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Don Valley skier off to the Winter Olympics

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Australia Day Honours OAM recipient Kevin Mason.

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Highest honours

By Callum Ludwig and Mikayla van Loon

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Devoted Healesville Sanctuary volunteer and former zookeeper Kevin Mason has received an Order of Australia medal for his service to conservation and the environment.

Mr Mason previously held roles at the sanctuary including Head Keeper, Special Projects Curator, and Customer Relations Manager in a career spanning 50 years from 1960 to 2010.

Visitors to the zoo may also notice the dingo’s enclosure has been named in his honour, ‘Mason’s Hut’.

The OAM recipient officially retired from the sanctuary in 2010, but it hasn’t been much of a retirement at all, as he continued to volunteer as a team leader of the archives.

Mr Mason said his role as an animal carer was about observing, listening and talking to the animals in order to understand them.

“If you gain their trust, you will receive a deeper appreciation and insight into their behaviour, habits, and requirements,” Mr Mason said.

“There is nothing more special. It is pure joy.”

Mr Mason’s conservation and community efforts have spanned for a remarkable 40 years.

Kinglake Ambulance Victoria volunteer Ian Dunell has also been honoured with an Australian Ambulance Service Medal awarded on Australia Day..

Mr Dunell has given his time for 16 years by being on call and responding to any jobs where an ambulance cannot.

“I’ll be honest, it is pretty humbling, I suppose. I certainly didn’t expect it but it was re-

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In those 16 years of service Mr Dunell has experienced two unprecedented events being the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Working alongside his wife Vicky and best mate Bart, Mr Dunell said his teams’ job was to look after the firefighters as they returned from the frontlines and check on the community in their homes.

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Tributes for heart of gold

By Renee Wood Tributes have started to flow in for Warburton man, Martin Sheahan, who was tragically murdered at his home on Australia Day. Mr Sheahan’s family have described the 57 year old father as a gentle giant with a heart of gold and son Ben Sheahan said he was their rock and idol.

“I’ll never forget the countless amount of times you’ve picked me up off the floor while I was at my lowest, the way you could turn each and every situation into a funny one, and most importantly I’ll never forget the love you had for me, my Mum, my siblings, and your friends and family because that’s what I aspire to be everyday of my life,” they said.

Martin’s son, Alexander Calder, said the family is utterly heartbroken.

“Marty the gentle giant with a heart of gold, who I loved with all my heart and who was loved by all who were fortunate enough to cross his path, was cruelly and unexpectedly taken from us in the most heartbreaking of circumstances,” he said.

“Our family is hurting beyond words. But rest assured, I will make you proud one last time Dad and promise to stand up, be strong, and look after our family with everything I have in our greatest time of need. Especially Mum, your childhood sweetheart, your beloved Mandy.”

Ben’s friend Jacinta Haggar said she was shocked to find out it was Mr Sheahan who was involved in the incident when it was first reported on Thursday 27 January and said he was a ‘really lovely person’.

“Martin was a really great guy, he was very heavily involved in our community and he was definitely a face that everyone knew,” she said.

“He’s going to be missed a lot and he didn’t deserve what happened in those circumstances, because he just wouldn’t hurt a fly.”

Ben Sheahan shared this memory of dad Martin Sheahan and his family.

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Homicide Squad detectives are investigating Mr Sheahan’s death, after he was found deceased at his Clarke Avenue property in Warburton.

Police responded to calls of shots fired around 8.30pm Australia day at the Warburton home, and not long after found another 57 year old man dead in Wesburn.

Detectives are not looking for anyone else in connection to the deaths and it’s believed both men were known to each other through working at the Yarra Ranges Council.

Yarra Ranges Council CEO Tammi Rose said the Council is deeply saddened by the news.

“Marty had been with Council for six years and was a much-valued member of our In-

frastructure Services department. We know that many people who worked with and knew Marty will be shocked hearing today’s news and deeply upset about his passing, and we will be offering every support we can,” Ms Rose said.

“We know the events of last evening will be deeply impacting on the family and friends of the men who passed away and we extend our deepest sympathies to family and friends, and the broader Warburton community.”

Ms Haggar, also a local resident, said the community is feeling the emotional toll of such a tragedy happening in their town.

“It was really shocking.. I just could not believe that something like that could ever hap-

pen in our community and the emotional impact is definitely a heavy one.

“You can feel it today and yesterday in Warburton itself and in the community, how heavy it feels that we’ve lost a great member of our community and we’ve lost an amazing man, who was a brother, a father, a son, a friend and a grandfather - and he’s now gone.”

Anyone who witnessed the incidents or who has further information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au People needing support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or chat to a Crisis Supporter online at lifeline.org.au (7pm-midnight).

Thousands raised in memory of Martin Sheahan

By Renee Wood A fundraiser has been started in support of Warburton man Martin Sheahan and his family.

Daughter Monique Allen started the ‘In Loving Memory of Martin Sheahan’ gofundme on Thursday 27 January with a goal of $20,000 and within less than a day it had reached close to its goal.

At the time of publishing, the page had raised almost $37,000.

Ms Allen wrote on the page saying, her dad Marty was widely loved and will be missed forever.

“We ask you please as a loving community to donate what ever you can in the name of Marty. He was deeply and widely loved by all and will be forever missed.

We hope you raise enough money to pay for Marty’s funeral and to help our mother Mandy financially as much as we can.

Thankyou so much Lots of love Monique, Alexander, Heath and Ben ?,” Ms Allen wrote.

Messages of love and support are also being commented on the link.

Neighbours Harmony and Barry said, “Marty always had a smiling face when we talked over the fence. Wonderful neighbour!

Sending heartfelt condolences to the family.”

Marie Taylor said, “Sending love and strength at this tragic time. RIP dear Marty.”

Kerry Brookes said, “Love and Strength to the whole family... especially Mandy xx,” For more information visit https://www. gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-ofmartin-sheahan?qid=b355d617dc3834550a8 12cb432b5e5a3

Martin Sheahan was tragically murdered on Australia Day after being shot at his Warburton home.

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A new school year

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Warburton East campus has welcomed eight Preps into the new year.

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Drivers are urged to take care as Yarra Valley school zone speed limits come back from Monday 31 January as school returns.

The Victorian Department of Transport issued an alert reminding drivers to be patient around school zones as limits return and an expected increase in road, pedestrian and bicycle traffic at drop-off and pick-up times.

Some school speed zones are permanent, while others operate from 8am to 9.30am, and from 2.30pm to 4pm on weekdays, with reduced speeds of 40km/h or 60km/h in school zones until the end of the school term.

Major roads enforcing school zone speed limits include Melba Hwy in Yering, Symonds St In Yarra Glen, High St in Healesville and Badger Creek Rd in Badger Creek.

Yarra Glen stolen vehicle A White 1988 Nissan GQ Patrol Station Wagon, registered number RJN201 has been stolen from the Yarra Glen area.

It was left in a short driveway access road, Eltham - Yarra Glen road between Mount Wise road and Skyline road, between 4pm on the 25 January and 6:45am on 27 January 2022.

If you have any information please contact Yarra Glen Police on 9730 1296 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000

New scanning tech Victoria Police have implemented automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology capable of scanning 45 million vehicles per year, instantly checking for unauthorised drivers.

It will allow police to check drivers who are suspended, disqualified or unlicensed as well as unregistered vehicles, stolen vehicles and fraudulent number plates.

More than 1700 unauthorised motorists were detected during Victoria Police’s recent Christmas operation in just 10 days.

Assistant Commissioner of Road Policing, Glenn Weir believes the technology will give police another set of eyes to stop unauthorised drivers.

“We’re removing more unauthorised drivers from our roads than ever.” said Asst. Commissioner Weir “They pose a significant risk not only to themselves but to all road users.”

Since the first Victoria Police vehicle fitted with mobile ANPR was implemented in February 2019 more than 97 million number plates have been scanned.

ANPR will also play a big role in Operation Amity, a ramp-up in police activity to reduce road trauma over the Australia Day holiday period.

So far 19 people have died on Victorian roads this year, more than three times the figures recorded this time in 2021.

Unauthorised driving was a factor in around 10 per cent of fatal collisions last year.

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“Category two and three (surgeries), some of those conditions will become more debilitating, put more pressure on people’s health conditions and they will become lifethreatening,” Ms Crozier said.

“There will be people that sadly succumb because they haven’t been seen to in a timely manner.”

Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) released on Tuesday 25 January shows the number of patients being treated from Australia’s public hospital elective surgery waiting lists increased during 2020–21 as the hospitals worked to clear a backlog left by Covid-19-initiated suspensions the previous year.

Non-elective surgeries were temporarily suspended nationally in March 2020, reducing the number of elective surgeries performed in 2019-20 and contributed to creating a “backlog” of surgeries that had been delayed, according to AIHW spokesperson Dr. Adrian Webster. “‘Nationally, there were 754,600 admissions to hospital from the public elective surgery waiting lists in 2020–21, up from 688,000 admissions in 2019–20 but slightly lower than the 758,000 admissions in 2018– 19,” Dr Webster said.

There were 893,000 patients added to elective surgery waiting lists in 2020–21, up from 838,000 the previous year, and similar to the number added in 2018–19.

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There have been fresh calls for the State Government to restart elective surgeries as hundreds of Victorians are in desperate need of healthcare.

Since Thursday 6 January, elective surgeries were temporarily suspended to reduce the pressure on the Victorian health system, as hospitals saw a spike in Covid-19 patients and severe shortages in staff.

South east resident Noelene Nolan is the victim of two terrifying home invasions in Hampton Park in 2017 and sustained serious injuries.

Since 2019 she has been waiting for facial surgery to treat the wound on the right side of her face, where her parotid gland slashed during the home invasion, which has caused the onset of Frey’s Syndrome, a condition where saliva leaks from the wound on her face onto her cheek when she eats or drinks.

Delay in receiving treatment for Freys has meant that she cannot receive treatment for respiratory issues, sleep apnoea or further surgery for vocal chord dysfunction.

“It started off as a category three, it is (now) category two semi-emergency and soon moving to category one, because I risk permanent disfigurement,” Ms Nolan said.

“I have severe diabetes, I have severe lymphedema, I have the vocal chord disfunction, and through constant long-term use, because I can’t get into a respiratory clinic, they’ve put me on prednisolone, which is a high-strength steroid which is now starting to cause the early onset of glaucoma, which

means I will eventually lose my vision.”

The beating Ms Nolan suffered during the home invasion resulted in “numerous back fractures” and significant damage to both knees, so much so that she requires a walking frame and limits time spent standing to 10-minute intervals to avoid experiencing substantial pain.

Ms Nolan has also criticised the decision to recommence in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedures in Victoria, announced on Sunday 23 January, citing double standards.

“How do we justify starting IVF treatment, and putting that above people who have serious medical conditions, which can be critical, and people are dying left right and centre?

“My biggest fear is that I’m scared I’m going to fall through the cracks, because all my other health conditions until my surgery, are being neglected.”

Speaking from Ms Nolan’s home on Tuesday, State Opposition leader Matthew Guy said Victorians were experiencing a “health crisis”.

“People are suffering in this state because elective surgery has been stopped,” Mr Guy said. “It is no longer tenable for the government to just say ‘we’ll get around to it’.

“You can’t just do this to people. You can’t treat people like this.

“The government’s got to stop treating people like pawns in a political game with Covid-19.

“Restart elective surgery and do it straight away.”

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Primary school students returned to school this week as planned, despite Victoria currently under a Covid-19 cloud.

Millwarra Primary School principal Rod Barnard said despite the concerns, the school was taking sensible precautions and staff and students alike were excited to go back.

“With the Covid side, we have had the purifiers arrive, and we will have those up and running, so that’s a really different start to this year than we’ve normally had,” Mr Barnard said.

“But everybody’s really looking forward to having a year as uninterrupted as possible.”

Staff and students are encouraged to take two RAT tests per week until the wave of Omicron cases reduce but there is no obligation from the state or from the school to enforce anyone to do so.

Mr Barnard was relieved the supply of RAT tests to schools across the state will alleviate the stress of placing the responsibility on the school or parents.

“Being able to have those is a real benefit.

I know for struggling families the difficulty of

lies in the local supermarkets, Millgrove Park and in Warburton, and despite the uncertain times, they were all very excited for the return to school.

Another group of Prep students of course started primary school this year, and Mr Barnard outlined how their primary school experiences would begin.

“For the Preps it will be a different type of year, particularly at this school. There will be nine new Preps starting at the end of this January into the start of February,” Mr Barnard said “Sometimes you have a year where you only get one or two and some years you get eight or ten.”

The school is the only dual-campus primary school in the north-eastern region of Victoria.

Students from both campuses returned on Monday 31 January.

For their first day, Prep students attended from 9am to 1pm, before progressing to normal campus hours, excluding a day off on Wednesdays for the first four weeks.

School hours for Millgrove campus students are 9am to 3.10pm, and 9am to 3:20pm for Warburton campus students.

Healesville has seen the total rainfall drop in January, compared to last year’s collected amount.

Local resident Alma Mitchell has recorded 96.4mm for the month over nine days.

A dryer month than the 2021 January, which saw more rainfall over more days, totaling 137.0mm over 14 days.

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Casey’s off to the Games

By Renee Wood Don Valley local and Australian cross country skier Casey Wright will be heading off to compete in the Winter Olympics for a second time after receiving her official Olympic qualification for Beijing.

It followed a month of qualifying events in Switzerland in December which saw Ms Wright recommended to the Australian Olympic Committee to represent the country at the games.

“I was really happy to make it in the top two females for Australia, because we only had two spots for the women,” Ms Wright said.

This will be Ms Wright’s second Winter Olympics after making her debut in Pyeongchang in 2018.

Ms Wright was pleased to secured a spot, after losing many competition opportunities due to the pandemic since the last games.

“Basically coming off two years of not racing and then just jumping straight back into it with an Olympic qualification was definitely a little bit full on but I guess it’s like riding a bike - you never forget.”

Ms Wright has been based in Switzerland for trails since November last year but during the pandemic, the skier was at home in Don Valley - the first northern hemisphere’s winter she’s missed in a decade.

Despite a lack of snow training, Ms Wright was able to maintain her fitness locally throughout the year to prepare for the winter games.

“I did do some training blocks up in Mount Beauty Falls Creek area, because that’s where my coaches are based, but majority of my season was spent around home.

Trail and mountain running and mountain bike riding have formed part of her regime in the local area.

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Ms Wright will arrive in Beijing on Tuesday 1 February to settle in at the Aussie village and prepare for the games.

“We’ll just be spending the time learning the race courses, getting familiar with them

and then also just testing our skis so that we have an idea of what the snow conditions are like.”

February 8 marks the 27 year old’s first qualifier as she looks to make it into the top thirty in the sprints to go through to the finals.

She’s hoping the experience gained from the past Olympic Games will help her deliver in Beijing.

“Unfortunately, I didn’t quite get the results I was hoping for in Korea, is just kind of poor timing with some illness right before the games.

“But what I came away with was a wealth of experience and a lot of that I’m taking forward into these games, just helping me be a lot more relaxed and calm and just to know what to expect.

“It is just unlike anything you will have experienced before, so just having that experience under my belt is definitely helping me with some pre-games nerves.”

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Australia Day Honours OAM recipient Kevin Mason.

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Decades in conservation

By Callum Ludwig Kevin would like to acknowledge and pay his respects to the Wurunderji Elders past and present of the Kulin Nation, on whose traditional country we stand today.

Devoted Healesville Sanctuary volunteer and former zookeeper Kevin Mason has received an Order of Australia medal for his service to conservation and the environment.

Mr Mason previously held roles at the sanctuary including Head Keeper, Special Projects Curator, and Customer Relations Manager in a career spanning 50 years from 1960 to 2010.

Visitors to the zoo may also notice the dingo’s enclosure has been named in his honour, ‘Mason’s Hut’.

The OAM recipient officially retired from the sanctuary in 2010, but it hasn’t been much of a retirement at all, as he continued to volunteer as a team leader of the archives.

Mr Mason said his role as an animal carer

was about observing, listening and talking to the animals in order to understand them.

“If you gain their trust, you will receive a deeper appreciation and insight into their behaviour, habits, and requirements,” Mr Mason said.

“There is nothing more special. It is pure joy.”

Mr Mason’s conservation and community efforts have spanned for a remarkable 40 years.

Throughout that time, he was a part of conservation groups who undertook field surveys for the orange bellied parrot, leadbeater’s possum, helmeted honeyeater, superb lyrebird and powerful owl.

Mr Mason said he always felt very privileged to have been involved in conservation projects through Healesville Sanctuary and elsewhere, believing looking after native fauna and flora is paramount.

“I’ve greatly enjoyed my involvement in the

rehabilitation and release of all animals,” Mr Mason said.

