The Great Southern Star - July 28, 2009 by The Great Southern Star

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All the right moves BIG kids are relishing the opportunity to help their younger counterparts at St Laurence’s Primary School in Leongatha. Rachael, Kirsty, Shawn and Nash were enjoying a game of giant chess last week, while learning about each other. Every Grade 6 student has been assigned a “buddy” in Prep to care for in a bid to ease the youngsters’ transition to primary school. “They help with maths, sport and other activities, and make sure they’ve got someone to play with,” said principal, Robyn Halliwell. “We’ve had this program for a while but we’ve stepped it up this year, with Grade 6 students taking more responsibility. “The Grade 6 children even wrote to their buddies before they started school, saying they were looking forward to meeting them.”

Arson guts club Fire spree ends with ’Burra gun club blaze By Matt Dunn A DRUNKEN Korumburra man will face court after a fire-lighting rampage on Saturday night, which ended with the razing of the Korumburra Gun Club. The club is located behind Fisher’s Timber, just outside Korumburra. The 19-year-old offender was on foot not far away from the site of the fire, weaving his way down South Gippsland Highway. “Just up the road a bit on the South Gippsland Highway there’s a couple of old cars in a shed. He tried to light a fire there and another fire just up the road from us,” Fisher’s Timber owner John Ollerenshaw said. “He smashed a couple of windows here and the alarm went off. That frightened him, thank goodness. The way he was on that little lighting spree this place could have gone.” The business’s security people told Mr Ollerenshaw something had happened, and he called employee Ted

Ward, who went to the business to see what the matter was. Mr Ward called Leongatha Police at 8.15pm when he saw the broken windows. When the police arrived to inspect the damage they discovered the gun club was alight. The fire quickly took hold and despite the best efforts of CFA crews from Ruby, Leongatha and Poowong, it could not be saved. “Police arrested a male a short time later who was hitchhiking along the highway. He was very intoxicated,” Leongatha police’s Leading Senior Constable Andy Boldistone told The Star. “The man was found only a short distance away and was quite affected by alcohol.” Too drunk to be interviewed, he was conveyed to Wonthaggi, where he was later interviewed by detectives. He will be remanded in custody, pending a court appearance. Leongatha captain Andy Kay, who was part of the fire-fighting contingent, said the flames “were knocked down pretty quickly,” but there were some

extra concerns. “At ﬁrst the police had to be careful because they thought there may be exploding ammunition going off, but we’re assuming they were probably cans of soft drink,” he said. Long time gun club member Merv McKnight, who had travelled from Moe to sift through the ashes, said Saturday afternoon at the club had been like any other. After a day’s shooting and a few quiet drinks, members went home. No one had an inkling of what would happen that night. “I left about ﬁve o’clock and the debacle happened a little bit later in the evening. It’s just an absolute shame that it’s happened,” a solemn Mr McKnight said. “Whoever’s done it should be held accountable and should be held up to the due process of the law.” More than the destruction at the club, it was the precious lost memories that were being mourned. Continued on page 13.

We will rebuild: gun club president Arthur Bird and vice president John Buchanan stand side by side in their determination to rebuild.

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Land acquisition unclear By Bert van Bedaf WIND Power Pty Ltd, proponents of Bald Hills Wind Farm, has agreed to a compulsory acquisition process to acquire land for its powerline to Leongatha, according to a landowners’ representative. Gerald McMahon, of compulsory acquisition specialist GMacq, made the claim last week after having held discussions with Wind Power representatives. Mr McMahon, who is representing affected land owners in the Bald Hills, Tarwin Lower and Leongatha South areas, said Wind Power (Bald Hills Wind Farm) had agreed to a compulsory ac-

quisition process. Landowners had contacted Mr McMahon several months ago to arrange for compulsory acquisition and establish equitable compensation for their sections of land used in the powerline construction. Some landowners already believed Wind Power had called off its acquisition agent Maloney Field Services, which has been trying to establish individual contracts on behalf of Wind Power (Bald Hills Wind Farm). They believed they were kept in the dark and the acquisition process remained unclear. Mr McMahon said Maloney Field Services had been working for some time on behalf of the wind farm and powerline proponents, including Mitsui and project contractor Jemena, to estab-

lish individual agreements with the land owners.

Mr Croome had told him, “We’ll do it as a compulsory acquisition”. David Maidment, of Maloney Field Services in Melbourne, said he was not sure whether the process was on hold or not, but “we’re not actively in the ﬁeld at the moment,” he said. The landowners, whose land lies in the path of the powerline, will need to be compensated for land that Wind Power Pty Ltd wants to use to construct easements for its powerline from its Bald Hills wind farm to the Leongatha substation in Horn St.

Saying thanks for signs STAFF at the Simmons and Hassett St kindergartens in Leongatha expressed their gratitude for the community service shown by Outtrim artist Rachel Warren. Rachel produced the signs standing in front of Allora in Simmons St and the school in Hassett St. “Rachel is a kinder mum and also a local artist who has given her time and expertise by producing the lovely new kinder signs at our schools,” Sharon Helms, schools publicity coordinator said. Rachel runs art classes under her School signs: Rachel Warren, here with her son Raj, completed business name Art Zillery and can the school signs for the Simmons and Hasset St kindergartens in Leongatha. be contacted on 5657 3387.

But Maloney’s involvement could now be on hold after Mr McMahon said he’d held discussions with the general manager of Bald Hills Wind Farm, Matthew Croome. Mr McMahon said he had asked Mr Croome the question, “Will you provide compensation by private treaty?” and the answer had been “No”. He said Mr Croome had told him, “We’ll do it as a compulsory acquisition”. “He (Croome) said they were going to do a compulsory acquisition process and not a private treaty consultation,” Mr McMahon said. When The Star contacted Mr Croome last Friday, he said he was heading for a meeting and asked for an email to be sent to him. The Star had previously received an

email from Kerry Yu, who is communications and stakeholder relations manager at Bald Hills Wind Farm. “We are continuing to work on the alignment of the powerline,” Ms Yu said. “We, along with our contractors, have been discussing options for the alignment with landowners directly and are continuing to undertake technical assessment based on landowner feedback and other technical inputs. “We will be able to provide you with more information on this once all of the assessments are complete. Once the assessments are complete, we can then proceed to discuss the acquisition of easement with individual landowners. “In terms of timing, we are still working towards a schedule, where we will be in a position to begin construction in late 2009/early 2010.”

Housing concerns BASS Coast Council’s attempts to house Wonthaggi desalination plant construction workers has not pleased some people. Sue Saliba of Cowes told councillors at their July meeting that, knowing council’s opposition to the plant, she felt betrayed. During public question time, she said the housing project was enabling the plant to go ahead, ﬂying in the face of the spirit of everything the plant’s detractors were trying to achieve. Fellow protestor Maurice Schinkel also of Cowes, had questions of his own about council appointing consultants without ﬁrst calling for tenders. Mr Bawden said council was trying to protect the community from

rental escalation resulting from an inﬂux of people to the shire, by assembling a pool of housing that didn’t rely on holiday accommodation. “Council’s role is that we know where the houses are.” He said real estate agents will be appointed to manage the housing stock. Mr Bawden told Ms Saliba council was most concerned about the affect a project like the desalination plant would have on the rental market. “To take no action would be detrimental to the community. “We know there’ll be 2000 workers in the area and we need to manage that.”

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Accused arsonist “wrong man” By Matt Dunn A FRIEND of the man charged with lighting the Delburn Complex ﬁres told The Star he has information vital to proving his mate’s innocence. Mirboo North local Daniel Kavanagh faced court yesterday charged with lighting the ﬁres on January 28. The blaze raged for two days, wreaking destruction in bushland and razing 30 homes in Boolarra and Darlimurla. But good friend John Helmus said he knew police had charged the wrong man.

“I have information that I’m not going to give you, because the police don’t even have it at this stage. It can prove his whereabouts on a day that was very important with these ﬁres,” he said. “That’s being withheld at this moment on solicitor’s advice.” Charges levelled against Mr Kavanagh include intentionally causing a bushﬁre, arson and conduct endangering life and property. Mr Helmus said he had questioned Daniel “pretty heavily” when he fell under the suspicion of police. “As a friend, as a mate, as an outsider – I looked him in the eyes and face to face. I asked him some

very important questions and I’ve got no doubt now (that he’s not guilty),” he said. “There was a period of time where I did have my doubts, but they’re gone now.” Mr Helmus said the news he was in the police ﬁring line had put Daniel in an emotional state that ended with the accident. “That was a pretty tragic night. I thought, he’s been killed,” he said. After the incident Mr Helmus tried to reason with his friend. “I said, ‘Look Daniel, I’m on your side. You’ve got to prove your innocence. Don’t wait for them to come to you, go to them.’

At that stage I spoke to him about a polygraph (a lie detector test),” he said. “Before I’d ﬁnished explaining to him what it was and how it worked, he just turned around and looked me in the eyes and said, ‘John, I’m going to do (the polygraph test). I don’t need any of this. If that’s going to work I’m going to do it.’ “That’s one thing that made it pretty solid in my mind that they’ve got the wrong man.” Mr Helmus described his mate as “a pretty emotional” person. “I just don’t know how it’s going to affect him. I ﬁnd it all very strange, very upsetting. I just hope he can

come out of this pretty well,” he said. “If you know the man – and I’ve known him all his life – he’s not that type of person. He can have a few drinks and he can live on the wild side a bit, but he couldn’t do anything like this,” he said. “You’ve got to be a different person to what Daniel is.” Mr Helmus fought the ﬁres around Boolarra and Mirboo North, as well as the Black Saturday ﬁres in Jindivick. “I’ve just done three months clean up work, cleaning up the farms. I’ve seen what the devastation’s all about and how bad it is, but I think they’ve got the wrong man. I can really say I know they have the wrong man.”

Bridge to be pulled down By Bert van Bedaf THE railway bridge behind Bair St is likely to be pulled down after white ants were discovered in the structure. Glenn Raven, president of the South Gippsland Tourist Rail which leases the railway land and bridge from VicTrack, said the bridge had been condemned following an inspection last Wednesday. “It’s been condemned by the inspector (Rolf Jinks, of TRAM Engineers and Services). It needs to be pulled down completely and a new bridge will need to be erected, but the costs will be substantial,” Mr Raven said. Mr Raven said the report had been sent to VicTrack and he was “waiting for instructions”. “We’re waiting on VicTrack to make a decision and give us instructions what to do next. It’s my guess that they will pull the bridge down.” South Gippsland Shire Council has indicated it wanted “a speedy resolution. “Council appreciates the importance of this long established access to the coach terminus and

the inconvenience that the closure will cause the public,” council’s acting chief executive Mr Dirk Holwerda said. “We will advocate strongly for a speedy resolution to this issue.” Meanwhile, delivery access to a Leongatha business was preserved after council officers made special provisions last Friday. Owners Emily and Barry Wan, of Mun Heng Chinese Restaurant, were about to fall victim to the railway bridge closure, which had cut them off from Bair St. Council closed the main section of the bridge nearly three weeks ago because of public safety concerns. It notified VicTrack and South Gippsland Tourist Rail, which is responsible for the maintenance of the railway land and the bridge. Last week’s inspection confirmed that the bridge’s substructure, including the main beams and railing were unstable. It also found that the remainder of the bridge leading to the V/Line station “was riddled with white ants”, according council engineers. Following directions from VicTrack and Mr Jinks, council immediately closed all access to the en-

Rear access: Council workers have installed a gate in the Bair St lane fence, allowing the Mun Heng owners delivery access to the rear of their restaurant. tire bridge, its Bair St and bus stop accesses, the car park stairs and the private gate leading to the rear of the Mun Heng Restaurant. This prevented the owners from having access to the rear of their business via Bair St and and to the car park where they park their car. Emily and Barry Wan can only lock their customer entrance from the inside and use the rear entrance to enter in the morning and lock up at

night. Delivery services would enter the rear door by using the private gate. Because the private gate was closed and council had cut lane access, the restaurant owners were left without services such as the delivery of food and gas bottles for cooking, and garbage removal. By Friday, council engineers had installed a gate in the lane fencing and provided the owners with a matching key.

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Alive and well: A ﬁt Kevin Slater regards Jock as his best mate and reason for living. Jock survived a mauling almost a year ago.

Kevin’s big opportunity By Bert van Bedaf WELL known around Leongatha, Kevin Slater is having a great time being a volunteer at the Salvation Army opportunity shop in Bair St. “They are my family,” Kevin, who turns 60 on July 31, said. “I thoroughly enjoy it. They are very good people to work with.” Moved by the compliment, Martyn Scrimshaw, Salvation Army captain in Leongatha, said Kevin had been volunteering at the shop for close on two years and had been part of the Salvos choir for more than that. “We go out singing at nursing homes and aged care facilities and Kevin has been in the group for more than two years. It is how he ﬁrst got involved with us,” Capt. Scrimshaw said. Kevin has lived in Leongatha for most of his life. He went to St Laurence’s Primary School and St Patrick’s Secondary College in Sale. He studied for the priesthood, “but it didn’t work out,” Kevin said. He worked in grocery and hardware stores in Leongatha and found his niche at Panther’s Mensland in clothing. His experience in menswear is coming to the fore at the Salvos shop. “I look at a person and I can size them up and down,” Kevin said. He also likes doing the shop and window displays. Kevin worked at the St Vincent de Paul opportunity shop for many years, which accounted for an easy transition to the Salvation Army shop. Because of his love of singing since he was a boy, he became involved in Leongatha Lyric Theatre and savoured successes with musicals in the 1970s. His highlights were My Fair Lady, Sound of Music and Man of La Mancha, in which he had cameo roles.

He retired from the stage a few years ago, because of health reasons, but “because of my involvement with the Salvation Army choir I keep up the singing. I love singing,” Kevin said. “I’ve met a lot of friends through that.” A tenor, Kevin said he had “no training whatsoever. But I had Carmel (his sister), who is a music teacher to help me. I can’t even read music.” Kevin’s best mate is Jock, his 10-year-old Maltese West Highlander cross. “After my last dog died, Carmel came to see me one day and said, ‘I have a surprise for you’. I said, ‘Has it got four legs?’ and she said, ‘Yes’. When I saw him we fell hook, line and sinker for each other.” Last year on grand ﬁnal day, Jock was mauled by a Great Dane in McCartin St and was near death. “The Great Dane got hold of his back and he got the hell shaken out of him. He was treated at the vet (in Anderson St) and on an intravenous drip for a month,” Kevin said.

“I had to take him daily to the vet to have his bandages changed. They did a wonderful job and I’m indebted to them for saving Jock. He is my reason for living.” Kevin is thanking his own fortune for being alive after a struggle with alcohol that seriously harmed his health. “Six years ago I was told I could end up in a nursing home or be dead,” Kevin said. Today he has “no inclination” towards drinking alcohol anymore, but he is aware of the danger signs. He took it up when his mother died 10 years ago and had fought it ever since. “The day Jock was mauled I could have grabbed a bottle. He’s the most important part of my life. But I didn’t do it. In the end it doesn’t do the body any good.” His health has improved markedly. Kevin walks for an hour every day and more on weekends to stay healthy. “I’m ﬁghting ﬁt these days,” Kevin smiled.

Opportunity shop: Years of experience in menswear has come in handy for Kevin at the Salvation Army opportunity shop, where he is a well regarded and valued volunteer.

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Rainfall dries out

By Chris Brown

FARMERS will need more rain to ensure a successful spring. It’s been a dry six months and unseasonably warm weather early last week would have caused concern. At Wonthaggi almost 170mm less than the long term average has been recorded this year. Last Tuesday 20.1 degrees was recorded at the Bureau of Meteorology’s Pound Creek observation station. At Meeniyan, South Gippsland UDV president Keith Jeffrey said that, no matter how you look at it, the dairy industry is facing exceptional circumstances. Dry weather and low milk prices are causing farmers plenty of pain. “I would say over the last few years the rainfall’s been about the same as what it has been this year, but we’ll need a lot more rain to make a

season of it,” Mr Jeffrey said. He writes down his recorded rainfall on a calendar in the cow shed. In the ﬁrst half of July there had been 47mm on Mr Jeffrey’s property. “We need rain through the spring, from September right through until November to make a good season of it. It doesn’t need to be a lot, just as long as it is regular,” he said. Mr Jeffrey said Meeniyan is notoriously drier than places such as Berrys Creek. Mirboo North recently received considerably more hail than Meeniyan. “If you were looking for a place to get rainfall you would have to look into the Strzelecki Ranges; basically right across the Grand Ridge would get more rain than anywhere,” he said. Mr Jeffrey is presently grazing off pasture he’s had shut up for a long time.

“Most people are in the situation that once they run out of feed that’s when they will decide whether the grass is growing or not, because they will be into August by then,” he said. For outgoing South Gippsland Stock and Station Agents Association president Greg Spargo, the dryness so far in 2009 has been similar to recent years. “We’ve had a couple of good rains though just the same,” he said. “We’d be looking for rain later on, in spring more than now. Yarram, Lang Lang and Koo Wee Rup are all noticeably drier than they should be. The last heavy rains were in 1996. “That’s bloody 13 years ago and that was the wettest winter we had,” Mr Spargo said. “You couldn’t do anything. Cows were having calves and they were drowning in the water in the paddock.”

POLICE BRIEFS Ram raid arrest MEMBERS of Wonthaggi CIU have charged three more youths in relation to ram-raids on Knights Toyota in Leongatha. The ﬁrst crime happened on June 16, with another occurring four weeks later on July 13. A 16-year-old Melbourne teenager was charged with the theft and detectives were still inquiring about accomplices that might have been involved. “We’ve interviewed a second person for the crime and charged him. In relation to the second crime, members from Frankston CIU have interviewed and charged two 15-year-olds with the burglary and theft of the motor vehicle and theft of the motorbikes, and have recovered one motorbike,” Detective Sergeant Ian Ricardo said.

“He was doing some burnouts and witnesses have observed it and called police,” Leading Senior Constable Andy Boldistone said. “He attended at the station of his own free will and had his vehicle impounded.” The vehicle, which was towed away by Burchell Panels in Leongatha, was locked up for 48 hours. “That’s strike one, but obviously has to go to court,” Leading S/C Boldistone said. “It happens occasionally that we get a call about hoons. If there are marks on the road that we can photograph, that’s great. And if they get a rego we can generally follow it up.”

Car impounded AN 18-year-old Leongatha man has had his car impounded after hooning in town on Saturday. It is believed the driver has only been licensed for a matter of weeks.

Under lock and key: a P-plater had his car impounded after hooning in town.

Lucky escape: the driver of this car walked away from the crash without injury.

Lucky escape for driver after roll-over A LEONGATHA man has had a lucky escape after ﬂipping his car onto its roof in a spectacular crash on Friday at 11.30am. The accident happened on the Yarragon Road in Leongatha North.

The 18-year-old driver escaped injury, after losing control of the car as he skidded at the verge of the road. Burchell Panels in Leongatha attended the scene.

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Terminal expands By Brad Lester ESSO’S marine terminal at Barry Beach is expanding to cater for greater gas and oil drilling in Bass Strait. A new glycol plant was handed over to Esso by construction company PSN last Thursday to supply more glycol – an antifreeze agent – as part of the Kipper/Tuna and Turrum projects, worth a combined $3 billion. The Barry Beach terminal is the main supply depot for the 21 Bass Strait rigs, providing diesel, materials, food and other goods. Glycol is a gas byproduct brought ashore to Esso’s processing plant at Longford and then trucked to Barry Beach for shipping to rigs. Glycol is introduced to gas pipes to avoid ice forming and blocking gas lines, risking an explosion. Until last week, a 215,000 litre plant operated at Barry Beach but that is now too small to meet demand. The new 600,000 litre plant is being commissioned. “During construction, there was about $300,000 injected into the local economy by the construction team staying at local motels,” Barry Beach superintendent, Ray Prain said. Only one injury was reported during the 25,000 man hours of construction. While no new jobs will be created at Barry Beach as a re-

sult of the Kipper/Tuna and Turrum projects, the development will ensure many decades of work at the terminal. “There will be 20 years of oil and 30 years of gas out there,” Mr Prain said. The $1.4 billion Turrum field is expected to produce one trillion cubic feet of gas and 110 million barrels of oil and gas liquids – enough energy to power a city of a million people for 20 years. The first gas from the Kipper field is expected in 2011. Esso is, however, seeking new younger staff to fill vacancies as the workforce at Barry Beach ages into retirement years. “The training we are doing now for younger people is for succession planning,” Mr Prain said. “If we find suitable candidates, then we will use local people.” Every year, about 70,000 tonnes of cargo is shipped to the rigs from Barry Beach. About half of the cargo is diesel, water, cement, glycol and barites. The balance is food, machinery and various cargo. A warehouse stocks about 5000 items for the rigs and 300 personnel who live and work offshore. The Barry Beach terminal features a 360m wharf with a 110-tonne pedestal crane to load and unload supply vessels that operate 24 hours a day.

Future opportunities: Esso’s Barry Beach marine terminal acting superintendent Deepinder Singh and duty supervisor Chris Finlay stand before the new glycol plant.

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Over 11 hectares in Wentworth and South Dudley roads Wonthaggi should be released soon, together with parts of the coast including Cape Paterson, Bass and Kilcunda. Two planning scheme amendments will release more than 100 residential lots in Wonthaggi, once State Planning Minister Justin Madden approves. They have been certiﬁed by the Secretary for Planning and Bass Coast Council has taken the next step, which is to seek ministerial approval. Council will also seek approval from the minister to allow an increase in trading space for the Big W complex in Wonthaggi, from 6000 to nearly 9000 square metres. And a planning scheme amendment will go on exhibition at the end of this month, rezoning parcels of land in coastal hamlets. “We live in a very fragile coastal environment,” said Ms Duncan-Jones, “and this amendment helps protect the coastline and ensures we can continue to live sustainably along the coast.” The amendment can be seen at any council customer service centre or at www.basscoast.vic.gov.au Submissions close on September 3 and should be sent to council at PO Box 118 Wonthaggi 3995 or emailed to s.skilton@ basscoast.vic.gov.au

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Horror truck crash

By Matt Dunn

A 35-year-old man from Grantville was killed last Wednesday in a horror head-on truck crash on the South Gippsland Highway, between Korumburra and Bena. Another 45-year-old driver from Melbourne suffered serious fractures to his legs. The accident occurred at about 12.25pm. Police believe the driver killed in the crash veered onto the wrong side of the road. “A west-bound tray truck with no load on, negotiating a left hand bend, just west of Whitelaws Road, for some reason crossed the double white lines, and into the path of an east bound tray truck carrying steel,” Bass Coast TMU leading senior constable Gary Slink told The Star. “The east bound tray truck, from what witnesses have told police, has tried to avoid

the crash. He went as far he could go but it wasn’t enough. Both trucks struck each other on their right front corners, absolutely tearing the cabins apart. “Both drivers were airlifted to the Alfred Hospital. The driver of the west bound truck had extensive and critical injuries and died on arrival.” The roads were blocked for several hours, with police from Korumburra, Inverloch and Wonthaggi attending. The magnitude of the crash meant that there were many hands on deck, with CFA crews from Ruby, Loch and Korumburra working frantically to free the driver who lived, though it was no easy task. “Those ﬂat nose cab-over trucks have a nasty habit of pinning the driver’s legs, because that’s the way they’re designed. He was removed from the tuck with leg injuries. He wasn’t there for very long because the helicopters got there and took him away,”

A sad end: a truck driver from Grantville was killed in the crash.

leading const. Slink said. “At this stage we have witnesses who were following both trucks. We are yet to determine why the west bound driver crossed the double white lines. We’ll be looking at mechanical causes and part of the coronial investigation will also looking at toxicology.” Leading Const. Slink said there were “a raft of possibilities” that could explain the driver veering to the wrong side of the road. Leading Const. Slink had been attending a “freight forum” in Warragul with another local colleague, when they were called away to help out at the crash site. Ironically the subject being discussed was collisions between heavy vehicles. Leading Const. Slink, who is conducting the investigation into the crash, said collisions between trucks were something of a rarity. “You get crashes between a car and a truck, but not ordinarily two trucks,” he said.

A trail of destruction: local police try and decide what happened.

On the scene: CFA crews cut the driver out of the east bound truck.

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Apex looks for help THE Apex Club of Leongatha is keen to attract new members, particularly women. The club undertakes service work, as well as sporting and social activities, including an annual cricket game against arch rivals Korumburra. Details of those activities were listed during the club’s annual changeover night on Saturday at the Leongatha Bowling Club, when the following board of directors was elected: president Paul Panther, vice president and service Darrin Pors, secretary and commissariat Adam Gordon, treasurer and dinner notice Simon Mayo, caravan park and Apex shed Cameron Dowling, public speaking and debating Alex Spencer, social and programs Leo Lacanaria and Kim Bland. Service work included manning the gates for Leongatha Football Club home games, building fences at Callignee and Labertouche following the devastating Black Saturday bushﬁres, barbecues for St Laurence’s School Fete, Anzac Dawn Service, Australia Day celebrations and

for the South Gippsland Game Fishing Club. Members also chopped wood and attended several working bees at the Apex Caravan Park. They enjoyed debates, interclub visits to Yarram, Korumburra and Poowong, went go-carting, played golf and croquet and took part in an Apex charity shoot at Hallston. Financial support was given to various local and national organisations. Apex has strong relationships with other service groups such as Lions. Anyone interested in joining Leongatha Apex should ring Paul Panther on 0402 302 269 or Cameron Dowling, 0438 314 305.

New directors: Leongatha Apex board of directors for the coming year from left, Leo Lacanaria, Darrin Pors, Alex Spencer (back) Paul Panther, Simon Mayo, Cameron Dowling (back) Kim Bland (front) and Adam Gordon.

• OBITUARY

Violet Vuillermin’s rich life Fish Creek centenarian, Violet Vuillermin, has died. Violet Pudney, affectionately known as Vi, was born in Bocking in Essex, England, and came to Australia with her parents in 1919. They settled in Warragul. She met her future husband Tony and after a long courtship they married. Being an Anglican, Vi then became an exceptional Catholic. Children Jim, Miriam and Pat were born in Warragul. The family then moved to Baths Lane, Fish Creek, where Vi was to spend the rest of her life, helping her husband and children. Then along came Bob, Mary, Eileen (dec), Leonie, John and Adrienne. Tony died in December 1952, leaving Vi with a relatively young

family, Jim the eldest being 21. Vi was a staunch member of the Catholic Women’s League, serving as branch president in the 50s, 60s and early 70s and became a life member. She did a lot of baking for fundraising and her apple pies were legendary. Many a local priest has enjoyed a meal at Vi and Jim’s. The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart also enjoyed many meals at her place during the many years that the sisters ran the motor mission from Fish Creek. She often played the organ at church. She delighted in going hospital visiting with a member of the combined church guilds, a service that Fish Creek CWL took on for many years. When Violet Vuillermin turned 100, she received congratulatory messages from Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister John Howard and,

much to her joy, an apostolic blessing from Pope Benedict. As her health began to fail, son Jim with the help of daughters Miriam, Pat and Mary continued to look after her, thus she was able to live in her familiar surroundings, Three priests concelebrated Requiem Mass at Immaculate Conception Church at Fish Creek, the church that Vi attended well into her 100th year. Since weekly Masses or liturgy are held on Saturday nights, she was a ﬁne example of a person of faith to brave the elements of cold South Gippsland nights. She was interred at Meeniyan Cemetery after her death on May 9. Obituary courtesy of Catholic Life.

Logo on the go LEONGATHA should have its own logo, possibly early next year. The town’s progress association is spearheading a campaign to develop a logo that is symbolic of Leongatha. Renae Carmody is working on the project, contacting schools to ask for student input. She said a logo was a good idea because it gives something to identify the town by and gets people thinking what Leongatha is all about. “The shire (of South Gippsland) has a logo, but that’s not Leongatha.” Renae said these initial ideas would be collected by August 21, then the community would be asked to be involved, submitting ideas and designs. “We want people of all ages to take part.” A meeting in June called by the progress association and attended by representatives of various community organisations, supported the idea of a logo. Renae said themes to be included in the logo include gum trees, a cow, the Memorial Hall, a lyrebird and daffodils, with a background of the rolling hills of South Gippsland. Renae, an artist and art teacher, said she is giving school students three shapes to work with; an oval, a square and the fanning of a lyrebird’s tail. The lyrebird is integral to Leongatha’s history because it was the symbol of the old Shire of Woorayl.

Prizes that stick

MEMBERS of the Roadsafe Committee were on hand at Coal Creek Heritage Village in Korumburra last Tuesday, when Bass Coast Cr Veronica Dowman presented St Josephs Primary School art teacher Ms Angela Thomas with a cheque for $150 for her work in supporting the Roadsafe Big Sticker Competition.

“Ms Thomas enthusiastically engaged her classes in the Roadsafe campaign and the Big Sticker Competition, encouraging the children to use their creativity and understand the message,” said fellow committee member Cr Bob Newton, of South Gippsland shire. “While no design was found suitable for commercial production, the committee was delighted to award four prizes of $50 along with a certiﬁcate of commendation to Niamh O’Hehir, Darcie Lia, and Maire O’Donohue from St Joseph’s, and Tenille Bentvelzen from Nerrena.” The students will be presented with their prizes next week. The 40-plus entries have been on display at Coal Creek for the past fortnight, enhanced by two innovative sculptures lent by talented seventeen year old Trafalgar sculptor Jamie Schena. Incorporating recycled metal materials, the sculptures representing a B-double and a semi-trailer provided an excellent backdrop to the display. The competition primarily aimed to educate young people about the causes of run-off crashes which are more prevalent in Gippsland than any other part of the state.

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’Gatha’s safe as houses By Chris Brown LEONGATHA house prices achieved impressive growth in 2008. The median price increased by 10 per cent to $242,500 from $220,000 in 2007 according to new ﬁgures from Land Victoria. However units and vacant land decreased to $220,000 and $105,000 respectively.

House prices in Wonthaggi and Korumburra grew slower than in Leongatha. In Wonthaggi they went from $220,000 in 2007 to $238,000 last year. Korumburra experienced growth of $17,000 to $200,000. But it wasn’t all good news, with many smaller towns experiencing price decreases. Meeniyan, Mirboo North, Fish Creek, Toora, Kilcunda, Boolarra and San Remo had a decrease in median house prices.

Fewer home sales in small towns can make the median price more volatile. Holderhead Stockdale & Leggo’s Mick Hanily said the Leongatha market was currently strong. “We have a real need for listings. Properties that have been sitting on the market for a couple of years are starting to sell now,” he said. The market is being driven by first home buyers and people who have sold their houses to them and then need another one. Mr Hanily said that while Federal Government first home buyer grants will cease, increased State Government grants will continue to provide an incentive to buy. Leongatha’s property price ascendancy over Wonthaggi surprised Mr Hanily. “I think Murray Goulburn is a big factor that keeps Leongatha’s property prices steady,” he said. “Leongatha also has a strong industrial estate and we are more driven by farmers, which might affect us in the next 12 months now the milk price is ridiculously low.” Prom Country Real Estate’s Kaz Hughes said while the figures might mean something for the larger towns,

for smaller towns like Meeniyan, she doesn’t read too much into them. “With such a small sampling when the population is only about 500, one major property sale can really affect the results from one year to the next,” she said. “For Meeniyan, the presence of a resident real estate ofﬁce in the town itself has had a direct effect on the number of properties sold, and time will tell whether the median price has also been affected.” An expected development increase following the completion of Meeniyan’s sewerage system makes it one town to watch. Ms Hughes said enquiries for medium priced lifestyle properties (up to $500,000), particularly from the cities continues to grow. “It’s the upper end of the market that appears to be struggling. There are deﬁnitely less buyers around for those,” she said. “The hope is that as optimism continues to grow, we’ll see a recovery in that area in the foreseeable future.” Inverloch has the top median house price in the region of $342,000. Alex Scott & Staff Inverloch’s

Tim Harris said vacant land and the lower end of the housing market were strong in the town. “At the lower end prices have increased by about 10 per cent,” he said. “Housing at the mid to high end is on the move again and things are very positive.” Vacant land in Inverloch shot up from a median price of $150,000 in 2007 to $162,000 in 2008. “Inverloch gives people a chance to have a rural lifestyle, but without moving too far away from a cosmopolitan feel,” Mr Harris said. “It’s a coastal retreat for retirees and holidaymakers, but it’s also becoming a popular haven for young families.” The number of homes sold decreased in both South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires. They dropped from 622 in 2007 to 491 in 2008 in South Gippsland and from 1399 in 2007 to 1048 in 2008 in Bass Coast. The property guide showed a motel in South Gippsland Shire sold for $750,000, a function room for $1,600,000 and a quarry for $4,500,000 in 2008.

On the wrong track IF you’re one of the many people who wondered why the new Bass Coast bus timetable was inserted in The Star last week and the Leongatha one wasn’t, there’s a simple answer.

Fire memorial offer FIRE-affected communities have the chance to receive a bushfire memorial. CHISHOLM Institute, the TAFE college at Frankston, is offering a bronze relief commemorating community spirit for fire-affected towns to consider for use on their bushfire memorials. The State Government has given the 19 affected Victorian councils a share of $2.5m for memorials to mark February’s fires. The bronze relief has been created by mature age visual arts student, Fran Henke. The relief depicts a family group, their arms embracing to suggest love, protection and mutual support. Around them are trees, a home, Australian animals and the child is holding a chook to represent agriculture. The relief measures 28cm by 37cm and weighs five kilograms. It would be suitable to erect on a building – church, school, offices, in a memorial garden on a boulder or stump. “The assignment to design a suitable memorial as part of our sculpture course came easily. I drew for inspiration on the special time we had living and working in Healesville, the friends we made, their love of living in the mountains, in the bush and among the close-knit communities,” she said. Mrs Henke has written to each of the affected local government areas offering consideration of the relief. She can be contacted on fhenke@bigpond.net.au or 5979 7274.

Water warning SOUTH Gippsland landowners are being reminded to do the right thing after what is possibly Victoria’s ﬁrst jail sentence for an offence under the Water Act was handed down recently. Southern Rural Water said the successful prosecution of a Bacchus Marsh farmer for taking groundwater without authority is a timely reminder that landowners must have a valid licence to take and use water. The prosecuted farmer, who pleaded guilty to the offence, also admitted to three prior convictions for offences of illegally taking water. He was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, fully suspended for a period of 12 months, and ordered to pay costs of nearly $3000. In sentencing, the court referred to his

prior history and the importance of the licence system, particularly as water becomes scarcer. Southern Rural Water said there were no pending prosecutions in South Gippsland. “Given that there is so little water available, we rely on farmers to do the right thing so that we can protect water supply for everyone,” said Manager Groundwater and Rivers, Craig Parker. It is the responsibility of all landholders to ensure that they have a valid licence to extract water, and that they operate within their licence. Southern Rural Water encourages members of the public to report possible breaches of the Water Act for investigation. For more information about water licences, please contact Southern Rural Water on 1300 139 510.

The two services are provided by different entities. V/Line runs the buses that ply between Yarram, Leongatha and Melbourne. The new services in Bass Coast are local buses run by Westernport Road Lines and are nothing to do with V/ Line. They are, in part, unique in regional Victoria. A spokesperson for the Department of Transport, said the Bass Coast timetables were inserted in local papers in the area because a printing error meant time ran out for the previously planned letterbox drop. The V/Line spokesperson said the Leongatha line wasn’t the only one in Victoria to have new bus times and inserting timetables into local newspapers around the State, or indeed dropping them into people’s letterboxes, was a budget impossibility. One hundred new Leongatha timetables were left at Leongatha’s V/Line ticketing agency, Kats Corner Milk Bar, early last week and by Thursday morning, they’d all gone. More were expected over the weekend. The timetables are also available on V/Line and VicTrack websites. If you have trouble following them, as some people have, you can call the V/Line hotline on 136 196 (a person will answer) or ring South Gippsland Shire transport connections co-ordinator Katherine Cousins, between 8.30am and 3pm every weekday except Wednesday. The Bass Coast timetable which covers trips between

Cowes and other parts of Phillip Island, Anderson, Wonthaggi, Coronet Bay, Corinella, Tenby Point and Grantville, is for local buses and according to Bass Coast’s Cr Veronica Dowman, part of that service is unique in regional Victoria. It provides 134 new services a week, linking previously unconnected towns. The services dovetail with V/Line coaches. During the July Bass Coast Council meeting, Cr Veronica Dowman sang the praises of the new local bus services and thanked Coronet Bay resident Faye Burgess, for working closely with transport facilitator John Sanderson “relentlessly advocating” the need for a connector bus service from Coronet Bay, Corinella and Tenby Point to Grantville. It is this service that is the only one of its kind in regional Victoria. If you need help with any regional travel information, ring 136 196.

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TOM McCormack, of Australian Safe T Training and Consulting in Drouin (centre), conducted a chainsaw training session at Leongatha Community House last Saturday. The participants Melissa Garrett, Chris Anders, Rob Seraﬁno and Ben Matthews all came from a farming background and found Tom’s operating, safety and maintenance tips very useful. For course information, call Leongatha Community House on 5662 3962.

DID you know that the South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau in Leongatha can help wage-earners on low incomes with their tax returns? The service is free and conﬁdential, and approved by the Australian Tax Ofﬁce. To make an appointment, just ring the number below to arrange a time, or you can drop in and arrange it in person. The South Gippsland

Citizens Advice Bureau is located opposite the post ofﬁce in the Memorial Hall complex, Michael Place, Leongatha; you can call (03) 5662 2111 from Monday to Friday, 10 am to 4 pm. DUMBALK Hall ‘Christmas In July’ was a huge success with about 120 people attending. They all enjoyed a fun night with lots of dancing, games and prizes. The wood rafﬂe

was won by Colin Cripps from Toora. The hampers were won by visitors from Sale and Newborough. The hall committee would like to thank everyone who donated goods for the rafﬂe prizes. Events coming up at the hall include the 20th anniversary of our Saturday night dances in October and the Melbourne Cup Eve night on November 2.

