The Great Southern Star - May 24, 2011

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Great place to live NEW N NE EW bbusinesses i and d residents i t could id ldd bbe enticed to Korumburra by a new brochure to be officially released at South Gippsland Shire Council’s meeting tomorrow (Wednesday).

The Live, Work and Invest publication has received the backing of Korumburra Business Association president Doug White, who showed off the brochure at the top of Commercial Street last week. Read more on page 6.

Multi-million dollar new golf club for Wonthaggi

By Tony Giles YEARS of hard work have culminated in an announcement Wonthaggi will have an entirely new golf facility for the town.

Club president Darren Green announced details exclusively to The Star last week.

The club accepted a new agreement with developer Buildev under a fortnight ago which will see 15 hectares of the club handed over, in stages, to the builder.

In return Buildev will construct a totally revamped golf course which will include seven to eight brand new holes, a whole new golf layout with new tees and greens rebuilt to specifications. A new clubhouse will be located where the eighth green is today.

Crucially, the sticking point, Buildev will settle a payment the club has to make to the State Treasury of around $2 million to have the 15 hectares re-

moved from the section 173 clause.

That clause has restricted the land occupied by the club to being used for sporting purposes only.

Every fairway will be sown with a warm season grass, most likely Santa Anna Couch, the same grass that has proven successful at Leongatha Golf Club.

“These are exciting times for the golf club. This secures the club for the next 100 years and, once complete, will be a fantastic development,” Mr Green said.

A meeting with two of the golf club’s development committee members, Maurie Loughran and Betty Bowmar, a representative from Buildev and State Treasury tomorrow will discuss the final figure the club needs to pay the state.

The $2.2 million valuation was made six months ago. This figure could rise, but with slightly softer real estate conditions, could even go down.

“From the golf club’s point of view

we would be hoping the value of the 15 hectares would have gone slightly down,” Mr Green said.

Buildev development project partner David O’Halloran is optimistic the project will commence shortly.

“We are aiming to have a final agreement executed with Treasury in the next month or so which will then allow us to finalise our planning approvals and get started with construction,” he said.

The new golf course will be Cashmore designed. Cashmore Design has successfully designed over 30 golf courses in Australia including the Henley course at the Heritage Golf and Country Club near Melbourne; the 13th Beach course at Barwon Heads (in conjunction with six-time major winner Nick Faldo); and The Dunes Golf Links at Rye. Cashmore Golf Design has successfully designed or redesigned more than 70 golf courses around the world, and assisted dozens of clubs and public golf operators with small-scale im-

provements to their courses.

The project is to be delivered in stages, allowing for the gradual transition of the course from its cur-

rent layout to a new, 6000m configuration - longer than the current configuration.

Continued on page 5.

You beauty: welcoming Wonthaggi Golf Club’s good news was club president Darren Green (left) and bistro chef Damien Madeley.

20 page Wonthaggi Lifestyle lift-out inside

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Taste of theatre SPONSORS of Leongatha Lyric Theatre, both current and potential, where treated to a taste of the group’s upcoming production Jekyll and Hyde on Friday night.

The event was held in the new GippsTAFE building in Leongatha, with finger food and the treat of four numbers from the show.

It was a great evening and the sponsors loved the special taste of what’s to come for Lyric Theatre.

Supporting the theatre: Annalise Matthews, Cheryl Connor and Terry Lay of Korumburra.

Above: Leongatha lyricists: Georgie Wray-McCann, Michael Dixon, Monique Goss, Peter McAlpine, Brogan Campbell and Danae Hemming.

Sponsors: Barry Patterson, Peter McAlpine (South Gippsland Insurance), Jill Carmody (Jetset), Chris Perrett (Perrett and Associates) and Brad Westaway (Knights Toyota).

Snooky farewelled A HUGE crowd flocked to the Dakers Centre in Leongatha on Friday night to farewell Gaye ‘Snooky’ Stockdale from the Leongatha Memorial Hospital nursing staff.

The day also doubled as a birthday celebration, All smiles: Snooky Stockdale with director of nursing at the Leongatha Memorial Hospital Neil as the long time nurse turned 69.

Langstaff, and doctors Michael Bourke and Kee Chiam.

Walking for a cause CLEAR blue skies and warm weather created a perfect setting for the Multiple Sclerosis Walk held at Leongatha’s McIndoe Park on Saturday.

Around 70 people took part in the day, which involved a three kilometre walk around Leongatha, followed by a barbecue and fun activities.

All the participants donned red clothing in support of MS. Almost $2600 was raised to help research the cause of MS. This is the second year that the walk has been held, with $2000 raised last year.

The organisers thank Leongatha Photographics, Hays Jewellers, Terry Whites Chemist, Nikolinas Florist, A.W. Smith and Sons, Excessorise, Capeview Mitre10, Craig Hall and Kelvin John’s Retravision for sponsoring the event.

A family affair: back, left to right, Graham Challis, Noelene Warren, Paul Challis, Peter Warren, Barbara Challis, Rory Challis, Peter Siggins, Natalie Challis and Vicki Poxon holding Bede Challis with Kevin Warren.

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School emergency dramatised online

By Jacob de Kunder A SCHOOLYARD emergency was blown out of proportion on a social media website last week, with students falsely reporting a teacher was shot.

Korumburra Secondary College was thrown into lockdown last Monday week (May 16) after a student became upset, smashed two windows and ignored staff instructions.

School leaders contacted police and secured the students safely in the gymnasium.

Police arrived promptly and arrested the 14-year-old who was then taken to the station for questioning.

Charges are now pending regarding damage to the windows.

While the police diffused the situation, reports had already been posted on social networking site Facebook, with many reports making false accusations.

Principal Lynne Hardy said that within 10 minutes, concerned parents contacted the school after reading the online reports.

Some students had posted such statements as: “gotta love having a code red at school cause some year nine goes nuts and starts smashing windows!” and “Just casually sitting in the gym cause some kid went spastic”.

Others contained false information with comments like “This dude went crazy, punched a few windows, and a teacher I think?” as well as some students blatantly lying with comments like “Yeah a kid got a gun and shot some teacher”.

Another student had set “K’burra sec lock down :)” as a check in point (identifying users’ locations on Facebook), which received 233 likes (approvals by fellow users) within the day.

Even on Tuesday, parents were picking up on the rumours and ac-

cusing the school of covering up the situation.

Ms Hardy said some parents believed a drunken student had punched a teacher in the face, while another heard that there was a drunken student with guns and knives.

The school released a statement to parents during the week outlining what really happened.

The statement read “behaviour was not directed towards staff or students” and “contrary to rumours, at no times did the student produce or use a weapon.”

Ms Hardy is disappointed students used mobile phones because there is a strict ‘no phone at school’ policy which students ignore regularly.

“We’ve had a few incidents regarding the use of mobile phones in the past and this is just another which highlights the need to stop them coming to school,” she said.

Council sets $13.5m target SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council will spend more than $13.5 million on capital works, according to the draft 2011-12 budget.

That figure is nearly $180,000 more than the previous projected capital works expenditure.

Nearly $3.5 million is earmarked to upgrade roads, $985,414 for waste services and $425,506 on bridges.

More than $2.5 million is proposed for buildings, including the $1.47 million Sandy Point Hall upgrade,

$586,864 Leongatha Children’s Centre extensions and $170,000 on the Korumburra Child Care Hub. Carparks at Foster, Welshpool, Toora and elsewhere will benefit from $623,165 worth of works.

Other expenditure will be: culverts ($186,068), drainage ($42,400), footpaths ($320,877) and guard rails ($75,281).

Pools – the subject of council’s aquatic strategy – will cost $433,000, with a variety of solar heating, shade, filter, boiler and other works needed.

Council will enhance the Toora Railway Park

Police to swoop POLICE are calling for all motorists to ensure their vehicles are 100 per cent roadworthy before winter.

A good set of tyres and fully functional vehicle lighting could be the dif-

ference between a collision and a near miss, deputy commissioner Kieran Walshe said.

He warned motorists that police would be accepting “no excuses” for unroadworthy vehicles come June 1.

Reserve, the Corner Inlet lookout and playgrounds, and replace the sound shell at Mossvale Park.

The general rate will increase by an average of 5.25 per cent, with waste services charges for garbage collection, recycling, street sweeping and litter bins to rise by 2.5 per cent.

The draft budget will be presented to council tomorrow (Wednesday).

The meeting starts at 2pm, not 7pm as per previous meetings, in council’s chambers within the Leongatha Memorial Hall complex.

Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

High notes: Will Crawford from Korumburra Secondary College played loud during a solo at the South Gippsland School Music Program Big Band Blowout on Friday night. He was watched by guest trumpeter, Greg Spence.

More coverage on page 8. Photo: Trevor Foon of Foons Photographics.

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Medal of honour: Prom Country CFA operations officer Simon Bloink presents Gary Burns with a medal for 30 years of service in the CFA. He is with wife Sandra. In the back row are brigade support officer Andrew Oldroyd, Ruby CFA captain Darren Hardacre, Leongatha South CFA captain Gary Williams, Leongatha member Peter Atkin and brigade support officer Jodi Butler.

Gary’s passion still burns

By Isaac McCallum MUCH like the rest of his family, Gary Burns is a “fire brigade tragic”.

He has just completed his 30th year of service to the CFA, cultivating years of volunteer, support staff and town protection service.

Being a bank manager meant moving town quite a lot for Gary, who found that volunteering as a fire-fighter was a great way “in to the community”.

“I’ve never been really sporting orientated, so volunteering was a great way to meet new people,” he said.

“I’ve made some good mates over the time.

I try to keep in touch as much as possible.”

It’s also where he met wife Sandra, who has been involved with the CFA for around 40 years, at a first aid class.

“She’s been putting up with me ever since,” Gary said.

The ex-Leongatha captain has recently returned to the volunteer officer job following a stint as the town protection planner for

Gippsland, a title which he will still hold.

Despite his love for volunteering (Gary is currently a committee member at Woorayl Lodge as well as the Australia Day Committee), it took him a while to be convinced to join the Leongatha brigade.

“I was here (in Leongatha) for about six months managing the Westpac bank before they realised what I’d done and asked me to come along,” he said.

“When I was in Colbinabbin I made the mistake of putting up CFA certificates in front of our cleaner, who turned out to be the local CFA captain’s wife. They were around the next night wanting me to join up.”

Gary was part of the Leongatha brigade for around eight years before he became part of the CFA staff.

“I thought it sounded like a good idea to get paid for what I’d been doing for nothing,” Gary said.

Among his many career highlights was being awarded the National Medal in 2005 for service above and beyond expectation.

“I guess it was just one of those things. It’s

for all those little jobs you don’t even think about,” he said.

The former bank manager has worked on many projects, such as vehicle building and attending schools to spread the fire message.

Such long service as a fire-fighter has meant Gary has been on the front line of some intimidating blazes.

“Ash Wednesday was pretty horrific. We weren’t as sophisticated back then,” he said.

As part of his town protection role, his work involves informing people about fire safety and prevention, a message he says is starting to get through to people.

“I think people are starting to get it these days. They realise that even though it’s winter there’s still fire danger,” he said.

Gary has said that giving up on the fire brigade is not an option, and he will continue to work and volunteer as far into the future as he can see.

“Being a volunteer fire-fighter is just one of those things. Once you get involved you don’t ever get out of it.”

Kevin at home with Salvos

By Jacob de Kunder HARD working volunteers keep charities such as the Salvation Army alive and Kevin Slater is one of those volunteers.

He has been working at Leongatha’s Salvation Army opportunity shop for the past six years and has loved every second of it.

“I thoroughly enjoy my time in the shop and the work I do for the charity,” Mr Slater said.

“I take great pride in the work I do in the shop and aim to make it a very welcoming place for customers.”

Mr Slater worked in the fashion business for many years at Panthers Mensland in Leongatha and took what he learnt there into the op shop.

“To help make the shop more appealing we put up displays that show off the range of clothes that we get through and with my

Eye on fashion: Kevin Slater mixes and matches clothes to be displayed in the op shop. experience from working at Panthers, I can set up some nice outfits and displays,” Mr Slater said.

He would almost be

considered a full time volunteer, working on average five days a week in the shop and he is one of the many volunteers who

make up the staff, helping managers Wendy O’Neil and Marion Haw keep the shop running.

The Leongatha store

also offers positions for people who have been sentenced to complete community service hours.

Salvos Stores are a great community program that enable the community to donate to a good cause.

“The Salvation Army tries to do the best it can with the many other welfare programs which are run by the Leongatha branch too,” Mr Slater said.

“Things like the church coffee shop, community care and the furnishing program are all other great things for the community.”

Since its beginnings the Salvation Army has been a means through which many volunteers can be involved in community work.

The salvos are a great way to get involved and give something back, so if you wish to join the great work already being done, don’t be afraid to go visit your local Salvation Army church or store and ask how you can get involved.

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Quick response saves school

By Jacob de Kunder AN EXCITING week at Korumburra Primary School ended on a sad note on Friday morning with a fire gutting out the canteen.

Early Friday around 5.30am, security motion detectors were triggered in the school canteen.

Police and security officers arrived expecting a robbery, but came across the fire.

Quickly they notified the CFA, who responded promptly and soon extinguished the fire.

School principal Bill Jeffs was appreciative of the fast work by emergency services.

“We are very fortunate that the fire was extinguished when it was, otherwise we may

Burnt out: the fire upset Korumburra Primary School principal Bill Jeffs.

have lost the whole gym,” Mr Jeffs said.

“We were told the fire was just moments away from full combustion, which would have been disastrous.”

The source of the fire is suspected to be an electrical fault in the canteen’s stove.

The unfortunate event occurred on Walk to School Day, when 150 students were expecting to enjoy breakfast at the canteen as a reward for participating.

“We coped all right and were still able to provide breakfast for the walkers,” Mr Jeffs said.

It is expected the canteen will be out of order for some time and quotes have the repair job looking to cost roughly $40,000.

The school community had just celebrated the opening of the new BER Building on Wednesday.

Inverloch to lose village appeal, councillors concerned

By Jane Ross INVERLOCH is set to become a developer’s bonanza of townhouses, losing its trees and village atmosphere.

That stark warning came from Cr Ross Smith during debate in the Bass Coast Council Chamber last Wednesday.

And he added another.

If council doesn’t address drainage problems in the town, legal action is inevitable.

Councillors were discussing a review of the Inverloch Design Frame-

work which will release 600 blocks of land within existing town boundaries.

Cr Smith is alarmed that such development will only exacerbate inadequate drainage that sees water roar down A’Beckett Street whenever there’s a heavy downpour, flooding buildings at the bottom of the street.

Cr Smith lives in Inverloch and said affordable land on the town’s fringes should be made available for growth.

Restricting such growth will further escalate rising property values and council rates, forcing out pensioners and those on fixed incomes.

“Swags of dual occupancies and town houses” were already changing the nature of Inverloch and this will

worsen, with “wealthy holiday makers from Melbourne and property developers” the winners.

“If you don’t allow for the provision of affordable land on the town’s fringes, then all future development will be internal. There will be townhouses everywhere.”

And they will threaten the trees or canopy which Cr Smith said give Inverloch its special feel.

“Too much development on small blocks will be disastrous for Inverloch’s future,” Cr Smith declared.

Crs John Duscher and Gareth Barlow agreed. Cr Barlow said the quality people most liked about Inverloch is that it’s a “village by the bay”.

New golf club for Wonthaggi

Continued from page 1.

It will also benefit from ungraded drainage and irrigation, minimising lost time from wet weather and ensuring excellent playing conditions during dry periods.

In return for its commitment, Buildev will construct a new retirement village on part of the 15 hectares.

Project manager with Buildev, Jim Armstrong said, in addition to a retirement village, there would be conventional residential dwellings, medium density dwellings and tourist apartments.

“It’s been a challenging time for the golf club but our partnership throughout the process has remained strong,” he said.

Most of the land in question is along the perimeter of the course between the 14th and 18th holes, close to McKenzie Street.

Mr Green said the uncertainty facing the club of recent times had dragged the club down.

“Recent newspaper articles haven’t helped us at all. We have been a bit down at the club in all areas but I think we will turn the corner now,” he said.

The club had needed to cut costs and so decided to cease paying a company to manage the golf shop after the lease came up for renewal, and now runs it with a team of rostered volunteers.

The club also formed a relationship with the Wonthaggi Club to assist with some of golf club financial and clerical work.

“We had our manager and office administrator leave very close together. We received a call soon after from Steve Curtis at the Wonthaggi Club and he offered any assistance

their club could give us. So rather than employ new staff ourselves we pay the Wonthaggi Club to help us in these areas,” Mr Green said.

Mr Green said membership wasn’t as high as he would like it, with around 300 plus about 100 social members.

He was confident that with the latest good news, all this should change.

Contrary to reports, the club is still very viable.

“We have a bistro which is open seven days a week, a gaming room with 15 machines, a strong calendar of events and 300 members who love their golf,” Mr Green said.

Damien Madeley has been chef at the golf club for the past seven years. He said a new menu would be available in a couple of weeks. The bistro will be open for lunch and dinner seven days but would close on Monday nights during winter.

“Over a period of time, there’ll be wall to wall townhouses. That’s what happens when land supply is restricted. Developers put the most number of buildings on the land and if we don’t approve it, VCAT will.”

Cr Duscher said he had “very strong reservations”, describing the review’s recommendations as “far too restrictive”.

“The neighbourhood character will change. The Inverloch Design Framework is a good idea but lacks flexibility.

“I’ve known Inverloch over 36 years and I don’t see this as positive.”

But Cr Peter Paul said he didn’t accept the argument that there would be

runaway infill and, while aware of the cost of housing and the social implications that may occur, he questioned whether town boundary extensions were the panacea.

Crs Jane Daly and Phil Wright supported the review too. So did mayor Cr Veronica Dowman. She said later that 55 hectares of land available within the existing town boundary was enough.

“Our research over the past eight years has shown that Inverloch is large enough and growth should be directed to Wonthaggi.”

Council will now prepare an amendment to the planning scheme incorporating the review and will exhibit that, seeking submissions.

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Fire station a step closer PLANS for a massive new Leongatha fire station have been lodged with the planning department of South Gippsland Shire Council.

Leongatha CFA captain, Andy Kay, rang The Star to say that Leongatha had not missed out on funding despite it not being announced in the

recent State Budget.

The Leongatha CFA is in the category of major projects and the funding for this project was already in train.

“Recent talk around the community had us missing out on funding but this is not the case.

The project is very much proceeding,” he said.

The new station will be built on land pur-

chased by the CFA in Bair Street, next to the BP service station.

CFA operations officer with region nine, Simon Bloink, said plans were with council and he was hopeful this wouldn’t take too long.

At this stage Mr Bloink couldn’t put a figure on the cost of the project, except to say it would be bigger than the new Inverloch station.

“The plan is for the project to be started this year,” he said.

Mr Kay said the Leongatha CFA would be contributing funds to some of the “extras” once the station is built.

“We have already spent a lot on new breathing apparatus and there are now four in each vehicle instead of two. They cost $3000 apiece,” he said.

’Burra on display Whales set to return

By Jacob de Kunder KORUMBURRA’S new Live.

Work. Invest. brochure has been given the tick of approval.

The new brochure showcases Korumburra’s features as a place to live and work, and also the town’s potential for growth.

This publication is set to be officially released at tomorrow’s (Wednesday) South Gippsland Shire Council meeting.

Korumburra Business Association president Doug White is happy with the end product.

“It’s a great step forward for the town and we’re all pretty excited about the release,” he said.

“The KBA was rapt that we were approached to have an input on the

project and we were pleased to help where we could.

“It really captured the ‘Why not come to Korumburra?’ vibe that the KBA was aiming for as well.

“The photography and layout are also fantastic and it’s just all over a good brochure to promote our town.”

Topics such as development, industry, retail, agribusiness, climate, lifestyle and tourism are covered in the 20 page publication and give a well rounded overview of what Korumburra truly is.

This brochure will hopefully draw more big business to the town to create new jobs and keep the economy thriving.

The brochure was developed by a working group, including representatives of KBA and Korumburra Community Development and Action Inc.

Forum Food safety changes cancelled THERE are ongoing changes to food safety SOUTH Gippsland Shire Council has cancelled the Infrastructure Design Manual information session scheduled for today (Tuesday).

The session was postponed due to the unexpected death of the contracted TAFE facilitator last Friday.

The session had been planned to assist developers, consultants and members of the public to better understand the guidelines surrounding proposed developments.

The session will be rescheduled at a later date. In the mean time, the manual can be viewed on www. southgippsland.vic.gov. au

legislation.

Bass Coast councillors heard all about them at their monthly meeting in the Wonthaggi Council Chamber last Wednesday evening.

In the middle of last year, the classification of food premises changed, based on the type of food handled and the microbial hazards the food poses to consumers.

The greater the risk, the higher the classification.

Council officers reported that the aim is to ensure food sold is safe for human consumption. These changes offer new provisions for the temporary closure of food premises if food is found to be unsafe.

A register of Food Act convictions has been introduced and council health departments must now submit to the Department of Health, quarterly reports showing inspection numbers.

Councils are also to recognise food vans or stalls registered by another council.

In March this year, council’s environmental health officers issued infringement notices for certain repeat food safety or hygiene offences such as storing, processing, displaying and transporting food, cleanliness and adequacy of food premises and failure to keep the required records on site.

There has also been an increase in the number of food surveillance samples that must be taken and reported to the Department of Health.

More changes await from July 1 this year.

AFTER the outstanding success of 2010 Winter Whale Watch, Watershed Victoria is launching its 2011 whale spotting program.

Between May and August 2010, 200 sightings were recorded along the Bass Coast between Cowes and Waratah Bay. Most of these sightings were of endangered humpback and southern right whales. Other species recorded were dolphins, a great white shark and possibly pilot and killer whales.

The aim of the program is to gather data about the number of whales of different species and observe their behaviour as they pass along our coastline.

It was prompted by a belief that the desal plant Environmental Effects Statement preceding construction of the desalination plant was completely inadequate with regard to the potential effects on marine species.

The EES stated that whales only visit our coastline occasionally.

Unfortunately the Federal Environment Department, instead of doing independent research about listed endangered species, chose to simply restate what was in the EES. Mark Robertson, co-ordinator of Whale Watch, described one event during 2010 where construction works at the desalination plant may have had a significant (but not fully understood) impact on migrating whales.

He said that immediately following a report in the local paper

Leaping high: a whale photographed by Geoff Glare at Waratah Bay in 2010. that sea tunnelling had commenced in late July, sightings of whales virtually ceased between Cowes and Inverloch.

At the same time a number of whales ‘took up residence’ at Waratah Bay for several weeks.

In 2009, sightings had been made locally up until November.

Whale Watch is a great way for surfers, beachgoers, anglers and tourists to enjoy the coast.

Everyone can help add to our knowledge of Victorian whale

movements and at the same time witness one of nature’s great spectacles.

Watershed Victoria is launching Winter Whale Watch 2011 at the Kilcunda Hall at 2pm on Sunday, May 29.

Community members can learn about last year’s sightings and about how and where to look for whales.

Bring binoculars if the weather is fine. Sightings can be recorded on the Whale Watch hotline 0438 646 677.

Cop numbers double in Mirboo North MIRBOO North’s police ranks have received a boost with the addition of Leading Senior Constable Jeff Stephens.

He joins Sergeant Mark Britton at the sta-

tion, which has been forced to run with just one policeman recently amidst a spate of robberies and other crime.

Mirboo North Police Community Consultative Committee secretary Tessa Livera said her group has been campaigning for around three years to get two policemen to

the station, and is glad that it has now occurred.

“That police presence is going to be great. If one of them is away at least now we know that another is there,” she said.

Members of Leongatha Police will also be welcoming two new officers to replace the two who have recently left.

Senior Sergeant Damien Whitford said that Mirboo North will be operating as an eight hour station as much as possible.

“On the weekends the station will still have help from members in Leongatha and, if needed Wonthaggi,” he said.

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Road toll hits record low

By Brad Lester SOUTH Gippsland has just experienced its lowest road toll on record for a five year period.

But that is not good enough.

RoadSafe South Gippsland wants no-one to die on the region’s roads.

Thirty-one people were killed on roads in South Gippsland and Bass Coast shires between 2006 and 2010.

RoadSafe South Gippsland executive officer John Ernst said: “We have a lot more vehicles on the road and we are doing more kilometres then we did before, but have the lowest road toll.

“But we’re never happy.

We would like to see a road toll of zero.

“We still have the persistent speeders and persistent drink drivers, but we have programs in place to address that.”

Across Gippsland, runoff road crashes topped the list of causes, followed by side impact at intersection crashes, rear-end collisions, head-ons and pedestrian accidents.

“It comes down to people driving to the conditions,” Mr Ernst said.

While potholes have become more common on regional roads this year, he was unaware of vehicles running off the road after collisions.

Four people were killed in South Gippsland Shire in 2010, six in 2009, one in 2008, none in 2007 and eight in 2006.

In Bass Coast Shire, two people were killed in 2010, three in 2009, two in 2008, three in 2007 and two in 2006.

During 2006-2010, men in South Gippsland Shire were involved in 145 serious injury accidents and 140 other injury incidents.

Women appear to be more cautious drivers, involved in 94 serious injury accidents and 162 other injury accidents.

Young drivers were involved in a higher number of crashes, with women accounting for three fatalities, 32 serious injury accidents and 56 injury accidents. While just one young man was killed, young men were associated with 43 serious injury accidents and 53 other injury accidents.

