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Maxfield to face Blackwood in November With just a month to go before voters head to the polls, Labor has chosen its candidate for the local state seat of Narracan. By William Kulich @WillPJK
Ms Maxfield's name wil be familiar to many readers - she stood as Labor's candidate for the federal seat of McMillan against Russell Broadbent in 2007 and 2010, attracting swings to her of 0.2 and 0.38 per cent respectively.
Having set herself the goal of making Narracan marginal again, Ms Maxfield says she is now seeking a swing of 11.29 per cent against incumbent Liberal MP Gary Blackwood. "I believe this area, Narracan, will be more available to greater and better things if we become more marginal, and the only way to become more marginal is for more people to vote Labor in this seat," Ms Maxfield told the Baw Baw Citizen yesterday. Ms Maxfield said her selection
barely a month before the election was "not unusual," and she still had plenty of time to reach voters. "It's only really now I've noticed on the radio and television that people are starting to realise there's an election on 24 November," she said. "Most people didn't know there was an election coming up. So I think now's the time to stand up and offer people a choice." Asked what she would do to encourage voters to back her goal of making Narracan
marginal, Ms Maxfield said she would be highlighting the achievements of the incumbent Andrews Labor government. "We've certainly got better healthcare, better public transport, access to better services particularly with decreases to paramedic waiting times," she said. "Travelling to Melbourne on a regular basis, I know the works that have been going on with level crossing removal [and] works Continue reading on Page 4
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Record Story Time celebrates massive book donation News • A record-breaking crowd turned out on Friday to celebrate the donation of over 100 kids' books to West Gippsland Libraries. Over 200 people attended the Warragul Library celebrations, which included an expanded Story Time reading and activities session, a petting zoo, face painting, and balloon animals. The donation was made by dairy giant Fonterra Australia through its Fonterra Grass Roots Fund. "One of our most popular programs is our weekly story time for children. Normally we have around 40 people come along, so to have over 250 members of the community turn out on the day was an incredible show of support," West Gippsland Libraries CEO Leanne Williams said in a media release. "The library is a great place to bring children, and with new books and special days like these we are able to show just how vital libraries are in creating a vibrant local neighbourhood." The Story Time turn-out came as something of a surprise to organisers and regulars alike, who were joined by new families drawn in by the petting zoo. Most kids who attended stuck around for Story Time. Local mum Leesa attended
with her two-and-a-half year old daughter Norah. They are regulars to the Story Time sessions and were pleased to see all the new faces. "Usually it's little Story Times, without so many activities," Leesa told the Baw Baw Citizen. "They do consistently have the program for the kids, which is great. "Warragul Library does it really well. "They're quite consistent; they have Story Time twice a week as well as having Baby Rhyme Time, and they make it easy to borrow. "Even if you get the books back late, at least you're not getting fined. "They have the 1,000 books before school goal, which gives great motivation to read as well, which is great. "They say if you read one book a day it gets you there! "It's a good way to get people to read more to their children." Story Time sessions are also "a great way to get out of the house!" "It's great for the kids; they get to hear a story, interact with other children, and do craft as well because they do the craft at Story Time," Leesa said. More photos coming soon online! Stay posted with our free email updates: bbcit.co/email.
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'Fabulous' turnout for kids' week expo News • Around 160 children and their parents checked out Baw Baw Shire's 2018 Children's Week Expo on Tuesday. The free event at the council's Family and Children’s Services building on Normanby Street gave kids a chance to play while parents talked about services with council staff. "It has been fabulous today, we're rapt," Baw Baw Shire Family and Children's Services coordinator Leonie Martens told the Baw Baw Citizen. "It's probably the best turn-out
we've had in the last five years, so very good." Growth of the event seems to be mostly organic, according to Leonie. "I think some of the parent groups are getting hold of it and sharing it on Facebook, which helps," she said. "And the more years we do it the more people pick it up and tell their friends the next year. "We're having a lot of return parents as well. "It's just a good opportunity for children to be outdoors and engage
in different types of play. We tend to focus on some sensory play, so some experiences they might not do at home using shaving cream, goo, and slime, and that sort of thing. "Parents are really happy with the event." The 144 Normanby Street site hosts several council child services, including the children's services and family daycare teams, maternal and child health, and kinder enrolments. For more info head to the Baw Baw Shire Council website. Extra photos online soon at bbcit.co.
