The Great Southern Star - November 1, 2011 by The Great Southern Star

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Bring on exams

Dressed to impress: Korumburra Secondary College students got into the spirit of Muck Up Day on Friday. Leading the way were Amy Fowles, Meg Kerr, Shelby Arestia, Krystal Condoluci, Jess Nixon, Bec Appleton, Lauren Cosson and Kate Kilpatrick. The Year 12 students marked the end of their formal schooling before exams start this week by dressing up as the cast of the animated television show, Sailor Moon. The Star today presents a pictorial of VCE celebrations around South Gippsland. Turn to page 18 for more fun, antics and imaginative costumes.

Bomb threat By Tony Giles

SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council received a bomb threat just days before the unveiling of Mirboo North’s Sam the Koala bronze sculpture on Saturday. An anonymous caller threatened to either blow up the sculpture or run over it with a tractor.

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Sam the Koala sculpture vandalised

Mayor Cr Warren Raabe conﬁrmed yesterday (Monday) that a call had been made to council last Wednesday with those intentions. Cr Raabe said council took the call seriously, reporting the matter to police. It was decided that no action be taken overnight on Friday, October 28 - the eve of the unveiling on

Saturday morning in Baromi Park. The sculpture was neither blown up nor run over by a tractor, however vandals did attack the sculpture on Friday night, splashing paint over the artwork. Yellow words painted on the front and back of the sculpture declared “Sam is a Scam”. Cr Raabe told The Star while the

vast majority of the community of Mirboo North was right behind the project, “there is a faction that is against it”. “It was extremely disappointing to hear the sculpture had been grafﬁtied. It was mischievous and unnecessary,” he said. Mirboo North and District Recov-

ery Committee chairman, Ned Dennis, said that thanks to tremendous community spirit, volunteers on Saturday morning cleaned up the front of the statue and the ofﬁcial proceedings were held without interruption. Mr Dennis fortunately uncovered the sculpture at about 8.15am on Saturday and noticed the grafﬁti. “Sam is a Scam” was written twice on the front and once on the back. Continued on page 6.

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Halloween spooks

Creative Meeniyan

Hospital revealed

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Scary stuff at Coal Creek GHOSTS, goblins, vampires, and all manner of other scary creatures, were out and about at Coal Creek’s Halloween celebrations on Saturday night. The event is growing year by year, with the popular trick or treat

trail drawing countless ghouls to the Korumburra park. Creepy critters did the monster mash in the disco, while other blood-spattered party-goers rocked out to frightening local acts. “It was a fantastic night. Just over 4000 people came through the gates,” Coal Creek co-ordinator Rowena

Ashley said. “A huge majority came from outside of the area as well, which shows that we’re bringing a big economy into here from outside of the shire. “For an event that size to be held in Korumburra is pretty cool.”

Ghoulishly good: Kor burra’s Ellie Newto umn made the perfect witch.

Crazy creatures: Leongatha’s Laura, Belinda and Kate Brennan got into the Halloween mood by bringing out their inner mummy, witch and zombie.

Scary dude: Korumburra’s Gavin Van Eede was a frighteningly good Beetlejuice.

Saucy stuff: Bena’s Rory and Blake Byrne with the sharp Madison Fletcher.

A frightening family: Lachlan Pollard, Justin O’Brien, Simone Naismith and Dylan O’Brien were perfectly suited to the Halloween celebrations.

were hairwn, Isaac Muldoon and Tom Barker Wigging out: Will Barker, Jordan Bro raisingly scary.

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Clean up ’Gatha eyesore By Brad Lester THE former Leongatha Primary School site has been over-run by vandals and is overgrown.

The large block – a potential prime piece of real estate – has been labelled as a “disgrace” and angry residents are calling on the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development to tidy the premises. The site has remained vacant since the end of last year, when the primary school relocated to a new site within the Leongatha Education Precinct. Community College Gippsland – formerly Education Centre Gippsland – was due to move into the site but a lease is yet to be conﬁrmed. Former classrooms have been left to decay and grass is long, posing a ﬁre hazard and a snake haven. Worse still, children continue to play there. Holes have been smashed in the walls of the former Carol Smillie Centre and windows in other buildings broken. Leongatha resident Greg Twite walks through the site regularly and was dismayed. “A major asset in this town is the old Leongatha Primary School site and it’s a disgrace in the middle of town,” he told a public meeting of South Gippsland Shire Council last Wednesday. Leongatha North man Chris Howard added: “It’s the Bronx. “If I lived in Horn Street, I would be getting a petition up.” The meeting also heard people were using the site “as a squat”. “It’s a building that could have been put to good service and it’s just being

Not on: Darryl McGannon, president of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and South Gippsland Shire Councillor Jim Fawcett, get lost in the grass at the old school site.

destroyed. It’s a building that should have been used. It’s got to the stage where it’s not worth ﬁxing it,” Mr Twite said. “It needs to be a safe spot and it’s not, and it’s an asset sitting there.” Cr Jim Fawcett said the department should hear the community’s discontent. “Do not let the education department get off lightly,” he said, telling The Star on Friday the department had a duty of care to maintain the site and reduce the need for repairs in the long run. “It’s stuck in the middle of a Residential One Zone and they (the department) have got an obligation to maintain it to ensure it does not impinge on the amenity of neighbours.” Council’s community strengthening

manager Ned Dennis said he understood the college had wanted to use a portion of the site, but with conditions. “The new tenant did not want to move into a new site that is a mess,” he told the council meeting. Darryl McGannon, president of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, informed the meeting council should be lobbying the education department on the community’s behalf. “Councillors should be representing us and saying it’s an eyesore and it’s an opportunity that will be wasted,” he told the meeting. “We should not have to bring it to a forum like this for something to be done.” Kevin Mealing, the education department’s regional director-

operations, said a contractor had been paid to mow the site frequently and was due to mow the grass yesterday (Monday). But when The Star inspected the site at 2.30pm, the grass was untouched. “If it’s been let go, then we will chase that up,” he said. Council CEO Tim Tamlin has pledged to contact the education department in a bid to have the site addressed. Cr Fawcett said removing the buildings to make way for a park could cost up to $1.5 million and said with McIndoe Park nearby, there was hardly a need for another reserve. Community College Gippsland is still planning to move to the site and has raised the condition of the site with

Desal delay to boost economy By Jane Ross WHILE the long delay in ﬁnishing the desalination plant at Wonthaggi might be grim news for construction company Thiess Degremont and overall builder AquaSure, it could be good news for the local region.

Thiess Degremont admitted at the end of last week that construction is a year behind schedule. Bass Coast Shire Council CEO Allan Bawden said a delay would provide a boost for the local economy. He said Thiess Degremont ﬁgures had indicated the original construction workforce would tail off this Christmas. But, at a post-desalination construction forum in Wonthaggi a couple of months ago, Thiess Degremont had said at least 200 workers would remain at the site for up to two years. Mr Bawden said when he heard that, he thought it indicated construction delays or a lengthier commissioning process. He said a longer con-

struction period “is a nice way to wind it down”. “From a local point of view, it will be a more managed retreat; it will be more of a soft landing.” He expected a signiﬁcant number of workers will stay on much longer than ﬁrst thought. “We’ve demonstrated we can accommodate the workforce pretty well. The economic value will continue and is to be welcomed.” Fresh from the Municipal Association of Victoria state conference, Mr Bawden had not had the chance to see last Friday’s media reports about the public admission of long delays in construction. Thiess Degremont stake-

holder relations manager Serena Middleton told The Star that Thiess is “talking to” AquaSure about an extension of time claim. AquaSure faces penalties of up to $1.8 million a day for delays after June 30 next year. She said the plant would

not reach full capacity by the end of next June, but could not say exactly when it would. “It will be some months later.” Ms Middleton said construction of the civil and mechanical elements of the project “are well advanced

and so we are continuing to demobilise our large construction workforce accordingly”. “The task ahead of us is completion of electrical works and commissioning of the desalination plant. These activities do not require as large a workforce.”

the department. Alex Todorovski, Community College Gippsland business operations manager at Leongatha, said a lease agreement was yet to be finalised. “The department is looking at a final assessment of what needs to be repaired there, from the roof down to the ground,” he said. “Until we get a fixed date from the department and a final lease, we can’t really doing anything.” The college had planned to move to the site this time last year. The move was then postponed to second term this year and then again to the start of fourth term. “It would take seven to eight weeks for us to move in there, just to get all of our operations over there and functional and all the IT set-up,” Mr Todorovski said. “The longer the buildings take to repair, it’s going to make matters worse down the track.” Mr Mealing said the central office of the education department in Melbourne was working on the lease. A spokesperson was not available for comment before going to print. Moving to the bigger site from the current premises in Nerrena Road would enable the college to expand its hair and beauty, and art courses, and reintroduce such hobby courses as welding. Mr Todorovski said he appreciated the department faced a major challenge in restoring the site and that that would take time. “The people at the department are trying their best. It’s just a matter of waiting for the realisation of what they are saying to come good,” he said.

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Arie (almost) meets the Queen

Arie Bos: the renowned gardener with an award winning bloom from the Welshpool and District Horticultural Society Spring Flower Show.

LANDCARE award winner and renowned gardener Arie Bos met the Queen last Wednesday at Government House – well, almost. The Welshpool farmer dined in Her Majesty’s company as a guest of the State Government, an invitation he believes came through having a reputation for being well behaved. But as far as meeting Her Royal Highness and shaking her hand, it was an opportunity denied him. “The Queen was on table three, the Duke was on table four and I was on table ﬁve, with the Leader of the Opposition, Daniel Andrews,” he said. He described Mr Andrews and his wife as a “charming” couple. “I had a very good day. But we were

given the impression that we would meet the Queen. I did spot Peter Ryan across the room, but didn’t get a chance to say G’day to him,” Arie said. Speaking to other guests, Arie formulated the idea that those who had been invited had passed an important test. “I think they spotted the fact that none of us get riotously drunk and hadn’t misbehaved before,” he said. “That was the theory we came up with. We were from all walks of life. There were people from all over and we’d all been there before.” In recent years Arie was invited to Government House after winning the 2010 Australian Government Individual Landcarer Award.

Future in people’s hands A REVISED plan to guide the development of Corner Inlet communities is now open for public comment. South Gippsland Shire Council last Wednesday voted to release the draft Eastern District Urban Design Frameworks. The frameworks provide guidelines for the future development of Port Franklin, Toora, Welshpool, Port Welshpool, Mount Best, Agnes and Hedley. Following consideration of the 47 submissions received after the April public exhibition of the frameworks, council has proposed a significant number of changes and placed the updated document on public exhibition. “We encourage residents and interested parties to take another look at the frameworks document and provide us with any further comment before it is finalised,” strategic planning officer

Fiona Mottram said. “It may also be of interest to tourism operators, those who ﬁsh and socialise in the area and others who anticipate using the eastern section of the Great Southern Rail Trail when it is completed.” The proposed new changes include: • different land rezoning proposals; • indication of additional areas for growth in some locations and less intensive development in others; • altered delineation of town boundaries, • greater support for tourism, • increased recognition of potential port developments, • modiﬁed heritage investigation proposals; and • more emphasis on collaborative partnerships with community organisations and relevant government agencies. Cr Mohya Davies last week told council: “The

exhibition period is appropriate because of the number of changes made in developing the strategy and it’s very important that the community gets the opportunity to have a look at it again.” The document can be viewed on www. southgippsland.vic.gov. au and at Foster Library, South Coast Mobile Library, Foster Post Office, Port Welshpool General Store, Toora Post Office, Welshpool Post Office and the Welshpool Rural Transaction Centre Submissions are due by Wednesday, December 7 and should be addressed to Eastern District Urban Design Frameworks re-exhibition, South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, Leongatha, Victoria, 3953 or council@ southgippsland.vic.gov. au It is anticipated that council will consider adoption of a final version in early 2012. For further information, please phone 5662 9200.

Jumbunna draws historian TRAIN and history buffs are invited to Jumbunna this weekend for a lesson in the past. The Jumbunna Hall Committee is hosting a railway walk this Sunday, November 6. Jumbunna railway walks show off the railway and mining history in the Jumbunna and Outtrim areas. These walks have even caught the at-

tention of the Australian and New Zealand Mining History Association president, Dr Ruth Kerr OAM. The walk follows the path of the old railway line in the area. “It’s not just about the railway though because we go to a lot of the older mine sites,” railway walk leader Barry Sykessaid. The day starts at 9.30am for a 10am departure from the Jumbunna Hall.

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Funding dismal VICROADS must have more funding to deal with increasing demand for road repairs, the mayor and chief executive ofﬁcer of South Gippsland Shire Council believed. The CEO Tim Tamlin a former road maintenance supervisor - told a budget session in Leongatha last Wednesday that if VicRoads had their own crews, they could ﬁx potholes sooner. “I believe that if VicRoads had their own road crews they could take control of their budget so they could have a reactive component there,” he said.

“They used to ﬁll potholes within hours but now they have a sign out. “The regional ofﬁce of VicRoads is stuck because they do not have the money to deal with this.” Mayor Cr Warren Raabe said the community’s perception of council’s road maintenance levels was falling because of VicRoads’ inaction. “People think all the roads are council roads but they are actually seeing a lot of VicRoads’ roads and we are getting the blame for it,” she said. “They just don’t have the money to deal with it.” Chris Howard of Leongatha North told a council budget session in Leongatha last Wednesday

that Victorian roads are by far worse than those in New South Wales and Queensland. He returned from interstate travel recently. “They (State Government) say they want to reduce accidents but you will never do that until you reduce speed

limits on roads that won’t take a speed limit of 100km/h,” he said. Mr Howard asked Mr Tamlin if council had told the State Government about the need for greater attention for roads. Yes, Mr Tamlin responded. “Obviously they don’t listen,” Mr Howard said.

Wanted: ‘can do’ council By Jacob de Kunder and Brad Lester SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council must adopt a ‘can do’ attitude to enable the shire to grow, a leading community man believed.

Darryl McGannon, president of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has called on all council staff to cut through red tape and allow projects to proceed. “A lot of people say they have dealt with council and have been given reasons why they can’t do things,” he said at council’s budget consultation session in Leongatha last Wednesday night. Council CEO Tim Tamlin said he had instilled a new culture among council staff of “rolling out the red carpet instead of red tape” when answering public requests for help. Wild Dog Valley resident Don Hill asked about the level of cost shifting from State Government to council. Mr Tamlin said library funding was a perfect example. Council now pays $1.1 million, whereas six years ago, that sum was $600,000. New dangerous dog laws were another, council’s community strengthening manager Ned Dennis said. Leongatha North man Chris Howard said more

people are living illegally in sheds and using containers as weekend escapes, and wondered whether this was legal. Council’s development services director Phil Stone said sheds could not be lived in and council’s new enforcement ofﬁcer would help address that. “We are sending the message to the community that it is not on, so if there is anyone who is living in a shed, we would like to know so we can pay them a visit,” Mr Stone said. Leongatha’s Steve Finlay asked about the extra people employed by council and the cost to ratepayers. Mr Tamlin said employing staff was more efﬁcient than engaging contractors, and was enabling projects to be undertaken. Just nine members of the public attended the Leongatha session, failing to outnumber the 11 councillors and council staff. “We will have to do something to improve attendance,” Cr Raabe said. At the Korumburra session last Monday week (October 24), although there was a poor turnout, there was no shortage of discussion. Korumburra’s proposed children’s and community hub was an issue raised at the meeting by Korumburra Business Association vice president David Amor.

“We want to make sure there’s plenty of room for the new hub to grow and expand in the future,” he said. “You can save money in the future with one big central hub where all the council’s services can be supplied from. It needs to be given ample room to grow. Please keep us involved on this.” Cr Raabe said council had been informed by the state planning department it has a large amount of assets in the main commercial blocks of Korumburra, and that it would be wise to free up these to increase space for local businesses.

Korumburra Secondary College principal Lynne Hardy praised council for its community projects. “I’d just like to thank the council for the help and support they have provided for the Coal Creek programs which are run in partnership with the college,” she said. She also showed concern about increasing infrastructure around the college site. “The school population will only increase with time as the town grows,” she said. And trafﬁc in and out of the school will continue to be an issue that will need to be addressed.”

No way: the truck completely blocked Korumburra-Wonthaggi Road.

Coal truck rolls A COAL truck blocked the Korumburra-Wonthaggi Road at Lance Creek yesterday (Monday). The tip-truck and trailer combination rolled after the driver momentarily lost control around 10am. The trailer ﬁshtailed into the drain on the side of the road, causing the truck to roll and releasing the load of coal. The 33-year-old driver was unharmed but taken to Wonthaggi Hospital for precautionary measures. Leading Senior Constable Paul McLean from the Bass Coast Highway Patrol attended the scene. “It could have been a lot worse,” he said.

“Two kids were on their farm on the other side of the roadside fence when it happened. If the truck didn’t stay on the road, it would’ve been disastrous.” The police were working with the CFA, VicRoads and the truck company to clean up the area. “We have a major fuel leak which we are dealing with and the clean-up of the coal may take some time,” LS/C McLean said at the scene. “The buyers of the coal no longer want it so it will be donated to Coal Creek Heritage Village.” The driver will be charged with dangerous driving at a later date.

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Art fans taste a feast THE South Gippsland arts movement is thriving, with a feast of exhibitions on display last weekend. Meeniyan, which is fast becoming a Mecca for the arts community, hosted two signiﬁcant events – a leg of the Prom Country Sculpture Trail at the renowned Meeniyan Art Gallery and the 39th Meeniyan Art and Craft Exhibition at the town hall. Of course, Meeniyan was just one stop on the sculpture trail, with Leongatha, Koonwarra, Mirboo North and Korumburra’s Coal Creek, all displaying works from the best artists in the region. Among those exhibiting on the sculpture trail was Anne Pinkstone, who also displayed art at the art and craft exhibition, and photographs at the Foster Photography Club’s exhibition at Stockyard Gallery, Foster. Meeniyan Art and Craft Exhibition organiser Tarnya Wilson said, “Over 200 people went through the door on Saturday and it was very busy Saturday night as a jazz band was set up amongst the exhibition.” Pauline John from Mardan judged the Gippsland artists. “The standard was very high and diverse,” she said. Sixty-eight artists submitted 200 paintings, 38 photos and a variety of craft entries, however sales were lower than previous years. Ms Wilson said organisers are looking forward to having a big 40th year. Faye Sinclair opened the exhibition and gave a talk about volunteering as the art show committee is getting smaller and smaller. President Katherine Smith also encouraged peo-

ple on the night to join the committee. Awards • MAG Choice: judged by MAG. Prize of two weeks’ gallery space at Access Gallery, Meeniyan Art Gallery, awarded to Cheryl Roberts; • youth encouragement: artists aged 13-18, $50 Meeniyan IGA, awarded to Aasha Linn (No 98 The Beginning of a Dream) and Genevieve Scholte (metal craft); • craft in any medium: Marlene Kasper (glass and mixed media); Penny Wolswinkel (metal thread embroidery); Alysia Norton (mirror, tiles and terracotta); • photography: Yianni Banikos (No 17 Ripple #1); Tessy Amesreiter (No 5 Forest Impression); Anne Pinkstone (No 26 Portrait of Edward Mu); • Painting: Marilyn Close (No 33 Fragrant Corner); Adrian Johnson (No 85 Blue Above Wonthaggi Dunes); Joan Silver (No 164 Rosehip); Julie Lundgren-Coulter (No 106 Bush Morning); Cynthia Phelan (No 134 Fish Creek Vista); • Best exhibit: Jason Foster (No 56 Thorpdale Landscape); • Highly commended certiﬁcates, Chezz Bradshaw, painting (No 27 Off to Muster); Pat Dale, craft natural ﬁbres; Ken Stephenson, photography (No 35 Kunsia Baxterii), Cheryl Roberts, (No 149 Still Life II); and • Most popular artist, as voted by the public, $100, awarded to Elaine Warren of Inverloch.

Heart of steel: Meeniyan Art and Craft Exhibition volunteer Myra Vance looks through Sandy Point sculptor Andrew Kasper’s The Two of Us.

A reﬂective mood: Meeniyan Art Gallery volunteer Pat Dempsey with Korumburra sculptor Boyd Maddox’s Hope.

Sam the Koala sculpture vandalised Continued from page 1. “I had a call on Friday from a woman saying it was all a scam and referring me to a website. Another staff member had taken a call making the more serious threats on Wednesday,” he said. “Like myself, I think the whole community hopes someone will be caught.” Rather than weaken the community’s resolve, the whole incident and Saturday’s unveiling made the community even stronger. “We had people volunteering their time on Saturday morning who had had nothing to do with the work done so far. Saturday was just an amazing day,” Mr Dennis said. The legend of Sam the Koala and the remarkable moment when Mirboo North fire-fighter David Tree shared his water bottle with the struggling animal after devastating bushfires in February 2009 is now immortalised. The photo of that moment was beamed across national media. Saturday’s ceremony was attended by hundreds despite inclement weather. Mr Tree described the act of vandalism as “just one idiot who has started a conspiracy theory.” “It’s just sad what society has come down to,” he said. The sculpture was unveiled by community representatives including the two vice-captains of Mirboo North Primary School, Georgie Anton and Ben Phillips, who are also young

Young input: Mirboo North Primary School vice-captains Georgie Anton and Ben Phillips admire the sculpture with David Tree. The students were the school’s representatives at the unveiling. brigade volunteers; Bernice Snell (on behalf of all community groups and individuals); Neil Trease (president of rail trail committee and a Wednesday Warrior); Brian Aherne (friends of the Lyrebird Walk committee and Wednesday Warrior); Rob Nyhuis (current CFA captain); Mark Bourke (CFA captain in 2009 at the time of the ﬁres); and David Tree. The bronze bass-relief sculpture was made possible by a $79,000 grant through the Bushﬁre Appeal. In his speech, an emotional Federal Member for McMillan, Russell Broadbent described how honoured he was to participate in this community event. “There are still people suffering enormous grief from this one terrible

event on Black Saturday. This message was sent out to the world in a time of great tragedy,” he said. Following the unveiling Mr Tree described the memorial as “amazing, nothing like I thought it would be.” “This is a community day, not a David Tree day,” he said. “This represents everything a community stands for. It all happened on our watch, it was that simple.” “It holds a special place in my heart.” The work, by artist Michael Meszaros, took 18 months to complete. The remainder of the grant will be used to complete paths, a sign, bollards and other beautiﬁcation works around the sculpture.

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New hospital “fantastic” By Jane Ross

THE new Leongatha Hospital will be half as big again as the current one, with signiﬁcantly lower running costs.

It is being built with the next 50 to 100 years in mind, with plenty of room for expansion. “I think it’s absolutely fantastic,” David Harvey said. He’s president of the Gippsland Southern Health Service board. The first stage should be finished and occupied by next July/August, with the rest completed by the end of 2013. The old hospital will continue to function as the new one is being built. CEO Gary Templeton said tender documents have been sent to five contractors and these are due back by the end of this week. “A lot of local tradies are involved in sub contracting,” Mr Templeton said. He would not be drawn on the final cost, saying that could not be known until tendering is complete. Variations of between $35 and $50million have been suggested. When the previous State Government allocated $20 million, there was concern in the community that that was not enough. Mr Templeton and Gippsland South MLAPeter Ryan, who was then in opposition, said any remainder would be met. Staff were shown the facility’s plans early last week; the press was invited on Wednesday. Unveiling the plans is the culmination of 11 years of hard work, tenacity, perseverance and hope. “This is one of the better stories for South Gippsland for some time,” Mr Templeton said. Architect Michael Chrisp of Vincent Chrisp designed the structure. He also designed Koorooman House, which will be linked to the new hospital via a large airy walkway that will provide aged care residents with a sunny room with views to north and south. Siting is such that Koorooman House will be able to later double in size to 72 beds to accommodate projected population increases. The environmental, energy-saving features of Koorooman House will be replicated and improved in the hospital, reducing energy use by more than 60 per cent. Mr Templeton said these

Grand plan: Gippsland Southern Health Service board president David Harvey (left) with CEO Gary Templeton and computer modelling of the new Leongatha Hospital. include the capacity to heat or cool rooms individually. Waste heat, such as that from shower cubicles, will be recycled, or reversed for cooling in summer. Every room will be airconditioned, a far cry from the current hospital where, as Mr Templeton himself put it, “air-conditioning” consists of opening a window at each end of the building. “A very signiﬁcant feature is that rooms in acute care are mostly single, each with en suite. There are only two rooms that are double,” Mr Templeton continued. Each room – there are 27 for overnight stays - will have its own nurse’s area with basin, locked drugs cupboard, glove and soap dispensers and hand towels. He is also very proud of a 75 square metre internal courtyard, which he hopes will be a functional area where people can go and sit. Chemotherapy overlooks this courtyard. As a link to the past, the sundial which used to be on

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suites where families will be able to stay, making the birthing time less stressful for everyone. Urgent care (emergency) will be vastly different, with three treatment cubicles, a resuscitation bay, triage area and adjoining rooms, embracing a total of 350 square metres. The hospital entrance will feature a large canopy, more or less in the place where the admin building (old nurses’ home) now stands. The canopy will be tall enough for a full size bus. Mr Harvey explained such vehicles could be needed as the region’s health providers work together more closely in line with south coast planning. Speaking of admin, this will be accommodated in the only two-storey structure of the new hospital. Mr Templeton is threatening to levy a $5 fee for those who

want to use the lift! He said there would be capacity in the new building to house a community rehabilitation clinic, which the current facility doesn’t have. There isn’t an isolation room either, but the new structure will have one. Mr Templeton explained this is needed for particular infection cases or those with, say organo-phosphate poisoning. “We’ve had a few of those.” He does not think the splendid consulting suites and capacious operating theatres will attract many more specialists, but he does expect a 30 per cent increase in procedures, most of them of the day variety. A public cafeteria will be included, with Mr Templeton suggesting stafﬁng it provides “an ideal opportunity for volunteers”.

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Fire claims Olympic oars THREE oars used in a gold medal race by Olympian rower Drew Ginn were destroyed by fire last Wednesday. Wonthaggi Fire Brigade was called out around 5am when a large, disused shearing shed at Drew’s father’s farm at Yancowinna in Cape Paterson caught fire. Unfortunately by the time firefighters arrived at the scene, there was little they could do to save the shed, which was used as a tool and

machinery shed. Eight units from Wonthaggi, Dalyston and Inverloch attended, as well as Wonthaggi Police, and took half an hour to control the fire. The fire was so intense the blaze could be seen from Wonthaggi. Fire-fighters worked hard throughout the morning to see if there were any valuables worth salvaging, but once the flames had been extinguished, it was clearly visible little would be saved. Fire investigators were on the

scene on Wednesday morning and are yet to determine the cause of the fire. Drew’s father and property owner Dennis Ginn later contacted captain Kim O’Connor and thanked him and the fire-fighters for their quick response, but informed them the oars had been lost. Drew won three gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta, 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and was a member of the Oarsome Foursome.

POLICE BRIEFS Vandals strike again Fire at Cape Paterson: three oars used by Olympian rower and triple gold medallist Drew Ginn were lost in this blaze, which could be seen from Wonthaggi.

WINDOWS of two Leongatha businesses, KB Carpet Court and Hays Jewellers, were broken again in the early afternoon on Saturday. This is the fourth

incident in a month, with almost 30 windows smashed in total. Police obtained CCTV footage taken nearby and have identiﬁed three people. They have been inter-

viewed and enquiries are continuing. Anyone who may have seen the culprits or has any information regarding any of the incidents, should contact Leongatha Police on 5662 2285.

Wild ride on Ghost Train TRAVELLERS on Coal Creek’s Ghost Train endured a scary ride after a carriage came off the rails during Saturday night’s Halloween celebrations. Senior Constable Carl Baido of Korumburra Police attended the scene with paramedics. “One of the tourist trains came off its tracks about 9pm and one of the carriages partially tipped over,” he said. “There were minor injuries to some younger passengers. It wasn’t anything too major.” Korumburra musician Gavin Van

Eede was performing at the time of the accident. “I had no idea the train had rolled until we had ﬁnished playing, and we walked up to the foyer and saw two ambulances and a police car,” he said. “I ﬁrst thought they were there for precautions but then I saw someone being wheeled out on a gurney.” A spokesperson for the South Gippsland Shire Council said no one was injured in the incident and that investigations into the cause are being undertaken. They were unable to comment further on the matter.

Townhouse robbery

THIEVES cleaned out a new townhouse in Inverloch during October. The Freda Street property was vacant at the time and police found no sign of forced entry. A large number of items were taken, including a TV, DVD player, microwave, crockery and cutlery, valued at around $2000. The theft was discovered and reported on October 24. Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact Inverloch Police on 5674 1202.

Lost board

A KITE surﬁng board worth $1300 was lost while the owner was surﬁng in Anderson Inlet on Sunday. Inverloch Police asks anyone who may locate the surf board to please contact them.

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Stop coal seam gas By Jane Ross

NEIL Rankine, who helped organise a recent Wonthaggi forum on coal seam gas, is supporting a push for a moratorium on that form of mining. Friends of the Earth have called for the moratorium. The organisation’s Cam Walker said there is particular concern over an exploration licence in the Fish Creek area because testing had already been done there in 2006. Mr Walker said the 30 applications in Victoria for coal and coal seam gas exploration “are over the top of some of the best farm land”. “It’s too late once the horse has bolted.” He said Friends of the Earth want a thorough investigation of the impact of coal seam gas mining on people, food, landscape and water. “Only then can an informed decision be made.” Health impacts, as revealed at the Wonthaggi forum by Dr Merryn Redenbach of Doctors for the Environment, are dire. They include death, cancers, heart attacks, liver damage, blood disorders and chronic respiratory disease. Not surprisingly, Dr Redenbach “unequivocally” supports the moratorium too. Mr Walker said there is no coal seam gas in commercial production in Victoria – yet. He said there are mining compa-

nies with “real interest in Gippsland and Strzelecki hill country”. Leichhardt Resources Pty Ltd, holds exploration licence 5081, called Latrobe Fish Creek, over 409 square kilometres of the region. Its website says previous investigations on the Latrobe Fish Creek project have “intersected black coal seams up to 4.5 metres thick in historical underground mines at depths between 50 and 125m near the eastern boundary of the prospect”. Holes drilled “just east of the lease Toora 1 and Toora 78 have intersected 1.2m to 4.9m thick coal seams at depths of less than 120m”. A Tarwin Meadows drill hole recorded “gas shows”. Another company’s exploration licence records a “gas show” between Korumburra and Leongatha, as well as near Tarwin Lower. Leichhardt Resources also states that, “Two tenements in Victoria known to contain signiﬁcant coal resources are considered attractive for gas exploration.” With upwards of 100 people attending the recent forum in the Wonthaggi Town Hall, Bass Coast Shire Council has invited representatives of the Department of Primary Industry to speak to the council and public about coal seam gas mining. They will do so on November 9, at 6.30pm in the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club. Their presentation is expected to go for an hour. The department holds sway over mining licences.

