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Celebrate Leongatha: from left, Gippsland Southern Health Serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mark Withers with visitors Kelly McRae, Chris McDonald with Lacey and Ava McRae in the prams, Dayna Russell with Declan, Craig and Lincoln Russell, Yarna Kraft, Mary Pearce and Margaret Holmes were thrilled to be a part of the hospitalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open day on Sunday.

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By Jane Ross and Brad Lester MORE than 1000 people from across South Gippsland flocked to Leongatha on Sunday to see the townâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new hospital for the first time.

They, like others including Deputy Premier Peter Ryan, ran out of superlatives to describe the facility. Mr Ryan, who was heavily involved in lobbying the State Government for money to help build the hospital, has described it as â&#x20AC;&#x153;absolutely fabulousâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;magnificentâ&#x20AC;?. The visitors agreed. Judy Abbey, the health serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

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director of community services, was overjoyed by the number of people that toured the hospital. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The community has been made aware of the new hospital for the last eight to 10 years, so they have seen the birth of it,â&#x20AC;? she said. The new hospital opens next Monday, October 7. Built at a cost of $32.5 million, the

hospital is expected to serve the needs of Leongatha and surrounds for the next 50 years. It comes with up to the minute machinery including a new CAT scanner and X-ray equipment. It also has the potential to attract more specialists to provide a greater range of services. Continued on wrap page 3.

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Leongatha celebrates new hospital

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It greets visitors coming along the South Gippsland Highway from Koowarra and looms high on the highway site.

The facility is magnificent both inside and out and, through long years of careful planning, patience and negotiation, is a spectacular success. The enormity of the undertaking became clear as construction progressed.

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It’s “fantastic” “IT’S a fantastic facility.” That’s the view of David Harvey, president of the Gippsland Southern Health Service board of management. He said he is so pleased the hospital is a reality after so many years of planning. “It will serve us very well for the next 20, 30, 40 years, well beyond my lifetime. It’s a tremendous facility that gives tremendous confidence for the future. “It’s a wonderful facility that should give us all a real boost. It’s a great addition to the (health) sub region.” Mr Harvey said the project had been a team effort, but particularly praised CEO Gary Templeton and maintenance manager Mark Withers who has project managed construction from the health service’s point of view. “They have done so well and need so much praise.” Mr Harvey said he had played a role in the years of work that went in to planning the new hospital, but “Gary has been the power”. Mr Templeton has rewarded Mr Withers’ fortitude by allocating him an office in the new building that has a large window and pleasant view. Mr Harvey said Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan “has been a tower of strength throughout”.

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Leongatha celebrates new hospital Long haul ends IT’S been a long and sometimes fraught journey, but when the new $32.5 million Leongatha Hospital opens for business on Monday, October 7, it will be one of the best rural health facilities in regional Victoria. It’s way ahead of schedule; the original finishing date was mid-2014. An official opening is expected in December. Planning for the new hospital began over a decade ago and there were ongoing anxious moments as the Gippsland Southern Health Service board and management waited to find out whether the State Government would fund the new hospital. Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan, who went on to become Deputy Premier, turned himself inside out lobbying on the hospital’s behalf. When he toured the construction in late August 2012, he declared the facility “absolutely fabulous”, adding it was wonderful to see aspirations of decades finally turn into reality. “I pay tribute to Leongatha and the regional community who have been pivotal in this happening. “Credit must go to Gary (Templeton) as the CEO and the other members of the board who have driven this project hard. I am very pleased to play a part in it. “This will be a first class facility and add

so much to the region. It is sending a strong signal for the future of Leongatha.” A second tour on September 13 drew this exclamation, “It is simply magnificent. “The greatest feature of it is its testament to the community commitment which has given rise to it.” Anxious waiting for government funding was finally assuaged in early May 2010, when $20 million was allocated in the State Budget. The South Gippsland Shire mayor of the day, Cr Jim Fawcett, said at the time he was overjoyed at the State Budget funding news. “The community has been very patient, the board has been very diligent and Peter Ryan has been excellent. “We knew the right of our request but it is a relief to have government give acknowledgement for the provision of health services in the district. I’m very relieved.” At that stage, the estimated cost was between $25m and $29.7m, leaving Mr Ryan to negotiate with then Health Minister Daniel Andrews over the shortfall. “I’m confident we’ll get there,” Mr Ryan told a meeting of community leaders in the hospital’s board room. Now, the figure is $32.5m and the difference is being met by Gippsland Southern Health Service which remains financially viable now and into the future. The new hospital replaces one that is old and decrepit. It had issues relating to asbestos, water, electricity and totally inadequate operating theatres. Once the move to the new one is completed, the aged structure will be pulled down.

New $32.5m hospital opens Monday Continued from page 1. The hospital has a dedicated emergency/ urgent care section with its own separate entrance. CEO Gary Templeton readily admits it won’t ever be funded to be staffed by doctors in the way Wonthaggi is, but he’s a man of innovation and has some other ideas that may work. Staff have been moving in to the new building since early last week, in a major operation planned with meticulous precision. Mark Withers, who has acted as project manager on the hospital’s behalf, is being rewarded for his extensive efforts with an office in the new executive suite, with a pleasant aspect. One of the many drawcards of the new hospital is its outlook. Patients and visitors will be able to enjoy glorious views of the Leongatha countryside, as well as take time

in an outdoor reflections garden to be constructed within the heart of the building. The building is linked to Koorooman House by a corridor with glass walls, wide enough for easy chairs where aged care residents and hospital patients and visitors can sit and enjoy the view. A temporary entrance from Sloan Avenue will remain in use until around February when the new carpark is expected to be built and the old hospital demolished. Staff will farewell the old hospital at a function on the general ward this Friday afternoon and evening, ahead of demolition starting from October 14. “We will allow people to write words on the walls of the wards and have photos taken. Some of the kitchen staff have already put their handprints on the walls,” Ms Abbey said.

Impressed: Gippsland Southern Health Service CEO Gary Templeton and maintenance manager Mark Withers, health service board president David Harvey (far right) and senior vice president Mark Holmes guided Deputy Premier Peter Ryan (centre) through the early construction phase in August 2012.

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Be patient: from left, Chloe Checkley, Neil Langstaff and Noelle Green at the hospital open day on Sunday. Ms Checkley is a nurse, Mr Langstaff is director of nursing and Ms Green is on the hospital board.

1000 see new hospital AT LEAST 1000 people toured the new Leongatha Hospital during the open day staged on Sunday. The day presented the only opportunity for the public to see most of the new facility before all staff and patients move in. Staff are this week entering the second week of a three week move. Many visitors were impressed by the modern fa-

cility, with many commenting they were “pleasantly surprised” and “It is bigger than I thought it would be”. Yarna Kraft from Leongatha thought the hospital made excellent use of natural light, and was bright and welcoming. “It is fantastic to have something like this in Leongatha and I think it will help set the town up as a desirable place to move to and live,” she said. Gippsland Southern

wards would be moved on Wednesday. By the end of the year, it is expected the old me-

morial hospital will at least be partially demolished to make way for a new car park.

Out and about: Gippsland Southern Health Service maintenance manager Mark Withers showed Val and Hoopy Deenen from Koonwarra around some of the rooms in the new hospital on Sunday.

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Health Service CEO Gary Templeton said most staff had moved across to the new building and the

All current services will be maintained and there is potential for additional day medical services and day procedural services and more community and allied services. The new facility will provide 25 multiday beds including maternity, 10 sameday acute beds, two beds for palliative care, a dedicated emergency/urgent care facility, obstetric procedures suite, operating theatre and procedure room, medical imaging, pathology and central sterile supply department. Urgent care has its own entrance. And there are views to make any real estate agent salivate. Most rooms will look out over the rustic countryside towards Koonwarra and there is a patient balcony with a similar aspect. A special development will be the reflections garden where patients and visitors will have the chance to sit quietly in a gentle space. The garden will be next to the day surgery/chemotherapy area, providing solace for those within. It is yet to

be funded but the Lyrebird Auxiliary has been raising money and a grant will be sought. The stunning new building is linked to Koorooman House by a wide, glass walled corridor that will allow aged care residents to sit and watch the world go by as well as enjoy the views. Consulting services will be together in the same area, close to the main hospital entrance and the theatre suite will provide much more floor space and modern equipment. The maternity wing is in a separate section of the acute ward and there is an option for families to stay together after the birth because rooms are large enough to cater for overnight stays. Staff have been closely involved in planning the hospital and CEO Gary Templeton has been full of praise for the way they and patients have coped with construction noise and disruption. The logistics of moving everything from the old to the new building has been carefully thought out and has been taking place since Monday of last week. The new facility will be open and functioning from next Monday.

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Roughy ropes second cup Yeah buddy!: former Leongatha footballer Jarryd Roughead and teammate Lance “Buddy” Franklin hold the 2013 AFL Premiership Cup proudly on Saturday. Their side Hawthorn defeated the Fremantle Dockers by 15 points in front of a crowd of more than 100,000. For full story, see page 64. Photo credit Herald Sun.

Storm havoc By Matt Dunn LAST Thursday’s storm left a trail of destruction in its wake, felling trees, closing roads, contributing to car accidents, driving devastating king tides and cutting power. A South Gippsland Shire Council

spokesperson reported its crews responded to calls on 130 of the shire’s roads, working until 10pm to clear the debris. “Seven roads were reported with water on them, but only Armstrongs Road, Meeniyan was closed due to flooding,” she said. Bald Hills Road was closed temporarily overnight because of two wash

Shifting sands: the Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club patrol tower was almost swept into the water last Thursday, as a king tide wreaked havoc along the coastline.

outs, but fixed soon after. Bass Coast Shire Council reported a similarly busy time, with its infrastructure maintenance department, staff members and specialist contractors “working late into the evening to coordinate and remove trees from roads around the shire”. “We had approximately 150 tree related customer requests yesterday

and a large number of trees down that staff attended to on the way to assisting customers,” a spokesperson said on Friday. “The wind was most severe in the morning up in the hills and Inverloch in the afternoon. Today is another busy day for the department, cleaning up logs, branches and debris.” The Leongatha SES unit received

Quick work: volunteers and passersby acted quickly to clear the mess caused by a fallen tree and marquees on the South Gippsland Highway at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo, Korumburra last Thursday.

more than 75 notifications on Thursday and managed to attend to 36 events. On Saturday two crews attended another 12 incidents. “These ranged from trees and tree limbs down on buildings and blocking driveways. Fortunately, no flooding was reported,” unit controller Tony Lindhard said. Continued on page 2.

Danger zone: a big tree fell in front of Tim Pearson while he was driving along Meeniyan-Promontory Road, Meeniyan on Saturday. He crashed into the tree, writing off his ute.

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Last post at Toora By Matt Dunn

losing the town mail delivery contract.

THE licensees of the Toora Post Office say they may soon have to close their doors, after

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terday (Monday). In a sign of the times, the mail delivery contract has been taken over by a larger contractor, the Point Cook-based AusLanka Express. The company has mail delivery contracts in Romsey, Heyfield-Velore Roadside Delivery (RSD), Sale Bundalaguah RSD, Terang Ellerslie RSD, Terang Wooriwyrite RSD, Bacchus Marsh-Balliang RSD, Somerton-Donnybrook-Mickleham RSD, Merdith-Bamganie RSD, Moriac-Mt Moriac RSD, Selby-Menzies Creek Street Mail Delivery (SMD), Hoppers Crossing Laverton SMD, Apollo Bay SMD and Apollo Bay parcels. The company also has five depot bag contracts in Footscray West-Newport, Ferntree Gully, BelgraveUpwey, Research-Eltham and Laverton. The Stewarts believe the takeover could cost the town not just its post office, but jobs as well. “Our family love living and working in Toora

and have always enjoyed providing a vital service for our community, but without the mail delivery to keep us going we fear we will no longer be able to keep the post office going as a viable concern,” Mr and Mrs Stewart said to customers. They have urged customers to complain to Australia Post and local MPs about Australia Post’s operations. Despite the Stewarts’ complaints, an Australia Post spokesperson said its 2895 licensed post offices “make up around two thirds of Australia Post’s retail network and they are critical to providing key services in local communities, particularly in regional and remote areas”. “We work closely with our licensees to support them in the operation of their businesses with a particular focus on introducing new sources of revenue,” she said. “Australia Post has a rigorous tender process when reviewing mail and

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POLICE BRIEFS Stolen car torched A CAR was stolen and then set on fire in Wonthaggi on Friday, September 27. The crimes occurred between 6.30pm and midnight, with the victim’s 2002 white Ford utility ute stolen from the front yard of his home in Poplar Street. Police were later called by the CFA to a car fire in Heslops Road, at 1am on Saturday, September 28. The car was totally destroyed in the fire. There was evidence of a vehicle doing burnouts along Heslops Road, which police believe may have been the destroyed vehicle.

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A WHITE 1990 Toyota Hilux utility and a motorcycle were stolen from a rural property on Dancocks Road, Fish Creek overnight on Thursday, September 26. Thieves removed a padlock to a large shed, containing a number of farm vehicles and commercial farm equipment. The ute was located three days later - on September 29 - in Titus Avenue,

Hoppers Crossing, bearing false Tasmanian number plates. Neither the ute’s original number plates or the motorcycle have been recovered.

Powerful theft AN offender stole power tools from the rear patio of a residence in Tampa Road, Cape Woolamai between Sunday, September 8 and Sunday, September 22. The offender entered the victim’s rear yard, which has a tall timber fence surrounding it.

Trailer theft AN offender stole a motorcycle trailer from the side of the Bass Highway, Inverloch, between Martyn’s Lane and Boundary Road, overnight on Tuesday, September 24. The offender cut a padlock to the trailer, which had a “for sale” sign on it, before stealing it. The offender left the sign on the roadway. The trailer is described as a motor bike trailer with Holden mag wheels, loading ramp, heavy duty mesh flooring between the run for easy loading and LED lights and is valued at $750.

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Continued from page 1. He said there was a co-ordinated response to the storm clean up, with council and VicRoads crews also out on the road. Mr Lindhard was keen to point out the SES would “gladly help anyone with wind and water damage to their premises, or trees down on their drive ways” if they presented a danger. However, the SES does not “repair damage fully, as that is not our job”. Meanwhile, over on Inverloch beach, the Inverloch Surf Lifesaving Club, watched on in horror as its patrol tower was almost claimed by Thursday’s torrid waters. During the weekend, club members madly sandbagged to prop up the structure, which ended up hanging precariously over a new sandy cliff. Along other parts of the beach, paths have been lost as tonnes of sand were swept away. “Last year the high tides came close to our patrol tower, but the past week has seen us having to take the further measure of sandbagging as the waves have eroded the sand dune in front of the tower and undermined the sand underneath the decking area,” club president Angela Malan said. “Late Thursday, patrol equipment was removed from the tower as a precautionary step, at the same time as the beach access track was closed to the public due to the large drop from the sand dune to the beach. “Bass Coast Council gave permission on Friday afternoon for the club members to sandbag in front of the tower in an effort to protect our valuable asset.” Ms Malan said before the sandbagging,

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two hours were spent redistributing sand so a safe access path to the beach could be made. “Inverloch SES supplied us with sandbags and gave us a few pointers on what to do, while Trevor Dando from Bass Coast Council was on hand to consult with and lend a hand as a further two metres of support poles were drilled into the sand at the front of the decking area,” she said. Ms Malan thanked club members for their efforts in the sandbagging, which occurred on Saturday and Sunday. She said the tower was a “vital asset” as the patrol season begins in just nine weeks. “Visitors to the beach should be mindful with the big tides that have occurred, the sand dunes may become unstable and to be careful near them. Lifesaving patrols will commence on the last weekend of November and club members are hopeful the patrol tower will still be standing,” she said. The wild weather continued on Saturday, with high winds battering the region. Tim Pearson crashed into a big tree that fell in front of his ute while driving on Meeniyan-Promontory Road, Meeniyan. The ute was a write-off despite being only eight weeks old. If Mr Pearson had been two seconds earlier, the tree would have landed on him. His youngest child Isabella was in the middle of the back seat and fortunately they both got out without being badly injured. His mother Marjorie Pearson said, “This now highlights serious thinking on the removal of large roadside trees. Over time I know of fatalities caused from falling branches and trees.”

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Brownlow glamour couple By Jacob de Kunder HE was looking smart and she was looking stunning. That was the way to describe Essendon footballer Dyson Heppell and partner Kate Turner as they took to the red carpet for the Brownlow Medal presentation last Monday night (September 23). Both formerly of Leongatha, the young couple graced football’s night of nights for the third time. Kate wore a lovely tangerine number by Thurley featuring a lace and chiffon gown with a white underlay. This was complemented by jewellery by Vontreskow and hair by Inverloch’s Belinda Butcher from Bee

Hairdressing. Dyson’s suit was from Sammy from Soho on Chapel Street. Despite having experienced the big night previously, Kate said preparing was always a big effort. “It’s a fair bit of organising with choosing the dress and jewellery and everything, but I always have Essendon helping me out with it all which is a massive bonus,” she said. “Some of the other clubs don’t really do the same for the girlfriends and wives, so I’m very lucky on that front. “The day of the Brownlow is pretty big and tiring but it’s still exciting to meet up with the rest of the Essendon crew that are invited to have a drink and head in together.” Kate does not find being broadcast to

around one million football fans as she walks up the red carpet daunting. “I don’t really get nervous anymore as I know the red carpet bit only lasts for a couple of minutes and once you get through all the cameras and interviews it’s very relaxed inside,” she said. “I only get a bit worried about walking up all the stairs in the dress and heels with everyone watching.” Kate said she is not an overly glitz and glamour girl but enjoys the occasion. “It’s not my scene but it’s still fun as I only do it once or twice a year,” she said. Kate said that in her opinion the best dressed couple on the night was Jarrad and Clementine McVeigh, but also said her beau was “looking very smart on the night.”

Sewerage shock SOUTH Gippsland Water expects its Poowong/Loch/ Nyora sewerage scheme to begin construction in the summer of 2014-15. The long running saga is drawing to a close with three options, each costing around $20 million, a figure acceptable to the Essential Services Commission. They are yet to be finetuned and taken to the community for final acceptance but not everyone is happy with them. Brett Hume lives in Nyora and attended a meeting last Tuesday evening between SGW, its consultants and community representatives. He said he felt SGW was disingenuous in imparting information about the options because the “kick in the guts” was left until the end of the presentation. “The big issue is

the reduction in service delivery area by 280 households.” Mr Hume said that represents a 40 per cent drop across the three towns or around 35 properties in Poowong, 55 in Loch and 130 in Nyora. He said the scheme has been in the making for 30 years and over the last 10, people in those communities were feeling positive that at last something would be done. Mr Hume said people knew the scheme would be difficult and expensive which is why, in his view, it was left to the last on a State Government subsidised listed to sewer small towns. Under the arrangements, property owners pay only $800 for their connection. SGW developed an all-embracing scheme costing $29 million but when that was lodged with the Essential Services Commissioned for approval, it was denied on the grounds of cost. The water authority was left with a

dilemma. The scheme desperately needed doing because raw sewage has been seeping into town drains from old septic tanks, causing health problems and distress. SGW CEO Philippe du Plessis said the three shortlisted options are: • a centralised treatment facility at Hills Road, Nyora servicing all three towns with recycled water use capacity; • a joint venture with South East Water to transfer wastewater to Lang Lang for treatment; and • transfer of wastewater from all three towns to SGW’s existing treatment facility at Korumburra. He readily admitted some of the people who were covered by the $29 million scheme won’t be under any of the three options.

But, he explained, some blocks in Nyora are large and the efficiency of taking a pipe 500m to reach one property was questionable. And cost was the major issue. “We have to deal with it in as best a commonsense way as we can.” Drop-in style community information sessions will be held in each of the three towns on Wednesday and Friday, October 9 and 11. The first meeting is at Poowong Public Hall, 1-3pm, Wednesday, October 9, followed by a meeting at the Nyora Public Hall from 5-7pm. On Friday, October 11, a session will be held at the Loch Public Hall from 12-2pm. Mr du Plessis told The Star he expected the new scheme, whichever it is, will be completed by 2017-18, as originally

planned. Deputy Premier and Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan said the government supported the project but funding was a concern. South Gippsland Shire Councillor Lorraine Brunt said SGW’s challenge was to “cut the suit to fit the cloth”. “We must commend SGW whilst realising the challenge they are faced with,” she said. “There will undoubtedly be many disappointed ratepayers particularly in Nyora who will not be serviced under the $800 Small Towns Scheme. “All the ratepayers in the area left out of the reduced serviced area will have to pay full headworks charges to receive the service, although they will have the potential to further subdivide.”

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Time to say goodbye By Jane Ross “WISH me luck as you wave me goodbye for here I go merryo on my way” - off into retired life.

Pillage and plunder: from left, Brodrick and Vincent Onslow from Darnum, Cody and Corinna Quinlan from Leongatha and Sarah-May Onslow were dressed in their pirate best at Coal Creek on Sunday.

Pirates conquer Coal Creek TREASURE hunts, sell out magic shows, pirate battles and prizes were just some of the highlights of the fabulous pirate day hosted by the Coal

Creek Community Park and Museum at Korumburra on Sunday. More than 500 people came from all round Gippsland and Mel-

bourne to attend. Coal Creek turned on a great day for the visiting pirates and enthusiastic pirate staff who ensured everyone had a wonderful day in the park.

And there’s the rub. Once you start singing songs not even Google recognises, it’s time to take heed of TS Eliot: “For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice”. I’m taking my voice off into an awaiting phase of my life and I’m excited and terrified all at once. The change will be challenging. We enjoy great camaraderie in The Star office and, while I plan to keep in touch, it’s that sharing of the minutiae of daily life that will fade. I have loved most aspects of my career as a journalist and I’ve written articles about a thousand and one different subjects. Politics at every level, police and court reports, council meetings, local history, the highs and lows of the dairy industry, the long haul for the new Leongatha Hospital, growth, community events, interviews, football, sport, the Wonthaggi desalination plant saga and obituaries. I’ve had the sad privilege of writing one of those for three of my colleagues: Bill Giles, Alison Hickman and Bert van Bedaf, as well as my father and stepmother Bill and Midge Ross. I’ve served with four different editors and been one myself. There have been celebra-

tions such as centenaries including The Star’s in 1990. We brought out a special edition for that and, in those halcyon days when the office foyer filled with customers late on a Tuesday afternoon as they eagerly awaited the next edition of the paper, handed out slices of cake from a giant inscribed anniversary creamed sponge. The lovely Cr Yvonne Thunder had the first slice. Some of the most poignant interviews I did were for another special edition in 1995 to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. For those I spoke to, the personal impact of war was as raw then as it had always been. The same can be said of two recent interludes with Vietnam Veterans and I have

felt touched and honoured to have been able to share and convey all their remarkable stories. Which leads me to grief, I understand it better now I am older. I have experienced it myself in various ways and the knowledge it affects us all has engendered a desire to use my skills to help give voice to other’s sadness. I’ve had a wonderful time with words in the 32 and a half years I’ve been at The Star, where I have enjoyed meeting many, many people, sharing their triumphs, disasters and complaints, plying my craft to weave those into (hopefully) readable stories. Thank you for the journey. Adieu.

Familiar face: Jane Ross retired from The Star on Friday.

Childcare hopes SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council is still waiting for confirmation of federal funding for the Korumburra Integrated Children’s Centre. Walk the plank: from left, Arky, Jacoa, Indie and Taya Cameron with Captain Jack Sparrow, also known as Travis Cameron.

Plugging hole is cheapest option FIXING Korumburra’s water supply problem is as simple as repairing the leak at the town’s number two reservoir, according to Korumburra Business Association president David Amor.

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Shiver me timbers: from left, Cody, Levi and Ethan Hogan from Leongatha put on their scariest pirate faces at the Coal Creek Pirate Day on Sunday.

McMillan MP Russell Broadbent told The Star he was liaising with council CEO Tim Tamlin and the Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss regarding federal funding. Mr Broadbent said the funding pledge by the previous Labor Government had not been signed off, but the Coalition Government could provide money from

the $1 billion Regional Development Fund. Council last week voted to proceed with imposing a public acquisition overlay on land at 5 Little Princes Street and apply a public use zone overlay on the site of the centre. Cr Bob Newton said the project was urgent given the number of young families in Korumburra and surrounds. Cr Mohya Davies said childcare places were already difficult to find in the region, including at Wonthaggi and Drouin, and the Korumburra centre was vital.

He told South Gippsland Shire Council last Wednesday the reservoir is leaking 60 litres of water a minute via a rusted pipe. Mr Amor said the problem was urgent, with summer just months away. “The only time we need water is in a drought. If the Tarwin River gets too low, that’s when we start to worry,” he said,

noting the river is a backup source of water for Korumburra. “But the cost of pumping water from the Tarwin River to Korumburra is too high.” Mr Amor said the reservoir also needed to be cleaned of silt to increase capacity. “We could be lucky to have 300 megalitres at Korumburra,” he said. Mr Amor said South Gippsland Water’s long term plan of supplying water to Korumburra from the Lance Creek Reservoir was seven years away and that was too long to wait. Cr Loraine Brunt said the State Government’s new Office of Living Victoria would be looking at ways of saving water.

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$1.5m boost By Jacob de Kunder BURRA Foods was granted $1.5m by the State Government to extend its Korumburra factory. Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan made the announcement at the factory on Thursday. The grant will be part of a $20 million water saving scheme and production expansion under construction by the company that will see 26 jobs created. The new expansion will allow Burra Foods to produce infant formula using ingredients from the local area. Burra Foods CEO Grant Crothers was excited by the announcement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This contribution by Regional De-

velopment Victoria is recognition by the State Government of the importance of the dairy industry to Gippsland,â&#x20AC;? Mr Crothers said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Current infrastructure in South Gippsland restricts our ability to operate at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bestâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The support received from the Victorian Government through the Regional Growth Fund allows us to achieve our potential while at the same time the community will benefit from superior services and further employment opportunities.â&#x20AC;? The water initiatives project will see Burra Foods recapture condensate water which will enable the re-use of more than 165 million litres of water per year. Furthermore, it will reduce the volume of waste water currently being dispensed to South Gippsland Waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sewage plant by up to 80 per cent.

Mr Ryan was proud of the investment made by the company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The project is a substantial investment in the region, with Burra Foods investing $20.461 million in the water initiatives and the expansion of its nutritional milk powder division. Further investment in the division is likely from 2016,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The investment will also boost Burra Foodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; export sales, secure the future of existing regional businesses and make the dairy sector more sustainable and resilient.â&#x20AC;? South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy also attended the ceremony and commented on how the investment signals the strength in the dairy industry in the region. The new facility is set to be operational early in 2014.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The AbiGroup is the successful company and the people of Koo Wee Rup will no doubt look forward to them getting to work as soon as practicably possible,â&#x20AC;? Mr Ryan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;AbiGroup will now develop the design and undertake other preparatory work prior to commencing construction later this year.â&#x20AC;? Mr Ryan has toured the site of what will be the new bypass, and is proud the Victorian Government is delivering on its election commitment to get the trucks out of Koo Wee Rupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main street. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bypass will improve safety and help reduce the impacts of traffic, and particularly the impacts

of trucks travelling through the Koo Wee Rup town centre,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bypass will help revitalise Koo Wee Rup by redirecting around 6000 vehicles, including about 900 trucks, away from the township each day.â&#x20AC;? Works on the new two-lane road will include constructing roundabouts at Manks Road, Rossiter Road and at the South Gippsland Highway. The new roundabout at Manks Road will also include new road links to enter the township. Construction of the Koo Wee Rup Bypass is expected to start in late 2013 and is due to be completed by late 2015.

Thanks for that: Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Burra Foods CEO Grant Crothers check out the new plans for the factory expansion.

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THE successful tenderer for the long awaited Koo Wee Rup bypass was announced on Thursday.

The $66 million bypass will include a 3.4 kilometre two-lane arterial road connecting Koo Wee Rup Road and the South Gippsland Highway, and will send trucks around the town, rather than through it. This will become the major connecting route for those in South Gippsland and Bass Coast who are travelling to Melbourne. Deputy Premier Peter Ryan made the announcement on Thursday.

BURRA Foods wants to give to suppliersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; communities via the new Burra Foundation launched last Thursday. The foundation was initiated to provide financial support to local community events and programs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While Burra Foods and our farm milk supply partners are already key contributors to the local economy, the launch of the Burra Foundation is an opportunity for a wider range of our stakeholders to provide much needed support to a broader range of community groups and organisations,â&#x20AC;? Burra Foods general manager of operations Dale Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil said. Funding for the Burra Foundation will

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Toot, toot for railway By Jacob de Kunder SOUTH Gippsland Tourist Railway will be upgraded with the $115,000 investment from the State Government’s $1 billion Regional Growth Fund. In Korumburra on Thursday to announce funding for the $177,000 project, Deputy Premier and Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan said the project would deliver a better experience for tourists. The works will be carried out by the South Gippsland Tourist Railway and would include the insertion of 1000 secondhand sleepers, interpretive and directional signage and an upgrade to the pedestrian underpass at Korumburra Station. “The South Gippsland Tourist Railway maintain trains over a 36 kilometre section of the main line from Nyora to Leongatha, which is the longest tourist railway in Victoria and an excellent tourist attraction,” Mr Ryan said.

“This work done as part of this project will help reduce ongoing maintenance costs and allow trains to maintain the maximum 40km/h allowed for tourist railways. “An expected increase in visitors will bring the natural flow-on benefits to the local community including a boost to local businesses and the potential for job creation.” Mr Ryan said the South Gippsland Tourist Railway was contributing more than $52,000 in cash and in-kind support, while South Gippsland Shire Council was also investing $10,000. Mr Ryan paid homage to the tireless work of the volunteers who run the railway. Railway president Tony Nye was pleased with the funding. “We have been working on getting some funding for the past two years and we are so happy,” he said. “If it wasn’t for the funding, we would have to make some very tough decisions at the upcoming AGM.”

Old school days: Dianne Paragreen as the narrator with a schoolyard line up comprising Harley McDonald-Eckersall, Jason Midwinter, Leuca Maclean, Bruce Grainger, Jo Street, Sarah Maclean and Mike Street. Photo: Yianni Banikos.

FAMDA excels yet again By Avril Van Wamel FOREIGNERS from Home, the latest production from the acclaimed Foster Theatre company FAMDA, more than lived up to my expectations. Both cleverly written and expertly directed by Chris Dickens, the story tells the tale of the Kidd family in Australia in the Depression. Chris skillfully guides his talented group of actors through the heartbreak and the humour of that era. Survival and courage, making do, going without but family sticking together through hard times is the theme of the play. From entering the theatre and seeing the simple but clever set, the audience is transported through time to the dark days and hardships of the 1930s. With an experienced adult cast to guide them, special mention must be made of the two young people, Leuca Maclean (Fitzgerald) and Harley McDonald-Eckersall (young Eliza-

Thanks for that: South Gippsland Tourist Railway president Tony Nye thanks Deputy Premier Peter Ryan for state funding. They are backed by fellow railway members and South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy.

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lessly portrays the older Elizabeth who is the narrator of the unfolding story of her childhood as she writes her memoirs. The rest of the family is played by Sarah Maclean (Bronwyn), Mike Street (Harold), and Jason Midwinter (Stan). Admittedly, the cast members have wonderful material to work with but they make the most of every situation with perfect timing. Highlights of the play include the moving prayer scene when the family have no food, the emotional trauma when Fitzy’s dog has to be shot and the death scene which had audience members in tears because it was so real. The staging of a dust storm and a swimming scene in a creek are brilliantly projected by a simple stage prop and lights. Congratulations to FAMDA on yet another excellent production. This is local theatre at its best and should not be missed. There are three more performances this week finishing October 6. Tickets are available at the door.

