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CALL FOR HELP COMMUNITY representatives for are calling for government assistance for Falls Creek businesses following news the Bogong High Plains Road may be completely blocked until February or March.

Falls Creek Chamber of Commerce president Lisa Logan said Falls Creek businesses cannot access Victorian Government flood relief grants as they have not been directly impacted by floods, despite the landslide and the floods having the same root cause .

“We have a situation which is a direct impact of the excessive rainfall, which

Falls Creek businesses face disaster from landslide

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also causes floods,” she said.

“The fact that we’re excluded by a technicality is very unfortunate.”

According to Ms Logan, employees and sole traders can access the Federal Government’s Disaster Recovery Allowance, which provides people with payments for up to 13 weeks, but larger businesses are receiving no such assistance from federal or

state governments.

Ms Logan said some Falls Creek businesses are remaining closed due to the loss of bookings, the unreliability of getting supplies and the lack of staff, many of which live in Mount Beauty - now a fourhour drive away.

“It’s just not viable,” she said.

“It’s not like you can drive eight hours a day to do an eight hour shift.”

Brett Williams, general manager of a Falls Creek accommodation business, said he considered applying for the Victorian

Government’s Small Business Immediate Flood Relief Program, but wasn’t eligible as he cannot demonstrate any flood damage to his business.

According to Mr Williams, his business is likely to experience a $180,000 loss in turnover by the end of February if the Bogong High Plains Road isn’t opened.

A spokesperson for the Victorian Government said Regional Development Victoria is in contact with the Falls Creek Alpine Resort to understand the implications on

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“Business Victoria has established a Business Relief Service to provide free one-on-one support via telephone to business owners affected by floods and other emergencies,” they said.

Nationals MP for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy said the Falls Creek community risked losing in excess of $100 million this summer, and emphasised the extended impact of an ongoing road closure

to mental health, and community togetherness.

“We would encourage those business and families who need support to get in contact, so that I can lobby the government to ensure that the situation is resolved and does not drag on longer than needed,” he said.

According to a Nationals spokesperson, Mr McCurdy is also pushing for fair financial compensation for businesses affected by the landslide, and is currently in discussion with a number of key stakeholders in the local community.

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FINGERS CROSSED R d Rodeo volunteers working to save rodeo from wet weather

BY BRODIE EVERIST beverist@ nemedia.com.au

THE Myrtleford Showgrounds were abuzz with mowing last Thursday afternoon as Lions volunteers cut the kneehigh grass in an effort to dry the soil and stop water flowing into the rodeo arena.

“We’re all hoping that we’re going to be able to keep this dry, and make the best day we’ve had for a lot of years,” rodeo president John Panlook said.

The mowing is just one effort from the committee and volunteers to ensure this year’s Boxing Day Golden Spurs Rodeo goes ahead despite a predicted wet summer, ahead of the final decision on the event on December 5.

According to Mr Panlook, if the rodeo arena is too wet stock are more likely to lose their footing and become injured, making it too unsafe to run the event.

Meanwhile, if it is cancelled the Myrtleford Lions will lose a major source of funding for their community work.

According to Myrtleford Lions president Mick Cross,

UP TO FATE: Lions volunteer Cam Bynon, Golden Spurs Rodeo committee president John Panlook and Myrtleford Lions president Mick Cross are doing all they can to ensure this year’s Boxing day rodeo goes ahead.

PHOTO: Brodie Everist in previous years the money raised from the rodeo funded a complete oncology unit at Albury Hospital.

“If the rodeo goes ahead, the money we make goes back into the Myrtleford community,” he said.

A cancellation would be an even greater blow considering the event hasn’t run since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

To dry out the ground the group installed a pump in the area behind the grandstand, which had become significantly flooded, and pumped the water to the nearby creek.

They will also be digging a spoon drain at the bottom of the grassed viewing area to stop water flowing into the arena.

The arena itself will be

mowed and left to dry out, before being rotary-hoed around a week before the event, if it goes ahead.

They also plan to clear the drains on the driveway to the speedway.

However, Mr Panlook said more structural work needs to be done to improve drainage at the showgrounds.

He said recent rain had

flooded the Myrtleford Golf Course, while the speedway has been largely inaccessible due to the water and mud near its entrance, while many cars became bogged at the Myrtleford Show in October.

“We have to put some major work into this to try and get it back to where we can use it,” he said.

According to Mr Panlook,

a hydrologist from the Alpine Shire had recently visited the showgrounds to examine the drainage issues as well.

He admitted the fate of this year’s rodeo was mainly up to chance.

“We’re waiting on the weather, good luck, and community,” he said.

“Mother Nature will probably rule us from here.”

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Help for an iconic chalet and local businesses

By BELINDA HARRISON WHEN Janelle Marsden returned to the North East region after a few years away, she realised what an iconic building and National Park there was at Mount Buffalo.

The chalet had been closed for a number of years and there were a lot of unknowns about how to progress what needed to be done for its continuation.

Local community members had worked for more than 10 years on how to partner with government agencies to support the chalet and the National Park at large but nothing had been achieved.

Janelle approached Into Our Hands and set up a sub-fund where money raised or donated could be kept.

It was important to Janelle that the money was held with an independent, transparent organisation, and a local one who understood the area and what the chalet meant to the local communities.

“Working with Into Our Hands meant we had an independent organisation that was entrusting that money, rather than it being held in my business account or someone else’s business account,” Janelle said.

“The sub fund was also set up so that we’ve got a way to truly do

a community approach to the chalet.”

In addition to the Mt Buffalo Chalet Fund, Janelle and a group of like-minded individuals and business people set up a second fund where proceeds of a gold coin donation to the High Country comeback initiative could be held.

As Janelle explained, after the 2019/2020 bushfires, operators in the region lost their summer trade and with no chance of regaining the visitation, she and Mel from Feathertop Wines decided to advocate for something in Melbourne.

Gathering together interested local food, wine and retail operators, they went to Melbourne for the day, giving the affected businesses an audience and customer base.

City customers queued for three blocks to get into the timberyards and purchase regional produce and items and $10,000 was raised through the gold coin donation alone.

Within two hours, half a million dollars’ worth of produce and goods had been sold and for many of those affected business owners, it was the difference between their business closing or remaining open.

The $10,000 received went to a wildlife centre and head torches for all the local CFA units within the region.

GRAND OLD DAME: The Mt Buffalo Chalet sub-fund has been set up to assist in keeping the chalet open for years to come.

PHOTO: Belinda Harrison “Into Our Hands has been phenomenal in supporting in whatever way they can to make sure there’s governance and advocacy around the projects we’ve asked them to be involved in with us,” Janelle said.

“I want to see my money stay in the region for years to come so it’s important that good decisions on how the area remains sustainable are made.

“That might be through building childcare centres or looking after our aged community or making

sure we’ve got community banking in our towns.

“Whatever it looks like, having good people committed to our region and having our own funds in perpetuity is important to our sustainability.

“We’re so privileged to have an organisation like Into Our Hands here because otherwise you’d be trying to work with similar organisations in Melbourne and trying to make them understand our community and how we should put those funds to good use, and that doesn’t really work.”

Janelle speaks further in the Into Our Hands’ Digital story project, which can be found via the links below.

The Digital Stories Project shares supporter and grantee stories about how Into Our Hands is benefiting North East communities and how and why people get involved in donating to the general fund, or one of their sub-funds.

For more information on the Mt Buffalo Chalet Fund, Into Our Hands or any of the other sub-funds available in the Wangaratta, Alpine, Indigo or Mansfield shires, visit intoourhadnsfoundation.com.au.

To watch Janelle’s video in full visit intoourhandsfoundation.com. au/newsandevents/ or www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYgZkZbveNg.

Paper’s top gong at state awards THE Myrtleford Times/Alpine Observer has been acknowledged as one of the best newspapers in Victoria.

At this month’s Victorian Country Press Association’s annual awards in Melbourne the paper won the coveted Overall Newspaper Excellence Award for newspapers with a circulation of under 2000.

The paper was runner-up the previous year for the award, which recognises excellence across all facets - journalism, advertising, photography, layout and printing.

Judge Peter Hanlon said the decline of national newspapers arguably makes local papers more valuable and relevant than ever.

“If done well, they engage local communities, celebrate their people and achievements, and foster unity and pride,” he said “The Myrtleford Times and its stablemate the Alpine Observer

TOP AWARD: Delighted with taking out the VCPA’s Overall Newspaper Excellence Award are Myrtleford Times/ Alpine Observer team members (from left) Nathan de Vries, Michael Kidman, Jenny Zamperoni (branch manager) and Brodie Everist. show what can be achieved when you continue to invest resources in journalism that so many newspapers big and small are either not prepared to or simply unable to support.

“Quality local coverage to make any community proud.”

North East Media chief executive officer Edward Higgins said the award was testament to the small team at the Myrtleford Times and Alpine Observer who

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SES tackle fallen trees

By BRODIE EVERIST AMID rain and high winds over the weekend, the Bright and Myrtleford SES groups attended to three fallen trees.

According to Myrtleford SES controller David Coates, the Myrtleford SES took about an hour to remove a fallen tree that had covered both lanes of the Myrtleford-Stanley Road on Saturday night.

Meanwhile the Bright SES attended to two fallen trees over the weekend.

According to Bright SES controller Graham Gales, one tree had fallen across Tawonga Gap Road at around 8pm on Saturday, but by the time the SES reached the fallen tree someone had already cleared it from the road.

On Sunday another tree across Bakers Gully Road was cleared by the SES at around 9pm.

Christmas tree to light up Bright

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE CHRISTMAS spirit officially returns to Bright this week with the town’s tree set to light up the night on Friday at dusk.

The Bright Lights and Winter Night’s annual twilight Christmas market will be in operation and invites you to get your Christmas shopping done early, be serenaded by the Bright Singers, enjoy food from local vendors, with plenty of activities for the kids as well.

There will be crafts, face painting, the Lions Club train and a special visit from Santa Claus himself at 7pm.

Santa will be giving out ice cream, a lolly and children can have their photo taken with him before writing and posting letters to the North Pole with his mailbox.

The annual raffle is back as well with first prize a decorated, pre-lit Christmas Tree, valued at $1200 donated by Making Spirits Bright.

The second prize is a huge hamper filled with locally donated goodies and the third prize is dinner for two at Elm Dining.

Tickets are $10 each and available from this Friday onwards at local stores Journey and Making Spirits Bright.

Tickets will also be sold by volunteers outside Woolworths and on the night of the tree lighting and are available to purchase online by messaging the Bright Lights and Winter Nights Facebook page or calling Gail on 0499 567 548 and pay by direct deposit.

The raffle will be drawn on Thursday, December 1.

The tree lighting will be held this Friday from 5pm to 9pm in Burke Street at the Uniting Church grounds.

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Haines visits Mt Beauty in shire consultation

By BRODIE EVERIST

INDEPENDENT MP for Indi Helen Haines visited Mount Beauty to see the restoration of the former SEC nursery site by the Kiewa River, as part of a wider tour of the shire last Wednesday.

The beautification project was one of 12 across Indi to share in nearly $150,000 under the Stronger Communities Program, a Federal Government grant program to fund small capital projects.

Project coordinator Steve Gardiner applied for the grant, under the auspices of the Mount Beauty Chamber of Commerce, and received $6000.

With the money Mr Gardiner purchased three table settings and concrete, which have now been installed, as well other materials for the park.

BY THE RIVER: Steve Gardiner, Independent MP for Indi Helen Haines and Campbell Ford by the banks of the Kiewa River last Wednesday.

PHOTO: Brodie Everist Ultimately he hopes to develop a picturesque path beside the river that will link with the Pebble Walk.

Ms Haines said she was delighted to help Mr Gardiner receive the grant.

“It’s a fantastic project,

which is not only providing reparation to what was overgrown with weeds, but it’s really enhanced what the community asset is of this lovely swimming hole,” she said.

Dr Haines had also vis-

ited the Mount Beauty Golf Club earlier that day, and was also consulting with various groups in the Alpine Shire on the industrial relations bill before parliament and the impacts of the Bogong landslide.

Council to fly rainbow flag

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE ALPINE Shire Council this month pledged to promote the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) next year by displaying a rainbow flag on its website and Facebook pages.

Councillors responded to a petition from the Victorian Pride Lobby at their monthly meeting, calling for the rainbow flag to be flown in town for IDAHOBIT. The Alpine Shire was one of 11 council areas in Victoria who didn’t join the 68 councils in flying the flag this year.