Living good by the sea Good living grows: Ella Hughes, a student at the Inverloch Primary School, worked hard selling seedlings at the Good Living Expo on Saturday. Turn to page 55 to read more.

Internet lobbying to persist SOUTH Gippsland could be connected to the National Broadband Network sooner rather than later, if lobbying by South Gippsland Shire Council is successful. NBN Co last week released its ﬁrst 12-month construction outlook, and South Gippsland and Bass Coast were overlooked. Council’s community strengthening manager Ned Dennis

told a budget consultation session in Leongatha last week the region would not be among the ﬁrst seven areas to be connected, but that was no surprise. “Between the two shires, we only have about 60,000 people, which is not that big,” he said. Construction will begin ﬁrst at Bacchus Marsh, central Ballarat, Brunswick, Melbourne city, Melton, South Morang and Tullamarine, covering half a million premises.

On average, it takes about 12 months from the start of the ﬁbre network rollout in a given area until people are able to receive high-speed broadband over the NBN. Once the network is built and ready for service, householders and business owners can buy broadband and telephony packages from one or more of the 28 retail telecommunications providers that have signed up to offer services over the network.

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LEONGATHA Girl Guides are holding a car boot sale this weekend. The Leongatha Hall Park in A’Beckett Street, Leongatha will be bursting with bargains on Saturday, November 5. The day starts at 8.30am and goes through to 1pm. If you want to book in a position or stall contact Rebecca on 5662 3265 or 0438 002 999. KORUMBURRA’S radio station, Radio80s

87.6 FM, has a live Community Connections program every Wednesday afternoon from 4 to 6pm. The show’s hosts, Sindy Van Eede and Eileen ‘Cookie’ Cook, dedicate their show to promoting not-for-proﬁt organisations in South Gippsland Shire. “We want to gives these community groups free airtime to promote themselves and any upcoming events they are organising,” Sindy said. Cookie added: “We are very community-minded

and think it would be a great opportunity for some of these groups to reach a wider audience.” Groups can contact the station via email at info@radio80s.com.au or by phoning Sindy on 0413 604 706. CORNER Inlet Swimming Club will be holding two sessions of swimming each Tuesday at the Toora pool this season. The sessions are between 4pm and 5.15pm then 5.15 to 6.30pm. The sessions have already be-

gun but if you are interested please phone Karen Nicholls on 5686 2625. GOOD luck to all those hard working VCE and VCAL students who will be starting exams this week. The exam block starts with the three hour English exam on Thursday, with the other subjects’ exams being sat in the coming weeks. A PAT on the back is due to the hard working members of the Rotary Club of Inverloch. Rotar-

ians staged yet another successful craft market in and around the Inverloch Community Hub on Saturday, luring an eager crowd with quality goods. THE Rotary Club of Warragul has successfully concluded another annual art show. Held at the West Gippsland Arts Centre, an estimated 700 people inspected some 350 works of art on display over the three days of the show.

Once again, the opening night and awards presentation evening for Art Gippsland 2011 was well attended, with around 200 people participating in the evening. Proceeds from Art Gippsland will be used to support community projects in Warragul and surrounding areas, with some funds also supporting wider Rotary programs such as emergency shelter for victims of natural disasters throughout the world.

Royal guests DEPUTY Premier and Member for Gippsland South Peter Ryan and his wife Trish (pictured) were among invited guests who dined with the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during their Melbourne visit last week. They attended a state reception at Government House along with Premier Ted Baillieu and other members of Parliament and the community. Mr and Mrs Ryan said it was an honour to represent the electorate of Gippsland South “on such a momentous occasion”.

Mystery: the oddity that is occurring on the Van Leeuwen’s anthurium plant. CEES and Bep Van Leeuwen are gardening enthusiasts, but their knowledge of all things horticultural has been stretched. Cees and Bep found

extra leaves sprouting from the stem of an anthurium plant in their backyard. After owning the plant for four years, the pair has never seen this happen.

They are wondering if any Star readers might know what is causing the double effect. If anyone knows, they would appreciate a phone call. Their number is 5662 3640.

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Red hot: red poppies are blooming in the Dumbalk garden of Jenny McIlwaine, just in time for Remembrance Day on November 11. Jenny and husband Brian were pleased to share their garden as part of the town’s open garden fundraising event on Sunday. More photos next week.

Kids’ hub in sight By Jacob de Kunder THE Korumburra Children’s Hub is closer to becoming a reality.

The project is a goal in the South Gippsland Shire Council’s draft Municipal Early Years Plan, adopted by council for public comment last Wednesday. Hub committee member Rebecca Marriott said the group is working on a feasibility study that will consider possible sites. “It’s kind of bits and pieces happening at the moment. It is moving slowly but we’ve got to get everything in the right order really, so it’s just a matter of waiting,” she said. “Council, from our understanding, is absolutely committed to it so it’s just a matter of getting the right site and the rest of the funding for the next step. “We’ll be looking to speak to Peter Ryan about ‘coughing up’. I guess that’s just one of the advantages of having the deputy premier as your local member.” Council’s director of community services Jan Martin said the hub is in the pipeline. “I think we would definitely have to plan and have a concept design for it all, and really it will be determined by the budget, but at the very least I would expect we would have childcare, kindergarten, playgroup, maternal and child health and specialist services,” she said. “Currently we’re investigating sites. We’ve identified two sites that we think would be appropriate and are doing some assessments on them, and we’ll take them back to the council and see what they’ve got to say about that. “Once we’ve identified the site, we will be developing a concept design

and that will probably take the next 12 months, so I wouldn’t see the hub built and ready for people to be working from it until 2015 at the earliest.” Demand for a hub is evident and some of the community’s needs have to be addressed before 2015. “Pressure on the Korumburra Kindergarten to provide the 15 hours of kinder is really mounting and they still haven’t got other space to do that,” Ms Marriott said. Ms Martin agreed this was an issue. “Currently the needs of children in terms of kindergarten and childcare are not being adequately met with the current infrastructure, so that will mean ensuring the children living in the Korumburra area and the surrounds can access kindergarten into the future and childcare,” she said. A short term solution is on the horizon for the kindergarten problem. “The Department of Early Childhood Development, the council and the kindergarten parents have been meeting and we have an interim plan which provides for some renovations at the current kindergarten,” Ms Martin said. “That will provide a short term measure and will deﬁnitely carry the kindergarten through to be able to allow access to all families until we get the hub built. “A concept design for the renovations has been done so what we’re hoping for is money from the government to actually effect our renovation and that’s sitting around $93,000 worth of renovations. “We deﬁnitely want to have it done by 2013 because that’s when the 15 hours of kindergarten per child prior to going to school is going to take effect.”

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Poll blackmail?

EARLY next year, dairy farmers will have the opportunity to vote on the amount they contribute to a compulsory levy. People not involved with the dairy industry may not realise that dairy farmers pay this compulsory levy which is deducted by their milk processor. The levy is used by Dairy Australia for promotion, here and overseas, research and support in various forms for dairy farmers. The amount paid by the farmer is a percentage of the fat and protein produced. Our farm currently pays $9000 per year. Dairy farmers are being given three options in the poll: no levy, 10 per cent increase and 15 per cent increase.

The no levy option must be included as set out in the Dairy Australia constitution. The option that is obviously missing is to keep the levy the same. By not including this option, the vote can only go one of two ways. Voting no levy would be a loss to the dairy industry as Dairy Australia is an important contributor. Therefore dairy farmers wanting Dairy Australia to continue have no choice but to vote for an increase. If Dairy Australia was conﬁdent farmers felt there needed to be an increase, why not include the option of keeping the levy the same and let farmers decide? The levy is well structured being a direct reﬂection of what the industry is producing. The last three years, the total Australian

E D I T O R I A L Little respect please THE fact people had to complain about the overgrown, neglected state of the former Leongatha Primary School site reflects poorly on the education department. Not only is Community College Gippsland still waiting on a lease to be able to move into the Horn Street site, the once well kept school grounds are overgrown and buildings are falling victim to vandals. Residents told South Gippsland Shire Council of their concern last Wednesday and council has pledged to contact the department. The Star has since learnt it seems the maintenance contractor appointed by the department is not fulfilling their obligations – in the middle of spring when grass is growing rapidly. The department should tap the contractor on the shoulder and also give Community College Gippsland a clearer indication of their future on the site. The educational benefits to South Gippsland cannot be overlooked.

Lost chance

production has been in decline, leaving Dairy Australia with a shrinking income. Australia is probably the only dairying country in the world where the industry is in non voluntary decline. If the industry was growing, the total levy collected would increase. Is Dairy Australia really being effective if the industry is in decline? The percentage deducted should not change, as the levy is a direct reﬂection of the effectiveness of Dairy Australia. Dairy Australia could argue it is not their fault the industry is in decline and their budget is shrinking, but it is also not the fault of the diminishing number of dairy farmers who will shoulder the extra ﬁnancial burden in a climate of ever tightening margins. Dairy Australia has omitted the option of leaving the levy the same because they know it would be the preferred option for many farmers. Farmers are now left with a dilemma. They are damned if they vote for no levy and damned if they vote for an increase. A rigged poll blackmailing dairy farmers. Toby Leppin, Bena.

No Constitution recognition THE article “Should councils be recognised?,” in The Star on October 4 reveals the determi-

nation of the South Gippsland Shire Council to seek greater power, control and recognition over its ratepayers, residents, property owners and local businesses. It states, “South Gippslanders will be invited to have a say on whether local government should be recognised in the Australian Constitution. The move has been welcomed by South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Warren Raabe.” I oppose this move, considering both the South Gippsland Shire Council and the City of Casey as examples do not work for, with and by the people they claim to represent. Is this the type of representation you want? Can this shire council, its councillors and management be trusted should they be recognised in The Australian Constitution? How will they act and abuse their constituents from then on? Just examine the past and current actions and decisions of this council of nine councillors and how their decisions have affected the lives of the property owners and ratepayers, such as the C48/C51 planning amendments initiated by the former Planning Minister Justin Madden in the previous State Government and other related decisions. The decision by council to disadvantage property owners on 10 hectares and greater in

the Farming Zone by disallowing building on their properties is a total planning disaster. Do you want to give this council additional powers to further abuse, disadvantage and control our livelihoods on our own properties? I say ‘no’. Either clean up local government and keep the status quo or remove the local government structure as the third tier of government, replacing it with state regional councils. A past referendum of 1988 identiﬁed 66.96 per cent of voters opposed the local government structure. However the ALP Kirner State Government ignored the voters and legislated the Local Government Act 1989. Will the Ted Baillieu State Government dictate its terms over its voters like the Kirner Government? Vote ‘no’ at the referendum to endorse council recognition in the Australian Constitution. Paul Richardson, Korumburra.

Remembrance Day ON THE eleventh day of the eleventh month, in this the year 2011, Australians around the country and the world will pause for a moment of silence to remember all those who have given so much in service to our nation. This moment of silence honours those who have been

affected by war, especially the more than 102,000 Australians who have made the ultimate sacrifice – including the families of 29 young diggers who have lost their lives in Afghanistan. I encourage all Australians – no matter where you are, or what you are doing – to wear a red poppy and pause for a moment of reflection this Remembrance Day. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) has a range of tools freely available for those holding a Remembrance Day ceremony, including a step-bystep guide and audio files of the National Anthem and the Last Post. This year also marks the centenary of the formation of the Royal Australian Navy. To honour this significant milestone a commemorative poster has been produced and distributed to schools and exservice organisations. All of these resources are available on the DVA website at: www.dva.gov.au/ remembranceday.htm I urge all Australians to take the time to remember our courageous servicemen and women, past and present, this November 11. Lest we forget. Warren Snowdon MP, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Minister for Defence Science and Personnel.

VOXPOP! VOX Do you use Facebook, and why or why not?

THE people of South Gippsland were recently invited by council to contribute ideas to be funded in the 2012-13 budget. The opportunity, however, was only taken by a few, with poor turnouts at Mirboo North, Foster, Korumburra. People often say they don’t have the chance to have input into council decisions, but there is little ground for complaint this time. No doubt council will be faced with much criticism when its draft budget is released towards the middle of next year, with people saying roads, footpaths and other projects in their towns are more important than projects thought through by council staff in the preceding months. Budgets take time to prepare and when council extends an invitation, it must be accepted.

Letters guidelines ALL letters should be kept to 400 words or less. The Star reserves the right to edit all letters for length and style. Writer’s details, including full name, address and phone number (not for publication), must be included.

I have never even heard of Facebook so I have never used it. Margret Dancs Leongatha

I have it but sometimes wish I didn’t. If you don’t use it, it’s hard to communicate with some people. Jason Wylie Fish Creek

I’ve never thought of using it because I don’t think I would need to, but I would like to use the internet more in general. Eileen Hanrahan Meeniyan

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I do use it, mostly for keeping up with friends, music news and local events. Kaitlyn Krause Leongatha

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A REGION of incredible scenery, bustling cities, quaint riverside villages and unaffected cultures, South East Asia represents a travel destination like no other.

Its charm is undeniable – which is why APT and Jetset in Leongatha are pleased to be introducing a number of unique initiatives to enhance its acclaimed Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand touring program. Having already set a benchmark that others can only hope to follow, 2013 will see APT’s newly launched river ship – the RV AmaLotus – continue to take travellers on extraordinary eight-day Mekong River cruises in the most luxurious style of any ship on the river. An Upper Mekong River cruise in Laos is also now on offer, as is a greatly enhanced land touring program, an expanded range of Signature Experiences, and a greater number of Freedom of Choice Touring and Dine Around Dinner options. Perhaps most exciting for our travellers, however, is the fact that we have welcomed Luke Nguyen on board as an APT ambassador in the region. Luke is the owner and chef of awardwinning Sydney restaurant Red Lantern, as well as author to acclaimed cookbooks Secrets of the Red Lantern, Songs of Sapa and Indochine. He brings to APT a wealth of local insight into his native Vietnam. On every itinerary that includes time in Vietnam, Luke has personally selected a Dine Around Dinner option for our guests to choose from in Hanoi and Saigon.

What’s more, holidays that include a two-night stay in Saigon take APT guests to Xu Restaurant to enjoy a Red Lantern degustation menu, accompanied by paired wines. Inspired by his insightful television series, Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam, APT also presents two exceptional holidays, during which Luke will personally provide a tantalising glimpse into the tastes and traditions of the region. Joining APT guests for parts of their Vietnam adventure from Hanoi to Saigon, Luke will reveal hidden gems that only locals know about, culminating in him escorting the group on a walking your of his family’s neighbourhood in Saigon. He’ll also take guests to a side-street food stall run by a local family in Hanoi for a bowl of the traditional Vietnamese soup, Pho. These two special adventures also incorporate a fun hands-on cooking class at Xu Restaurant, where each dish is an exclusive Luke Nguyen creation. Following the lesson, a professional mixologist, using ingredients such as tamarind, lychee, chilli and lemongrass, explains the art of creating Asian-inspired cocktails. APT is understandably excited to welcome Luke Nguyen to the team as an APT ambassador, and equally excited about continuing to present life-enriching journeys that take guests to experience the essence of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. For more information, drop in and see the team at Jetset Leongatha, or give them a call on 5662 3601.

Native Vietnamese cuisine: Red Lantern chef Luke Nguyen (centre) will expose guests to the culinary delights of South East Asia on their APT tour, pictured here with Ed and Jill Carmody from Jetset in Leongatha.

Council backs national bid By Brad Lester LOCAL government should be recognised in the Australian Constitution to allow the Commonwealth to directly fund local government, rather than through the states, South Gippsland Shire Council believed. Council last week voted to back a campaign by the Australian Local Government Association for the Constitution to formally recognise local government. Change is only possible via a referendum that gains support from a majority of votes nationally and a majority of votes in a majority of states. Mayor Cr Warren Raabe however believed nothing would change. “Dismantling one level of government is going to cost billions and billions, and I do not see anyone doing that,” he said. Cr Mimmie Jackson felt there were “compelling reasons” for the move. “It may be that the hearts and minds of the Australian people will be captured by this,” she said. Cr Kieran Kennedy said the campaign had been mooted for some time. “The chances of this going through are very slim but I think it will be great to take one government out of taking money,” he said. “It would solve a lot of

problems if local government was recognised by the government.” Cr Jim Fawcett said while he was not really speaking against the motion, he did wonder about whether council should dedicate an officer’s time to writing a submission, given the financial cost to council. The move was opposed by Foster man Ken Irwin, who told council last week that if councils were recognised in the Constitution, they would have too much power. “It would be like giving them permission to belt the public whenever they felt like it and we would have no comeback,” he said. “I find it very strange our council is looking to be constitutionally recognised. To do so would mean the council would have to recognise Queen Elizabeth the Second as the most sovereign person, representing the will of her people under the Crown. “Does this council swear allegiance to our queen and constitution, as failure to do so leaves this shire council outside the realm of our Constitution and out of step with its people.” Mr Irwin also accused councillors of not serving and consulting the public, an assertion dismissed by mayor Cr Warren Raabe. “Council has been holding public consultations over the past four weeks and we have asked people what they want us to do,” he said. Cr Mohya Davies said

she attends up to 20 community meetings a month and was “always available for my community”. Cr Bob Newton took offence at Mr Irwin’s comments. “I’ve been on council for 18 years and have been nominated back on every time, so I think I have fulﬁlled my obligations as a councillor,” he said. Mr Irwin said council was merely serving the State Government, particularly in regards to implementing the Rural Land Use Strategy, and not listening to public concerns. Cr Raabe responded: “When you are put in a position of making a decision, you will see that you can’t please everybody.” Council critic Paul Richardson asserted council had no authority to tell people what to do with their land as local government was not recognised in the Constitution. Another campaign is underway to have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people acknowledged in the Constitution. The You Me Unity panel is conducting a survey to help it consider what it will recommend to the government. The survey can be completed on line at www. youmeunity.org.au. The survey is open until 5pm on November 8. Bass Coast Shire Council mayor Cr Veronica Dowman said: “We encourage all members of this community to ﬁll out the survey.”

CELEBRITY CHEF LUKE NGUYEN 9 Owner of award-winning Sydney restaurant ‘Red Lantern’ 9 Television show ‘Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam’ SBS 8pm Thurs 9 He has also featured on Channel Ten’s MasterChef 9 Maximum 28 guests on Luke Nguyen Signature Experiences 9 Visit the area where Luke’s family originated from 9 Dine at the incredible Xu restaurant, including cooking and Asian cocktail class 9 Ba Do family visit to sample Hue’s specialty steamed rice cakes & dumplings 9 Cooking tour at Morning Glory Cooking School in Hoi An as recommended by Luke

THE APT DIFFERENCE 9 Newest ship on the Mekong, the luxury RV AMALOTUS, with exclusive twin balconies in over 90% of suites 9 Iconic & luxurious hotel accommodation 9 Freedom of Choice Touring 9 All ﬂights within Vietnam & Cambodia 9 Small group shore excursions 9 APT Tour Director & local guides

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Hamlet morphing into suburb

Not on: Beverley Walker wants to protect what remains of Venus Bay’s character.

By Brad Lester THE coastal hamlet of Venus Bay is at risk of becoming a suburb, fears a passionate resident. Trees on small blocks are being cleared to make way for big homes more suited to a Melbourne suburb, Beverley Walker believes, stripping the peninsula of its natural character. Houses are being built close to neighbours and roofs rising above the trees, pushing animals away. South Gippsland Shire Council’s hands are tied, with the majority of land zoned residential, paving the way for the construction of homes. Ms Walker, the convenor of the Victorian Coastal Alliance was part of the strong community lobby that stopped the controversial 2000 house Fidele proposal years ago. Now she has a new battle on her hands. “We wanted the place to be a place that people wanted to come to. We want to stop urban development here,” she said. “With the desal plant sending up (housing) prices in Inverloch and Wonthaggi, we are the next stop down. We are getting more people coming here.” “People do not appreciate what we are here for. They

want two bathrooms and four bedrooms. They are clearing the entire block because the ﬁre regulations say you are able to clear up to 10m from your house, but there is not 10m from my wall to my next door neighbour, so I could clear the entire block,” she said. “Trees have got carbon in them so if you cut down the trees, you will release carbon, but you will also be destroying the trees that consume the carbon.” Mayor Cr Warren Raabe said people’s actions are only restricted by the zoning of their land. “You can’t prevent someone from building when they have a building envelope on their land,” he said. C o u n c i l ’ s communications coordinator Jeannie Hicks said some people retire to Venus Bay and desire a “high quality home”. Cr Raabe said council was doing all it could to protect neighbourhood character, but was hindered by appeals. Council lost a Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) hearing that resulted in a developer being able to build closer to the front of the block than council permitted. Fire risk is no reason to be clearing vegetation, Ms Walker believed, saying the predominant ti tree actually

was less ﬂammable than other species. She is concerned people are replanting weed species in their gardens, further destroying the existing environment. “Paling fences are being built around town and with paling fences, you stop animals from moving,” she

said. “If we got roads, rubbish and sewerage, we would be totally urbanised. I love walking on gravel roads because they are cool and the water soaks through. If we had more sealed roads, we would have to have drains.”

Tips deal expected SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council’s new transfer station contract should be awarded by Christmas. Mayor Cr Warren Raabe told council last week the new contract would include an annual hard waste collection. The call for tenders follows a dispute between council and the previous transfer station’s operator, Gippsland Waste Services. The company’s contracts with council – which also included the operation and expansions of the Koonwarra landfill – have been terminated. “With regard to the landfill contract, the contractor was requested to provide council with relevant information to demonstrate their ability to construct cell three according to the terms of their contract by the required date,” Cr Raabe said. “As they were unable to do so, the landfill contract was terminated on October 11 2011 and council has taken over management of the landfill and construction of cell three. “Construction of cell three commenced last week and is on track to ensure that there are no disruptions to services in South Gippsland Shire.” Cr Raabe said the transfer station’s contract was terminated after Gippsland Waste Services was unable to provide council with adequate information to verify their retrospective claims and an agreement could not be reached. The company suspended services and council terminated the contract.

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Fitting costumes: Wonthaggi Secondary College students Amber Seale, Winnie Cuthbertson, Emma Bolding and Amanda Davenport dressed as Tetris pieces for their Muck Up Day.

Thing 1 and Thing 2: Wonthaggi students Darcy Sandall, Shakira Carver-Moore and Cassandra de Lacy-Vawdon portrayed some of Dr Seuss’s favourite characters.

Ready to rumble: Chloe Bradford-Towers and Abbey Sheldon-Williams tussled in sumo wrestler outﬁts at Wonthaggi.

Watch out! It’s Muck Up Day

YEAR 12 students around South Gippsland celebrated the end of their formal schooling with Muck Up Day last week. Students dressed up as characters, some well known, others not at secondary colleges, over three days last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The Star was there to capture the festivities.

Different ideas: quite an array of costumes were on display, as these Mary MacKillop students showed. They are back, from left; Teegan Lester (Madeline), Emily Smith (Alice in Wonderland), Rachel Coldabella (dinosaur), Gillian Meikle (Mr Squiggle), Kaylee Appleyard (Mr Squiggle), Megan Ryan and Olivia Fiddelaers (B1 and B2). Front: Hannah Beggs (baby) and Brittany Jobling (angel).

Woo hoo: the Mirboo North Secondary College students all dressed up on Wednesday. The students dressed up in different themes every day of the week to help celebrate their school days. Wednesday was character day.

South Coast Christian College: Elise Veldhuizen, Gabrielle Germanic extraction: Joel Sinclair and Kit Mackin, Brianna Holton, Ilene Page and Kim Marks portrayed Duncan-Jones danced the day away in their fairytale creatures for their muck up day. costumes at Leongatha Secondary College.

Making a racket: Leongatha Secondary College’s Nic Pye, Matt Harris and Cal Hutcheson had plenty to cheer about on Thursday.

Gorilla warfare: Korumburra Secondary College boys got in touch with their primal side on Muck Up Day.

All dolled up: Mary MacKillop students Mel Brennan, Kim Hargreaves, Cilla Tiley, Alisha Tessari and Shanna Micky and Minnie: Mollie Bourke and Jordan Ralph Thompson. proved a perfect couple.

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Kick out the pests PESTS are annoying and no one wants them in their house. Pest control is something that not only will give you peace of mind when it comes to creepy crawlies, but can also save you money in the long run. Sales and contract manager Colin Walker from Homeguard Pest Control said pre-purchase inspections are a must for any home buyer. “If you don’t have a house checked for termites before you buy it, you may be in for a nasty surprise,” he said. “If your new home has termites you will be up for some big repair bills.” Working with either builders and engineers or on their own initiative, licensed pest removalists can tell you if the house you’re planning to buy is something you should reconsider. “Regular maintenance checks can

also give you peace of mind and save you money,” Mr Walker said. “Barrier sprays are vital to keep the pests out of your newly built home and this needs to be re-done every ﬁve years.” It’s also recommended that if you are selling a house to get a licensed pest controller to perform an inspection and use the results of the inspection as an extra selling tool. Using local businesses can also make a difference when it comes to pest control. With local knowledge, they know what kind of pests they need to watch out for. Apart from keeping your house structurally sound, pest control gives you the calming feeling that there’s less chance you or

your family will come across an infestation of unwanted insects. Although if you do come across them, a pest control specialist will be able to eradicate any unwanted visitors from your family home or business.

Local service: Mark Gordon from Mark’s Pest Control can provide all your pest control needs with a quick and prompt response.

Expert: Colin Walker from Homeguard Pest Control has 15 years’ experience in the industry.

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Science kickstarts young minds CHILDREN of all ages got into the fun of science last week as the Questacon science circus rolled into town. There were weird, wacky and downright confusing tricks that had kids’ faces lit up for hours. There were plenty of hands-on activities Around 200 children made their way to the Memorial Hall in Leongatha to take part in the experiments. Questacon is celebrating 25 years of bringing science to children in an entertaining format. The travelling show also visited local schools around the area.

How fast?: Jasper, Bessie and Martin of Waratah Bay test their reﬂexes with the big drop.

Mayor’s message Cr Warren Raabe

Moving with it: Wonthaggi’s Caelan and Lachlan experiment with the theories of magnetic ﬁelds.

HACC team wins coveted award IT WAS smiles all round when South Gippsland Shire Council’s Home and Community Care (HACC) team won the outstanding program award at the recent LGPro Aged and Disability Awards 2011. They were also cited as one of the top three teams in the state for outstanding team contribution. The award recognises their innovative HACC program for respite care that enables primary carers to take a short break,

knowing that the person they care for is being well looked after. “Primary carers can be anxious about leaving the person they care for, even for a short period,” aged and disability manager Louise Brydon said. “They know the speciﬁc needs of the person they care for intimately and often put their own health and wellbeing on the back burner. It is imperative that they make time to attend to their own needs and replenish.” The HACC team has developed a transportable kit of resources that qualiﬁed and experienced

HACC community support Workers can use to engage clients and make the respite time more enjoyable and meaningful while the primary carer is absent. “Through discussion and thoughtful use of the resources, they can ascertain and support the clients’ personal preferences, and the feedback has been extremely positive,” Ms Brydon said. The items include books, kites, games, music, nostalgia items, barbecue tools, ﬁshing rods, cooking utensils, recipe books and puppets. The kit also contains resources for hand

massages and scrap booking, and the like. Respite care is one of several programs the HACC team offers the South Gippsland community to support aged residents and people with a disability to promote quality of life, independence where possible, and inclusion in the community. This is in line with the Active Service Model philosophy. For further information regarding Home and Community Care programs, please feel free to contact the team on 5662 9370.

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CUP weekend is always a very social affair, with locals out and about, and Melbournites making their early forays to the coast for summer-time relaxation. Lots of wonderful events kept everyone occupied over the weekend, from the colourful crowd at Coal Creek for Halloween and the Meeniyan Art and Craft Show, to the Mirboo North Market and the Sandy Point Wind Festival. It is a magic time of year, with gardens and weather full of promise and visitors happily contributing to our local economy. We’ve just completed our four community consultation sessions to gather your thoughts before we start defining the 2012 Annual Plan and Budget. Whilst we received some valuable input during the sessions, community engagement can be somewhat of a conundrum for council. We’re accused of not consulting the community enough, yet attendances at these sessions are often poor. Mirboo North for example, is a strong united community and can deliver 600 people to a meeting to defend their town assets which is fantastic, yet only eight people turned up to discuss their future needs. Other towns are similar too, so we are yet to crack the magic formula that engages residents more meaningfully to build a stronger partnership for our joint future. Like all councils, we will never have enough money to deliver every idea put forward on the wish list, so it is important that we define the priority projects in consultation with our communities. Many of the solutions to local issues can be identified more readily by people who are directly impacted. If you weren’t able to make it to these consultation sessions, we encourage you to still contribute your ideas either in writing, or by talking with a councillor or a customer service officer on 5662 9200. An online survey to evaluate our services can also be completed on the council website. What did emerge from the sessions was that many people were not aware of our electronic customer request system which records and tracks your enquiry. When you call us to submit a request, a number is assigned and can be quoted to quickly follow up on the progress of your enquiry. Request forms can also be found online at http://www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/ Page/Forms.asp?Form_Id=2. Council’s Home and Community Care (HACC) team was recognised last week at the Victorian Local Government Awards for the Outstanding Program category. The team has devised a resource library of interesting and meaningful activities for clients and provides HACC community support workers for respite care. This support is already giving the prime carers confidence to take a well earned break for their own health and wellbeing. Congratulations to the team. We are extremely proud of your win, your innovation and your professional caring service. Cr Warren Raabe, Mayor.

