Tatura Bulletin October Edition 2022

CHRISTMAS IS COMING

Christmas is only a couple of months away and will be here before we know it. The deadline for the Christmas issue is 11am

Wednesday 16 November and the issue will come out on Tuesday 6 December.

So, now’s the time to start thinking about advertising and articles for the special issue.

APOLOGY

The September edition of The Bulletin had a printing error on page 29, this page had been repeated from the August edition.

Rodney Printers apologises for this error.

Correct editions are available upon request.

Thank you

COMING EVENTS

ANGLICAN FETE

Saturday 29 October 2022

Commencing 9am

20 Francis Street Tatura

COOLHEADS

Wednesday 16 November 2022

Commencing 7pm

Riverlinks Westside Mooroopna

• Free, but ticketed event. Tickets via Riverlinks

• Attendees requiring a Certificate of Attendance must register before taking their seat on the night.

OPEN STUDIO AND ART SHOW

Saturday 19 November

Sunday 20 November

Mechanics Institute

Hogan Street, Tatura

COMMUNITY BANKING FOR TATURA?

Following the closure of the Commonwealth Bank in Tatura, and the reduction in opening hours for the National Australia Bank, Tatura businesses and residents are often finding it difficult, if not impossible, to carry out their banking in town.

A group of concerned locals planned to meet with representatives of the Bendigo Bank recently to find out what is involved in setting up a Community Bank in Tatura. However, the meeting was postponed due to the heavy rainfall leading to road closures between Tatura and Bendigo.

After the rescheduled meeting there will be a Public Meeting held in Victory Hall, Tatura so members of the public can come along and hear what would be involved in setting up a Bendigo Community Bank here. The meeting will be well publicised, and every Tatura household should receive a flyer giving details of the proposed meeting.

Lois Orr

Book Reviews WITH KERRY…

The Tiger Has Many Lives By Pamela Wells

Rod Wells enlisted in WWII, he served in Malaya and Singapore as an Officer with 8 division signals.

When Singapore fell to the Japanese in February 1942, he became a prisoner of war and was sent to Sandakan in British North Borneo.

Using his ingenuity and skill he built a wireless radio, and a transmitter, virtually from scratch. In July 1943, when the underground was betrayed, Rod was arrested by the Kempeitei

and subjected to brutal torture before being tried and sent to the notorious Outram Road Gaol.

I’ve tried to write a review that would do this book justice and entice you to read it …. And you must read it.

All I can say is this book/story is about an extraordinary man who lived an extraordinary life.

Kerry Gardner

RODNEY CWA

Our October meeting is ‘Pink’, with guest speaker Michelle Parish, on Breast Care. Also, office bearers will be selected. On November 10, our Annual General Meeting will be held at the Tatura Bowling Club rooms at 1:30 pm. Competition ‘A Christmas decoration’. At Juniors Thursday night, October 6,, we had the theme of Footy and Pie night. The girls and the adult helpers dressed in their favourite footy team colours, whether AFL or local football. Supper was small pies, pasties, fruit platter and raspberry and apples pies with ice cream. The girls enthusiastically made pom poms out of wool in the colours of their football teams. The competition for the night was ‘Footy Outfit’ and it was decided that Lorraine Secomb (even though not a Junior girl!) deserved to win with her ‘scarf’ made out of teddies in all the AFL team colours. At the November meeting the girls will be making scones. We also welcomed two new prospective members to the Junior branch.

- Beatrice Greaves

Janette Mason and Janice Barette with Juniors, Isabella, Mehar and Guneet

Lorraine Secomb in her footy scarf of teddies.

GOULBURN WEIR

With the phenomenal amount of rain we had had over the past weeks many water storages are overflowing. Dartmouth Dam is spilling for the first time in 26 years and is a spectacular sight.

Closer to home is Goulburn Weir which is also sending massive amounts of water downstream.

The Goulburn Murray Water website gives the history of the Goulburn Weir which is situated on the Goulburn River about 8km north of Nagambie.

“The construction of a weir on the Goulburn River began in 1887, and was completed in 1891. The Goulburn Weir was the first major diversion structure built for irrigation in Australia and was considered very advanced for the time. Such was the regard for the structure, it appeared on the reverse of Australian half sovereign and ten shilling banknotes from 1913 until 1933.

Goulburn Weir is a concrete structure founded on bedrock, with its downstream face stepped with granite blocks quarried from the nearby Mt Black.

The metal superstructure of the original weir included 21 cast iron and wrought iron gates mounted between cast iron piers. The gates could be lowered into recesses in the weir crest to pass river and flood flows. Water driven turbines provided the power to lower and raise the gates. The structure also contained one of the first hydro-electric turbines in the southern hemisphere. The electricity was used to illuminate the weir and visitors came from all over Victoria to marvel at the steady bright electric light and floodlit water spray when the gates were operated at night. Goulburn Weir became an important venue for social and recreational events.

Works to stabilise the deteriorating weir structure were completed in 1983, and in 1987 a major refurbishment was undertaken. The work included advice on architectural and heritage matters from expert consultants, and the engagement of specialist contractors.

As part of the works, the main weir superstructure was replaced with nine steel radial gates mounted between concrete piers forming the new structure. Two of the original gates and lifting gear, mounted on the angled western abutment, were retained to preserve part of this unique piece of engineering history.”

Source: G-MW website.

CWA GV WEST GROUP

The members of GV West Group have been busy over the past few weeks. Mooroopna Branch had a ‘Spring into Spring’ afternoon tea on Sunday, October 2 at the Mooroopna Community Centre. Guests on arriving were able to browse the various stalls with ceramic garden ornaments, CWA goods and a plant stall bursting at the seams. Many boxes of plants which included annuals, succulents, cacti, daises to name a few, were cheerfully loaded into our car boots. We were treated to a delicious afternoon tea provided by the good cooks of CWA and of course, scones with jam and cream.

Michelle Banfield who has a garden/plant shop called Flourish On McLennan in the main street of Mooroopna, was the speaker and provided us with lots of information on the correct watering of plants, what suited our area and much more. The day was rounded off with the raffle and three winners were excited with the lovely prizes they won.

Those attending the September Group Craft which is held once a month at The Tatura Community House on the third Wednesday of the month, made pocket hearts to be donated to the Oncology Unit at GV Health and a cross stitch fridge magnet. October Group Craft is cancelled due to our CWA members attending a Social Craft Day on October 17 with Echuca Group CWA ladies. This is a craft day as well as a social day with members enjoying morning and afternoon tea and lunch together at the Echuca CWA Club Rooms.

The CWA Potters branch manned a stall promoting The Country Women’s Association at the Shepparton Show, and we are sure many CWA ladies also entered in the various classes at the Show and did well.

For all enquiries regarding joining a local CWA branch please contact our Group President: Mandy Perkins on 0419 210 149 or Group Secretary Janette Mason on 0408 194 638 and you will be most welcome to come along to a meeting at any one of our six branches in the Goulburn Valley West Group.

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- Janice Barrette, Publicity - GV West Group

Barbara Carter with Michelle Banfield

Rodney Member Gwen Ranson,

HETERONYMS

I was teaching English grammar to a student recently and was explaining the difference between a homophone and a homonym. For those of you who may have forgotten what these are, I’ll briefly explain the difference. A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but is spelt differently and has a different meaning. Some examples are: blue / blew, sail / sale, ate / eight.

Homonyms sound the same, are spelt exactly the same but have different meanings. For example: Weigh yourself on the scale / I will scale the wall, the price is fair / I am going to the fair.

During our discussion, I thought of desert (as in an arid piece of land) and desert (abandon). These words had the same spelling and different meanings which would have made them homonyms, but they also had a different pronunciation which therefore disqualifies them from being homonyms. “What on earth are they?” I wondered. Well, now I know. They are called heteronyms and for those of you who haven’t nodded off, I have a few examples.

Bass as in the fish vs bass as in music. Bow as in firing an arrow vs bow at the end of a performance.

Close as in it almost hit me vs close the door. Wind the alarm clock vs wind in the willows. Record the program vs setting a new world record.

Convict as in a criminal vs convict as in found guilty.

Minute, sixty seconds vs minute, extremely tiny.

Buffet, to pound or bump vs buffet, a place where you serve yourself.

Dove being the bird vs dove into the water. House being a building you live in vs house as in providing living quarters. Lead as in guiding vs lead as in the metallic element.

Moderate being keeping within reason vs moderate as in presiding over.

Sow as in female pig vs sow the seeds in the field.

