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Slip sliding away: South Gippsland Shire Council’s operations manager Fred Huitema inspected the site of the Foster Mirboo Road landslide last Wednesday. The shock incident is expected to close the road for at least six months.

Turmoil unleashed By Jacob de Kunder

WILD winter weather destroyed roads, and caused landslips and accidents across South

Clean up: Leongatha SES member Les Boyd cut up a tree after last week’s strong winds.

Gippsland last week.

Winds of up to 120km/h and rainfall of nearly 80mm hammered the region. Part of the Foster Mirboo Road near Foster slid down a hill on Wednesday and that road is now likely to be shut for six months for repairs. A man remains in hospital in a critical condition after colliding with a fallen tree on the Bass Highway at Pound Creek late Thursday night. Other fallen trees blocked roads in South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires. The Tarwin River ﬂooded farm land and crossed Tarwin-Buffalo Road at Buffalo, shutting the road over the weekend. The road is now open. The damage to Foster Mirboo Road could cost as much as $300,000 to repair and may be funded by a government grant.

Traffic is being diverted along Ameys Track or Stony Creek Dollar Road, adding at least 30 minutes to travel time. South Gippsland Shire Council operations manager Fred Huitema said Ameys Track would need extra maintenance to deal with the increased traffic. “It’s only a dirt road and school buses will be using it to get to Camp Rumbug,” he said. Mr Huitema said the whole section of damaged road would have to be repaired once conditions dry out. “We’ll also have to find the source of the water to stop this happening again,” he said. Mr Huitema believed a large amount of rain after a long, dry period was mostly likely the cause of the slip. “The earth is cracked and dry so when the rain came down so hard

and quick, small springs came up under the road and caused the earth to move,” he said. Turtons Creek Road has also been closed due to a landslip. The road is still intact but as dirt from the unstable bank above continues to fall, maintenance crews will wait for drier weather before repairs can be made. South Gippsland council road crews received 16 calls between 7pm Monday and 8.20am Tuesday about trees over roads. By 11am Tuesday, they had received 30 calls regarding trees over roads and six calls about water over roads. Twelve crews worked from that night over the course of the week. The wild weather caused ﬂooding and the closure of Stewart and Dunlops Road in Middle Tarwin,

Ryeburn Road in Outtrim and Armstrongs Road in Tarwin. Ryeburn Road has re-opened while the other two are expected to open this week. Continued on page 3.

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A hero remembered AT THE heart of the memorial service for Sergeant Brett Wood held last Saturday at

Leongatha’s Memorial Hall were three words: hero, honour and sacriﬁce. It was a peaceful event,

celebrating the life of a dedicated solider, husband and friend. Sgt Wood, who grew up at Woodleigh near Loch, was killed in action in Afghanistan whilst on duty on May 23. Leongatha RSL president David Edwards opened the service by saying the term ‘hero’ had been used so freely, it had lost most of its meaning. “Kick 10 goals, hero. Score a century, hero,” he said. “But today we’re gathered under the shadow of a real hero, Sergeant Brett Wood.” And gathered the community were. The event was attended by both friends, and those never fortunate enough to meet Sgt Wood, but in mourning all the same. Deputy Premier Peter Ryan said Sgt Wood gave the greatest of gifts to his country. “It is an extraordinary thing which he has done,” he said. Vietnam War veteran Sergeant Ian Diss quoted Carlos Castaneda at the service: “A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over altogether too soon. He sees that nothing is more important than anything else. “Brett believed in what he was doing and that his work was worthwhile. Whatever he did, he gave

Special guests: Trish Ryan with husband Deputy Premier Peter Ryan, Bass Coast Shire Council mayor Cr Veronica Dowman, South Gippsland Shire Council deputy mayor Cr Mimmie Jackson and Member for McMillan Russell Broadbent. his all.” Sgt Diss said he owed an apology to Sgt Wood for the service. “Brett was a private person who failed to see his work and his deeds were anything special,” he said. “He’d be embarrassed to see all the fuss made over him today and in the last few weeks. “But today we have to honour his memory.” The South Gippsland Brass Band accompanied a slideshow of photos of Sgt Wood and a minute of silence was held following a moving rendition of The Last Post.

Playing with heart: South Gippsland Brass Band gave a moving performance of The Last Post at Sergeant Brett Wood’s memorial last Saturday.

Conference unites people A COMMUNITY Engagement Conference run by South Gippsland Shire Council was held at the Community College Gippsland, Leongatha, on Saturday. The event encouraged participants to help their local clubs, networks and community groups by improving knowledge and skills.

Workshops were run on project management, volunteer opportunities, grant writing, community planning, access and inclusion planning for community groups, improving organisation and event promotion, and insurance for community organisations. A panel discussion with representatives from FRRR, Gardiner Foundation, South Gippsland Shire Council and Our Community was also held.

Community conference: Community College Gippsland, CEO Bernadette O’Connor, Transport Connections co-ordinator Fred Boreham, Fran Henry from Travellers Aid, Gardiner Foundation program manager Kate Randall and Mirboo North and District Community Foundation executive ofﬁcer Derrick Ehmke.

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Potholes threaten lives

By Simone Short

SOUTH Gippsland and Bass Coast roads are a catastrophe waiting to happen, with potholes appearing at an alarming rate after a run of bad weather. Leongatha’s busiest streets are in poor condition, with ruts in both Bair and Roughead streets. Potholes have also plagued the Bass Highway between Leongatha and Inverloch, often developing in groups and catching motorists by surprise. A semi trailer driver scared drivers on the Bass Highway at Leongatha South on Friday morning when he swerved to avoid a massive, persistent pothole near the Norton Road intersection. Some holes, such as the one near Norton Road, have been an issue for months and continue to be plugged by contractors, only to be opened days later by trafﬁc or the next bout of rain. The state of the road is a disgrace for such a major thoroughfare that is a busy

commuting route, especially with the number of desal workers and contractors travelling from South Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley to Wonthaggi. In a letter to The Star this week, Moyarra resident Trevor Browning said despite some patching work, South Gippsland roads continued to deteriorate, with many sections becoming dangerous. “In general, the South Gippsland Highway between Tooradin and Leongatha is in pretty poor shape,” he said. “Even the newly divided section near Koo Wee Rup, in the Melbourne direction, is particularly rough for a newly laid piece of road.” Mr Browning said he counted 137 potholes in the South Gippsland Highway between Bena and the Bass Highway intersection, a distance of 26 kilometres. “It would seem to me that there is an excessive number of holes,” he said. “This averages out at 5.3 potholes per kilometre. Surely this would have to be the worst road in Victoria, if not Australia.”

Turmoil unleashed Continued from page 1.

Fallen trees blocked the Bass Highway at Anderson for three hours around 6.30pm last Tuesday. Police officers diverted traffic until the trees were removed. Bass Coast Shire Council reported flooding on many local roads. McCraws Road, Wattlebank and Graff Road, Woodleigh remain closed. From mid-afternoon Wednesday, police and council made the decision to place traffic lights along the Bass Highway near Martyn Lane at Inverloch due to excess water on the road. Only one lane of traffic was allowed to pass at a time. By 5.30pm, traffic leaving from Wonthaggi was banked up. Traffic was also slowed by road workers along South Gippsland Highway near Kardella, where water ran across the road. Some dunes along the foreshore at Inverloch were damaged, but a council officer did not believe damage was as severe as in the past. SES crews received many call-outs last Monday (June 20) night, with a roof being lifted from a shed frame at Leongatha South. Crews quickly secured the roof. “We had a few calls Monday night regarding the strong winds but nothing overly major,” SES Leongatha unit controller Tony Lindhard said. “The worst was a tree over the powerlines in Korumburra which cut off power for a short time during the night but was quickly restored.” Mr Lindhard recommended home-owners have ominous trees removed to prevent the possibility of limbs causing damage during strong winds. Last week’s wave of weather was the third major storm event this year.

VicRoads acting regional director Harvey Dinelli said VicRoads was aware recent heavy rains have impacted on many roads around the South Gippsland and Bass Coast areas, causing surface damage at a number of locations. “VicRoads maintenance crews are working to repair this road surface damage within available resources,” he said. “To address the issue in the shorter term, patching works are planned in coming weeks along Bair Street and Roughead Street in Leongatha as well as the section of Bass Highway near the Norton Road intersection.” Mr Dinelli said the section of the Bass Highway at Norton Road would be dug out and resurfaced, which is a longer term repair, within the next month, but wet weather could hinder any other works. “Most longer term repair works, like road resealing, need to be carried out in warmer conditions to allow materials to set correctly,” he said. “Many roads in South

Gippsland and Bass Coast will undergo more signiﬁcant repair works, including resealing, when conditions are suitable later this year.” Some of the road damage has been blamed on the profusion of trucks travelling through main streets. The Leongatha alternate heavy vehicle route petition has been presented to State Parliament bearing 2142 signatures. Deputy Premier Peter Ryan delivered the petition, saying it drew attention to the concerns of Leongatha residents about the increasing number of heavy vehicles travelling through Bair Street. The petition asks the State Government to fund the alternate route adopted by South Gippsland Shire Council. Mr Ryan, who holds the seat of Gippsland South, suggested the petition during the state election campaign last year. The Leongatha Progress Association took up the challenge and volunteers helped gather signatures by door knocking the town.

Potential accident: deep potholes in the Bass Highway pose a great threat to motorists travelling up to 100km/h.

Shingler Street a big mess By Tony Giles

SHINGLER Street, Leongatha became a mess of foam boards following the wild overnight storm last Monday, June 20.

Foam mess: the Crimp family woke up to ﬁnd foam wafﬂe pods in their front yard. Lea Crimp is with children, Autumn, 8, Nevada, 6, and Tennessee, 3.

A load of wafﬂe pod used in slab construction broke away in high winds and was scattered across front yards at the top of Shingler Street. The wafﬂe pod was blown from builders’ sites on the Shingler Ridge development. A number of residents called South Gippsland Shire Council to complain about the mess but were told the builder was responsible for

cleaning it up. Lea Crimp said she “just wanted it cleaned up”. “There’s a great mess in our yard. A massive piece blew in and it has taken off over the fence,” she said. A builder later told The Star the mess would be cleaned up straight away. The builder said the wafﬂe pod load was secured but the extremely gusty winds had blown the load free overnight. “We have a truck coming in now to clean everything up,” the builder said. A resident of the area, who didn’t want to be named, said this was deﬁnitely the worst mess he had seen but it wasn’t the

ﬁrst time. “A lot of builders leave their rubbish in crates with no lids and it is often blowing away,” he said.

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Senate beckons: Bridget McKenzie enjoys a breath of ocean air at Inverloch before assuming the mantle of Senator. She regrets she won’t have as much time to devote to her membership of the Inverloch Surf Lifesaving Club, but is really looking forward to her new role.

Now it’s Senator McKenzie By Jane Ross and Bridie McKenzie-Edwards WITH some regret, Bridget McKenzie has hung up her Tarwin netball skirt. She’s had to set aside her much-loved netball games because her life-long dream is about to become a reality. Next week, the Leongatha resident takes her place in the Senate. And she can’t wait. She enters the Senate for a six-year term with two other Victorian newcomers – John Madigan of the DLP and Richard Di Natale from the Greens. “Yes, it’s an interesting trio.” Her office will be in Bendigo, with signs going up later this week. “Please call in!” Senator Bridget McKenzie will make her maiden speech in the Upper House of the Australian Parliament on August 25. Speaking to The Star on Friday, she said she will use the speech to detail how and why she stood for the Senate and what she hopes to achieve. “I will be pointing out the importance of the National Party to the Australian political system and our work on advocating for and championing all that is great about regional Victoria.” Her family is in small business and Bridget is the first generation born off the farm. Her maternal grandfather was a high country cattleman. Both those influences have shaped what

she thinks is important. “Small business is the greatest expression of freedom, you are master of your own destiny. There are so many small business owners in the country and those concepts are important to who we are.” Her maiden speech will also address Australia’s potential as a world food supplier. Agriculture is vital “particularly in the projected global situation”. “We need to ensure we are ready and able to continue exporting quality produce.” As the mother of four and a teacher, the social issues of life are paramount too. Bridget wants to work towards a quality education for country children, who also need opportunities for post-secondary learning. “The Nationals have always promoted education as an issue and I’m happy to lend my voice to that.” She is pleased to be part of a revitalised National Party, adding it is no news to Gippslanders that the party isn’t made up of Bob Katter types with farm boots and big hats. State Lower House National MP Peter Ryan is Deputy Premier with three ministerial portfolios and colleague Peter Hall in the State Upper House, holds two ministerial positions. Bridget sees both as excellent role models who, as Rudyard Kipling wrote, ‘walk with kings nor lose the common touch’. The party, she said, is like a family and that is its strength. She has been warmly welcomed and doesn’t see her gender as an issue. Does she have the thick hide necessary for

a life in politics? “It’s getting thicker! But I don’t want to become so ﬁxated on the message that I’m deadened to hearing what people are saying. “You are there in parliament to advocate for your community.” Bridget believes the Senate, which sits for between 12 and 17 weeks a year, is less adversarial than the Lower House. She doesn’t want to shy away from making sure her opinion is heard, but neither does she want to feel she’s back in the classroom. She was drawn to the Senate because of its capacity to deal with a wide range of issues, such as the Murray Darling Basin, the proposed carbon tax and climate change. Bridget can’t see much chance that the rareﬁed atmosphere of political life will inure her to the everyday world. She plans to be out and about as much as possible, travelling across Victoria, sitting around kitchen tables listening to her constituents. “My family and friends will keep me grounded. And, said Bridget, country people tell it how it is. One of their great attributes is that they don’t hold politicians in awe. “It’s been a long time since we’ve had a senator focused on regional issues in this state. “This is a great privilege and I want to make a difference.” • Bridie McKenzie-Edwards is Bridget’s daughter and undertook work experience with The Star last week.

Lucy finds a new focus By work experience student Bridie McKenzie-Edwards

AS exams came to a close for Korumburra student Lucy Piper in October 2009, her ideas for the future were somewhat hazy. Still undecided on what path she would take, she decided against applying for any university courses. Instead she planned the journey of a lifetime through Youth Challenge Australia: spending three months volunteering in the local community of Vanuatu’s Port Vila. Leaving Australia in June 2010, she spent a month-and-a-half with 11 others, from Canada, Australia and Vanuatu. Their accommodation was a two bedroom shack in the local village, with no electricity, no shower and a drop toilet out the back. The team worked together building a library for the local school. They worked from scratch, making the bricks they then cemented together. “The experiences made us realise how others live and how important it is to care about people, learn about self and live sustainably.” Those who partook in the program were welcomed into the local life, where they found it was those who had the least that were the far more generous. The volunteers were also given host families who fed them during their stay. In total the experience cost $3500.

Though the amount may be daunting, Lucy believes it’s well worth it, saying that anyone could raise the money. She worked two jobs in the eight months before she left in June and also applied for funding from the Leongatha Lions Club, receiving $1000. “It was a great experience. It helped me to ﬁgure out who I was and helped me to gain the independence and knowledge that I wouldn’t have got from sitting at home and going to uni.” Not wanting to leave once the library was built, Lucy spent another six weeks travelling around the remaining islands, staying in the cheapest accommodation possible and immersing in the local culture. “I don’t think going to the resorts and ignoring your surroundings is what this is about. It’s so much better to be a part of the NiVan (nationals) and see how they live.” Back home now, Lucy is taking a course in community development, which she describes as international relations from more of a grass roots perspective. Hoping to one day work in a developing country with an organisation such as Oxfam, Lucy’s main aim is to help people throughout her life. Her three month trip will always stay in her mind though, having created strong bonds with Getting to know the locals: Lucy Pipthose she met and given her the insight into the er stands with new friend, a NiVan boy lives of those out there who really deserve our called Phillimon. help.

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We’re here: Henriettas owners Meg and Alan Steenholdt are preparing to celebrate the opening of their new store this Friday with store manager Susanne Simpson (right).

New Henriettas opens Friday By Tony Giles Gi

ONLY 13 months since ﬁre tragically ripped through their business, Henriettas owners Alan and Meg Steenholdt will open a brand new store at 37 Bair Street this Friday, July 1. After trading out of a much smaller store further down Bair Street and receiving great support there, the couple decided the town wanted them to continue. The Steenholdts signed a lease on one of the newly completed and much bigger shops that were part of the former Gleesons Holden dealership.

h bi f all ll is i that h the h café f The big news for is definitely back, with seating for between 50 and 60, complete with cappuccinos, and the famous Henriettas scones and muffins. Meg Steenholdt told The Star there will again be a wide range of lunch options, with some old favourites and plenty of new ones prepared by Shaun Birkett, who returns to run the kitchen. “We will have a menu that reflects today’s eating styles. We have learnt a lot from the time running the café in the other building, so will use the best of the best and some new dishes as well,” Meg said. Original baristas Sunny Weymouth and Alison Garner also return to churn

out stunning and i d consistently i l good d coffees as well. Another feature at the café will be free WI-FI so people can catch up with all their business and friends. A key addition to the new store will be the early 7.45am openings so that workers can grab a coffee, an egg and bacon pide, a warm mufﬁn or banana bread. The whole store will be open then so if you want to shop for a gift at 7.45am you can do that too! In a change from the previous arrangements, the café servery is set up at the rear of the store, with tables arranged in various locations between the back and front of the shop. People will love it when they see it, Meg said. Henriettas is famous for its home

and and d giftwares, if d customers won’t bbe disappointed here either, with all key brands retained like Kitchen Aid, Maxwell Williams and Pandora to name a few. There will be products in all areas including kitchen and bathroom lines, soft furnishings, table decorations, and baby gifts and clothing. Furniture is again being sold, with the Steenholdts importing their own furniture through the Trees 4 Trees program. This program is a non-proﬁt foundation established by responsible timber product manufacturers and their customers to empower local communities through partnership reforestation initiatives and related education programs.

There are plenty off other h l h new add ditions to the store but Meg said she will leave some things as a surprise for customers. The store will trade six days a week and will remain closed on Sundays. Asked about Sundays, Meg said if she could get people to work on Sundays she would consider it! After the outpouring of emotion from the wider community of Leongatha following the devastating ﬁre, there will be a huge inﬂux of wellwishers this Friday for opening day. Bair Street Traders are getting behind the hype and excitement with a feature of their own in this week’s Star. See pages 20 and 21.

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Call for security cameras By Tony Giles PROVISION for closed circuit television cameras for Leongatha was raised at the annual general meeting of the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry last Tuesday night at Bair’s Hotel.

Guest speaker at the meeting, Acting Sergeant Andy Balderstone of Leongatha Police asked the chamber, if the opportunity arose, would they support a funding application for CCTV cameras. The chamber gave the afﬁrmative. “At this stage there isn’t an opportunity but it’s something that we can look at in the future,” Acting Sergeant Balderstone said. The only town in South Gippsland with CCTV coverage in the street is Inverloch. Acting Sergeant Balderstone said since cameras were installed at Inverloch, there had been a drop in minor assaults and damage to property. “It’s a huge deterrent to have them in the street,” he said. The Star approached McCartin’s Hotel publican Philip Botte and asked if he thought it was a good idea and he agreed, saying he had already installed four in the street outside his entrances. “Some of the cameras

concentrate on a small area outside the doors, while others give a broader view to the kerbside,” he said. Mr Botte said the cameras had been quite useful, the police having used footage to help with enquiries. He said the cameras worked by acting as a deterrent to unruly behaviour but will also catch those who misbehave. Acting Sergeant Balderstone also brought up the matter of a 24 hour police station for Leongatha, the front page story in The Star several weeks ago. “All I can say is that residents of Leongatha need to be patient. It will happen but it is more of a longer term plan than short term,” he said. “It can be difﬁcult working out of a town without a 24 hour police presence.” He said the second biggest issue for Leongatha was its youth. The perception is that there isn’t much to do in the town except go to the skateboard bowl and the disco. Sometimes youth are found wandering the streets at night and are often given a free ride in the police car back to their parents. “It’s a problem wherever you go but country towns are generally better than the cities,” Acting Sgt Balderstone said. “The police have done some great work with the Year 10-12 students, with driver education programs and the

Desal strike ends By Jane Ross

THE strike at the Wonthaggi desalination plant is over.

Welcome: guest speaker at the Leongatha Chamber of Commerce and Industry annual general meeting, Acting Sergeant Andy Balderstone (left) is welcomed by newly elected president Darryl McGannon. handling of the muck-up day activities. “We’re doing all right at the top end of schooling but more needs to be done in the Year 6-8 school levels.” The other concern for Leongatha he said, not uncommon in other towns, is alcohol. “Security staff at hotels have a responsibility to tell patrons when they have had enough and it is time to leave,” Acting Sgt Balderstone said. The issue is getting the patrons home once the pubs are shut. One idea raised at the meeting was to have a community bus or a bus run by the hotel to transport people home, both in town and in neighbouring towns. Act-

ing Sergeant Balderstone said he would look into this suggestion. He added that the police had a good working relationship with publicans in the area and often discussed issues raised from excessive consumption of alcohol. Once the guest speaker had ﬁnished, the election of ofﬁce-bearers took place, with Darryl McGannon elected unopposed for another year as chamber president. Barb Carpenter was reelected to the position of secretary/treasurer and Tony Giles was elected as vice-president. Committee members elected were Sandra Fleming, John Markham, Peter Watchorn and Kay Peru.

HELP TO FILL APPLICATION FORMS DAMAGE TO HOUSE AND CONTENTS GIFT The Red Cross Victorian Floods Disaster Relief Appeal has collected millions of dollars from the public to assist homeowners, tenants and boarders whose home or household contents have been severely damaged in the 2011 January and February Victorian floods. We will be in loca ons throughout regional Victoria in July to help people fill out applica on forms for the Damage to House and Contents Gi . This gi is different from the grants provided by the State and Commonwealth governments. We are urging people who need assistance in filling out the applica on forms, to come to any of the following sessions. See below for session mes. July 4 – Charlton 10 am - 6pm Charlton Recovery Centre 17 Watson Street, Charlton

July 5 – Kerang 10am - 6pm Kerang Recovery Centre 47 Victoria St, Kerang

July 6 - Pyramid Hill 10am - 1pm Pyramid Hill Community House 22 Kelly St, Pyramid Hill July 6 - Bridgewater 2.30pm - 6pm Bridgewater Memorial Hall, Cnr Eldon & Erskine Sts, Bridgewater

July 7 - Rochester 10am - 6pm Rochester Neighbourhood House 71A Mckay Street, Rochester

July 8 - Casey 10am - 6pm Casey Civic Centre – Room 7 Magid Drive, Narre Warren

July 11 - Mildura 10am - 6pm Sunraysia Community Health Centre Cnr 13th and Deakin Streets, Mildura

July 12 - Creswick/Clunes 10am - 6pm Creswick Town Hall 70-72 Albert Street, Creswick

July 13 - Carisbrook 10am - 6pm Carisbrook Town Hall 19 Bucknall Street, Carisbrook

July 14 - Horsham 9am - 9pm Horsham City Council Roberts Avenue, Horsham

July 15 – Glenorchy 9am - 9pm Community Hall, Forest Street Glenorchy

Applica on forms will be available at the sessions. Contact the Victorian Floods Disaster Relief Fund on 1800 180 213 for further informa on. *Closing date for applica ons has been extended to 1 August.

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Please bring along ID for each member of the household, such as Drivers Licence, Medicare Card, Health Care Card if you have one, a rates no ce, tenancy agreement as well as evidence of ﬂood damage such as insurance assessment, builders report or quotes, to assist in comple ng the forms.

Builder Thiess Degremont says the ﬁve-day strike cost the company $25 million and has not ruled out pursuing the union involved for damages. Up to 1000 members of the CFMEU walked off the job the weekend before last, unhappy about redundancy arrangements. Thiess Degremont took the matter to Fair Work Australia last Monday, which ordered a return to work. That was ignored. Thiess Degremont stakeholder rela-

tions manager Serena Middleton said the company was preparing to go to the Supreme Court last Thursday, seeking an injunction. “The CFMEU went back to work that morning.” Ms Middleton said the illegal strike had been “an incredibly costly exercise”. Asked if the strike had delayed construction, Ms Middleton said it was hard to say on a day-to-day basis. She said the plant’s contract completion date was June 30 next year and it was up to Thiess Degremont to work out how to meet that and make up any shortfall of time. “That date has to remain our focus.”

Desal group’s court loss By Jane Ross THE Supreme Court case that two members of Watershed Victoria were bringing against the State Government over the sharing of protestor information between Victoria Police and AquaSure, has fallen over. Watershed president Stephen Cannon said he is disappointed. “It was a matter of public importance.” He and his colleague Chris Heislers were seeking a review of the Memorandum of Understanding governing the management of protestors at the Wonthaggi desalination plant site, set up by the Brumby Government. The memorandum allowed for the transfer of private information on protestors collected by the police, to AquaSure, the private consortium building the plant. The move outraged protestors. Mr Cannon said the then State Opposition was furious too. “They were very vocal in demanding the memorandum be withdrawn.” He said he had approached Deputy Premier Peter Ryan, Water Minister Peter Walsh and Attorney-General Robert Clark about the case. “They wouldn’t co-operate.” At issue was the need for a protective cost order. Mr Cannon said that was necessary before the Supreme Court case seeking a review of the memorandum went ahead so that he and Dr Heislers were not exposed to the prospect of ending up having to pay the other party’s costs. “The government solicitor moved to defeat that and brought an action to have the matter struck out.” That followed Watershed having already gone ahead to set a prima facie case for the Supreme Court action. All that was for nothing. “We were not given the (costs) protection that can be given.”

Elizabeth McKinnon, a lawyer with the Environment Defenders’ Office Victoria (EDO) acted for Mr Cannon and Dr Heislers. She was not happy with the result either. “In theory, everyone has equal access to the courts,” she said. “In practice, access is far from equal, not only because just getting a case to court is expensive, but because anyone unsuccessful in court proceedings runs the risk of being ordered to pay the other side’s legal costs. “This rule creates an unequal playing field that favours well-resourced governments and large corporations and disadvantages individuals who want to vindicate their rights or organisations who wish to pursue public interest matters.” Ms McKinnon said the EDO “and others” have been advocating for changes to court rules to allow an early up-front determination that costs will be limited or capped. “Such an order would go a long way to creating a level playing field.” Ms McKinnon said governments haven’t demonstrated an openness to such reforms. She said the Cannon/Heislers case was “wholly in the public interest”, with neither man standing to gain any private benefit. As individual plaintiffs, they could not risk their own homes and assets and hoped for a protective costs order. Had this been granted, it would have been a Victorian first. But Ms McKinnon said the defendant, the Department of Sustainability and Environment chose to “vigorously defend” the matter. She said Mr Cannon and Dr Heislers took the only rational course open to them and accepted an offer from DSE to walk away from the case. “This means their entitlement of a protective costs order will not be determined and nor will they have a chance to test the legality of the sharing of government information about protestors with the private developer of the plant.”

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President: we were snubbed by Helen Bowering THE campaign to save the Leongatha Equestrian Park has stepped up.

Leongatha and District Equestrian Club president Kelly van den Berg said the club had been snubbed by South Gippsland Shire Council. She said she heard council had convened a meeting at the Stony Creek Racing Club last Wednesday to discuss plans for a new facility to be established on the racing club site. But Ms van den Berg said she didn’t receive an official invitation from council to attend. She claimed council sent an invitation to a former member of the club, not the president. “That member has not been with our club for five years,” Ms van den Berg said. Ms van den Berg did attend the meeting, after asking why she had not received an invitation. “I definitely didn’t receive an invite for the club to attend, which seems pretty silly when we are the biggest club in the South Gippsland Shire and have the most to lose,” she said. “To say the least, this has fired us up and we will not be moved from our club in Leongatha without a fight. “There has been no communication from the shire with our group at all regarding this issue. We have been completely left in the dark, it has all been so secretive and the whole thing has been totally mishandled.” Ms van den Berg last week organised a private meeting at the equestrian club’s rooms with council’s recreation officer Ian Murphy and Luke Jones, director of C4Architects, South Australia. Council has appointed that company as designer of a $30,000 concept plan for a new equestrian facility at Stony Creek.

“Discussion centred around the threat of our club and Berrys Creek Pony Club losing their home grounds at Tilson Court, Leongatha,” Ms van den Berg said. “Initially back in 2009, the Leongatha Equestrian Club and the Berrys Creek Pony Club were in co-operation with council on a feasibility study that investigated possible appropriate sites available within the Leongatha and greater Leongatha area for the relocation of the two clubs residing at Tilson Court. “This study was completed with council not agreeing on any of the ﬁve proposed sites outlined in the feasibility study. “The clubs residing at Tilson Court have now learned council made an addendum in 2010 to the original study which the equestrian club or the pony club didn’t have any knowledge of. The appropriate committee members were not consulted on this at all.” Ms van den Berg said council intends to sell the land at Tilson Court to ﬁnance the building of the proposed regional facility. “We believe that to value-add to a facility/sporting body at the demise of another community group would indicate the South Gippsland Shire does not uphold the values of building strong healthy communities at heart,” she said. “The proposed site for the regional equestrian facility at the location of the Stony Creek racecourse has so many issues in itself, but the larger issues surrounding a proposed move of a 120 strong member club away from their home grounds and community, is a very complex issue. “In the opinion of the members at our club, this move would jeopardise the existence of both the equestrian club and the pony club.” The Leongatha Equestrian Club is the largest and most active equestrian club in the South Gippsland Shire. South Gippsland Shire Council was not available for comment before going to print.

Lisa Browning: a member of the Leongatha and District Equestrian Club and a former longstanding member of Berrys Creek Pony Club, competes at a state event.

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POLICE BRIEFS Drug bust

TWO men were found with a mobile drug laboratory in their car during a routine intercept by police last Thursday night. Bass Coast Highway Patrol Acting Sergeant Paul McLean stopped the vehicle for driving 126km/h in a 100km/h zone on the South Gippsland Highway at Loch. Upon recognising the two occupants in the car, Act Sgt McLean conducted a drug search of the vehicle and located a mobile clandestine laboratory for the use of methamphetamines. A 40-year-old male from Wonthaggi and a 38-year-old male from Glenroy were arrested and faced the Latrobe Valley Court last Friday. They have been charged with trafﬁcking a drug of dependence and possessing instruments for the manufacturing of methamphetamines.

Duo arrested

TWO men were arrested and held overnight following an incident in Leongatha early Sunday morning. A 22-year-old male from Phillip Island has been charged with assaulting police, and a 19-year-old male from Leongatha has been charged with hindering and resisting police. Both men had been ejected from McCartins Hotel for causing trouble inside and became aggressive towards

police who were already present. They have been bailed to appear at Korumburra Magistrates Court at a later date. Police remind patrons attending licenced premises they must leave these venues when directed to by staff or police. People found disobeying these directions or those who are violent, can and will face heavy ﬁnes or be charged to appear at court. They will almost certainly be banned from some or all licensed premises in South Gippsland Shire.

Collision causes ﬁre A CAR caught ﬁre following a head-on accident on the MeeniyanDumbalk Road on June 19. Police said it appeared a driver had moved too far left on the road, with the wet shoulder causing her to lose control and collide with an oncoming vehicle. Thankfully no injuries were sustained but both vehicles were written off. The incident was also attended by Meeniyan CFA.

Vandals strike VANDALISM in Leongatha has continued, with three letterboxes smashed in Brown Street between Saturday night and Sunday morning. A window of a commercial shed in

Begg Street was also smashed after a ﬁre extinguisher was thrown through it. The window is believed to be worth up to $2000. Police believe the two incidents may be connected. Over the past few months, a number of letterboxes and phone boxes have been damaged around Leongatha. A $3000 drill was stolen from a vehicle in Ridgeway Street during Saturday night or Sunday morning. Police encourage anyone with information regarding these incidents to contact them immediately.

Global leaders in the making SEVEN Leongatha Secondary College students made their way to the Melbourne Convention centre last week as part of a World Vision initiative. The One Just World convention was aimed at making students across the state think, talk and act on global poverty and development. The students took part in activities

that focused on gaining an understanding about those living an underprivileged lifestyle. Other events included listening to World Vision advocates, asking questions, watching movies and learning how young people can have a direct affect in changing the world. The Year 9 group was accompanied by Anna Dockendorf.

Man fined A 26-YEAR-OLD male was fined after police caught him urinating on the wall of a Leongatha licensed premises on Sunday morning. The Meeniyan man was issued with a $478 fine for offensive behaviour. Police remind people this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated.

Licence lost A TRAFALGAR man was caught driving at 144km/h along the Strzelecki Highway early Sunday morning. The 19-year-old male lost six demerit points and received a $508 ﬁne. His licence has been suspended for six months.

Global leadership team: Leongatha Secondary College students Raquel Gardner, Amberly Whelan, Cherry Skinner-Tarlo, Bec Dowthwaite, Tiarni Johnson-Douglas, Charlotte Brew and Stephen Loftus took part in the One Just World convention in Melbourne.

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Council looks to culture By Jane Ross BASS Coast Council’s vision of a cultural precinct for Wonthaggi has come a step closer with a business case being drawn up. The senior campus of Wonthaggi Secondary College would be razed and replaced by a centre housing a regional art gallery, performing arts and convention centres, principal shire library, cinemas and cafes. Bass MLA Ken Smith has been briefed on the idea and thinks it’s fantastic. “It’s very exciting, it will draw people to that part of town.” Having seen and thoroughly enjoyed the Wonthaggi Theatre Group’s recent production of Cabaret, Mr Smith said local performers are professional and a new performing arts hub would suit them well. “The production was packed out at every performance. “Now, it’s a matter of money. The Premier (Ted Baillieu) is also the Arts Minister and we’ll put a bit of acid on him to see how much we can get.”

There’s a two-way demand. A business case for the Bass Coast Education Precinct is before the State Government and funding is needed for that first. A new campus is the first stage of the education precinct. The current senior campus in McBride Avenue is old and overcrowded. Acting Bass Coast Shire Council CEO Steve Piasente said if the secondary college moved, the council didn’t want to see the McBride land sold into private ownership. “It is a valuable piece of land in an excellent location; close to the centre of town and services. Council would like to see it kept for community use.” Discussions have been held with Peter Sammut, the general manager of capital projects with the Department of Sustainability and Environment, which holds sway over Crown Land. And approaches have been made to Wonthaggi desalination plant consortium AquaSure and construction company Thiess Degremont for financial input. Mr Piasente said neither they nor the State Government has yet made

any commitment about funding. AquaSure’s community and public relations manager John Ridley said late on Friday afternoon the council had briefed AquaSure on the cultural precinct but there had been no mention of money. Thiess Degremont stakeholder relations manager Serena Middleton said that company hadn’t been approached for funding either. But, the state has agreed to consider a business case. So, for the past four days, Kirsty Ellem from Artistic Merit has been meeting with individuals and interest groups to gauge public opinion and outline a business case. Mr Piasente said this will be ready by the end of July. West Gippsland Regional Library Corporation which runs the Wonthaggi Library, has long lamented the building’s inadequacy and the council has been talking for years about a regional art gallery, in part to house its expanding collection of works derived from compulsory acquisitions at local art shows. Some hangs in the council chamber and foyer but there is nowhere to display all the art in the one place.

