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By KYLIE WILSON
BIG EVENT:
Bernie Evans from the Wangaratta Agricultural Society is looking forward to this year’s milestone 150th Wangaratta Show. PHOTO: Kylie Wilson
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FEW things are more synonymous with spring in the North East than the humble agricultural show. The lovingly handmade, grown or baked items in the pavilions; the cacophony of noises in animal nurseries and livestock yards; and excited families enjoying a fun day out are all part of the rich tapestry of country shows. And like most community events, there is an army of people volunteering year round behind the scenes to ensure the shows remain a highlight on local calendars. Wangaratta Agricultural Society president Bernie Evans has had a 40 year association with the show, the first 30 showing his cattle and the past decade involved with the society. And with the 150th Wangaratta Show just over a week away, he said the key to keeping local shows popular is to evolve with the times. “As long as you’re prepared to change and keep going with what people want, people will keep coming to your show,” he said. “We’ve got a good committee here, and we all like to do our share.” A cattle farmer by trade, he has proudly shown off his Simmental cattle at Wangaratta, Benalla and Myrtleford for decades. Bernie said that over the years, and since the advent of field days, local shows have evolved from being a showcase for farmers, machinery firms and producers to events aimed more at townspeople. continued page |
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GARDEN HINTS
A garden for family time
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SANCTUARY: Glenice Simpson in her garden.
What’s in your garden: Mostly shrubbery, but I also have camellias – which have been beautiful this year – pansies in pots, roses and more. What do you enjoy about gardening: I love getting out, pottering and weeding, and it relaxes me. My daughters visit and help out in the garden too, so it is family time.
Favorite plant/spot in your garden: The fernery – there is a nice camellia and tree ferns in there. Water saving/conservation tip: I water as carefully as possible. Your tips to keep gardens in top shape: Just keep it moist.
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Do you live in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Alpine or Indigo Shires and want to showcase your garden on this page? Call Kylie Wilson on (03) 5723 0135 or email kwilson@ nenews.com.au to find out more.
GROWING flowering plants and vegetables together is the core of companion planting basics. By grouping specific garden plants together, besides creating an attractive garden, many plants benefit with enhanced flavor, improved growth and protection from pests. One of the simplest ways plants help each other is by providing shade and protection. Arrange the garden so that the taller growing plants offer some shade to the shorter sun sensitive plants, especially during periods of hot weather. Some flowering plants can help deter insect pests. Chives, onions and garlic emit a strong odor which confuses insects. Plant these beneath roses to mask their perfume and deter thrips, aphids and black spot. Nasturtiums are considered one of the most beneficial of all companion plants. They secrete a mustard oil, which many insects find attractive and are drawn to, luring pests away from more desirable plants. Planted near cabbages, they attract the cabbage white moth, and near cucumbers and squash plants, they deter cucumber beetles. Nasturtiums also double as habitat for beneficial predatory insects like spiders and ground beetles. Other plants literally improve growing conditions.
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Umbilical hernia GETTING READY: Lois Beggs and Basil Kneebone get some of the ribbons ready for this year’s Myrtleford Show.
Sideshow alley has certainly been a growing attraction in recent decades for kids. “If you had a Ferris wheel you were pretty good,” he laughed, as he recalled his first experiences with shows. Bernie is justifiably proud of the work he and the committee put in each year, and said this year’s anniversary show on October 10 and 11 is gearing up to be spectacular, from the entertainment to the wealth of entries in the pavilions. So too the Myrtleford Show, entering its 67th year, has plenty to offer due to a dedicated band of workers behind the scenes, such as Basil Kneebone and Lois Beggs. Like Bernie, Lois believes the challenge for those running country shows is to keep changing with the times and evolving to suit new audiences, but there is still plenty of interest and involvement in shows from the community. “We’re holding our own,” she said. “We’re trying to find new things all the time.” Lois said the range of competitions in the pavilions were proving to be as popular as ever, with entries coming in from people of all ages, and newly added categories such as
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scrapbooking was growing all the time. “Our schools are very supportive, they always enter,” she said. “We can’t compete with the huge big shows, but we focus on attracting families here. “We try to involve the community. “I think the show is a really good community event, the entertainment is completely for the whole family.”
