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Chris Knowles and Albury’s Ben Kelly only had eyes for the ball at they went head-to-head in the ruck in Saturday’s clash at the Albury Sportsground.

The Magpies notched up their second win for the season with a 13-point victory.

In other O&M matches, Yarrawonga beat Lavington by 13 points, Wodonga beat Myrtleford by 51 points, and North Albury beat Wodonga Raiders by 37 points.

Wangaratta Rovers had the bye.

Further coverage in SPORT, together with Magpies’ appeal against stripping of 2022 premiership.

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EXPANSION of

Wangaratta’s Organics Processing Facility is back on the public agenda tomorrow night.

Rural City of Wangaratta council is seeking to increase the licensing capacity of the facility at North Wangaratta from 5200 tonnes, to 12,000 tonnes through an amendment to the Environment Protection Authority license.

Council is holding a

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public information session for community members at the council chambers in Ovens Street tomorrow from 5.30pm to 6.30pm.

While the state-of-theart facility was built in 2020 with the capacity to process up to 12,000 tonnes

per annum, it hasn’t been needed until now.

Council said over the past three years urban areas have increased, and additional state policy implemented requiring it to ensure every household has access to food and organic waste recycling or local composting by 2030.

“This increase in urban growth and change in state policy will require license capacity at the Wangaratta Organics Processing Facility

to be increased to meet the growing need,” a council spokesperson said.

It is understood council’s existing kerbside green lidded bins are helping divert an estimated 39 per cent of food and garden waste from landfill, with the compost manufactured being used on parks and gardens.

According to council, composting the waste instead of sending it to landfill reduces green-house

emissions by approximately 135 tonnes per annumequating to keeping 679 fuel powered vehicles off the road for one year.

Potential expansion of the facility beyond its 12,000 tonne capacity to become a regional organics processing facility is also on the agenda.

Council is currently undertaking a feasibility study into expanding the facility’s capacity to to 25,000 tonnes per annum.

The study is being funded by a $160,000 State Government grant.

Those wishing to attend tomorrow’s community meeting need to register with council by calling 5722 0888.

For more information on Wangaratta’s Organics Processing Facility 12,000 Tonne License amendment visit, https://www. wangaratta.vic.gov.au/YourCouncil/Public-notices/ License-Amendment.

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The moment woman missing in in bushland for five days is five is found safe

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Woman located safe, after missing in bushland five days

A WOMAN who was missing for five days in dense bushland at Bright has been located safe and well by Victoria Police’s Air Wing.

The 48-year-old went on a holiday to Bright last week and when she didn’t make her daily call to check in with loved ones on April 30, they raised the alarm.

Emergency services carried out extensive searches of the Mitta Mitta, Wodonga, Bright and Albury areas over the past week however were unable to find any sign of Lillian.

Yesterday afternoon the police Air Wing were conducting a sweep of the hilly terrain when they spotted Lillian’s car at the end of a

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dirt road in the Mitta Mitta bushland.

A local police van was directed by the helicopter to her location where she was located safe and well.

It’s understood Lillian was attempting to drive to Dartmouth Dam when she hit a dead-end road at the end of Yankee Point Track and realised she had taken a wrong turn.

While trying to turn around and backtrack, the Cheltenham woman’s car became bogged in mud and without mobile coverage she wasn’t able to call for help.

Lillian was taken to hospital for observation and to be treated for dehydration.

Sergeant Martin Torpey of

Wangaratta Police Station said Lillian was found 60kms away from the nearest town.

“Due to health issues she was unable to try and walk for help so stayed with her car,” he said.

“She used great common sense to stay with her car and not wander off into bushland, which assisted in police being able to find her.

“She was only planning a short-day trip so had only taken a couple of snacks and lollies with her but no water.

“The only liquid Lillian, who doesn’t drink, had with her was a bottle of wine she had bought as a gift for her mother so that got her through.

“While she couldn’t move

her car, she was able to use the heater overnight give her some warmth.

“After being lost in the bush for five days, she was extremely relieved and grateful to see us and we were just as happy to see her.”

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SOUTH Wangaratta Medical GP pharmacists Deborah Hawthorne was overwhelmed with the support of the local pharmacist community as she was announced the winner of the national Consultant Pharmacist award.

Presented at the Consultant Pharmacy Conference on Friday in Adelaide, the annual award recognises Ms Hawthorne’s outstanding contribution as an accredited pharmacist to the practice of consultant pharmacy in Australia.

The honour adds to the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s Early Career Pharmacist of the Year award which Ms Hawthorne received last year.

She said it was a wonderful feeling to be nominated and recognised for her tireless work within the North East community.

“I do feel a bit humbled and chuffed that someone’s gone to the effort to actually nominate me, especially when everyone is so busy in their own practice so it's lovely to be appreciated,” Ms Hawthorne said.

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“I personally get so much out of it already, my clinical practice and my confidence as a pharmacist has improved by connecting with all of these amazing pharmacists all throughout Australia.”

A consultant pharmacist, or an accredited pharmacist, is a pharmacist who has undergone extra training to be able to perform medication reviews in people's homes or essential aged care facilities.

Ms Hawthorne said there are about 3000 consultant pharmacists in Australia, and she has become well-known among the tight knit community for co-founding a community practice Facebook group for consultant pharmacists during the peak of COVID-19, which has more than 2500 members.

“It’s about connection, commu-

nication, supporting each other clinically in business practice,” she said.

“Everything was changing, we didn’t know if we could go and visit people in their homes, we didn’t know what the rules were, the government rules were changing day to day and because most of us work as independent workers, we didn’t have many people to talk to and find out information.

“It started as an information board, but developed into this sort of support network where people shared work.

“A lot of people have clinical case studies that they were finding really tricky so they just wanted another pharmacist’s insight with it who perhaps has dealt with something like that before or has

a specialty in that area.

“The program itself comes under attack quite a bit, so having that peer support there is really valuable.”

Along with connecting with her peers virtually, Ms Hawthorne’s work takes her all over the North East visiting patients and pharmaceutical organisations in order to give patients the chance to extract the most out of their medication and care.

Ms Hawthorne said she is learning new skills to keep up with her profession, including studying to become a diabetes educator, which is going well.

“It frustrates me not knowing things, so I keep up with my education,” she said.

“I’m always doing courses, this

Speeding driver caught, injured walker rescued in snow

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STATE Highway Patrol officers removed a speeding driver from local roads on Friday evening.

Officers observed a Hyundai i30 travelling at an alleged speed of 181kph in a 100kph zone on Katamatite-Yarrawonga Road about 5.50pm.

Police said the recently licenced P plater also had two

passengers onboard.

The 18-year-old Yarrawonga man has had his mother’s car impounded at a cost of $1525 and will be summonsed to appear at court on traffic related matters.

MEANWHILE, at Mt Hotham on Saturday afternoon, Bright and Mt Beauty police officers assisted Ambulance Victoria

with a medical emergency rescue.

Emergency services were called to the Blue Rag Range Track Selwyn off Dargo Road to assist with the rescue of a walker who had fallen and hit their head.

The rescue was performed amid sub-zero temperatures and falling snow.

weekend I'm doing one on upskilling on COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and asthma; I’m a lifelong learner.”

Ms Hawthorne said the award she received on Friday was a reflection of the “tightknit” local pharmacist community and their dealings together.

“You’ve got the pharmacists who work in GP clinics, the community pharmacists and the hospital pharmacists and I’m lucky enough to actually work with these guys in different forms on a regular basis,” she said.

“A lot of people don't realise how much conversation goes on behind the scenes but the local pharmacists have been so supportive and definitely part of this award.”

SAFE: Victoria Police Air Wing images of the moment thye spotted Lillian, ahd her vehicle, in dense buhsland.

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HARD AT WORK: Pharmacist Deborah Hawthorne was recognised with the national Consultant Pharmacist award in Adelaide on Friday and praised the local community of hard working pharmacists for inspiring her work.

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RESCUE: Police assisted Ambulance Victoria officers rescue an injured walker near Mt Hotham on Saturday. PHOTO: VicPolice

EPA orders clean-up, investigation into Alpine MDF incident

EPA Victoria has ordered a thorough clean-up and launched an official investigation following a large quantity of wood fibre material escaping Alpine MDF’s North Wangaratta facility on ANZAC Day.

EPA Northeast regional manager, Renee Palmer, said on Thursday evening that officers are looking into any breaches of the company’s EPA licence.

In a statement, Ms Palmer said from the

moment the incident happened, the main priorities have been to eliminate risk to the public and ensure it can't happen again.

She said the escaped fibre covered a large area including homes, farms and businesses nearby and at the time emergency services warned residents along Crosher Lane, Buckler Road, Bowser Road and Bourke Road to stay inside, turn off air conditioners and close

all vents until the incident was over.

“EPA today issued the company with a regulatory notice requiring a clean-up designed to remove any risks to the public,” Ms Palmer said.

“That adds to a notice we issued earlier, requiring the company to take necessary steps to prevent a similar incident from occurring.”

Ms Palmer said the notices give written instructions on what must

happen with clear deadlines for completion.

“EPA officers are in touch with affected residents, and we will meet with the company to discuss what's expected of them,” she said.

EPA’s health advice to anyone who comes into contact with the wood fibre, is that it can cause short term respiratory and skin irritation.

“Any health issues would be expected to be short term, but of course see a

medical professional if you have concerns,” Ms Palmer said.

“If you have pets, clean their coats if they have been in contact with the fibres and wash any garden fruit or vegetables thoroughly before eating.

“EPA is investigating the cause of the escape and whether there have been breaches of the Alpine MDF’s licence or the General Environmental Duty.”

The General

Easing the squeeze

Wangaratta District Specialist School rapt to be using new building REALISATIONfl

REALISATION of a longawaited dream was achieved at Wangaratta District Specialist School (WDSS) in the first week of this term.

About 50 junior students and 15 staff are now making use of a newly-constructed building fronting Appin Street, which provides six new classroom spaces, kitchen areas, a sensory room, and sensory nooks to cater for student needs.

WDSS principal Alysha Jackson said students and staff were extremely proud of the new built-for-pur-

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pose space, which has been constructed on land previously used by Appin Park Primary School.

Another building at the rear of the new construction is also now being used by the specialist school for physical education and therapy purposes.

The new building, which was handed over to WDSS on

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Members of the public can report pollution by calling EPA's 24-hour hotline on 1300 372 842 or providing details online at epa.vic.gov.au/ report-pollution/reportingpollution

Vehicle evading police crashes into traffic pole in city CBD, as driver runs off

By JEFF ZEUSCHNER

A VEHICLE allegedly fleeing police slammed into a traffic pole in the heart of Wangaratta’s CBD yesterday morning.