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Full steam ahead

By Brad Lester

THE future growth of South Gippsland Shire has been spelt out by council in a new $300,000 strategy adopted last Wednesday. The Housing and Settlement Strategy includes development plans for 17 small to medium sized settlements, areas for possible future rural living and new visions for 11 old Crown townships. The strategy specifies preferences for residential growth and guides infrastructure investment priorities. Council will now ask Planning Minister Matthew Guy to prepare planning scheme amendments to allow for the strategy to take effect. But some residents dispute development restrictions placed on their properties, saying their land should be developed, particularly a four acre lot at Jumbunna and at Savages Road at Fish Creek. Deputy mayor Cr Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks said the project was “a massive piece

of work” and that objectors could pursue their views further. “There are maybe four or five things people wanted included in the strategy and these things could be included in the future,” he said. “There comes a point where you have to draw a line in the sand and we can always finetune it down the track. “We can’t hold it up any longer. It’s 98 per cent right in my view.” Cr Jim Fawcett said the strategy should have

included more land for future growth around Leongatha. As a result, he voted against the strategy, albeit with “a sad heart”. “There is limited land available for low density residential living in Leongatha,” he said. “Leongatha is recognised as a growth area and I do not think that has been realised in the structure plan.” Cr Hutchinson-Brooks said some people owned land in Leongatha that had been rezoned for development but did not pursue it. He also noted land

close to the town boundary should not be developed for bigger rural living blocks as that would result in less land available for future residential growth. “We will end up with the problem Traralgon has, with residential living having to leapfrog rural living because Traralgon is surrounded by rural living,” Cr HutchinsonBrooks said. The strategy endorses existing structure plans and urban design frameworks, and includes frameworks for Arawata, Bena, Buffalo, Darlimurla, Dumbalk, Fish

Creek, Jumbunna, Kardella, Kongwak, Koonwarra, Mirboo, Nerrena, Ruby, Stony Creek, Strzelecki, Walkerville and Yanakie. Restructure plans have been created for the old Crown townships of Bennison, Hedley, Hoddle, Jeetho, Jumbunna, Meeniyan West, Newcastle (2km south of Korumburra), Outtrim, Port Franklin, Tarwin and Whitelaw. The strategy continues

council’s policy of prohibiting development of these “poorly serviced old townships”, a council report stated. Council received 71 submissions about the draft strategy between June and July this year. Among those was a request to include more land for future rural living in Leongatha, namely west of Bass Highway, south of the existing township. The

strategy lists this land as suitable for future low density residential to cater for future residential land demand. Neither does the strategy include 675 Yannathan Road at Nyora, but does include land around the Nyora township for future rural living. Council will however consider the need for developer contributions towards road upgrades and other community infrastructure.

Backwards, forwards: Jumbunna landowners Denise Miller and Leo O’Brien (centre) discuss development issues with, from left, Cr Bob Newton, strategic planning and development manager Paul Stampton and planner Victor Ng.

TWO people attempted to sway council to change the Housing and Settlement Strategy to include their land for subdivision. Denise Miller and Ben Davies sought changes to land at Jumbunna and Fish Creek under the strategy at last Wednesday’s council meeting. Council did not support their requests under the strategy but did not rule out future development.

Ms Miller sought permission to build on her four acre block at Jumbunna. Her land is surrounded by sealed roads and has a power pole with the main supply to Jumbunna nearby, yet she was told she could not build. “It’s absolutely irrational,” Ms Miller said. Council’s director of development services Phil Stone said she could build a single house on the lot but not subdivide further. Cr Bob Newton felt the four acre lot at Jumbunna should have been allocat-

ed for more intensive development. Cr Lorraine Brunt, however, said Jumbunna lacked sewerage and “maybe the planners have got it right”. Mr Davies sought the rezoning of 195-355 Savages Road at Fish Creek from rural activity zone to rural living zone. He said the land was too steep for farming and subject to erosion, but ideal for rural living. Cr Mohya Davies said the development should be permitted, with the land reafforested.

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Now open for business, Leongatha Holden will be officially launched with a fanfare this Friday, October 4. And right at home will be Leongatha Holden’s Russell Hemming in his role as general manager. Joining Russell at the new $2.5 million dealership will be sales consultant Linda Nevill from Inverloch, service manager Gerard Higgins, well known in the motoring industry and workshop foreman Simon Lawson, who also lives in Leongatha. With Simon in the workshop are third year apprentices Gibson Duff and Tyson Hill. The huge investment in Leongatha comes on top of the opening of Leongatha’s brand new $32.5 million hospital, the building of the new Salvation Army headquarters and a $22 million upgrade of the Murray Goulburn factory to convert to natural gas. Leongatha Holden is part of the Gippsland Motor Group which includes Colin Watson Holden in Traralgon, where Russell Hemming has been sales manager for the past three years. Dealer principal of Leongatha Holden and general manager of Gippsland Motor Group Chris Elliott was excited to tell The Star “Holden is roaring again in South Gippsland” “After several years in the planning it’s great to see the development is complete with full sales and service departments,” Mr Elliott said. “The site at Koonwarra Road has been constructed in less than four months which is a wonderful achievement. “We are pleased to say most of the staff of six is from the local area with a view to increasing on that staff in the future.” Mr Elliott said the dealership, under the backing of Gippsland Motor Group, will have access to more than 100 new vehicles and more than 100 used vehicles. “In most cases we are able to source vehicles

Roaring back: Holden is open again! Pictured from left are, workshop foreman Simon Lawson, service manager Gerard Higgins, general manager Russell Hemming and sales consultant Linda Nevill. from Traralgon, overnight if necessary.” The Leongatha yards are also well stocked however. An inspection by The Star revealed about 16 vehicles inside and outside the showroom. There has been no corners cut in the construction of the building which features a workshop with three hoists, a spare parts division, two massive showroom areas, a customer lounge (complete with television and coffee machine), staff kitchen, bathroom and locker room, a board room and customer bathroom. Parking is available either along Koonwarra Road or at the front of the building. Mr Hemming said the new building makes a real statement. “It’s state of the art and really sets the tone for Leongatha in the future. We have raised the bar,” he said. “The owners have taken the faith to build this new facility and very much support the town, sponsoring a number of sporting clubs. “The investment by the Gippsland Motor Group is a real confidence boost not just for Leongatha but the whole of South Gippsland.” For Mr Hemming it is a homecoming after working in the motor industry in town for a number of

We’re open: Russell Hemming heads up Leongatha Holden as its general manager.

Relax: Linda Nevill in the flash customer lounge at Leongatha Holden. years. Since then, though, in his 15 years in the motor industry he has become versed in the managerial side of things, having managed a team of five in sales at Traralgon. Russell married in March this year and has settled in Leongatha again and will be completely based at

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Leongatha Holden. As well as stocking the full complement of Holden vehicles, Leongatha Holden is now one of only a few elite Holden dealers to stock the special HSV vehicles. This Friday, October 4 sees the official opening of Leongatha Holden with an outside radio broadcast

featuring giveaways and prizes, and your chance to inspect the dealership and all its cars. For the month of October, Holden is offering General Fleet pricing for all customers, locking in some great savings. Head in and talk to Mr Hemming and Ms Nevill in sales about how much you can save.

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district’s most admired gardens will be open this weekend as part of the Woodside Football Netball Club open garden scheme, this Saturday, October 5 and Sunday October 6. The open day includes the gardens of Lorraine and George Mumford at Won Wron, Val and Graeme James of The Dale at Gelliondale and Jenny and Howard Mashiter’s Yarram garden, Rosewood. Entry is $5 per garden. Morning afternoon tea available at the Mumfords and Rosewood. A special treat will be on offer at The Dale with the James’ firing up their pizza oven for delicious homemade pizzas. Gardens will be open from 10am until 4pm each day. YOU can do that little bit extra by buying charity Christmas cards this year in Leongatha, at the South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau. The bureau is located in the Memorial Hall complex, Michael Place, Leongatha, opposite the post office. Charities represented include Arthritis Victoria, the Cancer Council, Anglicare, Children First, the Lort Smith Animal hospital, and the Royal Flying Doctor Service. To get your cards, drop in or you can call 5662 2111, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm, and Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 2pm. The bureau can provide advice and information on many topics as well as tourist information.

TURN your surplus stuff into cash at the Trease Street Garage Sale this Saturday, October 5 in Leongatha. The sale runs from 8am to 1pm at various properties. To find out more, phone Johanna

Haasjes on 5662 2494. GRADES 3 to 6 children from Tarwin Lower Primary School explored the attractions of the city during their recent camp to Melbourne.

Big celebration: more than 50 of Mike Bentick’s family, friends, colleagues and clients turned out for a thank-you barbecue held at the Dumbalk Recreation Reserve on Sunday. Mr Bentick, fourth from right (in white) is the former manager of the Murray Goulburn trading store in Dumbalk.

Night at flicks: South Gippsland Scouts ran a movie night at Stadium 4 Cinema, Leongatha recently. More than 150 people from scouting groups at Yarram, Korumburra, Mirboo North, Fish Creek, Foster, Leongatha and Inverloch enjoyed the movie Smurfs 2. Post film, the group shared supper and coffee, and drew raffles. Among the people to attend were, from left, Chloe Simpson, Patrick Bier and Max Slinger, with the cinema’s Kassandra in the ticket box.

Fresh issue: the new stamp series, including the dinosaurs Serendipaceratops (second from left) and Qantassaurus (second from right) that once lived between Inverloch and San Remo.

Prehistoric celebration DINOSAURS that once roamed the shores at Inverloch feature in a new series of stamps launched by Australia Post.

Artists united: from left, curator Rachel Abicare and artists Robert Barron, Rachel Warren, Chris Beehag, Bob Hickman and Bart Sanciolo at the opening on Sunday.

Diversity on show THE latest exhibition for the Meeniyan Art Gallery, aptly named An Eclectic Mix, was

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officially opened on Sunday. Gallery curator Rachel Abicare was pleased with the way the exhibition came together. “We have five different artists who do quite different things, including needlework, paintings, ceramics, and

mixed media,” she said. “It was really exciting to put it all up and see it working together. The artist also worked together to put on the exhibition, which was also a lot of fun to be a part of.” The exhibition runs until October 24.

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The series, Australia’s Age of Dinosaurs, includes Qantassaurus and Serendipaceratops, as well as the amphibian Koolasuchus, which once roamed the coast between Inverloch and San Remo. Thomas Rich of Museum Victoria, an expert on South Gippsland dinosaurs, joined with Australia Post to produce the series. “I worked closely with Australia Post on this stamp series after they first asked for my advice in July of last year,” he said. “The animals depicted were those I selected. I am glad the illustration as a whole is now available as it will be most useful in talking with members of the public about the dinosaurs of South Gippsland and elsewhere in Australia.”

Mysteries unravelled PATRICK Morgan will speak on Gippsland mysteries at the Shingler Memorial Dinner, on Saturday, October 19. Gippsland has many mysteries like the lost white woman in the 1840s, the Bogong Jack saga of the 1850s, and the Tichborne claimant of the 1860s, and South Gippsland has its fair share. Mysteries include The Old Lady of the Swamp at Tarwin Lower, the missing gold of Martin Wyberg, and the supposed South American treasure of Welshpool. In many of these stories, a person or a treasure disappears, there is often a suspect and a coroner’s inquest, but the mystery deepens over the years and gives rise to rumour, myth and folklore. Mr Morgan is a noted academic who has taught at Monash University for 30 years. He has written extensively on Gippsland history and identified Gippsland as a unique region of Australia. His pre-eminent publication is The Settling of Gippsland. He lives at Boolarra. The dinner will be held at the Dakers Centre, Smith Street, Leongatha at 6.30pm. Tickets can be purchased from the Leongatha Historical Society in the Mechanics’ Institute on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons.

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Holding hope THE scenario… In Leongatha, delighted Venus Bay residents spilling out of the council chambers, hugging and handshakes all round. After over a decade of efforts to convince the South Gippsland Shire Council to stop its gradual but persistent sell off of Venus Bay’s ‘open spaces’ the councillors had just voted, by a margin of one, to support a motion which would see the sale of just two of the eight blocks currently under the hammer and rezone the remaining 25 to 30 as reserves, not to be sold now or in the future. The hard work of multiple community groups since the

setting up of the 2007 Save our Reserves campaign and the 1100 plus signatories to a community petition had been vindicated. Venus Bay’s council owned open spaces and reserves are generally small blocks set aside from the original 1960s subdivision as being unsuitable as house blocks. They are much valued by the community as flora and fauna refuges and as some respite from the increasing future density of the first and second estates. Councillors who had voted in favour of the motion had made the right decision. They had shown their support for the environment but also for the Venus Bay

E D I T O R I A L Hospital injects hope THE open day of the new Leongatha Hospital on Sunday was as much a celebration of persistence as of a vital new health facility for the region. The new hospital is the result of a campaign by Gippsland Southern Health Service and the community that has spanned many years. Health service CEO Gary Templeton, staff and the community survived disappointing state budgets in which funding was not forthcoming, extending their wait for another year while infrastructure continued to deteriorate and staff worked in facilities outdated by decades. Yet the right people continued to whisper in the ears of other right people until funding was announced, presenting a hospital that is expected to meet the community’s needs for the next 50 years. A modern hospital is the key to the growth of any country town and no doubt more people will be swayed to consider Leongatha and surrounds as a place to live, especially those in their golden years and more likely to need the hospital’s services. With a new secondary college under construction, a new primary school, a new player in the education sector (Chairo Christian School) and other quality schools, the town offers plenty of appeal to younger ones as well. High on the hill overlooking town, the hospital is also a symbol of Leongatha’s revitalisation, overlooking the town’s new Holden dealership and the construction of the new Salvation Army complex. The development of the new heavy vehicle alternate route is progressing, paving the way for a redevelopment of Bair Street that, coupled with the confirmation of a new Aldi supermarket nearby, will reinvigorate the heart of town. Leongatha’s business sector will get a more immediate shot in the arm with the Revitalising Rural Retail project of South Gippsland Shire Council and supported with $20,000 state funding announced on Friday. Hopefully these initiatives will result in the occupancy of vacant shops in the town’s centre and with the eventual restoration of the former Knight’s Garage/Henrietta’s building in Bair Street, Leongatha will be as vibrant as it’s ever been.

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community who work tirelessly and proactively to protect and enhance their very special place within the South Gippsland Shire. Importantly, they also affirmed the importance of a functioning and collaborative relationship between council and the community they serve. Then - the sky fell in. Word came from within the council chambers that Councillor Fawcett, who had earlier spoken and voted against the decision, had put forward a motion of rescission. The original motion will now have to be voted on a second time. Our disappointment and frustration is palpable but so is our determination to see this through to a successful and permanent conclusion. We fervently trust that those good councillors who so rightly supported the Venus Bay community and voted for the environment, fairness, and adherence to council’s own policies, strategies and planning frameworks will resist the narrow economic rationalist arguments of others and defeat the motion to rescind. Colin Suggett, president, Tarwin Lower Venus Bay Association Inc.

Alcohol and sport REGARDING photos of alcohol consumption in the local newspapers. GippSport is the Regional

Sports Assembly servicing South Gippsland and Bass Coast shire councils, as well as the other Local Government Areas in Gippsland. One of the programs our staff members deliver is the Good Sports Program which is seen as a way to promote responsible use and serving of alcohol within sporting clubs. Furthermore, we are also implementing the Healthy Sporting Environment Program which has six key modules which help sporting clubs to promote healthy messages within their clubs. One of the modules in this program also is the responsible management of alcohol. The fact these major health promotion initiatives exist, is that sporting clubs are very important places to train, educate and create leadership opportunities for the many volunteers who work with many participants of all ages in our communities. We appreciate the support of the editors of the local papers who have also published articles which GippSport has provided in regard to our programs. We have been reviewing the local papers this week and while we acknowledge the great work done by the papers in promoting sport we were concerned with the photos of the Kilcunda Bass Football Club and the Korumburra Bena Football Club after winning their grand final matches. The photos display: • many photos of players holding cans of full strength beer; • photos of players actually consuming alcohol; and

• one player has three cans of alcohol in one hand. These photos indicate that sporting clubs encourage excessive consumption of alcohol. We have also written letters to the sporting clubs involved to ask them to think about this issue and hope the papers may also think about ways this could be improved in the future. It is recognised the time after the grand final is challenging for all involved. Some leagues have banned alcohol on the playing field and this has worked very well. We are certainly going to discuss this with the Alberton Football League. We are seeking your support to eradicate this “tradition” of having players photographed with alcohol in their possession after winning a flag. I am pleased to let you know that many papers in our Gippsland region published photos this week of premiership teams without any evidence of alcohol at all. Barry Switzer, executive officer, GippSport.

Editor’s note: The Star acknowledges the sentiment of Mr Switzer’s letter but believes this issue would be addressed most effectively through the league and clubs. From a photographer’s point of view, it is impossible to ask every player to hide their drink while still trying to capture the moment of celebration.

Stopping boats LOOKS like a narrow fight for our Liberal/Labor politicians, concentrating on ruthlessness of refugees and economic mismanagement. Doesn’t mainstream media continues to disappoint? Each boast they “ask the hard questions” while they keep subjects as narrow as possible, trying to score points, rather than explore the issue. Associated Press reported recently that climate change refugees can be expected very soon because, in Pakistan, demand for drinking water now exceeds supply. In recent years, Pakistan has experienced extreme annual floods followed by drought. Storage in snow and ice of Himalayas is much reduced. Eighty per cent of agriculture is irrigated. Major water supply is Indus River. It flows in from India, now building dams upstream to satisfy their needs. Two thirds of Pakistan’s population is under 30 years old. Between now and 2030, its population is expected to boom from 180 to 256 million. A program on ABC radio reported that Indonesia’s population was expected to grow by 50 million between 2000 and 2020, with agriculture already stressed. Population size is an even harder question than climate change. How about asking our leaders what ideas they have to turn back climate refugees, 100 million or more? Bernie McComb, Cowes.

VOXPOP! VOX

Do you think the dairy industry is looking up?

“No. It is no different to what it was five or 10 years ago, it is not even catching up. Given our costs are increasing the current milk price is just not sustainable.” Jim Forbes, Poowong.

“I believe so. The milk price is looking much better, especially with the two or three step-ups we have had already. There is certainly a bit more enthusiasm about, however it will take a long time to catch up after last season.” Brett Loughridge, Poowong.

“No I don’t. The reason why is because costs continue to rise and the milk price is just not sustainable. A perfect example is last season, we were paid like peasants and Murray Goulburn has just announced a huge profit. That money should have been paid to the farmers.” Noel Tonkin, Poowong.

“I do. The way the Australian dollar is coming back down and in general, milk prices are heading in the right direction. The weather has also been more favourable this season and they are having a good season up north which should help with grain prices.” Murray Fowles, Bena.

Korumburra in the spotlight KORUMBURRA residents and those in nearby towns have had the chance to comment on the Draft Korumburra Town Centre Framework Plan recently The plan was on public exhibition until yesterday and was the subject of two drop in information sessions last Thursday. These sessions saw residents chat with South Gippsland Shire Council planning officers and designers from the Hansen Partnership who were both instrumental in constructing the plan. Korumburra Business Association president David Amor was disappointed with the sessions. “I am pretty disappointed from a KBA point of view as well as individually,” he said. “Looking at it overall, it’s a book and it’s not a best seller.”

Mr Amor said specific issues needed more attention. “The main issues we have in Korumburra are parking, the main street and the merging around the top pub,” he said. “We need to get rid a lot of the gardens and trees in the median strip of the main street so you can physically see across the street and so people coming from Melbourne can see there are cafes on the right hand side. “We also need the left hand lane at the top of the street to be continuous into a left hand turn only lane to make that whole area safer.” Council will consider the submissions and plan for adoption in the near future.

Checking it out: Tony Nye looks at some finer details of the plan with senior urban designer Gerhana Waty.

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Leongatha retail boost

LEONGATHA’S retail sector will be revitalised thanks to a $20,000 State Government grant. Deputy Premier and Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan announced the Streetlife funding to support a research project that identifies retail trends in Leongatha, together with a workshop to be attended by key local traders, council representatives and local businesses. “The project will give Leongatha retailers specific insights into the drivers, trends and preferences of residents, as well as identifying opportunities to revitalise the local retail precinct,” Mr Ryan said. South Gippsland Shire Council welcomed the grant to run the Revitalising Rural Retail project council recently ap-

plied for. “With the increased popularity of online commerce it is essential business operators in towns such as Leongatha define their new place in the retail market,” council’s strategic planning and development manager Paul Stampton said. “Leongatha remains a vital retail centre and this project will help shop front business to understand how to maintain the town as the core retail area for the shire.” Mr Ryan said small businesses created nearly one third of Victoria’s production and almost half of Victoria’s private sector jobs. “Encouraging small business innovation and development through programs such as Streetlife is therefore paramount,” Mr Ryan said.

South Gippsland Shire briefs LEONGATHA’S Mesley Hall is the cheapest option for a performing arts centre to be developed in Leongatha. Cr Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks attended a meeting of the Leongatha Education Precinct Board recently, at which the issue was discussed. The hall only required an extended stage, undercover parking for cars associated with the primary school and proper theatre seating. Funding is needed for an architect to develop a plan. “We view we can do something relatively simply,” Cr Hutchinson-Brooks said.

port for a new green.

VENUS Bay’s beaches could be closed to pipi collecting for half of the year under a proposal made at a community meeting recently. Mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy said the meeting heard such a suggestion recently in a bid to protect pipis from overharvesting, especially now collectors are now harvesting pipis further south around File Mile Track and Cape Liptrap.

A NYORA reserve will be maintained by South Gippsland Shire Council. Toby’s Paddock, a reserve in the heart of town, was overseen by community volunteers but they are ageing. Council will mow the reserve at an annual cost of $6200. “We are blessed that in the past volunteers have maintained this,” Cr Jim Fawcett said.

TURTONS Creek Road north of Foster could become an iconic tourist drive, Cr Hutchinson-Brooks said. He visited the area with council’s director of community services Jan Martin, passionate local Ron Brown and HVP Plantations’ Simon Gatt recently. “Turtons Creek is like the Prom – it’s an absolute icon,” Cr Hutchinson-Brooks said. “I do not know anywhere else in Victoria that is as good as that. The bottom section of Turtons Creek Road is just magical and needs to be preserved.” He is hopeful the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority can develop a proposal for the area. IMPROVING roads is the key to increasing tourism in South Gippsland Shire, Korumburra Business Association president David Amor told council last Wednesday. He suggested incorporating the new heavy vehicle alternate route of Leongatha with a bypass of Korumburra to increasing the chances of both projects progressing sooner rather than later. “That is the best chance of getting funding,” Mr Amor said. THE Mirboo North Swimming Pool Committee is now working with council to consider future options for the pool. Cr Hutchinson-Brooks said a committee meeting recently agreed to team with council to work on a solution to keep the pool open as long as possible. CR LORRAINE Brunt delivered the first bowl to open the Korumburra Bowling Club’s season recently. A self professed non-bowler, Cr Brunt said her bowl was so long it almost opened the croquet club next door as well. The bowling club is seeking council sup-

A COUNCIL owned property in Meeniyan could be sold as part of council’s strategic review of surplus land. The property, at 8 McDonald Street, will enable a young couple to access their property, Cr Bob Newton said. People are now able to make a submission on the proposal and could address council on Wednesday, November 27. Cr Mohya Davies commented Meeniyan was alive again and was an ideal place to enjoy a Sunday lunch.

COMMUNITY groups to benefit from councillors’ discretionary funds are: Prom Country Aged Care, $1200 to help with the opening of the new facility; Mirboo North Primary School, $550; and Korumburra Community Development and Action, $85, for sponsorship towards Korumburra Open Gardens event on October 26. PLANNING Minister Matthew Guy will be asked to prepare a planning scheme amendment to implement updated flooding mapping for the shire. The existing controls were developed more than 20 years ago, resulting in some land not a risk of flooding being included in the overlay and other land at risk being excluded. “It takes off the flood overlay from the hills where it is totally unnecessary,” Cr Don Hill said. A KORUMBURRA road has been named in honour of a local family. The road off Riflebutts Road has been named Anthony Court in recognition of the Anthony family, who operated one of the early contracting companies in the former Shire of Korumburra. A 50m section of an unused government road near Foster will be opened to the public to allow access to a property. The road is south east of Devlin Road.

COUNCIL’S Community Engagement and Evolving Vision Steering Committee will consider a new report when developing future engagement strategies and creating a vision for the shire. The report mentions the possibility of using social media, introducing community surveys and allowing residents to receive digital information from council.

United response: Woodleigh Vale Red Cross’ Sandy Ridge and Red Cross’ Emergency Preparedness Program coordinator Phillipa Day.

Channelling childhood: Pauline Cliff, who came to the day with the Fish Creek Red Cross, was cast in the role of a six year old disaster victim.

Disaster ready By Matt Dunn MAKE believe mirrored life last Friday at the Inverloch Community Hub, when emergency workers, police, the Red Cross, local governments and agencies met in response to a mock disaster. Ironically, the scheduled event came hot on the heels of a real storm that had wreaked havoc across the region. More than a few of those who had been invited to attend the emergency training session, were out helping clear trees, attending to car crashes and all the other

things that go along with a major storm event. “The six councils that make up the Gippsland emergency management region – East Gippsland, Wellington, Bass Coast, South Gippsland, Baw Baw and Latrobe City – collectively applied for a grant from the federal Disaster Resilience Fund,” project manager for the Gippsland Emergency Management Group Doug Caulfield said. “The object of the funding is to fund a project to write a set of standard procedures for emergency relief centres. The main reason is so each council has the capacity to support each other in the event something happens in their municipal boundary.”

Preparation has been occurring since January, with a master document now completed. “We’re now testing it with a number of full deployment exercises. That means we’ve actually got people on the ground doing the work they would if the situation were real,” Mr Caulfield said. From a casual observer’s view, the day seemed to go remarkably well, with a fluid delivery of services to play acting disaster victims. Those affected included Pauline Cliff, who came to the day with the Fish Creek Red Cross, and was cast in the role of a six year old. She was comforted by emergency workers, who gave her a colouring book and textas.

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Teen brains to be tested

WONTHAGGI Secondary College’s brightest minds are heading to Canberra this month to take part in the Australasian Tournament of Minds.

After progressing through competitions at the regional and state levels earlier in the year, the team of seven students will be taking on teams from around Australia and New Zealand as well as Thailand and Hong Kong. The Tournament of Minds, or TOM as is it affectionately known, pits all schools together in three areas maths and engineering, social science and applied technology. The Wonthaggi students have been excelling in the applied technology area providing insightful solutions to open ended problems. The team will be given a challenge and placed in a room for three hours to construct a 10 minute presentation of its solution. Challenges they have been suc-

cessful with include social inventions to make people more personally interactive and exploring the consequences of creating an avatar. Teammates agreed the whole procedure was a great experience. The school is holding a fundraising day with money going toward the team’s trip to Canberra on October 18 and 19. Coordinating teacher Nick Sibly said the success was a great testament to the school and the students. “It’s fantastic a little country school can perform this well and make it to this level,” he said. “We have had some really tough competition but we have proven ourselves.”

Thinkers: heading to Australasian Tournament of Minds competition are Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Jack Menes, Louis Paxton, Bronte De Lacy-Vawdon, Mallory Berdley, Ewan Millett, Mack Geyle and Breeana Clements.

Save water, save money Railway

By Jane Ross

IT’S a small pale grey nondescript looking gadget, but it has the capability of saving schools a fortune. Called a data logger,

the little piece of equipment monitors water usage. According to Mary MacKillop College science teacher Peter McGavin, utilities such as water, gas and electricity add huge amounts to the

annual cost of running a school. Andrew Hinchliffe from the Schools Water Efficiency Program (SWEP) said the data logger has been known to reduce a school’s quarterly water impost from $4000

Saving: Mary MacKillop science teacher Peter McGavin, forum organiser Heidi Hamm who is a sustainability officer with South Gippsland Shire Council, Amy Love of South Gippsland Water and Andrew Hinchliffe from the Schools Water Efficiency Program. The data recorder he is holding is a great water and money saver for schools.

to $1800. He was one of two presenters at a forum held at Mary MacKillop College recently week on the topic “sustainable use of water”. About a dozen people from various schools and education hubs attended. Mr Hinchliffe told The Star the data logger works by being plugged into a school water meter, where it tracks water usage over 15 minute periods 24 hours a day. That way, it detects any leaks or continuously running toilets. He said the latter can be a real problem for schools because cisterns can jam, automatic flushing urinals can just keep running and if that occurs over weekends or holidays, a great deal of water can go down the gurgler. Not only is that a waste of what is becoming an increasingly precious commodity, it’s also horrendously costly. Data from the logger shows up on a dedicated website which Mr Hinchliffe said can also be accessed for classroom use.

It’s configured in such as to be suitable for students from Grade Three to Year Nine. Of 285 schools registered so far over the 12 month life of the program, every single one has had water leaks detected. Mr Hinchliffe said the program, which comes under the umbrella of the Department of Environment and Primary Industry, has been funded to reach 500 schools. The other speaker was Amy Love, community relations and education officer with South Gippsland Water. She said the authority works actively with schools and, among other things, runs free tours for schools of its various sites. Ms Love said when we fill a glass with tap water, few of us give any thought to the processes the water has been through in order for it to come out of the tap clean and safe to drink. As well, there is little recognition of what happens to the contents when we flush the toilet.

on track SOUTH Gippsland Tourist Railway president Tony Nye has said non compliance issues with Transport Safety Victoria were purely paperwork based. The issue arose after an audit conducted in June but Mr Nye has said since then the non-compliances have been resolved. “It was nothing we were doing wrong; just everything we do needs to be documented and they wanted to see the paper trail and things weren’t in the right place,” he said. “It’s onerous to keep up with all that paperwork because we are volunteers and we have been operating without a secretary over the last 12 months. “That’s why some of our paperwork and things aren’t getting as promptly done as they should have. “We’ve fixed all that but hopefully we will have more volunteers and a secretary soon.”

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Jetty still in limbo By Sarah Vella NOW the Coalition has been elected to Federal Government, it is expected the remaining $5 million required to complete the Port Welshpool Long Jetty restoration should be forthcoming soon. Nigel Plowright: the Toora resident believes progress in the town has been “held to ransom” by a few powerbrokers.

Held to ransom

By Matt Dunn

NIGEL Plowright believes there is a small group of powerbrokers “holding Toora to ransom”.

The Toora Times editor said he arrived in the town a few years ago, just as South Gippsland Shire Council’s Toora Town Plan was released. “The public release of the document was one of the first things I went to in the town and I thought, ‘Terrific, here’s a town that’s got together and put in a lot of effort.’ But that impetus pretty much disappeared,” he said. Mr Plowright said the more he became involved in the community, joining a myriad of Toora committees, the closer he came to the realisation the town was controlled by “three or four people”. “It’s the usual small town political situation and they want to maintain control. They’ve lived here all their lives and they think they know what’s best for Toora,” he said. “But basically they haven’t done anything. It’s that small group of people that is holding Toora to ransom. They’ve just sat and waited for something to happen.

“They have their own agenda and certainly don’t want anyone else involved. A lot of people have tried, but given up.” Mr Plowright said there were more than a few people ready to give the town a shake. “We’ve got the supermarket, new owners in the pub, new owners in the motel, a new policeman – a lot of new blood. But my view is that people have bought in because everything’s just go so cheap,” he said. “Everything’s gone down, down, down. No one’s actually gone out and attracted these people. You come down from Melbourne or Sale and we’re basically the last town on the map.” He said similar sized towns, like Fish Creek, were going ahead at Toora’s expense. “We could really become a tourist destination. We’ve lost our industries, like a lot of small towns, and tourism is the one thing that’s left,” he said. What is missing, Mr Plowright believes, is a credible internet presence for the town. “We need to market this town. There’s enough here in Toora to attract people. There’s enough to put a good package together and market it,” he said. “The trouble is everything tends to go through those few.”

Mayor’s message Cr Kieran Kennedy CEO Tim Tamlin and I attended the recent Gippsland Local Government Network (GLGN) Forum in Melbourne, followed by the launch of the Gippsland Freight Strategy by Public Transport and Roads Minister, Terry Mulder. Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Ports Minister David Hodgett were also present and outlined the State Government’s perspective on transport infrastructure. A collaborative effort by the six regional councils, the strategy provides a unified freight vision for Gippsland in alignment with current Commonwealth, Victorian and local government policies and strategies. It addresses the issues of developing regional coal resources, the intensification of primary industry, urban expansion and congestion and changing demographics. It also seeks to reduce operating costs for business, strengthen the regional economic base, increase road safety, improve the environment and enhance Gippsland as a lifestyle and investment destination. Mr Ryan and Mr Mulder confirmed Gippsland’s fundamental role in the state economy, supplying 90 per cent of Victoria’s electricity, 32 per cent of its milk, 25 per cent of its beef and 14 per cent of its fruit and vegetables to a hungry consumer

market. The sheer volume of this output reaffirms that a fully functioning freight network is paramount to the continued success of our key industries. The strategy outlines actions for the maintenance and further development of roads, rail, ports, air and intermodal services. At the meeting with the ministers, Tim and I had the opportunity to further the case for the return of rail to South Gippsland. Murray Goulburn is already the largest export user of the Port of Melbourne and will one day, along with Burra Foods and ViPlus, be the biggest users of the Port of Hastings. The return to rail of this bulk freight would radically ease the wear and tear on our key road systems and deliver cost efficiencies to business. In putting this case forward, we were strongly supported by GLGN chair and mayor of East Gippsland Cr Dick Ellis and other GLGN members. The meeting once again proved the value of GLGN as an effective regional voice to capture the support of political leaders on both state and federal levels. Cr Kieran Kennedy, mayor.

The State Government has already committed $5 million and South Gippsland Shire Council $1 million. The project only needs federal funding to proceed. McMillan MP Russell Broadbent said there were no clear promises made in the recent election campaign about the Long Jetty.