Older drivers appear to benefit from additional experience, featuring in less incidents. Men were linked to three fatal accidents, 12 serious injury accidents and nine other injury accidents.

Older women were involved in just two fatal accidents, 15 serious injury accidents and 13 other injury accidents.

Young drivers comprise only 14 per cent of the population, but are involved in up to 35 per cent of fatalities.

Now that learner drivers are expected to accrue 120 hours of driving experience before applying for their licence, authorities are hoping young fatalities will decrease.

“If you have got 120 hours of experience, there is a third less chance of having a crash,” Mr Ernst said.

“Some kids were only having 10-20 hours of driving practice before they got their licence. They only needed to hit a wet patch at night or follow too closely and have an accident.”

Probationary drivers are also now forbidden from carrying more than one passenger aged 16-25 (unless they are siblings).

“What we are trying to get away from is having four to five kids in the car, which is a natural distraction for these kids,” Mr Ernst said.

The Nyora-Poowong Road is a dangerous road for motorcycle accidents, due to many bends and its promotion among motorcycling circles as a tourist route.

Young motorcyclists tend to take more risks while older riders who have returned to riding can choose motorcycles that are too powerful for their lack

of experience.

The Bunurong Coastal Drive between Inverloch and Cape Paterson is another high risk zone for motorcyclists and cyclists alike.

“It’s a real issue to get drivers to share the road.

We are never going to be able to put a bicycle path there because of the environmental issues,” Mr Ernst said.

Safer cars are playing a major role in reducing the number and severity of injuries, Mr Ernst said.

Features such as antilock braking systems and electronic stability control help a car to stay on the road, while side airbags in conjunction with driver and passenger airbags help protect occupants in the event of an accident.

“We could cut the road toll by about a third if everyone was driving a fivestar car,” Mr Ernst said.

“A big difference has also been made on the Strzelecki Highway by putting in wire rope and sealing the shoulders, and there has been a big difference on the South Gippsland Highway with upgrades,” he said.

Truck accidents have been a major issue in South Gippsland, prompting VicRoads to hold an information session for the industry in Leongatha on May 31, as part of a broader program. Similar action in East Gippsland Shire reduced the incidence of truck roll-overs by 75 per cent.

“Accidents might be

just due to the conditions of the weather or the road, but for trucks with half a load, the weight transfer is just enough to tip the truck (when cornering),” Mr Ernst said.

• Anyone with road safety concerns can contact Mr Ernst at South Gippsland Shire Council on 5662 9200.

Petition set to go

By Jane Ross THE foot slogging is working.

Volunteers have been knocking on doors in Leongatha, gathering signatures to a petition seeking a heavy vehicle alternative route for the town.

Cr Mimmie Jackson has been co-ordinating the effort and said yesterday that four areas of Leongatha had already been covered, with an average 60 signatures apiece being collected.

She said copies of the petition at the medical centre and Leongatha Secondary College have added lots more.

Cr Jackson said all the sheets of signatures will be collated at the end of this week and presented to Deputy Premier Peter Ryan at a time of his convenience.

Others can be added later if necessary.

Mr Ryan, who represents the seat of Gippsland South, suggested the petition during the last state election campaign.

He has promised to present the petition to parliament and push for funding for the

alternative route.

It is necessary for a variety of reasons, one of which was underscored last Thursday when a loaded cattle truck rounded the corner of McCartin and Bair streets, dumping the inevitable smelly soup on the road. There wasn’t much to see but the odour was overwhelming.

One of Leongatha’s more senior residents popped into The Star office last week, recalling his days in the Apex Club of Leongatha. He said talk was rife then of a truck bypass route and that was 56 years ago!

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Tight timing: all the bands played well on the night, and looked the part. Photo by Trevor Foon of Foons Photographics.

Tune up: the SGSMP Junior AllStars sharpened up their skills the day before the blowout.

School bands’ big night

THERE was definitely swing in many people’s steps at Wonthaggi on Friday night as the golf club hosted the South

Gippsland School Music Program (SGSMP) Big Band Blowout.

Students from five secondary colleges showed off the skills of their bands as well as

Oh no: kinder parents in the Bass Coast Council Chamber gallery weren’t amused by council’s refusal to take over management of the shire’s kindergartens.

the two All-Stars bands.

Special guest star trumpeter Greg Spence played with all bands and interacted with the students and audience.

This annual event is always a highlight on

the program calendar and was once again very lively, fun and successful.

Kinder crisis unresolved

By Jane Ross THE kindergarten parents of Bass Coast Shire have had enough.

As well as raising their families, working and running the day-to-day operations of their local preschools, they are burdened by ongoing State Government kindergarten reforms.

They say they can no longer manage and have reached crisis stage.

The committees of four of the kinders, Inverloch, Wonthaggi’s White Road and Drysdale Street and San Remo, have banded together to seek change.

A number of them sat in the gallery of the Wonthaggi Council Chamber last Wednesday evening, keen to hear Bass Coast Council say it would take over the management of their facilities.

But the council was having none of it because it would be too costly – around

$300,000.

The item was brought forward on the agenda so that the parents (some of whom had children with them) didn’t have to wait.

Representing the Wonthaggi Kindergartens, Jennifer Lawlor asked whether council had considered the possible long-term costs of kinders being unable to operate “because we simply can’t recruit new parents to take over committee positions”.

The committees have spent many hours trying to work out the best option, rejecting joining a UnitingCare Gippsland cluster, or any other.

Kate Wright from San Remo kinder stressed that the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development considered the council would be the best cluster manager for the kinders.

This prompted shire CEO Allan Bawden to reply, “We don’t believe council is best placed to manage kindergartens which are a state responsibility. We don’t have the in-house expertise.”

He stressed that council understood the pressure all volunteer committees were under and did appreci-

ate the value of early years education.

A council report on the cluster issue points out that for every $1 invested in preschool education, $3 worth of value comes back. The report also notes that Bass Coast reading scores for Preps are below the state average and Year 12 retention rates are low.

The YMCA has been touted as a possible cluster manager, but the Bass Coast kinder committees have had no discussions with that body. Neither do they want to because they’ve already invested much time trying to work it all out.

Cr Peter Paul came to the rescue.

He is a primary school principal and passionate advocate of early years education, with national and international expertise.

“The Australian Education Index is appalling in Bass Coast and needs to improve. We can’t hold our heads up high, disadvantage is real.

“Management of preschools has always been an issue. It took 17 years for pre-schools to become part of the Education Department.”

POLICE BRIEFS Vandals strike VANDALS caused damage to letterboxes and gardens in Leongatha between Saturday night and Sunday morning.

A number of letterboxes were tampered with in Conway Street and garden lights were found on a front lawn in adjoining Worthy Street.

Police are looking for anybody with information about the incidents and the owners of the garden lights.

Guards bashed SECURITY guards at the Wonthaggi Workmen’s Club were attacked by patrons last Friday night.

A man attending the debutante ball was asked to leave by management

after causing a scene.

Two security guards were then punched and kicked by a number of fellow attendees whilst attempting to escort the man from the venue.

Police are interviewing two men about the incident. They are expected to be charged on summons while other enquiries continue.

Tools stolen POWER tools and other items were stolen from a tradesman’s vehicle on Saturday night.

The thief broke into the car, parked in King Street, Korumburra.

Police would like anyone with information regarding this incident to come forward.

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Tourism gem needs polishing

By Matt Dunn KATHY Whelan believes one of South Gippsland’s most iconic natural wonders has been largely forgotten.

The leader of the Agnes Falls Project Team (which also includes Pat Doran and Di Walker) said Agnes Falls could be a major tourist destination if there was a “will to invest”.

The campaigner has been on the case for more than a decade.

“People think that Agnes Falls is somewhere you go when you can’t go to the Prom. But really it’s a beautiful area that’s been neglected. If we can get better access to it, through improved trails and paths, it will not only help the towns around here but the entire shire,” she said.

It is hard to argue with Ms Whelan. The falls, while spectacular, are hard to see from the vantage points offered.

Agnes Falls is the highest single span falls in Victoria, at 59 metres.

Project team ally Pat Doran said the “dream wish” for the tourist attraction would be a suspension bridge, like the one in the Tarra Bulga National Park.

The bridge was reconstructed by the Army’s 39th Battalion in 1982 and Kathy and Pat believe something similar could be organised for Agnes.

“Whenever the idea of revamping the site is talked about, we’ve just been told the reasons why it can’t be done. No one seems to want to talk about why it can be done,” Ms Whelan said.

But the friends’ initial plans are less ambitious, with boardwalks, the trimming of tree branches that block visitors’ views, better toilets and a small kiosk all part of a modest wish list.

Long term plans include the construction of a safe walking track down to the base of the falls and to the Agnes River. They would also like the construction of another viewing platform further along the gorge to enable visitors to see the falls in their entirety.

Ms Whelan described the prospect of a suspension bridge as the “absolute ultimate” addition for the tourist attraction.

But it has been an uphill battle, despite the obvious attractions of Agnes Falls.

She wrote to Victoria Minister for Tourism and Major Events Louise Asher, talking up the falls as a possible major tourist attraction.

Ms Whelan said Ms Asher replied, but only to wish her good luck in her endeavours.

A few years ago Parks Victoria did a lot of work at the Agnes Falls Scenic Reserve, repairing the pathways, replacing fencing and handrails along the walking track between the two viewing platforms and the car park, adding picnic tables, and installing a number of educational and interpretive signage.

Ms Whelan said the work was “excellent”, but the trees and shrubs that obscured views to the falls made it seem “tired” now.

“We really just want to get some sort of dialogue started between South Gippsland Shire Council, Parks Victoria and the relevant tourist authorities. There really are so many possibilities,” she said.

Churches oppose funding criteria

By Brad Lester CHURCH groups are not being discriminated against by draft grant criteria, South Gippsland Shire Council has declared.

Christians have accused council of unfairly targeting the churches of South Gippsland.

Mayor Cr Warren Raabe said the church representatives had misinterpreted the draft guidelines for community grants.

Council’s proposed funding criteria – to be debated at tomorrow’s council meeting – states funding would not be available for: “Applications for programs or initiatives for the advancement of the ideals, ethos and beliefs including but not limited to, religious groups, churches and political parties.”

Cr Raabe said groups, including churches, were welcome to apply for funding for facilities but not for programs that promoted Christianity and the churches’ own philosophy.

Cr Jim Fawcett emphasised that rule would also apply to service clubs and other organisations seeking to promote their own causes.

“If any group wanted to use community funds to push its own barrow and it could be Rotary, it could be Apex, it could be anybody, council is not of the mind that that should be funded,” he said.

“Promoting a religion is admirable...but I don’t think the community would

welcome community funds being used for that purpose.”

Council recently rejected an application by the Christian Reformed Church in Leongatha for a community grant to run a school holiday program for children, as that program was to include religious teaching, as well as craft and singing.

Speaking at last Wednesday’s public presentation session, church member Ian Daw criticised council’s decision, saying all organisations held an ethos they promoted.

“When you start making objections to religious groups and political groups, it needs to be applied fairly.

Even Rotary and football clubs have a certain ethos that is driving their set of beliefs,” he said.

Mr Daw said the church promoted the ideals of citizenship and urging people to be kind, considerate and accountable, and that the Bible was the basis of history and culture.

The holiday program was designed to help young people and Mr Daw believed council should be encouraging groups to do that.

Christian Reformed Church member Laura Ellen said the wording of the proposed guidelines should be changed to including other groups.

She said the wording was open to interpretation, regardless of council’s intentions to allow churches to apply for funding for nonphilosophical projects.

“By doing this, you will be diminishing the important role that churches

play in strengthening the community,” she said.

“By choosing to block a large section of the community, that is the churches of South Gippsland, council will be voting to restrict, through a lack of funds, the promotion of vibrant active communities.”

The Nerrena woman said her church also offered free Christmas dinners, the Salvation Army low cost meals and other churches provided playgroups.

Ms Ellen suggested council could be breaching equal opportunity requirements under Victorian legislation, prompting Cr Jennie Deane to urge council to see if that was the case before tomorrow’s meeting.

Responding to a question from Cr Mimmie Jackson about whether churches would apply for “tangible assets” such as fridges, Ms Ellen said “no” as churches usually fund such purchases from their own finances.

Dr Graham Toohill, a member of St Peter’s Anglican Church in Leongatha, said Christian activities that were of community benefit could not be separated from Christian beliefs, and therefore council’s policy effectively excluded church groups from applying.

Cr Raabe said although South Gippsland was largely an Anglo-Saxon Christian society, council would have to accept applications from “whacky” religions such as Scientology and Islamic fundamentalism or exclude all religions.

Falling down: Kathy Whelan, the leader of the Agnes Falls Project Team, believes the falls could be one of those must-visit sites if only there was a “will to invest”.

Boundary review advances THE South Gippsland Shire Localities Review Project, which last year invited submissions for locality boundary amendments, has now advanced.

The Office of Geographical Names (OGN) has accepted 11 community submissions and 14 council submissions in principle.

These will now undergo the full consultation process which involves a 30 day period for affected parties to lodge objections to the proposals.

These proposals can be viewed at council or online at www.south-

gippsland.vic.gov.au.

A further five amendments proposed by council plus another five community submissions were unsupported by the office, and affected parties have been advised.

“This is a complex project that aims to increase efficiencies in rural property identification, community boundaries and emergency services response,” council’s corporate service director June Ernst said.

“It is however somewhat mired in conflict between practicality and variable community concerns and sentiment, which means not everyone

is likely to be happy with all the final changes. We can only advocate to the OGN with the community’s best interests in mind.

“Approximately 430 parties are involved in this full and lengthy consultation process.

“The OGN is the organisation that will determine any boundary changes and their response timeframes can significantly affect the progress of the project, but council will work to expedite the process where possible.”

For further information regarding this project please call 5662 9261 Monday to Wednesday.

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GATHA Rock members would like to thank all those who supported their fundraising rock ‘n’ roll dance.

All proceeds, which totalled $870, went directly to the Lions Club, who sent it on to another Lions club in a flood affected area to distribute directly to those in need.

and Netball Club had a night of reunions on Saturday night, celebrating 30 years since the 1981 seniors’ and reserves’ premiership win and 60 years since the 1951 seniors’ premiership win.

Lots of people turned up to the game, and shared stories and reminisced into the night.

ing a meeting with South Gippsland Shire Council’s community strengthening co-ordinator Ned Dennis at the Korumburra Access Centre on Wednesday, June 1 at 8pm. It will be an ideal opportunity to ask questions and work together on the possibility of having a joint open garden day or garden walk, as well as other projects.

THE Koonwarra Friends Group is holding their annual Biggest Morning Tea on Wednesday, May 25 at 10am in the Koonwarra Hall.

There will be a produce stall as well as a raffle, so everyone is invited to come along and support the Biggest Morning Tea.

FOR those looking to stretch their legs, take time to explore the various rail trails around the area. Both the Bass Coast and Great Southern rail trails sport beautiful scenery and are great for a relaxing stroll or cycle.

MEENIYAN’S Amateur Dramatics Society will be holding a Murder Mystery Social on June 25 at the Meeniyan Hall. The theme will be Gangsters and Molls.

PHILLIP Island Football

THE Korumburra Community Development and Action Inc. is hav-

EXCELLENT fun was had at FAMDA’s Trivia night on Saturday. Around 190 people tested their minds in teams of 10 over interesting questions.

A big thank you goes out to FAMDA from attendees for putting on such a great evening once again.

ANGLERS were treated to good conditions and large catches at Waratah Bay over the weekend.

Many fishermen walked home with a large selection of salmon from the popular spot.

COMMUNITY groups and businesses wanting to improve their recycling facilities or systems can apply for the latest round of Keep Australia Beautiful grants. The grants aim to improve recycling of bev-

Fine art: Raymond Webbe’s Queenscliff is one of the pieces that will be on display. erage containers, such as drink bottles and cans.

Grants range from between $3000 and $10,000, with the focus on projects that encourage recycling away from home, practical projects that leave a legacy and also projects where the amount of material recycled can be measured.

Projects must not duplicate existing recycling facilities.Groups are being encouraged to apply by the Gippsland Regional Waste Management Group.Applications close May 31. More detail on the program and the criteria for grants is available on the internet at: http://www.kab.org.au/ what-we-do/beverage-container-recycling-grants/

BALLARAT landscape artist Raymond Webbe is breaking out of his studio and taking his work on a tour of Australia to raise funds for dementia research over the next six months.

As part of the tour, Ray will visit the RACV Inverloch Resort this weekend. Opening night is on Saturday from 7 until 9.30pm and an art workshop will be held on Sunday from 9am until 12.30pm.

Viewing and sales of artwork will be held in the afternoon on Sunday.

The Inverloch show will be officially opened by Bass Coast Shire Council mayor, Veronica Dowman.

Please contact Ray on 0438 061 880 to reserve your place for the workshop or for more information visit raymondwebbe.com.

Happy marriage: Max and Mary Jepson cut the cake 50 years on.

MAX and Mary Jepson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Friday, May 20.

They were married at St Mary’s Anglican Church in Mirboo North in 1961.

Max and Mary celebrated their anniversary with an afternoon tea at the Hallston Hall on Saturday, where they held their reception on the day of their wedding.

As their reception was a luncheon they didn’t do the bridal waltz, so as a surprise their granddaughter Nicole played the tune for them to dance to.

A great afternoon was had by all, with lots of stories and laughter shared.

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Teach me: Koonwarra residents Ian Kinnish, John Davison and Don Cook with CFA group officer Ross Considine.

Koonwarra is fire ready KOONWARRA residents had the chance to learn about fire safety at a meeting held in the Koonwarra CFA meeting room last Thursday.

Plenty of residents made their way to the building to peruse town plans and chat with CFA members, as well as Leongatha Police Sergeant Scott Bodycomb.

CFA Gippsland town protection planner Gary Burns said that even though it is only autumn, fire is still a risk.

“Summer is only months away. Even in winter there is a risk. Fire risk is a 24/7 business,” he said.

UDV levy unchanged A MOVE by Leongatha South dairy farmer Max Jelbart to increase the United Dairyfarmers of Victoria (UDV) levy has been set aside – for now.

At a UDV conference at Sale at the end of last week, Mr Jelbart suggested the .06 cents a litre levy go up to .08 from July 1.

But fellow South Gippsland dairy farmer Bill Bodman amended the motion to hold off on the levy rise pending the restructure of dairy industry representation.

Mr Bodman told the conference that the processors who collect the levy on behalf of the UDV should not be asked to do so at one rate, with the prospect of that changing within months.

Most of the 50 or so farmers at the conference agreed.

They listened to a presentation by the UDV, Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) and Australian Dairy Farmers (ADF) on the proposed changes to dairy representation.

The aim is to strengthen co-operation and communication between those bodies, the National Farmers Federation and dairy farmers themselves.

VFF president Andrew Broad said the VFF board had given in principle support to the idea.

Deputy Premier: Peter Ryan said the Victorian Government supports dairy farmers.

“All farmers benefit from strong representation and constructively looking at how we can do that better is in the interests of all of us.”

The chair of the ADF restructure committee Noel Campbell said, “We want to strengthen the ADF to ensure better national representation but also increase our resources at state level.

“Many hours have been put into navigating the best path forward for all levels of dairy industry representation. The model we are proposing will allow for direct membership, fully integrated service provision, more efficient use of resources and equitable representation.

Streets honour trio ROADS in Welshpool will be named in honour of long term former residents.

Helping out: Koonwarra CFA members George Witherow and Anthony Clemann were assisting with information, as well as handing out free sausages.

Wind behind festival goal WIND could be the theme of a new festival at Sandy Point.

Dr Neil Shaw of Sandy Point put the idea to South Gippsland Shire Council last Wednesday.

He believed the Sandy Point Windy Festival would provide a long weekend of windsurfing, kite surfing, sailing, wave jumping, kite flying and jumping, and land yachts.

“Sandy Point is pretty well known for its wind. This is a windy town but that is an asset and this festival would be an asset,” he said.

On Friday, May 13, the wind speed reached 102km/h.

A Melbourne firm has already been engaged to run kite making and flying lessons, and bands could perform.

Windsurfing Victoria and Sailboard Head Quarters in Melbourne could also be involved.

Dr Shaw said the festival would cost $4500 and he was seeking some help from council in writing grant applications for funding.

The festival would be scheduled for a Melbourne Cup weekend.

Mayor Cr Warren Raabe was supportive.

“I love the fact that it’s a simple theme and I hope that it’s windy for you on the day,” he said.

The unnamed roads will be named Daff Street, Lee Street and Sutherland Lane.

Barbara Daff last Wednesday called on South Gippsland Shire Council to consider Daff Street in place of the proposed Fowlers Street, as the Daff family had longer ties with the area.

William Daff lived in Welshpool from 1909 to the 1930s and three of his children have settled in the area. Lee Street will honour Alexandra Edward Lee, the former railway station master at Welshpool. His greatgrandchildren still live in the area today.

Local history: Julie Anedda and Barbara Daff successfully campaigned for name changes to Welshpool streets.

His granddaughter Julie Anedda accompanied Ms Daff to the council chambers last Wednesday.

Opinions differ still Wind farm sting PAUL Richardson did not take long to get on councillors’ nerves soon after a reconciliation meeting.

The self-proclaimed watchdog of South Gippsland Shire Council again accused past and present councillors of breaching conflicts of interest codes, when he spoke at a public presentation session last Wednesday.

The Endeavour Hills man, who has a property at Korumburra, drew Cr Bob Newton and former mayor and councillor, Heather Bligh, into

“The ADF is also working with member organisations in other states to deliver sustainable dairy representation through a national model.”

The head of Agribusiness Gippsland, Alex Arbuthnot told The Star that the president of New Zealand Federated Farmers Don Nicolson, warned those at the Sale conference that an emissions trading scheme in that country is costing each dairy farmer $3600, a figure that will rise to $23,000 by 2015. This is at a carbon price of $20.

Mr Nicolson also warned on the “disaster” of planting trees as a carbon mitigation tool.

He said permanency clauses lock up the forest for 100 years, thus closing any other market opportunities for land use in that time.

Victoria’s Deputy Premier Peter Ryan opened the conference saying Victoria was home to two thirds of Australia’s total dairy production, which is worth around $4 billion at the farm gate and $12 billion when value added through the food industry.

Mr Ryan, who is also the Minister for Regional and Rural Development, reinforced the Coalition Government’s support for the Victorian dairy industry. He described it as nation leading and vital to the continuity of Victoria’s prosperity.

conflict of interest claims.

The claim against Ms Bligh agitated Cr Kieran Kennedy.

“I can’t sit here and listen to a former councillor’s name being drawn through the mud when that councillor was kind and understanding, dedicated to her community and mayor on three occasions,” he said.

Mayor Cr Warren Raabe said he did not take Mr Richardson’s claims that way.

The claim against Ms Bligh related to her votes at council meetings in 2007 relating to the Toora Swimming Pool as she had a season’s ticket.

The claim against Cr Newton, which council says was merely based on inaccurate minutes, also occurred more than two years ago.

Cr Raabe said both issues were more than two-years-old – beyond the statutory time-frame for investigation.

Mr Richardson has written to Victorian Local Minister Jeanette Powell regarding his claims, calling for her to investigate the council.

Before last W e d n e s d a y ’ s presentation, he had met councillors in private in a bid to settle their differences.

STATE Government plans to let councils decide on wind farm planning applications have a sting in the tail.

Shadow Planning Minister Brian Tee said councils will have to raise rates to cover the cost of processing wind farm applications.

He said the recent State Budget had failed to compensate councils for the extra work and accused the government of cost shifting.

Under the previous government, councils were able to decide on wind farm applications up to a certain wattage, otherwise it was a state prerogative.

Bass Coast Shire Council CEO Allan Bawden said he had clarified the changes with Planning Minister Matthew Guy when he visited Wonthaggi recently.

Mr Bawden said Mr Guy told him councils could now make the decisions no matter the wattage, but refer wind farm applications to him if they wished.

Municipal Association president Cr Bill McArthur wasn’t soothed by that news.

He said the council resources needed for wind farm planning applications and return for the work involved “is outside the resources and expertise of rural councils”.

Ms Daff also believed the proposed Suthys Lane be known as Sutherland Lane to fully honour Arthur Sutherland.

Daff Street is off Woorarra Road, and Lee Street and Sutherland Lane off Port Welshpool Road.

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Not so sure

E D I T O R I A L

Make it happen LEONGATHA is tired of waiting.

For too long, the people of this town have desired new life to be injected into the land surrounding the Leongatha railway station after the closure of the train link to Melbourne.

While new moves are afoot to have the railway restored to South Gippsland, with the formation of a group at a meeting at Lang Lang recently, there is little likelihood of rail returning anytime soon.

Over the years, the former railway yard has become overgrown and ugly, giving visitors straight off the nearby V/Line bus stop a poor impression of the wonderful town that Leongatha is. South Gippsland Shire Council last week confirmed to The Star that it has held no further discussions with the State Government agency VicTrack regarding the sale of the land.

VicTrack wanted to sell the land to council but council valuers deemed the price tag excessive and the matter has not progressed further.

It appears developers have not shown interest in the site either.

The topography is not conducive to easy development, given the land drops many metres behind the back of Bair Street shops.

The site has been the subject of rumours of multi-storey carparking and a shopping centre in the past, but the talk has remained just that.

However, the location is adjacent Centenary Park, not far from the Horticultural Park and next to the treed frontage of Long Street.

