The Great Southern Star - September 28, 2010 by The Great Southern Star

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Local boys to kick off yet again THREE South Gippslanders will hope to play in a re-match of the AFL Grand Final when St. Kilda and Collingwood return to the Melbourne Cricket Ground this Saturday. Saint Robert Eddy (right) and Magpie Jarryd Blair (inset) contested the drawn final on Saturday, along with fellow Magpie Brent Macaffer. Eddy, formerly of Leongatha, and Wonthaggi’s Blair, played key roles in their side’s quest for premiership glory, only faced with the prospect of doing it all again this weekend. Eddy secured a spot in the Saints’ side after missing out in the grand final against Geelong last year. He joined St. Kilda after playing most of his junior football with Stony Creek. Blair used to play with Wonthaggi Power and booted a goal for Collingwood just nine minutes into the 2010 final. The result came in the same week Blair received one vote in the Australian Football League’s best and fairest award, the Brownlow Medal, in just his sixth game for the season. Macaffer, formerly of Kilcunda-Bass Football Club, booted one goal, one point in the final. He recorded 10 kicks, one handball and five marks. Read more on page 68.

Photos courtesy Herald Sun

Highways hope By Brad Lester THE Victorian Opposition has pledged to ﬁx South Gippsland roads if it wins the state election in November. A Coalition Government would build overtaking lanes on the Strzelecki Highway and repair pothole riddled

roads, including the South Gippsland Highway, particularly between Leongatha and Yarram. Victorian Nationals leader Peter Ryan said the South Gippsland Highway would be ﬁxed in stages due to the expense of such works. The Gippsland South MLA promised overtaking lanes would be built between Leongatha and the Latrobe

Valley, and also south of Leongatha. “I spoken to people in the trucking industry and the section of the highway from Leongatha to Yarram is the worst they encounter,” he said. “In particular, we will be looking at Black Spur and up the hill heading towards Foster. There also needs to be work between Koonwarra and Meeniyan, and further east in the area going

towards Hedley, there are some bad sections as well. “It’s a similar picture up in Mirboo North. The way they cope without having passing lanes; it’s a miracle they do not have more accidents.” The State Government this week said more funding for rural roads was unlikely. Continued on page 3.

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Minister turns $2.3m sod By Chris Brown

KORUMBURRA will be serviced by a new $2.3 million police station by April next year. Police Minister Bob Cameron turned the first sod of earth last Wednesday to mark the start of construction. The station will be double the size and includes holding cells, interview rooms, gym, back entrance for criminals and female change room. Leading Senior Constable Wendy Smith said the station would be nice, fresh and new. “We will have modern up-to-date facilities and they will meet the needs of the community,” she said. Mr Cameron said the 16 hour police station would provide the modern facilities needed to maintain the highest standards of policing in the area. The old station, which had been used for more than 30 years, will be demolished in the next couple of weeks

MP banned from desal

to make way for the new building. Police are currently in temporary offices next door in the old CIU station. S/C Smith said the office was doing the job. “It’s not bad. I think people were a little bit unsure where the front door was, but they are slowly working it out,” she said. Environmentally sustainable design features of the new station include solar panels for hot water and general energy use, rain harvest tanks for the toilets, and drought-tolerant plants.

By Jane Ross BASS MLA Ken Smith is banned from the desalination plant construction site.

First sod: Korumburra police ofﬁcers Brett Guy and Wendy Smith, Police Minister Bob Cameron and builder Ross Considine mark the start of construction.

Coalition Government to build passing lanes

Continued from page 1. A spokesman for Roads Minister, Tim Pallas, said the Labor Government was unable to promise more roads money to South Gippsland and Bass Coast shire councils, as such funding was based around projects. “There is no set amount given to councils year by year. It’s project by project. Unless we work with councils on projects, it’s a federal responsibility,” he said. Mr Ryan said quality roads were essential to country businesses and residents, and the main issues were maintenance and reconstruction. “We have signiﬁcant problems in the South Gippsland area and these have become apparent after 10 years of drought,” he said. Even around Fish Creek and Yanakie, Mr Ryan has been alerted to poor roads, with milk tankers dropping off narrow bitumen roads. Mr Pallas’ spokesman said VicRoads is working to repair damage as it occurs as part of its maintenance responsibilities. “The Minister understands the importance of the South Gippsland High-

way to local communities and business, which is why VicRoads provides regular maintenance and why the government is investing in vital upgrades along this road,” he said. “Recent signiﬁcant rain after a long dry spell has taken its toll on Victorian roads, causing many potholes and other road surface damage problems. “We are aware of the community’s concern and have crews out repairing damage as quickly as possible within available resources.” The State Government has committed more than $7 million for safety upgrades on the South Gippsland Highway between Bena and Meeniyan. “More than $18.5 million has been allocated or spent on road safety upgrades on the South Gippsland and Strzelecki Highways around the Leongatha and Korumburra regions in the past ﬁve years,” the spokesman said. Bass MLA Ken Smith said the South Gippsland Highway was one of many roads falling apart under the weight of trucks carrying supplies to the Wonthaggi desalination plant and pipeline.

Safety group needs support A QUESTION hangs over the future of Meeniyan Neighbourhood Watch. Last month’s annual general meeting had to be re-scheduled because of poor attendance. It will now take place on November 11 at 7.30pm at the Meeniyan Uniting Church. Bill Comans wants to stand down as manager because he no longer lives in the service area. He said the task isn’t onerous. Neither is that of being treasurer. David Witherow has had this role since 2004 and he no longer wants it. The group covers Meeniyan, Stony Creek, Buffalo and Koonwarra.

In his annual report Mr Comans said: “We are fortunate that we live in an area where the crime rate is relatively low. “However, it is so important that we do not become complacent or careless in our attitude.” The matter has been drawn to the attention of South Gippsland Shire and the State Government.

Action needed: Bass MLA Ken Smith inspects a pothole on a dangerous bend on the Bass Highway, near Kilcunda. “What were once small country roads are now potholed piles of rubble, and hundreds of massive trucks are speeding along these roads every day, doing untold damage and placing

the drivers and local residents at risk,” he said. “I want to know who is going to pay for the damage that has been caused because of this government’s disgusting haste to

get the project ﬁnished. Millions of dollars are still going to be needed to be spent to return some of these roads and highways to some normality.”

He told The Star that State Water Minister Tim Holding had issued the decree. “I don’t have a good relationship with Tim Holding,” said Mr Smith. The ban has been in place for months. Asked why it was imposed, Mr Smith replied: “He just doesn’t want me there.” Mr Smith said he asked Mr Holding very recently: “When are you going to let me onto the site?” The response was less than pleasant. Mr Smith said he was not disposed to test the ministerial edict by going to the site at Williamson Beach Wonthaggi, because he did not want to be turned away by security staff. “I can sneak in with the (Wonthaggi) Rotary group but I don’t know why I should do that. I want to go and have a proper look around.” Asked if he had been treated similarly, Nationals Leader Peter Ryan said: “I haven’t asked!” The ban comes on top of continuing bad manners shown by the State Government in failing to let Bass Coast Council CEO Allan Bawden and Mayor Cr Peter Paul, know when they are going to the site. Not to mention the local press, which is always informed at the 11th hour. Neville Goodwin, who sits on the desalination community liaison group and who was Bass Coast mayor when the desalination plant was announced, said he was unaware of the Smith ban. “That’s a bit silly. I’m disappointed, it’s more of the same old disrespect. It’s actually outrageous.” He said he had raised the matter of the government contempt at liaison group meetings. Neither Mr Ryan nor Mr Smith supported a call in the daily media for a royal commission into the desalination plant and process surrounding its contractual arrangements. Mr Smith said he did not think the expense of a royal commission could be justiﬁed. Mr Ryan said his party had announced that, should the Coalition win the state election in November, there would be a judicial inquiry into water management in Victoria. That followed the release in June of an AuditorGeneral’s report into State water infrastructure. “The government has ignored proper processes.” A judicial inquiry would be less costly than a royal commission – and quicker.

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Ready to rebuild: Allan Cook with a tractor engine he is re-building. His hobby/obsession takes painstaking attention to detail.

Story behind every part By Matt Dunn TOORA’S Allan Cook is more than a mere collector of machinery. He is an artist who transforms scrap metal into tractor gold. A man who has always liked machines, Allan’s formative years were spent bulldozing, hay baling and tinkering with all types of motors. He was in Toora 10 years or so ago when the ﬁrst stages of his tractor obsession began. Like many aspects of his journey, it was a chance encounter. “A chap that owned the paper shop said to me: ‘Oh, you wouldn’t be interested in a tractor, would you? I think it’s an International or something. I bought it with a boat,’” Allan explained. The tractor came from Manns Beach and its insides were rusted from decades of being exposed to salty air. It was not an International but one of those renowned names that make tractor enthusiasts go weak at the knees. “When I saw it I knew what it was. It was an Allis and Chalmers,” Allan said. The American company had diverse interest in manufacturing, but is best known for its range of bright orange farm tractors. “We couldn’t get it out of there. Since the time it was parked there, a shed had been built. We ﬁnally plucked it out and got it to run, but it was in a shocking state of

disrepair,” Allan said. “It had no mudguards, the bottom was eaten right away. The nose cone was reasonable but the motor was in a shocking state.” But to Allan it was a thing of potential beauty. He knew with enough time and elbow grease it could again be something special. “At that stage I got mixed up with hay baling in Alberta, Canada, making hay for the Japanese. Anyway, I chased around for parts during a period of a couple of years,” he said. “Then I started to rebuild it. It was a bit of effort but that’s what started the rot.” He said it was “on a par with a heart problem, but not as bad as cancer”. The 1942 Allis and Chalmers was “stripped down to the last nut and bolt and sand blasted out because it had salt water in it”. It would eventually become something that “looks like it just came out of the workshop”. In any typical week, Allan will spend several hours in his workshop. He now has about 20 tractors in various states of repair. The ones he has earnestly started work on are far different to the ones he has only just purchased. They undergo a remarkable transformation that could easily be compared to magic if it weren’t so slow and painstaking. Finding the parts is sometimes difﬁcult, but Allan is aided by an international network of people who share the same mad obsession. Tractor collecting is a

Happy at home: Allan will travel far and wide for just the right tractor part, but he is happiest of all in his ever expanding garage amongst his tractor collection. bug that has bitten many. What can’t be bought, he makes. Allan talks of other collectors, including a friend from up north whose relationships with women always seem doomed to failure. “He gets himself in bother with women sometimes, that sort of thing. They’ve all cost him tractors,” he said, shaking his head. The same fate is unlikely to befall Allan, whose wife Carol offers loving support to her man. Besides, Allan’s tractors have been promised to the couple’s many grandchildren. Carol seems to have been bitten by the tractor collectors’ bug too, but perhaps not as hard.

She does not talk about Fordsons, Fergusons and Allis and Chalmers’ with the same kind of breathless excitement, but she is supportive of Allan’s obsession. If nothing else, the search for tractors and tractor parts has taken the couple to many parts of Australia and overseas. And Carol knows there’s no point in trying to talk Allan out of a tractor purchase, or anything else for that matter. “After 43 years of marriage, you give up doing that,” she said with a laugh. For Allan and Carol, life will always be about ploughing on, whatever comes their way – not mention keeping an eye out for those rarest of mechanical gems.

Deal “up to us” - Ryan STATE Regional and Rural Development Minister Jacinta Allan, is calling on Peter Ryan to “come clean” on preference deals with the Greens. Mr Ryan is Nationals Leader. He told The Star any decisions on preference deals for the November State election would “be made by us at an appropriate time”. And he would not be asking Ms Allan for her advice on the matter.

She said Mr Ryan “must explain” why the opposition has not ruled out a preference deal with the Greens in regional and rural Victoria. That, “despite labelling them a threat to regional jobs”. Ms Allan claimed Mr Ryan had “sold out” to the Liberal Party and was “too weak” to stand up to his Liberal master Ted Baillieu. Mr Ryan said Ms Allan was sounding increasingly worried about the pending election, which he believes the Coalition has a good chance of winning.

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Town’s identity crisis By Chris Brown LEONGATHA is still a town without an identity.

The Leongatha Progress Association continues to seek a logo to represent the town, the people and the lifestyle. Association president TerryAeschlimann said the town logo was in a state of limbo. He said he could be almost cynical and say for Leongatha to choose a logo, the community needed to invent an image for itself. “How do you capture who the town is in a logo?” he said. “I’m not sure Leongatha knows who Leongatha is. I hope someone can prove me wrong. “Personally I would be happy with a cow. If someone could come up with something really brilliant and artistic…” One suggestion that’s unlikely to be chosen was a picture of a cow’s rear end with the words “Leongatha udderly amazing”. An idea for a leaving town sign featured a similar picture of a cow captioned with “Come back an udder time”. Another positive for the association has been revisiting Planning for Real results, which identiﬁed priorities for the town a few years ago. It has shown that many of the issues have been dealt with while others still need attention or funding. “The Planning for Real process is still having an inﬂuence, so that hasn’t been forgotten,” Mr Aeschlimann said. “This is only my personal opinion, but

maybe the shire could be blowing their trumpet a bit more about what has actually been achieved. “I think they are doing a pretty good job.” While the progress association president is thrilled with the shire’s work to develop the area south of the town, he wonders whether the town itself has a vision for its future. “I want to think about how we can we actually create something that is not there yet that somebody hasn’t thought of, and I’m frustrated because I don’t know how to do that,” Mr Aeschlimann said. A forested national lyrebird park in Leongatha or a tourist section at the Murray Goulburn factory similar to the one at the Bega cheese site in southern New South Wales are the kind of ideas that are being sought. Mr Aeschlimann said Leongatha had a huge potential that had not been tapped into. He noted the area’s demographics were changing as people sought a new home in the country. “If you look at other progress associations, they’re not run by the people who have lived in the place for 50 years,” he said. “They are run by people who have retired and moved from Melbourne in the last ﬁve years, and can see potential.” A positive for the association is the involvement of Cr Mimmie Jackson and Cr David Lewis. Mr Aeschlimann said their attendance and input was fantastic.

Future focus: Leongatha Progress Association president Terry Aeschlimann ponders logos for Leongatha at his home in the town.

Subdivision green light By Brad Lester A CONTROVERSIAL subdivision in Leongatha was approved by South Gippsland Shire Council last Wednesday. Many councillors said the decision was hard to make and Cr Jeanette Harding said she was “not game to look at people in the gallery” as she voted in favour, watched by the proponent and objectors. Many neighbours had objected to the subdivision of 7 Louise Simon Court into four lots, citing concerns about changing neighbourhood character, drainage and trafﬁc. The court is unique in Leongatha, featuring mainly blocks of up to two acres on the eastern edge of town. The fact the block is zoned Residential One, which permits further subdivision, was the deciding factor for councillors. Cr Bob Newton believed the matter could now be taken to the Victorian Civil and Administra-

tive Tribunal (VCAT). He said he felt for the proponents and objectors. “It’s one of those ones where you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t,” he said. “It’s a beautiful court and a very quiet court too. But there was one thing that rocked me and that made me change my mind and that was Residential One.” That too inﬂuenced Cr Harding. She dismissed objectors’ concerns about drainage, saying present day owners should not have to pay for “the mistakes of previous councils”. “By building other houses on it, I don’t believe it’s going to do anything different to the drainage problem,” Cr Harding said. Cr David Lewis supported the proposal, but successfully moved an amendment ensuring new houses would be setback from the road by nine metres. He said extra houses in the street would no doubt change the nature of the vicinity. “The birth of this prob-

lem was 10-11 years ago when the area was rezoned from Rural Living to Residential One,” he said. “In hindsight, maybe in a way the ﬁght was fought and lost 10-11 years ago. Now the sad fruits of that decision have become apparent.” Mayor Cr Jim Fawcett was the only councillor to oppose the subdivision, saying subdivision into three lots instead of four was more appropriate. With the Leongatha Structure Plan encouraging further growth, Cr Jennie Deane believe Louise Simon Court would come under further subdivision pressure. Similar cases would arise as a result of council’s Rural Land Use Strategy, Cr Kieran Kennedy said. By preserving rural land for agricultural production, greater pressure would be placed on land within existing residential zones. Cr Newton had no concerns about cypress trees being lopped on the block to make way for development, saying the trees were “only weeds anyway”.

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AN UPDATE FROM AQUASURE We recently hosted a successful Community Information Session in Wonthaggi and I’d like to thank those that were able to come along. It was the ﬁrst time some of our guests had visited the Community Information Centre, while others came along with a particular question to ask the project team.

The ﬁrst of 51 stainless steel storage racks has been installed, measuring ten metres high and ten metres wide. The racks are being supplied by Alfasi from Dandenong and will hold 55,000 reverse osmosis membranes, the ‘heart’ of the desalination process where salt is separated from water.

Watershed Victoria was an invited guest and our project team, which included AquaSure Chairman, Chloe Munro, spent more than two hours with the group, discussing the project and answering their questions. The jack-up barge is arriving soon

Out on the desalination plant site, more than 1000 tonnes of the structural steel frame is now in place and roof panel installation is progressing rapidly. A $4.3 million contract was recently awarded to Fytogreen from the Mornington Peninsula, who will soon begin work to supply and install the plants for the biggest green roof in Australia, comprising around 98,000 indigenous ground covers, tussocks and shrubs over a roof area more than 26,000m2. The first mechanical components have also been installed on site. These are the components that make the desalination process tick, and include the first of 72 huge dual media pressure filters (DMPFs) which will filter out small particles of sand and sediment from seawater before it passes through the desalination process.

Reverse osmosis membranes will be housed in these racks On the tunnelling front, Wonthaggi Maggie the tunnel boring machine has now bored almost 500m of the 1.2km underground inlet tunnel. Rocking Ruby was recently launched and has started boring the 1.5km underground outlet tunnel. More than $1 billion in supply contracts have now been awarded, and I consider it one of the great success stories of the project to date that 75% of those contracts have been awarded to Australian companies. It’s even more pleasing to see some of that work being awarded to companies in the communities closest to the project. I happened to be in New South Wales the other week, inspecting the company that is supplying the concrete segments to line the tunnels. To my great pleasure, a truck from Matthews Bulk Transport Services in Wonthaggi pulled in to collect another supply of concrete segments.

The ﬁrst DMPF is delivered to site

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The jack-up barge will then be towed into Western Port, where it will have its final fit out completed. It will then be towed by tug boats into position off Williamsons Beach and safely secured. On the pipeline and power alignment, construction crews have now laid more than 35km of the 84km pipeline and 20km of the 87km power supply. The team recently achieved a significant milestone by successfully completing a major crossing of the South Gippsland Highway in Lang Lang. This required a significant planning and co-ordination effort between the project team, Bass Coast and Cardinia Shire Councils, VicRoads and the Department of Transport in order to minimise the impacts of the crossing on highway traffic. A temporary dual-lane slip lane was constructed to eliminate the need for a major traffic detour, and the use of ‘open cut’ trenching saw the work completed in three and a half days, avoiding the need for months of speed restrictions, which would have been required had the crossing been pipe-jacked.

The project team is looking forward to the arrival soon of JB115, the jack-up barge commissioned to enable construction of the marine intake and outlet structures.

If you have any questions about any components of the work I’ve discussed in this week’s column, you are most welcome at our Community Information Centre in Wonthaggi or alternatively, ring our Community Contact Line on 1800 811 214 to speak with a member of the project team.

JB115 is being transported all the way from Rotterdam on a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel. Upon arrival, the deck of this vessel will submerge below the water to allow the jack-up barge to ‘ﬂoat off’ into the water.

Chris Herbert CEO, AquaSure

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Millions bolster economy By Chris Brown OPENING celebrations of a multimillion dollar renovation of Michael’s Supa IGA supermarket in Leongatha this week herald major investment in the town’s future. The Leongatha renovations have created the biggest and best fresh food departments in the South Gippsland region with a full Lenards Poultry shop, massive new produce section, new deli and bakery, expanded supermarket space and new freezer cabinets. Already the newly extended produce section has received the accolade of being the best in state at the recent Victorian IGA awards. Customers will be invited to the celebrations with hundreds of extra super specials beginning on Wednesday. Korumburra IGA shoppers will also beneﬁt from these special sales over the coming weeks. Hundreds of prizes in weekly prize draws and special giveaways during the Thursday community day radio crossovers are available across the celebration weeks. Chicken delights: Bonnie Axford and Rachel Michael with some of the good food available from The Michael’s IGA butchers pride themLenards in IGA. selves on their quality meat and competitive

prices. They make fresh sausages on the premises daily. The bakery that was added in the redevelopment makes freshly made bakery goods available to customers daily. As well, to make shopping easier hundreds of new larger, more mobile trolleys were purchased late last year Michael’s Supa IGA is truly committed to the South Gippsland region. The community rewards program has resulted in $850,000 being donated to 51 community groups. By shopping at Michael’s Supa IGA, customers are guaranteeing these cash ﬂows to the community through the program. The business has several other ways it supports the South Gippsland community. They use local service companies for construction and maintenance when practical and employ local youth who can continue in the store with further training after they turn 18. Michael’s Supa IGA also purchases local motor vehicles and service contracts worth millions of dollars. They facilitate hundreds of community activities such as sausage sizzles and rafﬂe day events.

New school awaits approval By Marli Draper

A SCHOOL is expected to open at Koonwarra at the start of the 2011 school year. Koonwarra Village School coordinator Fiona McKenzie said the school’s application for registration was now being processed by the Victorian Registrations and Qualiﬁcations Authority. Parents of prospective students met recently to discuss stafﬁng and programs. Interest and support for the vision of a new and different school has buoyed Ms McKenzie. “These are pretty exciting times. We are breaking uncommon ground,” she said. Enrolment for 2011 is expected to be around 24 students from grades Prep through to 3. Under the school’s holistic philosophy, parents and children will have a say in shaping their own learning, with the Victorian Essential Learning Standards forming a framework from which

to develop more tailored programs. This approach is based on the notion that humans have a deeper purpose in life than that assumed through paid employment. While the approach may be unconventional, it has been proven in similar schools throughout Australia and abroad. Aiming to stay small, the ﬂexibility to do things differently is ﬁnding favour. “Making conscious choices about their life, many parents also have expressed a desire for something different in their child’s education,” Ms McKenzie said. A kitchen garden is planned as a cornerstone of the school. Children will grow and prepare the food, eating together each day. A whole school parliament is planned for each fortnight. Democratic education will empower children and teach them responsibility and consequences, Ms McKenzie said. “Children can make good decisions, will co-

Substantial interest: more than 20 families attended the ﬁrst information session about the Koonwarra Village School. operate and have empathy if they are appropriately encouraged and supported,” she said. Ms McKenzie has seen the wide beneﬁts of community based schools, working within them as well as the state system in her career as a teacher. “It is quite unusual for an individual to be initiating a school these days, but in previous times it

was not at all uncommon,” she said. Motivated to make a difference, Ms McKenzie has shown remarkable tenacity, working tirelessly to bring the shared vision to life. “I want to help create real change, to create new opportunities for people to beneﬁt from,” she said. Many more challenges are on her agenda.

“Once we have the school up and running we will look at the possibility of kinder. Playgroup is a possibility more or less straight away,” Ms McKenzie said. The families involved with the development of the school eagerly await the start of the new academic year, with all the promise it holds.

‘Catfight’ embarrasses councillor By Brad Lester A PUBLIC spat between two councillors at South Gippsland Shire Council’s meeting last Wednesday left Cr Jeanette Harding embarrassed. Mayor Cr Jim Fawcett and Cr David Lewis debated the accuracy of the minutes of the August meeting, consuming the ﬁrst 30 minutes of last Wednesday’s meeting. The heated exchange was the latest in a series of quarrels between the pair at council meetings. Cr Harding said she felt respect for both councillors but was

“appalled” the matter had been brought into the public arena. “Everybody can make mistakes and surely it should have been spoken to when we had a briefing,” she said. “To come out like this and have a catfight like this in public is just appalling. I feel deeply embarrassed about this.” Cr Lewis was outraged the mayor had approached a council officer to change the minutes of the August 25 meeting, relating to an amendment tabled by Cr Lewis. “It is council’s will as to what should be in the minutes, not your rule. You are not a dictator,” Cr Lewis said to Cr Fawcett.

The amendment at the centre of the debate related to locality signage. Cr Lewis said he had asked for a maximum of two signs to be installed at gazetted localities where communities requested such signs, and also for $8000 to be included in council’s budget for this purpose. But the minutes read Cr Lewis had asked for such signs at localities only where recreation facilities existed and at other localities, if communities were willing to pay the cost of erection and maintenance. He believed Cr Fawcett had contravened council’s local laws and the Local Government Act by directing a council ofﬁcer.

The mayor said Cr Lewis’ amendment had been ruled a direct negative and was therefore invalid according to council’s local laws and should not be recorded. Cr Lewis moved a motion of dissent against the chair’s ruling. That was carried with the support of councillors Jennie Deane, Kieran Kennedy, Bob Newton, Harding and Lewis. Cr Warren Raabe was absent from the meeting. But Cr Lewis’ bid to amend the minutes did not succeed, with his amendment failing to attract majority support. The minutes of the August meeting were moved as accurate, despite the objection of councillors Lewis, Newton and Harding.

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Towns looking good SOUTH Gippsland towns are ofﬁcially amongst the tidiest in Victoria.

Well done: Rowena Ashley (Coal Creek coordinator), Joanna Meyer (Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria awards project manager) congratulate Belinda Nicholls and daughter Abbey, shire sustainability planner Chris Hamilton, South Gippsland Historical Network Inc.’s Ian Lester and John Hamilton, and Coal Creek head teacher Emma Fellows-Cooke.

POLICE BRIEFS Car stolen A WHITE VL Holden Commodore was stolen from a Peart Street residence in Leongatha between 10pm and 7am on September 20 and 21. The car has not been recovered, and police are searching for anyone that may have information to assist the investigation.

Shed break in A BURGLARY that occurred between September 1 and 18 at

the Leongatha Recreation Reserve is still being looked at by police. Offenders broke into a storage shed, and although nothing was stolen, they did tamper with the mower.

Damaged car A PETROL cap on a car was damaged on Conway Street, Leongatha overnight between September 19 and 20. Police are still investigating the incident.

The region has four nominations in the Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria awards to be announced in Beechworth on October 9. Only eight nominations from across the state are allowed in each category. Three of the nominations originated in Coal Creek Community Park and Museum with the fourth from South Gippsland Shire. Community action is the most contested category with almost 50 entrants, making Coal Creek’s Halloween event nomination truly exciting. The free event attracted plenty of families and involved community groups, such as Apex and the Lions. Michael’s Supa IGA provided fruit and vegetables for a display, which were then donated to Milpara Community House for a food bank.

South Gippsland Historical Network Inc. was nominated in the cultural heritage category. In the community government partnerships category the Young Ambassadors were successful. They work with schools to put students in touch with their roots and learn life skills. South Gippsland Shire Council’s Sustainable Festival was nominated in the environmental innovation category. Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria awards project manager Joanna Meyer said Coal Creek was probably the most active in the awards regionally. “I think it needs to be ramped up a bit,” she said. “Hopefully more groups from the area can get involved again. A lot of them used to be.” Ms Meyer said it was impressive that every entry from Coal Creek made it through to the ﬁnals.

Fire funding CEO stays on THREE groups have received bushfire recovery funding from the State Government. The Bushfire Recovery Community Grant program has enabled Parks Victoria to support local projects, while helping community groups rebuild and revegetate their areas after the 2009 fires. The local recipients were South Gippsland Conservation Society, Tidal River Open Space Project

Committee and Friends of the Prom-Nursery Group. Parks Victoria chief ranger Helen Dixon said each application was assessed based on community awareness, and recreational, educational and environmental beneﬁts. “We were very impressed with the number and breadth of entries from West Gippsland, with each submission offering a variety of positive outcomes for their local community,” Mrs Dixon said.

By Jane Ross

ALLAN Bawden has been reappointed CEO of Bass Coast Council. By the time he retires three years’ hence, he will have served in the role for nearly 20 years. He said there are only two others in regional Victoria to still be holding the CEO’s position after municipal mergers in 1994. Mr Bawden said he had not intended to stay that long, but he’s “really enjoyed” the professional challenges and diversity. When he became Bass Coast’s inaugural CEO, he said this part of the world was still a sleepy back water and Victoria was in recession. “There have been enormous changes.” These include the seachange boom which continues apace, a bouyant national economy and Bracks and Brumby governments which have “placed big emphasis on regional Victoria”. Mr Bawden said he had committed to council

that he would see through the construction phase of the Wonthaggi desalination plant. It’s due to come on line at the end of next year. There are other big issues too, including the Cowes Children’s Hub and the Bass Coast Education Precinct. Mr Bawden has been a prime mover behind the precinct, which is in the master plan and business case stages. His new contract starts next March.

Staying on: Bass Coast CEO Allan Bawden has had his contract extended for another three years.

Cool cash

SOUTH Gippsland Hospital at Foster will at last have cooling and heating after being promised $146,400 by the State Government.

The funding comes as part of the 2010/11 Engineering and Infrastructure Program to improve hospital buildings and infrastructure. “I put in a grant application some months back to have air conditioning retrofitted throughout the organisation, because we don’t have any – apart from isolated split systems here and there,” hospital CEO Ward Steet said. “It’s especially important in the patients’ rooms and the nurses’ working areas, and will provide a better working environment and better environment for the patients.” Mr Steet said he hoped the air conditioning would be fitted before the summer came, though “it really depends on what the parameters of the acquittal are”. “As soon I’ve received the written notification of how it gets acquitted, I’ll know. Sometimes we’ve got to buy it and have it fitted retrospectively. Sometimes we can get it ahead and they’ll cash flow it before we finish it,” he said. “I’m hopeful it will be fitted before summer. That’s the whole plan and intent.”

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’Burra could expand By Brad Lester KORUMBURRA could be set for a housing boom with 20ha of land possibly to be opened to development. South Gippsland Shire Council last week voted to refer the proposed rezoning of the land to an Independent Planning Panel for consideration. The land could be changed from Farming to Residential One zone. The site fronts Jumbunna Road and is nestled between the existing south-

ern town boundary and Korumburra Secondary College. Cr Bob Newton described the site as “a prime piece of land” and a missed opportunity for the secondary college. “I would have loved to have seen this land become part of the secondary college. The school should have bought it and subdivided the perimeter and that would have paid for it and they would have had room to expand,” he said. Cr Newton now believes the secondary college will now have to relocate to a greenﬁeld site, as it will

eventually outgrow the current site. Should the land be rezoned, there will be adequate residential land in Korumburra to meet demand for the next 10 years. About 40 houses are being built in Korumburra every year. Council received 13 objections to the proposal, mainly concerned about the high density living permitted by Residential One zone. Most objectors were residents of Hillcrest Way and Rill Court, which adjoins the southern boundary of the subject land. Some objectors instead called for

Low Density Residential One zone or Rural Living Zone, resulting in larger blocks. The planning panel will also advise council on trafﬁc management issues associated with the development of properties fronting Jumbunna Road. Several objectors spoke to council at a public presentation session the previous week. Steve Osboldstone, a resident of Hillcrest Way, said all existing blocks in the vicinity were one acre lots. “We are not objecting to subdivision but we are asking council

Don’t worry: Rossi By Marli Draper KORUMBURRA residents have no need to fear an eyesore at the bottom of Commercial Street. That’s the message from a recent community meeting with site developer, Joe Rossi. He addressed concerns regarding his proposed development on Korumburra Car Company’s current site. Plans have been changed to make the facade more in keeping with the town’s current streetscape. According to Mr Rossi, the front of the building will have features similar to the Bendigo Bank building. “The meeting went well and we addressed all the issues,” he said. The proposed building will be comprised of four apartments and more than 1500

square metres of retail trading area. The amendments are currently being processed and Mr Rossi awaits approval before moving ahead with the proposal. He is working with current site tenant Mark Holmes to help him relocate his business. “I promised Mark I will ﬁnd a new site for him,” he said. Mr Holmes has much pride in the town and believes Mr Rossi can help reinvigorate Korumburra. “Joe has been a very fair bloke. He is looking to do something for the town,” he said. Mr Rossi is also awaiting a current application for rezoning the former Korumburra saleyard site to Industrial 3. This has been a protracted process. Victorian Minister for Planning, Justin Madden, last year refused a rezoning of the

Girls contest beauty crown TWO South Gippsland women vied for their chance to secure modelling careers by taking part in a competition showcasing glamorous Gippsland girls. Lauren-Renee Lawton of Leongatha and Naomi Taylor of Mirboo North competed in the Miss Country Girl

Morwell at MidValley Shopping Centre recently. The event was won by Jade Artufel from Yinnar. She will ﬂy to Sydney this November to represent Gippsland at the national ﬁnal for her chance at the crown of Miss Country Girl Australia 2010.