“We are supportive of it of course, but it would have to go to the Regional Development Fund with an application for funding,” he said. Mr Broadbent said he will continue to support the project and will take the matter of funding “to the party room”. Port Welshpool Long Jetty Redevelopment Project Control Group member Paul Macphail said the group has not been very active lately. “It was my understanding Mr Broadbent did promise federal funding should the Coalition get elected,” he said. “He has obviously got to go back to Canberra and campaign for it, which I am confident he will do, but he will be at the mercy of his col-

leagues. “Five million is a lot of money, however I have a lot of confidence in Mr Broadbent and Peter Ryan. They know it is a good project and will bring a bit of life to the area and we certainly need a bit of life in the area.” Mr Macphail said if a project was started without enough money to finish it, it could cost more in the long run. “There are a lot of projects out there that need funding. We have half the money, but there is not much more we can do at this stage,” he said. “That is why we want all of the funding in place before the project begins,” he said.

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Officially Aussie: Deborah Gilchrist of Sandy Point became an Australian citizen at a ceremony at South Gippsland Shire Council’s chambers in Leongatha last Wednesday. McMillan MP Russell Broadbent spoke of the importance of the individual and mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy presented Mrs Gilchrist with an Australian native plant. The former New Zealander enjoyed lunch with council following the ceremony. Mrs Gilchrist (centre) is pictured with, from left, Cr Kennedy, husband Ron Gilchrist, friend Janica Nicholls of Berrys Creek and Mr Broadbent.

Top of world: South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy (left) pays tribute to high jump world champion Eleanor Patterson and her coach David Green.

World champion celebrated THE world’s best junior high jumper was the toast of South Gippsland Shire Council at last Wednesday’s meeting. Eleanor Patterson of Leongatha received a bouquet of flowers and a certificate of recognition from council in honour of her win at the World Youth Championships in the Ukraine in July. The 17 year old jumped a personal best of 1.88m to take the crown. Mayor Cr Kieran Kennedy praised the Mary MacKillop student: “Just to be on the world stage in any event is magnificent.” Cr Kennedy also presented a certificate to her coach David Green, also of Leongatha, and commended Eleanor’s parents Mark and Helen for supporting their daughter’s sporting pursuits. Eleanor is now training for the Victorian All Schools Track and Field Championships in Melbourne later this month and will contest the Australian All Schools Track and Field Championships at Townsville, Queensland, in December. The presentation was followed by afternoon tea.

Retirees valued A NEW group aimed at bettering the lives of retirees in South Gippsland Shire could be established. Council recently heard of a proposal to establish an Active Retirees Advisory Committee to achieve more support for retirees with early in their retirement. A driver of the committee, Peter Wingett of Foster, said the more active and mentally engaged retirees are, the better their health and wellbeing as they age. The committee would tell council of the needs of retired people and could comprise members of the U3A, Probus, senior citizens clubs, men’s sheds and retirement villages.

Movers and shakers THEY’RE an inspirational lot. That’s how South Gippsland Shire Council reacted to a presentation by members of council’s Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee recently. The group advises council on issues affecting people with disabilities and its members know firsthand the trials of living life with a disability. Among their conditions are visual impairment, stroke and depression. “This is one of the most remarkable band of people that I have been involved with,” group member Cr Bob Newton said. Committee members spoke about the companion card discount program for carers, International Day for People with a Disability and leadership courses. The group has influenced the Korumburra Town Centre Framework Plan and better access to facilities. Cr Newton spoke of the need to move a fire hydrant

opposite a street crossing in Leongatha’s McCartin Street, as the hydrant impedes access for people in wheelchairs.

The committee comprises Nick Peck, Darren Bone, Vince Sgarioto, Blair Donaldson, Graeme Ireland, Phil Bayre, Linda

Lloyd of Calvary Silver Circle, Cr Newton, Cr Lorraine Brunt, council’s Alisha Gilliland, Daniel Poynton of GippSport,

Jo-Ann Brailey of Ostara EIV and Dale Reddick, a disability advocate from Gippsland Disability Advocacy.

Action people: Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee members, from left, Darren Bone, Graeme Ireland, Alisha Gilliland, Cr Bob Newton and Phil Bayre.

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Jess eats her cake too By Sarah Vella JESSICA Wolf has the knack to create a delicious boiled fruit cake. That skill recently won her the honour of third place at the Royal Melbourne Show. Starting off small at the Foster Agricultural Show earlier in the year, Jess won the VAS section and then went on to win the regional finals held at Korumburra. From there, she was eligible to enter the VAS ltd State Final for boiled fruit cake (junior), judged at this year’s Royal Melbourne Show, representing Central and South Gippsland. “We moved from Melbourne and thought a good way to embrace the community spirit was to participate in the local show,” Jess’ mum Sarah said. “I began making fruit cakes when we moved to Meeniyan about three years ago,” Jess said. “I had a look through the Foster Show schedule and decided on fruit cake. They give you a set recipe and the cake has to be made in a 20cm tin.” The first two years Jess entered her cake in the Foster Show, she was awarded with seconds. This year she managed to break through for a first. Coming third at the Royal Melbourne Show wasn’t easy, but according to Jess, it was “amazing”. Each cake takes around half an hour of preparation time and then an hour and a half in the oven, and even though Jess is an old hand at fruit cake, she doesn’t always like what

comes out of the oven. “I made four cakes before finally deciding on the one to send to the Melbourne show,” she said. “It has to have no burnt bits, evenly distributed fruit and no cracks in the top of the cake. They also like the cake to be flat across the top. “The judges cut the cake in half and then cut a triangle out of the middle to taste.” Sarah said one of the trickiest things with a fruit cake is you don’t know what it is like until you cut it open. “We have learnt it is a very picky business,” she said. Jess buys all of her cake making ingredients locally and swears by her Nan as her good luck charm. “If Nan comes and gives it a magic stir and special taste test, I always get a place,” she said. In the lead up to next year’s round of cake competitions, Jess will get plenty of practice making her specialty cake over Christmas. “We will start with the Foster Show again at the end of February. I hope to get another chance at the Royal Melbourne Show next year,” she said. “I will be more confident if I get another chance next year, because I have done it this year.” “She felt a bit more pressure at state level and at 11 years old, she handled it really well,” Sarah said.

Fruit cake star: Jess Wolf’s amazing cake making skills translated to a third place in this year’s Royal Melbourne Show.

Young farmers number one

By Sarah Vella

THE South Gippsland Young Farmer’s team took out first place in the Young Farmers Challenge at the Royal Melbourne Show on Sunday, September 22. Team members, including Eoin Gleeson from Nyora, cousins Tristan and Shane Zuidema from Leongatha, Sally Pate from Leongatha North and Bronwen Russell from Buffalo as the emergency, were rightly proud. Ms Pate said they had a team in the challenge last year, coming third from four teams. “We only managed to come out in front of Nathalia,” she said. “This year, the first heat was between the two Dean Newlyn teams and Clunes. We were in the second heat against Nathalia. “Due to us beating them last year, we were quietly confident we could get through. We came out in front of the first heat and then before we had got our breath back we were straight in to the final against Dean Newlyn.” Sally said the team was nervous as Dean Newlyn had not only won the state final last year, but had gone on to win the national final at the Royal Sydney Easter Show. “The activities of the challenge consisted of carting hay with an ATV, cutting a piece of poly pipe and putting a joiner into it, moving sheep and drenching one, pulling a bag trolley through an obstacle course with a member on it, carting small squares by hand down the arena and restacking the pile, leading an alpaca and reversing the ATV,” she said. “We managed to come first on speed in the final but the competition was also based on quality of work and safety. Points were deducted for various reasons, such as if the helmet on the ATV wasn’t worn.

“When it was announced we had won, we were over the moon and the grandstand at the Coca Cola Arena was full and cheering us on.” The prize for the competition is an all expenses paid trip to the Sydney Royal Easter Show next year to compete in the national final. Sally works as an agronomist at Brown’s Fertilisers in Leongatha and also does relief milking. “I have been involved in the club since it began and have taken on various committee roles, but the win is by far the highlight of my time in the club,” she said. “I have made some brilliant friendships in the club and had some awesome fun. It’s a club I’m very passionate about. Bring on Sydney.” Shane said the whole team was excited about winning the challenge. “It was a good day and a good night. I can’t wait to head to Sydney and would love to win it for Victoria,” he said. Tristan said they weren’t really expecting to win, more to just have a good time, but the fact they won was even better. “We were pretty determined to win - it is very competitive and everyone puts their best into it - but it was really good to beat a club that has won for the past few years,” he said. “I think the national competition will be really tough, but it will be a challenge they we will have to meet and accept.” For Eoin who is Irish, it was really good to come through with a win. “It was a good experience to win for me as well as the other team members. I am really excited to get to Sydney to compete against the other states,” he said. “We will have to do some research to see what the national contest involves and what was involved last year and go from there. “We will probably then get together and do some practicing to improve our chances.”

Out there: around 80 Wonthaggi Secondary College Year 8 students worked with Bass Coast Landcare Network to plant 10,000 native trees and shrubs recently.

Teens plant 10,000 trees WONTHAGGI Secondary College Year 8 students worked with the Bass Coast Landcare Network last week to plant 10,000 native trees and shrubs. Around 80 students volunteered their time over two days at Margaret Brown’s property just outside of Inverloch as part of the Bass Coast Landcare Network’s Biodiversity Fund Project, which aims to protect and restore Bass Coast waterways and vital remnant vegetation. Bass Coast Landcare coordinator Dave Bateman said along with Landcare staff and volunteers, the students planting 10000 indigenous plants in an unproductive pasture with high salt levels in order to reduce salinity at the site and provide some protection for stock. “It was the largest school kids planting Bass Coast Landcare has organised in the past six years. The students were a

great help and I’d particularly like to thank their Year 8 teachers, Nick Sibly and Cathy Moore, for organising them all,” Mr Bateman said. “It was a great turn out and the kids worked really hard, even though the weather wasn’t too flash. It was such a big job.” Mr Bateman also thanked Clive Hollins and the Rotary Club of Wonthaggi for coming along and cooking a barbecue lunch on both days. Bass Coast Landcare organises around 10 activities every year with the secondary college, including tree planting and water quality monitoring as part of the Environmental Detectives Program. “The program is a chance for Landcare to get in there early and help shape young people’s attitudes towards being environmentally conscious,” Mr Bateman said.

Top gongs: presentations of the VICSES East Region long service awards for volunteers and staff were conducted by VICSES chief officer operations Trevor White and regional manager east region, Jamie Twidale (front, centre).

SES celebrates own

FOUR State Emergency Service volunteers from South Gippsland were among those to be praised at a celebration at Moe recently.

Grinning winners: Shane Zuidema, Sally Pate, Tristan Zuidema and Eoin Gleeson celebrate their team’s win in the Young Farmer Challenge held at the Royal Melbourne Show recently.

They were Mirboo North unit’s Aaron Wilson and Leongatha unit’s Charlie Baillie, Ian Lester and Tony Lindhard. Every year VICSES East Region recognises volunteer members and staff in an awards presentation. Recipients received awards such as

the VICSES Long Service award, the National Medal and the National Emergency Medal. Amongst the awards, 11 members were recognised for sustained service during the 2009 Victorian Bushfires and presented the National Emergency Medal. Leongatha unit controller Mr Lindhard spoke about the satisfaction that comes from volunteering in the community and having a good time with fellow friends and teammates.

He said teamwork is the key in their unit for getting the job done. “A champion team will beat a team of champions, hands down,” Mr Lindhard said. In 1977 a popular TV show called Emergency and the local ambulance service were the two drawcards to attract Mr Lindhard to become a volunteer. “I get immense satisfaction, have a good time and have made good friends – you can’t beat that,” he said.

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Collect firewood legally A MAN has been fined for illegally taking wood from the New Zealand Hill Nature Conservation Reserve in Foster. Acting on information supplied by members of the public, Parks Victoria authorised officers interviewed the man, who was subsequently issued with an infringement notice for illegally cutting and removing wood from the reserve. He also received warnings for off road driving offences and for damaging wildlife habitat. Parks Victoria ranger Jonathon Stevenson said it was an important reminder for people that penalties apply for illegal firewood collection on public land. “Firewood can only be collected from designated collection areas during specified periods. People need to be aware of these regulations or they risk being fined,” he said. “Reserves and parks around Foster, including the New Zealand Hill Nature Conservation Reserve are not designated firewood collection areas and people must not remove wood from them.” Authorised officers have recently recorded evidence of other illegal activities in parks and reserves around Foster including more than 20 trees being felled. Investigations remain open concerning these cases. “Many of the trees targeted by illegal firewood collectors are old or dead trees that contain important hollows for wildlife. Removing these trees can have

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SOUTH Gippsland Specialist School wowed audiences with a fantastic school production in the last week of term. Students from all rooms sang, danced and performed. Room one danced to a Muppet tune, room two preformed magician tricks, and Yellow Submarine and Blue Suede Shoes were the choice of room three. Room four sang I gotta pea while room five sang the Lion Sleeps Tonight and Dancing Queen plus a solo rap dance by Brandon. The whole concert ended with a rendition of the Australian national anthem.

Meg Viney A VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION

Bill adores leek and potato I think most men relish this, and to add pastry into the mix delights him. This tart is a great one for feeding men and growing boys. It is delicious, nutritious and filling. If you are going on a picnic think about making a large one of these, in which case double the quantity for a large quiche dish.

Beatle mania: South Gippsland Specialist School’s room three sings Yellow Submarine with gusto.

LEEK AND POTATO TART

Using a food processor, blend the butter, flour and salt until it resembles breadcrumbs. Pour the liquid in gradually, until the dough forms a ball it will take between 1 and 2 tablespoons, depending upon the type of flour. Remove the ball of pastry and set aside. FILLING 1 large leek, sliced and washed well 60g butter 3 eggs ½ cup cream 4 medium potatoes ¼ cup grated parmesan extra butter

Saute leek in butter with a pinch of salt, in a wide pan, lid on, over a medium low heat, for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, parboil the potatoes. In salted water to cover, place the potatoes and bring to a boil. Turn to a simmer and cook for 12 15 minutes, until becoming tender. Remove. Beat the eggs and cream. Add the leeks and mix well. Slice the potatoes. TO ASSEMBLE

Preheat the oven to 180 c. Grease a 23 cm quiche dish. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface to fit the dish. Place carefully into the dish and press the pastry into the dish to prevent it from shrinking. Pour the egg cream leek mixture into the pastry case. Layer the potatoes on top, dot with butter and sprinkle with parmesan. Bake for 30 40 minutes, until puffed and golden and the potatoes are tender.

Not on: Parks Victoria ranger Jonathon Stevenson with the illegally felled trees from the New Zealand Hill Nature Conservation Reserve at Foster.

Concert impresses many

WITH

SHORT CRUST PASTRY 250g plain flour 125g cold butter pinch of salt 1 2 tablespoons white wine or lemon juice

a serious effect on the local environment and biodiversity,” Mr Stevenson said. “Protecting the integrity of parks and reserves is important for native flora and fauna and for the local community and visitors who enjoy walking in and exploring these reserves.” Limits also apply to the amount that can be legally collected for domestic use; two cubic metres per person per day and 16 cubic metres per household per financial year. DEPI and Parks Victoria staff will continue to patrol parks, forests and reserves to ensure people are doing the right thing. Typical on the spot fines are around $577. Offences that go to court may be liable for fines up to $7218, one year imprisonment or both. Community members are also urged to continue reporting illegal firewood collection to DEPI on 136 186 or Parks Victoria on 13 1963. Information about collecting firewood and the designated collection areas is available from the Parks Victoria /DEPI office in Foster or from the DEPI website. For more information visit www.depi.vic.gov.au/ firewood or call 136 186.

Footpath spruce SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council contractors have started a footpath renewal program that is expected to be completed by March. The five projects that will be undertaken are: • footpath renewal - Turner Street, Leongatha; • footpath renewal - Farmers Road, Dumbalk; • footpath renewal - Queen Street, Korumburra; • footpath renewal - Princes Street, Korumburra; and • footpath extension - Shingler Street, Leongatha.

“This is part of the implementation of our annual Capital Works Program and will cost council $297,600,” explained Paul Challis, engineering coordinator. “The new works will create a safer walking surface for pedestrians and hopefully encourage people to leave the car at home more often and walk.” Motorists are reminded that is illegal to park vehicles on footpaths and in driveways outside the property boundary. “Such practices physically obstruct and inconvenience people walking on the footpath, particularly those with prams or mobility scooters,” Mr Challis said. “Illegally parked vehicles can also obscure the view for passing motorists.”

Grants unveiled SOUTH Gippsland schools will share in funding to reduce energy use and promote sustainable practices. Mary MacKillop College at Leongatha, St Joseph’s Primary School at Wonthaggi, Loch Primary School, Poowong Consolidated School, South Gippsland Specialist School at Leongatha, Wonthaggi Primary School and Koonwarra Village School will benefit from grants. Almost 200 Victorian schools will receive up to $10,000. Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith and Minister for Education Martin Dixon announced the winning schools for the ResourceSmart Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative. The grants would help schools undertake energy audits and install equipment such as energy efficient light bulbs, door and window draught seals, small wind generators, or replace less energy efficient appliances.

Milpara Community House news LANGUAGE barriers are something Milpara Community House is able to address through the English as a Second Language and English for Migrants classes held each term. We have a very experienced tutor available to present these sessions and we welcome people from nonEnglish speaking backgrounds who may be interested in building their communication skills to get in contact with us. If you know someone who could benefit from being involved in these classes please encourage them to call us on 5655 2524 or alternatively call us on their behalf. We would be

very pleased to assist. Improve Your Sewing skills classes will commence on Tuesday evenings for a period of three weeks from October 22, 6.30pm to 9pm. A materials and equipment list is available upon enrolment. Local dressmaker Sarah Hudson and her daughter Jacinta enjoy their craft and teaching others to become more confident with their sewing skills from the basics to the more technical. Digital Photography classes will be run this coming term over a two week period on Tuesdays, 10am to 1pm commencing November 13.

With Christmas fast approaching, this would be a great time to learn how to use your digital camera properly and get the results you want. Photos of family and friends make great personal presents. We look forward to hearing from you soon about your interest in these classes. During term four Milpara Community House will be hosting a Newcomer’s Luncheon to be held at the House on Wednesday, October 23, 12.30pm. If you are new to the district and would like to meet with people who have been involved in the local community in various ways, we

welcome you to come along and share a meal. We look forward to hearing from you. Milpara Community House will recommence its usual operational hours from Monday, October 7, 9.30am to 4.30pm. The Centrelink Agency opening hours are as follows: Tuesday, 10am to 2pm; Wednesday, 10am to 1pm; and Thursday, 10am to 1pm. For information about any of the offered classes or courses at Milpara, please call Sandra, Leisa or Jenni on 5655 2524, or call into the house, 21 Shellcott’s Road, Korumburra.

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Rotunda on way A $160,000 ROTUNDA will be built at the Waratah Bay Caravan Park thanks to an injection of funds from the Victorian Government’s $ 1 billion Regional Growth Fund. Deputy Premier and Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan said an $80,000 contribution from the Regional Growth Fund would be used to replace an existing structure that no longer met the needs of users. Mr Ryan said in addition to the new rotunda, three barbecues, food preparation space, solid fuel heating, lighting and concrete flooring would also be installed by June 2014. “Building the new and improved rotunda will help ensure that the Waratah Bay Caravan Park will be fully maximised as an ongoing tourist attraction for South

Gippsland,” Mr Ryan said. “Waratah Bay Caravan Park is an attractive and affordable holiday spot, and this boost from the Regional Growth Fund will ensure the area remains a popular destination with tourists year round.” Mr Ryan says not only will the project provide improved infrastructure, it will boost business and employment opportunities for the small neighbouring townships of Fish Creek, Foster and Toora. All materials and trades involved in the construction of this rotunda and related facilities will be sourced locally. Mr Ryan said the $80,000 Regional Growth Fund contribution would be provided through the $100 million Putting Locals First program, with South Gippsland Shire Council contributing the balance of funds.

The fellas: Jarrah, Darcy, Rory and Pat were ready to show off their footy skills while young Byron (front) gets his hands around a Sherrin.

Footy fun locked in FOOTBALL colours were a feature at Loch Primary School recently.

Students donned their favourite straps and showed off their skills with the Sherrin. Preps right through to Grade 6 students improved their kicking, handball and coordination skills on the day in glorious sunshine.

Getting it done: Cassie Moodie, Binhjelyn Thanh and Peter Veltri get a taste of secondary school life with teacher Linda Jennings.

Learning: Rohan Treacy, Joel Anthony and Kason Taylor were enjoying their time at the Korumburra Secondary College transition week.

Good to go: Finnegan, Steven, Ollie, Eydie and Taryn were all raring to go at the Loch Primary School football day.

Students embrace secondary school GRADE 6 students from around the Korumburra made their way to Korumburra Secondary College recently for three days of transition into their next stage of learning. Students from Nyora, Loch, Poowong and Korumburra primary schools enjoyed a range of different activities and classes including English, maths, science, PE and much more. The students also got to enjoy the school’s Year 12 fete on the Friday which included many fun treats and activities.

Going for it: Noah gets some air for a fantastic mark.

Getting ready: Student Representative Council president Michelle Green and school captain Sam Dixon were preparing for the Year 12 Fete last Friday.

• OBITUARY

Cricketer, academic and a long life well lived ONE of the founders of the Koorooman Cricket Club has died. He was Charles Allen Hulls. Known as Allen, he was the second son of Roy and Lucy Hulls of Koorooman East. Allen, his brothers Bob and Ken, neighbours and friends formed the club, with practice held at the Hulls’ farm on a netted concrete pitch. Allen went on to play cricket for 56 years, joined by his son Richard and nephew Bruce. But there was much more to Allen Hulls’ life than cricket. He was one of those people in life who did lots of things but didn’t boast about them.

He established the first business course at Swinburne College in 1955, built up the business school at RMIT and became its head before going on to become deputy director of RMIT in charge of five faculties. He also helped in the development of degree courses at RMIT. Allen acted as a consultant on the new building of RMIT and in setting up its university campuses in Singapore and China. He was an avid reader of The Star. He was born on December 31, 1923 and he and his brothers and extended family cousins had to walk each way to attend the one teacher Koorooman East State School. Allen obtained his merit certificate and went on to Leongatha

High School, riding his bicycle with his brothers the four and a half miles each way. After matriculating, Allen was accepted into Melbourne Teachers’ College where he qualified as a primary teacher. He taught at Leongatha State School until enlisting in January 1942 with the RAAF, training in Victoria and Canada. He obtained his wings in 1944 and was posted to the United Kingdom to 451 Australian Spitfire Squadron for service in Germany. A video of his life is held in the archives of the War Memorial in Canberra. Discharged in Australia in June 1946 with the rank of flying officer, Allen returned to Leongatha to teach. He enjoyed being back home with farm

life, friends, sport and his beloved cricket. In 1947 he began Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees at the University of Melbourne, joining Swinburne in 1954. The move to RMIT precipitated more study, with Allen obtaining a Bachelor of Education, Master of Business Administration and Doctorate of Philosophy. He left academia and set up a consulting business before retiring to travel and visit friends and family around the world. Allen married in 1951 but his wife Elizabeth pre-deceased him. They had three children, Richard, Kerry and Nicola. He was married again in 1992 to Pamela. Allen died on August 31.

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As good as new ALTHOUGH not the oldest or longest jetty in town, Port Welshpool’s highly used boat ramp jetty has just undergone a major refurbishment, with works completed in time for the busy summer season. “The jetty is over 20 years old and required much needed work to enhance its serviceability and durability,” said Paul Challis, council’s engineering coordinator.

“It is now in top condition, offering greater safety for both recreational and commercial fisherman and the hundreds of boating enthusiasts who access the magnificent Corner Inlet and Promontory coastline from Port Welshpool.” The $195,000 project was funded jointly by council $32,000, the Department of Transport $113,000 and a grant of $50,000 from Fisheries Victoria under the Recreational Fishing Infrastructure Program.

Corner Inlet access: the popular boat ramp jetty at Port Welshpool is looking like new.

Kids discover environment Spring is here: Michael Warner captured this floral delight in Leongatha’s McCartin Street recently, celebrating the season and the efforts of South Gippsland Shire Council’s gardeners.

Cape crusader THE popular beach at Cape Paterson will be more accessible for emergency vehicles thanks to a State Government grant. Bass MLA Ken Smith announced $60,000 for Bass Coast Shire Council, as committee of management for the Cape Paterson First Surf Beach Foreshore Reserve, to help ensure the coastal area remained a safe and enjoyable area for visitors. “The council, which is one of 14 grant recipients state-wide, had identified the emergency vehicle access has posed a significant

risk to the public and needed to be addressed,” Mr Smith said. “The council will use the funding to construct ramped emergency vehicle access to the beach to rectify the hazard and ensure Cape Paterson beach remains a welcoming environment for everyone, for years to come. “The spectacular beach-

es and coastline are one of the main reasons so many people choose to visit, work and live in Bass Coast, so investing in coastal amenities delivers an important longer-term benefit to local communities.” Mr Smith said coasts were constantly changing environments and needed constant assessment of hazards.

JARVAN Daniel Hume was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on May 16 to Melissa Evens and James Hume of Wonthaggi. Jarvan is a brother to Mason, 7, and Wundarra, 2.

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MORE than 70 students from 22 primary schools across Victoria descended on the Penguin Parade recently for environmental leadership workshops as part of the Target Kids Teaching Kids Week activities. Hosted by education rangers from Phillip Island Nature Parks, the event was the culmination of a Coastal Ambassadors Young Environmental Leaders program, an education program sponsored by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development through the Strategic Partnership Program. During the event, students from Grades 5 and 6 conducted presentations on environmental action plans they had implemented in their schools. Education ranger Jacqui Higgins said the program was designed to engage students with the environment and empower them to make a difference. “The students created some amazing environmental action plans including protecting platypus and hooded plovers, through to reducing waste within their schools,” Ms Higgins said. “It was great to see the students so enthusiastic when teaching oth-

ers about environmental issues. The student run workshops were engaging, hands on and, most importantly, fun. “Students were also involved in conservation work to help protect little penguins and shorttailed shearwaters.” The Target Kids Teaching Kids Week is a nationwide program where more than 10,000 kids from across Australia focus their knowledge and passion for the environment through comedy, songs, theatrical performances and science workshops. The innovative event

involves kids teaching each other about issues such as climate change, water, waste, conservation, energy, drought, habitat destruction, population and pollution in order to bring about positive environmental change. Event creator Arron Wood said the event was a great way for kids to teach each other in more interesting and creative ways than the usual classroom format. “Most importantly, the kids learn they can make a real difference on environment issues, despite

the magnitude of problems facing their environment,” Mr Wood said. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development is a major sponsor of Phillip Island Nature Parks’ Coastal Ambassadors and Coastal Ambassadors Young Environmental Leaders programs through the Strategic Partnership Program. The Coastal Ambassadors programs have been running for more than 12 years and hundreds of students have participated.

Out there: more than 70 students from across Victoria conducted workshops at Phillip Nature Parks as part of a Target Kids Teaching Kids event.

Mayor’s message Cr Clare Le Serve WITH recent torrential rain causing havoc across Bass Coast, I have been flooded (pardon the pun) with complaints about potholes appearing or reappearing on our roads. Throughout my own travels around the shire I’ve also had to dodge potholes on major highways and even hit the occasional one. Council’s roads team is actively out and about monitoring the condition of every council managed road but we can’t be everywhere all the time so we also need your help. If you see a dangerous road hazard, please let council know so we can address the problem. You can report a hazard by phone, email or via our website. Not all roads are maintained by council however; along with all major roads in the shire, roads managed by VicRoads generally have white lines on both edges of the road. If you would like to report a pothole located on what you believe to be a VicRoads managed road, you can ‘Dob in a Pothole’ by calling VicRoads on 13 11 70, or via www.facebook.com/VicRoadsCS and use the ‘Report a Pothole’ tab to submit a report form. The holiday period and MotoGP are fast approaching, bringing thousands of additional cars and motorbikes onto our roads and potholes can be extremely dangerous, especially in wet or dark conditions. Council met with VicRoads last Tuesday to lobby for urgent repairs to all VicRoads managed roads in our shire and have been told these repairs will be made soon. Most importantly, please always drive to the road conditions and if you find you’re approaching potholes, slow down and drive carefully. With school holidays in full swing and the sunny weather attracting more tourists, we want to make sure everyone arrives at their destination safely. Cr Clare Le Serve, mayor.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - PAGE 27

Old masters inspire Seniors WEEK FESTIVAL October 6 - 13 Mount Best artist Help for veterans BORN in Amsterdam, Willem van Cleef has always had a love for drawing and art, which was further developed during a four month stay in hospital when he was eight years old.

“I was quarantined. With no contact with others I would draw every day,” he said. At school, Willem learned about architecture, creative drawing, paint making and all aspects of the arts.

“I came to Australia by myself when I was 20 and started a family, so my art was put on the backburner,” he said. “I was hospitalised again in around 1990, which is when I picked up the brush and haven’t stopped since.” Mr van Cleef moved to 80 acres in Mount Best in 1998, where he has developed his farm into an alternative lifestyle property, aiming for sustainability. “In the meantime I have continued to do art and build contacts with other local artists,” he said. Mr van Cleef said he thinks the style of the old realist masters often comes through in his work and sometimes even leans towards the naive style. “I mostly specialise in painting portraits and caricature. I feel that is my line. I have done some seascapes and a few commission portraits as well,” he said. “I was always attracted to caricature and the older style of painting. In Holland, I would wander through the art galleries and see the old masters and was always very impressed.

“Even when I was 12 and 13, I tended to draw more faces.” With his extensive background in the arts, Mr van Cleef has a solid foundation from which to teach art in all of its basic constructions. “When I teach my students, I don’t want them to paint like me, but in their own way,” he said. “It is about composition, colour, light, dark, shadow; the basics. That is what the masters were trained in. “Once you learn and understand the basics, then when you want to create you don’t have to think. You can look at you work with a trained eye and see you have done something on purpose. “My aim is to promote art in society. I strongly feel if we lose the ability to use our creativity and free expression, we are going to become a society of robots. “A lot of stress and illness comes from not being able to create so I believe very strongly that people need to have creativity in their lives.” Mr van Cleef’s property at Mount Best is designed to be an artist’s retreat, a place where people can come and spend time honing their painting, drawing or photography skills. “When people come here from Melbourne, they are blown away by this place. They don’t realise there is scenery like this so close to Melbourne,” he said. “It is 80 acres, 50 of which I have returned to bushland. There are some beautiful tracks and waterfalls around the property. “I would love to create a sculpture walk through the bush.” Mr van Cleef is interested in encouraging creativity in others and through that he has become involved with the recently developed Toora Village Artist Collective. “It was started last year in January and we initially had around 10 members; now we have 26,” he said. “The gallery is part of the Windmill Complex, the owners of which love the arts and love to support the collective. “The collective primarily consists of older members, but we are finally attracting some younger artists to the group. It would be great to see some of them exhibiting in the future.”

THE Department of Veterans’ Affairs is assisting all veterans with comforts that make life easier for diggers. After assessment from an occupational therapist, the diggers can be provided with such items as specialised beds and chairs. At the Smith Street welfare centre in Leongatha recently, World War Two veteran Les Wilkins experienced a demonstration of a lift and recline bed provided through Access Rehabilitation Equipment.

Les was happy with how comfortable the bed was and will receive his bed soon. An immediate past president of the Foster RSL, Les and his wife Gwen have now settled in Wonthaggi. Veterans’ Health Week is coming up very soon with a host of activities planned at the Leongatha RSL starting on October 14. Included in activities are the launch day with games and activities, dental exercises, a gym come and try day, and a member’s lunch, to name just a few things!

Very cosy: World War II digger Les Wilkins, tests out the special bed. Also pictured back from left are Clive McEwen from Access Rehabilitation Equipment, Gwen Wilkins and occupational therapist from Gippsland Southern Health Service, Vivian Carroll.

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Left, Drawn in: some of Willem van Cleef’s drawings, which are very popular as prints and postcards.

To help u

Background, What a view: Willem van Cleef at his Mount Best property, with a view to inspire any artist who visits.

This year’s theme is

“Physical Activity Fitness, Strength, Flexibility and Balance” LAUNCH OF EVENT Monday October 14

Island honour

Sustainability Victoria CEO Stan Krpan congratulated the Phillip Island Nature Parks team for its innovative project and said it was an excellent example of leadership in sustainability. “Their work has been recognised by the awards judges in the environmental protection category for their outstanding contribution to sustainability. The vision and innovation shown by all finalists is what makes Victoria an international leader in sustainability,” he said. The Summerland Peninsula is home to Phillip Island’s

last remaining penguin colony. There were once 10. In the 1980s, the future of the penguin population was uncertain. A housing estate on the peninsula presented many dangers to the colony. Little Penguins were being killed by cars, foxes, dogs and feral cats. Their habitat was being destroyed by houses, fire and weed invasion. In conjunction with the State Government, the Penguin Protection Plan was developed and launched in 1985. This paper included a raft of measures to protect the Little Penguins and their habitat, including road closures, fox control and a buy back of the housing estate to reclaim the peninsula for the penguins. The program was completed in 2012. The Summerland Peninsula is now protected with a comprehensive master plan which outlines the future of this special place.