Votes quash quarry By Brad Lester TEARS of relief flowed and objectors applauded as South Gippsland Shire Council rejected a proposed quarry at Mirboo North last Wednesday. Council overturned officers’ recommendation that the quarry be approved, citing concerns for safety, noise and dust; difficulty enforcing permit conditions; and ongoing maintenance of Old Thorpdale Road at cost to council. The proposal attracted strong community opposition. A packed gallery gathered to watch councillors make their decisions. People objected to gravel trucks passing by their homes in residential areas, saying the safety of their families would be at risk. The trucks would travel Old Thorpdale Road, into the residential streets of

Balding and Couper streets, and Baths Road. Cr David Lewis said the application for a planning permit did not address safety and road maintenance. “This application needs to solve the problems, otherwise not only will our residents be badly affected for a long time but the perception will be that council should be doing something, but council has no money of its own. It will come from the ratepayers,” he said. Cr Lewis said council was unable to enforce recommended permit conditions that no trucks travel Old Thorpdale Road during school hours and believed the quarry could expand over the years, compounding issues. Balding Street was also too steep, he said, and laden trucks would have to speed to gain momentum to go up hills. An objector, Chris Anders, raised that issue with council before the meeting.

Consulting: Artistic Merit representatives Kirsty Ellem (left) and Debby Maziarz are spending three days in Wonthaggi speaking to people about a proposed cultural precinct in Bass Coast Shire. With them is Colin Waring, Wonthaggi’s principal librarian.

Health minister here By Jane Ross BASS Coast Council will today send off a freedom of information request to try to expose details of the South Gippsland region health services review. The review, undertaken by two sets of consultants over a period of about four years, is the state’s best kept secret.

Despite repeated requests from politicians and the media, the contents of the review are unknown to the public. When State Health Minister David Davis visits the area next Tuesday, Bass MLA Ken Smith is hoping he will announce funding for a master plan for a new Wonthaggi Hospital. “Once we get that, we’ll be looking at where the area’s health services go from there.

“But it all hinges on the review. The situation’s become farcical.” Mr Smith himself hasn’t been given access to the review’s report and he doesn’t think the Health Minister has either. Mr Smith said he was also hoping that Mr Davis will make an announcement next Tuesday about some form of 24-hour health service at Phillip Island and an expansion of the Cowes Ambulance Service.

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CONGRATULATIONS to the Inverloch-Kongwak Primary School students who ran in wet, cold and muddy conditions at the Lardner Park cross country last Tuesday. Caleb Serong placed second, Lanni Pryor second, Jarvis Pryor sixth and Lachie Scott tenth in their respective age groups. These students will represent the school at the state cross country on July 19.

KORUMBURRA author Geoff Cain ﬁnally has a date for the launch of his book The Realm of Believe, Dragons over South Gippsland. It will be at the Korumburra Library on July 15 at 6.30pm. Geoff will speak, and signings and book purchases will be available until 8.30pm (EFTPOS and cards not available). One lucky buyer will ﬁnd a token in their copy, winning them a netbook. Geoff will sign copies of his book at the Leongatha Newsagency on July 16. They’re also available from his blog.

TO celebrate 100 years of Census taking, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is holding a photography competition to get a snapshot of what it means to be a Victorian. The ABS is calling for photographers to submit an inspiring image, along the theme of ‘Your Victoria’. This could be the 100-year-old tree in your backyard or a road

train as it travels down the highway. The winning photograph will be showcased at venues around Victoria. For terms and conditions go to www.abs. gov.au/census and click: Census Media Centre> Victoria> Your Victoria - Photography Competition. Entries should be submitted to your.victoria@ abs.gov.au by June 29. PURE Wisdom’s Health and Wellness Extravaganza is a fundraising afternoon to introduce locals to natural health practitioners, whilst raising money for Kathy Jung. Kathy, 41-year-old mother of two and long time resident of Phillip Island, was diagnosed with a rare terminal disease known as Neuroendocrine Tumors. Despite this, Kathy is determined to improve her life and create empowering habits that support a healthy body, mind and soul. If you’re passionate about creating more health for you and your family, want to meet with likeminded locals, and speak with the region’s most passionate health professionals, then mark this day in your calendar. The day will be on Sunday, July 10 between 11am and 3pm at 13 Graham Street Wonthaggi. THE Meeniyan/Stony Creek CFA held a successful trivia night fundraiser at the Meeniyan

Golf Club on Saturday night. Eighty-ﬁve guests enjoyed a two course meal from Michael and Jane from the Pause Café in Meeniyan. A big thanks goes out to the following sponsors: Pause Café in Meeniyan, Meeniyan IGA, Eldreds Prestige Auto, Creamy Valley Produce, Moos Meeniyan, John and Marg Gould, Tarwin Valley Wines, Bread and Pickles Deli, and Deano’s Butchery Foster. THE Gippsland-based Catholic charity Bishop’s Family Foundation has about $100,000 to distribute to charities which provide services to families. Applications for funding of projects are now being taken until the end of August. Applications should be accompanied by the relevant form, available on the diocese website www.sale. catholic.org.au. Follow the links through Agencies, then select Bishop’s Family Foundation from the drop down menu. For organisations without internet access, copies of the application document can be obtained by writing to Bishop’s Family Foundation, PO Box 103, Newborough, 3825. WOULD you like to ﬁnd out more about a group for women that offers friendship, community service, personal development, creative arts and is part of a global organisation? The Gippsland Hills

Group of CWA would like to encourage new members and start a new evening branch. They would like to dispel the common myth that CWA is all about old ladies, sponges and scones. CWA is for any woman of any age and you don’t have to be able to cook or knit. So grab a friend or two and join us for dinner at Bair’s Hotel, Leongatha, on Wednesday, July 6 between 7 and 9.30pm. Bookings are preferable but not necessary. For any further information contact Chris Opray, Gippsland Hills Group president on 5657 2360 or 0437 731 403 or email at roychris1@bigpond.com

Quality puppets: the Camp Quality puppets entertain and inform kids at the Inverloch Primary School. ON June 10, the Camp Quality puppet theatre visited Inverloch Primary School. The group visited as one of the school’s students, Jaxon, has had cancer. The puppets sparked much laughter and explained about cancer, what medication can do and helped the students to understand that people with cancer are still the same people, and that we need to be kind and understanding.

FOR those who are passionate about the abolishment of the live cattle trade ban to Indonesia and wish to support Australian farmers, please contact Jim McDonald on 0429 012 636. Jim is intent on having trade continue with Indonesia and believes a ban will create many more problems than it will solve and is looking for other farmers or local residents who think the same. A BASIC Auslan class is being held at the Leongatha Community House on July 16 and 17. Enrol by contacting Vicdeaf or visiting their website, www.vicdeaf.com.au

Singing stars: Pete Murray and Linda Bull were special guests at a birthday party for Wonthaggi/Corinella’s Dennis Orr (aka, Nigel Vinyl) on Sunday. Pete and Linda were a huge hit with party-goers at the Archies Creek Hotel, as they joined in with Dennis’s various bands. They are pictured with new band Reheated, with Russell Hemming, Dennis Orr and John Arney.

New bin covers for Leongatha CBD L E O N G AT H A Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been successful in lobbying for bin covers for the ugly Sulo bins in the CBD. Hooray: there will soon be new covers for bins in Leongatha’s CBD. These are the bin covers currently in use at Koonwarra.

Lucy Gromotka has been working closely with South Gippsland Shire Council and was pleased

to inform The Star that her work has paid off. Council is committing to 21 bin covers which should cover bins throughout the main streets. They are currently being spray-painted and will be a bottle green. “They should be available in the next eight to 10 weeks,” Ms Gromotka said.

Group helps mentally ill A REUNION and luncheon at the Wonthaggi Golf club marked South Gippsland FOCAS Group’s annual mental health awareness campaign.

The event also celebrated Schizophrenia Awareness Week. Six local health organisations were represented including General Practice Alliance of Inverloch, Bass Coast Community Health Service Wonthaggi and San Remo, and Gippsland Disability Advocacy from Morwell. FOCAS stands for Focus on Care and Support. The group is one of self help and mutual support for those with mental illness, their families, friends and supporters. Social events are always combined with Wonthaggi WHO (We Help Ourselves), a disability advocacy and action group. FOCAS member Ray Joyner made and donated a leadlight wall hanging to be rafﬂed at the luncheon, together with prizes donated by other members, NAB Wonthaggi, Harvey Norman and Moonya Inc.

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Expo moves to Korumburra By Jacob B J b de d Kunder K d KORUMBURRA Showgrounds will now be the new home for the South Gippsland Dairy Expo. The Strzelecki Lions Club organising committee has decided to make the move from Poowong after some upgrades to the old site in Poowong, club member John Hutchison said. “There has been redevelopment on the Poowong ground and we didn’t want to damage it with our marquees so we thought we’d make the move,” he said. “Ahead of conﬁrming the move, we contacted our major sponsors and exhibitors and had only positive responses,” Mr Hutchison said. “Korumburra is really central to Gippsland and pushes into the dairy area of South Gippsland, so it was a good choice. “Also because of the large amount of

Making the move: chairman of the organising committee Noel Gregg at the new site for the South Gippsland Dairy Expo, the Korumburra Showgrounds.

d th ill nott hhave tto space around the ovall we will set up on the ground itself, which is good because we won’t damage it and it doesn’t matter what condition it is in.” Stall holders will be positioned around the showgrounds, as well as the various pavilions available on the site. The move means more work for organisers Strzelecki Lions Club but they are excited about the new move and expect that this venue will be the home of the expo for years to come. “We’ve still got a bit more work to do and have to iron out some glitches,” Mr Hutchison said. “And the success of this expo determines whether or not we will have another,.” The expo has been running since 2000 and gathers around 120 exhibitors and stallholders in the ﬁeld of milk harvesting. It also raises up to $30,000 for the dairy industry each year, which goes back into the farming community through the Lions club.

End to shortage in sight SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council is close to having a full team of planners.

A nation-wide shortage of planners has made life difficult for many councils, including South Gippsland, but six vacancies have now been filled. Director of development services Phil Stone last week confirmed the appointment of Paul Stampton as manager strategic planning and development. “This is a new position under the recent restructure which integrates the strategic planning, tourism and economic development teams for greater cohesion,” Mr Stone said. “Paul has been acting in the previous planning manager’s role for almost 12 months and I am delighted that he will continue to play a pivotal role in the leadership of the planning and development functions of council.”

Mr Stampton has worked at council since 2007 and has a Masters Degree in Planning, a Masters in Heritage, a Bachelor of Applied Science, plus qualiﬁcations in recreation, agriculture and education. Two new strategic planners will commence in July: Nick Edwards, who moves from his communications role with council on July 1, has degrees in resource management and sustainability. Former Mirror journalist and planner Fiona Mottram will commence on July 11. She has a post graduate degree in planning, experience with a number of planning organisations and extensive knowledge of the area. In the new restructure, the statutory planning team has been combined with the environmental health and wastewater teams. Bryan Sword has been appointed to

the position of manager, planning and environmental health. He is currently working in environmental health in Busselton, Western Australia. He has also worked at City of Melbourne and City of Hume, and has a Bachelor of Health Science and Diploma of Environmental Management. “He will commence with council on August 22. Two new statutory planning coordinators will also start work on July 11. Debbie Tyson, who comes to South Gippsland from Baw Baw Shire Council, is a graduate of the Gippsland Community Leadership Program. David Simon is moving from Newcastle where he is currently a planning co-ordinator in the private sector. Mr Simon holds qualiﬁcations in environmental science, and has experience in the private sector and local government.

Worthy promotion: Paul Stampton is South Gippsland Shire Council’s new manager strategic planning and development.

Avenue trees face chop Man airlifted FOUR trees in Leongatha’s Avenue of Honour along Yarragon Road will be removed in the next two weeks. The diseased elms have become a problem for the South Gippsland Shire Council, but parks and gardens coordinator Steve Missen said the other trees were not in any danger. “There are about 80-odd along there and they’re ﬁne at the moment. It’s just these four that need to go,” he said. Mr Missen said the future of the other trees

was uncertain. “Without having a crystal ball I couldn’t tell you. They weren’t all planted at once so it could be 10, 20 years,” he said. The Leongatha RSL, custodians of the avenue of honour, had no issues with the four trees coming down. “When it’s a safety issue we will never have a problem with them,” RSL secretary Anne Davies said. “The shire has told us that they will replace the trees, which we’re very happy with.”

A 27-YEAR-OLD man was seriously injured around 9.30 last Thursday night when his car hit a tree that had fallen across the Bass Highway at Leongatha South. Police, having been informed of the road blockage by passers-by, were en route to the scene when the accident occurred. Motorists had stopped at the tree and were slowing trafﬁc and trying their best to warn people of the blockage. The man however, travelling from the Inverloch direction, failed to slow down and crashed into the tree. A tree branch pierced the man’s windscreen and he was airlifted to the Alfred Hospital suffering life threatening injuries. He remains in intensive care. Investigations as to why he crashed into the tree continue.

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Holey hell

THE roads in South Gippsland are just continuing to deteriorate and despite some ad hoc patching by VicRoads, there are quite a few sections that are quite dangerous. In general, the South Gippsland Highway between Tooradin and Leongatha is in pretty poor shape. Even the newly divided section near Koo Wee Rup, in the Melbourne direction is particularly rough for a newly laid piece of road. I was appalled and shocked recently when I travelled to and from home to Melbourne, by the number of potholes in the South Gippsland Highway between Bena and the Bass Highway intersection, a distance of 26 kilometres. It was unbelievable that the potholes I counted were as follows: • heading towards Melbourne between Bena and the Bass Highway intersection 81 potholes. • heading towards Korumburra between Bass Highway intersection and Bena - 56 potholes. A total of 137 potholes. Some of the potholes have been there for months. The above section of highway is only 26 kms and it would seem to me that there is an excessive number of holes. This averages out at 5.3 pot holes per kilometre.

Surely this would have to be the worst road in Victoria, if not Australia. The South Gippsland Highway is of course not the only road in South Gippsland that is in a bad state of repair. One observation I have made on numerous occasions is that a hole may be filled, but it breaks out within a week, or the repair team comes along and only fills half the holes. VicRoads has advised me that sometimes the contractors only make temporary repairs and go back later to finish the job. This seems like a huge waste of resources. It may be that VicRoads do not have sufficient funding to keep up with the ever deteriorating roads due to the bad weather and I have written to Mr Terry Mulder, Minister for Roads to see if additional funds can be made available to reinstate our roads to a safe condition. I am fully cognisant that road safety is a big responsibility of drivers, but poor roads may contribute to accidents when people who are not paying attention to the road conditions may swerve at the last minute to avoid some of the larger holes. Until the roads are repaired, let’s hope no one is injured or killed in South Gippsland. Trevor Browning, Moyarra.

E D I T O R I A L Excuses no more LAST week’s wet weather has resulted in the proliferation of potholes around the region, particularly on our major thoroughfares, or at least that’s what VicRoads keeps telling us. Despite the roads authority declaring that regular inspections of roads are carried out to ensure potholes are attended to promptly, one does have to wonder if this is the case. The Star last Friday reported a number of potholes on the Bass Highway between Leongatha and Inverloch, but only a select few had been repaired by later that day, namely between Leongatha and the Norton Road intersection. Just on the Inverloch side of that intersection is a notorious hole that continues to claim vehicles. Last Friday, a Star employee witnessed a truck suddenly swerve around that pothole, nearly colliding with a stream of traffic travelling in the opposite direction. The truck’s trailer swerved with the momentum and frightened passing motorists, who momentarily feared for their safety. Unless repairs are undertaken more frequently, until major works can be done when finer weather arrives (as VicRoads keeps stating), pothole-related accidents are going to occur on our roads. Drivers cannot afford to keep their eyes constantly on the road surface for fear of colliding with potholes and damaging their vehicles, at the expense of not watching the movements of surrounding traffic. Whether or not there are potholes to avoid, if the poor conditions are forcing drivers to change their behaviour for the worse, surely this is grounds for urgent attention by VicRoads and for increased government funding to address the risk?

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Right direction? I HAVE just read an article about the USA borrowing more money - in the billions and trillions. Ofﬁcially they supposedly owe around 15 trillion. I have heard unofﬁcially it could be as high as 80 trillion. That’s 80,000 billion. Every billion is a 1000 million. That’s 80 million millionaires! Think about it. My thoughts are this. I am wondering if the supposed recession is over, then why is the US still borrowing in the billions and trillions? Has anybody been able to equate what the cost of this mounting debt is to every single American in the private sector (those who actually contribute to paying it off)? What is the actual true debt level for the USA? When will it turn around? How long will it hang around trailing an economic upturn (when that happens!)? Where is this debt shifted to when it’s cleaned off one slate? Whatever happened to the ‘save for a rainy day’ philosophy - putting away in the good times for the bad times? Isn’t Australia fortunate that a certain Prime Minister called John Winston Howard turned around Australia by eliminating $96 billion debt left behind by the socialists and then managed to tuck away $50 billion into a future fund. That’s what has insulated Australia to this point. But at the rate we are going into debt the good times won’t go on forever. How long will it be before the socialists put us into a situation like America? Or do we stay in a fool’s paradise instead imposing carbon taxes on all and sundry? Tony Griggs, Hallston.

Home births recommended WHENEVER I read about home births in the media, it has always been from a negative perspective. So when my husband and

I recently experienced a very positive home birth, we felt we wanted to share our experience. Having grown up in England, the second eldest of eight children, six of whom were born at home, home birth was a very normal birth option to me. When expecting our third child we decided to look into home births in Australia. The decision was made with much consideration and research. We hired two extremely dedicated, passionate and professional independent midwives, who we got to know throughout the pregnancy. Our daughter Annabel was born peacefully and without any medical intervention. We could not have wished for a more fulﬁlling birth experience. Our two sons were asleep during the labour and birth and it was a joy to see their faces, on discovering her in the morning. While I understand a home birth would not suit or be suitable for everyone, my hope for the future is that home births are more widely available, and that independent midwives gain the support they deserve. Toby and Joanna Gammon, Nerrena.

More than view WHEN power poles and their accompanying overhead spider web of wire invaded the land, we accepted them as a modern necessity. Roadside ugliness created by the cheapest way to transmit energy. Being part Danish and a lover of good design I generally applaud things Danish. Wind turbines were designed there by Danes to suit local conditions. Denmark is a small country made up of many islands very exposed to the wind and almost constantly covered by cloud. The point is that the Danes researched and produced a technology that suits their climate and close proximity of power source to consumer. Together with other forms

of green energy, they produce roughly 20 per cent of the country’s energy needs, while the nation invests heavily in research and development of sustainable clean energy. Meanwhile what do we do back here? We take a shortcut and buy what works best somewhere else. We put up machines that intrude into the landscape with their towering modernity, destroying the virginal nature of the coastal skyline, while the sun graces Australia with its abundance. Where is our sensitivity to the land and our ability to solve difﬁcult problems? You could call it ‘ruining the view’ but it’s more than that. Kevin Mortensen, Venus Bay.

Cultural precinct I AM writing to present the Victorian Desalination Project’s position with regard to Bass Coast Shire Council’s proposal to investigate a cultural precinct for the region. The Victorian Desalination Project is making signiﬁcant contributions to the local community and will continue to do so. Just a few examples are: • creating a 225 ha revegetated coastal park for community use; • funding a $6 million pipeline for South Gippsland Water to connect to desalinated water; • facilitating community broadband through the project’s ﬁbre optic cable; • $400,000 donated to date by AquaSure and Thiess Degrémont to community groups; • $70,000 donated by the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) to fund the business case for an education precinct; and • funding $12 million of road upgrades. The Victorian Desalination Project has proposed a funding arrangement with

Bass Coast Shire Council in lieu of rates and this continues to be discussed. This is a separate issue to council’s potential proposal for a cultural precinct. Our legal advice is that under Victorian law, facilities such as the desalination plant on government owned land are not subject to council rates and that no other water facilities pay council rates. Despite the fact that the desalination plant is not obliged to pay rates, DSE has worked with Bass Coast Shire Council to negotiate an appropriate amount the project can contribute to council. The council is yet to determine the ﬁnal scope and cost of a cultural precinct and its implementation is dependent upon a range of factors including consulting the community and securing the necessary funding. We expect they would approach a range of state and federal government entities for funding including DSE and AquaSure. It is also dependent on securing the Wonthaggi Secondary School site which in turn is dependent on the school moving to the education precinct land and therefore on the education precinct being funded and a range of other agreements put in place. As there is no formal funding agreement in place, and given the proposal is in the very early stages, it was premature of council to link the proposal with one potential funding source, being the Victorian Desalination Project. We will consider a business case for the cultural precinct when it is provided to us and will continue to work with council regarding an appropriate funding arrangement to recognise that the Victorian Desalination Project will be part of this community for the long-term. Meeka Bailey, Manager Communication and Stakeholder Relations, DSE - Victorian Desalination Project.

VOXPOP! VOX Are local businesses being crowded out by online stores?

It’s just the way business is going. We have to learn to adjust. I think that someday most stores will be replaced by the online variety. Ed Carmody Leongatha

Yes, it’s another way to purchase goods, which can be to the detriment of local retail stores. When you buy online (instead of locally) you are not supporting the local economy. Shane Morgan Leongatha

Not really, no. I don’t think local stores are being crowded out by online stores. Rob Angwin Leongatha

I’m not sure about local stores, but as a whole yes, (retail stores) are getting a lot of competition from online. Ross Fergusson Mirboo North

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Dancers’ poise wins prizes By Isaac McCallum SEVEN members of the Lisa Pellin Dancers of Leongatha recently shared in success at a state level. Placing from ﬁrst to highly commended, the students performed sensationally, bringing home around $600 in prize money. It adds to a history of success in the competitions for the Lisa Pellin Dancers. The dancers were: Claudia Bolam, Madelyn Krausz (sub-junior Victorian scholarship for the Australian Teachers of Dance), Jasmine Susic, Morgan Bolam (Junior Victorian scholarship for ATOD), Xavier Pellin, Ebony Zuidema and Lauren Mitchelson (intermediate Victorian scholarship for ATOD). They won many trophies, impressing instructor Lisa Pellin. “They represented the whole school really well. It’s a big thing for their fellow dancers as well,” she said. The quality of teaching was also a factor, as Claudia, Jasmine, Xavier and Ebony have been selected to represent Victoria at an Australasian event

in Sydney. The students will compete against dancers from New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland. They will each perform two solos, and participate in a class, being judged on all three levels. Xavier will not be taking his place in Sydney, given he has been selected for Melbourne Contemporary company Chunky Moves’ upcoming show Something Silly in August. He will also be performing a solo at the ballet teachers workshop ﬁnals in August. Lisa anticipates that more students will be involved in the Victorian scholarships next year, given they reach a highly commended level in their classical exams.

Dance sensations: Lisa Pellin Dancers Claudia Bolam, Jasmine Susic, Morgan Bolam, Xavier Pellin, Lauren Mitchelson, Ebony Zuidema and Madelyn Krausz recently shared in success at the Australian Teachers of Dance Victorian scholarships.

Eisteddfod entries flood in THE GREAT Southern Star Eisteddfod will be back this year on August 5-7.

Entries have closed and organisers have been forced to knock entrants back after 500 performers applied. More dancers have entered this year than for the inaugural event last year and dancers will come from Sale, Paynesville, Traralgon, Warragul and even Melbourne. The adjudicator for the event is Mia Perry, a Morwell-born, Melbournebased judge who will be watching every event. On Sunday afternoon she will an-

nounce the winner of the new award, the Bendigo Bank Rising Star award, for the best performer over the three days. There will also be six vouchers given to successful dancers for prestigious Melbourne summer schools. While local performers are already lining up to join in the festivities, guests from previous So You Think You Can Dance television series will also be making the trip to Leongatha. BJ and Hilton will be running hip hop and jazz workshops for students 12 and under, and 13 and over. A question and answer session will follow. Students will need to book

quickly as places in the workshop are limited. They will also be performing a dance on Saturday evening. BJ will be adjudicating the championship section alongside Mia Perry, which has thrilled event organisers. Also getting organisers excited is the local town support. “The community support has been amazing,” organiser Tanya Bolam said. “We think it’s going to be another really successful eisteddfod, which is great considering it’s only in its second year.”

Unlocking business success READY, aim, ﬁre. Are you a duck or an eagle? Such were the challenges faced by the audience who braved a wet and windy winter solstice to attend the Bass Coast South Gippsland Business Alliance breakfast in Leongatha on Wednesday morning. Marketing expert Paul McCarthy entertained the audience with his energetic and inspiring perspective on how to be successful in business and in life. “Being interested in growing your business won’t get you there; you need to commit to action,” he said. He warned participants not to confuse excuses with choices and to continue to develop their capacity to improve themselves every day. “Everyone has an

Taking care of business: stake holder representatives Jeanette Vannapraseuth of Telstra, Rob Francis of Bendigo Bank, Wendy Major of SGBCLLEN, Ken Fraser of South Gippsland Shire, guest speaker Paul McCarthy, Peter Whitley the CEO of GippsTAFE, Margaret Murray of Bass Coast Shire and Steve McNamara of Chisholm Institute. opinion about what others should do but our attention should be focused on what we need to do to develop and improve ourselves,” he said. Another guest speaker, Jason Clark from Minds at Work, urged guests to challenge their thinking habits.

Sixty-ﬁve representatives from local organisations and businesses enjoyed a delicious breakfast, prepared by second year apprentices and served by VETiS Hospitality students in GippsTAFE’s Wildﬂower Café. Host and MC for the

breakfast Stuart Cooper said the event celebrated a number of firsts: the first group to enjoy the first breakfast prepared in the first five star green star regional educational TAFE building in Australia. The next event will be held in Wonthaggi on Tuesday, September 6.

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Big year for Leongatha Lions

IT HAS been another busy year for the Lions Club of Leongatha.

The newest board of directors was inducted at the annual changeover event on June 18. Allister Dowling took on his second term as president, with Ron Campbell as secretary and Lynn Robertson once again treasurer. Over the past year, the Lions club has disbursed in excess of $16,000 to the community. The club also chose to donate around $6000 to the Kerang district following the ﬂoods. Lion Janet Thompson said members travelled to devastated areas, many of which were underwater for weeks. “They chose farmers who were needing a bit of help and support,”

she said. “We’re still getting letters of thanks from those people who have been overwhelmed by everyone’s generosity. It makes you glad to be a Lion.” The club has also been busy selling their famous hot chips at most of the local school fetes or shows, with all proﬁts donated back to the respective schools. Ms Thompson said they have also been at the Foster market and were kept busy at the Korumburra Swap Meet, the two day Working Horse and Tractor Rally, and the Boolarra Folk Festival. “We also, for the ﬁrst time, attended the recent Loch Food and Wine Festival, which was a great day for all.” Lions also donated money to Woorayl Lodge and the hospital,

while their Relay for Life weekend raised $3000 for the Cancer Council and supported the youth of the district, with catering and consequent donations to Raw Vibes, Gatha Roc and the Youth Access Clinic. On a larger scale, the Lions Club donated money to Pakistan, Japan and Christchurch. Ms Thompson said the group is currently waiting for the go ahead to start building a new rotunda in McIndoe Park. “This will be a major project for us and has been in the planning for 18 months or so,” she said. “So many people use McIndoe Park since the playground has been upgraded and we are looking forward to adding another rotunda for the community.”

New board: the Lions Club of Leongatha inducted its new board of directors at the annual changeover on June 18. Front, from left: Gerry Shelcott, assistant secretary Geoff Robb, secretary Ron Campbell, president Allister Dowling and treasurer Lynn Robertson. Back: Graeme Tuckett, Jim Geary, Dan Croatto, David Thompson, John Frank, Stan Markley and Robert Bruce.

Not happy By Jane Ross

THINGS look pretty good around South Gippsland Shire. Just don’t mention the roads and footpaths. Residents have rated the appearance of public areas higher than those of other councils in Victoria, but their view of local roads and footpaths is dismal. The opinions are expressed in Victoria’s 14th annual customer satisfaction surveys. They show South Gippsland with a score of 59 for overall performance and Bass Coast with 60. The ﬁgures put both municipalities on a par with other large rural councils, but lower than councils overall. South Gippsland councillors are awaiting a report on the survey, while Bass Coast has issued a press release, saying the council has received its second highest overall rating. It’s better than last year’s 59, but not as good as the 63 in 2009. The surveys are conducted by the Wallis Consulting Group at the behest of the State Department of Planning and Community Development. A rating of 60 puts Bass Coast into the “adequate, acceptable” category, while between 40 and 60 puts South Gippsland into “needing some improvement”. The satisfaction surveys are conducted via telephone with random numbers. Conversations last about 10 minutes. Thirty-nine of those interviewed in Bass Coast said a negative issue had strongly inﬂuenced their rating, but 20 per cent said

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council’s performance had improved since 2010. In South Gippsland, 41 per cent said a negative issue had strongly inﬂuenced their overall rating and 15 per cent said council’s performance had improved in the past year. Bass Coast performed better than other large rural councils in economic development and the local roads and footpaths category. South Gippsland’s strengths are the appearance of public areas and recreational facilities. In the latter, it rates higher than its group of councils, whereas Bass Coast rates lower. Town planning policy and approvals is not a strong category for either council, with Bass coast scoring 49 and South Gippsland 50. On both counts, this is lower than other large rural municipalities. Bass Coast’s biggest improvement area was the enforcement of local laws, jumping from last year’s 57 to a score of 63. South Gippsland bumped up its score by one in this category, to 64. Bass Coast CEO Allan Bawden said he was particularly happy with the local laws result. For South Gippsland, health and human services went up from last year’s 70 to 73, putting it at a similar level to all other municipalities in Victoria. Bass Coast scored a 72. Trafﬁc management and parking puts South Gippsland on a similar plain too, but the people of Bass Coast aren’t quite as happy.

Korumburra RSL to stay A SPECIAL meeting held to decide the future of the Korumburra RSL sub-branch was held last Wednesday, with the members voting unanimously to keep the venue open.

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President Kevin Moon said the RSL was lacking in member numbers, especially when it came to attending meetings. But evidently none of the attending members had any issue with keeping the RSL open for business. “We had the meeting and we’ve decided to remain on. It was a unanimous vote,” he said. “We’ll assess the situation again later on.” The Korumburra sub-branch has existed for 89 years.

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Town ready for supermarket’s return MEENIYAN is planning a huge celebration to welcome its new IGA supermarket.

The group has planned a day entitled Meeniyan on Fire - an ironic twist given the former store was burnt down in 2007. On Saturday, July 16, from early in the morning to late at night, special activities will be held. Radio 3GG will be broadcasting, and there will be children’s entertainment, craft activities, bands, singers and, depending on the weather, a bonﬁre at night. “It should be a good night. Of course it will be weather permitting but we’re hoping to make it a big celebration,” Catherine Waldron, secretary of the Meeniyan Chamber of Commerce, said. While the supermarket’s ofﬁcial opening will be on July 16, the store will have a ‘soft opening’ in about two weeks. “We’re hoping to have around 9000 lines with 2000 specials each week,” owner of the new IGA store Chris Bettles said.

“We want this store to be good value, not just a place the locals go because it’s close. We’ll be as cheap, if not cheaper than anywhere else.” Among the other items available will be a wide liquor range, delicatessen, local cheeses, complete fridge and freezer options as well as all the other items that would be expected to be found in such a store. Meeniyan IGA has employed 10 people already and is looking to have around 20 working by the time the store opens. Workers currently employed are stationed at Foster IGA. Mr Bettles owns that store and also the Mirboo North supermarket. Those wishing to drop in resumes can do so inside the store. Meeniyan IGA will be open from 7am until 9pm every day.

Ready for the opening: Meeniyan Chamber of Commerce secretary Catherine Waldron inspects the new IGA store with owner Chris Bettles. The store will have a ‘soft opening’ in two weeks.

Trade shortages addressed By Isaac McCallum FOUR local secondary colleges are doing their best to eliminate shortages in the automotive industry.

Motor men: Adam Davison, Daniel Campbell and Rhett Boscombe-Hill checked out Jarrod Lovie’s race car.

Lagoon land secured THE purchase of 80 acres of land near Nyora township means the design phase of the Poowong, Loch, Nyora sewerage lagoon system can go ahead. The land is in Hills Road. South Gippsland Water would not reveal the purchase price, but managing director Steve Evans said it is part of the $16 million overall cost of the sewerage scheme. Tenders for construction of the lagoon and reticulation systems and rising main should be advertised late this year and early next year. Construction is due to start in 2012-13. Mr Evans said it is expected to take around 12 to 18 months. Introduction of the sewerage scheme to those three towns has been welcomed by those who live and work there. Mr Evans said the land bought for the lagoon treatment system meets strict regulatory criteria. He said South Gippsland Water has studied the land to ensure it meets environmental, ecological, geo-technical, cultural and heritage requirements. Design of the sewerage project’s reticulation system is nearly ﬁnished and will go on public display soon. Design of the rising main, a pressurised pipe that will transport waste to the treatment lagoons, is underway. The main will be laid largely along roadways and public land. Customers interested in ﬁnding out more about the lagoon system will be able to go on a South Gippsland Water familiarisation tour. Dates will be advertised soon.

A two-day program held by the South Gippsland Bass Coast Local Learning and Employment Network at Leongatha Secondary College was aimed at introducing and enticing Year 8 and 9 students into automotive careers. Helped by local businesses, Leongatha, along with Mirboo North, Korumburra and South Gippsland secondary colleges gave three students

each an ‘industry taster’. Last Wednesday the teens were treated to a day at the AutoHorizon Fox Car Collection in Melbourne, which included an industry tour. On Thursday they learnt about small motors such as on mowers and ATVs, as well as automotive pathways, bigger vehicles and then heavy automotive and diesel trucks. LLEN partnership broker Laurie Werrett was impressed with the turnout and noted the importance of young people in the automotive sector. “We realise that there is a shortage in the automotive industry and this is our response to that,” Mr Werrett said. “I don’t think these kids realised

just how many options there are available. “It’s their opportunity to discover something they might like before they go on to VET studies.” “We look at this region and think dairy, but something has to move the milk and move the products,” he said. The West Gippsland region has applied for trade training centres to entice young people into certain trades, and Mr Werrett said that will be the next step for South Gippsland. SGBCLLEN thanks JSL Light Engine Repairs, Murray Goulburn, Browns Stockfeed, Gendore, Kangan Institute, and Gippsland Transport and Logistics.

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How it will look: an artist’s impression of the completed green roof on the Wonthaggi desalination plant.