Sergeant Martin Torpey of Wangaratta police said the male teenage driver had fled the scene after the vehicle crashed into a traffic pole on the corner of the Murphy and Reid streets intersection.

“The driver remains at large but we expect to speak to him, and the vehicle’s owner, over coming days,” Sgt Torpey said.

He said Wangaratta police had signaled for the Ford Falcon sedan to pull over while it was travelling east on Ford Street towards the Murphy Street roundabout just after 4am yesterday morning.

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the first Wednesday of term, is part of a combined masterplan for WDSS and Appin Park aimed at maximising use across the neighbouring schools’ campuses.

In 2020, the State Government allocated $5.235 million for the first stage of the masterplan, as part of its Building Works Package, which was aimed at stimulating Victoria’s economy amid the first effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following refurbishment of classrooms into an administrative and staff breakout

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space for Appin Park Primary, the most recent works have covered construction of the new WDSS building, and a new sports court area for Appin Park Primary at the rear of existing buildings.

Ms Jackson said the new building catered for 50 students aged seven to 12 years, and for 15 staff overseeing the junior classes.

Each classroom comes complete with a kitchenette, and there is also a fully-appointed kitchen which enables students to learn independent life skills.

A hoist system, which is already being used with much delight, is another feature of the building.

“The teachers have space for collaborative planning, as well as room to store resources,” Ms Jackson said.

And a carpark with designated spaces for parents is set to make life easier for families delivering or collecting students from school.

“Our struggles with huge class sizes have eased with this new space being available,” Ms Jackson said.

“The vehicle sped off at 60kph in a 40kph zone...it turned left into Reid Street through a red light,” Sgt Torpey said.

“Police were not pursuing the vehicle...it has understeered and slid, striking a traffic pole.

“The driver got out and ran away leaving four teenage passengers from Beechworth in the vehicle.”

Sgt Torpey said no one was injured in the crash.

The vehicle was damaged and the traffic pole, while working, appears to now have a slight lean.

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BRIGHT SPACE: Wangaratta District Specialist School students (from left) Aiden Carman, Nay Diomei, Eli Fitzgerald and Jake Deboer (right) with teacher Jess Sharp in one of the new classroom spaces in the recently-completed building.

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ELEANOR Jennifer Hamidon was born at Northeast Health Wangaratta on Tuesday, May 2 at 10.02pm and weighed 3.98kg (8lb 7oz).

She is the daughter of Georgia and Ram Hamidon of Wangaratta and is the sister of Nathaniel.

Babies keeping midwives and nurses busy

MIDWIVES and nurses were kept busy at Northeast Health Wangaratta ahead of International Midwives Day last Friday with eight babies born.

Following a hiatus due to COVID, the Wangaratta Chronicle will once again attend the midwifery ward on

Wednes days and Fri days at 9.30am to take photos of newborns with their parents, grandparents and/or siblings.

Consent forms are available from Northeast Health Wangaratta and from Wangaratta Chronicle staff on the day.

If you would like a photo but

are not at the ward at the time of visiting, you can come into the Wangaratta Chronicle office at 37 Rowan Street during office hours to organise it.

Photographs are available to purchase from the Wangaratta Chronicle office.

RHYLEIGH Meagan-Maree Charles-Fisher was born at Northeast Health Wangaratta on Thursday, May 4 at 10.25am and weighed 2.9kg (6lb 4oz).

She is the daughter of Rochaell Donoghue and Nikolas Charles-Fisher of Seymour and is the sister of Kashtyn, Emersyn, Serenity and Gaige.

PARKER Chase Groves was born at Northeast Health Wangaratta on Wednesday, May 3 at 6.57pm and weighed 3.34kg (7lb 3oz).

He is the son of Ashlee Fitzpatrick and Michael Groves (pictured above) of Wangaratta. This is the couple’s first child.

Ashlee and Michael were both Youth Council representatives and Ashlee is a Rural City of Wangaratta councillor.

Cr Fitzpatrick looks forward to continuing her role in council as she raises her young family in the local community.

FINN Emmanuel Viverit was born at Northeast Health Wangaratta on Thursday, May 4 at 1.33pm and weighed 3.44kg (7lb 4oz).

He is the son of Kathryn Henderson and Hari Viverit of Beechworth.

AXEL Ephraim Holt Talbot was born at Northeast Health Wangaratta on Thursday, May 4 at 11.19am

PIPER Frannie Moncur was born at Northeast Health Wangaratta on Friday, May 5 at 12.31am and weighed 3.76kg (8lb 3oz).

She is the daughter of Taylah Kohn and Dylan Moncur of Shepparton.

Don’t rule yourself out of donating blood or plasma

MORE than 40 per cent of people in Australia are ruling themselves out of blood and plasma donation when they may be eligible.

An Australian Red Cross Lifeblood survey has found people don’t donate for a variety of reasons including tattoos and piercings, travel history, smoking, medications and relying on others to do it.

However, with only 3.7 per cent of Australians maintaining the blood and plasma supply for a population of 26 million, Lifeblood urges people to learn more about their eligibility

and to donate if they can.

Lifeblood executive director of donor experience, Cath Stone, said there is only a small pool of people supporting the whole country’s needs even though one in three people will need blood or blood products in their lifetime.

“More than 13 million additional Australians may be eligible to donate,” she said.

“Eligibility rules are regularly reviewed to reflect medical developments.

“Barriers that may have prevented people from donating in the past may

not be an issue today.”

Demand for blood and blood products in Australia is at its greatest level in nearly a decade as the population rises and hospitals catch up on surgeries post-pandemic.

“For instance, a growing number of patients rely on plasma donations for the treatment of cancer, immune disorders, haemophilia, and kidney disease,” Ms Stone said.

“Plasma is now the type of donation most needed by patients and hospitals.”

While there are criteria in place to keep blood do-

nors and the patients who receive blood safe, people between 18 and 75 and who are healthy may be eligible to donate blood or plasma.

“We need a new donor every four minutes, and each donation can save up to three lives,” Ms Stone said.

Lifeblood has a team of doctors on hand who can help with eligibility questions.

To see if your eligible to give blood visit https:// www.lifeblood.com.au/ blood/eligibility/startquiz to take the eligibility test.

and weighed 4.62kg (10lb 2oz).

He is the son of Jessica Holt and Blaise Talbot of Myrtleford and brother of Willow Holt.

ELIGIBLE DONOR: Wangaratta Lifeblood nurse Vanessa Manning and local donor Michael Fitzsimons are encouraging others to check if they are eligible.

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Rhyleigh Meagan-Maree Charles-Fisher

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Frannie Moncur

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Grant to tackle consent

By CHLOE JAENICKE

CENTRE Against Violence in Wangaratta will use a $2000 grant from the Garry Nash & Co Community Fund to host a Tackling Consent workshop later this year.

CAV chief executive officer, Jamie Chubb, said the workshop will be primarily targeted at 12 to 17 year olds who play sport.

“In regional Victoria there is a big sporting culture, and our intention is to work with sports clubs to engage young people in our session as we know many look up to and respect their senior sporting figures,” she said.

“This project aims to have a community that understands affirmative consent and talks about it as openly as they discuss sport.”

Ms Chubb said the workshop will cover all kinds of topics including how to know you’ve been given consent, how to call out disrespect when you see it, respectful relationships, sexual assault and where to go to seek support.

She said part of the inspiration for the Tackling Consent workshop was the new affirmative consent laws that have recently been passed through the Victorian Parliament.

“The new laws place the responsibility on the perpetrator to prove they had con-

instead of on the victim survivor to prove they didn’t consent,” Ms Chubb said.

“The aim is to change the way sexual violence is seen and dealt with, sending a clear message that there is no excuse for sexual violence and holding perpetrators to account.”

Ms Chubb said CAV plans to invite sporting clubs from local areas to attend

and have already teamed up with the Wangaratta Magpies Football and Netball Club - which has donated its clubrooms to host the event - and the Wangaratta Rovers Football and Netball Club.

The event will be facilitated by practitioners from the CAV and Victoria Police with special guest speaker, ex-Richmond player Alex Rance, in early July.

Ms Chubb said she hopes participants will walk away with the practical tools they need to call out disrespect, be role models for others as well as the knowledge of support services available.

“We hope that everything we do in the session will provide sporting clubs, parents, carers and young people with the tools and confidence to continue to have conversations about

Commuters snapping up cheaper fares

VICTORIANS saved more than $4 million on public transport fares last month after the State Government’s regional fare cap came into effect.

More than 1.5 million people took a trip on public transport across regional Victoria in April, with the average V/Line passengers paying half the previous cost for their trip.

The first week alone saw more than 420,000 passengers travel, making it the busiest week on the network since before the COVID-19 pandemic.

V/Line patronage data shows more passengers are taking advantage of cheaper fares to travel to and from major events like AFL matches, as well as tourism destinations across Victoria, with an uplift in patronage on weekend and special services.

consent and respectful relationships,” she said.

“Educating the community, particularly young people, and their parents, about what affirmative consent is, ensures that everyone understands that they have a responsibility before engaging in sexual activity.”

CAV was one of 17 organisations to receive a grant from the Garry Nash & Co Community Fund.

Daily fares are now capped at the current metropolitan fare of $9.20 or $4.60 concession, while on weekends or public holidays, fares are capped at $6.70 for a full fare of $3.35 for concession per day.

Passengers taking long-distance journeys from regional cities such Wangaratta, Ballarat and Bendigo have saved more than $40 for each oneway journey on the regional public transport network since the cap was introduced.

For more information or to purchase tickets visit ptv.vic. gov.au or vline.com.au.

GRANT AGAINST VIOLENCE: Garry Nash & Co Community Fund committee members Racheal Trimble (left) and David Sutton with the Centre Against Violence CEO Jaimie Chubb (centre) celebrating the grant that will go towards a Tackling Consent workshop.

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Green growth all part of society’s sustainable future

WANGARATTA has a rich history of sustainability and environmental consciousness.

It was among the first councils in the state to commence kerbside recycling many decades ago and has been a great supporter of the three bin system for many years - with a move to a four bin system in the not too distant future. Design, build and operation of major infrastructure has reflected the community’s desire to have a greener footprint, reducing carbon emissions and being environmentally sensitive at every opportunity.

Our urban growth has incorporated green belts while proactive native plantings have helped provide a strong sense of environment.

Three years ago the city established a state-of-the-art organics processing facility at North Wangaratta, using ‘aerated static pile composting’ technology, which was the first of its type in Australia and the only council run facility in Victoria.

