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Leongatha carols a big hit

Lost in sound: Leongatha Secondary College Year 9 students, from left, Pete Clarkson, Beth Drury, Jess Duvoisin, Emily Foster and Evie Bath provided part of the pre-show entertainment at Carols in the Drome in Leongatha on Saturday. More photos on page 4.

SUPERMARKET STALLED Korumburra misses out on multi-million dollar development

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a deal between Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IGA and South Gippsland Shire Council collapsed.

KORUMBURRA will miss out on a new Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IGA supermarket on the site of the former council oďŹ&#x192;ces for now, after

Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IGA has been negotiating with council to buy the site on the corner of King and Commercial streets from council. The Korumburra library, Rotary art gallery and

Korumburra and District Historical Society were all to relocate from the site to make way for the new supermarket. The project could have been valued at more than $18 million and would have created between 40 and 60 supermarket jobs alone, and a further 20 to 30 jobs during construction.

The company has spent $2.4 million on the project so far. But the project is no more, after Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IGA believed councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s initial requirement that the company pay bank guarantees of $600,000 and a 10 percent deposit to buy the site was excessive. Continued on page 3.

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Medical link to crash

Man hit twice M A MAN was hit hi in the head twice in Korumburra Friday, December Decemb 7. At about 5.30pm, 5.30 the 25 year old male was riding tw males in a VT or VX blue Holden his bike when two pul up next to him at the intersection Commodore pulled of Rudds and Ri Riﬂebutts roads. A male exited the vehicle and hit the victim in the face, causing him to fall to the ground. The second male then exited the vehicle and also punched the victim to the head before both oﬀenders drove away. Anyone with information about the incidents is encouraged to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 or Wonthaggi Police on 5671 4100.

Motorcyclist airlifted A SAN Remo woman was airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital after crashing her motorcycle on the Bass Highway at Bass on Sunday. Police said she was riding north of the service station when she collided with another vehicle travelling in the same direction at 80km/h at 2.10pm. She fell, and with her motorcycle, skidded for 50m. She was seriously injured. The cause of the crash is unknown. Police from Wonthaggi, Bass Coast Highway Patrol and San Remo attended. The highway was closed for two hours.

Crash scene: police believe a Leongatha man crashed at Koonwarra last Thursday due to a medical condition.

Supermarket stalled council rejected this last Wednesday at a closed special urgent council meeting, where council insisted on $400,000 (not in trust) and a six percent deposit. Mr Tamlin said council only wanted to guarantee a supermarket would be built at the site. He said the guarantee council sought was fair given the site was community property, not a commercial property. “Council has to make sure that its decision in the sale of the land is made with good governance and meets community expectations, and the terms and conditions council oﬀered were not agreed to by the purchaser,” Mr Tamlin said. “It’s disappointing. It would have been nice to get this supermarket underway.” He said council will still build the community hub at Korumburra that will include the new library, and save $300,000 in not having to relocate the library temporarily. Once the hub is built, council has the option to place the site at the corner of King and Commercial streets back on the market. Cr Hill said, “Council will always be open to continue with negotiations in accordance with this resolution to do so under a private treaty.” Mr Tamlin said he was aware of the meeting on December 2. He said council has not held discussions with other supermarket operators about the site. Michael’s IGA may now refurbish its existing Korumburra supermarket.

A Leongatha man, 77, crashed into a barrier on the side of the South Gippsland Highway before travelling 600m and colliding with a roadworks truck, near the intersection with Hogans Road. The man was driven to Leongatha Hospital and later airlifted to the Alfred Hospital with serious injuries. He was travelling in a four wheel drive. The roadworks truck was damaged. Police believe the man experienced a medical episode and is expected to recover from the crash. No charges are expected to be laid. Police said speed was not a factor and that some roadworks crews were referred to welfare support agencies after the collision that occurred at about 8am.

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Continued from page 1. Michael’s IGA’s bank advised that normal commercial terms were approximately five percent of the agreed sale price – approximately $100,000 in this case. Michael’s IGA originally offered council $200,000 and a 10 percent deposit to be held in a trust account, with council able to seize this money if Michael’s IGA did not proceed with the supermarket. The company then offered $300,000 to be held in trust and a 10 percent deposit – still above the norm, Michael’s IGA general/operations manager Len Morabito said. He said council rejected that offer and then wanted $400,000 in bank guarantees and a six percent deposit. “The deal is off. There are no further plans,” Mr Morabito said. Council CEO Tim Tamlin said the sale could still proceed in the future. Council wanted the bank guarantees to ensure Michael’s IGA did not back out of the deal or not proceed within a reasonable timeframe, but Mr Morabito said the company was serious about the new supermarket. “Why would we spend another $1.5-plus million on land if we were not serious about building? The reality is that with the old car yard and residential properties we already own, there is no need to buy any more land to ‘landbank’,” he said. “No one else would be able to develop on the site as it stands now so the council’s reasoning/argument about land banking is very inaccurate and flawed.” Owner of Michael’s Supa IGA stores in Leongatha and Korumburra, Michael Lorenz, told The Star he just wanted to “get on with the development.” “I have a proven track record. Look what I’ve done with the Leongatha store, I saved the Korumburra store, I built the highway liquor store in Leongatha,” Mr Lorenz said. Referring to council - its lawyer and Mr Tamlin he said he was “just about over these guys”. “They think I’m planning to landbank this Korumburra site. I just don’t want to be handcuffed. I just want to get on with it,” he said. Mr Morabito said the company’s initial discussion with council’s development services director Bryan Sword and his team were great. “But as time went on and the council executive and legal team got involved, very poor. The only people benefitting from this were the council lawyers; thousands of wasted ratepayers’ dollars down the drain,” Mr Morabito said. “At times it seemed like the law firm was running the South Gippsland Shire and not the council.” Michael’s IGA’s lawyers are WiseWould Mahony, which employs Adam Rich, the brother of South Gippsland Shire Councillor Jeremy Rich. Michael’s IGA has a long term relationship with this firm, which precedes Cr Rich’s role as a councillor. Cr Rich, mayor Don Hill and Mr Sword met with Mr Lorenz on Sunday, December 2 in a bid to save the project, Mr Morabito said. He said the resolution of that meeting was an “extended olive branch”, not an agreement. “Councillor Don Hill made it clear that he needed to take back the proposed alternative offer from Michael and put it before the rest of the councillors to see if they could get it signed off,” Mr Morabito said. The alternate offered was for $300,000 in a trust account and 10 percent deposit. Mr Morabito said

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Leongatha turns on Christmas spirit By Trudy Murphy OH, what a night!

Saturday night’s Carols in the Drome in Leongatha was a carols to remember with amazing performances from local bands, Leongatha Children’s Centre, local schools, Lisa Pellin Dancers, Combined Church Choir, South Gippsland Brass Band and drummers, Ashley Geary, Jackson Patterson, Adrian Darakai, Kiarna Smith, Britt Lewis, Kerryn Lockhart, Jen Holm and Jessica Stein, who delighted the crowd with her warm and friendly compering of the night. The morning began with the decision to go ahead with the hope reports of wet weather were wrong. That paid off with a little help from above! The attendance was fantastic with more than 1000 people and the new location near the LDNA netball courts was a hit with everyone. The close proximity of amenities and the roads made moving around the site easy. New carols committee member Claire Williams’ passion for the community and enthusiasm lifted the quality of the children’s activities with go-karts, jumping castles and mini golf, all free for children to enjoy. The carols stall with glow gear, popcorn, ice cones and fairy floss was busy all night, with all profits going towards next year’s carols. This event wouldn’t be possible without the wonderful support and help from community members and businesses. The committee wishes to thank volunteers who

helped on the night, Leongatha Men’s Shed, SES, stage manager Matt Saario and Neil Warren. Sponsors were South Gippsland Shire Council, Chairo Christian School, Ezyas Car Wash, St Peter’s Church, The Star newspaper, Aldi, Michael’s IGA, Woolworths, Freeza, Leongatha Business Association, Country Cart, Ryan’s Trucks, SAFE Scaffolding, Leongatha Lions and Leongatha Lyric Theatre. “Thanks to the 1000-plus people who joined us for our community carols. It was a wonderful atmosphere and it’s really special seeing everyone having a great time enjoying the talents and expertise of our local people,” the committee’s Trudy Murphy said.

Right, Community effort: the musicians of South Gippsland Brass Band combined with many other organisations to present Carols in the Drome in Leongatha on Saturday evening. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning-@ fourcornersframing.biz

Left, Festive occasion: from left, Caitlin Hibberson, Amber Newton, Macy Elliott and Chelsea Kelly enjoy Carols in the Drome at Leongatha on Saturday. Photo: Trudy Murphy. Below, Young talent: Tegan Denbrok (front) and Meg Richards of South Gippsland Brass Band performed admirably at Carols in the Drome at Leongatha on Saturday. They are with Doug Appleton, Brian Foster, Masina Ahokava and Ralph Christensen. Photo: Trudy Murphy.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;THE STARâ&#x20AC;? Tuesday, December 11, 2018 - PAGE 5

Laborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bass win confirmed By Leticia Laing ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S oďŹ&#x192;cial: Jordan Crugnale is now the new member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the District of Bass after a declaration by the Victorian Electoral Commission. On Thursday, District of Bass electorate manager David Wall declared the seat for Ms Crugnale by oďŹ&#x192;cial writ of the Governor General of Victoria Linda Dessau AC to applause from eight people who attended the announcement. According to Mr Wall, it was not until Wednesday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counting that Ms Crugnale achieved an absolute majority from preference ďŹ&#x201A;ow from the third-last candidate in contention for the seat, David Arnault from the Australian Greens. In a very tight election, Ms Crugnale received 2370 votes more than the closest contender and former member for Bass Brian Paynter, but Mr Wall said although more votes were expected to come in,

they would not alter the result. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Brian Paynter was ahead all the way through until the preferences of David Arnault were counted, which indicates most of his voters selected Laborâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jordan Crugnale as their second preference,â&#x20AC;? he said. Ms Crugnale said she felt energised and thrilled with the result and have a seat at the table of a Labor government in Victoria. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very historic moment and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very proud to be a part of it. Meeting all the other candidates, it was great to see we all shared mutual respect for one another. I wish Brian Paynter and the other candidates all the best in their future,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a year-long campaign and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really grateful for the support of my sons Luciano, Augustus and my partner Mark and everyone else who worked tirelessly on the campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am humbled to be elected by the OďŹ&#x192;cial writ: Victorian Electoral Commission District of Bass people to parliament and be a part of making a change for the better health and electorate manager David Wall declared Jordan Crugnale as the new member for Bass in the Victorian Parliament. wellbeing of the community of Bass.â&#x20AC;?

Crash shock A CAR ran over a pathway and into a fence along the Inverloch foreshore last Thursday evening. Inverloch Police are appealing for any witnesses who may have

seen a collision on Surf Parade at approximately 8pm. A black Holden Commodore lost control and collided with bollards and a fence. It is believed the driver and a passenger ďŹ&#x201A;ed the scene shortly after re-

moving the registration plates. Anyone with information about the vehicle during the afternoon and evening is asked to contact Senior Constable Brad Heber at Inverloch Police on 5671 1202.

Drug drivers caught POLICE apprehend four drivers aďŹ&#x20AC;ected by drugs on Sunday. At BuďŹ&#x20AC;alo on Sunday, a 42 year old Stony Creek man was detected speeding at 118km/h in a 100km/h zone on Meeniyan-Promontory Road. He was also driving an unregistered car. When police pulled him over, they conducted a roadside drug test, which returned a positive result for an illicit drug. He is expected to be charged to attend court at a later date. At 1pm Sunday, a 25 year Cowes man was pulled over by police on Settlement Road, Cowes. A roadside drug test returned a positive result for an illicit drug and he is expected to be charged with drug driving by summons to attend court at a later date. At 4.45pm Sunday, a 43 year old male rider from Cape Paterson was detected speeding at 70km/h in a 50 km/h zone on Graham Street, Wonthaggi. A roadside drug test returned a positive result for an illicit drug. He is expected to be charged with speeding and drug driving by summons to attend court at a later date. At 5.10pm Sunday, a 28 year old man from Western Australia was found driving on Korumburra Road, Wonthaggi. Police conducted a roadside drug test, which returned a positive result for an illicit drug. He is expected to be given an infringement notice for drug driving. At 3.20pm, Thursday, a 33 year old man from Coronet Bay was detected on Agar Road, Coronet Bay. A roadside drug test returned a positive result for an illicit drug. He is expected to be given an infringement notice for drug driving. Bass Coast Highway Patrol police will continue to test drivers for alcohol and drugs over the next few months as part of local and state-wide operations. Local and highway patrol police from across Bass Coast and South Gippsland will participate in Operation Roadwise, a state-wide road policing campaign for the Christmas to New year period, from Friday, December 14 to Sunday, January 6. Highway patrol Sergeant Peter Pearce said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We would like all drivers to think of themselves and their families. If you drink or use drugs, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t drive. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This time of year is for enjoying time with friends and families and we would like everyone to get to their destination safely.â&#x20AC;?

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Lennie’s story rides again Coast in Queensland for the launch which saw more than 100 people attend. Mrs Ferrier – nee Gwyther – is the sister of Lennie Gwyther who was nine when he rode 1000km on horseback to Sydney to see the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, as a reward for caring for Launched to a full house of close and distant rela- his family’s farm at Koonwarra after his father was tives of the famous Lennie Gwyther, Beryl Ferrier injured. The book is a tribute to Ms Ferrier’s niece, Julie said she was overwhelmed and pleased to be part of Campbell of Mardan, who encouraged her to meet such an occasion. Mrs Ferrier travelled from her home on the Gold the then mayor of South Gippsland Shire Council, Bob Newton, to discuss Mr Newton’s proposal for New book: Lennie Gwyther’s sister and a statue. He drove the campaign to erect the statue, with a author Beryl Ferrier was at the Leongatha committee of dedicated volunteers. RSL Sub-branch on Saturday to launch her A billboard with greater detail on Lennie’s adnew book about the eﬀort to build a statue in venture is being planned to be erected at the statue Leongatha, honouring her brother. She is in site and a blueprint of the billboard was on display front of a diagram for a proposed informa- at the launch. “I could not have done this without Julie Camption board at the statue in Anderson Street, bell, who if she was charged for all the hundreds of Leongatha. phone calls she made to organise this, it would have been thousands,” Mrs Ferrier said. “It’s fantastic how much support I have received throughout the whole process of this book and also to be able to launch it today.”

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WATER from the Lance Creek Water Connection pipeline is scheduled for supply to Poowong, Loch and Nyora by South Gippsland Water this Thursday, December 13. South Gippsland Water managing director Philippe du Plessis said, “This is a major milestone for our project team and contractors; reaching the final stage of South Gippsland’s largest water infrastructure project is the culmination of many years of dedicated planning and construction. “Significantly, the switch over to this secure water supply means Poowong, Loch and Nyora will enter their first summer in some years without the looming prospect of water restrictions.” Although the water supply switches over on Thursday, with residual water still in the system, it will take some days for 100 percent new water to reach 100 percent of households. By the end of the week, customers will receive water that is currently being supplied by both the Lance Creek reservoir and the Melbourne Supply System. “The water is blended and treated at the Lance Creek Water Treatment Plant and then transported through 21km of pipeline to Korumburra’s treated water storage tanks,” Mr du Plessis said. “If needed, top-up treatment can occur before the water is pumped an additional 8.8km to a treated water storage tank at Poowong.” Water supplied by the Lance Creek Water Connection is chloraminated and fluoridated to meet Department of Health requirements and world class standards. Whilst fluoridation is new for Poowong, Loch and Nyora, customers in these townships are used to a chloraminated water supply. Aquarium owners are reminded that, as has been recommended practice previously, chloraminated tap water will need additional conditioning to make it safe for use in fish tanks. “The Lance Creek Water Connection has been a priority project for both the Victorian Government and South Gippsland Water,” Mr du Plessis said. “Providing water security gives local businesses the confidence to grow and provides a dependable environment for community development and future investment within the region.” Customers are encouraged to discuss any questions or concerns they may have regarding the new water supply or treatment processes by calling the South Gippsland Water customer service team on 1300 851 636.

Making it happen: from left, South Gippsland Water staﬀ Chris Hindle, Mark Lynch, Dean De Menech, Nathan Lucas and Glen Baldwin at the oﬃce of the Lance Creek Water Connection project in Korumburra.

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Unwanted signs help SES STATE Emergency Service (SES) units in the electorate of Gippsland South are the beneficiaries of the end of the state election campaign, receiving used election signs from Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien. He has donated the signs to the Leongatha unit of

the SES after the end of campaign activities. The large election corflute signs will be used by the units to help with emergency roof and window repairs, among other things. Mr O’Brien said it was a win-win situation. “I’ve used these signs for both the by-election and now the 2018 election so no longer will have any use for them, but it’s important to recycle where we

can,” he said. “The SES unit was very happy to take these and is pleased they will now have a stock of material to assist with emergency repairs in the event of storm and other damage to local houses.

“Our local SES volunteers do a great job and all local units are always looking for new volunteers. “I encourage anyone with some spare time to make contact with their local SES unit and sign up to help out.”

Stress levels spark health trial teers because we find most people contact us after hours; certainly not during normal 9 to 5 hours. “We help people discuss the purposes for their IN Bass Coast, one in six adults expe- calls. We also hear a lot from parents who are conrience significant psychosocial distress, cerned about their university students in Melbourne, resulting in the shire being selected to so we support them as well.” Ms Worden said Survivors of Suicide do refer participate in a suicide prevention trial. people on to the hospital in high crisis situations. The shire was one of 29 Australian communiFor those wanting to donate to Survivors of ties selected due to the community’s commitment to Suicide, they can contact Ms Worden or Koula working collectively to reduce suicide rates. Dimopoulos. Community organisation Survivors of Suicide Gippsland Primary Health Network encourages has been influential in this area. community members who want to get involved to According to Gippsland Primary Health Network, help develop the local program to get in touch via Bass Coast had more people presenting to the emer- info@gphn.org.au. gency department for intentional self injury than the If you, or someone you know, needs urgent supVictorian state average in the last five years. Men are port talk to someone you trust or contact a crisis supat higher risk of death from these injuries. port service: Lifeline 13 11 14 www.lifeline.org.au, South Gippsland is the only local government beyondblue 1300 224 636 www.beyondblue.org.au, area in Gippsland where the statistics are closer to Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467 www.suicithe state average. decallbackservice.org.au, MensLine Australia 1300 Life circumstances such as family breakdown, 789 978 www.mensline.org.au, QLife 1800 184 527 Here you go: Gippsland South MLA Danny O’Brien hands over corflute campaign signs to unemployment, issues with alcohol and substance (3pm – 12am) www.qlife.org.au and emergency serNeil Warren of the Leongatha SES unit to help with emergency roof and window repairs. abuse, and experiencing bereavement are attributed vices 000. to the causes of vulnerability in Bass Coast. The health trial is a new approach based on a systems response. Health networks build a “safety net” for the community by coordinating existing support services and building the community’s skills to better support people facing a suicide crisis. “We want to build people’s skills to recognise and respond to suicidality: to identify the warning signs of when someone is in crisis and to support them to seek help,” Gippsland Primary Health Network CEO Amanda Proposch said. “It is a place based approach, which means people and places are inter-related, and we acknowledge the places where people live and spend their time afLIMITED fects their health and wellbeing. EDITION SALE ENDS FRIDAY 24 DECEMBER 2018 “That means the program focuses on schools, 99 business, workplaces, doctors, community cam$ paigns, the media and emergency departments.” WHIL STO E CK The program in Bass Coast will be about working LAS S T with the local community to develop its own suicide 0FF prevention responses. It will be focused on community strengthening 278 LESS THAN and improved individual resilience and wellbeing. PER The focus is also on building mental health lit$2 LITRE eracy; how people understand and talk about mental health, and improving help seeking. 598 Gippsland Primary Health Network is working with Bass Coast Shire Council, Bass Coast Health, Victoria Police, Ambulance Victoria, local schools, the SAVE $100 SAVE $50 Department of Education, Latrobe Regional Hospital $ $ and Lifeline Gippsland to implement the program. SAVE $30 0FF Survivors of Suicide support counsellor $ 99 Tanya Worden said the trial was a well needed collaboration. Ms Worden said Survivors of Suicide is working on establishing a 24 hour centre in Bass Coast. “At the moment, there are no venues available and the project would require significant funding, so 138 it has been put on hold for now,” she said. “We are aiming to provide a 24 hour service where people could drop in and we would be the first point of call. We would have round the clock volunOVER $40

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Show reflects on Christmas A CRISS-CROSS Christmas, a co-production between the Fish Creek based Nautilus Theatre project and FAMDA, is a quirky play by local playwright/actor/director, Chris Dickens and evokes memories of Christmas in the days when life was much simpler and moved at a slower pace than today.

ing cakes, wrapping presents, tidying their gardens. Two of the characters are newly arrived migrants from Britain, Ed and Bonnie, who are doing their best to fit in, but Bonnie dreams of home and a white Christmas. Before long, strange things begin to occur, and gradually a northern hemisphere Christmas comes to their community. The small cast of nine all work very hard in this play, with all except one playing at least two roles, some of them very contrasting roles, for example diThe play is set in an outer suburb of Melbourne rector Chris Dickens plays a father, a teenage son and just before Christmas in 1956, and involves the mem- a grandmother, and Crystal Libreri and Tayla Gane bers of three families - all neighbours. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot, as each play an adult woman and a teenage boy. The one exception not playing more than one role usual, and everyone is preparing for Christmas, bak-

is Christine Skicko, who plays Bonnie, the English immigrant, the central role in the production and the cause of the arrival of a white Christmas complete with elves, and gnomes, in the community. Standout performances were given by seasoned performers Christine Skicko, Tayla Gane, and Crystal Libreri with solid support from Luke Dearlove (last seen in Australia Day in 2016), Chris Dickens, and newcomers to the Foster stage, Doug Stark, Margaret Haycroft, Zarni Holt and Shara Smith. Lighting by Garry Boast, and sets by David Dearricott, Kim McDonald and Chris Dickens complemented the on-stage performances, backed by brief excerpts from pop songs from the period to set the tone.

Last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Friday night performance deserved a much bigger audience, but the 38 degree heat of the day probably had much to do with the lack of patronage. Hopefully, this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performances will see a much better response from Gippsland audiences. The final three performances of this familyfriendly slice of nostalgia at the War Memorial Arts Centre, Foster, are on Thursday, December 13, Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15 at 7.30pm, and bookings are at famda.org.au or Main Street Revelations, Foster. Tickets will also be available at the door, and audiences are asked to note that there will be a $5 discount on all tickets for the Thursday night performance on December 13.

Volunteers drive dialysis transport By Brad Lester VOLUNTEER drivers in South Gippsland Shire and other rural councils are ensuring patients can receive dialysis treatment.

Until recently, volunteer drivers took patients from South Gippsland Shire in councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community bus to receive dialysis at Wonthaggi and Warragul Timely message: from left, Crystal Libreri, Chris Dickins, Christine Skicko, Doug Stark hospitals. and Tayla Gane on stage during A Criss-Cross Christmas at Foster last week. Photo by YiNow two patients are being anni Banikos. driven in a council car to Wonthaggi by a volunteer, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays each week. South Gippsland Shire Council funds this service, including the operational and purchase of the bus. Council bought and paid for the community bus that is also available for hire by not for profit community organisations, planned activity groups, aged care facilities and council programs when required. The bus is not currently used to transport dialysis patients due to client numbers and mobility, but could be used again if more eligible patients arise. Until then, the council car will be used. Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manager community prevention | treatment | wellness services Bart Ruyter said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I was being pragmatic, it should be a health department responsibility, Phone 5662 5225 or go to www.sgtc.com.au for appointments not a volunteer responsibility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personally, I believe it needs to have specific funding from myotherapy | chiropractic | physio | acupuncture | pilates | osteo | naturopathy within the department.â&#x20AC;?

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guidelines allow for the ability to flexibly respond to community needs,â&#x20AC;? the spokesperson said. Mr Rutyer recently presented to council about the implementation plan for the Age Friendly South Gippsland Plan 2017-2021. More than 330 were consulted regarding the original plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Having opportunities for people to participate in the community has many benefits for the volunteers,â&#x20AC;? he said. Home and community care services are likely to be provided by a new provider in April 2019, after previously being provided by council.

Noticeboard PUBLIC BRIEFINGS

ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING

3.1. Policy Framework Cluster Community Bodies. 4.1. Implelmentation of a Cat Curfew and Dog Leash Order - Survey Results. 4.2. Gravel Roads Service level review - 2018/19 Annual Plan major initative 4.3. 2018/19 Capital Works Program Amendments. 4.4. Award contract CON/195 - New Caravan Park Amenities PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS blocks at Long Jetty and Waratah Bay/budget increase 4.5. Award Contract CON/196 - Design and construction of Wednesday 12 December 2018, the Ruby Arawata Road Bridge and Associated Roadworks/ 2.00pm*; 5.00pm*; 7.00pm* Budget Increase. Council Chambers, Michael Place, Leongatha 4.6. Award Contract CON/201- Annual Supply of worksite *Expressions of interest to present to Council were made by accessing Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Presenting to Council, contact 4.7. Award Contract CON/203 - Refurbishment of change 5662 9222 for details. A list of booked topics can be viewed room facilities at Korumburra Recreation Reserve. the day prior on Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. 4.8. Proposed Sale of Council Land - Korumburra Wednesday 19 December 2018, 10.00am* Supermarket Development (Council Agenda Topics Only) 5.1 Councillor Appointments to Committees 2018/19 Council Chambers, Michael Place, Leongatha 5.2. Council Meeting Timetable 2019 *Expressions of interest to present are made by accessing 5.3. New Policy: Councillor Standing as a State Federal Candidate Policy (C74) Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Presenting to Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; page (by COB 14/12), contact 5662 9222 for details. A list of booked 8.1. Financial Performance Report Jully to November 2018 topics can be viewed the day prior on Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. 8.2. Assembly of Councillors 22 October to 21 November 2018 ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING 8.3. Documents Sealed Awarded or extended by CEO 27 Wednesday 19 December 2018, 2.00pm October to 16 November 2018 Council Chambers, Michael Place, Leongatha 8.4. Instruments of authorisation and appointment to stuff under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 *Register your questions (by COB 14/12) by accessing 14.1.Closed session - Australia Day Award Recipients Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Questions for Council Meetingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; page, contact 5662 9222 for details. Alternatively you can lodge 14.2. Closed session - Personnel Matter CEO Employment

and Renumeration Committee of the Council Meeting. 14.3. Closed sessioin - Personnel Matter - Appointment Chairperson of the Audit Committee Please note that Council live streams and records 14.4. Closed session - Contractual Matter its Ordinary Council Meetings, refer to the Policy on Councilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website for more details. PUBLIC NOTICE 2.1. Transport solutions for South Gippsland & Bass Council is proposing to re-name McDonald Street East to Coast Simpson Street in the Township of Foster. McDonald Street 2.2. Farming Shed building permit exemptions East is considered as a duplication and therefore must be 2.3. Draft South Gippsland Recreational Vehicle (RV) and renamed. The proposed name is Simpson Street, this will Camping position paper 2019 - 2023 become a continuation of Simpson Street from Toora Road 2.4. Planning Application 2018 - 199 10 Lance Drive, to Reservoir Street Yanakie - Development of Industrial Building, Reduction Further information is available at South Gippsland Shire of car parking and alter access to RDZ1 Council Website: www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au Wednesday 12 November 2018 Council Chambers, Michael Place, Leongatha 12.45pm: Community Strengthening Activities - Monthly Update (30 minutes) â&#x20AC;˘ Road Safety Awareness Projects â&#x20AC;˘ FReeZa Youth Events and Leadership 1.15pm: Audit Committee Chair Report (30 minutes)

CHRISTMAS CLOSURE December to 5.00pm 1 January for the Christmas period. We will re-open Wednesday 2 January at 8.30am. Emergencies: Phone 5662 9200 (24/7) for urgent Council matters eg. livestock or trees on roads. General emergencies: 000. Tourism: Visitor Information Centres in Korumburra and Foster: 7 days a week, 9.00am-5.00pm. (www.visitpromcountry.com.au) Coal Creek: 7 days a week, 10.00am-4.00pm Leongatha Information Centre, Memorial Hall: 7 days a week, variable hours. Phone 5662 9200 (All Closed Christmas Day) Aged and Disability Services: Aged and Disability Services will operate over the Christmas Period (except for public holidays). The only services to be provided on public holidays are Meals on Wheels and showers. If services are not required during this period please notify the Aged and Disability team as soon as possible. Phone 5662 9200. Maternal and Child Health: Centres are open (except for public holidays) but limited to Key Ages and Stages (KAS) checks. Appointments required. For support, call 13 22 29. If you or your child is unwell, seek advice from your GP or nearest hospital emergency unit. Council and community playgroups do not run during the school holidays. Go to ! " ! # " local playgroup. Waste Management: There will be no kerbside garbage, recycling and green waste collections conducted on Christmas Day. Properties scheduled to have their kerbside waste bins on Tuesday 25 December will be collected on Wednesday 26 December. This affects properties in Foster, Port Franklin, Toora, Welshpool and Port Welshpool. Transfer stations and the $ % # & Day. Opening hours displayed at sites and on www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

TENDERS + < # companies/applicants for the following: RFT/207 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW TOILET BLOCKS IN MIRBOO NORTH, KORUMBURRA AND WARATAH BAY Tenders close 2.00pm AEDT on Tuesday 05 Feb 2019. RFT/208 RE-TENDER DESIGN, SUPPLY AND CONSTRUCTION OF SHEDS AT RECYCLING AND WASTE TRANSFER STATION Tenders close 2.00pm AEDT on Tuesday 22 Jan 2019. Documentation is available from: www.southgippsland.vic.gov/tenders

WORKS THIS WEEK Roadside slashing: Korumburra South and Toora Bridge construction and road realignment: Bena Kongwak Road, Bena. Bridge replacement: Powneys Road, Tarwin Unsealed road maintenance: Welshpool, Hedley, Leongatha, Leongatha South Carpark construction: Charles Street, Korumburra Sealed road culvert maintenance: Soldiers Road, Waratah North and Andersons Inlet Road, Moyarra Unsealed road drainage programs: Korumburra and Welshpool Tree requests: Whole Shire Reseal preparation: Koonwarra-Pound Creek Road, Pound Creek and Wild Dog Valley Road, Leongatha North Footpath renewal: Baromi Park, Mirboo North Sealed Road Shoulder Mainenance:Silcocks Hill Road, Toora Resheets: Port Welshpool Township

EMPLOYMENT Council advertises all employment opportunities on its website. For details please visit: www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au/employment

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New centre eight years in the making uate and post graduate nursing, medical and allied health students. “This facility is of an exceptional standard and was completed on time and on budget.” The initial application for funding was made to The builder was Becon Constructions Australia the Commonwealth Government back in 2011. P/L. This new centre is now home to Leongatha The idea is to create a one-stop shop for the comHealthcare’s second premises with its other build- munity’s primary care needs. ing in Koonwarra Road remaining as a clinic but the Having doctors from Leongatha Healthcare right Jeﬀery Street site now closed. at the hospital doorstep will help for a more seamWhilst one half of the new IPCC houses Leongatha less task of having a doctor readily available in an Healthcare, the other half will eventually be home to emergency. The on-call doctor will be consulting at a range of allied health and community services; al- the IPCC centre and can quickly get to the hospital ready a podiatrist is soon to use one of the consulting from there. rooms plus more private services will follow. On the same day as the oﬃcial opening, a pop-up Some of the spaces can be used for educational art show was set up with guest artist Laura Welsh and presentations with projectors and screens in place. other NDIS participants displaying artworks. Gippsland Southern Health Service board chairThe quality works were well received and viewed man Alex Aeschlimann said at the opening on Mon- whilst Marty Thomas’s talk about the Art Developday, December 3, “the opportunity will be there to ment Project in Cambodia was also part of the openexpand the capacity of clinical training to undergrad- ing event.

