Issue No. 105
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Issue 108 January 2012
Highlights ▪ Shane Madden
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▪ Bowling Club
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▪ Kiss Me Too
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▪ Aireys Food Store
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▪ Bike Ride to Birchip 10 ▪ Cup Winner
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▪ Good Reads
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▪ Pauline Reilly
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▪ Kid’s Page
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▪ Uniting Church
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▪ Short Story
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▪ Green Aluminium
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▪ Local Artist
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▪ Local Schools
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SHANE MADDEN Meet Shane Madden, Manager of the Anglesea and District Community Bank. On the desk sits a silver cup, the trophy for the winner of the annual match between the Anglesea under 10 football team and the parents of the players. Last year the Under 10s lead for most of the game. Then the parents decided to give them a run for their money. Kicking goals from the backline, the parents crept into the lead by a point or two. When one of the youngsters booted a goal to snatch the lead back, the timekeeper rang the siren to call an end, despite there being time remaining to play. Shane loves telling this story, and with laughter spilling all over the place we get started on our interview. He is presenting the cup to the winners of the match this afternoon as one of the club sponsors. Shane is the Manager of the Community Bank located in the Anglesea
shopping precinct. Holding a position like that puts him right in the middle of what makes our community tick. He loves his job, he loves the people in the community and he thinks himself very lucky that he can work in a place where he can hear the sound of kookaburras while he works. Born in Horsham, Shane lived there until he was eleven. He and his sister went to the local school while their father managed the local branch of Beaurepaire Tyres. Being a manager meant that the company moved you around, and for Shane, that meant that he attended thirteen schools before the family moved to Geelong. But Shane‘s Dad was brought up the hard way. He had to leave school at eleven and drive draught horses for a wage. Despite having little schooling behind him, he worked his way up until he became a manager. Shane thinks that some of his Dad‘s attitudes have rubbed off on him. He values having a go and getting things done through your own effort. Shane began his career in the
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finance industry working for the ANZ bank. At that time the tellers still carried a gun and went to pistol practice each year. (Would we try to protect our employer‘s property like that these days?) There were manual ledgers. Computers appeared a few years later, bank books (ask your Nana kids), and no credit cards. Shane stayed with the ANZ for twenty-seven years working his way up to become a Branch Manager in Geelong. He admits that he may have worked a little too hard at the expense of some balance between his work and the other important part of his world, his family. After such a long time with the one employer he needed a change so resigned and worked as a Home Loan Broker. When the opportunity came to join the Community Bank in Anglesea he jumped at it. Setting up a new branch offered fresh challenges, and the idea of a bank supported by, and in return supporting the community was a huge plus for him. Continued p.5