There are many more in the list but I’m sure you have the picture by now. Having grown up with the English language, most of us are able to cope with this proliferation of words that are spelt the same while being pronounced differently. Breaking these down phonetically doesn’t work because unless you know the context, then you don’t know in which direction you need to break it. Lewis Carol, of ‘Alice In Wonderland’ fame, highlighted the lunacy of the English language during a lecture he was giving. He wrote the word ‘ghot’ on the board and challenged anybody in the room to pronounce it correctly. After several failed attempts, he announced that the correct pronunciation was ‘fish’. After the audience quietened down, he explained the following: ‘gh’ as in the word ‘enough’, ‘o’ as in ‘women’, and ‘t’ as in ‘station’. One can only imagine the mental anguish that new arrivals coming to our country experience as they grapple to make sense of our language. The problem for them is that it rarely makes any sense at all.

- John Kriesfeld

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ACRONYMS

The language of texting and computers use many acronyms in order to make life easier and quicker for the writer. The word ‘acronym’ is derived from the Latin ‘acro’ meaning beginning and ‘onym’ meaning word or name. It is usually a pronounceable word formed mostly (but not always) from the initial letters of a descriptive name or title. For example, ASAP = As Soon As Possible and RADAR = Radio Detecting And Ranging.

Contrary to what some of our younger folk believe, acronyms have been around for at least 2000 years and not something that has been dreamed up in the last few years. The Romans often used acronyms for inscriptions on stones. It not only saved a lot of space and time but also prevented repetitive strain injuries from too much carving. Instead of having to write Pia Fidelis, meaning ‘pious and faithful’, the stone carver only had to put the letters PF and everyone knew what it meant. One of the most famous acronyms in history, which was carved on many Roman monuments, and which adorned the Roman battle flags, was SPQR which stands for Senatus Popules Que Romanus, or the Senate and the People of Rome.

The early Christians used the acronym ICHTHUS to identify each other. It was made up of the Greek words Iesous Christos Theo Huios Soter, meaning ‘Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour.’ In this case the acronym also spelt out the Greek word for ‘fish’, which is why the fish symbol is still used by some Christians today. Here are some of the acronyms used in the world of texting and computers today. You may notice that most of them aren’t nearly as clever as the early acronyms which usually made a word of their own.

AAMOF – As a Matter Of Fact

AFAIK – As Far As I Know

AFK – Away From Keyboard

B3 – Blah, Blah, Blah

BFF – Best Friends Forever

BTW – By The Way

CTN – Cannot Talk Now

CWT – Complete Waste of Time

CYS – Check Your Settings

DGMW – Don’t Get Me Wrong

EOD – End of Discussion

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F2F – Face To Face

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FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions

FKA – Formerly Known As

FOMO – Fear Of Missing Out

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HTH – Hope This Helps

ICYMI – In Case You Missed It

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IDC – I Don’t Care

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IMHO – In My Humble Opinion

IMU – I Miss You

IRL – In Real Life

KMN – Kill Me Now

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KPC – Keeping Parents Clueless

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LOL – Laughing Out Loud

NIMBY – Not In My Backyard

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NNTR – No Need To Reply

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NOYB – None Of Your Business

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OMW – On My Way

POS – Parent Over Shoulder

POV – Point Of View

ROFL – Rolling On The Floor Laughing

SEP – Someone Else’s Problem

- John Kriesfeld

TATURA COMMUNITY HOUSE NEWS

Welcome to term 4. This term we have a plethora of courses and activities for you to get involved with. Check out our term program located online at: www.tatcom.vic.edu.au or drop into the Community House to pick one up.

On Tuesday, October 4 we had our Annual General Meeting, and we would like to thank everyone who attended. A Special thanks to John Kriesfeld for filling in at the last-minute as MC for the evening as well as thanking our extremely hard working and generous Committee of Management members for signing on for another year. This year the Committee of Management consists of:

President – Jen Pagon

Vice President – Iris Oakes

Treasurer – Sally Sherman

Secretary – Jenny Stammers

Board Member – Bev Roberts

If you would like to get more involved in the community house, pop in and have a chat to see where you could fit in. Currently we are looking for volunteers to help with gardening, reception, or Committee of Management.

WHAT’S ON

Tatura Community House 40th Year

Reunion – Come along and celebrate 40 years of the Tatura Community while also catching up with old friends and revisiting the past. 6pm Thursday, November 17, Displays, finger food and this is a FREE event. RSVP: Nov 11 on 5824 1315

PCC Exercises all new on Mondays – Come and join exercise classes on Monday morning, facilitated by Primary Care Connect. At 9:30am, we have Individual Program Training which is suitable for any age and fitness level with programs specifically tailored to you. We continue with Circuit Training, starting at 10:30am. It is suitable for any age and improves strength, general fitness, movement and mobility. We conclude our classes with Boxing at 11:30am which provides you with a great cardiovascular workout, using body weight to go through a range of exercises.

Youth Games Club – Take a break from video games and have some fun with non-digital games like Uno, Spot It!, Trivial Pursuit, Yahtzee and whichever games you like to bring along! Kids and teens ages 8 to 18 are welcome for some after school fun. Mondays during school term from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. Come along and give it a try!

Origami – A great way to unwind and practise mindfulness in this ancient paper-folding art. Come along Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:00pm at the library.

Justice of the Peace – Do you need some documents witnessed? We have a JP on site to certify and sign your documents. The JP will be available every Monday 10:00am-12:00pm. Please check out our website www.tatcom.vic. edu.au for our complete term program.

Jen Pagon and Tom Boocock

Proud Learners after Completing the Digital Essential I

ARDMONA PRIMARY SCHOOL

The students at Ardmona Primary School are flying high. Ardmona Primary School is a small school with a big heart, with state-ofthe-art educational facilities and resources. The small population of the school is embraced as an asset, where students are nurtured to identify and grow their natural talent as well as being provided with attentive scaffolding to build all their learning skills with a dedicated, professional group of educators, including teachers, educational support workers and in-house tutors.

Ardmona Primary School incorporates several curricula inspired initiatives to engage and inspire all students and provide them with skills beyond the classroom. These include the educational regular use of our in-house commercial kitchen, collaborative and advanced Lego construction projects and caring for animal programs with a thriving chook shed as well as some aquatic animals.

Ardmona Primary School embraces and

SENIORS LUNCH

The Toolamba Lions had the Seniors dancing in the aisles.

Local Seniors revisited the dancing days of their youth at Toolamba on Monday, October 10 when the Toolamba Lions Club hosted a Toe-Tapping Light Lunch as part of Seniors Week activities. Guests enjoyed a delicious lunch and some fun door-prize draws. The entertainment was provided by The Splinters who played songs the seniors remembered and loved, having guests singing along and even dancing to the old favourites.

supports students at all levels of the learning spectrum, including learners with specific educational needs as well as learners who have been selected for the Victorian High-Ability Program. We would like to congratulate Abby on this great achievement.

The overall learning program enables students to move fluidly between learning levels throughout the school, according to their individualised learning plans. We have students in both our junior and senior room working well above level in both literacy and numeracy.

We welcome any new families who would like to come and have a look at our school and all new enrolments.

Our kinder transition program starts on Tuesday, October 11, and runs every Tuesday through until November 29. Please call the school on 03 5829 0273 or Mob: 0419 388 732 for all enquiries.

- Nicolle Answer

Abbie and the chicken

Building the Titanic

Dancing to an Old Favourite

TATURA TABLE TENNIS CLUB

The Tatura Table Tennis Club held their awards night recently after another successful season. The award winners were as follows:

Best Club Person: Hank Doller - for his outstanding support to the TTTA, including helping to set-up and pack-up equipment, playing in all 14 rounds and encouraging junior players.

(Special mention to our Life Member, Phil Crow for his continued dedication to the TTTA).

Most Improved Player: Russell Marke

(Special mentions to James Downie and Nick Hogg)

Encouragement Award: Hamish Gow - who finished the season without winning a game (played 81), but still showed up every week with a smile on his face and keen to learn. Special mention to Georgia Leonard.

Best Level 1 Player: Lee Fitzgerald

Best Level 2 Player: Russell Marke

Best Level 3 Player: Steph McNair

Minor Premiers: Team Rudd - Lynton Greenwood, Russell Marke and Gaby Cornwall.

A-Grade Premiers: Team Rudd

A-Grade Runners Up: Team Keating -John Kriesfeld, Bill Heath and James Downie.

B-Grade Premiers: Team Fraser - Hank Doller, Phil Crow and Nick Hogg. Club Championships.

A-Grade Winner: Lee Fitzgerald

B-Grade Winner: Phil Crow

C-Grade Winner: James Downie

A-Grade Runner-up: Narendren

Ramakrishnan

B-Grade Runner-up: Bill Heath

C-Grade Runner-up: Jock Richardson

BUDDING AUTHORS

GRANDMA’S SPECIAL GIFT:

by Hailey Munari

(Grade 4, Sacred Heart Primary)

Evie’s face scrunched up, she clenched her fists, tears streaming down her face. She clutched her toy dog that her Grandma had given her when she was three. Her long, brown hair blew in the wind and her hazel eyes glistened. “Come on, Evie, it’s time to go home,” said her Mother softly. She was also crying.