THE new Integrated Primary Care Centre (IPCC) has now been oﬃcially opened at the Leongatha Hospital.

New building open: celebrating the opening of the new IPCC are, from left, Dr Leslie Chisholm (Leongatha Healthcare), Gippsland Southern Health Service board chairman Alex Aeschlimann and Dr Graham Toohill (Leongatha Healthcare).

Pop up art: displaying their works on the walls at the new IPCC are, back, from left, Chris Expert: art tutor based at the Korumburra Hospital, Barry Plant, displayed one of his works McRae, Debbie Wilson, Lynne McIntyre and Michelle Tower, with front, guest speaker Marty Thomas and art show guest artist Laura Welsh. at the pop-up art show.

Library decision sparks concern

About nine members from SOML attended, with Veronica Dowman and Peter Granger putting their main grievances to the board for consideration. They contested WGRLC’s decision to scrap mobile bus library services in the South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires due to alleged under-performance. SOML was formerly allotted ﬁve minutes of speaking time. Ms Dowman contested the board’s calculations to determine

tions to provide a suite of enhanced services to small towns in the South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires. “The technology now exists to provide services that are more convenient for people by oﬀering them in ways that they expect in 2018,” she said. “For example, agency-style libraries and ‘click and collect’ points available for as many as 30 hours a week will ensure people can get the books, movies and other materials they want from our catalogue of 140,000 items in a far more convenient manner than a mobile, which only visits for an hour or two every week or fortnight. “We are now continuing to consult with potential community partners and organisations who share our constructive commitment to providing people with better access to library services. “We would like to thank those active users of the mobile service who responded to our survey to provide their preferred service options as well as any other feedback.”

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INVERLOCH Carols in The Glade will be held on Saturday, December 15. Feature artists will be Imogen Price, the group Stella and the Harmonisers, as well as the Inverloch Primary School choir. The evening kicks off at 6pm with family fun time and free sausages provided by the Inverloch and District Lions Club, along with face painting, popcorn and fairy floss. The Inverloch SUFM team will be running games for children during the family time. The carols will start at 7pm. If weather is uncooperative, the carols will relocate to the Inverloch Community Hub. POLICE are helping South Gippslanders avoid being the target of numberplate thieves. On Saturday, December 15, police will change existing screws on numberplates to tamper proof screws. Operation SAFEPL8 will be conducted at Bunnings, Wonthaggi from 10am to 3pm in the car park. The screws are free and will be supplied by Victoria Police. Bunnings Wonthaggi has kindly donated space and tools to help with the operation. Operation SAFEPL8 is a joint initiative between the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce, the RACV, Crime Stoppers and Neighbourhood Watch. Anyone with information about number plate theft should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Many numberplates have been stolen from vehicles in South Gippsland recently.

Close call: quick thinking locals and South Gippsland Shire Council’s Ned Dennis (second from left) saved the day for the owner of this car in Leongatha. The car had slipped out of gear and was rolling towards trouble in the Smith Street carpark when passers-by noticed and threw themselves at the rear of the vehicle to stop it rolling further. Mr Dennis found a slab of bluestone in the garden and quickly placed it behind the car to stop it from rolling further.

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Sounds of Summer returns to Inverloch SOUNDS of Summer will be held at Inverloch for another day of family friendly music, local food and wine on Saturday, December 29. The line-up performing at the event this year appeals to all ages. Headliners ARC have 33 Aria Awards, 16 top 10 albums and four of Australia’s most celebrated musicians—all brought together for one electrifying rock and roll experience that spans decades. Featuring members of legendary Australian bands Spiderbait, Jet, Powderfinger and You Am I, the group’s members remain key players in one of Australia’s most lauded musical dynasties. The members of the Antipodean Rock Collective (ARC) are: • Kram - drummer and vocalist for Spiderbait, one of Australia’s most successful and respected alternative rock bands and Australian rock super group The Wrights; • Mark Wilson - bassist, pianist and backing vocalist for the internationally acclaimed rock band Jet; • Darren Middleton - guitarist and songwriter for one of the most successful Australian rock bands of the past two decades, Powderfinger, and now a successful solo artist; and • Davey Lane - guitarist for definitive Australian rock band You Am I, The Pictures and Australian rock super group The Wrights. Melbourne Ska Orchestra is an orchestra with a difference, with up to 36 of Australia’s finest musicians and performers directed by the charismatic Nicky Bomba (John Butler Trio, Bomba, Bustamento). Melbourne Ska Orchestra’s live performance is explosive and infectious. Clare Bowditch is returning to Sounds of Summer for the second time as a crowd favourite. The ARIA Award-winning singer said, “Sounds of Summer was a truly beautiful festival to highlight our summer with. We really had a great time. The festival was a perfect combination of professionally organised, but grass-roots/community led. “Yes, we were wonderfully taken care of but the festivals emphasis on caring for and entertaining the audiences - particularly families as there was a heap of great activities for everyone - really made it stand apart. We had such a beautiful day and the community welcome was phenomenal.” Sounds of Summer always supports local and up and coming Australian artists. Opening the festival this year are talented local country duo Souly Us, who perform original and cover songs from a variety of modern country musicians and pop artists with their signature easy listening style. Also on the bill are Nick Carver and The Mean Street Butchers and Braxton Hicks. Children will be entertained with laser tag, face painting, lawn games and more. Bring a picnic or relax knowing the Food Village returns with many of the tribe returning, as well as welcoming new food villagers. Most vendors are sourced from broader Gippsland. Cuisines will include Mexican, Asian, Japanese and great Aussie favourites. The festival has been curated to attract families

and relish in the cultural delights at our doorstep. Kate Adkins from local events management company, Events by Kate, is the creator of Sounds of Summer. She said, “I really love bringing people together. Inverloch Sounds of Summer was born as a result of all my passions: togetherness, celebrating good music, delicious foods, fabulous wine and the ultimate being with our family and friends. So we are bringing all that together to create a day of fun filled laughter, good times and lots of festival cheer! “Our third year is set to be bigger and better and we cannot wait. With our new venue reflecting a day on the green, it is going to be a wonderful day out.” Inverloch Sounds of Summer will support Dementia Australia as the festival’s charity for 2018, pledging a gold coin donation from every ticket sold. This charity has been chosen in memory of the late Billie Walsh, a loving wife, mother and grandmother who dedicated her life to her family. A complimentary shuttle bus within the township of Inverloch will be operating on the day, with three drop off and pick up points every 30 minutes. Other bus services are also available for a small fee from Cowes, Korumburra, Leongatha and Tarwin (by expressions of interest). Festival patron testimonials: “A fantastic atmosphere! Beautiful local food and wines and a great mix of ages amongst the crowd”, and “Brilliantly organised and executed…can’t wait for Sounds of Summer to be an annual event”. Sounds of Summer will be held at Thompson Reserve, Inverloch-Venus Bay Road, Inverloch. Gates open at 1.45pm and the event concludes at 10pm. Tickets are adults, $50 + BF, pensioner/senior

Hear them play: Melbourne Ska Orchestra features up to 36 of Australia’s ﬁnest musicians and performers. They will be at Inverloch’s Sounds of Summer. Book online with Eventbrite: https://bit. $40 + BF, student $25 + BF, family of two adults and two children $110 + BF. Children 10 and under ly/2MzTSea or buy tickets at Dirty Three Wines Cellar Door, 64 Cashin Street, Inverloch. are free. Oﬃcial website: www.inverlochsoundsofsummer.com.au Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inverlochsoundsofsummer/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inverlochsoundsofsummer/ Hashtag: #inverlochsoundsofsummer

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There will be three pick up and drop oﬀ points: Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club, Inverloch Recreation Reserve, Sandymount Avenue (you are welcome to drive and park cars here), and V/Line Stop, The Esplanade. The ﬁrst pick up will be 1.15pm from Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club and will continue every half hour throughout the day until the close of the festival at 10pm. Bus services from Cowes to Inverloch with South Coast Buslines will stop at all V/Line stops. Tickets are $25 per person and bookings are essential. Phone 5952 2500 to secure and pay for your seat. At 11.30am, bus departs Cowes to Inverloch, stopping at all the V/ Line stops; 2.30pm, bus departs Cowes to Inverloch, stopping at all the V/ Line stops; and 10.30pm, bus departs Inverloch to Cowes stopping at all the V/Line stops. Bus services from Korumburra and Leongatha will be provided by Harley’s Buslines. Tickets are $20 per person and bookings are essential. Please phone Wayne on 0407 343 930 to book your seat. At 12pm, the bus departs Korumburra V/ Line stop and 12.30pm, departs Leongatha Recreation Reserve. At the end of the concert, the bus will depart Inverloch at 10.15pm. For pick up from Tarwin, express your interest with Harley’s Buslines.

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OPINIONS

Silence on library loss

ON May 4, Bass Coast councillors were briefed on a recommendation to cancel the South Coast Mobile Library.

Western Port Ward councillors Clare Le Serve, Bruce Kent and Geoff Ellis remained silent and did not discuss this proposal with the people living in the Waterline and San Remo community. In fact, all nine councillors remained silent. They had three and a half months to discuss this proposal with their community before

their in-camera decision to endorse the recommendation. This indicates a complete disregard and total lack of respect for the people who will be affected. The secrecy involved is appalling! Ruth Smith, Coronet Bay.

Thank you WE are sending a very big thank you from the Wonder Women family violence Support Group (WWSG). Your contribution to the WWSG has helped to make the day a success for all who

E D I T O R I A L Supermarket surprise THE South Gippsland community, with much fanfare, received notice of a new supermarket for Korumburra all the way back in June 2017. South Gippsland Shire Council and Michael’s IGA were proud to announce the project that would be a major investment in the town and create much needed employment, both during construction and once the supermarket was operational. Since then, both parties have been tight-lipped about the progress of the project, but with the public’s attention diverted by the relocation of the groups and services that occupied that site on which the supermarket would be located. Those included the Korumburra library, Rotary art gallery, and Korumburra and District Historical Society, and the new home for these would likely be a new community hub on the existing railway land. News this week that Michael’s IGA has withdrawn from buying the land from council is disappointing on many fronts, with the Korumburra community no doubt saddened to hear it will have to wait even longer for a bigger, more modern supermarket. It’s unfortunate the parties were not able to reach an agreement but business is business, and now all the community can do is hope that some time in the future, a new agreement can be reached that does become a reality without so much excitement and then nothing. The community often hears council is not as pro-business as many people would like. Let’s hope that is not the case in this situation and that like any successful negotiation, comprise from both parties results in an outcome that gives Korumburra and district the supermarket needed to service the area’s growing population.

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participated in the Orange the World activities on December 1, 2018 in Leongatha. Your contributions will enhance the success of a most worthy and altruistic cause for an unfunded group of women (family violence victim-survivors) who seek to help others on their transition to a brighter future in recovery following family violence. As a civilised society, we can no longer afford to tolerate or condone violent, controlling, intimidating or abusive behaviours that cause those less powerful to live in fear. Violence is a serious human rights issue and has to stop. Orange the World is an annual global movement of 16 days of awareness raising activism from November 25 to December 10 to highlight the need for civilised societies to end violence, and in particular, violence against women and girls to ensure a brighter future for our children. As of November 22, 120 men, 72 women and 20 children have been killed in Australia since January 1, 2018 (www.impactforwomen.org. au). Approximately 75 to 84 percent of all deaths have been perpetrated by males on other men, women and children. Of those killed, or perhaps a more accurate working would be ‘of those murdered’: • 120 men (gender of some killers unknown): 21 deaths attributed to relationship violence, 90 men killed by males,

Letters to the Editor 17 men killed by females; • 72 women (gender of some killers unknown): 43 deaths attributed to relationship violence, 61 women killed by males, 6 women killed by females; and • 20 (+2) children and unborn twins: 19 deaths attributed to relationship violence, 16 children killed by males, six children killed by females. Yet, let us not forget the silenced voices of those still too afraid to ask for help for fear they too could become a mere statistic on yet another page... #HearMeToo and stop the violence. Your help in raising awareness of the consequences of violence may mean the world of difference in someone else’s life, and perhaps even someone close to you. Marianne Ruff, event manager and coordinator, Leongatha Counselling Services.

Art impresses ON the way through to Mirboo North recently, I took the opportunity to visit the art show presented by the Leongatha Painters Group in a venue in Bair Street, Leongatha. The quality of the showcased works was impressive and the sheer volume of red dots bore testament to the artists’ capacity to assess their market.

I particularly enjoyed the many watercolour and pastel works, and was pleased to see the artists rewarded for their efforts. I trust the group will be sufficiently encouraged to repeat its efforts next year. David Vance, Inverloch.

Rail trail caution PROCEED with caution on the Great Southern Rail Trail (GSRT) extension.

2018/19 Proposed Annual Budget and Revised Council Plan 2017–2021 – open hearing - (Council Plan – Strategic Objective 1.3.4 – Investigate feasibility of further extensions and upgrades to the rail trails, particularly between Leongatha and Korumburra and explore opportunities to develop nationally significant trails). Buried within the above is a well-crafted submission signed by John Kennedy, Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks and Peter Smith. Careful reading of the submission gives me the impression it’s designed to leave a casual reader with the idea the cost of the GSRT extension (from Leongatha to Korumburra) is $750,000 rather than around $3 million. It’s all there, read carefully, but doesn’t make it clear enough the section of the GSRT under consideration has a gap in the middle between

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Turner Street and where the trail currently ends, and therefore the trail isn’t continuous. Highly unsatisfactory I think, and one can only conclude to ‘bridge’ that gap is projected to cost $2.25m – that’s outrageous! The ‘three wise men’ assert their position is the best ‘bang for our buck’ option. I seriously challenge their claim. There are questionable claims made regarding the benefits of the extension, like the usage “will increase significantly because of the shorter journey time from Melbourne”. Few decisions to come would be based on the time difference between going to Leongatha or Korumburra. Most of the other ‘benefits’ amount to nothing more than a transfer of those benefits from one town to the other. Nothing wrong with that approach if you own a bicycle shop in Korumburra, as is the case with one signatory, John Kennedy. Having said that let’s make certain the GSRT usage is not focused only on the cycling fraternity. I can easily make a better case for significantly increasing the usage of the GSRT without the proposed extensions. Space constraints don’t permit elaboration here. Sufficient to say the reopening of the South Gippsland Railway Line is not ‘dead in the water’, as some would have us

believe. Times change! Right now the major political parties are scrambling for solutions to Melbourne’s overpopulation. A window of opportunity exists for the South Gippsland Shire that won’t stay open long. What we do must distil down to whether or not the people of our shire prefer the shorter term, lower level, benefits of the extended GSRT or the long term, far more significant, benefits of re-opening the railway (including how that can benefit the GSRT). It’s implausible to imagine state or federal funding would be provided for both. If the GSRT extension proceeds, it hinders the train return case and virtually ensures the trains don’t return; that’s not necessarily the case today! In June 2018, Danny O’Brien MP said: “….I’d like to get a clear message from the community and from the council – which one do you want?” - I understand he’s still waiting on that guidance. Maybe, it’s time for a referendum on the matter? PS. I had a decades’ long involvement in the horse industry and have supported the GSRT from the get go. It’s likely I signed the 2016 petition to get the extension up. Back then I wouldn’t have understood the potential negative impact on the ‘bring back the train’ movement. Did you? John McCombe, Leongatha.

VOXPOP! VOX

With temperatures in the mid to high 30s last Friday in Leongatha, The Star asked, “What do you do on a day like this to escape the heat?”

“On a day like this, I like to stay inside the bank with the air conditioner.” Graeme Sandford, Leongatha.

“I love to have a cool one.” Gary Cooper, Woodleigh.

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“I love to be outside. I hate the cold and love the heat because it reminds me of being away on holiday during warmer weather.” Cheryl Noorbergen, Leongatha.

Art hunt BASS Coast Shire Council is seeking expression of interest from experienced artists to create a contemporary public artwork to be installed in the Bass Valley and Hinterland region.

Mayor Cr Brett Tessari said the $47,000 commission would be a tourism attraction. “We’d love to see some really quirky and different concepts come through the expression of interest process,” he said. Artists can choose and propose their preferred sites, which will be subject to council approval. Applications close Sunday, December 16. Artists can access more information, the expression of interest guidelines and grant applications at council’s website www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/publicart.

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Give the gift of travel “We are just one of 10 Australian travel agencies presented with a Bronze Choice Award from Travellers Choice, which is very exciting as a regional based agency,” she said. At the awards ceremony held in Cairns, Travellers Choice managing director Christian Hunter said Bronze Choice Award winning agencies demonstrated outstanding levels of travel expertise, customer service and business acumen. “We have arranged several successful group departures during the year, with the two most successful being our exclusive tailor made itineraries Majestic Britain in August, and Coast to Coast in September, along with a Princess Cruise group for a local Probus Club, and the annual school group to China,” Jill said. Leongatha Travel and Cruise, as a Travellers Choice member, is the exclusive agency for Trip A Deal. They have been agents for more than a year, and this agreement will continue into 2019. “This is very exciting for our agency. We are finding a greater awareness with increased sales in this competitive area that was previously dominated by the online travel business model,” Jill said. In keeping with the Christmas spirit, Leongatha Travel and Cruise are offering a 25 percent discount off all travel goods in store. Also, the gift of travel is always extremely popular and gift vouchers can be given for any amount. Jill, Vanessa Roberts, Caitlin Burge, Simone and Erin would like to extend their very best wishes for a safe and happy Christmas, and thank everyone for their support in 2018. “We look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year, and hope 2019 brings health and success to all,” Jill said. Call in to Leongatha Travel and New face: from left, Jill Carmody, owner and manager of Leongatha Cruise today to see their range of Travel and Cruise, welcomes new staff member Erin Hassett to the travel goods and give the gift of travteam. el this Christmas.

JILL Carmody, owner and manager of Leongatha Travel and Cruise, said, “It’s at this time of year we reﬂect on all that has occurred over the past year, and we feel grateful for all the support we have received from our loyal clients, suppliers and the co-operative of Travellers Choice throughout the year so that we can pass this on to our customers.

two new staﬀ members Simone Delahaye, whom has now taken maternity leave, and the newest member of our team, Erin Hassett, whom has come from another agency to complete our team. “Every member of our agency is committed to using their professional expertise and personal experience to ﬁnd the best travel solutions for our customers.” Jill announced Leongatha Travel and Cruise recently received one of the Australian travel industry’s most “Our team has changed through- respected awards for the third year out the year, and has grown to include running.

Achievement recognised: Graham Smith, Travellers Choice business development manager for Victoria, congratulates Jill Carmody, owner and manager of Leongatha Travel and Cruise, on the agency’s latest award.

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Santa delights at Capeview Mitre10 YOUNG and old alike were delighted to visit Santa Claus at Capeview Mitre10 in Leongatha on Saturday. HitFM Gippsland’s Santa On Tour program was in Leongatha on Saturday and will continue on to various locations across the region to celebrate Christmas. Visitors came to have their photo taken with Santa and do Christmas shopping while they were there.

Left, Special season: from left, Stacey Williamson brought her son Jasper Watson to visit Santa Claus at Capeview Mitre10 Leongatha on Saturday. Right, Season’s greetings: from left, Santa’s elf Tiana Revill, Aidan and Kynan Staley and Santa Claus, who visited Capeview Mitre10 Leongatha for HitFM Gippland’s Santa tour across Gippsland on Saturday.

Interchange introduces the A-TEAM program THE A-TEAM, one of Interchange Gippsland’s teenage recreation programs recently got active with a day of laser tag skirmish. The teenagers from across Gippsland had a fantastic day in open bush surroundings where inﬂatables, including a fort, set the scene for a day of tactical laser skirmish. Interchange Gippsland, with funding provided by the Gippsland Primary Health Network (PHN) has started a monthly social/recreational activity group for teenagers who have been diagnosed with high functioning autism, between the ages of 13 and 17. High-functioning autism is an informal term some people use when describing people with a High-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Individuals with this diagnosis can speak, read, write and handle basic life skills. They may live independently or with their family and in lots of ways may not initially appear to experience day to day challenges. For a long time only people with very severe symptoms were diagnosed with autism. Early in the 1990s, milder forms were recognised, including high functioning autism and Asperger’s syndrome, which share many of the same attributes. Individuals with high functioning autism generally have a challenging time with social interaction and communication. They can ﬁnd it hard to read social cues and

might find it difficult to make friends. They might find eye contact or small talk difficult. Sometimes people on the spectrum who are high-functioning can also be very devoted to routine and order. They might have repetitive and restrictive habits that can seem unusual to others. School and work performance varies considerably among individuals with high-functioning autism. Some do very well while others get overwhelmed and find it really difficult to concentrate. Some can manage really well in a job and others find it very difficult. It all depends on the person and the situation. However, social skills are usually an area of life that can be hard to understand for someone on the spectrum, even if they manage other aspects of life very well. If you or someone you know has a diagnosis of High Functioning Autism, are aged 13 to 17 years, reside in Gippsland, and are looking to meet new people, have fun and socialise with peers, then A-TEAM might be for you. The group has monthly activities planned with support from Interchange Gippsland staff and volunteers. There are two A-team programs; one in the Latrobe/Baw Baw region and one in South Gippsland/Bass Coast region. If you are interested or would like more information about The A-TEAM program, please contact Interchange Gippsland on 1300 736 765 or email admin@icg.asn.au

Come along: Interchange Gippsland’s ATEAM members recently enjoyed a day of laser tag skirmish. Front, from left, Malakai, Andrew and Kaleb, and back, from left, Cameron, Chris, Joel and Jacob.

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Mayor’s message Cr Don Hill AFTER a very busy day at council last Wednesday (9am to 6pm), I attended the Community Grants (round one) presentations in the council chambers in Leongatha. Over the last 11 years council has allocated more than $3,500,000 through the Community Grants program. Council will distribute a further $300,000 in the 2018-19 program. Last Wednesday, council distributed $131,000 of that $300,000, with grants ranging between $1000 and $10,000. Twenty-seven applications were received of which 21 were successful: these 21 projects have a total value of around $431,000, which is quite an outstanding return on investment. Projects comprise an enormous range of activities from festivals, facility upgrades, developing of master plans and purchase of much-needed equipment. One in particular is the $9500 grant to the Allambee South Community Centre for a development plan to co-host a CFA facility on site. I recall attending one of the hall committee’s AGMs a few years back when someone asked me what council could do to support them and I replied, “Well, have you applied for a community grant?” The response was “No, what is that?” It is encouraging to see the work that hall committee has done in the last few years and how it is now progressing its work through partnering with the council on this exciting project to look at colocating a CFA facility on site. It would provide a huge beneﬁt to the community. Another grant I would like to highlight here is the Fooverage Festival to be held in the beautiful Mossvale Park, which will showcase high quality Gippsland food and beverages for locals and visitors. More and more of these type of events are occurring across South Gippsland and they do a great job to promote the region as a strong primary production area and one which food tourists should visit. See you there!

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Before the shave: from left, South Gippsland branch of Gippsland Historical Automobile Club members, Ian Nicholas, Ken Becher, Frank Oostermeyer, Matt Sherry, John Mackie and Max Wise before their moustaches were shaved at the club’s headquarters in Leongatha on Sunday. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning-@ fourcornersframing.biz

After the save: from left, South Gippsland branch of Gippsland Historical Automobile Club members Ken Becher, barber Damien Noonan of Razor Sharp in Leongatha, Max Wise, Matt Sherry, Ian Nicholas, Frank Oostermeyer and John Mackie after losing their hair to raise funds for Movember. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning-@ fourcornersframing.biz

Moustaches lost for men’s health Still a good season: farmer DESPITE low rainfall in early November, the average for the month ended barely a few millimetres below the average in Fish Creek.

According to local farmer Neville Buckland, who has been keeping rain records since 1960, heavy rainfall in the later part of the month made up for the beginning’s dry spell. Mr Buckland said despite the progressive total for the year to date being a bit over 100mm, less than at the same time last year, the season has been comparably better. “We have a lot of green grass and a lot of farms in the Fish Creek area are onto their second cut of silage for the year and some I know are on their third cut of

silage,” he said. “South Gippsland is very good at the moment and despite being drier, the grass is green without irrigation. “I expect a total of about 1100mm for the year which is going to be well below the average but we will have to see how summer goes.” According to the Bureau of Meteorology, statewide, November rainfall was 4.5 percent below the long-term average of 52mm. Between November 21 and 24, a succession of storms across Victoria led to daily totals generally ranged between 10 and 20mm, with isolated totals exceeding 30mm, including 36mm at Toora and 34mm at Wilson’s Promontory in that period.

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THE South Gippsland branch of Gippsland Historical Automobile Club held its shave day on Sunday, for club members who took part in this year’s Movember. A great day was had with lots of laughs and of course lots of funds raised at the club’s Leongatha headquarters. Member Max Wise attracted a lot of attention when he said he would shave the moustache he has had for more than 20 years - as long as the price was right. The funds started rolling in at a fast rate and within minutes he had more than $400 on the table. Before he could change his mind, barber

Damien Noonan of Razor Sharp in Leongatha had the clippers purring and the moustache was gone. Frank Oostermeyer raised more than $4100, so off came his bushy beard and also his hair. With these outstanding efforts, the club raised more than $6000 for men’s health this Movember. The club would like to thank club members John Mackie, Max Wise, Ian Nicholas, Frank Oostermeyer, Ken Becher and Matt Sherry for a great effort in growing moustaches this year. A special mention to Damien Noonan from Razor Sharp in Leongatha for his time in removing the men’s unwanted hair.

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Carols come to town THE feature artist for the 2018 Wonthaggi Community Carols on Sunday, December 16 is Mark Nunis.

