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Bill earns his medal Well respected: longstanding Korumburra CFA captain Bill Rodda has been acknowledged in this year’s Queen’s Birthday honours, receiving an Australian Fire Services Medal. The award shocked the modest ﬁre-ﬁghter of 37 years, as he did not believe he was “good enough”. Read more on page 3.

DAM BUSTER Flood threatens heart of Foster By Isaac McCallum AUTHORITIES are investigating why two dams leaked near Foster last Thursday, threatening to ﬂood the town’s main street. Water surged down Stockyard Creek, which ﬂows alongside homes and near businesses. The two dams were along O’Grady’s Ridge Road. One dam had a capacity of more than

• The broken dam above Foster.

100ML, while the other was about 30ML. Foster Police sergeant Neil Coates, who was in charge of the situation, said the town was lucky to escape further damage. “It could’ve been a lot more serious,” he said. “We were just lucky that the creek hadn’t had a lot of rain in the preceding days. “If it had been three or four feet higher, we could’ve been in a bit of trouble. “There would have been no way to control it. Luckily the water subsided on its own.”

Sgt Coates denied rumours police had planned to evacuate the town. Southern Rural Water is investigating the cause of the incident. The organisation’s general manager of groundwater and rivers Craig Parker said more incidences of dam ﬂooding have been reported recently. “With signiﬁcant rain in many areas of Gippsland in recent months, Southern Rural Water has observed an increase in failed dams,” he said.

• Lorraine Shuttleworth and Mary Grifﬁths bucketed water from Lorraine’s car.

Mr Parker said the dam owners were responsible for the failings, but they would not incur a penalty. “Southern Rural Water has talked to the dam owners in this instance about their licensing responsibilities in relation to the repair of the dams,” he said. Foster CFA was prominent in cleaning up the mess. Captain David Jones said there was still more to do. Continued on page 6.

• Debris hangs off the bridge over Stockyard Creek.

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Loch’s long weekend a beauty

Korumburra connection: the always sociable Sindy and Gavin Van Eede.

THE Loch Food and Wine Festival on the long weekend drew a massive crowd. From the booked out Friday night Cabaret through to Sunday’s street market, the event was “absolutely brilliant” according to one of the organisers, Howard Booth. It was a weekend with the emphasis firmly on ‘fine’ - fine weather, fine food, fine beverages, fine music and fine fun. “The weather was a real bonus; patronage was certainly up on last year,” Mr Booth said. Sixty market stalls were set up along the main street including nine wine-makers, while the winter market in the hall

was a big winner. Mr Booth recorded 750 visitor registrations which gave each an information pack and wine tasting glass. There were many others also in town. “There were cars everywhere. We had more parked at the cricket grounds and in the Lions Park to accommodate the trafﬁc,” he said. The understanding wine talk with Rob Hicks was well attended, as too was The Gilded Lily’s Taste of Gippsland evening on Saturday. The committee is already looking to bolster the Saturday to make the whole weekend another huge one for the town.

Tried, true: Thelma Rogers of Ruby Crest Orchard is an expert in jams and preserves.

Yummy yabbbies: Kernot Food and Wine Store’s Renee Deason and Julie Johnstone served up some unique gourmet pies.

Left: Sweet as: Ros Wathen, of Foster’s Lark Rise Soaps, loved Aris Wolswinkel’s ﬁne honey.

Family fun: Grace, Rex and Cleo Davidson have a cuddle with sleeping baby Geoffrey Lightowler.

Teddies overwhelm Coal Creek SUNDAY was a day when the teddy bears (not to mention the kids) had their picnic and a whole lot more too. The Coal Creek Community Park and Museum Teddy Bear’s Picnic featured a hunt for elusive bears, old fashioned games, painting and a ride on the bush tramway. It would be fair to say people ﬂocked from all over, with more than 400 in

attendance. Best dressed bear prizes went to Bradley Allely and Taylor Effern, while best loved bear prizes were awarded to Ambrose Strentz and Lucas Gallagher. “We had a very big year the ﬁrst year and this is a very good turnout again. It’s been glorious weather. What we noticed is that we’re getting a really strong contingency locally and also from Phillip Island,” Coal Creek co-ordinator Rowena Ashley said.

Sister act: Jessica, Felicity and Kirsten Stone had a great day out.

Fine art: it was almost too much for three-year-old Kodi, from Dumbalk, to bear.

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OAM reflects on town By Jacob de Kunder

BOOLARRA’S Colin Brick is just about on every local volunteer team available. His hard work and dedication to the community has earned him an Order of Australia Medal - an award more than 20 years in the making. “I’m very proud to achieve this award,” Mr Brick said. “I am also conscious that it reﬂects on Boolarra as a community.” Mr Brick said team efforts get jobs done in Boolarra. “As a result of this environment and of the efforts of many, many people in Boolarra, the community has developed a well deserved repu-

tation of being self-reliant, innovative, and able to get things done and generally having its act together,” he said. “Because of my position, perhaps I get some credit for these achievements that probably belong to the many active volunteers in the community.” He holds many positions around the Boolarra community and has been involved in the Boolarra Memorial Park, Boolarra Community Development Group, Boolarra Folk Festival and Boolarra’s Australia Day celebrations. Mr Brick has ﬁlled the position of secretary/treasurer for the Boolarra Memorial Park for the past 20 years and has had a hand, along with

a strong committee, in improving the park. The Boolarra Community Development Group came about thanks to his hard work, along with a team of passionate individuals. “I have been an executive member of the group since its inception, and have acted as secretary, chair and treasurer over this period,” he said. Out of the group came the idea of the Boolarra Folk Festival, which Mr Brick said is now the ‘jewel in Boolarra’s crown’.

Local hero: Order of Australia recipient Colin Brick with his daughter Djinni.

Medal surprises fire-fighter By Jacob de Kunder KORUMBURRA CFA captain Bill Rodda has been recognised on the Queen’s Birthday honours list.

He received an Australian Fire Services Medal. Mr Rodda, who has been a member of the Korumburra CFA for the last 37 years, was shocked to receive the prestigious honour. “I got a letter around six weeks ago saying I was getting considered, then another letter two weeks ago telling me I had received the award,” he said. “I really wouldn’t have expected it. “I’m very honoured and shocked; I didn’t know that I would be considered good enough.” Mr Rodda has held the position of captain at Korumburra station for 25 years and has enjoyed the experience. “I like being able to help provide the town with an essential service, not just for fires but for preparation and education as well,” he said. “For someone like myself, when you retire the CFA is great, because there’s lots to learn still which keeps the grey matter ticking over. “Socially it’s great; I’ve met heaps of fantastic people through the CFA. “Most people don’t get to associate with those in different fields of work, but once you join the fire brigade you’re in with people from everywhere.” As well as captaining the Korumburra brigade,

Mr Rodda is the current president of the region’s Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria council. The VFBV is in charge of looking after the concerns of CFA volunteers and is a combination of the two previous associations: the Victorian Urban Fire Brigades Association (VUFBA) and the Victorian Rural Fire Brigades Association (VRFBA). Before the amalgamation of the two associations, Mr Rodda held a position on the VUFBA state executive for eight years, until he exceeded the age limit. In his role with the VFBV, Mr Rodda is in charge of various projects and is a member of committees to review the actions of the CFA. “Our role on those committees is to make sure that everything stays volunteer friendly, and that we can operate and look after them,” Mr Rodda said. When he first started in the CFA, Mr Rodda didn’t realise how far his firefighting career would go. “The essential part of it is that someone needs to look after the towns and I thought that was something that I could do and I enjoyed it,” he said. “Over the years the

support I’ve got from colleagues and other members of ofﬁce in Korumburra has been invaluable. “My own family’s support is also great because we as volunteers wouldn’t be able to survive if it wasn’t for them. We’re on duty basically 24 hours a day seven days a week.” Looking into the future, Mr Rodda said he still can have a major role in the CFA without being on the

frontline. “The fire service has changed a bit since I started and one of the good things is that you can be part of the brigade without directly fighting fires,” he said. “There are lots of other tasks that could be done like prevention, education and work around the station because we’re responsible for keeping the station in good nick, as well as the trucks.”

Plane crashes A MISHAP during landing caused an aircraft to ﬂip over at the Leongatha Aerodrome on Monday afternoon. The single engine aircraft was coming in to land just after 3pm, but missed the runway and instead landed on grass. Due to soft turf, the front wheels of the plane dug into the ground. The aircraft tipped forward and ﬂipped onto its roof. The pilot and a passenger, men aged in their 60s, suffered minor injuries. The pair was pulled from the aircraft by nearby onlookers before being sent to Leongatha Memorial Hospital for assessment. The plane was righted before emergency services arrived.

Rural workplaces more dangerous WORKSAFE addressed business-people and workers in Inverloch recently as part of a state-wide campaign to raise awareness of workplace health and safety. The session at the RACV Inverloch Resort covered many topics, including injury insurance, workplace safety practices and getting injured people back to work. WorkSafe deputy chief executive Ian Forsyth said speaking in workplaces across regional Victoria was crucial. “Twelve of the 23 workrelated deaths in 2010 were in regional Victoria, including seven people in agriculture,” he said. “People living in regional Victoria are four times more likely than city dwellers to be admitted to hospital as a result of a work injury. “It is imperative that

regional Victorians stop and think about what is ultimately important to them and what they can do to prevent more tragedies. “Consultation with the workforce, setting standards and ensuring they’re adhered to is the start of developing safer workplaces.” The number of work-

related deaths for 2011 stands at eight, including a farm worker who died after a cow pushed him against a wall on a farm near Inverloch in April. More than 540 injuries in the Bass Coast region have been reported to WorkSafe over the past ﬁve ﬁnancial years.

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Sowing seeds of peace By Isaac McCallum TRADING in flights to New Zealand for a trip to the small country of Rwanda may not be for everyone, but for two locals it changed their lives. After selling her café in Mirboo North, Lynne Beaty, along with husband Neville made plans to travel the land of the long white cloud. But, when Gippsland’s bishop at the time, Jeff Driver, told them volunteers were needed in Rwanda to help native Africans rebuild their lives just 10 years after the horrific genocides in the early ‘90s, they dropped their plans in an instant. The Mirboo North couple, who had previously never travelled out of Australia, has now visited East Rwanda on four occasions over eight years, helping build infrastructure at the famous Seeds of Peace Centre on Lake Muhazi. They left again recently, hoping to finish the project they began all those years ago. Tiler by trade and all-round handyman, Neville has passed on many skills, which he says will help the people of Rwanda for years to come. “We’re hoping to see the knowledge flow on. If you teach one person, it’s not just them you’re affecting,” Neville said. “Soon they will pass on the skills and they will learn to do things they couldn’t before.” Experienced Warragul plumber Frank McKinley will be accompanying the duo for a month, with plumbing a major difficulty for the amateur tradesman.

Building relationships: Mirboo North’s Lynne Beaty (centre) and husband Neville helped Rwandan locals Joy and Ruth through hairdressing school.

Helping hands: Lynne and Neville Beaty (centre) with fellow helpers at the Seeds of Peace Centre in Rwanda. Neville will be supervising Rwandan locals as they work towards completing the project. “It’s good to have the locals

work. We pay them a wage which we think is fair. It’s more than they’d normally get,” Neville said. “Once again it’s that ﬂow on ef-

fect. We know that the money will ﬂow through the family and then communities if we pay them well. “The people are so generous; they’ll share what little they have with the people in their community and with their guests.” Being so unexposed to the way of life, the couple quickly picked up the vibes from the community. Neville found that his biggest problem in working with Rwandan locals didn’t occur until he returned home. “When I come back I realise just how much we have. I feel like just hiding away and living off just the bare necessities,” he said. Along with the physical work, Lynne and Neville also helped build relationships, and the duo found the Rwandan people’s way of life a blessing, discovering that they had learnt plenty from their happy-golucky approach to life. “They don’t sweat over the small things. The people realise that the bigger things are important,” she said. “Given the genocides and all the things they’ve seen over there, they don’t stress about anything. They’d say to us, ‘Well no one’s dead’.” The couple has taken this attitude into their lives back in Mirboo North and found it is having a positive impact. They may have missed out on some breathtaking sights and hiking adventures in New Zealand, but for Lynne and Neville (as well as the people of Rwanda), giving up on a holiday has proved to be one of the best decisions they have ever made.

Rotary exchanges cultures By Simone Short IT COULD be said Theilo Schweizer has experienced more of Australia in 10 months than most Australians have in a lifetime. The 17-year-old Rotary exchange student from Switzerland has already skied Mount Buller, travelled the eastern coast including Cairns and Sydney, completed his bronze medallion in surf life saving and attended an AFL grand final match. He even has a hint of an Aussie accent. The avid Collingwood supporter didn’t have much of a choice in AFL teams when he first came to Australia in the second half of last year. “In my first host family, my host dad was a Collingwood supporter,” he said of Nick Dudley from Leongatha. “They took me to a few games and said ‘That’s the team you have to barrack for’.” Theilo even had the opportunity to get involved in the game whilst staying with his third host family, the Mackies from Meeniyan. “Their son is the runner for the Thirds at Meeniyan Dumbalk United, so they said to come out and they’d show me what footy is,” he said. Theilo enjoyed playing and took to the foreign game quickly, scoring a goal in each of his first two matches. And it is not the only sport he has taken to naturally. Despite having never ridden a road bike before, Theilo took part in the 640km Ride to Conference event with Leongatha Rotary Club members earlier in the year and came home with a title. Rotary member and fellow rider Kerry Pritchard said a one kilometre sprint event was held during the ride and Theilo “won it hands down”.

Champion rider: Kerry Pritchard presents Swiss exchange student Theilo Schweizer with the perpetual trophy for the one kilometre sprint during the Ride to Conference this year. “He even beat a rider who had represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games,” he said. “However, I think his background in mountain bike riding and skiing probably helped him out a bit there.” Kerry presented Theilo with the perpetual trophy at the Rotary meeting on June 6. Theilo also spent time living with the Westaways and is ﬁnishing up his 12 month stay with the Delaneys. Accustomed to small towns, having grown up in the small village of Vuadens near Fribourg, with a population of only 1800 people, Leongatha has become a second home to him. Theilo’s been attending Mary MacKillop Secondary College and said the work is “a bit easier here” than back at home.

“This year doesn’t count for me. I just go to school to socialise and make some friends,” he said. “When I go back to Switzerland, I’ll have to repeat Year 11. It’s just an exchange year to learn the language.” Theilo is returning home at the end of next month and is looking forward to seeing his family, friends and the mountains, but is keen to continue travelling, having already been to Mexico, Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and Greece. “I want to go everywhere!” he said, including New Zealand, Theilo’s original ﬁrst choice for exchange, for the skiing opportunities. “But I will deﬁnitely come back to Australia in a few years, as soon as I have the time and money.”

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Railway chief defies woes By Isaac McCallum THE SOUTH Gippsland Tourist Railway is battling ﬁnancial hardship but will not fold, president Glenn Raven declared. Railway members are remaining steadfast to continue operating along the 36km track. “The track is important to people in the community and also to tourists. It’s a major attraction,” Mr Raven said. “It’s about the history. For all those elderly people, it’s about bringing back the past and for the kids, it’s a new way of seeing the countryside. “The 50s and 60s were a great time for this country. We’re just hoping to preserve a bit of that history.” The breath-taking views along the trip have kept many a tourist coming

back over the years. In December last year the tourist railway gained two more trains to cope with passenger numbers, which always rise during summer, but bills keep coming during winter. “Fares alone aren’t going to pay these bills. Running a railway is a major expense,” Mr Raven said. “Our costs are increasing; things like buying diesel, replacing sleepers, insurance and utility bills.” The president admits the railway has received donations from generous members in the past, but has voiced objections to a lack of funding from South Gippsland Shire Council. “At the moment we’re receiving very little assistance, basically none from the council,” Mr Raven said. “You would think they would want to assist us considering we are bringing tourists in.” A council ofﬁcer was not available

for comment before going to print. Most of the railway’s 65 active members live in Melbourne, which makes life hard, the president said. “We’re all volunteers here. Local people are vital to help with the railway,” Mr Raven said. “I hear about people joining these men’s sheds. We’ve got 36kms of it right here. “There are all sorts of jobs that need doing: restoration, plumbing, electrical, painting. People used to get their trades along here.” One of the major jobs is replacing sleepers along the track. Eighty must be replaced every six weeks. “We either have to pay a contractor $1600 to do it or do it ourselves,” Mr Raven said. “We also have to attain funds to obtain the 900 sleepers we use per year.”

Still pufﬁng: the South Gippsland Tourist Railway has been a regional icon.

Truck route petition delivered DEPUTY Premier Peter Ryan has been sent a petition with 2141 signatures calling for the construction of the heavy vehicle alternate route in Leongatha. Together with the 900 signatures previously sent, a total of 3041 people have indicated their support for the State Government to fund the route as a matter of priority. This number is growing as more petition sheets are received. The Leongatha Progress Association posted the petition last week. “Businesses, individuals and community groups in the area have all gotten on board and supported this project,” association president Terry Aeschlimann said. He thanked the members of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Apex and Rotary clubs of Leongatha and the Meeniyan

Progress Association for their involvement. The extra effort put in by doorknockers has led to a great increase in the number of signatures. A lot of hours were put in by willing volunteers, sometimes in less than favourable weather conditions.

One volunteer, Suzanne Himmelreich, was responsible for obtaining 421 signatures and her efforts are especially commendable. Many Leongatha residents were pleased to see doorknockers come to their door and were only too happy to show their support for the cause. “This underscores the importance of this project going ahead for Leongatha,” Mr Aeschlimann said. “We hope that it is not too long before the State Government can put funding toward detailed design and then build the alternate route.” Some petition sheets remain available for signature at the Leongatha Caravan Park. The petitions will be presented to the Legislative Assembly by Deputy Premier Ryan. The people of Leongatha look forward to a positive response from the State Government.

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Flood threatens heart of Foster Social network becomes nightmare By Jacob de Kunder RECENT incidents at secondary schools have been blown out of proportion online. Emergency situations at both Korumburra and Mirboo North secondary colleges sparked false reports and accusations on popular site Facebook, prompting parents to phone schools seeking the truth. Along with these trouble causing rumours, the site has been a haven for slander, cyber bullying and threats. One of the latest teenage crazes on the site is sexual rating pages run by anonymous users. These sites encourage teenagers to rate their sexual partners out of 10, along with a comment about their ‘performance’ in the bedroom. There is already a site encompassing Gippsland that displays crude comments about children as young as 12. The most bizarre twist with these Facebook pages is that the people mentioned enjoy the attention, with some users requesting a post about them. Teenagers are most involved with the site, as it is seen as ‘uncool’ not to possess a proﬁle whereas for those over 16, it is almost unheard of. Facebook offers a wide range of privacy settings to protect one’s information and authorities recommend, especially for teenagers, not to post photos of themselves, phone numbers or addresses.

But many teenagers have open profiles with pictures and sometimes mobile phone numbers and addresses. Teenage user Ciara Allen uses the site and likes the social benefits. “I like Facebook because I can meet new people and socialise with my friends, but you never know who’s looking at your profile,” she said. “I use the site a fair bit if I’m talking to someone, but usually it just annoys me watching people post pointless stuff on there.” Miss Allen is aware of the dangers on the site and uses basic privacy settings. “I do see the dangers but you only live once,” she said. “Facebook does cause some problems too, but it’s usually people just trying to look and act tough, and it doesn’t really bother me.” Senior Constable Brendan Horrocks is Victoria Police’s youth resource officer for Bass Coast and South Gippsland. He said teenagers did not know the true dangers of Facebook. “Kids need to understand about the dangers as well as the consequences of misusing social networking sites such as Facebook,” he said. “Threats are a big issue surrounding social media and most kids don’t take what they put on there seriously enough. “Saying something like ‘I’m going to smash your face in’ is just as serious a threat in person as on the screen.” S/C Horrocks makes trips to pri-

mary and secondary schools in the area to promote cyber safety and can’t stress enough that the internet can be a dangerous place. “Most of the time the students don’t know how vulnerable they are to dangers on Facebook and the net,” he said. “And it’s surprising the amount of kids who don’t even have their proﬁle on private and have conversations open for the world to see. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying Facebook is a bad thing. It can be wonderful when used correctly, but people need to know the possible consequences of their online actions.” School leaders appreciate the problem, Wonthaggi Secondary College principal Garry Dennis said. “We continually have problems with the students on Facebook. It’s an area where we’ve had some bad experiences,” he said. “Weekend issues spill over into school time and vice versa, so it’s hard to control what goes on over internet sites like that (Facebook). “There’s no direct solution except for making sure that everyone is educated about the pitfalls the internet holds.” Mr Dennis said that Facebook causes a lot more problems than face to face confrontations. “Everyone can see what you write on Facebook. This makes it worse because people can’t take things back,” he said. “Big issues can start by friends seeing something on the site which can lead to friend groups and families having confrontations.”

Continued from page 1. “It’s a very time consuming job. We’ve been washing down roads, driveways, school crossings and things like that,” he said. “I think the worst is still to come as this all dries out. It took fences out upstream and there’s plenty of damage.” South Gippsland Shire Council workers removed more than 70 truckloads of trees, roots and shrubs from sites around Stockyard Creek. The water dispersed as quickly as it came, and left a thick layer of mud in its wake as well as other damage. Some backyards and front lawns were reduced to bogs, while fences were knocked down and one car was ﬂooded to the height of its wheels in Boundary Road. Foster resident Lorraine Shuttleworth had parked her car outside the house of friend Mary Grifﬁths. “We were just eating our lunch and

before we knew it there was water flowing through the street. It was gone again before we knew it,” Mrs Griffiths said. “We’ll wait a couple of days and everything will be back to normal.” Fire-fighters worked tirelessly with pressure hoses to remove mud from the street. At around 2.30pm, water under a bridge along Fullers Road was still rising, but the flow and height peaked shortly after. The incident was reported to police around 12.30pm. Witnesses watched flood waters burst above creek banks and flow down residential streets. The public toilets at Pearl Park were flooded but the water quickly subsided. No damage to residential property has been reported. Gardiners Road, affected by the flooding, fully re-opened at 5pm yesterday (Tuesday).

Fight water with firemen: Foster CFA was busy hosing down residential streets covered in mud. The fire-fighters were, from left: Paul Crouch, Kaylene Jones, John McKay, James Cooper and at the back Paul Austin.

Rich history on show FOR the Wonthaggi Fire Brigade, Sunday was a time for reﬂection and celebration.

Proud historians: Wonthaggi Fire Brigade members, from left, Dave Walters, Ian “Tad” Hendry, Kim O’Connor, Kathryn Sloan and Greg Parkes helped create the impressive display.

The brigade’s colourful history was brought to life with the opening of a display at the Wonthaggi Coal Mine. Certainly it is a fitting place, for the brigade’s history is intrinsically linked to the mine’s history. Miners were the first firefighters, and the first protectors of the town. Another group that knows all about selfless sacrifice, the Wonthaggi Lions, was a big help in establishing the display. Wonthaggi fire-fighter Ian “Tad” Hendry said the Friends of the State

Coal Mine members were keen to get community groups to the mine, especially ones with such a rich vein of history attached to them. “They suggested that the CFA might like to put a display up here. We formed a committee and five of us sat down one night and discussed what we should do,” he said. Ian has a design background, something that is clear when you look at the way things have been set up. “We knew we needed to develop a story. The brigade’s been around for 100 years and we wanted to tell a story of the 100 years of firefighting in the Wonthaggi district,” he said. The display, which tracks

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Desal secures water supply

SOUTH Gippsland’s water supplies could be secured by desalinated water from the Wonthaggi desal plant and metropolitan supplies.

That is the vision of South Gippsland Water’s new Long Term Water Supply Demand Strategy, designed to secure a reliable, quality water supply for the region for the next 50 years. The draft was released for public comment on Friday. South Gippsland Water managing director Steve Evans said the draft strategy explored two options for long term water supply. “One is to maintain existing surface rainwater supply methods. The second is to continue to use Lance Creek Reservoir as a primary source of water and connect South Gippsland Water to the Melbourne supply system for future water supply security,” he said. “The draft strategy and supporting business case reaches the conclusion that the most cost-effective option is to use the water corporation’s Lance Creek Reservoir as a primary source of water together with the Melbourne supply system if needed, in comparison to the major capital costs of upgrading and maintaining South Gippsland Water’s existing smaller water systems, particularly in the northern region of Poowong, Loch, Nyora, Korumburra and Leongatha.” Llew Vale, chair of South Gippsland Water Board, said he was conﬁdent the strategy provided the best water supply solution for customers and the region, on the basis of long term cost efﬁciency and security of supply. “Connecting 78 per cent of customers to Lance Creek Reservoir and the Melbourne supply system, along with the planned works for the eastern region, will allow South Gippsland Water to supply all of its customers with water that is reliable, affordable and adequate for future population growth and industrial needs,” he said. “And importantly, it will meet rising health and quality standards, and environmentally sustainable goals.” The draft strategy will allow South Gippsland Water to purchase additional water, as needed, at the average pool price paid by all three metropolitan water corporations - City West Water, Yarra Valley Water and South East Water - which is much cheaper than the full cost of desalinated water. South Gippsland Water has only been able to tap into Melbourne supplies because of the desal plant, as an 82 kilometre pipeline was built from the plant to the Melbourne system. In addition, the desalination plant is already connected to the Lance Creek Reservoir by a 20 kilometre pipeline, laid to provide water to the plant during its con-

struction phase. The pipeline enables the region’s southern towns, including Wonthaggi, Inverloch and Cape Paterson, to be able to draw on the Melbourne supply system if existing sources become stretched. The draft strategy provides for the construction of an additional pipeline from Lance Creek to Leongatha, Koonwarra, Korumburra, Poowong, Loch and Nyora, which will allow these towns to secure their water future. The business case analysis has estimated that using Lance Creek reservoir as a prime source of water and connection to the Melbourne supply system will be about nine per cent, less expensive than maintaining and operating the existing small water supply systems. “Our aim is to supply secure, high quality water, at the lowest possible price, to all of our existing and future customers, over the long term,” Mr Evans said. “In the years ahead, South Gippsland’s current catchment yields will reduce and will not meet future demand requirements, particularly with the uncertainties of climate variability. Water is going to be more difficult to secure, and more expensive. “Therefore, we need to find new water sources, not only to meet the needs of South Gippsland’s projected population growth, but also for industry. Increasing demand for industrial water will become a reality as industries establish or relocate in South Gippsland.” Requests for funding to assist in the project’s initial capital works has been received positively by the State Government. The project details have been forwarded to the Office of Water for inclusion in their budget procedure. Existing water sources supplying the towns in the eastern region - such as Yarram, Alberton, Devon North, Port Albert, Welshpool, Port Welshpool, Toora, Fish Creek, Foster, Meeniyan and Devon North – all have works planned that will ensure they are capable of meeting future water demands. “Extensive modelling was undertaken and it was found that an additional pipeline connecting the northern towns, along with augmenting water supplies in the eastern region, provided a holistic solution for the entire region that is not only feasible, but the most cost effective over the long term,” Mr Evans said. “Lance Creek Reservoir will still be our prime source of water. But we will no longer need to be dependent on rainfall and we will have a totally secure alternate source of water going forward.” Copies of the draft strategy and supporting business case are now available from South Gippsland Water. Please contact the customer service team on 1300 851 636 or visit www.sgwater.com.au

Cattle prices could fall SOUTH Gippsland beef producers could sustain price cuts as a result of the suspension of live cattle exports to Indonesia. The Federal Government recently banned live exports due to animal cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs. The action has reduced competition for Australian cattle and while prices will most likely decrease in northern Australia ﬁrst, that may result in lower prices here, said Brian McCormack, president of South Gippsland Associated Agents. “In the big picture, the number of cattle that are sold in Victoria is only a drop in the ocean of the number that are sold in Australia,” he said. “But if this pulls the prices back up there (northern Australia), it will ﬂow on and knock the prices back here.” The sooner exports are resumed, the lesser the impact will be on local beef markets. Mr McCormack said no South Gippsland cattle are sold to Indonesia, with only northern Australian producers exporting to Indonesian feedlots for fattening.

Upward and onward: Craig Gourlay tackled the annual Knox’s Hill Climb with style on his KTM450 on Sunday. The Leongatha Motorcycle Club’s event drew a large crowd and challenged hungry riders to the hill between Leongatha and Nerrena. Check out more photos in Star Sport.

Worker influx to boost business BUSINESS performance in Wonthaggi is expected to improve over the coming 12 months with the number of desalination plant employees predicted to reach 3000 by the end of June. Construction of the plant continues to have a significant influence on regional business performance and 93 per cent of surveyed businesses expressed confidence about their performance over the next year. Following a lacklustre December quarter, the latest Westpac Bass Coast Economic Monitor survey has recorded a boost in the overall business and sales performance for the March quarter. Sales performance improved

considerably during the quarter with an average growth rate of 3.6 per cent experienced, up from last quarter’s average growth rate of 0.7 per cent. Stronger performances were linked mostly to consumer demand and seasonal issues, as well as continuing work on the desalination plant. Desal workers also had a large impact on the accommodation sector, making up 60 per cent of residential rental properties - a signiﬁcantly higher percentage than reported during any previous quarters. Survey co-ordinator and CEO Tom Murphy said the results were promising. “Sales performance during the quarter was encouraging, with the sales growth results the best on re-

cord for the survey and businesses involved with hospitality and construction performing very well,” he said. “Businesses are more conﬁdent about the coming 12 months than they were in the December quarter and this is reﬂected in their expectations for growth across full-time, part-time and casual employment during the June quarter.” An average of 162 new workers started at the plant each month between December and March, with the total number of workers reaching 2586. Other factors expected to have a positive impact on business performance included land subdivision and residential estate development, commercial and tourism developments and major new road infrastructure.

V/Line switches companies A NEW company will provide V/Line bus services in South Gippsland from July 1. Westernport Road Lines of Koo Wee Rup has secured the contract from the Melbourne based Dyson Group. The company will provide coach services between Leongatha and Yarram, and Southern Cross Station in Melbourne. Westernport manager

Lynette Dineen said the company would employ as many Dyson drivers as possible, given their substantial experience. “We are really pleased to be taking over from July 1,” she said. Westernport has provided V/Line services to the Inverloch and Phillip Island lines for the past 10 years. Dyson Group director Shane Dyson was disappointed the company had lost the 10 year contract, after taking over the service

from the Eldred family of Leongatha in 2002. “We’re disappointed but that’s business. You win tenders and you lose them. It’s just the government’s decision at the time,” he said. The Dyson Group will continue to operate nine school bus runs out of Leongatha, after assuming that business from Ross and Joan Eldred about ﬁve years ago. A state Department of Transport spokesperson said the contract was yet

to be ofﬁcially signed and so was unable to comment about whether the new buses would have toilets, nor whether timetables would be affected. However the spokesperson said that service quality and passenger satisfaction were key elements of the evaluation criteria for each tenderer and would not be compromised. Ms Dineen said such information had to come from the Department of Transport.

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POLICE BRIEFS Bad behaviour

Suspended and speeding

DESPITE a successful day at the Knox Hill Climb last Sunday, one man caused trouble for police and ended up in hospital.

A LEONGATHA man had his car impounded last Friday night after being caught speeding by police.

The intoxicated man was walking along the road near the hill climb just before 5pm when he jumped on the bonnet of a car, smashing the windscreen. Police witnessed the incident, but when they attempted to speak with the man, he became aggressive and abusive, attempting to ﬁght ofﬁcers. As a result, he was restrained with capsicum spray. It is believed the man was concussed after hitting his head on a car tow ball whilst skylarking with a friend earlier in the day. It is yet to be determined whether or not his concussion is linked to his later behaviour. He will be interviewed by police and will most likely appear in court at a later date.

The 22-year-old was travelling 151km/h on the Bass Highway through Leongatha South at around 9.40pm when he was pulled over. After investigation, police discovered the man was driving on a suspended licence. He had his car impounded for 48 hours and will face Korumburra Magistrates Court for speeding and driving whilst suspended.

Hitch-hiker attacked MIRBOO NORTH police are seeking information regarding the assault of a hitch-hiker in April. The young man was hitch-hiking

along the Boolarra-Mirboo North Road around 9.30pm on April 27 when he was assaulted and robbed. The man’s backpack containing his wallet and mobile phone were stolen. The offender was thought to be driving a white pre-2008 model Subaru Forester with red P-plates and is described as around 19-years-old. Anyone with information should call Mirboo North police or Crimestoppers on 1300 333 000.

Lost and found A SEARCH warrant was executed in Toora on Friday morning regarding a search for property stolen from a Walkerville farm earlier this month. Foster Police, along with Bass Coast CIU, recovered the stolen property and arrested a 30-year-old Toora man. He was later charged and bailed.

Drink driving again POLICE caught a Toora man drink driving on Suunday. He was driving whilst unlicenced. At around 8.30pm, the 31-yearold blew a blood alcohol reading of 0.033 when he was pulled over by police on the South Gippsland Highway. He had previously lost his licence due to a drink driving offence. Had he had a licence, the man would have been required to have a zero blood alcohol reading while driving. He will face court at a later date.

Attempted break-in INTRUDERS attempted to break into the Tarwin Vet Group in Peter Street, Mirboo North last week. The alarm was triggered when

someone tried to enter the premises by forcing open the back door. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Mirboo North police.

Typical trafﬁc

SOUTH Gippsland and Bass Coast roads were fairly quiet over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.

Only three minor collisions occurred throughout the entire area and despite some minor offences, motorists behaved well. Bass Coast Highway Patrol’s Senior Constable Paul McLean said while the roads were busy, it was nothing outside the ordinary long weekend traffic. “No significant issues developed and our officers issued something near 50 infringement notices for the weekend,” he said

Council chosen for climate study BASS COAST Shire Council is one of only two councils invited to participate in a national pilot study testing the impact of climate change on council infrastructure. Council’s acting infrastructure director Felicity Sist said Bass Coast had been selected because of the work done by council’s Geographical Information Systems team. “Our GIS team has done some very Bass Coast Shire: GIS co-ordinator Paul Lennox is excited to be part of innovative work modelling sea level the national pilot study testing the impact of climate change on council rise scenarios and the effect on more

ﬂood prone areas,” she said. “This is a serious issue for a coastal community like ours. The GIS team approached Monash University and RMIT and worked in partnership with them to ﬁnd a solution. “The team really is at the forefront of work being done in this area and it is a credit to council and the GIS team to be selected as part of the study.” The pilot study will help identify council assets vulnerable to climate change and what the impact on these assets might be. “Put simply, these assets belong to

the whole community,” Ms Sist said. “They include things like roads, bridges, community buildings and footpaths. “As a result of this pilot, a full report will be created with a set of guidelines and software tools that can be used by councils across Australia.” The project is a partnership between local government associations, the University of South Australia, the Institute of Public Works and Engineers Australia and is primarily funded by the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

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It’s squelchy!