When they got home, Evie goes to lay on her bed in her room. “Oh Hansel, I miss Grandma,” Evie sobs to her toy dog. Suddenly, something crazy happened! Evie’s toy dog was wriggling and growling! It was now the size of a tiger! Her now alive dog was barking hysterically!

“How, Hansel?” Evie asked, shocked! The puppy wagged his tail. “Hansel, how are you doing that?!” Hansel scratched on the window. “You wanna go outside?” Evie opened the window. The huge puppy jumped and squeezed through the small window. “Where are you going?” Evie questioned him. At that moment, Hansel barked and picked Evie up with his slobbery, wet mouth. He ran over to the cemetery, where her Grandma had been buried. Hansel put Evie down and trotted over to the tombstone. Hansel placed one paw on the tombstone. It started glowing. A ghost like figure appeared above her Grandma’s tomb. It was her! “Grandma!” Evie, filled with joy, the tears on her cheeks went away. “Evie,” said her Grandma “Your dog, Hansel, was a gift to guide you through life, and be there for you. Look after him!”

Evie’s Grandma disappeared as someone called her name. “Evie!” the person called again. It was Evie’s Mum. “Oh, Evie, are you ok?” “I’m fine” Evie replied. “I was just talking to Grandma, oh, and Hansel came alive!” “Nonsense, Hansel is right there”. She pointed next to the tomb. Surprisingly, Hansel was back to normal, laying on the grass. “Come on Evie, it’s getting dark”. Her Mum started leading her home.

The next day, Evie woke up really early, and shook her puppy “Hansel, are you awake?”

“Woof” Hansel barked as he grew bigger and bigger. Evie told Hansel that he would come to school with her. At school, Evie takes Hansel out of her bag to show her class, but…Hansel isn’t there!!! Evie looks everywhere for him. Under her table, in her book-box and in her lunchbox! He’s not anywhere!

The next day, she sees Olive. Olive is a tall girl with short, blonde shoulder-length hair and blue eyes. She was holding Hansel! Evie

stormed over to Olive, clenching her fists. “GIVE ME MY DOG BACK!” Evie yelled at Olive. “No,” Olive smirked. Evie ran away and went to tell the teacher what had happened. Evie walks into the principal’s office. Evie gasps. There, right in front of her is Olive and her parents! Evie’s parents were there too!

“Please sit, Evie,” said the principal. “Hello, I have brought you here today to discuss, uh, some problems with, uh, the girls,” the principal begun.

“Uh-oh, is it that bad?” asked Evie’s Mum. “Yes, it is”. “Oh gosh,” Evie’s Mum said. “Olive has told me that, uh, Evie punched her and said some really rude things,” the principal said. Evie glared at Olive. Olive sneered back at her.

Then, walking through the door came Evie’s friend, Xala. “Excuse me, sorry sir, I would just like to mention, I saw Olive talking to one of her friends in the corridor and they were talking about a plan to get Evie suspended. Stuff about lying and saying Evie did things, etcetera”.

“Is that true, Miss Olive?” the principal asked. “Uhm…”. Olive’s parents gasp. “I’m sorry to say, but I will have to suspend Olive for about a month,” said the principal.

Evie arrived at school the next morning and went over to Xala. “Xala, thank you soooo much. Without you, they would have suspended me”. “No problem, I’m glad I could help,” Xala and Evie share a smile. “I can’t wait for the school holidays!” Evie exclaims. “I can’t believe this is the last day of Term three!” Xala replied.

Evie walked home and went to her room. “Hey Hansel, we are going to play a lot these holidays, I promise!” she whispered to Hansel. “Goodnight my sweet pup”. Evie kisses him on the head and gets into bed.

Lynton Greenwood and Gaby Cornwall

Hailey Munari

TATURA PROBUS CLUB

Our last meeting on September 29 was a happy occasion with two very good speakers. The Member Behind the Badge was Betty Durston who spoke to us about her son who needed a kidney transplant, the lead up to this eventuating and the subsequent success of the process. Betty spoke beautifully of the ordeal and the ultimate happy ending with her son and daughter in law being the proud parents of twins. Thank you, Betty, well done.

Our Guest Speaker was Mary Connelly-Gale, Manager of Shepparton and District ‘Days for Girls’. An award-winning organisation which caters for the basic human rights of girls and young women all over the world, all voluntary. They provide information, teaching and special kits, some of which have been made in Tatura. The kits are made of beautiful cotton materials of which the girls can be proud. It was started in 2008 internationally, 2012 in Australia and 2018 in the Goulburn Valley. It was a fascinating talk beautifully told by Mary who is a wonderful speaker. Olwyn Milner, who organizes the speakers, thanked Mary on behalf of the Club.

Our next luncheon will be at the ‘Criterion Hotel’ in Rushworth on November 10.

Please contact our President Betty Smith on 0408 329 686 if you would like further information.

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GV TREE GROUP

Spring Flowers

Flowers, flowers, flowers! We have grown a few special flowering natives along with our standard trees and shrubs.

Strawflowers (Bracteantha bracteata) come in a range of colours but most commonly hues of yellow. Plant in full sun in rich friable soil and these will produce waves of large showy flowers. They will also do well in pots. Pruning lightly, best done by cutting the flowers for display inside, will keep the flowers coming. Flowers last well in a vase and can be dried for arrangements.

Drumsticks (Pycnosorus globosus) (a.k.a. Billy Buttons) are a perennial, flowering year after year and of course the flowers last for ages. They like a moist well drained soil but can do well in heavy soils too. They are drought tolerant and like full to part sun. Planted together in clumps or in a row you will get more than just flowers as the silver/grey woolly leaves will provide a nice contrast to most other plants.

Another Spring flower is the Swan River Daisy (Brachyschome). The swan river daisy is a small annual groundcover. They are small flowering shrubs up to 50cm in height. They have flowers in shades of blue, purple, white or pink, but what they lack in size they make up for in number. Planted together they make a striking border or mass planted for a beautiful floral display. They flower through spring, summer and autumn. The beauty of the Swan River Daisy is that they usually self-sow from year to year so once established you can expect to see more pop up the following year. Swan River Daisy’s also look great in a pot or planter on the patio. All these flowering natives are in stock leading up to Christmas.

Good growing

Barb Halliwell

Mary Connelly-Gale

Betty Durston

TATURA LIONS CLUB

Tatura Lions Club were honoured to have 201V5 District Governor Graham Bryant visit our club on Tuesday 27th October. District Governor Graham was introduced to club members by Zone Chairman Keith Bryant. After the DG’s presentation, President Helen presented DG Graham and his partner Rosalyn with a plant as a club thank-you. DG Graham presented his personal Lions Pin to Secretary Malcolm and PDG Glenda for their services to the club.

Lions Bruce and Glenda McLeod attended the 201 V5 District Convention at Seymour on the weekend of 8th October. Great convention after 3 years of not being able to hold one, also great to see many of our Lions Family.

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Tatura Lions Club doing what they do best! Catering for the Arabian Horse event at Tatura Park for three days. Good event and great weather!

Glenda & Bruce

MURCHISON PRIMARY SCHOOL

Gates open new chapter in school’s rich history. Former students, staff and families returning to celebrate Murchison Primary’s 150th anniversary might do a double-take on entering the old school yard.

The school has faithfully reproduced its famed World War II Memorial Gates to create a second memorial entry – this one dedicated to youth in the region who served Australia in World War I.

Both sets of gates are impressive in size, design and detail and are obviously built to last. The original Impey Street entry gates were erected in 1949 – just four years after World War II ended, and feature fine stone masonry walls, ornate ironwork and inset, marble tablets bearing the names of servicemen in gold leaf.

These older gates lead to the historic Impey Street schoolhouse, built in 1906 and still in use. The new gates now appropriately lead to the school’s more modern front entry building. They have been faithfully reproduced to match the original in every way.

“This has been a School Council project made possible with a $10,000 grant from the Department of Veteran Affairs,” Murchison Primary Principal Karen Goodwin said. “The actual cost to rebuild these gates was much higher but we had some goodwill along the way.” That ‘goodwill’ came from some historic school connections and talented locals.

Karen said when it came time to choose a stonemason, a familiar name was recommended – Webb Stonework, specialists in building custom structures from such materials as granite, sandstone, slate, and limestone. “It also just so happened I taught Jason Webb at Rushworth, so that was a nice touch,” Karen said.

Jason said his business enjoyed the challenges and historic importance of the project. “I understand the original gate was designed by a bricklayer who has passed on but apparently he had sourced the stone locally,” Jason said. “We found a good match between Murchison and Nagambie and chose stone that will weather nicely to match the original in years to come.”

Meanwhile, the school turned to one of its skilled parents to reproduce the ironwork fencing.

