Tatura Bulletin September 2022

TATURA AREA COMMUNITY BULLETIN

The Tatura Area Community Bulletin Inc recently held its AGM. Office Bearers for the 2022/2 remain unchanged.

President: John Kriesfeld

Vice President: Janice Dreyer

Secretary: Melissa Connors

Asst Secretary: Bill Ashcroft

Treasurer: Lois Orr

Asst Treasurer: Sharyn Kidd

DEATH NOTICE

BOCCABELLA, Cynthia nee FORSTER

ANGLICAN FETE

Saturday 29th October – from 9am 20 Francis St.Tatura

Morning Tea available Stalls: Kid’s Toys & Books, Tote Bags, Craft, Christmas Gifts, Plants & White Elephant

BLUMES FASHIONS

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

OPEN STUDIO AND ART SALE

Rodney Arts Inc has been part of the fabric of Tatura and the surrounding district for well over 40 years. It has had many incarnations and the current Tatura Creative Arts Group, which includes members from Tatura, Rushworth, Kialla, Mooroopna and Shepparton, is a vibrant group of people who meet each Thursday morning at The Mechanics Hall in Hogan Street to enjoy each other’s company whilst engaging in a wide variety of artistic pursuits. Each member is free to complete their own art and craft works or engage in the workshops, outings and collaborative projects which are offered regularly. Some of these workshops have included watercolour painting, mosaics, acrylic pouring, felting, silk paper making, silk dyeing, blown ink art, collage, life drawing and coat hanger decorating plus our annual Christmas window to name a few.

It is with regret we have been notified that ‘Blumes Fashions’ have retired as of the end of August, due to staff shortage since the Covid. On behalf of the Tatura, Harston Red Cross and Tatura Uniting Church we thank the community for their support over many years.

Bev Williams

It is a great place to get encouragement and honest and supportive critique as well as to learn new skills.

In the past couple of years, during covid shutdowns, members would email each other with a weekly or monthly challenge or idea just to keep each other motivated. When lockdowns eventually ended each member was given a canvas and asked to do an art work depicting something of “Tatura”.

This has resulted in a small collection of diverse works that will be on show when their sale and open workshop is held.

There will be plenty of their works on display and many arts and craft works, both large and small, for sale just in time for Christmas as they are holding their Open Workshop and Sale on Saturday and Sunday November 19th & 20th from 10.00am to 4.00pm each day.

Mechanics Institute Hogan Street, Tatura

AUSTRALIA DAY

The Tatura Australia Day Committee have held their AGM and are planning next year’s event. There has been a great deal of discussion at state, federal and local government levels on how this event should run. The Committee have decided that, at this stage, to run the day in the in same successful format as in recent years. The day has been well received by the community in recognizing the contributions local citizens and organisations have made to Tatura and District. We are looking for new members for the Committee and welcome anyone who would like to see a change in the way the day is run. Any change in the date or format will come from the federal government.

I have been advised by council that we will still receive a grant to run the day.

Bill Milner, Chair Tatura and District Australia Day Committee

on 3/9/22 in Bundaberg Qld, late of Tatura Loved wife of John, mother of Anita, sister of Kath (Aitken), Joe (dec.), Jack and Peter.

AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Celebrating Improvements to Murchison East Railway Service.

Despite the chilly wind that was blowing, local residents happily joined in the activities provided by Regional Rail Revival at the Murchison East Railway Station on Friday evening, September 2, celebrating the multimillion-dollar upgrade that will result in improved and more frequent rail services.

Murchison Primary School’s orchestra played, refreshments were provided, information and give aways from Regional Rail Revival were available and railway history displays set up by the Murchison Historical Society, were popular. Official guests included Suzanna Sheed, MP who has long voiced the need for more trains on the Shepparton line, and Jon Daivis, the last Station Master to work at Murchison East Railway Station.

The upgrade features a platform extension to accommodate the longer, more modern and reliable VLocity trains, as well as accessibility improvements including asphalted car parks and increased spaces, CCTV coverage of the platform and better lighting, seating and shelter. The Murchison East crossing loop is being extended, allowing more opportunities for trains to pass each other.

The friendly, convivial atmosphere on the night, despite the air temperature, was in stark contrast to the frosty greeting the completion of the railway extension from Avenel to Murchison East received back in 1879, as the then Minister for Railways would not permit the use of the line until it had been carried through to Shepparton. Also, the location of the station was some distance from the town with access via a road that was often impassable in wet weather.

The first train to reach Murchison East was in

January 1880 once the track was completed through to Shepparton. Shortly afterwards, sparks from the engine ignited devastating fires alongside the line, causing stock and crop losses worth thousands of pounds, for which farmers received hefty compensation pay-outs!

It would be another ten years before the bridge was built over the Goulburn River for a branch line to Rushworth and the provision of a station in the township of Murchison. Community leaders agitated for further lines from Rushworth to Colbinabbin, completed in 1914, and the Rushworth to Stanhope extension which opened in 1917. Large volumes of grain and farm produce have been carried by rail over the years, as well as providing passenger services for local residents. The railway was critical during World War 2, supplying provisions, transporting army personnel and equipment, along with prisoners of war and internees destined for the camps located around Waranga Basin.

The branch lines to Rushworth and beyond closed in 1987 and are slowly being developed into rail-trails for pedestrian and non-motorised vehicles. The Murchison to Channel Inlet Road Rail Trail was opened in February 2015. It is great to see these improvements in the rail infrastructure actually happening and that mean better rail services for our local community as well as surrounding towns such as Tatura and Rushworth, whose residents access the train at Murchison East Railway Station.

- Kay Ball, Murchison & District Historical Society.

COMMON SUPERSTITIONS

1. It is bad luck to open an umbrella indoors. In eighteenth-century England, the usage of metal-spoked waterproof umbrellas became very common among the middle-class, and their stiff, clumsy spring mechanism made them quite hazardous if opened indoors. A rigidly spoked umbrella, opened suddenly in a small room could seriously injure somebody or shatter nearby fragile objects. This superstition therefore arose as a deterrent to opening an umbrella indoors.

2. It's bad luck to walk under a leaning ladder.

This superstition originated 5,000 years ago in ancient Egypt. A ladder leaning against a wall forms a triangle, and Egyptians regarded this shape as sacred, which is why it was used in their pyramids. To Egyptians, triangles represented the trinity of the gods, and to pass through a triangle was to desecrate them. This belief continued in some form through the ages until eventually Christians took ownership of it, explaining that because a ladder had rested against the cross when Christ was crucified, it became a symbol of wickedness, betrayal, and death. Walking under a ladder therefore, invited misfortune. In England in the 1600s, criminals were forced to walk under a ladder on their way to the gallows.

3. A broken mirror gives you seven years of bad luck.

In ancient Greece, it was common for sick people to consult ‘mirror seers’ who told their fate by analysing their reflection. This was performed by dipping a mirror into some water and the sick person was then asked to look into the glass. If the image appeared distorted, the person was likely to die; if clear, they would live. The Romans then changed the superstition slightly, as they believed that peoples’ health changed in seven-year cycles. As a broken mirror would distort the person’s image, it would mean seven years of ill-health and misfortune, rather than outright death.

4. When you spill salt, toss some over your left shoulder to avoid bad luck.

Spilling salt has been considered unlucky for thousands of years. Around 3,500 B.C., the ancient Sumerians first took to nullifying the bad luck of spilled salt by throwing a pinch of it over their left shoulder. This ritual spread to the Egyptians, the Assyrians and later, the Greeks. The superstition ultimately reflects how much people prized salt as a seasoning for food. The origin of the word ‘salary’ shows how highly it was valued. The Romans used the phrase ‘not worth his salt’ as a criticism of under-performing Roman soldiers, who were given special allowances for salt rations, called

salarium, or 'salt money', which is the origin of the word 'salary.'

5. Knock on wood to prevent disappointment. Nobody is sure how this one came about. Some historians attribute it to the ancient religious custom of touching a crucifix when taking an oath, while others believe it may have had its origin with superstitious peasants who believed in knocking loudly to keep out evil spirits.

6. Always 'God bless' a sneeze. In many countries, it is polite to respond to another person's sneeze by saying "God bless you." Some early cultures believed that sneezes expelled evil spirits, but this particular custom began in the sixth century by order of Pope Gregory the Great. A plague was spreading through Italy at the time and the first symptom was severe, chronic sneezing which was often followed by death. Pope Gregory urged people to pray for the sick and ordered that the usual responses to sneezes such as "May you enjoy good health" be replaced by the more urgent "God bless you!"

7. Hang a horseshoe on your door open-endup for good luck.

The horseshoe is considered a good luck charm in a wide range of cultures. Belief in its magical power traces back to the Greeks, who thought iron had the ability to ward off evil. Not only were horseshoes made of iron, they also took the shape of the crescent moon which was a symbol of fertility and good fortune.

8. A black cat crossing your path is unlucky. During the Middle Ages, people in many parts of Europe thought black cats were the ‘familiars’, or companions, of witches, or even witches themselves in disguise, and that a black cat crossing your path was an indication of bad luck and a sign that the devil was watching you.

9. Fear of the number 13, (known as triskaidekaphobia).

This superstition has its origins in Norse mythology. In a well-known tale, twelve gods were invited to dine at Valhalla, the city of the gods. Loki, the god of strife and evil, crashed the party, raising the number of attendees to thirteen. The other gods tried to kick Loki out, and in the struggle that ensued, Balder, a favourite among them, was killed. Scandinavian avoidance of 13-member dinner parties, and dislike of the number 13 itself, spread south to the rest of Europe. It was reinforced in the Christian era by the story of the Last Supper, at which Judas, the disciple who betrayed Jesus, was the thirteenth guest at the table.

- John Kriesfeld

Book Reviews

Each has a secret. Each has a motive. Off the windswept Irish coast guests gather for the wedding of the year.

Old friends, past grudges, happy families, hidden jealousies, thirteen guests, one body.

GOULBURN VALLEY WEST GROUP

The Country Women’s Association of Vic. Inc.

Our annual (but not for the last two years!) Creative Arts Exhibition was held at Victory Hall in Tatura on Sunday 11th September. Many hours of hard work and planning went into holding our Exhibition which fell on a weekend when there was so much going on in Tatura and surrounding areas.

We were very pleasantly surprised with the number of people who attended our Exhibition, around 200, and would like to thank the ladies, men and families who came along and supported our Exhibition because without your attendance our Exhibition could not be a success. Many enjoyed catching up with friends and having a chat whilst looking at the items on display. Our raffle was very well supported, and the winners, Beryl Cross, Ann Roberts and Caroline Minns were thrilled with their prizes.

There was a lovely variety of succulents, cacti, flowers along with the delicious looking cakes and slices. Many varieties of jams, relishes and sauces were entered. The detailed work involved in the knitting, crocheting, sewing, and artwork show just how talented many of our CWA ladies are. Rodney Junior CWA members Tori, Ava and Alessia are to be congratulated on the quality of their entries. Tori was thrilled to have also won prizes in the Adult section.

Beatrice Greaves had a wonderful display of her woollen yarns and gave demonstrations on her Spinning Wheel. The CWA goods with tea towels and cookbooks was popular as was the trading table, and the display of Teapots and Tea cosies. The Devonshire Tea went down well with the patrons, this year being presented in a cardboard box which could be eaten at the venue or taken home.

The setting up in such a great venue as Victory Hall takes a lot of hard work and could not be done without the help of CWA husbands along with our CWA ladies. A special thank you goes to Alec Ranson and Tony Mason who collect many of the large display boards by truck and set up on Friday and pack up again on Sunday afternoon. A great effort by both of them. CWA look forward to seeing you all again for our 2023 Exhibition.

Janice Barrette – Publicity Officer

WITH KERRY…

The Guest List By Lucy Foley

A classic whodunit and a very contemporary psychological thriller along the lines of an Agatha Christie novel.