News • Prostate cancer awareness and community fundraising group Baw Baw Big Blokes BBQ raised over $200,000 at its annual event on Friday, bringing the group's total charity contribution to over $1 million in seven years. The 2018 Big Blokes BBQ saw guests treated to speeches from former Australian cricket stars Damian Fleming and Darren Lehman, as well as a performance by comedian Heath "Chopper" Franklin and presentations from people in the know on prostate cancer. "It was an awesome day," group president Craig Debnam told the Baw Baw Citizen. "Almost 700 blokes raised $200,000 after all our costs. We
cracked $1 million this year after seven years of fundraising, which is fantastic." While the focus of the day is on prostate cancer awareness and encouraging people to get checked, reaching the $1 million mark was a chance to reflect on the group's community fundraising efforts. "We'll [now] have trained 4,800 Year 9 students across the entire Baw Baw Shire in first aid, defibrillator, and CPR, no matter which school they go to," Craig said. "We also had a pilot program this year for about 500 Year 8 students in mental health and bullying. That's gone down very well, we think we'll actually sponsor that across the 4,000-odd students next year." "Our primary fundraising effort
is always for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, and we gave them a cheque last year for I think $80,000. "I don't know what it will be this year, we'll see what our local initiatives do first. "But the truth is we've raised over $1 million in seven years, I think we've given $600,000 to $700,000 to PCFA, the rest of it has gone into local initiatives." Initiatives include the aforementioned high school programs, as well as an upcoming awareness campaign which will see signage installed in public toilets across Baw Baw. Of course, $1 million isn't raised in a week - the team of 11 behind the Big Blokes BBQ works throughout the year to prepare for
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the event. We asked Craig how men can go about getting checked, and exactly what it involves. "Oh, it's easy," he said. "If you're 40 years old and you have a family history of prostate cancer, you must go and ask your GP for a check," he said. "It's really simple. It's called a PSA (prostate specific antigen) test, it's a blood test. If your PSA [score] moves over a period of time, your doctor will know you're suffering from some enlargement of your prostate, and if you suffer from that there's a fair chance something's not right. "If you're over 50 you should be doing it in your general health check with your doctor, but your GP needs to know you want it done. If you don't ask for it, it won't get
done." So general testing is a little less invasive than the stereotypical finger. "You've got to do it, men have to take their health seriously," Craig said. "They never do it very well, so until you actually know to take it seriously you don't. "My message to all these guys, as the president of the Baw Baw Big Blokes BBQ is, go and ask the questions. Have a chat with your mates. And seriously, don't tuck it under the curtain. "Your GP will tell you if you're good or bad, but you've got to know. You can't just hide from it." To find out more about the PCFA and prostate cancer, head online to prostate.org.au.
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on railway stations along the lines have made a difference. "It will continue, and we want to keep a Labor state government in the state parliament." We've broken the rest of the interview into a Q&A format to make finding individual issues easier. Liberal promises and the West Gippsland Hospital upgrade
Baw Baw Citizen: The Liberal party has put a surprising number of promises to the region. They've got promises covering the West Gippsland Hospital moving to a brand new site, they've promised to upgrade the Drouin Police Station, a superfast train, and $3 million for undefined upgrades to Neerim South Secondary College too - has the government given you any sweeteners yet to offer voters? Christine Maxfield: The promises that have been made by Matthew Guy and his government (sic - Matthew Guy is opposition leader) are probably not worth the paper they're written on. The questions need to be asked: what are the costings, what are the details? It's easy to make a promise, but it's more difficult to make a commitment that actually delivers. I don't believe any of the promises, whether it be made for a new hospital, an upgrade for Neerim South's high school, or a police station in Drouin; where are the costings? Where are the details? I don't believe those promises will ever come out. BBC: On that point, I remember Labor's then-shadow health minister coming down last election to promise funding for planning the future of the West Gippsland Hospital. It seems Labor has basically the same message again this election - what's changed? CM: The commitment is still there to improve the healthcare in our community, whether it be assisting the hospital, which they've already done by helping with the new theatre, the new emergency area, looking at allied health in the
area. These improvements are actually there, they're commitments that have actually occurred and will be ongoing. As far as making promises as the Liberals have made, the Labor government, and certainly my role in advocating for this community, is to improve the healthcare in our community. Whether it be in hospitals, allied health, mental health services, the important thing is that healthcare affects every single person who lives in Narracan and healthcare in our community should be supported. How we go about that, that's something I'm hoping to listen to as many people in Narracan as possible about. I've been getting lots of different ideas, particularly in relation to the hospital, but I can promise I will advocate for all Narracan people to improve our healthcare, whether it be the hospital, the acute area, or the community health area.