Travelling show: presenters Shelly Turnbull and Alison Logan have some science fun with Korumburra Primary students Erin Trewin, Ellie Newton and Brock Allman.

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Harvey donates $225,000 THE late James Harvey has been described by good friend Les Horsfield as a remarkable man. And as Mr Horsfield handed over two cheques to the value of $225,000 in his name, it was no surprise. In accordance with Mr Harvey’s will, the South Gippsland Shire Council received a cheque for $150,000 to be held in trust for the Mirboo North Recreation Reserve. Mr Harvey’s will states the money is to be used for “carrying out improvements of a permanent nature to the reserve.” In addition, he left $75,000 to council to be put towards “the planting of both native and exotic trees within the boundaries of the previous Shire of Mirboo.” His two chosen donations reflected his life skills – sports and

State team: Lachlan Calder, Kyes Morrison, Kirra-Jayne Legg, Kristie Smith and Daniel Green made up the Korumburra Primary state chess team.

Lachlan crowned a chess wizard Generosity: South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Warren Raabe receives a cheque from Les Horsfield, executor of James Harvey’s will. The duo stands in front of a captured Japanese flag, which was donated to the RSL by James Harvey. horticulture. Mr Horsfield explained his good friend was quite adept at cricket, and as a cousin of Australian leg-

end Neil Harvey, could have made the Australian team at the time if not for commitments on the farm. His skills also transferred to many other sports, including table tennis. He often offered

Mr Horsﬁeld a 19-0 start when playing, and still beat him to 21. Also quite the green thumb, Mr Harvey’s farm was ﬁlled with 84 species of plants when he sold it in 2000.

Mayor’s message Cr Veronica Dowman

CONGRATULATIONS to Inverloch for winning two Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Awards. One of the awards was for cultural heritage, and acknowledged natural heritage projects including protecting the Bunurong Marine and Coastal Park. Restoration of the Rocket Shed and the Raise the Ripple project was also noted. The other award was for a community government partnership, and acknowledged the success of the Inverloch Hub. This award recognised partnerships between several government agencies, Bass Coast Shire Council, the community and activities at the hub. The Inverloch Community Planning group are to be commended on driving so many projects in their community, and are most deserving of these awards. Bass Coast Shire Council has supported the role of a community planning facilitator, through our Community Planning Project over the past three years. The facilitator has worked over the past 12 months to assist communities across Bass Coast, including Inverloch, to realise the projects and initiatives that are important to them for their local area. This connection has paid off for many of the communities, especially where the facilitator has been able to access grants and other resources to boost the progress of a project. This is rewarding for the people who devote time and energy to these projects, as seeing results is the real reason they are involved. We are so impressed with the the success of the Community Planning Project, that my fellow councillors and I voted in our last council meeting to conﬁrm our commitment to community planning and continue to provide this support to community groups. The awards have been a wonderful validation for the endeavours of the Inverloch Community Planning Group and I trust this gives inspiration for the broader community to continue on their projects. Cr Veronica Dowman, Mayor, Bass Coast Shire Council.

KORUMBURRA Primary School’s Lachlan Calder has been crowned the best primary school chess player in the region. The school hosted a regional tournament recently and competed with students from Yinnar Primary School. Yinnar Primary took out the overall school trophy while Lachlan Calder came out on top in the individual competition, winning seven out of seven games. Five students from KPS - Lachlan Calder, Kyes Morrison, KirraJayne Legg, Kristie Smith and Daniel Green – headed to the Monash University Clayton campus for the Victorian Schools’ Championships last week, where 250 students competed for glory. Even though the team

Regional champion: Lachlan Calder won the recent regional primary school chess tournament. wasn’t successful, they had a very enjoyable day with Lachlan winning six-and-a-half games from nine. “We all just really like chess,” Lachlan said. “It’s great because it is very competitive and gets

your mind working in all different logical ways.” “It’s also good because we get a day off school,” Kyes added. Lachlan is planning to enter the Australian Junior Chess Championships next year.

Library friends seek donations THE Friends of Leongatha Library raise thousands of dollars every year for new stock and equipment. To help boost their funds, a Christmas hamper is raffled. Friends’ president Sybil Smith said the raffle is a major part of the group’s fund raising. Donations are invited and no gift is too small. The raffle will be drawn on December 19. Another big money spinner is the an-

nual January book sale and donations for this can be left at the library. The sale is held in the historic Leongatha Courthouse. In the last ﬁnancial year, the friends’ group raised $4995, allocating most of that for library shelves, books, DVDs and CDs. Four friends were invited by the West Gippsland Regional Library Corporation Board to visit Alexandra, where the local library has a very active junior friends group, as well as a proﬁtable used book shop run by that library’s friends’ group.

Premier calls for plate slogans DEPUTY Premier and Member for Gippsland South Peter Ryan urged the Gippsland community to have their say on road safety messages for Victorian number plates. Premier Ted Baillieu announced recently that Victorian number plates would carry a road safety message,

Meals roster (Leongatha) Rotary Club, Leongatha Community Pre Schools (all week), S. Birch (Mon, Thur, Fri), National Bank (Tue) and SG Specialist School (Wed) will be responsible for the delivery of meals on wheels, the week beginning November 7, 2011.

which would be selected after extensive consultation. Mr Ryan urged the Gippsland community to join the discussion and put forward ideas. “One hundred and twenty of the 218 deaths that have occurred on Victorian roads this year have been in regional and rural Victoria,” Mr Ryan said. “Many Gippsland families have been touched by the road toll and it is impor-

tant that the local community puts forward its ideas for road safety messages that will help reduce the road toll. “The Victorian Coalition Government is determined to reduce Victoria’s road toll and has already invested in new passing lanes for both the Hyland Highway and Strzelecki Highway as part of its commitment to improving road safety in Gippsland.”

No bids on Miner’s Rest

WONTHAGGI’S Miner’s Rest Hotel/Motel and its adjoining caravan park failed to draw a bid at auction last Wednesday.

Agent in conjunction Raoul Holderhead of Burgess Rawson, said there had been a “little bit of interest” in the 4.55 acre site, but he had “nothing to report”. “There’s no action.” The site was put up for auction in the River Room of Crown Casino with other Burgess Rawson properties. The Wonthaggi landmark is bounded by McKenzie Street and White Road.

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• OBITUARY

Head of race club in extraordinary times THE highlight of Alan Bell’s 25 years on the committee of the Stony Creek Racing Club was the extraordinary triple dead heat in the Rod Carmichael Handicap.

Alan was club president at the time, a position he held for two years. According to The Star’s report of the event, it was very nearly a quadruple dead heat. It occurred on the Friday of the Australia Day weekend in 1987. Chester Field, Mr Spectre and Fast Seal dead-heated, with Noble Crest ﬂashing home on the inside to almost make it a quadruple. Fast Seal was owned by Col Price of Phillip Island. A favourite story around the racing club, which has been retold many a time, is that in all the confusion of the rare triple dead heat, Alan turned

to Colin Carmichael whose family sponsored the race and asked, “What do we do now?” “I don’t know what you have to do, but I’ve got to ﬁnd two more trophies!” came the reply. Alan John Bishop Bell was born on July 26, 1935, to John and Marjorie Bell of Murnong, in Albury, New South Wales. He was educated at Melbourne’s Scotch College, where he rowed in the ﬁrst VIII. Leaving school in 1953, he returned to New South Wales as a jackaroo on sheep stations Gunderbiline and Goolgumblar, then spent two years at university in California studying agriculture. In 1960, Alan returned to Australia to manage his uncle’s dairy and beef property at Buffalo. Four years later, he married Melbourne nurse Maria Sabey and the couple raised four sons, twins John and Robert, and

Andrew and Peter. With the help of his sons, Alan spent 50 years developing the property into a successful beef venture and it is now managed by Robert on behalf of the Bell family. Alan was instrumental in the formation of the Meeniyan Aero Club in 1967, its airstrip and hangar constructed on the Bell property. The Latrobe Valley Aero Club sent instructors to teach the Meeniyan members how to ﬂy and the entire club eventually moved to Leongatha South. Alan also enjoyed boating, sailing and holidaying in the Whitsundays. He and Maria retired to Inverloch and Alan died there peacefully on September 2. A celebration of his life was held at the Stony Creek Racing Club on the afternoon of September 9.

Urgent dental care available TOOTHACHES can strike at any time, and as most of us know they aren’t pretty.

Help soon: Rapid Response Dental will soon be available to help urgent cases of dental needs and Dr Taehee Lee believes patients will love the service.

But those in pain can breathe a sigh of relief, because Rapid Response Dental is here to help. South Gippsland Dental in Leongatha will be introducing a new service called Rapid Response Dental for emergency and urgent dental care. The practice will run in the former rooms upstairs in Lyon Street. The rooms have been equipped with latest up-to-date emergency equipment. “We know that people are very busy these days,” Dr Taehee Lee said. “Things can always go wrong without warning and we want to make sure that they receive quality dental care – now. “Of course clients will be encouraged to seek comprehensive dental care, but for those who need urgent dental care, Rapid Response Dental will be available so they can be seen the same day, mostly within four hours,” Dr Lee said. For more information contact South Gippsland Dental on 5662 5000.

Ambassador named for ’Thaggi PREMIER Ted Baillieu has announced the Victorian Australia Day ambassadors for 2012 at a reception held in their honour. A diverse group of 147 Victorians will support local Australia Day celebrations by inspiring local communities and taking part in activities. Maggie Maguire will be ambassador at Wonthaggi’s celebrations on January 26. South Gippsland is yet to have an ambassador assigned to the area. Maggie is currently the CEO of the Abbotsford Convent Foundation, Australia’s landmark arts, culture and learning precinct. With a long background in the arenas of community arts, fundraising, marketing, community building, teaching and

hospitality, Maggie’s interests strongly align with the vision and ambitions of the Abbotsford Convent Foundation. “These ambassadors, drawn from the arts, sport, entertainment, community and business arenas, represent the aspiration and ambition that have made Victoria a leader in so many ways,” Mr Baillieu said. “Strong communities, our rich heritage, individual freedom and the opportunity for a fair go are all celebrated on Australia Day. “Our ambassadors are representative of what it means to be a Victorian and an Australian, especially when it comes to our accepting and tolerant culture, and their commitment is part of the Victorian tradition of contributing by being a volunteer.”

In memory: the amazing triple dead heat at Stony Creek in 1987, was featured in a history of Gippsland racing, written the following year by Garry Howe (right). He is pictured in the May 12, 1998 edition of The Star, with Alan Bell, who was president of the racing club when the dead heat occurred.

Tour reveals future SOUTH Gippsland Water is planning a lagoon wastewater treatment plant at Hill Road, Nyora. As part of what the authority calls its “community engagement process”, interested members of the public were recently taken on a tour of the site. They then went to Cape Paterson to see an existing lagoon system. The Nyora lagoon is part of the proposed Poowong/Loch/Nyora Sewerage Scheme. Authority managing director Steve Evans said South Gippsland Water is seeking planning approval from South Gippsland and Cardinia shire councils and works approval Public insight: Rob McKaige, manager of technical services at South with the Environment ProtecGippsland Water, talks to the tour group at the Cape Paterson Wastewater tion Authority for the Nyora Treatment Plant. lagoon.

Desal pipeline finished THE 84km Wonthaggi desalination plant pipeline was ﬁnished last week. A 1.93m diameter S-bend pipe, measuring 8.9 metres in length and weighing nearly 16 tonnes, was the last of 6787 pipe lengths put into place. The pipe will take water from the plant at Williamsons Beach to Melbourne and regional water boards including South Gippsland’s. Construction began in February last year. Since then, a team of 957 has worked more than 1.9 million man hours on the pipeline, with no serious injuries. The total weight of the 6787 individual lengths of pipe is 91,000 tonnes. The pipe laying has included 44 road crossings and 21 waterway crossings, including the Powlett and Bass rivers. Graeme Tait, project manager for pipeline and power described the milestone as “great” for the pipeline construction crew. “We’ve faced some

Finished: crews direct the last of 6787 sections of pipe to complete the Wonthaggi desalination plant’s 84km pipeline. signiﬁcant challenges along the way but thanks to the support and cooperation of landowners, local councils, road, rail and waterway authorities, AquaSure, DSE (Depart-

ment of Sustainability and Environment) and many others throughout the course of the project, we have successfully completed the job.” The pipeline will be

tested before the focus turns to property and road reinstatement. It will be capable of transporting 200 gigalitres of water a year.

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Building relationships with Indonesia LEONGATHA Primary School students gave a big ‘selamat datang’, or in English, a big welcome, to some very special guest teachers last week.

Bu Tias and Bu Sri travelled all the way from Leongatha’s sister school in Indonesia’s capital city, Jakarta to spend 10 days in South Gippsland. The primary school and SDN Pondok Sebelas are partners in a ‘bridge’ program run by the Australian Government that helps students practice their language skills, learn about each others’ cultures and form friendships. In Indonesia, nearly every student learns English throughout their schooling. Bu Tias, who visited Australia when the program was ﬁrst set up two years ago, said the program is a wonderful way to build relationships between the two countries. “We have Skype sessions three or four times a week which gives students a chance to interact more personally,” she said. “The Australian students also made mini books about themselves for my students, who made their own to send back. Now all the children have an Indonesian friend they will write letters to.”

Bu Tias said while the project is relatively new, it continues to get better with time. “I can see it’s working well, because all the children respond positively,” she said. “We try to focus on the similarities between the schools rather than the differences.” Indonesian teacher at Leongatha Primary Irene Beasley, said only one bridge class ran last year, expanding to four in 2011. “The children involved really enjoy interacting and getting the chance to see children in Indonesia,” she said. “One of the boys was reading his mini book from an Indonesian student before class and exclaimed ‘This boy is just like me!’ “It’s great to see the connections and friendships being made.” This was Bu Sri’s ﬁrst visit to Australia, and she took the opportunity to visit Phillip Island and stay near the beach in Inverloch. She described the sights of South Gippsland as ‘indah sekali’, which translates as ‘very beautiful’. The students loved having the Indonesian teachers in their classrooms, making them many thank you cards to take back to Jakarta with them.

Building friendships overseas: Cass, Jordan, Bu Beasley and Brianna loved the mini books brought by Bu Tias and Bu Sri, created by their Indonesian students at SDN Pondok Sebalas in Jakarta.

Touch of magic in Tarwin New logo launched TARWIN Lower Primary School’s visitor last week was of the ‘magical’ kind, to say the least. The students were thrilled to have magician Consentino of Australia’s Got Talent fame teach at the school for two days as part of their artist in residence program. It was the performer’s second visit to school, after putting on a show for the students and teachers earlier in the year. Consentino spent three 45 minute sessions with each class, teaching them magic tricks and performance skills. The children were encouraged to perform their tricks in front of classmates, before receiving both compliments and critiques on how they could improve. Consentino told students that even as an experienced performer, he still suffered from stage fright before every show. “I think it’s a good thing, because it keeps me

on my toes,” he said. “If you are too calm before a show, you become too cocky and forget to double check your props and make sure everything is right to go.” Consentino said he would often sit on an empty stage before a show, to familiarise himself with his surroundings. “Before I performed the water escape on Australia’s Got Talent, I spent hours in that tank just swimming around and getting used to being in that environment,” he said. “I was performing on live television being watched by two million people, so there was no room for mistakes.” He also advised students to be conﬁdent in their performances and to practice tricks “a million times” before they performed in front of an audience. The special visit was thanks to teacher Bev Mitchell-Symons, who organised for Consentino to come. “I was worried after he

MIRBOO Country Development Incorporated held a successful launch of its new logo at the old Shire Hall last week.

Learning magic tricks: Josh Standﬁeld, Jasmine Gulliver and Nelson McMillan with the Australia’s Got Talent magician Consentino. was on TV he wouldn’t be able to come, but thankfully he kept to his word and the kids have loved every second of it,” she said. Principal Sharyne Munday said the whole school was hoping Consentino would win after seeing him on TV, but life in the spotlight had not changed the

magician one bit. “He works with the kids so well,” she said. “He is so down to earth; we’re very lucky to have him here.” The school thanked the RACV resort in Inverloch for providing accommodation for Consentino during his stay.

Characters parade at Newhaven COLOURFUL costumes were paraded by students and teachers at Newhaven College during the Celebration of Authors day last Thursday. Co-ordinator and college librarian Helen Andrews was thrilled with the stunning array of costumes donned by junior school students and teachers. “It is the ﬁrst time we have run the special Celebration of Authors day and the students were really enthusiastic,” Mrs Andrews said. “Leading into the day, each grade was given two characters and the setting they had to write a story about. It was a great learning experience for the students and helped develop their short story writing skills. “Each grade presented their story to the whole junior school and parents during the book character parade.” Mrs Andrews said she would like to publish all the stories into a 2011 Newhaven College junior school book that would be displayed in the library. • More photos in The Star next week.

The development of the logo and web page was made possible with a $5000 grant from the Mirboo North and District Community Foundation. “There was a great deal of community input into the logo design process. We conducted an online community survey and then held a number of workshops with interested community members,” MCDI president Richard Arnold said. Local graphic design company Tommy Gun was employed to man-

Fresh identity: the new logo for Mirboo Country Development Inc. age the process, develop and reﬁne the concepts and produce two options for MCDI executive to consider. “The resulting logo symbolises the qualities of our beautiful district; the movement of the undulating lines reﬂects the vibrant personality of the area,” Mr Arnold said. “The letters M and N can also be pictured

South Gippsland Shire Council briefs News from last Wednesday’s council meeting FINANCIALLY, council is looking good. The year to date operating surplus of $1,526,000 is $314,000 more than the budgeted surplus of $1,212,000. Council attributes this to: • unbudgeted income for ﬂood damage insurance of $177,000; • reduced expenditure due to staff vacancies of $89,000; • buying road materials ahead due to road repairs as a result of wet weather, $344,000; • budget scheduling errors of $149,000 for user charges and $284,000 on costs such as WorkCover and training; and • a reduction in the capital grant for the Gardiner Lane project of $100,000. IT APPEARS South Gippsland Shire Council is a popular place to work. Council’s employment website registered 7815 hits between July and September this year. For 19 vacancies, council received 223 applications. Council’s dedicated website received nearly 33,500 hits in August alone.

Celebration time: Newhaven College students Tabetha Bond, Molly Hosken, Stefﬁ Dixon, Vaughan Dennis, Heidi Anagnostou, Coco Stafford and Brittany Carlson enjoyed the special Celebration of Authors Day at the school last Thursday.

in the ﬂowing form and suggest the winding roads and hills that surround us, like a ﬂowing river, tranquil but always on the move”. The logo is already in use on the town’s web page, mirboonorth.vic. au and will soon be seen on a range of material from brochures to street banners.

COUNCIL is on track for completing its projects on schedule, with three per cent already completed and 97 per cent on timeline, according to council’s Organisational Quarter Performance Report, July-September 2010. COUNCIL will campaign for Meeniyan to be connected to the National Broad-

band Network, to enable business-people and the community to have access to fast internet service. Cr Bob Newton said the Meeniyan Progress Association was concerned the infrastructure was passing through the town, but the town would not have access. “There are a lot of people coming to Meeniyan now and also Dumbalk, and now with the sewerage coming on in Meeniyan, hopefully this will build the population in Meeniyan,” Cr Newton said. Phil Stone, council’s director of development services, will look into the matter.

COMMUNITY groups to beneﬁt from councillor’s discretionary funds between September 1 and October 4 were: Venus Bay/Tarwin Lower and District Men’s Shed (community banner), Prom Country Aged Care Building Fund (building new 60 bed facility), Waratah Beach Surf Life Saving Club (repairing erosion to walkway), Weetaboona Sanctuary/ The Torch (workshop), Mirboo North Hall committee (help with hall cleaning and running costs) and Meeniyan Progress Association (sponsorship costs for art exhibition).

STONY Creek roads have received new names. Helms Road off Stony Creek Road will be known as Jacks Road. Helms Park Road off Main Street is Frankcom Road and an unnamed road off Helms Road is O’Connor Road. Helms Road off Maddisons Road will remain Helms Road.

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Garden ceremony BRETT Van Hoorn and Cassie Fennell married in a sunny garden setting in Leongatha on Saturday October 8. The garden belonged to Cassie’s aunty and uncle Kerry and Richard Hogan, and Reverend Janet Wallis presided over the occasion. Cassie was given away by her parents Greg and Jo Fennell of Leongatha, and is

Walkers: Joel Finlay and Connor Maurrell lead one of the ‘walking school buses’ to Korumburra Primary School as part of Victoria Walks to School Day last Wednesday. These ‘school buses’, supervised by parents and teachers, took the students from their homes to school as part of an initiative to get more kids walking.

their youngest daughter. The bride wore the cotton lace jacket her mother wore 40 years ago on her wedding day, with a sweetheart neckline chiffon dress and blue shoes. Brett is the younger son of Doug and Gwyn Van Hoorn of Mirboo North. The newlyweds spent 10 days honeymooning in Tasmania and will make their home in Leongatha.

Tasmanian honeymoon: Brett and Cassie Van Hoorn on their wedding day.

Kinder kids party

Crisp ﬁnish: Trevor Bowler managed the building project on behalf of TS Constructions. He is with Marjorie Jane Scott of Books and Massage at Inverloch, one of many sponsors.

FAMILIES and friends of Inverloch and District Preschool turned out in droves for the opening of a new building recently. The $520,000 complex includes a classroom, kitchen, toilets and outdoor area, and was opened by Bass MLA Ken Smith. The community threw its support behind the project.

Right: Action stations: Trevor Bowler of TS Constructions, committee member Belinda Scott and Bass MLA Ken Smith get down to play.

Worth the wait IT’S taken 20 years of hard slog, but the effort’s been worth it.

Yum, yum: Brianna Bjorksten, one of the four-year-old students, enjoys the scrumptious food on offer.

Creative boy: Tyson Flocas shows mum Kelly his artwork, part of an exhibition of children’s work at the opening.

Newhaven celebrates art Dramatic piece: Newhaven College VCE art students’ stunning works were on show at a special exhibition featuring design, media and studio arts staged last week. Year 11 student Emma Mildenhall checked out this stunning creation by VCE art student Lillian Stark, titled Immortal Lust.

Cr John Duscher made those comments during the October meeting of Bass Coast Shire Council. He was referring to the White Road Wonthaggi special charge scheme, which transformed that entrance to the town. “It looks good, it’s practical; I’ve taken a keen interest in it. “It has taken 20 years of solid effort, reminders, pushes and shoves to get it done. It’s been an important project for Wonthaggi and Bass Coast. “We’ve never had another scheme that reached the dizzy heights of council’s contribution of 58 per cent. The contractor has done a magnificent job. This really is a gateway project.” It cost $2.029 million and $74,666 will be divided and refunded to the landowners. Cr Duscher was speaking during debate on a recommendation that councillors vary the amount recovered from landowners because the final cost was less than expected. Cr Peter Paul said it was nice to give a refund. “Over the years of travelling to Wonthaggi, I couldn’t believe what an eyesore White Road offered the community.” He said he’s pleased with the result, but he’d have “added some gazanias to brighten it up”. “It’s good for Wonthaggi and the community and for all who pass through Wonthaggi. We can take more pride in the Wonthaggi community with that done.” The work was completed over a year ago, but as council’s director of infrastructure Felicity Sist explained, final financial details couldn’t be decided until the time for defects to manifest had elapsed.

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English insight SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council received an insight into the workings of an English council recently. Councillor Alan Cheshire was in the Leongatha chambers and said he was one of 31 councillors of the Maldon District Council near London. The municipality has 70,000 people and a budget of up to £9 million. Average rates are £2000 per home.

Cr Chesire did not support wind farms and believed modern day nuclear plants were the most efﬁcient means of providing electricity. English government has the federal government, county government, district councils and parish councils. Cr Chesire’s son Paul recently married Katrina Graham, the daughter of Peter and Maureen of Meeniyan. Cr Cheshire and his wife Mary stayed with the Grahams.

Helping hands: carers came together for lunch during Carers Week.

Special people dine together CARERS took time out for themselves to celebrate Carers Week recently.

English touch: Cr Alan Chesire with South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Warren Raabe and Cr Bob Newton.

Meeniyan plans underway MEENIYAN is continuing to thrive, with an increasing amount of support being thrown behind the town’s community plan.

The plan is running smoothly in conjunction with the Lower Tarwin Valley District project. This new project, funded in partnership by South Gippsland Shire Council and the Geoffrey Gardiner Dairy Foundation, targets a cluster of eight communities including Meeniyan, Stony Creek, Fish Creek, Buffalo, Dumbalk, Koonwarra, Venus Bay and Tarwin Lower. The introduction of both the Lower Tarwin Valley Project and the Advancing Country Towns Program presents the cluster district with considerable opportunities to develop and implement local and district-wide projects. Individual Community Plans in the Lower Tarwin Valley District will help inform and guide these programs’ future activities. A workshop for the newly named Meeniyan/ Stony Creek Community Plan was held on Septem-

Twenty-ﬁve carers joined with South Gippsland Shire Councillor Jeanette Harding recently to mark the occasion. Carers travelled from all areas

of the shire to enjoy a beautiful meal in the delightful surroundings of Manna-Gum restaurant at Inverloch. Carers enjoyed renewing old friendships and new friendships were formed when the South Gippsland Carers Group from

Leongatha and the Headway Gippsland Carers Support Group came together. Carers appreciate and enjoy the time away from their caring roles. This is the ﬁrst time the groups have celebrated together and the day was a great success.

Tackle landslips by thinking

A LARGE number of landholders gathered at Community College Gippsland to hear expert advice about repairing damaged properties and better coping with heavy rain.

Having her say: project team leader and Meeniyan resident, Avril van Wamel, updated workshop participants on the current status of projects. ber 17, with team leaders from each community plan project team reporting on the current status of each priority project. As a number of projects had been, or were close to being completed, other items listed within the 2010 Community Plan could move up into the priority project category. Copies of the updated document are available at the Meeniyan Pharmacy and Newsagency and can also be viewed on both the Meeniyan and council web pages. South Gippsland Shire Council’s Marzia Maurilli

Winners revealed YOUNG ﬁlm-makers from outside the region won the 2011 South Gippsland Youth Film Festival.

Best film was My Life directed by Ash Davies and produced by Simone Mascie. Youth Council Choice went to Teenage Dirt Bag, a short music video produced by Zoe Taylor. Best film with Roadsafe message was produced by Andrew Turton. Although the winners were from outside the shire, they had local connections that made them eligible. The films were screened at The Upstairs Theatre in Leongatha Memorial Hall recently.

expressed her enjoyment working with the Meeniyan and Stony Creek communities and especially thanked the working group for all their time and support. The Meeniyan and Stony Creek Community Plan will again undergo an update process in 2012.

Guest speaker Roger Wrigley, engineer and academic with more than 30 years experience said under climate change scenarios, high-intensity rainfall events are going to be followed by extended periods of dry. “Clearing in areas that were historically covered by thick forest has mobilised a lot of water and revegetation is one way to stabilise the land,” he said. Farmers are desperate to avoid a repeat of this winter. “Loss of production, loss of top soil and loss of nutrient have resulted from landslips and with sediment washing into waterways, you’re losing water quality,” said Dan Spencer, Community College Gippsland. No matter what preference a landholder has for solutions, there is a need for planning at a farm level to make sure those investments are appropriate and timely. These days there is a lot of technology available to assist farm decision making. Of critical importance is the need to avoid the temptation of immediately looking at earthworks rather than integrated solutions. Time spent planning and evaluating options can be more rewarding than pushing dirt around. This free forum was an initiative of Community College Gippsland, the Baw Baw Shire Council, Tarago Sustainable Farms, Landcare and Baw Baw Native Plants. A new brochure has been developed to assist landholders Fresh start: Roger Wrigley offers advice for re- who have landslips on their properties following our wet winter and are available free from all Baw Baw Shire customer pairing paddocks damaged by landslips. service centres. For more information on sustainable agriculture, contact Dan Spencer Community College Gippsland on 5622 6000.

New cafe for mine THE State Coal Mine in Wonthaggi is this week advertising for a business to operate the café at the new visitor’s centre. Sheila Omerod, who is on the mine’s 2009 committee told The Star all the infrastructure was there for the café; it was just a case of appointing an operator. “It will be very exciting to have a fully ﬂedged café operating; it is sure to swell visitor numbers. People visiting the mine will be able to stop for a morning tea, lunch or cappuccino and cake,” Mrs Omerod said. The State Coal Mine has

been working hard to bring the mine tourist attraction back to its glory days and much time has been spent by the committee in refurbishing the buildings and attractions. Mrs Omerod said that the visitor’s centre hadn’t yet been ofﬁcially opened and was hopeful this would happen once the café was up and running. “We want to have a café operator appointed before this coming tourist season.” The mine is currently open seven days a week for visitors. Underground tours operate twice daily. Mrs Omerod said the next step will be to get the

skip operational to bring people back to the surface of the mine, once the tour is completed. Currently the underground tour is a walk in, walk out tour. The addition of the skip will allow more visitors into this attraction. The State Coal Mine once attracted up to 25, 000 visitors per annum and the committee is working hard to see more and more visitors coming to the facility. Those interested in operating the café can contact Braxton Laine at the State Coal Mine on 5672 3053 or 0400 531 968 or see the advert in public notices this issue.

Carers ride rails

CARERS rode the South Gippsland Tourist Railway as part of the Carers Week recently.