A classic whodunit and a very contemporary psychological thriller along the lines of an

Agatha Christie novel.

A real page turner and had you guessing until the very end. And that is how a good murder mystery should be.

Kerry Gardner

GENERATIONS OP SHOP TWENTY YEARS CELEBRATION

We all know what a great job the Generations Op Shop does in Tatura, giving back to the community with profits made. Only a month back there was a cheque for $2,000 given to Moyola, though they are giving less lately as they are currently putting their efforts into the Food Kitchen for those in need.

This was started at the beginning of Covid when they partnered with the Community House, collecting from Food Share once a fortnight, getting fresh food and vegetables, fridge items, sometimes meat and picking from non-perishables. They are very appreciative of the great partnership with the Community House and being given cooked meals which are frozen and handed out.

I was told the Food Kitchen area was created so people don't have to justify needing help, no matter what the need is. People are able to choose what they want rather than be given things they wouldn't eat. Those in the shop are well aware how difficult it is to ask for help and they want to make it as easy as possible so those being helped can retain their dignity. We all know if you need help, you need help. The kitchen usually has around fifteen regulars each fortnight and some drop ins, a few who are even homeless. The room is discreetly arranged at the back of the shop and even has a new fridge supplied by a generous cash donation. Any items donated in the ‘Helping Hands’ trolleys in our supermarkets also go directly to help.

When I called in to the Op Shop, I saw the 20 Years Celebration was well supported. There was live music and free sausages being handed out and all those who volunteer are very appreciative of the support from the community. The manager, Neville, was telling me they worked out they have had over 160 volunteers helping over the twenty years and are always looking for more who may be willing to give a little of their time, whether that be in the shop or behind the scenes.

Although they started twenty years ago up past the railway line, they have been in the current premises for six years now and like most people, I enjoy checking out their window every time I walk past. The support from the community is very generous and so very much appreciated by all.

- Janice Dreyer

Browsing Times

Busy Times at the Op Shop

Reflecting on Twenty Years Service

VALE ANDREW CRAWFORD

July 12th, 2022 saw the passing of an esteemed Rotarian in Andrew Crawford. Andrew was a committed Rotarian and proudly supported not only the Tatura Rotary Club in District 9790, but the World Wide Rotary organization. His commitment was remarkable, even attending the clubs annual change over dinner on July 8, shortly before his passing. He truly gave until the end.

Andrew was very community minded his entire life and many stories were told at his memorial service in the Ballantyne center on August 5. In the old days of the Rodney Shire, Andrew was a long-time councilor and served as Shire President during this time. His support for sporting clubs was renowned.

It was Rotary where his passion overflowed. Joining in 1969, President in 1974-75, he maintained 100% attendance at club meetings until his retirement from being an active member, a feat not many can claim. He attended a number of World Conferences in USA and Europe and took part in overseas

projects for Rotary. He was a great supporter of the Rotary Student Exchange Program and the Shelter Box initiative, often contributing generously himself. He embraced the 4 way rotary test in all the things he did.

1. Is it the Truth?

2. Is it fair to all concerned?

3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned? Not even a stroke in later years could prevent him from giving his all. He would insist on helping out the Rotary club during Dairy Week rubbish collection, by driving the pickup vehicle, despite his age.

Tatura Rotary Club wishes to extend their condolences to his family and his partner Pam at this sad time. Rotary will not be the same without him.

The community and Rotary have lost a Legend. Rest in Peace Andrew.

- Past President Bill Purcell Director for media and publicity.

Andrew Crawford

SACRED HEART TATURA Mungo Man & Mungo Lady

When 5/6 teachers at Sacred Heart School Tatura, Cath Basile, Emily Slaughter and Reilly Young commenced this term’s unit they never could have imagined the learning that was about to take place. Mungo Man and Mungo Lady, two of the oldest human remains discovered, completely changed the understanding of Australia’s past.

When Jim Bowler, 92 the archaeologist who, in 1974 discovered these remains, zoomed into Sacred Heart to share his story with the students they were very excited. It was really a very inspiring experience to see how much the students had really integrated and how curious and informed they were.

The students were able to talk to Jim and ask him questions, developing a sense of what it must have been like for him at that time. Jim congratulated them and their teachers on their deep knowledge and understanding of the Australian story and their curiosity to know more. Parents and other students went on a Learning Walk to see the work that had taken place over the term.

RAISING THE FLAGS AT TATURA PRIMARY SCHOOL

Thanks to the wonderful support of Peter Wallace, Laurie Rees Builders and Jason and Scott Carter from Tatura Engineering, Tatura Primary School is now proudly flying their flags. The team provided the expertise, materials, and labour to erect our flag poles early last term. We encourage you to drive past and see how they complement our beautifully landscaped grounds. Having the flag poles in place meant that we could show our respects to the convention of lowering the flags to halfmast when the Queen passed away recently. We will have the middle courtyard completed soon with the finishing touch- another shade sail over our outdoor learning space. A friendly reminder to our local families, that enrolments for 2023 are still open and we welcome all enquiries to the office on 58241684. Our transition program for all new Foundation students begins in Term 4.

- Susanne Gill, Principal.

PLANNING AHEAD

A woman wished to have her portrait painted and her husband engaged the best artist he could find. During one of the sittings the wife asked the artist to paint in a diamond necklace, earrings and tiara, even though she wore no jewellery. The artist obliged but was puzzled, so after finishing the product he asked the woman why she had requested that. Said the wife, "It's in case I die before my husband. I just know he'd remarry right away. Let his new wife look for the jewels!"

Sacred Heart Students

The Flag Poles

TATURA BULLETIN AGM 2022 PRESIDENT’S REPORT

It has been a strange twelve months with intermittent covid-19 issues, spiralling petrol prices, inflation and talks of recession. Throughout all of this, our staunch advertisers have remained committed and loyal to the Tatura Bulletin and on behalf of the committee, I would like to thank them and ask that our readers support these local businesses whenever possible as it is only through the ongoing support of these businesses that we are able to produce a high-quality publication and deliver it free each month.

The Bulletin currently has a circulation of almost 4,000 and is delivered free of charge to every home in Tatura and Toolamba as well as selected outlets in Murchison, Ardmona, Merrigum and Mooroopna.

The ongoing monthly publication of the Bulletin is truly a wonderful team effort involving many different sections of the community and in order to thank all of these generous people, I will start at the beginning. Tatura Milk generously provides an office, free of charge, for the Bulletin team to work from and this, naturally, enables us to keep our advertising charges at a low rate as we don’t have rental overheads to cover. In fact, we have not needed to increase our advertising prices since 2016.

The local Tatura, Murchison, Toolamba, Harston, Dhurringile and Merrigum communities keep us supplied with a wide range of reports on a variety of local activities. Without these articles there is no reason for the Bulletin to exist and it is very satisfying knowing that the Bulletin continues to be an important part of the Tatura and surrounding districts social fabric. The monthly expectation from the local community is that the Bulletin will contain something of interest to them, whether it be a report from a wide range of organisations, school information, kindergarten updates, church news, Community House news, Shepparton council updates, library happenings, gardening news, historical society information, budding authors, crime prevention, world events for the month, the book report, Ma Merle with her insights into behaviour, a new recipe to try, an interview with local entities, tips on training your dog, the children’s page, a short story, dissection of the English language or simply participation in the word search, Sudoku or Bulletin quiz, helps to keep the dedicated Bulletin team motivated.

Our small band of dedicated volunteers have been tirelessly editing, proof reading and putting the Bulletin together each month, contacting advertisers, working on our finances, talking to contributors, and I would like to give Lois Orr, Melissa Connors, Janice Dreyer, Bill Ashcroft, Carol Ryan, Wendy Wilson, Sharyn Kidd and Helen Hoskin a special mention for this.

Rodney Printers then do an exceptional job of laying out the Bulletin and printing it and then George Ferguson bundles up the copies ready for our small team of dedicated locals to walk the streets and put them into mailboxes. If for some reason you don’t receive the Bulletin, there are always spare copies available at Rodney Printers in Ross Street

The success of any enterprise is dependent upon the cohesiveness and initiative of the leadership team and the Bulletin is very fortunate to have an excellent committee who are happy to work tirelessly with little or no recognition, to produce a great publication each month for the local community. Almost all other community publications of a similar standard employ paid staff and are sold for between one and two dollars.

The Bulletin has been around in various formats for 38 years and hopefully it will continue to exist in some form in the future and continue to play an important role in community life. However, every successful enterprise needs to rejuvenate itself at various times so that it stays relevant, and my belief is that the Bulletin is approaching one of these rejuvenation periods. We are therefore looking for a few energetic and creative people to join the Bulletin committee and learn the ropes so that when it is time to transition from the current committee, we will have several enthusiastic and capable people ready to take over and continue the proud tradition of the Bulletin for many years to come.

Finally, to the many readers of the Bulletin, I would ask that you continue to support the Bulletin, whether it be by supporting our advertisers, sending in articles, stories and photos or simply by the occasional word of encouragement.

- John Kriesfeld, President.

KEEPING UP THE GOOD WORK

Aidan Pacquola, who lives in Shepparton and has been working for Craig at Hotwire Auto Electrics and Air conditioning for the last two years has now bought the business and plans to continue giving the good service that Hotwire in Tatura is known for. Regular customers will certainly be very pleased about that. Aidan is a bit of a workaholic and apart from spending what time he can with their five year old daughter he pretty much works all the time. For those who aren't aware, Hotwire is specializing in all Automotive Electrical Repairs in Trucks, Cars, Tractors, Bikes and Marine. They can be contacted on 5824 3204 or Mobile on 0408 570 204 and are at 123-125 Ross Street, Tatura.

Janice Dreyer

Aidan

TATURA TENNIS CLUB

Tatura Lawn Tennis Club’s new season will be starting in October. The Annual General Meeting has been held and all positions filled with three new committee members. After many years of dedicated and consistent service to the club, three of our Life Members, Barb and Richard Twite and Lyn Schramm have decided it is time for some of our younger members to get involved in helping to run the club. Barb, Richard and Lyn have been untiring in their support of our club and activities with around 150 years of combined service between them. Outstanding contributions.

The club is looking for anyone; juniors and seniors, boys, girls, women and men who would like to pick up a racquet and have a hit, either in our Saturday competitions, midweek ladies competition or for a social hit on Thursdays. Later in the season our FAST 4 social tennis comp will be conducted, run by Gabby Cornwall and sponsored by Shepparton Real Estate. More details will follow.

Juniors can express their interest with Matt Nihill on 0419 385 610.

Seniors can register their interest by txt to Tony Gagliardi on 0417 542 422, email to taturalawntennis@gmail.com or by Messenger in Facebook: Tatura Lawn Tennis Club

- Royden James

FOUR GENERATIONS OF THE LANG FAMILY

In a recent visit to Switzerland, Werner Lang was able to celebrate his 70th birthday with family and friends. The celebration was held at a forest hut in the Swiss alps on a beautiful summer’s day. Werner’s daughter Katherine and grandson Frederick were able to celebrate the occasion with him and managed to get a photo of four generations of the Lang family with Werner’s 98-year-old mother.

Werner, Mother Lang, Frederick and Katherine

RODNEY CWA

We all enjoyed the GV West Creative Arts Exhibition at Victory Hall in September. Our country of study is Malaysia. Kuala Lumpar is the Capital of Malaysia. Built on a hilly countryside, it is a well-planned city mixture of modern and traditional architecture. Has a good transport system. Climate, high temperatures. Driest months are June and July.

Juniors – Lyn Trezise, J. Barrette, and C. Bauman present assisted the girls with the craft of folding two hankies to make a shirt. A lovely gift presented in a cellophane bag. Next meeting will be Thursday 13th October at the Tatura Bowls Clubrooms at 1:30 pm. This is “Pink Month”; bring and wear something pink. A reminder that subscriptions are due. Group Craft will be 19th October.