Now, not surprisingly, with more people using the council kerbside service to dispose of organic waste, there is a need to use more of the 12,000 tonne capacity of the facility.

Processing more of the green waste into compost, rather than filling landfill, has economical and environmental benefits, and it responds well to the overall challenges posed by climate change.

Whether the facility has the potential to double in size to serve as a regional organics processing site is yet to be seen, but for now it is helping make a positive contribution.

The Quiz No. 34

1. The 2010s TV series, Winners & Losers, is based in which major Australian city?

2. Which one of the Chappell brothers had the nickname, Chappelli?

3. In 1975, Portuguese West Africa became known by what name?

4. Who killed Lee Harvey Oswald?

5. In which 2015 race did former MotoGP world injuries in a horror crash?

6. In 2013, who succeeded Julie Bishop as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition?

7. What is the capital of Liechtenstein?

8. In what year was The Sims computer game

9. Which Grand Slam singles tennis title was never won by John Newcombe?

10. Who is the Patron saint of England?

11. In which U.S. state is the Neverland Valley Ranch, the former home of Michael Jackson, located?

12. Chrissie Hynde is best known as the lead singer of which band?

13. Which hurricane devastated New Orleans in 2005?

14. In 1999, who did Sports Illustrated crown as “Sportsman of the Century”?

15. Improbability Drive?

16. What is the name of Nicole Kidman’s younger sister?

17. Which star sign is represented by the Archer?

18. In which 1991 movie did Robin Williams play Peter Pan?

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20. Who was the coach of the Perth Glory W-League team from 2011 until 2014?

Facebook users commented on local Sian Browne being the winner of this year’s Rotary Club of Appin Park Wangaratta community raffle and taking home a new Toyota Yarris valued at $28,531.

• George Browne: Our beautiful daughter inlaw Sian Browne wins first prize, Congratulations

• Kyle Cogan: George Browne many congratulations. I just hope that the

Yarras is either white or silver at the very least. Having said that they’re white cars everywhere

• Tennille Hall: Ha ha! That’s awesome!! Congrats Sian!!!

• Anita Chennell: What a thrill

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Our hospital staff go above and beyond

AFTER a recent surgery and a four-day stay I would like to make a public expression of gratitude to the staff at Northeast Health Wangaratta.

The doctors, the orderlies, the administration staff, cooks, and cleaners all deserve our constant thanks.

But most of all, I would like to acknowledge the tireless, often (if not always) overworked nurses, who give and give consistently, work long and hard shifts and deal with things that quite often, they shouldn't have to.

Without these wonderful humans, the hospital wouldn’t run, and I, for one, think that if they were paid double, it still wouldn’t be enough.

Thank you.

John Ackroyd, Wangaratta

A crash course in Australian history

I KEEP hearing about cancelling or changing Australia Day, January 26, because of the understandable Aboriginal upset with it being known as “Invasion Day”, when the first convicts arrived in Sydney.

BUT! A quick Google search reveals the historic facts that have been warped over time:

• Captain Cook first landed in the Endeavour in Sydney, on April 29, 1770;

• the First Fleet arrived in Botany Bay on January 18, 1788; and

• Australia became a nation, independent of British rule, on January 1, 1901.

It was on January 26, 1988, to celebrate the Bicentennial, that Sydney-siders decided Captain Cook’s landing was also to celebrated on that day.

On January 26, 1949, the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 was enacted.

All Australian-born and other British subjects resident in Australia for the five years prior to January 26, 1949 were automatically Australian citizens.

Until 1949 there was no such thing as an Australian citizen.

Before that, anyone born or naturalised (made a citizen) in Australia was a British subject.

People travelling overseas were issued with British passports.

If the Aborigines want a day of mourning for the beginning of the “Australian Wars” or “Invasion Day”, why not make it on the day the first landing itself, and leave Australia Day alone?

Dianne Nicholson, Milawa

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Camilla’s coronation that took place on Saturday night.

• Jack Carruthers: How any country can claim it practises democracy when they have a monarchy and a House of Lords, neither which are elected yet exercise massive power over the people, is beyond me and many others.

• Tony Davison: One should have bells ringing at ones coronation , pausing only to hear the oaths

of allegiance from ones subjects.

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RAIN DOESN’T SPOIL THE PARTY: It may have been wet, but that didn’t deter 71 runners and walkers braving the conditions to help mark the 300th iteration of Wangaratta’s Parkrun in Apex Park on Saturday morning. While there were those who used the 8am event to test their fitness on the 5km event, many others make it a leisurely social outing.

Budget an opportunity to boost telehealth

THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has called on the Albanese Govern-ment to boost telehealth access in this week’s budget.

The RACGP has long been calling for government to ensure all patients can take full advantage of telehealth consults with their usual GP.

This includes making Medicare rebates for longer telehealth phone consultations a permanent fixture so that all patients can get the care they need when they need it.

The RACGP is also calling on the government to re-introduce Medicare rebates for phone consultations for mental health items and GP chronic disease management plans.

We must ensure Australia’s telehealth scheme is fit for purpose and that no patients are left behind.

In July last year, the Medicare Benefits Schedule removed the patient rebate for GP phone consults longer than 20 minutes but kept patient rebates for video calls lasting 20 to 40 minutes as well as video calls lasting longer than 40 minutes.

The RACGP did not support the decision at the time and the Budget is the perfect opportunity to make it right.

Re-introducing rebates for phone consultations covering mental health items and GP chronic disease management plans will

also benefit many Australians so I call on the government to make that change.

Telehealth is a game-changer for many people, and we must ensure it is accessible for all.

Many people may take it for granted that we live in a digital age but ask any GP and they will tell you that the picture is more complicated than that.

Longer telehealth consultations are needed as video telehealth consultations are not an option for many people.

That is because in communities nationwide, many people don’t have ready and relia-ble access to internet services.

In fact, two and a half million people in Australia are not using the internet due to a range of factors including access.

Dr Nicole Higgins, RACGP president

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Public backs bid to use prosecco name

Objection

HUNDREDS of public objections hope to strengthen the Federal Government’s fight against moves by the European Union (EU) to stop Australian winemakers using the prosecco name.

Australia’s wine industry, particularly the King Valley which is the country’s “home” of prosecco wines, stands to lose significantly from an EU bid to have the name prosecco recognised as a geographical indicator (GI), instead of a grape variety - effectively preventing use of the name.

The government recently sought public feedback on the issue - receiving around 600 public objections to the change - as it continues Free Trade negotiations with the EU.

Brown Brothers winemaker Katherine Brown said she is “quietly optimistic” with the position of the negotiations on the back of a strong representation by the wine industry in the public objections process.

“All of the wineries across the King Valley submitted objections and large companies including Treasury Wine Estates and also big retailers including the Endeavour Group and Coles so we feel there’s a really strong backing,” she said.

“The objections that were submitted will be reviewed over the next couple of months and we probably won’t hear of any more outcomes until the middle of the year.”

The Federal Government’s public objection process for

Have say in Lower Ovens Flows Study

A COMMUNITY workshop in Oxley next week will focus on the Lower Ovens Flows Study.

The study will incorporate climate projections for water availability and develop “climate ready” objectives and flow recommendations for the Lower Ovens system.

The system includes the Buffalo River below Lake Buffalo, King River below Lake William Hovell, Ovens River from the confluence of the Buffalo River to the Murray River, and the Lower Ovens floodplain wetland complex from Killawarra to the Murray River.

The worskhop is on Wednesday, May 17 at the Oxley Shire Hall from 6pm.

To register go to https://events. humanitix.com/lower-ovens-flowsstudy-community-workshop

To learn more go to https://www. necma.vic.gov.au/Projects/Currentprojects/Lower-Ovens-Flows-Study

Forum focus on saving native birds

BUSH for Birds, a $5M five-year project aimed at restoring habitat for the threatened Regent honeyeater and Swift parrot, will be in the spotlight at Wangaratta this Friday.

A special forum to be hosted by the North East Catchment Management Authority, will look at the outcomes and findings from the dtudy.

Keynote speakers will be David Lindenmayer, Professor of Ecology and Conservation Biology at the Australian National University; and David Watson, Professor of Ecology at Charles Sturt University.

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the EU’s claim of over 55 GIs closed late last month and offered a final chance for the Australian wine industry and their stakeholders to have their say in Free Trade negotiations.

Last week Ms Brown, through Wine Victoria, met with State Government Treasurer and Trade Minister Tim Pallas, who assured Ms Brown of the State Government support of the wine industries’ stand on the prosecco name.

Australian Grape and Wine Incorporated chief executive officer, Lee McLean, said he commended the industry in rallying around the public objections process.

“What we were hoping to see is a scenario in which our negotiators can go into discussions with the EU and be able to demonstrate there is that sort of response from the Australian wine industry is a really strong thing,” he said.

“It provides them with the backing that they need to hold firm and we certainly hope that they will.”

Research was recently released from Monash University and Macquarie University academics which supported the definition of prosecco as a grape variety, and suggested protecting the term as a GI was a “cynical attempt” to avoid competition from Australian wine producers.

While public objections have closed, Ms Brown’s ‘#SaveAussieProsecco’ petition on change.org is ongoing and has more than 5600 signatures from the public in support of the prosecco name.

Ms Brown said the petition is a great way for the industry to keep informed with the general public’s opinions on the issue.

“It’s still open and it would be fantastic for people to sign and leave comments because the comments are really compelling too,” she said.

Mr McLean said the King Valley wine industry through intiatives including the petition have put in an incredible amount of work in raising the profile of the issue.

“The petition Kathrine has set up demonstrates the community sentiment we have in Australia that this issue is really significant for Australian winemakers,” he said.

“As grape growers we want to make sure we can continue with the prosecco name on our wines and to have that sort of response show the vast majority of consumers across the country agree with that too.”

Free trade negotiations have entered their 15th round in Brussels between representatives of the Federal Government and the EU, and Mr McLean said it was difficult to put a timeline on negotiations, but won’t expect to hear another update until June.

Ms Brown’s petition can be found on Change.org entitled ‘Together we can #SaveAussieProsecco’.

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STANDING FIRM: State MP for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy and Brown Brothers winemaker Katherine Brown made their public objections last month to the European Union’s claim on prosecco as a geographical indicator, which were just two of up to 600 objections on the EU’s stance.

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Joyce’s 101st a blast at Respect St John’s

JOYCE Barry celebrated her 101st birthday with plenty of love from friends at Respect St John’s aged care last Monday, May 1.

Celebrations began with the aged care team listing off events that happened in the year of Joyce’s birth, including the discovery of Tutankhamun, the foundation of the BBC and the release of the first ever colour movie.