LOCAL SHOW DATES Wangaratta Show: October 10-11 wangarattashow.org.au
UMBILICAL hernias form in our pets due to a failure of the muscles to close over in the area of the umbilicus after birth. The umbilical area is akin to the human belly-button and is the area where blood vessels enter and exit the unborn animal’s body to connect it to the placenta (umbilical cord). These vessels bring oxygen and nutrients to the growing fetus, but become redundant after birth as the animal begins to breathe and feed on its own. During birth the umbilical cord is severed and the end clots up and then it begins to shrink down. The muscle ring surrounding the vessels entering the body should likewise shrink down and form a seal in the wall of the abdomen. However, in some cases this process fails and a circular gap is left in the abdominal muscle wall. Usually the skin seals over this gap and the hernia is apparent as a soft bulging lump on the lower midline of the abdomen just behind the rib cage. Umbilical hernias can range in size from very small to very large. The herniated abdominal contents are usually fatty tissues from the abdomen, but
in a worst case scenario loops of the intestine can fall into the hernia. If these loops of intestine then twist and gas accumulates and the blood supply is stopped a life threatening situation of intestinal obstruction and tissue death can develop. As a result all umbilical hernias should be assessed and the haste with which they should be attended to needs to be determined. Repair of an umbilical hernia is a surgical process that involves stitching the muscles of the hernial ring back together to create the seal that should have formed originally. It is often done at the time of desexing when the animal is under a general anaesthetic anyway and is a minor procedure that brings a lot of peace of mind. Tim Craig BVSc, Warby St Veterinary Hospital
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THIS week’s pet of the week at Wangaratta RSPCA is Teddy Bear, a domestic shorthair cat who is a desexed male, five years old and ginger in color.
Myrtleford Show:
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To see more animals up for adoption at the Wangaratta RSPCA, visit the shelter in Connell Street or phone (03) 57222874.
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BY ROB ALEXANDER, WANGARATTA DAM FISH: One of my fin clipped rainbow trout from Allans Flat on Sunday afternoon, caught on a bunch of tiger worms.
The trout are out there WITH the weather starting to warm up the fishing is starting to pick up in many locations across the region. The trout fishing has been pretty hit and miss all season so far. What I can say though is that the trout are out there, but you must be prepared to do some foot work to find them. I was chatting to a fella at Adventure Camping and Fishing during the week who told me he has been fishing the upper Buffalo River. He said he’d had a few trout follow his lure, but they won’t strike it.
My advice would be to return to the same stretch of the Buffalo River and refine the techniques to turn follows into strikes as there are many areas in the Buffalo River that appear to have absolutely no trout in them. This is an all too familiar story with all of the rivers across the region at the moment. Last Sunday afternoon I fished the Allans Flat waterhole near Yackandandah. I had a great afternoon just relaxing in the sun in my fishing chair. I managed to land three rainbow trout and four small redfin which
were all released back into the waterhole. I caught the trout on tiger worms rigged with a paternoster rig and I caught the redfin on an Asari bib-less minnow fished just under the surface right on sunset. I was hoping to catch a yellowbelly but that didn’t happen. A friendly fella about 10 metres away landed a small yellowbelly though. It is still a bit early for the yellowbelly, but they are starting to turn up more and more frequently each week with the warming weather.
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THE KITCHEN PHILOSOPHER MOVIE
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Gone Girl (CTC) ON his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble, and people begin to question if he killed his wife.