Beatrice Greaves

GETTING READY FOR SUMMER MEETINGS

A few members of the Fins and Fenders Car Club in Tatura recently got together for a working bee at the club rooms in Martin Street. Some of the jobs completed were, cleaning out the gutters, going through cupboards, which held years of club collections, cleaning and rearranging the room.

This has set things up for a good start to the new season now that Covid has settled down somewhat. With the new office bearers, as well as the ideas put forward by different members, we are expecting the next twelve months to be a successful one for the small club. Our monthly meetings are now being held on the last Tuesday of the month at 6.30 p.m. and everyone is welcome to attend. The fridge is stocked with cans of beer, soft drink and spirits- as well as bottles of water. Just look for the car bonnet with club logo next door to the scout hall in Martin Street.

TATURA FIRE BRIGADE

After the last two years of restricted connection with the community, it has been incredible to be out and about again interacting with you all. As you may have seen, we have been hosting community breakfasts once a month, allowing the public to see our new station and come have a chat with the local firefighters. We are always ready to welcome fresh new faces into our brigade. This may be as a volunteer firefighter, a member of our ladies’ auxiliary, or as a non-operational member who helps behind the scenes. If you have older kids, bring them down and we can have a chat about our competition team as it is due to start back up again in term 4.

Our next community breakfast will be held on October 9 at 9-10am. This event will consist of kid’s activities and a free barbecue breakfast. This is a great opportunity to talk to the brigade about fire safety and what you can do to protect your property as we move into the beginning of fire season.

Craftwork

- Nadine Freemantle

Ryan, Charlotte and Hayden Freemantle

- Janice Dreyer

TATURA MUSEUM MUSINGS

We remember our gracious Queen Elizabeth II and some of us recall the memorable Royal Visit to Tatura in 1954. We have selected some photographs of the visit from our collection and hope it rekindles memories. Mr Arthur Knee, our museum historian extraordinaire, was chair of the local committee who arranged the tour and has told of many amusing sidelights of proceedings during the tour. Our pictures show an archway on Hogan Street near the Ross St intersection, a simple but stunning window dressing in Flanagan’s Store, the Hogan Street level crossing at the Gatehouse with crowds waiting for the road cavalcade to arrive and then the royal train to pass on its way to Echuca, the Queen and Prince Phillip being welcomed by the Shire of Rodney President Cr. G.H. Brewer at the Tatura Rail Station and the 6 motorbike police escort preparing to leave Tatura. Lastly the Stone Monument in Mactier Memorial Park details the 5th March 1954 when Queen Elizabeth passed by. The Royal Tour of 1954 travelled by road from Benalla via Shepparton to Tatura and then by The Royal Train to Echuca.

George Ferguson Tatura Museum

QUEEN’S VISIT TO TATURA, 1954

Compiled from what I can remember of my talk to the Tatura & District Historical Society Annual General Meeting, 2013. The talk, given sixty years after the event, was made “off the cuff” when the guest speaker failed to turn up.

In the 1950’s the Council Meetings of the Rodney Shire were lengthy, controversial, and often argumentative. I was only 28 years old in 1954, the Shire Engineer, and had learnt to do what I was told. At the meetings, if anything went wrong, had to be done, or excuses made, the motion in the minutes usually read ‘referred to the Engineer’.

So, as was to be expected, when the Council was advised that Queen Elizabeth would be visiting Tatura by road in order to board the Royal Train to take her to Echuca - the motion read- “referred to the Engineer”. I did not know what I was being let in for, but did have the nous to enquire as to what the budget would be for the visit- the Council was on an “austerity gig” at the time. I was simply told “She will arrive by car from Benalla, hop out, pick up her bags and get on the train- no worries- no budget”. Nothing happened for a while, then, it all started. The Acting Divisional Engineer for the Country Roads Board arrived and inspected the only fully sealed road into Tatura from the east, Ross Street. His boss, the Divisional Engineer had wisely gone on holidays! “That won’t do, we can’t have the Queen driving into Tatura down a 12 feet wide bitumen seal, what if there is passing traffic. That seal will have to be widened to 20 feet. You have got a month- should be O.K.”

At the same time faceless men were arriving at the Shire Office to indoctrinate the Shire President and Shire Secretary as to how they were to conduct themselves, and what the Shire President was to say in his welcome. His speech was to be printed, bound, and presented to the Queen. Now it appeared there was to be an official ceremony at the railway station. No one had told me, but the Council decided I needed some help and set up a small committee of local residents to assist.

About the same time as the road widening problem arose, another crisis occurred. It was the practice at that time for the mail to arrive by train twice daily. The mail bags were collected from the Railway Station by a young Tatura lady who drove mainly by accelerator and brakes. This day the accelerator worked, but the brakes failed, and the car continued on into the middle of the Station building. So, the building that was to greet the Queen, and was to be the venue for the introductory speeches, was now completely demolished.

The Railways Construction Departments were magnificent and had a complete new building erected - with a week to spare.

I also had my share of faceless men from Canberra. The first were to tell me that they had organized for all the district residents and school children to come to Tatura to see the Queen. We were to expect a crowd of over 10,000. Well, I had been thinking that I could just about accommodate all Tatura’s population under the shade of the huge Moreton Bay Fig tree growing in front of the railway station, but this was something different. A swift calculation and allowing 18 inches per person, we calculated we could accommodate 10,000, using the length of Hogan Street from the Ross Street corner to the railway station, two deep on both sides of the street. “Sounds right” said the faceless men, “but you will have to provide barricades for the full distance.” “There’s the budget gone” I thought. The Shire owns just three barrier standards and no rails.

It was then that my expensive engineering education came to the fore“Think laterally”. If I bought 500 star pickets and a mile of rope I could charge it up to “road works”- we could probably use them over the next ten years. We could set the pickets up along both sides of Hogan Street, the rope to control the crowd. I did not acquaint the faceless men with my thoughts, as I feared that they would not be too impressed with the use of rope and star pickets- a little infra dig.

More faceless men arrived, and I accompanied them climbing up on top of the roofs of buildings looking for vantage points for their security men. They left happy. All seemed to be going alright, the road seal had been widened, but the Acting Divisional Engineer was not happy, claiming he had told me to level out a small hump over an irrigation channel. “What if the Queen hits her head on the roof of her car when she goes over that hump. My name will be mud!” he exploded. I did check with the driver of the Queen’s car after the visit- “Didn’t even notice it” he replied.

A week before the Royal Visit, more faceless men arrived, and were distraught when they saw the beautiful new railway station which had been rebuilt to the same plan as the original building. “We cannot have the Queen and her party enter through that passageway”. The open passageway existed between the office and the waiting room and was about eight feet wide, half blocked by a section of wrought iron fence, the remainder of the space with a gate where the ticket collector usually checked the comings and goings of his customers. “We will fix that, we can cut off the grating, remove the gate and that will give you a full eight feet of width.” I suggested. “No good” said the faceless men, “It will be like sheep being drafted, you will have to come up with another suggestion”. I remember thinking, “Coming from Canberra I wonder if they have ever seen a sheep, let alone one being drafted”.

So more lateral thinking - “Could we offload the Queen at the Casey Street road crossing, or better still, in the Goods Yard?” Not good suggestions. Then I noticed for the first time a gate-way in the platform fencing, not far from the station entrance, and which in no way resembled a drafting race. The only problem was that it had been envisaged as a goods entrance to the platform and so was at truck tray height. The sight of the Queen picking up her skirts to climb up onto the platform through this entrance briefly exercised my mind.

So, we got hold of a few old worn-out timber railway line sleepers, built a ramp to rise up to the platform level, and backfilled it with loads of sand. It did not look too flash, but it was here that my committee came good. Tom Flanagan, with some lengths of red, white and blue bunting to cover the sleepers, and Eddie Mitchell who said, “We have just bought a new carpet for the aisle at the Presbyterian Church, and what’s more- it’s red”. The thought of the Queen’s high heeled shoes sinking into the sand on the ramp had occurred to us, so the red carpet was ideal. All was in readiness. The people of the town had excelled themselves, building archways across Hogan Street, and decorating the goods shed, and the faceless men were now conspicuous by their absence.

On the big day, everything was in order, archways in place, star pickets and rope down both sides of Hogan Street, the crowd ready waiting. Councillors, the Committee, Station Master, Shire President, the Shire Secretary, Lurline carrying baby Barbara and me and my father looking after Bruce, all dressed in our Sunday best, lined up alongside the red carpet on the newly constructed ramp. We heard the cheering as the Queen’s Daimler turned out of Ross Street into Hogan Street. All of a sudden, one of those summer willy- willies came through the open goods entrance, whipped up the red carpet and deposited it about 100 yards down the road towards the Butter factory. That day I was proud of the Rodney Shire Councillors - as one, they sprang into action, took off to the north, retrieved the carpet and re-laid it most expertly. I stood there dumbfounded. It was the last straw! After that everything went well, except - for the Tatura resident who souvenired the Royal Standard from the Daimler, an act which invoked comment from the National Press. The Queen walked up the ramp on the red carpet, was gracious in accepting the Shire President’s welcome, made her acceptance speech, shook hands with the Station Master, and she and Prince Philip boarded her train for the short trip to Echuca.

To Lurline’s astonishment she had seen that the Queen’s Aide was her cousin, Bill Cook a Naval Officer, but as he was just a step behind the Queen, she was too inhibited to try and attract his attention.

Despite all the hiccups, everyone seemed pleased with the day. The Council offered to pay me for my extra time and worry, but when I refused, they put on an official dinner, inviting the councillors, the committee and their wives. They also invited my father who had been Rodney Shire Engineer on two occasions in earlier years. I was presented with a mantle clock in appreciation of my work.

Shortly afterwards, Bill Young donated and delivered a large block of basalt from W.H. Young & Son’s Dookie Quarry. The stone, with plaque commemorating the occasion of the Queen’s visit to Tatura on February 1953 still stands in the Robert Mactier Memorial Gardens. The temporary ramp erected for the Queen remained until the railway station was demolished. We used the last of the star pickets thirty years later.

- Arthur Knee

THE BULLETIN NEEDS YOU!

There have been various occasions over the past couple of years where I have spoken to groups from other towns and they have all mentioned that they wished their town had a community paper like the Tatura Bulletin. There are several nearby towns that have a community paper but none of these are free to every house in their area. The Tatura Bulletin is almost unique in that regard.

Tatura has been fortunate over the last 38 years that there has always been a hardworking core group of volunteers on hand to publish and distribute the Bulletin each month. However, it should not be taken for granted that this group will be around forever. In fact, the number of volunteers working on the Bulletin is slowly dwindling for a variety of reasons.

An influx of new members is therefore vitally important if the Bulletin is to continue to exist. I can assure you that the workload is not onerous as the various categories of editing, advertising, proof-reading and distribution are shared out amongst the various staff members. However, a basic understanding of Word on a computer is fairly important although there are jobs that don’t require this. My point is that you would only need to dedicate a few hours each month if you were willing to help out at the Bulletin. We would be happy to train anybody who was interested in the editing and advertising portfolios as these two areas are essential and are very thinly populated at the moment.

An influx of new blood is essential for any workplace that wants to continue to grow and develop. I brought many new ideas with me when I first joined the Bulletin ten years ago, and the other team members have done the same. However, we all eventually run out of steam in this area and then tend to chug along with the same old format and processes. The addition of new members will tend to revitalise things as they bring new thought processes and ideas to the table.

Succession planning is vital for any enterprise but unfortunately, at the Bulletin we don’t have enough staff for a succession plan to be put in place. If you think you would be a good fit for the Bulletin and you can spare a couple of hours each month, please send an email to info@ tatbulletin.com.au with your details. No experience is necessary and you will start out on exactly the same pay rate as everyone else, nothing. As the old Hawthorn coach John Kennedy famously said, “Don’t think! Do!”