At the meeting, councillors thanked the Victorian Pride Lobby for their petition to raise awareness of flying the Rainbow flag and noted the current purpose of the three flag poles outside the council building in Bright before exploring the need for a flag policy to bring “greater clarity to which flags are flown when and why”.

In 2020 the council installed two additional flag poles at the Bright council office to enable the Australian National

Flag to be accompanied by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags in accordance with Australian flag protocol.

In 2021 council received a request to fly the rainbow flag for IDAHOBIT in May 2022.

It was decided that council would show its support for IDAHOBIT by changing its Facebook page, website banner and email signature to show the rainbow flag.

Council received a petition with 77 signatures requesting council to show its support to fly the rainbow flag on May 17, 2023 to mark the IDAHOBIT. The report read that council will “promote Alpine Shire as a safe and inclusive environment for anyone” by ‘flying’ the rainbow flag on the council website, amending the email signatures for all outgoing correspondence and adding a rainbow flag to Council Facebook pages.

Council will continue to follow National Flag Protocol for all council flag poles until such time as council policy provides guidance that is different from the National Flag Protocol.

Award winners donate to Bright SES BRIGHT Lions and Max McGillivray Award recipients Elaine and John Harris each donated $500 to the Bright SES at their Lions Club of Bright meeting last week.

Mr and Mrs Harris won the Max McGillivray award for their years of work in the local community in September, and each received $500 to donate to the charity of their choice.

According to Lions Club of Bright committee member Jennifer Sgambelloni, SES members Graham Gales and Jane Shadbolt gave an interesting and informative insight into the SES at the meeting, and were most appreciative of the donation.

Another of the evening’s guests, Mick Lawrence, was so impressed by what he heard that he donated a further $1000 to the Bright SES. Mr Lawrence is a long-time visitor to the area, and supplier of the Bright Lion’s Club wellknown spinning wheel soft toys.

Ms Sgambelloni encouraged members of the community to join local groups.

“Volunteer groups such as the

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Every year around 4000 Australians die from asbestosrelated diseases (more than double the national road toll) because people don’t know how to manage asbestos safely while others continue to ignore the warnings.

With experts predicting deaths from asbestos will

continue to rise, it’s vital that homeowners start to respect the dangers of asbestos and learn what to look for and what to do to manage it safely.

Asbestos was used extensively in the manufacture of more than 3000 building and decorator products that can still be found in any brick, fibro, weatherboard, clad homes, apartments or sheds built or renovated before 1990.

Many of these products could be lurking under floor coverings including carpets, linoleum and vinyl tiles, behind wall and floor tiles, in cement floors, internal and external walls, ceilings and ceiling space (insulation), eaves, roofs, around hot water pipes, fences, home extensions, garages, outdoor toilets, backyard and farm structures, chook sheds and even dog kennels.

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There is no cure for this preventable cancer with the average survival time after diagnosis just 10-12 months.

So, if you’re a homeowner or a passionate renovator and you don’t respect asbestos, you could be risking your life and the lives of your loved ones.

Before taking up tools on any home built or renovated before 1990, visit www. asbestosawareness.com.au to learn the sorts of products to look for and how to manage asbestos safely.

The rule is, if you think a product may contain asbestos, treat it as if it is asbestos and take all the necessary precautions starting with having the home inspected by an occupational hygienist or a licenced asbestos assessor.

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LA Fiera’s 2022 Young Ambassadors received their certificates of achievement last week, representing an excellent display of leadership and ambassadorship in the lead up to and during this year’s rain-affected La Fiera Italian Festival, according to former Young Ambassador Scheme (YAS) mentor John Twyford.

Young ambassadors Frankie Carroll, Taylah Geddes, Davide Genero and Maddison Pasqualotto and expressed their appreciation for participating in the scheme and the mentoring program, saying they enjoyed the experience and would recommend it to other young people as a good way to get involved in community, learn and develop leadership and other skills.

PROUD ACHIEVEMENT: 2022 La Fiera Young Ambassadors (from left) Davide Genero, Taylah Geddes, Frankie Carroll and Maddison Pasqualotto.

Applications are now open for the 2023 La Fiera Young Ambassador Scheme, with up to eight young people, between the ages of 16 and 25 to be selected as young ambassadors for 2023.

The La Fiera Young Ambassadors are the face of La Fiera and will have a range of duties that include promotional activities

and media events.

Those selected as La Fiera Festival Young Ambassadors will be mentored in - among other things: Italian culture and traditions, history of Italian families settling in the Alpine Valleys and environs, event planning and management, community leadership, conversation mak-

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Applications are open on the La Fiera website until 4pm, Thursday December 15.

More details on the La Fiera Young Ambassador Scheme are online at https://lafiera.com.au/ category/young-ambassadors/.

Contact John Twyford on 0408 755 591 or email info@lafiera.com.au.

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022 - Page 5

Bright CWA wants you to join up

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Bright and District Country Women’s Association (CWA) is calling for new members, amid low membership threatening the survival of the group, according to outgoing president Patsy Brogan.

“I think people are really worn out from the bushfires and the pandemic,” she said.

“It’s been a full-on time for everybody and people are re-evaluating what they’re doing.

“We are seeking new members to make the group vibrant and active once again.”

The CWA may be known for cake and scones, Ms

Brogan said, but their primary is aim is to help women and children in the local community.

According to Ms Brogan, they have helped pay local families’ medical bills, helped students attend university or travel overseas for education, and provided other forms of quiet assistance.

“Mums and kids - if we can’t support them, we really don’t have much of a community,” Ms Brogan said.

Ms Brogan said CWA funds are mostly raised through catering, including selling their popular Christmas cakes, but she stressed there are roles for all women in the group.

“You don’t have to give

heaps of time, you can give what you can afford,” she said.

“We have a mix of senior members, working women, retirees and busy mums.”

This year saw members Joan Thompson and Norma Torriero celebrate 60 and 70 years of CWA membership respectively.

In honour of their service, members celebrated with a morning tea and played a couple of rounds of croquet.

The Bright CWA meets monthly, with a winter break, at the Bright RSL, 5a Camp Street.

They will be holding their annual general meeting at the RSL at 4pm on Sunday, November 27.

LONG-SERVING: Bright residents Joan Thompson and Norma Torriero celebrated 60 and 70 years of CWA membership respectively at the Bright Croquet Club this year.

Council awards contracts for Dinner Plain construction

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Alpine Shire Council unanimously voted to award a contract for the construction of phase one of the Dinner Plain Activation building works at their council meeting last week.

Council awarded the contract to Midson Construction Pty Ltd for $503,644.

Phase one of the building works includes the construction of two bus shelters and a bus bay at the entry to Dinner Plain, an upgrade to Scrubbers Hut, the construction of a shelter and amenities at the ‘Peashooter’ tobogganing slope and car park improvement works near Scrubbers Hut. The car parking upgrades

were completed in May 2022, while all phase one works are planned to be completed by 30 June 2023.

According to council, initial phase one plans also included a mountain bike shelter adjacent to the toboggan slope, however, after an assessment of the tender submissions the total project expenditure was forecasted to exceed its budg-

et by around $150,000.

After community consultations council identified the mountain bike shelter as a low priority for the project and it was removed from the project.

The total budget for phase one of the project is $1,400,000.

This is made up of $500,000 of funding from the State Government ‘Bushfire Tour-

ism and Business Fund 2020’, and a council contribution of $900,000 from the Dinner Plain Reserve, a fund maintained through special council rates on industrial and commercial land in Dinner Plain.

The three-phase Dinner Plain Activation project aims to upgrade and construct key infrastructure to support year-round visitation to

the village and boost amenity for property owners and residents.

Phase two will deliver new and upgraded infrastructure and facilities in Dinner Plain, including enhancements to the village centre and improvements to recreational facilities, while phase three will upgrade snowmaking facilities.

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CLUBS, community groups and events in Mount Beauty have shared in a collective $88,719 funding, thanks to Bendigo Bank’s Bushfire Disaster Appeal recovery grants program.

Mount Beauty Golf Club received $50,000 for a static water supply, infrastructure that president Stephen Short said was much needed.

“With this funding we’ll be able to increase water storage by five-fold, which means our golf course will have a lot of backup water if we have issues with pumps,” he said.

“We’re also using it as a firefighting backup if required because it’s a hell of a lot of water for those purposes and easily accessible

to any firefighting units that require it.

“The new tank will hold up to 500,000 litres so the funding is for the build and any pipe work to connect it to the old tank.

“In time it will also allow us to water the tees and more of the course than what we do now so it will be good.

“We’ve had issues where a pump has broken down and we only have enough water to last two days if we can’t get it fixed.

“We’re just volunteer so a lot of damage can be done in that time but this will allow us close to two weeks of water if necessary.

“A big thank you to Bendigo Bank for what they do to help communities.”

Next year’s Mount Beauty Music Festival will be able to host more artists at the event, thanks to a $12,260 grant.

Festival president Jocelyn Ceccanti said the funding will go towards a free evening show, with details to be announced.

“An indoor evening event is something we’ve wanted to do for a while and it will be free, as is the entirety of the festival, as it’s more about connecting community,” she said.

“The money will allow us to book some of the artists we haven’t been able to bring due to finances so now we can put on a quality event to showcase new faces.”

The festival will be held in April, 2023.

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Bright P-12 cashing in with financial literacy pilot FOR the last six weeks one class of Bright P12 College year 10 students had their usual Monday maths class of algebra and geometry replaced by credit cards and compound interest.

The class was taking part in a financial literacy startup called ‘Kids Get Money’, which uses computer software to provide comprehensive learning and lesson resources for teachers, making it easier for them to teach financial literacy each week.

“The pilot was really great, our whole class really enjoyed it and learnt a lot,” year 10 student Neve Filippi said.

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learning about things like the different types of interest, saving money and credit cards interesting and easy to understand.”

“I really hope we get to keep doing it next year.”

Start-up founder and Bright local Annette Rose said she was grateful to have the opportunity to work with Bright P-12.

“It has been so rewarding watching the lights go on for the year 10 students who took part in the six-week pilot and to hear that they want to keep learning about real money next year,” she said.

“It definitely validates that not only do parents, carers and teachers want financial

literacy to be taught regularly in schools, but the students want it too.”

Assistant principal Phillip Rigby said the school was happy to support Ms Rose and they look forward to extending the pilot into 2023.

“It has provided our students with the opportunity to learn more about software development and technology as well as five weeks of valuable financial literacy education,” he said.

Bright P-12 will be continuing to work with Kids Get Money in 2023, extending the pilot to students in primary school to help the program gather feedback as they continue to build the platform.

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Experiencing a taste of city life

By FAY MASON, Kiewa Valley Correspondent Fay, who is also a regular host on Alpine Radio, can be contactedon 0410 738 266, or email faymariemason@gmail.com

WHEN Rotary co-president Bob Flower asked his now adult children what was the best of their school camps they both responded unequivocally: “the Melbourne Trip”.

To come out ahead of adventure camps and interstate skiing trips it must have been good.

“Teenagers in the Alpine Shire do benefit from an amazing offering of outdoor activities and healthy leisure pursuits, but many have little opportunity to experience city life,” Bob said.

“This can be a little daunting for those who might move there as a young adult for work or education.”

With significant support from the Rotary Club of Mount Beauty, the Melbourne City Orientation Experience gives students from Mount Beauty Secondary College a taste of the big city at the end of year 11.

TASTE OF THE CITY: Pictured are camp coordinator Ann Bellingham (at right) explaining the schedule to some of the students while Rotarian Bob Flower and principal Simone Roy look on. Students (back) Heath Niedzwiedzki, Will Hocking, Kai Docherty, Nicholas George, Ben Lutter Wood (front) Ellie Wiseman, Maddie Handley, and Taylah Gardiner.

The camp aims to introduce students to the City of Melbourne.

“Students become familiar with the city’s pace and soon develop the skills of using Melbourne’s public transport system to travel independently throughout the CBD,” Bob said.

“The program exposes students to the vast array of opportunities that the city has offer and students begin to think about what they want for themselves as they move beyond secondary school.

“Students are inspired by the visits to universities and colleges.

“There is some fun to be had as well, as they eat out and take in the views from the Eureka Skydeck.

“They are moved by the stories of homelessness at The Big Issue and enjoy touring Melbourne’s lanes, alleyways and cafes.

“This camp provides the opportunity to increase confidence and independence and to build a group cohesiveness as students move into the final year of VCE. “Rotary is very pleased to be able to continue supporting this venture, as it sees investment in our youth as the very best investment of all.”