OKAY, so today I’m having a bit of a rant. Last week, a friend and I met for lunch at a lovely winery restaurant. This place is situated roughly half way between her place and mine (about an hour from each) on the Hume Freeway (I make this point to illustrate the fact that there are no Ezy Bank facilities for some distance. For reasons I’ll come to…). Anyway, my friend and I enjoyed our lunch. Yes it was a bit on the expensive side, but we don’t do it very often, so we figured it was worth the indulgence. We had a lovely chat, yummy food and wine and the table service was excellent. Feeling full and happy, we eventually (and reluctantly) decided it was time to part company and head for home, so we moseyed into the restaurant reception area to pay for our meals. My friend decided she would also buy a case of wine as a gift for someone and I picked up a bottle of wine to take home as well. But that was when it all went pear shaped. I noticed the receptionist was ‘ringing up’ both our meals at once, so we alerted her to the fact that we wished to pay separately. “Oh sorry,” she said. “We don’t split bills here.” Now, don’t get me wrong. This is not the first time I’ve encountered this, but it really got up my nose. “Arggh, what?” I grumbled, with a frowny face (told you I’m getting cranky in my old age). My friend quickly jumped in and offered to pay for both of us, even though I’d been standing there, card at the ready, to pay for myself. I was indignant that she should have to do that. I muttered an embarrassed ‘thanks’ to my friend and said, as I had no cash with me, I would have to transfer the money to her over the internet. “Not that I should have to,” I huffed so the woman behind the counter could hear me
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The Incorrigible Optimists Club by Jean-Michel Guenassia PARIS, 1959. 12-year-old Michel Marini - amateur photographer and compulsive reader - is drawn to the hum of the local bistro, and past the bar, a group of eastern European men gather to tell of their lives before France - of lovers and wives, children and ambitions, all exiled behind the Iron Curtain. Listening to this band of survivors and raconteurs, Michel is introduced to a world beyond his childhood experience: the world of the Incorrigible Optimists Club. Published by Allen and Unwin
BY CATHERINE WARNOCK (I realise it’s not her fault, but I figured she might mention it to the boss). This really irks me. I mean, who carries cash these days? We were not forewarned upon booking that they did not split bills, so what would they have done had neither my friend nor I been able to afford to cover the other’s lunch bill? Would we be out the back still washing dishes? Where was I supposed to get some cash from, when the winery was not located near a town? I do understand that it can be inconvenient for businesses to be splitting bills for large groups of people. But, we were just two people and, in any case, what about the ‘customer service’ aspect? Now my friend and I were inconvenienced because she was out of pocket for my meal, and I had to go home and muck about transferring money to her. How hard would it have been for them to divide the bill in half? Or print out the docket and let us work out how much we each needed to pay (as happens in other places who have the same ‘no bill splitting’ policy)? Why not let people know at the outset that you don’t split bills? Why not create a policy about perhaps only splitting bills a maximum of four (equal) ways? Surely there must be a way around this issue, without inconveniencing and annoying your customers. Well, anyway, despite the yummy meal I was certainly left with a bad taste in my mouth and I definitely won’t be rushing back there. And just to emphasise my defiance I marched over and replaced the bottle of wine I had been intending to buy. After all, if my card wasn’t good enough to cover my meal, then it certainly wasn’t good enough to be buying their crummy wine either. Hmph!
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WITH ANITA McPHERSON perfume of spring blossoms with pear and melon fruit. It also has a clean, crunchy texture with a flavor reminiscent of Nashi fruit, the refreshing qualities of a citrus sorbet, and a crisp, mineral finish. A well balanced combination, it is a delight when served icy cold but continues to impress as it settles in through a long lunch eaten al fresco. Little nibbles of olives, sliced prosciutto and frittata slices, plump with roasted pumpkin, took on a whole new dimension. Lucky there is room on board the wagon for everyone. Find out more at www. sammiranda.com.au or visit the cellar door in Oxley.
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Earth tremor in King Valley, 1982 AN earth tremor shook the Cheshunt and Whitfield areas at 8.15am on October 1, 1982. The tremor, accompanied by a loud noise, shook buildings.