- John Kriesfeld, President

TATURA PROBUS CLUB

Our meeting on August 28 was very well attended. Our member behind the badge was Christine Hughan who, complete with slides, showed photos of Tatura State School and told us of her life. She is a delightful woman and we all enjoyed her story.

Roger Lenne of Ardmona was our Guest Speaker. Roger was a volunteer with Angel flight, a charity which caters for people needing assistance to obtain medical care. The Angel flight organisation requires first class pilots who generally supply their own planes, at no cost to the patients. Roger said he has met many interesting people and experienced many funny incidents during his time with Angel flight, 20 years! Roger has been flying for around 35 years and has a 1000m runway on his property. That runway will be used now for take-off and landing his plane, a Comanche Cherokee, for family holidays. Roger said he has thoroughly enjoyed his involvement with such a worthwhile organisation. The members were enthralled by his talk and wish him well in future pursuits. Good on you Roger, well done! He was thanked by Olwyn Milner.

Our luncheon on September 8 was held in Murchison East, at the Railway Hotel with 28 in attendance. We all enjoyed a lovely meal followed by a ‘Tell the Truth’ questionnaire with Geoff McMullen, the winner was Anna Ciavarella with Ev Leahy runner up.

Please contact our President, Betty Smith, 0408 329 686 for any information

Barb Halliwell

Roger Lenne and Olwyn Milner

Christine Hughan

CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME? by

Ma Merle

“People aren’t treating me quite the same at the Wednesday group Merle, since you implied I was drinking throughout the day,” Agnes said while frowning, and sounding a bit like a little girl. “They’re giving me these looks.”

“It will pass, Agnes,” I said as I tried to console her. “It’s just the latest thing for them all to talk about. No doubt they will move on to someone else soon.”

Agnes still looked disconsolate. “Even so Merle, it does feel a bit awful.”

I resisted the urge to say, “Oh boo hoo,” and instead said, “Yes of course it does Agnes. Now let me tell you all about my travel plans. Now that I have won the Lotto, I have been mapping out a little trip overseas for myself. Just to New Zealand though, not too far.”

Agnes shook her head. “Merle, you don’t know how much you have won yet. Why not wait and see before getting too far ahead of yourself?”

I smiled at her benignly. Agnes was always a bit of a stick-in-the mud. “Well, Penelope said she is popping in today to let me know how much we all got, so I thought I could at least make a plan so that I am ready. On the front foot and all, prepared like the girl scouts and all that.” Not one minute later there was a knock at the door. I was glad that I did not have a drink in my hand and I rushed to open it but it was only Garry standing there. “Oh,” I said in a disappointed tone.

“Well, hello to you too Merle,” Garry replied while pushing past to come inside.

“Come in by all means Garry,” I said pointedly.

“Thanks love,” he replied, seemingly unaware of my insulting tone. He looked at Agnes and smiled. “Hello Agnes, you’re just the person I wanted to see. I just saw Fred around at your place and he said you left your purse at home and that you were coming around here to visit Merle. He asked if I could drop it to you and of course I couldn’t say no to that. Two lovely ladies in the one place.” Garry’s smiled widely as he handed the purse to Agnes. Agnes was busy thanking him while I was busy trying to rush him out the door before Penelope came, but that was in vain as there was another knock came at the door. I grunted and hurried to open it.

“Well, hello Merle,” Penelope said half smiling. “Hi Penelope!” Garry called out from in the dining room.

Penelope gave me a look. “Oh, Garry is here, I see. Having men callers in the middle of the day Merle?”

“Well, to be honest Penelope, and just between you and me, he is here for Agnes,” I replied quickly while wiggling my eyebrows around, but nodding affirmatively. Agnes mouth gaped open and stayed that way for a long time. I eventually looked away so I cannot say for how long she stayed like that. I eventually returned my attention back to Penelope and said, “So how much is it then? How much did we win?”

Penelope looked slightly distraught. “I am personally rather upset about this although you might not be Merle, but it is not much at all. Once we divvy it up between us all, we are not left with all that much. Lucky to have a weekend away on it I would say.”

Before I could answer, Agnes called out from the dining room, almost shouting, “Garry was dropping off my purse that Fred gave him to give to me, that’s why he is here. Yes, that is why.” She spoke very fast.

I felt a tad embarrassed about Agnes blurting things out and Penelope looked confused. However, the Lotto news was most unfortunate, to say the least. Penelope left after telling me my share was four hundred and fifty dollars. While I waved her off down the driveway, Agnes filled Garry in on the whole Lotto story.

Garry looked at me sadly. “Agnes has just filled me in love. Sorry that you are disappointed with your win. She says you had made plans and all sorts of things.”

I sniffed unhappily. “Wells plans yes, I don’t know about all sorts of things. Just plans.”

“You could still go away for the weekend Merle,” Agnes said trying to cheer me up.

“Look, if you are really unhappy Merle,” Garry said eagerly, “I have a few quid put aside. I could travel with you. Go halves in things, pay for meals, pay for the fuel and that sort of stuff. That will make your money go a bit further and we can have a lovely time looking around. I don’t really have anyone to go away with so it makes great sense to me. What do you think love?”

All I could think was that he is just standing there making this offer like it was perfectly normal for us to trapes off for a weekend away together. The two of us together? What was happening? Where had reality gone?

“Garry I, I just don’t know about that,” I said uncertainly. I mean we will need separate motel rooms so that will hardly save money and I am not “really sure how I feel about the whole thing.”

Agnes piped up, nearly leaping out of her chair. “What about if Fred and I come too? Oh, how exciting, Merle. I can room with you and the boys can share. That way we do save money. Oh, we could have so much fun! I can barely wait to get home and tell Fred.”

My mind wondered to the Wednesday group. I think I know what they could possibly gossip about next, with their imaginations running riot.”

Agnes jumped up and hurried to the door. “Bye Merle, talk soon,” she called.

Garry followed right behind her and said, “See ya love. We should talk soon so we can make some plans.”

Now it was my turn to stand with my mouth gaping wide open. This time I can only guess it was for a very, very long time. What just happened? Can someone please explain? Anyone?

QUITE THE CATCH

My online dating bio says I have a corner office with views of the entire city, drive a $500,000 vehicle and that I'm paid to travel. I don't know why my dates are surprised when I tell them I'm a bus driver.

PITHY ONE LINERS

Old blondes never fade, they just dye away – Anon.

There are just two rules for success. Firstly, never tell all you know – Robert Lincoln. If the garbage man calls, tell him we don’t want any – Groucho Marx.

Pedestrian: someone who thought he had petrol in his tank – Anon.

There is no police like Holmes – James Joyce. Does the name Pavlov ring a bell? – Anon The key to tennis is to win the last point – Jim Courier.

I took a course in speed waiting and now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes – Steven Wright.

I’m for a stronger death penalty – George Bush.

Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before – Steven Wright.

Gossip: hearing something you like about someone you don’t – Earl Wilson.

If I want your opinion I’ll give it to you –Samuel Goldwyn.

All’s well that ends well, and vice versa Anon.

Always remember that you’re unique, just like everyone else – Anon.

It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others – Anon

AN EXPANDING LANGUAGE FINANCE with

The English language is comprised of 1,022,000 words. It expands by 8,500 words each year with nearly half the new words either slang or jargon. Since 1950, the language has grown by more than 70 per cent. Over the previous 50 years, it had expanded by only 10 per cent. The addition of new words comes in waves. There was a peak in Shakespeare’s time, another during the Industrial Revolution and a third wave in the current electronic age. People in Elizabethan England used about 150,000 words although Shakespeare’s plays contain only about 18,000, some of his own making.

Most intelligent people now know about 75,000 words, 50,000 of which they use regularly. We coo and gurgle during the first three months of our lives and between three and six months, we make vocal noises to attract attention. Between six and twelve months, we understand repeated words such as ‘bye-bye’. We can speak about ten words between twelve and fifteen months and over the following three months, that increases to twenty and we can understand short sentences.

By the age of two, we have about fifty words

and start putting them together to ask questions. Between the ages of two and three, we add another 250 words and between the ages of three and four we can make up sentences of four to six words. By the age of five, we construct well-formed sentences.

By the time we reach eighteen, we recognise about 60,000 words although that is not to say that they are all used. Teenagers monitored while on the phone were found to use 1,000 words or fewer.

This compares with 250,000 words in the French language, 200,000 Latin words and 100,000 Spanish words. However, the German language uses nine million words and compound words. The German compound words can be as long as you like as they simply keep adding words until they have a compound word that explains the entire situation. There is a German word, which is far too long to print here, that stands for The Association for Subordinate Officials of the Head Office Management of the Danube Steamboat Electrical Services.

- Source: ‘Many A True Word’ by Richard Baker

Lynette

Things you should consider when selecting a home loan.

Home loans are not created equal, but neither are the priorities of all borrowers. A proportion of property buyers prefer a flexible home loan, while others want a product that ensures their long-term peace of mind and some just really want to pay off their loan as quickly as possible. Once we discuss your circumstances, we look at over 60 banks and lenders to size them up and see which product best suits your scenario. Choosing an interest rate type - variable or fixed?

Variable interest rates: The most popular loan type in Australia because of its financial versatility. Variable interest rates will shift many times during the lifetime of a loan, which will lower and increase your repayments. Many variable rate products offer flexible options to maximise your savings and minimise how much interest you pay.

Fixed interest rates: Fixed interest rate loans let you lock in an interest rate so you know exactly what your monthly repayments will be. A fixed rate home loan is great for anyone who wants certainty about their monthly repayments.

A fixed rate home loan gives you the confidence to budget for your lifestyle and plan your finances for a set period of time but it’s important to know and understand the benefits and disadvantages of a fixed interest rate. You can also split your loan - almost all lenders will let you split your home loan between a fixed and a variable interest rate. This lets you adjust your financial strategy and take advantage of market conditions.

There are advantages and disadvantages to all the above types of home loans, your broker will be able to explain these to you.

- Lynette Melis, Finance Broker

Salon Trading Hours:

Monday - Closed Tuesday to Friday - 9am to 6pm; Fridays - Late Nights

Saturday - from 8.30am

You don’t know what you’ve got… There are two young fish swimming along. They happen to meet an older fish. The older fish nods at them and says: ‘Morning boys. How’s the water?’ The two young fish swim on for a bit and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and asks: ‘What the hell is water?’

— David Foster Wallace. When something is so pervasive and normal it becomes invisible. There is much truth in the saying that ‘We don’t know what we’ve got ‘til it’s gone.’ The message of the fish joke is that the most obvious and important realities are the hardest to see and appreciate.

One of the joys of our region at this time of year are the vast yellow fields of Canola and the vivid green fields of wheat and barley crops that create a patchwork quilt across the landscape. It’s hard not to notice them and many people, apart from the hayfever sufferers, take great pleasure in living where we do, but would you pay for the pleasure?

Many visitors to the region are overwhelmed by the beauty of the Canola fields and often stop by the side of the road, or, to the farmers’ displeasure, jump the fence and trample the crop. Thinking about this I came up with an idea. What if instead of warning people off, we invited them in, and charged them for the experience?

Despite many locals laughing at the thought of this, and some pretty sceptical comments from others, I started planning for the ‘Canola Walk’ on our property at Colbinabbin.

We bought an old Bedford truck with a good tray which we set up as a viewing platform, positioned it in the middle of the paddock and as the Canola grew we mowed a walking track to the platform. We created a Facebook page and started publicising it. In the first 4 weeks since opening the walk we have had over 550 visitors from all over Melbourne and Bendigo come to walk among the yellow, take photos and create a memorable experience with their friends and family. They in turn post their photos onto Facebook and Instagram and the experience grows as over 20,000 people a week see the photos they post.