Thursday October 17 An interactive lunch will be provided, including a cooking demonstration. We will also highlight a range of activities running in our local community.

Friday October 18 Australian Hearing offering a free hearing screening session from 12.30pm. Please register for this free event.

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PHILLIP Island Nature Parks has been named as a finalist in the Premier’s Sustainability Awards for their work in saving the Summerland Peninsula, home of the world famous Little Penguin colony.

Including a range of games and social activities in our venue, with a complimentary morning and afternoon tea. Presentations by the local gym and Gippsland Southern Health Service.

Cnr Smith Street & Michael Place LEONGATHA Reception 5662 2747 | Office 5662 2012 Information provided for the benefit of members, guests and authorised visitors.

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Seniors WEEK FESTIVAL

October 6 - 13

Back to nature on Island

THEY say you visit the Penguin Parade at least three times in a lifetime – as a kid, a parent and a grandparent. Phillip Island Nature Parks is celebrating Senior’s Week and invites you and the

grandkids along for a great family day out. From October 1 to 12 we’ve got a range of board games upstairs at the Nobbies Centre. Tell the kids to drop the video games and try their hand at Connect 4, Scrabble, Battleships, chess and domi-

noes! Plus, we’ve got special senior’s and kid’s lunch deals available every day. Finish your fun day out at the Penguin Parade where you can share the special experience with the grandkids. For the whole of October, every senior who pur-

chases a 3 Parks Pass will go in the draw to win a 12 month subscription to either ABC Gardening Australia, ABC Delicious or Australian Traveller magazine. With an estimated 32,000 breeding penguins, Phillip Island is home to one of the largest little penguin colonies

in the world. Every sunset, little penguins return home from fishing and make their way to their burrows amongst the dunes and bushes. Witness the beach crossing of the penguins, then wander the extensive boardwalks to watch the penguins at your feet as they march through the colony searching for their burrows. The Koala Conservation Centre provides an extensive bushland haven for koalas under threat from habitat loss. At the Conservation

Centre, visitors can experience koalas up-close and in their natural habitat, as well as learn more about one of Australia’s most iconic animals. Tree-top boardwalks wind through the eucalyptus woodland and provide close views without disturbing these magnificent animals. Churchill Island Heritage Farm is established as Victoria’s first horticultural farm in the mid 1800s, Churchill Island retains much of its pioneering history. Glimpse the hardships faced by the early settlers as you wander the National

Trust heritage buildings. Take a step back in time with the heritage farming demonstrations between 11am and 3.30pm daily. And don’t forget to say g’day to some of the local characters: Max the Clydesdale horse, Lucy the goose or Gregory the proud peacock. Amongst Phillip Island’s local residents, Churchill Island is considered a hidden gem thanks to its extensive gardens and magnificent views across Western Port Bay and is open 10am to 5pm daily.

Come and see if HAPI is for you! During Seniors Week, GSHS is inviting you to come along and observe our Healthy Aging & Prevention of Injury exercise classes followed by morning or afternoon tea.

Times and Venues are as follows: • Monday 7th October Korumburra Shire Meeting Rooms, Commercial Street, 9.30am Mirboo North Senior Citizens Centre, Couper Street, 1:30pm

• Wednesday 9th October Leongatha Dakers Centre, Smith Street, 9.30am Tarwin Lower Community Health Centre, Walkerville Road,1.00pm

• Thursday 10th October Nyora Community Hall, Henley Street, 9.30am Going good: Mountain View’s Trevor Davies shows off the work on stage two of the village’s.

Our classes are run by trained and registered exercise practitioners, and are designed to enhance core strength, balance and flexibility in older people – all while having fun in an enjoyable and social environment. HAPI features low impact resistance training, light weights and chair based exercise, to help clients build on their fitness and stay active and happy.

The perfect lifestyle ARE you looking for a fun and fulfilling lifestyle in your retirement? Then look no further than Mountain View Lifestyle Village in Leongatha.

Exercise classes run for 45 minutes and conclude with a cuppa and morning/afternoon tea. For more information, contact Kay Rodda or Brendan Kellow on 0356542785

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If you haven’t been up to Dale Drive (off Shingler Street) and checked out the village, you don’t know what you are missing out on. Eight villas have been completed and four have been snapped up by four happy residents. The new stage two developments of six more villas is currently under way and include some sought after locations within the village.

Whatever works for you at Mountain View Leongatha What are you looking for in an independent lifestyle setting? Is it a base for a busy life outside the village? Or, is the village the centre of your life? Either way, Mountain View Leongatha offers the perfect location, stylish, luxury appointed villas and lifestyle affordability. You are spoilt for choice with a Community Centre with indoor pool and top quality facilities, and a range of villa design styles, including security and maintenance free options. Living here provides you with a home life that keeps you occupied within the community. Or, it offers you the choice to lead a busy lifestyle outside the village knowing you have a wonderful place to come home to. Visit www.mountainviewleongatha.com.au for more details, or call 1300 306 255 to arrange an inspection or to request a free information pack.

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For those who want to know more about the village, drop into one of the weekly information sessions at Mountain View itself. You will be informed about all the fantastic facets of the facility, financial options from experts, speak one on one with the project manager and also discuss selling your current home with Stockdale and Leggo representatives. Just ring the office on 1300 306 255 to book a spot at one of these session which are on every Thursday at 11.30am. Get in now for fantastic prices and to secure your place in this sought after village.

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Seniors WEEK FESTIVAL

October 6 - 13

HAPI seniors GIPPSLAND Southern Health Service is celebrating Senior’s Week by getting people off the couch. The HAPI (Healthy Ageing and Prevention of Injury) classes are specially designed for older people, with the emphasis on staying active and flexible rather than becoming gym junky beefcakes. “Our classes are run by trained and registered exercise practitioners, and are designed to enhance core strength, balance and flexibility in older people – all while having fun in an enjoyable and social environment,” organiser Brendan Kellow said. “HAPI features low impact resistance training, light weights and chair based exercise, to help clients build on their fitness and stay active and happy.” It was certainly a happy environment when The Star turned up to one of the HAPI sessions at the Leongatha Dakers Centre last week. While exercisers were hard at work, it was a playful environment and everyone wore broad grins. Classes run for 45 minutes and conclude with a cuppa and morning/afternoon tea. The Senior’s Week classes will run on: • Monday, October 7 at 9.30am at the Korumburra Shire Meeting Rooms in Commercial Street and at 1.30pm at the Mirboo North Senior Citizens Centre at in Cooper Street; • Wednesday, October 9 at 9.30am Leongatha Dakers Centre in Smith Street and at 1pm at the Tarwin Lower Community Centre in Walkerville Road; and • Thursday, October 10 at 9.30am at the Nyora Community Hall in Henley Street. For more information contact Kay Rodda or Brendan Kellow on 5654 2785.

For seniors: South Gippsland CAB volunteer Ian Hamilton reads The Senior, a monthly newspaper available for older members of the community. He is sitting beside a display of leaflets of interest for Seniors Week.

See CAB for Seniors Week THE South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau or CAB has a special display in its Leongatha rooms providing a host of information for seniors. There are leaflets about a myriad of organisations and matters of interest to older members of the community, including a program of the more than 1000 events across the state for the 31st Victorian Seniors Festival. The CAB is combining with South Gippsland Shire Council and Victoria Police to develop a confidential community register. This is a

Loving it: HAPI exercisers Pearl White and Lia Robinson had a ball at a recent Leongatha exercise session.

Celebrations aplenty

“This is our way of celebrating the valuable contribution that older residents make within our community, so let’s have some fun” said Louise Brydon, council’s manager of aged and disability services. “We’re delighted to be able to offer these events thanks to funding from the Department of Health and Ageing’s Improving Livability for Older People project.” Events include shopping tours to better understand supermarket labels, movie afternoons plus come and try sessions for aqua movers and golf. A free bus tour to the beautiful Heronswood garden at Dromana is also on offer, with pick-

ups in Mirboo North and Leongatha. The ever popular Seniors Concert at Korumburra is already booked out, with 500 people registered to enjoy the entertainment by former Eurogliders lead singer Grace Knight. The events are: • Monday, October 7: shopping tour, Meeniyan IGA, 10am-11.30am; • Monday, October 7: movie afternoon, Dakers Centre, 1-3.30pm; • Tuesday, October 8: movie afternoon, Baromi Centre; 12.30-3pm; • Wednesday, October 9: seniors concert, sold out, 12.45pm start; • Thursday, October

10: come and try aqua movers, SG SPLASH, 9.45am-10.30am; • Thursday, October 10: come and try golf, Welshpool Golf Club, noon; and • Friday, October 11: Heronswood Garden Tour, pickup Leongatha and Mirboo North, 9.30am-5pm. A full list of events and details is available from South Gippsland Shire Council by phoning 5662 9200. All activities must be booked on 5662 9387. Some events have limited places so be sure to book early to ensure your place in the celebrations.

Citizens Advice Bureau Corner QUESTION OF THE WEEK Q: Where can I find a park with a playground & picnic/bbq facilities? A: McIndoe Park on the corner of Turner and Bent Street has excellent facilities. Call into the Bureau for a map or pick up a pamphlet with other suggestions We are on the corner of the Memorial Hall, opposite the Post office. Hours: Monday To Friday 10am to 4pm, Saturday 10am to 2pm and Sunday 11am to 3pm

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Phone 5662 2111 | Email cab@dcsi.net.au

free service aimed at promoting confidence and secure living for people over 50 and those with a disability. Members can nominate to receive secure regular contact calls if you are isolated or do not have family or friends nearby. Your details will be entered on a confidential database at the CAB to be used by police in emergency situations. Anyone interested can ring the CAB during office hours between 10am and 4pm or you can fill in an application form by calling in to the CAB in the Memorial Hall Complex on the corner of McCartin Street and Michael Place.

If you’re over 60 and retired or working less than 35 hours a week, you’re entitled to a Seniors Card which brings a myriad of benefits. You can find out about it at the CAB. Information about Home and Community Care, Commonwealth Carelink Centres, the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card and a community directory for help, health and wellbeing in Prom Coast are also available. Details about keeping your independence, a handbook for older drivers, seniors and asthma, Probus clubs and the University of the Third Age are available too.

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To the letter OCTOBERFEST

October 26 - 6.30pm to 11pm Join us for an evening of lively music and good food.

MELBOURNE CUP LUNCH November 5 - 12.30pm to 4.30pm Put on a hat and come along to Waratah Lodge to enjoy lunch and watch the big race with friends.

PUGSLEY BUZZARD LIVE November 16 - 7pm to 11pm

Prepare to be booglarised by the New Orleans style blues music of the very talented Pugsley Buzzard as he performs live at Waratah Lodge. For all bookings & further info see www.waratahlodge.net or phone 5683 2575.

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AUDITIONS For Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s production of

“Love Letters” Auditions for mature actors (1 male, 1 female) on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 at 2pm at the Lyric Theatre Studio, Watsons Road, Leongatha To book an audition or for more information, please contact Michael Street on 0409 235 900

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To be directed by Michael Street, the play is a moving and entertaining look at the life long relationship between a man and woman that is built upon their ability to maintain a correspondence for over 50 years. Their letters, beginning with childhood birthday cards progressing through the heights and depths of adult life, make an engrossing vehicle for two actors to share the intimacy of this charming story. Mr Street said the play really is a moving and well written piece. “Their lives are detailed in their letters and follows them through their highs and lows,” he said. “It is a well known play which has been performed worldwide since 1988 and is set on the east coast of America.” This will be Mr Street’s first foray into directing with Lyric, however he has been involved with the company for many years. Love Letters will be the second production for Lyric Theatre this year, following on from The Wizard of Oz. “We normally try to have a musical and a play each year. In recent years we have put on comedies but we know there is a demand for serious plays,” Mr Street said. “We have played Love

Letters as a single performance at the Coal Creek Literary Festival, however this time it will run as a season.” In this current age of tweets and everything instant, this play will be a refreshing reminder of the lost art of letter writing. Indeed, it is a celebration of letter writing and how our emotions are often best expressed when we have the time to think about what we say or perhaps, meant to say. The play will open on Friday, November 15 and will be shown at the performing arts centre at Leongatha Primary School. “It will be the first time we have used the venue. It lends itself very well to an intimate play like this one and the acoustics are great,” Mr Street said. Auditions for the play will be held on Sunday, October 13 at Lyric’s Eagger Studio on Watson Road at 2pm. Enquiries to 5662 3564.

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Yarns to tell: the great Jane Ross, a retired journalist, will speak at the Coal Creek Literary Festival this Saturday.

Words inspire FOR a mere gold coin donation, this Saturday’s Coal Creek Literary Festival has plenty to offer all tastes in the written word. It will have workshops, two book launches, numerous activities for both young and old children, a panel discussion, poetry slam, as well as roving bush poets from the Henry Lawson Society. During the lunch break presentation of the Local Schools’ Picture Book Awards will be made, as well as the announcement of winners of the short story and poetry competitions run in conjunction with the festival. For those who have the stamina, a separate event in the evening sees the Foster based FAMDA Theatre Company present a short musical comedy, Open Call. Organisers are fortunate to have the author of The People Smuggler at this year’s festival. It’s an indication of just how much in demand as a public speaker is Robin de Crespigny that her previous appearance before Coal Creek Literary Festival is to be at the OzAsia Festival in Adelaide. Her next appearance after the Coal Creek Festival is at the Ubud Writers’ Festival in Bali. Robin de Crespigny’s multi-award winning, non-fiction work is in an essential work for our time as it turns on its head all of the assumptions we are fed

about people smugglers. It’s the story Ali Al Jenabi and his story of survival against incredible odds, and from the torture chambers of Saddam Hussein to the murky world of fake passports and illegal border crossings it is one told with great skill. Her talk is entitled, The People Smuggler…what you won’t hear in the news. Two of the presenters for younger readers will be Jo Hinchliffe and Sarah Billington. Jo has been a teacher, author, and poetry specialist for more than 30 years, a special interest being teaching how to make poetry writing easy, creative, and humorous. She’ll be running a session on creating a poetry mandala, while Sarah’s workshop will be aimed at older children. Sarah Billington is an Australian writer and editor who holds numerous formal qualifications and currently works as a digital editor at Lonely Planet and as a freelance editor for Month9Books. Altogether there are something like 17 presenters running work shops or giving talks. The Coal Creek Literary Festival is on Saturday, October 5, and runs from 10am until 5.30pm. For more information on this exciting local event, see www.coalcreekliteraryfestival.

COAL CREEK SIXTH ANNUAL LITERARY FESTIVAL 2013 • MEET WRITERS IN A WIDE RANGE OF GENRES, WHO WILL DISCUSS THEIR WORK.

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The theme this year includes some non-traditional formats, such as Comics, The Bardic Tradition, and Digital Literature.

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Hotshots to sizzle

GET ready for Australia’s hottest men to heat up the stage as The Sydney Hotshots bring their brand new Funtasia show to Leongatha.

With a spectacular opening choreographed to one of Nickleback’s best songs, the men of Sydney’s Hotshots are ready to rock the ladies of Leongatha. The new Funtasia show includes a brand new line up of Sydney’s hottest men, performing in what is being called ‘this year’s best night of entertainment’. From sensationally hot firemen to Roman Spartans

and a ’60s inspired Grease Lightning show, The Sydney Hotshot’s Funtasia show is jam-packed with sensational bodies, dancing, acrobatics, comedy and even a little romance to heat things up. Determined to please every lady in Australia, the Sydney Hotshots have been on the road taking this incredible show to as many areas as possible. “We love touring because it means we get to share the fun and excitement of our show with hundreds ladies all over Australia, from small towns to big cities,” performer Andy said. “I think the best thing

about the show, and the reason I’m so proud to be a part of it, as that whether you’re 18 or 80 there’s something for everyone. “It has every kind of music, routine and costume you can think of which creates a timeless quality that appeals to everyone – and that’s probably why we continue to be so popular.” While the show is a spectacle of colour and charisma, it’s not only the guys who get to be up on stage. “One of our favourite things is having the ladies up on stage, whether it’s for a competition or as part of our routine, it’s so much

fun and really makes the show interactive and intimate,” Andy said. It’s not every night a lady gets romanced by a secret agent, arrested by a police officer, and carried away by a cowboy, all before midnight.

What more could a girl ask for? The Hotshots perform at the Leongatha RSL on Wednesday, October 9 at 8pm. Tickets are $28 members, $30 non-members. Enquiries to 5662 2747.

Ripped: Jake Latimer will take to the stage at the Leongatha RSL with his Sydney Hotshots co-performers to excite the ladies.

Saturday, October 12. Members $18 - Guests $20

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Artistic attraction: a lively crowd, good sales and fine weather made for a successful opening of the last exhibition at Gecko Studio Gallery at Fish Creek. AS IT IS is a collection of work by Wonthaggi artists Paul and Wendy Satchell and Tom Murray-White. The exhibition finishes on October 19. Tom is pictured with his work First Love.

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HURRY INTO MARRIOTTS FOR EXTENDED DAIRY EXPO DEALS

2013 South Gippsland DAIRY EXPO

KORUMBURRA SHOWGROUNDS Expo Review Feature

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Top product: Peter Notman (right) from Notman Seeds talks to Foster farmer Mark Bland about cropping options at the Dairy Expo in Korumburra last Wednesday.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - PAGE 37

2013 South Gippsland DAIRY EXPO

KORUMBURRA SHOWGROUNDS Expo review feature

Dairy expo blown away HIGH winds and driving rain on Thursday could not dampen the spirits of farmers wanting to visit the South Gippsland Dairy Expo in Korumburra last week. John Hutchison from the expo organising committee said despite the fairly inclement weather on Thursday, this year’s expo was a success. “We had good numbers on Wednesday and it was probably what we would class as a normal day. On Thursday the weather was a little bit inclement, and did affect our numbers quite a bit,” he said. The expo attracted more than 120 agricultural services and companies, from tractors and machinery to compost making and feeders. “We normally have a return rate of exhibitors of about 80 percent. This year we had quite a good response and also had a few new ones join in,” Mr Hutchison said. The invite only breakfast on Thursday morning is one of the most popular events of the two day expo. This year around 160 people attended. “Matt Harms’ farm planning session, this year entitled Better Milk Price More Profit – or is it? was another popular event, with around 80 people in attendance this year,” Mr Hutchison said. “Each year we try and choose a topic that has a lesson for the oncoming season.” Unfortunately the milking competition had to be cancelled due to the poor weather on Thursday. Mr Hutchison said poor weather often brings out the crowds as there is less to do on the farm when the rain comes down. “From the Lions club point of view, we make around $30,000 from the expo, which goes back into the community. It is a significant contribution,” he said. “I am pretty sure next year’s event is already on everybody’s calendar.”

Welcome to Korumburra: from left, Strzelecki Lions Club members Bernard Dilger, Alex Miller, Jim Watson, Paul Cook, Graeme Lancey and David Mills kept their eye on the gate throughout the South Gippsland Dairy Expo.

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2013 South Gippsland DAIRY EXPO

KORUMBURRA SHOWGROUNDS Expo review feature

Cattle feed: Katrina Smith and Shyamal Das from Coprice discussed feed options with Korumburra South farmer Claude Giorlando during the Dairy Expo held last Wednesday and Thursday in Korumburra.

Green is good: from left, Philip Fourie, Tony Francis (Mistro manager), Robert Harrison, Rhiannon Parry, Alison Wise and Wilco van Eck from Hico at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo on Wednesday.

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“THE STAR”, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - PAGE 39

2013 South Gippsland DAIRY EXPO

KORUMBURRA SHOWGROUNDS Expo review feature

Silage too valuable to waste SILAGE and hay making consumes a lot of time, diesel and resources at this time of the year. That is, if there is some feed to conserve. If we need to buy in hay or silage, the investment is even higher. Either way, too much money is spent on conserving fodder, just to waste it feeding out. Now is the time to reduce waste and increase efficiency of conversion, when feeding your precious fodder. The Waste-Not feeding system is designed to im-

prove these efficiencies. The arches, which are characteristic of the feeders, act as voluntary head bales and ensure each cow has unmolested access to whatever you choose to feed and the skirt ensures hay and valuable leaf stays in the feeder. Contrast this to most other feeders where the cow is allowed, or even forced, to eat outside the feeder. You can see the wasted feed that falls on the ground, but not the leaf that blows away. It turns out the bossy cows are always defending their territory when they eat outside the feeder. It is this animal behaviour that the

Waste-Not feeder helps to prevent, and it leads to the increases in growth rates and production. We lift the tail out of the mob, as tailenders and shy cows have a fair go at the feeder. This also assists each animal to get the fibre needed to better balance the ration, when it consists of lush pastures and/or grain-based rations. Waste-not research has found increases in growth rate of up to 27 per cent, better production and better feed conversion ratios in trials. This has enabled customers to finish and sell their

cattle sooner and turn them off at a profit. So you can see a feeder is not just a tub with uprights; it is a carefully-sized system to more accurately allocate feed to a herd of cattle. On a recent trip to Dorrigo in New South Wales, the business met a dairy farmer who had installed a WasteNot fair go dairy feed pad in May 2013, set up on gravel. He was proud to announce that it had already saved 30 per cent of his silage, totalling 90 rolls. This meant the feed pad had already recovered its cost, just in silage saved. Add in labour savings, reduced pasture damage and increases in production, especially in the butterfat test, and his investment turned out to be a highly profitable one.

Feed pads: Stuart McCraw from Poowong and Terry Allan from Waste-Not Stockfeeders discuss the benefits of the feeding system at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo last Wednesday.

Know their stuff: Rabobank’s state manager Todd Charteris and Gippsland regional manager Scott Price at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo.

Rabobank is the choice for everybody in the agriculture industry and the company prides itself on this. “We have roots in agriculture and we are a cooperative bank, we do not have shareholders, we don’t pay dividends. All our profits are invested into the business to grow our balance sheets so we can grow and support our customers,” state manager Todd Charteris said. “We are solely focussed on food and agri in this part of the world. “I think because that’s all we focus on and given our history we take a long term view of agriculture. “As we know agriculture is very cyclical and we have seen that particularly in the dairy industry, just the volatility that exists.” This long term view is a good fit to the industry. “Many farming family businesses have stretched over many generations so they take a long term view of it. We take a long term

view of it and it’s a good fit,” Mr Charteris said. The bank works tirelessly to meet customers’ needs. “I think we certainly work hard to understand individual businesses and understand how the business operates and how we can be a partner in that,” Mr Charteris said. “Because we are solely focused on food and agri, we have a research part of the bank which is a global team of experts and their function really is to provide knowledge to the bank, but mainly to our customers.” This business planning teams to help the customers make the right choices to benefit their business. Getting new farmers into the industry is an issue at the minute but Rabobank staff are doing their best to make it happen. “Succession is certainly a challenge within the industry and it is a matter of working with that case by case. We certainly do support young farmers but it is challenging,” Mr Charteris said. “Our regional team in Gippsland is doing a really good job with three locations around the region and they are a great team. “I think field days like this (the South Gippsland Dairy Expo) are important

for us to be involved in and important for us to support.”

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2013 South Gippsland DAIRY EXPO

KORUMBURRA SHOWGROUNDS Expo review feature

Cold ones: Graeme Stoll and Chris Brennan from Dairy-Tech Refrigeration were at the expo with plenty of Packo equipment on display.

Above, Dirt power: Meg and David Walker from Aussie Compost Co were keen to talk to famers about the benefits of composting at the Dairy Expo in Korumburra last week. Left, Innovative: Rob Cosson from Dairy Management Solutions (DMS) Afimilk, which offers a variety of products for the Australian dairy farmer. They were at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo last Wednesday and Thursday.

Woolly: Anne Hopwood from Korumburra (left) and Christine Heward from Pound Creek were demonstrating how to spin wool in the Ladies Pavillion at the South Gippsland Dairy Expo last Wednesday. Both ladies are members of the Coal Creek Spinners.

Up and down: Amy (left) and Jade Cahoon from Poowong take time out on the jumping castle during the South Gippsland Dairy Expo at Korumburra last Wednesday.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - PAGE 41

SILAGE & CROPPING Dealing with silage problems Symptoms include decreased intake, lower production, abortions, scouring and even death. However, despite silage being the obvious and guilty party in many cases, it can also be the scapegoat. Most of these issues can be prevented by sticking to the well proven harvesting and storage guidelines for making silage. These are: • avoid harvesting over-mature crops; • harvest quickly (24 to 36 hours ideally); • ensure dirt, manure and dead animals are not incorporated; • consider using a silage additive to increase rate of fermentation (fermentation enhancers or fermentation inhibitors), especially when forage is slightly below desirable dry matter content; • delay aerobic deterioration (aerobic spoilage inhibitors) at feed out, especially in maize, whole-crop cereal stacks and if using slow feed out; • ensure high density in stacks or bales by good compaction; • seal stacks or bales airtight with plastic or alternative as soon as possible after harvesting is completed; • regularly check and repair any holes immediately; and • once opened, ensure baled silage is eaten by day three. Rapid lactic acid production in anaerobic (no air) conditions is the desired type of fermentation but bad storage and feed out management causes aerobic (air) spoilage. During harvest, undesirable microorganisms can enter the forage material via soil contamination (mud, dust) and livestock waste (dung, effluent and carcases). These organisms can multiply in a favourable environment within the silage. Listeriosis is a bacterial infection caused by Listeria monocytogenes and can cause abortions (usually in late pregnancy), neonatal septicae-

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mia, brain damage (circling disease) in sheep, or even death. Listeria monocytogenes is found in soil, faeces and rotting vegetation and can reproduce at low temperatures, as well as in heating silage. Listeria bacteria require aerobic conditions to grow and multiply. They are also able to survive under anaerobic conditions. They are intolerant of acidic conditions and under anaerobic conditions their activity is severely restricted below a pH of about 5.5. Listeriosis is often associated with baled silage if poorly or insufficiently wrapped or with plastic degradation, but can also grow in stack silage. Enterobacteria are also known as coliform organisms. The most important microorganism in this group is the Escherichia coli (E. coli) species that can cause diarrhoea and death. E. coli and other related enterobacteria (Bacillus and Clostridia species) become a greater risk when effluent is applied to paddocks closed for silage. Effluent sprayed on to paddocks closed for silage must be well washed in by rain before harvesting. Enterobacteria degrade nitrate (NO3) to nitrite (NO2) and this degrades to ammonia and nitrous oxide (N2O). Air degrades N2O to nitric oxide (NO) to form a mixture of gaseous yellow-brown nitrous oxides which can be fatal to both stock and humans. Clostridia affected silages are less palatable due to protein breakdown, have a lower digestibility causing reduced intake and can cause acetonaemia in high-yielding cows in early lactation. Botulism is a disease caused by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Although its incidence is very low, eating contaminated silage or hay causes death very quickly. When the carcases of dead rats, birds, snakes and other small animals are ensiled, C. botulinum bacteria multiply and produce a toxin. Clostridia bacteria can grow in wet silages which have a pH of more than 4.6. The silage smells foul and usually of low palatability. Bales of silage are often shrunken, sag heavily and have effluent in the bottom.

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SILAGE & CROPPING

Stand out pair SILAGE season is just around the corner and a new baler from Windmill Ag is essential when it comes to high productivity. The team at Windmill Ag have the latest range of balers from the two market leaders John Deere and Kuhn.

The new John Deere 900 series has some exciting features in the 960 and 990 model balers. These new models feature a big open and high flow pickup system with five rows of tines. A quick release door is a standout feature in this new baler range, with a canvas cover instead of

your conventional door. Conventional variable chamber balers take at least 15 seconds to unload; the 900 Series takes just five. That means you save one whole minute on every six bales you produce. The new design is extremely simple and requires less maintenance than conventional balers.

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Since the centre of gravity stays low at all times, baling on slopes is faster and safer too. The 900 series packs only two wide endless belts which means low maintenance and the balers come standard with automatic self lubrication. Big floatation tyres mean stability on those rough parts of the farm. “Over all it had high flow and high capacity and puts out the best bale in the market,” Windmill Ag’s Mark Le Page said. The new range of Kuhn balers are also on offer at Windmill Ag’s Leongatha South dealership. “These have a high flow and high capacity pick up with five rows of talons and also five endless belts,” Mr Le Page said. The new Kuhn VB2160 and VB2190 are part of the new range and come in the option of opti-cut or non opti-cut. Ask about the Kuhn combination packs available at Windmill Ag and note that all Kuhn balers offer a two year warranty.

Trusted name: Windmill Ag’s Mark Le Page with the new John Deere 960 baler. All the Kuhn and John Deere balers in the new range are ISOBUS compatible to further increase the productivity of your silage season. Windmill Ag is a trusted name in agricultural machinery in the area. “We have been selling

balers for 50 years and our back up service is second to none,” Mr Le Page said. “We do onsite service with a back up team that knows what they are talking about as well.” Both quality brands of balers have had their

names proven over a substantial period of time and Windmill Ag is allowing you to try them for free. Contact Mark Le Page (0408 594 005) or Glenn Vernon (0427 833 004) to organise a free, no obligation demonstration of the balers.

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“THE STAR”, Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - PAGE 43

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SILAGE & CROPPING

Inputs affect bottom line FEEDING dairy cows a balanced diet is of the utmost importance when it comes to maximising production and maintaining optimum animal health. Silage makers are faced with a number of challenges, not least the need to minimise dry matter loss and maintain silage quality. Possibly the most critical factor in maintaining silage quality and minimising dry matter losses is controlling the exposure to oxygen. By not effectively excluding oxygen, the fermentation process is slow and inefficient, resulting in high dry matter losses. While it seems simple, you can only keep oxygen out of the stack if there is an impermeable, air tight barrier between the silage and the surrounding atmosphere. Any oxygen that is able to sneak in will ultimately affect the quality of your silage. Using plastic covers does not necessarily solve this problem as both the standard black on white

silage plastic and the thin, clear films are made of polythene and as such are permeable to oxygen. Standard plastic has been shown to be capable of transmitting up to two litres of oxygen per square metre per day, across the entire sheet. Clear polythene cling films are even higher at around seven litres of oxygen per square metre per day. Even with multiple layers of plastic, the transfer is still significant. Maffra producer Hans Van Wees has been making silage for more than 25 years and knows his stuff, and has been using Silostop for the past two years and is happy with the results. Silostop Orange Oxygen Barrier is a new film that combines all of the qualities needed to maximise feed quality; strong and stretchy with both cling and barrier. “Initially we were trying to minimise waste due to exposure. Using the oxygen barrier film along with the UV covers means we have no wastage,” Mr Van Wees said. A number of producers using the Silostop system

can confirm the systems have almost paid for themselves in labour savings alone. “The day we put it down was horrendously windy but we had no problems. The orange plastic actually sucks on to the stack and the covers were easy enough to move with just a couple of people, but heavy enough to stay down,” Mr Van Wees said. “The covers have been great. During the Gippsland fires the stack was protected from all the flying debris and burning sticks. “A bull and a couple of steers actually walked across the stack but there were no holes or tears. You can’t do better than that.” Andrew Debenham, a senior nutritional consultant from local agricultural advisors Debenham Australia, agreed that a good silage program will provide excellent return on investment. “The advantage of silage programs is the degree of management, and therefore control you are afforded. Silage plays a vital role in animal nutrition and feeding profitably,” he

said. “Having high quality forage available, even in times of climatic uncertainty, will mean that you have the ability to maintain animal health and farm profitability at all times.” In conjunction with oxygen barrier films, producers need to ensure they use

quality silage inoculants. When you spend money on inoculants, it is counterproductive to select one that won’t give you the right results. In addition to releasing extra water soluble carbohydrates that would promote a lactic fermentation, the enzymes present in Trilac 3300 have also shown

a significant improvement in NDF digestibility when applied to grass silage. The enzymes act by breaking down the tough hemicellulose fibres that hold the cellulose fibres in a ‘bundle’. The resulting increased surface area will allow the rumen microbes to break down the exposed cellulose, thus creating in-

creased energy availability in the rumen. “Using both Silostop and Trilac 3300 have given us great results with no wastage and good quality silage. We’re very happy,” Mr Van Wees said. Silostop and Trilac 3300 are available locally through Debenham Australia.

Sweet stuff: Maffra farmer Hans Van Wees (left) checks the quality of a silage stack with silage contractor Wayne Marshall.

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Knowledgeable man: Tom Peters of Chapman Machinery Service in Leongatha can find the right Krone baler for you.

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whether it’s wet silage, hay or straw, and all with impressive bale densities. The new variable Fortima and Comprima model balers offer a more dense bale core to making feed easier. All balers are equipped with camless pickups for impressive output rates. Krone has been a family owned and established

company in farming for more than 100 years. From starting out in small blacksmith shop in the small town of Spelle, Germany, Krone has developed into one of the world’s leading forage manufacturing specialists. Krone offers the perfect mix of innovative power, market leader expertise

and close customer relations to be successful over all those years. Krone’s focus on quality and customer care has led to a large number of impressive and unique selling points.

For all your Krone hay machinery, contact the team that has more than 25 years’ experience with Krone: Chapman Machinery Service Leongatha on 03 5662 3973.