He will bring three musician friends to provide backing and together, they work as the Mark Nunis Band. Wonthaggi Primary School’s school choir will take to the stage, as will St Joseph’s Primary School drama group and a group from Connecting 2 Australia. The music will, as always, be provided by the Wonthaggi Citizens’ Band and U3A choir. Mr Nunis’ passion for music and performing was nurtured from a young age from his parents and also encouraged by his grandfather. Having organ and then piano lessons from the age of six, he began to learn a wide range of musical styles from classical to pop, leading him to his love of jazz, gospel, blues and boogie woogie music. A passionate educator and performer, Mr Nunis has played for many wedding receptions and ceremonies, music festivals, pubs, restaurants, piano bars and jazz clubs in Australia and abroad. He is a regular performer at Piano Bar Geelong and also for Carnival Cruise Lines, performing in the piano bars. He has also recorded on many albums as a session musician for various artists, and has composed music for local film makers. Mr Nunis has also composed and written music for various shows for the Melbourne Fringe and Comedy festivals. The carols will be held in Apex Park, Wonthaggi, with family activities from 6pm and the carols from 7.45pm.

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WONTHAGGI CHRISTMAS

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to encourage people to do their Christmas shopping locally,” Ms Connell said. Many businesses are working hard to ensure customers have have a event will be Carols by wonderful Christmas. Wrenches Footwear is offering 25 percent off women’s shoes over the Christmas period. Wrenches is locally owned and provide an extensive range of footwear for all members of the family. Tyrepower is providing great deals on quality tyres to get you through the holiday season. Tyrepower also offers a range of services from an expert team on a range of vehicles. For a unique Christmas gift, why not stop by Delicious Vintage Love? The second hand marketplace offers an extraordinary range of vintage and retro items perfect for anyone with exquisite taste. Everything in store is interesting and fun and you never know what treasures you might uncover. Plus, there are many more Wonthaggi businesses just waiting to offer you a Christmas to remember. Find your Christmas spirit in Festive season: the decorations are up and Wonthaggi is pumped to celebrate Wonthaggi.

THE Wonthaggi community has well and truly immersed itself in the Christmas spirit.

This year, Wonthaggi’s major Christmas Candlelight. The beloved event will take place this Sunday night, December 16. Family activities will kick off the evening at 6pm, followed by carols at 7pm. Once again, the event will be held in Apex Park. As you wander around town, you will notice most businesses have joined in the festivities and decorated their windows, with some interior Christmas designs as well. Wonthaggi Business and Tourism Association president Dee Connell said people can feel the festive season in the air. “It has definitely gotten busier. It feels like is has been Christmas for about six weeks,” she said. “You can certainly sense that Christmas is here.” At this time of year, it is important to remember to continue to support your local businesses while you are searching for the perfect Christmas gift. “A lot of businesses have their signs out Christmas 2018.

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South Gippsland Shire Council gives

Worthy projects: South Gippsland Shire Councillor Andrew McEwen (centre) gave $8000 to Marie and Don Creed of Outtrim Reserve Committee to create an accessible toilet and storage room.

Tastes delicious: South Gippsland Shire Councillor Jim Fawcett (left) gave $8000 to Jeremy Curtis, president of Leongatha Rotary Club, towards the Fooverage food and wine festival the club is proposing.

Meeniyan men: South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Don Hill gave Brian Hoskins (left) and David Meikle of Meeniyan Mechanics Institute $8000 to refurbish the hall ceiling.

Yee ha: Korumburra Agricultural and Pastoral Society’s Shirley Cowling was delighted to receive $3000 from South Gippsland Shire Councillor Jim Fawcett to upgrade power and build a road.

Grinning winners: Arawata Community Hall Association’s Craig Jackson (centre) and Simon Gould (right) were delighted to be presented with $4600 for lights, fans and chairs from South Gippsland Shire Councillor Ray Argento.

Creative types: Meeniyan Tourism and Traders Association’s Catherine Waldron (right) was pleased to collect $8000 from South Gippsland Shire Councillor Lorraine Brunt towards the Meeniyan Arts Trail.

Iconic event: Dianne Paragreen received $4750 from South Gippsland Shire Councillor Andrew McEwen towards the Prom Coast Festival 2019.

Cultural extravaganza: St Paul’s Catholic Social Club received $5000 towards the Mirboo Hill folk: South Gippsland Shire Councillor Rosemary Cousin (left) was pleased to present North Italian Festa from South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Don Hill. The club was rep- $9500 to Allambee South Community Centre’s Kim Styles, Dianna Mueller and John Bilney resented by, from left, Mary Smeriglio, Rosie Romano, Nucia Tangusso and Paula Calafiore. for the Allambee South Outdoor Development Plan.

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a $130,950 gift to the community Cr Hill said community groups were an asset Grants Program for 2018-19 will open on January CHRISTMAS came early for commu- tives of the community groups at an awards cer1, 2019, and close on March 31, 2019. to South Gippsland. nity groups across South Gippsland last emony at the council chambers in Leongatha. Changes have been made to the application “Their hard work and dedication brings our Mayor Cr Don Hill said, “This program Wednesday evening. continues to be the most direct way our coun- communities together and helps to make South process and applicants are advised to take time to South Gippsland Shire Council distributed round one of its 2018-19 Community Grants program, worth a total of $130,950. Twenty-one community groups received funding for a range of projects with a total value of around $430,000. Councillors presented the grants to representa-

cil can support the community to realise its own projects.” In addition to the grants presented in the photos on these pages and in Star Sport, council also gave $7000 to Welshpool Recreation Reserve for a storage shed and $3000 to Carols in the Drome, Leongatha.

Gippsland a better place for all,” he said. “This round was particularly competitive which made selecting the successful applications very challenging. Thank you to everyone who took time to submit an application during this round of funding.” Applications for round two of the Community

read over the guidelines. If applicants are seeking more than $5000 they must contact a member of council’s community strengthening team to discuss their application before applying. Anyone seeking more information can contact the team on 5662 9200.

Landscaping project: Dianne Cooper and Tony Cornish of Sandy Point Community Centre Festive spirit: Toora Community Action Team’s Anna Hopkins (centre) and Alex Berry received $2000 to remove and replace garden edging from South Gippsland Shire Council- received $1200 towards Christmas lights from South Gippsland Shire Councillor Ray lor Alyson Skinner (left). Argento.

Up high: Mount Best Hall’s Ray Brown (left) and Fred Leopold (right) received $7000 from Historical importance: South Gippsland Shire Councillor Alyson Skinner (left) gave South Gippsland Shire Councillor Andrew McEwen for the Dry Feet 2 project. $10,000 to Friends of Coal Creek’s Joan Hopkins (centre) and Shirley Cowling to renovate the Lands Office at the Korumburra park.

Comfort first: Nyora Recreation Reserve Committee’s Daryl Smith was happy to receive $6000 from South Gippsland Shire Councillor Lorraine Brunt to replace carpets and chairs in the social club rooms.

Future focus: South Gippsland Shire Councillor Rosemary Cousin gave $9000 to Tony Gardner of Korumburra Recreation Reserve towards a plan to revamp disused netball courts.

Natural wonder: South Gippsland Shire Council mayor Cr Don Hill presented the Venus Bay Community Centre with $10,000 towards the Tarwin River Precinct Plan. The centre was represented by, from left, Michael Buckley, Wendy Lawrence, Patricia Freeman and Don Kennedy.

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Korumburra Christmas Bright Christmas: Korumburra Florist owner Yvonne Hess is on hand to provide a range of flowers and gifts from her new store on Commercial Street, Korumburra.

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Korumburra Florist has been a mainstay in the town for many years and will now cater at a new location further down the street at 48 Commercial Street. Not only does florist Yvonne Hess provide a beautiful range of flowers, but also the special gift for those who wish for something different yet sentimental. Located in the central space of The Borough, Udder & Hoe Cafe and Pantry can offer some respite from the Christmas hubbub but also, a range of specially curated Gippsland produce to impress visitors and guests. For the extra special technology-loving friend or family member, Telstra partner and leading mobile phone specialist Mobiz is also on Commercial Street. To celebrate a big day of Christmas shopping, nothing is more refreshing that an ice cold beer made by Korumburra’s own Burra Brewery coupled with a delicious wood fire oven pizza. Opened this year, the brewery has already established itself as a quality beer brewer and destination for foodies wanting to sample local produce with a beverage or two. Locally owned and competitively priced, South Gippsland Engine Reconditioning can recondition an engine and undertake any mechanical repairs for vehicles in preparation for any long trips to the desired holiday destination. Korumburra Newsagency has a broad variety of magazines, stationery and gift ideas to suit everyone’s interest this Christmas. They even offer hampers ready to go or can make hampers to order if customers are after something bigger. Dentist Dr Gary Wilkie has served the communities of Korumburra and surrounds for many years, offering a variety of dental procedures. The school holidays are a popular time for families to book their children in for check-ups, so call to make an appointment that suits you. Simply White Antiques and Homewares is the place to go this Christmas, with stunning gifts available at grand prices thanks to a stock clearance of up to 40 percent off, excluding jewellery. Are you heading away this summer? Be sure to check the condition of your vehicle’s tyres and if you are in need of replacements, visit T for Tyres in Korumburra for all new tyres and repairs. South Gippsland Optical has opened in Korumburra, offering a complete optometry service and an extensive range of glasses. The qualified and experienced team is keen to provide a service locally to save residents from leaving town, and customers receive the benefit of all eye tests being bulk billed.

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Soon demand grew. There was a choice – increase the supply to Melbourne or start a box system for local families who also wanted to take part. So, with Melbourne already well supplied, the locals became the sole focus of supply. Grow Lightly has packed bags in several locations: in a café in Korumburra, then in a building inside Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, and most recently in the Food Hub near the park, but still some distance from the centre of Korumburra. This building allowed Grow Lightly to open a ‘shop’ several days a week, as it was more accessible to the public. However there were many in Korumburra who didn’t know of Grow Lightly’s existence and the space for other community-based activities was limited. So earlier this year, Grow Lightly moved its shop into the main street of Korumburra. Find Grow Lightly Green Grocer at 25 Commercial Street, next to the Korumburra Newsagency. Parking is available at the rear, with entry via a gate at the rear. Grow Lightly is part of the changing heart of Korumburra with its many new shops. Grow Lightly offers clean, fresh and local produce; grown organically, picked very recently and delivered to the door by the grower; and all from no more than 60km from Korumburra. All produce on display is seasonal and so varies throughout the year. Grow Lightly is open Monday to Friday, 10am to 4 pm, and on Saturday from 9 am to 1pm. Meanwhile, Grow Lightly continues with its other activities, based in the Food Hub, near the Coal Creek car park, in Silkstone Road. Grow Lightly still runs a large vegie-bag program; more than 40 bags per week are packed and distributed to many places across Southern Gippsland. Grow Lightly supplies families and businesses on

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Korumburra Christmas You’re invited to Carols at the Creek

Of course Santa will be making his special appearance and having your cameras ready for a photo This is a great time for all the generations of with Santa will be a must. Food, coffee and candles will be on sale or pack one’s family to get together and enjoy the Christmas spirit at Coal Creek Community Park and Mu- an evening picnic supper. The opportunity to have a picture dressed in seum, Korumburra. The wonderful South Gippsland Concert Band nativity costume will be offered at the front of the and the choir from Korumburra Primary School church as well. Come and enjoy the beautiful park and sunset will be entertaining, and there will also be guest with the carols playing. soloists. A gold coin donation upon entry to help Tune those vocal cords and let Santa do all the cover costs of the event for the community is last bits of shopping and wrapping of presents while appreciated. the children enjoy singing carols. The concert will finish by 9pm.

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“We’ve found people have come to us keen to get riding again but are a little bit lacking in confidence because of their fitness,” Mr Kennedy said. “With the e-bikes we are finding this changing and we are starting to get a lot more asking about this.” Mr Kennedy, who this week chalks up two years in Korumburra, said he cannot talk highly enough of the health benefits of riding. “Seriously I reckon three half hour sessions a week on the bike would improve your health dramatically. It’s a lot cheaper too than paying for visits to the doctor. If people could just start and then build, then I think their confidence just grows.” Mr Kennedy not only sells bikes, he also fixes them, services them and importantly makes sure people are getting fitted to a bike that suits them.

Ripper year: John Kennedy, pictured, celebrates two years at the Korumburra based The Bicycle Fitting Store. People can also bring their bikes in, even if purchased elsewhere and check the bike is the right fit. Mr Kennedy has a great range in for Christmas from children’s bikes right through to ladies and men’s touring and road bikes. The ladies Apollo touring bike is a step-through bike. Some have disc brakes while most have baskets, which are great if you are cycling to a market to pick up some items. Accessories like helmets, bike seats, spare tubes and pumps are all available.

Mr Kennedy is a mover and a shaker for Korumburra, having already developed the highly successful The Burough complex in the old Coles Variety Store. Having successfully run a bike shop in Black Rock along the popular Beach Road cycling mecca, there isn’t a lot Mr Kennedy doesn’t know about bikes, so call in and he won’t mind if you pick his brain! He will be happy also to discuss his passion of one day linking the rail trail between Korumburra and Leongatha.

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A d the thh menu m a And has been expanded; as well as a variety of wood-fired pizzas, you can now have Well, if you do, this week the region’s newest garden, chicken or lamb salads, pretzels, baked pobrewery is about to can the brewery’s three biggest tatoes, nachos, bruschetta, in-house breads and a range of desserts (even for the kids!). sellers, Golden Ale, the Pilsener and the Pale Ale. Although not on the menu just yet, the pre-orAccording to one of the owners and brewer Phil Dempster, the canning is due to happen this week dered anti-pasta platters have all been very popular and gift packs should be available from this Thurs- with function bookings. Check it out at 12 Commerical Street, day, December 13. “Fingers crossed and if all the canning goes to Korumburra. plan this week, we should have them ready for preChristmas sales this Thursday onwards,” he said. It may be worth calling first in case the canning is delayed or it might be wise to beat the rush and book your order in before the gift packs sell out. “The Golden Ale, the Pilsener and Pale Ale seem to be the favourites with the customers on tap; we’ve run out of these varieties at certain times,” Mr Dempster said. He reports things are tracking along really well with more than 50 functions already either held or coming up before Christmas. The venue has hosted four groups on the one night as there are enough areas to do this. The pleasant Sunday afternoons with music from Out and about: Narelle Jones and Phil 2pm-5pm have proven very popular, with the nicer Dempster flew the flag for Burra Brewery at weather bringing the punters out the front for a cathe recent Harvestfest at Lardner Park. sual afternoon.

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• the oversized pivot front door opens to impressive stone featured wall in the entry, matching the front façade of the home; • multiple living areas with open plan living room, formal living, formal dining and theatre room; • four generous bedrooms, all with walk in robes. The master has a full en-suite including separate toilet, walk behind shower, free standing bath, double vanity and private balcony; • two expansive bathrooms with stone top vanities, free standing baths and walk around showers and separate toilets, plus an extra powder room for guests; • spacious kitchen with waterfall stone bench tops and free-standing oven. Abundance of cupboard space with full walk in pantry/prep area, two fridge nooks and direct access outside;

• ample natural light floods this stunning property with highlight windows through the main kitchen/ dining/living area with raked ceiling; • bi-fold doors open to incorporate the most wellequipped entertaining area you can find including double oven, natural gas stovetop, fridge and bench space, open fire place and ziptrak cafe blinds; • ducted natural gas heating, cassette air-conditioner, numerous split systems, solid fuel heater, open fire place and ceiling fans throughout the home; • oversized garage (approximately 12x9m) with panel lift doors and clothesline; • separate large studio/gym with powder room, storage cupboard and direct access to the main garage; • low maintenance gardens and spacious backyard with many established ornamental trees; • under house storage area with roller door access plus wood shed and chook run; and • rear yard access with abundant room for a large separate shed if needed. Spread over one acre, this property has open town views, making it feel like a perfect piece of paradise to enjoy. Please call today to book an inspection.

21 Grandview Rise Stockdale and Leggo Leongatha 5662 5800

$889,000

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The north facing balcony opens off this area, providing elevated outdoor living and entertaining. At the eastern end of the house is the ‘parent zone’, with master bedroom, walk in robe, en suite, However, if living within 200 metres of Leon- large lounge and separate study. gatha’s shops, and an easy walk to schools, churches, The west wing contains three double bedrooms, medical and sporting facilities is where you’d like to bathroom and powder room, plus a huge media room be, then read on. complete with projector and screen - the perfect place Custom designed and built around 14 years ago, to watch your favourite movies and sport. this house maximises its location. Every room in this house has large windows situEntering through the front door, you’ll be imme- ated to take in views, either of the surrounding rural diately captured by the panoramic views through the landscape or into the gardens. oversized windows, looking north over the rooftops On 1379m2 (approximately) of land, this propto the farms and hills of Leongatha North. erty has the added bonus of two street frontages: the This central living area features polished hard- main driveway from Long Street and the other enwood floors and a galley kitchen with walk in trance from the bowl of Hattam Court, which also pantry.

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gives driveway access to the double garage. The asphalt driveway from Long Street offers access and parking for up to four cars. There are three lawn/garden areas, with one featuring an original palm tree. This one of Leongatha’s finest properties; a quality, family sized custom built home, ideally located, large block, two street entrances, picturesque views. It’s hard to think of a box this property doesn’t tick!

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HIS private and peaceful property would make the most ideal weekender and is also perfect in its current capacity as a permanent residence.

Situated on approximately 4.59 acres is this delightful bush block which has approximately 1.5 acres of cleared land, so you can still have a horse or pet of your choice. The views are just outstanding; you will get swept up in them whether it’s chilling on your front verandah or sitting in one of the living areas within the home. The home boasts three good sized bedrooms, an office/study, one bathroom, two living areas, and a good sized laundry with an extra shower. The main living area has an ambient open fire and is situated in-between the kitchen/dining and rumpus room. With floor to ceiling windows on either side, you can look out one side onto the magnificent view or to the other side and through sliding doors to a lovely paved outdoor entertaining area, pretty garden, and mature trees and bush. The Tasmanian myrtle kitchen is complete with electric cooking, dishwasher, breakfast bar and a neat informal dining area with split system reverse cycle. The second living area is spacious with a wood heater. It also takes in the rural views and has external access to the outdoor entertaining area, making it a perfect set-up for entertaining family and friends. The gardens are just lovely with a variety of plants including natives, iris beds, and many other mature trees and bush which attract some amazing birdlife. Outside is a double carport with lockable workshop attached as well as a garden and wood shed. This property is private and peaceful, and situated in a lovely and diverse small community. The school bus goes by out front, and there is also a large progressive pony club and horse trailing riding

club in the Boolarra district. It is also easily accessible to the city via the Princes Highway or by train from Morwell. Boolarra is a small township located in the Latrobe Valley, in central Gippsland, and is only 20 minutes to Morwell, 35 minutes to Leongatha and 110km to Pakenham. If you would like to inspect this property or have any questions, please contact Jean O’Loughlin on 0428 571 083. Open for inspection: Saturday, December 15, 11am to o 11.45am. . 5a .

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Private, peaceful and all perfection Positioned perfectly on approximately 1.7 acres, surrounded by the most elegant garden, is this magnificent three bedroom, brick veneer home. This quality-built home

features high ceilings, bay windows, and luxurious fixtures and fittings throughout. A gorgeous timber kitchen with granite bench tops is both functional and well-appointed with excellent appliances. The open plan living area overlooking the stunning garden is perfect for the growing family or an entertainer’s delight. To complete the living space in this home is an

adjoining formal lounge and dining area. One end of the home comprises a massive master bedroom, with a very generous walk in robe, along with a large en suite, consisting of a separate shower and a spa bath. At the other end of the home are the remaining two bedrooms, both equally generous in size, with built in robes. The spacious study could also be used as a fourth bedroom or guestroom. To complete this property is the outstanding shedding: two sheds, both lock up, roller doors, power and concrete, perfect for the boat, caravan and tools, with an attached skillion. The sweeping circular driveway is surrounded by a perfectly manicured and established garden. The garden consists of beautiful fragrant roses, along with perfectly planted annuals.

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Modern cabin: the spacious cabin of the 2018 Nissan Navara ST Black Edition.

Tough look: the all new 2018 Nissan Navara ST Black Edition, available for test drive at Edney’s Leongatha.

Nissan responds with Navara ST Black NISSAN has released its highly anticipated 2018 4x4 Navara ST Black Edition to the tune of delighted ute lovers and the vehicle is available now at Edney’s Leongatha. The limited edition run of 900 units comprises a 140kW, 2.3 litre intercooled twin turbodiesel engine with 450 Nm of torque. Combined ADR 81/02 fuel consumption is about 6.5-7.0 litres/100km. Standard features include a rear view camera enclosed within the audio display plus an auto-

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Last year’s ST-X 4x4 N-Sport models sold out in a limited edition run of only 500 units, shortly after release. The all new Black Edition is based upon the Dual Cab ST Pick Up 4x4 sporting additional features, including black 18 inch alloy wheels with dealer fitted all-terrain tyres, black sports bar, black wheel arch flares, black nudge bar, LED light bar, soft tonneau cover, protective tubliner, black front grille, black mirror caps, black fog lamp surrounds, smoked bonnet protector, mobile phone holder and black body decals. “The market has spoken and it wants more ac-

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The Good Life

Your LOCAL guide to Art and Entertainment

Striking landscapes promise to captivate viewers A SPECTACULAR collection of landscape art will open at Gecko Studio Gallery at Fish Creek this Thursday.

eSCAPE - a landscape group exhibition by Dennis Leversha, Adrian Johnson and Tony Hanning – will run from Thursday, December 13 to Wednesday, January 16, 2019. An opening event will be held between 6pm and 8pm, Friday, December 14. The gallery’s Michael Lester said, “We are very much looking forward to this exhibition with its focus on South Gippsland and the Bass Coast. “I have jokingly referred to Adrian, Tony and Dennis as something of a ‘super group’ of landscape painters but that is disrespectful to the many other skilled and remarkable landscape artists in the region.” Mr Leversha painted stage scenery at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne and then taught art for 30 years in technical schools and TAFE colleges. In latter years, he completed around 30 murals throughout Gippsland. Mr Leversha’s work is largely figurative, the landscape being a favourite subject. Always looking for strong design elements, he tries to capture the essence of the subject matter as well as its visual appearance. Mr Johnson began his painting journey in the early 80s by joining the Talented painter: Wonthaggi Art Group. Mr Johnson has Adrian Johnson was awarded a fellowship exhibited and painted from the Austra- extensively throughout and NSW with lian Guild of Realist Victoria watercolour artist Bob

Artists.

Well regarded: landscapes are a favourite subject of Dennis Leversha, one of three Idyllic setting: don’t miss Summer Nights music festival at Mossvale Park, Berrys Creek, artists exhibiting at Gecko Studio Gallery at on Saturday, January 5, 2019. Fish Creek. Pelchen. Mr Johnson is a past recipient of the Bass Coast acquisitive award and has been invited to judge at many local art shows. He has a long association with the Australian Guild of Realist Artists and in 2011, he was awarded a guild fellowship. “I try to achieve a determined work practice to help solve problems that may arise,” he said. “Varying my technique and subject throws up many challenges. I believe working in this manner improves my development as a landscape painter.” Dr Hanning of Yinnar is also an internationally recognised glass M u l t i - t a l e n t e d artist whose work is artist: artist Dr Tony represented in all major collections in Australia Hanning is taking and many overseas part in Gecko Studio Gallery’s exhibition collections.

of landscapes.

Mossvale to host music festival

SUMMER has arrived in South Gippsland, just in time for Lyrebird Arts Council to announce Summer Nights at Mossvale Park on Saturday, January 5, 2019. Four of the best acts performing in Australia currently will be playing in the natural amphitheatre at Mossvale Park at Berrys Creek. Australian four piece The Teskey Brothers stunned many in 2017 with their gorgeous debut album Half Mile Harvest. A raw combination of soul and blues, the record has warmed the hearts of listeners everywhere. Following a hugely successful debut tour of Australia through July/August, The Teskey Brothers made their first international appearances in October this year with sold out headline shows in LA, New York and London. Listening to The Teskey Brothers you’d be forgiven for thinking of Stax Records alumni in Memphis circa ‘67 rather than a group of twentysomethings from the Yarra Valley near Melbourne. Onstage singer Josh Teskey’s smoked whiskey voice defies expectation while the band around him holds an irresistibly tight groove beneath heartfelt soulful melodies. Saskwatch are back with their fourth album, Manual Override - a sonic kaleidoscope where ever-changing soundscapes and colourful patterns neatly evoke elements of neo-psychedelic,

indie-pop and soul. Manual Override marks a special moment for the band as it’s the first time the six-piece outfit have co-produced and mixed their own work, alongside sound engineer and long-term friend Cal Barter in Newmarket Studios, Melbourne. Manual Override is rich in moods and playful in its progression. It’s a tour de force that consolidates Saskwatch as a band that’s eager to explore, confident in their musical abilities and capable of producing a powerful, timeless album. Four albums in, Saskwatch have rubber stamped their status as one of Australia’s premier live acts. Caiti Baker writes songs about what she knows and feels, sings with her soul and unashamedly performs with passion. But that will all be obvious when you hear her music and watch her perform, which will have you either dancing or chilling with a grin on your face. Acoustic guitar, electric guitar and upright bass, but it’s the two and threepart harmonies and varied lead vocals that give The Rechords their individuality and punch. The band is known for its live performance energy on stage and hypnotic melodies and infectious rhythms. Gates open at 3pm and music kicks off at 6pm. Tickets online through Oztix and local outlets. For festival info: http://www.lyrebirdartscouncil. com.au Ticket prices: $50 concession, $55 adult. Under 12 free.

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The Good Life

Your LOCAL guide to Art and Entertainment

Lyric tackles childhood anxiety GO Away Mr Worrythoughts was a book written and illustrated by Nicky Johnston from her experience as a mother of a child with anxiety.

Cocky of Bungaree and The Boy from Oz. Next year he will be in Year 12 studying singing and drama at Newhaven College. Mr Worrythoughts is played by Chenneth Weeraratne from Foster who has performed with FAMDA in The Web and The Day they Shot John Lennon. He has also performed in school plays in the USA and Sri Lanka. He is at present studying law. Tara/The Teacher is performed by Kaitlyn Gale who has performed in Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s the Wizard of Oz and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She has been dancing for 13 years at Care2dance Leongatha. Kaitlyn plays cornet in South Gippsland A sum of $5000 is on the line for the winner of Brass Band. Next year she will be LOCALS are rallying around Dumbalk’s studying Year 12 at Chairo Christhis event. inaugural New Year’s Eve Campdraft. Cash and prizes in excess of $30,000 are up for tian College. Dumbalk Country Campdraft Club is hosting the Martin, the father, is played by grabs throughout the draft. massive three day event from December 29 until 31. With 13 events in the line up, the draft will cul- Ben Gibbins, who has performed Local sponsors, including Landmark livestock, minate in a massive celebration on the New Year’s with Wonthaggi Theatrical Group Leongatha Toyota, Bulla Lyn ASH and Diamond Eve. in The Cocky of Bungaree and Wool Pads, have backed the three day spectacular, All competitors will receive a free evening meal The Boy from Oz, and he was a which is sure to attract competitors and spectators on the night and live entertainment will be provided lead performer in Mary Mckillop from across Australia to Dumbalk. College’s High School Musical. by the Screaming Eagles. The sponsors include local farmers, businesses, Ben studied acting in MelCatering and a bar will be open throughout the the Dumbalk Fire Brigade, local cricket, footy, netball event. bourne at NIDA. He is looking and golf clubs, and country women’s associations. A fantastic free breakfast will also be offered for forward to performing with LeonDumbalk Country Campdraft Club thanked all competitors on New Year’s Day. gatha Lyric Theatre next year in sponsors for their generosity. Campdraft is an excellent sport to inspire riders Young Frankenstein, the Musical The event will kick off at 5.30am on Saturday, of all ages and varying skills to participate in com- while studying Year 12. December 29, with the Maiden Draft. Director Sue Lindsay has writpetition. It’s a fun, social event that’s inclusive of the ten and directed plays for primary The major event will be the $15,000 Bulla Lyn whole family. ASH Longhorn Open round one, which will be held If you a looking for a thrilling way to ring in the and secondary schools, as well as on Saturday with the second round and the final to be New Year, Dumbalk Country Campdraft Club has community theatre. She directed Our Country’s you covered. held on the Monday.

Bayden, with the help of his father, learns to say, “Go away Mr Worrythoughts, your thoughts are not welcome here!” With the help of his friends Tara and dog Rocky, Bayden uses his imagination to give himself courA play was then created from the book, and age and hope. He creates a Worrybox into which he tells of the boy Bayden being crippled by worries, can post his worries so he can read them out later to spoken to him by the frightening puppet head Mr himself or to someone else. Worrythoughts. Leongatha Lyric Theatre will present the show at This scary creature magnifies Bayden’s mistakes local primary schools this December. and suggests the many possible horrible things that Bayden is played by Max Duff, who has permight happen. formed with Wonthaggi Theatrical Group in The

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Show with a message: Kaitlyn Gale playing Bayden’s friend, Tara, Max Duff as Bayden with his dog Rocky, and Chenneth Weeraratne as Mr Worrythoughts in Leongatha Lyric Theatre’s production of Go Away Mr Worrythoughts to be performed at schools this week. Good for Leongatha Lyric Theatre, The Web and the Day They Shot John Lennon for FAMDA and The Cocky of Bungaree for Wonthaggi Theatrical Group. She is rehearsing Song of the Seals, a family show, for performance on January 4,5,6,10 and 11 at the State Coal Mine, Wonthaggi. Assistant director Laurie Martin has performed in Our Country’s Good, California Suite and Annie with Leongatha Lyric Theatre.

