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A STAR IS BORN Flood causes minor damage

WANGARATTA Players latest production, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, opens tonight at 7.30pm at the Stage Door Theatre in Evans Street and is sure to make an impact on audiences.

It follows the story of a shy young woman who becomes swept up in the dreams of others as she tries to find her own voice.

It features the remarkable vocal and acting talents of Laura Gundrill (pictured) as Little Voice in a strong ensemble cast portraying unforgettable characters in sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic and sometimes violent events.

Tickets have sold fast with only a handful remaining for tonight.  More in What’s On, page 13.

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Raising levee Sport

A FLOOD levee bank at Wilson and Parfitt roads in Wangaratta will be heightened after a tender for construction worth $3.241 million was awarded by Rural City of Wangaratta councillors this week.

The works include removal and reconstruction of portions of the levee bank and construction of sealed walking tracks on the crest of sections of the levee bank.

$3.2m $3 2 to be spent p on works to reduce flooding g risk

BY STEVE KELLY skelly@ nemedia.com.au

In 2010 the Ovens River reached 12.8 metres, with water exceeding the levee bank, putting properties on Parfitt and Wilson roads at risk.

The levee upgrade works are required to address

identified deficiencies associated with the height of the levee bank.

Council director - community and infrastructure, Marcus Goonan, reported at Tuesday’s meeting that council has received $3.5 million (GST exclusive) in funding via the National Flooding Mitigation Infrastructure Program to upgrade the flood levees at

three locations including Wilson Road, Merriwa Park and Parfitt Road.

He said during the tender phase of the project the levee at Merriwa Park was removed from the scope, as some minor adjustments to the design were required and this will be tendered again shortly.

Council has committed a cash contribution of $1.8m (GST exclusive) as part of

the 2022/23 adopted budget providing a total project budget of $5.3m (GST exclusive).

Mr Goonan explained that the National Flood Mitigation Infrastructure Program only allows construction of the levees exclusive of a one in 100year flood event, plus three more.

He said the levee height is based on structural

metadata of the levels of flooding throughout the municipality.

“If we get a storm that is above that one in 100-year event, plus three more, water will come over the top of the levee,” he said.

Cr Jack Herry suggested that with the impacts of climate change the frequency of flood events could become greater, which could alter the one in 100-year risk.

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Organisations to share in $233,000 over three years SOME 15 Rural City of Wangaratta organisations will share in $233,000 over three years under council’s Community Sponsorships Program.

At Tuesday’s council meeting community and infrastructure director, Marcus Goonan, said the program received 21 applications with a total request of $177,000 in the first year and almost $500,000 over the three year period of the program.

He said the assessment panel made up of four council staff members recommended 15 of the 18 projects for funding.

Mayor Dean Rees said supporting these partnerships is a key part of delivering on strategic objectives for council.

“The Community Sponsorship Program is a positive way council directly supports the great work of groups and organisations in our community,” Cr Rees said “This is the first year of the formal sponsorship program and we have allocated $80,000 to community groups in this year alone.

“The range and depth of organisations who have been awarded funding over the next three years demonstrate the strength of our community - and council really wants to get behind these organisations and support them.

“From events like Carols

by Candlelight, to the Wan-

POPULAR EVENT: The Lions Club of Wangaratta Carols by Candlelight will receive $15,000 over three years. Pictured attending the carols back in 2019 were (from left) Lilly Martin, Ava Long, Holly Davies, Lydia Lengrand and Henrietta Leatham.

PHOTO: Marc Bongers garatta Agricultural Show, to ongoing support for the three neighbourhood houses in the rural city, there are some great projects underway that all help to strengthen our community.”

LINE Wangaratta is a recipient of community sponsorship from the council.

President of LINE Wangaratta Allison Winters was positive about the program saying LINE is incredibly grateful and proud to have been one of the local organisations to receive sponsorship.

“Support from the Rural City of Wangaratta will allow us to continue to provide support and services for LGBTQIA+ people, their

families, and allies in North East Victoria through expansion to a brand new project,” Allison said.

“We’re thrilled to announce that this funding will support the opening of a brand new, communityled regional Pride Hub, the first of its kind in North East Victoria, and only the second in regional Victoria.

“This space will include a retail shop for local LGBTQIA+ creators, makers, and authors to display and sell their works, and a program space for us to continue to coordinate peer support programs, art classes and more.

“This sponsorship op-

portunity is an absolute game-changer for our charity and for the community and we’re very excited to see what we can achieve with this much-needed boost.”

Pangerang Community House coordinator Tennille Hall was also positive about the council supporting local community organisations, saying it is grateful council has recognised its work in the community.

“The flexibility of this funding, allows us to pivot and respond to community need as required, such as during the pandemic lockdown periods where we turned our focus to sourcing material and sewing medical scrubs and masks for our

community,” Ms Hall said.

“As a community organisation we aim to support and compliment the work of the municipal health and well-being plan, to ensure we have a community that continues to thrive.

“This sponsorship funding really assists us to do that work.”

Two people from the public gallery posed questions around processes on how the sponsorship amounts were decided.

Cr Rees explained there was a highly scrupulous process and criteria that council adheres to, but he promised that the questions will be taken on notice for a future response.

PROJECTS TO BE AWARDED FUNDING INCLUDE:  Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues including the National Jazz Awards - $14,000 (two years only);  Alpine Valleys Community Leadership, Building leadership succession capacity for community groups - $15,000;  Big Brothers Big Sisters Australia, Mentoring for the young people of Wangaratta $15,000;  Eldorado Tourism Business Group Incorporated Gold Flag Trail Day - showcase small business in Eldorado and surrounds, establish a destination - $9000;  Fit to Drive (F2D) Foundation F2D Year 11 Workshop - $15,000;  King Valley Learning Exchange - $21,000;  Line Wangaratta Inc Pride Hub Project - $21,000;  Lions Club of Wangaratta Carols By Candlelight - $15,000;  NESAY Fair Feed - $21,000;  Open Door Neighbourhood House, community development programs - $21,000;  Ovens & King Football Netball League Grand Final three years ongoing - $15,000;  Pangerang Community House community development programs - $21,000;  Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta Community Raffle $15,000;  Wangaratta Agricultural Society Annual Agricultural Show 2022 - $6000; and  Wangaratta Sports Club Wangaratta Sports Carnival 2022 - $9000.

$3.2m to be spent on works to reduce flooding risk ■

WATER RISING: The Parfitt Road flood levee, pictured on Sunday, has mostly held up over the years, however, emergency works were required to patch a leak about a decade ago.

From page 1 “The flood modelling that we’re currently working with doesn’t take into account climate change and the impacts of increasing rain events and changed systems, which all indicators are suggesting that we will have larger events and they will be more frequent,” he said.

Cr Harvey Benton, who moved

the motion to approve the works, said it had been several years of work to get to this stage.

“We can’t go on measuring things out of something we don’t have a measurement to...I think we have to work with the measurements and the data we’ve got with us,” he said.

A question from resident Mal-

colm Carson asked about who would be responsible if the water was to breach the levee bank and Mr Goonan took the question on notice for a later reply.

The contract for the levee works was awarded to Cooks Earthmoving Laser Landforming Pty Ltd and the project is due for completion in April 2023.

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Minor damage to park

PARKOUR Park at Wangaratta’s Apex Park Regional Playspace was closed due to flooding this week, as the Ovens River broke its banks for the second time in as many weeks.

Ongoing rainfall and high river levels caused inundation of the area and temporary fencing was installed to restrict access to the parkour facilities.

Rural City of Wangaratta community and infrastructure director Marcus Goonan said the Parkour Park was designed and constructed to withstand flood, however, temporary fencing was required to stop people accessing the park.

“The park was closed last Thursday, August 25, however,

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has sustained some minor damage,” Mr Goonan said.

“Temporary fencing has been installed to protect the parkour facilities, surrounds and users.

“Council closes flood affected walking tracks when required to protect assets and people, this is no different.

“Floodwaters are not unexpected in Apex Park, and this was factored into the design.

“The majority of the park has performed as designed with no damage.

“There are some areas of

DRYING OUT: Wangaratta’s Parkour Park should be right to use again once it dries out and minor repairs are made.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling the fake grass which have lifted, and these will be repaired, and the park reopened when weather permits.”

Parkour Park has been popular with locals and visitors to Wangaratta.

It offers a modern, unique facility for training and recreation.

Parkour Park was constructed by council with funding from the Victorian Government’s regional infrastructure fund and a low interest loan from the Victorian Government for project delivery.

The Ovens River at Wangaratta peaked just over the minor flood level yesterday

morning, reaching 11.97m around 11am, however, had begun to recede by the afternoon.

Minor flooding at the King River at Docker Road occurred on Tuesday afternoon, peaking at 3.8m before falling by almost 50cm by yesterday morning.

The floods marked the end of a winter which saw slightly below-average rainfall across the rural city, despite August’s tally more than tripling what was recorded 12 months ago.

More than 100mm rain fell at Wangaratta Airport’s automatic weather station (AWS) last month, almost doubling August’s 35-year average of 57.6mm and coming in as the region’s

Tree root balls to serve another purpose

Bruck trio to face charges in Melbourne

By STEVE KELLY BUILDING works at the Wangaratta Sports and Aquatic Centre are expected to begin this month following the removal of several trees at the location.

Council director of community and infrastructure, Marcus Goonan, confirmed yesterday that site preparation works at the centre were underway and there have been trees removed to make way for the expansion.

“Council doesn’t take the removal of trees lightly and are pleased to have the North East Catchment Management Authority working with our contractors to remove the root balls with even to eight metres of tree trunk for use in river restoration works along the Ovens River,” Mr Goonan said.

“The contractor is working through their detailed construction program and council officers will continue to work with the stakeholders to keep

second-wettest since 2010.

According to local resident and retired CSIRO meteorologist Peter Nelson, Wangaratta’s August mean temperature of 5.0 degrees was its warmest since 2013, despite the coldest overall winter in three years.

Mr Nelson noted very cold conditions throughout June and 16 consecutive cold, frosty mornings in early July had skewed winter readings, with the winter low of -4.7 degrees on July 5 a far cry from the winter high of 19.3 on August 28.

Above-average rainfall is forecast into spring, with the anticipated return of a La Nina weather system likely to leave the region’s forests, grasslands and catchment areas wet.

RECYCLED: Root balls from large trees that were removed to make way for building works at the Wangaratta Sports and Aquatic Centre will be used in restoration works along the Ovens River.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling them up to date, and we expect building works at WSAC to start in September.”

Council secured $5.46 million through the State Government’s Community Sports Infrastructure Stimulus Fund to redevelop and expand the indoor stadium to include two new basketball courts, upgrade the show court to competition level and provide additional seating for a

total capacity of 900 people.

An additional two multi-purpose courts (netball, basketball and volleyball) will be added taking the total number of courts to five.

The gymnasium will be almost doubled and will include a functional fitness training studio suitable for small group personal training, special population groups, specific sports training,

and the general public.

While works to WSAC are ongoing, council is doing everything it can to limit the amount of disruption to users of the facility, according to mayor Dean Rees.

“Works have started and there are going to be a few disruptions here and there and we’re trying to minimise those disruptions as much as possible,” he said.

HIGH-profile criminal proceedings against three men alleged to have withheld worker entitlements following the sale of Wangaratta’s Bruck Textiles factory are set to be heard in Melbourne.

Former chair Philip Bart, chief financial officer Ronald Johnson and former chief executive officer Geoffrey Parker face allegations they entered into an agreement to prevent or significantly reduce the recovery of entitlements for employees, following the business’ sale to Australian Textile Mills (ATM) in July 2014.

The three appeared at Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court yesterday, when magistrate Peter Dunn noted the likely impossibility of finding an impartial jury for the matter in Wangaratta, after the reported sale of assets for $1 to Parker and Johnson’s new business ATM allegedly left up to 60 redundant employees unable to access entitlements totaling around $3.48m.

The court heard a 10 to 15 day committal hearing engaging accountants, liquidators and union officials involved in the aftermath of the business’ sale was expected to take place in Melbourne later this year.

Mr Dunn noted the matter had been raised with deputy chief magistrate Timothy Bourke, who had not opposed a submission to have the matter heard in Melbourne.

A committal mention is slated to take place at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on September 14.

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Rural city CEO’s contract extended for five years WANGARATTA council‘s chief executive officer Brendan McGrath will lead the organisation for a further five years, with his contract formally extended this week.

Rural City of Wangaratta Mayor Dean Rees announced that councillors had unanimously supported the reappointment of Mr McGrath.

He said the contract renewal will provide stability in leadership for the municipality, and will enable the continued focus of council on the delivery of community outcomes and other exciting projects currently underway.

“Brendan has proved himself an exceptional leader and as a council, we are pleased to be able to secure his services as CEO until February 2028,” Cr Rees said.

“His guidance has seen the organisation flourish, and we are lucky to have him.

“Since commencing in 2014, Brendan has steered the organisation toward financial stability and has been invaluable in ensuring agility in adapting to the impacts of events such as the

RE–SIGNED: Wangaratta council CEO Brendan McGrath has signed on for five more years.

2019 bushfires, and the COVID–19 Pandemic.

“Despite these challenges, the organisation has gone from strength to strength.”

Mr McGrath‘s major achievements to date include overseeing the transition from YMCA to council management of the Wangaratta Sports and Aquatics Centre, the establishment of Wangaratta‘s Organics Processing Facility, the development of the Glenrowan Heritage Site, which is currently under

construction, the formation of a stand–alone company and board of directors for the Wangaratta Livestock Exchange, as well as significant CBD and railway precinct upgrades.

“Brendan is highly regarded for his ability to foster strong and meaningful relationships across our community, and with stakeholders at all levels of government,” Cr Rees said.

“He has recently been appointed to the GOTAFE board and has formerly been president and board member of Local Government Professionals Victoria, and board member of Procurement Australia.

“Brendan is to be commended for his strategic direction that will stimulate economic activity and build a healthy and connected community.

“He continues to advocate to attract the financial support needed to get current and future projects off the ground, including funding that will position Wangaratta as a premier regional sporting and events precinct.

“Council looks forward to

seeing the positive outcomes of Brendan‘s leadership over the next five years as we work together to deliver objectives for our community driven Council Plan 2021–25 and community vision”.

Mr McGrath said that he is thrilled to continue to serve Rural City of Wangaratta as CEO and lead a highly capable and passionate organisation.

“It is a privilege and honour to work alongside a council that is committed to making the Rural City of Wangaratta the best it can be,” he said.

“I am extremely proud of the accomplishments delivered by the organisation, and to have the opportunity lead such a committed and talented group of people.

“We have achieved some amazing outcomes for residents and visitors.

“I thank the councillors for their ongoing support and dedication to our community, and I look forward to continuing to lead our organisation in delivering for our community and putting their experience first over the coming five years.”

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STOP THE CULL: A Nationals’ backed motion means the State Government has to cancel any current or planned brumby shooting operations, as well as lift the suspensions on rehoming.

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McCurdy welcomes upper house stay of execution for high country brumbies

WANGARATTA–based state MP, Tim McCurdy, has lauded the recent motion in the Legislative Council to force the State Government to end the barbaric shooting of wild brumbies in the Victorian High Country.

The Nationals’ MP for Ovens Valley accused the government of having shown “little regard for the people in regional Victoria when it comes to our brumby populations”.

“We have been constantly

calling on the government to stop the shootings, and only now are they being forced to listen,” he said.

“There are better and more humane options for dealing with the wild brumby population, through methods such as rehoming, and trapping the wild horses.

“The current method of shooting the wild horses and leaving the carcass to rot is not good enough.”

Mr McCurdy said he had received many calls from locals who are concerned with the culling of the wild horse population and are wanting change.

“I am pleased to say that the Nationals‘ backed motion means the government has to cancel any current or planned brumby shooting operations, as well as lift the suspensions on rehoming,” he said.

“By leaving rotting carcasses, the government is only working

to perpetuate an existing problem with feral animals like dogs, foxes, and cats feeding off the carcass.

“The government has unfairly targeted wild brumbies, and ignored the real problems caused by other feral and wild animals such as pigs and deer.

“I continue to fight everyday for our high country and the precious environment and animals that live there. It is time for the government to do the same.”

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Positive signs for injured Ben

By NATHAN DE VRIES

A TRUE BLUE: Ben Duffield after a Greta match.

THE Greta footballer severely injured last Sunday is showing encouraging signs, according to family.

Ben Duffield was airlifted in a critical condition from North Wangaratta Recreation Reserve to the Royal Melbourne Hospital last weekend.

He received a knock in his reserves game and collapsed in the rooms during the senior match, having suffered a broken sternum and internal bleeding which caused heart problems.

