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St. Arnaud, Charlton, Wedderburn & Surrounding Districts

Est. 1864

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Transmission line easements may become an issue for fire fighting ALTHOUGH we are in June and the weather is wet, wet, wet, some are looking towards summer and the threat that the proposed VNI West transmission lines will pose to this district and St. Arnaud in particular.

Option 5A of the proposal puts the powerlines close to the northern end of the town and although some distance the easement required for the powerlines may pose a major threat for firefighting.

Although it is unclear what that distance will be it is conceivable that firefighting both in the air and on the ground will be banned for a distance of 200metres around the powerline.

Colin Coates the President of the St. Arnaud branch of the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) says that no firefighting will be allowed to be undertaken both within the easement and for a distance either side setting up an issue for the northern side of St. Arnaud.

“Not only will no firefighting be allowed not firefighting planes or related activity will be allowed” he said.

This means that a firefighting plane from Stawell to St. Arnaud will not be

able to cross the powerlines, establishing a more serious problem for the aircraft.

“I don’t think that people realise what is at stake here, and certainly the fire brigade people do not seem really interested.

“We are fed information from AEMO and on the other hand we have the two professions, Mountain and Bartlett, who are saying the opposite.

“Who is right?

“We are guinea pigs being fed a bit of chaff here and there” Colin said.

“There is no accountability”.

Colin Coates was clear on his opinion that farmers and the food bowl activities have been given no indication of the impact on them.

“And people will only wake up when we can’t feed them anymore” he said.

Frustrated farmers will drive on Parliament House in Spring Street Melbourne on Tuesday 15th August.

Left: Details of where Option 5A is to be located have not been announced as yet.

Frustrated farmers call for VFF board to be dismissed AFTER 140 signatures were gained, 40 over the required number under the constitution to call an Extraordinary General Meeting, this week Andrew Weidemann, a former Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Grains Group President, has delivered them to the head office in Melbourne.

A recent meeting of the St. Arnaud branch of the VFF attended by about 80 members passed a resolution, moved by both Andrew Weidemann and Brett Hosking, to gather the 100 signatures required to trigger an extraordinary general meeting.

The meeting discussed the situation of declining membership, financial losses and the need to gain the 100 signatures in order to bring to a VFF general meeting the motion to dismiss the board.

The aim of the motion would be to dissolve the VFF board and spill all elected positions, including that of President, (Emma Germano’s role) and the Commodity Group Presidents on the board.

The frustration comes af ter Grain Group members wrote to the VFF board in March with a list of demands and allegations of financial mismanagement.

The lack of communication from the VFF leadership was also

expressed as a concern and in particular that the VFF president did not attend the recent VNI West transmission line protest.

The VFF board has completely rejected the suggestion of financial mismanagement and called the group of discontented members as a vocal minority.

In compliance with the VFF constitution the extraordinary general meeting must be called within 21 days and held no later than 60 days af ter the request.

A special tribute to late St. Arnaud firefighter A former Captain and Life member of the St. Arnaud Fire Brigade was honoured at the weekend.

Above: Sister of the late Alan McGee, Mary Young, admires the inscription on the St. Arnaud tanker.

- See story page 3.

Editorial To Philip Lowe and the RBA, enough is enough Australia's cost-of-living crisis is hitting young people and low-income earners hard although baby-boomers are doing alright. Why? Because so many of the baby boomers do not rely on salaries; so many of that group also are financially more stable than younger groups, with lower debt (including mortgages) and higher savings. Does that mean that in an ageing population such as exist in our towns in the wimmera, with so many of us baby-boomers, we should be saying ‘well it does not harm me very much, so I don’t care’?

Recent Australian Bureau of Statistic (ABS) data reveals that over the past year that food and non-alcoholic beverages are up 8%, travel and accommodation has risen by 25% and medical costs are up 6.7%. Electricity costs continue to rise, up 15.5%. Therefore it is no small wonder that we in Australia are experiencing what is happening generally around the world, inflation, which is remaining stubbornly high at around 7-8%.

We are told regularly that the only tool that the RBA has to control inflation is interest rates and that is supposed to keep us quiet while they go up and up. It is those with mortgages and those on lower incomes that are suffering. Basic expenses, those that pretty much all of us cannot do without, that have become expensive, and because those on lower incomes spend a larger part of their budget on non-discretionary items such as housing, petrol and food, they are suffering.

Just examining housing costs we know that this expense is the most draining item and whether you’re paying rent, a mortgage, or simple utility A bills, spending money on housing is non-negotiable.

However, if you're spending more than 30% of your income on housing (such as mortgage repayments or rent), you're considered to be under F "housing stress". The numbers in housing stress E must be through the roof in that case, as even those renting a modest home in a regional city, where salaries are lower, the rents are crippling.

An interesting read came across our desk at North Central News looking at the difference between Cost of Living and Standard of Living.

Someone needs to do some research into this C because the standard of living of those on lower incomes is falling rapidly while the standard for those on high incomes keeps them out of the reach C of the worst of inflations little nasties.

Because of this, standard of living is usually a far more comprehensive measure of someone’s circumstances than cost of living.

Standard of living differs widely along socio-cultural lines, too, such as race, gender, sexuality, ability, and age. It can even give us an idea of someone’s ‘quality of life’, or subjective happiness.

However, cost of living is still a very important factor in understanding how we live. If someone faces a higher cost of living, it follows that their standard of living – and quality of life – might also be impacted.

Therefore, when it comes to saving money and maintaining a good standard of living, basic costs are a crucial part of the equation.

Many Australians have had enough, and despite aggressively fighting inflation with higher interest rates, pockets of inflation, especially around items many of us need, continue to build. It's causing harm whilst the message from the authorities has been ‘hang in there’ because many households are still well placed to absorb the ongoing financial shocks.

The RBA aims for an inflation target of between 2 to 3% and we are lead to believe that interest rates will rise until that figure is on the horizon. If the RBA cannot do anything other than adjust interest rates, then action must be taken from another sector (our politicians) to relief some of this pressure. The gap is widening between the have and the have-nots and just raising interest rates is not impacting those that need to have their expenditure curbed.

Super school holidays trout stocking

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THERE’S more fishing fun in stock for everyone this school holidays, with thousands of rainbow trout stocked in more than 80 lakes across Victoria.

Birchip’s L ake Tchum scored the most of all the lakes in north western Victoria with 1,000 trout stocked and another 1,000 to be stocked in the September school holidays.

Foletti Caravan Park, Donald will have 350 trout added and another 350 in the September school holidays.

In Stawell, St George’s dam and Lake Cato will have 100 and 300 respectively with the same number in the September school holidays.

Both Goldfields Reservoir and the Upper Teddington Reservoir will not have any trout stockings in this year.

Minister for Outdoor Recreation Sonya Kilkenny visited Albert Park Lake and Karkarook Lake in Moorabbin to stock some of the more than 30,000 catchableQld size trout released 4217 ahead of the two-week break for students.

1 800 652 284 Ms Kilkenny said that holidays were a great opportunity to get kids into the great outdoors.

“Family Fishing L akes are located across Victoria and feaTed Whillier ture good access, regular stockings of catchable-size Matt Trickeyfish and many are located within suburban areas or close to town so kids everywhere can try their luck.”

From the Mallee’s Rainbow L ake to Guthridge Lake in Sale, Lake Pertobe in Warrnambool and 15 waters across metropolitan Melbourne – Family Fishing Lakes across Victoria will offer families colourful adventures in the great outdoors.

The state-wide stocking program released almost 10 million fish in 2022, with the majority produced at Snobs

QUOTE OF THE WEEK Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

- Benjamin Franklin

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Creek and the VFA’s native hatchery at Arcadia, near Shepparton.

The program is supported by the reinvestment of recreational fishing licence fees and the State Government’s $96 million investment to improve fishing, boating, piers and aquaculture.

Rainbow trout are the ideal catch for budding fishers as they take a variety of widely available baits like worms or PowerBait.

Most Family Fishing Lakes feature pontoons or jetties, good access paths and parking for fishers of all abilities as well as other nearby

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facilities like barbecues and toilets.

For the full list of waterways stocked for these holidays, visit vfa.vic.gov.au/holidaytrout.

In Family Fishing Lakes, a daily bag limit of five trout applies, of which only two trout can exceed 35 centimetres.

More information about bag and size limits, permitted equipQld licensing can Ament and 4217 be found in the Victorian 1Recreational 800 652 284 FFishing Guide, available free from most bait E and tackle shops, online at vfa.vic.gov.au/fishingguide or via the free ‘Vic Fishing’ app on your smartphone.

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Special tribute to late St. Arnaud firefighter THE unveiling of an inscription on the doors of a St. Arnaud CFA tanker was held over the weekend with family both from St. Arnaud and outside the area attending in tribute to the late Alan McGee. Permission for the inscription on both doors of the tanker was gained by the brigade and the tribute read: Captain Alan R. McGee 18 December 1961 – 7 May 2019 Alan McGee was a member of the St. Arnaud Brigade for 58 years, and served in the roles of firefighter, Lieutenant, Secretary, Treasurer and Captain.

Above: Family of Alan McGee and brigade members and friends at the unveiling ceremony at the weekend.

Alan’s strong attributes of vision, leadership and enthusiasm soon became apparent and he was elected as

St. Arnaud Captain on 1st July 1975.

Alan was a leader of the St. Arnaud Fire Brigade regarding

operational, training and brigade activities.

He was incredibly supportive and encouraging to all, and he was

a most respected member of the brigade.

Alan’s leadership, commitment, passion and dedication had been

demonstrated throughout his years of service.

So much was Alan’s dedication to the Brigade and the CFA

that he was duly honoured with a National Medal in 1986 and an Honorary Life Member of the CFA in 2002.

Buloke Shire Regional Assessment Service transfer FOLLOWING Buloke Shire’s decision to withdraw from aged care and independent support services in April, the Buloke Shire will transfer its operations in Regional Assessment Services (RAS) to Bendigo Health from 30th June 2023.

All other aged care and independent support services provided

by Council will remain in place until which time new providers are determined by the Commonwealth Government.

The Commonwealth Government’s progressive aged care reforms seek to improve the quality of in-home aged care by establishing a single assessment

workforce, including an Indigenous assessment workforce.