This play will be touring local primary schools on Wednesday, December 12; Thursday, December 13; and Monday, December 17. The schools that have booked the production are Koonwarra Village School, Korumburra Primary, Tarwin Lower Primary and Inverloch Primary. Further information from the director, Sue Lindsay at slindsay@netspace.net.au

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Festive pets dress for fun IT’s not only Star readers who love Christmas, but also their pets.

The Star recently invited Facebook followers to submit of their pets dressed in Christmas outfits and these are some of the submissions. Other photos were published in the December 4 edition.

Grinning elf: Chloe Shambrook of Leongatha dressed her dog Gus with festive Cute, cuddly: Kali, owned by Danah Suckling of Dumbalk, looks simply adorable. spirit.

Hello Santa: Ash the ferret of Mardan pops out to say “Happy Christmas”. Thanks to Jordan Gardner for this pic. Happy pooch: Toby of Inverloch was willing to pose for owner Matt Redmond. It’s Christmas after all.

Sharing the love: Henry and Mickey spread Looking smart: Kiersten Allen of LeonChristmas cheer dressed as reindeer. They gatha has some patient dogs in Preston (left) and Yoda. belong to Angie Ford of Leongatha North.

Councils tips more money into landfill

Art with a message: South Gippsland Shire Council’s community strengthening coordinator Ned Dennis and arts development officer Mary Sullivan with a poster by Inverloch Primary School Grade 5 students Lyra and Georgia that was part of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign display at Leongatha Memorial Hall. SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council will

Art demands respect SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council transformed the alley beside Memorial Hall, Leongatha into an outside gallery to showcase students’ respectful relationships artwork.

ries of primary, secondary and specialist schools that display the following themes: what do respectful relationships look like? What does gender equality mean? and challenging gender stereotypes. Local winning entries have come from Fish Creek Primary, Inverloch and Kongwak Primary and Mirboo North The project is part of the 16 Days of Activism Primary, and secondary schools. Further artworks are being displayed across Campaign from November 27 to December 10 run by Respectful Relationships teams across Gippsland Gippsland in various sites and formats (including Bass Coast, Wellington, Latrobe, East Gippsland and in partnership with Gippsland Women’s Health. The campaign asks people to draw a link between Baw Baw shires). South Gippsland Shire Council is a supporter of gender inequality, sexist jokes, traditional gender community led projects that encourage respectful roles and men’s violence against women. Students from Gippsland schools participating relationships. Council’s arts development officer Mary Sullivan in the Department of Education and Training’s Respectful Relationships initiative were invited to take said, “We are very proud of all the students who have contributed these artworks to the project; their creativpart in the poster design competition. Ten posters have been selected from the catego- ity sends a powerful message to the community.”

increase its budget allocation for the construction of the rehabilitation cap for cell three at Koonwarra landfill.

Council received two tenders for the project and both were over budget, and there were no ways for council to revise the scope of the works to reduce costs. Council recently voted to increase its budget allocation by $116,923 to a total of $826,402, excluding GST.

Council awarded the tender to Goldsmith Civil and Environmental Pty Ltd. Construction of the cap is required as part of the rehabilitation of the site, in accordance with the conditions of the landfill licence issued by the Environment Protection Authority. Cr Lorraine Brunt said council had no option other than to increase its allocation and should aim for zero waste. “It just shows you how much waste costs,” she said.

Mayor’s message Cr Brett Tessari

ress advocacy through to the State and Federal governments. Foreshore erosion control and transport are two of the advocacy items discussed at the meeting that align with our advocacy priorities, so it will be good to work This incredible photographic exhibition features together to help champion these, along with other isthe stories of Australian Vietnam War veterans and sues affecting Gippsland. it was awesome. It is such an inspiring display and I Get your singing voices warmed up, because there would encourage everyone to go and have a look. The are plenty of carol events happening around the shire exhibition is being held at the museum until the end in the lead up to Christmas. of May, 2019. Inverloch, San Remo, Corinella, Wonthaggi, As we look towards the end of the year, Bass Grantville and Cowes all host fabulous evenings of WELL, you can tell it is December with a huge thank you. may think it was just a can of baked beans Coast’s schools are all putting on their final concerts family friendly entertainment and are a great way to the towns looking lovely with their andYou not a big deal, but your kindness and generos- and presentations. I was invited to attend Newhaven get into the spirit of the season. Christmas Decorations up. The Cowes carols on Tuesday, December 18, do ity combined with that of others does make a large College’s Presentation Evening. It was a fantastic This time of the year can be difficult for many difference. night and one of the best end of year school concerts I feature a fireworks display at 9.30pm, so please make people though. Our emergency foodbank has been Our term program from next year is still being have been to. The school’s music program is just mind sure your pets are safe at this time if you live in the very busy. Donations are greatly appreciated and re- pieced together and confirmed. The dates should be blowing. The pride that Newhaven’s students, teach- area. ally do make a difference. Summer is here and with the warmer weather on going up over the next week on our website, www. ers and families have in their school is obvious and a You may have spare eggs from the chickens or milparacommunityhouse.org.au and we will have a real credit to them all. its way, there are a few things we can do to keep oursome garden produce you may like to donate. We program available as soon as it is finalised. The Gippsland Local Government Network selves happy and healthy. also accept unopened non-perishable grocery items. The red and yellow flags are back on our patrolled Yesterday Monday, December 10 was the last (GLGN) meeting I attended recently was a great opIf you would like to make a donation but cannot day of the Orange the World – 16 days of activism portunity to put forward our advocacy priorities for beaches on weekends from the start of December unpop in during open hours, Monday to Friday 9.30am against violence. the next 12 months. til Easter, making it easy for swimmers to find someto 4.30pm. You are welcome to leave them by the The network is an alliance between six Gippsland where safe to take a dip. We would like to congratulate our community door. Don’t forget to slip, slop, slap and remember to on supporting this important campaign. It has been councils, including Bass Coast, South Gippsland, To all of the people who make donations both wonderful to hear great discussions. Wellington, Baw Baw, East Gippsland and La- look out for anyone in your neighbourhood who might now and throughout the year, we would like to say Have a great week from all the team at Milpara. trobe City and was formed to help Gippsland prog- be affected by extended periods of hot weather.

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Farming Insight

Interstate guest: James McMillan came from Bega to VLE Leongatha’s Store Sale last Thursday. He was selling 45 Angus cows, seven years and 10 Angus Charolais, noting continual dry conditions. Above Sales day: Landmark auctioneer Brian McCormack, fourth from left, auctions 19 weaned steers at VLE Leongatha’s Store Sale last Thursday. Thimms Hotels of Callignee netted $1550, averaging 521kg, taking home $2.98/kg. Left Inspections: saleyards veteran Norm Geary of Boorool inspects last Thursday’s VLE Leongatha Store Sale for Angus steers. Right Island guest: King Island’s Ian Lester bought 19 steers for $3.61/kg, averaging 340kg, at VLE Leongatha’s Store Sale last Thursday.

Former MG chief Gary Helou to pay $200,000 penalty taken to the court that he will not a Canadian multi-national. Murray Devondale brand” and Darren East- misled. “We were conscious not to seek be involved in the dairy industry for Goulburn continues to exist as a legal wood saying, “Petty cash for him”. entity but only to deal with the ACCC Mr Helou has admitted he was penalty orders that would adversely three years. The court also ordered by consent and ASIC proceedings and current involved in the misleading represen- affect farmers for the wrongs comtations made by Murray Goulburn. mitted by Murray Goulburn, so we that Murray Goulburn and Mr Helou and future class actions. Murray Goulburn retained apThis included not informing farmers focused on obtaining appropriate or- pay a portion of the ACCC’s legal proximately $200 million to deal with of risks known to Murray Goulburn ders against the individuals involved costs. On May 1, 2018, the operat- these liabilities, with any unspent and making unfounded assumptions in the conduct,” Mr Keogh added. As part of the resolution of the ing assets and liabilities of Murray money to be distributed to farmer that Murray Goulburn could achieve proceedings, Mr Helou has under- Goulburn were acquired by Saputo, shareholders and unitholders. its milk powder sachet sales targets. “Murray Goulburn’s misrepresentations meant farmers were not • VLE Leongatha informed of the likelihood the final milk price would fall below the opening price. This was important information for farmers as it would have Australian Competition and influenced the business decisions Consumer Commission deputy chair each farmer made,” Mr Keogh said. Mick Keogh said, “The penalty im“Farmers were denied the opporposed against Mr Helou reflects his tunity to plan for the impact of the reseniority at Murray Goulburn and induced milk price on their businesses volvement in misleading representaders, 3. Alex Scott & Staff, 4. Phelan & Henderson & between February and April 2016, THERE were approximately 1300 extions about the farmgate milk price.” Co, 5. Rodwells, 6. Landmark. including implementing measures to port and 200 young cattle penned repMurray Goulburn admitted to Prime Sale - Wednesday, December 5 reduce their exposure to a decrease in resenting an increase of 230 head week making false or misleading reprethe milk price or shopping their milk BULLOCKS sentations in breach of the Australian on week. around to other dairy processors.” 15 J.S. Forsyth, Narracan 796.7kg 293.2 $2335.83 Consumer Law when it represented A recently operating domestic order was absent The ACCC did not seek a penalty 12 N.J. & S.K. Geary, Leongatha 715.8kg 286.0 $2047.28 to farmers in Victoria, South Austraagainst Murray Goulburn because as while most of the regular buying group was present and 1 P.K. Macphail, Toora 625.0kg 285.0 $1781.25 lia and southern New South Wales on Penalised: former Murray operating in a cheaper market. it was a co-operative, any penalty im6 F. Ventroni 577.5kg 284.6 $1643.57 February 29, 2016, and subsequently Goulburn Co-operative manQuality was mixed with a good selection of grown 18 Maxray Nominees P/L, Buffalo 566.1kg 283.0 $1602.09 posed against it could end up being until April 27, 2016, that it could paid by the very farmers that were steers and bullocks while the young cattle held many aging director Gary Helou. 11 E.J.B. Forrester, Cranbourne 791.4kg 282.6 $2236.39 secondary and plainer lots. STEERS Trade cattle sold mostly firm to 5c/kg easier. Grown 400.0kg 289.6 $1158.40 steers and bullocks eased 3c to 6c/kg. Heavy weight 1 R. Hopkins, Yinnar 2 F. 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THE Federal Court has ordered former Murray Goulburn Co-operative managing director Gary Helou to pay $200,000 in penalties for being knowingly concerned in Murray Goulburn’s false or misleading claims about the farmgate milk price it expected to pay dairy farmers during the 2015-16 milk season.

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Farming Insight Farmers’ event attracts 200 DESPITE a number of contractors absent due to a full-on hay season, there was still plenty of interest at a farmer’s information night hosted by Chapman Machinery Service last Thursday, December 6. Located in the business’s large warehouse, the night featured a display of the Agco range and products across the Valtra, Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Iseki tractor range and the Massey Ferguson and Lely hay equipment and implement range. “We had a great turn out even on one of the busiest days and nights for the season. A huge thank you for everyone who came out,” said the company’s Cameron Chapman. Agco representatives demonstrated the new Valtra Smart Touch controller arm rest, with its very intuitive/easy to use interface.

Representatives from the companies were also demonstrating the Fuse Technologies in the Valtra, Massey Ferguson and Fendt range, with the the h tractors driving di i h customers aroundd the h yard with the auto-steer and paddock mapping technologies. “We had the Agco Lely product rep running through all the Lely balers and hay equipment on oﬀer, all now part of the Agco product range,” he said. “With the Lely Balers coming out next season rebadged as Fendt and Massey Ferguson, there are exciting times ahead.”

Great season: as well as a good social networking exercise, clients came to Chapman Farm Machinery last Thursday to talk about the good times, like the current excellent hay and silage season.

Looking on: Yinnar’s Alan Hopkins is pleased with the good season conditions in general. Family day: youngster Lane Bowman with grandfather Lachie came from Foster to VLE He came to VLE Leongatha’s Store Sale last Thursday looking to replace his ‘clean meat’ Leongatha’s Store Sale last Thursday. Mr Bowman was very pleased, selling 17 Hereford Limousins. steers, two years. He made $1350, averaging 525kg, taking home $2.57/kg.

• VLE Leongatha Store Sale

Large yardings continue at Koonwarra AGENTS yarded another large yarding of 2900 head at this week’s VLE Leongatha store sale, which saw 2100 steers, 650 heifers, 150 cows and calves and store cows come forward. Overall the quality was not quite as good as previous sales but there were still some very good lines of well bred cattle that sold to fully firm rates and even 10 -20 cents dearer again in the weaner steer section . The majority of the cattle were purchased by the locals, with a few domestic feedlot buyers purchasing a few to feed. The major feedlot buyers did not operate. There was an increase in demand in the cow and calf section with some sales a $100 or more dearer than previous sales. The next and last store sale for 2018 will be held on December 20. On behalf of the South Gippsland Stock Agents Association we wish all the agencies staff and their families, and clients/sellers/ buyers / carriers and VLE staff a merry Christmas and a happy and safe new year.

Thursday, December 6 Steers: B. Savage, 15 Ang, 2yo, 587kg @ $2.96, $1740, 15 Ang, 2yo,

535kg @ $3.06, $1640; L. & D. Peters, 10 Ang, 2yo, 550kg @ $2.91, $1600; Thimms Hotel, 19 Ang, 2yo, 549kg @ $2.91, $1600, 19 Ang. 2yo, 521kg @ $2.97, $1550; L. Edwards, 18 Ang, 2yo, 544kg @ $2.77, $1510; H. Goldsmith, 16 Ang, 2yo, 495kg @ $2.98, $1480; L.E. Kerr, 40 Ang, 20mths, 479kg @ $2.97, $1421; J. Bickley, 16 Ang X, 18mths, 475kg @ $2.98, $1420; D. Jelbart, 15 Ang X, 18mths, 482kg @ $2.90, $1400; Westbury Downs, 15 Hfd, 2yo, 545kg @ $2.66, $1450, 16 Hfd, 2yo, 541kg @ $2.58, $1400; T. & C. Hulls, 5 Ang, 20mths, 473kg @ $3.08, $1460; Rarma Downs, 10 Ang, 18mths, 465kg @ $2.99, $1390; F. & C. Cameron, 15 Ang, 12mths, 375kg @ $3.41, $1280, 15 Ang, 12mths, 354kg @ $3.64, $1290; T. & C. Hulls, 18 Ang, 12mths, 373kg @ $3.35, $1250, 18 Ang, 12mths, 368kg @ $3.36, $1240; A.L. & G. Anthony, 11 Hfd, 12mths, 363kg @ $3.27, $1190, 13 Hfd, 12mths, 348kg @ $3.30, $1150; D. McGrath, 12 Ang, 10-12mths, 356kg @ $3.14, $1120; M. Sweeney, 14 Ang, 10-12mths, 350kg @ $3.31, $1160; Mabu P/L, 13 Ang X, 1011mths, 350kg @ $2.85, $1000; K. & H. Nicklen, 10 Ang, 10-11mths, 349kg @ $2.83, $990; J. Bowron, 19 S/horn, 12mths, 340kg @ $3.61, $1230, 19 S/horn, 12mths, 313kg @ $3.92, $1230; French Island Trading, 13 Ang, 12mths, 385kg @

$3.49, $1350; W.J. Berry, 17 Ang, 12mths, 310kg @ $3.35, $1040, 17 Ang, 290kg @ $3.44, $1000; H. & N. Fox, 12 BB, 12mths, 304kg @ $3.32, $1010; R. Aﬄeck, 16 Fries, 20mths, 458kg @ $2.03, $930. Heifers: K.J. Nicklen, 10 Ang, 20mths, 420kg @ $2.64, $1110; Bulleondurra, 11 BB, 20mths, 385kg @ $2.57, $990. 12 Ang, 20mths, 362kg @ $2.62, $950; B. Spiden, 15 Hfd, 12mths, 372kg @ $2.58, $960, 10 Hfd, 12mths, 351kg @ $2.48, $870;

P. Johnston, 4 Sth Devon, 12mths, 348kg @ $2.60, $905; M. & M. Stephens, 12 Limo, 12mths, 328kg @ $3.23, $1060; D. Macleod, 15 AA & BB, 12mths, 317kg @ $2.52, $800; T. & C. Hulls, 24 Ang, 300kg @ $2.46, $740; A. Wilkin, 5 M/G, 12mths, $840; J. & K. Hilliar, 22 Ang, $680. Cows & Calves: Argent & Walker, 10x10 AA/FF X, $1780; I. Robinson, 2x2 AA X, $1620; J. McMillan, 10x10, AAX, $1360.

LIVE EXPORT WANTED • Holstein heifers joined July 2018, PTIC 4/5 months to AI or registered Holstein, 400-450kg weight, quick delivery. $1500+gst. • Unjoined Holstein heifers 220kg+ weight at delivery late January. $1100+gst. • Holstein heifers in calf from 1st October, PTIC 6-14 weeks at delivery end January. In calf to Holstein $1400+gst. In calf to Jersey/Angus $1300+gst. • Angus heifers, Unjoined and suitable for breeding, 250-400kg weight, 9-16 months of age at delivery mid February. $925-$975+gst. • Normal China Protocol for all above

Regular sales: Bev Shandley came from Tarwin Lower, selling 18 Angus steers, 12-13 months, at VLE Leongatha’s Store Sale last Thursday. She made $1040, averaging 365kg, taking home $2.85/kg. She’s been a ‘forever farmer’, growing up around dairy and noted the good recent conditions for her usual sale time at this time of year.

ALEX DIXON 0409 581 935 MICHAEL FOOTE 0427 162 370 ROHAN McRAE 0417 836 664

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Promontory Winery Santa spreads joy to the world IF ever there was a more important job know? Perhaps it’s his red pyjamas worn to bed & Restaurant than spreading joy to children the world and when he gets up in the morning, he awakens Acute Care Nurses (Division 1) wanted ICU/PICU experience preferred but not essential Wanted for home care in Leongatha area who love the outdoors and having fun! Due to nature of program, females are encouraged to apply. Please contact Patrik 0n 0410 942 230 or email patrik@intensivecareathome.com

EXCITING NEW RESTAURANT IN FOSTER AREA SEEKS

Chefs and Apprentices Wait Staff RSA Necessary

FULL TIME AND PART TIME Positions Available Email resumé to: cgarms@bigpond.com

VACANCIES @ GSHS Speech Pathologist – Gr 2 0.6 EFT Permanent Part time (Job # PH1201) Contact: Vivian Carroll, Allied Health Manager. Ph: 5654 2701 or email vivian.carroll@gshs.com.au

Maintenance Worker/Handyperson Casual (Job # MT1201) Contact: Donald Van Rooye, Maintenance. PH: 0409 022 440 or Donald.vanrooye@gshs.com.au Full details, including the position descriptions are available at www.gshs.com.au. Email applications, quoting the relevant job reference number, to jobs@gshs.com.au by Friday, 4th January 2019.

LEONGATHA

SITUATION VACANT MOTOR MECHANIC/INSTALLER Autobarn Leongatha is a family owned and run local business that is well known in the community and prides itself on excellent customer service. Autobarn Leongatha is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated applicant. The position involves mechanical work, electrical and accessory installation and also some retail duties. A motor trade background is preferred. Would consider a 2nd or 3rd year apprentice. Applicants should address resumés to: Peter McNiven – Peter@leongatha.autobarn.com.au Autobarn Leongatha, 3 Michael Place Phone 5662 2329

over, Santa Claus is yet to have discovered it. Mr Claus hails from the Nordic, snowy regions of the North Pole. Each year on Christmas Eve and early Christmas Day, he delivers toys, with the help of his faithful team of reindeer and elves, to millions of children the world over, filling empty stockings hung in homes. It is by no measure a mean feat to reward the world’s children with festive season gifts; and to that end, he concedes the busy delivery schedule requires a team effort from all involved. “It might sound obvious, but steering reindeer can be a little tricky at times, especially in snowy conditions. That’s why I love visiting Australian children during their summer Christmas – without snow, I get to deliver far more goodies for the Aussie boys and girls,” Mr Claus said. “Times have changed a little and I admit that our sleigh could do with a few upgrades to its navigational and compass equipment to aid flying around the world at top speed. Sometimes Dancer gets a little ‘antsy’ in cool conditions. “But I have to say my wife Mrs Claus makes everything possible. Without her reindeer care, toy preparation and not to mention cookie production with my trusty team of elves, none of this would be possible. It’s truly a team effort. “We would all like to extend our warmest wishes of appreciation to all our reindeers Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. To all our elves who make toys at our North Pole factory and care for our reindeer, we thank you too.” Mr Claus always gives his time to all, and The Star notes that of all the people he waved to during our interview, each and every person reciprocated the joy. Is there anything about Santa Claus you didn’t

to Jingle Bells. He also credits his energy levels to a daily hot chocolate with a sprinkling of elf dust. All in all, he reiterates that Mrs Claus always keeps him on his toes, though his knees have received a good work out throughout the years. It must be all the well behaved children contributing to that.

Santa Claus: bringing joy to children the world over is Santa Claus’ reason for being. He was posing for photos in Leongatha last week.

Fixed Term Positions

CAMP RUMBUG - FOSTER

CATERING MANAGER WANTED Apply now to join one of the largest and most professional recreation teams in Victoria! Full Time Permanent Position

Customer Service Officer – Reception (Foster based) Information and Records Officer (Foster based) South Gippsland Water is an equal opportunity employer committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are treated with respect and feel valued and supported. The Customer Service Officer position is Full Time Fixed Term for 18 months. The Information and Records Officer is Part Time (0.5FTE) Fixed Term for two years. Flexible working arrangements may be considered. Located in idyllic South Gippsland with beautiful beaches and National Parks on the doorstep, you will have the best of the South Gippsland and Bass Coast region close by. Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit www.sgwater.com.au for a copy of relevant Position Descriptions and for a detailed outline of the application process. Please contact People and Culture on 1300 851 636 for enquiries about the application process or working at South Gippsland Water. Questions regarding individual role requirements should be directed to Paul Tregoweth 03 5682 0426 for the Information and Records Officer role, or Kerry Mooney 03 5682 0402 for the Customer Service Officer role. Both positions close 9am Monday 17 December 2018.

Salary Upon Application

PRE-REQUISITES Competent computer skills Excellent presentation and good communication skills. High level of customer service. Working With Children Check and national criminal record check required. A positive “can do” attitude is a must. Training provided and ongoing. To apply: email (preferred) post your application letter and resume attention to Matt Wallis. BH (03) 5664 6524 Email: matt.wallis@pgladventurecamps.com.au 90 Dollar Woorarra West Road, Foster Nth 3960

Hurry this highly sort after position will fill quickly!

Network Maintenance Technician Full Time – Eastern Region South Gippsland Water is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees are treated with respect and feel valued and supported. • Do you have experience in an operations, maintenance or equivalent industry? • Looking for a role in which you can make a real difference? • Do you have an understanding of water/sewer/network or other equivalent infrastructure? • Willing to participate in an after-hours on call roster? Located in idyllic South Gippsland, with beautiful beaches and National Parks on the doorstep, you will have the best of the South Gippsland and Bass Coast region close by. Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit www.sgwater.com.au for a copy of the Position Description and information on how to apply. For enquiries about the role contact Greg Baud on 03 5682 0440. For general employment enquiries contact People and Culture on 03 5682 0471. Applications close Monday 17th December at 5:00pm.

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situations vacant

104 Horn Street Leongatha, 3953 PH: 03 5662 4462

APPRENTICE CABINET MAKER An opportunity exists for someone with a genuine interest in Cabinet making, to commence an apprenticeship in early 2019. The successful applicant must demonstrate initiative, an eagerness to learn and be self motivated. To apply, forward your resumé to kgk@tpg.com.au Applications close December 19, 2018

Close Date 17/12/2018 Contact Details Josh Hall josh@leongathagolf.com.au Company Name: Leongatha Golf Club Role: 1st year Apprentice Greenkeeper Position Type: Full Time Description The Leongatha Golf Club invites persons interested in pursuing a career in turf management to apply for the above position. Successful applicants will be enthusiastic, reliable, able to work weekend shifts and be prepared to obtain formal qualiﬁcations through TAFE. Applicants should have an interest in horticulture/turf management, having an understanding of golf is an advantage. Trainee wages apply for this position. Applications for this position require a cover letter and CV. To apply for the position please forward current resume and letter of application to: Josh Hall General Manager josh@leongathagolf.com.au

Core Support Worker Wonthaggi

within Australia (formerly SNAP Gippsland) delivers innovative, person centred Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery programs to adults with a severe and persistent mental illness, their families and carers. Our programs and services support individuals to self-manage, live well with their symptoms and are founded on the principle that living with a mental illness should not preclude a person from leading a meaningful and fulﬁlling life. Are you passionate about helping people? Do you want to work in a rewarding and challenging environment and be part of a dedicated team that is entering the NDIS era? If so, we want to hear from you! Position descriptions are available on our website. Applications addressing the key selection criteria including a resume and two professional referees should be submitted to Kirstie Pearce, Corporate Services Manager, within Australia, P.O. Box 635, Bairnsdale, VIC 3875, or via email to kirstie.pearce@withinaustralia.org.au by 5pm, Monday, 17 December 2018. We are an equal opportunity employer. www.withinaustralia.org.au

CASUAL MILKER needed, in Foster area, through the holiday season for a 550 cow rotary dairy, including some weekend work. Experience is not essential but the person must have a positive attitude and be able to work in a team. Contact 0438-064062.

Apprenticeship

RETAIL BUTCHER Supply resumé to: Leongatha Fresh Meat & Fish 26A McCartin Street Leongatha 5662 3955

RESTAURANT KITCHEN STAFF

Venus Bay restaurant THE CAVITY is looking for a CASUAL CHEF, COOK and KITCHEN HANDS and WAITERS Please apply by phone: 5663 7348 or email: jordanmeikle33@yahoo. com.au

2nd or 3rd year

MOTOR MECHANIC APPRENTICE Required for busy mechanical workshop Must have current Victorian Driver’s Licence. Email resume to: worthyautomotive@ gmail.com Applications close Friday, December 14

FULLTIME MILKER REQUIRED FOR ROTARY DAIRY IN INVERLOCH Five to six days a week Phone Kerrie 0419 389 513

South Coast Joinery in Fish Creek is seeking a

QUALIFIED CABINET MAKER Successful applicant must have: • Driver’s licence • Installing experience For enquiries call Jason 0429 832 693

104 Horn Street Leongatha, 3953 PH: 03 5662 4462

CABINET MAKER

A vacancy exists within our Company for a qualiﬁed, experienced Cabinet Maker, specialising in custom built projects. To be successful, the applicant needs to be able to work equally unsupervised and as part of a team, provide versatility, be able to read working drawings, self motivated and have good communication skills. Working hours can be negotiable. To apply, forward your resumé to kgk@tpg.com.au Applications close December 18, 2018

Newhaven College is an independent co-educational school on Phillip Island offering quality education for students from Prep to Year 12. Applications are invited for the following part time vacancies commencing Term 1, 2019:

Flute Teacher Cello Teacher To apply please visit: www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au/about/ work-at-newhaven Applications Close Monday 17 December 2018 In accordance with Child Protection legislation, preferred applicants will be subject to employment screening.

BAG A BARGAIN

in The Star!

for sale RIDE-ON mower, Tora XLS380, ex condition, serviced, $1,100 ONO. Ph: 0490-343512, Leongatha.

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VAN HALEN 5150 Kramer Frankenstrat guitar, brand new with Floyd Rose Tremolo. Immaculate condition, $800. Ph: 0439-396138.

