welshpool CFA second lieutenant, David Grylls. and on a high fire danger day, there is a high risk to the town. “The risk is there but it depends on how vigilant people are and what the weather situation is on the day. People still need to prepare to evacuate or prepare to defend their properties.” Dawson Street is the main firebreak for Port Welshpool and the DSE has

small town protection plans in place for both communities, in the event of a ﬁre. “If there was a ﬁre at the back of the town, the plan is to stop it at Dawson Street and let the bush burn if we have to, in order to save the houses,” Mr Grylls said. Fortunately so far this year, the

Welshpool CFA has only responded to one incident: the burning of the Long Jetty. The broader South Gippsland group of brigades, which extends west as far as Fish Creek, has been busy attending to small incidents. “People come up from Melbourne and want to tidy their blocks up, un-

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8208

Church Times ARIES - March 21 - April 20

Leftover jobs from recent months return for completion. A new friendship is spotlighted over the weekend. Romance shows its sentimental side. Travel includes a touch of adventure. TAURUS - April 21 - May 22

Avoid shortcuts. The key this week is to take a thoughtful, studied approach. Your idealistic streak surfaces as you come to the defence of a pet cause. GEMINI - May 23 - June 21

Your ideas are unusually original, yet the week may find you too easily influenced by others. The week is favourable for house maintenance, updating albums and filing important papers. CANCER - June 22 - July 22

You perform an important public service this week and may ﬁnd yourself in the limelight. Travel and sightseeing is spotlighted. A friendship becomes more rewarding. LEO - July 23 - August 22

Stress at the workplace is eased once you make a new and determined effort. Friendship and romance are bright lights through the week. A ﬁnancial complication may be untangled. VIRGO - August 23 - September 22

Your home life is less chaotic and work or educational tasks are simpliﬁed. The secret is your renewed ﬂair for organisation. Research brings results, but don’t jump to conclusions. LIBRA - September 23 - October 22

Following up on meetings and checkups is important - even if such follow-ups are not customary. Be sure that guarantees meet your satisfaction. Romance and nostalgia are highlighted. SCORPIO - October 23 - November 21

Out of town communications arrive after a lengthy delay. A new hobby may include a proﬁtable angle. A community service earns you the admiration of someone you greatly respect. SAGITTARIUS - November 22 - December 22

New developments at home, work or school lead to expanded prestige. Family challenges are faced with new determination. A loved one’s artistic temperament is soothed by your gentle ways. CAPRICORN - December 23 - January 20

Higher-ups have a change of heart and your plans may be given the green light. New options open up in areas of education or volunteer work. An extravagant streak surfaces on the weekend. AQUARIUS - January 21 - February 19

A combination of imagination and hard work pays off at home or at the workplace. A romantic idea may backﬁre, but it’s no time to be discouraged. A family feud is amicably resolved. PISCES - February 20 - March 20

Organisation pays off. Spend time outlining your plans and developing ideas. An agreement with a higher-up is reached after friendly debate. An eye for bargains is particularly sharp. BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK

You are secretive, passionate and stubborn. You don’t forget an injustice and your patience is impressive. Technical studies dominate your interests. Computer science, mathematics and logical puzzles capture your imagination and lead to personal advancement.

ANGLICAN: Tuesday, February 9: 7pm St Andrew’s, Dumbalk / St David’s, Meeniyan Fellowship. Wednesday, February 10: 11am St Peter’s Mid-Week HC. Sunday, February 14: 8am St Peter’s HC; 10am St Peter’s Exploring Worship; 10.30am Union Church, Tarwin Lower HC. ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Mirboo North. Phone 5668 1346. Holy Communion 8.30am: Worship and Sunday School 10am. ST PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Korumburra: Sunday 9.30am and Wednesday 11.30am. Poowong: Second and fourth Sundays, 11am. ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Wonthaggi. Sunday, 10.30am: Holy Communion & Sunday School; Monday, 7.30pm: Holy Communion; Wednesday, 8.45am: Christian prayer & meditation, 10am: Holy Communion. CHURCH OF ASCENSION: Inverloch, Sunday, 9am: Holy Communion & Sunday School; Tuesday, 9am: Christian prayer & meditation; 10am: Holy Communion; Thursday 7.30pm: Holy Communion. 5th Sunday services, alternating at Wonthaggi & Inverloch, contact Rev Bruce Charles for details, 5672 3984. ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: Prom Coast Community Church Inc. - Foster Community House, Station Street, 10am: Sunday. Sunday School and Creche operates. Pastor Bill Watson 5686 2248. A.O.G. Inverloch - Cnr Bear and McIntosh Street, Inverloch. Sunday Service 10am; Imagine Christmas Day Service 9am. Contact: Jeff Robertson, 0418 125 832 or Imagine Burwood 9888 7466. Korumburra Southern Hills A.O.G. - 4 Mine Rd, 10am and 6pm: Sunday. Also Children’s Church and Creche. Contact: Pastor Vic Butera 5655 2478. Youth: Neville Stuart ph. 0407 343 219. Leongatha South Gippsland Liberty Fellowship - 17 Michael Place, Leongatha. Sunday services: 11 am and 7pm. All enquiries contact Pastor David Stegmann 5662 2785. Office: 5662 3100. Wonthaggi A.O.G. - Billson Street, 10am: Sunday. Contact: Pastor Barry Smith 5672 3984. CHRISTIAN REVIVAL CRUSADE: 40 Hughes Street, Leongatha. Sunday, Morning Service 10.30 am: Inspirational Service, 6.30pm: Children’s Church 10.30am: Home cells weekly; Kids Club Thursdays 4pm Guide Hall. For all enquiries contact 5664 5455. THE CHURCH AT ARCHIES CREEK: Meeting every Sunday at Archies Creek. Morning Commu-

nion Service 11 am: Evening Holy Spirit Revival 6pm: Phone: Ps. Chris Chetland 5674 3867 or 5672 4660. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST: Saturdays, Church service 10am., Leongatha Sabbath School - 11.30am. CATHOLIC: St Laurence’s Parish Leongatha: 5 pm Mass Saturday, 11am Mass Sunday. Tarwin Lower: In St Andrew’s Union Church, 5pm winter, 6pm summer Mass Saturday. Meeniyan: 9.30am Mass, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays and 11am, 2nd and 4th Sundays. Mirboo North: 11am Mass, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays and 9.30am Mass, 2nd and 4th Sundays. St. Joseph’s Parish Korumburra: 9.30am Sunday Mass. Loch: 5pm/6pm Daylight saving Sunday Mass. Wonthaggi: Saturday evening 6.30pm: Evening Mass; Sunday, 10.30am: Mass. Inverloch: Sunday 9 am: Mass. KORUMBURRA’S WOMEN’S AGLOW: First Monday every month at Korumburra Day Centre, Korumburra Hospital, Bridge St., Korumburra at 7.45pm. Inquiries phone 5657 2214. GIPPSLAND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Strongly family oriented church meets at the Senior Citizens Centre, Mirboo North, Sundays: 4-5.10pm Communion, 5.15-6pm Bible Studies for Adults, Youth and Children. Friday evenings: Home Fellowships 7.30pm; Youth Activities. Enquiries: 5668 2226 Bob Stevens. SALVATION ARMY LEONGATHA COMMUNITY CHURCH meets at 52 Anderson Street (South Gippsland Highway) - Sunday: Family Worship at 10am: Kid’s Club - Tuesday, 4 - 5pm; mainly music, Thursday 10am. All welcome. Please contact Captain Martyn and Heather Scrimshaw, ph. 5662 5122. SALVATION ARMY WONTHAGGI COMMUNITY CHURCH meets at 149 McKenzie Street every Sunday at 11am for Family Worship. Kids' Club - every Tuesday at 4 pm, Women's Group - Wednesday at 1.30pm, and Playgroup - Friday 9.30am. Evening Ladies' Fellowship - First Monday each month and Youth Groups held monthly. All welcome. Please contact Lt. Robyn and Max Lean. Ph. 5672 1228. PRESBYTERIAN: Weekly Worship Service 10am Sunday,

corner Bent and Turner Streets, Leongatha. Phone Rev. Dr D. Clarnette 0409 236 981 or elder Col Rump 5662-2107. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: Reformed Church meeting at the corner of Peart and Brown Streets. Sunday family service at 10.30am. (10am daylight saving time), creche and Sunday School available. Teaching service at 7.30pm. Fortnightly youth activities. Home Bible Fellowship groups. Contact 5662 2762. Minister: Rev. Ron Nauta. UNITING CHURCH: Leongatha: Sunday, February 14, 9am and 10.45am (HC). “Life to the Max” 7pm. Mirboo North: 9.30am. Meeniyan: 10am. Wonthaggi: Sunday 9.30am, Family Service, all welcome. Inverloch: Sunday 11am: Korumburra: Sunday, 9.30am: Rev. Geoff Smith and Rev. Jim Foley, 5655 1997. BAPTIST CHURCH KORUMBURRA: 39 Mine Rd, Korumburra. Service and Sunday School 10.30am. Pastor Ian Wilkinson. Phone 5658 1366. BAPTIST CHURCH WONTHAGGI: Cnr McBride & Broome Crescent, Wonthaggi. Morning Service & Children’s Activities, Sunday 10am. Weekly activities see www.wonbaptist.org.au, Pastor Geoff Pegler 5672 4769. MEENIYAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Sunday, 10am: Meeniyan Youth Club Hall. COMBINED CHURCHES WONTHAGGI / INVERLOCH: 4th Sunday each month at 7pm. SCOTS PIONEER CHURCH: Mardan South. Pleasant Sunday Afternoons on the last Sunday of each month at 2pm. See occasional ad in this paper for details. For enquiries phone 9853 6627. FISH CREEK UNION CHURCH: 1st & 3rd Sundays, 9am; 2nd & 4th Sundays, 7pm. Contacts: Fran Grimes 5683 2650, Sue Poletti 5663 6325.

aware that it’s illegal to have any fire during the fire danger period,” Mr Grylls said. “They need to be aware of the danger a fire poses if it gets away.” Memories of Black Saturday still linger in the minds of locals but across the South Gippsland group, the devastating bushfires have inspired an extra 21 people to join the firefighting ranks. “There are a lot of young ones, which is encouraging to see. Even though they may move away to seek employment, at least they have got the skills they can carry away with them,” he said. “The upside of February 7 is that everybody is fairly aware now. They have taken a lot more notice. There were people who were extremely worried about what would happen if a fire happened here. It can happen any time.” Twenty-two people are on the books of the Welshpool brigade. Training is at 8pm Thursdays at the station. New firefighters complete minimum skills training and a probationary period, but people can also volunteer in administration, cleaning and maintenance. “There are plenty of opportunities for people who want to come along and be involved,” Mr Grylls said. The brigade inspects fire hydrants and slashes blocks to raise funds towards the upkeep of facilities, such as the brigade tanker and support vehicle. The latter features a quick fill pump, lighting plant, life jackets, mobile phone and refreshment facilities.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 15. 17. 19. 20.

ACROSS Mediocre (6-5) Plank (4) Interrogate (8) Boil (6) Property (6) Burn (6) Whiten (6) Flower (8) Remain (4) Comradeship (11)

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 11. 13. 14. 15. 16. 18.

DOWN Sword (8) Solitary (6) Assent (6) Final (4) Usher (6) Leather (5) Cherish (8) Luck (6) Famished (6) Drink (6) Desire (5) Woman (4)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8208 ACROSS 6. Wait now, mom! (4,1,6). 7. Split when you run (4). 8. Sadly, by comparison with other months are short (8). 9. Stopped Sue moving into the flat (6). 10. Way back, stands right inside (6). 12. A big noise in the news (6). 15. Parents do their best to provide food (6). 17. Enamoured by, kept ringing (6,2). 19. Ladder I find amid the wreckage (4). 20. Regardless of whether it’s fair, in any event (4,2,5). DOWN 1. Not in Italian! (8). 2. The frightened-looking friend takes cover (6). 3. Makes - or breaks (6). 4. Name of some fallen angel (4). 5. Set out to get the airmen in to attack (6). 6. Capturing the young bird, a carnivore (5). 11. Hold back the remainder of the water (8). 13. The whole net will be repaired by one again (6). 14. Become popular when you hire (4,2). 15. Take disciplinary action about a French shipwreck (6). 16. What the foreigner meant by “make up”? (5). 18. One can usually head back (4).

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SUE and Dave Armstrong of Alice Springs welcomed the safe arrival of their daughter Lucy Kenny Armstrong, born on December 17, 2009. Lucy is a little sister for Alec (two-and-a-half years) and the fourth grandchild for John and Ann Kenny of Hallston (all pictured left). BRONWYN Clementson and Matthew Calder have a second child, Poppy May, born on January 25 at Armidale in NSW. A sister for Chaz (19 months). Matthew, formerly of Leongatha, now lives with his family on Hamilton Island.

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Santa Fe ‘R’ at Edneys THE new top of the range Hyundai Santa Fe has landed at Edney’s in Leongatha, with motoring enthusiasts already clamouring to see what all the fuss is about. The super popular sevenseat SUV steals a lead on its rivals through an array of technical and cosmetic upgrades for 2010. Key among these is a new generation ‘R’ series diesel engine which sets new standards of efﬁciency – resulting in dramatic gains in performance alongside signiﬁcantly reduced fuel consumption. Power and torque climb a massive 27 per cent to 145kW and 436Nm

respectively (421Nm on manual), delivering effortless all-terrain capability, no matter what the load. Combined with a choice of new six-speed transmissions, the new ‘R’ series engine reduces Santa Fe’s class-leading fuel consumption by a further 7 per cent to 6.7 litres/100 km+ (manual) - with corresponding emissions reductions. The Star took the Santa Fe for a spin around the hills of Leongatha. Apart from the extra grunt, the Santa Fe has the best handling of any car on the road. With features like a push button ignition and rear camera (which produces an LCD image on the rear vision mirror), the Santa Fe

boasts all the best modern gadgetry. The new car made its Australian debut in the Global Green Challenge, a gruelling six day drive over 3000km between Darwin and Adelaide, during which the Santa Fe ‘R’ six-speed manual proved easily capable of undercutting its official fuel consumption figure of 6.7 L/100km (7.5 l/100km for automatic). Aside from amazing fuel efficiency, the Santa Fe offers motorists enhanced safety features, including improved crash and rollover protection, resulting in a five star ANCAP rating; new styling cues; upgraded interior design and comfort; and suspension that has been dynamically optimised for Australian road conditions.

Modern style: the new Santa Fe sevenseat SUV drives well and looks great.

Looking sharp: the new Hyundai Santa Fe seven-seat SUV boasts a number of modern features, including an LCD screen that pops on the rear vision mirror. Ready to talk: Edney’s dealer principal Darryl McGannon with the new Hyundai Santa Fe seven-seat SUV.

Alto hits green note The Global Green Challenge has been run and won and it was the most affordable car in the strong line-up of contenders, the Suzuki Alto, putting in one of the best performances, with the lowest recorded economy figure of any car at 2.0L / 100km. The achievement ensured the Alto took first class honours in both the ‘Light’ and car division (petrol) of the inaugural event. Starting with an official ADR figure rating of 4.8L per 100km, the Alto finished the week-long driving marathon with an 18 per cent consumption improvement to record an average economy of 3.9L/100km. The improved percentage bettered all comparable small cars in the field including the fleet of diesel-powered urban cars, each costing between $10,000 and $20,000 more than the

standard Alto. Crossing over one of Australia’s toughest highways and battling scorching 43 degree heat, the Alto managed to use just 123 litres of fuel for the entire 3150km journey. With the current price of petrol sitting at $1.30, this equates to a total spend of less than $160 to drive from Darwin to Adelaide. Compare this with your average Australian car which, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, consumes fuel at an average of 11.5 litres/100km, and the same road trip would double in cost to around to $335. Similarly the Alto emitted just 89g/km of green house gases – a drop of 21 per cent on its standard rating – compared to the Australian vehicle ﬂeet average of 250g/km. “The Global Green Challenge has been a fantastic opportunity for Suzuki to show its commitment to fuel efﬁcient and low-emission vehicles driven in real-world conditions and readily available to all consumers,” said

Suzuki Australia General Manager Tony Devers. “The Alto has shown that it can meet all the lifestyle needs of today’s motorists and meet the pressing global need for environmental compatibility as a vehicle that is easy on the planet from the manufacture phase through to its drive and eventual recycle. “More importantly, the Alto’s strong performance in some of the toughest of

motoring conditions is testament to Suzuki’s legendary reliability. The result proves the Alto is just as at home as a city runabout as it is cruising the open road. “Throughout the long journey the Alto was complimented for its high comfort levels, including good seats and easy visibility. Combine this with its outstanding environmental credentials and you have one of the best value cars on the market.”

• Winner of the Light and Small car division • Best urban cycle and lowest recorded daily fuel economy of 2.0L/100km • Average fuel consumption fell by 18 per cent to 3.9L/100km • Average CO2 emissions fell by 21 per cent to 89g/km • Less than $160 of fuel consumed in the 3000km plus journey.

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Triton makes history MITSUBISHIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Triton fourfour wheel drive GLX-R utility has claimed Overlander Magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s four-wheel drive of the year award for 2009 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the ďŹ rst utility ever to take out the title. The award marks back-to-back wins for Mitsubishi, with the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legendary four-wheel drive Pajero wagon claiming the award the previous year. During testing for the award, a crew of highly qualiďŹ ed and experienced four-wheel drive judges pitted Mitsubishiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victorious Triton off-

roader against a selection of the best new and upgraded four-wheel drives of 2009, including the all-new Toyota Prado and Land Roverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Discovery 4 wagon. Trent Nikolic, editor of Overlander Magazine, said that the Tritonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revolutionary win was the result of a unanimous decision by the judges. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tritonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triumph marks the ďŹ rst time a utility vehicle has taken out Overlanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ultimate gong, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just reward for a ground-breaking dual cab. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Triton was rewarded for its benchmark safety equipment, excel-

lent diesel engine, engine genuine off-road off road practicality and surprisingly smooth on-road handling and dynamics,â&#x20AC;? Nikolic said. Robert McEniry, Mitsubishiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Australian president and CEO couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be happier with the award. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re delighted our Triton utility has claimed the respected Overlander 4WDOTY award, particularly as it has triumphed over more conventional â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and much more expensive â&#x20AC;&#x201C; four-wheel drive wagons. Drive the new Triton at Knightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mitsubishi, Hughes Street, Leongatha.

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VOLKSWAGEN’S G Golf lf hhas been awarded the 2009 Wheels Car of the Year. The multi-award winning Golf has outclassed a field of 22 cars to collect what is widely considered to be Australia’s most coveted award. To have been selected for this award, the Golf had to impress eight judges over an extensive week of testing. Wheels magazine editor, Ged Bulmer, said: “The turbo-charged, five-door hatch Volkswagen range is outstanding. “The Golf oozes sophistication, refinement and development – in an energetic package that comes with fundamentally good steering and balance,” he said. Veteran judge and former editor,

Peter Robinson said, said “The level le el of overall reﬁnement is worthy of two classes higher … balance and weighting of all controls [are] BMW-like in their consistency and tactility. Ride and handling, best in class.” Volkswagen last won the Wheels Car of the Year in 1976, also for the Golf. Two years earlier Volkswagen collected the award with the Passat. Volkswagen Group Australia managing director, Anke Koeckler, said:” I am very pleased to have received such a prestigious award for the Golf. “The Golf’s selection as Wheels Car of the Year is the crowning achievement of an extraordinary year for the new Golf after already being named ‘Best Mid size car over $30,000’ by Australia’s Best Car Award, and win-

ning the 2009 Carsguide Carsg ide Car of the Year and 2009 DRIVE Car of the Year awards. “Winning the Wheels Car of the Year is proof the new Golf is at the pinnacle of automotive design and engineering yet is still attainable, a winning combination obviously,” said Ms Koeckler. Volkswagen launched the Golf in 1974, it was built in Australia until 1977 before being replaced with a fully imported model from Germany. Now in its sixth generation, the Golf continues to hold universal appeal thanks to its original, unique and timeless design which creates a vehicle that is class-free. The Golf has sold more than 26 million units in 120 countries, making it a top selling vehicle.