FISH Creek has had the wettest first five months of the year since Neville Buckland started keeping records decades ago. This despite May having “less than average falls”. Mr Buckland noted 16 days of rain last month, totalling 94mm, under the average of 107. The year-to-date tally is 688mm. In Meeniyan, they’ve had almost the equivalent of a year’s rainfall in five months. Over 16 days in May, 201.1mm was recorded, giving a year-to-date total of 581.1mm. “Everything is still squelching around here,” said Margery Robson, summing up the rainfall at Ruby. “This year, we’ve had half a metre of rain in only five months! “As the farmers are saying, this is what it used to be like.” Margery tipped 96.5mm out of her rain gauge during 16 days of rain in May. That compares with 89mm last year, also over 16 days. The 2011 cumulative total is 525 and 62 days of rain. Leongatha’s wettest May day was on the 14th, when 51.2mm fell. It helped boost the month’s tally to 75.6mm, giving a year-to-date total of 478.7mm. The May rain compares with 75.6mm last year, 21.8mm in 2009 and 46mm in 2008.

Worker back-paid A LEONGATHA sales representative not paid for three months work has been reimbursed $7600. The worker was one of three employees in Gippsland to be back-paid a total of $30,000 following intervention by the Fair Work Ombudsman. The largest recovery was $13,400 for a Sale administration ofﬁcer. Fair Work inspectors found unauthorised deductions were taken from the employee’s pay and she was not provided with long service leave entitlements when her employment ceased. After inspectors contacted the business and explained its obligations, the employee was promptly paid all money owed without the need for further action. In a separate case, a local truck driver received $9000 after inspectors discovered the employee was underpaid the minimum hourly rate and penalty rates. Fair Work Ombudsman executive director Michael Campbell said all businesses have now put processes in place to ensure the mistakes are not repeated. “The Fair Work Ombudsman is serious about ensuring regional communities understand their rights and obligations in the workplace,” he said. “We acknowledge that accidental breaches of workplace laws do occur, so our preference is always to work with employers to help them voluntarily rectify any non-compliance issues we identify.”

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Robert Barron: the pottery master is enthusiastic about his latest works.

All fired up GOOSENECK Pottery’s master pottery maker Robert Barron barely has to think the word “exhibition” and the crowds come flocking in. And so it was on the weekend, with people enthusiastically snapping up his fine decorative art at the Kardella kiln. Robert’s good name and reputation have been taken far and wide. Influenced by the philosophies of Bernard Leach and Michael Cardew, and with a passion for the pots made by traditional craftspeople throughout the world, Robert continues to develop ideas and techniques by exploring the intricacies of wood-firing.

Alarm at program cuts By Matt Dunn

DOCTORS, patients and mental health professionals have decried the Federal Government’s cuts to the Better Access counselling referral program.

Susan* said the program had probably saved her life. Depressed and suicidal, the program had given her a lifeline by allowing her subsidised access to a psychologist, with a referral from her GP. Under the changes to the Medicare-sponsored program, announced in this year’s federal budget, referrals for visits will be cut from 18 to 10 in a calendar year. The diminishment will come into effect from November 1. Susan said the cuts would have a detrimental effect on her ongoing treatment for depression. “There’s no way I could afford to have access to the visits if it wasn’t subsidised by Medicare. It’s something you rely on to assist you,” she said. “If I hadn’t had access to a psychologist, I would have been a greater burden to the government for the simple reason that, with the depression I’ve got, my problems would have escalated. I would have needed major assistance, because I wouldn’t have been able to look after myself. “It’s hard to explain. If I wasn’t able to deal with things by using my counsellor, who knows where I’d be?” Susan said she knows other people who are also

reliant on having access to extra visits. “They feel the same way. If the service wasn’t there, they wouldn’t really be able to exist in the community. These cuts seem to affect the most vulnerable people. We don’t have the capacity to access counselling through our own finances,” she said. Leongatha Medical Centre’s Dr Tim Linton said the Better Access program was “very relevant to South Gippsland”. “My personal view is that this will affect those most needing counselling support. The majority of people in my experience do not need 18 sessions and often only require a small number,” Dr Linton said. “However, those with complex and deep seated needs benefit enormously from continuity and extended contact with a psychologist. “I think that the Better Access Program has been a very effective and important innovation. Unfortunately, financial constraints have curtailed it, mainly affecting those with significant needs.” Dr Linton said that while it was “possible that

the program has been misused and trivialised, I am concerned that the changes will demand reliance on alternative services, like other subsidised counselling or normal GP consultations”. South Gippsland psychologist Colleen Murphy also has misgivings about the cuts, which she believes will have “severe effects” on those who most need counselling. “Overall the Medicare being reduced is just bad news for everyone. It’s not the only part of the picture. There are other aspects to it,” she said. “There are sections of society who don’t have a lot of money to spend on psychological counselling. A cap on Medicare just means less access for patients – that’s essentially what it means.” Executive director of the Australian Psychological Society, Professor Lyn Littleﬁeld, is of a similar mind. She said the changes would do nothing to improve mental health service delivery, only the budget’s bottom line. *Not her real name.

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MEMBERS of Leongatha U3A recently spent an enjoyable morning inspecting an extensive china collection belonging to a member of the group.

APPLICATIONS opened last week for the 2011 Commonwealth Bank staff community fund community grants program. The community grants program will provide $650,000 of individual grants of up to $10,000 to youth focused community charities across Australia. The program is funded entirely by Commonwealth Bank staff through its staff community fund, which is Australia’s longest running employee contribution program. To apply or for more information, visit commbank.com.au/grants. MANY locals made the trip up to the snowﬁelds for the opening weekend of the 2011 season. Due to the cooler summer and autumn, it was the best opening in a long time with lots of snow cover and a number of runs open. MARKETER Paul McCa-

rthy will be guest speaker at the Bass Coast South Gippsland Business Alliance business breakfast next week. The session will be held at GippsTAFE Wildﬂower Café and Training Restaurant, Nerrena Road, Leongatha from 7am on Wednesday, June 22. Paul is a rare speaker with the ability to really connect with audiences and compel people to want to take action and reignite their business goals. For further information and bookings contact Pat Coles on 0428 746 207. WONTHAGGI Football and Netball Club held their mid season ball

on Saturday night with great success. Lionel Loves Vinyl entertained the crowd while everyone was dressed up to the nines for the casino theme, looking sharp and stunning. PLENTY of people dropped a line in the hope of catching some ﬁsh around local ﬁshing hot spots over the long weekend. Inverloch and Powlett River were just two of many popular spots anglers tried their luck at and even if some came home without a feed, the lovely weather made the day worthwhile.

Quick stop: a pair of lightweight helicopters landed in Meeniyan over the weekend and crews enjoyed a spot of lunch at the Meeniyan Hotel.

Secret objector spreads letter By Jane Ross AN anonymous letter circulating in parts of Inverloch is likely to shift a planning decision from ofﬁcer control to open council.

The letter, headed Inverloch Amenity Protection, refers to an application to build a dwelling above the height limit of seven metres. But that’s not what is upsetting the anonymous objector. The call to “object now please” has gone out because of a very large deck that is part of the application for 82 Surf Parade. The deck is 45.9 square metres and the nameless objector is worried about parties and noise. Two planning applications have been lodged with Bass Coast Shire Council for the site. One is to subdivide the block in two and remove some vegetation and the other for the dwelling – and deck. Shire planning and environment director Hannah

Duncan-Jones said four objections have been lodged to both applications. Cr Ross Smith, who lives in Inverloch and represents that area on the council, said more objections are expected. If there were only four, decisions would be made by council planning staff; more objections would result in councillors being asked to decide. But Cr Smith told The Star now there is an anonymous letter relating to 82 Surf Parade, “it’s become political”. “And because it’s political, it should come before council.” The letter states that sound from the deck of the proposed unit will carry and its height will intrude on the privacy of neighbouring back yards.

IN THE July school holidays, young people from around Victoria will have the opportunity to take part in the annual Push FReeZA Summit in Leongatha. Young people aged 12-25 years are encouraged to access a free event management training session. Industry professionals will share music industry advice and information, from setting up a PA or getting a career in the music industry, to social networking and online marketing tools. Mark Lang from band Skipping Girl Vinegar will attend the Leongatha session on Monday, July 4 at Memorial Hall. Download a registration form from www.thepush. com.au.

Expert to attend: Mark Lang (right) from band Skipping Girl Vinegar will be a special guest at the Push FReeZA summit.

Car slide: a four-wheeldrive rolled into another four-wheel-drive in the Safeway car park in Leongatha last Tuesday, June 7. The rear of the rolling vehicle caught the other vehicle sideon. Fortunately, the vehicle was not rolling at speed so damage was minimal. A lady had to wait for the owner of the offending car to ﬁnish their shopping!

Heroes ready for stage THE play Heroes started in 2003 as Le Vent des Peupliers by the French playwright, Gérald Sibleyras. The French title translates literally as ‘The Wind in the Poplars’. The play centres around three decorated soldiers growing old in a retirement home for World War One veterans. It is set in 1959, just over 40 years after the end of the war. Tom Stoppard translated and adapted the play, renaming it Heroes. The production debuted in London at the Wyndham’s Theatre in October 2005 and went on to win the 2006 Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. Leongatha lawyer Murray Maclean saw Heroes in London and returned home ﬁred with enthusiasm to see FAMDA stage the play. It took until 2011 for the amateur rights to be available in Australia and for FAMDA to assemble the perfect cast to play the three veterans. Daisy and Norman Patterson of Leongatha will be celebrating their golden wedding anniversary (50 years) on Sunday, June 19. Congratulations from all your family and friends.

Ready to act: Heroes cast members Bruce Grainger, Murray Maclean and Max Hastings.

Bruce Grainger has won Gippsland Theatre awards with FAMDA (Oedipus Rex) and Leongatha Lyric (A Little Hotel on the Side). He also won a Victorian Drama League award for his work in Oedipus Rex. Max Hastings has won Gippsland Theatre awards as the best actor in a play for his performances as C. S. Lewis in Shadowlands, Cooper in A Month of Sundays and The Actor in The Woman in Black, and for the best supporting actor awards in a musical as

Motel in Fiddler on the Roof and in a play as Donald in Blue Remembered Hills. Murray Maclean’s active involvement with FAMDA dates from his 1982 performance of the title role in Don’s Party. He also played Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Leopold Bloom in The Producers and Willie in Blue Remembered Hills. FAMDA will be staging Heroes at the Foster Arts Centre between June

17 and 25 at 8pm on Fridays and Saturdays, with two matinée show at 2pm on Sunday, June 19 and Saturday, June 25. Tickets are on sale with allocated seating at Main Street Revelations in Foster. Phone 0400 867 872. Credit card facilities are available. Opening night tickets, which includes a post-show supper, cost $25. Adult tickets for the other performances are $22 or just $17 for concession or for people booking in groups of 10 or more.

Join the club: the Leongatha Rotary Club welcomed three new members, Kaz Hughes, Taehee Lee and Sue Dutton, at its meeting on June 6 at the Woorayl Golf Club.

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Now that’s a pipe! THE largest-diameter pipe on the entire Victorian desalination project has been delivered to the site. Measuring 4.6 metres in diameter and 22 metres long, a school bus could ﬁt inside the elbow-shaped connection pipe. Seawater will be transported from Bass Strait through the 1.2km intake tunnel deep underground. It will then make a 90-degree turn through the connection pipe and enter the seawater lift pump station, where 16 massive pumps will lift the seawater 25 metres to ground level, and on into the desalination plant. The connection pipe was manufactured by RPC Technologies in Geelong from glass reinforced plastic, which is resistant to corrosion from seawater. A similar connection pipe, almost twice as long, will be delivered to the site over the coming weeks to provide a link between the outlet tunnel and the seawater lift pump station.

In scale: a desal worker inspects the massive pipe that will draw seawater from Bass Strait.

Broadband lobbying vital By Jane Ross and Brad Lester

THE high speed broadband fibre optic cable is just about here, but whether we can all connect to it will depend on the lobbying skills of Bass Coast and South Gippsland councils. Both councils are pushing for the region to become part of a trial for the National Broadband Network. The councils are working on a joint submission expressing interest in becoming a wireless trial area, as part of the Federal Government program. South Gippsland CEO Tim Tamlin said the region is well suited to such a trial. “We have many attributes that we see would make us a perfect trial area, including varied terrain, new educational facilities, infrastructure and population,” he said. Mr Tamlin and mayor Cr Warren Raabe met with McMillan MP Russell Broadbent last week to discuss the proposal. “The meeting went really well and was extremely productive. Russell is always receptive to our discussions and we are keen to work together where possible for the betterment of South Gippsland,” Mr Tamlin said. “Russell was positive and open minded about our request. He provided exceptional feedback and guidance on the next steps in this process.” In his Mayor’s Message this week, Cr Raabe said: “The higher speeds will bring unparalleled benefits to education, medical, farming and business services in our area, an exciting new opportunity to link with new technologies that would otherwise be unattainable. “All shire internet users should benefit from higher speed, whether delivered

via optic cable, satellite or wireless.” Bass Coast’s economic development manager Peter Francis warned councillors that the roll out of high speed broadband across Australia would take 10 years. In order not to have to wait for connection, much work needs to be done and more staff may be needed. “I think we can build a really strong case that we are a high priority,” he said. He was speaking at a council briefing session recently. Mr Francis said the benefits of high speed broadband were immeasurable. They include the possibility of accessing medical specialists via computer, the chance of in-home health monitoring by computer or television and improving social connectedness for the elderly. Some are already making good use of modern technology. Mr Francis said his octogenarian father is on Facebook! “High speed broadband will revolutionise education; the (proposed Bass Coast education) precinct is one of our pillars. From an economic point of view, high speed broadband ‘is essential to enable businesses to compete in a global market and increase participation in the workforce’,” he said. Cr Gareth Barlow said, “We need to be at the forefront of it. Our (internet) speed on Phillip Island is slower than that at a slum in the Philippines.” While South Gippsland was the only Victorian area to be selected for fibre optic cable under the Federal Government’s Regional Backbone Blackspots Program, that doesn’t include taking the cable throughout Bass Coast or South Gippsland shires. That relies on the government’s timetable for connecting the cable to individual premises through NBN Co. “We need to push ourselves up the

list with NBN,” Mr Francis stressed. “This is a massive infrastructure project.” Mr Francis said he and his colleague Brian Olden recently attended an NBN Co conference in Sydney. “We were told that anything we could do to help NBN Co, will help us,” he said. For example, providing NBN Co with maps of where all the pipes,

sewers, cables etc. are laid in the area. Finding out from the community how many will take up high speed broadband is vital to the lobbying too. “We’ve set two main objectives: to create an environment for NBN Co to come here and to engage with the community to develop (computer) skills,” Mr Francis said.

He also recommended council set up an inter-departmental broadband access team, develop a Bass Coast digital economy strategy and join with South Gippsland Shire in inviting NBN Co to use the region as a site for a wireless technology trial. He asked council to commit to moving Bass Coast to the digital age.

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Campaign Parliament bound

RESIDENTS of Leongatha know that their town has a lot of potential for future growth and improvement. Over 3000 people have indicated their agreement that the State Government must fund the Leongatha Heavy Vehicle Alternate Route as a matter of priority. The Leongatha Progress Association has co-ordinated a petition calling for the State Government to do just that. The petition will be presented to the Legislative Assembly by Deputy Premier Ryan and the people of Leongatha look forward to a positive response from the State Government. The Leongatha Progress Association, on behalf of the individuals, business and community groups in the area, has led this effort, but could not have done it without the support of the town and the efforts of

its people. I would like to express my particular thanks to the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Apex and Rotary Clubs of Leongatha and the Meeniyan Progress Association for their involvement and the involvement of their members. Other individuals put their time and energy into collecting signatures from all over town. The extra effort put in by doorknockers has led to an overwhelming number of signatures, tripling the amount initially obtained through petitions placed at various businesses around Leongatha. This project is very important for Leongatha. While we may have been waiting for a long time, we hope that we will soon be enjoying improved trafﬁc ﬂow around the main streets of Leongatha. Anyone who would still like to sign the petition can do so at the Leongatha Caravan Park. Terry Aeschlimann, president, Leongatha Progress Association.

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New attitude needed

Can’t go on REGARDING the South Gippsland salary and rate snowball. The public servants seem to have become the bosses in that the South Gippsland Shire employees appear to be directing an inept council. The councillors are elected by the rate-payers but they are doing the bidding of the shire administration instead of those that elected them. There seems to be an ever increasing snowball of council administration/management type positions requiring an ever escalating salary bill. Too many, getting paid too much. The majority of the council is just letting it continue. I believe it comes from an attitude that it doesn’t matter how much the wage bill grows, the council can pay by increasing the rates and borrowing; which will require the rates to be increased even more to pay the interest and the loans back! I believe the majority of the council has been too spineless, lazy or stupid to make difﬁcult decisions to get the pecking order right, so that the council makes policy for the betterment of rate-payers and the administration carries out those policies, efﬁciently. Most businesses (and ratepayers) in South Gippsland are unable to pass on their poor business practices to their customers and do not have an end-

IS IT time for South Gippsland to accept the fact the Wonthaggi desalination plant is here to stay and that we may as well enjoy the benefits? South Gippsland Water’s Long Term Water Supply Demand Strategy, released last week, makes mention of a plan to tap into Melbourne’s water supply should the region need it, via the desal plant pipeline. The latest Westpac Bass Coast Economic Monitor survey shows that nearly all surveyed business-people had faith in their business over the next year and attributed that largely to the desal plant. Many businesses have opened or received work or clientele through the plant. The benefit will continue once construction of the plant is finished. However it must be noted the survey also found that desal workers are now renting up to 60 per cent of residential rental properties. That squeezes locals out of the rental market. The plant will also place financial pressure on employers. The Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry last week said the desal plant enterprise agreement increased employees’ wage expectations. At the end of the day, worrying about matters we have no control over is no good for anyone’s mental health and the desal plant is not going to be pulled down because we’ve had a change of government. While we don’t have to love the desal plant and its well documented impact on the environment, we can do ourselves a favour by reaping as many rewards as we can from having it here.

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less supply of capital. If the shire was in business, the customers and banks would close them down very quickly. I guess we can vote them out at the next election! Malcolm Cock, Hallston.

this could effectively prevent a relatively simple solution to the problem of heavy highway trafﬁc passing through the shopping centre and the difﬁcult, tight sbend at the top of the town. Ros Envall, Korumburra.

Here’s an idea

End live exports

REGARDING “Bend Is Still A Struggle” (The Star, May 24 page 13) and “State supports new truck route” (The Star, June 7 page 3). A solution would be to reroute the highway through Korumburra along Little Commercial Street from Bridge Street to emerge in a gentle bend where the soon to be closed car yard is currently located. A couple of property owners and developers may have to be compensated, but the advantages for highway traffic, truck industry, public safety and the community, are huge. For example, the dangerous and awkward double curve at Bridge Street is sorted, highway traffic would be re-routed away from the town centre, but not far away to lose passing trade. Having only local traffic in Commercial Street would mean more parking space could be made available, and the safety and rural town shopping ambience for Korumburra would be greatly improved. This solution needs to be carefully looked at before the powers-that-be permit development at the car yard site, as

A SIGN of a civilised society is the way it treats its animals. All animals. Our own systems for animal treatment still need to be improved, but the comparison with their treatment in Indonesia, the Middle East, and other countries, is stark and absolutely abhorrent. We cannot call ourselves civilised if we allow animals from our shores to be brutalised in another country under the guise of “so-called” religious beliefs. The slashing of tendons and stabbing of eyes to disable cattle still routinely occurs in Egypt. Whilst Australian cattle can now only be killed in one accredited abattoir in Egypt, they still face having their throats cut whilst fully conscious. If slashing the tendons of cattle is unacceptable in the eyes of the Australian Government, the slashing of the throat of terriﬁed conscious cattle should be equally so. Government banned the export of sheep to Egypt after viewing Animals Australia’s

evidence of trussed sheep being tied to roof racks and thrown onto trucks and into car boots. Since then Egypt has imported chilled meat from Australia in place of live animals, showing that the region will accept chilled meat. In fact, last year, Australia exported more chilled sheep meat to the Middle East than live animals, showing how unnecessary the cruel live trade really is. Animals in the Middle East are routinely subjected to cruel treatment. Australia’s willingness to export animals - knowing that tens of thousands will die en route and that surviving animals will endure treatment that would be illegal in Australia - is immoral and unforgivable. The message that this trade sends to the Middle East - a region that desperately needs to be encouraged towards ethical treatment of animals - is that animals are nothing more than chattels to be traded and slaughtered for proﬁt. On a mercenary note: obviously, a large number of jobs were lost in Australia when we started live exports – these are jobs that could be regained if we were to end the Live Export Trade. Please help to stop this cruel trade forever. Write to your state and federal MPs now. Liz Glynn, Wonthaggi North.

VOXPOP! VOX

Are you concerned the South Gippsland Tourist Railway’s future is in jeopardy?

If it’s not attracting tourists the money going into it should be put towards something else that would be better for South Gippsland. Jarrod Witherow Koonwarra

Well it doesn’t have any real beneﬁt for the community so I wouldn’t be too worried if it shut down, then the funding for it could go somewhere more beneﬁcial. Morgan Clark Leongatha

We should get rid of the train line through Leongatha and put the bypass through that path to get the trucks out of Bair Street. Kall Young Leongatha

Yes, we should keep it up and running to help promote the country, otherwise the government should step in and help with funding. Gerard Egan Korumburra

Beware delays Tax time is coming Survey genuine PEOPLE wary of phone scams, take note. Melbourne Water will soon be ringing people across South Gippsland for a bonaﬁde phone survey, according to South Gippsland Shire Council. The survey is part of research within Melbourne Water’s extended waterways and drainage boundary area, which includes South Gippsland Shire, to investigate customer perceptions of services. “From early to mid June we will be conducting telephone surveys with randomly selected households, the results of which will guide decisions around our future marketing and communications activities,” a Melbourne Water spokesperson said. “We recognise there is a small possibility this research may generate some interest within the community, thus we’d like to notify you in advance before the work commences. Melbourne Water is happy to ﬁeld any enquiries relating to this work. “We don’t anticipate the research will cause any issues, but should you receive any enquiries please feel free to direct them to Melbourne Water’s customer service centre by phoning 131 722.”

VICROADS is advising there will be some minor delays and trafﬁc changes for motorists along the Strzelecki Highway this week.

Over the two weeks, bushfire damaged trees along the roadside will be removed or trimmed for road safety purposes. Trees that are being removed have been assessed as either dead or hazardous, after being significantly burnt during bushfires in February 2009. These works will occur along the highway on weekdays, between Stocks Road and Sampson Bridge, between 7.30am and 4pm. Traffic may be temporarily stopped at times to allow a safe area for trees to be cut down and removed. VicRoads urges all road users to obey any temporary conditions in place, such as reduced lanes or speed limit reductions, for both your own safety and that of workers close to the road.

NOW that June is here, it’s time to start getting your receipts and other paperwork together for tax time. The Citizens Advice Bureau in Leongatha can help wage-earners on low incomes with their tax returns. The service is absolutely free and conﬁdential. The bureau’s Taxation Ofﬁce-trained volunteers can provide assistance with tax returns. To make an appointment, just ring the number below to arrange a time. The Citizens Advice Bureau does more. The volunteers at the bureau provide information to

clients with regard to government pensions and concessions, youth issues, leisure and recreation, consumer affairs, emergency relief, health and lots more. They can help with access to social workers, ﬁnancial counselling and legal services. So, if you need help about a matter, whether about taxation or not, why not contact the South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau? It’s located in the Memorial Hall complex, Michael Place, Leongatha, or you can call 5662 2111 from Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.

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Scientiﬁc approach: farmers Rene Richard of Inverloch and Lee Storti of Kongwak with Dale Grey, a climate variability agronomist with the Department of Primary Industries, discuss the impact of oceans on weather patterns.

Mercury rising By Brad Lester

THE past 14 years have been the warmest in the 120 years records have been kept for South Gippsland.

While that news is good for farmers tired of wet winters, warmer days place greater stress on pasture growth in the spring and summer. That was the message delivered by Dale Grey, a climate variability agronomist with the Department of Primary Industries at Inverloch last Thursday. He said rising temperatures underpinned his personal belief that climate change existed, even though some farmers at the event wondered whether recent extreme rainfall was part of a cyclic pattern. The CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology have predicted that rising carbon dioxide emissions would result in an average temperature rise of two degrees, prompting massive changes in weather. “That could mean the equivalent of 17 extra winter days or 10 extra summer days crammed into the year,” Mr Grey said. He said Inverloch had a “classic Mediterranean rainfall pattern”, with the winter months typically the wettest and an average annual rainfall since 1885 of 917mm. However, many years were above or below this average, requiring farmers to adopt systems able to deal with such ﬂuctuations. “Australia has the level of climate variability that would make a lot of other countries in the world go ‘This is ridiculous. How can you cope with that?’” Mr Grey said. Inverloch experienced below average rainfall between 1915 and 1925, and then again in 1935. The period 1950-1965 was

quite wet and so were the years around 1995, but the last few years have produced below average rainfall. “Climate variability has been incredible over time and it will continue to be into the future,” Mr Grey said. The session compared the drought of April-June 2006 with the wet April-June period of this year, and how farmers have adopted new management strategies to cope. “It’s not all bad; it just shows us the changed environment,” Mr Mulvany said. “The wet weather’s not so bad unless you’re on a wet, flat farm. We’re just tight lipped about how the season is going to pan out. In 2006-07, farmers were financially stressed. It was easier to feed cows then but financially it was tougher. Now there are no financial issues yet but it could be a tough winter.” A farmer at a recent focus farm session held by Mr Mulvany said “we are now September wet”. The Inverloch event was attended by just 16 people, among them a herb farm manager, dairy and beef farmers, plus officers from South Gippsland and Bass Coast shire councils, who helped run the forum in conjunction with the DPI and Agribusiness Gippsland. South Gippsland Shire Council’s economic development co-ordinator Ken Fraser said climatic events such as drought and recent flood damage at Wilsons Promontory National Park had impacted upon business and tourism opportunities in the region. The session was the first of three AgFutures events to be held at Inverloch. The next, on June 22, will explore land suitability and diversification. The final session on July 7 will feature guest speaker Angela Betheras, winner of the 2011 RIRDC Rural Women’s Award, talking about successful marketing.

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Georgette tells of her gift THE people of Korumburra ‘took over’ Mardan South’s Pioneer Church for the May Pleasant Sunday Afternoon. Guest speaker Georgette Noellat lives there. Her topic was The Gift. Georgette covered some aspects of her troubled childhood, among other things that her father pointedly excluded her when it came to Christmas presents. At school she did well in English and at one time the quality of her essays attracted the attention of her teacher. With only one more essay to go there was a good chance of her earning the prize for English. The prescribed title for the last essay turned out to be The greatest gift my father gave me. Georgette found herself incapable of writing the essay. When later she explained why, her teacher gave her a beautiful leather-covered journal to write in: “everything that makes you cry, ev-

erything that makes you laugh.” It was the gift that set Georgette to taking up writing in earnest, and the book that resulted was dedicated to her teacher. Concluding her talk Georgette read from one of its chapters called Lessons for a slow child. She proved anything but slow in later life, becoming a solicitor (now retired), a music teacher and an author. Recently, she embarked on a university course in science. The Reverend Alan Dyall, also from Korumburra, presided over the afternoon. John and Glenda Tunley have lived in Korumburra for most of the past decade. In a ‘gospel singing’ ministry to various venues and institutions in South Gippsland, they normally represent all churches, and in that spirit they accompanied the hymns at the ecumenical PSA. They also provided a splendid interlude of specially selected songs. Wendy McIndoe read from Acts, the story about Stephen’s martyrdom, while Tony Winkelman delivered a passage from John’s gospel

in which Jesus prayed for solidarity and unity among his followers. At the beginning of the service, Sam Nicita introduced and welcomed everyone with his usual wit and wisdom. He also asked any of those attending to get in touch if they would like to give a helping hand. The service was followed by a pleasant afternoon tea. The next PSA at Scots Pioneer Church, Mardan South, will be held on June 26 at 2 pm, when Rabbi Dr John Levi AM DD is to give an address entitled Jerusalem. Patrick Lanigan and Dorothy Warren have been persuaded to further brighten up the service with their music, while the Reverend Arthur Stamp will preside.

Chatting: enjoying each other’s company before the service are Glenda and John Tunley and Lillian Nicita.

Brigades warned of more change CFA GIPPSLAND regional manager Mark Reid has warned that many more changes to the CFA will be occurring in the near future.

Medals aplenty: the group of medal winners and presenters. They are (from back left) CFA operations manager Mark Jones, Dennis Burrows, Steven Bilney, John Bilney, Cliff Smith, Mary Trease, Alec Campbell, Norm Cornthwaite, Hume Stewart, Gippsland regional manager Mark Reid, Mirboo group ofﬁcer Mark Bourke, (front) Luke Vickery and Kevin West.

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Mr Reid highlighted the need for brigade members to be ready for these changes during his keynote address at the Mirboo Group Brigades’ annual dinner recently. In a reversal of earlier moves, groups are now being encouraged to expand their role, primarily in supporting their brigades operationally as well as engaging with their communities in strengthening fire safety awareness. Around 70 members of the Allambee, Berrys Creek, Hallston, Dumbalk, Milford and Mirboo North brigades, plus neighboring groups, staff and partners attended the night. The evening, surprisingly, started with a rendition of the Floral Dance, played by the Top Brass brass band comprising District 9 operational manager Mark Jones, regional manager Mark Reid, Mirboo group officer Mark Bourke, West Gippsland group officer John Alexander and instructor Terry Handley. They then stowed away their instruments and danced the Can Can, which was also performed by five male members of the Dumbalk Brigade, The Dumbalk Can Can Do Dancers. MC for the evening, Janet Auchterlonie kept the gathering amused

with many funny stories. The seriousness of the main part of the evening - the presentation of service awards - was not lost on any of the guests. Allambee stalwart Norman Cornthwaite was presented with a 60 year service medal. Norm joined in 1950 and became a life member of the CFA in 1994. Norm reminisced that when he joined they only had knapsacks, beaters and rakes to tackle fires. Eventually they were given an Austin fire truck. He believes the current tankers are a lot better, although he wryly observed that sometimes he felt that the CFA seems to want the fires put out with paperwork. Dumbalk’s Alec Campbell received a 55 year medal. Alec first joined DumbalkMardan, as it was known then, in 1955, at age 15. Allambee’s Hume Stewart also received a 55 year medal. Hume first joined in 1953 and was a past captain, and served 20 years as group officer. Current Allambee captain John Bilney received a 25 year medal. His son Stephen was presented with a five year certificate. Mirboo North stalwart Dennis Burrows received a 25 year medal. Mr Bilney presented a life membership to long serving ex-captain Cliff Smith. Mirboo North captain Rob Nyhuis awarded the Steve Groen Encouragement Award to Luke Vickery. He also presented Kevin West with the Captain’s Appreciation Award.

Kinders win funding

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PRE-SCHOOLS in the Bass electorate are set to beneﬁt from an $8.2 million funding package for Victorian kindergartens. Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development Wendy Lovell said the funding, provided through the State Government and the National Partnership on Early Childhood Education, would help to

deliver reforms to ensure children receive an even better education before they start school. As part of the package, $3.4 million state funding will enable every community-based kindergarten to receive a $2500 ﬂexible grant for new information technology, equipment or other resources. Bass MP Ken Smith said the money would go some way in helping local

preschools to update their resources. He said another $4.8 million National Partnership funding will be invested in the government’s commitment to providing universal access to 15 hours a week of kindergarten to every child in the year before school. “Of this, $2.6 million will be shared among 35 kindergartens to continue 15-hour programs currently being trialled and $2.2 million will go to another 23 kindergartens to start their pilot programs,” he said. Other funding delivered in last month’s State Budget included: • $41.5 million for free kindergarten for 18,300 low income families; • $18.2 million for children needing extra assistance at kinder; and • $15 million for capital works initiatives.

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GippsTAFE inspires future study By Simone Short

THE NUMBER of South Gippsland students enrolled in tertiary studies could be on the rise thanks to brand new GippsTAFE facilities.

Ofﬁcially opened: GippsTAFE CEO Peter Whitley, Minister for Higher Education and Skills Peter Hall, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Senator David Feeney and chair of GippsTAFE board David Gittens.

Chair of the GippsTAFE Board David Gittens, said the enrolment statistics were disappointing, but could change in the near future. “It’s disappointing to see statistics showing in Gippsland, only 26.4 per cent of students leaving school take up further education despite the state average sitting at 41 per cent,”

he said. “We have a big job to do.” And the new facilities are already paying off. GippsTAFE CEO Peter Whitley said there has already been a growth in enrolments since the building was completed at the beginning of the year. “There has been a ﬁve per cent national growth in students undertaking tertiary study at TAFE, but here we have experienced a 12 per cent growth and I’ve been told to expect another 20 per cent next year,” he said. “It’s not just the building creating this success;

The Child Care Rebate helps meet the cost of child care. There are now new payment options.

people working in the campus make a difference.” Mr Whitley said GippsTAFE in Leongatha was a real testament to success. “We can expect to see significant growth in the future. Previously, TAFE in this town was looked upon as a poor cousin, but this is the first step for future development in Leongatha.” The Minister for Higher Education and Skills, Peter Hall summed up the new GippsTAFE building in one simple question in front of a sizeable crowd at the campus last Tuesday morning. “How good is this?” Mr Hall said the development was “absolutely fantastic” and one he strongly welcomed. “This part of South Gippsland has a lower participation rate for postsecondary education, but this particular facility will encourage more students to continue their education through TAFE,” he said. “According to recent statistics, only 14 per cent of Leongatha Secondary College’s 2010 graduating students attend TAFE and only five per cent from Korumburra Secondary College. “When I first became a minister six months ago, one of my main goals was to implement opportunities for country kids to pursue further education opportunities. We don’t always have local facilities, but having this TAFE campus will encourage more students to attend and there has already been an increase in enquiries.”

Mr Hall said he has “no doubt” enrolments will increase by 20 per cent by 2012. Also in attendance was Senator David Feeney, the Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, who officially opened the new campus. Senator Feeney said the Commonwealth Government perceived the new facilities as $6 million well spent. “Considering before they were working in portables, the teachers and students have had an extraordinary transformation and a real dramatic shift,” he said. “These facilities are cutting edge. It’s a more enjoyable place to be, for both teachers and students and is one of the best facilities in the state.” If the Prime Minister had been in attendance, Senator Feeney said Ms Gillard would describe the five star green rated building as “a window to the future and a window to a low carbon future”. Mr Gitten said when the board first saw the plans for the building, “we thought it was a space ship”, but they were very fortunate to get funding from the $40 million the Federal Government made available towards upgrading GippsTAFE campuses around the region. Mr Hall concluded his speech by stating it would be both the “young and old” who would be the real beneficiaries from the new building and said “this remarkable asset is truly something the Leongatha and South Gippsland region can be proud of”.

Mayor’s message Cr Warren Raabe

The Australian Government offers two types of financial assistance for child care: the Child Care Benefit and the Child Care Rebate. You may still be eligible for the Child Care Rebate even if you don’t receive the Child Care Benefit.

It pays up to 50% of your out-of-pocket expenses per child per year up to an annual cap.

The Rebate helps to cover the costs of any approved child care, including out of school hours care.

If you use approved child care for work, study or training, you should check your eligibility.