Beauty queens: Naomi Taylor (left) and Lauren-Renee Lawton (right) with Keisha Mills of Boolarra South.

saleyards site that would have allowed a retail development. Mr Rossi was deeply disappointed with that decision. “The community is going to miss out on the opportunity to grow,” he said. According to Mr Rossi, Korumburra has been identiﬁed as a future regional centre and is already experiencing greater than average growth. He said a recent planning amendment announced by Mr Madden VC66 gives further direction to the development of land within 100km of Melbourne and strengthens the case for Korumburra to progress. South Gippsland Shire Council has supported Mr Rossi’s plans as a clear direction of the Priority Development Panel that recently reviewed the town’s strategic development.

to ensure the development ﬁts in with what is there. We would like something bigger than quarter acre blocks,” he said. Developer Joe Rossi wishes to build on other land in Korumburra and ﬁrst applied to do so in 2006. He said he was advised by council’s planning department to wait until the Korumburra Structure Plan was in place. He is now disappointed another application has been approved before his, especially when his land is closer to the town’s commercial heart.

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Rescued: the octopus came back to health on a Cape Paterson beach with a little help from some human friends. Photo courtesy Geoff Glare.

ANNE Looney of Cape Paterson was surprised to ﬁnd an octopus high and dry on Saturday morning on a Cape beach. She saw a tentacle move and raced home to get a bucket and camera. With Geoff Glare she used buckets of sea water to create a pool and protect the animal. As the water was added it grew and gained colour. High tide was still three

hours away, so nearby friend Neil Duncan brought a plastic bin to complete the rescue. He placed it near the octopus’s head and it reached out with its tentacles and tentatively explored the bin. With encouragement from behind with a soft broom, the octopus slid into the bin and Neil was able to slip the octopus into a quiet channel from which it swam strongly into the ocean.

LIFELINE Gippsland will be holding a gala fashion show to raise much needed funds for the organisation. Lifeline Gippsland’s Annual Gala Fundraiser will take place on Friday, October 22 at West Gippsland Art Centre in Warragul and will feature a fashion show of ‘upcycled’ cocktail dresses designed and made by the students of RMIT’s School of Fashion and Textiles using materials sourced from Lifeline Gippsland’s shops and warehouse. Tickets, bookings in advance only, for the Gala Fundraiser go on sale today and cost $75 including complimentary champagne cocktail and supper. For more information call Lifeline Gippsland on 5136 3500.

AN after school art program will be running for kids of all ages at the Rescue Station in Wonthaggi. The program will begin on October 12 and will run Tuesday afternoons from 3.50-5.30pm. There will be lots of media, artists and creative fun. For any enquiries call Leesa McDonald on 5657 3394 or Wendy Crellin on 5672 1949. Email enquiries can also be sent through to rescuestationarts@gmail.com.

GWEN Moore is celebrating her 90th birthday in the Dumbalk Hall supper room on Wednesday, September 29 from 1.30pm4pm. Please come along and make it a memorable day for Gwen.

SUPPORT this year’s Carols in the Drome at Michael’s Supa IGA in Leongatha this Thursday. Representatives from the event organisers will be on hand to help you donate your community rewards

ENJOY Hymns Alive at St Peter’s Anglican Church in Leongatha at 2pm on Monday, October 4. Sing your favourite hymns in a friendly environment and have a cup of coffee or tea afterwards. Enquiries to Marion Dewar on 5662 4432.

points to the cause. SIMON Maher of Meeniyan was the only tipster to nominate a drawn result in the grand final between Collingwood and St. Kilda. The result turned Simon’s $2 tipping fee into some rather nice winnings in the Leongatha RSL’s grand final tipping competition. THE Welshpool pub was packed with AFL supporters, mostly St. Kilda for the grand final on Saturday. The pub offered a free taxi service, food and a great day to all who attended. ALAN Didak and Dale Thomas were lucky enough to receive hifives from Leongatha’s Tom and Ned Hanily, who made the trip down to the grand final parade with parents Mick and Veronica. The one eyed Collingwood supporters will have another chance to see their heroes this week.

Great timing: Leongatha’s Lil Hawkins brought in this magpie ornament to The Star last Friday, hoping it would be a good omen for the AFL Grand Final. She lists the item in this week’s “Bag A Bargain” of The Star for $45. If you want to buy this special magpie give her a call on 5662 2518.

Fire action now THE Country Fire Authority will hold public information sessions in high ﬁre risk towns in South Gippsland next week.

CFA, DSE and council personnel will meet with people to talk about the draft 2010-2011 Township Protection Plan. Meetings will be held at Inverloch, Venus Bay, Walkerville, Waratah Bay and Sandy Point.

People will have the opportunity to talk to fire agency officers about fire prevention issues and preparing for the bushfire season. CFA operations manager David Sherry said: “I encourage all members of these communities to take this opportunity to inspect the draft plan and discuss it with the members of the agencies present. “It will also provide a timely reminder to members of these communities to review their Bushfire Survival

Plans, as well as commence preparing your family and home for summer.” The meetings will be held at: • Sandy Point Fire Station, Thursday, October 7, 10am to noon; • Waratah Bay Foreshore Park, Thursday, October 7, 1-3pm; • Walkerville Hall, Thursday, October 7, 4-6pm; • Venus Bay Community Centre, Friday, October 8, 11am-1pm; and • Inverloch Hub Atrium, Friday, October 8, 3-5pm.

$5000 for charity

Vital volunteers: Pam Jackson, Pauline Baudinette and Rhonda Ferguson with their Scouting honours.

MORE than th $5000 was raised for the Bass Coast Community Foundation at a charity night on Friday.

Volunteers honoured

Friends and colleagues from across South Gippsland gathered at Rusty Water Restaurant to farewell Phillip Island Nature Park’s CEO Mark Manteit. Meredith and Mark Manteit are pictured with Alan Brown and Greg Price, who helped organise the night.

THREE Scouting volunteers have been recognised for their dedication to the organisation. Second Leongatha Scouts committee members Pam Jackson, Pauline Baudinette and Rhonda Ferguson received certiﬁcates of merit at Gilwell Park recently. Ms Jackson has been on the committee for more than six years, serving as secretary and helping raise funds to get scouts to jamborees and cubs to the Cuborree. Ms Baudinette has been around Scouting for most of her life with her mum being a cub leader. She was brought up through the movement through Girl

Guides and Rovers. Since moving to Leongatha, Ms Baudinette has helped on committee, volunteering as treasurer. Ms Ferguson started with the group in 2000 as a parent helper with cubs. After two years, she joined the committee and been running the bottle yard for the group and to help raise funds. “l would like to say a big thank you to Pam, Pauline and to Rhonda for all the hard work you have put in to our group over the years. Well done,” group leader Barry Ferguson said.

Grand bag for brewery MIRBOO North’s Grand Ridge Brewery has the most expensive show bag at this year’s Royal Melbourne Show. The $249 Grand Ridge Beer Executive bag is a far cry from the $2 Bertie Beetle show bag. Included in the show bag are vouchers for accommodation, tours and sampling at the brewery while the bag owner would also receive a six pack of award winning beer, a baseball cap and a bar mat. The show bag costs $528 for the brewery to put together. Grand Ridge has participated in the show for the last four years, and will be unveiling two new beers this year. The Grand Ridge Draught and the Almighty Lite (which took two years to make) and are now on tap at the brewery. Success just keeps coming for the beer creators, who are up for six awards at the UK International Beer Challenge including a gold medal for the best blonde beer.

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Lending a helping hand SUPPORTING the community is an essential ingredient to Michael’s Supa IGA’s success in South Gippsland.

As part of the community rewards program they give local groups the opportunity to secure donations for their cause every week. But community groups also have the opportunity to attract reward points on market days, which happen on a Thursday every six to eight weeks. These days attract up to 40 per cent more shoppers into the Leongatha and Korumburra Supa IGA supermarkets. This allows community groups to raise an extra 20 to 30 per cent over and above their total annual points just in one day, which are converted to donations, through getting people to donate their points or sign up to give points to that group. People giving points to a group on those days can enter a rafﬂe for a prize, supplied by Michael’s Supa IGA. These prizes have included DVD players, xBox, radio and glass sets. Being a community group on one of these days has proven popular, with market days booked out until the end of the year. These days give groups an extra opportunity to source donations along with holding sausage sizzles outside the store and seeking points donations on normal shopping days. Community groups were ﬁrst given the opportunity to set up a stand on market days a couple of years ago. The CFA, SES, South Gippsland schools and Woorayl Lodge are among the community groups involved.

Helping the community: Cheryl Boyle can help you sign on to support community groups.

Grants for people A NEW initiative at Michael’s Supa IGA is $20,000 worth of community grants. The fund was set up by business owner Michael Lorenz to help worthy causes in the region surrounding the stores. It has been embraced by local groups with a large number of applications for funding. Recipients of grants included: • South Coast Christian School chicken coop vegie garden: $3000;

•South Gippsland Emergency Management Planning committee roadside numbering: $2000; • Little Aths electronic timing equipment for the club and schools: $5000; • SES emergency lighting tower: $3000; • St Josephs Primary School vegie garden project: $5000; • Heart Support helping a sick child’s family: $1000; and • Korumburra Bowls Club la-

dies auxiliary memorabilia framing: $1000. It shows that Michael’s Supa IGA

understands

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shown by local shoppers should be honoured by returning proﬁts to the region. The successful initiative is likely to return bigger and better next year.

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Take up pens! HAVE you noticed that crater on the South Gippsland Highway near Gwythers Siding Road (near Koonwarra) has broken up just one week after being patched?

E D I T O R I A L Make our roads count SOUTH Gippsland continues to be a popular destination, luring newcomers from Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula. Leongatha and Korumburra are attracting new residents regularly, keen to leave the rush of city and suburban living behind. That scenario looks set to continue and intensify for many years to come, with a 20ha subdivision planned for Korumburra moving closer to reality. South Gippsland Shire Council last Wednesday pushed the proposal forward by referring the application to an Independent Planning Panel for further review. With new subdivisions open in Korumburra and Leongatha in recent years, and more land being developed, more infrastructure will be needed to meet the demands of the growing population. At the centre of this must be a South Gippsland Highway with a surface able to withstand more trafﬁc, particularly if the region’s weather returns to typical wet winters as we’ve seen this year. The 20ha subdivision alone would create many new blocks and according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, on average, there is a car for every two Australians. That therefore equates to a lot of extra vehicles on our roads, not considering the likely rise in truck trafﬁc that typically comes with economic development. The Victorian Coalition this week promised to spend more on major roadworks and improvements in South Gippsland, while the Victorian Government has allocated more than $7 million in safety upgrades, but nothing more. Roads must be an election issue in the seats of Gippsland South and Bass if the high quality roads taxpayers contribute to are to be provided.

Realising goals

A large hole lies in the middle of the wonderful bodge-job undertaken by VicRoads, as do many other pot-holes not properly repaired. If that’s the best they can do maybe we should have a protest and block the highway, like the rate-payers did on the Princes Freeway, for 10 minutes. We could invite the TV news and state newspapers. Perhaps then the State Government, and our council for that matter, might be embarrassed enough to spend some real money on our shire’s roads. Alternatively why not write to, or email the Roads Minister Tim Pallas like I have. His e-mail address is: tim.pallas@parliament. vic.gov.au Bob Hickman, Koonwarra.

Applause still: Educating Rita actors David Tattersall and Jo Street, with director David Baggallay.

Lyric praise I RECENTLY went to see (Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s production of) Educating Rita and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was in awe of both actors and think they both had hard parts. Jo Street as Rita had a tremendous amount of dialogue to remember and never appeared to falter. I know I could never remember that much dialogue. David Tattersall as Frank also played a great role. I liked how the student became the teacher

at times. It showed that we all can teach others things no matter what we are. The play seemed to go full circle and it was easy to relate to and follow. City people, country people, educated or not, rich or poor, we all can make a difference to each other and make this world better by working together and sharing knowledge. Well done all concerned. Sue Cashin, Leongatha.

VOXPOP! VOX Will you be tuning in to this year’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi, and do you think the safety is a risk?

FORMER South Gippsland boys Robert Eddy and Jarryd Blair played in their ﬁrst AFL grand ﬁnal on the weekend, realising a major a goal of their footballing careers. One of them will most likely have a chance to be part of a premiership team this weekend. And next month, Kaila McKnight of Stony Creek and Linda Ryan of Kardella South will represent Australia at the Commonwealth Games. Whether it be football, serving overseas with the Australian Army, working in a dream job or simply doing what we love, South Gippslanders have a tradition of achieving beyond and within this district. That is something to be proud of.

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I won’t be watching. I don’t think they should be there. If it were my children I’d tell them no. There’s a lack of preparation and sanitation, plus there’s a risk of terrorism. Kaye Kibblewhite Venus Bay

I’m hoping to see peace on the streets. It’s a huge concern for the athletes. I can’t wait to watch the boxing. Brendan Brewster Leongatha

Most deﬁnitely, it will be interesting to see how it turns out. The danger is a concern so I wouldn’t judge any of the athletes for not competing. Michael Geyle and Alice Collins Nerrena

I’ll deﬁnitely be tuning in. I like watching the sports that you can’t normally watch, like badminton and weightlifting. Hopefully Kaila McKnight goes all right, too. Todd Mackie Leongatha

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Produce that’s first class THE produce department at Michael’s IGA in Leongatha is a homegrown success story. It’s won multiple awards and is managed by long-time local resident Karl Misale who is the produce team leader. He began at IGA as a teenager and rose through the ranks to his current position as he worked at the Leongatha and Korumburra supermarkets. Impressively the produce department was chosen as the best in the state and was one of four nominated to compete at the IGA national conference in Queensland. The range of fruit and vegetables available at Michael’s Supa IGA and the quality of that produce are the keys to the success. Fresh produce is bought at the markets every day rather than left to

deteriorate in a cool store. “We still have the liberty of being able to hand pick and stack our own fruit and vegetables,” operations manager Len Morabito said. “We don’t just put full crates out on show like some of our competitors; we still take the time to look over the product before it is displayed to the customer.” Recent renovations have improved the ambience of the produce area and strengthened the range. And of course the friendly local staff, led by Karl, and competitive pricing haven’t hurt either. Another feather in the cap for the Leongatha IGA produce team was recognition for producing the best display of pink lady apples in a McGrath Foundation promotion. This was in conjunction with IGA

distribution, which is the corporate arm of the company. The display won the regional award and then took out the state prize as well. It had a cricket theme in tribute to Glenn McGrath’s playing days, including a pitch and cricket uniform surrounded by pink lady apples Karl and his produce team donated some of their own time to set up the award winning display showing how committed they are to being part of a successful business and supporting a worthy charitable cause. Store owner Michael Lorenz gave $500 to the team at the store, so they could enjoy a night out as a thank you for their hard work and effort during the pink lady promotion.

Award winners: Domenic D’Agostino (fresh food supervisor Michael’s IGA stores), Karl Misale (produce team leader Leongatha), Len Morabito (operations manager Michael’s IGA stores) and Dino Alessi (Rain Fresh Victoria retail support).

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South Gippsland Shire Council briefs

Bob Newton tabled a petition with 101 signatures, calling for disabled parking at the lower end of Commercial Street in Korumburra. **** Cr Jennie Deane commented on the recent service commemorating the engraving of Private Edwin Tompkins’ name on the Cenotaph at Meeniyan. Pte. Tompkins was an Englishman who enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force while living at Meeniyan. He died as a result of war wound, but his name had never been engraved on a war memorial in the world. Cr Newton said his father had enlisted in Leongatha when World War One was declared and his name was not noted on the honour roll in Leongatha. Cr Newton said many other names were also not recognised and said now was the time for such oversights to be addressed. **** The people of Tarwin Lower have praised council workers for their professional attitude in laying a path along Riverview Drive. Cr Kieran Kennedy passed on the message.

**** Cr Jeanette Harding congratulated council’s parks and gardens crew for maintaining such beautiful gardens throughout the shire. Visitors from Western Australia told Cr Harding South Gippsland’s public ﬂoral displays were the best they saw during their drive across the country. **** Cr Kennedy attended a meeting of the Coalition of Concerned Councillors at Hawthorn recently in a bid to return power to local governments. He reported councillors opposed the call-in of permits by Planning Minister Justin Madden to fast-track approvals and stimulate development and the economy, during the global ﬁnancial crisis. They claimed the plan stripped councils of their democratic powers. **** Council has voted to extend the contracts for kerbside rubbish and recycling collection, and also for the sorting of recyclables until February 2012. Cleanaway has held the contracts for the past seven years and has complied with all requirements.

From pages past Historical snippets from The Star 30 years ago, September 30, 1980 THE FIGHT over the loss of TV reception is still on in Gippsland. The Gippsland TV Viewers’ Association is making the matter a political issue at the coming federal elections. 10 years ago, September 26, 2000 IT APPEARS that the friends of Coal Creek have saved Korumburra’s embattled tourist attraction, at least for the next 12 months. The volunteer group has taken care of the village on a shoestring budget during the last three months, following the South Gippsland Shire Council’s decision to drastically reduce its ﬁnancial contribution. Five years ago, September 27, 2005 AN HORRIFIC two car collision on the South Gippsland Highway, just outside Korumburra last Friday claimed the life of a 33-year-old Kew man and injured a local couple. The crash comes just 12 days after a Leongatha woman died on the Strzelecki Highway in a two car collision in which two others were injured. One year ago, September 29, 2009 POLICE have assured holiday makers that public safety will not be at risk if police numbers are reduced this summer. More police are typically seconded to Inverloch over the busy summer period to cover Inverloch, Tarwin Lower, Venus Bay and Walkerville, when the population of those towns swells by thousands.

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STUDENTS from across South Gippsland featured in a major stage show in Melbourne recently. The boys and girls featured in Shine on 2010: Victorian State Schools Spectacular. Among the 2500 students to take part were lead singers Josh Gardiner of Leongatha Secondary College, and Wonthaggi Secondary College’s Cassandra deLacyVawdon and Mitchell Sanders. The production was a story about friendship and triumph in the face of adversity told through a narrative of dance and music. The spectacular was a once in a lifetime opportunity for students to participate in a large-scale professional performing arts event, which incorporated a 100-piece orchestra, 1100-voice choir, 1100 mass dancers, 30 vocalists, 20 back-up singers, 88 cheerleaders, 15 puppeteers and 188 specialty acts.

Left: In costume: Josh Gardiner in the spotlight. Fitting part: Mitchell Sanders appealed to the audience. Advertisement

Council cleared of ﬁne threat BASS Coast Council has been saved from forking out more than $1 million in ﬁnes for alleged breaches of the Road Safety Act.

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VicRoads took legal action against the council, alarming members of its audit committee. “We were very worried about it,” said committee member Cr Ross Smith. “We were going to have to come up with the money and we didn’t know how we would do that. “I mean, do you put up the rates and tell people what it’s for?” Fortunately, that didn’t occur. The alleged breaches – all 147 of them, went to court a few weeks ago. Council’s infrastructure director Steve Piasente appeared, together with council’s lawyers. Council was cleared of any wrong doing. One hundred charges were dismissed for lack of evidence and the rest were struck out. Shire CEO Allan Bawden, said he was pleased the matter, which related to the 2008-09 financial year, had been cleared up. He was, however, disappointed that VicRoads had proceeded with the case through the legal system. The alleged breaches related to the weight of vehicles depositing waste at the Grantville Landfill. Mr Bawden explained that the Road Safety Act requires that a vehicle must not transport weight that is greater than the weight the vehicle is designed to carry. VicRoads alleged that by accepting waste from a private contractor and ratepayers with overloaded vehicles, council was breaching the Road Safety Act. Cr Smith said no warnings were given and the matter had created a very worrying time. “It could’ve been very difficult.”

• It’s important that Australia keeps pace with worldwide changes in technology • Overseas programs are increasingly being produced in the digital format only • Australian TV shows need to be produced in the digital format to be easily exported overseas

Bid to change

To free up broadcast space

Councils want the State and Federal governments to help fund a bulk changeover and a community petition is supporting this. It’s online and is called Give Our Streets the Green Light, or you can contact the offices of your local Federal and State MPs. Bass Coast infrastructure director Steve Piasente, said the petition will be presented to the Premier John Brumby and opposition leader Ted Baillieu in early October. Mr Piasente said using energy-efficient technology would reduce carbon emissions from street lighting by nearly 70 per cent and cut costs by half. “Street lighting makes up a huge portion of our annual emissions,” he added. “We insist all new estates are fitted with energy efficient lighting, but we need help retrofitting all our old street lighting.”

• In Australia, TV is currently broadcast in both digital and analog signals • This is costly and inefﬁcient • Turning off the analog signals will free up space that could be used for other services for the community

To improve your viewing experience • Picture and sound quality on digital TV is better • Pictures on digital TV can be seen in widescreen • You’ll still have the same free-to-air channels, plus some new ones, so you’ll have more choice

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BASS Coast Council is part of a state wide campaign to change street lights to energy efﬁciency.

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The place to be COAL Creek at Korumburra is the place for enlightenment, food and fun this spring.

The village will host the literary festival, inaugural Coal Creek Farmers’ Market and Halloween celebrations during October. The 2010 Magic of Words literary festival is on Saturday, October 9 commencing at 11am. Be quick to enter the festival writing competition, which closes on Thursday, September 30. Entry forms and conditions can be downloaded from the Coal Creek website. Peter Sharpe, one of Australia’s most experienced book publishers, is the latest special guest. He will join authors Liz Rushen, Jillian Durance, Yvette Stubbs and Bert van Bedaf. Peter has worked with major publishers Thomas Nelson (Thompson), Prentice Hall (Pearson), Jacaranda Wiley (John Wiley) and was managing director at the University of New South Wales Press for sev-

eral years. He has published some top selling Australian tertiary textbooks. Peter will bring the extensive knowledge he gained over his career to the literary festival. At gala night at 6pm will finish off the literary festival at the Pig and Whistle Hotel in Coal Creek. Tickets, for $20, are available at Coal Creek with proceeds going to Relay for Life. Earlier that day the first Coal Creek Farmers’ Market begins on October 9 at 8am until 1pm. It will feature a mouthwatering array of produce and gourmet options. Fresh fruit, veggies and herbs, free range eggs, olives and olive oil, handmade cheese, pasta, bread, preserves and cut flowers are among the enticing items on offer. Being surrounded by food will no doubt make you hungry, so take advantage of the delicious barbecue breakfast/brunch. The community run market aims to support local producers and is Victorian Farmers’ Market Asso-

Star attractions: debut author Honey Brown and one of Australia’s foremost poets Judith Rodriguez at last year’s Coal Creek Literary Festival. ciation accredited. Celebrate Halloween at Coal Creek on October 31 between 5.30pm and 9.30pm. Trick or treat licenses are on sale at Coal Creek now and will be available at various outlets around the region in October. Entries are being accepted for the popular scarecrow competition until Oc-

tober 20. On the night there are prizes for the scariest dressed in Under 8, Under 16 and Open age groups. Entertainment includes roving performers, snake busters, apple bobbing, monster bash disco with a professional DJ, ghost train rides and a blazing bonﬁre at 8pm. Food will be available on the night.

Scary stuff: Kathryn Cousins, with daughter Chloe, enjoyed the thrills of Halloween at Coal Creek last year.

Scary, but so much fun HALLOWEEN at Coal Creek was a sell-out last year. It was believed to be the biggest crowd that had ever turned up at Coal Creek and unexpected, with visitors coming from Melbourne, Latrobe Valley and Bairnsdale. Some people stayed overnight in motels just to attend. Organisers estimated some 2000

children and parents descended on Korumburra’s heritage village to take part in several free activities, including a monster bash disco, roving performers and apple bobbing. There were food stalls and the Pig and Whistle cafe was kept busy. The train rides were also much in demand and the scarecrow competition was a big hit.

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Keen contest for trophy By Jane Ross THE folk living at Woorayl Lodge in Leongatha might be in need of care, but that hasn’t dulled their competitive edge.

Chatting: Woorayl Lodge activities ofﬁcial Di Farrell has a friendly word for everyone. She is with resident Dot Morrison.

Last Thursday afternoon saw another round of their skittles contest. Volunteers Stephen Holmes and Caz Saunders set up the sturdy brown sentries, carefully measuring the distance from which competitors had to stand. This is not just a means of passing the time – there’s a trophy at stake. It’s awarded every month. Then, there’s the chance to be selected in the team to compete in annual interlodge games. Woorayl won that trophy this year and it has pride of place in the Nelson Lounge. A number of competitors took their turn, bowling 10 small black balls down the carpet to the skittles. Some went high, wide and handsome, but others found their mark, including the

sentry in the centre with the neat red bow around its neck. “What’s that for?” asked The Star. “A double score,” explained activities ofﬁcer Di Farrell. Dorothy Davies came up to the crease. Dressed in a sensible outﬁt of comfortable shoes, pants and red top, she leant over and aimed for the target. Her direction was true in more than half her tries and she gained a creditable score of 60. Anyone would have been pleased with a result like that. But it’s particularly impressive for Dorothy because she is blind. “She joins in all the activities,” said Di, “she’s just amazing.” She said the same of the volunteers. “I don’t know what we’d do without them.” One, Carol Hoober has been volunteering on Thursdays and Fridays for several years. “I’m going to retire at the end of the year, but it’s great fun.”

Taking part: Dorothy Davies joins in the game of skittles even though she is blind. She ended up with a creditable score too.

Volunteers: from left, Caz Saunders, Carol Hoober and Stephen Holmes help out on Thursdays.

Caters for the elderly WOORAYL Lodge is in McCartin Street Leongatha. It’s a not-for-proﬁt aged care facility offering 40 hostel rooms. Each has its own ensuite and there are a number of lounges where residents can sit and relax. The lounge areas overlook

garden beds and one has a view to an outside courtyard. The lodge has a cheery, welcoming atmosphere with well-tended landscaping. There are areas for residents to sit outside and enjoy the fresh air. All hostel meals are cooked on the premises and served directly from

the kitchen. The complex also includes 30 units or ﬂats, each with one bedroom and areas for individual gardens. The ﬂats are for eligible people of pension age. The aim of Woorayl Lodge is for residents to advance from low care to ageing in place.

Contest: Terry Gray tries her luck at a game of skittles.

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Festival of golf in Wonthaggi GOLFERS from near and far will be hitting off in the annual Seniors Festival of Golf in Wonthaggi next week.

Movers, shakers: Wonthaggi Seniors Festival of Golf committee members Kevin Bayley, Bob Furborough, Alan Anstey, event coordinator Don Burke, Vin Tuddenham, John Postlethwaite and John Richardson. Absent: John Barton and Steve Laing.

Perfect for play: the Wonthaggi Golf Club is looking in great shape. Keeping an eye on the course is festival event coordinator Don Burke and committee members John Postlethwaite and Bob Furborough.

Growing in popularity, Wonthaggi Golf Club is now in its fifth year hosting this event and coordinator Don Burke is looking forward to another winning event after a huge success last year. Entries have been coming in from as far away as Kyabram, Seymour, Springwood and Cerberus, and Mr Burke said the event is always well supported by clubs at Leongatha, Woorayl, Foster, Meeniyan, Lang Lang, Korumburra, Phillip Island and Yarram. “We are expecting at least 100 to 120 golfers for both days and we have had terrific support from our sponsors with Eco Smart Hot Water coming on board for the second year as the main sponsor,” he said. Funding for the event also came from the State Government to the tune of $500. This figure was matched by the Bass Coast Shire Council and local businesses have been generous with offers of support and donations. Each golfer will receive

a special event showbag with information and pamphlets promoting the region and good health. South Gippsland Water has donated 216 drink bottles. Organisers said the course will be ready to play, even with the record rainfalls this winter. About 700mm or 28 inches has fallen on the course this year, making it the wettest year since 1994. “All we need is a bit of sun and wind,” Mr Burke said. Seniors Festival manager Chris Reidy will compete in the Wonthaggi event, along with State Government delegates Neil Wagland and his wife and Bass MLA, Ken Smith. Mr Burke and his hard working committee are proud to be hosting the only Seniors Festival of Golf event in South Gippsland, and welcome all golfers 55 and over to join in the competition on one of the region’s premier courses. So successful is the Wonthaggi event Mr Burke and members of his committee are offering handy advice and support to the Sale Golf Club, which will host its inaugural festival event on October 28 and 29. Mr Burke will act as

government delegate for the Sale event and with the Wonthaggi committee members, will head to Sale to compete. Thursday’s event will be a Singles Stableford and registration will be at 10am for an 11am hit off. A Four Ball Better Ball event will be held on Friday, with registration at 8am for a 9am shotgun start. Entry

each day includes lunch and complimentary showbag. Some great prizes are on offer for both days of the event, including smaller prizes to be awarded for other competitions on each day. The tournament is a huge event to organise and Mr Burke said he has a great team and they all work in well together.

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Communicator: Jeannie Hicks is the communications coordinator.

Organiser: Maggie Loughrey is manager of organisational development.

Varied: Kerrie Russell says life in the local laws department is never dull.