On 1st March 2021 the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety released their final report and recommendations.

It was recommended that the Commonwealth Government establish a single assessment process.

A single comprehensive assessment

Above: Bendigo Health

process will give older people an entitlement to the supports and services they require to meet their assessed aged care needs.

The reform should ensure older persons have choice, control and flexibility as to how their care needs are met, including a choice between providers as well as access to multiple service categories based

- SOURCE: Bendigo Advertiser.

on their needs.

It is proposed that the single assessment system will be established from 1 July 2024, this will bring together the Regional Assessment Service (RAS), Aged Care Assessment Te a m / S e r v i c e s (ACAT/ACAS) and the Australian National Aged Care Classification (ANACC).

Under the new assessment system, approved assessors must be independent from approved providers and must also be trained on cultural safety traumainformed service delivery and have the capacity to provide specialised services for diverse backgrounds and life experiences.

The new Support at Home Program will now start from 1st July 2025 following the recent announcement for an extension for the program commencement to allow extra time to further

refine the program design.

The Buloke Shire Council’s transition out of service provision prior to this date will allow for a funded, staged approach to withdrawing services whilst new providers can take over in a timely manner that minimizes the risk of disruption to existing clients.

No transition of service can take place for Buloke clients until new providers are established and con-

sent is sought from each client to transfer their details.

Existing in-home care programs including the Commonwealth

Home Support Program (CHSP) and the Home Care Packages (HCP) Program will continue until 30th June 2025.

Infringements sent to non-voters in 2022 State election INFRINGEMENT notices will be sent this week to over 220,000 Victorians who either didn’t respond to the Victorian Electoral Commission’s (VEC’s) request for an explanation or didn’t have a valid reason for failing to vote in the 2022 State election.

Close to 300,000 Victorians were sent an ‘Apparent failure to vote notice’ by the VEC in April.

Of those, almost 70,000 have been excused for valid reasons.

People who did not respond to the ‘Apparent failure to vote notice’, or who did not provide a valid and sufficient excuse, will be issued an infringement of $92.

Almost 95% of the infringement notice

recipients had not responded to the ‘Apparent failure to vote notice’, which gave them an opportunity to explain why they appeared not to have voted.

People who receive an infringement notice must respond within 35 days – by either paying the fine, requesting an internal review, or electing to go to court.

Acting Electoral Commissioner Dana

Fleming is urging people who receive an infringement notice to take it seriously.

“The most important thing is that you respond to the notice before the deadline – otherwise you could be issued a penalty reminder notice, which carries the original penalty plus an additional administration fee”, Ms Fleming said.

The VEC encourages non-voters who are unsure what to do,

or require assistance throughout any stage of the infringements process, to call 1300 551 575 or visit vec.vic.gov.au/voting/fi nes-and-reviews Voting in State elections is compulsory in Victoria, and to make sure no-one misses a future election, the VEC encourages all enrolled voters to sign up for VoterAlert, our free SMS and email reminder service. The service alerted 2.4 million Victorians about key election dates in last year’s State election. To sign up visit vec.vic.gov.au/voteralert

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St. Arnaud 100 Years Ago: 22nd – 28th June 1923 Hotels change hands

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The St. Arnaud Hotel and sample rooms in Napier St and the allotment at the rear of the premises have been sold by the estate of the late Mrs Anne Wheeler to Mr Leigh of Mordialloc.

Mr Fred Steward has leased the Victoria Hotel for seven years to Mr Patterson late of the Grand Hotel in Healesville.

Mr William Steward has sold the Manchester Arms Hotel to Mr A H Smith of Melbourne.

Fred and William Steward are the sons of Fred Steward, one of the men who discovered gold and started the rush to what became New Bendigo then St. Arnaud.

The Town Hall Hotel licensee James Breene has left and Mr A J Williams has taken over the hotel.

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William Steward the proprietor of the Manchester Arms Hotel presented Dave Miller who has worked for him for the past twelve years with £25 and a gold Rolex watch.

The watch bore Mr Miller’s monogram and the inscription, ‘Presented by W Steward to Dave Miller as a token appreciation of service during 1910 – 23.’

was buried with her husband who died 2-21912 age 67 years.

Mrs Matilda Lory, relict of the late James Lory of Wallaloo died age 76 years, leaving four children.

Matilda, who came from Cornwall, England as a young girl with her parents, lived with her daughter Mrs J J Grewar of St. Arnaud and was buried at Stawell.

Former resident Mr William Henry Veal, the eldest son of the late Mr and Mrs William Veal died at Baringhup.

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When going to her son-in-law Mr H Horley’s residence, Mrs W Woods slipped and fell on the road, breaking her leg.

The St. Arnaud Club entertained James Crone and John Bennetto at the Farmers Arms Hotel, in appreciation of their splendid services in

Mr William Taynton has purchased the Coonooer Bridge Hotel

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Mrs Mar y Jane McKay, wife of Donald McKay of ‘Portree’ Beazley Bridge, died on 23rd June age 62 years.

She was born in Geelong and came to Beazley Bridge with her parents the late Mr and Mrs John Nicholson.

In 1882 she married Donald McKay and they had nine children.

Mary had been ill for eight years and was laid to rest in the St. Arnaud cemetery.

Mrs Emma Jane Lyndon, relict of the late Harry Lyndon, died in Ballarat on 24th June age 80 years, leaving six children.

The funeral left her son-in-law, G Cousins’ residence in Butcher St for the St. Arnaud cemetery where she

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The estate of James Brain [dec] sells a two storey brick building in Napier St containing six rooms and a shop occupied by Mr H J Mewkill, chemist and Mr G B McNair dentist. The building has a frontage to Napier St of 20 ft with a depth of 165 ft.

Sheep – St. Arnaud 1,350, Navarre 1,160, Wallaloo East 2,000.

Some farmers received high prices, including J and D

McIntyre of Waterloo Plains - 23 fat sheep for £2-9-3 and T Kelly of Gowar East sold 2 fat sheep to J Crone for £3-2-0 each.

Mrs Ke n n e t h McDonald of Darkbonee held a clearing sale, which included 300 merino sheep and 4 choice dair y cows, newly calved and 6 cows due to calf.

Mrs Daisy Mason sells a 4-room brick cottage on ¼ acre block in Inglewood Road; only 10 minute w a l k t o t h e Po s t Office.

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putting down a concrete cricket pitch at King George Park.

James was given a wallet and a Blackwood walking stick made by former St. Arnaud resident Chris Barrett and John received two pipes in a case.

Above: Kyle Torney (centre) watches on those in the Push Up Challenge.

Push Up Challenge raises funds and awareness Contributed

TORNEYS Fighting Fit gym undertook a fundraiser recently for the Push Up Challenge.

A total of $484 was raised by one group of participants completing as many rounds of push ups as they could.

Donna Pole and Heath McNally took out the joint win.

Over the month of July, from 1st to 23rd, we joined The Push Up Challenge on line and entered a team of 25 people who completed around 100-200 push ups daily with Sundays being the only rest day, raising money and awareness towards Mental health.

Many people in the community supported and donated to all of us.

Collectively we completed 70,743 push ups and raised a total of $5,022.

Money raised goes towards three very important charities, lifeline, Movember and The Push for Better Challenge.

Sensational effort by all.

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Charlton 100 Years Ago:23rd June -27th June 1923 Master Jack Delmenico Mr and Mrs Alfonso Delmenico have experienced a severe bereavement in the death of their only child, ‘Jack’, a fine lad of 15 years, who was the brightest spot in his parents’ life, and has left a void in the home that all the sympathy of their friends can never fill.

The little fellow will be affectionately remembered by his comrades at Terrappee, where the family dwelt until its removal to Pier Milan about four years ago.

He took ill at the beginning of the month, and was tended by the bush nurse until the symptoms suggested removal to Dr

Wilson’s private hospital, where every care and attention that trained service could supply was provided, but on Wednesday last the end came.

Light and Power The annual general meeting of shareholders in the Charlton Electric Light and Power co. Ltd was held at the office of the Company.

Present: Messrs B. Green, P. Spain, W. Wylie, E. Richards, C. Procter, J. H. Peverill, J. Clark, F. Beckham, R. M. Klunder, A. Wylie and A. Sleeman.

The retiring directors were re-elected.

Mr Klunder spoke of the work done by the manager, Mr A. C. Bertoli.

by Charlton Golden Grains Museum He worked every day of the year, including Sundays.

He not only kept the books, but had to go round and collect the accounts, and no better man could be got for the position.

His machinery is kept in a manner that would be a credit to any place in the State.

The consumers of light number 250, and of power 30.

Consumers are charged 9d a light unit and 4 ½ d for power.

Bertoli – Halliday The engagement is announced of Monica, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Arthur C. Bertoli, to Stuart

Above: 1923 Opening of Soldiers Memorial.

Halliday, only son of Mrs A. Halliday, North Adelaide, and the late Mr A. Halliday, The Grange.

Memorial Day Saturday, 23rd June, will be long remembered in Charlton as the day of the visit of the Acting State Premier, Sir William McPherson, to unveil the memorial to the fallen soldiers of the district.

Against a dull background of clouds, the pure white marble figure of an Australian soldier stood out in relief.

The crowd, in the falling rain, stood around in mud, intent upon offering their homage.

The people were

present to witness the drawing aside of the flag they had fought for to unveil the names of those who made the last Sacrifice.

The bugler of the Brass band sounded ‘The Last Post’.

Cr Merrylees then formally handed over the memorial to the care of the Charlton Shire Council.

The National Anthem was played and the large crowd dispersed.

The Mallee (by Tom Murphy) ‘Great strange land, art thou worth saving?’ once did our legislators cry; Which caused the hardy pioneers – brave hearted band – to often sigh.

Great strange land, where Nature’s ways, made known to me in bygone days.

That thou, well used, were fully possessed of those fine properties, which effort well repays.

We see thee now, Prospective Garden of our land, from Nyah to Carwarp.

We hear the strange, sweet music of thine agricultural harp.

From out the far Nor’West we see thee all a-smile.

Down South we see thee sweep a’launching all the while.

From Boort to Serviceton – from Birchip to the river.