Contributing to several wildlife groups further highlights his dedication outside of his working career over the years, as a member of Bird Observers Club of the Yarra Valley, (now Birdlife Australia, Yarra Valley Branch) and past member of the Sherbrooke Lyrebird Survey Group.

Mr Mason also devoted his time to the endangered Helmeted Honeyeater as a Foundation Member of the Helmeted Honeyeater Recovery Team, raising 13 chicks who were part of the initial foundation breeding stock for the species recovery.

His involvement in the Healesville and Badger Creek Indigenous communities can also not be understated, having served as the contact at the sanctuary for First Nations people and assisting in indigenous cultural surveys in the sanctuary and Coranderrk bushland.

Mr Mason has held other leadership roles

in community groups, including being the current president of the Badger Creek V.C. Mullett Hall Committee, a founding member of the Old Badger Creek School Building Committee and a founding member and current vice-president of the Healesville and District Historical Society.

Numerous awards have recognised his contribution to the community, and Mr Mason has also been inducted into the Zoos Victoria and Australian Society of Zoo Keeping Halls of Fame.

The OAM is yet another recognition of the passion and dedication he has given to his life’s work.

Healesville Sanctuary’s current director Ross Williamson said it’s people like Mr Mason who make the sanctuary so special for wildlife, staff and visitors.

“It’s wonderful to see Kevin’s dedication and generous giving of time as a volunteer being recognised in this way,” Mr Williamson said.

Ambulance Victoria volunteer honoured for service

By Mikayla van Loon When Ian Dunell moved to Kinglake and the opportunity arose to join a volunteer Ambulance Victoria response unit, he jumped at the chance, something that has now led him to an Australia Day honour.

“Long story short, I was involved with a child who had an accident and I knew nothing and that was pre mobile phone days,” he said.

“Then we moved up to Kinglake and read about the CERT team and so we went along to it and learnt some stuff and basically tried to help out.”

CERT or Community Emergency Response Teams are located in rural areas where Ambulance Victoria crews are limited, particularly on night shifts.

Volunteers like Mr Dunell give their time to be on call and respond to any jobs where an ambulance cannot.

Now 16 years later, Mr Dunell has been recognised for his service to the community both as CERT member and team leader with the Australian Ambulance Service Medal awarded on Australia Day. “I’ll be honest, it is pretty humbling, I suppose. I certainly didn’t expect it but it was really nice to feel like you’re being respected,” Mr Dunell said.

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experienced two unprecedented events being the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Working alongside his wife Vicky and best mate Bart, Mr Dunell said his teams’ job was to look after the firefighters as they returned from the frontlines and check on the community in their homes.

“We did house searches looking for any person who might be burnt and we did that for probably nine days, day and night.”

Mr Dunell was also instrumental in rebuilding the Kinglake CERT after the bushfires left the team reduced and deflated.

Part of that was his ability to establish a response criterion to ensure the community had enough experienced personnel to cover the area, while also providing support to less experienced team members before they responded as independent clinicians.

During what could have been quite a confronting experience, Mr Dunell said the peer support provided by working in a team of three made things easier to handle and deal with at the time.

That camaraderie and friendship has been an important part of Mr Dunell’s time with CERT. “I became involved in CERT and my wife became involved 12 months later so all of a sudden you’ve got a social group because ev-

eryone’s of the same mind and are giving people, so our best friends are within the CERT group.”

During the height of the pandemic, Mr Dunell said it was difficult to maintain training without being able to meet physically but online video calls kept everyone connected and learning.

“It was also very frustrating that we couldn’t get together to do the proper training, the hands-on training but we did what we could do.”

Currently, Mr Dunell and his wife Vicky have been working as part of the Covid surge team to support paramedics.

“To help out the paramedics with the hospital situation, my wife and I have been working at the Northern Hospital as part of an offload team.

“So we probably go two to three days a week for Ambulance Victoria. It means the ambulances hand over their patients to us so they can get back out on the road. We look after their patients until they get admitted to hospital or discharged.”

Being retired, Mr Dunell said he is happy to give his time to the CERT team and offer assistance where he can but hopes at some stage throughout the year to travel across Australia in his caravan and enjoy some much deserved time off.

Ian Dunell has been volunteering with the Kinglake Community Emergency Response Team fro 16 years, 10 of those as team leader, a position he stood down from in March 2021.

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CoRE shines bright for all

By Renee Wood Community sustainable energy group Healesville CoRE has been honoured with this year’s Environmental Achiever Award from the Yarra Ranges Council’s Australia Day Awards.

The group has been recognised for its significant achievements over the past five years, helping to educate local residents and businesses about renewable energy sources and providing the resources to make the vital switch achievable locally.

Yarra Ranges Mayor Jim Child said the group works to unite the community behind their sustainable mission.

“Their vision and work will have a tremendous positive impact on the environment, while ensuring community members benefit from financial savings and learning about the how and the why along the way,” he said.

President Jeff Barlow accepted the award on behalf of the group’s committee and volunteers.

“This is indeed a great honour for our small not for profit association for our members, volunteers and our communities - all of whom are the backbone of the hard work being done by our organisation, making our contribution to the enormous challenge of climate change,” he said.

The group dedicates countless hours to hosting community educational events, finding community offers for sustainable energy sources, creating community owned solar panel farms and micro grids and electric vehicle support.

CoRE also works closely with environmen-

tal groups across the state and was recently successful in receiving $528,500 from the State Government to launch the Yarra Valley Community Energy Hub to help reach more people and organisations.

“As a founding president, I’ve been privileged and deeply humbled in leading our group’s committed volunteers. We work tirelessly to achieve that goal of increasing the uptake of renewable energy and reducing the consumption of fossil fuel produced electricity in our region.

“It’s been my honor to work closely with them to provide the leadership for this dedicated ban of climate change warriors.”

All efforts are going towards reaching a vision of a net zero township by 2027.

“The work that we do today will have an effect on the planet that we hand on to our children, our grandchildren and future generations.

“The impact might be infinitesimally small, from a relatively tiny contribution, but we also know that if every town in Australia and internationally did what we are doing, the impact would be significant.

“We encourage and welcome others deeply concerned with the global warming emergency to join us in our work.”

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A well deserved accolade

By Renee Wood Warburton resident Barry Marshall has been awarded the Mayor’s Lifetime Achievement Award for dedicating decades of his life to the community.

Mr Marshall has been part of the Warburton CFA brigade for more than 65 years and a loyal employee to Martyrs Bus Service, working with the company for almost five decades.

The award came as a surprise to Mr Marshall.

“I just felt a bit humble; I didn’t expect it no way in the world. So I suppose it puts another feather in your cap, I think that’s what it is,” he said.

Another feather in the cap indeed, standing as the longest serving member of the Warburton brigade, and 22 years as captain under his belt.

Mr Marshall signed up as CFA volunteer in 1956 thanks to his boss at Martyrs, Max Spark was also the captain of the brigade at the time and said he enjoyed the CFA games in the early days.

“We started off in 1956 when I officially joined the fire brigade and then competed in summer competitions and we went all over the country side to different towns.”

Mr Marshall said becoming captain in 1978 was a big highlight within his fire fighting career and he played significant roles in historical fire events, facing major bushfires in the Upper Yarra in 1962 and 1967.

Ash Wednesday in 1983 was another devastating time Mr Marshall led his team through.

“We started up about seven on a Wednesday night and 101 vehicles came through in the first three or four days to support.

“The fire went through until the following Tuesday and then we had a thunderstorm come across and wash all the hills down at Millgrove and washed all these logs across the

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highway and closed the highway for about three hours. Instead of putting out fires, you’re pushing off mud and debris off the roads.”

The past captain was also part of the 2009 Black Saturday Fire’s defence, going across to Healesville and Yarra Glen to support crews.

“I have a lot of respect and pride for the CFA – you meet people over the years and get involved with another town and you always introduce yourself and have a chat with crews in that town and they always welcome you.

Forming connections with local emergency services was key to his captaincy, conducting meetings with local police and arranging for radios to connect services.

“I use to go down at least once a fortnight and spend an hour or so with the police and have a talk to them about what’s going on and what troubles we’ve had with people in town or if we’ve had a fire bug around.

“In Warburton, we got a radio installed in the police vehicle so they could communicate with us and we also got one for Yarra Junction

Star badge recipient in 1986 from the Victorian Fire Brigade Association for 30 years of service.

In 2000, he received an Australian Fire Service Medal and wears five bars on his National Medal with pride - the latest bars were awarded at Christmas.