Beethoven’s Last Quartet in Mount Beauty UPPER Kiewa Valley Regional Arts is bringing

a programme called Beethoven’s Last Quartet to Mount Beauty on Friday, December 2.

A string quartet from the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra will perform this work (String Quartet in F. Op. 135) and two other works, Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade, and Sally Beamish’s String Quartet No. 2.

The performance in the Mount Beauty Community Centre starts at 8pm.

Tickets at $25, $20 (members) and $10 (youth) are available at Mount Beauty Hardware and Drapery and on-line through Trybooking. Last-minute sales will be at the theatre door.

UNITED EFFORT: The family of Annalei Warren: (back) Stew Warren, Jack Ryder, Joy O’Connor, Rob O’Connor, Sarah Chandley (holding baby Penelope), Josh Chandley, Shannon Ryder, Ben Ryder. (Front) Annalei Warren, Harrison Chandley, Nathan Ryder, Hazel Riodan. (Sitting) Travis Ryder.

Our usual bar will be open from 7:30pm to start an enjoyable evening, and for socialising at interval.

So mark your calendar: Friday, December 2, 8pm, Mount Beauty Community Centre for live, top class classical music from this Melbourne Chamber Orchestra quartet.

For further information, call Rollo Kiek, 03 5754 1750, secretary UKVRA.

November Ovarian Challenge MOUNT Beauty locals Joy and Rob O’Connor’s daughter Annalei Warren has been having treatment for ovarian

cancer for the past two years.

The entire family is getting involved with the November Ovarian Challenge called ‘ Workout 4 Women’.

At age 34, Annalei continues to have treatment and work as a primary school teacher while being supported by Ovarian Cancer Australia.

Annalei and her husband Stew have been navigating the ups and downs of life with cancer for two years and, hopefully, there is some hope in sight with a clinical trial about to start.

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PEOPLE AROUND TOWN

MYRTLEFORD

Emily Bright How long have you lived in the area?

A year, so not that long.

What do you do for a living?

I’m a trainee vet nurse.

How did you get into that?

I started TAFE at Wangaratta and I needed to do placement.

I did two lots of placement here (Ovens and Kiewa Veterinary Hospital) and they offered me a job.

What are your hobbies and interests?

I like horse riding. I do campdrafting, team penning and arena sorting. Also cattle showing - I show black angus.

What do you like about the area?

The nature’s beautiful and when you drive around there’s different places and the scenery is lovely.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

Probably Mount Buffalo, to Eurobin Falls up there. Lake Buffalo is quite nice as well.

How long have you lived here?

We moved to town in 2020, but have always visited the area throughout the past 10 years.

My husband has strong family ties in the community and since my family is located overseas, moving to town seemed to be the right choice for us.

What do you like about the area?

I absolutely adore the scenery in and around Mount Beauty. There is so much to do and see here. In addition, I also like all the little cafes and shops the township has to offer and I was rather surprised by the variety of goods and services available in Mt Beauty, Tawonga and surrounds.

Would you like to see changes or additions?

As for changes, I would like to see the community thrive as a whole. The dynamic of the town has changed in recent years and I quite frankly enjoy this change.

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Stephanie Bellman & daughter Zoe The town has become more vibrant with the influx of young families and couples from other regions and I, too, see myself as a newcomer to town. As such, I would like to see more vibrant events taking in place in our beautiful township and I

How long have you lived in the area?

I’ve been here since about 2003 - just up the road, five minutes away.

What do you do for a living?

I’m the store manager for Journey Bright. We sell clothing, homewares, decor the whole range.

What are your hobbies and interests?

I like to walk my dogs, go see my horse and just spend

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like the idea of a community coming together to create a destination which visitors will truly enjoy not just for its stunning scenery. We have amazing businesses, entrepreneurs and volunteers in this community and I am sure that, together, we can

make this happen. As such, I have already seen some fantastic ideas come to life in recent months and I am eager to see more.

What do you do and what are your hobbies?

I am one of the owners of West Peak Hotel and Mountain Monk Brewers in Mount Beauty. I pretty much left my career as a lawyer in Sydney behind to relocate to the shire and take up my passion in hospitality and brewing. We are in the final stages of setting up our brewery business in town which has been a journey in the making for several years.

As for hobbies, I enjoy hiking, skiing and snowboarding. Having grown up in Germany, I love the cold and crisp weather but I also like the idea of being able to go for a nice swim in the river.

I have recently taken up some mountain biking again as well and this seems like a lot of fun too.

Jenny Kozuharoff time with my four girls and husband. That’s mainly all I have time for.

What do you like about the area?

It’s just beautiful. Like, you could be in the middle of somewhere like Sweden or Germany with all the pine trees, and there’s great walks especially on our road.

Just grab your dogs and

off you go. It’s like you’re on holiday all the time really.

I’d love it to be maybe two hours from Melbourne, but then perhaps it might be too busy.

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

The rail trails, I’d go to Wandiligong, Harrietville.

Buffalo is great - we had a grandchild do some

Where would you take visitors to showcase the area?

In Mount Beauty, I would take visitors to all the beautiful swimming locations and onto some amazing bushwalks, including the Gorge walk. In addition, I would like to show them around in town, get a coffee at one of the nice little coffee shops before visiting the township as well. A lot of our shops in town sell produce from the region and some even produce their own soaps and candles which I believe is something quite unique.

Then, of course, I would take them for a beer and a meal at either our own establishment or any of the others in town. If I was to travel out of town, I would likely spend some time in Falls Creek for either skiing or hiking and then, perhaps, travel to Myrtleford or Beechworth for some additional sightseeing.

tobogganing there. It’s nice and close and fantastic.

Is there anything you would change about the area?

The hospital - it would be nice if we could have babies born there. I was lucky to have two there but they don’t do births there. There’s a bigger population now, and you just have to go to Wang.

What we need is a nursing home with high care and we need a hospital that can have people having families here.

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Landslide “one of the most significant we’ve seen”

By BRODIE EVERIST THE Bogong landslide is one of the largest and most complex landslides to hit Victoria since the early 1980s, according to authorities at the community meeting held in Mount Beauty last week.

More than 100 people attended the meeting at the Mount Beauty Community Centre, where Department of Transport and SES authorities explained the state of the landslide and the work to clear it.

SES deputy incident controller Matt Taranto said the landslide was estimated to be around 35,000 cubic metres of spoil and debris.

“That’s probably one of the most significant landslides we’ve seen in Victoria in a long time,” he said.

Department of Transport regional director Steve Bowmaker said much of the landslide had only loosened from the side of the mountain and is still ready to fall, making it more complex than usual landslips.

He said the Bogong High Plains Road is estimated to be open with one-lane access by February or March, but they will be regularly updating the community regarding the clearance of the landslip.

In order to create one-lane access, Mr Bowmaker said they will be using long reach excavators and remote-controlled loaders to remove debris and activate material to move downhill.

If required, they may use cranes

to remove debris from the top of the landslip.

When safe, they will install a retaining structure to safely open one lane of traffic.

“If we can do it fast, we will,” Mr Bowmaker said.

“As we use equipment to try and activate the slide, it’s not coming down the hill as quickly as we’d like it to.”

Regarding longer-term remediation, Mr Bowmaker said a detailed survey of the landslip is underway, while geotechnical investigation and monitoring was ongoing to support the development of long term repair designs.

Mr Bowmaker said access for emergency and essential services via a one-way four-wheel-drive diversion track had been established, while works have been completed to protect the optic fibre communication line to Falls Creek.

Attendees were assured the Department of Transport and other services were doing everything they could to clear the landslide safely, with work being undertaken from 7am to7pm daily, where possible.

“We’re not being restrained by financial resources or any other resources,” Mr Bowmaker said.

“We’ve called on assistance from right across the transport portfolio, and other parts of government as well.

“We’ve also got really good support from the SES as incident con-

KEEPING US INFORMED: SES deputy incident controller Matt Taranto and Department of Transport regional director Steve Bowmaker at the community meeting in Mount Beauty last week.

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According to Mr Bowmaker, the Department of Transport is responsible for the management of the landslide, with input from other key agencies.

Also present at the meeting was Alpine Shire mayor John Forsyth, shire chief executive officer Will Jeremy, and representatives of Victoria

Vote this Saturday and help shape Victoria When you go to vote you’ll be given two ballot papers, a small ballot paper for the Lower House (Legislative Assembly) and a large ballot paper for the Upper House (Legislative Council). Read the instructions carefully.

Small ballot paper for the Lower House You must number ALL the boxes on this ballot paper.

Put the number 1 in the box next to the candidate you most want to see elected. Then number all the other boxes in the order of your choice.

Large ballot paper for the Upper House For the Upper House you can vote in one of two ways.

Either vote for a party or group by putting the number 1 in just one of the boxes above the line. Or vote for individual candidates by putting the numbers 1 to at least 5 in the boxes below the line. You may continue numbering more than 5 if you wish.

Where to vote It is easier to vote in your own district, but if you will not be in your district on Saturday, you can vote at any other voting centre in Victoria. For information on where to find your nearest voting centre, please scan the QR code below or visit vec.vic.gov.au.

Who can vote All Australian citizens aged 18 or over who have lived in Victoria for at least a month will be able to cast a vote at a voting centre, even if you missed the close of roll. If you are not on the roll, you should bring proof of identity with you. Evidence of identity includes an Australian driver licence or learner permit, an Australian passport, a council rates notice or a current electricity bill showing your name and address.

Remember, voting is compulsory Voting centres open Saturday 8 am to 6 pm

Find your nearest voting centre

Ovens Valley District Bright (IWA) Bright Senior Citizens Centre, 10 Cobden Street Dederang (LNWA) Dederang Memorial Hall, Kiewa Valley Highway Gapsted (LNWA) Gapsted Public Hall, 3722 Great Alpine Road Harrietville (LNWA) Harrietville Community Hall, 210 Great Alpine Road Mt Beauty (IWA) Mount Beauty Community Centre, 21 Hollonds Street Mudgegonga (IWA) Mudgegonga Hall1395 Myrtleford-Yackandandah Road

Myrtleford (LNWA) Myrtleford Uniting Church Hall, 1 Albert Street Porepunkah (LNWA) Porepunkah Primary School, 2 Martley Street Running Creek (IWA) St Albans Parish Hall, Kiewa Valley Highway Tawonga (AWA) Tawonga Primary School, 91 Kiewa Valley Highway Wandiligong (AWA) Wandiligong Primary School, 119 School Road Whorouly (LNWA) Whorouly Primary School, 18 Church Street (IWA)

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According to Mr Bowmaker, the department was monitoring the area for around two weeks before the slide after cracking appeared near one of the access tracks.

The landslide is believed to have been triggered by heavy rainfall in early October.

Community awards nominations now open THE Alpine Shire Council is seeking nominations from residents for the Alpine Shire’s Australia Day Community Awards to be presented on Australia Day 2023.

Categories for the award are:  Local Achiever of the Year  Local Young Achiever of the Year  Community Event of the Year  Community Organisation of the Year Local achiever and Young Achiever of the Year will be awarded in each of the following areas: Bright and district, Myrtleford and district and Kiewa Valley.

From these winners, an overall ‘Alpine Shire Citizen of the Year’ will be awarded by the selection panel.

Nomination forms detailing award criteria are available from the Alpine Shire Council customer service centre in Bright and the council’s website: www.alpineshire.vic.gov. au/community/grants-andawards/community-awards.

Nominations must be submitted on the appropriate form and received by Friday, December 2, 2022.

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VICTORIAN ELECTION 2022

Where to vote in the Alpine Shire A TOTAL of 11 voting centres will be open in the Alpine Shire for the state election on November 26.

The voting centres are located at:  Bright Senior Citizens Centre, 10 Cobden Street, Bright  Dederang Multi-Purpose Building, 4454 Kiewa Valley Highway, Dederang  Gapsted Public Hall, 3722 Great Alpine Road, Gapsted  Harrietville Primary School, 165 Great Alpine Road, Harrietville  Mount Beauty Community Centre, 21 Hollonds Street, Mount Beauty  Mudgegonga Hall, 1395 Myrtleford-Yackandandah

Road, Mudgegonga  Myrtleford Uniting Church Hall, 1 Albert Street, Myrtleford  Porepunkah Primary School, 2 Martley Street, Porepunkah  St Albans Parish Hall, Kiewa Valley Highway, Running Creek  Tawonga Primary School, 91 Kiewa Valley Highway, Tawonga  Wandiligong Primary School, 119 School Road, Wandiligong All venues will be open from 8am-6pm on election day.