Surely the railway land

would lend itself to being transformed into a majestic park that could further add to Leongatha’s leafy, green image?

Why not have large open spaces for families to play, paths to meander and garden beds to create a tranquil setting virtually in the heart of town?

A rotunda could be erected for musicians to perform in and barbecues built for social gatherings that are a part of country life.

An amphitheatre could be made for community performances by Leongatha Lyric Theatre and school groups to showcase the remarkable talent in the visual arts Leongatha and broader South Gippsland is fortunate to possess. Imagine the joy of families watching their children appear in school plays in an outdoor setting on a warm summer’s evening?

Community gardens of vegetables, fruit and flowers could be built to allow people to maintain existing friendships and develop new ones, while learning about healthy living and sustainability – themes popular in the public domain right now.

The South Gippsland Tourist Railway could continue to arrive and depart amongst spectacular surrounds.

Or alternatively, the land could be left to continue as a weedy wasteland full of litter and the source of more discussion and thumb twiddling for even more years to come.

What do people think?

Phone The Star on 5662 2294, email news@thestar. com.au, fax us on 5662 4350 or write to 36 McCartin Street, Leongatha.

Letters guidelines ALL letters should be kept to 400 words or less.

The Star reserves the right to edit all letters for length and style.

Writer’s details, including full name, address and phone number (not for publication), must be included.

NEIL Rankine and Dr Tim Ealey proclaim knowledge of the climate and renewable energy which they assume eludes some of the world’s most eminent scientists and professional engineers.

Their views reflect the notion that “the end justifies the means” and in this case, harm done to the environment, economy and humanity is justified because they visualise that human emissions of CO2 will cause a catastrophic future. To avoid this we must do as they say.

Whilst they are entitled to their beliefs and opinions, I do not accept their claims. I cannot predict the future and neither can anyone else.

Scientists expanding my understanding of climate and its variability include people like Bob Foster a qualified palaeoclimatologist with considerable expertise; Professor Ian Plimer, author of Heaven + Earth, Global Warming:The Missing Science; Professor Bob Carter and Professor David Bellamy.

Professor Bellamy is also well known for his contributions to the conservation of natural areas in Australia.

It is great to live in a democracy where I, Neil Rankine and Dr Tim Ealey, and others in the community, can feel free to express opinions and beliefs. However it becomes a matter of concern when beliefs held by individuals

extend to demands that people change the way they live and pay for the extravagant ill-conceived schemes of a minority.

The Bracks/Brumby governments were captives of the global warming doctrine with the following consequences.

Wind farms approved and constructed across Victoria with little regard for the environmental and economic consequences, are now starting to cost taxpayers and consumers more than what was previously claimed.

The cost of additional major transmission lines to connect remote and dispersed wind farms to towns and cities, and the cost of running the required back-up generators on standby, was not considered during the approval process. Consumers and taxpayers are paying for ‘green’ electricity whether or not they chose to.

The Wonthaggi desalination plant was approved to provide a secure water supply when the alarmist climate predictions were for a permanently drier climate.

This project will result in huge increases in water costs for consumers and taxpayers whether or not the water is ever needed.

To meet the electrical power demand of this plant and appease global warming enthusiasts the Bracks/Brumby government planned to provide it with wind generated electricity.

To add to this damage to the economy and environment the Federal Government, embracing the global warming ideology,

intends to punish secondary and primary industry, commerce and householders through the introduction of a Carbon Tax. When H. L. Mencken wrote, “The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it”, I think he hit the nail on the head.

Andrew Chapman, Inverloch.

TAFE credit I AGREE with a letter you printed from Ian Drysdale ‘Help them learn’. Recently I had the pleasure of enjoying dinner at the Wildflower Training Café (at GippsTAFE Leongatha).

We were a booking of four people and on arrival it was explained to us that there was a problem with the gas. Our options were that we could wait for 10 minutes or select from two entrees instead of three.

As we were not in a hurry we decided to wait. Our meals were most enjoyable and we asked for our compliments to the kitchen students be passed on.

The venue is first class (I agree with Stuart Cooper’s letter on this in The Star last week) as was the service we received from the students. I hope people will take the opportunity to have a meal and support the students as well as GippsTAFE in their endeavours. We were so impressed we are going back.

Well done everyone.

Barb Carpenter, Leongatha.

Visual pollution

DRIVING into Leongatha today (Friday, May 13), I found it absolutely appalling that at both entrances to the town on the South Gippsland Highway, are way out of date event signs.

Perhaps. you have noticed the lonely banners advertising Music For The People on Sunday, February 27?

Only 11 weeks since the event.

Now we have the Wedding Expo, which was held on May 1, two weeks over. How much longer are these signs going to stay there and visually pollute the environment?

Leongatha is supposed to be the centre of the South Gippsland Shire and yet the main entrances to this town look sloppy and uncared for.

Not a good impression for tourists and/or visitors. Whoever is so quick to put up these signs should also be responsible for removing them immediately after the event.

Leongatha should take an example from the smaller towns in the shire where signs are removed after the events, usually by volunteers.

Avril van Wamel, Meeniyan.

Editor’s comment: the Great Southern Star held the expo and staff removed these signs on Friday, May 13.

VOXPOP! VOX How has the wet start to the year affected you?

Well it washed out a few of my cricket games early in the year and it did the same with my mates’ tennis which was annoying.

Nick Paterson Frankston

It has made the long trip to uni and back every week pretty unpleasant and annoying, but apart from that it’s not too bad.

Alex Dunlop Strzelecki

It makes it not nice to walk around town and also most of my shoes have holes, so walking in the wet soaks my socks.

Bianca Lamagno Leongatha South

It’s nice because we haven’t had the usual extreme heat but rain nearly every day gets a bit boring.

Zoe Shepherdson Korumburra

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Bend still a struggle

By Jacob de Kunder TRAFFIC comes thick and fast through Korumburra, and the s-bend at the top of Commercial Street creates many issues for travelling motorists.

With everything from B-doubles to motorcyclists making their way through on the South Gippsland Highway, the tight corners and bollards near the Austral Hotel are a challenge for truck drivers.

Countless times, the ‘keep left’ sign has been hit by a truck, while the bollards on the hotel side are scraped with paint from passing vehicles.

VicRoads is aware damage to the sign is occurring and will review the location of the sign in accordance with current standards and guidelines.

Austral Hotel manager Doug White says it’s an expensive process replacing the bollards every time.

“We’ve forked out about $3300 since January after three separate incidents of the bollards being taken out,” he said.

“Every time it has been the late night truckers who come through town. No one ever sees them and they don’t leave a note or details so we have to foot the bill.

“Fixing the bollards isn’t simple either due to the Telstra access holes being right next to them. We’ve nearly taken them out while doing repairs.

“It’s only a matter of time before someone takes it too tight and hits a poor kid or takes out one of the poles holding up my balcony.”

Battered bollards: Austral Hotel manager Doug White stands at the dangerous intersection.

Mr White said the solution would come in the form of truckers taking more care around the corners.

“The speed that they rocket through the town at is well above the limit and maybe if they slowed down they would be able to manoeuvre around the corners better,” he said.

Every large truck that passes through on the trade route from Melbourne makes use of the entire road, including the right hand turning lane which takes traffic to Bridge Street.

During busy times of the day, including school times, trucks have had to jump on the brakes to come to a

standstill while waiting for a car to turn into Bridge Street and this can lead to traffic backing up all the way down Commercial Street.

Trucking companies that use the South Gippsland Highway as their main route such as Peter Stoitse Transport agree it’s a difficult corner.

“It’s very tight but it’s always been that way and we just have to deal with it,” depot manager at Leongatha Jason Hanks said.

“B-doubles that come around there have to stop if a car is turning because they can’t make the corner without using the turning lane.

“And a lot of people don’t know who gives way at the top of the hill, which also causes traffic problems.”

In September last year, a truck carrying a large pipe to Barry Beach mounted the medium strip and remained stuck for several hours while traffic was diverted.

The solution to the impractical sbend looked to come in the form of the proposed Korumburra bypass but that idea was scrapped last year due to popular demand.

At the moment, the only options for a solution would be drastic, like straightening the road by removing a business from either corner.

The peculiar traffic island set up also has unfamiliar motorists making dangerous mistakes when coming in from the Mine Road direction.

Mine Road business owner Kay Rowe has seen many close calls at the top of the street.

“There’s that many near misses it’s not funny, especially when people try and slip in front of the trucks before the corners,” she said.

“And lots of motorists stop at the top of the street to give-way even though they don’t have to, which creates a lot of confusion and frustration.”

Species’ future could rest on our koalas HAVE you seen a koala locally and want to know more?

Then join the South Gippsland Landcare Network on Saturday May 28 to find out where Strzelecki koalas live, what trees they live in, how far they roam, and why koalas and cows don’t mix.

The South Gippsland Landcare Network is hosting a koala information evening to highlight the significance of Strzelecki Koalas.

The information evening is being held at the Leongatha RSL on Saturday, May 28 starting at 6.30pm.

There is no cost for attending and Landcare will be providing supper at the conclusion of the evening.

The evening is part of the Friends of Strzelecki Koalas project.

Friends of Strzelecki Koalas: Habitat for Life is a community-based project to increase habitat and the ecological resilience of landscape for Strzelecki Koalas and other important native species.

The Australian Koala Foundation believes these South Gippsland koalas may hold the key to the survival of koalas across southern Australia.

But without an audit of their numbers and solid DNA evidence, scientists and wildlife conservationists are unable to mount a case that the Strzelecki koala should be given protected species status.

Guest speakers will be covering a range of topics to help us all better understand our Strzelecki Koalas and

how our project can help protect them.

Speakers include Peter Menkhorst, environmental consultant and author of the DSE koala strategic plan; Colleen Wood, Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter, Victoria’s specialists in koala rehabilitation; Wendy Wright, senior lecturer in Biological and Environmental Sciences at Monash University, specialising in biology, conservation biology and natural area management; and Richard Appleton, stewardship forester HVP, responsible for their koala atlas.

Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter was responsible for looking after the koala Sam, the face of the Black Saturday Bushfires.

This promises to be an excellent evening and one not to be missed. Guests are welcome to enjoy a meal at the RSL at their own cost prior to the presentations.

For more information or to book please phone SGLN Landcare office on 5662 5759 or email: courtneyl@ wgcma.vic.gov.au

VOLUNTEER GRANTS 2011 Invitation to Apply for Funding The Australian Government’s Volunteer Grants Program recognises the valuable work of volunteers. Volunteer Grants 2011 is part of the Australian Government’s ongoing commitment to supporting volunteers, strengthening communities and assisting not-for-profit organisations across the country.

Eligible not-for-profit organisations are invited to apply for grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 to support the work of their volunteers.

The Volunteer Grants 2011 Application Form and Application Guidelines are available at www.fahcsia.gov.au or by telephoning the toll-free Volunteer Grants 2011 Hotline on 1800 183 374.

A TTY service is available for persons who have a hearing or speech impairment on 1800 555 677.

Applications close on Wednesday 8 June 2011 at 5pm AEST.

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www.fahcsia.gov.au Famous: this koala, spotted at Dollar by Marg Roach of Dollar has become the face of South Gipplsand Landcare Network’s koala project.

Koalas under threat KOALAS are under threat at Sandy Point.

Loss of habitat is putting pressure on the existing population and leading to inbreeding, with Sandy Point virtually cut-off from surrounding bushland.

Resident Diane Casbolt presented a letter written by Jan Hallas to council at the public presentation session last Wednesday.

Ms Hallas called on council to encourage people to plant trees along the fire track at the back of the dunes to

Waratah Bay to create a wildlife corridor, as trees planted by school children in the past have died and need replacing.

She believed koalas were introduced to Sandy Point in the 1970s.

Korumburra landholder Paul Richardson asked if council proposed to establish a koala nature reserve.

Mayor Cr Warren Raabe said there were no immediate plans but did mention logging company HVP Plantations was undertaking work to monitor koala populations in the shire.

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Really great: China’s Great Wall is just one of the sights you can see on the trips available through Jetset Leongatha.

Escape to Asia FOR people who are keen to travel but are inexperienced, Jetset Leongatha may have the solution.

With the inexperience comes nerves about spending long periods of time in foreign places.

To ease the stress, Jetset has two travel options as special offers to help first time travellers take the first step.

There are two 10 day highlights tours that venture into Vietnam and China to ‘test the waters’ for those thinking of travelling to Asia.

By combining with Travel IndoChina, Jetset Leongatha can give travellers on these 10 day tastes of Asia the assurance of a quality experience.

Travel IndoChina is an organisation with a fantastic reputation when dealing with tours in Asia and has teams on the ground throughout the continent to support their travellers.

In Vietnam, travellers will be enlightened

by the energy of Saigon and the antiquated streets of Hoi An, while the breathtaking agricultural and coastal views of provincial Vietnam will leave them in awe.

Those who choose to tour China will discover the complex history of Beijing and be invited into the culture by attending a local Hutong home for lunch.

Tiananmen Square, the Great Wall of China and the Terracotta Warriors are all great landmarks you will get to explore, as well as walking beneath the shining skyscrapers in Shanghai.

Both destinations will have you fall in love with Asia and this little taste will have you leaving wanting more.

Local English speaking guides are provided throughout the tour, with a Western tour leader provided in a group of seven or more travellers.

This is the best way to see if Asia is the travel destination for you, as well as a great way of taking in the main attractions in a short time.

South Coast’s big festival THE presentation of the college banner will be the highlight at the annual South Coast Christian College Art Festival/ Open Day this Saturday, May 28.

The banner was completed with the help of students, staff, parents, friends, art teacher Trudi Prue and local artist

Meg Viney, and will take pride of place at the art festival.

Depicting the South Gippsland landscape, from which the college draws its students, the banner features the coast, and flora and fauna in the area. Beautifully crafted, it is a fantastic display in the foyer of the college hall.

The local community is invited to come along

on the day to view the banner, take a look at the educational features of the college and join in the fun of the art festival.

Key members of the college will be on hand to show interested parents the benefits of the college and its attractive grounds.

Please contact Wendy if you require further information on 5662 4355.

Creative education: South Coast’s art teacher Trudi Prue and local artist Meg Viney with the special arts banner.

Enhancing future now A PROJECT designed to improve life in Tarwin Valley communities has been boosted by the appointment of a project officer.

Marzia Maurilli has secured the role after

overseeing a successful similar project around Toora and Welshpool.

She will head the Lower Tarwin Valley Project designed to enrich the communities of Meeniyan, Stony Creek, Dumbalk, Venus Bay, Buffalo, Fish

Public benefit: South Gippsland Shire Council’s community strengthening co-ordinator Ned Dennis and project officer Marzia Maurilli are expecting grand outcomes from the Lower Tarwin Valley Project.

Creek, Koonwarra and Tarwin Lower.

Her first role is to ‘asset map’: recording the people, clubs, events, buildings and other facilities in those towns.

Community workshops are planned and Ms Maurilli will find out whether volunteers need training in such fields as food handling and writing grant applications.

The project is the pilot for the Gardiner Foundation’s new Strengthening Small Dairy Communities project and has received more than $100,000 from the foundation.

A management committee for the project has been established and community representatives will be appointed in July.

A district advisory network will be formed to direct the project and inform the community.

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Megasales’ third trip to Leongatha MEGASALES Victoria will make its third trip to Leongatha when it sets up in the town’s Memorial Hall for two weeks from this Friday, May 27.

Selling an array of goods including toys, plants, socks and underwear, jewellery, manchester, giftware, novelty items and more, the business returned some of the profits from the last sale to the Leongatha CFA. Last week, Leongatha CFA captain Andy Kay was on hand to receive a $500 cheque from Megasales Victoria owners Kristian Nielsen and his partner Tanya Wilkinson.

Being a former Leongatha resident, having gone to the local schools, and with her parents still in the town, Tanya thought it was a great idea to give part-proceeds back to a worthy Leongatha cause.

“And with my brother, Scott, a CFA volunteer with Leongatha, it was a pretty easy decision to make,” she said.

Any future sales in Leongatha will see a percentage of the profits returned to the Leongatha CFA. CFA captain Andy Kay said there were always things the brigade needed and the funds would help a great deal.

Megasales is still in its infancy and the company has held successful sales throughout Victoria including in Shepparton, Diamond Creek, Mooroopna, Warrnambool, Bayswater and Mount Evelyn, to name a few.

Responding to suggestions that the business was taking “money away from these towns”, the owners said that, to the contrary, they were bringing people “into these towns”.

“We advertise by way of newspapers, flyers and on television to a

wide area and we find that the increased traffic and new customers are good for those towns we are in,” Mr Neilsen said.

“Once they shop in the hall, we notice many customers take a browse through other shops in town, go to a café, have a counter lunch. It tends to be of benefit. Plus a lot of our goods are unique and cannot be purchased elsewhere in town. It is a win-win situation,” he added.

Many Leongatha stores have decided to support a Paint the Town Red Sale which The Star is promoting in next week’s edition.

The idea is to attract visitors and new customers into their stores with the enticement of a few specials.

Megasales Victoria are aware of the feature and support the concept.

Posters will be placed on the windows of participating stores.

Any traders interested in being involved can contact The Star.

School shines at night THE Tarwin Valley Primary School Community acknowledged and celebrated Education Week by holding School by the Stars.

Instead of the traditional open day, the school conducted night classes with parents and students to allow working parents to experience and share school life with their children.

Families participated in various activities including spelling, computer activities and maths strategy games, and parents of senior class students sat Mrs Farmer’s famous auto response test.

It was also an opportunity for community members to experience and explore the new building.

Fun and games: Sally, Lily and Mack Gorman play the maths rocket game.

Money boost: from left, Kristian Nielsen and Tanya Wilkinson, owners of Megasales Victoria, hand over a $500 cheque to Leongatha CFA captain, Andy Kay, right. Also pictured is Scott Wilkinson, a CFA volunteer in Leongatha.

Top teacher: Neil Cockburn received his MECU Outstanding Secondary Teacher award last Friday at the prestigious Victorian Education Excellence Awards.

The Korumburra Secondary College teacher will now receive $10,00 towards an education researching program of his design which will help continue the great work he’s already been doing in the region for maths teaching.

Mr Cockburn (centre) is with Children and Early Childhood Development Minister Wendy Lovell and Minister for the Teaching Profession Peter Hall.

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Death talk eases passage

Let’s chat about dying: GSHS volunteer program co-ordinator Lyn Yeomans, volunteers Val and Rob Vertigan and Cathy Matthews, and GSHS palliative care nurse consultant Mary Ross-Heazlewood encourage talking about death with your loved ones, as hard as it may seem.

By Simone Short DEATH is not an easy topic to talk about, in fact, most people don’t talk about it at all.

And while the theme for National Palliative Care Week - ‘Let’s Chat about Dying’ – may be rather confronting for a lot of people, it is equally as important.

The volunteers working with South Gippsland Palliative Care Service understand the importance better than most.

The trained volunteers spend at least a few hours each week working closely with staff across two resi-

dential aged-care facilities, providing both emotional and practical support for patients and their families.

Gippsland Southern Health Services volunteer program co-ordinator Lyn Yeomans said volunteers can make a real difference to the lives of the people they help.

“The volunteers are there just to spend time with the patient. They’re not there to do their clinical or their nursing care, they’re just there to sit with them,” she said.

And the relationship often quickly progresses from ‘volunteer and patient’ to friends.

Val Vertigan from Korumburra, who has been working in palliative care for almost four years, said it is not just the patients who gain from their services.

“It’s something you feel you can offer people in the way of support,” she said.

“You start out wanting to give something but in fact you gain an awful lot.”

Ms Yeomans said having a volunteer can also be great respite for families.

“The family can go out and just take a walk and have some time out to go and get groceries, knowing there’s someone there who really cares about the person,” she said.

Of course, working in palliative care is also incredibly challenging, getting to know and care about people so soon before death, but Mrs Vertigan said training helps deal with this aspect of volunteering.

Mrs Vertigan was recently nominated for a Minister of Health Volunteer Award for her dedication to aged-care services and her work in palliative care, and her tendency to go just that little bit further to help.

Fellow volunteer Cathy Matthews began donating her time when she retired from a career in counselling and social work.

“It’s a very gentle time to spend with people that are sick and dying. It’s very rewarding and it’s very privileged work,” she said.

“I can just sit in silence for ages with people, but if they want to tell their story or perhaps write their story, whatever it is that they want, I’m there.”

Ms Matthews also treasures fond memories of a patient she spent time with.

“A little lady that I was working with was just the most colourful little per-

sonality. Her journey of life was just amazing and what she’d achieved in her life was unknown until her funeral,” she said.

“There was a great reciprocated respect for each other and I was quite at peace when she was at peace.”

Southern Gippsland Health Services palliative nurse care consultant Mary Ross-Heazlewood said volunteers will be working at stalls with information during National Palliative Care week in Leongatha, Foster and Korumburra hospitals and said it is important to not “leave it too late”.

“A lot of us don’t want to talk about dying; we avoid it at all costs,” she said.

“It’s about normalising death and that’s a big focus for all of us, working with each other, working with patients and working with volunteers. It’s part of our philosophy to help.”

Mrs Vertigan’s husband Rob, who also volunteers, agreed the topic is avoided too often.

“The hardest thing in society is for them to pronounce the dying word and it’s interesting when you look at the publicity that comes through the media, the various ways you can talk about a person dying without saying it,” he said.

And Ms Ross-Heazlewood said as hard as it may be, working in palliative care is continually rewarding.

“Some people ask, ‘How can you do the work you do, working with the dying?’

“I respond, they offer us a precious gift and that’s the way I look at it.”

• For more information about National Palliative Care Week, visit www. pallcarevic.asn.au

Bus to service Dumbalk A WEEKLY bus service will link Dumbalk and Mirboo North with Leongatha.

South Gippsland Shire Council will run the service in response to a 2010 survey of the transport needs of the Dumbalk community. Council’s Transport Connections co-ordinator Fred Boreham announced the trial weekly service would start this Friday, May 27.

“While we were unable to find funding to support the service, we garnered generous support from the Dumbalk and District Progress Association and the Mirboo North RSL to offer the locals this service for a six month trial,” he said.

“This will allow us to gauge the community support and provide statistical data for future funding applications to secure a permanent service.”

The Mirboo North RSL 12 seat community bus will leave Mirboo North every Friday at 11.25am and travel via Dumbalk to Leongatha, arriving at noon.

Passengers will then have three-and-a-half hours in Leongatha to shop, socialise or attend appointments.

There might even be time to catch a movie.

As Mirboo North is currently served by two bus services, six seats will be reserved for Dumbalk residents to ensure the service is genuinely available to them. The service is available to everyone for a donation of $2 each way.

The service will operate Fridays only.

• depart Mirboo North car park opposite Old Shire Hall at 11.25am; • depart Dumbalk opposite general store at 11.40am; • arrive Leongatha, Dakers Centre and RSL stops at noon; • depart Leongatha, RSL and Dakers Centre, at 3.30pm; • depart Dumbalk General Store at 3.50pm; and • arrive Mirboo North car park at 4.05pm.

Limited seats are available.

For further information on this new service, call Mr Boreham on 5662 9324.

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Sing out: the Korumburra Primary School Glee Club sang a song written especially for the opening.

Built for the future

THE future of Korumburra Primary School was officially launched on Wednesday, when the ribbon was cut to open the BER (Building Education Revolution) Building.

Special guests from the Korumburra community and parents were eager to see the newest part of the school.

Grade 6 students gave tours, highlighting the wonderful features on offer.

The ceremony, run by school leaders Nick Wyile

and Maddie Bensley, contained a welcome to country

by Koori education officer John Murray, and a short film by Grade 6 students about the BER Building and its construction.

School council vice president Andrew Newton spoke about the outstanding new facility and praised those involved with the construction and planning.

Ex-school council president Kamron Whyte and his daughter Bronte - Grade Prep student at the school - proudly cut the ribbon to declare the building open.

Design and construction of the building was funded by a $2.56 million grant from the Federal Govern-

ment’s Building Education Revolution program.

Korumburra Primary School principal Bill Jeffs was excited when news of the grants came through.

“After we were told by the State Government that under no circumstances we would receive funding, the news came through of the federal grant,” Mr Jeffs said.

“Our first thought was ‘yeah right’, but it all went ahead and we now have a wonderful and new flexible learning space.”

The BER program has resulted in many improvements to schools in South Gippsland and

around the country.

The program is the single largest element of the Australian Government’s Nation Building - Economic Stimulus Plan, with $16.2 billion spent on around 24,000 projects to be delivered in every community across Australia.

The aim is to modernise schools through the delivery of necessary infrastructure, and by doing so, supporting local jobs and drawing people to the community.

The people at Korumburra Primary School are grateful to be part of the program.

Hands up: Pesi Ahokava, Nick McKenzie, James Lister and Kristie Smith were pumped about the BER Building.

KORUMBURRA Primary School’s newest building is a great place to learn and has many features to cater for the future of learning.

The new open learning space contains six full sized classrooms with large sliding doors, shying away from the feeling of being stuck in the classroom to give a more open learning environment.

Each classroom is fitted with electronic whiteboards that provide interactive learning.

The increased use of technology engages students with presentations, interactive quizzes and the chance to have their work projected for the whole class to see.

At either end of the complex are computer stations that give students the chance to increase their techno-

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logical knowledge as well as teaching them about using the internet safely.

There is also a collection of NetBook computers that serve the same purpose but offer the convenience of being able to be used in the classrooms.

The centre of the building is a large open space that can be used for addressing a large group of students, including the entire school.