Commodore reigns HOLDEN Commodore is Australia’s favourite car for the 14th consecutive year. Figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries show Australians purchased a total of 44,387 vehicles from the VE Commodore range in 2009. The result means Commodore has been Australia’s best selling car each and every year since 1996. “It’s been a tough year so we’re rapt Commodore has come out on top again,” Holden’s Executive Director of Sales and Marketing, John Elsworth said. “Commodore is designed and engineered here in Australia, it’s built here and we’re very proud of the way we’ve been able to continually reﬁne and im-

prove it since it was ﬁrst launched more than 30 years ago.” Holden sold 119,568 vehicles in Australia in 2009, 12.8 per cent of the market, making Holden the second top selling brand behind Toyota. Mr Elsworth said the Federal Government’s investment allowance played an important part in the result. Other popular Holden models in 2009 included the Holden Cruze (12,590 sold since it was launched in June), Captiva (11,504 sold, up 14 per cent over the previous year) and Colorado 4x4 (11,002 sold). “Cruze has done really well from the moment we put it into showrooms. Captiva has also been outstanding, comfortably outselling a bunch of rivals including Territory.”

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Demand strong for big yarding QUALITY played a big part in the outcome of a much larger penning of trade and grown cattle at VLE Leongatha. All of the regular buyers were present, and generally demand was strong despite the large number of cattle on offer. At times the quality was as good, if not better than the previous week, while others were of plainer quality. Some of the dairy cows were in quite poor condition. Price averages were mostly unchanged throughout the sale with better quality lifting some

sales by 3c with plainer quality demoting other prices by up to 5c/kg. There were 165 vealers penned, and while there was some very good quality sold, most were in fair to good condition. Prices for the best quality reached 180c, with higher prices paid for lighter weight vealers between 147c and 177c/kg. Several sales of yearling steers were noted between 147c and 156c, and most of the heifers made from 133c to 155c/ kg. Plain condition vealers and yearlings made from 113c to 150c/kg in a penning of 170 yearlings. More bullocks were

penned, and most of the 650 head weighed over 630kg lwt. The quality showed a slight improvement, and with demand being steady, prime C3 and C4 bullocks and steers made between 145c and 158c/kg. Better quality manufacturing bullocks made from 135c to 150c/ kg. Cows were in greater number, with 570 cows and 40 grown heifers penned, but the quality was extremely mixed. Demand was mostly steady, with only poor quality lowering some prices. Better quality cows made from 118c to 130c, and grown heifers

made to 136c/kg. Plainer condition cows made mostly between 105c and 118c, with isolated sales of very poor quality from 60c/kg upward. A large penning of 70 bulls sold at lower rates, as the quality was not as good. Heavy bulls made from 116c to 142c/kg.

Wednesday, February 3 BULLOCKS 24 Couper Cattle Co., Mardan 14 R.J. & R.M. Findlay, Leongatha 9 G. & L. Begg, Strzelecki 13 J. Vitale, Moe 8 T.J. & J.M. Haywood, Leongatha Sth 14 Rumridge P/L, Leongatha Nth STEERS 2 W. Rendall, Yarram 4 K. & F. Whelan, Outtrim 2 R.J. & J.A. Buchanan, Bena 2 D.D. & C.M. McAlpine, Yarram 3 G. Mangiaﬁco, Dumbalk Nth 7 R.G., A.M. & C.A. Reiske, Boolarra

710 639 703 695 723 759

157.6 157.6 157.2 157.0 156.8 156.6

1119.00 1006.00 1105.00 1091.00 1132.00 1187.00

385 378 405 458 458 416

180.0 177.6 175.0 165.0 165.0 163.6

693.00 670.44 708.75 754.88 756.25 681.28

Keen for soil info

PEOPLE need to understand what’s going on beneath their feet if they want to manage their soils effectively and efﬁciently.

That was one of the key messages delivered to the 180 participants – mainly farmers and agronomists – who attended the Healthy Soils, Sustainable Farms field days held in Maffra and Leongatha South last week. The two field days, which were both held on working dairies, were the first in a series of industry specific, on-farm field days to be held as part of the Healthy Soils, Sustainable Farms – Tackling Acidifi-

VLE LEONGATHA KOONWARRA

Sale Draw February 10 & 11 1. David Phelan & Co 2. Elders 3. SEJ 4. Alex Scott 5. Landmark 6. Rodwells

cation in West Gippsland project. The project, which is funded by the Australian Government’s Caring for our Country, aims to help farmers make informed decisions regarding the most appropriate soil management strategies for their business. Project co-ordinators Joanne Caminiti, from the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, and Jenny O’Sullivan, believe that the high number of participants reﬂects the growing interest in soil health amongst Gippsland farmers. It is also indicative of the confusion that many farmers face when comparing the different approaches and products, ranging from the conventional through to alternative, that are being offered in the market place. “We want to give farmers and their advisers the opportunity to explore, question and evaluate different approaches, without any pressure to go down any particular path or buy a particular prod-

Invitation to past and present Bonlac Supply Company shareholders What:

Barbeque lunch with Noel Campbell and BSC Directors

When:

Thursday 18 February

Where: Trafalgar, Gippsland We look forward to welcoming you then.

uct,” Jenny said. “We want participants to challenge and maybe even be challenged, but to not feel threatened.” The field days were held at the Macalister Demonstration Farm at Maffra, an irrigated dairy farm, and Max and Barbe Jelbart’s dryland dairy farm at Leongatha South. Each field day opened with a talk by a soils scientist, Doug Crawford, from the Department of Primary Industries (DPI), explaining the causes of acidification and the impacts that acidity can have on plant growth and farm viability. This was followed by a presentation by Dr Damian Bougoure, also from the DPI, about the complex biological processes occurring in our soils, and the vital role that microorganisms play in the nutrient cycle. Management practices that disrupt those microorganisms for example, that disturb soil structure can impair the uptake of nutrients, potentially creating a liability for farm-

ers. Alternatively, colonies of microorganisms can be used to improve the disease resistance of soils, and improve yields. The final speaker was Graeme Sait, from NutriTech Solutions, who has carved out a niche for himself in the field of sustainable agriculture. Graeme, who advocates an holistic approach to soil management, urged farmers to develop an understanding about the ideal ratios between particular minerals and nutrients. He also stressed the importance of calcium and trace elements such as boron and molybdenum in optimising plant growth and animal health. Each field day featured a farm walk to a purposedug soil pit in two differently managed paddocks, to examine (with the assistance of Doug Crawford) root mats and soil profiles. Doug gave his interpretation of the impacts of different management strategies, such as irrigation, laser grading, regular applications of lime and deep ripping, on

After eight loyal years as Bonlac Supply Company (BSC) Chairman, Noel Campbell last year decided not to seek re-election. The BSC Board would like to provide both past and present shareholders with the opportunity to farewell Noel, while formally acknowledging his contribution to BSC as well as the broader dairy industry. To RSVP, please call Fonterra’s Supplier Administration Centre on freecall, 1800 266 674. Venue details will be provided during this call.

soil structure and pasture growth. A theme common to each speaker was the need to soil test and possibly tissue test regularly, and comprehensively, to get an accurate picture of where a farm’s soils are headed. “One soil test gives you a snapshot. Two soil tests describe the journey,” Doug said. Feedback from participants revealed a strong interest in on-farm trials to evaluate a range of strategies discussed at the field days. Both Jenny and Joanne say that the potential for on-farm trials will be discussed at a workshop to be held at the completion of the project in June this year. Two more soil health field days, this time focusing on the beef and sheep industry, will be held on March 10 (in Buln Buln) and March 11 (at Rosedale). For information about the field days, or the project in general, contact Jenny O’Sullivan on 5663 2386 or osulliva@dcsi.net. au, or Joanne Caminiti on 0417 324 987 or joannec@ wgcma.vic.gov.au.

COWS 1 R. & P. Davis, Leongatha Sth 6 J.H. & J.I. MacDonald, Leongatha Sth 2 M.R. & J.M. Elliott, Glen Alvie 1 K.J. Hutchinson, Yinnar 1 R. Best, Welshpool 1 G.W. & J. Pouw, Allambee HEIFERS 7 R.J. & J.A. Buchanan, Bena 5 W. Rendall, Yarram 1 G. Mangiaﬁco, Dumbalk Nth 1 N.M. & M.E. Wight, Hedley 1 K. & F. Whelan, Outtrim 2 C.D. & L.J. Stewart, Jeetho West BULLS 1 J. & S. Marshall, Won Wron 4 B.J. Meade, Allambee East 1 Kennington Park, Mt Martha 1 W. Reid, Leongatha 1 F. & J. Dekker, Leongatha 1 Melaleuca Past, Meeniyan

510 597 690 695 645 575

133.6 130.0 128.0 128.0 128.0 127.6

681.36 775.67 883.20 889.60 825.60 733.70

365 320 385 325 260 495

167.0 166.0 165.0 162.0 158.6 155.0

609.55 531.20 635.25 526.50 412.36 767.25

565 365 1100 885 770 925

152.6 145.0 141.6 139.6 138.0 135.0

862.19 529.25 1557.60 1235.46 1062.60 1248.75

MG’s expansion plans MURRAY Goulburn last Friday advised suppliers it had made a proposal to acquire all the shares in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings Ltd (WCB). Under the plan, MG and WCB would merge to become a 100 per cent dairy farmer-owned Australian co-operative. MGC believes the key benefits of a merged entity would include: • creating a stronger merged business post the farmgate in a way that ensures the benefits flow to dairy farmers and their communities; • a stronger dairy farmer-owned company would be better positioned to capitalise on future market opportunities with strong financial capacity to continue to invest in the business; • board and management stability and sustainability for WCB; • deployment of WCB’s quality plant and facilities as the pre-eminent cheese processing centre for the dairy industry in the southern region; and • increased ability to further develop domestic and international markets. After eight years of drought, MGC announced the closure of its Leitchville cheese-making operations. Approximately 80 workers will be affected by the closure and the co-operative is providing redeployment opportunities at other MGC sites, retraining and outplacement services with the support of the Victorian Government. MGC will continue to employ approximately 2400 people, most in rural and regional Australia. The co-operative’s other sites in Leongatha, Maffra, Koroit, Edith Creek, Laverton and Footscray will also continue operations as normal.

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Deadline nears

SOUTHERN Rural Water is receiving close to 100 applications a week as the deadline nears for dairy farmers to apply for a Dairy Shed Water Licence.

The amnesty period for licence applications ends on February 26. Manager Groundwater and Rivers, Craig Parker, said the amnesty has been running for ﬁve months and Southern Rural Water is expecting a spike in applications as the deadline draws near. “This is a once-off opportunity for farmers to make sure the water they use in their dairy is fully licensed without penalty,” he said. “This is not a new licensing requirement. The amnesty provides farmers with a chance to comply with long-standing laws.” Craig said the majority of dairy farmers who have talked to Southern Rural Water staff already have a licence, often for their farm dam or other water source, but have needed to check the volume allocated to dairy use is correct. “Anyone without a licence after February 26 risks penalties under the Water Act 1989. Most areas are capped and they will also need

to trade to obtain more entitlement,” he said. “For those who have their doubts, licences enable water corporations to protect water sources from competing demands in the area.” Toora farmer Ray Argento is concerned farmers may be out of pocket if the Country Fire Authority accesses water from their dairies to fight fires. He is concerned that water would be measured and so result in extra costs for farmers. “In the past, farmers have freely given their water for firefighting purposes. How will it be measured and compensated for now,” Mr Argento said. “Dairy farmers are fed up with increased taxes from the Brumby Government and I believe they will support any party that agrees to remove it (licence). “The Agriculture Minister is allowing dairy farmers to be hit when they are at their lowest. What is next on the list? Tank water in towns? If everyone put tanks in, where would be the revenue for the water board?” Farmers have nothing to worry about, said Patrick O’Halloran, manager policy and licensing with the Department of Sustainability and

Environment. “Farmers pay for what they are licensed to use, not what they take through the meter,” he said. “If a CFA truck came through, it’s hardly likely to show up in the meter. If a farmer was a couple of thousand litres over, no doubt the farmer could explain why that has occurred and there would be no issue about that.” Mr Argento currently uses town water to wash his shed, but built a dam to help alleviate pressure on low mains supplies. “Now I will incur licensing costs for use of that water, which I believe is totally unfair,” he said. The United Dairyfarmers of Victoria has raised concerns the DSE’s Dairy Shed Water Licence Transition Program will lack the support of Victorian dairy farmers unless signiﬁcant changes are made. For more information about Dairy Shed Water Licences, please contact Southern Rural Water on 1300 139 510 or visit: http://www. ourwater.vic.gov.au/saving/farms/dairy-washlicensing

Beef stock BEEF Week was a huge success in South Gippsland, with cattle farmers from across the state having a close-up look at some of the region’s ﬁnest cows, bulls and calves. Right: Ooh la la: when it comes to quality beef cattle, Graham Wood and wife Faye have enjoyed great success with their French Bazadaise cattle on their Baleze Bazadaise stud at Grantville that was open during Beef Week on the weekend.

Buyer’s market: Jake Dorling, Chloe Plummer and Gary Dorling were in the market for something special when they visited the Tarraleaha Limousin Stud Open Day at Glen Alvie on Sunday.

On the hoof: Glenn, Grace and Emma Joy were out and about enjoying Beef Week on Saturday at Meikle’s Poll Hereford Stud in Meeniyan.

No bull: Fish Creek’s Brian (left) and Dorothy Summers (middle) have been buying their bulls from Dennis Ginn of Yancowinna Angus, Cape Paterson, for as long as they can remember. There’s a very good reason too – Dennis’ bulls are the best they know of.

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Classifieds

Sell it in the "Star"

PHONE 5662 5555 P FAX 5662 4350

public notices

REGENT CARAVAN On display at LEONGATHA BOWLS CLUB

Sunday, February 14 Sales staff in attendance

QUIT SMOKING WEIGHT LOSS Achieve Success in 60 Mins

John Simmons

Clinical Hypnotherapist

Wonthaggi - February 11 Leongatha - February 12 Bookings: 5333 1565 or 1800 110 660 simmonshypnotherapy.com.au

Piano, Violin, Cello, Keyboard, Guitar, Bass and Drums tuition

public notices

MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS “Beggs to Differ”

AT MEENIYAN

FOLK TO ROCK SONGWRITING

John and Diana Rees Phone 0488 186 898

For bookings phone 5687 1396

MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY Basic skills, extension & VCE

BOAT LICENCE 3 HOUR COURSE MSV approved $85 PWC available

AT MEENIYAN

INVERLOCH

Diana Rees Phone 0488 186 898

Sunday, February 21

THE ORGANIC HAIR & BEAUTY SALON: 150 Bald Hills Road, Tarwin Lower, Deanne Dakers. Ph. 5663-5439, website: www. theorganicbeautysalon. com

Contact Joan 0427 275 632 Marine Training Services

LEONGATHA AMATEUR SWIMMING CLUB INC

Take Your Mark! Looking for a challenge? Interested in making new friends? Want to be your best? The Leongatha Swimming Club is a family friendly organisation ready to assist you in meeting your personal goals. We cater for ages 8 to 80 and invite prospective members to register on

Thursday, February 11 at SPLASH between 5.30 - 6.30pm Bring your bathers for an in-pool coach’s assessment and see what everyone’s talking about. All enquiries: Stephen Brew 5668 9250

12.30pm

CHIROPRACTOR

public notices

DEADLINE The next edition of Gippy Buy Sell & Trade is this coming Sunday Phone 5145 1269 Free advertising for private sellers

CHIROPRACTOR NORMAN G. VRADENBURG “NON-FORCE PRACTITIONER” 28 Reilly Street, INVERLOCH HOURS - Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday by appointment Phone and fax 5674 3666 South Gippsland Chiropratic Services & Adjunctive Therapies P/L

KONGWAK MARKET

Garry Harrison

Sunday10am

19 Moonah Street Cape Paterson This practice will be closed until further notice due to family illness

Come early if it's hot! Collectables, vintage, retro, plants, books, produce, trash, curry, coffee, live music and more... It's fun, come! Call 0417 142 478 for more info

Inside and out

LEONGATHA

"Servicing South Gippsland"

0400 092 835

VENUS BAY - house, short stroll to beach and shops, sleeps 7. Contact: 0408320001.

free Pick-up and delivery in Leongatha/Meeniyan areas for MOTOR MOWERS,

CHAINSAWS AND STATIONARY ENGINES ETC. Repairs and services

Phone JOHN GOULD 5664 0012

situations vacant

Must have building experience Willing to work in a team environment Long term work for the right persons Must have own transport and tools Applications in writing to:

room to let

The Manager Totalspan Inverloch 32 Cashin Street, Inverloch, 3996

FULL board including food and internet, $200 per week neg. Leongatha. Suit professional. Glenda 0418540533.

Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

situations vacant

CARPENTERS

Coldon Homes is a well established, reputable building company that provides prompt payment. We have ongoing new housing work for good reliable carpenters. Please phone Bill 0407 361 225 5672 1999

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES Bass Coast Campus

Project Ofﬁcer

Kongwak Market is a smoke free event

FREE

ERECT FENCING

for rent 2 BDRM brand new unit in the Grange, for 55 years and over. 2 bathrooms, landscaped gardens. Enquiries made to Stockdale & Leggo on 5662-5800.

• Position No. 246130 • Full Time Contract to 31/05/2011

KORUMBURRA SECONDARY COLLEGE

Project Case Worker

ICT SERVICES ASSISTANT

For more information and to apply online go to:

Part time - 0.8 (5 days) 1 year contract Website www.education. vic.gov.au/careers/job.htm Applications close February 18

• Position No. 246131 • Part Time (0.6) Contract to 31/05/2011

www.chisholm.edu.au/jobs Enjoy ﬂexible career options, work-home life balance, health and well-being programs, recognition for merit and the pride of contributing to society

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public notices

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South Gippsland Shire Council you’ll come for the beauty and stay for the lifestyle

Aged & Disability Coordinator $74k package including super and vehicle Permanent Full Time We are seeking a suitably experienced Aged & Disability Coordinator to work within the Family Services team. You will be responsible for coordinating the areas of Home and Community Care, Disability and related projects. You will have a qualification in the field of health or community services and demonstrated experience in the health or community services field. You must be experienced in supervising and motivating a specialised workforce and have the ability to negotiate and liaise with a wide range of individuals. You will also be able to manage resources and budgets to meet plans and objectives. This is a rewarding position that offers an enthusiastic person the chance to make a difference in service delivery.

Classifieds PHONE 5662 5555 P FAX 5662 4350

situations vacant

DAIRY FARM HAND PART TIME or FULL TIME Due to changed seasonal conditions an additional person who enjoys working with animals is required for 1 milking per day and general farm work, tractor driving etc. A safe well maintained work place for an honest, reliable, literate and fit person. Experience is preferred but not essential. Paid weekly by the hour. Punctuality and reliable transport essential. KOONWARRA AREA

Phone 0438 745 593

This position is subject to a satisfactory police check and a current driver’s licence is essential. We also welcome direct discussion with Linda Jamieson regarding this role.

Communications Ofﬁcer

EDUCATION TRAINEESHIP Tarwin Valley Primary School is seeking applicants for an Education Traineeship. The position is only open to a person who has successfully completed Year 12 in 2009. The twelve month position is full time, commences March 1, 2010, and will involve classroom, clerical and library assistance. The selected applicant will undertake a Certificate III in Education (Language and Literacy). All study fees will be paid. Those interested in working in a school setting with teachers and children should contact Allyson Opray at the school on 5664 7382 for the application criteria. Applications close: 1pm on Thursday, February 18

The position requires a well organised self starter with excellent interpersonal skills. Ideally you will have a tertiary qualiﬁcation in PR or Journalism, demonstrated relevant experience and excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will also have strong graphic design (Adobe Creative Suite) and web (Aussoft) skills and a working knowledge of social media. We also welcome direct discussion with Jeannie Hicks regarding this role.