Mr Marshall stepped down as a fire fighter in October last year at 84 years old and remains a brigade member helping with operations and servicing.

Mr Marshall credits his wife, Sue, and family for their support over the years.

“When you come home and you’re stressed or anything like that, I could always sit down and talk it all out and work it through, that was a very, very helpful thing over the years.”

The Lifetime Achievement award recipient also hopes younger people will continue to join the CFA and aspire to stick around for life.

“Work your way through that’s the easiest way, put you mind into it and learn to live with it to put something back into the community.”

Corrie, Ferrier honoured

By Callum Ludwig Upper Yarra residents Mick Corrie and David Ferrier have received Certificates of Recognition at the Yarra Ranges council 2022 Australia Day awards.

Mr Corrie from Millgrove has shown a passion and love for the Yarra Ranges, particularly his home town, reflecting how beautiful the enviornment can be.

He is regularly seen donating his own time to cleaning, mowing, and planting around the Millgrove traffic lights and picnic area, helping to create the beautiful look and feel of the Upper Yarra area for visitors and community members alike.

He is the picture of community spirit, inspiring others with his willingness to lend a hand to help the environment and support his town.

Mayor Jim Child commended Mr Corrie’s selflessness, doing what he does simply for the benefit of helping out.

“There are wonderful people throughout the region who regularly donate their time, seeking no reward or recognition,” Mayor Child said.

David Ferrier from Wandin North was also recognised for being a beacon of lead-

ership, knowledge and support for many during the June 2021 storms.

A trained arborist, David’s passion for reusing and making the most out of fallen timber has seen him educate others about timber’s importance.

In the aftermath of the storms, David started an initiative called ‘Treasuring Our Trees’, to ‘log’ a database on the fallen trees to inform the property owners about what came of the timber after processing.

This is important for residents with emotional ties and history to the vegetation on their property and will allow them to know their loss would go towards a good cause.

Mr Ferrier said the project has ambitions of working with 20 plus primary schools and other community groups, believing the name ‘Treasuring Our Trees’ speaks for itself.

“That’s why we call our group Treasuring our Trees, because we are absolutely determined to treasure them and give them a second life,” Mr Ferrier said.

It is this consideration for what is significant to the members of his community which is remarkable about Mr Ferrier, and why he deserves this recognition.

and the ambulance service in the 90s” Mr Marshall’s was appreciative of his long term employees for their support when duty called.

“Martyrs were very good to be when I was the captain or in the fire brigade, any time I went for fires I was always given work off and no docked pay.”

And it wasn’t just on the fire ground where Mr Marshall supported the community, as he joined several groups and appeals.

He was part of starting the CFA’s children’s appeal and always joining the Santa runs at Christmas time and after Mr Marshall retired from Martyrs he joined the community bank for several years.

“My old ex-captain Max Sparks was one of my mentors over the years and I always thought while you’re captain, you always put something back into the community what you take out.”

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By Renee Wood Warburton resident Susan Davidson is concerned about a growing amount of rubbish being left around the Yarra River and barbeque areas.

Ms Davidson said there are rubbish bins at the tourist hot spots however, they are not being used.

“The sad thing is that, some of the barbecue areas do have two bins in different places, but you’re still finding rubbish and what not,” Ms Davidson said.

Litter is also being left behind along the river walk, Ms Davidson said she’s found a range of things from cooked chicken carcasses to dirty nappies.

“People who are walking along as they’re having a coffee or something they may leave the coffee cup in a tree and then you’ll see someone’s mask hanging off a tree.”

Ms Davidson is picking up bags of rubbish weekly, as are other residents but believes Yarra Ranges Council should be investigating the issue further.

“There’s toys and people’s shoes and clothing, and all those sorts of items are being left behind. I’ve been living here for seven years, and it’s been a problem each year, at this time of the year.”

“You see locals with sticks, trying to pull out bottles and plastic wrappers from the river because it gets caught down in the rapids, and then it just wanders down the river.”

More ‘rubbish rangers’ or litter signage could help the situation.

“That would be a great idea if they had someone patrolling around the place. I’ve had one resident say she’s told a family to take their rubbish with them because they left it on a barbecue area table and they just went back and got it because she confronted them.”

And with the rubbish issues how they are

Rubbish left at a Warburton Park. now, Ms Davidson believes the proposed Warburton Mountain Bike Destination project could only makes it worse.

“It’s a nightmare for the residents to sort of hear about it because it’s going to create more rubbish.

Picture: SUPPLIED “A lot of the locals don’t want it to happen, because it’s too much for the town and I don’t think a lot of things are being considered.

“It’s making tracks and building bits and pieces up in the mountain areas of Mount Donna Buang and all that sort of stuff, and

clearly the residents just aren’t on board.”

Ms Davidson has written a submission during the public consultation period of the Environmental Effects Statement - a document that assesses the project and the impacts it may have.

Director of Environment and Infrastructure Mark Varmalis said several engagement and review stages have been conducted over the past eight years.

“This EES is the most comprehensive investigation into mountain biking and its effects that has ever been conducted, and infrastructure and waste disposal has been part of the document’s scope,” Mr Varmalis said.

Mr Varmalis said Council is confident the document and engagement has adequately assessed any impact the project will have on environment and infrastructure.

“We’ll be working in coming years to help prepare the region for the arrival of the Warburton Mountain Bike Destination, the Yarra Valley Trail’s next stages and RidgeWalk in the Dandenongs, which will all bring more visitors to the region, create more local jobs and put more money in the local economy.”

In regards to the current rubbish issues, Mr Varmalis said reports of littering can be made to the EPA, and significant fines apply for those caught littering.

“Littering has a significant impact on the environment and can risk the lives of local wildlife. There are plenty of bins located throughout Warburton’s main street, but it’s the responsibility of everyone to hold on to their rubbish until they can find a bin.

“Council encourages everyone in the community – whether you’re visiting a park, walking a trail or at a playground – to be considerate of others and dispose of rubbish correctly.”

Waste is collected twice per daily from bins in Warburton to reflect the significant visitation to the area.

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Casey’s trainees for 2021 In late December I announced the winner and runners-up of my 2021 Casey Apprentice/ Trainee of the Year Awards.

With the pandemic and the economic challenges it has brought, it is more important than ever to recognise, reward, and encourage careers in local trades and small businesses.

Local apprentices and trainees, like all of us, have had to get used to a lot of change over the last two years. Lockdowns meant that many could not work. Despite the difficulties, my annual awards have sought to encourage and value excellence in our local trades.

Since 2009, my Casey Apprentice/Trainee of the Year Awards have been doing just this.

The apprentices and trainees of today will help form the backbone of our small businesses and local economy into the future.

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Federal Member for Casey prentices and trainees are young, however mature-age apprentices, some over the age of thirty, have also been chosen as the overall winner on a number of occasions.

I again offer my congratulations to Lily from Alowyn Gardens & Nursery, the winner of the 2021 Casey Apprentice/Trainee of the Year

Awards, and the two runners-up, Brenton from Bayswater Truck Centre and Joel from Motosign in Kilsyth.

Along with the finalists, each was nominated by local business owners and operators who value and support their workers.

Local trades and businesses are crucial to economic life in our suburbs and towns. Encouragingly, businesses have nominated successive apprentices/trainees over the years.

A committee of four prominent local business leaders met to decide on the finalists and the winners for each year.

In a speech in Parliament towards the end of last year, I thanked the judges: Phil Munday from the automotive sector, Sue O’Brien from hospitality, Nick Fraraccio from manufacturing and Clive Larkman from horticulture for

giving their valuable time and being part of these awards from the beginning.

I think it’s something special that a group of four people who donate their time to do this, have stayed together for all those years in dedication to our local community.

2021’s winners, along with all of the nominees, came from a range of industries: manufacturing, horticulture, landscaping, electrical, plumbing, glazing and automotive.

Due to tough times, some sectors including, retail and hairdressing/beauty were not in the position to nominate, but over the years, they have provided many nominees and finalists.

2021’s winners and finalists, like those from the past, have so much potential to achieve in life and business.

Popular books from 2021 Now is a good time to discover what books captured Australian readers in 2021. as ABC RN Breakfast recently asked some of our country’s most renowned authors what they have been reading. For example, Helen Garner has spent her summer on The Dancer by Evelyn Juers, a biography of Sydney contemporary dancer Philippa Cullen.

Meanwhile, Tony Birch has just re-read The Way It Is Now, Garry Disher’s latest crime novel. “Good crime writers know how to drive a plot; they’re remarkably good at establishing really three-dimensional characters,” he said.

