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FEEL like helping the Royal Children’s Hospital’s Good Friday Appeal this Friday? The Leongatha Apex Club invites you to meet at the Leongatha Courthouse at 10am to collect funds. Children under 16 are welcome and require adult supervision while collecting. To find out more, contact Alex
Spencer on 0448 686 231. YEAR 12 physics students from Leongatha Secondary College went to Luna Park theme park at St Kilda recently to take part in an event organised by the Australian Institute of Physics Victorian education branch. About 1800 students
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from around Victoria participated, measuring forces and completing worksheets designed to offer insight into the physics behind rides. L I F E L I N E Gippsland has received donations of 100 wedding gowns and formal gowns. People are encouraged to inspect the gowns this Thursday, March 28, at Lifeline’s Churchill shop. Some gowns will also be for sale at the Wonthaggi shop. If you are looking for that special dress and the budget is a bit stretched, you will be pleasantly surprised. Proceeds from the sale of these gowns will enable Lifeline to continue providing vital mental health services, such as Lifeline Gippsland’s 24 hour Telephone Crisis Support line 13 1114 and the Suicide Prevention and Support Program. Lifeline marked 50 years of providing crisis support and referrals through the 13 11 14 service on March 16. PEOPLE battling with osteoarthritis and joint pain will benefit from
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the launch of a world first, easy-to-use website which offers people a chance to help gain control over their pain. The website www. MyJointPain.org.au will help sufferers manage their condition and was developed as a result of a collaboration between Arthritis Australia and the Bupa Health Foundation. SCHOOLS are invited to enter the 2013 Victorian Schools Garden Awards, launched by Education Minister Martin Dixon at Melbourne’s International Flower and Garden Show last week. The overall prize pool is worth close to $60,000 and includes $37,200 in nursery vouchers; four turf and installation packages from the Turf Producers Association of Victoria valued at $4500 each, and a $1000 orchard from Fleming’s Nurseries. For further information, contact Nursery and Garden Industry Victoria at: www.ngiv.com. au.Category?Action= View&Category_id=125 KORUMBURRA Community Development and Action are reviving the Stanley’s Wheelbarrow with a replica for their raffle. The well known story of Stanley wheeling his wheelbarrow full of coal is being revived with a raffle full of garden goodies, thanks to local businesses including Korumburra Hardware, Burra Garden Supplies, Murray Goulburn P/L and Landmark. Councillor Bob Newton obtained the wheelbarrow and members of the KCDA will sell tickets outside IGA Supermarket in Korumburra and in Commercial Street Korumburra. The winning ticket will be drawn on Anzac Day. NEW pension and income support payments rates for veterans, their partners, war widows and widowers across Australia come into effect from March 20. The Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Warren Snowdon, said the increase was part of the biannual indexation process. The first payday which will include payments under the new rates will be April 4.
Calling creative types THE Great Gippsland Gatescape, Gippsland Arts Festival 2013 is about to be launched. This year the theme is “S p a c e” and the possibilities are endless: head space, my space, outer space, inner space, crazy space, serene space. The feature event is The Great Gippsland Gatescape and everyone is invited to get involved and be in the running for some super prizes. Coordinator for the Gatescape project is arts identity, Janice Orchard. “Make your garden gate, farm gate, school gate, yard gate, in fact any gate, your blank canvas. Make it stand out from the crowd with your creative ideas and ingenuity,” she said. “You may want to partner with a community group. You could also partner with a winery, restaurant, accommodation, or other arts event to put together a deal that means our visitors just have to stay longer to enjoy the Bass Coast region!” Your creations will be promoted on the Creative Gippsland website, the Bass Coast Shire website
as well as in a brochure for the events and exhibitions taking place during the month of May as part of The Great Gippsland Gatescape, Gippsland Arts Festival 2013 “S p a c e”. For more information please contact Bass Coast
Shire Council arts officer Josephine Kent on 1300 226 278 or email j.kent@ basscoast.vic.gov.au or Janice Orchard on 0419 301 363, email janorchard@bigpond.com. Or you can visit www.creativegippsland. com
Seeking ideas: Gatescape coordinator Janice Orchard with artist Bob Hickman and gallery owner Heather Carol investigate the possibilities of installing a decorated gate at the entrance of the Blue Pig Gallery in Wonthaggi.
Loch’s long Lent
THREE crosses strategically placed in the paddock to the north of St Vincent’s Catholic Church in Loch are exposing South Gippsland Highway motorists to an important message.
Staying longer: Meeniyan Art Gallery has extended the exhibition of Russell Petherbridge’s sculptures until April 8 due to popular demand. Russell’s sculptures are crafted from metal, using only the most basic hand tools, and this exhibition is a selection of the extraordinary work he created in his career spanning 45 years. Some sculptures are mobiles you can play with, much to the delight of children and parents alike. The exhibition will be open over Easter holidays. Russell is pictured at the exhibition opening with his sculpture Sophia.
According to Di Stewart, a dedicated member of the Loch congregation, the crosses are to be seen both day and night to remind people of what Lent is all about. “This is about preparing for the death of Jesus and his resurrection. Lent is not just about Easter holidays, Easter eggs and hot cross buns,” she said.
Night-time delight: the lit up crosses create an eerie effect at night, helping to remind people that Lent is not just about Easter eggs.
The Christian Churches of Wonthaggi and Inverloch invite you to our
Afterwards enjoy fellowship and hot cross buns in Cape Paterson Hall
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Scary sight: in scenes reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, The Birds, corellas gathered in the Leongatha CBD last week. If you were paranoid or an avid film buff, you may have believed they were planning an attack. Whatever their true intention, they made an awful lot of noise and mess.