Intake and Assessment Ofﬁcer Temporary Full time A temporary full time position exists until January 2011 within Council in the Intake and Assessment Team. This position will play an instrumental role in the implementation of the Active Service Model and Living at Home assessment across the South Gippsland Shire. Your responsibilities will include: • Assessing and reviewing services for older persons, people with disabilities and their carers, ensuring services are co-ordinated, planned and equitable • Providing referral and linkages to appropriate services for clients with complex and changing needs • Liaising and networking with agencies; and • Contributing to policies and procedures

Senior Case Worker, Home Based Care Leongatha Full Time Social Worker, Class 3 Anglicare Victoria Foster Care Program in Gippsland has a vacancy for a Senior Case Worker. We are seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic person to work with staff and carers to provide a supportive and safe home environment for children and young people in short and long term out of home care. The successful candidate will be able to provide excellent supervision of case work practice while carrying a small case load. You will be committed to the provision of a quality service through the monitoring of practice and the establishment of positive relationships with carers, other service providers and the Department of Human Services. If you are committed to ongoing innovation and the development of quality services, continuous improvement and personal development, this may be the opportunity for you. Before applying, please obtain a position description from www.anglicarevic.org.au Applications, should include three professional referees and addressing the key selection criteria contained in this position description should be forwarded to Dennis Minster, Program Manager Placement and Support, Anglicare Victoria, PO Box 103, Morwell 3840. Phone 5133 9998 or email dennis.minster@anglicarevic. org.au Applications close 15 February 2010.

For Position Descriptions, please visit our website at

www.anglicarevic.org.au

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We are seeking a suitably experienced communications professional to join our Organisational Development team for a temporary period until January 2011.

Supporting families, building communities

Temporary Full time

This is a great opportunity to display your talents in a work environment that offers great employment beneﬁt, professional development and job satisfaction. There is also the opportunity to act in a higher capacity. This position is subject to a satisfactory pre-employment medical along with a satisfactory Police and Working with Children Check (WWC), a current drivers licence is also essential. We also welcome direct discussion with Louise Brydon regarding this role.

Supported Playgroup Facilitator

REGISTERED NURSE DIVISION 1 - MIDWIFE

Temporary Part Time - 15.2 hours per week

Gippsland Southern Health Service is located just 1½ hours from Melbourne - situated within easy reach of the south eastern suburbs and just a short drive from Wilsons Prom, Phillip Island and the Bunurong Coastal Reserve. Gippsland Southern Health Service is a two-campus health service, located at both Korumburra and Leongatha. Gippsland Southern Health Service seeks applications for the above position. The successful applicants will need to provide all facets of care, while working as part of a team in our midwifery and acute area. GSHS offers a comprehensive orientation program on commencement of employment. All nursing staff have access to excellent staff mentoring, education and support programs. Salary Packaging is available to all permanent staff. All applicants will be required to supply a current satisfactory police check. If you are interested in joining a supportive and progressive team please contact the Personnel Manager, Janet Arrott-Watt on 5667 5503 to obtain an application kit. Applicants are also encouraged to contact Neil Langstaff on 5667 5507 to discuss the employment opportunities at GSHS. Completed application kits can be forwarded by Friday, February 26, 2010 to: Neil Langstaff Director of Nursing Inpatient/Residential Care Gippsland Southern Health Service Private Bag 13 LEONGATHA VIC 3953

A temporary part time position exists until June 2012 within Council to develop and implement Supported Playgroups programs within the Shire. Tertiary qualiﬁed in Early Childhood Development, you will demonstrate experience in the development of appropriate play experiences for children, have an ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders and local community members, and have a high level of interpersonal and communication skills. This is a great opportunity to display your talents in a work environment that offers great employment beneﬁt, professional development and job satisfaction. This position is subject to a satisfactory Police and Working with Children Check (WWC). We also welcome direct discussion with Linda Jamieson regarding this role. Applications addressing the selection criteria for the above positions are to be submitted by 5pm Friday 12th February 2010 addressed to: Human Resources, South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, Leongatha 3953 or emailed to council@southgippsland.vic.gov.au Further information and position descriptions for the above positions are available from Human Resources on or visit www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

South Gippsland Shire Council Private Bag 4, Leongatha Vic 3953 e-mail - council@southgippsland.vic.gov.au Phone (03) 56629200

Permanent Full Time - Part Time - Casual

Environmental Health Team Leader • Are you looking for a new challenge? • Permanent full time • Competitive package offered With major events all year round and as a leading tourist destination, Bass Coast offers opportunities that will excite any enthusiastic EHO. Leading a team of professionals and administration staff, you will enjoy promoting environmental health and further enhancing the safety and liveability of Bass Coast. Call our human resources staff on 1300 BCOAST (226 278) or visit the employment section on our website for more information. Applications close 5.00pm on Friday, 19 February. Bass Coast Shire Council, 76 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi VIC 3995 | DX 34903 Wonthaggi | PO Box 118, Wonthaggi VIC 3995 | 1300 BCOAST (226 278) for standard call cost | basscoast@basscoast.vic.gov.au | www.basscoast.vic.gov.au

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situations vacant

HORTICULTURE (PARKS & GARDENS) APPRENTICESHIPS

situations vacant

SUSTAINABILITY / EMS OFFICER (Remuneration approx. $43K)

Apprenticeships Group Australia in conjunction with the South Gippsland Shire Council Parks & Gardens are seeking enthusiastic people to commence apprenticeships in Horticulture. AGA is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping people gain a qualification and get their career started through apprenticeships with host employers, in this case the South Gippsland Shire Council Parks & Gardens Department. These positions are a great opportunity to kick start your career offering 4 years of guaranteed employment in an exciting industry whilst earning a Nationally Recognised Qualification (Certificate III Horticulture Parks & Gardens). We are seeking intelligent, committed and motivated people with a sense of initiative who possesses a genuine interest in Horticulture. No previous experience is necessary. The positions are located in Leongatha & Foster. Further information may be obtained by calling Steve Missen at South Gippsland Shire Council on (03) 5662 9104.

South Gippsland Water invites applications for the position of Sustainability / EMS Ofﬁcer. The position is based in Wonthaggi and will assist with the implementation of Quality Assurance Programs and the Environment Management System. The successful applicant will also be required to assist with Wastewater and Trade Waste related programs. The successful applicant should have good written and oral communication skills and a demonstrated ability to work in a team environment. Commensurate work experience or qualiﬁcations in a relevant discipline are required together with computer skills including knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Access. South Gippsland Water is an employer committed to staff development and training. A position description and further information is available at our website www.sgwater.com.au Email applications to mfowler@sgwater.com.au or address to: Human Resources Coordinator South Gippsland Water P.O. Box 102 Foster Vic 3960 Applications close Friday 19 February 2010.

livestock

Applications close Friday 19th February 2010.

DAIRY LIVE EXPORT ORDERS

www.agaustralia.com.au

RUSSIAN ORDER Unjoined Holstein Heifers - No Blood Test 250-360kg and 9-15 months at time of delivery $800.00 - $1000.00 + GST Delivered Quarantine Immediate Delivery Info Required: DOB, Sire & Dam ID Herd ave 5500.00L 3.5F 3.0P

1300 242 000

Contact Details: Andrew Mackie 0419 595 932 Luke Russell 0408 313 815 Peter Male 0428 784 390

Ph: (03) 9338 9259 PO Box 462, Tullamarine Business Centre, Tullamarine VIC 3043 www.dairylivestockservices.com.au

livestock Person to start horse under saddle at my home

This role will be responsible for facilitating activities which contribute to West Gippsland CMA’s ongoing commitment to engage and develop partnerships with Traditional Owners and Indigenous organisations.

HAY - 5x4 good quality shedded round bales, $55. 0418-649926. HEN HOUSES, fox proof, good quality, 6-8 chooks. The perfect henhouse. Ph: 5664-2443. LEATHER 3-seater couch and 2 recliners, soft beige, as new. $1,500 or best offer. 5664-4469. LUCERNE, 3rd and 4th cut, feed test available, $180/ ton plus GST and freight. Phone Mark 0427-655194.

PUPPIES Cavalier King Charles spaniels, pure bred, Blenheim and Tricolour. With papers $700 - $850, without papers $200 - $500. Ph: 5189-1331. SECONDHAND red bricks, 50 - 80 cents each. Burra Garden Supplies. Ph: 56581687. SILAGE - good heavy bales, large quantity available. Leongatha North. $75 plus GST. 0418-640030. SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each. Free delivery for pack lots. Phone Joe 0417-530662. SOUTHDOWN Poll Dorset and Border Leicester rams, 1 years, flock registered, brucellosis accredited. Can deliver. $295 each. 56862699, 0428-356376. TIMBER - kiln dried blackwood, clear pine, silver wattle. Most sizes for furniture and craft. Also builder’s graded structural pine. Phone 5681-2261.

wanted to buy

Phone Heather 5668 2779

FURNITURE: Parker, Noblett, Tessa, Chiswell, Moran, or any quality brand name used furniture. Phone Wendy on 0409-234482.

agistment

The remuneration range is $49,850 - $63,644 and includes 9% superannuation, use of a mobile phone and laptop.

55 ACRES at Foster North. Ph: 0740-943182.

•Conditions of employment for this position will be negotiated with the successful candidate, with the option of part time for 12 months or full time for six months. Ongoing employment in this role will be subject to funding.

SAM 3 tonne trailing spreader - $7,000 neg. Vertikator seeder, 3 metre with roller - $11,000 neg. Berends 3 metre cultivator with roller - $1,000. All good condition. Ph: 0437519534, Serena.

wanted

CASH paid for quality clothing and sewing items from the 1970s and earlier. Call Kylie on (03)93295305.

meetings Korumburra & District Darts Association ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING To be held at the

Korumburra Golf Club On Wednesday, February 24 at 7.30pm A member from all teams is required to attend

STONY CREEK FOOTBALL CLUB Ladies Committee

AGM

STONY CREEK REC RESERVE DINING ROOM Wednesday, February 10 Dinner 7pm Meeting 8pm All welcome Contact Kim Byrnes 5663 6252 for any enquiries

for sale

For further information contact Mikaela Power, Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator.

BOOK SALE Fast Art 104020-v1

A Position Description can be obtained via our website or by emailing kellyr@wgcma.vic.gov.au

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE includes LPs DVDs Videos & CDs RAMALAMA BOOK EXCHANGE WONTHAGGI (opp. Safeway) Until February 13

FOR SALE 5 x 4 Rolls Pasture Hay Net wrapped $37.50 inc. 4 x 4 Silage Rolls $50 inc.

Damien Minogue 0427 507 369

marriage celebrant

Jenny Milkins All areas - 5672 3123 jenny_milkins@hotmail.com

PAM HERRALD 5662 2553 0438 097 181

HORSE agistment, small paddocks available close to town. Ph: 5662-3270.

Please note that this position is being re-advertised.

Most photos that appear in The Star can be purchased by calling 5662 2294.

HAY, small square bales, $8 each. Fully shedded, suitable for horses, never been wet. Quality guaranteed. Mardan 56641320.

used machinery

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ELKIN (Knox) - All my love to you both on the arrival of Beau Aiden. Love Great Gran Elkin. ELKIN (Knox) Congratulations Rodney and Dannielle on the birth of Beau Aiden, 5/2/2010. Another beautiful grandchild to love. Jean and Kevin.

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birthdays 70th BIRTHDAY 11/2/1940

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birthdays COGHLAN - Mark. Congratulations to our mate on your 21st. Have a wonderful future. Love Nan and Pa.

bereavement thanks

Happy Birthday Nev Love from Janice and all your family

birthday remembrance RODWELL - Nathan. 11/2/10 Happy 22nd Birthday babe. Love and miss you every day. Love forever Ash XXX. RODWELL - Nathan. 11/2/10 Happy birthday mate. Miss you every day. Love Tasha XX.

in memoriam REILLY (Fowler) - Lorna. February 7. One year has passed since you left us. No chance to say goodbye. Our love and memories of you will never fade. Miss you. Rest peacefully. Your loving sisters Rita, Hilda, Verna, Doris, and families. ROBINSON - Lorna. February 5, 2009. It has been one year since you left us, but remembering you is easy. It happens every day, you are always with us. Our darling Mum. Love - Kaye and Rob, Graeme and Jan, and families.

funerals HOUCHEN - The Funeral Service for the late Mr Paul Houchen will be held in our Leongatha Chapel (cnr South Gippsland Hwy and Bellingham St) on Thursday, February 11, 2010 commencing at 12 midday. The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Korumburra Lawn Cemetery. Paul & Margaret Beck HANDLEY FUNERAL SERVICES Leongatha Korumburra 5662-2717 Member AFDA

ELLIOTT - Stan. Eileen and family were overwhelmed and honoured by the attendance at Stan’s celebration of life. We are indebted to the palliative care district nurses and Dr Joy Linton who cared for Stan whilst he was at home. Also the nursing and domestic staff at the Leongatha Hospital. To Graeme and Andy for just being there. Many thanks to the Salvos, Leongatha and Wonthaggi brass bands, RSL, Masonic lodges, bowls club, and to all who phoned and sent cards. Our sincere thanks, Eileen and family. HAYWARD - Robyn. We would like to thank everyone who kindly offered sympathy, understanding and support with the loss of our beautiful sister, Robyn. It is dearly appreciated. The Lawson family. TUFF - Des. Graeme, Brian, Marlene, Wendy, Sharyn and their families wish to thank family, friends and the wider community for all their care, flowers, cards and personal condolences following the loss of our much loved Dad and Pop. We would like to thank the following: The much needed support and guidance of Dr Robert Birrell. The staff at Koorooman Aged Care for their care to Dad while in residence. The Rev Keith Pickett - thank you for your care and support at this difficult time. To Dad’s much loved Legacy and RSL colleagues. To Marg, Paul and Pru Beck - a heartful thank you. Please accept this as our personal thanks.

deaths BROOKS - Eva. Such wonderful memories of a special nanna “Little Nanna”, memories forever in our hearts. Rest in peace Nanna, now re-united with Grandad. Love you forever - Leonie, Ian, Brok, Codie, Macey and Phoebe xxoo. Your choc chip biscuit recipe is still the best. BROOKS (Hunt) - Eva Doreen. Loved and loving mother and mother-inlaw of Annette and Ray McGannon. Nana and little Nana of Darryl and Sharyn, Harrison, Mason and Mitchell. Graham (Butch) and Jodie, Tye, Josh and Sam. Leonie and Ian Davidson, Brok, Codie, Macey and Phoebe. A private and very special lady who always put her family’s needs before her own. Re-united with Dad. A funeral was held on Friday, February 5, 2010. GIPPSLAND FUNERAL SERVICES AFDA FOSTER 5682-2443 LEAMON - Ronald Albert. 1927 - 2010. At Wondonga, February 2. Loved Big Brother of Ted, brother-in-law of Marg, uncle of Jillie, her husband Rob and Jessica, Rebecca and Jarrod. A man of many skills, a kind smile, full of cheek and a helping hand for all. A well earned rest after a hard fought battle. Well done Mate. McFARLAND Nola (Goldsmith). 31/03/32 - 06/02/10 Much loved cousin of Jack and Marg, Patti and Geoff, and families. Sadly missed.

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LEONGATHA Secondary College staff spent three days at school with no students to prepare for the upcoming year earlier this month.

Staff returned to see many exciting changes that have occurred over the break in preparation for the development of the new primary and secondary schools. Over the three days, staff participated in two informative and valuable professional development sessions. Naomi Coleman from DEET delivered the ﬁrst of the sessions. She told staff about the latest teaching framework, the E5 Model. This was a dynamic presentation which inspired staff with new and engaging ideas for the classroom. Kirsty Costa from CERES in Melbourne delivered another session. This focused on how to further develop the school to be more environmentally sustainable. This is a focus for LSC in 2010. This is not only a responsible direction to take, but also delivers important messages to the students, which will make them more aware of their impact on the environment and steps they and the whole school community can take to minimise the impact on our local and global environment. LSC welcomed six new staff members this year. Leith Cummins, teaching science and horticulture, Bruce Jackson,

maths and IT, Velda Lines, food, Amy Collins, physical education and outdoor education, Sarah Love working as a teacher assistant and Katelyn Carew-Farrell as the outdoor ed trainee. With many new developments in the school it is an exciting time to become part of the LSC team. The Year 9 Peer Support students were ready for action on the ﬁrst day back at school. They were ready to meet and support the Leongatha Secondary College’s new Year 7 students with their transition into secondary school education. The ﬁrst major event is the LSC swimming sports at Korumburra on Thursday. This is always a great day. All parents and family are encouraged to attend and support the students in their events.

Helping out: Leongatha Secondary College Year 9 Peer Support Leaders.

Cup home UP to 5000 people are expected at the Woolamai Race Course on Saturday February 13, for the unveiling of the 1875 Melbourne Cup that’s coming back to its home turf. The “cup” is actually a gratitude post. When it was advertised for sale recently, Bass Coast councillors John Duscher and Veronica Dowman gave a combined $3000 from their council discretionary funds so the item could be purchased. Harry Cleeland is scheduled to unveil the gratitude post. At 93, he is a direct descendant of the original owner of the horse Wollamai, who won the Melbourne Cup in 1875. It took John Cleeland and Wollamai three days to walk from Phillip Island to Melbourne to take part in the race! Crs Dowman and Duscher will unveil a mural dedicated to the winning horse. The ceremonies will take place after race two of the Woolamai Cup.

Helping hand needed LOOKING for something new, challenging, interesting and rewarding to do this year? Have you got a few hours on a Wednesday? Practical? Want to assist some young men gain some hands-on practical skills? Korumburra Secondary College is implementing an innovative hands-on program in partnership with Coal Creek. The students will be working on a number of practical projects under the supervision of school staff, but need your expertise and practical skills to make it real for the young people involved. “We need three men who have some time on a Wednesday to work one-on-one with our boys and help them develop their practical skills. Jobs include landscaping, building, path making, gardening, and it is a great way for someone to take on a mentoring role with one of our community’s young students,” Lynne Hardy, principal of Korumburra Secondary College, said. “Schools acknowledge that learning does not stop and start in the classroom – rather the whole community is responsible for ensuring our community’s young people

can develop the skills they need to make proactive and informed choices about their preferred futures. That’s why we need you – to work with us in developing these young men,” she said. If you are at all interested or want to ﬁnd out more about the program, please contact Lynne Hardy at the school on 5655 1566.

Tamworth honour A FORMER Gippsland country music star has won an award at the Tamworth Country Music Festival. Bec Hance, who grew up at Lang Lang, shared the 2010 Capital News Avis New Songwriter award with Vaughan Baker for their song, Just Add Water. The honour was part of the Tamworth Song Writers Association National Awards. Bec was also nominated for new song writer, best comedy song and best children’s song.

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Venus Bay Angling Club THIRTY-three senior members and nine juniors ﬁshed in the competition held on the Australia Day weekend. This was a three day competition which commenced at 6am on Saturday January 23.

Results Seniors: First place - Terry Shelly with a whiting of 640g. Second place - Michael Woolf, perch 980g, third place - Dale Walker, with a flathead of 980g. Junior - Sam Skipper, with a salmon of 160g, Emmanuel D’Angelo with a flathead of 160g. We also had some secret weight prizes awarded this competition. Leon Webb and Dale Walker took out these prizes. Our thanks to The Venus Bay Fishing Beach Surf Store for donating the prizes. and also for their continued support of our club. For more information on our club, please visit our website at www.venusbayanglingclub.org.au. Or send us an e-mail to mail@venusbayanglingclub.org.au. The next competition will be held on the weekend commencing Friday, February 12. This will be a two-and-a-half day competition that commences at 12 noon and final weighin will be at 3pm on Sunday, February 14.

Below Second place: Michael Woolf, perch 980g.