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Fishy juniors celebration The Fish Creek Football and Netball club had its junior presentation night last week after a successful season. Many would liked some of the teams

Dalyston’s night of nights

play off for the premiership but having four out of five possible teams playing into the finals was a great effort. The club thanks all the many people who help out every week to see these kids get the chance to play sport.

Reserves: from left, Tom Davey (most determined), Paul Magro (coach), Joe Alexander (best and fairest), Andrew Gennaccaro (runner up best and fairest), Kurt Thomas (most improved), Sam Kuyper (club award) and Shannon Coldebella (most consistent).

U13 netball: from left, Belle Cocksedge (Pat King Memorial award), coach Kylie Rogers, best and fairest winner Alice Howard, Zali Rogers (runner-up best and fairest) and Olivia Knee (coach’s award).

Thirds: back, from left, Michael McCoy (runner up best and fairest), Paul Ware (coach), Jack Sheerin (club award), Jack Legione (most determined), Logan West (most improved), front, Nathan Bainbridge (most consistent), Joe Ray-Angarane (best and fairest) and Kyle Kirk (best first year - accepted by father Gus).

U15 netball: from left, Helen Shaw, Ekala Moore (coach’s award), Carmen Tracey (most disciplined), best and fairest winner Emma Watkins and best in semi, Erin Howard (runner up) and coach Abby Shaw. 17 and under: from left, Hannah McRae (runner up best and fairest), Britt Thomas (best and fairest and best in finals), Jade Ray-Angarane (coach’s award)

C Grade: from left, Jaclyn Dunlop (coach), Stacy Smith (best and fairest), Emma Phillips (runner up best and fairest and best in finals) and Emily Burns (coach’s trophy).

U17 netball: from left, Maddison Kerr (team manager), Kim Shaw (junior club person), best and fairest winner Shannon Danckert, Chloe Welsh (runnerup) and coach Kate Sperling. Seniors: from left, Dean Wylie (runner up best and fairest), James Ross (most valuable player), Brad Fisher (best and fairest), Chris Samargis (most consistent), Matthew Schreck (club award) and Blake Carew (most improved)

B Grade: from left, Oona Shepherd (best and fairest), Kirra Smith (runner up best and fairest and best in finals), Robyn Sibly (coach) and Gabby Bloch (coach’s award)

Fourths football: from left, John Bowron (most improved), Bones Eckersall, Matthew McGannon (most consistent), Rhy Pridham, Ray Stefani (best and fairest winner), Owen Straw, Tom Price, Harrison McGannon (runner up best and fairest winner), coach Barry McGannon and captain Gareth Park. Top players: the Dalyston 13 and under premiership side.

Thirds: from left Jesse Clifton (coach’s award), Luke O’Neill (most improved), Toby Redpath (most determined), Ryan McGannon (best in elimination final), Tyler Smith (best in semi-final), best and fairest winner Sean Buckland, Keiren Byers (joint runner up best and fairest winner), coach Steve Vuillermin, Jayden O’Sullivan (joint runner up best and fairest winner), Jack Flanders (most consistent) and Haydn Buckland (most disciplined).

A Grade: from left, Alyce Abriola (runner up best and fairest and Lal Brosnan Memorial Award), Jarney Thomas (best and fairest) and Tess Angarane (most consistent and best in finals)

Best club people: Michelle and Pedro Legione.

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Poowong milestone: Lynette Smith at work on the painting that will become the prize for a fundraiser at the 50th Anniversary of the Poowong Swimming Pool.

Bass River prize in oils FORMER Poowong resident Lynette Smith is currently putting the finishing touches to an oil painting as a raffle prize at the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Poowong Swimming Pool. The painting depicts a Bass River scene in the vicinity of the original

local swimming pool. Lynette says she was thrilled to be asked to create the picture as she and her family have many fond and happy memories of the current swimming pool from when they lived in Poowong. Her artwork will have a value of $800 and she hopes funds raised from the raffle will go towards projects

envisaged by the volunteers on the advisory committee currently working with South Gippsland Shire Council. Celebrations to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Poowong Swimming Pool are being planned for the weekend of Saturday and Sunday, December 14 and 15. Stay tuned for more information as the date draws closer.

Lions chip in at RSL THE Inverloch and District Lions Club has provided funds to enable the Inverloch RSL sub branch to buy a large glass display case to store and

display military memorabilia at their clubrooms. To mark the occasion, Lions members joined with RSL members recently for the official acceptance of

the display case and the unveiling of a small Lions plaque and inscription. Inverloch RSL president Trevor Scott thanked the Lions for their $1000

Roaring fun: Inverloch and District Lions president Ken Aly and Inverloch RSL president Trevor Scott unveil the new display case at the Inverloch RSL Hall.

contribution towards the new display case and stated the new cabinet would enable previously stored items of military interest to be put on display permanently in a safe environment. President of the Inverloch and District Lions Club, Ken Aly, made a short speech and thanked the RSL for the inviting him and his members to the unveiling ceremony and afternoon tea. The Lions have been supportive of the RSL in recent years and also help them by providing a sausage sizzle at the Inverloch Australia Day event and also by providing the gunfire breakfast following the dawn service at Inverloch on Anzac Day. The new cabinet is just one of many new improvements that have been carried out at the RSL Hall over recent years, making it one of the best venues of its size in Inverloch.

From pages past Historical snippets from The Star 30 years ago October 4, 1983

10 years ago September 30, 2003

5 years ago September 30, 2008

1 year ago October 2, 2012

YOUNG Yanakie couple Greg and Sue Cook have come second in the 1983 Victorian Share Farmer of the Year Award. This was the first time the couple entered the award and they are thrilled with their success. The couple also won the South and West Gippsland Zone final.

RUBBISH littering the area near the bus station behind Leongatha’s Bair Street will be cleaned up within a fortnight, according to VicTrack. Traders alerted Leongatha’s Cr John McIndoe to the growing amount of rubbish strewn across the embankment at the rear of their shops.

THE finding of asbestos at the Wonthaggi desalination pilot plant site has set alarm bells ringing in the Bass Coast Shire. The council has expressed “grave concern” and two residents have call for prosecution to be pursued. Bass MLA Ken Smith is worried by what he sees as tight control on an official response to the matter.

THE ballot has been drawn for South Gippsland Shire Council elections this month. Six candidates have nominated for seats in the Strzelecki Ward and four in the Coastal Promontory Ward, while only three have nominated for the Tarwin Valley Ward, leaving it uncontested.

Pretty pink: Anne Peace from Fish Creek is grateful services like BreastScreen exist for women, as her early diagnosis was key to her success in beating the disease.

Ladies, be screened MARJORIE, the bright pink BreastScreen Victoria mobile screening service, has rolled into Foster and aims to screen 638 local women from September 16 to October 11. BreastScreen Victoria particularly encourages women aged over 50 to screen as they stand to benefit most from the program. Fish Creek breast cancer survivor Anne Peace urges women from Meeniyan, Stony Creek, Buffalo, Port Franklin and Toora to take action and make an appointment. “Don’t delay, or make excuses. I had absolutely no symptoms and I wouldn’t have known anything was wrong if I hadn’t had a mammogram,” Ms Peace said. The 65 year old missed her scheduled BreastScreen appointment in November 2012 and rebooked for January this year. “I didn’t think anything of it and then three weeks later I got a phone call asking me to come back in. I had to go to Traralgon to get some further images done,” she said. “There wasn’t a lump as such; it was more scattered calcifications, so there was nothing to feel. They did a biopsy and I was diagnosed with breast cancer. “The following Tuesday I was in Melbourne

and underwent a mastectomy on my left breast. “I was so shocked, because at that time I was feeling as well as I’ve ever felt in my life and there is no history of breast cancer in my family.” For some women, there is a link between family history and breast cancer. However recent analysis of breast screen data during the 20 year history of the program revealed that 72 per cent of women diagnosed through BSV had no family history of the disease. Regular screening mammograms are the best way to find breast cancer early, before any symptoms are noticed and when treatment is likely to be most successful. Ms Peace said she cannot stress enough how important it is to take ad-

vantage of screening procedures when they become available. “I was fortunate I got on to it quickly and I didn’t have to have further treatment. No chemotherapy or radiotherapy,” she said. The latest BreastScreen Victoria participation rate report card for South Gippsland shows 61 per cent of women aged between 50 and 69 living in the area took advantage of the free service in 201012, which is lower than the 70 per cent target. The five year survival rate from breast cancer has increased from 72 per cent (1982-1987) to 89 per cent (2006-2010). To make an appointment call 13 20 50 or book online at www.breastscreen.org.au.

Tarwin Lower Red Cross PRESIDENT Glenda Arbuthnot welcomed 20 members to the spring meeting, with the theme as something spring or footy fever. A fruit and vegie raffle held on voting day was kindly volunteered by Deb Negus who purchased the goods and made the basket for the raffle. Lilly Farrar and Glenda Arbuthnot attended the regional meeting at Leongatha followed by Red Cross Connect. It was good to see so many attend and it was an informative day. For the spring theme we had lovely flowers, decorated hats and poems, while Muriel Riley was decked from head to toe in the Essendon colours. I think her socks were longer than her legs. We all had plenty of laughs.

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Farming Insight Go online for optimum fertiliser spreading

The service has been established by leading European farm machinery manufacturer, Amazone, in conjunction with Claas Harvest Centre South Gippsland to support its range of mounted and trailed spreaders. It provides recommended settings to achieve the desired spread and application rate for the nominated fertiliser using a particular model and operating speed. Claas Harvest Centre’s Anthony Blackshaw says the new program will help producers to get the maximum return from their investment in crop and pasture nutrition. “Fertiliser can only provide any benefit if it is accurately spread over the entire area – and nowhere else,” he says. “With fertilisers costing several hundred dollars a tonne, it’s important that the spreader is set up correctly.

“Just as urea and superphosate are completely different products in terms of their chemical composition, they are completely different in terms of their physical characteristics. “Each fertiliser’s physical properties, such as bulk density, granule size, surface finish, determines their spreading behaviour. “Even seemingly identical formulations can have very different spreading patterns.” The new service, which can be accessed on line 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world or via a new iPhone app, takes the guesswork and trial-and-error out of calibrating fertiliser spreaders. “What used to take hours and involve complex tables now takes, quite literally, a matter of seconds,” Anthony said. “You simply have to nominate which Amazone spreader you’re using, your desired application rate, your intended operating speed and which fertiliser you’re spreading, and the database will provide the optimum settings.” Amazone researchers liaise with fertiliser manufacturers from throughout the world to continuously update the database.

This database contains the bulk density, crusting, flowability, spreading patterns and other characteristics of thousands of different fertilisers from throughout the world. “If you happen to be using a fertiliser that is not on the database, we can arrange for a sample to be sent Germany for analysis,” Anthony said. “Amazone has developed a reliable laboratory test that examines the physical properties of new or unknown fertilisers and compares it to

the spreading properties of known fertilisers. “This service is completely free and all it takes is a 3kg sample.” Amazone has its own state-of-the-art fertiliser testing hall that accurately measures lateral and spatial distribution of various fertilisers using its range of spreaders. During testing, the spreader is rotated through a vertical axis at the recommended operating speed. Spread fertiliser is then collected via 84 weigh cells mounted along a 42-metre

Pin point accuracy: an online service, established by Amazone, provides the recommended machine settings to deliver the optimum spreading pattern for thousands of different fertilisers.

measuring beam running down the length of the hall. Data is collected at a rate of 20 measurements per second and converted into a spread pattern using a computer simulation program. The new hall is capable of performing up to 100 fertiliser tests each day.

The hall also plays a key role in Amazone’s research program and ongoing product development program, such as automatic switching using GPS systems. The Amazone fertiliser service database can be accessed from the CLAAS Harvest Centre website

Irrigation supplies remain steady SOUTHERN Rural Water has released its annual local water report for the South Gippsland Basin. The report shows the Tarwin River maintained steady flows throughout the last irrigation season, but the Tarra, Grieg and Jack rivers all had some periods of total bans, as well as Bruthen Creek. Total volume taken by river licence holders was generally less than the drought years, but more than the previous two wet summers. All up, 2230ML were taken by irrigators from rivers and creeks across the basin, compared to 1186ML the previous year, but 4646 ML in the drought year of 2008-09. Groundwater in the region appears to be back at pre-drought levels in many areas. The Giffard Groundwater Management Unit levels are stable to slightly declining, and

Yarram groundwater levels are continuing to show long term decline. Groundwater usage in the area was 13,617 ML for the season, compared to 7757ML the previous year, but 18,116 ML in 2008-09. General manager groundwater and rivers, Craig Parker, said the local water report has been mailed to all licence holders in the region and provides a snapshot of what’s happening with local water. “We have also included graphs from local state observation bores to show how groundwater levels have moved over time, as well as information on water trading in the area,” he said. Copies of the reports have been mailed to licence holders but can also be found online at www.srw.com.au. For more information, please contact Southern Rural Water on 1300 139 510.

Control mastitis DAIRY Australia has confirmed the bacteria that cause mastitis are still susceptible to current antibiotics used by producers in south eastern Australia, according to a new pathogen study. The survey of masti-

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Farming first DUMBALK’S William Ryan has received a prestigious agricultural scholarship.

Farming honour: William Ryan of Dumbalk has won a Rural Finance scholarship.

He is the first student of the North Melbourne Institute of TAFE to win a Rural Finance scholarship. Studying a Bachelor of Agriculture and Land Management at the TAFE, William wants to gain experience in dairy management and agronomy along with overseas travel to help his career path. Rural Finance chief executive officer Mr Rob Goudswaard said the successful students showed passion and dedication for the agricultural industry beyond their years. “There are some great stories behind each of these scholars,” he said. Since the program began in 1992, Rural Finance has committed more than $2.3 million towards the education of outstanding students with career aspirations across a broad spectrum of rural industries. “We believe in a bright future for agriculture and the purpose of our scholarship program is to support and enable students to build vibrant careers to drive the growth of Victorian agriculture,” Mr Goudswaard said.

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Prices down slightly THERE were approximately 550 steers and bullocks, 450 cows and 250 young cattle penned. Most of the usual buyers were present and operating in a moderately cheaper market. Trade cattle were very scarce in the young pens with many being store types and heavy grown heifers. The grown steers and bullocks were plainer in quality and prices slipped a few cents although demand was generally firm. A little less interest in the cows saw prices slip 1c to 6c/kg on most sales with heavy weight cows averaging from 281c to 304c/kg carcass weight. Bulls fell out of favour with processors as a large proportion of heavy weighted bulls saw prices fall 10c to 15c/kg. A limited selection of heavy and extra heavy trade steers sold from 193c to 197c/kg. The yearling heifer portion of the trade run sold firm from 165c to 186c/kg. Grown steers sold between 182c and 201c slipping 2c to 3c/kg. Bullocks made from 189c to 200c slipping 3c/kg. Heavy weight Friesian manufacturing steers sold firm from 153c to 166c/kg. The crossbred portion of the manufacturing steers made between 160c and 192c slipping 5c to 7c/kg. Light weight dairy cows sold between 70c and 126c slipping 1c to 2c/kg. Heavy weight dairy cows made from 104c to 152c slipping 3c to 6c/kg. A limited selection of heavy weight beef cows sold from 108c to 157c

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(Off the old highway just west of the town) Look for the Gippsdairy Field day signs Some of the issues to be covered on the day: · Farm walk to see the cows, pastures and farm layout. · Inspection of chicory and renovated pastures. · Farm goals for the family. · Production and financial budgets. Actuals from 2012-13 and Projected for 2013-14. Big emphasis here - how were they set? · Paying the farm bills. Keeping all of the balls in the air. · There is a share farm arrangement in place. How does it work? · Planned feeding programs on the farm. Will the strategy change under continuing high grain costs and better milk prices?

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efficient employees and equipment,” Mike said. “The boys are proving to be a great asset and will be on site to keep us going 24/7.” Allens have invested heavily for this season through Chapman Machinery, having updated to two of the latest Krone MX 350 pickup wagons and a new Krone Swadro 800 twin rotor rake. These wagons have huge 800mm wide flotation tyres, a finer chop length, compress up to 60 metres cubed inside and faster discharge gives these wagons a 20 per cent increase in cycle times than the previous model. “With good conditions now we should be able harvest around 150 acres in a day,” Mike said. Making the best quality silage possible is very important to Mike and his team. “We use a 16 tonne Volvo loader to spread and compact the silage and can also apply inoculant if our customers want the extra assurance of quick fermentation,” he said. “If this wet weather keeps up we are going to be in for a very tough season but we are ready to get into it.” With the recent construction of the Foster to Toora section of the Great Southern Rail Trail and their commitment to providing efficient reliable services, one can see Allens Contracting will be there when it counts. Allens are keen to build on their customer base this season, so if you have been thinking about trying wagon silage please call Mike to discuss their very competitive rates and huge savings you can make while doing pit or stack silage. Contact Mike on 0417 550 568 or email: info@allenscontracting.com.au or view all equipment and services at www.allenscontracting.com.au.

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Wednesday, September 25 BULLOCKS 1 P. Bergmeier, Traralgon 12 R. Castello Family Trust, Thorpdale 12 P.G. & M.E. McPherson, Leongatha 14 G.L. Holt, Korumburra 11 Benson Brothers, Meeniyan 4 K. & S. Flemming, Koorooman STEERS 3 P. Bergmeier, Traralgon 13 G.L. & J.M. Wallis, Leongatha 11 R.J. Alger, Jumbunna East 3 J. Neave, Traralgon 1 I.K. & D.C. Ricardo, Dumbalk 9 D.O. & M.T. Blake, Perry Bridge COWS 8 Horsfield Farms, Thorpdale 1 R.L. & P.J. Olsen, Poowong 1 P.J. Allen, Budgeree 2 Belgrano P/L, Glen Alvie 4 I.R. & M. Folletti, Lang Lang 1 S.R. & M.K. Greave, Nerrena HEIFERS 2 Kirben Nom P/L, Fish Creek 1 S. Conway, Traralgon 2 Loch Hope Nom P/L, Koorooman 1 M.E. & K. Triantafyllou, Woodside 3 J.M. McFee, Cowes 9 G. Campbell, Mirboo North BULLS 1 R.L. & P.J. Olsen, Poowong 1 Sam Ditta, Toora 1 A.R. & S.J. Browne, Drumdlemara 1 R. Wight & Sons, Woodside 1 M.E. & K. Triantafyllou, Woodside 1 A.L. & S.J. Matthews, Dumbalk

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ROYAL DOULTON COFFEE SET. 6 piece. Including pot. Mint condition. $50. Ph. 5682 1345. NORITAKE DINNER SET. full 6 piece. Mint condition. $50. Ph. 5682 1345. SINGLE BED WITH TRUNDLE. Very good condition. $50. Ph. 5662 4810 COMPUTER DESK. Very good condition. $50. Must pick up. Ph. 5662 3266. BINS. For feed or store. $25 each. Ph. 0443 452 686. LEAF BLOWER. Electric. $35. Ph. 0443 452 686. FISH TANK. 3 foot. Holds 122 litres. Good condition. $20. Ph. 5655 1104 JIGSAWS. Good quality. from 1000 to 4000 pieces. None over $5. Ph. 0447 624 561. CANE COUCH. 2 seater. beige cushions. Reasonable condition. $25. Ph. 0429 139 242. PHONE, FAX, SCANNER. Brother. Model number MFC-640CW. Works well. $30. Ph. 0418 761 734. TROLLEY JACK. Old mechanical. Very heavy duty. $50. Ph. 5662 4565. ANTIQUE SINK AND PEDESTAL. Pink cast iron. Ph. 5674 5601. ANTIQUE MIRROR. Gold. Oval. 760h x 1000w. $50. Ph. 0402 785 112. TOWEL RACK. Black wrought iron. As new. 1000h x 680w x 270d. $50. ph. 0402 785 112. REUSABLE NAPPIES. Pea pods. 0-9mths. Removable bamboo absorber. waterproof breathable outer layer. $10. ph. 5663 5439. HIGH CHAIR. Peg Perego. Adjustable backrest and adjustable padded seat. Swivel caster wheels. $25. Ph. 5663 5439. MANICURE & PROFESSIONAL ARTIFICIAL NAIL EQUIPMENT. Creative nail. Brand new. Nail tips and other. $50. Ph. 0438 982 729. WALL OVEN WITH GRILL. Simpson. 600cm. $20. Ph. 0427 726 577. LOUNGE CHAIRS. Dusty pink/orange. Can text picture. Generous seating. $50. Ph. 5664 1222. TWO SEATER COUCH WITH 2 CHAIRS. Caramel. Velour. Generous seating. $50. ph. 5664 1222. ANTIQUE FURNITURE. Timber bedside table, drawers, shelves and cupboard. H750 x W615 x D450. $50. Ph. 0498 532 554. ANTIQUE FURNITURE. Timber dining chair, plain cottage style. teak stain. H915 x W395 x D395. $50. Ph. 0498 532 554. MENS GOLF SHOES. New. Leather. 2 Pairs. Size 10. One white $20. One black. $30 for both. Ph. 5662 0916. FLOOR LAMP. Timber stand. Neutral shade. $50. ph. 0419 160 720.

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CHIROPRACTOR NORMAN G. VRADENBURG

BENETAS DEMENTIA CARERS’ SUPPORT GROUP

BOAT LICENCE COURSE

“NON-FORCE PRACTITIONER” 28 Reilly Street, INVERLOCH HOURS - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday by appointment Phone and fax 5674 3666 South Gippsland Chiropractic Services & Adjunctive Therapies P/L

Family, friends and carers of people with dementia are invited to attend the monthly Carers’ Support Group. Meet people who share similar experiences in a relaxed setting.

WHEN: Last Thursday of each month WHERE: Community Hub 16 A’Beckett St, Inverloch TIME: 1pm - 3pm For more information (03) 5155 6000

NOTICE TO MARINERS GIPPSLAND PORTS The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information

DATE: 23/09/2013 AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA No. 131 (T) 2013

PORT OF ANDERSON INLET ANDERSON INLET ENTRANCE NO. 2 LIGHT BUOY WITHDRAWN DATE: PREVIOUS NOTICE: DETAILS:

Effective immediately. NTM 102(T) is cancelled. Following recent hydrographical survey of the Anderson Inlet Entrance, data indicates that the area of the Bar has shoaled considerably to the extent where no clear channel has been identified and swells are breaking randomly across the Bar region. Accordingly, Mariners are advised that the No. 2 Port Hand Light Buoy FI.(2) 4 5s 2m 2M at the Anderson Inlet Entrance is withdrawn until further notice.

PREVIOUS WGS84 Lat. 38° 38.952’ POSITION: Long. 145° 43.531’ CHARTS AUS 801 AFFECTED: PUBLICATIONS NP14 NP38 (Vol K) AFFECTED: FURTHER A further notice will be issued. NOTICE: CAPT BEVIS HAYWARD HARBOUR MASTER

NOTICE TO MARINERS

Vic. Marine Licence with Jetski endorsement

YARRAM Wednesday, October 9 6pm - 10pm BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL Phone Bob: 0417 524 005 Approved TSV course www.abcboating.com ABN 43080057923

DUMBALK'S GOT TALENT SUNDAY, OCT 13 1PM IN THE DUMBALK HALL Showcasing local artists from the area. Come along and sing or dance to a variety of music Country & Western to Rock & Roll Music - Open Mic. Entry: $10 pp | families $20 BYO nibbles- Tea & coffee provided A Sausage Sizzle will be held from 12pm onwards $2.00 a sausage & Onions.

Contacts: 56644282 or 56644344 30609

CAR BOOT SALE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Strictly 8.30am to 1pm

SOUTH COAST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 101 Horn St, Leongatha Numerous stalls of new and old wares, food and free children’s concert with Jennie Flack, singer and puppeteer. Expressions of interest to book car parking spot - $15 Please contact Karen 0432 189 911

IS ALCOHOL A PROBLEM IN YOUR FAMILY?

AL-ANON For families and friends of Alcoholics IN THIS FELLOWSHIP YOU CAN: ■ meet others who share your problems ■ learn about alcoholism as an illness ■ replace despair with hope ■ improve the family atmosphere ■ build your self conﬁdence

Meetings: Wonthaggi Wednesday 7pm Friday 10.30am 5 Hagelthorn Street

Phone: 1300 252 666 Leongatha & District Historical Society Inc.

Shingler Memorial Lecture & Dinner Saturday, October 19, 2013 6.30pm for 7pm start

GIPPSLAND PORTS The following Notice to Mariners is published for general information

DATE: 23/09/2013 AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA No. 130 (T) 2013

PORT OF ANDERSON INLET ANDERSON INLET ENTRANCE NAVIGATION WARNING DATE: PREVIOUS NOTICE: DETAILS:

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Effective immediately. NTM 082(T) is referred and cancelled. Following recent hydrographical survey of the Anderson Inlet Entrance, data indicates that the area of the Bar has shoaled considerably to the extent where no clear channel has been identified and swells are breaking randomly across the Bar region. Accordingly, Mariners are advised that, until further notice, vessel operators should avoid transiting the Anderson Inlet Bar and any vessel making passage through the Bar does so at extreme risk to personal safety. AUS 801

CHARTS AFFECTED: PUBLICATIONS NP14 NP38 (Vol K) AFFECTED: FURTHER A further notice will be issued. NOTICE:

CAPT BEVIS HAYWARD HARBOUR MASTER

TICKETS: $35 BYO Drinks

Dakers Centre, Smith Street, Leongatha Speaker: Patrick Morgan noted Gippsland historian on ‘GIPPSLAND MYSTERIES’ Tickets available from Leongatha & District Historical Society at the Mechanics’ Institute on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons Contact: 5662 3492, 5662 2492

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An opportunity exists for a

FULL TIME POSITION IN SALES

at our Gift and Homewares Store in McCartin Street. To be a successful applicant you must be able to work weekends on a roster based system. Experience in retail would be an advantage, but not essential. Applications and resumés can be forwarded to: The Manager, 15 McCartin Street, Leongatha 3953 or emailed to branch@awsmith.com.au Applications close 4th October 2013

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DEVELOP A CAREER IN THE MEAT INDUSTRY Meat Processors, labourers and Skilled Staff Required For large Export Meat processing facilities in the Wonthaggi Region. Stability and Long term Employment Opportunities Available Duties include: â&#x20AC;˘ General Labouring â&#x20AC;˘ Process Work â&#x20AC;˘ Rendering â&#x20AC;˘ Boning/Slicing/Knife Hand â&#x20AC;˘ Picking & Packing Experience not essential. Full training provided. MUST be Australian citizen or permanent resident. Full time & casual positions available. Early starts. MUST be prepared to attend INFORMATION SESSION. Eligibility Criteria Applies. To apply please call 8398 1728 or email your most recent resumĂŠ to madmin@miss.vic.edu.au

ASSOCIATE NURSE UNIT MANAGER GRADE 3 Minimum 64 hours per fortnight (0.84 EFT)

Applications are invited for the position of Associate Nurse Unit Manager. Applicants with experience in Medical/Surgical Nursing - Midwifery or Critical Care will be highly regarded. The successful applicant must be prepared to relieve the Nurse Unit Manager, undertake delegated portfolio work, work all tours of duty and will have completed or be prepared to undertake Advanced Life Support competencies. This position will be primarily based at Leongatha. You will possess the following: â&#x20AC;˘ Current and well developed nursing care skills with a commitment to sharing knowledge and skill with others. â&#x20AC;˘ Current registration from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. â&#x20AC;˘ Well-developed Clinical Nursing Skills. â&#x20AC;˘ Middle management skills including (but not restricted to): * Good interpersonal skills * Organisational and problem solving skills * Time management skills â&#x20AC;˘ Evidence of ongoing self development. â&#x20AC;˘ Understanding of ANCI competencies and Codes of Ethics/Professional conduct. The successful applicant will have proven clinical and management experience or be working towards this.

TREASE STREET JUMBO GARAGE SALE

RECRUITMENT OFFICER WONTHAGGI, LEONGATHA & COWES

Saturday, October 5

Readvertised

An exciting opportunity exists to join a leading community organisation that supports the growth of individuals in regional Australia. For further information, position descriptions and instructions to apply please visit our employment page at www.workways.com.au/careers. Applications must address the key selection criteria and quote reference number 130037LA and are to be received by 12 NOON Monday 14 October 2013. Applications not addressing the key selection criteria WILL NOT be considered. Previous applicants need not reapply. Workways Australia Limited ACN 141 659 734.

8am - 1pm MANY HOMES Many items Great range of goods

GARAGE SALE The â&#x20AC;&#x153;STARâ&#x20AC;? can help you promote your event with our

$27.50 GARAGE SALE KIT

REAL ESTATE SALES LEONGATHA

KIT INCLUDES 5cm x S/C advert (valued at $33.00) â&#x20AC;˘ 2 x A4 Garage Sale Signs â&#x20AC;˘ Garage Sale Tips (dos and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ts) â&#x20AC;˘ Sheet of Price Stickers â&#x20AC;˘ Star Carry Bag

A long term career opportunity is available for a Real Estate Salesperson in our Leongatha OfďŹ ce. Real Estate experience preferred but not essential. To be considered for this position you will have: â&#x20AC;˘ A strong network of contacts in the community â&#x20AC;˘ Good local knowledge of Leongatha and South Gippsland â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent presentation and communication skills â&#x20AC;˘ Bought or sold a home or rural property â&#x20AC;˘ Self-motivated and highly ethical â&#x20AC;˘ Sales or business experience would be an advantage.

Total package valued at $41 ADVERTISE by calling 5662 5555 or emailing classiďŹ eds@thestar.com.au or call in to 36 McCartin Street LEONGATHA to pick up your kit when you place your advertisement

For a conďŹ dential discussion, please phone Bill Egan 0418 553 011 or Mark Hullick 0418 575 357 or email your CV to afunnell@sej.com.au

DUMBALK, 17 Nerrena Road, Saturday, October 5, 8am to 2pm. Moving sale! Antiques, collectables, sundries, surplus to requirement, inc. 6 Victorian walnut dining chairs, excellent condition.

REGISTERED NURSES & REGISTERED MIDWIVES - GR 2 Hours negotiable up to full time

Applicants are invited for the position of Registered Nurse / Registered Midwife. The successful applicant will be required to provide all facets of care, while working as part of a team in our midwifery and acute areas. You will possess the following: Essential: â&#x20AC;˘ Current registration from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. â&#x20AC;˘ Have well developed, or developing: * Interpersonal skills * Organisational and problem solving skills * Time management and decision making skills â&#x20AC;˘ Evidence of ongoing self development. â&#x20AC;˘ Understanding of ANCI competencies and Codes of Ethics/Professional conduct. Desirable: â&#x20AC;˘ Dual registration of Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife. â&#x20AC;˘ Proven, and or, developing clinical and midwifery skills. As a minimum will have completed a Graduate Year/Transition Program. â&#x20AC;˘ Practice and promote commitment to Australian College of Midwives incorporated Competency Standards (Midwives). ------------------------------------------------------------GSHS offers a comprehensive orientation program on commencement of employment. All staff have access to excellent staff mentoring, education and support programs. Salary Packaging is available to all permanent staff. All applicants will be required to supply a current satisfactory police check. If you are interested in joining a supportive and progressive team, please contact the Executive Assistant, Dianna Mollica on 5667 5504 to obtain an application kit or visit our website www.gshs.com.au. Applicants are also encouraged to contact Neil Langstaff on 5667 5507 to discuss employment opportunities at GSHS. Completed application kits can be forwarded by Friday 11th October 2013 to: Neil Langstaff Director of Nursing Inpatient/Residential Care Gippsland Southern Health Service Private Bag 13 LEONGATHA VIC 3953

GARAGE SALE Saturday, October 5, 10 Sloan Avenue, Leongatha, 8am to 3pm. Tools, books, lots more.