• Cr Mimmie Jackson

• Cr Mohya Davies

Women play their part MORE than half the staff at South Gippsland Shire Council are women. And four of the nine councillors are female. And that’s a matter of pride for mayor Cr Jim Fawcett. He said the fact that almost half the councillors are women is accentuated at conferences or local government assemblies, because not all municipalities are as well served. “We have a really good percentage of councillors who are female and a wonderful range of ages. “We’re well represented and they provide a counterpoint to the

male ethos. “From a practical point of view, I’m pleased with the level of quality in our women councillors. They are very active and very participatory. “We’ve always had strong female representation in our middle and senior managers and we have some very qualiﬁed people.” In this, the year of Women in Local Government, the council wants to highlight the contribution made by women. They work in a wide variety of roles including town planning, human resources, event management, engineering, environmental health, tourism management, records management,

horticulture and emergency management. A selection give their brief views on how they see their place in council life and what the organisation’s major challenges are. A recurring theme is the need to work in partnership with communities. Cr Mohya Davies has found being in public life challenging because she prefers to “keep my head down and beaver away at tasks”. Serving her ﬁrst term with the council, Cr Davies was surprised at the volume of technical information she had to absorb. “I have taken solace in the MAV (Municipal Association of Victoria) training, which pointed out that we are

not there to be the experts in every field, but be representative of the community.” She said she would like to be known as a member of council who acted strategically on behalf of the whole municipality, with a long term vision. Deputy mayor Cr Mimmie Jackson, sees serving the community a privilege. She is interested in making policies that guide the future of the shire and believes this requires community engagement, relevant information, time and creativity. “Councillors need to think outside the square and be ready to make big changes. “A key challenge will be ensuring that South Gippslanders can contribute to community planning and help council decide which services should be provided in each community.” Cr Jennie Deane takes up that theme too. “I think the main challenge is finding ways for council to work more collaboratively in partnership with local communities. I firmly believe we must move away from old approaches which often involve conflict and confrontation.” She thrives on dealing with a wide range of local people’s concerns and hopes her work will lead to people having more respect for and trust in council. Maggie Loughrey is the manager of organisational development. She joined council in July last year, relocating from Queensland to a home in Meeniyan. “I love working in local government because we are so close to the people who live here. “Most of the time, we are working with people who live locally and are so dedicated to the area and they work hard inside council for the good of the community. “I see that the challenges for local government are how we stay relevant to what our communities want from us. We need to work out how we put sustainable practices in place both inside and outside council. “And we need to be working in partnership with all sectors of our communities to achieve these things.” Maggie said she wants to leave a legacy of a sustainable organisation and is particularly proud of the number of people in local

government she has coached over the past 15 years, who have gone on to become successful senior officers and CEOs. Jeannie Hicks has been communications coordinator since 2004. She loves the fact that in local government, the focus is on making a difference in the lives of the community. “Most of our staff live in the shire and care deeply about the decisions we are involved in and their impact on the community. “It’s an ongoing challenge to communicate with our residents in relevant and meaningful ways.” Jeannie would like to see South Gippsland become a leading centre of excellence for sustainability. “It makes economic and environmental sense and we are well positioned to attract national and international visitors who could learn from our model.” When farming life was economically hard, Diane Byrnes did a six-month council Jobskills program and combined that with the experience of myriad motherhood tasks to start work with the council. She began in records, shared a job on the reception desk, joined the community services department and became a team leader. She is the shire’s aged and disabilities services officer. “I’m particularly proud that I have assisted to keep hundreds of clients at home and independent.” What Kerrie Russell loves about working in local government is the opportunity to meet new people working in the same or similar fields across the state. She has worked in local government for 14 years and was recently appointed acting local laws coordinator. “There are challenges of course – how to best serve the community yet keep within tight budget constraints, to be open and transparent in our dealings with the community, to treat everyone the same and in accordance with policy guidelines.” Local laws handles matters including animal management, fire prevention, disabled parking permits, footpath trading permits and school crossings. “At least working in local laws is never dull!”

Graduate: South Gippsland Shire Council ofﬁcer Diane Byrnes (centre) with her Certiﬁcate of Achievement from Chisholm College of TAFE. With her are colleagues Bernadette Hulls (left) and Denise Trani.

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Tourism leaders’ future focus THE past 12 months has been a busy period for the incoming committee of the Inverloch Tourism Association.

New netbooks: Year 10 students Kellie Smith, Sabrina Jansen, Zoe Nicols and Rose Barker are ready to learn.

Netbooks for all By Chris Brown

EVERY Year 10 student at Leongatha Secondary College has been given a netbook and by mid next year all students should have one. So far the roll out has been successful with staff, students and parents embracing the opportunities offered by integrated technology. Students have been able to present biology reports as comics using digitally manipulated photos they took of experiments. In English, life stories can be enhanced with photos or presented as movies and slideshows. In another class a student was able to instantly research a question she had via the internet while technology students can design furniture on their netbooks. College information technology infrastructure leader Matt McPhee said the netbook move was a leap of faith. “But we’ve had surprisingly few problems,” he said. “We’re basically shutting down the computer labs as the kids embrace netbooks.” Mr McPhee said ﬂexibility was increased with students using netbooks. “In the old days you had to book a lab and create lessons around using the computers for 50 minutes, which was not always practical or necessary,” he said. “I think one of the exciting things is cutting the kids loose.

Cost savings welcome

AS BOTH an accountant and mayor I am equally impressed when I see organisations achieving cost reductions in their businesses through proactive and innovative measures. Council’s outstanding reduction of Workcover premiums this year by 21 per cent ($94,670) is such an example, creating a win-win of safer working conditions for staff and a significant reduction of overheads. While particular commendation goes to the occupational health and safety team, all staff members are to be commended for their commitment to safety and the resulting flow on benefits to the community. I attended the recent Gippsland Local Government Meeting (GLGN) meeting where we received copies of the Gippsland Sustainable Water Strategy. For those of us who are interested in the future of water here in the wettest part of the state, this is a valuable read. While the rain has been welcome, we shouldn’t become complacent and assume this is a permanent return to historical norms. Representatives from the Transition Group which will see the Coastal Board and Catchment Management Authorities merge to gain economic and political clout, also addressed the GLGN group. This new entity will be responsible for water and coastal management issues and it is hoped that the move will result in better government resources for dealing with

“It’s teachers saying you have this thing 24/7, you play with it; come back and show me something cool you’ve discovered about that piece of software or how to present that work.” Year 9s will receive the computers later this year followed by the Year 8s and Year 7s. Next year’s Year 12s will pay a nominal amount for the netbooks through a cocontribution scheme. Netbooks are particularly helpful for students sharing a family computer at home with siblings and parents. The netbooks, which were purchased for $550 each, are partly funded by the Federal Government’s secondary school computer money and redirecting IT funds away from computer labs. In the future a co-contribution may be needed from parents, but this would be subsidised by the Education Tax refund. Meanwhile the State Government’s Ultranet is being rolled out. Eventually all curriculum and teacher’s resources will be stored digitally on the system. Students and teachers will be able to use the Ultranet to collaborate with their peers on projects and share information. Mr McPhee said in later stages parents can check on their child’s progress via the Ultranet. He said it was an exciting time. “Now, by virtue of having their own device and access to the Ultranet and internet means our kids have a chance at competing fairly,” he said.

planning issues on our coast. Councils will be invited to provide feedback to the group. While the weather has exacerbated angst about our roads and highways, I assure residents that council is continually representing the issues to VicRoads. We are regularly networking with them by phone, in face-to-face meetings, and through collective regional groups such as GLGN and the South East Australia Transport Study (SEATS). Just last Friday, officers attended a meeting with Vic Roads where these matters were raised. As we approach summer, it is timely to remind intending campers that they need to comply with council regulations (Local Law 1, Schedule 4, page 78) about camping on privately owned land. We recognise that people like to holiday on their land prior to building, but consideration of neighbours is necessary in relation to issues of sanitation, overcrowding, cleanliness etc. A briefing paper on this issue was presented to council last week, affirming that our protocols have been benchmarked against other councils and that council will undertake some public education in the lead up to the holiday period. Details of the relevant regulation can be found on http:// www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/Files/ Local_Law_1_2005_inc_amend_1.pdf Jim Fawcett Mayor

The new committee has brought renewed energy to the tourism sector of Inverloch, said association president, Dom Brusamarello. The group initially worked on a strategic plan that included a branding exercise and working closely with industry partners such as the RACV, Big 4 Inverloch Holiday Park, Eugenie’s Luxury Accommodation and Inverloch Supermarket, who also helped fund winter promotional activities by the association. Other traders and resorts such as the recently opened Broadbeach Resort also participated in the campaign. Through the association’s alliance with Big 4 Inverloch Holiday Park, Inverloch received prime time national TV coverage on Channel 9’s What’s Up Down Under. A promotional video of Inverloch was produced from the footage which will now be used at trade shows such as the Leisure Fest Caravan, Camping and Boat Show. More recently Channel 9’s Totally Wild featured Inverloch’s Dinosaur Dig. Radio 3GG ran the promotion Search The Sea Shells To Be Pampered by Inverloch, where association members offered a prize to listeners who called in to choose one of three sea shells to reveal the prize. The association also promoted the station’s Ticket To The Tropics campaign, by inviting customers to deposit

Looking forwards: Inverloch Tourism Association vice president Kate Edwards and president Dom Brusamarello discuss ideas for promoting the seaside town. entry tickets at their businesses for the chance to win a holiday to Fiji. Leesha Dacey of Who Gives A Hair Cut in Inverloch was ecstatic when one of her clients of 22 years won the prize. Inverloch has been fortunate to be strongly supported by the Melbourne press with freelance journalists covering travel, food and wine soon to feature an article on Inverloch in The Age. Australian Geographic magazine also ran an article on Inverloch in the July– September issue. “It has been encouraging to see members beneﬁting from the winter campaign by promoting their business over the winter period,” Mr Brusamarello said. Last Easter, the association hosted the Moomba Ski Show Team at Inverloch, which was a great success with plans underway for the show to be bigger and better for Easter 2011.

Inverloch Food and Wine will now be operated by the association and promises to be every good as last year’s popular event, where more than 1500 people enjoyed the day. “Inverloch is a great community and is blessed with a beautiful natural environment which we must respect and preserve to be enjoyed by locals and visitors alike,” Mr Brusamarello said. “It’s always a balancing act of promoting Inverloch to increase winter visitation to beneﬁt our members to maintaining Inverloch’s village character.” Bass Coast Business and Tourism Partnership membership prospectus is currently being circulated and can be obtained at the Inverloch Tourist Information Centre or by contacting Lizzie Price on basscoast@visitbasscoast. com or 0409 748 226.

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Journeying through time Looking part: Tabatha Bond, Nicholas Cininas and Max Stafford.

STUDENTS of Newhaven College’s Junior School performed their production A Journey Through the Decades recently. The show focused on speciﬁc decades during the twentieth century. Each decade brought with it challenges and difﬁculties to be overcome, and students explored how each generation faced its troubles and overcame them with humour, role models and good old fashioned resilience and hard work; qualities the teaching staff and parents endeavour to instill in our children today. The success of the show was not only the performance itself, but the way in which the junior school worked cooperatively together throughout the production.

Exploring time: dressed for rehearsals, from left: Zachary Burke, Bailey Hutchison and Harry Jobe.

Bass Coast briefs

Snippets from the September meeting of Bass Coast Council Mayor Cr Peter Paul, wanted to know where public gallery veteran Maurice Schinkel was. “Has his GPS failed? Question time is not the

same without him!” Mr Schinkel has been a ﬁxture at council meetings for years. He asks frequent and probing questions about matters re-

lating to the Wonthaggi desalination plant. Mr Schinkel is a member of Watershed Victoria. **** Fellow Watershed

Mayor’s message Cr Peter Paul

Honour citizens IT’S that time of year again, and we are calling for nominations for the Bass Coast Shire Council Australia Day Awards. The annual Australia Day Awards are a way to recognise, acknowledge and celebrate the incredible contribution that people make to our community. These people inspire us through their achievements and challenge us to make our own contribution to creating a better Bass Coast. Awards are presented annually to Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year, Sports Person of the Year, Arts and Cultural Ambassador of the Year and Community Event of the Year. Last year, we introduced two new awards: Environmental Ambassador of the Year Award and the Family Achievement Award. The intent of these two awards have been recognised well beyond the boundaries of Bass Coast. I encourage all residents to think about who in their community goes above and beyond the call of duty to making this area a better place to live. They could be someone from your school, work, sporting and volunteer organisation, a business person, an employee, a partner or friend. If there is someone who you believe

should be recognised for their signiﬁcant involvement in the community, commitment to leadership and voluntary activities, or achievements in sport and academic excellence, then we want to know about them. Recent winners of our Australia Day Awards include Reverend Bruce Charles, artist Dennis Laversha, Collingwood footballer Jarryd Blair, Community Bank advocate Terry Ashenden, CFA volunteer Andrew McCormick and netballer and teacher Diddy Cuthbertson. Nomination forms are available on our website www.basscoast.vic.gov.au or from our customer services centres and close on Friday, November 26. The awards will be presented at the Australia Day Celebrations held in Wonthaggi and Cowes on the morning of January 26, 2011. Australia Day Award winners are always welcome guests on my radio show. This week, however I interview Don Paproth, the director of major projects for the Department of Education and Childhood Development in Gippsland Region. Don and I will discuss the plans for the Education Precinct being developed in Bass Coast Shire. Cr Peter Paul, Mayor Bass Coast Shire Council

Meals roster (Leongatha) Lions Club, South Gippsland Specialist School and Rotary will be responsible for the delivery of meals on wheels, the week beginning October 4, 2010.

member Jessica Harrison, expressed frustration at not being able to access the trafﬁc management plan for the desalination plant. She was told construction company Thiess Degremont, was responsible for the trafﬁc management plan. **** Minutes of the July meeting of the desalination community liaison group were tabled and received. Cr Veronica Dowman said they were “well worth reading”, while Cr Gareth Barlow said he shared the community view that he wished the group was more representative “and the community’s views addressed in more timely fashion”. **** Council has awarded a contract for $300,000 to Gippsland Asphalt Pty Ltd of Traralgon, for the annual supply of asphalt. **** Councillors were in a capricious mood. When they were discussing an application for Wonthaggi McDonald’s to go 24 hour, the mayor quipped: “On nights I get locked out, I’ll have somewhere to go”. Cr Ross Smith responded: “Thank you for the insight into your private life!” **** Cr Smith said having a 24 hour coffee facility in town “might help with sobriety problems”. Cr Paul pledged he “wouldn’t go there inebriated for coffee”. “Who would?” chirped Cr Smith. Cr Phil Wright said he’d never set foot in McDonald’s because of the waste generated. “But if Cr Smith has a sobriety problem ……” “Point of order, point of order!” called Cr Smith. During debate on whether to rejoin the

Western Port (CORRECT, it’s 2 words) Biosphere, things became a bit woolly. Cr Dowman asked: “Is this a debate, what’s going on?” Cr Smith, deadpan: “I’m interjecting in a disorderly manner!” **** O’Meara Road in West Creek, will be sold to adjoining landowners for $19,140 (including GST). The only users of the road are those who live on the abutting property and the discontinuance of O’Meara Road as a thoroughfare will allow its neighbours to convert it to a driveway. Crs Dowman and Jane Daly moved the appropriate motion. **** The good folk of Walker Street Dalyston, are sick of the poor state of their gravel road. Cr Smith said an elderly couple living there fear falling as they cross the road, given the pot holes and uneven surface. A petition with 21 signatures sought action in the form of spray tar. A council ofﬁcer inspected the road in August, determining that maintenance grading was needed. It should be re-sheeted, but there’s no money for that. Monitoring and maintenance will continue. **** Council has had to reduce contributions to one of its special charge schemes on the say so of VCAT. When the Tenby Point special charge scheme was declared in June last year, two residents appealed to VCAT. VCAT reduced charges on four properties, totalling $39,350, recommending council meet the amount. Residents complained their charges were unreasonable.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - PAGE 25

They’re active seniors By Jane Ross LANCE and Pauline Lancaster are so busy in their retirement, they have to keep a close eye on their calendar. They’re active seniors and loving it. A large part of their lives is devoted to playing golf and in Lance’s case, bowls as well. The couple believes that keeping physically ﬁt is helping them enjoy their everyday life. The Lancasters came to Leongatha 29 years ago when Lance was with the Commonwealth Bank. “We came from Croydon, expecting to stay for two years,” said Lance. “We’re almost locals now!” When Lance left the bank, he and Pauline ran Leongatha’s Tattslotto agency for 10 years, selling that nine years ago. Between them, they have been president and/or secretary of just about every organisation in the town. But now they believe it’s time for them to devote their energies to

themselves. Besides, they go away a lot with their caravan. At Easter there’s a golf tournament in Tatura, then they drive to Queensland for the winter. During the ﬁrst week in October, the Lancasters travel to Finley for another golf competition. There are friends in Melbourne to catch up with, including Bernie and Lorraine Holtsche who retired to the city from their farm in Fish Creek. Lance and Pauline belong to the Woorayl Golf Club and Lance is on the match committee of the Leongatha Bowling Club. “Pauline isn’t interested in bowls,” said her husband, “but she was happy for me to have a go because I wanted to.” That give and take has marked a marriage that will soon see its 40th anniversary. The Lancasters raised three children and have two grandchildren, with a third imminent. Country life suited the family well, with the children as involved in sporting and community activities as their parents. When Lance and Pauline go to

Queensland, they stay in a camping ground on the Maroochy River. “There’s a great group in the caravan park, we’ve made such good friendships. “There’s also a very good group at the golf club there and we play a lot of golf together.” Lance uses a golf cart because he’s had a heart scare or two. But he makes up the exercise when he and Pauline walk by the river in the evenings. They’ve never had a television in the caravan, preferring to read or go walking. There’s plenty of socialising too, with fellow campers stopping to chat or call impromptu morning tea gatherings. When they’re back on their home turf, Lance and Pauline tend their garden and vegetable plots. The garden has been set up to more or less look after itself, but there’s always something that needs attention. The physical exercise, reading and socialising provides a good balance in their lives, with the couple wondering how on earth they ever found time to go to work.

200 rugs knitted for women

THE knitting group from Probus Inverloch recently held a celebratory lunch in recognition of completing creating their 200th rug for the Salvation Army’s Women’s Refuges. In commenting on the efforts by group members and others outside the

group who helped in many ways, co-ordinator Hazell Billington said: “Our group is very proud of being able to provide enormous beneﬁt and comfort to a large group of people in desperate need. “Probus is about fellowship and caring for each other and this group certainly ﬁlls that criteria. We care about each others problems and aim to sup-

port each other and that is an essential part of Probus fellowship” Recently the Probus Knitters took on another task of equal importance. In answer to an appeal by the Save The Children Fund for knitters to stitch up baby rugs from previously provided knitted squares, the group have taken up this task with gusto.

Major occasion: members of Probus Inverloch Knitters Group who celebrated their 200th rug with a luncheon at Manna Gum Bistro. Back, from left: Thelma Kee, Hazell Billington, Patrina Malley, Vi Beard, Pauline Kitson, Joan Houghton, Iris Earnshaw, Joan Lehmann, Mary Collins, Dawn Lujic, Bev Smith, Joanne van den Elst, Joan Eldridge and Julie Sharp. Front: Helen Twite, Alma Hurst, Shirley Ball and Carol Hurst.

They have collected thousands of squares and already have many rugs ready to be transported to Save The Children ofﬁces. These rugs are sent to India to help reduce the horrifying numbers of children aged under ﬁve who die.

Enjoying life: Lance and Pauline Lancaster are making the most of their retirement years.

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DAIRY and beef farmers are showing increasing interest in growing forage cereals as they strive to increase the amount of home-grown forage. Department of Primary Industries (DPI) pasture and fodder conservation specialist Frank Mickan said forage cereals can provide one or two grazings (wheat, barley, triticale) or more (forage oats). It can then be shut up and harvested to make whole-crop cereal silage, grain or preserved as an ammoniated crop, often referred to as alkalage. “Whole-crop cereal silage can be cut at the flag leaf/boot, vegetative stage or the soft dough, grain formation stage.” Once a cereal has headed, it flowers and then starts to form the grain. “Internally, the grain goes through a clear liquid phase, followed by milky, soft dough, hard dough and hard grain phases,” Mr Mickan said. “The last of these is the stage at which grain is harvested for flour production or feed grain. “Grain in the soft dough stage will be pliant and is similar to squeezing a soft Brie cheese. It usually returns to its original shape after a gentle squeeze between the fingernails.” At the flag leaf/boot growth stage, the crop will be at its highest nutritive value, but much lower yield than if cut at the soft dough stage. “The standing crop at the flag leaf/boot stage will have dry matter (DM) of about 12 per cent to 22 per cent dry matter,” Mr Mickan said. “It will require wilting to between 33 per cent and 40 per cent dry matter before harvesting as bulk chopped silage, or about 38 per cent to 50 per cent dry matter as baled silage. “If harvested under the lower limits, a poorer fermentation will occur resulting in losses of DM and nutritive value, and silage of low palatability. “Cutting at flag leaf/boot stage will mean harvesting early in the season for autumn or winter sown cereals when climatic conditions may not be very conducive to a fast wilt.” Using a mower-conditioner with the swath boards set out wide will help increase the wilting rate. When cut at the soft dough stage, whole-crop silage will be lower in nutritive value but yield 50 per cent to 100 per cent higher than at the vegetative stage.

Do it right: following professional advice from Frank Mickan can result in better silage.

The standing crop will have dried to near its ideal dry matter content of 38 per cent dry matter. It can be harvested in the 35 per cent to 42 per cent dry matter range as bulk silage or baled at 38 per cent to 45 per cent dry matter. “The length of time in each phase will vary depending on moisture availability, sunlight hours and temperature,” Mr Mickan said. Forage cereals should, ideally, be harvested using a precision chop harvester to produce a very short chop material which can be compacted to exclude air and to ensure the grain heads are intermingled with the rest of the plant. “A few harvesters are ﬁtted with a direct cutting front to minimise grain loss during harvest,” Mr Mickan said. “If the crop is drier than recommended, mowing then raking and harvesting can result in substantial grain loss, substantially reducing its nutritive value. “If whole-crop is baled, a chopper baler is preferable to aid compaction. Using netwrap to tie instead of string is preferable to minimise damage to the plastic wrap and to leave an even surface between the bale and plastic ﬁlm. “Apply a minimum of four layers of plastic and store the bales on their base to maintain shape.” Mr Mickan said mice and rats, being cereal grain lovers, are major threats to baled whole-crop when cut at the soft dough stage. “Placing the bales on a sprayed out or a graded area or, better still, on a sand pad, is a minimum pre-

caution since vermin do not like to cross large open areas without protection from ﬂying beaks. “Placing rat bait some distance away from the bales may attract them away from the bales themselves. “Another suggestion is to lay a heaped row of slaked lime around the perimeter of the bales. Apparently mice do not like to climb crumbly surfaces and the alkalinity on their dewy damp claws is also a turn-off. “It is essential to space rows of bales to allow regular inspections and immediate patching with specialist silage tape.” Silage additives from reputable companies, which support their claims with research, encourage a desirable fermentation. “Inoculants vary between companies and must be applied at the correct rate and be mixed and stored as stipulated by their manufacturers. Do not use treated town water. There are a few other products apart from inoculants, which will enhance the fermentation process so investigate these also,” Mr Mickan said. Whole-cereal silages and maize are very prone to aerobic deterioration on opening of the stack or pit due to the presence of aerobic bacteria, yeasts and moulds. “A new range of inoculants containing a particular strain of Lactobacillis buchneri, applied at the harvesting, will reduce moulding and heating at feed-out. Other additives, apart from inoculants are also available for this purpose.”

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MIKE Allen, his father Geoff and their team offer a complete silage service for the serious farmer.

Using modern, well maintained equipment, the Leongatha contractors have built a solid reputation as reliable and experienced operators. Their professional service and attention to detail ensure a quality product. Pit silage is their speciality and they can construct pits to specification. They can be contracted to complete the whole job or to rake, harvest, chop, roll and store the silage as required. Their silage wagons will fine chop the silage to 38mm, a fine quality fodder product, ready to feed out.

Being able to handle bulk material readily makes the operations more cost effective. The large tyres on the bigger equipment distribute the weight of the machinery well and have a low impact on the ground. Building a ﬁne family tradition over years of hard work, Mike has been rewarded with the rapport built with valued clients over the years. “I really enjoy working with people, seeing the results of their hard work,” he said. He has lived at their base just outside Leongatha since he was a small child and now raises his own family there. His parents still reside there also, and the father and son make a great team. They are able to assist with other farm con-

Tractor team: Mike and Geoff Allen are ready to go.

Well equipped: having a range of machinery ensures the Allens can provide many services.

tracting services such as dam building, tree removal and track construction. Geoff has been in the game for many years and his passion is still palpable. “I like anything if it’s got a motor in it,” he quipped. He built their sawmill many years back to make the most of good quality timber. They will pay for good timber such as cypress that needs removal. A great can do attitude is something the Allen’s share and it inspires conﬁdence in their contracting. Contact Mike without delay for a superior silage service this season.

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Wrapper ready for season THE newly released Lely Attis PT 160 round bale silage wrapper has arrived in Australia, and will be available to farmers and contractors for the 2010 hay and silage season.

The Lely Attis PT 160 was launched earlier this year and impressed both farmers and contractors. The wrapper has been developed with Australian input to suit Australian conditions, and is being offered in South Gippsland by Traf Tractors and Machinery, Leongatha. Lely’s managing director Clive Edwards is excited by the company’s decision to manufacture silage wrappers. “We are the innovators in agricul-

ture and the Lely Attis PT 160 is definitely smarter, faster and stronger,” he said. “And with this latest release of the Lely Attis PT 160 into the marketplace, it strengthens Lely’s position in the Australian market place for grassland fodder production machines, as well as being a total solution supplier in terms of the fodder production process.” The Lely Attis PT 160 is today’s most versatile bale wrapper with a wrapping table. Due to the adjustable bobbins, bale widths between 1.25 and 1.5m can be wrapped. The wrapping program allows wrapping of each bale with exactly the right number of selected film layers. The height of the film holder can be adjusted to wrap bales with diam-

eters ranging from 0.9 to 1.6m. This ensures the bales are being consistently wrapped with a correct ﬁlm overlap. Therefore, this wrapper is ideally suited to work with a variable chamber round baler and all makes and models of ﬁxed chamber balers. It features a counter weight for excellent stability, and is fast loading due to the auto-load system. With this exciting release of the Attis bale wrapper, Lely underpins once more its aspiration to offer a comprehensive range of high quality forage harvesting machines. Lely again supply Australian farmers with the complete solution, mowing, raking, tedding, baling and wrapping, with Lely forage equipment. Lely, innovators in Agriculture.

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The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and CFA warn that stacks affected by flooding or recent rain are likely to start heating and could spontaneously combust. DPI’s fodder conservation and pasture specialist, Frank Mickan, said mould, yeast and bacteria were more likely to grow in hay that had become wet, creating heat as the hay broke down. “Stacks become dangerous when heating approaches about 70 degrees Celsius,” he said. “At this temperature they can increase to ignition point rapidly and fires can occur.” CFA state duty officer Tony Bearzatto said spontaneous combustion was a leading cause of haystack fires in Victoria. “At high temperatures, farmers should seriously consider pulling stacks apart but they should alert CFA prior to starting work,” he said. “Bales may suddenly ignite when pulled apart due to an influx of oxygen. Farmers should also be careful not to walk across the top of severely heated stacks as they could collapse inwards due to unseen charring in the middle.” Mr Mickan said it was relatively easy for farmers to determine the heat in a stack by inserting a crowbar as far as possible and leaving it for about two hours. How hot the bar becomes gives a good indication of how hot the stack may be.

Unfortunately, detecting heat in the middle of large stacks is not so easy. Hay stacks can become unstable as the lower bales start to deteriorate as they start heating severely and moulding badly. As the heat and moisture rises, it affects bales further up the stack. If the condensing moisture is not dried off by air flow throughout the stack, the higher bales also begin to heat. This occurs more so in the large round bale stacks as they are not so densely baled nor so densely stacked. Large rectangular bales are much denser pressed and stacked, with heat building up more than in the rounds. It moves more slowly up the stack making it more difficult to detect when monitoring the stack. Stacks become dangerous when heating approaches about 70 degrees Celsius and can rapidly reach ignition point. At this high temperature, seriously consider pulling stacks apart, although large rectangular bales in particular may suddenly ignite when exposed to oxygen. The popular crowbar method of determining the heat in a stack is limited by the depth it can reach. To get an indicator of heat further into the stack use a pipe of 2.5 to 3 metres in length and about 20 millimetres in diameter. Flatten one end and drill 2 to 3 millimetre diameter holes about 75 millimetres above the flattened end. Drive the flattened end into the stack and lower a small thermometer to the end of the probe using light wire, as string may burn or break. Retrieve thermometer after about 15 minutes.

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THIS well designed dairying property will be auctioned this Friday, presenting a unique opportunity. Find out more on page 33.

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Two appealing homes with loads of appeal T

HE ﬁrst is an exceptional two bedroom unit in Leongatha’s popular over 55’s retirement village, ‘The Grange’. The complex features a multi purpose building providing a central meeting place for the residents’ daily use, and the beautifully landscaped

complex is ideal for a leisurely stroll. Only four years old this home is in immaculate condition, with quality ﬁttings throughout. Boasting two large bedrooms, main with ensuite and walk in robe, two spacious living areas, large laundry with heaps of cupboard space

separate bathroom including shower and bath, two reverse cycle air conditioners, double garage with remote control and a workbench plus covered patio complete with low maintenance backyard. Opportunities to purchase in the over 55’s community rarely come up, so inspection is highly rec-

ommended. If you’re looking for a low maintenance home without the feeling of being ‘hemmed in’, 1/1 Cambridge Court is property is for you. This as new home boasts three bedrooms, built in robes, ensuite & WIR to master bedroom, separate living area with

1/1 Cambridge Court Leongatha At a glance: Location: 4/17 McDonald Street Leongatha and 1/1 Cambridge Court Leongatha Price: $305, 000 McDonald St and $318, 000 Cambridge Court Agent: Stockdale and Leggo, Leongatha Contact: 5662 5800

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reverse cycle, naturally lit open plan kitchen and dining area with great deck. A single garage provides a car space plus room for a work bench and storage. Situated on a spacious 622m2 block on a no through road with a private courtyard with few neighbours, this property is a rare ﬁnd.

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Under instructions A

RE you in the market for a farming property? This coming Friday, the 1st of October, this 448.95acre dairy or grazing property will go under the hammer.

The property is in three titles which will be auctioned in 2 lots, 404.95ac & 44ac. Lot 1 offers 239.76ac & 165.18acres and includes the brick home, dairy & various shedding. Lot 2 offers 44acres of bare land. For the family or share farmer

there is a 4 bedroom brick veneer home complete with a full ensuite and walk in robe to master, and a timber kitchen with electric cooking and dishwasher. Take in the great views from the lounge which has an open ﬁre place, while a solid fuel heater warms the kitchen/dining area. The land offers paddocks full of feed with pastures accessed by great tracks. There is also a good water supply, unused dairy with a 36 swingover system, feed pad, various machinery, calf shedding and much more. The property is situated at 25 Al-

breys Road, Buffalo. The auction will be held at 2pm on Friday October 1 at the Buffalo hall. Contact the team at Alex Scott & Staff for further information.

At a glance Location: 25 Albreys Road, Buffalo Auction: Friday 1st October 2010 2pm at the Buffalo hall Sole agent: Alex Scott & Staff, Leongatha. Contact: 5662 0922.

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Rustic contemporary M

aking the “tree change” can be tough on those torn between the luxuries of town living, and a hankering for “the country”. Blending the two can be a challenge, and that is why this unique property not far from Mirboo North will appeal to that mix of desires.