AN opportunity exists for a person with theatre production experience. A technical production attachment is available for a regional theatre worker to work with the Malthouse Theatre presentation of AFRICA by the performance troupe My Darling Patricia. The attachment offers a hands-on opportunity to observe the process of bringing the production to an audience from bump-in to opening night. It is for November 1-14, 2009, and is in the area of production on the technical or stagehand side of things. “It could be leaning more towards one or the other depending on project needs and the applicant, and the theatre can offer a stipend of $1000 as well as pay for living expenses and/or accommodation,” Susan Strano, manager creative communities, Regional Arts Victoria, said. Applications are due by September 1, 2009, to mlynch@malthousetheatre.com.au. For further information, see http:// www.malthousetheatre. com.au.

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MRS Ellen (Joy) Cowie celebrated her 90th birthday on July 19, with a surprise party/reunion at the Leongatha RSL. Family and friends came from interstate and all around Victoria, to help mark the event. Joy was born at Korumburra South, the sixth child of William James and Ettie May Kilpatrick. Apart from a short period early in life at Narre Warren, Joy has lived in South Gippsland. She married Robert (Bob) Cowie on June 29 1946, after he returned from active Army service in the Paciﬁc. The couple lived at Whitelaw then Bena, before taking up a soldier settlement farm at Nyora. There they raised three sons, Robert, Colin and Noel. Bob and Joy retired to Korumburra in 1985, where she continued her long involvement with the town’s RSL ladies auxiliary and tended her beautiful garden. Many in the district have beneﬁted from her generous handouts of cuttings over the years. Joy has also been an active member of the Loch Bowls Club,

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Birthday girl: Joy Cowie marks her 90th birthday milestone with her sons Robert (centre), Colin (right) and Noel. She has ﬁve grandchildren and six great grandchildren. enjoying pennant games for a number of years. Her sons live locally, Robert at Arawata, Colin and Noel in Korumburra, allowing Joy to be surrounded by family and see her grandchildren Toyota and Holden. It includes changes to the Lower Powlett Road/ Bass Highway intersection and trafﬁc is reduced to 40km/h.

grow up. Other Kilpatrick family members live nearby and in other parts of Gippsland. All had a wonderful night with Joy on her special birthday.

FORMER Leongatha man Beau Stegmann will return to South Gippsland with his side-splitting comedy routine. Beau has spent the past two years in Melbourne performing at a variety of clubs and pubs, including the prestigious comics lounge - which showcases the best comedians in Australia like Dave Hughes and Jimeoin. The Comedy Night will be held at the Royal Hotel in Loch on August 7, and is a free event.

ON Wednesday August 12, all children at Leongatha Primary School will attend a performance of Indonesian music by BYAR, a quartet of musicians who will present some of the music and sounds of Bali. There will be three performances in the Multi Purpose Room at 9:30 am, 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. These performances will build upon the preparatory work being done in Music and LOTE sessions. Parents are very welcome to attend there is no charge. To add to the atmosphere it would be wonderful if children would dress in red and white (the colours of Indonesia’s flag) or in traditional Indonesianstyle clothes. Again there is no charge to dress up but children might like to make a small donation to our sponsored orangutans Rob, Deri and Kesi - in Indonesia.

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More signs are coming By Bert van Bedaf

THEY are becoming the signs of the times and more are coming.

Having put up his dire warning “South Gippsland shire holds town back” in Korumburra last Saturday week, business owner and local investor Steve Hodgson is applying more pressure with another message. Signs that have been put at the VLE saleyards in Koonwarra and on the Strzelecki Highway, just outside Leongatha read; “South Gippsland shire and Justin Madden MP Sold Out Gippsland Farmers. Say No to Farming Zone”. Mr Hodgson said his awareness campaign was designed “to try and negotiate something that is to everyone’s advantage and make it right for the people”. “I’d like one of them (council planners) to come forward and rather than saying ‘No’ to everything, they should say, ‘there’s common good here’. It’s

about doing the right thing for the people in the shire and in the towns to facilitate development.” A Melbourne retail chain operator, Mr Hodgson owns a farming property in Bena and wants to settle there. His brother owns a farm property nearby but is six acres short of the 100 acres (40ha) required and can’t build a dwelling on it and Mr Hodgson believes there should be some latitude in the 40ha default to allow construction of a dwelling on border-line lots. He said the recent Bena school decision to allow a dwelling in the farming zone on a heritage overlay was “the greatest rort” he’d ever seen. He believed if it was good enough for the State Government, it should be good enough for others. Mr Hodgson said he’d been ﬁghting council over a crossover on his farm and got no satisfaction. He blamed council’s planning department for holding back the shire and towns like Korumburra, where he has substantial investments. He said he got “knocked back” on

proposals several times. He wanted to build a bottle shop in Korumburra and was refused. He wanted to introduce a car wash at the top Shell service station and was rejected. He wanted to build several town houses and was refused. Mr Hodgson said it was because he was so fed-up in council’s “nonplanning” attitude that he had begun his public awareness campaign. More signs will appear in the next few days. “There’s still another 100 signs to go,” Mr Hodgson said. And there’s more to come after that. Another series of signs is in the making, featuring councillors’ head shots with a tagline, saying something like they are guilty of not being in touch with the people (of South Gippsland). “A lot of what is happening here is driven by the planning department (local and State run),” Mr Hodgson said. “This is a non-planning shire. They’re trying to wreck this town. We need more lateral thinking, in development and in the farming zone process.”

Way to go: A hundred of these signs will go up in South Gippsland shire to put pressure on council to allow more latitude in the farming zone.

Top marks for local students

STATE secondary education in South Gippsland has been given a ﬁllip with ﬁve students gaining Premier’s VCE Awards. “That’s an outstanding number,” commented Don Paproth, whose experience in secondary education in the district goes back decades. He is now the Department of Education Gippsland Region director of major projects. Two Wonthaggi Secondary College students, Anna Cuttriss and Mitchell Higgins won Premier’s Awards in Health and Human Development and Furnishing respectively.

Anna was in Year 11 last year when her Year 12 result in Health and Human Development set her up for a prize. The honours help set up Wonthaggi Secondary College as an educational force to be reckoned with. This is the second time in as many years that the school has had two Premier’s VCE Awards in the one hit. Principal Garry Dennis, described the latest successes as “terriﬁc”. He said the school had worked hard in the last few years and was now “rolling along” “We have good staff, good kids and a good com-

munity. The community believes in itself.” Mr Dennis said for a long time, Wonthaggi Secondary College didn’t have students who aspired to reach the top. “Now they’re saying I can do that. “Success breeds success.” There are 340 students doing VCE at Wonthaggi Secondary this year. Of those, 150 are in Year 12 and up to 60 Year 11s are doing Year 12 subjects. “They pick a subject they enjoy, they’re motivated and they put a lot in.” Mr Dennis said Bass Coast Council’s education strategy helped raise the proﬁle of the importance of

education and the pathways of opportunity. “That has to be a good thing.” Euan Cumming of Leongatha Secondary College gained his VCE Award for Music, Rebecca Hirst of Korumburra Secondary College achieved hers for Outdoor and Environmental Studies, while Jessica Fowler of South Gippsland Secondary College Foster, gained hers for Equine Industry. Departmental regional network leader Sharon Adams said, “We’re very proud. Schools have been making a concerted effort over the past two or three years on VCE performance with targetted strategies through the secondary education system.

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There’s none so blind… My heart bleeds for today’s dairy farmers.

Solid as houses DESPITE the doom and gloom at the end of 2008, house prices in South Gippsland’s major towns recorded impressive increases for the year. Leongatha recorded the greatest year-on-year median price rise of 10 per cent to $242,500 and outshone its frequently talked-up rivals of Korumburra and Wonthaggi. The people of Leongatha have a good story to tell about the consistency of their town and its solid performance. They shouldn’t be afraid to make the case that they live in South Gippsland’s top large town. Smaller towns recorded a mixture of rises and falls, but due to the lower number of houses sold those figure may just be statistical glitches. For many people their home is the biggest investment they make in life and increasing prices are good news. Others are seeking to enter the market and become despondent as higher prices push the great Australian dream further out of reach. But everyone can benefit from a strong economy and hopefully these housing figures suggest this part of the world is quite secure.

Bridge to future THE sorry saga of the Leongatha railway land behind Bair St will include another chapter with the likely demolition of the pedestrian bridge that crosses it. Practically, it inconveniences bus travellers, people walking into the CBD and ofﬁce workers who’ve parked their cars in the vicinity. But it’s also an unpleasant reminder for everyone that this land is still a wasteland more than 15 years since passenger trains stopped coming to the region. The South Gippsland Tourist Railway has given a small slice of this VicTrack land purpose, but most of it is just ugly. Perhaps the bridge’s end and, hopefully, its rebuilding will inspire someone, somewhere with a bit of vision to renew this space.

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As if the drastic reductions in the opening price aren’t disastrous enough, we have this splinter group-pandering foolish government about to impose a $6000 levy per farm for supposed greenhouse gas emissions. Today’s dairy farmers might as well pack up and walk off their farms. Nobody can run a business at a loss. Dairy farmers are working 24/7 digging themselves into a deeper ﬁnancial hole each day. After 46 years of dairy farming, 1953 – 1988, I know what I am talking about. We were always cash strapped, but at least worked to become asset-rich. Today’s farmers are cash strapped and asset-poor as well. Their farms are worth zilch to them when mortgaged to the hilt. No youngsters will even contemplate taking over the farm. We’ll soon get to the stage when all of our dairy produce requirements will be imported from New Zealand.

Seagrass help HAVING attended the recent launch of the Western Port Seagrass Partnership DVD at Hastings about the deterioration of Westernport’s vital seagrass beds and the erosion of the Lang Lang cliffs, I urge all residents, particularly on the Koo Wee Rup swamp, to obtain a free copy of this important DVD from www.seagrass.com. au and help support the important work of those trying to protect and enhance this valuable ecosystem. This short ﬁlm is a great educational resource for schools too. The impacts of industrialisation, the draining of the swamp, and many years of agricultural run off have evidently taken their toll. Over the last few years, the Southern Victoria Community Action Group Inc. have also been running a campaign to raise awareness about the many impacts to Westernport and surrounds in response to the proposed Port of Hastings expansion, and we feel this DVD is a must see for anyone who cares about the health and future of

The days of the family farm, for which South Gippsland was renowned, have gone forever. We can blame the government for wanting to keep the prices down for their constituents. Rather it is to keep themselves in a

Westernport. Catherine Manning Southern Victoria Community Action Group Inc.

Desal spin IT was interesting to read DSE’s July Desalination Project Update report, speciﬁcally in regard to the connection pipe which is currently being laid to connect South Gippsland Water customers to the proposed desalination plant. Conveniently omitted, was the fact that primary use for the pipe line is to convey potable water to the site during construction. It should be noted this pipe has the capacity of delivering up to two megalitres per day. ‘Our Water Our Future’ most certainly is not a Bass Coast initiative. Mary Bramall Wonthaggi

Heartfelt thanks ON behalf of the Corner Inlet Childcare Reference Group, I would like to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation to the South Gippsland Shire Councillors in voting unani-

VOXPOP! VOX What’s the best thing about Leongatha?

The rolling green hills and the peace of the country lifestyle. Lew Wilson Leongatha

Maccas. It’s easy, fast food. Luke Zomer Allambee

I would say the fact that it has everything you need and it’s not too big or too small. Everyone is really friendly. Grace Pitkethly Leongatha

The cinemas. They are only ten minutes from Korumburra, so it’s not too far to travel. Diane Fitzgerald Korumburra

job, to put it bluntly. But ultimately, we the voters have brought this calamity upon ourselves. Case de Bondt, Inverloch.

mously to become more involved with early childhood matters in the Corner Inlet area and for accepting the $150,000 of State Government funding. Among other actions that the councillors agreed to support, the aforementioned are extremely important as it shows a willingness to work with our community and to take a strong advocacy role to try to achieve what we have been working towards for a very long time viable childcare for the Corner Inlet area. We would also like to thank Jodie Picton, Ned Dennis and their support staff for their tireless work in helping our cause. Megan Vuillermin Corner Inlet Reference Group (Childcare)

Climate now TACKLING climate change is an absolute imperative and while the intention of the government’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) may be to do just that, it will also inadvertently mean less money for teachers and nurses. How so? Well, the scheme will impose around $2 .1 billion worth of costs per year on the state governments, in part due to the fact that it takes a lot of electricity to run a hospital system or a train network. Unfortunately the Commonwealth has so far refused to provide the states with compensation, despite the largesse being afforded to big business. What has not been made clear to the electorate during the CPRS debate is that every extra dollar that is given to the big polluters is a dollar that won’t be given to the health and education budgets of the state governments to offset their rising costs. So why aren’t the state premiers following the lead of the big polluters and demanding money to protect their citizens? If the premiers don’t succeed in getting compensation will they be increasing taxes or sacking teachers and nurses to cover the cost increases? Unfortunately, those are the two billion dollar questions that

state opposition parties are yet to ask.

Dr Richard Denniss Executive Director The Australia Institute

Open letter

THIS month marks five months since the catastrophic events of February 7 when the state was engulfed by firestorm and less than five months until the next bushfire season, yet the community and the state are apparently no better placed to minimise bushfire risk than last year. Whilst we all wait for the recommendations of the Bushfires Royal Commission to address issues before the commission, we cannot wait any longer to deal with issues that are already apparent from previous inquiries into bushfire disasters. Last week we heard from legal counsel representing the state about what measures are not going to be undertaken in time for next summer. We all would like to hear from your government what tangible actions to reduce fire risk have been undertaken to protect our lives and property. The Victorian Lands Alliance has written to you on three occasions since the Black Saturday fires on behalf of many in the Victorian community, imploring immediate action to address the serious fire risk that remains in many parts of the state from high fuel loads. We urge that you adopt the recommendation of your own parliamentary Bushfire Inquiry to treble fuel reduction burning. Five months after the disaster and 13 months after the tabling of these recommendations no actions have been taken to reassure Victorians that their pleas for public land fire management have been heard. Victorians are entitled to know what action their government will take in the few months remaining before the next fire season.

Max Rheese secretary, Victorian Lands Alliance

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - PAGE 13

Next stop, Hilda Falls A SMALL platform will be built at Hilda Falls on the South Gippsland Tourist Railway between Loch and Jeetho, after a highly successful Landcare event last month.

The event highlighted the developing partnership between South Gippsland Landcare Network (SGLN) and the South Gippsland Tourist Railway (SGR) and celebrated the achievements of the Loch/Nyora Landcare Group’s Hilda Falls Regeneration Project. Two years ago, SGLN engaged with SGR to address weed concerns along the track. This project has grown to include Hilda Falls and brought the railway enthusiasts into the world of Landcare and natural resource management. The falls were a tangle of blackberry and hawthorn but the beauty of the area has been uncovered with ﬁve years of work by Landcare and adjoining landholders. SGR has signed a three year weed management agreement to contain the weeds and intends to build a small platform at the falls, allowing passengers to disembark and enjoy the surroundings while the train moves on to Nyora and returns to pick them up again. SGR have also recently received funding of $40,000 to address weed

concerns from Nyora to Ferriers Road through the DSE Eco Tender and a further $5000 for weed mapping through the Foundation for Regional Rural Renewal. “The partnership is very important to us at South Gippsland Landcare Network,” said Landcare facilitator Tony Gardner. “The Tourist Railway and the Great Southern Rail Trail cover more than 6000 hectares and over 100kms of line, right through the middle of our network, with more than 500 rural landholders who border the line. “It is an important wildlife corridor

and bio-link and contains creeks, river crossings and some wonderful vegetation, including at Hilda Falls. “Maintaining weeds to protect agricultural land and managing the native vegetation are important to our Landcare groups. This is a signiﬁcant piece of tourism and history for our region and we want to see it looked after.” SGLN will continue to assist SGR in developing their management plan, and work with the Loch/Nyora Landcare Group, Melbourne Water and other stakeholders to continue improvements at Hilda Falls and along the railway line.

Grand unveiling: Gavin Brock of Melbourne Water, Tony Gardner of South Gippsland Landcare Network, Glenn Raven of South Gippsland Railway, and Ron Barnacle of Loch/Nyora Landcare at the launch of the regeneration project.

Majestic site: the spectacular Hilda Falls alongside the South Gippsland Tourist Railway.

Fire guts club Planning Nyora’s future

The Minister’s sudden intervention has impacted on many people and it is critical that Council urgently resolves the issues of rural land development through completion of the Rural Strategy in a manner that finds a common ground between community aspirations and State Government policy. The ground has shifted seriously on this complex issue that at least two previous Councils have been unable to resolve. Anyone with questions about Amendment C48 or the Rural Strategy process can contact the Planning Department on 5662 9224. Last week Council representatives met with Ancon Managing Director John Anthony and reaffirmed our support for the Port Anthony project that is critical to the future transport infrastructure of the whole of Gippsland, and which will in due course provide much needed employment opportunities in the Corner Inlet area. The Port has been cited as one of five key initiatives in the Gippsland Regional Plan being prepared by the six Gippsland Councils for presentation to the State Government. Journalists from The Age also attended this meeting and an increased profile of the project that they might provide will serve us in advocating our case for the expansion of the facility. The Federal Government dissolved its Area Consultative Committees across the country in June, bringing to an end to the very capable Gippsland Area Consultative Committee (GACC) that Council has worked with for many years. In its place Regional Development Australia is setting up a regional board comprising individuals from the six Gippsland shires. Nominations closed last Friday and I hope we will have a diverse representation for South Gippsland on the board. I attended a Senior Citizens AGM last week and it was heartening to find so many of our older citizens so vibrant and deeply interested in what is going on in the area and where we are headed in the future. Their collective knowledge, experience and wisdom are invaluable to our communities and we are grateful for their ongoing contribution in so many ways. Cr Jim Fawcett Mayor

Continued from page 1. Many club trophies and memorabilia were scattered among the ruins. President Arthur Bird said “one mindless little act” had destroyed the club. But he vowed that the members would rebuild. “This will probably take years of work to put back together again,” he said. “Just because one idiot’s got nothing better to do and he’s drunk and wandering down the road, this is what we ended up with, which isn’t very much.” Mr Bird said an insurance company representative would look at the damage, but even if the company came good with money, there was likely to be a shortfall. “Depending on what they say, we’ll try and rebuild. We’ve got to clean it up ﬁrst. I rang the Shire and the bloke’s going to get back to me to tell me if they can help with anything,” he said.

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THE future of Nyora is in community hands. South Gippsland Shire Council will hold a public meeting at the Nyora Community Hall on Tuesday, August 11, 7pm, to discuss the future planning for the town. Council ofﬁcers who will be present are Andrew McEwen, director sustainability; Chris Wightman, manager planning and building; and Ned Dennis, community strengthening co-ordinator. “Following preparation and exhibition of Planning Scheme Amendment C46, council is aware of community concerns regarding the future strategic planning for

Nyora,” Mr Wightman said. “We’re keen to engage the community in a collaborative approach for the best possible outcomes. The meeting will be an opportunity to come and provide further input and have questions answered.” Ofﬁcers will give an overview of an integrated approach to community planning, an update on the Amendment C46 and a future strategic plan for Nyora, including the implications of anticipated Melbourne growth on the region and the timelines for delivery. For further information, call council’s planning department on 5662 9260.

Gippsland Region Sustainable Water Strategy Discussion Paper The Victorian Government has released a Discussion Paper on the water resources of the Gippsland Region of Victoria, and how they may be impacted over the next 50 years by population growth, drought, climate change and land use. The Discussion Paper raises some important considerations for the future, and asks the community to comment on opportunities such as: • The importance of water efficiency and initiatives to save more water. • What possibilities there are with currently available water. • Expanding the water grid and interconnections across the region • Environmental values in the face of climate change and other pressures. • Statewide opportunities for managing Victoria’s water resources. The Discussion Paper is the first step in the development of the Government’s Gippsland Region Sustainable Water Strategy. Once complete, the Strategy will guide how we manage water resources for homes and towns, farms, the environment and industry. The Gippsland Region spans the area south of the Great Dividing Range in Victoria from the Latrobe River catchment and the Strzelecki Ranges to the New South Wales border in the East. The Government invites submissions responding to the Discussion Paper. Submissions are one of the main ways that individuals and organisations can contribute to the draft Gippsland Region Sustainable Water Strategy, expected to be released by the end of 2009. Copies of the Discussion Paper are available at www.ourwater.vic.gov.au, by phoning 136 186 or visiting your water corporation or catchment management authority. Submissions are due by 5pm Friday 18 September 2009. Submissions can be posted or emailed to: Department of Sustainability and Environment Attention: Sustainable Water Strategies Branch, Office of Water PO Box 500 East Melbourne VIC 3002 Email: gippsland.sws@dse.vic.gov.au (if emailing please supply address details) The Discussion Paper is being presented to a number of regional forums and stakeholder briefings. If you are interested in attending any sessions, please phone 136 186 to register your interest. www.dse.vic.gov.au Customer Service Centre 136 186

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COUNCIL ofﬁcers are working hard to revise the draft Rural Land Use Strategy following the Ministerial changes to the Farming Zone which have resulted in a temporary ‘ban’ on dwellings on lots of less than 40 hectares in area, as well as house lot excisions through what is known as Amendment C48.

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By Jane Ross THE kitchen in the awardwinning Burke Home was designed and custom made by Capeview Kitchens in Wonthaggi.

“We do all the designs and help the client choose their dream kitchen,” said Kaine Smith, who has been with Capeview since starting his apprenticeship about 15 years’ ago. “We work on their budget and what I try to achieve is to get the best kitchen and cabinets for them.” Prices vary hugely, ranging from $3000 to $4000 upwards. You can spend $30,000 or $40,000 if your budget will extend to that. Kaine said everyone’s needs are different and that’s the beauty of doing the designs with the client and having the kitchen custom made. The kitchen can be created to suit, with personalised service and close attention to detail producing kitchens to suit all lifestyles. As well as his experience in the industry, Kaine also does a bit of cooking so he knows what works in a kitchen and what doesn’t. “I ﬁnd myself referring to my own kitchen and passing that on to people. Experience is the key.” The style of a new kitchen is determined by budget. Vinyl wrap doors and cedar stone benches are pretty popular and according to Kaine, most people will try to ﬁt both in to their design if they can

afford to. Capeview Kitchens is a thriving enterprise. It employs at least 20 people on the factory floor, plus others as showroom consultants. With all the building that is going on across South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires, the staff are kept busy. As well as building for Burke Homes, Capeview builds for Coldon Homes and most of the other bigger builders in the area. Kaine said Capeview does some kitchen renovations, but that’s for cabinets only. Capeview Kitchens has been installing cabinetry since 1970. Its website says the business is, “Committed to bringing your ideas to life by working closely with you.” Capeview uses only highest quality materials and first class tradesmen, who produce results of the highest standard and is renowned for both quality and follow up service. The firm’s modern workshop and computerised machinery allow Capeview to manufacture your kitchen on time and on budget. You can’t ask for more than that. Capeview Kitchens is in Cape Paterson Road Wonthaggi. It is closely associated with Capeview Mitre 10, which means everything you need for your kitchen is readily available.

Home already: Baby Isla Burge and her mother Lisa inspect their new kitchen with builder Michael Burke.

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LEONGATHA builder Michael Burke has had his good work recognised by the Master Builders Association with an award for Best Custom Home.

The Leongatha residence won the prize in the $200,000 to $300,000 category for the South East region. For owners Lisa and Dale Burge, the award was not a surprise. They knew well enough how good a job Michael had done. Importantly the job was done quickly. “We moved in two weeks before Christmas, which was nice. We only started building in July,” Lisa said. “It’s our dream home.” The couple had a baby on Friday, Jul 10, which scuttled plans of them attending the awards ceremony. While Michael was collecting his prize, the Burges were receiving theirs – a lovely little girl they would call Isla. “We were supposed to go to the awards ceremony the day she was born. I was quietly conﬁdent we might get to go to the awards ceremony, but this little one decided to come before we got there,” Lisa said. Roomy and ﬁlled with light, the house is like being outside – but for the protection of walls and a roof. Lisa showed The Star her kitchen. Superbly appointed, with a walk-in

pantry, it is a far cry from the pokey ones that grace many houses. She said the pantry was something that created a fair amount of envy. “Everyone who walks in here is jealous of that. I have to say that that and the laundry are my prime assets,” she said. With heaps of space to store things, it is free of the clutter that dog most kitchens. Lisa said “space” was the biggest positive for the family. Now with their second child, there is still plenty of room to expand. “It’s very family-orientated. Everything is great. It’s the practicality of the design, the light. Everything. The access,” she said. In truth, Lisa could easily have talked for hours if she’d listed all the great things the house boasts. “It’s what we wanted. There’s nothing that I’d change. You know how people build sometimes and they think they’d like to change something? I’ve never thought. It’s just perfect,” she said. Lisa said the importance of having the right builder was “everything”. “People talk about how stressful building is and I just couldn’t see it. I’d build 20 more houses. I didn’t have any stress,” she said. Michael said the reason the house had turned out to so well was because the lines of communication had always remained open. “Lisa was a great client. She

always knew what she wanted. She always requested changes early on. She didn’t wait until it was done and then change it,” he said. “Good planning makes a good house. And that’s where the client comes into it. If they know what they want it makes our job so much easier. Everything to do with this house ran so smoothly because of that. “It’s come together so well. Everything ran beautifully.” While they built a house, Michael and the Burges also built a friendship. “They were just a brilliant team to work with. They were just like family,” Lisa said.

Just like family: award-winning builder Michael Burke with Lisa Burge and baby Isla outside the house that was judged by the Master Builders Association as Best Custom Home in the $200,000 to $300,000 category for the South East region.

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Port Anthony rail push By Chris Brown A RENEWED push to restore rail to South Gippsland may begin just 14 months after the State Government deemed it too expensive.

South Gippsland Shire believes growth at Port Anthony wharf, near Toora, may require rail freight. A rail line going from the Latrobe Valley to Yarram and to Melbourne, via Leongatha, has even been suggested. Mayor Cr Jim Fawcett said Port Anthony was vital to strengthen regional transport infrastructure. “Council will this year be developing its sustainability strategy and in that we expect to support a green logistics system that will include freight and passenger rail, and we see Port Anthony as one of the critical investments for the future of the whole of Gippsland,” he said.

The deep-water wharf facility has already been identified as one of the top five initiatives in Gippsland by the region’s councils. They will highlight the port’s importance to the State Government as part of the Gippsland Regional Plan. The port has been earmarked as the entry point for equipment needed for Latrobe Valley coal developments, and exporting bio fertiliser and low carbon coal in the Gippsland Resource Infrastructure Development Study. Cr Fawcett said the shire was looking at what would flow from the port development. “The port will probably require infrastructure such as a train line and consequently would allow the bringing back of the passenger line as well,” he said. Any rail line would be driven by freight needs rather than passengers. “If there was a requirement for rail freight it’s not a big leap to go to passenger,” Cr Fawcett said.

Last week shire staff, business representatives and a metropolitan journalist met with John Anthony, managing director of Ancon, which is developing Port Anthony. Among those at the meeting was shire sustainability director Andrew McEwen. He said council plans to do a sustainability strategy in the next six to 12 months. This would include a transport component that incorporates a green logistics system. “There will be some key infrastructure decisions that are required around the port and rail, as a cost effective low carbon transport system needs to be on the table,” he said. Mr McEwen said train transport is an efﬁcient way to get freight around. “With carbon trading and expensive oil, when peak oil arrives, there is a signiﬁcant advantage to rail and coastal shipping,” he said. The Gippsland Resource Infrastructure Development Study also found there was enough capac-

ity to take freight by road from Port Anthony to the Latrobe Valley. “There are some suggestions about looping the railway right through to Yarram and back into the valley that way, but I’m not sure of the viability of that option,” Mr McEwen said. But there is a strong argument for restoring trains for South Gippsland passengers and freight in some form. “If we are going to be competitive as a region and take pressure off Melbourne’s growth and development, we need to ensure our region has access to a sophisticated green logistic system,” Mr McEwen said. More detailed studies are needed before any of this will come to fruition, but the requirement for increased port capacity and the possibility of further development at Port Anthony make the ideas realistic.

Many wives: from left, Tish Hanks, Kathryn Smith, Tarnya Wilson and Tara Hendry play the wives plotting Lord Chatterley’s Demise.

Wives lord it over will THE Meeniyan Amateur Dramatics Society is busily rehearsing its latest production. The theatre Group will present Lord Chatterley’s Demise in Meeniyan Hall at the end of August and in September. Performance dates are Friday, August 28, 8pm; Sunday matinee on August 30, 2pm; then the following weekend on Friday to Sunday (matinee), September 4-6. The play is an ‘Agatha Christie’ - style murder mystery/farce that will entertain all ages. Lord Chatterley has invited his entire family over to discuss the rewording of his will, including his three exwives, who seem a little anxious as they work out what it will mean for them. The big question is, who will kill his Lordship? Will it be one of the wives or another member of the family? Or will they all end up murdering each other? Tish Hanks plays Lady Hermione, the Lord’s third wife, who has appeared in Playboy as a Centrefold. Katherine Smith plays his current wife, Lady Roselyn. She tries to keep the warring parties apart, rather unsuccessfully. Tarnya Wilson plays Lady Cynthia, the second wife, while Tara Hendry plays Lady Catherine, his ﬁrst wife.

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SES gets a helping hand INVERLOCH and Leongatha State Emergency Service units have received new rescue equipment thanks to sponsorship from insurance company AAMI. “Since 2003, AAMI has provided funding for new rescue gear, with items such as GPS transmitters, ladders, safety cones and chainsaws, to every SES unit across Victoria as part of our extensive partnership,” AAMI Motor Claims Services Manager, John Crommie said. The Inverloch SES unit received a chainsaw sharpener, a mini freddy back pack, an 18 volt drill battery,

three Silva Ranger compasses and four trafﬁc wands. “The equipment will be a major boost to the Inverloch unit’s capacity to respond to emergencies,” said Mr Crommie. Eight Ruslyn cordwheels, seven cordwheel brackets, a wet and dry vacuum, a wall mounted ﬁrst aid kit and a super harness were the items received by the Leongatha SES. SES Acting regional manager John Parker said that the program was an effective way for individual SES units to update some of the equipment and keep with technological advances to help them respond in emergency circumstances. “Often it’s the little things that

make a huge difference, such as having a reliable GPS unit or a fully functioning ladder or pole saw, which can make a big difference to our ability to be fully effective,” said Mr Parker. SES members can also take advantage of discounted car and home insurance. ‘We are pleased to offer special discounts on car and home insurance to all SES volunteers and staff in further recognition of their work,” said Mr Crommie. Mr Parker said that the program really demonstrated how AAMI and the SES work together for a safer community.

Well equipped: John Parker presents John Crommie with new equipment for Inverloch SES.

Cub Cadets on the move JSL Light Engines are currently having a sale on the Cub Cadet 1042 ride-on lawn mower, offering a genuine saving of over $1000.

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All set: Leongatha SES are now all set for a call out after John Crommie presented Harold Ross and Anthony Lindhard with new equipment.

JSL Light Engines are the number one MTD and Cub Cadet dealer in Gippsland, and are currently offering a one-off deal on the Cub Cadet 1042 ride-on lawn mower. The Cub Cadet 1042 has a retail price of $4554, but JSL Light Engines can offer the ride-on lawn mower at the price of

$3500. This is largely due to the fact that JSL Light Engines purchased the Cub Cadet 1042 ride-on lawn mowers in bulk. “We are able to offer this price on the Cub Cadet 1042 ride-on lawn mower because I ordered in bulk and a few other things have fallen into place,” said Jared Lovie. The saving on the Cub Cadet 1042 ride-on lawn mower is over $1000 dollars, however, the sale is limited. “The sale is limited to 20 units,” said Mr Lovie. To ensure customer

Ride-on: Jared Lovie with one of the popular Cub Cadet models. satisfaction, the Cub Cadet 1042 ride-on lawn mower can be test driven. “We have a Cub Cadet 1042 here at the store that can be test driven before you buy to ensure that you, the customer, are happy with the product,” said Mr Lovie. The Cub Cadet 1042 ride-on lawn mower is commercial quality and is built with an American two year warranty.

JSL Light Engines are located just off the Strzelecki Highway in Leongatha, opposite Murray Goulburn. They also stock a range of MTD mowers if the Cub Cadet 1042 is not the right ﬁt for you. JSL Light Engines can also look after all your garden power tool needs, as they also stock chainsaws and whipper snippers.

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Demand rises for hospital By Brad Lester RISING demand on local hospitals comes as no surprise to health service chiefs, in the wake of a State Government report. The government’s latest Your Hospitals report reveals more patients were treated at Leongatha, Wonthaggi and South Gippsland hospitals between July and December 2008, compared to the first half of 2008. The report showed 1764 patients were treated at Leongatha Memorial Hospital, a rise of 36; 3547 at Bass Coast Regional Health, up by 220; and 649 patients at South Gippsland Hospital at Foster, an increase of 43. The government press releases announcing the figures focused on throughput as a measure of the hospitals’ success, as all were headed with references to “treating more patients”. Gippsland Southern Health Service CEO Gary Templeton said the figures failed to address the need for a new hospital and expanded services at Leongatha. “It still doesn’t address the local self sufficiency which is very low and is a very strong reason why we should redevelop. The existing facilities are not suitable for expanded procedural work,” he said. “We are pleased that we maintain a level of service greater than we are funded to provide high satisfaction levels for patients. “But we are disappointed that we do not meet a greater number of the needs of our local population to whom we can and should be able to - provide services.” The Leongatha hospital provides a range of services including obstetrics, gynaecology, urology, ophthalmology and general surgery. Bass Coast Regional Health CEO Lea Pope said the increase in throughput was consistent with increasing demand from the growing population. “This is something that we are well aware of and it’s not a surprise to us,” she said. “This increasing demand is well

recognised and will be reflected in the health service plan that is currently being developed.” The Wonthaggi hospital is likely to be re-developed in stages rather than a new hospital built. “Priorities for redevelopment will come out of the service plan and the master planning will take those into account to ensure than the physical redevelopment of any particular area of the site is part of the overall plan,” Ms Pope said. South Gippsland Hospital has been experiencing an increase in acute admissions from the urgent care department for the last four years. CEO Ward Steet said while the government’s figures included seasonal fluctuation due to the health service’s proximity to Wilsons Promontory, the hospital had generally become busier. “A number of other factors have come into play also, such as the introduction of our shared care midwifery model and the excellent reputation of the doctors from Foster Medical Group, which combine to draw clients from outside the traditional catchment borders to South Gippsland Hospital,” he said. “Yarram, for instance no longer has procedural GP or midwives and a number of residents from that area gravitate to the services provided at our health service. “There has also been significant growth in community health presentations and we have expanded our services in response.” The hospital would also seek master planning help from the Department of Human Services once the service plan is finished. That master plan will guide future capital works at the hospital. Victorian Health Minister Daniel Andrews seized the opportunity to claim the figures were proof the joint $60 million State and Federal bid to tackle waiting lists was working. “Victoria’s hospitals improved or equalled their performance in eight out of the nine indicators compared to the same time last year, despite admitting more than 15,700 extra patients than they had a year earlier,” he said.

Fish Creek wildlife: Gecko gallery owners Kerry Spokes and Michael Lester recently found an echidna rummaging through their art materials.

This place is a zoo WHO says Fish Creek is a sleepy hollow? It appears to be a veritable animal kingdom that keeps locals alert and occupied. According to partners Kerry Spokes and Michael Lester, who run Gecko Studio Gallery, the small business centre is one of the most active places in town. Gallery visitors may ﬁnd Kerry and Michael a little distracted at the moment, because they are in the middle of home and gallery renovations after they recently bought the building, which has given them a lot to do. Meanwhile, the hive of activity is waking up the resident wildlife. “One of these days we’ll be able to evict the wombat living under the window closest to the bookshop,” Michael said. “I hear him banging around under there at times and the electrician Gary Yeomans was startled when the wombat ran at him while he was threading cabling under the house. “Unfortunately the wombat does have mange and so it probably is not a well wombat. He has been seen grazing between the gallery and the hall during the day. “Earlier this year we found a full sized echidna in our art materials area, while we were preparing for an exhibition opening one Sunday morning. “Koalas are frequently seen in the park over the road from the gallery. Fish Creek can get a little crowded at times.”

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Oxford - stopping all stations

Ready to make history: Barry Collett as a young man.

By Matt Dunn OXFORD University historian Dr Barry Collett was the son of a local railway man. Barry’s father, Len Collett, was the stationmaster at Toora and Korumburra. When he retired the magnetism of the railways remained, and he took up residence in Long Street, Leongatha, which runs parallel to the train station. “Like most railway men he didn’t want to go far away from the tracks,” Barry said. And although his father never strayed far from the tracks that thread through the green hills of South Gippsland, Barry’s love of history would take him much further. The author of Wednesdays Closest to the Full Moon, the comprehensive history of South Gippsland, will return soon from England with plans to republish the book locally. Barry is the author of many titles and could aptly be called a historian’s historian. His works include Italian Benedictine Scholars and the Reformation : The Congregation of Santa Giustina of Padua; Female Monastic Life in Early Tudor England : With an Edition of Richard Fox’s Translation of the Benedictine Rule for Women 1517; and Late Medieval Englishwomen: Juliana Berners, Margery Kempe, Juliana of Norwich: Printed Writings 1500-1640. He is so revered that some of his books fetch up to $500. But Wednesdays Closest to the Full Moon was never about money, but rather Barry’s passion for the region. “Years ago when I was quite young I approached the council to see if they’d be interested in having a history written, and they were. They paid me a small amount and I started on it. But things got stretched out and I never quite completed it,” he told The Star from his home near Oxford, England. “Some years later they put out tenders. I thought it was up to me to complete what I’d started. So I put in a tender that was deliberately low, about 40 per cent of what anyone else could have charged. “But that time I was a fairly well established historian – I’d been working at Oxford and in Melbourne – so I knew how to write history. So they gave me the job on this very low quote.” Barry’s labour of love had as much to do with his parents as anything else. And so it was hardly surprising the work would be dedicated to ‘my parents, Ruth Collett (née Binns), and Leonard Fredrick Collett, both

Come ﬂy me with me: Dr Barry Collett came back to South Gippsland in March and took some time out to visit the Leongatha Aerodrome. of whom loved Gippsland’. “In a way it was a memorial to my parents, who were both Gippslanders to the core,” he said. Published by Melbourne University Press, the book sold surprisingly well for a niche historical work. “It was treated like most local histories and was given a small print run of about 2500 copies. But anyway, David McCackie who was then the Governor of Victoria, read it and agreed to come down and launch it at Foster. That was around October 1994. It sold very well,” he said. History has a way of repeating itself, and so it will be when the work is again launched in Foster (with an additional chapter that includes happenings from the past 15 years) – this time on October 3, 2009. “I kept on getting requests from people for more copies,” he said. The book was cherished by those who had it and virtually unobtainable to those who wanted it. Barry approached Melbourne University Press to urge them to produce another run, but the idea was rejected. “They said local histories are too much of a commercial gamble. I left it at that. But then I got an email out of the blue at the beginning of this year from Peter Cvek at Meeniyan Antiquities Bookshop.”