Pete Cantlin has had four children attend Murchison Primary over the years and has a long history as the head handyman at the former Wanganui Park Secondary College. He now heads the maintenance team at the new Greater Shepparton Secondary College and reproduced the intricate metal feature fencing in his spare time.

“Pete saved us thousands of dollars with the project, thanks to his talent in working with metal,” Karen said. “Before we began this project the main entrance to our school was a horrible old farm gate. Now we have two very special entrances that our community, including the Murchison RSL sub-branch, can be really proud of. Some of the names on the memorial gates directly link to local families, including several students of today,” Karen said.

The gates will be a central feature of a fete planned for November 5 that is being billed as ‘150 + 1’, marking the school’s official opening in November 1871. The ‘+ 1’ accounts for the celebrations being delayed last year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Updates on 150 + 1 will feature on the school’s website: www.murchps.vic.edu.au and Facebook page.

SHEPPARTON ADVENTURE CLUB

Midweek walk to Terrick Terrick National Park.

A group of twelve walkers enjoyed the beautiful spring environs of the Terrick Terrick National Park on a mild sunny day after the very wet wintery weather of the day before. It was especially nice to welcome four new walkers for this outing.

After morning tea at the entrance to the park, the group headed along Cemetery Rd to the camping ground and day picnic area before making the short sharp climb up to the summit of Mt Terrick Terrick, while carefully navigating some huge slaps of moist granite. The reward was the spectacular 360 deg view of the surrounding plains, with Mt Hope, Pyramid Hill, and the township of Mitiamo standing out amongst the vivid greens and yellow of the crops and grazing land. The exposed summit meant a strong wind, so the group retreated to the more protected areas below to complete the approximate 6 km loop back to the cars via Allen and Wilson’s tracks.

After a short drive, the afternoon walk was an approximate 4 km loop around Bennetts Rock in the more north westerly section of the main park area. This too was a granite outcrop area with several very large rocks surrounding the main Bennetts Rock, which we climbed for another view of surrounding countryside including across to Mt Terrick Terrick. It was a most enjoyable walk through this White Cypress Pine, Grey Box and Yellow Box woodland that was looking particularly lush after the wet winter. It was pleasing to hear such a range of constant bird calls as we traversed the area. One highlight of the day was on the way home when a brolga was spotted at close range in a wet paddock beside a muddy track. We were in high spirits as we concluded a very pleasant day at the Echuca branch of the Beechworth Bakery.

Karen Goodman with Max Ewert, Charlotte Sumner, Ned Bathman, Isabella Robinson, Jet Williams, and Frankie Ewert.

- Dianne Hanna.

The Intrepid Walkers

TEN YEARS IN TATURA

Most of us are aware Tatura Family Butchers have been providing premium meat to the Goulburn Valley for a long time, with strong focus on customer service and quality, making meals easy, convenient and above all... delicious. In fact, on the 29th of this month they will be having their ten-year celebration. Bourkey (Brady) started working in the industry in the year 2000 at around eleven years of age as a wash up kid for Mark Ryan in Nathalia, starting his apprenticeship there, and when the business was sold to Scotty Richardson, he finished his apprenticeship with him before moving to Echuca where he worked for six or seven years before purchasing the Tatura shop. This will tell you he has been in the industry for 22 years and I can tell you he loves his job. His words were: "If you don't love what you do you should do something else. I believe there is nothing better than going to work when you really enjoy what you do."

Tatura Family Butchers sell oven-ready meats, specialty meats, low and slow meats and traditional cuts, basically anything people want. Also available are seafood, small goods, eggs, dairy and bakery products.

They have Spit, Smoker and Kiwi Cooker hire as well as offering wholesale supply, gift vouchers and hampers. There are specials every week, starting each Monday and one only needs to check out their website for everything on offer. Their free delivery service is very widespread across to Benalla, up through Echuca to Strathmerton, Deniliquin and Finley, even all the way across to Bendigo. All at no charge. They also accept online shopping, where a lot of people use After-Pay and the shop is open seven days a week - from 7 a.m.! In the future Brady is planning to work more in the BBQ shop with Josh stepping up to the managing role in the butcher shop. Brady currently employs eleven staff, from wash up kids to butchers, delivery guys, admin staff and customer service. These are all locals,

and he finds it good to see people coming up through the ranks like he did himself, having a passion for the industry and feels privileged to be able to teach them the correct ways to do things. A week before my interview with him, he had been to Melbourne with one of his apprentices for a state competition of best butchers in Victoria. Run by the Australian Meat Industry Council, they are waiting to hear the final outcome.

Backyard BBQing with Bourkey has been open for three years, advertising throughout Australia and has a good customer base, particularly through salami season with them stocking skins and all ingredients needed, as well as barbecues and home butchery equipment. And that doesn't include their large range of sauces and rubs as well as the Kiwi cupboard (biscuits, chips, condiments and sauces, drinks, kiwianna, lollies and chocolate, pantry items). Upcoming will be their own range of rubs and spices they've been working on with the Tatura Family Butchers brand. These are currently in production and expected to be available on the shelves by the ten-year anniversary on October 29. Always trying different things, they expect to have their own sauces after that and will continue to slowly expand.

He and wife, Amber, are well established as a family here and very much part of the community. Brady is involved in our local car club (GV Fins and Fenders), football clubs in Tatura, Murchison, Rushworth, and Ardmona, as well as Hill Top Golf Club. Amber is heavily involved with the CFA, currently as a Lieutenant. They have a son RJ (Richard) who will be ten next month and their new baby boy has been named Wallace, known affectionately as Wally.

Brady and his staff appreciate their loyal customers and wish to advise they are taking orders for Christmas now.

- Janice Dreyer

TATURA RSL

The Tatura Community, and let’s not forget our very important visiting tourists, will now have the benefit of learning more about our Water Tower and mural of General Sir John Monash. The long-awaited pedestal and information board was installed at the Water Tower site late last month. Hopefully, landscaping and lighting is not too far away.

Thank you to those positive people who contributed to this later addition to further enhance the project: Simon Walsh from G.V.W., Freelance Designer Nerida Hippisley and Michel Signs Pty Ltd, for the installation and signage.

Many thanks to Rob. Mathieson, Tatura RSL Veteran and Life Member, for his mammoth effort in pursuing the processes to have this iconic Water Tower, now featuring the murals and information boards, brought to fruition. Also ‘Michelle’ from North East Art who has featured and publicised the Tatura Water Tower on the North East Art/ Silo Trail website. Tatura will have a Remembrance Day on Friday, November 11. This is generally a short service that will commence with the laying of wreaths at 10.40am at the Memorial, in the Private Robert Mactier VC Memorial Gardens. This will be followed by The Last Post and Reveille. The full display of woollen poppies along the rear memorial wall will be dictated by the weather. Poppies will be on sale in the town prior.

Tatura RSL members are advised that in February 2023 onwards, the Annual General Meeting and RSL meetings will be conducted on the first Friday of the month at 1.30pm at their usual club rooms in the Mechanics Hall building, Civic Halls Complex. The new date will allow a quicker transfer of RSL news from the meetings to the community via the Bulletin. Lest we forget.

- Mal. Watts, Tatura RSL member.

November 1 – World Vegan Day. This is not a day to commemorate people from Venus although many vegans do sound as though they have come from a different planet. Vegans are vegetarians who do not consume dairy products or eggs as they do not like to see animals exploited. Most vegans will happily explain their way of life to anybody who is willing to listen or is trapped in a lift with them. Fortunately, vegans have yet to start ringing doorbells in an attempt to convert the rest of us.

November 2 – International Men Make Dinner Day. Traditionally, it is the wife who makes dinner but it is time for the men to share the cooking responsibilities. After all, most of the greatest chefs are men. Please note: buying take-away food doesn’t count, so come on guys, cooking one meal for the year won’t kill you, although it might kill everyone else.

November 3 – International Cliché Day. Clichés are annoying due to their predictability and lack of any true meaning. So, a word to the wise, they should usually be avoided like the plague, but on World Cliché Day, you are encouraged to bend over backwards, bite the bullet and blow your own horn with your bottomless pit of tired old clichés. After that, they’re old hat.

November 6 – World Numbat Day. The numbat is native to Australia and is unique, sharing no relation to any living species. Unfortunately, they are also critically endangered as there are fewer than 1,000 left in the wild.

November 11 – Remembrance Day (also called Poppy Day). This day was first observed at the end of the First World War to remember the members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty. Hostilities formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. The red poppy has become a familiar emblem of Remembrance Day due to the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’.

November 12 – International Tongue Twisters Day. It’s either an elegant, triumphant dance or a fumbling, ungainly stumble through a linguistic waltz. Master any of the following tongue twisters and you’ll be able to amaze your friends and family. Remember, you have to say them quickly at least three times in a row:

a. A quick witted cricket critic.

b. The sixth sick sheikh’s sixth sheep’s sick.

c. How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?

d. Tie twine to three tree twigs.