The Victorian Electoral Commission advises voters if they vote outside their enrolled district it may take

longer for them to vote.

The entire Alpine Shire falls within the Ovens Valley District.

Mudgegonga Hall, Bright Senior Citizens Centre and St Albans Parish Hall all allow for independent wheel chair access.

Dederang Multi-Purpose Building, Wandiligong Primary School and Tawonga Primary School have assisted wheelchair access.

All other sites have limited or no wheelchair access.

Early voting is available at 46 Murphy Street, Wangaratta, until Friday November 25.

For more information visit https://www.vec.vic.gov. GET READY: A total of 11 voting centres will be open in au/. the Alpine Shire for the state election on November 26.

Love Victorian Made aims to boost state businesses THE Coalition will establish a Love Victorian Made campaign to emphasise the importance of supporting local growers, manufacturers and businesses, if elected to government.

Love Victorian Made will include a media campaign showcasing the best of Victorian goods from agricultural produce to biomedical products and everything in between.

A new Victorian Made specific logo and branding to enhance and differentiate Victorian products in the marketplace will be created.

And a Buy Victorian Rebate Program to incentivise Victorian busi-

nesses buying from other Victorian businesses will be rolled out.

In addition to Love Victorian Made, the Coalition said it will boost Victorian businesses with Victorian Made, Victorian Proud, to reform Victoria’s laws to strengthen local content requirements and procurement obligations on all government-funded infrastructure projects to ensure Victorian locally made and produced content is given absolute priority.

Liberal Party leader Matthew Guy said Buying Victorian to Support Victorians will introduce a whole of government Buy Victo-

rian Procurement Policy, to ensure government departments, statutory agencies and corporations prioritise and lead by example in purchasing of Victorian made products and services.

He said a new Small Business Victoria statutory authority will be established to drive the promotion, growth and development of small businesses in Victoria, alongside a Small Business Ministerial Advisory Group.

A $25 million Small Business Investment Fund will provide support for innovative small and medium sized businesses to grow and

employ more Victorians.

A $20 million Rapid Skills Program will focus on enhancing the skills and capability of the Victorian workforce, with employers eligible to receive $3000 for each new person hired, trained and retained for at least six months.

An additional $30 million will be provided for more traineeships, pre-apprenticeships and apprenticeships to grow skills development opportunities for young men and women.

Employers will again receive $3000 incentives for each person hired and retained.

Labor pledge MICA response boost A RE-ELECTED Labor government has pledged $16 million to further bolster the state’s ambulance service, through the provision of an additional 40 MICA paramedics across the state.

The 600-strong MICA workforce are among the state’s best emergency response paramedics, often charged with managing complex head injuries, administering intra osseous (into bone) drugs, treating lifethreatening chest injuries and providing management of cardiac conditions.

The commitment also includes a further $10m investment into a centre for paramedicine in partnership with Victoria University (VU), with the capacity to train 1500 paramedicine students each year.

Premier Daniel Andrews said a royal commission investigating a decision to outsource patient transport ambulances under Jeff Kennett’s leadership is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, led by current Melton MP and former paramedic Steve McGhie.

An auditor-general report had previously found anticipated savings of $20m under the initiative had not been met, and noted the contractual process behind the deal “at best involved serious mismanagement or, at worst, constituted corrupt activity”.

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2022 STATE ELECTION

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Ovens Valley Candidates

Q1

Do you have any funding commitments for the Bright Hospital Precinct? If so, what are they?

I have committed $26.5 million to upgrade the Bright Hospital Precinct, including the aged care upgrades, student accommodation at Hawthorn Village, and upgrades to the hospital itself.

I have worked with the community on planning a vision that will serve the Bright community into the future, ensuring that locals can stay local when they need health or aged care.

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McCURDY, Tim The Nationals

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BUGGE, Mark

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In your opinion, what are the three biggest issues that face the Alpine Shire, and how would you address them?

Housing is by far the biggest issue in the Alpine Shire, with median house prices in Bright sitting in excess $1.2 million. This is unsustainable and is driving the workforce away from residing locally due to being priced out.

The Nationals will free up more land for housing development, matching demand, and making housing more affordable.

Health is another key issue, with the community lacking the investment to ensure there are the facilities that are required. We have committed to the Bright Hospital Precinct upgrades, and under a Nationals Government, we will ensure there are more nurses and doctors available, especially in our regional communities.

We will also be addressing the cost-of-living crisis by providing targeted energy bill relief, and slashing V/Line fares in half, making it more affordable to travel via coach or train to a major centre. Only a Nationals Government will ensure we get our fair share.

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Our repeated attempts to contact the candidate have failed to get a response.

Freedom Party of Victoria

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We’ve delivered $1.52 million through the Victorian Budget 2022/23 to design and plan the Bright Health Precinct and redevelopment of Alpine Health’s Hawthorn Village. This process will map how the current aged care facility will be transformed into a bigger, better and safer home for residents.

Only Labor will do what matters – our comprehensive workforce plan includes training and hiring thousands of nurses and paramedics, making it free to study nursing and building hospitals to provide the care Victorians need.

As a former Alpine Shire councillor, I have a good understanding of the area.

This is why I became interested in the difficulties potential workers were facing finding accommodation – and the problems employers were facing finding workers.

One way of providing the workers needed is through training - that’s why we’re developing the skills locals need by building and upgrading TAFE campuses, making more courses free and supporting people to upskill.

The shire is remarkably dependant on the environment - it provides most of our jobs, whether that’s through growing the myriad of produce we offer, or through activities such as skiing, mountain bike riding, and bush walking. I’ve been a consistent advocate for environmental action.

Finally, as a former board member of Alpine Health, I’m aware that we have an ageing population. Providing good health facilities - particularly for aged care - and a health workforce are obvious priorities.

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Our repeated attempts to contact the candidate and her party have failed to get a response.

WISE, Anna

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LESCHEN, Zuvele

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Our repeated attempts to contact the candidate and her party have failed to get a response.

SLATER, Aisha

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I 100 percent support the expansion of healthcare services in our region. We need so much more of it. Waiting lists are long and our healthcare workers are hurting. It’s not just Bright that needs more healthcare - I’ll fight for every person in the region to have access to affordable efficient healthcare, including mental health and dental care.

My focus in the upcoming election is on the housing crisis, healthcare, and the climate emergency.

Over 100,000 Victorians are awaiting public housing. We plan to build over 200,000 public and affordable homes across the state, and have that partially funded by developers who are making profits while we are struggling to afford to rent and buy.

Almost one in three Victorians are renters, but rents are currently going up four times faster than wages. We can fix that.

Our plan to replace coal and gas with 100 percent renewable energy by 2030 will ensure the protection of our environment, while creating tens of thousands of sustainable and long-term jobs.

With better investment in our regional healthcare system, we can provide our community with the services they so desperately need.

The Liberal Democrats are committed to increasing funding for the Bright Hospital Precinct by retaining regional taxes to invest in new health infrastructure like hospitals and clinics. Regional Victorians currently contribute 25% of the state’s taxes, but we only get 10% back.

The rest is wasted in Melbourne to buy votes.

Our policies can be be found at: vic.ldp.org.au.

The biggest issues in Alpine Shire are the high cost of living, including high energy prices, lack of infrastructure and housing scarcity.

The Liberal Democrats will improve the lives of Alpine Shire residents by •Constructing hydroelectric dams in the Alps to provide cheaper, cleaner, more reliable hydroelectric power, as well as employment and water sports facilities; • Returning the taxes paid by residents of the Alpine Shire to be spent on roads and infrastructure in Alpine Shire by reducing pork-barrelling spending in Melbourne; • Abolishing stamp duty in the Alpine Shire to encourage more and better quality housing; • Abolishing payroll tax in the Alpine Shire to encourage builders to employ more tradies and other workers; • Unlocking the state forests and other public land to encourage tourism; and • Reducing government red tape and regulation that blocks businesses.

KROMAR, Zoe

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FIDGE, Julian Liberal Democrats

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VICTORIAN ELECTION 2022

St Mary’s to benefit from Coalition commitment THE Liberals and Nationals have promised $1.2 million for Myrtleford’s St Mary’s Primary School should they win government at the Victorian state election.

The pledge is part of a commitment for $175 million over four years to fund non-government schools across Victoria.

Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy said non-government schools play an important part in educating local kids, and need to be supported.

“Our plan will provide $700 million to upgrade existing and build new catholic and independent schools across Victoria over the next four years,” he said.

“This commitment acknowledges the important role non-government schools play in educating and supporting students,” he said.

“This funding for St Mary’s in Myrtleford is an excellent investment into our local schools and flows off the back of our previous announcements that will see students achieving excellence in education.”

According to a spokesperson for Mr McCurdy, the proposed St Mary’s project will redevelop the inside of a building built in 1922 to house a ‘creative hub’ area.

It is planned that the proposed open space would be developed into an art room, parent area, ‘child-safe’ spaces for individual music lessons, and an area for language lessons and library services.

It is anticipated that this project would also include the upgrade of heating, cooling and water and power.

FUNDING PROMISE: Nationals Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy said the $1.2 million funding promise by the Liberal/ Nationals for St Mary’s Primary School is an excellent investment into local schools.

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Welcome news for Mount Beauty Neighbourhood House THE Mount Beauty Neighbourhood House will receive an $80,000 grant if the Labor government is re-elected at this election according to ALP candidate for Ovens Valley, Zuvele Leschen.

“This will help the Neighbourhood House provide both accredited and hobby courses and community activities for all locals,” Mrs Leschen said.

“I know this is very welcome news - for years, the Neighbourhood Centre has supported community members, and it’s great to support their work.

“When I was an Alpine Shire councillor, I had a lot of contact with the Neighbourhood House - we even drafted a policy proposal together to put to the State Government, so I’m well aware of the important role they play in the community.”

Mount Beauty Neighbourhood Centre Inc is a not-for-profit community-based organisation, supported by volunteers.

“Funding from a re-elected Labor Government will make sure they are well-equipped to continue to help local families and members of our community - ensuring every Victorian gets the support they need when they need it,” Mrs Leschen said.

“Only a re-elected Labor Government will back the community organisations that keep our community strong - because only Labor will do what matters.”

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VICTORIAN ELECTION 2022

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A RE-ELECTED Andrews Labor Government will deliver a $30 million package for Victoria’s brewers, winemakers, and distillers to continue making worldclass produce.

It will enable producers by promoting more locally made goods, with grants to small-scale producers, support for farmers and backing in our clean green reputation.

This includes $2 million for Victorian Grown grants, which will support small agribusinesses to expand and grow, while promoting locally grown produce.

Victorian food and fibre exports make up 27 per cent of all produce Australia sends overseas - more than any other state.

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A re-elected Labor Government would also create a $10 million grant fund to support distilleries to establish and upgrade their facilities, to attract more visitors through their doors.

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There are also promises for Victorian farmers including $5 million to manage pests and weeds, and $3 million to support farmer’s safety and wellbeing - including $900,000 to back the vital work of the National Centre for Farmer Health, helping with blood pressure checks, diabetes management, mental wellbeing and more.

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for the hospitality sector, with $5 million for scholarships of up to $10,000 - enabling hospitality workers to upskill and creating more dining experiences across our state.

Fifty per cent of funding will be guaranteed for regional Victoria, to help regional restaurants find the staff and skills they need, to help boost tourism and grow local economies.

COALITION’S BETTER CONNECTION TO GOVERNMENT PLEDGE A MATT Guy Liberals and Nationals Government has pledged to streamline government interactions and make everyday life easier.

According to the Coalition, in Victoria, there is an extraordinary number of government websites, portals, hotlines and application forms through which Victorians access essential government transactions - at significant cost to the taxpayer and inconvenience to the consumer.

They claimed Victoria remains the only state without a fully digital public transport ticketing system and only 1.3 per cent of all Victorian Government transactions are being made via the Andrews Labor Government’s failed Service Victoria portal.

A Matt Guy Liberals and Nationals Government will launch a new ConnectVic App and portal, providing a one-click-shop for Victorian Government services.

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Service Planning 2023-2028 Community Consultation Alpine Health is currently undertaking work to develop our next Service Plan for 2023-2028.

The Service Plan is a strategic document that outlines what needs to be done in the next five years and why. The Plan aligns health service delivery with community needs, which are determined through community engagement, stakeholder consultation and environmental analyses. The Plan also aligns Alpine Health with state and federal health priorities.

Community engagement is critical in shaping and informing the strategic directions for Alpine Health.