The bookseller was looking for copies of Wednesdays Closest to the Full Moon, after several requests from customers. Barry expressed ideas about republishing the work himself, but the conversation went no further. Visiting his Leongatha-based sister Barbara in March this year, Barry decided to take a trip to Meeniyan and meet Peter. The pair instantly hit it off and decided to set up a “little company” called Fernbank Publications and republish Wednesdays Closest to the Full Moon. The name of the publishing company comes from Barry’s early boyhood home in East Gippsland. He said the company was “very much Gippsland centred”. The experience of writing Wednesdays Closest to the Full Moon is something that has stayed with Barry throughout his life and helped him retain a piece of South Gippsland wherever he has roamed. The moon is set to rise again. *The event will be held at the Foster Exchange Hotel, between 11am and 4pm, with Barry available to sign copies of republished work. Formalities will between 1.30pm and 2.30pm. Limited seats available. Bookings can be made through Peter Cvek by calling 5664 0063 or 0410 612 486.

Back from the ashes BOOLARRA’S bushfire fight back has been boosted by the completion of the first rebuilt home. Paul and Tania Gauntlett’s home was destroyed during the devastating blazes in late January. It burnt down on the birthday of their daughter Jessica. The family took several birthday presents with them from the home as the fire approached and returned a few days later to find that only the chimney was still standing. Fittingly the new home was

completed in time for son Aaron’s tenth birthday. Paul faced red tape as he battled to have his home rebuilt, and worked closely with council to get approval and the job moving ahead. “The easiest thing to do would have been to take the insurance cheque and buy a new home somewhere else,” he said. “But we wanted the kids to keep on at their school and liked the area, so I started to call some builders instead.” The foundations of the home were laid at the end of March and it was New home: Boolarra bushﬁre victims Jessica, Tania, Paul and Aaron Gauntlett celebrate their new home handed over earlier this month.

Meals roster Revamp underway (Leongatha) Christian Revival Crusade, Joy Hayward, S. Birch (3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th) and National Bank (4th) will be responsible for the delivery of meals on wheels, the week beginning August 3, 2009.

(Meeniyan/Dumbalk) Meeniyan Uniting Church will be responsible for delivery the week beginning August 3, 2009.

WORK has begun on the $2 million building program at St Laurence’s Primary School in Leongatha.

The school will have a new performing arts centre, conference room, commercial kitchen, computer room and toilet block by this time next year. Leongatha construction ﬁrm Considine and Johnston has secured the contract. The school has also received $125,000 from the Federal Government’s National Schools Pride program. That grant will fund the erection of a new fence, shade sails and a new senior adventure playground.

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By Brad Lester

LANDCARE in South Gippsland is about to undergo a $70,000 facelift.

The South Gippsland Landcare Network has received $70,000 from the State Government to revitalise, renew and regenerate the organisation. New members will be pursued, urban Landcare groups possibly established, a volunteer program created, more on ground works and partnerships with indigenous groups. Network co-ordinator Belinda Brennan is hoping the fresh approach will result in renewed interest. “We want to see if we can get more members across the board and improve the environment in South Gippsland,” she said. Urban groups could be established in towns to improve parks and promote sustainable households. “We won’t be targeting particular towns but if we ﬁnd towns want one, then we could help them get a group,”

Ms Brennan said. The funding came from the Victorian Recruitment Initiative, part of the Department of Sustainability and Environment. The network currently has 780 members in 20 groups across the South Gippsland Shire and parts of Baw Baw, Cardinia and Bass Coast shire councils. The Jindanook Landcare Group is one of the groups undergoing a resurgence, servicing Meeniyan and Dumbalk. The group’s annual meeting was held last Friday night. Landcare members can take joy from planting trees, attending ﬁeld days and farm walks, and listening to guest speakers. Grants are available for land guardianship works, such as revegetating land. More information will come to light when Ms Brennan meets representatives of the recruitment initiative on August 6.

The project will be launched at the unveiling of another Landcare program at Moss Vale Park, Berrys Creek, on September 12. That program, One Million Trees, is a massive tree planting effort planned for the region. “A lot of landholders want to do tree planting for erosion control and shelter belts, but we’ve unfortunately lost a lot of on ground financial support through reductions by the Federal Government,” Ms Brennan said. The first stage will offer tree propagation kits to landholders to grow their own trees. Corporate sponsorship will be sought. “We’ve got to the make the most of what we’ve got, particularly when landholders are doing it hard due to the drought and low commodity prices,” Ms Brennan said. The network has issued a survey to all members asking for guidance about future field day topics and other events they would like Landcare to offer.

Looking forward: South Gippsland Landcare Network new landholder project ofﬁcer, Jill Vella, and network co-ordinator, Belinda Brennan, are anticipating renewed enthusiasm in the movement.

YOUNG green thumbs at Welshpool and District Primary School continue to grow their collection of awards.

Talented trio: Welshpool and District Primary School students Hayley McCormick, Lauren Bishop and Bethany Paragreen admire their prize-winning hanging basket.

Students won second prize in the hanging basket category at this year’s Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. Teacher Liz Batten travelled to Melbourne recently to collect the school’s prizes of compost, potting mix and fertliser. Students made the superb display of annuals with the help of gardening instructors,

grandmas Jo Gardiner and Elizabeth Robertson. “It’s really cool because we won second prize and it’s really hard to win,” said student Lauren Bishop. Classmate Bethany Paragreen enjoys gardening, particularly growing pumpkins to enter in big pumpkin competitions. Welshpool PS has won awards in the same category in the past, using a kit supplied by the Royal Horticultural Society of Victoria.

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Winter work by Karen Haw Town Centre Nursery

WE have had some good rain, followed by pleasant days which makes it a bit easier to get out into the garden mid winter.

It is a perfect time to get planting so plants can have time to establish before summer. Most gardens are looking a bit dull at this time of year but there is still plenty of colour around. If you want a plant that is evergreen, hardy and virtually disease resistant you cannot go past the old tried and true camellia. Gardeners were pleasantly surprised how drought tolerant camellias turned out to be. Camellia flowers vary from bright, big showy flowers to delicate pastel flowers that cover the bush, and some are even perfumed. Camellia flowers are not renowned for their long keeping when picked for a vase, but they last well when floated in a bowl and the foliage is useful in floral art. Two Aussie natives that are very useful for floral art flowering now are the Grampians thryptomene and Geralton wax. Both are easy to grow but need a sunny, well drained spot that is not too windy. Grampians thryptomene has masses of tiny white flowers, which are rich in nectar giving them a honey scent. The leaves are very aromatic when crushed. The bush benefits from trimming the flowering branches. Geralton wax belongs to the same family as thryptomene. The flowers can be used in bud stage or left on the bush until they open.

Old time favourite: Camellias are still a top pick for any garden. There are many varieties and flowers vary from white, pink to purple red. Both thryptomene and wax will fit equally well in a native garden or a cottage garden. Another favourite coming into flower are the hellebores. Hellebores have been popular garden plants for many years but recent breeding has seen a stunning improvement in the size and colours of the flowers. Colours are available from pure white to nearly black and they may be spotted, double or ruffled. Newer introductions include primrose and apricot. Their main growth period is from about midautumn to mid-spring and this is also the best time to plant, divide, move, feed and mulch hellebores. It is time to sharpen up those secateurs and get pruning. Repeat flowering roses and many other deciduous trees and shrubs are pruned at this time of year. Pruning roses helps to reduce disease, encourages air circulation, lets in more light and therefore stimulates new growth and more blooms next season. Aim to take out dead wood, and any branches that cross over each other in the centre. Prune stems back to an outward facing

bud and leave a tiny piece above that bud. This will help stop fungal disease. After pruning spray roses and surrounding soil with a clean up spray like lime sulphur. Lime sulphur is an old fashioned treatment that helps kill off the dormant fungus spores that like to overwinter in the ground, plus mites and scale. Wear leather gloves and sturdy clothing to protect from thorns unless your roses are thornless varieties. Wallara roses specialise in thornless roses which are available from nurseries as bare root roses. Smooth Touch Thornless roses were discovered by accident when a backyard rose enthusiast accidently discovered a thornless rose when trying to breed disease free roses. There is a great range of colours and most have perfume. Recent introductions include some climbing varieties and by purchasing a Smooth Touch Thornless rose you are supporting cancer research. Asparagus is a perennial vegetable crop available at this time of year and grows very well in our area. They like a climate where it is cold to very cold in winter. To plant, dig a trench and place well rotted manure, cover with soil then plant the crowns creating a mound. It is preferable not to cut asparagus in the ﬁrst year but to allow the plant to grow and produce better crowns for future fruiting. Another old time favourite, available bare root at this time of year is Rhubarb. There are two varieties available, Silvan giant, which is a deep red variety and very sweet, and rhubarb Victoria, which though still sweet has a green tinge to the stem. Usually only four to six plants are necessary to provide sufﬁcient stalks for the average size family. Like asparagus, add well rotted manure before planting. Another popular but not so well known vegetable to grow this time are shallots. These have the advantage that the tops can be used green as a spring onion or harvest when the tops have died down and the bulbs used. Add lime to the soil before planting. Red and Golden varieties are available.

Teen ﬁction: Sarah Billington, whose parents live in Inverloch, is on the verge of publishing her debut teenage novel.

Since she was eight Sarah Billington has been writing stories. Now 25, she is on the verge of publishing her ﬁrst young adult novel and on her way overseas. Reporter Bert van Bedaf caught up with her at her parents’ home in Inverloch last week.

Wordsmith THE artistic apple in the Billington family does not fall far from the tree. Sarah’s mother Hazell is a wellknown painter and her father Colin writes. Both Sarah and Colin have contributed articles to The Star. Hazell has widely exhibited in the region, but she also edits Bass Arts, the newsletter of the Bass Coast Artists’ Society, of which she is a member. With such a rich parental pedigree it is not surprising that Sarah was imbued with artistic talent from an early age. Her older sister Kate is a paediatric nurse at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, but Sarah’s ambition always has been to become a novelist and screenwriter. “In high school I was voted most likely to be an author,” Sarah said. “It was awesome, because I’ve always wanted to be one.” “But I felt too daunted to write a full length novel. I didn’t think I was capable of it, because years of my attempts had failed.” After a while Sarah changed literary direction and found her voice. “I always thought I should be writing something of adult literary merit, when really, my interest has always been young adult issues. But I felt because I’m a grown-up, I should be writing for adults.” Two years ago she attended a three-day writing workshop in Bendigo and discovered the enjoyment of writing teenage ﬁction. She had a serious change of heart about her adult writing and when she began writing for young adults, up to and around the age of 20, the words came more easily as she tapped into her early youth. “I found my young adult voice. I embraced my inner child and accepted that writing for young people

suits me,” Sarah said. “I’ve been told that I do teenagers very well.” “Her whole life has been about writing,” Hazell said. “There are boxes of her notebooks in the study and the home computer is filled with stories.” Sarah has published film reviews, feature stories, fiction and screen plays. Her script The In With Santa, won her an honourable mention in the international Writer’s Digest screenplay competition last year.

“I like being in the writing field” - Sarah Billington She ﬁnished 83 out of 17,000 entries, which was an outstanding feat. But her breakthrough may have arrived, with a polished young adult novel titled Life was cool, until you got popular. It is about two 16-year-old girlfriends who start at a new school. One is adopted by the cool kids, while the other is left behind. The story is about their inter-relationships and whether they end up friends again. Sarah submitted the novel for the popular Girlfriend teen ﬁction series, published by Allen and Unwin in collaboration with Girlfriend Magazine. It went through a lengthy review process last year, but after an agonising wait, Sarah was told it wasn’t quite what the publisher wanted. Undeterred, she sent the manuscript to a New York agent, who may have found a publisher for it. More fortune came the young novelist’s way when she was awarded a Monash University exchange scholarship at Leeds University in England this year. It prompted her to embark on a

full-scale world trip that will see her fly off to the USA for a month, and five months in Europe. She will be leaving on July 31 and visit San Francisco, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Florida and New York. The most exciting part is that she will attend a three-day children’s writers’ convention in Los Angeles on August 7-10 and be able to meet her agent in person. The conference is organised by the Society of Children’s Books, Writers and Illustrators and Sarah will be able to network with agents, editors and art directors, specialising in children’s publishing, young adult novels, illustrating and marketing. She will arrive in London on August 27 and starts her semester at Leeds on September 12. Academically, Sarah’s early focus was on writing. She completed a diploma in professional writing and editing at Box Hill TAFE in 2005. But then she wavered. She enrolled in a Bachelor of Arts/Education at Monash Gippsland in February 2008, with the idea of becoming a primary school teacher. But recent writing successes have rekindled her creative flame and when she returns from Leeds, Sarah will start a degree course in writing and publishing at the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE. She will be able to enter second year on the strength of her Box Hill diploma. Once she has finished her degree, Sarah plans to continue writing and she’ll be “looking for placements in publishing” to fashion a career. “I’ve spent a lot of time researching publishers and talking with editors. I like being in the writing field, whatever side I’m on.” Sarah will be writing about her overseas experiences for The Star.

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From farm to fork By Davyd Reid

LEONGATHA Primary School Grade 2students took a ﬁeld trip to Peaceful Gardens in Koonwarra last Tuesday as part of their growing a healthy life program.

The program focuses on growing and eating healthy food, with the children also planting a vegetable garden at school. “Term three will focus on growing food while in term four we will move on to using the produce,” said teacher Carmen Piacquadio. Peaceful Gardens is an organic farm that grows fruit and vegetables

as well as animals and a worm farm. The ﬁeld trip’s focus was from the farm to the plate, with an hour long food demonstration with taste testing at Koonwarra Organic Foods following the visit to the farm. “The program also looks at reduce, re-use and recycle,” said Ms Piacquadio.

Slow cooking: Maria Stewart shows Eli Clark, Ben Martin, Ella Harris and Holly Hanily some home style, organic food.

What next: talking radio shows were the school’s library leadership team: Josh, Mikayla, Xavier, librarian Margaret Gatehouse, David and Josh.

Leading the way at St Laurence’s Horsing around: LPS students enjoy the chance to meet this magniﬁcent Clydesdale. Left: Stir up the pudding: Bailey Bacon gets right into his work at the cooking school.

SENIOR kids at St Laurence’s Primary School are setting a high standard for their young classmates. Grade 6 students take part in leadership teams with such themes as library, assembly, prayer and liturgy, sports, community service and environmental. The library team gathered last Wednesday lunchtime to discuss their radio program of jokes and book reviews, broadcast over the school’s public announcement system.

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Top marks for Euan By Jane Ross SHEENA Cumming says the best thing her family ever did was migrate from Scotland to Leongatha.

As she and her husband Stuart sat in the brand new Convention and Exhibition Centre watching their son Euan being presented with a Premier’s VCE Award for music, they knew the move had been the right one. Last year, as a Year 11 student at Leongatha Secondary College, he scored a perfect 50 for music. The three of them were huddled around Euan’s mobile phone, waiting for his VCE results. Geography came up first, then Euan started saying “oh my God, oh my God!” “I asked what’s wrong, what’s wrong.” “I’ve got 50 for music!” Euan and his parents were among the crowd of 2000 attending the awards. They were part of a South Gippsland contingent which included two Wonthaggi Secondary College award winners, one from Korumburra Secondary and another from South Gippsland Secondary College at Foster. As her boy accepted his medal and certificate from Mrs Jan de Kretser, wife of the Governor of Victoria Professor David de Kretser, Sheena Cumming shed a few proud mother’s tears. She wasn’t the only emotional one in the Leongatha row of onlookers. Lynn Poletti admits to being overcome when her daughter Elly sang Shine as the lead vocalist with the Victorian State Schools Vocal Ensemble that performed during the ceremony. Elly had been part of the ensemble at last year’s awards, as had Euan. She finished

school last year. And Professor and Mrs de Kretser had heard Euan play as part of the South Gippsland schools All Star Band at the opening night of this year’s Inverloch Jazz Festival. Euan’s perfect score is remarkable. Leongatha Secondary College associate principal Tracey Summerton, who was as thrilled as his parents to attend the awards, said, “Euan being there as a winner for music was particularly special. The studies are incredibly competitive.” Tracey said the ceremony was “an enormously grand event in a remarkably impressive venue”. The list of presenters was stellar. “From my point of view, I came back thinking it was both impressive and heart warming.” Euan Cumming started playing keyboard when he was six, changing to piano when he was in Year 7. He plays saxophone in the LSC concert band “and dabbles in a few things here and there”. He likes to do a bit of composition and arranges pieces for the jazz/blues ensemble called The Shardis that he belongs to, writing the part for each member of the group. Euan says he ﬁts in as much music practice as he can, given that he’s studying English, Maths Methods, Physics and Solo Performance in Year 12. “I live in the school music department!” He teaches piano at Bair’s Music and his mother is his English teacher. Euan plans to pursue music at university, then as a career. “We’re so proud of him,” said Sheena.

Above: Euan and friends: from left, Josh Gardiner, David Velja (Euan’s music teacher) Dean Salmon-Snelton, Euan Cumming and Elly Poletti. Josh has been selected to be part of the Victorian State Schools Vocal Ensemble which performed at the Premier’s VCE award presentation ceremony. Elly was invited to be its lead vocalist.

Winners are grinners: Euan Cumming is congratulated on his Premier’s VCE award by his parents Sheena and Stuart.

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Jesse’s efforts honoured By Brad Lester A LEONGATHA teenager has been recognised as one of the most selﬂess in Victoria after being nominated for a statewide honour.

Movie fundraiser: Alex Beyer, Sabrina Jansen and Kate Trotto at the Harry Potter event.

Rising sun raising FUNDRAISING is in full swing for a Leongatha Secondary College trip to Toyama, Japan in September. On a recent Thursday night students used a screening of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in Leongatha to raise funds. They sold 60 movie tickets, provided supper afterwards and held a rafﬂe. Year 9 student Bentia Eygenraam said everyone enjoyed the movie.

A trivia night fundraiser was held in May. Seven people will leave Australia on September 1 for a 19 day cultural experience. It’s a biannual trip organised by Leongatha Secondary College. Year 9 student Kate Trotto said she was looking forward to experiencing the Japanese culture. “We go to school for a couple of days a week and we go to English camps, and spend time with host families,” she said.

Jesse Poulton has been nominated for the 2009 VCE Achiever Award offered by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority and the Herald Sun newspaper. The 18-year-old is dedicated to educating fellow teenagers about poverty and the global food shortage, as a Youth Ambassador for World Vision. The Newhaven College Year 12 student is now in the running for the achiever title, to be announced in December. “It’s fantastic. You never do anything to get recognition but you don’t deny it at all. It’s good promotion for World Vision too,” Jesse said. He spends up to three days a week touring schools around Melbourne and Victoria, spreading World Vision’s messages and encouraging teenagers to make choices for the betterment of the world. “I’ve been talking about how people can make a difference at the grassroots level. Global warming is having a massive effect but by just switching off your power and buying Fair Trade products you can ensure that everyone in the world gets a fair price,” he said. “Chocolate is a massive industry. A lot of kids in Ghana are being exploited because of it but paying 10-15 cents extra for certain chocolate can contribute to changing people’s lives

Global vision: Jesse Poulton is spreading the word about the plight of people in developing countries. by giving them a proper income.” Jesse tells how people in developing countries spend 85 per cent of their income on food, compared to about three per cent in Australia. High food prices and low incomes are to blame. Taking part in World Vision’s 40 Hour Famine three years ago set Jesse on his current life path. That experience led to attending his ﬁrst Global Leaders Convention run by the organisation and after fundraising the required sum, Jesse was named a Youth Ambassador. Earlier this year, he travelled to Cambodia to see poverty ﬁrsthand and he draws on those observations to offer primary

accounts to his audiences. Jesse plans to study engineering and then improve infrastructure in developing countries. In the meantime, he is contributing to another project: his school’s fundraising auction and trivia night to raise funds for World Vision. Amongst the goods available for auction are a signed framed poster of Hawthorn’s 2008 premiership team, and a signed jumper worn by Essendon footballer Adam McPhee in the Anzac Day clash this year. The event will be held at Newhaven College on September 4. For more information, phone the school on 5956 7505.

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Awe inspiring site: Prague’s Charles Bridge is a highlight of any Czech Republic visit.

Jetset’s Euro adventure IF you’ve ever wanted to visit Europe’s most beautiful cities while travelling in the lap of luxury, Jetset Leongatha has the right holiday for you. The APT cruise includes many points of interest, with the chance to enjoy heaps of those European vacation ‘must do’s’. Highlights include: • A trip up the Eiffel Tower. • The chance to try Belgian beer and chocolate in Bruges. • A visit to Siegfried’s Mechanical Music Instrument Museum in Rüdesheim. • An excursion to Rothenburg. • A complimentary drink at a traditional Bamberg Beer Haus. • A tour of Melk’s Benedictine Abbey. • A stroll across Prague’s Charles Bridge. Manager of Jetset Leongatha, Jill Carmody, who has been on two European trips with APT, said they were “full of surprises”. “I’ve done two separate cruises. One was on the

Father of the year SOUTH Gippsland SPLASH YMCA announced that nominations are now open for the South Gippsland Community Father of the Year Award. This important, annual event celebrates the significant role fathers and male role models play in our community and acknowledges that ordinary people can have an extraordinary impact on their children’s lives. Children are invited to nominate their dad – or someone who is like their dad – by writing or drawing about why their father or father figure (it could be a brother, uncle, grandfather or friend) is special to them. Nomination forms are available at SG SPLASH YMCA or on our website, at www.sgsplash. ymca.org.au. Each nominee will receive a YMCA Family Swim Pass. Nominations close August 17 2009. “We know that fathers and father-figures have an incredibly important role to play in their children’s development, and this award is aimed at raising awareness about the importance of fathering in our communities,” said SPLASH manager Emma Dowling.

Rhine and the Main and the other one was on the canals of Belgium and the Netherlands,” she said. “I did the Tulip Time cruise in 2006 on the maiden voyage aboard the Amadagio. I think it’s the surprises when you visit a city or village within Europe. “When you do a coach tour you mainly see the cities and don’t stop a lot at the little villages. But with the river tours you’ve got villages and cities.” Jill said it was the “extraordinary” places you saw along the way. “I remember going to Williamstadt in the Netherlands on Good Friday and having an organ pipe concert recital, especially for our group,” she said. “The thing that strikes you is the overlapping history. It was the ﬁrst purpose-built Protestant church in northern Europe. And just to hear the history of Williamstadt itself, which was built in the shape of a star.” The town was named after William of Orange, the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years’ War and

resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. “It’s just all that amazing history you are privy to. Being on a cruise doesn’t mean see just see the villages and cities along the waterways. You also get off the ship and go on walking tours and see all the amazing sites,” she said. “It’s full of surprises.” Jetset Leongatha has continued to raise the bar, and had once again been recognised with an industry award. It was a great surprise for Jill and the staff. “We attended the launch of the APT river cruises program for Europe, Canada and Alaska for 2010 at the MCG on July 15,” she said. “We weren’t aware prior to going that we’d receive the award for number ﬁve agency in Victoria and Tasmania and I also received an award for being in the top 10 agents - I was number ﬁve - for Victoria and Tasmania.” The awards will be added to the mass of others accrued over the years.

For the staff at Jetset Leongatha it is further proof that they are among the best in the business.

Well done: APT’s Melinda Flavell presents Jetset’s Jill Carmody and Renee Cook with an award.

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IGA Rewards close in on $1M MICHAEL’S Supa IGA stores in Leongatha and Korumburra are closing in on the magic million dollar mark in donations given to the community.

Top total: Mary MacKillop College received $580 this year, for an eight year total of $7490. Pictured from left, ﬁnance ofﬁcer Sharon Dwyer, Carla Witherow representing parents and friends, Michael Lorenz, Elliot Staley, and Gemma Richards.

Community heart: groups from all walks of society were delighted to receive Community Rewards cheques totalling $757,172 from Michael Lorenz, owner of Michael’s IGA Supermarkets in Leongatha and Korumburra

Thanks to IGA’s customers in both stores, community groups have beneﬁted in receiving critical funding over the past eight years of $757,172. Last Wednesday, July 22 this year’s round of cheques totalling $178,582 were handed out to more than 40 community groups. Groups to beneﬁt include Gippsland Southern Health Service, Heart Support, Korumburra Ambulance, St Vincent de Paul Society, Carinya, Friends of Hillside Lodge, Woorayl Lodge, Milpara, Relay for Life plus many

schools and sporting bodies. Gippsland Southern’s cheque this year was $7658 bringing the eight year total to $100,148. Items purchased most recently by the hospital include four new trolleys, 20 overbed tables, installation of air conditioning in the acute wards at Korumburra, a new stove, four chemo chairs, an ultra-sound cleaner and some tympanic thermometers. There are now more than 3000 local families shopping at Michael’s Supa IGA, donating points to the Community Rewards program. Customers who sign up to the program receive a bar-coded key tag that needs to be scanned at the check-out each time they shop in any of Michael’s stores so points can be allocated.

Due to the devastating bushﬁres in Victoria this year charities received substantial more through the program. Anglicare received $20,169, The Salvation Army $42,525, St Vincent de Paul, Korumburra $10,120, and St Vincent de Paul, Leongatha $10,220. Mayor Cr Jim Fawcett told the large gathering that “the enthusiasm of supermarket owner Michael Lorenz for the program is just as strong today as it was when it began eight years ago. “People representing groups here today are at the heart of vibrant communities,” Cr Fawcett said. For more details about the program look at the website on www.michaelsiga.com.au

Good use: Administration and Communications ofﬁcer Rebecca Wright with Nurse Unit Manager Sharon Rayson with a patient transfer trolley, one of many items purchased with funds from IGA’s Community Rewards program.

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Morning mesmerisation

THIS amazing home, for sale through Elders, boasts spectacular Prom views and is featured on page 31.

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Drought free 585 acres L

OCATED at Mirboo in drought free South Gippsland, Holderhead Stockdale & Leggo offer a big honest hill property in seven titles. The 585.41 acre property is ideally suited for breeders and is capable of running 200 cows and calves and 500 ewes and lambs. The property is well watered by 14 dams, a branch of the Tarwin River and the Misery Creek. There will be about 50 to 60 acres of unused road and river frontage lease land to transfer with the property. A good four stand shearing shed comfortably holds 500 sheep. There is a three bedroom brick veneer home, plus a garage converted to a bungalow. The laminated kitchen has a dishwasher and the open living area features a wood heater. This is a good sized parcel of steep

hill country, it is drought free strong blue gum country and it’s ready to make some money for you.

At a glance Location: 2090 Foster-Mirboo Road, Mirboo. Price: $1,450,000. Agent: Holderhead Stockdale & Leggo, Leongatha and Mirboo North. Contact: John O’Connor 0416 193 990 or Jason Harris 0417 640 079.

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Peace, quiet and seclusion S

ITUATED in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, in Wonyip, this 85 acres is about 20km from Toora. The property is suitable for the discerning seeker of peace, quiet and seclusion. This unique and striking solar and wind powered energy -

efﬁcient home has spectacular 360 degree views over Corner Inlet, Wilsons Promontory and Bass Strait, the rolling hills of farmland and state forest from every window and the three decks. Just imagine waking in the morning in this idyllic haven with the sounds of lyrebirds and the sight of soaring wedgetailed eagles. Situated on mostly cleared land, at present running some sheep, this property is

home to wombats, kookaburras, echidnas, wallabies and koalas. It is even said the rare spotted quoll has been detected near the property’s picturesque creek. Functionality, comfort and style are paramount in this superbly appointed home with two living areas, dream kitchen, ofﬁce, three bedrooms, two bathrooms (including en suite and walkin robe to main bedroom), enormous decks, and wood and gas heating. Double-glazed windows, plenty of storage and undercover parking for two or more vehicles are also excellent features. It is ideally suited for someone who will appreciate the isolation and beauty of this peaceful holiday getaway or permanent lifestyle property.

At a glance Location: Glosters Road, Wonyip via Toora. Price: $498,000. Sole agent: Elders, Leongatha. Contact: 5662 3523, Zel Svenson 0438 636 290 or Don Olden 0417 805 312.

The highest spot in Leongatha

ET on the highest point in town, Hillview Estate boasts spectacular views overlooking Leongatha township and countryside. Located off Shingler Street in Leongatha, Stage 1 has one block remaining and Elders Real Estate is now taking deposits on Stage 2.

The blocks are quiet, level and boast quality red soil, which offers excellent drainage and is great for the garden. Blocks come with all services and include features like underground power, rollover kerb and channel, wide frontages, footpaths and wide roadways. Sizes range from 721m2 to 1049sqm.

At a glance Location: Hillview Estate - Burrows Court, Leongatha. Price range: $120,000-$130,000. Agent: Elders, Leongatha. Contact: Zel Svenson 5662 3523 or 0438 636 290.

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AKE a drive to the top of Shingler Street in Leongatha, check out the view, then imagine waking up to it every day. This exciting new housing estate is offering blocks of land for sale, or take advantage of a house and land package. Shinglers Ridge has a total of 81 blocks starting from $105,000, ranging in size from 787m² to 1654m², and are situated off either Eccles Way, Royal Place or Shingler Street. Complete with no through roads, it has a secure playground with tan bark under foot, park benches, and bitumen roads. Curbing and channelling, distinctive street lighting, footpaths and paving give the estate an elegant ﬁnish. All this is located just an easy walk or quick drive from supermarkets, cinema, and fast food outlets, or if you prefer, the sporting hub of Leongatha. The blocks have been designed to obtain maximum northerly exposure, and with great rural views towards Leongatha North, what better place to bring up your family? With building now starting on the estate, contact Alex Scott & Staff for more information on blocks, or house and land packages.

At a glance Location: top of Shingler Street, Leongatha. Price: starting from $105,000. Sole agent: Alex Scott & Staff, Leongatha. Contact: 5662 0922.

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A tidy package E

VERY now and again, a property comes on the market that incorporates most of the features a rural purchaser is seeking.

From the moment you go through the gateway and travel up the long drive of 915 Princes Highway, Darnum, it is obvious that this property offers that often sought but seldom found combination of privacy, lovely surrounds and location. Situated about midway between Yarragon and Warragul, this 39.25 Ha (97 acres) grazing property is of level to easy rolling contour, with the Little Moe River meandering through fertile farm ﬂats. An additional 2.9 Ha (7.16 acres) of Crown lease makes this a truly productive farm. There is a plentiful supply of water from a farm spring, which is reticulated

to troughs throughout the property and the land is divided into 11 main and several smaller paddocks with excellent fencing. Two good hay barns, a three bay machinery shed and excellent cattle yards with loading dock and cattle crush are included in the improvements. The older style three bedroom, plus study, home has a separate dining and formal lounge. It has all the appeal and character of its era, but with the added comforts of a modern kitchen, Coonara heating and covered entertaining area. There is also a single garage and double carport. This attractive property is listed at the realistic price of $919,500. For an inspection, phone Gary Walker of Landmark Korumburra on 0400 106 801.

T EC KEN P S E IN WE IS TH

tuscan summers A long view-packed driveway at the end of a private lane takes you to this 10-acre haven that epitomises country living. A warm and welcoming home, picturesque dam, and established olive trees almost as far as the eye can see! Entice your family home for olive-picking holidays, and christmases beneath the shade of the old oak tree, all overlooking the green rolling hills of your own property and neighbouring farmlands. Delightfully renovated, the farmhouse exudes an elegant simplicity that captures the views and warms the soul. A hearty country kitchen, wood ﬁred heater, big picture windows and charm aplenty. Open to Inspect Sunday 1.00pm -1.30pm Address 15 Hanks Road, Nerrena To Suit Buyers $495,000 - $540,000

At a glance Location: 915 Princes Highway, Darnum, Price: $919,500. Agent: Landmark, Korumburra. Contact: Gary Walker 0400 106 801.

toora land with permit in hand- over 6 acres Lush green pasture, with 360˚ views over surrounding hills with the Toora wind farm in the distance, and Franklin River at the gate. There’s a Planning Permit so prepare to build your dream home!

dreams come true in Koonwarra Village Lots of possibilities are offered here in this rare half acre bulding block in the heart of the ‘CBD’. It’s town zoned so no planning permit is necessary. A multitude of uses (STCA) so start dreaming!

Address 380 Lamont Drive, Toora To Suit Buyers $180,000 - $198,000

Address 7 Koala Drive, Koonwarra To Suit Buyers $195,000 - $210,000

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Impatient buyers waiting!

Wanted - NOW!

a unique property for a rural township lifestyle This light and spacious 3 bedroom home on an impeccable two acres in the heart of Meeniyan presents a flexible floor plan over two levels. 2 bathrooms, 2 double garages, large water tank, and manicured lawns & gardens. Inspect to be delighted! Open to Inspect Sunday 12.00pm – 12.30 pm Address 9-11 Griffin Street (off Royston St), Meeniyan To Suit Buyers $435,000 - $478,000

allen bartlett 0417 274 624

kaz hughes 0417 516 998

glenys foster

Leongatha – young home in new estate – $350,000 to $400,000 Koonwarra – up to 5 acres, quality home – to $500,000 Meeniyan area – minimum 2 acres, modern home – $400,000 to $450,000 Leongatha – any style home with good sheds, or space to build – $180,000 to $300,000

tly! Call us urgently!

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Nerrena established pasture W

ITH good affordable grazing properties difﬁcult to ﬁnd, an opportunity presents itself at Hughes Road Nerrena.

The approximately 180 acre property consists of two titles of about 95 acres in one and 85 acres in the other. The property is clean, well fertilised and has strong established pasture with one paddock sown to a summer crop. The soils are typical strong and rich blue gum soils, with the majority of the property being of rolling hills, with an area of steeper land at the rear. There is a permanent creek running through the property and seven dams which provide a more than adequate water supply for the livestock. Fenced into ﬁve main paddocks, there is a laneway to the stockyards for easier cattle movement and handling. The stockyards are very good heavy duty yards with a Supa-Weld headbail. In close proximity to the yards is a 60’ x 30’ x 17’ high four bay machinery/hayshed with a 22,500 litre water tank for fresh water and stockyard water. Much of the property could be cut for hay. The owner is currently running cows and calves, however the property would suit steers or would make a very good dairy support block. There are numerous house sites with extensive rural views and power runs through the property. The property is just 10 minutes from Leongatha and well worth an inspection. The vendor is keen to sell and is negotiable on his asking price of $936,000.

At a glance Location: Hughes Road, Nerrena. Price: $936,000. Agents: Landmark and SEJ, Leongatha. Contact: Ross Johnson 0428 100 448 or 5662 2292, or Barry Redmond 0418 515 666 or 5662 4033.

Two words: planning permit FIVE acres with power, planning permit and sealed road frontage, are not to be missed, as farmlets are a dying lifestyle choice. This type of property cannot be created now under the State Government’s new building regulations. If you ever wanted to build your own home on a farmlet, this may well one of the last chances to so. The permit states that a home must be started by November this year.

Perhaps you might be a ﬁrst home buyer and this may qualify. There are attractive rural views and a home could be built with a northerly aspect. In a few years time this type of property will be extremely rare. The power has been paid for to the boundary by the current owner and the property is fully fenced. It is 15 minutes to Inverloch, 20 to Leongatha and 14 to Venus Bay. Vendors are keen to listen to

reasonable offers and will lease the land back if required. The property is for sale at the asking price of $199,500.

At a glance Location: Lot 1, 577 BuffaloTarwin Road, Tarwin. Price: $199,500. Agent: Harcourts, Inverloch. Contact: 56 71 1212 or Lewis Stone 0407 505 141 or Heather Atkins 0409 741 607.

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S you emerge from the elements of a South Gippsland winter, what better place to do it than in the spectacular environment of your very own little Tuscany, where the olive groves roll out before you against a backdrop of farmland and big blue skies. This 10-acre lifestyle property nestles well away from any highway noise, yet is an easy drive into Leongatha, Koonwarra and Inverloch. Here, a 1950s-style, weatherboard farmhouse has been elegantly ﬁtted and enhanced with extra windows and timber decks, and the result is a comfortable and well-maintained home that lets you take full advantage of its beautiful surrounds. A sheltered front porch opens into a broad entry hall, leading directly into the dining area.

Hardwood floors, richly stained in claret-red, easily tie-in the various living spaces. To the right, a big step down living room offers views on three sides, and has at its centre a sizzling wood heater. A wall of windows has an attractive window seat stretching the full length. At the opposite end of the entrance hall you’ll find the kitchen, not modern, but spacious and very “country”. Enhanced with up-to-date appliances including a new dishwasher, the focus is again on the outlooks and family meals around a chunky kitchen table with its bottomless bowl of home-bottled olives. Down the hallway you’ll find three decent bedrooms, one with direct access to a timber decked verandah. There’s also an updated bathroom, and a big utilities room where you’ll find a second shower. Outdoors, as well as around six

acres of established olive trees (a layout and varietal detail is available on request), there are the pre-requisite orchard, vegetable gardens, stock paddocks with loading ramp, and well established trees – of the English kind, the fruiting kind, the native kind and the shelter kind. A big shed accommodates several cars and farm machinery. Quintessentially country, with the option of an income-producing sideline, you will have to go far to beat the beauty and the feast of this one. Able to be inspected by appointment or at advertised open times (this Sunday from 1 to 1.30pm), the property, at 15 Hanks Road Nerrena, is offered to interest buyers in the range $495,000 to $540,000. Enquiries to Kaz Hughes at Prom Country First National Real Estate, on 5664 0224 or 0417 516 998.

At a glance Location: 15 Hanks Road, Nerrena. Buyer range: $495,000-$540,000. Agent: Prom Country First National, Meeniyan. Contact: Kaz Hughes 5664 0224 or 0417 516 998.