Greg Newbold, Greta coach and Ben’s uncle, said the signs were positive.

“He’s made outstanding progress, really strong pro-

gress,” Mr Newbold said.

“He’s been moved from the ICU into a cardiac ward - he’s speaking and he’s had contact with his family.

“At this stage, his recovery is going very well.

“He’s got memory of the game, of the day.

“He’s obviously very emotional about things and a bit overwhelmed,

but he’s travelling well.”

The community has rallied around Ben, with a GoFundMe page organised by a close friend raising more than $48,000 as of 11am yesterday, to help support him and his family on the road to recovery.

“Everyone’s overcome by the generosity of spirit, and the best wishes that we’ve

received,” Mr Newbold said.

“The generosity from the Greta community and beyond, through football and netball, has just been extraordinary.

“We’re quite overwhelmed, but thankful and grateful.”

If you would like to support Ben and his family, visit https://gofund.me/5983a491.

No camping here: farmers relieved that they’re excluded

By SHANE DOUTHIE TWO local farmers breathed a sigh of relief this week after a visit from Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) officers confirmed they won’t be impacted by the recently introduced access for overnight camping to crown water frontages in Victoria, including land leased for grazing.

The public could already access river frontage crown land for limited activities like fishing, hiking and picnicking.

The final regulations allow camping for 14 days at a designated site - down from a proposed 28 days.

Sites must be at least 200 metres from dwellings - up from 100 metres.

Byawatha farmer Graeme Norman said

he and neighbour Ron Hourigan arranged to meet with officers after receiving letters from DELWP advising them they could be impacted.

Both have frontages on Reedy Creek and, like many property owners who leased such land, were concerned about the risks inherent in people camping on leased farmland where there is livestock such as cattle, as well as the impact campers may have on the environment including leaving rubbish on site and in the waterway, leaving gates open, or coming into contact with livestock.

“Ronnie and I were very happy with the meeting and it was good news in the end,” Mr Norman said.

“The wash up was our block was classed as a con-

servation area due to all the trees we had planted along the riverbank and they found out the area of land that the creek ran through Ron’s place was in fact freehold.

“I was glad we met up with them.”

Mr Norman said he had insisted on meeting with DELWP representatives after receiving his letter and urged other property owners to do the same.

He said after chatting with the officers and viewing the map of affected areas he didn’t believe there would be too many local property owners impacted by the new regulations.

“For anyone who gets a letter, the best thing they can do is contact DELWP and sort it out,” he said.

“We got on quite well with them.”

RELIEF: Local farmers Ron Hourigan (left) and Graeme Norman were relieved after a meeting with DELWP officers revealed their crown water frontage leaseholds would not be open to camping.

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Vax efforts expanded Si month Six h to five year age bracket eligible for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from Mondayy

BY RYAN MALCOLM rmalcolm@ nemedia.com.au

CHILDREN as young as six months will be able to access a COVID-19 vaccine from next week if severely immunocompromised or living with a disability.

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recently green-lit the expansion of the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination program, with children between the age of six months and five years eligible from Monday to receive a Moderna vaccine if living with a condition that could increase their risk of severe COVID-19.

Such conditions include:  severe primary or secondary immunodeficiency - including those undergoing treatment for cancer or on immunosuppressive treatments;  bone marrow or stem cell

VAX DRIVE: South Wangaratta Medical Centre qualified pharmacist and pharmacist immuniser Kim Ching confirmed the practice would expand its vaccination program for immunocompromised children between the age of six months and five years. transplant, or chimeric antigen Tcell (CAR-T) therapy;  structural airway anomalies or chronic lung disease;  type one diabetes mellitus;  chronic neurological or neuromuscular conditions; or  a disability that requires frequent assistance with activities of daily living, such as severe cerebral palsy or Down Syndrome.

The Pfizer vaccine had previously been available for five-yearold children, while Moderna was registered for those six years or older, however, under new recommendations children aged five will be able to access either vaccine from September 5.

A primary vaccination schedule of two doses of the same vaccine is still preferred in all

individuals over the age of five.

Vaccinations will be available from a number of pharmacies and participating GP clinics, including South Wangaratta Medical Centre.

To book a vaccination, visit https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/covid19-vaccine-clinic-finder or contact South Wangaratta Medical Centre directly on (03) 5713 9299.

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Alleged burglars charged TWO men have been charged following a slew of commercial burglaries targeting businesses in Wodonga and Beechworth in the past fortnight.

Wodonga Crime Investigation Unit (CIU) detectives arrested two men at Camp Street, Beechworth about 2:30am on Sunday morning, after cash and registers had been stolen from at least eight businesses in recent weeks.

A 41-year-old Lavington man and a 35-year-old man from Wodonga are set to face charges of burglary, attempted burglary, theft, criminal damage and going to steal.

Both were bailed to appear at Wodonga Magistrates’ Court on February 7 next year.

Anyone with further information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or file a confidential report online at www. crimestoppersvic.com.au.

Isolation to be five days instead of seven PEOPLE who test positive to COVID-19 will only have to isolate for five days instead of seven, effective from September 9, unless they still have symptoms or work in vulnerable settings.

It follows a decision by National Cabinet on Wednesday, however, uncertainty still surrounds the $750 disaster leave payment which is due to expire at the end of September.

National Cabinet will meet in a fortnight’s time to discuss the future of the payment.

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IMPORTANT BOND: Wangaratta’s Chris Febvre loves being a dad to daughter Penny.

Celebrating our dads

By SIMONE KERWIN EARLY September not only signals the beginning of spring, but a chance to celebrate dads of all descriptions.

Whether it’s your own father, a fatherly figure who has had a positive impact on your life, or the father of your children, Father’s Day this Sunday is the perfect opportunity to let them know just what they mean to you.

It takes only a quick walk around Wangaratta’s streets to see the beauty of fatherhood in action locally.

There are dads - and granddads - pushing prams and supervising youngsters on bikes, as they help

keep the kids active and enjoying their surroundings; whether it’s at the end of a busy work day, or part of a weekend routine, children will remember these moments forever.

Stroll past a building site, and you may see fathers and their family members working side-byside, or even experienced mentors leading young apprentices as they learn skills that will set them up for life.

Glance into schoolyards, and you’ll see teachers acting as important father-like role models to their students.

Walk by any of our coffee shops and you may catch sons or daughters taking their ageing dads out

for a bite to eat - a treasured time to connect and soak up their fathers’ wisdom and wit.

In some of the stores around the city, you’ll see dads working alongside their children, and imparting the knowledge they’ve gathered over decades in business.

Dads might be out in the garden, keeping their family homes - or those of others - in trim, as a way to show their love.

They might also be under the bonnets of cars, or just as likely in the kitchen whipping up a feed to delight their crew.

On weekends, families flood our sporting venues, with dads among those setting up grounds,

filling a myriad of volunteer roles, and coaching and cheering for their youngsters - even when temperatures dip below zero or hover above 40 degrees.

And even dads with minimal experience of the arts will eagerly watch school productions and dance performances, attend art galleries or concerts to show their support for the passions of the ones they love.

All dads are unique, and Sunday, September 4 is the ideal chance to make sure your dad, stepfather, father-in-law, guardian, family friend or any other father figure knows the important role they play, and just how much you appreciate it.

A NEW nation-wide fire danger warning system set to come into effect from today will aim to simplify advice for residents within areas of bushfire risk this summer.

The new four-tier rating system will replace the state’s previous six-tier system, with fire danger set to be categorised as moderate, high, extreme or catastrophic.

Roadside signage is expected to be updated over the coming months, with new digital and manual signs to be in place by December.

According to Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) national manager hazard preparedness and response, Nina Bowbridge, the bureau would play a key role in describing fire risk at a finer geographical scale going forward.

“These changes will drive improvement in our current fire weather services, including our incident weather forecasts and warnings, that inform crucial decision making by emergency service agencies and the wider community during bushfire events,” she said.

“Communities can keep up to date with fire weather warnings on the bureau’s website and through their relevant state or territory emergency service website - the information will soon also be available on the BoM weather app, under the forest description in both test and as a visual marker.”

Higher than average rainfall is anticipated throughout spring and summer, leading local fire officials to anticipate a less-severe fire season.

For more information on the updated ratings and what they mean, visit https://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/warnings-restrictions/total-fire-bans-andratings/about-fire-danger-ratings.

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Levee bank works welcome after wait ALTHOUGH rainfall for winter was less than average, according to the Bureau of Meteorology‘s automatic weather station at the aerodrome, the Ovens River reached minor flood level on Wednesday morning.

Heavy rainfalls in March, August and October 2010 when the millennium drought started to break and then again in early 2012, put the levee bank on Parfitt and Wilson roads under stress with several homes and other assets impacted.

The levee bank leaked and teams of emergency service volunteers came to the fore to provide a short–term fix until remedial works could be actioned.

A Wangaratta Urban Waterways Flood Investigation Study was carried out by the North East Catchment Management Authority and it updated flood intelligence in order to expand the coverage and range of flood mapping for Wangaratta.

The flood mapping provided high quality, current flood intelligence data that was included in the Municipal Flood Emergency Plan and local flood guides.

It also informed how alterations to existing levee banks would affect other parts of the waterways system.

Previous work such as studies was largely based on information from the October 1993 flood event.

While these assessments reflected best practice at the time, subsequent changes in hydraulic modelling approach, the availability of improved topographic data and more recent flood events provided an opportunity to review the knowledge base.

Alterations to the levee due for completion in April next year will be especially welcomed by nearby homeowners who are on tenterhooks when the rivers rise.

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FACEBOOK users this week commented on our web poll, which asked “should the Federal Government extend the national fuel excise past September?”

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Andrew Meloury: Whole fuel pricing is a joke but us sheep will continue to support it

Facebook users also commented on Apex Park’s Parkour Park being closed, after floodwaters caused minor

damage to the park’s synthetic grass.

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Melissa Jody: And this was only a tiny flood Chrissy Johnson: A new splash park! Here’s an idea move the dog park down there too I’m sure the rate payers of Mitchell Avenue would enjoy having their peace and quiet back.

Vikki Jo Robbo: How much is it going to cost the council to repair and maintain such damage to the park each year? Each

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flood? Is it going to be Fed, state or LGA $$$ used for repairs? Maybe - it Could there have been a better site within the planning?

Matt Ryan: If only there was some natural alternative to synthetic grass?

Ashley Clough: Clearly no one consulted Yogi prior to the build !

Kylie Dowell: It truly is mind blowing that someone at the council got paid a rediculous amount of money to say that building

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a million dollar parkour park in an area that floods every year was ok..”it is designed to withstand floods”..... ummmm fake grass floating, bark floating, plants drowning in the water.

Please explain? There is so many other places this facility could have been built and enjoyed 365 days a year.... Maybe I’m naive, I just don’t understand the logic of where this park is. Could someone please help.

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Time pollies focused on the real issues THIS job summit will not address the major issues or concerns affecting the average Aussie as the pollies take Twitter as the bible.

About 15 to 20 per cent of Aussies are active on Twitter as the rest are too busy out there making a crust to support their family and having family commitments with sport and other activities.

So, when you hear a pollie talk about Twitter you can be assured, they have no idea of your concerns.

The housing crisis is a major issue, and no one seems to be doing anything about it.

The number of people living rough would shock most people if the metroplitan mainstream media took some time to get out and report it.

A policy of building basic high rise apartments near the city could be a start - just look at Asia where the trend is build high rise apartments - I can hear the screams from Twitter but having a roof over your head is better than living in a car or under a bridge.

The other issue is health which is presently equivalent to third world standard - from what I read even if we had a long-term policy it would take until 2030 to rectify.

But all I hear is finger in the dyke approach while the issue just gets bigger.

The people living in rural areas are seriously affected at present and can see nothing changing.

The new Prime Minister needs to concentrate on the issues of today and tomorrow as what you do will shape Australia for the future.

Why does he concentrate on Morrison who we voted out.

Morrison lost his way due to him following the Twitter trend and setting up the National Cabinet did not help.

John Walker, North Wangaratta

Boosting women in sport workforce THE Labor Albanese Government held the inaugural Women in Sport Workforce Roundtable this week, with more than 50 stakeholders developing pathways for increasing the number of women in the sport industry.

The topics discussed focused on providing women equal opportunities

With Australia facing a trillion dollar deficit, should the $243b stage three tax cuts still go ahead?

PLAY SPACE: Who says playing with cardboard boxes is out of fashion? Kids at Carraragarmungee Primary School including George Wilson, Amelia Brauman, Jimmy Niklaus, Jarrah Waldhart and George Newman, have embraced active recycling, coming up with all kinds of different games using the unwanted packaging.

PHOTO: Thomas O’Hehir and equal pay within the sport workforce so they receive greater support and recognition.

Outcomes from the sport roundtable will contribute to the Employment White Paper which will follow the Jobs and Skills Summit.

Women bring a diversity of skills and experience but continue to be underrepresented in decision-making in the sport workforce in Australia.

Data from the Australian Bureau of

Statistics shows that men are earning an average of $263.90 more than women a week.

While recognition of women’s sports has risen considerably in recent years, this hasn’t translated into more women in power in the sport industry.

Correcting this will ensure our sport sector, which is so important to our national psyche and culture, properly reflects our nation.

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FACEBOOK users this week commented on a $4000 fine for a Melbourne man who pleaded guilty to charges relating possession and sale of foreignpackaged cogarettes and nicotine vaping devices which had not been subject to appropriate Commenwealth taxation.

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Jodi Bussell: $4000 seems a bit soft Gary James: All up in smoke

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commented on a National Cabinet decision on Wednesday that people with a positive COVID test result will have to isolate for five days instead of seven days (except for workers in high risk settings), effective from Friday, September 9.

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Ashley Clough: Because Science !

Julie Roberts: Our health systems aren’t nearly as overwhelmed as they were prior to vaccinations and less people are dying from COVID.

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Alicia Maynard: Tash Lea for next time Tash Lea: Alicia Maynard I’m so mad right now lol Gary James: Just live with it, it’s not going away!!!

Facebook users also commented on the Rural City of Wangaratta being put on flood watch across the week due to consistent heavy rainfall in recent days.

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Andrew Meloury: Hope the campers that have been out the willows for a few years have been moved for safety reasons

Facebook users also commented on a Wangaratta man avoiding a jail sentence after carrying out a “nasty” assault which occurred in the city’s CBD late last year.

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Charles Branstom: No witnesses prepared to give evidence. Why??

Timothy Thompson Simpson: The five principles when sentencing. Punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence, denunciation and protection somehow appear to have been lost with this case.

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Tweet Parrot Of The Day TWITTER users this week tweeted about varied petrol prices across the North East, cycling east and improving local emergency responses.

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Dona McQueen @DonaMcqueen Not in Wangaratta 40 cents dearer than Benalla which is where I fill up Adrian @adrianjackson This was quite literally my stay in Beechworth. Rode from Wangaratta and spent all day in the bakery reading Jesus and John Wayne on my kindle.

VICSES News @vicsesnews Great training opportunity with VICSES Wangaratta Unit and local @CFA_Updates and @FireRescueVic teams, hosting a joint road crash rescue training session to enhance skills and share learnings. #WeWorkAsOne

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Volunteers go above and beyond for shelter service

By RYAN MALCOLM WIDESPREAD workforce shortages have failed to dampen the spirits of dedicated community volunteers, with some giving up to six days of their week to help care for local residents at-risk of experiencing homelessness.

Entering its fourth year providing meals and beds for members of the region’s at-risk population throughout winter, the Wangaratta Night Shelter recorded its lowest volunteer-base so far, as volunteers became increasingly stretched due to daily work commitments.

Officially closing its doors for the final time this winter yesterday morning, Wangaratta Night Shelter member Di Duursma said the shelter’s committed volunteers had provided an important service to locals doing it tough.

“If we knew we were only going to have 60 (volunteers) in the beginning, we probably would have went ‘there’s no way we can do this’ - but we’ve done it and they are just absolutely amazing, I can’t say enough about them,” she said.

“Some people have been doing between five and six shifts a week and then getting up and going to work in the morning.

“Sometimes there’s just one guest staying in the shelter - our continued story is to say if we can’t do this for one person then there’s something really wrong with our community, because we really care.

“Frequently there’s more than one person staying but it’s really powerful to be able to tell that story to a person who may have been overlooked or abandoned by a community and had their own trauma and issues, to say to them actually you’re really important to us.”

Volunteers and their guests took the first opportunity to celebrate the night shelter’s efforts this week, throwing a party on Wednesday night after previous celebrations over the last two years had been delayed as a result of COVID-19.

Ms Duursma said the shelter had provided a healthy dose of perspective for all involved.