Whilst the day’s weather was nowhere near the intensity of this time last year, a blustery east wind made bowls very difﬁcult. In Division 1, Foster had a comfortable 32 shot victory over Inverloch Blue. Whilst they won two of the three rinks, there were more than a few shocked faces around Korumburra (home) when they went down to Mirboo North by 13 shots. Wonthaggi (home) concluded their miserable season going down to Phillip Island by 17 shots, and in the ﬁnal game Inverloch White (home) succumbed to the might of Leongatha by 28 shots. In Divison 2, Leongatha (home) were no match for San Remo who claimed the entire 16 points in their 27 shots victory. Lang Lang (home)

struggled a little early but went onto defeat Wonthaggi by 21 shots. Meeniyan played out a hard fought ﬁve shots victory over Tarwin Lower, whilst Inverloch (home) could not contain Toora going down by six shots. Results Division 1: Foster 1682 d Inverloch Blue 0-50; Korumburra 4-63 lt Mirboo North 12-76: Wonthaggi 2-63 lt Phillip Island 1480: Inverloch White 2-56 lt Leongatha 14-84. Division 2: Leongatha 0-68 lt San Remo 16-95: Lang Lang 16-82 d Wonthaggi 0-61: Meeniyan 14-76 d Tarwin Lower 2-71: Inverloch 2-61 lt Toora 14-67. Division 3: Leongatha 1482 d Loch 2-64: Phillip Island White 14-79 d Corinella 2-76; Wonthaggi 14-67 d Phillip Island Blue 2-62: Fish Creek 12-75 d Foster 4-58: Div 4: Mirboo North 2-60 lt Korumburra Maroon 14-79: Korumburra Gold 16-86 d Phillip Island 0-46: Inverloch 0-56 lt Port Welshpool 16-95.

FOR the second week in a row we have had another poor result, only three winning rinks among our ﬁve divisions, and again only one winning division.

Left Third place: Dale Walker with a ﬂathead of 980g.

TIDES Earlier Minutes Apollo Bay ...........................25 King Island (Grassy) ...........10 King Island (Surprise Bay)....40 King Island (Franklin) ...........40 Lakes Entrance .................... 170 Lorne ...................................... 20 Mallacoota Inlet.................... 158 Rip Bank ................................ 15 Snowy River Entrance ......... 170 _______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Mornington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil _________________________ Later Minutes Altona ................................... 195 Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15 Carrum ................................. 195 Corinella ................................. 68 Cowes Pier............................. 50 Dromana .............................. 195 Frankston ............................. 195 Geelong ............................... 210 Hastings ................................. 66 Hovell Pile ............................ 195 Inverloch Pier ......................... 15 Melbourne ............................ 200 Mornington ........................... 195 Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30 No. 1 West Channel (Annulus)........................... 50 No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70 No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150 Port Albert Pier ...................... 90 Portarlington Pier ................. 190 Portsea Pier ........................... 80 Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10 Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30 Rhyll ....................................... 60 Rosebud............................... 195 Rye Pier ............................... 170 St. Leonards Pier ................. 190 Sandringham ....................... 195 Sorrento Pier........................ 130 Stony Point ............................. 40 South Channel Pile Light ..... 190 Swan Island Dock ................ 120 Tooradin ............................... 105 Warneet.................................. 84 Williamstown ........................ 200 Welshpool Pier....................... 90

IN a day of little surprises, the ﬁnal round of pennant was played on Saturday.

Div 5: Tarwin Lower 1697 d Wonthaggi 0-38: Loch 14-72 d Fish Creek 2-53; San Remo 4-60 lt Meeniyan 1260. Division 6: Phillip Island 14-73 d Meeniyan 0-27: Foster 14-58 d Lang Lang 0-32; San Remo 12-57 d Toora 2-43; Wonthaggi 2-53 lt Inverloch 12-55. With the ‘home and away’ games now completed, the finals commence in earnest next week, and whilst some teams have dominated through the season, the finals are a whole different ‘ball game.’ With all games commencing at the usual time of 1pm (roll up commencing at 12.40pm), the semi finals are as follows: Division 1: at Meeniyan – Leongatha v Inverloch White; Phillip Island v Korumburra. Division 2: at Phillip Island: San Remo v Lang Lang; Leongatha v Meeniyan. Division 3: at Leongatha: – Phillip Island Blue v Foster; Wonthaggi v Fish Creek. Division 4 – at Toora: Korumburra Gold

Inverloch

Above First place: Terry Shelly with a whiting of 640g.

Here is an easy guide to tides in your area. To determine tides for a particular area, add or subtract periods of times as shown below.

Pennant finals time

At Port Phillip Heads

FEBRUARY Time

height (metres)

Add one hour for daylight saving

10 WED

11 THUR

12 FRI

13 SAT

14 SUN

15 MON

16 TUE

0106 0730 1347 2123

0.72 1.25 0.33 1.25

0202 0830 1449 2226

0.79 1.18 0.39 1.24

0317 0940 1601 2329

0.82 1.12 0.41 1.25

0446 1053 1713

0.80 1.12 0.41

0023 0602 1157 1812

1.30 0.72 1.15 0.39

0106 0656 1253 1900

1.35 0.62 1.21 0.38

0140 0736 1340 1940

1.39 0.52 1.28 0.38

All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM

Division 1 White faced Leongatha on our reopened Tift Dwarf green. By the teabreak, the visitors established a winning lead. Ron Burge’s rink went to a good early lead, but was overtaken around the 25th end, but they were able to fight back and go on to a three-shot win. The other two rinks both lost their games, but put in a much better second half, which in both games were much more even. Division 1 Blue travelled to Foster and lost on all rinks going down by 32 shots, which means they will be relegated to Division 2 next season. Division 2 were at home to Toora. They looked to have every chance of holding onto that fourth spot, but it was not to be, we had a six-shot win on Trevor Scott’s rink and a fiveshot loss on the other one, but Neil Everitt’s rink was fighting with three ends to go and only a shot or so in Toora’s favour. Unfortunately our boys just could not bridge the gap and lost that rink by seven shots to lose the match by six shots, and lost their place in the four. Division 4 put in a very disappointing performance after the tea break, losing their game against the bottom side Port Welshpool by 39 shots after holding a handy lead at the break. The visiting Toora team really outbowled our boys. Jack Miller’s rink, who have had a great year, in this game after leading for 24 ends lost a five on the last end, and lost their match. Despite this loss they remain in second spot on the ladder and have a second chance in the finals.

We must congratulate Division 6 on their hard fought win against Wonthaggi on their green, and by doing so retain fourth spot on the ladder and a place in the semi final. On Sunday, January 31 the sectional play of the South Gippsland association triples championship was played and our club had three teams participating. These teams all won their way to the semi finals, which was a great effort. The three teams were Ron Lawson, Keiran Gardiner, P. Shaw, Ron Burge, Chas Buccilli, Norm Hughes, and the other team was Alan Easterbrook, Mick Coram and Dave Roberts. The semi final and final of this championship was played at Inverloch last Sunday. The semi final was played between Ron Lawson’s team and Alan Easterbrook’s team who had Gavin Butler substituting for Dave Roberts as he was unavailable. This semi final was played over 18 ends and it was a fairly tight game. Firstly, Ron’s team took an early lead but Alan’s boys came and took the lead, and went on to take the match 18-13. They then played Ron Burge’s team who had a bye in the semi final round. This proved to be another good match, also played over 18 ends. Ron and his team, with Chas Buccilli and Norm Hughes, finally took the championship by six shots, with the scores being 19-13. This win now gives our club three association championships, taking the pairs, triples and fours crowns, which is something our club can be justly very proud of. Social bowls was played by 26 players last Thursday. After two games of 12 ends the pairing of Nic Van Grunsven (ld) and Rob Howard (sk) were winners on the day with 12 shots up. Runners-up, with three shots up were Ernie Treadwell (ld) and Bryan Hensley (sk).

Inverloch ladies LAST Tuesday, February 2, was the last day of pennant before the finals. Second Division played Korumburra at home and had a loss to the top team. Third Division also played at home against Phillip Island and they suffered a loss as well. First Division played against Leongatha at Leongatha and just scraped home by a couple of shots. This puts them in fourth place. Next Tuesday, February 9, they will play Phillip Island at Wonthaggi in the first round of the finals. After pennant last week, the club had an end of season pennant dinner at the Esplanade Hotel. There were close to 50 present. All in all it was a great night of relaxed fun. Wednesday, February 3 saw three games of 100-up being played and we had some very interesting games. Congratulations to the winners who go into the next round, and commiserations to the losers. Some of our newer bowlers are really giv-

ing us a run for our money. There were only eight playing social bowls, which started at 10am due to the wake for Veronica’s father being held in the afternoon. The winners were Bonnie Campbell, Jill Bateman, Pam Sutcliffe and Edith Perrett. I am sure that Veronica would like to express her thanks to the ladies who helped with the afternoon tea for the funeral. The ﬁrst Friday night meal for the year was held last Friday, February 5 and was held upstairs with 83 attending. Bev Kurrle was the cook and with her helpers did a fantastic meal of roast pork followed by pavlova. Saturday, February 6 saw 13 bankers take to the greens. The winners were Veronica Muir, Mavis Parks and Ian Bulloch. Runners-up were Pam Lawson, Rhonda Davies and Fred Fryer. It is great to see Fred bowling again.

v Inverloch; Korumburra Maroon v Mirboo North. Division 5 – at Mirboo North: San Remo v Meeniyan; Fish Creek v Loch. Division 6: at Leongatha: Phillip Island v Inverloch; Wonthaggi v Lang Lang. Denis Stanes’ ‘kiss of death’ tips for semi ﬁnals in Division 1 are Leongatha to carry on from last week and demoralise Inverloch White by 25 shots. Knowing Phillip Island’s record away from home don’t be surprised to see Korumburra get up in a close one by 8 shots. Ladders Division 1 Leongatha ....................317 206 Inverloch White ............178 152 Phillip Island.................208 143 Korumburra .....................1 121 Wonthaggi ...........................-4 97 Foster...............................-172 71 Mirboo North ..................-216 65 Inverloch .........................-312 41 Division 2 San Remo ........................63 138 Lang Lang .......................41 132 Leongatha ......................-84 130 Meeniyan......................... 61 115

Toora ...............................-25 111 Inverloch ............................3 109 Wonthaggi ......................-141 81 Tarwin Lower ....................82 80 Division 3 Phillip Island Blue ........377 195 Foster...............................29 139 Wonthaggi .......................50 138 Fish Creek .......................73 123 Phillip Island White ........... 5 116 Corinella............................-76 83 Loch ..................................-44 78 Leongatha........................-414 24 Division 4 Korumburra Gold........131 161 Inverloch .......................133 150 Korumburra Maroon .... 11 132 Mirboo North ................-116 95 Phillip Island .....................-66 92 Port Welshpool ..................-93 90 Division 5 San Remo ......................227 169 Meeniyan.......................128 161 Fish Creek ........................-1 123 Loch ................................-74 113 Tarwin Lower ....................-40 88 Wonthaggi .......................-240 66 Division 3 Phillip Island.................184 135 Inverloch ..........................-7 106 Wonthaggi .......................34 105 Lang Lang .......................41 103 Foster..................................2 102 Meeniyan.........................-118 90 Toora .................................-17 85 San Remo ........................-119 58

SGDLBA pennant Round 14 - Feb 2

DIVISION 3

DIVISION 1

Phillip Island 62 (19 shots) d Inverloch 43 (E. Stephenson 37 d J. Arnold 13, J. Farmer 25 lt V. Muir 30). Wonthaggi 57 (17 shots) d Meeniyan 40 (G. Mitford 28 d D. Lindhard 18, V. Grifﬁths 29 d J. Cocking 22). Foster 48 (10 shots) d Leongatha 38 (M. Freeman 23 d M. Fisher 20, L. Wheeler 25 d E. White 18). Corinella 51 (6 shots) d Korumburra 45 (M. Dillon 28 d E. O’Flaherty 17, H. Anderson 23 lt N. Gilbert 28). Toora - bye (1 pts).

San Remo 61 (1 shot) d Foster 60 (S. Carvosso 24 d R. Richardson 11, K. Hale 23 lt M. Climas 24, W. Brunsden 14 lt D. Mortlock 25). Inverloch 71 (2 shots) d Leongatha 69 (C. Hughes 32 d E. McIntyre 16, A. Tschiderer 15 lt F. Turner 22, S. Cook 24 lt B. Thompson 31). Wonthaggi 86 (21 shots) d Phillip Island 65 (I. Donohue 33 d R. James 15, K. Simpson 28 d P. Davis 25, L. Milkins 25 drew P. Francis 25). Meeniyan 92 (45 shots) d Lang Lang 47 (L. Hanks 21 d J. Prowd 18, M. Pearson 39 d R. Geyer 11, A. Van Wamel 32 d L. Hodson 18).

DIVISION 2 Port Welshpool 75 (3 shots) d Fish Creek 72 (M. McDonald 35 d N. Van Dyk 10, A. Collins 15 lt V. Synan 29, L. McLaine 25 lt P. O’Neil 33). Korumburra 89 (46 shots) d Inverloch 43 (D. Williams 30 d M. Flett 16, J. McLaren 28 d M. Paynting 14, M. Goad 31 d D. McIntosh 13). Tarwin 67 (7 shots) d Phillip Island 60 (H. Twite 23 d E. De Vries 21, D. Barnes 26 d R. Viney 20, G. Bright 18 lt M. Beaton 19). Wonthaggi 72 (11 shots) d Loch 61 (E. Thompson 27 d J. Miller 20, M. McBain 26 d g. Garry 15, T. Kavanagh 19 lt V. Kennedy 26).

Ladders Division 1 Wonthaggi .....................+298 Foster...............................+88 Phillip Island.................+134 Inverloch .........................+91 Meeniyan.........................-144 Lang Lang .......................-161 San Remo ........................-159 Leongatha........................-147 Division 2 Korumburra .................+239 Port Welshpool .............+160 Loch ...............................+100 Wonthaggi .......................+18 Phillip Island ....................+75 Tarwin Lower ..................-171 Inverloch .........................-177 Fish Creek .......................-244 Division 3 Wonthaggi .......................+70 Foster..................................-1 Corinella..........................+71 Korumburra ...................+42 Phillip Island ..................+121 Toora .................................-57 Inverloch .........................-146 Meeniyan............................+5 Leongatha........................-105

20 20 19 19 10 10 8 6 21 21 18 16 15 10 7 4 21 19 17 16 15 13 11 9 9

South Gippsland Field and Game Club THE day started out very overcast and cool for the South Gippsland Field and Games monthly shoot at Hallston. By the time the competitors arrived the clouds had gone and it turned into a lovely sunny day. S e v e n t y eight shooters turned up to compete in the 75 target event.

AA: B. Sartori 66, S. Busana 64, K. Jacobs 58. A: P. Johnson 56, R. D. Evans 55, W. Lieshout 53. B: S. McDonald 58, R. Clark 53, S. White 53. C: J. White 55, D. Clark 47, B. Wood 44. Vets: G. Hart 54, M. Terrington 47, J. Tait 45. Ladies: M. Hogan 41, D. Wood 33, J. Butler 32. Juniors: M. Bowyer 56, B. Ayres 46, J. McCrae 44.

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Love on the bowling green Meeniyan TO complete a busy week, it was married couples day on Sunday February 7, with two ﬁlls.

Our sponsor was Coldon Homes. There were good representations from many clubs in the association. The winners of the first fill were Bill and Margaret Fisher (Leongatha). John and Fay Turner completed the double as runners-up. Second fill winners were Rod and Judy Jackson (Meeniyan/Leongatha) with John and Joyce Arnold (Inverloch) runners-up. Thanks to Cootamundra Nursery for supplying plants. The final home and away pennant match for the ladies was on Tuesday February 2. At home to Lang Lang Division 1 had a three rink win, 92 shots to 47. Away to top team Wonthaggi Division 3 went down 40 shots to 57. Both teams had some good wins and very close losses. Corporate bowls on Tuesday resulted in Espy and Meeniyan Gentlemen’s Club topping the teams. Thanks to major sponsor Jeff Wilson. Wednesday winners were Mitre 10 and Byrnes. The major sponsor was Moos Cafe and Restaurant. Seventeen hardy souls played social bowls on Wednesday in very hot conditions. The winners were Joyce Fuller and Don Paterson. The lucky draw went to Morrie Parry. Thursday February 4 was our monthly triples which was sponsored by BCIB Insurance. The winners were the everreliable Seb, Dino and Lucy (Foster) with runners-up Andy Dennis, Robbie Shaw and Rick Spargo (San Remo). Saturday February 6 was the final pennant game with Division 2 playing Tarwin Lower at home and relying on a loss from the team just in the four. With two winning rinks and a 76 to 71 score line and a loss by the fourth team, they have made it to the semi-finals which are to be played at Phillip Island on Saturday. Away to top team San Remo in a cliffhanger, Meeniyan had a one shot win with one rink getting the points, 61 shots to 60. Finishing second they meet San Remo this Saturday in the semi finals to be played at Mirboo North. Just missing out on the final four, Division 6 were away to top team Phillip Island with the score line 73 to 27.

Above Love struck: they may have been together for a very long time, but love has not diminished for Meeniyan bowlers Barbara and Mick Scott. Above right All smiles: Leongatha’s Beverley and Eric Thompson were the perfect pair on the green. Right Together forever: Tarwin Lower and District bowlers Pauline and Peter Henwood were happy to team up for the married couples event at Meeniyan on Sunday.

Korumburra

Leongatha

THE home and away games in pennant in both the ladies and mens have come to an end for the 2009/10 season. However, the first of the finals series is scheduled in the ladies pennant on February 9. Unfortunately both our Division 1 and 3 ladies will not be in the finals, so their season is now sadly over. In the men’s finals series (semi finals) will see our Division 1 against Inverloch White played at Meeniyan on Saturday, February 13, while also at Meeniyan Phillip Island play Korumburra in the knockout semi final. Division 2 final series sees Leongatha play Meeniyan at Phillip Island (knockout semi), with San Remo to play Lang Lang, also at Phillip Island. Best of luck to both Leongatha teams, Division 1 and 2, for next Saturday. Wednesday, February 3 saw 12 out in the midday sun in a pairs competition. Winners were, on one win plus 10, Ron Cook and Murray Blackburn, with the runner-up on one win plus nine shots, Bill Fisher and Ron Symmons. Sponsor for the day was South Gippsland Insurance and the club thanks them for their valued support. Saturday, February 6 saw the last of the men’s pennant home and away games for season 2009/10. Division 1 travelled to Inverloch to meet Inverloch White, and came away winners 84 shots to 56, giving Leongatha an overall win by 28 shots. Division 2 were at home to San Remo and struggled again with San Remo, winning 95 shots to 65. Division 2 Leongatha next Saturday play against Meeniyan at Phillip Island. Division 3 came out with all guns firing at

home to Loch. You would have thought that the three teams had won a grand ﬁnal, defeating Loch 82 shots to 64, winning overall by 18 shots. However, I also understand that one of the teams led by the skipper, Eric Thompson, with Rex Withers, George Witherow and David Bee, may have to undergo a drug test. This rink won 34 shots to 10, with the Loch team still licking their wounds and trying to work out what went wrong. Friday night, February 5 saw the ﬁrst of the 2010 year’s Kitty Club’s teas take place, with a reasonable number present on the night. Saturday, February 6 saw the Leongatha Bowls Club’s vote night take place with again good numbers present. This is a night when the home and away pennant votes are counted, or in layman’s language, Brownlow medal count night. This season saw in our men’s section that master teacher, (Mr H.) Harry Forrester, take the crown, with runner-up Bill Rahilly one vote behind. The ladies’ winner was Faye Judd from runner-up Bev Watt, again by one vote. Again my spies tell me that Bev is over the moon at being runner-up, and that was evident if anyone was at the RSL for a meal on Sunday. Well done to both our ladies and mens winners and runners-up. Don’t forget Sunday February 14 will see the Regent Caravans’ ladies triples tournament take place, so be sure to get to the greens and watch a great day of bowls.