BBC: The Where's the Funding hospital lobby group has really made the hospital a central issue for this campaign. On Tuesday the group published an unfavourable commentary on your candidacy on its Facebook page, citing an article from the Warragul & Drouin Gazette which stated you weren't going to lobby for a new hospital. Was that report accurate? CM: No, it wasn't accurate. There may be a breakdown in communication. I am committed to improving and advocating for the Narracan community as far as our healthcare's concerned. I know it's a very important issue and people are passionate about it. I know it's a wonderful service and I personally have a lot of friends who work at the hospital, however healthcare in our community cuts across a lot of other areas, and people are passionate about it whether it be mental health, infant welfare services, aged care, home help, and disability. I know it's a passion for our community and I will certainly support it, and as far as I'm concerned it's probably the number one issue in our Narracan community. I'm always concerned with
any commitments or promises made by the Liberal government in relation to West Gippsland Hospital. The amount that has been promised would not actually cover a full new hospital, so it's not so much "where's the funding," but "where's the rest of the money coming from?" Recently we've almost finished a large hospital rebuild in Bendigo, it's almost double the amount that the Liberal government (sic - the Liberal/National coalition is presently in opposition) has promised the West Gippsland Hospital. I'm concerned; is the Liberal party suggesting we not have an emergency department or we not have an intensive care unit? Are they suggesting we only have an emergency, we don't have a children's ward? I'd like to see the detailed costings of what their commitment actually means. Public transport
BBC: Now to public transport, do you feel having Skyrail go up with only two tracks was a missed opportunity for the government to finally give Gippsland its dedicated rail line? CM: Having SkyRail has certainly improved our run into Melbourne. Unfortunately a lot of the things that have been put in place now are really playing catch-up on decisions made under a Liberal government many years ago. It's very difficult to look at how we can work at trying to put that third line in. A lot of those decisions should have been made many years ago under a Liberal government, they weren't. BBC: We've seen what Labor has delivered over the last four years and we've had some huge changes, like SkyRail. What's coming up in the next four years? CM: One of the things I would like to talk about is the Liberals have promised a fast train between Traralgon and Melbourne, and my concern would be the only way that would be possible would be if they don't stop at Moe, Warragul, and Drouin. I'd like to let Warragul and Drouin people know that the Liberal promise of a very fast train
from Traralgon to Melbourne will basically take [some] trains off, and opportunities for them to catch the train from Drouin or Warragul.
BBC: Wasn't skipping Drouin a part of the original Regional Fast Rail plan under the Bracks Labor government? CM: At that stage it was, but they realised a lot of the services were required for the large amount of people who had moved to live in Drouin and Warragul. When they implemented that new very fast train, it almost doubled in patronage. It was overwhelming for everybody, they didn't realise people would make a choice to use public transport rather than drive to Melbourne. TAFE
CM: Because I'm a former teacher, I'm very interested in the fact a lot of our local people are leaving education, particularly in regards to the TAFE system. The Andrews government commitment to TAFE, particularly free TAFE, will change people's lives. The fact young people can leave school and go into further study will give them the chance to stretch their wings, try to see what they're interested in, and give them an opportunity to have that skill set built up before they actually go into work. The TAFE courses that have been put forward are real-life ones; they're to do with youth work, aged care, and hospitality. They're not Mickey Mouse courses, they're real courses, and I know, having seen young people who may have been disenchanted at secondary school, try a TAFE course and completely change their outlook. It gives them a reason to go forward, which I think is very important for our young people. We want to keep our young people in this area.
BBC: Judging by the media releases I've seen, most of the free TAFE courses seem to be based in the Latrobe Valley. Is there anything happening locally? CM: I'm not aware of any that are happening locally, but certainly I will be advocating that
we have something locally. We've had brilliant services in the past with the TAFE here in Warragul. Reaction to candidacy
BBC: How have people reacted to your candidacy? CM: Yesterday I was shopping and was really pleased a lot of people came up to me and congratulated me and gave me their support. These aren't party people, these are people I know through a lot of the associations I work and volunteer with. The support's certainly out there. There are a lot of new people who have moved to Drouin and Warragul who may not know me, but I think part of the reason I wanted to run is to give the locals a choice; that there is a Labor candidate, and just because I need a 12.2 per cent swing, if we can make Narracan a marginal seat I think it's a win-win for everybody. It will actually make our area the centre of the map.