We invite our community to participate in the survey and the community consultation activities and share your thoughts, ideas and what matters most for health and aged care services in the Alpine Shire!

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COMMITTED MEMBERS: Bogong Group CFA members turned out in force for their annual training exercise earlier this month.

Sun shines on training exercise THE CFA’s Bogong Group held their annual group training exercise on Sunday, November 6.

According to group secretary April Padbury, group officer David Box was pleased with the response of 56 volunteers from all but three of the group’s 14 brigades.

She said the sunny weather was a welcome change from rainy conditions.

Mount Beauty Road Rescue members demonstrated

a steep angle rescue, which they have used several times at motor vehicle accidents over the winter snow season.

Ms Padbury said these volunteers are very experienced, training every week, rotating monthly between road rescue, wildfire, structure, and ropes.

The event also provided an opportunity for all the volunteers to catch up with mates and meet new members.

Ms Padbury said feedback from all who attended was very positive and well worth giving up a fine sunny Sunday to come out and “play” in preparation for the summer period.

The group also paid tribute to the passing of former group officer Ron Leary.

Ron was the founding group officer of the Bogong Fire Brigades Group who recently passed away after battling a long-standing illness.

TOWN TOUR: Glenys McNamara and Sherren Tilson are geared up for this Saturday’s Whorouly community garage sale, which enables people to grab a map and browse stalls at the Whorouly CWA Hall, and then tour properties on the map to bag a bargain.

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Properties taking part will also be sign-posted by flags, and will offer items ranging from furniture to farming implements, and general household items, with sales kicking off at 9am.

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Dinner Plain survey results positive

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NESTED INTEREST: Buck Jones volunteers his cherry picker to install one of the nesting boxes made by Myrtleford P-12 students Will Matthews and Taylah Geddes, with teacher Andrew Murray.

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By ANDY WILSON MEMBERS of Myrtleford and District Landcare and Sustainability recently attended two plant propagation workshops conducted at Buffalo River Nursery.

The event was sponsored by Landcare Victoria through a grant of $5700 and was held over the last two weekends.

The group’s secretary Glenda Janas said the workshop was a success.

“Darrell Perkins hosted the event, and he was terrific - he is engaging and a lot of fun,” Ms Janas said.

“We endured some bad weather on both days, including lightning and downpours.

“But we are a tough lot at Landcare.”

Mr Perkins said the participants found the workshops helpful for improving their propagation skills.

“They all participated in good spirits,” he said.

“They will now try propagating plants a little more for themselves.”

Plants propagated included native violets, yellow buttons, native juniper, and rock daisies.

Funding was awarded to the group by the Victorian Government’s Landcare grants scheme.

POTTING UP: Myrtleford Landcare and Sustainability members propagating native shrubs from cuttings.

The money is being used by the group for three other projects: professional weed spraying, the local cat curfew, and nesting box installation along the Ovens River.

Group member Phil Prior said that nesting boxes were constructed by students from Myrtleford P-12 College and were utilised by bats, gliders, and birds.

The Greater Glider is native to the area and its population numbers can

depend on the availability of hollow nesting logs, according to glider ecologist Dr Kara Youngentob.

In recent experimental work, Dr Youngentob has found that insulation of nesting boxes is key to them being used by gliders.

“The more insulated or shaded the box the better - they take longer to heat up and do not reach the extreme temperatures,” Dr Youngentob said.

“Because gliders only produce one offspring each year, we are yet to see if boxes make a difference to population numbers, but from our research the gliders are certainly using the boxes.”

The Landcare group is seeking more volunteers to help with an upcoming weed control day along the Ovens River.

Inquiries can be made to Phil Prior on 0467 522 706.

MORE than 70 per cent of surveyed people in the Alpine Shire are supportive of council’s Dinner Plain Activation and Snowmaking Projects, according to a report read at this months council meeting.

In December 2020, council sought funding of $2.37 million from the State Government’s Bushfire Recovery Regional Economic Stimulus and Resilience fund to deliver the Dinner Plain Activation Phase 2 Project; council was allocated $2m.

At the July 2021 council meeting, council committed a co-contribution of $370,000 to the project, funded from the Dinner Plain reserve, in order to bring the total project budget back to the amount of the original application for funding.

On April 2, 2021, council sought funding of $3 million from the State Government ‘Regional Infrastructure Fund’ to deliver the Gateway to Alpine Adventure Dinner Plain Snowmaking project, comprising of new and upgraded snowmaking infrastructure including: Regrading of the existing toboggan run to allow for a consistent and level snow depth; New automatic and mobile snow guns; Light towers for night lighting; New snowmaking infrastructure including pits, water supply, electrical and communications network; A covered magic carpet conveyor for transportation to the top of the run; A water storage tank for snowmaking.

On June 15, 2021, council was notified that its funding application had been successful, and funding of $3 million had been allocated to the project; there is no council co-contribution.

The results of a recent community survey for these projects were shared with councillors at their monthly meeting after collecting responses from a total of 139 submissions received from business owners, residents, non-resident ratepayers and renters.

The Dinner Plain Activation Phase 2 received 139 responses with a support rate of 73 per cent and the Dinner Plain Snowmaking project received 130 responses with a 77 per cent support rate.

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P12s thank local businesses

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MYRTLEFORD P12 College has thanked Myrtleford businesses for hosting students for work experience and VCAL placements.

On behalf of the school, Myrtleford P12 careers advisor Danielle Caponecchia thanked local businesses for their willingness to host students.

“They’re doing us a favor because it’s taking time out of their business to teach kids some skills or giving them an insight to what the business is about,” she said.

According to Ms Caponecchia almost all businesses in town were willing to take on students.

“Just about every place in town, if they are allowed to do it, they have taken on a student for me,” she said.

“Our town is very open and very supportive of the students.”

Ms Caponecchia said students participated in work experience in a range of industries across Myrtleford and North East Victoria, including

aged care, hospitality, real estate, the Victorian public service and agriculture.

Two students even went to Melbourne for their week of work experience.

Myrtleford P12 year 11 and 12 students have also undergone work placements for Vocational Education and Training (VET) subjects, some of which are offered through regional education provider GOTAFE. Local bus company Alpine Spirit hosted Myrtleford P12 student Ethan Jenkins for work experience about a month ago.

Alpine Spirit directing manager Chris Bonacci said Ethan was respectful, with a great work ethic, and the company was happy to have him working at the Myrtleford bus depot.

According to Mr Bonacci, Ethan did a lot of bus cleaning, but also worked with the mechanic and auto electrician.

“Only thing he didn’t do was work in the office,” he said.

ON THE TOOLS: Myrtleford P12 College student Ethan Jenkins (right) working with diesel mechanic Scott Bonacci during his week of work experience at Alpine Spirit.

Restructure to centre’s asset committee

REFLECTING COMMUNITY NEEDS: Management of the Bright Senior Citizens Centre will now include members of U3A.

ALPINE Shire Council has approved recommendations to change the structure of the Bright Senior Citizens Centre Community Assets Committee (BSCC CAC).

A recommendation was made at council’s meeting on November 8 for adoption of a new instrument of delegation for managing the centre’s assets.

The committee is to be amended to better reflect current community needs for the Bright Senior Citizens Centre.

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The committee will consist of one representative from council, two from the BSCC Club, one from the general public, and two from the University of the Third Age (U3A).

Councillor Ron Janas said that the changes were a good outcome for the facility.

“Some of our senior citizens are also members of U3A so it is a better use of the facility overall and of the money they raise,” Mr Janas said.

“Everyone benefits more positively from this deal, and it is good to see they have all worked together to come to this solution.”

Corporate performance director Helen Havercroft said the changes were an exciting opportunity for the Bright Senior Citizens Centre to join with U3A to allow the building to remain a flourishing centre for use.

The amendments were carried unanimously.

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Author comes full circle with Myrtleford launch

By BRODIE EVERIST

VISITING Myrtleford isn’t easy for Eugene Pizzolato.

According to the new author, the town and its picturesque surrounds was the home of some his most harrowing experiences, including his mother’s several suicide attempts and the death of his two-month-old sister - crushed by his sleeping drunken father.

But he is launching his first book in Myrtleford this December, marking another moment of coming to terms with his past.

‘The 10 Elements of Transformational Healing: How to Rebuild Your Life after

Trauma’ shares his journey of working through his childhood trauma, stemming from a violent alcoholic father and a mother with paranoid schizophrenia, and the method he developed to work on emotional development.

In his book he details his mother’s committal to the Beechworth Mayday Hills Mental Hospital in Beechworth, his father attempting to murder him, as well as many other distressing personal experiences.

He was a technically a Myrtleford local for 11 years in the 1960s and 70s, attending St Mary’s Primary School and Marian College, but the litany of trauma he experi-

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According to Mr Pizzolato, the family lived in Myrtleford, Rosewhite, Barwidgee Creek, Porepunkah and Merriang - and that’s only the places he can remember.

“My dad became jealous and possessive, so anytime mum started making friends we’d move,” he said.

He also estimated he spent half of his school years attending to his mentally unwell mother.

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“I realised I actually needed to learn to love myself, I needed to have boundaries, I need to know what I want.”

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“If I can come from where I came from to here, then hopefully it helps someone do the same,” he said.

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EXTENSIVE flooding across the North East from heavy rains over recent weeks is causing concern for many within the horticulture industry, including kiwifruit producers at Whorouly.

Whorouly Kiwifruit Company, Jade Quality Kiwifruit, was last week racing against the clock to protect its orchard from further inundation from rising floodwaters from the Ovens River.

Typically when plants have a root system underwater for a period of time, it can cause fungal diseases in the root system of the plant and can travel to the leaves and fruit with the potential of killing the plant.

Glenys and Jim McNamara, former owners of Jade Quality Kiwifruit, have been working with the new owners of the business to help minimise flood impacts.

“The kiwifruit crop is in flowering stage which is the most critical part of the process,” Mr McNamara said.

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POLLINATION: Bees that play an important role are being rescued from flood-affected areas. ment, however parts of the orchard that are under water cannot be accessed which means if pollination is not taking place, the fruit will be smaller in size or no fruit will grow at all.

“When a kiwifruit flower is well pollinated it produces plenty of seeds and the more seeds, the heavier the fruit which is often what growers want.”

Glenys and Jim said as well as impacting kiwifruit plants, floodwater was also impacting bee hives that have been placed

TIME IS THE ESSENCE: Owners are waiting for the Ovens River to subside without killing plants.

around the orchard to assist in further pollination of the plants.

With rising water, hives have had their lids removed as an exit from flood water which interrupts the hive and for bees to fulfil their role in the orchard.

“We have had to remove the lids off a number of the hives that are impacted with flood water,” Glenys said.

“Some hives are damaged at the base but we have created an exit point allowing the bees to fly in and out.

“There is a lot of work to be done before Christmas with all team members working as hard as they can.”

Jim raised further concerns about the orchard that is paramount to the survival and efficiency of sections of kiwifruit under water.

“Vines will begin dying when submerged under water for more than a four day period...so it’s a waiting game for the Ovens River to subside,” he said.

Worms catching redfin at lake Hume, yellowbelly at Lake Nillahcootie

By ROBBIE ALEXANDER AFTER yet more rain over the weekend, keeping local rivers and streams running fast and many in flood, it looks like our fishing is still restricted to lakes.

That’s not entirely a bad thing though as many of the region’s lakes are currently fishing very well.

I fished Lake Hume at sunrise last Tuesday morning.

The fishing was quite incredible.

The bites were so constant that the morning became very unrelaxing.

It’s not often that I complain that the fishing is unrelaxing be-

YUMMY: This Lake Hume redfin is not a giant, but is big enough to fillet and redfin this size are common in the lake at the moment. cause I was getting too many bites!

Using worms as bait I managed to catch approximately 20 to 30 redfin in a two hour session just sitting on the bank at an area that

locals refer to as ‘The Pines’.

The official name of that reserve is Apex Park and it is situated just a few hundred metres before the iconic Bethanga Bridge.

Of the fish that I caught seven to eight were big enough to keep, but certainly not trophy size.

I also managed to catch a few carp in amongst the chaos.

After three hours of non-stop fishing I put my gear away and decided to fish for a while with soft plastics, and in only 45 minutes I managed to catch.... nothing!

The action was all on worms.

I spoke to my friend Ross from Fishtalk Video on YouTube who fishes the lake regularly

and he experienced the exact same phenomena at Huon Reserve.

Heaps of fish on worms, but absolutely nothing on lures, not even a follow.