“We can learn a lot as writers by reading crime fiction.”

Another way to discover bestselling titles from 2021 is via Booktopia’s FAB – Favourite Australian Books. Among the Top Ten are household names such as Liane Moriarty’s Apple Never Fall and Matthew Reilly’s The One Impossible Labyrinth.

Other leading books include The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni, The Backyard Adventurer: Meaningful and pointless expeditions, self-experiments and the value of other people’s junk by Beau Miles, and Your Head is a Houseboat: A chaotic guide to mental clarity

by Campbell Walker (aka Struthless) – just to name a few.

This reviewer would further recommend the 100 bestselling books at Readings in 2021. The majority of the Top Ten titles are by Australian authors, such as Beautiful World Where Are You

by Sally Rooney (#1), The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams (#4), The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey (#5), Devotion by Hannah Kent (#6), and How We Love by Clementine Ford (#8).

Particularly attractive are #9, Old Vintage Melbourne by Chris Macheras, and #10, Adrift in Melbourne by Robyn Annear. The former is a collection of historical photographs that open a window to our past, while the latter features a series of walks that showcase the

PASSION FOR PROSE WITH CHRISTINE SUN histories, buildings and characters of our city.

Finally, Readings also has a list of 50 great reads from First Nations writers and Australian writers of colours in 2021. These include fiction, biography, poetry, children’s novels, history and more, but readers can surely find other masterpieces by culturally diverse Australians.

Our readers are already familiar with many First Nations authors, including but not limited to Bruce Pascoe, the aforementioned Birth, Sally Morgan, Boori Monty Pryor, Claire G. Coleman, Stan Grant, Anita Heiss, Ellen van Neeven, Evelyn Araleun, and Adam Thompson. Others, such as Cathy Freeman and Adam Goodes, have also come forth with wonderful stories.

As for Australian authors of colour, our readers may already enjoy the writings by Maxine Beneba Clarke, Alice Pung, Leanne Hall, Randa-Abdel-Fattah, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, and Lee Lai. Also worthy of our attention are emerging authors such as Jamine Marina Lau, Mehreen Faruqi, Chelsea Watego, Sara El Sayed, Ruhi Lee, Eugen Bacon, and Paige Clark.

So, which title from 2021 caught this reviewer’s eye? That would be She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker-Chan, an author “raised on a steady diet of Greek myths, Arthurian legend and Chinese tales of suffering and tragic romance”. A review is surely to come.

Good movie but generic Mother/Android Starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Algee Smith and Raúl Castillo Rated MA15+ The directorial debut of Mattson Tomlin, Mother/Android is a sci-fi paradox: a welltold but poorly-written story.

Several months after a violent android uprising, heavily-pregnant Georgia (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her boyfriend Sam (Algee Smith) struggle to reach a safe haven.

Mother/Android’s plot sets a clear dramatic objective in Georgia and Sam reaching Boston, and Georgie’s imminent labour and her turbulent relationship with Sam ramp up the stakes.

Moretz and Smith have solid chemistry, and the second act features a very effective stealth sequence driven by furtive movements and stark sound design, building to a genuinely shocking twist.

Mother/Android’s opening has some subtle world-building amid the uprising, but the rest of the film relies far too heavily mailcommunity.com.au

on spoken exposition, and much of the dialogue is contrived and long-winded.

Despite this, the film is frustratingly slim on details about the androids, and the EMP weapon is a poorly-explained plotdevice with little tangible impact on the plot.

The film also has some terribly jarring edits and very distracting shaky handheld camerawork (which is an increasingly prevalent problem in modern filmmaking).

The android designs are generic, with blue blood and Terminator-style skeletons.

Moreover, name-dropping Karel Capek’s 1921 play Rossum’s Universal Robots in a monologue about inevitable robot resistance is incredibly heavy-handed.

Mother/Android is a suspenseful, wellacted film with a great twist and an affecting human core, but has dire dialogue, irritating cinematography and few ideas of its own, and is available for streaming on Netflix.

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What’s coming to theatres

By Peter Kemp Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder After his mother’s funeral, middle-class Englishman Monty Navarro learns an incredible secret – he is the son of the daughter of the grandson of the nephew of the second Earl of Highhurst, making him an aristocrat - if he can just find a way to prevent the eight earls preceding him from inheriting the earldom first.

An Edwardian style, operatic farce, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder won the 2014 Tony Award for best Musical.

Season: 17 February – 5 March.

Bookings: www.lilydaleatc.com or 9735 1777 Office hours Monday, Tuesday and Friday 10am to 2pm.

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A Reminder: The 1812 Theatre is presenting Dracula – The Bloody Truth.

Travelling across Europe from the dark and sinister Transylvania mountains to the charming seaside town of Whitby, Professor Can Helsing and his three amateur actors stage a life-changing, theatrical production of Dracula – hoping to establish once and for all the bloody truth.

Season: 24 February – 19 March.

Bookings: 9758 3964 The Basin Theatre: Photograph 51 Anna Zeigler’s Photograph 51 goes back to 1950’s London where the discovery of the DNA helix structure would unlock ‘the secret of life’.

Season: 24 February – 4 March.

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Make every drop count

By Callum Ludwig Yarra Valley Water has partnered up with City West Water, Melbourne Water, South East Water in a water conservation initiative called Make Every Drop Count.

The campaign’s main message is ‘Target 155’ to reach a daily average of 155 litres per person, per day to limit their water use.

Based on statistics, an average Greater Melbourne resident currently uses 159 litres of water per person per day.

Managing Director of Yarra Valley Water Pat McCafferty believes the campaign will making people think about their values and where they can start to reduce water consumption in the first place.

“We know over 80 per cent of people who live in the metropolitan area are keen on water conservation, but there’s almost a third who don’t think they’re doing enough,” Mr McCafferty said.

“Interestingly, over 60 per cent don’t actually know how much water they’re using.”

Melbourne is the nation’s fastest growing city, with a predicted population of over 10 million by 2051 - almost double the current population.

As a result, greater pressure will be placed on water supplies and Target 155 aims to create incremental drops in water usage in order to maintain a sustainable level for future generations.

Mr McCafferty is excited by the discussion the campaign is encouraging, and particularly the ideas Yarra Ranges residents are coming up with and sharing.

“As we engage with people, particularly in the Dandenongs, there is a consciousness about looking at the environment and being sustainable,” Mr McCafferty said.

“There’s a lot of ways to save water around the home, but there’s no monopoly on good ideas.”

Residents of metropolitan areas as a whole have already adopted a positive attitude towards improving the efficiency of water usage,

with 159 litres of water per person, per day seeing a decrease from 162 and 161 litres per person, per day in 2018-2019 and 2017-18 respectively.

The Make Every Drop Count website also lists different ways you can reduce water usage in the bathroom, kitchen, laundry and outdoors.

Around the house, the bathroom is the primary use of water seeing 40 per cent of the total usage, followed by outdoors at 30 per cent, the laundry at 20 per cent and the kitchen at 10 per cent.

Using buckets to hold or collect water in the shower or when washing a car are two ways water usage can be cut down in the bathroom and outdoors, and leftover water can be reused on the gardens.

There are some permanent water restriction rules Yarra Ranges residents should also be aware of: Hand held hoses must be fitted with a trigger nozzle and leak free.

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cannot be watered by anything oth· Gardens er than a hand held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle or an automatic watering system between the hours of 6pm and 10 am.

Hard surfaces (including, driveways, paths, concrete, tiles, timber decking) cannot be cleaned with water unless where cleaning is required as a result of an accident, fire, health hazard, safety hazard or other emergency, if staining to the surface has developed and then only once a season or in the course of construction or renovation.

In the laundry and kitchen, it is encouraged you try and only run your washing machine and dishwasher on a full load, and turn on eco modes if your appliances have one.

Target 155 argues residents all simply need to use only around half a bucket less of water each day in order to achieve the goal.

Yarra Ranges residents can also be in with a chance to win weekly spot prizes, or a grand prize of $2000 by sending in their own watersaving tips and tricks.

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Yarra Ranges Council projects get state funding boost Powelltown Reserve Pavilion, Warburton Millgrove Sporting Complex, Yarra Centre Pool and Stadium, Healesville Memorial Hall and Yarra Glen Memorial Hall and RSL will be getting an upgrade as a part of the Yarra Ranges projects funded by the State Government.