BBC: Are you aware of any funding announcements coming up for the region? CM: Any funding arrangements that come up over the next four weeks I'll be making sure the Baw Baw Citizen is aware of them as soon as they come through. Promises are great, but to actually see things on the ground carries a lot more weight. I think the elector is a lot more cynical, and as much as people promise things, if you can deliver something and show you have delivered then I think that has more impact. I think people remember that. I remember under a Liberal government, Moe hospital was closed. I think as far as healthcare is concerned, I would like to say this Labor government will not be closing any hospitals. The Liberal government (sic) can't say that. ---
Look out for interviews with other Narracan candidates in our future editions, including Liberal MP Gary Blackwood and Greens contender William Hornstra, who was recently confirmed as his party's pick.
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International winner at Rotary show
Stolen car found Cattle truck and burnt out car collide Police • A car stolen from the nature strip of a Main South Road, Drouin address was found burnt out the following day. Police say the 2010 Mercedes went missing some time after 8pm on 16 October, before being found burnt out on Bona Vista Road, Gainsborough, at 2am on 17 October. The vehicle was valued at $25,000. Anyone with information about the incident has been asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Supplied 'Guitar Player' by Wei Luo, awarded Best Exhibit at this year's Warragul Rotary Art Show.
Arts • For the first time in the event's history, an international artist has taken out top prize in Warragul Rotary Club's annual Art Show. In fact, this was the first year the show has received entries from overseas. That's according to show co-ordinator Bob Lewis, who yesterday talked to us about the weekend's exhibition.
Baw Baw Citizen: How did this year's show go? Bob Lewis: The art show this year was the most successful for many years. We had increased sponsorship, increased attendance, and most importantly increased sales. We rely on sales for part of the income from the art show, and the total value of the sales for the art show this year was just under $24,000, which was nearly double what we had for instance last year.
BBC: That's incredible! What do you put that down to? BL: The quality of the artwork was good, and quite a few of the sales were at the higher value level where previously most of the sales had been lower value. I think we got a few more through the door, but the display came up really well and seemed to impress most people. They just seemed to be willing to buy! BBC: The income from this show goes towards Warragul Rotary's community projects, yes? BL: That's right, including income from the art show run a raffle. We raffle a painting as
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a first prize and then there's a couple of other prizes as well. This year we sold every ticket we had for the raffle, $6,500 worth at $2.50 each, and that money this year is going to the Warragul Specialist School. This is for some playground equipment. We always stipulate when we make a donation like that that it's for a specific purpose, in other words it's not just absorbed into general administration. BBC: What was the turnout like this year? BL: It's pretty hard to say, but I'm saying over the three and a half days between 400 and 450 people. BBC: Where do people come in from? BL: Warragul, Drouin, Neerim, Yarragon, and a bit further east than Yarragon too. But most of the people visiting come from those areas, and we get the odd ones from Melbourne and other places. BBC: So it's very much a local affair. BL: Yes, it is really. But the artwork comes from a very wide area. We had artwork from Queensland, New South Wales, and all around Melbourne, and one from overseas.
BBC: Oh! Where did the overseas entry come from? BL: China. Wei Luo. One of their works was awarded Best in Show. BBC: Is that your first ever international winner?
BL: Yes, it's the first international entry we've had. It's through a Melbourne agent, we weren't actually speaking to the artist themself. We also sold a couple of theirs too, they had five pieces in the show. BBC: How are the award winners determined? BL: We have a judge. We generally obtain judges from Melbourne, not local in other words, and the judge this year was Maxine Wade.She spent all day and part of the evening here last Thursday and the decisions are entirely hers. She is an artist, and in fact she had some artwork on display but it wasn't in the competition. BBC: Who won People's Choice this year? BL: That was won by a painting called Narracan Creek, and the artist was Graeme Myrteza. He donated the painting we raffled, though this was a separate painting. He's from Thorpdale.
BBC: What comments did you have from visitors? BL: Basically just that the standard was good, there was some really good artwork there. We also, apart from paintings, have 3D like woodwork, ceramics, and so on, and an overall high standard of works displayed. We were in the Exhibition Hall this year and last year while the West Gippsland Arts Centre was being rebuilt. The Exhibition Hall has some shortcomings, but everything's at one level and people really appreciated that.
Police • A woman was flown to a Melbourne hospital after a crash at the Lardners Track/ Danes Road intersection near Warragul on Sunday. A police spokesperson said a truck driven by a Leongatha man was travelling south on Lardners Track at around 5.45pm when it was struck by a car which failed to give way at the intersection. The driver of the car, a Drouin woman, was flown to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with severe concussion and non-lifethreatening injuries. The truck driver was taken to West Gippsland Hospital suffering shock.