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Summit on climate A LEONGATHA Secondary College student has attended Australia’s ﬁrst youth climate change summit. Year 9 student Sabrina Jansen travelled to Sydney for the three day Power Shift conference along with ﬁve others from the region. She stayed at the University of Western Sydney in Parramatta, and learnt about climate change and the food crisis. One highlight was an attempt to draw attention to the conference by dancing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in green hard hats. Conference speakers included Greens Senator Christine Milne and ACTU president Sharon Burrows. The summit was also addressed by the New South Wales and South Australian premiers. A workshop on narrative public speaking and a talk about uranium stood out to Sabrina.

She is particularly concerned about the effect of climate change in places like Africa, India and the Pacific islands. “It’s a problem that we think is tomorrow, but they are already facing its reality today,” she said. The conference has already caused changes in Sabrina’s life and she is attempting to make her home more energy efficient South Gippsland Shire helped pay for Sabrina to attend the summit. They also assisted Courtney Smith (Stony Creek), Heather Johnson (Toora), Grace Kindellan (Foster), Imogen Quinn (Meeniyan) and Michael Beasley (Leongatha) go to Sydney. Shire Environmental Officer Skye Radcliffe-Scott said the shire hoped to increase youth engagement with key issues in the community. “We are proud of these young people for taking an interest in a key issue facing our community,” she said.

Song of joy

Workshops on offer SOUTH Gippsland shire council is offering a smorgasbord of short training business workshops. Known as “The Business Refreshment Workshop Series”, it is a program developed by council in conjunction with local industry and leading training providers, with support from Business Victoria. Among those involved are Apprenticeships Group Australia (formerly GGT), ECG, McMillan Campus, GippsTAFE, Local Learning and Employment Network, and South Gippsland Community Houses. “These workshops will assist operators to develop advanced business skills,” said Alycia Stivic, council’s business support ofﬁcer. “This has never been more relevant than now, considering the impact bushﬁres have had on many businesses, along with the current economic climate.” Full details can be downloaded from www. southgippsland.vic.gov. au or by contacting Ms Stivic on 5662 9277.

Sweet voices: the junior and senior choirs of St Laurence’s Primary School will be taking part in the Yarram Eisteddfod next week. Junior singers rehearsed last week, ﬁnetuning renditions of such songs as Batman and Jesus Loves Me. Among the choir members are, front, from left: Connor and Kylie. Middle: Matt, Campbell and Cooper. Back: Zahli and Meg.

Look here: Sabrina participated in a publicity raising dance on the steps of the Opera House.

Temperature concern: Leongatha Secondary College student Sabrina Jansen with So you think you can dance contestant Stephen at the Power Shift climate change summit in Sydney.

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Bedding down French farce

LEONGATHA’S Lyric Theatre is mounting an adventurous play in September that will have audiences in ﬁts of laughter.

A Little Hotel on the Side is a French farce, written by Georges Feydeau and Maurice DesVallieres in 1894. It was translated into English in 1984 by famous playwright John Mortimer, of Rumpole of the Bailey fame. The theatre company will do seven performances at the newly renovated Mesley Hall at Leongatha Secondary College, starting September 11 through to September 19. Bookings open early August. Set in Paris in the early 19th century, where leading man Pinglet desires an affair with his best friend’s wife. Pinglet slips away from his house and wife to take the woman to a small, seedy hotel, where far from a quiet, amorous affair, they encounter half of Paris, as well as the woman’s husband Paillardin and a family friend Mathieu with his ﬁve young daughters and Inspector Boucard from the Department of Public Morality. Hilarious bedlam, in more sense than one, ensues and after an exhausting night, morning ﬁnds the

would-be lovers anxious about their reputations. But through unbelievably good luck, they are able to wriggle themselves out of a compromising situation and turn the blame onto their unsuspecting spouses. Staging this highly amusing French farce has been a long held desire of award-winning local director Raymond Dunstan, ever since he appeared in the play in Melbourne with the Melbourne French Theatre in 1993 and on tour with the same company to Port Vila, Vanuatu, in the same year. The talented cast of 24 includes all age groups from 11 to 65. Audiences will be able to enjoy performances by Lyric stalwarts such as David Tattersall, Peter Gilbert, Alison McIntyre, Geoff Robson, Mike and Jo Street, Mark Eva and Noel Stringer. Among the newcomers are Bruce Grainger and Christine Skicko, and younger members Aron Toman, Krissi Creighton, Maddy Dale, Libby Panther, Louise Dower, Annabel and Mikaela Kellaway. Watch out for promising young character actor Michael Dixon, who is throwing up a real surprise performance.

Rehearsal time: Christine Skicko (Angelique) and Brad Beach (Mathieu) share a joke during rehearsals at Lyric’s Eagger Studio.

Farcical affair: In this famous French farce, Bruce Grainger is Pinglet, the man who has the affair. Alison McIntyre plays Marcelle, Pinglet’s next door neighbour.

Lyric farce: Lyric cast rehearses for the French farce coming to town.

Breaking a hundred L E O N G AT H A Golf Club is planning a golf day at the Woorayl Golf Club on September 22 to commemorate 100 years of golf in Leongatha. Golf ﬁrst started in the area where the Woorayl Golf Club is currently located on September 22, 1909, and the golf day to be held at the Golf Club in September will mark 100 years of golf in Leongatha. “The day will mark the start of golf here in Leongatha 100 years to the day,” Jon Smith said. The Leongatha Golf Club will continue its centenary celebrations in November. “In November we will be launching our book on the history of the club,” Mr. Smith said. “We will also be holding our annual tournament and we hope that this brings back golfers from the past.”

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Town back in town By Davyd Reid LEONGATHA Town Cricket Club expects to have their new club rooms completed in two weeks, which will see the rooms in use for the coming cricket season. The old rooms at the club had originally been taken away for the special school, with the club to get access to another building. However it was decided that this building was also needed, so the club instead received some money to build on the other side of the oval. Despite receiving some money for the project, the club has had to work hard with fundraising to help pay off the new rooms. “Last season we chopped wood, carted hay, and we also had an auction which was particularly good as we raised close to $25,000.

More fundraising activities will be organised for this cricket season,” said John Schelling. “We are also hoping to have some functions at the rooms to help pay them off. We have a 21st here in a couple of weeks but we are looking to host more mature age functions due to the fact that we have residents living behind us and need to be mindful of noise levels.” Any enquiries about having a function at the new club rooms can be directed to Brian Davies on 5662 2425. The new rooms will open up new opportunities for the club, with a new kitchen allowing for teas after training on a Thursday night, which John Schelling hopes will attract more people to the club. “Everyone is welcome to come down to the club for training and Thursday night teas. We will ad-

vertise this closer to the cricket season,” said Mr Schelling. “Previously guys would come to train and play their cricket, maybe have a couple of beers and a barbecue. With the new kitchen we will be able to do meals and attract family members to the club.” The rooms also have a wood heater and television as well as toilet facilities for males, females, and the disabled. The toilets feature automatic lighting. The new club rooms are located at the west end of Leongatha Secondary College overlooking the ﬁrst oval, and a new driveway has been put in place for easier access. “Matt Smith has been the driving force behind this project, working hard around the place to get things up and running” said Mr. Schelling.

Rooms with a view: Brian Davies and John Schelling enjoy the vista from the balcony of the club rooms.

Mind games at LPS LAST week was the grand ﬁnal of the Congklak Challenge which has been running on Wednesday lunchtimes for Grades 5 and 6 children. Congklak is a board game played with shells, with the aim being to have the most shells in your store at the end of the game. The challengers in the three-way play-off were Matthew Minogue, Nathan Hardacre and Aidan Walker, with the eventual champion being Matthew and the runnerup Nathan. Congratulations to Matthew, Nathan and Aidan for their skill, their exciting games and their ﬁne sportsmanship throughout the contest.

Council tribute SOUTH Gippsland shire councillors paid tribute to the late Yvonne Thunder at their last council meeting. Mrs Thunder was the ﬁrst woman president of the Woorayl Shire and stayed on as a councillor after council amalgamations in 1994. She died on June 26, aged 70, Mayor Jim Fawcett attended her funeral on July 3. Cr Fawcett said Mrs Thunder was “a wonderful person, who would be sadly missed not only by her family but by fellow councillors and the community at large”. Cr Bob Newton and Cr Jeanette Harding, who had worked with Mrs Thunder as councillors also spoke. “I had the pleasure of working with her. I found her to be an extraordinary woman and councillor. I could not speak more highly of her,” Cr Newton said. “She worked extremely hard during the amalgamation,” Cr Harding said. “She was able to bring us all together as one. We were fortunate to have had her as our representative during those busy and difﬁcult times.”

Top three: Matthew Minogue, Aidan Walker and Nathan Hardacre were the champions of Congklak.

Modern classic: the clubrooms look majestic on the edge of the oval.

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By Bert van Bedaf WALKING through the neatly kept gardens and past the rows of graves at Leongatha Cemetery, the silence is majestic. The inscriptions on the grave stones tell the stories of the departed - of their life and times and their origins, from Ireland, Holland, Italy, England, Scotland, and many more - pioneers to the district. There’s little Miss Hogan, who died aged nine in 1891. The daughter of one of the railway workers, she died as a result of the cold and wet conditions at Black Spur Camp near Koonwarra. She was buried in a nearby paddock. It was fenced off and a cypress tree was planted to mark her gravesite. In 1956 her remains were dug up, when a highway deviation passed through her grave. She was buried at Leongatha cemetery and a plaque was erected in her honour in 1957.

First gravesite: Cemetery trust manager Shirleyanne Wright and gardener Colin Rodger are at the ﬁrst gravesite in the cemetery. Denis Maher was buried in 1889. Alma Thomas is “at peace with Jesus” after a full life. She died in 1999, aged 85. A picture of her reveals a lovely smile. Bridget Hynes (nee Nolan) was born in Ireland in 1831. She arrived in Geelong in 1852 and was a Eureka Stockade witness during the rebellion in 1854. She married Thomas Hynes in Ballarat that year. S h e

was 23 and married only two months when she heard gunﬁre at the Stockade. She protected the wounded from bayonet attacks by soldiers and police, helped by other women, saving many miners. Bridget and Tom became farmers and reared 11 children. Tom died in 1897, aged 69. Bridget and one of her sons, Martin lived in Leongatha until her death in 1910, aged 82. The Right Reverend Monsignors James Thomas Fitzpatrick and John Raymond Cunningham are buried side-by-side. Both were parish priests of Leongatha. Rev. Fitzpatrick died in December 1960 and Rev. Cunningham took over the following year. He died in 1980. The cemetery was established around the same time the township was settled in the late 1800s. According to historical data, Leongatha

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emerged “during the 1870s when gold fossickers from nearby Mount Eccles stayed in the area to take up land for farming”. The Post Office opened as Koorooman on October 1, 1887, and was renamed Leongatha in 1891 when a township was established on the arrival of the railway. The coming of the Great Southern Railway in 1892 boosted the development of the district. The first burial took place in 1889 and the grave can still be seen in the cemetery. A tree feller, Denis Maher and fellow railway worker William Holm were struck by a falling tree on September 14. Holm was killed instantly. Maher seriously fractured a leg. Men were sent as far as Drouin to fetch a doctor, but Maher died two days later from his injuries, aged 40. Manager of the Leongatha Cemetery Trust, Shirleyanne Wright said there had been 4598 burials to date, some of them are unmarked graves. A plaque has been erected to perpetuate their memory. In the old days, the cemetery held four sections to separate the Anglicans, Catholics, Presbyterians and Methodists, but this is no longer practised today. The old section features impressively, with several ornate grave sites that reflect not only the family’s wealth, but also the affection and esteem in which the dead were held. The cemetery is well maintained by gardener Colin Rodger, who has been looking after the gardens, hedges and roses for the last eight years, tending to the greenery and flowers every Thursday. The grounds are rich in flora, those deposited by mourners on the graves and many surrounding them. Thirty Lipstick Maples have been planted and Colin Rodger has been extending the rose gardens throughout this finely kept cemetery. The busiest visiting days are over Christmas and Easter and on Father’s Day and Mother’s Day.

Plotting history By Lyn Skillern LAND for the Leongatha Cemetery was set aside by Surveyor Lardner in the 1880s. John Lardner and his surveying party were responsible for surveying large areas of land in South, West and Central Gippsland in the 1870s and 1880s. The group divided the country into farms, known as selections, and townships. Each surveyed township had a cemetery area set aside. Some settlements, for example Koorooman at Leongatha North, did not eventuate and the cemetery blocks were never used. These generally became small acreages. In the case of Leongatha the cemetery block was used from 1889 on. The ﬁrst burial was that of Denis Maher and this was followed by William Holm.

Set in stone: history is etched in every gravestone in the Leongatha cemetery.

The two men were working on the construction of the Great Southern Railway and died as a result of being hit by a falling tree near the present railway station. So dense was the bush that the graves were inadvertently dug on the roadway and had to be moved. The widow of Denis Maher started a coffee palace, a form of café and guest house, on the top corner of Jeffrey Street and Long Street. Later Mrs Maher remarried and went to New Zealand. Some descendants of Denis Maher visited Leongatha a few years ago to see his grave. They were thrilled to see it in such great repair. In the early days the cemetery was divided up according to religion so that there was a section for the main Christian churches; the Church of England, the Catholic Church, the Presbyterians and Methodists. The grave sites were purchased and several

families had plots for many family members. In recent times the lawn cemetery area was established as was the area for those who were cremated.

Divided in death: Catholics and Protestants maintained their differences even in the after-life.

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Footy for females A GROUP of Year 11 boys at Leongatha Secondary College took a footy skills clinic with about 80 girls last month. Leongatha Primary School Grade 5 girls were tutored in goal kicking, handball, tackling, marking and kicking. Patrick Kindellan was teaching goal kicking skills including the importance of concentrating and pointing the foot in the direction the ball needs to go. He said the clinic at the college’s West Oval was part of an English project that required students to teach others something. The girl’s skills were better than expected though many dropped the ball as they kicked. But the Grade 5s were fast learners and the instructors enjoyed teaching as well, despite a few challenges keeping the girls attention.

Teaching the game: Nick Phelan instructs students on good tackle strategy.

Rotary taps into Fawcett JIM Fawcett admits that in his youth, he may have been a bit of a lair, but fortunately his talents were nurtured and have now come to fruition in that Cr Fawcett has successfully conducted an accountancy business in Leongatha for over 20 years. He advised the Leongatha Rotary Club at its meeting on Monday, July 13, that he was driven to stand as a council member as a result of a sudden rush of blood brought about by what he considers is the public’s perception of the council as being populist and not prepared to make hard decisions having regard to the long term beneﬁts of the community. Cr Fawcett freely admits that he was surprised to ﬁnd how intensely personal and passionate the public were in relation to local issues. Clearly, local politics is not for the faint-hearted. The council has been shaken of recent times by the resignation of the CEO and also by the traumas visited on the com-

munity by the recent bushfires. This diverted the council’s attention significantly from matters at hand; however Cr Fawcett is hopeful that a new CEO will be installed in the next three to six months, and that the council is now back on track. Council has been heavily involved in planning, which will come to fruition over the next five to 10 years. In three years time he anticipates capital expenditure will have increased by 50 per cent. Further, there will be substantial building activities undertaken to re-house the shire. It is anticipated that this will commence in the next eight years at a cost of between $8m and $12m. Cr Fawcett’s principal concerns are infrastructure and also to clarify the confusion that has arisen over recent planning issues. The Rotary Club is hopeful that Cr Fawcett will be able to return to the club in 12-18 months time in order to address the club again on what he sees as the council’s achievements over that period of time.

Footy skills: Leongatha Primary School Grade 5 girls practice taking a “specky”. Left: Aim help: Jack Van Rooy with a handball kit at the clinic.

Thanking you: Leongatha Rotarian Paul Beck presents a small gift to guest speaker Cr Jim Fawcett.

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ISLAMacee Burge is another precious daughter for Dale and Lisa and sister for Sienna. Isla was born at South Gippsland Hospital, Foster on July 10.

TAHLIA Claire Lafferty was born at Leongatha Hospital on June 6, 2009. Tahlia is the second child of Mark and Kate Lafferty. She is a sister for Ayla and another granddaughter for Lester, Maureen, Nick and Leanne. Right: PHOENIX Lee Lorkin was born on July 18 at the Leongatha Memorial MADISON Ellen Braumann was born in Leon- Hospital. He is the second gatha Memorial Hospital on June 15 and is the child for Marcus and Danielle ﬁrst child for Kyle and Sharmian Braumann of of Jeetho and has a big sister Savannah. Leongatha.

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This is a great week for expanding your circle of acquaintances and joining a new type of organisation. A problem situation could come to a head before the weekend. Your independent streak surfaces Friday - Saturday. TAURUS - April 21 - May 22

It’s not what you know but who you know - and your contacts do wonderful things for you now. Precision should be your current byword. Don’t be sloppy about any form of detail work. GEMINI - May 23 - June 21

There is a great chance for reconciliations, but you must make the ﬁrst move. Best friends are keeping you laughing. Your boss or another authority ﬁgure may surprise you with his or her own brand of humour. CANCER - June 22 - July 22

This week includes some luck, but it’s the kind you earn such as a bonus or promotion, not the kind you walk into. If you are alone now, you are relatively content as well. LEO - July 23 - August 22

A small ﬁnancial disappointment is possible, perhaps because of unanticipated expenses and a purchase may have to be postponed. The good news is that family relationships improve and romantic spirits soar. VIRGO - August 23 - September 22

This week is not the time for any kind of showdown, so don’t attempt fate. It is however, a time for tackling a new work project and getting to know a new side of a (till now) casual acquaintance. LIBRA - September 23 - October 22

A communication from far away adds mystery to the week. A big secret may have to be brought into the open on Friday. Don’t mince words the weekend is for challenging, not pampering yourself. SCORPIO - October 23 - November 21

A signiﬁcant number of exciting times in your romantic life happen now, so long as you are willing to be more open. An investment opportunity may open up by Thursday and there could be real potential - but careful evaluation is a must. SAGITTARIUS - November 22 - December 22

A signiﬁcant accomplishment in your work environment takes place this week and there’s news of a reunion as well. Financial matters become entangled by the weekend, but you still make monetary gains. CAPRICORN - December 23 - January 20

Originality is the present keyword and especially in the domestic environment. Don’t compromise just for the sake of keeping the peace. A loved one changes plans abruptly. AQUARIUS - January 21 - February 19

You are on the go Thursday - Friday, but the weekend could bring relief in the form of a helpful family. Check sources before passing along any information now. Travel for business or pleasure, not both is favoured. PISCES - February 20 - March 20

The week is marked by at least one near miss and two uncanny coincidences. Go after the best advice before investing or moving funds. A loved one may be inconsistent on the weekend. BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK

You manage to be the centre of attention wherever you are, but when you put your all into everything, you are sometimes a little too hard and demanding of yourself. The year ahead emphasises new faces, but old established ideas.

ANGLICAN: Wednesday, July 30: 11am St Peter’s Mid-Week HC. Sunday, August 2: 8am St Peter’s HC; 10am St Peter’s Contemporary Worship with HC. ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Mirboo North. Phone 5668 1346. Holy Communion 8.30am: Worship and Sunday School 10am. ST PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Korumburra: Sunday 9.30am. Poowong: First and third Sundays, 11.30am. ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Wonthaggi. Sunday, 10.30am: Holy Communion & Sunday School; Monday, 7.30pm: Holy Communion; Wednesday, 8.45am: Christian prayer & meditation, 10am: Holy Communion. CHURCH OF ASCENSION: Inverloch, Sunday, 9am: Holy Communion & Sunday School; Tuesday, 9am: Christian prayer & meditation; 10am: Holy Communion; Thursday 7.30pm: Holy Communion. 5th Sunday services, alternating at Wonthaggi & Inverloch, contact Rev Bruce Charles for details, 5672 3984. THE CHURCH AT ARCHIES CREEK: Meeting every Sunday at Archies Creek. Morning Communion Service 11 am: Evening Holy Spirit Revival 6pm: Phone: Ps. Chris Chetland 5674 3867 or 5672 4660. ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: Prom Coast Community Church Inc. - Foster Community House, Station Street, 10am: Sunday. Sunday School and Creche operates. Pastor Bill Watson 5686 2248. A.O.G. Inverloch - Cnr Bear and McIntosh Street, Inverloch. Sunday Service 10am; Imagine Christmas Day Service 9am. Contact: Jeff Robertson, 0418 125 832 or Imagine Burwood 9888 7466. Korumburra Southern Hills A.O.G. - 4 Mine Rd, 10am and 6pm: Sunday. Also Children’s Church and Creche. Contact: Pastor Vic Butera 5655 2478. Youth: Neville Stuart ph. 0407 343 219. Leongatha South Gippsland Liberty Fellowship - 17 Michael Place, Leongatha. Sunday services: 11 am and 7pm. All enquiries contact Pastor David Stegmann 5662 2785. Office: 5662 3100. Wonthaggi A.O.G. - Billson Street, 10am: Sunday. Contact: Pastor Barry Smith 5672 3984. CHRISTIAN REVIVAL CRUSADE: 40 Hughes Street, Leongatha. Sunday, Morning Service 10.30 am: Inspirational Service, 6.30pm: Children’s Church 10.30am: Home cells weekly; Kids Club Thursdays 4pm Guide Hall. For all enquiries contact 5664 5455. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST: Saturdays, Church service 10am., Leon-

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

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

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8181

ACROSS 1. Creature (8) 6. Search (4) 8. Stage (4) 9. Musical instrument (8) 10. Sag (5) 11. Whiten (6) 13. Pencil (6) 15. Wealth (6) 17. Siren (6) 19. Sphere (5) 22. Obstruction (8) 23. Meat (4) 24. Salver (4) 25. Gas (8)

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

DOWN Absolute (5) Disease (7) Ceremony (4) Convict (8) Rope (5) Handcuff (7) Intrude (8) Fowl (7) Music (7) Intoxicated (5) Push (5) Peruse (4)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8181 ACROSS 1. Misled, wouldn’t you agree, about the halter? (3,5). 6. A poem about how you are unhappy (4). 8. Works with the ball-boy (4). 9. Have the horse stop and I will get on (8). 10. An author or two (5). 11. The man, you assume, is in England (6). 13. Banker staying in a guest-house (6). 15. Mum regrets hiding the pieces of film (6). 17. Won’t keep still while you play (6). 19. Started, for instance, in the prohibition (5). 22. Undo and reveal? (8). 23. Constitutional act (4). 24. Needs, out West, workers (4). 25. In fear and trembling, hide the gun in the shutter (8). DOWN 2. Give a quarter to a down-and-out (5). 3. Tying up when it’s raining (7). 4. Be surprised to find the sun peeping through the opening (4). 5. Are they lagging behind other advertisements? (8). 6. See through the people at the greengrocer’s (5). 7. Mean to sit for first (7). 12. Wouldn’t go through with it when one gave the starting signal (5,3). 14. View as something edible; good right through (7). 16. Ties in loops round the little gift for the child (7). 18. Shorten “arrival and departure areas” (5). 20. Say you will again, in time (5). 21. Pronounced the vowels in “trees” (4).

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Naive fascination: The naive paintings by Brian Cragg continue to fascinate art fans. His second exhibition at Gecko Studio Gallery is equally as popular as his ﬁrst.

Naive style fascinates THE fascination with the work of naive painter Brian Cragg continues. His second exhibition at Gecko Studio Gallery in Fish Creek opened on July 19 and again attracted a large and appreciative crowd. It runs until August 15, so there’s plenty of time to have a good look around. Because Brian doesn’t put an astronomical ﬁgure on his work, the paintings just about ﬂy out of the door. The average price of his work hovers around $50 or $60, with several at $20 and one painting at $100, which makes Brian’s paintings very affordable. Appropriately called Bright and Cheerful, the opening enjoyed good sales, according to gallery co-owner Michael Lester.

Dog sale: Artist Laurie Collins parted with Snarly after a Melbourne couple bought his iron dog for $2000.

Dog finds new home THERE’S something about the bond between a man and his dog that touches everyone’s heart. Artist Laurie Collins and his dog Snarly were together for quite some time, but a few weeks ago they parted. Snarly found a better home and Laurie collected the money. Laurie created Snarly. He forged him out of iron over a couple of months. Standing about 180cm, as tall as an adult male, Snarly packed an imposing presence at the Meeniyan Art Gallery for

several weeks. Snarly was part of a combined exhibition, called On the Wild Side, of Laurie’s metal sculptures, textile artist Chris Beehag and painter Pauline John, who had made Venetian masks for the occasion. A Melbourne couple, from Chelsea, bought Snarly, who at ﬁrst sight is not a particularly endearing ﬁgure. But he tends to grow on you. Once you get to know him, he’s quite a reasonable fellow and at a sale price of $2000, a valuable work of art to boot.

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Mastering the kitchen

IN the post-MasterChef world, cooking is the talk of the town. Julie, Chris, Justine and (the desperately unlucky) Poh are instant household names for their exploits behind the kitchen bench. MasterChef - along with the rise of celebrity chefs like Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey and Nigella Lawson – has raised the proﬁle of cooking from a mundane chore to a seemingly glamorous career. At Jacks Restaurant at the Leongatha Bowling Club, local students are learning that life in the kitchen is 10 per cent inspiration, 90 per cent perspiration. Linda Austin, who runs the course on behalf of GippsTAFE, said the rise of television chefs has certainly encouraged youngsters to reconsider hospitality as a career. It’s a bit of inspiration for them. When I started, hospitality wasn’t really seen as career, it was almost the area where, if you couldn’t get a job – you did hospitality. That wasn’t really the case because a lot of us were there because we really wanted it as a career. I think training for hospitality has become more well-known now. Has the money improved since you started out? It has improved. There are a lot of penalties due to the after hours work. It is not a glamorous industry because it’s not Monday to Friday, nine till ﬁve, which is probably a reason some people don’t take it on. They want their weekends. That’s probably the biggest factor. They are young and they want to go out with

their friends. A lot of these people here may not continue in hospitality forever, but this might be a means to getting a part-time job while they are at uni or while they travel the world. Has the rise of TV cooking shows brought a change in the everyday food culture? People expect a lot more. Food costs a lot more than it used to, but the guests expect a lot more too. They are expecting to come out for a whole experience, not just good food. They want the service, they want the standards and hopefully that is what we will be achieving with these guys too. Is this reﬂected in home cooking? A lot more time and effort goes into it, rather than it being just a meal. It’s a whole social occasion really, for a lot of people. Have you changed the way you cook? I think I have. It’s a lot healthier. When I started hospitality a lot of food was fried, now it is probably one or two per cent of what we do here. They have units that they have to learn which encompass all of that, but we really try to turn it around so it is much healthier. Cutting the portion sizes is probably the other big difference we have noticed. That’s a big difference between city and country people. Country people expect a big full plate when they go out, while city people expect it to look nice and delicate. Whereas up here, if we served that, people would be saying, where’s my quantity? Three slices of kangaroo and a

peice of asparagus won’t cut it around here? Probably not, no. What’s the state of food in South Gippsland? It’s improving. From what sort of base? I think people are probably a lot more passionate about what they are doing and they are trying to lift the levels of what it is. I think there is still a bit to go, but it is certainly better than it was. A lot of these local businesses are pretty good. There’s still those places mired in menus from 20 years ago. They do, I guess they are happy and comfortable and they have left it at that, but with more competition, the bar gets raised. Do older people prefer to eat what they have eaten in past years? Is that a problem, that they want to be served bangers and mash, not some fancy food? We experience a lot of older people here, because they are the clientele who have the time to come out for lunch. We had a group here on Thursday who loved it, but it is not typically the type of food they are used to. But they love it. They love getting waited on and the oneon-one attention they get, which in the industry does not happen because the (staff/customer) ratios are a bit different to what we have here. Jacks Restaurant is open for Tuesday lunch, Wednesday café lunch and Thursday evenings for the next seven weeks.

Here to serve: Linda Austin (right) and chef Jacki Driscoll get service with a smile from hospitality student Sarah Davies.

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• VLE LEONGATHA

VLE Leongatha Prices unchanged to 7c/kg cheaper bullock sale WITH Leongatha being the highWednesday, July 22 Total yarding: Bullocks - 449 av. $1047.46, 182c/kg; bulls - 1 av. $712.50, 150c/kg; stag - 2 av. $949.48, 163c/kg.

Bullocks (Ranked by $/head): N. & M. Hade, Bass, 1 av. 785kg, 185.6c, $1456.96; A. & W.A. Hunter, Kernot, 7 av. 789kg, 183.6c, $1447.82; B. Shadley, 12 av. 729kg, 193.2c, $1407.95; Bryon Woodcok Farms, 1 av. 780kg, 177.6c, $1385.28, 1 av. 735kg, 168.6c, $1239.21; G. & A. Crawford, 5 av. 694kg, 194.2c, $1347.75; G. Coulter, Mardan, 3 av. 817kg, 163.2c, $1332.80; G.R. & P.R. Charman, 11 av. 690kg, 191.6c, $1322.04; D.E. & G.E. Gow, Moyarra, 2 av. 663kg 192c, $1272; A. & A. Rosato, 7 av. 678kg, 185.6c, $1258.10. (Ranked by c/kg): G. & A. Crawford, 5 av. 694kg, 194.2c, 1 av. 630kg, 194.2c;

B. Shadley, 12 av. 729kg, 193.2c; P.R. Fox, 11 av. 607kg, 193.2c, 2 av. 598kg, 193.2c; C.J. & P.D. Henwood, French Island, 11 av. 596kg, 193c; M. Forsyth, 16 av. 579kg, 193c; R.J. Grylls, 6 av. 638kg, 192.2c; Jasmel Nominees, Tarwin Lower, 14 av. 546kg, 192.2c; A.J. Roberts, Leongatha, 9 av. 498kg, 192.2c.

Bulls

est price sale in the state last week, buyers were not as keen and reduced demand saw prices ease up to 7c/kg. However, there were some sales in most categories that were unchanged. The small number of vealers made to 204c with most of the yearlings making between 142c and 182c/kg. There was a reasonable number of these purchased to be fed on grain. Even though prices averaged 3c/kg lower,

there were plenty of bullocks that made from 188c to the top price of 194.2c/kg. The larger yarding also included a number of manufacturing bullocks, some of which were Friesians. Crossbred bullocks made from 163c to 181c, and the Friesians made between 147c and 156c/kg. Despite an average of 4c/kg the larger penning of cows sold very well, as there were a lot of poor yielding cows sold. The few better quality beef cows made from 138c to 155c with most of the balance of the yarding between 115c and 143c/kg. Only the very poor and light weight cows made from 81c to 128c/kg.

(Ranked by $/head): D. Nave, 1 av. 475kg, 150c, $712.50. (Ranked by c/kg): D. Nave, 1 av. 475kg, 150c.

Stags (Ranked by $/head): Leyroy Thompson, 1 av. 605kg, 163c, $986.15; D. Nave, 1 av. 560kg, 163c, $912.80. Ranked by c/kg: D. Nave, 1 av. 560kg, 163c; Leyroy Thompson, 1 av. 605kg, 163c.

Wednesday, July 22 BULLOCKS 12 R.J. & C.M. McGill, Kongwak 5 G. & A. Crawford, French Island 12 B. Shandley, Lance Creek 11 P. Fox, Yinnar 11 P. & C. Henwood, French Island 6 R.J. Grylls, Yanakie STEERS 1 R.J. & C.M. McGill, Kongwak 16 M. Forsyth, Thorpdale 3 A.W. Scarff, Mardan 15 Boytanrath Past., Kardella 43 Jasmel Nom., Tarwin Lower 2 C. Zissis, Oakleigh COWS 1 N. Belcher, Woodside 1 Le Serve Cont P/L, French Island 1 M.J. & L.M. Brunt, Poowong 1 A.K. & D. Morrison, Glengarry 1 M. & N. Bracecamp, Berrys Creek 1 N.G., D.A., J.D. Buckland, Fish Creek HEIFERS 1 C. Delbridge, Doomburrim 1 I.S. & H.L. Park, Fish Creek 1 B.J. Griggs, D. Saliba, Hallston 2 D. Jelbart, Tarwin Lower 1 K.L. & C.M. Tonkin, Outtrim 1 Shandley B2, Lance Creek BULLS 1 Vagg G2, Leongatha 1 M.J. & L.M. Brunt, Poowong 1 D.L. Brain, B. Thorson, Poowong East 1 L.J. & H. Cruickshank, Korumburra 1 Jon Bryan, Allambee East 1 Netherwood Past., Burwood

607 694 729 607 596 638

194.2 194.2 193.2 193.2 193.0 192.2

1178.96 1347.00 1408.00 1172.00 1150.00 1227.00

545 579 533 529 556 415

194.2 193.0 192.2 192.0 189.9 185.6

1058.39 1117.00 1025.07 1015.00 1056.00 770.24

730 620 565 550 530 515

155.0 1131.50 152.2 943.64 147.0 830.55 147.0 808.50 147.0 779.10 147.0 757.05

375 300 145 380 310 490

203.6 196.6 194.6 185.0 183.6 183.6

763.50 589.80 282.17 706.00 569.16 899.64

188.0 186.0 185.6 185.0 175.0 174.6

1598.00 1646.10 1327.04 1489.25 1417.50 1684.89

850 885 715 805 810 965

Stress less for production SHEEP and cattle are able to evaluate the actions of others in relation to themselves and third parties. Inappropriate handling

can lead to fear of humans and, in turn, depending on the regularity of contact and handling, chronic stress responses can burn up energy, which could otherwise be used to produce meat, wool or milk. Highly stressed animals translate in economic terms to decreased production, reproduction and growth. Research has shown that inappropriate handling can result in up to a 20 per cent variation in productivity, reproduction and product quality, especially in more intensively handled livestock such as pigs and dairy cattle. Understanding the behaviour of stock and how they perceive humans is a key factor in ensuring stock handlers act in ways that will not initiate a fear response. While fear is a normal and adaptive response designed to prevent injury, chronic fear in animals can cause long term stress

responses, making routine handling difﬁcult. When moving livestock, the key skill to low stress stock handling is to apply ‘pressure’ to the ﬂight zone of an animal to make it move, then releasing that pressure when the required movement has been achieved. The most common mistake made is to continue to apply pressure when movement in the desired direction has already started. Canny producers generally use their knowledge of livestock behaviour to advantage in all aspects of livestock production and management. For example, helping stock to become familiar with humans in a neutral setting, such as a paddock, can help reduce the impact of negative procedures necessary as part of normal animal husbandry. Having properly designed facilities and yards also helps with

labour efﬁciency and allows easy movement of livestock. It’s worth noting livestock have long memories, especially with respect to unpleasant experiences and will try hard to avoid places where they have had bad experiences. However, the good news is, livestock also learn from and remember good experiences, for example lambs fed supplementary feed with their mothers will consistently come to a feed trail later in life. Livestock are fearful of loud noises, yelling and barking. As a natural defence, they see dogs and humans as predators and will generally try to get away from them. Working an understanding of animal behaviours into your livestock handling techniques will increase productivity. For more information, contact your nearest Animal Health at DPI Ellinbank on 5624 2222 or DPI Leongatha on 5662 9900.

Money for Fonterra suppliers FONTERRA has paid about $7.5 million in Seasonal Ratio Payments (SRP) and the Northern Supply Incentive (NSI) to Victorian and Tasmanian suppliers for 2008/09. Fonterra offers the SRP as a premium to keep its manufacturing sites utilised and support the growth of its fresh

VLE LEONGATHA KOONWARRA

Sale Draw July 29 & 30 1. Elders 2. Rodwells 3. Alex Scott 4. SEJ 5. David Phelan & Co 6. Landmark

dairy consumer product categories. The SRP recognises the additional costs incurred by farmers operating farming systems with a ﬂatter supply pattern across the year. More than 400 Victorian and Tasmanian Fonterra suppliers received payments under SRP or NSI. Fonterra is also processing more than $500,000 in Herd Test Incentive payments for eligible suppliers.

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Health award: Dr Dong Xu received a major Diabetes Australia award from DA Victoria’s director of programs and services Dr Ralph Audehm, surrounded by Korumburra staff members, Nadine Smith (manager), Cindy Nicholas, Donna Smith, Tania Findlay, Jo Hillbrick (GPA South Gippsland), Jean White, Jenny Edwards, Jo Humphreys, Debbie Paterson, Dr Monika Berghofen and Dr Mark Bensley.

Walk right in: Wayne Kuhne talks to visiting farmers while one of his Jersey cows strolls through the group.

Awards for diabetes prevention

NSW farm visit

THE Korumburra and Wonthaggi medical centres have been awarded for the role they play in diabetes prevention. Last year the two practices made more than 70 referrals. Data compiled by Diabetes Australia in Victoria shows that the prevalence of diabetes in the South Gippsland shire has risen to more than four per cent in 2006, which is a 79 per cent increase from the number of cases of diabetes in 2001. The same data showed that the prevalence of diabetes in Wonthaggi rose to ﬁve per cent in 2006, which was 66 per cent up from the number of cases of diabetes in 2001. Victoria’s director of programs and services of Diabetes Australia, Dr Ralph Audehm presented Korumburra staff members with their award in the form of a plaque last Tuesday. The Korumburra centre recorded the highest number of referrals, followed by the Wonthaggi

Medical Centre, which will receive its award on August 5. “The referrals produce great beneﬁts for the patients involved as they can prevent many complications of diabetes,” Dr Audehm said. “The Korumburra and Wonthaggi medical centres are leading the State in identifying patients at risk of typetwo diabetes and referring them to local courses. “The practices have made more than 70 referrals to the type two diabetes prevention program in the last year. In so doing they have helped slow the incidence of type two diabetes in the South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires.” One of the medical centre partners, Dr Dong Xu accepted the award on behalf of the centre. Diabetes Australia is the leading charity and peak consumer body representing all people with diabetes and those at risk.

By Davyd Reid

FARMERS from as far as Coffs Harbour in northern New South Wales visited the area recently

as part of their agriculture studies at TAFE. The visit gave the farmers the opportunity to experience a different farming environment, with a vastly different

Invy CWA news ON July 14, CWA president Joyce Ingle welcomed 11 members to the Inverloch meeting. Eleven members were absent due to sickness or holidays. Two of our ladies are in hospital, being re-ﬁtted with new hips and knees. Hopefully they will be the new six million dollar caped crusaders of Inverloch. We wish them well. Last month the group did a mystery trip and arrived at Port Albert for lunch at the hotel. We were taken on a tour of the town by one of the town members which

was very interesting, then on to view the wind farm, which became the obvious choice due to the fact it was blowing almost a gale. Craft this month was for ladies wanting to learn how to knit and crochet. Phyl O’Day celebrated her birthday, and Gwen Rees won the raffle. Marj White won first place for her flower and three ladies shared second place. The president’s luncheon will be held at The Esplanade Hotel in Inverloch on August 6 at noon.