This area is also equipped with an electronic white board to enhance presentations.

With a new building came new furniture in the form of conventional desks and chairs, as well as interchangeable tables and beanbags for the large central area.

Toilets and kitchen facilities at either end of the building are a handy additive to keep everything in a cen-

tral location.

This part of the school is for kids in Grades 4, 5 and 6 and they love it.

“I like the BER Building because it has so much room for working and it’s really good looking and cool,” a student commented in a video students made about the building and showed at the opening last Wednesday.

Sustainability is a big focus of the building, with plasma screens displaying data about water and power usage.

A large water tank collects runoff from the roof to provide the building with water, while strategically placed windows minimise the need for heating, cooling and lighting, therefore minimising electricity use.

Cutting the ribbon: Prep student Bronte Whyte cuts the ribbon with the help of her dad and outgoing school council president, Kamron Whyte.

Above: Unveiling: school leaders Nick Wylie and Maddie Bensley with the plaque denoting the new building.

Connected learning: Joel Anthony and Rohan Treacy have fun on one of the new NetBooks.

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RSL raises $2500 for cancer LEONGATHA RSL welcomed around 160 guests to their Biggest Morning Tea on Thursday morning.

Tickets here: Rosie Croft, Julie Harris and Dot Forrester helped out with the collection and selling of raffle tickets.

The 11th annual event raised $1858.75 which, combined with the ladies night held three weeks ago, totals $2538.75 for cancer research.

Guest speakers on the day included Darryl Pease, Gary Van Sinderen and Jo White.

There were more than 50 raffle prizes drawn thanks to the generous donations of many local businesses.

Getting together: Mary Evans, Bee Cramp and Mary White caught up at the Biggest Morning Tea.

Here to help: Yvonne Thomas, Heather Carter, Gwen Heppell and Margaret Jenner were happy to raise money for cancer research.

Long way for a cuppa: Bill Hunt and Gloria Muir of Toora with June Rawlings (centre) of Welshpool made the trip to help out.

Tea time: Rita Carnell, Darryl and Lois McNaughton and Irene McKenzie.

Guest speaker: Inverloch’s Darryl Pease with wife Pat, and friends Elaine Fixter, Anne Hines and Jessie Spencer.

Building bikes Lions back go-getter BIKES are becoming a thing of the past with the large influx of scooters coming into the lives of young kids.

Scott Lawrence from Korumburra Secondary College is starting up a program to get kids back on their bikes and also have something to show for it.

The Build a Bike program is a rewards program for more hands-on students.

“It’s a twist on the metal/wood work subjects which still gets the kids learning,” Mr Lawrence said.

Two students per term will participate in the program and will learn the basic mechanical workings of a bike.

“Students will be rebuilding the bikes from top to bottom, changing bearings, replacing broken parts and also learning to fix the good old fashioned puncture,” he said.

“At the end of the program, the kids will walk away with a bike they can take to the skate park or ride to and from school on which they will have pride in, and hopefully not just throw on the sidewalk.”

Program participants will be able to paint different parts of the bike to suit their style as well as, depending on the range of bikes collected, mix and match parts to make a one of a kind custom ride.

Donations of bikes for this unique program would be greatly appreciated to get it up and running as soon as possible.

If you have any old BMXs, complete or not, lying around the shed or under the house, give the school a call on 5655 1566 and negotiate with Scott where to drop off or when to pick up the bikes.

NEWHAVEN College student Karlee Hayes is off to India in the middle of next month to volunteer at an orphanage.

She had to raise $6700 and when Strzelecki Lions Club member Barry Harms heard that she was juggling two jobs and her Year 10 studies, he decided she needed a hand.

Through Barry, the Lions presented Karlee with a cheque for $1000.

Karlee, 15, lives at Woodleigh.

She will be away for a month and not long after her return, she and Barry will meet again.

“She sings and plays guitar and I’ve booked her for my birthday party,” Barry

said. “I like to promote the young ones.

“Anyone who is prepared to get off their backside deserves support.”

Last year, the Strzelecki Lions paid the air fare for Lucy Piper of Poowong to go to Kuala Lumpur to volunteer at an orphanage. Lucy had won the club’s 2009 youth of the year contest.

Barry said the club gives grants to Poowong, Loch and Nyora primary schools every year. Money is raised in a variety of ways including a monthly Loch Market, concerts, walkathons and the staging of an annual dairy expo. This will now be held in Korumburra instead of Poowong.

Helping hand: Year 10 student Karlee Hayes is presented with a cheque for $1000 by Barry Harms representing Strzelecki Lions Club.

Karlee is going to India to volunteer at an orphanage.

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Protect yourself, family and wealth EVERYONE understands the importance of insuring vehicles, home and business but unfortunately the majority of Australians have neglected to insure their more important asset: their ability to earn an income.

None of us knows if or when we might suffer from injury or illness, but we can all imagine the emotional and financial impact if our ability to earn an income stopped suddenly.

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She will then check the policies available from a dozen of Australia’s largest life insurance companies including Tower, Zurich, Asteron, Macquarie and MLC before deciding which policy best suits your needs.

This ensures that Jessica is able to provide extremely competitive rates compared to other providers who only deal with one or two insurance providers.

For a hassle free review of your current life and income protection policies or a discussion of your needs at a time and place that suits you, give Jessica a call directly on 0438 052 293. *Based on $500,000 of life cover for a 38-year-old non-smoking male.

Options: Claire Kitchener looks into her life insurance options with Jessica Bell.

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Low running costs a drawcard

By Jane Ross BRENDAN Condon has always loved Cape Paterson.

Born in Warragul, he holds fond memories of seaside holidays at the cape.

He bought the farm which will be subdivided to form the Cape Paterson Eco Village, a long time ago.

Other than a website, Mr Condon said he has done no advertising for the village. Nevertheless, expressions of interest have been pouring in over the past four years.

“That suggests there is strong demand for more sustainable housing with lower running costs and that the project will be successful.”

The village will be developed in three stages, probably over three years, with the first stage starting later this year.

“I believe people will be drawn to the project by the economics of the housing. Living costs will mean people will be significantly better off.”

Details of these savings will be spelt out soon, when the project is launched.

Mr Condon has a strong sustainability background.

His main company is Australia Eco Systems, which has revegetated wetlands for many housing projects.

“We planted our 25th million plant last year.”

His business partner is Mike O’Mullane, whose area of expertise is community housing finance.

Mr Condon described planning the eco village as a “huge challenge” which had cost well in excess of $1 million.

Sixty per cent of the village will be open space with “a number of big

parks and very large areas restored to native vegetation with environmental buffers to the coast”.

A seed bank has been collected for years and Mr Condon said these will be propagated and planted on the site.

A number of display homes will be built at the village to give land buyers an idea of the type of houses they will be expected to construct.

Seven-and-a-half star energy efficiency is mandatory. There will be housing guidelines and controls attached to title and there will be a panel of approved designers.

Mr Condon said people will be able to work with those designers to plan what they want, but the houses will have to meet performance standards.

Each home will have a 10,000 litre rain water tank, 2.5 kilowatts of solar energy and up to 5 kilowatts for those interested in plugging in their electric

vehicles. That’s a market that Mr Condon believes will burgeon because oil is becoming dearer and will eventually run out.

“I strongly believe Australia needs sustainable housing projects with sustainable architecture, biodiversity and food production.”

To that end, the village will include a large community garden where residents can grow their own vegetables.

“We need to build lower cost, higher quality housing. The size of the housing we have now is too big. We are way behind the eight ball in dealing with climate change, peak oil and building smarter, more compact ways of living.”

He acknowledged the concerns of objectors and said the plan had been changed to take some of those into account. These included improved fire breaks and road networks, an ad-

ditional car park for all Cape Paterson residents to use, improved lot layout to optimise solar access, and relocation of community facilities and visitor accommodation close to the Cape Paterson township.

Mr Condon said the number of objectors to the village had decreased and he believes the majority support the development He said in anticipating the village, local builders have been “upskilling” their staff in sustainable building techniques.

The village will have many kilometres of walking tracks.

“Our population is struggling with weight issues and I wanted to provide a living design so people can use their bodies.

“The village is tackling all my key pet issues.”

Seeds sown for future THE LEONGATHA Guides were the winners of the inaugural HVP Young Landcarer Award at the recent South Gippsland Landcare Network Awards.

What started with an interest in how the Guides can look after koalas as part of the Friends of Strzelecki Koala project, has grown over the year and continues with many new guides joining the group.

Last year the Guides produced drawings that reflected what they would like the South Gippsland environment to look like.

These drawings now adorn the Guide hall and provided the group with inspiration on how great South Gippsland can be.

As a way of bringing this inspiration to life the Guides then established a Landcare Garden at the Guide hall,

using native plants. “It is fantastic to see young people involved in Landcare. Their level of knowledge of how to look after the planet is impressive and their enthusiasm is contagious,” South Gippsland Landcare Network co-ordinator Belinda Brennan said.

Camping on local properties, bush walks and learning about their native environment all contributed to the girls’ learning, as well as helped them achieve their Centenary Challenge badge.

This group leads by example in getting young people involved in Landcare in order to “sow the seeds” for the next generation of Landcarers.

Under the guidance of Mrs Brennan, the Leongatha Lyrebird Guides have embraced the message that Landcare really is for everyone.

The Guide group, made up of 14 members aged between 5 and 10,

meets every Tuesday night for two hours at the Guide Hall.

On Tuesday May 17, it was ‘bring a friend’ night.

It was a great night for all the girls, especially the presentation of the certificate, farm gate sign and prize money as Young Landcarers.

As the Guide group grows so do the benefits of the Landcare to even more young people.

HVP sponsored the Young Landcarer Award and South Gippsland Shire Councillor Mimmie Jackson sponsored the prize.

The Guides plan to use the prize money to establish a second Landcare garden at the Guide Hall in A’ Beckett Street, Leongatha.

The Landcare network will be nominating the Guides for the Young Landcare Award at the State Landcare Awards to be announced in November.

Girl Guides: Ashleigh Challis and Laura Brennan received their Young Landcarer Award from Karen Wolswinkel and South Gippsland Landcare Network co-ordinator Belinda Brennan last week.

Mayor’s message Cr Warren Raabe

Budget reveals exciting projects COUNCIL will this week present its draft budget to the community for consideration. It frees up $700,000 from the existing budget (without impacting on service delivery) that has now been allocated toward some exciting new initiatives with direct community benefits.

These include, among other things, feasibility and concept designs for the Korumburra Children’s Hub, designs for the extension of the Great Southern Rail Trail from Foster to Yarram, increased street sweeping for coastal towns during the peak holiday season and the development of a Housing Settlement Strategy.

In line with council’s

Long Term Financial Strategy a general rate rise of 5.25 per cent is proposed, one of the lowest increases mooted among Victorian councils.

Our debt level has been reduced from $13.5million in 2003-04 to a projected $452,000 in 2011-12, a $13 million reduction in just eight years based on our disciplined commitment to long term planning.

The budget will go on exhibition on Thursday and can be viewed on the council website, at council reception and in the local libraries. You are invited to make submissions which will be considered on July 13, and the final budget will be presented to council for adoption at its meeting

on July 27.

The recent State Budget delivered well on election promises, with funds committed for overtaking lanes on the Strzelecki Highway plus $1 million towards local roads and bridges.

There was also good news for the Leongatha education precinct with the announcement of $10 million to build a new secondary college.

The Gippsland Sports Academy held its annual Awards night on May 13 in front of an audience of 230, including politicians, Gippsland councillors, business leaders, athletes and their families.

Council is pleased to financially support

this impressive regional facility which provides professional support and ongoing opportunities for promising regional athletes to realise their dreams.

On Thursday the CEO and I attended a Coastal Planning Forum hosted by the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV).

The prospect of planning for climate change at a local level was unheard of a decade ago, but is now a very real consideration with significant planning, safety and liability ramifications.

It’s a changing world and we too must adapt Cr Warren Raabe, Mayor

Bring a friend: Laura Brennan introduces her friends Keely Price and Ruby Box to Guides.

Minister hears port issues ISSUES facing the region’s waterways were presented to Victorian Ports Minister Denis Napthine recently.

The Minister met with the newly appointed Gippsland Ports committee of management in Bairnsdale.

The meeting canvassed issues related to managing the 1431 square kilometres of waterways stretching

from Anderson Inlet to Mallacoota.

“The Victorian Government understands that Gippsland Ports contains some of the largest and most beautiful waterways in Australia and good strategic management of these waterways is integral to our state’s economy and regional growth,” Dr Napthine said.

“The committee has some significant responsibilities including

managing infrastructure assets and providing services to assist boating, marine and offshore industries.

“It is also responsible for a host of other services, including emergency response, maritime security, navigation and regulation.

“The new board will provide the strong leadership needed to secure the longevity of our waterways for future generations.”

Not winter here: Maria Chandrasegaran and her friend Belinda Denbrok with their autumn leaf placemat.

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Noticeboard in action DUMBALK now has a town noticeboard, much to the delight of the community.

The noticeboard stands proud next to the Dumbalk Hall, a central point for the community and the people.

The town’s people have been campaigning for a noticeboard for the last 27 years and are pleased the movement has gone ahead.

The Dumbalk and District Progress Association is happy and grateful for the

donation of $4200 from the Mirboo North and District Community Foundation.

The sign itself was built by Paul Teychenne from Gippsland Sheetmetal Industries, with lettering by Kathy Salmons.

The opening ceremony last week gathered about 20 members of the Dumbalk community, along with Derrick Elmke and Norman Walker from the community foundation.

Also in attendance was Cr Mimmie Jackson and Cr David Lewis. Deputy Premier Peter Ryan was an apology.

Star student: Daniel Longden is happy about receiving the scholarship.

Grand opening: Bev Handly, Leigh Eames, Garry Austin, Derrick Elmke, Cr David Lewis, Cr Mimmie Jackson and Norman Walker at the opening of the Dumbalk Community Noticeboard.

Milpara Community House news

Daniel wins scholarship KORUMBURRA Secondary College student Daniel Longden has been awarded a Defence Technical Scholarship by the Australian Defence Force.

Daniel applied for the scholarship last month after being approached by college careers teacher Anne Hendry about the opportunity.

“I had to fill in a booklet with all my details,

write a piece about me and the defence force, as well as fill out what was like a job application,” he said.

The Year 11 student is very excited to receive the award of $2000 to go towards educational purposes which Daniel said will help with the costs of university in a few years.

Daniel is very keen on a career in the defence forces.

“I want to aim to be an aeronautical engineer in the air force,” he said.

This scholarship is

one of 1500 awarded throughout Australia and according to Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, is a win-win situation for the defence force and the student.

“The Defence Technical Scholarship program aims to address the national shortage of technical trade qualified people within the Australian workforce while demonstrating Defence’s commitment to compete for its fair share of them,” he said.

WELL Women’s Clinic with Evie Harle (GSHS) provides Pap smears, blood pressure checks and women’s health information. Next session Wednesday, May 25.

Please call Milpara on 5655 2524 to book your place. **** Milpara Community House together with the South Gippsland Parenting Network are excited to bring to you a presentation by Donna Williams. Walking in Autistic Shoes is an autism presentation and question-answer forum on Friday, May 27 from 7pm to 8.30pm.

The presentation will take place at the Performing Arts Centre, Korumburra Secondary

College, Jumbunna Road, Korumburra.

All enquiries, bookings and payments are to be directed to Milpara Community House at 21 Shellcott’s Road, Korumburra on 5655 2524.

Donna Williams was born in 1963. Thought to be deaf she was assessed as psychotic at the age of two.

Donna acquired functional speech in late childhood and was diagnosed with autism in her 20s. She will provide a fascinating insight into the world of autism, as someone who has actually been there as both a person with autism and a consultant who has worked with hundreds of children

Not just cricket THE young people of Sandy Point would like a cricket practice net in the town.

Ideally, the community also hopes for a recreation precinct to be erected, possibly on the site of the former transfer station.

Community spokesperson Diane Casbolt told South Gippsland Shire Council of this wish during the council’s public presentation session last Wednesday.

She was asking council to contribute funding to the net and also suggested possible sites.

“We need council or the DSE to come up with a small area of land to have a

practice cricket net,” Ms Casbolt said.

Sites she suggested were: Ash Avenue Park, in front of the CFA shed, Graeme Grove, the walking track between Manuka Road and Sandy Point Road, and the former Sandy Point transfer station.

People had also offered private property as a site too.

Ms Casbolt believed that location would also be suitable for a skate park, which the community has long been pursuing.

Ms Casbolt said young people in the town had raised $1700 since 2008.

In 2008-09, the net was deemed to cost $5000.

Meals roster (Leongatha) Mary MacKillop College, Leongatha Primary School and South Coast Christian College will be responsible for the delivery of meals on wheels, the week beginning May 30, 2011.

and adults on the autism spectrum. **** Yoga for Pain Relief and Stress is held on Thursdays from 11.45am to 1pm.

These are special sessions to assist relaxation, joint mobility, pain management and fatigue.

Suitable for people with chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, arthritis, osteoporosis and other related conditions. For enquiries call Mary Lewis on 0417 305 689. **** The Korumburra Walking Group meets at the Richard Street football oval every Tuesday morning at 8.30am - rain, hail or shine.

Get fit with friends and join us as

we exercise in the fresh air to our own level of fitness. **** For the Blokes meets on a Friday morning from 10am to noon from April 29 to July 1 and gives men the opportunity to discuss issues that are relevant to them. For further information contact Colin on 5655 2510 or leave a message on 0428 520 034. **** Cards with Barb is held every Friday during school terms from 1pm to 4pm. Come and create your own beautiful gift cards for special family and friends. Please call Milpara on 5655 2524 for further information.

Mayor’s message Cr Veronica Dowman

Kindergarten relief nears FOR OVER 12 months, Bass Coast Shire Council officers have been working with three kinder committees and Kindergarten Parents Victoria to find a suitable management arrangement.

The right arrangement takes the pressure off volunteer committees and allows kindergartens to run in a sustainable way.

Kindergarten Cluster Management is a state government funded initiative, designed to provide sustainable and professional management arrangements for a group of kindergartens. It recognises how complex kindergarten management is and that more reforms are on their way for early years education.

There is no doubt the responsibilities on these volunteer committees are onerous, time consuming and far beyond that of most other community committees.

Volunteer kindergarten committees, made up of dedicated

parents, can be responsible for things like implementing workplace agreements, hiring staff, reviewing policies, being responsible as legal licensees, calculating payouts for employees, applying for grants, participating in mediation sessions with staff and many other things we would expect paid professionals to be responsible for.

It is clear that this style of kindergarten management cannot continue and both council and the kindergarten committees have the same end in sight – sustainable cluster management that promotes top-notch education opportunities for our preschoolers.

The kindergartens have asked council to become the cluster manager, which has been thoroughly investigated and is yet to be voted on by council. This option and two others were presented to council on Wednesday night.

A decision was deferred to next month to allow us more time to

look into other cluster management arrangements before making our final decision.

Early childhood education (like primary and secondary education) is a State Government responsibility.

It is disappointing that it continues to be allowed to operate separately to the education department.

Council has a strong commitment to early childhood education and will continue to work with the committees to get the best outcome possible for the whole community.

Council has invested a substantial amount of money in kindergarten facilities over the past years and will continue to do so.

These dedicated volunteer committees can rest assured that council understands the difficult position they are in and that the current arrangement cannot continue.

Cr Veronica Dowman, Mayor, Bass Coast Shire Council.

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Mates making music

q&a with Tricking Emma TRICKING Emma’s Bryce Cuttriss and Joel Evans are home-grown Inverloch boys making their mark on the Australian music scene.

Describing themselves as two guys and one guitar making music with melodies and lyrical fun, the now-Melbourne based duo were first discovered by independent label Diamond Dog Records at a Last Band Standing competition. Having already seen the lead-off single from their five-track EP reach number one on Triple J’s Unearthed Indie Singles Chart, the boys have just finished up in the studio recording their yet-to-be-named debut album.

Bryce spoke to The Star about how Tricking Emma came to be and their upcoming release.

Can you tell us a little bit about Tricking Emma’s style of music and influences?

Our style of music is coastal roots and rhymes. We’re an acoustic duo but there’s a lot more going on than just acoustic songs. There are a lot of undercurrents of things we find amusing or things we find morally wrong, and just things that may have happened during high school days or in general life that we twist into some words and make a song out of them.

When did you and Joel first start playing together?

We both started playing together when we were about 14 in a punk rock band at Wonthaggi Secondary College. That sort of blossomed from there. Through high school we got better and better in our ability to write and our direction in music changed. Our influences have got a lot to do with (bands) Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars and G Love and Special Sauce, so it went

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Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 2002?

What studio did the Beatles use to record 191 songs?

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from that punk rock thing to more of the style of music that we’re doing now.

Does a lot of your influence come from growing up in the Inverloch coastal area?

Absolutely. A lot of the songs we write are weather based, so an upbeat song will be when the sun’s out and shining and the more down-key, depressing songs are when the rains come through and there’s not much to do in a small town like Inverloch. But we’re both very much beach goers and have always loved the great outdoors, so that’s definitely influenced us.

We heard your dad was a roadie for Men At Work?

Yeah that’s right, Dad was a roadie for Men at Work and my uncle via marriage was Colin Hay of Men At Work so that’s where that connection came through.

So you’ve always had a bit of a musical upbringing?

Always. My mother especially, she’s very talented musically. She’s got a lot to do with the local theatre groups and it forced me to learn an instrument, which I wasn’t too impressed about when I was younger but you know, now I can definitely see the wisdom in it. I play the guitar and sing, while Joel sings and does the majority of the lyrics.

You’re based in Melbourne now. What sort of gigs have you been playing?

Recently we’ve been playing the Hawthorn Hotel as a semi-resident spot on Thursday nights for the universities and we also played the Deakin University Superheros party there. We’ve got a gig coming up next weekend at the Station Hotel in Prahran and we’re also doing the Monash Uni radio next Monday night.

There’s a little bit going on at the moment and we’re pretty stoked because we’ve just finished recording our

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Who was the voice behind Woody, the cowboy doll in Toy Story?

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album, so we’ve got 10 tracks in the bag and that’s all in post-production now. Our latest single Ticket Inspectors came out about six weeks ago and we’ve been lucky enough to get that on HotFM, StarFM, SeaFM, PowerFM and have some plays on Triple J’s Home and Hosed so things are slowly starting to bubble along for us.

What’s coming up in the future for Tricking Emma?

Once we’ve released the album, anything’s open. Once that goes through post - production and we tighten a few screws with what we want to do with it, we’ll try and generate some interest through distribution of online sales and through in-stores and hopefully something comes along from that. We’re lucky enough to be signed to an independent record company so they’ve been pushing for us and if we generate some interest, hopefully we can jump in the car and play some shows in other states and other cities.

In the long run, is music what you’d like to be doing fulltime?

I’d love to be able to make a profession out of music. I think anyone would love a profession that’s their passion. Realistically there’s probably only about one in a million that get a chance at it, so at the moment I’m enjoying it for what it is and it’s a lot of fun.

Finally, what is it you love most about being a musician and playing in a band?

Simply having an outlet for creative ideas and also being able to sit round with friends and laugh about the songs that you’ve written or the times that you’ve had together. It’s a great way to express yourself - people sit down with pens and paints, but I sit down with a guitar and chords.

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THIS magnificent property will be going under the hammer on June 4, through Ruralco Property. For details, see page 32.

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Heppell-built homestead on township edge acre A

STUNNING, botanic array of clipped shrubberies and native and exotic plantings herald your approach to this quality homestead, positioned well back in a private, elevated setting.

Bagged bricks, deep timber verandahs and a Colorbond roof introduce the ‘Early-Settler’ theme, which continues internally with the use of Tasmanian Oak floors and finishes, high ceilings with detailed skirting boards and cornices, dado panels, ceiling fans, and muted buttery tones.

Décor is minimalist, but comfortable, and it is easy to imagine your own furnishings fitting in.

Glorious garden views are invited in through every window.

There are two main living rooms, presently used as family room and billiard room.

The big farmhouse-style kitchen, featuring Tasmanian Oak cabinetry, is L-shaped, leaving plenty of room for the eight-seater dining table at its centre.

A proper walk-in pantry, five-burner stainless steel range and dishwasher make it ‘hostess’ standard, and the ‘al fresco’ dining space just outside, with protective PVC blinds, provides that musthave outdoor dining option.

There are four spacious bedrooms, all with built-in robes, and the main bedroom is luxuriously large, with adjoining en suite. Laundry, main bathroom and second toilet complete the internal picture.

Outside, a whole world of garden pleasures await.

The three-bay shed is presently divided for two-car garaging, plus workshop.

The ‘garden house’, tucked away, invites imagination – a studio workshop perhaps?

A nifty garden shed adjoins, for the ride-on, the mulcher and the rest.

All is as-new and impeccably presented.

A walk around the gardens takes you through garden rooms, past birches, elders and all sorts.

Areas for chooks, pets, garden refuse, vegetables and fruit have all been meticulously planned and the result after 10 years in the making is magnificent and manageable.

With the air of a gracious country estate, this property sets a new benchmark in Mirboo North town lifestyle properties.

A long settlement is sought, giving you time to make plans, change plans, sell up, and move in time for Christmas.