More than 50 of South Gippsland Shire Council’s Home and Community Care clients and their primary carers enjoyed an afternoon train ride from Korumburra to Nyora, followed by afternoon tea on their return in the old refreshment room at Korumburra Station. The outing provided an opportunity to recognise the outstanding and often challenging role that primary carers provide, and to celebrate their commitment with an afternoon of fun. HACC ofﬁcer Tania Ryan said that for many, the trip was full of nostalgia, with people having travelled on the train in the past or attended functions in the refreshment rooms. “Others noted their farms and those of friends as we travelled the scenic journey,” she said. About 100 parents and children enjoyed the celebrations at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum despite the somewhat dubious weather.

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The complete combo THIS exquisite four bedroom home is ideal for a growing family, and is available through Stockdale & Leggo, Leongatha. For details, see page 32.

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New addition for Prom Country FIRST National Prom Country Real Estate has appointed a new, full time property manager to support an ever-increasing enquiry for rental properties in and around Leongatha and Mirboo North. Janine Pepyat, a long-time local in Leongatha, joined the company last week, and has been busy introducing herself to an existing client base. Janine brings a maturity to the role, which Kaz Hughes, owner at Prom Country, sees as one of the essential attributes to providing intelligent and effective service to both landlords and tenants. Raising the bar in real estate: Kaz Hughes welcomes Janine Pep“We are very lucky to have found Jayat to the team at Prom Country Real Estate. nine to help us develop our property man-

agement department. Janine is very enthusiastic, and her attitude to client service matches our own,” Kaz said. Kaz, Janine and the rest of the team are determined to ensure that their property management business will reﬂect the same, innovative approach that they have been able to establish with sales. A “holistic” approach to the entire business is what Kaz believes has brought about their success to now, and the new focus on property management will be no different. “Sales works with admin works with rentals works with sales is how we operate. We all work as a team, and it shows.” Janine said she has been impressed with the way Prom Country makes the effort to keep up-to-date with the latest in property

management trends and legislation. “Initiatives such as online applications for tenants, pet friendly properties, and even a Facebook-based support group for all First National property managers – all these things and more mean that I am in for a pretty exciting time as we grow the business” she said. Janine is a tenant herself, so understands the pressures a tenant faces with routine inspections, and the constant possibility of having to move house when the landlord wishes to sell or re-occupy the property. “It’s a no-brainer – treat all people with respect and empathy, and it makes life smoother for everyone,” she said.

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House, shed and great views T

HE well known local builder of the home has been thoughtful in planning, both inside and out, for a growing family with a variety of needs.

Perfect in presentation, the four bedroom home is north facing with relaxing views of nearby country side which can be enjoyed whilst sitting with family and friends on the timber deck. Modern ﬁnishings, natural tones and sunken down lights capture the mood and add comfort to this practical nine-year old, open plan home.

A fantastic kitchen has dishwasher, pantry, electric cooking and an island bench which overlooks the dining / living area. Other features include a full en suite and walk-in robe to master bedroom, quality drapes throughout, reverse cycle heating/cooling, undercover entertaining deck with superb rural views, 8x8m shed with power and rear side access which allows storing the trailer or boat hassle free. Double remote garage, water tank and neat low maintenance landscaped gardens. All this on a good sized 950m2 block with no through trafﬁc.

LEONGATHA Location: 17 Norview Drive Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Price: $389,000 Agent: Stockdale & Leggo, Leongatha Contact: 5662 5800

Pack your bathers and get moving! S

ITUATED in popular Blackmore Avenue, this three bedroom-plus study home has a lot more to offer than ﬁrst meets the eye. Recently repainted inside and out with contemporary colours, the property boasts some handy features for the modern family. These features include ducted natural gas heating, reverse cycle air conditioning plus a cosy wood ﬁre, en suite, study with built-in desk and

LEONGATHA Location: 29 Blackmore Avenue Bedrooms: 4 (plus study) Bathrooms: 2 Price: $360,000 Agent: Stockdale & Leggo, Leongatha Contact: 5662 5800

the added bonus of an attractive inground pool for the warmer months. The kitchen has been updated and includes dishwasher, stainless steel oven, loads of cupboard and drawer space and an island bench for easy meal preparation. The three bedrooms have built-in robes and the master opens onto the elevated deck, as does the main living area overlooking the yard. Downstairs comprises a neat laundry and spacious second living

area or teenager’s retreat. The lighting throughout has been modernised, window furnishings replaced, barbecue connected to natural gas and the infrastructure exists for the in-ground spa to be revitalised if required. Your inspection is invited of this privately positioned home with a lot to offer. The property will be open for inspection on Saturday November 5, from 11 until 11.30am.

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The acre, the shed, the house and its people W

HEN rare acre blocks in this location are pushing toward $300,000, the value in this established home with substantial infrastructure is unquestionable.

In true Australian homestead style; post and rail front fence, bricks and Colorbond, bullnose veran-

dah, lots of timber, soaring ceilings and easy indooroutdoor access where the barbecue is within ‘coo-ee’ of the kitchen sink and the basketball ring is within sight of a kebab or a burger… here’s where family happens. A striking pavilionstyle entertainment area with vaulted glass ceiling connects the indoor and

outdoor living areas, and the result is an inviting, extended living area that’s usable all year round. Brick barbecue, expanses of paving, and an adjoining studio room, music room or even ﬁfth bedroom all enjoy undercover access from the house. Coming in from outside, the informally wel-

coming home will surround you with its warmth. The black granite kitchen with corner “step in” pantry, breakfast bar and sitting area enjoys outlooks to gardens from both sides. An elegant parents’ end has main bedroom with en suite and walk-in robe, and command of a gracious step down sitting room and dining area with wood ﬁred heater. If you’ve always imagined offering the guests a scotch from your own wet bar, this one has a fridge too. The children’s threebedroom end also includes a laundry, main bathroom and separate toilet. Recent interior décor updating includes new carpets, bathroom ﬁttings, new paintwork, and bench tops. The acre-plus grounds are attractive, with native shrubs, and expansive lawn areas accented with gums. A circular drive winds around to take you either to the car port or to the rear of the property where huge quality shedding with busheight doors and service pit will please the most particular tradesman. When all of this is positioned within walking distance of Leongatha’s town centre, where the teenagers can take themselves to sports and jobs and schools, the convenience factor here is outstanding. Open to inspect this Sunday at advertised open times.

Richly restored W

ITH style and elegance throughout, this stunning federation home is dressed to impress. Renovated to its era with a modern touch, the home offers three bedrooms, formal lounge with beautiful double timber doors leading into the family/ dining room, functional kitchen with dishwasher and large pantry, full length central hallway with impressive timber work, large bathroom with separate shower and bath, separate toilet room and laundry. The home boasts an abundance of un-

LEONGATHA Location: 57 Brown Street Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Price: $580,000 - $620,000 Agent: First National Prom Country Contact: Kaz Hughes on 5662 3100 (24hr service)

LEONGATHA Location: 92 McCartin Street Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 Price: $425,000 Agent: Alex Scott & Staff, Leongatha Contact: 5662 0922

dercover outdoor entertaining, including double carport plus large workshop with undercar service pit and rumpus room. Being a corner block there is great access for ample off street parking. To top off this property the landscaped garden is just delightful, with everything in its place and provides a secure yard with a large sliding remote gate. The home is close to the CBD, with a school bus pick up outside the gate. Loaded with features, this home simply won’t last long on the market. Call today to inspect.

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Country delight L

OCATED in the rolling hills of Arawata this character ﬁlled, mud brick home is the type of property that photos will not do justice to, however we assure you an inspection will not disappoint.

The home is constructed of mud brick with featured timber throughout and has a real country charm. Downstairs, the kitchen is a great size and has gas cook top, electric stove, dishwasher and excellent storage space. Adjoining the kitchen is a large dining area ideal for entertaining; the lounge with lovely rural views has double doors opening onto the large verandah and is heated by both a wood heater, and for convenience a gas log ﬁre.

Also downstairs is a good sized bedroom or possible home ofﬁce, adjoining a bathroom and laundry. Upstairs offers three spacious bedrooms, study and sitting room serviced by a full bathroom with bath and separate shower. Outside, nothing has been forgotten. Firstly a secure, established, well kept garden, orchard, four paddocks (watered by a dam) with animal shelters. For the handyman a lock-up barn with a fully lined mezzanine ﬂoor, toilet and double garage. Open for inspection times are; twilight on Wednesday October 2 from 5.30 to 6pm, Saturday October 12 from 12.30 to 1pm, or by appointment.

ARAWATA Location: 450 Fairbank Road Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 Land Size: 5 acres Auction: Saturday November 26 at 1pm on site. Agent: Elders Real Estate, Korumburra Contact: Zel Svenson 0438 363 290 or Don Olden 0417 805 312

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Packed with extras S

ET on just under an acre with established gardens, this three bedroom home offers many features including a library, cellar, sun room and separate bungalow. It has reverse cycle air conditioning, artiﬁcial wood gas ﬁre, gas heater in library, new gas stove and fully renovated bathroom. The features continue with two bores, fully fenced. The property has great views overlooking Venus Bay and is only a short walk to the pristine beaches of the area.

VENUS BAY Location: 58 Anita Crescent Bedrooms: 3 Bathroom: 1 Price: $320,000 Agent: Alex Scott Real Estate,Venus Bay Contact: 5663 7111

From one opportunity to another ALEX Scott and Staff in Inverloch have said goodbye and good luck to their former property manager, Kristen Licis. After two years with the Alex Scott team, Kristen was given the opportunity to further her career at Thiess Degremont as their new property manager at the desalination plant. Director Tim Harris said they have been blessed to have had the services of Kristen. “Kristen ﬁtted perfectly into our culture at Alex Scott and Staff Inverloch, due to her amazing work ethic, great communication skills and professionalism when servicing landlords and tenants,” he said. “At Alex Scott we take great pride in developing our individual employees to build a stronger team and ultimately provide the best service to our loyal clients. “Kristen is a great example of this and as such we are proud of Kristen and the systems we have in place that have aided her development.” Outgoing accommodation manager

for Thiess Degremont, Robyn Hayes, said Kristen was chosen for the position due to her great organisation and communication skills, as well as being extremely efﬁcient and professional. “Kristen listens; she quickly understood what our accommodation requirements were and worked hard to ensure she only presented properties that met Thiess Degrémont’s requirements,” she said. “She was always more than happy to source a speciﬁc property if required, even if it meant working longer hours and weekends.” Robyn said she can see a bright future for Kristen with the company. “Thiess actively looks at retaining and redeploying individuals from the Victorian Desalination Project to other roles within the broader business,” she said. “Kristen is a very mature and extremely competent person who I believe has a great future ahead.” Tim said although they will miss Kristin, they are delighted she was selected for this opportunity.

New opportunity: Alex Scott & Staff Inverloch director Dawn Hughes congratulates Kristen Licis on her new appointment with Thiess Degremont and wish her all the best for the future.

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Themes, hymns and marches impress THE Wonthaggi Citizens’ Band once again staged an exciting concert at the Wonthaggi Union Community Arts Centre recently.

Intense focus: band president Mike Kershaw on trombone.

Follow me: musical director Craig Marinus leads the way.

A near capacity audience was thrilled by an outstanding display from the band, which is achieving much under the expert leadership of band master Craig Marinus. Craig put together a varied program of music, ranging from the magniﬁcent opening number Countryside and Common People through to the beautifully arranged hymn Deep Harmony and the traditional march Aces High, the opening theme to the ﬁlm Battle of Britain. Further numbers featuring soloists Natalie Stewart on cornet and euphonium players Nick Beale and Patricia Roberts were highlights. After a two year absence, piano accompaniment was once again provided by Kirk Skinner. Variety within the concert was provided when cornet players Cassi De Lacy-Vawdon and Mitchell Sanders became vocalists. Cassi sang Lullaby of Birdland, whilst Mitchell performed the classic number Ol’ Man River. They nu later sang the duet Cinderella Rockefella. The compere for the eve-

ning was life member of the band, Chris Longstaff. Once again bass trombone player Josh Hooke mesmerised the audience with a stunning performance on piano, presenting Chopin’s Etude and Percy Granger’s Handel in the Strand without the aid of sheet music. For this year’s concert, Fred Heesh was able to have his trainer group perform, with some 11 learners being thrilled with the opportunity to perform before such a large and appreciative audience. The audience was generous at interval in supporting the rafﬂe which raised in excess of $800. The major prize, a donation of one night’s accommodation and breakfast at the RACV Resort Inverloch was won by Joan Brusamarello. Following the concert, band president Mike Kershaw praised his fellow musicians. “Everyone involved in tonight’s concert should be very proud of their efforts,” Mr Kershaw said. The band has a busy schedule between now and the end of the year, performing at the Lions Club Convention and Christmas Carols at Cowes, San Remo and Wonthaggi. Photos by Mark Drury.

Fine musicians: the Wonthaggi Citizens Band’s cornet section in tune.

Regular player: Marty Waters sounded amazing.

European touch: Paul Stampton added atmosphere on bagpipes.

Deep sound: Fred Heesh provides the bass sounds on tuba.

Multi-talented: cornet players Cassi De Lacy-Vawdon and Mitchell Sanders show their vocal skills.

Kick up heels at Loch, ’40s style “HERB Maude owned the garage. They had an air-raid sirenset up there!” With this recollection from longtime resident, John Kennedy, and siren sounding, the latest offering from the Loch Arts Council begins its sentimental journey back to World War Two. Based on the war memories of seven Loch residents, it’s a musical event called: A Wartime Tribute: Loch celebrates the Fabulous 40s. The event brings together school children, older residents and the music of the ’40s in a nostalgic re-creation of life in a small Gippsland community.

It’s a night out for everyone. To be held on Saturday, November 12, this innovative approach combines the power of storytelling with a love of music and dancing. The childhood memories of seven older residents will be brought to life through tableaux created by children from the Loch Primary School, photographs of the period projected onto a screen and Vera Lynn wartime songs sung by popular local performer, Bernie Hance. This dramatisation takes place in the Masonic Hall. Then the audience will move on to the Loch Public Hall to dance to all

those ’40s numbers you thought you’d never hear again, courtesy of the fabulous 20-piece Rathdowne Street Big Band. Loch resident Shirley O’Loughlin thinks there’s value in having those war-time stories told. “It’s an opportunity for the kids to appreciate the past,” she says. The performance will be held at 7pm at Loch Masonic Hall, followed by the dance at 8pm, Loch Public Hall. Bring your own drinks and supper; tea and coffee provided. Entry $5. Children and students free. Tickets available from the Loch Post Ofﬁce.

Ready to star: students from Loch Primary School line up for rehearsal, from left: Gabby Brown, Owen Jones, Tara Wilson, Katie Cronin and Keeley Johnson.

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Foundation award announced THE board of the Bass Coast Community Foundation is delighted to announce the successful recipients of the inaugural Performance Award.

After an extensive application and auditioning procedure the Performance Award sub-committee could not separate two applicants. They found that both Josh Hooke of Wonthaggi and James Blair of Cowes were both highly impressive candidates and equally worthy of the award. Both young men are currently in Year 12 at secondary school and plan to study music at tertiary level. The award will assist both students with the higher than average costs of their courses, as well as living away from home expenses. Chairman of the Bass Coast Community Foundation, Alan Brown, said he was thrilled with the decision of the subcommittee and is looking forward to seeing the development in the young men’s musical careers. “As part of the award, both young men have

agreed to perform at future foundation fundraising functions and speak about their experiences in music since winning the award,” Mr Brown said. The auditions were adjudicated by the highly respected Monty Mumford from Ballarat and Kirk Skinner from Wonthaggi, with assistance from foundation director Martin Keogh. The boys were instructed to prepare a piece that demonstrated technical competency and variety, a range of expressive tonal qualities, historic and stylistic convention, and performance and presentation musicianship through creativity and individuality. Each audition was 30 minutes in duration followed by an interview with foundation chairman Alan Brown and director Danny Luna. Both candidates performed exceptionally well in the audition, and thoroughly impressed the directors in their subsequent interview. “We were blown away by not only the exceptional musical talent of these young men but also their commitment to furthering their studies in music. It really is a privilege to assist them to

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

Thursday - Sunday ﬁnds you involved in family discussions. Your role is to keep these from getting overheated. On the weekend the accent is on paperwork related to ﬁnance and property matters. TAURUS - April 21 - May 22

You may be entering into a partnership plan this week. Some detective work brings results after the weekend. A new hobby may have a ﬁnancial fringe beneﬁt. GEMINI - May 23 - June 21

Thursday - Friday highlights ﬁnancial dealings. Don’t rush negotiations. An old fashioned approach to romance brings results on the weekend. Intuition is strong, especially where your career is concerned. CANCER - June 22 - July 22

Be sure to give credit where due. Paying genuine compliments may lead to advancement. Your career horizons broaden. A family rift could widen unless you assume the role of peacemaker. LEO - July 23 - August 22

Your proﬁle is prominent in the career sphere. This is a key week for promoting your plans. Romance may demand a lighter touch as your partner is unexpectedly sensitive. VIRGO - August 23 - September 22

A friend may be taking advantage of your kindness and you may have to be ﬁrm. Travel is favoured, but in this and other areas, avoid extending invitations prematurely. LIBRA - September 23 - October 22

It’s important to be well read. News that comes your way can be used to your personal advantage. Weekend cancellations may prove a blessing in disguise. Family tensions ease by Thursday. SCORPIO - October 23 - November 21

A discussion with a real estate or travel agent may prove beneﬁcial. You and your partner may not be on the same wave length, but this situation is only temporary. Academic interests expand. SAGITTARIUS - November 22 - December 22

Your romantic situation improves once you take the initiative. You may experience some rough going in the area of friendship. Don’t force any issues. A career dilemma is solved thanks to your quick thinking. CAPRICORN - December 23 - January 20

This is a week for following present rules, especially in your career. It’s not a time to deviate. In friendship matters, you become less naive. AQUARIUS - January 21 - February 19

A self indulgent streak surfaces. Do what you can to avoid overspending. This week you could be expected to make a major family decision. A platonic friendship brings rewards all week. PISCES - February 20 - March 20

Seemingly simple jobs become surprisingly complicated. Apologies arrive and a relationship is on a much steadier path. In your career or education, be less vague and more speciﬁc. BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK

You love variety....and you love freedom. Versatility is your middle name but next year you may be making a greater commitment to one particular individual. Monetary expansion is highlighted too. In ﬁnance and love, methodical preparation is critical.

Outstanding feat: judge Kirk Skinner, Bass Coast Community Foundation Performance Award winners James Blair and Josh Hooke, and foundation chairman Alan Brown. advance their career, and the foundation, and indeed the Bass Coast community will follow their progress with keen interest,” Mr Brown said. The award is an annual program that aims to assist young people to pursue their performance dreams by breaking down the ﬁnancial barriers that possibly stand in their way.

Initially the program is focused on music, however, as the program grows, there are plans to extend it to include all disciplines of the performing arts. Applications for the 2012 program will open early next year. Mr Brown also thanked the Wonthaggi Club who last year fully sponsored a fundraising

night put on by the foundation to raise money for the Performance Award. “This was a magniﬁcent level of sponsorship and we are thrilled that the Wonthaggi Club has announced they will again sponsor another major fundraising night to contribute to next year’s Performance Award,” he said.

KARA Schelling of Leongatha welcomed her daughter Alshija Maree Schelling, born on September 1 at Leongatha Memorial Hospital. QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8297

Church Times ANGLICAN: Wednesday, November 2: 9.30am Woorayl Lodge HC; 10.15am Koorooman House HC; 11am St Peter’s Mid-Week HC. Friday, November 4: 7.30pm St Andrew’s, Dumbalk HC. Sunday, November 6: 8am St Peter’s HC; 10am St Peter’s Contemporary Worship with HC. Tuesday, November 8: 7pm St Andrew’s Dumbalk / St David’s Meeniyan Fellowship. 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 Equip Church - 17 Michael Place, Leongatha. Ph: 0408 305 880. Sunday services: 10 am. 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. AGLOW KORUMBURRA: 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. Sunday evenings 5pm service. Fortnightly youth activities. Home Bible Fellowship groups. Contact 5662 2527. UNITING CHURCH: Leongatha: Sunday, November 6: 10am. Tarwin Lower: 10.30am (HC). 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 5664 9306. FISH CREEK UNION CHURCH: 1st & 3rd Sundays, 9am; 2nd & 4th Sundays, 7pm. Contacts: Fran Grimes 5683 2650, Sue Poletti 5663 6325.

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ACROSS Repay (10) Title (4) Particle (4) Mountains (Russia) (5) Fringe (4) Jollification (9) Gullibility (9) Skin (4) Tree (5) Nobleman (4) Prejudice (4) Flower (10)

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DOWN Middle (6) Order (7) Smart (6) Records (6) Taut (5) Picture (5) Beer (3) Unlawful (7) Lukewarm (5) Iterate (6) Strip (6) Fear (6) Lariat (5)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8297 ACROSS 6. Taking out twins? (6,4). 8. Wrap up the bread (4). 9. Kitty requires water (4). 10. Catch the sun, also, swimming about (5). 11. It’s jail for him! (4). 12.How I new someone was mad about my work! (9). 16. With the fellow Latins, is knocking out the best players (9). 20. A second pill (4). 22. One’s to change the second features (5). 23. Give the impression you’ll join, verbally (4). 24. Go away from Soho (4). 25. Is she the only person not standing at the meeting? (10). DOWN 1. Good heavens, the man inside does seem to be embarrassed (6). 2. To get rid of, I throw back into the wood (7). 3. Afraid it’s some kind of fever (6). 4. Was tangled up, in the lady’s rope (6). 5. A man by the name of Bird (5). 7. Her life started in one (5). 13. Admit it’s personal (3). 14. The task is for Simon to carry out (7). 15. Is not sure to have beef (5). 17. Equip with, in the zany Latin Quarter (6). 18. A certain spoken promise (6). 19. In that case, graduate in Greek (6). 21. Buffet you say is no good (5).

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Milpara Community House news

JOHN Markham from Michael’s IGA presented a cheque for $2000 to Milpara Men’s Shed on Wednesday, October 26. This funding will be used to purchase tools for the shed and was gratefully accepted by John Davies. John Markham explained to the audience the importance of registering for shopping tags with Milpara Community House, and how the funds raised are put back into the community. The points which are donated to Milpara help to fund the food bank. We need a minimum of 50 people to contribute points and are at risk of losing this valuable service as we currently only have 11 members signed up. If you would like to contribute some or all of your IGA points to Milpara’s food bank please contact Sandra or Belinda in the ofﬁce on 5655 2524. **** Kerrie Reid, owner of the Gilded Lily Restaurant, will share her great ideas and recipes to entice fussy ﬁnicky kids to eat their vegies and enjoy nutritious food. Session will be held at Milpara Community House at 21 Shellcott’s Road, Korumburra on Wednesday, November 9 from 10am to 1pm and includes lunch. For book-

ings please contact Sandra or Belinda on 5655 2524. **** Excel Spreadsheets course will commence on Wednesday, November 9 for three weeks from 6pm to 9pm. Learn how to create tables, invoices, budgets and graphs. Students must have good computer skills. Microsoft Publisher will commence on Wednesday, November 30 for three weeks from 6pm to 9pm. Learn how to make professional looking cards, letterheads, posters and brochures. **** We have limited places still available for Internet for Beginners class held over three Thursdays and commencing on November 10. Learn how to access the internet, send and receive email, use browsers, search engines and download information. File Management class will be held on Thursday, November 10 from 1pm to 4pm and will teach you how to create, ﬁnd, save and move ﬁles and folders. Bookings essential. **** On Monday, November 21, Milpara together with Korumburra Secondary College, has organised an infor-

mation session for parents, guardians, grandparents and young people on how to keep safe using the Internet and understand how your future could be affected by internet postings. This session is proudly presented by Victoria Police youth liaison officer, Brendan Horrocks. Please contact Milpara to register you interest on 5655 2524 and will be held in the Flexible Learning Centre at Korumburra Secondary College, Jumbunna Road, Korumburra. **** Korumburra Playgroup is held at Milpara Community House every Friday from 10am to 11.30am, during school terms. Mums, dads, grandparents and carers are welcome to attend with their pre-school children to have fun with a huge range of toys and activities. Playgroup is a great opportunity for parents and children to make new friends. **** Korumburra Walking Group meets at the Richard Street football oval every Tuesday morning at 8.30am, rain, hail or shine. Starting with easy warm ups, we walk to suit our own level of fitness, finishing with some gentle exercises and stretching.

Exhibition celebrates search for equality A FASCINATING new exhibition using public and family records to trace the lives of an Aboriginal family in the ﬁrst half of the twentieth century opened at Korumburra on Friday. Footprints will show at Coal Creek Community Art Gallery until December 20. The exhibition includes rare Koori artefacts from a private Melbourne collector, plus dot paintings and indigenous artworks

from Hermannsberg in the Northern Territory, lent to the gallery by Korumburra art dealer Doug Kane. South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Warren Raabe ofﬁcially opened the exhibition entitled Footprints: the journey of Lucy and Percy Pepper, after a Welcome to Country and smoking ceremony. Missing two ﬁngers following a work accident, Percy Pepper and his sick wife Lucy tried to make a life for themselves and their seven children while constantly on the move across

Victoria in search of work. Deemed half-castes and thereby precluded from living on Aboriginal missions, the Peppers endured constant hardship. Original letters, photographs and public records reveal a family plunged into poverty; their attempts to ‘make good’ and catch a break in white society were frequently thwarted. One of about 40 Aboriginal men who enlisted in World War One, Percy fought in France where he sustained head wounds in a shell blast. Following his discharge

he was one of the few Aboriginal soldiers to secure a soldier settlement block – and with it the hardships faced by many soldier settlers. As Percy wrote in a letter to the chief secretary of the Victorian Government in 1927, “All I want is to get a home together”. His story is one of hardship and resilience, of sorrow and loss – and a remarkable parable about the strength of family in the face of adversity. The gallery is open from 10am until 4pm every day except Christmas Day.

CHLOE Jacqueline Bacon was born at Leongatha Memorial Hospital on October 21. She is the ﬁrst child for Joel and Vanessa of Leongatha, and a new sister for Bailey and Tyler.

From pages past Historical snippets from The Star One year ago, November 2, 2010 DAIRY farmers continue to enjoy a bright outlook, with two dairy companies announcing price rises in the past week. **** LEONGATHA’S Julian Patterson came home with a gold medal last Monday, after winning the state high jump at the Victorian Primary Schools State Track and Field Championship in Bendigo. Five years ago, October 31, 2006 ALBERTON Football League club delegates have asked the Victorian Country Football League to ﬁnd another home for the Wonthaggi Power. **** WITH Leongatha’s water storage levels at 16.8 per cent, a group of concerned citizens is calling for a public meeting to discuss the future.

10 years ago, October 30, 2001 THE Leongatha Memorial Hospital will struggle to achieve accreditation standards unless upwards of $10 million is poured into its redevelopment. **** IT WAS supposed to be round four in the Leongatha District and Cricket Association matches, but rain and wind created havoc for most matches. 30 years ago, November 3, 1981 A MAJOR employment forum has been organised by a Leongatha group to tackle problems faced by people seeking jobs in the district. **** ALAN Hunt MP told a meeting held at Foster last Monday the Victorian Government was unanimously opposed to the introduction of poker machines.

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Food for the mind and soul

SOUTHERN Women’s Business Network members and guests recently enjoyed a ‘Food for your mind, body and soul’ themed monthly

dinner. Held at Number 9 Dream in Leongatha, the night focused on relaxation, aromatherapy and wellbeing. GippsTAFE’s Robyn Eva provided ‘food for your mind’ by giving the

audience an update on courses available to further enhance their skills, whilst fellow guest speaker Margaret Yorston provided ‘food for your soul’ by discussing essential oils and energy healing tips. With wonderful food and company, everyone had a great night. The next SWBN get together will be held at The Gilded Lily in Loch on November 10, with the theme ‘Slow Speed Networking’. The night will be an opportunity to slow down and smell the lilies, and enjoy a bunch of fun, networking activities inter-

spersed with great food, wine, and conversation. Guest speaker for the evening, Michelle Anderson from the Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will share her tips, tricks and thoughts on networking. Cost for non-members is $40 and $35 for members. Transport is also available to and from the event. Places are limited, so bookings are essential. For any information or to RSVP to the event, please contact president Kaz Hughes on 0417 516 998.

Guest speakers: Robyn Eva and Margaret Yorston with network president Kaz Hughes (centre).

Southern Women’s Business Network: Ashlee Charlton and Nicole Salmon enjoy the monthly get together at Number 9 Dream.

Young people the link AS the Australian economy recovers from the global financial crisis, it is vital that we develop a pool of skills and knowledge to drive productivity and economic growth. David Lane has joined the team at LINK Employment and Training to assist the region with this challenge. “Increasing the numbers of young people who are interested in pursuing a trade is key to addressing the current and future skills shortages that may seriously constrain future growth,” he said. As the economy changes, work opportunities are changing with it. Across Gippsland existing industries are developing and transitioning and new industries are emerging. As a result the skills required for occupations in these industries are changing. “Providing an opportunity for an apprentice or trainee to launch their career can be a very rewarding experience for an employer,” he said, “but knowing that you might also be helping address skills shortages for the future also assists regional economic growth.” LINK Employment and Training, a community based not for profit organisation, merged with East Vic Workforce in 2007 and as a result, they have been active in Gippsland for more than 25 years. Currently operating offices in Traralgon and Bairnsdale, their group training model of employment offers employers a total solution matched to the needs of the business, with LINK taking care of the recruitment, training contracts, wages and entitlements, administration and training delivery. Mr Lane has been working with employers, schools, young people and training organisations in Gippsland for the last 10 years. “I’m excited to be joining LINK, but more importantly assisting employers with their future growth. The great thing about group training is that it provides flexibility, so your business is not locked into a long term training contract. Apprentices and trainees can be changed and moved to suit your business needs,” he said. LINK can also assist businesses with labour hire. To find out more about the services LINK can offer to employers, call the Gippsland office on 1800 070 007.