Desal green roof underway THE beautification of the Wonthaggi desalination plant site has begun. The first of 100,000 plants have been installed on the green roof, which will be one of the biggest of its kind in the world. Twenty-five indigenous species have been selected to grow on an area that’s bigger than the playing surface of the MCG. The roof is central to the architectural design of the plant. Its aim is to blend the huge construction into the landscape. At ground level, crews have finished erecting the 3600 tonne structural steel frame of the reverse osmosis building, the largest of the 29 on the site. Workers tied a tree branch to the last steel beam as it was lifted into place. The

branch is part of a “topping out” ceremony, an age old construction tradition symbolising growth and good luck. Landscaping crews from Australian Ecosystems and the Bass Coast Landcare Network are reinstating indigenous vegetation around the site on land cleared over the years for mining and grazing. Ninety thousand plants have already gone in, to begin creating a 225 hectare coastal park that will include more than 127 indigenous species from coastal banksia woodland, damp sands herb rich woodland and swamp scrub vegetation communities. The park, one of the biggest ecological restoration projects ever undertaken in Victoria, will feature wetlands, coastal and swampy woodlands and more than 8kms of pedestrian, cycling and horse riding trails.

Green: planting of 100,000 indigenous plants has begun on the roof of the desalination plant.

New council director ROADS damaged by desalination trafﬁc and wet weather will be among the challenges faced by newly-appointed Bass Coast Shire Council infrastructure director Felicity Sist. Ms Sist, who has been acting in the role for seven months, now holds the position permanently. Acting CEO Steve Piasente said she was “by far” the most outstanding candidate interviewed. “She has strong experience in engineering, good technical knowledge

and an excellent commitment to Bass Coast,” he continued. “Felicity is admired by her colleagues for her down-to-earth approach. She has a strong customer focus, acts with honesty and fairness and has passion to learn and to improve the organisation. ” She, in turn, paid tribute to the “great team of staff” at the council. “As the fastest growing regional municipality in Victoria, we have real asset management challenges as well as providing enough community facilities”, she said.

Your shoes: Felicity Sist is now Bass Coast Shire Council’s infrastructure director. She was congratulated by acting CEO Steve Piasente.

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Island snow to fall SNOW on Churchill Island? Absolutely!

It’s going to be an incredible winter wonderland for one special day during the July school holidays at Phillip Island’s Churchill Island Heritage Farm. On July 5, kids and adults will be able to revel

in 10 tonnes of fresh snow on the island! The freshly delivered snow, covering an area of 30 square metres, is part of Phillip Island Nature Parks’ Wild White Winter promotion. Kids and adults will be able to make snowmen, toss snowballs, make

snow domes and even do some cooking – including making delicious igloos using biscuits and marshmallow! There will also be face painting, prizes to be won and some very special guests – Pete the Penguin and Frosti the Frog. And that’s not all. Every child will receive a free snow bag to take home which includes snow themed colouring sheets, puzzles, word searches, drawing and writing sheets plus activities to do at home. Put it in your diary today. All snow activities are free with a Churchill

Island entry ticket, or a nature parks three parks pass. Mount Baw Baw Resort will have some great promotions on show, including the chance to win a fantastic $4000 snow holiday! To top it all off, Churchill Island Café will feature special wintry drinks and food, including soup, hot chocolate and gluenwine. Winter promises to be heaps of fun at Phillip Island’s Churchill Island Heritage Farm this year. Visit www.penguins. org.au for all Snow Day details.

Worthy winner: last year’s winner Matt Colwill with family Robyn, Eddie and Louise, and Brenda Kelly, customer service team leader.

Seeking top dads SOUTH Gippsland SPLASH has announced that nominations are now open for the South Gippsland Shire YMCA Community 2011 Father of the Year Award.

Manager of the Leongatha facility Michael Casey, said that it was an important annual event that celebrates the significant role fathers and male role models play in the community. “It acknowledges that ordinary people can and do have an extraordinary impact on children’s lives,” he said. Primary school and preschool aged 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 South Gippsland SPLASH or at YMCA Victoria’s website www.victoria.ymca.org.au. Each nominee will receive a YMCA Family Swim Pass and nominations close on August 5. “We know that fathers and father-figures have an incredibly important role to play in their children’s development, and this award is really aimed at raising awareness about the importance of fathering in our communities, and to our community’s wellbeing,” Mr Casey said. The local YMCA Community Father of the Year will be announced on Tuesday, August 23. The winner will also be considered for the Victorian Father of the Year 2011 award which will be

announced at a ceremony at the Melbourne Town Hall the same week by the Father’s Day Council of Victoria. Father’s Day was ﬁrst celebrated in 1910 by a YMCA in the United States of America and continues to be celebrated worldwide. South Gippsland SPLASH is committed to supporting and strengthening local families, through services and activities including the YMCA Community Father of the Year.

Adventurers defy weather DESPITE the cold wet weather of late, the members of the South Gippsland Walking and Adventure Club continue to enjoy all activities. Two base camps were held, the ﬁrst one being on the beach at Bear Gully. Walks were enjoyed on both days. Wood was taken in so a campﬁre was made in the evening and participants cooked their meal around it, and enjoyed lots of chatting and companionship. The next weekend away was at Healesville. Snow, rain and hail were forecast but fortunately this did not eventuate so members had a lovely time walking the hills, visiting the markets and tasting local cuisine. Day walks have continued at the weekend and also on a Tuesday. Yanakie, Grantville, Phillip Island and Mirboo North areas have been visited. Bike riders spent a weekend cycling from Ventnor to the city and return with the help of the ferry and the occasional train ride. A Saturday ride was in the Kernot /Loch area with a stop off at the Kernot Store which proved popular.

Up high: enjoying walking around Healesville were Sue Marriot, Marg Waldron, Charlie Gilliam, Tim Rothberg, and Les and Heather Cruickshank. Tuesday or Thursday day rides are still operating. The next Melbourne bike path cycle is in July on the Capital City trail. Canoeing has been postponed until the weather improves and sunny days can be enjoyed on the water. The annual general meeting will be held in July at the Cottage Restaurant in Inverloch at 6pm. This is a quick meeting

after fellowship and a meal together. Any new members are most welcome to attend. The club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at the Leongatha Community House at 8pm. Members come from all parts of South Gippsland and even from Traralgon and Drouin area. President Ros can be contacted on 5664 2358.

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International ﬂavour: Leongatha Secondary College students Emily Wilson, Aimee Burns, Sabrina Jansen and Kate Ball at the Model United Nations Assembly in Neerim South recently.

Taking on the world TWO Leongatha Secondary College students will be tackling global concerns at a Model United Nations Assembly in Canberra in August.

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Scooter tips on the screen SOUTH Gippsland Transport Connections launched its mobility scooter information DVD to the public at the Community Engagement Conference on the weekend. This informative 40 minute production was ﬁlmed at a Mirboo North public forum, and in-

cludes advice on purchasing a scooter, road safety rules and occupational health and safety tips to support the experience. “We held several mobility scooter forums across the shire in 2009, attended by over 300 people,” Transport Connections co-ordinator Fred Boreham said. “The local Community Roadsafe committee generously provided us

with funding to ﬁlm these sessions so that this information could be made available to an even wider audience.” Copies of the DVD have been circulated to all local health and community agencies, plus senior citizens and service clubs for loan to their clients and members. Several copies have also been placed in local libraries for easy access.

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Kids seize the limelight GRADE 5 students at Leongatha Primary School had a lot of fun last Wednesday, as they proudly showcased their latest creations to parents, teachers, and each other. Inside the Grade 5 centre, students

displayed their posters, dioramas and computer shows. The amount of effort put into the projects really stood out, as did the variety of ideas. Students had really put on their thinking caps and the results were plain to be seen. There was also the rather novel

idea of having balloons with information inside them, requiring people to pop the balloon to obtain the information. For a time, the noise lured children from all parts of the centre to watch and take part. The display was certainly a success.

Looking back: Izzy and Sophie with their Stolen Generation dioramas.

Mayor’s message Cr Mimmie Jackson

On show: Mitchell and Tara hold up a poster about the First Fleet.

Hold up: Ned Kelly, aka Daniel Anderson, and his mother Sally.

South Gippsland Shire Council briefs COASTAL councils need more funding to deal with issues posed by climate change. That was the view of Cr Kieran Kennedy, after the State Government indicated no more funding would be available for coastal councils. Cr Kennedy said such councils had smaller populations and less rate income than metropolitan councils, yet faced extra costs in dealing with rising sea levels and inundation. THE State Government has confirmed officers from the Department of Primary Industries are still responsible for enforcing weed control. Cr David Lewis, part of the South Gippsland Community Weeds Taskforce, said that body had written to Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Victorian Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh seeking clarification about which government departments would be responsible for weeds. THE Sandy Point Community Group has been asked to apply for a council community grant to investigate possible sites for recreation facilities, including cricket nets. The group had suggested the old transfer station site be used but council ruled that option out due to the number of investigations required to guarantee public safety. Council received a petition from the community calling for two cricket nets to be built by December this year. COUNCILLORS Kennedy, Jennie Deane and Bob Newton had spent all of their discretionary funds by May 31. Cr Mohya Davies still had $650, Cr Jeannette Harding $1448.10, Cr Warren Raabe $152, Cr Jim Fawcett $442, Cr Mimmie Jackson $1150 and Cr Lewis $1400 Community groups to benefit

from the fund during May were: • Prom Coast Singers, workshop costs at the Choral Festival in September ($500 from Cr Davies, $200 from mayoral fund); • Venus Bay and District Men’s Shed, community luncheon ($266 from Cr Kennedy); • Korumburra Senior Citizens, 50th birthday and luncheon ($100 from Cr Deane, $100 from Cr Newton, $100 from Cr Raabe); • Poowong Community Consultative Committee, replace flagpole ($300 from Cr Deane, $100 from Cr Newton, $300 from Cr Raabe); • Korumburra Croquet Club, drainage works ($400 from Cr Deane, $100 from Cr Newton, $400 from Cr Raabe); • Grow Lightly, information display ($490 from Cr Deane, $510 from Cr Raabe); • Koonwarra-Leongatha RSL Cricket Club, trophies ($150 from Cr Newton); • Loch Memorial Reserve, mulch and timber for playground ($300 from Cr Raabe); • Christian Reformed Church of South Gippsland, holiday club ($500 from Cr Fawcett and $500 from Cr Jackson); • Leongatha Croquet Club, purchase chairs (Cr Fawcett, $400); • Leongatha Little Athletics Club, laptop and printer purchase (Cr Fawcett, $750). COUNCIL has finalised the contract to build the Sandy Point Community Centre. Core Properties received the $1.2 million deal. The company has offices in Melbourne and Sydney. THE new members of council’s disability committee have been confirmed. The members of Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee are Linda Lloyd, Blair Donaldson, Graeme Ireland, Phillip Bayre, Vince Sgarioto, Daniel Poynton,

Nicholas Peck and Darren Bone. COUNCIL has confirmed the members of the SG SPLASH Advisory Committee, assigned the task of increasing patronage and developing the Leongatha based leisure centre. The committee is Melanie Ryan, Sandra Casbolt, Tom Saario, Peter Western, Philomena Smith, George Newcomb and Cr Jackson. HELEN Dixon has been appointed as acting chief ranger at Wilsons Promontory National Park, after Craig Stubbings transferred to northern Victoria. Mr Stubbings was praised by Cr Davies for his promotion of the park and regional tourism. A MEETING was held at Foster last week to discuss the roll-out of the National Broadband Network. Cr Davies believed there is an opportunity to have the network in place earlier than the Federal Government predicted. THE Rotary Club of Foster knows how to raise funds. The club collected $3000 from a wood raffle, Cr Davies said. PROMOTING South Gippsland as a place to invest and visit continues to be a priority for council. Officers have produced a range of investment prospectuses, and visitor and shopping guides, which have been received positively. Cr Harding said promoting a professional image was vital for council. HBL Mann Judd has been awarded the contract to provide internal audit services to council for $132,990 for three years.

I HAD the pleasure of opening the ﬁfth Community Engagement Conference last weekend in Leongatha, which again attracted an interesting crowd of community group representatives from across the shire. Council is pleased that this event provides the community with an opportunity to build their skills and knowledge and learn from each other. During the conference several initiatives from our community strengthening team were launched: a DVD to assist people with the purchase and operation of mobility scooters, a booklet of volunteers’ stories, and a set of fact sheets for people interested in exploring volunteering in South Gippsland. All these are available from council, so please contact our customer service ofﬁcers if you would like copies sent out to you. The Australia Day Awards nominations for 2012 have also been launched and forms are now available on our website. This year they have been revamped to make the process even simpler, so take the time to recognise those people in your clubs and groups who are always there to help out and contribute to the

community. The category for young people has been changed this year following low nominations in past years. The category is now a non-competitive community contribution nomination in age groups from 10-14 and from 1525. All bona fide nominations will then receive a certificate of recognition at the awards ceremony in January 2012. It is important that we acknowledge and encourage young people to participate in community activities to develop our leaders of tomorrow. I encourage you to consider an event or person you would like to nominate so that they can be recognised by the community as we celebrate Australia Day. Council received 36 submissions on the draft Rural Strategy and 10 submitters presented their case to council last week. The final Rural Land Use Strategy is scheduled to go before council for adoption in August, so between now and then council will be working hard to develop final changes to the strategy based on key themes emerging from the submissions received. Cr Mimmie Jackson, Acting Mayor.

Who is worthy? WHILE Australia Day is still a long way off, July is the season to kick off the nomination process for our worthy citizens and events to be recognised on Australia Day. South Gippsland Australia Day coordinator Jeannie Hicks and local committee members have recently reviewed and simpliﬁed all the nomination forms to make it even easier to nominate someone for an award. “We wrestled with the Young Citizen of the Year category as we have only had one nomination annually for the past two years. This is disappointing when there are so many terriﬁc young people doing good work in the community,” Ms Hicks said. “We consulted with the Youth Council members and others and

found they favoured a non competitive approach.” This year the Young Citizen of the Year category has been changed to recognise community contributions by young people in two age categories: 10-14 and 15-25. Youth Community Contribution Certiﬁcates will be presented to each bona ﬁde nominee at the Australia Day Awards Ceremony in the Leongatha Memorial Hall. ”With just one question to answer, we are hoping this will encourage communities to more openly support their young people,” Ms Hicks said. “People and events that have been nominated in the past can also be nominated again, and event organisers can nominate their own events. It’s a fantastic way to create public awareness of your event

for the coming year.” The issue was discussed at last Wednesday’s council meeting. Cr Jennie Deane pushed for the change to the youth award, dismissing claims it was a “knee jerk reaction”. “There are a lot of young people in this community that do a tremendous amount of work,” she said. Local Australia Day events in 2012 will be held at Poowong, Kongwak, Leongatha, Meeniyan, Mirboo North, Tarwin Lower and Foster. The new nomination forms for South Gippsland Citizen of the Year, Community Event of the Year and Youth Community Contribution can be downloaded from www.southgippsland. vic.gov.au and are now available from council reception. They can be lodged any time up until October 31.

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Police honoured POLICE from across Bass Coast and South Gippsland were honoured for their service at a ceremony on Monday. Assistant Commissioner Wendy Steendam joined Superintendent Tess Walsh and Inspector Glenn Weir to congratulate 13 police officers from the area. Ass. Comm. Steendam commended the work of the officers. “Not all officers receive these awards when they reach these points in their careers,” she said. “All of the members here today should feel proud of their awards as well as their family and colleagues. “This region is a very hard working and responsive system and that reflects in the lower crime statistics coming out of the area.”

National Medal and Victoria Police Service Medals (VPSM) were presented to selected officers for dedication to the force. The medal is awarded to members who have completed 10 years of diligent and ethical service to the force and is earned through honest hard work, dedication to duty and professionalism during the career. To complement this award an additional clasp may be awarded after each following five year period of diligent and ethical service to Victoria Police. The National Medal is one of the first three elements of the Australian system of honours and is awarded for 15 years of diligent service for members of the police and other similar organisations. Like the Victoria Police Service Medal, a clasp is awarded with the

National Medal but for every additional 10 year service period. Leading Senior Constable Malcolm Heywood was the longest serving police member receiving an award on the night, receiving his VPSM 40 year clasp. LS/C Andrew Schrape, LS/C Angelo Tomada and LS/C James Brannaghan all received service medals for 35 years service, as well as additional clasps. LS/C Wendy Allan, LS/C Andrew Boldiston, LS/C Jeffery Stephens, LS/C Timothy Smith and LS/C Shaun Stirton all received a service medal for 20 years’ service. LS/C Chris Spencer was awarded a National Medal for 15 years while S/C Sarah Short, S/C Nicholas Carlson and S/C Mathew De Costa received service medals for 10 years’service.

Awards all round: the group of police members who received awards with Assistant Commissioner Wendy Steendam, Superintendent Tess Walsh and Inspector Glenn Weir are (from left) Sarah Short, Nicholas Carlson, Matt De Costa, Timothy Smith, Angelo Tomada, Andrew Boldiston, Glenn Weir, Jeff Stephens, Andrew Schrape, Christ Spence, Shaun Stirton, James Brannaghan, Wendy Steendam, Malcolm Heywood, Tess Walsh and Wendy Allen.

Kinder policy review SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council will review its early years services after recent changes in government policies and the community’s needs. Council has engaged consultant Carol Blair to lead the Municipal Early Years Plans (MEYP) Steering Committee in its review and update of the plan. The committee comprises representatives from council departments, local kindergartens and allied agencies. It will soon be conducting community surveys within the shire, aimed at parents with children up to eight-years-old. The survey will be available online via council’s website and distributed in hard copy to schools, pre-schools, child care centres, play groups, maternal and child health centres and kindergartens. Since 2004, all Victorian councils have been developing Municipal Early Years Plans to articulate their role in service and infrastructure provision, planning, advocacy and community development for children up to eight years old. “Our Children and Family Services department is committed to working closely with the community to provide relevant

and up to date planning information to guide these services,” council’s community services director Jan Martin said. “Council can then make more informed decisions, develop and better evaluate early years’ services, activities and facilities delivered by its various departments. “By working in partnership with these key services, we can improve outcomes for young children through long-term planning and by maximising our resources through service integration and collaboration.” Other beneﬁts of the plan will include increased support for young children and their families, focused attention on vulnerable families, ease of access to services and increased responsiveness. The committee comprises council staff Alister Fixter, Michelle Gough, Jan Martin, Heather Lyon and Maureen Boston, and Rebecca Marriot of Korumburra Children’s Hub, Belinda Nicholls of Korumburra Kinder, Sue Killeen of Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Paula Holt of Leongatha Children’s Centre, Carol Blair, and Tracey Gibson of Uniting Care Gippsland.

Mayor’s message Cr Veronica Dowman LAST week, council prepared the draft budget which is often a controversial issue. Recent letters to the editor and some media articles have questioned our ﬁnancial competence and performance. Reports show the cost of living is increasing. Water, electricity, food and petrol are all going up. I appreciate no one likes paying rates and some will be unhappy with the proposed 6.9 per cent rate and charges increase, however, we need to balance the need to keep rates affordable with providing much needed services and infrastructure to our community. A 6.9 per cent rise means that the average property rates will increase by about $84 per year or $1.62 per week. Based on the latest available information, Bass Coast currently has the 16th lowest average rates and charges per property of the 79 Victorian councils. Councils like ours are increas-

ingly called upon by other levels of government to deliver services without funding or where funding reduces over time. There is then a community expectation that service will continue and we need to find the money to fund it. For Bass Coast this includes our Home and Community Care service to over 2500 clients, our library service, providing supervisors at school crossings and partnering in kindergarten services. Being accountable to our community is a core part of council business. We make information available to the community in a range of ways including advertisements, news stories, council meetings and briefings as well as including information on our website, twitter account and the Coastell newsletter. Information about our financial sustainability is published every year in our annual report. Here in-

terested readers will find information on our debt versus equity, loan repayments and past operating results. We also compare results over financial years to give an indication of the trend. This information is publicly available and is a wonderful resource if you are interested in our financial management. Finally, all ratepayers are welcome to have their say on the budget through our submission process. The full budget document is available on our website under Council>News & Publications>Budget. If you have feedback on the budget, please write to us before 5pm on Tuesday, July 19. You can also request to speak to your submission in front of the committee of councillors. Please, if you have feedback, take this opportunity to have your say. Cr Veronica Dowman, Mayor Bass Coast Shire Council

Women’s time to relax THERE is an upcoming chance for women to forget the woes of the daily grind and relax, laugh, have fun and enjoy themselves. This opportunity comes in the form of the Sweet As fragrance of hope Christmas in July celebration at the Dakers Centre, Leongatha on July 30.

Women from all walks of life and age are welcome to come along to the afternoon and evening of laughter and good times. The evening will include live music, local and international guest speakers, lots of fun and games as well as a traditional Christmas dinner. All attending are invited to place a gift under the Christmas tree for

a South Gippsland child in need to use, play with or cuddle. Past Sweet As events have been well received by local women and there are limited seats for the event, with only 160 spots available, so make sure to get in quickly. Tickets are available at the New Beginnings Bookshop, in Bair Street Leongatha for $25 each.

In good spirits: Sue Toohill, Louise Van Eck, Kerry Bracken, Jenny Charles, Susan Simpson, Jean Fletcher, Lesley Chisholm and Pat Bowman prepare treats for the Sweet As Christmas in July evening.

Meals roster (Leongatha)

MATHEW and Pauline Saario of Leongatha are proud to announce the safe arrival of Jayden Saario at Leongatha Memorial Hospital on June 13.

Rotary Club (all week), S. Birch (Mon), National Bank (Tues), S. Birch (Wed, Thur, Fri), and Leongatha Red Cross (all week) will be responsible for the delivery of meals on wheels, the week beginning July 4, 2011.

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Relief for the homeless By work experience student Bridie McKenzie-Edwards

SINCE the beginning of Term 2, Year 8 students at South Coast Christian College have been working together to help those in our community suffering from homelessness. In their textiles class at the Leongatha school, the students spent weeks sewing blankets and later

adding inspirational quotes and their own pieces of art work to their creations. They also donated an assortment of clothing. Students Oscar Thatcher and Asher Clarke presented a speech as the donations were handed to captain of the Salvation Army in Leongatha, Claire Emerton. They spoke of their experiences from participating in the 40 Hour Famine the previous year, where they bravely gave up all possessions

for 40 hours, including their homes. It was this experience, one of the boys said, that “made us realise how lucky we all are to have what we have, and what others don’t have that we take for granted”. Ms Emerton said it was great to see that the boys care so much about those that are struggling. The blankets will now be distributed by the Salvation Army to people in South Gippsland who need refuge from harsh winter weather.

Eyes opened to dairying By work experience student Bridie McKenzie-Edwards

ON Monday, June 20, three schools from the area gathered in Leongatha RSL for Dairy Australia’s Cows Create Careers presentations and awards ceremony.

The program started in 2010 to take Dairy Australia’s aims to inform and encourage food and technology students about the career pathways available within the dairy manufacturing industry, and to reward successful students at the presentations and awards ceremony. Leongatha, Korumburra, Yarram, South Gippsland and Wonthaggi secondary colleges all participated, although Yarram and South Gippsland were unable to attend the ceremony. Students from each school formed groups of three to submit a team research paper and a dairy recipe; each school also submitted a recipe book. The task was then given to celebrity judges Adam Tyson (Fonterra) and Mani Lyer (Dairy Australia)

Future of dairy: winners of the school prize, Wonthaggi Secondary College students, stand with teacher Jane Cameron and celebrity judges Adam Tyson of Fonterra and Mani Lyer of Dairy Australia after receiving their congratulatory $500 and plaque. to evaluate the students’ efforts. The winning school prize was awarded to Wonthaggi Secondary College, which received a $500 prize from Dairy Australia. The individual team prize was a draw between Wonthaggi’s Team Red which included Danielle Peter, Rachelle Fowler and Ella Lausberg and Korumburra’s Do you like Cheese?,

including Bree Allen, Shelley McCormack and Tara Dixon. Each student was given $50 from Dairy Australia. The project seems to be a massive success, with students’ knowledge on dairy manufacturing pathways showing growth of up to 90 percent. With results such as these, many are hopeful the program will be continued in the years to come.

Eager to help: South Coast Christian College students, Asher Clarke and Oscar Thatcher, stand with the captain of Leongatha’s Salvation Army Claire Emerton.

Teens on the job

By Bridie McKenzie-Edwards and Jarryd Coleman, work experience students

FOR most people, work is just a thing to be done between 9 and 5.

But for the students completing work experience, it is a week away from the drudgery of school, experiencing ‘real’ life and being paid as an added bonus. Newhaven College students were last week given the chance to explore career pathways firsthand and gain insight that will help them to choose their Year 12 subjects. Four students from Phillip Island worked in Leongatha, choosing fields as diverse as veterinary, building design and IT. “This experience has been really great” said Will Kemper, who is doing his work experience at P. And J. Milkins Building and Design. Will has dreamt of being an architect since he was five. “I thought there would be a lot of drawing, being an architect. But it turns out most of this is computer based. I also thought it would be a lot more handson. But I think it’s amazing anyway,” he said. Will’s supervisor is Peter Milkins, who supports

work experience wholeheartedly. “It’s a great program,” he said. “My own first job came about because of the people I worked for during work experience. I was part of one of the first classes to do work experience.” Mr Milkins believed students should be shown all aspects. He himself tries to make sure that work experience students get to try everything, good and bad. Will has been working hard to meet the expectations of his employer and by the end of the week he will have designed a verandah for a house in Kilcunda, learnt and experimented with computer design, and decided whether or not this is the field for him. It seems however, that computing isn’t limited to architecture alone. Ayden Westaway is also following his dream, and for him, work experience at L and A IT is just an extension of what he normally does. Ayden has been building and repairing old computers for several years now. His supervisor Axell Burke said: “It’s great to help the students out and sometimes, like with Ayden, it’s as if you’re working with any other employee.” He believes there aren’t many misconceptions about the field, yet there are a lot

about the type of people doing the work. “Some people come in, and they expect that what’s behind the scenes are a bunch of nerds sitting around playing Xbox in a messy room. It’s not actually like that at all,” he said. Axell was hired by the company after he did work experience there himself. “It gives us a chance to ﬁnd people who are interested in the ﬁeld,” he said. Ayden it seems is passionate about electronics. “I found everything I needed on Google and YouTube. It was really helpful but I thought I’d do work experience here to see whether the job changes in a more serious environment,” he said. Similarly for Carly Heislers, who dreams of becoming a vet. There isn’t much to learn as both her parents have had jobs in the industry for years. “I chose to do work experience at Tarwin Veterinary Clinic because although my parents are vets they mainly deal with horses. I wanted to get a wider scope of animals, especially cattle,” she said. She went on to recommend not only the career choice but the clinic to others. “It’s been really good so far. They’ve really kept me involved. Yesterday we

went to a cattle property and I watched them test the cattle for diseases,” she said. Carly eventually hopes for a job offer from the clinic, once her study is complete. Gerhard Labuschagne was one of the people she has been working with during her work experience. “There is a lot of glamour surrounding vets. A lot of people want to be vets, but they only see the good side, the Bondi Vet side. They don’t really see the hard and sad and terrible parts,” he said.

At work: William Kemper enjoyed his time at P and J Milkins Building and Design.

Puzzling task: Ayden Westaway and L and A IT employee Axell Burke ﬁx a computer.

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THIS brand new house with a seven star energy rating is too good an opportunity to miss. Available through Ross Johnson Real Estate. For details, see page 30

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Seclusion on a big block in town T

UCKED away in the most private of settings but within walking distance of the swimming pool and Baromi Park, is this lovely, established three bedroom brick veneer home on a huge 1.4 acre allotment. The home is surrounded by magniﬁcent gardens of weeping wisteria, rhododendrons, roses and other colourful plants which are quite magniﬁcent when in full bloom during spring through to autumn. The home is positioned to gain the most from its sunny northerly

aspect and gives easy car entry to the front, double car garage and side, front door entry. Once inside, this cosy home opens up to reveal a large sunken lounge with feature brick ﬁreplace and on the reverse side, a formal dining room. The main source of heat is from a centrally positioned Masport Wood Heater which is aided by a large Semens wall heater. The very appealing, modern country kitchen with its ample pantry, cupboard and bench space comprises an electric oven, electric hot plates and a dishwasher. Of the three bedrooms, two are

MIRBOO NORTH Location: 4 Jepson Court Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Size: 1.4 acres Price: $365,000 Agent: Stockdale and Leggo, Mirboo North Contact: 5668 1300

ﬁtted with built-in robes while the main bedroom has a walk through robe into an en suite with vanity, shower and toilet. Both the north facing sunny study and kitchen overlook a very private paved courtyard area surrounded by blue stone retaining walls, giving a typically ‘English Country Garden’ affect. Out back there are substantial areas of very private lawn and a good sized paddock at the rear of the property, ideal for a couple of ponies or even alpacas. Could not be matched at this ﬁgure.

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Prom Country Y N DA PE UR O AT S S I H

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Family Bonanza!

Potential Plus

A fantastic home with family-sized proportions in a scenic court location – that’s what you’ll find here behind the rendered façade. It has all the space and zones of today’s modern floor plans: 3 completely separate living areas, big hostess kitchen, main bedroom suite with palatial ensuite, two other queen sized bedrooms, a fourth bedroom (or office), and big family laundry and bathroom. Featuring elevated northern orientation, double garage, roomy garden. What a surprise package!

In an Idyllic court location is this neat family sized brick home which awaits your creative and decorative ﬂair. Four bedrooms all with BIR, main with ensuite and WIR . The large L-shaped living area features bay window, cathedral ceilings and cosy wood ﬁre with built-in woodbox. Open kitchen/ meals area with direct access to wrap around verandah. Two large sheds for a workshop and storage plus garden shed, carport, and plenty of potential in the garden. All on 1+ acre.

INSPECT Saturday @ 12.00 - 12.30pm Address 3 Eveline Court, MIRBOO NORTH

INSPECT Saturday @ 11.00 - 11.30am Address 12 Jepson Court, MIRBOO NORTH

$320,000 - $350,000

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$280,000 - $310,000

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Lush Pasture, Creek Boundary & Planning Permit

Window of Opportunity to Capture Fab Views

Just 10 minutes out of Leongatha, in perfect and picturesque rural surrounds, this may be your Paradise Found. Some 8 acres of lush land with predominately level areas falling gently to the Wilkur Creek on the northern boundary. Newly fenced paddocks, bridges over the watercourse, native plantings to the creek banks, a substantial shed with concrete ﬂoor, power to boundary and a bitumen road frontage. Planning permit to build a home with the desired northern orientation. Exciting!

This could be that perfect parcel of land, and the Planning Permit’s in hand! More than 8 acres of gently ﬂowing pasture with the ideal near level area to build your dream residence. The orientation is north, of course, with extensive rural views across your own property, and to the distant hills beyong. A combination of fertile red and chocolate soils, a good dam, and the power is provided to the boundary. 10 mins to Leongatha and Mirboo North. Don’t delay!

INSPECT Sunday @ 11.00 - 11.30am - Meet agent on site Address Mt Eccles Road (Cnr Wild Dog Valley Rd), MT ECCLES

INSPECT Sunday @ 12.30 - 1.00pm - Meet agent on site. $260,000 - $295,000 Address Huntingfords Road, BOOROOL

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York Farm - privacy on 11 acres

Fantastic Family Entertainer

Steeped in history, this property was once owned by the York family after whom ‘York Hill’ was named. On arrival, you’ll be wooed by bespoke timber gates hung on huge cypress posts, and a long driveway leading to the house. Inside, period features include high ceilings, timber ﬂoors, sash windows and an OFP. There are 2 living areas (open-plan living/kitchen/dining plus formal lounge), ofﬁce, 4 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms. Plus mature gardens, shedding, paddocks and views.

Tucked in the heart of “Old Leongatha” - an easy walk to town, schools and sporting facilities. Inspecting this 4 bedroom, young family home is like a visit to a display village! Professional landscaping complements a spacious ﬂoorplan that is accented by a minimalist decor. Three massive separate indoor living areas plus the stunning al-fresco room, two bathrooms, internal access double garage and spacious kitchen. Great outdoor space, extra off-street parking... let us entertain you!

INSPECT Sunday @ 2.00 - 2.30pm Address 315 Central Road, TURTONS CREEK

INSPECT Saturday @ 12.00 - 12.30pm Address 20 Clinton Court, LEONGATHA

$330,000 - $360,000

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lisa williams 0438 133 385

$410,000 - $440,000

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natasha ireland 0409 292 808

Wishing Wells All that you wish for is here! Substantial residence on half acre with elegant living space inc gorgeous blackwood kitchen, family dining room with jarrah ﬂoors & French doors, & expansive lounge room with gas log ﬁre. All 4 bedrooms are spacious, the main has a retreat-sized ensuite, & ceiling fans & personal heaters are featured. Outdoors, more wishes are granted, with extensive timber decks, a carport plus double garage with attached workshop & additional covered space. INSPECT Sunday @ 1.00 - 1.30pm Address 21 Wells Road, MIRBOO NORTH

allen bartlett 0417 274 624

$290,000 - $320,000

emma sullings property manager 0403 129 376

Home-spun Charm in Village Setting Delightful character-ﬁlled, period property, on a near-level 1300 sqm (approx). Inside, the cosy home comprises a central hallway, with charming bedrooms either side, a spacious country timber kitchen You Cannot Go Wrong! and family room with enormous island bench. Off the family area, is a 4th bedroom or study, plus In the very heart of Meeniyan’s village is this multi-use site of nearly 3,000 sqm with room for house main bathroom & laundry. A separate spacious lounge features wood ﬁred heater. Beyond is the or shop, with potential “wetland style” outlooks. Township zoning offers choice of either residential main bedroom, positioned at the rear end of the home plus adjoining ensuite. The double garage or commercial building (STCA). Potential exists for rear lane access, offering scope for a residential/ (with single door access), chook shed, garden shed and veggie patch are dotted around the long, commercial combo. With Meeniyan seen to be one of the area’s “go get ’em!” towns, this piece of near-level block, and a gate at the back opens into the rear lane. This block could be sub-divided land so close to the shopping precinct is sure to please discerning investors. (STCA). INSPECT By appointment INSPECT Sunday @ 1.00 - 1.30pm Address 76 Whitelaw Street, MEENIYAN $69,000 Address 69 Whitelaw Street, MEENIYAN $295,000 - $325,000

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93 Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan 84 Ridgway, Mirboo North promcountryre.com.au

glenys foster administration manager

5668 1660

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Huge price reduction S

TEP inside to truly appreciate the stunning renovations this home has experienced.