Here an unapologetic appreciation for classy inclusions blends with an earthy love of timbers, trees and sky, resulting in a rustic country retreat with a modern contemporary mood. The overall sense is of relaxation and elegant comfort, and the level of appointment is impeccable. The approach to this stunning property, set against a tall-tree backdrop, suggests a ski lodge style. Holding a commanding position, you can’t help anticipate what the

outlooks might be from the surrounding decks and windows of both levels. True to expectation, they are stunning. Entry is to an ultra-modern, light-filled expanse of informal living spaces, where views are through double-glazing and shugg windows that start at the floor. The sun works its way around, cleverly enticing the outside in, all day and all year. Banks of downlights, a wood fired heater, a split system air conditioner, muted earthy decor all contribute to the sense of relaxation, and elegant comfort. A meticulously planned kitchen is the perfect work-space, featuring quality stainless steel appliances, stunning Metallica Tungsten floor tiles, Square Form bench tops, FineEdge cabinet doors and delicious cappucino-coloured, tinted glass splashbacks. Also on this level, are three bedrooms (or two and a study),

main bathroom, and a vestibulecum-mudroom, via the back door, adjacent the separate laundry. A feature wall of radial sawn yellow stringy-bark timber emerges as you ascend to the upper level retreat, which comprises a spacious second study, beautifully sized main retreat with more tall windows and timber features, full ensuite and walk in robe. Intriguingly, it’s easy to head straight out of this eyrie, onto the deck, and down a short flight of steps to the car! A brand new, two bay Colourbond shed, under cover housing for 2 cars, ample water storage capacity plus pumping rights from the creek, full ring-lock fencing to all paddocks, and a mix of pasture and native wood across a generous 40 acres, round off this substantial rural retreat, filled with benefits. At a glance: Location: 970 Boolarra-Mirboo North Road, Boolarra Price: $490,000 - $540,000 Agent: First National Prom Country Contact: Allen Bartlett 5668 1660 or 0417 274 624

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Enterprise opportunity A

fantastic awaits.

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This thriving business operates Thursday night through to Sunday night with lunch Saturday and Sunday, offering a broad range of dine in and take away meals including ﬁsh & chips, juicy roast chickens, fresh seafood and salads.

An on-premises liquor license is in place and three beers are served on tap. A website with a strong customer base via e-mail has been developed to accompany the enterprise. The business enjoys a regular clientele and booms over the summer and other tourist seasons. The large freehold premises is

actually two shop sites opened in to one large shop. Property features include a massive walk in cool room, ﬁve bin deep fryer capacity, substantial storeroom, three solar powered hot water units and two large capacity water tanks. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity.

At a glance: Location: 127 and 129 Jupiter Boulevard Venus bay Price: $790,000 Agent: Alex Scott Venus bay Contact: Robb Lawrie 0409 531 408

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Freshly painted, newly carpeted 3 brm home. Wood heater & air con, lots of built-in robes, timber decked front verandah, low maintenance gardens, & carport. Primary school over rear fence. INSPECT Saturday @ 12.00 - 12.30pm Address 19 Bastin Street, BOOLARRA $160,000 - $175,000

An unapologetic appreciation for classy modern inclusions blends with an earthy love of timbers, trees and sky, resulting in an impeccably appointed, elegantly rustic, country retreat. Features modern, light filled living spaces, stunning views, a meticulous hostess kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 studies, and 2 bathrooms. New shedding, undercover parking, water storage, fenced paddocks and a 40 acre mix of pasture and timbers, round off this substantial rural property, filled with benefits.

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A short stroll to the shops, this substantial home has ample living space, 3 bedrooms, study, 2 bathrooms & big garage + storage. Rural views, manicured gardens, huge allotment & access to Burchell Lane. INSPECT Sunday @ 12.00 - 12.30pm Address 31 Giles Street MIRBOO NORTH $310,000 - $335,000 $490,000 - $540,000

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This multi-level home is full of drama, including a stunning exposed timber ceiling in the lounge. 3 double BRs, 2 bathrooms. study, 2 living rooms, undercover alfresco dining, and great views! INSPECT Sunday @ 12.45 - 1.15pm Address 10 Scarlett Street MIRBOO NORTH $350,000 - $375,000

Stunning, feature packed, quality almost-new home. A central wing incorporating kitchen, meals, and relaxation area features expansive hardwood ﬂoors, ﬂoor-to-ceiling glass and gorgeous kitchen with stone bench tops. In all, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 huge living zones, and double garage. Plus a massive barn features a fully self-contained 2 bedroom loft apartment: a luxury teenage retreat, or guest accommodation. If you’ve been looking for land, stop. This is what you’d build. INSPECT Sunday @ 1.00 - 1.30pm Address 175 McIlwaine Street, MEENIYAN

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Wide road: looking up McCartin Street, with a smaller roundabout and the Cenotaph in the middle.

How Leongatha has changed Standing out: the former ANZ Building, now home to ANZ Arcade in Bair Street and somewhat less grand.

BUILDINGS have been demolished or altered, cars now have cruise control, and the fashions worn in Leongatha vary somewhat. Such have been the changes in the heart of Leongatha since Eddy Dodd produced a pictorial of the town in 1961. Mr Dodd ran a drapery in Bair Street and was also a keen amateur photographer. His daughter Keryn Kay and son-in-law Andy shared his fascinating images with Star readers this week.

Looks different: the site of Eddy Dodd’s drapery in Bair Street, now home to Toyworld .

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Commercial location: the Methodist Church stood on the site of Michael’s IGA supermarket in Bruce Street.

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Servicing right for silage time Helping hand: Glen Richards with the New Holland baler.

GLEN Richards, service manager at Gendore Tractors and Machinery in Leongatha, is a busy man. As farmers and contractors gear up for one of the biggest silage seasons we have had in some time, he is already getting their equipment ready for the busy spring season. Glen advises farmers to prepare now for the silage season that is almost upon us. It is very different to last year when it was already underway but a few dry sunny days will see some in the position to start working. Well maintained and serviced equipment will make the job stress free. Glen advises farmers to check their chains for tension, inspect the belts on balers and ensure all tynes on rakes and tedders are in good order. If parts of service are required, be sure to contact the friendly fellows at Gendore at your earliest opportunity.

Gendore offers an emergency on-site service and is predicting a busy season. “Once the rain settles, we will be right into it,” he said. Growing up on the family dairy farm at Dumbalk, Glen has been tinkering with tractors and trail bikes all his life.

He began working at Gendore as an apprentice almost 15 years ago and enjoys his work. “I do everything,” he said in relation to his role there. Service, support and great advice are on hand at Gendore Tractors and Machinery Leongatha.

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Wrapping key to quality SILAGE bales are often incorrectly wrapped resulting in substantial losses of dry matter (DM) and quality. There are no short cuts when wrapping round or square baled silage. Fodder specialist Frank Mickan of the Department of Primary Industries said forage ensiled into bales at the correct DM content, densely compacted and wrapped with the correct number of layers over the entire bale, should have a pleasant smell with negligible mould when opened up 12 months later. Baled silage has six to eight times the surface area in contact with the plastic film compared to conventional stack silage, and about half of the silage volume is within 15 cm of the plastic film. Therefore, it is important the film’s integrity is not compromised in any way. The points below discuss some of the reasons for failures in baled silage. Films can vary in permeability to air, consistency in their stretching capacity, degree and longevity of adhesiveness or ‘tackiness’, contain irregularities from the production line, have unevenness of colour integration; and most importantly, the quality and amount of ultra-violet (UV) light inhibitor impregnated into the plastic film can vary substantially between products. At the end of their harvest season, excess film can arrive on our markets which are often cheaper because the Australian product has a high concentration of UV inhibitor. Many people assume that all plastics will prevent all air from passing through the film and entering the bale. However, most stretch films have a thickness 25 microns before application to a bale.

Protecting investment: silage costs a lot to produce so don’t skimp on wrap.

If stretched at 55 per cent and four layers are applied, per common Australia practice, the ﬁnal thickness will be about 18 to 20 microns. If stretched to 70 per cent, as is common in New Zealand, thickness is further reduced - hence their recommendation to apply six layers versus our four. Most wrapping machines sold in Australia are designed to stretch the stretch-wrap plastic to 55 per cent. However, some older machines stretch the plastic to 70 per cent which as mentioned previously is too thin with only four layers. Consequently, thinner layers of wrapping can allow substantial entry of air into the bales resulting in mould. Wrapping in high ambient temperatures (over about 25 degrees Celsius) may also affect the properties of some plastics, particularly the stretch rate. To check that the correct stretch is occurring, mark small distance on the unwrapped roll, for example 10cm or roughly the length of a pocket knife. Once applied to the bale, the mark

should now measure about 15.5 cm or just over 1.5 pocket knife lengths. Every round or rectangular bale that is being individually wrapped must have at least four layers of plastic over the entire bale. Overlap for each layer should be at least 50 per cent and no less. Mature or stemmy crops should have six layers applied to reduce puncturing of the film. Bales that have had four layers of stretch wrap film applied at 55 per cent stretch, a 50 per cent overlap and guaranteed to last 12 months before degrading can sometimes lasts several months longer. Practical experience in the field has shown that applying six layers at the above stretch will generally ensure bales will last another 12 months. Lighter colour plastic have been shown to be more suited to the hotter areas of Australia compared to black due to less surface heating. For more information, please contact Frank Mickan at DPI Ellinbank on 03 5624 2222.

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LEONGATHA Rural Supplies is gearing up for a big silage season.

Store owner Col Byatt said that in many ways it was like the calm before the storm. With the region still recovering from the wet weather, people were doing their wrapping a little bit later this year. “It will happen. It’s going to be one of the best seasons we’ve had in a long time, judging by the reports and the long range forecasts. We’re certainly due for a good season,” Col said. “Silage wraps, silage cutters and silage covers are our big sellers. But the main one is the silage wrap.” Col said there were three main players in the silage wrap market, with SilaWRAP winning the popularity stakes. But LRS is always happy to order in whatever people wanted. “You can’t afford to have products of every company in your shop. But if

someone wants a speciﬁc brand we can get it. We’re still aligned with every company,” Col said. Arguably, the world’s most respected and trusted silage baling ﬁlm, SilaWRAP comes with a 12-month guarantee against UV degradation, features high UV stabilisation and provides an airtight and weatherproof shield. Made in Australia, the product has been proven nationally and internationally for more than 25 years. In recent weeks Leongatha Rural Supplies has welcomed Clive Salmon to its ranks. Brother of former VFL footballer Ian “Curly” Salmon, Clive is part of a family sporting dynasty. Col said Clive had made a welcome addition to the team.

Bumper season predicted SO it looks like it will be a bumper silage season, on the back of one of the wettest winters in many years. Getting organised for the season now will help maximise the opportunity to conserve forage well this year. Meeniyan contractor Jack Thorson is poised for a busy period. “It should be a pretty reasonable sort of a season,” he said. For about a month from mid October through to late November farmers and contractors will be making the most of the growth window, as the days lengthen and the sun hopefully shines. Managing the operation, from cut to wilt, harvest and store, within the ideal turnaround time of

24-48 hours, could prove problematic if the wet weather continues right through spring. Ian Richards contract cuts silage with his son Justin in the Dumbalk district. Like many, they are watching and waiting to see what the weather will do. “We’ve just got to play it by ear,” Mr Richards said. Timing is crucial and good farmers are getting organised now to avoid delays. If you are planning to perform the tasks yourself, ensure your equipment is good working order and ready to go. Silage is supposed to conserve surplus fodder. Working out which paddocks to set aside and when, requires careful consideration and farmers should be ﬂexible to

accommodate seasonal variations. If harvesting is too late, silage feed quality drops dramatically and the paddock regrowth is compromised. The balance between producing good silage and utilising pasture is the big picture to keep an eye on. Excluding air is particularly important to develop a proper fermentation. Lactic acid is produced when there is good carbohydrate level and quality well fermented silage has good keeping qualities. If air or moisture are in excess, bad bacteria will develop and the ferment will spoil. Good silage has great feed value and it is well worth the investment in time and money to do the job properly.

All wrapped up: Leongatha Rural Supplies’ Clive Salmon and Col Byatt are readying themselves for a big silage season.

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THE use of an inoculant with Lactobacillus buchneri bacteria proved a good option for Fish Creek farmers, Ray and Rebecca Stefani.

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

Mr Stefani used the Pioneer inoculant 11G22 on ryegrass-based silage last season to assist in making quality silage at a time when the weather can be quite challenging. The 11G22 contains a unique blend of Lactobacillus buchneri and Lactobacillus plantarum to improve silage fermentation and provide aerobic stability in the pit. Mr Stefani said the pasture silage pit was approximately 12 metres wide at the base and up to 18 metres wide at the top. “It might take a few days to clear the face and we’ve been using inoculants with the buchneri to slow the rate of deterioration down. “With the exposed face the inoculant is going really well.” He said the perennial ryegrass paddock was strip-

grazed through the winter and early spring and was then conserved for silage. “We had a very wet September and early October and I was concerned about the quality,” Mr Stefani said. “The silage was much better than it could have been.” The pasture paddock had received chicken manure at seven tonnes per hectare early and 150 kilograms per hectare of urea, 10 units per hectare of P and 30 units per hectare of K at planting. With wet weather intervening in spring, the silage was cut about one week to 10 days later than normal, although the ensile forage result still maintained a food dry matter content of 33 percent. The crop was allowed to wilt for 24 hours prior to being taken for silage. A feed test taken from the pit more than six months

after ensiling, demonstrated the excellent fermentation achieved with the use of 11G22 inoculant. The ryegrass silage had a terminal pH of 4.08 and a high level of acetic acid which demonstrates the good performance of the buchneri bacteria. No heating was detected in the pit face and the silage also had a crude protein content of 16 percent and a metabolisable energy (ME) of 9.23 percent. Mr Stefani said the pasture silage was harvested in the spring and he also grew and utilised maize silage as part of the dairy herd ration. He said typically the pasture silage was fed from December through until the winter time and could be replaced by the maize silage. Maize silage has been used to ﬁnish the lactation off, as well as in the spring ration for cows coming into

Wise choice: the use of an inoculant helped Ray Stefani make good quality silage on his property.

calving. “Maize is the perfect feed for cows,” Mr Stefani said. He said maize had been grown on the property for the past four to ﬁve seasons and the maize-speciﬁc Pioneer inoculant 11C33 has been used. 11C33 contains Lactobacillus buchneri, Lactobacillus plantarum and Enterococcus faecium, which are novel strains of bacteria that help enhance the nutritional quality and reduce the potential for heating during storage and in the bunker. It speeds up fermentation and lowers pH more quickly than untreated maize silage, resulting in better quality and increased nutrient value and helps retain maize silage quality at feedout, which can lead to better animal performance.

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Art show next week ARTS Prom Country is the new name for the Leongatha Rotary Club’s annual Art and Photography Show. The event will be held in the Leongatha Memorial Hall from Friday, October 8 until Sunday, October 10. Entries have now closed and co-ordinator, Rotarian David John is anticipating a display at least equal to those held in previous years. New features this year will be exhibitions from local artist, Mandy Gunn, and sculptor Andrew McPherson. Both artists will exhibit samples of their work, and will also attend during the show to answer any questions. The items they exhibit will not be included in the judging, but will be available for sale. The club will also conduct its usual raffle, which will be drawn on the Sunday at the close of the show. This year the prize is an oil painting by Warren Curry, a past judge, and entitled Old Bluestone Homestead – Hamilton. This is another of the excellent prizes that have been offered at this show. Tickets for the raffle and for the opening night are available outside Leongatha newsagents on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturdays until the show starts, after which they will be available in the Memorial Hall. The official opening will be on Friday, October 8 at 7.30pm, and is open to the general public with an opportunity to purchase any of the works exhibited. The show will open for viewing from 1pm on that day, and for sale and viewing on October 9 from 10am to 7.30pm as well as on Sunday, October 10 from 10am to 3.30pm, after which the show closes. With all proceeds being donated to charities, the club trusts that people from the surrounding areas will support the show and the exhibiting artists. For enquiries contact David John on phone 5664 1241.

Food for arts sake THE Meeniyan Art Gallery is currently holding an exhibition Food Art by Meeniyan artist Leslie Monahan. The exhibition runs until October 8. Leslie expresses her delight in bringing together in this exhibition works in metal and photographic images, both mediums being passions of her life. She sees rusty metal, especially found items as being particularly intriguing while being obsessed by the abstract world of close-up photography. The idea for the exhibition theme of ‘Food Art’ came about one day when Leslie was preparing a presentation for photography clubs on the theme of ‘Abstract in the Kitchen’ and realised that the food we handle everyday and, in a sense, take for granted, contained a world of intrigue at the micro level. By photographing details of food that are hard to see clearly with our eyes, one enters an abstract world where imagination rules and anything is possible. Leslie stresses she only performs the most basic of editing changes with her photographs and therefore what people see in each image is what she has seen and captured at the time the shutter was released. Instead of sitting in front of a computer, she spends her time playing with light and experimenting in the world of microphotography. Under her personal interpretation and

Exhibition opening: Bill Shaw, Leslie Monahan and Gary Monahan. Bill, Leslie’s father, made a surprise visit from New South Wales to be at the opening. creativity, prawn crackers look like stained glass windows, honey resembles the Milky Way, and jelly beans and sago become galaxies from far away. With her metal work, Leslie has always been captivated by the texture and colour of old rusty metal objects. Many of the metal pieces in her works come from a former shearer’s outstation in outback South Australia where she does volunteer work undertaking small vertebrate

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8241

Church Times ARIES - March 21 - April 20

Whether preparing income tax, meeting with a ﬁnancial advisor or balancing your cheque book, don’t postpone accounting tasks. A supervisor or senior colleague becomes more co-operative and agreeable. TAURUS - April 21 - May 22

This week may feature a promotion, a love note and a ﬁnancial news-brightener. One caution, be sure to keep correspondence up to date. GEMINI - May 23 - June 21

News from abroad, which may arrive by the weekend, should solve a long time mystery. Consistency is essential in your work or academic environment. In love, variety is the operative word. CANCER - June 22 - July 22

Try to avoid conﬂict between family obligations and career responsibilities. A health improvement scheme should be prominent among resolutions. Financial advice may require clariﬁcation. LEO - July 23 - August 22

You can give a friend a much needed shot in the arm, helping him/her over a major hurdle. Meanwhile, your own obstacle course should become less complicated, thanks to a mystery person. VIRGO - August 23 - September 22

You are on air for much of this romantically upbeat period, with a relationship improving by heaps and bounds. Your ﬁnancial picture requires a complete review. Expect a surprise gift on the weekend. LIBRA - September 23 - October 22

Innovative ideas can be put into effect during this uncommonly productive week. Be sure to get all details correct before conveying any messages. SCORPIO - October 23 - November 21

Absentmindedness prevails. It’s easy to forget appointments and things have a way of going astray. Romance is thriving however and you are ﬂoating like a feather all week. SAGITTARIUS - November 22 - December 22

Thursday and Friday, the focus is on patching up injured relationships. The weekend may include a news bulletin about an on-again, off-again event. A modest ﬁnancial windfall may arrive later in the week. CAPRICORN - December 23 - January 20

There will, at the work place, be an easing up of frictions by Thursday or Friday. The weekend focuses on local travel. Property transactions are generally favoured but may require more leg work than expected. AQUARIUS - January 21 - February 19

Public relations activities are highlighted through the week. Your timing is impeccable and your wit sparkles. One caution, be sure to share the limelight with your partner. PISCES - February 20 - March 20

Later in the week may see you making plans for a long term project. The weekend offers offbeat travel opportunities. A personal difﬁculty could turn out to have a positive effect. BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK

You are famous for your pioneering spirit and courageous approach. You have a tendency of monopolising the limelight and wanting everything yesterday. Your quick wit and high energy level could lead to career advancements. Impatience could hinder relationships let them take their course.

ANGLICAN: Wednesday, September 29: 11am St Peter’s MidWeek HC. Friday, October 1: 7.30pm St Andrew’s, Dumbalk, HC. Sunday, October 3: 8am St Peter’s HC; 10am St Peter’s Contemporary Worship with HC. ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Mirboo North. Phone 5668 1346. Holy Communion 8.30am: Worship and Sunday School 10am. ST PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Korumburra: Sunday 9.30am and Wednesday 11.30am. Poowong: Second and fourth Sundays, 11am. ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Wonthaggi. Sunday, 10.30am: Holy Communion & Sunday School; Monday, 7.30pm: Holy Communion; Wednesday, 8.45am: Christian prayer & meditation, 10am: Holy Communion. CHURCH OF ASCENSION: Inverloch, Sunday, 9am: Holy Communion & Sunday School; Tuesday, 9am: Christian prayer & meditation; 10am: Holy Communion; Thursday 7.30pm: Holy Communion. 5th Sunday services, alternating at Wonthaggi & Inverloch, contact Rev Bruce Charles for details, 5672 3984. ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: Prom Coast Community Church Inc. - Foster Community House, Station Street, 10am: Sunday. Sunday School and Creche operates. Pastor Bill Watson 5686 2248. A.O.G. Inverloch - Cnr Bear and McIntosh Street, Inverloch. Sunday Service 10am; Imagine Christmas Day Service 9am. Contact: Jeff Robertson, 0418 125 832 or Imagine Burwood 9888 7466. Korumburra Southern Hills A.O.G. - 4 Mine Rd, 10am and 6pm: Sunday. Also Children’s Church and Creche. Contact: Pastor Vic Butera 5655 2478. Youth: Neville Stuart ph. 0407 343 219. Leongatha South Gippsland Liberty Fellowship - 17 Michael Place, Leongatha. Sunday services: 11 am and 7pm. Office: 5662 3100. Wonthaggi A.O.G. - Billson Street, 10am: Sunday. Contact: Pastor Barry Smith 5672 3984. CHRISTIAN REVIVAL CRUSADE: 40 Hughes Street, Leongatha. Sunday, Morning Service 10.30 am: Inspirational Service, 6.30pm: Children’s Church 10.30am: Home cells weekly; Kids Club Wednesdays 4pm Guide Hall. For all enquiries contact 5664 5455. THE CHURCH AT ARCHIES CREEK: Meeting every Sunday at Archies Creek. Morning Communion Service 11 am: Evening Holy Spirit Revival 6pm: Phone:

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

gatha. Phone Rev. Dr D. Clarnette 0409 236 981 or elder Col Rump 5662 2107. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: Reformed Church meeting at the corner of Peart and Brown Streets. Sunday family service at 10.30am. (10am daylight saving time), creche and Sunday School available. Teaching service at 7.30pm. Fortnightly youth activities. Home Bible Fellowship groups. Contact 5662 2762. Minister: Rev. Ron Nauta. UNITING CHURCH: Leongatha: Sunday, October 3, 9am and 10.45am. Mirboo North: 9.30am. Meeniyan: 10am. Wonthaggi: Sunday 9.30am, Family Service, all welcome. Inverloch: Sunday 11am: Korumburra: Sunday, 9.30am: Rev. Pastors Gavin and Sue Sharp, 5655 1997. Arawata: 11.30am 1st & 3rd Sundays. Kongwak: 11.30am 4th Sunday. BAPTIST CHURCH KORUMBURRA: 39 Mine Rd, Korumburra. Service and Sunday School 10.30am. Pastor Ian Wilkinson. Phone 5658 1366. BAPTIST CHURCH WONTHAGGI: Cnr McBride & Broome Crescent, Wonthaggi. Morning Service & Children’s Activities, Sunday 10am. Weekly activities see www. wonbaptist.org.au, Pastor Geoff Pegler 5672 4769. MEENIYAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Sunday, 10am: Meeniyan Youth Club Hall. COMBINED CHURCHES WONTHAGGI / INVERLOCH: 4th Sunday each month at 7pm. SCOTS PIONEER CHURCH: Mardan South. Pleasant Sunday Afternoons on the last Sunday of each month at 2pm. See occasional ad in this paper for details. For enquiries phone 9853 6627. FISH CREEK UNION CHURCH: 1st & 3rd Sundays, 9am; 2nd & 4th Sundays, 7pm. Contacts: Fran Grimes 5683 2650, Sue Poletti 5663 6325.

surveys. She sees “that something so shiny and strong when new has been slowly decaying yet still retains an air of dignity with enough strength to continue – a bit like life really.” Leslie believes that found metal objects have stories that need to be imagined. She cherishes each found item whether it is an old tin, spoon or rusty wire as it gives her an insight into another life and another time.

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

ACROSS Upright (8) Composer (4) Dam (4) Forebear (8) Soak (5) Give (6) Support (6) Menace (6) Club (6) Jeer (5) Well-known (8) Stone (4) Musical instrument (4) Insect (8)

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

DOWN Build (5) Flood (7) Earth (4) Tear (8) Buffalo (5) Disease (7) Coin (8) Plant (7) Animal (7) Dirt (5) Delicate (5) Deliver (4)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8241 ACROSS 1. Increases when the relation’s got possession of the cut gem (8). 6. Little man whose job it is to protect the king (4). 8. The fellow I got through to is the chief(4). 9. About the actors, is dull (8). 10. Had to do with having trafficked (5). 11. Go back, love, and catch the bird (6). 13. Like best to go out for a run with the dog (6). 15. Giving a drink to, in bed (6). 17. The wave makes the man shout (6). 19. The man, I figure, will occupy the seat (5). 22. What the club the golfer threw away was made of? (4-4). 23. The gentleman and I, having retired, will be in bed (4). 24. Fruit for the two talking (4). 25. Cries, in a musical voice? (5,3). DOWN 2. Giving ourselves time for practice (5). 3. Squashes the man’s leg badly (7). 4. The green light is just after, on turning the corner (4). 5. Furtive, creep to your end (8). 6. Prance right off, waving the nut (5). 7. The film takes not only me back (7). 12. They manage on shore to get jobs at sea (8). 14. I’m having a bet about it to liven things up (7). 16. Drinks for morale (7). 18. After that, many a tear flows (5). 20. I’m going to the highest authority in France (5). 21. About a space-woman in the near future (4).

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Woodworking wonder to open THE new clubrooms of the Wonthaggi Woodcrafters will be ofﬁcially opened by Bass Coast Shire Mayor, Cr Peter Paul during an open day this Saturday, October 2. Located at the Bass Coast Adult Education Centre at 239 White Road, the rooms will be open for the public to explore and enjoy. From 10am, people interested in woodworking will be able to see the club’s meeting rooms and workshop, and watch people demonstrate their craft. Members are interested in such diverse woodworking techniques as woodturning, basic carpentry, pyrography (wood engraving), scroll sawing, intarsia (wood pictures) and toy making. Woodwork will be available to buy on the day and a

Kids Corner will give children the chance to assemble their own wooden toy under supervision. Constructed alongside the club’s own workshop, the new meeting rooms will enable members to hold monthly meetings in comfort, plus socialise and enjoy fellowship surrounded by facilities for computer generated tutorials, a well equipped library and a functional kitchen. Cr Paul will perform the ofﬁcial opening at 11.30am. The Rotary Club of Wonthaggi will provide a free BBQ and the Wonthaggi Hospital Ladies Auxiliary will sell a delicious range of cakes. The new clubrooms have been paid for by the club and Bass Coast Shire Council, the Australian Government Volunteer Grant Fund, and Rural and

30th Anniversary Cultural Festival Soloists

Food Stalls Choirs

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Student Artworks

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Artistic work: Ted Hattam displays an intricately turned piece. widely as the Bass Coast Agricultural Show, Cowes Cultural Centre, the Patchworkers and Churchill Island Working Horse Festival, and have built seating at the Wonthaggi Hospital, Churchill Island and other venues. So if you enjoy the natural charm of timber and desire to transform a piece

EVOCATIVE oil paintings and moving sculptures are still available for art enthusiasts to buy at Gecko Studio Gallery at Fish Creek.

Alumni Artworks Historical Displays

Saturday 9 October 3.00 pm - 8.00 pm Boys Home Road, Newhaven Please telephone 5956 7505 for further information

of wood into an artwork such as a pen, bowl, clock, vase, lamp stand, children’s furniture or toy, then consider joining the Wonthaggi Woodcrafters and meeting others with a common interest. For more information, contact Roy Fischmann on 5674 3503.

Art appeals

Bands

Wine Tasting

Gourmet Cheeses

Regional Communities Small Grants Foundation. The club began in 1989 by a group of people interested in woodturning and other woodcraft. Meetings were initially held at members’ homes, then church halls and other local venues. Now the club boasts a membership of up to 60, including dedicated lady members, as well as a workshop that is the envy of many other woodworking clubs. The club offers woodturning and pyrography classes between 9am and noon Mondays, and 9am and 4pm Fridays, plus runs Kids Corner sessions for children to develop woodworking skills. Novices can be taught how to turn wood and members also enjoy a host of social activities. General meetings of the club are held at the clubrooms on the ﬁrst Wednesday of each month at 7.30pm (excluding December and January). Members exhibit as

Dual effort: Boyd Maddock and Tracy Lewis in front of Tracy’s piece, Windbreak at Caldermeade.

The opening of the Mélange exhibition opening by Korumburra artists Tracy Lewis and Boyd Maddock resulted in good sales and a satisfactory turn out. The exhibition opening ﬁtted in with the Something Fishy exhibition opening at the Ride the Wild Goat Gallery and the arrangement worked well again as it has in the past. Another great art day in Fish Creek. Mélange continues until October 16.

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On ya bike: Kate (Grade 5) and Khyell (Grade 6) with PE co-ordinator and Grade 5/6 teacher Ashton Webster.

BAILEY Alan Joseph Noorman was born on September 15 at Leongatha Memorial Hospital to ﬁrst time parents, Cass and Ash of Korumburra.

Avenue to be restored

Fixing up: Jeanie Causon from the Welshpool and District Rural Transaction Centre at the soon to be restored Avenue of Honour.

PLANS are underway to restore Welshpool’s Avenue of Honour. The Welshpool and District Advisory Group will create a speciﬁc plan to restore the avenue. It will focus on returning the names of the soldiers commemorated by each of the almost 100 trees, beginning with those in the main street. Trees in the town area also require guards and parking spaces will be redone, so drivers do not inadvertently damage tree roots. The ﬁrst meeting to discuss the avenue happened in 1918 at the Welshpool Mechanics Institute. An unveiling ceremony was held on November 4, 1920.

Peddling safely TOORA students hit the road on their bicycles as part of the school’s bike education program recently. About 30 students in grades 3, 4, 5 and 6 tested their skills in real world cycling conditions under adult supervision. The school’s physical education coordinator Ashton Webster said students

did various turns, and parents and teachers will be located around the town to monitor their progress. This event was the climax of three weeks of teaching that included on road practice so students could ride independently, responsibly and safely. Following the testing, students will receive certiﬁcates recognising their skill levels.