You have to hold your tongue out while saying this one:

e: I was born on a pirate ship.

That’s it, we’ll leave the pheasant plucking for another time.

November 14 – World Diabetes Day.

November 14 is the birthday of Sir Frederick

Banting, a medical scientist who discovered insulin. Type 1 diabetes is a condition where the immune system is activated to destroy the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. There is no cure, and it cannot be prevented. Type 2 diabetes is a progressive condition in which the body becomes resistant to the normal effects of insulin. However, Type 2 can be managed with regular physical exercise, healthy eating and weight reduction.

November 15 – Steve Irwin Day. This day is now an annual international event honouring the life and legacy of the Crocodile Hunter, and to highlight his passion of animal conservation.

November 20 – World Children’s Day –

Despite the obvious fact that every day is children’s day, the United Nations uses this day to encourage children of all races, creeds, and religions to spend time together, getting to know each other and appreciating each other’s differences.

November 21 – World Hello Day -

Participating in World Hello Day is quite simple: all you have to do is say hello to at least 10 people during the day. This will send a message of openness and goodwill to others, and apparently this small gesture alone will demonstrate how communication can be instrumental in resolving disputes and preventing conflicts. No doubt a think tank full of highfliers came up with this radical idea after spending many months jetting around the world and spending hundreds of thousands of tax-payer dollars.

November 24 – Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day. We all have talent. Sometimes it’s obvious to the world, such as playing the violin in an orchestra or smashing a tennis ball at Wimbledon, but in many cases, it is a special talent that you keep hidden from the world, such as whistling through your nose, reciting the alphabet backwards while belching or knitting a jumper with your toes. Today is your opportunity to share your unique talent with the world.

November 25 – Buy Nothing Day. This is an International Day of Protest against consumerism by the usual culprits. I’m not sure how successful this protest will be or what it will achieve, as people will merely have bought everything they need on the previous day. Oh, that’s right, it’s all about the gesture.

November 26 – International Cake Day. Cakes must have improved since the French peasants cut off Marie-Antoinette’s head for telling them to eat cake during a famine. Perhaps they were overly conscious about their weight. Anyway, you can put your own diet on hold today and indulge yourself with your favourite cake. Perhaps our bakeries will offer all their cakes for half-price today (hint, hint).

November 29 – Square Dancing Day – Yeeha!

Square Dancing has its roots in traditional English, Irish and Scottish folk dance and was first documented in 17th-century England. This is a great way to get fit, meet new people and have lots of fun. Each dance has a ‘caller’ to help you with the steps but unfortunately, they tend to speak a different language to the rest of us.

November 30 – Computer Security Day. Cyber theft is a growing problem so please use this day to change your computer passwords and ensure that they are strong and never, ever open any attachments from an unknown source, no matter how alluring they are.

John Kriesfeld

GOULBURN-MURRAY WATER

Goulburn-Murray Water (GMW) is urging customers with dams on their properties to prepare for further rainfall in the coming months.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is predicting above median rainfall from October to December, and many of GMW’s storages are already at capacity.

GMW Water Storage Services general manager Martina Cusack said intense rain and flood events could lead to the rapid filling of dams or overtopping, increasing the risk of private dam failure.

“It is crucial customers with licensed dams take some general precautions,” she said. “Inspecting and monitoring dams, clearing spillways and outlet pipes to help pass flood water, and repairing any cracks and other defects will help ensure minimise the negative impacts of heavy rainfall.”

The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) has produced booklets, Your dam your responsibility and Dam safety emergency plan to help dam owners understand their responsibilities for operating and maintaining dams on their properties. To view these booklets, head to - https://www.water.vic.gov.au/ managing-dams-and-water-emergencies/ dams/guidance-notes

For BOM alerts, visit www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso/outlook/ - Klaus Nannestad, Media Adviser

QUIZ answers

MURCHISON PRIMARY SCHOOL

1c – Tony Lockett

2a – Andes, South America

We’ve had so much going on at Murchison Primary lately, lucky we have holidays coming up soon!

3b – Ottawa

4d – George Orwell

5a – Emerald

6b – Vines

7c – Tchaikovsky

8c – Signs and Symbols

9c – 2 (Phobos and Deimos)

While it wasn’t ideal conditions for our House Athletics Sports, students did not let muddy conditions slow them down. We love that we once again got to use the Murchison Recreation Reserve for this event. Students had to wait a few days to find out who had won. Congratulations to Goulburn on their narrow win and to the age group champions on their success at the House Sports. Thanks to all who attended the athletics and our assembly to support our students.

10b – Baby

Scoring.

0–2. Struggle Street. Don’t feel too bad. In order for people to live on Bland Street, somebody has to be worse than that and I’m sorry to say that’s you. On the other hand, if you had guessed (c) for every answer you would have gotten four correct so perhaps you were just unlucky.

3-5. Bland Street. The majority of the population fall into this category. After all, average is both normal and safe. If you stand out from the crowd you become a tall poppy and we know what happens to them so rejoice in your ordinariness.

A group of students from the senior area got the wonderful opportunity to attend the Picasso exhibition in Melbourne at the NGV. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the experience of seeing such masterpieces in real life. Students also had the opportunity to create their own portrait prints. Thanks to Karen Vraca for organising this experience our students. Our Book Week Parade and celebrations were again a resounding success. We headed to the park to show off our costumes and share some stories read to us by Mrs Goodwin and our Grade 6’s. Princesses, Cowboys, Witches – you name it, I think we saw it! Our Staff also took part, I am glad the Green Sheep was found!

6-7. Above Average (sort of). Well done on another abnormal performance. If you were normal you would have been living on Bland Street and being called unexceptional. So, according to the Oxford dictionary, you are exceptional, irregular and deviating from type. Ask your friends if that sounds like you.

Our wonderful Chappy once again led us in our Father’s Day celebration. The sun was shining and Chappy had the BBQ fired up for a wonderful morning with dads, grandfathers and families. It was a great opportunity to celebrate the importance of these great role models in students’ lives. Students also got the chance to make some heartfelt and creative gifts for their fathers.

Thanks to the students and their parents for enduring the chilly conditions at the Murch East Upgrade Celebrations. Once again, our talented students impressed the crowd. Thanks to Ms Thorne who travelled back from an excursion in Melbourne to lead the band.

- Elly French

8-9. Smarty Pants. Excellent. Congratulations! You’re smarter than 95% of the population. Whether you choose to believe statistic is up to you. Oh, you do believe it. I thought you might. However, it also means you’re not as smart as 5%. Oh, I see. You don’t believe that particular statistic. 10. Genius. Every question correct! Go you! Lucky for you it was multiple choice because there were a couple you weren’t too sure about, weren’t there? However, you now have a month to bask in the glory by asking other people how they did on the quiz.

we upload an audio

transcript of the sermon to our website (https:// Kate Peachey, on display outside the church building along with three crosses. The portraits captured Jesus’ journey to the cross and his resurrection. We chose to put up this display

Lily Fluting for the Trains

Students at the NGV

Maxie Celebrating Her Dad

This month at the Cubby we have been enjoying the nice weather and playing outside. We have done some gardening, trimmed trees with the children helping out by picking up the leaves and branches. We also hunted for treasure in the sand pit and did chalk drawings on our pathways. The children learned about and practiced taking turns, being patient while playing ball and tested their balance skills in the obstacle course.

Parents, please remember to pack wide brim hats for children during the warm and sunny season.

When we weren’t playing outside, we spent time exploring the library, cooking with playdough and building with blocks and Legos.

If you are looking for childcare, don’t hesitate to contact the Tatura Community House if you would like to have a look around and get to know our childcare staff. Please note: on some days, we might only be able to offer a spot on our waiting list.

The Cubby Occasional Care is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 9am - 2pm in the orange building on Kerferd Street

The Cubby is a Child Care Subsidy provider, making it an affordable choice for families. Ph 5824 1315.

- Nadine and Tom

Olenna

WHAT’S IN A NAME? (Episode

2)

You may remember that James and Samantha Peabody have travelled back in time to have a chat to William Shakespeare and try and find out if Sir Francis Bacon is the real playwright. You may also remember that Samantha isn’t too enamoured with the smells emanating from that period. As they walked away from the park towards the centre of London, Samantha noticed that people were starting to stare at them, and in some cases, point at them and laugh.

“We appear to be amusing the local population,” commented Samantha as a skinny, old woman dressed in what could only be described as rags, made some disparaging comment about them to her neighbour who immediately burst into a cackling fit of laughter.

“I think we’re over-dressed,” replied James, as more and more people began to stop and stare at them.

“The girl in the costume shop assured me that these clothes were authentically Elizabethan,” sniffed Samantha in annoyance.