MOWERS

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TOTAL VALUE OF ITEMS PER ADVERT MUST NOT EXCEED $50 HELMET. MDS Motorcycle, size M, Face shield, black, GC, $45. Ph. 5662 3336. OREGON PLANKS. Various lengths, 1-3 metre, 220 x 40. $50. 0490 343 512. SHARP. Fresco Frost/F Fridge, $50. Ph 0427 831 757. BOXES. Five large and 15 book packing boxes, good condition. $40. Ph. 0427 831 757. MATTRESS & BASE. King Single coil. With Electric blanket. Good condition. $50. Ph. 5662 2212. BUFFET & HUTCH. Timber. With mirror back and glass shelves. Good condition. $50. Ph. 5662 2212. DOG KENNEL. large. 2 parts. $50. Ph. 0487 814 628. ROLL TOP DESK. Suit junior. 4 drawer. Stained pine. $45. Ph. 0487 814 628 evening only. BABY STROLLER. $20. Ph. 0448 378 861. GUITAR. 6 steel strings. with brand new vinyl case. Excellent condition. $50. Wonthaggi. Ph. 5672 2663. GOLF CLUBS. 15. right hand. Slazenger bag. Excellent condition. $50. Wonthaggi. Ph. 5672 2663. CERAMIC POTS. 13x Glazed. various sizes and colour. $50. Ph. 0411 439 856. BBQ. Wooden trolley. Jackaroo. 5 burner. Very good condition. $50. ph. 0478 746 087. DVD PLAYER. New LG. Boxed. $10. Ph. 0478 746 087. CHICKEN WIRE. Approx. 15m x 1.2m. $50. Ph. 5657 3291. STAR PICKET. 15 posts. 1.8m high. $50. Ph. 5657 3291. SUPPORT STANDS. Stanfred 1200kg for car or caravan. Pin design. Hardly used. Excellent condition. Ph. 0429 803 440. STUDENT DESK. On castors. 2 shelves and computer pull out tray. 120Wx135Hx60W. $30. Ph. 0429 681 357. SWING CHAIR. 2 seater. With glass table in middle. Never been outside. $30. Ph. 0429 681 357. MOHAIR THROW. Australian. New. Plain pale green. $35. Ph. 5662 5640. CIRCULAR SAW. NRG. 184mm. 1300W motor. $50. Ph. 5662 3556. TRAMPOLINE. 3mx2.2m. Good condition. $20. Ph. 5662 4394. FORD PARTS. EA-EB Sedan rear bumper and 2 steering wheels. $50. Ph. 5664 2391. HOLDEN PARTS. Gemini TE. One complete right rear tail light assembly. FE horn ring. $50. Ph. 5664 2391. BEDHEAD. Baltic pine. Queen. With end posts. Excellent condition. $20. Ph. 0418 772 812. LOUNGE CHAIR. 1960s retro Fler. Neutral wool fabric. Wooden arms. Excellent condition. $45. Ph. 0434 904 923. LOUNGE. Opens to double bed. 1960s retro Fler/Danish design. Neutral wool fabric with wooden arms. $50. Ph. 0434 904 923. BED FRAME. Wooden. King single. $50. Ph. 0438 891 279. CHRISTMAS TREE. Silver. 4ft. $10. Ph. 0488 105 451. FRAMED PICTURE. Black. oriental scene laqueware picture. 70cm x 50cm. $45. Offers considered. Ph. 5662 4866. SIGNED & FRAMED PICTURE OF MELBOURNE TEAM ARL WINNERS. 72cm x 39cm. $40 offers considered. Ph. 5662 4866. MAG WHEEL. x3. To suit Ford. $30. Ph. 0431 020 605. LOUNGE SUIT. 3 piece. Grey floral pattern. $50. Ph. 0431 020 605.manual. $50. Ph. 5662 3556.

Advertisements must be received at The Star by Friday 12 noon *The Star reserves the right to refuse any advertisement

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

for rent SMALL OFFICE, small price, facing carpark, Leongatha. Ph: 0447649335.

PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS ONLY - NO BUSINESSES Max. 2 advs. per week - Single phone number for contact NOTE: No advertisements for animals, birds or fish accepted

MAXIMUM 15 WORDS STAR OFFICE - 36 McCARTIN STREET, LEONGATHA EMAIL : bagabargain@thestar.com.au

OR PHONE : 5662 5555

livestock We stock the largest range of New push and ride-on mowers in South Gippsland, including - Honda,Victa, Greenﬁeld, Deutscher, Cub Cadet, MTD, Masport, Toro, Yard Machines & Rover from $149. Professional repairs and service for ALL mower makes and models. Also stocking a large range of parts and accessories. We also have a large range of secondhand mowers available.

MOTORCYCLES & POWER EQUIPMENT

Cnr Allison & South Gippsland Hwy, Leongatha. L.M.C.T. 2714

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FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408980-711, A/H 56625175. HAY for sale, small squares approx 50. Last season’s but good quality, $5.50, at Ruby. Contact Carrick Barter 0427-795330. ISA BROWN pullets for sale. Phone Marion 0433-776369.

public notice

POULTRY / CAGE BIRD AUCTION Traralgon Showgrounds Cattle Pavilion, Sunday, December 16, 10.30am. Wide variety of poultry, hens, ducks, many breeds, fertile eggs. Open for sellers from 8am. Ph: 5197 7270.

LAYER PULLETS Commercial crossbreds Vaccinated

Duncan's Chickens (previously B.L. Poultry)

14wk (Black X, Red X, White X and ISA Brown) $19.50 Wednesday 19th December - 11am Leongatha Elders

5662 3523 to order BULLS for hire or for sale. Friesian, Angus, Hereford, Limo or Jersey. All sound young bulls. Hire or sale. Phone 0447-331762. SOUTHDOWN, Poll Dorset and Border Leicester rams, OB accredited, flock registered, well bred and grown, est. breeder, can deliver. Ph: 0428356376. WANTED paddock to agist a few horses. Phone Anna 0401339954.

public notice

FORM B SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE COUNCIL NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PLANNING PERMIT Pursuant to Section 52(1) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 The land affected by the application is located at: 15 Sanders Street, Korumburra VIC 3950, being L1 TP427130T Parish of Korumburra Township. The application is for a permit to: Development and display of a double sided major promotion sign. The applicant for the permit is: Regional Billboard Co. Pty Ltd. The Application Reference Number is: 2018/301. You may look at the application and any documents that support the Application at the office of the Responsible Authority - South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, 9 Smith Street, Leongatha 3953, Telephone: 5662 9200. This can be done during office hours (Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm) and is free of charge. Applications are also available to be viewed on Council's Website at www.southgippsland. vic.gov.au Any person who may be affected by the granting of the permit may object or make other submissions to the Responsible Authority. An objection must: • be sent to the Responsible Authority in writing • include the reasons for the objection and • state how the objector would be affected. If you object, the Responsible Authority will tell you its decision. Privacy Notification: The responsible authority must make a copy of every objection available at its office for any person to inspect during office hours free of charge until the end of the period during which an application may be made for review of a decision on the application. The Responsible Authority will not decide on the application before 14 days after the date of this Notice. Submissions can be received after this date up until a decision is made. Dated: 11.12.2018

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wanted to buy ANY OLD farm four wheelers, good or bad, 4WDs or trucks. Will pay cash. Phone Matt 0401194601.

public notice

garage sales

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South Gippsland Shire Council PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Preparation of amendment, Amendment C116 South Gippsland Shire Council has prepared Amendment C116 to the South Gippsland Planning Scheme. The lands affected by the amendment are: â&#x20AC;˘ Little Lang Lang River and its tributaries â&#x20AC;˘ A section of Muddy Creek on the Western urban edge of Toora â&#x20AC;˘ Lands adjoining the Tarwin River and its branches where private land is incorrectly included in ta public land zoning â&#x20AC;˘ 79 Jupiter Boulevard & 4 Paris Crescent Venus Bay â&#x20AC;˘ Part of 28 Linforths Road & Crown Allotment 25C Section A at Welshpool The Amendment proposes to: â&#x20AC;˘ Apply the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay in accordance with updated Water and the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority â&#x20AC;˘ Correct zone mapping errors by rezoning private freehold land adjoining waterways from the Public Conservation and Resource Zone (PCRZ) and Public Park and recreation Zone to the Farming Zone (FZ) or Township Zone (TZ) â&#x20AC;˘ Rezone 79 Jupiter Boulevard & 4 Paris Crescent Venus Bay from the PCRZ to TZ â&#x20AC;˘ Rezone part 28 Linforths Road & Crown Allotment 25C Section A at Welshpool from PCRZ to the FZ. You may inspect the amendment, any documents that support the amendment and the explanatory report about the amendment, free of charge, at the following locations: â&#x20AC;˘ the planning authority, 9 Smith Street Leongatha. â&#x20AC;˘ At the Department of Envrionment Land, Water and Planning website www.delwp.vic.gov.au/publicinspection Any person who may be affected by the amendment. Submissions must be made in writing giving the submitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name and contact address, clearly stating the grounds on which the amendment is supported or opposed and indicating what changes (if any) the submitter wishes to make. Name and contact details of submitters are required for Council meetings and any public hearing held to consider submissions. The closing date for submissions is Friday 8 February 2019. A submission must be sent to the South Gippsland Shire Council, Strategic Planning Department, Private Bag 4, Leongatha, VIC 3953 or council@southgippsland.vic.gov.au The planning authority must make a copy for any person to inspect free of charge for two months after the amendment comes into operation or lapses.

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WALSH Edward (Eddie). 7.9.1940 - 25.11.2018 The Inverloch Uniting Church was filled with friends and family of Eddieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, many travelling long distances to say goodbye to a respected and dear friend. Amazing eulogies from (eldest son) Steve, brothers Noel and Terry, friends Daryl and Geoff, brother Freemasons Fred and Roy. Eddie, your happy disposition and smiling face will be missed by us all. Our 61 years together are now over and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone too soon. Luv u Carol. Thank you all for the comfort of the beautiful cards and flowers. xo Carol and family.

CALDER - Glenis. Forever in our hearts. You will always be Granny Glenis to our girls. Rest now. Love always, Ash, Tammy, Amber and Zoe. CALDER - Glenis. Respected friend now at rest. Condolences to Graeme, Matt, Bron and family. Rest peacefully Glenny. Jim and Helga Baum and family. CALDER - Glenis. Passed away Tuesday, December 4. We have shared many fun times over the past few years â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Our love and support is with Graeme, Matt, Bron, Chaz and Poppy. You will be so missed dear friend. Love Joy and Jim xx CALDER - Glenis. What is said at coffee, stays at coffee. We shared much laughter, love and happy times. Always remembered. The Coffee Girls. CALDER - Glenis. A loved friend and neighbour of 40 years. Loving memories of our morning coffee together and great holidays, will stay with us forever. Love you always - Kaye and Rob, Paul and Tania, Troy and Carole, and families. Now at peace. CALDER - Glenis. Dearest friend and wonderful neighbour for 34 great years. Deepest sympathy to Graeme, Matt, Bron, Chaz and Poppy. Fond memories will last forever. Love the Hillis family. COSTELLOE (nee Collis) - Kerry Elizabeth. 14.4.1949 - 5.12.2018 Peacefully at home with loved ones.

Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;RAFFERTY - Charles Alexander. 01.02.1933 - 30.11.2018 Devoted husband of Joan (dec). Beloved father of Step, Wendy, Maxine and Julie. Loving Grandfather of Sarah, Caroline, David, and Michael. Doting great grandfather to Ella, Kate, Jane, Ashton and Velvet.

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deaths CALDER (nee Smith) Glenis Joy. 29.08.1951 - 04.12.2018 Passed away peacefully at Leongatha Hospital. Adored wife of Graeme. Much loved Mum and Mum-in-law of Matt and Bron. Loved Mama to Chaz and Poppy. You are loved and missed. A Memorial Service was held at the Woorayl Golf Club last Friday, December 7. CALDER - Glenis. Loved sister-in-law to Les and Louise. Respected Aunty to Tim and Amanda. Rest in peace.

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Cherished and much loved sister of Shirleyanne (Shan) and special sister-in-law to Glenn.

The Advisory Group will provide advice into a range of strategic issues relating to the management of Wilsons Promontory National Park.

Fun loving and treasured Aunty Kerry to Brad and Trudi, Rebecca and Jamie, Dallas and Jane. Special great Aunty Kerry to Lachie and Nikya; Sophie, Isaac, Sarah and Sonia; Madison and Jessica.

Advisory group members will represent community interests and will be selected on the basis of their skills and experience in the areas of conservation, natural resources, land management, tourism, recreation and community service. The appointment term is for three years.

So many precious memories we will cherish in our hearts forever. No more pain darling Kerry. xoxo

Parks Victoriaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision is to be a world-class parks service, ensuring healthy parks for healthy people. Parks Victoria is calling for members from the community to serve on the Wilsons Promontory National Park Advisory Group.

The Advisory Group will meet up to four times a year and members will be reimbursed travel costs incurred in attending meetings. Applicants with appropriate skills and a strong interest in the Wilsons Promontory National Park are encouraged to apply. Expression of Interest (EOI) documentation including the Terms of Reference and further information can be obtained by calling Parks Victoria on 13 1963 or by emailing info@parks.vic.gov.au Respondents are to send their EOI responses marked CONFIDENTIAL, Wilsons Promontory National Park Advisory Group, by 5.00pm Friday 4 January 2019 to the Parks Victoria Foster ofďŹ ce, PO Box 91, Foster Vic. 3960. More information Phone 13 1963 www.parks.vic.gov.au

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Enjoy that beer Dad, you earned it. xoxo PATERSON - Daisy Evelyn. Passed away at home on December 4, 2018. Loved wife of Norman (dec). Loved mother of Michael, Steven, Shane, Veronica, Colin and Leanne (dec). Loved mother-in-law and friend of Louise, Vivian, Alistair and Kim. Loved Nan to 8 Grandchilden and 7 Great Grandchildren. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bingoâ&#x20AC;?

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Students celebrate outstanding school year MARY MacKillop Catholic Regional College wrapped up a successful school year with its awards ceremony on Friday.

Zealand, the strong school enrolment, the debutante ball and the success in School Sport Victoria events. School was dismissed by Mr Leslie on Friday and will resume on January 30. Students were recognised for the academic More photos from the awards ceremony will achievement, eﬀorts in the classroom, leadership feature in next week’s edition of The Star. and contribution to the school. Principal David Leslie congratulated the students on their achievements and reﬂected on the highlights of 2018. These included the school production, High Proud role: from left, Ziara Condoluci, School Musical, the Central Australia and Top Meghan Minogue and Bailey Patterson End tour, the annual walkathon which raised its served the Mary MacKillop Catholic Rehighest tally yet of $20,000, the Portland to Pe- gional College well as the 2018 school capnola pilgrimage, the AJASS pilgrimage to New tains. Absent: Jackson Dawson.

Outstanding achievers: Tomei Dal Pozzo (Year 11, award accepted by her brother Kelsey in absentia), Yahnika Mandemaker (Year 9), Gabrielle Perry (Year 7), Jaime Findlay (Year 8) and Hannah Perry (Year 10) received the dux award in their respective year levels.

Successful: back, from left, Year 7 students Gabrielle Perry (food technology and music), Elsie Steenholdt (French), Flynn Lord (English), Grace Barlow (information and communication technology), Sophie Enbom (drama) and Jack McNally (art, design and technology, and digital media) were presented with academic awards at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

Well done: from left, Year 7 students Livinia Mandemaker (maths), Ada Hill (humanities and physical education), Caitlyn Foote (graphics), Chloe Caithness (science) and Ava Strentz (religious education) received academic awards at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

Great outcome: from left, Year 8 students Charli Burns (French), Sandra Sabu (English, maths and religious education), Liam Smart (humanities), Liv Kennedy (graphics) and Jaime Findlay (science) accepted their academic awards at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

Fantastic result: from left, Year 8 students Reuben Strentz (music and photography), Kate Little (art, food technology and digital media), Charlie Hall (drama and information and communication technology), Bhavani Harry (design technology) and Zarni Holt (textiles) achieved an academic award at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

Awarded: recipients of the Year 9 academic awards were, back from left, Yahnika Mandemaker (French), Luca Bobe (drama) and Abigail Thorn (food technology and humanities), and front from left, Samantha Clerk (digital media), Jamillah Enbom (graphics) and Liesl Clarke (design technology and religious education).

Wonderful eﬀort: back from left, Year 9 students Kelsey Dal Pozzo (physical education), Jordan Thomas (music) and Rachael Ramsay (art and science), and front from left, Tiana Doughty (textiles) and Archie Brewer (information and communication technology, maths and photography) were awarded for their academic success at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

High performing: back from left, Darci Holmes (English and physical education), Joshua Wright (art), Shae Van Dam (biology), Laura Brennan (money and markets) and Jessica Geary (food technology, and law and ﬁnance), and front, from left, Sophie Newton (geography), Kylie Smith (general science), Jessie Sara (music) and Brigid Johnson (physics) received academic awards at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

Excellent achievement: back from left, Year 10 students Lillian Worsfold (drama), Hannah Perry (chemistry, history, hospitality, maths, psychology and youth ministry), Lucas Cannata (VET: building and construction Year 1) and Charlie Adkins (VET: information, digital media and technology), and front, from left, Dassa Main (religious education), Zali Hill (VET: sports and recreation) and Lachlan Barkell (theatre studies) accepted their academic awards at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

High achieving: from left, Year 11 students Kyla Green (general maths and youth ministry), Jemma Caithness (health and human development, maths methods and specialist maths), Siobhan Beecroft (art, chemistry and physical education) and Aaron Farrell (physics) were awarded for their academic achievement at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

Top awards: back from left, Year 11 students Erin De Santis (business management), Will Little (geography), Megan Thorn (economics, English and psychology) and Simone Dekker (literature), and front, from left, Bridget Akers (history – 20th century) and Leeah O’Meara (religion and society) were presented with academic awards at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

Amazing year: from left, Year 11 students Julia Cocksedge (visual communications and designs), Taylor Mitchell (VET: music industry Year 1), Elii Clark (VET: fashion and design Year 1) and Daniel Kavanagh (theatre studies) received their academic awards at Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College’s awards ceremony on Friday.

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SPORT | BOWLS Wonthaggi MIDWEEK pennant games held on Tuesday were both losses. Division 1 lost Inverloch 60 -77. Division 2 lost to Meeniyan 62 -70. Wednesday was a huge day with the monthly Turkey Triples being played. The winners were Trevor Teer, Gavin Butler and Rob Aitkin. Runners up on the day were Rod Hogan, Frank Cimino and Stan Noad. On Thursday, Wonthaggi hosted a Gala Day which was sponsored by Sargeants. The day started off with two ends of ditch to ditch which were won by Thelma Kavanagh and Maz Cox. The winning team on the day were from San Remo and they were Wilma Brunsden, Sandra Read and Sue Parker. Second place went to Tarwin’s team of Steve McPherson, Peter Henwood and Pat O’Donohue. Third prize was awarded to a Wonthaggi team of Alan Ireland, Thelma Kavanagh and Pat Smith. Fun was had with sev-

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eral raffles being drawn with an array of prizes ranging from plants, wine, chocolates and other interesting items. It was such a hot day that the third game of the day was cancelled so no games were played after lunch. The Saturday pennant teams did really well on the weekend. Division 1 defeated Phillip Island White 65 -62. Division 2 defeated Phillip Island 77 – 61. Division 3 defeated San Remo 96 -47. Division 4 lost to Phillip Island 52 -76. Please note entries are now taken for the Christmas tournament. The events are to be open triples on Friday, December 28, and Open Pairs on Sunday, December 30. Days will start at 9:30am and uniforms are required. Entries can be lodged at the club on 5672 1058. Friday, December 14, is the Wonthaggi Bowls Club Christmas dinner. Please put names on list as soon as possible for catering purposes.

Great achievement: winners of the Turkey triples game in Wonthaggi on Wednesday were Trevor Teer, Gavin Butler and Rob Aitkin.

Inverloch winners: the winners of the Thursday Social Mufti Social bowls were Bruce Corrigan, Keith Cousens (skip), Judy Parker and Mal Scott.

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Gala champs: Wonthaggi winners on Gala Day on Thursday were presented with prizes from Amy sponsored by Sargeants; the team was from San Remo of Wilma Brunsden, Sandra Read and Sue Parker.

Second place: Ray McGannon, Alan Moxey and Lloyd Hemphill were the runners up at social bowls at the Leongatha Bowls Club Team effort: third place at the Gala Day in Wonthaggi on Thursday went to Alan Ireland, Thelma Kavanagh and Pat Smith.

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

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Leongatha MIDWEEK Pennant was played on December 4 and the Leongatha Division 1 side made the trip to Phillip Island where it suffered a loss on all rinks with the final score being 54-79 shots. Individual rink scores were as follows: Glenda Trotman (Leongatha) v. R. Eames (Philip Island) 23-30 shots; Jenny Miller (Leongatha) v. P. Francis (Philip Island) 9-26 shots; Marj Pearson (Leongatha) v. J. Dyer (Philip Island) 22-23 shots. The Leongatha Division 3 side was hosted by Foster and a close battle ensured with Leongatha registering a one shot win overall with the final score being 68-67 shots. Individual rink scores were as follows: Carol Harry (Leongatha) v. R. Raiti (Foster) 25-14 shots; Glenice Emmerson (Leongatha) v. G. Giarchorni (Foster) 28-23 shots; Mary Jepson (Leongatha) v. J.Miles (Foster) 15-30 shots. On Wednesday, December 5, 32 players arrived at the club for social bowls and two games of 12 ends were played. The winning combination was Les Wilson and Robert Frazer with a score of 2 wins + 17 shots and the runners up were Ray McGannon, Lloyd Hemphill and Alan Moxey with one win and a draw. On Saturday, December 8, round eight of the Saturday Pennant was played and the club had a very successful afternoon with the three representative sides collecting the

points. The Division 1 side travelled to Toora and managed to record a 7975 result. The individual rink scores were as follows: Russell Trotman (Leongatha) v. Don Galloway (Toora) 31-23 shots; Ray McGannon (Leongatha) v. Terry Corcoran (Toora) 14-38 shots; Alan Easterbrook (Leongatha) v. Ray Lecher (Toora) 34-14 shots Division 2 had a colossal win over Tarwin Lower with a final score of 95-42 shots. A standout display of skipping was performed by Bob Young who had a day out and perhaps it may be attributed to his relaxed mind as he was the last person to arrive at the club and had team members concerned about his whereabouts. The big man whose age of 84 is not a detriment to his ability had every reason to celebrate at the end of play. Individual rink scores were as follows: Alan Rayson (Leongatha) v.

Peter Tainton (Tarwin Lower) 30-18 shots; Ian Todd (Leongatha) v. Ray Saunders (Tarwin Lower) 31-10 shots; Bob Young (Leongatha) v. Terry Biddulph (Tarwin Lower) 3414 shots. Division 4 played host to Port Welshpool and managed to reverse the result from round one with a total score of 68-55 shots. Age is no barrier as several of the bowlers performing in Division 4 had been recipients of the over 80 badge which is presented by Bowls Victoria. Individual rink scores were as follows: Ron Symmons (Leongatha) v. Trevor Venning (Port Welshpool) 25-18 shots; Fred Sauvarin (Leongatha) v. Errol Gregory (Port Welshpool) 17-20 shots; Liz Beale (Leongatha) v. Peter McPhail (Port Welshpool) 26-17 shots. The ladies have a complete field of entries for the Four Person Medley on Thursday, December 13, and hopefully the weather will be kind and enjoyment prevails.

Winning combination: Les Wilson and Robert Frazer won social bowls at Leongatha Bowls Club on Wednesday.

THE final club meals night was held last Friday night where a full house of approximately 85 people attended and was served a two course dinner of turkey and pork (with crackling) as well as pudding. Rob Foenander provided the entertainment which was extremely well received with many a tune to sing along to. After the meal, the floor was taken over by dancing to the crooning and rock ‘n’ roll classics. Neil Everett and Jack Miller ensured that the entertainment continued with the usual door prizes, plus the biggest spinning wheel in town and even Jack’s Mailbag got a run after being “lost in the mail” for a short while. The night concluded with some carols and everyone who attended went away most satisfied with the evening. The meals night will go into hibernation for a short while and will return on January 18and the club hopes to see a large roll-up for its return. Midweek Pennant was played on Tuesday, December 4, with two of the three Inverloch teams registering good wins over their opponents. Unfortunately, the Division 3 Inverloch Blue team played against the Inverloch White team so there was always going to be a disappointed team in that division. In Division 1, Inverloch scored a 14 point, 17 shot away win over the Wonthaggi team and remain in top position, 14 points and 10 shots ahead of San Remo who suffered a loss at the hands of the Korumburra team. In Division 3, the White team was the away side on the day. Inverloch Blue proved to be the better team on the day, recording a 16 point, 25 shot win and remain in second position behind Leongatha. The Inverloch White

team, on the back of the loss, slipped two positions to nineth, seven points behind Lang Lang. Round eight of the Saturday Pennant was played on Saturday, December 8. The Inverloch Division 1 team hosted Korumburra, taking the 16 points with a 30 shot win with a score of 16/86 – 0/56. The Division 2 team travelled to the Lang Lang club who proved too strong on the day, Inverloch losing 02/52 – 14/84. Division 3 hosted the Korumburra club and registered a comfortable win by 34 shots, 15/93 – 2/59. The Division 4 team travelled to Korumburra and took home the points, winning by 45 shots. The score card read Inverloch 16/90 – 0/45. Division 5 welcomed the Foster team. The score cards reflects the closeness of the match with a 2 shot win going to Foster, 12-78 – 4/76. The Saturday Pennant ladder shows the Inverloch Division 1 retaining the top position on the back of their win, still two points ahead of the Phillip Island Blue team who also registered a good win. The Division 2 team dropped two positions following their loss, to seventh and sits on 56 points and -26 shots. The Division 3 team, on the back of their win, claimed the top position sitting on 91 points and 114 shots up, with the Meeniyan club in second place. Division 4 recorded another win, playing away to Korumburra and retained top spot on the ladder with a 16 point 45 shot win. Corinella is now in second position, just ahead of Phillip Island. The Division 5 team remain in fifth position despite their very close two shot loss to Foster but are losing touch with the top four clubs and sit on 65 points and 41 shots up having been beaten 4/76 – 12/78. Social mufti bowls was played in fine conditions

on Thursday, December 6, and 31 players attended (including visitors from Tarwin Lower (John Hill) and Narre Warren (Graham and Diane Peterson))and competed in a fours event over two, 12 end games. Only one of the four first game winners managed to win their second game which left the match committee to check over the scorecards of seven teams to decide upon the runners up. The runners up, with a win and a loss and accumulating 25 points, was Arthur Moule (skip), Alan McLean, Judy Moule and Graham Turton. The winners, recording two wins and 33 points were Keith Cousens (skip), Bruce Corrigan, Judy Parker and Mal Scott. Lucky draw winners were Carol Waters, John Hill, Gavin Blew and Bruce Corrigan. Don’t forget, if you are able, get along to the City of Frankston Bowls Club on December 13 to support the representatives of the Strzelecki Region, Ross Gabb and Gary Hardy in the Bowls Victoria, Over 60’s Pairs Championships against Terry Bain and Brian Wintrip who are representing the Yarra Region (Diamond Creek). Play starts at 10am and 1pm. Both Ross and Gary would welcome familiar faces at the event. The last member’s draw for 2018 is to be held next Friday evening which will be the Christmas edition so dress to impress in your finest festive garb. There will be loads of luck draw prizes so come along and join in the festivities. By just being there you will have the opportunity of taking home the luck membership prize. As always, you need to be in attendance to claim the prize. The next membership draw will take place in January so watch this column for the date.

Well done: runners up of the Thursday Social Mufti Bowls were Graham Turton, Judy Moule, Arthur Moule (skip) and Alan McLean.

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thestar.com.au South Gippsland Pennant Division 1: Phillip Island White 2-62 lost to Wonthaggi 14-65; Inverloch 16-86 defeated Korumburra 0-56; Fish Creek 0-48 lost to Phillip Island Blue 16-83; Toora 2-75 lost to Leongatha 14-79. Division 2: San Remo 0-48 lost to Corinella 1678; Leongatha 16-95 defeated Tarwin Lower 0-42; Wonthaggi 14-77 defeated Phillip Island 2-61; Lang Lang 14-84 defeated Inverloch 2-52. Division 3: Mirboo North 14-92 defeated Loch and District 2-59; Inverloch 15-93 defeated Korumburra 1-59; Wonthaggi 16-96 defeated San Remo 0-47; Meeniyan 1270 defeated Foster 4-67. Division 4: Phillip Island 14-76 defeated Wonthaggi 2-52; Leongatha 14-68 defeated Port Welshpool 2-55; Corinella 16-102 defeated Meeniyan 0-42; Korumburra 0-45 lost to Inverloch 16-90. Division 5: Phillip Island 16-109 defeated Loch and District 0-44; Corinella 2-55 lost to Toora 14-74; Fish Creek Red 2-59 lost to Mirboo North White 14-79; Mirboo North Purple 14-79 defeated Fish Creek White 2-54; Inverloch 4-76 lost to Foster 12-78; Tarwin Lower 16-0 (bye). Kiss of Death tips: Korumburra (home) will have to pull out all stops against Phillip Island White; Korumburra too strong by 12 shots. Wonthaggi (home) will be the big winner, wiping the floor against Toora by 55 shots. Leongatha (home) will just about sink Fish Creek’s season, winning by a comfortable 26 shots. In the final game and match of the round Phillip Island Blue (home) will take top spot on the ladder with a comfortable 18 shot win over arch rival Inverloch. Best wishes go to Rob Jeffrey (San Remo) who suffered an Achilles injury in the Division 3 game against Wonthaggi and was taken to hospital. Remember next week’s round is the last before the Christmas season.