You will think you have entered a brand new home with all that is on offer here! Boasting three bedrooms with built-in robes and sumptuous carpets, it has a study complete with venetian blinds, and there are quality window furnishings throughout. A large lounge offers downlights, polished floorboards and a beautiful timber mantlepiece surrounding a built-in solid fuel heater with slate tiles in front. A reverse cycle adds a finishing touch to this relaxing family room. Wander through to the spacious galley kitchen with gleaming white cupboards and black benchtops, quality appliances, gas cooktop with electric oven, dishwasher and cupboards galore. The fully renovated bathroom which boasts both a separate bath and shower has large tiled flooring - a theme followed through to the laundry. Outside is the “piece de resistance”, a massive outdoor undercover area with large tiled flooring, lights and sandstone retaining walls, an absolute must if you love to entertain. Immaculate gardens enclosed within a secure yard offer room for the kids or pets to run around, plus garden sheds and a large lock-up garage complete the picture. With nothing else to be done, pack up, move straight in and start entertaining. Contact the team at Alex Scott & Staff for further information.

LEONGATHA Location: 11 Lee Parade Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 Price: $285,000 Agent: Alex Scott & Staff, Leongatha. Contact: 5662 0922.

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HIS is a rare opportunity to own a beautiful home with uninterrupted views of Anderson Inlet and surrounding farmland.

This home features a large living area that opens onto a generous sized deck, perfect for entertaining. The house also boasts three good sized bedrooms and two bathrooms. The property features a large studio which could become a rumpus room or additional bedroom. The property has dual water tanks, is fully fenced and is situated within walking distance of the local shops and beaches. Hurry - a property of this standard won’t last long.

VENUS BAY Location: 45 Lees Rd Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Price: $230,000 Agent: Alex Scott & Staff, Venus Bay Contact: 5663 7111

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Young Street family home I

DEALLY located on the top side of Young Street, Leongatha, number 38 will be offered for auction on Saturday July 23 at 11am by Ross Johnson Real Estate, with prior offers invited. The house itself is very solid and sound and excellently maintained, and consists of three very generous sized bedrooms with built-in robes, an ofﬁce/study and the master bed-

room having its own en suite. The kitchen is very spacious and offers an informal dining area. Through the kitchen you enter the formal dining area and into the lounge with a light and bright outlook, with its full length windows bringing the outside in. There is ducted gas heating and reverse cycle air conditioning for that extra comfort when needed. Outside there is a double carport under the rooﬂine and its Young

Street access, and at the back of the block there is a garage/workshop with power, and car entry from Harding Lane at the rear. The established gardens are well cared for, colourful and are low maintenance. All in all 38 Young Street is an excellent family home package with lots to offer, and your inspection is strongly recommended. Private inspection can be arranged by appointment with the agent.

LEONGATHA Location: 38 Young Street Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 OFI’s: Saturday 2/7, 9/7, 16/7 – 11:30 to 12:15pm Thursday 7/7, 14/7, 21/7 – 12:30 to 1:15pm Auction: Saturday July 23 at 11am Agent: Ross Johnson Real Estate Contact: 5662 2982

Auction – The Views T

HIS brand new house in 12 Burrows Way, Leongatha with arguably the best and most extensive panoramic view is set to go under the auctioneer’s hammer on Saturday July 16 at 11am, with prior offers invited and considered.

LEONGATHA Location: 12 Burrows Way Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 2 OFI’S: Saturday 25/6, 2/7, 9/7 – 1:00 to 1:30pm, Thursday 30/6, 7/7, 14/7 – 11:30 to 12:00pm. Agent: Ross Johnson Real Estate Contact: Ross Johnson 0428 100 448

The new steel framed house consists of four bedrooms, two living areas and has one of the best panoramic views of the Leongatha township and to the distant horizon some 15 kilometres away. It can only be described as an “outstanding vista”, and will never be built out. The bedrooms are carpeted and all have built-in robes with the master having a walk-in robe and en suite. The kitchen and open plan living area are tiled and ducted natural gas heating is throughout the home. There is a double garage with a remote roller door and there are two pedestrian doors – one leading inside the house and the other to the backyard paved area and landscaped rear gardens. The whole block has been recently landscaped by a landscape designer and once the plants mature it should be a native garden showpiece. Having a house energy rating of 7.0 stars, a view second to none, and all the hard work completed both inside and outside, this brand new house is an opportunity too good to miss. Inspection is strongly recommended. Private inspection by appointment with agent.

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N an idyllic court location is this neat family sized brick home which awaits your creative and decorative flair. The home features four bedrooms, all with built-in robes, main with en suite and walk-in robe. The large L-shaped living area features a bay window and cathedral ceilings which extend into the kitchen, not forgetting to mention the cosy wood fire with built-in wood box. Can you imagine sitting by the fire listening to the crackling sounds feeling nice and warm and toasty? This is the perfect time to move right in and enjoy all those benefits. If you’re not one for wood fires, that doesn’t matter. Maybe you could get the ducted heating back to its former working state. The open kitchen/ meals area is a great place to sit and enjoy some family time. Gas appliances and a dishwasher are a big bonus too, as well as having direct access to

the wrap around verandah. From the verandah you can admire all the established trees, both evergreen and deciduous consisting of azaleas, magnolias, rhododendrons and other glorious European trees. The gardens surround the circular driveway. There are two large sheds, the ﬁrst being 12x6 metres and the second one being 9x6 metres which can be used for absolutely anything your heart desires, whether it be for a workshop, for storage, a home gym/exercise room or even a billiards room. The choices are endless. Not only are there these two big sheds, there is also a small garden shed and a double carport all on one plus acre. Sound like the type of property you could do something with? What are you waiting for? Come and take a closer look. This property is brimming with potential.

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Up close: Sibby and Danny Wilson relish some time together at the St Laurence’s masquerade themed ball.

Blast from the past: Gary Davison and Dean Jones were chanelling the sixties at the MDU Op Shop function.

Bad hair days: having a bit of fun at the celebrations of the newly licensed On the Way Café at Dumbalk are, from left, Cr David Lewis, Ed Hanley and Steve Jones.

Bag a bargain: Andrew and Jocelyn Mackie dressed up for the op shop occasion at MDU’s social night recently. Sampling a red: Danny Riches (left) samples a Wild Dog Winery red from sales rep, Luke Surman at the On The Way Café in Dumbalk.

Happy times: Pete Watchorn and Sharon Dennison take a breather from the dance floor at the St Laurence’s ball.

A night out: Tracey Ryan, Tim and Sharon Stephens, and Andy Bennett enjoy the St Laurence’s ball.

Look the part: Claire and Brett Guy share some time together at the St Laurence’s formal recently.

MDU Op Shop function: Glenda Robb and Sandra Ralph were a sight in suspenders.

Thumbs up: the boys from Murray Goulburn give the On The Way Café at Dumbalk a big tick, from left, Monaccella’s Jenny Edney with, from left, George Giliam, Art Renden, Steve Riley and Mike Bentick. Staff meeting: Chris Dortmans (principal), Bronwyn Kalos (drama/music teacher), Eliza Hughes (teacher) and Fiona Dunning supported St Laurence’s formal recently.

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Behind the facade THE ﬁrst rousing chorus number in Lyric Theatre’s Jekyll and Hyde is called Facade.

The common townsfolk agree that the upper crust present themselves to the public behind a facade, concealing their true nature. One might consider that the facade of a theatrical production is the final spectacle of scenery, actors, music, lighting, sound, costumes etc coming together for the final result. What is behind this ‘facade’ is a team of dedicated people, perhaps the unsung heroes of such a production, many of whom have been with the show right from the beginning some months ago. Neil Warren, a legend of Lyric, has yet again assembled his construction team to bring Colin Mitchell’s set design to life with many hours of building and painting by ardent workers. Neil has also taken on another role familiar to him, that of stage manager. David Panther and daughter Libby have spent weeks sourcing costumes and have gathered a team of sewing machinists to make, adapt and create the styles of the period for the show. Many hours have been spent in their creation and tailoring to fit the individual members of the cast. Matt Saario, with his extensive experience, will again employ his skills in lighting design. Matt’s expertise has been sought after in a wide area in Gippsland. Michael Mason, Lyric’s resident photographer, has been popping in and out of rehearsals for some time, providing photos for the press, portraits for the program and many other casual shots for the archives. Stage accessories or ‘props’ are not always obtainable from Lyric’s collection, despite having a large and assorted stock, so Beth and Jack Miller seek out and assemble the numerous items required. Jack and Beth were involved in Lyric’s recent season of one-act plays and their involvement and contribution this time is again so appreciated. Brett VanHorn will again attend to the sound production, which is an art in itself, especially in a location which is acoustically un-

Emotional bond: Elizabeth Barry plays Emma, Dr Jekyll’s ﬁancee and is pictured with Andrea Carcassi, who plays the dual role of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. sympathetic, so his expertise and co-operation are much in demand and appreciated, as they have been in wider Gippsland. To make the cast really come to life on stage is the addition of appropriate hair styles and make-up techniques, both of which are handled by Sharon Cheeseman, Maria Arestia and Jane Trease. This seasoned trio, plus some helpers, will show us again their proﬁciency in this area. Jan Stewart has been involved in Lyric Theatre since the mid ‘80s when her children were in Oliver. Other than a stint backstage and with props, Jan moved into the front of house area, taking charge of the canteen at show time in the ‘80s and has been in that capacity since, with her

late mother, Jean, and other older relatives on deck a lot of that time. “I think you had to be over 80 to make a coffee,” said Jan of those days. Amy Smith, as a teenager, began helping Jan some years ago and is still a valuable addition to the team. Amy has now taken another important role involving ticket sales, organising a roster for another band of unsung heroes to attend the ticket box. Front of house also includes the bar staff in the foyer at show time. Come to enjoy the experience of Jekyll and Hyde to appreciate what is behind the facade. Ticket sales open June 28. Phone 5662 3940.

Behind the works VISITORS to Gecko Studio Gallery saw more than artworks on walls at the most recent exhibition opening.

Artist Aileen Brown’s Recent Linocuts exhibition included photos from her travels that inspired her artworks, wood cutouts of her linocuts and linos, and a demonstration printing card of one of the works in the exhibition.

This showed how Aileen cuts a separate lino for each colour in the work and then relies on near perfect registration to build up the colours. Some of the colours fade into the next colour, requiring exacting inking. Aileen’s work is not only technically brilliant but her varied and quirky subject matter was the focus of much of the discussion amongst those present at the opening

Story behind piece: Aileen Brown and artist Rosie Brown discuss the work C. Photo: Peter Richards.

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Barwon River bride APRIL showers may have dampened the wedding certificate, but not the spirits of the guests of the bride and groom. Carolyn Atkins, the eldest daughter of Don and Heather Atkins of Inverloch, and Craig McCaughan, the eldest son of Garry and Heather McCaughan of Stony Creek, married at Queens Park, Geelong, by the banks of the Barwon River. Carolyn looked stunning, wearing a Maggie Sottero gown from Raffaele Ciuca, incorporating a strapless fitted bodice edged with tiny glass beading and an intricate lace up back that complemented her tiny figure. Her gown’s silk chiffon layers flowed in the warm breeze. Carolyn’s two sisters Devon and Meagan, and best friend Milly Dickinson, accompanied her in the wedding party, as did three of Craig’s great friends Troy Joyner, Dan Dickinson and Geoff MacKay who flew back from London to attend the wedding. After a beautiful reception at the Empire Grill, the couple flew to Thailand for a two week honeymoon.

Tarwin cow best in paddock TARWIN Lower Primary School has won a regional cow decorating competition. The school was the Wonthaggi regional winner of Dairy Australia’s Picasso Cows project. Tarwin Lower’s entry, entitled Flaming Cow, was co-ordinated by Bev MitchellSymons. She gave the students complete control of how they wanted to decorate the cow. The school’s theme was Fuel for Life. Students decided to decorate the cow with ﬂames and each child in the school wrote a small slogan on the sides of the cow, in keeping with the theme. Tarwin Lower also won the Design

your Own Milkshake competition and Wonthaggi North Primary School students took away the prestigious title of Best Milkers in Town. The program is in its fourth year and seeks to address research which shows that calcium is the nutrient children are most likely to be deﬁcient in. Schools were encouraged to decorate a cow model and visit a dairy farm or interview a dairy farmer, to further enforce the connection from farm to plate. The competing schools were: Wonthaggi Primary School, Wonthaggi North Primary School, Bass Valley Primary School, Cowes Primary School, Tarwin Lower Primary School and Tarwin Valley Primary School.

Message received: children’s cancer organisation Camp Quality recently held a puppet show at Tarwin Lower, teaching children about childhood cancer and bullying. Love unites: Carolyn and Craig McCaughan on the pier at Geelong waterfront. Photography by Gazelle Professional Photography.

Left: On ﬁre: Tarwin Lower Primary School’s winning entry, Flaming Cow.

From pages past Historical snippets from The Star One year ago, June 22, 2010 THE former Korumburra saleyards have caused controversy for quite a while, but tempers are slowly defusing as the problem comes closer to a solution. **** STUDENTS from South Coast Christian College were busy on Friday morning, selling tasty treats to raise money for their annual mission to the Phillipines. This is the 10th year of the annual mission. Five years ago, June 20, 2006 THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is close to a decision on the sale of the livestock selling business in Korumburra. Those who believe the sale of the Korumburra yards followed by the sale of its associated business should not have gone ahead have reacted. They are encouraging people to tell the ACCC how the closure of those yards would impact both on them and the region generally. **** A COMPANY which specialises in major town clocks has been called in to advise on repairs to the clock outside Leongatha’s Memorial Hall. 10 years ago, June 19, 2001 THE Leongatha Secondary College is unparalleled when it comes to providing and delivering the increasingly popular VET program. **** THE National Party has been successful in moving amendments that will protect country landowners from the Labor Government’s legislation to create the Victorian Environment Assessment Council, the new body to replace the Environment Conservation Council 30 years ago, June 23, 1981 MEMBERS of the South Gippsland Craftsmen’s Guild held a successful four-day exhibition of their work at Leongatha Arts and Crafts Centre. **** SOUTH Gippsland councils have worse road problems than the rest of country Victoria. That was the opinion of Korumburra Shire engineer Ray Walls.

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Milpara Community House news

Old time tunes: members of the South Gippsland Shire Brass Band entertained the residents and staff of Domain Seahaven nursing home at Inverloch last Wednesday. The musicians played a selection of classic songs to have the audience dancing around the dining room. Residents Ted Hattam (former band member), Norah Henson and Bill Paisley are pictured with band members Eric Cross, Neville Drummond, Nigel Hutchinson-Brooks and band president Darryl Hunt.

Moroccan flavour to CWA INTERNATIONAL leader Marg White spoke about Morocco at the recent meeting of Inverloch CWA. She highlighted the need for children’s clothing, sewing needles and cotton, children’s books and Lego in the African country. Foreign coins can also be donated to ACWW.

The afternoon meeting was attended by 15 ladies. Phyllis O’Dea enjoyed her birthday. Phyllis and Pat Griggs shared joint first place for flowers and Marg White earned second place for her flower. The forthcoming mystery trip was discussed, followed by a Nutrimetics demonstration. On July 12, members are in-

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

New strategies require reﬁnement. Neighbours may be unusually curious. You can help a friend overcome a dip in conﬁdence. If travelling, plan a possible change of direction. TAURUS - April 21 - May 22

A conﬂict at work peaks before the situation improves. This is a good week for persuading your partner to share travel ideas. Be prepared to bend a few rules. Self-improvement is accented. GEMINI - May 23 - June 21

Short range career goals appear in view but this is not the week for impatience. Public speaking is a present strength. Don’t underestimate the value of your own advice. CANCER - June 22 - July 22

A modest romantic triumph is achieved by the weekend. Financial surprises are of various kinds, but you come out on the credit side of the ledger. Long distance news requires follow-ups. LEO - July 23 - August 22

Watch a tendency to place a friend on too high a pedestal. Research and study, including self-study are accented now. Arts and sports are positively spotlighted. VIRGO - August 23 - September 22

Thursday - Saturday is a lively social time. Starting Friday family pressures demand time and perhaps ﬁnances. A conﬂict with your partner is resolved when you take the initiative. LIBRA - September 23 - October 22

Creative projects require additional time for completion, but are worth the effort. A recent romantic alliance is strengthening. Guests surprise and delight you with their frankness. SCORPIO - October 23 - November 21

A money making plan is bright, but check out the beneﬁts carefully. This could be a romantic week which accents your sentimental side. This is a week of change, from routine to your personality. Just try to keep most things on an even keel. SAGITTARIUS - November 22 - December 22

Your work-mates are impressed with the combination of honesty and tact that you offer. In romance, spontaneity is the all-important word. Around the house, avoid cutting corners. CAPRICORN - December 23 - January 20

This is a great week for making purchases of a practical nature. A new but shaky relationship is stabilising. Be cautious when making promises. Partnership matters are favourably spotlighted. AQUARIUS - January 21 - February 19

Diplomacy is the keyword this week. Changes in your immediate environment can provide the inspiration you have been seeking. Your career may offer a chance for diversiﬁcation. PISCES - February 20 - March 20

Romantic differences are handled on a level that mixes intellect with emotion. Avoid a tendency to tackle several major chores simultaneously. Creative writing is a present strength. BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK

You are independent, idealistic and an original thinker. On the ﬂip side, you can be rebellious and stubborn. The rest of the year features travel, perhaps linked with romance. Domestic obligations are shared and family ties strengthened.

vited to wear a favourite piece of clothing or something more than 10-years-old and bring along a holiday souvenir. Many patchwork items were crafted by the ladies at the CWA’s morning meeting. Others chose to knit or crochet, and all enjoyed a fun morning with a lot of chatter.

MILPARA Community House at 21 Shellcott’s Road, Korumburra is open Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 4.30pm during school terms. Term two finishes on Friday, July 1 and we will be taking bookings for classes in term three from July 18 on 5655 2524. ****** Milpara Men’s Shed will be officially opened on Wednesday, August 10. The Milpara Men’s Shed, located in the old joinery building at Coal Creek will be open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9.30am to 4pm. The Milpara Men’s Shed is run by local men for local men. You do not have to be a handyman to come along. This is an obligationfree workshop environment in which men can create, chat, watch, dabble, exchange knowledge or just enjoy the ambience. ****** South Gippsland Community Service Providers Networking Meeting will be held on Monday, August 1 at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum. For further information and bookings please contact Milpara Community House on 5655 2524 or for additional information please feel free to contact Chris Childs from Consumer Affairs on 5116 5704. ****** Creative Writing is a course for aspiring writers. Come along and share your work and laughter, gain ideas and confidence. This course runs for the semester commencing on Thursday, July 21 and finishing on December 8, from 9.30 am to 11.30am weekly during school terms. ****** Are you interested in learning how

Church Times ANGLICAN: Friday, July 1: 7.30pm St Andrew’s, Dumbalk HC. Sunday, July 3: 8am St Peter’s HC; 10am St Peter’s Contemporary Worship with HC. ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Mirboo North. Phone 5668 1346. Holy Communion 8.30am: Worship and Sunday School 10am. ST PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Korumburra: Sunday 9.30am and Wednesday 11.30am. Poowong: Second and fourth Sundays, 11am. ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: McBride Av. Wonthaggi. Sunday, 9am Eucharist, 11am Family Service, Wednesday 10am Eucharist. ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION: The Crescent, Inverloch. Sunday 9am Eucharist, Tuesday 10am Eucharist. For details of Community Meal, Youth Group, Bible Studies & Kids Club contact Rev Graeme Peters 5672 4590 or visit www.basscoastanglican.org.au. ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: Prom Coast Community Church Inc. - Foster Community House, Station Street, 10am: Sunday. Sunday School and Creche operates. Pastor Bill Watson 5686 2248. A.O.G. Inverloch - Cnr Bear and McIntosh Street, Inverloch. Sunday Service 10am. Contact: Jeff Robertson, 0418 125 832 or Imagine Burwood 9888 7466. Korumburra Southern Hills A.O.G. - 4 Mine Rd, Sunday, 10am Worship Service and 5pm Prayer Service. Also Children’s Church and Creche. Contact: 5655 2478. Youth: Neville Stuart ph. 0407 343 219. Leongatha South Gippsland Liberty Fellowship - 17 Michael Place, Leongatha. Sunday services: 10 am and 7pm. Office: 5662 3100. Wonthaggi A.O.G. - Billson Street, 10am: Sunday. Contact: Pastor Barry Smith 5672 3984. CHRISTIAN REVIVAL CRUSADE: 40 Hughes Street, Leongatha. Sunday, Morning Service 10.30 am: Inspirational Service, 6.30pm: Children’s Church 10.30am: Home cells weekly. For all enquiries contact 5664 5455. THE CHURCH AT ARCHIES CREEK: Meeting every Sunday at Archies Creek. Morning Communion Service 11 am: Evening Holy Spirit Revival 6pm: Phone: Ps. Chris Chetland 5674 3867 or 5672 4660. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST: Saturdays, Church service 10am., Leongatha Sabbath School 11.30am. CATHOLIC:

St Laurence’s Parish Leongatha: 5 pm Mass Saturday, 11am Mass Sunday. Tarwin Lower: In St Andrew’s Union Church, 5pm winter, 6pm summer Mass Saturday. Meeniyan: 9.30am Mass, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays and 11am, 2nd and 4th Sundays. Mirboo North: 11am Mass, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays and 9.30am Mass, 2nd and 4th Sundays. St. Joseph’s Parish Korumburra: 9.30am Sunday Mass. Loch: 5pm/6pm Daylight saving Sunday Mass. Wonthaggi: Saturday evening 6.30pm: Evening Mass; Sunday, 10.30am: Mass. Inverloch: Sunday 9 am: Mass. KORUMBURRA’S AGLOW: First Monday every month at Korumburra Day Centre, Korumburra Hospital, Bridge St., Korumburra at 7.45pm. Inquiries phone 5657 2214. GIPPSLAND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Meets at Baromi Centre, Mirboo North, Sundays 4pm - 5pm communion, 5pm - 5.30pm refreshments, 5.30pm - 6.15pm Bible studies for adults, teens and children. All enquiries: Bob Stevens 0400 403 765. SALVATION ARMY LEONGATHA COMMUNITY CHURCH meets at 52 Anderson Street (South Gippsland Highway) - Sunday: Family Worship at 10am: Kid’s Club - Tuesday, 4 - 5pm; mainly music, Thursday 10am. All welcome. Please contact Captain Claire Emerton or Lieutenant Rachael Collins, ph. 5662 5122. SALVATION ARMY WONTHAGGI COMMUNITY CHURCH meets at 149 McKenzie Street every Sunday at 11am for Family Worship. Kids' Club - every Tuesday at 4 pm, Women's Group - Wednesday at 1.30pm, and Playgroup - Friday 9.30am. Evening Ladies' Fellowship - First Monday each month and Youth Groups held monthly. All welcome. Please contact Lt. Robyn and Max Lean. Ph. 5672 1228. PRESBYTERIAN: Weekly Worship Service 10am Sunday, corner Bent and Turner Streets, Leongatha. Phone Rev. Dr D. Clarnette 0409 236 981 or elder Col Rump 5662 2107. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: Reformed Church

meeting at the corner of Peart and Brown Streets. Sunday family service at 10.30am. (10am daylight saving time), creche and Sunday School available. 7.30pm service: All Sunday evenings except 1st Sunday of the month, 5pm service. Fortnightly youth activities. Home Bible Fellowship groups. Contact 5662 2527. UNITING CHURCH: Leongatha: Sunday, July 3: 10.30am (cuppa 10am). Tarwin Lower: 10.30am (HC). Mirboo North: 9.30am. Meeniyan: 10am. Wonthaggi: Sunday 9.30am, Family Service, all welcome. Inverloch: Sunday 11am: Korumburra: Sunday, 9.30am: Rev. Pastors Gavin and Sue Sharp, 5655 1997. Arawata: 11.30am 1st & 3rd Sundays. Kongwak: 11.30am 4th Sunday. BAPTIST CHURCH KORUMBURRA: 39 Mine Rd, Korumburra. Service and Sunday School 10.30am. Pastor Ian Wilkinson. Phone 5658 1366. BAPTIST CHURCH WONTHAGGI: Cnr McBride & Broome Crescent, Wonthaggi. Morning Service & Children’s Activities, Sunday 10am. Weekly activities see www. wonbaptist.org.au, Pastor Geoff Pegler 5672 4769. MEENIYAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Sunday, 10am: Meeniyan Youth Club Hall. COMBINED CHURCHES WONTHAGGI / INVERLOCH: 4th Sunday each month at 7pm. SCOTS PIONEER CHURCH: Mardan South. Pleasant Sunday Afternoons on the last Sunday of each month at 2pm. See occasional ad in this paper for details. For enquiries phone 9853 6627. FISH CREEK UNION CHURCH: 1st & 3rd Sundays, 9am; 2nd & 4th Sundays, 7pm. Contacts: Fran Grimes 5683 2650, Sue Poletti 5663 6325.

to crochet, knit or embroider? This class is for total beginners or those who may need a little help. Learn the basic stitches in the craft of your choice and bring your own pattern. Commencing on Wednesday August 6 for six weeks from 1pm to 3pm. ****** Do you have teenagers or pre-teens? Would you like to ﬁnd out how to better deal with their changes in behaviour, moodiness, deﬁance, anger and loss of self esteem. Come along to an informative session with Terry Guilford. Understanding Teenage Girls on Monday, August 8 and Understanding Teenage Boys on Monday August 15 from 7pm to 9pm. ****** Our next Well Women’s Clinic is on Wednesday, July 27. This clinic with Evie Harle from Gippsland Southern Health Service provides Pap smears, blood pressure checks and women’s health information. Bookings are essential, please contact Milpara Community House on 5655 2524. ****** For the Blokes meets on a Friday morning from 10am to noon from April 29 to July 1 and gives men the opportunity to discuss issues that are relevant to them. For further information contact Colin on 5655 2510 or leave a message on 0428 520 034. ****** Cards with Barb is held every Friday during school terms from 1pm to 4pm. Come and create your own beautiful gift cards for special family and friends. Please call Milpara on 5655 2524 for further information.

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8279

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ACROSS Fly (10) Meditate (4) Hairless (4) Keen (5) Layer (4) Manly (9) Doctor (9) Cat (4) Dance (5) Sketch (4) Singing voice (4) Claim (10)

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DOWN Material (6) Judgment (7) Nibble (6) Reach (6) Entice (5) Flower (5) Plant (3) Sourness (7) Erect (5) Manage (6) Indigestible (6) River (South America (6) Animal (5)

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8279 ACROSS 6. Mistitled, before, “The Dabbler” (10). 8. Bringing back crackers to a boy (4). 9. In the latter half I had a row (4). 10. Anxious to give the Queen time to make an entrance (5). 11. Not happy about one returning to the stand (4). 12. Kindergarten friend who’s done well at sea? (5,4). 16. A promise given with confidence (9). 20. Cleaned out, Ned left him (4). 22. Does that you see plenty of in the woods (5). 23. A strip of leather or metal (4). 24. She has a little daughter (four). A singer (4). 25. What the lazy housewife watches when TV’s off? (4,2,4). DOWN 1. By mid-March I get a car in Italy (6). 2. Keep back to put through the squeezer again (7). 3. By the way, the mare is out of water (6). 4. Coming back, think about the note from the man (6). 5. Were told he got away (5). 7. He’s about six, pop (5). 13. A four-legged goose (3). 14. Dance to strangely sad songs (7). 15. “Not a pretty scheme,” I interjected (5). 17. Goes off with the booty (6). 18. The result of photographing something above you? (6). 19. I am in pursuit of the carriage (6). 21. Vessel with many a lifesaving device (5).

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Foot abscess in sheep alert THE wet autumn and winter so far suggests foot abscess in lambing ewes will be a problem again this winter, just as it was in 2010.

According to the Department of Primary Industries (DPI), conditions may be riskier this year because the good season in 2010 has seen all ewes much fatter than last year. Robert Suter, leader of the DPI disease surveillance project, said foot abscess typically occurs in the heaviest sheep in the ﬂock, which are often well conditioned, twin bearing ewes towards the end of their pregnancy. The foot of a sheep with foot abscess will appear hot, swollen and painful.

“It can occur as heel abscess which usually affects the hind feet, or toe abscess in the front feet,” Mr Suter said. Affected ewes are unable to graze as they would like, have difﬁculty mothering and rearing their lambs, and are prone to pregnancy toxaemia. In some cases ewes lose their lambs because their dams have foot abscess. Early treatment of affected ewes with long-acting, broadspectrum antibiotics can often help individual affected sheep. Veterinary attention must be sought for supplies of these drugs, and your vet may suggest additional treatments. A range of things can be done to reduce the risk of foot abscess:

Manage the nutrition of twin bearing ewes to stay at Body Condition Score 3.4 in their last month of pregnancy. These ewes will have been identiﬁed at pregnancy scanning and fed appropriately since then. If lambing is some months off, an appropriate time to reduce body condition is during mid-pregnancy, providing that you can get them back to the target Body Condition Score by lambing time. Graze ewes at risk in the driest paddocks on the farm, providing there is sufﬁcient feed for them. Provide them with cereal hay or roughage to assist them properly digest the lush pasture. Using foot bathing can help to dry feet out, if it is feasible, or if it can be done as they are moved to

a drier paddock Avoid yarding them on muddy laneways and yards – temporary yards in paddocks may help Shearing at-risk mobs at least six weeks before lambing can reduce their overall bodyweight by around 10kg – the weight of a rain-soaked sheep’s ﬂeece. Avoid grazing them on paddocks with tough, spiky plant residues or abrasive stones that can damage the softened tissues of these heavy sheep’s feet. Trim and manage overgrown feet, which can predispose to toe abscess, particularly in the front feet.

Plan ahead: a wet winter can put the health of sheep at risk.

• VLE LEONGATHA

Demand strong for small yarding SOUTH Gippsland is sinking under the weight of the excess water lying around, and this led to fewer cattle being penned.

Most of the usual competition was available to deliberate over a mixed, but generally better quality penning of both young and grown cattle. Demand was better for most cattle, the only downturn was some yearling heifers, and grown steers and bullocks, the balance of the yarding sold to dearer trends. Only 85 vealers were penned, and some sold to strong competition and were 3c to 8c/kg dearer. These better quality medium and lighter weight vealers made from 205c to 249c, while most others made between 172c and 198c/kg. Yearling steers and heifers were limited in number, especially steers. Prices for the 10 head were from 175c to 187c/kg. Of the 120 heifers penned, a lot were of good to very good quality, but only achieved prices between 153c and 175c, to ﬁnish 3c to 6c/kg cheaper. Grown steer and bullock

numbers retreated to only 330 head, but the quality was better overall. Weaker demand saw all prime C3 and C4 bullocks and steers make from 164c to 178c, averaging only 176c, which was 2c to 3c/ kg lower. Manufacturing bullocks made anywhere between 140c and 173c/kg. The penning of 525 cows was very mixed in

quality, but demand was stronger for most classes sold. Better quality beef cows made from 136c to 154c, while most of the leaner cows made 110c to 142c/kg. Only a small number of very poor condition lightweight cows made from 77c to 115c/kg. The carcass weight price average was estimated to be 280c/kg.

Wednesday, June 22 BULLOCKS 14 NJT Pastoral, Yanakie 12 K. & H. O’Brien, Leongatha 24 J. & V. Alicata, Thorpdale 32 O’Loughlin Bros, Buffalo 14 J.S. & M.J. Patterson, Leongatha 19 R.F. Hall, Woodleigh

600kg 592kg 610kg 672kg 670kg 684kg

181.6 178.6 178.2 178.0 177.4 176.6

$1088.00 $1058.00 $1087.00 $1196.00 $1188.00 $1208.00

STEERS 1 T.J. & H.D. Robb, Leongatha 1 M. & D. Harms, Korumburra 1 W. Roberts, Mirboo 1 J. Gierens, Binginwarri 1 P.D. Stapleton, Foster 1 Glendarra Pastoral Co, Dumbalk

390kg 375kg 325kg 415kg 300kg 345kg

248.6 241.6 220.0 206.2 205.0 205.0

$969.54 $906.00 $715.00 $855.73 $615.00 $707.25

COWS 5 A.R. & J.M. Schmidt, Poowong 8 Coolaman Pty Ltd, Bena 1 B. & T. Brusamarello, Glen Forbes 1 K.K. & J.B. Graham, Mirboo 4 M. & C. Russell, Glen Forbes 4 J. Langley Nom P/L, Inverloch

621kg 675kg 510kg 585kg 608kg 606kg

150.0 148.0 148.0 148.0 148.0 148.0

$931.50 $999.93 $745.80 $865.80 $900.25 $897.25

HEIFERS 1 J. & J. Schmidt, Wonga Wonga 1 N.M. & M.E. Wright, Hedley 2 T.J. & H.D. Robb, Leongatha 3 J. Gierens, Binginwarri 1 W. Roberts, Mirboo

340kg 330kg 325kg 326kg 335kg

244.2 243.6 233.6 214.2 210.0

$830.28 $803.88 $759.20 $699.72 $703.50

1 Kirben Nominees P/L, Doomburrim BULLS 1 Maxray Nominees, Buffalo 1 Highﬁeld Ag, Binginwarri 1 G.J. & K.L. Roberts, Binginwarri 1 A.J. & B. Bell, Meeniyan 1 R.J. Scott, Kongwak 1 G.C. Peddle & P.S. Earle, Won Wron

345kg 203.6 805kg 925kg 855kg 950kg 835kg 735kg

178.0 170.0 165.0 165.0 160.0 158.0

$702.42 $1432.90 $1572.50 $1410.75 $1567.50 $1336.00 $1161.30

Sheep sale Wednesday, June 22 Total yarding: Ewes 56 av $94.54, hoggets 4 av $87.50, lambs 1019 av $106.17, rams 17 av $48.29, sheep 19 av $68.68, two tooth 2 av $100. Ewes: Andco P/L, Mardan, 1 x $152; Brian Brown, 6 x $142; Caithness Partners, 4 x $120, 10 x $103; Rigano Bros, 1 x $120, 4 x $96; Couper Cattle P/ship, Mardan, 1 x $110; J. & M. Checkley, 4 x $96; R.T. Newton, 2 x $94; I. & R. Hengstberger, 3 x $88. Hoggets: S.J. Campbell, Mirboo North, 3 x $103; T. & C. Johnston, 1 x $41. Lambs: Couper Cattle P/ ship, Mardan, 66 x $136.50, 15 x $124; J. Linn & Sons, 23 x $129.50, 78 x $122.50; Peter Calder, 3 x $128; F.S. & S.R. Hirst, Ranceby, 13 x $125; R.T. Newton, 2 x $125; Susan J. Schumann, 4 x $125; S. Paragreen, 1 x $124; M. & N. Bracecamp, Berrys Creek,

5 x $122. Rams: Rigano Bros, 2 x $79; J. Linn & Sons, 1 x $79; J. & M. Checkley, 1 x $75; R. & H. Calder, 2 x $55; I. & R. Hengstberger, 2 x $50; T. & C. Johnston, 4 x $50; Caithness Partners, 4 x $20; Kieren Hernon, 1 x $19. Sheep: Peter Calder, 3 x $104, 2 x $30; R.T. Newton, 2 x $95; S. & D. Curtis, 7 x $74, 5 x $45. Two tooth: R.T. Newton, 2 x $100.