“We’ve tried our very best to care for people who we think have done too many shifts - the rest of the volunteers have really graciously and sacrificially filled those spaces, and hopefully our guests have felt that regardless, we’ve still been able to be their community,” she said.

“In some ways I think that makes everybody pull together a lot more, and once we realised we were a lot shorter on volunteers than other years, people were saying ‘it’s only three months and I’m not the one going and sleeping on the street’ so I think that bit of perspective is also really healthy.

“The realisation is very much before us that it could be any one of us who’s homeless - with high rental rates, the shortage of housing, the rising costs of living - and most of us would know people who are

CELEBRATION: Night Shelter team members Joan McKenzie (left)and Di Duursma celebrated the efforts of volunteers alongside night shelter guests on Wednesday night, as the enterprise closed its doors following another busy winter.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling worried about paying their rental or at risk of homelessness.

“Regardless of the myths and the stigmas, this is a real thing.”

Donations to the night shelter’s La Bella Rocca and Everyday Gourmet food accounts will remain open throughout the next nine months, in an effort to further support residents doing it tough while

the shelter is out of action.

“We’re aware that there’s generous donations that have come to us and we want to be passing that on to communities,” Ms Duursma said.

“It’s not for us and it’s not for the building up of an organisation - it’s actually for our collective response to homelessness, loneliness and heartache.”

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Wangaratta vigil for refugees

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE RURAL Australians for Refugees (RAR) Wangaratta are holding a vigil this month to call from more support from the Federal Government.

Members are calling for the government to provide permanent visas for people in “insecure” Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs) and Safe Haven Enterprise Visas (SHEVS).

“We’d also like to see the federal government provide humanitarian visas for vulnerable Afghan people sponsored by Australians and support refugees and asylum seekers still stuck in PNG and Nauru to find a safe home,” RAR Wangaratta member Bern Fraser said.

The vigil will be held on Friday, September 9 from 4-5pm at the roundabout on the corner of Murphy and Faithful streets.

The RAR national conference is also this month; a great opportunity to meet with other RAR groups and people seeking asylum and refugee advocates.

Speakers and panellists include Arif Hussein, RACS senior solicitor and leader of the Action for Afghanistan campaign, Craig Foster, Muzafar Ali and Susan Templeman MP. To book tickets go to https:// events.humanitix.com/rarconference.

For more information email Bern Fraser on dunmorin@ bigpond.com.

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RACING TEAM: Mario’s Seth WebsterMizzi, Huntah Voss and Charlie Wright are ready to play.

HOLD THE FRONT PAGE: Getting the scoop are news reporters Max James, Sam Savage and Cooper Grimshaw.

PHOTOS: Kurt Hickling

Musical with a message by Appin Park students THE issue of teens spending too much time on devices and technology rather than exploring outside their own windows, was tackled by students from Appin Park Primary School in their 2022 musical presented last week at the Wangaratta Performing

Arts and Convention Centre.

The audience was first entertained by a performance of pop songs by kids in foundation to year four, before Let the Games Begin was presented as the second act, taking viewers on a Jumanji-like experience

BANGED UP: Finding themselves in prison were Annelise Nash, Zeah Nelson, Clare Williams and Lacy Solimo (front).

CLUED UP: U Cluedo characters (left to right) Plum (Ashley Marshall), are Professor Prof Reverend Green (Charlie Bell), Miss Reveren Scarlett (Keira Wohlers), casting their eyes over the deceased housekeeper/chef Mrs White (Bella White).

IN CHARACTER: Grandad (Darcy Waide) with villain of the show, Lady Fortune (Emily Martens) and teenager Vicky (Lacy Solimo).

following three children as they battled their way through Game Land.

The production gave all students the opportunity to be a part of a united school event which they appeared to enjoy as much as those who came along to see it.

Students in training for AFL play

PRACTISE: Aidan Kerr took aim. PHOTOS: Zoe Henschke

AIM: Darcy Wheeler was ready to go.

EFFORT: Emily Henschke kicked high.

CONCENTRA CONCENTRATION: Marley Higham cleared the ball.

DIRECTION: Jordana Moore handpassed.

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AS the AFL season heats up and teams prepare for finals, students at Wangaratta Primary School also had their eye on the ball, participating in clinics run

by AFL North East Border.

All classes had the opportunity to refine or learn new skills including handballing, kicking, bouncing and more.

The school thanked AFL North East Border for providing the students with what was a great opportunity enjoyed by all.

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Enjoyable way to support Oxfam

STOPIT expanded to regional bus network

ENJOY dinner and fine company followed by guest speaker, Chelsea Huggett, on Wednesday, September 7, at The Vine Hotel at 6.30pm.

Wangaratta Oxfam has made a group booking for the event, so just turn up, order your meal and enjoy the evening.

Chelsea lives in Mansfield and has worked in international development across South East Asia and the Pacific specialising in gender equality and social inclusion in water, sanitation and hygiene areas of great interest to Oxfam, and issues that are important in addressing global poverty and the climate crisis.

A STATEWIDE tool to report unwanted sexual behaviour and anti-social conduct first introduced on Victoria’s train network last month will now allow police to expand their investigations to encompass regional bus providers.

Since the introduction of the STOPIT initiative to the state’s Metro and V/Line train networks last month, more than 200 notifications of unwelcome conduct have been filed to police, more than 50 per cent of which have been lodged by females.

The complaints are then investigated by a dedicated team of transit police, before being upgraded to the Transit Crime Investigation Unit.

According to Transit Safety Division Acting Superintendent Adam Tanner, almost 40 per cent of notifications had been related to threatening and offensive behaviour such as verbal abuse, harassment and racism.

“Without STOPIT these important pieces of information may have never come to our attention,” he said.

“With the service now expanding to trams and buses we hope even more commuters have the confidence to call out unwanted sexual behaviour for what it is.

“That’s exactly why we created the service - to make it easy and convenient to notify police about what’s occurring.

“It doesn’t matter how small or trivial you think it might be - every bit of information helps us piece together a larger puzzle to keep commuters safe.”

The reporting feature is expected to assist police in painting a picture of offending across the state’s public transport networks, with more than 135 million passengers said to use buses across the state annually.

To use STOPIT, commuters can simply text ‘STOPIT’ to 0499 455 455, but should not be used in lieu of contacting police in matters requiring an urgent response.

90th birthday campfire event for Wangaratta Girl Guides WANGARATTA and district Girl Guides will celebrate their 90th birthday with a campfire and sausage sizzle at the Ryan Avenue hall on Friday, September 16 from 6pm to 8pm.

The Wangaratta Girl Guides has been vibrant for all of those 90 years with at one stage seven units active.

Past leaders and Guides are invited to attend the campfire event.

The campfire has been organised by eight Guides who are working on their BP challenges and the program has a lot of fun activities, so come prepared to sing (bring a chair or blanket as well).

If you would like to attend, RSVP to Jan Vonarx by emailing jan.vonarx@ guidesvic.org.au by September 12.

COUNCIL RULES: Councillors, including mayor Dean Rees (left) and deputy mayor Harry Bussell, approved changes to rules of governance concerning council meeting processes this week.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

Council passes a right to refuse

Amended Rules of Governance set changes g to meeting g orderr COUNCIL will now have the right to refuse a question that is repetitive in nature from members of the public at its meetings as part of changes to ‘rules of governance’ adopted by Rural City of Wangaratta councillors this week.

In the section relating to ‘submitting questions’ a question will be accepted in relation to any matter other than where it is considered malicious, defamatory, indecent, abusive, offensive, repetitive in nature, irrelevant, trivial, or objectionable in language or substance.

There are other reasons for which council will not respond including issues pertaining to confidential-

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ity, protection of vulnerable people or any matters which would prejudice council or any person.

To ensure sufficient time to appropriately respond to any questions raised, any member of the public or group who wishes to be heard during the public question time must provide their question in writing.

Public question time will also not exceed 30 minutes unless by resolution of council in which case public question time and

submission time may be extended once for 15 minutes.

Councillors will now be able to attend a council meeting online instead of in-person with less than 72 hours’ notice if extenuating circumstances apply such as illness.

Under the section of moving a motion, if the chairperson (mayor) wishes to move or second a motion, they may elect to vacate their chair to participate in the discussion on the proposed motion.

They must resume the chair upon the resolution of the motion.

The same applies if the chairperson wishes to move or second an amendment.

If a point of order is relat-

ed to the chairperson, they must vacate the chair and the deputy mayor (or their delegate as duly appointed under these governance rules) must decide on this point of order.

The chairperson must resume the chair upon resolution of this point of order.

Where a division is called, the motion is decided on the division.

Audit and risk committee and community reference group meetings are not subject to the requirement to record their meetings via video or audio means.

The changes were carried unanimously by councillors following a public consultation period during which no submissions were received.

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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEKEND

The Lightfeet Band in Beechworth AUSTRALIAN music legends will take to the stage at the Hotel Nicholas in Beechworth tonight celebrating the life and times of Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot.

The Lightfeet Band, comprising Keith Potger from The Seekers, Fred Pilcher and Gary Luck, will present ‘Sundown: The Gordon Lighfoot Story’ playing memorable songs like If You Could Read My Mind, The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald, Rainy Day People, Daylight Katy and Sundown.

Also including a tribute by Keith to his colleague and friend, the late Judith Durham, the band will play from 8.30pm and tickets are available at www.hotelnicholas.com.au.

Hayley Jensen to visit The Vine AWARD winning country pop songstress and entertainer Hayley Jensen will bring her Breakin’ Hearts album tour to The Vine Hotel in North Wangaratta on Saturday night.

Nominated a finalist in the 2022 Golden Guitar Awards for ‘Female Artist of the Year’, Hayley is known for her powerhouse vocals, songwriting and unforgettable live performances.

Also a star of Idol and The Voice, tickets are available by visiting www.thevinehotel.net.au.

King Valley artists in Wodonga AN exhibition by King Valley-based artists Anita Laurence and Bill Young will open at Wodonga’s Hyphen Artspace Gallery on Saturday, with a preview tonight from 6pm until 7.30pm.

The survey exhibition is called Significant Other, showcasing the couple’s collaborative creative partnership which has now spanned more than three decades.

Including more than 40 linocut prints and etchings which look back on the artist’s journey through the interpretation of the environment, it runs until November 6.

Players to reach new heights in Little Voice IN a first for the Wangaratta Players Inc, their latest production, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice which commences tonight from 7.30pm, will feature a scissor lift in a number of scenes connected with a budding romance between two characters, Little Voice (Laura Gundrill) and Billy (Greg Wighton).

In great news for The Players, the scissor lift was generously supplied free of charge for rehearsals and the performances

by Pacific Hire Wangaratta.

Wangaratta Players Inc president Richard Grogan said support from businesses such as Pacific Hire enables the troupe to offer something extra for local audiences.

“We really appreciate the generosity in equipment and time the team at Pacific Hire Wangaratta have provided for this production,” Mr Grogan said.

“Live entertainment such as amateur theatre, like many businesses, has had serious challenges in recent years so this support is especially appreciated.

“Thank you to Greg, Emily, Steve and Jordan from Pacific Hire for your contribution to this production.”

UP AND AWAY: Little Voice (Laura Gundrill) and Billy (Greg Wighton) share a touching moment in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice which opens tonight at the Stage Door Theatre in Evans Street.

PHOTO: Elevated Media Little Voice is the story of a shy girl who rarely ventures outside her bedroom and when her mother’s boyfriend, a local promoter, spots her talent for mimicking famous singers, she is swept away by his promises of fame and fortune.

Pastel works of rural life

Spark Kids exhibition

AN exhibition of new works by artist Jennifer Paull is open at the Art Gallery on Ovens in the laneway off Murphy Street.

It includes landscapes, still life and portraits inspired by rural life, showcasing the soft textures and colours of pastels, and will be open today, tomorrow and Monday from 10am until 4pm and on Sunday from 10am until 2pm with entry free.

AN exhibition of artworks made by local students in the King Valley cluster who have been working in partnership with artists and the Wangaratta Art Gallery is open in Gallery 2.

This creative learning program was delivered over a six month period and the resulting exhibition includes drawing machines, solarography prints, wind drawings,

Tickets to ‘Little Voice’ at the Stage Door Theatre in Evans Street are selling fast but there are still some available for tonight (7.30pm), tomorrow (7.30pm) and Sunday’s matinee (2pm).

Tickets are just $30 each and

video and sculptural works.

The exhibition will run until September 11.

Heliocentric by Cameron Robbins AN exhibition called “Heliocentric Recent works by Cameron Robbins” is open at the Wangaratta Art Gallery.

It features a new installation Helio Ephemera, created by the Australian contemporary artist, which was commissioned by

all bookings are online at https://www.trybooking.com/ CBMOW. The show will continue the following weekend.

The play contains adult themes and some coarse language.

the gallery, alongside recent works which continue Robbins’ exploration of the dynamic energies provided by the sun, moon, wind, water and the earth’s magnetic field.

There are large and small drawings from solar devices in the artist’s studio created over the long months of lockdowns, and light drawings made within the landscape under the night sky.

See them at the Wangaratta Art Gallery until October 30.

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GOTAFE apprentice wins gold at WorldSkills event WANGARATTA GOTAFE airconditioning and refrigeration apprentice Ryan Hayes has been selected to participate in the National WorldSkills Competition in 2023 following a gold medal win at the Regional WorldSkills Competition in August.

Ryan was among three apprentices from GOTAFE who competed in the Regional WorldSkills Competition in Melbourne.

Ryan’s passion for refrigeration developed after working with family in the industry.

Originally, Ryan had wanted to become a sparkie, but after a little encouragement, he did work experience as a refrigeration mechanic with a relative and hasn’t looked back since.

“It’s a great trade - it encompasses a lot of different trades into one,” he said.

“It’s really diverse, which is why I love it.”

Ryan has enjoyed the networking opportunities posed by WorldSkills and is looking forward to using his new skills out in the industry.

“It helps to network with people you otherwise mightn’t have crossed paths with,” he said.

“WorldSkills also teaches you to think on the go and be a bit quicker and neater with your work.”

GOTAFE apprentices worked extremely well under pressure as they competed against students from Bendigo TAFE (Central Victorian Region), RMIT and Box Hill (Metro Region).

The competitors were required to complete three different tasks, including building a can cooler from scratch, finding and resolving a refrigeration and electrical fault within an eighthour time frame.

“It allows you to see where

PATHWAY TO SUCCESS: Gold medal winning GOTAFE air-conditioning and refrigeration apprentice Ryan Hayes, with his trainer and assessor Dave Smalldon. you’re at and challenge yourself,” Ryan said.

“It’s not all about going down there to win, I certainly didn’t expect to win - I was just going down to see where I was at and try and learn a few things I can use on the job.

“I’d definitely encourage others to go and have a crack and see where they’re at - especially if you’re as interested in what you do as I am.”

Dave Smalldon has been a trainer and assessor in air con and refrigeration at GOTAFE since November 2021, but has more than 30 years of experience in industry.

Dave said there are several benefits for students who take part in the competition.

“I love seeing students progress,” he said.

“WorldSkills broadens their horizons. It also puts [the stu-

dents] into perspective with other states and students who are studying the same trades.

“The support that GOTAFE has given us has been tremendous, and without that it wouldn’t have been possible.”

To find out more about airconditioning and refrigeration courses or WorldSkills, please visit the GOTAFE website or contact 1300 GOTAFE (468 233) Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm.

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Fight for victim support DEEDS of release included in the National Redress Scheme preventing victim survivors of child sexual abuse from later suing institutions should be removed at a federal level, according to Wangarattabased state MP Tania Maxwell.

The Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party (DHJP) MP this week began efforts to lobby federal leaders through the state attorney-general, Jaclyn Symes, in an effort to remove deeds similar to those used during the ‘Melbourne Response’ run by then-Archbishop George Pell in 1996 to prevent lawsuits against the Catholic Church where survivors may have been entitled to greater compensation.

The average pay-out for the Melbourne Response was $31,000, however, DHJP note that many stories of harrowing abuse since awarded under the National Redress Scheme (NRS) have been deemed worth only $5000 or $10,000.

Ms Maxwell said adapting the scheme to operate in a similar manner to state victims of crime assistance could improve outcomes for victim survivors.

“In Victoria, if you access the Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal (VOCAT) as a victim of crime, you can sue the perpetrator or institution later,” she said.

“If you win you case, you are required to repay the VOCAT money - the same type of scheme could be adopted in place of what the NRS is currently doing.

“This applies to everyone who has received redress who has not also had their day in the court, and who may decide to take action at some point in the future.”