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INSPECT By appointment Address L11 Eldon Court, MIRBOO NORTH $295,000 - $320,000

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INSPECT By appointment Address L12 Eldon Court, MIRBOO NORTH $85,000

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INSPECT Saturday @ 11.00 - 11.30am Address 1 Meikle Street, MEENIYAN $250,000 - $275,000

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A shady, tree-lined drive, just over an acre, a 4 brm – 2 bathroom brick house and garden outlooks. A modern kitchen, 2 sizeable living areas, undercover bbq area, fenced paddock, 4-bay shed, GDH. INSPECT Saturday @ 1.00 - 1.30pm Address 83 Kookaburra Dve, KOONWARRA $485,000 - $525,000

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This impeccable homestead enjoys a northerly aspect & inspirational outlooks. Three large BRs & study, 2 bath, wide verandahs, excellent outbuildings, & pumping rights from the boundary creek.

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Olde-world character has been built-in to this classy and appealing new home, reminiscent of yesteryear’s originals. The versatile three bedroom, home comprises a light filled open plan living zone, lovely kitchen, two bathrooms, laundry, and double garage with internal access. Features polished floors, semi-vaulted ceilings, casement windows, and split system air conditioner. Up to $26,000 in assistance for 1st home owners.

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This could be that perfect parcel of land, and the Planning Permit’s in hand! More than 8 acres of gently flowing pasture with the ideal near level area to build your dream residence. The orientation is north, of course, with extensive rural views across your own property, and to the distant hills beyong.

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In the popular Wells Road “acreage” precinct of Mirboo North, this ranch-style residence sits privately amongst native trees and shrubs, away from the hustle and bustle, yet close enough to take advantage of the towns’ facilities and venues. Behind the sweeping front verandah, there’s 3 bedrooms, a very spacious living zone, separate family meals area and 2 bathrooms in a very functional floor plan. Good car accommodation, veggie and chook areas, wood shed and easy care surrounds.

In the school precinct, on the high side of the street. Lounge room windows and front verandah enjoy outlooks over Leongatha farmlands. This spacious three bedroom brick house has semi vaulted ceilings throughout, a wide hallway, wood heater and split system in lounge, and lock up brick garage. Lovely established gardens, walk to schools and CBD. Potential for a cosmetic make over if desired. As-level access available, an ideal “in to town” move, first home, or investment.

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Wildwood Springs A

SLICE of paradise greets you when you come down the sweeping bricked driveway of this property, all only a short 400m from Leongatha’s central business precinct.

This 2.7 acre property is in an outstanding Leongatha location that boasts dual road frontage and two titles.

A privately owned lake with mature trees creating a rainforest micro-climate full of flora and fauna sets the ambience for this magnificent property.

A three bay under residential roof carport and

additional surrounding space allows for many family cars to be parked.

The residence features open plan living including a games/rumpus room with one end lending itself to a space of your desire for a bar, study or separate activity, including access to outside.

An extensive lounge room is large enough for the most luxurious of suites and theatre system.

The room features a large freestanding solid fuel heater and additional split system reverse cycle for your choice of temperature control throughout the home.

The house encompasses three large bedrooms

each with built-in mirrored robes, the main with an additional walk-in robe and large en suite.

A large family bathroom situated near the second and third bedrooms includes double sized shower, separate bath, powder room and toilet with outside access.

The solid timber kitchen has views to inspire any creative home cook, with copious bench and storage space, double fridge/ freezer allocation, a walk-in pantry and easy access to a substantial laundry and ironing room complete with cabinetry and built-in cupboards.

The kitchen spans into open plan dining and liv-

ing space, with breathtaking views of the privately owned lake. One step further on to the back verandah transports you to a state of peace and tranquillity overlooking the garden and lake wonderland.

The lake provides fully self sufficient electric watering system for the entire garden.

A 13m x 6.5m brick three bay shed and lockable workshop at the rear of the house provides endless opportunity for any home handyman or self employed trade person requiring copious storage.

This property is a ‘must see to be believed’ oasis.

LEONGATHA Location: 45-53 Young Street Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Land: 2.7 acres (1.1ha) AUCTION: Saturday June 4 at 2pm Agent: Ruralco Property, Leongatha Contact; Kristin Richardson on 0427 092 983

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Corner location close to schools S

ITUATED in popular Jeffrey Street, this three bedroom home offers more than meets the eye.

With two separate lounge areas, living/dining room and three bedrooms plus a walk-through study, this home is ideally set up for family living.

A country style kitchen with electric cooking, dishwasher and walk-in pantry will get meal times off to a flying start. Features of this home include a bay window to the lounge, split system, ceiling fan, bathroom with bath and shower over bath and a large laundry.

Outside offers a double

carport, outdoor timber deck, paved brick barbecue area, garden shed and a secure yard.

Placed on a large corner block, this home is just a short walk to all schools, Jeffrey Street medical clinic, and a brisk walk to the main street.

Call to arrange an inspection.

LEONGATHA Location: 56 Jeffrey Street Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 Price: $279,000.

Agent: Alex Scott & Staff, Leongatha Contact: 5662 0922.

Living on the edge S

ITUATED on the edge of town, this approximately 1.4acre property offers a solid three bedroom brick veneer home as well as a fully self contained bungalow.

Set amongst landscaped lawns and gardens, this property even has a couple of paddocks thrown in for the animals.

The long kitchen with its electric stove, dishwasher and large pantry is combined with ample bench space and cupboards, and easily caters to all your cooking needs.

The tiled flooring then flows through to an open dining/lounge area which features a natural gas heater as well as a reverse cycle air conditioner to take care of your heating and cooling needs.

Plush grey toned carpets blend nicely with a brick feature wall and ver-

tical drapes.

A large bathroom is complete with both a shower and a bath as well as a single basin vanity with drawers and cupboards.

Attached to the house by a double carport is a fully self contained bungalow with a kitchenette and en suite, the perfect retreat for a teenager or the in-laws.

A double garage and a 6m x 12m Colorbond shed will easily take care of all your car and workshop storage, plus there’s a chook shed and pen to keep the poultry happy.

A spring fed dam in the bottom corner of the paddock means plenty of water for every horse, sheep and cow.

Gaze around at your own rural oasis knowing the convenience of supermarket shopping is an easy two minute drive from your front door.

Great living - great price - come and experience ‘life on the edge’.

LEONGATHA Location: 28 Higg Street Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Price: $495,000 Agent: Alex Scott & Staff, Leongatha Contact: 5662 0922.

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Pencils portray nature’s beauty A STUNNING display of drawings in colour pencil will grace the walls of the Meeniyan Art Gallery from this Saturday.

Fleeting moment: a representation of frogmouth owls.

Exquisite detail: Frog by David Alldridge.

Gallery still serving THE next exhibition at Gecko Studio Gallery at Fish Creek, Opposites, will open two weeks later than first announced.

The gallery needs to close for one or two weeks for structural repairs to the front of the building, which started yesterday (Monday).

The gallery’s Kerry Spokes and Michael Lester would like to stress they are still framing during this time and will still be taking framing work.

Customers will need to phone and arrange to meet them either at the rear of the gallery or at the framing studio situated in Foster North, a 10 minute drive from Fish Creek.

The same applies to art materials, as they realise that customers needing a tube of

paint or a sheet of watercolour paper can’t wait just because Gecko is dealing with building works.

Contact Kerry 0423 721 593 or Michael 0421 209 878, and they will make an arrangement to suit you.

David Alldridge will exhibit The Nature of David from May 28 until June 23, with the opening from 2-4pm Sunday.

“I hope that the imagery transports you to the beautiful places and moments which inspired the work which is my passion,” David said.

“I have always had artistic tendencies. In the early years I drew in black and white; later dot rendering became of interest and I also began to experiment with paint (acrylics and oils).

“At the age of 16 I began to draw in earnest, using Derwent coloured pencils. I turned my hand to photography at around 18 years of age when I borrowed my older sister’s camera.

“Later I bought my very own Canon T70 and took it on its maiden voyage to Wilsons Promontory. There was no turning back from that point onwards!

“I have spent many years in the

professional photographic industry and have an impressive resume in the digital retouching field.

“I’ve worked on many award winning photographs during the course of my professional digital career; this work has included professional restoration, wedding/portrait shooting/ retouching and commercial retouching for large corporations.”

David began drawing copied images from commercially published calendars, diaries and books, later going on to draw representations of his own photographic work.

“The emphasis of my work is on detail and colour. Through the processes of the work I find myself connecting with the subject matter. I am transported to the environment of the subject, I feel it, I smell it,” he said.

“I am incredibly passionate about nature and caring for our environment – I believe this will be evident when viewing the work presented here at MAG. Hence the title The Nature of David. The work is not only from nature, it also reflects my nature.”

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Making a difference: Bass Coast Community Foundation directors Braxton Laine and John Fleming at the foundation dinner.

Catching up: Peter and Alison Brooks of Wonthaggi with Anna Langley of Inverloch (centre), heard Victoria Police deputy commissioner Ken Lay speak at the Inlet Hotel.

Grandparents return to school ANOTHER successful grandparent’s day was held at Inverloch primary school last Monday week.

Well over 200 grandparents stepped back into the classroom to see how their grandchildren learn.

Grandparents were treated to a delightful morning tea supplied by students’ mothers before getting stuck into some activities with students.

The kids loved showing their grandparents around their school and classrooms, and were so proud of their work.

Students and grandparents are already looking forward to next year’s grandparent’s day.

Social occasion: June Smith and Phillip Chapman of Inverloch enjoyed the annual dinner of the Bass Community Foundation at Inverloch recently.

Humanity proved powerful THE Leongatha RSL hosted the Red Cross Gippsland Region 26 annual lunch recently.

Forty attendees were drawn from Leongatha, Phillip Island, Tarwin Lower, Meeniyan, Inverloch and Woodleigh Vale, including regional chairman Helene Hayes and Bob Hannah of emergency services. The theme for the lunch came from the Red Cross Overseas Support Group and featured the community based health care program in Vietnam.

However, this worthy initiative was completely overshadowed by guest speaker Jacob Fry. To say that Jacob is lucky to be alive is to venture into the realms of understatement.

Jacob was the victim of a headon vehicle collision and suffered such horrendous injuries that surgeons at the Alfred Hospital gave him just a five per cent chance of survival.

With the loss of most of his blood at the scene of the accident and five separate life-threatening injuries, the services of the Red Cross Blood Service and the Alfred Hospital were paramount to Jacob’s survival.

In all, Jacob received six complete changes of blood and saline as part of his remarkable recovery. No one at the lunch was left in any doubt as to the importance of giving blood and indeed, the power of humanity.

Historic moment: foundation members of the Inverloch Rotary Club celebrated the club’s 25th anniversary recently, with current Rotarians. Among the inaugural members to cut a cake were Ivan Fell, Frank Bain and Ken Lehmann.

The night was attended by Rotary’s assistant governor Phil Dressing from Phillip Island and a number of former Rotarians returned for the night.

Inverloch man Ian Turnbull was accepted into the Inverloch Rotary Club as a new member.

The club also won the best website award for the district - inverlochrotary.org.au - and has also created a Facebook page to better communicate with the community and prospective new members.

All smiles: Prep student Claudia Leys with her grandmother Jan Leys from Warragul.

Family affair: Grade 3 student Kye Benson and Grade 4 student Aiden Box with grandparents Phil and Grace Benson from Buffalo and Peter Vanzuyden, Inverloch.

Helping out: Asha Boyd with her grandparents Colin Boyd and Yolande Field.

Inspirational speaker: Jacob Fry.

Gamble responsibly SOUTH Gippsland mayor Cr Warren Raabe has encouraged local residents to take a responsible approach to their gambling.

The call was made along with other mayors throughout Victoria as part of Responsible Gambling Awareness Week 2011, which takes place from May 23–29.

Cr Raabe urged all residents who “like a flutter” to heed the over-riding message of Responsible Gambling Awareness Week, which is to take a balanced approach and stay in control.

“We encourage everyone not

to let gambling take over their lives,” he said.

Research shows that gambling is one of the most distinctive aspects of Australian life. It is estimated that today more than 3.8 million Victorians gamble in one form or another, with online gambling growing as a popular choice.

However, whichever form of gambling is enjoyed, Cr Raabe said the theme of Responsible Gambling Awareness Week –‘Knowledge, balance and control’ - was important, along with the messages: • set yourself a limit and don’t

exceed it; • take just your allocated amount of money; and • don’t let gambling take over your life Responsible Gambling Awareness Week is an initiative between Victorian and Local Governments, the gambling industry and community sectors.

Throughout Responsible Gambling Awareness Week a number of events and activities will be held around the state.

For more information about Responsible Gambling Awareness Week 2011, please visit www. gambleaware.vic.gov.au

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Volunteers shape our world THERE is a great number of volunteers across South Gippsland, but what maybe isn’t as well known is the diversity of volunteer roles.

So South Gippsland Shire Council called for willing volunteers to tell their volunteering story.

Now, with the wealth of volunteer stories flooding in, what better way to recognise and celebrate volunteering diversity than to put the stories together in a booklet especially for 2011?

Barbara Look, of the community strengthening team at council, said: “The stories are just incredible, all different but with many common themes, including the enjoyment everyone gets out of volunteering and why they volunteer. It seemed the best way to celebrate them all was to collect them in a book!”

Ms Look said it would have been impossible to fit everyone’s story in one booklet, so just a few have been chosen this year to give an idea of the breadth of volunteering roles.

“This booklet won’t just celebrate volunteers during National Volunteer Week, but will be an ongoing recognition throughout the year,” Ms Look said.

“We aim to launch the booklet at council’s Community Engagement Conference on June 25 and then it will be available to groups as a way of promoting volunteering and encouraging others to join in.”

If you haven’t managed to get your own story featured this year, keep the stories coming, ready for next year’s booklet and also to feature on the council website.

Council has recently appointed a new volunteer coordinator, Helen Goddard, and she is very interested in the range of stories coming in.

If you have a great volunteering story to tell, contact Ms Look on 5662 9319 or by email barbaral@ southgippsland.vic.gov.au

Lynn Missen is a mentor driver with the L2P program, helping young drivers who don’t have access to a car or a person to drive with.

She got on board after seeing a need.

“You meet people and learn so much. You always get more from volunteering than you give,” she said.

Nick Peck is a member of council’s Access and Inclusion Advisory Committee, South Gippsland Citizens Advice Bureau, CFA and Warragul Probus.

Through the access committee, he advises council about improving access and equity for people with disability.

With the CAB, he oversees publicity and is a newsletter officer and tax help volunteer.

“It is good to sit down and work one-on-one with the CAB clients, to be able to help them with problems and to make a real difference in their lives,” he said.

Mr Peck recommends becoming a volunteer with CAB. “But it really depends on what people are comfortable with, what skills they bring, what training they might need to take and what they feel like doing,” he said.

John and Joy Gaze volunteer with council’s teams for Meals on Wheels and volunteer driving. Mrs Gaze has recently started to volunteer with the CAB. They became volunteers to become part of the community after moving to the area five years ago.

The couple met through volunteering while working with Scouts and have now been married 35 years.

Mrs Gaze had been in Scouting 28 years – and her mother had been a Guide leader – so it was very much in the family.

Mrs Gaze has also been involved in school committees, 18 years with the ladies auxiliary and CFA, to name just a few.

The couple have joined Probus locally, serving as

Youthful outlook: Cassie Willcocks (right) with her fellow Raw Vibes Festival organisers.

Sharing lessons: Lynn Missen with L2P program co-ordinator, John Ernst. treasurer and in the guest speaker roles.

“You get so much out of volunteering,” Mrs Gaze said.

Cassie Willcocks is a volunteer for the South Gippsland Youth Council and FReeZA committee.

“We act as a voice to the shire council about youth affairs and also organise and run cool events for kids in the region,” she said.

Cassie has wound back activities since moving to Melbourne to study, but enjoyed the experience.

“As an underage kid that wasn’t mad about sport it was a really great opportunity for me to get involved in the community, especially since I’m a bit of a music nut and FReeZA was big on the idea of letting us organise and run gigs and festivals,” she said.

“I absolutely loved being a part of the Raw Vibes Music Festival. It’s got a really impressive history of line-ups over its six-year existence and is just as much fun to organise as it is to run on the day.

“Seeing all your hard work over six months pay off on the day of the festival is a really great feeling.

“I’ve learned so much from Raw Vibes. I wouldn’t be able

Down to Ready for flu pandemic business THE region is ready for a possible flu pandemic.

A NEW committee has been appointed to manage the Inverloch Recreation Reserve.

The Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) made the appointments.

DSE group manager public land services Ian Morland said he welcomed the new committee.

“The committee of management is made up of representatives from user groups of the reserve together with community representation,” he said.

“The Inverloch Recreation Reserve is well utilised and is home to a number of sporting and other groups.

It is widely recognised as the sporting hub of the town. The committee does a great job managing the

facility for the benefit of the whole the community.”

The committee is: chair Graham Laird, secretary Anne Bek, Christine Rankin, Michelle Harris, Noelle Green, Mark Withers, Francis McGarvey, Geoffrey Love, Ian Smith, Brian Dennerley, Russel Miller and Stuart Scott.

DSE establishes committees of management to manage and conserve public reserves on behalf of the Minister for Environment and Climate Change.

Committees are usually appointed for three years.

“We also recognise the contribution of the outgoing committee and thank them for their hard work,” Mr Morland said.

Emergency management staff from South Gippsland Shire Council and related agencies met recently to discuss their readiness should the community ever be faced with a flu outbreak.

Representatives of Ambulance Victoria, the Division of General Practice, council and the Department of Human Services joined forces.

“Two years ago we had some experience when the swine flu alert was raised,” said council’s emergency manager, Lew Wilson.

“Basic common sense measures such as covering your mouth when coughing, washing your hands frequently and using hand sanitisers were reinforced through a public education campaign that was widely adopted by the community, so fortunately the spread of the virus in our region was well contained.

“However, as a Municipal Emergency Management network

responsible for community safety, we need to look at various scenarios and drill down to examine our local resources and capabilities.

“This would include ensuring that essential services are maintained (Meals on Wheels, Waste Management etc) and issues of delivering food boxes and medications to families that might be quarantined in their homes, for example.”

In the event of a pandemic, council would be guided heavily

by DHS on the roles it would be expected to carry out.

“Our intent for the workshop was not to lock in a definitive plan on the day but to brainstorm and raise questions that could be followed up,” Mr Wilson said. ”This format provided a freedom to explore new ideas and develop a better understanding.”

As with any emergency, personal safety is a partnership between agencies and the community.

With fire preparedness, the resident is expected to have a fire plan and to keep their property

clear of flammable material.

With flu preparedness, it is expected that businesses would have a business continuity plan in place to deliver their services if they had significantly high absenteeism due to illness.

Individuals would be expected to practice preventative hygiene to minimise contamination.

With the cooler weather approaching, council has once again made flu vaccinations available to staff to curb the level of winter illness and absenteeism.

“Not only does illness create a very real cost to businesses, we appreciate that many of our staff interact with residents and we want to minimise the spread of illness in the community,” Mr Wilson said.

Businesses that wish to provide a similar program for their staff are invited to discuss the matter with council’s immunisation coordinator Tim De Vere on 5662 9362 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Many roles: Nick Peck.

to do what I’m doing now without all my experiences with this festival.”

Cassie is now studying journalism at Swinburne University and volunteers at major music festivals. She is being mentored by Adele Denison from St Kilda Fest and the St Kilda Film Festival, and works in community radio.

Business aid on way

SMALL Business Victoria’s Mobile Business Centre will provide free face-to-face mentoring and assistance to businesses in Leongatha on June 2.

Gippsland South MLA Peter Ryan said the objective of the program was to deliver targeted support to Victorian small businesses, wherever they are located.

“Small business owners, particularly those in regional areas, often face difficulties accessing reliable information, or they lack the time to go out and get business advice to help them make decisions for their business,” he said.

The mobile centre will be at the front of the South Gippsland Shire Council office from 10am - 4pm, on Thursday June 2.

Bookings can be made online at www.businessvic.gov. au/mbc or by phoning Small Business Victoria on 13 22 15.

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AMELIA Anne Roache was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on May 12 to Yoko and Daniel Roache of Wonthaggi. Amelia is a new sister for Patrick, 6, Ian, 4, and Benjamin, 2.

OSCAR Michael Wynne was born on May 12 at Leongatha Memorial Hospital. He is another boy for Paul and Karen of Koonwarra and has a big brother Henry, 3.

MIA-LAICE Talbot was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on May 15 to Tanya Lobato and Christopher Talbot of Wonthaggi. Mia-Laice is a new sister to Paige, 7, and Jack, 5.

HUGH John Patrick Williams was born on May 9 at Leongatha Memorial Hospital. He is the first child for Brenton and Clare of Leongatha.

JUDE Michael McNally was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on May 11 to Robyn and Adam McNally of Wonthaggi. Jude is a new brother for Jack, 5, Liam, 3, and Finn, 21 months.

ALISTAIR Hammond Conrad was born on May 9 at Leongatha Memorial Hospital. He is a son for Travis and Katherine of Thorpdale.

CHARLEE Maree Clark was born at Bass Coast Regional Health on May 9 to Coby Snell and Adam Clark of Cowes.

Aspergers just needs understanding BEFORE the 1990s a person with Aspergers Syndrome was considered to be socially awkward or unsociable.

But carer Shirley Cowling of Jumbunna believes people need to be more aware of other people and what they suffer and count our blessings.

“I have been distressed to be informed that children actually deliberately ‘stir up’ people with this condition. There are some people who actually deliberately take advantage of them,” she said.

“I was brought up to put myself in the other person’s shoes and imagine how I would feel if that was me. This is what I have done with people with Aspergers who must feel so trapped.

“They are so often very intelligent, simply unable to put their knowledge into action. The

film, The Rain Man, is a perfect example of life for somebody with Aspergers. We need to adopt the philosophy that it could be you or me and how would we feel.”

Aspergers is characterised by sustainable impairment in social interaction and the development of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests and activities.

There is an inability to understand the rules of social behavior and the feelings of others and not recognising body language such as a frown or scowl displaying unhappiness. There is an inclination of concentrating on a limited field of interest. Another characteristic is lack of coordination.

Aspergers is a mental developmental disorder at the higher end of the autism spectrum. It’s understood to be genetically linked. Symptoms may include difficulty in forming friendships,

with good language skills however difficulty in communication.

They may be able to talk extensively on a topic of interest, however have difficulty in recounting the day’s events, or understanding jokes and sarcasm, or using listening skills.

They are inclined to take conversation literally. A common example is when they are told to get lost they will literally try to ‘get lost’.

There are no delays to language learning (unlike autism) and many Aspergers sufferers have above average intelligence. As the condition becomes better understood and recognised, it’s believed the number of cases diagnosed will rise.

It affects one in 250 people. The ratio of males to females is eight to one.

“There is no cure for AS but social skills training can be helpful, it can be treated, mostly

with behavioural therapy,” Ms Cowling said.

Below are the frustrated words from someone diagnosed with the disorder.

“I am embarrassed by it. I have to live with it. This does not mean I have to like it. In fact I wish I did not have it. It is upsetting as it turns your family and other people away from you when your reaction is socially unacceptable.

“I wish there was more understanding by other people. I wish I didn’t ‘screw up’. I resent having the disorder and more importantly the personality associated with it.

“Most of all, I wish there was a cure and I could live a normal life.”

Find out more online at Asperger Services Australia www.asperperger.asn.au or for Gippsland services, https://sites.google.com/ site/autismgippsland/home

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Looking out for waterways

THE West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority has added a range of new projects to its calendar as it prepares to improve the health of the Bunurong catchment ecosystem.

As part of the efforts in the Bunurong catchment, which includes Shallow

Inlet, Tarwin River, Anderson Inlet and Powlett River, the WGCMA has begun a range of projects and activities to improve the health of local waterways, estuaries, wetlands and remnant native vegetation.

The WGCMA board has made a significant investment over 12 months to achieve on-ground results within the Tarwin catchment.

From pages past Historical snippets from The Star 30 years ago, May 26, 1981 FRESH hopes for the sale of Murray Goulburn’s Korumburra factory appeared to be squashed last week with the visit of MG secretary, Lionel Green, to the monthly Korumburra Shire Council meeting. Councillors hoped Mr Green’s visit might be to announce the sale of the factory, however the main purpose appeared to be to encourage councillors to ceasefire hostilities between Murray Goulburn and Korumburra.

10 years ago, May 29, 2001 IN AN unprecedented reaction to a series of crushing blows to the local economy in the past few weeks, South Gippslanders have taken to the streets.

Five years ago, May 30, 2006 THE police message is loud and clear: the road carnage has to stop. The state’s new road safety strategy will target irresponsible behaviour, particularly speeding and drink-driving.

One year ago, May 25, 2010 POLICE investigations continue into the fire that gutted the 140-year-old Isle of Wight Hotel in Cowes on Phillip Island early on Saturday morning. The damage bill is expected to reach $10 million.

★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★ ARIES - March 21 - April 20

Allow extra time for dealing with accountants, stockbrokers or other financial advisors and don’t hesitate to express any concerns to these professional people. Your romance situation improves noticeably.

TAURUS - April 21 - May 22

A business venture may prove prudent. Research is the key. New information comes your way regarding a current dilemma. Your partner may surprise you with a display of artistic temperament.

GEMINI - May 23 - June 21

Letters or emails may go astray. It’s wise to keep copies or back up all important documents that you issue. You have a new incentive for launching a self improvement scheme.

CANCER - June 22 - July 22

You may be surprisingly naive regarding a family difficulty. Be sure to collect the facts before finalising any decision. A new friend may help you over a career hurdle.