VLE LEONGATHA KOONWARRA

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

Upcoming Sales LEONGATHA Wednesday, June 29 Prime Sale - 8.30am Thursday, June 30 Store Sale - 10am Monday, July 4 Landmark Dairy Sale - 11am PAKENHAM Monday, July 4 Prime Sale - 8am Tuesday, July 5 Export Sale - 8.30am Thursday, July 7 Store Sale - 10am

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Cattle trade a can of worms By Jacob de Kunder SINCE the recent exposure of the treatment of Australian cattle in abattoirs in Indonesia and the Federal Government’s blanket ban on live cattle exports, many animals have been left stuck in the Northern Territory.

The ABC’s Four Corners episode A Bloody Business which aired in late May, sparked a nation-wide debate between farmers and animal rights activists. On each side of the argument there are vocal parties who are saying the government is going too far and not far enough with the ban. Animals Australia is a major campaigner and executive director Glenys Oogjes insists that the blanket ban is necessary. “It’s up to the government to ﬁx this problem, because the conditions in Indonesian abattoirs are appalling, which is totally unethical,” she said. “Long distance transport of animals, whether it be to Indonesia or elsewhere, causes distress and there are considerable welfare risks involved.” Cattle farmers, especially those in the Northern Territory, are set to lose the majority of their income if a permanent suspension occurs. Meeniyan man Jim McDonald is

a passionate campaigner for the trade resuming. He is well educated in farming, having worked as a jackaroo on stations throughout northern Australia in the past. He also works on his grandparents’ farm near Meeniyan whenever he has spare time. “The bottom line is that banning the cattle trade to Indonesia will not stop animal cruelty,” Mr McDonald said. “Indonesia will just import cattle from somewhere else such as Argentina, Brazil or India and they will receive the same treatment.” The importing of beef from other sources raises another issue of disease. “By importing cattle in from Brazil or Argentina, Indonesia puts themselves at risk of introducing foot-and-mouth disease to their country,” Mr McDonald said. “That then puts us at risk of foot-andmouth and if it gets in to Australia, we will never be able to get it out of the country and we will have to put down hundreds of thousands of cattle.” He believes the beef market will fall from its current high position and prices will go down due to the number of cattle that will have to stay in the country. The cattle Australia sells to Indonesia produce tough meat that would not pass for top cuts in our country, Mr McDonald said. “The price of mince will go down be-

cause that’s what most of the cattle up north will be used for and in turn that will bring down mince prices,” Mr McDonald said. “This will affect beef farmers in our area by minimising proﬁts at sales, while it won’t be worth it for dairy farmers to sell their old dry milkers.” Mr McDonald refuted a claim by Lyn White from Animals Australia, comparing live export to the slave trade in America.

“The north of America was not content to stand by and watch southern America continue to use slave labour even though it wasn’t affecting them. In that case we shouldn’t just ban trade because the cruelty will continue to happen to other animals. We need to attempt to make a difference in Indonesia,” he said. The livelihood of farmers is at stake and the ban will not only affect northern farmers but local ones as well.

“This ban will cause more issues than it will solve, destroying farming families’ incomes. Rural communities need to come together and stand as one and ﬁght for Northern Territory farmers. If not, the consequences will be devastating,” Mr McDonald said. “Because when you take away an Australian farmer’s farm, you take away his family’s home and his livelihood as well.”

Getting on top of hoof health Continuing wet conditions are making hoof health a challenge for some farmers. Dairy farmers are reporting more foot problems and lameness, leading to lower production.

Not happy: Jim McDonald is wholeheartedly against the ban on the live cattle trade.

Prolonged exposure to moisture causes hooves to soften, making bruising, penetration injuries and white-line disease more prevalent. The area between the claws and around the foot softens, leaving skin more prone to infection.

Beef warning

Muddy laneways host more harmful bacteria and the finer toppings on laneways can get washed away by floods, leaving larger, sharper stones exposed.

BEEF cattle producers are being warned to watch for possible milk fever in cows. Department of Primary Industries vets in the state’s west have received news of beef cows dying suddenly from what was thought to be milk fever. Unusually, some of the cows had older calves on them whereas milk fever is generally associated more with high-producing dairy cows immediately after calving. Producers are asked to be aware of the dietary intake of their cattle, and to watch them closely. Milk fever is caused by the cow’s inability to mobilise enough calcium into her blood to meet her production needs.

Cows with mild symptoms ﬁnd it hard to stand and will stagger sometimes with muscle shaking. Often cows are found unable to rise, and these cows require immediate veterinary attention. If detected early, treatment can be administered by a veterinarian that can save the cow. Cows’ mineral needs might have increased this year due to the longterm intake of lush, green pasture and stock have also faced stress from parasites or other diseases in these wetter seasonal conditions. Farmers are advised to consult their agronomist and veterinarians to ensure adequate dietary intake and calcium management of the herd.

Caring for your herd’s hooves and legs is part of the daily health check. Keeping an eye on feet not only saves a cow from pain, it makes financial sense. Dairy Australia calculates estimates each lame cow can cost up to $600 to $700/year through lost milk production, lower fertility, an increased risk of culling and actual treatment costs. About 80%-90% of lameness occurs in the feet; most commonly in hind feet because this is the body part the cow most uses for propulsion. You can restrain a cow in a crush or rotary bale or even on the platform in a herringbone dairy. The more stable and comfortable a cow feels, the quieter she will stand. Having a non-slip

surface and/or straps to support the weight of the cow will assist. If you suspect lameness, examine the hoof using an examination kit comprising: t a soft rope for tying the leg; t hoof testers; t a sharp hoof knife (double-sided) protected with a pouch; t sharp hoof trimmers; and t sharpening tools. Examine the foot, looking for: t sole injuries; t white line disease; t foot rot, or t interdigital cracks. Talk to your veterinarian about treatment including trimming and paring, blocks, antibiotics and anti-inflammatories/painkillers and rest. If more than 7% of the herd is affected by lameness in a season, there will be identifiable problems which should be worked on with advice from your veterinarian. Information sheets available at www.dairyaustralia.com.au offer suggestions on ways to help restore hoof health in your herd. These include hints on stock handling, repairing tracks, protecting hooves and cow health.

This is one of the many examples of the dairy service levy at work locally. Farmers receive a benefit of $3 for every $1 invested by Dairy Australia on their behalf. For more information on this and other levy investments visit www.dairyaustralia.com.au

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Milestone for Landmark LANDMARK in Foster was ofﬁcially opened last Thursday. Store owner Chris Geisler said the opening was a chance to give something back to their customers and thank them for a great ﬁrst few months of business. Company representatives were in attendance, giving customers profes-

Professional advice: David Vuillermin from Yanakie learns about Gallagher tools with Darren Pallant.

Ofﬁcial opening: Landmark store owners Chris Geisler and Fiona Beattie.

UDP reveals opening price UNITED Dairy Power announced its milk opening price on Thursday for the 2011- 2012 milk supply season at $5.30 kg milk solids. “The continuing strength of demand in dairy products into the new season shows conﬁdence in the dairy industry,” managing director Tony Esposito said. The company has undertaken an extensive campaign throughout regional Victoria and South Australia to recruit new supply as the business grows and extends into new areas. At the end of June, UDP will be celebrating its 12th year in operation.

The company collects milk from Gippsland, northern Victoria, southern NSW, western Victoria and more recently commenced recruiting suppliers in South Australia. UDP understands the demand for milk and the price drivers for these companies is not the same as the milk production cycle in Victoria. The company’s demand is not driven by the international price for milk, as opposed to many of the larger milk supply companies. Should you require any further information, contact Darryl Cardona, general manager United Dairy Power 9685 1800 or mobile 0425 791 362.

Enjoying a cuppa: David Reynolds, David Phelan and Alan Pell.

Deere German memories FOR Windmill Ag sales consultant Mark Allott, a trip to Germany was all well and good.

Of course, there’s plenty to see. Historical sites, beautiful cobblestone roads and all sorts of architectural gems abound in a land that has a history that dates back to Roman commander Julius Caesar. But the highlight of the trip was unrivalled - a visit to the John Deere factory to see the company’s prized new machinery range, the 7050 series self propelled forage harvester. Mark was not alone on the trip. Nor was he alone in his admiration of the fabulous addition to the John Deere range. “There were seven Australians and 13 New Zealanders on the trip. John Deere sent out an email saying

they had a ‘customer fly in’. It was to promote sales of self propelled forage harvesters,” Mark explained. “John Deere customers and nonJohn Deere customers were both invited. They gave us a two day tour of the factory. On the first day they showed where they make all the components – their laser machines, cutters and folding machines, and all that kind of stuff. “On the second day they showed us around the final assembly plant. They have this room where they have forage harvesters sitting and they did a bit of product training.” For Mark it was a magic moment. A passionate devotee to John Deere already, he was blown away by the professionalism of the German factory team.

“I guess it was to create awareness amongst the non-John Deere people there,” he said. The demonstration worked a treat, Mark said. Curious dealers who had had just a passing interest in John Deere - were ready to sign up. “Each person has a responsibility on the assembly line. John Deere pride themselves on reliability and quality of product. The way they get such good quality is by paying their staff really well,” Mark said. “But mistakes are frowned upon. There’s a responsibility on their shoulders. The big thing I got out of the trip was the afﬁrmation of just how innovative they are. “To see each process was fascinating.”

Super machine: Mark Allott said the new range of John Deere self propelled forage harvesters have impressed everyone.

sional advice about products and offering specials deals for the day. Prize draws were held for gift vouchers and store products, while livestock auctioneer Terry Ginnane put 20 litres of Ivamec drench under the hammer. The money raised from the auction was donated to the South Gippsland Hospital in Foster.

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WILL BE CLOSED THIS FRIDAY JULY 1 For our annual stocktake We apologise for any inconvenience For emergencies call 0417 311 305 Cameron Kindellan

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

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LEONGATHA Senior Citizens are holding our AGM on July 22 at Dakers Centre at 1.30pm.

19 Moonah Street Cape Paterson

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Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday By appointment Ph: 5674 8290

King Tutankhamun JULY 19

$40 per person Leaving Mirboo North 7pm, pick-ups available Leongatha Kats Korner 7.45am Inverloch & Wonthaggi Phone Shirley 5674 2528

HOLIDAY TRAMPOLINING CLINIC Open to all ages (5 - 18 yrs old)

This special training clinic is for those who love to jump, bounce and do ﬂips on the trampoline. This day will involve acrobatics, tumbling, trampolining, circus skill and alternative gymnastics. Cost: $15 per child (Bookings are essential as limited places) Venue: St Laurence’s Sports Hall (Ogilvy Street, Leongatha) Day: July 15 Time: 10am onwards Contact: leongathagymclub@hotmail.com or Tegan Bray 0400 594 331

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DUESBURYS GIPPSLAND BOOKKEEPER

We require the services of a bookkeeper with the following skills and experience: • Preparation of financial statements to trial balance stage. • Familiarity with Quicken, Quickbooks or MYOB, and taxation experience would be an advantage. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Applications should be submitted to P. Tilley at PO Box 17, Foster 3960 by July 8, 2011. A position description and terms of employment can be obtained by phoning 5682 2624.

SOUTH GIPPSLAND WATER LONG TERM WATER DEMAND SUPPLY STRATEGY South Gippsland Water Corporation has been working on a long term strategy for the security of water supply for some time. Our aim is to supply secure, good quality water at the lowest possible price, to all our existing and future customers over the long term. South Gippsland Water Long Term Water Supply Strategy is now available for public comment. More information on the strategy can be found by visiting the South Gippsland Water website at www.sgwater.com.au or copies can be forwarded by contacting the Customer Service Team on 1300 851 636. An opportunity to ask questions regarding the strategy will be given, staff of South Gippsland Water will be available to explain and discuss the strategy, one to one, with interested persons. Wonthaggi Town Hall Foyer Tuesday, July 12 and 19, 2011 2pm - 6pm Leongatha Memorial Hall - Meeting Room 1 Monday, July 18, 2011 2pm - 6pm Written submissions on the strategy can be posted or emailed to: Long Term Demand Supply Strategy, South Gippsland Water PO Box 102, FOSTER, VIC 3960 or email: sgwater@sgwater.com.au Steve Evans Managing Director

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

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

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HOUSE for rent Venus Bay, $250 pw. Michael: 0418523987.

LEONGATHA - lovely renovated, furnished unit. Share with female owner, very near shops, courtyard with park views. Nonsmoker. Ph: 0428-642304.

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

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ROOM to rent in Leongatha, $80 pw, male. Tony: 56622394.

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OUT of town home to rent. Sought after by responsible older couple, with excellent references. 5678-0817. WANT to contained flat in Leongatha, quiet, clean 5662-5358.

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Company Treasurer Inverloch & District Financial Enterprises Limited operates the Inverloch & District Community Bank® Branch as a franchise of the Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Limited. The Company, Inverloch & District Financial Enterprises Limited is governed by an elected Board of voluntary Directors. To further enhance the operation of the Board, the Company is seeking a suitably qualified person for the role of Treasurer. The appointee to the role will be required to support the Board in the financial planning and reporting for the Company, including production of financial reports and commentary each month for the scheduled Board Meeting. Maintenance of financial records in accordance with legal requirements and professional standards is required as is providing management accounting advice to the Board to assist in the governance of the Company. Expressions of interest are invited from suitably qualified and experienced individuals for appointment as Treasurer. The position may suit community minded retired or semi retired professionals from Inverloch and surrounding areas, or a recently graduated professional who wishes to expand their knowledge and experience through involvement with a listed public company. Comprehensive induction will be provided to the successful candidate. Expressions of interest, including a current curriculum vitae should be submitted to the Company Secretary, Inverloch & District Financial Enterprises Limited, PO Box 54, INVERLOCH Victoria 3996. For further information contact may be made with the Chairman, Alan Gostelow on 0409 559 598.

ENROLLED NURSE PERMANENT PART-TIME OR FULLTIME RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE (ARMITAGE HOUSE AND KIRRAK HOUSE) An opportunity exists for enthusiastic and adaptable Enrolled Nurses to join the team in the high care aged residential facilities at Bass Coast Regional Health. Generous terms of employment and public sector remuneration including salary packaging options. Required attributes: • Applicants must have a commitment to continuous quality improvement • Current credentialling as an Enrolled Nurse • Capacity to work independently as well as part of a team • Satisfactory current Police Check • Medication credentialling with AHPRA or a willingness to work towards same Desirable attributes: • Abilities in leadership, communication, problem solving and quality improvement • Experience in high level aged care facilities • Adaptability to different working environments

PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT CASUAL BANK POSITIONS Applications are invited from people with appropriate Certificate 3 (or equivalent) qualifications to join the Casual Bank at Bass Coast Regional Health to work in the residential aged care sector. For further information please contact Barb Harrison, Acting Director of Nursing on 5671 3222. Written applications with a current CV including 3 referees should be forwarded to: Barb Harrison Acting Director of Nursing Bass Coast Regional Health Graham Street, Wonthaggi Vic 3995 Email: barb.harrison@bcrh.com.au Applications close Friday, July 8, 2011

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WANTED PART-TIME EARLY MORNING NEWSPAPER DELIVERY DRIVER Person required to work six days a week, morning start 4am, approx 16 hours a week to home deliver and roll newspapers within the Leongatha area. Must have current driver’s licence and must be reliable. Vehicle and training provided. Further information contact Peter 5662 2084, mobile 0438 622 084

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South Gippsland Shire Council

Human Resource Administration Ofﬁcer $58k total salary package Temporary full time with option of 9 day fortnight Council has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated and suitably experienced person to join our Human Resources team in a temporary capacity until June 2012. Reporting to the Human Resources Management Coordinator, you will be responsible for assisting with the coordination and administration of recruitment and selection processes and assist with the development and implementation of corporate HR programs. You will have a Certificate in Human Resources, Business or a related field, and relevant experience working in a similar environment. You will be customer focussed, have excellent communication skills and the ability to maintain confidentiality. This position is subject to a satisfactory police check.

Building a Healthy Community

Flexihealth Case Worker 0.6 EFT (22.8 hrs per week) with additional hours to cover leave BCCHS seeks expressions of interest for the part-time employment of an enthusiastic person with experience and an interest in working with older people. The position will attract someone who: Is committed to assisting people to live independently within a community setting who: • Can demonstrate a commitment to the delivery of community based services for older people that are responsibe to diversity and individual need. • Can demonstrate excellent administrative and communication skills. • Has a Tertiary qualification in a Case management, health, welfare or related field or equivalent experience. Remuneration as per the Social and Community Services Award. Inquiries to Anita Leyden, Co-ordinator Community Services Team. To obtain a position description and an employment application form, please telephone reception on 5671 9200 or refer to our website: www.bcchs.com.au. Applications close 5 pm Tuesday, July 12, 2011 and should be addressed to: HR Administrator Bass Coast Community Health Service 1 Back Beach Road, San Remo 3925 Or by email to: HR@bcchs.com.au

We welcome direct discussion with Sharni Mann, Human Resource Management Coordinator on (03) 5662 9200, regarding this role. Applications addressing the selection criteria are to be submitted by 5pm Wednesday 6 July 2011 addressed to: Human Resources, South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, Leongatha 3953 or emailed to careers@southgippsland.vic.gov.au Further information and a position description is available from Human Resources or visit our website.

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Exciting Planning Opportunities... Planning in the Shire is at an exciting stage in its evolution with a strategic program incorporating work ranging from the development of a Developer Contributions Strategy, a shire wide Housing and Settlement Strategy through to structure plans for six settlements and the associated planning scheme amendments. These positions provide an outstanding opportunity for planners who wish to enjoy the benefits of a lifestyle change, guide the municipality into an exciting future and join an enthusiastic, customer service driven team.

Strategic Planning Coordinator Permanent Full time $91k total package including vehicle Flexible working arrangements option of 9 day fortnight • Leadership role • Opportunity for professional development Due to an internal promotion we have an opportunity for a person with a proven ability to lead and motivate to join our Statutory Planning and Development team. Reporting to the Manager Strategic Planning and Development your focus will be to Coordinate a wide range of strategic projects including Parking Precinct Plans, Industrial Land studies, Township structure plans, Outline development plans and rezonings for residential, industrial and other uses.

The Salvation Army South East Services Network Gippscare Leongatha The Salvation Army South East Services Network, GippsCare Service invites applicants for the following position:

INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE WORKER (12 months Full Time)

GippsCare assists individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness within the Bass Coast and South Gippsland shires. An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic and highly motivated professional to join our team. Applicants must be experienced in case management, report writing, case planning and have sound written and verbal communication skills. The successful applicant will have an ability to develop ways of engaging people at risk and an understanding of complex systems. This position is based at our Leongatha office (12 month contract) and will provide homelessness assistance to service users who have high and complex needs with a particular focus on youth and mental health. The successful applicant will have the ability to achieve service user outcomes, breakdown resistance and achieve agreed goals. A qualification in Social Welfare, Housing, Youth or Mental Health would be highly desirable. Please note that a satisfactory National Police Record Check, Working with Children Check, Proof of Eligibility to Work in Australia and three referees are mandatory for this position. South East Services Network is a Child Safe organisation. Applications close 5pm Monday, July 4, 2011. A position description can be obtained by contacting Reception on 5662 4502 or email debbie.gillin@aus.salvationarmy.org For further information contact Michelle Donohue, Team Leader on 5662 4502.

To be successful you will have an Urban & Regional Planning degree or a degree in a related field, along with significant experience in Strategic and Statutory Planning in a Government or Private sector organisation.

Planning Advisory Ofﬁcer Permanent Full time with option of 9 day fortnight $70k total salary package • Exciting New Role • Be the front face of Planning You will bring your passion for Customer Service to our Statutory Planning and Environmental Health Team. You will have completed or be obtaining relevant tertiary qualifications or have experience in the assessment of planning applications in a similar role.

Statutory Planning Ofﬁcer Temporary Full time with option of 9 day fortnight $58k total salary package • Diverse Planning role • Join our professional and energetic team If you are an enthusiastic and motivated Planning Officer willing to take up the challenge of assessing planning applications and amendments to planning permits we are looking for you. To be successful you will have or be obtaining relevant tertiary qualifications or have experience in the assessment of planning applications in a similar role. All positions require a current driver’s licence. We welcome direct discussion with Paul Stampton, Manager Strategic Planning and Development on (03) 5662 9200. As the skills and qualifications vary according to each of the position descriptions, applications must be submitted by stating the role you are applying for and addressing the selection criteria of the position description best suited to your application. Applications addressing the selection criteria are to be submitted by 5pm Wednesday 13 July 2011. Further information and position descriptions are also available from Human Resources or visit our website.

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TRACTOR DIESEL MECHANIC We require a full time diesel mechanic with experience in tractors or heavy machinery. Must have computer diagnostics experience, be able to work out in the field and carry out services and repairs competently. Manufacturers training will be undertaken for the right person. Current driver’s licence essential. Top $$$ for the right person. Flexible working hours with some overtime required. All applications will be held in the strictest confidence. If this is you, please send a copy of your resumé to: The Manager PO Box 315, Leongatha, 3953 Email: dealerprincipal@dcsi.net.au

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Experienced Bookkeeper Required for small plumbing business to: • complete BAS each quarter • record keeping

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5672 3127 ALPACAS - small breeding herd. Urgent sale, moving. Joss: 0466-005785, 56632341. BIRD CAGES on stands, 90cm H x 52cm W $80, 60cmH x 44cm W $40. Ph: 0418-574539.

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CARAVAN - Supreme Spirit, 2003 pop-top, single axle, double bed, roll-out awning, full annex, EC, $19,500. Ph: 5662-3541 a/h. 0408-512966. DIESEL FUEL TANK, 2000 ltrs, safety platform attached, excellent condition $3,300. Ph: 0428300367. DIGGER - post hole digger, hydraulic driven, 12 inch auger, $3,000 ONO. Ph: 0437-349028. FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175 HAY - small squares, shedded, last season’s, $6 each. Ph: 0408-980711.

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HAY - small square bales, $7 each, Kardella South. 5662-2074.

HAY - small squares, very good quality, $7 per bale. Ph: 0419-313483.

HAY - small square bales, new season’s, $7 each. Fully shedded, suitable for horses, never been wet. Quality guaranteed. Mardan - 5664-1320, 0428999691. HOT WATER SERVICE, Dux 415 ltr, only 2½ yrs old, $400. As new. Cargo barrier and cargo blind, suit 2002 Executive Holden Commodore s/ wagon. $160 for both. 0417-367208.

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Edneys of Leongatha is seeking a qualified motor mechanic to join its expanding Nissan/Hyundai dealership. The successful applicant will be given the latest dealership training throughout their employment while working in a friendly, modern environment. You will also have the opportunity to expand your skills with RACV road service. A 4th year apprentice will be considered. Forward handwritten applications to: Edneys Leongatha Attention: Nick McRae PO Box 72, Leongatha 3953 Applications close Thursday, June 30

LEONGATHA PHOTOGRAPHICS & ELECTRONICS 28 McCartin Street, Leongatha 3953 PH 5662 3227 FAX 5662 3618

RETAIL TRAINEESHIP Are you looking to start a career in retail, have a passion for selling, but haven’t had the opportunity to develop the skills? To support growth in our Leongatha store, an opportunity has arisen for a full time Retail Trainee. This is an opportunity to establish a career in a local business. The successful candidate will be supported to develop their retail and sales skills and will be groomed for a career in retail. The training will include the following: Retail, sales, merchandising, customer service and administration. Candidates MUST be well presented and willing to undertake a Certificate III in Retail, a car and driver’s licence an advantage but not necessary. Wage at trainee rates. Hours: 38 hours per week plus some Saturday overtime.

RETAIL SALESPERSON Do you have a sales background and are looking for a career in retail sales? To support growth in our Leongatha store, an opportunity has arisen for a Full Time Salesperson. This is an opportunity to establish a career in a local business. The successful candidate will be required to undertake the following tasks: Retail sales, phone contracts, merchandising, customer service and administration. Candidates MUST be well presented and have a driver’s licence. Experience in mobile phone sales is an advantage but not necessary, as training will be provided. Wage is negotiable depending on experience. Hours: 38 hours per week plus some Saturday overtime. To apply, email your resumé along with a cover letter to: hr@lpe.net.au, or for further information contact Mark Carruthers on 0412 623 227. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and we encourage both male and female applicants to apply. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Applications close July 4, 2011.

Accountant Traralgon Full Time - Ongoing

The West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, a leading environmental organisation focusing on the protection of our precious land and water resources, is seeking to appoint an Accountant to help the organisation achieve our environmental goals. The successful candidate will work as part of the finance team to ensure that the WGCMA complies with its requirements under the Financial Management Compliance Framework. The role will have a major focus on financial analysis and reporting, insurance and fixed assets. The successful candidate will possess a business degree or equivalent, and will also be able to demonstrate practical experience in this discipline. The remuneration range for this position is at WGCMA level 4 classification ($63,820 - $92,460), which includes 9% superannuation. A laptop is offered in addition to your remuneration, along with an encouraging work environment that actively supports personal and professional development. A position description can be obtained via our website or by emailing the HR/ Payroll Officer kellyr@wgcma.vic.gov.au. For further information about the role please contact Kae Densley, Finance Team Leader.

TRANSPORT DRIVERS Our client Murray Goulburn is Australia’s largest dairy co-operative, processing more than 35% of Australia’s milk production into high quality, value-added products such as cheese, long-life milk and specialty milk/protein powders for the Australian and international markets. We currently have the above positions available at the Leongatha site. Key Accountabilities: • Transportation of all Murray Goulburn Products in a safe, friendly and reliable manner • Accountable for the service levels delivered to Murray Goulburn’s internal and external transport customers • Operate vehicles in accordance with state and federal road laws. • Operate vehicles in accordance with accredited transport schemes • Ensure tanker hygiene is maintained to site requirements Skills & Experience: • Multi Combination Licence (preferably B-Double Licence) • Good literacy, numeracy, and communication skills • Ability to work in a team environment and alone • Ability to demonstrate through actions the correct OH&S behaviours and attitudes Applications close 5.30pm, Friday 1st July 2011. Applicants are required to forward their resume and application letter outlining their experiences relevant to the key accountabilities: Louie Gonzy SKILLED Group Ltd PO Box 1535 Traralgon Vic 3844 Ph: 03 5173 6740 Email: louieg@skilled.com.au www.skilled.com.au

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Applications addressing the Key Selection Criteria should be marked “Accountant” c/o HR/Payroll Officer and must be received by 4pm on Monday 4th July. Email applications may be sent to kellyr@wgcma.vic.gov.au. Martin Fuller Chief Executive Officer

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BCCHS seeks expressions of interest for the part-time employment of an experienced, qualified nurse to work with individuals, GP’s and local community services, to manage drug and alcohol and mental health issues (Dual Diagnosis). The successful applicant will also be required to deliver health and education sessions to service users. Drug & Alcohol working experience essential. Remuneration for this position as per relevant professional qualifications. Inquiries to Karley Oakley, Co-ordinator Drug & Alcohol Services. To obtain a position description and an employment application form, please telephone reception on 5671 3500 or refer to our website: www.bcchs.com.au. Applications close 5 pm June 30, 2011 and should be addressed to: HR Administrator Bass Coast Community Health Service 1 Back Beach Road, San Remo 3925 Or by email to: HR@bcchs.com.au

Correspondence PO Box 1374, Traralgon VIC 3844 Telephone 1300 094 262 Facsimile (03) 5175 7899 Email westgippy@wgcma.vic.gov.au Web www.wgcma.vic.gov.au

South Gippsland Shire Council

Asset Management System Administrator $78k total salary package Permanent Full time with option of 9 day fortnight An exciting and challenging opportunity exists to join Council’s Assets Department where you will be responsible for the ongoing implementation and administration of Council’s newly purchased asset management system, along with managing financial aspects of Councils assets in line with legislative requirements. You will have a strong customer service focus enabling you to liaise with key stakeholders and the general public, along with providing high quality technical support for internal asset management system users. You will have a demonstrated ability to research, analyse and present information on engineering or asset management issues. You will have tertiary qualification in Civil Engineering with experience in asset management and asset accounting or substantial experience in this field. We welcome direct discussion with Senaviratna Abeykoon, Manager Assets on (03) 5662 9200, regarding this role. Applications addressing the selection criteria are to be submitted by 5pm Wednesday 13 July 2011. Further information and a position description is available from Human Resources or visit our website.

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for sale LARGE range bare rooted apple, cider, pear, perry and plum trees, from $20. Nursery open 9-5pm Saturday, 1-5pm Sunday, July and August. Other times by appointment. Mail order available. Strzelecki Heritage Apples, 1699 Ko r u m b u r r a - Wa r r a g u l Road, Strzelecki. Ph: 56595242. LAYER PULLETS Quality disease resistant Tas White and Cuckoo, 320 eggs per year. Available now. 5668-5161, 0438565721. SILAGE - 4ft rounds, $22 inc. Fish Creek. Ph: 0418128708 or 5678-3278. SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each. Free delivery for pack lots. Phone Joe 0417-530662. WHIPPET puppies, pure bred, 8 weeks old, 2M, 1F. Ph: 0447-595436.

PULLETS Wednesday, July 20 Commercial crossbreds. Fully vaccinated. Not debeaked.

14wk (Black, Red, Brown) $14 Available from Elders Past., Leongatha

10.30am Phone 5662 3523 to order now (Brian Larkin Poultry)

HAY 5x4 rolls (local) $55 inc. GST per bale, shedded. Delivery can be arranged. Northern oaten hay, large squares $132 inc. GST per tonne. Delivery inclusive. Also available, vetch, lucerne, etc. Ph: G. & P. Hilder Transport 0429 822 544

used vehicles

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

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers 5672 2946 0417 556 593 NISSAN PULSAR, 2001, low kms, excellent condition. Ideal first car, $7,500 ONO. Ph: 56743500.

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births NEWMAN (King) - Ken and Ruth welcome with love Jordan Mia, born April 29. Second daughter for Scott and Rachel, sister for Charlee and cousin for Darcy and Oliver. Another precious grandchild.

in memoriam NICHOLSON - Merle. Dear Mum, it is hard to believe 12 months has gone by. Thinking of you every day. Love Joy, Graham and families.

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deaths My darling boy, words cannot say how I feel. You were a huge part of my life, I will never forget you; as Mum said we raised good caring boys. I will look after Shaun and Mum. Love - your second Mum Auntie Julie. It was a delight to have known you and pleasure to have been part of your love. Love - Cheryl. CARROTHERS - Ben. 04.02.1986 - 22.06.2011 Goodbye to our dearest nephew and cousin. A real family man. Love Wayne, Sharon, Jason, Laura, Matilda, Meagan, Kelvin and Mia. Rest in peace. CARROTHERS - Benny. He was a man who never demanded respect, but always earnt it. He would still be going 100 miles an hour, if we were 100 points up or 100 points down. Top bloke on the field and off. Proud man and very loyal. He will be very missed. From Maxy.

CARROTHERS - Benjamin Leigh (Ben). 04.04.1986 - 22.06.2011 Tragically taken from us. Late of Melbourne, formerly of Dumbalk. Much loved son and stepson of Jenny and Darren: Wayne and Renee. Special and treasured brother of Shaun, friend of Steph. Loved “Brother” of Josh, Michael, Denise, Jesse and Bianca. You never failed to do your best, Your heart was true and tender. You simply lived for those you loved, And those you loved will remember. - Mum, Darren, Jesse and Bianca. Ben, you meant so much to me. A child holds your hand for a little while but your heart forever. You have taken a big part of mine with you. I love you so much - Mum. xx The Way, The Truth, The Life. Ben, the bond and connection we shared will be impossible for people to imagine. You were my Brother and my Best Friend. I love you and miss you so much. Life is never going to be the same without you by my side. I can’t wait to see you again mate. - Shaun. Ben, you are gone from my life, but never from my heart. Love always - Steph. xoxoxo

CARROTHERS - Benjamin Leigh (Ben). Respected member and player of the Meeniyan Dumbalk United Football Netball Club. Heartfelt sympathy to Jenny and Darren, Wayne and Renee, Shaun, Josh, Michael, Denise, Jesse and Bianca. Ben will be sadly missed. CARROTHERS - Ben. With fond memories we say goodbye, with deepest sympathy to Jenny, Shaun and family. Linda, Allen, Jacob and Kayla. McGRATH (nee White) Elena Rose (Joy). (1924 - 2011) Passed away peacefully at Leongatha Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2011 surrounded by her family. Dearly loved wife of Leo for 63½ years. Loved mother and motherin-law of Mary and Dennis (dec.), John and Josie, Peter and Kerryn, Philip, Trisha and Jeff, Clare and Ian, and special friend of Brendon. Devoted Nanna of 18 grandchildren and much loved Gran-Nan of 19 great grandchildren. Loved sister of Irene, Doris and John (dec.). Reunited with Dad, her love for her family will always be treasured. Continue to enjoy playing cards in Heaven. R.I.P. Dearly loved mother of Mary and Dennis (dec.). Beautifully admired Nanna of Tania and Tony, Craig and Robyn, Lauren and Ashley. Gran-Nan to Hamish, Charlie and Evie; Hannah and Eliza. Your legacy of integrity, spirituality and respectfulness will live on with us forever. You always looked on the bright side of life. Reunited with Dad. We miss you heaps and love you lots. Mum, you were our rock, our inspiration and an example to us all. Devastated to lose you so suddenly, but comforted by the thought that you are now reunited with Dad.

deaths Love and miss you forever - John, Josie, Kylie (dec.), Tim, Sally-ann, Mitchell and Alicia, Nathan, Amanda and Alivia, Shannon, Sarah, Jacob and Zachary and Lachie. Passed away suddenly June 24, 2011. Dearly loved mum of Peter, much loved mother-in-law to Kerryn, adored nanna of Aaron and Luke. Friend to Laura. Those we love don’t fade away, They walk beside us every day. Tears in our eyes we can wipe away, But the loving memories will always stay. Love always. We lived at different ends of the country but you were always held close to our hearts. - Philip, Rebecca, Tony, Sarah, Shaun, Matthew, Majella and 6 great grandchildren. A wonderful mother and role model of Tricia and Jeff. Cherished and adored nanna of Andrea, Ryan and Alysha. Words cannot express the emptiness in our hearts. Back in the arms of Dad. Thursday nights at the RSL will never be the same. Loved always and forever in our hearts. Elena Rose McGrath (White). She was known to us all by many names and titles. She was firstly a daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunty, Nanna, Nan; Gran-Nan and to us all she was JOY. To me she was the best mum. Always there when we needed her. Supporting, never judging. You will live on in our hearts forever. I know you will still watch over us. All our love - Clare, Ian, Julie, Simon, Amanda, Kerryn, Daniel, Zoe, Sophie, Rhys and Jessica. Thank you for the gift of love, Now you’re sharing it up above, I know your place in Heaven has a good view, Because you’re telling God, I need to keep an eye on a few. Love always - Andrea xx.

funerals CARROTHERS - The Funeral Service for Benjamin Leigh (Ben) Carrothers will be held at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Leongatha on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 1pm. The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Leongatha Lawn Cemetery. If desired, in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Salvation Army. Envelopes will be available at the service.

funerals McGRATH - The Funeral Mass for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs Elena Rose (Joy) McGrath will be offered at St Laurence’s Catholic Church, Leongatha on Thursday, June 30, 2011 commencing at 10.30am. The funeral will leave at the conclusion of Mass for the Korumburra Lawn Cemetery. Rosary will be recited in the above church on Wednesday evening, June 29 at 7pm.