Ms Maxwell and fellow DHJP MP Stuart Grimley were joined at parliament on Tuesday by Glastonbury-Geelong Protestant Orphanage survivor Judith Leonard, who was a ward of the state when she was physically and mentally assaulted.

Ms Leonard signed a deed of release which, after receiving redress for sexual assault, prevented her from suing for further compensation for additional injuries not included under the current scope of the NRS. “Judith has shown incredible bravery in speaking about her experience and she shows why we need to change the redress scheme,” Ms Maxwell said.

“Not everyone will be able to afford lawyers or even want to go through the arduous court process, but those who do shouldn’t be barred from doing so.”

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ONE in four women and one in six men have experienced emotional abuse from a partner since the age of 15, according to newly released Australian Bureau of Statistics data from a 2016 Personal Safety Survey.

Coercive control, such as threatening and degrading behaviours is the most experienced form of emotional abuse.

Wangaratta Centre Against Violence chief executive officer, Jaime Chubb, explained that coercive control is similar to physical violence, as it enables the perpetrator to gain control over people through fear.

“Putting people down, using degrading language, isolating them, making them feel that they cannot survive on their own is all designed to break down their partners selfesteem and confidence over time,” Ms Chubb said.

Another key finding is that children who have experienced abuse or witnessed parental violence are twice as likely to experience partner abuse as an adult.

“For children who have been raised in homes where coercive control, degrading behaviour and abusive language is part of how they live, it becomes part of what they are used to,” Ms Chubb said.

“Sadly, they begin to expect this behaviour for their own future partnerships.

“This cycle is dangerous unless we address coercive control now.

“This research shows us how important it is to talk to young people

about their relationships.

“What to work on and what is a red flag?

“When teens start developing their own intimate relationships, we need them to feel they can talk to people, ask questions and get support with no judgement or shame to ensure they are in a healthy relationship.”

Ms Chubb said it is imperative for parents or guardians to teach teens to set up boundaries on what kinds of behaviour they will and will not tolerate.

“That they have the right to always be treated with respect and the right to say no,” Ms Chubb said.

If you want your teen to enjoy a healthy relationship, some warning signs to talk about may include:  being slowly isolated from your friendship groups and/or family;  attempting to control your phone or social media accounts;  being tracked by apps such as “find my phone” or “find my friends” or being questioned about your whereabouts;  overwhelming expressions of love or “love bombing” at the beginning of the relationship - masking their flaws and creating the perception of the perfect partner;  humiliating and degrading comments in private or in public.

Even small niggles or jokes about image or intelligence can be the foundation of gas-lighting;  fabrication of lies about you to friends or family to break relationship;

 gaslighting behaviours that make you question your own reality;  blaming you for everything that goes wrong;  threating they will harm themselves if you leave them;  threats and manipulation both in person and online;  feeling of “walking on eggshells” to avoid verbal or physical abuse;  demanding sexual activities; and  loosing financial independence.

The Centre Against Violence is a government funded Family Violence and Sexual Assault service located in Wangaratta, Wodonga, and Benalla, providing services across the Ovens and Murray region.

You can find out more about our services through our website centreagainstviolence.org.au.

If you or someone you know needs our assistance due to family violence; contact our team during business hours at the Orange Door on 1800 271 157.

If you require immediate support outside of business hours, please call Safe Steps on 1800 015 188.

For sexual assault support call (03) 5722 2203 during business hours or after hours call the statewide Sexual Assault Crisis Line (SACL) on 1800 806 292.

If you are unsafe, call the police on 000.

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BTAC volunteers making a difference to Warby-Ovens National Park

By PETER MAFFEI, BTAC project leader

VOLUNTEER enviromental group, Bushwalking Tracks and Conservation (BTAC) have found a new destination for its efforts, the Warby Ovens National Park.

BTAC’s focus is on tracks and trails strategies, exploring opportunities for new or upgrading tracks, articulating a vision that bushwalkers want for the future, and undertaking fieldwork in Victoria’s national parks and state forest.

On the last weekend in July, BTAC volunteers carried out maintenance on four tracks that will be used during the FedWalks weekend in October.

While not as strenuous as

our usual projects, we did get to see much of the national park and developed a very positive relationship with the rangers, the Friends of Warby-Ovens NP and Cecily Fletcher, the local FedWalks 2022 convener.

These relationships were further cemented over a campfire dinner.

More than anything, our skills, knowledge, self-sufficiency and an ethos of providing a safe, enjoyable volunteering experience, are becoming widely known.

We gave the following tracks some tender loving care:  Friends Track;  Sunrise Track;  Warby Heritage Falls Track;  Salisbury Falls Walking Track.

We also reinstated the track around the arboretum at Wenhams Camp and repaired and installed water bars/run off drainage.

Some of the volunteers visited, sampled and purchased wines from the local winery Booths Taminick Cellars, which just happens to be where the Warby Heritage Falls Track starts/finishes: how lucky was the group working on this trail!

For the statistically minded, our enthusiastic crew of 18 contributed 379 volunteer hours over two days (including travel), which equates to almost $14,600 in contract labour equivalents.

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Works traditionally include clearing fallen trees and vegetation from existing walking tracks, building or repairing boardwalks, installing or replacing track markers and signage, and

identifying and removing noxious weeds.

Our preference is to volunteer in the more remote and difficult to reach areas of the state where there is often no local pool of volunteers for the land managers to draw upon.

Assisting the BTAC committee is a network of field officers who are responsible for a designated geographic area.

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with local bushwalking clubs and the land managers.

Field officers represent BTAC with land managers at the local level.

If you are interested in becoming a BTAC volunteer email your interest to btac@ bushwalkingvictoria.org.au.

We also encourages all our volunteers to register on the Parks Victoria Volunteer portal ParkConnect and join the Bushwalking Victoria group.

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GRADUATES in a Diploma of Community Services will be guaranteed a job to address a shortage of skilled workers in the social services sector.

The State Government’s Job Guarantee program and Jobs Matter campaign announced this week is intended to strengthen the state’s pipeline of essential workers and ensure more Victorians are supported when and where they need it most.

The $39 million jobs program will guarantee all students a job in the social services sector when they graduate from the Diploma of Community Services between September 1, 2022 and August 31, 2024.

Pre-registrations will begin on September 1 and job matching will start on October 1.

GOTAFE director of health, community and wellbeing, Michelle Chiller, said there is an increased demand for support services in Wangaratta.

“In 2021, 7.4 per cent of the population reported needing assistance in their everyday lives due to disability,” Ms Chiller said.

“If you want to make a real, positive difference in the community, GOTAFE’s Diploma of Community Services (CHC52015) can help get you there.

“Students learn in on-campus training and practical place-

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NEW PATHWAY: Community Services diploma student Jesse Jones has been enjoying his course at GOTAFE and now all graduates will be guaranteed at job.

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“The Diploma of Community Services (CHC52015) is offered under the Victorian Government Free TAFE scheme, and with the new Jobs Guarantee program, graduates will be supported to find work when they complete their studies.”

Community service employers will also be supported to

take on graduates, helping them fill vacancies and develop their organisations.

The Jobs that Matter campaign highlights a range of roles available across the community services sector that make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable in our communities, including children and family, disability, family violence, homelessness and ageing services.

The government will work closely with the Victorian Council of Social Services and community sector peak bodies to support the success of this important program, connecting the right people to the right job.

To find out more about our Health and Community Services courses, visit https://www. gotafe.vic.edu.au/study/healthcommunity.

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2022 Rural Youth Awards nominations open THE 2022 YACVic Rural Youth Awards will celebrate the incredible work, stories and achievements of young people, youth workers and community groups in rural and regional Victoria.

“Throughout the pandemic, young people and youth sector in rural and regional communities have stepped up to support the wider community in outstanding and unique ways,” Katherine Ellis, chief executive officer of Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACVic), said.

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By GRAHAM CLEMENTS WANGARATTA naturopath Chris Miliankos is backing a growing campaign to protect children from unhealthy food advertising.

He supports the call by newly elected Independent MP Dr Sophie Scamps, for the Federal Government to ban junk food advertising to children, a measure outlined under the National Obesity Strategy released in March this year.

Dr Scamps is introducing a private member’s bill to stop unhealthy food advertising and sponsorship aimed at children.

The Independent’s call to action has been backed by the Obesity Policy Coalition (OPC), which is a partnership between Cancer Council Victoria, VicHealth and the Global Obesity Centre at Deakin University.

The OPC wants TV, radio and cinemas to be free from unhealthy food marketing from 6am to 9:30pm.

It wants unhealthy food companies to be prevented from targeting children and to ensure that public spaces and events are free from unhealthy food marketing.

Children should also be protected from digital marketing of unhealthy food.

not just include snacks like chips and candy, but also includes fast food items such as burgers and fries.

He warned that junk food is often high in salt, saturated fat, trans fat and sugar.

“I prefer promoting nutrient rich foods that are also delicious such as fruits, vegetables, dips, low sugar chocolate, bliss balls etc,” he said.

Jane Martin, executive manager of the OPC, said urgent action is needed to improve children’s diets and address childhood obesity.

“Our children deserve to go about their daily lives without being bombarded by ads for unhealthy food

and sugary drinks which is the wallpaper that surrounds their lives,” Ms Martin said.

“Kids should be free to enjoy their favourite prime time TV shows without seeing ads for cookies or attend their weekend footy or netball games without fast food sponsorships.”

The OPC has launched a platform, Brands off our kids!, calling for governments to set higher standards to protect children from the processed food industry’s unhealthy food marketing.

The Brands off our Kinds platform can be found at https://www.opc.org.au/ brands-off-our-kids.

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BONDED PAIR: Best friends Tessa and Max would like to find a loving home together as being apart stresses them out. They both enjoy a nice scratch behind the ears and human companionship. Tessa’s microchip number is 953010002045868. Max’s microchip number is 956000005366604. PHOTO: RSPCA

BONDED PAIR: Best friends Salem and Moe spend all their time together and help each other cope when life gets a bit scary. They can both be shy at first but are very snugly and sociable once they get to know you. Moe’s microchip number is 956000006410250. Salem’s microchip number is 956000006412300.

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“Children especially are very impressionable and the companies use these ads to get people hooked on their products,” he said.

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NORTH EAST NATURALLY

The cryptic Wrinkled Toadlet

SURPRISE! An unexpected sighting of the rare and cryptic Wrinkled Toadlet from the Wangaratta area.

PHOTO: Chris Tzaros (Birds Bush and Beyond)

By IAN DAVIDSON and CHRIS TZAROS

FOLLOWING on from last week’s column about an endangered frog, this week’s article is again inspired by recent good frog weather and an exciting close encounter of the amphibian kind in our area.

The Wrinkled Toadlet is a small (roughly 30mm) chubby frog that is largely dark grey-brown in colour with obscure darker blotches over its head and back.

At a quick glance it resembles a few other frog species that occur in this region but the most distinctive feature of the Wrinkled Toadlet is the orange-red patches it has on its thighs and groin area.

They have an extensive distribution throughout New South Wales and southern Queensland and its range only just extends into Victoria in the far north-central and north-eastern regions.

In fact, it is known from only three locations in the state - the Killawarra

forest, a property in the Chesney Vale hills and a site near Cobram.

It was with great excitement then that a Wrinkled Toadlet was found on our property in the Warby Ranges last week.

While checking underneath some old roofing tiles that we have lying around parts of the property as habitat, a frog and several small skinks were uncovered and examined.

It turned out that the frog was a Wrinkled Toadlet - now the fourth location record for Victoria!

Normally known to occur in low-lying gullies and depressions, it was unusual that this individual was located on a dry rocky hilltop.

It is most likely the case that this frog, during its non-breeding season, has wandered from a

nearby gully and was lying dormant in a suitably well-sheltered site. It would then be expected to seek more typical habitat - a damp lower altitude leafy area - in warmer weather where it would burrow into the ground and await spring-early summer rains to activate its breeding cycle.

Like other frogs, males of these toadlets have a distinctive advertisement call which they give from the narrow sedgy and leafy margins of inundated patches of woodland or open forest, often

from the base of small tussocks or beneath leaf and stick debris.

They give these breeding calls, a short sharp ‘crick’ repeated three to five times, right throughout the spring and summer, especially following periods of heavy rain.

Many different species of frogs are actively calling right throughout our region at the moment.

The ongoing wet conditions continue to provide ideal habitat and breeding conditions which is very encouraging given the breeding deficit that our frogs ex-

perienced during the millennium drought.

Like birds, frogs are good general indicators of environmental condition and health and it is well worth recording and submitting frog observations to assist ongoing research and conservation of these amazing little creatures.

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Detailed planning for Bright Health Precinct on track

By BRODIE EVERIST THE $1.52m Bright Health Precinct detailed planning phase is well underway with the Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) in a process that is expected to take another six months.

Capital planning works are being undertaken to help the VHBA develop the detailed plan, including a detailed photo submission on the Hawthorn Village facilities and site visits by planners.

Just last Thursday members of the VHBA visited Alpine Health to

for the planning and delivery of the Victorian Government’s health infrastructure program.

Their work includes planning and building new hospitals and ambulance stations, aged care and mental health facilities, redeveloping existing hospital facilities, as well as replacing and upgrading engineering infrastructure and medical equipment.

Mr Shaw also said designs for the aged care building are being influenced by the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care, which

view the precinct site.

“My sense is that we’re deeper into the process of planning with the government around our needs than we ever have been,” Alpine Health CEO Nick Shaw said.

While he couldn’t offer a timeline around the project, he said both the State Government and the Opposition had shown interest in the need for the health precinct, and pointed to the $1.5 million the Victorian Government had supplied for a detailed planning project.

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which is what this process is seeking to do, we’ll see some change to that.”

The Bright Health Precinct development seeks to co-locate hospital, aged care, medical and allied health services, and health education services in Bright and surrounds.

It currently calls for a new 35 bed high care aged care facility with potential for additional units leading to 49 beds.

It also include refurbishment of the existing hospital bedbased services and nursing facilities with provision of

recommended more ‘small household’ models of accommodation.

“The thinking around aged care, and what it needs to look like, is changing rapidly,” he said.

But according to Mr Shaw the initial designs remain a “strong guide” to the planning of the precinct.

“Fundamentally it’s an ageing-in-place facility that can accommodate care and medical infrastructure and create a home like environment for people,” he said.

“Inevitably, as we refine our thinking over time,

an expanded range of allied and specialist services.

The existing Hawthorn Village will be adapted for re-use as Alpine Institute’s health education facility, and accommodation centre to support the provision of international nurse education and health worker accommodation.

Alpine Health is encouraging the community to show its support for the project to help move it to the next stage of development, either by signing a petition or writing to Members of Parliament or relevant ministers.

Drainage push continues

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ADVOCACY for Myrtleford’s McNamara Reserve continues, with both Ovens and Murray FNL officials, Ovens Valley MP Tim McCurdy and McNamara Reserve committee president Bob McNamara calling on the Victorian Government for funding to fix the oval’s drainage issues.

At the McNamara Reserve last Tuesday, Mr McCurdy said he had contacted Ros Spence, Victorian Minister for Community Sport, and was planning to speak with the Alpine Shire Council about the grounds.

He said the Myrtleford Football Netball Club (MFNC) deserved facilities in line with the club’s playing standards.

“They really punch above their weight when it comes to the sporting facilities that they’ve got in the Ovens and Murray league,” he said.

“They can’t afford one game not to be played on here - that’s really important revenue, whether it’s finals or whether it’s just a home match.”

Mr McCurdy said he was concerned there may not be another round of funding grants before the November

DRAINAGE DESPAIR: McNamara Reserve committee president Bob McNamara and Ovens and Murray MP Tim McCurdy have called for State Government funding to improve drainage at Myrtleford’s McNamara Reserve.

PHOTO: Brodie Everist state election, leaving the reserve without funding to fix the drainage issues this year.

Current predictions by Mr McCurdy and Mr McNamara place the cost of the project at $500,000.

Mr McCurdy did not promise the project would be funded if the Coalition wins the state election this November, but he said the work would get done.

“One way or another, this ground will get fixed in the next couple of years - I just want to make sure it gets sorted sooner rather than later,” he said.

After a particularly muddy match at the reserve on August 6 the Wangaratta Magpies lodged an official complaint with the Ovens and Murray league over ground conditions, leading to a phone

getting away,” he said.

According to Mr McNamara, the seniors football team hadn’t trained on the ground in eight weeks prior to the August 20 match, while the juniors team and Auskick group train at Memorial Park Oval.

He said their coach had contacted the Whorouly Football Club to train at their oval, and had also considered

meeting with representatives of MFNC, the Ovens and Murray league, the reserve committee and council last week.

Mr McNamara said the oval is already well-kept, with the grounds drained annually and top-dressed every two years, but it needs more extensive work.