“Perhaps for the royal court of Queen Elizabeth,” replied James as he looked around warily at the decrepit buildings lining the narrow street, “but not for the poorer parts of London. I don’t imagine that any of the toffs come down here very often.”

“These people are all so skinny,” said Samantha as she glanced at the people in the street. “There’s not a fat person to be seen.”

“That’s because fast food and labour-saving devices have yet to be invented,” replied James as he stepped cautiously around a large pile of horse dung in the middle of the muddy street. “Come on, the sooner we find the Globe Theatre, the safer I’ll feel. We’re attracting far too much attention walking around here.” He checked his map and then looked around once more. “We can either walk right around this block of streets or we can duck down this alley and save a lot of time,” he said as he indicated a narrow opening on their left.

“Do you think it’s safe?” asked Samantha as she looked dubiously at the alley.

“Is anywhere around here safe?” replied James as a couple of raggedly dressed men made several menacing gestures towards them. “They think we’re upper-class gentry come to laud it over them, and they aren’t too happy about it. Perhaps we should just return to the time machine and forget all about this adventure.”

“Oh no you don’t,” replied Samantha firmly. “I’ve come here to meet William Shakespeare and no number of ill-mannered peasants are going to stop me from doing that.” She turned and strode purposefully towards the alley and James quickly hurried to catch up to her.

Piles of rotting rubbish dotted the alley and Samantha noticed that the smell was even worse. An elderly lady peered out from a nearby window and then called out something that was intelligible to Samantha. Moments later a gush of brown putrid liquid was flung out the window and onto the muddy ground in front of them.

“What on earth!” exclaimed Samantha as she came to an abrupt stop. “Did that lady just throw out the contents of her chamber pot?” she asked incredulously.

“I think I mentioned that the poorer parts of London didn’t have any sewerage,” replied James as he stepped cautiously around the smelly mess

by John Kriesfeld

in front of them. “I think it might pay to glance up from time to time as the people on the first and second floors probably use the same method for getting rid of their waste.”

“How can these people live like this?” muttered Samantha as she hitched up her long dress and followed James.

“This is normality for them,” said James. “I expect the rain will just wash it away. You can’t judge their actions and behaviour by our current standards. This is actually a great example of the growth and evolution of society and shows just how far we have come in the last couple of hundred years. It’s the same as if we apologise for the actions and behaviour of our ancestors. What they did was normal behaviour for that period and as far as they would be concerned, any apology from a future generation would be unwarranted.”

“I agree,” replied Samantha as she glanced nervously up at the windows lining the narrow alleyway and barged straight into James’s back. He had come to halt and was staring at three large men who had emerged out of the shadows and were now blocking their way.

“Can I help you gentlemen?” James asked calmly.

The three men immediately looked at each other in surprise and then burst in loud guffaws of laughter. “Lord and Lady La-de-da Muck certainly doth speak strangely,” sneered one of the men, who appeared to be the leader. “We’re from Bulgaria, if you must know,” replied Samantha haughtily, “and our English is probably better than yours.”

The large man frowned in annoyance as he addressed James. “Why dost thou allow yon woman to speaketh thus to me? Dost she not knoweth her place?”

Samantha took a step forward and placed her hands on her hips belligerently. “I can speak however I like, now please be so kind as to step out of our way.”

The large man scowled at Samantha. “Perhaps things art different where thou come from, but here, women knoweth their place.” He turned back to James and poked a finger in his chest. “Thou must pay a toll to pass safely through our alley otherwise there will be unfortunate consequences.”

“Oh goody!” exclaimed Samantha. “I do love consequences.”

“A toll?” replied James quizzically. “I’m afraid that won’t be possible as we don’t have any money.”

“Surely you jest,” replied the thug as he suddenly reached out and attempted to snatch Samantha’s small handbag from her grasp.

Samantha easily evaded his hand and took a defensive step back. “We don’t have any money,” she said, “but I have something in here that is far more valuable.” She opened her handbag and took out a small cannister and held it out in front of her.

“What’s that?” grunted the thug suspiciously.

“Why don’t you come and have a closer look?” suggested Samantha as she passed her handbag to James with her other hand and then took up a strong defensive stance.

What does Samantha have in her hand that is so valuable? How will Samantha and James get to the Globe Theatre if they don’t have any money to pay the toll to the thugs and why does Samantha love consequences?

TATURA HILL TOP BOWLS

Tatura Hilltop entered state events in the Men's and Ladies Goulburn Valley Fours, reached the finals with the championship games to be played at Shepparton Park. The Ladies team of Dot Best, Jeanette Overall, Robyn Downs and Maria Warner found their opponents in the crack Rushworth side too much of a challenge on the day and lost by quite a margin.

The Men's foursome of Brendon Boyd(S), Nick Boyd, Peter LeSueur and Mitch Reeves had a cracker of a game when together with their Shepparton Park opponents, they went into the last end locked on 17 shots each. The scoring was close throughout the match with often only single shots separating the two teams. Shepparton Park were holding the game winning shot on the last end when Brendon Boyd with his last bowl re-established their lead by removing the shot bowl. Shep Park skipper Jost Warren, with the last bowl to be played for the day, was unable to alter the head to his advantage. Boyd's rink home by the barest of margins 18 to 17.

ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP FOR LOCAL EDUCATION STUDENT

The Rotary Club of Tatura awarded the Bruce Anderson Scholarship to Alyson Phillips to assist with her first-year studies for a Bachelor of Education at LaTrobe University in Bendigo. The presentation was made during a regular Rotary social club meeting where Alyson gave an interesting talk about where she has come from, where she is now and where she hopes to go with her career in the future.

After successfully completing primary school in Tatura and secondary school in Shepparton Alyson decided to take a GAP year in 2021. She said “As COVID was disrupting my education pathways I decided to take a GAP year to gain some real-life experience before entering tertiary education.” She signed-up for a traineeship with Notre Dame College to complete a Certificate III in Education Support. Alyson said “This opportunity allowed me to experience education from the teacher’s perspective. I was able to support students with disabilities and impairments to learning and help them gain confidence in the mainstream learning environment. This year spent working confirmed that I had picked the right tertiary pathway to pursue a career as a teacher.” She said she is currently not receiving Government support and the scholarship funds will help to cover some of her accommodation expenses.

While growing up in Tatura Alyson was actively involved with local sport and a dance group. She also supported fund-raising through the Good Friday Appeal and helped with the Blue Light Disco.

The scholarship is administered by the Rotary Club of Tatura and is a result of a bequest made by the late former member Dr Bruce Anderson (1936 to 2009) who was a vet in the Tatura district for thirty-five years, serving the rural communities in both private practice and in the public service. It provides one thousand dollars for first year tertiary students from Tatura and surrounding districts. The selection criteria are based equally on academic merit, social service and financial need. For more information on how to apply for the 2023 scholarship contact sj.lolicato@gmail.com or 04 0092 0467.

COW JOKES

What did the mama cow say to the baby cow? It's pasture bedtime. I'm looking now but I can't see the cows at the moment.

They must be camooflaged.

Where do cows eat lunch?, In the calf-eteria.

Why was the cow so afraid of messing up?

Because the steaks were high.

Rhonda Rose, Alyson Phillips, Frank Matea

Men’s Fours, 8b – Roben Downs, Jeanette Overall and Dot Best.

CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME? by Ma

Merle

“Come on Merle, come for a walk you know you need it,” Agnes said to me.

“What do you mean I need it, Agnes? Are you saying I am fat and lazy?” I replied indignantly. “Oh, heavens no,” she said with a nervous giggle, “of course not. But you know they tell us move it or lose it, so we need to keep moving. I can tell you I do feel a lot better now that I walk most days. I especially love it when Fred has the time to walk with me.” She now had a big smile on her face like a lovesick teenager.

I finally gave in, even if it was just to stop Agnes from nagging. I had recently purchased a pair of brand new walking shoes and made sure my laces were correctly tied as I did not want any repeat injuries, not after the last time I went walking and fell. That memory was still very vivid for me. However, I did know that Agnes was right and I probably do need to do a bit of walking.

Off the two of us went, all covered in sunscreen and hats, long sleeves and long pants. I found the whole ordeal to be exhausting before I even left the jolly house.

Agnes was a bit of a fuddy-duddy about this sort of thing. “We need to be careful at our age Merle, as our skin is very sensitive and with global warming and all, oh wait, I think it is climate change now, anyway, I have had enough spots removed from my body to make a whole new me.” She then laughed and laughed and carried on about how the new her would look.

“Not very flattering I would imagine, since it would be made up of all the nasty spots you have had removed,” I replied. What a dreadful thought. And anyway, one Agnes was more than enough.

We strolled around and I kept my pace at a speed I could cope with, Agnes kept leaping ahead and then waiting a bit for me.