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A Grade - Division 1 Round 1 - Oct 9 Nerrena v Imperials (Ner) Koon-Leon RSL v Won Workmens (Koon) OMK v Won Miners (Outt) Korumburra v Inverloch (Kor) Round 2 - Oct 16 Imperials v OMK (EC) Inverloch v Koon-Leon RSL (I Turf) Won Workmens v Korumburra (MR) Won Miners v Nerrena (WFG) Round 3 - Oct 23 Imperials v Won Miners (EC) Won Workmens v Inverloch (MR) OMK v Nerrena (BW) Korumburra v Koon-Leon RSL (Kor) Round 4 - Oct 30 Nerrena v Won Workmens (Ner) Koon-Leon RSL v Imperials (Koon) Inverloch v OMK (I Turf) Won Miners v Korumburra (WFG) Round 5 - Nov 6 & 13 Koon-Leon RSL v Won Miners (Koon) Inverloch v Nerrena (I Turf) Won Workmens v Imperials (BW) Korumburra v OMK (Kor) Round 6 - Nov 20 & 27 Nerrena v Korumburra (Ner) Imperials v Inverloch (EC) OMK v Koon-Leon RSL (Outt) Won Miners v Won Workmens (WFG) Round 7 - Dec 4 & 11 Koon-Leon RSL v Nerrena (Koon) Inverloch v Won Miners (I Turf) Won Workmens v OMK (BW) Korumburra v Imperials (Kor)

Round 8 - Dec 18 Won Miners v Koon-Leon RSL (WFG) Nerrena v Inverloch (Ner) Imperials v Won Workmens (EC) OMK v Korumburra (BW) Round 9 - Jan 8 Korumburra v Nerrena (Kor) Inverloch v Imperials (I Turf) Koon-Leon RSL v OMK (L Turf) Won Workmens v Won Miners (MR) Round 10 - Jan 15 Nerrena v Koon-Leon RSL (L Turf) Won Miners v Inverloch (WFG) OMK v Won Workmens (BW) Imperials v Korumburra (EC) Round 11 - Jan 22 & 29 Imperials v Nerrena (L Turf) Won Workmens v Koon-Leon RSL (BW) Won Miners v OMK (WFG) Inverloch v Korumburra (I Turf) Round 12 - Feb 5 & 12 OMK v Imperials (Outt) Koon-Leon RSL v Inverloch (Koon) Nerrena v Won Miners (L Turf) Korumburra v Won Workmens (BW) Round 13 - Feb 19 & 26 Won Miners v Imperials (WFG) Inverloch v Won Workmens (I Turf) Nerrena v OMK (Nerr) Koon-Leon RSL v Korumburra (Koon) Round 14 - March 5 & 12 Won Workmens v Nerrena (MR) Imperials v Koon-Leon RSL (L Turf) OMK v Inverloch (BW) Korumburra v Won Miners (Kor)

B Grade - Division 1 Round 1 - Oct 9 Imperials v Nerrena (EC) Won Workmens v Phillip Island (MR) Won Miners v OMK (WFG) Inverloch v Glen Alvie (I Turf) Round 2 - Oct 16 OMK v Imperials (Outt) Phillip Island v Inverloch (Cowes) Glen Alvie v Won Workmens (GA) Nerrena v Won Miners (Ner) Round 3 - Oct 23 Won Miners v Imperials (WFG) Inverloch v Won Workmens (I Turf) Nerrena v OMK (Ner) Phillip Island v Glen Alvie (New) Round 4 - Oct 30 Won Workmens v Nerrena (MR) Imperials v Phillip Island (EC) OMK v Inverloch (Outt) Glen Alvie v Won Miners (GA) Round 5 - Nov 6 & 13 Won Miners v Phillip Island (WFG) Nerrena v Inverloch (Ner) Imperials v Won Workmens (EC) OMK v Glen Alvie (Outt) Round 6 - Nov 20 & 27 Glen Alvie v Nerrena (GA) Inverloch v Imperials (I Turf) Phillip Island v OMK (Cowes) Won Workmens v Won Miners (MR) Round 7 - Dec 4 & 11 Nerrena v Phillip Island (Ner) Won Miners v Inverloch (WFG) OMK v Won Workmens (Outt) Imperials v Glen Alvie (EC)

Round 8 - Dec 18 Phillip Island v Won Miners (Cowes) Inverloch v Nerrena (I Turf) Won Workmens v Imperials (MR) Glen Alvie v OMK (GA) Round 9 - Jan 8 Nerrena v Glen Alvie (Ner) Imperials v Inverloch (EC) OMK v Phillip Island (Outt) Won Miners v Won Workmens (WonN PS) Round 10 - Jan 15 Phillip Island v Nerrena (Cowes) Inverloch v Won Miners (I Turf) Won Workmens v OMK (MR) Glen Alvie v Imperials (GA) Round 11 - Jan 22 & 29 Nerrena v Imperials (Ner) Phillip Island v Won Workmens (Cowes) OMK v Won Miners (Outt) Glen Alvie v Inverloch (GA) Round 12 - Feb 5 & 12 Imperials v OMK (EC) Inverloch v Phillip Island (I Turf) Won Workmens v Glen Alvie (MR) Won Miners v Nerrena (WFG) Round 13 - Feb 19 & 26 Imperials v Won Miners (EC) Won Workmens v Inverloch (MR) OMK v Nerrena (Outt) Glen Alvie v Phillip Island (GA) Round 14 - March 5 & 12 Nerrena v Won Workmens (Ner) Phillip Island v Imperials (New) Inverloch v OMK (I Turf) Won Miners v Glen Alvie (WFG)

C Grade - Division 1 Round 1 - Oct 9 Nerrena v Town (L Vel) Inverloch v Won Workmens (Inv) Foster v Won Miners (FGC) Phillip Island v Korumburra (New)

Round 8 - Dec 18 Won Miners v Inverloch (WonN PS) Nerrena v Korumburra (MMcK) Town v Won Workmens (WC1) Foster v Phillip Island (FGC)

Round 2 - Oct 16 Town v Foster (WC2) Korumburra v Inverloch (KSC) Won Workmens v Phillip Island (New) Won Miners v Nerrena (WFG)

Round 9 - Jan 8 Phillip Island v Nerrena (New) Korumburra v Town (KSC) Inverloch v Foster (Inv) Won Workmens v Won Miners (WSC)

Round 3 - Oct 23 Town v Won Miners (WC2) Won Workmens v Korumburra (Inv) Foster v Nerrena (FGC) Phillip Island v Inverloch (Rhyll)

Round 10 - Jan 15 Nerrena v Inverloch (Ner) Won Miners v Korumburra (WonN PS) Foster v Won Workmens (FGC) Town v Phillip Island (WC1)

Round 4 - Oct 30 Nerrena v Won Workmens (L Vel) Inverloch v Town (Inv) Korumburra v Foster (KSC) Phillip Island v Won Miners (New)

Round 11 - Jan 22 & 29 Town v Nerrena (WC2) Won Workmens v Inverloch (MR) Won Miners v Foster (WonN PS) Korumburra v Phillip Island (KSC)

Round 5 - Nov 6 & 13 Inverloch v Won Miners (Inv) Korumburra v Nerrena (KSC) Won Workmens v Town (MR) Phillip Island v Foster (New)

Round 12 - Feb 5 & 12 Foster v Town (FGC) Inverloch v Korumburra (Inv) Phillip Island v Won Workmens (New) Nerrena v Won Miners (Ner)

Round 6 - Nov 20 & 27 Nerrena v Phillip Island (L Vel) Town v Korumburra (WC2) Foster v Inverloch (FGC) Won Miners v Won Workmens (WonN PS)

Round 13 - Feb 19 & 26 Won Miners v Town (WonN PS) Korumburra v Won Workmens (KSC) Nerrena v Foster (L Vel) Inverloch v Phillip Island (Inv)

Round 7 - Dec 4 & 11 Inverloch v Nerrena (Inv) Korumburra v Won Miners (KSC) Won Workmens v Foster (MR) Phillip Island v Town (New)

Round 14 - March 5 & 12 Won Workmens v Nerrena (WSC) Town v Inverloch (WC2) Foster v Korumburra (FGC) Won Miners v Phillip Island (WonN PS)

A Grade - Division 2 Round 1 - Oct 9 Glen Alvie v Fish Creek-Tarwin (GA) Poowong-Loch v MDU (Loch) Phillip Island v Foster (Cowes) Kilcunda-Bass v Town (Bass) Round 2 - Oct 16 Foster v Glen Alvie (FGC) MDU v Kilcunda-Bass (Meen) Town v Poowong-Loch (WC1) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Phillip Island (Tar) Round 3 - Oct 23 Phillip Island v Glen Alvie (Cowes) Kilcunda-Bass v Poowong-Loch (Bass) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Foster (Tar) MDU v Town (Meen) Round 4 - Oct 30 Poowong-Loch v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Loch) Glen Alvie v MDU (BW) Foster v Kilcunda-Bass (FGC) Town v Phillip Island (WC1) Round 5 - Nov 6 & 13 Phillip Island v MDU (Cowes) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Kilcunda-Bass (FC Turf) Glen Alvie v Poowong-Loch (GA) Foster v Town (FGC) Round 6 - Nov 20 & 27 Town v Fish Creek - Tarwin (WC1) Kilcunda-Bass v Glen Alvie (BW) MDU v Foster (Dum) Poowong-Loch v Phillip Island (Loch) Round 7 - Dec 4 & 11 Fish Creek-Tarwin v MDU (FC Turf) Phillip Island v Kilcunda-Bass (Cowes) Foster v Poowong-Loch (FGC) Glen Alvie v Town (GA)

Round 8 - Dec 18 MDU v Phillip Island (Dum) Kilcunda-Bass v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Bass) Poowong-Loch v Glen Alvie (Loch) Town v Foster (L Turf) Round 9 - Jan 8 Fish Creek-Tarwin v Town (FC Turf) Glen Alvie v Kilcunda-Bass (GA) Foster v MDU (FGC) Phillip Island v Poowong-Loch (Cowes) Round 10 - Jan 15 MDU v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Meen) Kilcunda-Bass v Phillip Island (Bass) Poowong-Loch v Foster (Loch) Town v Glen Alvie (L Turf) Round 11 - Jan 22 & 29 Fish Creek-Tarwin v Glen Alvie (FC Turf) MDU v Poowong-Loch (Dum) Foster v Phillip Island (FGC) Town v Kilcunda-Bass (WC1) Round 12 - Feb 5 & 12 Glen Alvie v Foster (BW) (Playing Feb 5 & 6) Kilcunda-Bass v MDU (Bass) Poowong-Loch v Town (Loch) Phillip Island v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Cowes) Round 13 - Feb 19 & 26 Glen Alvie v Phillip Island (BW) Poowong-Loch v Kilcunda-Bass (Loch) Foster v Fish Creek-Tarwin (FGC) Town v MDU (L Turf) Round 14 - March 5 & 12 Fish Creek-Tarwin v Poowong-Loch (FC Turf) MDU v Glen Alvie (Meen) Kilcunda-Bass v Foster (Bass) Phillip Island v Town (Cowes)

B Grade - Division 2 Round 1 - Oct 9 Fish Creek-Tarwin v Koon-RSL (Tar) MDU v Poowong-Loch (Meen) OMK v Korumburra (KSC) Town v Kilcunda-Bass (WC1) Round 2 - Oct 16 Koon-RSL v OMK (Koon) Kilcunda-Bass v MDU (Bass) Poowong-Loch v Town (Loch) Korumburra v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Kor) Round 3 - Oct 23 Koonwarra-RSL v Korumburra (Koon) Poowong-Loch v Kilcunda-Bass (Loch) OMK v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Outt) Town v MDU (WC1) Round 4 - Oct 30 Fish Creek-Tarwin v Poowong-Loch (FC Turf) MDU v Koonwarra-RSL (Dum) Kilcunda-Bass v OMK (Bass) Korumburra v Town (Kor) Round 5 - Nov 6 & 13 MDU v Korumburra (Meen) Kilcunda-Bass v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Bass) Poowong-Loch v Koonwarra-RSL (Loch) Town v OMK (WC1) Round 6 - Nov 20 & 27 Fish Creek-Tarwin v Town (FC Turf) Koonwarra-RSL v Kilcunda-Bass (Koon) OMK v MDU (KSC) Korumburra v Poowong-Loch (Kor) Round 7 - Dec 4 & 11 MDU v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Dum) Kilcunda-Bass v Korumburra (Bass) Poowong-Loch v OMK (Loch) Town v Koonwarra-RSL (WC1)

Round 8 - Dec 18 Korumburra v MDU (Kor) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Kilcunda-Bass (FC Turf) Koonwarra-RSL v Poowong-Loch (Koon) OMK v Town (Outt) Round 9 - Jan 8 Town v Fish Creek-Tarwin (WC1) Kilcunda-Bass v Koonwarra-RSL (Bass) MDU v OMK (Dum) Poowong-Loch v Korumburra (Loch) Round 10 - Jan 15 Fish Creek-Tarwin v MDU (FC Turf) Korumburra v Kilcunda-Bass (Kor) OMK v Poowong-Loch (Outt) Koonwarra-RSL v Town (Koon) Round 11 - Jan 22 & 29 Koonwarra-RSL v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Koon) Poowong-Loch v MDU (Loch) Korumburra v OMK (Kor) Kilcunda-Bass v Town (Bass) Round 12 - Feb 5 & 12 OMK v Koonwarra-RSL (KSC) MDU v Kilcunda-Bass (Meen) Town v Poowong-Loch (WC1) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Korumburra (FC Turf) Round 13 - Feb 19 & 26 Korumburra v Koonwarra-RSL (Kor) Kilcunda-Bass v Poowong-Loch (Bass) Fish Creek-Tarwin v OMK (FC Turf) MDU v Town (Dum) Round 14 - March 5 & 12 Poowong-Loch v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Loch) Koonwarra-RSL v MDU (Koon) OMK v Kilcunda-Bass (Outt) Town v Korumburra (WC1)

C Grade - Division 2 Round 1 - Oct 9 MDU v Glen Alvie (Dum) Imperials v OMK (MMcK) Phillip Island v Won Workmens (Rhyll) Town v Koonwarra-RSL (WC2) Poowong-Loch v Kilcunda-Bass (Loch) Round 2 - Oct 16 Koonwarra-RSL v Phillip Island (MMcK) OMK v Poowong-Loch (L Vel) Kilcunda-Bass v Town (Bass) Glen Alvie v Imperials (GA) Won Workmens v MDU (MR) Round 3 - Oct 23 Poowong-Loch v Glen Alvie (GA) MDU v Koonwarra-RSL (Dum) OMK v Kilcunda-Bass (KSC) Imperials v Won Workmens (L Vel) Phillip Island v Town (Cowes) Round 4 - Oct 30 Koonwarra-RSL v Imperials (MMcK) Town v MDU (WC2) Kilcunda-Bass v Phillip Island (Bass) OMK v Glen Alvie (Outt) Won Workmens v Poowong-Loch (MR) Round 5 - Nov 6 & 13 Kilcunda-Bass v Glen Alvie (Bass) Poowong-Loch v Koonwarra-RSL (Pwg) MDU v Phillip Island (Dum) Imperials v Town (L Vel) Won Workmens v OMK (WSC) Round 6 - Nov 20 & 27 Glen Alvie v Won Workmens (Inv) OMK v Koonwarra-RSL (Tar) Phillip Island v Imperials (New) Town v Poowong-Loch (MMcK) Kilcunda-Bass v MDU (Bass) Round 7 - Dec 4 & 11 Poowong-Loch v Phillip Island (Rhyll) Koonwarra-RSL v Glen Alvie (MMcK) Imperials v MDU (L Vel) Town v OMK (WC2) Won Workmens v Kilcunda-Bass (WonN PS)

Round 8 - Dec 18 Glen Alvie v Town (Daly) MDU v Poowong-Loch (Meen) OMK v Phillip Island (KSC) Kilcunda-Bass v Imperials (Bass) Won Workmens v Koonwarra-RSL (WSC) Round 9 - Jan 8 Poowong/Loch v Imperials (Pwg) MDU v OMK (Meen) Koonwarra-RSL v Kilcunda-Bass (Koon) Phillip Island v Glen Alvie (Rhyll) Town v Won Workmens (WC2) Round 10 - Jan 15 Glen Alvie v MDU (Daly) Koonwarra-RSL v Town (MMcK) OMK v Imperials (KSC) Kilcunda-Bass v Poowong-Loch (Bass) Won Workmens v Phillip Island (WSC) Round 11 - Jan 22 & 29 Poowong/Loch v OMK (Pwg) MDU v Won Workmens (Meen) Imperials v Glen Alvie (EC) Phillip Island v Koonwarra-RSL (New) Town v Kilcunda-Bass (L Vel) Round 12 - Feb 5 & 12 Glen Alvie v Poowong-Loch (GA) Koonwarra-RSL v MDU (MMcK) Town v Phillip Island (WC2) Kilcunda-Bass v OMK (Bass) Won Workmens v Imperials (WSC) Round 13 - Feb 19 & 26 Glen Alvie v OMK (Daly) Poowong-Loch v Won Workmens (Pwg) MDU v Town (Meen) Imperials v Koonwarra-RSL (MMcK) Phillip Island v Kilcunda-Bass (New) Round 14 - March 5 & 12 Koonwarra-RSL v Poowong-Loch (MMcK) OMK v Won Workmens (KSC) Phillip Island v MDU (Rhyll) Imperials v Town (EC) Glen Alvie v Kilcunda-Bass (GA)

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Mitch Clark: the young gun will be hoping to further improve his game this season after stepping up from the juniors.

Nerrena Cricket Club THE RED Caps will be celebrating their 75th anniversary this season to mark the club’s achievements over the years. And they will be hoping to make the year a successful one on the pitch as well. Nerrena have division one teams in all three of the A, B and C Grades, after their D grade side was good enough to win the premiership last season. “We won’t know much with C grade until they start playing, but they’ll sort it out,” said Nerrena Cricket Club president Terry Clark of the team’s chances after stepping up a Grade this year. And the president is also wary about the A Grade side, after going from premiers the year before to struggling in 2009/10. “We haven’t lost any A Grade players, and we’ve got Dave Baldi back which is a big inclusion,” Clark said. Baldi, who played in the premiership a couple of seasons ago, will return after only playing a couple of games last year.

Craig Friebe, who coached the club last year has stepped down, but will still be playing as part of the team. He’s handed the reins over to long time Nerrena player Tim Wightman, who will be trying to guide the club to another premiership, which does not seem too far away according to those in the know. “We’d hope to play in the finals at least,” said Terry Clark. The juniors will also be hoping for some success, but the Under 16s may find it difficult after not fielding a team last year. They have started training, despite the damp grounds which have affected the whole club. Nerrena’s oval will have a new pitch installed for the coming season, but if the rain does not hold off the ground may not be ready for round one. “It’s been fairly damp, we’ve been training elsewhere. It’d need to fine up,” Terry Clark said.

Koonwarra/ Leongatha RSL THE Cougars C are back b k in i A Grade G d Division Di i i One O after securing the A2 premiership last season. Club captain and coach, Clint Wise, told the Star the aim now was to consolidate the club in the top division. Although retaining most players, the club has recruited Tom Gordon from MDU and potential A Grade bowler Dan Kruse. Veterans Shane Moore and Brad Anderson are expected to anchor the side this season. Moore won the batting average last season narrowly over Wise. Clint said as well as shoring up the A1 side he said another goal was to have the B2 and C2 sides pushing for promotion to division one in these grades. B Grade’s captain is Nigel Grimes with Daniel Pearce his deputy. Junior teams will also be ﬁelded but the club welcomes more players to ﬁll teams. Training is held every Wednesday at Mary MacKillop. Currently the club is raising funds in order to extend their Koonwarra clubrooms, the ‘Cougar Dome’ with an outdoor area. As part of the fund raising effort, a trivia night will be held on January 15.

Poowong/ Loch POOWONG/Loch will suffer from the loss of four A grade players this year, but are not conceding just yet. “It’s a pretty big loss, but we’re hoping to be still pretty competitive,” new president Darren Brain said. A few of the players have headed to Lang Lang, while another will be travelling to Pakenham to play. With no gains as yet, the club has to look within itself for four more A Grade players. One under 16s player who has graduated to the senior level is Jordan Poynton, who the club expects to play in the top grade. All three of Poowong/ Loch’s senior sides made the ﬁnals, but none saw themselves through to the grand ﬁnal, which will be an aim for them this year. The Loch Recreation Reserve is slowly recovering from the wet winter. “It’s all right, but anymore rain and it won’t be any good,” Darren said. The club is training on Tuesday and Thursday nights down at the Loch Recreation Reserve for any players who are interested in playing.

Committed: from left, Hugh Langenberg, Sam Sperling, and Josh Moore at practice last week.

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Training well: captured at training last week were, from left, Chelsea Moscript, Samuel Turner, captain Clint Wise, and Brendan Tomada.

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MDU snare new players MDU is confident of another successful year, picking up some new players and fielding three senior and two junior teams. Last year’s C Grade team saw the best result, being runners-up to Town in the grand final. MDU is currently awaiting clearance from Koony/Leongatha RSL for top order batsman and wicketkeeper Geoff Logan, with Matt Martin also moving across from the Cougars. Dylan Zuidema has returned to the club after a stint away. Steve Arnup is captain/coach of the club for his second stint. Players have already had a number of training sessions;

the last three Fridays at the ECA centre in Leongatha as well as Thursday nights and Saturday mornings. As well as the new players, “old stagers” like Craig Hoober and Mark LePage will be padding up for another season. Up and coming players include Joel Sinclair, and the Harris and Olden brothers. Improvements to facilities include new toilets and showers at the Dumbalk Recreation Reserve. The Dumbalk oval is very wet at the moment while the club hopes the Meeniyan Recreation Reserve will be right to go when the season gets underway in just under a fortnight’s time.

Premiership: the C Grade winners from last season.

Leongatha Town TOWN is aiming to move forward in 2010, and will be searching for an A Grade premiership. Last year the A Grade side had an inconsistent year and ended up just missing out on the ﬁnals. They lost their battle with Robbie Templeton, with the young gun ﬁnally leaving the club after a couple of years of wandering. He will be studying and working this year, as the strains of travel were too great to continue at the club. But the Scorpions will welcome some old

faces in brothers Ryan and Glen Paine, and club president John Schelling is hopeful of a Matt Willcocks return. “We’ll be getting Ryan and Glen Paine back, and we’re hoping to have Matt Willcocks back in the fold,” he said. Another former player is set to make a return; at least that is what is being heard in the local establishments. “Marcus Kreutzberger will be making a return according to pub talk,” Schelling said. The club will be welcoming lightning quick Tasmanian-born Daniel Jago as well.

The sharp left armer came across the Bass Strait to play football for Leongatha, and he was quickly realised to be a cricket talent as well. The B2 team will play in the same division it won the premiership in last season, so they will go in as the favourites for that title. “Our aim is to play in A2 ﬁnals,” said Schelling of the club’s senior aspirations. Brett Moore will be taking on the coaching role for the Under 16s. He’ll be assisted by Mark Hanks.

Wonthaggi Workmens THEY are only getting stronger. Last year they were the premiers, and they have picked up two more players that are expected to be successful in the top grade. The ﬁrst is their new captain coach, Ritchie Hassett, who has played a lot of ﬁrst grade cricket. His job at the desalination plant in Wonthaggi meant he trained with the Workmens last year, and has decided that he is going to play his cricket closer to home this year. The Workmens have also picked up Dave Dutchman from Korumburra, and

with those two inclusions and no one leaving, it sends an ominous warning to other clubs. But the players themselves will not be taking anything for granted according to president Robbie Geyer, who is back to his leadership role after taking a step back last season. “It all depends. We don’t know what anyone else is doing yet,” he said. But all eyes will be ﬁxed on the A Grade side, who are expected to take out another title, something that is not unusual these days.

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Inverloch Cricket Club INVERLOCH’S A Grade side made it into last year’s semi ﬁnals, as did their D

Grade. There was not much joy for the Stingrays after that, as they both bowed out of

their respective grades. But this year is expected to be a more successful one, with their A2 side dropping back to B1. A new coach and captain combination will freshen things up in the top grade, with Len Gale taking over the post of playing coach. Gale is originally from Melbourne, but moved down to Foster and in the last few years has found a yearning for cricket again. The A Grade captaincy is still up for grabs, with the decision to be made before the ﬁrst game this season. There will be a few sore eyes among the cricketers, after the reserves side will be having a short turn around between their premiership winning football season two weeks ago until the cricket season starts. Inverloch will farewell Dylan Clarke, who will be playing this season with

district club North Melbourne. Most of the players are staying around in either of the A1, B1 or C1 divisions. “We think a top four ﬁnish for every grade is doable, and it will be a disappointment if we don’t,” club president Mark Foley said. The Thompson Reserve has been struggling with the poor weather, and it will be at least November before any games are played there. “At this rate it will take four weeks, but if the weather stays the same it could be longer,” Mark said. The Under 16s and Under 14s will be controlled by junior coordinator Jim Dalmau. The sides should show strong numbers and play good, competitive cricket this year according to the club.

Imperials THE IMPERIALS Cricket Club played off in last year’s A Grade Division 1 grand ﬁnal, but may not be able to replicate that feat again this year. Their aim is to be competitive, but with the loss of two gun batsmen Xavier and Dom Davis, things will be a lot tougher in 2010/11. The brothers travelled from Melbourne every week to play last year, but have this year decided to stay and play their cricket in Kew. They will leave a big hole, but the Imps are hoping to blood some youngsters and prepare for future success. Mitch Elliott, Tim Burge and Ricky O’Loughlin are up and coming players that the Imperials are hoping will have a big impact this season. Luke Rogers will take the lead as captain of the A Grade side, while the coaching role will be split between the senior players. “All the senior players will do a bit each, so they’ll be able to specialise a bit more using their experience. Hopefully it will bring the group together,” president Geof Forrester said. The junior side of things will also be worked on this year, with the Imperials entering three junior sides – an Under 12, Under 14, and an Under 16 team. “We’ve got some good numbers, but we could always do with some more,” Geoff said. The Under 16s played off in last year’s grand ﬁnal against Phillip Island, and will no doubt be hoping to go one better this season. The Imperials ground is known as one of the league’s best, and the rain has done nothing to harm the quality of the ground, so it is expected again that some quality high scoring games will be played there in season 2010-11.

Foster Cricket Club THIS season will be a tough one for Foster, who have gone up into the A Grade division despite not making the B Grade ﬁnals last year. But the club is aware of it, and club president Paul Jervies stays optimistic in his approach. “It’s going to be a challenge, but as long as we’re competitive we’ll be happy. We’re looking to bring the juniors along; it’s the only way they’ll learn,” Paul said. “We’ll be looking to build up morale and the social side of things as well.” The club does have some good news with the return of some former Foster players and the inclusion of a few new ones. Michael Dower, Murray Lynch, Luke Allot and Daniel Clymo are all returning, while an unnamable player will be coming across from Traralgon with a reputa-

OMK ALL four Outtrim Moyarra Kongwak (OMK) teams made the finals last season with a premiership in B Grade. This year the club will be hoping their A1, B1, B2 and C2 teams can bring home the prize. A1 finished second on the ladder, but lost in the first final. OMK president Russ White said the club was talking to a couple of players about joining the A1 team. A couple of players have already signed on to play in the lower grades. Matt Adams is the only player out of the A1 team as he heads overseas. Thomas Wyatt has won the Under 16s cricketer of the year for the past two seasons and played a few games in A1 last year. The middle order batsman is likely to return to the senior side. Captain/coach Jason Wilson is returning again. He has just spent five months playing for Morely in England’s Bradford Cricket League. “We’ve all been training pretty hard. We started training in the middle of August,” White said. “We had been training indoors and we’ve just started to train outside, so we should see some new training drills.” Improvements include an extension of the new social rooms making them 50 per cent larger. A new air conditioner will keep the spectators more comfortable on those hot days. The club has a new entry in the U12s competition for the first time in a couple of years, as well as teams in U14s and U16s. The extra team is due to some senior players’ children being old enough to play and a few extras from the Korumburra area.

tion that precedes him. “From what we’ve heard he’s scored around 600 runs a year, so he should be a good inclusion,” Paul said. The off season has been just as much hard work for the Foster cricketers, who have been working at getting their club rooms at the golf course ready. The rooms have a toilet, bar, kitchen area and a deck that will add a homely feel to the ground, which is coping with the poor weather well, according to Paul. “I was there one Sunday and it was absolutely saturated, but then by Wednesday it was dry as a bone,” the club president said. “We put in a drainage system about four years ago which helps with that.” The club will be ﬁelding an Under 16 and Under 14 side, but may struggle for numbers after a lot of last season’s players go up to the senior grade.

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Phillip Island Cricket Club PHILLIP ISLAND has been touted by rival clubs as this year’s favourite to take out the A2 flag. But club president Peter Francis is not ready to get too confident yet. “A lot of things came together and worked well for us. We need a more even performance,” he said. When asking for a more gelled effort, Peter notes that last year Phillip Island’s skipper Clint Wilson dominated, winning both league batting and bowling awards. The president is wary that should Wilson drop off, the side may struggle to stay afloat if other players do not stand up. The A Grade skipper averaged a tick under 75 with the bat and took 48 wickets

at a miserly average of seven and a half. But there are some good players in reserve, with juniors Mitchell Price and Eli Richards ready to make the step up. Eli represented Gippsland at Under 15 level, and like Mitchell is an all rounder, but he played mostly in B grade last year. Mitchell played in the A Grade, and had an alright year with bat and ball. Phillip Island will be ﬁelding four teams this year; an A1, B1, C1 and C2, as well as an Under 16s, Under 14s, Under 12s and even a women’s team. “We are getting a squad together, then we can see if there are any Leongatha or Wonthaggi teams that we could play against,” Peter said.

Glen Alvie THE off season saw Glen Alvie’s premier side relegated from A1 to A2 and their coach leave as well as two other players. But the club is anything but stressed. All the players have been replaced, as has the former coach Andrew Donohue. Donohue has gone to coach the Wonthaggi Miners, and taken two top order batsmen in Clay Tait and Pete Jordan with him. But the walking coach will be ably replaced by Orazio Santalucia, who has spent a lot of time coaching in England. He will captain-coach the side, while Dean Wylie comes across from

the Miners and Tom McCoy from the Island. The changing of players between clubs could justify some bitterness, but Glen Alvie president Kelvin Simpson says that is not right. “There’s no bad blood between the clubs, if Andrew hadn’t left we wouldn’t have had the chance to get Orazio, so it’s worked out in a way,” he said. The president was a little concerned about the players leaving, but feels they have been replaced. “We’re back where we started a bit. We lost a few bats (men), but now we’ve picked up three bats (men),” he said. “We’ll be a very similar strength to last year. We’ll still be in the mix

for ﬁnals in A2.” And while the club leader denies they’ll be the favourite, he ensures they will still be in the mix. The lower grades also struggled last year, but greater inﬂuence from maturing young cricketers may be the answer. Daniel Gilbert is up from the Under 16s this year, while Jay Tiziani will be playing his last year in the juniors. “The boys played in D Grade last year, but this year we’re looking for them to get more involved and maybe even play B Grade,” Kelvin said. “And if they keep improving, we’ll be hoping to see them step up into A Grade, who knows.”

Fish Creek-Tarwin FISH Creek-Tarwin is beginning season 2010/2011 in the LDCA with moderate confidence. The club is aiming for their A2 team to finish in the top four on the ladder. Last season they were shown the door by eventual premiers Koonwarra-RSL in the first semi final. The club will take most of the same players into the first match. One loss is last season’s wicketkeeper Murray Lynch who has returned to Foster after several seasons down the road. Juniors Zac Redpath and Sebastian Emmanuel are likely to play seniors. Fish Creek-Tarwin will field teams in A2 and C1 and juniors in U12s, U14s and U16s. Club president Gary Webster said the number of juniors was a good effort. “We’re quite proud of our juniors. Our Under 12s was quite strong last year,” he said. Shane Rabbitt is taking over as captain coach from Paddy Watkins. Rabbitt played his first season in Fish Creek-Tarwin last year after moving from New Zealand. “His bowling was a huge plus for us, as is his enthusiasm around the club,” Webster said. “He’s played at a quite a high standard in New Zealand and some of his training techniques were advantageous to us.” There are four younger players the club will be hoping step up to the next level. Jordan Shaw was promising with the bat last season and will probably take over

wicket keeping duties. Michael Dankert, Jason Law and Matt Watkins are the others. C Grade will be captained by Wayne Cockhedge again. When the ground is drier the nets at Fish Creek will be resurfaced and synthetic grass from the bowling club will be used. The Fish Creek-Tarwin committee is the same as usual. Webster is president, Norm Wilkins is secretary and junior coordinator, and Deanne Staley is treasurer.