“What’s under the ground is the issue - when we get a decent rain the water’s just not

playing at the grounds in Tarrawingee.

“They’re small, minor league grounds in better condition than what we have,” he said.

Mr McNamara said ideally the club would have two ovals to alleviate damage to the grounds.

“Most of the bigger towns have two or three ovals that they can work between,” he said.

The Alpine Shire Council confirmed that an assessment of the ground will be carried out to gain a better understanding of the ground and its challenges.

According to a council spokesperson, they will be working with MFNC and McNamara Recreation Reserve committee to address concerns and opportunities for future use of the ground for all users.

A Victorian Government spokesperson said the government works primarily with local councils to identify and support projects in areas like the Alpine Shire Council through dedicated grant programs.

“The Labor Government has invested more than $2.8 million in community sport and active recreation infrastructure in Alpine Shire since 2014,” the spokesperson said.

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REGIONAL NEWS

More Australian artists added to festival lineup THREE Australian artists have been added to the lineup of Bright’s November festival, titled Alpine Valley Vibes 2022.

The festival will feature headline act pop superstar Jessica Mauboy (pictured), the platinum selling ARIA award winning Illy, the immensely talented Gretta Ray, and Sydney garage rock four-piece The Buoys.

The festival will also be announcing the addition of local area performers to the bill at a later date.

Presented by Always Live and Live Nation Special Events, in partnership with Alpine Shire Council, Alpine Valley Vibes 2022 is a day-long music festival to be held at Bright’s Pioneer Park on November 12.

It is an event created to support the Alpine Shire’s young people and communities to continue to revitalise after the 2019/20 bushfires and compounding impacts of COVID-19, and to provide some assistance to local economic recovery.

Alpine Shire Mayor Sarah Nicholas said the announcement is extremely exciting, and just what the community needs as they head into another busy holiday season.

According to Always Live, the festival will align a great array of live music with rich and diverse local produce and arts, artisanal market stalls and more.

Always Live is a new statewide celebration of contemporary live music supported by the government through Visit Victoria.

Myrtleford is dubbed heart of hop country

By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE THE recent purchase of the former Tobacco Cooperative of Victoria (TCV) property in Myrtleford by Hops Products Australia (HPA) will place the town in the middle of local hops farms around the shire.

HPA plans to transform the site, containing four separate buildings totalling more than 22,000 square metres, into a state-of-the-art pellet plant, packaging line and cold storage facility as part of a $20 million project.

HPA head of sales and marketing, Owen Johnston, said the purchase shows HPA continues to invest in its business in the Alpine Shire.

“It’s undeniable HPA is in area for the long haul and it’s a great thing,” he said.

“We’re about to drop another $20m in modernising processes and it will mean you can go from Myrtleford over to our operations in Buffalo or down toward Bright and past the hops farms; it will be the heart of hops country and we’re pretty excited about that.

“I think the misconception is that it’s going to create lots of jobs for this shed but the truth is we’ve already invested $50m in expanding farm productivity and that led to 60 ad-

HOPS HEARTLAND: HPA says its purchase of the former TCV property in Myrtleford puts the town at the centre of its operations. ditional full times roles on farm already.

“The pellet plan is a little different; we already have capacity in our business and we’re pleased we’re not losing jobs, just redeploying or moving roles to the pellet plan while we double capacity and invest in high quality output.

“It’s essentially phase three in our capital investment in the area and while it won’t create new jobs in the pelleting line we’re using local services as much as possible for other things within the project.”

Mr Johnston said the

project will reach out to the community to utilise various trades and services.

“Things like tree planting crews for new acreage, cartage companies for trucking services, sparkies; there’s so many ways we reach out into the community and we’re feeling immensely grateful this opportunity has come up here,” he said.

“We’ve had our eye on this as a potential site for some time and it really fits with the way we want to work with local communities; it’s a very fortuitous location.

“Currently we’ve got around 160 staff on a full

time equivalent and we’ve grown pretty rapidly.

“Our new operation based out in Buffalo Valley accounts for 30 of those roles, we’ve got operations in Tasmania as well as in the high country.

“The North East Victoria land base is about 650 hectares and there are 280 hectares in Tasmania.

“Along with preservation of existing jobs and redeployment effected by this move, we also are 100 per cent committed to our head quarters operations and Tasmania farming operations so this processing plant is big

enough to handle the output of all acreage combined but it in no way puts Tasmania operations at risk.”

Mr Johnston said these investments and projects all come back to one thing; good product.

“This new pellet plant will give us the right throughput and allow us to pelletise our whole crop at a rate that will ensure brewers and breweries are getting highest quality hops we produce,” he said.

“At the end of the day we exist solely to produce hop flavour into beer and this is a key piece of infrastructure to achieve that mission.”

Grants brings Myrtleford Memorial Hall makeover a step closer

By BRODIE EVERIST VICTORIAN Minister for Creative industries, Steve Dimopoulos, announced a $150,000 grant for the refurbishment of the Myrtleford Memorial Hall last Wednesday, as part of a State Government initiative to upgrade under-utilised creative spaces across Victoria.

Mr Dimopolous visited the hall around midday for the announcement, speaking with Alpine Shire councillor Ron Janas and local musician Terry Lockwood, who was consulted on the initial concepts for the refurbishment.

“The Myrtleford Memorial Hall is a perfect size for more intimate performances, whether it be musicals or theatre performances - it’d be amazing,” Mr Dimopoulos said.

“To add a cultural element here is exactly I think what the community needs and wants.

According to Cr Janas, plans for the building are near completion and the newly-refurbished building would feature solar panels and a battery in-line with the shire’s push for net zero emissions.

The hall’s lobby will be extended to create a visitor information centre.

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Hotham looks to the future Proposals for Hotham Central being assessed

Wire Plain reimagined...and the Alpine Gateway to be completed

By CHRIS EPSKAMP and JEFF ZEUSCHNER THE first images and draft plan for new visitor facilities at Mt Hotham’s Wire Plain have been released.

A long overdue development, Wire Plain has recently struggled to cope with huge volumes of day visitors utilising the area for snowplay, dog sled rides and crosscountry skiing/snow shoeing on winter weekends.

One only has to view the line-up for the rustic outdoor toilets to understand that change is desperately needed.

To be known as the Hotham Hub, the new facility promises to be a boon to both visitors and local business.

Draft plans show a large central seating area with modern toilet facilities, complemented by a commercial kitchen and bar, plus visitor information and retail spaces.

Tourism Minister Steve Dimopoulos said the $4.5 million investment by the State Government aims to accommodate snow goers of all levels, with a family friendly area for tobogganing and snowplay.

Scheduled to start construction following the 2022

winter season, the project will be delivered in two stages, creating up to 28 construction jobs and eight ongoing positions when works are expected to be completed in 2024.

The precinct is also expected to support ‘green-season activation’, providing a centralised location for summer hiking and mountain biking visitors, plus supporting new commercial tours and rentals associated with the activities.

The Hotham Hub is also expected to double as a conference facility.

Submissions for a tender seeking a suitable operator for tenure over the commercial areas of the Hotham Hub facility closed on August 28.

Mt Hotham Alpine Resort Management Board CEO, Amber Gardner, said the Hotham Hub will activate a new recreational precinct, ensuring the resort can better cater for existing customers and also target emerging markets, particularly first-time snow visitors.

MEANWHILE, completion of the Alpine Gateway at Mt Hotham’s Loch car park is due over summer.

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FUTURE VISIONS: Drawings (above) of the visitor facilities to be in place at Mt Hotham’s Wire Plain in 2024.

Alpine Gateway facility, bankrolled by $4.2 million in State Government funding, will provide year-round benefits to visitors.

The new building will incorporate a top deck with a large level space for 135 cars and a viewing platform with a fully enclosed lower level providing visitors to the ski area with change rooms and toilets plus safe and direct ski field access for the skiers and snowboarders of all abilities.

Interpretive facilities will welcome visitors and showcase the resort.

Significantly, Alpine

Gateway provides a real alternative to the Corral Car Park, reducing vehicular congestion in the heart of the Mt Hotham village.

Outside the snow season, Alpine Gateway will be the trailhead for the proposed Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing multi-day walk and a range of other signature walks.

The project is part of the resort’s efforts to support climate change adaptation and sustained community resilience by providing a year-round facility.

Whilst improving the

visitor experience, it is also hoped the development will stimulate new commercial opportunities in the village and local communities.

“The Alpine Gateway is a strategic enabling project that will create a new visitor hub and parking facility with capacity for further public and private investment within the resort in support of a new visitor precinct,” Ms Gardner, said.

“This facility will provide a much-needed boost to Mt Hotham’s year-round offering and the local visitor economy.”

MT HOTHAM Resort Management is working to progress commercial development opportunities at Hotham Central Precinct ahead of next season.

Developers were earlier this season invited to contribute to the next phase of Mt Hotham’s visitor-centric expansion by expressing interest in four “premium parcels” of land in the heart of the resort.

It is understood Mt Hotham Resort Management received a high level of interest, including from current mountain operators, for a variety of developments, which are currently being assessed.

All four land parcels have immediate access to the ski area, the resort’s transport interchange, and existing commercial hubs.

They are located in and around the current Corral Car Park area, which is to be redeveloped to include a Village Square and public outdoor space, as well as a promenade.

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When buying a new home, having a property inspection can be the deal-breaker for buyers.

Discovering out your dream property has had dodgy renovations by previous owners or is battling a termite infestation would put anyone off.

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3267 Snow Road, Whorouly

3 Sarakos Circuit

• Spacious family home on approx. 4.97 Ac • 3 bed, master with ens. & private balcony upstairs with stunning views to Mt Buffalo • Updated central kitchen with electric oven and stove, dishwasher and large pantry • Great family entertaining room with large open fire overlooking solar-heated pool • 27,000L rainwater tank, 5kw solar, large powered shed and multiple paddocks

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• 2019 custom built home on 737m2 offering modern living & style in well-regarded estate • Large master bedroom with WIR, generous ensuite, walk in shower and dual vanity • Three further guest rooms all with built in robes, separate study and three living areas • Central kitchen with stone benchtops .• Ducted gas heating, evap cooling, double garage, automated irrigation system

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Offering Benalla’s Best

Central Charm

7 McConnan Street, Benalla

5 Vernon Road

• This home is both size and quality in one of the most sought-after streets in Benalla.

• Large holding of 4.5 acres approx. with river frontage presents a lovely country outlook.

• 5 bedrooms + study with a floor plan that is designed for the ultimate family living.

• Main bedroom inc. ensuite with corner spa and double sink vanity and walk in robe • Detached versatile room that could be used for a studio, games room or office & includes a small kitchenette and air conditioner

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• Charming 3 bedroom weatherboard home • Updated kitchen with walk in pantry, soft close drawers & stainless steel appliances • Polished floorboards greet you at the entry through to kitchen/meals • Gas heater plus split system air conditioner • Renovated bathroom & laundry, restumped, re-wired & re-plumbed • Garage/shed with remote roller door, carport, secure yards & established gardens

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FOR SALE $920,000

FOR SALE $850,000

FOR SALE $1,000,000

FOR SALE $499,500

WEB ID 3475598

WEB ID 3476794

WEB ID 3465403

WEB ID 3476245

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39 Esmond Street

10 College Street • 3 bedroom plus study family home just meters from the Ovens River & walking paths • Full ensuite to master bedroom • Spacious kitchen with open plan dining area and lounge room • Ducted gas heating, evaporative cooling & feature Murray Pine floors throughout • Garage with store room & internal access • Paved undercover entertaining area with secure private yard

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WEB ID 3477076

WEB ID 3476449

WEB ID 3476363

WEB ID 3392577

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• Within close proximity to schools, local shops, public transport, walking tracks • Easy commute to the city of Wangaratta

VACANT LAND - 720m2

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• Rare occasion to secure a titled block of land that is ready to build on NOW! • Located in the exciting Fithall Park Estate • 4226m2 allotment with a generous building envelope • Services available; natural gas, town water, low pressure sewer system, power, telecommunications & NBN • Magnificent opportunity to build your dream home and enjoy space and privacy

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Appin Street Bakery

The Oven 451 King Valley Rd, Cheshunt • Successful unique business set in King Valley • Selling ethically & sustainably produced, breads, pastries, pies & seasonal produce • Generous 1639m2 land parcel • 298m2 restaurant area • Seating capacity of 40, internally & externally • 2 x 22kw electric vehicle charging stations • 2meg domestic water licence (King River) • Additional 2meg domestic water licence over std 2 meg stock & domestic lic. 4 meg total.

98 Appin Street • Profitable independent bakery for sale • Profits to owner averaging over $250k for the last 3 years with turnover exceeding $1M. • Positioned within the only convenience strip servicing the west end and emerging growth corridors along with its wholesale market • Generous 216m2 building with ample street parking and accessibility for customers • Established business operating almost 30yrs • Long lease in place with options • Extensive plant, equipment & delivery vehicle

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WEB ID 3476521

WEB ID 3477728

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2022 KIA NIRO HYBRID

■ PLENTY OF ROOM: The Kira Niro looks good and its squared off rear end makes for good interior space.

ROAD TEST

By EWAN KENNEDY, Marque Motoring KIA Niro is a small SUV that’s available in two efficient FWD electrified powertrains, the Hybrid Electric (HEV) and full Electric (EV).

The previous Plug-In Hybrid (PHEV) has been dropped with the latest (MY23) update which arrived here in April 2022.

Niro is a fairly large vehicle for its class, indeed it’s not far short of being a medium sized model.

The wheelbase is a lengthy 4.72 metres. It is 4.42 metres long, 1.83 metres wide and has a height of 1.55 metres.

Kia has an impressive seven-year unlimited distance warranty on all its models.

It continues to surprise us that very few other marques have followed this lead.

Surely it isn’t because they have doubts about the ability of their vehicles to last seven years without problems?

STYLING The Niro S HEV gets the latest iteration of the Kia Tiger grille with halogen headlights and LED daytime running lights and taillights.

The GT-Line variants get LED headlights.

The S HEV runs on 16inch alloy wheels, the two EV

models on 17-inch and the S GT-line on 18s.

The gloss-black roof rails are a nice touch and add an upmarket look to the Niro.

INTERIOR Niro has pretty good interior space for its class and the styling is attractive with a relatively modern look.

The Niro Hybrid has 425 litres of boot space with the rear seats up, or 1419 litres with the second row folded.

To achieve this volume there’s a space-saver spare under the boot floor.

INFOTAINMENT The model we tested has a 10.25-inch central screen as well as a 10.25-inch instrument display.

These sit in a wide panel that stretches across most of the front of the dash area.

The quality is high and it’s easy to read them at a quick glance.

This is an important safety feature as, despite my best intentions, I do tend to look at the centre screen to change radio stations or for other reasons.

ENGINES / TRANSMISSIONS Niro has a 1.6-litre fourcylinder petrol engine producing 77kW of power and 144Nm of torque.

It combines with a 32kW 170Nm electric motor to pro-

duce 104 kW and 265 Nm. SAFETY Kia Niro has autonomous emergency braking including car, pedestrian, cyclist and intersection intervention.

Lane-keep and lane-follow assist is handy for driver who aren’t paying full attention and tend to wander about from time to time.

Blind-spot and rear crosstraffic alert and avoidance is fitted to all models of the Niro.

Our test car had safe-exit assist to prevent opening the door into an approaching car or cyclist.

Reverse parking collision avoidance is handy as it can be all but impossible to see others vehicles, or people on foot when revising in tight carparks.

DRIVING Performance is very good with the usual instantaneous response from the accelerator that’s such a delightful part of any vehicle with electricity as part, or all, of its powertrain.

It’s a comparatively heavy vehicle so it doesn’t have a huge amount of get up and go that we like in our vehicles.

Those using it in a normal manner will almost certainly find it more than adequate.

Handling is good as Niro and other Kia models are

specially set up to suit the needs and desires of Australian drivers.

It turns in promptly and holds the road at speeds that aren’t likely to be used by drivers of family cars.

There is a head-up display for the driver, but as happens all too often it doesn’t work well if you’re wearing polarising sunglasses - as I do.

Some carmakers have prevented this problem by angling the display in a slightly different direction.

Kia may care to try this in an update - here’s hoping.

The front seats are a good size and we found them comfortable even after several long drives we did as part of our road test reviews.

The squared off rear end mean that the getting in and out of the back part of the cabin is easy.

Rear seat passengers also have space but if those in the front set their seats back a long way some in the back may find their legroom is tight.

It makes sense to take people who are going to be sitting in these seats to come along to the showroom and try them out for size.

This may mean you not buying this model and perhaps trying a larger Kia, or perhaps going to look at rival cars.