Did ever human eye gaze on a finer land? No, never!

State School, received very pleasing testimony to his popularity amongst the school children and their parents on Wednesday when the spacious Sloyd class room was taxed to the limit to accommodate the many friends, of both sexes, both old and young, assembled to express appreciation of his past ser vices, and wish him good health and prosperity, in his new home and school, on the eve of his promotion to Inglewood.

Au Revoir

Prior to the presentation of a wallet of notes and a gold pencil case, musical and dramatic items were rendered by the scholars.

Mr E. J. Sprake, head teacher of the

(Information from East Charlton Tribune)

Above: Ned Ezard, Alex Medlyn (both at cart front), Sam Greenaway and Zaklen Hutchinson (back) working hard on the cart, with onlookers.

Can you help the ‘Saints Go Marching’ THE students at St. Arnaud Primary School are currently gearing up for improvements with their Energy Breakthrough cart, Saints Go Marching.

The students will be participating in the Energy Breakthrough event at Maryborough in November.

A lot of work goes into organising the event and if you are

interested in sponsoring the students please contact Melissa Weir at the Primary School, 5495 1028 or by emailing melissa.weir@education.vic. gov.au

WEEKLY RAINFALL ST. ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41.2 RAINFALL FOR JUNE . . . . . . . . . .106.8 YEARLY RAINFALL TO DATE . . . . .247.9 CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.6 RAINFALL FOR JUNE . . . . . . . . . . .71.6 YEARLY RAINFALL TO DATE . . . . .169.0 NORTH CENTRAL NEWS, WEDNESDAY JUNE 28th 2023 - Page 5

Council to Review Communitybased Home Care Services COMMUNITY UPDATE Community Care Review We have an initiated an independent review into our community care services, with a view to explore how we can best support older residents throughout the Northern Grampians area to remain healthy and independent into the future.

The review is expected to take approximately three months and we are keen to hear from community care service users, their families, carers and other interested parties.

The council has long-provided support services for older residents and other people who require support to live at home and remains committed to ensuring that quality support services are available to residents. The independent review is expected to provide crucial guidance on community needs and the information that is collected will be used to develop a strategic direction for the future role of the council.

Community Consultation Lunch Stawell 12.30pm to 2pm Tuesday 11 July North Park Club Rooms St Arnaud 12.30pm to 2pm Thursday 13 July Perry Room A light lunch will be provided and interested community members are encouraged to attend. Please contact the council on 03 5358 8700 or by email at ngshire@ngshire.vic.gov.au for further information and to register your attendance for catering purposes.

Review of Dog Off Leash Areas and Cat Control The council is seeking feedback from anyone in the community to understand if the current arrangements are suitable or if changes are needed. You do not need to own a dog or cat to have your say. Whether or not you own a dog or cat, the orders set by the council will specify what dog and cat owners must do to control their animals in a public place. Everyone in the community could be affected in some way.

This short survey asks if the dog offleash areas that currently exist are appropriate:

Additionally, given that in the General Local Law review undertaken in 2022 requests by the community were made for the council to consider broader cat control measures, the above survey also asks if the council should impose further cat controls within the shire.

St Arnaud FOGO TRIAL Northern Grampians Shire Council will be introducing a food and garden organics kerbside collection trial in and around the St Arnaud township. We expect the trial to increase recycling culture and grow the circular economy within our shire, enable the further development of our four-stream waste management program, and encourage and educate the community around best practices to reduce landfill.

Ratepayers of the properties selected to participate will receive free FOGO kerbside collection for a year. The trial will enable the council to increase our understanding of what works best for the community in relation to bin size and frequency of collections. Participating in this trial offers residents an opportunity to provide feedback that will later assist the council to formulate an efficient future kerbside green bin service for the whole of the shire.

There will be no cost to the ratepayer/s of the selected properties to participate, with each property to receive a free 7litre kitchen caddy to assist with the easy disposal of their food organics into their new 240-litre 'green-lidded' FOGO bin.

The trial is scheduled to begin in July and bins will initially be collected fortnightly, on a Monday and a Tuesday.

Please note that an ongoing audit of bins and continuing community engagement with participants is planned to assist in minimising waste, reducing contamination and providing an optimal service to best fit with your needs.

If you would like further information on the upcoming trial, please visit our website at:

Bulgana Green Power Hub Grants The Bulgana Green Power Hub has allocated a total pool of $120,000 to the Northern Grampians Shire Community Fund and grant applications are now open from Monday 19 June to Friday 31 July 2023.

Community groups in St Arnaud are invited to arrange a time for our Grants Officer to visit with them in St Arnaud by contacting Tina Baker on 03 5358 8772 or community@ngshire.vic.gov.au Tina will be able to provide you with grant information and assistance as required.

For more details and to apply, please visit: www.ngshire.vic.gov.au/residents/gran ts/other-grant-fundingopportunities/bulgana-green-powerhub-community-fund

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NORTHERN Grampians Shire Council (NGSC) has initiated a review of how it can best support older residents throughout the Northern Grampians area to remain healthy and independent into the future and is keen to hear from community care service users, their families, carers and other interested parties.

The Council has long-provided support services for older residents and other people who require support to live at home and remains committed to ensuring that quality support services are available to residents.

The independent review is expected to provide crucial guidance on community needs and the information that is collected will be used to develop a strategic direction for the future role of the Council.

According to the NGSC Mayor, Cr Kevin Er win, Council is focused primarily on gaining a better understanding of the broader health and well-being needs of older people and other residents who require council support.

“We want to make

informed decisions about how best to continue to support our older residents, and anyone else in need of this important support, to remain living independently and safely in their own homes.

“This review is a means to engage with our service users and other residents and will explore how we can best offer support,” said Cr Erwin.

“We have appointed Heather Johnson, an independent consultant, to undertake the review.

“Heather would like to meet with people directly as this will help us gain a better understanding of what our community needs.

“We will also assist Heather to meet with community representatives, either individually or in small

focus groups, and will keep everyone updated throughout the process,” added Cr Erwin.

The review is expected to take approximately three months, with community consultation events scheduled at 12.30pm through to 2pm on Tuesday 11th July at the North Park Club Rooms in Stawell and at the Perry Room in St. Arnaud from 12.30pm to 2pm on Thursday 13th July.

A light lunch will be provided and interested community members are encouraged to attend.

Please contact the council on 03 5358 8700 or by email at ngshire@ngshire.vic.g ov.au for further information and to register your attendance for catering purposes.

St. Arnaud 40 Years Ago: June 1983

by Heather Pritchard

Engagements Janette O’Connor and Robert Chivers.

Heather McKenzie and Trevor Potter.

Joanne Quinn and Robert Postlethwaite.

Prue Broadway and Adrian O’Shannessy.

Births Leigh and Tricia Hines a son Matthew Leigh.

David and Rhonda Clark nee Payne a son Brett Terrance.

Mick and Ann Lysaught nee Curtis a son Curtis Thomas.

Philip and Karlene Petrie nee Cummings a daughter Sasha Camille.

Greg and Mar y Rodwell a son Travis Glenn.

Colin and Meryll Dooley nee Nisbet a son Jacob William.

Eric and Jeannine Hendy nee Young a daughter Sarah Kate.

Kevin and Pauline Sutton a son Bray Edward.

21st Birthdays Janine McIntyre.

Linda Plozza.

Kathleen Feeny.

Deaths Walter Joseph Tannock.

Catherine Edna Vallance.

Chris Martin Ian McGillivray

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‘Sweet As’ -NAIDOC Week Buloke June Council Meeting Wrap A substantial public gallery was present when Buloke Shire Council held its 14th June screening at REX Council Meeting, with submissions to the Draft

A coming-of-age Australian drama, with its indigenous storyline, ‘Sweet As’ is the movie screening at The Rex this coming weekend.

Coinciding with NAIDOC week, the story is set in remote Pilbara country in Western Australia, and tells of the troubled 16year-old Indigenous girl, Murra, who finds herself abandoned after an explosive incident with her addict mother.

On the cusp of being lost in the child protection system, an unusual lifeline is thrown her way by her uncle Ian, the local cop, in the form of a unique photo safari.

Before Murra knows it, she is careening down a dusty highway with a minibus full of at-risk teens and two charismatic team leaders.

Nyul Nyul/Yawuru filmmaker Jub Clerc has created a warm and casual optimism in this movie, reflected by the title itself.

Set against a backdrop of stunning scenery “Clerc is as interested in the relationship that develops between the kids and the landscape in which they're immersed – a nurturing, spiritual force that she paints as so much bigger than the societal problems of the present” (ABC Arts – Luke Goodsell).

This is a movie which looks for hope, as opposed to angst, and features the talents of actor Shantae Barnes-Cowan as Murra.

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With uncluttered cinematography by Katie Milwright, and an all-indigenous soundtrack, this is a story which will warm the heart and offer a vision of what it means to be an indigenous teenager in Australia today.

‘Sweet As’ M (Mature themes, coarse language and sexual references) 88 mins screens on Saturday 1st July at 8pm, Sunday 2nd July at 2pm and Tuesday 4th July at 8pm.

Annual Budget 2023/24 and the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy Progress Report high on the agenda.

Council is now considering community submissions to the Draft Annual Budget 2023/24, after a total of five submissions were made.

These submissions provided valuable feedback and comments in support of the Council's proposed budget.

Council appreciated the community’s contributions and recognised the importance of incorporating

public opinion into the decision-making process.

After Council has considered the submissions an additional Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday 27th June 2023 to adopt the Annual Budget 2023/24.

The Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategy Progress Report highlighted the significant strides taken by the Council in combating

climate change.

Several initiatives were discussed, including the expansion of renewable energy sources, improving energy efficiency in public buildings, promoting sustainable transportation options, and enhancing green spaces within the community.

Council acknowledged the progress made so far and emphasised the importance of continued efforts to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change and the importance of continuing to partner with other agencies and the community

to continue to progress.

Minutes and documents relating to the June Council Meeting will be made available on Council’s website.

Buloke Shire Council will hold its next scheduled monthly Council Meeting in the Wycheproof Supper Room from 7:00pm on Wednesday 12th July 2023.