From July the Rebate could be paid fortnightly, directly to your child care service or to you. You could still choose to receive the payments quarterly or annually. For more information on what you are entitled to and how to claim, visit australia.gov.au/mychild or call the Family Assistance Ofﬁce on 13

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OUR meeting with the Planning Minister Matthew Guy on June 2 was extremely positive, with the Minister amenable to most of the priority projects we discussed. He indicated that the Coalition was preparing to release some new guidelines for the suite of rural zones that will give councils across Victoria more ﬂexibility. The timing of this is provident to the development of our Rural Strategy and the Minister is keen to study our submissions received during the exhibition period of the draft strategy. Our request to rezone land near the Prom Gates for development of an eco resort also met with favour, providing forward movement on a project that has been mooted for over 15 years. We were encouraged to present a funding proposal for a marina feasibility study at Port Welshpool and to review the Port Welshpool Master Plan in conjunction with the Long Jetty refurbishment. We also explored the possibilities of having a private developer investing in educational activities in the lower part of Coal Creek. The Deputy Premier and our local member Peter Ryan echoed the Minister’s support on these projects, and encouraged us to provide detailed design and costing in sections to extend the rail trail from Foster to Yarram over the next few years. He indicated that while there were currently no funds for a high level rework of the trail through the Koonwarra Black Spur area, we should present a low level option for consideration. Although the National Broadband Network is a federal initiative, we sought the State Government’s advocacy support in proposing South Gippsland as a wireless trial area and early recipient of the network. With the strong investment in new educational facilities in the region over the past two years, we are well placed to capitalise on the new technologies to offer university education through video links/ conferencing and on-line tutorials. Cr Warren Raabe Mayor

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I lost my dad then he came back When you gamble, it affects your entire family. Rory’s dad made the call, got help and his gambling hasn’t interfered with his life since. Two-thirds of people who contact Gambler’s Help end up gambling a lot less. Free and conﬁdential one-on-one counselling, group support, online counselling or ﬁnancial advice is available anytime. It’s working for Rory’s dad. Why not you?

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Tech savvy school leads the way by Isaac McCallum LEONGATHA Secondary College has become one of the state’s most technologically equipped schools.

The school recently handed out the last of 500 netbook computers, meaning every student in the school has one. The ground-breaking move was labelled as a potential nightmare by many, but the school backed their plan and so far it is paying off. “It was a leap of faith in many ways,” ICT infrastructure leader Matt McPhee said. “We’re going to be one of the few Victorian public schools with this sort of state-of-the-art technology.” The students will have the laptops at school and are able to take them home for three years. At the end of that period they will then own them. The Year 12s will be able to keep

their computers upon ﬁnishing their exams at year’s end. “We felt the Year 12s were missing out a bit. So it’s a bit of a generous thing, but they’ll get theirs to keep,” Mr McPhee said. “It will really help them with going onto university if they already have a laptop.” The ACER laptops, which Mr McPhee has described as “high-end technology”, are already a hit with the children. “The kids love them. Some students are using them quite powerfully, while others aren’t as conﬁdent, but we’re hoping that over time they’ll all be able to carry out basic tasks,” Mr McPhee said. “They are going to get better at emailing, web browsing and security. We understand the risk of cyber bullying but we believe education is the best way to help with that.” The students all signed a document at the beginning of the year signaling their intent to use the com-

puters in a constructive matter. Some social network websites such as Facebook have already been banned. And while there will be an increase in technological skills, Mr McPhee pointed out that the bookwork side of school is not dead. “We’re trying to integrate ICT into the classroom, we’re certainly not replacing it,” he said. “The students are aware that there will still be work that will be expected to be handwritten, the writing component of classes will not be removed.” Teachers will also be feeling the benefits of the netbooks, as children finishing their bookwork have an alternative option to distracting other students. “Accelerated learning is more readily available now. If a few students finish class work early they can turn on their netbooks and work on blogs or things like that,” Mr McPhee said.

Fine English, young lady FORMER Leongatha Secondary College student Jo Mitchell received an award honouring her superb performance in English last year. She received a Premier VCE Award at the Melbourne Convention Centre for achieving the maximum score possible of 50 for two subjects, English and Literature. Jo received her award from the Minister for Education Martin Dixon and was also selected to be in the ofﬁcial party to be interviewed by the media as representative of successful rural students who achieve exceptional results. Jo has just returned to Australia from having volunteered in an orphanage in Colombia and plans to study law at Monash University.

Last but not least: Leongatha Secondary College Year 8 student Samantha Thoonen is presented with her netbook computer from ICT infrastructure leader Matt McPhee. Every student now owns and uses the netbooks during classes.

Oak tree lives on FIVE or six generations of young locals have sat under the oak tree in the former Leongatha Secondary College yard.

Amazing feat: Jo Mitchell and her English teacher Barbara Varrasso.

This beautiful Algerian oak was planted when the school was founded in 1912. If only it could talk. Students think of the tree as special. It was always there, always providing shade, a place to meet and a place to eat your lunch. The oak tree was referred to as ‘the old oak tree’ in 1940 when it was still quite young. One ex student pointed out that you could sit under the tree in the shade at lunch-time and watch the boys playing cricket. The tree started out life on its own in the yard. A tennis court was its neighbor for a while and when it was sandwiched between two ‘Bristol’ buildings. It sat there in between those buildings for 50 years.

Looking back: students in the lower quadrangle at Leongatha High School in 1972, with the oak in the background. At far left are Andrew Westaway and Neil Wray-McCann. How many times over the past 100 years were secondary school form groups told to meet under the oak tree? Now it is in the primary school

area. Very small feet are running around under its branches. When told it was to have its 100th birthday next year, a small group of these young chil-

dren were impressed. This oak has a state heritage listing and is a very special feature of the 100 years of secondary education in Leongatha.

Mayor’s message Cr Veronica Dowman FOR the first time ever, the Asia Pacific Youth Conference will be held in Australia and we are lucky enough to be hosting it right here in Bass Coast. One hundred and thirty young leaders from 15 different countries, including South Africa, Japan, Taiwan, India and South America, will descend on Phillip Island in July for the 17th Annual Conference. The aim of the conference and youth network is for young leaders to bring change locally and nationally. But first, they start work on themselves – learning more about leadership and self awareness. The conference empowers individuals and teams to help shape their communities and cultures. By bringing people together in ‘honest conversations’, solutions are found that address issues like

racism, corruption, materialism and family breakdown. We are pleased to announce that ﬁve spaces will be reserved for Bass Coast residents aged between 18 and 35 and council is proud to be sponsoring two of these positions. This conference is perfect for young people interested in making Bass Coast a better, more inclusive place to live. We are looking for applicants who already have a strong interest and involvement in the community and who believe they will beneﬁt from an opportunity to grow their leadership skills. Over the six days, participants will have they opportunity to hear from guest speakers. They will also participate in workshops and team building activities aimed at sharing ideas and working out the best ways to address social issues affecting

communities across the Asia Paciﬁc region. The conference will be held from July 18-24 at CYC The Island, Phillip Island and is organised by Initiatives of Change www.iofc. org. Bass Coast residents interested in applying for the two Council sponsored positions can visit our website for an application form. A hard copy of the application is available at Customer Service Centres or by calling us on 1300 BCOAST (226 278). Applications close Friday, July 1. If you know someone who might beneﬁt from attending this conference, please encourage them to apply. Cr Veronica Dowman, Mayor Bass Coast Shire Council

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Cruising: Josh Lethbridge has put a lot of hard work into his XE.

By Jacob de Kunder AT THE age of 16 Josh Lethbridge was handed down an old Ford Falcon by his step mum. Over the past seven years, the Korumburra man has given it a lot of street appeal. “When I ﬁrst got it the car was practically a family car,” Josh said. “It had the stock six-cylinder engine, column shift auto and bench seats.” Josh is proud to say he’s had a hand in putting together almost every part of the 1983 XE. “I have done all of the work except for the paint and the gearbox with the help from my dad, uncle, brothers and friends,” Josh said. “It’s been a long time getting it on the road because I was doing my apprenticeship in Melbourne

while the car was in Korumburra, so I could only really get to work on it on the weekends.” Josh and his dad did the body work, ﬁtted a Fairmont Ghia front end, and ﬁlled the boot lock and aerial hole. The old pale blue colour was replaced by Ford’s colour ‘Brezze’, applied by a shop in Korumburra. Under the hood, the XE is running a 351 Cleveland with a single plane manifold with 2” ported spacer and a HP 750 DP Holley carburettor, sitting on top of a pair of 2V close chamber heads with 4V valves. These valves are being opened and closed by a hydraulic cam with 550 lift. Holding the oil is a high energy sump. Taking away all the unwanted gases (and probably some unused fuel) is Pacemaker TRI-Y headers with custom 3” collectors. These continue on into a twin mild steel

3” system followed by Hooker mufﬂers which dump at the diff. Getting the power to the wheels is a full manual C10 gearbox with a Dominator 3500 stall converter through to a new tailshaft and 9” diff. “I had the most trouble with the gear box in this car,” Josh said. “It’s been built three different times but I think they’ve got it right this time.” Giving the XE a nice low stance is King Spring ‘ultra-low’ springs all round, with Pedders sway bars and shocks. The wheels are from a later model Falcon and have been powder-coated and are sporting chrome trim in and out to match the door handles and door surrounds. The interior is pretty much stock with new carpet and the consol has been replaced with a B&M Pro Ratchet shifter and a

fire extinguisher. “I haven’t had a chance to get it on the dyno (dynamometer) and tuned yet but will be soon,” Josh said. “It hasn’t been on the road for all that long, so I haven’t really had the chance to get out and show it off but I will definitely get it on the strip and get it to show days.” Josh has put around $25,000 into his pride and joy to get it just the way he wants. “I’ve put too much money and hard work into it to sell it just yet, plus I’m still ironing out the little things. “I have learnt a lot from this build as it was my first.” Josh has already got his next project underway and can’t wait to get stuck into his 1965 Ford XP ute.

Powerhouse: the 351 Cleveland certainly gives the Falcon some get up and go.

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Looking good: on top of its great features, the Santa Fe also looks fantastic.

Santa Fe can go all day THE Hyundai Santa Fe is a car built tough for life’s adventures.

Sleek: the stunning lines of the Santa Fe make it look at home wherever you take it.

Easy to use: the controls for comfort and entertainment are simple and straight forward.

This seven seat AWD is a perfect family car, as well as being designed for exceptional performance and efﬁciency. Seven seats can comfortably seat all adult passengers, making the Santa Fe the perfect family car. The large range of safety features has earned the Santa Fe a maximum ﬁve-star ANCAP safety rating. Standard feature on all the models are Electronic Stability Control (ESC), which includes Hyundai’s Traction Control System (TCS), driver and front passenger airbags, dual side front airbags, and front and rear passenger side curtain airbags (which extend to the third row), as well as rollover sensors. Economy and grunt is achieved by the 2.2L turbo diesel engine that produces 145kW of peak power. Thanks to this power, the Santa Fe re-

ally gets up and goes when it needs to. The combination of the engine and the six-speed Selectronic automatic transmission means it’s economic to drive, with the option to use the power when needed. Recently the Santa Fe was awarded Best Medium AWD SUV of 2010 by magazine OzRoamer. The family SUV scored maximum points in the areas of performance, practicality, ﬁt for purpose and value for money. High driving position, easy to use car and entertainment controls, and great all round vision make the Santa Fe a dream to drive. The AWD can manage varying terrain and easily tow a trailer or light caravan. The Santa Fe is the perfect family SUV for dropping off the kids to school, as well being able to take you to that private getaway for your holidays.

Spacious: the interior is nice and open but also gives the driver good vision of the road. Makes sense: checking tyre pressure is quick and worth the time.

Tyres key to safety WINTER is upon us and road safety is, as always, a pressing issue. One of the most important safety precautions is tyre safety, making sure your tyres have enough grip and that the pressures are correct. Tyres are your only contact with the road and they need to be stable and responsive in any weather to ensure

your safety. Without sufﬁcient grip your car can lose traction on slippery surfaces such as wet roads. Loosing traction can result in catastrophic consequences. The driver of the unsafe car could be killed and so too the motorist doing the right thing who may be in the wrong spot at the wrong time. If your tyres look worn, they are

worn and need to be replaced as soon as you can. If you’re not sure about the state of your tyres, local tyre dealers are more than happy to check them out and make a recommendation for you. Tyre pressure can dramatically affect the handling and responsiveness of a car. If the pressure is too low, handling will be sloppy and if too high, traction will be minimised.

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Home-grown passion MEG Viney’s passion for cooking began as young as a nine-year-old when she would come home, hungry after church, and ﬁnd the roast sitting uncooked on the kitchen bench. “I was happy to put the roast in the oven and then I’d run out to the garden and ask Dad what vegetables were ready to pick,” she said. “Of course, Mum and Dad loved it. It probably wasn’t very good but they were so encouraging.” Meg said she was more of an intuitive cook as she didn’t know much about recipe books. She learnt by watching her

mother and loved to experiment and ‘play’ in the kitchen. Later in life, Meg had the rare opportunity to take part in one of Madame Vivenne de Stoop’s cooking classes, which normally had a two year waiting list to get into. “She came to lunch at my mother-in-law’s place, and my mother-in-law had asked me to make the salad dressing,” she said. “I had this thing I had discovered where you put the garlic down on a little bit of salt, add a bit of sugar and crunch it with a knife. “The salt helped to take the bitterness away, and the sugar sweetened it and brought the ﬂavour out.” After Madame de Stoop tasted the dressing, she asked

who had made it and by the time she went home, had invited Meg to take part in one of her six week classes. “What I got out of it was permission to create,” she said. “She didn’t tell us you had to chop the onion this way and cook it for this long. She showed us technique and told us to experiment.” And Meg still carries this attitude towards cooking today, even inspired to teach her own cooking classes. “Part of food is giving pleasure and sharing,” she said. If any community members are interested in doing a cooking class with Meg, please email an expression of interest to meg.v@bigpond.com.

Chef from a young age: Meg Viney began cooking to avoid having to wait for her mother to cook the Sunday roast.

French Baguettes – Pain de ménage I OFTEN include baguettes as accompaniments and with this recipe, you can now make your own. Making your own French bread is remarkably simple, especially if you have a food processor. To get an excellent baguette, you need to have a pan of hot water in the bottom shelf of the oven. The steam stretches the gluten and enhances the colour, sheen and crispness of the crust. Use bread ﬂour because it has a high gluten content; the gluten is needed for the bread to stretch and is also an excellent protein. I will write this assuming you have a food processor. If not, you will no doubt know about making bread by hand (ﬂour on bench, hole in middle, mix in wet ingredients, knead etc).

5 – 6 cups of bread flour 2 cups lukewarm water 1 tablespoon yeast 2 teaspoons salt 1 tablespoon sugar Place all ingredients in the food processor and blend until a dough is formed. Remove to a floured bench and knead until you have slightly elastic dough, which does not absorb more flour. Place in a greased bowl, turn so the entire surface is greased, cover with a moist tea towel and leave for an hour in a warm place, when it should have doubled in bulk. In winter, if no sunny window is present, place in a barely warm oven in which you have a pan of warm water. You can warm it to 40°C and turn it off before placing the bread into the oven. When it has doubled, punch down the dough by kneading it

lightly again on a ﬂoured surface and cut the dough into quarters. Roll the dough into long baguettes; make a row of diagonal slits across the top, place on a greased oven tray and leave to rise another 45 minutes. A nice addition is to sprinkle cornmeal on the oven tray before adding the baguettes. When doubled in size, preheat the oven to 200°C, and, with the pan of water on the bottom shelf, bake for about 20 – 25 minutes, or until the surface if golden and the loaf makes a hollow sound when tapped. Remove from the oven and place on a rack to cool a little before serving with cheeses before dinner or with soup for a hearty winter lunch.

Make-over without the hassle: these funky trays, chopping boards and coasters by Swedish designer Mairo will bring life to your kitchen without splurging on renovations, while SweDelicious teas introduce a taste of Sweden. Kitchen must-have: Nordic Design owner Cecilia Holden says no kitchen is complete without a Swedish cheese slicer, while Mateus serving platters and oyster bowls, handmade in Portugal, add colour and are perfect for dishing up salads and pastas.

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MANY of the foods we eat from day to day include gluten – a protein that appears in wheat, rye, barley and oats. Foods such as bread, biscuits, sausages and even surprising ones like soy sauce and stock cubes contain gluten. Unfortunately for some people, those who are affected by coeliac disease, eating gluten will have a severe impact upon their health. Leongatha’s Leonie Smith was diagnosed as a coeliac in 2005. She visited a dietician to ﬁnd out exactly what foods weren’t allowed, and those which should replace them. Initially, ﬁnding the right foods was an inconvenience, but over time

Leonie figured out what she could and couldn’t eat. “It’s easy now. I’ve just got to make sure I read the labels of things I’m not sure about,” she said. “There are plenty of places to get the right foods. The health food shop in Leongatha is great and IGA has a big section.” Leonie lives at home with her husband and two children, one of whom is coeliac, but problems rarely occur with meals. “I don’t make separate meals, I cook for the whole family. They might eat noodles, bread and cereals, but the rest we eat together,” she said. Eating out, however, is a whole different kettle of fish. “It’s definitely the hardest thing. I can’t eat

steak that’s been cooked on a pan that’s just had breadcrumbs on it,” Leonie said. “Cross-contamination is a big issue. I just make sure to ask 1000 questions when I go out to make sure the food will be okay. “If I’m not familiar with the restaurant I might ring ahead and ask what they’re like. Most places

are really good, if they don’t have anything they’re happy to make something for you.”

Meal preparation: Leonie Smith prepares a meal for her family of four. Being a coeliac, all Leonie’s meals must be gluten free.

Enjoy winter’s true colours By Jennifer Hamilton, Carrelly Catering LATE autumn and early winter is such an abundant time of year. Don’t you love the country culture where everyone brings something from their garden or the fruit trees when they pop in, and we never leave empty-handed when we go visiting? Make the most of the season’s rich bounty with these seasonal ideas. For a healthy and vibrantly coloured breakfast treat this weekend, try a triﬂe made with rhubarb that you can prepare the day before. Trim the ends from three stalks of rhubarb and discard the leaves, then cut the stalks into 3cm lengths. Simmer in a pan with half a cup of caster sugar and the juice and zest of an orange until tender; it doesn’t take very long. Cool. Spoon the rhubarb and its juice into a bowl (or individual bowls or glasses), alternating it in layers with muesli and plain yoghurt. Purple carrots are a talking

point right now so look for them at farmers’ markets. They look good on the plate and have a great taste. Steam both purple and orange carrots, toss them in a little extra virgin olive oil for a nice glossy coating and serve them together for a nice colour contrast. Apples are literally falling off the trees and there’s no shortage of simple ideas to turn them into something sweet that’s warming and comforting. For an easy dessert that can cook while you’re having your meal, core an apple per person and fill the holes with raisins and chopped nuts; sprinkle with mixed spice. Bake in the oven till tender and serve with cream or hot custard. The family will love it. Grate a couple of peeled apples into a basic sweet muffin recipe with half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon before mixing the ingredients together. For a fruity and colourful touch next time you’re doing an Asian chicken stir-fry, peel and segment a couple of mandarins and toss them gently with the other ingredients at the final stage just to warm through. They’ll go beautifully with the soy

sauce and a dash of chilli.

Beetroot takes on a delicate sweetness when it’s roasted. Wash unpeeled beetroot well and trim. Place it on a large piece of strong foil in a baking tray. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and sprinkle generously with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. Seal the parcel well and bake in the oven at 200°C for 45 minutes to an hour till tender when tested with a skewer. Using disposable gloves to avoid staining your hands, trim off the ends and remove the peel, which should slide off easily. Cut into manageable pieces. Serve as a vegetable with a can of chick peas which have been drained and fried gently in a little olive oil with a sliced clove of garlic to heat them through. The lovely fresh beetroot leaves can be tossed in with the chick peas at the last minute. Spoon the chick peas, lightly wilted leaves and the garlicky oil on to the beetroot to serve. • Ideas from Carrelly Catering. Contact Nola Kelly 5668 6390 or Jennifer Hamilton 0418 556 746 for your next function.

Right: Straight up service: Liam Bromley and Brendon Wylie were greeting people at the door.

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Taste of the future By JJacob B bd de K Kunder d T THE Wildﬂower Training Cafe at LeT ongatha’s GippsTAFE o campus is an opportuc nity n for young people to gain skills working in hospitality.

Behind the bar: dealing with the drinks were Amilia Piening and Sarah Hengstberger.

But do not be fooled – the B quality is outstanding. The cafe is where local chefs and waiters waiter of tomorrow are getting hands-on approach to working in a hands-o a real life restaurant. The fully lirestaurant and bar is run by censed res classes of students. two classe Certiﬁcate II Hospitality students man the bar, tables and door with help from teacher Chris Kyle, while in the kitchen Jackie Triscoll and her team of apprentice chefs produce the food. The restaurant is open for a two course lunch every Wednesday until September 2, and a three course meal is on offer Thursday nights until September 22, excluding school holidays. As patrons walk through the campus doors, they are directed into the stylish, professional looking dining area and take a seat at lovely modern tables which are elegantly set. The waiters accompany diners to their table, offering complementary water and bread rolls before your

Lunch out: Karen Fidler, Gail Tomlin and Jenny Geary were all enjoying their time at the Wild Flower Café. order is taken, as well as a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The menu is difﬁcult to choose from, with a wide range of meals tempting tastebuds and a selection of mouth-watering desserts. When it comes to the food, you’ll be impressed to know everything is made from scratch by the apprentice chefs, from the pasta to the pie crusts and even the ice cream. The food is well presented, tastes brilliant and is more than value for money. At $15 for a two course lunch and $28 for a three course dinner, patrons receive restaurant quality

meals and service for a smidgen of the price paid elsewhere. Leading up to the opening of the cafe, students had three weeks of theory and a practice run in the restaurant before customers started coming in. Before and after every session, the team meets to talk about matters deserving attention, as well as a review of the good and bad points of the day, and read through feedback left by customers. Reservations for lunch and dinner are taken through reception at GippsTAFE Leongatha by phoning 5662 6800.

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Gallipoli leaves impression By Simone Short THREE Leongatha students had the experience of a lifetime when they were given the opportunity to tour Turkey. Serena Cope, Paige Richards, Sophie Beck and teacher Leonnie McCluskey braved a six hour bus ride followed by a seven hour wait in the freezing cold to be at the Dawn Service at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli. The Year 11 students from Leongatha, Mary MacKillop and South Coast Christian secondary colleges spoke about their experiences at the Leongatha Rotary Club’s meeting last Monday night (June 6). Paige said the service was an incredible experience. “It was amazing; the minute silence was almost eerie,” she said. “It’s hard to believe thousands of people could be so silent. All you could hear was the sounds of the sea.” The girls hiked the three kilometres to Lone Pine to celebrate Anzac Day with fellow Australians who had made the journey to Gallipoli. “Everyone was chanting with their ﬂags out,” Paige said. “Even though we didn’t know each other, we all felt united as Australians.”

Ms McCluskey said half way up the hill to Lone Pine, she stopped the girls and told them to look down on Anzac Cove. “I said ‘This is where the Turks were, up here, and that is where the Anzacs arrived on the beaches’, and the girls remarked ‘What were they thinking!’” For most of their month stay, the students lived with host families in Istanbul. They were housed with fairly wealthy families and Sophie said she was rather surprised to ﬁnd her host family had not one, but two maids. “One came in from Monday to Saturday to clean and another came in every Wednesday to do the cooking for the whole week,” she said. “My host family also ﬂew me out to the capital city, Ankara, and we went to a lot of musicals and orchestra performances.” Serena said one of the strangest things she found about Turkey was the number of cats and dogs roaming the streets. “It’s illegal to kill them though and they’ve all got ear tags and have been immunised by the government,” she said. “My host sister asked me what animals we had roaming the streets and I was like ‘None!’”

The girls also attended school during their visit, but as the majority of classes were in Turkish, they sat in on Year 9,10 and 11 English classes. They were surprised to hear how ﬂuent in English the local students were, and to learn it is compulsory in school to study a minimum of three languages. Sophie said they also had a chance to travel around and see the sights of Istanbul, including Taksim Square, the Galata Tower, the Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar and learn about the culture. “We did a lot of shopping, especially Paige! And we learnt there are around 2500 mosques in Istanbul,” she said. “They pray ﬁve times a day and you can hear the prayers, which are in Arabic, from loudspeakers. “It was actually really nice to wake up to this beautiful music every morning.” Turkish students, including some of the host brothers and sisters of the girls, will be visiting Australia in the near future. On behalf of the group, Paige thanked the Leongatha Rotary Club for sponsoring their trip. “It was such an amazing experience and we could not have gone without your support.”

Lest We Forget: Leongatha students Serena Cope, Paige Richards, teacher Leonnie McCluskey and Sophie Beck celebrated Anzac Day in Gallipoli during their one month exchange in Turkey.

Conference has lots to offer SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council will hold its 5th annual Community Engagement Conference on Saturday, June 25 in Leongatha.

Sharing safety: Victoria Police youth resource ofﬁcer Brendan Horrocks, Ben Driscoll of SES San Remo, Jarrod Black, Alex Ofﬁcer, Amber Formosa, and Mal McCann of Ambulance Victoria.

Car crash insight stirs

NEWHAVEN College students learn of the horrors of a car accident at a recent forum. Senior students attended a RoadSafe Gippsland Hypothetical session facilitated by Senior Sergeant Andy Milbourne. Students were asked to respond to a scenario in which three friends were involved in a car crash, resulting in death and serious injury. As the hypothetical unfolded, students reﬂected on the personal and emotional impact of such an event and the implications for the wider community

including family, school and clubs. The hypothetical became more realistic as the student responses were bounced off a panel of experts consisting of a member of Victoria Police, a SES volunteer, an ambulance ofﬁcer, a parent of a road crash victim as well as a victim of a serious road accident. The hypothetical was confronting and at times shocking, however it gave the students a new insight into the tragic and irreversible consequences of poor decision making when behind the wheel of a car.

Desal workers walk out WORKERS walked off the Wonthaggi desalination plant site recently. A mass walk out of around 1500 construction workers came after a request from various unions for a routine safety audit on the site. The terms of the audit included that work would have to stop and workers would continue to be paid for the duration of the audit. Thiess Degremont spokeswoman Serena Middleton said stopping work had no relation to the audit

and it could be performed while work continued. “We advised the unions that we were happy for a safety review to be undertaken, but like all other safety reviews on the project, we considered it reasonable for work to continue while this was carried out,” she said. Members of the CFMEU and the AMWU unions were not happy with this change and walked off the site only to return later that evening in time for night shift, when work continued as normal. “Above all else, we are

committed to the safety of our people,” Ms Middleton said. “We have worked more than 8.6 million man hours on the project to date with no serious injuries recorded. “This has been achieved through an ongoing commitment to training, processes and procedures, daily compliance checks, on-site safety supervision and regular audits by our parent companies, clients, the Independent Reviewer and Environmental Auditor for the project and WorkSafe Victoria.”

The team from the highly respected Our Community organisation will provide practical knowledge on a wide range of community issues. The team will present workshops on insurance for community groups, effective grant writing, and project management. They will also participate in the special forum that assists groups to ﬁnd grants and funds. This year’s conference also features an address from Fran Henry, coordinator of the Travellers’ Aid Medical Companion Project which was launched in March. Fran is currently studying a Mas-

ter of International Development at RMIT, has worked in many senior volunteer management roles in Australia and abroad, including three years in Ecuador. Other practical items on the conference program this year include: • access and inclusion planning for community groups; community planning; • tips on how to support your existing volunteer network and how to attract new people to your group; and • practical communication, including the potential use of Facebook by local organisations. “Over 200 community volunteers have beneﬁted from this conference since its inception in 2007,” Ned Dennis, council’s community strengthening manager, said. “Groups are now better equipped

to manage their events and projects through the skills learnt in these workshops, resulting in improved grant successes and better risk management.” Conference costs have been contained at the amazing price of $10 which includes lunch, morning tea and afternoon tea, thanks to the generous support of the Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation. You can enrol for the whole day, or just part of the day. “We encourage groups to send more than one delegate, so that your group can participate in the wide range of workshops on offer,” Mr Dennis said. Registrations open at 8.30 and the event ends at 5.30pm. To register your interest in attending, please contact Sophie Dixon on 5662 9202 or sophie.dixon@southgippsland.vic.gov.au.

Sun shines on Tarwin Landcare THE inaugural meeting of the potential Tarwin Valley Landcare Group was held recently. Twenty-ﬁve people attended the South Gippsland Landcare Network event, at the beautifully appointed Dumbalk Memorial Park. After enjoying a BBQ lunch, the gathering agreed having a local Landcare group would be an asset to the area. Landholders in this area, previously served by the Jindanook and Stony Creek Landcare groups, have had to be network members of Landcare up to this point, as both these groups are in recess. The play equipment in the park was a focus for the younger members of the group, who romped with a tiny Border Collie puppy, on its ﬁrst social outing. The adults talked about revegetation, native animals, weeds and farm planning; all the topics

that Landcare supports farmers and landholders with courses and grants. Network co-ordinator Belinda Brennan welcomed the large turnout of people interested in Landcare, noting that this number, combined with existing network members from the area and the people who could not make the lunch but wanted to be involved, indicated a strong group could be formed. Ms Brennan announced the network had been successful in obtaining a grant from Landcare Victoria to help establish the Tarwin Valley group (name to be conﬁrmed) and provide group members with assistance for on ground works. New landholder project ofﬁcer Jill Vella made appointments to visit landholders over the next few weeks to work with property owners to plan the revegetation and weed control work, and to put in place some project plans. The next meeting of the group will be

Making ground: South Gippsland Landcare Network co-ordinator Belinda Brennan signs up two new families to the soon to be Tarwin Valley Landcare Group. on Wednesday, June 22 at 7.30pm at the former Tarwin Valley Kindergarten in Dumbalk. This will be the AGM of the new group and business will include forming an executive group, deciding on a

group name, and setting an agenda for the year. All are welcome. If you have any questions about the new group or Landcare in general, please give the SGLN ofﬁce a call on 5662 5759.

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Love of light expressed in oils by Brad Lester MORE than a century after the Australian Impressionists of the Heidelberg School pioneered a new movement in Australian art, an Inverloch painter is continuing their tradition, albeit in his own way. Arthur Nilsson was inspired by the likes of Tom Roberts and more so Arthur Streeton, admiring their ﬂair for portraying the unique light that artists schooled in the European ways struggled to capture in the new country. “Streeton’s ability to capture the light was just amazing.” He depicts landscapes from the hills around Korumburra to Cape Woolamai, and icons of France in warm tones and distinctive brushstrokes, varied to convey texture and depth, giving the viewer an overall impression of a place rather than a photographic representation. While landscapes are popular with art buyers, Arthur’s abilities branch out to include abstract studies of the relationship between colour and

shape, with lines, squares and circles intermingling in seemingly impossible harmony. “I feel it’s important to try new approaches rather than get stuck in the one groove. If people like it, they do but if they don’t, they don’t.” Fred Williams, the Australian artist famous for his series of aerial paintings of the Australian outback, is another inﬂuence. Arthur has painted his own pieces based around the same approach. “I was just inspired by ﬂying over central Australia and just trying to capture the feeling.” An abstract piece, entitled Earth, portrays a river passing through an estuary and surrounds. “I’m just trying to capture the colours of Australia and the shapes of the earth, the paddocks and the lakes. It’s just purely from my mind, using all the artistic elements of colour and shape.” A composition depicting people seated by the promenade in the French city of Nice is taking shape in his garage studio, using a blend of light and dark blues. “It has perspective, colour and proportion, and it has a lot of

challenges for your brain.” Oils are his medium of preference, selected for their rich beautiful colour and ability to depict light. “Light is a question of contrasting colour. It’s always a challenge but it’s what brings a painting to life.” Arthur works with a limited palette from which he mixes a broad range of colours, initially selecting rich blues such as French ultramarine, yellows and crimson. He paints from sketches created on site and photographs, drawing on those to inspire ﬁnal works. Arthur studied art at RMIT in Melbourne in the 1970s under inspirational teachers and worked as an art teacher himself, before becoming principal at a suburban secondary college. He later returned to teaching, assuming the role as arts director at Wesley College. Most recently he helped establish the Art Gallery of Inverloch, which was sold in March. Now retired, art is his relaxation. “I have been inﬂuenced by all these people and have travelled a lot, and seen art all over the world.”

European inﬂuence: Sacre Coeur (Sacred Hear

t) church in Paris.

Breadth of landscape: Korumburra Hills.

Insightful angle: Cape Woolamai.

Delving deep: Earth, an abstract creation of Arthur Nilsson’s own.

Hallston pilot teaches Emiratis new tricks TONY Griggs’ descendants pioneered the Hallston district, felling towering mountain ash to make way for farmland.

Now he and wife Linda are making their own mark on the world, albeit on the other side of the globe. While the couple still has a property at Hallston, they are now living the Middle Eastern country of United Arab Emirates. Tony is an instructor pilot with the Abu Dhabi Police Air Wing and Linda works for the military, implementing safety management systems and auditing airlines. Tony has been involved with rescues and transporting VIPs, including the Deputy Prime Minister. “It’s a good life here; hot but interesting and different, with well travelled expats who make for great dinner party conversations. There are 15,000 Aussies in the United Arab Emirates alone, let alone the other nationalities here. Keeps the Australian Embassy busy I suspect,” he said. Flying in the desert climate entails dealing with a hot climate and occasional sand storms. “In the winter I have seen some spectacular wave formations of sand dunes in the desert with a sprinkle of red dust on top of each crest, having blown in from Saudi Arabia next door,” he said. The couple has been taken by the UAE’s low crime rate and high regard of women.

Flying high: Tony Griggs and an example of the aircraft he ﬂies. “One can consume alcohol but not exhibit its effects in public so we don’t have to tolerate drunken hoons. If you get caught drunk in a public place, it doesn’t matter who you are, it’s straight into jail to cool your heels, maybe for a week or more,” he said. “We haven’t seen one single violent event since we have been here. There are no drugs being sold on the streets, no hoons, no grafﬁti, and a woman can walk the streets at night in safety

on her own as long as she is properly attired. “The only down side is that they drive like crazy people, but the authorities are slowly attacking the problem.” In contrast, Tony believes Australia is in danger of a breakdown in social cohesion. “We are taxed to the hilt (there are no taxes here), pay a fortune for fuel with little returning to the roads (more

obvious each time we come back to visit) and the socialists seem to have a hold on Australia that the average mug punter can’t for the life of him or her work out when they are being had,” he said. “Take carbon taxes. The real solution is to wind back the population by two thirds, but that’s too hard to achieve, so we will pay more taxes for grandiose solutions that in all honesty will only be band aid treatments. “In the meantime China belches out enough pollution in one day to make up for Australia all year.” The Emiratis place great importance on families and the sanctity of marriage. “It seems in Australia we are fast heading down the American path where everything including marriages are disposable when one tires of another” Tony said. “There are some things we can learn from a country like this in how they dispense justice. Whilst it’s not perfect, the end result achieves the means I suspect. They are harsh here on offenders and nobody needs reminding what the consequences are for mucking up. “There are no sob stories, no appeals, no second chances. You commit the crime, you do the time and do it hard. Don’t take too much notice of the odd story you hear about injustice here for expats. They are fairly tolerant of ignorant expats who should know better.” The couple is building a new house

on Flinders Island in Bass Strait, a place they discovered in 2005 while volunteer caretakers of the lighthouse on Deal Island for the Tasmanian Government. Schooled at Hallston and then Leongatha High, Tony served with Victoria Police for 32 years. He left for a position as chief pilot for the Middle East in 2007, hired as an instructor pilot to teach locals to fly new generation AW139 aircraft for military search and rescue. “The contract I came over for fell through, but not before I got some flying in with them. I went on to fly VIP/corporate for the next two years, flying all sorts of international high profile people around backwards and forwards to Dubai and the like,” he said. “The company was owned by a son of the president. I occasionally flew him around. He treats his helicopter like a car. He used to take me with him to end of week luncheons with the president where there would be 100 mature aged locals all immaculately dressed, and there I was at a wedding in my flying gear! The only westerner!” Safety is a passion of Tony’s. He serves as secretary of the Gulf Co-operative Committee Helicopter Safety Team and the Gulf Flight Safety Committee. The latter involves representatives of major Arabic airlines and manufacturers Boeing and Airbus. Linda is vice chair of the committee.