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Joinery Salesperson Permanent, full me posi on Capeview Building Products is looking for an experienced and capable person to join our busy joinery team in Wonthaggi. Working with existing clients and sourcing new, the role requires a results focussed all-rounder who can work through the endto-end process of joinery sales and design. The preferred candidate will need to demonstrate: â&#x20AC;˘ Outstanding communica on skills and customer service â&#x20AC;˘ Ability to prepare ini al drawings for quota on purposes from a clientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brief â&#x20AC;˘ Good liaison skills when working with design team to produce ďŹ nished drawings for clients â&#x20AC;˘ Good computer skills are required â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge of joinery materials and accessories would be an advantage â&#x20AC;˘ Valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license required The successful applicant will enjoy an a rac ve salary, a good working environment and the opportunity to undertake ongoing training and career development. All applica ons must be in wri ng, with CV and cover le er addressed to: Mark Warren Capeview Building Products PO Box 115 Wonthaggi VIC 3995 Or email mark.warren@cv-bp.com.au Closing date for applica ons â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4/10/2013

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WINDOW FURNISHINGS SALES CONSULTANT An opportunity exists for a self motivated, intelligent and organised person to demonstrate their creative ﬂair within a professional team known for innovative, high quality customised window furnishings, providing excellent service to a strong customer base in the South Gippsland region. We are looking for the following qualities: • self motivated, honest & reliable • strong design and colour sense • great communication skills & outgoing, friendly personality • precise eye for detail • good numeracy, literacy & time management skills • experience with measuring & quoting a deﬁnite advantage The position will provide you: • a challenging and satisfying career • a permanent/part time negotiable position (min 7 day fortnight) with possible advancement to full time • onsite car and mobile phone If you would like to be part of our friendly and successful team, address applications to: Invisage Interiors & Quality Window Furnishings Pty Ltd 22a Cashin Street, Inverloch Vic 3996 Email: invint@bigpond.net.au Fax: 03 56746249 Closing date: Friday 4th Oct 2013

Positions Vacant South East Services Network GippsCare Leongatha

Family Violence Outreach Worker (Full time 38hrs per week)

Family Reconciliation Initiative Case Manager (2.5 days per week)

GippsCare assists individuals and families with a range of services in the Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires. An exciting opportunity exists for enthusiastic and highly motivated professionals to join our team. Family Violence Outreach Worker: GippsCare’s Family Violence Outreach Support program provides support to women and children in the community who are experiencing or escaping family violence. Applicants must have relevant qualifications and or experience in risk management, report writing, case planning, advocacy and have sound written and verbal communication skills. The successful applicant will have an ability to develop ways of engaging Women at risk. Family Reconciliation Initiative Case Manager: The Family Reconciliation Initiative Program aims to prevent young people between sixteen and eighteen years of age entering into a cycle of homelessness as a result of family conflict. Applicants must have a passion for working with young people knowledge of the homelessness service system, conflict resolution skills, experience in case management, report writing, case planning and have sound written and communication skills. The following criteria is applicable to this position: • Applicants must be willing to work within the Mission and Values of The Salvation Army • A current driver’s licence is essential • A satisfactory Police Check is essential • A Working With Children Check is essential • Proof of eligibility to work in Australia is essential • All applicants are required to cite the name of three (3) referees. South East Services Network is a Child Safe organisation. Applications close 5pm Friday 4th October 2013 A position description can be obtained by contacting Debbie Gillin on 56624502 or email debbie.gillin@aus.salvationarmy.org

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

for rent

for sale

2 BEDROOM UNIT, brand new, 2 toilets, walking distance to shops, hospital and medical clinic. Suit working couple, single person or pensioners. Long lease, available first week in October, $220 pw neg. 0403-145103.

free to good home GINGER CAT, neutered. Please ring 5662-2394, 0419-690387.

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for sale

VACUUM CLEANER

used vehicles

FOR SALE

Affordable cars at drive away prices

Repairs

DUST BAGS

Sales

FREE

QUOTES

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

5672 3127

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Caravan Park Caretaker Permanent Full Time position

We require an experienced Park Caretaker to reside on site to maintain and supervise the daily Operations and Reception at the Foreshore Caravan Park. You will require strong communication skills to liaise with patrons, general public, contractors and other staff members whilst displaying a strong focus on customer service. This is a hands on position that requires the successful person to work a roster including weekends and will be required to work at our other caravan park in San Remo. Any interested parties please email bookings@visitsanremo. com.au for a copy of the position description. All applicants must submit a resumé and cover letter addressing the selection criteria outlined in the position description. All applicants must apply to The Manager via email to bookings@visitsanremo.com.au by 5pm Monday 14th October, 2013

DAIRY FARM EMPLOYMENT We currently have an excellent position available on our 200 cow South Gippsland dairy farm for a committed dairy farming aspirant who wishes to grow their knowledge and presence in our great industry. Our successful applicant will enjoy safe and comfortable working conditions, be well remunerated and enjoy good housing and transport services in a very enjoyable living environment. Ideally we seek an individual with dairy farming experience who is able to demonstrate competent plant and machinery operational skills. Our successful candidate will also enjoy working with dairy animals and enjoy a team orientated work life. If you would like to team with us with energy and vigour while continuing your career in dairy farming then this is deﬁnitely an opportunity for you. Please phone us for more information on the number provided below or forward your resumé to: Dairy Farm Position South Gippsland 1250 Waratah Road Sandy Point 3959 Phone: 0407 509 644 Email: tim.cromm@mgc.com.au

Custom built motorbike trailer, made to carry three dirt bikes or one or two road bikes. Fold out heavy-duty ramp included and stored under the rear of the trailer. LED tail lights. $1,700 ONO Call Robert 0438 009 791 CHEST FREEZER F/ Paykel 60 x 65 cm, inc. basket, $150. Perfect condition. 5662-4818. FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175. GOLF STAND BAG, MD, new, black and blue with back straps, $90. 0437247085. HAY RAKE - Sitrex Explorer MX 12, fully hydraulic. Only serviced 300 acres - as new. $15,000 + GST. Ph: 5668-6213, 0417-864352. JUICER - Champion, $350. 5657-3100. LOUNGE black leather, and 2 recliners, $350. 5657-3100. MINI FOXY PUPS, 2 males, vet checked, microchipped and vaccinated, ready to go, $200 each. 956000008897326, 956000008896348. Ph: 5664-7202. ROWING MACHINE, Magnetic, very good condition, 12 months old, $95. 0437-247085. 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, silver wattle, cypress, celery top pine, most sizes for furniture and craft, also slabs and structural pine. Ph: 56812261. TREADMILL - large fold up, electric, $200. 56573100.

livestock South Gippsland Shire Council

Operations Team Member Maintenance & Construction • Permanent full time position • Fortnightly RDO • $56,597 including super and allowances As a member of the Operations team, your primary responsibility will be to assist in the delivery of Council’s maintenance and construction works.

BULLS for hire or sale. Friesian, Angus, Hereford, Limo or Jersey. All bulls have been semen tested. Hire or sale. Ph: AH 0447331762.

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MISSING

Experience in operating road construction and/or road maintenance equipment and knowledge of road infrastructure maintenance and construction techniques are essential. To be successful, you will need to have the following licences/certificates; • Current Medium or Heavy Rigid truck licence • Current Worksite Traffic Management Certificate • Construction Industry Red/White Card Enquiries to Fred Huitema, Manager Operations on (03) 5662 9100. All applicants must submit an Employment Application Form and address the selection criteria outlined in the position description, by 5pm Wednesday 9 October 2013. Further information and a position description are available on our website.

www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

SG CHEAPEST CARS Geary Road Leongatha LMCT 10804

Phone Judy or Geoff 0428 920 095 for full range of vehicles Or visit: www.sgcheapestcars.com NOTE: drive away means no more to pay. All on road costs paid.

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

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers 5672 2946 0417 556 593

wanted to buy CASH PAID farm four wheelers, ag bikes, trucks, 4WDs and ride-on mowers. Any condition. Phone Matt 0401-194601.

work wanted FULLY Qualified Painter. No job too small. Good rates. Call Drew on 56624238 or 0418-517443.

meetings

FRIENDS OF VENUS BAY PENINSULA INC. Annual General Meeting Sunday, October 6 10.30am - 12.30pm VENUS BAY COMMUNITY CENTRE 27 Canterbury Road, Venus Bay All welcome

Leongatha & District Netball Association ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held on

Monday, October 21 AT BAIRS HOTEL LEONGATHA at 7.30pm Preceded by dinner at 6.30pm ALL WELCOME

marriage celebrant MISTY IS MISSING From Trease St, Leongatha 2 year old silver tabby Last seen 27/9/13 Please phone 0409 623 873 if you have any info

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Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

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

CAM ABOOD Leongatha 5662 4191

engagements HAMPSON - JEFFRIES Julie and Gary, and Shirley and Alan wish to announce the engagement of Kelly and Dean. Best wishes to you both.

births ELLIOTT (Watkins) Thank you Jonothan and Sarah for our beautiful granddaughter and niece, Willow Grace Elliott, born September 20 at St John of God Hospital, Berwick, weighing 2.9kg (6lb 6oz). Lyndy, Graeme, Rene and Keenan.

bereavement thanks JOHNSON - Charles. Frankie, Anne and family, Peter and Julie and family wish to thank very sincerely all our friends for visits, telephone calls, beautiful flowers and cards, when we lost Charlie. Also our heartfelt thanks to the ambulance, the hospital, Grand Ridge Lodge, Koorooman House, doctors and nurses at the clinic, Woorayl Golf ladies for afternoon tea, Paul and Margaret Beck for their love and understanding.

in memoriam DWYER - Shirley. October 3, 2002 Deep in our hearts memories are kept of a beautiful wife, wonderful mother and loving nan. We love and never forget. Missed always. Peter, Terry, Tony, Susan, Mark, and families.

deaths GRIGGS - Phillip. Deepest sympathy to all the Griggs family from Annie and family. GRIGGS - Phillip Ronald. Passed away peacefully at his home at Hallston on September 25, 2013. Aged 60 years. Loved eldest son of Rex and Elaine (both dec). Deeply respected brother of Frank and Chris, Tony and Linda, Mandy and Russell. Fond uncle of Toni, Sam, Natalie, Katrina, Justin, Monique, Kate and Jad. A gentle giant at rest. GRIGGS - Phillip R. Uncle Phillip was a kind hearted, polite and gentle man. He will be dearly missed. Love from Natalie, Richard and John. LEWIS (Fowler) - Hilda Mary. 11.11.1930 - 25.09.2013 Dearly loved sister of Rita, sister-in-law of Ken, loved Aunty Hilda of Verna and Rita and their families. You fought so hard to stay, now resting in peace. Forever in our hearts. SCHULTZ Reginald Gordon (Reg). Passed away on September 26, 2013 at Rockhampton Base Hospital, Queensland. Formerly of Leongatha. Aged 93 years. Loving husband of Joan (dec). Loved father of Wendy, Keith and Dianna, and Richard (dec). Much loved by his grandchildren and great grandchildren. Reunited with Mum. In God’s care. Please see Herald Sun for funeral details.

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Warragul Theatre Company is proud to present:

Phantom of The Opera in 2014

A Grade: Rikki Cole (best and fairest) with Holly McLean (runner-up best and fairest).

REMINDER! INFO NIGHT IS FAST APPROACHING!

INFORMATION NIGHT Wednesday 9th October 2013 @ 7.30pm St Paul’s AGS Year 9 Centre Sutton Street Warragul Vic 3820 Information regarding the Workshop and Audition Signup available on the night. Everyone welcome. If you’re thinking of auditioning, being part of crew, orchestra, set making and painting, costume sewing.... ANYTHING, come along! Can't wait to see you all there!!

Kilcunda-Bass Seniors: back, from left, Ryan Fitzgerald (best and fairest triple premiership medal), Chris Endres (runner-up best and fairest), Jason Wells (most improved and triple premiership medal), Ben Arnold (coach’s award), Danny Wells (best team man and triple premiership medal), Dean Alger (coach), Ben Law (most committed), front, Jared Attenborough, Kael Bergles and Tim Smith (triple premiership medal). B Grade: Sam Crawford (best and fairest) with Rhiannon Grinham (runner-up best and fairest).

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A Grade awards: from left, Casey Beattie (best and fairest), Tessa Johnston (coach’s award) and Kate Sidebottom (runner-up best and fairest). Casey Beattie also received recognition as a member of Alberton A Grade team of the year.

Great kid: president Lex Munro presents a very special Outside the Square encouragement award to Sam Taylor for services to the club.

B Grade: Best and fairest was awarded to Amber Formosa (right), coach’s award to Maddison Taylor, left, and runner-up best and fairest was awarded to Andrea Blair-Dempsey (absent).

C Grade netball award winners: from left Steph Krainer (best and fairest), Paige Cook (coach’s award) and dual runner-up best and fairest winners were Casey Cleeland and Rebecca Gysberts.

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looking forward to improving on last season’s efforts. Club President Clayton Fisher said the club is looking

forward to welcoming a few new players in to the A Grade side. Fish Creek-Tarwin is fielding two sides in the seniors, A2 and B2 and is also putting together a good looking Under 16 team. Fish Creek-Tarwin’s A2 side made it to the first final, as did their Under16 team and Mr Fisher said the club is definitely aiming for more finals

this year. “Our B2 side finished bottom so we are definitely hoping to improve on that this season,” he said. “The Tarwin ground is looking really good and is probably one of the better grounds around the area. Terrill Park will be having some improvements done over the next few weeks.”

ROB Phoenix has signed on for the summer with Mirboo North Cricket Club in what will certainly be an edge to the Tigers.

3rds), Under 16 Colts and Under 14, Under 12s and the Milo Cricket program too.” The grounds at Mirboo North are in fine form as well after some off season work. “We have our six wicket bench turf which is looking good,” Cannizzo said. “We’ve had some renovations by some Leongatha based curators and it is looking really good. “We’ve also acquired an easy cover for the turf pitch. It just means that instead of pulling the tarps out with six or eight blokes it’s a two man operation.” The Tigers were bundled out in a weather affected game in the semi finals last year in firsts while the second 11 went down last year by about 50 runs so they will be looking for some revenge this season under the captaincy of Matt Snell.

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THE Imperials Cricket Club is welcoming back a former son – along with more than a few of his mates. He said news Adam Eddy was returning to captain the A Grade team, after spending a few years away working on the Gold Coast, had been welcomed across the board. “Adam’s an opening bowler and he’ll certainly be a handy acquisition,” club secretary Gary Sauvarin said. But the return of Adam means far more to the club than just a single great player’s return, for he has also brought Trent Perczyk with him as senior coach. “Trent’s a former Imps player, who hasn’t been at the club for about eight years. He’s good mates with Adam, who’s conned him into coming back,” Gary said. “They’ll be forming a combination at the top.” Although Trent has been away for a while, he kept his eye in playing district cricket at Essendon in recent years. The persuasive Adam Eddy has also had a hand in luring two English all rounders to the club – Tom Tiddington and Jay Parker. The well credentialed pair will add considerable firepower to the A Grade line up, Gary believes. Gary, a local cricket legend, will fulfil the dual role of secretary and Under

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Phoenix is an eight time premiership player in the Central Gippsland Cricket Association and has captained his team to six of those. Phoenix will be taking on the captaincy role at Mirboo North as well under coach Brett Pedlow. Club president Ang Cannizzo is excited about the season to come. “We have Richard Ford coming back from England, Pete Grima, Aaron de Janeiro and blokes like Rocky Thomas as well who have come back to play for us with most of them being former local kids,” he said. “We are fielding a side in each grade (1sts, 2nds and

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A NEW captain-coach will lead Glen Alvie this season. Trent Luckhurst has moved to the area from Melbourne, and the batsman and keeper will bring experience garnished from playing with suburban side Newport. He has acquainted himself with players over previous training sessions, and by all accounts, numbers are good. Glen Alvie will field three senior sides – A2, B2 and C2 – plus U14 and U12 teams this year, up from the single U12 side last year. First time president Pete Roberts said many young players were keen to play in U12 and some of last year’s U12 players were too old for that competition, prompting the need for an U14 team. Daniel Hales returns to Glen Alvie after playing a few games last year, and is expected to be an opening bowler and upper order batsman in A2. “We hope to have some young ones to bring up. We hope that if they have enough experience

in A Grade, then they will perform,” Roberts said. Among those are spin bowler Dean Williams, who took four wickets for the Bass Coast representative side that played the team of former Australian test players this year. Fast bowler Daniel Gilbert is a potential opening bowler and batsman Alex Hamilton is tipped as another young player to impress. Former A Grade player Steve Coppell remains in England and last year’s captain Rob Arestia has left the club due to work commitments. Last season, Glen Alvie’s A Grade side missed out on making the grand final by two wickets courtesy of Koonwarra/Leongatha RSL, while the B1 side struggled and was relegated to B2. C Grade did not make the finals. During the offseason, the club improved drainage around the nets to enable regular weekend training. Glen Alvie is renowned as a friendly club and draws players from the surrounding farming community and as far as Korumburra, Leongatha and Wonthaggi.

Cobras make turf move KORUMBURRA Cricket Club is excited about installing a turf wicket this season. Club secretary and past president Allan Summerfield is looking forward to the new wicket. “It has been a project since Korumburra and Bena Football Clubs amalgamated and they stopped playing football at the top oval. “We thought we would put a turf wicket in and through a long process we had a couple of grants come through recently. “We finally got the grant last year so from now it is full steam ahead.” The draw sees Korumburra playing only three turf games

in the year with two being in the first three rounds which will more than likely result in washouts. This wicket will give the A Grade side an advantage in coming final series which are played on turf wickets. “It’s a good enough ground to put a turf wicket in,” Summerfield said. “The way they are going to outline the soccer pitches will mean they won’t even touch the wickets which is a positive too.” Daniel Salmon has stepped up as captain coach for 2013 replacing Udara Weerasinghe who is playing for the Northern Territory this season. “It is good and a bit of reward for him (Salmon) and the efforts that he has put into the club,” Summerfield said.

“He was probably one of the main ones Udara took under his wing over the past few years and was pretty much second in charge last year.” With Weerasinghe moving on there are big shoes to fill in Korumburra’s top side. “A few of the younger guys are at the stage where they can step up,” Mr Summerfield said. “They have shown glimpses of it but they need to be more consistent than they have been in previous years. “They have all shown they can make runs and that they can take wickets they just need to be able to do it consistently, that comes down to working hard and attitude.” The side will be fielding teams in the A1, B2 and C2 grades over the summer.

16s co-coach this season (a role he shares with club stalwart Kristian “Pistol” Gray). He said the junior numbers were shaping up well, but more were always needed. “I think there’s a core group of Under 14s players who are coming up to the Under 16s this year, so their numbers won’t be too bad. With the Under 14s we need to find a few more players,” Gary said. The Under 14s team will again be coached by well liked clubman Lee Balagh. While the Imps are always keen to encourage players to succeed, Gary said the main focus was on having fun. “It’s more about having a good time than a win, especially for the junior element. We don’t try to take ourselves too seriously,” he said.

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One better for Koonwarra/LRSL? K O O N WA R R A / Leongatha RSL will be looking to go one better after finishing runners-up in division A2 and C2 last season. The club was defeated by Leongatha Town in the final after defeating Town easily in the last round of the season. The C2 side went down to Foster narrowly. So the club doesn’t need to do much more to be up there again. The positives are Jack Hughes will again coach A2 while Lachie Hughes will lead C2. Sam Turner will lead B2. All three juniors, U16, 14 and 12 will be fielding sides.

For season 2013/2014 the aim is again simple, win A2 and get back to the top A1 division. There’s no reason the club can’t give the premiership another crack this season as it has retained most of its players. These include Sam Hughes, Neville Toms, Brad Anderson, Daniel Pearce, Sam Sperling, Nigel Grimes, Jason Kennedy, Jack Hughes, and Ben Thomas. Clinton Wise has been cleared to Mirboo North while Brayden Moscript is trying his luck in Melbourne. Recruits include Brett Moore from Town and Elvis, the chef from Bairs. Rachel Brown comes from

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team, something we haven’t had in the past two years, along with an under 14s team. We may even have an under 12s team,” he said. Like many other teams in South Gippsland – and, indeed, the rest of the country – Nerrena has had its struggles bringing new players along. “I don’t know what it is, but it’s been really tough. It’s a big problem for the future of the game,” he said. In addition the club will field senior sides in divisions A, B and C. If you’d like to play at Nerrena call Graham on 0407 353 470 or front up to training on Thursdays. The juniors start at 4.30pm, while the senior players begin after 5pm.

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Firing up: Sam Hughes, pictured bowling for A2 last year, will once again be one of the side’s key players this season.

President Bill Aikins said the addition of a C2 team would give a few “older blokes a run”. The Stingrays will offer A1, B1 and C1 teams as well, in addition to U14 and U12, and possibly an U16 side, depending on numbers. Captain-coach Dylan Clark returns to the role and will be assisted by Kit Rothier. Clark, a tall batsman and spin bowler, is tipped to do well, and Rothier is also renowned for his talent with ball and bat. Walter Taberner could open the batting for Inverloch. A1 should be a high

performer after being knocked out by OMK during the 2012-13 preliminary final. “If everything goes well, A1 should do well again. C1 won the flag a couple of years back but it can be up and down,” Aikins said. Now new players are mooted at this stage and the only departure is Adam Hall to Wonthaggi Miners. Aaron Braley will coach U14s and an U12s coach is yet to be appointed. The club’s turf wicket remains too wet for play and but delays to play will be a thing of the past come the end of the season when the reserve receives new drainage. The Tarwin Road entrance to the ground has been sealed and the clubrooms will be extended to include separate change-

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Donohue to lead way REPUTABLE batsman Andrew Donohue has been named the new captain-coach of Kilcunda-Bass Cricket Club for season 2013-14. Donohue played A1 for Wonthaggi Miners and previously coached Glen Alvie to an A2 premiership. President Ray Gardiner hopes Donohue will strengthen his club’s batting. “Andrew takes over from Steve Oates and he was a good bat too,” Gardiner said. Kilcunda-Bass will field senior sides in A2, B2 and C2. Cameron Davidson has returned from a year playing with District side Dandenong. The quick bowler used to open Kilcunda-Bass’ bowling before heading to town to gain more experience and is expected to be an asset. “We are just going to run with a few young blokes who

started last year so hopefully they will come along a bit,” Gardiner said. Among the players to watch will be bowler Blake Egeberg and all arounder Jacob Bacon, who made 660 runs and took 21 wickets last year. “Both players are aged 18 so we are looking for general improvement from our younger cricketers,” Gardiner said. “We did not finish in the top four in any grade last year. We played in the final two years ago in A Grade. We finished fifth last year so hopefully we will finish in the finals this year.” B2 and C2 coaches are yet to be appointed. Junior numbers are looking good, enabling the club to field sides in U16, U14 and U12, to be coordinated by Kim Duff. Cricketers will return to the Bass Recreation Reserve this year, after the ground was unavailable for cricket

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SOLID numbers at training has boosted the hopes of Wonthaggi Miners for a successful 2013-14 season.

Finals in sights WONTHAGGI Workmen’s are hoping for a repeat of last year’s finals success. The club lost the A1 grand final, but took home the B1 and U16 trophies. Workmen’s has retained last year’s playing list and also recruited new talent. Captain-coach Tim Hooper has been reappointed and will no doubt continue to find success. “Tim likes everyone to train hard and he rewards performance,” club president Michael Turton said. Among the new players are all rounder Sam Webster and batsman Brian Osborne, who have both come out of retirement. Young Robert Geyer has trained well ahead of the start of the season and promises to be a hard hitting opening batsman. Sam Huitema will also star with the bat and Mitchell Thomas has returned after a

year off due to injury, with expectations of being an allrounder. Jacob Thomas, at 17, will be a fast bowler with impact in the club’s bowling line-up. “A few of the juniors are stepping up. They all played last year and get a go again,” Turton said. “We have been working hard to get everyone back and our junior numbers are looking great.” While the club’s junior numbers are looking reasonable, more players are welcome. “On paper, it looks like we will have three junior sides,” Turton said. Cricketers have been training hard during the preseason, with practice centred at an indoor gym at Wonthaggi Secondary College. The club’s ground has been top dressed and two new practice wickets have been installed.

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“We have had double what we had last year so we should field teams in all three senior sides and be competitive,” club president Reece Jones said. Miners will contest A2, B1 and C2, as well as all three junior divisions. The club didn’t have a C Grade team last season. The club has recruited Adam Hall from Inverloch and the medium paced left arm bowler is expected to make an impression. Former players have been invited to return but any success on the field is expected to be due to a whole club approach, Jones said. When asked of any players to watch, he quipped: “Just the whole club; watch us come.” Captain-coach Gerard Kent resumes the role of A Grade leader and the long time club member is anticipated to guide the club to success. “We’re shaping up really well for the coming season – there have been fantastic numbers at training,” Kent said. There is no women’s side but Jones said Holly Forsyth and Ella Cargill play in the Under 16s. Jones is in his second year as president and has been a player for the club for the past eight or nine years.

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Green, green grass: the Town Cricket Club has had a four wicket turf installed, which will be up and running by November. Clubman and turf adviser Matt Davies and secretary Warren Turner can’t wait to see it get some game time.

“Juniors started training last week with good numbers. We hope for more kids to follow and bolster the numbers even more. The club will be fielding an Under 12 team and an Under 14 team and new members are welcome,” he said. While players stocks are healthy, there’s also been plenty happening off the field. “The club has done extensive work to the ground over the off season. A four wicket turf has been installed on our ground and will be up and running around November,” Warren said. “The ground has had drainage and a sprinkler system installed. This work will dramatically assist the couch grass that has been planted over the ground in the past few seasons.” Town is also known for its warm social side. Warren said Thursday night cooked dinners would stay on the menu. “This provides the opportunity for the whole family to be involved in the club, and it makes for a great atmosphere,” he said. Warren said people need not be members to enjoy some time at the club. “All people are welcome to come down to the club and enjoy a drink and a meal, with many people not directly associated with the club doing so last year,” he said. “The club will be holding such social events as a reverse number draw in late November and a ‘goods and services’ auction in early February next year.”

The club’s A1 side from last season was relegated to A2, but with many players attending training, pressure for places is expected to be high, and Jones is confident the club will return to A1 competition. Clint Honeysett will coordinate the junior ranks and early impressions from training suggest an enjoyable season ahead for the young Miners.

New sponsors have thrown their support behind the Miners and the club is looking forward to updating the kitchen of its clubrooms. The annual Live and Local music night, possibly at the end of October, will be a memorable event. More than 120 people attended last year to hear a dozen musicians perform covers and original music.

Stayers: Cam Thomas, Gerard Kent and Reece Jones have been members of the Wonthaggi Miners Cricket Club for years. Kent is in his first year as coach, Jones is president and Thomas has been part of the club “forever”.

Phillip Island holds up DESPITE dropping its C2 side, Phillip Island goes into this season with bright prospects. To make up for the loss of its captain /coach from last season, Shane Murdoch, who has gone back to Cranbourne, the Island has appointed one of its own in Scott Boyack to lead the charges. Boyack is believed to have sourced a highly regarded Sri Lankan player for the summer season who is an accomplished player as well as a coach. The club is also hoping to have a South African cricketer, a relative of a current player, joining them this season. This should more than make up for the loss of Murdoch. The other major loss though is Eli Richards who is trying his luck

at district level in Melbourne. Although the club would dearly wish to keep him, he goes with their blessings. Lachie Cleeland is back to play with the club. The nephew of Russell Cleeland, Lachie will likely play in A1. According to club secretary Bruce Hall the reason the C2 side has had to drop out is because of the retirement of a number of players in their 40’s and 50’s. The Island didn’t taste victory last year with Inverloch defeating the in the C1 final. As part of improvements, the club will be relaying synthetic turf at the Cowes oval, thanks to a Bass Coast Shire grant. Training continues on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays at Cowes.

Premiers looking strong OUTTRIM Moyarra Kongwak are looking to back up their stellar 2012/13 season this year. The same strong line up of players in their A1 side will mean they will be a force to reckon with all year. The club has also picked up some handy players to add to their already standout selection according to club president Russ White. “We’ve picked up Sam Jenkins from Poowong-Loch, he is handy and will probably play in our A Grade side,” he said.

“We have also picked up Matt Jones from Eltham. “Adam Miller will be playing a full season, he played with us some of last year but his inclusion all season is a big ‘in’ for us.” All four sides, A1, B1, C1 and C2, are looking competitive and are hoping to make finals come early 2014. “We have lost our coach from last year Tim Miller, he is heading back to Lang Lang where he lives,” White said. “However Steve McNamara is back in his third stint of coaching the club.” OMK is hoping to have three junior sides (Under 16s, 14s and 12s) as well.

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Bring it on: Troy Sinclair will be padding up for MDU Cricket Club this year and is expecting to play B Grade.

Fielding an A2, B1, C1 and a C2 side, club president Craig Hoober would ideally like to see each grade represented in the finals this year. “Our ultimate aim, as it has been for the last several years, is to win a premiership in A2 so can move into A1,” he said. “A Grade didn’t make the finals but they weren’t that far away and our B Grade side also finished just out of the finals. “It was our first year in B1 so it was a good effort by the boys. One of our C2 sides made it through to the semis.” Michael Patching will take the place of coach for the season, while Cam LePage will join him as assistant coach. “The A2 side will be similar to other years, with a few extra young talented players joining the team,” Mr Hoober said.

“Mikey Olden, Kurt Sinclair and Jason Riley haven’t played A Grade yet, so we are hoping to give them a good run this year,” he said. “We have a couple blokes that haven’t played for a couple of years, coming into the C2 side including Chris Hughes and Steve Dunlop. “Chris will be captaining of the C2 side this year.” The A2 captain is yet to be decided, however Tyrone Zukovskis will be returning to captain the B1 side again this year and Paul Robinson is returning for another year as C1 captain. “We will definitely be fielding Under 16 and Under 14 sides and we are still hoping to get an Under 12 team as well,” Mr Hoober said. A major project over the off season has been MDU’s new clubrooms which will be finished before the start of the season. “We got a grant to improve the facilities and when finished they will be up there with the best in the Association,” Mr Hoober said.

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President of the club Tony Vanin said they will have an A2 and B2 side and an Under 14 team in the junior league. “Scott Jeffery will captain A2 and B Grade’s captain is still to be decided,” he said. “We have picked up two new players so far for our A Grade side. We have Nathan Clark and Kristen Drangsholt coming into the club.” Mr Vanin said Scott Jeffrey and Murray Lynch will probably take on the role of coach this year; however this will not officially be decided until Wednesday. Last year, the club had new training nets erected at the golf course, which Mr Vanin said is going well and provides

them with a great practice facility. Last season, Foster’s C2 team finished on top and took out the premiership. “Our C2 team won the premiership last year, but instead of being promoted to C1 we have to go up to B2. This season, each club that runs an A side must have a team in B Grade,” Mr Vanin said. “That goes from 60 overs to 70 overs so it might be a bit harder for some of the older guys.” Mr Vanin said Foster has a couple of 18-year-olds that should shine this year. “Jai Prain and Fraser Griggs really improved last year and I think they will cause some problems in the bowling area this year,” he said. “Training has started on Thursdays and Sundays, so our aim this season is to tackle the bigger town sides and come out on top.”