There are air vents in the back of the centre console

so the passengers have an even more pleasant ride.

Hyundai says the hybrid models have combined fuel usage of 4.0L/100km.

We used three to four litres per hundred during open road driving and five to seven litres per hundred kilometres in city and suburban running.

SUMMING UP Kia Niro hybrid is an exceptional vehicle in many ways.

It has minimal fuel consumption if driven correctly and is still economical if you push hard.

It’s attractively styled and practical - combined with that very impressive warranty it’s certainly one to add to your list of vehicles under consideration.

SPECIFICATIONS (Kia Niro HEV petrol/electric hybrid five-door wagon) ENGINE: Capacity: 1.580 litres Configuration: Four cylinders Maximum Power: 77 kW @ 5700 rpm Fuel Type: 91 RON Combined Fuel Cycle (ADR 81/02):4.0 L/100km DRIVELINE: Six-speed automatic DIMENSIONS, WEIGHT AND CAPACITIES:

AT A GLANCE MODEL RANGE NIRO S HEV: $44,380 NIRO GT-LINE HEV:

$50,030 NIRO S EV: $65,300 NIRO GT-LINE EV: $72,100 Note: These prices do not include government or dealer delivery charges.

Contact your local Kia dealer for drive-away prices.

RATINGS

Looks: 8/10 Performance: 7/10 Safety: 7/10 Thirst: 8/10 (HEV), 9/10 (EV) Practicality: 8/10 Comfort: 8/10 Tech: 8/10 Value: 8/10 (HEV), 5/10 (EV)

Length: 4420 mm Wheelbase: 2720 mm Width: 1825 mm Height: 1545 mm Turning Circle: 10.6 metres Kerb Mass: 1454 kg Fuel Tank Capacity: 42 litres BRAKES: Front: Ventilated disc Rear: Solid disc STANDARD WARRANTY: Seven years / unlimited kilometres

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Rural City Connection Friday 2 September 2022

Public notices

Public notices

Public notices Draft Policies and Plans Council is inviting community feedback on our proposed Draft Procurement Policy. Feedback on these draft policies will be received until 5pm Friday 30 September 2022.

For more information about the proposed policies and how to have your say, please go to our website www.wangaratta.vic.gov.au/Your-Council/ Policies-and-documents

Tenders C36686

Non-Fixed Assets Conditions Assessment and Renewal Plan Tender closes Wednesday 21 September at 2pm C36807 Provision of Security Services Tender closes Wednesday 21 September at 2pm

Community Meeting

Community grant information sessions

Further details may be obtained by visiting https://www.eprocure.com.au/wangaratta/

Positions vacant In conjunction with the Rural Placemaking Project and the Snow Road District Plan, Council is seeking involvement from the Whorouly community to provide input with the following projects for Whorouly: r 6QHSBEF PG OFUCBMM DPVSUT NVMUJQVSQPTF DPVSUT r *EFOUJGZ 5PXOTIJQ QSJPSJUZ JOGSBTUSVDUVSF VQHSBEFT

Vintage Café Glenrowan Wednesday 7 September 1pm – 3pm For more information, to discuss your idea or to apply simply use the following link - https://bit.ly/3lSK5DQ

Council is holding a community meeting to further discuss these projects and invites the community to attend and share their vision.

When:

Café Martini Thursday 8 September 4 - 6pm

5.30 - 6.30pm Monday 12 September 2022

Where:

The Grit and Resilience Festival

Planning Applications Application No

PlnApp22/103

Applicant

North East Survey Design Pty Ltd

Location

Boorhaman East Road, Boorhaman Staged Multi-Lot Subdivision and Variation of Easements

Application No

PlnApp22/003

Applicant

Nexus Developments Pty Ltd

Location

53 Worland Road, Wangaratta Use and Development of a Childcare Centre and Medical Centre, Reduction in Car Parking Requirements and Two Lot

Proposal

Perm Full Time

Events Team Leader

Perm Full Time

Media & Communications Coordinator

Perm Full Time

Asset Planning Coordinator

Perm Full Time

Environment & Sustainability Coordinator

Perm Full Time

Management Reporting Coordinator

Perm Full Time

Bushfire Recovery Youth Project Coordinator

Temp Full Time

Bushfire Recovery Young Peer Worker Temp Full Time

Whorouly Recreation Reserve

Proposal

Asset Officer - Arboriculture

Re-Subdivision These applications can be viewed on Rural City of Wangaratta’s website under Development, Planning, Current Applications. Any person who may be affected by the granting of a permit may object or make a submission (must be in writing). For more information, please contact the Town Planning Unit on 03 5722 0888. Council will not decide these applications before 19th September 2022

Community Recovery Officer

Temp Full Time

Waste Services Operator

Perm Full Time

Library Officer

Temp Part Time

Catering Officer Wangaratta Children Services

Temp Full Time & Casual

10 October l 4pm-6pm King George Gardens, Wangaratta

These positions close Monday 5 September 2022 at 3pm Domestic Care Worker

Casual

We all recognise the importance of mental health and wellbeing, and that when we feel connected within our communities and to each other we are more resilient and better able to respond to the challenges of life as they arise.

Community Care Worker

Casual

Childcare Educator L2 & L3

Casual

PAC Theatre Technician Wangaratta Performing Arts & Convention Centre

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That's why this World Mental Health Day on Monday 10 October, the Grit and Resilience Program have partnered with Mind Australia and Centre Against Violence to host the Grit and Resilience Festival for The Rural City of Wangaratta.

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Aquatic Education Instructor Wangaratta Sports & Aquatic Centre

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Café Attendant Wangaratta Sports & Aquatic Centre

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Customer Experience Officer Wangaratta Sports & Aquatic Centre

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Group Fitness Instructor Wangaratta Sports & Aquatic Centre

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After the turmoil of the last couple of years, there has never been a better time to reconnect, to learn about the supports that are here in our community, to take some time for self-care and to have some fun.

Join us between 4pm- 6pm at King George Gardens to connect and share in a bit of wellbeing focused frivolity!

These positions close Monday 3 October 2022 at 3pm For further information: www.wangaratta.vic.gov.au/about-council/careers

Contact your Councillors

Dean Rees

Harry Bussell

Ashlee Fitzpatrick

David Fuller

Irene Grant

Harvey Benton

Jack Herry

Mayor 0429 623 141

Deputy Mayor 0429 475 863

City Ward 0448 384 600

City Ward 0429 545 907

Warby Ward 0428 189 249

North Ward 0429 542 928

City Ward 0400 669 615

d.rees@wangaratta.vic.gov.au

h.bussell@wangaratta.vic.gov.au

a.fitzpatrick@wangaratta.vic.gov.au

d.fuller@wangaratta.vic.gov.au

i.grant@wangaratta.vic.gov.au

h.benton@wangaratta.vic.gov.au

Council Contact Details 03 5722 0888 council@wangaratta.vic.gov.au Wangaratta Government Centre Cnr Ford & Ovens Streets Wangaratta 3677 PO Box 238, Wangaratta, VIC 3676. Open - Monday to Friday from 8.30am to 5pm Closed - Public Holidays

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ADVANCE NOTICE OF 2022 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Committee of Management Wangaratta Racecourse Reserve Inc. will be held in the Maple Room at Wangaratta Turf Club, 20-32 Racecourse Road, Wangaratta on Sunday 25th September at 11am.

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SEEKING VOLUNTEERS Position Available Food Pantry and Administration Assistant We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate person with experience and a love of their community to join our team. Your role would entail serving people in the food pantry, a community food suppiort program.

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The position is one day per week during the school term.

Applications can be sent to edi.upper.ps@edumail.vic.gov.au For position description, contact Principal Claire Bradbury 5729 3560 or apply recruitment online Job #1293066.

Closing date 5th September 2022.

PUBLIC NOTICES Environment Protection Act 2017 Development Licence Application Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria has received the following application to issue a development licence which permits prescribed development activity.

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SEEKING VOLUNTEERS Position Available Committee of Governance General Member We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate person with experience and a love of their community to join our team. Your role as a general committee member is to actively contribute to the ongoing governance of our organisation and form a part of our committed and hardworking team.

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Welcome to a vibrant team at the Neighbourhood House. Working in this position you will be a part of a team that values respect, kindness and teamwork.

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Closing Dates: 07/09/2022 As we are an Aged Care Facility, the COVID 19 vaccinations and booster vaccination is mandatory for all staff. A copy of your covid19 vaccination status is required upon application.

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Essential Criteria: Food Safety Supervisor Certificate Experience in food safety programs Dietary management & Menu planning Stock control and ordering Excellent communication skills and strong teamwork focus Current National Police Check Fully vaccinated - COVID & Flu Position Descriptions are available from Reception Mon – Fri 9.00am to 5.00pm All enquiries and applications including CV and current referees are to be addressed to: Attn: Heila Brooks St Catherine’s Hostel Wangaratta 59-69 Ryley Street Wangaratta Vic 3677 Telephone (03) 5721 2243 e-mail: caremanager@stcatherines.care Applications close Monday 19th September 2022.

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Catholic Education Sandhurst Ltd (CES Ltd) is seeking a Deputy Principal — Learning and Teaching Leader for St Joseph’s Primary School in Benalla.

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Royal Freemasons Benalla - Aged Care Home Employees at Royal Freemasons appreciate the great benefits of tax-free salary packaging, free training courses, and flexible fortnightly rosters so you can enjoy a work-life balance.

Applications close 4pm Friday, 16 September 2022 Visit www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au/jobs to download the position recruitment kits and to view instructions on how to apply.

www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au Phone: 1300 365 003

We are currently offering permanent and casual vacancies in the following roles • • • • •

Hospitality Assistant (Dining & Kitchen) Enrolled Nurse (EEN) Registered Nurse (Division 1) Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Resident Support Assistant

We offer the following • FREE Traineeships (Certificate III Individual Support (Aged Care) • FREE Online accredited training and courses to upskill • FREE Vaccine programs to all staff and exceptional OHS standards • Encourage people unskilled or returning to the workforce to apply • Encourage school students that are seeking income while studying • Generous tax-free salary packaging which increases your income • Industry placement and employment for Nursing and Healthcare students • Leading not-for-profit organisation where you are truly valued • New established home in Benalla with Café, parking and safe modern equipment To apply for these roles please go to our careers page on our website www.royalfreemasons.org.au or email recruitment@royalfreemasons.org.au or drop in and see us 107 Thomas Street, Benalla, we look forward to hearing from you soon.

We are also seeking Volunteers that might be interested in supporting residents for a few hours with lifestyle activities such as painting, trivia, bus outings, reading and music therapy.

Upcoming Vacancies

Board of Directors BeyondHousing is currently seeking expressions of interest to join our volunteer Board of Directors.

BeyondHousing is committed to tackling homelessness, addressing housing affordability, and fostering housing stability. It is known for its progressive and compassionate approach to working with people experiencing homelessness and housing disadvantage. As a not-for-profit entity, BeyondHousing is the largest community housing organisation within the Goulburn Valley and North East Victoria, providing services to over 5000 people annually.

BeyondHousing is currently experiencing a period of growth as it continues to deliver against its strategic plan and find new and innovative ways to achieve positive housing outcomes and advance the right to affordable housing for all people. BeyondHousing is a values-based organisation driven by the values of Advocacy, Fairness, Innovation, Quality and Collaboration.

If you are an experienced Director, and a strategic thinker with well-developed governance skills, we'd love to hear from you. For further information regarding an application or a copy of the Position Description please contact: Julie Quin Executive Assistant Ph: 0417 301 558 info@beyondhousing.org.au Applications close 5pm Friday 16 September 2022.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of culturally diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

The successful candidate must participate in a National Police Check and Working with Children Check as this role operates within a Child Safe organisation. beyondhousing.org.au

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CRAWFORD, Marion.

VYNER, Brian Richard.

Passed away at Rangeview on Monday, August 29, 2022.

Aged 94 years.

Loving wife of James and mother of Brian.

Marion’s funeral service will be held at the Salvation Army Citadel, 13 Garnet Avenue, Wangaratta at 11am on Monday, September 5, 2022 followed by burial at Wangaratta Lawn Cemetery.

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SEED POTATOES, sebago and pontiacs.

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Clive Coventry Shepparton 5831 3922 www.clivecoventry.com.au

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WALKER, John Leslie.

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CARS WANTED. Cars removed. Ph 0435 083 115.

At Brian’s request, a small service with only close family and friends present was held and he has been laid to rest in the Pine Lodge Cemetery.

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Brian passed away peacefully on August 14, 2022 at Karinya Care, Numurkah with Marj, Wayne and Wendee present at 4.36am.

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Personal Notices

LANE, Margaret Lillian.

15/4/1935 – 1/9/2022 Passed away peacefully at home.

Will be greatly missed by Eddy (dec), Robert and Letitia, Marty, Jennine, Maddie, Marie, Ruby, Tegan, Baxter, Mila, Meerah and Matilda.

A wonderful, fun and loving person.

A private cremation will be held.

MARTIN, Ian. Loving memory of Snow, friend and neighbour.

Sadly missed. ~ Ailsa and Maurice Webb.

MURPHY, Shannon.

Our deepest sympathy to Sarah, Maisie and Mitch. ~ Myrrhee CFA past and present members.

Of Berwick (formerly Wangaratta).

7/10/1937 – 30/8/2022 Dearly loved brother and brother-in-law of Gwenda and Robert Jones (Wangaratta), Loved Uncle and Great Uncle of Peter and JoAnn, Michael and Keturah, Sue and Marc, Stephen and Amanda, and their families.

Beloved Husband for 61 years to Muriel (Barling), and adored Father of David, Leanne, Michelle, and father-in-law to Ian, and Pa of Peter, Matt and Holly, Mitch and Jade, and Jack.

Treasured memories.

MURPHY, Shannon.

Our deepest sympathies to Sarah, Maisie and Mitch on the passing of this incredible man.

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He will be missed terribly.

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DEATH NOTICES CONWAY, Terence John.

15/10/1930 – 30/8/2022 Passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 30, 2022.

Loved wife of Ann Conway.

Father of Josephine Ann (dec), Julie, David and Paul.

Father-in-law of Nicole and Trish.

Grandfather of Kate, Claudia, Sam, Hannah, Nick and Toby.

RODGERS, Nicole (Nikkii).

17/9/1980- 26/8/2022 Aged 41 years.

Devoted wife of Nathan.

Proud mother of Faith, Hayley and Jayde.

After a short illness, passed away suddenly.

Forever in our hearts we will always love and remember you.

Nikkii’s funeral will be held at North East Funerals, 184 Greta Road, Wangaratta at 11am on Monday, September 5, 2022 followed by burial at Bowmans Forest Cemetery.

Thank you to everyone else for your overwhelming generosity, compassion and kindness shown to us all during this LQFUHGLEO\ GL൶FXOW WLPH LW KDV FHUWDLQO\ QRW gone unnoticed. ~ Love and thanks from Kathy, Belinda, Andrew and families.

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Passed away in Melbourne on August 24, 2022.

Wife of Peter.

Daughter of William (dec) and May (dec).

Loved sister of Wilma (dec), Maude (dec), William, June, Albert, Gladys, Robert (dec) and James.

Sadly missed.

John & Christine Haddrick Proud Member of Australian Funeral Directors Association

FUNERALS

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The service to celebrate the life of Lois Ryan will be held in the Mason Park Chapel, 95 Mason Street, Wangaratta, on Monday, September 5, 2022, commencing at 2pm.

Burial will follow at the Wangaratta Lawn Cemetery.

Lois service will be available to view via livestream at www.masonpark.com.au/live-streaming

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DEAN, Leo Andrew.

EXCITING male looking for similar males, for bonding and friendship. Monday Thursday, ring after 5pm, Friday - Sunday, ring after 2pm. Ph 0436 425 412.

We would like to sincerely thank Glenn and his team at Mason Park Funerals for providing a lovely service and wake to honour the memorable life of Tony.

WOODALL (nee Comensoli), Beryl.

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HOLDEN, Anthony (Tony).

September 3, 1984 A special day Wonderful memories Never forgotten ~ Your loving families.

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SPORT

Lively night at Oxley

DESPITE La Nina’s unwelcome presence, the atmosphere was electric as always when 14 livewires gathered for social table tennis at the Oxley Hall last Monday night.

Non-stop singles and doubles action took place on the four tables with the energy being expended by everyone clearly evident by the small dripping off the brows of the players.

Will ‘his kitchen rules’ Bonwick certainly had the taste for victory in his bones when he and young and crafty Zac Mullins challenged the bloke who drives a hard bargain, Graham Stephens and Kate ‘she’s here, she’s there and everywhere’ Kate Cole in a ‘no-holds barred’ game that displayed power with and without glory, for what seemed forever.

