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HEATHER Lane has always been drawn to books, reading and research. Relaxed in her Wangaratta home, she smiles at the memory of sitting in the kitchen of her childhood home with her father, and flicking for endless hours through a book on horses that she could not even read yet. “Strangely enough, I’ve always felt like I had to have books around me,” she said, mentioning that ancestors had bookstores in Germany and London. Her love of books, married with a thirst for knowledge and historical detective work, have made her into a tireless researcher of all types of history, particularly family research. But her latest endeavour has been influenced by her time as a nurse. She partnered up with Beechworth researcher Anne Hanson, to help reveal to the public, the history of nurses hailing from the area as part of the Burke Museum Beechworth exhibition, Red Capes and Suitcases – Indigo’s WWI Nurses. Heather said the role and status of nurses had changed many times over the course of recent history. Before the end of the 19th century, for examples, nursing was often part of the job description for prostitutes. continued page |
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A GOOD immune system is not simply an absence of disease but more importantly is a state of lifelong resistance and ability to recover in a timely manner. Approximately 70 per cent of our immune system is located in our gut, indicating that optimal nutritional status and gut function are paramount especially during winter. Tips to stay healthy this winter: 1) Avoid sugar, white flour and processed snacks. These both suppress the function of the immune system and allow for infections to easily replicate. 2) Hydration. A dry nose and throat are much more susceptible to infection so keep them lubricated. The extra fluids will also help with the elimination of virus. This means primarily water with the occasional honey / lemon type drink – packet juice is essentially just packet sugar. 3) Bone stocks. It’s easy to do and will last you for ages. The resulting broth is chock-full of minerals that is perfect in your winter soups and stews. Incorporate ginger, garlic, parsley, turmeric, and horseradish to boost your antimicrobial, antifungal aspect of your meal. Eating easily digestible foods such as soups
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OVER the years I have had to contend with many different pests eating my garden plants; from caterpillars and aphids to sheep, cows and goats. But this week another possible plant muncher arrived on my front lawn, in fact three appeared. And they are not your normal garden variety munchers, these were llamas. Our property is located in the country side alongside a rail trail, mainly utilised by cyclists and walkers. And taking a walk this week was a man named Mark and his three Llamas, Chilly, Sonny and Jaro. Llamas are native to South America and are members of the camel family. They are close relatives of Alpacas. Llamas are herbivores, meaning they eat grass and plant material, so they have been tethered out of reach of my garden beds and potted plants. But llamas provide valuable nutrients to gardens in the form of poo. Llama manure contains high levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and can be applied directly to the soil in its fresh state without fear of “burning” plants. In fact, llama manure is one of the only manures that is safe to use directly on the garden without composting, with no danger of nitrogen burning. The llama “beans” as they are
STAVE OFF THOSE SNIFFLES: Foods such as bone stock broths are packed with minerals and easily digestable, allowing your body to focus on fighting infections.
and stews allows your body to focus on fighting viruses instead of using energy to digest. 4) Iron status. Iron deficiency is very common, and can significantly compromise immune function. Red meat offers great heme iron source, other alternatives include lentils, organic dried apricots, egg yolks and leafy greens. Add Vitamin C containing foods to boost your absorption, and reduce your concurrent consumption of black tea
and coffee which inhibit your absorption of iron. 5) Vitamin C, echinacea, and antioxidants are well known vitamins and herbs that help boost the immune system, reduce the histamine response (responsible for sneezes and inflammatory responses) and aid in fighting infection. Brightly coloured fruits and vegetables, such as broccoli, red capsicum, berries, carrots, nuts, seeds, cold water fish, and parsley, are a small example of these food sources.
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referred to (as they resemble black coffee beans, or rabbit poo,) break down slowly and have the added benefit of being odour-free. Llamas have a unique digestive system which contains one stomach with three compartments. They regurgitate their food and chew the cud like cattle. This rumination enables the llamas to break down its feed materials very efficiently eliminating any weed seeds that are found in other manures. Llama manure can be used as top dressing for garden beds, mixed with soil and added to compost piles where it will aid in the decomposition of leaves, grasses and other organic materials. It can also be made into llama bean “tea” by adding two cups of manure to a watering can full of water and letting it sit for a day or so making a fast acting beneficial fertiliser. So Chilly, Sonny and Jaro, get fertilising. Happy gardening.
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IN IT TOGETHER: Anne Hanson (above) has been helping Heather Lane with her research into war nurses.