Lake Nillahcootie continues to be a standout yellowbelly fishery this week with many anglers catching good numbers of yellowbelly with a few carp and Murray cod mixed in.

As with Lake Hume, the vast majority of fish being caught at Lake Nillahcootie have been caught on worms.

While a boat is handy, it is certainly not required with many fish being caught from the bank near the boat ramp.

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High country riding for food relief AROUND 30 cyclists made a gruelling trek across the Alpine Shire last Saturday, raising urgently needed funds for Foodbank, an Australian food relief organisation.

Tour de France yellow jersey winner Simon Gerrans led a group of cyclists from Bright to Tawonga, north to the Happy Valley Road, across to Ovens and back down to Porepunkah, before making a 21 kilometre ride up Mount Buffalo and then returning to Bright.

Mr Gerrans said that conditions were quite good until the afternoon rain.

“It wasn’t raining too

heavy, but by the time we got up to the chalet at the top it was pretty cold,” he said.

“Everyone came in pretty wet, cold and exhausted from the ride.

“We found some shelter, changed our clothes, tried to warm up a bit before we before we made our way back down.”

Gerrans, along with SBS Tour de France commentator Matt Keenan, and executives from Victorian businesses, were motivated by the increasing number of people accessing Foodbank’s services.

According to Foodbank, when they held their first

Hunger Ride in 2018, the organisation was feeding 140,000 Victorians a month.

Now they’re feeding 100,000 every two days.

“You don’t ride 184 kilometres with 21kilometres of that grinding up Mt Buffalo unless you’ve got a fire in your belly,” Mr Gerrans said.

“When 365,000 Victorian kids are living in homes where there’s not enough food, those kilometres aren’t so tough knowing you’re raising money to feed them.”

Foodbank chief executive officer Dave McNamara thanked the riders for their commitment.

“Victorians are going

through such a tough time, and having these businesses pushing themselves on their behalf, is going to help expand our capacity to relieve some of that pressure,” he said.

The riders aimed to raise around $65,000, which would fund around 32,000 meals, according to Mr Gerrans.

“They will have absolutely beat that without any problems,” he said.

“Some riders here I understand have raised close to $20,000 themselves.”

To donate to the cause visit https://thehungerride. com.au/.

THE BIG GRIND: Tour de France yellow jersey winner Simon Gerrans led around 30 cyclists up Mount Buffalo to raise money for Foodbank last Saturday.

Myrtleford CFA recognize long service AROUND 45 attended the Myrtleford Fire Brigade’s annual presentation dinner on November 12 in Whorouly, celebrating longservice awards totaling a combined 180 years of service to the CFA. Fire brigade captain Gloria Pizzolitto was presented with an award recognising her 15 years of service, and said it has been an honour to have served with her friends and colleagues.  PROUD: (From left) CFA Commander District 24 Carl Stibilj, Peter Gunson (25 years), Daniella Clifford (15 years), Geoff Dyt (30 years), George McPherson (70 years), Gary Gunson (life member to Myrtleford), Carmel Wyatt (25 years), and Gloria Pizzolitto (15 years) at the annual presentation night earlier this month.

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“2021-22 was an exceptionally busy year with many achievements through projects to benefit our members and community,” he said.

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ing a void due to the Myrtleford Festival postponing their event until 2023.

“We ran the Encore Myrtleford Summer Series, started a community choir, completed second stage renovations to the church hall adjacent to the Piazza including the installation of solar power, a grease trap, audio visual equipment and re-sanding and coating of floorboards and rebranded LaFiera with a modern clean look.

“We have implemented a new accounting system and engaged professional services to assist with bookkeeping and preparation of accounts.

“This has been essential due to the increased amount of transactions and keeping track of the various projects we have managed.

“With businesses returning to a more stable year, we are considering a membership drive in 2023 to make up for reduced subscriptions throughout COVID. “Our membership subscriptions have declined as many members have faced their own challenges; there

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“We are continuing to liaise with the Alpine Shire and in particular on the Myrtleford Splash Park and renovating Memorial Hall to house the Visitor Information Centre and cultural space.

“Our projects could not have been completed without the many partners that have assisted us throughout.

“I thank my vice president Frank Ivone, treasurer Minette Ramia, and secretary Kerry Murphy, and to all our Chamber of Commerce members for their ongoing support.

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Mr van Geet said he doesn’t anticipate the same level of opportunities for grants in the future but has a “few projects in the pipeline that may come to fruition”.

“These will be in line with our vision to be the most effective organisation in the Alpine Shire that people can approach in order to facilitate the establishment and development of any idea, events and infrastructure which assists the economic, employment and business growth in Myrtleford and the Alpine Shire community,” he said.

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Our communities pay their respect

By BRODIE EVERIST

SERVICES across the Alpine Shire were held for Remembrance Day last Friday to remember those who have died or suffered in wars and armed conflicts.

A crowd gathered at Mafeking Square in Bright to pay their respects, many adorned with red poppies.

Bright RSL vice president Judy Moore welcomed attendees to the service, beginning with an acknowledgment of traditional owners and then a reading of ‘In Flanders Fields’

by John McCrae.

RSL president Phillip Keeghan made a small speech detailing the origins of Remembrance Day, which began in 1919 to commemorate those who lost their lives in RESPECT: Bright resident Gary Waddell, World War I. who served in the Australian navy for 20 years, Cornetist Jeremy O’Sullivan attended the service at Mafeking Square REMEMBRANCE: Bright RSL president last Friday.

Phillip Keeghan gave a PHOTO: Brodie Everist short speech played the Last Post to mark at the service in Bright. PHOTO: Brodie Everist the end of the minute’s silence.

After the service Mr Keeghan told the Myrtleford Times/Alpine Observer he wanted to thank the public for attending the service, especially older members of the community, and he was thankful for the weather, with only a light drizzle falling during the service.

Mount Beauty RSL presiBUGLE CALL: Cornetist Jeremy O’Sullivan dent Bob Williams was also COMMEMORATION: played the Last Post to mark the end of the minute’s A large crowd of Myrtleford happy the rain had held off for locals LEADERSHIP: Students from Marian silence. PHOTO: JP Ronco gathered to pay their respects at College the their service at the cenotaph cenotaph address the crowd at the Myrtleford last Friday. PHOTO: Jenny Zamperoni on Lakeside Avenue. service.

PHOTO: Jenny Zamperoni “Plan A was to have it at the An impressive display was prayer during the service, the cenotaph, plan B was to go un- on “All services seem to be getshow in Mount Beauty, crochet volunteers for their ting better der the front veranda of the with each year,” he said. crocheted poppies made work, and all involved in the hospital,” he said.

Wreaths were laid by many by the local Lions Ladies, a Mount Beauty Hardware Re- community Mr Williams estimated at line representatives, dancing least 60-70 people attended volunteers group and other membrance Day window dis- including shire councilors Ron placed in town and play. the service, with around 30 around Janas and John Forsyth, while the cenotaph.

Myrtleford’s service at the the Mount Beauty Secondary ColReverend Moira Evers ofMr Williams thanked Al- cenotaph between Clyde and fered prayers lege students, smaller groups pine for the service, Shire councillor Tony Myrtle Street was well-at- and speeches of primary school students, Keeble were given by and the local schools tended by locals, according to representatives and about 30 members of the for of Myrtleford laying wreaths, Sister Ei- Myrtleford RSL vice president P-12 College public. leen Reardon for leading a Trevor and Marian Col- PAYING THEIR RESPECTS: Students from Bright Isherwood. lege.

P-12 College laying a wreath last Friday.

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lots more awareness to the extra stresses that creates to Christmas due to the un- working FALLS Creek Chamber of so we’re to support each learning now as a certainty as to when that other Commerce has re-elected community with info and awarehow to support road will open again and if it ness Lisa Logan as president for each about resources and other as business opdoesn’t open over that sum- staffi the next term and she is erators ng. and more broadly as mer period that will deter a looking ahead to the next 12 a community.

“Change can be seen as a lot of summer business. months. negative but there’s oppor“The housing crisis is still “It will definitely put a tunities Ms Logan said she was there, in that so I’m going it’s been an issue fordamper on summer trade; to “staying positive to what the ever stay positive in what the but there’s even more there’s still access to the re- future future holds”. holds.” pressure now sort but until that’s secured “The main thing now enthusiasticallyas people are Luckily the snow business buying on as safe and reliable access is is transitioning out of the the still booming, according mountain. we still have to consider the to fear and stress of COVID Ms Logan.

“Accomodation used by distance to any emergency that we’ve been dealing staff “Everyone is quite conis now taken out by services that could be a fident with over the last couple of the about the snow inholiday market so we’ve problem for rest of summer. dustry years,” she said. and it’s become formed some committees “It’s so heartbreaking to even “Coming into winter we and stronger so we’re reTourism have to dissuade people ally were nervous but excited instrumental NE has been looking forward to seein putting tofrom coming when we were ing and it was phenomenal in gether more people come and some research for us A POSITIVE OUTLOOK: Newly-re-elected Falls really hoping to grow sum- experience Creek terms of how busy we all to the snow,” she help guide us through the Chamber of Commerce president, Lisa Logan, mer tourism. is looking were; it was probably better mind-fi said. ahead to the next 12 months. eld.

“Until we can determine than we anticipated on top “We’ve been putting more “For now we’re moving major what is happening with that energy upcoming issue is the ready looking of staff shortages and un- forward accessibility for at being one road it’s hard to make with anticipation of road closure plans; people with mobility issues certainty with supplies but another at Bogong Vil- of our busiest summers there’s a question mark busy winter; book- lage. over and Australians new to the somehow we got thought it ings ever,” she said. are already strong for operators doing renovations whole “At least half of our memall. thing so we’re looking “There was lots of enthu- or major next year.” maintenance work. forward to bers operate outside of the siasm “Now we’re working on seeing a more about events but we’ve Ms Logan said another winter “A lot more of us will be diverse period and it’s al- had to cancel range of visitors as all events up focusing on creating a net- well.”

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By BRODIE EVERIST

THE Bright Hospital Redevelopment Committee is calling on all political parties to commit to funding high-care aged care facilities in Bright for the upcoming state election.

The committee has sent out a letter to all state MPs, asking for state and federal govern- GET IT DONE: ments to commit to capital Committee The Bright Hospital Redevelopment members Ian Nicholls, Cathy Eldred funding for the project. and Brian Kelly are calling for funding for high-care aged care “For over 30 years Bright facilities in Bright.

PHOTO: Brodie Everist has been in desperate need of a new high care aged facility,” including 35 aged care beds, “We believe it should be at the letter reads. as well as planning commit- least 42 beds.”

“Our elderly deserve the ments by the Victorian GovThe committee also voiced right to grow old and be cared ernment. frustration after years of camfor in their community, reHowever, the committee paigning for high care facilimaining close to their fami- believes a 42 high-care bed ties without movement from lies, not, as is currently the facility is more appropriate to governments. case, be forced away.”

Bright’s needs.

“The low-care facility was Committee member Ian “We feel that the current built 30 years ago, with a Nicholls said they appreci- need demands a facility of promise to build a high-care, ated the commitment by that size, let alone with the and now 30 years later we’re the Nationals of $13.25m for future of Bright expanding,” still chasing,” aged care facilities in Bright, said Mr Nicholls Mr Nicholls. said.

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Wangaratta & District Cricket Association 2022/23 season

SCOREBOARD

DELATITE DEF BENALLA BUSHRANGERS

BEECHWORTH WANDERERS DREW CITY COLTS

OVENS VALLEY UNITED DREW YARRAWONGA MULWALA

ROVERS UNITED BRUCK DEF WANGARATTA MAGPIES

BENALLA BUSHRANGERS 1ST INNINGS M Honman c TA Berry b JC Kelleher.............................12 J Fullager c N Ferguson b PM Scales ..............................7 GA Hoysted b MR Purcell ...............................................28 *CJ Brodie c E Ree-Goodings b MR Purcell ...........................................................................................17 J Priest c E Ree-Goodings b MR Purcell .........................1 LM Brennan retired hurt ..................................................4 +G Priest c N Ferguson b TA Berry ..................................8 S Briggs c MJ O’Loughlan b MA Copey.........................18 M Priest lbw b TA Berry ....................................................0 LP Curtis not out ...............................................................4 B Spokes not out...............................................................3 Extras (nb 1, w 6, b 0, lb 3) ..............................................10 Total................................................................ 8/112 (cc) Overs .............................................................................28.0 FOW: 14 (J Fullager) 42 (M Honman) 67 (CJ Brodie) 74 (GA Hoysted) 75 (J Priest) 87 (G Priest) 95 (M Priest) 106 (S Briggs).