Signed on: Dyson Heppell during the Anzac Day clash earlier this year, photo courtesy of the Herald Sun.

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

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crossword solutions CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8279 - SOLUTIONS Across - 6, Dilett-ante. 8, A-dam (rev.). 9, (lat)T-I-er. 10, E-age-R. 11, Da-I-s (rev.). 12, First mate. 16, Assurance. 20, Alec (anag.). 22, Rooks. 23, Lead. 24, D-IV-a. 25, Film of dust. Down - 1, (ma)R(ch)-I-mini. 2, Re-press. 3, St-ream. 4, Kni-G-ht (rev.). 5, He-a-Rd. 7, Da-VI-d. 13, Ass. 14, Ballads. 15, Pla-I-n. 17, Spoils. 18, Up-shot. 19, Cha-I-se. 21, C-raft. QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8279 - SOLUTIONS Across - 6, Bluebottle. 8, Muse. 9, Bald. 10, Sharp. 11, Tier. 12, Masculine. 16, Physician. 20, Puss. 22, Tango. 23, Draw. 24, Alto. 25, Allegation. Down - 1, Alpaca. 2, Verdict. 3, Morsel. 4, Attain. 5, Tempt. 7, Aster. 13, Ivy. 14, Acidity. 15, Build. 17, Handle. 18, Stodgy. 19, Amazon. 21, Stoat.

Heppell in for the long haul ESSENDON rising star Dyson Heppell has now secured an extended deal with the football club. The ﬁrst round draft pick from Leongatha is one of six Bombers who have signed new multiyear deals. Heppell is now on a compulsory two-year deal and next year is set to earn $100,000 before getting a huge increase in the ﬁnal year of his new contract. Heppell’s coach James Hird is happy with the decision. “We wanted to sign Dyson up long-term pretty much the day we met him, the day we drafted,” Hird said. “It was just making sure he had security in his future and we all knew that we had a longterm player.”

I will never forget lunch watching the midday movie, eating stewed apples and soup. Camping at Christmas and your very sweet tooth. Your love for one and all will never be forgotten. God has now mended the broken chain. Our love always and forever - Julie, Simon, Jessica and Future One. McGRATH - Joy. A truly lovely lady who was a dear friend and card partner, you will be greatly missed. Our memories of you will be treasured. Our deepest sympathy to the McGrath family. The Solo card group and Cate. NORTON - Peter. You were a man who danced to the beat of his own drum, you will be sadly missed but always fondly remembered. Our deepest sympathy to the Norton family. Peter, Lisa, Brad and Cate.

Inverloch’s champions: back, Jarvis Pryor, Oscar Toussaint and Caleb Serong, front, Lanni Pryor, Abbey Argus- Smith. Not present Lollar Scott.

Inverloch students battle hail A MISERABLE day greeted Inverloch/Kongwak primary students as they went to Lardner Park for the regional cross country event. Six students from the school participated, Jarvis Pryor placing 6th, Oscar Toussaint 4th, Caleb Serong 2nd, Lanni Pryor 2nd, Lollar Scott 10th and Abbey Argus-Smith 20th. They all placed ex-

tremely well considering the conditions, which included rain and hail as well as three students running against children in older age groups. Despite such challenges the day was a great success for the school with Jarvis, Caleb, Lanni and Lollar all proceeding to the state cross country held at Bundoora Park on July 19. Best of luck to them all.

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Inverloch Bowling Club TUESDAY evening June 21. Indoor bowls (carpet bowls) (report Robert Huntley). Seven players, two games of triples/fours, each of 10 ends. Winners (with one win and one draw) were Robert Huntley (skip), Christine Leszkiewicz (lead), Joyce Hutchinson (2nd), Ed Leszkiewicz (3rd). Wednesday June 22 Mixed mufti lawn bowls

(report Robert Huntley). Cancelled - green closed following heavy rainfall. Thursday June 23 Men’s mufti triples lawn bowls (report Mike Yates). Cancelled - green closed following heavy rainfall. Sunday June 26 Mixed mufti lawn bowls (report Rob Howard). Twenty-ﬁve players, two games of triples/fours, each of 12 ends. There were three

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to within four shots at the halfway mark. But Foster came home strongly to run out winners by 18 shots and claim a spot in the grand final. The two Mardan sides will play off this week to determine who plays Foster Black for the pennant the following week. Just one shot separated these sides when they met during the season, it should be an interesting match. Tuesday evening at the Dumbalk Hall, 7.30pm start, good luck to both teams. The men’s singles semi-finals were played before social bowls on the Wednesday evening. Tony Allen-Clay defeated Andy Plowman and Vito Serafino defeated Nick Rutjens.

LAST week’s pennant semi-finals brought mixed results for the Mardan Club, a win and a loss means the two Mardan teams will play off for a place in the grand final. Mardan Gold proved too solid for Buffalo in the second semi and always looked in control as they worked their way to a 16 shot win. In the first semi Mardan Purple took on the undefeated Foster Black combination. Foster got away to a good lead before Mardan scored, then Mardan looked to be getting back in the match as they moved

Dumbalk Indoor RECENT results Monday, June 6: Mary Cook (Skip), Carol Muller and Kay Cook were the winners with one win and plus seven shots. Monday, June 13: Frank Peile (Skip), Carol Muller, Jill Matthies and Morrie Parry won with a loss, a win and plus one shot. Monday, June 20: Carol Muller (Skip), Paul Holmes, Kay Cook and Rob Butterworth won with a win, a draw and plus ﬁve shots.

two-game winners. Winners (with 36 points and 26 shots up) were Alan Easterbrook (skip), Norm Price (lead) and Rob Howard (2nd). Runners-up (with 36 points and 15 shots up) were Lois Luby (skip), Arthur Moule (lead) and Bev Button (2nd). Third were Mick Coram (skip), Pam Pritchard (lead), Peg Brooks (2nd) and Bryan Hensley (3rd).

The ﬁnal will be played this Wednesday at 7 pm along with the ladies’ singles ﬁnal between Ann Plowman and Jeanette Grady, four very talented and experienced bowlers in action; it will be worth getting there early to have a look. Social bowls saw 16 players in attendance, four teams of four all playing two games of 10 ends. Only one team won both their games, Ann Plowman, John McColl, Russel Grady and Rob Matthies (skip) taking the honours; Kristy Rutjens, Bert Bright, Jeanette Grady and Tony AllenClay (skip) were runners-up with one win and 10 winning ends.

SGIBBA pennant AFTER a good start in the elimination final against Buffalo who made a late comeback, Mardan Gold went on to defeat them 33-16 to secure a place in the preliminary final next week against Mardan Purple who were beaten by a very focused Foster Black team 28-10. Next week’s preliminary final will be played at 7.30pm at Dumbalk hall, all welcome. May the best team win.

Korumburra parlor bowls THE PARLOR bowls season has ﬁnished until September but the social group who enjoy bias bowls continues to play each Monday evening at Outtrim. This week, 15 players ventured out on a wet and very windy night to delight in three games of bowls. The only three person team ran out easy winners with 3W +35 shots. Well done to Lee Armstrong,

Joanna Lomagno and Joe Occhipinti. Arc Gammaldi, Joyce Occhipinti, Michael Matthews and Lynn McCord were second with 2W -11 shots. Unfortunately, they were slow starters, scoring only one shot and giving away 20 in their ﬁrst game. Ross Lomagno’s team started well with a win but then lost the next two games, whilst Charlie Tumino’s group didn’t warm up at all. Anyone wishing to enjoy a relaxed night out is made welcome.

Buffalo indoor bowls ON Wednesday June 22, 12 players on a wet night to bowl saw four teams of three. We played two games of 10 ends, we also welcomed Ruth and Dudley Harrison for a night of bowls. There was also a countback third to second place. In fourth (DL), skipper Bill Wolswinkle, Graeme Tobias and Jim Atkins; third (WL) nine

ends, skipper Rod McConchie, Peter Heldens and Dudley Harrison; second (LW) 10 ends, skipper Sebastian Terranova, Ian Benson and Col Densley; ﬁrst (DW) skipper Toni Heldens, Carolyn Benson and Ruth Harrison. The best ﬁrst game Rod 17-11, second Toni 17-8. We hope to see you all next Wednesday at 7.30pm.

Hot badminton on a cold night WHILE it was a freezing night outside, inside the badminton stadium the action was hot, with many upsets caused and some intense sets played. The hapless Phuket team produced their best win of the season, accounting for the lowly positioned Fiji side who are struggling for inspiration at present. Ryan Jeremiah and Matthew Oomman were classy contributors for Phuket, but the hero of the evening was Chris Holt. In his own laconic style he managed to win his three sets and establish Phuket’s slender grip on fourth position on the A Grade ladder. Bali have again reversed their early season losses into mid-season victories, this week getting the chocolates by 11 points over ﬁnals’ aspi-

rants, Maldives. Greg Marshman and Keinen Hemming struck some telling blows in this match, although the real highlight was the head to head clash between good mates, Jason Comrie and Phil Munro, the honour going Jason’s way, but the match went to Phil, enjoy your holidays. The last A Grade match was billed as exciting, but turned out a ﬁzzer. Hawaii simply were too good and Mauritius rather average. This talented side will regroup in coming weeks. In B Grade action Jupiter had a spirited win over Mars in a very entertaining encounter. Suriyan Chandrasegaran and Tracey Ryan in sparkling form, while Mars’ main contributors were Morgan Clark and new player Glen Gardiner. Great to see Glen back having a crack. The Saturn side is quietly sneaking up the ladder and they had a strong

victory over Neptune. Jo Parsons and Sharna Cafarella tried hard for Neptune, but the overall depth of Saturn was too imposing. In the ﬁnal match for analysis, Mercury had a sensational win over Venus, spurred on by the return of Ross and Sherrill Winkler. Mercury steamrolled the shellshocked Venus side, only Jo Callister and Dianna Neary showed any resistance. Special mention to Lauren Goldie who continues to improve with every week. Club championships are just around the corner on July 5, so get your entries in.

Results A Grade: Bali 3-107 d Maldives 3/96, Phuket 5/121 d Fiji 1/83, Hawaii 5/115 d Mauritius 1/66. B Grade: Jupiter 4/105 d Mars 2/94, Saturn 6/126 d Neptune 0/76, Mercury 4/109 d Venus 2/89.

Ladders A Grade Hawaii .....................................51 Maldives ..................................36 Mauritius ................................30 Phuket .....................................30 Bali ...........................................28 Fiji ............................................17 B Grade Jupiter .....................................43 Pluto ........................................41 Venus .......................................38 Mercury...................................33 Saturn .......................................30 Mars .........................................26 Neptune ....................................13

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Meeniyan - Monday evening: 1st Kathryn Smith, Colin Cameron, 2nd Margaret Munro, Ellie McIntyre, 3rd June Metcalf, Kathy Dowd. Tarwin Lower – Tuesday: 1st Althea Drew, Norma Hannay, 2nd Colin Cameron, Kathryn Smith, 3rd John Sutton, Jack Kuiper. Inverloch – Friday: GNOT ﬁnal results: 1st Farr Team, 2nd Kuiper Team and 3rd Crowley Team.

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

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1.36 0.36 1.62 0.79

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

INVERLOCH Surf Life Saving Club Stars came out to play over the long weekend, with their achievements being recognised at the annual presentation night. The night, the ﬁrst to be held in the new club rooms was catered for in house and organised by patrolling members and saw many clubbies attending in cocktail attire. This provided a stark contrast to their usual dress around the club, of patrol gear and bathers. The 2010/11 season has been a very busy one for the club, with many teething problems but a lot of fun with the new rooms enabling patrollers and the like to stay onsite for the ﬁrst time. One big bonus for those looking after the public was hot water on those days of cold, wind and rain. The club recognised their major sponsors with the Inverloch and District Community Bank, the RACV, LJ Hooker Real Estate, Inverloch Marine and Arundel Homes to name a few. The ongoing commitment of many through their volunteer hours enables this club to remain strong, vibrant and enviable throughout the district. Some of the awards covered were, to name just a few: • ISLSC Life Saving Rookie of the Year: Tom McMorrow. • ISLSC Most Improved Surf

Winners: (back, from left) Jed Hughes, Teagan Thom, Bridgette McKenzie, David Greenwood, (front) Holly du Plessis, Isabelle Tomas, Jordan Tomas. Life Saver: Natalie Wabbis. • ISLSC Chief Instructor Award : Jake Lurati. Highest accolades went to the ISLSC Club Champions for this season 2010/11: • Open Men’s: Jed Hughes. • Open Women’s: Teagan Thom. • Junior Men’s: Dan Allwood.

• Junior Women’s: Holly du Plessis. • Under 15 Girl’s: Isabelle Tomas. • Under 15 Boy’s: Jordan Tomas. • Masters Men’s: David Greenwood.

• Masters Women’s: Bridgette McKenzie.

The Inverloch Surf Life Saving Club will be hosting the Inﬂatable Rescue Boat (IRB) Victorian championships on July 16 and 17 and would like to see as many locals as possible come and view the mock rescues under race conditions.

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Golf reports Woorayl ON Saturday we played for our monthly medal sponsored by Thornton’s Bakery. Based on the scores it’s hard to believe that golf carts and bikes were not allowed on our course. The winner of A Grade has a medal winning score normally, however his net 66 was not good enough for the medal. B Grade was won by Jason Redmond whose net 65 was beaten on a countback. Winner of C Grade and the medal was Pat Wallace, his net 65 prevailing over Jason. Balls went to D. Clemann, T. Walters, I. Balfour, M. Grist, J. Howard, G. Fennell and P. Hayman. Nearest the pin: 8th Kev Riseley, 17th Ian Balfour. The winner of our putting competition was Doug Clemann with only 27 putts, and the ball rafﬂe was won by the Tom Ryan syndicate. Next Saturday we will play a single par event sponsored by South Gippsland Therapy Centre.

Leongatha

A SHORT report this week, with no competition golf on Tuesday or Thursday. On Saturday the A Graders struggled for good scores, with a countback on 35 points deciding the issue. Barry Stevens came out on top from Jon Smith and Ian Murchie. David Forbes had the day’s high round, winning B Grade with an excellent 40 point round. Pro-pin went to Barry Stevens, nearest the pin to Barry Attwood and the following won balls: S. Law, A. Edney 38; N. Johnson 36, J. Smith, I. Murchie 35; N. Wright, J. Cummins, R. Chaplin, J. White, J. Feddersen, G. Marsham 34; P. Du Plessis 33. Our pennant teams have tried hard,

but sadly it has been disappointing that none of our teams have made the ﬁnals. Our Division 1 team to play Woorayl was cobbled together and narrowly failed to get home. Neville Wright won 5/4 and has had a most successful season. Our other winners were Rob Bride 2/1 and Jon Smith 3/2. Division 3 lost 4-3 to Aussie Golf Ranch at Foster, but our winners got in by big margins - Micah Berry 8/7, Alan Adcock 5/4 and Dean Brown 7/5. Thank you to all the players, caddies and especially the team captains who put in a lot of work behind the scenes. Peter Rayson’s comprehensive pennant reports have been much appreciated. The July monthly medal will be played for on Saturday and it will be round ﬁve of the McMicking Plate.

South Gippsland District Pennant results June 26 Division 1 (at Korumburra): Wonthaggi 4 d Meeniyan 3, Phillip Island 4 d Lang Lang 3, Woorayl 4 d Leongatha 3, Korumburra - bye. Division 2 (at Leongatha): Foster 7 d Phillip Island 0, Wonthaggi 5 d Lang Lang 2, Leongatha - bye. Divison 3 (at Foster): Woorayl 4 d Korumburra 3, Wonthaggi 6 d Lang Lang 1, Aussie Golf 4 d Leongatha 3, Foster - bye.

Divison 4 (at Phillip Island and Leongatha): Woorayl 5 d Lang Lang 2*, Leongatha 5 d Korumburra 2*, Wonthaggi 4 d Welshpool 3**, Phillip Island 4 d Meeniyan 3**. * Denotes games played at Phillip Island, ** games played at Leongatha.

Ladders Division 1 Wonthaggi .....(53.71%) 5.0 Phillip Island..(51.25%) 5.0 Lang Lang .....................4.0 Meeniyan ......................3.0 Woorayl .........................2.0 Korumburra ....................2.0 Leongatha.......................0.0

25.0 25.0 28.0 21.0 18.0 17.0 13.0

Division 2 Foster............................. 3.0 Wonthaggi .....................3.0 Leongatha .....................2.0 Lang Lang .....................2.0 Phillip Island ..................0.0 Division 3 Foster.............................5.0 Wonthaggi .....................4.0 Woorayl .........................4.0 Leongatha .....................3.0 Aussie Golf ...................3.0 Lang Lang ......................1.0 Korumburra ....................1.0 Division 4 Meeniyan ......................5.0 Woorayl .........................5.0 Phillip Island.................5.0 Lang Lang .....................4.0 Leongatha.......................3.5 Korumburra ....................3.0 Welshpool.......................1.5 Wonthaggi ......................1.0

Mirboo North THIRTY-SEVEN starters attended the stableford event on Saturday June 25. The CCR was 70. The A Grade winner was Ray Matthews with (9) 39 points. B Grade was won by John Blunsden (21) 40 points. Down the line balls: Peter Sanderson (22) 39 points, Jeff Hughes (17) 39 points, Gary Shandley (28) 38 points, Max Fletcher (27) 38 points. Nearest the pins: 4th Tom Whitelaw, 13th Ray Matthews, 16th Ian Evison. Pro pin: John McFarlane.

Birdies: Wayne Reynolds (6th and 16th), G. Watson (6th), Phil Stimpson (4th and 6th), Ron Anderson (4th), John McFarlane (6th). Second shot on the ﬁrst hole: Shayne Stimpson. There were 19 starters for the stableford event on Thursday June 23. The CCR was 70. Mal Payne (10) 41 was the A Grade winner. Down the line balls: Tom Traill (10) 40, John Blunsden (21) 39. Birdies: Tom Traill 6th, Phil Stimson 16th.

19.0 15.0 17.0 14.0 5.0 24.0 23.0 22.0 24.0 22.0 17.0 15.0 31.0 28.0 24.0 24.0 24.5 21.0 22.5 21.0

WITH no golf on Tuesday, Thursday or even Friday, things were not looking good for a ball to be struck in anger for the week. Fortunately the skies cleared for the qualiﬁcation round of the Barry Soderlund memorial trophy which was sponsored by Gary Clavarino and Geoff Prue. Col Pulham and Greg Paine came out on top for the day with the good score of +9. Balls down the line went to Steve Reid and Norm Cooper +8, Ray Prain and Fred Tyres +8 and Neil Chandler and Nev Thompson on +7. Col and Greg will now play Neil and Nev while Ray and Fred will play Steve and Norm to see who plays off in the ﬁnal. Nearest the pins for the day went to Lloyd McKenzie sixth and Peter Dight 13th.

Division 1 (at Leongatha) 9am 1st tee: Wonthaggi v Phillip Island. Division 2 (at Leongatha) 9.45am 1st tee: Foster v Wonthaggi. Division 3 (at Leongatha) 9am 10th tee: Foster v Wonthaggi. Division 4 (at Leongatha) 9.45am 10th tee: Meeniyan v Woorayl. Meals/snacks will be available at cost to the individual.

Korumburra DUE to inclement weather, there was no competition held on Tuesday June 21. Thirty-four played 4BBB stableford on Saturday June 25. Trophies: Wally Hopkins. CCR 69. Winners: A Grade S. Rose 10 hcp; B Grade B. Foote 35 hcp, P. Hocking 30 chp 47 ponts. Balls: R. Newton 16 hcp on countback M. Garnham 46 points, M. Peleauw. T. Jones / G. Jones 45 ponts. Putting: Austral Hotel 1st J. Solly, Middle Pub 10th M. Garnham, Ricks 7th M. Garnham, 13th $400 draw S. Osboldstone.

Foster By Tigers Apprentice

Pennant ﬁnals July 3

This week we are back to medal day which is sponsored by O’Connell Motors. It is also the second round of the Tuer trophy. On Sunday July 10 we have a Mixed American day sponsored by Prom Kitchens. Please organise a partner and get along to support these mixed events. Congratulations to our Division Two and Three pennant sides who have both qualiﬁed for the ﬁnal to be played on Sunday. At the time of writing it is unknown where it is to be held. Norm would like 14 caddies for our players if possible, so if you have spare time on Sunday please let Norm know. Also just a reminder that knockout matches must be played before July 11. Well that’s it for this week. Hopefully there will be quite a bit more sunshine so we can all play a bit more golf this week.

Tarwin pool Round 8 results

Middle 8 d Gingers 1, Bairs 8 d Riversiders 1, Grizzlys 7 d Gladiators 2, Burra 8 d McCartins 1.

Ladder Games Bairs .................52-20 Burra ................46-26 Middle ..............43-29 Grizzlys ............38-34 Gladiators ..........33-39 Gingers ..............32-40 McCartins..........22-50 Riversiders ........22-50

% 260.0 176.9 148.2 108.5 84.6 80.0 44.0 44.0

Pts 32 28 24 20 8 8 4 4

Round 9 draw: Bairs v Burra, McCartins v Riversiders, Gingers v Grizzlys, Middle v Gladiators.

Crazy girls: Mary-Anne Kinnish and Sandra Birch prepare for a game of Crazy Whist.

No croquet, no worries THE WEATHER has not been very kind to the croquet members lately, so they have traded their mallets for cards. Monday’s wet and wild weather saw eight visitors enjoy a game of Crazy Whist in front of an open ﬁre.

Betty Strong was chef for the day as Hilda Baumgarten took out the ﬁrst match. Last week saw the program with the Mirboo North High School come to a conclusion. Teacher Alan Riseley was very happy with the students’ conduct and competitive nature.

Beyondblue: Yarram Seniors and Reserves footballers will wear special beyondblue jumpers this Saturday for their match against Kilcunda-Bass as part of their ‘beyondblue’ awareness day. Organisers of the ‘beyondblue’ awareness day Nathan and Brent Lynch, are hoping that by highlighting the ‘beyondblue’ organisation it will encourage those suffering from depression to seek help. The ‘beyondblue’ awareness day is not a fundraiser, however if anyone would like to donate to this outstanding organisation they can do so online at their website. Yarram footballers Josh Swift, James Parry, Nathan Lynch, senior coach Jeremy Reid, Lukas Jenkins, Brent Lynch, Chris Bruns and club president Peter Jenkins show off the ‘beyondblue’ jumpers they will wear this Saturday against Kilcunda-Bass.

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Two new clubs face off

THE South Coast Stars Soccer Club hosted the recently formed Loch Saints Soccer Club for some friendly matches at Outtrim Reserve on Sunday.

Friendly: Korumburra team members are Zoe Allen, Kristie Smith, Georgia McDonough, Bree Allen, Holly Olman, Jayde Miller, Grace Bunn and Wonthaggi team members are Sophie Harns, Bridget Hall, Ellie Caile, Karlee Williams, Haylee Tuddenham, Kelsey Tong, Jessica Tong, and Alana Stein.

Women’s soccer friendly THE Under 18 girls from Wonthaggi and Korumburra played a friendly small-sided game on Sunday, in an effort to further promote and develop women’s soccer. It was a great opportunity for all the girls to further their skills in a friendly, yet competitive environment. The wind made scoring difﬁcult, but

both teams were able to ﬁnd the back of the net and the score at half time was two all. Korumburra came out strongly in the second half and were able to convert twice more to take out the game 4-2. A big thank you to Jo Allen and Greg Brown for running the game. If any girls are interested in playing in these friendly matches, please contact Greg on 5952 1276.

• MIRBOO NORTH SOCCER

MIRBOO North United Football Club held a clinic on Sunday hosted by ex-professional football player Chris Kendall Jones.

Jones’ knowledge and experience of playing at state competition level and trialling for the English national team was invaluable, and he soon had an avid audience. The day began with an informal question session where the ‘offside’ rule was discussed before Jones demonstrated the

proper way to ‘throw in’ the ball and the best technique to use. The participants then ran through some drills and skill sessions to work on certain parts of the game, with Jones providing some great insight as to how professional clubs conduct training to maximise effectiveness. The day ended with some enjoyable short-sided football games and gave everyone a chance to try to apply what they learned into practice.

• SOUTH GIPPSLAND PANTHERS

Panthers girls win 2-0 THIS week the South Gippsland Panthers Under 14 boys and 18 and Under girls travelled to Bairnsdale. Panthers girls had a fantastic day defeating East Gippsland 2-0. Again this week the girls went away with a full squad of 14 players. The commitment and determination again this week was obvious. The backline of Jayde, Marissa, Grace, Ash and Maddie held strong. East Gippsland could not get a pass at all with Bridie having an easy time in goals. Panthers scored their first goal from a beautiful corner kick off Chloe right to the front of the goals and East Gippsland were unlucky to have the ball come off a defender. It didn’t take long then for Panthers’ leading goal kicker Tara Wallace to kick her 20th goal for the season and her one and only for the day. Half time score 2-0. The second half saw the Panthers midfield of Holly, Karissa, Alex, Emma and forwards Bree and Zoe attacking the goals continuously but to no avail. The win to the Panthers 2-0 was East Gippsland’s first

loss for the season. Well done to all the girls. South Gippsland Under 14 boys had another ﬁve new players from Drouin to help out with the numbers this week. East Gippsland scored the ﬁrst two goals before Panthers got on the scoreboard with a goal from Kayden. East Gippsland scored again just before half time. Going into the break East Gippsland were up 3-1. At the start of the second half East Gippsland came out and again scored early. But this seemed to lift the Panthers a little, with two goals being scored within minutes of each other. With 20 minutes left Panthers had the score back to 4-3 and were looking good. East Gippsland was not to be outdone, taking the match with another two late goals. Final score 6-3. A big thank you to Mirboo North Soccer Club who kindly donated the money for the Panthers to hire a bus to Bairnsdale. The kids had a great day out and it was much appreciated. The South Gippsland Under 16s travelled to Traralgon City for their match

and after a quick to and fro ﬁrst half Panthers took control of the game with 70 per cent possession in the opposition half with a multitude of shots just wide or high. Success ﬁnally came in the 86th minute with a lovely left foot drive from the right wing by Daniel Longden. Final score 1-0 to the Panthers.

It was a great turn-up with around 60 children playing in matches in the Under 11s, Under 9s and Under 7s. Everyone started with a few warm-up drills and moved onto some games which were played in great spirit by both sides. The skill level was impressive given that both clubs were only formed earlier in the year. Both clubs were lucky to have Football Federation Victoria director Bart Harold and Melbourne Heart Community coach Darren Sniejder in attendance. All players were presented with a Melbourne Heart drink bottle. Both Darren and Bart were very impressed with the progress so far of the two ﬂedgling clubs and believed it is the volunteers and parents that should be thanked for the efforts to get the clubs up and going. Founder of the Loch Soccer Club Geoff Birnie commented, “It was great to play South Coast and it is all about the kids running around having fun which has certainly been achieved.” Last Tuesday’s training session at the RACV resort in Inverloch was moved indoors to the Inverloch Community Hub due to the wet weather. However, future training sessions have been planned for the RACV after the holidays, as well as some friendly matches against other South Gippsland teams in July and August. Next week will be a rest weekend for South Coast Soccer Club, but the following week will be a Come and Try Session for the proposed seniors - both male and female. The club is hoping to establish a senior team in 2012. To register for the seniors Come and Try on July 10. Please call Gene on 0428 358 335 or email soccer@southcoaststars. com.au

New stripes: Loch with their distinctive red and white stripes are pictured at the back; they played a friendly against the South Coast Stars team (front).

Soccer results Sunday June 27

Kick off: the friendly between Loch and South Coast gets underway.

Ladders Seniors Drouin Dragons ......................27 Wonthaggi United SC ............18 Phillip Island...........................17 Leongatha ..............................12 Mirboo North ..........................12 Korumburra .............................. 11

Women Phillip Island...........................25 Leongatha ...............................23 Korumburra ...........................22 Mirboo North .........................16 Drouin Dragons........................10

Under 19 Leongatha ...............................24 Phillip Island...........................21 Drouin Dragons ......................18 Korumbura .............................18 Prom Coast SC (Foster) .............9

Excited: these South Coast team members were happy to get out there for a contest.

• SENIOR SOCCER

Drouin tested by Leongatha Knights DROUIN has continued its undefeated form, claiming victory over Leongatha 2-1 in Round 9 of the South Gippsland seniors’ competition. The Dragons outmatched their opponents early on, with Daniel Burski scoring in the fifth minute as the result of some great passing and running in the midfield. Drouin continued to pressure ‘Gatha and gain momentum in the first part of the match with some probing attacks into their back half. Jason De Ligt added Drouin’s second goal in the 34th minute and extended their lead, before a Leongatha counterattack brought the margin back

Seniors: Leongatha 1 lt Drouin Dragons 2. Korumburra 1 lt Wonthaggi United 4. Women: Leongatha 4 d Drouin Dragons 0. Under 19: Leongatha 5 d Drouin Dragons 1. Under 15: Leongatha 5 d Drouin 3. Goals - Leongatha: Stampton (20), O’Connor (38), Hill (39), O’Connor (43), Craven (80). Korumburra 0 lt Wonthaggi United 7. Under 13: Leongatha 3 lt Drouin Dragons 8. Goals - Leongatha: Van Puyenbroek, Kirkus, Harris). Korumburra 0 lt Wontthaggi United 3.

to one just before half time. The second half saw some fast and frenzied football from both sides, with Leongatha desperately trying to close Drouin’s lead. But the Dragons were far too strong and goalkeeper Shanon Knegt managed to blunt all of Leongatha’s attempts. At the full time whistle, the score line remained unchanged and Drouin came away with its seventh win for the season. In the other match of the round, Wonthaggi United defeated Korumburra 4-1 in a strong display. Korumburra opened up the match with an early goal to take the lead and continued to attack Wonthaggi. However, they could not get past the solid defence and Wonthaggi

managed to turn the ball around and score after a failed attack on goal by the home side. In the second half, Wonthaggi continued to build on their momentum and began to dominate the match, scoring a quick goal after the restart. Drouin began to feel the pressure and could not respond to the raised intensity, with Wonthaggi booting two more goals to run away with the match. Phillip Island and Mirboo North had the bye. In Round 10, Mirboo North host Leongatha and Drouin host Phillip Island.

Under 15 Mirboo North .........................24 Phillip Island...........................23 Leongatha ...............................16 Wonthaggi United SC ............12 Drouin Dragons........................ 11 Korumburra .............................. 11

Under 13 Wonthaggi United SC ............24 Drouin Dragons ......................22 Leongatha ...............................16 Korumburra ...........................13 Phillip Island ............................13 Mirboo North .............................9 Prom Coast SC (Foster) .............3

SOCCER FIXTURES ROUND 10 - JULY 3 Drouin Dragons v Phillip Island at Bellbird Park Prom Coast SC (Foster) v Korumburra at Welshpool Rec Reserve Mirboo North v Leongatha at Walter Tuck Reserve Wonthaggi United SC - bye

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - PAGE 49

Alberton netball Results - Round 13

June 25 A Grade: Inv-Kongwak 67 d DWWWW 21; Dalyston 60 d Stony Creek 39; Foster 67 d Phillip Island 30; MDU 59 d Yarram 46; Toora, Kor-Bena, Fish Creek - bye. B Grade: Inv-Konwak 64 d DWWWW 43; Dalyston 53 d Stony Creek 44; Foster 56 d Phillip Island 20; MDU 83 d Yarram 10; Toora 64 d Tarwin 18; Kor-Bena 57 d Kil-Bass 22; Fish Creek - bye. C Grade: Inv-Kongwak 32 d DWWWW 10; Dalyston 27 d Stony Creek 23; Foster 49 d Phillip Island 28; Tarwin 34 d Toora 30; Kor-Bena 62 d Kil-Bass 17; MDU, Fish Creek - bye. 17 & Under: InvKongwak 34 d DWWWW 20; Dalyston 37 d Stony Creek 25; Phillip Island 33 d Foster 15; Yarram 63

d MDU 12; Tarwin 27 d Toora 19; Kor-Bena 77 d Kil-Bass 10; Fish Creek bye. 15 & Under: DWWWW 26 d Inv-Kongwak 24; Stony Creek 43 d Dalyston 33; Foster 25 d Phillip Island 16; MDU 27 d Yarram 23; Toora 36 d Tarwin 22; Kor-Bena 40 d Kil-Bass 12; Fish Creek - bye. 13 & Under: InvKongwak 49 d DWWWW 1; Dalyston 39 d Stony Creek 6; Phillip Island 27 d Foster 10; Yarram 18 d MDU 9; Tarwin 18 d Toora 10; Kor-Bena 46 d KilBass 10; Fish Creek - bye.