With each player pulling shots out of nowhere, much to their opponents’ surprise, it was a point to point match right until the final stroke when Cole delivered an unreturnable slither serve to give the ‘oldies’ a well deserved win.

While still enjoying a

HEAD IN THE GAME: Gary Coad, Adam Bosley, Kate Cole and Cheryl Coad battling it out at the Oxley table tennis on Monday night.

PHOTO: Jason Mullins night out on the town, Bonwick drew the short straw to partner June ‘hit or miss’ Uebergang, when they lined up against Brian ‘ever-smiling’ Bourke and the teacher who ‘tortoise’, Alison Stephens.

In a game that displayed the good, the bad and the

ugly, it was played with great enthusiasm and enjoyment.

Table-edge shaves, let shots, big bashes all intertwined with disciplined and talented stroke making, made it a game from which everyone learned a thing or three.

After each having played many sets, Graham Stephens was still a driving force, when he and the girl with plenty of tricks up her sleeve, Cheryl Coad, lined up against Gary ‘Morse’ Coad and the man who serves the drinks, Theo Poulos.

Played with light-hearted, but serious intent, the laughter and chatter right throughout gave an accurate indication of the fun being had by all.

But after an A-grade standard match that had it all, the ‘long and the short’ of it, saw

Coad and Poulos winning by an inch or two.

It’s always great to see seniors participating in competitive sport with junior players.

And so it was when Adam and Phoebe Bosley took on Jason Mullins and Archie Crispin in a quality game of determination and friendly fire.

It was hard to tell which age group was setting the pace, as both old and young threw everything into the contest, offering no ‘gimmies’ or soft feelings for their opponents.

As expected, it was a very long contest, which even left sweat of the brows of onlookers.

With tea and tucker available right throughout the evening, players wet their whistles between the many sets contested, until ‘stumps were drawn’ well after 9pm.

Adults and secondary school students of all ages and abilities are welcome to join the group which meets at the Oxley Hall each Monday night, beginning at 7pm.

Bring your own bat and $2 entry fee.

SCOREBOARD JUBILEE GOLF CLUB THURSDAY, August 25 Stroke Monthly Medal Winner: Liane Graham 72.

Best Scratch: Di Murphy 83.

Ball winners: Helene Gallo (2) 73, Di Murphy 74, Josie Fitzsimons 74.

NTP: 4th Chris Boseley (Pinsent Hotel), 8th Di Murphy (Londrigans Finer Foods), 13th Vicki Moorhead (Reality Clothing), 17th Liane Graham (Appin Park General Store).

Saturday, August 27 Stroke Winner: Kellie Roberts 71.

Ball winners: Melody Adams 77.

NTP: 8th Di Murphy, 13th Kellie Roberts.

Saturday, August 27 Stroke Medal A Grade Winner: Gordon Paterson ****MEDAL WINNER**** 67.

Runner Up: Daniel McPhee 73.

B Grade Winner: Glenn O’Connell 72.

Runner Up: Alex Jones 73.

C Grade Winner: Attila Kungl 73.

Runner Up: Malcolm Ellis 73.

D Grade Winner: Ray Hyland 75.

Runner Up: Allen Mercer 75.

Best Scratch: Peter Glidden 76.

Ball Winners: Gordon Hines 74, Bronte Bruce 74, Fraser Jeffrey 75, Wayne Hibberson 75, Robert Voss 75, Jaxon Osmotherly 75, Stan Golddsworthy 75, William Slade 75, Paul Lawrence 76, Rodney Sebire 76, Alex Gibbs 76, Brian Wallace 76, Tom Aggett 76.

Super Nine Club Shirt: Martin Van Rhee.

Aroma Deli: Steve McNaughton.

2 Balls: Kellie Roberts.

NTP: 4th Gordon Paterson (Pinsent Hotel), 8th Wade Goodwin (Fraser Jeffrey Finance), 13th Glenn Ryan, 17th Wayne Hibberson.

Sunday, August 28 Stableford A Grade: Andrew Skewes 35.

B Grade: Kellie Roberts 39. ***First ever birdie Kellie Roberts 3rd hole*** Ball winners: Dean Milligan (2) 36, Kim Arnold 36, Wade Goodwin 35, David Turner 35 NTP: 4th Jacob Schonafinger, 8th Bronte Bruce, 13th Andy Senkic, 17th Wade Goodwin.

Monday, August 29 Stableford A Grade: Ian Dinsdale 43.

B Grade: Danny Potter 37.

Ball winners: Attila Kungl 39, Keith Moorhead 38, Pat Ernst 36, Ian Mills 36 NTP: 4th Mal Graham, 8th Keith Moorhead, 13th Mike Monro.

Tuesday, August 30 John Rosser Day Stableford Winners: Leeanne Carmody and Marilyn Pane 57.

Winner: Di Murphy 30.

Ball winners: Frances Duffy (2) 29, Liane Graham 27, Robyn Grealy 24, Erika Lombard 24 NTP: 13th Di Murphy, 17th Leeanne Carmody.

Wednesday, August 31 Stableford A Grade Winner: Michael Cordier 37.

B Grade Winner: Ian Mills 37.

C Grade Winner: Peter Ford 36.

Ball Winners: Nigel Cooper (2) 35, Daniel McPhee 35, Steve McNaughton 34, Gordon Paterson 34, Aaron Kungl 33, Attila Kungl 33, Pat Ernst 33, Ray Hyland 33.

NTP: 4th Alex Jones, 8th Charl DeMink, 17th Ken Beitzel.

Wednesday, August 31 9 Hole Stableford A Grade Winner: Ben Honeychurch 20.

Runner Up: Wade Goodwin 19 3rd: Sam Richards 19 B Grade Winner: Jack Reiter 19 Runner Up: Jim Darcy 19 3rd: Ray GIbbs 19 NTP: 4th Sam Neave, 8th Alan White.

WANGARATTA GOLF CLUB AUGUST 28 Womens Competition: August 23 Womens 9 Hole Stableford Winner: Dawn Fleet 17 Points C/B. Runner Up: Jenny Kerr 17 Points.

Ball Winners: Julie McInnes, Barb Thomas.

Men’s Competition August 2022 9 hole Stableford Winner: Ashley Clayton 20 Points.

Runner Up: Arnold Sparks 18 Points.

NTP: 11th Dean Campagna, 13th Arnold Sparks, 16th Kurt Schubert.

Womens Competition: August 25 Womens 9 Hole Stableford Winner: Dawn Fleet 19 Points.

Men’s Competition: July 23 Competition: September Monthly Medal Stroke A Grade Winner: Jason McCoy 70 C/B. A Grade Runner Up: Ian Rundall 70.

Ball Winners: John, Southwell, Trevor Clark, Chris Martens, Ashley Clayton, Neil Membrey.

B Grade Winner: Andrew Brereton 76.

B Grade Runner up: Rodney Godde 79 C/B. NTP: 4th Trevor Cooper, 7th Jason McCoy, 9th Ian Rundall, 11th Glen Seymour (Dominos voucher), 13th Trevor Clark, 16th John Southwell ($15 Apco Voucher).

Secret 6: Ian Rundall.

Raffle: Karen Smith.

TARRA GOLF CLUB RESULTS Saturday, August 27 Due to the recent rains and the very wet condition of the course a four person ambrose was played on a composite course with the winners

being Ken Miller, Angelo Garraffo, Fay Phillips & Lindsay Steer nett 54 NTP: 8th Men Terry Ousley.

Monthly Awards: Birdies - Terry Ousley, Captain’s Award - Terry Ousley.

Golf to be played Saturday, September 3 to be organised due to football finals and subject to conditions on the day.

Hit off times are 11:30am rollup for a 12 noon start.

New members are always welcome at the Tarrawingee Golf Club with a first year membership of $100.00 and $60.00 for juniors the contact number is 0428122590 or by contacting a member of the club.

WARBY WALKERS SUNDAY, August 28 Warby Tower Lookout to Pangarang Lookout The hike of about 13km had 17 participants, with one new casual walker and two casual walkers on their second walk with our club.

Following the car shuffle, we began our walk from the Spring Creek Picnic Area under a cloudy sky and headed off to the Warby Tower Lookout.

After finding the stone tower we had morning tea with the views north and east from this elevated location.

The following morning tea we headed off towards the Pangarang Lookout via Tower Road and Link Track.

The clouds had disappeared and lunch was had under clear blue skies at the Pangarang Lookout which had excellent views to the south and west and also over the top of the Warby Ranges.

After a leisurely lunch we returned to the Pangarang Lookout car park for Pat’s wonderfully welcome afternoon tea.

Coming Events Saturday, September 10

Mount Glenrowan Chris, 0418 503 802 A loop walk of about 12k, via Casuarina Track and Ridge Track, to Mount Glenrowan for excellent views.

An optional side trip to Chick Hill will add 2km to the walk.

Walking on a bush track, with a short off-track section that requires trekking poles.

Thursday, September 15 Friends Track, Kwat Kwat Lookout and Mt Warby, WONP Chris, 0418 503 802 An easy loop walk of about 6k, or a longer medium loop walk of about 10k atop the Warby Range.

Both walks on bush tracks, with the longer walk including the Alpine Views Track and Mount Warby.

CROQUET RESULTS for Monday, August 29 are as follows: Elise Downes and Joan Dyson d Maureen O’Keefe and Gavan Kelly 7/5, Terry Wilson d Janet Kelly 7/4.

Only seven members attended on Monday, probably due to the inclement weather, however, they enjoyed a couple of games in the rain with Lauren Kazenwadel scoring a hoop from 21 yards.

On 15 members enjoyed several games with Julie Davey scoring a beautiful hoop-in-one at hoop 10 from behind hoop nine.

Playing days are Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 1pm.

Visitors are welcome.

Please arrive 15 minutes early to allow for the draw to be done.

Late arrivals will be included in the next game.

For further information please contact one of the numbers listed below.

President Janet Kelly 0429166016 or captain Lauren Kazenwadel on 0455023538.

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Flying High at World Championships

By SUE-ANNE STUART RILEY Corke completed his first UCI Mountain Bike World Championships race held in Les Gets, France on August 25.

All four Aussie junior men completed their race on the lead lap, which is a significant achievement at the level of competition.

It was a highly technical course containing many man-made obstacles, slippery roots, boulders, steep climbs and tricky descents.

The start was a frenzy of 113 riders all battling to get up the first climb in clouds of dust, heat and sweat, it

was a brutal race.

With nothing to lose, Riley went out hard off the start at blistering pace, weaving his way through the field, narrowly missing getting stuck at the first bottleneck into the single track, and had overtaken many riders by well into the 2nd lap.

“I was passing other riders mainly on the tricky downhill sections,” he said.

“The race was up another level again compared to the MTB World Cup races I competed in earlier in the year in Europe.”

Under the hot, humid and dusty conditions Riley was cooked by the end of the 3rd

lap and held on to cross the finish line just three seconds behind fellow Aussie Cohen Jessen at the end of the five lap race.

Out of 113 racers, finishing placings for the Aussies were Riley Corke 74th (1:13:21, +10:33); Cohen Jessen 73rd (1:13:18, +10:30); Joel Dodds 66th (1:12:16, +9:28) and Jack Ward 38th (1:09:44, +6:56).

Riley said it’s been an honour to wear the green and gold for the biggest race of the year.

“My race came with mixed feelings because of the high standards I set for myself,” he said.

“I had a good start, getting from P73 to P50 in the first three laps of the race.

“But the frantic start combined with some slight mismanagement of nutrition meant I hit the wall hard on my 4th lap and lost a lot of time.

“I’m proud of how I rode the technical course in Les Gets, but I know I can perform much better.

“I’ll do everything I can to be back next year and I am confident that we can get the engine really going.

“I can’t thank my parents enough for getting me here and supporting me through this crazy journey I’m on.”

SQUAD: A job well done - post race huddle. From left to right Riley Corke, Cohen Jessen, Jack Ward, Joel Dodds.

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We want you!

LUCRATIVE CALL GOES OUT FOR CRICKET UMPIRES AHEAD OF SEASON AS football finals wind down over the next few weeks, cricketers across the region are starting to roll the arm over ahead of the start of the Wangaratta and District Cricket Association season, but without umpires, the season will be a tough one.

The number of umpires in the WDCA is far below what the association would prefer, leading to all clubs agreeing to a pay increase for umpires to attract more people to the role.

“We would like to get to the point where we have enough umpires for two in each A grade match then one in every other match, but at this stage it looks like there won’t be any umpires in B or C grade - we’re probably 10 short,” WDCA secretary Wayne Cooper said.

“There’s been a major pay increase, the WDCA and the clubs have realised that no one wants to do it, and increased the payment to $200 for an A grade match.

“The uniforms would be supplied by the league.

“There’d be some online training courses they could potentially complete, then they’d just have to manage the match and follow the rules.”

The prospect of getting paid up to $200 for spending a Saturday afternoon enjoying a game of cricket would no doubt be appealing to many, with the

PUT YOUR HAND UP: Rory Harvey spent last season as a WDCA umpire, as the association looks for more to step into the role.

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role seemingly perfect as a parttime summer gig for young people with an interest in the sport.

“Obviously they should be someone who knows the rules of cricket and has an interest in cricket,” Cooper said.

“They might be a retired player, they might be a parent, they might just be someone from your club that doesn’t play anymore and wants to do something.

“Only if they’re new to the game, we’d try and make sure that they’re rostered on with someone in their first few games.

“Another thing we’d be looking into is potentially doing a junior development program - it might be someone who’s finished under 16s and is not playing but still wants to stay in the game.

“An example of that was Rory Harvey, he injured himself and couldn’t play and he took it up (last season).”

Cooper said anyone with an interest in cricket was welcome to apply, regardless of gender or age, and said the role of umpire coordinator was also available, to assign umpires to matches and manage their training.

Anyone interested in earning some money as a WDCA umpire or umpire coordinator for the 2022/23 season can contact WDCA secretary Wayne Cooper on 0439 494 027.

Lady Dragons take home minor premiership WITH the final rostered game of the season, the Lady Dragons were in a position to finish the season as minor premiers.

The ladies had to win by at least six goals and hope for their main rivals to not get a high score.

The team chose to end the season in a festive manner with Hawaiian shirts being the top of choice for pregame and after game wear, it added to the enjoyment

of the game they have been playing this season.

The team have reinvented themselves to be a more attacking side rather than defending and it’s been a great decision with over 80 goals scored and only 15 against.

It’s been a long season with plenty of injuries along the way, but they have always managed to come out on top with both team spirit and skills on the field.

With the finals starting this week the ladies are going to be working hard at training and hopefully come away with a run in the grand final.

Wangaratta Lady Dragons finished the 2022 season as minor premiers by the goal difference of one goal.

The Dragons are starting fitness training early in 2023 for any aspiring hockey players in the hope to field two teams in 2023.

GO GIRLS: Wangaratta Lady Dragons donned Hawaiian shirts for their last game of the season.

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Rangers teams through to grand finals BOTH Wangaratta Rangers A grade Black and B grade Grey made it through to the North East Baseball Association grand final this Sunday with solid performances on the weekend.

Rangers Grey played Albury Bears in the B grade game and neither side could score a run in their first two turns at bat, in fact Rangers Grey batted through their line-up in the first three innings, going three up, three down in each turn at bat and not a runner getting on base.

Bears batted through their line-up in their third turn at bat to bring in four runs to lead by that at the top of the fourth innings.

Rangers Grey were starting at the top of their batting order and started to hit safe hits and brought in two runs

to get on the scoreboard.

Bears scored another two runs in their turn at bat to hold that solid lead.

Rangers gained two runs in the fifth innings after stopping Bears from scoring in their turn at bat, but errors came into Rangers Grey fielding and Bears added another three runs in their last turn at bat to hold what looked like a winning lead of nine runs to Grey’s four at the bottom of the sixth innings and Grey yet to bat.

With one out and two runners on base, Rangers Grey were back at the top of their line-up.

Rangers had brought in two more runs and had bases loaded when their sixth batter hit a fly ball catch to centre field for the second out but advanced the run-

LET IT GO: Brendon French in action. ners to bring in one more run, still needing another run to even the score.

Rangers’ next batter was walked to first base, this bringing Brendon French to the plate.

Brendon had pitched the

full game and hates to lose, he hit the third pitch to deep left field to bring in two runs and win the game for Rangers by one run and the game was called.

In the A grade game, Wangaratta Rangers Black played

Wodonga Warriors.

After losing their first batter to a fly ball catch at centre field, Warriors were able to get one run in before side away in their first turn at bat.

Rangers batted through their line-up plus one to score six runs in the innings.