Celebration: Fish Creek Tarwin will be hoping there are plenty to come this season.

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Korumburra Cricket Club THE COBRAS are inundated with young guns. The A Grade side, which will be led by Udara Weerasinghe who also coaches, will feature many young kids this year who will be looking to impress. Although the club will lose experienced player Dave Dutchmen, the club believes that they have the ability to compensate. “We’re certainly looking for the younger guys to step up a bit more. We’ve got a lot of talented kids,” president Allan Summerﬁeld said. “Kyle Dorman is only 19, and played Country Week last year, so we’re hoping for him to take the next step this year and really lead the charge.” But a list of names including Justin Cook, Ilan Osman, Benn Hayes and

Kallan Rigby should all feature on the A Grade score card this year. “Our aim is firstly to develop those guys, but also to play finals. Our senior numbers are strong,” Allan said. The president predicts that although last year the club struggled in the A1 division, it was only a bit of bad luck here and there that cost them. The will be welcoming Mornington player Justin Turbull to their squad, who will be a potential A Grade player. Daniel Isgro has moved back into town as well, and will be running around in the Korumburra shirt and whites this season. The top ground in Korumburra has pulled up alright from the wet winter, and should be fine to play on if the weather treats it nicely.

Wonthaggi Miners THE Wonthaggi Miners have picked up a few players in the off season, courtesy of the Glen Alvie Cricket Club.

Andrew Donohue will captain coach the side, while Clay Tait and Pete Jordan will join him. “Both the other Glen Alvie boys are batsmen, and we’ll be looking at them to play A1, or at least be in the mix,” said Miners president Jason O’Reilly. “We’ve got a big pool of players. We don’t have any out and out champions, but we’ve got a lot of depth.” Former captain coach Josh Hellman has been travelling the world, but should be back in time for the season proper. The junior grades are still conducting registration days, searching for more cricketers that might be keen to play. The Under 16 coach, Matt Kremmer will also be looking to play A Grade, given his talent with both bat and ball. Jason O’Reilly has labeled youngsters Joel Piasente and Anthony Shreck as the next big things, and is hoping that they can play some good cricket. “Joel played one A Grade game last year, and we’re hoping he can be a permanent in the side this year,” he said. “Anthony Shreck won the Under 16’s batting and bowling last year, and has a C Grade six to his name.” With the young guns combining with the experienced hands, Jason is hoping to see the club reach the ﬁnals. “We’re aiming to make ﬁnals. We’re certainly good enough to get there, and we can reassess where we’re at when we get there,” he said.

KilcundaBass KILCUNDA-Bass are the new kids on the block in the LDCA this season. They left the West Gippsland league and transferred after years of invitations from the association. K-B president Steve Van Steensel said the move was made as it was becoming difficult to attract players. “We have had numerous players from up Pakenham way and it was getting harder and harder to get them to come down,” he said. The club will field teams in A2, B2 and C2. Juniors will compete in U12s, U14s and U16s. Already the association move has attracted a few players back to the club. Among them is Paul Mohacsy who made 600 runs in the West Gippsland B Grade one season. He will be opening batsman in A2. Juniors will also bolster the line-up with Jake Brown playing his first season only in seniors. Brown is a handy middle order batter and second change bowler who combined A Grade and juniors last year. K-B’s performance in their new association will be one of the most interesting aspects of the new season. Van Steensel said it was hard to tell where they would finish. “We don’t know if it’s stronger or weaker than West Gippsland,” he said. “We’re really playing this year to feel our way.” The club will definitely be aiming to improve on last year. They had their worst ever year in West Gippsland finishing on the bottom of the ladder in A Grade with a couple of wins in an injury affected season. “I think if we finish middle of the table in A2 that would be good; if we made finals it would be a bonus,” Van Steensel said. “If we have a good run with injuries I think we’ll have a pretty good year.”

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ANOTHER slight increase in supply again included more grown cattle. While there was a lot of good quality cattle penned in the young cattle section and the bullock sale, overall it was not as good as the previous week. This in itself led to some minor price adjustments, although some of the prime bullocks were 3c/kg cheaper. Away from these, prices were mostly unchanged to dearer. All of the regular buyers were present, but the bullock sale lacked the interstate competition available at the previous sale. Fewer vealers and yearlings were penned. and this sparked some very strong demand. The penning of 120 head saw vealers make from 172c

to 226c, while most of the offering were yearling heifers that made between 150c and 185.2c/kg. The grown steers section saw 440 head penned, and most were of reasonable to good quality. Heavy yearlings made to 196c, while prime C3 and C4 bullocks made from 184c to 194.2c/kg. This was mostly 3c cheaper, but a small number of sales were 6c/kg lower. Most manufacturing bullocks made from 162c to 180c, including heavy Friesians to 174c/kg. The A$ has reached itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest level for a long time, but this did not deter competition. In fact demand was stronger and

most of the 585 cows sold and were 1c to 5c/kg dearer. There were few pens of good quality beef cows, and these made from 156c to 168.2c/kg. Most of the yarding were dairy cows of varying weight and condition. A lot of large frame Friesian cows were sold with some extra heavy cows in very good condition, which made from 151c to 168.2c/ kg. However, most were in varying 1 and 2 score condition, and made between 100c and 142c for plainer condition cows with better 2 scores from 142c to 158c/ kg. The carcass weight price average was estimated to be 308c/kg.

Wednesday, September 22 BULLOCKS 12 J.S. & M.J. Patterson, Leongatha 10 Jones G2, Almurta 18 P.G. & K. Mancarella, Mirboo North

598kg 191.6 $1146 622kg 190.6 $1184 630kg 190.5 $1199

1 S. & V. Barbagallo, Mirboo North 24 A. & P. Brown, Wattlebank 14 B. Dalgrano, Berrys Creek

625kg 190.2 $1188 597kg 188.9 $1128 638kg 188.0 $1199

STEERS 1 J. & J. Rosevear, Fish Creek 1 R. Wilkinson, Nyora 1 C. Delbridge, Doomburrim 1 Van Den Brand, Boolarra South 7 K.F. & P. Pocklington, Mirboo South 1 Sam Ditta, Toora

405kg 480kg 440kg 420kg 509kg 535kg

225.6 $913 195.6 $938 195.0 $858 193.0 $810 192.0 $977 190.0 $1016

COWS 1 Van Den Brand, Boolarra South 1 Addison / Anderson, Allambee East 1 B.M. & J. Best, Toora 1 L.H. & J. McRae, Koorooman 5 B. & H. Selling P/L, Yarram 6 McLeod Partnership, Koorooman

730kg 580kg 680kg 755kg 743kg 586kg

165.0 164.2 162.0 162.0 162.0 158.6

HEIFERS 1 J. & J. Rosevear, Fish Creek 1 C. Delbridge, Doomburrim 1 Van Den Brand, Boolarra South 1 C. & V. Pastoral, Korumburra 1 Brendan Peters, Narracan 1 K.F. & P. Pocklington, Mirboo South

345kg 380kg 390kg 390kg 290kg 520kg

217.6 $750 209.6 $796 200.6 $782 196.6 $766 195.6 $567 193.0 $1003

BULLS 1 K. & F. Whelan, Outtrim 1 R.J. & J.A. Buchanan, Bena 1 J.F. & M.C. Wilson, Glen Alvie 1 McLeod Partnership, Yarram 1 P.W. & C.A. Crawford, Yanakie 1 Scimitar Agriculture, Glen Forbes

455kg 855kg 790kg 915kg 675kg 655kg

180.0 170.0 170.0 167.6 166.2 165.0

$1241 $952 $1101 $1223 $1203 $929

$819 $1453 $1343 $1533 $1121 $1080

Forging friendship with farmers By Marli Draper

BUILDING a link between farmers in the country and consumers in the city is part of Arabella Forgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission. Launching her new book, Frugavore, at Fish Creekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Orange Roughy Cafe, nutritionist Arabella championed the connection between growers and the general public. About 30 members of the Victorian Organic Dairy Farmers Association (VODFA) gathered for a delicious bone broth soup lunch and to listen to Arabella outline the book and her background. As a young adult, Arabella developed a debilitating auto immune disease. The road to recovery was

diet and she began to understand the critical connection between food and health. Frugavore is about sourcing, growing and eating well without waste and without spending lots of money. She guides readers through the myriad choices in the modern marketplace and leads them back to tradition and thrift. Currently about a third of all food produced in Australia is wasted. Arabella believes a connection between growers and consumers helps to build trust and has numerous mutual beneďŹ ts including being able to support farmers directly. She advises consumers to â&#x20AC;&#x153;know their farmerâ&#x20AC;? rather than rely on a certiďŹ cation system as a guarantee of quality.

The book encourages and guides readers to become more resourceful. She understands â&#x20AC;&#x153;rabbits are a major threat to our native ďŹ&#x201A;ora and fauna,â&#x20AC;? and gives a recipe for Moroccan Rabbit Hot Pot â&#x20AC;&#x153;that can ďŹ ll your belly and clear your conscience.â&#x20AC;? Her approach is shared by Fish Creek organic farmer and VODFA secretary Bev Smith, whom Arabella met several years back. Both women are chapter leaders for the

Weston A. Price foundation which promotes wise traditions in food, farming and the healing arts. Rather than emphasising the cheaper cost of food, the Frugavore approach they promote looks at nutrient density. Usually nutrient dense foods are natural, such as fruit and meat, and offer a suite of vitamins and mineral as well as energy. Attitude is very important, according to Arabella.

â&#x20AC;&#x153; I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a very good cook or gardener initially. My view is you have to give things a go,â&#x20AC;? she said. Advocating community supported agriculture, Arabella details a number of marketing approaches which whilst still novel in this country have achieved great support in the United States. Her book is set to be published there next and there is sure to be more from this passionate nutritionist.

VLE LEONGATHA KOONWARRA

Sale Draw September 29 1. Rodwells 2. SEJ 3. Alex Scott 4. Landmark 5. David Phelan 6. Elders

SALE DATES LEONGATHA

Wednesday, Sept 29 Prime Sale - 8am Thursday, Oct 7 Store Sale - 10am

PAKENHAM Thursday, Sept 30 Store Sale - 10am Monday, Oct 4 Prime Sale - 8am Tuesday, Oct 5 Export Sale - 8.30am

Frugal friends: author Arabella Forge and organic farmer Bev Smith, holding Arabellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new book.

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More than just luck By Marli Draper KARDELLA couple Kylie and Lucas Licciardello have won the 2010 Genetics Australia Share Dairy Farmers of the Year award. They have built up to this accolade, winning the most improved entrant award the previous year. Share farming for Michael Malone, they consider themselves lucky to do what they love for a living. Their registered Holstein herd, Longmeadows Holsteins, will have bulls for sale in about 12 months and the couple is hoping to proﬁt from their passion for quality cows. Growing up on his parents’ farm at Berrys Creek, Mr Licciardello was interested in agriculture from an early age. He embarked on a dairy traineeship not long after he left school and has always known where he wanted to make his mark. “I’m just obsessed with dairy,” he admitted. Elders’ manager Rohan McRae gave the couple some appreciated assistance in the early days but it is clear their persistence has got them their prize. Mr Licciardello said he and his wife were building their equity in the business and described his cows as a replenishing asset. Several months ago the couple took on a full time employee, Justin Drysdale. Mrs Licciardello described his help as a sanity saver. “It’s not good, it’s great,” she said, referring to Mr Drysdale’s work. Taking care of the couple’s two young girls as well as doing all the bookkeeping for the business keeps her very busy. Mr Licciardello’s father Tony also helps

GIPPSLAND SPRING CLASSIC KOONWARRA SELLING CENTRE Monday 4th October at 11.00am

100 Magnificent Holsteins 100 Including: 37 Registered Holstein Cows & Heifers, Spring calved. Prod to 10,987 litres 359kgs Protein 481kgs Fat. Many class VG to 89. Dams class to EX 3 Joined Heifers - due Autumn 9 Unjoined Heifers - Big league pedigrees 1 Embryo Package - dam Res. Champion Cow Melbourne Royal 2010 8 Exceptional Service Age Bulls. Dams prod to 14,415 litres 450kgs Protein 549kgs Fat. IDW Champions 80 Straws of Semen including Bolton, Stormatic etc

• Features Breed leading genetics • Also selling several high quality commercial cows Further entries invited

Dairy dream: Kylie and Lucas Licciardello are proud of their recent win. out often, cleaning in the dairy and doing odd jobs. The couple can see a bright future in dairy and expounded the other opportunities the industry affords, other than milking. “The dairy industry is that big, there are millions of jobs,” Mr Licciardello enthused. As well as the honour their award bestows, the couple received an allowance to spend on semen next season.

Getting into embryo transfer recently, the Licciardellos laughed about the catalogues strewn throughout their home as Mr Licciardello dreams up his perfect cow. He describes her as “functional, good udder, good width through muzzle and ribs, easy to get in calf, lots of milk solids.” The couple are having fun, focusing on quality cattle and knuckling down to make a difference in dairy.

Terms are cash or cheque on day of sale or settlement by your Agent - Letter of Introductions MUST be provided. Andrew Mackie 0419 595 932 Luke Russell 0408 313 815

SPECIAL KOONWARRA DAIRY SALE TO FOLLOW SPRING CLASSIC

70 High Quality Friesian 70 Friesian-JerseyX Cows & Heifers a/c K Jackson, Agnes 23 high quality Spring calved Frieisan-JerseyX Cows & Heifers a/c R & F Bland, Dumbalk 6 Holstein Cows & Heifers. Due Oct . JD Score 7 a/c J & L Dewin, Binginwarri 10 Holstein Cows calved Aug-Sep. Sired by Lord Press, Hogood, Ice a/c Various Vendors 30 Friesian Cows calved and springing Further entries invited

SEJ

STEVENS EGAN JOHNSTON PTY LTD

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Field experience: farmer Dallas Campbell (left) and trainer Sonia Lee (right) with course participants Rob and Linda Whittaker, Peter Lyon and Linda Kurniawan.

Paul Wilson 0407 865 202

Damian Minogue 0427 507 369

COMPLETE MILKING HERD DISPERSAL Tuesday 12th October at 11.00am

KOONWARRA VLE a/c P & A Calder, Wild Dog Valley

Soil school in the paddock

STUDENTS attending a four day soils program in Leongatha enjoyed a ﬁeld trip to Mardan last week. Dallas Campbell welcomed the group to his beef and sheep grazing property so they could put some of their learning into practice. Sonia Lee of Vital Soils is conducting the training, an introduction into soil management. Students learn a suite of skills, including how to carry out proper soil sampling and how to analyse and interpret soil testing. The course advocates an approach that helps build soil carbon and develops well

structured, biologically healthy soil. “I describe it as a regenerative approach,” Ms Lee said. Student Linda Whittaker had already learnt a lot about soils which she will be able to apply on her own place. “It’s been amazing. I’ve learnt all about the importance of soil structure,” she said. The course has been offered as part of the Farm Ready training administered through the Federal Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Reimbursement of fees for approved courses is available for eligible primary producers.

110 Friesian & FriesianX Cows & Heifers 110 Selling: 110 Friesian, Friesian-GuernseyX and Friesian-JerseyX cows and heifers. Calved June-Sept. Not rejoined. Current production 23 Litres 4.2 Fat 3.1Protein CC 100,000 - Ranked 17th out of 425 suppliers at Murray Goulburn Leongatha Factory Herd Ave 09-10 - 5800Litres 244 Fat 191 Protein EBL Free - JD Non Assessed The herd has bred for 28 years based on Stud bulls from ‘Wandilla’ and recently used Stud Guernsey and Jersey bulls. A Feature of the herd is 70 Heifers on their 1st Lactation Terms are cash or cheque on day of sale or settlement by your Agent - Letter of Introductions MUST be provided.

Andrew Mackie 0419 595 932

Ben Bowman 0427 510 342

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

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Leongatha Lyric Theatre Is seeking expressions of interest for

DIRECTORS and CAST MEMBERS for their One Act Play season in March 2011 Here is an opportunity for first-time directors to work in a supportive environment. One of the three plays is hoped to be a YOUTH production. Reply to Leongatha Lyric Theatre Inc. PO Box 236, Leongatha 3953 or phone 0422 894 149

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MDU FOOTBALL CLUB

AGM Monday, October 18 @ 7.30 pm In Social Rooms Everyone welcome

Water Act 1989 PROPOSED PERMANENT WATER SAVING MEASURES – NON-RESIDENTIAL WATER EFFICIENCY Victoria’s water corporations currently have in place a Permanent Water Saving Plan, which is developed at the local level and suitable for local conditions. This plan outlines a set of commonsense rules that target outdoor water usage that are designed to achieve long-term water efficiencies. Currently the plan outlines a key Permanent Water Saving Rule that all industrial, commercial and institutional water customers that consume 10 million litres or more of drinking water per annum must prepare, submit and report against a water management action plan (waterMAP) each year. The Victorian Government now intends to further increase water efficiency in Victoria’s non-residential sector by expanding the waterMAP program to include all industrial, commercial and institutional water customers that consume 5 million litres or more of drinking water per annum. This key policy change will require the amendment of each water corporation’s current Permanent Water Saving Plan. Pursuant to section 170B(3) of the Water Act 1989, the Victorian Minister for Water has directed each of Victoria’s urban water corporations to review and submit their revised Permanent Water Saving Plan to the Minister for approval to reflect this policy change. You are invited to submit your views on the proposed revisions to the Permanent Water Saving Plans, which are fully explained in the Permanent Water Saving Plans of each water corporation. A copy of the Permanent Water Saving Plan can be obtained from South Gippsland Water’s Customer Service Staff by phoning 1300 851 636 or at our website www.sgwater.com.au Completed submissions must be received by close of business on October 29, 2010 and should be addressed to: “PWSP Amendment” South Gippsland Water PO Box 102 Foster VIC 3960

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MEENIYAN BASKETBALL STADIUM Tuesday, October 5 & Thursday 9am-10am DURATION - 8 WEEKS $12.50 a session or $160

Suitable for any ﬁtness level! Come along and join the fun! Please contact Kayla McIndoe to secure your position 0408 536 572

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

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Seeking Stallholders Saturday, 9 October 3.00 pm - 8.00 pm Newhaven College invites purveyors of fine food and gourmet produce, along with other farmer’s market style goods, to book a free stall at our upcoming 30th Anniversary Festival. Please contact Ashley Kershaw on 0427 330060 or email ashley.kershaw@ newhavencol.vic.edu.au to reserve your stall.

Garden & Landscape Maintenance Course This short course, delivered at McMillan Campus Leongatha, will cover the process of preparing and implementing a garden and landscape maintenance program. Participants will learn to develop a client brief, conduct a site analysis and develop a maintenance program. The course will include the following elements: Planning a program for maximum efficiency Home garden maintenance & Turf (Lawn) General pruning techniques Seasonal considerations Legal obligations for backyard & business The course will be delivered by an experienced and qualified trainer who will encourage the development of sustainable horticultural practices in the program. Wednesdays for 5 weeks starting Wed. October 13 to Wed. November 10 Time: 10am to 3pm Cost: $125-00 per person (No Concession) Contact Lyn Butcher (ECG) on 56626700

Inspiration Hair Design 5662 3636

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RELIEF MILKER (experienced) wanted for 150 cows, 5 mins from Leongatha. Ph: 0448906313.

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Works Supervisor/Foreman Fulltime Salary: $61,012 per annum, plus 9% superannuation

Gippsland Ports is the port and waterways manager responsible for operation of the local ports of Gippsland. It is seeking a suitability qualified and experienced replacement staff member to assist in the construction and maintenance of Gippsland Ports assets and of the operation of South Gippsland Ports and waterways. The ideal candidate should have marine construction experience and supervisory skills and knowledge and be able to work both individually and in a team environment. To be considered for this position, candidates should address the key selection criteria found within the position description at www.gippslandports.vic.gov.au Applications close at 9am on Friday 8, October, 2010. Applications should be mailed to: Private & Confidential: Attention, CEO, Gippsland Ports, PO Box 388 Bairnsdale Vic 3875 Or applications can be made via the website

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CONCRETE BATCHER/ DISPATCHER A position exists for a Concrete Batcher / Dispatcher at our Inverloch Plant. Previous experience is preferable, but not essential. You must have a great attitude, strong work ethic and excellent communication skills. You must be reliable, punctual and self-motivated. Applications close Friday, October 1, 2010 Please send your resumé and cover letter to: The Managing Director P.O. Box 309 Wonthaggi Vic 3995 Or email donmix@donmix.com.au

Horticulture (Parks & Gardens) Apprenticeships Apprenticeships Group Australia in conjunction with the South Gippsland Shire Council Parks & Gardens are seeking enthusiastic people to commence apprenticeships in Horticulture. AGA is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to helping people gain a qualification and get their career started through apprenticeships with host employers, in this case the South Gippsland Shire Council Parks & Gardens Department. These positions are a great opportunity to kick start your career offering 4 years of guaranteed employment in an exciting industry whilst earning a Nationally Recognised Qualification (Certificate III Horticulture Parks & Gardens). We are seeking intelligent, committed and motivated people with a sense of initiative who possess a genuine interest in Horticulture. No previous experience is necessary. The positions are located in Leongatha & Foster. Further information may be obtained by calling Steve Missen at South Gippsland Shire Council on (03) 5662 9104. To obtain a position description please visit www.agaustralia.com.au/careers To apply please complete an application form located on the Apprenticeships Group Australia website. Applications close Friday 15th October 2010.

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Employment Opportunities Bass Coast Shire Council has an extensive and varied network of roads, parks, gardens and open spaces, including some of Victoria’s most treasured coastal and bushland reserves.

FAMILY DAY CARE (FDC) Assistant Co-ordinator Full-Time 12 Month Contract Commencing November 2010 This position requires an experienced person with a Diploma in Children’s Services. The successful applicant will be required to be skilled in: • Supervision and support to care providers • Clerical and administration duties, computer literate • Current First Aid certificate Position Description available on request from Pat Grasby 5671 3333, pat.grasby@bcrh.com.au Enquiries to Trish Scanlon, FDC Co-ordination 5672 3408 Written applications with CV, including 2 referees, & current Police and Working with Children Check to: Noel Sibly, Family Resource Manager Bass Coast Regional Health, Graham Street WONTHAGGI VIC 3995 Applications close on Friday, October 16, 2010

We are looking for two new members to join our busy Parks and Gardens team. Based at either Cowes or Wonthaggi, you will carry out landscaping and garden maintenance across our Shire. You will be highly motivated, have experience in tree or garden maintenance practices and enjoy working outdoors. Knowledge and skills in parks and gardens, as well as a trade certi cate or relevant experience, will bene t you greatly in this position.

Infrastructure Maintenance Team Member

As part of the Infrastructure Maintenance team, you will share responsibility for the general maintenance of our footpath and road network and play a signi cant role in almost $18 million of annual Capital Works. Your knowledge and skills in road and footpath maintenance as well as your can-do-attitude will help you succeed in this role. Concreting experience will also bene t you in this position. These full time, permanent positions offer salaries from $43,000 to $46,000 plus allowances and super. For a position speci cation go to the positions vacant section on our website, www.basscoast.vic.gov.au or contact us on the number below. Written applications should be emailed to jobapps@basscoast.vic.gov.au or posted to Human Resources Coordinator, Bass Coast Shire Council, PO Box 118, Wonthaggi Vic 3995. Applications close 5.00pm on Friday, 8 October 2010. Bass Coast Shire Council, 76 McBride Avenue, Wonthaggi VIC 3995 | DX 34903 Wonthaggi | PO Box 118, Wonthaggi VIC 3995 | 1300 BCOAST (226 278) for standard call cost | basscoast@basscoast.vic.gov.au | www.basscoast.vic.gov.au

Full-time position

A full time vacancy exists within our organisation for an administration officer. Typical duties and skills required include: • Operation of computer software, including Microsoft Excel/Word • Switchboard/reception duties, in addition responding to enquiries as appropriate • Processing of accounts receivable • Handling and distributing mail and banking (drivers licence required) • Processing and reconciliation of merchant facilities • Ability to work well in a team environment For more information contact David Creed on (03) 5662 2217 Please forward letter of application and resumé to: PO Box 588 Leongatha VIC 3953 Applications close October 1, 2010

Latrobe Community Health Service are seeking enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals for the following positions: ABN 74136502022

Laboratory Technician We are a growing Australian based company, which produces a range of premium dairy products for the domestic and international market. A position exists for a Laboratory Technician to complete testing in the microbiological and chemical laboratories. They will assume responsibilities for recording and testing both raw materials and final product in an accurate, efficient and timely manner. We require a person who will have a commitment to excellence, attention to detail whilst being technically minded, with a proven ability to comply with Australian standard methods. The right person must be flexible (weekend work required) with a demonstrated ability of word processing and database entry skills and the ability to work well in a team environment. Previous experience in a microbiological and/or chemical laboratory will be considered an advantage. If you are looking for an opportunity to work for a friendly medium-sized business in Korumburra then apply via email: Burra Foods Pty Ltd PO Box 379, Korumburra, 3950 or to helena@burrafoods.com.au Applications close: October 5, 2010

Executive Officer CWGPCP Ref. no: 14449 Fixed Term Full Time 76 Hours per fortnight Based in Moe The Primary Care Partnership Strategy is funded by the Victorian Government to improve the health and wellbeing of community members. This is achieved by strengthening relationships between primary care providers across a catchment area so they are able to implement integrated health promotion and planning, improved service coordination, integrated chronic disease management, and joint programs. The Central West Gippsland Primary Care Partnership's Executive Officer will provide leadership and support to the Partnership to facilitate the development, implementation and evaluation of PCP strategic directions. The Executive Officer will also provide advice to the Partnership on all matters related to the Primary Care Partnership Strategy and other relevant initiatives. Please Contact Meredith Davey on 5127 9147 or Ben Leigh on 5136 5411 for more information. Closing date for applications is 5:00pm, Friday 1 October 2010.

Intake and Assessment Worker - Men's Behaviour Change Program

Administration Clerk

Ref. no: 14485 Permanent Full Time 76 Hours per fortnight Based in Morwell

Our client is Australia’s largest dairy co-operative, processing more than 35% of Australia’s milk production into high quality, valued-added products such as cheese, long-life milk and specialty milk/protein powders for the Australian and international markets. We currently have the above full-time position available within the Administration Department at Leongatha. Responsibilities include but not limited to the following: • Daily data entry of suppliers milk intake (Madcap) and data entry for all milk movements relating to transfers and sales. • Relief reception duties. • SAP data entry. Pre-requisites (previous skills and/or experience): • Excellent communication, literacy, numeracy and high level data entry skills required. • Knowledge of Microsoft applications preferred. • Knowledge of SAP would be an advantage. This position reports to Financial Administration Manager. Salary and other beneﬁts will be as per the Clerk’s Award. Applications close COB Friday, October 8, 2010. Applicants are required to forward a letter via email or post which addresses the Skills & Experience criteria above with resumé to: Mr Louie Gonzy Branch Manager - Traralgon SKILLED Group Ltd PO Box 1535 Traralgon 3844 PH: (03) 5173 6740 Email: louieg@skilled.com.au www.skilled.com.au

We are seeking a dynamic and motivated person to undertake intake and assessment of men referred to the Men's Behaviour Change Program. This position sits within the growing Family Violence Service at LCHS. The position requires a worker who possesses communication and organisational skills, and is committed to the safety of women and children. The worker will provide the initial contact with the men referred to the MBCP; the position also requires a close working relationship, with the Partner Contact Worker and co-facilitators of the MBCP, the Vic Police Family Violence Liaison Officer and the Outreach Women's Service - Quantum. This position will work within the framework of the 'No to Violence' minimum standards and guidelines and is supported by the Enhanced access to MBCP Service intake model and practice guide. Principles that underpin the Family Violence framework include: • The safety of women and children is paramount • To hold men who perpetrate Family Violence accountable for their behaviour Professional development opportunities are available to build on your skills in this area. Please Contact Ann Briggs on 03 5136 5494 for more information. Closing date for applications is 4:30pm, Monday 4 October 2010. Applications received for the above positions MUST address the stated Selection Criteria on the Position Description. Please visit website www.lchs.com.au for further information and to lodge your electronic application. …Better health, Better lifestyles, Stronger communities…

We are currently experiencing unprecedented development and growth, which provides you with tremendous opportunity to develop your professional skills.

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MOTOR-AG OF LEONGATHA We require a FULL TIME DIESEL MECHANIC with experience in tractors or heavy machinery, and computer diagnostics. Must be able to work out in the field and carry out services and repairs competently. Manufacturers’ training will be undertaken for the right person. Wages over and above competitors $ Top dollar for the right person $ Current driver’s licence essential. Flexible working hours with some overtime required. Immediate start. All applications will be held in the strictest confidence. If this is you, please send a copy of your resumé to: The Manager, PO Box 315, Leongatha, 3953 Or email: dealerprincipal@dcsi.net.au

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REFRIGERATION & AIRCONDITIONING MECHANIC / INSTALLER Local Phillip Island business requires suitably qualified person. Will consider 3rd or 4th year apprentice. For all enquiries contact Rick on (03) 5956 6301

agistment

house to share ROOM for rent, Leongatha, large room, own living area, shower/toilet, own entrance, pref. female, $130 pw. Phone Kim 0418171986.

DUTY MANAGER Permanent Part Time

Inverloch Supermarket currently has a vacancy within our management team. The successful applicant will be self motivated and able to demonstrate good communication / literacy skills and have the capacity to work “hands-on” as a team leader in a busy work environment. Previous experience in the supermarket industry is advantageous but not essential. The position involves a multi skilled role and requires availability for an open or close shift as part of a rotating weekend roster. Inverloch Supermarket is a professionally operated family business and as such is an equal opportunity employer who recognises family needs in a flexible work environment. A current Victorian drivers Licence is required. Applications may be forwarded to: Workways Wonthaggi 64 Watt Street, Wonthaggi Vic 3995 Phone: 5672 4211. Fax: 5672 4266 Email wonthaggi@workways.com.au

FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE Family Counsellor - Drug & Alcohol (38 hours per fortnight)

This position requires an experienced Social Worker/ Counsellor who will provide counselling and support to family members/friends of people who have either drug or alcohol issues. Remuneration will be according to qualifications and experience, salary packaging is available. Enquiries and written applications with CV, including 2 professional referees and current police & working with children check to: Helen Searle, Family Services Team Leader Bass Coast Regional Health, Graham Street WONTHAGGI VIC 3995 5671 3278 www.bcrh.com.au Applications close on Friday, October 16, 2010 Position Description available from Pat Grasby, pat.grasby@bcrh.com.au Smoke-Free Organisation

CASUAL POOL LIFEGUARDS On behalf of the South Gippsland Shire Council, The Global Group Of Companies is seeking suitably experienced and qualified casual lifeguards for the Korumburra, Foster and Poowong swimming pools for the upcoming 10/11 season. You will be required to undertake a wide range of duties including the supervision of pool users, pool and grounds maintenance, monitoring plant operations and providing excellent customer service. Applicants must hold a current Pool Lifeguard Certificate, a Level 2 First Aid Certificate and a Working with Children Check. (Courses are available if you would like to obtain these qualifications)

To apply please either email your application letter, resumé and copies of your qualiﬁcations to sarahm@theglobalgroup.com.au or send to 36 Metropolitan Ave, Nunawading Vic 3131, Attention Sarah.