Ladders A Grade Kor-Bena .....................253.0 Foster............................221.3 Dalyston .......................194.9 MDU .............................130.7 Stony Creek .................124.8 Fish Creek .....................94.1 Inv-Kongwak ................108.6 Phillip Island ...................89.8 Yarram .............................76.8 Toora ...............................56.2

52 48 40 40 40 32 30 30 20 20

DWWWW.......................32.7 12 B Grade Foster............................252.3 52 Dalyston .......................164.6 44 Kor-Bena ......................180.1 40 Inv-Kongwak ...............156.5 40 MDU .............................134.2 36 Phillip Island................123.0 36 Fish Creek .......................92.3 28 Stony Creek...................108.6 26 DWWWW.....................106.2 26 Toora ...............................93.2 24 Tarwin .............................37.7 12 Kol-Bass............................52.5 8 Yarram ...............................17.5 4 C Grade Foster............................293.1 52 MDU .............................145.5 48 Dalyston .......................157.2 44 Kor-Bena ......................181.0 40 Stony Creek .................143.7 40 Inv-Kongwak ...............137.6 32 Fish Creek .....................107.1 32 Phillip Island ...................95.5 24 Tarwin .............................69.7 20 Toora ...............................57.1 20 DWWWW.......................56.2 12 Kil-Bass.............................35.4 8 17 & Under Yarram .........................299.0 52 Kor-Bena ......................330.8 48 Fish Creek ....................329.7 44 Dalyston .......................154.9 40 Phillip Island................142.1 40 Inv-Kongwak ...............105.9 28 Stony Creek.....................90.4 28 MDU ...............................86.7 28 Foster...............................60.6 24

DWWWW.......................46.1 16 Tarwin .............................54.3 12 Toora ...............................34.4 12 Kil-Bass.............................19.9 4 15 & Under Fish Creek ....................193.9 48 Stony Creek .................178.1 48 DWWWW....................156.1 40 Kor-Bena ......................128.5 36 Foster............................106.3 36 Inv-Kongwak ...............132.8 32 Toora .............................102.4 28 MDU ...............................95.4 28 Dalyston ..........................92.8 28 Phillip Island ..................82.4 16 Yarram .............................68.4 16 Tarwin .............................57.1 12 Kil-Bass...........................33.6 8 13 & Under Dalyston .......................369.1 Yarram .........................262.2 Kor-Bena ......................322.6 Phillip Island................253.1 Fish Creek ....................212.0 Foster............................129.1 Inv-Kongwak ................198.8 MDU .............................129.9 Toora ...............................42.2 Tarwin .............................35.9 Kil-Bass...........................29.5 Stony Creek.....................18.7 DWWWW.......................16.7

48 48 46 40 36 32 30 28 20 16 16 8 8

Pick a player: MDU’s Tamika Pedlow contemplates where to pass the ball in the A Grade match against Yarram on Saturday.

• PARROTS NETBALL

A Grade win for Parrots

A Grade: Leongatha 51 d Traralgon 47. Awards: Kathy Reid (Network Video) and Courtney Lever (Mobil ) The girls had great consistency throughout the whole game, which paid off with a great win. They were up all game but still fought till the end. Well done girls. B Grade: Traralgon 51 d Leongatha 48. Awards: Melanie Hughes (Network Video) and Abby Dowd (LC Excessorise). Great effort girls. Bit of a shame to go down by three in the end. Some great passages of play, excellent game overall however we have to watch our leads and passes. Thanks to Mel and Jackie for ﬁlling in. C Grade: Traralgon 56 d Leongatha 24. Awards: Crista Davies (McCa-

rtin’s Hotel) and Jemima Wilson (Body First Fitness). The girls came up against a tough team but they never gave up no matter what the score was. Fantastic work in the defence and the whole team put up an excellent ﬁght. They all worked well as a team to bring the ball down the court. Good work girls, we wish you well for next week. Under 17: Traralgon 44 d Leongatha 30. Awards: Jackie Smith (Body First Fitness) and Sarah McCahon (Mobil). Leongatha need to concentrate on playing a settled game from the start. Great defensive effort from all players we just need to make use of all turnovers. Keep up the good work, it’s only your little mistakes letting you down. Well done girls.

Under 15: Traralgon 36 d Leongatha 12. Awards: Sarah McCahon (Network Video) and Aimee O’Loughlin (Leongatha Football Club). The girls faced a tough competition this week. However, they fought to the last minute of the game. They all worked together well and brought the ball down the court beautifully. Well done girls. Let’s look forward to next week. Under 13: Traralgon 35 d Leongatha 21. Awards: Georgia Riseley (RSL) and Koby Dennison (LC Excessorise). A well fought out game against a very polished Traralgon team, some fantastic passages of play and excellent intercepting and chasing the ball. Well done girls.

• POWER NETBALL

Five out of six for Power

A Grade: Wonthaggi 49 d Morwell 44. Excellent work ladies! You should all be so proud of your effort. The intensity was there for four quarters. Keep up the good work. Awards: (Caledonian Bistro) Courtney Blair, (Evans Petroleum) Kayla ‘Kanga’ Bowler. B Grade: Wonthaggi 34 lt Morwell 51. Great start girls! Our ability to play strong netball with a different line up each week is a credit to the regular players. To our fill-ins, I thank you for helping out. We matched Morwell for the first half but faded away in the third. We regrouped and rallied hard in the last but the margin was just out of reach. Let’s get to training and focus on the coming week. Well done. Awards: (Caledonian Bistro) Kiani Liddle,

(Evans Petroleum) Claire Atherton. C Grade: Wonthaggi 27 d Morwell 25. What a fantastic game to watch. Fiona, Leanne and Jan were unstoppable in defence. Turnover after turnover they sent the ball back down the court. Nikki stepped up for her first game with the old girls and proved that a 14-year-old can do it. Team effort was 100 per cent. Well done. Awards: (Revive) Fiona Cengia, (Evans Petroleum) Leanne Brown. 17 and Under: Wonthaggi 34 d Morwell 23. A good win in perfect conditions. You all should be congratulated at how well you adapt with the position changes. Keep working on your fitness and use your time on court with 100 per cent commitment. Well done. Go Power. Awards: (Vortex)

Sarah Lindsay, (Evans Petroleum) Laura Williams. 15 and Under: Wonthaggi 39 d Morwell 26. After the last couple of weeks with cold wet weather it was great to see the clear blue sky and sun out so early. Thanks to Morwell for a good game, it’s great to see players try hard for four quarters. It’s a credit to them and their club. To my girls well done. We had plenty of the ball and worked hard to score. We now look forward to a massive game this week. Keep focused and concentrate and we will come out on top. Courtney, keep the red cordial coming. Great combat role. Would have been in Funniest Home Videos if I’d had a camera. Awards: (Sports Power) Abbie Watchorn, (Evans Petroleum) Courtney Brann.

13 and Under: Wonthaggi 34 d Morwell 5. Excellent game girls You all played well, with most trying new positions. Louise had a great game, Cassidy picked up some great intercepts and Aimee rebounded well. The attacking end was strong with all our combinations. Well done. Awards: (Evans Petroleum) Cassidy Bowman, (McDonalds) Louise Finlay, (Encouragement) Aimee Tessari.

Leongatha & District netball Results Saturday June 25 11/Under: Mt Eccles Aqua 7 d Mt Eccles Navy 3, Mirboo North Purple 12 d Mirboo North Gold 4, South Gippsland 13 d Mt Eccles Pink 8, St Laurence Blue 14 d Town Black 11, St Laurence Gold 17 d Town Green 2, Mt Eccles White 9 d Town Tangerine 2. 13/Under: South Gippsland 17 d Town Tangerine 14, Mt Eccles Pink 22 d Mt Eccles Purple 2, Town Green 14 d Mirboo North 5, St Laurence Burgundy 15 d Town Black 9, St Laurence Gold 27 d Mt Eccles Aqua 24. 15/Under: Town Green 14 d Mt Eccles 7, South Gippsland 50 d Mirboo North 14, Town Black 21 d Town Tangerine 15. 17/Under / C Grade: Town 61 d Mirboo North 21, South Gippsland 65 d St Laurence 15. B Grade: Mt Eccles Navy 45 d Town Tangerine 31, Mt Eccles Aqua 65 d St Laurence 26, Town

Black 62 d Mt Eccles White 39. A Grade: Town 57 d Mt Eccles Aqua 34, St Laurence 52 d Mt Eccles White 31.

Ladders 13/Under St Laurence Burg .....184.15 16 Town Green................149.38 15 Town Black ............... 119.39 11 Mt Eccles Aqua..........109.93 9 Mt Eccles Pink ............ 118.87 8 St Laurence Gold ........121.57 7 Mt Eccles Purple ..........77.98 5 Mirboo North ................41.29 4 Town Tangerine.............74.38 3 South Gippsland ............63.97 2 15/Under South Gippsland ........303.30 14 Town Green................239.53 14 Mt Eccles ...................124.58 10 Town Black ....................76.44 8 Town Tangerine...............42.25 2 Mirboo North ..................28.46 0 17/Under / C Grade Town ...........................206.10 16 South Gippsland ........164.21 10 Mirboo North ..............77.51 6 St Laurence ..................33.24 0 B Grade Mt Eccles Aqua..........155.83 14 Town Black ................146.25 14 Mt Eccles Navy ..........125.32 12 Mt Eccles White ..........88.17 8 Town Tangerine.............74.55 6 Mt Eccles Pink ..............53.23 6 St Laurence ...................70.71 4 A Grade Town ...........................131.37 12 St Laurence ................127.84 10 Mt Eccles Aqua............98.10 10 Mt Eccles White ..........59.04 0

LDNA umpires Saturday July 2 11am: Anita Gourlay, Julie Grant, Robyn Kenny, Anna Patterson, Lauren Baudinette, Hannah Engel, Stephanie Wylie, Beth Forrester, Tanya Derrick, Mariah Grant, Jorja Markley, Chelsea Kenny, Sarah Marshall, Chelsea Deenan.

12 noon: Brittany Tennyenhuis, Amy Egan, Narelle Hanily, Belinda Dyke, Lori McKenzie, Holly Hurst, Angelique Dunlevie, Amy Smith, Anita Gourlay, Kate Norton, Rebecca Wylie, Jenny Goss, Mariah Grant, Karen Clarke, Mary Keenan. 1pm: Kelly Walker,

Andrea Funnell, Barb Challis, Emma Smith, Janice Hill, Janice Sing, Pat Kuhne, Jo Duffy. 2.15pm: Danielle Jones, Anna Patterson, Janice Sing, Gabrielle Patterson, Samantha Anderson, Janice Hill, Julie Grant, Erin Baudinette.

Above: Star jump: Leongatha Town’s goal shooter Madison Funnell defends against Mt Eccles’ goal keeper Sophie McAlpine.

Leongatha indoor netball Results Monday June 20

Juniors: Jnr Bushrangers 17 d Swifts 1, Jets 12 d Vixens 0. Ladies: Mixtures 35 d Gunners 22, Energetics 35 lt Divas 40, Lil Rascals 34 d Yummy Mummy 25, Banana Splits 12 lt Aches & Pains 33, Who Cares 31 d Reps 29, Rising Stars - bye. Wednesday June 22

Mixed: Hot Shots 37 d Grand Opening 22, Gunners 38 d Mixtures 24, Show Stoppers - bye. July 4

Juniors: 6pm Jets v Swifts, Vixens v Jnr Bushrangers. Ladies: 6.30pm Banana Splits v Divas, Energetics v Who Cares; 7.15pm Lil Rascals v Mixtures, Gunners v Rising Stars; 8pm Yummy Mummys v Aches & Pains; Reps - bye. July 6

Mixed: 6.30pm Grand Opening v Gunners, Mixtures v Show Stoppers, Hot Shots bye.

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Mirboo North smashes Thorpdale MIRBOO North maintained second position on the Mid Gippsland ladder when it easily defeated Thorpdale by 82 points in beautiful winter sunshine at Tigerland last Saturday.

Lining up: It took three Thorpdale players to knock Kal Nash off this ball.

Not letting go: Brett Palmer refused to cough up the ball as he hit the deck. Giant: 201cm ruckman Don Webb was too big for these two Thorpdale opponents.

Mirboo North, which has won nine of its 11 matches, recorded its 19th victory in a row against Thorpdale and its highest score and biggest winning margin for the season. Mirboo North also retained the annually contested Bright /St Ellen Memorial Shield for most wins in the 20 footy and netball matches played between the two clubs in 2011. Thorpdale players wore black armbands in memory of respected life member and former 300-plus club gamer, Alan Cornwall, who died during the week. Thorpdale simply had no answer to the dominance of Mirboo North’s power forwards Tim Traill and Kris Berchtold, who booted seven and six goals respectively for the winners. If they weren’t taking towering overhead marks, the dynamic dual premiership duo was accepting pinpoint passes from playing coach, Matt Holland, Brayden Wilson, Brett Palmer, Shane Peters, or each other. Berchtold’s ﬁrst senior appearance for the year after recovering from knee surgery, has immediately added a new dimension to Mirboo North’s forward line. After Jake Atkinson brilliantly booted an acute-angle goal from 30 metres to open the match, everything went pear-shaped for Thorpdale. Don Webb was winning well in the ruck for the Tigers and onballers, Simon Busuttil, Holland and Palmer were feverishly boring in and under the packs and consistently moving the ball forward. Mirboo North was also on top out wide, with Alex Windsor, Dom Pinneri and Damien Turner creating overlap and supplying multiple delivery options to team-mates further downﬁeld. The Tigers were running riot; there were loose men and moving targets everywhere.

Thorpdale, however, had too many seagulls sitting back and waiting for the scraps. Eight unanswered opening-term goals from Berchtold (3), Traill (3), Peters and Palmer, had Mirboo North leading comfortably by 43 points at the first change. As a result, Thorpdale was in more trouble than Speed Gordon and Ned Kelly combined. In less than 20 minutes of champagne football, Mirboo North’s overall pace, productivity, purpose and precision up forward, had blitzed the Dales and left them stunned and shellshocked. The Tiger machine was firing on all cylinders, but the Dales were stuck in first gear and going nowhere. Raw data indicated Thorpdale wasn’t getting its hands on the Sherrin often enough. Deeper and more thorough investigation using patented root cause analysis modelling, revealed chronic clanger counts, whenever the Dales were in possession. To its credit, Thorpdale knuckled down, lifted its work-rate and limited Mirboo North to three secondterm goals, whilst adding two itself through Karl Mutke and Michael Shannon. Brad Mackie, Zack O’Connell, Atkinson and Paul Jenkins kept putting in for Thorpdale, but by threequarter time, the Tigers were enjoying a 61-point advantage. Holland urged his men to keep running hard and to push themselves to the limit in order to break the many tags Thorpdale had placed on them. Eight more Tiger goals followed, but the Dales were also active up forward with five straight themselves. One of these came after Mackie received a bonus kick after booting his second major for the match. A frustrated Mirboo North defender had backchatted the umpire and paid the price for an undisciplined verbal indiscretion. There are times when silence is golden. Mirboo North travels to Moe this Saturday to take on undefeated league leader, Trafalgar, under lights.

Reserves Mirboo North overcame an indifferent opening quarter, which saw it trailing by 13 points at the ﬁrst break. The mighty Tigers swung into action after Pat Aveling was moved into the midﬁeld and Nick Lye’s impressive high marking and goal scoring came into effect. Four majors came from Mirboo North in the second term, including a team lifting bouncing shot from Damien Lockie, which bamboozled Thorpdale’s defenders. Luke Palmer showed his class around the goals with four majors, one of which came after a superb pass from Peter Lea. After half-time, Mirboo North’s play-on-at-all-costs policy worked well in its 25-point victory and exposed the Dale’s severe lack of pace. Best for Thorpdale were Darcy McIntosh, Allan Wright and new dad, Josh Mullen. Thirds After a fairly even opening quarter, Mirboo North ran away from Thorpdale and recorded a convincing 104-point victory. Mirboo North spread the load up forward and had 11 individual goal kickers. Dylan Atkinson, with three majors, was Thorpdale’s only goal scorer. Ben Joustra, Mitchell Wightman and Ben Hopcraft were outstanding performers for Mirboo North. Fourths Thorpdale defeated Mirboo North by one point after Shannon Pickering booted two goals for the winners in a nail-biting last quarter. Liam Nash, Brandon Bradshaw and Jesse Peters were Mirboo North’s best performers.

SENIORS

Mirboo North 22.12.144 d Thorpdale 9.8.62 Mirboo North best: T Traill, B Palmer, S Busuttil, K Berchtold, D Turner, D Webb Goals: T Traill 7, K Berchtold 6, B Palmer 3, J O’Loughlin 2, D Turner, D Webb, S Busuttil, S Peters Thorpdale best: B Mackie, Z O’Connell, J Atkinson, P Jenkins, M Chapman, K Mutke Goals: B Mackie 3, K Mutke 2, C Gibson-Williamson, D Martin, J Atkinson, M Shannon RESERVES

Mirboo North 11.13.79 d Thorpdale 8.6.54 Top goalkicker: L Palmer (Mirboo North) 4. Mirboo North best: A Leach, M Lye, L Palmer, B Harriage, D Banks Thorpdale best: D McIntosh, A Wright, J Mullen, J Richardson, T

On the hands: Shane Peters looks to dish off.

Mid Gippsland League SENIORS LADDER Trafalgar ............... 172.01 Mirboo North ...... 142.51 Boolarra ................ 141.87 Newborough ........... 94.62 Yall Yall North ....... 100.70 Hill End .................... 83.90 Yinnar ...................... 81.46 Thorpdale ................ 72.73 Yarragon .................. 94.77 Morwell East ............ 67.51

44 36 32 24 22 20 16 12 8 6

RESERVES LADDER Boolarra ................ 209.26 Hill End ................. 122.51 Yinnar ..................... 95.94 Morwell East......... 129.89 Thorpdale ............. 119.28 Newborough .......... 106.50 Trafalgar ................ 127.56 Mirboo North............ 73.82 Yall Yall North ........... 44.60 Yarragon .................. 54.72

40 28 28 24 24 24 20 16 12 4

THIRDS LADDER Newborough ......... 330.87 Mirboo North ........ 201.52 Yinnar ................... 137.91 Yarragon ............... 133.07 Trafalgar ............... 129.73 Hill End .................... 75.13 Thorpdale ................ 74.69 Morwell East ............ 31.28 Yall Yall North ........... 30.54

44 34 32 32 26 20 16 8 8

FOURTHS LADDER Yarragon ............... 563.03 Newborough ......... 392.38 Boolarra ................ 273.51 Trafalgar ............... 121.83 Thorpdale ............. 125.00 Mirboo North............ 99.74 Yinnar ...................... 32.01 Morwell East ............ 25.67 Hill End .................... 22.83

44 40 32 28 24 24 12 12 4

OTHER MATCHES SENIORS Yall Yall North 6.13.49 d Yarragon 7.5.47. Newborough 12.16.88 d Morwell East 7.17.59. Trafalgar 16.8.104 d Yinnar 6.4.40. RESERVES Yall Yall North 12.4.76 d Yarragon 11.8.74. Morwell East 18.14.122 d Newborough 4.9.33. Trafalgar 8.5.53 d Yinnar 6.2.38. THIRDS Yarragon 6.5.41 d Yall Yall North 4.6.30. Newborough 27.14.176 d Morwell East 3.4.22. Yinnar 5.9.39 d Trafalgar 4.9.33. FOURTHS Newborough 18.10.118 d Morwell East 2.1.13. Trafalgar 7.12.54 d Yinnar 2.5.17.

Loft, J Wheeler THIRDS

Mirboo North 18.17.125 d Thorpdale 3.3.21 Top goalkickers: B Hopcraft, B Groen (Mirboo North) and M Atkinson (Thorpdale) 3. Mirboo North best: B Joustra, M Wightman, B Hopcraft, J Peters, N Gervasi, J Gostling Thorpdale best: B Willis, A Richardson, A Mobourne, H Watt, T Jenkinson, Z Moran FOURTHS

Thorpdale 3.10.28 d Mirboo North 4.3.27 Top goalkicker: S Pickering (Thorpdale) 3. Thorpdale best: T Gibson, S Pickering, B Bailey, C Haider, M Bone, Z Moran Mirboo North Best: L Nash, B Bradshaw, J Peters, L Joustra, B Edmondson, T Bolton

Showing strength: Mirboo North Don Webb was too strong, standing up in this Thorpdale tackle.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, June 28, 2011 - PAGE 51

Reality check for ’Gatha LEONGATHA’S month of good form was shattered on Saturday as they went down to ladder leader Traralgon by 31 points at home.

The Parrots formerly had the wood on the Maroons, who won their seventh on the trot and first against Leongatha since 2009. The visitors kicked all of their 11 goals in quarters one and three, with both teams winning two quarters each. Unfortunately for Leongatha their two quarter wins proved much less significant. A five goal to none opening term helped the Maroons take a comfortable lead. Too often the visitors were able to get clear of their opposition, and their superior foot skills left the Parrots chasing tail for most of the day. Even when the Leongatha press was threatening, Traralgon were able to look after the ball, chipping and moving for each other until they could find targets. The Parrots weren’t able to recre-

Traralgon 11.9.75 d Leongatha 6.8.44 Traralgon Best: M.Collison, S.Hazelman, D.Campbell, T.Johnston, K.Grinstead-Jones, J.Hall Goals: K.Grinstead-Jones 3, M.Collison 2, N.Quenault 2, S.Hazelman 1, D.McKenna 1, M.Geary 1, M.Jones 1 Leongatha Best: D.Westaway, C.Rump, P.Le Page, J.Hughes, J.Stone, R.McLennan Goals: D.Westaway 2, B.Vernon 2, N.Nagel 1, Z.Griffiths 1 RESERVES

Leongatha 13.14.92 d Traralgon 5.6.36 Top goalkickers: M. Lafferty, C. Brown, M. Fleming (Leongatha) 3. Leongatha Best: R.Mullens, J.Kennedy, M.Fleming, J.Schelling, M.Lafferty, J.Griffiths

ate the same movements, however, as one in every three of their possessions by foot were was ineffective. They slowly scraped their way back, but only one goal with the wind meant they were still four in arrears at the major break. Coach Adrian Campbell was urging his charges to back their ability, running, carrying and using teammates. But too few players attempted to take the game on the way youngster Dylan Westaway did. Westaway enjoyed another best on ground performance, with the little midﬁelder proving too smooth too often. Chris Rump tried valiantly, rucking for almost the entire match against two opponents. The third quarter showed just how damaging the Maroons can be, as they piled on six goals to three. The Parrots lifted their work rate, and continued it into the last term. But it was too little too late for the home side, as their two goals in the last term proved.

Too much of the ball was spent in the back half, as evidenced by three backmen being named in the best. Old warriors LePage, Hughes and McLennan were brilliant in defence, but even they could only do so much. Hughes was swung forward in the second half in an attempt to offer a target, and he lifted the team, but it was not enough. After the game Campbell acknowledged that Traralgon were currently on top of the ladder, but said they were not unbeatable. “They’ve won seven on the trot,” he said. “We’re not that far behind them. It’s not going to take a drastic change to get us up there.” “We’re a very capable side, I think you guys have just got to realise that.” Leongatha will need four or ﬁve wins from their next eight games to remain in the ﬁnals mix. Next week they take on arch nemesis Maffra, a team they haven’t beaten in their last 21 attempts.

Gotcha: Zak Vernon and Paul LePage make sure their opponent feels the pinch.

Traralgon Best: C.Pollard, J.Egan, S.Coleman, B.Plozza, S.Brooks, D.Tripp THIRDS

Traralgon 7.7.49 d Leongatha 6.6.42 Top goalkicker: D. Loprese (Traralgon) and L. Sperling (3) Traralgon Best: J.Suter, A.Slottje, N.Dunstone, J.Gray, C.Nickels Leongatha Best: T.Goss, N.Tuckett, W.McCaughan, L.Castagna, R.O’Loughlin, D.Gordon FOURTHS

Traralgon 17.16.118 d Leongatha 2.5.17 Top goalkicker: J. Cunico (Traralgon) 4. Traralgon Best: C.Nickels, J.Cunico, R.Hildebrand, M.Mustoe, J.Jenkins, B.Northover Leongatha Best: B.Vanrooy, D.Betts, B.Chalmers, B.Tomada, J.Brydon, J.Bolge

Gippsland League Round 10 UNDER 18

SENIORS

LADDER

LADDER Pts

122.10 146.99 122.58 117.65 113.78 110.36 93.12 88.24 67.41 53.43

30 28 28 26 20 20 18 18 18 0

Bairnsdale .... 9 0 0 486.34 Traralgon ...... 8 1 0 206.86 Leongatha ..... 6 3 0 136.54 Sale ............ 5 4 0 199.75 Maffra .......... 3 5 1 67.89 Drouin ...............3 4 1 66.00 Warragul ...........2 7 0 56.46 Won Power .......2 7 0 43.37 Morwell .............1 8 0 35.87

36 32 24 20 14 14 8 8 4

GOALKICKERS M. Ferguson (Sale) ............ (0) R. Donaldson (Moe) ........... (0) N. Nagel (L’gatha) ............. (1) C. Dunne (Drouin) ............. (1) J. Gibbs (Bairnsdale).......... (4) D. McKenna (Traralgon) ..... (1) B. Martin (Sale) .................. (4) D. Bedggodd (Maffra) ........ (2) M. Kremmer (Won) ............ (4) Z Griffiths (L’gatha) ............ (1)

40 35 31 31 30 29 25 24 23 23

GOALKICKERS J. McIntyre (Sale) .............. (0) T. Burgess (L’gatha) ........... (0) J. Brown (Warragul)........... (0) L. Sperling (L’gatha)........... (3) L. White (Traralgon) ........... (0) N. Storer (Bairnsdale) ........ (3) W. Siania (Bairnsdale) ........ (0) L. Sutton (Bairnsdale) ........ (1) J. Martyn (Sale) ................. (0) D. Loprese (Traralgon) ....... (3)

48 21 20 18 17 17 17 12 12 12

L D

Traralgon ...... 7 2 Sale ............ 7 3 Won Power .... 7 3 Drouin.......... 6 3 Maffra ......... 5 5 L’gatha .............5 5 Moe..................4 5 Bairnsdale ........4 5 Morwell ............3 7 Warragul ........0 10

1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0

L D

Pts

1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8

195.77 239.62 123.21 104.75 96.57 76.23 80.29 65.22 36.21

32 28 24 24 18 16 10 8 0

0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

GOALKICKERS J. Langshaw (Maffra) ......... (0) M. Davies (L’gatha) ............ (1) C. Brown (L’gatha) ............. (3) G. Harrison (Moe) .............. (5) C. Pleydell (Maffra) ............ (0) A. Gieschen (Maffra) .......... (0) R. Tack (Won) .................... (1) N. Burr (Drouin) ................. (1) D. Couling (Morwell) .......... (2) P. Alger (Drouin) ................ (0) C. Dyt (Sale)....................... (0) M. Delaney (Sale) ............... (1)

Pts

LADDER

LADDER Leongatha ..... 8 Maffra ......... 7 Sale ............ 6 Drouin.......... 6 Moe ............ 4 Traralgon ..........4 Won Power ......2 Morwell ............2 Warragul ..........0

UNDER 16

RESERVES W

L D

21 18 18 17 14 13 12 11 11 10 10 10

L D

Sale ............ 9 0 1 Traralgon ...... 9 1 0 Bairnsdale .... 7 2 1 Maffra ......... 6 4 0 Leongatha ..... 5 5 0 Won Power .....5 5 0 Drouin ..............3 7 0 Warragul ..........3 7 0 Morwell ............1 9 0 Moe..................1 9 0

403.01 372.86 310.56 106.21 118.65 97.06 73.93 34.23 41.80 21.55

Pts

38 36 30 24 20 20 12 12 4 4

GOALKICKERS J. Kiss (Sale) ...................... (6) B. Doran (L’gatha) .............. (0) P. Ryan (Won) .................... (4) D. Hayes (Bairnsdale) ........ (0) J. Cunico (Traralgon) ......... (4) M. Nelson (Traralgon) ........ (0) T. Tatterson (Maffra) .......... (0) W. Patterson (Bairnsdale) .. (8) Z. Petrovic (Sale) ............... (1) R. Jacobsen (Traralgon ...... (1)

42 33 22 21 19 18 18 17 17 16

Roosting it long: Leongatha’s Ben Geitz takes the ball from the defensive half.

Dylan Westaway: too often Leongatha’s best player was impossible to catch for his Traralgon opponents.

Another Power win WONTHAGGI Power have beaten Morwell on the weekend, continuing their consistent season against a relatively strong opposition, The Power kicked away in the third term after a slow start to run out eight goal winners.

Other matches SENIORS Bairnsdale 22.8.140 d Warragul 7.9.51. Moe 13.15.93 d Drouin 13.15.93. Sale 14.6.90 d Maffra 10.20.80.

RESERVES Drouin 7.5.47 d Moe 6.8.44. Sale 7.10.52 d Maffra 5.7.37.

UNDER 18 Bairnsdale 19.19.133 d Warragul 3.2.20. Maffra 7.4.46 d Sale 3.10.28.

UNDER 16 Bairnsdale 24.18.162 d Warragul 1.2.8. Drouin 15.8.98 d Moe 4.8.32. Sale 21.12.138 d Maffra 0.3.3.

Wonthaggi were slow to get going at the Morwell football ground and the Tigers took advantage of this, with the home side kicking three early goals to the Power’s one. White and Seccull were again getting plenty of the ball early on. Jenkins was quick to be moved to half back and steady things for Wonthaggi. When Jenkins combined with Jones and Gilliland the Power’s defence soon settled. Morwell however were still leading at quarter time by one goal. Wonthaggi came out in the second quarter full of ﬂair, McDonald and Brosnan both stamping their authority on the match. Shaw was dominating the ruck contests as always, and putting the ball straight down to Wonthaggi’s midﬁelders. Ferg O’Connor and Jack Blair both played well in

the ﬁrst half, their pressure and tackling was a real standout. The Power had put their foot down, with McDonald showing some real class and kicking several goals to lift his side even more. Wonthaggi now led by three goals at the main break. Wonthaggi had their running game moving, with some slick passages through the centre of the ground. The Power’s forwards Kremmer and Winter were both good contributors as was Adam Zanella who snapped a great goal from 40 out. Wonthaggi continued to press and really ran the Tigers out of the contest, with Solohub and Seccull both performing well as did Lucas White who was once again among the best for the Power. Chris Wylie made a good return to the side and contributed throughout the

day. Wonthaggi had kicked away from their opponents and despite not the best of last quarters they took home with them a comfortable win. Wonthaggi now have a big challenge ahead of

them when they take on Sale. Wonthaggi will have the home ground advantage but will need to play some good football to beat one of the competition’s best.

Wonthaggi Power 22.12.144 d Morwell 14.7.91 Wonthaggi Power Best: D.Jenkins, L.White, A.Seccull, P.Brosnan, R.Underwood, B.Young Goals: L.McDonald 5, M.Kremmer 4, A.Winter 4, B.Young 2, J.Blair 2, K.McCarthy 1, L.White 1, A.Zanella 1, A.Seccull 1, R.Underwood 1 Morwell Best: J.Brown, J.Soutar, M.Johnston, R.Michaelides, T.Ryan, A.Bailey Goals: M.Duncan 3, D.Hutchison 2, M.Johnston 2, L.Brereton 1, J.Soutar 1, M.Royal 1, R.Vardy 1, J.Brown 1, M.Scholz 1, B.Harvey 1 RESERVES

Morwell 7.5.47 d Wonthaggi Power 6.4.40 Top goalkicker: R. Todd (Wonthaggi Power) 3. Morwell Best: S.Winters, J.Demetrios, A.Morris, A.Fazioli, M.Marino, T.Love Wonthaggi Power Best: K.Atkinson, B.Eddy, R.Jones, B.Graham, J.Liddle THIRDS

Wonthaggi Power 9.11.65 d Morwell 5.10.40 Top goalkicker: P. Ryan (Wonthaggi Power) 3. Wonthaggi Power Best: J.Liddle, A.Grinham, S.Roche, M.McCall, J.Fletcher, B.Graham Morwell Best: J.Scott, H.Ewen, M.Murphy, N.Wilson, A.Ware, A.Amory FOURTHS

Wonthaggi Power 15.7.97 d Morwell 10.7.67 Top goalkicker: P. Ryan, S. Scott (Wonthaggi Power) 4. Wonthaggi Power Best: M.Combridge, S.Scott, P.Ryan, J.Membrey, A.Murray, T.Hamilton Morwell Best: B.Darby-Lock, Z.Smith, J.Hinde, H.Maximiw, B.Brereton, J.Royal

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Parrots’ past premiers reunite LEONGATHA Football Club celebrated premierships in years gone by on Saturday night. The reunion included players from various football and netball grade premierships in 1961, 1971 and 2001.

Speakers included Kevin Howard (captain of Seniors 1961), Al Fixter (captain of Seniors 2001), Anthony Pavey (coach 2001) and Tony Johnston (president 2001). The night was very entertaining, and once the formalities were done with the players were left to remem-

ber moments with their old mates. Plenty of players came a long way to be involved in the night. There were two apologies from important members: Rod Cameron (coach of 1961 Senior team) and Graham Black (coach of 1971 Thirds team).

1961 premiers: Ken McGuinness (trainer), Bernie Horr, Al Sperling, Kevin Howard (captain, holding the premiership photo), Bill Fennell, Ron Burrows and Graeme Elliott.

2001 premiers: Mick Johnston, Brad Anderson, Ash Watt, Luke Pavey, Matt Mansﬁeld, Brad Rayson, Alan Wilson and Al Fixter.

What a day that was: Jim Forsyth and Graeme Crofts remember days gone by.

1971 premiers: Mick Murphy, Doug Fleming, Clive Salmon, Ross Boag, Terry Pearce, Jim Forsyth and Chris Winkler. • UNDER 12

Parrots down Yinnar Catching up: Tas Haywood and Bruce Pearce had a chance to trade stories.

• UNDER 10

Parrots undefeated THE LEONGATHA Under 10s remain undefeated for the season after another convincing 38 point win against Yinnar.

In the first quarter we saw a great effort from the centre line consisting of Flynn Martin in the ruck with Bailey Martin, Luke Stothart and Kye Casbolt pushing the ball deep into the forward line enabling Jordan Brown and Jacob Lamers to score the first two goals of the game, getting the Parrots off to a good start. With Yinnar fighting back hard at the start of the second quarter kicking an early goal, Rhys L. dominated at centre half back leading the Parrots’ defence and eventually pushing the ball for-

Fine touch: Leongatha’s Jack Dunn has the jump on his Yinnar opponent during a boundary throw in.

ward to Tim Boler and Ethan Lamers in the centre line. This was followed with a great piece of play with Hayden Kewming, Trent Karney and Nathan Harris getting the ball to Harly Nicklan who then ﬁnished it off by sealing it with the Parrots’ only goal of the quarter. The Lindsay brothers, Rhys and Jay along with Jarrod Lawson in the forward line and Jacob Lamers playing ruck rover all kicked goals in the third quarter, putting Leongatha in an almost unbeatable position leading into the fourth quarter. A goalless fourth quarter saw us defending hard with Shem Murphy and Hayley Geary repelling the Yinnar attack. In the ﬁnal quarter, the team showed their determination and strong character to stay focused on their game, putting their heads over the ball in every contest. Their coach Nick Summers was proud of the kid’s team playing efforts and keeping their cool throughout the game under pressure.