Wallace’s joke about the fish never explains how the older fish knows what water is whereas the young fish don’t. We can infer that it is because of his experience, that is, the older fish only knows about water because he’s been outside the dam.

Maybe one day he was swimming around and maybe he got a little startled or saw a juicy dragon-fly hovering above the water and he jumped up out of the dam and onto the bank and he was flopping around, and he was like, “What the hell is this?” This is air. And, near suffocation, labouring for every breath, and every minute a little closer to death, he managed to flip himself back into the dam.

“Ohhh wow!” the older fish thinks: “This is water!”

There are so many good things in our lives that we can take for granted until they are gone. When we are young we feel bullet-proof and it’s not until we are older that we appreciate our health, mostly because we can no longer run or jump, and a simple fall can leave us incapacitated for weeks.

I feel for those who lose a life’s partner after 40 or 60 years of marriage. Particularly if they have worked together on a farm or in a business where the other’s presence and love and support is like the air they breathe.

Queen Elizabeth II died last week and after 70 years as monarch most of us have known nothing else. As a Republican I have mixed feelings about her role as Queen of Australia but only time will help us appreciate what we have lost.

The pandemic has made us all feel like a fish out of water. “Long ago”, but in reality back in 2019, we were all living very different lives, which we thought would simply carry on, or even get better.

We weren’t exactly carefree, as we did have problems “back then” but in “those days,” we could shop whenever and wherever we wished for or needed available groceries and goods. We worked out or played sports, gathered for church and social occasions with family and friends, and attended work meetings, performances, and games. I even “remember” sitting close to other people, communing, and enjoying discussions about all kinds of topics. We long for “normal” to return. Maybe it never will return but hopefully we better appreciate all those good things that were so pervasive and ever-present that we could take them for granted.

We have learned to appreciate the non-material (spiritual?) things in our life - small acts of kindness, caring, help, co-operation and empathy. Let’s resolve to be more grateful for the wonderful bounty of our lives. Let’s resolve to spend more quality time with our loved ones, parents, siblings, children, and friends.

And yes, we can be more appreciative of the natural beauty of our region, especially the Canola.

“Life is more than food, and the body more than clothing… Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you—you of little faith!

Luke 12: 23-28

This is the gospel and it’s good news.

Brian Spencer, Minister, Waranga Uniting Churches

GV TREE GROUP

September heralds a new sowing season for the volunteers at the GVTG. As with most things, what looks like a pretty simple procedure actually requires a considerable amount of planning, research, preparation and a healthy dose of luck.

We purchase seeds from several seed suppliers across the country as well as gathering some seeds ourselves. It’s important for us to ensure the seed we collect is from verified trees to guarantee the species are correct.

Seed is usually sold on a per gram basis. They currently cost between 30 cents and $14 per gram of seed. Some seeds are quite large and are sold per seed. The fresher the seed is the better the germination so trying to order the correct amount can be tricky.

Some seeds need to be released from their pods and this can be a laborious process. Some need to be heated and others cooled. Some need to be scarified and some soaked. We use a native seed raising mix to sow into and some seed requires a smoked vermiculite to mimic a bushfire. And then we require good spring heat and water to optimise the germination. Even with all the care in the world some trays just don’t germinate.

Although we close to the public over August this year there seems to have been more activity than ever over our “break”. We have installed a new hot house which we hope will improve our germination. We have also replaced a large section of shade cloth and added some small garden beds.

We hope that the hard work we put in over the off season will be seen in next years crop. Good

We pride ourselves on old fashioned service”

QUIZ answers

TATURA COMMUNITY HOUSE

• committee of management members

Booth's

1c – Tony Lockett

2a – Andes, South America

3b – Ottawa

4d – George Orwell

5a – Emerald

What a relief and great news! The Victorian Government just secured ongoing funding for neighbourhood and community houses in Victoria. Bet you didn’t know that funding for our community house was fixed-term only until the end of the financial year 2023/2024. Our income for the financial year 2021/2022: Our expenses for the last financial were $297,070 which means we had a net loss of $28,963.

6b – Vines

7c – Tchaikovsky

8c – Signs and Symbols

9c – 2 (Phobos and Deimos)

10b – Baby

Scoring.

The Tatura Community House is an incorporated association and a not-for profit organisation that is registered as a charity. We are a small business providing services to the Tatura community that include, but are not limited to:

• facilitators for our program activities

• reception and admin support

• baristas

• photographers

• chefs

DINKUM! FAIR DINKUM! FAIR Dennis

• volunteers fulfilling light gardening, cleaning, and maintenance tasks. Volunteers are the heart and soul of any community house, and we can’t thank them enough for their initiative, their commitment, and their willingness to support their community.

Fair Dinkum! Are we the lucky country or not?

In the 1960’s acclaimed author Donald Horne described Australia as the lucky country, but he did it very much tongue in cheek rather suggesting were we in fact the/a lucky country.

Well since those days, the term has been used a fair bit, particularly by politicians and media journalists.

While we do offer some of our activities at no cost, most of our activities do come with a price tag – most of them bargains. Where else would you join an exercise class for $5 per session with no membership or admin fees? Or get a scrumptious high tea with over twenty different treats for $15? This is how we make it work: We are funded by:

However, I cannot help but see that we are indeed a lucky country and never more so than in the last twelve months.

• Our program activities like exercises, arts & craft, social clubs

• IT support

• Adult education – Learn Local (Learn English, IT classes)

• Events like the High Tea or Monster Garage Sale

• Helping Hands project

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.

• Food relief in the form of our food pantry and frozen meals

• Department of Families, Fairness and Housing – State Government

• Department of Education for Childcare – Federal Government

• Childcare – The Cubby

• Referrals

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.

• Developing ideas into programs, every member of our community is welcome to participate!

Unfortunately, our staff and volunteers don’t spend all their time and energy on these services. Other tasks need to be fulfilled to keep our business running:

• Bookkeeping

• Personnel and Human Resources Management

• Professional Development

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.

• Quality Management

• Maintenance

• Greater Shepparton City Council – Local Government

The rest of our income stems from:

• Program activities

• Compliance, Governance, Policies & Procedures

• Marketing

• Networking

• Financial management including grants & budgeting

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.

• Project management

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 currently employ 12 staff members (6 in childcare and 2 are tutors), who all work on a part-time or casual basis in management, admin, bookkeeping, tutoring or childcare. Those 11 staff only add up to 3.6 full time equivalents who keep the community house and the childcare running. How is that possible you might ask? We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without our volunteers. We currently have 20 volunteers who help and support us as:

Now that may seem strange considering that we have had a drought many have said is the worst this country has seen, we have seen terrible bushfires ravage our country and leave untold misery as a result, and now we have the Corona Virus halting life as we once knew it.

• Department of Education through Adult Learning ACFE – State Government

• Fundraisers and events

So how can we say we are a lucky country?

Well, suddenly rain began to come when least expected and that has been followed up by some wonderful sustaining rain to fill dams, create sub-soil moisture so that crops can be sown.

Even the once dead Darling River is flowing again!

And the rain has put an end to possible continuing bushfires.

Yet there is still so much misery so again, why are we a lucky country? Because we have men and women who have a spirit within them that makes us so proud of who we are.

I am talking about the SES, Rural Fire Brigades…all of those who went day through night to help keep bushfires under control and who did so with some losing their own homes, and so many putting themselves in harm’s way.

• Childcare payments by parents and childcare subsidy payments. Most of our expenses are staff costs – wages, superannuation, and provisions for long-service leave. Even though we are a not-for-profit organisation doesn’t mean that we accept running at a loss. To break even at the end of the financial year, we try to generate more income over the year organising fundraising events, applying for grants, and creating a go fund me page. We ask all community members for their understanding in that we have to charge for most of our services and activities and hope that this article is able to explain why and how those fees benefit the community. For more information on the value of neighbourhood and community houses and further reading, we recommend the very interesting study, ‘The social impact of Gippsland’s Neighbourhood Houses’ which revealed that every dollar invested into the Neighbourhood Houses of Gippsland resulted in $2,78 return in economic and social benefits. Source: https://www2. deloitte.com/au/en/pages/economics/articles/social-impact-gippslandsneighbourhood-houses.html.

I am talking about the convoy truckies who day through night and drove countless kilometres to take hay bales to farmers really struggling.

Committee members needed! If you are considering joining our hardworking committee to assist the Community House, please drop in and have a chat with either Nadine or Tom.

I am talking about the unsung, unseen heroes who went out of their way to drive to properties doing it tough with supplies of food and needed essentials.

- Tom Boocock and Nadine Pichler, Managers.

And now we have the virus and we are seeing Australians learn to turn their business into helping others.

And now we are seeing health professionals and those who work daily in our hospitals putting themselves at risk because it is their job and the same can be said for those at airports, particularly those processing incoming passengers from overseas.

We are seeing what friendship, mateship and dedication is all about on a grand scale.

Yes, we are a lucky country in the true sense.

Finally let’s all still remember those who have gone in the drought, the bushfires and this virus.

Surely remembering makes us want to ensure they are not forgotten by doing what we can to keep Australia the lucky country.

Servicing the Goulburn Valley

Geoff Gerrish TREE STUMP REMOVALS

TATURA COMMUNITY HOUSE

Community House AGM: We invite everyone to the Annual General Meeting at the Tatura Community House on Tuesday, October 4 at 7:00pm. Get involved or come along to hear how your community house is going. A light supper will be provided. RSVP by Monday, October 3 on 5824 1315 or email: manager@tatcom.com.au.

The Monster Was Here: After a hiatus of two years, we were finally able to organise a town garage sale again which took place on Saturday, September 10. It was great to have the town moving again and seeing many new and familiar faces. People travelled from Cobram and Melbourne to enjoy our beautiful town. We had 45 individual garage sales going on around town with more than 160 maps sold. Even though the weather wasn’t on our side, with rain and wind and a cold change coming in, we hope that everyone had a great time. We know people enjoyed the Lions Barbeque and the hot drinks. Thank you to all our supporters and helpers:

• Greater Shepparton City Council

• Tatura Lions Club

• Nadine from the CFA and her brigade of early risers

• Our wonderful volunteers!

What’s On

First Aid October 6 – First Aid is back! Register with the community house to refresh your skills or learn first aid for the first time! We offer CPR, Provide First Aid and Provide First Aid in an Education and Care Setting.

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 nondigital 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.

- Tom Boocock and Nadine Richter, Managers

Tatura Uniting Church

“Olive & Vine”

115 Hogan Street, Tatura

Minister: Brian Spencer 0400 274 482 Service 9.30am every Sunday.

Sept 4 Rev Brian Spencer.

Sept 11 Rev Brian Spencer

Zoom from Rushworth

Sept 18 Rev Brian Spencer, Tatura

Sept 25 Joan McRae

Zoom from Murchison

Oct 2 Rev Brian Spencer

Zoom from Colbinabbin Communion

See Waranga Uniting Churches Web site for Zoom links

Generations Church Tatura

Senior Pastor: Ps Jeremy Burr 10am Service 03 58243240

295 Dhurringile Rd www.generations.org.au

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

Sacred Heart Church Tatura

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

Nadine and Tom

October 1 – International Day of Older Persons. Ageism is the most socially normalised of any prejudice. The media portrays old people as senile and doddering on television, many employers discriminate based on age and some doctors apply a more relaxed attitude towards screening an older person for preventable diseases. Older people who succumb to these attitudes live, on average, eight years less than those with more positive attitudes. My mother often told me, “You don’t stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing.” She lived to 94.

October 2 – Name Your Car Day. Cars are a part of our life, every day and in every way. We name our children, our pets, and sometimes even our body parts, so why not name your car. Actually, a recent survey showed that 94% of us name our cars, which is entirely different to calling our car names when it won’t start in the morning. So, if you’re one of the 6% lacking in imagination, pop out to the garage right now and give your car a name, although preferably not ‘Herbie’ or ‘Herpe’ for that matter.