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Electoral structure reviews to begin for more Victorian councils THROUGHOUT 2023–24, 39 Victorian local councils are undergoing electoral structure reviews and from next week, preliminary reports will begin to be released for the 16 councils under review in round 2 of the program.

Both Northern Grampians and the Buloke Shire were reviewed in Round 1 of the electoral structure reviews.

The L ocal Government Act 2020 introduced several changes, including that all metropolitan, interface and regional city councils must now have single-councillor ward electoral structures.

The reviews are conducted by 2 electoral representation advisory panels appointed by the Minister for Local Government to make a recommendation to the minister on electoral structures for councils under review. Acting E l e c t o r a l Commissioner Dana Fleming is a member of one of the 2 panels.

‘Under the Act, these councils must move to single-councillor ward electoral structures,’ Ms Fleming said.

‘The panels are considering the appropriate number of councillors and wards for each council, the location of ward boundaries and ward names.’

The Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) provides technical and administrative support to the panels.

The 16 councils in round 2 have been divided into 4 groups, with 4 councils in each group. For each group of councils, there will be public information sessions to announce the reviews, explain the process, and open the submissions period.

The panels encourage all Victorians, particularly those in the local council areas under review, to contribute to the review process and have their say.

People interested in making a response submission to the preliminary report can map their proposed electoral structure online using the public submission tool available on the VEC website as part of their submission.

The release of the final report on the Northern Grampians Shire and the Buloke Shire were due on Tu e s d a y 9 t h M a y 2023, however, this has not occurred and relevant councils and their residents still await information on those shires’ electoral boundaries that will exist for the next L ocal Government elections in 2024.

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Iris Farnsworth’s Century celebrated THE celebration of Iris Farnsworth’s 100th birthday held at the Moonambel Sports Ground was attended by up to 200 people throughout the day and night where many recalled the happy memories of a mum, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, friend, neighbour, team mate and community member.

Some came from WA and NSW to attend.

A little history of Iris is as follows:Iris was born at St. Arnaud on 17th June 1923, third child to Ettie and Angus Robinson of Spring Valley 5½ miles from Stuart Mill.

She was sister to Bernice (Wembridge), Peter, Keith and Stuart.

She rode a bike to Stuart Mill for her schooling with higher education done by cor-

respondence.

She learnt the piano and obtained a degree to teach music.

Her skill was called upon many times through her life for concerts, deb balls etc and playing the organ.

She was the organist at the Stuart Mill Methodist Church on occasion.

She met Keith Farnsworth from Moonambel when he was working cutting

eucalyptus in a paddock close by Spring Valley.

They were married on 21st November 1942 and they had 5 children Bernice, Carol, Rod, Frank and Ray, 17 grandchildren, and 16 great grandchildren.

Keith and Iris lived at Wild Dog 3½ miles from Moonambel on a farm where Keith produced Eucalypts oil and had sheep.

Iris lived a busy life

Above: Iris with her children (left to right) Frank, Ray, Bernice (Fithall), Carol (Gifford) and Rod after she had blown out the candles (one for every decade). raising 4 children while helping Keith with the eucy production, milking cows and attending to other farm animals

Above: One of the greatest pleasures in Iris’ life is catching up with family.

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selling cream and eggs, growing fruit and vegetables.

There was no electricity or telephone so

no mod cons until a lighting plant was acquired years later.

In 1959 Keith purchased a house nearer to Moonambel which they lived in from then on and where Ray was born.

In the early years a great past time was playing Euchre either during afternoons at the hall or at friends places after footy on a Saturday night (6 o’clock closing and no TV back then).

Iris was a good seamstress and a good cook and always had the biscuit tins full ready for visiting grandchildren.

She also made and decorated many wedding cakes for family members.

She also loved gardening spending a lot of time trying to get rid of capeweed in the lawn without the use of poisons.

In the 70s Iris joined Keith working at the local vineyards Tantani and Dalwhinnie pruning, picking grapes and planting vines She was good at sport playing tennis for a Moonambel church team in the Landsborough District Tennis Association being part of a couple of premierships and won

the singles championships 1967 and 68.

She played golf starting in her late 50s at the Avoca club where she got her handicap down to 12 at one stage.

She played in pennant teams and participated in a lot of tournaments during her time there.

She only retired when in her eighties due to looking after Keith until he passed away in 2011 at the age of 99 and 5 months.

She also played bowls at Avoca and obtained her veterans badge there.

She was still driving up to the local shop until 2 years ago but falling and breaking her hip last year put her out of action for a while.

But after an operation she came back home and with the help of Shire Ser vices, neighbours and family, she was able to be back in her own home.

Iris is and has always been a gentle lady, who gets on well with everyone, never gets angry or speaks badly of others and has a good sense of humour.

She has shown great resilience, determination and independence all her life.

Above: Iris met her latest great grandchild Summer Gof for the first time .

Australian Agrifood industry set to benefit from extension of honey bee genetic program AUSTRALIA will continue to be home to a national honey bee genetic improvement program until at least April 2024, with Plan Bee announcing it has been extended for another year.

The extension means that the program, delivered as part of the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Rural R&D for Profit Program will continue its mission of establishing a national honey bee genetic database to improve the productivity and profitability of Australia’s agriculture sector.

The program which began in 2020 has made significant progress in furthering the adoption of modern genetic selection practices in Australia.

It has been stunted by several disasters including the 2019-2020 bushfires, flooding in eastern Australia and most recently the NSW

varroa mite incursion, which led to the destruction of the program’s colonies in Tocal.

The extension allows the program to launch a series of planned initiatives that could have immeasurable longterm impact to the quality of Australia’s honey bee stocks.

That’s according to Plan Bee Program Lead, Paul Blackshaw.

“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to continue the vital work of Plan Bee,” said Mr Blackshaw.

“We’re currently preparing to launch version two of the Plan Bee Breeding Manual, a vital resource which is already helping beekeepers and breeders to unlock the potential of

modern science to improve the quality of our honey bees.”

“This resource helps breeders select from desired traits, including pest and disease resistance, future-proofing the industry from threats like varroa.”

The project team continues to seek input from the beekeeping industry and encourages all beekeepers to participate in the program.

“We are always looking to work closely with breeders across the country to build our national genetic database.

“With each contributing bee breeder, our data set improves, allowing us to make better choices when selecting for traits.”

The benefits of a successful national genetic improvement program transcend the honey bee industry.

In fact, around 65% of agricultural production in Australia depends on pollination from honey bees according to the 2010 report Pollination Aware, The Real Value of Pollination in Australia.

“Whether it be pollination productivity, resistance to disease, or ability to stay active for longer, genetic selection helps bee breeders, beekeepers and growers to become more productive and sustainable.”

“Each year we are faced with new challenges, whether that be disasters, incursions or the simple premise of feeding more people with fewer resources.

Better bees can help us face these challenges head on, and thanks to modern genetic practices we’re on the right path.”

This work is a first

Above: The national honey bee genetic improvement program will now run until at least April 2024. SOURCE: AgriFutures Australia. for the Australian honey bee industry and the project extension will enable the industry to develop estimated breeding values for honey bees and further extend best practice standardised selection methods for breeders.

LISTINGS WANTED Residential, Rural, Commercial & Leasing See your local

Nutrien Harcourts Real Estate team Sharlene Bertalli: 0447 952 320 Damian Drum: 0428 952 284 13-19 Napier Street, St. Arnaud

More Vets to combat animal disease emergencies Week ending Wednesday 21 June 2023

— By Glendon Hancock

THE Australian wool market is limping toward the end of the 2022/23 season, recording another overall loss and the seventh straight week without an increase.

Fremantle did not hold a sale again this series, pushing the national quantity down to just 28,484 bales, this was the smallest sale since September.

In a similar pattern to the previous series, buyer sentiment was weak from the outset, which translated into price reductions across all merino fleece types.

On the first day the market opened lower and then progressively deteriorated.

By day’s end, the Individual Micron Price Guides (MPGs) for merino fleece had dropped by between 4 and 86 cents.

The AWEX Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) fell by 25 cents, only a generally unchanged crossbred market and limited movements in the skirtings and oddments preventing a larger fall.

The losses continued into the second day but at a more subdued rate than on the first, with some micron pockets recording no change or small increases.

The movements in the merino fleece MPGs ranged between plus 10 and minus 55 cents for the day.

The skirtings tracked a similar path to the fleece, while the oddments and crossbreds recorded little change.

The net result was a 10 cent drop in the EMI. The EMI finished the week 35 cents lower.

The losses to EMI this series have pushed it down to 1,139 cents.

The EMI is now at its lowest point since the beginning of December 2020, when the EMI was at 1,133 cents.

National Offering Centre North South West Total

Week 51 51 51

Days Offering 20, 21 June 9,763 20, 21 June 18,721 No Sale 28,484

Future Offerings Week

52

27, 28 June

Source - AWEX

47,003

Currency played virtually no part in this week’s falls.

The EMI lost 3.0% when viewed in both Australian and US currencies.

Fremantle returns next week for the final sale of the 2022/23 season, pushing the quantity higher.

Currently, there is expected to be 49,496 bales on offer, if this quantity eventuates, this will be the largest offering since April.

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PRIVATE veterinarians are to be called upon to strengthen support to future outbreaks of emergency animal diseases (EADs).

Minister for Agriculture Gayle Tierney met with veterinarian Jamie McNeil to acknowledge the valuable contribution private veterinarians would provide in an EAD response, stating their support would be essential in protecting our state’s $17.5 billion agriculture industry.

Ms Tierney said that our private veterinarians’ unique skills and experience will be vital in an emergency animal disease response.

“The Andrews Labor Government is working with private veterinarians now, so that we are prepared and ready to work together if an emergency animal disease reaches our shores.”

“If you’re a private vet and want to know how you might help in an outbreak, express your interest with Agriculture Victoria and attend their events.”

The risks of an EAD such as foot-and-mouth disease and lumpy skin

disease entering Australia will remain heightened for some time, highlighting the need for private veterinarians to express interest in being involved in an EAD response.

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As Australia’s largest and oldest wool processing company factories in Salisbury, South Australia and Suzhou, China, we know how to optimise grower’s returns.

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Prompt payment. Quick sales process.

• PRIVATE BUYING - Obligation free quotes on entire or part clips.