Joyce and guests then enjoyed drinks and cake throughout the afternoon.

OPINION

Aged care homes are closing - here’s how to help keep them open

By IAN HENSCHKE, Chief Advocate National Seniors Australia

AGED care homes are suddenly closing.

They say they can’t get the required nurses and care workers to meet the new standards mandated after the Royal Commission.

But the answer to this problem could be to listen to the workers and employers themselves.

Betty is a 75-year-old dementia care nurse.

She’s worked in aged care for 31 years and she’d work more if she wasn’t penalised so harshly.

She loses 50c in the dollar on her earnings above the pension work bonus limit.

That’s $11,800 (It was raised from $7800 per year after the Jobs Summit, but it drops to the lower figure on December 31).

She needs a calculator to work out her optimal hours and she must report to Centrelink.

KEEPING PENSIONERS JOBS:

Cheif advocate for National Senior Australia Ian Henschke said a potential solution to the aged care homes closing would be to create fairer wages for pensioners who want to work.

That’s another level of bureaucratic pain.

Oh, and she pays income tax on top of the pension penalty.

Her employer says there are plenty of others like Betty on his payroll who tell him they would work more if the system was simpler and fairer.

In our budget submission National Seniors says we

should help the tens of thousands of care workers and nurses like Betty by exempting their work income from the pension income test.

Just let them pay tax.

This will encourage them to work more or return to the workforce.

A survey we conducted found 20 per cent of pensioners would consider returning to work, so we are talking big numbers.

These recent closures come as two reforms are set to change aged care from July 1.

Homes will need a registered nurse 24/7.

They’ll also have to employ more carers to provide more care minutes per resident.

But the skills and labour shortage casts a shadow over more than aged care.

It’s a growing problem in health care, disability care, and childcare.

All are desperate for workers.

The latest ABS figures

show 72,400 vacancies in the care sector.

It’s blown out from 60,200 last year.

While a government campaign, A Life Changing Life, encourages careers in the care and support sector you also need financial incentives.

That’s why Nationals Seniors supports the 15 per cent pay increase from the Aged Care Royal Commission.

But we argue part of the solution is to give a pension income test exemption to encourage older workers to remain in the industry, work more, and return to work.

Currently, many walk away because it’s all too complicated understanding what you can earn before your pension takes a hit.

We’ve offered a practical solution in our budget submission and Employment White Paper.

We propose care sector workers get an exemption from the harsh pension income test.

Then you can work as much as you want and simply pay tax.

This would also stop the need to constantly report to Centrelink.

It could be trialled first in the health care and social assistance sector.

If it works there, it can be expanded to other critical sectors such as agriculture and to other payment recipients.

Our policy has the support of employer groups, the National Farmers Federation, and the ACTU, which included it in its 2023 budget submission.

Encouraging people to work more and work past pension age boosts GDP.

According to modelling commissioned in 2012 by the Australian Human Rights Commission, conducted by Deloitte Access Economics, a five per cent increase in older worker participation boosts GDP by $47.9bn ($60bn today).

That’s also billions in ex-

tra tax dollars.

So, our policy won’t just help the care sector, it’ll help repair the budget.

To test it we commissioned Deloitte to do costbenefit modelling.

It found the policy cost neutral if only 8.3 per cent of pensioners go back to work or work more.

Beyond this it pumps more money into treasury through income tax alone.

But what’s the cost of not implementing the policy?

More closures?

Look at New Zealand where 25 per cent of over 65s are in the workforce.

We have just 15 per cent and only three per cent of our pensioners are working.

They let pensioners like Betty work as much as they want and just pay tax.

And they do both.

We can and should do the same.

Let’s hope Treasurer Jim Chalmers announces this change in his budget on May 9.

ENJOYING THE ATMOSPHERE: Bev Underwood and Marie Jones taking in the atmosphere at Joyce’s birthday which was filled with music from Joyce’s birth year, 1922.

BRIGHT SMILES: Jean Barling and Valda Taylor enjoyed the gathering at Joyce’s birthday.

JOINING HANDS: Helen Lugg and Doris Brock showing some love in the midst of the birthday celebrations.

LEANING IN: Greg Morasco and Juliana McEwan enjoyed a cuppa together for Joyce’s birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Joyce Barry blows out the candles for her 101st birthday last Monday, under the watchful eyes of (from left) Glad Ellis and Nancy Smith.

PHOTOS: Kurt Hickling

HUDDLE IN: Barbara Schkking, Jeff Anderson and Barbara Surrey awaiting the cutting of the delicious birthday cake.

Health authorities warn of spike in STIs across region

A CONCERNING increase in sexually transmitted infections and Hepatitis C in the Ovens Murray catchment has prompted health authorities to remind people of the importance of safe sex practices.

Data has shown increases in cases of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and Hepatitis C.

Albury Wodonga Health’s Ovens Murray Public Health Unit operations director Jody Bellette said safe sex practices help protect people from the diseases, as well as accessing information avail-

able online and educating themselves about the risks.

“Infections such as gonorrhoea and chlamydia are spread through unsafe sex practices and can largely be avoided,” she said.

“Using condoms or dams are essential to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections throughout the community.

“We want to educate people about the importance of protecting themselves and their loved ones against preventable infections.”

Ms Bellette said both

gonorrhoea and chlamydia were largely symptomless in the early stages, but if undetected and left without treatment, could lead to serious ongoing health concerns.

“This includes, but is not limited to, infertility in women, ectopic pregnancy and in some instances infections like chlamydia can be passed on to a baby during childbirth,” she said.

“We are seeing many cases of chlamydia in the younger generation, the under-25 age-bracket, so we ask our young people

to practice safe sex.”

Ms Bellette said anyone who is sexually active should have regular sexual health checks at least once a year, and more often depending on the person’s individual sexual health risk.

“If you are concerned about your sexual health or believe you may have symptoms or an infection, please contact your GP or health professional, or attend a sexual health clinic,” she said.

“The tests for these sexually transmitted infections are simple and treat-

ment is easy and quick.

“Anyone who does have a confirmed diagnosis is asked to advise all of their sexual partners so they can also be tested and receive treatment if necessary.”

The increase is cases of Hepatitis C in the community has also prompted a reminder to intravenous drug users to only use sterile injecting equipment and not share drug paraphernalia.

“Hepatitis C is a bloodborne virus that is mainly spread by shared injecting equipment and personal

care items but can also be spread through unprotected sex,” Ms Bellette said.

“The virus causes significant damage to the liver if undetected and can result in liver failure or even liver cancer.

“Again, the testing for Hepatitis C is simple and anti-viral medication can be administered to cure the condition.

“People are reminded of the free needle exchange programs which they can access through community health services.”

More funds for road projects

BY JEFF ZEUSCHNER

ALMOST $900,000 in additional funding will be provided to the Rural City of Wangaratta by the Federal Government to help bolster local roads.

Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister Catherine King last week confirmed the funding is part of an extra $250 million to be shared by 466 of Australia’s 550 councils for road projects in rural, regional and outer-urban areas under Phase 4 of the Local Roads and Community Infrastructure Program.

The funding is on top of $500 million provided to councils in the initial stage of Phase 4, of which the rural city received $1,554,045.

Shire councils in Alpine, Indigo, Mansfield, Moira, Strathbogie and Towong, together with Benalla and Wodonga councils will collectively share in an additional $5,212,898 for local road projects.

Councils will be able to access their Phase 4 funding allocations from July 2023, with projects to be delivered by June 2025.

Rural city director of community and infrastructure, Marcus Goonan, said the funding was for road projects and not maintenance.

“We’ve used previous funding for upgrade projects on a number of rural roads as well as Sandford Road and the Newman Street project (an urban drainage upgrade to support future commercial/industrial development in the area).”

Minister King said the extra $250m delivered on an

election commitment by the government.

“We know many councils across the country are struggling to maintain and improve their local road networks, especially following repeated flooding and other natural disasters in recent times,” she said.

Rural Councils Victoria

chair Cr Mary-Ann Brown said the funding will help councils provide better road infrastructure for rural communities, tourists, farmers, transportation, and other businesses that provide the food and other goods needed by those living in our cities.

In addition to extra fund-

ing, Ms King said the Federal Government has also extended project construction timelines for Phases 1–3 of the program, so councils now have until June 30, 2024 to complete works for funded road and infrastructure projects.

Wangaratta council received funding of $6,465,399

under phases 1-3 for road and infrastructure projects, with more than $40 million shared by North East councils.

Mr Goonan said the rural city has completed all its projects under phases 1-4, with work on the Newman Street drainage projet funded under phase 4 to start soon.

BIG BOOST: A Federal Government program, which has helped fund the immenent drainage upgrade in Newman Street (pictured), will provide an additional $900,000 to support other road projects in the Rural City of Wangaratta.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

First frost a prelude to winter

WHAT’S UP WITH THE WEATHER?

By Peter Nelson, Peter Retired CSIRO climatologist

THE first frosts of the season occurred in Wangaratta and Rutherglen last Thursday morning.

The dry January and February and then a wetter than average March and April in Wangaratta this year makes an interesting combination - one that has ocurred 14 times since 1880.

April last month did turn out to be wetter and cooler than normally in North East Victoria.

In Wangaratta the rainfall of 66mms was 28mms above average with the heaviest daily fall of 27mms on Friday, April 7.

The mean maximum temperature of 21.3 degrees was 1.3 degrees below normal; the highest temperature reached 27 degrees on April 5.

It normally peaks at about 29 degrees during the month of April in Wangaratta.

The mean minimum temperature of 7.6 degrees was about half a degree above normal; the lowest temperature was 3.2 degrees on April

30, the second successive April without a frost.

Both Rutherglen and Albury also escaped any frosts during April.

The first days of May last week saw unsettled conditions with showers and some

thunderstorms with maximum temperatures a few degrees below normal as a deep low pressure passed over Tasmania.

Strong winds reached 120kph at Mt Buller early on Wednesday, with snow-

falls at Mt Hotham and Falls Creek.

Another active low pressure brought further showers and cold winds to the region over the weekend.

It will be well into later this week before the next big

high pressure parks itself over Victoria.

Elsewhere, Perth has had one of its coldest Aprils in 146 years of records after one of the hottest and driest summers on record.

The mean maximum tem-

perature for April at 23.7 degrees was the coldest for April since 1980 which was also after a very hot and dry summer.

Other colder Aprils in Perth which followed a hot and dry summer were in 1896, 1909, 1934, 1954, 1956, 1961.

Both 1909 and 1961 had a dry January and February in Wangaratta and this also happened this year.

January and February 1909 was drier and colder than usual which did happen this year but January and February 1961 was distinctly warmer than normal.