Tarwin Lower Red Cross GLENDA Arbuthnot, president, welcomed the 18 members to the annual general meeting, followed by the pledge. Glenda gave a detailed account of the year’s events and thanked the secretary, treasurer and all the members for the support given throughout the year. It was pleasing to hear in the treasurer’s report that $3738, including for the bushﬁre appeal had been sent to headquarters. All positions were declared vacant, with the new committee being president – Glenda Arbuthnot, assistant president – Marie McIntosh, secretary – Val Latham, assistant secretary – Sarah Arbuthnot, treasurer – Heather Marshall, assistant

treasurer – Kim Kirkus, Telecross convenors – Terri Morris, Beck Owen and Bron Ellen. After our meeting we could smell the delicious aromas coming from the kitchen where our ‘Christmas in July’ was getting prepared by Trudy McColl and Deb Negus. All members donated a food item to make up the lunch consisting of turkey, ham and all the roast vegies, followed by sweets. Special thanks to the cooks who put it all together. We had 23 members seated at the lovely tables decorated by Pam Parker, with candles, bon-bons and holly. This was a lovely way to ﬁnish the annual general meeting. The next meeting is on Tuesday, August 4 at 1.30pm.

Friendly locals: Bowraville visitor Nelly was delighted with this sociable cow.

climate here in South Gippsland than in northern New South Wales. Escorted by Peter Notman from Notmans Seeds, the group visited farms across Gippsland, including Wayne Kuhne’s Koonwarra dairy farm. Mr Kuhne said that they were just trying to give an insight into what they do and how things operate here in South Gippsland. Nelly of Bowraville, who has a dairy with 360 cows, said that it was interesting to learn about

the different ways of managing herds. “There is different planning down here as opposed to back home, with our feed gap being different in that ours is at the end of winter going into August,” she said. “There are always new products coming out and different ways of doing things, plus there is the animal health regulations and code of conduct which you always have to keep up with.”

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GOOD ERECTIONS? PREMATURE EJACULATION? WOMEN: Community meetings The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) will hold community meetings in Warragul and Traralgon to gather comment on the draft Fire Operations Plan for local public land in the municipalities of Baw Baw, Latrobe City, Bass Coast and South Gippsland Shire.

REMOVAL OF OLD SCHOOL BUILDING SEEKING EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

The meetings are an opportunity for people to discuss fire prevention works, asset protection and ecological burns planned for public parks and forests over the next three years. Traralgon – Monday 3 August Quality Inn La Trobe Convention Centre 5601 Princes Hwy, Traralgon 7-9pm, formal presentation at 7:30pm.

Warragul – Tuesday 4 August The Fountain Room West Gippsland Art Centre Albert Street, Warragul 7-9pm, formal presentation at 7:30pm.

A light supper will be provided at the meetings. For catering purposes please RSVP to Lauren Kew of DSE on (03) 5172 2156. There will be an information stand on Thursday 13 August between 10am and 2pm in Traralgon’s Stockland Mall in Franklin Street. This is another opportunity for people to look at maps, ask questions and provide feedback on the fire operations plans.

Please note the draft Fire Operations Plans and community meetings relate to public land only, and do not cover fire preperation on private property. www.dse.vic.gov.au Customer Service Centre 136 186

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The draft plan can be viewed at www.dse.vic.gov.au/fire or by visiting: • Noojee DSE, 12 McCarthy Spur Road Noojee • Erica DSE, Thomson Valley Road, Parkers Corner • Foster Parks Victoria, Main & Mcdonald Street, Foster. • Leongatha DPI, 12 Peart St, Leongatha. • Traralgon DSE, 71 Hotham Street, Traralgon • Wonthaggi Parks Victoria, 15-17 Inverloch Wonthaggi Road, Wonthaggi.

The Inverloch Primary School Council is seeking expressions of interest for the removal of the old weatherboard building at the front of the school. The successful applicant will be responsible for: • all removal costs • having all services terminated and sealed • leaving the site clear, safe and free of hazards An asbestos report is available on request. Please note that the following items are to be retained by the school: • the blackboards in both end buildings • the school sign on the outside front wall All work must be carried out and completed during the school holiday period of September 19 to October 4, 2009 inclusive. Applicants are asked to submit an expression of interest in writing, and forward this to: The Principal Inverloch Primary School PO Box 159 Inverloch 3996 The closing date for expressions of interest to be submitted is Friday, August 14, 2009

PROBLEMS GETTING AROUSED OR REACHING ORGASM? Talk to the doctors at AMI

CALL OR SMS ‘TRY’ TO

1800 20 40 90

Psoriasis & Skin Clinic Traralgon Do you suffer from Psoriasis? Call us 5176 2626

LEONGATHA COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOLS INC.

PARENTS OF 4/5 YEAR OLD CHILDREN ATTENDING PRE SCHOOL IN 2010 are invited to a

Pre School Readiness & Information Night Tuesday, August 11 HASSETT STREET PRE SCHOOL 9 Hassett Street, Leongatha

7.30pm ALL WELCOME

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public notices THE ORGANIC HAIR & BEAUTY SALON: 150 Bald Hills Road, Tarwin Lower, Deanne Dakers. Ph. 5663-5439, website: www. theorganicbeautysalon. com

Tax Returns

The Citizens Advice Bureau in Leongatha helps wage-earners on low incomes with their tax returns. â&#x20AC;˘ Free and confidential â&#x20AC;˘ ATO approved To make an appointment, ring 5662 2111 from Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm

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situations vacant CASUAL POSITION TAMMY LEE PHOTOGRAPHY Good customer service /excellent computer skills required Necessary training provided Enquire at 49 Long Street, Leongatha or email resumĂŠ to tammyleephotography@ hotmail.com

DELIVER small local phone books. Local areas. Own vehicle required. Immediate start. Ph: 0418994956 or 0419-009517.

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

Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

public notices

LEONGATHA COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOLS INC. 4/5 YEAR OLD ENROLMENTS FOR 2010 If you have not registered your enrolment please contact our enrolment officer Sharyn 5662 5140

INTERRUPTION TO WATER SUPPLY Meeniyan BEGINNING August 3, 2009 South Gippsland Water is commencing an â&#x20AC;&#x153;air scouringâ&#x20AC;? water mains cleaning program, in Meeniyan as part of water quality maintenance works for the area. Who will it affect and for how long? The program will commence August 3 and run for approximately two weeks, with about 10% of Meeniyan customers in the township being affected at any one time. A notice will be delivered to individual properties, giving a minimum of 5 days notice to businesses and 2 days notice to residential customers, of the planned interruption. The work will take place between 9.30am and 3.30pm, on week days. Customers are advised to store water for their daily needs. Also to avoid using water, including all water appliances, such as washing machines, dishwashers and toilet cisterns - when notified that the cleaning process will affect your property. After 3.30pm turn a tap on at the front or rear of your property until the water clears. Another option is to turn off your water supply stop tap prior to 9.30am. The stop tap is usually located next to the water meter. Due to the need to access all pipes in the system, it may be necessary to have more than one interruption to some customers. Our staff and contractors will do everything possible to minimise these occurrences, however, sometimes it is unavoidable. What is â&#x20AC;&#x153;air scouringâ&#x20AC;?? Air scouring is a very effective means of removing any mineral deposits or sediments from within the low lying sections of pipe lines. Air and water are brought together under pressure to form pulses or â&#x20AC;&#x153;slugsâ&#x20AC;? which provide a strong scouring action â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;waveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; effect is far stronger than would be expected from the ordinary combination of air and water under pressure. The process also has the advantage of using a minimal amount of water. The compressor driving the scouring is fitted with a multi-filtering system to ensure that the air used in the process is clean and pure. We hope this interruption to your water supply will only cause minimal inconvenience.

Need more information? Call our Customer Service Staff on 1300 851 636. South Gippsland Water 14 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 18 Pioneer St PO Box 102 Foster Vic 3960

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PROM COUNTRY AGED CARE INC.

Division 1 Nurses CASUAL POSITIONS AVAILABLE To work at Prom View Lodge Toora and Banksia Lodge Foster A variety of rosters available Please call the Director of Nursing Bev Pilon 5686 2585 For further information

Full Time - Trainee Dental Assistant An opportunity exists to join the successful practice of Lekander Dental Clinic Applicants must have a view of a long term career, be dedicated, enthusiastic and well presented. Our clinic aims to provide optimal oral health in Gippsland and invites you to become one of our highly valued, well-trained team members. If you believe you possess the above attributes please send a handwritten cover letter along with your CV. Applicants apply in writing - Re: Trainee Dental Assistant to: Dr T. Lekander, 1st Floor, 3 Lyon Street, Leongatha VIC 3953

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SITUATION VACANT

DO YOU DESIRE TO BE THE NEXT AUSTRALIAN MASTER CHEF, IF SO WE WANT YOU An exciting opportunity exists for a 1st year Apprentice Chef at The Koonwarra Store. The successful applicant will have achieved a minimum of year 10 qualifications, be a team player, enthusiastic about cooking and willing to learn. This is a 'hands' on position, which involves assisting the Head Chef, being innovative, team orientated and enjoys setting goals and reaching targets and must be self-motivated and enthusiastic. If you are interested in this position, please send your resume and covering letter to koonwarrastore@bigpond.com Ph Mycalie 5664 2285 The aspiring applicant should be in a similar position or ready to take that next step in their career. BHS2203 Excellent conditions and hours.

Secure your future An outstanding opportunity to purchase an operating Grey Army Handyman Franchise in the South Gippsland Shire. This includes secure government contracts as part of the income. (Conditions apply) If you have ever wanted to be in control of your work life, then call today for more information. Denis Avery, Gippsland Manager 0428 870 489 www.greyarmy.com.au

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Full Time - Qualified Dental Assistant An opportunity exists to join the successful practice of Lekander Dental Clinic Applicants must have a view of a long term career, be dedicated, enthusiastic and well presented. Our clinic aims to provide optimal oral health in Gippsland and invites you to become one of our highly valued, well-trained team members. If you believe you possess the above attributes please send a handwritten cover letter along with your CV. Applicants apply in writing - Re: Qualified Dental Assistant to: Dr T. Lekander, 1st Floor, 3 Lyon Street, Leongatha VIC 3953

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SEWING MACHINE REPAIRS & SALES

FREE QUOTES WONTHAGGI SEWING CENTRE

167 Graham Street Wonthaggi

5672 3127

HAY

Northern, top quality oaten hay, lucerne, oats, clover and vetch ALSO LOCAL HAY AVAILABLE

G. & P. HILDER TRANSPORT

Market Research Interviewers wanted Casual hourly rate plus travel allowance Got some spare time? So how about trying We are seeking people this: who have: â&#x20AC;˘ No selling â&#x20AC;˘ Weekend doorâ&#x20AC;˘ A mature to-door work attitude â&#x20AC;˘ Morgan (Gallup) â&#x20AC;˘ A record of Poll reliability â&#x20AC;˘ Work in your local â&#x20AC;˘ Good grooming area and â&#x20AC;˘ Work the presentation weekends you â&#x20AC;˘ A relaxed and like (normally amiable way twice a month) with people Instruction and support are provided and the work is ongoing (ever since 1941!) Experience in market research interviewing, retail, door to door sales, telephone sales or Census work would be helpful but by no means essential. You will need your own vehicle and a telephone. For further information or to apply online visit www.roymorgan.com/info/careers/facetoface.cfm addressing your correspondence â&#x20AC;&#x153;Morgan Pollâ&#x20AC;? and send it to: interviewers@roymorgan.com or mail to: Kelvin Harvey Field Dept. HRO - Recruitment Roy Morgan Interviewing Services GPO Box 2282U Melbourne Vic 3001

Rose Lodge 225 Graham Street Wonthaggi, Vic. 3995 Email: roselodg@bigpond.net.au

Clinical Care Manager Registered Nurse Div. 1 Grade 3A $55K P/A Rose Lodge, a highly respected Aged Care facility, is currently seeking an experienced Clinical Care Co-ordinator for 72 hours per fortnight, to oversee and deliver quality care to 70 residents, and to manage and assist a dedicated group of approx. 30 staff. Experience in Aged Care and knowledge of the Accreditation process is essential. Rose Lodge offers a great work environment, ongoing training and the option of Salary Packaging. All applicants are required to send a comprehensive resumĂŠ and copies of relevant certificates, including a current Police check, by close of business Friday 07/08/09 to: Trevor Godenzi, Chief Executive Officer All applications will be treated confidentially. Enquiries can be made to Mrs Ella Duder, Manager, on 5672 1716.

For delivered price ring Greg 0429 822 544 4 BIKE motorbike trailer, $600. Ph: 0437-953919. FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175 FIREWOOD Local messmate, split and delivered. Phone Jim Morgan on 5662-4329.

FRIDGE, Westinghouse, as new, frost free fridge, 380lt, bottom mount, $500. Ph: 5668-6267.

HAY, 5x4, 40 rolls, good quality, shedded, Leongatha area, $60 each inc. GST. Ph: 0401-001211.

HAY, 5x4 net wrapped, in paddock, 220 bales, Leongatha South, $50 a bale GST included. 0400597990. HAY - 5x4 rolls, shedded, Leongatha area. 0429350450.

HAY, 100 bales, $65 per bale + GST. Ph: 56649293.

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HAY - 5x4 rounds and large squares, local pasture. Large quantity, can load and deliver. Ph: 0428177433. HAY, small square bales $8 each. Fully shedded, suitable for horses, never been wet. Quality guaranteed. Mardan 56641320. MOBILITY SCOOTER, 4 wheel suspension, luxury model, lights etc., new Jan 09, unused. Cost $3,900, sell $2,590. Can deliver. Ph: 0405-170994. MOBILITY SCOOTER, big wheels, high back seat, long range batteries, VGC, $2,500 ONO. Ph: 56637109. MURRAY GREY heifers with calves at foot, $750 + GST. 0417-563033. NSW RED GUM, split and delivered, 0412-486353 or 5664-9208.

PIANO, Renadi upright, steel frame, good condition, $1,000. Ph: 5664-7574. PINE DRESSER, 3 doors, leadlight panels, very good cond. $200. 2 pine lamp tables, very good cond. $100. Ph: 5659-7292. SILAGE, Korumburra, 25 4’6”x4’ bales, double wrapped, 17.7 protein, $44 each inclusive. Ph: 0427643221. SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $11.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $15.75 each. Free delivery for pack lots. Phone Joe 0417-530662. TECHNIKA electric underbench oven and matching hotplates, 600mm, white, new, $450 set. Ph: 0408387859. TIMBER - kiln dried blackwood, clear pine, silver wattle. Most sizes for furniture and craft. Also builder’s graded structural pine. Phone 5681-2261.

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LEONGATHA, 17 Worthy Street, Saturday, August 1. Deceased estate, house lot, all must go. 8am onwards.

used vehicles

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

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers 5672 2946 0417 556 593 DAEWOO Lanos, 3 door hatch, 5-speed, new tyres, RWC, very clean, $3,750 ONO. PPQ213. Ph: 56742382, 0419-310261.

wanted FARM WORK part time or full time. Tractor driving, fencing and milking. Phone John 0428-646523.

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AGM

Leongatha A. & P. Society Inc. Monday, August 3, 2009

LAND FOR PRIVATE SALE DOUBLE BLOCK Abby Road, Korumburra in the Gippsland Park Estate Fully serviced with street lighting, sealed road and footpaths Large block size 1440m2 Playground facilities, lovely rural views Close proximity to town centre and all schools Take advantage of the rural first home buyers grant

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BURGE (Poletti) - Dale, Lisa and Sienna wish to announce the safe arrival of Isla Macee born on July 10, weighing 7lb. A very special thank you to Sharon, Neil, David, and all the wonderful staff at South Gippsland Hospital, Foster. GRIMLEY (Uiterwyk) A huge welcome to my adorable baby grandson, Taj Jackson, who arrived safely on July 21, 2009. This gorgeous baby boy is a truly precious gift to love and cherish ... and may he always be blessed with every happiness. Love and congratulations to Mark, Tammy, Yollande, Molly and Isabella. Well done!

message of hope LET all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. Psalm 5:11.

meetings LEONGATHA ANGLING CLUB INC. ANNUAL MEETING Thursday, July 30 8pm AT LEONGATHA RSL

8pm President’s Room Leongatha Recreation Reserve

Business: Elect officers and general All welcome K.J. Hastings Hon. Sec.

Leongatha Agricultural Recreation Reserve Committee of Management

S.G.M.W.L.P.T.A.

Monday, August 10

Friday, August 7

AGM

7.30pm Leongatha Grandstand Function Rooms Enquiries to secretary, Frank Dekker 5668 5285

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at 1pm AT LEONGATHA TENNIS CLUB All clubs must attend

livestock

Priced at $140,000 ONO Contact 5658 1680 or 0403 481 109

for rent 3 BEDROOM brick house, close to schools, in Leongatha. Ph: 5662-3554 or 0427-313890 (after 7.30pm). VENUS BAY - house, short stroll to beach and shops, sleeps 7. Contact: 0408320001.

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FREE Pick-up and delivery in Leongatha/Meeniyan areas for MOTOR MOWERS,

CHAINSAWS AND STATIONARY ENGINES ETC. Repairs and services

Phone JOHN GOULD 5664 0012

wanted to buy OLD MOTORBIKES road, trail, motocross, farm, scooters, 4WDs, minis, wrecks or just parts. Cash paid. 5664-8344.

livestock PULLETS Wednesday, August 5 Commercial crossbreds. Fully vaccinated. Not debeaked. 12wk (red, brown) $13 Available from Elders Past., Leongatha 10.30am Phone 5662 3523 to order now (Brian Larkin Poultry) AUSSIE RED X and Friesian unjoined heifers, 12 months old. Ph: 56689292.

SPECIAL DAIRY SALE Monday 3rd August at 11.00am Koonwarra VLE Saleyards

150 Holstein Cows 150 & Heifers Milking & Springing

SEJ

Paul Wilson 0407 865 202

CLARKE - John (Dasha). Passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, July 26, 2009, surrounded by his loving family. Loving husband of Betty, son-in-law of Florence and Les (dec.). Loving dad of Wendy, Jaylene, and Davin. Father-in-law of Dave and John. Cherished Poppy of Tristan, Aydan, Kaytlan, Jaria, and Tully. Loving husband of Betty (Rosie). It is hard to put into words how I feel. One thing I know, we loved each other dearly. There is a lot to say, but most of all I have happy loving memories of us together. You fought so hard to beat the odds, you can rest now. But I know you will always walk beside me. Forever in my heart, your Rosie. Dad you fought long and hard against the odds, you never gave up and were an inspiration. We will miss you teasing mum and your sneaking off to the TAB. Thanks for the laughter, the help and the love you gave us all. Sleep well before mum gets there and tells you to mow the bloody grass. Loved and cherished. Wendy, Jaylene, Davin, Dave, John, Tristan, Aydan, Kaytlan, Jaria, Tully and Nan. DALGLEISH - William Robert Macgreagor (Mac). 12/01/1934 - 21/07/2009. Late of Mirboo North. Loved husband of Jan, father of Judy and Lawrie, Malcolm (Mogone), Bruce and Lina. Grandfather (Dantin) of Paul and Lisa, Rhys, Cameron, Michael, Stefan and Alistair. Great grandfather of Riley and Deagan, brother of Don and Judy. Passed away peacefully at the Latrobe Regional Hospital. Sweet is the sleep that ends all pain. Go Saints.

marriage celebrant PAM HERRALD 5662 2553 0438 097 181

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

STEVENS EGAN JOHNSTON PTY LTD

Andrew Mackie 0419 595 932

BOWMAN - Terry. 1972 to 2009. Loved son of Frank (dec.) and Joyce (dec.). Brother of Daryl. Passed away peacefully at his home. Terry was laid to rest in Warrnambool on Friday, July 24.

Damien Minogue 0427 507 369

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

CAM ABOOD Leongatha 5662 4191

MERLENE STRATTON Leongatha 5662 2574

deaths HANCOCK - Jack Robin. Passed away 24/7/09, aged 78 years. We will always remember your cheerfulness, smiling face, kind hearted and caring friend. Loving times together. You will be deeply missed, in our hearts forever. Go the Blues. Heather, Alan, Trevor, David, Wendy, Rob, and families. LANE - Edith Mary (Mary). Passed away peacefully on July 25, 2009 at Ipswich Hospital, Qld. Late of Leongatha. Aged 89 years. Much loved and loving wife of Frank. Loved mother of Roslyn (Ipswich), Margaret (dec.), Elizabeth (dec.) and Jenny (Korumburra). Respected mother-in-law to Cavan and Don and adored Gran of two grandchildren and two great grandchilden. Much missed after 64 wonderful years together. Your loving husband Frank. Mum, I have loved you all my life, such a huge support and a very special friend. Adored by Lex (dec.) and very much loved by Cavan. We will remember you forever - love Roslyn. My precious Mum, I will miss your smile, your laugh and your unconditional love. You have taught me so much with your sensible advice - love Jenny. Thank you for being the “best Gran in the world”, we will cherish our times together and love you always - love Sally, Paul, Mia and Jordan Cameron (Berwick), and Andrew and Liz Bowman (London). xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo Go Bombers! ROWE - Allan Edward (Ted). Late of Ranceby, formerly of Arawata. Passed away peacefully at Koorooman House, Leongatha on July 27, 2009. Aged 92 years. Loving husband of Mary (dec.). Father and fatherin-law of Maryan and John Foote, Allan and Jenny Rowe and adored grandpa and great grandpa of all their families. Now at rest with his beloved Mary. “Gone Fishing” Dearly loved Dad of Maryan and John. Loved Grandpa of Leanne and Tony, Colleen and Darren, Maxine and Wayne, Sally-ann and Tim, Rowen and Sally, Kristopher and Jess. Greatpa of Matthew and Jessica, Courtney,

in memoriam STUBBS - Trevor Grant. 1932-2003. Passed away July 31, 2003. Not just today, but will love you always. Love Jen.

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Erin and Harrison, Hayden, Cameron and Riley, Mitchell and Alicia. So loving and kind, what beautiful memories you have left behind. Sleep peacefully, now with Mum. A gentle, hard working Dad. More than a Dad, a close mate and friend who loved a yarn. He always had a ditty to share. Sad are the hearts that loved you, silent are the tears that fall, But living our lives without you, will be the hardest part of all. Rest in peace with your beloved wife Mary. Till we meet again. Love Allan, Jenny, Richard, Loretta and Kiera, Wendy and Ben and Michelle. (Say hello to Geoff) Grandpa, we had so many good times together out on the farm, but you will now be with your love grandma. You can both rest and fish till your hearts content. You have both left a very big hole in all of our lives. Love Richard, Loretta and Kiera. Grandpa, always a character telling stories and getting cuddles from the ladies. We’ll miss your happy soul and big smile, but have many great memories. Love Wendy and Ben. Grandpa, I will remember you for your kind and gentle nature and how you made me smile with your funny sayings. You can now be with Grandma, as you said: “I picked the right one”. I think so too. Love always Michelle.

ZEUSCHNER - Hazel Joyce (Joyce). On July 20, 2009 at Leongatha, aged 88 years. Loved wife of the late Fred Zeuschner. Daughter of the late John and Marion Bolding. Loved sister of Vera, Herbert, Ron, Ollie, Mary, Harold, Allan, Murry, Betty, Bill (all dec.), Dorothy and Mick (dec.). Fond memories. Dearest Joycie to Sharon, Phil, Brooke, Matthew, Miller (Ben), Luke and Amy. Taken so suddenly, but we know you are at peace now. Forever in our hearts. ZEUSCHNER - Joyce. 5/5/1921 - 20/7/2009. Our wonderful neighbour and great friend, 88 years young. Loving memories. Ann Roughead, Christine, Paul, Greg, Brendan, Mike and Libby, and their children. ZEUSCHNER - Joyce. Years of wonderful memories. Love you Joycie. Pattie.

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Taking on the state TEN Leongatha Primary School students competed at the Victorian cross country championships at Bundoora last Friday. The top performer was Tanya Derrick. She came 17th in the 12 and over girls section. Tanya has plenty of natural ability and trains by running up and down her driveway at Mount Eccles. Students faced an incredible standard of competition with many top competitors using personal trainers or running coaches. Hundreds of people came to Bundoora Park for the event with each race having up to 150 competitors. The circuit began with an uphill straight, followed by a descent, then another uphill section and finally downhill to the finish line. Students had a great day at the park with many taking the opportunity to kick a footy or play on the equipment before and after their races. St Laurence’s and Mirboo North Primary School also fielded competitors.

Top local runners: Sarah Marshall, Annie Winchester and Tanya Derrick at Bundoora.

Cross country ready: Brayden Pickersgill, Jasmin McJames-Court, Tanya Derrick, Tessa Zuidema, Sarah Marshall, Annie Winchester, Kay Patterson and Tim Sauvarin were among the LPS competitors.

HR CEO: give women sporting chance By Matt Dunn SOUTH Gippsland sporting clubs may be in breach of the law by not giving women full membership. Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission CEO Helen Szoke said any sporting club receiving government assistance could not block equal rights to both sexes. “The Commission believes that anyone who wants to restrict membership for any reason should be expected to be transparent about their reasons for doing so,” Dr Szoke said. “However, under current laws only clubs receiving some assistance for the government are subject to the Equal Opportunity Act.” It is against the law to only accept men as “full members”. If the club is private, it is exempt from the law, and does not have to justify its reasons for exclusive membership.

bereavement thanks THANK you to our dear friends, Rev Janet Wallis and Handley Funeral Services for your support and care. Ralph and Susanne Naudi. TOOTELL - Heath. From the bottom of our hearts we would like to sincerely thank everyone who sent us cards, flowers, phone calls and visits on the passing of Heath. Thank you all so much. Tracey, Jock, Tyson, Nikki.

funerals LANE - A Memorial service for the late Mrs Edith Mary (Mary) Lane will be held at St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Leongatha on Monday, August 3, commencing at 11am. Paul and Margaret Beck Handley Funeral Services Leongatha Korumburra 5662-2717 AFDA ROWE - The Funeral Service for the late Mr Allan Edward (Ted) Rowe will be held at the Uniting Church, Korumburra on Friday, July 31 commencing at 1.30pm. The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Korumburra Cemetery. Paul and Margaret Beck Handley Funeral Services Leongatha Korumburra 5662-2717 AFDA

The Commission believes clubs “wishing to discriminate and maintain exclusionary membership policies should demonstrate that such policies are justified by reference to a specific purpose and/or interest.” Clubs wanted an exemption from the equal opportunity act need to explain how the exclusion is compatible with the EOA. Applications are assessed by VCAT. This year, Royal Victorian Bowls Association Inc (Anti-Discrimination Exemption) 94, applied to allow certain single gender lawn bowling events at the State Championship level. When deciding this application, VCAT considered the purpose of the exemption, which was said to be to promote equal opportunity around Australia for elite bowlers of both genders, and whether the proposed limitation on the right of equality was reasonable, justified and proportionate. VCAT granted the exemption.

Gipps Power flogs Chargers GOING into the game against the Oakleigh Chargers, the Loy Yang B Gippsland Power had a theoretical advantage as the Chargers had several key players missing due to school duties while they were almost at full strength. The Power was on a high after soundly defeating the Northern Knights the week before, but had lost reliable keydefender Jordan Dessent due to injury and Chris Wylie had played with Casey in the VFL the day before. The Power was using the ball with purpose and precision and some good pressure allowed Dean Woodhead for a morale boosting goal. A long entry into the forward line allowed Butcher to showcase his agility and they went into the ﬁrst break 26 points up and seeming able to answer any challenge that the plucky Chargers could throw at them. The second term opened with Butcher and Northe combining again and then debutante Kane McCarthy kicked long and direct into the forward line and Northe was in the prime spot to goal again. It was party time for Nick Sing who took off from the backline and, after four

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give and receive transactions, slotted the goal of the day. The Power was applying relentless pressure in every contested issue and had the undermanned Chargers on the back foot. Oakleigh again punished some scrappy Power defence but McCarthy and Asa Leausa linked up for another South Gippsland special. The Power had played their best quarter for the season and had been almost perfect in their level of intensity and willingness to use the ball purposefully. By the long break they led by 79 points and had effectively put the issue beyond doubt. It was going to be a tough challenge for the boys to play as well in the second half as the coaching panel moved the side around to share the workload and to give several boys a chance to impress in other positions. In the opening minutes of the last term the Power was again off target and some slack defensive efforts allowed the Chargers in for the ﬁrst of the quarter. Butcher and McCarthy combined with excellent forward pressure and Dowse was the thankful recipient of their work and then Butcher was in the thick of it again this time setting up Lehman for his second. It took some unselﬁsh play by Carr and Lehman to give Dyson Heppell a rare goal before Koby Stevens marked and kicked a long bomb form outside 50. The Chargers kept working and once again kicked two in a row before the team oriented Donchi gave Northe the last of the day after the siren. Final scores: Loy Yang B Gippsland Power 23.12.150 to Oakleigh Chargers 11.5.71. Goal kickers John Butcher and Tim Northe 5, Jed Lamb, Mitch Dowse, Russell Lehman and Kele Asa Leausa 2, Koby Stevens, Dyson Heppell, Kane Mc Carthy, Nick Sing and Dean Woodhead 1.

Well done: back, from left: the U15 team of Laura, Emma and coach Lee Storti; front: Sophie, Anna, Tegan, Tayla, Georgia and Courtney won their section at the tournament.

’Thaggi compete at tournament WONTHAGGI Netball Association representative teams participated in the Leongatha Netball Tournament on Sunday, July 26.

Their U13 team ﬁnished fourth overall in their section. Wonthaggi Netball Association’s U15 team won their section, U15 reserve, against Cranbourne with a ﬁnishing score of 18-17 after a tie at full time

and having played extra time. The event was a credit to the Leongatha Netball Association who made it a great day of netball with many teams travelling to represent their respective associations.

• WONTHAGGI TABLE TENNIS

Meeniyan Junior basketball MEENIYAN Junior basketball will start their season on Friday August 7 for Sections 1 to 3 and Monday August 10 for Section 4. On Friday August 7, Section 1 - doors open at 3.30pm, starting at 3.45pm. Section 2 starts at 5pm and Section 3 starts at 6.30pm. On Monday August 10, Section 4 starts at 5.30pm. All junior players are to arrive at these times for the ﬁrst night. Can all players please be on time. If you are not playing and are on the list or not on the list and wish to play, please phone Janine on 5664 7591 as soon as possible. Section 1: Irene Thorson, Jai Bright, Jake Waldron, Jasmine Jones, William McDonald, Paris Rogers, Harison Van Der Zaalm, Hannah McEwan, Elli Jones, Stuart Bright, Holly Degaris, Rory Hanks, Casey Thorson, Aaron Mowat. Section 2: Hugh Collins, Locke DeGaris, Sam Hanrahan, Maxine Park Deere, Jesse Salmons, Grace Thorson, Mark Beattie, Rory Harrington, Breanna Hohmann, A. Holwerda, Erin Howard, Jem Piening, Kayla Redpath, Tristan Hanks,

Ruby Martin, Michael Mowat, Kurt Newton, Kian Pratt, Zac Scholte, George Batten, Harrison Cumming, James Kelly, Beth Lawson, Ashlee McDonald, Hannah Potter, Billy Rogers. Section 3: Gemma Martin, Matt Darmanin, Lauren Redpath, Dean Thorson, Brett Thorson, Eden Cook, Sophie Thomas, Toby Redpath, Scarlett Park Deere, Liam Harrington, Will Collins, Gen Scholte, Troy Sinclair, Eloise Scholte, Jordan Bell, Paige Eygenraam, Owen Straw, Bryce Holwerda, Ozzy Brennan Holt, Tyler Ralph, Billy Jones, Jayden Hohmann, Liam Edgelow, Jamie Stefani, Hannah Thorson. Section 4: Vanessa Redpath, Jake Opray, Joel Sinclair, Jack Stuart, Zac Redpath, Isaac Lawson, Alastair Straw, Sam Wilson, Clair Straw, Brandon Savage, Shane Zuidema, Bentia Eygenraam, Daniel Potter, Nick Stefani, James Mabilia, Callan Pratt, Daniel Britten, John Stuart, Emily Wilson, Kurt Sinclair, Brenton Savage, Matt Cole, Georgia Findlay, Kodi Eygenraam, Kyle Robinson, Krystal Humphrey, Eli Taylor, Jacob Densley, Tim Spokes, Tom Hanrahan.

B Grade championship to Sam TEN-year-old Sam Watson took out the B Grade singles championship last week to keep his unbeaten record for the season. Semi ﬁnalists were Edward Beischer, Tanya Milnes and Micah Condron. Tanya made the ﬁnal and played well. However, despite his young age, Sam’s experience and precise hard hitting shots were just too good. Well done Sam. Brittany Webb defeated Ellen McIntosh in the handicap singles and Ben Beischer defeated Niki Neducic in the handicap cons. singles. There was a surprise win for Jayden, playing for A Reserve team Champions with Tanya Peitersen and Dale Donohue. Jayden is still not sure how he did it. His win last week over Tom Beischer led to a 5-4 victory against top A Reserve team BDB. That’s a set he won’t forget for a while. In A Grade, Red Devils (Case de Bondt, Andrew Donohue) and Rose & Thorn (Dirk Holwerda, Avril Roberts) continue to dominate.

Rat-a-tat (Michael Ede, Steve McIlvena) are in third place with Jets (Justin Licis, Trish Denier) in fourth place by the most narrow margin from Lefties (Bruce Harmer, Daniel O’Connell). It is certainly an interesting season.

Ladder A Grade Red Devils ............. 46 Rose & Thorn ........ 46 Rat-a-tat ................. 32 Jets .......................... 24 Lefties .................... 24 Double As................ 20 Legends .................. 12 The Island................. 4 A Reserve BDB ........................ 32 Pure Blonde ........... 28 Champions ............. 24 Gin & Tonic ............. 8 The A Team (bye) ...... 4

47 44 34 31 31 22 22 27

(206) (193) (161) (155) (154) (122) (123) (115)

53 46 41 34 23

(170) (154) (139) (130) (89)

Leading players A Grade Bruce Harmer .................. 23 Mick Wright .................... 22 Michael Ede .................... 21 Case de Bondt ................. 18 Dirk Holwerda ................ 18 Andrew Donohue ............ 15 Justin Licis ...................... 14 A Reserve Wayne Pitts ..................... 16 David Beischer ................ 16 Michael Veal ................... 13 Beau Thompson .............. 11 Tom Beischer .................. 11

(96) (88) (93) (82) (76) (69) (65) (52) (49) (42) (39) (35)

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Sport Strong turnout for Retravision Day

Golf reports Mirboo North THERE were 22 starters for the stableford event on Thursday, July 23. CCR was 70. The winner was Tony Tomada (18) 38. Down the line: Max Fletcher (29) 38, Ray Matthews (9) 37, Barry Muir (16) 36. Birdies: 4th Brenda Levan, 6th Mal Payne.

Ladies Results of the ladies 3BBB stableford competition, two ladies and one man. Winners: Mary Beruldsen 36, Freeda Fernandez 38, Ron Anderson 16. Down the line balls: Raine Leslie 32, Mike Higginbottom 30, Marion Jones 34. Nearest the pin: 6th Sue Traill, 16th Maree Thompson. (Men) 4th Peter Chapman, 13th Ron Anderson.

July 25

A stableford event was held on July 25 and was attended by 29 starters. CCR 69. The A Grade winner was Joe Smeriglio (14) 40. Graham Watson was the runner-up with (5) 39. Down the line balls: Peter Draper (10) 37, Ray Matthews (9) 37 and Mal Payne (11) 37. Nearest the pin: 4th Kevin Davies, 6th Paul Woodall (pro pin), 13th Nigel Bracecamp, 16th Joe Kus, 2nd shot 1st hole Shayne Stimson. Birdies: Shayne Stimson (4th), Tom Traill (16th), Doug Taylor (4th), Kevin Davies (4th). President’s trophy: Bryan Randall v John Blunsden, Phil Allen v Noel Fox.

Welshpool TUESDAY’s barbecue nine hole event was won by Pat Carroll 18 points on countback Len Wood, also ball down the

line. Balls down the line: Merv Lowe 16, Jim Roberts 15 on countback Dean Styles. Nearest the pin: Stan Walker. Achiever’s award: Andrew Brown. Other scores: Keith Lear, Peter Westaway, Kenny Hobbs and David Bligh 14, Pappy Pope and Stan Walker 13. Pub Club points: Welshpool 10.2, Toora 11.25, Pier Port 15.75, Port Albert 13.4. Friday’s chicken run winner was Peter Westaway 18 points. Balls down the line: Pat Carroll and Martha Revill 17. Nearest the pin: Peter Westaway. Other scores: Lois Pope 16, Gwen Watts 15, Len Wood, Keith Lear, Bob Wiggins and Laurie Cooper 14. Saturday’s nine hole stableford winner was Martha Revill 19 points. Balls down the line: Alan Hayes 16, Gwen Watts 15. Other scores: Les Taylor and Brian MacPherson 14, Norma Stoitse 15, Pappy Pope and Joe Paynting 13. Sundays’ stroke round Lefties v Righties: Russ Barwick 63 net. Balls down the line: Merv Lowe 70 on countback Pat Carroll and Alan Hayes. Other scores: Bob Wiggins 72, Pappy Pope and Keith Lear 73, Bary Brown 77, Rod Walker 78. Lefties won 72.00 - 72.80. Next week - par. Thanks to all those who have attended the working bees to clean up the course. Sweet swinging. Your president, Pappy Pope.

