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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020
MITCHELL CASES BLOW-OUT ■ THERE are 12 active cases of Coronavirus within Mitchell Shire, Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton announced on Monday (July 13). A total of 27 confirmed cases have been reported in Mitchell Shire during the 2020 pandemic.
■ 12 active cases in Mitchell ■ 222 current cases in Hume
● Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt had an embarrassing face mask mishap on Monday afternoon.
Some local families were annoyed that Mitchell Shire, which extends from Beveridge to Avenel, were lumped in with the Melobourne metropolitan area in the Stage 3 restrictions reintroduced by the State Government last week. It means that most Mitchell Shire school students have returned to ‘remote’ learning at home, at least until the six-week restriction period ends on August 19. Nearby, in Murrindindi Shire, students have returned as normal to institutions such as Yea High School. Mitchell Shire residents have been asked to stay at home, except for essential movements. Over the border, in Hume municipality, there have been 416 confirmed cases, with 222 of them listed as current active cases.
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‘Shack’ back at Upper Plenty
■ “After five eventful years, The Shack is finally a reality,” says Paul Brisden, President of the Upper Plenty Mechanics Institute Hall Association “With the help of the Upper Plenty Community, the Victorian Government, the Mitchell Shire Council, the insurers and the builders, ‘The Shack’ is nearing completion," he said. The new Upper Plenty Mechanics Institute Hall, or ‘The Shack’ as it is locally known, will re-open soon. Mitchell Shire Council, at its meeting last month, officially appointed the Upper Plenty Mechanics Institute Hall Incorporated as the Committee of Management. The hall burned down in 2015, not long after being refurbished. The new building will take pride of place on the original site, keeping true to the old design. "I’d like to congratulate all involved on working through this complex project,” said Mitchell Mayor Cr David Lowe. “I look forward to our continued partnership with the Committee of Management and seeing what exciting community events and activities will take place at The Shack. A hall such as this is the heart and soul of our small communities. Generations of locals have attended everything from exercise classes, meetings, community groups through to parties and weddings there, just to name a few.”