UNDER 10S

Leongatha 3.7.25 d Moe Saints 0.2.2 Leongatha Best: L. Stothart, J. Lamers, S. Murphy, J. Lawson, T. Boler, F. Materia Goal Kickers: L. Stothart 2, F. Materia UNDER 11S

Leongatha 9.18.72 d Korumburra-Bena 0.3.3 Leongatha Best: B. Perry, A. Wright, L. O’’Neill, M. McGannon, J. McFarlane, L. Smith Goal Kickers: B. Perry 4, J. Stockdale 2, S. Patterson 2, M. Hoober Korumburra-Bena Best: E. Zubcic, B. Patterson, T. Kelly, L. Snooks, J. O’Leary, J. Grabham UNDER 12S

Leongatha 10.3.63 d Yinnar 0.3.3 Leongatha Best: N. Trotto, B. Ryan, J. Ballagh, M. McKinnon, T. Brew, C. Olden Goal Kickers: M. McKinnon 2, Z. Caughey 2, N. Trotto 2, Z. Van Delft , C. Alexander , T. Brew , C. Olden Yinnar Best: A. Quigley, B. Cheffers,

THE Leongatha Parrots scored a big win at home on Saturday, dismantling a persistent Yinnar. Yinnar was first into attack with the breeze at its back, but could not capitalise on its opportunities. Zac Caughey set the tone early for the Parrots, laying a hard tackle. Tom Evans was winning the aerial battle, while Nathan Trotto was doing the same across the ground. Two quick goals to Michael McKinnon gave the Parrots the early ascendancy. Big man Trent Westaway continued to give his team-mates first use of the ball out of the middle, while Clay Alexander was imposing himself on every contest. Cam Olden was playing a blinder, racking up possession after possession. Jack Balagh was his solid best in defence, likewise Jack Dunn, who took some telling marks. Nathan Trotto bobbed up for a goal, with Tom Brew doing the same just before the first break. Trotto kicked off the second quarter in

fine style, with another major. Brew followed suit again, with a great snap. Nick Battersby was rising to the occasion, while Damon Ginnane took a specky. Zac Van Delft slotted a goal through the heavy traffic. In the third, the Parrots kicked into a stiff breeze. A sustained attack from Yinnar was repelled by Jordi Geary, Battersby and Evans. Momentum swung toward the Parrots’ kicking end, but the team could only find points. Finally the masterful Caughey kicked a goal from a stray Yinnar kick. Tully Benaldo continued to do much of the Parrots’ bullocking work. In the last quarter Olden capped off a great day’s work with a slick goal. Josh “Shorty” Boler was throwing himself under every pack. Cameron Tuckett was flying high. Wunderkind Jacob Lamers was acting as a valuable link man. Alexander took a brave mark and converted truly to put the icing on the cake.

R. Dodds, S. Findlay, D. Pappas, M. Hendrikse UNDER 13S

Leongatha 4.4.28 d Korumburra-Bena 3.3.21 Leongatha Best: J. Cecil, B. Chadwick, T. McFarlane, J. Patterson, L. Riseley, H. McGannon Goal Kickers: O. MacLean, B. Chadwick, N. Matsoukas , B. Amato Korumburra-Bena Best: J. Wyhoon, M. Snooks, P. Ahokava, M. Kennewell, C. Trewin, C. Martin Goal Kickers: H. Suckling, J. Macri , H. Anthony UNDER 14S

Yinnar 8.8.56 d Leongatha 8.5.53 Leongatha Best: L. Wright, K. Materia, D. Ginnane, N. Argento, C. Trickey, H. Duff Goal Kickers: L. Wright 3, J. Henderson 2, D. Ginnane , J. Nagel , K. Materia Yinnar Best: C. Young, A. Peter, E. Moule, L. Leatherland, J. Findlay, Z. Cantrill Goal Kickers: A. Lawson 4, Z. Cantrill 3, A. Peter

Scrappy: the Under 11s game between Leongatha and Korumburra-Bena was a tough one, with plenty of pressure applied.

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Big win for Toora AFTER three weeks on the road Tarwin welcomed Toora to Shark Park on Saturday.

The ground was in good condition, with a strong crosswind blowing. Tarwin kicked to the town end, winning the first ball-up to Tom Williamson who marked and goaled. Tarwin were in attack for three points, Toora finally cleared defence, a long kick from a pack scored their first and only goal of the first quarter. The Sharks finished the quarter with two more goals to be ahead by 17 points at quarter time. Quarter time: Tarwin 3.6.24, Toora 1.1.7. The Sharks were first into attack after a good clearance by the Magpies. The ball moved forward via a long running kick out of bounds on the full deep in attack. The Shark de-

fender kicked into the man on the mark who snapped a team-lifting goal for the Magpies. Tarwin quickly replied. Toora went forward for a point. Tarwin went the length of the ground for a point. Not to be outdone Toora, with good teamwork and running, put the ball deep in attack. A great tackle from Toner was rewarded with a free kick, who from a tight angle goaled. The Sharks ﬁnished the quarter the stronger, kicking three goals to one to lead by 25 points at half time. Half time: Tarwin 7.10.52, Toora 4.3.27. Toora were late out of the rooms for the second half, but ﬁrst into attack for two points. Tarwin took control of the game, kicking four unanswered goals. Entering time-on Toora forced the ball inside 50 for

a long kick to score their only goal, and a total of one goal six for the quarter. The Sharks added two more goals before threequarter time to lead by 54 points. Three-quarter time: Tarwin 13.15.93, Toora 5.9.39. Toora determined to play the game, outscored

two early goals. Tarwin regained their ascendency to score three goals.Toora rallied forward for a point, intercepted a kick-in to score a late goal. Tarwin were still running, scoring two more goals before the ﬁnal siren to win by 68 points. Final score: Tarwin 18.20.128, Toora 8.12.60.

Tarwin 18.20.128 d Toora & District 8.12.60

Toora Best: S. Kohlman, B. McGrath, M. Stone, L. Whittle, K. Holmes.

Tarwin Goals: D. Lawton 5, T. Lomax 2, T. Cameron 2, T. Williamson 2, D. McLean 1, L. Thwaites 1, W. Lomax 1, J. McKenzie-Edwards 1, J. Cann 1, C. Whitbourne 1, J. Stewart 1. Toora & District Goals: L. Toner 3, R. Cartledge 2, D. Brett 1, M. Roberts 1, B. Scammell 1. Tarwin Best: T. Lomax, J. Bloom, W. Nye, D. Lawton, C. Whitbourne, T. Cameron. Toora & District Best: A. Green, R. Cartledge, M. Roberts, K. Sparkes, T. Kirwan, M. Hilder.

THIRDS Toora & District 14.6.90 d Tarwin 11.8.74

RESERVES Tarwin 17.18.120 d Toora & District 1.4.10 Leading Goalkickers: S. McRae (Tar) 4, J. Gray (Tar) 4. Tarwin Best: D. Leggo, E. Grattan, M. Carter, J. Holloway, J. Gray, G. Brennan.

Leading Goalkicker: M. Harris (Too) 5. Toora Best: M. Harris, C. Hanratty, B. Corrie, Z. Clavarino, C. Round, J. Toner. Tarwin Best: D. Holden, J. Wilkinson, N. Browne, D. Ginkel, M. Chalmers, O. Cumming.

Good mark: this Tarwin player was too quick on the lead for his Toora opponent.

FOURTHS Tarwin 6.12.48 d Toora & District 3.2.20 Leading Goalkicker: J. Moore (Tar) 3. Tarwin Best: A. Turner, J. Simpson, K. Teylor, W. Nash, T. Watts, H. Keily. Toora Best: R. Chisholm, L. Chatﬁeld, B. East, S. Bishop, L. Anderson-Luxford, K. Morgan.

Long and the short of it: Toora’s Troy Allott at over 200cm and Tarwin’s Travis Cameron, the shortest player on the ground, attempt to pick up the ball.

Lions catch Magpies Close quarters: the Toora-Tarwin game was a very scrappy affair in the ﬁrst half.

FOOTY DRAWS THIS WEEKEND ALBERTON Round 14 - July 2 DWWWW v Stony Creek Tarwin v Dalyston Foster v Toora Kor-Bena v Phillip Island Yarram v Kilcunda-Bass Fish Creek v MDU Inv-Kongwak - bye

MID GIPPSLAND Round 12 - July 2 Hill End v Yall-Yall North Morwell East v Boolarra Yinnar v Newborough Mirboo North v Trafalgar Thorpdale v Yarragon

GIPPSLAND Round 11 - July 2 Warragul v Morwell Wonthaggi v Sale Maffra v Leongatha Traralgon v Drouin Moe v Bairnsdale

ELLINBANK Round 13 - July 2 Garfield v Longwarry Koo Wee Rup v Ellinbank Bunyip v Warragul Ind Poowong v Lang Lang Neerim-Neerim Sth v Catani Nilma Darnum v Nar Nar Goon Nyora v Cora Lynn Buln Buln - bye

Foster pumps Island AFTER losing narrowly to ladder leader Kilcunda-Bass last week, reigning premier Foster was desperate to turn things around on Saturday. From the first bounce they got going, and managed to slam home seven unanswered goals with the breeze in the first quarter. The Island players were struggling to keep up with their opponents on the large ground, and were simply outgunned. Foster used their typical running game to keep the ball away from the defenders and safely in the hands of their full-forward Tom Bartholomew. He kicked seven for the match and was a key player in the team’s win. Amazingly, Foster held a 41 point lead at the first change, and only increased that lead by two goals by the final margin. Phillip Island fought back magnificently, and were able to slightly curtail the effectiveness of the Tigers’ forward forays in the second term. But they were unable to ever challenge the lead, having started so poorly. A five goal to two second quarter saw them catch up slightly, but when it was Foster’s chance with the breeze again they pumped home another seven unanswered goals to get 71 points clear at the last change.

Again the Island challenged, and were able to kick six last quarter goals to three to bring some respect back to the scoreboard.

Foster 19.14.128 d Phillip Island 11.8.74 Foster Goals: T. Bartholomew 7, R. Johnston 3, T. Howe 3, T. King 2, S. Zachariassen 1, D. Waser 1, J. Best 1, S. Hawking 1. Phillip Island Goals: S. Riordan 2, B. Van Brummelen 2, S. Murdoch 1, J. Niven 1, J. Robinson 1, N. Pluck 1, D. Larsson 1, T. Oke 1, B. Lawrence 1. Foster Best: N. Grylls, S. Hawking, D. Waser, T. Howe, J. Best, M. Aabryn. Phillip Island Best: D. Larsson, S. Riordan, B. Van Brummelen, T. Oke, M. Wright, A. Wolfenden.

RESERVES Foster 10.14.74 d Phillip Island 3.13.31 Leading Goalkickers: S. Warfe 2, B. Weston 2, D. Smith 2 (All Fos). Foster Best: D. Smith, J. Williams, A. Heal, M. Lothian, L. Bednarck, J. Dows. Phillip Island Best: S. Fenech, M. Guy, A. Goyne, K. McIntosh, K. Taylor, A. Kalis.

THIRDS Foster 9.8.62 d Phillip Island 9.7.61 Leading Goalkicker: S. Taylor (PI) 3. Foster Best: J. Moore, D. Vandyke, J. Lowe, J. Prowd, S. Dobson, D. Hateley. Phillip Island Best: A. Redmond, E. Richards, T. Cole, S. Taylor, J. Smith, G. Powles.

FOURTHS Phillip Island 6.12.48 d Foster 2.3.15 Leading Goalkicker: A. Edwards (PI) 2. Phillip Island Best: T. Lee, M. Manteit, A. Edwards, B. Johnston, J. Van Zanen, F. Meade. Foster Best: R. Prain, M. Brickle, B. Thomas, M. Green, L. Coffey, M. Cripps.

STONY CREEK labelled their match against Dalyston on the weekend as a must win. Right from the first bounce of the day the Lions had intensity at the ball and four hard clashes in the centre square set the scene of the game. As Dalyston pushed forward early the Lions held on and where making the most of their scoring chances, leading by 10 at the first break. As the second quarter got underway play opened up, with both sides running the ball through the centre of the ground. Some moments in the second became heated after a couple of incidents, but both teams stood their ground and stood up for their team-mates. Both teams regrouped at the main break and the trailing Magpies came out firing in the third, but the hard work of the Lions had them hold onto an 11 point buffer at three quarter time. Stony Creek’s midfielders started to work their way into the game, and were involved in plenty of the scoring chains. Stony Creek ran away

with the game in the ﬁnal quarter, running harder than the Dalyston boys and getting the points on the board where it counts. The Lions rounded out the game with a 27 point

margin in their favour and prepare to take on the Allies this weekend. The Magpies will take on Tarwin, who are coming off a resounding win against Toora, at Tarwin next weekend.

Stony Creek 15.7.97 d Dalyston 10.10.70

Hoekstra, A. Verboon, L. Shields, R. Hutchinson, M. Millar.

Stony Creek Goals: J. Byrnes 4, B. Langley 4, K. Van Der Pluym 3, C. Langley 2, A. Huggins 1, L. Bowman 1. Dalyston Goals: P. McKenna 4, A. Russell 1, D. Wylie 1, S. Sibly 1, M. Rosendale 1, P. Dunlop 1, D. Brown 1. Stony Creek Best: R. Harmes, M. Linke, J. Byrnes, B. Hutchinson, K. Van Der Pluym, C. Stone. Dalyston Best: P. McKenna, D. Wylie, J. Sibly, C. Graham, R. Jennings, M. Garnham.

THIRDS Dalyston 19.10.124 d Stony Creek 1.0.6

RESERVES Dalyston 11.9.75 d Stony Creek 6.3.39

Leading Goalkickers: H. Wright 3, O. Bates 3, J. Kilgour 3, M. MCCoy 3 (All Dal). Dalyston Best: N. Bainbridge, J. Legione, H. Wright, J. Thomas, M. Ware, P. Bain. Stony Creek Best: L. Moore, T. Stone, D. Enter, L. Mackenzie, T. Sinclair, Z. Fiddelaers.

Leading Goalkicker: L. Wilkinson (Dal) 7. Dalyston Best: D. Pruysers, A. Gennaccaro, C. Samargis, A. Wallis, S. Coldebella, R. Birnie. Stony Creek Best: M. Luscombe, K.

Leading Goalkicker: L. Wall (Dal) 6. Dalyston Best: L. Wall, T. McNish, M. Howell, M. Schreck, S. Alexander, J. Alexander. Stony Creek Best: S. Cole, J. Monaghan, J. Stuart, D. Potter, J. Brown, B. Savage.

FOURTHS Dalyston 18.9.117 d Stony Creek 1.4.10

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Invy kicks clear of Allies SENIORS LADDER W L D

Pts

Kil-Bass ......12 0 0 183.10 Kor-Bena ...... 9 3 0 169.47 Foster .......... 8 3 0 172.11 MDU............ 7 4 0 141.21 Inv-Kongwak .. 7 5 0 129.19 Stony Creek ... 7 4 0 121.26 Dalyston ...........6 5 0 146.92 Fish Creek ........6 5 0 139.97 Yarram .............5 7 0 103.69 Phillip Island ....4 8 0 102.01 Tarwin ................3 9 0 72.31 Toora ................1 10 0 29.03 DWWW ............0 12 0 20.23

48 36 32 28 28 28 24 24 20 16 12 4 0

GOALKICKERS L. James (Kil-Bass) ............ (8) C. Maskell (Kor-Bena) ........ (5) T. Bartholomew (Foster)..... (7) J. Best (Foster) .................. (1) B. Anderson (Fish Creek) ... (0) J. Swift (Yarram) ................ (3) C. Graham (Dalyston) ........ (0) J. Wells (Kil-Bass).............. (2) T. Krause (Inv-Kongwak) .... (3) M. Standield (Fish Creek) ... (0) C. Langley (Stony Creek) ... (2)

84 52 51 41 39 35 35 34 32 28 28

RESERVES LADDER W L D

Pts

Kor-Bena .....12 0 0 343.98 48 Dalyston ......10 1 0 324.10 40 Fish Creek..... 9 2 0 298.56 36 Kil-Bass ....... 8 4 0 158.92 32 Phillip Island . 7 4 0 145.68 32 Tarwin ......... 6 6 0 113.17 24 MDU...................6 5 0 93.76 24 Foster ...............5 6 0 101.66 20 Inv-Kongwak ....4 8 0 126.44 16 Stony Creek........4 7 0 80.09 16 DWWWW ..........1 11 0 32.94 4 Yarram ..............1 11 0 20.25 4 Toora .................1 10 0 19.82 4

GOALKICKERS L. Wilkinson (Dalyston)...... (7) R. Quaife (Kor-Bena) .......... (0) J. Jackson (Inv-Kongwak).. (9) J. Wallis (Kor-Bena) ........... (5) K. Taylor (PI) ...................... (1) B. Redpath (Fish Creek) ..... (0) B. Vague (Kil-Bass) ............ (0) M Boyle (Dalyston) ............ (1) S. McRae (Tarwin) ............. (4) D. Jenkins (Fish Creek) ...... (0)

58 49 32 31 28 18 18 18 18 18

UNDER 18 LADDER W L D

Pts

374.19 310.61 341.59 261.27 205.14 170.83 119.44 51.01 48.02 34.83 31.20 35.15 28.37

44 44 32 32 32 32 24 16 16 12 8 4 4

GOALKICKERS M. Green (Foster) ............... (2) J. Goewie (Kil-Bass) ........... (0) J. Meade (Kor-Bena) .......... (2) D. Vardy (DWWWW).......... (5) P. Pattison (Kor-Bena) ........ (2) K. Salama (Kil-Bass) .......... (0) M. Howell (Dalyston) ......... (2) A. Schreck (Dalyston) .........0) S. Taylor (PI) ...................... (3) J. Toner (Toora) ................. (1) J. Hughes (PI) .................... (0) J. Black (PI) ....................... (0)

40 39 37 34 30 29 22 19 19 19 19 19

Kor-Bena .....11 1 Kil-Bass ......11 1 Dalyston ....... 8 3 Phillip Island . 8 4 MDU............ 8 3 Foster .......... 8 3 DWWWW .........6 6 Fish Creek ........4 7 Toora ................4 7 Stony Creek......3 8 Yarram ...........2 10 Tarwin ...........1 1 1 Inv-Kongwak ..1 11

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

UNDER 15

LADDER Kor-Bena .....12 0 0 635.33 Fish Creek..... 9 1 0 906.31 Dalyston ......10 1 0 636.63 Phillip Island . 8 3 0 279.20 Kil-Bass ....... 7 4 0 189.66 Foster .......... 6 5 0 151.79 Inv-Kongwak ....6 6 0 126.29 Stony Creek......4 6 0 60.19 DWWWW .........3 9 0 29.29 Tarwin ............2 10 0 23.91 Toora ................2 9 0 14.72 MDU.................1 9 0 19.53 Yarram ...........0 11 0 14.78

48 40 40 36 32 24 24 20 12 8 8 4 0

GOALKICKERS J. Staley (Foster) ................ (1) J. Buckland (Fish Creek) .... (0) N. Arney (Kil-Bass) ............ (1) J. Hopkins (Kor-Bena) ........ (2) O. Bates (Dalyston) ............ (3) B. Johnston (PI)................. (1) B. Dorling (Kor-Bena)......... (2) G. Staley (Fish Creek)......... (0) M. Boyd (Kor-Bena) ........... (1) M. Manteit (PI)................... (1)

43 43 41 36 31 30 29 23 23 21

THE Sea Eagles ground looked in very good condition considering the 80mm of rain that saturated the surface during the week. DWWWW won the toss and kicked to the town end favoured by a stiff breeze. The Allies’ Daniel Vardy kicked the first goal from 40 metres at the seven minute mark after receiving a free for a high tackle. Iverloch-Kongwak had a tough time getting the ball into their scoring zone thanks to the efforts of Allies midfielders Nathan Graeske, Shane Kilgower and defender Will Colbert. Inverloch finally broke the shackles when they forced the ball forward for Will Rankin to gain possession, a slick handball to full-forward Corey Chapman who in turn gave the ball to a supporting wingman Dylan Clark, who ran into an open goal from five metres. The Allies were winning as much of the football as the home side but could not penetrate the Invy half back line. The Sea Eagles managed to kick the next two goals to end the quarter. At the four minute mark of the second quarter, half forward Travis Krause showed his class by taking a smart mark to kick his first. Both sides were still finding it hard to find a forward in a scoring position. The Allies broke the deadlock after 12 minutes when Gerald Riley marked and goaled from 30. One minute later the floodgates opened for Invy when Nathan Cant at the end of a spate of handballs finished it off with a bomb from outside 50. The centre line of Rhys Tegg, Tom Wyatt and Clark was now well on top of their opponents and were controlling the play. The home side added another five goals before the siren sounded to end the first half. Inverloch centre Rhys Tegg was having a great day, ending up gaining more than 30 possessions of which 90 per cent were effective. He topped off a great game with three goals. It was all Invy for the first half of the third quarter. Two goals to Adam Cross and one goal to Clark had put the game beyond the reach of the Allies. The Allies fought back when the elusive

Ahmed Elkassaby threaded his way between tacklers to kick a beauty with the outside of his right boot. Dylan Clark, who had now been moved forward, took a strong mark in the goal square to add another. Michael O’Sullivan from the Allies made a great smother and took possession of the ball to kick the last goal of the term. There was some terrific sportsmanship shown by the Allies when several of their players went to console the young Inverloch lad who had made the mistake that led to the goal. With the Allies tiring, the Sea Eagles dominated the last term with four goals to high flying Clark, another two from Krause topped off with singles to Cant, Chapman and Tegg. The locals received a small five per cent booster which could be very helpful come finals time. Right on the siren Vardy booted the Allies’ sixth and his second.

Inverloch-Kongwak 23.20.158 d DWWWW 6.5.41. Inverloch-Kongwak Goals: D. Clark 7, R. Tegg 3, N. Cant 3, T. Krause 3, A. Cross 2, C. Chapman 2, D. Houston 1, A. Sadler 1, A. Powell 1. DWWWW Goals: A. Elkassaby 2, D. Vardy 2, M. O’Sullivan 1, G. Riley 1. Inverloch-Kongwak Best: A. Cross, N. Cant, T. Wyatt, W. Taberner, T. Thornby, D. Clark. DWWWW Best: M. O’Sullivan, J. Zagami, S. Kilgower, N. Graeske, W. Colbert, S. Kilgower.

Don’t argue: Inverloch-Kongwak’s Adam Cross makes sure his opponent can’t affect his run with the ball.

RESERVES Inverloch-Kongwak 13.18.96 d DWWWW 6.3.39 Leading Goalkicker: J. Jackson (IK) 9. Inverloch-Kongwak Best: C. Spencer, J. Jackson, D. Manners, S. Buxton, L. Rankin, A. Churchill. DWWWW Best: A. Beasley, B. Asif, D. Quigley, K. Sellings, M. Jabar, B. Asif.

THIRDS DWWWW 16.7.103 d Inverloch-Kongwak 3.5.23 Leading Goalkicker: D. Vardy (DWWWW) 5. DWWWW Best: A. Parry, B. O’Loughlin, D. Vardy, B. Vardy, B. Reed, E. Paterson. Inverloch-Kongwak Best: C. Allum, D. Cuff, S. Worthy, L. Johnson, A. Dowie, T. Beckerleg.

FOURTHS Inverloch-Kongwak 10.20.80 d DWWWW 1.1.7 Leading Goalkicker: J. Burton (IK) 3. Inverloch-Kongwak Best: T. Miller, M. Burton, L. Michael, H. Luscombe, N. Anderson, W. Piasente. DWWWW Best: D. Skarratt, S. Gamlin, B. Mobbs, W. Kilgower, R. Benis, Z. Lawler.

Silky smooth: Invy’s Tom Wyatt takes a run around the boundary line in an attempt to ﬁnd some room.

Killy-Bass too good again KILCUNDA-Bass travelled up to Korumburra on a windy but nice winter’s day, and the Korumburra ground was in top condition as the Bulldogs had played three away games beforehand. This was the battle between first and second on the ladder and with a lot of support from both clubs this was going to be a classic game of country football. Korumburra-Bena won the toss and kicked with a strong breeze, showing that they would give Killy-Bass a real contest. They kicked five goals to one in the first quarter and with the Bass boys losing their coach Steve O’Bryan to a serious back injury in the first 10 minutes, things weren’t looking good for the visitors. It looked like the home side would give the undefeated Bass team a football lesson, but the second term was completely different as Killy-Bass, led by assistant coach Tim Smith and captain Damian Holmes, kept the Bulldogs scoreless in the second quarter and kicked seven goals of their own. Luke James and Jason Wells led the way and helped Killy to lead the half time break by 23 points. The large crowd was vocal and looking forward to

the second half contest and they were not disappointed. Korumburra-Bena again kicked forward, getting another three goals keeping Brad Hender, Adam Miller and Xavier Reicha and the rest of the Bass back line under extreme pressure. Only trailing by a goal at three quarter time Korumburra looked as if they may be able to pinch this one. With Killy coach Steve O’Bryan rushed to hospital and big man Jamie Evans pulling a hamstring and done for the day, it was up to Dennis Vague and Tim Smith to get the team up and running. Killy-Bass came out, led by Ryan Fitzgerald and captain Damian Holmes in the middle, and got the ball out of the centre down quickly to the in-form leading goal kicker Luke James. He put them on the board and finished with eight for the day. Backed up with Jason Wells kicking two, Bass kicked five in the last and the Burra four in a very entertaining and physical game of country footy. Killy-Bass ended up coming home with a gutsy 17 point win. Next week is a big test for them. With a lot of injuries they travel up to Yarram in a real danger game, but with the leadership group showing the way every week they have confidence they can come home with the points.

Next week KorumburraBena takes on Phillip Island, again at home.

Kilcunda Bass 14.14.98 d Korumburra-Bena 12.9.81 Kilcunda Bass Goals: L. James 8, J. Wells 2, R. Fitzgerald 1, S. Cunningham 1, B. Vague 1, J. Attenborough 1. Korumburra-Bena Goals: C. Maskell 5, I. Osman 2, N. Besley 1, A. Hillberg 1, T. Olden 1, J. Rippingale 1, B. Fitzpatrick 1. Kilcunda Bass Best: T. Smith, D. Holmes, L. James, R. Fitzgerald, X. Reicha, P. Lange. Korumburra-Bena Best: C. Maskell, R. Staples, A. Zuidema, C. Macri, J. Rippingale, B. Anthony.

RESERVES Korumburra-Bena 14.14.98 d Kilcunda Bass 2.8.20 Leading Goalkicker: J. Wallis (Kor) 5. Korumburra-Bena Best: J. Kyle, J. Caporale, J. Myors, J. Wallis, N. Paterson, J. Hopkins. Kilcunda Bass Best: L. Smith, R. Churchill, B. Nolan, J. Born, S. Crawford, S. Oates.

Breaking away: Luke Van Rooye tries to get some ground on Paul Lange while he looks for an option during Saturday’s game.

THIRDS Korumburra-Bena 10.9.69 d Kilcunda Bass 2.7.19 Leading Goalkickers: B. Cosson 2, M. Edwards 2, J. Meade 2, P. Pattison 2 (All Kor). Korumburra-Bena Best: A. O’Neill, L. Auddino, J. Harris, A. Snooks, M. Wight, B. Cosson. Kilcunda Bass Best: M. Doyle, B. Egeberg, J. MacIntyre, J. Turner, J. O’Shea-Playne, D. Wake.

FOURTHS Korumburra-Bena 12.9.81 d Kilcunda Bass 2.4.16 Leading Goalkickers: J. Macri 2, H. Bull 2, B. Dorling 2, P. Dunlevie 2, J. Hopkins 2 (All Kor). Korumburra-Bena Best: B. Dorling, J. Hopkins, S. Lacy, K. Cosson, J. Arestia, H. Suckling. Kilcunda Bass Best: D. StaceyVan Steensel, D. Stafford, N. Arney, B. North, P. Kavanagh, S. Hammond.

All in: both sides got physical at half time, settling some unresolved differences as the siren sounded.

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Tragedy unites Meeniyan Dumbalk By Isaac McCallum and Simone Short M E E N I YA N Dumbalk United Football and Netball Club was devastated last week with the news of the loss of one of their favourite sons.

Senior footballer Ben Carrothers was killed in a tragic motorbike accident in Notting Hill last Wednesday. MDU players hit the fields firing on the weekend, inspired by Ben, who was known for his onfield talent and strength. Supporters rallied in memory of their friend, who was hit whilst travelling along Blackburn Road on a motorcycle. The 25-year-old died at the scene. His cousin Neil Mathieson wore Ben’s number 13 jumper in the Reserves match, and got the team started by kicking the first goal, much to the crowd’s excitement. Following the Reserves match, he held the jumper aloft as he walked through a guard of honour formed

Last game: the late Ben Carrothers plays his last game for MDU against Korumburra-Bena on June 18. News that he was killed in a tragic motorbike accident last Wednesday has hit the club hard. by the entire MDU Senior group and the Yarram Reserves team. “It was a very emotional moment,” said MDU president Michael Taylor. “It was a brave thing for Neil to do.” “Ben had been at the club since he began in juniors. He was running water for the teams long before he was old enough to play.

“He got along with everyone and everyone loved him.” With the three quarter time scores close in the Seniors match later in the day, assistant coach Craig McGannon pointed to the players’ black armbands and gave them one simple message: “Ben would’ve done it for us. Let’s do it for him.” The rooms were packed

to the rafters following the Seniors victory, as Ben’s family members entered to thank the club for their support. Ben’s uncle, Wayne Mathieson said his nephew would have been proud of the boys’ efforts. “He’s up there watching over you today,” he said. Once the thank yous and congratulations had been made, every player toasted Ben with a beer. MDU won all football matches and the A and B Grade netball games on Saturday in a ﬁtting tribute to Ben. Mr Taylor said every player and supporter from MDU was invited to come along and support Ben’s family at his funeral on Thursday. “We’re hoping to see everyone get along with their MDU gear on. We expect a big turnout.” The funeral service for Ben Carrothers will be held at St Peter’s Anglican Church, Leongatha on Thursday, June 30 at 1pm. The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Leongatha Lawn Cemetery.

MDU are top Demons MEENIYAN Dumbalk United got off to a ﬂying start against Yarram in the battle of the demons on Saturday.

Yarram got off to a terrible start as the home side was kept to just two behinds in the first quarter while MDU were getting plenty of time with the ball and in the forward 50. The visitors managed four goals before the quarter time break after working hard out-running Yarram in the first. The margin stood at 28 at the first break. In the second the home side picked up their game and managed a few good plays down the ground, but couldn’t make the most out of scoring opportunities only nabbing two

goals from a possible ﬁve. MDU were also struggling with kicking through the big sticks, with one goal and three behinds for the quarter. The visitors still led the game at the main break, with a margin of 22 points in their favour. Yarram were keeping up in the third, with Josh and Jarryd Swift standing out in the forward line. Tremaine Tohiariki was performing well for the visitors, Kurt Gowers working hard for the ball. Both teams were getting a lot of the ball in the fast moving game but once again MDU’s wayward kicking was stopping them from getting well ahead, even though they still held a decent 31 point lead at three

quarter time. Both teams gave it their all in the last, but Yarram just didn’t have enough as MDU held their lead and managed to take home the four points from the important win. The young guns stood out for MDU as Joel Sinclair, Cal Hutchison and Ben Thomas were noted players in the match. The victory puts MDU back up to fourth position on the ladder as they plan to travel this weekend to Fish Creek. Yarram are preparing to host the undefeated Kilcunda-Bass this weekend and would be hoping that the travelling has an effect on the Panthers’ game.

Shoulder to shoulder: wearing black armbands the MDU Seniors line up to wait for the winning Reserves team to come off. Ben’s cousin Neil Mathieson wore Ben’s number 13 and held it aloft as he walked through the guard of honour.

New coach for United By Isaac McCallum MDU has announced Clint Johnston as their Senior coach for the rest of 2011, following the shock resignation of former coach Leigh Wilson. Wilson quit the gig last Saturday following a discussion with key players, who informed him that the playing group had lost respect for him. Mr Wilson denied commenting, only saying that he did what he felt was right. “I made the decision. I thought it was the best thing for the club at the time,” he said. Clint Johnston came back to the club this season following a stint at Leongatha. He was given the title of assistant coach, and was an obvious choice to replace Wilson. Johnston denied any uncertainty taking on the job. “I took on the job no dramas at all,” he said. Johnston has had limited experience in a coaching job, and having never led a Senior team he will be supported from the bench by Mark Cantwell and Craig McGannon, who will be the chairman of selectors. “I’ve had a bit of a one-on-one role with the players beforehand; Leigh normally spoke to the group,” Johnston said. The new senior coach was given the title of captain as well.

Initially, this meant that Dean Aldridge, the player voted as captain at the start of the year, lost his role, but he was reinstated by Johnston who will be his co-captain. MDU president Michael Taylor was disappointed to see Leigh Wilson leave the club. “I’d like to say with all sincerity that we will miss him,” he said. “He put in so many hours’ effort. He used the whole weight of his resources in the job.” Wilson’s brother Jason and wife Brianna have also left the club. No problems were experienced in signing a clearance for Jason to Korumburra. “Jason asked for a clearance and it will be signed. He only came across to support Leigh so he sees no point in staying on,” Mr Taylor said. The president sent a warning to those players who weren’t in support of Wilson in his time at the coaching helm. “It’s a real challenge to those players who weren’t supportive of Leigh. A lot of respect will be lost for them if they don’t stand up now,” Mr Taylor said. “I think events this past week have uniﬁed the club. We saw supporters that we hadn’t seen for a long time,” he said. “The players responded well too. They played with an enthusiasm that they hadn’t had before.” “They threw their bodies in for one another, and I think one important thing was there – they seemed to be enjoying themselves.”

Speedster: MDU young gun Joel Sinclair was too quick in this piece of play. M.D.U. 13.16.94 d Yarram 9.7.61 M.D.U. Goals: M. Wilson 3, C. Hutcheson 3, K. Gowers 2, A. Harris 2, D. ADKINS 1, C. Tohiariki 1, C. Johnston 1. Yarram Goals: J. Swift 3, J. Swift 2, B. Lynch 2, J. Parry 1, D. Clavarino 1. M.D.U. Best: T. TOHIARIKI, C. Hutcheson, N. Johnson, J. Sinclair, K. Gowers, B. Thomas (Jnr). Yarram Best: C. Bruns, J. Swift, R. Jamieson, J. Reid, B. Lynch, D. Clavarino. RESERVES

Dishing off: MDU player Brett Pedlow gives off a handball in the backline against Yarram.

M.D.U. 9.13.67 d Yarram 5.8.38 Leading Goalkicker: N. Mathieson (MDU) 4.

M.D.U. Best: N. Mathieson, T. Jans, S. Thomas, G. Duscher, M. Smith, C. Thomas. Yarram Best: R. Durkin, C. Sutherland, S. Grazotis, J. Barlow, J. Moore, B. Murray. THIRDS

M.D.U. 18.20.128 d Yarram 1.2.8 Leading Goalkicker: T. Harris (MDU) 6. M.D.U. Best: T. Harris, H. Morris, M. Olden, N. Pye, A. Trotto, T. Schweizer. Yarram Best: L. Le Blanc, K. Shrubb, J. Le Blanc, N. Howell, M. McKenzie, A. Caygill. FOURTHS No Game.

Above: Assisting: chairman of selectors, Craig McGannon, assisted new coach Clint Johnston in revving up the troops at three quarter time. Job done: MDU’s Seniors, under the coaching of Clint Johnston, come off the Yarram ground after a solid win.

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