“Is this as fast as you can go Merle? We need to get our hearts pumping you know. They say it is good cardiovascular work.”

By this stage I was feeling hot and sweaty, out of condition and over Agnese’s sharing of wisdom. Especially about what they say. Who are they anyway?

I kept quiet to keep the peace. After a minute I said, “I am doing my best Agnes.” I marched on but it was coming to my attention that there was an awful lot of dog droppings on the ground. I wondered why we had been mostly walking on the road, but now I was grateful for it. “Why is there so much dog poo on the ground Agnes?” I was sure she would have an answer about what they would say about that.

“You know I really don’t know Merle, but I can tell you there seems to be more and more every time I go for a walk. Lazy dog owners just don’t pick it up or they let their dogs roam free in the morning to get it out of their system, if you know what I mean?”

“Yuk, an awful thought, and aren’t they obligated to pick it up? It’s disgusting Agnes and smelly too.”

“I don’t really know the laws, but I do think they are meant to pick it up but also should pick it up. I don’t like it one bit either. You have to be really careful where you walk.”

We chatted about the weather, people and goings on in the town until we finally arrived back at my house. I went in and decided to put the kettle on before I took off my shoes, which were not as comfortable as I had hoped they would be for the money I spent on them. I turned around to go back into the lounge room and looked down, only to see what appeared to be muddy footprints.

“Agnes!” I bellowed indignantly. “Have you traipsed mud into my house? You will be cleaning it up if you have, that’s for sure.”

“I’m still outside,” Agnes yelled back. “I’m just taking off my shoes in case I stepped in something.”

My heart sunk through my stomach as an awful, revolting smell hit my nostrils. I slowly undid my shoes right there in the kitchen, while I leaned against the benchtop for support. I removed my shoes, held my breath and then looked underneath them. Much to my relief my first shoe was clean except a couple of small stones stuck in the grooves. However, to my utter shock and revulsion, my second shoe was covered in squashed, stinky, atrocious dog poo. I dropped the shoe and almost lost my breakfast. “Agnes!” I screamed out. “Agnes come quick, but don’t come in.”

“How can I do that Merle?” exclaimed Agnes as she hurried into the house. “I am either coming in or I’m not. What on earth is wrong?”

“I have dog poo all over my shoe and now it’s all over my floor,” I replied exasperatedly. I was hot, flustered, sweating even more and feeling very nauseous.

Agnes nodded wisely. “Oh heavens, yes you always need to check your shoes, Merle. That’s what I was just doing.”

“Well, you could have told me that before you let me walk through the house,” I growled angrily as I fought back my tears.

“I just thought you would check,” replied Agnes calmly. “I mean you did notice the amount of dog droppings around so naturally I thought you would watch where you walked and then check when you got home. I thought it was the obvious thing to do.”

“Clearly, it was not and now look at my floor! And these are my brand-new runners. Oh, Agnes I am so upset right now and I never want to go walking ever again. In fact, I am quite furious and feel like making a complaint to the council.”

“That sounds like a very good idea Merle.” Agnes was obviously placating me, but I certainly needed it. “Let me come in and help you clean. We can mop the floor and I will even clean your shoes for you, then we can sit outside while the floor dries.”

Agnes did all of that for me and I thought what a kind friend she is. I am not sure I could have cleaned my shoes and would probably have thrown them in the bin, in a plastic bag.

“When the floor is dry, I will make us a nice cup of tea, Merle. Don’t let this ruin our walking from here on,” said Agnes soothingly.

“We’ll see,” I replied grumpily. Why on earth would any sane person think it is okay for their dog to poo on the ground and just leave it there? Can someone please explain? Anyone?

MELBOURNE CUP WORD SEARCH

MELBOURNE CUP WORD SEARCH

Find and circle all of the hidden words about the Melbourne Cup The names include horses, jockeys and trainers . There are no left -over letters.

Find and circle all of the hidden words about the Melbourne Cup

The names include horses, jockeys and trainers There are no left -over

DOLLIE LORD FURY SAINTLY

EMPIRE ROSE MAKYBE DIVA STAR BOY

ETHEREAL MALUA STICK

FIORENTE OBRIEN TARCOOLA

FLEMINGTON OCCULT THE QUACK

FREEDMAN OLIVER WALLER

GALILEE PATRON WINDBAG

GOLD AND BLACK PAYNE WOTAN

GOUGH PHAR LAP VIEWED

GURNERS LANE PIKE ZULU

HAYES

See page 25 for answers

1. Who was the first man on the moon?

a. Lance Armstrong

b. Neil Armstrong.

c. Louis Armstrong

d. Alexander Armstrong

2. Which horse has the fastest winning time in a Melbourne Cup?

a. Phar Lap

b. Kingston Rule

c. Might and Power

d. Comic Court

3.On what continent is Zambia located?

a. South America

b. Asia

c. Europe

d. Africa

4. When the city of Darwin was founded in 1869, it was given what name?

a. Kakadu

b. Katharine

c. Palmerston

d. Arafura

5. Who wrote Jane Eyre An Autobiography?

a. Emily Bronte

b. Charlotte Bronte

c. Jane Eyre

d. Mary Shelley

6. What is the deepest river in the world?

a. The Congo River

b. The Nile River

c. The Amazon River

d. The Yangtse River

7. How many Melbourne Cups did Bart Cummings win?

a. 8

b. 10

c. 12

d. 14

8. Who first showed that the Earth revolves around the sun?

a. Copernicus

b. Kepler

c. Galileo

d. Ptolemy

9. Sofia is the capital city of which country?

a. Austria

b. Croatia

c. Romania

d. Bulgaria

10. What is a baby shark called?

a. Pup

b. Calf

c. Fry

d. Hatchling

SERPENT’S TALE

Colours shimmering in the gliding –mountains moving, making tides.

Legends etched in clapping sticks tapping stories in a language fractured by the conquering.

Riches not of gold dust-dry scattering on the burning wind.

by Robyn Black, No Straight Lines

THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE I NEVER MET

There are a number of people whom I have never met who, despite this, have deeply influenced my life. It’s a sorry fact that it often takes their death to remind me just how much their life, work and words mean to me. Some of them were important in the sense of being famous, and others were important because of how they shaped my thinking and life. These past few weeks have seen the deaths of Queen Elizabeth, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev, singer / songwriter Archie Roach, singers Olivia Newton John and Judith Durham, and actor Uncle Jack Charles. I never met any of these people but I, along with many, many others, have grieved their passing and reflected upon how their lives have influenced mine or, more disconcertingly, how their lives and work did not influence me.

I was just a babe in arms when my mother took me to see the Queen pass by during her Royal Tour in 1954. While I don’t remember it, the Queen was to be a constant figure throughout my life. Overseeing the breakup of the British Empire, turbulence in the world at large, including two World Wars, and as matriarch to an at times dysfunctional Royal family, the Queen has served as a stable leader, devoted to her life of public service for her country and the Commonwealth. As a Republican, I had difficulty with her being Queen of Australia but there was no doubting her resilience and dedication to her role.

I’ve been feeling a bit like a fish out of water because I feel disconnected from so much of the public grief that is swirling around people like the Queen, Judith Durham and Olivia Newton John. I see and hear the grief of others and feel mildly guilty that I don’t feel grief in the same way as many others.

As a teenager in the mid-1960s, it was the music of some other people I never met: the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan that shaped my attitude to life. Judith Durham and Olivia Newton John just didn’t do it for me. And the Queen seemed irrelevant to the politics of our involvement with the USA in the Vietnam war. JFK, LBJ and Nixon seemed far more important to what was happening in Australia at the time. It wasn’t until the Queen’s representative in Australia, the Governor General sacked the Whitlam Government that the Queen’s role in Australia became important, although in a negative way.

Conversely, I am quite affected by the deaths of Archie Roach and Jack Charles. Not because they were Aboriginal, but because through the 1990’s and noughties the songs of Archie Roach spoke to my trauma, anger, and slow recovery as I dealt with my loss of identity following the breakdown of my marriage and my being forced out of ministry. Archie’s songs speak to many who have lost their way and seek to find meaning, hope and healing, whatever their background.

Archie Roach's song 'Took The Children Away' became an anthem to the children and families of the Stolen Generations and created an awareness and understanding for the rest of us of the brutality of previous Government policies. Archie Roach said "…my song had become a healing song. I can understand that, because every time I sing this song I let a little bit of the pain go, and I have been singing it for a long time now. One day, maybe soon, through the healing power of music, I will let it go."

Similarly, Jack Charles was a role model of redemption and recovery when many would have said it was too late. After years of drug addiction, alcoholism, crime, and prison, he turned his life around. His compassion, gentleness and joy were an inspiration to all who think they have left it too late to change and start again.