MONDAY’S men’s triples was another successful day. Thanks to John Murdica of AMP for his sponsorship of the day. With 26 teams of locals and visitors, after three games the winners were BLG Jim Hogan, G. Rich and J. Woodville (Neerim), with 15 shots. There were three teams with three wins. Twelve shots up weren’t enough for the Warragul team of Roy Hammond, L. Matthews and G. Heywood to be in the winning circle. They received a club trophy for their endeavour. Runners-up were the Drouin team of G. Davey, J. Leighton and R. Burke with 21 shots. The winners were a combination team from three clubs; J. Standeven, J. Wylie and G. Wilde with 37 shots. Many thanks to all those who helped to make the day such a success. Ladies pennant on Tuesday saw mixed results, although both sides remain in the ﬁnals playoffs. Division 2 ladies were at Inverloch with the Korumburra ladies having a resounding win. Our best card was Margaret Goad’s team of Shirley Martin, Margaret Claney and Margaret Brown, who had an 18 shot win against Dorothy McIntosh’s team, with the other two sides close behind score-wise. Division 3 ladies had a loss against Corinella with Nancy Gilbert’s team of Wendy Pepperell, Margaret Hams and Mae Harris who had a ﬁve shot win against Helen Anderson our best card. Although they lost overall they remain in the four. The ladies were back on the greens on Wednesday with only one 2 game winner at

Buffalo

games’ end. Esma O’Flaherty, Natalie Opray and Mae Harris took home the money. Thursday’s pairs had the men back on the greens. After three games, the winners with 12 shots up were Bey Seikman and Emanual Sgarioto with Bey’s son Andrew skipping with Maurie Reilly taking the drawn card. The club’s best wishes go to two of our members, Jack Fiske and Bruce Peters who are hospitalised with heart problems; Jack locally and Bruce in Melbourne for an operation. Saturday saw 14 bankers on the greens. It was great to see president Bill on the green having a game after a long time out due to illness. After two games, the winners for the day, with 27 shots were Tom Brown, Emanual Sgarioto and David Wanless. Pennant had mixed results for the men. Division 1 played home to Mirboo North, with the Northerners getting home by 13 shots. Our best result was Keith Button’s team of Andy Robertson, Ron Williams and Peter Cossons who had an 11 shot win against Graeme Roberts’ team. Division 4 were home to Phillip Island, with the Korumburra men having a great win after a few losses. Our best card was Les Eastman’s team of George Hams, Ian Pepperell and Ken Myors who had a 16 shot win against Peter Oates. The Division 4 Maroon men’s team went to Mirboo North and had a comfortable win, with Bruce McLaren’s team of Jeff Coulston, Chas Blogg and Bill Thomson’s 16 shot win against C. Dawson’s team our best card, closely followed by David Goodridge’s team score-wise. Good bowling to all ﬁve sides for the ﬁnals.

Indoor WEDNESDAY February 3 saw the first month of the year gone already. There were 12 players this week, giving us four teams with three in each. Mixing the positions of some players up this week. In fourth (LLL) seven ends, skipper Charlie Tumino, Joyce Occhipinti and Gemma Poletti. Next in third (LWL) 10 ends, skipper Peter Heldens, Mary Tumino and Rod McConchie. In second (WLW) 15 ends, skipper Andrew Hanks, Tony Heldens and Joe Occhipinti. Out in front in first (WWW) 17 ends, was skipper Graeme Tobias, Carolyn Benson and Bill Wolswinkle. The best first game was Graeme 13-1. Best second game was Graeme 8-4. The best third game was Andrew 15-3. See you all again next Wednesday at 7.30pm. Everyone welcome.

Fish Creek

Loch & District

Tarwin Lower

Korumburra parlor bowls

OUR ladies went down by three shots to a Port Welshpool team last week. Our men’s Division 3 team had a big win over Foster on Saturday, mainly due to one rink having a very big win. Our Division 5 team had a 19 shot loss to Loch at Loch. The semis start this week and Division 3 v Wonthaggi at Leongatha, be ready to leave the clubrooms at 11.45am. L. McKenzie, F. Carter, C. McGannon, D. Christie, R. McKenzie, R. Staley, R. Cozens, D. Livingstone, I. McLean, A. Kerr, A. Atwell, B. Everett. Division 5 play Loch at Mirboo North, be ready to leave the clubhouse at 11.30am. T. Huybrets, J. Stefani, R. Flanders, D. Stefani, R. Grylls, W. Ferbrache, R. Cooper, T. Taylor, R. Poletti, J. Lindeman, N. Buckland, F. McLaughlin. Emergencies: J. Lavarda, G. Napier, J. Charlton (manager). The tea after bowls held at the Fish Creek Hotel was an outstanding success, with 45 bowlers and supporters attending. We wish both teams success in the ﬁnals, so as to play another week.

OUR ladies pennant team, although beaten by the Wonthaggi girls last week, finished in third position on the ladder. and they are to play Wonthaggi again in the semi final, as this report appears. Men’s Division 3 has not made the final four this season, going down in their last match to Leongatha. Men’s Division 5 is to play a rematch against Fish Creek in their semi final at Mirboo North, having had a win against the Fish Creek men on Saturday. Ladies 21-Up matches started last Wednesday and will continue on the February 17. At twilight bowls on Wednesday the winners were Ron Lange, and Jason and Skye Twite. The annual twilight challenge against Korumburra will be at Loch, also on February 17.. Pennant tea at Sybil’s is provisionally to be on Thursday, February 19, all welcome to join us, a list is up in the clubhouse for those wishing to attend. Last week was capped off with a great night on Saturday. Thank you to all who attended, who provided supper, and did the waiting and cleaning up too. The biggest thank you goes to Andy Dennis who was very generous with his time and his talents, and who entertained us so well.

THE ladies last game of the season was on Tuesday and everyone played well, resulting in a good win at home against Phillip Island by seven shots. Barefoot bowls has four weeks to the ﬁnals and with the top eight teams jostling for positions, every team is taking a more serious approach to the games. The newcomers RSUP have snuck into fourth spot and are looking in top form, and with Wood Ducks still holding down a top spot are obviously the favourites to take the title. Dave won the meat tray with Vern winning the ‘Weekly Wingers Award”, see you next Tuesday 6pm. Pennant: The men’s last games on Saturday saw Division 5 playing at home to Wonthaggi winning all rinks ﬁnishing with 59 shots up. Division 2 was unlucky playing away to Meeniyan losing by four shots. With Saturday’s loss Division 2 failed to avoid regulation. Twilight bowls to be played this Friday, names in by 3.30pm. The monthly dinner is to be held on February 20; country and western theme dress-up if you dare, please get your name in now.

Results: February 4: VRI 33 d Kardella 16; Pretenders 25 d Sicilians 18; Battlers 31 d Kookaburras 17; The Burra – bye. Bias bowls February1: winning team ARC Gammaldi, Joe Occhipinti and Lynn McCord with two wins, plus 11 shots. Runners-up: Charlie Tumino, Anna Meyer and Geoff McCord with two wins, plus ﬁve shots. Third place: Joyce Occhipinti, Ross Lomagno and Sally Gammaldi with two wins, plus four shots. Six teams played at the club`s proposed new facilities at the Outtrim Reserve hall, which performed extremely well. The hall will now become the club`s new home for indoor bias bowls, including home games during the upcoming SGIBBA pennant season. Play will commence at 7.30pm each Monday night and new bowlers are most welcome - names in by 7.15pm.

Dumbalk indoor

ON Monday, February 1, 12 bowlers competed in two games of 11 ends and the winners were Paul Holmes (skipper), Lindsay Richards and Kay Cook with two wins. The runners-up were Frank Peile (skipper), Pat Thomas and Morrie Parry with one win and plus one shot.

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West Gippsland District Golf singles championship THE WGDGA singles championships were held at Mirboo North Golf Club on Saturday, February 6.

The championship was won in convincing fashion by Morwell’s Peter Brown, with a ﬁne scratch score of 105 for the 27 hole event. In doing so, he also equalled the course record 70 set by Trafalgar’s Adam Brock in 1997. The runner-up was Mick McManus, a further six strokes back. Mirboo North’s Ian Evison won the 18 hole B Grade scratch event with 77. Greg Beyer from Churchill/Monash was one stroke back, but won the handicap honours with a ﬁne 78-12-66 net. The 27 hole junior scratch event was won by Traral-

gon’s Tom Couling with a very solid 114. He also won the 18 hole handicap event with a 74-5-69 net. The teams event was won by home club players Terry Edmondson 68 net, Joe Kus 69 net and Simon Hill-Smith 69 net. A great day was had by all who enjoyed good course conditions on the challenging Mirboo North layout.

Results 27 holes WGDGA singles championship: Peter T. Brown (41) 70 + 35 = 105. 27 holes WGDGA junior championship: Tom Couling (5) 74 + 40 = 114. 18 holes B Grade scratch: Ian Evison (10) 77. 27 holes A Grade handicap: Damien Needham (5) 70 + 34.5 = 104.5. 27 holes junior handicap:

Tom Couling (5) 69 + 37.5 = 106.5. 18 holes B Grade handicap: Greg Beyer (12) 78 = 66. 18 holes A Grade handicap: Terry Bradshaw (8) 77 = 69 on countback. 18 holes junior handicap: Nathan Lugten (15) 84 = 69. 9 holes B Grade handicap in: Beau Wheeler (11) 38 = 32½. 9 holes A Grade handicap: Mark Ferguson (6) 36 = 33. 9 holes junior handicap: Mark Ferguson (6) 36 = 33. 9 holes B Grade handicap out: John Blunsden (20) 42 = 22 countback. Nearest the pins: 4th Joe Kus, 6th Ray Matthews, 13th Mal McKenna, 16th Joe Kus. Down the line (6): A -

WGDGA singles championship: Ian Evison (B Grade winner), Tom Couling (junior winner) and Peter Brown (overall winner). Mick McManus 70, Dan Cameron 69, Ken Hulls 69, Tom Traill 70. B - Terry Edmunson

68, Brian Fox 69, John Kus 69, Simon Hill-Smith 69.

Mirboo North THERE were 28 starters for the stableford event on Thursday, February 4, and the CCR was 69. The A Grade winner was Cec Eden (32) 42 countback. Down the line: Wayne Reynolds (12) 42, Andy Van Zuylen (18) 41, Max Fletcher (24) 41, Ron Funnell (19) 40. Birdies: Wayne Reynolds (4th) and Max Fletcher (4th).

Sunday, February 7

Starter’s orders: Joe Kuss and club vice captain Ray Matthews get ready to hit-off in Saturday’s big event at Mirboo North.

Winning ways: Peter Brown shows the style that saw him win the West Gippsland District Golf singles championship by shooting a 70.

67 net. Down the line: Jenny Mountford (18) 72 net. Nearest the pin: 6th Pam Witheridge. Friday, February 5 - twilight stableford. Winner: Geoff Eddy (19) 21 pts countback. Down the line: Bill Fuller (29) 21 pts, Steve Reid (12) 19 pts, Andrew Boyd (26) 19 pts, David Knee (22) 18 pts countback. Nearest the pin: 4th Tony Vanin, 6th Geoff Nott. Thursday, February 4 - stableford. Winner: George Draeger (24) 39 pts. Down the line: John Mathers (14) 37 pts, Fred Tyers (13) 37 pts. Nearest the pin: 17th John Mathers. Eagle: 3rd Neville Thompson. Wednesday, February 3 - Medal Day: Delphine Alston Trophy. Medal winner: Jenny Mountford (19) 68 net. A Grade: Jenny Mountford (19) 68 net. B Grade:

Lyndall Shields (36) 73 net countback. A Grade Scratch: Robyn Galloway (10) 86 countback. Putting: Trudi Prue 27 putts c/b. Down the line: Frances McGlead (30) 73 net, Murison Skate (30) 74 net, Gale Tyers (11) 75 net countback. Nearest the pin: 6th Murison Skate, 17th Ineke de Graaf. Tuesday, February 2 - stableford. Winner: Neil Chandler (24) +6. Down the line: Kevin Flett (8) +4. Coming events: Tuesday, February 9 stableford. Wednesday, February 10 - Canadian draw for partners, Mary Ellis Trophy Thursday, February 11 - stableford. Friday, February 12 - twilight stableford. Saturday, February 13 - par Ladies Saturday, February 13 - par.

Foster Saturday, February 6 - Medal Day: Bruce and Rae Knee Trophy. Medal: Neville Thompson (9) 66 net. Winner A Grade: Neville Thompson (9) 66 net. Winner B Grade: Phil Schoﬁeld (18) 67 net. Scratch A Grade: Neville Thompson 75 countback. Scratch B Grade: Phil Schoﬁeld 85. Down the line: James Freeman (6) 69 net, Norm Cooper (11) 71 net, Geoff Eddy (19) 72 net, Chris Foulds (22) 72 net, Athol McGrath (14) 73, Rodney Coughran Lane (22) 73 countback. Nearest the pin: 4th Don Cripps, 6th James Freeman, 13th Neville Thompson, 15th James Freeman, 17th Jim Parry. Putting: Lloyd McKenzie 26 putts countback. Money hole: James Freeman. Ladies Saturday, February 6 - stroke - 2nd round aggregate. Winner: Merle Barham (29)

Woorayl LAST Saturday, Bairs Hotel sponsored our stableford day. We had 55 male players and the CCR was 69 or 39 points. The winner of A Grade and best score of the day was Brian Hogan with 43 points. B Grade went to Graham Challis with 41 points whilst C Grade went to John Hassett with 40 points on a countback. Balls went to J. Redmond, I. Atcheson, B. Stubbs, G. FitzPatrick, J. Hickey, T. Ryan, C. James, T. Martin, R. Hughes, I. Balfour and J. Howard. The nearest the pins went to G. Fennell and M. Herrald. The ladies event went to Pat Harvey with 38 points. Balls went to S. Wakeﬁeld, (I think that’s the third week in a row that she’s been runner-up) and M. Harris. The ladies nearest the pins went to E. McBride and S. Wakeﬁeld. This week’s bar voucher went to Ted

Jackson with 45 points with a ball going to Bruce Challis who remembered to sign his card this time. The chicken run saw chooks going to M. Wilson and B. Beilby with balls going to C. Wilson and D. Clemann. Next Saturday, Riseley’s Transport will sponsor our Irish fourball day and don’t forget that on Monday February 15, our club will host a day of the South Gippsland Classic. If you can help in any way, please contact May Wood.

Woorayl ladies golf ON Wednesday, February 3 a nine hole ambrose was played which was sponsored by Mitre 10 Hardware. The winners were M. Martin, S. Wakeﬁeld, B. McLean 75/6 / 281/6. Nearest the pin: 17th F. Maynard, 11th P. Lancaster. Down the line balls: F. Maynard, M. Higgins, P. Harvey, P. Lancaster, L. Young, R. Campbell, I. Gilliam. Next week is stableford sponsored by Buzz Hair. Good golﬁng for 2010.

Meeniyan THE February monthly medal was contested on Saturday and our sponsor was Prom Coast Fertilisers. The club thanks Jeff Buckland for his attendance and generous support. Strong north easterly wind made the course difﬁcult to play and the scores on the day reﬂected this fact. Winston Reilly was medal winner and also won B Grade scoring 70 net. Darryl Wright also scored 70 net, but was unlucky in the countback to come in runner-up in B Grade. A Grade was won by Will Bullock scoring 73 net and runner-up was John Walker on 75 net. The best putter on the day was Graham Hoskin with 27 puts. Downtheline ballstoRodMatthews, AJ McHarg, IanWarman and Steve Teylor. Next week is a stableford aggregate.

IGA Mirboo North sponsored a Hipwell Plate event, with 67 starters and the CCR was 70. Scratch winner was Tom Traill (7) 77, A Grade Terry Garrett (10) 37 countback, B Grade John McFarlane (13) 39, C Grade winner Brian Wilson (25) 36 countback. Down the line: David Dineen (14) 38, Ron Hampton (17) 38, Alan Bowler (17) 38, Greg Beyer (11) 37, Peter Chapman (13) 37, Brendon Robjant (10) 37, Tony Heiser (29) 36, Martin Atkins (21) 35 countback. Nearest the pin: 4th Bob Calderson, 6th John Cutts, 13th Bryan Randall, 16th David Dineen. Plate winners - Garﬁeld 1, Martin Atkins 35, Ron Hampton 38, David Lawler 31, David Dineen 38 - three best scores - 111. Eagle - Marty Atkins 1st.

Tuesday comp saw an Irish Four ball and the winners were Bo Feik, Bob McGeary, Steve Teylor and Bruce Challis. Next in line were the team of Allan Kuhne, Rupe Rickard, Bob Graeme and Lloyd Hemphill. NTP was Steve Teylor on the second and Bo Fiek on the eighth. On the 14th was Bob McGeary and Bob also won the 11th hole. Thursday was a stableford event and Tony McHarg scored a ﬁne 40 points just beating Matt Van Boven who hit a creditable 39 points. Tony and Matt also combined to win the fourball aggregate with 79 points. Best nine was Col Stewart on 21 points and the nearest the pins was Henry Richards. Please keep in mind the seafood night on February 27 and any helpers on our classic day would be much appreciated.

Leongatha

THE score 67 was the benchmark on Saturday when five players equalled that score in the monthly medal. Ray Davies won the countback to take A Grade and the February medal. His incredible 23 putts for the round obviously played a big part in his win. John Duscher was another sitting on 67 and he won B Grade, while Steve Miller took C Grade with a net 74. Michael Thomas shot 74 for the best gross, Jon Smith won nearest the pin on the 16th, and Steve Hansen won pro-pin. Ball winners: J. Smith, G. McDonald, R. Monacella 67; D. Hanna, H. Sedelies 69; B. Hutton, D. Matthews, M. Thomas, G. Morrison 70; N. Gillin, P. Rayson 72; B. Matthews 73. Tuesday The best scores were recorded in B Grade where six players had a score higher than the A Grade winner, who was Denis Hanna, with a good 36 points. Keith Finney scored 43 in B Grade to upstage his mate Mick Oliver on 41 and Andrew Cairns on 40. Nearest the pin winners were Bruce Hutton 14th and Peter Hartigan 16th. Ball winners: M. Oliver 41, A. Cairns 40, P. Waters 39, K. Macfarlane 38, B. Jamieson 37, D. Vorwerg 36, F. Smedley, M. Edwards, B. Hutton 35; P. Draper, T. Bruinewoud, J. King 34. Thursday Peter Walsh was A Grade winner with the day’s best score of 40 points. Keith Finney won B Grade on Tuesday off a 24 handicap. This was reduced to 21 but made no difference as Keith won again, this time with a score of 36. Graham Spruzen also had 36 points to take out C Grade, while the nearest the pins went to Frank Smedley and Denis Hanna. Ball winners: K. Godridge, G. McRitchie 39; D. Hanna, M. Thomas 38; J. Lowell, J. Gilder 37; B. Clark, M. Oliver, I. Barlow, D. McDonald 36; I. Watson, J. King, J. Renwick, I. Nunn 35. Saturday’s event is par, and the South Gippsland Classic starts this week. Our day is Friday, February 19, so please assist our co-ordinator Ian Nunn on that day. Sunday nine hole competition Perfect conditions again for the February round, with 63 players competing in nine teams. There were many excellent scores and broken handicaps. The best gross score and net score for the ladies was recorded by Gwen Chapman with 44-11½-32½. Doug Clemann hit the best gross score for the men with 36. The best net for the men went to Ron Chaplin with 40-9-31. The winning team of the day was the Top Dogs, they were very excited as their team consisted of five ladies and two men. L.L.T. team was in second place, with 7-Up third and Kit’s Litter (another team of five ladies and two men) in fourth place. The March final round of the season will be a very tightly contested competition as there are three teams who are within six points of each other, and there are 10 allocated to the winner of the day, eight points for second, six points for third and four points for fourth. These teams are 7-Up, L.L.T. and All But One. The final round on March 14 will conclude with a barbecue. A big thank you to our sponsors, Kevin and Deborah Scott of the South Gippsland Kennels and Cattery.

Ladies

THE friendly event on Wednesday, February 3 for opening day was an ambrose. Many thanks to sponsor Henrietta’s. There was an excellent ﬁeld considering the hot conditions, and winners were Nancy Sperling, Debbie Erwin, Wendy Lund and Kerrie Johnston, 76/ 613/4. Runners-up were Val Brydon, Jocelyn Howson and Marnie Hattam, 78/ 62 5/6. Balls down the line went to; Anna de Bondt, Shirley Welsford and Isobel Sutherland, 63 1/2, Pat Pease, Anne Gibson and Marianne Leaver, 64, Dot Stubbs, Maria Bell and Deb Williams, 64 1/6, Noreen Webster, Marilyn Williams and Kit Boag, 64 1/3, Toni West, Glenys Day and Barb Fleming, 65 1/2, Rebecca Thomas, Libby Seebeck and Glenys McRobert, 65 1/2. Wendy Lund was nearest the pin on the 14th and Marg Berry on the 16th. On Saturday 6 Dot Stubbs won A Grade with 69 net (and an appointment with the handicapper), while C. Hogan was the winner in B Grade with 73.