Wodonga added one more run in their next turn at bat then, with one out and one on base, Owen Godenzi after going out last bat from a fly ball catch at left field, lifted this hit over the new home run fence at centre field to bring in two runs.

They then added another run for the dig to hold a nine runs to two lead at the top of the third innings.

Neither team could get a runner on base in the third, both teams going three up, three down.

Warriors’ bad batting continued in the next dig while Rangers added another four runs to their tally.

Warriors batted better in their last dig when they brought in three runs while Rangers could only manage two more and run out winnings to go into this weekend’s grand final.

Rangers Black 15 runs to Warriors five.

This Sunday’s grand finals are to be played at Gayview Park, Wodonga.

Under 11: Porepunkah Panthers vs Albury Bears.

Under 15: Wangaratta Rangers vs Wodonga Warriors.

B grade: Wangaratta Rangers Orange vs Wangaratta Rangers Grey.

A grade: Albury Bears vs Wangaratta Rangers Black.

FINALS PREVIEW

Déjà vu

Another week of waiting for top O&K sides

Bonnie Doon Bombers and Greta Blues get ready for semi-final rematch

By NATHAN DE VRIES

By NATHAN DE VRIES WITH the Ovens and King FNL board electing to push back the finals fixture by a week to allow the second senior footy semi-final to play out, some of the top teams will spend some major time away from the field of competition.

Teams which finished in the top two after the home and away season, and won their semi-final, will have only played one game in the five weeks between round 20 and playing in the grand final.

Besides the continual training, the delay means one more week of waiting to fight it out for the ultimate prize in the league.

Both Benalla All Blacks football sides booked a ticket to the big show last weekend, but it’ll be another two weeks before they play a game.

Senior coach Nic Spencer said the change in the fixture was unfortunate, but it was just another challenge to overcome.

“It’s a little bit frustrating, it’s just another week of training where you’ve got to push it a bit to keep that match fitness and simulation up,” he said.

“No one likes doing those hard trainings but you have to.

“Obviously, there’s

WAITING GAME: Benalla, and the rest of the winners of the first semi-final, will have to wait an extra week before their grand final appearance.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie nothing to do about it.

“A lot of our blokes are doing extras and have been doing extras all year, and a few blokes have played a fair bit of footy so they know what they have to do over these next few weeks with training standards.

“We’re training the house down at the moment, it’s been pretty awesome - we had a turnout of about 40 blokes at training on Tuesday.”

Spencer said the possibility of fronting up against a side who had

more recent game time under their belt wasn’t an issue, and the delay might even be a positive.

“We’re not worried about it, I feel like we’ve got the leaders in our side who are going to stand tall at the start and make sure everyone’s ready to go,” he said.

“We’ll back ourselves in, we’re the best side, we’ve been the best side all season.

“Nothing’s different, it’s just another week for us to get something out of it, a

bit of extra fitness.

“It gives Lachy Morrison a week to recover and see if he can get himself right to perhaps play in either grade, and our best on in the reserves game, Harry Parsons, he was going to miss the grand final because he was best man at a wedding, and now he’s able to play.

“You just take the positives that you can out of it.”

The O&K grand final is set for Saturday, September 17 at the W.J. Findlay Oval.

FOR the second time in less than a week, Greta and Bonnie Doon will face off in the second senior semi-final this weekend, following last Sunday’s cancelled game.

After the match was called off before half-time due to a serious injury to Greta reserves player Ben Duffield requiring a helicopter to transport him to Melbourne for treatment, the O&K board decided to replay the match and hope to get a result tomorrow at North Wangaratta from 1pm.

The rest of the finals fixture was pushed back a week, with the winner of the Bombers and Blues set to play Bright in the preliminary final.

Greta coach Greg Newbold said his side had come together over the week to process the incident, and were in a good place heading into the match.

‘We had a bit of a debrief or counselling session before training on Tuesday, allowed people to share their thoughts, and express their emotions and feelings,” he said.

“That included footballers and netballers, and everyone else in the Greta community that wished to be there, first aiders, trainers.

“It was wonderful, a great outpouring of emotion and love and support for each other.”

Bonnie Doon coach Ken Murray said the feeling after Sunday’s events was a strange

one, but his side had rallied.

“We all got together and went back to a pub and had some dinner together, and the guys were all a bit down and flat and didn’t know what to think and do, and I was the same,” he said.

“How different people are going to react to that situation is hard to know, but I think the guys are just hungry to play footy.

“We had about 30 guys turn up to training on Tuesday night, a mixture of ones and twos who are still keen and hungry, so that was a good sign and there was a good vibe about it.”

In last week’s truncated match, Greta started strong but Bonnie Doon came back hard in the second term, laying the groundwork for a cracking game of footy tomorrow.

“They’re a very good side, we knew that and we prepared for that - hopefully we’ve got our homework done this week, we’ve had a look at them for a half as they have at us,” Murray said.

“We felt we were playing some decent footy.

“We felt we had plenty of possession, we felt like we had some good looks and were pretty excited about how the game was going to unfold.

“We thought we were in a good enough spot that we could get the job done, but it was still tight.”

Bonnie Doona and Greta go head-to-head tomorrow at 1pm at the North Wangaratta Recreation Reserve.

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Scintillating semi-final awaits Devils

By WILLSON MACK

A SEMI-final showdown with Cobram stands in the way of a cup final berth for Wangaratta City.

After pushing away Albury City with a 4-2 win last Sunday, the Devils now face Cobram tomorrow afternoon, a task that is hard enough without factoring in that the game will be played on their home turf.

Wangaratta fell to the Roar at Cobram in round two (3-2) but managed to come away with a 2-0 victory at South Wangaratta Reserve in round 17.

The Devils also beat Cobram in their FA Cup semifinal (1-0).

Wangaratta City coach Daniel Vasilevski said his team is desperate to make their way into the final.

“These are the sort of games you play for, it’s a big game,” Vasilevski said.

“We’ve beaten them twice and they’ve beaten us once

this season but none of that counts when there’s a grand final at stake.

“Being their home ground I’m sure they’re going to have a few supporters down there.

“It’s a tough trip as it is, let alone in a semi-final but it would be awesome to get a win there in front of their home crowd.”

Vasilevski believes he has learnt a bit about Roar from their clashes this season.

“They’re just so organised,” he said.

“Once their opponent loses the ball they know where to go and what to do straight away.

“They also seem to score late goals as well so we’ve got to be prepared for a 90 to 95 minutes.”

The Devils will need to be wary of Anthony Corso who has proved a matchwinner for Cobram this season.

“Corso out wide is a star,” Vasilevski said.

“He’s quick and has some tricks so our defenders are go-

ing to have to be switched on.

“We’ve tried to stop him before and we couldn’t, we’ve got quick defenders but he’s on another level so I think it’ll just be about communication down back.”

Wangaratta City seems to have settled their team at the right time, remaining unchanged the past few weeks.

After a tricky time figuring out the best combination in the middle of the park, Vasilevski believes they’ve worked it out.

“We’ve got some grunt in there now with Shane Dillon and Xander Van Bergen,” Vasilevski said.

“We’ve then got (Liam) Nash in there as well who’s the more creative player so I think our midfield playing well will go a long way to us winning.

“Also Ethan Whiley, ‘Burchy’ (Adam Burchell) and ‘DK’ (Dan Kelly) will be really important up front.”

Tomorrow’s game starts at 3:55pm.

KEY: Ethan Whiley shapes as a key player in Wangaratta City’s bid to make next weekend’s cup final with a win over Cobram tomorrow.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

Lady Devils set for semi-final showdown

By NATHAN DE VRIES

ALL TO PLAY FOR: Ruby Snowdon and the rest of the senior Lady Devils will need to pull off a mammoth effort to take the win over Albury Hotspurs on Sudnay.

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

AFTER their surprising win in last weekend’s qualifying final, Wangaratta FC’s senior women are charging full-speed into their toughest match of the year, a semifinal clash with Albury Hotspurs on Sunday at Willow Park.

The Lady Devils finished the home and away season sixth of seven teams, but provided an upset to third team Melrose FC 3-1 last week.

Up against the number

two team Hotspurs this weekend, a second Davidand-Goliath result is still on the cards.

“Everyone’s spirits are high, everyone’s excited they were pumped up at training, they had good energy, a good flow through it,” coach Lockie Campbell said.

“I think they’re definitely ready to bring their best out against Hotspurs.

“If everyone does their 110 per cent, if everyone gives it their all, then it’s going to be our game to win.

“We’re looking at the

young girls who play in the backline, the young girls on the wing, if they step up and have their best game, this is going to be one for the books.

“It’s the right time of the season to be peaking, so hopefully we can hold on again.”

The Lady Devils haven’t tasted success over Hotspurs so far this season, but Campbell said he was confident his girls could get the job done this time.

“They are a great squad, last time we played them it

came down to a 1-0 loss, and we came off really high from that game,” he said.

“We had five or six players missing from our starting 11, and the girls that were in there were just able to do their job and play well.

“Hopefully with a fullstrength squad this week, I’m sure we can at least get them pretty scared for a bit.”

The reserves Lady Devils team also made semi-finals, and will face off against Cobram for a place in the grand final.

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College, Kangaroos play for under 12s glory

By BAILEY ZIMMERMANN KANGAROOS and College junior football clubs will be preparing for a big Sunday morning this weekend as they face off in the under 12s grand final at the Wangaratta Showgrounds.

The all Wangaratta clash will kick off grand final day in the WDJFL with the Imperials and Mansfield in the under 14s and Myrtleford and Mansfield in the under 17s to follow.

Kangaroos will be heading in as favourites, going through the season with just the one loss and defeating College by 19 points in the First Semi-Final two weeks earlier.

FINALS

College football club president Glenn Fieldew said the opportunity for the under 12s to play in the grand final is a great reward for the effort put in by the team this year.

“It’s super exciting, there’s a sense of pride around the whole footy club,” he said.

“There’s been some really close games this finals that could’ve gone either way and the ability to dig deep right through to the very end and come out victorious has been character building for the guys.

“They’re such a positive bunch of players, the way they support and get around each other is exciting to be

ALL UP FOR GRABS: Star College player Luke O’Brien can expect to face more pressure coming from the Kangaroos on Sunday as they play off in the under 12s grand final.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling a part of and the way they sung the song at the end of last weekend was deafening.

“It really meant a lot to them to be playing here in

the grand final.”

Kangaroos president Travis Vincent said he is most impressed with how his team has displayed re-

spect on and off the footy field during their success.

“Our under 12s have enjoyed a terrific season and have grown and learned so much during this time - not just in terms of football skills but in the way the young group represents the club as a team and individuals both on and off the field,” he said.

“A large part of the credit is due to our coaching team of Leigh Symons and Andrew Edwards and the strong support from our parent group who have been nothing short of excellent this year.”

Fieldew said he expects a very entertaining game and is crossing his fingers the

FINALS PREVIEWS

Derby final awaits u18s

By WILLSON MACK Could tomorrow’s thirds final be a preview to a derby grand final at the end of the season.

Get down to WJ Findlay Oval tomorrow to watch Wangaratta Rovers and Wangaratta do battle in the thirds qualifying final.

Only two points separated the two rivals on the ladder at the end of the home and away season with the Hawks edging out the Magpies to claim second position.

Wangaratta claimed bragging rights in both of their clashes this season (78 and 32 points) but Wangaratta Rovers coach Ben Talarico will back his boys in tomorrow.

“I think we’re a different team to when we played them last,” Talarico said.

“There’s been a lot of players develop quite a bit and I think as a lineup we’re a lot more settled than we have been all year.

“We’re really happy with how we’re going, we’re playing good footy at the right time.”

Wangaratta won’t be an easy beat though, boasting the likes of Braeden Marjonic, Waitai Tua and Jayden Adamo to name a few.

“They’re a really good team, they’re well coached,” he said.

“They’ve got some playmakers that we’re

boys will get the job done.

“They’ve definitely been the benchmark this year the Kangas, they a play a really good brand of footy and we’ll have to bring our best but I’m pretty confident if the boys come out switched on and with our attitude we’ll definitely push them,” he said.

Vincent said he also expects the game to be entertaining and a hard fought encounter for his team.

“Whether it is a win or loss in this Sunday’s under 12s grand final, the Kangaroos Junior Football Club is so proud of everything all our teams have achieved this year,” he said.

going to have to be aware of and look at some match-ups for them.

“Braeden Marjanovic and Waitai Tua cut us up last time so we’re definitely going to be on our guard with the.”

Although Talarico admits the game may be won or lost in the midfield, he wants his backline to stand up.

“For us I think our backline is our strength,” he said.

“All year they’ve been really good for us so hopefully they can stand up again on Saturday.

“I do think the game will be won or lost in the midfield though, we need our older, bigger bodies in the middle to set the tone early and give our forwards first look.

“I’m sure the boys will lift that little bit more with the game being a derby as well.”

The Hawks knocked off the top team last weekend, downing Albury by seven-points which will fill the young stars with confidence.

“I thought the boys were exceptional,” Talarico said.

“We contested for four quarters which was the most pleasing thing.

“I said after the game that they should all be feeling really confident in their abilities because anyone can be knocked off in the competition this year.”

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By WILLSON MACK

READY TO GO: Sam Nolan and his under 18 teammates take on Wangaratta in the qualifying final at WJ Findlay Oval tomorrow.

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GO PIES

WANGARATTA A grade netballers will be looking to put last weekend’s horror loss to Yarrawonga behind them in a bid to advance in this year’s finals series.

The Magpies will meet Albury at the Albury Sportsground in Sunday’s elimination final, a team they have beaten both times this season.

Wangaratta will have to beat the Tigers on their home deck though and co-coach Chaye Crimmins is looking forward to the challenge.

“The girls are excited about the opportunity of playing finals again,” Crimmins said.

“We look forward to the challenge and hope to move onto the next round.

“I want to see more consistency over the whole game.

“We want to play for each other and back each other out on the court and really come back to basics and do them well.”

Although Wangaratta has beaten the Tigers on both occasions this season, Crimmins admitted the Tigers may be looking different this time around.

“Both times we have played them they have had someone away,” Crimmins said.

“When we have played them we started the game well which will be something we need to try and do on Sunday.”

Wangaratta’s squad boasts plenty of finals experience, including Crimmins, Hannah Grady, Issy Byrne and Katie Dean so no doubt those players will need to lead from the front.

“Those experienced players are going to be huge,” Crimmins said.

“I think that will come into play with the experienced players controlling how we take on the game.”

Expressions of interest are now open for 2023 Netball Coaches for the following grades A, B, C and Under 17.

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Breaking the drought Wangaratta g Rovers will p playy their first final since 2014 when theyy meet Myrtleford y on Sundayy WANGARATTA Rovers will play their first final in 2918 days this weekend.

Sunday’s elimination final against Myrtleford at the Albury Sportsground will be the Hawks first final since 2014 and the two teams have already battled out two heartstopping games this season.

Although Myrtleford have won both matches, their winning margins come at a combined 14 points so no doubt this cut-throat final will go down to the wire.

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Both sides are in fantastic form with Rovers beating a classy Albury outfit by 43-points at the Albury Sportsground last weekend, while Myrtleford made light work of Corowa-Rutherglen in a 63-point thrashing to book their finals ticket.

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“Finals is here and the weather looks really good,” Wangaratta Rovers football operations manager Barry Sullivan said.

“They’re probably going to be pretty similar conditions to what we played in last weekend at the Albury Sportsground.

“I definitely think playing there last weekend will help, it’s a different shaped ground to most so a bit of familiarity will help there.”

Sullivan believes the

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Saints boasts plenty of dangerous players.

“They’re really strong around the ball with players like Sam Martyn, and Murray Waite and then they have Simon Curtis and Matt Dussin down back and Nick Warnock and Ryley sharp forward.

“They’ve got a good spread of talent that we’re definitely going to have to be wary of.”

Sharp was on fire in last weekend’s win over CorowaRutherglen, slotting a bag of

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Sharp sits fourth in the league for contested marks with 39 for the year.

“Sharp and Warnock are two key forwards that we’re going to have to keep an eye on,” Sullivan said.

“It’s going to be important that we don’t allow them to get the supply from up the field.

“Hopefully we can stop them from getting it down there too regularly.”

Wangaratta Rovers were hoping to get VFL-listed duo

Ryan Hebron and Nathan Cooper back for finals but won’t as they’re ineligible.

“Unfortunately they’re both ineligible but it just gives someone else an opportunity,” Sullivan said.

“We’re lucky that our reserves are doing well (finished on top) so we’ve got some good depth there.

“We’ve also got some Burshrangers that could come back as well.”

Saturday’s clash starts at 2pm.

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