Dinner and drinks at Number 9 Dream: Kerrie Baker, Lisa Williams and Karen Wilas.

Networking with business women: Kellie Thomas, Sarah Wolf and Kate Adkins.

Customers feel upbeat HEALTHY food was rushed out the door of Upbeet Health and Wholefoods in Wonthaggi recently. An open day showcased the new business, owned by Lee-Ann Haynes-Folan,

Tasty, healthy: Lee-Ann Haynes-Folan and Kelly Smith of Upbeet Health and Wholefoods show off a smoothie and delicious mufﬁns.

at 125 Graham Street. The store offers a range of food, vitamins and cosmetics, such as One Skin System skincare, Natural Animal Solutions petcare and organic Cacao Gold. Grains and nuts can

be bought in bulk, and healthy lunches and juices are available. Smoothies are sold in biodegradable plastic. Radio 3GG broadcast live from outside the store and customers ﬁlled the premises.

Extensive range: massage therapist Lorraine Dowson of West Creek checks out the goods offered by Lee-Ann Haynes-Folan at Upbeet Health and Wholefoods. All smiles: Foster Primary School students show off their awards for participating in South Gippsland Water’s poster competition to mark National Water Week, held last week. A 2012 calendar is currently being produced to showcase 12 of the many entries and will be available soon.

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Foster Community House Community Cafe Breast cancer event at Koonwarra Bass Coast Shire Council Mayoral Ball Chisholm TAFE open day

Chit chat: Kate and Christine Baker have a chat with Mary Ross-Heazlewood. Looking the part: Annie Owen and Snooky Stockdale were in pink at the Koonwarra Store on Friday.

Recruiting young: young Shea Griffin of Inverloch met Wonthaggi CFA members Kathryn Sloan, captain Kim O’Connor, Stuart Zaffarese and Andrew McCormick at the Chisholm TAFE open day.

Sunny smiles: Gabby Sibly, David Baker and Corran Djuric enjoyed the sunshine at the Foster Community House Cafe.

Oooh la la: enjoying the Bass Coast Mayoral Ball held in the Wonthaggi Town Hall were, from left, Neville and Lyn Goodwin, mayor Cr Veronica Dowman and her husband Gary Shaw, chair of the Bass Coast Community Foundation Alan Brown, Anna-Lise Brorson of Tabro Meats and shire CEO Allan Bawden. Bonjour: council director of planning and environment Hannah Duncan-Jones and her husband Peter Dunstan catch up with the president of the Rotary Club of Wonthaggi Neville Goodwin, at the Bass Coast Mayoral Ball.

Action men: Wonthaggi State Emergency Service training officer Joe Borg, Vic Wood and Allan Bassett spruiked their causes at the Chisholm TAFE open day at Wonthaggi. To find out more, phone Joe on 0407 505 109.

Fantasy land: a butterfly takes shape on the face of Zara Harland of Leongatha, thanks to Gislene Stewart at the TAFE day.

Spider man: Jamie Stewart decorates the face of Korumburra boy Jack Crocker as his brother Tom looks on at the TAFE open day.

Festival fun: immersing themselves in the fun of the TAFE open day were Whitney Simon, and Paul and Dannielle Fitzgerald.

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• YMCA Children’s Expo and Fun Day • Inverloch Primary School Spring Carnival ball • Mental Health Awareness Week lunch

Good lunch: Andrew Joyce and Bruce Plant enjoyed their meal at the Mental Health Awareness Week lunch in Wonthaggi.

Fun time: Sybil Purtle, Elizabeth Wallace and Jeremy Dean, all of Wonthaggi, made the most of activities at the YMCA Children’s Expo and Fun Day at Wonthaggi recently.

Socialising: David and Delvia Purchase chatted with lots of people at the Mental Health Awareness Week lunch on Wednesday.

Social time: ball-goers Kristy Leys and Jane McGillivray have a laugh.

Formal dress: Alice Jobling, Liz Sadler and Christine Davey had fun at the Inverloch ball.

Sounding sweet: the Newhaven College choir sang at the YMCA Children’s Expo and Fun Day, including Fletcher Bowman, Charlotte Yarranton and Amelie Schrape.

Good lunch: Emma Miller, Chloe Bindlass and Lily Prenc enjoyed their lunch and a movie at Foster Community House Cafe.

Kates everywhere: Kate Adkins and Kate Smith share tales at the ball.

Colourful ladies: Belinda Scott, Lisa Hogan and Clare Peterson got into the mood of the ball.

Suitably clothed: ball-goers Meagan Fox and Sam Morcom looked fine in race headwear.

Elegant attire: Jodie Geyle and Sheri Box say hello at the ball.

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THE seventh annual Phillip Island Jazz Festival will be held from November 18-20. All acts will perform in the Bass Room at All Seasons Phillip Island Resort, 2128 Phillip Island Tourist Rd, Cowes. If you love red hot jazz, Phillip Island is your November destination. Opening night is a ticketed affair. However Saturday starting at 10am there will be 13 hours of continuous jazz to keep audiences entertained. The music starts again at 10am Sunday, running for eight-and-a-half hours, culminating in a jam session to mark the end of the festival. Organisers welcome for the ﬁrst time the Syncopators, George Washingmachine, Balajo Jazz Manouche, Australian Army Band Melbourne Jazz Group, and Andrew Nolte and His Orchestra. It is great to see the return of New Melbourne Jazz Band and Graeme Steel All Stars after a couple of years’ absence. Regulars Shirazz, Island Jazz, A’Beckett St Jazz, Jolly Rollers and pianist Bruce Gourlay will once again grace the stage. Phillip Island certainly will be the action attraction. For more information visit the festival website www.phillipislandjazzfest.org.au or phone Robin on 0432 814 407 or Jill 0417 416 300.

Hitting the stage: the Syncopators will be part of the Phillip Island Jazz Festival.

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• VLE LEONGATHA

Young cattle quality rises AFTER lower prices over the past seven days a big reduction was seen in supply, and most of this was due to a much smaller yarding of bullocks and cows.

Overall, the quality was very good, and while grown cattle were of better quality, there was a big improvement seen in the young cattle sale. All of the regular buyers were present, but demand was subdued, and prices were mostly 2c to 5c/kg cheaper. The only positive result was seen in the penning of 60 vealers, where lightweight vealers were dearer, making from 214c to 248c/kg. A small selection of 12 yearling steers sold between 183c and 210c, but a very good quality offering of 50 heifers sold mostly from 170c to 198c with the top price being 215c/kg. Half the number of grown steers and bullocks were penned, with a lot of good to very good quality sold in the yarding of 520 head. Steers mouth 0 to 2 teeth made 192c to 205c, while prime C muscle bullocks sold between 188c and 194c/kg. Manufacturing grades made anywhere between 155c and 184c/kg. Many more beef cows were sold in the smaller

yarding of 490 head, and most were of good to very good quality. In fact a lot were 4, 5 and 6 score condition. Prices were between 142c to 165c, but some European breed cows made to 175c/kg. The lack of leaner cows saw most

of these sell between only 1c and 3c/kg lower, with heavy Friesians making 140c to 156c/kg. Most other cows sold from 108c to 145c with restockers purchasing a larger percentage. The carcass weight price average was estimated to be 304c/kg.

Wednesday, October 26 BULLOCKS

3 18 13 8 9 6

L.L. Cameron & Tosch, Glengarry Strathbrae Equity P/L, Inverloch N. & L. Sherlock, Leongatha South C. Delbridge, Doomburrim D. Macri, Korumburra J. Richards, Boolarra

580kg 602kg 618kg 574kg 635kg 596kg

195.2 195.0 194.2 194.2 194.2 194.0

385kg 355kg 465kg 370kg 440kg 345kg

247.6 $953 240.8 $856 215.6 $1002 215.0 $795 210.0 $924 208.6 $719

660kg 545kg 695kg 850kg 695kg 636kg

180.0 174.6 167.0 166.6 165.0 165.0

$1188 $951 $1160 $1416 $1146 $1049

375kg 344kg 410kg 360kg 395kg 458kg

246.6 227.6 214.6 214.6 200.0 194.0

$924 $783 $879 $772 $790 $889

620kg P. & S. Hayes, Loch 1175kg Jepson & Clark2, Hallston 880kg Nalajule Nominees, Leongatha 835kg D.P. & C.M. Brown, Mirboo North 920kg M. Williams, Dalyston 595kg

194.6 192.6 189.6 186.2 186.0 184.6

$1206 $2263 $1668 $1554 $1711 $1098

STEERS 1 J. & R. Youngman, Korumburra

6 1 1 1 1

N. & R. Reynolds, Tarra Valley M. Babos & S. Cross, Leongatha G. & Y. McKenzie, Hazelwood D.D. & K.L. Belcher, Woodside P. & M. Chisholm, Hazelwood

$1132 $1174 $1201 $1115 $1234 $1157

COWS

1 Wiruna, Leongatha 1 C. Mabilia, Bass 6 N. & R. Reynolds, Tarra Valley 1 K. & F. Whelan, Outtrim 1 M. & N. Bracecamp, Berrys Creek 5 Glenpark Pastoral, Traralgon HEIFERS 1 J. & R. Youngman, Korumburra 6 N. & R. Reynolds, Tarra Valley 1 G. & Y. McKenzie, Hazelwood 1 N.R. & M. Arnup, Buffalo 1 D.D. & K.L. Belcher, Woodside 3 J.D. & C.M. Bowman, Allambee BULLS 1 N. & R. Reynolds, Tarra Valley

1 1 1 1 1

VLE LEONGATHA KOONWARRA

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

Upcoming Sales LEONGATHA Wednesday, November 2 Prime Sale - 8.30am Thursday, November 3 Store Sale - 10am

PAKENHAM Monday, November 7 Prime Sale - 8am Tuesday, November 8 Export Sale - 8.30am Thursday, November 10 Store Sale - 10am

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Dairy’s strong future DAIRY Australia’s managing director believes Asia’s growing appetite for milk will create strong growth for the Gippsland industry in coming years. Speaking to almost 100 guests during GippsDairy’s Annual General Meeting at Wild Dog Winery in Warragul, Ian Halliday said China in particular was seeing spectacular growth in milk consumption. “Back in 06-07, China’s imports from Australia were less than 300,000 tonnes which is now up to a million tonnes of mostly powdered milk,” he said. Aside from China, Mr Halliday said Dairy Australia was trying to gain improved access to the lucrative markets of Japan and South Korea. “We are looking to get a free trade agreement with South Korea which would be a very good outcome for the Australian dairy in-

dustry,” he said. Mr Halliday said at current production rates, there would be a likely shortfall in world dairy supplies – a situation that Australia should be well positioned to take advantage of. “It is only going to be through technology and people combined that we will be able to take advantage of these opportunities,” he said. Mr Halliday also urged farmers to vote for a 10 per cent increase in the dairy levy, saying levy funds ensure a strong and united Australian dairy industry. GippsDairy chairman John Versteden and executive ofﬁcer Dr Danielle Auldist also made presentations, while AgVet Projects manager Rob Greenhall spoke about the ground-breaking Green Cleaning dairy wash system which was developed with the assistance of GippsDairy, the Gardiner Foundation and Sustainability Victoria. After the AGM, Dr Auldist said the eve-

Experts: Leongatha DPI’s David Shambrook, Ellinbank farmer and former GippsDairy chairman Ron Paynter, Adam Sheedy from Kongwak and DPI Ellinbank’s Julie Williams. ning had said a lot about the changing face of Gippsland’s dairy industry. “This is the biggest turnout we have ever had for a GippsDairy AGM, which reflects the growing respect and influence the organisation has in the region,” she said. “I hope it also reflects GippsDairy’s efforts to listen and respond to the

MG lifts milk prices MURRAY Goulburn advised the co-operative’s dairy farmer shareholders of an increase in the farmgate milk price for the current season last week. In his statement to suppliers, managing director Gary Helou advised of a price increase of $0.20 per kg protein and $0.08 per kg butterfat for milk supplied across the 201112 season. Mr Helou said the softening world market prices compounded by a strengthening Australian dollar remained a big concern as they signiﬁcantly impacted company proﬁtability and ultimate-

ly the final milk price. “We need to be very vigilant in marketing our products at the highest possible value-added point and importantly at the lowest cost base. This will be a key theme for Murray Goulburn as we chart our future roadmap in the face of increasing world market volatility,” Mr Helou said. “We have reviewed our forecast final weighted average milk price for 2011-12 provided at the start of the season. Given the current uncertainties in the market place, we believe the final weighted average milk price should be around $5.30kg per kilogram of milk solids, which is at the lower end of our previously indicat-

ed range.” Mr Helou commenced in the role as managing director of Murray Goulburn on October 3 after 12 years as CEO of Sunrice. “Since my commencement my main priority has been to familiarise myself with our business, our people and our operating plans. I look forward to sharing my initial views and goals at the forthcoming shareholder-supplier meetings in early November 2011,” Mr Helou said.

concerns of the industry and our ability to work with farmers to improve their production and proﬁtability.” Two new directors were appointed to ﬁll the vacancies left by departing board members Neil Walker and Saurabh Aggarwalm. Warragul accountant Mark Dunsmuir was appointed as a specialist di-

rector, while Nambrok’s Malcolm Sellen returned to the board, having previously been a director and deputy chair of GippsDairy. John Versteden and Matt Gleeson were reelected unopposed as chairman and deputy chairman respectively, while Judy Johnston was elected as public ofﬁcer.

Grants for Landcare THE West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (WGCMA) has received a $270,000 share in the Victorian Government’s $3.39 million Victorian Landcare Grants for this financial year. The Victorian Government has provided these funds to local Landcare to finance projects that will benefit the health of the region’s land and waterways. Landcare projects include weed control, indigenous plantings and fencing to protect native vegetation.

Local projects to be funded are the Powlett catchment demonstration project in the Bass Coast Landcare Network and the Strzelecki koalas bio-links program in the South Gippsland Landcare Network.

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ALLOW CLEAR ACCESS TO WATER METERS South Gippsland Water reads water meters 3 times a year, in March, July and November. This ensures you receive accurate accounts based on the amount of water you have used over the 4 monthly period between accounts. You can help the meter readers to continue this service by maintaining the area around the water meter, so that it is easy to locate, and easy to read. Clear away shrubs and vegetation around the water meter and make sure it is above the ground. Allow a clear track to the meter so that the meter readers can get close enough without having to side step plants and shrubs or step over garden beds. These simple actions will make the reading of meters quick and easy and help keep your accounts as accurate as possible. For more information contact our Customer Service Staff on 1300 851 636 or 5682 0444

public notices RAFFLE results for Anderson Inlet Angling Club: 1st B. Ripley, Inverloch; 2nd Rex Bruton, Inverloch; 3rd Julie Hall, Inverloch; 4th Kay Barter, Inverloch; 5th Len Cameron, Inverloch; 6th Carol McDowell, Malvern; 7th Bev Young, Oakleigh; 8th Toby Bolding, Inverloch.

public notices We’ll be meeting again! Christian Reformed Church Where? Cnr Peart & Brown Streets When? November 7 Time? 2pm Hope to see you there to praise God, build up our faith and fellowship with friends over a cup of tea/coffee.

STATE COAL MINE WONTHAGGI CATERING PERMIT - VISITOR CENTRE Applications are invited from local businesses wishing to operate the catering services in our new Visitor Centre. We have a fully equipped kitchen and facilities and would expect the successful applicant to commence prior to the forthcoming tourist season. Interested parties should contact Braxton Laine at the State Coal Mine, Garden Street, Wonthaggi on 5672 3053 or 0400 531 968

Public Notice South Gippsland Shire Council Notice of Intention to Lease Land South Gippsland Shire Council (Council) gives notice under section 190 of the Local Government Act 1989 (Act) of its intention to enter into a lease with the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in respect of the premises, being part of Walkerville Retarding Basin, 20 Panoramic Drive, Walkerville (the proposal). A plan of the premises is shown below.

LEONGATHA GIRL GUIDES

CAR BOOT SALE LEONGATHA GUIDE HALL PARK A’Beckett St, Leongatha Saturday November 5 8.30am - 1pm Come pick up some bargains To book your car boot or a stall contact Rebecca Ph: 5662 3265

CHIROPRACTOR Garry Harrison 19 Moonah Street Cape Paterson Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday By appointment Ph: 5674 8290

CHIROPRACTOR NORMAN G. VRADENBURG “NON-FORCE PRACTITIONER” The purpose of the lease will be for the installation, operation and maintenance of a CFA Satellite Fire Station. The principal terms of the lease will be: 1. A term of 10 years with an option of a further 10 years. 2. A commencement rent of $104 plus GST, indexed annually to CPI. 3. Outgoings and other charges are payable by the tenant. Please contact Ms Helen Heley on 5662 9309 for any further information on the proposed lease. A person may make a submission on the proposal. Any person proposing to make a submission under section 223 of the Act must do by the close of business on Wednesday 30 November 2011. All submissions should be addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, and can be hand delivered to Council’s Office at 9 Smith Street, Leongatha or posted to the following address: The Chief Executive Officer South Gippsland Shire Council Private Bag 4 LEONGATHA 3953 A person making the submission is entitled to request in the submission that the person wishes to appear in person, or be represented by a person specified in the submission, at a meeting of the Council (or a committee determined by Council) to be heard in support of the submission. Tim Tamlin Chief Executive Officer

28 Reilly Street, INVERLOCH HOURS - Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday by appointment Phone and fax 5674 3666 South Gippsland Chiropractic Services & Adjunctive Therapies P/L

LEONGATHA DISTRICT NETBALL ASSOCIATION is now taking names for

March 2012 Debutante Balls To register please contact Narelle Polato between 6pm and 9pm on 5668 6246 Provide your name, age and contact details of yourself and partner Cut off date for registration is 20.11.2011 Registration will be on a ﬁrst in basis

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19th Annual General Meeting Members of the public are invited to attend the 19th Annual General Meeting of Gippsland Southern Health Service. The meeting will be held at Korumburra in the Hillside Leisure Centre Room, Hillside Lodge in Bridge Street on Thursday, November 24, 2011 commencing at 4pm. The President of the Board of Management, Mr David Harvey, will report on the 19th year of operation of GSHS, and release the Quality of Care Report and Financial Statements for the year ended June 30, 2011. 14 days notice must be given for any resolution to be considered. If you wish to attend, please contact Dianna Mollica, the Executive Assistant on 5667 5504 or email execassi@gshs.com.au. Light refreshments will be available.

situations vacant

CLEANER wanted. Leongatha cleaning company requires the services of a reliable committed worker for permanent and part time position, with the opportunity of relief work. This position entails evening work. Contact 0407-343870.

RELIEF MILKER REQUIRED NERRENA 10 minutes from Leongatha Phone 0423 385 631

situations vacant

TRUCK DRIVER

7.30am start KORUMBURRA SHOWGROUNDS Luncheon and light refreshments available Admission by donation Enq. Judy Macdonald 5664 3285

Carino’s Leongatha is seeking

WAITERS / BAR PERSON / BARISTAS Junior and over 18 positions available for casual work. Immediate start RSA certificate preferred or willingness to obtain one. Apply in person with your resumé at Carino’s 6-12 Smith Street, Leongatha (next to cinema)

AGRICULTURAL DIESEL MECHANIC APPRENTICESHIP

SHEEP DOG TRIALS November 7, 8&9

situations vacant

Local deliveries, Monday - Friday Full time, HC Licence Phone 5662 4146, 0409 021 519

A full-time Agricultural Diesel Mechanic Apprenticeship is now on offer at our established Agricultural Machinery Dealership in Leongatha. The successful applicant must be willing to commit to a 4 year apprenticeship. This is a full-time position, with both on the job and off the job (TAFE) training, resulting in a qualification as an automotive mechanical (agriculture) trades person. To be considered for this position you will need an enthusiastic, motivated attitude and a willingness to learn and succeed in all tasks. Mechanical aptitude, computer skills and mathematical ability are skills considered desirable for this job. The apprenticeship will be structured in accordance with award requirements. To apply send or email your application to: The Manager

CHAPMAN MACHINERY SERVICE P/L 58 Yarragon Road Leongatha 3953 admin@chapmanmachinery.com.au

Airborne Gravity Survey Gippsland Area An airborne gravity survey will be carried out over part of Gippsland (see map). This will enhance the geological understanding about the potential for carbon capture and storage in the offshore area. Bruthen

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Applications close 4:30pm Monday 7 November 2011

• For further information and copies of each position description visit our careers page www.lchs.com.au/careers. • Applicants must address the Selection Criteria and lodge their application online. • No late or hard copy applications will be accepted.

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The contractor Sander Geophysics will carry out the survey for the Department of Primary Industries. The survey will commence in mid November 2011 and continue until early to mid December 2011, depending on weather conditions. A small aircraft will fly lines approximately 1 km apart and 140 km long. The aircraft will be recording data between 150-200 metres above ground and sea level. Over towns, the aircraft will rise to just over 300 metres. The survey will assist in obtaining a consistent picture of the geological structure of the onshore, nearshore and immediate offshore areas of the Gippsland Basin. This will enhance geological understanding about the carbon storage potential of the offshore area. For further information on this survey please contact the Department of Primary Industries on 136 186 or visit www.dpi.vic.gov.au/ccs

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❖ Are you a passionate Primary Teacher? ❖ Are you a committed Christian? ❖ Would you like the opportunity to become part of a small dynamic teaching team? South Coast Christian College is a Prep - Y12 College located in Leongatha in picturesque South Gippsland, Victoria. We are seeking a suitably qualified and registered Primary Teacher to work in the Primary section of our College. The suitable applicant must: • Be a dedicated and practising Christian. • Have a recognised Teaching qualification. • Be registered with the Victorian Institute of Teaching, or equivalent state body. • Be able to work closely with fellow teachers and parents. • Be in full agreement with the beliefs and ethos of the College. If this is you, then we would love to hear from you! Contact: The Principal, Peter Russell for application pack. PO Box 283, Leongatha 3953 - 0428 358 251 Email: peter.russell@sccc.vic.edu.au Australian residents only need apply Applications close 09/11/2011

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Technical Support OfďŹ cer â&#x20AC;˘ Permanent full time â&#x20AC;˘ $58k including super â&#x20AC;˘ Option of 9 day fortnight Reporting to the Manager Information Services, these positions provide an outstanding opportunity to use your Information Technology expertise to deliver high quality IT and Corporate Information Services to the staff, residents and councillors of South Gippsland Shire. Enquiries to Iain McDougall, Manager Information Services on (03) 5662 9200.

Executive Assistant â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Community Services â&#x20AC;˘ Permanent full time â&#x20AC;˘ $58k including super â&#x20AC;˘ Option of 9 day fortnight Reporting to the Director Community Services, you will be responsible for providing executive assistance in the delivery of a range of administration activities including managing appointments and meetings, handling correspondence, managing records and facilitating events and functions. To be successful, you must be a customer focussed and highly professional person who can communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation. Enquiries to Jan Martin, Director Community Services on (03) 5662 9200. All applicants must submit an Employment Application Form and address the selection criteria outlined in the position descriptions by 5pm Wednesday 16 November 2011. Further information and position descriptions are available from our website.

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Tuesday, November 8 8pm

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The National Code of Practice for the Construction Industry, in accordance with the Australian Government Implementation Guidelines for the National Code of Practice for the Construction Industry, August 2009, applies to this project. This document can be viewed at the Australian Government website www.deewr.gov.au/building Please submit to: E: Jeshan.kand@abigroup.com.au Fax: 03 9828 5199

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Barista / Cafe Person for Gallery Cafe

Must have RSA Certificate and be able to work weekends Phone Andrew or Mark at Celia Rosser Gallery & Banksia Cafe, Fish Creek 5683 2628

B-DOUBLE INTERSTATE / LOCAL DRIVER required

LEONGATHA LYRIC THEATRE INC.

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MT ECCLES MECHANICS INSTITUTE Notice is given of a

PUBLIC MEETING To be held at Mt Eccles Hall on 7-11-2011 commencing at 8pm The purpose of the meeting is to nominate no less than three (3) or more than nine (9) persons as the Committee of Management for the Mt Eccles Mechanics Institute for a term of three years. The current committeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s term will expire on 1911-2011. All positions will be declared open and nominations will be accepted prior to or on the night. Nominations from women are encouraged. Further information, nomination forms and nominee declaration forms may be obtained by contacting your local Department of Sustainability and Environment ofďŹ ce or at the meeting. For further enquiries please contact the Secretary, Jenni Draper on 5668 9244.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Casual positions $29.72 per hour â&#x20AC;˘ Varying locations â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Leongatha, Korumburra and Foster â&#x20AC;˘ Customer Service Officers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Monday to Friday availability â&#x20AC;˘ Tourism Information Officers 7 day availability Is your passion Customer Service? Be the first point of contact with the Shire Uniform Supplied We are seeking highly motivated people to provide frontline customer and telephone services to residents and visitors. You will be an effective communicator and must be available to work at various sites as required. You will have Year 12 secondary education or equivalent and experience in Visitor Information Centre operations, customer service or administration roles. Availability over the December and January period is essential. Enquiries to: Lorelle Logan, Customer Service Team Leader on (03) 5662 9200. Danielle Todaro, Visitor Services Coordinator on (03) 5655 2233.

Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College South Gippsland LEADERSHIP POSITIONS Pol 3 - Learning Area Development Leader Pol 2 - Senior School Co-ordinator (Yrs 10-12) - Pastoral Care Teaching Positions Religious Education (esp. CSYMA), English, VETiS Allied Health, Physical Education, Psychology, Health & Human Development, Mathematics and Science Can you demonstrate an active commitment to the ethos of a Catholic school? Do you have strong ICT skills and an interest in eLearning? Then why not visit www.mackillopleongatha.catholic.edu.au/school-community for more information and an application form? Written applications, including the names of three referees, should be submitted to the Principal as soon as possible but no later than Friday 18 November 2011

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for lease

for sale MOWER John Deere rideon LT180, 17hp Kawasaki V-twin engine 48” deck with mulching kit. 340hrs, in as new condition $3,000. Ph: 0400-222770.

PROFESSIONAL ROOM(S)

FOR LEASE

– suit a health practitioner Modern consulting rooms are available within an active health precinct. Optional access to reception area, waiting room and staff room may also be negotiated. On-site parking available for clients. Different levels of lease available – consulting room only, whole clinic or inclusion of access to phones, computers, etc.

Location: Fowler Street, Moe Contact – Suzanne Lewis 5136 5338 or email Suzanne.lewis@lchs.com.au for further information.

wanted

for lease 5 AC LEONGATHA with shed, suit weekender, hobby farmer with few animals. $6,000 per year. Only 4WD access. Ph: 0432-572226, ask for Jag.

for rent VENUS BAY - house, short stroll to beach and shops, sleeps 7. Permanent rental also available. Contact: 0408-320001.

for sale

MIDDLE aged proffessional man is seeking clean, basic self-contained midweek accomodation in Leongatha. Please phone Douglas on 0431-380089 or 5662-3712.

for hire BULLS for hire, Angus, Friesian, Hereford, Limo and Jerseys. All tested. Ph: 0447-331762.

for sale

MOTOR BIKE Yamaha Pee Wee 80. Runs and rides OK. $250. Ph: 0400222770. MULCH HAY - $5 per bale. Ph: 0419-313483. OLD PORT POULTRY FARM delivering 20 week old laying hens to your area, Saturday November 15. $17 each. Phone B/H 0438-832535, 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. TIMBER - kiln dried blackwood, clear pine, silver wattle. Most sizes for furniture and craft. Also builder’s graded structural pine. Phone 5681-2261.

free

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

livestock JAYCO SWAN CAMPER TRAILER (2006) In very good condition and used just a few times. Great family van, sleeps up to six, easy towing, microwave, gas cook top with one electric plate, brand new Winegard antenna, complete with full annexe. Reg. till July 2012. $18,500 ONO. Phone 5664 2240 BURDER Soft Hands, 4-5 foot opening. Only been used once. $2,600. Ph: 5668-2124. CARAVAN 2004 Jayco Expanda. MUST SEE! Excellent condition, includes aircon, microwave, auto awning, flies and annexe, $23,000. Ph: 0439374760. CURTAINS 3 prs pinch pleat, professionally made, fully lined. Lovely beige fabric. Drop 213cm x 260cm each side. $200 each window. Ring 0438762414. FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175 HAY Standing pasture for hay or silage, approximately 100 acres, best offer. Also 450 round bales net wrapped, last season’s, any reasonable offer. All situated at Carrajung. Inspection by appointment. Ph: b/h (03)9555-0728, a/h (03)9557-1372.

VACUUM CLEANER Repairs

DUST BAGS

Sales

FREE

QUOTES

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

5672 3127 Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

LARGE dog hydrobath in good condition, $400 ONO. Ph: 5674-2246. LAYING HENS mixed breeds, $8 each; chickens, mixed breeds unsexed, $5 each; fertile chicken eggs, $10 doz; bagged chook poo, $2 bag; roosters $6 each. Susanne 5662-3947. MASSEY FERGUSON Compact Tractor GC2400, front end loader, 4WD automatic. Worth $26,000, never used $17,000 ONO. 2 year warranty. Ph: 5664-4254.

ISA BROWN pullets, 17 weeks, fully immunised, not debeaked, $20 each. Taking orders now. Tradeins welcome. Pick up on Friday, November 11 between 3-5pm at the old Korumburra Saleyards. Chook food available on the day. Unwanted animals taken, other animals for sale. Animals From The Farm, call Mark 0419425257 or 5629-9685.

used vehicles

garage sales

deaths

HOLDEN STATESMAN 1998, white, 300,000kms, OVJ091, $800 ONO. Ph: 5664-2252 or 0423756794.

LEONGATHA 85 Parr Street on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th.

TOYOTA HILUX SR5 4x4 twin cab ute, 2009, turbo diesel, silver, 35,000km. Fitted with hard cover on tub and Widdow tool boxes. Excellent condition, XLY522, $45,500. Ph: 0400-222770.