On behalf of Local Government Minister Shaun Leane, Deputy Premier and Member for Monbulk James Merlino announced that the Yarra Ranges Shire council will receive a total $2.28 million towards four projects as part of this years Growing Suburbs Fund,

with the Yarra Ranges considered one of Melbourne’s growing areas. $1.5 million of the grant will go towards climate resilient buildings for the community, a $3 million project by Yarra Ranges council in conjunction with the state and federal governments.

Eight buildings including the ones mentioned prior will be upgraded environmentally sustainable, energy resilient and thermally functional.

This means that the buildings will help

the community during natural disasters and extreme weather events including heatwaves and floods.

Mr Merlino said that the Yarra Ranges is a great place to live, and he knows the Growing Suburbs Fund is only going to serve that reputation well.

“These new investments will be great for families, children and everyone in our community.”.

Wesburn Park Pump Track will also get a $470,000 upgrade, the addition of a 350-me-

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Yarra Ranges Shire Council will also receive $258,000 for upgrades to the playspace at Glenvalley Reserve in Seville including works to improve the play areas to provide opportunities for a range of ages and abilities, new seating, paths and access to the Warburton Rail Trail.

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Finding a voice for Casey

By Parker McKenzie Voices Of Casey has launched its campaign to find an independent candidate who represents the views of the community for the next federal election with an information night, drawing from the experience of other political engagement groups who have helped elect independents to parliament.

The meeting was held on Tuesday 27 January and was attended by 21 community members and two guests: Alana Johnson, a past president for Voices of Indi, chair of the Victorian Women’s Trust and a director for the community independent program, and Susan Benedyka, an independent Senate candidate for Victoria.

Spokesperson Fionn Bowd led the meeting and began by outlining what Voices of Casey is trying to achieve.

“Some of you may know a little bit about this and some of you may not have heard of the Voices movement that is sweeping the land,” Ms Bowd said.

“Alongside existing members in Helen Haines and Zali Steggall, we’re also seeing a large number of community independent candidates who are standing for election all around Australia, “Some of the issues that seem to be really bringing people together around Australia in the community are climate action, gender equality, action in relation to gender violence and gender inequality and also federal accountability.”

Voices For Indi, which formed in 2012 after

Community Member Fionn Bowd helped lead the information night.

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people within the electorate felt they weren’t being represented by their elected officials, launched a framework of community engagement which has inspired over 40 similar groups around Australia.

Voices for Indi helped elect Cathy McGowan to federal parliament in 2013 and 2016, and Helen Haines in 2019. Indi is the only federal electorate to be represented by two successive independent candidates.

Ms Johnson said you cannot count the number of different ways the Voices For movement is important.

“Voices groups are actually an antidote to the ills of our representative democracy dominated by the major parties, who are becoming increasingly involved in partisan politics,” she said. “it’s not going to happen unless we take action.”

Ms Johnson said Voices For has changed

how people view politics in Indi.

“Our whole modus operandi has to be different and it has to be driven by ordinary people,” she said.

“People now have a sense that politics is part of our everyday life, politics doesn’t have to be a battleground, that you can talk to people who have different party preferences and still talk about what’s best for Indi.”

A Voices group, using the model developed in Indi, also endorsed Zali Steggall in Warringah when she beat former-Prime Minister Tony Abbott in the 2019 federal election.

The Casey electorate is located in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne and includes the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges. Suburbs in the electorate include Belgrave, Kallista, Kalorama, Monbulk, Olinda, Sassafras, Tecoma and Upwey.

Voices of Casey will be hosting a meet-andgreet with former Indi MP Cathy McGowan

and writer Tim Flannery on 8 February before they begin to choose a candidate for the federal election.

Anyone interested in running as the Voices Of Casey candidate has until 7 February to apply, before an intensive selection process begins.

Ms Dowd told Star Mail on 25 January the panel to select the candidate will be made up of members from established Voices groups like Indi, to give guidance to a new group with dwindling time before a federal election that will be held in May at the latest.

“The philosophy isn’t vote for me, it’s about voting for someone who represents the communities’ values,” she said.

“If they tick all those boxes when they apply, there will then be a panel interview.”

For more information visit www.facebook. com/VoicesofCasey or www.voicesofcasey. org/candidate_search

Free women in trade skills day coming to Lilydale

By Mikayla van Loon and Callum Ludwig A free women in trade tools skill day is coming to the Yarra Ranges to help boost women’s confidence in stepping outside their comfort zone to try a typically male dominated industry.

Box Hill Institute’s Lilydale Lakeside Campus is hosting the event on Thursday 10 February, with the program open to women of all ages and backgrounds.

Charitable organisation Empowered Women In Trades (EWIT) is bring the program to Lilydale and will include tool handling skills for plumbers, electricians, carpenters and automotive mechanics.

EWIT CEO Hacia Atherton completed work experience in the corporate side of her family’s business manufacturing sterilisation equipment and infection control products for the hospital, medical and scientific industries.

Coming from a long line of plumbers, Ms Atherton felt as a woman there were different expectations for her to go to university and take a path more commonly ‘suited’ to a woman.

Seeing first-hand the skill shortage in trade industries while working at her family’s business, she thought there was an opportu-

Hacia Atherton (pictured left) would like women and girls to have the opportunity to take part in a free tools skill day to empower them to take up a trade as a career.

Picture: EMPOWERED WOMEN IN TRADES nity to combat women’s financial hardship in Australia if women were encouraged to fill the gaps in employment.

As hands-on as the program is, it is also about developing the mental and human skills to build confidence, resilience and build fair and equal workplace relationships just as much as the practical skills.

“As soon as I put the welding helmet on, and the welding gloves and got a welder in my hand, I absolutely fell in love with that experience,” Ms Atherton said.

“It got me thinking why more women are

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not considering trades as a viable option. I interviewed a whole bunch of women and a lot of them said, ‘it’s just not an opportunity for us, we can’t access it’.”

Ms Atherton wants the program to give women the confidence and techniques to help them pursue careers in trades without feeling as though society is holding them back.

A key focus of the program is to enable women to use positive self talk and to give them permission to not be so hard on themselves. “[We want women to] have the mental

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tools to be able to deal with those emotions, thoughts and feelings when actually picking up the physical tools in your hands as well,” Ms Atherton said.

“We’ve brought a lot of positive psychology stuff around identifying negative self doubt and talk, the things that happen when you step outside of your comfort zone naturally.”

The event will also include a presentation from a Tradie Trailblazer, a female tradesperson with lived experience who will try to provide guidance on the next step in an apprenticeship.

Whether the course inspires a career change or not, Ms Atherton said she hopes women learn about themselves and their capabilities to try something new.

She also said working in a trade does not mean women have to lose themselves and their femininity but rather can embrace it.

Following on from the one day workshop, EWIT plan on holding a two week program at a later date in conjunction with Box Hill Institute and prospective employers.

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With multiple lockdowns, COVID restrictions and ongoing isolation challenges, the pair is happy to be doing so well. “While the last 12 months have been challenging, we are super proud of what we’ve achieved and all the clients we’ve helped so far” says Chris.

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Located in the heart of Seville (above Ducky’s cafe), the business is a joint venture by local health professionals, Chris Neason and Cameron Arnott. With over 20 years’ experience between them, the clinic is born out of a dream to do better to help people with pain

chronic and complex pain, such as low back pain, neck pain and arthritis. As a remedial massage therapist himself, Cam believes in treating the underlying cause of the condition, rather than just the symptoms.

Alongside massage, their Clinical Pilates classes use the Pilates reformers to assist clients to regain strength and fitness. Following a thorough assessment, Chris and his team of exercise physiologists tailor the class to each individual.

“We’ve found that pilates reformers are one of the most supportive ways for people in pain to get back into exercise,” explains Chris.

The open day will be a chance for the local community and health professionals to come see the space and try out the services for free.

There will be massage and reformer pilates as well as special offers only available on the day.

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Situated proudly and privately this home is immaculate from the moment you step through the door, offering 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living areas and a great size home office. Entering the beautiful home, you have 2 master bedrooms to choose from! Either at the front - separate to the rest of the home with ensuite and walk in robe or towards the rear with ensuite and own private sitting room with glass doors opening onto decking – what a choice to make.

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SOLID FAMILY HOME ON ONE ACRE WITH beautiful valley views that take in the nearby rolling green hills, this 4 bedroom brick home is in a fantastic location near the end of a no through road and is ready for your renovation ideas. Perfect for a growing family, there is plenty of room for everyone on this 1 acre (approx.) property that is gently sloping, full of sun and fully useable.