Ladders Division 1 Inverloch ................... 95 +14 Phillip Is Blue ......... 93 +156 Wonthaggi ................. 79 +33 Korumburra .............. 72 -48 Leongatha..................... 64 +3 Phillip Is White ........... 48 -66 Fish Creek ................... 36 -95 Toora ......................... 25 -124 Ladder 2 Corinella.................111 +225 San Remo .................. 71 +70 Phillip Is ..................... 62 -43 Leongatha .................. 60 -56 Wonthaggi ................... 58 -57 Tarwin Lower .............. 57 -44 Inverloch ..................... 56 -26 Lang Lang ................... 37 -69 Ladder 3 Inverloch ................. 91 +114 Meeniyan................... 82 +24 Foster......................... 80 +85 Wonthaggi ................. 70 +20 Mirboo North ............. 66 +50 Loch and District......... 56 -20 Korumburra ............... 35 -124 San Remo .................. 32 -149 Ladder 4 Inverloch ............... 109 +186 Corinella.................... 90 +90 Phillip Is .................. 88 +108 Port Welshpool ....... 75 +136 Leongatha.................... 60 -22 Korumburra ............... 46 -120 Meeniyan................... 30 -219 Wonthaggi ................. 14 -159 Ladder 5 Toora ..................... 120 +134 Mirboo N White ... 104 +159 Phillip Is .................... 97 +77 Fish Creek Red ......... 82 +73 Inverloch .................... 65 +41 Foster........................... 62 -43 Corinella.................... 62 -117 Tarwin Lower .............. 53 -28 Mirboo North Purple .. 44 -60 Loch and District....... 40 -139 Fish Creek White ........ 39 -97

Tarwin Lower LAST Tuesday, Midweek Pennant saw Division 3 play at home against Loch and District. Tarwin Lower managed to win one rink, giving it two points. This week Division 3 will play at Fish Creek. Division 2 travelled to San Remo and due to a very good win by Helen Twite and her rink, Tarwin Lower won the day by 22 shots, gaining 12 points. This keeps it in top position, 20 points clear of second positioned, Meeniyan. This Tuesday Division 2 plays third positioned, Port Welshpool at its home green. This will be a challenge. Saturday Pennant saw Division 2 play at Leongatha while Division 5 practised at home due to their scheduled bye. Next Saturday, Division 2 will play at home against San Remo and Di-

vision 5 will play Mirboo North White at its green. Last Wednesday Tarwin Lower Bowls Club hosted a Christmas party for the local IGA team. Frank, Louise and staff enjoyed a great night of bowls, barbecue and lots of laughter. Thanks to president Carol Giroud and her helpers for providing a delicious meal which was appreciated by all. It was a great night and the club would like to thank Frank for once again celebrating Christmas with his staff. This Wednesday’s Triples will be the last one before Christmas. The competition will start again in January. A reminder to all that the club’s Christmas party will be held on Sunday, December 16, at ‘The Cavity’, Venus Bay. Hope to see many there to celebrate the season. Good bowling.

Fish Creek AN extremely hot day made play a little uncomfortable for the players, but worked in favour of Philip Island Blue who beat Division 1, while Division five red lost to Mirboo North White and Division Five White lost to Mirboo North Purple. The annual Christmas Dinner held on December 7 was well attended and enjoyed by all. With gourmet food and many raffle prizes, winners were too many to mention, suffice to say there were a lot of smiling faces. For the diary: January three day tournament: this is to be held on the January 5, 6 and 7. All interested should contact Tim McLean or Ferbie as soon as possible to ensure a spot. January 2019 Barefoot Bowls will take place from the fourth week of January. This will start January 29 and 30, and thereafter every Tuesday and Wednesday until the first week of March. There is a whole new look for the bowls, with the renovation of the back room, a lovely new rack made by Rob Staley and some lovely boxes for the bowls made by the Men’s

Shed Foster. This will make it a lot easier to select the bowls you need. To sign up, please contact Andy Kerr as soon as possible.

Meeniyan ON Tuesday, December 4, Midweek Pennant was an away match to Wonthaggi for Division 2. With two rinks up, the score was 70 shots to 62. This puts it in second place on the ladder. This week was the start of the reverse round with an away game to San Remo. Thursday, December 6, was Monthly Triples, sponsored by Numix/Kennedy Transport. Winners were Steve Snelling, Peter Shaw and Gavin Butler (Inverloch). Runners up were locals Bob Wylie, Doug Kuhne and Neville Meikle. Best last game went to locals Wes Logan, Chris Kelly and Kay Cook. Saturday, December 8, was the start of the reverse round. Division 3 was away to Foster and sneaked a win 70 shots to 67 with one rink getting the points. This moves it into second place. Division 4 travelled to Corinella and experienced no joy going down 102 shots to 42. Round nine is the last before the break with threes away to Loch and fours home to Leongatha. Calendar events include: Thursday, December 13: the Christmas breakup with a 6.30 pm start. The final of men’s and ladies’ singles is on Sunday, December 16, at 9 am. It will be Alan Hanks versus Peter Hill and Avril Van Wamel versus Lyn Bloch. Monday, December 17, is the annual Farmer’s Day event. - Upshot 2.

Buffalo indoor Wednesday, December 5 AN enjoyable night of bowling at Buffalo with 14 bowlers and three games of eight ends played. In the first game all three mats saw close low scoring results. On mat one Joe Occhipinti and Joy Dyson drew with Bill Wolswinkel,

Mary Tumino and Carolyn Benson, 7-all. Mat two was another low scoring game with Toni Heldens, Joyce Occhipinti and Stephen Suckling beating Danah Suckling and Charlie Tumino on the last end, 7-6.Although Gary Stirling and Denyse Menzies came home strongly, Ian Hasty and Glenys Pilkington managed a 7-5 win. In the second game Charlie and Danah only allowed Gary and Denyse to score on one end, and won 14-1. Bill’s team had an easy 11-2 win over Ian and Glenys. After both teams winning four ends Toni, Joyce and Stephen beat Joe and Joy 7-5. In the third game a second win to Ian and Glenys beating Toni, Joyce and Stephen 9-5. Joe and Joy combined well and beat Gary and Denyse 11-3.Mat three saw Bill, Mary and Carolyn outbowl Danah and Charlie, and won 10-4. The night’s winners were Bill, Mary and Carolyn (DWW) 16 ends; second Ian and Glenys (WLW) 12 ends; third Toni, Joyce and Stephen (WWL) 10 ends; fourth Joe and Joy (DLW) 12 3nds; fifth Danah and Charlie (LWL) 14 ends; sixth Gary and Denyse (LLL) seven ends. Social bowls Wednesday 7.30pm at the Buffalo hall. All welcome.

Midweek bowls Round 7 ladders Division 1 Inverloch ...................63 San Remo ..................53 Foster...........................8 Phillip Island...............6 Corinella....................-30 Leongatha...................48 Korumbura ................-19 Wonthaggi ...............-129 Division 2 Tarwin Lower .........204 Meeniyan...................24 Port Welshpool .......171 San Remo .................-66 Toora ............................5 Wonthaggi ...............-148 Mirboo North ............-72 Korumburra .............-118 Division 3 Leongatha .................55 Inverloch Blue ..........38 Loch & District.........73 Fish Creek .................50 Foster...........................-8 Lang Lang .................-66 Phillip Island Blue.......-6 Phillip Island White ..-17 Inverloch White...........-6 Tarwin Lower ..........-113

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Top bowlers: Rob Jefferys, Hamish Young (s) and Reg Excell were the winners at midweek bowls in Corinella on Thursday.

Close one: Sean McWilliams, Peter McWilliams (s), Phil Wright and Frank Truscott were the runners up at midweek bowls in Corinella on Thursday.

South Gippsland Midweek Bowls Group ON Thursday, December 6, midweek bowls was played at Corinella with 30 bowlers. The winners were Hamish Young (s), Rob Jeffreys and Reg Excell. Runners up were Peter McWilliams (s), Sean McWilliams, Frank Truscott and Phil Wright. The one game winners were Denis Talbot (s), Mark Hanrahan, Sue Wright and Allan Thomas. A good day of bowling was had by all, although the weather conditions

turned very warm in the afternoon with just a slight breeze. This prompted bowlers to reduce the amount of ends played in the last game. Thank you to Marg Hoy for her service in the bar and kitchen. Next week, bowlers will play at Corinella, not San Remo as shown on the sheets. Come and join a light minded and fun group. For details or to register, call Peter 5678 5974.

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Excellent result: Sue Wright, Mark Hanrahan and Allan Thomas were the one game winners at midweek bowls in Corinella on Thursday. Absent: Denis Talbot (s).

Locals nominated for CBL All Star 5 THE Country Basketball League is proud to announce the 10 finalists across each conference for this year’s CBL All Star 5. Voted upon by the players and coaches across the league earlier this month, the CBL All Star 5 will now go to the public vote over the next week. All you have to do is like or react to the individual photos of the people you want to be All Stars. Country Basketball League will post the seven galleries throughout this week, with the audience having a chance to vote on their team’s favourites for 48 hours after the post goes up. Any votes cast after the 48 hour window will not count so make sure you vote early for your poten-

tial All Stars. The local nominees are Korumburra’s JamieLee Jeffs, Chloe Hogg and Loni Jeffs. They were nominated for the Gippsland women’s team. CBL manager Sammy Cartwright said everyone will have their chance to vote for their favourites and help crown this year’s CBL All Star 5 in each of our seven conferences. “It’s always great to see another season reach the CBL All Star period as our best players start to stand out across the league,” Cartwright said. “These athletes have been nominated by their peers as the Country Basketball League’s elite and that speaks to their impact throughout their teams and across the entire competition. “With the players and coaches voting, as well as

the public, we’ve ensured everyone has their say in selection the CBL All Stars. “It’s without a doubt the best way to ensure the athletes being nominated are truly elite and have earned the right to be named CBL All Stars. “We wish everyone up for nomination the best

of luck in the public vote and encourage everyone throughout country basketball and the associations to get voting.” Athletes without a submitted photo for the All Star 5 nomination gallery will miss out on the 25 percent weighting of this section of the selection process.

Leongatha Small Bore Rifle Club 2018 50m Bench Ladder Ballarat East ‘C’........ 40 Pennant - Section E: Round 10: Wangaratta ‘B’ 730.027 defeated Leongatha 719.023 0. Leongatha shooters and scores (top three to count): 245.013: Robert Spratt, 237.006: Mathew Eldridge, 237.004: William Ross, 224.007: Allan Ross.

Wangaratta ‘B’ .......... 32 Leongatha .................. 24 Numurkah.................. 16 Frankston ‘D’ ................ 8 The club shoots Friday nights at 8pm at the rifle club on the Leongatha Recreation Reserve. Any inquiries, please call R. Spratt 5664 2358.

Great game: runners up Jenny Roffey, Nancy Parry and Marj Pearson congratulated winners Marilyn Forrest, Janis Parks and Nics McKenzie.

South Gippsland Bowls Division Women’s State Triples PLAYED over the past two Wednesdays at Inverloch, this event saw some fierce competition by the six teams entered. Teams going through to the finals were composite teams of Marj Pearson (Leongatha)

with Jenny Roffey and Nancy Parry (both Foster) and Marilyn Forrest (Phillip Island) with Nics McKenzie (Fish Creek) and Janis Parks (Inverloch). Marilyn, Nics and Janis now go through to the Strzelecki Finals in February. The next event is the State Singles at Leongatha with 14 ladies entered for December 19.

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Winners: Chris Lay won the Monthly Medal and C Grade, Liz Hodge was the Scratch winner, Kerry Hogan won B Grade and Danita Hall won A Grade at Leongatha Golf Club last week.

Leongatha ladies WEDNESDAY, December 5: A very good ﬁeld of 35 ladies competed for the Monthly Medal in excellent conditions. Once again, Chris Lay played excellent golf to record a net score of 67 to win C Grade and the Monthly Medal. She is certainly experiencing a wonderful few weeks. A Grade was won by Danita Hall with an excellent score of 73. B Grade was won by Kerry Hogan with another great score of 73. The Scratch winner for the day was Liz Hodge with 93. Down the line balls: Anne Gibson 74, Nan Meagher 75, Trish Owen, Sue Wylie, Lianne Adamson 76, Dot Stubbs, Maryanne Gartner 77, Melinda Martin, Julie Howard, Glenys Day, Mare Maher 79 and Louise Schache 80. Nearest the pin: 14th Danita Hall 13.0m and16th Kerry Hogan 3.85m. Second shot nearest the pin: 14th Chris Lay 9.25m and 16th Chris Lay 5.35m. Nine Hole Competition: A small group of six ladies played the nine hole comp with Jan Bisset winning with an excellent score of 21 points. A ball down the line was won by Jill Steer with a score of 20. Saturday, December 8: A group of 15 women played a Par event in very pleasant conditions considering the extreme heat of the previous two days. The winner was Lianne Adamson showing great form to win with an excellent score of +4. Down the line balls: Amy Blencowe +3, Maryanne Gartner, Ashleigh Hutton +2 and Wendy-Anne Parker +1. Nearest the pin: 16th hole Ashleigh Hutton 2m.

Well done: Sherrin Solly and Judy Webb were the grade winners at Korumburra last Wednesday.

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IT was a fine and sunny day for the 21 women in the Stableford event last Wednesday. A warm welcome was extended to Alma Morrison, who played 18 holes to hand in her first card and it was great to see Sharon Adams back out on the course. Judy Webb (17) won A Grade with 36 points and runner up was Chris Rickard (22), 32 points on a count back from Heather Grist (21). The winner in B Grade was Sherrin Solly (32) with 32 points and Pam Eyers (34) was runner up 31 points. Judy Webb was NTP on the first and took home the cafe voucher and Barb Walker was closest on the 13th green to be the recipient of the fitness voucher. The winners of the minor trophies for the year were announced after presentations. Lynette McIvor scooped the pool with wins for Saturday and Wednesday Birdies and Wednesday’s A Grade Eclectic. Judy Webb won Saturday Goggles and Jenny Blackmore was the winner of B Grade’s Eclectic Wednesday’s. Chris Rickard won the most Gobbles on a Wednesday, on a c/b from Lee Clements. Next Wednesday, December 12, is the first round of the 2019 Monthly Medals and those playing are asked to add their names to the time-sheet in the clubhouse foyer. There was a small field playing on Saturday and the winner was Deb Wrigley, who had a good score with 99(27)72. The club thanks all those who assisted in the preparation and serving of the meal for the function last Thursday evening. In particular, much gratitude is extended to Beryl Brown for the amazing job she did in the enormous amount of planning and coordinating needed to ensure a smooth running and successful evening.

Great result: Susan Straw was runner up, Faye LePage was the Medal winner and Heather Poletti won best nine at Meeniyan Golf Club last week.

Meeniyan ladies THIS week, golfers had such extremes of weather. On Monday at Foster, they battled strong south westerly winds and showers in the Housewives Day; it was a very hard day at the oﬃce. Wednesday was mild and sunny at Meeniyan for the December Medal.

The newly cored greens were challenging for most but Faye LePage triumphed again to win the medal once again. Faye had 77 net (21). Runner up was Susan Straw with 79 net (26) and the best nine was won by Heather Poletti with 37.5. The trophy donor was Sheila

Leongatha ON Tuesday, December 4, Gary McGrath had a day out with a great score of 46 points to win the C Grade and Overall events. A Grade was taken out by Andy Smith with 42 points and David Vorwerg took the B Grade honours with 39 points. Balls were awarded to Peter Walsh, Alan Kuhne, Tim McCarthy, Max Hyde, Ashleigh Hutton, Antony Roberts, Ron Findlay, Bert Borg, Hans Hoeﬂer, Greg Ellt, Gordon Morrison, Fred de Bondt, Martin Edney and Peter Waters. Nearest the pins were Ted Fordham on the 14th hole and Bert Borg on the 16th.

Great result: A Grade and Monthly Medal winner Elly Berryman was pictured with B Grade winner Lois Young at Woorayl Golf Club.

Woorayl ladies THE indiﬀerent weather early in the week relented on Wednesday, December 5, and the signs of summer were ﬁnally seen. Eleven ladies who arrived for the December Monthly Medal and were not disappointed with the beautiful sunshine Golf stars: the A Grade winner was Marg Johnson, the Medal of Medallist winner was and calm conditions. The greens are recovering well after the coring with a good covering of grass returning. Thanks was expressed to Heather Sullivan for her sponsorship of the day – some lovely plants now have new homes. The A Grade and December Monthly medal winner was Elly Berryman (13) with a 75 net she also took out the putting with 29 putts. In B Grade, it was congratulations to Lois Young (37) as the winner with net 79. Down line the balls went to Heather Sullivan (20) with 78 net and Ann Poole (22) with 80 net. The nearest the pins were Elly Berryman on the eighth and 11th, and Heather Sullivan on the 17th. A reminder that the last of the Christmas counter teas (from 6pm) and lucky draws are on this Thursday, December 13, when there will also be a visit by Santa and all welcome. This week: Closing Day – nine hole event – three clubs plus putter 9am for 9.30am start.

Robyn Wilkinson, the B Grade winner was Marg Ryan and the C Grade winner was Maree Anderson at Wonthaggi Golf Club.

Wonthaggi ladies IT’S December and the golﬁng calendar is reaching its end for the 2018 year. Wednesday’s event decided the prestigious award the Medal of Medallist, a very select event within the daily stroke round. The course condition was superb and the day’s weather was perfect, bringing out the shorts to give the legs some sun. There were mixed scores by

some of the monthly medal winners but there was a tight result between two players with only a stroke deciding the winner. Robyn Wilkinson topped oﬀ her great year with the “Medal of Medallist” badge with a 92 (22) 70 net from Ally Adams 79 (8) 71 net who had a birdie on the sixth. The daily event of stroke had some beaut scores with the pick being Marg Ryan 92 (25) 67 to win B Grade. She also birdied the fourth hole.

A Grade was won by Marg Johnson 83 (14) 69 net, with a NTP prize on the second included in her round. C Grade was won by Maree Anderson 101 (29) 72 net. Maree also won the NTP on the 17th. NTP on the eighth was Dot Garry BDL went to Robyn Wilkinson 70, Ally Adams 71, Dot Garry 74, Catherine Bolding 75, Pam Russell 75, Leonie Bentick 77, Heather Wintle 77 and Chris Hamilton 77.

Constantine and the club thanks her very much. On Friday, golfers ventured to Welshpool on a scorching hot northerly wind day. Fortunately the event, was shortened to nine holes. Faye was a winner once again with 16 wonderful points to win A Grade.

Thursday, December 6, was the first real taste of summer with temperatures in the high 30s. Peter Buttinger relished the conditions to amass 44 points to win the Overall and B Grade events. Ashleigh Hutton continued her good form to take the A Grade honours with 41 points and Alan Sperling was successful in C Grade also with 41 points. Balls were awarded to Bryan McCorkell, Marilyn Williams, Russell Williams, Leroy Sharrock, Frank Smedley, Richard Comerford, Jeff Brewer, Mike Street, Col Sperling, Frank Gill, Ian Barlow, Mark Lafferty, Fred Debono, Neale Gillin and Wendy-Anne Parker. Bert Borg was nearest the pin on the 16th hole. Saturday was a perfect day for golf and this was reflected in the high scores recorded. Best score of the day of +7 was produced by Andy Horvath to win the C Grade and Overall. Rod Hopcraft had an excellent score of +6 to take the A Grade honours and Kevin Castwood took out B Grade with +3. Balls were won by Craig Hams, Grant McRitchie, Kevin Michael, Gary Sharrock, Ken McKenzie, Rob Martin, Bryan Sword, Barry Attwood, Peter Hartigan, John Belli, David Forbes, Glenn Marsham, Chris Leaver, Daniel Yeap, John Feddersen, Col Martin, Ross Evans, Garry Rotteveel and Leroy Sharrock. Nearest the pins were Doug Clemann on the 14th hole and Kevin Michael on the 16th. Brett Windsor took out the Super Comp on the 13th hole.

Woorayl SATURDAY’S Stableford event was not only hot weather wise but some of the scores reﬂected the heat with all grade winners venturing into the 40 point plus range. The sponsor of Saturday’s event was ‘Leongatha Car Detailing’ – the club thanks them for their generous support. A Grade runner up with 39 points was G Calder and the winner with 40 points T. Hogan. B Grade runner up with 42 points was P. Burgess and winner with the score of the day R. Winkler 44 points. C Grade runner up with 38points was G. Miller and winner I. McLennan with a great 41points. Tom Ryan eagled the 11th driving the green and sinking a very respectable putt. Down the line ball winners were G. Fennell 40 points, G. Young 39 points, T. Ryan, G. Price and J. Howard with 38 points, and 37 points G. Salmon and R. Gourlay. Nearest the pin on the eighth only a foot away was last week’s hole in one player B. Hogan. Nearly two in a fortnight on the same hole and 17thp was captain G. Young. The raﬄe went to ‘The Shed’. Congratulations to all winners and see you back on our track that is in fantastic condition next week.

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Meeniyan TUESDAY, December 4: Winner: Winno Reilly 38 points. Runner up: Brian Dewar 36 points on a count back from Rob Gourlay and Col Stewart. Best nine: Lloyd Hemphill 21 points. NTPs: second John Demont, ﬁfth Rob Gourlay and 14th Brian Dewar. Thursday, December 6: Winner: Mat Vanboven 38 points. Runner up: Bruce Betts 37 points. Best nine: Mat Vanboven 22 points. NTP: 11th Phil Johnston. Saturday, December 8, was medal day thankfully sponsored by Bruce Betts and Col Stewart. Winner was Brett McKnight with 70 net. Runner up was Craig Buckland 71 net. NTP on the eighth was Mat Vanboven. The pro pin jackpots as does the members draw. The golf club would like to wish one of the club’s stalwarts Winno all the best and a very speedy recovery and hopefully see him back around the club real soon.

Foster THE course is playing well with good numbers in attendance. Please remember Friday, December 21, with Ham Spins, members’ draws and the Christmas hamper draw. Another great night coming up on New Year’s Eve is Wiggy’s ‘Degustation’. Tuesday, December 4: Stableford. Winner: Satish Venna. NTP: 15th Alan Howell. DTL: John Pruyn. Wednesday, December 5: Carmern Thompson Trophy – Monthly Medal (M. Symmons). A Grade: Rae Knee (22) 74 net c/b. B Grade: M. Symmons (27) 71 net. Scratch A: B. Warren 90. Scratch B: M. Symmons 98. NTP: sixth D. Williams and 17th R. Knee. DTL: T. Prue 74 net, S. Cook, J. O’Sullivan and L. Shields. Nine hole: B. Fuller. Thursday, December 6: Par. Winner: Paul Spencer +4. NTP: fourth R. Smith and 15th R. Coughlan-Lane.

DTL: N. Thompson +2. Friday, December 7: Chook Run (nine holes). Winner: Lloyd McKenzie. NTP: fourth Bernie Esser. DTL: I. Griﬃth and R. McCallion. Saturday, December 8: O’Connell Motors Trophy – Monthly Medal. Winner: Lloyd McKenzie (13) 67. B Grade: R. Smith (20) 69. NTP: fourth N. Thompson, sixth B. Jenkins, 13th G. Paine, 15th L. McKenzie and 17th L. McKenzie. DTL: N. Thompson (11) 68, B. Jenkins 71, K. Witheridge 72 and R. McCallion 73. Nine hole: D. Jenkins 21 points. Putting: P. Spencer 27 putts. Ladies: Winner: Gayle Reid (25) 36 points. NTP: 17th B. Britton.

Mirboo North WEDNESDAY results: Competition: Monthly Medal (Stroke). Date: December 5. Day winner: Nicole Allen (20) 74. DTLs: Rhonda Evans (25) 75, Freeda Nair (26) 75 and Lorrae Hamilton (41) 75. NTP: Sixth: Maree Thompson. 13th: Maree Thompson. Thursday results: Competition: Stableford. Date: December 6: Day winner: Peter Chapman (18) 39. A Grade winner: Peter Draper (11) 39. DTLs: Russell Pentland (21) 38, Paul Woodall (11) 36 and Ray Matthews (11) 36. NTP: sixth Steve Beitz. Saturday results: Competition: Stableford. Date: December 8. Day winner: Keith Clerks (27) 45. DTLs: John Woodall (9) 42, Mal Payne (10) 40 and M. Hardy (34) 40. Second shot NTP ﬁrst hole: John Woodall. NTP: Fourth: Chris Bracecamp. Sixth: Stan Evison. 13th: Jeﬀ Hughes. 16th: Joe Kus.

Wonthaggi winners: back from left, Bill Fennell, Russell Parker, Beau Van Agtmaal, Graham Ryan, front from left, Jan Beaumont, Catherine Bolding, Marg Johnson and Marg Ryan shared success at the Final Mixed Day at Wonthaggi Golf Club.

Tough competition at Final Mixed Day IF you put in a wish list for the perfect day to have a round of golf, it was granted on Sunday for the Final Mixed Day. Not too hot, not too cold, no wind; it was a Goldilock’s day. Fifteen pairs were sent out for the shot gun start for a game of Canadian Foursomes. Every mixed day has its challenges but also some absolutely amazing shots, lots of laughs, a few mutters under the breath, all adding up to a great day. Add the Christmas theme in the club house and all agreed it was a happy festive day. A Grade was won by Beau Van Agtmaal (2) and Marg Johnson (13) with a round of 77 (6) 71 net. Beau carried on his amazing form from the recent Championships. Not too far behind them were the A Grade runners

up of Bill Fennell (19) and Jan Beaumont (21) who always have a steady round and this one was no exception with a 88 (15) 73 on count back from Noel Cook and Pam Hanley . B Grade was won by a pairing of Russell Parker (28) and Catherine Bolding (21) with a return of 92 (18) 74. Both Russell and Catherine are on a hot streak at the moment and look out A Grade next year. The runners up were Graham (22) and Marg Ryan (24) who won on a count back as well with 93 (17) 76 from Kevin Bayley and Anne Poulton NTP ladies’ was second Catherine Bolding. NTP men’s was 17th Bob Furborough. Pro Pin eighth balls went to Marg Johnson for the ladies and Miles Foster for the men. BDL went to Noel Cook and Pam Hanley 73, Rod and Anne Walker 74, and Kevin Bayley and Anne Poulton 76.

Tough conditions for parkrunners the tough kept going”. Nick Argento was first to finish in a time of 20.56 minutes with Sarah Lewis the first female across the line along with her super Parkdog Raven in 22.32. Congratulations to Keiron Bryant, Jane Frith, Sultry conditions saw 53 participants form a Ben Cleary, Dylan Baido and Sue Best who relished steamy train of colour along the Great Southern Rail the sticky conditions to record new personal bests. Trail for the 59th event and regular local Leo ArgenFirst time Koonwarra parkrunner Jamie Mcto summed it up nicely; “The going was tough, but Coll reported that Heartbreak Hill was tough at the

WITH the mercury already exceeding 20 degrees by the 8am start time, it was shorts and singlet tops all round at Koonwarra parkrun.