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Sticky fun THE community it off Inverloch-Kongwak Primary School is getting behind a student in need. Jaxon is receiving treatment at the Monash Children’s Cancer Centre and to help out, the school is giving fun bandaids to kids with cancer. The school held a casual dress day last Wednesday and collected 285 boxes of character band aids, with the eventual target of 501 – one more than the record held by a group of donors. Donations of character bandaids can be left at the school or at the Inverloch Pulse Pharmacy for distribution to the centre.

Lions reflect on 10 superb years THE Lions Club of Inverloch and District celebrated two milestones recently – the club’s changeover dinner and 10th anniversary.

Helping out: Jaxon (centre) receives support from fellow Inverloch-Kongwak Primary School students, Louis and Jemima.

The dinner at the Warrawee clubrooms noted the club’s formation in 2001 following sponsorship from the Lions Club of Leongatha. About 90 people attended, including Lions district governor Shirley Higman and visiting Lions from Toora, Leongatha, Korumburra, Wonthaggi, Mirboo North and Belmont together with several charter members of the club. New president Terry Hall was inducted by long time resident of Inverloch and fellow Lions member, Frank McGarvey. The new president and the board of directors are looking forward to their year in ofﬁce. During the evening the induction of new member Barbara Procter was carried out by Lions district governor Shirley Higman, bringing the number of members to a total of 40; 24 men and 16 women, who all give their time to serve the community whilst enjoying the social atmosphere in Lions. Inverloch Lions have just completed a successful year in raising just on $43,000, which has been disbursed into the community to aid those in need and support community projects. Amongst the larger donations was $10,000 to the Queensland ﬂood appeal, $5,000 each to the Inverloch Primary

School and the Inverloch Pre-school, and the provision of a new $4,400 dishwasher for the new kitchen at the Inverloch RSL. The Victorian Flood Relief was well supported also, with a donation of $3,000 and several truckloads of hay for flood affected farms in the north of the state as well as those at Kooweerup. Many smaller donations were made to local clubs, CFA and SES along with donations to Lions projects such as drug awareness, hearing dogs and cancer research. Inverloch Lions also conducted the Australia Day BBQ at the RSL and at the opening of the new surf lifesaving clubrooms, as well has hosting the gunfire breakfast at the dawn service in Inverloch on Anzac Day. The Lions Club of Inverloch and District are appreciative of the local Inverloch business operators who have given their unswerving support to the club over the 10 years the club has been in operation. The generous support from the local community and visitors to Inverloch is also much appreciated. The motto of Lions is “We Serve” and the Inverloch Club is certainly fulfilling these words and is always on the lookout for new members. Anyone interested can phone membership chairperson Palma Noblet on 56741690 or president Terry Hall on 56743744.

In discussion: organiser Ursula Alquier and Pastor Gavin Sharp came up with the idea for a climate forum in Poowong over a cup of coffee.

Poowong to host climate forum POOWONG will be hosting what could possibly be the first of many forums about climate and the use of coal in our area. Organiser Ursula Alquier said the idea sprouted from a conversation over coffee-making training. “The idea came about during a conversation I was having with Pastor Gavin Sharp while showing him how to use the coffee machine in the United Church’s new Mya Mya cafe,” she said. “He spoke about a men’s group which had views on the effects of climate change and I told him why don’t we take the idea and make it bigger.” The forum will include three high profile and influential speakers to address the topics. Speaking will be climate scientist Professor David Karoly, Mark Ogge from Beyond Zero Emissions and Victoria McKenzie-McHarg from Environment Victoria. The event will be held at the Poowong Town Hall on June 24 at 7pm. For more information call Ursula Alquier on 0403 905 477.

All together: the 10th anniversary cake and charter members with newly elected president Terry Hall. From left: Palma Noblet, Terry Hall, Neil Everitt, Jim Hill (partly hidden), Marilyn Newton (charter president), John Payne, Jill Hill, Bill Noblet, Ralph Weitering and Bob Newton.

Fresh start: incoming president for 2011-2012 Terry Hall received the gong and gavel from past president Rolf Wacker.

Meals Road closed Creek Road remains closed to trafroster TURTONS ﬁc due to landslide. (Leongatha) Reformed Church Ladies Guild, South Gippsland Specialist School, National Bank (Tues 21) and A. Heide and S. Smith will be responsible for the delivery of meals on wheels, the week beginning June 20, 2011.

The section of road between Foster-Mirboo Road and Central Road is closed due to the landslip about 2.8km from Foster-Mirboo Road. South Gippsland Shire Council ofﬁcers found the hill above the slip to be saturated and expected further slippage. An engineers’ report and a safety clearance will be required before the road is re-opened. Detour signs are in place. The road is generally only used by local residents and an occasional tourist.

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Surroundings like no other THIS stylish property is nestled in spectacular garden surroundings and is available through Stockdale and Leggo, Mirboo North. For details, see page 30.

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‘Billeroy’ lifestyle retreat O

N the edge of rural farmland with bush surrounds, this 4.76 acre farmlet property is located within 5.5 kilometres of Mirboo North township on a quiet sealed road.

The setting provides a perfect ambience with the beautiful rural environment and will appeal to those who are dreaming of and seeking a rural retreat. The lovely established three bedroom brick veneer home sits proudly amongst established gardens and fruit trees looking to the sunny north over pastured land in the foreground to a native treed area edged by a strong permanent stream which runs through the property. Tiered bluestone retainer walls house beds of roses, rhododendrons and deciduous trees with the entire garden being quite spectacular when in full bloom, from the spring to autumn months. Inside the home is divided into a spacious and serviceable tiled kitchen/ dining area with separate

lounge and three large bedrooms. The main bedroom has a feature bay window with window seat, en suite and walk in robe. There is also an additional dedicated study which would lend itself to other applications such as sewing or craft work. As well as the en suite to the main bedroom, there is a Mediterranean style bathroom complete with dual vanities and corner spa bath, tastefully decorated in ‘floor to ceiling’ Italian tiles. Next to this is a second toilet (powder room) with another access to the outside. Under the roof line of the home within the double carport is a scullery room with its own hot and cold running water. Water is in absolute abundance on this property. There are large tank storages for rain water catchment and both electric and petrol pumps on the permanent creek for the garden and provision for fire fighting. A small workshop, firewood shed and other

sundry shedding makes up this wonderful package which is sure to impress all who view it. The property is realistically priced for genuine sale.

MIRBOO NORTH Location: 169 Darlimurla Road Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Price: $547,000 Agent: Stockdale & Leggo Mirboo North (new listing and sole agent) Contact: 5668 1300

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Prom Country Y N DA PE UR O AT S S I H

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Renovated Home, Huge Block

Investor’s Reward

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This newly painted home comprises separate lounge, open-plan meals/TV nook/timber kitchen, and 3BRs, the main with WIR & ensuite. Plus northfacing rear garden, double carport & workshop. INSPECT Saturday @ 11.00 - 11.30am Address 7 Scarlett Street, MIRBOO NORTH $250,000 - $275,000

More than 1300sqm land size is exceptional, & so is the renovated 3 brm home. Near new kitchen, new bathroom & laundry, & a delightful new décor. Dbl garage, orchard, chook & dog run, water tank too. INSPECT Sunday @ 11.00 - 11.30am Address 1 Meikle Street, MEENIYAN $250,000 - $275,000

Value 3 bedroom home with cute kitchen, open ﬁre in lounge and dining area. Single lock up garage, outdoor paved entertaining area. Ideal for ﬁrst home buyers, investors and retirees. INSPECT Saturday @ 11.00 - 11.30am Address 26 Horn Street, LEONGATHA $235,000 - $255,000

Don’t just wish, come & see this substantial, wellappointed 4 brm home on half acre. Expansive living space, 2 bath, timber ﬂoors, gorgeous kitchen, dado paneling, heating & cooling, great sheds. INSPECT Saturday @ 1.00 - 1.30pm Address 21 Wells Road, MIRBOO NORTH $320,000 - $340,000

House & Land Package on 896m2

Turn ﬁrst sod on last lot

Pasture, Creek, Planning Permit

Fab Views! Fab Opportunity!

Under construction, all the head-scratching work completed. Now is the time to purchase this welldesigned 3BR + study brick home to save on stamp duty. Have input into colour schemes and ﬁnishes! INSPECT By appointment Address L11 Eldon Court, MIRBOO NORTH $295,000 - $320,000

Last opportunity to buy vacant land in Eldon Court, close to schools and parks. With titles issued, services available, and curb and channeling in, this 831sqm allotment is ready for your new home! INSPECT Call for personal inspection Address L12 Eldon Court, MIRBOO NORTH $85,000

Just 10 minutes to Leongatha on a sealed road, this lush 8 acre parcel is newly fenced & predominately level, with a creek boundary, power provided, & complete with a 5 bay shed. Elusive & Exciting! INSPECT Call for personal inspection Address Mt Eccles Rd, MOUNT ECCLES $260,000 - $295,000

Perfect land, Planning Permit. 8 acres of pasture. Stunning views across your own property, and to the hills. Dam, and the power to boundary. Less than 10 mins to Leongatha. Near level home site. INSPECT At leisure or by appointment Address Huntingfords Rd, BOOROOL $275,000 - $295,000

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2 Dwellings on Corner Block!

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Imagination And Priceless Panache with Parkland Outlook

Within 100m or so of Baromi Park and shops, this 3BR character home and self-contained unit on a leafy 1000m2 block will surely appeal. Many options for owner occupiers, investors or developers! INSPECT Sunday @ 12.00 - 12.30pm Address 4 Balding St, MIRBOO NORTH $290,000

Double brick 3 bdrm home with BIR . Double garage, 2 living areas, 2 year old kitchen, outdoor undercover entertaining area with stone retaining wall. Superior opportunity for the investor. INSPECT Saturday @ 12.00 - 12.30pm Address 27 Murray St, MIRBOO NORTH $210,000 - $230,000

Olde-world character has been built-in to this classy and appealing new home, reminiscent of yesteryear’s originals. The versatile three bedroom home comprises a light ﬁlled open plan living zone, lovely kitchen, two bathrooms, laundry, and double garage with internal access. Features polished ﬂoors, semi-vaulted ceilings, casement windows, and split system air conditioner. Up to $26,000 in assistance for 1st home owners. INSPECT Saturday @ 12.00 - 12.30pm Address 15 Floraston Drive, LEONGATHA

$325,000 - $350,000

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York Farm - privacy on 11 acres

“The Ash Grove” - an Idyllic 6-plus acre Koonwarra Lifestyle

Steeped in history, this property was once owned by the York family after whom ‘York Hill’ was named. On arrival, you’ll be wooed by bespoke timber gates hung on huge cypress posts, and a long driveway leading to the house. Inside, period features include high ceilings, timber ﬂoors, sash windows and an OFP. There are 2 living areas (open-plan living/kitchen/dining plus formal lounge), ofﬁce, 4 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms. Plus mature gardens, shedding, paddocks and views.

A winding driveway lined with mature claret ash leads to a gorgeous country homestead, perfectly positioned on its 6 acre-plus surrounds. A northerly aspect to light-filled interior spaces & a delightfully modern decor is complemented by the warmth of timber floors, new carpets and high ceilings in a 3 bedroom plus study floor plan. Rich red soils, fenced paddocks, stock facilities, abundant tank & dam water, beautiful trees & gardens, triple carport & quality shedding.

INSPECT Sunday @ 1.00 - 1.30pm Address 315 Central Road, TURTONS CREEK

INSPECT Saturday @ 1.30 - 2.00pm Address 103 Johnsons Road, KOONWARRA

$330,000 - $360,000

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Cool Koonwarra Charisma – On 5500 sqm (approx)!

Heppel-Built Homestead on Township Edge Acre A quality brick homestead with deep verandas, amidst a botanic array of clipped shrubberies and exotic plantings, in a private, elevated setting. Tasmanian Oak ﬂoors, high ceilings and warm buttery décor, are presented in immaculate “Early Settler” style. Four spacious bedrooms, two living rooms, huge farmhouse kitchen, garaging for 2 –plus cars plus other quality shedding, productive gardens, alfresco dining. Setting a new bench mark in Mirboo North town lifestyle properties.

INSPECT By Appointment Address 14-16 Bacon Avenue, KOONWARRA

INSPECT Sunday @ 1.00 - 1.30pm Address 19 Old Thorpdale Road, MIRBOO NORTH

$550,000 - $600,000

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$530,000 - $560,000

Well built home of approx. 40 squares, brought breathtakingly up to date. Sweeping circular driveway, entrance featuring stonework walls and wide front steps. Open plan modern kitchen, dining, and lounge areas, four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Downstairs: living area, massive rumpus, 4 car garaging, laundry, and cellars/storage. Outside: 10m x 9m (approx) garage / workshop, adjoining “road reserve” pony paddock, many mature exotic and native trees in park-like surrounds.

5664 0224

lisa williams 0438 133 385

$490,000 - $530,000

glenys foster administration manager

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Extravagance on the coast

HE reduced price is well below replacement value.

Location is the key to this low maintenance funky beach pad. Situated in ‘The Crescent’ a much sought after location due to its treed street ambience and beachy feel within a few hundred metres of the town amenities. This property sparkles in amongst the other

homes for sale with quality materials from top to bottom. Features include bifold doors, polished concrete ﬂooring with ﬂoor heating, Caesar stone bench tops with Europeon appliances. Over 25 squares including three bedrooms, two bathrooms and expansive living inside and out. You do the sums for this seaside location.

INVERLOCH Location: 5 The Crescent Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Price: $550,000 Agent: Alex Scott & Staff, Inverloch Contact: 5674 1111

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No more to spend B

EAUTIFULLY presented brick veneer home which has been tastefully renovated throughout.

A spacious new kitchen with great bench space services both the formal and in-formal dining areas. The formal dining area could easily double as a kid’s TV room or

large study. The home boasts ducted gas heating and reverse cycle air conditioning, which keeps the home beautifully warm in winter and cool in summer. The bathroom has also had a makeover with a separate bath and shower. The lounge room is quite spa-

cious and would accommodate most furniture. The home has a private backyard with access for a large caravan or boat. Other features include a single carport with direct access inside and a lock up garage. All this is just an easy walk to Safeway.

LEONGATHA Location: 107 Brown Street Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 Price: $290,000 Agent: Stockdale & Leggo, Leongatha Contact: 5662 5800

Makeover in Meikle on huge block Y

OU can tell this three bedroom home was well built the moment you approach the front door - it just feels right. The makeover that has been applied brings the interior up to current day standards, so it’s a perfect package. And the land? It’s big. There’s a near new kitchen with stainless appliances and plenty of cupboard and bench space, the bathroom is light and bright and only recently renovated and even the laundry and loo are new. Redecorated throughout in soft, neutral colours, there are even new window furnishings.

The classic ﬂoor plan has kitchen, casual dining and separate lounge room, and three bedrooms. Outside, lawns and gardens are well presented and the land size is a rare ﬁnd. More than 1300sqm (approximately a third of an acre), it is thoughtfully fenced to include an orchard and dog run, huge chook run and to provide a secure rear yard for children with plenty of space to play and enjoy. There’s a double garage, shed and original water tank with big capacity, so gardens and lawns or house water is abundant, and there’s plenty of room for the ‘big shed’ to satisfy the blokes.

MEENIYAN Location: 1 Meikle Street Price: $250,000 $275,000 Bedroom: 3 Bathroom: 1 Block Size: 1300sqm Agent: Prom Country First National Contact: Allen Bartlett on 0417 274 624

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Easy home designs O

NCE you have made the decision to build a new home, you then have to think about choosing a design.

A lot of people think that the next step is to see an architect and get some plans drawn up, which can be quite costly. This is not the case with Hotondo Homes, as they have over 90 home designs already made up. The best part is, the home designs are completely flexible and can be modified to suit your exact family and lifestyle requirements, making sure you build your dream home. The large range of homes start with smaller plans ideal for first home buyers and investors, through to large designer homes, and everything in between. They have a range of double storey coastal inspired homes, including the Seaspray, Beachview and Edgewater. These homes are designed with coastal views in mind, as the Beachview and Edgewater have the living and dining areas on the top floor. One of the popular home choices is the Arizona, which is a practical two storey home, perfect for a family home or even a holiday home. The Arizona comes in two sizes 332m2 and 374m2, and like all Hotondo Homes designs, it can be tailored to your exact needs and budget. Upon entry to the Arizona 332, there is a large combined living and dining. The home boasts a large kitchen that provides plenty of bench space and stor-

age, which is attached to the open plan meals and family room. This area also opens up to the outdoor alfresco, which is perfect for combined inside/outside dining and entertaining. The staircase is a beautiful feature of this home, as it has a slight rotation. The top storey of the home is where the three bedrooms can be found. The master bedroom features a hidden walkin-robe, ensuite and a private balcony, while the remaining two bedrooms also have walk-in-robes. There is a study, which could also be used as a forth bedroom depending on your family’s needs. The top story also contains a leisure room. The home is complete with a double car garage, which has direct access into the home. The Arizona is very functional, and due to its versatility, it can cater to a wide variety of families, and rooms can be changed to match a growing family and its changing needs. With the range of facade options too, whatever home you choose to build will suit your individual tastes, and you will have a home that you are proud of for years to come. Don and Trent Allen are the local Hotondo Homes builders in the Inverloch and Leongatha areas, and can be contacted on (03) 5674 3058. To view the large range of home designs, you can visit their ofﬁce at 2 Ramsey Blvd, Inverloch, or visit www. hotondo.com.au.

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Firewood hard to come by A REDUCTION in the number of firewood suppliers in South Gippsland plus a shortage of redgum is putting the chill into some households this winter. Despite the advent of Natural Gas into the area, many people still favour the traditional wood fire, whether it is an open fireplace, a wood stove or a wood heater. Local contractor Mark Anderson is one of only a few who supply wood in the area.

He said that he was ﬂat out this season and he agreed that redgum was hard to get although he was still supplying it to households. “The summer ﬂoods up north are really what caused the shortage of redgum. They just couldn’t access many of the areas so we couldn’t stockpile for the season. We are really relying on regular deliveries turning up this season,” Mr Anderson said. “I have been a few days late at times with deliveries for this reason.”

What a job: Craig Best gets into the task of cutting up a log during a recent ﬁrewood outing.

New rules for collecting firewood VICTORIA’S Firewood Strategy for Public Land will ensure the sustainable supply of firewood from public land to households in regional communities in Victoria. People will still be able to collect firewood from public land for use in their homes. Changes have been made to the current system to make it easier to buy a firewood permit to manage impacts on the environment. These changes will be phased in from autumn 2011, with the new system fully in place for the autumn 2012 firewood collection season. Existing arrangements will continue until then. For more information contact the DSE Customer Service Centre 136 186 or visit the website www.dse.vic. gov.au

Another reason that firewood supply is short is the lack of people willing to do the job. “It’s pretty hard yakka, it is not the easiest job in the world.” A select few still head out on weekends with trailer and chainsaw and attempt to refill their stocks, although for the organised this is best done during February and March when the wood is dry on the ground. A good place to pick-up firewood, ready to go, is ‘Burra Garden Supplies. Just pull up your trailer and they’ll load it up!

Load up: take your trailer or ute in to ‘Burra Garden Supplies and Adrian Hughes will load up for you.

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FOR over 35 years Australians have been enjoying the comfort, convenience and reliability of gas heating appliances.

The innovative products at A.W. Smith and Sons are designed with the environment in mind, with low emission technology and high efﬁciencies, as well as a host of other great features.

The range of heaters deliver high efﬁciency heating with a host of other beneﬁts including ambience, versatility, control and reliability. All heaters are backed with extensive warranties and after sales service teams. Gas is one of the most greenhouse friendly fuel sources available. By choosing a gas space heater you can make a difference. In addition, the better insulated your home, the lower the set

temperature, the less gas you will use and the less impact on the environment. Gas heaters are highly efficient, and when used correctly, are a very economical form of home heating. Independent tests are used to give energy star ratings to all gas heating appliances, the more stars the better. Gas log flame fires utilise both radiant heat with convected fan forced air. Each model has

specific design elements, however in principle, they all are powerful heaters in their own right with the added benefit of ambience. It is important that careful consideration is given to selecting the correct model/size of your heater. Critical factors such as the area to be heated, along with specific design and insulation characteristics of your home must all be considered.

Huge range: Audrey Welsh with one of the big range of gas log ﬁre heaters at A.W. Smith and Sons Leongatha.

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$400 trade-in: Ecosmart is offering a $400 trade-in on your old hot water service for a new solar one. Tim Eberbach was busy installing another one in Inverloch last week. Tim welcomes the Federal Government’s reduction in the solar credits multiplier.

Changes to solar credits scheme welcomed by industry THE Federal Government’s plan to reduce subsidies for home solar electricity panels has been welcomed by Australia’s leading locally owned solar company, EcoSmart Solar. Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efﬁciency, Greg Combet recently announced the government would accelerate the reduction of the Solar Credits Multiplier from the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES), phasing it out a year earlier than scheduled, and reducing it from ﬁve to three from July 1 this year. The government said it was necessary because soaring demand for solar panels was pushing up prices and reducing demand for other clean energy technologies, including solar hot water

systems. Australia’s largest locally owned solar company EcoSmart Solar welcomed the announcement, saying it was positive news for both homeowners and the solar industry. Tim Eberbach of Eco Smart South Gippsland said, “The government’s reduction in the Solar Credits Multiplier is a welcome initiative. The Solar Credits Multiplier created a substantial advantage to solar electricity and resulted in booming sales of solar power systems at the expense of solar hot water and heat pump water heaters, which have a lower cost of carbon abatement. “Mark Dreyfus, the Cabinet Secretary and Parliamentary Secretary on Climate Change was very clear in his address to the Clean Energy Council’s ATRAA Conference when he said that the government

wanted to modulate policy settings to keep the industry on an even and steady path. “This was a strong signal of how the government sees solar power as a long term viable industry that contributes to the reduction in green house gases, while assisting the homeowner to insulate themselves from spiralling electricity prices,” he added. The reduction in the multiplier will help reduce the oversupply of Small-Scale Technology Certificates (STCs), which is currently suppressing the certificate price in the SRES. Mr Eberbach continued, “Without this government intervention, the over-supply of STCs from the boom in solar power installations would have driven solar power to an unsustainable level and eventually damage the solar industry. The move should be seen as a positive attempt to keep the scheme relevant to current market conditions, and create a more balanced approach to solar power and solar hot water for both consumers and industry.” Prior to the announcement, homeowners and the wider solar community were facing heavy falls in the value of government incentives towards the purchase of solar hot water systems, which was creating heartache for eco-conscious and suppliers to the solar hot water market. At the end of April, the value of STCs had collapsed from $40 to under $28 in the space of a week, making many solar companies to pass on the fluctuations in STC prices onto homeowners, leaving them unsure of the final price of their solar investment until

the day of installation, and providing little incentive for homeowners to convert to solar. “The changes announced by the government will help stabilize the solar market by providing a sustainable framework for the solar panel and solar hot water heater industry, and will continue to provide support to homeowners with the upfront cost of switching to solar to help insulate them from spiraling electricity prices,” Mr Eberbach said. The Solar Credits mechanism provides support for those installing small-scale solar panels, wind and hydro electricity systems by multiplying the number of certiﬁcates these systems would usually be able to create under the Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme. Solar Credits applies to the ﬁrst 1.5 kilowatts (kW) of system capacity installed for systems connected to main electricity grids and up to 20 kW of capacity for off-grid systems. From July 1, 2011, the Solar Credits Multiplier will provide households with upfront support equivalent to around a third of the out-of-pocket costs for a typical 1.5 kilowatt (kW) solar panel system, before taking into account ongoing electricity cost savings and any State or Territory based feed-in tariff incentives. The Solar Credits multiplier from July 1 2011 will be reduced to three, and to two on July 1 2012 and then be reduced to one on July 1 2013. For further information on the Solar Credits Multiplier Scheme and Solar Rebates please visit www. climatechange.gov.au

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Milpara Community House news WE ARE holding a Responsible Service of Alcohol course on Tuesday, June 21 from 9am. This course meets the requirements of bar and hospitality staff. People handling packaged liquor or planning on being the Licensee will need an LLVRSA certiﬁcate and must attend a class. **** Yoga for Pain Relief and Stress is held on Thursdays from 11.45am to 1pm. These are special sessions to assist relaxation, joint mobility, pain

management and fatigue. Suitable for people with chronic fatigue syndrome, ﬁbromyalgia, arthritis, osteoporosis and other related conditions. For enquires call Mary Lewis on 0417 305 689. **** Do you require a food safety certiﬁcate? Our next food safety courses will be run on Tuesday, June 21 from 1.30pm. Please contact Milpara on 5655 2524 for further information and bookings. ****

Course in Construction (OH&S Induction) (21883VIC), this qualiﬁcation is now mandatory and legally qualiﬁes the holder for entry to building and construction sites. Course will be held on Wednesday, June 22 from 3.30pm. Australian SafeT Consulting will be responsible for the training and assessment of this course. **** The Korumburra Walking Group meets at the Richard Street football oval every Tuesday morning at 8.30am - rain,

hail or shine. Get ﬁt with friends and join us as we exercise in the fresh air to our own level of ﬁtness. **** For the Blokes meet on a Friday morning from 10am to noon from April 29 to July 1 and gives men the opportunity to discuss issues that are relevant to them. For further information contact Colin on 5655 2510 or leave a message on 0428 520 034. **** Cards with Barb is held every Friday

during school terms from 1pm to 4pm. Come and create your own beautiful gift cards for special family and friends. Please call Milpara on 5655 2524 for further information. **** Help is available for adults who would like to improve their reading and writing skills, whether you speak English or another language. One-onone tutoring is available. Please speak to a co-ordinator for more details of this program.

From pages past Historical snippets from The Star One year ago, June 16, 2010 VISITORS to the Loch Food and Wine Festival on Sunday were treated to a great day of entertainment. There was music, food, wine and art as the festival went off without a hitch. **** DAIRY farmers’ conﬁdence in the industry continues to rise, after company Burra Foods announced a season opening price 30 per cent higher than last year’s. Five years ago, June 13, 2006 AFTER years of lobbying, natural gas is becoming a reality for South Gippsland. It is expected to bring a $57 millionplus economic cost to the region over 20 years. **** FRIENDS and families celebrated a shared love of horses when they gathered for the Berry’s Creek Pony Club’s 50th anniversary on Sunday. 10 years ago, June 12, 2001 BURGLARS raided 11 businesses in

★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★ ARIES - March 21 - April 20

This is a great week for introducing friends, then stepping into the background. Avoid impulsive moves in ﬁnancial matters. Seek out new viewpoints before making signiﬁcant personal decisions. TAURUS - April 21 - May 22

A romantic reconciliation is highlighted. At the workplace, a low proﬁle helps you avoid some friction. Reviewing travel or holiday arrangements proves worthwhile this week. GEMINI - May 23 - June 21

A disagreement could get out of hand unless you take on the role of the mediator. A colleague may be too eager to share his/her workload with you. Academic interests expand now. CANCER - June 22 - July 22

You tend to be impulsive, which is fine in romantic relationships but can lead to difficulties in the financial sphere. Neighbours are more amiable and your work-mates more co-operative. LEO - July 23 - August 22

This week could ﬁnd you travelling, perhaps to a destination you haven’t been to before. New assignments can disrupt plans on the weekend. Communications improve and you get your message through clearly. VIRGO - August 23 - September 22

Your close friends tend to be of the opposite sex and perhaps of an older generation. Cultural interests are expanded. A relative is inﬂuenced by the positive examples you set. LIBRA - September 23 - October 22

This should be an eventful week in the community. You may be introduced to a new neighbour who becomes an important friend. Behind the scenes, people are planning assignments for you. Show some interest. SCORPIO - October 23 - November 21

Your instincts are sharp for the ﬁrst half of the week. After Thursday, rely more on logic and intellect when making decisions related to romance, ﬁnance or your career. SAGITTARIUS - November 22 - December 22

A ﬁnancial favour is returned and a personal relationship can be rebuilt during this generally upbeat period. Watch a present tendency to over-apologise or make unnecessary excuses. CAPRICORN - December 23 - January 20

Watch out for unusual happenings taking place in the career environment. An older relative has changed his/her mood for the better. In romance, a shaky relationship is beginning to stabilise. AQUARIUS - January 21 - February 19

The accent is on travel, perhaps with a much older friend. Bargain hunting proves unusually rewarding. Variety is the theme this week and professional responsibilities could increase by the weekend. PISCES - February 20 - March 20

Minor delays during the week are offset by progress made during the weekend. A discussion with a ﬁnancial advisor is highlighted but get more than one opinion before making any ﬁnancial decisions. BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK

You adapt easily and you are highly regarded for your intellect and skill with words. Your changing moods and changing opinions make it difﬁcult for people to really know you. A more realistic approach to business may lead to steady gains over the next few months.

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8277

Church Times ANGLICAN: Tuesday, June 14: 7pm St Andrew’s, Dumbalk / St David’s, Meeniyan Fellowship. Wednesday, June 15: 9.30am Woorayl Lodge HC; 10.15am Koorooman House HC; 11am St Peter’s Mid-Week HC. Friday, June 17: 7.30pm St David’s, Meeniyan HC. Sunday, June 19: 8am St Peter’s HC; 10am St Peter’s Contemporary Worship with 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: McBride Av. Wonthaggi. Sunday, 9am Eucharist, 11am Family Service, Wednesday 10am Eucharist. ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION: The Crescent, Inverloch. Sunday 9am Eucharist, Tuesday 10am Eucharist. For details of Community Meal, Youth Group, Bible Studies & Kids Club contact Rev Graeme Peters 5672 4590 or visit www.basscoastanglican.org.au. 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. Contact: Jeff Robertson, 0418 125 832 or Imagine Burwood 9888 7466. Korumburra Southern Hills A.O.G. - 4 Mine Rd, Sunday, 10am Worship Service and 5pm Prayer Service. Also Children’s Church and Creche. Contact: 5655 2478. Youth: Neville Stuart ph. 0407 343 219. Leongatha South Gippsland Liberty Fellowship - 17 Michael Place, Leongatha. Sunday services: 10 am and 7pm. 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. For all enquiries contact 5664 5455. THE CHURCH AT ARCHIES CREEK: Meeting every Sunday at Archies Creek. Morning Communion 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 AGLOW: First Monday every month at Korumburra Day Centre, Korumburra Hospital, Bridge St., Korumburra at 7.45pm. Inquiries phone 5657 2214. GIPPSLAND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Meets at Baromi Centre, Mirboo North, Sundays 4pm - 5pm communion, 5pm - 5.30pm refreshments, 5.30pm - 6.15pm Bible studies for adults, teens and children. All enquiries: Bob Stevens 0400 403 765. 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 Claire Emerton or Lieutenant Rachael Collins, 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. 7.30pm service: All Sunday evenings except 1st Sunday of the month, 5pm service. Fortnightly youth activities. Home Bible Fellowship groups. Contact 5662 2527. UNITING CHURCH: Leongatha: Sunday, June 19: 10.30am (cuppa 10am). Tarwin Lower: 10.30am. Mirboo North: 9.30am. Meeniyan: 10am. Wonthaggi: Sunday 9.30am, Family Service, all welcome. Inverloch: Sunday 11am: Korumburra: Sunday, 9.30am: Rev. Pastors Gavin and Sue Sharp, 5655 1997. Arawata: 11.30am 1st & 3rd Sundays. Kongwak: 11.30am 4th Sunday. 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.

the middle of Wonthaggi early last week, netting a large amount of cash and property. **** THE Alberton Football League ﬂexed its muscles to overpower the North Gippsland Football League at Inverloch on Saturday. The AFL was simply too big, particularly up forward. 30 years ago, June 16, 1981 LEONGATHA’S Peter Vanzuyden has been chosen by Rotary as an ambassador for Australia. Peter, 34, went through a gruelling eight-hour session before being chosen as a member of the Eastern Victoria Rotary district’s foundation group study team. **** The new $100,000 members’ clubrooms for the South Gippsland Racing Club were ofﬁcially opened at Stony Creek on Saturday by Mr A. E. Keddie, chairman of the Racecourse Licences Board.

1. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 13. 15. 17. 19. 22. 23. 24. 25.

ACROSS Musical instrument (8) Nourish (4) Plant (4) Dog (8) Singer (5) Hue (6) Save (6) Reply (6) Church (6) Fruit (5) Old-fashioned (8) Tree (4) Support (4) Animal (8)

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 12. 14. 16. 18. 20. 21.

DOWN Free (5) Food (7) Home (4) Renegade (8) Last (5) Carry out (7) Dish (8) Drain (7) Graze (7) Rage (5) Clear (5) Lazy (4)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8277 ACROSS 1. Send with an expedition (8). 6. They’re foolish to put back the springs (4). 8. Caught the cat for her (4). 9. The first step is to contact about the sea trip (5,3). 10. Since going to prison, is very shaky (5). 11. Interrupt only to get the box (4,2). 13. It doesn’t disconcert the football players! (6). 15. Chars for the English families all round (6). 17. Having knocked back many a drink, may be loaded (6). 19. The fifty-one doctors don’t constitute the whole of the body (5). 22. Go on getting one back into shape (8). 23.Won’t demolish the built-up area (4). 24. You surprise me - and thoroughly (4). 25. The mare being trained, dear, is mad about sugar (8). DOWN 2. One day boy is lazy (5). 3. Plan to show on the screen (7). 4. Drink like a fish (4). 5.Make for home, keeping an eye on the sky? (4,4). 6. Is the ambassador prepared to ring the paper? (5). 7. Three meals a day and an allowance (7). 12. Refused to accept it had dimisished (8). 14. The fat woman stands up to ask questions (7). 16. He has put out the key man (7). 18. Kid the boy; that’s all (5). 20. Retreat from the person greeting you (5). 21. The smile is a signal (4).

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Common effort: Susan Purdy and Deb LeCerf. Photo: Peter Richards.