Jenny Milkins

garage sales

GARAGE SALE 5 Ridgeway Street Leongatha Saturday, November 5 8am - 3pm Baby crib, kitchen and homewares, single base & mattress, baskets, checkerplate tool box, and some antique furniture No early callers

Garage Sale 14 Station Road KOONWARRA

Saturday November 5 8.30 - 1pm Books, videos, collectables, household items Proceeds to TEAR Aid projects

Garage Sale 22 Turner Street Leongatha (Beside Kats Korner)

Saturday November 5 8am - 3pm Going travelling Everything must go

marriage celebrant All areas - 5672 3123 jenny_milkins@hotmail.com

CAM ABOOD Leongatha 5662 4191

bereavement thanks INGRAM - John. The family and friends of John Ingram are very grateful for the kindness and special caring extended to John by Dr Hugh Chisholm and staff at the Leongatha hospital. We would also like to thank the staff at Handley Funerals for the kindness and compassion shown to John’s family.

in memoriam MORGAN Donné Lynette. In memory of Donné. I loved you then Darl, and I love you still. On October 28, 2010 a light went out in the world, but your memory will burn bright always. It seems like it was just yesterday, and it seems like a lifetime. Rest easy Donné.

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PAYNE - Edwin Henry (Eddie). November 1, 2009 Two years since you were taken. Time doesn’t mend a broken heart, and true love is forever. Love Norma, Graeme and Malcolm. YOUNG - Bev and Gordon. 4.11.2003 We remember the happy times. Love Coral, families.

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message of hope

used machinery HAY EQUIPMENT

Garage Sale

4 disc Vicon mower SIP 360 rotary rake Feraboli FF55H round baler

Saturday November 5 4 Silverback Place Leongatha 8.30am - 2pm

FUGE - Reginald George. George passed away peacefully at the Leongatha Hospital on 31.10.2011.

Combined households Lots of baby goods with prams, rocker, clothing and bric-a-brac

Loved and loving stepdad of Heather and Rod. Respected and loved friend of Rob and Linda.

All in good condition Ready to work $10,500 lot Phone 0408 893 766 before 7pm

used motorcycles KTM 85SX only ridden twice, $4,200 ONO. Ph: 0437-510108.

used vehicles

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

$25 GARAGE SALE KIT

I DIRECT my steps by all your precepts; I hate every false way. Psalm 119:128.

deaths

FUGE - George. Much loved by Nyree and Jason, grandad to Lachlan, Lara and Hamish. FUGE - George. Best friend and pop to Glenn and Sarah. Much loved grandad to Anabelle, Lucinda and Harrison.

KIT INCLUDES 5cm x S/C advert (valued at $31.90)

We will miss you so very much. Loved Grandad George of Elizsabeth, Elaine and David Tysoe.

All machinery Bins provided

• 2 x A4 Garage Sale Signs • Garage Sale Tips (dos and don’ts) • Sheet of Price Stickers • Star Carry Bag

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers

Total package valued at $39

Will pay up to $300 for complete car Buyers of scrap metal

5672 2946 0417 556 593 FORD FOCUS sedan, 2003, auto, ex. first car, VGC, RWC, well maintained, SHD190, $9,500 ONO. Ph: 0418998833.

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

FUGE - George.

INGRAM - John. 11.9.64 - 21.10.11 Of Venus Bay. Loved son of Pat, Les and stepson of Stan. Dear brother of Anthony, David and Evette. Brotherin-law of Helen, Kerry and Dom. Special uncle of Tahlia and Tanisha. Friend of Boof. Sleeping peacefully.

NEVILLE - Roma Audrey. 09.10.1925 - 26.10.2011 Loved daughter of William Harkness Horsburgh and Emma Elizabeth Green (both dec). Youngest sister of Jean and Gladys (both dec). Dearly loved and loving wife of Michael John (dec), much loved mother of Timothy (dec), Suzanne, Rhonda, Derek and their partners. Nanna to 13 grandchildren and Nanna Roma to 18 great grandchildren. Devoted her life to others. Passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter Suzanne and son-in-law Peter Campbell. Indeed a wonderful mother full of love for her family. Devoted nana to Timothy and Cristina, Christopher and Julie, and Natasha. Nana Roma to Emma, Max, Tommy, Nathan and Tara. “A lifetime of precious memories.”

funerals

NEVILLE - A Memorial Funeral Service for the late Mrs Roma Audrey Neville will be held at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Mirboo North on Thursday, November 3, 2011 commencing at 2pm. A Service for Burial will precede the above service at the Mirboo North Cemetery at 1pm.

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

Paul & Margaret Beck proprietors Caring for our Community, personal digniﬁed service to all areas 5662 2717 Pre-need Funeral Plans available Ofﬁce and Chapel: 24 Anderson Street, Leongatha hfs1@vic.australis.com.au MEMBER OF AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

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Money wasted VICROADS could have avoided costly repairs to a guardrail near Mirboo North had it acted earlier, a Leongatha man said. Robert Bacon said he told VicRoads of water undermining the side of the Strzelecki Highway south of Mirboo North before the bank fell away, leaving the guardrail hanging. He believes repairs will cost more than necessary and follows delays in repairing a pothole on the same stretch of road. Mr Bacon said cleaning drains would have avoided the pothole and guardrail damage. “Now there is a 60km/h speed zone for about oneand-a-half kilometres and if it takes as long as it did for them to ﬁx the other pothole, it could be two months before anything is done,” he said. Patricia Liew, regional director Eastern Victoria, VicRoads, said temporary patching of the pothole was undertaken by VicRoads within a few days of it being reported. VicRoads investigated the location near Cropleys Road on October 4 and found there were no blocked drains at that location. “VicRoads’ maintenance contractors have been stretched to maintain all roads in a safe condition and have had to prioritise their works programs,” Ms Liew said.

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THE 15th Annual State Cattle, Sheep and Duck Dog Championships were as big an event as anyone could want. And despite the inclement weather and the muddy grounds, the drovers still came in droves. The Welshpool institution is one of those ‘must do’ events for those

Ready to work: Port Welshpool’s Aaron and Rick Wilkinson with Tim and Jeb.

Kelpie Stud, said the weekend’s championships were “great”. “It’s just that we’re up to our ankles in mud. It’s been wet, but it is a really good crowd. It’s hard to know how many are here because there’s so much activity,” he said. “People just love coming down and working their dogs.”

Happy trio: organiser and host Paul Macphail, Dusty the dog, and long time competitor Jodie Dowling.

Lions love Wonthaggi LIONS converged on Wonthaggi for the Annual District Convention over the weekend. More than 250 Lions club members from around 70 different branches took part. The convention coincided with the 50th anniversary of the Wonthaggi Lions. Business sessions went on throughout the weekend while everyone got frocked up on Saturday night for the anniversary ball. Special guest speaker for the weekend was Lions international director Eddy Widjanarko, who travelled from Indonesia for the convention. Convention secretary Rev Phillip said the weekend was a complete success. “It was great,” he said. “I’m glad the weather held up and everybody had Looking ahead: Lorelle Logan and Norm McPhera great time catching up son from the Korumburra Lions were promoting the with old friends.” 2012 conference, which they are hosting next year.

who take their dogs seriously. There was little doubt the dogs were taking things seriously too. Laidback and carefree when there are no cattle, sheep or ducks to herd, the iconic Aussie animal is a far different creature when there’s a job to do. Organiser and host Paul Macphail, who runs the Beloka

King of the rose: gardening guru Rodney Emmerson shows off Margaret Stokes’ beautiful Paul Ricault bloom.

Show was blooming marvellous THE Welshpool and District Horticultural Society Spring Flower Show was a blooming marvellous event last Friday and Saturday. Above: On the grill: John Burhop, Marilyn Allman, Betty Leemon, Daryl Allman and Kathleen Gilham are members of various Lions clubs in the area. They were at the barbecue on Friday night.

Garden wedding

Of course, it was always going to be such - with a colourful bunch of local green thumbs displaying their best flowers, vegetables, cacti, plant art (which included the fabulous Spring Racing carnival plant hat by Leongatha’s Heather Bruce) and many other things besides. Society president Elizabeth Roberts said the group was an easy way to meet people. She joined when she arrived in town in 1985. “It’s a very friendly club. Everyone helps each other. We have regular meetings once a month and we have a show bench where we’re shown how to demonstrate flowers, as well as lots of different activities,” she Creative and colourful: society said. president Elizabeth Roberts won first “Everyone hops in, which is good. The prize in the hanging basket section for floral art at the show is amazing. This is the her wonderful mixture of flowers. 51st show and you have two shows a year.”

NATHAN Luke Giles married Michelle Joy Deenen in the garden setting of the bride’s parents’ home at Koonwarra on Saturday, October 29. The overnight and morning rain cleared to beautiful sunshine just in time for the 3.30pm ceremony. Michelle is the daughter of Hupi and Val Deenen and Nathan is the son of Michael and Kerrie Giles of Leongatha. Michelle was attended by Lisa Kuhne, Shelley Fixter and Tammy Clarke while Nathan was attended by Ash Hickey, Craig McGannon and Wayne Kuhne. Flowergirls were nieces of the bride, Ayla Deenen, Mia Deenen, Zali Deenen and Sage Deenen. Following the ceremony conducted by civil celebrant Jo Fennell, guests enjoyed a marquee reception adjacent to the Deenen family home. The couple, who reside in Mount Isa, plan to honey- Natural setting: Nathan and Michelle Giles marmoon in January.

ried at the bride’s parents’ home.

Foster’s ﬁnest: Prue Fleming did her bit for charity by making a popular table display. Balloters chipped in gold coins as a way of casting their votes for best table. All money was channelled into the purchase of a tree for Welshpool Primary School, in memory of the late Joanna Gardener.

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Meander through Loch THE audio-visual production Walk Through Loch Village was launched last Sunday in the public hall at Loch.

Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business Russell Northe MP performed the honour. The six minute audiovisual was produced in electronic format for uploading to social media and networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube, as well as websites promoting tourist destinations in Victoria. The production will also be made available as a free promotional DVD for wide distribution. Also attending the launch were South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Warren Raabe and Cr Jennie Deane, a long term resident of Loch. Walk Through Loch Village deﬁnes Loch as

Major moment: Rob Hicks, the man behind the production, with Kate Strong and Carmen Barnacle. a sought after tourist and specialty retail destination with lifestyle appeal and business venture potential. It offers a tantalising glimpse of this unique village through the use of photographic stills and images of events, businesses, geographical features, community involvement and history.

Produced by Rob Hicks of Hicks Marketing Services, the production is anticipated to have the potential to market Loch widely and to a broad range of people over an extended period of time. As a work in progress, Walk Through Loch Village will be updated periodically to include

new events, and seasonal changes and developments as they occur. Following the premier viewing, attendees at the launch were treated to local wines and cheeses kindly supplied by Barry Charlton of Berrys Creek Cheeses and the Brandon Family of Red Hill Cheese at Moyarra.

Fallen powerline blocks street A POWERLINE to an Inverloch home was brought down on Saturday while a resident was cutting down a tree in his front yard.

Stay away: people ensured trafﬁc did not run over the fallen powerline.

The line fell across Edgar Street around 1.45pm, with the road blocked for about an hour until the area was secured. Unfortunately the entrance to the Inverloch Primary School was also blocked during the staging of the Good Living Expo. Police remind residents if they are trimming their trees to be extra careful of live wires.

New world: they’ve certainly got the whole world in their hands and these children enjoyed the many fun activities and games at the Inverloch Primary School’s Good Living Festival on Saturday.

Inverloch promotes good living ADDING a bit more green to South Gippsland on the weekend was the Inverloch Primary School, hosting the inaugural Good Living Festival. Good food, good sustainable living advice, garden tips and a whole lot of fun was on the menu at the expo that attracted a reasonable crowd on Saturday.

A highlight of the day was the establishment of the school’ s new permaculture kitchen garden, an ongoing project for all students. Embracing a new era, the school community is thrilled with its new-look school and much work is underway in preparation for the grand opening later this year.

Forgotten memories up for auction

Good campers: dozens of certiﬁcates bear the names of children who stayed at the camp during their school days.

By Simone Short DESPITE sitting alone and abandoned for over a decade, the site of the old Bindaree School Camp is far from dull. The original site for the Poowong Primary School until the 1950s, the Bindaree Camp was a popular destination for school children from all over Victoria. Among the small huddle of buildings dotted all over the three acre area remains the Poowong Primary School building, but the site is not only filled with the history of one town. When the camp first opened, six other school buildings were transferred to the site from Mount Lyall, Bellview, Poowong South, Ranceby and Dalmore. Along with the seven schools are memories of hundreds of school children, etched into the remaining mess hall and colourful bunk beds. Many of their children have left their marks, with camp certificates remain-

ing on walls, painted murals and messages on the chalk boards, whilst former students have returned, with one message reading, “Len Coe went to school here 1965 to 1969”. Along with the Bena Primary School, it is about to go under the hammer under instructions from the Department of Education and Early Childhood Learning. The site was offered for purchase to the South Gippsland Shire Council earlier this year, but the offer was declined. Council’s property development co-ordinator Chris Van Der Ark said council had worked closely with residents on the Poowong Community Plan over the past year, and had decided Poowong is well catered for with public land to service its current needs. “This includes potential sites for a multi-purpose facility in the centre of town,” she said. “The Bindaree site is in a prime position on the western town entrance and it is hoped that a private

Collection of schools: the original Poowong Primary School building still stands at the front of the property, along with buildings from six other towns. owner could deliver a priority project on the site, adding job opportunities and an improved gateway to the town.” Old School Site committee member Richard Briggs said it was disappointing the land wouldn’t be used for the community. “It’s sad, because I think that Poowong is missing an opportunity to utilise it more as a community spot that they could centralise

things, maybe use it for a market area, a shopping centre or an aged care facility,” he said. PBE Real Estate auctioneer Michal Wrigley said the property was “absolutely unique”. “These sorts of properties rarely come on the market,” he said. “The front of the property is township, whilst the back is farming and while it’s not remote, it’s not in the

centre of town either.” Mr Wrigley said the site had endless opportunity for the buyer. “With 10 buildings in total on the property, some people have suggested using it as a bed and breakfast,” he said. The camp will go up for auction at 12pm this Friday, and is expected to receive great interest from out of town buyers.

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Bees create buzz BEEKEEPING was all the buzz at the Dumbalk Recreation Reserve recently, when South Gippsland Beekeepers held their ﬁrst ﬁeld day. South Gippsland Beekeepers, in conjunction with Gippsland Apiarist Association ran the day in perfect summer weather, with around 150 people attending. Topics on the day included demonstrations and talks on using beekeeping equipment, safe bee handling practice, DPI information for keeping bees, small hive beetles, the opening and inspection of live hives, live bee display cases and the lifecycle of bees, with the day ending with honey extracting. Good support from the Dumbalk

community and recreation committee in hosting the day meant beekeeping equipment suppliers were run off their feet meeting the needs of eager beekeepers. If you are interested in keeping bees, please contact the club at gippybees@gmail.com or phone president Rob Fisher on 5664 4323. The club meets monthly on the second Thursday of the month at St Peter’s Anglican Church Hall, Leongatha at 7.30pm. The last meeting night for the year is on November 10, with a club Christmas barbecue planned for Sunday, November 27 at the Dumbalk Recreation Reserve from noon. All welcome.

Chinese buy Meeniyan sheep A MEENIYAN stud is selling sheep to China. Ivydowns has accepted an order to supply six Southdown rams, five Suffolk rams, five Poll Dorset rams and five White Suffolk rams to the northern province of Beijing. The Chinese clients have also bought a substantial amount of frozen semen from three Ivydowns rams that have won championships at royal shows. Stud principal Neralie Reynolds was delighted by the sale. “The delegation attended the

Ivydowns property in February and again in July this year to make their ﬁnal selection,” she said. “Whilst we commenced breeding Southdown stud sheep, we have now ventured into the other three breeds. We have found there is an increasing demand for our sheep and the other breeds are now becoming as much in demand as our Southdowns have been.” Ivydowns has entered into a joint venture in Koo Wee Rup as it increases sheep numbers to complement the stud’s operation at Meeni-

Wind brings community together By Tessa Hayward A NUMBER of exciting family and sporting events were held at Sandy Point’s inaugural Wind Festival last weekend. There was something for everyone, from windsurfing, to live music, to bush dancing. Sandy Point is a popular destination for its natural and unique wind and water characteristics that are great for wind-powered sporting activities. Event organiser Neil Shaw decided to create the event to strengthen the community, bring people together and for everyone to have fun. “It promotes Sandy Point as a desirable place to live and play,” he said. Mr Shaw believes it is an unusual event as not many wind festivals are held in the world. “It was a great success and the place was abuzz,” he said. The magniﬁcent bush dinner dance featured a local bush band and a lot of family entertainment. “They all learnt how to do the heel and toe,” Mr Shaw said. The South Gippsland Brass Band really stood out as Mr Shaw does not think there has ever been a brass band in Sandy Point before. There was a kite workshop for the children which they loved. Mr Shaw is determined to make this event into a world renowned event to bring people together. “This is only the beginning; I am starting small, capturing people’s attention and motivating people to participate,” he said.

Keen to learn: beekeeper ﬁeld day participants were keen to ﬁnd the queen amongst all the other bees on the frame.

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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yan and the breeding program run by their son Mark at Mardan. Mark is a principal of Highbank Southdowns and is lifting his sheep numbers given the high demand for Ivydowns genetic-based sheep. The Chinese buyers have also forward ordered a further 22 ram lambs from this season’s lamb drop for delivery in 2012. “Last season we had a total clearance of 214 rams, with lambs sired by our rams topping at $244 in New South Wales,” Ms Reynolds said.

Community support: the South Gippsland Brass Band performed through the rain to entertain onlookers.

Right Water sports: this keen windsurfer was at home in the water.

Boot sale raises $1000 WHILE Sunday’s wet weather saw the cancellation of outdoor stalls at the Korumburra Car Boot Sale, the Sanders Pavilion at the showgrounds provided shelter for a good selection of stall-holders. Organised by the Friends of Coal Creek, the car boot sale attracted good sales and helped raise some $1000. The Friends of Coal Creek thank the stall holders for their support and many visitors enjoyed the delicious food and refreshments available at the food van on site.

The Play it Safe by the Water Surﬁng For Girls presented by Oakley and EVO is preparing to kick off for another summer of girls’ surﬁng around the state.

Setting the scene: star of the First Love film, India Payne, will be teaching girls the finer points of surfing at the Play it Safe by the Water Surfing for Girls presented by Oakley and EVO. Photo Courtesy Liam Robertson.

Welcome to the Woorayl club New Woorayl Golf Club member Sharon Lagden entered into the club with one of the best results many club members have seen. Sharon Lagden won last Wednesday’s C Grade championship section with 105-44-61. No doubt she’ll have made a few friends after posting such a brilliant score.

An exciting addition to this year’s program is World Tour surfer Bec Woods who will be travelling around the state giving tips to the girls in the water. Woods has invaluable surfing experience and this is an exciting opportunity for young girls to gain some surfing knowledge and get to know an elite level female surfer. The program will cover 11 stops along the Victorian Coastline starting at Portland and finishing at Pt Leo on the Mornington Peninsula. Surfing Victoria CEO Max Wells is excited to have such a high calibre surfer involved in the program. “Bec is such an amazing surfer and is a great asset for the program. The girls will learn a huge amount off her and be developing their skills with the help of a World Tour surfer. It’s an opportunity not to be missed by any girl,” he said. Also coming along for the ride are stars of the First Love film, Jess Laing and India Payne. Both from Phillip Island, these girls have grown up surfing some of the state’s best waves and competing throughout the country on the ASP Junior Series, including taking out the Australian Junior School Surfing titles in 2008 and 2010 respectively. For just $20, participants will receive a day of surfing lessons, an Oakley t-shirt, show bag and surprise giveaways from EVO, Global Surf Industries and Cancer Council Sunscreen!

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South Gippsland pennant bowls Leongatha Bowling Club

Division 1: Phillip Island 2-68 lt Leongatha 14-68, Inverloch 16-81 d Wonthaggi 0-57, Korumburra 16-91 d Lang Lang 0-53, Foster 1475 d Toora 2-67. Division 2: Meeniyan 16-87 d San Remo 0-59, Inverloch 4-68 lt Wonthaggi 12-72, Mirboo North 14-77 d Loch 2-62, Leongatha 1474 d Phillip Island 2-73. Division 3: Corinella 16-93 d Foster 0-48, Inverloch 16-74 d Wonthaggi 0-57, Korumburra Maroon 2-71 lt Korumburra Gold 14-80, Fish Creek 14-69 d Tarwin Lower 2-67. Division 4: Phillip Island Blue 16-81 d Leongatha 0-47, Inverloch 4-61 lt Wonthaggi 12-66, Mirboo North 14-80 d Lang lang 2-61, San Remo 15-77 d

Phillip Island White 1-54. Division 5: Fish Creek 2-61 lt Loch 14-76, Tarwin Lower 13-76 d Meeniyan 3-67, Fish Creek 16-15 d Inverloch 0-0 (walkover). Division 6: Corinella 12-44 d San Remo 2-38, Meeniyan 0-42 lt Phillip Island 14-52, Foster 12-46 d Korumburra 2-40, Wonthaggi 0-29 lt Toora 14-52.

Ladders Division 1 Inverloch ......................... 118 Leongatha .........................88 Korumburra ...................105 Phillip Island.....................55 Foster.................................-76 Wonthaggi .........................-67 Toora ...............................-108 Lang Lang .......................-115 Division 2 San Remo ............................2 Mirboo North ...................18 Loch .....................................6 Meeniyan...........................27

60 58 47 45 17 16 7 6 43 42 36 35

Leongatha..........................-25 34 Wonthaggi .........................-19 29 Phillip Island ........................3 20 Inverloch ...........................-12 18 Division 3 Corinella..........................126 60 Inverloch ...........................13 44 Korumburra Gold............ 11 34 Fish Creek ..........................-4 34 Foster.................................-25 28 Korumburra Maroon .........-21 25 Tarwin Lower ....................-17 20 Wonthaggi .........................-91 11 Division 4 San Remo ..........................69 57 Wonthaggi .........................25 36 Phillip Island Blue ............20 35 Phillip Island White ........-12 33 Leongatha............................-2 32 Lang Lang .........................-46 27 Inverloch .............................-4 22 Mirboo North ....................-58 14 Division 5 Loch .................................141 62 Tarwin Lower ...................40 59 Port Welshpool .................40 48 Meeniyan..........................-41 35 Fish Creek .........................-64 30 Inverloch ...........................-116 6 Division 6

Toora .................................66 42 Korumburra .....................31 41 Foster.................................12 40 Wonthaggi ...........................9 28 Corinella............................-39 26 Phillip Island .....................-15 20 San Remo .................-19 14

Meeniyan.................-45 13 The ‘Kiss of death’ tips for next week’s round are: Division 1 Leongatha (home) will have no trouble against Foster, Leongatha by 45 shots; Toora (home) will struggle and not have the strength to overcome Phillip Island and will go down by 22 shots; Inverloch (home) will halt Korumburra’s good start to the season and take the game by seven shots, while Lang Lang (home) will sneak over the line by ﬁve shots against Wonthaggi.

SGBD Tuesday pennant bowls Results - October 25 Division 1

Korumburra 77 (16 shots) d San Remo 61 (B. Button 31 d S. Carvosso 17, D. Williams 27 d J. AllenDayle 17, J. McVeigh 19 lt K. Hale 27). Meeniyan 84 (21 shots) d Foster 63 (M. Pearson 30 d L. Vignocchi 20, A. Van Wamel 35 d R. Richardson 23, L. Hanks 19 lt D. Mortlock 20). Wonthaggi 59 (7 shots) d Inverloch 52 (K. Simpson 28 d S. Cook 13, J. Clarkson 18 drew A. Tschiderer 18, I. Donohue 13 lt I. Sheppard 21). Phillip Island 76 (16 shots) d Lang Lang 60 (P. Francis 34 d D. Motton 19, P. Davis 27 d J. Prowd 16, R. James 15 lt V. Harris 25). Division 2 Fish Creek 69 (10

shots) d Port Welshpool 59 (P. Hazeltine 29 d M. McDonald 12, D. Buckland 19 lt A. Collins 23, N. Van Dyk 21 lt A. Holland 24). Corinella 73 (1 shot) d Mirboo North 72 (M. Dillon 33 d P. Reynolds 15, E. Johnstone 25 d L. Roberts 16, B. O’Keefe 15 lt D. McFarland 41). Leongatha 92 (36 shots) d Phillip Island 56 (E. McIntyre 36 d J. Christie 14, T. McCormack 36 d J. Stubbs 22, L. Cox 20 drew J. Boyce 20). Wonthaggi 86 (28 shots) d Loch 58 (J. Brusamarello 35 d V. Kennedy 12, A. Green 28 d G. Garry 20, T. Kavanagh 23 lt J. Miller 26). Tarwin Lower 74 (23 shots) d Inverloch 51 (B. De Rooy 22 d N. Martin 17, G. Bright 27 d J. Arnold 18, D. Barnes 25 d P. Lawson 16).

Mardan Indoor bowls SO WE come to the end of another indoor bowls season at Mardan, good attendances, much laughter, excellent company and another pennant flag all add up to a successful and enjoyable season. As is the tradition, the final night of bowling was President’s Night. Outgoing club President Tony AllenClay provided the prizes for the winning team, Tony finishing his two year term happy in the knowledge that he ends his presidency with the club in very good shape. Twenty-four bowlers in attendance, nicely split into six teams of four all playing three games of eight ends, all teams being skipped by lady bowlers on the night. Only one team managed to win all of their games and what a sparkling display they put on. Remarkable Ronnie Baker, Wayne Berbatov, Nic Rutjens and Jeanette Grady (skip) combined beautifully to win the president’s prizes, four lovely native shrubs. Runners-up were Ian Hasty, Cliff Smith, Robert Matthies and Lorna Roberts (skip) with two wins and eleven winning ends. This week the club hopes for a big turnout of members for the AGM, 7.30pm Wednesday November 2 at the Mardan Hall. There will be several

changes in key committee positions and the club would like to note the outstanding contribution from outgoing secretary, Ann Plowman. You certainly deserve a break Ann and now it’s time to just go along and enjoy your bowling. Many people have played their part in making the season a success, well done everyone involved, and a big thank you to the members who have provided such excellent support throughout the season. A ﬁnal mention to the milk monitor for the last three years, a job that so often goes unnoticed, until there’s no milk for supper, then look out. Don’t forget the break up on Friday November 11, 6.30pm at Mirboo North Bowling Club, see you all next season.

Division 3 Toora 45 (7 shots) d Inverloch 38 (K. Barwick 22 d S. Phillipson 20, B. Curram 23 d G. Growse 18). Leongatha 54 (16 shots) d Meeniyan 38 (M. Rayson 39 d C. Loughray 14, B. Thompson 15 lt D. Lindhart 24). Wonthaggi 61 (29 shots) d Foster 32 (V. Grifﬁths 24 d J. Bohn 22, E. Coram 37 d M. Freeman 10). Phillip Island 55 (17 shots) d Tarwin Lower 38 (E. Stephenson 29 d M. Emmett 18, M. Puncher 26 d S. Browne 20). Korumburra 44 (9 shots) d San Remo 35 (W. Pepperell 24 d P. Cameron 17, B. Waycott 20 d E. Dwyer 18).

Ladders Division 1 Wonthaggi .......................+68 69 Korumburra ...................+22 46

Inverloch ...........................+4 Meeniyan.........................+50 Phillip Island .......................-3 San Remo ............................-4 Foster.................................-25 Lang Lang .......................-112 Division 2 Leongatha .......................+80 Corinella.............................-1 Phillip Island...................+40 Wonthaggi .......................+32 Tarwin Lower ......................-1 Fish Creek .........................-11 Loch ..................................-41 Inverloch ...........................-24 Port Welshpool ..................-11 Mirboo North ....................-65 Division 3 Toora ...............................+75 Leongatha .......................+81 Wonthaggi .......................+62 Phillip Island....................-11 Korumburra ........................+1 Foster.................................-34 Inverloch ...........................-19 Meeniyan...........................-54 Tarwin Lower ....................-79 San Remo ..........................-22

43 42 42 31 29 18 59 52 51 47 45 40 38 28 26 14 62 54 51 37 32 32 28 25 20 15

Korumburra Parlor bowls SIXTEEN players arrived on Thursday, October 27 for parlor bowls. This followed the 15 who came to bias bowls on Monday, October 24. Everyone, on both nights, thoroughly enjoyed themselves despite some frustrations with players’ own bowling prowess (or lack thereof) at times. Mary Tumino once again led the way on both nights with consistent, capable bowling in both bias and parlor bowls. Unfortunately for Mary’s teams, they were both defeated on shots. In bias bowls, Mary and Lynn McCord scored 2W +17 shots but were defeated by George Bentley and Andy Hanks who had to relinquish his last game due to injury to Joe Occhipinti. They scored 2W +24 shots. Perhaps Mary and Lynn may have won overall if Andy had kept playing. Then, in parlor bowls, Mary’s team scored 2W +6 shots only to be toppled from ﬁrst position by Michael Corless, Beth Dyall, Lilet Wyatt and Lee Armstrong who scored 2W +13 shots. Michael’s return from a weekend holiday put sparkle into his bowling whilst Beth, Lilet and Lee played their own consistent games. The social seasons for both games draw to a close early in a few weeks. If anyone wishes to participate in or even ﬁnd out a little more about either game, please phone Club president, Keith Marshall 5657 3365.

Buffalo Bowling Club ON Wednesday October 26 there were nine players on a nice night to bowl, which saw four teams, three of two and one of three. We played three games of eight ends, with six bowls. In fourth (LLL) skipper Toni Heldens and Joe Occhipinti; third (WLL) skipper Carolyn Benson and Charlie Tumino;

second (LWW) skipper Lee Armstrong, Peter Heldens and Joyce Occhipinti; ﬁrst (WWW) skipper Bill Wolswinkle and Mary Tumino. The best ﬁrst game Bill 7-6 and Carolyn 5-4, second Bill 10-2 and third Lee 7-5. We hope to see you all next Wednesday at 7.30pm.