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Leongatha Little Athletics ANOTHER strong ﬁeld of enthusiastic young athletes returned to the velodrome oval last weekend for the Leongatha Little Athletics Club’s 12th meeting for the season. Parents and friends were treated to excellent individual efforts from athletes across all age groups and abilities, including the former ‘On Trackers’ who are now getting their ﬁrst taste of regular competition. New athletes this season are also showing outstanding improvement in all events, and personal best times are being set each week throughout the club. There was one centre record broken last Saturday, with the Under 11 boys again showing some brilliant athleticism at the sandpit.

In the triple jump, Wes Graeme equalled Nicholas Browne’s 9.32m record set in 2005/06 before Shane Byrne went even further on his last jump with a sensational 9.58m leap. Parents are reminded that a duty roster for the remainder of the season has been emailed to all families. Those who have not received the roster should email the club on leongathalac@ gmail.com. All athletes are also encouraged to attend training each Monday at the velodrome oval, from 4.15pm to 5pm, to practice skills ahead of the regular Saturday competition and regional events, including the forthcoming Gippsland Region Track and Field Championships at Newborough on Sunday, February 21.

Ella Lyons: in action in the Under 8 girls’ discus.

Tim Sauvarin: puts in a huge effort in the Under 11 boys’ shotput. Zach Reid: clears the bar with ease in the Under 8 boys’ high jump. Left: Kyle Reid: hits the line ﬁrst in his Under 10 boys’ 50m race.

Mirboo North and District Junior Tennis WELCOME back to junior tennis 2010 and the battle to finish in the top four is on. In A Grade the top three looks set, but fourth, Leongatha Adidas, and fifth, Baromi Legends, are only a point apart at this round and also play each other before the last round. Unfortunately Baromi comes up against top team Mardan in the last round, which will hinder their final chances. In B Grade fourth position is hotly contested with Mardan Lions only a half a point behind Fish

Creek Red. But this round saw the Fish Creek teams play against each other. Red came out with a solid 3/1 win, enough to possibly consolidate fourth spot. Leongatha Asics also had a good win, but look like remaining at fifth position. In C Grade, it is still very open. Leongatha Pumas and Fish Creek look comfortable in first and second position but there are three teams jostling for third and fourth. Some finals housekeeping. Please ring through

match results for the last round played February 13 to ensure the ladders can be checked and published. Next week’s ladder will reflect rounds 12 and 13. Any team making the finals who wishes to play five players please let me know and ensure they are all qualified. The committee would appreciate volunteers to score the grand final matches. This takes the pressure off the children. Thank you, Tarnya Wilson 5664 7473.

Ladders After Round 11 Saturday January 30

A Grade Mardan Bombers ...424.39 M’yan Racqueteers 144.29 Fish Creek .................91.79 L’gatha Adidas.......... 63.11 Baromi Legends .........74.43 Baromi Superstars ......59.34

69.5 55.0 34.5 26.0 25.0 21.0

B Grade Dumbalk Aces .........187.50 L’gatha Converse ...131.08 Fish Creek White ...138.71 Fish Creek Red .......104.86 Mardan Lions .............98.68 L’gatha Asics ............100.57 Meeniyan B ................71.23 Baromi........................25.53

41.0 38.0 34.0 29.5 26.0 23.0 20.5 4.0

C Grade L’gatha Pumas ........306.94 51.0 Fish Creek ...............215.19 40.5 L’gatha Dunlops ..... 116.67 33.0 L’gatha Reeboks ...1354.16 32.0 Mardan Rebels ......... 114.08 31.5 L’gatha North ........... 112.80 24.0 Baromi Reebok ..........7.784 21.0 Baromi Nike ...............51.83 12.0 Hallston ........................35.37 8.0

Keys to the court LEONGATHA Tennis Club is searching for another business to lend out keys to casual tennis players. Previously the Leongatha Motel lent out keys for $6 an hour, the proceeds of which went to the tennis club. It ends a long standing relationship between the two organisations that has spanned two decades. Stuart Betts at Leongatha Motel said it became too much work as business at the motel and demand for the tennis court keys increased. Sometimes several people a day came for keys, which was a problem if staff had to stop cleaning rooms on the three acre site, so they could go

to reception to hand out a key. Leongatha Tennis Club president Frank Dekker has already discussed hosting keys with a replacement business. “It has been a great arrangement with the motel. It’s just straight across the road. It’s also allowed people using the motel use of the tennis courts so it’s been a two way benefit,” he said. “We will definitely resolve it and find a business that’s interested.” Tennis lovers can become members of the Leongatha Tennis Club and then pay a key fee so they can have their own. Leongatha Tennis Club will host a big family day on Sunday, February 21 from 10am.

Drop in during the day at any time with your racquet on what promises to be a great day. A barbecue and giveaways will be highlights. Tennis Victoria representatives will be trying to promote the game to new and junior players. Any Leongatha Tennis Club member can participate in the club championships on Sunday, March 14. They have been rescheduled after rain caused the cancellation of the event in November. For more information on any of these events contact Leongatha Tennis Club president Frank Dekker on 5668 5285.

Elliott Gin in top form A BETTER roll up of seven keen young cyclists made the Friday night Leongatha cycling track training a much more enjoyable experience. Elliott Gin was in top form and won each of the events he challenged in. His one lap time trial saw the excellent time of 31.53 seconds. Matt Dudley rode well enough to get the second best time of 36 sec followed by Thomas McFarlane on 36.19 sec. The other four starters ﬁnished within three seconds of these times. In the one-lap handicapped race Elliott gave away up to 60 metres on the other six riders, but swept all before him in a time of 32.15seconds. Second on 45 metres was Thomas and third on 60 metres was Mitch Gin. Elliott again won the two lap handicapped race in the good time of 66.36 seconds. Second were Liam McCall on 50 metres and third Matt Dudley on 55 metres. In a six lap scratch race Elliott again

triumphed in 4 minutes and 0.2seconds. Second were Liam and third Matt. For the A-team of Elliott, Liam and Matt, in a two-lap sprint Elliott ﬁnished ahead of Matt followed by Liam. For the B team Mitch Gin narrowly beat Will Lumby then Thomas McFarlane ﬁnished ahead of Kaj Patterson. Coach Tony Smith then brought out the motorbike for some exciting motorpaced riding. The A-team of three riders then did eight laps, seven of which were behind the motorbike. Elliott then won yet again in the good time of 4 min 57.1sec ahead of Liam and Matt. In the B team eight lapper Mitch won again ahead of Will, Kaj and Thomas in a time of 6 min 0.25sec. It is good to have Kaj Patterson as a new rider trying out track cycling. He is trying hard and improving each week. Next Friday the junior riders will be competing at Warragul starting at 7.30pm.

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Success: the 15th annual Powlett River Downs Campdraft on the weekend attracted hundreds of competitors from all around the State.

Dusty drafting at Powlett Downs DUST wind DUST, i d andd dirt di t didn’t deter the fearless campdrafters who came from all around the State and further aﬁeld to compete in the 15th annual Powlett River Downs Campdraft, outside Wonthaggi on the weekend. Some 600 individual rides were completed during the Saturday and Sunday event, with early starts at 7am and competition ﬁnishing up around 4.30pm each day. Competitors and spectators were kept well fuelled by the Dalyston Football Netball Club,

fficial i l caterers t ffor the th offi weekend-long draft. Powlett River Downs Campdraft secretary Aileen Hughes said the whole weekend was a great success, with no falls, some terrific riding and the Dalyston club doing an “excellent” job with the catering. “The food was fabulous, with egg and bacon sandwiches for breakfast, barbecue lunches and spit roast, baked potatoes and salads for dinner,” Aileen said. “We have had great support from local sponsors and well turned out cattle donated by Mac and Barb Jelbart of Koonwarra, Graeme and Mary

M bi W k and d Mabin, Westt C Creek our new donor this year, Geoff Beveridge, who walked his cattle ﬁve kilometres down the road to the campdraft,” she said. “It was a big weekend and the hard working committee made sure it was another great success.” The next campdraft will be held in a fortnight at Yanakie. Results Russell Scott Memorial Novice Campdraft. Winner: Ken Bolton, Stradbroke on Max. Ken won the prized $3000 saddle made by sponsor Cliff Killeen of Chinchilla. 2nd Ben Reiter, Myrrhee, Wangaratta.

3rdd JJohn h Angus, A KilKil many, Robert Lamb, Denison and local Robert Bell, Buffalo. 6th Neil Park, Buffalo and Jane Jewel, Gazette. 8th Graeme Davis, Yarram. Peter Boddy, 9th Yarram. 10th Tammy Goff, Sale. Maiden-Russell Lawrence, Macarthur. Saturday Open – Ken Bolton, Stradbroke. Sunday Open - David Reiter, Myreehee, Wangaratta. 18 years to 19 years – Ronnie Hiscock, Maffra. Children 13 to 17 years – Alison Bolton, Stradbroke.

Local drafter: Dumbalk campdrafter Heather Walker competed in the Powlett River campdraft on Saturday.

Little drafters: Laney Towns, Briagalong, Trinity McInnes, Inverloch, Laurel Joiner, Mallacotta, Jarryd Tonkin, Outtrim and Tegan Lilley, Koumburra teamed up for some fun at the Powlett River campdraft on Saturday.

Footy boss: taking time out from planning for the upcoming 2010 Alberton Football League season, MDU president Wayne Cook was putting on a ﬁne display of horsemanship during the Powlett River campdraft on Saturday.

Commentators: from left: Powlett River Downs Campdraft president Kieran Turner, and committee members Glenn Park and Wayne Reid had a birdseye view of the campdrafting action on the weekend in the announcer’s box.

Riding high: John Gillam, Dollar on Rosie, Ross Irving, Meeniyan on Jimmy and Emily Baker, Dollar on Duke enjoyed competing in the Powlett River campdraft on the weekend.

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Volleyball at the beach ON January 24, Korumburra Volleyball hosted its annual beach volleyball tournament at the Inverloch Surf Beach. This event brought many people from all over Gippsland and Melbourne to have some fun in the sun. It was good to see some new faces amongst the 19 teams as well as many ‘veterans’. The day looked good from the start with little wind and the pleasant weather added to the overall enjoyment. The Junior Division had an interesting blend of ages

Huge auction: Leongatha Town Cricket Club president John Schelling with Jared Lovie from JSL Light Engine Repairs. JSL has offered two rideon lawnmowers for the auction to be held at the Dakers Centre in Leongatha on Saturday night.

Scorpions auction has it all! WHETHER you’re a cricket fan or not, the Leongatha Town Cricket Club’s goods and services auction this Saturday (February 13) night at the Dakers Centre should not be missed. Businesses in the Leongatha area have once again thrown their support behind the club with some extremely generous offers. Last year’s inaugural event raised almost $30,000 for the club to help build its new rooms, and this year’s total could go even higher given what’s on the list. Jared Lovie from JSL Light Engine Repairs has put up two ride-on lawn mowers, Kelvin John’s Retravision has offered a 42inch Panasonic plasma TV and thrown in a Wii for good measure, while a late addition is a choice of either a Jersey or Holstein bull from the award winning Bushlea Stud thanks to the Kuhne family. AW Smith and Sons Home Hardware has again been most generous and donated a number of items, including an energy-efﬁcient hot water service fully installed. Other goods include dressed lambs, garden equipment, fuel vouchers, a dishwasher, a signed Nick Riewoldt jumper for the Saints fans and stacks more. If you need some work done around the

home, you can get a builder for the day, your carpets cleaned, part of your house rendered or a full day of excavation work. There are also some great getaways on the list, even a little Valentine’s Day treat. Mick Hanily from Stockdale & Leggo Real Estate has kindly offered to conduct the auction. Club president John Schelling said the club was grateful for the support from the local business community, and said this year’s auction should be another great night. “It was a fantastic night last year. Everyone had a ball and we’re looking forward to seeing a big crowd there again on Saturday. “The range of items that we have means there’s something for everyone, and as is the case with nights like these, there are bound to be some bargains.” Get to the Dakers Centre, Smith Street, Leongatha, at 7pm to check out what’s on offer before the auction begins at 7.30pm. Admission is $10 and supper will be supplied. All are welcome. To get a copy of the auction list, drop in to the new clubrooms on Horn Street, Leongatha, on Thursday evening, or for more details, phone Warren on 0400 138 606.

Division 1 winners: Power House – Josero Seruvatu, Albert Kaitabu, Tom Vuli, Jimmy Valenitabua.

Junior division winners: Hooker Bears – Erica Markesich, Sophie Malan, Olivia Monacella, Xavier Hughes.

Wonthaggi Little Athletics We had 71 athletes compete at our second Athletes Choice meet for the season. These meets allow athletes from different age

groups to race against each other while still competing within their own age group. So the slick Under 7 or 8 can test themself against the older kids. No records were broken but a number were threatened. Lachlan Bird (Under 12) narrowly missed the record in each of his 5 events. Dallas Loughridge (U6), Elijah Spaull (Under 7), Sadie Plumb (Under 14), Macka Geyle (Under 10) and Karlee Smith (Under 11) all narrowly missed records in one event. Close finishes were the order of the day again this week. Spare a thought for our Club timer, poor old Andy is under immense stress with athletes almost insisting on dead heating in a number of age groups. One case in point was the Under 8 Boys 100 metres which saw first and third separated by only 2 hundredths of a second. Only two weeks to the regional championships and many athletes seem to be peeking at the right time. Results 70m: U6 girls: D. Loughridge 13.58. U6 boys: B. Mabilia 14.75, Jacob Timmermans 16.14, H. Brosnan 24.37. U7 girls: Mikaela Notley 20.43. U7 boys: J. Garnham 13.21, A. Maxwell 13.32, L. Anderson 14.16. U8 boys: J. Anderson 13.73, W. Speed 13.75, J. Percy 13.97. U9 girls: Melody Notley 12.72, E. Turton 13.48. U9 boys R. Sparkes 11.53, Jackson Timmermans 13.37. U10 girls: C. Ryan 11.12, O. Peteren 12.31, E. Wingfield 12.54. U10

boys: T. Taylor-Eagles 11.55, M. Fallow 11.56, B. Taylor 12.92. U11 G: K. Maxwell 13.40. U11 boys: C. Epifano 15.31. U12 girls: L. Geyle 12.54. U12 boys: L. Bird 9.91, L. Arnold 11.26, D. Ryan 11.56.100m: U6 girls: D. Loughridge 20.01. U6 boys: B. Mabilia 22.96, Jacob Timmermans 23.53. U7 girls: H. Fallow 21.42, Mikaela Notley 21.74. U7 boys: E. Spaull 17.70, J. Garnham 19.24, A. Maxwell 19.36. U8 girls: L. Moje-O’Brien 19.92. U8 boys: W. Clarkson 20.25, J. Anderson 20.26, D. Kirkpatrick 20.27. U9 girls: E. Turton 19.48, H. Zweytzer 21.22, T. Dell 21.94. U9 boys: R. Sparkes 17.21, Jackson Timmermans 19.39. U10 girls: C. Ryan 16.03, B. Lowe 17.74, O. Petersen 18.23. U10 boys: T. TaylorEagles 16.79, B. Anderson 17.00, M. Geyle 20.04. U11 boys: C. Epifano 21.27. U12 girls: J. Dalton 15.62, N Davis 16.31, I. Langford 16.44. U12 boys: L. Bird 13.61, L. Arnold 15.39, D. Ryan 16.30. U13 girls: D. Parker 15.58, E. Blakeley-Burns 16.30, A. Blackney 19.09. U14 girls: Sandra Plumb 14.62. 800m: U6 boys: Jacob Timmermans 4.06.00. U7 girls: C. Bramley 4.14.00. U9 boys: R. Sparkes 3.08.01, Jackson Timmermans 4.04.49. U10 girls: O. Petersen 4.05.58, K. Hollins 4.11.86. U10 boys: B. Anderson 3.03.96, T. Taylor-Eagles 3.18.37, M. Fallow 3.25.63. U12 girls I. Langford 3.26.72, T. Lowe 3.53.78. U12 boys: L. Arnold 3.05.61. U14 girls: Sadie Plumb 2.40.77, Sandra Plumb 2.48.27. 1500m: U11girls: K. Smith 7.31.79, K. Maxwell 7.54.30, A. Petersen 8.14.53. U12 girls: I. Langford 6.30.71, T. Lowe 6.34.39. 1100Mm walk: U10 boys: M. Geyle 8.39.52. 1500m walk: U11girls: K .Smith 11.49.10, D. Fillipi 13.15.55. U12 girls: L. Geyle 10.38.49, N. Davis 11.01.88. U14 girls: S. Davis 12.25.22. 80m hurdles: U6 girls: D. Loughridge 23.81. U6 boys: B. Mabilia 25.04, Jacob Timmermans 26.26, L. Bramley 26.93. U7 girls: Mikaela Notley 25.55. U7 boys: E. Spaull 18.93, J. Garnham 20.63, L. Petersen 20.95. U8 girls: G. Thomas 20.06, L. Moje-O’Brien 20.97 and C. Bramley 20.97eq. U8 boys: W. Clarkson 19.17, J. Anderson 21.11, W Speed 23.40. U9 girls: T. Cook 18.51, Melody Notley 19.01, E. Turton 19.63. U9 boys: Jackson Timmermans 20.15. U10 girls: C. Ryan 19.03, B. Lowe 20.23, O. Petersen 20.48. U10 boys: B. Anderson and T. Taylor-Eagles 17.42eq, B. Taylor 21.58. U11 girls: K. Smith 19.61, A. Petersen 19.83. U12 girls: J. Dalton 18.48, B. Neal 20.05, L. Geyle 20.65. U12boys: L. Bird 14.76. U13 boys: B. Allworth 19.48. U14 girls: S.

Davis 16.54. 90m hurdles: U14 boys: N. Huigsloot 16.11, 300m hurdles J Donohue 19.25. 300M Hurdles: U14G: Sandra Plumb 59.72. U14B: N Huigsloot 54.01, J Donohue 54.48. Long Jump: U6 girls: D. Loughridge 2.02. U6 boys: B. Mabilia 1.79, Jacob Timmermans 1.53. L. Bramley 1.30. U7 girls: H. Fallow 1.82, Mikaela Notley 1.28. U7B: E. Spaull 2.62, J. Garnham 2.26, A. Maxwell 2.22. U8 girls: L. Moje-O’Brien 2.09, C. Bramley 1.78. U8 boys: D. Kirkpatrick 2.50, W. Clarkson 2.37, W. Speed 2.21. U9 girls: T. Cook 2.72, Melody Notley 2.70, T. Dell 2.17. U9 boys: R. Sparkes 3.12, Jackson Timmermans 2.10. U10 girls: B. Lowe 2.62, E. Wingﬁeld 2.55, C. Ryan 2.38. U10 boys: M. Fallow 3.25, B. Taylor 2.57, M. Geyle 2.34. U11 girls: K. Smith 2.94, K. Maxwell 2.43.U11 boys: C. Epifano 2.24. U12 girls: J. Dalton 3.62, T .Lowe 3.60, B. Neal 3.50. U12 boys: L. Bird 4.68, L. Arnold 3.48, C. Hollins 2.37. U13 girls: E. Blakely-Burns 3.32, A. Blackney 3.23, P. Epifano 2.54. Triple jump: U10 girls: O. Petersen 5.18, E. Wingﬁeld 5.14. U10 boys: T. Taylor-Eagles 7.04, M. Fallow 6.88, B. Taylor 5.87. U11 girls: K. Smith 5.93, K. Maxwell 5.67, D. Fillipi 5.65. U12 girls: N. Davis 7.86, T. Lowe 7.48, I. Langford 6.89. U12 boys: L. Bird 8.48, L. Arnold 7.59, C. Hollins 5.62. U13 girls: E. Blakeley-Burns 7.88, A. Blackney 6.35, P. Epifano 6.15. U14 girls: S. Davis 8.62. Discus: U6 girls: D. Loughridge 5.18. U6 boys: B. Mabilia 9.23, H. Brosnan 7.26, Jacob Timmermans 6.86. U7 girls: Mikaela Notley 4.97, H. Fallow 4.75. U7 boys: J. Garnham 10.85, E. Spaull 9.97, B. Harvey 9.60. U8 girls: C. Bramley 9.55. U8 boys: D. Kirkpatrick 13.41, W. Clarkson 9.67, C. Bugbird 7.81. U9 girls: Melody Notley 11.34, E. Turton 7.09, H. Zweytzer 5.07. U9B: R. Sparkes 15.91, Jackson Timmermans 7.19. U10 girls: B. Lowe 8.80, K. Hollins 6.66. U10 boys: M. Fallow 15.47, M. Geyle 14.88. U11 boys: C. Epifano 13.49. U12 girls: N. Davis 17.17, J. Dalton 13.36. U12 boys: D. Ryan 16.59, C. Hollins 11.72. U14 girls: S. Davis 20.28, Sadie Plumb 13.93. U15 boys: P. Ryan 43.15. Javelin: U11 girls: A. Petersen 10.80, K. Maxwell 6.97, D. Fillipi 6.04. U11 boys: C. Epifano 9.60. U12 girls: J. Dalton 14.26, B. Neal 14.10, N. Davis 13.26. U12 boys: L. Bird 33.65, D. Ryan 15.74, C. Hollins 10.86. U13 girls: A. Blackney 13.62, P. Epifano 12.48, E. Blakeley-Burns 12.30. U14 girls: Sadie Plumb 14.70, S. Davis 12.59. U14 boys: J. Donohue 16.37. U15 boys: P. Ryan 29.84.

and skills but with good games throughout for all. Percentages had to be calculated as three teams finished on the same points. It was the Hooker Bears who won the grand final 15-10 against the Cool Cats. The three senior divisions provided further entertainment, with four or five teams in each section. The Division 1 winners were Melbourne / Fiji team Power House. They had lost earlier to One and a Third in a close match but they played a fantastic final and reversed the results, winning 31-23. Division 2 was also closely contested throughout the day although in the grand final Team Joyce convincingly beat the Beach Skins 31-20. In Division 3, the Screaming Headless Zombies dispatched Blindingly Beige 31-25. A big thank you must be given to the sponsors and everyone who helped with the day. In breaking news, indoor volleyball has moved to the Leongatha SPLASH stadium on Thursday nights this year. The exciting move will see local volleyballers play in top class facilities. The senior competition starts with an introductory and registration night at 7.30 pm on Thursday February 11. There will be a mixed round robin for all who attend. The Juniors (secondary school aged) and Spikezone (primary school aged) competition starts at 6 pm on Thursday February 18. New teams and individuals are invited to join. For more information please contact Tom BH 5658 1043 or Mandy AH 5662 4395.