LEO - July 23 - August 22

Imagination may get you into or out of a sticky situation this week.

Home life becomes more hectic before a sense of calm returns.

Romance accents its sentimental side.

VIRGO - August 23 - September 22

A friend’s candid remarks may help you better understand your present conflict. Public speaking and the dramatic arts are favourably pursued. You may get your big break later in the week.

LIBRA - September 23 - October 22

Commitment to a project pays off, but there’s no time to rest on your laurels. a family member responds positively to your support. This time don’t be afraid to meddle.

SCORPIO - October 23 - November 21

Behind the scenes, activities are happening that may lead to your advancement in a professional or social sphere. Focus is on travel, entertaining and the promoting of ideas.

SAGITTARIUS - November 22 - December 22

Watch that you and your partner are not working at cross purposes.

Favourable financial news may arrive by Friday. Long term goals need realistic planning.

CAPRICORN - December 23 - January 20

New directions in career or education are highlighted now, thanks to encouragement from a highly respected friend or relative. Artistic pursuits are favoured.

AQUARIUS - January 21 - February 19

This is a good week to survey the many options that present themselves.

News from a faraway place arrives. Prospects from travel brightens.

A reunion offers an opportunity for a major reconciliation.

PISCES - February 20 - March 20

Balance and sense of priorities are the key as you try to cope with a variety of interests and responsibilities. Your creative spirit surfaces, but practical matters require attention too.

BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK

You have an easy way with words and through the clever use of language you endear yourself to a wide circle of people. Close friends are very few, but there may be a noteworthy addition to this circle. Financial obligations can diminish once you take the initiative.

These on-ground delivery programs conducted by the WGCMA Operations and South Gippsland Landcare Network have already started, with the main focus being the protection of high value vegetation.

These programs include linking existing isolated patches of remnant vegetation to new plantings through enhancing biolink pathways across the Bunurong catchment, as well as activities to minimise sediment and nutrient runoff to areas including Anderson Inlet and Powlett Estuary.

Further works will be conducted over the next month to control coastal aquatic weeds, with a focus on spartina at Anderson Inlet. Invasive species such as spartina can affect water flow in the estuary, cause foreshore erosion and loss of habitat for native species. WGCMA chief executive officer, Martin Fuller, said individual improvement works across Bunurong were part of a bigger picture that would come together to improve the health of the catchment eco-system.

Mr Fuller said the aim of the program was to ensure the future long term sustainability of the catchment by making improvements now.

“As the jewel in

Gippsland’s crown, Bunurong is a terrific place to live and visit and we very much want to ensure that it stays that way for future generations to enjoy,” he said.

“The Bunurong catchment is highly productive and ecologically diverse, boasting some great natural assets such as Anderson and Shallow inlets and it is this diversity that supports the catchment’s social, economic and environmental health.”

Mr Fuller said future sustainability of the land was dependent on working with the community and landholders to plan improvements.

“The Bunurong catchment has a diversity of ecosystems including wetlands, waterways, bush land, estuaries and coastal zones. Protection and enhancement of ecosystem health is an important part of building ecosystem resilience across the catchment,” he said.

“While the WGCMA is doing the works, we can’t do it without the support of the community and local landholders and we’re looking forward to working closely with locals and visitors on this project.”

For further information on the project or to register interest in participating contact the WGCMA on 1300 094 262.

Koories receive voice A GROUP to help Koorie people learn as been established in the region.

The Bass Coast South Gippsland Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group aims to boost educational opportunities for Koories, provide advice on education and training, and advocate on educational issues on their behalf.

John Murray, Koorie engagement and support officer with the Department of Education, said the group is a way parents and community members can have a say about their children’s education.

For better: members of the Bass Coast South Gippsland Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Group, from left: Lionel Bamblett, Marlene Fox, Ada Hume, Steve Parker, Toni Bowen, Shane Townsend, Peter Hood and seated, Loretta Chumley.

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Church Times ANGLICAN: Wednesday, May 25: 11am St Peter’s Mid-Week HC. Sunday, May 29: 8am St Peter’s HC; 10am St Peter’s Contemporary Worship with HC; 10.30am Union Church, Tarwin Lower MP. ST MARY’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Mirboo North. Phone 5668 1346. Holy Communion 8.30am: Worship and Sunday School 10am.

ST PAUL’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: Korumburra: Sunday 9.30am and Wednesday 11.30am. Poowong: Second and fourth Sundays, 11am.

ST GEORGE’S ANGLICAN CHURCH: McBride Av. Wonthaggi. Sunday, 9am Eucharist, 11am Family Service, Wednesday 10am Eucharist.

ANGLICAN CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION: The Crescent, Inverloch. Sunday 9am Eucharist, Tuesday 10am Eucharist. For details of Community Meal, Youth Group, Bible Studies & Kids Club contact Rev Graeme Peters 5672 4590 or visit www.basscoastanglican.org.au.

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD: Prom Coast Community Church Inc. - Foster Community House, Station Street, 10am: Sunday. Sunday School and Creche operates. Pastor Bill Watson 5686 2248.

A.O.G. Inverloch - Cnr Bear and McIntosh Street, Inverloch. Sunday Service 10am. Contact: Jeff Robertson, 0418 125 832 or Imagine Burwood 9888 7466.

Korumburra Southern Hills A.O.G. - 4 Mine Rd, Sunday, 10am Worship Service and 5pm Prayer Service. Also Children’s Church and Creche. Contact: 5655 2478. Youth: Neville Stuart ph. 0407 343 219.

Leongatha South Gippsland Liberty Fellowship - 17 Michael Place, Leongatha.

Sunday services: 10 am and 7pm. Office: 5662 3100.

Wonthaggi A.O.G. - Billson Street, 10am: Sunday. Contact: Pastor Barry Smith 5672 3984.

CHRISTIAN REVIVAL CRUSADE: 40 Hughes Street, Leongatha.

Sunday, Morning Service 10.30 am: Inspirational Service, 6.30pm: Children’s Church 10.30am: Home cells weekly. For all enquiries contact 5664 5455.

THE CHURCH AT ARCHIES CREEK: Meeting every Sunday at Archies Creek. Morning Communion Service 11 am: Evening Holy Spirit Revival 6pm: Phone: Ps. Chris Chetland 5674 3867 or 5672 4660.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST: Saturdays, Church service 10am., Leongatha Sabbath School 11.30am.

CATHOLIC: St Laurence’s Parish Leongatha: 5 pm Mass Saturday, 11am Mass Sunday.

Tarwin Lower: In St Andrew’s Union Church, 5pm winter, 6pm summer Mass Saturday.

Meeniyan: 9.30am Mass, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays and 11am, 2nd and 4th Sundays.

Mirboo North: 11am Mass, 1st, 3rd, 5th Sundays and 9.30am Mass, 2nd and 4th Sundays.

St. Joseph’s Parish Korumburra: 9.30am Sunday Mass.

Loch: 5pm/6pm Daylight saving Sunday Mass.

Wonthaggi: Saturday evening 6.30pm: Evening Mass; Sunday, 10.30am: Mass. Inverloch: Sunday 9 am: Mass.

KORUMBURRA’S AGLOW: First Monday every month at Korumburra Day Centre, Korumburra Hospital, Bridge St., Korumburra at 7.45pm. Inquiries phone 5657 2214.

GIPPSLAND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Meets at Baromi Centre, Mirboo North, Sundays 4pm - 5pm communion, 5pm - 5.30pm refreshments, 5.30pm - 6.15pm Bible studies for adults, teens and children. All enquiries: Bob Stevens 0400 403 765.

SALVATION ARMY LEONGATHA COMMUNITY CHURCH meets at 52 Anderson Street (South Gippsland Highway) - Sunday: Family Worship at 10am: Kid’s Club - Tuesday, 4 - 5pm; mainly music, Thursday 10am. All welcome. Please contact Captain Claire Emerton or Lieutenant Rachael Collins, ph. 5662 5122.

SALVATION ARMY WONTHAGGI COMMUNITY CHURCH meets at 149 McKenzie Street every Sunday at 11am for Family Worship.

Kids' Club - every Tuesday at 4 pm, Women's Group - Wednesday at 1.30pm, and Playgroup - Friday 9.30am. Evening Ladies' Fellowship - First Monday each month and Youth Groups held monthly. All welcome. Please contact Lt. Robyn and Max Lean. Ph. 5672 1228.

PRESBYTERIAN: Weekly Worship Service 10am Sunday, corner Bent and Turner Streets, Leongatha. Phone Rev. Dr D. Clarnette 0409 236 981 or elder Col Rump 5662 2107.

“Local Aboriginal Education Consultative Groups are voluntary bodies which were formed as a result of parent seminars held during the 1970s by the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Incorporated,” he said.

“They are made up of a broad range of local Koorie community members and at the local level play a significant role in providing the important links between Koorie communities and educational institutions.”

There are now 29 such groups across Victoria, compared to the five first established in 1978.

CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH: Reformed Church meeting at the corner of Peart and Brown Streets. Sunday family service at 10.30am. (10am daylight saving time), creche and Sunday School available. 7.30pm service: All Sunday evenings except 1st Sunday of the month, 5pm service.

Fortnightly youth activities. Home Bible Fellowship groups. Contact 5662 2527.

UNITING CHURCH: Leongatha: Sunday, May 29: 9am Contemporary Service, 10.45 Traditional Service. Tarwin Lower: 10.30am.

Mirboo North: 9.30am. Meeniyan: 10am. Wonthaggi: Sunday 9.30am, Family Service, all welcome. Inverloch: Sunday 11am: Korumburra: Sunday, 9.30am: Rev. Pastors Gavin and Sue Sharp, 5655 1997. Arawata: 11.30am 1st & 3rd Sundays. Kongwak: 11.30am 4th Sunday.

BAPTIST CHURCH KORUMBURRA: 39 Mine Rd, Korumburra. Service and Sunday School 10.30am. Pastor Ian Wilkinson.

Phone 5658 1366.

BAPTIST CHURCH WONTHAGGI: Cnr McBride & Broome Crescent, Wonthaggi.

Morning Service & Children’s Activities, Sunday 10am. Weekly activities see www. wonbaptist.org.au, Pastor Geoff Pegler 5672 4769.

MEENIYAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP: Sunday, 10am: Meeniyan Youth Club Hall.

COMBINED CHURCHES WONTHAGGI / INVERLOCH: 4th Sunday each month at 7pm.

SCOTS PIONEER CHURCH: Mardan South. Pleasant Sunday Afternoons on the last Sunday of each month at 2pm. See occasional ad in this paper for details. For enquiries phone 9853 6627.

FISH CREEK UNION CHURCH: 1st & 3rd Sundays, 9am; 2nd & 4th Sundays, 7pm. Contacts: Fran Grimes 5683 2650, Sue Poletti 5663 6325.

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Hospital nears 80 years

NEXT year marks the 80th anniversary of the Korumburra District Hospital.

To commemorate this milestone, Gippsland Southern Health Service is calling on current and past employees, doctors, board members and patients to share their memories of the hospital and help create a lasting legacy for future generations.

Personal stories and photographs, along with other historical resources such as articles from the local newspapers, will be gathered in a special publication which will be launched at the official celebrations in February 2012.

If you have family or friends who no

longer live in area and had an association with Korumburra District Hospital, please let them know that we’re keen to hear from them.

Updates about the 80th anniversary celebrations will be available on the website at www.gshs.com.au as well as in the local papers.

If you would like to share your stories and photographs, please contact the editor, Jodie Duckworth at Gippsland Southern Health Service on 5667 5664 or email jodie.duckworth@gshs.com.au.

Birthday time: the Korumburra District Hospital will be the subject of a book to mark the hospital’s 80th year.

Wildlife expert to speak A WILDLIFE expert with 30 years experience in Gippsland, regional Australia and overseas will speak at Tarwin Lower next month.

Jim Reside will talk about the small and largely unknown native mammals of South Gippsland.

He will be at the Tarwin Lower Community Centre, WalkervilleTarwin Lower road on Thursday, June 9 between 7pm and 9pm.

Tea, coffee and supper will be provided.

At this session, Jim will discuss Southern Brown Bandicoots, Sugar Gliders, Eastern Pygmy Possums, White-footed Dunnarts, Swamp Antechinus, Bush and Swamp rats and a range of local bats.

Most of these animals are mainly active at night and largely unknown by most people. Many of them are endangered and all landholders, large and small, on

farms or in towns, can help improve local mammal habitat.

This information session is being held as part of the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority’s Cape Liptrap to Bunurong Biolink Project, funded through the State Government’s Victorian Investment Framework (VIF).

Native bats will be the focus of the session at Alberton West Recreation Reserve at the north end of Lanes Road on Wednesday, June 8 between 6.30pm and 9pm.

A pizza dinner will be provided for people who register before June 5.

Native bats eat tonnes of insects every year and are one of the best farm workers for natural pest insect control, yet most people don’t even know that they are about.

Jim will demonstrate the harp nets and echolocation equipment used for bat monitoring and will discuss the dozen bats species

found in the region that make up about 45 per cent of all mammal species.

Most people are not aware of them because they are small, active only at night and hidden in roosts during the day and cannot be heard.

This information evening is being held as part of a Corner Inlet Connections project to assist the protection and linking of remnant woodlands in the region.

The project is supported by the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, with funding from the Australian Government’s Caring For Our Country program.

Nest box door prizes will be drawn at both sessions.

For more information and to register, please contact Jim Robinson on 0428 335 287 or jimr@ wgcma.vic.gov.au, or Bronwyn Teesdale on 0428 559 582 or bronwynt@wgcma.vic.gov.au.

Teachers look to future AN ENTHUSIASTIC group attended a special sustainability forum last Wednesday to hear about the latest initiatives to help schools and community improve their environmental footprint.

An audience of 28 from local primary schools, South Gippsland Water, South Gippsland Shire Council and the public attended the forum at Korumburra Primary School.

The forum was part of the ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic Schools framework that assists Gippsland schools to improve their sustainability practices through the ResourceSmart AuSSI Vic modules, including core, biodiversity, energy, waste and water.

Julie Harris, education program manager for the community from Sustainability Victoria, officially launched the pilot project for Gippsland.

Ms Harris spoke of her continuing

connection to the town since childhood and the importance of community and working together, sharing expertise and ideas to improve sustainability.

ResourceSmart co-ordinator Lisa Benn said Korumburra Primary School was an excellent venue for the launch, as the school is a ResourceSmart school.

“It has a green team established, a great vegetable patch, is trialling nude food lunches and setting up a recycling system in every classroom,” Ms Benn said.

The forum also included an engaging presentation by one of the school’s parents, Shaun Freeman, about keeping chooks and living sustainably. He outlined how to set up a vegetable patch and poultry husbandry.

Poowong Consolidated School will host the next forum in third term.

Any other schools or community groups interested should contact Ms Benn by email avic@dcsi.net.au or 0409 879 910.

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Prices lift by up to 11 cents AFTER some more successful results throughout the week, a much larger yarding was offered to all of the usual buyers, plus one exporter from South Australia.

Producers could not be unhappy, as most cattle were 3c to 11c/kg dearer, only some of the vealers were cheaper, which was due mostly to plainer quality.

Prices for the 130 mixed quality vealers penned were between 180c and 210c for plainer vealers, and 210c to 252c/ kg for better quality.

Restockers integrated with trade buyers for a mixed selection of 125 yearling steers and heifers.

Steers made from 183c to 200c, but most were heifers, which made between 165c and 200c for most sales.

Around 40 per cent of the 520 grown steers and bullocks penned were manufacturing grades, of both beef and dairy breeding. Coupled with the extra competition, strong demand saw prices range from 4c to 10c dearer, for a 5c/kg average. Prime C3 and C4 bullocks made from 186c to 194c, with heavy yearling steers to 196c/kg.

Manufacturing bullocks were anywhere between 157c and 188c/kg.

Stronger restocker competition assisted in the dearer outcome seen for the larger yarding of over 800 cows. Better quality beef cows made from 138c to 163c, but the larger percentage of the yarding were dairy cows, and the larger frame cows made from 130c to 155c/ kg. Plainer one score and poor condition lightweight cows made from 88c to 135c, and restockers purchased around 15 per cent of the cows from 107c to 167c/kg. The carcass weight price average was estimated to be 288c/kg.

The large, but very mixed quality offering of 61 bulls sold to the dearer trends, with most making between 147c and 186c/kg.

Wednesday, May 18 BULLOCKS 14 N.W. Littlejohn & Sons, Mirboo 26 G. & S.A. Cannata, Leongatha

647kg 194.0 $1255.00 618kg 192.9 $1191.00

5 W. Hayward, Koonwarra 24 S. & Y. Tamburo, Kernot 10 D.J. Bentley, Leongatha South 3 T.J. & J.M. Hayward, Leongatha South STEERS 1 S. Blancato, Foster 1 M.R. Albert, Welshpool 1 M. & V. Manks, Woodleigh 1 W.G. & F.M. Pratt, Inverloch 4 P.G. Clifford, Loch 2 C.G. & A.M. Richter, Toora COWS 1 H. & K. Warr, Meeniyan 1 M.F. & M.M. Gleeson, Boolarra 2 Jindinook Nominees, Dumbalk 2 Black Partners, Narracan 6 S. Blancato, Foster 1 McLeod Partnership, Yarram HEIFERS 2 M. & V. Manks, Woodleigh 2 B. & M. Hall, Budgeree 3 P. & B. Cook, Nyora 1 D.M. & L.S. Minogue, Kardella South 1 J. Stephens, Allambee East 6 P.G. Clifford, Loch BULLS 1 R.L. & P.J. Olsen, Poowong East 1 A.B. & B.J. Crouch, Welshpool 1 J.N. & D.J. Meikle, Meeniyan 1 H. & K. Warr, Meeniyan 1 J. & M. Herout, Corinella 1 N.D. & J. Buckland, Fish Creek

597kg 708kg 602kg 672kg

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$1149.00 $1363.00 $1155.00 $1285.00

395kg 360kg 335kg 355kg 351kg 405kg

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$993.82 $884.16 $812.71 $836.38 $817.01 $911.25

440kg 480kg 502kg 520kg 661kg 600kg

162.6 $715.44 162.6 $780.48 161.6 $812.12 160.6 $835.12 158.2 $1046.76 158.2 $949.20

305kg 295kg 326kg 305kg 355kg 349kg

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$752.13 $700.92 $763.09 $709.43 $822.18 $805.18

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$779.00 $1586.88 $1674.40 $1629.00 $1352.80 $1495.20

Looking for bids: Dave Phelan (right) and Alex Scott’s Simon Henderson search for would-be buyers.

Left Catching up: SEJ’s Mario Arestia had a yarn with Sam Scollo at the store sale.

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Sale Draw May 25 1. Elders 2. SEJ 3. Rodwells 4. Alex Scott 5. Landmark 6. David Phelan & Co

SALE DATES LEONGATHA Wednesday, May 25 Prime Sale - 8.30am Lamb Sale - 1.30pm Monday, May 30 Dairy Sale - 11am PAKENHAM Tuesday, May 24 Export Sale - 8.30am Monday, May 30 Prime Sale - 8am

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Landcare hopes A NEW Landcare group could be formed to service landholders in the Tarwin Valley.

The Jindinook and Stony Creek Landcare groups are now in recess and unlikely to re-form.

A replacement is being sought.

A locally based group covering both areas in the Tarwin Valley would offer current South Gippsland Landcare Network members the support of a local group and possibly encourage others to get involved.

Given the initial interest shown, the network has secured funding to help establish a group in the Tarwin Valley.

This includes a small grants program to help members kickstart their Landcare work.

The network will have a free barbecue on Sunday, May 29 at Memorial Park, Dumbalk from noon to 2pm, to share information about Landcare and how it might work in the Tarwin Valley.

A few opportunities that exist for the Tarwin Valley include: • co-operative river health projects with South Gippsland Water and West Gippsland Catchment Management; • access to other Land-

care group information days; • education material on weed control, willow removal; • co-operative planting days on member properties; and • field days/ information days on river health, weed control, soil health, nutrient management, revegetation, remnant vegetation protection, the list goes on.

All information can be targeted to meet the needs of the group The network will support the formation of a Landcare group and the administration of issues such as insurance, membership fees, supply of laptop for secretary, mailouts and the like.

For more information, contact network co-ordinator Belinda Brennan on 5662 5759 or email: belindab@wgcam.vic. gov.au

Burra raises price for fourth time BURRA Foods this week announced its fourth step up for the 2010-11 season.

Chief executive officer Grant Crothers announced the 7 c/kg fat and 17 c/kg protein step up in a letter sent to all suppliers this week.

The increase of 12 c/kg of milk solids takes Burra Foods’ average annual net price to above $5.40 per kg of milk solids.

“While we continue to remain optimistic, we are cautious as we look towards finalising our pricing for this current season, particularly in an environment of such a high exchange rate between the Australian and US dollar,” Mr Crothers said.

He confirmed the factory is currently in the middle of a planned shutdown.

“We are now in the third week of an annual four week planned shutdown

period and we are on a mission to improve efficiencies and further improve capacities in preparation for our peak intake period during spring 2011,” he said.

The minor capital works currently being undertaken will see Burra Foods further increase the milk processing capacity on the Korumburra site.

The company is planning for a total intake of 260 million litres for the 2012 season.

According to Mr Crothers, a significant number of South Gippsland suppliers indicated an interest to supply Burra Foods at the start of last season.

“The continuous improvement projects currently being undertaken will allow us to respond to the continued interest to supply Burra Foods”, he said.

Slug the slugs DAIRY farmers are reminded that moist conditions through summer and early autumn have favoured

the survival of a large number of slugs.

They are warned to look out for slugs living in long pasture during the day and do the damage to emerging seedlings at night.

Also inspect emerging pastures from damage

caused by red-legged earth mite.

Some farmers might consider using seed treatment next season.

Weed control will also be important this season as May/June sown pastures might be slow to establish.

A Ruralco Partner

COMPLETE MILKING HERD DISPERSAL Monday 30th May commencing at 11.00am Koonwarra VLE A/C A Grabham, Outtrim

100 Friesian Cows 100 Comprising: 10 Autumn calved cows 10 Cows calved late 2010 - Not rejoined 80 Cows Due Aug-Oct Cows sired by Donor, Goldbullion, HoJimmy, Calano, Informer, Luckymike, Lou Joined to Hojack, Jetfinn, Cardinal, Glenn, Potter, PT Sires and Stud Holstein bulls.

Terms are cash or cheque on day of Sale or settlement by your Agent - Letter of Introduction MUST be provided.

Andrew Mackie 0419 595 932 Luke Russell 0408 313 815

John Bowler 0408 238 464 Eddie Hams 0407 414 235

Ph: (03) 9338 9259 PO Box 462, Tullamarine Business Centre, Tullamarine VIC 3043 www.dairylivestockservices.com.au

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PHONE 5662 5555 P FAX 5662 4350

HYMNS ALIVE! We’re meeting again!

Where? Christian Reformed Church Cnr Peart & Brown Sts When? Monday, June 6 Time? 2pm Hope to see you there to praise God, build up our faith and fellowship with friends over a cup of tea/coffee.

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Scots Pioneer Church

DOCTOR V.A. de Vos is pleased to announce her return to consulting in psychiatric practice at Leongatha Hospital private rooms. Please call 56675555 for appointment.

Referral not essential.

Sunday, May 29, 2011 2pm

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Mardan South

Annual General Meeting

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MONDAY, JUNE 6 At Serafino’s Pizza 7pm for meals 8.30pm for meeting

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FORM B SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE COUNCIL NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PLANNING PERMIT An Application for Planning Permit has been made which may affect you The land affected by the application is located at Adkins Street, Korumburra VIC 3950 being LA LP116539 Parish of Korumburra.

The application is for a permit to: Forty-seven lot subdivision and removal of native vegetation and associated works.

The applicant for the permit is: Rossi Group Pty Ltd. The application number is: 2010/178.

You may look at the application and any documents that support the application at the office of the responsible authority. This can be done during office hours (8.30am to 5pm) and is free of charge.

The responsible authority is: South Gippsland Shire Council Private Bag 4 9 Smith Street, Leongatha 3953 Any person who may be affected by the granting of the permit may object or make other submissions to the responsible authority. An objection must be sent to the responsible authority in writing, include the reasons for the objection and state how the objector would be affected. If you object, the responsible authority will tell you its decision.

The responsible authority will not decide on this application until 14 days after the date of this Notice.

Dated: 24/5/2011. * Please be aware that copies of submissions received

by Council may be made available for inspection to any person for the purpose of consideration as part of the planning process.

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Corporate Services Manager

Garry Harrison 19 Moonah Street Cape Paterson

The Tunleys Rev Alan Dyall presiding EVERYONE WELCOME

Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday By appointment Ph: 5674 8290

Warehouse Training Australia Warehouse Training Australia are offering a government funded training course

Certificate III in Transport & Logistics (Warehousing & Storage) in

0.6 FTE - 5 Year Contract West Gippsland CMA Office The West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (WGCMA) has been established to provide integrated management of land and water resources within West Gippsland. This will be achieved primarily through the Authority’s corporate role in over-viewing and facilitating the implementation of the West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy.

We are seeking to appoint a new Corporate Services Manager to our team, reporting directly to the CEO you will oversee the management of a number of the organisation’s key corporate functions, systems and services including human resource management and administration, developing business management policies and procedures, preparation of operation and capital budgets and monitoring performance of the WGCMA against those budgets and supporting our strategic action plan.