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Missing hunters found Police • A 48 year old Pakenham man and his eightyear-old son found their way out of "extremely dense" bushland near Buln Buln East on Sunday after hearing rescuers. The police air wing, SES volunteers, and local search and rescue personnel rushed to the scene after the dad made contact with 000 at around 8.20pm, saying they had become lost while hunting. A police spokesperson said concerns for the welfare of the
child prompted "a fairly heavy response" to the incident. The father and son found their way out of the bush by "following the noise of the police presence." They were found safe and well at around 2.20am Monday. "This is a reminder that it's important for people to have a plan with family and friends [at home] when going bushwalking," the spokesperson said. They continued to say clear plans of action and maps should be left with family or friends when going bushwalking.
Police • Baw Baw police arrested a 71 year old Warragul man and his 36 year old son after a series of alleged deceptions across the state. A police spokesperson said the pair was arrested in Warragul on 11 October and charged "with a series of deceptions allegedly committed across Victoria over the preceding 12 months, during the commission of which the offenders allegedly impersonate WorkSafe Inspectors." "The alleged offenders attend unannounced at businesses, purportedly under the guise
of conducting First Aid audits, before offering for sale a nonexistent on-line first aid course," the spokesperson said. "It's alleged that the offenders then produce a portable EFTPOS machine to enable payment of the First Aid course. "Inquiries are continuing and anyone with information in relation to this scam is asked to contact Baw Baw CIU on 5622 7111." The alleged offenders were bailed to appear the the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court late next month.
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Battle of Trafalgar Festival sets sail for the past to find its future Rec • Trafalgar's odd-butunderstandable obsession with a European naval battle is well known. A small-ish replica of London's Nelson's Column looks down on those passing by on the highway; the local high school, built over 50km inland, has a nauticallythemed standard and house names; and once a year the locals celebrate their town with the Battle of Trafalgar festival. But how the town is celebrated is changing, drawing from its past while welcoming the people who will be the region's future. This year's event featured market stalls, local business demonstrations, and a running boat race? We talked to festival secretary Emma Moorhouse about last weekend's event and what we can expect in the future.
Baw Baw Citizen: How did this year's Battle of Trafalgar go? Emma Moorhouse: It was a success. It was difficult to get off the ground this year, but we managed to do it. We had some really good committee members who worked hard to put the time and effort in and we got it off the ground. BBC: You had a lot of kids participating this year, especially in the boat race! Tell me about that. EM: The boat race has been going for quite a few years, though the
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past couple of years [the festival] hasn't had it. We decided to bring it back. It originally started out with the scouts and CFA and community groups building a boat, racing, and getting trophies at the end, and this year we decided to just give it to the youth groups and the junior CFA and any other kids who wanted to enter. They did really well, I think. BBC: How did it actually work? EM: They are to build a boat, however they choose, and they literally hold on and run. It's pretty much a foot race in a boat. Once they got in the rhythm they seemed to be okay! BBC: Sounds like people had a lot of fun. EM: Yeah, it was a good day. We had some really good demonstrations as well from some businesses throughout the community. It was a good way to show off our town.
BBC: You're part of a pretty new committee, yes? EM: Yes, we did have two, possibly three [people] from past committees, but it was a whole new president, secretary, and treasurer. And we've had a few new business owners jump on board throughout the term of the committee. BBC: It seems like this year has
been a chance for a bit of a reset and to build for the future? EM: Absolutely. We wanted to take it back to what it used to be. A bit changed over the years; past committees moved it from the street up to the oval, but we decided this year we needed to bring it back into town, we needed to include businesses. Also, past committees made it a night event and it did actually exclude a lot of people. People with young kids couldn't come out at night, and being daylight savings by the time we had fireworks and everything it was 9.30pm. It made it quite difficult. We decided to bring it back in, make it more of a market, have a few activities and demonstrations just to get people back into the town and realise what we have. We're growing, so we need to let people know about our history as well as moving toward the future with new estates and things like that.
BBC: What kind of response did you get from the community? EM: We had very positive [feedback] from visitors. People felt a bit more relaxed and they could come in and just see and have a bit of a chat with people and get to know them. As I said, we have lots of new estates and lots of new people, so getting to know locals and people who've been
here forever is quite a challenge sometimes, and it lets them know some of the groups that are out there - a lot of people didn't know what we had. Generally, people said it was good, it was good to learn about the town and see who's around. We had 22 sponsors this year too, which was astronomical.