No clips too big or small.

•RISK MANAGEMENT - A full range of risk management products are available. Forward contracts: Hedge to Arrive (HTA), Guaranteed Minimum Price (GMP).

• WOOLTRADE - Wool is offered via electronic offer board or electronic auction.

DAVE McCAHON Wool Marketing Specialist - Maryborough

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EMPLOYMENT

Job Opportunities Donald • Campus Manager • Associate Nurse Unit Manager St Arnaud • Enrolled Nurse • Registered Nurse • Associate Nurse Unit Manager

Further information available at: https://ewhs.org.au/careers

Advertise your position in the Employment Section Phone: (03) 5495 1055

TRUCK DRIVER Reeves Earth Moving Pty Ltd are currently seeking experienced Truck Drivers to join our growing team.

Reeves Earth Moving are a family-owned business based out of Wedderburn, Victoria. We operate trucks and machinery, carting quarry products and completing earthworks including but not limited to shed pads, driveways, sheep yards, dams etc.

Essential Requirements: • Current HC or MC Drivers Licence • Ability to work unsupervised and follow directions.

• Available Monday-Friday with optional Saturday work

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Historical Society wood raffle Tracey Graham And thankyou to all volunteers and to all responsible for the load of wood.

• Ability to Operate Heavy Machinery including but not limited to: Front End Loader, Grader, Excavator, Bulldozer, Roller, Bobcat is advantageous but not a requirement.

Benefits: • Above award pay rate • The right candidate can expect regular work in and around the North Central Region • A safe, professional and family run business.

GENERAL DUTIES O’Connors in Birchip currently have an opportunity available in a General Duties position.

In this position you will work predominately with the Service Department assisting the team with general building and yard maintenance, general upkeep, machinery checks, washing and maintenance of machines and vehicles.

You will also assist other departments with a variety of tasks when required.

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• Leading Agribusiness based in St Arnaud • Fantastic career opportunity • Permanent full-time position Ridley has been an integral part of Australian agriculture for over 30 years. Our purpose is to lead animal nutrition by solving the production challenges of today and tomorrow.

We are currently seeking an enthusiastic Mill Production Operator to join our team in St Arnaud. The successful applicant will initially commence employment as part of our team as a general mill hand in our feed manufacturing operation.

In return for your skills and commitment, Ridley AgriProducts offers a supportive team environment, great culture and excellent benefits. Full training will be provided to the successful applicant.

Key responsibilities for this position include: • General Process - meeting daily production and quality targets • Unloading and loading trucks • Forklift operations • General cleaning of the workplace • Operation of the grain intake system including testing of grains • Accurate dip measurements and assistance with inventory control including stocktakes

A driver’s licence is required. Forklift licence is desired but not essential.

This position is full time and based in our Birchip dealership.

Applications close 30th June 2023

Having an eye for detail and pride in your work will also be an advantage.

A strong commitment to our organisation is required to succeed in this role and the successful candidate will need to demonstrate: • Time management skills, and the ability to work to a deadline • Strong attention to detail

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Nicola Kirk Physiotherapist Over 15 years experience Open Mon to Fri 8 Nelson Parade ST. ARNAUD

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The key skills required for this role include: • Be able to work shift work and overtime • Good communication skills • Physically fit to undertake manual and repetitive tasks • Be a team player, reliable and self-motivated • Basic computer skills • Current driver’s licence & forklift licence (desirable)

Candidates will be competent, self-motivated, reliable and have the ability to work in a team, while being capable of working individually.

Ph: 0429 836 055.

Lions Club of St. Arnaud

MEETINGS

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AT YOUR SERVICE

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Highly reputable family owned company Full time apprenticeship with strong career prospects Great team and culture We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Refrigeration Apprentice to join our busy and dynamic team.

In good condition, with good cab.

Will consider F-600.

Non-Essential Requirements:

For more information or to apply: email admin@reevesearthmoving.com.au or by post to PO Box 36, Wedderburn Victoria 3518.

SEEKING 1ST OR 2ND YEAR AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION APPRENTICE.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Appointments also available in Charlton, Donald & Wycheproof

Monday 10th July, 2023 at 7pm Community Meeting Room, St. Arnaud Town Hall GUEST SPEAKER: Paul Atherton Donald Mineral Sands Light Supper ALL WELCOME

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80th BIRTHDAY

Happy 80th Birthday to

Dorothy Postlethwaite (nee Reid)

Love and best wishes from your family: John, Debra, Andrew, Rebecca and Christopher, Darrin, Liz, Isaac, Ethan and Ava, Stuart, Pauline, Kyra, Amaya, Flynn and Shanae.

XOXO

DEATH MICHAEL - Barry (Tige) passed away on the 21st June after a very brave battle with cancer.

Tige is the son of Mary and Norm Michael, loving husband of Robyn (nee Casey), father and father-in-law of Carlie, Joe and Liesbeth and grandfather of Minnie, Lulu and Asher.

He will be sadly missed by family and friends.

Rest in peace.

MICHAEL - Barry (Tige), 1952 – 2023 Loved son of Norman and Mary (both dec).

Loving brother and brother-in-law of Suzanne and Brian, Elizabeth (dec) and Murray and Heather.

Fun loving Uncle to Scott, Paula, Kristy; Emma and Katie and their families, always the joke teller.

Tige was a special brother and uncle, always there if we needed him, interested and encouraging in all that we were doing.

Our thoughts are with Robyn, Carlie; Joe and Lies; Minnie and Lulu; and Asher.

A special brother. No more suffering. l will miss you love Heather.

Resting easy now.

MICHAEL - Barry (Tige) Dearly loved brother in law of Wendy and families.

Thank you for a lifetime of memories. For your love, kindness help and encouragement. I will miss you so much.

RIP

CHURCH NOTICES

DEATH MICHAEL - Barry (Tige) Robyn, my sincere condolence to you, Carlie, Joe and families on the passing of Barry.

There are many memories to cherish, thinking of you all at this sad time.

Anne.

MICHAEL - Barry (Tige) on 21/6/23 Tige was a friend to everyone and lived his life to the fullest, with an easy caring nature and had the respect of all who knew him.

We are left with fond memories of all the good, and sometimes mischievous, times we spent together over many years.

Sincere sympathy to Robyn, Carlie, Joe and Liesbeth, also Sue, Brian and Heather and their families.

Loved and respected great mate of Denis and Trish Goode Rest in Peace

The St. Arnaud Football Club extends our condolences to Robyn, Joe and Liesbeth, and Carlie and extended family, on the passing of Barry Michael, an outstanding past player, coach, and committeeman.

Barry’s success during his football career, and mateships forged along the way, will continue to be admired, and appreciated by all.

SCHULZ (McNALLY) - Jan Irene 13-07-46 -- 24-06-23 Passed away peacefully surrounded by family.

Loving daughter of Ron and Gwen McNally (dec), Loving wife of Keith Schulz (dec) Devoted mother of Tracie, Simone and Nerida.

Loving Nan of 11 grandchildren and Oldnan of great Grandchildren May she rest in peace.

SCHULZ (McNALLY) - Jan Irene 13-07-46 -- 24-06-23 Passed away peacefully at Bendigo Health.

Loved sister and sister in law to Greg and Anne Fond Aunt to Matthew, Nathan, Heath and their families Finally at peace and reunited with Keith You will live on in our hearts forever.

SHAY - Laurence John 04-07-1937 -- 19-06-2023 In loving Memory of Laurie.

Passed away peacefully at home.

Dearly loved brother of Betty. Great mate of Maurice (Sutton) dec.

Special Uncle of Lynette, Faye and Leigh.

Our life time of great memories “John”.

Funeral, Moliagul, 10.30am, 28-06-2023.

FUNERAL MICHAEL The funeral of Barry Michael will be held at William Sheahan Funerals, Drysdale on Friday 30th June at 1pm, with refreshments following at St Leonards Bowling Club.

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Big finish to term at St. Josephs Primary with camping, gardening and yoga THE final morning of camp presented a frost so thick that snowballs were made by scraping the ice off the tables, seats and railings.

Campaspe Downs PGL Outdoor Adventure Camp, near Kyneton, was the perfect setting for Grade 5 and 6 students from St Joseph’s Charlton, St Mary’s Donald and St. Patrick’s St. Arnaud to gather and explore some outdoor time together creating new friendships, encourage each other to complete the challenges and activities and to very simply - have fun.

Camp Campaspe Downs is set on 160 acres of beautiful countryside, filled with wildlife and wide open spaces to explore.

Climbing challenges, sensory trails, initiative and problem solving tasks, rope courses, the possum glider and flying fox were all tried out with enthusiasm - and a little trepidation here and there.

Gardening Mrs Bianca Winslade, teacher at The North Central Trade Training Centre, together with some of the Year 9 students, worked with all

- Contributed students to plant seedlings in the Community Garden.

The students enjoyed interacting with the older students and learning what the different vegetable plants look like. There will certainly be a wide range of vegetables available for some hearty soup in Term Three.

Yoga To wind down the term, yoga instructor Averyl Loft, visited St Joseph’s to spread some relaxation and boost well-being.

Both junior and senior students participated in yoga sessions, many for their very first time.

Averyl guided students through some stretching, active participation, paired balance activities and concluded with some mindful breathing.

Staff and students all agreed yoga is awesome and we were hope Averyl might visit us again one day.

Above: The senior group participating in the Yoga session.

‘The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ at St. Arnaud Cinema ONE bright sunny morning, mild mannered pensioner Harold Fry takes a stroll to the - Contributed post box.

But, for some reason he cannot bring himself to post his letter.

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It is an act of faith on Harold’s part.

He believes his long walk will help Queenie and save her life.

However, all is not happy at home.

Much to her dismay, his wife is hurt and disillusioned and feels abandoned.

This heartfelt movie supports the great acting talents of Jim Broadbent, Penelope Wilton and Linda Bassett.

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World Refugee Day brings recognition and awards FOUR remarkable people who have rebuilt their lives in Victoria to serve others have been recognised at the 2023 Victorian Refugee Awards.

Now in its third year and hosted by the Victorian

Multicultural commission (VMC) as part of Refugee Week, the

awards recognise the chievements of Victorians who arrived in Australia as refugees or asylum seekers.