Creative types unite THE opening i off the h O Opposites exhibition at Gecko Studio Gallery celebrated the completion of building work at the Fish Creek gallery. The exhibition is a group show with local artists: Grant Flather, Helen Wilkinson, Deb LeCerf, Peter Cole, Andrew McPherson, Jane Power, An-

nie Spokes, Purdy, i Stark, S k Kerry K S k Susan S P d Colin Suggett, Wendy Satchell and Mandy Gunn. Attendance was good, sales pleasing and many people were interested in seeing how the gallery looks after the two week closure for structural repairs to the front of the building. “We have rearranged our art ma-

i l area so it i is i now light li h andd airy i terials and with more shelf space so we can continue to expand the selection of ﬁne art materials to offer the artists of the area,” Michael Lester, of the gallery, said. The exhibition will continue until June 18 before an exhibition of recent linocuts from Aileen Brown.

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Murder on the stage MURDER, Murder is one of the exciting musical numbers in Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s forthcoming production of Jekyll & Hyde.

The production is based on the fascinating story by R. L. Stevenson, who also wrote Treasure Island and Kidnapped. Dr Henry Jekyll is in search of the duality of man’s personality and believes there is both good and evil in all of us and that they can be separated. In the absence of any approved volunteers, Jekyll is forced to test his theory on himself using various combinations of laboratory concoctions. As he consumes his ﬁrst potion, he sings the standout hit This Is The Moment. The results of the experiment turn out to be catastrophic as the evil personality, Mr Edward Hyde takes hold over Jekyll at unpredictable times and the evil Hyde commits murders, to the distress of the townsfolk. Jekyll’s ﬁancée Emma is unaware of the disastrous situation but is increasingly puzzled by Jekyll’s demands for privacy in his laboratory. On his wedding day Jekyll loses control as his alter ego monster Edward Hyde emerges and takes over and Jekyll succumbs to a suicidal death. This show has created much interest far and wide, extending from Wonthaggi to Latrobe Valley and to Melbourne, from which areas several of the cast have come to join the many talents from Leongatha. Lyric Theatre has been fortunate to procure this show as it has been performed only twice before in Victoria. Another big plus is

In character: Scott Miller, Annalise Matthews, Greta Rendell, Daniel Hansen and Leanne Horn will feature in Jekyll & Hyde. having as the director, Nathan Eva who scooped the Gippsland Theatre awards pool with last year’s The 25th Annual Putney County Spelling Bee for the Foster group FAMDA. Nathan, who is now in Melbourne and very involved in theatre, has family in Leongatha and is remembered for his lead role in Foster’s Oliver when he was a lad here. Cheryl Connor and Colin Chandler take care of the vocal and musical direction with a great score of the ilk of Les Miserables and Phantom. David Panther together with his young and talented daughter, Libby, and their sewing team, are assembling the costumes which are shaping up to be wonderful.

Monique Goss with Lisa Pellin are designing the choreography, whilst Neil Warren and his trusty team are creating an impressive set designed by the ever amazing Colin Mitchell. Colin is no stranger to Lyric and this district as when a 14-year-old from

Korumburra he ventured into Lyric Theatre, was immediately hooked with the world of theatre. He has since risen to great heights in professional theatre based in Sydney and his artistry is sought after far and wide, but we still fondly think of him as “our Colin”.

There is a wealth of talent in Jekyll and Hyde in all facets of the production and by July 15 it will be bursting into opening night. Tickets will be available to the public from June 28 from Mushroom Crafts in Leongatha. Box ofﬁce phone is 5662 3940.

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ALEXANDER James Begg was born at Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon, on May 21. He is a son for Andrew and Robyn Begg of Leongatha, and a brother for Erica, picturedwith her new brother.

HAILEY Rose McCleary-Telfer was born on June 6 at Leongatha Memorial Hospital to Neil and Jacque of Leongatha. She is a sister for Madalin Ashley, 3.

BLAKE Steven Ton was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on May 31 to Charlene and Steven Ton of Wonthaggi. Blake is a new brother for Lucas, 3.

PATRICK Jacob William McGuirk was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on June 5 to Laura Williams and Luke McGuirk of Wonthaggi.

TIGE Joseph Dowie was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on June 2 to Nakita Norris and Josh Dowie of Wonthaggi. Nakita and Josh are pictured being presented with a certiﬁcate acknowledging that Tige was the ﬁrst baby born in the newly refurbished birthing suites at Bass Coast Regional Health.

CHASE Andrew Gossow was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on June 4 to Deanne and Rick Gossow of Wonthaggi.

ALASTAIR James Tuckett was born on May 30 at Leongatha Memorial Hospital. He is the ﬁrst child for Dave and Katrina of Buffalo.

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Hit foxes hard LANDHOLDERS in and around the Corner Inlet Ramsar site area who wish to control foxes on their land can access help.

A program is being co-ordinated by Parks Victoria, the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority and the Department of Sustainability and Environment. The program, which began in September 2010 as part of Corner Inlet Connections, aims to protect the migratory bird population around Corner Inlet, in particular the wader birds, as well as beneﬁting private landholders and their livestock by reducing fox numbers. Parks Victoria’s Corner Inlet fox control project ofﬁcer David Farrar said the program has achieved some success

so far, with the successful capture of numerous foxes from the islands in Corner Inlet, as well as progressive reductions in other areas. “However, to ensure greater success of this program, we are urging private landholders near McLoughlins Beach and on coastal properties around Yanakie to join us in a co-ordinated and targeted effort, particularly as the fox cub season is looming,” he said. The target area has been divided into ﬁve management zones to assist staff in reducing fox numbers on the mainland and to stop foxes from accessing nearby islands. “Parks Victoria is able to assist landholders with fox control in key wader bird protective zones in and around the Corner Inlet Ramsar site. Additionally we

are able to assist landholders with supply of fox bait, educate them about baiting practices and arrange expert trappers and baiters to assist them on their property,” Mr Farrar said. “By combining our efforts on both public and private land, we create a united front and have a greater chance of success of eradicating foxes from the area, which ultimately beneﬁts both native wildlife and farmers’ livestock.” For further information, contact the Parks Victoria Information Centre on 131963 or visit www.parks.vic.gov.au

In sights: foxes are the target of a new baiting program.

• VLE LEONGATHA

Cattle demand drops THE supply of young and grown cattle was almost halved, but this had little to no positive effect on prices.

In fact weaker demand for most classes of cattle saw further falls between 2c and 6c/kg with some isolated sales even more. All processors were present and operating, but only with reduced demand, and not all buyers operated fully over all classes of cattle. Throughout the yarding were a number of good to very good quality cattle, but a number of poor, lean one score cows were penned. Quality changes created bigger price variations for the penning of only 75 vealers. The best quality B muscle vealers made from 235c to 249c, with most of the C muscle vealers, 190c to 235c/kg. The best sale from the 80 yearling heifers sold was 210c, but most only made from 155c to 190c/kg. A small number of 15 steers made 165c to 192c, and restockers paid the higher price. Grown cattle made up the larger percentage of the yarding, some of which were a mostly good quality offering of 380 bullocks and steers Prices were 2c to 3c cheaper, and prime C muscle bullocks made 178c to 187c/kg. Manufacturing bullocks were cheaper with crossbreds making 163c to 177c, and Friesians from 136c to 155c/kg. Small sales of heavy yearling steers made to 188c/kg. There were 560 cows penned, including some very good quality beef cows that made from 136c to 160c/kg. Sales of better quality two and three score Friesian cows were between 136c and 147c, while lean, heavier frame cows made 95c to 132c/kg. Only very light, poor condition cows made 69c to 110c/kg. The carcass weight price average was estimated to be 271c/kg.

Wednesday, June 8 BULLOCKS 5 A. & A. Blachford, Foster 14 R. & L. Brooks, Korumburra 12 A.J. Vuillermin, Fish Creek 12 Rumridge Pty Ltd, Leongatha North 9 Backline Pty Ltd, Fish Creek 23 N.D. & J. Buckland, Yanakie STEERS 2 T. & B. Bruns, Woodside 1 A.B. & B.J. Crouch, Welshpool 1 G.A. & G.L. Houchen, Yarram 1 S. & K. Hogan, Woodside 2 J.D. & S.K. Humphrey, Nerrena 1 C.J. & B. Van Doorn, Jeetho

590kg 640kg 711kg 615kg 739kg 662kg

188.0 186.0 185.6 185.2 185.0 184.1

$1109.00 $1190.00 $1320.00 $1139.00 $1373.00 $1219.00

362kg 330kg 365kg 295kg 380kg 370kg

245.0 236.6 212.0 194.6 192.0 191.2

$888.13 $780.78 $773.80 $574.07 $729.60 $707.44

COWS 1 Lackenby Nominees, Leongatha 4 S. & K. Hogan, Woodside 1 J. & K. McDonald, Tarwin 1 B. Franklin-Lawless, Ryanston 1 D.D. & C.M. McAlpine, Yarram 1 M.R. & G.M. Milnes, Ryanston HEIFERS 2 Lackenby Nominees, Leongatha 1 M.E. & K. Triantafyllou, Woodside 1 T. & E. Bruns, Woodside 4 A.B. & B.J. Crouch, Welshpool 1 Mrs M. Steenholdt, Woolamai 1 Ellerslie Park Pty Ltd, Fish Creek BULLS 1 D.G. & C.M. Roberts, Foster 1 D. & E. Gregory, Alberton West 1 Glenacres Nominees, Poowong 1 B.D. & M.I. Lyndon, Binginwarri 1 J.K. & K.P. Kirk, Jeetho West 1 H.M. McPhie, Mardan

VLE LEONGATHA

595kg 652kg 585kg 690kg 775kg 765kg

155.0 153.6 148.6 148.6 145.0 145.0

$922.25 $1002.24 $869.31 $1025.34 $1123.75 $1109.25

355kg 420kg 370kg 352kg 350kg 210kg

248.6 238.0 235.0 235.0 210.0 210.0

$882.53 $999.60 $896.50 $828.38 $735.00 $441.00

1. Alex Scott 2. Rodwells 3. SEJ 4. David Phelan & Co 5. Landmark 6. Elders

820kg 490kg 685kg 860kg 640kg 925kg

169.6 165.0 160.0 160.0 159.6 155.0

$1390.72 $808.50 $1096.00 $1376.00 $1021.44 $1433.75

Upcoming Sales

Sheep sale Wednesday, June 8 Total yarding: Ewes - 67 av. $98.87, hoggets - 4 av. $94.50, lambs - 588 av. $119.29, rams - 6 av. $78.17, sheep - 42 av. $124.19. Ewes: A.E. & M.A. Jones, 2 x $120, 3 x $92; L.C. & S.E. Marriott, Tarwin Lower, 13 x $110, 20 x $110, 16 x $105, 9 x $62; A.L. Burrows, 1 x $100; R.J. & L. Kimmins, Cape Paterson, 1 x $80, 2 x $30. Hoggets: D. & A.J. Rigano, 2 x $110; Peter Whelan, 1 x $90, 1 x $68. Lambs: D. & L. Morris, 13 x $145; J. Richards, Boolarra, 7 x $140; L.C. & S.E. Marriott, Tarwin Lower, 47 x $138.50, 47 x $134; W. & H. Klingler, 13 x $138; D. & A.J. Rigano, 6 x $137.50; Peter Whelan, 30 x $136.50; A.L. Burrows, 48 x $136; G. Kent, 11 x $135; D.J. & D.M. Cole, 39 x $135. Rams: G.E. & S.D. Owen, 1 x $150; D. & A.J. Rigano, 2 x $70; Peter Whelan, 1 x $61; A.L. Burrows, 1 x $59; L.C. & S.E. Marriott, Tarwin Lower, 1 x $59. Sheep: P.R., G.L. & I.G. Benson, 23 x $126; Churven & O’Connell, 19 x $122.

KOONWARRA

Sale Draw June 15 & 16

LEONGATHA Wednesday, June 15 Prime Sale - 8.30am Thursday, June 16 Store Sale - 10am Wednesday, June 22 Sheep Sale - 1pm PAKENHAM Monday, June 20 Prime Sale - 8am Tuesday, June 21 Export Sale - 8.30am Thursday, June 23 Store Sale - 10am

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Service just gets better A BIG change has taken place at the Landmark store in Foster and customers will enjoy the beneﬁts.

Long term manager Chris Geisler and Fiona Beattie have taken over ownership of the business and will now operate as a franchise of the reputable Landmark chain. The business is now officially known as Landmark Foster and will continue to service from Meeniyan and Tarwin to as far as Yarram and everything in between. “Customers will have seen an increase in stocking levels and a more diversified range,” Chris said. “We are now free to deal with any supplier that we choose and we can do some of our own in-house marketing too. There is the freedom for customers to deal with the man who owns the store. We have the final say on pricing and customers still have

the benefit of having the Landmark national buying group to get greater buying power.” A real estate agent will soon be based in-store, offering a personalised service specifically for the region. The store is also an agent for the Durra EcoForm custom modular buildings, suitable for people wishing to have a compact, environmental weekender or farmers seeking accommodation for workers. “There is anything from a one bedroom to a four bedroom home that could be a granny flat, a kids’ bedroom or a hobby retreat,” Chris said. Made from high quality straw panelling, the homes are environmentally friendly, low noise, thermal insulated, and can be built by the client or professionally installed. Landmark has a display home available for inspection on the FosterMount Best Road. Chris had managed the

business for 16 years and promises that farmers, people with rural lifestyle properties and even town residents will ﬁnd everything they need for farm and home. There are plumbing ﬁttings, drenches and vaccines for cattle, hardware, garden supplies, fencing supplies, crop supplies and pet care goods. Plus there are stockfeeds, fertilisers, workwear, wet weather gear and Musta ute crates for moving small animals. Chris has longed to run his own business and seized the opportunity. Having been in the area for 30 years, he knows locals and is keen to look after them. “We have always had good support from the local community,” he said. “I’ve always been a community person and I’ve dealt with farmers and the rural lifestylers. It’s a new challenge and the support we have received so far

Ready to serve: Chris Geisler and Fiona Beattie are the new owners of Landmark Foster.

Lot’s to choose: Dale Thomas can offer tips about selecting stockfeed.

has been exceptional.” Chris and Fiona are backed by a dedicated team of staff. To ofﬁcially celebrate, the store will hold a sale on Thursday, June 23. Get deals on Norton cattle crushes, Eprinex pour on cattle drench, and last season’s silage wrap and net wrap. There will be giveaways and prize draws at the end of the day. Until sale day and while stocks last, farmers who buy 20lt of Eprinex will also receive a Kincrome tool box complete with 107 tools, valued at $899.

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Classifieds for sale

PHONE 5662 5555 P FAX 5662 4350

Sell it in the "Star"

for sale

public notices

situations vacant

CHIROPRACTOR

FAMILY HISTORY SEMINAR

Garry Harrison 19 Moonah Street Cape Paterson

Peart Street, Leongatha

4 GREAT SPEAKERS State Library Newspapers Military Ancestors Women on the Goldfields Writing your family history COST $25 INC. LUNCH Contact: Joan 5674 3400, Alison 5668 1860

Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday By appointment Ph: 5674 8290

PROPOSED TARWIN VALLEY LANDCARE GROUP

MILITARY COLLECTABLES AUCTION SATURDAY, JUNE 18 - 10AM START GIPPSLAND AUCTION HOUSE 174 Argyle Street, Traralgon

Wednesday, June 22 at 7.30pm at the former Tarwin Valley Kindergarten, Dumbalk; cnr Tarwin and Miller sts

Business will include forming an executive group, deciding on a group name, and setting an agenda for the year. All are welcome.

For information call South Gippsland Landcare Network on 5662 5759 SUPPER PROVIDED

Doctor V.A. de Vos Medical Practitioner is pleased to announce her return to consulting in psychological problems and conditions For appointments please phone 5667 5555 Leongatha Hospital Rooms

600 LOTS: Antique guns and pistols, Flintlock, Percussion, cased pistols, percussion revolvers, Japanese, European, English and US swords, bayonets, WW2 machettes, Bowie knives, badges, medals, hats, helmets, books, flags, powder flasks, Third Reich items, Scrimshaw, coins, rings, prints, trench art, swagger sticks, taxidermy animals and animal traps, etc. etc. Viewing: Thursday June 16 1pm-4pm Friday June 17 9am-5pm Saturday June 18 8am-10am For further info contact Paul on 5176 2099 or Don during viewing on 0412 851 126 or 0412 851 128 Download Catalogue from Monday June 6, Pictures from Friday June 17 www.gippslandauctionhouse.com

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

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Saturday, June 18 ~ 9.15 - 3.45pm Uniting Church Hall

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MOTOR MECHANIC Edneys of Leongatha is seeking a qualified motor mechanic to join its expanding Nissan/Hyundai dealership. The successful applicant will be given the latest dealership training throughout their employment while working in a friendly, modern environment. You will also have the opportunity to expand your skills with RACV road service. A 4th year apprentice will be considered. Forward handwritten applications to: Edneys Leongatha Attention: Nick McRae PO Box 72, Leongatha 3953 Applications close Thursday, June 30

South Gippsland To commence July 2011 Highly productive 172 ha dairy farm milking 300+ cows: 30 unit swing-over dairy with ACRs Very good facilities and subdivision Large 3BR house with school bus to gate Incoming sharefarmer to supply motorbike. Exact share arrangement will be negotiated with the successful candidate. For further details contact Owner on 5674 9227

Manager - Support Services Moonya Community Services Inc is a not for profit community service organisation fulfilling the aspirations for life for people with a disability. We want a vibrant energetic person to lead our Day Services team. Does this sound like you? Are you: • Passionate about promoting the rights of PWD • Someone who can create and sustain a positive work culture in the disability sector • A leader of men and women in the Disability field • Committed to embedding contemporary practices to improve the lives of PWD • Able to build positive relationships with PWD and their supports based on dignity and respect • Someone with exceptional time management and interpersonal skills If you have a Degree in Community Services – Disability, or equivalent, and a current drivers licence then we want to hear from you. Applicants will need to pass a police check and working with children check. Applications close 4pm on Friday June 24. Previous applicants will be considered and need not re-apply. For further information and a position description, call 5672 4343.

The above position requires knowledge preferably experience in payroll. The weekly Payroll is for 200 people using Micropay software. Experience in Excel essential. Workcare processing, monthly reporting, financial reconciliations, and maintenance of employee records. Applications close June 17 and should be to payroll@tabro.com.au

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DIESEL MECHANICS Four (4) full time positions are available for experienced Diesel Mechanics/Fitters. Primary duties will include servicing, repairs and maintenance, control and accountability of on-site spare parts stocks, completion of all relevant paperwork and ensuring OH&S compliance on a wide variety of equipment in our workshops and at any of our depots and drill sites. Other duties as directed by supervisor from time to time when on site. Applicants will be based at Korumburra but must be prepared to travel interstate and spend extended periods away from home on a rostered rotation. Above award wages will be paid. For further information please contact our Workshop Manager on 0400 533 864 or email workshop@ancondrilling.com

South Gippsland

Experienced Survey Assistant Full Time

Exciting Leadership Opportunities…

Beveridge Williams is a large company of consulting surveyors, engineers and planners. An opportunity for an experienced survey assistant has arisen within our busy Wonthaggi Office. The role involves assisting surveyors in the field. This is a physically and mentally demanding role that may appeal to those who enjoy both office and field work. Previous experience is essential. A sound knowledge of English, mathematcal aptitude, attention to detail and a driver’s licence are expected. For company information please visit our website at: www.beveridgewilliams.com.au Applications should be forwarded to: Beveridge Williams & Co Pty Ltd PO Box 129, WONTHAGGI VIC 3995 Applications close June 17, 2011

Bass Coast Children's Centre Inc. invites applications for the following position:

ADMINISTRATION OFFICER Maternity Leave Position Part Time - 15 to 22.5 hours per week negotiable The successful applicant will hold a Certificate IV in Business or equivalent plus extensive experience in a range of administrative roles. You should possess a high level of professionalism, enthusiasm and motivation. The successful applicant must have: • Advanced word processing and information technology skills • Excellent customer service and communication skills • A conscientious and adaptive approach with significant attention to detail • The ability to demonstrate initiative and flexibility within the role of administrator, and the ability to plan, work and manage time effectively • The capacity to work independently, as well as part of an integrated team • The ability to perform a wide variety of administrative duties. Prior knowledge of the children's services sector and applicable legislation, and experience in policy formulation and development would be highly regarded. On-the-job training will be provided by our current administrator prior to commencement of employment. As part of our commitment to maintaining a child safe environment, applicants must provide a current Working with Children (WWC) Check. Position descriptions are available on request. Submissions and enquiries (between 10am and 4pm) to: Ms Dina McMaster - Coordinator Bass Coast Children's Centre Inc 244 White Road WONTHAGGI VIC 3995 Ph: (03) 5672 5151 Fax: (03) 5672 1332 Applications close 5pm Friday, June 24, 2011

Shire Council

These positions provide an outstanding opportunity to enjoy the benefits of a lifestyle change, guide the municipality into an exciting future and join an enthusiastic, customer service drive team.

Manager Children & Family Services $91k total salary package including vehicle Permanent full time with option of a 9 day fortnight Reporting to the Director Community Services your primary focus will be to provide leadership and management to our Children and Family Services team. You will bring your proven record of high performance and professional knowledge in managing children’s services, leading and planning Early Childhood Development Programs along with a strong understanding of government direction and relevant legislations. You will have excellent communication skills and utilise a consultative approach that is inclusive of staff and open to innovation and change. You will also have the ability to develop and sustain excellent working relationships in order to lead and motivate a dedicated team. You will have a degree in Early Childhood Education and Development and be able to demonstrate previous experience in financial and business planning to meet organisational and funding objectives. Previous applicants need not apply.

Manager Sustainability UnitingCare Gippsland is a quality accredited community service agency. Staff and volunteers provide a range of community services in Gippsland for children, youth, families and individuals. The Agency has a vision of a healthy Gippsland, where disadvantage and inequity are challenged. UnitingCare Gippsland has vacancies:

Wellington Integrated Family Services and Child FIRSTWorker Full-time – 2 positions Based in Sale

Wellington Integrated Family Services Case Management Worker Full-time Based in Sale

Youth Community Development Worker Full time – 12 month contract Based in Leongatha

Fostercare Support Worker Full time Maternity Leave Position commencing July 2011 Based in Sale Further information including, closure dates, application form and position descriptions are available at: www.ucgipps.org.au or call Kirstie on 5152 9600 to have copies emailed/sent to you. UnitingCare Gippsland offers a family friendly workplace. You can negotiate to pick the kids up from school, or to have school holidays off, and we offer many other forms of practical family friendly opportunities. UnitingCare Gippsland interviews in the interests of safety and wellbeing of children and young people

$91k total salary package including vehicle Permanent full time with option of a 9 day fortnight Reporting to the Director Community Services your primary focus will be to provide leadership and staff management of the Sustainability team as you will be required to implement the clear direction set through the Council’s Sustainability Strategy and Waste Management Strategy. You will bring your proven record of high performance and professional knowledge in the areas of Environmental Sustainability and Waste Management. You will be a strategic thinker with a strong understanding of government direction and relevant legislation. You will also have the ability to develop and sustain excellent working relationships in order to lead and motivate a dedicated team. Your communication skills will encourage participation and build partnerships both within the organisation and within the community. Your qualifications and experience will ensure that you bring a strategic and innovative approach to environmental sustainability and waste management and that you are able to develop business plans and meet organisational financial and funding objectives. We welcome direct discussion with Jan Martin, Director Community Services, on (03) 5662 9200 for the above positions. Applications addressing the selection criteria are to be submitted by 5pm Wednesday 22 June 2011 to: Human Resources, South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, Leongatha 3953 or email careers@southgippsland.vic.gov.au Further information and position descriptions are available from Human Resources or visit our website.

www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

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

Community College Gippsland is proud to offer ﬂexible commencements & service delivery throughout the Bass Coast and South Gippsland regions. Applications for enrolment are being taken now for the following courses .... CALL NOW - (03) 5662 6700 OR 1300 46 2324 Formerly Education Centre Gippsland (ECG)

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Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) – Ongoing Enrolments: VCAL provides a practical work-related experience, as well as literacy, numeracy skills and the opportunity to build personal skills that are important for life and work. Like the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) VCAL is a recognised senior secondary qualification. Locations: Leongatha, Cowes and Toora.

Business & IT Cert II – Business Taking Enrolments NOW Leongatha & Wonthaggi Cert II – Business June 2011 – May 2012 Leongatha & Wonthaggi (evening) Cert II – Business August 2011 Cowes Cert IV - TAE Training & Assessment Taking Enrolments NOW Leongatha Cert II - Information Technology Taking Enrolments NOW Leongatha & Wonthaggi Aged Care & Children’s Services Cert III - Aged Care Taking Enrolments NOW Leongatha Cert III - Children’s Services Taking Enrolments NOW Wonthaggi Cert III – Children’s Services Taking Enrolments NOW Leongatha Cert III - Children’s Services June 2011 Toora & Cowes Diploma – Children’s Services June 2011 – May2012 Leongatha Hospitality & Retail Hospitality courses include specific Modules in - RSG, RSA, Food Handling & Food Hygiene for people that require these qualifications. Cert II & III – Hospitality + Taking Enrolments NOW Leongatha Cert II & III – Hospitality + Taking Enrolments NOW Inverloch (day or evening) Cert II – Retail Taking Enrolments NOW Leongatha Certificate In General Education for Adults – Ongoing Enrolments: Accredited Australia

Agriculture Cert III Agriculture Diploma Agriculture Diploma Sustainable Agriculture Farm Chemical Users Course (4 days) Farm Chemical Users Course (3 days) Farm Chemical Course refresher (1 day) Construction Induction White card (1 Day) Horticulture Term 3 & 4 Certiﬁcate II in Horticulture

wide and can prepare you for work or study. These classes work towards a Certiﬁcate designed for people who may have left school early or had a disrupted education and want to improve their reading, writing, maths and general education. Locations: Korumburra, Cowes, and Pakenham.

Diploma of Horticulture

Certiﬁcate III Horticulture

Taking rolling enrolments Taking rolling enrolments Taking rolling enrolments Limited places available 10th 11th & 17th 18th May 10th 11th 12th August 10th August 19th August July – November 2011 Term 3 - Treat Weeds, Treat Plant Pests, disease and disorders Term 4 - Operate Ride-on Vehicles and Undertake operational maintenance of machinery Term 3 - Revegetation, Pests & Diseases, Propagation, Establish Turf, Sample Soils Term 4 - Provide Information on Plants and their Culture, Implement a Landscape Maintenance Program Term 3 - Develop a Horticultural Production Plan, Implement Sustainable Land Use Strategies Term 4 - Implement an E-Business Strategy

COMMUNITY COLLEGE GIPPSLAND Nerrena Rd., Leongatha. Ph. 5662 6700. Call 1300 GO 2 ECG - 1300 46 2 324. www.ecg.vic.edu.au

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Experienced CHEF/COOK HOME CARE and PERSONAL CARE – South Gippsland area Simply Helping Gippsland South & West supplies a range of in-home support services. We seek experienced and reliable personal care and home care staff to join our team providing services in South Gippsland. You should be appropriately qualiﬁed, conscientious and able to work unsupervised. You need a current police check, a current driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle. This position would suit people seeking casual hours of employment. For further details refer our website www.simplyhelping.com or phone Paul on 5636 4029.

CASUAL POSITION 25 hours per week Apply in person Bairs Hotel

5662 2017 PAINTING & DECORATING APPRENTICESHIP A position is available to join a well established local business. If you are an enthusiastic person, keen on establishing themselves in the trade, please contact Matt on 0438 622 229. Applicants should be willing to be part of a motivated team.

DAIRY FARM HAND FULL TIME

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 workplace for an honest, reliable, literate and fit person. Paid weekly by the hour. Punctuality and reliable transport essential. KOONWARRA AREA Phone Max 0428 314 312

agistment

for sale

60 ACRES, brand new electric fence. Ideal for heifers or dry cows. 0457100897. AGISTMENT available, long or short term, Mirboo North. Electric fence. 0428585954.

for hire BULLS for hire, Angus, Friesian, Hereford, Limo and Jerseys. All tested. Ph: 0447-331762. FAIRY FLOSS machines. Very good fundraiser, fetes, fairs, etc. Ph: 0419365691.

for rent QUALITY BRAND NEW HOUSE! 2 levels with superb views in Venus Bay, 3 minutes walk from beach, and close to shops. Features include 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, large kitchen and living, and 2 large decks. $350 per week. Contact Kasey 5671-1212. VENUS BAY - house, short stroll to beach and shops, sleeps 7. Permanent rental also available. Contact: 0408-320001.

for sale

PROPERTY MANAGER Agent’s Representative Licence required. Must be enthusiastic, motivated and work well within a team. Car licence essential. Macpro knowledge an advantage. Only experienced people need apply. All resumés forwarded to: Stockdale & Leggo PO Box 584, Leongatha 3953

HAY - small squares, shedded, last season’s, $6 each. Ph: 0408-980711. HAY - small square bales, new season’s, $8 each. Fully shedded, suitable for horses, never been wet. Quality guaranteed. Mardan - 5664-1320, 0428999691. HAY - small square bales, $7 each, Kardella South. 5662-2074. LABRADOODLE puppies (10), available now, wormed and vaccinated, $650. 0437-746865, mgestrin@ hotmail.com OLD PORT POULTRY FARM delivering 20 wk old laying hens to your area Saturday, June 18, $17 each. Ph: B/h 0438832535, a/h 5183-2515. SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each. Free delivery for pack lots. Phone Joe 0417-530662. WEIGHT BENCH with incline, butterfly attachment, leg extension and weights, bar and d/bells, VGC, $125. 5662-2221.

VACUUM CLEANER Repairs

Sales

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WONTHAGGI SEWING CENTRE 167 Graham Street, Wonthaggi (opp. Ritchies IGA)

5672 3127 CARAVAN - Supreme Spirit, 2003 pop-top, single axle, double bed, roll-out awning, full annex, EC, $19,500. Ph: 5662-3541 a/h. 0408-512966.

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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

message of hope I CAN do everything through Him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:13.

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RETAIL SALES HOLDEN JOB OPPORTUNITIES PROVING GROUND, LANG LANG For over 60 years we’ve inspired generations of Australians with the Holden name, and over those years there’s been one simple goal, to make cars that Go Better. Working at Holden, you are surrounded by people who are driven by sheer passion, determination and excellence, people who are committed to making Holden Go Better.

MOTOR MECHANIC – ENG0011248 You’re a trade qualified Mechanic, and as the best in your field, you will not only have a strong understanding of mechanical concepts but you are able to demonstrate your ability to document processes and effectively write the necessary reporting. You’re Flexible and able to jump from one task to another and not afraid of working with new components and testing equipment. You pride yourself on your interpersonal and written communication skills, you’re interested in the fine points, and are able to put your head down and get the job done without detailed direction. You’re methodical, with impeccable attention to detail and always enthusiastic about each task you perform. In addition, you’re happy to work any shift hours with occasional weekend work.

INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN (VEHICLE TEST) - ENG0011275 This group is responsible for the test data logging of a variety of engineering measurements taken on prototype test vehicles, driven under various conditions. This is an opportunity to grow with new technologies as they are developed and help maintain Holden at the leading edge of automotive testing. Reporting to the Senior Team Leader, you are responsible for the installation of test instrumentation hardware to test vehicles and driving test vehicles under specified conditions, while recording test data on multi channel signal conditioning and computer hardware systems.

livestock POULTRY and Cage Bird Auction at the Traralgon Showgrounds Poultry Pavilion on Sunday, June 19, starting at 10.30am. Wide variety of poultry, hens, ducks, many breeds, fertile eggs. Open for sellers from 8am. Ph: 5197 7270 or 0438 325 918. ISA BROWN pullets, 17 weeks, fully immunised, not debeaked, $20 each. Taking orders now, Trade-ins welcome. Pick up on Friday, June 24 between 3-5pm at the old Korumburra Saleyards. Chook food available on the day. Unwanted animals taken, other animals also for sale. Animals From The Farm, call Mark 0419425257 or 5629-9685.

used vehicles

FREE CAR REMOVAL Will pay up to $300 for complete car Buyers of scrap metal All machinery Bins provided

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers 5672 2946 0417 556 593

free

DUST BAGS Our Leongatha Agency is seeking an experienced

FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175

LEONGATHA

14 hours per week inc. Saturday mornings. Must have bubbly and outgoing personality. Applications close June 18

DIESEL PAJERO 1993, 135,000km, 2 owners, 5 spd manual, p/s, a/c, CD/ MP3, 12 mths reg. FDT405, RWC, $8,900. Ph: 0429803440 or 5662-5141. NISSAN PATHFINDER, 2003, St V6, reg. SIN278, 151,000km, bullbar, towbar, roof racks, tinted windows, new tyres, $15,000. 56649217.

Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 24 Mary Rogers Cres LEONGATHA 8.30 till 2pm Household goods, wool, man’s 10 speed bike, swimming pool accessories, and lots more No early birds

CABINET MAKER Garage Sale Please apply to:

KEVIN GARDINER KITCHENS

To find out more/apply visit: www.holden.com.au/corporate/careers or email Nicole Robins at nicole.robins@gm.com

104 Horn Street, Leongatha 3953 Phone: 5662 4462 Applications close June 24, 2011

DONATED GOODS

All proceeds to go to Relay For Life - Cancer Council

meetings

MEENIYAN YOUTH CLUB

AGM YOUTH CLUB HALL MEENIYAN

Thursday, July 7 7pm All welcome

MEENIYAN ART GALLERY

GARAGE SALE

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Friday, July 1

The “STAR” can help you promote your event with our

4pm At Meeniyan Art Gallery

$25 GARAGE SALE KIT KIT INCLUDES 5cm x S/C advert (valued at $31.90) • 2 x A4 Garage Sale Signs • Marker Pen • Garage Sale Tips (dos and don’ts) • Sheet of Price Stickers • Star Carry Bag

Total package valued at $39 ADVERTISE by calling 5662 5555 or emailing classiﬁeds@thestar.com.au or call in to 36 McCartin Street LEONGATHA to pick up your kit when you place your advertisement

birthdays Happy Birthday Hugh

marriage celebrant

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

CAM ABOOD Leongatha 5662 4191

births

TUCKETT (Benson) - Dave and Katrina are delighted to announce the safe arrival of Alastair James Tuckett on May 30, 2011. Special thanks to the wonderful doctors and nursing staff at Leongatha Hospital.

in memoriam

MALONE - Rhonda Jean. 19.6.2005 Always in our hearts. Janelle, Lauren, Joel and Michael.

deaths

Love Mum & Dad, Kyle & Sharmian, Madison, Ella, Louise & Tully, & Bianca

GENONI - Lou. Aged 100 years. To a loved friend and former boss for many years. Will be sadly missed and never forgotten. Deepest sympathy to Rex, Bobbie and family. Has left us to join Mrs G. Barry, Evonne Redmond, and family.

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work wanted FARM WORK, 20 years experience, all types of sheds. 0457-100897.