BBC: I know it's early days yet, but what can we look forward to in next year's Battle of Trafalgar? EM: There used to be a ball, we'd like to bring the ball back. We'd like to get more boat races, we'd like to get more fundraising. We used to have people come out like Shave for a Cure which used to be done on the day here. Get some more of the football and netball club involved; the cricket club were involved this year which was really really good, but to get more clubs out. It used to be a whole weekend so we'd like to take it back to that. We used to have a dinner and ball, and that has been put forth by someone in the community. They would like it back. Hopefully we can get that up and running next year. You can stay updated or get involved with the Battle of Trafalgar by joining the public Facebook group. Just search "Battle of Trafalgar Festival" on Facebook.
Hazeldean Road collision Police • Multiple people were flown to hospital after a bad collision on Hazeldean Road on Saturday. Police report that the driver of a Toyota Camry travelling east on Bona Vista Road failed to give way at the intersection with Darnum-Allambee Road at about 10.26am, colliding with Toyota LandCruiser travelling on that road. A five-year-old girl and 58-year-old woman, both passengers in the Camry, sustained serious injuries and were airlifted to hospitals in Melbourne. The driver of the Camry, from Yarragon, was taken to West Gippsland Hospital with minor injuries. They were interviewed by the major collision unit on Sunday. The driver of the LandCruiser, from Cloverlea, was also taken to West Gippsland Hospital with minor injuries. Police investigations into the incident are continuing.
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WEST GIPPSLAND ARTS CENTRE RE-OPENING FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 2018
Enjoy a month of fantastic entertainment including a FREE community festival on Saturday 17 November starting from 9:00am: RE-OPENING CELEBRATION DAY - SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER - FREE EVENT!
Warragul Farmers Market and Arts Market in Civic Park | Roving performers | Food stalls Live music and entertainment in the forecourt by local musicians and schools | Warragul Municipal Band Official ribbon cutting ceremony (11:00am) | Family entertainment with ‘The Whale’s Tale’ Guided tours through the venue | Local artists and musicians | Family activities Gippsland Symphony Orchestra - Free concert (7:00pm - bookings essential) ...And lots more! For more information and a listing
of all events throughout November, visit: www.wgac.com.au or phone: 5624 2456
West Gippsland Arts Centre Corner of Smith and Albert Streets, Warragul 3820
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25 October 2018
SPORT WARRAGUL & DISTRICT AMATEUR BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Birds beat Ballers More basketball 43 to 10 online
When the Birds met the Ballers on Monday
Women's A-C Grade • The Birds continued the great start to their season with an impressive 43-10 victory over the Ballers on Monday. The Round 3 result builds on the side's 74-9 victory over the Panthers in Round 1, with no game being played by the team in Round 2. While the team made it to last year's grand final, the results so far have been a surprise for player Paris Wright. "We didn't expect it," she told the Baw Baw Citizen.
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We all play netball, but some play A Grade and some girls play C Grade, and we're just friends basically coming together. "We just want to play socially. The last two weeks we've won by over 50 goals or something, so it's been quite an achievement." Teammate Renee Cook agreed. " We're a bunch of netballers so we have no idea what we're doing, but we're having a crack," she said. Elsewhere in A-C Grade, Rebels Firebirds defeated the Panthers 61-24 on Tuesday, continuing their similarly good season.
Men's A-B Grade: Bucks In 6 take on Blazers and win, 78 to 48.
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Baw Baw appoints new director LATE BREAKING NEWS • Baw Baw Shire has this afternoon announced Yasmin Woods will take the Planning and Development directorship. The position has been vacant for over three months following the abrupt resignation of former director Matthew Cripps in early July. Ms Woods will start work in her new role on Monday. Ms Woods is new to the council, and Baw Baw has supplied the following information: "Ms Woods brings to the role more than 25 years of experience in local government, in statutory and strategic planning, project management, urban design, valuations and property management, coastal and heritage planning and management of a considerable asset conversion program. "Her most recent role was as Executive Manager of Property and Strategy at Mornington Peninsula Shire Council. Her responsibilities involved management of a $11 million annual budget, oversight of a $200 million property portfolio, facility management of over 124 community halls and sports pavilions, and leadership of 32 staff. "In addition to her extensive experience, Ms Woods holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is currently completing her Master of Business Administration."
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