October 5 – World Teacher’s Day. This day aims to raise awareness of the importance of the role played by teachers all over the world. The responsibility for educating future generations is a very important one and should not be taken lightly. However, if you don’t already understand this, then a promotional day won’t make any difference.

October 7 – Random Acts of Poetry Day. “A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.”

and curious events surrounding us and the purpose of this day is to encourage us to think about them rather than take them for granted. Here are a few examples to contemplate. Who actually does drink the last of the milk and leave the empty container in the fridge? With all of his money, why did Donald Trump choose a hairpiece like that? Why does my cat always settle on my lap the moment I decide it’s time to get up? Why is a shop always frantically busy when I walk in and almost empty when I walk out? (and no, I don’t have a flatulence problem).

October 10 – World Mental Health Day. There is still a stigma attached to mental health, but the fact is, we all have mental health just as we have physical health. However, some people have problems with their mental health and need help to get better. Unfortunately, due to this stigma, many people who know they should be seeking help refuse to do so. The purpose of mental health day is to reduce this stigma and encourage help seeking behaviour.

October 11 – Face Your Fears Day. Take a moment to consider what your life might be like if you conquered some of your greatest fears. What would you do differently? One of my favourite sayings is this: ‘Action without contemplation leads to repetition, contemplation with action is meaningless.’ Face Your Fears Day gives you the chance to stand up to your fears, overcome them, and seize the day.

– Percy

Bysshe Shelley. As long as there has been language there has been poetry, taking the shadowed hearts of men and women and finding ways to twist the abstract feelings and experiences of perception into the rising and falling rhythms of the spoken or written word. The spiritual and emotional experiences of mankind cannot be written in simple phrases or plain sentences bound by the rules of grammar and sense. Such is the purpose of Random Acts of Poetry Day, to unleash the human voice within us and share it with the world. Here's a poem by that famous author Unknown, called ‘Do You Carrot All for Me?’

Do you carrot all for me?

My heart beets for you,

With your turnip nose

And your radish face, You are a peach.

If we cantaloupe, Lettuce marry:

Weed make a swell pear.

October 8 – Universal Music Day. Music enriches our lives in so many ways. It connects with our soul and can lift us up when we are happy and comfort us when we are sad. Just hearing the opening chords to a well-known song can evoke wistful memories and transport us back in time. By the way, I’m talking about real music here, not hip hop or rap.

October 9 – Curious Events Day. There are so many unsolved mysteries

October 17 – Mulligan Day. This is a day to give yourself, or someone else, a second chance. The term Mulligan originates from informal games of golf where someone has played a rubbish shot and is allowed to replay it. Whether it is a relationship with a friend or loved one, an old hobby that you abandoned or a past mistake that needs rectifying, you can give it another go on Mulligan Day.

October 19 – Evaluate Your Life Day. At various times in our life, it makes sense to evaluate the progress we’ve made and the path we’re on. If we don’t take time to reflect and make changes, then we just tend to drift along, being blown in all directions by the opinions of others.

October 29 – International Cat Day. Here we go again! Yet another Cat Day and the thing is, I can’t recall any Dog Days or Canary Days. Just who is in charge here? This day is to help stray cats find their forever home. Cats can lower your blood pressure, offer unconditional love (as long as you do what you’re told), many laughs and companionship. As Charles Dickens said, “What greater gift than the love of a cat?” Actually, I can think of quite a few.

October 30 – Create a Great Funeral Day. We all have to go at some stage but perhaps you’d like your funeral to be an occasion of celebration. No, not because you’re dead! It should be a celebration of the fact you were part of the lives of the significant people around you. Naturally, we miss family and friends when they depart this world and we feel sad that they are no longer around. However, how more meaningful would your funeral be to everyone one involved, and this includes you, seeing as you’re the star of the show, if you had a hand in planning it beforehand?

QUIZ

See page 28 for answers

1. What is the derivation of September?

a. From the Latin Sept meaning seven

b. Named after Septimus Caesar

c. From Ellisept the Celtic goddess of Spring

d. From septelle, the French word for Autumn.

2. What is the largest hot desert in the world?

a. Sahara Desert

b. Gobi Desert

c. Great Victoria Desert

d. Kalahari Desert

3. How many players are there in a baseball team?

a. 8

b. 9

c. 10

d. 11

4. What are the colours of the Colombian flag?

a. Yellow, blue and red

b. Green, red and yellow

c. Red, yellow and white

d. Yellow, black and white

5. Which woman has won the most tennis major championships?

a. Serena Williams

b. Martina Navratilova

c. Helen Wills Moody

d. Margaret Court

6. What do we call people who collect coins?

a. Philatelist.

b. Numismatist.

c. Lepidopterist

d. Conchologist

7. Which of the following is the Roman god of war?

a. Mars

b. Saturn

c. Jupiter

d. Zeus

8. Who first treated diabetes with insulin?

a. Jonas Salk

b. Frederick Banting

c. Alexander Fleming

d. Felix Hoffman

9. Which of these is not a cricketing term?

a. Silly short leg.

b. Short fine cover

c. Deep fine leg

d. Cow Corner

10. Who wrote the series ‘Twilight’?

a. Suzanne Collins

b. Cassandra Clare

c. Stephenie Meyer

d. Veronica Roth

DHURRINGILE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Beeps and whirls being emitted are familiar noises at Dhurringile Primary School as we have a ‘hive’ of 6 Blue Bot robots and 6 Edison robots. The robots support our digital technologies curriculum.

LONGLEAT LITERARY LUNCH

Spring is now well and truly with us and what could be more pleasant than enjoying a delicious lunch overlooking the Longleat Wines vineyard on the banks of the Goulburn River, followed by a book talk with Tatura author Pam Wells?

All of hese things will come together on Friday, October 7 at Longleat Wines as the Murchison Book Group have invited Pam to speak about the biography of her late husband, Lt.-Co. Rod Wells, ‘The Tiger Has Many Lives’, which was published in April.

Rod grew up on a dairy farm at Dhurringile and as a Signals Officer in WW11 Malaya spent some years as a prisoner of war of the Japanese. His exploits while incarcerated were daring and dangerous and he narrowly escaped execution by the Kempeitai. Post war he enjoyed several careers with various government departments which were equally as exciting as his POW days. During lockdown closures, the owners of Longleat Wines, Sandra and Guido Vazzoler, transformed their premises into a magnificent dining and tasting area and we are fortunate that it so accessible to our local towns, has plenty of parking space and is wheelchair friendly. Other features are the impressive ceiling-high mural by Rushworth artist Angie Russi and the `new’ fireplace featuring old and handmade bricks. Cost of the lunch is $38 which includes a complimentary drink on arrival and must be booked online as below. A signed copy of the book can also be pre-ordered and prepaid for $35 or purchased on the day for $35 cash sales only. Tables of eight can be reserved; smaller groups or individuals will be accommodated in a friendly atmosphere. Numbers are limited so book early on the following link sheppartontickets.com.au/event16747

For further information contact Margaret McMaster on 0417 262 213 or email mundoona3@bigpond.com

Proceeds from book sales and raffles will be donated to the Murchison community. Longleat Wines is situated at 105 Old Weir Rd. Murchison. We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event at 11.30 for a 12 noon start on October 7.

Through the digital technologies’ curriculum or digi tech for short, students get to design, create, manage and evaluate digital solutions through problem solving. Students are encouraged to become discerning decision makers around the benefits and potential risks for our society and the environment with the use of digital technology.

Recently we had a small school cluster day with Wunghnu Primary, Waaia-Yalca South Primary, and Zeerust Primary schools. The year 3-6 students were fortunate to have a session with Museum Victoria while the Foundation to two students got to explore Bee Bots and Blue Bots with Mrs W.

Bee Bots and Blue Bots are relatively simple robots that can be programmed directly onto the robot. They are an excellent robot for students just starting to learn about algorithms and programming. Blue Bots have the additional feature that they can be programmed through devices such as computers or iPads via Bluetooth.

Museum Victoria provided the iPads and robots for the students to use during their session. The students were introduced to ‘drop and drag’ programming language which is also used with the Edison robots. Working in pairs, the students designed an algorithm, and programmed the robot. An essential part of learning about technology is to learn to debug our programming.

The small schools are planning further technology interaction days for next term.

Tatura Physiotherapy Clinic

85 Hogan Street, Tatura

Lisa M. Cullum

Opening HOurs: Monday : 8:30am – 4pm

Tuesday: closed Wednesday: 8:30am – 4pm

Thursday: closed

Friday: 8:30am – 12noon

From July Tatura Physiotherapy Clinic will be open the first Thursday evening of the month 5-8pm and closed on the Friday.

For an appointment phone 5824 2889

Playing with the Bots

GOULBURN VALLEY LIBRARIES

The Ballad of Abdul Wade reveals an alternative Australian history.

Shepparton Library is pleased to welcome author Ryan Butta to discuss his recent book, The Ballad of Abdul Wade. Ryan will be visiting the Shepparton Library on Friday 7th October at 3pm.

Ryan Butta reveals a gritty alternative history in The Ballad of Abdul Wade, exposing the untold debt that Australia owes to the humble camel – and the Afghans who brought them here and drove them through the outback.

When young Afghan entrepreneur Abdul Wade first brought his camel trains to the outback in the 1890s, he was hailed as a hero by local communities. The British colonies relied on horses, which couldn’t access many remote settlements – especially those stricken by flood or drought – so camel trains rode to the rescue time and time again.

But with success came fierce opposition fuelled by prejudice, and in a climate of colonial misinformation, hyperbole and fear, Wade –along with other Afghans involved in the camel business – found himself with a target firmly on his back when his business threatened the livelihoods of the European horse drivers. The anti-Afghan movement took off, propelled by

the union leaders and politicians of the time, leaving a legacy of xenophobia that endures in Australian society today. Yet all the while, for those in need, the ships of the desert continued to appear on the outback horizon.

Ryan Butta stumbled on this fascinating, forgotten history when visiting his father’s hometown of Brewarrina in north-west New South Wales in 2018. Flicking through the pages of a local history of the town his interest was piqued by a 19th-century photo of a camel train, and he soon found himself on the trail of Australia’s earliest Afghan camel drivers. Separating the bulldust from the bush poetry, Ryan reveals the breadth and depth of white Australian protectionism and prejudice. Told with flair and authority, The Ballad of Abdul Wade interrogates why some have been written out of history and defies the standard horse-powered folklore to reveal a hitherto unknown episode of Australian pioneering history.

Ryan Butta grew up in regional New South Wales. Before he started writing he worked in international trade and has lived and worked extensively overseas. He is Editor-at-Large for Galah Press and also authors Out of Office, a publication that charts his course of quitting

Ryan Butta

office life to pursue a writing career.

If you would like to join Ryan Butta at the Shepparton Library to learn more about this fascinating aspect of Australian history, please call 1300 374 765 or email shepparton@ gvlibraries.com.au. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.

For more information:

Bronwyn Cole

Program Co-ordinator, Goulburn Valley

Libraries

Tel: 1300 374 765

Email: bronwync@gvlibraries.com.au

THE HONEYBEE AND SPRINGTIME IN THE ORCHARDS

Spring in Goulburn Valley orchards is always a beautiful sight. It is also the start of a new fruit season. Such a season would not happen unless the flowers are pollinated, mostly by honeybees, to set fruit.

The honeybee is an amazing insect. It has been said that if we do not have bees, a large proportion of the world’s human population would starve to death because bees are the main pollinators to bring about a crop for many major agricultural and horticultural plants.