Your extensive professional experience will have prepared you to lead a small team, an awareness of budget and financial management, strategic business planning and human resource issues (including IR and OHS).

Call us now to see if you qualify

Free call

A Position Description can be obtained via our website or by emailing the HR/Payroll Officer kellyr@wgcma.vic.gov.au.

LEONGATHA

1300 769 989

For further information about the role please contact Martin Fuller, Chief Executive Officer on 1300 094 262.

This accredited course comes with a

*Eligibility criteria applies Delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding

Applications addressing the Key Selection Criteria should be marked “Corporate Services Manager” c/o HR/Payroll Officer and must be received by 4pm on Wednesday 1st June. Email applications may be sent to kellyr@wgcma.vic.gov.au.

COMMENCING 2 JUNE 2011 *FREE forklift licence

Martin Fuller

Small Native Mammals of Cape Liptrap Speaker: Jim Reside

Thursday, June 9 7pm to 9pm TARWIN LOWER COMMUNITY CENTRE RSVP: Bron Teesdale 0428 559 582

Chief Executive Officer

Correspondence PO Box 1374, Traralgon VIC 3844 Telephone 1300 094 262 Facsimile (03) 5175 7899 Email westgippy@wgcma.vic.gov.au Web www.wgcma.vic.gov.au

Most photos that appear in The Star can be purchased by calling 5662 2294.

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EXPERIENCED FARM WORKER Needed to assist with mixed farming operations at Tarwin Lower and Walkerville.

Person must be experienced with cattle and sheep husbandry, machinery operation and maintenance, and pasture and weed management.

Immediate start Phone 0419 397 820

UnitingCare Gippsland has the following vacancies:

Prom Coast Centre for Children - Foster

Slaughter Persons & Knife Hands

Administrative Officer

Positions available immediately. Experience required.

O’Connor is Victoria’s leading processor and exporter of premium beef products located at Pakenham.

Free transport available from Pakenham.

Call HR on 5941 2033 or email: hr@oconnoraustralia.com.au or fax: 5941 3870 Download application form at www.oconnorbeef.com.au

A three month probationary period applies to this position.

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www.careers.vic.gov.au Applications close 14 June 2011

www.justice.vic.gov.au Our Values: Community - Together - Integrity - Respect - Happen @ One Justice

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For further job details and a copy of the position description, please visit our website www.gippstafe.edu.au Applicants must apply online via our website (Job Reference No. 1132) No late or hard copy applications will be accepted.

For further enquiries or assistance, please contact Human Resources on 03 5120 4570.

Closing date for the above position is no later than 9.00 am on Monday 6 June, 2011.

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Consumer Affairs Victoria (Gippsland Region) is primarily responsible for providing an enquiries and conciliation service for consumers, tenants, landlords and traders, and for community education across the Gippsland region. The position of Regional Officer provides these services based at the Morwell office but with travel often required across the Gippsland region for community engagement activities and providing outreach services. The occupant will develop and maintain key regional stakeholders including community agencies; local councils; businesses and community groups etc.

The successful candidate will identify, develop, implement and evaluate consumer and business education projects and presentations consistent with CAV program priorities and regional needs.

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Applications close 5pm Monday, June 6, 2011 and are to be sent to: Kirstie Pearce HR Co-ordinator UnitingCare Gippsland PO Box 454 Bairnsdale Vic 3875 Interviews will be held on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 UnitingCare Gippsland interviews in the interests of safety and wellbeing of children and young people.

Our busy and thriving new Leongatha Campus is looking for a confident and professional administration officer to work closely with our teaching staff in a supportive educational environment. In this diverse role you will be required to demonstrate outstanding administration, IT and communication skills with exceptional attention to detail. Your flexible approach to working within a team, your demonstrated initiative, and your capacity to multi task effectively will also see you well placed to be successful in this position.

Should you require further information about the role please contact Vanessa Marsh, Team Leader Educational Programs on 03 5662 6811.

QUALIFIED Early Childhood Educators (Child Care)

(Cert III Children’s Services required) Full Time, Part Time and Casual positions available

(Educational Support) Part Time (30.4 hours per week) Contract position initially to December 2011 Position based at our new state of the art Leongatha Campus (Job Reference No. 1132)

In return we will provide you with a rewarding work environment in our vibrant new campus, on the job training and access to professional development opportunities.

CO-ORDINATOR - Integrated Children’s Service

UNQUALIFIED Early Childhood Educators (Child Care)

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GippsTAFE

(Bachelor or Diploma in Children’s Services required) Full Time

(Bachelor or Diploma in Children’s Services required) Full Time, Part Time and Casual positions available

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South Gippsland Shire Council

Coal Creek Community Park & Museum Curatorial Officer Permanent part time

“Opportunity Plus”

$23.77 per hour

PHYSIOTHERAPIST Grade One (Permanent Full Time) An opportunity has become available for a grade 1 physio with clinical experience to join our progressive and committed physiotherapy team.

With the capacity and clinical scope to manage a variety of caseloads across inpatient, outpatient, residential care and community-based teams, job satisfaction, clinical variety, and career development is a given.

As a grade 1 practitioner with a couple of years under your belt you will: • Provide exceptional service delivery in the physio department • Have the capacity to further develop your clinical skills • Have clinical guidance from exceptional senior clinicians • Enjoy a truly exceptional lifestyle GSHS also offers a comprehensive staff support program including, education & mentoring support, orientation program and employee assistant programs.

Salary Packaging is also available to all permanent staff including our rural and remote housing salary packaging benefit.

As an enthusiastic, committed physiotherapist you will: • Have a positive can do attitude • Enjoy working as part of a multidisciplinary team • Like the challenge of a variety of caseloads • Enjoy gaining knowledge and continually improving clinical practice A New Graduate opportunity will be considered for the right candidate.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Daniel Smith – Director Ambulatory Care Services on 5667 5696 or via email: daniel.smith@gshs.com.au Applications should be submitted via the employment application process at www.gshs.com.au or directly to Daniel Smith, Director of Ambulatory Care Services, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Private Bag 13, Leongatha, 3953.

Police check and working with children check are required.

AGRONOMIST Trainee or Experienced

Located in our Leongatha office, you will be providing agronomic services to existing and new clients of the branch, and achieving allocated sales and earnings objectives.

Major duties would include: • Develop professional relationships with a group of existing customers • Target new clients through the provision of sales and agronomic input for the promotion of Browns products and services.

• Provide agronomic information to all customers.

• Achieve product sales in line with sales and earnings objectives.

• Assist in the successful running of field days and farmer meetings and conduct trial work for product development in partnership with key suppliers.

Key requirements to be successful in this role include: • proficient in software applications; • an ability to work autonomously including problem solving and decision making skills; • a strong customer focus in all aspects of your work; • highly developed communication skills • Degree/diploma in agricultural science or related field.

• An understanding of the products, seasonal timing and general requirements of rural producers within the area.

Working with a customer focused team, including operations (blending/spreading) you will have a professional approach which is coupled with a genuine affinity to the agricultural market and farming customers in particular.

Salary package to be commensurate with experience, but all applications encouraged- either as a new entrant to the industry position or as an experienced person.

Applications and enquiries to: Human Resource Department PO Box 367, Leongatha 3953 Ph: 5662 4146 Fax: 5662 4514 Email: hr@impactfert.com.au

This rewarding position provides a great opportunity to join our dedicated team working to enhance and develop Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, a major community asset which preserves the unique history of coal and the South Gippsland Railway.

We are seeking a person with passion and self motivation in the arts and cultural area to work with our dynamic team in delivering exhibits from our collection to engage and educate our visitors.

You will be responsible for the general operation of the curatorial section including the development of exhibitions both temporary and permanent.

To be considered for this role you will have experience in the Museum &/or Tourism sector and in collection management, development and implementation of exhibitions and displays. You will be available to work part time (15 hours per week) on a Tuesday and Wednesday.

You will have proven ability to manage time and well developed written and oral communication skills along with the ability to provide a high level of customer service.

This position is subject to a satisfactory Police and Working with Children Check.

We welcome direct discussion with Rowena Ashley, Coal Creek Coordinator, on (03) 56551811, regarding this role.

Community Services Project Officer Permanent part time $32.30 per hour An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced project manager to work in Community Services focusing on Early Years and Aged and Disability Services.

You will work across two departments and be competent in planning and project management and bring your well developed communication, consultation and community engagement skills to our dedicated team.

The successful applicant will have tertiary qualifications in the field of Community Services or a related discipline together with relevant experience including a demonstrated understanding of the early years and aged and disability policy environment. This part time position is for 3 days per week with the requirement to attend occasional after hours meetings.

This position is subject to a satisfactory Police and Working with Children Check, along with a current Driver’s Licence.

We welcome direct discussion with Heather Lyon, Acting Manager Family Services, on (03) 5662 9200, regarding this role.

Applications for the above positions addressing the selection criteria are to be submitted by 5pm Wednesday 1 June 2011 addressed to: Human Resources, South Gippsland Shire Council, Private Bag 4, Leongatha 3953 or email careers@southgippsland.vic.gov.au Further information and position descriptions are available from Human Resources on (03) 5662 9200 or visit our website.

www.southgippsland.vic.gov.au

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PLUMBER

Mechanic / Driver

Full time position

REQUIRED FOR FULL TIME POSITION at Leongatha in bus transport company

Must be registered. Wonthaggi area.

Huitema Plumbing -

Diesel experience preferred.

Applicants are required to have a heavy rigid licence.

For more information contact Bob at Westernport Roadlines on telephone 5997 2211

0439 432 902

Cowes Total Car Care workshop on Phillip Island is looking for a

DRIVERS WANTED

FULLY QUALIFIED MECHANIC

V/LINE Coach Driver

The successful applicant should have a good eye for detail, good diagnostic/problem solving skills and a strong work ethic.

This position is full time, you will be required to carry out workshop repairs and RACV Patrol Work.

We offer above award wages.

On regular service in Leongatha area

Full time with regular weekend and shift hours required.

Minimum heavy rigid licence required.

For more information contact Bob at Westernport Roadlines on telephone 5997 2211

Please call 5952 2059 or email resumé to ctcc@waterfront.net.au

Casual Relief Support Worker We are looking for people who are enthusiastic about supporting people with a disability to make choices and explore their options in fulfilling their aspirations for life.

Does this sound like you? Are you: • Creative • Flexible • A team player • Reliable • With sound computer skills Your responsibilities will include: • Assessing and reviewing the complex and changing needs of people with a disability • Hands on implementation of strategies • Liaising with families and carers • Documentation for each individual that is co-ordinated, planned and equitable and in accordance with the Disability Act 2006 We need workers who are flexible in their work days, can work at short notice and are available to work between 8am and 4pm.

If you have a Certificate IV in Community Services Disability, or equivalent, and a current driver’s licence, then we want to hear from you. Applicants will need to pass a current police check and may be required to have a working with children check.

For further information and a position description, call Laureen Hunt today on 5672 4343, or email: admin@moonya.org.au Applications Close Friday, June 3, 2011.

ENGINEERING CAD DRAFTSPERSON WONTHAGGI Beveridge Williams is a customer focused team of professionals working in a friendly team environment and offering superior services in land surveying, civil engineering, town planning and environmental services.

The Company is experiencing exceptional growth with opportunities to work on significant and diverse projects throughout Gippsland and the south-east growth corridor.

We are looking for an Engineering CAD Draftsperson to work in our Wonthaggi office. You should be able to provide quality service and possess the following: • Microstation experience (though we will consider training the right person) • Eye for detail, being thorough and organised; • A sense of pride in your presentation and work; • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; • Strong, customer focused work ethic.

The successful applicant will be rewarded with a competitive salary dependent on experience.

Please forward your covering letter and resumé recruitment@bevwill.com.au www.beveridgewilliams.com.au Beveridge Williams will not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies for this role.

Closing date for application is Friday, June 3, 2011.

SITUATIONS VACANT

CARE MANAGER COMMUNITY AGED CARE PACKAGES 0.8 EFT (30.4hrs per week) BCCHS seeks expressions of interest for the part time employment of an enthusiastic person with experience and an interest in working with older people.

The position will attract someone who is committed to assisting people to live independently within a community setting and who: • Can demonstrate a commitment to the delivery of community based services for older people that are responsive to diversity and individual need • Can demonstrate excellent administrative and communication skills • Have a tertiary qualification in a health/welfare related discipline.

Remuneration as per the Social and Community Services Award.

Inquiries to Anita Leyden, Co-ordinator Community Services Team. To obtain a position description, please telephone reception on 5671 9200 or refer to our website: www.bcchs.com.au. An Employment Application form must accompany any application.

Applications close 5 pm Friday, May 27, 2011 and should be addressed to: Bass Coast Community Health Service HR Administrator 1 Back Beach Road, San Remo 3925 Or by email to: hr@bcchs.com.au

The Dental Clinic in Foster is now accepting applications for a Trainee Assistant.

The full time position requires no experience other than a friendly hard working attitude.

Trainees will learn dental nursing on the job, and at the completion of the program you will receive Certificate III in Dental Assisting.

Your ability to work in a team environment is essential.

Applications close 5pm Friday, June 10, 2011 For further information please contact Brooke Daff on 5682 2696 Please forward a cover letter with attached resumé to: Dental Clinic Foster 14 Main Street Foster 3960 Or email to flossy5@dcsi.net.au

WATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR South Gippsland Water invites applications from suitably qualified persons for the position of Water Treatment Plant Operator.

The role is based in South Gippsland Water’s Central Western area and involves carrying out all aspects of water treatment plant operations.

The Corporation is committed to staff development and there are ample opportunities to gain skills and experience in a wide range of operations.

Salary banding is dependent on applicant’s experience and ranges between; band $45,182.56 - $55,308.52.

Commuter use of a vehicle is provided.

The successful applicant will need to be available to work outside of ordinary hours, and requires a current manual driver’s licence. Recent plant experience and the ability to use computers are advantages.

CIVIL DESIGN ENGINEER WONTHAGGI Building a Healthy Community

DENTAL ASSISTANT

Beveridge Williams is a customer focused team of professionals working in a friendly team environment offering superior services in land surveying, civil engineering, town planning and environmental services.

The Company is experiencing exceptional growth with opportunities to work on significant and diverse projects throughout Gippsland and the south-east growth corridor.

We are looking for a Civil Design Engineer to work in our Wonthaggi office. You should be ready to take the next step in your career and professional development by taking responsibility to provide quality service and make quality decisions. You will be good at working in a complex environment, solving technical problems and delivering exceptional products. You will be involved in all aspects of the delivery from client liaison and feasibility, through design, construction supervision and contract administration.

Preferred applicants should also have: • Experience in the civil design of land development projects; • Eye for detail, being thorough and organised; • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; • A sense of pride in you presentation and work; The successful applicant will be rewarded with a stable position working for a highly regarded company inclusive of a competitive salary.

Please forward your covering letter and resumé in confidence to recruitment@bevwill.com.au www.beveridgewilliams.com.au Beveridge Williams will not accept unsolicited CVs from recruitment agencies for this role.

Closing date for application is Friday, June 3, 2011.

Applicants should read the position description relevant to their experience located at www.sgwater.com.au Applications close on Tuesday 31st May 2011 Att: HR Coordinator, South Gippsland Water, P.O. Box 102, Foster Vic. 3960.

Manager - Support Services Moonya Community Services Inc is a not for profit community service organisation fulfilling the aspirations for life for people with a disability. We want a vibrant energetic person to lead our Day Services team.

Does this sound like you? Are you: • Passionate about promoting the rights of PWD • Someone who can create and sustain a positive work culture in the disability sector • A leader of men and women in the Disability field • Committed to embedding contemporary practices to improve the lives of PWD • Able to build positive relationships with PWD and their supports based on dignity and respect • Someone with exceptional time management and interpersonal skills If you have a Degree in Community Services – Disability, or equivalent, and a current drivers licence then we want to hear from you. Applicants will need to pass a police check and working with children check.

Applications close 4pm on Friday June 24.

Previous applicants will be considered and need not re-apply.

For further information and a position description, call 5672 4343.

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PART TIME GARDENER AT WALKERVILLE FARM Punctuality and good ethics essential Please contact Jeremy Rich 0408 873 501

agistment

AGISTMENT WANTED for quiet cows and calves.

Phone no. 5668-7234.

for sale

SEWING MACHINE REPAIRS & SALES

FREE QUOTES WONTHAGGI SEWING CENTRE

167 Graham Street Wonthaggi

5672 3127

CONCRETE REMOVED Cheap rates. Call Gippsland Concrete Recycling. Ph: 0418-142316.

FIREWOOD, redgum & local wood, Ph 0408-980711, A/H 5662-5175

HAY - large quantity of 2009 season grass hay, oaten hay and wrapped silage rolls, located at Phillip Island. Will accept reasonable offers and sell in semi loads. Ph: 0428269459.

HAY - small square bales, new season’s, $8 each.

Fully shedded, suitable for horses, never been wet. Quality guaranteed.

Mardan - 5664-1320, 0428999691.

LAYER PULLETS Quality disease resistant Tas White and Tas Splash, 320 eggs per year.

Available now. 5668-5161, 0438-565721.

MITSUBISHI MAGNA 1998 auto sedan, blue, in good condition, reg. till Feb. 2012 PYG856, $2,500 or ONO. Ph: 5662-3748 or 0400-039754.

PONY 10.2hh, great kid’s pony, good to handle, suit beginner, done PC, trail, farm, $1,000 ONO. Ph: 5664-4236.

PUPS - Border Collie working dogs, born Feb 12, vet checked and vaccinated, 1F and 4M, $300. Ph: (a/h) 5662-4247.

SLEEPERS, treated pine, 200x50x2.4 $12.10 each, 200x75x2.4 $16.75 each.

Free delivery for pack lots.

Phone Joe 0417-530662.

SPA - white corner spa 1500cm x 1120cm x 70cm, 460 deep, working pump, excellent condition, $200 ONO. 5662-4478.

TRAILER 7x4 with crate, carried 750K, new $1,300.

0429-675145.

Masport rotary hoe, home gardener, new $800. 0429675145.

Suzuki Eiger 400, 4x4 quad, good order, $3,500.

0429-675145.

TRAILER - 7x5, very good condition, $500. Ph: 56681998.

WOOD HEATER Freestanding Eureka Diamond, 3 speed fan, full flue and flue guard, operating manual, $500. Ph: 56623889.

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garage sales

SHEET METAL WORKER

Garage Sale

A position is available for an enthusiastic sheet metal worker to join the team in a rapidly growing manufacturing business.

The successful applicant is required to perform custom made sheet metal tasks, interact with customers, some accessory fitting, welding and fabrication.

32 Bellingham St LEONGATHA Saturday, May 28 8am

Please call Neil at UtePod 5672 5800 for an interview.

You name it, we’ve got it

personal $ 70

personal day time special

$

70

hallam

pca 4609b

penthouse make us your 1st stop

9702 4744

7 rimfire dr. hallam

for hire BULLS for hire, Angus, Friesian, Hereford, Limo and Jerseys. All tested. Ph: 0447-331762.

FAIRY FLOSS machines.

Very good fundraiser, fetes, fairs, etc. Ph: 0419365691.

for lease 5 ACRES land for lease with shed. Ideal weekender, 4WD access only, $5,000 per year, Dumbalk. Phone Jaganat 9699-5122, mob.

0407-830168.

for rent VENUS BAY - house, short stroll to beach and shops, sleeps 7. Permanent rental also available. Contact: 0408-320001.

wanted to rent 2-3 BDRM HOUSE, Foster area, not in town. Quiet older couple with excellent references. Ph: 5678-0817.

free

FREE Pick-up and delivery in Leongatha/Meeniyan areas for MOTOR MOWERS,

CHAINSAWS AND STATIONARY ENGINES ETC. Repairs and services

Phone JOHN GOULD 5664 0012

livestock

ISA BROWN pullets, 17 weeks, fully immunised, not debeaked, $20 each.

Taking orders now, bookings essential.

Trade-ins welcome. Pick up on Friday, June 3 between 3-5pm at the old Korumburra Saleyards.

Chook food available on the day. Unwanted animals taken, other animals also for sale. Animals From The Farm, call Mark 0419425257 or 5629-9685.

lost BACKPACK Billabong, black, between Leongatha and Wonthaggi via Outtrim.

Contains essential Year 12 text books, calculator and laptop. Reward. Ph: 0427343951.

LOST from Leongatha town block Thursday night, one 12 month old black Angus steer, ear-tagged. Finder please contact 5662-2019, 0438-622019.

used machinery MASSEY FERGUSON tractor, 1978, 148 model, ROPS, 3PL, reg., 2WD, 4790 hrs, $11,800. Ph: 0418-966036.

used vehicles

FREE CAR REMOVAL Will pay up to $300 for complete car Buyers of scrap metal

GARAGE SALE Saturday, May 28

work wanted

LAWN MOWING, gardening, pressure cleaning and general farm work. Ph: 0428-646523.

RELIEF MILKER 43 years experience in dairying.

Available Mon - Sun. Call Keith 0487-184812.

$25 GARAGE SALE KIT KIT INCLUDES 5cm x S/C advert (valued at $31.90)

ads@thestar.com.au

No presents please

births

All our love, Uncle Callum, Aunty Tammy.

WYNNE (Jones) - Paul, Karen and big brother Henry are delighted to welcome Oscar Michael, born May 12, 2011 (7lb 8oz). Special thank you to Dr Linton, Dr Edwards, Dr Gale and wonderful theatre and midwifery staff at GSHS.

in memoriam YOUNG - Charles.

24.1.63 - 25.5.08 Can still see your smile.

Son of Charlie and Pauline, brother of Anne-Maree and Karl, and families.

deaths

deaths

deaths

CONVY - Brian.

Our thoughts and sympathies to your family and Sylvie.

Your generosity and good nature will be missed by all who knew you. You had a kind word and deed for everyone, and your big grin was matched by your big heart.

Rest now mate, you deserve it.

We will miss you, Darlene and David Liebelt and the staff at Venus Bay Store.

CONVY - Brian.

Brian died suddenly Monday, May 16, 2011.

We all knew Brian as being a very caring and straight up kind of bloke, no pretentions. Brian was held in high regard and liked by all who knew him. His death will be a significant loss to the Venus Bay & District Community Emergency Response Team. He will be sadly missed by us all.

We would like to pass on our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

FOSTER - Alan Raymond.

Passed away peacefully at Maffra Hospital on May 19, 2011.

Aged 82 years, late of Wooreen.

Dearly loved husband of Jean.

Loving father and fatherin-law of Barry and Marg, Greg and Noella, Julie and Mick and Ian and Eileen.

Dearly loved grandpa to all his grandchildren and great grandchildren.

The tide of life ebbs and flows But the gates of memory never close.

Private funeral.

FOSTER - Alan Raymond.

Treasured memories of loved brother of Arthur and uncle of Helen and Peter and family.

weddings

WITH CARE & DIGNITY WE RESPECTFULLY SERVE THE DISTRICTS OF:

Wedding & Events: Live Music

LEONGATHA / KORUMBURRA Paul and Margaret Beck

5662 2717

FOSTER Paul and Margaret Beck

5662 2717

Celtic Harp, Guitar, Vocals (+ DJ facilities) Marty: 0434 533 163

WONTHAGGI / INVERLOCH Ray and Maree Anderson

5672 1074

PHILLIP ISLAND Ray and Maree Anderson

5952 5171

www.martyboxmusic.com

marriage celebrant MERLENE STRATTON Leongatha 5662 2574

Jenny Milkins CAM ABOOD Leongatha 5662 4191

PAM HERRALD 5662 2553 0438 097 181

FOSTER - Alan Raymond.

Passed away peacefully in his sleep.

To Jean, Barry, Greg, Julie, Ian and families, our love and thoughts are with you all at this time.

Dorothy, Max (dec.), Elaine, Alan (both dec.), Dawn and Alan (both dec.), Yvonne, Stuart (dec.), Stuart, Ev, Mary, Trevor, Barbara, Geoff and our respective families.

Sleep peacefully.

GLEESON - Anne Maude.

08.05.1943 - 18.05.2011 May the winds of love blow softly And whisper for you to hear That we will love and remember you And forever keep you near.

Loving wife to Frank.

Mother of Karyn and Tony; Linda and Tim; Michelle and Wayne.

Nanna to Lisa, Jessica, James, Dylan, Damien and Shaun.

Great nan to Riley and Oliver.

I cannot stop the hands of time Nor live again the past But I shall love and think of you As long as time shall last.

Loving mother to Michelle, special friend to Wayne.

God took your hand and made us part Closed your eyes and broke our hearts.

Treasured memories of a dear nanna, Dylan. XXX For funeral details please contact PETER TOBIN FUNERALS BALLARAT 5333-3101 Member AFDA & SIFA

deaths

LAZAR - Ivan.

June 9, 1935 - May 19, 2011.

Died suddenly in Leongatha, formerly of Ferntree Gully.

Dearly loved and loving husband of Marie (dec.).

Devoted father of Stephen, Ken and Shawn (all dec.).

Loving Pa to Brooke, Jacob and Sarah. Great grandfather to Everleigh.

Rest in peace.

MAGUIRE - Hazel June.

05.04.1931 - 21.05.2011 Our darling Mum passed away at home with the love and care of her family.

A special and precious time we had with our darling Mum. To us Mum’s humour, wisdom and intuitiveness and most of all her love surrounded us through our lives.

Loved wife of Kevin (dec.) and mother of Judith, Evelyn, Peter and Paul.

