2022
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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MULTIAGENCY EXERCISE
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MANSFIELD CAMPDRAFT
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SUNRISE: First light on day two of the annual Mansfield Campdraft at the showgrounds last Saturday morning. The three day equestrian event attracted riders locally and from across the state in a highly competitive program. Story, results and photos to follow next week. PHOTO: Emily McCormack
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Jamieson powers ahead By LYNN ELDER THE value of the recently established energy node in Jamieson during the recent power outages and the floods last October was highlighted at last Friday’s launch in the town’s memorial hall. More than 50 people, including the federal member for Indi, Dr Helen Haines, celebrated the pilot program made possible with com-
monwealth funding and the vision of the community. “This project has been of immense value to our remote regional town within the Mansfield Shire,” said Ann-Maree Vague, Jamieson Community Hall manager and program manager, whose commitment and vision were noted by other speakers. “With this commonwealth Black Summer Bushfire Re-
covery Grant of $108,300 we have been able to have Solarphase install 18 solar panels, four solar batteries, a dual EV (electric vehicle) charging station (for public use) beside our hall, major upgrade of our hall to three phase power and linking in of a generator as a further alternative power source,” Ms Vague said. “As our Jamieson Memorial Hall is also identified as a
Neighbourhood Safer Place (NSP), this completion of a solar energy node has made our hall able to provide a minimum of two to three full days of independent power in time of power outages and extreme weather events.” The hall was a vital community hub during the recent four-day power outages. “Jamieson Hall was open 24 hours a day providing
power for its local and visiting community by providing power to charge mobile phones and equipment, providing ongoing community wi-fi from the satellite ‘STAND’ Commonwealth/ Mansfield Shire initiative, lighting, water, running toilets, heating and cooling, working kitchen and a community centre for all to use,” said Ms Vague. She joked about how,
during the floods last year, Jamieson caravan park guests were accessing the hall’s facilities, and many said they didn’t want to go home. This Commonwealth grant has also provided for the restoration of the outside of the hall, which Dr Haines described as the prettiest little hall in the electorate of Indi. ■ Continued page 5
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