My grandchildren came to visit for a couple of days during the recent school holidays. One night I produced an old hurricane lamp that I had hanging at the back door. I put some kerosine in it and, despite it not having been used for over twenty years, I lit it and proceeded to take the children on a walk in the dark with this old light. To my surprise, they knew what it was but called it by another name. To them it was a “Minecraft lantern”, Minecraft being a popular online video/strategy game.

Unlike a modern torch, a hurricane lamp shines in all directions, the holder may only be interested in the light that shines on the path ahead, but the light shines indiscriminately. In the dark of the night, it appears to the holder that the light is weak, and only illuminates the path a few feet ahead but if you find yourself quite a considerable distance away, even though the light from the lamp is too weak to illuminate your way, it is still visible and can act as a guide or beacon.

Jesus was another person I never met but as a Christian he remains the benchmark for me of what it is to be truly human. His word and his life continue to inform, confound and shape me. There is a very short parable that Jesus told, ‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.’ (Matt 5: 14-16) I encourage you to live your life knowing that what you do and say influences others, some who you will never know. This is the gospel, and it’s good news.

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- Brian Spencer, Minister, Tatura Uniting Church

LOTS OF LAUGHS AT TATURA PRIMARY SCHOOL

We were excited to help renowned comedian, Damian Callinan, prepare for his role as the ‘Mayor of Tatura’ last week. Damian visited Tatura PS to share his experiences as an author, actor, and comedian. He reflected on the journey from planting the seed of his book ‘Weird School’ with a publisher- through to its final production and launch. Our students were enthralled by the anecdotes and snippets from the book.

They were also given the opportunity to help Damian with his campaign towards becoming the ‘Mayor of Tatura!’ They produced placards with ideas that ranged from having some real insight into the needs of the town to being weird and wacky.

As Principal of the school, I was proud to see our students’ work highlighted at the comical production at Victory Hall this week. See the attached photos for some of our students’ great ideas!

- Susanne Gill, Principal

1b – Neil Armstrong

2b – Kingston Rule

3d – Africa

4c – Palmerston

5b – Charlotte Bronte

6a – The Congo River

7c – 12

8a – Copernicus

9d – Bulgaria

10a – Pup

Scoring.

0–2. Struggle Street. Good on you for having a go! On the ladder of life, it is people like you that everybody else stands on, often blissfully unaware that you’re even there. However, without you, all the people on Bland Street would have nobody else to look down upon.

3-5. Bland Street. I see you hiding in the middle of the ordinary, unexceptional majority. You have avoided the tall poppy syndrome quite well and nobody is actually jealous of your score so you’re also safe from the Facebook trolls. If you were any blander you could qualify for ‘Where’s Wally?’

6-7. Above Average (sort of). As you’re better than the average lump of humanity, this makes you abnormal, which, I believe, is something to be celebrated. So, when someone accuses you of not being normal you can treat it as a compliment.

8-9. Smarty Pants. Well done, and I’m sure that with a bit of luck you could have made Genius level, although perhaps you already used up your luck getting this far.

10. Genius. Great work on getting all ten questions correct! Scientists reckon that a million monkeys with a million typewriters could write ‘Macbeth’ just by pressing random keys. You only had to correctly pick one out of four each time. I’m backing you over those monkeys.

MUSEUM MUSINGS

A welcome email was received at the Museum last week informing us that we were successful in receiving a grant of $40,000 for conservation. The Program is an initiative of the Victorian Government which supports the repair and conservation of ‘at risk’ heritage places and objects identified as being of State significance and included in the Victorian Heritage Register under the provision of the Heritage Act 2017. The funded works includes conservation treatment for 15 items most at risk as assessed by a team of professionals from the Grimwade Conservation Services of the Melbourne University. All items are part of our Internment Camp collection The actual work will take up to 9 months to complete. “The Tatura Internment and P.O.W. Camps Artefact Conservation Program”, is supported by the Victorian Government through the Living Heritage Grants Program”.

George Ferguson Tatura Museum

Recipes

POTATO PUFFS

2 medium potatoes (400g), chopped coarsely

2 teaspoons olive oil

2 bacon rashers, chopped finely

1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives

130g can corn kernels, drained

½ cup (60g) coarsely grated cheddar cheese

2 eggs, separated

½ teaspoon sweet paprika

Lightly oil a 12-hole deep patty pan. Boil, steam or microwave potato until tender, drain. Mash and cool slightly.

Heat oil in small saucepan, cook bacon, stirring until crisp. Drain on absorbent paper. Combine potato, bacon, chives, corn, cheese and egg yolks in medium bowl, mix well.

Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer or rotary beater until soft peaks form, gently fold into potato mixture. Spoon potato mixture into prepared pan, sprinkle with paprika. Bake, uncovered, in moderately hot oven about 20 minutes or until browned lightly and cooked through.

Makes 12

Recipes

Tatura Presbyterian Church

Minister: Kalpan Vasa

Worship Services

Tatura 10:30 am

Rushworth 9:00 am.

Weekly Bible study and Fellowship Groups

Contact 0477 241 042

All Saints Tatura

Anglican Church

Minister: Rev. Simba Musvamhiri

Family Worship Service

Including Little Saints Children’s Program

Sundays at 9.30am

Contact 0497 597 127 www.allsaintstatura.org.au

Tatura Uniting Church

“Olive & Vine”

115 Hogan Street, Tatura

Minister: Brian Spencer 0400 274 482

Service 9.30am every Sunday. See Waranga Uniting Churches Web site for Zoom links

Sacred Heart Church Tatura

(Rodney CWA)

BEEF BOURGUIGNON

Ingredients:

1 kg Stewing Beef (diced)

3 oz Lard

2 tablespoons Browned Flour

1 tablespoon Tomato Paste

2 cloves Garlic

2 cups Burgundy

2 cups Stock

Salt and Pepper to taste

2 rashers Bacon (diced)

1 large Onion

12 Champignons

Method:

Fry meat cubes in lard. Sprinkle with flour and cook 5 minutes.

Add tomato paste and garlic, cooking a further 5 minutes.

Add burgundy and stock, season with salt and pepper.

Place in casserole and cook at 170 degrees until tender (approximately 2 1/2 hours).

Sauté bacon and onions until browned. Add to casserole approximately 15 minutes before cooking is finished.

Add mushrooms and adjust consistency and seasoning if necessary.

Serve sprinkled with parsley.

- Janice Dreyer

Minister: Rev Fr John Paul Pasala

Worship Services: Saturday 6pm Sunday 10am

Reconciliation:

1st Saturday of the month at 11.30am

Contact:

Ph. 5824 1049

Email: Tatura@cdos.org.au www.sacredheartparishtatura.com.au

Generations Church Tatura

Senior Pastor: Ps Jeremy Burr 10am Service 03 58243240 295 Dhurringile Rd www.generations.org.au

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Looking After the Strawberries

HARSTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

Some reflection from the end of our term three - the staff at Harston had some amazing professional development with Suzy Marshall from the + T.H.E_HUMAN_EXPERIENCE. The staff enjoyed the fresh perspective she gave in how they view themselves and how to use these thoughts in the classroom and in life - it was very thought provoking. We have exciting news for term four as we welcome two more staff to Harston. We welcome Amanda Sibio who will be teaching music - Creative Arts as well as implementing some social emotional learning on Tuesday mornings. Amanda is also a counsellor, and we aim to use these amazing skills professionally. We also welcome Beth McKinnell on Friday mornings who will teach Auslan to our students.

Harston has continued to grow and expand our veggie patch and the students are now seeing strawberries appear. With the wonderful addition of our mud kitchens from DJBJ Industries the students have many activities to choose from.

Already this term we have had Dhurringile PS visit and share their robotic knowledge. This week we will be also travelling to Melbourne to the Zoo for an excursion.

We have started our transition to school for 2023 students, every Wednesday this term from 9-10 am. Please call the office if you would like to come along one week0358548317.

Happy @Harston - Kaz Batson and Team

Kids Page

Try to Count the Pumpkins in this picture!

PUMPKIN JOKES

**What do you use to mend a Jack-o-lantern? A pumpkin patch.

**What’s the best thing to put into a pumpkin pie? Your teeth.

**What do you call a pumpkin that works at the beach? A Life-gourd.

**What is black, white, orange, and waddles? A Penguin with a Pumpkin.

Draw Halloween Faces on the Pumpkins.

Kids Page

Decorate the Cake. Draw Candles on top!

NUTTY JOKES

*What kind of Nuts always seem to have a cold? Cashews! *Did you hear the joke about the Peanut Butter? I’m not telling you. You might spread it!

*What did the Pecan say to the Walnut? We’re friends because we’re both nuts.

*What’s orange and sounds like a parrot? A carrot. What’s that parrot-carrot joke got to do with a NUT! Absolutely Nutting! (Nothing)

Find

10 Differences between these Two Pictures.