I SINCERELY thank secretary Alan Brown for filling in for me over the past two weeks with our weekly bowls news in my absence due to a recent health setback and also a sincere thank you to all for the best wishes and visits from the members that I received, greatly appreciated. Tuesday October 25 saw our ladies pennant teams in action at home, with Division 2 defeating Phillip Island, 92 shots to 56, while Division 3 also at home had a nice win over Meeniyan. There is no ladies pennant next Tuesday Melbourne Cup Day. The next round of ladies pennant will be November 8 when our Division 2 ladies travel to Mirboo North, and our Division 3 will be at home to Toora. Wednesday October 26 saw a full field in the club’s affiliated monthly two-bowls triples. The winners on the day were the Foster team of S. Blancato (s), D. Vignocchi and Lucy Vignocchi on four wins plus 35. The runners-up were another Foster team of I. Park (s), N. Cook and C. Beatty, also on four wins plus 33. The best last game winners were the Korumburra team of Andy Robertson, Bill Dilg and Kevin Watson. Sponsors were Birch Ross and Barlow, and a representative of the firm Mr Murray McLean made the presentations. The club sincerely thanks them for their valued support. The John O’Connor wines, won by an Inverloch team, were presented by president John. During the lunch break the Leongatha club received a very pleasant surprise when representatives of Michael’s Super IGA presented the club with a cheque for $2265 from their community grants fund. The

Day on the green: Bill Fisher and Ray Saunders spared time from their bowling to have a chat. club is most grateful to receive this grant which will be used to assist in the purchase of sets of bowls for the business bowls events. Try bowls continued on Thursday afternoon and evening, being well supported in the attendance of budding and up and coming new bowlers. On Sunday October 23 round one and two of the club’s men’s championships were held and the ﬁnal four to now play off will be Peter Kennedy, Col Watt, Jack Kuiper and Russell Trotman. Saturday October 29 saw the men’s pennant in action with Division 1 away to Phillip Island, Division 2 at home to Phillip Island and Division 4 away to the Island. Division 1 managed to get home with a two shot win over the Island, with Division 2 at home winning by just one shot over the Island. Division 4 travelling to the Island must have got seasick as they lost by a large margin to the home side Phillip Island. Reminders: Leongatha club

Inverloch Bowling Club A MUCH better result for us after last Saturday’s round of pennant matches. Division 5 side had to forfeit to Port Welshpool due to a shortage of players, which meant there were only four divisions playing and nine of those 12 rinks won their matches, but there only had wins in Divisions 1 and 3. The two losing divisions had close matches, only losing by four shots and five shots. Due to Inverloch’s and Wonthaggi’s Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4 each drawn to play each other, all these games were played at Inverloch. Division 1 won on all three rinks by a total of 24 shots, with Mick Bowman’s rink 27-14 win won them the best rink award. Division 2 lost their match by the small margin of four shots, with only Rolf Haugan’s rink scoring a two shot win. This was Rolf’s first time as a skip since joining our club. Division 3 had a comfortable 17 shot win which saw Rob Howard’s rink bounce back well for their first win for the season. Well done fellas. In Division 4’s match they won narrowly on two rinks but lost by five shots after Nic Van Grunsven’s great fightback to take their match, while Ken Perrett’s rink surrendered a big lead to only snatch a one shot win on the last end due to a wonderful draw shot by Brian Growse after the scores were level after 24 ends. Match results Division 1: Inverloch 81 d Wonthaggi 57: N. West (ld), G. Pope (2nd), C. Buccilli (3rd), R. Burge (sk) d G. Jackson 2919; G. Butler (ld), H. Rybalka (2nd), P. Shaw (3rd), M. Bow-

man (sk) d M. Smith 27-14; D. Roberts (ld), N. Hughes (2nd), K. Gardiner (3rd), M. Coram (sk) d B. Anderson 25-24. Division 2: Inverloch 68 lt Wonthaggi 72: G. Hardy (ld), B. Bain (2nd), M. Yates (3rd), R. Haugen (sk) d G. Clarkson 23-21; R. Gostling (ld), N. Everitt (2nd), C. Coram (3rd), J. Sutcliffe (sk) lt P. McBain 19-27; W. Parks (ld), T. Hancock (2nd), T. O’Boyle (3rd), D. Muir (sk) d D. Marsh 2624. Division 3: Inverloch 74 d Wonthaggi 57: B. Phillipson (ld), G. Vernon (2nd), J. Turner (3rd), B. Hensley (sk) d K. Woolfe 24-21; H. Nation (ld), L. Goss (2nd), J. Miller (3rd), J. Hepley (sk) d W. Gilch 27-19; R. Kee (ld), R. Brevitt (2nd), R. Paynting (3rd), R. Howard (sk) d R. Snooks 23-17. Division 4: Inverloch 61 lt Wonthaggi 66: D. Watt (ld), E. Treadwell (2nd), M. Cargill (3rd), N. Van Grunsven (sk) d J. Arthur 20-17; E. Leszkiewikz (ld), R. Rees (2nd), B. Growse (3rd), K. Perrett (sk) d J. Dinsdale 23-22; G. Dunlop (ld), K. Peterson (2nd), B. Humphris (3rd), R. Delahoy (sk) lt C. Bullas 18-27. Last Thursday’s social bowls saw 28 players play two games of 12 ends of pairs. After the end of play there were three two-game winners. Taking ﬁrst prize was the pair of Ric Brevitt (sk) and Huie Nation (ld) with 37 points. Runners-up with 35 points were Bryan Hensley (sk) and Norm West with 35 points. The other two game winners with 33 points were Graeme Pope (sk) and Alan McLean (ld).

members are advised that if you missed out attending on Friday October 28 at the clubrooms for the measuring etc. for your new uniforms, there will be another time allocated at 1.30pm Friday November 4 at the clubrooms, so please make sure you attend. The bigger the bulk order will help lessen the costs. The next Kitty Club tea night will be on Friday November 4 at 6pm. If you wish to attend please ensure that you put your names on the list in the clubrooms. The ﬁrst of the current season’s business bowls will start on Tuesday evening November 8, so if you’re not involved in playing in one of the business bowls teams, then come down to the club for a good night’s entertainment. Until next report, good bowling - Jackhigh.

Dumbalk indoor bowls

AFTER the committee meeting on Monday night, November 24, there were two teams of four, one game of 12 ends was played. The winners were Robert Burden (skipper), Kay Cook, Frank Piele and Mary Cook, win x 2.

Meeniyan Bowling Club

TUESDAY pennant saw Division One away to Foster where they had a good win, with two rinks getting the points.

Division Three were away to Leongatha and won one rink but went down overall. This Tuesday was our annual Cup Day social bowls and lunch. Saturday pennant started with grey skies but cleared to a superb bowling day. At home Division Two were matched against top team San Remo. All rinks got the points. Score 87 shots to 59. Division Five were away to top team Tarwin Lower. With a win, a draw and a loss they went down 67 shots to 76. Division Six at home to Phillip Island had a very close game going down on both rinks. Score 42 shots to 52. A big thank-you to the many ladies who ﬁlled in. Next week twos are away to Phillip Island, Fives are away to Fish Creek and Sixes are away to Foster. Coming events include Thursday November 3 for our monthly triples and a six week round of corporate bowls pairs beginning on Wednesday 9. Members who entered in the men’s singles are reminded that ﬁrst round matches should be completed by Sunday November 6.

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Meeniyan Golf Club SATURDAY was a fourball aggregate event with the sponsor for the day being Russ Evans, which is much appreciated.

Winners: Leongatha’s Sharyn Rayson, Wendy Brown and Rebecca Thomas with Bendigo Bank Foster branch representative Allison Drury. The Leongatha team won the Jan Beaumont plate.

The field was down on numbers due to the weather but it cleared and some very good golf was played, as the scores show. The winners for the day were Ian Trease and Brett McKnight with 72 points. The runners-up were Craig Buckland and Peter Riddle with 70 points. Balls down the line went to Frank Peile and Peter Wilson with 67 points. Nearest the pin on the second was won by Jeff Wilson. The pro pin on the 14th was won by Colin Graeme. The members draw was Brad Wright who was not there so it jackpots to next week. The raffle winners were Mick Sinclair and Brian Dewar. With the club championships starting next week and curator Dave out of action with a broken ankle, anyone able to come out and do any sort of work around the course would be much appreciated. Next week is medal day and the first round of the championships. The winner of Tuesday’s single stableford event was Fred Stalker with 35 points. Balls down the line went to Wilf Richards 30 points, Jim Cusack 29 points and Col Stewart with 29 points. Best nine was John Mortensen with 18 points. Nearest the pin on the 14th was not won. The 4bbb winners were Henry and Wilf Richards with 141. The winner of Thursday’s single stableford event was Butch Kuhne with 40 points. Balls down the line went to Col Stewart 36 points and Tony McHarg 36 points. Best nine was won by John Walker with 17 points. Nearest the pin on the second was won by Fred Stalker.

Leongatha

Gift of giving: the Meeniyan Golf Club received a cheque to the value of $680 from the Toora and District Community Bank and Foster branch of the Bendigo Bank. Club vice president Nancy Hammet receives the cheque from Bendigo Bank representative Allison Drury. The club spent the money on a new bain marie.

Woorayl LAST weekend we played for our monthly medal, however the early rain deterred some starters. The day was sponsored by Kelvin Smith, he’s a great supporter of our club. The monthly medal and A Grade went to Tim Burgess on a countback with net 70. B Grade was won by Brian Hogan with a net 72, while C Grade was won by Ian Smith with net 71. Down the line balls went to B. Robjant, R. Gourlay, T. Lund, C. James, R. Goodwin, G. Young, M. James and P. McCaughan. The putting competition went to Terry Lund, no doubt his 26 putts helped him to win a ball down the line. Nearest the pins went to Ian Atcheson 8th and John Barton 17th. The ball rafﬂe was won by Jackie Hockey. Our Thursday competition went to Otto Van Der Vorm on a countback. His 38 points were good enough to take the day. Balls went to Ed Poole and Nev McKenzie.

Next Saturday we start our club championships. The ﬁrst day will be sponsored by Colin Watson Holden.

Ladies On Wednesday October 26 we played the second round of the championships, with the day’s event sponsored by Nagels Amcal Pharmacy. The winner of A Grade was Karin McKenzie with 94-19-75, B Grade winner was Ann Poole 106-29-77 and C Grade was taken out by Sharon Lagden 114-42-72. Balls down the line went to Marg Harris 74, Marg Tuckett 75, Sue Wakeﬁeld 76, Inge Giliam 76 and Melinda Martin 76. Nearest the pin on the eighth was Lois Young, on the 17th was Inge Giliam and the best second shot on the 11th was Karin McKenzie. Next week we play the ﬁnal round of the championships, which will be sponsored by the Robjant family and most results are being closely contested. This will also be the November monthly medal.

Mirboo North TWENTY-THREE starters attended the stableford on Saturday October 29. A Grade was won by Keith Clerks (28) 40. Down the line balls: Joe Kus (13) 40 points, John Blunsden (20) 38 points, Neil Rutledge (19) 37 points. Nearest the pin: 4th and 13th Dave Woodall, 6th Peter Draper. Second shot on the 1st hole: T. Bradshaw. Pro pin: 16th Neil Rutledge. Birdies: N. Rutledge (16th). Eagles: D. Woodall (17th) three balls. The Thursday stableford on October 27 was won by A Grade player Gary Shandley (23) 42 from a ﬁeld of 13 starters. The CCR was 71. Down the line balls: Tony Tomada (22) 39, Peter Draper (8) 36. Birdies: Andy Van Zuylen (6 + 16).

Korumbura THE Tuesday winner was John Hassett (Woorayl) 43 points. A stableford was played by 53 golfers on Saturday October 29. Trophies: P. Vanagtmaal. The CCR was 69. Eagle: S. Bromby 8th. A Grade: I. Cash 44 points. Balls: S. Rose 43, S. Bromby 40, M. Garnham 38, T. O’Neil 38, R. Johnson 37. B Grade: J. Stein 42 points. Balls: T. Jones 41, G. Jones, J. Little, B. Maskell 37. C Grade: L. Goad 40 points. Balls: W. Hopkins 37 points. Putting: 1st P. Johnson, 7th T. Fixter, 10th K. Pope, 13th K. Pope. NAGA: N. Alger 22.

SOME classy scores were recorded in Saturday’s stableford, with three players scoring 40 points or better having to settle for just winning a ball. Anthony Sparkes had a great 40 point round on an 11 handicap to win A Grade on a countback from president Chris Leaver who is also in ﬁne form. B Grade scores were more moderate where Ron Paice got the prize for his 35 points. Peter Horman produced a wonderful personal best to amass 44 points for a commanding victory in C Grade. Well done Pete. Graham Burt won nearest the pin and P. Sweet took pro-pin, while balls went to: A. Ng 41, C. Leaver, L. Collier 40; N. Lafferty 38, E. Jenkins, R. Davies 37; D. Malone 36, I. Watson, J. Dalton, M. JamesCull, J. Smith, J. Feddersen, A. Brown, S. Macey, G. Burt, N. McDiamond 34.

Tuesday Thank you to our sponsor Manna Gum Restaurant at Broadbeach for supporting the club. Peter Hartigan is popping up pretty regularly lately and his 40 points gave him the edge on his rivals. Geoff McDonald (14th) and Bob Jamieson (16th) were nearest the pin winners. Down the line balls: B. Fiek 39, K. Macfarlane, M. Stubbs 38; O. Vandervorm, T. Moss, D. Vorwerg, G. McDonald 37

Thursday The new ‘stab-rose’ competition proved very interesting, bringing longer handicaps clearly into contention. The team of Chris and Maryanne Leaver, John King and Peter Hartigan scored a great 63 points to win ahead of four teams locked together on 60.

Foster AFTER some more heavy rain the course is wet again, but still in good condition apart from the surface water which will dry out quickly if we can get some decent weather. On Tuesday October 25, the winner was Fred Tyers (16) with 36 points. Down the line balls to Dave Hutchinson (14) also on 36 points. Nearest the pin went to Athol McGrath. Fabulous Phil Nightingall (20) returned to form after a bleak period with a sparkling 40 points on Thursday October 27. Down the line balls went to Fred Tyers (16) with 38 points. Lloyd McKenzie got the chook with 22 points on Friday, just ahead of S. Baker on 21 points, and James McIntyre on 18. Isobel Dean had a great 20 points to be best of the ladies and score a ball too. The nearest the pins went to Lloyd McKenzie and Greg Dean. On Saturday golfers played for the Dezzy and Nic’s takeaway trophies.

Ladies AFTER A wet winter 21 ladies were ﬁnally able to play stableford on the front and back nine. It was hard going. Wednesday, October 26 stableford winners were: Section 1 - Dot Elliott with 35 points. Section 2 - Jan Roberts 29 points. Section 3 - Marilyn Mc Geary 27 points. Balls down the line: Veronica Park 32, Jan Trease 31, Dot Christie 28, Nereda Scholte 26, Gwen Heppell 26. Nearest the pin on the eighth was Dot Elliott. Next week is the ﬁrst round of the RF and HM Poletti championships. Please remember it is a 9.30 hit-off. Second round is Wednesday, November 9 and third Round Sunday November 13. We send our best wishes to Helen Twite. Joan Beaumont Plate Meeniyan hosted the Joan Beaumont Plate Friday October 28 with 11 teams competing in the fourball ambrose. The course is getting better, but the decision was made to play the front nine twice. The day was won by Leongatha’s Rebecca Thomas, Wendy Brown, Sharon Rayson and Carol Sowden with 59.5. This is the second time this team has taken out the Joan Beaumont Plate. Runners-up Wonthaggi Jan Beaumont, Ann Poulton, Leonie Bentick and Anne Walker with 60.125. Balls down the line: Meeniyan 2 - Dot Elliott, Maureen Hams, Coral Stewart and Marg Roe 61.875. Foster - Gale Tyers, Barb Warren, Jude Prain and Sharon Cripps 63. Nearest the pins: 2nd Rebecca Thomas, 9th Dot Elliott, 11th Norry Little and 17th Dot Elliott. The Meeniyan Golf Club would like to thank Allison Drury of the Bendigo Bank Foster branch for sponsoring the day.

Wednesday October 12 Chris Perrett 18 hole scratch foursomes Scratch winners: Nancy Sperling and Toni West (91).Trophy is presented on presentation night by Chris Perrett. Daily event: sponsored by Manna Gum Restaurant and House of Golf. Net winners: Nancy Sperling and Toni West (91/19.5/71.5). Net runners-up: Elizabeth Seebeck and Marg Danks (108/35/73 won on countback from two others). Down the line balls: 1. Evelyn Indian and Deb Miller (104/31/73). 2. Ann Blundy and Julie Howard (97/24/73). 3. Coral Gray and Marion Bellingham (103/29.5/73.5). 4. Dot Stubbs and Di Williams (95/20/75). Saturday October 15 4BBB Par Winners: Anna de Bondt (19) and Rita de Bondt (24) +10. Nearest the pin on the 14th: Wendy Surman. Down the line balls: Di Williams and Elaine Dempsey +7. Wednesday October 19 Sponsors - I Choose Awesome at Broadbeach. A Grade: Wendy Surman (19) +4. B Grade: Jan Paice (27) +4. C Grade: Marianne Leaver (39) +3. Nearest the pin: 14th: nil, 16th: Helen Mackenzie. Down the line balls: 1. Shirley Wels-

ford +4, 2. Pam Christensen +2. 3. Loris Clark +2, 4. Rita de Bondt +1, 5. Anna de Bondt +1, 6. Julie Howard +1, 7. Isobel Sutherland +1, 8. Marion Bellingham +1. Nine hole competition winner: Kit Boag on14 points. Down the line went to Val Canobie. Saturday October 22 Winner: Elaine Dempsey (33). Nearest the pin on the 14th: Dot Stubbs. Down the line balls: 1. Dot Stubbs +1, 2. Coral Gray +1 Wednesday October 26 Grandmother’s Trophy: to be presented on Ladies Presentation Day. Sponsored by Ann Blundy. Winner: Kerry Hogan on 40 points. Daily event stableford: sponsor Fifth Colin Watson Holden Day. A Grade: Ann Blundy 43 points. B Grade: Joy Runge 37 points. C Grade: Marg Danks 34 points. Nearest the pin: 14th Wendy Surman, 16th: Toni West. Down the line balls: 1. Kerry Hogan 40 points, 2. Georgina Mitchell 37 points, 3. Julie Tuck 36 points, 4. Shirley Welsford 36 points, 5. Val Brydon 35 points, 6. Wendy Surman 33 points, 7. Jill Steer 33 points, 8. Marion Bellingham 33 points. Nine hole comp: winner - Leslie Renwick 20 points. Down the line ball went to Julie McMicking on 14 points. Saturday October 29 Winner: Wendy Surman (18) 36 points. Down the line ball went to Marilyn Williams on 30 points and nearest the pin on the 14th went to Wendy Surman. Congratulations to Rebecca Thomas and Wendy Brown who won the ﬁnal of the Lois Cameron Canadian Foursomes Board Event. Congratulations to Rebecca who also won the Business Women’s championship played at Castlemaine recently.

The winners were Steve Reid (eight) and Greg Dean (12) with 87 points, from Owen Kindellan and Andrew Naylor with 80 points. The men’s nearest the pins went to Phil Nightingall, Fred Tyers, Andrew Naylor, Steve Reid and Gary Clavarino. The NAGA went to Col Pulham and Greg Paine. The Barry Parsons Day on Sunday was held to raise funds for Huntington’s Disease research. The trophies were provided by Phil Worboys and Robyn Galloway. A total of $560 was raised to go to this worthy cause. The men’s winners were Phil Worboys (23) and Neil Chandler (22) with 49 points from Geoff Nott (23) and Gary Phelan (24) on 47 points. The mixed winners were Fred and Gale Tyers on a countback from Marty Deleeuwn and Anne Horstra - all on 43 points. The nearest the pins went to Norm Cooper, Fred Tyers, Dave Hutchinson, Lloyd McKenzie, Peter Westaway and

Gale Tyers. James McIntyre had an interesting weekend. He started with nine points on the ﬁrst nine holes on Saturday, only to blitz the second nine with 26 points. Then on Sunday his form disappeared again, and he even managed an airie on a chip shot from the fairway on the 15th. A sense of humour certainly is compulsory in this game. Coming events Tuesday November 1 - stableford. Thursday November 3 - stableford. Friday November 4 - twilight. Saturday November 5 - ﬁrst round club championships. Sunday November 6 - second round club championships. Friday night members draw – John Killmister missed out on the $450 cash, so the draw jackpots to $500 this week. You need to be in the clubhouse between 7pm and 8pm to collect the cash available in the members draw.

Ray Davies and Peter Hartigan were nearest the pin winners. Teams to win balls: K. Godridge, M. Keating, P. Waters, I. Danks; H. Sedelies, P. Horman, I. Watson; I. Nunn, R. Davies, A. Hawkins, T. Steer. Monthly medal and Star medallist play-off this Saturday. Round two of the Gordon West teams event on Sunday, with the tournament starting on Thursday, November 10.

Ladies

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Korumburra-Bena presentation night

Reserves: (back, from left) Most Determined James Paterson, runner-up Best and Fairest Jordan Myors, coach Robert Quaife, front row; Best Team Man Nicholas Paterson, Most Improved Marty Lambe, Best and Fairest Justin Caporale. Absent Most Consistent Josh Whiteside and Coach’s Award Mitchell Olden.

Life Member: presented by Kerrie Besley to Chris Kyle.

Seniors: (back, from left) runner-up Best and Fairest Cade Maskell, Coach’s Award Shannon Bray, Best and Fairest and Best In Finals Daryl Mayman, Best Team Man Ash Zuidema, front row; Most Improved Luke Carpenter, coach Peter Helms, Most Promising Under 21 player Chad Macri and Most Consistent Dale Wyhoon. Absent is Most Determined Beau Anthony.

Up and comer: Most Promising Under 21 Player Chad Macri.

A Grade netball: coach and runner-up Best and Fairest Christie Hillberg, Coach’s Award Shelly Snooks, assistant coach Ricky McNaughton, and Best and Fairest Kim Hillberg. Absent are 100 game players Zoe Archer and Andrea Walker.

Thirds football: (back, left from right) runner-up Best and Fairest Angus Harrison, Coach’s Award Darcy James, Most Improved Alex Bull, Most Determined Kyle Arestia, coach Justin Greenwood, front row; Best and Fairest Paul Pattison, Most Consistent Ashley O’Neil, Best Team Man Ashley Snooks. Absent; Coach’s Award Michael Wight.

C Grade netball: Best and Fairest Bianca Maskell, Coach’s Award Shelby Arestia, runner-up Best and Fairest Rebecca Cant and coach Heidi Greenwood.

Life Member: presented by Bill Jeffs to Tommy Brown. Above: Best Clubman: Gary Best was awarded the club’s top honour. He is presented his trophy by Phil Harris.

Left: B Grade netball: runner-up Best and Fairest Alanna Besley, Coach’s Award Louise Christopher, Best and Fairest Kerryn Gow and coach Julie Hillberg.

Under 17 netball: runner-up Best and Fairest Loni Jeffs, Best and Fairest Kim Hillberg, Coach’s Award Ellen Sorrell and coach Julie Hillberg.

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Cyclists ready to hit track Track season is due to start and club coach Tony Smith and his band of helpers are being run off their feet getting new and old riders set up on bikes and instructed on how to ride at the velodrome.

Riding high: from left to right, Thomas McFarlane, Kevin Feely, Will Lumby, Peter Holland and Alex Bennett at Leongatha cycling training on Wednesday night.

Stony Creek improves cash position STONY Creek Racing Club revealed an improved cash position at its annual general meeting last Tuesday night, October 25. Overall the club has $85,603 in its cash account compared with $47,895 last year. This is despite inclement weather recorded at a couple of its five scheduled meetings. President and chairman Paul Boag, who has been re-appointed for another season, said in his report that, “we experienced strong, competitive fields, with moderate crowds followed by the well attended Stony Creek Cup and Easter meetings. This allowed the club to finish the season with an improved cash position.” On a sad note Mr Boag noted later in the report the deaths of two life members: “Robert Armstrong and Allan Bell, both have made such important contributions to the club in their time. There was also the passing of George (aka Mick) Hulls, a trainer and club member, who

for many years added a large number of Stony Creek starters to industry numbers.” The annual meeting lasted just 20 minutes, with just one question from the ﬂoor in general business. One member asked why it was that Stony Creek could not attract more than just ﬁve race meetings per year. “What do we need to do to prove that we can take

more,” he asked. Mr Boag responded that “we are underutilised and I think we could handle up to 10 race meetings.” Chief Executive Ofﬁcer Ralph Gallagher said the club was working harder at obtaining more jumps trials at the track. He added that increased attendances, increased sponsorships and increased Shire support were three ways the club could put pressure on for

more race meetings. “Every small club out there would love extra race meetings,” he said. In other news on the night, the club welcomed two new committee people, Graham Walsh and Chris Carratello who have joined the club. The club is now gearing up for its opening meeting, the “Christmas party” meeting on Saturday, December 3.

The club has been able to welcome a group of young riders into the club to ride along beside the other youngsters who started last year. Wednesday night last week saw 12 riders turn up for the first night of the new season. The club has some new bikes and a number of these were in action for new riders. In addition, there was a further three young riders turn up to see what went on with track riding. They were surprised to find the club could find a bike to suit them so they will be along to training on Wednesday night at 6.15 pm to have their first go at the velodrome on a track bike.

The club is expecting to see a number of the senior riders racing at the track this season along with the junior riders. This should make for interesting Friday race nights and lots of fun. Any person keen to ﬁnd out and give it a go is invited to come along to training on a Wednesday night – as long as you can ride a bike the club will be happy to see you. Boys, girls, women and men – you are all welcome. Be a part of a new group to tackle the sport and learn together over the track season. In addition to our novice riders, our more seasoned campaigners are back to improve on their past efforts. Thomas McFarlane and Will Lumby will be trying to make their presence felt at state level. Our junior novice riders are a great bench mark to test against. We still have bikes to go around, so come and give it a go.

Round ‘em up: last year’s winner John Macdonald in action at the sheep dog trials.

Sheepdog trials start THE annual sheepdog trials at the Korumburra Showgrounds will be held on the ﬁrst three days of next week, November 7, 8 and 9.

Welcome: Stony Creek president and chairman, Paul Boag (centre) welcomes new committee people, Graham Walsh (left) and Chris Carratello.

No second (last) prize TWO of Leongatha Basketball Association’s women’s teams dressed up and played a match last week to decide who would finish last this season. Players from The Powder Puffs battled it out with opposition team The Young Ones in a David and Goliath struggle to see who would finish last. The Powder Puffs dressed in football colours, hoping that one of them had chosen the referee’s favourite team to win favour. The Young Ones adorned themselves in purple and pretty sparkles. It was a mammoth struggle in a game that had everything. Some dirty play, some well earned fouls and lots of laughs. The end score was 36-12 with The Young Ones victorious, leaving The Powder Puffs to finish last with only one win for the season. Next season the Leongatha Basketball Association is aiming to run a Women’s

section that is aimed at women who just want to play for fun and ﬁtness, with socialising and giggles the order of the day. Anyone wanting to enter a team should contact Morgan Fisher on 0409 647 554 or leongatha.basketball@gmail. com. If you would like to play but can’t put a team together contact Morgan who will put you into a team. We will still run the regular competition for the serious players. Team entries are available on the website at www.leongathabasketball.com.au. Feel free to join, whether you are a serious player or just want to have a bit of fun. Even if you cannot get a full team together, register your interest and you can be placed into a team.

Battle royale: members of Leongatha Basketball Association women’s teams Powder Puffs (left) and The Young Ones (right) battled it out for last place last week.

Members of the public are welcome to watch the display of dogs and their handlers rounding up sheep provided by Brian and James Kyle.

The trials start at 7.30am and run for most of the day. They have been held at Korumburra for more than 50 years and are sponsored by Alex Scott and Staff and the Korumburra A and P Ladies’ committee. Morning and afternoon tea and lunch will be available at the showgrounds, courtesy of the Korumburra A and P Society ladies.

Entry to this always popular event is just a gold coin donation. “We have some good entries from all over the state coming this year and we’re hoping for some nice weather,” committee member Judy Macdonald said. For more information about the sheep dog trials please call Judy on 5664 3285.

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Wildcats go close THE annual Korumburra Wildcats tournament took place last weekend, with teams from Wonthaggi, Traralgon and other areas coming to Korumburra to challenge for the junior titles. Three of the Wildcats teams were grand ﬁnalists on the day.

Under 10 boys: (back, from left) assistant coach Gemma Dixon, Cooper Alger, Jed Harris, Reed McQueen, front; coach Tony Dixon, Brock Smith, Matthew Slattery, Aaron Turton, Rhys Butler and team manager Dean Alger.

Young gun: this Under 10 basketballer takes off down the court.

Runners-up: (back, from left) team manager Linda Auddino, Lachie Auddino, Brock Dorling, Rhys Arestia, Aidan Symmons, coach Karen Sorrell, front; Ryan Johnson, Joel Winderlich and Blake Cosson.

Sailing into new season BLUSTERY, wet weather may have put paid to sailing into the new season on Sunday at Inverloch but South Gippsland Yacht Club members enjoyed a lovely luncheon and ofﬁcial opening by Bass Coast Shire Mayor Cr Veronica Dowman. The season runs through until May 2012 and commodore Tim Wilson, Inverloch said they are hoping for

some nice sunny weather and loads of sailing. A highlight of the ofﬁcial proceedings was the presentation of a cheque for $5000 by the Inverloch branch of the Bendigo Community Bank to the club that has helped fund a new rescue boat. Commodore Wilson said the last boat was about 30 years old and this new one, estimated to cost some $45,000 will be a real asset to the club and the community.

