Mail - Mt Evelyn Mail - 27th January 2015

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Yarra Ranges mayor Maria McCarthy with Lifetime Achievement Award Pictures: JESSE GRAHAM winner Roger Boness. 133596 working to better his community. After serving in Vietnam in the 1960s and retiring, Mr Boness joined the Mount Evelyn RSL, becoming president shortly after. Cr McCarthy said the welfare of Mr Boness’s mates at the RSL came before everything else, and he was known to visit unwell members in hospital and aged care. He also established a Thursday afternoon friendship group for retired members to catch up and share their stories. “Roger is passionate about preserving our Anzac heritage and regularly talks at schools, Scouts and the youth shed about the Anzac tradition,� Cr McCarthy said.

“He played an instrumental part in making over the local war memorial park and has overseen the publication of three books by the RSL detailing the history of Mount Evelyn’s military heritage.� Edge Martial Arts owner Andrew Roberts also received a certificate of recognition from the council at the Australia Day Awards ceremony. Cr McCarthy said all of the recipients were passionate about their communities and were well-deserving of the awards. “These people deserve to be acknowledged for their passion,� she said. For more information on other Australia Day Award winners, visit mail. starcommunity.com.au.

Yarra Ranges mayor Maria McCarthy with Mount Evelyn resident and Youth Citizen of the Year, Prue Northey. 133596

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MOUNT Evelyn residents young and old scooped the Yarra Ranges Council’s Australia Day Awards ceremony yesterday, taking out three of the top honours at the event. Prue Northey, 21, was named as Youth Citizen of the Year at the awards ceremony yesterday (Monday 26 January) at Burrinja in Upwey. Ms Northey was one of three Mount Evelyn residents to take out major awards at the events, with former resident Ben Ellis receiving the Environmental Achiever of the Year award and Mount Evelyn RSL President Roger Boness receiving the Mayor’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Yarra Ranges Mayor Maria McCarthy said that each of the winners had “put their communities first� and that it was important to acknowledge their achievements. Ms Northey, for example, has chaired the Yarra Ranges Relay for Life event for the last two years after joining the organising committee in 2012. The event has drawn large numbers of teams from across the municipality, being originally based in Healesville before moving to Kalorama last year. She said that she got involved with the event after losing her cousin to cancer six years ago. “After she passed away, my aunty put together a team in the Relay for Life in honour of her,� she said. “I spoke to the committee, got involved and it’s all gone from there.� Mr Ellis, meanwhile, received his award for his ongoing work with the Friends of the Water Race and Quinn Reserve group, even after moving out of the area. After the group began in 1998, Mr Ellis worked to secure grants from the council, Melbourne Water and Federal Volunteers to restore the reserve and river, which was Lilydale’s water supply from 1905-1915. Cr McCarthy said that although Mr Ellis now lived in Mornington, his continued passionate work to preserve the waterways of Mount Evelyn made him an ideal award recipient. Roger Boness’s award for Lifetime Achievement follows 45 years of


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