Bowling: PM Scales 4/1/1/19, JC Kelleher 6/2/1/21, MR Purcell 6/0/3/27, NJ Scales 3/0/0/9, MA Copey 5/0/1/19, TA Berry 4/0/2/14.

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ROVERS UNITED BRUCK 1ST INNINGS K Pienaar run out (J Wallace) ..........................................6 L Whitten lbw b Z Guilfoyle..............................................8 J Beattie c Z Wallace b C Clement ................................58 +GL Shantha c P Menon b MD Gathercole...................31 JA Schonafinger not out ................................................23 J Wilson b C Clement .......................................................1 M Winter dnb *PJ McNamara dnb J O’Donohue dnb W O’Keefe dnb B Bartlett dnb Extras (nb 2, w 5, b 0, lb 0) ................................................7 Total................................................................ 5/134 (cc) Overs .............................................................................25.0 FOW: 6 (K Pienaar) 34 (L Whitten) 92 (GL Shantha) 132 (J Beattie) 134 (J Wilson).

Bowling: C Clement 5/0/2/23, MD Gathercole 5/0/1/25, Z Guilfoyle 5/0/1/34, P Menon 5/0/0/28, NJ Pell 5/0/0/24.

DELATITE 1ST INNINGS +MA Copey c LP Curtis b CJ Brodie...............................32 E Ree-Goodings c LP Curtis b B Spokes .......................20 NJ Scales st G Priest b B Spokes ...................................26 PT Smith c LP Curtis b S Briggs .......................................2 MJ O’Loughlan b S Briggs................................................0 MR Purcell not out ..........................................................40 N Ferguson b LP Curtis...................................................10 JC Kelleher not out ...........................................................3 TA Berry dnb PM Scales dnb Extras (nb 1, w 15, b 0, lb 4) ............................................20 Total......................................................................... 6/154 Overs .............................................................................26.0 FOW: 34 (MA Copey) 80 (E Ree-Goodings) 84 (PT Smith) 92 (MJ O’Loughlan) 94 (NJ Scales) 148 (N Ferguson).

Bowling: CJ Brodie 5/0/1/32, M Priest 2/0/0/16, S Briggs 5/0/2/22, LP Curtis 4/0/1/21, B Spokes 6/0/2/32, J Priest 4/0/0/27.

WANGARATTA MAGPIES 1ST INNINGS RA Malcolm b B Bartlett ...................................................1 J Wallace run out (W O’Keefe, GL Shantha) ..................3 P Menon c JA Schonafinger b K Pienaar......................46 N Bonwick b B Bartlett .....................................................4 NJ Pell b J Wilson............................................................17 J Davies c J O’Donohue b JA Schonafinger ..................9 F Dent c J Wilson b K Pienaar ..........................................7 Z Wallace not out ..............................................................7 Z Guilfoyle run out (JA Schonafinger, W O’Keefe) ........2 MD Gathercole c PJ McNamara b W O’Keefe ...............12 C Clement not out ............................................................0 Extras (nb 0, w 6, b 0, lb 0) ................................................6 Total................................................................ 9/114 (cc) Overs .............................................................................25.0 FOW: 4 (RA Malcolm) 11 (J Wallace) 16 (N Bonwick) 48 (NJ Pell) 61 (J Davies) 93 (F Dent) 94 (P Menon) 97 (Z Guilfoyle) 114 (MD Gathercole).

Bowling: K Pienaar 4/0/2/10, B Bartlett 3/0/2/21, PJ McNamara 5/0/0/19, J Wilson 5/0/1/16, JA Schonafinger 4/0/1/15, W O’Keefe 4/0/1/33.

SHOT: Reid McNamara plays a cut off the back foot in the under 14s match between Rovers United Bruck Green and City Colts.

PHOT0S: Kurt Hickling

RIGHT ARM OVER: Connor Ormond sends a delivery down the pitch.

PACEMAN: Thanish Gadela rockets a ball into the turf.

A RESERVE: Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 9/98(cc) L Hadden 26 J Campbell 4/26 B Nixon 3/20 def by Rovers United Bruck C.C. 7/101(cc) N Gorman 2/15. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 171 FD Smart 56 F Jones 5/31 R Barry 2/23 drew Ovens Valley United C.C. 7/69 T Thomason 27 TW Lovel 2/6 A Dishot 2/20. Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 7/75(cc) def Rutherglen United C.C. 61 S McLeod 3/6 GG Singh 2/7.

B GRADE: Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 3/146 D Cogger 100* def City Colts C.C. 9/118(cc) R Schultz 3/12 D Cogger 2/14 B Mom 2/21. Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 7/134 A Dean 50 def Merton C. C. 8/133(cc) A Kanaskar 3/11 TX Gorman 2/35.

Ovens Valley United C.C. 90 L Alexander 2/8 T Simpson 2/9 def by Greta C.C. 5/108 L Semmens 42. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 4/109(cc) M Hargreaves 45* PW Brear 27 BS Zimmermann 2/21 def Milawa C.C. 73 G Saunders 2/18 J Taylor 2/23. Rutherglen United C.C. drew Rovers United Bruck C.C. Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 5/191(cc) BD Milligan 72 L Ham 30 JL Triffitt 25 MH Sheppard 2/53 def Delatite C.C. 8/38(cc) S Arnold 4/1 S Hart 2/11 N Jacobs 2/14.

C GRADE: Greta C.C. drew Gapsted CC. Rovers United Bruck C.C. drew Benalla Bushrangers C.C. UNDER 16: Ovens Valley United C.C. 6/67 ET White 40* JM Arnold 3/17 L Nicholson 2/11 def by Rutherglen United C.C. 4/88(cc) A Williams 30* A Novak 2/7. Rovers United Bruck C.C. drew City Colts C.C. Blue. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 6/89(cc) J Fraser 30* B Elliott 2/13 drew Delatite C.C. 89 TA Berry 33 W Murphy 4/9. Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 6/87(cc) L Ham 33* J Priest 26 E Mitchell 2/10 def by City Colts C.C. White 6/92(cc) B Dervish 3/4.

UNDER 14: Beechworth Wanderers C.C. 3/122(cc) R Lappin 30* W Prebble 30* def Delatite C.C. 7/94(cc) W Prebble 2/5 B Cogger 2/15. City Colts C.C. 3/74(cc) def by Rovers United Bruck GREEN 1/81(cc). Wangaratta / Magpies C.C. 6/63(cc) G Banks 2/11 def by Ovens Valley United C.C. 4/84. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. 5/115 def Greta C.C. 54. Rutherglen United CC 5/52 H Sessions 3/1 def by Rovers United Bruck GOLD 1/85.

UNDER 12: Rutherglen United C.C. 3/68 def by Beechworth Wanderers CC Blue 2/105(cc). City Colts C.C. White 4/58(cc) L Solimo 31* def by Greta C.C. 8/84 R Sessions 2/11 L Solimo 2/13. Greta C.C. drew City Colts C.C. Blue. Ovens Valley United Black 4/97(cc) R Newton 3/2 def City Colts C.C. Blue 69 M McMasters 2/2 B Mcmahon 2/3. Rovers United C C Yellow 6/47(cc) S Patterson 2/6 def by Wangaratta Magpies C.C. Black 2/96(cc). Wangaratta Magpies C.C. White 4/77 def Rovers United C.C Green 5/59(cc) T Tilbrook 2/2. Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. Rams 5/34(cc) H Skelton 2/4 def by Benalla Bushrangers C.C. 3/71(cc). Benalla Burashrangers C.C. Red 7/65 X De Fazio 31* def Yarrawonga Mulwala C.C. Bulls 3/51.

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Mount Beauty Power ready for a surge

Golfers return as Mount Beauty course drains

cricketers will MOUNT Beauty’s cricketer erss wi ill ll be raring to go this weekend after taking their scheduled bye on Saturday, with the Cricket Albury Wodonga District First Grade side up against Kiewa at home.

The start of the season has been impacted by wet weather and poor ground conditions, and coupled with some player unavailability and slightly rusty skills, the Power are yet to taste victory.

Despite a tense two-wicket loss to Yackandandah and a 36-run loss to Barnawartha Chiltern, the Power have shown real class, particularly from English signing Sulaiman Hussain.

The import has belted 108 runs from his two outings in the CAW league and is averaging 54.00, and with a wicket to his name as well, it’s been a stellar start for the all-rounder.

Mount Beauty host second placed Kiewa this weekend at the Mount Beauty Recreation reserve from 1pm on Saturday, in what is sure to be a cracking contest of both bat and ball.

CRACKING START: Sulaiman Hussain has got stuck into the season in a strong fashion, averaging 54.00 from his two knocks so far.

PHOTO: Fay Mason

Successful Mount Beauty Tennis Club Open Day ON Sunday, November 13, the Mount Beauty Tennis Club held its long-awaited open day.

The club thought the wet weather outlook would stop the event, but decided to wait till 9am the morning of to make a final decision.

Just as well they did - luck, and fine weather prevailed just long enough to find a few hours of dry weather to run the event.

As soon as the event finished at 1pm there was a torrential downpour.

Approximately 90 people came out to experience what the club has to offer, a great number for attendees for a small club.

FUN FOR ALL: Approximately 90 people turned up to the Mount Beauty Tennis Club to experience the club’s open day last Sunday, with organisers calling the day a tremendous success.

Club coach Geoff Hollow organised all the fun court activities for the day for both adults and children.

There were prizes for challenges on the tennis court followed by a final prize draw of the day for Australian Open ground passes

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After the event, it poured, but at that point the club didn’t care as the daw was a resounding success.

The club would like to send a big thankyou to the committee and the helpers who came along to assist on the day, as well as to all the attendees - without them, the day would not be as successful as it was.

The day was generously sponsored by the Australian Tennis Foundation - they were excellent to deal with and very obliging, and without their support the club would have struggled to offer the great prizes on the day.

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THE ladies of the Mount Beauty Golf Club have started to play nine holes on their comp days as the course is slowly, but surely, starting to dry out a bit.

On Wednesday, November 9 they played a nine hole stableford round with Liz Harvey (23) winning the day with 14 points, while the runner up was Julie Chapman (26) with eight points - Liz also took out the NTP. On Saturday, November 12 the ladies played their par three course for a nine hole stableford comp where the winner was newcomer Helen Whittaker (34) with a creditable 22 points - runner-up was Liz Harvey (23) with 10 points.

Wednesday, November 14 saw 10 men tee off, with five in the afternoon and, as we are into daylight saving, five in the evening.

The weather was against them as it took the ‘twilighters’ an hour to complete only two holes - they abandoned their round as at that pace it would be dark before they finished.

So from a field of five the winner with 18 points was Allan Retallick followed by Dave Browning with 17.

NTPs went to the club on the seventh, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency and PO, while Allan Retallick picked up a ball on the ninth.

Saturday, November 19 was the Men’s Honour Board event of the Foursomes Championships - you would not think it so hard to play alternate shots between two players but the overall scores showed otherwise.

The winning pair was Roger Church and Peter Johns with a net score of 73.5 on a countback from Mick Luscombe and Don Mason.

Banter on the deck after the match revolved around the advantage gained by the winners for playing earlier in the day.

A special presentation of a ball each was given to Peter Dilley and Stuie Jelbart for their efforts on the fifth hole - scoring a 13 between the two of them.

NTPs went to Peter Johns, along with the Tatts Ticket from the Tawonga South Newsagency and PO, while Roger Church picked up a ball on the ninth.

Trevor English proved the most accurate on the 17th and Macca Deans took the money and a ball on the 18th.

The ladies turned out on Saturday, November 19 thinking they might get a little wet.

The rain stayed away but the course was a little muddy which did not daunt the winner of the nine hole Stableford round Leesa Bevan (5) with 15 points - runners-up were Carol Bartholomew (36) and Lynda Barter (26) both with 12 points, while the NTP went to Leesa Bevan.

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Myrtleford bowlers take a break LAST Saturday’s and Tuesday’s pennant play has a break while the Vic Open was held in Shepparton allowing players to watch some of the state’s best players do battle on the greens.

Myrtleford have three players representing the club in various matches: Cheryl Lewis, Mary Tragardh and Tom Hynes - the club and community extend best wishes to all three players.

Last week on Tuesday saw a nail-biting result for the A1 team with a one shot win over Club Mulwala with the very last bowl of the match.

There were 126 bowls put down the green to gain the result.

Starting the last end, Club Mulwala led by three shots overall.