PRIMARY TEACHERS (2) NEW ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL · Leading Teacher · Kitchen Garden Teacher Koonwarra Village School (South Gippsland) will give students a holistic experience of learning and community. We are looking for two experienced professionals to work alongside children to develop a personalized curriculum and create a culture focusing on social and emotional intelligence and environmental sustainability. Positions Full Time, commencing Term 1, 2011.

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Required for varying day and afternoon shifts. Must have TAB licence with experience. A security licence would also be advantageous but not essential. Applications can be sent via email to: wpp-po@wppipe.com.au THE WONTHAGGI HOTEL 2 McBride Avenue 5672 1019

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QUOTES

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

HAY - lucerne 8x4x3, A1 quality, Rosedale. Ph: 0448-441952.

5672 3127 CARAVAN - Millard Capri, older style, 16 foot, good condition, always shedded. $2,000. Ph: 0458-644248. CARAVAN, Jayco Sterling 21’10”, 2008, excellent condition, off-road independent suspension, full en-suite, front kitchen full oven, large 2-door fridge, washing machine, a/c, TV, many extras, $48,000. Ph: 5662-5595, mob: 0408-686225. CHOOK HOUSES, suit 6-7 chooks. On display at Koonwarra. Ph: 5664-2443.

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A position has become available for a Parts and Accessories Manager to head up the Parts Department at Inverloch Marine. As leader of our Parts Department you will be responsible for the day to day running of this division including: • Sales, Purchasing and Stock Control • Customer liaison • Supervision of shop staff • Providing technical support and training to shop staff • Parts department efficiency, productivity and budgets Requirements: • an extensive Parts background • exceptional customer service skills • strong computer literacy • excellent communication skills (written and oral) • a strong track record as a self motivated, friendly and proactive team player • attention to detail combined with a professional work ethic Industry software training provided onsite. Please email your application and cv to: info@inverlochmarine.com.au

EXPERIENCED BAR PERSON

HAY - small square bales, VG quality, $7 per bale. Ph: 5662-2074.

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Email admin@koonwarravillageschool.org for an application package or phone Fiona McKenzie (School Coordinator) 0409 172 812 for more information

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DUST BAGS

PARTS & ACCESSORIES MANAGER

Applications close October 15, 2010

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

Repairs

for lease

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

FIREWOOD Redgum, split & Deliverd 0409-218775.

VACUUM CLEANER

140 ACRES - Meeniyan area. Ph: 5664-7219.

for rent

for sale

AGISTMENT - Mirboo area. Dairy heifers. Good feed and water. Approx. 120 acres. Ph: 0458-644248.

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HAY - small square bales, $6 each. Fully shedded, suitable for horses, never been wet. Quality guaranteed. No weeds. Mardan - 5664-1320, 0428999691. HAY: 5x4 from $27.50 inc. SMALL SQUARES: From $5.50 inc. SILAGE: Knifed, inoc, clover and rye, excellent quality, $66 inc. Delivery available. Contact 0417532262. HOSPITAL BED, manual operation (foot pump and winder), beige heavy steel, with mattress $60. 56686301 evenings. MEAT CHICKS, day old, real meat breed, 2kg 6 weeks. Order now for Christmas. Ph: 0415305323 or 5657-2233. RECLINERS (2), 3-seater blue leather lounge suite $1,200 ONO. Moving. 0429-620838. SANDY PARK ALPACAS Open day Sunday, October 3, 10am - 4pm. Males, females and wethers from $275 inc. GST and del, 910 Ameys Track, Foster. Phone Steve 0427-257222. SILAGE WAGON, Taarup 1015 self loading, good condition, $9,000 ONO. Silage feed-out cart, Giltrap M40, centre feed, bogey axle, VGC, $4,500. 56682561. SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each. Free delivery for pack lots. Phone Joe 0417-530662. STOCKFEED - shedded A Grade vetch hay and oaten hay, dry cow hay and straw, whole and crushed grains. Ph: 5380-8220, 0438544259.

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SENIOR SUPERVISOR - FULL TIME Experience in TAB or gaming, RSA and RSG essential. Prepared to work nights and weekends on rotating roster. Must be honest, hard working and team oriented. Salary negotiable.

Immunisation Ofﬁcer

FUNCTION CO-ORDINATOR RESTAURANT STAFF

Part time position – 0.5 EFT An exciting opportunity exists to provide customer service and administration support to our Immunisation team 3 days per week. Your responsibilities will involve providing administrative support to the immunisation team by arranging immunisation sessions in conjunction with schools, preparing the nurses’ timetable for immunisation sessions and updating and maintaining our immunisation records. You will have completed Year 12 education or equivalent and have experience in an ofﬁce administration environment or similar, the ability to communicate with all members of the community in a professional and friendly manner with discretion, tact and patience, particularly with relation to children and be competent in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. This position is subject to a satisfactory police and Working with Children’s Check. We welcome direct discussion with Tim De Vere, Immunisation Program Coordinator on (03) 5662 9200, regarding this role. Applications addressing the selection criteria are to be submitted by 5pm Wednesday 6 October 2010 addressed to: Human Resources, South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, Leongatha 3953 or emailed to careers@southgippsland.vic.gov.au

You must present well, have a fun bubbly personality and pride yourself on service excellence. Previous hospitality experience is desired, but not essential. You must be available nights, weekends and public holidays. Full training will be provided. RSA essential. Please contact Lisa or Sue (03) 5674 1432 or forward resumés with a cover letter to functions@invyespy.com.au

personal $ 70

Further information and a position description is available from Human Resources or visit www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

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for sale TIMBER - kiln dried blackwood, clear pine, silver wattle. Most sizes for furniture and craft. Also builder’s graded structural pine. Phone 5681-2261. TREADMILL - Challenger York, as new, $400. Ph: 0427-637612. TREATED pine posts, 100mm x 100mm x 3 metre, $5 per metre. Half price. 0427-641326.

engagements NEARY - MALLOY Carol, Mick, Michelle, Lee and Lachlan wish Dianna and Matt every happiness on their engagement. SHANDLEY - ELLIOTT Jim and Diana of Buffalo and John and Pat of Killarney (Qld) are delighted to announce the engagement of Leigh and Cameron.

bereavement thanks used vehicles

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

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers 5672 2946 0417 556 593 NISSAN Navara 1992, 4x2 petrol ute with alum. tray, VGC, runs well, 194,000km, Reg. EIO561, as is $2,750. Ph: 5668-2023.

SUBARU FORRESTER MYO8X, auto wagon, blue, excellent condition, Dec 2010 reg (WBF647), 63,700km, RWC, towbar, $22,000. 0408-121872.

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

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

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

wanted FERRETERS - Lots of bunnies. Leongatha South. Ph: 5664-3107.

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HELLEREN - Graham John. The family of the late Graham Helleren wish to thank everyone for their floral tributes, kind messages, condolences and donations to Gawler Foundation, sent to us on the passing of our dear husband, father, grandfather and brother. A special thank you to Peter MacCallum, Eastern Palliative Care, Wantirna Health and Dr Nandha throughout the last year for their care, help and understanding at a very sad time. McCAUGHAN - Ed. Graeme, Diane, Annette, Garry, Jan, and families would like to thank everyone for their condolences, cards, flowers, phone calls and visits on the loss of our dear dad and pop. A big thank you to all at Woorayl Lodge for their kindness and care when dad was a resident there. Thank you to all at Koorooman House for making the last 12 months for dad as comfortable as possible. Also thank you to Paul Beck and staff for being there for us during this difficult time. A big thank you to the Stony Creek Football Ladies for their catering. Please accept this as our personal thanks.

in memoriam HANILY - Rick. 25.09.98. Years have gone by. Loved and missed every day. Mum, Dad, Mick, Ronnie, Ned, Tom, Matilda, Antz, Michelle, Anna, Lily, Josh. HOLTON - John Lionel. Passed away 26.9.89. In loving memory of my dear husband. Of all the gifts I’ve had in life, to have had you as my husband was the greatest gift of all. Love you forever, I miss you heaps. Your loving wife Doris (Dot) and family. At peace in God’s care XOXOX

deaths

message of hope AND let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:24.

deaths CARNELL Warren Arthur. On September 23, 2010. Most loved husband of Rita. Dear stepdad to Kerri and Christine, father-in-law of Colin and Warren. Loved pa to Michelle and Adam. Love you ‘Always’ Loved son of William and May (dec.). Loved brother of Fay and Reg. Loved uncle to nieces and nephews. Woz, you taught me so much about love, acceptance, patience and the awesome value of being a step parent. I know you’ll be by my side Dec. 18. Love and thanks, Chris. Old Wozza, Thanks for accepting us so readily and lovingly into your family. We’ll miss you heaps. - Young Wozza, Matt and Chloe. The Best Pa Ever, Love Skeg (dec.), Willow and Zoe. CARNELL - Warren. My wonderful husband, thank you for nearly 30 years of love and caring. All our beautiful yesterdays will help ease the sadness of today. Always in my heart. Rita. CARNELL Warren (Wazza). Loved son-in-law of Jeanie. Passed away 23.9.10. Will always be in our hearts. Peacefully sleeping. Love Jeanie, Steve, Marge, Stephen and Joanne. CARNELL - Warren Arthur. Much loved brother of Faye, uncle to Adrian, Suzanne, Darren, Bruce and Scott. HOLT - Allan Francis (Mac). Passed away peacefully at Koorooman House, Leongatha on September 26, 2010 aged 89 years, late of Leongatha. Beloved husband of Gwen for 60 years. Resting peacefully. TORCUTTI - Silvestro. 17.9.10 Respected and loved family friend of the Polato family. Thoughts and prayers go out to Paula, Carlo, George, Robert, and their families.

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FURNITURE: Parker, Noblett, Tessa, Chiswell, Moran, or any quality brand name used furniture. Phone Wendy on 0409-234482. SINGLE BEDS or bunks (2) hardwood. Ph: 56623811.

marriage celebrant

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

CAM ABOOD Leongatha 5662 4191

MERLENE STRATTON Leongatha 5662 2574

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

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FOSTER

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WONTHAGGI / INVERLOCH

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PHILLIP ISLAND

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Learning fun: Tiana Hutchinson and Harrison Sheedy write up their experiment.

Life science: Tarek Minchin and Patrick Boys study the results of the celery test.

Science wraps up term STUDENTS at St Joseph’s Primary School at Korumburra made the most of the last week of third term. Grade 6 children were off on a city camp whilst the

prep/one class had been learning all about what happens when celery is placed into different coloured dyes. The children were happy to share their insights as they wrote up their results in their workbooks.

Lots for seniors A FORUM, concert and Zumba class are among the highlights of the Victorian Seniors’ Festival in Bass Coast Shire. Wonthaggi Golf Club is hosting a veterans’ golf classic and there will be a free concert at the Korumburra Recreation Centre on Friday,

funerals CARNELL - The Funeral Service for Mr Warren Arthur Carnell of Leongatha will be held at Handley Funeral Services Chapel, cnr South Gippsland Hwy and Bellingham Street, Leongatha on Thursday, September 30 commencing at 11am. The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Leongatha Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations to the Leukaemia Foundation would be appreciated. Envelopes available at the service.

HOLT - The Graveside Funeral Service for the late Mr Allan Francis (Mac) Holt will be held at the Leongatha Lawn Cemetery on Thursday, September 30, 2010 commencing at 11am.

October 8. A free bus will take Bass Coast residents, but you have to book. Ring 1300 266 278 to do so. Take your own lunch. The concert starts at 1pm on Friday October 8 and stars Wendy Stapleton, a singer and performer who toured Australia in 2006 with the Countdown Spectacular. Bass Coast Council is hosting a free seniors’ forum in Wonthaggi on Thursday October 7, which aims to help older people remain active and independent. To book or ﬁnd out more, ring 1300 226 278. A gentle Zumba class has

been designed for the over 55s at the Inverloch Community Hub at 9am on Saturday, October 9. It will cost $10 and is geared for those who haven’t exercised in a long time. Ring 0433 767 987. The Bass Coast YMCA is presenting a falls prevention session at the Phillip Island Leisure Centre. It’s free; ring 5952 2811. At the Wonthaggi Aquatic and Leisure Centre on Tuesday, October 5 at 8am, join the Living Longer Living Stronger members in the gym for some fun and ﬁtness, while discovering the beneﬁts

of strength-based training. A light breakfast will follow. Inverloch’s Warrawee Senior Citizens’ Club in Inverloch, has organised a sausage sizzle with salads and desserts from noon on Monday, October 4. Vocalist and guitarist Len Tosch, will provide entertainment. Cost is $2, please ring 5672 3667. The Wonthaggi Italian Senior Citizens’ Club is hosting a celebratory barbecue on Thursday, October 7 from 12.30, to be followed by an afternoon of fun. It’s free but please ring 5672 2942 for catering purposes.

Rules breached EIGHT businesses in Bass Coast remain under investigation following a random audit by the Fair Work ombudsman. The audit took in 111 retail, hospitality and industrial businesses in Wonthaggi, Phillip Island and Inverloch. Of those, 25 were found to be breaching the new Fair Work legislation, with four of them underpaying 12 staff. They were owed a total of $6398, or an average of $533 each. The staff have been paid their back wages. Fair Work ombudsman executive director Michael Campbell, said 21

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crossword solutions CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8241 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1,Au-gme-nt’s. 6, Pawn. 8, Ma-I-n. 9, Over-cast. 10, Dealt. 11, Lin-net. 13, B-as-set. 15, Hosing. 17, Bill-ow. 19, D-I-V-an. 22, Cast-iron. 23, I-ris (rev.). 24, Pear (pair). 25, Sings out. Down - 2, Us-age. 3, Mangles (anag.). 4, No-OK. 5, Stealthy. 6, Pecan (anag.). 7, We-stern. 12, Stewards. 14, AnI’m-a-te. 16, Spirits. 18, L-ater. 20, A-dieu. 21, An-O-n. QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8241 - SOLUTIONS Across - 1, Verticle. 6, Bach. 8, Weir. 9, Ancestor. 10, Steep. 11, Render. 13, Crutch. 15, Threat. 17, Cudgel. 19, Scoff. 22, Familiar. 23, Opal. 24, Oboe. 25, Greenfly. Down - 2, Erect. 3, Torrent. 4, Clay. 5, Lacerate. 6, Bison. 7, Cholera. 12, Shilling. 14, Rhubarb. 16, Racoon. 18, Grime. 20, Frail. 21, Free.

employers were in breach for record keeping and pay slip contraventions. Inspectors have helped them ensure the breaches do not recur. The 70 per cent of employers found to be complying with the new laws that came in at the start of the year, is regarded by the ombudsman’s ofﬁce as a good result. Visits by the inspectors followed education seminars in Wonthaggi and Cowes. Employees and employers can check minimum rates of pay on the Fair Work website, which also has templates for time and wages sheets, pay slips and other types of employment records.

School darts win

MIRBOO North Secondary College has won the inaugural Gippsland Inter School Darts Challenge.

Sponsored and organised by the Powlett Darts Association, the win came with a $600 prize. Wonthaggi Secondary College came second, winning $400, South Coast Christian College took third place with $200, while Leongatha and Korumburra Secondary Colleges were equal fourth with $100, plus two dart boards and two sets of darts each. The challenge was held at the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club, attracting 25 players. Organiser Gordon McFarland said it will be held again next year. Trophies were awarded to: Jake Stephens of WSC for the highest male score, Tara Earl of KSC for the highest female score, Nathan Hawkins of SCCC for the male highest peg and Kayla Beardworth of KSC for the female highest peg. Nathan Hawkins was also named the most valuable player.

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Sea Eagles celebrate THE Inverloch-Kongwak Football Netball Club presentation night was held on Friday, September 17.

A Grade: Cathy Reid (coach), Melissa Zanella (Best and Fairest) and Jenny Scott (Coach’s Award). Absent: Karen Deppler (runner up Best and Fairest).

C Grade: Cassie Satori (Coach’s Award), Deb Grifﬁn (coach) and Penni Storti (runner up Best and Fairest). Absent: Sophie Cook (Best and Fairest).

Senior: Daniel Kilpatrick (runner-up Best and Fairest), Travis Krause (equal Tack Beaton Medal Best and Fairest), Mark Billows (equal Tack Beaton Medal Best and Fairest and 200 Game Life Membership), Nathan Cant (Coach’s Award) and Mat Pugh (Coach). Absent: Will Jeffs (Most Reliable), Louie Rankin (Best First Year), Brad Hayes (Most Consistent) and Will Rankin (Most Determined).

B Grade: Megan Taberner (equal Best and Fairest), Kylie De Bono (Coach’s Award), Sindy Boyd (Coach) and Kate Turner (equal Best and Fairest).

Reserves: Luke Metzelaar (Coach’s Award), Matt Shaw (runner up Best and Fairest), Byron Drydon (Best in Finals), Rhys Tegg (Most Consistent), Jason Dennerley (coach) and Justen Jackson (Best and Fairest).

Well done: Andrew Burns (president), Russell Miller (Brian Archibald Best Club Person and President’s Award).

TIDES Gymnasts are successful 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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LEONGATHA Gymnastics Club has competed in several competitions throughout the year. At the Mordialloc Invitational: • Level One MAG boys (mens) placing a overall third (John Denbrok and Oliver McClean). • Level 2 WAG (girls) coming 7th overall (Maddie Birrell, Kelsie Schnoor, Jasmine McJames-Court, Ella Findlay, Lily Akers). • Level 3 WAG (girls), placing third overall, with Michaeleah Stephens receiving 1st position on vault (score: 13.800) and Grace McClean receiving a 7.7score on ﬂoor. • Level 4 State WAG (girls) placing a third overall, with Philippa Wayne receiving a third position on bars (score: 13.400) and Hayley Wight receiving a score of 11.3 on ﬂoor. At the 2010 Junior Gippsland Championships, held at Ulinga Gymnastics Club, Traralgon: • Level 1 (national) WAG (girls) placing an overall 2nd (Lydia Williams in mix team). • Level 2 (preparation) placing 6th overall, (Lily Ak-

ers, Belinda Denbrok, Maddie Birrell, Isabella Standfield, and Isabella Shone). • Level 2 (preparation) placing 11th overall (Ella Findlay, Jesseme Arnason, Amelia Dunn, Grace Allen, and Brigid Johnson). • Level 3 (preparation) placing 5th overall, (Cobie Standfield, Zoe and Holly McEachern, Meg Minogue, Kyla Green). At the 2010 Senior Gippsland Championships at Maffra Gymnastics Club. • Level 2 MAG (George Beilby) receiving the Encouragement Award and best apparatus vault scoring 8.00 (out of 10). Level 3 MAG (Darcy Wearne, Caleb Wearne, and Owen Schnoor) receiving a third overall placing, with Darcy’s best apparatus scoring 8.7 on vault, Caleb’s best apparatus scoring 7.4 on the parallel bars, and Owen’s best apparatus scoring 7.850 on vault. State Level 4 WAG, Hayley Wight receiving a 1st place on vault, Philippa Wayne’s best apparatus being floor, and Amber Standfield’s best apparatus being floor and beam. State Level 5 WAG, Brittney Watters receiving a

Budding gymnasts: Joshua, Ebony and Arna.

1st place on vault (score 13.100), a 2nd on Uneven bars (score: 13.100), a 4th on beam (score: 8.166) and a 1st placing on floor (score: 13.800), Overall receiving a 2nd place trophy (score: 48.166), Sarah Sauvarin receiving a 4th on vault (score: 12.500), a third placing on Uneven Bars (score: 12.600), a third placing on beam (score: 8.266) and a 6th placing on floor (score: 11.400), overall receiving a 4th place, score of 44.766. The junior levels; one, two and three (both men’s and women’s) are team based scores whereas the senior levels; level four, five and higher are individual based scores. The level of difficulty increases as the gymnast makes his/her way up through the levels. Leongatha Gymnastics Club provides training at these levels as well as Beginners classes (5yrs old and up must be in primary school), Tiny tot classes (range from 2ys old and under to 5yrs old who are not in primary school), adult classes, and soon trampolining. Any further inquiries about gymnastics, please call Tegan Bray (Head Coach) on 0400 594 331.w

Leongatha success: Erica Collins does her gymnastics best.

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Leongatha

Korumburra

Loch bowls

WEDNESDAY, September 22 saw the monthly aff. triples in action, with 96 bowlers taking to the greens. The winners on the day were the team of Ron Hutton (s), John McVeigh and Ron Williams on four wins plus 31. Runners-up, the team of J. Newcombe, J. Stewart and I. Ferguson also on four wins and plus 15. Best last game winners were Rex Withers (s), R. Saunders and Paul Bucknor on plus 15. Sponsors for the day were Alex Scott and Co. and the club sincerely thanks them for their valued support. Saturday, September 25 saw 24 bowlers in a 2x4x2 two-games by 10 ends mixed social pairs, and the winners on the day were G. Johnson (s) and Joy Todd with two wins and plus 17. The runners-up were T. Wigley (s) and F. Filomino on two wins plus 12. Sponsors for the day were Riseley’s Transport, and again the club sincerely thanks them for their valued support. Sunday, September 26 saw ﬁne weather conditions for the visit from Seaford Bowls Club for lunch and bowls. At the time of writing this report there were no results available, so these will be included in next week’s report, sufﬁce to say a good day was had by all. Reminders: Friday night, October 1 will be the next Kitty Club tea night at the clubrooms at 6pm. It will also be a special night in that the club will sadly be saying farewell to one of the its respected life members Frank Lane who will be leaving us for the great sunny state of Queensland. The club could like to see as many members, wives, partners and friends along for the night. If you are able to attend please ensure that you place your names on the meal sheet in the clubrooms before midday Friday. This week sees the start of the ladies pennant, with our Division 2 teams at home to Tarwin Lower and our Division 3 at home to Toora on Tuesday, September 28. Saturday, October 2 sees round one of Division 4 of the SGBA commence, with the Leongatha teams away to San Remo. Also the Phillip Island club will visit Leongatha for their return visit on Saturday, October 2.

THE ’Burra Bowls Club has started its current season with two very successful social events. The ladies on September 14 held their annual sherry luncheon, with great support from members and their friends. Our entertainer for the day was Paddy O’Dowd, Newborough, who kept us entertained all afternoon. To our ladies in the kitchen led by Debbie and Keith M. a big thank you for a lovely meal, our waiters and bar staff, the lads who washed up and Brenda who does the flowers so professionally, a very big thank you all from President Mary. The ladies held their first mixed day for the season the next day, although the weather wasn’t so kind to us, after two games our winners were, with 10 ends, Peter Goad and lasses, Margaret Claney, Natalie Opray and Joanna Schmidt. Winners on Saturday, September 18 with two wins, Brian Clough, Peter Hearn, Peter Goad and John McVeigh. Ladies triples on Wednesday were Shirley Martin, Margaret Hams and Beryl Clay with 11 ends. The lads were back on the greens on Thursday with winners after three games plus 15 shots, Ross P. Lomagno and Mick Bannik. The drawn card went to Andy Robertson and Alan Cherret. Dates to remember folks: Ladies pennant starts today, Division 2 have the bye, Division 3 are home to Inverloch. Pennant next week, see the ladies on the move, Division 2 down the hill to Loch, with Division 3 up the road to Toora. Two sections of the SGBA also start their season October 2, with Division 4 Korumburra side playing Mirboo North at home, the lads on the greens by 9.30am (that football match has upset many plans). October 3 we have the Dandenong Rec. RSL Club visiting for our annual social visit, uniform please folks and ladies a plate of afternoon, as lunch is catered. Counter tea night, October 8. Twilight bowls starts October 14, names in by 5.30pm, all welcome, non members and members, only requirement flat soled shoes, bowls can be borrowed at the club. Korumburra HFF triples are on Monday 4th, with the ladies guest day October 13. Last Friday the SGBA delegates played for the Christensen Shield against the NGBA delegates. This is an annual event played at Yarram, with the SGBA lads losing by two shots. Heard tell that it was president Bill’s brother’s lads for the north, was the stumbling for the south lads. Saturday was a very early start for members and friends, with our annual grand final breakfast. Thanks to the lads who cooked the breakfast. Winner of the lucky door prize was Ross P. Lomagno and president Bill made a small presentation to Ben for the meticulous way he keeps the tipping up to date. Winner for this year was John Shandley, runner-up Cheryl Savage, with the two Davids (not the statue), Wanless and Goodridge sharing third place. Guest speaker for the morning was former district teacher and coach, Trevor Wilson, at one time of both Korumburra and Bena football clubs, who also spent many years coaching the state schoolboys (U15) teams who competed in the Australian championships. Naming a Victorian team from the boys he trained was a who’s who of present day and past footballers of the VFL and AFL.

BOTH Tuesday and Thursday were non events on the green due to the weather, however the ladies enjoyed a nice lunch on their opening day, even if the bowls was a wash out. Friday night’s trivia was a happy evening thanks to the support of family and friends. Our neighbouring clubs, Korumburra and Lang Lang were a great help, as were the Loch business people. Val and John did a great job setting and asking questions, as did the members

who supplied the supper, even some who were too sick to attend. The winners were the Cochranes, Polsons and Crawfords with the help of John Viccars, while Lang Lang received an honourable mention and others received an encouragement award. Thank you all, a noisy but happy night. There will be mixed bowls on Thursday starting at 10am and mufti as usual please. Pennant practice is scheduled for Lang Lang on Sunday.

Korumburra parlor TWENTY bowlers took to the mats last Thursday night, as the parlor bowls social season warms up. Winning team for the night with two wins and 17 shots up was Joanna Lomagno (captain), Rob Armstrong, Joe Ringeri, Mick Bruzzese and Laurie Wyhoon. The indoor bias bowls season is now winding down with generally only weekly club bowls being played throughout South Gippsland to the end of year. The following results were recorded at the Outtrim hall on Monday, 20 September: Teams event: ﬁrst place:- Charlie Tumino (skip), Geoff McCord and Joe Occhipinti with two wins and seven shots up; second: Rob Mathies (skip), Connie Occhipinti, Joyce Occhipinti and Ashley Van Duffelen with two wins and one shot up; third: Rob Armstrong (skip), Mary Tumino and Lynn McCord with one win and two shots up. 75 up singles: Charlie Tumino defeated Mary Tumino; Lee Armstrong defeated Joyce Occhipinti.

Meeniyan IN preparation for the pennant season, the ladies section recently held a successful practice against Tarwin Lower. Their season began on Tuesday with Division 1 home to Lang Lang and Division 3 to San Remo. On October 5 both teams are away to Wonthaggi. The Saturday section recently played their annual shield game against Mirboo North and ﬁnally had a win after three years. On Sunday, September 26 Longwarry visited us and again it was a very successful day for our club. On October 2 Division 6 play their ﬁrst match away against Phillip Island. October 9 sees Division 2 home to Wonthaggi, Division 5 away to Wonthaggi and Division 6 home to Toora. Good luck to all teams. Previous events have been: Burgie Day on Wednesday, September 15. This was sponsored by Phil and Anna Zukovskis (Meeniya Plumbing Service) in memory of popular member

Bob Burge. Winners were Alan Hanks and Barbara Grant. Our usual Wednesday social bowls on August 22 and the winners were Ron Gloster and Bob Wylie, and the lucky draw went to Michelle Douglas. Grand ﬁnal bowls and footy lunch winners were John Cocking, Peter Hill and Dudley Harrison, with the lucky draw to Sam Thorson and Trevor Bidwell. Our facilities have taken on a new lease of life thanks to a small team of workers. New shelters and seats have been installed at the north/south ends of the green, and along with the installation of the new water fountain, our facilities are among the best in the association. Coming events include Division 3 to 6 and bankers triples on Thursday, September 30, and the Bev and Gordon Young memorial day for Saturday bowlers on Sunday, October 3, with a 1pm start. Regular monthly triples is on Thursday, October 7 and ladies invitation day on Friday, October 8.

Buffalo indoor

ON Wednesday, September 22, 18 players, on a nice night to bowl saw six teams of three. We welcomed back Kimberley Hill and Angus Benson for a night of bowls. There was a countback fifth and fourth. In sixth (LLD), skipper Joyce Occhipinti, Joe Occhipinti and Kimberley Hill; fifth (LWL) 10 ends 16 shots, skipper Rod McConchie, Bill Wolswinkle and Tim Wolswinkle; fourth (WLL) 10 ends 6 shots, skipper Carolyn Benson, Ian Benson and Angus Benson; third (WLD), skipper Charlie Tumino, Peter Heldens and Mary Tumino; second (LWW), skipper Lee Armstrong, Toni Heldens and Rob Armstrong; first (WWW), skipper Andrew Hanks, Glenys Pilkington and Graeme Tobias. The best first game - Andrew 17-7, second Rod 12-3, third Lee 19-3. Hope to see you all next Wednesday at 7.30pm.

Tarwin Lower ON Monday, September 20 the three bowls pairs seemed to have been an entirely Tarwin affair with the winner being Ned Clark and Brian Logan. Runners-up were Arthur Newsome and Mike Barnes. Best last games were Bev and Fred Martin. Sponsor for the day was Marriott’s Machinery of Leongatha. The ladies held their six person medley on Thursday, September 23 in wintry conditions battling it out with showers forcing them off the green. At the end of the day the

Inverloch

TUESDAY, September 21, was another pennant practice day at home against Leongatha. It was a good day and all teams played well. Thanks Leongatha. Wednesday, September 22, was our weekly social day of bowls winners for the day with two wins and 19 shots were the team of Elaine Miller, Gloria Growse, Veronica Muir and Shirley McGirr. Runners up with a win and a draw were Joy Brown, Rita Everitt, Mavis Parks and Yvonne Kee. Thursday, September 23, two teams from our club went to Tarwin for their six’s medley and had a great day, with one team taking out the runner-up prize. Tuesday, September 28, is the ﬁrst day of pennant. Division 1 will be playing at San Remo, Division 2 at Fish Creek and Division 3 at Korumburra. We wish all teams the best of luck and hope that this will be a winning year.

Mardan indoor NINETEEN bowlers again last week at Mardan, the club welcomed back more of its travelling members, and good to see Bert Bright coming along.There were two good 75up semi ﬁnal matches before the social bowls. Margaret Campbell gave a brilliant display of draw bowling to establish a good lead over the club champion, Tony Allen-Clay. Tony was also bowling well and managed to stay in touch and then even the scores at 75 all. An extra end was played and Tony won. In the other match Cliff

Jack Charlton wins F.X. Kerr Memorial Award JACK was a worthy winner of the award as his contribution to the FCFC was, and still is, enormous.

Cliff McGannon and Lindsay Williams both spoke of Jack’s and their experience playing football together. Jack was joined by his family to help celebrate. Jack came to the Fish Creek Football Club in 1955, the year Mocca Dunstan was appointed coach, and was lucky enough to play in the premiership, which they won that year. Given the chance to coach Stony Creek in 1956-57, he was successful in coaching the 1956 team to the premiership. Returning to Fish Creek in 1958 and playing mainly in the seconds, he was selected as a reserve in the 58, 59 and 60 senior premierships. It was at that time that Jack and Bill Tibballs formed the Alberton League Thirds, after a few junior games. Bill was unable to continue, but John Lees of Welshpool was able to be the early president. The Alberton League senior committee provided a lot of support at the time. While Jack was coaching F.C. Thirds, they were successful in winning the premierships of 59, 60 and 61, the year Fish Creek won the three.