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CRICKET l Annua DRAWS A Grade - Division 1 Round 1 - Oct 12 Nerrena v Won Workmens (Nerr) Phillip Island v Imperials (Cowes) Town v Korumburra (L Turf) Inverloch v OMK (I Turf) Round 2 - Oct 19 Won Workmens v Town (McM Res) OMK v Phillip Island (BW Won) Imperials v Inverloch (L Turf) Korumburra v Nerrena (Kor Rec) Round 3 - Oct 26 Won Workmens v Korumburra (BW Won) Imperials v OMK (EC) Town v Nerrena (WC 1) Inverloch v Phillip Island (I Turf) Round 4 - Nov 2 Nerrena v Imperials (L Turf) Phillip Island v Won Workmens (Cowes) OMK v Town (Outt) Korumburra v Inverloch (Kor Rec) Round 5 - Nov 9 & 16 Phillip Island v Korumburra (Cowes) OMK v Nerrena (BW Won) Imperials v Won Workmens (L Turf) Inverloch v Town (I Turf) Round 6 - Nov 23 & 30 Nerrena v Inverloch (Nerr) Won Workmens v OMK (BW Won) Town v Phillip Island (L Turf) Korumburra v Imperials (Kor Rec) Round 7 - Dec 7 & 14 Phillip Island v Nerrena (Cowes) OMK v Korumburra (Outt) Imperials v Town (EC) Inverloch v Won Workmens (I Turf)

A Grade - Division 2

Round 8 - Dec 21 Korumburra v Phillip Island (Kor Rec) Nerrena v OMK (L Turf) Won Workmens v Imperials (BW Won) Town v Inverloch (WC 1) Round 9 - Jan 4 OMK v Won Workmens (BW Won) Jan 11 Inverloch v Nerrena (I Turf) Phillip Island v Town (Cowes) Imperials v Korumburra (EC) Round 10 - Jan 18 Korumburra v OMK (Kor Rec) Town v Imperials (L Turf) Nerrena v Phillip Island (Nerr Won Workmens v Inverloch (BW Won) Round 11 - Jan 25 Won Workmens v Nerrena (McM Res) Imperials v Phillip Island (L Turf) Korumburra v Town (Kor Rec) OMK v Inverloch (BW Won) Round 12 - Feb 8 & 15 Town v Won Workmens (WC 1) Phillip Island v OMK (Cowes) Inverloch v Imperials (I Turf) Nerrena v Korumburra (Nerr) Round 13 - Feb 22 & Mar 1 Korumburra v Won Workmens (Kor Rec) OMK v Imperials (BW Won) Nerrena v Town (L Turf) Phillip Island v Inverloch (Cowes) Round 14 - March 8 & 15 Imperials v Nerrena (L Turf) Won Workmens v Phillip Island (BW Won) Town v OMK (WC 1) Inverloch v Korumburra (I Turf)

Round 1 - Oct 12 Kilcunda-Bass v Foster (Bass) Glen Alvie v MDU (BW Won) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Won Miners (FC Turf) Koonwarra-RSL v Poowong-Loch (Koon) Round 2 - Oct 19 Foster v Fish Creek-Tarwin (FGC) Poowong-Loch v Glen Alvie (Poow) MDU v Koonwarra-RSL (Meen) Won Miners v Kilcunda-Bass (WFG) Round 3 - Oct 26 Foster v Won Miners (FGC) MDU v Poowong-Loch (Meen) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Kilcunda-Bass (FC Turf) Koonwarra-RSL v Glen Alvie (L Turf) Round 4 - Nov 2 Kilcunda-Bass v MDU (Bass) Glen Alvie v Foster (BW Won) Poowong-Loch v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Poow) Won Miners v Koonwarra-RSL (WFG) Round 5 - Nov 9 & 16 Glen Alvie v Won Miners (GA) Poowong-Loch v Kilcunda-Bass (Loch) MDU v Foster (Meen) Koonwarra-RSL v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Koon) Round 6 - Nov 23 & 30 Kilcunda-Bass v Koonwarra-RSL (Bass) Foster v Poowong-Loch (FGC) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Glen Alvie (FC Turf) Won Miners v MDU (WFG) Round 7 - Dec 7 & 14 Glen Alvie v Kilcunda-Bass (BW Won) Poowong-Loch v Won Miners (Loch) MDU v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Dum) Koonwarra-RSL v Foster (L Turf)

B Grade - Division 2

B Grade - Division 1 Round 1 - Oct 12 MDU v Phillip Island (Meen) Won Workmens v Nerrena (McM Res) OMK v Inverloch (Outt) Won Miners v Town (WFG) Round 2 - Oct 19 Phillip Island v OMK (Cowes) Town v Won Workmens (WC 1) Nerrena v Won Miners (Nerr) Inverloch v MDU (I Turf) Round 3 - Oct 26 Phillip Island v Inverloch (Cowes) Nerrena v Town (Nerr) OMK v MDU (Outt) Won Miners v Won Workmens (WFG) Round 4 - Nov 2 MDU v Nerrena (Meen) Won Workmens v Phillip Island (McM Res) Town v OMK (WC 1) Inverloch v Won Miners (I Turf) Round 5 - Nov 9 & 16 Won Workmens v Inverloch (McM Res) Town v MDU (WC 1) Nerrena v Phillip Island (Nerr) Won Miners v OMK (WFG) Round 6 - Nov 23 & 24 MDU v Won Miners (Meen) Phillip Island v Town (Cowes) OMK v Won Workmens (Outt) Inverloch v Nerrena (I Turf) Round 7 - Dec 7 & 14 Won Workmens v MDU (McM Res) Town v Inverloch (WC 1) Nerrena v OMK (Nerr) Won Miners v Phillip Island (WFG)

Round 8 - Dec 21 Inverloch v Won Workmens (I Turf) MDU v Town (Meen) Phillip Island v Nerrena (Cowes) OMK v Won Miners (Outt) Round 9 - Jan 11 Won Miners v MDU (Won Nth) Town v Phillip Island (WC 1) Won Workmens v OMK (McM Res) Nerrena v Inverloch (Nerr) Round 10 - Jan 18 Inverloch v Town (I Turf) OMK v Nerrena (Outt) MDU v Won Workmens (Dum) Phillip Island v Won Miners (Cowes) Round 11 - Jan 25 & Feb 1 Phillip Island v MDU (Cowes) Nerrena v Won Workmens (Nerr) Inverloch v OMK (I Turf) Town v Won Miners (WC 1) Round 12 - Feb 8 & 15 OMK v Phillip Island (Outt) Won Workmens v Town (McM Res) Won Miners v Nerrena (WFG) MDU v Inverloch (Meen) Round 13 - Feb 22 & Mar 1 Inverloch v Phillip Island (I Turf) Town v Nerrena (WC 1) MDU v OMK (Dum) Won Workmens v Won Miners (McM Res) Round 14 - March 8 & 15 Nerrena v MDU (Nerr) Phillip Island v Won Workmens (Cowes) OMK v Town (Outt) Won Miners v Inverloch (WFG)

C Grade - Division 1 Round 1 - Oct 12 Nerrena v Won Workmens (L Velo) Phillip Island v Imperials (New) Town v MDU (WC 1) Inverloch v OMK (Inv)

Round 8 - Dec 21 MDU v Phillip Island (Dum) Nerrena v OMK (Nerr)a Won Workmens v Imperials (McM Res) Town v Inverloch (WC 2)

Round 2 - Oct 19 Won Workmens v Town (WSC) OMK v Phillip Island (Outt) Imperials v Inverloch (EC) MDU v Nerrena (Dum)

Round 9 - Jan 11 Inverloch v Nerrena (Inv) OMK v Won Workmens (Outt) Phillip Island v Town (New) Imperials v MDU (L Velo)

Round 3 - Oct 26 Won Workmens v MDU (McM Res) Imperials v OMK (L Velo) Town v Nerrena (WC 2) Inverloch v Phillip Island (Inv)

Round 10 - Jan 18 MDU v OMK (Meen) Town v Imperials (WC 1) Nerrena v Phillip Island (L Velo) Won Workmens v Inverloch (McM Res)

Round 4 - Nov 2 Nerrena v Imperials (Nerr) Phillip Island v Won Workmens (New) OMK v Town (KSC) MDU v Inverloch (Dum)

Round 11 - Jan 25 & Feb 1 Won Workmens v Nerrena (WSC) Imperials v Phillip Island (EC) MDU v Town (Meen) OMK v Inverloch (Outt)

Round 5 - Nov 9 & 16 Phillip Island v MDU (New) OMK v Nerrena (Outt) Imperials v Won Workmens (EC) Inverloch v Town (Inv)

Round 12 - Feb 8 & 15 Town v Won Workmens (WC 2) Phillip Island v OMK (New) Inverloch v Imperials (Inv) Nerrena v MDU (L Velo)

Round 6 - Nov 23 & 30 Nerrena v Inverloch (L Velo) Won Workmens v OMK (McM Res) Town v Phillip Island (WC 1) MDU v Imperials (Dum)

Round 13 - Feb 22 & Mar 1 MDU v Won Workmens (Meen) OMK v Imperials (Outt) Nerrena v Town (Nerr) Phillip Island v Inverloch (New)

Round 7 - Dec 7 & 14 Phillip Island v Nerrena (New) OMK v MDU (KSC) Imperials v Town (L Velo) Inverloch v Won Workmens (Inv)

Round 14 - March 8 & 15 Imperials v Nerrena (EC) Won Workmens v Phillip Island (McM Res) Town v OMK (WC 2) Inverloch v MDU (Inv)

Round 8 - Dec 21 Won Miners v Glen Alvie (WFG) Kilcunda-Bass v Poowong-Loch (Bass) Foster v MDU (FGC) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Koonwarra-RSL (FC Turf) Round 9 - Jan 11 Koonwarra-RSL v Kilcunda-Bass (L Turf) Poowong-Loch v Foster (Loch) Glen Alvie v Fish Creek-Tarwin (GA) MDU v Won Miners (Meen) Round 10 - Jan 18 Won Miners v Poowong-Loch (WFG) Fish Creek-Tarwin v MDU (FC Turf) Foster v Koonwarra-RSL (FGC) Kilcunda-Bass v Glen Alvie (BW Won) Round 11 - Jan 25 & Feb 1 Foster v Kilcunda-Bass (FGC) MDU v Glen Alvie (Dum) Won Miners v Fish Creek-Tarwin (WFG) Poowong-Loch v Koonwarra-RSL (Loch) Round 12 - Feb 8 & 15 Fish Creek-Tarwin v Foster (FC Turf) Glen Alvie v Poowong-Loch (BW Won) Koonwarra-RSL v MDU (L Turf) Kilcunda-Bass v Won Miners (Bass) Round 13 - Feb 22 & Mar 1 Won Miners v Foster (WFG) Poowong-Loch v MDU (Loch) Kilcunda-Bass v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Bass) Glen Alvie v Koonwarra-RSL (BW Won) Round 14 - March 8 & 15 MDU v Kilcunda-Bass (Meen) Foster v Glen Alvie (FGC) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Poowong-Loch (FC Turf) Koonwarra-RSL v Won Miners (Koon)

Round 1 - Oct 12 Imperials v Glen Alvie (EC) Foster v Kilcunda-Bass (FGC) Poowong-Loch v Koonwarra-RSL (Poow) Korumburra v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Kor) Round 2 - Oct 19 Glen Alvie v Poowong-Loch (GA) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Foster (FC Turf) Kilcunda-Bass v Korumburra (Bass) Koonwarra-RSL v Imperials (Koon) Round 3 - Oct 26 Glen Alvie v Koonwarra-RSL (GA) Kilcunda-Bass v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Bass) Poowong-Loch v Imperials (Poow) Korumburra v Foster (Kor) Round 4 - Nov 2 Imperials v Kilcunda-Bass (EC) Foster v Glen Alvie (FGC) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Poowong-Loch (FC Turf) Koonwarra-RSL v Korumburra (Koon) Round 5 - Nov 9 & 16 Foster v Koonwarra-RSL (FGC) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Imperials (FC Turf) Kilcunda-Bass v Glen Alvie (Bass) Korumburra v Poowong-Loch (Kor) Round 6 - Nov 23 & 30 Imperials v Korumburra (EC) Glen Alvie v Fish Creek-Tarwin (GA) Poowong-Loch v Foster (Loch) Koonwarra-RSL v Kilcunda-Bass (Koon) Round 7 - Dec 7 & 14 Foster v Imperials (FGC) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Koonwarra-RSL (FC Turf) Kilcunda-Bass v Poowong-Loch (Bass) Korumburra v Glen Alvie (Kor)

Round 8 - Dec 21 Koonwarra-RSL v Foster (Koon) Imperials v Fish Creek-Tarwin (EC) Glen Alvie v Kilcunda-Bass (GA) Poowong-Loch v Korumburra (Loch) Round 9 - Jan 11 Korumburra v Imperials (Kor) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Glen Alvie (FC Turf) Foster v Poowong-Loch (FGC) Kilcunda-Bass v Koonwarra-RSL (Bass) Round 10 - Jan 18 Koonwarra-RSL v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Koon) Poowong-Loch v Kilcunda-Bass (Loch) Imperials v Foster (EC) Glen Alvie v Korumburra (GA) Round 11 - Jan 25 & Feb 1 Glen Alvie v Imperials (GA) Kilcunda-Bass v Foster (Bass) Koonwarra-RSL v Poowong-Loch (Koon) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Korumburra (FC Turf) Round 12 - Feb 8 & 15 Poowong-Loch v Glen Alvie (Loch) Foster v Fish Creek-Tarwin (FGC) Korumburra v Kilcunda-Bass (Kor) Imperials v Koonwarra-RSL (EC) Round 13 - Feb 22 & Mar 1 Koonwarra-RSL v Glen Alvie (Koon) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Kilcunda-Bass (FC Turf) Imperials v Poowong-Loch (EC) Foster v Korumburra (FGC) Round 14 - March 8 & 15 Kilcunda-Bass v Imperials (Bass) Glen Alvie v Foster (GA) Poowong-Loch v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Loch) Korumburra v Koonwarra-RSL (Kor)

C Grade - Division 2 Round 1 - Oct 12 Glen Alvie v Won Miners (GA) MDU v Won Workmens (Dum) Koonwarra-RSL v Kilcunda-Bass (M McK) Korumburra v OMK (KSC) Inverloch - bye

Round 6 - Nov 23 & 30 Won Workmens v Won Miners (WSC) Kilcunda-Bass v OMK (Bass) Korumburra v Koonwarra-RSL (KSC) Inverloch v MDU (Inv) Glen Alvie - bye

Round 11 - Jan 25 & Feb 1 Korumburra v Won Miners (KSC) MDU v OMK (L Velo) Glen Alvie v Kilcunda-Bass (Dalys) Koonwarra-RSL v Inverloch (M McK) Won Workmens - bye

Round 2 - Oct 19 Won Miners v Korumburra (Won Nth) OMK v MDU (KSC) Kilcunda-Bass v Glen Alvie (Bass) Inverloch v Koonwarra-RSL (Inv) Won Workmens - bye

Round 7 - Dec 7 & 14 MDU v Korumburra (Meen) Glen Alvie v Inverloch (GA) Koonwarra-RSL v Won Workmens (Koon) OMK v Won Miners (WC 2) Kilcunda-Bass - bye

Round 12 - Feb 8 & 15 MDU v Won Miners (Dum) Won Workmens v Kilcunda-Bass (WSC) Koonwarra-RSL v Glen Alvie (Koon) OMK v Inverloch (KSC) Korumburra - bye

Round 3 - Oct 26 MDU v Glen Alvie (Dum) Won Workmens v Inverloch (WSC) Korumburra v Kilcunda-Bass (KSC) Koonwarra-RSL v Won Miners (Koon) OMK - bye

Round 8 - Dec 21 Won Workmens v OMK (WSC) Koonwarra-RSL v MDU (M McK) Korumburra v Glen Alvie (KSC) Inverloch v Kilcunda-Bass (Inv) Won Miners - bye

Round 4 - Nov 2 Won Miners v MDU (Won Nth) Glen Alvie v Koonwarra-RSL (GA) Kilcunda-Bass v Won Workmens (Bass) Inverloch v OMK (Inv) Korumburra - bye

Round 9 - Jan 11 Won Miners v Kilcunda-Bass (Won Nth) Glen Alvie v Won Workmens (Dalys Korumburra v Inverloch (KSC) OMK v Koonwarra-RSL (Koon) MDU - bye

Round 5 - Nov 9 & 16 MDU v Kilcunda-Bass (Dum) Won Workmens v Korumburra (WSC) OMK v Glen Alvie (KSC) Won Miners v Inverloch (Won Nth) Koonwarra-RSL - bye

Round 10 - Jan 18 Won Miners v Glen Alvie (Won Nth) Won Workmens v MDU (WSC) Kilcunda-Bass v Koonwarra-RSL (Bass) OMK v Korumburra (KSC) Inverloch - bye

Round 13 - Feb 22 & Mar 1 Won Miners v Koonwarra-RSL (Won Nth) Glen Alvie v MDU (GA) Inverloch v Won Workmens (Inv) Kilcunda-Bass v Korumburra (Bass) OMK - bye Round 14 - March 8 & 15 Glen Alvie v OMK (Dalys) Kilcunda-Bass v MDU (Bass) Korumburra v Won Workmens (KSC) Inverloch v Won Miners Koonwarra-RSL - bye

SENIOR SEMI FINALS March 22 & 23 (1pm) SENIOR GRAND FINAL March 29 & 30 (1pm)

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Pennant win for Mirboo North MIRBOO North won the Handicap Division 2 Pennant Final at Garfield recently. Mirboo North last won a Men’s Pennant in the year 2000 when both the then Division 3 and Division 4 teams were successful. So there has been a 13 year drought until last Sunday when the Mirboo North Handicap Division 2 team defeated Yallourn to win.

Congratulations to pennant manager Terry Donnison and pennant captain Mark Heiberg for all their time and efforts in arranging various practise matches and getting this team prepared both before and during the season. Well done to all the players throughout the season who contributed to getting Mirboo North to the finals.

thanks to Ann Poole for her sponsorship of the day. Both of the winners have recently been scoring consistently, Sue Wakefield(17) with 29 points winning A Grade and Jenny Riseley(26) with 33 points taking out B Grade. Balls down the line went to Ann Poole, Sue Symmons, Chris Perrett and Pauline Lancaster. Nearest the pin on the 8th was Heather Sullivan, on the 11th was Janet Thompson and on the 17th was Sue Wakefield. Next week the October Monthly Medal will be played.

Korumburra

Pennant winners: back, from left, Simon McInnes, Mark Heiberg (Captain), Mal Payne, Paul Woodall, Simon Duff, front, Stuart Henning, Garry Shandley, Terry Donnison (Manager) and Doug Taylor.

Woorayl WHO put in a Hawthorn performance to win our stableford event on a wild day sponsored

by Anthony Clemann, Agan Hengstberger, John Fletcher and David Newton? Zack Trease prevailed

Korumburra ladies LAST Wednesday, eleven pairs played in the Doris Chambers Foursomes competition. The course was wet in patches due to more recent rains but the weather was perfect for golf. Winning the Doris Chambers Foursomes event were Marg Clasby (20) and Carie Harding (30), who combined well, to win comfortably with 35 points. Good luck is extended to Marg and Carie, who have qualified to play in the Golf Victoria Doris Chambers Finals, at Ranfurlie Golf Course, on October 18. Runners-up were Lee Clements (11) and Betty Thomson (29), with 27 points. Balls Down the Line went to Norrie Little and Lynette McIvor as well as Pam Eyres and Lyn Perks, who finished with 26 points. Thank-you to Gwen Evison for baking goods for the raffle and the happy winners were Moira Rogers and Judy Webb. Three groups travelled to Lang Lang on Monday to compete in the Challenge Bowl. Unfortunately, our teams didn’t come home with any trophies, but well done to Beryl Brown, who won a nearest the pin. Next Wednesday, there is a Stroke event and the October Monthly Medal, with salad rolls available for those who indicated interest and the stall will be taking place. Norrie Little and Betty Thomson are rostered to put the field out. A committee meeting will be held after presentations on the day. Winter weather seems to return every other day, so unfortunately, due to wind and rain, and possibly the AFL Grand Final, there wasn’t a ladies competition on Saturday. To spruce up the course prior to some of the special events planned in the near future, there is a gardening working bee on Monday, October 14, starting around 9 – 9.30 am. More on this as the time approaches.

Great pair: Carie Harding and Marg Clasby, winners of the Doris Chambers Foursomes event at Korumburra.

over Geoff McKinnon, his 36 points winning on a countback. The ball distribution was M. Grist, G. Calder, G. Winkler and P. Burgess. Obviously the wind kept players off our eighth green and Peter Burgess won the nearest the pin on the 17th. The ball raffle was won by ‘Z. Trease syndicate’. Next week we will play for the September medal which is also the 11th round of the Heather and Graeme Winkler Cup, 7th round of the Ian Balfour trophy and the putting competition sponsored by Di and John O’Connor.

Woorayl ladies LAST week a stableford round was played, with

Wonthaggi ladies THE Annual Centenary Park Rivalry visit saw a bus load of ladies come up from Frankston to meet at Wonthaggi Golf Club for their annual grudge match of a game of stableford golf against the Wonthaggi Ladies members. As has happened each year the hosting club have been to victors and once again the cup was passed on to Wonthaggi and Captain Maureen gleefully accepted the cup from the visitors to hold for a year, next year we venture to their territory and who knows if it will be returned to them. The groups of happy

THERE were 24 players for a stableford competition on Saturday, September 28, with trophies by Don and Gwen Evison. A Grade: Tim Fowles (13) 37. Balls down the line: D. Austin 34, P. Hopkins 34, N. Perks 32. B Grade: Bob Newton (18) 36. Balls down the line: K. Pope 35, P. Van Agtmaal 35, A. Worthy 32. Nearest the pin: 1st R. Ludenia (Top Pub meal voucher), 7th I. Cash (haircut), 10th R. Ludenia (Middle Pub meal voucher), 13th D. Austin. NAGA: J. Stein 21. Tuesday’s winner was J. Little 36 pts..

Wonthaggi ON a blustery grand final Saturday we played a fourball event and all hit off at 8am. Some of us did not finish due to a major storm. We had a massive field of 40 players. A Grade winners: P. Hanky and D. Brown 41 points. B Grade winners: F. Huber and A. Cubbon 42 points. Balls down the line: B. Clark and I. Baudonaro 41, M. Foster and R. Walker 40, P. Dell and A. Lowe 40. No nearest the pins as we all forgot to put them out, thanks Turns, this was your one and only job for the year. This week is monthly medal and we are fortunate to have the Wonthaggi show ladies set out in soft conditions and a lot of wind which made some holes very long indeed, this was reflected in the scoring with only one clever person Di Grimmond getting a score over 30 so her score (14) 33 points was the stand out one for A Grade and the day. A Grade runnerup was Jeynelle Wilcox (CP) (11) 28 points , B Grade was won by Delores Harvey (19) 26 points on countback from Marg Ryan, C Grade saw Centenary Park member Lisa McConville -Brain (34) 25 points the winner over Anne Longmire also on 25 points . The early start with a shot gun assembly saw the

society as our sponsor, A, B and C Grade winners will all receive $100 vouchers. Good luck to everyone this week and I hope you all had a great grand final day. See you all on the course this Saturday.

Mirboo North THE day winner of the stableford competition played on Thursday, September 26 was Joe Kus (13) 27 pts. Down the line: J. Blunsden 26 pts. On Saturday, September 21 the winner Peter Draper (10) 37 pts countback. Down the line: N. Whitelaw 37 pts, J. Hughes 34, C. Bracecamp 32, T. Whitelaw 30. 2nd shot nearest the pin 1st hole: R. Crump. Nearest the pin: 4th J. Hughes, 6th R. Crump, 13th Tom Whitelaw, 16th T. Bradshaw. Ladies’ winner was Eleanor Rayner 25 pts. Down the line: Gail Terrill (Mornington) 24 pts.

Leongatha A small field of 44 brave golfers ventured out in very windy and wintry conditions on Saturday to contest a Stableford competition. Ray Burton playing off 14 did well in the conditions to score 35 points and take out the A Grade event. B Grade was won by Gerry Carcour (17) with 31 points. Trevor Rickard was closest on the 14th to take the Pro Pin and Peter Brownlie was NTP on the 16th. DTL balls went down to 27 points and were awarded to Peter Hart, Peter Brownlie, Dylan McMeekin, Andy Bassett, Jon Smith, Geoff McDonald, Peter Walsh, Merv Stubbs, Henry Sedelies and Ian Watson. Tuesday’s Stableford competition saw Peter Cannon (11) successful in A Grade with 36 points and Eddie Poole (19 ) taking out B Grade also with 36 points. NTP’s were Chris Leaver on the 14th and Keith Finney kangaroos early morning lie in disturbed and the ladies were given a fine show from the many kangaroos jumping across the fairways and standing, being the gallery for many of the holes. Anne Walker was the best Wonthaggi player on NTP 2nd, 13th and 17th, the pro pin 8th was won by CP Janelle Wilcox BDL D Grimmond 33, J Wilcox (CP)28, M Johnson 27, D Miller 27, J Jeeves 26, A Walker 26, D Harvey 26, M Ryan 26,J Tomlin (CP) 25 L McConville-Brain (CP) 25, A Longmire 25, J Loughran 23, P Laurie (CP) 22, R Wilkinson 22,

Wonthaggi winners: C Grade Lisa McConville-Brain, A Grade Di Grimmond and B Grade Delores Harvey.

who was very close to holing out on the 16th. DTL Balls were awarded to Bryan McCorkell, Bob Beilby, Ted Bruinewoud, Peter Hartigan, Ray Burton, Geoff McDonald, Mike Gordan, Allan Edney, Rod Brown, Bert Borg, Ian Caine and Trevor Steer. Thursday’s competition was again washed out due to the heavy overnight rain. The Thursday’s Championship will now be held over the next three weeks, with the best two rounds to count. Next Saturday is a Stroke event and Monthly Medal.

Leongatha ladies SCHOOL holidays and babysitting commitments for grandparents depleted the field on Wednesday for the ABC stableford event. The course, although heavy, was in excellent condition. Toni West, playing off a handicap of 11, won A Grade with 33 points. Julie Howard was running hot with the chipper and putter to score 37 points and win B Grade. She was the envy of some in the clubhouse who wondered if she had played the same course. Marg Raynor was the happy winner of C Grade with 34 points. All trophy recipients extended thanks to Maxine Eabry and Yvonne Gaunt for sponsoring this event Down the line balls were won by Isobel Sutherland with 33 points, Marion Bellingham and Wendy Parker 32, Jocelyn Howson 31 and Mandy Moyle 30.Trish Owen and Fran O’Brien won the last of the balls on a count back with 28 points. Toni West cleaned up both the nearest the pins. Jan Birrell won the 9 hole competition with 13 points. President Jocelyn Howson welcomed Jan back after a long stint away due to injury.

Foster A wet and windy week left many branches and a few trees down on the course, but it was still playable with preferred lies. Tuesday it was great to see Big Jim Parry (12) back in action after a prolonged absence to get a new knee and he is back bigger and better than ever – recording a win first up with the good score of 36 points in heavy conditions. DTL balls went to Brian Blake (23) and Peter Dight (8) who also both had 36 points but were pipped in the countback. NTP was David Hutchinson. Saturday was an early shotgun start so we could all be finished to watch the grand final. Quite a few started out but most did not go the distance as it was not that pleasant with very strong winds and some passing showers. In the end it was Greg Cox (9) who won on a countback from Lloyd McKenzie (9) both on 29 points. The other DTL ball went to Fred Tyers (12) on 16 points. NTP’s were Norm Cooper and Greg Cox. Lloyd also played Greg in a Tuer Trophy match that went down to the wire with Lloyd winning 1 up. John Waters was not present to get the $750 cash when his name was drawn last Friday. It will be $800 this week. You need to be in the clubhouse when the draw is made at a random time between 6.30 – 8 pm to be eligible to win. The Saturday golfers cash draw for $300 saw new member Stuart Canning drawn out but he was not there and so missed out so it will be $320 for the draw at 5.30 pm next Saturday. The Saturday Golfers card draw for the stubbies was won by Terry Jewson.

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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SPORT | BOWLS Inverloch bowls THURSDAY’S men’s doubles match was cancelled due to heavy overnight rain A Grand Final Day social match was played from 10 am to 1pm on Saturday in sometimes wet and windy conditions. We did, however manage to play two ten-end games, threebowl triples, 18 players. Winning team, with two two-game wins were Cliff Coram, Darryl (Visitor from Kangaroo Flat) and Gary Hardy (S). Men’s pairs scheduled for next Thursday, October 3 and Bunurong Shield match against Wonthaggi next Saturday, October 5. Uniforms on this prepennant practice match. Teams will be posted on the board.

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After some very good bowling the winners on the night with one win and one draw were Cliff Smith (skip), Bev Greenwood, Coral Gray and Seb Terranova. Runners–up with one win and 12 ends were Nick Rutjens (skip) Margaret Campbell, Margaret Gordon and Ron Baker. Reminder that next Thursday we are going to Wonthaggi for our return visit. There will be no bowls on Wednesday night.

Meeniyan bowls RECENT practices for pennant have resulted in a win for Tuesday pennant players against Tarwin Lower and a loss to Mirboo North by eight shots for Saturday’s Kevin Queale/ Russ Thorson Shield. Wednesday social days have been rained out for the most part with only a few hardy souls turning up. Tuesday pennant began on September 24 with both teams at home. Division one playing Korumburra had a three rink win with 26 shots up and division three had a win and a loss

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TUESDAY, September 24 saw round one of the ladies pennant underway, with Division 2 ladies at home to the Port Welshpool, with Leongatha winning 80 shots to 53. Glenda Trotman’s (s) team won 28 shots to 19 while the team skippered by Trish McCormack won 33 shots to 15. The team skippered by Joy Todd drew 19 shots each. Division 3 ladies travelled to Foster and went down to Foster, 35 shots to 56; M. Fisher’s (s) team lost 11 to 36, while the team C. Harry (s) won 24 to 20 shots. Round two Tuesday, October 1 will see Division 2 away to Toora and Division 3 will be at home to Mirboo North. Wednesday, September 25 saw the monthly triples in ac-

tion and the winners were the Yarram team of N. Gore (s), T. Cocksedge and Kath Gore with four wins plus 42. The runnersup were the Leongatha team of J. Turner (s), B. Turner and E. Coulter with four wins plus 20. Best last game went to a Leongatha team, J. White (s), B. Harry and Elaine White with plus 11. Sponsors for the day were Alex Scott & Co and the club thanks them for their valued support. Saturday, September 28 saw only four ends played in the grand final day social bowls as mother nature stepped in, and like the poor old Dockers, bowlers lost out. Names for pennant practice Saturday, October 5 must be in by Wednesday, October 2. Play to commence at 1pm. Friday, October 11 will see a roll-up for pennant players prior to the men’s round one pennant on Saturday, October 12. Roll-up will commence at 5pm and finish at 5.30pm with a two limit sausage available after the roll-up. The club would like to see all present if possible. October 12 will see Division 1 at home to Wonthaggi, Division 3 away to Phillip Island and Division 4 will be at home to Phillip Island. Reminders: Teams are still needed for the mixed triples tournament scheduled for November 3. If you wish to enter a team, or teams, please contact either Jeff Pendergast 5662 0974 or Glenise Emmerson 5662 2082. I have also been advised the entries for the Nicholson pairs tournament scheduled for Sunday, January 12, 2014 is filling fast, so if you wish to enter please contact the above mentioned club persons as soon as possible. Also again a reminder to the Leongatha and district business places, it is time for you to put your team in for the forthcoming ‘business bowls’ to commence Tuesday, November 12. Please contact either Rod Jackson 5662 4151 or Jeff Pendergast 5662 0974. Finally Friday night, October 4 will see the resumption of the ‘Kitty Club’ monthly teas, so don’t forget to place your name and meal as per the schedule on the board near the entrance to the match committee room. Until the next report, good bowling - ‘Jackhigh’.

Loch & District THE Tuesday pennant season got underway last week with our team enjoying the hospitality of Fish Creek ladies. The game was played in sunny and friendly conditions, with a win for the visitors. Thursday social bowls was a washout, along with most other events. However Friday evening we enjoyed our annual trivia night thanks to the expertise of Val and John Kennedy. The ladies provided their usual lovely supper and we were happy to welcome some new faces among the regulars. The final result was decided by a playoff which made for a well fought out night. Saturday pennant players are reminded that we will be hosting a practice match for the Lang Lang team on Saturday at 1pm.

Buffalo indoor ON Wednesday, September 25 there were 13 bowlers who enjoyed a relaxed friendly night of bowls. We welcomed Lorraine and Les Godkin and also Dudley and Kevin. Rod and Bill selected one team of four and three triples and bowling began. The first game had Bill Wolswinkel (s), Carolyn Benson and Les Godkin winning narrowly over Rod McConchie (s), Peter Tiziani and Lorraine Godkin 8/6, and Alex Thompson (s), Dudley Harrison and Mary Tumino winning over Charlie Tumino (s), Illene Tiziani, Graeme Tobias and Kevin Robinson 9-4. In the second game Alex’s team soundly beat Bill’s team 15/1 and Rod’s team a win 11/4 over Charlie. The third game was very even with a drawn game 8/8 between Alex and Rod and a one shot victory for Charlie over Bill 7/6. The winners for the night were Alex, Dudley and Mary WDW (17 ends), then Rod, Peter and Lorraine LWD (12 ends), third Charlie, Illene, Graeme and Kevin LLW (10 ends), and fourth Bill, Carolyn, Les WLL (9 ends). Social bowls on Wednesday, 7.30pm at the Buffalo hall, all welcome for a fun night of bowling.

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THE weather was so kind on Tuesday, but unfortunately the Pennant teams didn’t do well. Next week girls it will be better, so good luck. Wednesday another lovely day with Carol Hughes, Shirley Phillipson, Jill Bateman and Judith Moule winning on the day, and Bev Kurle, Cynthia Hensley, Nell Van Grunsven and Shirley Cook coming in runners up. Raffle winners were Gloria Growse with a Voucher from Travelling Jack, Chris Gilman, Marg Flett, Joyce Arnold, Yvonne Kee. Our thoughts and best wish-

es go to Joy Hargreaves who is in Traralgon Hospital. Reminder ladies, please get your team together for our Gala Day, Mixed Four’s, Ladies Skip Sunday, October 13. Ladies Get Together for the news and views session will be held on Wednesday, October 2 at 11am. This is a good opportunity to find out about upcoming events and share any concerns. A free 30 minute bowls strength and fitness interactive training session will be held at the club on Wednesday, October 14 at 10 am. Try Bowls Day will be held in conjunction with the Victoria Seniors Festival on

Sunday, October 20 starting at 11 am. Again this year we will be offering interested people the ‘how to’ of bowling. The event is free and the club will be providing a sausage sizzle. Try bowls will be advertised throughout Inverloch with posters placed in various businesses. In order to make this day a success, we need members to help show our visitors how it is done. If you can help at anytime on October 20, please add your name to the list in the clubrooms. This is a great opportunity to obtain a few new members.