Deputy Chairperson

Bwe Thay was proud to present the awards alongside Minister for Multicultural Affairs Colin Brooks and VMC Chairperson Viv Nguyen AM. Minister for Multicultural Affairs Colin Brooks said these awards were about recognising people who choose to serve their community and make Victoria a welcoming and inclusive place for people from all backgrounds.

The awards highlight people who

Left; The United Nations logo for World Refugee Day

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Twelve people or organisations received awards.

Young Leader Award The Young Leader Award went to Athraa Yo u s i f , a r e f u g e e mental health advocate, EAL Counsellor a n d Pe e r C a r e e r Advisor, who uses her

own lived experiences in Iraq’s wars to inspire others and advocate for more mental health support for young refugees

Leadership Award The Leadership Award went to Jacob Thang who arrived from Chin State Myanmar 11 years ago and started a small gardening business which is now a successful landscaping company employing people from the local Chin community.

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Achievement Award The Achievement Award went to the Dandenong-based A f g h a n Wo m e n’ s Organisation Victoria which supports and empowers Afghan women and girls from diverse backgrounds.

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The 2023 Inter-hotels Pool Comp season ROUND Ten of the Inter-Hotels’ Pool Competition was played on Wednesday, 21st June, the eve of the Winter solstice and the three top sides each celebrated the imminent onset of shorter nights with big wins in their respective matches while there are signs of a possible impending thaw in the glacial nether regions of the ladder.

- by Bob Wooley The third-placed Country Club Two team was at home to the all-conquering top side Royal One and any hopes of giving them a run for their money were severely dented when, in the first frame of the second round, the Royal’s Sam Postlethwaite executed a magnificent cadenza to eliminate County Club captain Harley Durward and give his team a commanding five games to zip lead however the Royal rampage was to suffer a temporary hiatus when Thomas Watts lost the next frame to Grant Doyle but this was to be their only blemish in the singles’ encounters as Tom went on to win that match in the third round while his teammates Daniel Needs had removed Jake Male and Kyle Postlethwaite, akin to his sibling, had produced the performance of a maestro against Ben Roger.

The rattled rollers and floggers thawed sufficiently however to eke out victories in both doubles thereby sending the rollicking Royalists into the gelid night with an eight games to three victory.

The fourth-placed Country Club One side recorded the biggest success of then night when they visited the Royal Two team at their rampart.

Des Moulday, still haunted by the Demons of the King’s Birthday, was the only one to lose a singles frame when he was barbequed by Phill Atkin in the first round while Paul Mullins, Troy Shields and Jacob Vanrenen each dominated against Nick Birthisel, Simon Elliott and Dillon Baldock.

With the doubles shared the Mean Machine had traded places on the ladder with co-tenants Club Two with their nine games to two success to now head them by one game and percentage.

Second-placed Farmers’ Arms One side celebrated the period of the shortest night for the year when they descended upon the bastion on the hill to take on the Sporting Club combination and took out the match in the minimum number of games required.

Leigh Watkins, Shane Sanger and Ben Medlyn crashed through Jace Carton, Reg Nazifouski and Jesse Cook with the ease of an Arctic icebreaker with Shane producing one of his signature crash-andbash performances to seven-ball Reg in one frame while courageous Club captain Dayle Pitt had averted total capitulation with his victory against Hayden Glen.

The flying Farmers’ boys completed their neartotal domination of the match by winning both doubles to take home the points after an eight games to two triumph.

Two hundred and eight years ago on this day Arthur Wellesley, AKA the Duke of Wellington, strolled across the blood-soaked fields of Waterloo amongst the many thousands of dead and dying soldiers, sacrifices for his famous victory against the formidable army of Napoleon Bonaparte and is reported to have stated that his success had been a “close run thing”.

The same could arguably be said when the fifthplaced Logan team charged the Farmers’ Arms fortress to do battle with the underdogs, the Farmers’ Arms Two team.

The match was to begin with mixed fortunes for the Avoca Forest’s McNaulty brothers with Jason winning his opening frame against Bianca Cannon while Shaun lost his to Luke Pole but when Ben Pell and Stephen Rodger opened their accounts against Alayne Cunningham and Logan Hines they were leading by three games to one and it looked this was going to be the cellar-dwellers’ Waterloo but the fearless Farmers were not going to go down without a fight however.

Bianca began the second round by squaring her match with Jason, Luke pulled the wheels off Shaun’s sulky and Logan also tied up his match with Stephen but Alayne had been relegated to the bleachers by Ben to leave the match tantalizingly poised at four games all at the conclusion of the second round.

A major upset was now a distinct possibility but the Pub in the Scrub’s Jason and Stephen completely overpowered Bianca and Logan to take a six games to four lead into the doubles and when they won the first of these the fighting Farmers brave campaign for the evening had been crushed and the relieved Loganites remained snapping at the heels of the top four with a seven games to five escape.

Bowlers at Coomealla THE St. Arnaud Bowlers and their partners (19 from the St. Arnaud Country Club’ and four bowlers from the St. Arnaud Club have recently returned from Coomealla where they enjoyed three days of bowling. - Contributed The bowlers all acquitted themselves very well, with some bowlers excelling enough to gain prize money.

The pairs event was made up of two fills, the morning fill where Chris Webb, and Jack Jorgensen finished in third placing, in the afternoon fill Bob McGregor and Tony Marland were the winners.

The fours event held on Tuesday was another good day where a team of Simon Elliott, Des Moulday, Faye Rodger and Jack Jorgensen finished in third place.

Over the three days of bowling the St. Arnaud bowlers run a competition, this year Tony Marland and Bob McGregor tied for first, Simon Elliott second, and Des Moulday for third.

The NABA award was convincingly won

by Paul Mullins.

The above winners were all presented with medals, and trophies for their effort, well done.

Congratulations to all bowlers who won raffle prizes and lucky card draws.

A big thank you to Lyn and Tony for their wonderful assistance over the bowls weekend, also a big thank you to Phil and Christine, for allowing us to use their house for our meetings, it was very much appreciated.

To all concerned we have decided that we will be returning to Coomealla next year, all being well.

St Arnaud Football Club thanks our weekly award sponsors driscoll douglas east Sprayer Spares | Parkview bakery st arnaud sporting club douglas hire | north west ag farmers arms hotel rmb pizza | croplands John & brenda Beggs royal hotel | Uniting Church Sonyas hair directors Canteen | physiobiz st arnaud physiotherapy centre banavie

THURSDAY NIGHT MEAL t h i s w e e k : chicken schnitzel w/ veg kids from 6pm | adults from 7pm

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Above: Back row left to right: Bill Rodger, Phil McRae, Simon Elliott, Marg McRae, Gary White, Phil Elliott, Des Moulday, Chris Webb, Greg McNally, Jack Jorgenson and John Nevill. Front: Bill McGregor, Tony Marland, Yvonne Nevill, Sue Wright, Lyn Moulday, Faye Rodger, Anne McNally, Paul Mullins Below: Tony Marland (left) and Bob McGregor were winners of a pairs event.

Below: Bowlers were impressed and enjoyed the new undercover facilities at the Coomealla Bowls Club.

whats coming up

•|THIS saturday |• ROUND 11 | HOME V NULLAWIL | Awards @ sporting club awards and meal with nully from 6pm •|coming up|• round 12 | away v slnt | tba round 13 | home v charlton | netball club event

“miss saint arnaud” more information coming soon! stay tuned to social media and this space round 14 | away v w.-N'port | awards @ farmers arms round 15 | home v donald | awards @ sporting club round 16 | away v wedderburn | awards @ farmers arms round 17 | home v boort | saint olympics

teams of 6 will compete against each other in a variety of challenges, for the title of… “saints olympic champions” STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION round 18 | away vs bir.-watchem | royal hotel september 23rd | st arnaud saints black tie vote count & presentations

Charlton vs Wedderburn round 10 netball 14 & Under B Charlton 1 def by Wedderburn 20 Nurtien Ag Solutions Best: Rosie Fitzpatrick L adies Auxiliary Coaches: Maddie L anyon, Bendigo Bank & Signwise Solutions Encouragement: Anna Fitzpatrick

14 & Under A Charlton 15 def Wedderburn 3 REX Cinema Best: Josie Larmour North West Ag Coaches: Stella Nicolson, Bendigo Bank & Signwise Solutions Encouragement: Anika Holmes-Brown

17 & Under A Charlton 29 def Wedderburn 15 Nutrien Ag Solutions Best: Annie Olive, REX Cinema Coaches: Elise Fitzpatrick, Ladies Auxiliary Encouragement: Emmersyn Nelson

- Contributed

C Grade Charlton 23 def by Wedderburn 44 Loveland Electrical & Charlton Caravan Park – Travellers Rest Best: Sarah Blair for nice cuts along the baseline, Teejet & Roberts Contracting Coaches: Anika Holmes-Brown for stepping up into C Grade and her strong drives

B Grade Charlton 36 def by Wedderburn 60 S&D Consultancy and Stacy’s Dental Best: Kate Alday, East Charlton Hotel and Signwise Solutions Coaches: Rebecca Sexton

A Grade Charlton 43 def by Wedderburn 53 Walsh Motors and JS Plumbing Best: Megan Brun, Teys Charlton Feedlot and Charlton IGA Coaches: Madi Schulz

North Central Hockey Association round 10 results Under 12: Charlton 5 Wedderburn 0, Sea Lake Nandaly 8 Boort 0, Wycheproof-Narraport 3 Donald 2,

Under 15: Charlton 10 Wedderburn 0, Sea Lake Nandaly 4 Boort 0, Wycheproof-Narraport 3 Donald 4,

Natte Bealiba vs Talbot netball on Saturday AS we head across to Talbot this week for what will be an even bigger weekend off the court, we have plenty of senior netballers that will be changing their uniform into gowns and heading across to Ballarat for - Contributed our Annual Ball!

11 & Under

13 & Under

It was a loss for the 11 & Under’s to Talbot this week 15 to 10.

The 13 & Under team had a very tight game against Talbot unfortunately going down by 2 goals, 20 to 18.

The glass award went to Eve Mortlock and the Reformed Pilates award went to Edie Mortlock.