PAYROLL/ADMINISTRATION OFFICER

A vacancy exists for a qualified full time or 4th year apprentice Cabinet Maker. Applicants should be skilled in custom kitchen and joinery manufacturing and installation, be self motivated, reliable and able to work unsupervised.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 6 Carr Avenue Leongatha 8am - 1pm Household furniture, baby furniture, blinds, clothing, books, ornaments, electrical items, etc.

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Apply in writing to: Attention: Judy C/- ANZ Arcade 32-34 Bair Street, Leongatha

For a full job description or to apply for this position email debby@ancondrilling.com or call Debby on 03 5658 1433

GARAGE SALE

WANTED to buy older model caravans or annexes, cash paid, ring 0427-138355.

LARGE GARAGE SALE Furniture, collectables, DVDs, etc. Antique meat safe, Saturday 18th, 8-2pm, Unit 1, 55 Peart Street, Leongatha.

A full time position is available in Korumburra for an experienced Payroll/Administration Clerk. The applicant will be responsible for all aspects of payroll, answering phones and providing general administration support to office staff. Experience in MYOB, Word, Excel and Outlook would be preferred. Above award wages will be paid.

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8.30 - 1pm 14 Eleanor Court Leongatha Kids toys and books, household goods

WITH CARE & DIGNITY WE RESPECTFULLY SERVE THE DISTRICTS OF: LEONGATHA / KORUMBURRA Paul and Margaret Beck

5662 2717

FOSTER Paul and Margaret Beck

5662 2717

WONTHAGGI / INVERLOCH Ray and Maree Anderson

5672 1074

PHILLIP ISLAND Ray and Maree Anderson

5952 5171

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Jarryd Roughead operation today HAWTHORN star forward and Leongatha’s own Jarryd Roughead will undergo surgery today (Wednesday) at the Epworth to repair his ruptured Achilles tendon. Roughead sustained the injury midway through the last quarter of the blockbuster between Hawthorn and Geelong on Saturday night. He faces a long wait on the sidelines and is not expected to play again until the 2102 season. The loss of Roughead is a major blow to the Hawks’ premiership chances this season. Jarryd’s mother Sherrill said her son was in very good spirits considering the nature of the injury.

“He said to me ‘what can you do, it’s done now,’” Sherrill told The Star. Jarryd is being supported this week by his brother Cameron and girlfriend Sarah. Sherrill will head down for the operation today and will help also when Jarryd heads home to start his recovery. Sherrill was watching the delayed game on the television when she had a call from Cameron to tell her of the injury and to be prepared when it appeared on the television. “I was pleased that I was told immediately; I don’t know how I would have reacted if I’d seen it live,” Sherrill said. Sherrill said that she and Jarryd had received a lot of support from his friends in Leongatha and was very grateful for that.

Just snapped: Jarryd Roughead is taken from the ground after rupturing his Achilles tendon. Photo courtesy Herald Sun.

Restaurant corners niche fishery ONE of Australia’s top restaurants, Rockpool, is serving fresh and healthy seafood caught from Victoria’s pristine Corner Inlet.

Executive director of Fisheries Victoria, Anthony Hurst said it was great to see top restaurants taking advantage of Victoria’s high quality, sustainable, healthy and locally caught seafood. “Corner Inlet is a boutique fishery that supplies a limited quantity of highly sought after and sustainable products to the consumers,” he said. “The fishery is closely monitored by Fisheries Victoria and managed using a range of measures such as limiting the number of commercial fishers operating in Corner Inlet, size limits and gears restrictions.

“The industry also proactively self-manages the distribution of its fishing effort.” Corner Inlet-sourced King George whiting and calamari have recently been certified as sustainable seafood products by the Australian Conservation Foundation. “This is the first independent assessment of its kind carried out in Victoria. It provides consumers with sustainable seafood choices and encourages seafood producers by promoting the public profile of seafood,” Mr Hurst said. Cornet Inlet commercial fisherman, Bruce Collis said he was supplying Rockpool restaurants in Melbourne and Sydney with products including King George whiting, calamari, rock flathead and garfish. “Corner Inlet in South Gippsland

has been a source of fresh seafood to consumers for over 150 years,” he said. “By supplying our fresh-caught seafood to our best restaurants we maximise the value of this great resource.” In 2010 renowned chef, Neil Perry, owner of the Rockpool restaurants, teamed up with Fisheries Victoria and the seafood industry, to create a short video that provides a fresh focus on commercial ﬁshing, incorporating some of his favourite recipes. To download a copy of the video go to www.dpi.vic.gov.au/ sustainableseafood The DPI website also contains brochures on sustainable seafood options including snapper, calamari and King George whiting.

Unlock soil secrets SOIL carbon and soil pH is a rapidly growing area of interest amongst landowners. Many landowners are aware of the importance of soil pH and soil carbon, but are not sure how it ﬁts into their farm management, or even why we should be looking at soil pH and soil carbon. Local Landcare networks and groups are holding a ﬁeld day on Friday, June 24 at Poowong North, to talk about why soil carbon and soil pH is so crucial for healthy pastures, livestock and crops. Jess Horton from DPI will discuss how to improve soil carbon. Tim Johnston from DPI will focus on soil pH – the hidden giant. Did you know that many soils in Westernport are rapidly becoming more acidic? Representatives of the Australian AgLime Association will also be

attending to talk about lime quality and how to choose a lime appropriate to your property. They will also bring along limes to compare. Peter Ronalds will present the results from 40 farms that have been carbon and pH benchmarked over the past two months. All landowners are welcome to attend this ﬁeld day. The ﬁeld day will be held at Noel and Laurie Gregg’s farm at 295 O’Mearas Road South, (off Allchins and Timms roads) Poowong North, from 10am to 12.30pm, with lunch provided. For further information or to RSVP, please contact Kathleen Bartlett of South Gippsland Landcare Network on 0400 141 929 or Peter Ronalds on 0402 650 382.

School buses here to stay Northern Prom lures tourists THE State Government has denied claims that Gippsland’s school children could be left without school buses following the Department of Transport’s current review of bus routes. Shadow Minister for Education, Rob Hulls speculated about the possibility of the Gippsland region being without buses, but his comments were labelled as “scaremongering”. “The Department of Transport, working closely with the Bus Association Victoria, routinely reviews all free school bus services within Victoria to ensure they are meeting demand and are operating in accordance with Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) guidelines,” the Department of Trans-

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port said in a press release. “These reviews are a very routine matter, and have been undertaken regularly under all state governments for more than 20 years. “School bus reviews need to be undertaken regularly because student numbers change each year.” The Department of Transport’s guidelines state that government primary and secondary school students are eligible to travel on school contract bus services provided they live 4.8 kilometres or more from that school. The Opposition claimed Mirboo North and Wonthaggi were at risk of losing their bus services but the Department of Transport and Department of Education, have denied those claims.

Since the Easter break, over 2000 day visitors have passed through the park entrance to explore areas in the northern section of the park, including Millers Landing and Vereker Outlook. Parks Victoria chief ranger for Wilsons Prom, Craig Stubbings, said the southern section of the park remained closed due to signiﬁcant damage, in particular the Mount Oberon Road and Telegraph Track. “These areas have a number of landslips across the Oberon and Little Oberon walking tracks and will be re-opened once the repair works have been completed and it has been deemed completely safe,” he said.

“The walking tracks accessible from the popular Tidal River precinct are currently undergoing engineering assessment and plans are being developed for repair works to Mount Bishop circuit walk and Pillar Point. Although we do advise the Tidal River bridge and the ﬁrst ramp will remain closed until further notice to allow for further assessments.” Mr Stubbings said the Sealers Cove track is likely to remain closed until further notice after seven major landslips caused extensive track damage from the Telegraph Saddle car park to Ferny Glade. “The track through Ferny Glade has dropped nearly 20 metres in some sections and we are seeking geotechnical engineering advice on how to perhaps realign the track for future usage,” he said.

Over the past few weeks, Parks Victoria has commenced a series of ﬂood impact assessments as well as undertaking repairs in conjunction with the VicRoads roadwork repairs as part of a united ﬂood recovery response. Mr Stubbings said that due to the continuing works and assessment, the southern section of the park will remain closed until July 17. For information regarding touring, accommodation and what’s on within South Gippsland, please contact Prom Country Tourism on 1800 630 704 or visit visitpromcountry. com.au For further information, contact the Parks Victoria Information Centre on 13 1963 or visit www.parks. vic.gov.au

• SENIOR SOCCER

Wonthaggi defeats Leongatha Knights

THE Prom Coast Pirates had a tough day against Mirboo North, going down WONTHAGGI United had a tight contest against Leon1-0 in the Under 13s. The ball spent a lot of time gatha, winning 5-3 in Round 7 in the Pirates’ forward line and of the South Gippsland Seniors’ the Pirates had numerous shoots competition. at goal with little reward. Mickie House, Jo Platt and Gabe Wallen all played a consistent game at strike, along with Michaela Young who was good under pressure. Nicky Upton and Ella Hendrie playing well in defence, keeping the score to just one for the match. Welcome back to Carlie Blunden and Daniel Scheerle who had last week off.

DESPITE Tidal River remaining closed, tourists are still ﬂocking to Wilsons Promontory.

Wonthaggi looked like the dominant team, and proved it early with their control over the midfield and tempo of the game. Before long they scored their first goal after some great offensive pressure from the forward line, and then added a second goal minutes later. The Leongatha defenders were under siege, but managed to steady and prevent any more quick goals in the first part of the match. The midfield began to win more possession of the ball and started

to move the ball quickly, resulting in the ﬁrst goal for the home side. Leongatha carried their momentum forward and converted again to level the scores 2-2, before Wonthaggi struck back prior to half time to regain the lead. The second half was much more one sided, with Wonthaggi taking control of the game and giving the Leongatha defence plenty of problems. Goalkeeper Micheal Oliver performed admirably and made some outstanding saves, but could not keep out the assault forever. Wonthaggi scored again after a strong counter-attack, but the home side was spurred into action and struck back to make it 3-4. Leongatha tried to level the match, but could not break through the

tough Wonthaggi defence and their opponents scored another goal to ice the game. In the other match of the round, Phillip Island SC thrashed Korumburra 8-1 in a great display of their potency as a team. Phillip Island got off to a strong start, converting after some great midﬁeld running to put the early pressure on Korumburra. The goals ﬂowed on from there, with Phillip Island winning possession across the ground and having several different goal scorers. At the half time break, the score line read 7-0 and Phillip Island had essentially claimed victory. However, Korumburra rallied in the

second half to provide a great contest. Despite the early onslaught, the Korumburra defenders were solid and only allowed one goal for the rest of the match. At the opposite end, the strikers were doing their utmost to cause trouble for the Phillip Island defence. Korumburra managed to salvage some pride with a consolation goal, but it could not ﬁx the massive damage caused earlier. The next round sees Mirboo North take on Drouin Dragons at home, while Wonthaggi United play Phillip Island. Leongatha and Korumburra have the bye.

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• POWER NETBALL

• PARROT NETBALL

Power comes out even

Parrot girls battle hard

17/Under: Wonthaggi 33 d Bairnsdale 27. What a great turnaround from the previous week, girls see we know you can do it when you focus and concentrate. You all deserve an award. Great team-work all down the court. Keep your focus again this week, work hard and you will bounce up the ladder. Well done. 15/Under: Bairnsdale 28 d Wonthaggi 20. It was close until half time and our third quarter let us down. We will all have to step up every quarter and work that little bit harder. Your work around the goal circle has improved each week which is great to see. We all need to steady and make the right choices when on the court so let’s all work hard and we will bounce back even better. Awards: Sportspower - Nikki, Evans Petroleum Claire. 13/Under: Wonthaggi 33 d Bairnsdale 15. Great first quarter, we got off to a nice lead. Our second and third quarters were a little flat. We came out firing in the fourth quarter. Jas played a great game in centre and fed the goalies beautifully. Aimee was solid in defence and so was Cassidy. Awards: Evans Petroleum – Jasmine, McDonalds – Aimee, Encouragement - Cassidy.

A Grade: Drouin 65 d Leongatha 48. Awards: Ebony Best (McCartin’s Hotel). Drouin got the jump on our girls in the first quarter, going down by eight goals. In what was a high scoring first half our girls tried hard and didn’t give up, however we had a few costly turnovers and as a result were 13 points down at half time. A great third quarter, consistent playing by all on the court, we won the quarter by one. A well contested fourth quarter, however we left our run too late. Keep your heads up girls, a win is around the corner. B Grade: Leongatha 48 drew with Drouin 48. Awards: Andrea Pearce (McCartin’s Hotel) and Tegan Kelly (Leongatha Skin Therapy). A great start to the game with both teams applying pressure. Close all game with the last quarter being very competitive. Need to work on getting over the line when the pressure is on. C Grade: Drouin 39 d Leongatha 35. Awards: Jemima Wilson (Serafino’s Pizza) and Trina Fidler (Network Video). A hard fought game right to the end. All girls chased, defended and attacked well. Lots of great intercepts with some beautiful shooting. A really strong second half with the girls catching up by four in the third quarter going into the fourth just one down. A really great contested last quarter going goal for goal, with Drouin getting over the line in the end. All the best to our two injured girls, Bek Vagg and Brook Brown, and we hope to see you running around again soon. Under 17: Leongatha 46 d Drouin 22. Awards: Rachel O’Loughlin (Buzz Hair Salon) and Alice Tyson (Buzz Hair Salon). Worth the trip to Drouin with fantastic weather and a good win. Consistent play by all of the girls but still not our best playing. The best is yet to come. Under 15: Leongatha 23 d Drouin 21. Awards: Jessica Clark (Influence on Dusk) and Sarah McCahon (Leongatha Skin Therapy). Under pressure the whole game but managed to hold their heads high and come out and win from a 15 point deficit to a two goal win. Under 13: Leongatha 28 d Drouin 27. Awards: Lisa Clark (Body First) and Sara Riseley (Nagel’s Pharmacy). A great game by all of the girls, with positive team work and encouragement throughout the game. A strong finish by both teams, resulting in a great win.

A Grade: Wonthaggi 43 d Bairnsdale 40. Well done girls, a good win. A few little mistakes let down some outstanding intercepts. Stand out performance from Al Young, you read the ball well and at times kept us in the game. Let’s train hard and continue to reap the rewards. Cally Bistro award Alice Young. Evans Petroleum - Courtney Blair. B Grade: Bairnsdale 38 dWonthaggi 27. With new players every week we don’t get a chance to settle in and play comfortable netball. Girls, you adapt the best you can and you should be proud of that. If we can train together it would make a world of difference. Cally award - Claire Atherton. Evans Petroleum - Kealey Carew. Keep persisting and a win won’t be too far away. Another new line-up this week so let’s work extra hard and stay positive. C Grade: Bairnsdale 34 d Wonthaggi 27. Bad luck girls, it was a great team effort with only four of our regular players. Your passing was a big improvement from last week and we kept the talk up all game. Thanks to Sarah Alex and ﬁsh for ﬁlling in. Keep training hard and hopefully Sommer will recover from her injury quickly. Revive award - Jan Clark. Evans Petroleum Kate Brosnan.

TIDES 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. 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

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In control: Leongatha’s Kate Lafferty gathers the ball during the A Grade match.

Where to now? Leongatha coach Ebony Best assesses her options.

Week off for Go Karts race for glory Mirboo North THE crisp winter sunshine SECOND-placed Mirboo North travels to Yinnar this Saturday when Mid Gippsland football and netball competitions resume after last weekend’s Queen’s Birthday mid-season break. Large numbers of Mirboo North and Yinnar supporters are expected to watch the four football and six netball games between the Tigers and the Magpies. Following a wellearned week off, players from both clubs will be refreshed and ready for action as soon as the umpire’s whistle blows. In the seniors football, Mirboo North, who lost to Yinnar by 37 points in the ﬁrst game of the season, will be keen to play pacey and productive footy and reverse the result. Yinnar, which many pundits predicted would prosper in 2011, proceeded to lose its next four matches against Trafalgar, Newborough, Boolarra and Yallourn Yallourn North. Successive wins in their last two outings against

Thorpdale and Morwell East, have helped resurrect the Magpies’ confidence. The Magpies are currently fifth on the ladder after four wins from their nine encounters this year. Both teams know the importance clean ball handling plus midfield efficiency, back line responsibility and forward 50 flexibility, will play in securing victory. Liam Visser, Sam Mills, Nathan Scurrah, Mark Andrew and Brendan Chapman are key personnel and dangerous game-breakers Mirboo North must blanket if the Tigers are to win the game. Mirboo North will rely on 201 cm ruckman, Don Webb, to feed onballers, Matt Holland, Shane Peters, Simon Busuttil and Brett Palmer with perfect palm-outs, as he has done all season. The Tigers are also hopeful Tim Traill, Ben Stoops, Joe Brooks and Brayden Wilson, will find plenty of the footy and provide multiple scoring options in attack.

over the Queen’s Birthday long weekend attracted full ﬁelds for the June club race day at Stony Creek Go Karts on Sunday. There were 16 racers in the 100cc class, 11 starters in the four strokes, eight in the 125cc ﬁeld and the racing was close and exciting.

Results 100cc class: 1st Scott Cole 1517 points, 2nd Mike Vella 1354 points, 3rd Tammy Van de Lustgraaf 1181 points. 125cc class: 1st James Dean 1506 points, 2nd Ross Miller 1460 points,

Greg Green 1336 points. 4 Stroke class: 1st: Geoff Van de Lustgraaf 1485 points, 2nd Daniel Potter 1240 points, 3rd Aaron Jackson 1020 points. Overall the class cumulative points for the year stand at: 100cc class: Mike Vella 6999 points, Marcus McGinley 6847 points, Tim McGinley 6701 points. 125cc class: Michael Sword 2943 points, Dave Thoonen 1979 points, Damien Banks 1851 points. 4 Stroke class: Trevor Reeves 6544 points, Geoff Van de Lustgraaf 6192 points, Kevin Teasdale 5267 points.

Close contest: racing in the 125cc class, won by James Dean.

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Record crowd at the climb PERFECT conditions ensured Sunday’s Knox’s Hill Climb was a record, with more than a thousand spectators watching all the action.

Ready to rock: Mirboo North’s Chase Robins (centre) fell off his motorbike more than three months ago, breaking ribs and vertebrae. In the coming days he will be able to take his brace off. He has been well supported by siblings Laura and Jamie.

The Knox’s Hill Climb is one of those events that gets bigger by the year. And little wonder. It’s a simple idea, but one that is tantalising: a massive hill that runs almost vertical, a dirt bike that either will or won’t, and a vocal crowd that is hungry for thrills and spills. Few can claim to ever come close to becoming king or queen of the mountain. Most barely get beyond half way. But for those who fail, there is one consolation. The hill will always be here next year. Rick Miles of Warragul

Big event: the hill climb drew a massive crowd.

backed up his win in 2009 with the overall win in the event. Rick went over on his third attempt after coming just half a metre short of an over on his second attempt. He won over Peter Kyle and Danny Forrester who also had overs recorded. Last year’s winner Adam Dean was restricted due to an injury sustained whilst riding a week ago. Secretary Christine Payne said conditions were “just perfect, with a really good track.” “We secured good proceeds on the day and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We are hoping one day we can purchase some land for a racing track but with land prices always going up we don’t know when,” Christine said. Christine was awarded a Life Membership for her contribution to the club over a 13 year period. The club has only one other life member - Kevin Gray. Results Over 251cc: 1st Rick Miles, 2nd Gavin Joyce, 3rd Kent Worland. 201 – 251cc: 1st Adam Miller, 2nd Brad Snell, 3rd Matthew Fletcher. Up to 200cc: 1st Danny Forrester, 2nd David Fleming, 3rd Daniel Kavanagh. Over 45 – all powers: 1st Dirk Kratzat, 2nd Kevin Gray, 3rd Greg Ackland. 200 – 250cc 2 and 4st 13-16 years: 1st James Van Den Borne, 2nd Jay McLennan Shiels, 3rd Jack Clark. 85cc 2st/150cc 4st 1316 years: 1st James Van Den Borne, 2nd Dale Mc Rae, 3rd Matt Barker. 85cc 2st/150cc 4st 9 – Under 13 years: 1st Rhys Kratzat, 2nd Thomas Riley3rd Jacob Wooley.

65cc 10 – Under 13 years: 1st Brad Vanderydt, 2nd Jake Newton, 3rd Riley Fleming. 65cc 7 – Under 10 years: 1st Beau Kratzat, 2nd Alex Krausz, 3rd Jamie Helmuth, 4th Josh Hillman. 50cc 5 – Under 9 years: 1st Beau Kratzat, 2nd Jesse Chila, 3rd Darby Kratzat, 4th Jamie Helmuth, 5th Scott May. Ladies – all powers: 1st Pauline Graeme, 2nd Burgan Svenson, 3rd Cassandra Mc Rae. Pre ’85 - all powers: 1st Adam Miller, 2nd Lloyd Fleming, 3rd Dirk Kratzat. Ag bikes: 1st Kevin Gray, 2nd Luke Helmuth, 3rd Robert Dowel.

Modiﬁed and super Lindsay modiﬁed: 1st Andrews, 2nd Adam Dean, 3rd David Fleming. Road bikes: 1st Kevin Gray, 2nd Darrell Gostling, 3rd Jake Gostling. Up to 351cc 4st: 1st Rick Miles, 2nd Peter Boyle, 3rd Nick Bloye. 351cc – 451cc 4st: 1st Rick Miles, 2nd Pete Kyle 3rd Peter Boyle. Over 451cc 4st: 1st Nick Boyle, 2nd Shane Tieman, 3rd Eugene Proudlock. Kevin Cook Memorial Cup Rick Miles KTM450 124m, 139.5m, over: Jake Kavanagh Memorial Trophy Rhys Kratzat CRF100 61m.

Ready to help: St John’s Ambulance volunteers Kath Simpson, Matthew Morgan and Susan Morgan, made sure there was someone there when riders fell.

On hand: the appropriately named Josh Hillman with his dad, Brent.

Stony Creek turns back the clock

Looking the part: Jo Cope and Kelsie Schelling were dressed to impress.

In the theme: Danielle Logan and Courtney McIndoe at Stony Creek’s Grease theme night.

DANNY, Sandy and the entire Grease cast made their way to Stony Creek on a recent Saturday night. The Stony Creek Football Netball Club’s theme night was a massive success, bringing in a huge crowd.

Summer lovin’: Kelsie Schelling and Chloe Cope prepare to hit the dance ﬂoor.

Bringing 80s back: Kayla McIndoe and Sheena Linke had no trouble reminiscing about yesteryear. Right: Good times: Pam Jackson and Jo Cope enjoyed their night.

Left: Sisterly love: Kelsie Schelling and Rebecca Browne managed to get some time to chat on Saturday night.

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Grand end to basketball season LEONGATHA’S senior and junior basketball seasons ended on Monday night, with the Rollers taking out a forth straight A Grade title.

Roger Callister was awarded the MVP title for best player during the season, while Nathan Johnston won the grand ﬁnal MVP award despite playing in a losing side. In B Grade the Burra were too strong.

Some good junior games saw White defeat Silver in the Under 14 boys, Royal Blue defeated Purple in the Under 16 girls, and in the Under 17 boys it was Royal Blue again winning, this time over Red.

A Grade winners: Dexter Rodwell, Kieren Hoekstra, Clint Hulshof, Morgan Fisher, Cody Hulshof and Ash Zuidema.

Airborne: Rollers point guard, Ash Zuidema shows some style.

B Grade winners: James Fowles, Brendon Fowles, Mark Fowles, Matt Loader, Trevor Hooker, Mark Stephenson and Alex Dixon.

Opening salvo: Morgan Fisher puts up the ﬁrst shot of the grand ﬁnal.

Most valuable players: season MVP Roger Callister with the grand ﬁnal MVP Nathan Johnston.

Too quick: Ash Zuidema is in for the easy layup. Left, Jump shot: Kieren Hoekstra sinks one from mid-range.

One the drive: Dexter Rodwell is double-teamed.

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Leongatha junior basketball premiers Left, Under 17 premiers: (back, from left) Ryan Olden, Lucas Anderson, Fraser Kelly, Dylan Turner. (front) Mikey Olden, Jack Stuart and Adam Turner. Royal Blue defeated Red 36 - 28. Right, Under 16 Girls premiers: (back, from left) coach Gary Sauvarin, Emily Cashin, Brittini Hayward, Brittany Price. (front) Sarah Sauvarin and Nikki Stockdale. Royal Blue defeated Purple 40 -30. Right: Under 14 Boys premiers: (back, from left) Brock Jones, Zac Caughey, Hamish Bissett, Julian Patterson, coach Helen Patterson, (front) Joshua Boler, Nathan Trotto and Luke Ollington. White defeated Silver 39 – 24.

Under 10/11 Mixed Premiers: Back Row: Tyler Bacon, Matt Fowkes, Haidyn Kewming, Alexia VanDelft. Front Row: Ethan Lamers, Ella Lyons, Jessie Fowkes. (coach: Darryl Lyons). Royal Blue defeated Red 18 - 13.

Right, Under 12 Boys Premiers: Back Row – Tracey Ryan (coach) Josh Lindsay, Rhys Lindsay, Trina Lindsay (coach). Front Row – Oscar Harry, James Ryan, Connary Webb, Sam Bainbridge. Silver defeated Black 43 - 41.

Section one: (back, from left) Darlene Jones (coach), Shayla Guymer, Jennifer Moss, Liam Waldron, Sam Bright, Ben Mackie, Niamh Martin, Talia Janssen, Kit Skinner, Zarni Brennan-Holt. (front) Mitchell Denbrok, Beau Davey, Matt Moss, Anneka Webster, Shania Taylor-Stewart, Ethan Tudor, Hayley Proudlock, Lucas Vanderzalm, Connor Salmons Absent: Lily Gorman, Eli Buttler-Reid and Jessica Wolf.

Section two: Gene Vanderzalm (coach), Jye Davey, Harry Vandezalm, Ella Finlay, Bianca Proudlock, Jasmin Mackie, coach Cal Pratt (second back) Lachlan Elliott, Stuart Bright, Kayla Redpath, Tylah O'Connor, Kasey Thorson, Aaron Mowat, Adam Magniﬁco, (middle row) Doug Hanks (coach) Rory Hanks, Jake Waldron, Hannah McEwan, Elly Jones, Hannah Potter, Jai Bright, Mandy Bongers (coach) and front, Will McDonald, Amy Tudor, Grace Thorson, Irene Thorson, Nicholas Bongers, Mark Beattie and Alix.

Meeniyan junior basketball FRIDAY, May 20 saw the completion of the Section One Junior competition at Meeniyan. A total of 21 children commenced the season, learning a variety of skills, rules and team-work, followed by a round robin of games each Friday night. Throughout the season the children learnt and improved with the many skills involved in a game of basketball. Friday night consisted of a series of warm up exercises and co-ordination skills which included mums and dads as well as their children. Completing the night was a round robin of basketball games with everyone involved. All played exceptionally well and worked well as a team. Congratulations to all children and the parents who joined in and had a night full of fun and enjoying the great game of basketball. Good luck to the ones who go up to Section Two next season and we hope to see all players back in early August for our next season. Well done to everyone involved. Section 3 Blue v Black What a fantastic game to watch. All players put in a wonderful effort and the game was close all the way. Blue came out looking very much

in control of the game. With easy steals turning into goals, for the Blue team it looked like they would run away with the game. Black would not let this happen and worked hard to get their points, staying in touch. There was only one point the difference at half time with Blue in front. Black came out a bit more settled in the second half and took control of the game. Producing some good plays they pulled away from the Blue team. With minutes to go Black were winning comfortably but the Blue team had a time out and a new plan was put in place. Turning the ball over and scoring some great shots put them back in touch. The end of the game came too soon for Blue and Black became the victors. Final scores: Black 23 (B. Thorson 7, T. Westaway 8) defeated Blue 20 (R. Riddiford 8, B. Hohmann 4, K. Newton 4). MVP for the game went to Brett Thorson. Section 4 Maroon v Red A nice controlled game with many talented players was played in this section. Both teams played a good steady game with Red just not able to stay with Maroon. The ﬁrst half the game was close, with only ﬁve points the difference

at half time. Maroon in front. Both teams were shooting well but Maroon had more height when it came to rebounding. Great defence work from Maroon saw many turnovers that were quickly responded to by Red. The second half was played much the same. Maroon pulled away to have a good lead. Red just wore down and had no answer to the height of the Maroon defence. Most players were scoring for both teams, which was great to see. Maroon 38 (S. Opray 15, L. Redpath 10) defeated Red 29 (L. Harrington 10, O. Cope 8). MVP for the game went to S. Opray. Winner of the raffle: first hamper Darby Butler-Reid, second: basketball equipment Sam Opray. Thanks to all the businesses for their kind donations. The committee thanks all players for their great sportsmanship each week. It is a pleasure to work with you all. It was very pleasing to hear people high up in the umpiring of Vic basketball comment on what great players, parents and supporters we have and how they are committed to the game and the great sportsmanship they show not only to the game but to the officials in all areas.

Section three: (back, from left) Grant Cole, Elijah Tracanelli, Kurt Newton, Ossy Brennan, Breanna Hohmann, Rebecca Riddiford. (front) Michael Mowat, Trent Westaway, Brett Thorson, Harrison Cumming, James Kelly and Kian Pratt.

Section four: (back, from left) Sam Opray, Jayden Hohmann, David Cole, Lucas Byrnes (coach), Lauren Redpath, Laura Brown. (front) Matt Darmanin, Gen Scholte, Alex Scholte (coach), Liam Harrington, Olivia Cope and Gemma Martin.

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Leongatha SATURDAY’s stableford was a good day for the ‘Peters’. Peter Stivic won A Grade on a countback from Peter Hart, both producing scores of 37 points. Peter Hart won pro-pin on the 14th hole. Peter Hartigan put in his claim by scoring 38 points which was best in B Grade. Henry Sedelies had a great 41 point round to win C Grade, and Rod

Brown won nearest the pin on the 16th. Down the line balls: R. Chaplin 38, P. Hart 37, J. White 36, T. Lund, M. Hunter, G. Marsham, D. Brown, D. Forbes, R. Findlay 35; S. Moncur, C. Leaver, M. Johnson 34; A. Macfarlane, J. Feddersen 33; T. Brown, T. Steer, I. Nunn 32.

Tuesday A small ﬁeld played an Irish fourball. No one enjoyed the day more than

Foster Golf Korumburra success: Brian Twite Bowl winners, Moira Rogers, Betty Thompson and Beryl Brown of the Korumburra Golf Club.

UNFORTUNATELY Tuesday was washed out midway through. Kiwi tells me he was well in front at the time and was shattered when the heavens opened. Thursday saw 11 players take to the ﬁeld with Ray Prain (15) coming out on top with 35 points. Balls down the line went to Peter Dight (6) 35 and Nev Thompson (10) 34. Doc Menzies took out the nearest the pin on the 17th. Friday night’s chicken run was won by Lloyd McKenzie (10) with 21 points. Balls down the line went to T. Conaber (19) 16 and L. Tritton (36) 16. Nearest the pins went to

Meeniyan

A bowl of a time: Leongatha Golf Club’s Brian Twite Bowl grade winners: Beryl Brown C Grade (Korumburra Golf Club), Lee Clements A Grade (Korumburra Golf Club), Anne Blundy B Grade (Leongatha Golf Club).

Brian Twite bowl results SEVENTY-FIVE ladies representing clubs from South Gippsland, Traralgon, Warragul, Metropolitan and Devilbend, competed in the annual Brian Twite Bowl. This event acknowledges the contribution made by Brian Twite, (currently a professional at Metropolitan Golf Club) to Leongatha Golf Club and the South Gippsland district since 1979. Winner of the coveted Brian Twite Bowl was Korumburra Golf Club, after a

countback from Leongatha Golf Club. The winning team was Beryl Brown (Korumburra captain) Moira Rogers and Betty Thomson. A Grade was won by Lee Clements, another Korumburra golfer, with 39 points. B Grade went to Ann Blundy 35 points (Leongatha Golf Club) while C Grade went to Beryl Brown with 34 points. Korumburra Golf Club had a very good day. Nearest the pins were won by Lee Clements, Rebecca Thomas, (LGC) Robyn

Galloway (Foster Golf Club) and Di Grimmond (Wonthaggi Golf Club).

Leongatha ladies NO golf was possible on Wednesday after the rain, hail and wind this week but by Saturday it was ﬁne again. The stableford event on June 11 was won by the rising star Rebecca Wilson with a great 43 points. Val Brydon 31, and Wendy Surman 29, won balls down the line. Jean Chaplin was nearest the pin.

Bali break through

THE Hawaii team has shot clear of all their rivals on the A Grade badminton ladder, and appear warm premiership favourites at the halfway stage of Leongatha badminton. The Hawaii team has an experienced line-up, with Tim Bright, Bev Porter and Maurice Simpson all having ultra consistent seasons, but their trump card is young Jason Richards who is in scintillating touch, providing the team with a great serve and awesome smashing power. Their opponents Phuket were totally blown away, only Frank Dekker and Jim Newton winning their solitary set for the night. The Bali team is really making things happen after poor early season form. The gun, Greg Marshman is in tremendous touch, hitting back at recent negative criticism. However the huge improvement in Bali is coming from Phil Munro and Keinen Hemming who have reversed their losing trend, and have now asserted Bali as a threat to the premiership. The least said about Mauritius the better, but clearly they are in the horrors at present and can only improve. Fiji put up some spirited re-

sistence against Maldives, Roger Callister winning two of his sets in impressive fashion, and the evergreen Arthur Grabham also contributing well, but the overall depth of Maldives came to the fore. Steve Boag and Gary McGrath very impressive in this comprehensive victory, while Jim Newton continues on his stellar season, winning all his three sets. He has that magnificent short serve almost working to perfection. What a great night was had by the B Grade section of Leongatha badminton. All positions were comfortably filled and a good atmosphere in the hall. All matches were very one-sided affairs. Jupiter were far too good for Saturn, with Tracey Ryan, Callum Porter and Kathy Smith in awesome form as they get ready for their ultimate finals assault. Pluto had all the answers for Mercury, Davis Loo, Matt Howard and Melanie Plunkett all excellent for Pluto, and special mention to Lauren Goldie and Katrina Hodges for winning Mercury’s only set. Katrina, filling in, appears quite competent at the game. In the final clash for review it was Mars who has settled down

nicely, that were too strong for the struggling Neptune. Guilia Joyce has been a wonderful inclusion for Mars, combined with the experienced Wylie Buckland they seem set for a good second half of the season. Neptune are battling, but at least all team members were present. Results A Grade: Hawaii 5/131 d Phuket 1/85, Bali 4/122 d Mauritius 2/86, Maldives 4/116 d Fiji 2/80. B Grade: Pluto 5/118 d Mercury 1/78, Mars 6/126 d Neptune 0/52, Jupiter 6/126 d Saturn 0/74. Ladders A Grade Hawaii ...................................37 Maldives ................................27 Mauritius ..............................22 Bali .........................................22 Phuket.....................................21 Fiji...........................................15 B Grade Jupiter ...................................34 Venus......................................31 Pluto .......................................29 Mars.......................................23 Mercury ..................................23 Saturn......................................15 Neptune ..................................13

SATURDAY was a fourball stableford aggregate, with the sponsor for the day Leongatha NewsXpress and we thank them for their support. The winners were Fred Stalker and Bob McGeary with 76 points. The runnersup were Lloyd Hemphill and Tony McHarg with 66 points. Balls down the line went to Frank Peile and Henry Mueller with 64 points, Col Stewart and Peter Riddle with 62 points. Nearest the pin on the 8th was won by Brett McKnight. With Denise on holidays we are relying on volunteers to help out with the lunches,

Wonthaggi LAST Saturday we had a fairly small ﬁeld of 84 teed up in a stableford round. The course, while playing long, is holding up really well in all the wild weather we’ve been having. Winners: A Grade - P. Shultz 43 points; B Grade - K. Loughran 40 points. Balls down the line to 38 points.