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Situated proudly & privately this home is immaculate from the moment you step through the door, offering 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 living areas and a great size home office.

Entering the beautiful home, you have 2 master bedrooms to choose from!The kitchen has absolutely everything you need with integrated fridge and dishwasher, stone bench tops, Induction cooktop, SMEG appliances and bar. Step outside to an inground pool with a fountain, surrounded by immaculate gardens, decking and paving, pergola, double lock up garage with internal access, garden shed and more storage.

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Character home on 3 glorious acres The character home set on approx. 3 glorious acres offers 4 bedrooms including a walk in robe and ensuite in the main bedroom. The country style kitchen is superb, expansive living areas spread over 2 levels, with separate living/family & downstairs rumpus room or teenagers games room plus a classic period style formal dining/sitting room. Entertain in style with a covered entertaining area perfectly positioned overlooking the picturesque gardens and the colourful backdrop with stunning age old lush shady trees and beautiful established gardens. Plenty of car space plus a lock up garage with sealed pathways and plenty of under house storage, make the move now and come and enjoy the relaxed semi rural lifestyle and country atmosphere, it’s the perfect place to call home.

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PUZZLES SUDOKU

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To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every number from 1 to 9 must appear in: each of the nine vertical columns, each of the nine horizontal rows and each of the nine 3 x 3 boxes. Remember, no number can occur more than once in any row, column or box.

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Part two: history of golf Readers have asked, “Where have you been able to find all this historical information?”

The answer; and excuse the pun! under the infamous Alba Paloma’s “Tree of Knowledge” on Nicholson (The historical name of our Main St.) It’s here I regularly meet “Bryn Jones” the President of Healesville’s Historical Society for coffee. All his research has resulted in the “Callen Column” running this series of his work.

The feedback from readers last week was terrific, so here is Part two Written by Bryn Jones: During its early years the Healesville Golf Club struggled both financially and with membership numbers. It was also hampered by the limitation of using a public park and having part of its course on private property. This meant the club was constantly appealing to locals to join the club and great emphasis was put on the necessity to attract visitors to use the links. This was a recurring theme in the subsequent AGM and club news items.

Callen’s column Ian Callen As early as July 1911 the club reported that, “The new links are proving a source of attraction already to visitors and residents; no day passes without a sharp click of the ball being heard within our beautiful public park”.

The first ever match played in Healesville was in December 1911. It was between Healesville and Lilydale and resulted in a win for the visitors. The Healesville team consisted of Dr Shaw and Messrs Waters, Wilson, Strange and Downey. It is not known whether Healesville’s

golfers subscribed to the philosophy; learn the fundamentals of golf or not?

But by May 1912 the club distributed a circular letter among local residents, “Support was needed as a matter of urgency to enable the club to provide an up-to-grade Golf Links”. The emphasis again on what a benefit - “A source of considerable profit it could be to the town”.

Miss McAuley, “being a most generous benefactor” bore all the initial expenses of the club, which included the services of an expert “Mr Fred Findlay” of the Metropolitan Golf Club, who was to report on the state of the ground, a suitable layout and the clearing of land. As the Healesville Guardian remarked, “This should be an incentive to the people of Healesville to make the links a success”.

Miss McAuley also expended £30 of her own funds with consideration given to a “Professional” to give a few lessons to those who do not know the game thoroughly, thus giving the

local people greater interest in the game.

When the nine-hole golf course was ready for play it stretched over a large and diverse area with four holes on the Recreation Reserve, Four on Miss McAuley‘s block on the opposite side of Don Road, and one hole at her “Wildwood” on McAuley‘s Road which later became “Badger Creek Road”.

The first Tee, was probably located in the western corner of the park near an entrance to the Recreation Reserve. Apparently the course continued along a tunnel where the trees were cleared parallel to the present Badger Creek Road. At the site of the present “Living and Learning Centre”, where the golf course turned left at the rear of the cricket and football club oval and across Don Road to Miss McAuley‘s fenced paddock.

During this period the Healesville Guardian opined, “That in Miss McAuley, the golf club has a splendid champion”.

Come and try the world’s game in the Yarra Valley Is there a budding Harry Kewell, Tim Cahill or Samantha Kerr in your household?

The groundswell of support behind the Matildas and the fast-approaching FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 show there’s never been more interest in female soccer. While the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar promises to be enthralling competition.

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scheduled for completion just before the start of the 2022 season.

Thousands of local kids, teens and adults have played soccer with Yarra Valley over the last two decades and the Club is expanding.

A grant from Yarra Ranges Council combined with community fundraising saw the demolition of the old clubroom last year to be replaced with a purpose-built state of the art hub complete with pitch lighting.

Known as welcoming and affordable, the Yarra Valley Soccer Club’s mission is to intro-

duce as many new kids, families and seniors as possible to the beautiful game this year.

The benefits of participating in team sports are well-known; from developing strong social skills and bonds, increasing health, fitness and academic potential to building personal resilience. All the while having extraordinary fun playing this internationally loved game. The immense popularity that soccer has across the globe, due to its universally positive experience and its ability to bring people of world culture together, is right at our doorstep

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Player registrations are now open for our Under 8s through to Senior teams.

Check out our FB page for the link online, or head to the Millgrove Recreation Reserve on Wednesday 16 February to witness history in the making at the very first event at the new clubrooms, while still in construction phase.

There will be a sausage sizzle, plenty of soccer balls to have a kick around on the pitch, and who knows, we may even uncover our next Harry, Tim or Sam.

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Bowls report Warburton Bowls report Another challenging week on and off the green saw the Burras record two frustrating losses and one victory.

The Weekend Warburton 1 side hosted Ivanhoe 1 at home and after leading for most of the game, the Burras failed to hold off a strong finish from their opponents to go down overall by the slender margin of two shots, 78 to 80. Another wonderful game played in great spirit and enthusiasm from both sides.

Rink scores were as follows: A. Donohue 21/ 25; S. Lord 16/ 24; J. Van Der Zweep 24/ 15 and C. Neale 17/ 16. They play Mooroolbark 1 at home this weekend as they are determined to get back on the winner’s list.

The Warburton 2 team played Boronia 2 away on an excellent grass green and never gave up despite going down 60 shots to 114.

Rink scores were T. Heyward 11/ 32; G. Lewis 16/ 33; G. Wynd 17/ 23 and S. Darwall 16/ 26.

With several beginners just commencing their bowls journey, this was another learning experience on a different surface for most of them. They continue to play with great determination and look forward to playing Eastwood Golf 1 at home this week.

The Mid Week Warburton 1 side played Donvale 2 away and recorded a confidence boosting victory 64 shots to 49.

Rink scores were S. Lord 17/ 22; R. McKail 26/ 9 and G. Walsh 21/ 18. They play Chirnside Park 1 at home this week determined to continue their positive form.

The Wednesday Night Barefoot Bowls Triples Competition will commence this Wednesday February 2nd as the club welcomes a few new teams. This is always an enjoyable experience for all who participate. The competition will be played over eight weeks. The Pink Triples Tournament, sponsored by Professionals Real Estate, will be held this Sunday 6 February. Women and Men of all abilities will participate in this most worthy cause with all proceeds going towards Breast Cancer Research.

New Players, including beginners & experienced, are always welcome to join our small but progressive club. Social Bowls continues to be played every Monday from 12pm. All welcome!

Yarra Junction Bowls report With two home games scheduled this week the Yarra Junction Bowing Club weren’t able to take full advantage of the anticipated home ground wins, but still enjoyed some great bowling nevertheless.

Tuesday’s midweek game against Donvale, played in hot conditions, was a battle till the end. With two of the three rinks completed and team 1 about to start the last end the overall scoreboard was level at 61 points. Although well ahead in their own game at 25:18, team 1, John, Gatsey, Gwen and Noel, were left to

bring it home for the club, which they did by five points. A great finish which keeps hopes alive for a possibility of a finals spot all going well over the remaining season.

The weekend’s weather was more comfortable for the game against Dandenong with each winning two of the four rinks, but the overall win went to Dandenong 80 to 65. It appears that YJBC will have to work very hard to gain a top four place in finals this season but won’t give up trying and enjoying the game in the remaining weeks.

Social bowls continues and the new added time slot of 4pm to 7pm on Thursday evenings has opened up the opportunity for those working to be able to enjoy evening games and practice. This new initiative has also resulted in new members joining up, so if you’ve ever considered bowls and there has been no opportunity for you, now there is.