No naming and shaming; the Parkdogs are end but otherwise the course was very good, and he loved at Koonwarra, but the parkrun directors must should know. Hailing from Linwood parkrun near Glasgow, thank barcode number 25 for its service and apoloScotland, Jamie is a vet who is eight months in to his gise that they did not love it enough to go rummaging two years travelling around Australia. He recently through the bags of dog poo in the bin to save it. Thanks go to this week’s fabulous volunteers Amy spent time in Perth and has completed a number of White, Neil and Judy Langstaff, Joy Morrison, Cindy parkruns in the west. Further back in the field a good spirited walk/run Smith, Heather Smith, Lisa Riley and Kelly Fuery. leapfrog battle developed when Kelly and Steve Fuery slowly overtook Pamela Derrick and Charmaine Clifford. Their positions switched back and forth a few times along with a jovial exchange of banter before Pamela and Charmaine surged ahead and the Fuerys were happy to concede. Light hearted competition aside, Koonwarra reinforced its reputation as the friendliest parkrun when Bob Robinson’s car was found to have a flat tyre postevent and Steve Fuery, Mark Burns and Charmaine Clifford all kindly offered to change it for him. IT was a great summer Friday night for ing 50m to Zoe. Being the friendliest parkrun does have one He rode hard early and bridged the gap to cruise drawback. racing and the riders had a fun night of through for the win. The dreaded Koonwarra jaw cramp struck again, competition. However, the handicapper lifted Zoe to 100m in this time afflicting Philomena Smith who talked too Zoe Reiter had her first night of racing and Tom the re-handicap and that saw her take the win. much and suggested that Helen Patterson may have Fitzgerald had a night where his casual job enabled The juniors were split into two teams for an been a contributing factor. him to have a race. Olympic sprint over one lap. While Philomena will make a full recovery, unIn the first event of the night – the one lap time Thumbs up: Leo Argento was one the tough The team of Tom Geary and Emiley Hadicke won trial – Tom Fitzgerald clocked one of his best times (45.26sec) by the narrowest margin over Renee and fortunately the innocent barcode that was acciden- parkrunners in Koonwarra on Saturday, detally binned by another runner along with a bag of ever – 32.80 sec. Kate (45.33sec). spite rising temperatures. dog poo will not. Zoe at her first try rode a 40.65 sec. By this time of the night, club coach Tony Smith Renee Hardacre clocked a new personal best at had arrived with the motor bike. 45.00sec, just ahead of Tom Geary at 46.30sc. This allowed Tom Fitzgerald and Zoe Reiter to Kate Geary had a time of 50.50 sec, just quicker do a 10 lap motor paced scratch race and Tom sethen Emiley Hadicke 51.00sec. cured the win in a close finish. The juniors raced a three lap scratch race as the The juniors all had the chance to grab a ride next event. behind the motor bike and improve their pedalling In a spirited sprint finish, Tom Geary was first efforts. over the line followed by Renee and a determined To finish the night riders were given a slow race Emily in third place. on the grass. The senior race over six laps saw Tom edge out This helps develop their balance abilities on the Zoe for the win. bike. The riders had to front for a one lap handicap. Tom Geary needs plenty of practice as he fell to In the junior race, Emiley (45m) made full use of the grass almost at the start. the mark and did not allow any riders to get around After trying hard all night, Kate Geary was the even though they ridged the handicap. slowest and hence had a win. Renee (10m) was second whilst Kate (20) had to The club needs to see all the seniors who have settle for third. come to training get organized for a Friday race night In the re-handicap, the riders gave the handicap- and boost the numbers. The Wednesday night trainper a hard time as Tom Geary, lifted from Scratch ing sessions all seem to have more riders than the to 15m, bolted around the field to score an easy win Friday race night. with Emiley (35) holding on for second and Kate Next Friday is the last race night before the Valued: Koonwarra parkrun voluntees were thanked for another successful event. These (20) again taking third. Christmas break; however there will be two more included Amy White, Neil and Judy Langstaff,, Joy Morrison, Cindy Smith, Heather Smith, The seniors had Tom Fitzgerald on scratch chas- nights of Wednesday training. Lisa Riley and Kelly Fuery.

Summer fun at the velodrome

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• Leongatha Little Athletics

Records smashed by little athletes L E O N G AT H A Little Athletes were met with warm and humid conditions on Saturday for their personal best meet. Although athletes are encouraged to compete against their own personal best in each event every week, this week saw the athletes rewarded with a ribbon for each personal best achieved. A massive season record of 308 personal best results was achieved by 126 little athletes. Last week’s meet held the previous season high with 179 personal best results. This was a fantastic

achievement for the athletes. Saturday also saw the ﬁnal On Track session for the U6 athletes. This year’s On Track program has been a huge success with 15 athletes learning the fundamental motor skills required to transition into running, jumping and throwing in the weekly program. The On Track athletes were awarded a certiﬁcate and medallion in recognition for their efforts so far this season. Two centre records were broken on Saturday with U7 girl Isabella Giliam breaking her previous record in the 500m. Her time of 2.10.86min well exceeded her previous time of 2.25.25min set in

October. Oliver Bolge also broke his own record in the U7 boys’ 500m. Oliver’s time of 2.17.28min was faster than his previous time of 2.24.96min set in November this year. Next Saturday will be the last meet before Christmas and the break for the January school holidays. A special visitor will be arriving at 9am, and a fun running and jumping program will follow. A highlight of the Christmas meet is the parents’ race, which sees willing mums, dads, grandparents and carers competing in a “fun” sprint much to the joy of the little athletes.

Outstanding: new centre record holders rss for records broken last week were, from m left, James Heneghan U13 Boys 200m m Hurdles, Mitchell Bath U14 Boys 200m m Hurdles and Zac Fowles U8 Boys 700m..

Great season: the On Trackers were presented with their certiﬁcates and medallions on Saturday. Pictured from left is Angus Ritchie (On Track leader), Zane Dowel, Jordyn Browne, Joseph Watt, Tyler Stevic, Kade White, Mack Katz, Hugo Fennell, Willa Santilli-Rhoden, Kevin McRae, Dae Anderson, Arli Edwards, Arya O’Malley, Pippa Le Serve and Maddi Cruickshank (On Track leader). Absent: Sullivan Harris and Tyson Helms.

Montgomerys impress TWELVE South Coast athletes competed at round seven of Athletics Victoria Shield on December 1 in warm and windy conditions. In what was a great family day out, the afternoon began with Jeffter Ihomana leaping to a club record in the long jump. Not to be outdone, his daughter Tevuro Ihomana Montgomery then threw a club record in the Javelin. Beth Montgomery completed the family trifecta by breaking the club record in the discus in a super effort. The open women again finished first in their division and extended their overall lead in their zone. Local meet eight was held at Wonthaggi on December 4. Conditions were great and another six local meet records were broken across the four events held on the night. Results for both events are below.

Athletics Victoria Shield round seven results: M40: Long Jump: Jeﬀter Ihomana 4.71m (40+ & 50+ club records). M16: Hammer: Matthew Merrilees 28.99m. High Jump: Matthew Merrilees 1.70m. Shot Put: Matthew Merrilees 11.47m. M14: 100m: Harrison Clark 15.61 (4.2). 400m: Harrison Clark 76.86. Long Jump: Harrison Clark 3.50m. Open Women: 100m: Sarah Lewis 13.59 (3.5); Courtney Clark 15.77 (2.8). 400m: Sarah Lewis 61.01; Aliesha Wrigley 68.96; Courtney Clark 82.34. 1500m: Aliesha Wrigley 5:57.0h. 5000m: Kate Sly 20:31.2h. Discus: Beth Montgomery 17.69m (40+ & 50+ club records). Javelin: Beth Montgom-

ery 13.53m; Courtney Clark 12.93m. Long Jump: Courtney Clark 2.55m. F18: 100m: Georgia Burns 14.10 (2.7). 200m: Rachel Aitken 33.43 (2.7). 400m: Georgia Burns 71.95. 1500m: Georgia Burns 6:14.5h. High Jump: Alarna Gibson-Williamson 1.60m; Rachel Aitken 1.55m. Javelin: Georgia Burns 21.57m. Long Jump: Georgia Burns 4.20m. Triple Jump: Rachel Aitken 8.62m (0.9). F14: 80m Hurdles: Tevuro Ihomana Montgomery 13.47 (3.4). Javelin: Tevuro Ihomana Montgomery 36.09m (club record). Local meet eight results: 400m U14B - Harrison Clark 1:18.16, Beau Ransom 1:20.08. U14G - Mollie Ransom 1:20.41.

U16B - Tyler Butcher 1:16.92. U16G - Georgia Burns 1:13.98. U18G -Rachel Aitken 1:23.81. U20B - Caleb Lowson 1:23.51. U20G - Courtney Clark 1:26.37. Open Men - Mark Coulter 1:00.79, Brenton Taber 1:13.22. Open Women - Sarah Lewis 1:02.59 (local meet record). Masters Men - Luke Ransom 1:10.56, Jeﬀter Ihomana 1:33.01. Masters Women - Janine Wynen 1:24.61 (50+ local meet record). Discus U14B - Harrison Clark 16.70m, Beau Ransom 8.05m. U14G - Mollie Ransom 9.10m. U16B - Tyler Butcher 26.02m. U16G - Georgia Burns 17.46m. U18G - Rachel Aitken 13.68m. U20B - Caleb Lowson 12.68m. U20G - Courtney Clark

Up and over: Rachel Aitken competed in the high jump for South Coast Athletics recently. 9.86m. Open Men - Brenton Taber 24.10m (local meet record), Mark Coulter 18.27m. 18 27m Open Women - Sarah Lewis 10.71m. Masters Men - Luke Ransom 20.03m, Jeﬀter Ihomana 18.34m, Wayne Butcher 14.20m. Masters Women - Beth Montgomery 14.54m, Janine Wynen 12.88m. Long Jump U14B - Harrison Clark

3.50m, Beau Ransom 2.78m. U14G - Mollie Ransom 3.13m. U16B - Tyler Butcher 5.34m. U18G - Rachel Aitken 3.52m. U20B - Caleb Lowson 3.72m. U20G - Courtney Clark 3.08m. :Open Men - Brenton Taber 4.90m, Mark Coulter 4.26m. Open Women - Sarah

Lewis 3.30m. Men - Jeﬀter Masters M Ihomana 4.53m (50+ local meet record), Luke Lu Ransom 33.88m. 88m Masters Women - Janine Wynen 3.00m (=50+ local meet record), Beth Montgomery 1.79m. 800m U14B - Beau Ransom 2:56.77, Harrison Clark 3:19.91. U14G - Mollie Ransom 3:13.00. U16B - Tyler Butcher

3:25.38. U18G - Rachel Aitken 3:15.43. U20G - Courtney Clark 3:42.08. Open Men - Mark Coulter 2:23.68, Brenton Taber 3:01.06. Open Women - Sarah Lewis 2:36.98. Masters Men - Luke Ransom 2:44.50, Russell Johnson 3:05.75. Masters Women - Janine Wynen 3:21.06 (50+ local meet record).

• Wonthaggi Little Athletics

Athletes share success THIS week, Won- day with a slight thaggi Little Ath- breeze - perfect for letics Club was competing. This week, the club lucky to have a cloudy but warm did not see any records

Next up: Nathan was next in line for the U12s shot put on Saturday.

get broken or any athlete achieve ﬁve personal bests, but each Saturday, there are always so many success stories such as the new U6 boy who

learnt how to throw the shot put and the smile on his parents faces as he ran as hard as he could in the 300m. Success is seeing the

eﬀort put in by an athlete who is not out in front, but is working hard towards their personal best. Most of our athletes have a successful meet because they work so hard whilst having fun and making new friends. This weekend, one of the club’s members was representing Victoria at the Australian All Schools Championships. Vu Montgomery competed in the U14 girls 80m hurdles and was placed ﬁfth with a super fast time of 13.20 seconds. Vu also hurled the javelin over 38 metres to win the bronze medal. This week, 92 athletes competed and 73 of them made the personal bests list. Well done to the following athletes with one personal best; Nicole Slade, Alicia Smith, Ella

Smith, Dean Lyle, Riley Rutland, Isaac Shaw, Gemma Shumack, Camryn McKenzie, Zarah Duscher, Hayden Purton, Mackenzie Wain, BeauJack Ransom, Kohen O’Leary, Aidan Smyth, Joe Brusamarello, Rowan Allen, Jack Bird, Xavier Holmes, Lara Morgan, Chloe Morgan, Chephan Raya, Summer Van Steensel, Henry Dean, Edith Rowbottom, Ruby Atkinson, Marco Masi, Ailish Flynn, Joel Geiberras, Romar-Clarence Mangan, Miranda Giddins and Lenny Chandler. Athletes with two personal bests were; Jacob Timmermans, Saher Biggs, Abigail McCulloch, Jake Marotta, Mia Thompson, Lily Duscher, Kade Rigby, Jaedon Kindom, MollieValentine Ransom, Lara Smyth, Daniel Patch, Austin Grime, Lachlan Wight, Sabine Wrig-

ley, Luke Sexton, Lucy Thompson, Bevan Bell, Jay Kirkwood, Ruby Parsons, Rhys Geiberras and Giacinta Lyle. Athletes with three personal bests were; Maya Fraser, Jai McDonald, Lila Terlich, Jillanne Wallace, Jarvis McDonald, Jude Rigby, Jay Saha, Cruz Bettles,

Archie Smyth, Miles Wrigley, Olivia Holmes, Taj Blundy, Dane Rowe, Charlotte Bellairs, Oisin Flynn, Rhylee Duell, Kipp Chandler and Archie Dynes. Athletes with four personal bests were; Laetitia Pugh, Tyler Duell, Millie Butler-Hemming and Cormac Flynn.

Gippsland preps for 2019 footy season GIPPSLAND Football Netball League released its 2019 fixture last week. Round one will kick off on April 6. Leongatha and Wonthaggi will both host home games in round one against Maffra and Warragul respectively. The first local derby will be battled out at Wonthaggi’s home ground in round three on April 19. They will meet again in a Sunday match at Leongatha on July 14 in round 12. The finals series will begin with the qualifying final on August 31 and will culminate in the highly anticipated grand final clash on September 21. The venues will be announced as the season progresses.

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Mirboo North and District Allambee Mirboo & Junior Tennis Association District tennis RESULTS and ladders defeated Leongatha Djokovic from round nine – December 8: A Grade Mardan bye; Fish Creek 5 sets, 30 games defeated Baromi 1 set, 14 games; Leongatha De Minaur 6 sets, 36 games defeated Leongatha Barty 0 sets, 5 games.

Ladder Leongatha De Minaur ...............52 Fish Creek ..............................37.5 Mardan ...................................31.5 Leongatha Barty ........................27 Baromi....................................19.5

B Grade Fish Creek 6 sets, 36 games defeated Mardan 0 sets, 8 games; Leongatha Halep 4 sets, 30 games defeated Leongatha Millman 2 sets 22 games; Baromi 6 sets, 36 games defeated Leongatha North 0 sets, 11 games; Leongatha Osaka 5 sets, 31 games

1 set, 17 games.

Ladder Fish Creek ..............................44.5 Baromi....................................37.5 Mardan ...................................33.5 Leongatha Osaka .......................32 Leongatha Halep .......................30 Leongatha North ....................26.5 Leongatha Millman ...................26 Leongatha Djokovic ..................20

C Grade Leongatha Federer 4 sets 19 games defeated Baromi Black 1 set, 11 games; Baromi Yellow 7 sets, 29 games defeated Leongatha North 0sets, 6 games; Leongatha Wozniacki 5 sets, 25 games defeated Mardan 3 sets 21 games.

Ladder Baromi Yellow ..........................56 Leongatha Wozniacki ................44 Mardan ......................................43 Leongatha Federer ....................36 Leongatha North .......................24 Baromi Black ............................20

Korrine and District Junior Tennis Summer Competition

INVERLOCH Kroams played well to win all sets at the Inverloch derby on Saturday, and Inverloch Storm had no answer. Phillip Island and Koonwarra had a tiebreaker each way. Phillip Island won well. In the Korumburra versus Leongatha match Korumburra was the winner. Leongatha’s three sets were won by Michael Grist as a fill-in from the Hallston team. The Korumburra ladies won well. In Section 2 the Outtrim versus Baromi match was the close match in this section, five games to Outtrim. Korumburra won its second match for the season against Leongatha Gold which won two sets. Leongatha Green had to forfeit to Berrys Creek. It is hard to fill a team if more than two players are missing. In Section 3 Inverloch had all three teams at home this week. Hope they supported each other. Inverloch won all sets against Leongatha. Well done to all players filling in to make the game possible. Korumburra and Koon-

warra won four sets each but Korumburra won the extra games. Next week is the last week before the Christmas new year break.

Results Section 1: Inverloch Kroams 9.72 d Inverloch Storm 0.12, Korumburra 6.63 d Leongatha 3.35, Phillip Island 7.63 d Koonwarra 2.42, Leongatha- bye. Section 2: Korumburra 7.62 d Leongatha Gold 2.36, Outtrim 5.55 d Baromi 4.50, Berrys Creek v Leongatha Green (forfeit), Hallston - bye. Section 3: Inverloch 8.56 d Leongatha 0.7, Korumburra 4.53 d Koonwarra 4.35.

Ladders Section 1 Inverloch Kroams ...............81.0 Leongatha North .................66.0 Phillip Island........................65.0 Korumburra ........................62.0 Koonwarra.............................37.5 Inverloch Storm ....................37.5 Leongatha..............................37.5 Section 2 Berrys Creek........................80.0 Hallston ................................62.0 Outtrim ................................61.0 Baromi ..................................49.5 Leongatha Green ...................45.0 Korumburra ...........................44.5 Leongatha Gold.....................38.0 Section 3 Inverloch ..............................59.0 Korumburra ........................47.0 Koonwarra ...........................30.0 Leongatha ............................14.0

Educational: Port Welshpool Working Group’s Ellen Ellis assisted South Gippsland Specialist School student William with his ﬁshing rod.

Fishing adventure for South Gippsland Specialist School

This is the second successful year the program has been running from the Old Ferry Terminal and the feedback from students and staff involved have been extremely positive. The Duke of Education program supports the school in developing students’ experiences in four different areas; physical recreation, service volunteering, hobbies and skills, and exploration. The Fishing Program has been designed to develop skills and technique when fishing as well as safety and regulations related to fishing in the local area. During the program volunteers, from the Port Welshpool Working Group talk with students each week. Discussions involved a variety of safety aspect including; jetty safety, rock safety and keeping the waterways clean and healthy. Students also learn about the laws and regulations involved in fishing including licencing and fish bag and size limits. Students walk along the coastal areas picking up old fishing line and other waste left by irresponsible members of the public and discuss the implications of this litter to the surrounding wildlife and the recreational fishing industry. The program includes a visit from the Port Welshpool Coast Guard. This year Geoff Noad and Peter Carrolan from the Port Welshpool Flotilla spoke with students about the role they play in the local area, their current response systems and students had a tour of the boat

used in sea rescues. Students have not only been able to learn the skills involved in the rigging up of lines for different types of fish, but they also get the opportunity to speak with local commercial and recreational fisher people which assists students in gaining insights into possible career paths. All fish caught throughout the fishing program which are regulation size, are kept until the last week of the program. This year, the anglers Noah and Anthony caught some flatheads, William caught a silver trevally, Zack caught a small snapper and Barry, a staff member caught a squid. Noah was super keen to catch a squid, so became very good at changing his tackle between a fish hook and the squid jig. On the last day of the program, the Port Welshpool Working Group volunteers cooked up a hearty feast of fish, calamari and chips for all to enjoy. Staff and students from the South Gippsland Specialist School would like to say a huge thank you to the Coast Guard volunteers Geoff and Peter for their time, knowledge and insights. Their dedication and enthusiasm into their service is admirable and inspiring. The school also thanks the volunteers from the Port Welshpool Working Group who make this program possible, Alma Mattingly, Vern Suckling and Ellen Ellis as without their time and dedication the program could not run. The Port Welshpool Working group is also responsible for the Sea Days festival held each year over the New Year’s weekend at the Old Ferry Terminal which is a great day for the whole family.

What a catch: Port Welshpool WorkStrong game: from left, Leongatha Tennis Club’s section two doubles men’s players Jed Moore and Ryan ing Group’s Vern Suckling measured Hayward and Korumburra Tennis Club’s section two doubles men’s player and club president Chris Amor a ﬂathead with South Gippsland Specialist School student Zack recently. and teammate Russell Trezise. Korumburra won the round 10 game with an 8-5 set.

New skills: South Gippsland Specialist School’s Noah was pictured with his tackle box during the Duke of Education Fishing Program recently.

Competition underway

Section 2:

THE junior tennis season is well under way with some great matches being played against the teams.

Round nine: Phillip Island Blue 6 - 44 defeated Poowong 2 - 22; Westernport 5 - 44 defeated Wonthaggi 3 – 30.

Next Sunday, players look forward to the association’s junior competition before the summer break. Junior players can look forward to upcoming tennis tournaments in January. Match results and ladders:

Pennant: Round nine: Inverloch Sharks 5 - 33 defeated Inverloch Stingrays 0 - 17; Westernport Blue 5 - 32 forfeit Korumburra 0 - 0; Westernport Gold 2 - 23 defeated by Wonthaggi Deucebags 3 - 22

Ladder: Wonthaggi Deucebags...............47 Inverloch Sharks .......................41 Westernport Blue.......................40 Wonthaggi Korrine.................35.5 Westernport Gold ......................31 Inverloch Stingrays ...................15 Korumburra ...............................11

Section 1: Round nine: Inverloch Black 6 - 48 defeated Inverloch Red 2 - 37; Inverloch Blue 5 - 38 defeated Phillip Island 3 – 29.

Ladder Inverloch Black .........................61 Inverloch Blue...........................51 Phillip Island .............................38 Inverloch Red ............................30

Ladder: Westernport ...............................58 Wonthaggi .................................52 Poowong ...................................36 Phillip Island Blue.....................34

Section 3: Round nine: Wonthaggi 6 40 defeated Poowong Green 2 - 22; Poowong Blue 0 - 21 defeated by Phillip Island 8 - 49; Westernport 8 - 49 defeated Korumburra 0 – 16.

Ladder Wonthaggi .................................66 Westernport ...............................58 Phillip Island .............................58 Poowong Green.........................54 Poowong Blue ...........................21 Korumburra ...............................13 Inverloch Orange ........................0

Section 4 Round nine: Poowong 1 - 12 defeated by Westernport 7 - 29; Korumburra 2 - 15 defeated by Phillip Island 6 - 29; Wonthaggi 8 - 32 defeated Inverloch 0 – 7.

Ladder Westernport ...............................75 Wonthaggi .................................66 Phillip Island .............................50 Poowong ...................................40 Korumburra ...............................26 Inverloch ...................................13

right, Winning serve: Korumburra Tennis Club’s section two doubles men’s player Russell Trezise’s strong serve helped bring the team to victory in round 10 of the season.

DURING term four, the Port Welshpool Working Group has been volunteering its time to support students from the South Gippsland Specialist School during a Duke of Education Fishing Program.

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Boxing a winner for Leongatha MORE than 400 people packed the Leongatha Memorial Hall on Sunday, December 9 to watch a full bout of matches lasting more than three hours.

tin Crossland. The other Lewises, Jaxon and Regan, also won their fights. There were 16 men’s fights and four female bouts, local boxer Grace Patterson enjoying her contest in Hosted by the Corner Inlet Boxing Club the event front of the crowds. proved a winner with boxers from throughout AusTreasurer of the Corner Inlet Boxing Club, Kristralia converging on the hall to watch some 20 fights tian Gray, said it was the first of its kind in Leongatha and exhibition matches. that he can remember. Lachlan Lewis enjoyed his fight, the Corner Inlet “It was a huge success, Boxing Victoria I believe member having a solid win over Queensland’s Aus- was pretty impressed so hopefully we can put it on again and maybe make it an annual event,” Mr Gray said. Bass Coast Boxing in Wonthaggi was also represented in a few bouts as well although both Mark Quin and Josh Hughes were knocked out in their bouts. The club netted about $2,000 in proceeds from the day.

Big numbers: more than 400 people came in throughout the day to watch some of the boxing action in Leongatha, upstairs and downstairs.

21st ﬁght: Lachie Lewis, left, from Toora and a member of the Corner Inlet Boxing Club was happy with his win in his 21st ﬁght over, right, Austin Crossland of All Star Boxing in Thirsty work: Jarvis Bindloss takes on some water after completing one of his three rounds. Brisbane.

Council gives groups a sporting chance SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council supported sporting and other community groups when it presented its community grants last Wednesday evening.

The ceremony was held at the council chamber in Leongatha. Full story and more photos on pages 20 and 21.

Transformed: Leongatha Memorial Hall was transformed into a boxing venue for the day on Sunday, December 9.

Goannas take on Australian Cricket Society ON December 9, Gippsland Goannas cricketers travelled to the picturesque Bundalaguah cricket ground to play the Australian Cricket Society (ACS). The skies were bleak but the weather held for the day with no rain delays. ACS won the toss and decided to bat first. Goannas opened the bowling with Ian Southall bowling downhill and Peter Anton at the other end. Stumbles and Hammet opened the batting, but unfortunately Stumbles was run out by a brilliant throw from Col Carmody; this being Stumbles’ third run out in succession. Ken Bailey, who was quick to put his hand up to play gainst the Goannas, joined Hammet and they pushed the score along at a brisk rate. Alex Dowsett and Jim Armstrong replaced the opening bowlers. Bailey retired on 41, which included seven fours and a six. Ken Piesse joined Hammet and they took the score to 88 at drinks. After the drinks break, Alex Dowsett and Kelvin Bond took up the bowling. Piesse went out on 24 from the first of three stumpings by stand in keeper Ray Smith. The first one off Kel Bond with the second bite of the cherry, then Peter Neville for 15 bowled by Murray Moore on consecutive balls. The next to go out was Goanna’s player assisting ACS, Neil Kline, was also stumped by Ray Smith off Kel Bond. Neil Smith from ACS made a quick fire 11, mostly off Murray Moore who had the last laugh when Ian Southall took a good catch in the deep. The scoring slowed considerably as the bowlers got on top due to the wickets falling. ACS ended their innings on 163, top scorers were Ken Bailey 41, Ian Hammet on 32 and Bruce Hotton got

28, the last wicket to fall a sharp catch by Kevin Lanigan off the bowling of Fred Debono. The fielding was generally very good, highlighted by Bob Duljas putting his body behind the ball to prevent some boundaries. Figures: Southall five overs for 22, Anton four overs for 20, Alex Dowsett six overs for 18, Bond eight overs 4-21, Moore six overs 2-26, Armstrong four overs for 29, Debono four overs 2-13 and Peter Jones two overs for two runs, and Bob Duljas one over for six runs. Lunch was enjoyed by all with plenty of food and good banter between the players. Ray Smith and Fred Debono opened the innings and got off to a rapid start with Smith striking four boundaries in his first seven balls. Debono was unlucky to be caught in the deep by J. Smith off the bowling of N. Smith for seven. Col Carmody joined Smith in the middle and the scoring continued at a rapid rate until Smith was run out for 39 with the score at 68. Murray Moore went to the crease with Carmody and pushed the scoring along to 90 at drinks. Carmody retired on 41 and was replaced by Dowsett who continued to push the score along at a brisk rate. After a slow and considered start Moore retired on 43. Anton finished with seven and Dowsett 24 both not out and helped the Goannas pass the opponents score in the 32nd over. The electronic score board was a brilliant asset to keep all informed of the score which was a highlight of the excellent facilities at Bundalaguah. Man of the match for ACS was given to Ian Hammet, while Murray Moore received it for the Goannas. Thanks were given to all for a great match played in excellent spirit. President of ACS Ken Piesse encouraged all to join the ACS for a small annual fee and receive a variety of resources to help keep the players in touch with all the opportunities they have available.

Kicking goals: Korumburra-Bena Football Netball Club received $10,000 from South Gippsland Shire Councillor Lorraine Brunt (centre) for female facilities planning. The club was represented by Nadine Smith and Graham Brooks.

Sporting chance: Kathryn Ireland of Toora Football Club received $1900 from South Gippsland Shire Councillor Ray Argento to replace kitchen equipment.

Oﬀ and racing: Stony Creek Racecourse and Recreation Reserve Committee’s Callum McCaughan and Carolyn DeGaris (right) received $5000 for a reserve masterplan from South Gippsland Shire Councillor Rosemary Cousin.

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Inverloch dominates WARREN Stewart was too strong for Town, as he made 126 runs for Inverloch on Saturday.

Phillip Island will defend its tally this Saturday. OMK has 8/128 in its sights after coming up against MDU on Saturday. MDU travelled to Digger Park and was sent in to Playing at Scorpion Park, Inverloch took imme- bat first by the home side. diate control of the game by winning the toss and A strong bowling effort from OMK’s Danny Elopting to bat first to set the challenge for Town. ford and Hayden James had MDU under pressure Stewart was ultimately caught by Tim Cashin, early. bowled by Clinton Ballagh. Batting seventh, Sam Bright made the top score Part way through the innings, Patrick Harmer of 40 runs before being caught by Mitchell Rowe, made 41 runs and Shaun Hayes rounded it off with bowled by Elford. 43 not out. Tim Bright was the next highest contributor with For Town, the wicket takers were Cameron Dowl- 19 runs. ing, John Pouw, Rob Shields, Ray Edwards, Ballagh Elford and James took 3/33 and 3/16 and Cashin. respectively. Inverloch played out its overs and came away OMK will have its turn to bat this weekend. with a massive score of 6/303. Wonthaggi Club played a fairly consistent inTown will contend with this tally this weekend. nings against Nerrena and is now set to defend 176. Captain Liam Keating’s 114 run haul for Phillip Nerrena travelled to Wonthaggi’s McMahon ReIsland contributed to a handy score of 225 against serve and sent the home team in to bat first. Korumburra. Midway through the innings, Craig Harvey top Phillip Island made use of the home ground ad- scored with 33 runs before he was caught by Michael vantage at Rhyll, winning the toss and producing a Collins, bowled by Chris Marinou. stunning innings. Jack Sheerin made 29 runs. Keating made his ton and was dismissed from the Nerrena bowlers Collins, Ben Croatto and Pinto field shortly afterwards when he was caught by Nick Mathew took 3/31, 3/63 and 3/41 respectively. Arney, bowled by Thomas Sorrell. Nerrena opened its account with Brian Gannon Matthew Parsons contributed 27 runs. making 25 not out. Sorrell wasn’t fazed by Keating’s effort and was Wickets were taken by Nicholas Dobbie and in form to keep Phillip Island within reach. Sorrell Brendon Feast. claimed 5/36. Nerrena made 2/45 and will continue its innings Matt Cozzio and Christopher Mileto took two on Saturday. wickets each.