Division 1 runners-up: One and a Third – Ian Jenkins, Jan Fletcher, Aaron Magnusson.

Division 2 winners: Team Joyce – Beth Scott, Adam Nelson, Tiffany Joyce, James Shuttleworth, Sarah Joyce, Paxton Cash.

Division 3 winners: The Screaming Headless Zombies – Tom Savige, MaxDC, Mitchell James, Sophie Fuchsen.

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• CRICKET

LDCA runner-up in Under 16s A GALLANT Leongatha went down to Bairnsdale in the ﬁnal of the GCL Under 16s on Sunday at Lucknow.

Bairnsdale won the toss and sent Leongatha in to bat on a good pitch and a damp outfield. Sam Huitema and Mitchell Elliott opened the batting confidently before Sam Huitema was caught behind for eight, and we lost Alex Manteit for four to be 2/21. Eli Richards joined Mitchell Elliott and they took the score to 41 before Mitchell Elliott was caught in slips with the score on 41. At 3/41 Thomas Wyatt joined Eli Richards. Both these boys are bottom age Under 15s they took the score to 110 before Eli Richards was caught behind for 43, a partnership of 69. Alex Pellin and Thomas Wyatt added 34 at the end of 50 overs, LDCA was 5/147, with Thomas Wyatt not out 64 and Mark McCall 2. A good score in the circumstances with the slower outfield was probably a score of 170, which give the LDCA side a chance. Bairnsdale started off with a run-out in the second over with a great throw from Mark McCall. Then H. Erefurth 103 not out and Cam McPhan 35 not out settled in. They gave a couple of chances with the score in the 50s, but unfortunately we did not take the opportunity and Bairnsdale reached 148 in the 47th over for the loss of one wicket. Mark McCall, Eamon Charles and Jordan Poynton were the pick of the bowlers. It was a great effort for the juniors to finish second in Under 14s, 15s and now the Under 16s, and all goes well for junior cricket in LDCA. Eli Richards was chosen Cricketer of the Year in Under 16s for the region, Mark McCall finished with most wickets, and Mitchell Elliott the most runs, so Leongatha had a great year. We used six Under 15 players this year and all goes well for next year. All the lads have developed their game from the start of competition and I believe all are much better cricketers because of GCL experience. Thanks boys for your support.

Good shot: Alice Pratt on the base line returns a serve while Baromi team-mate, Karen Woods, stalks the net.

Watching brief: Leongatha North players, Jill Edwards and David Roach, enjoy a break during play at the Mirboo North courts.

Under 16s: LDCA, runners-up in the GCL ﬁnal, back row, Brad Parker, Dave Harris, Eli Richards, Cam Harris, Jordan Poynton, Mark McCall (vice captain),Tim Harris, Mitchell Elliott, Geoff Wyatt; front row Eamon Charles, Thomas Wyatt, Sam Huitema, Alex Pellin, Nathan, Allen and Alex Manteit (captain).

• ALLAMBEE MIRBOO & DISTRICT TENNIS

Close tussle for second THREE teams are close on the ladder for second position in A Grade, and it was a close match between Leongatha and Leongatha North. North’s men won the three sets, two tiebreakers and an 8-5. The ladies sets were North’s way too, games were very close. North were five games up before the last mixed set. Sue and Greg only managed four games but it was enough to win by a game. Baromi did well to win the three men’s sets against Koony, one a tiebreaker. The ladies’ sets went to Koony, Baromi losing two tie-breakers. Games were close, the first two mixed 8-4 eachway, the last set to decide the match. Wendy and Tony won 8-1 and Baromi the match by eight. In A Reserve, Berrys Creek have held top spot all year. Foster have had a better season, but find the top teams too strong. The ladies for Berrys Creek are very strong, and the men are consistent and only lose a few sets. Neil versus Kallum played two 7-5s and a tiebreaker in the Leongatha / Baromi match. A good match all through. Korrine would be pleased with the win over Leongatha who are above them on the ladder. Leongatha won the ladies’ sets but the men had a struggle. The mixed often goes to the stronger men, as it has in this match. In B Grade, the Baro-

mi versus Koony match was even on games, but Baromi won the extra set. The men’s and ladies’ sets were even, Mick and Karen gave Koony a chance, winning 6-0, but second and third went to Baromi, and games were even. Leongatha had a big win against Blue. Jenny, not playing, left Blue without their rock. Well done to Dan playing with the boys. Leongatha have used a number of players, good to see new names enjoying a game. Maroon won a men’s set and lost a 7-5. Red are in second place on the ladder. In the Hallston versus Korumburra match, Bryce, Matt and Chris won the men’s sets but Jo, Sue and Nicole kept Hallston in the match, six games up. Hallston won the ﬁrst and second mixed, and the match was won by Korumburra who won the last set.

Results A Grade: Leongatha North 6.60, Leongatha 3.59; Baromi 5.62, Koonwarra 4.54; Hallston bye. A Reserve: Berrys Creek 7.48, Foster 2.31; Korrine 5.44, Leongatha 4.37; Leongatha North 6.51, Baromi 3.40; Koonwarra - bye. B Grade: Baromi 5.40, Koonwarra 4.40; Mardan Red 8.51, Outtrim Maroon 1.28; Leongatha 9.54, Mardan Blue 0.15; Hallston 5.42, Korumburra 4.30; Outtrim Gold- bye.

Baromi ..................................83.5 Hallston ................................80.5 Leongatha..............................57.5 A Reserve Berrys Creek......................121.0 Leongatha ..........................105.5 Korrine .................................86.5

Baromi ................................101.0 Koonwarra ...........................99.5 Outtrim Maroon ....................76.0 Leongatha..............................73.0 Hallston .................................62.0 Korumburra ...........................46.0 Mardan Blue..........................41.5

Young guns: Koonwarra players, Kelly Barter and Brayden Krohn, get ready to hit the court at Mirboo North on Saturday afternoon.

• CROQUET

Through the hoops LEONGATHA plays Korumburra in the ﬁrst game of golf croquet. The club wish our team well. Sandra Birch and Thelma Arnup have played in tournaments in Melbourne. Twilight croquet is being played at present, starting at 3pm and 6pm on Wednesdays. All welcome to come and have fun.

Ladders A Grade Koonwarra .........................103.5 Leongatha North .................84.5

Koonwarra ...........................82.5 Leongatha North ...................75.0 Baromi...................................58.0 Foster.....................................47.0 B Grade Outtrim Gold .....................123.0 Mardan Red....................... 117.5

Marge White: practising for golf croquet pennant.

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• A GRADE DIVISION 2

Tim Thornby on fire with 209 IT was a match for the big hitters, when Wonthaggi Miners took on Inverloch.

a standout with the bat and the ball. When Poowong Loch batted, Wilson was the one wreaking havoc, claiming 6/49. When Phillip Island batted, it was again Wilson who was on the attack, smashing his way to 73 runs. Poowong Loch batsmen Dyer (48) and Mitchell (50) were good, and Phillip Island’s Hornsby was a great back up for Wilson, scoring 70. A superb bowling spell by Koonwarra Leongatha RSL’s Sam Sperling could not save his team from losing to MDU by 41 runs. The bowling sensation was on target, claiming 6/79. Even so MDU would go on to make 255 runs, with Steve Arnup doing best with 101 not out. Koony batsman Lachlan Sperling led the charge with the bat, hitting 52 runs, while team-mate Anderson last man

The difference, perhaps, in the end was that Inverloch’s hit bigger and his team won the day. Tim Thornby was on ﬁre, hitting a massive 209 runs. It helped his team to 439, with Brayley (86) and Phillips (63) also contributing well. When they took to the crease, the Miners unveiled their own big hitter. Kaine Smith was in superlative form, hitting everything in sight. He smashed his way to 145 runs, but in the end did not have enough team-mates to back him up. The notable exception was Paul Hammer, who hit an aggressive 78 runs, including ﬁve sixes. Phillip Island was too good for Poowong Loch, with the Island’s Clint Wilson

standing with 44 not out. But it was not enough. Town lost to Fish Creek in a low scoring affair that saw both teams bat two innings. Town declared its second innings at 9/110, hoping for a Fishy capitulation. The Leongatha boys had been hoping for a bigger total, but Fishy’s Wilkins was excellent with the ball, claiming 5/24. Fishy opener Graeme Watkins was on the front foot when his team again took up the bat. Watkins hit 42 runs and helped his team to a hard fought victory.

A GRADE DIVISION 2 WONTHAGGI MINERS v INVERLOCH 1st Innings Inverloch Total ...................................6/439 1st Innings Wonthaggi Miners M. Wright c. T. Thornby b. J. Courtenay ........................6 L. Jones r.o. T. Thornby, S. Brayley ...............................1 K. Smith lbw. b. R. Tegg .......145 D. Atherton lbw.

b. J. Courtenay ........................0 J. Armstrong c. T. Thornby b. J. Jackson ..........................29 P. Hammer c. T. Thornby b. R. Tegg .............................78 R. Jones c&b. B. Phillips.........13 B. Andrighetto b. R. Tegg..........0 P. Cornelis n.o..........................27 J. Piasente c&b. R. Tegg............9 T. Walker n.o. ............................9 Extras .......................................16 Total ...................................9/339 Bowling: J. Courtenay 2/39, R. Tegg 4/91, J. Jackson 1/30, R. Clark 0/85, S. Brayley 0/2, A. Brayley 0/6, N. Goodall 0/32, N. Desantis 0/7, B. Phillips 1/39. POOWONG/LOCH v PHILLIP ISLAND 1st Innings Poowong/Loch Total ......................................236 1st Innings Phillip Island K. Murphy lbw. b. R. Greaves ...9 O. Santalucia c. R. Greaves b. A. Jenkins ...........................1 L. Keating c. P. Dyer b. A. Jenkins .........................12 J. Broomhall c. G. Poynton b. R. Greaves ..........................8 T. Hornsby b. C. Knox.............70 M. Wilson c. R. Greaves b. A. Jenkins ...........................6 C. Wilson c. D. Brain b. S. Jenkins ..........................73 M. Price n.o. ............................25

A. Matthews b. C. McCurdy ...45 E. Richards n.o. .........................7 Extras .......................................23 Total ...................................8/279 Bowling: A. Jenkins 3/71, R. Greaves 2/53, G. Poynton 0/45, D. Brain 0/33, C. KNox 1/35, S. Jenkins 1/18, C. McCurdy 1/12, M. Adderley 0/1. MDU v KOONWARRA RSL 1st Innings MDU Total ......................................255 1st Innings Koonwarra RSL C. Wise c. M. Le Page b. C. Hoober .........................24 B. Moscript c. B. Spokes b. T. Gordon ............................4 S. Moore c. M. Le Page b. M. Dower............................0 L. Sperling c. C. Le Page b. S. Browne .........................52 J. Tomada lb. b. M. Le Page ......3 S. Sperling c. S. Arnup b. M. Dower..........................29 B. Anderson n.o. ......................44 G. Sperling c. B. Spokes b. M. Le Page .........................1 B. Davison b. M. Le Page .........0 J. Kennedy c. M. Dower b. S. Browne .........................34 J. Peters c. S. Arnup b. S. Browne ...........................8 Extras .......................................14 Total ......................................214 Bowling: M. Dower 2/52, T.

Gordon 1/28, C. Hoober 1/19, M. Le Page 3/35, S. Arnup 0/39, S. Browne 3/32. TOWN v FISH CREEK/TARWIN 1st Innings Town Total ...................................... 112 1st Innings Fish Creek/Tarwin G. Watkins b. L. Bowman .......25 J. Danckert lbw. b. S. Ellicott ....6 J. Law b. A. Hickey ...................8 M. Watkins lbw. b. S. Ellicott ....2 J. Shaw c. N. Johnston b. L. Bowman .......................32 G. Webster lbw. b. N. Johnston .5 N. Wilkins c. M. Borschman b. L. Bowman .......................24 M. Lynch lbw. b. N. Johnston .........................3 B. Anderson stp. R. templeton b. L. Bowman .........................4 S. Rabbitt c. C. bRuce b. N. Johnston .........................0 M. Danckert n.o. ........................0 Extras .......................................13 Total ......................................122 Bowling: N. Johnston 3/41, S. Ellicott 2/28, A. Hickey 1/16, C. Bruce 0/5, L. Bowman 4/14. 2nd Innings Town R. Templeton c. M. Danckert b. N. Wilkins...........................6 M. Borschman lbw. b. N. Wilkins...........................8 L. Bowman lbw. b. N. Wilkins 15

M. Smith c. B. Anderson b. N. Wilkins...........................4 N. Johnston lbw. b. J. Danckert ........................15 C. Bruce c&b. N. Wilkins..........0 A. Hickey b. M. Danckert .......14 M. Davies b. B. Anderson .......10 M. O’Malley b. B. Anderson ...15 W. Turner n.o. ............................1 S. Ellicott n.o. ............................1 Extras .......................................21 Total ...................................9/110 Bowling: S. Rabbitt 0/26, N. Wilkins 5/24, J. Danckert 1/24, M. Danckert 1/12, B. Anderson 2/6. 2nd Innings Fish Creek/Tarwin G. Watkins lbw. b. M. Davies .42 J. Danckert lbw. b. S. Elicott ...12 M. Lynch lbw. M. Davies ..........2 M. Watkins c. M. Smith b. C. Bruce ..............................6 J. Shaw b. M. Davies .................6 G. Webster n.o. ........................12 N. Wilkins c. R. Templeton b. M. Smith .............................1 B. Anderson n.o. ......................18 Extras .........................................3 Total ...................................6/102 Bowling: S. Ellicott 1/39, L. Bowman 0/28, M. Davies 3/18, C. Bruce 2/6, A. Hickey 0/10.

• B GRADE

Island duo hits unreachable target TWO men stood alone from the pack, when Phillip Island took on Foster.

Island batsmen Russell Cleeland (175) and young gun Alexander Manteit (121) were aggressive with the bat, with Cleeland hitting 22 boundaries and three sixes. Few other batsmen stood up. Three went out for ducks, and only one scored double ﬁgures. But it didn’t matter, for the team’s total stood at 352. Foster was unable to come close to the massive total, and fell almost 200 runs

short with 155. Foster’s best batsman was Comben, who hit his way to 49 runs. OMK has smashed its way to victory with the bat, recording a ﬁrst inning win against Imperials. Imperials faltered in its ﬁrst innings, with three players failing to make a score. OMK bowlers McMeekin (5/27) and Creed (3/16) wreaked havoc against a batting line up that looked wrong footed from the outset. When OMK took up the bat, they were on the attack

Leongatha District Cricket Association Umpire Appointments EVANS PETROLEUM Round 13 Two Day Saturday Feb 13 & Saturday Feb 20 Home team Grade A1 Won Workmens Nerrena Korumburra Glen Alvie Grade A2 Phillip Island Phillip Island Inverloch Won Miners Grade B Imperials Phillip Island OMK Foster Grade C Won Workmens MDU Koonwarra RSL Fish Crk/Tarwin Grade D Korumburra Nerrena Koonwarra RSL Glen Alvie Grade E Poowong/Loch MDU Phillip Island Won Workmens

Away Team

Ground Umpire

v Imperials v Won Miners v OMK v Inverloch

MR L Turf Kor W Turf

Grahan Laird Les White Alan Jordan Ken Lester

v MDU

Loch

v Won Workmens v Nerrena v Korumburra v Glen Alvie

EC New OMK FGC

Paddy Cummins B. McDonald Alan Roberts Stephen Lanyon

v Poowong/Loch v Won Miners v OMK v Town

Dal Meen Koon FCT

Bob Allan Ian Thomas Hank Boltong Kevin Smith

v Phillip Island v Town v Imperials v Inverloch

KSC Nerr MM GA

Herb Roberts John Lea Wk 2 Geoff Wyatt Marian Wishart

v OMK v Won Miners v Foster v Town

Poow Dum Rhyll TBA

TBA Rod Grylls TBA TBA

Luke Sullivan/ Mich Heenan v Koonwarra RSL Cowes Clive Salmon v Fish Crk/Tarwin I Turf Brendan Thomas v Town WFG Daryl Sinclair

from the outset, with openers Harper (93) and Kerr (77) leading the charge. OMK’S batting line-up depth proved decisive, with most hitting well into double figures. Imperials bowlers Fiddelaers (4/41) and Jarryd Roughead (2/24) did well, but were always up against it. Wonthaggi Workmens’ David Britt was in top form, smashing his way to 127 to help set up an easy victory for his team against Korumburra, Sawyer knocking up 72 and McLean 56. The 349 run total proved insurmountable for Korumburra. While Workmens’ McLean had been good with the bat, he proved even deadlier with the ball, finishing his day of bowling with the startling figure of 6/8. Korumburra, under attack, could manage just 79 runs. While its second innings efforts were much better, with Loader (50 not out) and Bailey (40) doing well with the bat, it was too little too late. Nerrena fell just seven runs short of claiming victory against Glen Alvie. Glen Alvie’s Smith (58) and Lowe (74) steered their team to a total of 274. On the other side of the ledger, Telfer (102) and Checkley (107) were the

standout performers for Nerrena, while many of their team-mates fell cheaply.