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

At Port Phillip Heads

JULY / AUGUST Time

29 WED

30 THUR

31 FRI

1 SAT

2 SUN

3 MON

4 TUE

height (metres)

0518 1038 1710 2317

1.56 0.55 1.60 0.29

0614 1119 1747 2359

1.52 0.64 1.54 0.32

0707 1200 1826

1.46 0.73 1.47

0040 0800 1243 1907

0.36 1.41 0.81 1.39

0125 0856 1331 1955

0.41 1.37 0.88 1.32

0217 0953 1431 2053

0.46 1.34 0.93 1.26

0321 1052 1547 2159

0.48 1.35 0.94 1.23

All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM

ONE of the big days for the ladies at Leongatha Golf Club is the Retravision Day, which was held on Friday, July 24. We are so grateful to Kelvin for his continued generous sponsorship of this day and were delighted when 68 players from far afield took part in the fourball stableford competition. The weather was fine, but cold, and conditions still heavy. A Grade winners, with a fine score of 43 points were Val Brydon and Beth Curram. Runners-up were Dot Stubbs and Maureen Hams 40 points. The B Grade went to Fay Morris and Jeanette Diss with 40 points, defeating runnersup Jocelyn Howson and Glenys McRobert, also 40 points, in a countback. Nearest the pins were: fourth Fay Morris, seventh Marg Higgins, 14th Marg O’Halloran and 16th Fay Morris (again). Best nine in: Marg Berry and Ivy Ruby 21. Best nine out: Mary Brewis and Carol Sowden 21 points. Balls down the line went to Judy Griffen and Denise Mitchell 39, Coral Gray and Audree Wyhoon 38, Alice Schofield and Lorraine Brown 37, Faye Le Page and Dot El-

liott 37, Trish Owen and Marg O’Halloran 37, Sue Wakeﬁeld and Marlene Rayson 37, Maureen Masterman and Jan Beaumont 37, and Maria Bell and Loris Clark 36. Pat Pease is our sponsor of the annual Mudrunners plate and because it is rather difﬁcult to present trophies from Canada, she thoughtfully organised for her daughter, Kate Dwyer, to present this year’s prize to our very consistent winner, Shirley Welsford, on Wednesday, July 22. Congratulations to Shirley who completed two rounds of 35, 34 (total 69) stableford points to win at the hardest time of the year. Winners of the day’s events were A Grade: Anna de Bondt 33, B Grade: Coral Gray 33 points and C Grade: Shirley Welsford 34 points. Not surprisingly, the best nine went to Shirley Welsford with 21 points. Wendy Brown was nearest the pin. Balls down the line went to Ann Debenham 32, Dot Stubbs 32, Trish Owen, Debbie Erwin and Marion Bellingham all 31, Audree Wyhoon and Marg Berry 29, Marilyn Williams and Marg Danks 28. Leongatha Golf Club news A COUPLE of good scores stood out on a day when most found it impossible to match

Woorayl THE July monthly medal was held on Saturday July 25 and was sponsored by Leongatha Refrigeration and Daikin. A total of 44 players competed across the three grades. A Grade was won by Nathan Lovie with 67 net. B Grade was won by Stuart Hall and 71 net. C Grade and medal winner was Marshall Livingston with 66 net. Nearest the pins: 8th T. Charlton and 17 A. McEachern. Balls down the line: G. McKinnon 68, G. Young 70, A. Hickey 72, P. Flynn, P. Challis 73, A. Trease, C. James and G. Challis 74 and J. Hassett 75. The ball rafﬂe was won by Twig Syndicate. Ladies ON Wednesday, July 22 a par event was played which was sponsored by L.C. Excessorise. AWCR 72. Winners: A Grade T. Scoble 24 +1, B Grade C. Johnson 27 -1, C Grade I. Forsyth 37 -4. Nine holes out - S. Thomas sq. Nearest the pin: 8th S. Thomas, 17th P. Harvey, 2nd shot on the 11thA. Grist. Down the line balls: M. Tuckett, M. Rayson, M. Martin. Next week, Wednesday, July 29, stableford sponsored by Woorayl Golf Club.

their handicaps. Bruce Hutton is maintaining good consistent form since beginning his semi-retirement. Bruce won A Grade with 38 points and also won the propin. Dave Webster scored 37 points to win B Grade by a clear margin. Denis Stanes was nearest the pin on the 16th hole. Ball winners: K. Castwood 34, P. Hartigan 33, N. Wright, S. Lacy, T. Bruinewoud 32; D. Stanes, J. Tairea, M. Stubbs, R. Williams 31; T. Rickard, S. Hanson 30. Tuesday It was the proverbial ‘one horse race’ on Tuesday when Rob Thurston returned with a classic 44 points which included 26 on the back nine. It’s hard to recall a golfer winning an event by 10 points, but Rod Brown on 34 took the runner-up prize. Don’t get too big a shock when you see your new handicap Rob. Nearest the pin winners were Geoff McDonald 14th and Bruce Hutton 16th. Ball winners: M. Thomas, T. Bruinewoud 34; C. Manley 32, F. Martin, J. Smith, G. McDonald 30; J. Eabry, D. Vorwerg, J. Westaway 29. Thursday Norm Hughes won the battle for superemacy with his

Retravision Day: A Grade runners-up, Maureen Hams (Meeniyan GC) and Dot Stubbs (Leongatha GC) with B Grade runners-up Jocelyn Howson and Glenys McRobert (Leongatha GC) and Val Brydon, one of two A Grade winners, (absent - Beth Curram). playing partners, and that one extra point made him our A Grade victor on 38 points. A number of players had 37, but best in B Grade on that score was Geoff Maher. Geoff also won nearest the pin on the 16th, while Bruce Hutton won on the 14th. Ball winners: G. McDonald, R. Burton 37; B. Hutton, R. Brown, M. Stubbs, K. Mac-

farlane 35; H. Goodman, I.

Nunn, R. Davies, J. Arnott 34; K. Godridge, A. Sperling 33.

The August monthly medal

will be contested on Saturday.

The other major event for Au-

gust is the A.E. Edney fourball

qualifying round on Saturday, August 22.

Foster Golf Club SATURDAY, July 25 – stableford, Coast to Coast Building Services (R. Kidd) trophy. A Grade winner: Noel Black (6) 40 points. B Grade winner: Henk de Graaf (19) 42 points. Down the line balls: Phil Schofield (18) 41 points, Geoff Eddy (19) 39 points, Alan Spooner (13) 39 points, Kevin Flett (9) 39 points and Lloyd McKenzie (9) 38 points. Nearest the pin: 6th Ian Griffiths, 15th Don Cripps. Money hole $19: Norm Cooper. Ladies Saturday, July 25 – stableford winner: Gayle Reid (33) 35 points. Money hole: Ineke de Graaf. Friday, July 24 – Twilight stableford winner: Rae Knee (20) 20 points. Down the line balls: Steve Reid (12) 18 points, Heather Rae (20) 17 points. Nearest the pin: 6th Steve Reid. Thursday, July 23 – stableford winner: Peter Dight (7) 39 points. Down the line balls: Robert Fulton (15) 37 points, Phil Schofield (18) 36 points. Ladies Wednesday, July 22 – foursomes,

Gale Tyers trophy winners: Beth Curram and Murison Skate (23½) 68½. Runners-up: Gale Tyers and Kaylene Morris (18) 72. Up the line: Shirley Cook and Sheron Cripps (25½) 83½. Down the line balls: Helen Fulton and Merle Barham (37) 75, Maxine Symmons and Alayne McKenzie (29½) 76½ countback. Nearest the pin: 6th Murison Skate, 17th Merle Barham. Tuesday, July 21 – stableford winner: Don Cripps (18) 39 points. Down the line balls: Chris Foulds (24) 35 points, John Mathers (14) 33 points. Nearest the pin: 17th Dave Hutchison. Coming events Tuesday, July 28 – stableford; Wednesday, July 29 – Ambrose – teams of three, Marlene Ellis trophy; Thursday, July 30 - stableford; Friday, July 31 – twilight stableford; Saturday, August 1 – medal day, Foster IGA trophy; Ladies Saturday, August 1 – stroke, 2nd round aggregate.

Lots of lifesaving FOSTER’S Jack Todd has been recognised by Life Saving Victoria at their 2009 awards for his community service patrolling for the Waratah Beach Surf Life Saving Club at Sandy Point.

Putting charge: Geoff McKinnon is sizing up the ﬁnal putt in the Woorayl monthly medal competition last Saturday.

Sixteen-year-old Jack was a patrolling lifesaver for more than 100 hours during weekends and public holidays to keep the beach safe for swimmers. Jack has also volunteered several weeks of his time to train new lifesavers in skills including CPR and ﬁrst aid. Club president Julian Meagher said that at a time when we hear so many negative stories about youth, it is fantastic to have recognised the outstanding contribution Jack make to the community through surf lifesaving and other community-based organisations”. The awards were held at the St Kilda Town Hall earlier this month.

Well done: Foster’s Jack Todd patrolled for more than 100 hours with the Waratah Beach SLSC last summer.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - PAGE 55

Sport Bowls reports

Bleak at ‘Gatha bowls WEDNESDAY, July 22 saw a ﬁeld of 63 players / 21 teams take to the greens at Leongatha in cold and bleak conditions for the monthly triples. It was to be a four games by 10 ends, however only three games were completed as mother nature opened up the heavens, so this in turn led to an abandonment of the fourth game. The sponsors for the day were the Leongatha Motel, with the results being three three-game winners. Winners: plus 13 F. Filomeno,

Mirboo North

SPRING arrived early last Tuesday for a great day’s bowling at the club. Capacity ﬁelds were the order of the day and it was jackets off by lunchtime. We had four three game winners with a point separating the four. On countback, Sebastian Blancato and his team of David and Lucy Vignocci were successful and took home the major prize. The Thorpdale team of Jerry Van Duin (skip), Mike Arnold and Bertie Bright received the runner-up prize. Commiserations to the other teams who narrowly missed out. The jackpot again proved elusive; 13, being the marble drawn; $325

B. Thompson and Fred Sauvarin (s); runners-up: plus 11, M. Dillion, P. Williams and M. Briscoe (Mirboo North). Unlucky three game winners plus 10 (the quiet achievers) G. Witherow, R. Young and John Russell (s). Good to see John back on the greens and in good touch. Best last game winners on plus 11, J. Lindeman, K. Flanders and A. Kerr. Winners of the John O’Connor Wines team, No. 13 Tarwin Lower. Next monthly triples August 26. Saturday, July 27 mixed social

bowls. Sponsor for the day, Gendore Farm Machinery. Two by 10 ends, 2 x 4x2 pairs, 16 players, eight teams. Result - only one two game winner. Winners on plus 17 M. Coram (s) and Glenys Emmerson. Reminders: Don’t forget August 7, Friday night Kitty Club’s counter meals again, all welcome, a great night out. September 27 invitation to the Seaford Bowls Club, lunch provided, names to president, Allan Rayson. Until next report - good bowling - ‘Jackhigh’.

next week. Le Mirboo, the club restaurant, again excelled with delicious homemade soups for lunch. Rina’s fresh baked wholemeal rolls for lunch and lamingtons for afternoon tea were a hit. A big thanks to all the ladies who contributed. Birchwood Country Cottages continue to support the club and sponsor the day, despite bushﬁre setbacks.

win and a draw and eight ends were Jeanette Grady (skip), Jim Atkins and Robert Matthies. Runners-up with one win and 12 ends were Ann Plowman (skip), Chris Walkerden and Ian Bristow. Congratulations to Vito Seraﬁno who won the SGIBBA men’s singles championship and Ann Plowman who gave it a good try.

Mardan

SIX teams were ﬁelded for the night of Wednesday July 22, with extremely close bowling. In sixth spot (LDL) 11 ends, Rod McConchie and Illene Tiziani, ﬁfth (LDD) 11 ends Karl Kappes, Glenis Densley and Carolyn Benson. fourth (WLL) 12 ends Glenys Pilking-

TWELVE bowlers enjoyed Mardan indoor social bowls last Wednesday night. The selectors made the ladies skip for a change, and the men who normally skip played lead. A good fun night was had by all. The winners, with one

Buffalo indoor

Umpires trivia night By Davyd Reid SOUTH Gippsland Umpires will be holding a trivia night on Saturday, August 1at the Dakers Centre in Leongatha, with a Queensland holiday up for grabs.

Umpires are an important part of any football league and with a league delegate, South Gippsland Umpires can potentially be considered the 15th club of the Alberton Football League. Umpiring groups are, in a way, just like any other football club in that they, too, are a great bunch of blokes who have social events in order to raise some money to help them stay aﬂoat. “The night will also be a fundraiser for us, however we expect it to be a fun night that will not be expensive for those wish to attend,” said South Gippsland Umpires Association secretary, Tim Kemp. The trivia night will start at 7 pm, with the ﬁrst round of trivia commencing at 7.30 pm. Legends Trivia of Melbourne will be hosting the event, with bags of lollies and a table prize for each round of trivia. Legends Trivia also run

novelty games in between the rounds of trivia. “A gold coin will be required to enter these novelty games, with the winner getting 10 tickets in our major raffle,” said Mr Kemp. The major raffle prize will be a one week holiday in Noosa, Queensland, including $300 to go towards airfares. Everyone gets one ticket as they come in the door and more tickets can be purchased on the night at two dollars each or three for five dollars. There will be a footy theme for the night, so all who wish to attend are encouraged to wear their footy team’s colours. However, the trivia questions will cover a range of areas and will be general knowledge based. “There will also be a silent auction on the night, with some great items up for grabs,” said Mr Kemp. Some of the auction items include movie tickets, a crayfish, a tax return, and some hampers for guys, girls, and kids. The event will be strictly bring your own drinks and nibbles. If you are interested in purchasing a table for the night, contact Tim Kemp on 0438 623183.

Leongatha badminton IN badminton this week, the Carlton versus Head game saw Carlton sneak in front by eight points. Three great sets were played by Alan McEachern, which certainly helped his team to victory. Yonnex played Prince this week and both teams won four sets each, but Yonnex ﬁnished up with more points. Wilson had a good win against Fleet. A great set was played against Greg Marshman and Frank Dekker, with Greg ﬁnally winning the set after a tie-breaker; much

to his delight. In B Grade this week, Volvo had a strong win against Ford. Suryan Chandrasegaran and Iona McJames proved too good as a pair for Justin Krohn and Leonie McGannon. Another great pair-up was Jo Parsons and Kellie Simpson who both played extremely well together. Mitsubishi had a nice win against Toyota, a strong performance was put in by Tash Maskell and Con Privitera to win their doubles set. Hyundai were happy to win against Mazda. Tom Ryan put in a great

effort for his team Hyundai, winning all of his sets for the night. Holden enjoyed a win against Nissan. Brayden showed off some badminton skills to help his team to victory. Results A Grade Carlton 4/118 d Head 4/110, Yonnex 4/125 d Prince 4/117 and Wilson 6/153 d Fleet2/113. B Grade Volvo 7/132 d Ford 1/83, Mitsubishi 5/128 d Toyota 3/98, Hyundai 7/135 d Mazda 1/90 and Holden 5/123 d Nissan 3/116.

ton and Peter Heldens, third (LWD) 10 ends Peter Tiziani, Tamara Teylor and Barbara Kappes, second (WLW 12 ends Toni Heldens, Ian Benson and Graeme Tobias. But undisputed ﬁrst was (WWW) Bill Wolswinkle and Andrew Hanks. Best ﬁrst game 12-3 Glenys P., best second 12-9 and best third 10-5 Bill. Lucky ticket: chook - Rod; eggs - Andrew; pumpkin - Peter T; daffodils - Glenys P; Peter H;, Illene and Ian; chips Toni, Graeme and Karl. A short one from Barbara and a cup of tea and some wonderful snacks and it was all over again for another week. See you all next week Wednesday 7.30pm. Everyone welcome.

South Gippsland Bridge Monday – Meeniyan:1st Margaret and Noel Smith; 2nd Susan Rufﬁn, Clive Hope; 3rd Norma Hannay, Faye Rowlands; 4th Kathryn Smith, David Baggallay; 5th Marion Francis, June Metcalf; 6th Betty and Frank Murphy. Tuesday – Tarwin Lower: 1st Hannah Martin, Leila Bell; 2nd Colin Cameron, Kathryn Smith; 3rd Jack Kuiper, John Sullivan; 4th Julie and Ian MacPhee; 5th Norma Hannay, Marj Freeman. Friday – Inverloch: North/South: 1st Jean Barbour, Ian Leonard; 2nd Dawn Jolly, George Geekie; 3rd John Farr, Anne Williams; 4th Jack Kuiper, Dina Drury; 5th Phillip Chapman, Hilton Jupp. East/West: 1st Althea Drew, Colin Manley; 2nd Mavis Parks, Vivienne Westaway; 3rd Beth Hopcraft, Hannah Martin; 4th Norma Hannay, Marj Freeman; 5th John Sullivan, John Sutton.

Bass District lifesaving development camp team: Stu Wall (Woolamai Beach SLSC), Dani Smith (Brighton LSC), Nyree Potter (Cape Paterson SLSC), Rob O’Brien (Waratah Beach SLSC), Michael Barbarino (Mordialloc LSC), Ash Barbour Waratah Beach SLSC) and Renee Schultz (Inverloch SLSC) with their Lifesaving Victoria award.

Surf’s up at awards WARATAH Beach Surf Life Saving Club and its members received several honours at Life Saving Victoria’s 2009 awards. The club was successful in the administration club of the year and outstanding achievement categories at the gala event in St Kilda on July 18. Club members Ashley Ypelaan, Blake Fisher and Jack Todd received awards for completing more than 100 hours of voluntary lifesaving patrols service last summer. These awards add to the Keep Australia Beautiful, Clean Beaches honour the club received in May. Forward thinking at Waratah Beach SLSC that included a ﬁve year strategic plan incorporating revised processes and club structure, which led to a 20 per cent membership increase last season, was the key to being named administration club of the year. As the home of the Bass District Lifesaving Development Camp, Waratah Beach SLSC was instrumental in putting forward the management group who were recognised with the Life Saving Victoria award for outstanding achievement. This program has an innovative, scenario-based training style that has

ensured clubs from Waratah Beach SLSC at Sandy Point through to Woolamai Beach SLSC on Phillip Island have skilled and qualified members. The program has assisted young lifesavers to gain more than 500 lifesaving and emergency care qualifications to assist clubs and patrolling members in the region. In congratulating the group on its achievement, Waratah Beach SLSC President Julian Meagher reconfirmed the club’s commitment to host the program. “The program fits within the club’s strategic direction to provide training opportunities to members and maintain excellence in program delivery,” Mr Meagher said. Camp co-ordinator of the program over the past three years, Rob O’Brien said Waratah has been a fantastic host by opening their club up at the busiest time of the year for the program. “The program has truly been a regional effort that has seen all the local clubs contribute equipment and the expertise of their trainers to the program,” he said. For further information about the Waratah Beach SLSC or to become a member, contact club president Julian Meagher 0401 142 128 or visit the club’s website at www.waratahbeach.com.au.

Teen plays first ITF event L E O N G AT H A North resident, Sarah Ford, 16, has just returned from Darwin where she played in her ﬁrst International Tennis Federation tennis event. The Year 11 Mary MacKillop College student ﬂew to Darwin on July 6 to acclimatise to the hot weather before the junior championships began on July 8. In Darwin Sarah played against some of the world’s best junior tennis players. Juniors from 11 nations including the UK, Japan and China, competed. Although Sarah didn’t win a match she came home a much better player and knows what she has to do to beat her opposition next time. More mental tough-

Tennis time: Leongatha North teenager Sarah Ford competed in the Northern Territory earlier this month. ness is needed, as nerves hindered her play. But the biggest positive Sarah returned with was the knowledge her technique was as good as most. Sarah is back at coaching and training, and tournaments, and enjoying

playing Section 1 night tennis at Leongatha, and getting used to the cold again. Her immediate goal is to make the qualiﬁers of the ITF events in NSW in September and Traralgon in January.

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Sport MGFL scoreboard SENIORS

Newborough 1.9 6.10 11.13 18.18(126) Boolarra 2.1 4.3 7.7 10.10(70) Newborough best: B. Whittaker, S. Cordner, J. Todd, M. Disisto, J. Bennets, T. Jones. Goals: J. Todd 5, S. Cordner 4, M. Disisto 2, T. Smith, D. Drowley, B. Mills, D. Disisto, B. Whittaker, T. Jones, S. Ryan. Boolarra best: T. Leys, D. McLaughlin, M. Cleaver, D. Leys, M. White, J. Cubillo. Goals: S. Cooper 2, D. Leys 2, M. Cleaver, J. Holmes, D. McLaughlin, J. Kelly, J. Cargill, J. Rasmus. Yarragon 0.2 7.3 9.4 15.4(94) Yinnar 3.1 5.3 5.4 8.5(53) Yarragon best: S. Wolfe, N. Bright, B. Damschke, A. Riddell, K. Grima, N. Murray. Goals: K. Grima 4, S. Burgmann 3, J. Cropley 2, B. Damschke 2, A. Miller, B. Zonneveld, P. Solohub, B. Trickey. Yinnar best: A. Milligan, D. Webster, B. Chapman, B. Taysom, N. Rogers, M. Andrew. Goals: M. Andrew 3, B. Holt 2, N. Rogers, A. Milligan, D. Webster. Morwell East 4.2 8.9 11.10 16.14(110) Hill End 0.3 0.4 3.9 3.9(27) Morwell East best: L. Pavey, P. Pavey, B. Siddle, C. Riseley, W. Amalos, A. Makepeace. Goals: L. Pavey 6, R. Pepper 2, M. Van Dyke 2, B. Gibson, M. Higgins, T. Holland, B. Evans, A. Makepeace. Hill End best: R. Collins, K. Ayton, J. Rees, R. Fiddelaers, J. Costa, A. Mitchell. Goals: S. Davies, R. Kelly, D. Pyle. Trafalgar 3.4 6.12 9.16 14.21(105) Thorpdale 0.1 1.1 2.3 2.4(16) Trafalgar best: K. Cherian, B. Greenwell, A. Gringhuis, L. Stevens, J. Butler, K. Butler. Goals: L. Stevens 3, K. Butler 2, C. Lee 2, H. Grimshaw, B. Dawson, A. Gringhuis, M. Robertson, C. Kyriacou, M. Swenson, B. Slater. Thorpdale best: D. Hammond, D. Grima, C. Cairns, D. Millar, M. Shannon, B. Pisa. Goals: D. Millar 2. Mirboo North 2.3 5.7 8.11 11.12(78) Yallourn Yallourn North 3.3 5.3 7.3 12.4(76) Mirboo North best: J. Taylor, A. Keel, T. Traill, D. Taylor, S. Peters, P. Mongta. Goals: T. Traill 5, S. Peters 2, P. Mongta, D. Turner, A. Keel, T. Hamilton. Yallourn Yallourn North best: B. Burnett, T. Dobson, C. MacInnes, L. Nelson, D. Shellcot, D. Stevens. Goals: C. MacInnes 3, D. Julin 2, S. Galea 2, L. Sporton 2, D. Burridge, S. Duff, M. Cunningham.

RESERVES

Newborough 2.1 8.3 10.4 11.7(73) Boolarra 2.5 5.5 6.8 9.8(62) Newborough best: J. Hunt, S. Maxwell, D. Schembri, S. Keane, A. Harvey. Goals: S. Coulthard 3, B. Mizzi 2, D. Schembri 2, A. Harvey 2, S. Aitken, J. Sprake. Boolarra best: A. Craddock, B. Castles, G. Smith, T. McKenzie, C. Bennett, E. Stanon. Goals: B. Castles 3, A. Zappula 2, G. Smith 2, C. Bennett, T. McKenzie. Yinnar 5.3 6.9 12.11 14.15(99) Yarragon 1.2 1.2 2.3 3.3(21) Yinnar best: T. Gilmour, R. Webb, M. Szkwarek, T. Galbraith, K. Hutchinson, C. Tebb. Goals: R. Webb 4, M. Pilgrim 3, D. Burney 2, A. Brooks, T. Galbraith, M. Davis. Yarragon best: P. Harvey, T. Mitchell, M. Wilms, Z. Heard, B. Wheller, G. Walker. Goals: P. Sen 2, P. Harvey. Hill End 3.1 5.2 9.3 11.4(70) Morwell East 1.1 1.4 1.6 2.9(21) Hill End best: P. Grima, M. Moseley, K. Donelly, J. Brooker, D. Benbow, R. Phoenix. Goals: R. Phoenix 4, J. Booker 3, A. Robertson, D. Gannan, A. Tangusso, B. Coates. Morwell East best: M. Lawrence, J. Riseley, G. Greenwood, J. Pollutro, A. Duncan, H. Pepper. Goals: D. Oldham, L. Cundari. Trafalgar 4.1 7.12 9.13 12.15(87) Thorpdale 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2(2) Trafalgar best: V. Castello, N. Rankin, B. Santurini, B. Witt, M. Farrell, D. Barnes. Goals: C. Malady 3, R. Holdsworth 2, M. Farrell 2, L. Russell 2, L. Allan, L. Williams, J. Dawson. Thorpdale best: A. Wright, J. Asmussen, B. Allman, M. Dyke, M. Linn, D. Rosenquist. Mirboo North 4.2 8.3 13.7 13.9(87) Yallourn Yallourn North 2.0 2.1 4.1 6.4(40) Mirboo North best: A. Soplakow, S. Helms, J. Grande, M. Bankes, N. Gardiner, J. Vuillermin. Goals: A. Soplakow 8, L. Snell 3, L. Palmer, J. Bordanaro. Yallourn Yallourn North best: A. Cook, L. Holt, R. Bounds, M. Neame, B. Cook, S. Cook. Goals: N. Stevens 2, S. Cook 2, D. Stimson, E. Sheekey.

THIRDS

Morwell East 3.0 7.3 8.9 8.10(58) Hill End 2.6 3.8 5.11 6.13(49) Morwell East best: A. Hooten, B. Francis, D. Matheson, R. Francis, J. Bowe, B. Clark. Goals: B. Clark 3, D. Matheson 2, S. Winmar 2, S. Tobin. Hill End best: J. Duncan, M. Mits, J. Gibbs, R. Fiddelaers, P. Dow, J. Chewe. Goals: Z. Whittaker, R. Fiddelaers, S. Noy, J. Gibbs, K. Whelan, S. Fairbairn. Trafalgar 2.1 6.5 9.9 13.10(88) Thorpdale 2.2 3.2 3.2 5.3(33) Trafalgar best: N. McMillan, J. Parise, B. Grimshaw, K. Baker, E. Paulet, A. Francis. Goals: J. Holdsworth 4, D. Mann 4, H. Brock 3, N. McMillan, M. Barnes. Thorpdale best: S. Matthews, J. Atkinson, R. McConnell, J. Richardson, D. Johnston, R. Gibson. Goals: J. Bainbridge, M. Atkinson, A. Watson.

FOURTHS

Hill End 4.0 8.1 10.3 13.5(83) Morwell East 0.0 1.1 1.4 1.5(11) Hill End best: C. Mathews, S. Noy, K. Whelan, D. Lee, F. Batten. Goals: D. Lee 6, J. Lee 2, K. Whelan 2, C. Mathews, J. Noy. Morwell East best: D. Van Den Brand, T. Scott, B. Francis, B. Darby-Lock, S. Collier, S. Pirimona. Goals: A. Mobourne. Trafalgar 1.0 2.2 4.4 5.5(35) Thorpdale 0.1 2.2 2.3 2.4(16) Trafalgar best: D. Wood, D. Barker, H. Brock, J. HoworthRoss, J. Fowler, B. Baker. Goals: D. Malady 2, D. Farrell 2, B. Baker. Thorpdale best: D. O’Brien, D. Jones, T. Jenkinson, M. Atkinson, B. Willis, G. Egerer. Goals: M. Atkinson, G. Egerer. Yallourn Yallourn North 4.2 4.2 5.5 5.9(39) Mirboo North 0.0 2.2 3.3 4.3(27) Yallourn Yallourn North best: A. Higginbottom, J. Jacovou, J. King, R. Nelson, M. Sawyer, T. Lay. Goals: J. Jacovou 3, J. Dobson, M. Sawyer. Mirboo North best: J. Gostling, N. Gervasi, S. Leach, I. Abas, L. Bradshaw, J. Peters. Goals: J. Peters, B. Groen, J. Gostling.

True grit Tigers By Rover

AN injury-ravaged Mirboo North scraped home by two points in a last-man-standing battle against a desperate Yallourn Yallourn North in beautiful winter sunshine at George Bates Reserve, Yallourn North last Saturday. Mirboo North was forced to draw on every milligram of physical strength it had to beat YYN in a tough, hardhitting encounter that went right to the wire. The close call sees Mirboo North hold onto third position on the Mid Gippsland ladder, half a game clear of Yarragon. The mighty Tigers were missing the services of injured trio Matt Holland, Ben Stoops and Dom Pinneri from their previous round’s victory against Trafalgar. As well, Mirboo North lost Byron Dalliston, Anthony Bence and Jacob Nash with serious injuries during the course of the afternoon at Bomberland. Dalliston broke a bone in his wrist, Bence damaged his left knee and Nash rolled an ankle to leave the Tiger interchange bench unable to effectively rotate after half-time. Mirboo North’s injury list is growing rapidly and it will be a race against time to have everyone fit for the finals late next month. This was a match where both sides maintained clarity of purpose and intensity of focus on the critical issues of pursuing the Sherrin and disposing of it as best they could under extreme pressure. Sixth-placed YYN had set itself to beat the Tigers, knowing a win was essential to keep its 2009 finals

hopes alive. The Bombers were airborne from the game’s commencement, with goals quickly coming from Luke Sporton and skipper, Shane Galea. Mirboo North answered when Cayden Dalliston inspiringly forced the footy forward and Tim Traill picked it up and snapped truly from close range. Dwayne Gunn then broke free from a tackle and found Traill with a 30-metre-high up-and-under giraffe kick, which would have brought rain on a cloudy day. Traill duly kicked a classic goal from close to the boundary for his second and then YYN’s Dean Julin split the middle to give the Bombers a five-point lead at quarter-time. During the second quarter the match ball mysteriously went flat and had to be replaced. Josh and Daniel Taylor were gathering plenty of possessions and playing on at all costs for the Tigers. Shane Peters weaved his magic through and around heavy traffic and brought up his first and Mirboo North’s third major, courtesy of a free kick and a 50-metre penalty. Further goals to Traill and Peter Mongta for Mirboo North and Galea and Mark Burridge for YYN, saw the Tigers take a four-point lead into the long break. With Barrie Burnett, Todd Dobson and Luke Nelson burning for the Bombers, Mirboo North had its hands full trying to contain them, as well as limiting Campbell MacInnes’ scoring opportunities inside YYN’s forward 50. Two third term goals to YYN and three to Mirboo North, including a ripsnorter on the run from Allister Keel after receiving a slick Peters’ handball, had the Tigers holding a hard-earned 14-point advantage at three-quarter time. The tenacious Bombers generated

plenty of pace across their midfield and through the corridor as they kept pounding the footy forward as the time-clock ticked down. With its players surging and full of vim and vigor, YYN managed five goals in the final term, but was unable to hit the front. Two goals to Traill to bring his tally for the match to five and another long left-foot shot from the running Peters, were enough to get the exhausted Tigers home in a nail-biter. Mongta fearlessly threw himself into many bone-jarring contests for Mirboo North in the closing stages. Brent Harriage, Drew Gardener and Ben and Don Webb stood firm down back against a seemingly neverending series of forward sorties from the fast-moving Bombers, who came tantalisingly close to pulling off a courageous win. Final score: Mirboo North 11.12.78 d Yallourn Yallourn North 12.4.76. Reserves Top-of-the-ladder, Mirboo North bounced back well from its round 14 loss to Trafalgar, when it comfortably defeated YYN by 47 points. The league’s leading goal kicker, Andrew Soplakow, was in devastating form, booting eight match-winning goals. Soplakow’s strong leading, powerful marking and straight-as-an-arrow kicking were worth travelling a long way to see. YYN captain-coach, club president and 1996 senior premiership representative, Rohan Bounds, played his 300th club game for the Bombers. Shaun Helms, James Grande and Mat Bankes were great contributors for the Tigers, as were Nick Gardiner and Jacob Vuillermin. Mirboo North goals: A. Soplakow 8, L. Snell 3, and L. Palmer and J. Bordonaro. Mirboo North best: A. Soplakow,

S. Helms, J. Grande, M. Bankes, N. Gardiner and J. Vuillermin. Final score: Mirboo North 13.9.87 d Yallourn Yallourn North 6.4. 40. No Thirds football Fourths In a huge upset, bottom side, YYN, won its ﬁrst game of the season when it defeated Mirboo North by 12 points. As a result of their loss, the Tigers have slipped from third to fourth spot on the ladder. Jake Gostling, Nick Gervasi and Sam Leach were Mirboo North’s best players. Mirboo North goals: J. Peters, B. Groen and J. Gostling. Mirboo North best: J. Gostling, N. Gervasi, S. Leach, I. Ibas, L. Bradshaw and J. Peters. Final score: Yallourn Yallourn North 5.9.39 d Mirboo North 4.3.27. Netball 15 and Under Mirboo North 40 d YYN 11. Mirboo North best: L. Rogers, E. Koene and A. Dyke. 17 and Under Mirboo North 51 d YYN 16. Mirboo North best: A. Pratt and M. Watt. D Grade Mirboo North 27 d YYN 22. Mirboo North best: V. Busuttil. C Grade Mirboo North 55 d YYN 24. Mirboo North best: K. Shiels and E. Rogers. B Grade Mirboo North 58 d YYN 14. Mirboo North best: M. McRae and S. Munn. A Grade Mirboo North 74 d YYN 30. Mirboo North best: J. Hilliar and A. Pratt.

Becker back

By Matt Dunn and Deb Lucas

ALLIES footballer Shaun Becker has returned to the game he loves after suffering a Ladders Seniors Morwell E Trafalgar Mirboo N Yarragon Yinnar Yall Y/N Newbrgh Thorpdale Hill End Boolarra Reserves Mirboo N Trafalgar Morwell E Hill End Thorpdale Yinnar Newbrgh Yall Y/N Yarragon Boolarra Thirds Trafalgar Thorpdale Mirboo N Newbrgh Morwell E Yinnar Hill End Boolarra Fourths Yinnar Newbrgh Trafalgar Mirboo N Hill End Morwell E Thorpdale Yall Y/N

230.86 235.83 187.85 129.45 100.82 91.61 73.98 70.20 52.17 32.69

56 48 48 46 28 26 20 16 8 4

312.50 284.90 160.45 198.86 119.26 97.81 84.90 47.49 27.84 27.42

52 50 42 40 36 32 24 16 4 4

329.17 159.20 126.02 86.02 81.33 78.54 51.99 49.79

56 56 40 36 36 28 24 20

442.73 121.58 125.62 113.37 112.14 73.10 54.62 24.24

56 44 42 40 38 32 28 16

serious head injury 12 weeks ago. The horrific on-field incident, which occurred while the Allies were playing away against Korumburra, on Saturday May 2, left the 20-year-old with a fractured skull and swelling on the brain. Unconscious, Becker was airlifted to hospital in Melbourne. The concrete box he collided with was 3.5m from the boundary line, which meant its placement was within league guidelines. League rules deem such objects should be at least 3m from the boundary line. The incident was the subject of a formal investigation, after allegations he may have been slung. Now, with the blessing of his doctor, Shaun has taken the first few tentative steps towards again playing in the Allies senior team. On Saturday he took up a place in the seconds and acquitted himself well, playing in the back pocket. Despite his nerves, Shaun said it was great to be back playing the game

he loves. “I was really nervous before the game started but once I got my first touch the nerves disappeared and I just got into the game,” Shaun said. “It really is good to be back. Hopefully I will be able to get back into the senior side but I will have to wait and see how I go. “I was fairly pleased with my game on Saturday but my fitness is not what it should be. I haven’t been able to do much since that weekend, but I am getting back slowly.” The fast recovery is much quicker than Shaun and his family had expected. Doctors believed he would not play football for another year, if at all. Allies secretary Gary Farley said the club had been buoyed by Shaun’s comeback, though there were some reservations. He admits the club was a bit “wary”. “We had five injuries from the previous week’s Meeniyan game and five going to the seniors means five out of the twos. Anyway, Shaun had been to the doctor during the week and he told us he had the all clear,” he said.

Back on track: Allies’ Shaun Becker is finally getting his life back on track after he received a fractured skull in an onfield incident 12 weeks ago. Shaun returned to work five weeks ago and has now returned to the footy field. “The club had made a decision we weren’t going to let him play for the rest of the year. He told us his mum and dad were quite happy. “We hummed and haahed and then got him a crash hat. He played in the back pocket, out of the way a little bit. He got through unscathed and I think it was good for him.”

Neither was Shaun totally sure about his move back into the footballing ranks. “As he said: ‘I don’t know whether I’m doing the right thing or not, but the doctor’s quite happy with the way it’s progressed.’ I guess when you get chucked off a horse, the best thing to do is to get back on, isn’t it?”

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 - PAGE 57

Sport

Climbing the mountain By Davyd Reid FATHER and son team Gordon and John McKeown are gearing up for another Prom Country Challenge Fun Run.

It is a remarkable feat as Gordon is nearly 86 years of age. He has been running in events since he was 60. “I run along the rail trail in Foster. I ﬁnd that to be a good surface,” said Gordon. “I also have made a training track in Foster and I would like to see the kids use that as well.” Gordon has had some success with his running, having been to world championships in his 60s and 70s. “All up I have 10 world medals, some of them gold,” said Gordon. Gordon is also into cycling and recently went to Western Australia for a 700 kilometre bike ride. “But I am getting to the end of my cycling career I think,” said Gordon. “The cycling is starting to get hard.” Registrations for the Prom Country Challenge and Fun Run close on Friday, August 7. The Prom Country Challenge and Fun Run offers the option of a 30 kilometre challenge, and a 6 kilometre run. There is also the option of entering a team of four to compete in the six kilometre run. The event will be held on Sunday, August 16, starting at Toora at 9 am. It is advised that accommodation be booked early as this is a popular event, with approximately 120 competitors taking part last year. The 30 kilometre challenge is an amazing course which is mainly undulating to hilly. The challenge carries the slogan ‘take on the best at the top of Mount Best’ as the course features a 400 metre winding climb of the mountain.