Decent haul: Nigel Grimes made 41 not out for Koonwarra/LRSL Gold, leading the team to a handy score.

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Gold shaken by Club TOP of the table Koonwarra/LRSL Gold is set to defend 184 against Wonthaggi Club this Saturday.

For Glen Alvie, Jarrod Newsome and Vijai Gopal took 2/9 and 2/26 respectively. Glen Alvie has the opportunity to bat this weekend. Playing at Mary MacKillop College, Club won Koonwarra/LRSL Blue is in trouble after facing the toss and opted to send Gold in first. Korumburra on Saturday. Jordan Pickersgill was Gold’s star batsman, top Blue won the toss and chose to bat first. scoring with 47 runs. Only Anthony Hunt made an impact on the scoreNigel Grimes made 41 not out and Shane Pater- board with 29 runs. Jessica Bohn later contributed son made 35 runs. 12 runs. Gold was teetering at 7/114 by the time Grimes Korumburra bowler Jaxon Checkley was too and Paterson stepped in, and the partnership contrib- strong for Blue, claiming 5/20. uted to a competitive score at the end of the innings. Robert Francis and Adam Sinclair swept up the For Club, Sam Liddle produced the best bowling rest of the wickets, taking 4/20 and 1/8 respectively. figures on the day, taking 3/52. Blue was all out for 83 overs. Justin Licis took 2/9. Korumburra will go in to bat this weekend. Club will challenge Gold’s total this Saturday. Kilcunda Bass was forced to forfeit its match, OMK set the target at 145 for Glen Alvie on leaving Phillip Island to claim the points. Saturday. OMK won the toss and opted to bat first. The top score came from Donald Wylie with 26 runs before he was bowled LBW by Paul Gardiner. George Lomagno made 20 runs.

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Starter: Wonthaggi Club’s Kevin McLean opened the bowling and claimed 1/25 against Koonwarra/LRSL Gold. Home team

Rocky scores for Mirboo North Premier A

It was a tough day at the office for Mirboo North, which went to CATS on Saturday. On its home turf at the Mirboo North Recreation Reserve, Mirboo North was sent in to bat first by the opposition. The one shining light in the innings was captain Rob Phoenix’s 47 run haul. The next highest total was Steve Rogers’ 12 runs, which helped to round off the innings. For CATS, Rory Hare was the stand out, taking 3/13. Mirboo North was all out for 87. Aamir Raza made the top score for CATS with 35 not out. Mirboo North bowlers Ryan Murray and Damien Turner took 2/25 and 1/6 respectively. CATS declared with 3/90 off 17 overs.

with 17 runs. For Centrals, Lachlan Pollard took 4/31. Mirboo North made 9/127. Centrals easily overtook this score with the opening partnership of Alister Foley and Daniel Doble making 60 and 39 runs respectively. For Mirboo North, the wicket takers were Justin Blair and Logan Anders. Centrals won with 2/130.

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Mirboo North defeated Central Blues on Saturday. Playing on the synthetic turf at Mirboo North Recreation Reserve, Mirboo North sent Central Blues in to bat first. Captain Brad Howlett opened and made 41 runs, which was the top score. Max Woodall was Mirboo North’s top bowler, taking 3/4. Premier B Central Blues was quickly dismisses, all out for 68. CENTRALS were too strong for Mirboo North Jimmy Panoutsopoulos and Alistair Newton on Saturday. led Mirboo North to victory with 33 and 29 runs The match was played at Apex Park in Traralgon. respectively. Centrals won the toss and chose to field first. Brad Hourigan was Central Blues’ only wicket Todd Alexander made Mirboo North’s top score taking, claiming 2/4. with 46 runs, followed by captain David Woodall Mirboo North declared with a score of 2/83.

For you, Mum: Koony’s Shane Paterson, along with the rest of the club, donned black arm bands to acknowledge the sad passing of Shane’s mother, Daisy, earlier in the week.

Away Team

Ground

Umpire

v v v v

Glen Alvie Kilcunda Bass Nerrena OMK

Inv Turf Kor Turf Won Turf Cowes

J. Schelling G. Laird G. Goss T. Rogers

Grade A2 Town Imperials Won Miners MDU

v v v v

Koon L/RSL Foster Poowong Loch Bye

SP 1 Leon Turf Won FG

G. Wightman A. Stride L. White

Grade B1 Koon L/RSL MDU Nerrena OMK

v v v v

Town Korumburra Won Club Phillip Island

Koonwarra Meeniyan Nerrena Outtrim

M. Heenan N. Grabham K. Scrimshaw A. Jordan

Grade B2 Poowong Loch Kilcunda Bass Inverloch

v v v

Foster Glen Alvie Won Miners

Loch Bass 1 Tarwin

G. Wyatt N. Barnes I. Thomas

Grade C1 Town Phillip Island Won Club OMK

v v v v

Inverloch Korumburra Nerrena MDU

SP 2 Rhyll McMahon Digger Pk

TBA TBA B. Beck TBA

Won Club OMK Phillip Island Koon L/RSL Blue

Mary McK Glen Alvie Bass 2 Kor SC

TBA TBA TBA TBA

Grade A1 Inverloch Korumburra Won Club Phillip Island

Grade C2 Koon L/RSL Gold v Glen Alvie v Kilcunda Bass v Korumburra v

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Island clash with OMK DESPITE a val- from Phillip Is- away with a handy Saturday. Phillip Island iant ďŹ elding eďŹ&#x20AC;ort land, OMK came score of 257 on

the toss and sent OMK won in to bat ďŹ rst. Batting third, captain Russell White accumulated 67 runs before he was bowled LBW by Zach Brown. Paul Harper contributed 59 runs before he was bowled by Ranjith Nagabhiru. Nagabhiru was in form for Phillip Island, taking 6/56. Brown took 2/75. Out on the ďŹ eld, Jarrod Black was an asset as he recorded ďŹ ve catches. OMK was all out at the end of the innings. Phillip Island will bat on Saturday. Korumburra will chase MDUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s score of 210 this Saturday. Playing out at MDU Recreation Reserve, Still in it: captain Jareth Hume kept Town in the game with a top score of 41 runs. Korumburra made a move to control the match when it won the toss and elected to bowl ďŹ rst. MDU opened its innings strong with Steven Arnup making 44 runs. He was caught by Jye Celebrine, bowled by Peter Churchill. Arnupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tally turned out to be the top score of the innings. Craig Hoober came close with 43 runs before he was bowled by Aaron Brinksma. Brinksma had Korumburraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best bowling ďŹ gures, taking 3/47. Michael Patching and Darren Scott claimed two wickets each. MDU was all out by the end of its overs. Town is hanging on by a thread after its clash for Koonwarra/LRSL. Town chose to bat ďŹ rst but struggled to damage the scoreboard Pressureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on: Koonwarra/LRSL captain Jim Rushton claimed two wickets against Town early. on Saturday. Batting ďŹ fth in the or-

der, captain Jareth Hume stepped up to top score with 41 runs. Nick Arnup dived for the ball, taking a spectacular one-handed catch to send Hume oďŹ&#x20AC; the ďŹ eld. Josh Schelling later contributed an additional 16 runs. Koonwarra/LRSL bowler Chelsea Moscript didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let Town have it easy, taking 5/19 and wiping out the bottom order to end the innings. Kevin Thorne and Rushton took two wickets each. Town was all out 111 oďŹ&#x20AC; 43 overs. Koonwarra/LRSL opened its innings with Matt Wilson making 44 not out and Brendan Tomada making 42 runs before Alister Fixter trapped him LBW. For Town, wickets were taken by Darcy Hume, Jacob Harris, Noah Fixter and Alister Fixter. Koonwarra/LRSL is sitting on 4/104 and will continue its innings on Saturday. Wonthaggi Club is also in trouble after scraping 116 against Nerrena. Joshua Schulz made the top score for Club with 24 runs, followed by Emmet Dempsey with 20 runs. For Nerrena, Shem Murphy was the star of the show. He claimed 4/37. Charlie Dougherty and Tim West took two wickets each. Nerrena opened its innings with John Collins making 16 not out. West made 10 runs before he was trapped LBW by Joel Brann.

Brann wreaked havoc for Nerrena, taking 5/15. With 5/38, Nerrena will ďŹ nish up its innings on Saturday. MDU v KORUMBURRA 1st innings MDU S. Arnup c. J. Celebrine b. P. Churchill................. 44 P. Vine b. M. Allen ............... 9 C. Hoober b. A. Brinksma.. 43 K. Sinclair b. A. Brinksma ... 7 S. McRae b. M. Patching ... 14 M. Martin c. J. Celebrine b. A. Brinksma ............... 16 M. Hoober b. M. Patching ... 3 J. Phillips n.o. ..................... 25 C. Cary c. P. Churchill b. D. Scott ...................... 12 B. Cantwell c. T. Allen b. D. Scott ........................ 5 S. Benra lbw. b. T. Allen .... 14 Extras ................................ 18 Total ................................. 210 Bowling: M. Allen 1/32, M. Patching 2/25, J. Whiteside 0/17, D. Scott 2/33, P. Churchill 1/40, A. Brinksma 3/47, T. Allen 1/7. KOONWARRA L/RSL v TOWN 1st innings Town A. Hickey c. b. C. Moscript ................ 10 N. Fixter c. J. Tomada b. J. Rushton................... 10 N. Hanily c. J. Stockdale b. K. Thorne ................... 13 D. Hume c. J. Stockdale b. K. Thorne ..................... 2 J. Hume c. N. Arnup b. J. Rushton................... 41 B. Hanrahan n.o. .................. 9 J. Schelling c. C. Riseley b. C. Moscript ................ 16 J. Harris r.o. .......................... 0 S. Embuldeniya c. C. Riseley b. C. Moscript .................. 3 T. Hanily c. J. Tomada b. C. Moscript .................. 0 A. Fixter c. B. Manicaro b. C. Moscript .................. 0 Extras .................................. 7 Total ..................................111 Bowling: C. Moscript 5/19, N. Arnup 0/11, C. Riseley 0/5, K. Thorne 2/35, J. Rushton 2/25, B. Tomada 0/11, B. Manicaro 0/0. 1st innings Koon L/RSL C. Moscript c. N. Hanily b. J. Harris ........................ 5 N. Arnup c. J. Hume b. D. Hume ....................... 0 M. Wilson n.o. .................... 44 B. Tomada lbw. b. A. Fixter ..................... 42 J. Tomada c. b. N. Fixter ...... 2 Extras ................................ 11 Total .............................. 4/104

Bowling: D. Hume 1/28, J. Harris 1/9, A. Hickey 0/10, T. Hanily 0/10, J. Schelling 0/26, N. Fixter 1/10, A. Fixter 1/1. NERRENA v WON CLUB 1st innings Won Club M. Davey c. b. S. Murphy.... 1 B. Osborne c. b. C. Dougherty ................ 0 L. McLean c. b. S. Murphy .................. 19 J. Brann c. S. Helms b. S. Murphy .................... 1 J. Schulz c. C. Dougherty b. R. Giliam .................... 24 E. Dempsey c. b. S. Helms ..................... 20 D. Herbert b. C. Dougherty .................. 15 B. Evans c. b. S. Murphy ..... 5 B. Cornelis c. b. T. West..... 12 S. Tessari b. T. West ............. 4 M. Sharp n.o......................... 3 Extras ................................ 12 Total ................................. 116 Bowling: C. Dougherty 2/23, S. Murphy 4/37, R. Giliam 1/25, S. Helms 1/24, T. West 2/3. 1st innings Nerrena J. Collins b. J. Brann ............ 4 J. Kelly lbw. b. J. Brann ....... 3 T. West lbw. b. J. Brann...... 10 S. Helms c. b. J. Brann ......... 0 A. Harrison b. J. Brann ........ 0 J. Collins n.o. ..................... 16 Extras .................................. 5 Total .........................5/38 (cc) Bowling: J. Brann 5/15, D. Herbert 0/8, S. Tessari 0/8, L. McLean 0/4. OMK v PHILLIP ISLAND 1st innings OMK S. Matthews c. J. Black b. R. Nagabhiru ................ 7 J. Cuman c. J. Black b. H. Shawcross................ 8 R. White lbw. b. Z. Brown .................... 67 A. Busana c. J. Black b. R. Nagabhiru .............. 39 J. Lamers c. R. Nixon b. Z. Brown .................... 29 P. Harper b. R. Nagabhiru .. 59 N. Wylie c. J. Black b. P. Nagabhiru ................. 5 J. Greenwood c. A. Tolley b. R. Nagabhiru .............. 19 P. Jobling c. J. Black b. P. Nagabhiru ................. 0 B. Nation n.o. ....................... 5 R. Dixon c. K. Taylor b. C. Wilson...................... 4 Extras ................................ 15 Total ................................. 257 Bowling: R. Nagabhiru 6/56, J. Blackwell 0/17, Z. Brown 2/75, H. Shawcross 1/17, C. Wilson 1/61, A. Tolley 0/18.

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Glen Alvie stumble against Kilcunda Bass He was caught by Cameron Chasemore, bowled by Blackney Chasemore also had an impact on the game, taking 3/28. Glen Alvie was all out for 113. Peter Roberts opened Kilcunda Bass for Glen Alvie and made opened its account with 32 runs before he was Ray Gardiner, Ben Pugh caught by Chris El- and Chasemore makliott, bowled by Daniel ing 16, two and 11 runs Blackney. respectively. Later in the innings, Gardiner and Chasecaptain Stuart Lowe top more were not out. scored with 34 runs bePugh was bowled by fore he too yielded to Jay Thorn. Kilcunda Bass will Blackney.

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Clearihan-Jervies had the best bowling ďŹ gures, taking 3/19. Liam Edgelow and Tanner took two wickets each. Poowong Loch ended its innings and Foster was given the opportunity to open its account. Justin Smith, Brandon Busuttil and captain W. Davy made four, ďŹ ve and two runs respectively. Busuttil and Davy were not out. Smith was bowled by Hancock. Foster is sitting on

1/15, ready to continue its inning this Saturday. Wonthaggi Miners forfeited the round, surrendering the points to Inverloch. KILCUNDA BASS v GLEN ALVIE 1st innings Glen Alvie P. Roberts c. C. Elliott b. D. Blackney................ 32 S. Watson c. R. Gardiner b. D. Blackney.................. 7 D. Tiziani lbw. b. D. Blackney.................. 0 J. Hull c. D. Blackney b. J. Donohue ................. 12 J. Thorn c. b. C. Chasemore ............... 0 J. Thomas lbw. b. C. Chasemore ............... 0

S. Lowe c. C. Chasemore b. D. Blackney................ 34 J. Burke b. C. Chasemore... 12 W. Luke b. D. Blackney ....... 1 J. Tiziani lbw. b. D. Blackney.................. 0 L. McRae n.o........................ 0 Extras ................................ 15 Total ................................. 113 Bowling: D. Blackney 6/38, H. Berry 0/4, C. Peckett 0/17, J. Donohue 1/15, C. Chasemore 3/28, J. Cooper 0/5. 1st innings Kilcunda Bass R. Gardiner n.o................... 16 B. Pugh b. J. Thorn .............. 2 C. Chasemore n.o. .............. 11 Extras .................................. 6 Total ................................ 1/35 Bowling: J. Thorn 1/17, J. Thomas 0/6, P. Roberts 0/10.

INVERLOCH d WON MINERS Inverloch won on forfeit. POOWONG LOCH v FOSTER 1st innings Poowong Loch G. Birnie c. A. Starret b. G. Tanner .................... 19 P. Regan c. B. Busuttil b. D. Clearihan-Jervies ..... 0 J. Knox c. B. Busuttil b. D. Clearihan-Jervies ..... 3 M. Hancock b. L. Edgelow ................. 25 T. Twite lbw. b. G. Tanner .................... 42 B. Hall b. D. Clearihan-Jervies ..... 0 J. Hibbs n.o. ....................... 11 C. Loughridge b. L. Edgelow ................... 0 N. Hancock r.o. .................... 7

S. McKinnon lbw. b. S. Riley......................... 0 B. Ingwersen c. K. Davy b. B. Cripps ...................... 1 Extras ................................ 34 Total ................................. 142 Bowling: P. Jervies 0/21, D. Clearihan-Jervies 3/19, L. Edgelow 2/38, A. Starret 0/13, G. Tanner 2/13, S. Roffey 1/13, J. Smith 0/15, B. Cripps 1/4. 1st innings Foster J. Smith b. M. Hancock........ 4 B. Busuttil n.o. ..................... 5 W. Davy n.o. ........................ 2 Extras .................................. 3 Total ................................ 1/15 Bowling: M. Hancock 1/4, S. McKinnon 0/4, B. Hall 0/5, T. Twite 0/2.

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INVERLOCH 7/271 V GLEN ALVIE WONTHAGGI WORKMENS 0/20 V NERRENA 163 KORUMBURRA 8/261 V KILCUNDA BASS PHILLIP ISLAND 4/46 V OUTTRIM MOYARRA KONGWAK 102

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Inverloch smashes Glen Alvie around NO less than six Inverloch batsmen got amongst the runs in a big score posted on day one against Glen Alvie. Inverloch’s opener Dave Newman made 35 but the middle order really shined with Tom McQualter hitting 59, Kit Rotthier 52, Dylan Clark 36, Walter Taberner 36 and Will Rankin 31 not out. The biggest partnership of

the day was between McQualter and Rotthier netting 102 runs. The Stingrays managed to ﬁnish on 7/271 with Senal De Silva taking 2/70 from 20 overs. OMK is going to have to ﬁght to save its match against Phillip Island after being bowled for just 102 runs after winning the toss and batting at Cowes. The best bat for the Diggers was Tom Kiely the number four bat who made 30 runs. Opener

Ethan Lamers was next best with 24. It was a stunning performance from Charith Keerthisinghe who took 5/29 from 18 overs including four of the top ﬁve batsmen. Max Royal supported him well and claimed 3/17. The Sharks are 4/46 at stumps with Tom Kiely on ﬁre with 3/23 from 15 overs. Korumburra has taken early honours in its bottom of the ladder contest against Kilcunda Bass, the

Cobras winning the toss and batting at the Korumburra Recreation Reserve. The batting side ﬁnished on 8/261. Best of the Killy Bass bowlers was Angus Youles with 3/47 and Jaydan Tregear 2/37. In the ﬁnal match Nerrena is in a spot of trouble posting just 163 against top side Wonthaggi Club. Already Club is 0/20 and is looking in good shape to win. INVERLOCH v GLEN ALVIE

1st innings Inverloch D. Newman lbw. b. D. Williams ................ 35 B. Debono c. S. De Silva b. D. Hales........................ 3 J. Williams b. S. De Silva .... 6 T. McQualter c. b. J. Smith ...................... 59 K. Rotthier c. D. Hales b. S. De Silva ................. 52 D. Clark b. J. Smith............ 36 W. Taberner c. B. Thomas b. D. Hales...................... 36 W. Rankin n.o..................... 31 A. Mujtaba n.o. .................... 2 Extras ................................ 11 Total .......................7/271 (cc) Bowling: S. De Silva 2/70, D. Hales 2/45, J. Hales 0/3, J. Smith 2/51, D. Will-

liams 1/43, B. Thomas 0/55. KORUMBURRA v KILCUNDA BASS 1st innings Korumburra Extras ................................ 24 Total .......................8/261 (cc) Bowling: S. Mather 0/17, A. Youles 3/47, J. Tregear 2/37, D. Bettles 0/20, A. McBride 0/26, A. Donohue 1/31, J. Mahood 0/35, S. Leman 2/41. WON CLUB v NERRENA 1st innings Nerrena Extras .................................. 6 Total ................................. 163 1st innings Won Club Extras .................................. 2 Total ................................ 0/20

PHILLIP ISLAND v OMK 1st innings OMK J. Cochrane c. E. Richards b. S. Kirton ....................... 6 E. Lamers c. S. Kirton b. C. Keerthisinghe ........ 24 R. Williams stp. G. Selby b. C. Keerthisinghe .......... 8 T. Keily stp. G. Selby b. C. Keerthisinghe ........ 30 J. Van Rooye c. S. Kirton b. C. Keerthisinghe ........ 10 N. Creed b. E. Richards ....... 8 J. Serong c. G. Selby b. M. Royal ...................... 2 J. Paterson c. S. Kirton b. C. Keerthisinghe .......... 0 P. Dell c. E. Richards b. M. Royal ...................... 5 N. Cant n.o. .......................... 0

N. Auddino lbw. b. M. Royal ...................... 0 Extras .................................. 9 Total ................................. 102 Bowling: S. Kirton 1/16, M. Royal 3/17, C. Keerthisinghe 5/29, T. Oﬃcer 0/22, E. Richards 1/10. 1st innings Phillip Island L. Cleeland c. ..................... 12 J. Keating b. ....................... 12 E. Richards c. ..................... 11 C. Keerthisinghe c................ 1 B. Insall n.o. ......................... 3 B. Johnston n.o..................... 7 Extras .................................. 0 Total ................................ 4/46 Bowling: T. Keily 3/23, P. Dell 0/12, N. Auddino 1/8, J. Cochrane 0/3.

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Town hits crushing 255 run partnership FINE centuries to Sahan Perera and Amila Ratnaike have put Leongatha Town in a commanding position against Koonwarra/Leongatha RSL after day one. The pair added 255 runs for the second wicket with opener Perera powering his way to 170 runs which included 22 fours. His partner Ratnaike has now reached almost peak form and scored 118 runs which included 11 fours and four 6’s. Ratnaike was ﬁrst to fall but Madura Madusanka took over where he left oﬀ, making 64 runs. With James Lloyd retiring hurt on 26 and Lahira Jayakody making 33, Town would go on to make 5/461 from 75 overs at a run rate of 6.15 per over. To say Koony will have its work cut out would be a gross understatement. Despite the carnage Tom Elliott still managed to pick up 3/89. Top side Imperials could have the edge over foster in their clash. Imps made 166 but importantly has Foster 4/18. For Imperials Luke

Rogers was the top hitter with 36, opener Gary Sauvarin made 24 while Kristian Gray was elevated to opener and made 19. Harvey Griggs was the standout bowler for the Tigers claiming 5/36, taking wickets right through the order. Imperials bowled Foster’s Graeme Watkins out for a duck and is in the box seat for a win. The match between bottom sides Miners and Poowong Loch sees Miners very much in the box seat. After bowling Poowong Loch out for 157, the Miners are already 1/53 and looking good. For Poowong Loch opener Jacob Bardwell scored 59 with eight 4’s. Colin Knox chipped in with 36. But not enough in the middle and at the tail saw the team pull up short. Yashas Alwis took 5/50 including opener Magnusson form a duck and Alan Jenkins for just eight. Miners’ Dinesh Magana Arachchige started well with 26 before being dismissed but opener Cameron Thomas remains 13 not out so have a good archor for a win this Saturday. MDU has the bye.

TOWN v KOONWARRA L/RSL 1st innings Town M. Davies c. B. Davison b. T. Elliott ..................... 16 S. Perera c. C. McPhee b. J. Hastings ................ 170 A. Ratnaike c. J. Hastings b. J. Moore ................... 118 M. Madusanka c. S. Hughes b. T. Elliott ..................... 64 J. Lloyd ret. hurt ................. 26 L. Jayakody c. B. Davison b. T. Elliott ..................... 33 D. Burge n.o. ........................ 7 S. Clark n.o. ......................... 1 Extras ................................ 26 Total .......................5/461 (cc) Bowling: J. Casson 0/57, T. Elliott 3/89, J. Moore 1/63, B. Perry 0/74, J. Hastings 1/86, B. Moscript 0/36, B. Davison 0/22, C. McPhee 0/19. IMPERIALS v FOSTER 1st innings Imperials K. Gray lbw. b. J. Bright ..................... 19 G. Sauvarin c. R. Johnston b. H. Griggs .................... 24 R. Higgins c. M. Jones b. F. Griggs ..................... 15 J. Ginnane c&b. R. Johnston..................... 10 S. Hamill c. M. Lynch b. J. Chaseling .................. 9 L. Rogers lbw. b. H. Griggs .................... 36 D. Ginnane b. H. Griggs .... 17 T. Williams c. G. Watkins b. F. Griggs ..................... 15 R. McLennan c&b. H. Griggs .......................... 8 Z. Price b. H. Griggs ............ 2 A. Meyer n.o. ....................... 2 Extras .................................. 9 Total ................................. 166 Bowling: J. Bright 1/24, R. Johnston 1/17, F. Griggs 2/47, H. Griggs 5/36, J. Staley

0/4, J. Chaseling 1/20, J. Toner 0/12. 1st innings Foster M. Lynch c. L. Rogers b. S. Hamill ...................... 1 M. Jones b. J. Ginnane ......... 1 J. Pilkington n.o. .................. 7 G. Watkins c. T. Williams b. S. Hamill ...................... 0 H. Griggs c&b. J. Ginnane ... 0 J. Staley n.o. ......................... 2 Extras .................................. 7 Total ................................ 4/18 Bowling: S. Hamill 2/6, J. Ginnane 2/7. WON MINERS v POOWONG LOCH 1st innings Poowong Loch J. Bardwell c. B. Walsh b. J. Rumbold ................. 59 S. Magnusson b. Y. Alwis .... 0 C. Knox b. J. Rumbold....... 36 D. Brain lbw. b. D. Magana-Arachchige .... 9 A. Jenkins b. Y. Alwis .......... 8 T. Potts c. J. Rumbold b. D. Magana-Arachchige .... 7 B. Monson b. Y. Alwis ....... 18 S. Jenkins n.o. .................... 13 R. Bardwell b. Y. Alwis........ 0 S. Head c. D. Magana-Arachchige b. A. Hall .......................... 1 G. Humphrey b. Y. Alwis ..... 0 Extras .................................. 6 Total ................................. 157 Bowling: Y. Alwis 5/50, D. Magana-Arachchige 2/58, A. Hall 1/20, J. Rumbold 2/23. 1st innings Won Miners C. Thomas n.o. ................... 13 D. Magana-Arachchige c. S. Head b. A. Jenkins . 26 B. Walsh n.o. ........................ 7 Extras .................................. 7 Total ................................ 1/53 Bowling: A. Jenkins 1/14, B. Monson 0/12, J. Bardwell 0/4, S. Jenkins 0/16, D. Brain 0/3.

Town terrific: Sahan Perera concentrates hard on this delivery. His focus was rewarded with a brilliant 170 runs.

Gippsland wowed by young cricketers VICTORIAN Cricket Youth Premier Cricket came to the country on Sunday, December 9, with three games in Gippsland and five others north of Melbourne. Gippsland Pride played the Breakers (top side) at BellBird Park Drouin. Leongatha and was represented by Harry Hoekstra (Koonwarra/LRSL) who opened the batting and was run out for two in a score of 103. The Gippsland Pride team did a great job of limiting the Breakers to 117 off 44 overs with Harry bowling three overs for seven runs. Harry is bottom age and has another year at this level so we will watch his performances in the future. The second game was at Hallora where Pioneers were bowled out for 153 by the Scorpions five for 259 top score JT Iverson 92. The third game was at Korumburra between the Sharks (Peninsula area) and Eagles (Ringwood area) on an excellent pitch and the outfield looking great. These opportunities of playing games involving representative sides from Metroplolitan Associations are great for the Leongatha Association, which provided medallions for the best player of each team presented by president Russell Mathews to Jaxon Binns (Sharks) and Daniel Roe (Eagles). Eagles batted first and lost a wicket early then Max

Parker Run out 57 and Daniel Roe caught for 58 added 108 for the second wicket but the team fail to capitalise and were all out for 162. Best bowlers for the Sharks were Flynn Smith three for 19 and Jontee Catrick two for 20. The Sharks set about the chase and Harry Van Raay 28 bowled and Jaxon Binns 101 caught had a 119 opening partnership. Xander Buxton was 60 not out and Zac Noble was LBW for 32 with the Sharks five for 259 off 50 overs. Some great talent was on show on the day and some bright futures for some of these lads in representative cricket in the future. Looking at statistics of these boys, Jaxon Binns played around 150 games and has made 3500 runs not bad for U14s and Daniel Roe was coming off two centuries in a row. It was good to see district players helping with the coaching of the teams and Paul Montgomery from Cricket Victoria was thanked for managing the match. He is a talent manager for region seven and eight; what an opportunity for Gippsland Cricket. Leongatha and District Cricket Association has Ethan Lamers (OMK) and Evan Allaway (Korumburra) representing Gippsland Pride U16s next week at Traralgon –including a day night 20/20 – and it wishes them well for this round of games.

Tough day: Braydan Moscript sends one down for Koonwarra/Leongatha RSL. He ﬁnished with 0/36 from six overs.

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