Welshpool TUESDAY’S barbecue nine hole event was a very cold and bleak affair with only a handful of players brace enough or rugged enough to participate. The scores obviously reﬂected the cold conditions: K. Lear with 16 was the best with S. Walker 13 on countback from B. McPherson. Achievers award went to P. Carroll. Pub points: Port Albert 12, Pier Port 11.5, Toora 8, Welshpool 6. Friday’s chicken run was played in much better conditions with twice the numbers from Tuesday playing. The chook winner was Steve Mannix 19 from Pete Westaway and Grubby Brennan 16. Other scores were Keith Lear 14, L. Pope, E. Fisher 12, Bill Matthews 12. Nearest the pin: 6th Keith Lear. The Toora dinner voucher was played in ideal weather although the course was a little damp underfoot. The conditions may have been re-

Joe Lowell. Not only was Joe a part of the winning team, he also won the nearest the pin prizes on both the 14th and 16th holes. Well done Joe. Other members of the winning team were Ed Poole, Keith Finney and Mick Oliver. The next best team won balls for their effort - Frank Smedley, Bob Birrell, Jim Arnott and Graham Spruzen.

Thursday

John Mathers on the 4th and Larry Giddy on the 6th. Saturday’s event, which was sponsored by Dino the Butcher, saw the good ﬁeld of 35 players venture out into the unknown. Ray Prain (15) continued his good form by taking out the leg of lamb in A Grade with 38 points. Winner of B Grade and the topside roast was Rod Coughran Lane (24) with a well compiled 42 points. Pork chops down the line went to Geoff Prue (22) 39, Col Pulham (20) 38, Fred Tyres (15) 37, John Stone (28) 37, Rob Fulton (16) 37 and Don Cripps (26) 37. Nearest the pins went to Kev Flett on the 6th and Peter

so thanks to Ian Trease for giving up his golf on Saturday and doing this job for those who played. Tuesday Tuesday saw very ordinary weather for golf, so the comp was reduced to a nine hole event. The winner for the day was Col Stewart with 19 points. Balls down the line went to Frank Peile 18 points and John Dumont with 17 points. Nearest the pin on the 8th was won by Col Stewart.. Thursday The winner of Thursday’s single stableford event was Col Stewart with 37 points. Balls down the line went to Jim Cusack with 35 points. Nearest the pin was won by Frank Peile. Nearest the pins: hole 2 P. Hanley, hole 13 - D. Mackie. Pro pin: 8th G. Hennequin. Money won by D. Munro. Members may notice that the course is looking a lot neater at the moment thanks to a number of volunteers who worked for several days with a woodchipper cleaning up the place. We thank those members for their effort, and also a big thank you to Coates Hire Wonthaggi for their very generous support. sponsible for the very ordinary scores however. Keith Lear triumphed with 18 points. The ladies then shone with Mary Conley coming in with 15 points. Needless to say the rest just are not worth mentioning, not even a nearest the pin. The winter knockout has nearly commenced so get your names entered - the more the merrier. Sunday in very ideal weather conditions a game of stableford multiplier was playout out. Not only was there a challenge for both team members to score but also to try to work out the score. The better team on the day of Gary Brown / Pat Carroll scored 75 points. Balls down the line to Graeme English / Phil Jansen with 72, Greg Wilkinson / Steve Mannix 61. Others to trail were Alan Hayes / Keith Lear 60, Steve Mannix / E. Jones 44, Peter Westaway / I. Gibson 38, J. Welsh / L. Pope 33, M. Lowe J. Welsh 33. Nearest the pins 6th G. English, 17th L. Pope.

Frank Smedley is starting to make a habit out of winning. His ﬁne round of 40 points was best in A Grade. Peter Horman has made a good return and he took out B Grade with 39 points. Ray Burton and Geoff Maher were the nearest the pin winners, and the following won balls: R. Burton, A. Sperling 38; K. Scott 36, C. Sperling 35, M. Stubbs 34, J. Arnott, R. Davies, C. Leaver 33.

Dight on the 15th. Good news everybody. For all those people who were concerned about Owen Kindellan you can now stop worrying, he has been sighted on the golf course. Quite a few people were worried as he hadn’t been seen for quite some time and there was mention of some posters and photos on milk cartons to try and locate him. No need to worry now, he’s back. This Saturday sees the Owen and Liz Kindellan trophy up for grabs. The forecast is for not bad week weather wise so hopefully the course will dry out considerably. Good hitting.

Woorayl ON Saturday we held a four man ambrose event, sponsored, as they have for years, by Trevor Hemming, Bob Hughes and Brian Wilson. The A Grade winners, with a ﬁne net score of 53.5 were the team of Paul and Graham Challis, Mick Herrald and Derrick Sommers. The B Grade event went to Geoff McKinnon, Brian Wilson, Twiggy Charlton

and Graeme Salmon. They ﬁnished with a net 55.875, that’s why calculators are needed and used. The balls went to T. and B. Hogan, R. Warren and George Johnson; M. Grist, J. Baum, C. Hall and G. Calder. Nearest the pins: 8th J. Baum, 17th C. Hall. They were in the same team. Next week we will play a stableford event sponsored by Alex Scott and Staff, leaders in real estate.

Mirboo North THERE were 27 starters for the midweek event on Thursday, June 9. Mike Higginbottom was A Grade winner with 41 points countback (bottle whisky). Down the line: Garry Shandley 41 countback, Neil Whitelaw 40, E. Poole (Woorayl) 37, Chris Bracecamp 36. Pro pin: 16th Tom Traill, 4th Shane Woodall.

Saturday, June 11 Graham Watson (4) 40 points was the winner of the stableford event on Saturday. There were 30 starters. Down the line: Doug Taylor 38, Ron Anderson 38, Neil Whitelaw 38, Jeff Hughes 37 countback, 2nd shot on the 1st Joe Taylor. Nearest the pin: 4th Terry Bradshaw, 13th and 16th Neil Whitelaw. Pro-pin 6th Max Fletcher. Birdies: 6th Doug Taylor, 4th Joe Kus, 16th Neil Whitelaw and Jeff Hughes, 13th Neil Whitelaw.

Tarwin pool Round 7 results Gingers 8 d Tarwin 1, Grizzlys 6 d McCartins 3, Burra 6 d Middle 3, Bairs 5 d Gladiators 4.

Ladder Games % Pts Bairs .................44-19 231.5 28

Burra ................38-25 152.0 24 Middle ..............35-28 125.0 20 Grizzlys ............31-32 96.8 16 Gingers ..............31-32 96.8 8 Gladiators ..........31-32 96.8 8 McCartins..........21-42 50.0 4 Riversiders ........21-42 50.0 4

Round 8: Bairs v Riversiders, Burra v McCartins, Gladiators v Grizzlys, Gingers v Middle.

Leongatha indoor netball Results Monday June 6

Ladies Mixtures 27 v Aches & Pains 32, Divas 49 v Lil Rascals 19, Energetics 38 v Toora 29, Banana Splits 22 v Rising Stars 35, Gunners 8 v Reps 37, Who Cares bye. Wednesday June 8

Mixed Hot Shots 25 v Gunners 16, Show Stoppers 31 v Grand Opening 27, Mixtures - bye.

“THE STAR”, Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - PAGE 59

Korumburra Bowling Club

JUNE 2001 sees a new era start for the Korumburra Bowls Club. The club uniﬁed in keeping with the trend of bowls in Victoria, with the ladies electing a committee to organise the running of their pennant and play days, as well as the all important catering for functions, with help from the lads on special days. Our lady president is Debra Williams, secretary Jenny McVeigh, treasurer Judith Nicholls, and vice president Wendy Pepperell. At the club annual meeting on June 3 the club president elected was Ken Cecil, senior vice president Debra Williams, junior vice president Chas Blogg, general committee Mary Wrench, Jenny McVeigh, Carole Fields, Rob Cosson, Keith March, Les Eastman, John McVeigh, Brian Pepperell, and esteemed treasurer David Goodridge. We wish all ofﬁce bearers a very successful 12 months in this new era in bowls, with ladies playing Tuesday pennant and men on Saturdays. Some winners over the last weeks have been Graham Brown, Cherylyne Fuehner, Don Mackay, Bev Button, Ray Saunders, Keith Button, Peter Hearn, Emanual Sgarioto, Maurie Rielly, Ross P. Lomagno, Rob Snooks, Ron Williams, Carl Francoli, Glen Fields and Bill Chivers.

Monday was our sponsored triples, with 26 teams taking part in chilly conditions. Our thanks to Taranto Glass Leongatha for their sponsorship of the day. To the ladies who supplied the early cuppas and Debbie, Vera and Margaret H. for the cup of soup at lunch time, much appreciated by all on a chilly day. At the end of the day the winners were best last game, the ’Gatha duo of Fred Sauvarin, Frank Filomeno and local John Elstub with 21 shots up, with three three-game winners, Terry Dawes, David Smith and John Vickerman, Warragul the unlucky team by two shots not to be in the prize circle. Runners-up were the Warragul lads with 13 shots up, A. Davey, C. Scammel and G. Edwards. Winners on the day were a duo of local lads, plus a Leongatha lad Andy Robertson, Lance Lancaster and Bill Dilf. The Korumburra bowling community was saddened to learn of the passing of a very popular Wonthaggi bowler, ‘Jungle’ Sloan. The club’s condolences to Keitha and family together with the Wonthaggi club in his passing. To all who are on the move to warmer areas, safe travelling, and remember fees are due before you leave, especially your afﬁliation fee to Bowls Victoria. See David to pay these thank you.

Buffalo indoor bowls WEDNESDAY June 8, confusion galore when Peter had to lead for both teams as most players opted to rest for the annual ladies / gents challenge. Carolyn Benson skipping, Rod McConchie, Sebastian Terranova and Peter defeated skipper Ian Benson, Alex Thompson, Bill Wolswinkel and Peter, 12 shots to four. All players moved up a place and Rod, Sebastian and Carolyn defeated Alex, Bill and Peter, with Ian leading for both teams, left and right hand as usual 16/7.

Friday, June 10 A great night of social interaction at Buffalo, with plenty of good natured advice, shrieks of delight, laughter and goodwill. Congratulations to the ladies who won the challenge - the drought is broken, well done. Eleven games to four and 144 shots / 104 shots (+40). Three ladies teams

won their three games, and winners on countback were Lorraine Wheeler, Jeanette Grady, Lorna Snell, Sally Gamaldi (15 ends). Encouragement award to Glenys Pilkington, Joyce Occhipinti and Glenda Williams. For the men, winners with a WDL were Rod McConchie, Dudley Harrison, Russel Grady and Ron Gloster. Encouragement award to Charlie Tumino, George Kirk, Sebastian Terranova and Ian Benson (LLL), but tried hard. Consulation prizes were awarded to the other (WWW) ladies teams, Lee Armstrong (s), Josie Bohn, Carolyn Benson, Toni Heldens (s), Anne Plowman and Connie Occhipinti. Well done everyone and thanks for coming, enjoying the night and help with supper and tidying up.

Soccer results Sunday June 12

Seniors: Leongatha 3 lt Wonthaggi 5, Korumburra 1 lt Phillip Island 8. Women: Korumburra 1 lt Phillip Island 3. Under 19: Korumburra 2 lt Phillip Island 3. Under 15: Leongatha 7 d Wonthaggi 5, Korumburra 1 lt Phillip Island 7. Under 13: Leongatha 4 lt Wonthaggi 5, Korumburra 0 lt Phillip Island 5, Mirboo North 1 d Foster 0.

Women Korumburra ...........................16 Phillip Island...........................16 Leongatha ...............................14 Mirboo North ..........................9 Drouin Dragons..........................6

Under 19 Leongatha ...............................18 Phillip Island...........................18 Korumburra ...........................12 Drouin Dragons ......................12 Prom Coast SC (Foster) .............6

Under 15 Mirboo North ........................18 Phillip Island...........................16 Wonthaggi United SC ............ 11 Drouin Dragons ...................... 11 Leongatha.................................10 Korumburra ................................8

Ladders

Under 13

Seniors

Wonthaggi United SC ............21 Drouin Dragons ......................16 Leongatha ...............................13 Korumburra ...........................10 Phillip Island ............................10 Mirboo North .............................6 Prom Coast SC (Foster) .............3

Drouin Dragons .....................21 Wonthaggi United SC ............18 Leongatha .................................9 Mirboo North ...........................9 Korumburra ................................8 Phillip Island ..............................8

SOCCER FIXTURES ROUND 8 - JUNE 19 Mirboo North v Drouin Dragons at Walter Tuck Reserve Prom Coast SC (Foster) v Leongatha at Welshpool Rec Reserve Wonthaggi United SC v Phillip Island at McMahon Reserve Korumburra - bye

LDNA umpires Saturday June 18 11am: Belinda Dyke, Sarah Marshall, Holly Hurst, Angelique Dunlevie, Amy Smith, Chelsea Kenny, Madison Funnell, Beth Forrester, Mariah Grant, Tanya Derrick, Anita Gourlay, Julie Grant, Robyn Kenny, Phil Smith, Anna Patterson. 12 noon: Erin Baudinette, Stephanie Wylie, Brittany Tennyenhuis, Emalie Gordon, Kare Clarke, Narelle Hanily, Mary Mitchum, Amy Egan, Lori McKenzie, Chelsea Deenan, Jo Duffy, Rebecca Wylie, Kate Norton, Janice Sing, Jenny Goss, Michelle Charlton. 1pm: Robyn Kenny, Kim Lawrence, Andrea Funnell, Gabrielle Patterson, Danielle Jones, Phil Smith, Anna Patterson, Kerri Bentvelzen. 2.15pm: Kellie Walker, Emma Smith, Kim Lawrence, Janice Sing, Barb Challis, Kate Gourlay, Jamie Gourlay, Anita Gourlay. Any problems phone Julie Grant: 5662 2695, text 0437 006 835.

Trio rev to success THREE siblings from Lang Lang are excelling on the motorcycle track. Nathalia, Felicity and Zackary Johnson recently competed in the third round of the Victorian Motorcycle Road Racing Championships. Zackary placed third and Felicity fourth in the 70cc 2 stroke class, and Nathalia finished seventh in the 80cc 2 stroke class. They raced in a field of competitors from Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and NSW in wet and windy conditions at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit. Junior road racing in Victoria is increasing in numbers and the competition is getting stronger. This is 11-year-old Zackary’s third season as he started when he was nine. Nathalia, 14 and Felicity, 12 are enjoying their first season as they started racing late last year and are showing promising signs. The next round will be round four on September 17 and 18 at Broadford.

Smooth style: Zackary Johnson tackles the Phillip Island circuit. • KORUMBURRA PARLOR BOWLS

Grand final thriller GRAND final fever was apparent at parlor bowls on Thursday, June 9. The majority of club members plus extra spectators had come to support the teams and were delighted by the quality and competitive bowling of the grand finals players. Rehearsals to both grand finals had occurred several weeks beforehand. During the final weeks of the home and away rounds teams had met, then again at semi-final level and eventually at the grand final stage of parlor bowls. These earlier games had shown the evenness of the competition when results had been drawn or only a point or two the difference - each time going the way of Kookaburras and Sicilians. And so the expectation was for finals games that would follow suit with tight, competitive and careful bowling - spectators were not disappointed! The consolation grand final, Sicilians versus Battlers, produced tight ends that often went Battlers’ way but a late flurry of 13 shots brought Sicilians to within two points of Battlers and within easy reach of

SGIBBA pennant Results Foster Black 31 d Mardan Purple 8, Mardan Gold 25 d Foster Yellow 14, Korumburra White 32 d Fish Creek 18, Korumburra Blue 24 d Buffalo 23.

Ladder Foster Black .....................+68 24 Mardan Purple ................+54 20 Mardan Gold ...................+45 20 Buffalo ...............................-15 8 Foster Yellow .....................-22 8 Korumburra White .............-31 8 Korumburra Blue ...............-43 8 Fish Creek Red...................-56 0

Next week’s games: Foster Black v Mardan Gold, Foster Yellow v Mardan Purple, Fish Creek v Korumburra Blue, Buffalo v Korumburra White.

victory on the last end. But well placed bowls from the Battlers players only allowed Sicilians to score one shot, turning the tables on the previous results and giving Battlers the minor premiership. It was such a competitive game that the umpire had to be called several times to adjudicate close bowls and skippers alike. The premiership grand final between Pretenders and Kookaburras followed a similar pattern to the semi-final. Kookaburras’ captain, Joe Occhipinti, ably led his team and with consistent and confident bowling often stole ends from Pretenders or added extra shots to his own team’s score. At the half-way mark, Kookaburras were seven shots ahead and bowling as if the premiership was theirs for the taking. However, Pretenders could not be counted out and they gritted their teeth, eased grand final nerves and started a fight back where, at the twentieth end,

Pretenders hit the front by one shot. Kookaburras rallied to score six shots to two in the next three ends, giving them a three shot advantage entering the last end. Pretenders’ captain, Lee Armstrong, reminded her players that they had faced the same scenario twice before during the season. Ken Nicholas managed to nail the kitty and when a second and third shot joined his bowl, Kookaburras’ bowls went awry or fell short of their targets. The last Pretenders bowl of the night sealed a win for them but Kookaburras had to be congratulated on their fine performance. Pretenders players were relieved and delighted, and although Kookaburras players were disappointed they should be proud of their team’s turn around from last year’s wooden spoon position to being grand final runners-up this year. Grand final scores were Pretenders 26 d Kookaburras 24, Battlers 23 d Sicilians 22.

Presentation night is at 7.30pm on June 16 at the Korumburra Italian Social Club. Everyone is invited to attend, with a friend, to join in the Lightning Premiership round of games. Even though parlor bowls has finished until September, social bias bowls at Outtrim will continue each Monday evening from 7.30pm. Last Monday’s games results had George Bentley, Lee Armstrong and Michael Matthews winning the evening. They rotated positions throughout the three games, with Michael excelling as skipper by winning his game by nine shots. Tuesday’s pennant games between Korumburra White and Fish Creek, Korumburra Blue and Buffalo, were played at Outtrim. Both Korumburra teams were pleased to win their respective games White by 14 points and Blue by one shot. Next Tuesday is the final round of pennant games before the finals.

Mardan indoor bowls BOWLING last week began with pennant on Tuesday night; both Mardan teams played the two Foster teams at Mardan, not at Foster as shown in last week’s report. Mardan Purple began the night in top spot after winning their first five matches; they played Foster Black, also undefeated and second on the ladder with fewer shots than Mardan. This was expected to be a very tight match, but it turned out to be a very one sided affair with Foster Black winning by 23 shots and moving to the top of the table with one more home and away match to play. The Mardan Purple team will recover from the shock and will be looking forward to a rematch in the first semi final if they can win their last match. Mardan Gold played the Foster Yellow team and ensured they held on to third place on the ladder with an 11 shot win. The Gold team has had just the one defeat and whatever the result in their last match they can look forward to playing in the finals. This week does see both Mardan teams

travelling to Foster where they will play the reverse fixtures from last week, sure to be some good bowling. Social bowls on Wednesday evening was again preceded by two singles matches. Rob Matthies and Ann Plowman both won, both having to play their best bowls to knock over Cliff Smith and Theresa Bateman in their respective matches. Sixteen bowlers turned out for social bowls on a night when anyone would have thought hard about leaving the comfort of the fire, four teams of four all playing two games of 10 ends. The winners on the night were gifted the win on the last bowl of the night with a most generous gesture from the opposing skipper who decided it was the right time to gently knock the kitty off the mat when in possession of a four shot match winning lead! It can happen, but not in front of so many spectators. Winners for the night with two wins were Bev Greenwood, Ian Hasty, Russel Grady and Vito Serafino (skip). Runners-up with a win and a draw were Ann Plowman, Brian Kilpin, Cliff Smith and Andy Plowman (skip), Andy being robbed of his third win in a row. Good bowling this week to everyone.

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Another win for Parrots LEONGATHA recovered from a slow start to record a comfortable victory over Drouin at the weekend.

Despite leaking five goals in the first term, the Parrots stormed home emphatically in front of a parochial visiting crowd. It makes it two in a row for Leongatha, who looked a little uncertain following losses to Sale and Morwell. With only Moe to go before starting the second round of the season’s fixtures, they find themselves inside the top five and one game away from third place. Drouin, who are in that third place position, came bursting out of the blocks and scored five goals to one in the first term. The Parrots battled hard, but they were being beaten around the stoppages as the Hawks’ quick movement of the ball made life hard. Seasoned Drouin midfielders Daniel Barrand and Andrew Soumalis worked in tandom to distribute the ball around the ground. As Leongatha’s midfield started to get on top in the second term the forwards came to the fore. Nick Nagel and Zac Griffiths were working well close to goal, while Chris Verboon was having a field day at centrehalf-forward. The hard working big man contested

countless pack situations which allowed the small forwards to gain control. At half time the Parrots had taken the lead by 16 points after only allowing Drouin the one minor score in the second term. The third quarter began as the third had ended, with Leongatha’s defensive press shutting down the home side’s ball movement. But they were eventually able to pick the gaps, and when they kicked a few on the trot the momentum had swung again. Digging deep once again saw Leongatha drag themselves from a deficit. Dylan Westaway sparked the mini fight back with a freakish running goal that had all his team-mates up and about. Both teams kicked five third term goals and at the last change the lead had increased to 17 points the way of the visitors. Another big quarter was needed, and the Parrots stepped up, continuing to pressure Drouin’s ball movement and using it well themselves. Sean Westaway made his way down the field to add a goal, while Zac Griffiths kicked goal number five to send the match beyond redemption for the Hawks. The joy was obvious for the players as the siren sounded on their fourth win of the season and the celebrations continued into the rooms.

Leongatha 16.10.106 d Drouin 12.8.80 Leongatha Best: C. Verboon, Z. Griffiths, C. Rump, J. Stone, T. Mayo, D. Westaway. Goals: Z. Griffiths 5, N. Nagel 4, S. Kilsby 2, S. Westaway 1, L. Dumont 1, R. McLennan 1, D. Westaway 1, C. Verboon 1. Drouin Best: D. Barrand, A. Soumilas, S. Proctor, W. Morris, D. Olsen, C. de Gooyer. Goals: C. Dunne 3, T. Kneebone 2, D. Barrand 2, P. McGrath 1, B. Soumilas 1, S. Proctor 1, A. Soumilas 1, K. Bott 1.

RESERVES Leongatha 7.8.50 d Drouin 4.4.28 No multiple goalkickers. Leongatha Best: P. Kindellan, J. Schelling, J. Renden, S. Marriott, J. Kennedy, J. Griffiths. Drouin Best: A. Miller, T. Berzins, M. Osborne, J. Miller, C. Berzins, C. Jagoe.

THIRDS Leongatha 12.8.80 d Drouin 4.5.29 Top goalkicker: L. Sperling (Leongatha) 4. Leongatha Best: T. Goss, L. Castagna, J. Pellicano, S. Cornelissen, R. O’Loughlin, P. Williams. Drouin Best: J. Rippon, D. Seri, J. Hall, S. Barwick, A. Barallon, L. Krygger.

FOURTHS Leongatha Drouin 4.3.27

13.13.91

Top goalkicker: B. Doran (Leongatha) 4 Leongatha Best: B. Tomada, J. Harry, J. McMillan, J. Brydon, N. Bracecamp, J. Stoll. Goals: B. Doran 4, J. Read 3, B. Vanrooy 2, J. McMillan 1, N. Bracecamp 1, B. Petersen 1, J. Stoll 1. Drouin Best: B. Miller, D. Burke, J. Kos, T. Barr, K. Godwin, B. Blum. Goals: M. Morel 1, J. Jarred 1, J. McKellar 1, T. Barr 1.

Power still surging WONTHAGGI Power has notched up another win to continue their impressive ﬁrst half of the season in the Gippsland League.

A fantastic team effort saw them defeat Bairnsdale by a comfortable 41 points. Dean Jenkins played tremendous football at half back with Wonthaggi’s defence being a real strength throughout season 2011. The Power again started the game with plenty of energy and desperation. McCarthy, White and Brosnan were all busy early on. Earl Shaw has had an outstanding year so far and played very well again. Wonthaggi kicked clear of the Red Legs especially in the second half, with Matt Kremmer giving the home side a four goal lead at the main break. Wonthaggi’s defensive pressure was again a highlight

and the Red Legs had no reply. Solohub applied many strong blocks and several vital tackles to give his side a chance to score. Wonthaggi, no longer the newest addition to the major Gippsland League, proved to their opponents Bairnsdale that they are a well tuned outﬁt. Wonthaggi pressed on in the last quarter to record a 41 point victory. The Power will now look to Warragul this weekend.

Wonthaggi Power 15.7.97 d Bairnsdale 8.8.56 Wonthaggi Power Best: D. Jenkins, S. Asa Leausa, L. White, E. Shaw, T. Wells, T. Gilliland. Goals: M. Kremmer 4, A. Winter 3, T. Wells 3, R. Underwood 2, L. McDonald 2, L. White 1. Bairnsdale Best: A. Nelson, R. Robinson, R. Kyle, J. Waddell, L. Dyer, M. Sellings. Goals: M. Preston 4, B. Cowell 1, J. Gibbs 1, J. Scott 1, L. Dyer 1.

THIRDS Bairnsdale 9.25.79 d Wonthaggi Power 2.6.18 Top goalkicker: D. McCallum and N. Storer (Wonthaggi Power) 2. Bairnsdale Best: D.M cCallum, D.

Pendergast, T. Bryan, D. Cooper, D. Walkinshaw. Wonthaggi Power Best: T. Huther, M. McCall, B. Graham, J. Membrey, J. Liddle, P. Ryan.

FOURTHS Bairnsdale 10.10.70 d Wonthaggi Power 9.9.63 Top Goalkicker: C.McPhan 2, B.Mitchell 2, D.Trask 2 (Bairnsdale) and T. Hamilton, B. Foon (Wonthaggi Power) 2. Bairnsdale Best: C. McPhan, L. Webb, J. Hammond, B. Mitchell, B. Price, D. Trask. Wonthaggi Power Best: M. Combridge, J. Membrey, A. Murray, T. Hamilton, B. Foon, B. Preston.

Dean Jenkins: the Power player showed he has all the right moves when his team met Bairnsdale on Saturday.

Safe hands: Leongatha’s John Kilsby takes a mark in front of his Drouin opponent during his sides big win on Saturday.

Gippsland League Round 8 UNDER 16

SENIORS W

L D

Pts

L D

Traralgon ...... 8 Sale ............ 7 Bairnsdale .... 5 Maffra.......... 5 Leongatha ..... 4 Won Power ......3 Warragul ..........3 Drouin ..............2 Morwell ............1 Moe..................1

GOALKICKERS M. Ferguson (Sale) ............ (6) R. Donaldson (Moe) ........... (5) N. Nagel (Leongatha) ......... (4) C. Dunne (Drouin) .............. (3) J. Gibbs (Bairnsdale).......... (1) D. McKenna (Traralgon) ..... (3) D. Bedggood (Maffra) ........ (1) Z. Griffiths (Leongatha) ...... (5) B. Martin (Sale) .................. (3) T. Johnson (Moe) ............... (3)

39 35 28 27 25 24 22 22 20 18

J. Kiss (Sale) .................... (12) B. Doran (L’gatha) .............. (4) D. Hayes (Bairnsdale) ........ (1) M. Nelson (Traralgon) ........ (3) T. Tatterson (Maffra) .......... (1) Z. Petrovic (Sale) ............... (1) J. Vucenovic (Traralgon) .... (2) P. Ryan (Won) .................... (1) J. Cunico (Traralgon) ......... (2) B. Davidson (Leongatha).... (0) R. Jacobsen (Traralgon) ..... (0)

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

LADDER W

L D

1 1 2 3 2 4 5 6 7

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

Pts

262.69 24 178.71 24 128.66 20 104.53 20 113.82 18 79.11 12 70.85 6 68.97 4 34.52 0

20 16 13 12 12 11 11 10 10 10

UNDER 18 LADDER W

L D

Pts

Bairnsdale .... 8 0 0 584.57 32 Traralgon ...... 6 1 0 221.36 24 Leongatha ..... 6 2 0 143.54 24 Sale ............ 5 2 0 269.29 20 Doruin.......... 4 3 1 130.45 18 Maffra ..............2 4 1 65.44 10 Warragul ...........1 6 0 57.77 4 Won Power .......1 6 0 34.87 4 Morwell .............0 7 0 26.85 0 GOALKICKERS J. McIntyre (Sale) .............. (0) T. Burgess (L’gatha) ........... (3) W. Siania (Bairnsdale) ........ (0) J. Brown (Warragul)........... (3) J. Scott (Bairnsdale) .......... (0) L. Sperling (L’gatha)........... (4) L. White (Traralgon) ........... (0) B. Collins (Drouin) ............. (1) N. Storer (Bairnsale) .......... (2) J. Martyn (Sale) ................. (0)

0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

426.34 415.17 260.40 123.83 125.06 80.83 42.26 64.14 39.83 20.88

Pts

32 30 22 20 16 12 12 8 4 4

GOALKICKERS

RESERVES Maffra.......... 6 Leongatha ..... 6 Sale ............ 5 Drouin ......... 5 Moe ............ 4 Traralgon ..........3 Won Power ......1 Morwell ............1 Warragul ..........0

0 0 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 7

24 22 20 20 16 16 16 14 12 0

2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 8

GOALKICKERS

Kane McCarthy: the Power gun played a blinder off the half back line on Saturday, helping to repel Bairnsdale’s attacks.

162.65 119.68 115.11 108.72 111.76 102.95 96.03 80.23 74.56 58.45

Sale ............ 6 Traralgon ...... 5 Drouin.......... 5 Won Power .... 5 Leongatha ..... 4 Maffra ..............4 Moe..................4 Bairnsdale ........3 Morwell ............3 Warragul ..........0

J. Langshaw (Maffra) ......... (5) M. Davies (Leongatha) ....... (1) C. Brown (Leongatha) ........ (0) G. Harrison (Moe) .............. (0) C. Pleydell (Maffra) ............ (3) A. Gieschen (Maffra) .......... (2) R. Tack (Won) .................... (0) P. Alger (Drouin) ................ (1) C. Dyt (Sale)....................... (1) N. Burr (Drouin) ................. (0)

Below Gone: the Power’s Paul Brosnan puts the squeeze on a hapless Bairnsdale opponent.

Other matches

LADDER

48 21 17 17 16 15 15 12 12 12

33 22 21 17 17 16 15 14 14 13 13

SENIORS Maffra 16.18.114 d Warragul 9.11.65. Moe 20.16.136 d Sale 17.9.111. Traralgon 17.13.115 d Morwell 7.9.51. RESERVES Maffra 16.10.106 d Waragul 2.4.16. Moe 7.8.50 d Sale 3.3.21. Traralgon 10.9.69 d Morwell 7.5.47. UNDER 18 Maffra 11.9.75 d Warragul 8.6.54. Traralgon 16.17.113 d Morwell 2.1.13. UNDER 16 Warragul 10.4.64 d Maffra 8.4.52. Sale 28.20.188 d Moe 0.0.0. Traralgon 14.23.107 d Morwell 1.4.10.

Fifty golden years in Leongatha football ON SATURDAY June 25, the Leongatha Football Club will be holding a reunion for the victorious Premiership teams of 1961, 1971 and 2001. It will be a highlight to have members of the 1961 Thirds and Senior side join in for the day, 50 years after winning their grand final. Sadly their numbers are somewhat depleted, but it is pleasing to note that the Senior coach, Rod Cameron, will be amongst the crowd of celebrators. Last year Leongatha celebrated a 40 year premiership reunion of the Senior side of 1970, who under coach Terry Benton, won the flag just two years after entering the major Latrobe Valley Football League. Then the following year, in 1971, the youngsters in the Thirds and Under 14 sides were victorious. These players, who formed the basis of what was to prove a very successful team-list for the future of the Leongatha Football Club, will now celebrate their 40 Year Reunion. Many players from these sides went on to play in Senior premierships, and also to take on service-roles or Junior-coaching roles at the club. Even 40 years later, Chris Winkler, who played in that Under 14 side, is now a current committee member. Leongatha Football Netball Club is grateful for, and very proud of, the longevity of club-involvement that many players and supporters have displayed over the years. In 2001, the Senior team, under the coaching of Anthony Pavey, was successful, and is now celebrating a 10 year Reunion. So too, are the C Grade and Under 18 netballers, coached by Rob VanRooy and Sue Winkler respectively. Anthony, who incidentally is still playing football, will be a guest speaker on the night. Before the game, club president, Mal Mackie, will also welcome Matt Mansfield, a 2001 premiership player and past club-coach, who will address the 2011 team before they take the field against Traralgon. Both Matt and Adrian Campbell, the current Senior coach, were members of the successful 2001 premiership team that defeated Wonthaggi in the grand final 10 years ago. Mal also offers a cordial invite to community members and all supporters to attend the game and to join in the after match celebrations at the Leongatha Recreation Reserve. Averill Holderhead can be contacted on 0408 513 665 for further details.

“THE STAR”, Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - PAGE 61

Alberton netball Foster too good for Allies Results - Round 11

June 11 A Grade: Phillip Island 44 d Fish Creek 36, Foster 104 d DWWWW 8, Korumburra-Bena 50 d Dalyston 38, Yarram 36 d Toora 35, MDU - bye, Inv-Kongwak - bye, Stony Creek - bye. B Grade: Phillip Island 41 d Fish Creek 32, Foster 67 d DWWWW 49, Dalyston 53 d Korumburra-Bena 40, Toora 84 d Yarram 12, MDU 77 d Kilcunda-Bass 34, InverlochKongwak 84 d Tarwin 22, Stony Creek - bye. C Grade: Fish Creek 32 d Phillip Island 30, Foster 47 d DWWWW 5, Dalyston 29 d Korumburra-Bena 22, MDU 54 d Kilcunda-Bass 14, Inverloch-Kongwak 38 d Tarwin 29, Toora - bye, Stony Creek - bye. 17 & Under: Fish Creek 46 d Phillip Island 14, Foster 37 d DWWWW 26, Korumburra-Bena 42 d Dalyston 27, Yarram 61 d Toora 10, MDU 54 d Kilcunda-Bass 18, InverlochKongwak 38 d Tarwin 14, Stony Creek - bye. 15 & Under: Fish Creek 38 d Phillp Island 15, Foster 26 d DWWWW 22, Korumburra-Bena 36 d Dalyston 26, Toora 51 d

Yarram 13, MDU 38 d Kilcunda-Bass 15, InverlochKongwak 33 d Tarwin 21, Stony Creek - bye. 13 & Under: Phillip Island 27 d Fish Creek 19, Foster 60 d DWWWW 1, Korumburra-Bena 17 d Dalyston 14, Yarram 44 d Toora 10, MDU 26 d Kilcunda-Bass 9, InverlochKongwak 47 d Tarwin 11, Stony Creek - bye.