This does indicate that we are in line with the year 1909 which was wetter than average from March right through to August and then a warm dry spring season.

The year 1961 saw a warmer and dry spring after a mild winter with August being wetter than average in Wangaratta.

The heaviest rain in May 1909 was a heavy fall of 46mms on May 15.

The Southern Oscillation Index which dropped to minus 2.0 last March for the first time in nearly two years rose back to plus 0.3. This will make things very interesting indeed.

THE ACROSS

Exhibition celebrates 30 years of sculpting by Mike Nicholls

A NEW exhibition called A Bird in the Hand which features 22 timber sculptures and a small selection of related paintings and studies by established artist Mike Nicholls has opened at the Benalla Art Gallery.

A Bird in the Hand draws on the artist’s work spanning 34 years and focuses on ‘the bird’ icon in his work.

For Nicholls, the bird and its associative cycle of life contains many metaphors, such as reverence, earth mother, peace, conscience, and nurturing, which are subtle messages conveyed in his work and explore the primal being.

“I believe humanity is primordial at heart and with this in mind, through

my sculpture, l strive to reflect world events that emotionally impact our existence,” he said.

The title of the exhibition is taken from the well-known proverb ‘a bird in the hand, is worth two in the bush’ and its universal message that the things you already have are more valuable than the things you might get.

The proverb epitomises Nicholls’ concern that in our continued race to tame the natural world we are losing the very things we love about it.

The exhibition reflects a shared social conscience with regard to the natural environment and “the collective impact we impose on our ecosystem and self, through ignorance or just wanton greed”.

Teens’ bid to tackle poverty

Monday, May 6, 2013

By CAITLIN SARTORI

Throughout his career, Nicholls has carved from single pieces of wood to reveal his motifs, including the bird, and also diving figures, shields, hands, seeds, and eggs.

He has held more than 40 solo exhibitions and featured in over ninety group exhibitions in public and private galleries, including at the National Gallery of Australia and National Gallery of Victoria.

Now based in Melbourne, Nicholls has strong ties to North East Victoria, with some of the works on display carved from timber he sourced from his former property in Violet Town.

Mike Nicholls’ A Bird in the Hand is on display until Sunday, June 18.

FOUR Wangaratta teenagers are this week getting a small taste of extreme poverty, in the hope they can make a difference to those who need it most.

Elizabeth Hindle, Rachel Enders, Mindi Suter and Corrie Palmer must survive on $2 a day all this week, as part of the anti-poverty campaign, Live Below The Line.

Starchy foods such as potatoes and rice will become the norm, as the girls attempt to raise greater awareness of third-world poverty, and in excess of $700 to help feed those most in need.

They admit they’ll never truly know what it’s like to be in the situation of a third-world person, but they want to help.

“As teenagers, we often don’t feel as if we contribute to society,” Corrie said.

“By doing this, we’ll be raising awareness, and communicating to our friends that this is what happens in the world.”

To donate to the local girls’ cause, go to http:// www.livebelowtheline. com.au/team/sisi-hudumawe-care/.

BIRD LIFE: The exhibition in Benalla features sculptures such as Mike Nicholls, Captive 2010, Yellow box with iron oxide, patina and paint 33 x 46 x 20 cm.

AUTUMN VIEWS: Autumn leaves are still in abundance, but winter is closing in.

PHOTO: Rene Martens

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Wangaratta teenagers (from left)

Corrie Palmer, Elizabeth Hindle, Mindi Suter and Rachel Enders will live on $2 a day this week.

PHOTO: Cheryl Browne

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 When one believes in, one does what (6)

8 What is a mathematical formula (8)

9 To impart knowledge, is to do what (6)

10 Name a poisonous evergreen shrub with handsome flowers (8)

11 Name an alternative term for conventional (6)

13 What is something that deceives by producing a false impression (8)

16 To explode, is to do what (8)

19 What are light plain cakes (6)

22 Which level area is used for the operation and maintenance of aircraft (8)

24 Name a bird of the Old World passerine family (6)

25 What is a dressed salad of finely sliced white cabbage (8)

26 XC is the symbol for which number (6)

DOWN

2 Name the drummer for The Beatles, ... Star (5)

3 A Victorian NRL club is known as the Melbourne ... (5)

4 Name the large, hard parts of wheat grains (8)

5 Who accompanied the Australian explorer, William Hovell (4)

6 What are swindles often called (coll) (6)

7 Name a lively Spanish dance in three-four time (6)

12 What, loosely, is ferric oxide (4)

14 When one is tired, one does what (4,4)

15 Which metallic element has the symbol Fe (4)

17 Who checks material for publication (6)

E-QUATIONS

Letters A to Z have a number value. Some are shown in the right-hand cells. Create remaining values using clues in centre cells.

SUDOKU

18 To compensate for, is to do what (6)

20 Name a plant having an edible succulent bulb of pungent taste and smell (5)

21 What is ostentatious or elaborate display (5)

23 Name a fashion magazine (4)

Find the following words in the grid. They may be read in any direction, even diagonally. Some letters are used more than once.

WHICH WORDS

BIYWORD

Build it yourself using the clues and each of the twenty-four letters once only to form ten words: five across and five down. A key word (bold clue) builds on the letter set in the grid.

CLUES:

Because (coll) (3)

Collision of pool balls (5)

CTRL key (7)

Elaborate (5)

Fibre optic cable (3)

Ionian island (5)

French: me (3)

Part (7)

Pronoun: second person

QUICK THINK

Solve the crossword. Each answer has four letters.

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WANGARATTA STORE SALE, FRIDAY, MAY 5

HOLDING STEADY: Springhurst cattle farmer Jim Conroy was happy with the overall sale of his cattle.

Perfect autumn conditions hold steady market

PERFECT autumn conditions with average rainfall has spilled a positive consensus to local cattle vendors and buyers who came out in strong numbers for last Friday’s store sale at the Wangaratta Livestock Exchange.

Corcoran Parker cattle agent Reiley Murtagh was pleased with the overall sale, with local feedlots and farmers making a strong presence to purchase, keeping prices steady in the market.

“The auction presented 1148 cattle overall which is a great outcome coming off a wet start to the year,” Mr Murtagh said.

Steers at 500kg and above sold for 330c/kg, steers 400-480kg sold for 350c-400c/kg, and steers 280-320kg fetched 410c-450c/kg.

Feeder heifers at 350420kg made 407c/kg and lighter heifers of 200300kg sold for between 320c-400c/kg.

BY KURT HICKLING khickling@ nemedia.com.au

“All our buyers were locals and purchases made went to local farms which was another positive outcome,” Mr Murtagh said.

“Prices remained consistent in comparison to last month’s sale, however the prices of heifers were slightly down.

“We should see the market remain steady for now but the winter outlook will determine the outcome.”

Springhurst cattle producer Jim Conroy brought offered eight Angus cross steers aged 15 to 20 months at an average weight of 416kg which fetched “satisfying” prices.

“I made a good profit margin despite a competitive market as I presented cattle with good weight and condition,” he said.

“The market will continue to strengthen over the next 18 months which will put confidence in producers moving forward.”

Mr Conroy has been running cattle for 50 years and currently runs a herd of 150 Angus on 350 acres.

“It has been a slow start to the season with floods from late 2022 making it hard to maintain good levels of feed, however, mild spring conditions have put things back on track,” he said.

“Because of the flat ground on the property, water accumulation is always an issue so we constantly rotate paddocks but again a good autumn period has helped overcome obstacles.

“The current setback at the moment is temperatures are falling quicker than average as the temperatures we are seeing should not present themselves until June.”

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

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COOPER

Congratulations

Happy 80th Birthday Dad

All our

Beryl, Graeme, Geoff, Kay and families.

DEATH

BOWIE, Robert Arthur (Bob). 13/6/1941-28/4/2023.

Our deepest and sincere condolences to Leonie, Andrew, Lauren, Matthew, Rachel, Chloé, Chelseá, Dustin, Hadley and extended family on the passing of Bob.

- David, Jan, Jason, Lea, Ivy and Margaret. Resting peacefully.

BOWIE, Robert.

Sympathy to Leonie, Matt, Andrew and family.

Many great memories over a long friendship Bobby.

~ Donny Niklaus and family.

LEVINY, John Baird Cutts 01/09/1934 - 02/05/2023

Late of “Gwandallon”, Meadow Creek

Much loved Husband of Elizabeth (married 60 years).

Cherished Father of Tim and Sirri. Father-In-Law of Vanessa and Andrew. Caring and interested Grandfather of Alexander, Sam, Will and Lachie. Our Miracle Man – unstoppable until now. Privately Cremated

See Later Wangaratta Chronicle for Celebration of Life details

N.J. TODD

Member AFDA BENALLA (03) 5762 2461

BRADEN

The funeral service to celebrate the life of Mrs Esther Frances Braden will be held in the Mason Park Chapel, 95 Mason Street, Wangaratta on Friday, May 12th, 2023 commencing at 10:30am.

Burial will follow the service at the Wangaratta Lawn Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family ask that a donation be made in Esther’s memory to St Catherine’s Hostel. Donations can be made by direct deposit to - St Catherine’s Hostel, BSB - 083004, Account No - 576663464, Reference Braden.

DWYER, Margaret (Mary).

The Committee of Management, Management, Staff and Residents of St Catherine’s extend our deepest sympathy to Cath, Agnes and family on Mary’s passing.

EVANS, Betty.

The Committee of Management, Management, Staff and Residents of St Catherine’s extend our deepest sympathy to Barb, Heather and family on Betty’s passing.

BRADEN, Esther Frances (nee Hall) 26-09-1937 – 06-05-2023

Passed away peacefully after a short illness at St Catherine’s Hostel, Wangaratta. Aged 85.

Loved and loving wife of Winston (dec)

Loved and loving Mother and Mother in-law of Maurie and Vicki, Julie, Colin and Kerri (dec), Greg, John and Elizabeth and Terry.

Loved Nanna of Kent and Samantha, Aaron and Georgia, Casie and Nick, Cody and Jess and Jay.

Great Nanna to Abigail, Elsie, Ella, Floss and Billy.

Rest in Peace

Personal Notices

Young stars shine at Oxley table tennis

WITH apologies to Banjo Patterson, ‘there was movement at the station, when the word was passed around’, that table tennis was on at the Oxley Hall last Monday night.

An action packed evening as 24 players, including four ‘newbies’, rattled the tables and floors in the socially competitive atmosphere.

Graham Stephens, who meticulously drives between the white lines, drew the short straw to partner June Uebergang, ‘who ain’t what she used to be’, when they lined up against the irrepressible Debbie Brunken and Mrs Stephens, Alison.