We know that the effective transfer of pollen between compatible fruit tree varieties will increase fruit set, and the number of seed in apples and pears, which have a positive effect on fruit size at harvest, fruit quality and storage. So, pollination is important, but why do bees collect pollen?

A bee colony has an incredibly complex social structure. As there are tens of thousands of bees within a hive, many tasks need attention, from construction of comb to cleaning and nursing developing bees to foraging. The division of labour is an intricate and fascinating aspect of bee behaviour.

The labour that a worker bee undertakes changes with their age. When a baby bee emerges into the world, she is not yet fully developed and starts out on light and unskilled duties such as cleaning brood comb in preparation for the queen to lay eggs into. Brood comb contains various stages of developing bees.

When she is a few days old, the worker bee moves onto producing wax and building comb. Honeybees have a wax gland that enables them to convert honey into wax, which they then use to construct their entire home with.

When about one week old, a worker bee’s glands produce brood food, the creamy substance fed to developing bees. Both queen and worker bees can develop from the same fertilised egg. The biological pathway of the egg depends solely on the food it is fed as it develops. If a queen bee is needed, usually only once a year in spring when a colony swarms, or in an emergency to replace a dead or failing queen, she is fed royal jelly throughout her development and emerges from the cell after 16 days. She can go on to live for three or more years. It is for this reason that royal jelly is commercially promoted as an ‘elixir of life’ and sought after as a dietary supplement.

The humble worker bee, however, is fed almost entirely on worker jelly, also called bee bread, and will take a full 21 days to develop. She will live for between 4 to 12 weeks depending on the season. Thus, the vast majority of the brood food a nurse bee produces is in the form of worker jelly to raise worker brood.

To enable nurse bees to produce the required amounts of worker jelly, they must have ample supplies of both nectar, which the bees convert to honey providing their carbohydrates, and pollen, which contains proteins, fats, minerals, and amino acids. With these power foods combined, the nurse bee is able to secrete a perfect, whole food containing all the necessary goodies needed to provide a balanced diet to the developing brood.

The final stage of a honeybee worker’s life is as the forager. A foraging bee will collect either nectar, pollen, or both, or water. Foraging bees will focus their efforts on collecting the substance that is of most benefit to their colony

at a particular time.

For the orchardist, the pollen collectors are of most value during the period of pollination. The crawling of bees over flowers ensures that a large amount of pollen is transferred by the bee from flower to flower. A good beehive has plenty of brood with a laying queen bee and room for the brood nest to increase. To sustain this, the colony needs large amounts of pollen. But they also need a balanced diet to remain healthy and productive. As the pollen of different floral sources contains different levels of proteins and fats, and a different range of minerals and amino acids, access to a variety of floral sources is essential. When hives are moved by beekeepers to agricultural monoculture crops such as canola, the bees often have trouble getting a balanced diet. In orchards and other horticultural crops, there is often a variety of non-target pollen sources nearby, so dietary concerns are not such an issue. Unfortunately for the bees, orchardists are mowing out competing floral sources down rows and around orchards to ensure that as many bees as possible pollinate the flowers of their fruit trees.

Bees also have to find and collect water and can fly as far as 1.5 km to find it. A muddy pool is often enough. While they are looking for water, they are not pollinating flowers. Placing a suitable container, such as a birdbath made of rough concrete, so bees can’t drown, is often very much appreciated by the bees (as well as the birds).

It’s tough to be a bee. - Bas

WHAT’S IN A NAME? (Episode

Samantha and James Peabody stood up with the rest of the audience and loudly applauded the cast members who had just finished performing Shakespeare’s play, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’.

“It was a wonderful play,” said Samantha as the applause slowly died away, “but I’m surprised they were allowed to perform it.”

“Surprised? Why?” asked James as he turned and picked up the program from his seat.

Samantha shrugged. “It’s just that it’s so misogynistic, don’t you think? I mean all that female submissiveness stuff. I just thought the gender politics of today would have had the activists out in force complaining about it.”

James laughed softly. “It was just a bit of fun and after all, it was written by Shakespeare.”

“He was married to Anne Hathaway, wasn’t he,” said Samantha. “I wonder what she thought of the play.”

“I thought you said it was a wonderful play,” said James.

“I did, and it was, but I was just thinking about the underlying theme,” replied Samantha as they walked out of the theatre and made their way to their car. “A good play should make you think about things like that.”

“I don’t think you’ve got much to think about,” said James. “If anybody is the epitome of assertiveness it would have to be you.”

“Is that a good thing or a bad thing?” asked Samantha coyly.

James laughed. “Taken in small doses it’s obviously a good thing.” They walked on for a moment and then James said, “Do you know there is a theory that Shakespeare didn’t actually write his plays?”

“What do you mean? Of course he wrote his plays!” exclaimed Samantha, who was clearly annoyed by this suggestion. “I’m getting a little tired of all these conspiracy theories.”

“This theory was actually postulated over hundred and fifty years ago,” replied James calmly. “According to the theory, Sir Francis Bacon wrote some, if not all of the plays attributed to Shakespeare.”

“If that’s the case, then why didn’t this Bacon fellow put his name on the bottom of each play? Why attribute them to Shakespeare?” grumbled Samantha. “I think it’s a ridiculous theory.”

“Apparently Sir Francis Bacon was a very important statesman,” explained James, “who had ambitions of holding high office in government. He even had dreams of becoming the prime minister and didn’t want people opposed to him to criticise him as merely being a lowly playwright, and so he used Shakespeare as his front-man.”

“Who dreams up these crazy conspiracy theories?” muttered Samantha.

“People who have nothing else to do,” replied James. “They have even combed through all of Shakespeare’s plays and have apparently

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found hidden codes and ciphers that, according to them, point to Bacon.”

Samantha frowned in annoyance. “Small people always want to cut down the tall poppies. Perhaps you should get your time machine out of mothballs and we can go back in time and find out the truth.”

James shook his head. “It’s too dangerous. Each time we go back, we somehow interfere with history, or should I say, you somehow interfere with history.”

“Me!” exclaimed Samantha indignantly. “I seem to recall you were there as well, you know. Don’t go blaming me for all the glitches of the past. Anyway, it always turned out okay despite you being such a fuddy-duddy.” She sidled closer to James and smiled sweetly at him. “One more little trip won’t hurt and all we need to do is find Shakespeare and talk to him about his plays. Then we’ll know for certain who wrote his plays. Surely that couldn’t cause any problems.”

Sensing that James was starting to waver slightly, Samantha pressed on. “And I’ll be on my best behaviour. I won’t interfere with anything or anybody. I won’t even talk to anybody. If any talking needs to be done then I’ll let you do it.”

“Okay,” sighed James, “Let me give the time machine a good service while I think about it. I know I won’t get a moment’s peace otherwise.”

Two days later, after Samantha came home from her weekly karate class, James told her that the time machine was once again in perfect working order and if she still wanted to travel back to talk to Shakespeare, then it could be done.

“Wonderful,” cried Samantha excitedly. “When can we go?”

“Tomorrow morning,” replied James. “That will give us time to visit the Globe Theatre where Shakespeare holds his plays, and hopefully give us an opportunity to talk to him.”

“We might even see one of his plays being performed,” continued Samantha hopefully.

“There is a slight problem with that,” replied James.

“I said I would be on my best behaviour,” said Samantha quickly. “I promise I won’t cause any trouble. Imagine seeing one of Shakespeare’s plays being performed live at the Globe Theatre during his time.”

“You’re not the slight problem, Samantha. In fact, I don’t think you’ve ever been a slight problem. No, unfortunately we won’t have any money to get into the theatre, and the last thing we want to do is get arrested for trying to slip in without paying,” explained James.

“Yes, there is that,” agreed Samantha. “Perhaps we could earn some money while we’re there.”

“Doing what, magic tricks with my cigarette lighter? And what happened to the concept of

remaining inconspicuous in the background?”

“You’re quite right,” admitted Samantha ruefully, “but it just seems too good an opportunity to waste.” She suddenly brightened. “You never know, perhaps fate will step in once again. She always seems to be waiting just around the corner each time we go on one of these little jaunts.”

The following morning, Samantha seated herself comfortably in the time machine while James fussed with the control panel. They had both dressed themselves in clothing purchased from the local costume shop and the smiling shop assistant had assured them that the clothing was an authentic match for what was being worn in Elizabethan England around the turn of the 17th century.

“Now remember,” said James, “our English accent and our use of English words will sound strange to any folk we happen to talk to, so we need to include as many ‘doths’, ‘harks’, ‘perchances’, ‘thees’ and ‘thous’ as possible so that we don’t raise too many suspicions.”

“I harken to thee oh great husband, and shall surely be totally inconspicuous,” replied Samantha demurely.

“I’ll believe that when I see it,” muttered James as he activated the time machine button. There was a brief moment of disorientation and then a soft bump as the time machine landed. James cautiously opened the hatch and peered around anxiously. He had camouflaged the machine as a large bush and was pleased that, as planned, he had landed in a wide park next to the Thames River. Several people were walking along the distant road next to the river and James quickly climbed out through the hatch.

“So far so good,” said James as he took Samantha’s gloved hand and helped her to alight.

“What’s that awful smell?” asked Samantha as she peered around her, sniffing the air.

“That, my dear, is the delightful smell of Elizabethan England. There is only limited sewerage for the very rich, there is no rubbish collection, horse manure covers the streets, dead cats and dogs simply lie where they died and rats and mice abound,” explained James. “Welcome to the good old days.”

Samantha wrinkled her nose in disgust. “How can people live like this?”

“It’s what they are used to. You can’t judge them by our standards. Now I think the Globe Theatre is in this direction,” said James as he took Samantha’s arm and began walking away from the river. “Let’s go and meet William.”

Will Samantha and James manage to fit into Elizabethan society without arousing any suspicions? Will they get to meet William Shakespeare and will they find out if Sir Francis Bacon is the real playwright? Will they manage to do all of that without causing any ripples in time? Based on past experience, it’s doubtful, isn’t it?

SURVIVING CANINE ADOLESCENCE

As I have no doubt mentioned in previous articles, the pounds, shelters and rescues are full of dogs between the ages of 5 months to about 3 years. They are surrendered by their families for a number of reasons. Don’t have time, too rough with the kids, too destructive, neighbours complaining about the noise, and the list goes on. Read between the lines and what you will see is “adolescence.” These poor dogs are being abandoned (too harsh? Yeah nope.) just because they are doing what is normal. Developing!

So why is this happening? Lets have a look at the neurobiology of adolescence. In an adolescent dog, the connectivity between the frontal cortex (the decision making part) and the amygdala (the emotional part) decreases. The brain is busy creating new pathways. Add to that, changing sex hormones and you have a pup that is struggling to process information it is receiving from its environment including other dogs, traffic, noises, pretty much anything that is around them. We can expect to see increased risk taking and or sensitivity to fear. Basically, what was once no big deal for them suddenly becomes scary and what was easy becomes stressful!

All this while trying to learn and understand “human” speak. No wonder they can often seem to “forget” commands/routines that they were doing well just a short time ago!

Your pup’s inner world can become intense, even chaotic. This is NORMAL! Human kids go through it too. Its just that human kids have a lot more time to become adult. Dogs do it in a few very short years. You could look at it as this development is more “concentrated” in the canine world. Add to all this the owner’s impatience and frustration which only adds to the pup’s inner turmoil, and you have what appears to be an out of control dog. Now given that some of the larger breeds can at this stage be weighing anything from 20 to 40 kg, the emotional pot for human and dog alike is pretty much boiling over.

So, what can you do to help your pup develop and retain your sanity?

Stay calm. Give your dog the time and space to observe what’s going on around them at a distance when on lead. Continue training your various skills. Break them down into smaller steps if necessary. Don’t fall into the trap of repeating yourself when giving commands. Be gentle but firm. Did I mention say calm?