Contact the club via YJBC facebook page or website or turn up Thursday evenings and you will be welcomed. Barefoot Bowls was washed out this week but will continue weather permitting every Friday evening 6.30 to 8.30pm.

Healesville Bowls report Midweek Pennant saw Healesville play Mooroolbark. The first Team played at home under extreme heat conditions which didn’t seem to affect them as they beat Mooroolbark overall 81 -35.

John Clark, Effie Laban, John Howard, Gerda Otto, 26 - 11 Steve Graham, Gayanne Hutt, Chris Hawting, Steve Bulled 15 - 15 Chris Boland, Bob Brown, Robyn Turville, Robert Ayres 40 - 9 The 2nd. team played Mooroolbark away and went down in the end 48 - 52 Len Cossons, John Fitzpatrick, Glenda Graham, Karl Tok 21 - 15 Colin Lowe, Ian Milgate, Len Stewart, Damian Key 15- 22 Rob Broadhurst, Anne Holland, Dan O’Donnell, Leone Fitzpatrick 12 -15 Saturday Pennant saw Healesville play Mooralbark at home and it was a game we had to win to stay middle of the pack. Overall we played extremely well winning 95- 63. There were 2 outstanding rinks skipped by Adrian Beales and Mark Hoffman.

Adrian Beales, John Clark, Bob Brown, James Beales 31 - 11 Allan Phillips, Colin Lowe, Mick Featherstone, Chris hawting 18 - 23 Steve Graham, Chris Boland, Robyn Turville, Ian Milgate 19 - 21 Mark Hoffman, Mark Ward, Rita Featherstone, Steve Bulled 27 -8 Next week is Bayswater away, so this will be another good one to win.

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Healesville Cricket Club round 10 summary Seniors - Steve Pascoe Shield Wantirna South 2nd XI def Healesville 1st XI (Walker Reserve, Wantirna South) Healesville won the toss and elected to bat. Healesville managed to post a respectable total of 6/164 from their 40 overs thanks to B. D’Amore no 60 and J. Handasyde 27 continuing their consistency with the bat. The game went down to the last over with Wantirna South manging to pass Healesville’s total with 5 balls to spare to finish at 5/168 with B. D’Amore also performing with the ball 3/47 off 8 overs and A.Pearce 1/19 off 8 overs.

B Grade - Don Smith Shield Healesville 2nd XI def by East Ringwood 3rd XI (Queens Park, Healesville) Healesville won the toss and elected to bowl. East Ringwood got off to a great start with an opening partnership of 89 before Healesville managing to finally get the break throughafter letting several chances slip early. East Ringwood went on to post a very respectable 4/183 off their 35 overs on a Queens Park surface significantly slower than previous weeks. Captain M. Jackson the pick of the bowlers with 2/23 of his 7 overs.

Healesville came out to bat with a big task in front of them and really struggled to get going losing wickets early. M. Davern came to the wicket at 3/26 and after being dropped early look like making East Ringwood pay with some very clean hitting before holing out in the deep to top score with 25. Healesville went on to collapse to find themselves 9/87 in only the 22nd over. H. Baxter and T. Handasyde the went on post a very impressive 41 run partnership for last wicket and take the game to the 34th over before East Ringwood finally manged to get the last wicket. Healesville finally all out 128.

M1 Grade - Ian Dench Shield East Ringwood 4th XI def Healesville 3rd XI (East Ringwood Reserve ,Fred Hodgkins Oval) Healesville won the toss and elected to bat. Healesville got off to a bit of a shaky start to find themselves 5/52 in the in the 16th over before a 51 run partnership between M. Fawdry 41 and R.Dash 31 settled the ship and help Healesville to finish up with a total of 149. Healesville started well with ball with Captain S.Fawdry getting a wicket with the first ball of the second over to have East Ringwood 1/1. East Ringwood then went on to post another 73 before the next wicket and finally passing Healesvilles total in the 34th over and finish at 6/154. Despite not taking a wicket young

D.English the pick of the bowlers with 0/4 off his 6 overs.

Yarra Valley Hub (Greg Mitchell Shield) Healesville 4th XI def Yarra Junction 4th XI (Don Road No. 2, Healesville) Yarra Junction won the toss and sent Healesville into bat.Healesville in trouble early with S. Dennett falling in the first over before D. Plunkett and M. Cooper steading the ship and Healesville going on to post an impressive total of 8/197 through several good partnerships including a wonderful last partnership of 52 from a couple of of our promising Junior players R.Cameron 34no and S.Drummond 11no. Top scorers J.Kay 44 and M.cooper 41. With an impressive total on the board Healesville were always in control of the match and bowled Yarra Junction out in 26th over for 68 to win by 129 runs. Best of the bowlers J.Kay 3/5 off 3 overs and B.Louw3/6 off 4 overs.

Juniors Both U12 teams where due to resume the season this Friday night but due to the severe storms all game were cancelled.

SEDA Under 14-5 Healesville def Mount Evelyn (Queens Park, Healesville) Healesville won the toss and sent Mount Evelyn in to bat. Against a much improved Mount Evelyn form their last encounter Healesville where very good with ball and in the field and bowled Mount Evelyn out in 17.5 overs for 58 with the best of the bowlers D.Parsons 3/4 2.5 overs and A.English2/9 2 overs. Healesville came out to bat and put together a very tidy innings with several good partnerships to finish up 7/128 of their 25 overs and secure a comfortable win. Best of the batters D.English 33no and B.Ralis 19.

Under 16-2 (John Springett Shield) Vermont def by Healesville (Vermont Recreation Reserve,Vermont) Vermont won the toss and elected to bat. Vermont werealways in control with their first 4 batsman all retiring not out after facing their 25 balls and Healesville didn’t manage to get their first wicket till the score was on 87. Vermont going on to post a total of 3/125 of their 25 overs. Pick of the bowlers J.Handasyde 1/16 off 3.1 overs and E.Nikcevich 1/14 off 3.5 overs. Healesville put up a reasonably good effort with the bat but ultimately struggled to get to Vermont’s total falling 32 runs short to finish up on 7/93 off their 25 overs. Best of the batters J.Handasyde 19no and C.Nyko 20.

Seville Pony Club gets ready to host horse trials

By Renee Wood The Seville Pony Club is preparing for it’s upcoming Australian Horse Trails event, with up to three hundred competitors expecting to join the day.

The annual event is a state qualifier for pony club members and holds open sections which other association member can join in on.

Seville Pony Club member Rachael Edwards said dressage, show jumping and cross country will be in the program.

“The thing that’s really unique about Horse Trials is it doesn’t age discriminate or gender discriminate. They’re all on equal footing so they all compete under the same rules,” Ms Edwards said.

“We pride ourselves on catering for 35 centimetres right through to the open champs which is 1.10m.”

Ms Edwards said a dedicated committee have been working hard to get the event up and running after the pandemic.

“Because of lock downs we couldn’t run as many fundraisers that we would have liked to in the previous years, so this one we’ve made it extra special.”

Many businesses have thrown their support behind the event, and this year Healesville Toyota is the overall banner sponsor gaining naming rights. mailcommunity.com.au

Seville Pony Club members and Healesville Toyota staff celebrating the launch of the club's horse trail event.

Picture: RENEE WOOD Calista Barrie-Gresham from Healesville Toyota said, “One of the car freighters Peter mentioned it to me and being from a horse background, I thought it was a fantastic opportunity to build more relationships and get involved with the community because it’s very important to us here.”

Ms Edwards said the club is grateful for all the support businesses have provided.

“The club is a small grassroots pony club and we couldn’t do major events like this without the support of organisations like Toyota, which turns a little local country pony club into a major event.”

Pony Club members are eager for the trials, grade three competitor Millie is looking forward to her first competition for the season.

“I love cross country because of the adrenaline rush you get and you have to work towards getting in on the optimal time and just having fun,” she said.

Millie is currently training across all the disciplines and is working on getting her pony ready for the big day.

“Most of my days of the week will be flat and dressage training, and then we’ll do a polls ride to get him really moving and getting him bending and then we’ll do a hill work day just to get his muscles over his top line working.”

Pony Club member Kimberley is also looking forward to the trails and has missed competing during lockdowns.

“Last year I just missed getting out, I just wanted to get out and do something go on cross country, show jump all of that sort of stuff,” she said.

Riders will now be using the next few weeks to get ready for the weekend of February 19-20 and spots are still available for more competitors.

“I’ve been doing heaps and heaps of training. At home I focus mainly on dressage, I try and get out for as much experience as possible, so she [Kimberley’s pony] doesn’t shy and to make sure she’s prepared.”

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