B GRADE OMK v IMPERIALS 1st Innings Imperials Total ..................................... 117 1st Innings OMK P. Harper c. K. Gray b. D. Connelly .....................93 K. Kerr c. J. Fiddelaers b. M. Collins ........................77 R. White c. R. Mullens b. J. Roughead .....................18 J. Van Rooye c. A. DeGennaro b. J. Fiddelaers .....................19 A. Miller c&b. J. Fiddelaers .....1 M. Grabham c. J. Roughead b. M. Collins ........................47 D. McMeekin lbw. b. J. Roughead .......................1 D. Jeffries c. M. Collins b. D. Langstaff .....................18 T. Creed lbw. b. J. Fiddelaers..21 B. Nation c. R. Mullens b. J. Fiddelaers .....................30 P. Miller n.o. .............................1 Extras .....................................29 Total ..................................... 355 Bowling: M. Collins 2/53, N. Slater 0/30, D. Connelly 1/42, C. Roughead 0/50, A. DeGennaro 0/38, J. Fiddelaers 4/41, S. McLennan 0/34, D. Langstaff 1/13, K. Gray 0/10, J. Roughead 2/24. 2nd Innings Imperials J. Roughead c. D. Jeffries b. B. Nation .........................37 R. Mullens c. A. Miller b. K. Kerr...............................5 D. Connelly c. A. Miller b. B. Nation ............................1 D. Langstaff c. B. Nation b. R. White ..........................16 M. Collins c. J. Van Rooye b. P. Harper ..........................14 K. Gray n.o. ............................12 A. DeGennaro n.o. ....................1 Extras .......................................8 Total ....................................5/94

Bowling: Not available. PHILLIP ISLAND v FOSTER 1st Innings Foster Total ..................................... 155 1st Innings Phillip Island R. Cleeland lbw. b. P. Jervies 175 L. Neubauer c. M. Comben b. B. Coates ...........................1 R. Velardi c. B. Coates b. R. Johnston ......................16 A. Manteit lbw. b. B. Tilley .. 121 S. Kirton b. P. Jervies ...............0 D. Johnston c. J. Prain b. P. Jervies ............................1 S. Docherty c. G. Wagstaff b. P. Jervies ............................0 B. Pewtress b. B. Tilley ............0 M. Cleary n.o ............................4 J. Kleverkamp n.o. ....................0 Extras .....................................35 Total ..................................8/352 Bowling: B. Coates 1/32, P. Jervies 4/81, P. Dower 0/25, D. Clearihan-Jervies 0/25, R. Johnston 1/68, J. Staley 0/61, J. Gurnett 0/36, B. Tilley 2/8. WONTHAGGI WORKMENS v KORUMBURRA 1st Innings Wonthaggi Workmens Total ..................................... 349 1st Innings Korumburra A. McKinnon lbw. b. A. Sartori 5 H. Wyhoon c. D. Britt b. L. Sawyer ..........................1 P. Edwards c. A. McLean b. L. Sawyer ..........................5 B. Hayes c. J. Bolding b. A. McLean .........................6 C. Bailey b. A. McLean ............6 M. Loader c. S. Roche b. M. McCall .........................4 A. Meade b. A. McLean .........20 L. Williams lbw. b. A. McLean13 J. Meade b. A. McLean .............7 M. Wight n.o.............................0 P. Green c. D. Britt b. A. McLean .........................0 Extras .....................................12 Total .......................................79 Bowling: L. Sawyer 2/30, A.

LDCA ladders A Grade Division 1 Won Workmens ........ 160.45 OMK.......................... 145.58 Imperials ................... 141.95 Inverloch ................... 114.56 Won Miners ................ 102.07 Nerrena ......................... 94.23 Korumburra .................. 89.51 Glen Alvie .................... 74.52 A Grade Division 2 Phillip Island ............ 212.97 Fish Creek/Tarwin ... 159.38 Koonwarra RSL ....... 153.49 Poowong/Loch .......... 148.10 Town .......................... 115.88 MDU ............................ 90.60 Won Miners .................. 48.78 Inverloch ...................... 46.84

B Grade Phillip Island............. 167.79 Won Workmens ........ 126.70 Nerrena ..................... 123.80 OMK.......................... 122.94 Imperials .................... 108.52 Glen Alvie .................. 104.60 Foster.......................... 102.82 Korumburra .................. 53.50 C Grade Town .......................... 167.75 OMK.......................... 138.28 Koonwarra RSL ....... 129.15 MDU .......................... 129.07 Poowong/Loch ...........120/51 Won Workmens ............ 80.53 Fish Creek/Tarwin ........ 80.00 Won Miners .................. 78.81

D Grade Inverloch ................... 157.74 Phillip Island............. 141.63 Town .......................... 140.92 Nerrena ..................... 132.74 Korumburra ................ 131.07 Koonwarra RSL ........... 63.30 Glen Alvie .................... 62.65 Imperials ...................... 54.86 E Grade Poowong/Loch ......... 135.86 Foster......................... 133.50 Phillip Island............. 131.66 OMK.......................... 126.99 Won Miners ................ 106.86 Won Workmens ............ 87.51 MDU ............................ 76.59 Town ........................... 54.33

Sartori 1/11, A. McLean 6/8, M. McCall 1/21, S. Roche 0/3. 2nd Innings Korumburra M. Loader n.o. .......................50 P. Edwards c. M. McCall b. A. Sartori ...........................7 B. Hayes c. S. Roche b. A. Sartori ...........................6 H. Wyhoon c. A. McLean b. L. Sawyer ..........................0 A. McKinnon b. A. Sartori .......3 C. Bailey b. M. McCall ..........40 A. Meade b. S. Coldabella ........1 M. Wight n.o...........................10 Extras .....................................12 Total ..................................6/129 Bowling: L. Sawyer 1/29, A. Sartori 3/18, S. Roche 0/26, A. McLean 0/5, M. McCall 1/18, S. Coldabella 1/17, S. Huitema 0/11. NERRENA v GLEN ALVIE 1st Innings Glen Alvie Total ..................................8/274 1st Innings Nerrena

T. Trotman lbw. b. J. Hales .......8 J. Trease b. S. Nippers ..............0 C. Baudinette b. J. Hales ..........3 W. Telfer n.o. ........................ 102 S. Checkley c. S. Lowe b. S. Nippers ..................... 107 Z. Trease c .M. Hull b. S. Nippers ........................23 A. Harrison c. S. Smith b. M. Huitson .........................3 L. Brandon c. S. Poole b. M. Huitson ..........................4 J. Richards c. W. Luke b. M. Huitson .........................3 B. Croatto n.o. ..........................2 Extras .....................................14 Total ..................................8/268 Bowling: J. Hales 2/45, S. Nippers 3/93, S. Edwards 0/21, W. Luke 0/19, M. Huitson 3/47, S. Poole 0/27, J. Huitson 0/8.

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• LDCA A GRADE DIVISION ONE

Workers produce form WONTHAGGI Workmens produced the batting form they are renowned for when they defeated Korumburra in A Grade Division One on Saturday.

Despite a half century to Donohue, Glen Alvie didn’t have batsmen to make that big score. Ryan Clark bowled superbly with a ﬁve wicket haul.

Chasing 9/277, the Workers’s David Brann produced a top innings of 140 in an opening stand of 129 with brother Steve, who made 56. An even bigger partnership of 152 between David Brann and Ryan Thomas, who made 82, saw Workmens reach the target with the loss of just one wicket. When Brann ﬁnally fell, Workers had notched the 300 mark. Workers have signalled they have peaked at the right time, the ladder leaders showing they will be a force for the ﬁnals.

Inverloch kept hold of fourth spot on the ladder after a ﬁghting win over Miners: 183 to 9/172. Miners’ slow going early cost them dearly, batting out the 75 overs for a meagre return. Best of the bats was Leigh Earl with 45. Nathan Cant took 5/56 for Inverloch. Inverloch could clinch the vital fourth spot as they face Glen Alvie in the coming twodayer.

Imperials v OMK Despite their loss to second placed OMK, Imperials has still remained in third spot, OMK 9/234 defeating Imperials 195. Despite some positive starts, Imperials bats couldn’t get the big scores needed, Mark Lafferty 37 and Luke Rogers 29 the best scorers. Peter Dell, M. Adams and Barry Wyatt all took two wickets apiece.

Nerrena v Glen Alvie Nerrena has kept their hopes alive after defeating Glen Alvie 270 to 199.

Inverloch v Miners

OMK v IMPERIALS 1st Innings OMK Total ....................................9/234 Bowling: A. Eddy 0/34, J. Pellicano 0/29, M. Malloy 0/45, L. Rogers 3/43, X. Davis 4/58, N. Eddy 1/19. 1st Innings Imperials G. Sauvarin lbw. b. P. Dell ..................................4 L. Rogers c. M. Walker b. M. Adams ..........................29 X. Davis r.o. K. Rothier, A. Rose ..................................26 T. Williams r.o. M. Adams A. Rose ..................................12 B. Pedlow c&b. M. Adams ........5 M. Elliott c. M. Adams b. J. Wilson .............................28 M. Lafferty c. J. Harris b. B. Wyatt ............................37 N. Eddy b. B. Wyatt ...................7 A. Eddy c. J. Harris b. T. Wyatt ............................. 11 M. Malloy n.o. ......................... 11

Pressure: Inverloch bowler Jason Smith kept the pressure on the Wonthaggi Miners batsmen in the closely fought battle for a Grade A1 ﬁnals berth in Saturday’s deciding game on the Inverloch turf wicket.

J. Pellicano c. B. Wyatt b. P. Dell ................................16 Extras .........................................8 Total .......................................195 Bowling: P. Dell 2/36, J. Wilson 1/15, L. Van Rooye 0/11, M. Adams 2/39, K. Rothier 0/22, B. Wyatt 2/42, T. Wyatt 1/25. 2nd Innings OMK M. Adams c. T. Williams b. A. Eddy ...............................2 M. Walker n.o.............................0 T. Wyatt n.o. ...............................3 Total ........................................1/5 Bowling: A. Eddy 1/5. INVERLOCH v WONTHAGGI MINERS 1st Innings Inverloch Total .......................................183 1st Innings Wonthaggi Miners M. Donohue c. C. Mollison b. N. Cant ..............................18 J. Andrighetto c. J. Smith b. D. Clark ...............................1 J. O’Rielly c. W. Taberner b C. Mollison ..........................7 M. Johnson lbw. b. C. Mollison .3 J. Helman c. W. Taberner b. D. Clark .............................23 D. Beesey c. C. Mollison b. A. Hall .................................9 L. Earl c. W. Taberner b. N. Cant ..............................45 C. Thomas c. B. Debono b. N. Cant ..............................18 J. Trevisi lbw. b. N. Cant ............0 R. Thomas n.o. .........................15 R. Birkett n.o. ...........................20 Extras .......................................13 Total ....................................9/172 Bowling: N. Cant 5/56, L. Rankin 0/14, C. Mollison 2/22, J. Smith 0/25, A. Hall 1/17, B. Debono 0/17, D. Clark 1/13. KORUMBURRA v WONTHAGGI WORKMENS 1st Innings Korumburra Total ....................................9/277 1st Innings Wonthaggi Workmens D. Brann c. M. Olden b. D. Salmon .......................140

S. Brann c. K. Rigby b. D. Scott .............................56 R. Thomas b. U. Weerasinghe ..82 C. Harvey n.o. .......................... 11 G. Bolding n.o. .........................25 Extras .......................................16 Total ....................................3/330 Bowling: K. Dorman 0/38, M. Patching 0/31, M. Olden 0/49, D. Wyhoon 0/50, U. Weerasinghe 1/78, D. Scott 1/40, D. Salmon 1/7, I. Osman 0/24. GLEN ALVIE v NERRENA 1st Innings Nerrena Total .......................................270 1st Innings Glen Alvie C. Tait b. C. Rump .....................8 A. Donohue b. T. Wightman ....54 P. Jordan c. B. Castles b. C. Rump ............................39 A. Simpson c. D. Trotman b. T. Wightman .......................24 P. Roberts c. T. West b. R. Clark .............................20 G. Grant c. T. West b. R. Clark ...............................7 D. Tiziani c. T. Wightman b. R. Clark .............................13 L. Gennicarro c. T. West b. T. Wightman ......................10 J. Beasley b. R. Clark ...............14 B. Tiley c. D. Symmons b. R. Clark ...............................0 K. Simpson n.o...........................4 Extras .........................................6 Total .......................................199 Bowling: C. Rump 2/63, T. Wightman 3/50, R. Clark 5/52, B. Castles 0/18, G. Murphy 0/3, D. Trotman 0/8. 2nd Innings Nerrena C. Friebe n.o.............................43 D. Symmons c. L. Gennicarro b. J. Beasley ...........................0 B. Catles b. L. Gennicarro .......10 R. Clark n.o. .............................18 Extras .........................................5 Total ......................................2/76 Bowling: J. Beasley 1/19, L. Gennicarro 1/35, D. Tiziani 0/15, G. Grant 0/2.

Scorer: Wonthaggi Miners Grade A1 cricketer Cameron Thomas acted as scorer for the game against Inverloch on Saturday.

LDCA cricket scoreboard Round 12 - Day two C Grade OMK 233 d Poowong/ Loch 206 (N. Hancock 85; J. Paterson 5/46). Town 174 and 2nd innings 9/86 (C. Honeysett 4/12) d Wonthaggi Miners 148 (B. Foon 38; B. Moore 4/43, J. Peters 3/22). Koonwarra RSL 6/279 d Wonthaggi Workmens 159 (D. Pearce 5/30) and 2nd innings 9/75 (C. Dooney 3/12). MDU 128 d Fish Creek/ Tarwin 9/122 (L. Pratt 37).

D Grade Phillip Island 115 and 2nd innings 3/115 (L. McFee n.o. 24) d Imperials 104 (P. McGavin 26; Z. Brown 4/22). Town 148 lt. Inverloch 9/275 (I. Fowler n.o. 127; W. Lomax 3/59). Koonwarra RSL 9/164

lt. Korumburra 3/374 (C. Smith n.o. 202, D. Dutchman 87). Glen Alvie 127 lt. Nerrena 6/267 (G. McGrath 92, G. Giliam 62, L. Jongebloed n.o. 33).

E Grade Foster 159 lt. Wonthaggi Miners 9/277 (B. Forsyth n.o. 64; L. Kyne 4/32). OMK 244 d MDU 7/235 (C. Hughes 105, J. Dean 70; B. Maguire 4/42). Town 9/246 d Phillip Island 8/239 (B. Johnston 35, G. Marshall 41, S. Cox n.o. 20; L. Ashton 4/66). Wonthaggi Workmens 133 and 2nd innings 2/18 tied Poowong/Loch 133 (G. Birnie n.o. 48; S. Mitchelson 3/37, G. Shcolz 6/25).

Under 16 East MDU 8/196 (M. Olden

Well done: Leongatha Town D Grade cricketers congratulate their bowler Will Lomax on scoring another Inverloch wicket in the match on Saturday.

ret. n.o. 70; J. Richer 3/54, S. Chaseling 3/46) v Foster. Koonwarra RSL9/110 (B. Graham 49; J. Wyhoon 3/9) v Korumburra. Imperials 185 (M. Elliott 89, R. McGavin n.o. 29; M. Borschman 3/30) v Town 1/4. Wonthaggi Workmens 4/260 v Fish Creek/Tarwin.

Under 16 West Phillip Island 165 (J. Reid 3/35) v Poowong/Loch. Glen Alvie 8/58 (D. Williams n.o. 13; J. Piasente 4/19) v Wonthaggi Miners 1/119 (J. Honeysett n.o. 36, J. Piasente n.o. 38). Inverloch 9/139 (B. Barron r.o. 31, J. Black 30, L. Johnson n.o. 15; A. Harrison 3/15) v OMK. Wonthaggi Workmens Gold - bye.

Close shave: it was a lucky escape for Inverloch D Grade captain Mathew Goldsmith on Saturday at the Inverloch Recreation Reserve, when Leongatha Town bowler Will Lomax served up some ﬁerce bowling.

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Lunch break: this small horse takes time out for some tucker.

Multiple ribbons: Lisa Browning took out a lot of major ribbons at the huge Berrys Creek Gymkhana held at the Leongatha Equestrian Centre on Saturday.

Ready to compete: Macie McNaughton on ‘Pippi’. Macie is also a Berrys Creek Pony Club member.

Lot’s to see: viewing the gymkhana action are, from left, Jocelyn Mackie, Carolyn DeGaris, Peter DeGaris, Holly DeGaris, Eric Frahamer and Patricia Frahamer. Right: High honours: winner of the Evelyn Kenny Memorial Award was eight-year-old Elly Clavarino, of Toora. She also won the Under 9 award in the age aggregates. She is pictured with her sister Ebony Clavarino who won the 9-14 years age aggregate.

Time out: Meg Patterson with ‘Billy’ takes a breather between events.

Good turnout: Stacey Gal on ‘Jerry’, Taylah Waugh on ‘Austin’ and Kristy Pepperell on ‘Jetson’ are ready for their next event.

Love competing: Tayla O’Loughlin on ‘Ruby’ and Meg O’Loughlin on ‘Meg’ are members of the Mirboo North Pony Club.

Two ribbons: Felicity Warren of Leongatha on board “Amber”. Felicity competed in the ‘Fun Ring’ and won two events.

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By Bert van Bedaf

THE Berrys Creek Pony Club sent a clear message to South Gippsland Shire Council that the Tilson Court facilities are highly suitable for staging major events.

The club held a big Gymkhana at the Leongatha Equestrian Centre on Saturday, hosting more than 300 people and 120 horses for the event. “It is usually at Tarwin Lower but we wanted to hold this one in Leongatha to let council know our centre is capable of holding major events,” said Jo Deenan, who is assistant district commissioner of the Berrys Creek Pony Club. Eight clubs attended, with people coming from as far as Catani, Langwarrin, Warragul, Narracan and Moe as well as all the district’s pony clubs. Winner of the Evelyn Kenny Memorial Award was eight-year-old Elly Clavarino, of Toora. She also won the Under 9 award in the age aggregates. Her sister Ebony Clavarino won the 9-14 years age aggregate, while Leongatha’s Sophie Herrald, 15, won the 14 and over section. Ms Deenan said the club had begun organising for the event last December and everything on the day ran smoothly. “It was a big day for us. We were happy with the way it went and the kids had a fantastic time,” Ms Deenan said. “The success of the day sends a clear message to the shire that we have the facilities to stage a major event that attracts people from all over the area. The facility is well utilised.” Last November council resolved to keep the equestrian club at Tilson Court until concepts (feasibility study) for a regional, state-of-the-art equestrian facility were developed for the council former landﬁll site in Koonwarra, “or an alternative multi-use location”. Council wants to incorporate Tilson Court as part of the Industrial Estate and is “investigating its potential use”, according to Leongatha’s structure plan. The clubs, however, have asked council to investigate “the existing use” as well. “We’d like the facility to remain at Tilson Court and not move to Koonwarra,” Berrys Creek Pony Club spokesperson Jane Burton said. So far, council has not come back to the clubs, having left them pretty much in the dark after the November resolution. “We’d love to have a talk with council, especially the chief executive,” Ms Burton said. “We’ve had no discussions since the resolu-

tion. We’re very keen to get into dialogue with them again. Ms Burton said the clubs would like to know what’s “happening next”. “Saturday’s competition showed we can hold a major event at Tilson Court. Our future is uncertain. We’d like to plan to develop the site, but we’re no further advanced than we were in November.” Ms Burton said the club wanted to work with council “to identify an appropriate solution to ensure the future of the sport in the region”. If they have to they will consider Koonwarra or any other site, but their preference is to stay at Tilson Court. The two clubs have been at the site for about 10 years and have found it adequate for their purposes, with opportunities to grow. Council on the other hand has seen more potential in developing Tilson Court as a commercial site, ﬁnding a business buyer, and developing a major equestrian centre in the shire that will bring economic beneﬁts for the whole region. Council’s chief executive Tim Tamlin said apart from Koonwarra, council was also considering Stony Creek as a potential site and he was happy to meet with Ms Burton to continue the dialogue from last year. Further proof Tilson Court is a suitable venue

will come on February 20-21, when the Leongatha and District Equestrian Club will hold an official dressage event. Gail Lawson, of the Leongatha club, said the event would demonstrate the suitability of Tilson Court. Up to 125 riders and horses will descend on the site for the Dressage Jackpot, which is officially sanctioned by the Horse Riders Association of Victoria and qualifies towards participating in a dressage competition in Melbourne later this year.

State squad: Elly Burton, who is in the State Under 21s showjumping squad, is pictured putting Esoteric over the jumps at the big Leongatha Gymkhana.

Very impressed: judge Jessica Renden was delighted with the quality of entries. She is pictured giving ﬁrst placegetter Madalyn Waugh her ribbon, riding her horse Barnie. Also pictured are equal second placegetters Kaitlyn McNaughton on Jack’ and Kyra Cox.