Give them a safe quiet place to sleep after exercise so that they can consolidate memories effectively. Here is where crate training is an absolute bonus! It is also handy when your pup goes over his excitement threshold which again is very normal. Just calmly and gently pop him in his crate to calm.

Make sure you give them “sniff” walks at least once twice a week. Go to a place that’s interesting to your dog like a park, bush walk etc and let them just do what they do. The only rule I place on my youngster is that he’s not allowed to pull. Apart from that, if he wants to sniff a single blade of grass for 5 minutes then that’s what he can do. I guide the general direction I want us to go but he’s allowed to check out any tree, shrub whatever he wants for as long as he wants. I start these sessions with the command “have a look” this is his signal to start decompressing. That is exactly what happens. When the pressure is taken off them and they can go at their own pace, they decompress. Studies have shown that sniffing is a workout all on its own. You will be surprised just how much calmer your pup is after a nice long sniff session.

By knowing what is happening to our pups and what they are experiencing, we gain greater compassion and understanding. Approaching adolescence with patience creates a predictable and gentle environment for our pups to grow into the best version of themselves.

Most importantly, enjoy and smile at your pups antics. They grow up very fast!

Cheers for now.

QUIZ answers

1a – From the Latin Sept meaning seven

2a – Sahara Desert

3b – 9

4a – Yellow, blue and red

5d – Margaret Court

Scoring.

6b – Numismatist

7a – Mars

8b – Frederick Banting

9b – Short Fine Cover

10c – Stephenie Meyer

- Marie

0–2. Struggle Street. First of all, congratulations on doing this quiz. That’s about it really. There’s not much else I can add. If you had picked answer (a) each time you would have least got four correct.

3-5. Bland Street. Well done! You are the person that everybody else measures themselves against. You are the rock in the ocean of knowledge. No, I don’t know what it means either but it sounds good.

6-7. Above Average (sort of). Well done on another abnormal performance. According to the Oxford dictionary, you are exceptional, irregular and deviating from type. Ask your friends if that sounds like you.

8-9. Smarty Pants. You’re among the best of the best although, unfortunately, you’re not the very best. You shouldn’t have changed your mind on that wrong answer. Always trust your initial instinct.

10. Genius. Words can’t express my admiration for your achievement. That’s it, there’s nothing more to say.

Puppy

MURCHISON PRIMARY SCHOOL

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

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. 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 for 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!

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.

We are excited to offer families in the area a new service. Murchison Primary is running Vacation Care during the September Holidays. It will be running Monday to Friday, 7:45am-6pm for all Primary School aged children. Cost $80 per day, CCS rebates available to those who qualify. Please contact to the school on 58262391 for further information and to make bookings.

- Elly French

Lily Fluting for the Trains

Maxie Celebrating Her Dad

TATURA CUBBY NEWS

This month at the Cubby we have been focusing on Healthy Eating and have made an information board in the entrance area with example of sugar content in common foods. Parents have commented how surprising the sugar content of some food are.

The children have been practicing drawing, tracing, and writing with chalk. Who would have thought learning your ABCs could be so much fun?

Everyone had a blast making handprint clay bowls and handprint posters for Father’s Day and from the feedback we received, the fathers did too.

With the break in the weather, the children flocked to the sandpit. A café was quickly setup and yummy food was being severed to everyone. It just fantastic to watch their imagination go wild.

If you are interested in childcare for term 4, 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 but there are a few spots left on Thursdays so get in quick and book your place.

The Cubby Occasional Care is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 9am2pm 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.

- Tom Boocock, Manager

TATURA MENS SHED

The Tatura Men’s Shed is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9am. Don’t forget the Tuesday lunches. Drop in for a chat and a cuppa on these days.

Olivia De Cicco

Olenna Marshall

Recipes Recipes

RODNEY CWA RECIPE

Moist Chocolate Cake

Preheat oven to 170o C.

1 packet home brand chocolate cake mix

1 packet instant chocolate pudding

2 eggs

1 cup lemonade

1/3 cup oil

Method: Mix all ingredients together. Place in greased tin 20 cm square.

Bake 40 – 45 minutes or until cooked.

Variations:

1. Ice and serve as Mud cake.

2. Can be layered and filled with fresh cream and black cherries (pips removed) for a Black Forest cake.

3. Easily doubled for a large slab cake.

BAKED SWEET AND SOUR CHICKEN

This is definitely my new favourite Chicken Dish. Simple to make and very tender.

Ingredients:

3 Chicken Thighs, cut into 1-inch pieces

1 Cup Corn Flour

2 Large Eggs

1/4 Cup Vegetable Oil

1/2 Cup Sugar

1/4 Cup BBQ Sauce

1/2 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar

2 Tablespoons Soy Sauce

1 Teaspoon Garlic Powder

1/2 Teaspoon Sea Salt

Method:

Line a 13 x 9-inch pan with baking paper.

Season Chicken with salt and pepper and coat in Cornflour.

Beat eggs in a shallow bowl and heat oil in pan over medium to high heat until sizzling.

Dip chicken pieces in eggs and add to pan, searing until golden and place in prepared pan.

In a medium bowl, combine sugar, bbq sauce, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic powder and sea salt - and whisk.

Pour over chicken and bake at 170 degrees for one hour, tossing halfway through cooking time.

- Janice Dreyer

4. Replace chocolate mix with vanilla and add orange essence. Chocolate Cake

SPRING GARDENING WORD SEARCH

Find and circle all of the hidden words about spring flowers The left-over letters reveal a secret message

SPRING GARDENING WORD SEARCH

Find and circle all of the hidden words about spring flowers The left-over letters reveal a secret message

ALLIUM INSECTS RAGWORT

AMBROSIA IRIS RAIN

ANEMONE JASMINE RHIPSALIS

ASTERS JONQUIL RHODODENDRON

AZALEA LACE FERN ROSES

BANKSIA LARREA ROYALS

BOLAX LAVENDER RUNNER

CABBAGE LAYIA SEED

CAMELLIA LILAC SEMELE

CANTUA LOBELIA SHOVEL

CYAST MANURE SINGAPORE ORCHID

DHALIA MANY TASKS SNAILS

ERICA MAPLE SPADE

FELICIA MOONFLOWER SPRAYS

FICUS OLIVES SWEET PEA

FREESIA PANSY TROWEL

GERANIUM PEACH VIOLET GERMINATE PETUNIA WARATAH

Sweet and Sour Chicken

WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

Sacred Heart School Production

Congratulations and thank you to the Sacred Heart students, staff and families who created a spectacular production, it was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended across the two performances.

TATURA BOWLERS IN THE BIG SMOKE

Taura bowlers Jason Carter, Keith Smith and Julian Robson after winning their section and qualifying along with a Numurkah town side in the Bowls Premier League (BPL) round held at the Tatura Bowls Club in early August, headed off to Sunbury Bowls Club accompanied by some keen local supporters to test themselves against other qualifiers in the next round of the BPL Cup. In facilities that all bowlers declared were excellent, the Tatura trio performed admirably winning their first game, tying their second game but losing on a one end sudden death playoff and losing their third game. Bowlers and supporters all agreed it was a great day out.

TATURA HILL TOP TWO BOWLS SINGLES EVENT

In preparation for the commencement of Goulburn Valley pennant bowls commencing in October, an event created for bowlers to practice their bowls when there are only two bowls permitted at pennant has created a keenly contested ‘Two Bowls Singles’ event. Recently, thirty Tatura Hill Top bowlers played in several games to qualify for the same day knockout series with losing players eliminated until a champion was determined. By mid-afternoon, with the finalists having played around 200 bowls for the day, only Greg Toy and Brendon Boyd remained. In a high display of precision bowling by both players, Boyd prevailed over Toy to take out the Two Bowls Singles crown 12 shots to 7. It was a fantastic day of bowls and appreciation is conveyed to organisers, volunteers, BBQ crew and obviously the participating players.

- John Crilly

TATURA INDOOR BOWLS AWARDS NIGHT

With the indoor carpet bowls season coming to a close, Club President Terry Gale made presentations to the Tatura Club's Ladies Champion Frances Britten, Men's Champion Keith Smith and the Mixed Pairs champions Lyn and Laurie Nicholson. The year provided no joy for the teams entered in the pennant competition as no grand final success came their way. However, members did enjoy success at Goulburn Valley events winning the Ladies and Men's Pairs, a member in the winning Mixed Pairs event and winning the GV Phem Close Memorial Triples. Club members were also successful participants in tournaments held at Bamawn Extension and Moama RSL.

- John Crilly

LOCK IT IN, WINNERS ARE GRINNERS

With 140 bowlers from near and far, the Tatura and Hill Top bowling clubs provided the venues for the five game Richie Trevaskis 2 bowl triples competition. Culminating in two five game winners playing for the spoils. The eighteenth annual event saw a Midlands Bowling Club trio from the Ballarat area take the honours in a closely fought five end playoff. The Midlands team comprised of lead Eric Kosloff Third Lynne Lock and Skip Rodney Lock. Their opponents, and runners up, from the local district were young gun Josh Warren, Kyabram bowler Rob George and Hill Top’s own Rod Madill.

The five end playoff featured some stunning bowls, testament to the Hill Top green running well, especially after a wet week leading up to the tournament. Well done to the winners. There were many sponsors from across the state with local firms Trevaskis Engineering, Hip Pocket Workwear and Safety, Ultimate Fasteners, Senior Steel, Hotwire Auto Electrics, Kyabram Batteries and Tatura Caravan Hire supporting the event. In memory of Richie Trevaskis, the founder of Trevaskis

Engineering, these local businesses all have a proud connection to the Trevaskis name in some way.

The weather gods shone brightly for the weekend with no rain falling for the duration of the 115 games played over the Saturday and Sunday. Teams of all abilities assembled with players from as far as Paynesville, Hay and Melbourne competing. Four sponsors teams at the ‘novice level’ battled it out for the wooden spoon. All teams could also walk away a little wealthier with two lucky card draws over the weekend.

Visiting chef Joel and the Hill Top kitchen crew provided two great lunches enjoyed by all. A big thankyou to The Hay Bowling and Golf Club for stocking up the raffle table for two big draws.

For all those bowlers wanting to fine tune their game for next year’s pennant, then please pencil in the Richie Trevaskis Tournament in Tatura commencing on the second Saturday in September. Next year that will be the Saturday Sunday Sept 9 and 10.

Julian Robson, Jason Carter and Keith Smith.

Brendon Boyd and Greg Toy

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ARDMONA PRIMARY SCHOOL

At Ardmona Primary School, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive family orientated school with a strong focus on individuality. This enables all our students to work where they are at.

On Tuesdays our students have enjoyed our kitchen science/maths program; where the students are learning about different foods and basic cooking skills. So far, we have learnt about eggs and the different ways we can cook eggs and how to make vegetable soup.

It has been as exciting month here at Ardmona PS with lots of incursions and excursions. We were lucky to have the reptile show come and visit. The students were able to pat and hold some of the reptiles. We were also lucky enough to attend Circus Quirkus and the ABC Science show at Eastbank in Shepparton. We have also had our bookfair. Our students dressed up as their favourite book characters. It was great to see the effort that students and staff went to.

On Wednesday and Thursday of week 9 we were lucky enough to be part of Ashefest 2022 held at Rumbalara Football Oval. It was a fun day, and we had the opportunity to participate in traditional aboriginal games and cultural activities. The students were able to interact and meet students from other schools in the area and were lucky enough to receive a cookie and showbag at the end of the day.

The last three days of this term we are very excited as the whole school will be heading to Creswick to the Log Cabin Camp. The highlights of the camp will be AURA and Sovereign Hill.

Next term we are looking forward to welcoming our new foundation students for 2023 with a series of transition days starting in week 2. If you are looking to enrol your child for next year, please contact Jean Varty on 03 5829 0273 to discuss or make an appointment for a tour of the school.

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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)

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