Only Lance Symons’ rink was still in progress and trailing 14 to 18 shots but all four players in the side got one shot into the head, thus fighting back for a 18 to 18 shot draw and ‘steal’ the match from Club Mulwala.

The final scores were Myrtleford 56 shots (11 points) to Club

Mulwala 56 shots (three points).

The B1 team fought hard but found the Wareena Park green and team too strong on the same day.

Pennant returns this Saturday, November 26 with A1 at Benalla, B1 at home versus Benalla and B3 away at Beechworth.

The Tuesday Pennant recommences on Tuesday, November 29 with A1 at home against Yarrawonga, and B1 at home against Milawa.

Northey to compete on world stage BRIGHT local and up-and coming cyclocross star Sam Northey has been selected to represent Australia at the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in the Netherlands in early February.

Northey is one of only three Australian athletes chosen to compete at the World Champs, and will race in the U19 category at the event, which will be held from February 2-5 in Hoogerheide, Netherlands.

Cyclocross races last approximately one hour, and are held on technical and hilly circuits of 2.5-3.5km.

Cyclocross provides a real education in cycling as it re-

quires accomplished bike handling skills and unfailing physical fitness, and competitors have to carry their bikes over some sections Northey finished with the bronze in the junior competition at the Australian National Championships in September.

“I can’t wait to represent Australia at my first world championships and am looking forward to giving it a crack to see what I can achieve,” he said.

SUPER SAM: Sam Northey will compete in the 2023 UCI Cyclocross World Championships in the Netherlands in early February.

 ON LINE: Graeme Attwood send a bowl down the green.

PHOTOS: Melissa Beattie

 LOOK AT THAT: Peter Sharkey watches his bowl.

Bright Bowls Club preparing for community competition THE Bright Bowls Club is seeking entries for their annual Community Bowls Experience competition, which will begin in the new year.

The competition starts on the evening of Wednesday, January 18, 2023 and will run every Wednesday for 10 weeks, weather permitting.

Experience is not a barrier for entry, as the competition is open to all ages and all levels of skill, with the main objective being to have fun.

The format is much the same as last year’s competition: two bowls per player, three players per end, with only one

registered player allowed per end.

Games are limited to 10 ends, with up to five players per team, and players can be interchangeable at any time.

The competition costs $20 per team per night.

A barbecue will be held on the first, fifth, and final night of the competition from 6pm, with games commencing at 7pm on all other weeks.

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Bright tennis back in action

WINNERS: The victorious Under 16 girls side (back, from left) Kobe Chisholm, Sophie Anders, Makiah McCallum, Daeja Murtagh, Skylah McPherson, Harriet Herman, (front, from left) Jade Hazeldine, Shayla Power, coach Breanna Green, Sieanna Schell and Charli Parolin.

NEW LOOK: The under 12 girls domestic team Flames (from left) Sushrishi Dahal, Aviva Lovell, Lexi Piazza, Violet McKeone, Miah Brown and Aimee Pozzan (Tara Barnick absent) in their new tops sponsored by Flex Out Health.

Myrtleford basketballers impress in tournament WITH both of Myrtleford’s Country Basketball League sides taking the bye over the weekend, the domestic competition and representative sides were given centre stage.

Last weekend, Myrtleford’s under 18, under 16 and under 14 boys teams competed in the Southern Peninsula Tournament against a slate of strong metro and country sides.

It was a great experience for all three teams and puts them in good shape for the next tournament in Shepparton in a few weeks.

Over the weekend the Myrtleford under 18 and under 16 boys and girls teams travelled all the way to Wangaratta to compete in their junior tournament.

It was the first tournament for the under 16 girls team and they

took out the Div 2 grand final with a stunning 41-30 win over Deniliquin.

CBL action returns this weekend, with the men and women hosting Wallan Panthers at the Myrtleford Indoor Sports Stadium on Saturday, with the women starting from 4pm and the men’s game beginning at 6pm.

Domestic basketball results ROUND SIX Juniors Under 12 Boys: Cobras 40 (T Gray, M McMasters 14) defeated Mustangs 4 (L McConnacchie, J Durling 2). Falcons 29 (B Lupo 14) defeated Hawks 21 (K Quintana 9). Bulls 34 (N Durling 18) defeated Hornets 26 (B McMahon 26).

Under 12 Girls: Boomers 18 (Z Power 14) defeated Flames 15 (S Dahal 9). Lightening 28 (C Koers

22) defeated Flyers 17 (W Szaraszek 6).

Under 14 Boys: 36ERS 29 (H Durling 13) defeated Phoenix 27 (L Russell 22). Kings 51 (S Lupo 27) defeated U12 Boys Rep team 31 (N Durling 7). Wildcats 43 (S Muraca 16) defeated Bullets 37 (H Stanton 17). Hawks 35 (T McPherson 14) defeated United 24 (T Cartwright 12).

Under 16 Girls: Jackson 49 (C Parolin 19) defeated George 40 (S McPherson 34). Tolo 30 (J Hazeldine 16) defeated Talbot 18 (S Power 7). Magden 23 (M Corcoran, M McCallum 8) defeated Magbegor 18 (M Radenbach 12).

Under 17 Boys: Celtics 53 (S Crisp 26) defeated Golden State 42 (J Pascoe 19). Warriors 94 (J Prestage 43) defeated Heat 63 (B Woodall 39). Knicks 52 (D Kerr 16) defeated 76ERS 20 (T Miller 11).

Seniors A Reserve Men: Warriors 51 (C Weldon 21) defeated Kings 46 (J Mercuri, C Rizzato 11). Shockers 46 (S Povolo 11) defeated FNB 22 (A Davis 10).

A Reserve Women: Bright 24 (M Witts 16) defeated Shadows 10 (I De Bortoli 8).

Ball Hogz 44 (S Morey 16) defeated Wildcats 24 (J Pozzan 10).

Beechworth 43 (J Archer 23) defeated Mountain Maids 23 (M Butler 8).

A Grade Men: Grizzlies 67 (J Gribbin 18) defeated Splash Bros 43 (R Bouker 16). The Heat 90 (K Shewry 26) defeated Sonics 54 (D Kerr 12).

A Grade Women: Railway Tigers 43 (R Piazza 16) defeated Venom 33 (E Hughes 16). Tigers Black 63 (S Broz 20) defeated Magic 51 (S Botter 15).

Myrtleford golfers show off strong form AS rainclouds subside, Myrtleford’s golfers returned to the course and managed the wet patches of grass well.

Saturday, November 19 Drummond Golf Monthly Medal Stroke Composite AMCR 73 A Grade winner and Medal: Craig Shewell (20) 80/67.

A Grade runner up: Tony Chapman (21) 92/71.

Ball winners: T Chapman 71, D Matthews 72, D Rowe 74, B O’Donohue 74 c/b.

Foodworks NTPs - first: Jonothan Mercuri, fifth: Tony Chapman, 10th: Craig Piazza.

Raffle winner: John Chatfield.

Naga Award: John Chatfield 89 Nett.

Thursday, November 17 Myrtleford Post Office STABLEFORD COMPOSITE AWCR 76 & AMCR 73 A Grade winner: Marnie Broz (25) 41pts.

A Grade runner up: Paul Tanner (21) 36pts.

Ball winners - Peter Stewart, Geoff Veldman, John Costello.

9 hole Winner: Marg

Curtis (22) 17pts.

9 hole runner Up: Barb Welch (26) 15pts.

Foodworks NTPs - first: Karl O’Shaunessy, 10th: Tony Chapman.

WELL DONE: In bright sunshine, Marnie Broz burnt up the field to win last Thursday Competition with an excellent 41 points.

AFTER three weeks of cancelled play due to weather, it was great for the Bright Tennis Club to get back on the courts this week.

Team Peppermint took on Stringy Bark with Peppermint taking home the win four sets to two.

Darren Ferrier and Rod McCracken lost 2-6 to Craig Thompson and Dene Freelander; Simon Lodge and Charlotte Paton won 6-2 over Harry Pearce and Kellie McConochie, and Ferrier and Lodge won 6-1 over Thompson and Pearce.

McCracken and Paton won 6-0 over Freelander and McConochie; Ferrier and Paton won 6-5 over Thompson and McConochie, and McCracken and Lodge lost 5-6 to Freelander and Pearce.

In the other matches, Candle Bark faced off against Snowgum with a close three sets all but Candle Bark took the win 28 games to 25.

Stuart Robinson and Lauren Bartlett lost 1-6 to Jody Vlahandreas and Chris Pangrazzo; Michael Quirk and Alex Robinson won 6-1 over Will Pearce and Caroline Michie, and Robinson and Quirk won 6-4 over Vlahandreas and Pearce.

Bartlett and Robinson lost 4-6 to Pangrazzo and Michie; Stuart and Alex Robinson won 6-2 over Vlahandreas and Michie, while Bartlett and Quirk lost 5-6 to Pangrazzo and Pearce.

Bright golfers battle elements WET and wild weather across the past week played havoc with golfers, but those at the Bright Golf Club stuck it out to record some solid results.

Veterans, Monday, November 14 No play.

Ladies, Wednesday, November 16, Stableford A grade winner: Allison Gilbert (18) 39 points. B grade winner: Di Anders (29) 32 points. NTPs - third: Di Anders, sixth: Heather Thompson, 11th: Allison Gilbert, 16th: Tina Cook.

Men, Thursday, November 17, Stableford A grade winner: Phil Bardsley-Smith (14) 34 points. B grade winner: Steve O’Reilly (17) 37 points. C grade winner: John O’Shea (19) 33 points c/b. NTPs - third: Andrew Skewes, sixth: Troy Megson, 11th: Ray Ousley, 16th: Douglas Badrock.

Men, Saturday, November 19, Stableford A grade winner: Heath Thompson (11) 37 points.; B grade winner: Ken Grummisch (19) 36 points.; C grade winner: Ross Heydon (26) 35 points. NTPs - third: Raul Cordero, 11th: Robert Taylor, 16th: Mathew Ellis.

Ladies, Saturday, November 19, Stroke Winner: Fran Bentley (41) 71.

NTPs - third: Carolyn Bailey, sixth: Carolyn Bailey, 11th: Allison Gilbert, 16th: Heather Thompson.

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WASHED OUT AGAIN: Ovens Valley will have to wait until this weekend to unleash Canadian signing Hakaran Mann, after their match against Yarrawonga Mulwala was called off on Saturday.

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probably alright because we’d covered it, but the outfield was a bit long to start with,” OVUCC skipper Dylan Bursill said.

“Once it had an hour and a half of drizzle on it, it was just unfit to play with the outfield, it wouldn’t have been much of a game.

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“He ducked into the under 12s last Wednesday and introduced himself, and he met the under 16s after their game on Saturday they were at Whorouly, they got on in the morning.

“It’s exciting to have him coaching and giving the players tips.”

With the forecast for this weekend looking a lot kinder, Ovens Valley will be ready to go against Benalla Bushrangers at the lovely Gardens Oval this Saturday.

Bursill said the Bushrangers always put up a strong fight, and he is

expecting more of the same this weekend.

“We’ve had some good battles against Benalla over the last few seasons, but I’m sure now that we’ve got some continuity with our team we’ll go well,” he said.

“It’s fantastic to play down there.

“Going by the limited results and past seasons, I think we’ve probably got the three toughest sides out of the way for the season.

“I think we’ll be very competitive in the next few games, just judging by the results but it’s hard to tell.”

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“We would’ve loved to play them (Yarrawonga), I thought we had a pretty strong side in with the arrival of our Canadian fella Hakaran (Mann),” Bursill said.

“It was a bit disappointing for him too, he was really looking forward to getting into it, but he understands you can’t control the weather.

“He’s going to be a very good asset - we’ve only had one net session with him but he looked very good in the nets so that’s exciting as a club.

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“It was a bit disappointing because I saw there were a few things that got underway later (RUB v Wangaratta Magpies, Delatite v Benalla Bushrangers).

“If it was perfectly mowed, I think we would’ve been able to get on but it was just that little bit longer and waterlogged.”

It was an anti-climactic debut for the Tigers’ newest member, Canadian import Hakaran Mann, who was named in the side and has been making himself known around the club.

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THE soggy start to the Wangaratta and District Cricket Association season continued over the weekend, with Ovens Valley United’s A grade clash against Yarrawonga Mulwala called off due to weather.

The wicket at the Whorouly Recreation Reserve was in top condition and hosted an under 16 match earlier in the game, but as game time approached the clouds opened up.

“We gave it an hour, we waited until 2pm but it rained constantly - to be honest, the pitch was