Jack was president of South Gippsland Schoolboys from 1962-66, and always followed their games at the Melbourne carnival each year. In 1967, when Stony Creek and Meeniyan came into our league, Jack and Don McKnight started the Alberton League Fourths, of which Jack became secretary for 25 years, while there were different presidents. There was always much support to be had from the supporters of each club. In the early 70s Jack had a year umpiring in the Latrobe Valley League of junior teams. Through many years he was able to coach or manage our junior teams at the Gippsland carnivals, a job which he much enjoyed. Jack was a selector at FCFC for many years, and president in 1970-71. He has been appreciated for over 50 years for his association with the club, and still remains available to help, wherever possible in maintaining its good will and success.

F.X. Kerr Memorial Award: Lindsay Williams, secretary of the Creekers, Anthony Kerr, Jack Charlton – winner, Cliff McGannon, president of the Creekers.

overall winners were a team from Port Welshpool consisting of Margaret McDonald, Kath Gore, Latna Mclean, Ann Collins, Marg Allott and Ann Holland. Runners up were the team from Inverloch, Carol Hughes, Shirley Cook, Carol Baines Molly Treadwell, Gloria Grouse and Shirley Phillipson. The day was sponsored by Venus Bay General Store and Tanya and Paul Eygenraam. On Friday night a small crowd turned up to play Grand Final trivia with plenty of spirit and footy theme songs with table four taking home the prizes.

Smith and Vito Serafino also enjoyed a close struggle, Vito eventually edging away for the win. Well played everyone and we look forward to an entertaining final this week. The social bowls was played by five teams of three and one of four players, all playing three games of eight ends. No three game winners on the night, the best result was two wins and a draw from the team of Jeanette Grady, Dianne Smith, Margaret Campbell and Tony AllenClay (skip). Runners up with two wins and fourteen winning ends were Bert Bright, Brian Kilpin and Bob Matthies (skip).

Allambee Mirboo and District tennis

THE tennis season starts this week and the host club is Foster.

President - Matt Wallis, secretary - Wendy Williamson, treasurer - Rob Paragreen and score secretary - Mary Jepson. The association wish the club well as a reasonably new club in the association. It is disappointing there are only four teams in A Grade. Maybe some thought can be done for next season. A Reserve and B Grade each have a bye. The ﬁrst round next week, Saturday, October 2 now falls on the replay of the football grand ﬁnal. A good season to all clubs.

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Korumburra-Bena awards night

Above: Reserves: back from left, Robert Quaife (coach), Adam Miller (runner-up Best and Fairest), James Patterson (Most Determined). Front, Nick Auddino (Coach’s Award), Justin Caporale (Best and Fairest), Dylan Muir (Most Improved). Absent Geoff Odgers (Most Consistent).

Seniors: back from left, Ben Fitzpatrick (Best Team Man), Shannon Bray (Coach’s Award), Dean Alger (coach); front, Ben Arnold (runner-up Best and Fairest), Tim Smith (Best and Fairest), Dale Wyhoon (Most Determined), Dylan Muir (Most Promising U21 Player). Absent: Lachie Earl (Most Improved).

U17 netball: Lauren Cosson (runner-up Best and Fairest), Kim Hillberg (Best and Fairest), Tarli Hillberg (Coach’s Award).

B Grade netball: Kelly Gordan (Best and Fairest), Kerryn Gow (runner-up Best and Fairest), Karen Sorrell (Coach’s Award). Absent: Zoe Archer (coach’s Award).

Other awards: Donald Van Rooye (president presenter of award), James Kyle (Best Clubman). C Grade netball: Maddie Dowel (Coach’s Award), Bec Muir (Best and Fairest). Absent Amy White (runner-up Best and Fairest).

Thirds: back from left, Kodie Spokes (Coach’s Award), Chad Macri (Best in Finals), James Rippingale (Most Consistent), Tom Mayo (captain); front, Ashley Meade (Most Determined), Nick Paterson (Best Team Man), Ashley Snooks (Best and Fairest), Ben Fitzpatrick (runner-up Best and Fairest), Scott Braithwaite (ass. coach). Absent: Neil Edwards (coach) and Ben Brewer (Most Improved).

U15 netball: Hayley Maskell (Coach’s Award), Ellen Sorrell (Most Valuable), Karen Sorrell (coach). Absent: Ash Cuff (Most Improved). A Grade netball: Kim Hillberg (runner-up Best and Fairest), Emma Kyle (Coach’s Award), Kristy Hillberg (Best and Fairest).

Other awards: Wayne Harley (presenter), Dean Alger (Life Membership Badge and 200 Games Certificate). Absent Matt Walker (Life Membership Badge and 200 Games Certificate), Sam Ringeri (Life Membership Badge), Josh Whiteside (150 Games Certificate).

Fourths: back from left, Michael Hopkins (ass. coach), Jack Harris (runner-up Best and Fairest), Jordan Waycott (Most Improved), Bryce Rawson (coach), Zack Mayo (Best Team Man), Blake Cosson (Best in Finals), Lachie Auddino (Most Disciplined); front, Cjae Hansen (Coach’s Award), Scott Lacey (Most DeU13 netball: Caroline Crawford (Most Valuable), termined), Ash O’Neil Gemma Dixon (Most Determined), Ashlyn Field (Best and Fairest), Josh Hopkins (Goal Kicking), (Encouragement Award). Corey Poynton (Most Consistent).

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Woorayl ladies

ON Wednesday, September 22 a par 3BBB mixed guys and dolls was played. The event was sponsored by Evans Petroleum and the AWCR was 72. The 3BBB par winner was M. Higgins 23, R. Higgins and T. Burgess 28, -4. Nearest the pin: (men) 8th M. Wood, 17th E. Poole; (women) 8th P. Lancaster, 17th M. Tuckett. Down the line balls: K. Riseley, J. Riseley, A. Forsyth, A. Grist, C. Johnson, N. Mckenzie, M. Martin, R. Martin, H. Meuller. Next week is captains / presidents day sponsored by Lois and Ann. Afternoon tea.

At Woorayl: Eddie Poole with lady captain and wife Ann, and Janet Thompson. A good proportion of the 39 participants on Guys and Dolls Day were men.

Woorayl

FIRSTLY, because the AFL grand ﬁnal is to be replayed, there are some program changes on Saturday, October 2. We will play a men’s and ladies stableford event sponsored by Steve Cornellisen Landscaping, and on Saturday, October 9 we will play for the September monthly medal sponsored by Terry Lund Auto Electrics. Last Saturday we played a stableford event, with the club as the sponsor. The winner of A Grade was Paul Challis with 40 points. The B Grade, with best score of the day, was Col James with 45 points. C Grade was won by Roy Fisher with 41 points. Down the line balls went to D. Burge, M. Wilson, R. Walker, C. Hall, J. Howard, R. Warren and B. Wilson. Nearest the pins were won by P. Burgess 8th and E. Poole 17th. It’s easy to see that the school holidays are on. Thursday winner with 42 points was Tim Burgess, with a ball going to Bo Fiek. Don’t forget to look at the new time sheets in the club for the coming Saturdays.

Leongatha THE golf scores were nearly as close as the football score, but at least we came away with some winners. A Grade was won by Paul Churchill with 38 points and a 10 handicap. A couple of Peters were successful in the other grades. Peter Stivic also had 38 points to take B Grade, while vice president Peter Horman won C Grade with 34 points. John King nailed a great shot on the 14th to win the pro-pin. Ball winners: G. McDonald, G. Marshman 37; D. Comrie, K. Castwood 36; R. McRobert, K. Wardle, J. Eabry 34; C. Gent, D. Hanna, D. Vorwerg 33.

Tuesday A small ﬁeld of 32 contested and scores were competitive. Ken Gardner came out on top with a very good 40 point effort to pip teenager Nic Cairns, making the most of school holidays, who was runner-up on 39. Trevor Moss (14th) and Ed Poole (16th) were nearest the pin winners. Down the line balls: G. McDonald 39, J. Lowell 38, E. Poole 37, P. Hobson, J. Eabry, G. Maher 36; T. Moss, K. Scott 35.

Thursday The ambrose attracted 15 teams, and while most of the better scores were right, the two shot margin for the winning team was quite a signiﬁcant gap. Geoff McDonald just missed out on winning the other events this week, but made anends by helping his team-mates (Ray Burton, Trevor Steer and Peter Hobson) to victory. Their score was 65-9-56. Runners-up were Joe Lowell, Allan Edney, John Eabry and Mark Edwards with 69-

11-58. Chris Leaver won nearest the pin on the 14th and Joe Lowell won on the 16th. Ball winners: C. Leaver, P. Hartigan, K. Scott, A. Peake 58¼; C. Sperling, A. Sperling, J. Hickey, A. Hickey 585/8; K. Finney, M. Oliver, P. Waters, J. Smith 591/8. Because of the grand ﬁnal replay this Saturday, the monthly medal has been put back to October 9. The same arrangements as last Saturday will apply - a shotgun start at 8.30, and for later players a time sheet from 1pm. The Gordon West nine hole teams event will stage round one on Sunday. If you are interested in joining a team, ring the club.

ladies ON Wednesday, September 22, 27 ladies celebrated the equinox by playing in the Colin Watson Holden Stableford day. Toni West was the A Grade winner with 35 points. The best score of the day came from the B Grade winner, Julie Howard. She scored a very good 38 points. Fay Quilford, 36 points, won C Grade. Jan Bissett 35, Val Brydon 34, Anne Blundy 34, Joc. Howson 34, Marea Maher 32, Di. Williams 32, and Wendy Surman 31, won down the line balls. Marea Maher, 14th, and Trish Owen, 16th, were nearest the pins. Val Canobie was the winner of the nine hole event from Libby Seebeck. Grand ﬁnal day, Saturday, September 25 saw Helen Fraser 32 points win from Anna de Bondt 32 and Wendy Surman 31. Nobody was on the green to win nearest the pen.

Wednesday golf: Di O’Connor, Max Wood and Jo Fennell at Woorayl on Guys and Dolls Day.

Foursomes championships THE South Gippsland District Golf Association will conduct its annual ‘Mixed Foursomes’ Championship at Welshpool Golf Club on Sunday, October 10. The event will be played over 18 holes and will see many of the district’s top male and female golfers compete. Included in the events to be decided will be the Chas Hollins Memorial Shield for the District Championship. The defending champions, Michael and Rebecca Thomas (Leongatha) will be hard to beat. Other events to be decided will be B Grade Scratch; A and B Grade handicap; nine holes handicap, out and in and nearest the pin events. Entry fee for the event is free. All South Gippsland clubs are expected to provide a minimum of three pairs for the event. Entry forms can be obtained at all South Gippsland Clubs, and should be forwarded to the ‘Tournament Manager’ Denis Stanes, 14 Drysdale Street, Wonthaggi, 3995. Late or telephone entries will only be accepted depending on ﬁeld size.

Meeniyan ladies ON Wednesday, September 15 a nine hole two person ambrose was played and the winners were Dot Christie and Fay Smallman with 36.625 nett. Lyn Jennison and Veronica Park were runners up with 38.5. It was good to have Dot back playing golf after many months away with a bad knee. Wednesday, September 22 saw twelve ladies play single stableford with section one winner Jan Trease coming in with a very good 36 points. Jan Roberts won section two with 26 points; the best nine went to Irene Holm with 16 points. Down the line balls to Sue Hoskin 25 points and Grace Benson with 23 points. Don’t forget the goods and services auction on Saturday, October 16 with a meal at 6.30pm and the auction starting at 8pm sharp. Come along and enjoy a great night with some awesome items to bid on.

Mirboo North THERE were 31 starters for the stableford event on Saturday, September 25. The CCR was 70. A Grade winner was Russell Pentland (15) 40 pts, B Grade Ronald Funnell (22) 44 pts. Down the line: Doug Taylor (25) 42, Ces Eden (36) 40, Ray Matthews

Junior tournament

THE South Gippsland Junior Golf Committee, will hold a junior tournament next Sunday, October 3 at the Par Three Aussie Golf Ranch, Settlement Rd, Cowes. The tournament is open to junior boys and girls (under 21 years). Hit off commences at 9am and concludes at 10am. Entry fee is $5 for all players. There is also an event for those players without a handicap. The Calloway system of handicapping will be used for the players competing without a handicap. A separate competition will be held for any parent of a child wishing to play. Entry forms are available at all South Gippsland Golf Clubs, and can be forwarded to Rohan Walker RMB 2238, Cowes, 3922. Telephone 5952 1393, or email the Aussie Golf Ranch at rohwalk@bigpond.com (9) 38, Mike Sullivan. Nearest the pin: 2nd shot on 1st Dale Banks, 4th pro pin, 6th Wayne Reynolds, 13th Ray Hoskin, 16th Terry Donnison. Pro pin - Mike Sullivan. Birdies: 4th C. Eden, T. Donnison, R. Pentland, D. Banks and Mike Sullivan, 16th P. Chapman.

Tennis clinics train 78 SEVENTY-eight children participated in the South Gippsland Tennis Coaching School Holiday Clinics from September 20-24 at Poowong, Kongwak, Leongatha, Fish Creek, Foster and Inverloch.

The aim of the clinics is to provide tennis to those clubs who normally wouldn’t have access to this facility. South Gippsland Tennis Coaching would like to thank all organisers and participants who were all fantastic and improved out of sight with an hour and a half of tennis each day. If you are interested in tennis coaching lessons in the fourth term please give South Gippsland Tennis Coaching a call on 03 5664 5445 or 0402 736 693 or visit www.southgippslandtenniscoaching. com.au

’Gatha clinic: Jye Gourley, Michael Grist (Coach) and MacKenzie Gourley at Leongatha.

Kongwak lessons: back: Kyle, Bailey, Oscar, Zali, Millie, Jacinta and Campbell; front: Courtney, Laynee and Mickey.

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Awarded by Stony Creek STONY Creek Football and Netball clubs celebrated the end of the season with their presentation night on the weekend.

Best club person: Jan Byrne. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ www. fourcornersframing.biz

Seniors: back: Nathaniel Rodda (Most Determined), Cam Stone (Most Improved), Luke Bowman (Best First Year) and Chris Verboon (Best Utility); front: Brentan Byrnes (runner-up Best and Fairest, and Best in Finals), Jarrad Byrnes (Coach’s Award) and Leigh Andrews (Most Consistent). Absent Brad Hutchinson (Best and Fairest, and McCaughan Medal). Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ www.fourcornersframing.biz

Best club person: Kieren Hoekstra. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ www. fourcornersframing.biz

Life members: Neil Cope and Martin Stone. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ www.fourcornersframing.biz

A Grade: Kayla McIndoe (Best in Finals), Cindy Winkler (Coach’s and Most Valuable Player awards) and Rebecca Schelling (Best and Fairest). Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ www.fourcornersframing.biz

Reserves: back: Andrew Verboon (Best and Fairest) and Damien Burge (Most Consistent); front: Ryan McKnight (runner-up Best and Fairest), Ben Bowman (Most Determined) and Lucas Byrnes (Best Utility). Absent: Ryan Hutchinson (Best First Year), Brad Snell (Coach’s Award) and Ryan Phelan (Best Team Man). Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ www.fourcornersframing.biz

South Gippsland Bridge Club results MEENIYAN – Monday evening: 1st Marian Francis. June Metcalf. 2nd Faye Rowlands. Frank Arndt. 3rd Susan Rufﬁn. Clive Hope. 4th Barbara Axten. Pat West. 5th Margaret & Phillip Munro. Tarwin Lower – Tuesday: 1st Kathryn Smith. Colin Cameron. 2nd John Sullivan. Alan Johnston. 3rd Gwen Dumaresq. Mary

McCaughan. 4th Bluey Aeschlimann. Dawn Jolly. 5th Clive Hope. Frank Arndt. Inverloch – Friday afternoon: north/ south: 1st John Sutton. Kaye Douglas. 2nd Colin Manley. Althea Drew. 3rd John Sullivan. Frank Arndt. East/west: 1st Faye Rowlands. Pat West. 2nd Richard Poole. Ann Dujela. 3rd Anne Williams. John Farr.

C Grade: Amanda Logan (runner-up Best and Fairest) and Kelly Barter (Coach’s Award). Absent: Prue Charlton (Best and Fairest). Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ www.fourcornersframing.biz

B Grade: Christy Moore (Best and Fairest) and Michelle Moore (Coach’s Award). Absent: Kate Morter (runner up Best and Fairest). Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ www.fourcornersframing.biz

LDCA junior Ben’s team wins cricket draw THERE’S a very good reason why Ben Vagg is smiling.

Under 16 East Zone Round 1 - Oct 16 & 23 Foster v MDU (FGC) Imperials v Fish Creek-Tarwin (EC) Town v Koonwarra-RSL (WC1) Nerrena v Korumburra (Ner) Round 2 - Oct 30 & Nov 6 MDU v Nerrena (Meen) Koonwarra-RSL v Foster (Koon) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Town (FC Turf) Korumburra v Imperials (Kor) Round 3 - Nov 13 & 20 Foster v Fish Creek-Tarwin (FGC) Koonwarra-RSL v MDU (Koon) Imperials v Nerrena (EC) Town v Korumburra (WC1) Round 4 - Nov 27 & Dec 4 MDU v Imperials (Meen) Koonwarra-RSL v Fish CreekTarwin (Koon) Korumburra v Foster (Kor) Nerrena v Town (Ner) Round 5 - Dec 11 & 18 Foster v Nerrena (FGC) Fish Creek-Tarwin v MDU (FC Turf) Korumburra v Koonwarra-RSL (Kor) Town v Imperials (WC1) Round 6 - Jan 29 & Feb 5 MDU v Town (Meen) Koonwarra-RSL v Nerrena (Koon) Imperials v Foster (EC) Fish Creek-Tarwin v Korumburra (FC Turf) Round 7 - Feb 12 & 19 Foster v Town (FGC) Imperials v Koonwarra-RSL (EC) Korumburra v MDU (Kor) Nerrena v Fish Creek-Tarwin (Ner) Under 16 West Zone Round 1 - Oct 16 & 23 Poowong-Loch v Won Work-

mens (Loch) Won Miners v Inverloch (WFG) OMK v Glen Alvie (Outt) Phillip Island v Kilcunda-Bass (Cowes) Round 2 - Oct 30 & Nov 6 Glen Alvie v Poowong-Loch (GA) Inverloch v Phillip Island (I Turf) Kilcunda-Bass v OMK (Bass) Won Workmens v Won Miners (MR) Round 3 - Nov 13 & 20 Wonthaggi Miners v PoowongLoch (WFG) OMK v Inverloch (Outt) Phillip Island v Won Workmens (Cowes) Kilcunda-Bass v Glen Alvie (Bass) Round 4 - Nov 27 & Dec 4 Glen Alvie v Won Miners (GA) Poowong-Loch v Phillip Island (Loch) Kilcunda-Bass v Inverloch (Bass) Won Workmens v OMK (MR) Round 5 - Dec 11 & 18 Inverloch v Glen Alvie (I Turf) OMK v Poowong-Loch (Outt) Phillip island v Won Miners (Cowes) Won Workmens v KilcundaBass (MR) Round 6 - Jan 29 & Feb 5 Glen Alvie v Phillip Island (GA) Inverloch v Won Workmens (I Turf) Won Miners v OMK (WFG) Kilcunda-Bass v Poowong-Loch (Bass) Round 7 - Feb 12 & 19 Poowong-Loch v Inverloch (Loch) Won Miners v Kilcunda-Bass (WFG) OMK v Phillip Island (Outt) Won Workmens v Glen Alvie (MR)

He plays footy for Latrobe University and his team won the premiership by one nail-biting point. His parents Gordon and Sylvia were wildly excited as the side clawed its way back from being down at three quarter time. “We’re pretty proud,” said Gordon. Ben is their second son. At 21, he’s doing a double degree in business and agricultural science. Ben played junior football with the Leongatha Parrots. The family lives at Leongatha South.

Winner: Ben Vagg with the premiership medal and cup his Latrobe University team won.

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MDU’s night of nights

SEASON 2010 was the focus of MDU’s football and netball, junior and senior presentations recently.

Mick Hanily Award for Best Club Persons: the Sinclair family of Fay, Kurt, Brent, Joel, Hayden and Daryl.

Thirds: Joel Sinclair (Most Determined), Matt Harris (runner-up Best and Fairest), Matt Winderlich (Most Consistent), Cal Hutcheson (Best and Fairest), Tim Harris (Coach’s Award), Matt Olden (Most Improved) and coach Adrian Coulter. Senior winners: Dean Aldridge (equal Best and Fairest), Caine Salmon (runner up Best and Fairest) and Ryan Harris (equal Best and Fairest).

Life Membership: was presented to Peg Reilly who is pictured with MDU FNC President Wayne Cook.

MDU Football/Netball Club new life members: Kellie Thomas, Steve Trotman, Ally Opray, and ‘Goldy’ Award winner Darlene Jones. Reserves: back: Mark Dooney, Craig Riccardo and Steven Trotman; front: Pete Harris (runner up Best and Fairest), Matt Semken and Mark Lafferty (equal Best and Fairest). Absent: Tim West (equal Best and Fairest).

Under 15s: Meg Patterson (runner up Best and Fairest) and Mikaela Witherow (Best and Fairest).

Under 17s: Aleisha Casbolt (runner up Best and Fairest), Alex Turner (Best and Fairest and Best in Finals) and Bec Argento (Most Improved).

Under 13s: Tyler Ralph and Lauren Redpath (equal Best and Fairest) and Beth Forrester (runner up Best and Fairest).

Michael Reilly Memorial Award: winner thirds player Sam Synan, with coach Adrian Coulter and award donor Peg Reilly.

Senior winners: Dave Trotman (Coach’s Award), Craig Riccardo (Most Improved), Joel Sinclair (Rod Taylor Memorial Award) and Tim Wightman (Most Determined).

Netball award winners: Jodie Winkler, Laura Nicholas, Louise Bruce, Brianna Wilson, Wendy McEachern, Lauren Heppell, Kate Lafferty and Jo Le Page.

Fourths: back: Nick Moore (Encouragement), Tom Hanrahan (Encouragement), Ben Thomas (Best and Fairest), Ryan Olden (runner up Best and Fairest), Joel Winderlich (Most Improved), Adam Trotto (Most Determined), Cam Harris (Most Consistent), Sam Holland (Coach’s Award) and Jack Forrester (Encouragement). Front: Jai Van Dyk and Rhys Hanks (Both Encouragement).

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Leongatha’s best rewarded LEONGATHA Football and Netball Clubs held their presentation nights on Friday night, rewarding the players who have put in the hard yards during the season.

Seniors: back: Matt Willcocks, Jarryd Morehouse (Coach’s Award), Justin Sutherland (Best and Fairest and Phil Risely Award) and Adrian Campbell (coach); front: Ben Geitz (Most Improved), Marc Truscio (Best in Finals) and Tom Marriott (Most Consistent).

The club congratulated the Under 17 netball, and Under 18 football sides on their premiership performances, as well as the A Grade netballers for reaching the grand ﬁnal. Trevor Brewster took out the George Gould Memorial Award for best club person, while Matt Willcocks won the Peter Dixon award for the best rising talent. The Phil Risely Award for most dedicated player went to Justin Sutherland, and Kathy Govers was the netball Club’s best club person. All that attended enjoyed a good night, and were able to let their hair down at the conclusion of the presentations after a long season.

George Gould memorial trophy: Trevor Brewster won the best club person award. It is presented by Linda Forrester (George’s granddaughter) and life member Geoff Forrester.

Reserves: Joel Renden (Most Consistent), Mark Tapscott (Coach’s Award), John Kilsby (Best and Fairest), Billy Clarke (coach) and Dean McCaughan (runner-up Best and Fairest).

C Grade: Aimee Collins (Coach’s Award), Jane Harrison (Best and Fairest), Wendy Sperling (runner-up Best and Fairest and coach).

Under 17s: Sophie Bolge (Coach’s Award), Nicola Marriott (Best and Fairest), Emily McCahon (runner-up Best and Fairest) and Kathy Govers (coach and Best Club Person).

Under 13s: Kath Clark (coach), Jess Clark (runner-up Best and Fairest) and Sarah McCahon (Best and Fairest).

Above: B Grade: Nat Anderson (coach), Amelia McCarthy (Coach’s Award), Tayla Robb (Best and Fairest) and Amy Lester (runner-up Best and Fairest).

A Grade: (from left) Laura Higgins (Coach’s award), Kate Govers (runner-up Best and Fairest) and Ebony Best (coach, Best and Fairest).

Under 16s: Steve Cornelissen (Most Determined), Toby Goss (Most Consistent), Daniel Gordon (runner-up Best and Fairest), Robbie Davies (coach), Aaron Heppell (Best and Fairest) and Nick Tuckett (Coach’s Award).

Under 18s: back: Paddy Kindellan (runner-up Best and Fairest), Rhett Kelly (Coach’s Award), Glenn Sullivan (coach), Nick Nagel (Goal Kicking) and Ricky O’Loughlin (Most Improved); front: Mitch Elliott (Best in Finals), Tom Gordon (Most Consistent) and Lochie Dumont (Players Award and Best and Fairest).

Under 15s: Rachael O’Loughlin (runner-up Best and Fairest and Coach’s Award) Kate McCracken (Best and Fairest) and Rob Van Rooye (coach).

Matt Willcocks: the winner of the 2010 Peter Dixon memorial award for best rising talent. Matt is pictured here with Joan Dixon, Peter’s mother, and Jack Ginnane, Joan’s grandson.

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STUNNING weather welcomed the new tennis season in Leongatha on Sunday.

The tennis club in town was holding its annual open day. South Gippsland Tennis Coaching’s Matt Pocklington declared the season open. A highlight was the chance to try out 20 differ-

ent Head tennis racquets. Head sales representative Jason Mead said the racquets were valued from $29 to $350. Another highlight was the presence of tennis players from the Gippsland Tennis Academy. The youngsters were on hand to show others how the game should be played.

Watching the action: Isaac and Jason Muldoon, and Tracey and Emalie Gordon (all from Leongatha).

Season opener: Leongatha Tennis Club president Frank Dekker with South Gippsland Tennis Coaching’s Matt Pocklington who declared the season open.

Academy students: Lexie Joyce (Sale), Amelia Charlton Tennis talent: Evie Dekker and Madie Wright were at Leongatha on (Traralgon) and Jack Clements (Inverloch) came to Leongatha to show others how the game is played. Sunday.

Gone west for win THREE ex-Leongatha footballers have teamed up for grand ﬁnal success in Western Australia. Ben Mathews-Herrald, Matt Atcheson and Alan “Foxy” Wilson helped Waroona Football Club secure a 94 point victory over Mandurah in the Peel Football League. The former South Gippslanders accounted for almost half of the 20 goals kicked by Waroona. Mathews-Herrald kicked four and received the best on ground medal. Wilson also put four through the big sticks in a key forward role. Atcheson, playing in ruck, also scored a goal. Mathews-Herald moved to Perth in 2001 and runs a limestone retaining business with Wilson who moved west in 2002.

The pair used to play together in Leongatha growing up. Atcheson is 23-years-old and moved to the Perth region a couple of years ago. The three former Leongatha residents were in their ﬁrst year playing for Waroona and sought out the team together. The Peel league is based around Mandurah about an hour south of Perth. The competition standard would be similar to the Gippsland League, which is home to Leongatha and Wonthaggi. The ﬁnal result of the match was: Waroona def Mandurah 20.18.138 to 7.2.44.

Western winners: former Leongatha residents Ben MathewsHerrald, Matt Atcheson and Alan “Foxy” Wilson with son Solomon whose mother is Matt’s sister Kate Atcheson.

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Sporting days: Trevor Steer and his beloved number two Collingwood jumper.

So close, yet so far By Isaac McCallum THE SOUND, or lack thereof, of a 100,000 strong crowd standing silently must have been a lot for two young boys from the country.

Footy ﬂair: Trevor Steer in his playing days.

Play same side By Brad Lester FORMER Collingwood ruckman Trevor Steer has urged Magpies coach Mick Malthouse to ﬁeld an unchanged side in the AFL Grand Final re-match this Saturday.

“For any of the younger players that were overcome by the jitters last week, hopefully it will be just another game this week,” Mr Steer said. The Inverloch man and former Magpies ruckman and full-forward could not believe the draw in last Saturday’s premiership bout. But after playing in two losing grand ﬁnals with the Magpies himself, he knew the feeling. “We lost it in the sense that we were in a

position to win it,” Mr Steer said. “We were in front at half-time by four goals – it should have been by more – and in the wash up, we should have won it.” But while Mr Steer hopes Collingwood wins its first premiership since 1990 this Saturday, he is wary of making predictions. “I just hope things fall our way. The other team would be worthy winners,” he said. Mr Steer believes the AFL should scrap the re-match rule when a grand final is a draw, and instead extend play by 10 minutes, with each side playing five minutes kicking to either end Watching the game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, Mr Steer remembered his own playing days on the ground. He played in Collingwood’s team of 1966, when St. Kilda won its last premiership and only then by a point.

The memories of the Magpies’ loss to Melbourne in the 1964 ﬁnal by just four points are also vivid. “Grand ﬁnals are another sort of game. One of the key players can get hurt during the game and an unfortunate umpiring decision can happen,” Mr Steer said. During six seasons at Collingwood, Mr Steer played 88 games and kicked 45 goals, winning the club’s best and fairest Copeland Trophy in 1965 and being named vice-captain in 1966. His sporting talents are now dedicated to golf. He is vice-captain of the Leongatha Golf Club. The passion for the Pies runs throughout the generations. His grand-children wake up singing the club’s theme song, Good Old Collingwood Forever.

The AFL Grand Final had ended in a draw and two South Gippslanders had been involved. The St. Kilda side, including former Stony Creek player Robert Eddy, could not be split from a Collingwood team containing past Wonthaggi Power player and former Mary MacKillop College student, Jarryd Blair. It means another week of preparation for the South Gippsland boys, who are both hoping to etch their name in football folklore by playing in an AFL premiership. They did share a special piece of history on Saturday, although it was not what they may have wished. Neither challenged for Norm Smith medal honours, but they did play their part – Eddy with a few telling tackles across the midfield and Blair with a goal just nine minutes in, which sparked a Magpie onslaught. “It was exciting to see, most definitely exciting,” said Neil Blair, Jarryd’s dad. Neil travelled down to the game with his other children, Jack and Courtney, wife Judy, his father and Jarryd’s girlfriend. “We were sitting pretty close to the other Collingwood parents. There were only a few Saints supporters around us,” he said. And so what of the reaction to the final siren sounding with scores locked on 68? “Absolute disbelief. Like the 100,000 other people I suppose. Relief as well I guess. They’ll get another chance at least,” Neil said. And post-match, when Collingwood captain Nick Maxwell called the replay situation “a joke”, Neil Blair disagreed. “I don’t agree with extra time, the replay is tradition. They (the sides) were both knackered. They’ll be back next week, it’s a good result,” he said. After the match Blair spoke with his son, but their conversation did not involve anything that had happened that day, something that the two are accustomed to. “We didn’t talk footy. He gets enough of that down at the footy club. You’ve got to let the kid chill out,” he said. “I’ll catch up with him on Friday and we’ll have lunch like we normally do. It’s good to take his mind off footy sometimes.” And while Jarryd Blair will be thinking of other things, Robert Eddy will be pushing to again keep his name inside St. Kilda’s best 22. Eddy was unlucky to miss out on last year’s grand final, sitting in the stands as his side ran out, after being omitted, and will not be keen to face the same scenario again. With Michael Gardiner out injured, the Saints will not be looking to make too many changes ahead of this year’s second grand final, so Eddy should be safe to play in his second consecutive grand final. At least this weekend there will be a result, and while one of the two boys will be shattered, the other will have lived out every footballer’s dream.