Plenty of livewire action saw Ms Stephens and Brunken combining well to run away an early lead, before Mr Stephens and Uebergang gradually pegged them back only to hear the siren ring with scores reading 21-19 in favour of the “hers”.

In what could be described as a royal pairing, ‘King Richard’ Morgan and ‘Princess Kate’ Cole, did all

SCOREBOARD

JUBILEE GOLF CLUB

SATURDAY, April 29

Stroke monthly medal

within their power to outplay newcomer Clive Brooker and ‘free’, or is it four wheeler, Simon Brown, in a game that provided much fun, sweat and cheers from players and spectators alike.

But the royal pair of Morgan and Cole finally stood high on the balcony to accept the crowning glory.

Three new younguns to the scene of siblings Audrey and Allister Olsson; and Marnie Woodberry and fellow teenager Phobe Bosley certainly showed those of the ‘more senior’ age bracket that they definitely have what it takes to be stars of the future.

Some of their play was of a standard that some oldies could only dream of.

Having experienced their first night at the Oxley tables, it came as no surprise when, on leaving each said “see you next week”.

Having picked up a yard or three in pace over the offseason, Neil Brock, and ‘first man’ Adam Bosley stood shoulder to shoulder against

‘photographer extraordinaire’ Jason Mullins and ‘Willpower’ Bonwick.

With each player an exponent of strength in his own field, it came as no surprise that the game went on and on for what seemed hours.

A great contest was

toughed out when ‘Doc’ Martin Butcher and young ‘riptearer’ Archie Crispin locked horns with the teenager who packs a punch, Zac Mullins, and always in the zone Manni Poulos in a battle of bat and ball.

Every shot in the book

big plans to deliver the goods in his first game back.

And with his partner Dianne Feldtman, who knows the game from a to z, they put the challenge out to the pair who serve it up in big doses, John and Joyce Fisher, whose angle on the game lures their opponents into biting the bait.

The final outcome was never going to be predictable as each pair demonstrated total desire and determination with Joyce covering more ground than the MCG, while John played the tough stuff to set up the kill.

was utilised by all, as they served, drove, attacked and defended many times before each point was won.

Firm handshakes, high fives and big smiles clearly indicated it was a match enjoyed by all.

Neil Spurgeon came with

A Grade Winner: Darren Jones 72.

Runner Up: Daniel McPhee 73C/B. B

Grade Winner: Nick Jones 75. Runner up: Les Naidoo 76C/B. C Grade

Winner: Michael Baillie 74. Runner up: Gary Dinsdale 77C/B. D Grade

Winner: Matt Nunn (Medal) 65.

Runner up: Greg Hogan 75.

Best Scratch: Peter Glidden 73, Rodney Seibre 73, Gordon Paterson

74, Nat Hirunwiwat 74, Wayne Roberts 75, Peter Glidden 75, Jacob Schonafinger 75, Thomas Aggett

76, Matt Walker 76, Gary Dinsdle 77, Bronte Bruce 77, Michael Cordier 77, Andrew Walker 77, Steve Fisher 77, Mark Flack 78 C/B.

Super Nine Club Shirt: Peter Ford 23 C/B.

Aroma Deli: Luke Grady 23 C/B.

2 Balls: Steven Fisher 23 C/B.

Sunday, April 30 - Stableford

A Grade: Nat Hirunwiwat 34.

B Grade: Michael Baillie 38. Ball

winners: Andrew Senkic (2) 34, Richard Arnold 31, Trevor Morris 31, Wayne Hibberson 31.

NTP: 4th Kellie Roberts, 8th Tom Arnold, 13th Jesse Baillie.

Monday, May 1 - Vets Stableford

A Grade Winner: Alex Gibbs 35. B

Grade Winner: William Slade 35. Ball winners: Andy Walker 34, Pat Ernst 34. NTP: 4th Mike Monro, 8th Pat Ernst, 13th Laurie Miller.

Tuesday, May 2

Stableford

Winner: Joy Hester 32 Ball winners: Di Murphy (2) 31, Libby Smith 30.

NTP: 4th Robyn Ottaway, 8th Robyn Ottaway, 13th Di Murphy, 17th Di Murphy.

Wednesday, May 3 - Stableford

A Grade Winner: Ric Chivers 35. Ball winners: Pat Ernst 34, Laurie Miller 31, Stan Goldworthy 31.

TARRA GOLF CLUB

TARRAWINGEE Golf Club Results

Saturday, April 29.

The members played a Stableford event with Pete Nolan being the winner with 35pts, the runner-up

was Lindsay Steer on a countback from Leo McCoy and Angelo Garraffo with 30pts.

Nearest the pin: 4th Lindsay Steer, 8th Leo McCoy.

Monthly Awards:

Captains Award: Leo McCoy, Secretary’s Award: Lindsay Steer, Birdies: Ken Miller, Gobblers: Pete Nolan.

Winners of the singles KO Final was Angelo Garraffo with a 4/3 victory over Glen Simmons.

Golf on Saturday 6th May will be for the Monthly Medal and will also be the first round of the club championships which will be conducted over the next four Saturdays.

Ladies are asked to attend as there will be a separate event for them.

The hit off times for Saturday’s are 11:30 am roll up for a 12noon start, we ask members to be early to enable the days program to be organised.

New members are always welcome at the Tarrawingee Golf Club, the contact number is 0428122590 or by contacting a member of the club. Ladies Golf Tarrawingee Ladies played their May Monthly on Tuesday, May 2.

The winner was Toni Wilson. Audrey Bradfield was the NTP on the second and won the competition for the least putts for the day.

CROQUET

RESULTS for Monday, May 1 are as follows:

Joan Dyson and Elise Downes d Heather Gulbin and Andy Barbero 7/5, Christine Ireland and Janet Kelly d Susan Fischer and Gavan Kelly 7/5, Lauren Kazenwadel and Bruce Guttormsen d Margaret Bennett and Brooke Harrison 5/4, Terry Wilson d Robyn Muller 7/2. Last Friday several members

travelled to Benalla to play in the inaugural NEDCA Golf Croquet Open Singles Tournament.

Division 1 was taken out by Andy Barbero from Wangaratta with Division 2 won by Louise Comer of Shepparton and Division 3 by David Box from Beechworth.

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

Visitors are welcome to come down and enjoy some games with our members. Please arrive 15 minutes early to allow for the draw to be done.

Late arrivals will be included in the next game.

The club is located at 46 Ryan Avenue, Wangaratta.

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

President Janet Kelly 0429166016 or secretary Terry Wilson on 0417326739.

After a long enjoyably exhausting night, players retired to the supper room to enjoy a cuppa and tasty treats, while holding postmortems’ and general chit chat.

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

Bring your own bat and $2 entry fee.

WARBY WALKERS

Sunday, April 30.

Ovens Loop Walk near Myrtleford. Sunday’s approx 11km Ovens Loop walk from the Ovens valley floor up into the plantations, had 19 participants.

The amble started and finished at the base of Reform Hill State Forest just east of Myrtleford.

It was a pleasant day with cheerful company enjoying a varied walk through alternatively native bush and the pine plantation with views over the Ovens Valley.

The presence of those rapidly developing magnificent Autumn colours were very much appreciated.

The walk was followed by Pat’s always welcome afternoon tea. which appeared our of the custom made box and was served on the ancient but sturdy card table complete with the special table cloth.

Coming Events

Wednesday, May 10.

Lower Ovens Walk, Andy, 0439 209 749.

An easy loop walk of approx 6km on bush tracks beside the Ovens River near Peechelba in the Warby Ovens National Park, with help from the Friends of the Warby Ovens National Park (FOWONP).

This walk will begin with a short session on the significance of Lower Ovens wetlands run by a local wetlands/river ecologist.

Saturday, May 13.

Kelly’s Lookout, Beechworth, Lesley, 0439 776 687.

A medium walk of approx 13km on a relatively flat 4WD gravel track, a bush track, and the last kilometre off track, with loose stones, exposed rock and a steep descent. Views along the valley, 250 metre ascent and descent.

Sunday, May 28.

Ingram’s Rock, Beechworth Historic Park, Chris, 0418 503 802. A medium loop walk of approx 10km on bush tracks in the Beechworth Historic Park, visiting Ingram’s Rock, Fidde’s Quarry, Precipice Lookout and other features of the Park.

SKY HIGH: Archie Crispin, Debbie Brunken, Phoebe Bosley and Dianne Feldtmann having a hit amongst the busy Oxley Hall on Monday night.

PHOTO: Jason Mullins

GOOD TOUCH: Rod Moyle plays a bunker shot.

PHOTO: Kurt Hickling

WINNERS AND LOSERS

OVENS AND MURRAY SENIORS LADDER

YARRAWONGA

SCOREBOARD RESERVES RESULTS

3.4 5.7 8.9 10.10.70

LAVINGTON 2.2 4.5 6.5 8.9.57

GOALS: YARRAWONGA: Leigh Williams 4; Jess Koopman 2; William Wheeler 2; Nicholas Fothergill 1; Logan Morey 1. LAVINGTON: Luke Garland 3; Jack Driscoll 2; Jack Harland 1; Tyson Neander 1; Jake O’Brien 1. BEST: YARRAWONGA: Cameron Wilson, William Wheeler, Bailey Frauenfelder, Lach Howe, Leigh Williams, Leigh Masters. LAVINGTON: Tim Hanna, William Glanvill, Ewan Mackinlay, Luke Garland, Maclayn Hallows, Jonathon Spina.

GOALS: WODONGA: Oscar Willding 5; Adam Jorgensen 3; Harry Kitching 2; Angus Baker 1; Jett Cassidy 1; Nicholas Hynes 1; Samuel Jewell 1; Matthew Wilson 1. MYRTLEFORD: Brody Ricardi 3; Sam Hilton-Joyce 2; Ryley Sharp 2; Declan Bren 1. BEST: WODONGA: Matthew Wilson, Kade Mimmo, Charlie Morrison, Joshua Mathey, Ollie Greenhill, Oscar Willding.

MYRTLEFORD: Simon Curtis, Alex Jacobs, Sam Martyn, Thomas Cappellari, Brody Ricardi, Lachlan P Hourigan.