The challenge is a great test of strength and endurance, but offers panoramic views of stunning countryside. The six kilometre runs will take in the historic town of Toora and its surrounds. All competitors must register for their race at 7.30 am. The 30 kilometre race will start at 9 am while the six kilometre races will start at 9.30 am. Participants are also entitled to a free massage, however, six kilometre participants must finish within the hour to claim their massage before attention turns to the 30 kilometre competitors. The event has a total prize pool of $800, of which $700 goes towards the 30 kilometre challenge. The first male and female in the 30 kilometre challenge will each receive $200, with second place earning $100, and third place taking home $50. First place male and female in the six kilometre race will also receive $50. The top three placegetters in all divisions will receive a medal. If running is not for you, there is also the option of the six kilometre fun walk, with a category for the best dressed walker. Local resident prizes will also be given out at the event, along with other random prizes, Presentations for the six kilometre events, which will include the random prizes, will be held, subject to weather conditions, at 11 am at the race finish line. Presentations for the 30 kilometre challenge will be conducted at the Toora Hall at 12.30 pm. While there are plenty of things to see and do in the area, for those interested in gardening, there will be a grafting day at the Toora Heritage Pear Orchard. For more information on the grafting day, contact Meryl on 5681 6335. The Windmill Cafe will be having a pasta night from 6 pm. Bookings are essential and can be made by calling 5686 2417. Prospective participants can enter and pay online at www.promcountrychallenge.org.au, or alternatively you can print out the entry form and post this along with your payment.

Alberton Alberton juniors enter finals junior Alberton Junior football THE Football League comRound 14 UNDER 13 Results: Dalyston 15.7.97 d Phillip Island 2.4.16, Inverloch/ Kongwak 8.10.58 d Korumburra/Bena 8.3.51, Kilcunda/Bass 9.4.58 d Wonthaggi 8.4.52. (Next week) finals week one - semi finals, Sunday, August 2: 2nd semi final - Leongatha v Dalyston at Leongatha; 1st semi final - Phillip Island v Inverloch/Kongwak at Cowes. UNDER 11 Results: Dalyston 4.6 30 d Phillip Island 4.1.25, Inverloch/ Kongwak 4.5.29 d Korumburra/ Bena 3.4.22, Wonthaggi 2.4.16 d Kilcunda/Bass 1.2.8. (Next week) finals week one - semi finals, Sunday, August 2: 2nd semi final - Leongatha v Inverloch/Kongwak at Leongatha; 1st semi final - Korumburra/Bena v Phillip Island at Cowes.

Ladders UNDER 13 Leongatha .................... 278.2 40 Dalyston ....................... 216.5 40 Phillip Island.................. 87.4 28 Inverloch/Kongwak....... 68.0 24 Wonthaggi ....................... 89.2 20 Kilcunda/Bass ................. 73.4 8 Korumburra/Bena ........... 37.7 8 UNDER 11 Leongatha .................... 415.0 48 Inverloch/Kongwak..... 218.8 40 Korumburra/Bena ...... 188.8 28 Phillip Island.................. 83.4 16 Dalyston .......................... 54.5 14 Wonthaggi ....................... 34.7 14 Kilcunda/Bass ................. 30.0 8

Leading goalkickers UNDER 13 H. Wright (Daly) ................(1) 32 N. Arney (Kil/B) ................(4) 29 S. Kelzke (Leon) ................(0) 20 D. Walls (Leon) ..................(0) 17 J. Kilgour (Dalys)...............(4) 17 UNDER 11 B. Ellen (I/K) .....................(1) 17 O. Toussaint (I/K) ..............(1) 16 J. Macri (Kor/Bena) ...........(1) 12 J. Legione (Dalys) ..............(1) 9 H. Suckling (Kor/B) ...........(0) 9

pleted the home and away season with some close games on Sunday. In the under 13s Kilcunda Bass pulled off an upset win against Wonthaggi to knock them out of the final four. It was Kilcunda Bass’ second win for the season and was enough to get them off the bottom of the ladder. A close win to Inverloch Kongwak saw them move into fourth place, earning a semi final berth against Phillip Island next week. In the under 11s Dalyston beat Phillip Island but it was not enough to get them into the finals with the Island holding on to fourth spot. The junior league finals start next week with games at Leongatha and Cowes. The finals will again be sponsored by the local Amcal Chemists. The Inverloch Kongwak and Korumburra Bena teams are playing in their first junior finals next week. It is great to see these new developing teams being a part of the finals series.

Next week The second semi ﬁnals are at the Leongatha Velodrome.

Under 13: Leongatha v Dalyston; Under 11: Leongatha v Inverloch Kongwak. The first semi finals are at the Phillip Island football ground (Cowes) Under 13: Phillip Island v Inverloch Kongwak; Under 11: Korumburra Bena v Phillip Island. The juniors greatly appreciate the support of Amcal - our ongoing finals sponsor.

Tarwin pool Results - Round 8 Riversiders 7 d Tarwin 2, Top Pub 7 d Gladiators 2, Bairs 7 d Grizzlys 2, Gingers - bye.

Ladder Games

Pts

Bairs ..................50-13 384.6 28 Riversiders ........43-20 215.0 28 Grizzlys .............36-27 133.3 20 Gingers ..............28-26 107.6 20 Top Pub ..............33-30 110.0 16 Gladiators ...........18-45 40.0 12 Tarwin .................8-55 14.5 4 Round 9: Bairs v Top Pub, Gingers v Gladiators, Tarwin v Grizzlys, Riversiders - bye.

Last year: Mardan’s Rob Gray and Yarram young gun Michael Hunter were among the best runners in the 2008 event. Rob ran 40min 28sec in the over-55km class of the 6km event, the fastest in his age group. Michael did the distance in 26min 3sec, placing him ﬁrst in the 13 to 14 age group. He was second overall in the event and the fastest “local resident” (in a 50km radius).

Footy club auction night raises $20,000 NOT a whiff of penetrene was evident in the beautifully set Leongatha Football Club-Rooms last Saturday night, when 208 people dined, and were entertained, during the very comical annual fund-raising auction which raised in excess of $20,000. The Committee had attractively prepared the table settings and the waiters and bar staff were competently orchestrated, enabling efﬁcient food-service throughout the evening. Auctioneers, Terry Ginnane and Glenn Wright kept the night moving,

and spirited bidding reached a crescendo when the Tropical Getaway in Northern Territory was ﬁnally knocked down to Tim Stockdale after a battle with Pistol for ﬁnal ownership. The patrons were thoroughly entertained, and many stayed on, long into the night, enjoying the social ambience of the evening. The co-operative response from all participants means that the club can continue to provide the organized sport that is such an asset to the community. For this, the club gives enormous thanks to their valued donors listed in the advertisement below, and to those who patronized the event.

Coming event The next event is one not to be missed. The Steven Spellmaster hypnotist show is coming to Leongatha on Saturday, August 8. The night will be full of hilarious moments as people will be up on stage performing songs, acting, and dancing. Everyone inside or outside the footy club is welcome to book a table or individual tickets. The hypnotist has performed unbelievable shows throughout Australia. See separate story and advertisement in this edition of the Star for further details.

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Sport Sharks show why they’re in fourth place on ladder TARWIN travelled east for a big win against the Allies on the weekend. A four goal wind helped the Allies get off to a strong start in the first quarter. The team’s onballers were on their game and helped produce a 14 point advantage for the Allies at the first break. But that would be as good as it got for the Allies battlers. Tarwin successfully shut their onballers down and used the wind to score an impressive 10 goals in the second quarter. It appeared the Sharks had found their teeth and were playing the game the way they should. In the third quarter the Allies attempted a comeback with the wind, but only managed three goals and three points while Tarwin piled on another four. It was a dismal last quarter at Alberton West for DWWWW as they only managed to score one point. Tarwin boosted their percentage with a further six goals and four points. Final score:Tarwin 23.10.148 d DWWWW 9.7.61. Despite the 87 point victory it wasn’t a pretty win for Tarwin, although they were happy to take the points. The Allies players were having a go despite being a couple of players short of alright. Travis Cameron was by far the best for Tarwin on Saturday according to one seasoned Sharks watcher. Cameron played a good even game at Devon oval. Other standouts included Kevin Holden at centre half forward as well as Rhett McKenzie-Edwards and Simon McMicking. McKenzie-Edwards kicked five goals and Holden scored four. McMicking booted five goals, which takes him to 45 for the season. He is in with a chance to finish in second place on the league goalkicking ladder if he performs well in the season’s last three matches. For the home team, Tyler Faulkner, William Greenaway and Shane Buckley all stood out. Tarwin will be at home to Inverloch/ Kongwak this weekend. They only need one more win to guarantee a position in the league finals and if injured players return to the field in good form, anything is possible. The ground is in good order for what is shaping up as a spirited game as I/K battle for a finals berth.

The better Demons By Callum Hutcheson YARRAM showed they are the more skilful Demon side in the AFL after downing MDU by ten goals at Meeniyan. Yarram came out firing in the first quarter, kicking the first four majors, and already it looked set to be deja vu for MDU. Jenkins and Jo Swift of Yarram put on a clinic, kicking a bag between them. The away side had all the play early, using quick hands effectively in tight congestion, finding plenty of free space. Zeke Lamb was one of those players, peeling off and providing a great deal of run down the wing. MDU’s first goal came from a full ground effort. Damien Adkins went long from a kick in to Ben Maxwell, an important inclusion to the side, who took a speccie on the 50. Tom Horan was the recipient of the kick for distance, taking a good contested mark and driving the ball into the 50 where Ryan Harris earned himself a free. The fourth kick in the ground lengthy display resulted in six points. Craig Ricardo of MDU was continuing his solid defensive work from last week. MDU were keen to keep in touch. Ben Carrothers played on quickly from half back and strong marks to Horan then Aden Harris resulted in the home side’s second.

Ryan Harris booted his second of the quarter after Tim Trotman was able to snag the ball at a boundary throw-in contest on the forward flank and feed it out to him. Quarter time: MDU 3.1.19 - Yarram 7.6.48. At quarter time MDU coach Dave Trotman said that if they were going to get back into this game they would have to “improve intensity, tackling and work rate”. Yarram were lucky to get the first goal of the second quarter through an ugly passage of play. Ben Maxwell was getting his hands on the ball a lot through the midfield and balked a couple of Yarram opponents to set up Aden Harris, who used his body well to mark at full forward, for the home side’s first of the term. Whilst MDU started to use the ball well, Yarram struggled to find as much space. Brothers Aden and Ryan Harris continued to be dangerous around goal. Adkins received a one-two from Mark Dooney and went on to set up Aden in the goal square. Ryan was able to read the pack best from a long Horan kick to full forward and snag a major. MDU were starting to display some football that was pleasant to watch, linking up well with handballs and swiftly moving the ball forward. Yarram were made to work hard for their goals this term, but still they managed to find ways to produce the goods. Half time: MDU 7.2.44 - Yarram 12.9.81. Yarram came out firing in the third, kicking the

first couple and just about putting the game beyond MDU. However Adkins wasn’t about to give up as he used his speed and skill to consistently boot the ball forward. He was the instigator of yet another goal from Aden Harris, this time snapping around his body. Some questionable umpiring decisions hurt MDU as Yarram ran away with the game. Ricardo was still doing his best to hold up the backline. The game was becoming quite physical, with both teams being desperate for the ball, but the away side had the upper hand. Three quarter time: MDU 8.6.54 - Yarram 17.11.113. Aden Harris wasn’t going to go down without a fight, showing frequent acts of desperation and being one of the shining lights for MDU. Carrothers kept on with his quick ball movement and good run, as did Maxwell. Through second and third efforts he was able to add another major to his tally, bringing it to six. Not unlike the second, it was an evenly matched quarter, but unfortunately for MDU lapses in concentration during the first and third terms saw Yarram come through as easy winners. Final score: MDU 10.9.69 - Yarram 19.13.127.

Thirds action: MDU’s Mathew Olden goes for the ball as Yarram’s Jarrod Hurrell tackles. MDU’s Thirds team won by 39 points at home.

Dalyston plays their best footy in a while ON Saturday it felt like Christmas in July for Dalyston as they came out all guns blazing to have the game against Inverloch/Kongwak all but stitched up by quarter time. The Magpies kept up the pressure and won by 34 points. The usual diehard Dalyston supporter would not have predicted what happened in the opening quarter as they found their mojo and kept slim ﬁnals hopes alive. It all started with Rogan Jennings in the ruck who again dominated in the middle as he monstered his opponents and continued to win the tap into space for the midﬁeld to run on to. Playing like a new recruit, Wayne Luke continued his great form at centre half back and he set up their opening goal with a dash and long kick that found his man, Jimma Rosendale on the lead who kicked truly. While Pete Dunlop missed his shot after a strong mark, Justin Hoskings made amends when he was awarded a free on the boundary and slotted it through. The Inverloch backline was under constant pressure and when they were lethargic clearing

the ball from defence, Dean Wylie’s tackle resulted in a free kick for holding the ball. He nonchalantly popped through goal number ﬁve. When Inverloch worked the ball forward, Dalyston were able to hold up well in defence. At quarter time the supporters were shaking their heads in disbelief, but this time it was all good as Dalyston led 8.2 to 0.1 in their best 25 minutes of football for some time. In the second quarter the wind was still a major factor, but Daylston continued to attack and while getting the ball forward enough to score was difﬁcult, they were able to chew enough time off the clock to restrict Inverloch’s scoring opportunities. Again it was Wayne Luke who held up well at half back and Nick Garnham who added a lot of structure to the Magpies game play and provided great support to several younger players. Although Inverloch kicked 2.2 for the quarter, Dalyston were able to negate any inroads they were making when Blake Carew took a strong mark in the forward line and was able to bend one through into the breeze. At half time Daylston led 9.2 to 2.3 and with the wind still a factor, the plan was to shut the

game down in the third quarter. Whatever Nick Garnham had in his water bottle at half time, it had an immediate effect as he launched himself into orbit, going for the mark of the year. While he didn’t hold the mark, the biggest concern for the locals was the threat of a tsunami in Anderson Inlet from the shockwaves as he came back to earth. But Garn’s attack on the ball created a spillage and Dalyston were able to run onto the ball and a pass to Jimma Rosendale who kicked the ﬁrst for the quarter. A good sign in recent games has been the form of Anthony ‘Turbo’ Jerrard who again showed that he was up to the big time and his hard work was rewarded with a goal. With the lead now out to 10 goals the sting was going out of the game as the Inverloch boys found that nothing they tried was working for them and it wasn’t their day. Wayne Luke continued his dash from half back like a giant antelope on steroids and he again teamed up with Jimma Rosendale but Jimma failed to capitalise on a great piece of play when his shot went wide. Inverloch then worked the ball into their for-

ward line and were able to kick a goal against the tide when Dalyston fumbled a mark on the goal line. At three quarter time it was the Magpies who held a commanding 66 point lead. With the gods shining down on the Inverloch faithful, a blinding sun set in the westerly end where Dalyston were kicking in the last quarter and they were forced to play most of the quarter by braille as they could not see up the ground. Inverloch were playing for pride and to their credit ran the game out, kicking 6.2 to 1.0 in the last quarter, which took some of the gloss off Dalyston’s early dominance in the game. Dalyston’s only goal for the quarter came from the efforts of Dale Brown on the wing, who started to ﬁnd some touch in the second half. His kick found Nick Garnham who took a strong pack mark and when he kicked forward, the ball was roved at pace by James Ross, who ﬁnished off a great game kicking his second goal. Final score: Inverloch/Kongwak 9.7.61 d Dalyston 15.5.95.

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Sport Big scare for Stony A MATCH between third on the ladder and 12th would be expected to be a fairly one-sided affair, but this was not to be, as Toora played their best football for some weeks and gave Stony Creek a real scare, with the game in doubt until the last 10 minutes.

Mind the brightness: Stony Creek’s Chris Verboon takes a conﬁdent mark, despite the son, over Toora’s Dave Barwick. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ Four Corners Framing.

The Toora oval was in its usual good condition with a north-west breeze, worth a goal or two, and hazy sunshine. Toora won the toss and kicked with the breeze. Both teams were missing valuable players, Toora’s Allott expected to be a big loss. Toora were ﬁrst on the board with a goal to Ben Osborne, with Stony’s Matt Davies answering almost immediately. The teams then swapped goals with no one gaining the ascendancy. Both defences were working well so that much of the game was played between the halfforward lines and scoring opportunities were limited.

Quarter time: Toora 3.2.20 - Stony Creek 3.0.18. The second quarter began with two early Toora goals and then it was mostly all Stony Creek, but they were wasteful, with many easy shots on goal missing. They were well served by Justin Shields, Lucas Byrnes and Nat Rodda, but kicked 5.8 for the quarter and could have had the game won at half time. However a late running goal to Toora’s Cat Grant on the siren saw the halftime scores only 15 points Stony’s way. Half time: Stony Creek 8.8.56 - Toora 6.5.41. After the long break with the wind almost gone, Stony were quick off the mark with a goal in the ﬁrst 30 seconds, but then the quarter belonged to Toora and with Jamie Maurilli-Pullin doing well in the ruck and Justin Mills playing his best game of the year, they easily outscored Stony 4.5 to 2.0. Toora pressure meant that many Stony Creek passes went astray and at three quarter time Toora led by two points. Three quarter time: Toora 10.10.70 - Stony Creek

10.8.68. Stony Creek moved Lucas McMillan up forward from defence and he rewarded them with a goal to put them in front early in the quarter. This was followed by a silly 50m penalty by Toora and Stony were two up. The quarter then became a bit of an arm wrestle, with goals to Toora’s Dennis to give them a bit of hope, but a late goal to Rodda and Stony were 10 point winners This was a hard fought, well umpired, entertaining game of football that Stony Creek were perhaps a bit lucky to win. They have a good run to the ﬁnals and may go to second place if they can win well against the Allies (and Wonthaggi easily beats Korumburra/Bena). Toora travel to Kilcunda/ Bass and should win their ﬁfth game of the season if they can repeat their form of Saturday. Final score: Stony Creek 13.11.89 d Toora 11.13.79.

Foster’s unhappy ending AFTER last week’s prolific final quarter the Bulldogs were looking to carry the momentum through into this week’s danger game against a young Foster side. The start however was not a good one for the Island as the visitors got the jump early at the Cowes oval. From the first bounce it was evident that we would have an intriguing duel ahead in the ruck department, with both side’s big men among the better few in the competition. We were also destined to see a battle of the spear-heads with Island young gun Stevic facing off against Foster star Eddy. With the Island kicking against the wind in the first quarter it would be key to make the most of every scoring opportunity, and be strong against the constant Foster attack. The home side were able to get half of this equation correct. Once again the back line were steadfast in their defence, but at the other end of the ground inaccurate kicking let the side down, with

numerous squandered scoring chances. The Tigers hurt the Islanders late in the quarter with two goals giving them a narrow lead going into the first break. Quarter time: Phillip Island 2.5.17 - Foster 3.2.20. After the break, it was again the visiting side which got the break. Foster began to run early in this term and had two goals within the first five minutes as a result. The Island was able to reply with a great snap from Murdoch after some hard running, and was still in the game. Foster then got a roll on and proceeded to kick the next three goals as the Island aided them with sloppy skills and average decision-making. It was beginning to appear that the young Foster side again had the Island’s measure, but Richards was able to steady the ship with a good pack mark and goal from the top of the goal square. Going into the long break, Foster held a handy lead and the Island would need to find another gear if they were to have a chance going into the second

half. Half time: Phillip Island 4.9.38 Foster 8.4.52. At the start of the second half it was noted that the Island’s pressure had lifted and if they were able to keep that standard throughout the quarter, they would be within striking distance going into the ﬁnal quarter. Foster still were able to obtain plenty of the ball, with quick rebounding being their feature. The Island had lifted across the ground but with a few bad decisions the visitors were able to kick two majors for the quarter. With the breeze strengthening, the Island needed to stay within a couple of majors to be a chance going into the ﬁnal quarter. The Doggies were able to do that through a couple of Vernon brother goals including a good snap from Zac after a strong goal line mark. Three quarter time: Phillip Island 6.13.49 - Foster 10.5.65. Going into the last break we saw the intensity lift, but an early goal to Foster seemed to put the match out of the reach of the young Doggies. This was not the end of the game,

it was however where the Bulldogs found another gear. Ball use improved dramatically and the Dogs were rewarded with a couple of goals in the ﬁrst 10 minutes, keeping the game alive. Hard work, strong marking and great running were the ingredients to an Island revival and a couple more quick goals brought the Tigers within striking distance of the resurging Doggies. A crucial forward line mistake from Foster lead to a coast to coast goal for the Island, bringing the scores level. A controversial behind gave the home side the smallest of leads but Murphy was able to kick the sealer late in the quarter. It was a similar story this week for the Island as seen in previous matches, with superior ﬁtness and dogged determination getting the lads over the line late in the game. It just goes to show that it’s not over till it’s over and determination is a key component to success. Final scores: Phillip Island 11.14.80 d Foster 11.7.73.

Depleted Panthers show some spirit WITH 10 regular senior players unavailable, and less than consistent form of late, even the most ardent Kilcunda/Bass supporter could have been forgiven for not going to the football when they were playing the league’s benchmarks, Wonthaggi Power. This probably accounted for the small crowd in attendance, but instead of the expected demolition, the contest turned out to be a lot closer, more exciting and entertaining. The spirit of the young Panthers was admirable and they really gave their more favoured opponents a real workout and showed a glimmer of what could happen in the future for their proud club. They can take conﬁdence and pride from their performance despite never threatening the outcome of the game. Played at Wonthaggi in excellent conditions, the game was generally scrappy but did have some excellent passages of play at times

from both sides. Wonthaggi, not expecting much opposition with all the talk of players unavailable all week were initially ﬂat and surprised by the enthusiasm of their opponents. The Panthers were prepared to run with the ball and take chances, and this was putting pressure on all over the ground. Wonthaggi’s backline was again very strong, led by Tim Gedye, Sam Combridge, Sigi Asa Leausa and Tim Gilliland. Its onballers Nathan Jones, Josh Olden and Aaron Ware were providing plenty of drive and opportunities up forward, where Declan Kelly was proving a focus point. The Panthers were getting good value from their on-ballers also, through Steven O’Brien and ruckman Lange, while Wayne Anderson and youngster Dylan Foss were collecting important possessions. Down back, Jamie Cowper, Jake Mabilia and Rohan Churchill were holding the strong Power forwards. Wonthaggi introduced yet

another promising junior, Fergus O’Connor, to senior ranks and he settled in well. Whilst the ﬁrst quarter was clearly won by the Power, the second quarter went to the Panthers. Kilcunda/Bass continued to work hard despite losing Clark who was sent off, and their intensity lifted. The second half saw Wonthaggi continue to apply pressure on the scoreboard and eventually ran out comfortable winners, doubling their opponents’ score. Rowan Hanley, Nathan Jones and Olden provided a lot of their run, while youngster Kelly up forward did the job, kicking ﬁve goals. At no stage did Killy/Bass give in and were still presenting strongly at every contest. Final score: Wonthaggi Power 18.12.120 d Kilcunda/Bass 9.6.60.

Reserves carnage: it was all Korumburra/Bena in their 139 point win over Fish Creek in the Reserves.

Fish Creek wasn’t any trouble for ’Burra/Bena KORUMBURRA/BENA are a good side and deserve to be second on the ladder. They are a well drilled side and won comfortably against an undisciplined Creekers team. Right from the first bounce Kor/Bena’s players were into attack and with little resistance they had four goals on the board in no time. The Roos had trouble penetrating their forward 50 until late in the quarter when Barry Standfield, with two set shots, could only manage two behinds. Quarter time: Kor/Bena 4.4.28 - Fish Creek 0.2.2. The second quarter saw a more determined Fish Creek outfit, with Barry getting on the end of some good play and kicking two nice goals, but Korumburra still had the answers and they kicked five goals to hold a handy lead. John Danckert kicked a very good left foot goal to go in at half time. Half time: Kor/Bena 9.6.60 - Fish Creek 3.2.20. After half time it was all Korumburra/Bena. Their run and ball skills all over the ground showed the young Creekers how to play football. They amassed seven goals, three points to put the game beyond the Roos, reach and lead at three quarter time. Three quarter time: Kor/Bena16.9.105 - Fish Creek 4.2.26. Much the same happened in the last quarter as Kor/ Bena piled on another seven goals, four points with Quaife and Osbourne sharing the goal kicking duties, ending up with six goals each. Not a good day for the Roos, with only the one goal after half time kicked by M. Standfield. Final score: Kor/Bena 23.13.151 to Fish Creek 4.3.27.

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Sport ROUND 15 SENIORS

DALYSTON ........................................... 8.2 9.2 14.5 - 15.5.95 INVERLOCH/KONGWAK ....................... 0.1 2.3 3.5 9.7.61 Dalyston goalkickers: D.M. Rosendale 3, B. Carew 2, J. Ross 2, J. Hosking 2, D. Wylie 2, W. Luke 1, M. Chumbley 1, S. Johnstone 1, A. Jerrard 1. Best: R. Jennings, W. Luke, D. Wylie, M. Chumbley, N. Garnham, J. Ross. Inverloch/Kongwak goalkickers: L. Reddie 4, J. Dowie 2, S. Fisher 1, B. Kniese 1, J. Brosnan 1. Best: A. Cross, T. Thornby, J. Dowie, S. Fisher, M. Billows, T. Price. YARRAM .......................................... 7.6 12.9 17.11 - 19.13.127 MDU ....................................................... 3.1 7.2 8.6 - 10.9.69 Yarram goalkickers: B. Dyke 3, T. Jenkins 3, C. Sutherland 2, J. Swift 2, J. Swift 2, C. Pettitt 2, M. Lush 1, C. Bruns 1, K. Sutherland 1, Z. Lamb 1, C. Strobel 1. Best: C. Pettitt, Z. Lamb, T. O’Connor, C. Burns, B. Dyke, C. Strobel. MDU goalkickers: A. Harris 6, R. Harris 3, B. Maxwell 1. Best: D. Adkins, C. Ricardo, R. Taylor, A. Harris, A. Dalby, S. Heppell. WONTHAGGI POWER..................... 6.7 8.10 13.11 - 18.12.120 KILCUNDA/BASS ................................... 1.0 4.2 7.4 9.6.60 Wonthaggi Power goalkickers: D. Kelly 5, N. Jones 3, A. Ware 2, T. Mayling 2, P. Brosnan 1, T. Wells 1, A. Hill 1, K. Schrape 1, R. Tack 1, P. Young 1. Best: D. Kelly, N. Jones, R. Hanley, T. Gedye, J. Olden, S. Combridge. Kilcunda/Bass goalkickers: P. Lange 3, S. O’Bryan 1, B. Hall 1, J. Allen 1, S. Wilson 1, Z. Hill 1, J. Cowper 1. Best: D. Foss, S. O’Bryan, W. Anderson, J. Mabilia, B. Hall, J. Cowper. PHILLIP ISLAND ................................. 2.5 4.9 6.13 - 11.14.80 FOSTER ............................................... 3.2 8.4 10.5 - 11.7.73 Phillip Island goalkickers: B. Vernon 2, K. Murphy 2, C. Stevic 2, J. Youle 1, Z. Vernon 1, J. Docherty 1, T. Richards 1, S. Murdoch 1. Best: J. Dykes, K. Murphy, C. Terlich, J. Docherty, B. Hale, S. Docherty. Foster goalkickers: B. Eddy 5, T. Howe 2, T. Bartholomew 2, S. Everington 1, C. Ratcliffe 1. Best: S. Zachariassen, M. Aabryn, J. Stevenson, B. Eddy, B. Coates, C. Ratcliffe. KORUMBURRA/BENA ........................ 4.4 9.6 16.9 - 23.13.151 FISH CREEK .......................................... 0.2 3.2 4.2 4.3.27 Korumburra/Bena goalkickers: R. Quaife 6, N. Osler 6, C. Maskell 4, C. Langley 3, D. Wyhoon 1, A. Miller 1, D. Alger 1, G. Browney 1. Best: C. Maskell, A. Hillberg, J. Hopkins, C. Langley, T. Smith, J. Kyle. Fish Creek goalkickers: Details not supplied. Best: Details not supplied. STONY CREEK ..................................... 3.0 8.8 10.8 - 13.11.89 TOORA & DISTRICT........................... 3.2 6.5 10.10 - 11.13.79 Stony Creek goalkickers: J. Shields 4, M. Davies 3, L. McMillan 2, N. Rodda 2, L. Andrews 1, B. Hutchinson 1. Best: L. Byrnes, N. Rodda, J. Shields, B. Hutchinson, M. Cook, B. Byrnes. Toora & District goakickers: B. Osborne 3, P. Grant 2, A. Garlick 1, K. Donohue 1, J. Dows 1, C. Bland 1, B. Dennis 1, J. Osborne 1. Best: J. Mills, P. Grant, M. Green, D. Barwick. J. Maurilli-Pullin, N. Green. TARWIN.............................................. 3.1 13.5 17.6 - 23.10.148 DWWWW................................................ 5.3 6.3 9.6 9.7.61 Tarwin goalkickers: S. McMicking 5, R. McKenzie-Edwards 5, K. Holden 4, J. Dowling 4, W. Blundy 3, T. Cameron 1, B. Williamson 1. Best: T. Cameron, K. Holden, W. Blundy, S. McMicking, R. McKenzie-Edwards, N. McRae. DWWWW goalkickers: T. Faulkner 3, L. Pain 2, C. Faulkner 1, P. Joyce 1, D. Vardy 1, J. Doran 1. Best: W. Greenaway, D. White, T. Faulkner, S. Buckley, C. Peterson, J. Moore.

Above: Goal defence: Leongatha Town defender Melissa Beardsworth tries to spoil, while St Laurence’s Sarah Kemper aims for goal in their A-grade match on Saturday.

Desperate: Cailtin Browne, Michelle Moore and Tania Slater played desperate netball. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ Four Corners Framing.

Alberton netball Results Round 15 July 25

RESERVES STONY CREEK 13.6.84 d TOORA & DISTRICT 7.10.52 KORUMBURRA/BENA 23.20.158 d FISH CREEK 3.1.19 PHILLIP ISLAND 9.13.67 d FOSTER 5.8.38 WONTHAGGI POWER 29.18.192 d KILCUNDA/BASS 4.0.24 MDU 22.12.144 d YARRAM 5.3.33 INVERLOCH/KONGWAK 17.9.111 d DALYSTON 8.8.56 TARWIN 16.18.114 d DWWWW 3.4.22 UNDER 18s STONY CREEK 20.6.126 d TOORA & DISTRICT 3.6.24 KORUMBURRA/BENA 12.12.84 d FISH CREEK 4.2.26 PHILLIP ISLAND 16.19.115 d FOSTER 0.3.3 WONTHAGGI POWER 17.11.113 d KILCUNDA/BASS 2.2.14 MDU 13.9.87 d YARRAM 7.6.48 INVERLOCH/KONGWAK 3.7.25 d DALYSTON 3.6.24 DWWWW 10.9.69 d TARWIN 6.5.41 UNDER 15s TOORA & DISTRICT 6.9.45 d STONY CREEK 7.2.44 KORUMBURRA/BENA 15.10.100 d FISH CREEK 0.3.3 PHILLIP ISLAND 21.16.142 d FOSTER 0.4.4 KILCUNDA/BASS 9.7.61 d WONTHAGGI POWER 5.3.33 MDU 6.6.42 drew YARRAM 6.6.42 DALYSTON 11.14.80 d INVERLOCH/KONGWAK 2.2.14 DWWWW 16.7.103 d TARWIN 0.4.4 LADDERS

SENIORS Wonthaggi Power . 218.02 Korumburra/Bena 179.46 Stony Creek.......... 155.86 Tarwin ................... 135.66 Yarram .................. 118.15 Phillip Island ........ 115.57 Foster .................... 106.23 Inverloch/K’wak...... 103.85 Dalyston................... 94.01 Kilcunda/Bass ......... 72.09 Toora & District ........ 64.13 Fish Creek ............... 70.03 MDU ........................ 67.08 DWWWW................. 39.25 RESERVES Wonthaggi Power 460.73 Inverloch/K’wak ... 258.06 Stony Creek ......... 211.31 Korumburra/Bena 219.93 Phillip Island ........ 162.89 MDU...................... 184.23 Dalyston ................ 133.60 Tarwin ................... 127.21 Toora & District ..... 109.10 Foster...................... 55.32 DWWWW ................ 38.15 Yarram .................... 28.19 Fish Creek .............. 27.89 Kilcunda/Bass ......... 23.22

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UNDER 18 Korumburra/Bena 398.00 Phillip Island ........ 471.86 Wonthaggi Power . 307.64 Stony Creek.......... 216.87 Yarram .................. 117.35 Inverloch/K’wak ..... 93.37 MDU ...................... 114.74 DWWWW................. 81.38 Toora & District ........ 61.07 Dalyston................... 83.04 Tarwin ...................... 33.45 Foster ...................... 51.31 Fish Creek ............... 35.55 Kilcunda/Bass .......... 24.41 UNDER 15 Kilcunda/Bass .... 1173.47 Korumburra/Bena 782.56 Dalyston ............... 341.79 Wonthaggi Power . 254.57 Phillip Island ........ 222.00 DWWWW................. 95.00 Toora & District ..... 107.07 Inverloch/K’wak....... 58.63 Yarram ..................... 47.95 Fish Creek ............... 44.47 MDU ........................ 37.33 Stony Creek ............. 29.87 Foster ...................... 26.42 Tarwin ...................... 10.55

Too tall: Jess Renden takes a solid grab for Stony Creek. Shannon Dows of Toora tries the spoil. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning @ Four Corners Framing.

FOOTY DRAWS THIS WEEKEND ALBERTON

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Right: Centre control: St Laurence centre player Danielle Jones battles it out for centre control with Town’s counterpart Karen Woods.

Round 16 - August 1 Kilcunda/Bass v Toora Yarram v Fish Creek Dalyston v Phillip Island Stony Creek v Allies Kor/Bena v Wonthaggi Foster v MDU Tarwin v Inv/Kongwak JUNIORS August 2 - Semi ﬁnals

WEST GIPPSLAND Round 15 - August 1 Maffra v Morwell Drouin v Leongatha Traralgon v Sale Moe v Warragul Garﬁeld - bye

MID GIPPSLAND Round 16 - August 1 Yarragon v Boolarra Newborough v Trafalgar Morwell East v Yinnar Thorpdale v Yall/Yall North Mirboo North v Hill End

ELLINBANK Round 17 - August 1 Buln Buln v Catani Bunyip v Nyora Cora Lynn v Poowong Longwarry v Lang Lang Neerim/Neerim Sth v Nar Nar Goon Nilma Darnum v Ellinbank Warragul Industrials v Koo Wee Rup

AFL top goal kickers SENIORS C. Stevic (PI)..................... (2) L. Reddie (I/K) .................. (4) A. Harris (MDU)............... (6) S. McMicking (Tarwin)..... (5) L. McMillan (S. Crk) ........ (2) T. Murdoch (Won)............. (0) R. Tack (Won) ................... (1) J. Swift (Yarram) ............... (2) B. Standﬁeld (F. Crk) ........ (0) B. Eddy (Foster) ................ (5) T. Bartholomew (Foster) ... (2)

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RESERVES R. Birnie (Dalyston) .......... (4) J. Andrighetto (Won) ......... (8) J. Dowie (I/K) ................... (0) J. Jackson (I/K) ................. (1) T. McCoy (PI) ................... (2) A. Zanella (Won)............... (0) R. Todd (Won) ................... (3) D. Baldi (MDU) ................ (7) N. Cant (I/K) ..................... (3) P. Hollier (Toora)............... (0)

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THIRDS J. Schelling (S. Crk) .......... (7) C. Sutherland (Yarram) ..... (4) E. Bourke (PI) ................... (4) S. Brandon (MDU)............ (4) Z. Fowler (I/K) .................. (1) S. Edwards (Kor/Bena) ..... (0) D. O’Connor (Won) ............0) G. Riley (DWWWW) ....... (6) L. Cleeland (PI)................. (1) M. Wright (PI) ................... (0) M. Thomson (Yarram) ...... (1)

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FOURTHS J. Hughes (Won)................ (2) J. Meade (Kor/Bena) ......... (4) B. Chumbley (Dalyston) ... (4) M. Edwards (Kor/Bena) .... (1) C. Hanratty (Toora) ........... (3) K. Salama (Kil/Bass) ........ (0) J. Smith (Kor/Bena) .......... (0) B. Reed (DWWWW) ........ (2) J. Dakin (Kil/Bass) ............ (0) B. Doran (Toora) ............... (2)

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A Grade: DWWWW 43 d Tarwin 24, Fish Creek 51 d Korumburra/Bena 37, MDU 45 drew Yarram 45, Stony Creek 33 d Toora 28, Foster 45 d Phillip Island 39, Dalyston 44 d Inverloch/Kongwak 39, Wonthaggi - bye. B Grade: DWWWW 42 d Tarwin 22, Korumburra/Bena 47 d Fish Creek 37, MDU 51 d Yarram 13, Stony Creek 48 d Toora 21, Foster 54 d Phillip Island 25, Inverloch/ Kongwak 57 d Dalyston 37, Wonthaggi 59 d Kilcunda/Bass 30. C Grade: DWWWW 26 d Tarwin 20, Korumburra/Bena 46 d Fish Creek 27, Yarram 44 d MDU 24, Stony Creek 23 drew Toora 23, Foster 63 d Phillip Island 16, Dalyston 39 d Inverloch/Kongwak 27, Wonthaggi 38 d Kilcunda/Bass 15. 17 & Under: DWWWW 27 d Tarwin 14, Korumburra/Bena 36 d Fish Creek 13, MDU 62 d Yarram 32, Stony Creek 33 d Toora 13, Foster 47 d Phillip Island 16, Dalyston 37 d Inverloch/Kongwak 33, Wonthaggi 61 d Kilcunda/ Bass 21. 15 & Under: Tarwin 19 d DWWWW 8, Korumburra/Bena 46 d Fish Creek 27, Yarram 44 d MDU 18, Stony Creek 35 d Toora 18, Phillip Island 21 d Foster 7, Inverloch/ Kongwak 24 d Dalyston 20, Wonthaggi 41 d Kilcunda/bass 17. 13 & Under: DWWWW 30 d Tarwin 9, Korumburra/Bena 18 drew Fish Creek 18, MDU 23 d Yarram 21, Stony Creek 27 d Toora 25, Foster 30 d Phillip Island 26, Dalyston 27 d Inverloch/Kongwak 25, Wonthaggi 24 d Kilcunda/ Bass 17.