ALTHOUGH I call this ratatouille the name doesn’t do it justice, as this is the most magnificently delicious dish, nothing like the drab pile of limp courgettes I’d normally associate with the name, I also serve this dish warm with a butter milk dressing. I would also advise you to get all your veg prep done before you start cooking. Serve with crusty bread - that’s all is needed. Method Pour two-thirds of the oil into a heavybased casserole dish or a pot and place on a medium high heat. Add the onions and fry for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Next, stir in the garlic, chilli and red peppers and fry for another 5 minutes. Add the pumpkin and potato, continue frying for 5 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, lift the vegetables out and into a medium bowl, leaving as much oil in the pot as possible. Top this up with the remaining oil. Add the zucchinis and the aubergine to the hot oil and fry for 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Return all the other cooked vegetables to the pot. Add tomato puree, sugar and 100ml of water, stir well. Cover with a lid and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Taste the vegetables and season with salt and pepper. Finally, pre heat the oven to 200 degrees. Using a slotted spoon, gently lift out the vegetables from the pot and into a large, deep roasting pan. Pour the liquid over vegetables and cook in the oven for 20 minutes. 5 minutes before cooking time is
WITH BRONWYN INGLETON reached, add the punnet of tomatoes to the pan, and finish the cooking process. At this point all the vegetables should be very soft and most of the liquid evaporated. Garnish with chopped parsley, if you like. Serve with red rice vinegar or a dipping sauce. My ratatouille >110 ml olive oil dice >2 small onions, cut into small d slice es, clov ic garl >4 >½ green chilli, thinly sliced >2 small red peppers, cut into small dice >½ small butternut pumpkin, peeled and cut into small dice small >3 medium zucchini, cut into dice cut >1 large aubergine, peeled and dice ll into sma and >1 small sweet potato, peeled cut into small dice >1 punnet of baby tomato >1/2 tbsp castor sugar >¼ cup tomato puree >Salt and fresh ground pepper
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THERE are a few things it’s best not to over chill, and I count the human body in that category. While a refreshing dip in an icy river or pool on a stifling hot day is bliss, you wouldn’t want to spend so long in there you turned numb. And I’d vote for opening a window and getting some fresh air any day, rather than sitting in an artificially refrigerated space, even if it is a few degrees warmer. Foods like tomatoes and strawberries also change completely when kept in the fridge, losing the aroma and texture which make them so tempting in the first place. On the other hand, a beer after mowing the lawn can never be too cold, and even some wines are a knockout straight from the cooler. I’m loving Pinot Grigio at the moment, and Sam Miranda’s latest is bound to get everyone on the bandwagon. Cold, pure and straw colored in the glass it has a light
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Manager The Beechworth Neighbourhood Centre is seeking a new Manager to lead our community learning, community development and social enterprise programs. dŚĞ E Ĺ˝ÄŤÄžĆŒĆ? Ä‚ ÄšĹ?Ç€ÄžĆŒĆ?Äž ĂŜĚ ŇĞdžĹ?Ä?ĹŻÄž Ç Ĺ˝ĆŒĹŹĹ?ĹśĹ? environment which will allow you to stretch Ç‡Ĺ˝ĆľĆŒ Ĺ?žĂĹ?Ĺ?ŜĂĆ&#x;ŽŜ͕ Ä?Ĺ˝ĹśĆšĆŒĹ?Ä?ƾƚĞ Ä¨ĆŒÄžĆ?Ĺš Ĺ?ĚĞĂĆ?Í• ĚĞǀĞůŽƉ ĹśÄžÇ Ä?ĆľĆ?Ĺ?ŜĞĆ?Ć? ŽƉĆ&#x;ŽŜĆ? ĂŜĚ Ä?Äž challenged and rewarded. Follow the link at www.bnc.net.au Ä¨Ĺ˝ĆŒ ĹľĹ˝ĆŒÄž Ĺ?ĹśÄ¨Ĺ˝ĆŒĹľÄ‚Ć&#x;ŽŜ Ĺ˝ĆŒ Ä?Ä‚ĹŻĹŻ WÄžĆšÄžĆŒ DÄ‚ĆŠĹšÄžÇ Ć? ŽŜ ĎŹĎ°ĎĎ´ Ͼϲώ ĎĎŻĎł Ĺ?Ĺś ƚŚĞ ÄŽĆŒĆ?Ćš Ĺ?ĹśĆ?ƚĂŜÄ?Ğ͘
Cadet Journalist Career Opportunity Full time 38 hour hours per week The Wangaratta Chronicle is an award winning tri-weekly newspaper published by North East Newspapers, a leading independent familyowned media group. We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated first year cadet journalist to join our team. The successful candidate will be expected to write clear, concise and interesting news, sport and feature stories for the Wangaratta Chronicle, associated publications and websites. We are searching for a budding writer who has the skills, passion and determination to be a journalist of the future. Candidates must have excellent verbal and written English language communications skills and sound computer skills. You will need to demonstrate solid general knowledge to be considered for this role and you must be self motivated and have an ability to build rapport quickly. Working to deadlines you will be organised, with good time management skills and strong attention to detail. The cadetship is three years, including course study by correspondence from Deakin University, and is subject to the Country Press Australia national award. Candidates must hold a valid driver’s licence and be available to work flexible hours. Applications, including covering letter and resume, should be forwarded to: Jeff Zeuschner Group Editor North East Newspapers PO Box 221 Wangaratta VIC 3675 Email: jzeuschner@nenews.com.au
North East Newspapers, a leading and awardwinning publisher of regional newspapers, has a position for a journalist in our Alpine ofďŹ ce, based in Myrtleford, Victoria. We seek a well-rounded journalist with at least two years’ experience to oversee our two weekly Alpine newspapers – The Myrtleford Times, and The Alpine Observer. Reporting to the group editor, you will be a conďŹ dent self starter with a good eye for local news, and have the ability to guide a cadet journalist. This role would suit a community-focused journalist with a strong ability to establish and maintain contacts within the local area and build rapport quickly with all walks of life. The successful applicant needs to be well organised, have some photography skills and be able to work closely with other editorial and ofďŹ ce staff.