Talbot came out firing in the first quarter and we needed to find our rhythm which came good in the last quarter with some great passing into the ring with some solid defence that kept them to one goal.

15 & Under

Evie Ross got the Reformer Pilates Award for her consistent play and Emmie Graco was awarded the drink bottle for her outstanding performance in Centre.

The 15 & Under’s played a fantastic team game this week to get a 37 to 19 win.

The team set up the win with a strong first quarter 11 to 3 and then

won each quarter with all girls playing great netball, contributing to the win.

Glass Award and BMPT Award went to Ella Gourley and Skylah Smith took home the other award.

17 & Under The 17 & Under’s came away with a strong team effort, the Natte girls came away with a strong win against Talbot.

Awards went to Indy Palmer and Ellie Martin for their accurate shots and goalie to goalie passing.

Charlton 11 Wedderburn 0, Sea Lake Nandaly 2 Boort 0, Wycheproof-Narraport 8 Donald 1

Men Sea Lake Nandaly 0 Boort 6, Wycheproof-Narraport 7 Donald 1

MCDFNL results round 10 Seniors Campbells Creek 2.3-15 Harcourt 36.23-239 Royal Park 5.6-36 Lexton 6.12-48 Newstead 9.9-63 Carisbrook 18.15-123 Trentham 10.16-76 Maldon 4.8-32 Dunolly 12.13-85 Marybor’gh Rovers 10.12-72 Navarre 10.9-69 Avoca 8.3-51 Talbot 2.9-21 Natte Bealiba 9.13-67

Reserves Campbells Creek 1.3-9 Harcourt 16.14-110 Royal Park 1.1-7 Lexton 13.17-95 Newstead 4.6-30 Carisbrook 6.17-53 Trentham 10.13-73 Maldon 1.3-9 Dunolly 17.10-112 Maryborough Rovers 5.2-32 Navarre 11.10-76 Avoca 4.1-25 Talbot 17.10-112 Natte Bealiba 3.5-23

Bealiba Hall Indoor Carpet bowls - Contributed

IT was a cold, wet night but a small group of bowlers braved the elements this week.

Shirley Coburn was the rose between the two thorns, Malcom Campbell and Gary McClelland on the winning team.

Pam Brightwell was the rose on the opposing team with Lyle Streeter and Tiger Coburn.

Shirley, Malcolm and Gary were convincing winners with a score of three games to nil.

Better luck next week. Happy bowling

A Grade

The C Grade girls had a good win 46 to 21.

All the girls played well and was a team effort.

Awards went to Zali Mortlock for her consistency and efforts in the goal ring and Hannah Lanfranchi for her strong attacking game.

For A Grade it was a great team effort from the girls with the margin increasing throughout the game, with the result being 74 to 18.

Ella Tranter was pivotal in the midcourt and Naomi Medlyn and Demi Cossar were solid in defence, forcing Talbot to make many errors.

B Grade A big win by the B Grade girls this week, 61 to 14.

Jess White played a great game in goals and Kayla Stewart provided her with plenty of scoring opportunities.

The defence of Ash Ryan and Shelby Farrell was again strong, making it hard for Talbot to score.

SUDOKU SOLUTION 9 8 3 5 2 1 4 7 6 5 6 1 4 8 7 9 3 2 2 4 7 9 6 3 8 1 5 7 1 9 8 4 5 2 6 3 3 5 4 2 1 6 7 9 8 6 2 8 3 7 9 1 5 4 4 9 5 1 3 2 6 8 7 8 3 6 7 9 4 5 2 1 1 7 2 6 5 8 3 4 9

North-Central Football Roundup Goldacres Seniors

3.1 6.4 9.4 11. 5 (71) BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

NULLAWIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.3 4.3 5.8 9.11 (65) Goals for Birchip-Watchem: Ben Edwards 3, Nicholas Rippon 3, Daniel Castellano 2, Nathan Gordon 2, William Marks. For Nullawil: Jordan Humphreys 4, Nicholas Grigg 2, Andrew Casey, Andrew Oberdorfer, Dean Smith.

Best for Birchip-Watchem: Nicholas Rippon, Jos Builder, Marshall Rippon, Ben Hogan, Dale Hinkley, Tom Batarilo. For Nullawil: Zachary Caccaviello, Dean Smith, Matt Quigley, Dean Putt, Andrew Casey, Jordan Humphreys.

2.3 6.5 9.8 11.16 (82) SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.3 1.5 3.7 3. 8 (26) Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Billy McInnes 4, Will Simpson 2, John Summerhayes 2, Thomas Cox, Tyson McKenzie, Ryan O’Sullivan. For Boort: Ethan Coleman, Ryan McGhie, Tom Potter.

Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Trent Donnan, Wade Donnan, Callan Noonan, Luke Martin, Thomas Cox, Brody Weir. For Boort: Ryan McGhie, Jack Smith, Alex Davis, Nathan Twigg, Keanu Padula, Ethan Coleman.

WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.2 4.6 7.10 9.15 (69) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.2 3.3 4. 5 6. 7 (43) Goals for Wedderburn: Sam Barnes 2, Danny Benaim 2, Jordan Rosengren 2, Luke Holt, Mitchell McEwen, Jackson McEwen. For Charlton: Jaydon Cowling, Bailey Dixon, Tim Hill, Nick Thompson, Aaron Walklate, Jackson Zagame.

Best for Wedderburn: Jackson McEwen, Mitchell McEwen, Isaac Holt, Darcy Jackson, Danny Benaim, Jayden Jones. For Charlton: Jesse Taylor, Anthony Judd, Cobi Fitzpatrick, Sam Woods, Bailey Dixon, Jed Thompson.

3.0 4.0 5.3 10.5 (65) DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . .

1.1 2.2 4.3 5.3 (33) Goals for Donald: Sam Dunstan 3, Cooper Anderson 2, Will Burke 2, Hayden Geddes, Blake Grant, Ross Young. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Ben Fraser 4, Rick Allan.

Best for Donald: Ryley Barrack, Ross Young, Will Burke, Dyson Bell-Warren, Rory O’Shannessy, Blake Grant. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Koby Hommelhoff, Gedd Hommelhoff, Jed Bish, Josh Walsh, Rick Allan, Ben Fraser.

Bye: St Arnaud.

Women

C Grade

Haeusler’s Reserves

BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.0 4.2 4. 5 6. 8 (44) NULLAWIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.4 1.8 4.10 5.12 (42) Goals for Birchip-Watchem: Callum Goode 2, Jack Ryan 2, Riley Doran, Jak Goldsmith. For Nullawil: Jarrod Taylor 2, George Forrester, Will Hogan, Sol Kelly.

Best for Birchip-Watchem: Ashleigh Samuels, Alexander Noonan, Jack Ryan, Jacob Noonan, Ty Colbert.

For Nullawil: Sol Kelly, Dude Kelly, Jarrod Taylor, Tom Fawcett, Jack Morrison, Lachlan Braine.

SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5.4 8.11 9.14 13.16 (94) BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.1 0. 3 0. 7 1. 8 (14) Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Dylan Hickey 3, Billy Poulton 3, Damon Bailey 2, Brock Crowe 2, Joel Donnan, Codey Elliott, Ethan Ellis. For Boort: Willem Toose.

Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Lance McClelland, Connor Michael, Rylee McGarry, Dylan Hickey, Cooper Allan, Joel Donnan. For Boort: Jordan Sheahan, Willem Toose, Rhys Crapper, Oliver Toose, Alex Cockerell, Blake Slatter.

WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.6 4.10 7.12 9.15 (69) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.1 3. 1 4. 1 5. 2 (32) Goals for Wedderburn: Gerald RIley 2, Chris Hargreaves, Jake Hayes, Luke Last, Liam Ritchie, Cam Weston. For Charlton: Tyler Catherine, Jack Collins, Chaise Markham, Riely Thiesz, Dan Whykes.

Best for Wedderburn: Jake Hayes, Cam Weston, Lachy Price, Matthew Lockhart, Tyson Webster, Cameron Lang. For Charlton: Fergus Bourke, Lachlan Holmes-Brown, Billy Sexton, Tyler Catherine, Riely Thiesz, Luke Whykes.

WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . .

1.1 4.7 6.12 12.14 (86) DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.2 1.2 1. 4 1. 4 (10) Goals for Wycheproof-Narraport: Ben Brennan 4, Dylan Turner 3, Harry Fawcett 2, Daniel Allen, Thomas Keane, Zavier McKersie. For Donald: Bayley Burke.

Best for Wycheproof-Narraport: Will Allan, Rowan Jones, Xavier McKersie, Trevor Rumbold, Daniel Allen, Ben Brennan. For Donald: Noah Berry, Brenton Dixon, Brady Griffiths, Gavin Beckham, Brannon Walker, Jesse Dixon.

Community Bank Charlton & District Under-17s

BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1.2 3.7 6.7 8.9 (57) NULLAWIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.1 3.2 5.3 7.6 (48) Best for Birchip-Watchem: Connor Lee, Charles Barber, Noah Dean, Connor Boyle.

For Nullawil: Sol Kelly, Les Cooper, Tynan Perry, Brody Kelly, Max Fawcett.

BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.6 9.9 12.15 13.23 (101) SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.0 0.0 0. 1 0. 2 (2) Best for Boort: Brodie Arnold, Max Beattie, Brady Whykes, Lachlan Hall.

For Sea Lake-Nandaly: Lucas McInerney, Felix Warne, Tye Griffiths, Brayden Allan, Isaac Durie, Scott Barbary.

CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7.3 11.6 15.8 16.10 (106) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

0.0 0.0 1.0 3. 4 (22) Best for Charlton: Chaise Markham, Elliott Fitzpatrick, William Baird, Ethan Soulsby, Angus Soulsby, Joseph Monaghan.

For Wedderburn: Dylan Caruana, Tyson Blair, Travis Lowe, Deacon-James Tansley.

DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2.3 5.4 13.6 13.6 (84) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . .

1.1 3.3 5.3 11.6 (72) Best for Donald: Noah Berry, Brady Griffiths, Mitchell Godkin, Colby Anderson.

For Wycheproof-Narraport: Hunter Connolly, Harvey White, Heath Senior, Leyland Seddon, Thomas Cotton.