Ladders A Grade Foster........................... 186.2 Wonthaggi ...................142.1 Dalyston .......................147.2 Fish Creek ....................145.0 Korumburra/Bena ......134.6

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Phillip Island ...............106.6 Yarram ...........................100.5 Inverloch/Kongwak.......106.9 Stony Creek.....................82.0 DWWWW ......................74.0 MDU ...............................72.3 Tarwin .............................55.6 Toora ...............................45.5 B Grade Foster............................293.4 Inverloch/Kongwak.....177.0 Wonthaggi ................. 156.6 MDU .............................139.7 Korumburra/Bena ......132.2 Fish Creek .................... 118.8 Dalyston ........................ 118.0 DWWWW.......................95.6 Stony Creek.....................99.2 Phillip Island ...................84.4 Kilcunda/Bass .................58.2 Tarwin .............................58.9 Toora ...............................41.0 Yarram ............................28.4 C Grade Foster............................470.3 Yarram .........................166.9 Korumburra/Bena ......170.2 MDU .............................165.8 Wonthaggi ....................151.4 Dalyston .......................160.3 Inverloch/Kongwak.........80.7 Phillip Island ...................75.4 Fish Creek .......................71.0 Stony Creek.....................52.3 Toora ...............................49.0 Tarwin .............................62.8 DWWWW.......................48.8 Kilcunda/Bass .................42.0 17 & Under Foster............................431.4 Korumburra/Bena ......219.8 Wonthaggi ....................246.4 Dalyston .......................139.6 MDU .............................145.4 Stony Creek .................102.2 Phillip Island ................. 116.8 Inverloch/Kongwak.........91.6 Fish Creek .......................68.9 Toora ...............................49.6 Yarram .............................59.8 Kilcunda/Bass .................57.0 DWWWW.......................27.9 Tarwin .............................28.7 15 & Under Yarram .........................329.4 Korumburra/Bena ......286.5 Phillip Island ...............158.6 Fish Creek ....................140.0 Dalyston .......................136.4 Inverloch/Kongwak.....108.9 Stony Creek................... 116.5 MDU .............................106.2 Wonthaggi .......................94.8 Foster...............................50.8 Kilcunda/Bass .................36.7 Toora ...............................40.6 Tarwin .............................51.6 DWWWW.......................31.1 13 & Under Fish Creek ....................200.5 DWWWW....................173.6 Korumburra/Bena ......170.8 Phillip Island................159.5 Foster............................132.5 Wonthaggi ................... 126.8 Stony Creek.....................96.3 Kilcunda/Bass .................74.6 Yarram * ..........................75.4 Dalyston ..........................71.9 MDU ...............................68.8 Inverloch/Kongwak.........75.1 Toora ...............................54.7 Tarwin .............................52.6

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Netball umpires UMPIRE roster for this Saturday at Leongatha netball. 11am: T. Newton, A. Gourlay, J. Gourlay, M. Evison, S. Anderson and Bridie Allen. 12 noon: M. Price, G. Patterson, S. Anderson, K. Clarke, A. Smith, B. Goodwin, M. Mitchem, K. Norton, A. Funnell, J. Hill, Bridie Allen and S. Vansinderen. 1pm: M. Price, D. Jones, J. Allen, J. Hill, J. Goss, S. Vansinderen, P. Smith and J. Grant. 2.15pm: J. Allen, J. Grant, K. Gourlay, K. Bentvelzen, B. Challis and M. Evison. Any queries please phone Jo on 0438 487 053.

Leongatha and District Netball Results Saturday, July 25

11/Under: South Gipps-land 10 d Town Blue 5, Town Green 16 d Mt Eccles Purple 6, St Laurence Gold 15 d St Laurence Maroon 9, Mt Eccles Aqua 16 d Town Orange 6, Mirboo North - bye. 13/Under: Mt Eccles 23 d Town Green 4, St Laurence Blue 32 d Mirboo North 10, St Laurence Maroon 18 d Town Black 11, South Gippsland - bye. 15/Under: Town Yellow 21 d Mirboo North 14, Mt Eccles 38 d Town Green 15, St Laurence bye. 17/Under / C Grade: St Laurence Blue 34 d St Laurence Maroon 29, Town 35 d South Gippsland 8. B Grade: Mt Eccles Navy 34 d Mt Eccles Pink 23, St Laurence 45 d Town Green 42, Mt Eccles Purple 35 d Mirboo North 27, Town Black - bye. A Grade: Town Green 52 d St Laurence 28, Mt Eccles Aqua 43 d Mt Eccles White 39.

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Sport Knights in scoreless draw

• SOUTH GIPPSLAND SOCCER

LEONGATHA and Prom Coast ended up in a scoreless draw but the drama happened when Leongatha’s Gerry Marvin had his eye lid cut open in an accidental encounter with a Prom Coast player.

He ﬁnished the match and headed to hospital to have the injury “superglued” back together. There was also a mix up with the Mirboo North and Wonthaggi teams which was scheduled to be played at Mirboo North. Phillip Island had a 3-0 win over a young Korumburra City team that fought the match out to the end. The Breakers took the lead after 21 minutes but nine minutes later Josh Crook’s goal for City was disallowed as he was judged to have pushed a Phillip Island defender before he scored. Korumburra City was more competitive in the second half but the Breakers scored again after a misunderstanding between the City’s defence and goalkeeper. Another goal to the Breakers saw them score a comprehensive 3-0 win.

Women Top of the ladder Korumburra City, with a late goal, got home 1-0 against Phillip Island. Against the wind the Phillip Island game started out as a tough ﬁght as both sides strove to get the advantage. At half time the score was 0-0 and both sides tried desperately to get the ﬁrst goal. With the wind to their advantage our Phillip Island goalie Ebony Keady did a fantastic job stopping many hard shots at goal from the opposition. Just before full time Korumburra City’s Lauren Trani got one past the keeper. Phillip Island tried hard to equalise and several shots went close. Training for P.I girls is Tuesday 4pm to 6pm. If you would like extra training there is Thursdays. Phillip Island’s

next game is against Prom Coast at Newhaven and all players need to be at the ground by 9.15am. Remember if you don’t train you will not get a game. Leongatha played a powerful game against a good Foster side. Cathy Jukes top scored with three goals. Cat Cardilini scored one and Yani Cornthwaite, in her ﬁrst of two matches for the day, scored one against Foster who was goalless for the day. Leongatha coach, Stuart Grayden said he was very pleased with the communication between his players.

Under 14 Leongatha and Prom Coast fought out a 1-1 draw in a match that could have gone either way. Colin Franklin came out of the box running with sound ball skills and tenacious play to place Leongatha in the lead early in the ﬁrst half. Foster equalled shortly after and the match scores remained this way until the end of play. Matt Dudley defended well in Leongatha’s goals with quick hands and great reﬂexes. Matt Foreman only had eyes for the ball and on many occasions changed the direction of play out of Gatha’s danger zone. In the second half Tom Stampton peppered the goal from close range, but Foster’s goalie repelled the attack each time. Shane Pow and Mark Russell were excellent support to Leongatha’s forwards but to no reward on the score board. Phillip Island was too strong for Korumburra City, winning 4-0. The Breakers broke through early to take the lead. Both teams fought hard throughout the game but it was the Breakers who were able to put the goals on the board. After leading 2-0 at half time the Breakers added two more in the second half to win 4-0.

Under 16 Prom Coast scored a 4-2 win over Leongatha Knights in a free scoring match.

Top game: the Korumburra v Phillip Island women’s match was extremely exciting with leaders Korumburra winning the match with a late goal. Both teams were pictured catching their breath after the match.

Left: Under 16s: action from the Phillip Island v Korumburra match. Max Rounds donned the goalie gloves this week as Leongatha’s Rocci Thomas was unavailable due to injury. Rounds played superbly under a constant attack from a keen and determined Foster team. Prom Coast opened the account. Leongatha’s Darcy O’Connor cleared the goalies’ hands with a huge kick from the midﬁeld line. The ever reliable Scott

Van Lieshout ﬂipped one in, followed by Ricky Marvin back from injury. The second half saw penalty shots scored from Gatha’s Scott Van Lieshout and a Foster player. Under great pressure Leongatha’s Maddie Gatehouse and Brianna Delaney were rock solid, assisting Max Rounds in defence. Tom Dudley, who had collected a foot in the knee early on, managed to return

to the pitch late in the match to give some much needed legs to a determined Leongatha team.

Important meeting

A meeting for players and parents of Prom Coast Soccer Club on Friday, July 31 at 6pm at the soccer club room. This is a meeting to decide the future of our club and we need your support to keep the club going.

Cycling gold for Will

On the run: Madeline Wilson, Alyce Anastasi, and Matthew Owen compete for Phillip Island.

Phillip Island Soccer PHILLIP ISLAND Breakers played Korumburra City Soccer Club at Korumburra this Sunday. The day started with Under 12s playing a great game that entertained the spectators. Phillip Island Breakers Matthew Owen, Izaak McCall and Madeline Wilson scoring 4 goals to Korumburra 0. The Female teams played a hard fought match, Korumburra showing they deserve the top position on the ladder, beating Phillip Island 1 nil. Under 14s put on a show of great soccer skills, scoring was difﬁcult to start with, both teams determined to win. Phillip Island seemed to have the better strategy, pushing their advantage when kicking with the wind and shutting down all chances for Korumburra to score. Goal Scorers Kate McWilliam, Nathan

Cleeland and Walter Hiatt. Final score Phillip Island 4 to Korumburra Nil. Under 16s produced a thrilling game Korumburra gaining the early advantage with a 2 goal lead at half time. Phillip Island pulled out all stops and managed 2 equalizing goals in the second half. The rest of the game was a heart in the mouth affair with both sides running themselves ﬂat to gain the win. Final Score Phillip Island 2 to Korumburra 2. Goals scorer for Phillip Island was Jacob Roberts. The Seniors then played the ﬁnal match of the day. Phillip Island winning 3 goals to 0, Goal scores Tim Van Weynsberge and David Riviere. Next week Prom Coast(Foster) goto Phillip Island

A YOUNG Loch cyclist has returned to South Gippsland with a gold and silver medal from the Victorian Cycling Championships on the weekend. William Lumby was victorious in the 12 and under road race held on the outskirts of Wangaratta on Sunday. He narrowly took the gold medal in a sprint to the ﬁnish at the end of the 18km undulating circuit. The 10-year-old Loch Primary School student was ecstatic with his win against junior cyclists from across the state. In the time trial on Saturday, Will bettered his previous best by 23 seconds, but ﬁnished second.

Will’s father David said the competition success will make him more determined. “He’s very competitive and because I’ve been a cyclist I’m able to train with him and give him some insight into the sport,” he said. “He’s been up all hours of the night watching the Tour de France with me.” Will completes serious training every day of the week, but also rides his mountain bike around his family’s farm on other days. “I don’t need to push him to do it. He has a bit of drive,” David said. “The last thing I want is for

Goalkeeping sessions ALL six South Gippsland soccer clubs took advantage of the two specialist goalkeeping sessions held locally last week. Morwell based Andrew Halkett, who has a wealth of experience in coaching up and coming goalkeepers, visited both Phillip Island and Korumburra. Andrew was the goalkeeper coach for Gippsland regional teams last year and this year has been involved with various Victorian representative squads. The range of ages at both clinics was great with adults and some goalkeepers as young as 10 years old being involved. Andrew was taken back by the interest and commented that it is a great sign when a region invests the time to further develop their goalkeepers. The sessions concentrated on footwork, a goalkeeper’s set position and technique on diving for the ball. Local coaches were also invited to attend and one junior coach commented that, “As a coach it is extremely helpful to observe a session like this as we can then continue to pass on this information ourselves.” Both Phillip Island and Korumburra soccer clubs believed they were very successful initiatives and hopefully it helps raise the bar for local goalkeepers.

him to over train and get sick of it.” Will won the Victorian hill climb championship earlier this year at Outtrim. His next major event will be the Victorian school boy’s champions zone ﬁnal at Bairnsdale in October. If the Grade 4 student makes it to the next stage he will compete on Lygon Street.

Triumphant: Will Lumby was victorious in the 12 and under road race held near Wangaratta on Sunday.

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Sport

Parrots into top three LEONGATHA has pushed itself into third position on the West Gippsland Latrobe Football League ladder on the weekend, with a resounding 87 point win over Garﬁeld at home. The Parrots’, led by full forward Dwayne Holt,

were dominant after quarter time, kicking 19 goals to five. Holt kicked 10 goals and displayed a near perfect showing in the forward 50. His aerial marking was on display, as well as his fleet footed skills at ground level. The match threatened to be a shootout early in the ﬁrst term, with both sides going goal for goal, and at quarter

Possession game: leading the number of possessions, the Parrots ran out comfortable winners against Garﬁeld on Saturday. SENIORS Drouin 3.2 7.3 13.6 14.11.95 Morwell 4.2 7.5 8.7 11.8.74 Drouin best: D.Carmody, B.Soumilas, M.Dow, A.Soumilas, C.Dunne, P.McGrath. Goals: C.Dunne 4, B.Carmody 3, Trevor Piner 2, B.Masterson 1, D.Carmody 1, A.Soumilas 1, D.Barrand 1, M.Dow 1 Morwell best: J.Brown, D.Metcalf, S.Fox, B.Harvey, A.Bailey, M.Johnston. Goals: T.Stanistreet 4, M.Brown 2, M.Scholz 2, L.Dowling 1, N.Scurrah 1, C.Sherriff 1 Leongatha 5.2 13.5 20.8 24.11.155 Garfield 5.3 5.3 7.6 10.8.68 Leongatha best: D.Holt, M.Coghlan, A.Govers, T.Dowd, B.Rayson, C.Johnston. Goals: D.Holt 10, M.Truscio 3, M.Coghlan 3, R.Mullens 2, R.McLennan 2, L.Zuidema 1, J.Sutherland 1, A.Govers 1, C.Johnston 1 Garfield best: Ned Marsh, J.Tynan, B.Marsh, Nick Marsh, M.McKenna, B.Reid. Goals: M.McKenna 3, T.Marsh 2, N.Rogers 1, C.Bogart 1, Nick Marsh 1, D.Collis 1, Ned Marsh 1 Traralgon 7.4 11.5 15.8 20.11.131 Warragul 1.1 4.8 6.9 10.12.72 Traralgon best: D.Campbell, J.Mowat, S.McCulloch, M.Geary, R.Hore, T.Johnston. Goals: M.Geary 5, D.Campbell 4, S.McCulloch 4, T.Johnston 3, M.Cooper 1, M.Smith 1, L.Cummins 1, R.Hore 1 Warragul best: R.Davey, T.Johnson, D.Barr, C.Rowe, L.Sheehan, D.Golding. Goals: T.Johnson 3, B.Nott 2, N.Lieshout 2, B.Monahan 2, B.Sheehan 1 Maffra 5.3 9.7 16.10 27.14.176 Sale 2.3 6.7 9.8 12.9.81 Maffra best: D.Stubbe, B.Robbins, H.Burgiel, B.Durrant, O.Booth, C.Robbins. Goals: D.Stubbe 11, A.Burgiel 5, B.Rathnow 4, H.Burgiel 2, G.Jones 2, B.Robbins 1, N.Horsford 1, B.Durrant 1 Sale best: T.Leeds, K.Fraser, C.Laverty, T.Hams, L.Bates, M.Davidson. Goals: J.McLay 3, R.McAdam 2, M.Davidson 2, H.Cross 1, T.Wheeler 1, D.Thorpe 1, A.Cox 1, K.Fraser 1 RESERVES Drouin 2.0 8.2 8.4 12.5.77 Morwell 3.3 4.4 5.5 6.6.42 Drouin best: M.Ablett, S.Proctor, L.Ferguson, A.Brock, S.Masterson, C.Jagoe. Goals: S.Proctor 4, M.Ablett 2, D.Butler 1, R.Salter 1, S.Clebney 1, J.Backman 1, Tom Piner 1, L.Ferguson 1 Morwell best: D.Hutchison, L.Norder, J.Winters, M.Duncan, B.Smith. Goals: N.Michaelides 2, D.Soutar 1, B.Smith 1, M.Giddens 1, J.Winters 1 Leongatha 5.3 11.8 13.11 16.14.110 Garfield 0.1 0.1 1.1 2.1.13 Leongatha best: T.Brown, M.Hardy, N.Nagel, J.Heppell, S.Vagg, J.Tomada. Goals: T.Brown 4, J.Mackie 2, M.Hardy 2, N.Nagel 2, L.Dumont 1, J.Heppell 1, R.Dowd 1, W.Geisler 1, N.Eddy 1, J.Forrester 1 Garfield best: M.Fielden, B.Phillips, J.MacDonald, D.Sayer, R.Barber. Goals: A.Phillips 1, S.Fazzino 1 Warragul 2.2 7.6 10.7 12.9.81 Traralgon 4.2 7.4 7.6 8.7.55 Warragul best: T.Mitchell, K.Saliba, J.Croft, N.Humphrey, G.Huxley, P.Wallin. Goals: T.Mitchell 4, A.Alderuccio 2, J.Croft 2, S.McIntosh 1, M.Nankervis 1, B.Hamilton 1, P.Wallin 1 Traralgon best: T.Fitch, D.Hector, H.Hector, M.Cummins, L.O'Mara, D.Crawford. Goals: J.Piper 3, C.Dunn 2, L.Stockdale 1, D.Hector 1, S.Zuehlke 1 Maffra 6.3 11.6 14.10 19.15.129 Sale 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6.6 Maffra best: C.Steele, S.Bullen, S.Bates, R.Gellie, J.Bristow, J.Milham. Goals: J.Milham 6, J.Langshaw 3, M.McQuillen 2,

The Insider with Isaac McCallum

time the visitors held the lead by a solitary point, after both teams kicked ﬁve goals. But Leongatha stepped up in the second term, kicking eight majors to none to take control, and they never looked back as they made the Garﬁeld Stars look second rate. Coach Adrian Campbell was aware that the Stars had only one victory for the season, but was not willing to take them lightly, urging his players to give them nothing as they searched for win number eight in 2009. “We can’t assume that we’re going to win this game. If we give them a sniff they will take it”. The players were greeted with perfect conditions, but the use of foot skills seemed to be a lingering problem for both sides, highlighted by Campbell at quarter time. The Parrots’ quickly cleaned up their work, and their opponents, taking a physical approach at the stoppages to ensure that the ball came their way.

The long and direct style that the players implemented worked perfectly, resulting in an eight goal term and destroying Garﬁeld’s conﬁdence heading into the long break. Adam Govers led the way, his stoic defence and long kicking was a key factor of his side taking control over the game in the last three quarters. Govers’ has been at the peak of his form in the last few matches, the vice captain providing inspiration for his younger team-mates. Mark Coghlan also applied a special performance, slotting three goals from the wing and creating much run for the Parrots’ throughout the game. A 49 point lead meant for the relaxed home rooms that followed during the major break, but the Parrots’ were keen to bury their opponents and gain some much needed percentage that may prove critical in four rounds time. The third quarter was almost an exact copy of the

C.Steele 2, S.Bates 2, J.Bristow 1, A.Goard 1, N.Pearson 1, S.Nowak 1 Sale best: J.Thexton, L.Phillips, J.Joyce, C.Dyt, C.Elliott, A.Patten. Goals: Nil. UNDER 18s Drouin 6.4 11.4 15.8 20.12.132 Morwell 2.1 3.3 6.3 8.6.54 Drouin best: N.Pratt, J.Saik, M.Goodwin, S.Gardiner, R.Salter, M.Shone. Goals: M.Goodwin 7, R.Salter 5, J.Saik 2, A.McKay 1, F.Duncan 1, J.Godwin 1, M.Quigley 1, N.Pratt 1, J.Bell 1 Morwell best: T.McGann, M.Murphy, A.Barlow, L.Brereton, D.MacDonald, H.Hardy. Goals: M.Murphy 2, M.Cummins 1, D.MacDonald 1, A.Barlow 1, T.Weatherill 1, J.Buckley 1, B.Jacobsen 1 Warragul 5.4 7.7 10.8 14.9.93 Traralgon 3.3 5.5 8.6 10.7.67 Warragul best: B.Hamilton, S.Ferguson, L.Kellas, T.Carey, J.Black, D.Roche. Goals: J.Lea 3, T.Carey 3, S.Ferguson 3, L.Petch 2, M.Runnalls 1, N.Thompson 1, J.Black 1 Traralgon best: J.Sleswick, L.Blackwood, B.Hough, C.Laurie-Rhodes, S.Hammer, L.Pollard. Goals: L.Blackwood 3, D.McEntee 2, J.Power 1, T.Hendricken 1, S.Hammer 1, B.Hough 1, G.Briggs 1 Maffra 3.3 4.4 7.5 9.9.63 Sale 2.2 5.5 6.7 6.10.46 Maffra best: J.McMillan, S.Bedggood, J.Bedggood, A.Coleman, N.Armistead, D.Saunders. Goals: L.Trewin 2, J.McMillan 2, T.Bourke 2, D.Bedggood 1, D.Stevens 1, J.Bedggood 1 Sale best: J.Simmons, R.Pendlebury, H.Kenney, B.Symington, O.Collins, J.Joyce. Goals: J.Burge 2, T.Cawthan 2, J.Simmons 1, J.Joyce 1 UNDER 16s Drouin 2.7 3.11 6.16 9.17.71 Morwell 0.0 1.4 2.5 3.7.25 Drouin best: S.Barwick, J.Fairlie, B.Collins, A.Salce, J.Dunlop, S.Dawson. Goals: B.Collins 5, J.Hall 1, N.Cullen 1, S.Dawson 1, S.Barwick 1 Morwell best: A.Tatterson, J.Sinclair, C.Williams, T.Weatherill, K.Fresnido, L.Towns. Goals: T.Weatherill 2, K.Foley 1 Leongatha 4.0 7.1 11.3 12.5.77 Garfield 0.0 2.1 3.1 3.3.21 Leongatha best: M.Elliott, P.Williams, D.Gordon, T.Gordon, M.O'Loughlin, J.Cook. Goals: T.Burgess 2, T.Gordon 2, M.Willcocks 2, L.Sperling 2, P.Williams 1, J.Pellicano 1, J.Hickey 1, D.Gordon 1 Garfield best: T.Hansen, T.Burge, H.McDonald, D.Morgan, T.O'Connor, B.Bargonoco. Goals: J.Polliano 1, H.Cregan 1, T.Burge 1 Traralgon 5.3 10.7 15.12 21.16.142 Warragul 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.2.14 Traralgon best: N.Graham, M.Northe, M.Di Dio, D.Ormrod, J.Sandy. Goals: N.Graham 6, M.Northe 5, A.Slottje 3, K.Lewthwaite 2, L.White 2, B.Johnson, S.Wilkie, D.Hector Warragul best: J.Proctor, T.Fusinato, M.McColl, N.Campbell, L.Kellas, T.Galley. Goals: A.Young 1, C.Carey 1 Maffra 2.3 4.6 6.12 9.14.68 Sale 1.2 3.6 4.9 4.10.34 Maffra best: S.Wyatt, A.Deeringer, D.Butcher, J.Little, R.Keoghan, J.Tait. Goals: D.Seri 3, S.Wyatt 2, J.Johnstone 2, R.Keoghan 1, J.Tait 1 Sale best: B.Scott, J.Benson, M.Bradley, D.Luhrs, S.Lange, H.Burge. Goals: J.Kennedy 1, J.McIntyre 1, J.Martyn 1, H.Burge 1

second, as Leongatha put on show one of their best quarters for the season, smashing Garﬁeld beyond recognition with still thirty minutes on the clock. The seven goal quarter mirrored that of what can be seen by bona ﬁde sides in the competition, something Leongatha is pulling itself towards becoming every week. However, the side let up

on the struggling Stars in the last quarter, not punishing them, much to the chagrin of coach Campbell. “We’ve got to learn to develop a killer instinct if we’re going to defeat top sides come finals time”. It may have been that the side which had played so well ran out of legs, but Campbell was adamant that they must be able to deliver whole game performances if they wish to see the flag come over the hills anytime soon. “There are a lot of sacrifices to make to become a premiership side, and we’ve got a lot of work to do.” Despite the words of warning the Parrots’ are to be happy with their perfor-

Punching start: In a tight first half, Leongatha Parrots already managed to be first to the ball on more occasions than Garfield.

Leongatha Football Netball Club results A Grade No play B Grade Leongatha 50 d Garfield 4. Auction player: Kate McCarthy. Awards: Karen Ginnane (Serafino’s) and Nicole Green (Mobil). Fantastic game, a massive thank you to Karen Ginnane for playing; you’ve still got it. Nikki was again shooting superbly with great feeding into the ring. A good lead up game for Drouin this week. C Grade Leongatha 37 d Garfield 12. Auction player: Anna Lew Ton. Awards: Brooke Brown (LC Excessorise) and Anna LewTon (Serafino’s). Great game girls, you all played four quarters of awesome netball. We could have given you all awards. Brooke shot consistently and is improving week by week. 17 and Under Leongatha 49 d Garfield 13. Awards: Sophie Bolge (L.C Excessorise) and Mollie Bourke (Serafino’s). Leongatha played with

confidence to set up a good lead from the start with strong defensive work and accurate goaling. With an opportunity to change positions and experiment, Leongatha continued their winning form. 15 and Under Leongatha 47 d Garfield 11. Awards: Nicola Marriott (RSL) and Caitlin McFarlane (Evans Petroleum). Another great win. It was good to see all nine girls fit and able to play. Although it was a sloppy game, the girls worked well together and in particular Nicola and Caitlin who took out the awards. 13 and Under Leongatha 36 d Garfield 3. Awards: Abby Bolge (RSL) and Sarah McCahon (Network Video). What a great game. Everyone played well in different positions than usual. Well done to Sarah who showed us her attacking and defending abilities to get an award, and well done to Abby who took many intercepts and turnovers to get the other award.

mance, and will have to bring the same intensity to Drouin next week as they prepare to take revenge against the Hawks’, who inflicted their first loss this season. Hopefully Leongatha can get across the line and stick around in the top three to give themselves a genuine chance at the top three, and the double chance. Final Score: Leongatha 24.11-155 defeated Garfield 10.8-68. LEADING GOALKICKERS SENIORS: Dwayne Holt (Leongatha) 10, 64; Matt Forys (Moe) 0, 55; Daniel Stubbe (Maffra) 11, 44; Timothy Aitken (Traralgon) 0, 42; Bradley Carmody (Drouin) 3, 33; Nathan Lieshout (Warragul) 2, 32; Tom Johnson (Warragul) 3, 32; Lachlan Dowling (Morwell) 1, 30; Nicholas Fowler (Sale) 0, 23; Thys Stanistreet (Morwell) 4, 22 RESERVES: Jacob Milham (Maffra) 6, 31; Joshua Piper (Traralgon) 3, 30; Sean Proctor (Drouin) 4, 27; Karl Mutke (Moe) 0, 25; Brent Kimm (Warragul) 0, 17; Justin Horton (Moe) 0, 16; Christoper Dunn (Traralgon) 2, 16; Ross McDermott (Traralgon) 0, 16; Mathew Brown (Morwell) 0, 14; Jake Hogan (Warragul) 0, 12 UNDER 18s: Daniel Bedggood (Maffra) 1, 42; Thomas Carey (Warragul) 3, 25; Mitchell Goodwin (Drouin) 7, 24; Desmond Brunt (Traralgon) 0, 24; Dean MacDonald (Morwell) 1, 21; Michael Gelagotis (Moe) 0, 19; Lachlan Petch (Warragul) 2, 19; Glenn Briggs (Traralgon) 1, 18; Rhys Salter (Drouin) 5, 17; Jed Saik (Drouin) 2, 15 UNDER 16s: Adrian Slottje (Traralgon) 3, 49; John McIntyre (Sale) 1, 44; Daniel Seri (Maffra) 3, 38; Nicholas Graham (Traralgon) 6, 26; Matthew Willcocks (Leongatha) 2, 24; Joshua Tait (Maffra) 1, 21; Alexander Carr (Maffra) 0, 20; Trent Burge(Garfield) 1, 19; Josh Tynan (Garfield) 0, 19; Joel Jacovou (Moe) 0, 18; Dylan Collis (Garfield) 0, 18; Matthew Northe (Traralgon) 5, 18 LADDERS SENIORS % PTS Traralgon 163.06 36 Maffra 148.10 36 Leongatha 94.38 32 Moe 147.27 28 Drouin 104.97 28 Warragul 87.57 28 Morwell 115.67 20 Sale 64.68 12 Garfield 45.18 4 RESERVES Traralgon Maffra Morwell Warragul Moe Leongatha Drouin Sale Garfield

211.90 203.70 129.64 159.10 174.23 131.48 137.52 29.65 15.29

44 34 32 30 26 26 24 8 0

UNDER 18s Maffra Traralgon Warragul Drouin Leongatha Moe Sale Morwell

257.70 169.94 166.30 112.45 88.27 53.58 61.47 42.74

40 32 32 32 16 12 8 0

UNDER 16s Traralgon Maffra Sale Leongatha Drouin Garfield Warragul Moe Morwell

651.63 344.55 200.75 162.33 71.61 70.44 57.72 30.11 14.93

44 44 36 36 24 20 12 8 0

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Sport McFarlane’s win both cycling races

Like father, like son RACING on Saturday produced a quinella for the McFarlane family, with David winning the senior race and son Thomas winning the junior race. Both wins came via breakaway efforts. Racing was held around the Pound Creek circuit with a cold south westerly buffeting the riders. However the wind direction really only impacted on the senior field in the run back past the golf course. The senior field saw 21 riders face the starter with three riders leaving at 11minutes start, followed by three at nine minutes, two at eight minutes, three at five minutes, five riders at three minutes and the virtual scratch bunch of five riders on two minutes as both Nick Aitken and Stuart Smith were away racing. With the backmarkers being the larger bunches it was going to be a difficult day for the limit riders. By the end of the first lap, Steve Allen had dropped his co-markers and started the last lap alone. He was being

McFarlanes win both: David McFarlane and son Thomas won both of Saturday’s Leongatha Cycling club races. It won’t be too long before Thomas gives his father a run for his money! Photo courtesy Lynton Clay.

chased by a bunch of five riders whilst the rear three bunches had come together in a 12 rider bunch and they were just a few minutes down. The climb up past the herb farm saw the backmarkers round up the rest of the field. The head wind run up the climb past the golf course would be the scene for the action to thin the numbers. An early move by Tony Clark was countered by Thierry Rolland, then Dave McFarlane and the improving Tom Debenham. However at the critical time Tom broke his chain and was out of action. Over the top it was a small break to David and Thierry. They decided it was a big enough gap and headed for the finish line around eight km away. A lack of organisation in the chase bunch aided their quest and by the line they still had a gap of around 80m. Dave McFarlane out-sprinted Thierry to claim the win. The bunch sprint was narrowly won by Steve Piasente ahead of Tony Clark, Neil White, Phil Camenzuli, Kevin Feely, Elliott Gin,

Clem Fries and Lee Robinson in 10th place. Dave McFarlane also claimed fastest time with a time of 81.57minutes for the two laps (48km). In the junior race run along the Pound Creek Road and over 12km Thomas McFarlane managed to gain a 60m break on Matt Dudley on the uphill run to the turn. However, Matt closed the gap on the first section of downhill run at which point both riders swapped turns leading into the wind. However around one km out Thomas upped the tempo and again opened a small gap on Matt. He worked hard to hold the gap and managed to cross the line with around five metres to spare to claim the win. Next week riders will be back at Mardan for the racing of the George Martin trophy with the race coming back into Leongatha, out through Nerrena and up the hill to Mardan. On Sunday the club conducted the Gippsland Time Trial Titles at Outtrim using the flat run to Leongatha South and back for the time trials.

Main bunch: on the second lap of the Pound Creek circuit, from left,Thierry Rolland, Dave McFarlane, Neil White (hidden), Phil Hanley, Clem Fries, Tom Debenham, Tony Clark, Lee Robinson, Kevin Feely and Phil Camenzuli. Photo courtesy Lynton Clay.

Bridge stars shine in Canberra By Matt Dunn SOUTH Gippsland bridge stars Dina Drury and Colin Manley took on the nation and won.

The South Gippsland Bridge Club members (Colin is club president) represented Victoria against other state teams at the Australian Bridge Federation championships recently, and came away from the tournament undefeated. The pair competed the seniors section of the event. Their efforts helped to elevate Victoria into third place on the table. The six-person team fell just short of a grand ﬁnal berth. “It was a great week. We had a really good team that all got on well. Only four played at a time. We didn’t get as many games as the others. We were the rookies,” Dina said. “But we won all the games we played, which admittedly was against some of the weaker teams. But we were in the lead quite a lot early in the proceedings. “It was a bit of a four horse race and we ended up just out of the money. The

Nothing to hide: the winning team of Dina Drury and Colin Manley.

top two played off.” Each state had a team at the championships. The ACT was also represented, while the Northern Territory couldn’t quite manage to ﬁnd the players. “The Northern Territory doesn’t have that many bridge players. They have a

hundred all up and we have about that many at our club,” she said. The SGBC has a mass of dedicated members. Of the tournament Dina said: “It was a great experience, it really was.” Would she like to play at the national

championships again? “Oh, hell yeah. Yeah, give me a chance. Oh, we’d both go again,” she said. Because there were a lot of people with a singular interest gathered in the one place, it was a happy atmosphere –

especially among the senior people. “You do make friends and the seniors is probably a bit more gentle than the open. The open is a bit more competitive. We played all really nice people,” Dina said. “That was really pleasant. We didn’t really play anyone who was annoying. You can go to these tournaments and you’ll always run into someone who thinks they’re better than they are. “I think when you go to an event like the one in Canberra they’re all really good, so they’ve got nothing they need to pretend about. Whereas you can strike people at a tournament who are so busy trying to prove how good they are that they’re not so nice.” Dina said it was “like the wannabes versus the people who don’t have to pretend”. “They let their bridge do the talking,” she said. Clearly Dina and Colin fall into the category of people who let their bridge do the talking. With a 100 per cent strike rate on the national stage, there is nothing they need to say.

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ROUND the neck; in the back; without the ball. No matter which way you look at it, Stony Creek’s Lucas McMillan should have received a free kick after Toora’s Peter Grant tried an unorthodox wrestling manoeuvre on him. Toora had Stony in a stranglehold all day, but the Maroons just managed to squeeze home in a tight match to consolidate third place on the AFL ladder. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@Four Corners Framing.

Ladies, bring a vote Bowling club to give women equal rights By Matt Dunn THE Korumburra Bowls Club will bring itself “into the 21st Century” when it ﬁnally allows women ofﬁcial full membership of the club.

But those women at the Loch and District Bowls Club will have to wait a little bit longer. Much of the impetus for the change has been driven by the proposed uniﬁcation of the Victorian Ladies’ Bowls Association and the Royal Victorian Bowls Association (a male dominated organisation), which will vote on it in October. But the uniﬁcation will still depend on the opinions of clubs, with a 75 per cent ‘yes’ vote ensuring success. Neither will it be a quick and easy process, with expectations it would take two years to complete. The sweeping changes to Korumburra’s constitution were “something that should have been dealt with a long time ago” according to one female bowler. At Loch the women pay a lesser fee than the men, and make up the shortfall by fundraising at the club, as per its constitution. One female member The Star spoke to was resistant to change, believing it would cost her higher fees. She said there was not an issue with sexual discrimination at the club. “We can vote as ladies at our level and pass it on to the men. We’re not without a vote. They have to take notice

All in this together: the Leongatha Bowls Club has had women as full members for many years. Here George Witherow and Glenys Emmerson take part in a mixed pairs event.

of us or we’ll all march out,” she said. The massive revamp will see men and women playing side by side in all levels of competition. When and if the uniﬁcation occurs, the administrative division between men’s and women’s bowls will end too. Loch and District Bowls Club secretary John Kennedy said potential changes to its constitution had not been discussed. Mr Kennedy said that some of the women at the club had full membership. “The women run their show down here and the blokes run theirs, but some women do play in pennant and they’re fully paid up,” he said. Mr Kennedy said there was “not

really” a difference between what female and male members received at the club. “I don’t think so. They play in mixed competitions and all that sort of jazz,” he said. He said there were a lot of people against the idea of uniﬁcation of the main administrative bodies. “People don’t see that there’s any advantage to the ladies being pushed around by the blokes. In some clubs that’s what’ll happen,” he said. “Our ladies down here get a pretty fair go. There’s a lot of things to get thrashed out ﬁrst, from what I can see. I know quite a few blokes who will vote against it. “The women have their days that

they play bowls. That’s been going all right. I’m one of these people who believes that if it’s not broke don’t ﬁx it.” Mr Kennedy said there were “too many do-gooders out there” pushing for change. “Political correctness doesn’t always work. I don’t think the women are missing out on anything. I guess there could be clubs where the blokes aren’t as even handed as they could be,” he said. But according to Korumburra club secretary John Myors, his own club was “operating under an outdated constitution”. “It hadn’t been updated when equal opportunity gave the ladies equal rights and privileges. We had a special meeting

and had that done,” he said. “That comes in almost immediately because you’re governed by statutory regulations. That’s all it was. The constitution was completely rewritten in 1980 and it’s just had little bits added to it ever since. “The last time it was revised was in 1992, 1993. We had some ladies who applied for full membership of the club and under our existing constitution it couldn’t happen. So we’ve changed the constitution so it could happen. We’ve got four or ﬁve ladies who have been granted full membership.” Mr Myors said the changes were bringing the club “into the 21st Century, I suppose you’d say…bringing the documentation into the 21st Century”. He said there had not been a push from the female members of the club. But changing the constitution at the club was no small feat and would take from between six and nine months. “You’ve got to rewrite it and you’ve got to have it approved by the RVBA, the liquor licensing commission, corporate affairs – they’ve all got to approve it, because they’re all governed by statutory regulations,” Mr Myors said. “It’s a lengthy process. Nothing drastic took place, we’re just coming into the 21st Century. At the moment the VLBA and the RVBA are in discussion to become uniﬁed right across Victoria. When that happens every club will have to update its constitution.” Chairman of the Leongatha Bowls Club board, Ron Cook said his club had made the move to offer women full membership many years ago.