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SGBD Tuesday pennant bowls Round 1 September 24 Division 1: San Remo 73 (25 shots) d Wonthaggi (2) 48 (J. Allan-Dayle 18 lt D. Jenson 27, R. Dennis 35 d D. Yarley 11, S. Carvosso 20 d I. Thomson 16). Meeniyan 77 (24 shots) d Korumburra 53 (A. Van Wamel 27 d S. Martin 14, M. Pearson 26 d M. Goad 17, L. Hanks 24 d J. McVeigh 22). Wonthaggi (1) 91 (30 shots) d Inverloch 61 (J. Clarkson 21 d I. Sheppard 19, K. Simpson 32 d A. Tschiderer 20, A. Green 38 d L. Luby 22). Foster 66 drew Phillip Island 66 (R. Speers 17 lt D. Wagner 29, G. Facey 26 d L. May 14, M. Climas 23 drew R. James 23). Division 2: Corinella 81 (27 shots) d Toora 54 (B. O’Keefe 24 d K. Barwick 22, J. Carter 21 d J. Bland 19, M. Hoy 36 d B. Curram 15). Leongatha 80 (27 shots) d Port Welshpool 53 (G. Trotman 28 d A. Collins 19, T. McCormick 33 d M. McDonald 15, J. Todd 19 drew L. McLean 19). Tarwin Lower 78 (19 shots) d Inverloch 59 (B. DeRooy 27 d D. Patterson 16, R. Griffiths 19 lt J. Arnold 28, H. Twite 32 d M. Flett 15). Loch 71 ( 9 shots) d Fish Creek 62 (J. Miller 25 d F. McKenzie 21, A. Hachett 20 lt M. Smith 26, V. Kennedy 26 d N. Van Dyk 15). Lang Lang 66 (6 shots) d Phillip Island 60 (J. Dowson 27 d G. Caile 24, J. Proud 23 d R. Francis 13, D. Motton 16 lt J. Stubbs 23). Division 3: Korumburra 46 (10 shots) d Inverloch 36 (M. Wrench 24 d B. Kurrle 13, M. Brown 22 lt S. Nation 23). Foster 56 (21 shots) d Leongatha 35 (J. Miles 36 d M. Fisher 11, R. Raiti 20 lt C. Harry 24). Meeniyan 50 (4 shots) d Wonthaggi 46 (I. Hill 32 d L. Beaumont 23, K. Brown 18 lt R. Stewart 23). Mirboo North 68 (32 shots) d Tarwin Lower 36 (M. Bristow 31 d J. Bowman 23, A. Plowman 37 d J. Brown 13). San Remo 47 (7 shots) d Phillip Island 40 (W. Brunsden 29 d M. Puncher 20 d J. Farquhar 18).

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Results Meeniyan – Monday evening: 1st Susan Ruffin, Clive Hope. 2nd Margaret Munro, Ellie McIntyre. 3rd Kathleen Dowd, John Cocking. Tarwin Lower – Tuesday afternoon: 1st Jack Kuiper, John Sutton and Kathryn Smith, Colin Cameron. 3rd Frank Arndt, Clive Hope. 4th Hannah Martin, Leila Bell. 5th Marj Freeman, Norma Hannay. Inverloch – Friday afternoon: 1st Jack Kuiper, Jean Barbour. 2nd Kaye Douglas, John Sutton. 3rd Vivian Westaway, Maureen Stiles. 4th Bronwyn Sund, Mike Dooley and Phillip and Neville Chapman. 6th John Sullivan, Alan Johnston.

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with five shots up. This week ones were away to San Remo and threes were away to Inverloch. On Saturday (Grand Final Day) we began bowls but down came the rain so we all retired to the club-house for a catchup. This was followed by the traditional pie /hot dog lunch prepared by the catering committee. Dudley Harrison won the tipping competition. Thursday is the first of our new season triples. Friday is Ladies Invitation Day and Saturday is a practice game against Tarwin Lower at Meeniyan. Saturday pennant begins the following week with both teams; twos play Loch and fours play Inverloch white.

Top bowlers: Shirley Phillipson, Carol Hughes, Jill Bateman and Judith Moule were winners on Wednesday.

Division 1 Wonthaggi (1) .................+30 Meeniyan.........................+24 San Remo ........................+25 Phillip Island.......................0 Wonthaggi (2) ...................-25 Korumburra .......................-24

16 16 14 8 2 0

Inverloch ...........................-30 0 Division 2 Corinella..........................+27 16 Leongatha .......................+27 15 Tarwin Lower .................+19 14 Loch ...................................+9 14 Lang Lang ..........................+6 14 Phillip Island .......................-6 2 Fish Creek ...........................-9 2 Inverloch ............................-19 2 Port Welshpool ...................-27 1 Toora ..................................-27 0 Division 3 Mirboo North .................+32 13 Foster...............................+21 12 Korumburra ...................+10 12 San Remo ..........................+7 12 Meeniyan............................+4 12 Wonthaggi ...........................-4 2 Phillip Island .......................-7 2 Inverloch ...........................-10 2 Leongatha..........................-21 2 Tarwin Lower ....................-32 0

Leongatha squash SQUASH is back with the spring competition fielding both A and B Grade teams. We are also playing in the Gippsland intertown competition, with teams from Moe, Morwell, Maffra, Yarram as well as our Leongatha team. There has been some new faces in our local competition and with some players having to work around shift work, our fill-in list needs a top up, so come and make yourself available and we will organise a hit. The club has a full range of squash racquets and balls for hire and racquetball can also be played with all gear for hire, and as these sports are highly aerobic now is a great time to play to get fit fast in spring. Dean Dwyer took on Tom Ryan and with both players keen to smack the cover off the ball, it was fast and furious. Dean started better with a 9-5 first game, but Tom struck back taking second and fourth games with a tight scoreline, both players at two games each, hard driving and tight boasts at the front of court the pair were working hard, cross court drives were hard to control and with sharp edge going off Tom’s shot Dean stormed home to take the match. To make contact with the club to play or hire courts check us out at www.leongathasquash.

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Night tennis ready to start THE ever popular Leongatha night tennis competition will begin in mid October. The Leongatha Tennis Club is still accepting entries for its night tennis competition for Sections 2, 3 and 4, and caters for a wide range of players’ abilities from the experienced competitor to the beginner player. Both team (three men and three ladies) entries and individual entries are very welcome to bolster our numbers, so if you are interested in a game of night tennis contact coordinator Greg Marshman on 0417 373 558. Meanwhile Section 1 night tennis grade has been selected and organisers were extremely pleased with the response. Teams are as follows: Gum: M. Pocklington, S.

Caughey, D. Bennett. Pine: S. Wilson, R. Callister, J. Haywood. Cypress: S. Thomas, P. Munro, Cam Stone. Blackwood: W. Littlejohn, G. Kleeven, G. Edwards. Wattle: D. Bateman, T. Dwyer, M. Giles. Teatree: J. Monahan, J. Langstaff, M. Stone. Oak: G. Marshman, N. Langstaff, J. Gibbons. Elm: G. Bainbridge, G. Calder, K. Simpson. Flame: D. O’Neill, F. Dekker, C. Koedoot. Play will start on Tuesday, October 15. The first bye team is Pine. An exciting season is anticipated. The club also held an open day on Sunday with over 60 players hittingaway the cobwebs of winter.

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Soccer season celebrated KORUMBURRA City Soccer club held a very successful presentation night at the Richard Street clubrooms on Sunday September 22. Special mention to the women’s side that won both the Korumburra Cup and the Grand Final, and the Re-

Fine form: Alice Reid, Ella Tough and Aaron Murray warm-up before 2012’s end of year show and presentation.

serves side finished runners up to Trafalgar. Best club person for the year was Jamie Allen while volunteer of the year was Scott Methven. A special award was made to the Allen family for their huge contribution to the club over a number of years.

Under 13s: from left, coach Michael Smith, club champion and golden boot (25 goals) Harry McNeill, Most Disciplined Jordan Egan and coach’s award Aaron Freeman-Lopez.

Proud to be 20

THE Leongatha Gymnastics Club will celebrate its 20th birthday on Friday, October 25 between 5.30pm and 7.30pm at St Laurence Primary School’s “Big Blue Shed”. The free event will see many past and present members getting together, and the club is urging people to pass the word around. The birthday bash will feature gymnastics displays from level one to five,

memorabilia from the past, leotards, photos, newspaper articles and awards. The club will be putting on tea, coffee, punch and finger food. The club will also use the night as a fundraiser for safety matting. There will also be some really good prizes. Anyone with any relevant items for display can contact the club on 0400 273 658 or email leongathagymclub@ hotmail.com. The club also has an internet presence: leongathagymclub.weebly.com or facebook.com/Leongatha gymnasticsclub.

Looking great in Leongatha Leongatha’s new, young table tennis players received a welcome recently. This came thanks to the very generous support from David Smythe at Butterfly Australia and the Department of Planning and Community Development – Sporting Uniform Grants Program. The response from the children was one of many thanks and huge smiles. They

Under 16: from left, coach Phil Richards, golden boot (leading goal scorer) Aiden Richards, club champion Hayden Smith, coach’s award Liam Miller, most disciplined Grace Bunn and coach Fred Clark.

all stood proudly for their photo wearing their new shirts. The association is looking forward to a strong relationship with the sponsors of this welcoming kit in the form of a show bag and looks forward to seeing more young junior’s come through its doors for their welcoming kits. If you wish to have a go playing table tennis or would like more info, call Tammy 5664 0178.

Reserves: from left, coach Daniel Vanderswartz, club champion Jarrah Raabe, golden boot Daniel Longden and coach’s award Aaron Kosterman.

Welcome to table tennis: from left, event coordinator Tammy Holwerda with George Batton, Vincent Monaghan, Jack Couper, Trent Westaway, Joe Howard and Ben Hannon. Absent Tom Evens.

Women: from left, coach Stacie Craven, golden boot Tara Wallace, coach’s award Bree Williams and club champion Grace Bunn.

Wonthaggi bags 15 medals WONTHAGGI Table Tennis Association had five veteran players representing Victoria in the recent Australian Veteran Table Tennis Championships. They were Mick Wright, Michael Ede, Averil Roberts, Case and Fred deBondt. They brought home one gold, two silver and one bronze in the teams events and a stunning total of three gold, three silver and five bronze medals in the individual events. All five were amongst the Victorians awarded the 2013 Order of Merit at the conclusion of the championships. Congratulations to these great ambas-

sadors for Victoria, Wonthaggi and Wonthaggi Table Tennis Association. Wonthaggi Table Tennis also has two teenagers selected to play in the Australian Open Junior Championships in Melbourne this week. They are seventeen year old Zach Anstey and thirteen year old Caitlyn Taylor. We wish them all the best. Wonthaggi A Grade resumes this week, A Reserve, B Grade and junior coaching returns after the school holidays. There is space for more juniors (8-14) at coaching from 6pm to 7pm on Thursdays. For more information ring Bruce on 5672 2130 or Nancy on 5674 4628.

Senior men: from left, coach’s award Ben Rotheram, golden boot Tom Lucas and club champion Keanu Miller.

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Parrots presentations The Leongatha Football Club Rooms were packed on Friday night for the clubs night of nights. Footballers and netballers in all grades were congratulated with awards. Club president Mal Mackie was awarded a life membership and was overcome with emotion on the presentation. The club had a wonderful night and are already looking towards 2014.

Under 15s: from left, Best and fairest Lisa Clarke, coach’s Under 17s: from left, coach Laura Higgins, Runner up Best and Fairest Ash Van award Phillipa Littlejohn, Runner up Best and Fairest Geor- Rooy, coach’s award Bridgette Argento, Best and fairest Sarah McCahon and coach Courtney Lever. gia Riseley and coach Trevor Riseley.

George Gould award: the George Gould (best club person) award winner Christine Mackie with Geof Forrester.

Seniors: coach’s award Rhett McLennan, coach Will Thursfieldl Most Consistent Zac Vernon and Most Improved Rhett Kelly. Absent were Cade Maskell, Best and Fairest and Phil Riseley award for most committed player, Runner up Best and Fairest Patrick McGrath and Jason Tomada, Peter Dixon award for best young player in club.

Above, Under 13s: from left, coach Shelley Fixter, coach’s award Nikyah Wright, Runner up Best and Fairest Simone Dekker and Best and Fairest Taylah Brown. Below, Under 16s: back, from left, assistant coach Brian Davies, assistant coach Mark Hardy, Best Team Man Anthony Argento, Best and Fairest Nic Argento, Most Improved Jack Ginnane, coach Matt Davies, front, coach’s award Kaj Patterson, Runner up Best and Fairest Louis Riseley and Most Consistent Michael Olden.

Life membership: Mal Mackie was presented a life membership. He is pictured with his family Christine, Jake and Tim.

Reserves: back from left, Most Improved Trent Renden, Best and Fairest Samuel Vagg, coach Cameron Brown, Most Consistent Ricky O’Loughlin, front, coach Troy Williams, Most Determined Michael Comben and best team man Matthew Grylls.

A Grade: from left, Best and Fairest Claire Fitzgerald, coach’s award Laura Higgins and coach and Runner up Best and Fairest Kathy Reid.

B Grade: from left, coach’s award Rachael O’Loughlin, coach and Best and Fairest Mel Hughes and Runner up Best and Fairest Courtney Lever.

Under 18s: back, from left, coach Steve Fixter, equal Best and Fairest Nic Tuckett, equal Best and Fairest Matt Borschman, Runner up Best and Fairest Jake Burge, front, Most Improved Mark Taranto and Most reliable Fraser Kelly. Absent Jackson Harry, coach’s award.

C Grade: from left, equal runner up Best and Fairest Ruth Crawford, coach Nat Anderson, Best and Fairest Sandi Leask-Grylls, coach’s award Meg Patterson and equal runner up Best and Fairest Tegan Renden.

St Laurence celebrate season

SAINT Laurence Netball Club held its presentations recently after a successful and enjoyable 2013 season.

Award winners included, in the Under 11s: Maroon coach’s award - Rachel Barker, Gold coach’s award - Molly Kent. In the Under 13s: coach’s Award - Harriett Steenholdt, runner up best and fairest - Elysha Stephens, equal best and fairest - Michaeleah Stephens, equal best and fairest - Brielle Cox. In Under 15 Gold the coach’s award went to Claire Wylie, equal runner up best and fairest - Sophie Clarke, Equal runner up best and fairest - Jessica Foreman and Best and

Fairest - Madison Wright. Under 15 Blue saw the coach’s Award go to Ziara Condoluci, runner up best and fairest - Melinda

Brown and Best and Fairest - Hannah Box. C Grade runner up best and fairest was Angelique Dunlevie and best and

Under 15 coach’s awards: Blue team award Ziara Condoluci and gold team award Claire Wylie.

fairest was Stacey Fourie. A Grade runner up best and fairest was Emalie Gordon and best and fairest was Philomena Smith.

Under 13: equal best and fairest Mi- Under 11: Maroon coach’s award Under 15 Gold: best and fairest Madison chaeleah Stephens and runner up best Rachel Barker, Gold coach’s award and fairest Elysha Stephens. Wright and runner up Sophie Clarke. Molly Kent.

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Showjumping success at Wonthaggi IN spite of the extremely wet winter and unpredictable weather of late, the Wonthaggi Pony Club grounds were a hive of activity on Sunday September 22, for the club’s annual show jumping day. A total of 96 riders from near and far entered to compete at this year’s event. This event is a Pony Club Association of Victoria State qualifier and part of the West Gippsland Zone Championship series. The competition comprised of five different Grades with three separate events in each, which included 2Phase, Am7 and Am5 and Optimum Time for B, C and D, E and F Grade riders. The top six riders in each competition were awarded a sash and earned points towards the overall championship placing. Wonthaggi Pony Club member Carleen Hefel was the B Grade Reserve Champion riding Lady Portrait, Carleen also won the C Grade Championship rid-

ing Ashmark Phoenix another Wonthaggi Pony Club member Courtney Fletcher won the F Grade Championship riding Ella. Numerous Wonthaggi Pony Club members were also rewarded for their efforts and found themselves amongst the placings in many of the competitions. Funds raised from the event are going to contribute to completing a new large sand area to further enhance the clubs facilities. The club has recently been very fortunate in obtaining some sponsorship from “The Wonthaggi Club” and the “Inverloch and District Community Bank” branch of the Bendigo Bank to also help complete this arena which will be a huge asset for the club and visiting equine enthusiasts. Any rider wishing to purchase photos taken on the day should contact Bev Main on Facebook at “Main Memories Videography (Horses)” or phone 0418 345 460. New members are always wel-

come to join the Wonthaggi Pony Club, contact details can be found on the club’s website page at www. wonthaggi.ponyclubvic.org.au or phone the club secretary Tammy Larking on 0438 076 430. Show Jumping Day results: B Grade - Champion: Tameisha Kelly from Hastings PC. Reserve Champion: Carleen Hefel from Wonthaggi PC. C Grade – Champion: Carleen Hefel from Wonthaggi Pony Club. Reserve Champion: Sophia Landy from Tarwin Lower PC. D Grade – Champion Rachael Lyon from Warragul. Reserve Champion: Georgina Hocking from Bunyip. E Grade – Champion: Lachlan Vistarani from Cannibal Creek. Reserve Champion Phoebe Dixon from Lilydale. F Grade - Champion: Courtney Fletcher from Wonthaggi Pony Club. Reserve Champion: Holly DeGaris from Meeniyan PC.

Great ride: B Grade reserve champion Carleen Hefel. Photo credit Bev Main, Main Memories Videography.

Great time: local riders with Megan Jones (centre).

Clinic with elite eventing coach MEGAN Jones, one of Australia’s most respected and top

Young gun: Courtney Fletcher from Wonthaggi Pony Club was named F Grade champion. Photo credit Bev Main, Main Memories Videography.

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eventing riders, took 16 riders in a two day clinic in Wonthaggi last week. Broken down into four groups of four riders all participated in dressage, showjumping, cross country and theory with each and every lesson taken by Megan herself. After lunch on Friday, riders, parents and supporters were able to gain a small glimpse of what it is to be an elite equestrienne. Those in attendance were privy to hear about how Megan manages her horses prior to competing and how she is currently preparing her horses for the forthcoming Adelaide CCI4* Horse Trials in November, then the FEI

Allambee Mirboo & District Tennis SEASON 2013-14 starts this week, Saturday, October 5.

Premiers: the Tigers were, from left, Shane Pouw, Shannon Bostonbruor, Mark Tudor, Michael Hancock, Naomi Dubbeld and captain Leah Svehla.

Tigers take win MEENIYAN and District Volleyball concluded its competition with its grand final held recently between the top two teams, Blues and the Tigers.

Congratulations: Locke DeGaris recently attended the School Sport Australia Swimming Nationals in Adelaide and achieved some outstanding results, over 50 and 100 metres. He also contributed to some excellent top ten relay results, including a silver. Locke had a great time in Adelaide and is hoping to be part of “Team Vic” again next year.

World Equestrian Games to be held in Normandy in 2014 will be in her sights. Megan gave a demonstration and talked about ways to lessen injury risk to horses legs, both in the stable and whilst being ridden, by the way of proper bandaging and the use of good fitting gear. The clinic was an incredible learning experience for all the riders and everyone found Megan to be very down to earth, a great coach, an extraordinary person and a wonderful ambassador for our sport. The clinic was organised by West Gippsland Chief Instructor Jenny O’Sullivan.

The Blues started off well led by their captain Shane Bright with some great work at the net by Jacob Bright and Daniel Potter both blocking and spiking well. Terry Potter, Colby Breedin and new recruit Emily Wilson all contributed with some good hard ball digs and all setting well to their spikers, the Blue’s winning the first two games 25 – 21 and 25 – 23. With a change in their rotation the Tigers fought back in the third game. Mark Tudor and Leah Svehla set beautifully to their big hitters Shane Pouw and

Shannon Bostonbruor, taking out the third game 25 – 22. With some good serving and some great work around the court by Naomi Dubbeld and Michael Hancock the Tigers went on to win the fourth 25 – 21, leaving us with a nail biting fifth set. The Tigers started off with five points won on Shane Pouw’s serve which was enough of a lead that the Blues couldn’t real in. The Tigers won the last set 15 – 8. Following the game the club held its presentations at the Meeniyan Hotel. Well done to all the award winners and thanks to everyone who helped out during the year. Award winners included Shane Bright as best club person, Shane Pouw as MVP and best junior, Matt Van Boven as best first year player and Toby Redpath most improved.

Draws will be available during this week from the score secretary at 14 Noel Court. First round draws A Grade: Koonwarra v Baromi, Inverloch v Korumburra-P/Island, Leongatha v Leongatha North. A Reserve: Mardan v Outtrim, Burra Gold

v Burra Longshots, Leongatha v Berrys Creek, Hallston v Koonwarra, Baromi - bye. B Grade: Leongatha North v Baromi, Leongatha v Mardan. Mardan v Outtrim to be played at the Nichols Road courts. Hoping the weather is kind and the season starts off well for all teams. Enjoy tennis and the comradeship.

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sport@thestar.com.au Thanks mate!: Brendan Tomada, left, hands over the keys to the prize car to Broderic Mead-Ameri.

Hard slog: Jarryd Roughead in action against Fremantle’s Danyle Pearce and Paul Duffield during the grand final. Photo credit Herald Sun.

Happy Hawk JARRYD Roughead bagged his second AFL premiership on Saturday with the Hawthorn Football Club’s win over Fremantle. Roughead and his fellow Hawks managed a 15 point win over the Dock-

Teammates’ great donation A LEONGATHA Parrots’ Under 18s footballer has donated a car which he received as a prize to his teammate. Brendan Tomada was awarded the keys to the Holden Commodore at the club’s presentation night on Friday but he passed them over to teammate Broderic Mead-Ameri. The car was originally a prize for committed members of the thirds side. Every time a player attended training or a club function they were awarded with a raffle ticket in the draw. “The footy boys had a meeting

and we just decided that Brod deserved it more than the rest of us,” Tomada told The Star. Mead-Ameri said this act of kindness means a lot to him. “It means the world that the boys actually care for me and I know they do,” he said. “It also means I will be a taxi for them now.” The young footballer has had a rough upbringing and that is the reason his teammates felt it was right that Mead-Ameri deserves the car. “Where I came up is not too great, my family past and all that, I just sort of forget it and have tried to

move on,” he said. “That’s why I like football. It’s like an escape and a second family and they have proven it through this.” Mead-Ameri has played football for two years with the Parrots. Club president Mal Mackie said that this was an unbelievable display of mateship. “It’s the type of culture we are building within the club,” he said. “It is fantastic that the Under 18s thought of this by themselves. “And the club will be putting another car up for grabs in the Under 18s next year.”

ers in front of a crowd of 100,007 at the MCG. The big man expressed his excitement of the win through Twitter on Sunday saying: Gotta love @HawthornFC premiers!!!!!! After a slow start with only three touches for the

opening half the former Leongatha footballer picked up his skills in the third. Two third quarter goals and seven touches in the term helped him assert himself and hold back a Fremantle surge. Roughead had another nine possessions in the last term for a great second half. A missed goal early in the fourth didn’t end up mattering as the Hawks ran home with the flag. Emotions flowed from the 193cm Roughead and celebrations began. The 2013 Coleman medallist has played a terrific year, the ninth of his career. Roughead starting is junior football with Leongatha and then played for the Gippsland Power before being drafted in 2004.

Harris plays for Australia DUMBALK North tennis player Margaret Harris recently contested a world tennis championship in the Czech Republic. Ms Harris played in the Kitty Godfree Cup 65 plus as part of the Australian side that placed fourth. She then moved to Austria, playing in the Super Senior Individual World Championship. Ms Harris lost in the round of 32 to world number one Gail Benedetti of France, the winner of the last three single titles. Ms Harris is now fourth in Australia and 34th in the world, in the International Tennis Federation Super Seniors 65 plus rankings. She only returned to the sport in January 2012 after a 20 year break and by

September that year was ranked second in Australia and 17 in the world. Ms Harris will contest the New South Wales Championship in Sydney this October and the Victorian Seniors Championships in Melbourne in December. So far this year, she has reached the semi final of the Australian Tennis Seniors Individual Championships and runnerup in the Tennis Seniors New Zealand Nationals. She also made the semi final of the Australian Claycourt Championships, and was equal second in the ACT Seniors Tennis Championships. Ms Harris lives between Dumbalk North and Williamstown where she teaches tennis. In the 1960s, she played in 12 grand slams.

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Leongatha celebrates new hospital Right, Having fun: from left, Laura, Tilly and Angela Richmond from Leongatha were happy wandering around the hospital during the open day on Sunday. Angela works in community mental health.

ted We are proud to be associa with the new Leongatha Hospital. An amazing facility for our town! Congratulations to everyone involved with the project.

Helping hands: from left, Jo Boyd and Marg Steele from Leongatha are volunteers with the Gippsland Southern Health Service and were keen to look at the new hospital during the open day on Sunday.

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Dedicated to health - we care for you Gippsland Southern Health Service (GSHS) is the major public healthcare provider in the South Gippsland Shire. The health service has a number of sites across the Shire including the Korumburra Hospital & Korumburra Community Health Centre, Leongatha Hospital and the Tarwin Lower & District Community Health Centre.

Community & Ambulatory Care Services are made up of home, community and outpatients care, alcohol and drug counselling, district nursing, diabetes education, planned activity groups, allied health services, health promotion programs, respite care, social work and volunteer coordination. Other services include outpatient programs such as heart/lung rehabilitation, physiotherapy, podiatry, audiology, speech pathology and dietitian. A new service for our community is Gateway â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a team to support and assist in your initial contact with GSHS Community & Ambulatory Care Services. Residential care services located at Korumburra are Alchera House and Hillside Lodge and located at Leongatha is Koorooman House.

How can I access the services? Many of the community services can be accessed through self referral by contacting the reception staff on 5667 5555 who will direct you to the most appropriate person to handle your enquiry. However you will need a referral from your local GP to access the specialist services provided at GSHS.

Want to know more? For further information on the full range of services provided by Gippsland Southern Health Service and how to access them please visit the website at www.gshs.com.au or contact the reception staff on 5667 5555.

What services are available? GSHS offers a range of acute services ranging from chemotherapy to urgent care, dermatology to general surgery, obstetrics, midwifery and paediatrics to palliative care.

Annual Quality of Care Report 2012/13 Each year GSHS releases a Quality of Care Report which outlines the work we do in caring for the health needs of our community. The report is prepared in accordance with guidelines provided by the Department of Health. It regulates health services and outlines how we monitor and seek to improve the quality and safety of our care. The aim at GSHS is to provide great care to every person, every time. We do this by ensuring our care is person-centred, driven by information and organised for safety.

Person-centred Care ?

It is important that every person living within the community of South Gippsland can access the services provided by GSHS and that they understand the information that is provided to them about those services and their treatment. All health staff work together to achieve the best possible outcome for all. ? Everyone has the opportunity to provide feedback on their care and we do that through our Compliments, Comments and Complaints System, via periodic surveys and through our phone calls to surgical patients following discharge. ? Care is coordinated between departments within the health service and this year, the Quality of Care Report features an article on the different ways people are admitted to our services. ? Contrary to the traditional view that health services are about 'making people

well', we also work to prevent disease and promote health. Health promotion enables people to improve the control they have in their own health. ? Over the past year, GSHS has undertaken a number of new health promotion programs and initiatives, including Men's Sheds, Community Kitchens, a GSHS food garden and involvement in physical activity programs. ? GSHS is supported in its work by approximately 100 registered volunteers who generated over 7,000 hours of supportive care during 2012 alone. Our volunteers work in aged care, chemotherapy, palliative care, planned activity and community programs and provide assistance in the Tarwin Lower Community Health Centre. Driven by information ? GSHS has a variety of systems and processes in place to ensure we are providing safe and quality care for the community. While staff are responsible for the care they provide, so is the Board of Management. It is important to ensure both are kept informed about safety and quality information and issues. ? The whole organisation is accredited every four years and we are due for our next major accreditation visit in March 2014. This accreditation will be against the new National Safety and Quality Standards that all health services throughout Australia are now required to be accredited against. Our residential aged care, primary care (community services) and medical imaging services are also accredited through other external agencies. Accreditation is a formal process through which a health service is assessed to ensure it continues to provide safe and high quality care to its community. It is an opportunity to have an independent assessment of the services

and care provided and the systems that are in place. ? An important aspect of any health service is to ensure that the qualifications of all health professionals are current and appropriate for the treatment and care they provide. All doctors that provide services at GSHS are credentialed i.e. they have their qualification and experience examined on a regular basis. All nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, medical imaging technologies and radiologists are registered with their professional body on an annual basis. ? GSHS has a team of educators whose role is to provide education, resources and information for staff to access both internal and external education opportunities.

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Organised for safety ? GSHS is required to report to the community on the quality and safety of the services we provide, via the Quality of Care Report. As mentioned above, our next accreditation will be against the new National Safety and Quality Standards. Therefore, our Quality of Care Report provides information on all eight of the clinical Standards: o Standard 3 – Preventing and controlling healthcare associated infections o Standard 4 – Medication safety o Standard 5 – Patient identification and procedure matching o Standard 6 – Clinical handover o Standard 7 – Blood and blood products o Standard 8 – Preventing and managing pressure injuries o Standard 9 – Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in acute health care o Standard 10 – Preventing falls and harm from falls

Redevelopment of the Leongatha Hospital In February 2012, GSHS began the long awaited building works of the new facility at Leongatha. During building works personnel numbers had peaked at over 120 people on site at one point, to a steady 70 on site in the run to the finish of the project. The mix of trades and the organisation of deliveries have been well handled by the builders and GSHS has maintained good working relationships to deliver an outstanding building for the community. The building is being handed over during September 2013. This is well ahead of the original finish date and the project is on target and on budget. The GSHS staff involved in the project have worked hard to control costs to ensure we can deliver the project on budget. The focus has always been on maximising the investment into items that will service our needs into the future and that can't be easily added later. Movable items such as beds and furniture will be moved from the existing hospital building into the new areas. These movable items have been, and will be, replaced as required and as funds are available. Staff and the community are looking forward to working in the new facility. They face challenges with the move as the layout is different and the ability to offer great patient care is enhanced by the surroundings. There is an air of excitement with the move. The chance for a complete new building is a rare one in health in Victoria and something GSHS celebrates with our community. The opportunities the new building will provide to enhance existing services and explore new services will be greatly enhanced now and long into the future. This will allow us to provide the best possible person centered health care to the community.

? Information is also provided about nutrition and aspects of Primary care services such as whether clients are contacted in a timely manner and the rate of clients that are admitted or readmitted to an acute facility. ? Providing health care carries a high risk and it is important that health services manage this. Risk management is about determining what the risks are and then taking steps to eliminate or reduce them. We have a risk management system that involves documenting and controlling risks, investigating all incidents and reviewing certain episodes of care to determine where improvements can be made. ? GSHS considers occupational health and safety to be fundamental to our safety and quality activities. We have a committee that deals with these and environmental issues, and meets on a monthly basis.

Redevelopment time line 2000

Started the process of addressing the future facility needs at Leongatha Campus.

2002

Consultants' reports confirmed the unsatisfactory condition of the underlying infrastructure needed to keep the Leongatha campus operational, and the need to redevelop most of the existing buildings.

2005

The master plan for redeveloping the Leongatha campus was completed.

2007

Funding for Stage 1, the rebuild of Koorooman House, was announced.

2008

The new Koorooman House is built and the residents move in just in time for Christmas.

2010

The Victorian Government announced $25m in capital to fund the redevelopment of the Leongatha Hospital.

Feb 2012

After relocating some staff, the groundwork and subsequent construction begins.

Sep 2013

The new Leongatha Hospital is now in use.

Oct 2013

Work commences to demolish all the old buildings and replace with car park and landscaping.

Feb 2014

The redevelopment of the Leongatha Hospital is now complete.

Keeping you informed If you would like more detailed information on any of these topics, contact our administration staff and ask for a copy of the 2012/13 Quality of Care Report to be sent to you. Feedback on the report is also welcome – there is a form in the back of the report which can be returned via Reply Paid mail or placed in a box in the foyer of all GSHS facilities.

Gippsland Southern Health Services Private Bag 13,Leongatha 3953 Ph 5667 5555 www.gshs.com.au

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From past to present: from left, Keith Cousens, Daryl Pease, Pat Pease and Rhonda Cousens, all from Inverloch, with hospital CEO Gary Templeton at the open day on Sunday. Mr Cousens was a physiotherapist at the Leongatha Memorial Hospital for 32 years.

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“First class patient care has been front and centre of the planning. The new facility certainly delivers on that primary goal,” Mr Ryan said. Mr Ryan said the new hospital was a stunning, environmentally-friendly health facility that would provide aged care, medical, surgical, consulting and administrative services in the one integrated building. “The new Leongatha Memorial Hospital highlights that you must have first-class provision of healthcare to continue to attract people who we want to contribute to the future of our regions,” Mr Ryan said. “Gary Templeton, as the chief executive officer, has done a marvellous job en-

suring the community of Leongatha has a facility that can cater for the forecasted population growth in the South Gippsland region over the next 50 years. “I must also pay tribute to members of the board who have been integral in turning this project into a reality.” Touring the facility recently, Mr Ryan said the new theatre area would provide more floor space for surgeons, nursing staff and patients with the ability to double procedural capacity. “Emergency services will be provided at the front of the building with a separate entrance and this area has the capacity to be separated at night to ensure a reduction in noise and improved amenities and safety for patients and staff,” Mr Ryan said. “Gippsland Southern Health Service has a proud record of delivering high quality care and the new facilities will provide a wonderful foundation to enable that to continue and prosper.”

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