Around the turn of the century, and with early conflicts such as the Crimean and Boer Wars, nursing began to come into its own as an occupation, but females nursing were not accorded much respect at the time. But by the time the two World Wars came around, women were headed more to the forefront of the war effort, although many times their contribution still received little recognition. “These were women going out into the world, and questioning their role in life,” Heather said, urging people to make the effort to find out more about history and historical events. “We as humans are not learning enough of our history, and the things we experienced. “I’m interested in finding out about people… and what their lives were like. “I also like to see women who have bucked the system, and have done something that’s a bit different.” Heather - who is a life the Wangaratta Historical Society, and a member of the Wangaratta Family History Society - said the nurses in the battlefields often endured horrendous conditions.
“They knew what it was like to be tough,” she said. “I had no understanding of how wounded soldiers were triaged and the vital role casualty clearing stations played in saving their lives. “Nor did I realise how close they were to the front line and how the nurses working in those clearing stations were subjected to bombing raids and gas attacks. “It makes perfect sense to me that men and women write from very different perspectives. “What doesn’t make sense is the inherent bias towards a version of Australian history where the activities of men are more important than those of women and as a consequence women’s contributions are of secondary significance and treated accordingly, if not altogether ignored. “However, on a more positive note, the anniversary of WW1 has through books such as Susanna De Vries, Australian Heroines of World War One and Kirsty Harris’ More than Bombs and Bandages have seen many nurses’ stories being told.” Red Capes and Suitcases will be on display at the Burke Museum until August 21.
A BIT of a mouthful to pronounce, so let’s just call it CNA. CNA is a disease of dogs caused by the migration of a larval stage of a rat worm. The worm has a lifecycle involving rats as the definitive host and slugs as the intermediate host. Dogs are not a normal host for the parasite so when they ingest slugs infected by the larvae strange things happen. The larvae after ingestion migrate through the tissues and often end up in the nervous system. Nervous system dysfunction is the hallmark of the disease with affected dogs developing an ascending weakness that progresses to paralysis. The dog will become weak or incoordinated beginning with the hind legs. Urinary incontinence is also a possibility. The disease can mimic paralysis due to intervertebral disc disease (bulged discs) and is difficult to diagnose. A definitive diagnosis requires a CSF tape where a needle is used to collect some of the fluid around the spinal cord. The population of cells in the fluid is characteristic of the disease as the body reacts to the parasite with a type of inflammatory cell called an eosinophil. The disease is usually seen in puppies who
are often more curious than older dogs with their appetite. Pups are much more likely to eat slugs or snails than adult dogs (usually). Treatment of the disease is centred around reducing the inflammatory response by the patient. It is interesting to note that although the parasite causes some damage to the central nervous system it is usually the body’s reaction to the parasite that is causing the majority of the nervous system dysfunction. As a result cortisone (an anti-inflammatory) is the usual medication used. Supportive care is also important as the animals are often reluctant to eat and drink. The prognosis is unfortunately not great, but with early detection and prompt treatment some patients make a full recovery. This disease can also affect humans, again usually young ones, so it again highlights a need for good hygiene and as one person put it: make sure to wash your lettuce. Tim Craig BVSc Warby St Veterinary Hospital
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THE WHITE STUFF: Telemark skier Paul Fitzgerald on ‘Towers’ last week at Falls Creek. Snow forecasts are looking quite promising on local mountains heading into the busy school holiday period. PHOTO: Chris Hocking.
Enjoy a winter break SNOW fun continues on local mountains this week, with runs and lifts continuing to open as the season goes on. Plenty of snow activities are still on offer at Falls Creek and Dinner Plain with Learn To Ski and Snowboard month continuing on the mountain, while on Mt Hotham, people are starting to gear up for the Australian Biathlon camp, set to take place between June 28-July 3. Hotham is also holding a Learn to Ski and Snowboard Week from June 20-26, offering new skiers and snowboarders an affordable first time snow trip in a setting designed to develop a passion for snow sports. Learn to Ski and Snowboard Week includes a program of dedicated events especially crafted for the first time snow bunny, allowing new skiers and snowboarders to connect with others who are new to the snow in a friendly and supportive environment. Learn to Ski and Snowboard Week will run again this year from September 12-18, giving new skiers and boarders ample opportunity for a memorable first snow holiday this season. See www.hotham.com.au/beginners for further details and contact information.