Yarrawonga ...............9.4.58

Lavington ...............10.10.70

BEST: YARRAWONGA: David O’Dwyer, Douglas Arnold, Reed Bonat, Max Hemphill, Hayden Cartwright, Bronson Schofield. LAVINGTON: Charlie Sanson, Aidan Cook, Andrew Yates, Darcy Smith, Samuel Hargreave, Harrison Thomas. Wodonga .................15.9.99

Myrtleford .................4.3.27

BEST: WODONGA: Gus Jones, Jack Chesser, Will Bradshaw, Rhys Venturoni, Zac Nugent, Joel Heiner. MYRTLEFORD: Leigh Corcoran, Tex McIntosh, Mitchell Botter, Jye Gribbin, Jai Dylan Dykstra, Jake Hood. Albury ....................14.12.96

Wangaratta................2.6.18

GOALS: NORTH ALBURY: Joshua Minogue 4; Joshua Murphy 3; Nathan Dennis 2; Isaac Campbell 1; Jackson Weidemann 1. WODONGA RAIDERS: Nick Bracher 1; Hayden Clarke

A GRADE: Albury 24 def by Wangaratta 47

GOALS: ALBURY: Skye Hillier 15 Claudia Hocking 6 Lani Wall 3. WANGARATTA: Georgia Clark 29 Kellie Keen 9 Amy Byrne 9 .

Yarrawonga 58 def Lavington 54; Wodonga 27 def by Myrtleford 65; North Albury 45 def by Wodonga Raiders 48.

B GRADE: Wodonga 37 def by Myrtleford 38; North Albury 36 def by Wodonga Raiders 39; Albury 28 def by Wangaratta 30; Yarrawonga 46 def by Lavington 47. C GRADE: Yarrawonga 23 def by Lavington 37; North Albury 33 def Wodonga Raiders 26; Wodonga 18 def Myrtleford 53; Albury 19 def by Wangaratta 40; Wang Rovers 38 drew with Corowa-Rutherglen 38. 15 & UNDER: Yarrawonga 8 def by Lavington 34; Wodonga 39 def Myrtleford 32; Albury 19 drew with Wangaratta 19; Wang Rovers 40 def Corowa-Rutherglen 22; North Albury 29 def by Wodonga Raiders 31. 17 & UNDER : Yarrawonga 37 def Lavington 31; Wodonga 73 def Myrtleford 18; Albury 29 def by Wangaratta 48; Wang Rovers 74 def Corowa-Rutherglen 50; North Albury 38 def by Wodonga 53.

NETBALL SCORES THIRDS RESULTS

Albury 5.8.38 def by Wangaratta 11.10.76

GOALS: ALBURY: Rory Parnell 2; Sam Bakes 1; Joseph Muller 1; Charlie Summerfield 1. WANGARATTA: Charlie Ross 4; Charley Holland-Dean 2; Joe Berry 1; Ned Gorman 1; Connor Hughes 1; Harry McMonigle 1; Asher Simmonds 1. BEST: ALBURY: Charlie McGrath, Rory Parnell, Fraser Bennett, Zachariah Packer, Ty Quade, Harrison Just. WANGARATTA: Josh Styles, Oscar Roberts, Hugh Canning, Joe Berry, Charlie Ross, Chad Donald.

Yarrawonga 0.1.1 def by Lavington 16.16.112

Wodonga 9.11.65 def Myrtleford 5.4.34

North Albury 1.6.12 def by Wodonga Raiders 9.13.67

1; Cameron Ellis-Yolmen 1; Max Glass 1; Jamison Scott 1; Zac Whitsed 1. BEST: NORTH

ALBURY: Archer Gardiner, Foster Gardiner, Julian Hayes, Joshua Minogue, Layton Taylor, George Godde. WODONGA RAIDERS: Alex Daly, Tom Bracher, Nick Bracher, Nelson Bowey, Hayden Clarke, Cooper Daly.

GOALS: ALBURY: George Horlin-Smith 3; Luke Daly 2; Riley Bice 1; Kolby Heiner-Hennessy

1; Ben Kelly 1; Brayden McMenamin 1; Connor O’Sullivan 1; Brayden O’Hara 1; Elliott Powell

1. WANGARATTA: Callum Moore 4; Jackson Clarke 2; Bradley Melville 2; Mark Anderson

1; Mathew Grossman 1; Harrison Hewitt 1; Xavier Laverty 1; Michael Newton 1; Daniel Sharrock 1. BEST: ALBURY: Lucas Conlan, George Horlin-Smith, Phoenix Gothard, Jeff Garlett, Jay Hillary, Connor O’Sullivan. WANGARATTA: Michael Bordignon, Chris Knowles, Bradley Melville, Jackson Clarke, Tyler Norton, Xavier Laverty.

ROUND 5 - MAY 13

MYRTLEFORD V YARRAWONGA

WANGARATTA ROVERS V ALBURY

LAVINGTON V NORTH ALBURY

WODONGA RAIDERS V WANGARATTA

COROWA-RUTHERGLEN V WODONGA

BEST: ALBURY: Spencer Jones, Jacob BRUNNER, Charlie Lappin, Noah Heywood, Chas Retallick, William Blomeley.

WANGARATTA: Lachlan Bray, Braeden Marjanovic, Will O’Keefe, Ben Bray, Tim Aumann, Harrison Smart. North Albury.............9.10.64 Wodonga Raiders .......4.3.27

BEST: NORTH ALBURY: Cooper Summers, Callum Pattinson, Jamieson Bouffler, Callum Fisher, Connor Bradbury WODONGA RAIDERS: Cameron Smith, Bailey Phillips, Angus Sinclair, Kieran Jones, Wade Knights, Beau Packer.

ROUND 6

OVENS AND KING SENIORS LADDER

SCOREBOARD RESERVES RESULTS

BENALLA ALL BLACKS

KING VALLEY

NETBALL SCORES

A GRADE: Benalla All Blacks 38 def by King Valley 57;

Greta 55 def Whorouly 22; North Wangaratta 28 def by Tarrawingee 63; Moyhu 26 def by Milawa 75;

B GRADE: Benalla All Blacks 62 def King Valley 32;

Greta 43 def by Whorouly 47; North Wangaratta 52 def Tarrawingee 50; Moyhu 15 def by Milawa 78

B RESERVE: Benalla All Blacks 47 def King Valley 16;

Greta 28 def by Whorouly 47; Moyhu 8 def by Milawa 57; North Wangaratta 40 def Tarrawingee 39

C GRADE: Benalla All Blacks 36 def King Valley 11;

Greta 36 def by Whorouly 38; Moyhu 27 def Milawa 15; North Wangaratta 44 def Tarrawingee 39

UNDER 15s: Benalla All Blacks 23 def King Valley 9; Greta 22 def Whorouly 21; Moyhu 20 def Milawa 8; North Wangaratta 15 def Tarrawingee 12

*No other scores available at time of print.

ROUND 7

SATURDAY, MAY 13

WHOROULY VS KING VALLEY

GRETA VS BENALLA ALL BLACKS

MILAWA VS NORTH WANGARATTA

TARRAWINGEE VS BONNIE DOON

BRIGHT VS GOORAMBAT

MOYHU - BYE

GOORAMBAT 1.2 1.7 2.7 4.8.32

BONNIE DOON 9.2 21.4 24.9 28.14.182

GOALS: GOORAMBAT: Kobe Black 1; Jamie Dunne 1; Alexander Moloney 1; Benjamin Reaburn 1. BONNIE DOON: Will Foster 9; James Fox 4; Luke Murray 4; Al Bennett 3; Matthew Hedin 3; Joel Sanford 3; Luke Berriman 1; Ben Hedin 1. BEST: GOORAMBAT: Bradley Simmons, Ryan Burns, Curtis Anker, Aaron Blackburn, Jamie Dunne, Sully Malay. BONNIE DOON: Will Foster, James Law, Morgan Evans, Connor Heaslip, Joel Sanford, Matthew Hedin.

GRETA

3.1 5.6 10.10 17.13.115

WHOROULY 6.1 7.4 7.5 7.5.47

GOALS: GRETA: Joshua Bell 3; Brenton Newbold 3; Corie Hooper 2; James McClounan 2; Cameron Newbold 2; Tyler Arrowsmith 1; Frazer Judd 1; Lachie Kennett 1; Nicholas Pell 1; Ned Rohrt 1. WHOROULY: Simon Chalmers 2; Connor Crimmins 2; Riley Calvene 1; Adam Harris 1; Lachlan Moore 1. BEST: GRETA: Jarrod Morham, Joshua Bell, Lachie Kennett, Thomas Rosser, Mark Wettern, Corie Hooper. WHOROULY: Connor Crimmins, Edward Bramich, Oliver Dixon, Lachlan Moore, Max Grant, Samuel Piazza.

MOYHU 1.3 2.6 5.8 8.8.56

MILAWA 5.5 9.9 16.10 21.11.137

GOALS: MOYHU: James Kelly 2; Charlie West 2; Harrison Grant 1; George Hearn 1; Jett Roberts 1; Matthew Thrum 1. MILAWA: Harry Allan 3; Sebastian De Napoli 3; Luke Toohey 3; Daniel Bihun 2; Joel Radovanovic 2; Steven Williamson 2; Kristopher Allan 1; Jack Bussell

1; Liam Byrne 1; Declan Joyce-Lawford 1; Brent Newton 1; Jarryd Wallace 1. BEST: MOYHU: Brady Bartlett, George Hearn, Jett Roberts, Xavier Wales, Dylan Carmody, Luke Grady.

MILAWA: Josh Owen, Luke Toohey, Ben Clarke, Simon Pane, Jarryd Wallace, Harry Allan.

NORTH WANGARATTA 5.3 10.6 12.16 18.18.126

TARRAWINGEE 1.2 1.2 2.2 2.3.15

GOALS: NORTH WANGARATTA: Tyler Nanson 7; Matthew Prestianni 3; Ryley Ely 2; Daniel Williams 2; Jack Brown 1; Flynn Butterworth 1; Cooper Gracie 1; David Killen 1.

TARRAWINGEE: none registered. BEST: NORTH WANGARATTA: Kyle McQuade, Adam Enever, Daniel Williams, Tyler Nanson, Ryley Ely, Tyler Schulze.TARRAWINGEE: Reiley Murtagh, Patrick Byrne, Sam Piper, Jeremy Lawford, Ryley Benton.