Under 16 girls: (back, from left) Nat Western, Tenae Dixon, Gemma Dixon, Shannon Heylen, Zoe Allen, team manager Simone Dixon. Front: Brianna Harper, Maddie Lumby, Kaila Bentvelzen and Kelsey Angwin.

Allambee Mirboo & District tennis ALL matches were washed out again this week which is disappointing. Next week after round ﬁve, Sunday is the men’s and ladies’ doubles tournament, November 6 at the Leongatha tennis courts, 9.30-10am start. Afﬁliation fees are now overdue, please pay your club’s fees to the treasurer who is listed in the front of your books.

Tarwin pool Round 2 results Titans 7 d Otago 2, Meeniyan 6 d Bairs 3, Gunners 7 d Gingers 2, Gladiators 5 d Grizzlys 4.

Ladder Games % Pts Titans ................12- 6 200.0 8 Gladiators ........10- 8 125.0 8 Grizzlys ............11- 7 157.1 4

Celebration: from left South Gippsland Yacht Club member Keith Cousens, Inverloch, Bass Coast Shire Mayor Cr Veronica Dowman and club commodore Tim Wilson enjoyed the season opening celebrations at Inverloch on Sunday.

Gunners............11- 7 157.1 Gingers ................8-10 80.0 Meeniyan.............8-10 80.0 Bairs ....................7-10 63.6 McCartins............5-13 38.4

4 4 4 0 0

Draw: Tuesday - Gingers v Titans, Gladiators v Meeniyan. Wednesday Gunners v Otago, Grizzlys v Bairs.

Cooper Alger: the youngster drives to the basket and away from his opponents.

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Mirboo North takes on state

AFTER complete domination of the Gippsland athletics championships, Mirboo North Secondary College took high hopes to the state athletics event at the new athletics track at Albert Park.

And those hopes were rewarded, with the group of 14 competitors, the school’s biggest team ever, bringing back five gold, a silver, and five bronze medals, four of which went to the relay team. Mirboo North finished 12th overall in the state out of 260 schools that scored points on the day. Ballarat Secondary College was the only regional school to finish above them. Wes Graeme was the story of the day, winning two gold, and a silver medal in the jump events. His high jump of 1.70m equalled the state record and gave him the gold medal. He also won gold in the long jump, and in the triple jump he broke the state record before being beaten by another competitor. Lateasha Hansch was another highlight, cruising to victory in both the 100m and 200m finals.

Lateasha went close to the 100m state record at the Gippsland level, and after a slow start was able to win by around three metres. After qualifying into the ‘slow’ heat for the 200m, Lateasha blitzed the field in both the heat and the final to pick up her second gold of the day. Wes and Lateasha have chosen to continue on to All Schools athletics in two weeks where they will come up against all the private schools. They will vie for a place in the Victorian All Schools State team who go to Nationals in early December in Queensland. Sam Quirk ran an absorbing 3km final. He was locked together with two other runners at the bell but powered away to win by 10 metres to give Mirboo North their fifth gold medal. Sam finished fourth in his 1500 metres race; the effort from the 3km left him a little jaded to challenge for a medal. Oakley Kerr picked up bronze in the hurdles. He also jumped well to finish fifth in the long jump. The final event was the Under 21 girls relay at 7.30pm, nine and a half hours after the day began.

This team was put together from a couple of Year 12s and some fifth and sixth ranked Under 16s in the qualifying stages. When three of the team pulled out due to Year 12 commitments, the team was left to be made up of two Under 15 and two Under 16 girls. They managed to win their timed final by a metre as another team completely botched a change when in front. The girls ran well and held their nerve to record a time of 56.8 seconds. The team wasn’t confident it would be good enough with the five fastest qualified teams to run next, but with mistakes coming from other teams it gave them hope. The winner of the second heat had a time of around 55.5 seconds with the second team only two steps behind. With the third placed team some 10 or more metres behind, it meant an anxious 10 minute wait while times were confirmed. The girls were extremely pleased when they were confirmed bronze medal winners.

Winning: Mirboo North Secondary College student Lateasha Hansch with a gold medal after her 100 metre sprint ﬁnal. Lateasha went on to win another gold in the 200 metres later in the day.

Success: Mirboo North Secondary College’s state athletics medal winners. They are, back from left; Wes Graeme, Lateasha Hansch, Oakley Kerr, Cassidy McKenzie, Kadia Lardner, Sam Quirk, front; Naomi Campbell and Gabby O’Loughlin.

Smith leads ‘Burra to win

Looking on: Imperials C Grade players and supporters, front from left, Troy Williams, John Bourke, Ben Maskell and president Geof Forrester. Standing, Jack Ginnane.

South Gippsland Bridge Meeniyan – Monday evening: 1st Susan Rufﬁn, Clive hope, 2nd Faye Rowlands, Frank Arndt, 3rd Sally and Brian Hoskins, 4th Kathleen Dowd, John Cocking, 5th, Kathryn Smith, David Baggallay. Tarwin Lower – Tuesday afternoon: North/South: 1st Jean Barbour, Greg Nicholson, 2nd Jack Kuiper, John Sutton, 3rd Margaret Munro, Mary McCaughan. East/West: 1st Wendy and David Saleeba, 2nd John Sullivan, Alan Johnston, 3rd Hannah Martin, Leila Bell. Inverloch – Friday Butler Pairs – Round two: 1st John Farr, Anne Williams, 2nd Kaye Douglas, John Sutton, 3rd Faye Rowlands, Pat West, 4th George Geekie, Peg Brook and Jack Kuiper, Jean Barbour. Overall winners Butler pairs: 1st Kaye Douglas, John Sutton, 2nd John Farr, Anne Williams, rd 3 John Sullivan, Alan On the front foot: Imperials C Grade batsman Tim Cashin was leading the Johnston. attack against Glen Alvie.

WITH two undefeated teams playing, this match looked good on paper, but it was OMK who had the jump on their opponents. Korumburra batted first and were 3/3 before they knew what had hit them. But they were able to steady with a clever knock from Adam Balfour (37) setting up a big innings from lower order batsman Cam Smith. Smith scored 60 not out to lead his side to a respectable 6/143 from a rain reduced 35 overs. OMK’s start was a little better, albeit slightly than the Cobras’, but a collapse saw them lose four wickets for just five runs and halt any chance of victory. Mat Olden was the hero with the ball for Korumburra, taking 3/17. In the other match played, Brett Moore’s 60 runs was the only respectable score on the Town scorecard as they were beaten by Kilcunda-Bass. The Scorpions did well in the field to restrict the Kilcunda-Bass score to 139, with the home side only passing Town with a few overs to spare. All other matches were

called off.

B GRADE DIVISION 2 KILCUNDA-BASS v TOWN 1st innings Kilcunda-Bass T. Aplin c&b. D. Goss .................34 D. Clay c&b. L. Ashton ...............20 J. Mahood c&b. S. McCallum.......2 H. Grace c&b. T. Willcocks.........32 S. Tapscott c&b. D. Goss.............. 3 J. Dakin c&b. T. Willcocks ......... 36 R. Duff n.o. .................................... 2 M. Long n.o. .................................. 1 Extras ............................................. 9 Total .......................................6/139 Bowling: S. Clark 0/21, L. Ashton 1/22, S. McCallum 1/21, G. Fleming 0/16, D. Goss 2/22, J. Bolge 0/23, T. Willcocks 2/9, I. McCallum 0/2. 1st innings Town B. Moore c. ................................. 60 I. McCallum b. ............................. 9 T. Willcocks r.o.............................. 4 L. Ashton c. .................................. 0 M. Craig r.o. .................................. 0 G. Fleming b. ................................ 2 D. Goss lbw. ................................. 9 S. Clark c. ..................................... 2 J. Bolge n.o. ................................... 0 I. Hanks r.o. ................................... 0 S. McCallum c. ............................ 1 Extras ........................................... 12 Total ............................................ 99 Bowling: R. Duff 2/18, T. Stacey-Van Steensel 0/17, B. Egeberg 1/15, H. Grace 1/23, S. Tapscott 0/12, M. Long 0/10. KORUMBURRA v OMK 1st innings Korumburra J. Greenwood b. G. Lomagno ..... 0 K. Miller c&b. G. Adams ............. 2

C Grade Division 1 Wonthaggi Miners 160 (A. Zanella 78; I. Brown 2/16, S. Shelton 3/21) d Kilcunda-Bass 9/110 (I. Brown 30, D. Stacey-Van Steensel r.o. 30; P. Loos 3/18, D. Burke 2/10). Wonthaggi Workmens 5/122 (B. Jeffries n.o. 45; W. Williams 2/13) lt Inverloch 9/150 (D. Houston r.o. 46; B. Phillips 41; J. Turner 3/8, W. McCall 2/38). Town v Nerrena: match abandoned. Korumburra v Phillp Island: match abandoned.

C Grade Division 2

M. Olden c. G. Knox b. G. Lomagno ........................... 0 A. Balfour c. P. Miller b. G. Knox ................................ 37 T. Allen c. G. Adams b. D. Halliday ........................... 15 C. Smith n.o................................. 60 D. Fearnley c. P. Miller b. D. Wylie................................ 15 J. Oxlee n.o. ................................... 7 Extras ............................................. 7 Total .......................................6/143 Bowling: G. Lomagno 2/19, D. Wylie 2/32, D. Halliday 1/23, G. Adams 0/25, G. Knox 1/39. 1st innings OMK P. Miller c. H. James b. M. Olden............................... 29 S. McNamara r.o. .......................... 3 G. Knox c. K. Miller b. H. James ................................. 3 D. Jeffries c. J. Oxlee b. H. James ................................ 5 G. Adams c. K. Miller b. M. Olden................................. 0 D. Halliday c. C. Smith b. M. Olden................................. 2 C. Walker n.o............................... 38 L. Wilson n.o. .............................. 28 Extras ........................................... 10 Total ....................................... 6/118 Bowling: D. Fearnley 0/13, N. Allen 0/22, H. James 2/23, M. Olden 3/17, J. Greenwood 0/18, P. Dunlevie 0/20. KOONWARRA RSL v FISH CREEK TARWIN Match drawn POOWONG-LOCH v MDU Match drawn.

Kilcunda-Bass 7/87 (B. Fisher 30; R. Prain 2/18, B. Busuttil 2/19) d Foster 81 (P. Cardilini 32; A. Blackney 2/1, A. Newsome 4/17, J. Papas 2/19). Poowong-Loch lost on forfeit Phillip Island. Imperials 4/243 (T. Cashin 109; N. Hodges 41, R. Mullens n.o. 67; T. Tack 2/10) d Glen Alvie 88 (R. Slade 39; B. Maskell 2/9, J. Bourke 4/18, R. Mullens 3/15). MDU Blue v MDU Red: match abandoned. Koonwarra RSL v OMK: match abandoned.

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• A GRADE DIVISION 1

Three play despite rain WITH plenty of rain on Friday night, and further showers on Saturday morning a lot of cricket games were called off before players had even arrived at the grounds.

But as rain poured relentlessly in Leongatha, the western end of the league played matches out, some of them in beautiful conditions. Glen Alvie’s A1 side would have been praying for rain as the Workers rolled them for a miserly 40 runs from 30 overs at the Butch West oval in Wonthaggi. The Alvie’s top scorer was David Hales who scored nine. The innings included ﬁve ducks and just one boundary. Young leg-spinner James Sheerin took three wickets for just three runs from his six overs. None of the Workers bowlers went for more than two runs an over. Their start was shaky

as they took to the crease, but Gavin Britt came out to save the day, notching a ﬁne 70 runs including a 62 run stand with Ryan Thomas. In other matches, the Miners overran OMK to win by six wickets. Mat Johnson scored 57 not out to lead his side. Korumburra’s Sri Lankan duo of Udara Weerasinghe and Anoj Katipearachchi scored 46 runs each to take their side to victory against Inverloch. Despite a fearsome opening spell from the Stingray’s Ryan Thomas, ‘Burra held on to post 164, eight runs past Inverloch’s total of 156. The match between Nerrena and Imperials was called off. A GRADE DIVISION 1 WONTHAGGI WORKMENS v GLEN ALVIE 1st innings Wonthaggi Workmens S. Huitema b. D. Hales...............2 G. Bolding c. D. Williams b. J. Hales ................................9 B. Britt c. D. Hales b. P. Roberts ..........................70

R. Thomas b. D. Williams ........23 C. Harvey c. D. Hales b. P. Roberts .........................32 C. M. Harvey c. D. Williams b. D. Tiziani...........................15 M. Thomas n.o. ..........................4 Extras .......................................14 Total ....................................6/169 Bowling: D. Hales 1/24, B. Ould 0/17, J. Hales 1/21, D. Williams 1/41, K. Simpson 0/41, P. Roberts 2/16, D. Tiziani 1/7. 1st innings Glen Alvie S. Smith c. G. Britt b. S. Williams ..........................0 S. Lowe b. R. Thomas ................7 S. Edwards r.o. ...........................4 D. Hales b. M. Thomas ..............9 P. Roberts c. C. Harvey b. G. Bolding ...........................0 D. Tiziani n.o..............................7 W. Luke r.o. ...............................4 B. Ould b. G. Bolding ................0 K. Simpson lbw. b. J. Sheerin ....1 D. Williams b. J. Sheerin ...........0 J. Hales c. G. Britt b. J. Sheerin .............................0 Bowling: R. Thomas 1/10, S. Williams 1/7, M. Thomas 2/7, L. McGuirk 0/5, J. Sheerin 3/3, G. Bolding 1/7. WONTHAGGI MINERS v OMK 1st innings Wonthaggi Miners M. Donohue c. B. Wyatt b. K. Kerr ..............................24 J. Andrighetto stp. D. Lloyd b. K. Kerr ..............................25 A. Donohue c. A. Rose b. P. Dell ...............................40 P. Jordan stp. D. Lloyd b. G. Pickles ..........................21 M. Johnson n.o. .......................57

• A GRADE DIVISION 2

J. O’Reilly n.o. ...........................9 Extra .........................................12 Total ....................................4/188 Bowling: J. Cochrane 0/21, A. Meade 0/33, K. Kerr 2/3, P. Dell 1/46, G. Pickles 1/33, B. Wyatt 0/51. 1st innings OMK S. Lloyd c. D. Foon b. M. Johnson ........................40 K. Kerr c. A. Donohue b. B. Foon..............................14 A. Rose b. A. Donohue ..............5 G. Pickles c. J. O’Reilly b. R. Birkett ...........................49 J. Wilson c. J. Andrighetto b. A. Donohue .......................14 T. Wyatt c. P. Jordan b. R. Birkett .............................1 B. Wyatt c. P. Jordan b. P. Burgess .......................... 11 J. Van Rooye n.o. .....................16 P. Dell n.o. ..................................0 Extras .......................................10 Total ....................................7/160 Bowling: R. Birkett 2/28, M. Johnson 1/22, P. Burgess 1/40, B. Foon 1/24, D. Foon 0/27, A. Donohue 2/15. INVERLOCH v KORUMBURA 1st innings Inverloch W. Taberner c. D. Salmon b. K. Dorman.........................15 T. Thornby b. I. Osman ............38 J. Smith c. K. Rigby b. D. Scott .............................39 D. Clark lbw. b. U. Weerasinghe ...................5 D. Rufﬁn c. L. Williams b. D. Scott .............................13 K. Rothier c. D. Salmon b. A. Katipearachchi ..............12 W. Rankin

Time out: Imperials C Grade batsman Danny Pellin considers his next move. b. A. Katipearachchi ...............7 N. Cant n.o. ................................0 R. Thomas r.o. ............................2 Extras .......................................25 Total ....................................8/156 Bowling: A. Katipearachchi 2/25, D. Wyhoon. 0/33, K. Dorman 1/27, L. Williams 0/24, I. Osman 1/8, U. Weerashinghe 1/23, D. Scott 2/10. 1st innings Korumburra I. Osman c. W. Rankin

b. R. Thomas ...........................0 K. Rigby b. R. Thomas b. K. Rothier............................7 A. Katipearachchi ....................46 D. Salmon r.o. ............................1 J. Cook c. K. Rothier b. R. Thomas ...........................6 U. Weerasinghe lbw. b. N. Cant ..............................46 K. Dorman c. R. Thomas b. N. Cant ..............................13 J. Richards c. K. Rothier

b. L. Rankin.............................9 D. Wyhoon b. N. Cant ................8 D. Scott n.o. ...............................9 L. Williams n.o. ..........................0 Extras .......................................19 Total ....................................9/164 Bowling: L. Rankin 1/37, R. Thomas 3/19, N. Cant 3/44, K. Rothier 1/22, D. Clark 0/32. IMPERIALS v NERRENA 1st innings Nerrena Match abandoned

• B GRADE DIVISION 1

Inverloch shares MDU wins close one wickets for win A WELL balanced bowling attack has given Inverloch the formula to roll over Glen Alvie on Saturday.

Joe Dalmau (2/7) and Joe Courtenay (2/9) were the best of the bowlers, but with four of their teammates also chipping in it made life a lot easier when they were in the ﬁeld. Batting ﬁrst, the Stingrays scored 7/131 thanks to a great knock from Wayne Holmes who scored 33 not out. Steve Nippers was the best Glen Alvie batsman, scoring an unbeaten 49 to guide his side to 116, but it was not enough to take home the points. In other matches, 30 not out from Workers captain

Liam Sawyer guided his side to an eight-run victory over Phillip Island. OMK and Wonthaggi Miners played out another close match, with the Diggers holding on to win by seven runs. The match between Nerrena and the Imperials was called off. A GRADE DIVISION 2 MDU v POOWONG-LOCH 1st innings MDU M. Johnson c. C. Knox b. R. Greaves ...........................1 C. Le Page c. A. Jenkins b. C. Knox .............................12 C. Hoober lbw. b. C. Knox ......20 R. Olden b. S. Jenkins ..............15 S. Arnup r.o. ...............................8 M. Cantwell c. C. Fraser b. S. Jenkins ...........................17 J. Sinclair b. S. Jenkins ........... 11 S. McRae n.o. ...........................12 M. Olden n.o. .............................6 Extras .......................................18 Total ....................................7/120 Bowling: A. Jenkins 0/23, R. Greaves 1/19, J. Poynton 0/18,

C. Knox 2/17, D. Brain 0/24, S. Jenkins 3/15. 1st innings Poowong/Loch C. Knox c. C. Harris b. M .Olden .............................7 M. Adderley c. C. Harris b. S. McRae ...........................17 R. Greaves c. J. Sinclair b. M. Johnson ........................16 C. Fraser c&b. M. Johnson .....10 G. Poynton c. J. Sinclair b. S. Arnup ..............................0 P. Dyer n.o. ...............................19 S. Jenkins r.o. ...........................32 A. Jenkins n.o.............................0 Extras .......................................14 Total ....................................6/115 Bowling: M. Cantwell 0/24, M. Patching 0/25, S. McRae 1/17, M. Olden 1/11, M. Johnson 2/27, S. Arnup 1/11.

FISH CREEK TARWIN v KOONWARRA RSL Match drawn

FOSTER v PHILLIP ISLAND Match drawn

TOWN v KILCUNDA/BASS Match drawn

LDCA ladders

A Grade Division 1 Inverloch .................... 50.16 Won Workmens .......... 40.86 Imperials ..................... 40.15 Korumburra ............... 39.74 Won Miners ................ 39.67 Nerrena ......................... 29.61 OMK ............................ 23.01 Glen Alvie ...................... 8.95 A Grade Division 2 MDU ............................ 53.56 Kilcunda/Bass ............. 44.78 Koonwarra RSL ......... 44.75 Phillip Island............... 39.81 Fish Creek Tarwin...... 27.92 Poowong/Loch ............ 26.37 Town ............................ 24.77 Foster............................ 12.78 B Grade Division 1 Won Miners ................ 49.71 OMK............................ 49.08 Won Workmens .......... 48.67 Inverloch ..................... 41.36 Phillip Island............... 41.09

Nerrena ......................... 25.26 Imperials ...................... 13.69 Glen Alvie ...................... 9.61 B Grade Division 2 Korumburra ............... 60.49 Kilcunda-Bass............. 48.99 OMK............................ 47.58 MDU ............................ 39.03 Fish Creek Tarwin...... 25.29 Poowong-Loch ............. 16.56 Town ............................ 13.76 Koonwarra RSL ........... 13.24 C Grade Division Kilcunda-Bass............. 49.36 Won Workmens .......... 48.46 Inverloch ..................... 48.12 Won Miners ................ 39.49 Town ............................ 26.42 Korumburra .................. 25.69 Nerrena ......................... 17.32 Phillip Island ................ 13.11 C Grade Division 2 Imperials ..................... 60.08 MDU ............................ 52.66

Phillip Island............... 42.44 Foster........................... 40.15 OMK............................ 37.75 Koonwrra RSL ............. 35.63 MDU Blue.................... 25.63 Glen Alvie .................... 23.43 Won Workmens ............ 22.90 Kilcunda-Bass .............. 18.00 Poowong-Loch ............. 13.50 Town .............................. 0.00 Under 16 East Korumburra ............... 28.93 Koonwarra RSL/Town ....... 24.61 Fish Creek Tarwin...... 23.30 Imperials ..................... 10.87 MDU ............................ 10.38 Foster.............................. 1.99 Under 16 West Phillip Island............... 30.94 Won Workmens .......... 22.84 Inverloch ..................... 16.49 Poowong Loch/GA ....... 9.41 Kilcunda-Bass............... 1.80

THE only A Grade Division 2 game on the weekend proved to be a ripper, with MDU holding on to win by ﬁve runs in a restricted overs match against Poowong-Loch. MDU captain Steve Arnup won the toss and decided to bat, but wickets started to fall and none of the Demons batsmen looked as if they could get settled. Craig Hoober (20) was the only Demon to look likely as Poowong-Loch’s Sam Jenkins took 3/15. But Poowong-Loch got off to a similar start when they were batting, battling to get a steady start. Sam Jenkins again proved the hero, this time for the bat as he scored (32). But when he was run out his team’s hopes were dashed and they fell just ﬁve runs short.

GLEN ALVIE v INVERLOCH Glen Alvie 1st innings D. Wylie c&b. J. Dalmau............ 11 A. Russell c. M. Anderson b. J. Dalmau................................ 0 J. Wheeler b. M .Anderson ........... 9 D. Gilbert b. M Anderson .......... 23 A. Hamilton c. J. Dalmau b. C. Dudek................................. 0 S. Nippers n.o. ............................. 49 J. Tiziani c. L. Sharrock b. J. Courtenay............................ 3 D. Brown b. J. Courtenay ............. 0 J. Huitson b. W. Homes ............... 4 A. McBride lbw b. J. Dalmau................................ 2 J. Hamilton c. J. Dalmau b. B. Debono .............................. 0 Extras ........................................... 15 Total .......................................... 116 Bowling: J. Dalmau 2/7, M. Anderson 2/35, C. Dudek 2/29, J. Courtenay 2/9, W. Holmes 1/27, B. Debono 1/1. Inverloch 1st innings A. Rigby c. ................................. 14 L. Sharrock b. ............................... 1 B. Debono c................................. 23 S. Brayley stp. ............................ 21 N. Brayley b. .............................. 13 J. Courtenay lbw............................ 0

W. Holmes n.o............................. 33 M. Anderson c. ............................. 2 J. Dalmau n.o............................... 12 Extras ........................................... 12 Total .......................................7/131 Bowling: A. Russell 1/16, S. Nippers 0/18, A. McBride 1/19, J. Hamilton 2/24, J. Wheeler 1/25, D. Brown 2/10, J. Huitson 0/10. OMK v WONTHAGGI MINERS OMK 1st innings R. White b. J. Armstrong .............. 9 P. Harper b. D. Beesey .................. 0 T. Miller c. C. Waters b. B. Zanella ............................... 4 G. Miller b. J. Armstrong.............. 2 D. McMeekin c. K. Smith b. R. Jones ................................ 20 W. Dowell b. P. Cornelis............. 36 J. Paterson c. P. Cornelis b. J. Piasente ............................. 40 B. Maguire n.o. ........................... 19 M. Walker n.o.............................. 14 Extras ........................................... 15 Total .......................................7/159 Bowling: R. Jones 1/25, D. Beesey 1/2, J. Piasente 1/23, J. Armstrong 2/31, B. Zanella 1/26, P. Cornelis 1/44. 1st innings Wonthaggi Miners K. Smith lbw. b. D. McMeekin .. 32 N. Waters c. P. Harper b. J. Paterson............................. 35 D. Beesey c. P. Harper b. D. McMeekin ......................... 0 J. Piasente c. P. Harper b. J. Paterson............................. 16 J. Armstrong c. C. O’Brien b. R. White................................ 18 J. Waters c&b. R. White ............... 2 W. Howson r.o............................... 5 P. Cornelis c. T. Miller b. R. White................................ 28 B. Zanella r.o. ................................ 2 R. Jones n.o. .................................. 4 C. Waters n.o. ................................ 0 Extras ........................................... 10 Total .......................................9/152 Bowling: R. White 3/33, J. Paterson 2/24, D. McMeekin 2/15, C. O’Brien 0/26, B. Maguire 0/50. PHILLIP ISLAND v WONTHAGGI WORKMENS 1st innings Phillip Island P. Colla c. L. McLean b. M. McCall .............................. 4 B. Johnston c. J. Sheerin b. J. Thomas .............................. 4 M. Manteit c. J. Sheerin b. J. Thomas .............................. 0 L. Keating c. J. Sheerin b. S. Coldebella ........................ 14 J. Manning b. M. McCall ............. 0 M. Francis n.o. ............................ 28 G. Excell c. M. McCall b. L. Sawyer ............................... 3 P. Francis n.o. .............................. 43

Extras ........................................... 10 Total .......................................6/106 Bowling: M. McCall 2/13, J. Thomas 2/15, S. Coldebella 1/15, A. McLean 0/17, L. Sawyer 1/25, L. McLean 0/18. 1st innings Wonthaggi Workmens D. Turton c. M. Manteit b. P. Francis .............................. 15 R. Geyer b. S. Niven ..................... 0 I. Barnes c. B. Johnston b. J. Sorarti................................ 18 S. Brann c. P. Francis

b. M. Francis............................. 27 L. Sawyer n.o. ............................. 30 M. McCall r.o. ............................... 5 A. McLean r.o. .............................. 8 J. Sheerin c&b. S. Niven............... 2 S. Coldebella n.o. .......................... 1 Extras ............................................. 8 Total ....................................... 7/114 Bowling: S. Niven 1/18, M. Francis 1/25, S. Kirton 0/23, P. Francis 2/14, J. Sorarti 1/32. NERRENA v IMPERIALS Match abandoned

Leongatha District Cricket Association Umpire Appointments EVANS PETROLEUM Round 5 - November 5 & 12 Home team Grade A1 Nerrena Won Miners OMK Imperials Grade A2 MDU Kilcunda-Bass Poowong-Loch Leongatha Town Grade B1 Phillip Island Inverloch Won Workmens Glen Alvie Grade B2 Fish Ck-Tarwin Korumburra OMK Koonwarra-RSL Grade C1 Nerrena Won Miners Kilcunda-Bass Leongatha Town Grade C2 OMK Foster Phillip Island Glen Alvie Koonwarra-RSL MDU Red

Away Team

Ground Umpire

v Glen Alvie v Inverloch v Won Workmens v Korumburra

Nerr WFG W Turf EC

G. Laird A. Jordan C. Salmon T. Rogers

v Fish Ck-Tarwin v Phillip Island v Foster v Koonwarra-RSL

Meen Bass 1 Loch L Turf

J. Lea M. Heenan L. White K. Lester

v Nerrena v Won Miners v OMK v Imperials

New I Turf MR GA

A. Roberts S. Lanyon M. Wishart I. Thomas

v MDU v Kilcunda-Bass v Poowong-Loch v L’gatha Town

FC Turf Kor Outt Koon

N.A. A. Stride B. Beck N.A.

v Inverloch v Korumburra v Won Workmens v Phillip Island

L Velo TBA Bass 2 WC 1

N.A. B. Allan D. Brown N.A.

v Poowong-Loch v Imperials v MDU Blue. v Won Workmens v Kilcunda-Bass v Bye

KSC FGC Rhyll Dalys MMcK

N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.

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Thursfield tipped for ’Gatha job Lisa’s number one LEONGATHA Football Club is believed to have found its Senior coach for the 2012 season. As speculation suggests, former Richmond player Will Thursfield will lead the club as a playingcoach. The 26-year-old English born defender left the Richmond Football Club at the end of this season after playing 77 matches for the Tigers over seven years. Thursfield decided to call it quits following a season which saw him play 10 games, including the last nine. “I’m proud to have played the game at the highest level over the past seven seasons, but I’m now looking forward to taking up these opportunities,” Thursfield said upon his retirement. “There are some other avenues in my life I’m keen to pursue, and I just felt the time was right to step away from AFL football.” The Parrots will be hoping to strengthen its standing in the league, after two successive elimination final defeats in as many years. Thursfield was a NAB AFL Rising Star nominee in 2007, after being elevated from Richmond’s rookie list in 2005. He made his debut in Round 14 of that year. Thursfield will replace the outgoing Adrian Campbell, who coached the club for five seasons. After nine years as a player, five years as senior coach, three premierships and 11 finals series, Campbell called it quits at the end of last season. He received a standing ovation from everyone in attendance at the club’s presentation night.

FORMER Leongatha resident and teacher Lisa Alexander has led the Australian Diamonds netball team to victory over arch-rivals New Zealand to win the Constellation Cup. As well as the Cup, the victory meant Australia secured the world number one ranking from the Kiwis in the deciding game of the ﬁve match series. After trailing 22-16 at half time, Alexander made changes to the goaling set-up, which changed the game, but was modest about her successful decision. “No matter what lineup I put out there, they’ll perform when they have to and they’re very ruthless in their execution,” she said.

Great coaching: former Leongatha resident, and current Australian netball coach Lisa Alexander helped her team to victory over arch-rivals New Zealand to win the Constellation Cup.