Ladders A Grade Korumburra-Bena ......261.7 44 Foster............................213.5 40 Dalyston .......................227.7 36 MDU .............................143.7 36 Stony Creek ................131.4 36 Phillip Island................. 92.3 26 Fish Creek ......................90.5 24 Inverloch-Kongwak .......96.8 22 Yarram .............................77.2 20 Toora ...............................52.3 16 DWWWW.........................32.8 8 B Grade Foster............................256.0 44 Inverloch-Kongwak ....174.2 36 Dalyston .......................169.3 36 Kor-Bena ......................178.5 32 Phillip Island................125.3 32 MDU .............................124.9 32 Stony Creek................... 118.6 26 DWWWW..................... 111.6 22 Fish Creek .......................83.0 20 Toora ...............................78.5 16 Tarwin .............................40.5 12 Kil-Bass.............................54.5 8 Yarram ...............................17.5 4 C Grade Foster............................281.0 MDU .............................138.4 Kor-Bena ......................183.8 Dalyston .......................158.9 Stony Creek .................145.2 Inv-Kongwak ...............141.0 Fish Creek .....................100.3

44 40 36 36 36 28 24

Phillip Island ...................99.3 20 Toora ...............................55.3 20 Tarwin .............................64.5 16 DWWWW.........................58.6 8 Kil-Bass.............................41.7 8 17 & Under Yarram .........................317.8 44 Fish Creek ....................387.2 40 Kor-Bena ......................307.0 40 Dalyston .......................161.6 32 Phillip Island................127.1 32 MDU ............................. 110.6 28 Inv-Kongwak ................102.7 24 Stony Creek.....................86.9 24 Foster...............................54.2 20 DWWWW.......................45.1 12 Toora ...............................31.4 12 Tarwin ...............................53.1 8 Kil-Bass.............................19.3 4 15 & Under Fish Creek ....................188.5 40 Stony Creek .................185.6 40 DWWWW....................161.8 32 Inv-Kongwak ...............144.7 32 Kor-Bena ...................... 114.9 28 Foster..............................96.5 28 Toora .............................104.6 24 MDU ...............................96.1 24 Dalyston ..........................93.4 24 Phillip Island ...................84.4 16 Yarram .............................71.1 16 Tarwin ...............................52.6 8 Kilcunda-Bass ...................34.0 8 13 & Under Dalyston .......................406.8 40 Yarram .........................285.5 40 Korumburra-Bena ......323.6 38 Phillip Island................248.9 32 Fish Creek ....................238.7 32 MDU .............................147.5 28 Foster.............................139.5 28 Inv-Kongwak ................180.3 26 Toora ...............................34.2 16 Kil-Bass...........................30.0 16 Tarwin .............................30.9 12 Stony Creek.......................18.4 8 DWWWW.........................18.3 4

AFTER three weeks on the road the Allies played a home game versus Foster. The reigning premiers were quickly into top gear and had the game in the bag by half time. Injuries and work commitments have again robbed the Allies of top players but it was another opportunity for a couple of juniors to get a taste of senior football. Josh Becker and Jon Pintus stepped up to help out. For Foster their delivery of the ball to a target was spot on and Jake Best was too often quick off the mark and his afternoon’s tally of 12 goals was certainly a match winner. Foster’s game plan

of running the ball wide from fullback in set plays of two or three players then centred via Shaun Everington and Nathan Grylls then quick and low into fullforward caught the Allies out. In defence Michael O’Sullivan and Steve Buckley worked hard and on several times set up play for a move into the forward line. Unfortunately the home side can’t seem to get past chf, mainly due to the lack of height in the key positions. Still the endeavour was excellent and no one gave in. In the middle the Graeske brothers – Travis and Nathan were in and under all day and Gerald Riley did a great job - but in the key positions they are just too short.

Others to do well were Scott and Shane Kilgower, Keith Dobson and Lewis Ferguson. At half time Foster led by 12 goals and they never took the foot off the pedal for the remainder. In defence Richard

Foster 29.13.187 d DWWWW 1.5.11 Foster best: J. Best, S. Everington, M. Aabryn, M. Fleming, N. Grylls, S. Hawking Goals: J. Best 12, R. Johnston 3, S. Zachariassen 3, T. Bartholomew 3, T. King 2, M. Fleming 1, M. Eales 1, S. Chaseling 1, S. Hawking 1, T. Howe 1, L. Galle 1 DWWWW best: N. Graeske, T. Graeske, L. Ferguson, M. O’Sullivan, A. Elkassaby, W. Colbert Goals: G. Riley 1 RESERVES

Foster 19.12.126 d DWWWW 14.5.89 Top goalkicker: G. Haye (Foster) 8. Foster best: J. Williams, J. Prowd, M. Green, D. Smith, G. Haye, L. Jones DWWWW best: K. Sellings, B.

Johnson and Co are safe and sure in the clearances and must be in with a chance for another ﬂag. Saturday was a big day for the Becker family as Shaun, Damien and Josh represented the Allies Senior 18.

Smith, D. Quigley, M. Jabar, B. Asif, B. Asif THIRDS

Foster 12.6.78 d DWWWW 5.5.35 Top goalkicker: M. Green (Foster) 4. Foster best: D. Hateley, M. Howell, M. Allott, M. Prowd, J. Prowd, S. Davies DWWWW best: A. Parry, B. Reed, S. Tillack, B. Vardy, B. O’Loughlin, E. Paterson FOURTHS

Foster 11.3.69 d DWWWW 0.1.1 Top goalkicker: E. Staley 7. Foster best: B. Thomas, H. Griggs, M. Green, L. Coffey, B. Hateley, K. Bohn DWWWW best: S. Gamlin, R. Benis, A. Moore, D. Skarratt, S. Vening, B. Weston

Yarram pumps Toora WITH Yarram desperate for a win after a fairly poor season so far and Toora keen to show some improvement over last week’s thrashing, the stage was set for what looked to be an interesting clash at the Toora oval, held in perfect conditions. Sadly the anticipated close contest was not to be. Yarram won the toss and kicked to the beach end and had two goals on the board in the ﬁrst two minutes and by quarter time they led by six goals to one and the game was effectively over.

They had a superb forward in Josh Swift who kicked 11 goals for the day, many of them from long distances and on tight angles. He was ably assisted by Clinton Pattinson, Wellesley Jenkins and Rodney Jameison who kicked three each. Yarram were too strong around the ground, with Lukas Jenkins taking marks at will and what he missed was mopped up by Matt Clavarino and Chris Bruns in a good exhibition of team football. In the next three quarters they kicked eight, eight and ﬁve goals while restricting Toora to just six goals for the game, all kicked by different players. Toora as usual tried hard to stem the tide and played the game out.

They had good players in Al Green, Beau McGuinness and Leon Green but they lack good forwardline players and are having real problems getting the ball past the centre-halfforward position. If they are to be a competitive team in the future they will have to recruit some outside players to assist the good players that they have and give their supporters something to cheer about. Toora are at home to Stony Creek next Saturday which looks like another tough game for them, while Yarram travel to Fish Creek and will need to play at their best to roll the Kangaroos.

Close checking: MDU goal defender Louise Bruce was making sure KilcundaBass’ Courtney Graeme didn’t slip away.

Attacking pose: Kilcunda-Bass’ Courtney Maxwell was ready to make her next move.

Scrappy game: the Fourths game was a closely contested one, with Toora coming out on top.

Yarram 27.18.180 d Toora 6.5.41

Yarram 7.15.57 d Toora 3.11.29

Yarram best: J. Swift, M. Clavarino, C. Bruns, L. Jenkins, J. Reid, L. Borne Goals: J. Swift 11, C. Pattinson 3, W. Jenkins 3, R. Jamieson 3, R. Coulthard 2, C. Sutherland 2, L. Borne 1, B. Lynch 1, A. Holt 1 Toora best: A. Green, B. McGuinness, L. Green, K. Sparkes, P. Hollier, M. Brown Goals: P. Grant 1, D. McKean 1, J. Maurilli-Pullin 1, T. Allott 1, M. Brown 1, B. McGuinness 1 RESERVES

Top goalkicker: R. Durkin (Yarram) 2. Yarram best: M. Leggett, L. Butler, D. Coulthard, J. Anderson, R. Durkin, A. Bland Toora best: S. Kohlman, P. Hatzakortzian, J. Hinkley, H. Hanratty, K. Maskell, B. Stone THIRDS

Toora 11.7.73 d Yarram 10.10.70 Top goalkicker: J. Toner (Toora) 5. Toora best: W. Stoitse, S. Brett, K. Holmes, Z.

Clavarino, J. Toner Yarram best: L. Le Blanc, B. Davis, D. Hay, A. Holt, P. Le Blanc, K. Shrubb FOURTHS

Toora 9.4.58 d Yarram 4.4.28 Top goalkicker: J. Clifton (Toora) 4. Toora best: M. Harris, V. Ditta, S. Fischer, J. Clifton, M. Edwards, R. Rawson Yarram best: L. Rodaughan, P. Shrubb, A. Liversidge.

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Sea Eagles hold Sharks at bay SENIORS LADDER W L D

Pts

Kil-Bass ......10 0 0 200.35 Kor-Bena ...... 8 2 0 185.32 Foster .......... 7 2 0 181.85 MDU............ 6 3 0 153.15 Fish Creek..... 6 4 0 147.28 Inv-Kongwak .. 6 4 0 117.07 Dalyston ...........5 4 0 160.70 Stony Creek 5 4 0 113.11 Phillip Island ....4 6 0 111.63 Yarram .............4 6 0 106.40 Tarwin ................1 9 0 62.94 Toora ..................1 8 0 26.58 DWWWW .........0 11 0 19.69

40 32 28 24 24 24 20 20 16 16 4 4 0

GOALKICKERS L. James (Kil-Bass) ............ (4) C. Maskell (Kor-Bena) ........ (5) T. Bartholomew (Foster)..... (3) B. Anderson (Fish Creek) ... (3) J. Best (Foster) ................ (12) C. Graham (Dalyston) ........ (2) J. Wells (Kil-Bass).............. (5) J. Swift (Yarram) .............. (11) T. Krause (Inv-Kongwak) .... (2) M. Standfield (Fish Creek) .. (0)

72 44 43 38 36 34 31 27 26 26

RESERVES LADDER W L D

Pts

Kor-Bena .....10 0 0 325.08 40 Dalyston ....... 8 1 0 363.60 32 Fish Creek..... 8 2 0 269.97 32 Kil-Bass ....... 7 3 0 174.44 28 Phillip Island . 6 3 0 165.69 28 Tarwin ......... 5 5 0 99.06 20 MDU................5 4 0 97.87 20 Foster ...............4 5 0 105.98 16 Inv-K’wak .........3 7 0 124.23 12 Stony Creek .....3 6 0 73.60 12 DWWWW ...........1 10 0 32.31 4 Toora ................1 8 0 21.45 4 Yarram .............1 9 0 19.06 4 GOALKICKERS L. Wilkinson (Dalyston)...... (1) 47 R. Quaife (Kor-Bena) .......... (3) 46 K. Taylor (PI) ...................... (0) 24 J. Jackson (Inv-Kongwak).. (0) 23 J. Wallis (Kor-Bena) ........... (1) 21 B. Redpath (Fish Creek) ..... (0) 18 D. Jenkins (Fish Creek) ...... (1) 18 B. Vague (Kil-Bass) ............ (0) 18 M. Boyle (Dalyston) ........... (2) 16 G. Haye (Foster) ................. (8) 14 O. Milton (Kil-Bass)............ (4) 14 S. Cunningham (Kil-Bass) .. (0) 14 D. Smith (Foster) ............... (0) 14 N. Cant (Inv-Kongwak)........(0 14 S. McRae (Tarwin) ............. (0) 14

The Sea Eagles ground looked in pristine condition after the three week break from serious football thanks to the efforts by the Reserve committee led by Graeme Laird and Brian Dennerly. I-K won the toss and kicked to the town end favoured by a slight breeze. They began the game brightly with the ever alert Travis Krause capitalising on the good work up field from Tom Wyatt and Adam Cross who booted the ball off the ground for the first major of the game. Tense desperate football where neither side could break clear resulted in eight ball-ups in a row at the next centre bounce. I-K finally broke the stale-mate when they forced the ball clear to find 150 gamer Brad Hayse 30 metres out; unfortunately only a point resulted. At the 10 minute mark, wingman Dylan Clark moved forward to take a strong chest mark to kick the home side’s second. Clark was dominating his position with his high marking and intelligent football sense. He continually moved the ball forward into a scoring position for no result. Tarwin defenders William Nye and Brian Launder were making life hard for the home side. I-K full-forward Corey Chapman received a free from 30 mtr out; his kick split the centre. Two minutes later he was on the end of a brilliant 40 mtr pass from back-man Mat Coyne to kick his second. Tarwin rallied to record the last goal of the quarter when Tom Williamson slotted one from 50 out. It was goal for goal in the third term. First it was I-K with Chapman kicking his second. Tarwin retaliated with the next two, hitting the front for the first time. Tom Wyatt with the aid of a 50 mtr penalty regained the

lead three minutes later. The ever creative Sadler found Cross for another. Tarwin again responded with a great mark and goal from Tarwin’s Cann. Poor defence from the home side allowed him to spin out of a tackle for another. I-K got the break from the centre where Rising Star nominee Cameron Allum thumped the ball forward for Sadler to gain another possession, he pin-pointed another pass, this time to Nathan Cant, who never let him down. Dylan Clark took a screamer to record the last goal for the term. Tarwin’s best player Williamson grabbed a strong contested mark to bring his team to within six points. Corey Chapman responded one minute later with his third. I-K captain Tim Thornby and fellow defender Mark Billows were outstanding this term, gaining many possessions. This didn’t stop the Sharks from kicking the next six pointer though. I-K came back again one minute later with a Chapman handball to Pat Jobling who broke a strong tackle to whack it through from close range. It was raining goals when Will Rankin gained control at the bounce and gave the ball to Sadler who moved it on to Cross who in turn found Chapman, he played on to kick a vital goal. Williamson added another for Tarwin who would not lie down. Again I-K retaliated, winning the next centre clearance. Pat Jobling broke clear to handball to Clarke who found Krause for his second. The Sharks replied two minutes later. The game was still up for grabs until Will Rankin replied again for I-K to make the game safe. In a ﬁtting ﬁnale to his 150th Brad Hayse kicked the last goal of the day to complete a memorable day.

Pts

402.33 363.34 268.73 217.54 197.94 268.85 107.83 44.53 39.93 35.27 35.21 33.33 32.42

40 36 28 28 28 24 20 12 12 8 8 4 3

GOALKICKERS J. Goewie (Kil-Bass) ........... (0) M. Green (Foster) ............... (4) J. Meade (Kor-Bena) .......... (1) D. Vardy (DWWWW).......... (2) K. Salama (Kil-Bass) .......... (2) P. Pattison (Kor-Bena) ........ (0) M. Howell (Dalyston) ......... (0) J. Black (PI) ....................... (0) J. Hughes (PI) .................... (0) M. Schreck (Dalyston) ....... (1)

39 37 34 29 26 26 20 18 18 17

Kil-Bass ..... 10 0 Kor-Bena ......9 1 Phillip Island .7 3 MDU............ 7 2 Foster ..........7 2 Dalyston .......6 3 DWWWW ........5 6 Fish Creek .......3 7 Toora ...............3 6 Stony Creek.....2 7 Yarram ............2 8 Tarwin .............1 9 Inv-Kongwak ...1 9

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

UNDER 15

LADDER Kor-Bena .....10 0 0 608.64 Fish Creek..... 9 1 0 850.45 Dalyston ....... 8 1 0 612.33 Phillip Island . 6 3 0 258.42 Kil-Bass ....... 6 3 0 240.00 Foster .......... 6 3 0 180.91 Inv-Kongwak ....5 5 0 130.65 Stony Creek......3 5 0 61.74 DWWWW .........3 8 0 31.14 Toora ................2 7 0 11.83 MDU.................1 8 0 21.51 Tarwin ..............1 9 0 20.16 Yarram ...........0 10 0 15.78

40 36 32 28 28 24 20 16 12 8 4 4 0

GOALKICKERS J. Buckland (Fish Creek) .... (6) E. Staley (Foster)................ (7) N. Arney (Kil-Bass) ............ (5) J. Hopkins (Kor-Bena) ........ (1) B. Johnston (PI)................. (0) O. Bates (Dalyston) ............ (0) B. Dorling (Kor-Bena)......... (0) G. Staley (Fish Creek)......... (2) M. Boyd (Kor-Bena) ........... (1) M. Manteit (PI)................... (0)

43 40 36 32 27 25 24 23 21 20

Inverloch-Kongwak best: A. Cross, T. Wyatt, T. Krause, D. Clark, T. Thornby, C. Chapman Goals: C. Chapman 5, W. Rankin 2, T. Krause 2, D. Clark 2, N. Cant, P. Joblin , B. Hayes, T. Wyatt, A. Sadler, A. Cross. Tarwin best: T. Williamson, W. Nye, J. McKenzieEdwards, A. Jelbart, J. Cann, B. Launder Goals: T. Williamson 5, J. Cann 4, A. Jelbart 2, J. McMicking 1, J. Chalmers 1, J. McKenzie-Edwards 1 RESERVES

Tarwin 11.7.73 d Inverloch-Kongwak 10.2.62 Top goalkickers: B. Dummett (Inverloch-Kongwak) and M. Howard (Tarwin) 3. Tarwin best: G. Brennan, W. Joplin, J. Holloway, N.

IT WAS another beautiful winter’s day at the Panthers’ den with the ground again in great condition after recent heavy rains.

LADDER %

Inverloch-Kongwak 17.17.119 d Tarwin 14.5.89

McRae, R. Brack, D. Leggo Best Players: C. McCaughan, S. Buxton, L. Rankin, W. Holmes, D. Houston, B. Miller THIRDS

Inverloch-Kongwak 10.12.72 d Tarwin 4.15.39 Top Goalkicker: T. Beckerleg 4 (Inverloch-Kongwak) Inverloch best: A. Dowie, J. Truman, E. Storti, B. Fisher, L. Johnson, J. Harris

FOURTHS Inverloch-Kongwak 12.12.84 d Tarwin 1.3.9 Top goalkicker: T. Taylor (Inverloch-Kongwak) 4. Inverloch-Kongwak best: J. Ritchie, W. Piasente, J. Burton, S. Hayes, J. Dowie, T. Taylor Tarwin best: N. Lomax, J. Van der Kolk, B. Ellen, M. Chalmers, L. Keily, J. Simpson

Killy-Bass wipes another challenger

UNDER 18 W L D

Ignorance is bliss: Tarwin’s Todd Lomax plans a move upﬁeld, but little does he know that Inverloch-Kongwak’s Will Rankin is ready to pounce.

Hugging the boundary: MDU’s Jason Wilson does his best to keep the ball in during a tight contest against Kilcunda-Bass.

Kilcunda Bass 16.12.108 d MDU 9.12.66 Kilcunda-Bass best: C. Endres, D. Holmes, R. Fitzgerald, J. Wells, J. Attenborough, A. Miller Goals: J. Wells 5, L. James 4, B. Vague 3, D. Holmes 1, S. Cunningham 1, J. Attenborough 1, C. Endres 1 MDU best: B. Maxwell, C. Hutcheson, C. Johnston, D. ADKINS, T. Trotman, L. Smith Goals: B. Maxwell 3, C. Hutcheson 2, J. Sinclair 1, S. Clark 1, A. Harris 1, C. Johnston 1 RESERVES

Kilcunda Bass 14.9.93 d MDU 10.7.67 Top goalkicker: O. Milton (Kilcunda-Bass) 4. Kilcunda Bass best: O. Milton, J. Turner, B. Varker, D. Wells, D. Foss, D. Snowden MDU best: M. Smith, B. Densley, C. Tohiariki, P. Harris, B. Carrothers, T. Jans THIRDS

Kilcunda Bass 13.6.84 d MDU 2.7.19 Top goalkicker: T. Charles (Kilcunda Bass) 5. Kilcunda Bass best:L. Andersen, D. Clay, J. MacIntyre, N. Milton, J. Turner, C. Smith MDU best: B. Thomas (Jnr), T. Harris, R. Olden, T. Davison, N. Moore, M. Olden FOURTHS

Kilcunda Bass 11.11.77 d MDU 0.1.1 Top goalkicker: N. Arney (Kilcunda Bass) 5. Kilcunda Bass best: M. Homer, B. McInroy-Howard, S. Hammond, S. Casey, T. Thatcher, N. Arney Mdu best: Not supplied.

Top placed Kilcunda-Bass took on third placed MDU, and they knew this would be a big challenge for their Senior group. The first half showed exactly that. As MDU came out to play they had scored the first three goals, before the great play of Jess Attenborough put the Panthers on the board. The game then became very even, with the midfield starting to run and intensify their tackling, with the likes of Jarrod Attenborough and Chris Endres. Delivery to livewire forward Luke James was wasteful, with a lot of missed opportunities, but the Panthers still went in at half time two goals up. Coach Stevie O’Bryan knew his guys

could lift their pressure and intensity in the second half, and they did. Again Jess and Jarrod Attenborough were in everything. They lifted the side, and the half forward line went into gear with Jason Wells and Benny Vague dominating the goals, and Luke James backing them up. The back line also stood up to the challenge with Adam Miller, Damian Holmes, Chops Smith and Stevie O’Bryan giving the opposition very little, and the boys to their credit came home with a comfortable seven goal win. This week will be another big challenge, taking on last year’s premiers Foster, but if Kilcunda-Bass keep playing as a team and keep up the conﬁdence and respect for each other, they can win this game, and turn a good season into a very good season. Keep up the good work boys and good luck.

Fish Creek goes down to Island FISH Creek had the chance to give themselves some breathing space on Saturday with a win over Phillip Island. After starting well in the first quarter with goals to Stanfield and Anderson the wheels fell off for the Kangaroos and they gave up the next seven goals of the match through the remainder of the first quarter and into the second. Phillip Island got on top through their backline and midfield and kept Fish Creek goalless from the 10 minute mark of the first quarter until the six minute mark of the third. Things were not going the way of Fish Creek with a number of unlucky bounces not helping, and when they lost Travis Manne in the second quarter with concussion it was going to be a hard road. Phillip Island took a 33 point lead

into half time with winners all over the ground. Fish Creek gave their supporters a little hope when they kicked the first goal of the second half only minutes in against the run of play, but Phillip Island got straight back on top and kicked the next two to make it nine of the last 10 goals. Fish Creek kicked the last two goals of the quarter to go into the final break down by 26 points. Fish Creek had to kick the first couple of goals fairly quickly to be any chance of winning, but this was not to be, they continued to cough the ball up and Phillip Island kicked the first two of the term and put the game beyond doubt. Ten separate goal kickers for the Island to four for Fishy and Phillip Island were very pleased with a great win over a very hot and cold Fish Creek side.

Phillip Island 13.10.88 d Fish Creek 6.6.42

Staley, J. Danckert THIRDS

Phillip Island best: T. Oke, D. Larsson, J. Docherty, L. Cleeland, M. Price, M. Wright Goals:L. Woolford 2, S. Murdoch 2, D. Larsson 2, J. Elson 1, J. Docherty 1, B. Lawrence 1, L. Cleeland 1, T. Daff 1, T. Oke 1, A. Stock 1 Fish Creek best: N. Barry, J. Rouda, L. Pratt, T. Price, R. Smith, B. Anderson Goals: B. Anderson 3, B. Edwards 1, D. Jago 1, M. Watkins 1 RESERVES

Phillip Island 13.14.92 d Fish Creek 1.1.7

Phillip Island 8.9.57 d Fish Creek 7.4.46 Top goalkicker: K. McIntosh 2, H. Harrison 2 (Phillip Island) and M. Van Boven (Fish Creek) 2. Phillip Island best: K. McIntosh, S. Gheller, A. O’Gorman, S. Kirton, A. Goyne, D. Sanna Fish Creek best: P. Mueller, J. Spokes, K. Staff, C. Bawden, R.

Top goalkicker: Z. Wagner (Phillip Island) 4. Phillip Island best: A. Officer, A. Redmond, S. Taylor, M. Jones, T. Sandbach Fish Creek best: A. Straw, T. Smith, Z. Redpath, J. McDonaldEckersall, S. Dorling, B. Demaria FOURTHS

Fish Creek 13.11.89 d Phillip Island 4.1.25 Top goalkicker: J. Buckland (Fish Creek) 6. Fish Creek best: E. Park, J. Flanders, J. O’Sullivan, G. Park, J. Buckland Phillip Island best: J. Wright, A. Hunter, J. Black, A. Edwards, B. Kenter, F. Meade

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Demons meet on future

YARRAM Football Club members are being urged to attend a meeting next week to discuss whether or not they will stay in the Alberton Football League.

But the issue of where to play football is just one of the many items that will be under discussion on Wednesday, June 22. Other big issues include the club’s future viability, the merger of Yarram Football Club and Yarram Netball Club and the problems facing junior football. The club has already sounded out the North Gippsland Football League as a possible new home. In a letter to members the club wrote: To all Yarram Football and Netball club members, supporters, sponsors and friends. It is no secret that the current local conﬁguration of football clubs (senior and junior) has placed pressure on all local clubs. Similarly demographics, changing work patterns and lifestyles have also changed the ways and times people spend their recreation time. As part of an ongoing conversation Yarram Football Club

Talking the talk: YFC president Peter Jenkins is encouraging members, supporters and sponsors to attend a meeting on Wednesday, June 22 to talk about the club’s future. invites all stakeholders to an open forum to discuss future directions of our club and to gain an insight into people’s opinions and thoughts. We are Yarram’s Football Club, ﬁrst and foremost and we want the people of Yarram to help shape our future. This is a chance for everyone to make a contribution, ultimately of course only the members of our club

will determine our future direction. Club president Peter Jenkins was not willing to speculate on whether Yarram FC would go to the North Gippsland Football League or stay put. “That’s the whole idea of the meeting. We’re trying to get all our members, supporters, sponsors, players – the whole lot together – and dis-

cuss it all. Which way it goes is sort of undecided at this stage,” he said. “We’re looking at all options. We’ve got to weigh up the best thing for the footy club and that’s what this is all about. We’ve got to go through the process and all our options, and whether Alberton’s the best fit for us. “At this stage we don’t know because we’ve got to go through the process.” Mr Jenkins said the club would “certainly look at everything” during the meeting. “It will be a fairly extensive survey over everyone involved at the footy club to decide which is the best fit for us going forward,” he said. “At this stage there’s been no decision made. But we should have an outcome within the next few weeks. We’ll certainly have more to report.” Mr Jenkins said having three clubs in the region had made life difficult. “It’s about fulfilling your obligations as a football club to your league as well. We’ve been struggling with juniors this year. It’s a matter of too many teams and not enough individ-

uals to ﬁll them,” he said. “That will have to rationalise itself in some way, shape or form in the future. It’s all about what’s best for us, I suppose. The strain of having three clubs in a small region has put pressure on us, but the same would go for DWWWW and Woodside.” Alberton Football League president John Schelling said it would be a “disappointment” to see Yarram FC leave the league, but he was happy the club was discussing its future. “It’s a positive step for them to look at their club as a whole. It’s a positive step to engage the community to ensure the survival of the Yarram footy club,” he said. “They certainly need an injection of people and there’s some issues there with junior age footballers and what’s coming in the future. So I think any meeting like this is a positive one for them. “We’ll support them in any way we can.” Mr Schelling said Yarram FC was one of the inaugural members of the AFL, along with DWWWW FC. “The rest of us have jumped on board as time has gone on,” he said.

Dalyston dodges Bulldogs’ bite DALYSTON managed to hold off the bite of the Bulldogs on the weekend with an unexpected three goal win.

On the move: Dalyston’s Dean Wylie looks to set up the next passage of play in his team’s clash with Korumburra Bena on Saturday.

AFL call-up for Killy-Bass’s Golby ABOUT 100 locals from KilcundaBass Football Club and around the area gathered, along with family and friends, to see KilcundaBass Football Club’s Mitch Golby debut for the Brisbane Lions against Carlton at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Mitch is the second AFL player to come out of the Kilcunda-Bass Club and everyone was excited with the news that he got the call up and that all his hard work and determination had paid off for him. Mitch was given the job on Carlton’s speedster forward, Jeff Garlett. He kept Garlett to 16 disposals whilst racking up 16 himself, 11 kicks and ﬁve handballs.

Garlett ended up with two goals although one was gifted to him by a free kick from a teammate. Michael Voss was happy with his backline and understood they were under the pump all day. It’s been a long road for Mitch after having three knee operations in

the past two years. He has played only nine games since his ﬁrst knee operation two years ago. He was preparing for a Lions Reserves game in Darwin when he got called to Vossy’s ofﬁce last Wednesday. He was surprised but felt ready to be elevated from the Rookie list for the big

clash with the Blues. Mitch was pleased with his own game but straight away admitted the hard work was just beginning to be able to cement a place in the side. Mitch and his family thank everyone for their best wishes and kind thoughts over the past week.

The Magpies got off to a great start kicking well with four goals in the first as well as slowing down Korumburra-Bena. The visitors could only manage one goal and two behinds and trailed by 16 at the first break. Both teams became hungry in the second and started going harder at the ball. Dalyston managed more scoring shots but just couldn’t convert as well as in the first. Despite the wayward kicking they still held a 12 point lead at half time. Being ahead was a pleasant surprise for the home crowd as they came up against number two on the ladder.

Dalyston 14.6.90 d Korumburra-Bena 11.6.72 Dalyston best: J. Sibly, R. Jennings, P. McKenna, C. Graham, S. Cicala, D. Brown Goals:A. Russell 4, M. Rosendale 2, C. Graham 2, D. Wylie 1, P. Dunlop 1, A. Donohue 1, R. Jennings 1, B. Carew 1, M. Garnham 1 Korumburra-Bena best: C. Maskell, D. Mayman, B. Anthony, A. Hillberg, S. Bray, S. Braithwaite Goals: C. Maskell 5, A. Hillberg 2, N. Besley 2, W. Jeffs 1, L. Van Rooye 1 RESERVES

Korumburra-Bena 9.8.62 d Dalyston 8.6.54 Top goalkicker: R. Quaife (Korumburra-Bena) 3. Korumburra-Bena best: T. Olden, A. Ward, J. Hopkins, J. Wallis, J. Fowles, T. Findlay Dalyston best: C. Bowman, A.

In the Bulldogs room at half time the importance of action was stressed and it was time for Korumburra-Bena to prove their worth. The Magpies held their own in the third and continued their good form, managing to stretch the lead back out to 19 by three quarter time. It was crunch time for the Bulldogs and they just couldn’t step it up for the final quarter. The Magpies held off an onslaught by the visitors and managed to come out on top with a final margin of 18. The victory will give Dalyston a confidence boost coming into their clash against Inverloch-Kongwak next week.

Wallis, J. McRae, S. Coldebella, R. Birnie, K. Donohue THIRDS

Korumburra-Bena 18.9.117 d Dalyston 6.2.38 Top Goalkicker: I. Osman (Korumburra-Bena) 11. Korumburra-Bena best: I. Osman, L. Auddino, B. Cosson, K. Spokes, A. O’Neill, J. Harris Dalyston best: N. Ridley, J. Alexander, A. Schreck, B. Wardle, J. Ray-Angarane, J. Connell FOURTHS

Korumburra-Bena 4.15.39 d Dalyston 3.7.25 No multiple goal kickers Korumburra-Bena best: B. Dorling, C. Hansen, N. Somerville, M. Snooks, J. O’Neill, H. Suckling Dalyston best: M. MCCoy, K. Kirk, J. Thomas, N. Bainbridge, C. Hill, O. Bates

Two weeks for striking ON June 7, a tribunal found Dylan Holland of Phillip Island guilty of striking Paul Pattison of Korumburra-Bena in the ﬁrst quarter of the Under 18s game at Phillip Island on June 4. Proud parents: mum and dad, Paul and Debbie Golby, catch up with Mitch after his Brisbane Lions debut.

Holland was suspended for two weeks. This week’s Umpire Show Rounds on June 18, 2011 are: Dalyston v Inverloch-Kongwak. MDU v Korumburra-Bena.

FOOTY DRAWS THIS WEEKEND ALBERTON Round 12 - June 18 Dalyston v Inv-Kongwak Toora v Stony Creek Phillip Island v Tarwin Kilcunda-Bass v Foster MDU v Kor-Bena Fish Creek v Yarram DWWWW - bye

MID GIPPSLAND Round 10 - June 18 Thorpdale v Yall-Yall North Yarragon v Boolarra Hill End v Newborough Morwell East v Trafalgar Yinnar v Mirboo North

GIPPSLAND Round 9 - June 18 Warragul v Wonthaggi Morwell v Maffra Sale v Traralgon Leongatha v Moe Bairnsdale v Drouin

ELLINBANK Round 11 - June 18 Garfield v Lang Lang Koo Wee Rup v Warragul Ind Ellinbank v Longwarry Bunyip v Catani Poowong v Nar Nar Goon Neerim Nrm Sth v Cora Lynn Nilma Darnum v Buln Buln Nyora - bye

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Panthers on By Jacob de Kunder KILCUNDA-BASS sits atop the Alberton ladder midway through the 2011 season and looks the goods, but the club has some huge games coming up. League president John Schelling said before the start of the season, the Panthers were a team to watch this year and his prediction was right. The Panthers haven’t made a Seniors ﬁnal in about 21 years but that will most likely change this year, as the team is deﬁnitely the main contender. Eleven rounds straight and Kilcunda-Bass stands undefeated after taking on previously number three on the ladder, MDU, on the weekend, winning by 42 points. Club president Luke Hill said the key to this year’s success was new recruits.

“We have about ut seven or so new recruits in our Seniors side this season eason and that has givenn us more depth,” he said. id. Over Easter thee boys took the Erik Marks Cup from rivals Phillip Island in a three point blockbuster, and took home the John Walsh Cup when they defeatedd Dalyston by 11 points ints in Round 7. They got on top of Fish Creek by four in Round 9.

the prowl

Top recruit: Kilcunda-Bass pick-up Luke James is currently leading the goalkicking with 72 goals.

A star pick-up for the club this year has been Luke James, who entered the league from Catani this season. “Luke has been a great asset to us up forward and just goes out there and gets the job done,” Mr Hill said. Leadership in the Seniors comes from Steve O’Bryan as coach and Tim Smith as assisting coach. Both are 23-years-old. As the boys look towards ﬁnals, they aim to just keep doing what they’ve been doing and maintain their aggression and commitment. Tough games lie ahead for the top team, taking on last year’s premiers Foster, who sit third on the ladder this weekend and go in for a top of the table clash with the Korumburra-Bena Bulldogs in Round 13, which will surely be a great game to watch.