Next Round

Round 109, Saturday, June 24 —

St Arnaud v. Nullawil Birchip-Watchem v. Sea Lake-Nandaly

Boort v. Charlton Wedderburn v. Wycheproof-Narraport Bye: Donald

Uniting Church Under-14s

NULLAWIL 6.3 (39) d. BIRCHIP-WATCHEM 3.4 (22).

For Nullawil: Tiger Vearing, Cooper Kelly, Logan Higgins, Chase Poyner, Toby Kemp, Darcey Poyner.

For Birchip-Watchem: Kobe Hamilton, Willow Ryan, Noah Dean, Desmond Coffey.

BOORT 5.5 (35) d. SEA LAKE-NANDALY 5.4 (34).

Best for Boort: Cooper Gooding, Cooper Gould, Seth Muller, Deklan King, Sam McClelland. For Sea Lake-Nandaly: Jacob Cox, Nate McClelland, Coby Wight, Angus Renney, Chad O’Sullivan, Charlie WinterGoldman.

CHARLTON 5.11 (41) d. WEDDERBURN 1.0 (6).

Best for Charlton: Mitchell Boyle, Murphy Fitzpatrick, Hudson McGrath, Xavier Good, Cooper McGrath, Tamsyn McGurk. For Wedderburn: Tate Lovett, Brock Treuel, Benjamin Cunningham, Jayden Baltas-Brew, Brodie Turnbull.

DONALD 12.8 (80) d. WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT 4.6 (30) Best for Donald: John Clapham, Baxter Donnellon, Jesse Lydom, Charlie Burke. For WycheproofNarraport: Finbar Polzin, Darcy Coles, Mason Seddon, Ollie White.

Positions of Teams Goldacres North-Central Seniors

Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . .

St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

P 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8

Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .

St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

P 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8

Pts 36 24 24 24 18 16 14 4 0

% 271.68 184.47 158.03 111.00 89.74 96.31 95.95 41.15 29.98

W 9 6 6 6 4 4 3 1 0

L 0 3 3 3 4 5 5 8 8

Haeuslers Reserves Pts 36 26 26 24 20 8 8 8 4

% 534.81 292.02 234.47 156.83 110.92 46.98 37.78 34.66 33.42

W 9 6 6 6 5 2 2 2 1

L 0 2 2 3 4 7 7 7 7

D 1 1 -

B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

For 921 891 787 656 560 652 568 428 265

Ag 339 483 498 591 624 677 592 1040 884

D 1 1 -

B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2

For 845 768 687 574 457 296 249 305 261

Ag 158 263 293 366 412 630 659 880 781

Community Bank Charlton and District Under-17s

Teams St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . .

Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .

Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . .

St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .

P 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9

Pts 32 30 26 22 16 12 12 10 0

W 8 7 6 5 4 3 3 2 0

L 0 1 2 3 5 6 6 6 9

D 1 1 1 1 -

B 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

D -

B 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1

Uniting Church Under-14s P 9 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 9

Pts 32 32 28 24 16 12 12 4 0

W 8 8 7 6 4 3 3 1 0

L 1 1 2 3 4 6 6 8 9

Tooleybuc Sporting Club Presidents’ Award

Voting for round 10: Birchip-Watchem: N. Rippon 3, J. Builder 2, M. Rippon 1.

Nullawil: D. Putt 3, D. Smith 2, P. Kelly 1.

Sea Lake-Nandaly: T. Donnan 3, W. Donnan 2, C. Noonan 1.

Boort: N. Twigg 3, J. Fitzpatrick 2, R. McGhie 1.

Wedderburn: J. McEwen 3, M. McEwen 2, I. Holt 1.

Charlton: J. Taylor 3, A. Judd 2, C. Fitzpatrick 1.

Donald: R. Barrack 3, R. Young 2, W. Burke 1.

Wycheproof-Narraport: K. Hommelhoff 3, G. Hommelhoff 2, J. Walsh 1.

Saturday’s Leading Goal Kickers Seniors

Reserves

Sam Dunstan (Donald) 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Ben Edwards (Bir.-Watchem) 3 . . . . . . . .35 Billy McInnes (SLNT) 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Adam Thomson (Nullawil) 0 . . . . . . . . . . .28 Sam Barnes (Wedderburn) 2 . . . . . . . . . .24 Nathan Gordon (Bir.-Watchem) 2 . . . . . . .23 Gedd Hommelhoff (W-N) 0 . . . . . . . . . . .21 Tom Campbell (Wedderburn) 0 . . . . . . . .21 Will Simpson (SLNT) 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Daniel Castellano (Bir.-W) 2 . . . . . . . . . . .20

Billy Poulton (SLNT) 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Sam Goldsmith (Nullawil) 0 . . . . . . . . . . .27 Callum Goode (Bir.-Watchem) 2 . . . . . . .25 Ben Brennan (W-N) 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Gerald Riley (Wedderburn) 2 . . . . . . . . . .20 Patrick O’Rourke (Boort) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Matt Poyner (Nullawil) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Joel Clohesy (SLNT) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Riley Doran (Bir.-Watchem) 1 . . . . . . . . . .14

CHS Broadbent Club Championship

(Senior win 10 pts., Reserves 6, Under-17s 4, Under-14s 2) Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . . . . . . . . .

Birchip-Watchem . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wycheproof-Narraport . . . . . . . . .

Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Snr. 10 10 0 0 0 10 10 0 0

Res. 6 6 0 0 6 0 6 0 0

U-17 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 4

U-14 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2

Ttl. 182 130 120 115 93 88 52 50 46

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20th Birthday surprise ARGUABLY there’s no better way for a trotting driver to celebrate their birthday than by driving a winner and 20yo Ryan Sanderson did it in style at Melton on Saturday night when he was successful in the “Blacks A Fake” Free for All aboard the $26 chance “Vanquish Stride”.

Benefitting from a stroke of genius by the Sanderson stable who entered the pacer in a 90 rateing front when it is rated at 85 thus ensuring the gelding drew the coverted number 1 barrier Ryan was able to secure a cosy run 2 back on the pegs until the top of a straight when a run came into the sprint lane and he quickly put paid to the opposition with a lifetime best mark of 1.52.

Raced by Emilio and Mary Rosati (E & M Stride) the 5yo has now won 9 races since joining the Sanderson stable albeit its last win

was on September 2 last year.

NSW harness was at Young, “The Cherry Capital of Australia” on Friday night and amongst the winners was “Woodlea Beaver” raced by Bob Egan and associates.

Trained by Amanda Turnbull at Bathurst, 176ks away, the mare was driven by Isobel Ross and has now won 3 of her 9 Australian starts.

“Luvaflair” won again for Noel and Kaye Boyd at Gloucester Park,WA, on Tuesday when driven by her trainer Nigel Johns.

At the generous price of $14 the mare defeated the former Victorian “Bromwich” who started at $1.07 the win and broke under pressure when tackled by “Luvaflair” at the top of the straight.

Interestingly the 5yo now races in the colours, White, Black stripes, Pink circled “K” and White sleeves, an adaptation of the colours of the late Frank Evans.

One can only wonder at the programming of a night meeting at Kilmore in the winter months.

Sunday night saw rain and a temperature that “feels like 2” but it didn’t stop the Markham family getting the cash with their handy pacer “Codename Marcus”

Inside running

by Archie

who courtesy of a heady front running drive from Ashleigh easily accounted for its opposition in race 6.

The 4yo gelding hadn’t had much luck in its recent starts so with a decent draw it wasn’t a surprise to see it win at a very nice $8.

Racing tonight is at Geelong with “Twisted Bliss” for John and Paul Thompson in race 6 from an awkward draw and then next Monday, July 3, the Charlton club have their annual US Independence Day meeting.

Above: Left to right: Anne Kenny, Janice Boyle and Wendy Laffin.

Charlton’s Ladies golf - Contributed

THE third round of the championship was played Wednesday 21st June in typical winter conditions; Silver winner Wendy Laffin 271.

Above: “Blacks A Fake” Free for All winner “Vanquish Stride” with Abby Sanderson, Ryan Sanderson and the race sponsor’s representatives at Melton on Saturday night. Photo. Stuart McCormick.

Bitterly cold at St. Arnaud Golf THURSDAY morning golf became truly inclusive with the nine old farts being joined by three old tarts.

Overcoming the bitter cold to win the event was Tubby Drendel on count back from David Lanyon on 16 points from Trevor McDonald on 14.

Next week we start at 9.30 to give the frost a better chance to dissipate.

Saturday was a par event with ten players braving the cold.

David Lanyon reversed the tables on

Tubby Drendel to win with minus one.

Nearest the pins were Bill Rodger on the 8th and Sanga Goode on the 18th.

Sunday saw twenty two players turn up for the second round of the championships.

The winner in division one with 84/14/70 was Rob Batters from David Lanyon 81/10/71 on a count back from Jimmy Coloe on 84/13/71.

Division two winner was Arnold Bond with 88/15/73 from Tom Douglas with 95/20/75.

Nearest the pin on the 6th was Arnold Bond, on the 8th was John Nevill, on the 10th was Bill Rodger and on 18th was Scott Wright.

After two rounds of the championships the leader in A grade is the ever present Bill Rodger one stroke ahead of a Scott Wright with Jake Male a further four shots behind!

In B grade 4 shots

- Contributed separate the top four.

Rob Batters in his shiny new cart shares the lead with Jimmy Coloe from John Nevill two behind.

In C grade Tom Douglas holds a big lead of eight strokes over Ernie Scilini and Tony Coloe.

Next Saturday is stableford and chance to play some matches and Sunday is the final round of the championships.

Good luck to those in contention.

Bronze winner Janice Boyle 276, Janice also winning the Doreen Heenan trophy for best 2 Netts 69, 77146.

Glad Dew putting winner Anne Kenny 73.

Twelve ladies played the day’s competitions; Chris Livingston todays winner, 109-3475 also silver spoon winner.

Runner up Rebecca Heenan 90-14-76.

Putting; Anne and Bec 26 each.

NTP; 2nd Bec, 7th Eily, 14th Kim. Well done to everyone and hoping the good golf continues in tomorrow’s Kara Kara event at Charlton.

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