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A valid driver’s licence and the ability to work exible hours is also required. This position is based in Myrtleford, part of the picturesque Alpine Valley, in beautiful North East Victoria. Applications, including a covering letter and resume, together with examples of published work should be forwarded to: NEN Group Editor, Jeff Zeuschner, PO Box 221, Wangaratta, Vic, 3677. Ph: (03) 5723 0107 jzeuschner@nenews.com.au THE ALPINE
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YOUR HEALTH
BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Time, the best natural medicine
Thinking of an investment property
OVER the years I have been working as a naturopath I have learnt that the most precious resource we have for keeping healthy is time. And most of us seem to be deficient in it. I have a strong passion for using food as medicine, and as a student I believed that every ailment stemmed from a poor diet and nutritional deficiencies. After six years in clinical practice, working with hundreds of people I have learnt that while diet is still fundamental, the biggest deficiency my clients face is lack of time: time to get a full night’s sleep, time to prepare fresh food, time to shop for healthy ingredients, time to eat, time to exercise, time to sit in the sun, time for a bath or cup of tea, time to meditate, time to brew a cup of herbal tea, time to be patient, time to be creative, time to learn something new, time for holidays, time for fun. The above are the building blocks for staying well, and without them we will topple off the edge of health very easily.
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CONTEMPLATING the purchase of an investment property with borrowed funds? My suggestion is the time to act is now, as to leave it until next year may be too late as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)and Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) both seem to be hell-bent on bringing down the Aussie dollar and it looks like the property investment loans are seen as a target to help them achieve it. So what exactly do they have in mind? Glenn Stevens and Wayne Byers, the respective heads of our economic management and our bank regulator are clearly determined that a crackdown on investor loans makes basic structural sense, irrespective of the bubble currently existing in property. They have a desire to make it more expensive for banks and all other financial institutions to lend money to investors, which in turn means the costs for you the borrower of these funds will be more expensive and therefore harder to borrow. A possible side effect would be the existence of relaxed conditions for first home buyers to source finance and take some of the heat out of the property market, by making the homes they are looking at obtaining a little more affordable. In a roundabout way the RBA announced last week “additional steps that might be taken to reinforce sound lending practices, particularly for lending to investors�. However, I cannot see them returning to the days of 30 years ago when the RBA managed who the banks lent money to, how much they lent and at what interest rate. Expect something to be put in place for new rules which will be both market-based – leaving functionality to each lender’s discretion; but are consistent with the core Basel (Committee on Banking Supervision) and what may be termed Basel-plus regimes for managing bank risks and operations. Banks are required to maintain a certain amount of shareholder capital which is
NATUROPATH
TICK TOCK: Making time to prioritise your health is a must.
Interestingly everyone has the same 24 hours in a day, but what we choose to prioritise that time for differs greatly. Do you prioritise long hours at work over exercise or family time? Do you stay up late to watch TV at the expense of quality sleep? Or do you make it a priority to get up half an hour earlier to go for a walk?
Maybe you leave work on time so you can make a meal from fresh ingredients? Making time for your health is essential if you want to feel well and look well. Time is one of our most precious medicines and if we cannot find time for relaxation, contemplation and fun it is very hard to maintain good health long term.
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kenclarke11@bigpond.com proportionate to “asset risk� or simply the loans they have out to borrowers - but lending to companies is considered to be more at risk than a home loan, so less capital has to be held against every $100 of home loans. I think the best, simplest and most market friendly option is to increase the risk weighting of investment property loans relative to that of basic owner-occupier loans. Currently, investor property loans are seen as having no greater risk than an owner-occupied loan, so extra capital is not required to be held against them. Once the rules have been modified and the banks have a requirement to hold more capital against all loans except for owner-occupied loans, the profit on these loans will fall, which is what the RBA and APRA want to happen. I do not believe they will choose to follow the UK where the banks have limited ability to lend at or above 4.5 times the borrower’s income, while in New Zealand the size of the property loan is limited relative to the property valuation. The likely higher capital ratio option will possibly lead to investment loan interest being much higher than owner-occupied loans, or the banks will cut back on their investment loans. It is anticipated that competitive pressures will force them to accept lower profits. I can only say that in my research on the subject, it is certain both the RBA and APRA want to see a significant fall in speculative property lending, and this should impact on property prices and the profits of both banks and property developers. But a word of warning - with the expected changes, what seems like a good investment now may not be palatable in a couple of years, so act wisely.
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