Benalla All Blacks ....12.14.86 King Valley ................6.2.38

BEST: BENALLA ALL BLACKS: Conor Dolan, Ciaran Wallace, Dean Bradshaw, Dylan Bell, Jake Whitmore, Ryan Nedeljkovic. KING VALLEY: Bradley McPoyle, Alex Tatulaschwili, Thomas Wright, James Hansen, Edward Maclean. Goorambat ...............4.4.28 Bonnie Doon ...........10.12.72

BEST: GOORAMBAT: Todd Haslam, Haider Alhasnawi, Dallas Spencer, Jack Williams, Leslie Lawford, Peter Cochrane. BONNIE DOON: Trent Smith, Jack Kirley, Ben Kelleher, James Trellu-Coker, Jason Heathcote, Isaac Murray. Greta ...................24.18.162 Whorouly ....................0.1.1

BEST: GRETA: Brodie Pearson, Luke Arrowsmith, Chris Dube, Trent Whitecross, Alex Fitzpatrick, Stewart McLeod. WHOROULY: Ryan Harris, Brett Allen, Corey Boyd, Jacob Penn, Aiden Giovannoni, Peter Sang. Moyhu .....................11.4.70

Milawa .....................6.12.48

BEST: MOYHU: Josh Coonan, Thomas Clough, Liam Cook, Will Johnson, Leroy Dowling, Aaron Thrum. MILAWA: Tim Leslie, Private Player, Zachary Wallace, Hamish Falla, Tim Mortimer, Callum Honey. North Wangaratta .38.17.245

Tarrawingee ................0.2.2

BEST: NORTH WANGARATTA: Kye Williams, Joshua Ismale, Blake Marlborough, Cameron McCormack, Luke Brown, Tana Freeman. TARRAWINGEE: Tyler Heywood, Jordan Stana, Cody Meloury.

MATCH REVIEWS

Consistent Demons overpower young and fast Moyhu Hoppers

By NATHAN DE VRIES

MILAWA proved their best football is still among the best in the O&K league with a consistent showing against a young Moyhu side, winning 21.11 (137) to 8.8 (56) on Saturday.

After the Hoppers snagged the first goal, the Demons weathered an early press from Moyhu, rebounding to kick the next five to head into the break with a 26-point lead.

Milawa continued to pile on scoreboard pressure, with players finding themselves perfectly positioned to grab a goal up forward, and the Demons’ back six rarely letting anything through.

The pain continued for Moyhu through the third quarter, which saw the Demons boot seven majors to push the margin out to 68-points heading into the last term.

A three goal to five final quarter sealed the victory for Milawa, with co-coach

Matt Graham praising his team’s cohesion against a strong and quick side.

“It just clicked, to be honest, it was good to see, it was consistent,” he said.

“There were four quarters of football played by 21 players from our end.

“It started from the back line, straight from the start, the back line were incredible - Mick Batey, Josh Owen, Ricky Petts, Liam Murphy, Aiden Bihun and Simon Pane, all six of them were unreal, solid as a rock.

“Our game plan worked perfectly, 21 contributors, and I think the conditions probably helped us a bit on the day and slowed Moyhu’s run a little bit, so we were able to capitalise on that.”

For Moyhu, Brady Bartlett and George Hearn were among the best on ground, while Charlie West and James Kelly picked up a pair of goals each.

Milawa had 12 individual goal scorers, with the entire team working as one

to record their third win of the year.

“We could’ve picked from nearly 15, 16 players for the top players, and we ended with 12 different goal scorers for the day,” Graham said.

“We’re finally getting that team mentality to click, people are finding how each other plays and finally putting it together for four quarters, and we were able to see what the end result was which was very pleasing.

“What’s been really good to see has been the communication on field in the last couple of weeks where people are understanding when there’s space to work into, they’re allowing a teammate to work into that space.

“It’s starting to come together, it’s two games out of 12 or 13 games to go, so we need to make sure it continues to click.

“Hopefully we’ll continue to improve through to the end of the season.”

Benalla records first win of the season over Roos

■ From back page

“Last year it was a little bit more clean with the calibre of midfielder we had last year rotating through, we’re probably one or two midfielders short, but what we’ve got in there at the moment with Jake Jones, he’s been unreal for us,” Spencer said.

“He’s gone to another level, ‘Jonsey’, this year, and I had him down as the best ruckman last year.

“He ran on-ball all day on Satu rday, didn’t change once, he was still running for balls out on the wing and taking contested marks.

“Having him in there, supported by Cody Crawford and Kyle Collison, it really makes a big difference when you’ve got blokes like that who have taken their game to another level.

“We’re building, and we’re pretty happy with it.

“That was our first game playing four quarters of footy, and the boys have seen the reward for effort.”

In other round six matches from the weekend, Bonnie Doon flexed their muscles over Goorambat with a 150-point dusting, the Blues held firm over the Lions 17.13 (115) to 7.5 (47), Milawa proved too good for Moyhu by 81 points, and the Hawks downed Tarrawingee 18.18 (126) to 2.3 (15).

DISPOSAL: Ned Taylor gets the handball off to Luke Grady before Daniel Bihun drags him down. TACKLED: Jimmy Kelly gets wrapped up by Liam Byrne.

TWO ON ONE: Harry Allan flies for the ball, tagged by Moyhu’s Sam Holmes and Dylan Carmody. PHOTOS: Marc Bongers

PRESSURE RELEASE: Kieran Linke fires off a handball in the Panthers’ first win of the season over King Valley.

PHOTO: Garry Jones

Strong second half sees ‘Pies home

WANGARATTAhas recorded back-to-back wins.

The Magpies’ senior footballers recorded a stunning 13-point win over Albury at the Albury Sportsground on Saturday afternoon.

After trailing by 12-points at half-time, the Magpies fought back to stack on eight second half goals to four to win 12.10 (82) to 14.11 (95).

Wangaratta gun Daniel Sharrock was stoked with the victory.

“We’ve been trying to put four quarters together all year and I felt like this was the closest we’ve got to that,” Sharrock said.

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“Everyone did their bit which needs to happen when you play there because it’s such a hard place to win.

“Last year’s win there was our first at the Albury Sportsground in 15 years or something so to have two in a row there now is something we’re all pretty happy with.”

Sharrock was influential in the victory and was arguably his side’s best player,

while Michael Bordignon was strong in defence and Chris Knowles nullified Albury’s gun ruck in Isaac Muller.

Callum Moore booted four majors, while Jackson Clarke and Brad Melville slotted two each in the absence of Wangaratta coach Ben Reid up forward.

“Chris Knowles got on top in the ruck early so the midfield group was able to get to work,” Sharrock said.

“I feel like we’ve got the right mix of players in the midfield now and it was pleasing that we were able to get on top in there.

“We lacked things like clearances against Yarrawonga a few weeks ago and have had 10, 15 minute patches where we’ve dropped off but we certainly improved in those areas yesterday (Saturday).”

Young guns Xavier Laverty and Harry Hewitt also impressed as they continued to play club football while the Murray Bushrangers have a month off

“With Xavier you know what you’re going to get with him,” Sharrock said.

“He’s competitive and reliable in the contest, he’s just a great talent and we’ve been

lucky to get him back for a few weeks.

“Harry was also really good and kicked a big goal late in the game.”

Former Geelong and Gold Coast player George HorlinSmith provided plenty of heacaches for the Magpies, kicking three goals in a solid display.

Sharrock sees Albury as one of the sides to beat in this year’s competition.

“Albury definitely brought it to us early,” he said.

“I thought their backline was really strong and they were able to run it through us from kick ins a few times

which made them dangerous.”

Sharrock has been a stand out for the Magpies this year, sitting in the O&M’s top 10 for disposals and tackles, while he leads the league in contested possessions.

“I’ve had a few injuries over the past few years so it’s been good to finally get some continuity,” Sharrock said.

“Even though we’ve had a tough start to the year the team’s still in a good place and I feel like we’re starting to get better.

“Yesterday (Saturday) was a good sign of that.”

GOOD HANDS: Tyler Norton gets a handball away.THREE ON ONE: Michael Newton is gang tackled by Albury players.

LONG BOMB: Daniel Sharrock sends his side forward.

QUICK HANDS: Murray Waite dishes a handball off

STAND OUT: Callum Moore booted four goals in Wangaratta’s win over Albury. PHOTOS: Melissa Beattie

APPEAL ALLOWED:

Wangaratta will appeal their stripped 2022 flag.

Wangaratta granted appeal on stripped O&M flag

WANGARATTA Magpies

Football Netball Club has been granted an appeal on their stripped 2022 senior footy O&M premiership.

ON THE BOOT

MILAWA’S Josh Owen launches the ball forward in his side’s 81-point victory over Moyhu at Moyhu Recreation Reserve on Saturday.

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Benalla snap drought

Defending premiers on the board with 32 point win over Roos

By NATHAN de VRIES

THEY’RE six weeks into their O&K premiership defence and Benalla All Blacks senior footballers have picked up their first win of the season, controlling the play to take a 11.10 (76) to 6.8 (44) win at home over King Valley.

With fresh legs from the bye last weekend, the Panthers got the match off to a slow start, only four points up by the first break, before

exploding in the second term.

The home side booted six goals to three through the second quarter to put the margin beyond four goals, with the Roos struggling to claw it back.

Minor scores prevented the Panthers from putting the game to bed in the third quarter, but King Valley couldn’t find a ticket back into the contest, trailing by 32 points at the final break.

Co-coach Jack Davies was

effective up forward for the vanquished Roos with two goals, while Charlie Wood, Beau Wheeler and Trey Vincent impressed.

Josh Hyland was Benalla’s go-to person inside 50, finishing with four majors, while Jake Jones, Kyle Collison and Cody Crawford kept the midfield firing all game.

Panthers’ coach Nich Spencer said the victory was a great reward for all the effort his side has put into the year already.

“The boys have brought in and taken small wins, they’ve bought in to what we’re trying to do,” he said.

“We just stuck with it and played four quarters of footy and didn’t have a lapse all day.

“Everyone was on, everyone put their head over the footy.

“The first quarter was a bit of an arm wrestle, just to see who would fold a little bit.

“In the second quarter we

came out, we got a sniff - we wanted the contested footy more than they did.

“We kicked one goal, and it got the ball rolling.

“We got a lead at halftime and we thought ‘how good is this? We’re definitely not letting this go’.”

While they may not be at the level of the flag-winning Panthers from last year, the pieces are definitely in play to make Benalla dangerous for the season.

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After losing the premiership due to a salary cap breach, the Magpies were formally advised last Thursday, that a hearing has been granted by the AFL Country Football Manager.

It will be heard by the Region Appeal Committee, under the 2023 AFL Victoria Country Rules and Regulations.

A date is yet to be set, although the appeal process is expected to be finalised by the end of the month.

An independent disciplinary committee handed the Magpies a $28,000 fine, the club was ineligible to play for competition points in the first two games and the club was docked four points, back to 36, under the player points system as a result of the breach.

But the O&M took that a step further and stripped the Magpies of the flag Wangaratta and the Ovens and Murray chose not to comment on the matter.

Magpies on the board with impressive win over Albury Tigers - See page 19

PHOTO: Melissa Beattie

PHOTO: Marc Bongers