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WITH ANITA McPHERSON relax and make your way from one end of the range to the other, landing upon something like Valhalla Wines Shiraz between their Ranga and Durif. This Shiraz has vibrance; with a zesty and fragrant aroma of wild berry fruit, white pepper and tobacco rising from the darkly crimson drop. The flavour is big and fruity with black cherry and spicy plum, wrapped up in earthy cedar. There is a lovely, lingering mouth feel which is worth taking time to enjoy, especially alongside lamb charred on the barbecue. Find out more at www. valhallawines.com.au or take a leisurely drive and spend as much time as you like at the cellar door at Wahgunyah.
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New Chiltern doctor, 1876 WALTER Lindsay Richardson commenced practice as a doctor in Chiltern. One of his daughters, Florence Ethel, based one of fiction’s most tortured characters, Richard Mahoney, on him, and used his time in Chiltern as the background for the most powerful chapter in her famous trilogy, The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney. Believing she could only be taken seriously if she adopted the name of a man, she wrote under the name Henry Handel Richardson.
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– full/part-time Ryan Media, a subsidiary of North East Media, is a specialist publisher to the forest, timber, olive and general agriculture industries. Our print and electronic products are recognised and renowned for credibility and quality.
Wangaratta Indoor Sports & Aquatic Centre H.P. Barr Reserve, Schilling Dve Wangaratta 3677 T (03) 5722 1723 F (03) 5722 2970 W www.wangaratta.ymca.org.au
We are seeking an experienced, dedicated and ‘hands-on’ advertising sales consultant to work on the Australasian Timber magazine (published 8 times per year) and Daily Timber News enewsletter (published weekly).
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Ideally the applicant will have a solid background in sales and have been working in or have experience of the timber processing industry.
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Proven communication, time management and administrative skills are required with a good working knowledge of Excel and Outlook. While servicing the national timber industry, the position will be based at Wangaratta. Written applications with resume and references to: General Manager, Ryan Media Pty Ltd, Elizabeth Bouzoudis, Email: e.bouzoudis@winetitles.com.au. 10c126041/2515
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
My club isn’t insolvent, I’d know if it was SURPRISING how often you get told that an organisation/club is in good shape, only to find out later that this is not the case and that it has been insolvent for a long time. There is no hard and fast rule that can identify the position of the club and whether it is operating while insolvent. But there are a number of tools you can use which will help you to identify insolvency. Which tools you use will very much depend on your individual situation. I always think a good starting point is to look at the cash flow and what it will bring to light. This is the primary (and most broad) test of insolvency as recognised by the courts and the finance industry. The test is whether the organisation has sufficient cash available to meet its debts as and when they become due.
By KEN CLARKE, WANGARATTA CERTIFIED PRACTICING ACCOUNTANT
kenclarke11@bigpond.com The source of the cash does not necessarily have to be income, but can be loans or sale or re-finance of assets or existing cash holdings. It is important to note that should a club wish to rely upon the satisfaction of this test, as a defence to allegations of trading while insolvent, then the officers of the club (president, secretary and treasurer) need to be able to demonstrate that any alleged nonincome sources of cash were actually and readily available, and not merely theoretical. Then we look at the ‘Balance Sheet Test’.
This will effectively assume the club is solvent if at a particular point of time current assets (such as stock on hand, cash at bank, accounts receivable) exceed current liabilities (such as trade creditors, wages and tax obligations). Essentially, this test considers the extent to which assets can be liquidated to cover the immediate payment of debt. And of course it will not always be possible to have an immediate sale of slow moving stocks, or get your debtors to pay straight away. Still worried about your obligations to the club? Financial records should correctly explain the club’s financial position and performance? Would these records show true and fair financial statements to be prepared and audited? Has the club received more than one written demand from suppliers to remedy an overdue account
within the past 12 months? Has the club agreed to any sort of repayment plan arrangement with a creditor? Have suppliers cancelled credit arrangements and demanded cash on delivery? Are post-dated cheques being issued in the anticipation that funds will become available in the near future? And more importantly, are cheques continually being dishonoured by your financial institution? Is the management of the club in order? Are there resignations from the board or committee or management occurring on a regular basis? One of the things that I look for at the start of an assignment is “how often does the board meet; do they have more than a quorum at each meeting, and are management providing up to date financial
statements and budgets?” Given that, how does the ordinary member get his/her information? I can only suggest you ask whether it is possible to see the last profit and loss statement prepared and presented to the board and make your own assessment (or have a competent person advise you). If all of this has shown the club is in need of some assistance, as they could be tethering on insolvency, then seek it before the collectors come knocking. The longevity of your club is dependent on the club having the capacity to fully pay their creditors (including employees and suppliers). Management committee members may also be concerned about their potential personal exposure to damages claims for insolvent trading. Be pro-active and get the advice required before becoming involved.
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