Reunited with Dad. Our Mum loved and adored us all and we loved and adored our mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

funerals

MAGUIRE - Family, friends and acquaintances are welcome to the Farewell Service for our Mum, Mrs Hazel June Maguire at Handley Funeral Services Chapel (cnr. Sth Gippsland Hwy and Bellingham St) on Friday, May 27 commencing at 1pm.

The funeral will leave at the conclusion of the service for the Leongatha Cemetery.

Top writer at literary fest ACCLAIMED novelist Honey Brown has confirmed that she will be part of the fourth annual Coal Creek Literary Festival on Saturday, October 8.

deaths

Classified advertising closes 12 noon Mondays

All areas - 5672 3123 jenny_milkins@hotmail.com

Email your adverts to The Star

To celebrate their

60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

McCAUGHAN - Brad and Loretta, “Lachlan” is so handsome and cute.

ADVERTISE by calling 5662 5555 or emailing classifieds@thestar.com.au or call in to 36 McCartin Street LEONGATHA to pick up your kit when you place your advertisement

FULLY Qualified Painter.

No job too small. Good rates. Call Drew on 56624238 or 0418-517443.

JUNE 5 AT 1PM

The “STAR” can help you promote your event with our

DIESEL PAJERO 1993, 135,000km, 2 owners, 5 spd manual, p/s, a/c, CD/ MP3, 12 mths reg. FDT405, RWC, $8,900. Ph: 0429803440 or 5662-5141.

wanted

for

Lindsay & Elma Richards

GARAGE SALE

Total package valued at $39

WANTED - sheep, cows, and calves. Cash paid.

Unwanted animals picked up or dropped off by arrangement. Call Mark 0419-425257.

at the

DUMBALK HALL

McCAUGHAN - Welcome to our family “Lachlan Edward”. Thank you Brad and Loretta for a beautiful and perfect grandson. All our love, Nana Hastings and Pop McCaughan.

5672 2946 0417 556 593

NISSAN PATHFINDER, 2003, St V6, reg. SIN278, 151,000km, bullbar, towbar, roof racks, tinted windows, new tyres, $15,000. 56649217.

Open Afternoon Tea

200 Series Toyota, alum B/bar Books, bric-a-brac, clothes, etc.

No early birds

10 Chamberlain Dve Leongatha

Bass Coast Metal Recyclers

HOLDEN Statesman VQ, 1990 V8. Excellent condition, one owner, service history, $5,500.

EEU917. Ph: 5674-2929 or 0427-742929.

There will be an

McCAUGHAN (Mitchell) - Brad and Loretta are thrilled to announce the safe arrival of “Lachlan Edward” born 12.5.2011 at 11.40pm (6lb 13oz).

Many thanks to doctor and nursing staff at Ballarat and Daylesford Hospital.

8am - 2pm

• 2 x A4 Garage Sale Signs • Marker Pen • Garage Sale Tips (dos and don’ts) • Sheet of Price Stickers • Star Carry Bag

All machinery Bins provided

anniversaries

MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION

crossword solutions CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8274 - SOLUTIONS Across - 6, Fast bowling. 7, True. 8, O-n the set. 9, Bobbed.

10, Ha-RA’s-s. 12, Wavers. 15, Des-ire. 17, Hawt-horn.

19, Grew (anag.). 20, Thought-less.

Down - 1, Assemble (anag.). 2, A-broad. 3, Switch. 4, Di-me. 5, Ag-re-es. 6, For-go. 11, Resigned. 13, Awaits (anag.). 14, St-odg-y. 15, De-not-e. 16, Reels. 18, To-OK. QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8274 - SOLUTIONS Across - 6, Protuberate. 7, Hang. 8, Tricycle. 9, Renown.

10, Thwart. 12, Bicepts. 15, Choice. 17, Adhesive. 19, Unit. 20, Embrocation.

Down - 1, Mongoose. 2, Mutton. 3, Depict. 4, Easy. 5, Cellar. 6, Peace. 11, Whodunit. 13, Indeed. 14, Sailor. 15, Cretan. 16, Cairn. 18, Elba.

Ms Brown won the 2009 Aurealis Award for her debut novel Red Queen. The award recognises Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror writers.

Her second book The Good Daughter was on the long list for this year’s Miles Franklin Award and short listed for the Barbara Jefferis Award. The Miles Franklin is Australia’s first and most prestigious literary award. It celebrates Australian character and creativity and nurtures the continuing life of literature in Australia.

The Jefferis Award is for the best novel written by an Australian author that depicts women and girls in a positive way.

Ms Brown is one of a wide range of presenters at the festival, which organisers hope will include categories such as children’s books, history, local ecology and genealogy, as well as published local authors.

Writing competitions are an important part of the festival, with both poetry and short story contests for open and under 18 age groups.

This year will see the presentation of the inaugural Bert van Bedaf award for a short story in the open section. Bert, an author, poet and journalist worked at The Star and died of cancer last November.

He played a major role in establishing the writers’ festival and would be honoured to know that one of its main awards now bears his name.

It comes with a prize of $500.

There will also be a children’s picture book competition for primary school students.

Other events on the day of the festival include a poetry slam, children’s book readings and a panel discussion on the future of hard copy books as against e books.

The festival ends with an evening of gala entertainment with blues guitarist Willy Golightly and a local theatre production. All profits from the night will go to Relay for Life, which raises money for cancer research.

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Venus Bay Angling Club THIS competition commenced on Friday, May 20 and finished on Sunday, May 22.

The event saw 14 members, as well as one visitor, enter this competition.

Many members were in attendance for the usual Friday night barbecue, and a great time was had by all.

These barbecues are run each Friday night on a competition weekend.

It seems for this competition the beaches were the place to be as both 1st and 2nd place winners were caught from the shore.

The winning anglers from this competition are:

Senior members

Winners are grinners: Sandra Birch, Ruth Stevenson and Thelma Arnup celebrate their win at the recent Country v Metropolitan challenge in Melbourne recently.

Leongatha’s croquet success

1st place, Ben Griscti, salmon 3360g (landed at Number 1 beach).

2nd place, Peter Uren, salmon 1900g (Number 4

beach).

3rd place, Paul DeHamer, gurnard 760g.

No juniors or visitors weighed in any fish for this competition.

Tyrone Nebel won the secret weight prize, a voucher from The Riverview Hotel in Tarwin Lower.

Heaviest gummy shark weighed in at 3260g by Paul DeHamer.

Arthur Duckworth, Tony Swindon and Phil Nebel won the raffles for the weekend of a meat pack, can pack which were donated by the club. Five Star Motors from Hampton Park donated a bottle of wine. Thanks to all our supporters.

Our next competition will be held on June 11, 12 and 13.

This is a three day comp so will begin at 6am

Earlier Minutes Apollo Bay ...........................25 King Island (Grassy) ...........10 King Island (Surprise Bay)....40 King Island (Franklin) ...........40 Lakes Entrance .................... 170 Lorne ...................................... 20 Mallacoota Inlet.................... 158 Rip Bank ................................ 15 Snowy River Entrance ......... 170 _______________________ Cape Schanck, Flinders, Mornington Ocean Beaches, Seal Rocks, Venus Bay, Waratah Bay, Woolamai ....... nil _________________________ Later Minutes Altona ................................... 195 Barwon Heads Bridge ........... 15 Carrum ................................. 195 Corinella ................................. 68 Cowes Pier............................. 50 Dromana .............................. 195 Frankston ............................. 195 Geelong ............................... 210 Hastings ................................. 66 Hovell Pile ............................ 195 Inverloch Pier ......................... 15 Melbourne ............................ 200 Mornington ........................... 195 Newhaven Jetty ..................... 30 No. 1 West Channel (Annulus)........................... 50 No. 2 South Channel Light .... 70 No. 8 South Channel Light .. 150 Port Albert Pier ...................... 90 Portarlington Pier ................. 190 Portsea Pier ........................... 80 Port Welshpool (Rabbit Island .................... 10 Queenscliffe Pier ................... 30 Rhyll ....................................... 60 Rosebud............................... 195 Rye Pier ............................... 170 St. Leonards Pier ................. 190 Sandringham ....................... 195 Sorrento Pier........................ 130 Stony Point ............................. 40 South Channel Pile Light ..... 190 Swan Island Dock ................ 120 Tooradin ............................... 105 Warneet.................................. 84 Williamstown ........................ 200 Welshpool Pier....................... 90

Big catch: Ben Griscti with the 3360g salmon he landed at Number One beach.

PLAYERS and spectators had their chequebooks out at Meeniyan Dumbalk United Football and Netball Club’s annual players’ auction last Saturday night.

Nick Johnson hosted the event at the MDU clubrooms by providing short and humourous bios on all the players involved, while Brett Pedlow entertained the crowd with his auctioneering talents.

The group featuring senior gun player Tremaine Tohairiki sold for the highest amount on the night, with a final bid of $1250.

Investors win a designated amount back when players in their group receive a best on ground award nominated by the opposition team.

Tuesday saw Ruth Stevenson, Sandra Birch and Thelma Arnup at headquarters Cairnlea playing Country v Metropolitan.

This year Country was successful, winning 59 games to 51.

Four members played at Traralgon in the XYZ. The weather was very kind to them. Two of the members were in amongst the winners.

Merry Dyson-Holland and Ann Shandley are playing at Sale in the golf croquet tournament. The Leongatha Croquet Club’s AGM is on June 1 at midday. The club is always looking for new members.

Here is an easy guide to tides in your area.

To determine tides for a particular area, add or subtract periods of times as shown below.

For more information about our club, please visit www.venusbayanglingclub.org.au or email us at mail@venusbayanglingclub.org.au.

Demons for sale

THE Leongatha croquet club members have been busy playing and winning tournaments at other venues around Victoria.

TIDES

Friday, with final weigh-in at 3pm Sunday.

You are now able to enter our competitions at Venus Bay Tackle Shop, and down at the club shed.

A beverage or two: Tim Trotman, Brett Spokes and Jason Harris chose to stay closer to the bar.

At Port Phillip Heads

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0015 0700 1217 1909

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1.61 1.27 0.78 1.36

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0.60 1.29 0.87 1.32

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All times shown in 24 hour clock 0001 - 1200..................AM 1201 - 2400..................PM

Going once, going twice: Brett Pedlow played the role of animated and entertaining auctioneer.

Spot the stars: Amanda Calder and Glenda Robb studied the teams carefully for a guaranteed return investment.

Demons auction: Reserves coach Stephen Trotman and Seniors captain Dean Aldridge take a short break from bidding.

All smiles: Luke Smith and Matt Allen look chummy at the event.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - PAGE 51

Leongatha Primary takes the shield PRIMARY school students from the area put their skills on the line against each other last Tuesday at the interschool athletics.

The 360 boys and girls who competed were enthusiastic when in events and had fun at the same time.

After being postponed and changing the venue, the event went well and surprisingly in the sunshine.

Leongatha Primary School came out on top as overall winners, while Inverloch Primary took home the handicap shield.

Tight race: the boys in this hurdles final made it a close race.

With style: excellent jumping style was displayed

by Ayden Miller from Mirboo North primary.

Giving it all: Cooper McInnes from Inverloch primary winds up for a big throw of the discus.

Overall: Leongatha primary came out on top for the day as Amy Robertson and Zac Caughey show off their shield.

Mixed One winners: Darren Pocklington, Dayn Bentvelzen, Marcus Luscombe, Andrea Funnell, Stephanie Goss, Kerri Bentvelzen, Barbara Challis.

Mixed Two winners: Jason Stewart, Callan Park, Taimak Cochrane, Marlene Kirk, Paige Holness, Abbi Taylor, Rarni Holness.

Ladies winners: Rebecca Stoops, Jess Donchi, Rebecca Browne, Julia Tumino, Jolie Middleton, Kayla McIndoe, Jackie Kent and friend.

Air time: getting some air over the bar was Jacob Beckwith from South Coast Christian College.

Twilight netball wraps up LDNA Twilight competition held their grand final matches on Tuesday May 17 with a barbecue for all players and spectators.

The 6.30pm game saw

Balls Out take on Aches and Pains, which should have been a well contested game, but unfortunately Aches and Pains had to finish with only five players and Balls Out had a comfortable win 36-19.

In the 7.15pm games the Mixed 2 section saw

McLovins just steal the win from Hot Shots 26-24 and in the Mixed 1 section Showstoppers were too good for Balls Out 36-24.

Congratulations to all the winners, we hope everyone enjoyed the competition.

Tarwin pool Round 4 results

Gunners 5 d Gladiators 4, Bairs 7 d Middle 2, McCartins 6 d Gingers 3, Grizzlys 6 d Tarwin 3.

Ladder Games Bairs .................26-10 Burra ................20-16 Grizzlys ............19-17 Middle ..............19-17 Gladiators ...........16-20 McCartins...........15-21 Riversiders .........15-21 Gingers ...............14-22

% 260.0 125.0 111.7 111.7 80.0 71.4 71.4 63.6

Pts 16 12 12 12 4 4 4 0

Round 5: Gingers v Bairs, Grizzlys v Burra, McCartins v Gladiators, Middle v Riversiders.

Juniors to jam LDNA South umpires Gippsland new skills BASKETBALL and having fun will be the main focus of the new ‘Junior Jammers’ program at South Gippsland SPLASH on May 27.

SPLASH, in association with Leongatha Junior Basketball Association, will launch the exciting new six-week program for children aged between 9 and 12 years who want to develop their skills on the basketball court.

Junior Jammers is about having fun, learning the fundamentals of basketball and making new friends.

It has been designed for children who want to develop their dribbling, passing and shooting skills, as well as gain a better understanding of the rules of basketball. There will be modified game to round out each session.

The program is scheduled to start on Friday, May 27 at 3.45pm.

A light afternoon tea will be provided for the children before they lace up and hit the court for an hour from 4pm.

There will be a cost of $35 covering the six-week program and bookings for the term are required.

Registration forms are available at SG SPLASH and the term will conclude on Friday, July 1. Places are limited so early confirmation of bookings are essential.

Saturday May 28 11am: Beth Forrester, Chelsea Deenan, Julie Grant, Angelique Dunlevie, Jamie Gourlay, Anita Gourlay, Hannah Engel, Rebecca Wylie, Robyn Kenny, Kim Lawrence, Holly Hurst, Madison Funnell, Stephanie Wylie, Mariah Grant.

12 noon: Amy Smith, Mary Keenan, Janice Hill, Sue Ritchie, Amy Egan, Kate Norton, Chelsea Deenan, Karen Clarke, Belinda Dyke, Narelle Hanily, Mariah Grant, Kim Lawrence, Emalie Gordon, Brittany Tennyenhuis, Erin Baudinette, Pat Kuhne.

1pm: Brenda Kelly, Julie Grant, Janice Sing, Janice Hill, Kate Gourlay, Andrea Funnell, Kerri Bentvelzen, Emma Smith.

2.15pm: Gabrielle Patterson, Samantha Anderson, Danielle Jones, Pat Kuhne, Janice Sing, Barb Challis, Anita Gourlay, Brenda Kelly.

Bridge

MEENIYAN: Monday evening: 1st Sally and Brian Hoskins, 2nd Frank Arndt, Clive Hope, 3rd Bluey Aeschlimann, John Cocking.

Tarwin Lower: Tuesday: North/South: 1st Jack Kuiper, John Sutton, 2nd Pat West, Barbara Axten, 3rd Kathryn Smith, Colin Cameron.

East/West: 1st David and Wendy Saleeba, 2nd John Sullivan, Alan Johnston, 3rd Nancy Embleton, Dorothea Green.

Inverloch: Friday: 1st Kaye Douglas, Alan Johnston, 2nd Jean Barbour, Margot Moylan, 3rd Bruce and Anne Gibson, 4th John Sutton, John Sullivan, 5th Clive Hope, Frank Arndt, 6th Pat West, Barbara Axten.

PAGE 52 - “THE STAR”, Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Leongatha Bowling Club

MOTHER Nature was kind to us last week, and so Wednesday, May 18 saw a reasonable field take to the greens.

Among the field were several new arrivals and the best part was that the winners on the day were club stalwart Russell Trotman (s), with newcomer Mrs Jo Runciman two wins plus 16. Well done Jo. Not to be outdone, the runners-up were the pair of Fred Sauvarin (s), with another up and coming lady bowler, Sue Crouch with two wins plus 14.

Sponsors for the day were Stewart’s Tyre Service and the club thanks them for their valued support.

Saturday, May 21 saw 20 players take to the greens, with the winners being Frank Filomeno (s) and Graeme Elliott with two wins plus 12, while the runners-

up were George Johnson (s) and Graham Washfold with two wins plus four.

This week Wednesday 25 will, weather permitting, see the club’s affiliated monthly triples in action, starting at 9.30am. Friday, May 27 will see the last of the coaching clinics starting at 4pm.

Reminders: The members are advised that the 2011/2012 affiliation fees are now due and payable, also a copy of the cleaning roster for the months of June and July is on the noticeboard in the board room. If your name is on the list please mark your diary so as not to forget when it is your turn to assist.

Until next report, good bowling Jackhigh.

Korumburra Parlor Bowls KORUMBURRA parlor bowlers arrived on the evening of Thursday, May 19 excited that they were to play in the final home and away games of the season and, with finals looming, wishing to end on winning notes.

VRI put their stamp on the game against Kardella, not allowing their opponents any easy points but scoring multiple ends themselves.

Pretenders played The Burra in a close-knit game that ended in a one point difference.

All players bowled tightly and, although Pretenders had their noses in front throughout, The Burra could never be dismissed. Battlers and Sicilians were in an equally tight game with the scores being even at the finish of the twentythird end. It was a last end

decider that went Battlers’ way.

Round 14 final results were VRI 32 d Kardella 13, Pretenders 17 d The Burra 16, Battlers 19 d Sicilians 17, Kookaburras - bye.

At the end of the home and away games, the ladder stands as: Pretenders 48, Kookaburras 44, VRI 32, The Burra 28, Battlers 26, Sicilians 26, Kardella 20.

The first week of the finals will see Pretenders play Kookaburras, VRI take on The Burra and a re-run of this week’s outstanding game, Sicilians against Battlers.

Monday night’s social bias bowling continues at Outtrim.

A dozen bowlers have been enjoying the relaxed atmosphere with new comers receiving plenty of coaching and encouragement. Anyone

interested in having a try at bowls is welcome to attend at 7.30pm.

The pennant on Tuesday night was a first with the new pennant format allowing club teams to play against each other. Korumburra White played Korumburra Blue.

Whites played extremely well to soundly defeat the Blues.

Even when the Blues combined well and looked as if they were to take multiple points, Whites covered each move and with a combination of team work, good bowling and a little luck won the game by 14 points.

Blues need to play with more confidence in their own bowling and as a team and, hopefully, Whites will be able to perform well against stronger opposition.

• WONTHAGGI TABLE TENNIS

SGIBBA pennant Results Mardan Purple 22 d Mardan Gold 21, Foster Black 29 d Foster Yellow 18, Korumburra White 27 d Korumburra Blue 13, Buffalo 22 d Fish Creek Red 17.

Ladder Mardan Purple ................+43 12 Foster Black .....................+37 12 Mardan Gold ...................+16 8 Buffalo ..............................+15 8 Foster Yellow .....................-14 4 Korumburra White .............-18 4 Fish Creek Red...................-29 0 Korumburra Blue ...............-50 0

Next week’s games: Fish Creek v Mardan Purple, Korumburra White v Mardan Gold, Korumburra Blue v Foster Yellow, Buffalo v Foster Black.

Buffalo indoor bowls ON Wednesday May 18, seven players on a foggy night to bowl saw two teams, one of four and one of three.

We played two games of 10 ends.

In second (LW), skipper Toni Heldens, Rod McConchie and Bill Wolswinkle; first (WL) +1, skipper Sebastian Terranova, Glenys Pilkington, Graeme Tobias and Peter Heldens.

The best first game Sebastian 10-6, second Toni 11-8.

We hope to see you all next Wednesday at 7.30pm, also new players are most welcome to come and play.

Mardan Indoor Bowls A BIG week of bowling for the Mardan club with pennant, singles and club matches all being played.

For the first time in the club’s long history we saw two Mardan teams playing against each other in the pennant competition, and what a cracking match it was.

Mardan Gold got away to a very solid start, winning seven of the first eight ends, but Mardan Purple were able to keep all but one of those ends to one shot losses.

The middle stages of the match saw the Purple team work their way back into the match, taking a five and two threes in consecutive ends to move in front.

With 16 ends completed the Purple team had moved to an eight shot lead, but now it was the turn of the Gold team to fight back and after 24 ends it was all level with one end to play.

Gold looked to have it with just three bowls to play, but a beauty from the Purple skip found the shot required to win the match, the last bowl from Gold’s skipper just failing to shift the winning shot.

A great match and it may well be that we haven’t seen the last of this battle for this season.

Before the social bowls got under

way on the Wednesday evening there were three first round singles matches. The winners were Theresa Bateman, Andy Plowman and Ian Bristow, some very good bowling in all three games.

Lovely to see the club join together to wish Jeannie and Ron Baker bon voyage before they venture over to the old country for a very special trip with their son looking after them on the journey, a delicious cake complete with sparklers leaving our favourite old couple almost speechless.

Then it was down to some social bowling, 18 players split into six teams of three all playing three games of eight ends.

At the end of the night only one team had won all three of their games, a solid performance from Ian Hastings, Ann “likesachat” Plowman and Ian Bristow (skip).

Runners-up with two wins and 14 winning ends were Ron Baker, Margaret Campbell and Andy Plowman (skip).

Now we will do it all again this week. Watch this space for all the results.

Inverloch Bowling Club TUESDAY evening May 17: indoor bowls (carpet bowls): six players, two games of triples, each of 10 ends.

The winners (with one win and one draw) were Margaret Flett (skip), Harry Dunn (L) and Pat Stoneham (S).

Wednesday May 18: mixed Mufti lawn bowls:

40 players, two games of fours, each of 12 ends The winners (with two wins, 36 points and 24 shots up) were Carol Hughes (skip), Allan Johnston (L), Bryan Hensley (S) and Murray Oehms (Wonthaggi) (T).

Sunday May 22: mixed mufti lawn bowls: 24 players, two games of

fours, each of 12 ends.

The winners (two wins, 40 points) were Carole Baines (skip), Norm West (L), Sarina Bonnici (Wonthaggi) (S) and Ron Kee (T).

Starting in June will be mens triples lawn bowls on Thursdays.

• BADMINTON

VicTalent government grants Paris lights up Leongatha COMING up to A Grade this season, to Wonthaggi players Paris Buckley has es-

A TOTAL of $1000 has been granted to four young table tennis players.

They are Jarrod Donohue, Dean Snelling, Brittney Taylor and Tanya Milnes. The grant covers some of the costs associated with their involvement with the Gippsland Sports Academy. This recognition is well deserved as they consistently improve their game through training and competing in tournaments around the state.

A Grade tournament A tournament will be held at the Wonthaggi Table

Tennis Centre next Tuesday night, May 31. A Grade and some A Reserve players will be competing. Starting time is 7.30, cost per player is $5.

Ladders A Grade Hard Work ............. 24 Flying Bats ............. 12 Dutchies.................. 12 Zirtex ...................... 12 Try Hards (bye) ....... 12 A Reserve Kicknrs ................... 20 Marauders ............. 16 Let Ball ................... 12 Gen XYZ ................ 12 KAB .......................... 8 Odd Andgry Shot ...... 4 Balls of Fury ............. 4

25 17 17 16 15

(115) (91) (91) (90) (85)

29 25 22 20 18 18 17

(87) (77) (82) (74) (68) (62) (62)

Leongatha squash

A Grade: ACDC 3-11133 d Mondo Rock 1-6-110; Models 3-10-121 d Dragon 1-6-100; Angels 2-9-125 d Noiseworks 2-8-121; Cold Chisel 2-8-100 d INXS 2-7115.

Match of the week was Chris Richmond v George Occhipinti.

Chris, having recently come back to squash, has all the shots but is still light on fitness, came out swinging taking a two game lead.

George lacks the silky shots but has the grunt and speed around the court. George won the match 3 games 39 points to Chris 2 games 36 points.

B Grade: Swans 2-6-70 d Pies 1-5-8; Hawks 3-10104 d Tigers 1-5-87; Cats 2-10-116 d Suns 2-6-92.

Match of the week was a great battle between Daniel Campbell and Tracey Gordon.

These two play very contrasting games, Daniel being fast and furious and Tracey has a slower game with high lobs and drop shots. With three of the games going to 10 points the match could have gone either way but Daniel managed to hang on for the win 3 games 42 points to Tracey 2 games 41 points.

Young Ones +1.......... 4 15 B Grade Sprink Again .......... 16 16 Smash Shot ............ 16 14 Lobsters.................. 12 17 Warriors ................. 12 14 DJs........................... 12 14 Dominators.............. 12 14 Spinners..................... 8 13 Smashers (bye) .......... 8 11 Snap, Crackle, Pop ...... 0 9

(48)

(36) (31) (37) (32) (30) (29) (34) (25) (25)

Leading players A Grade Bruce Harmer .................. 15 Michael Ede (bye) ........... 10 Dirk Holwerda .................. 9 Justin Licis ....................... 8 A Reserve Will Joplin ....................... 10 Wayne Pitts ....................... 9 Chris Chetland .................. 8 Nancy Pattinson ................ 7

Dean Snelling .................... 6 (23) B Grade

Hietor Hilberto ................ 10 (21) Sam Chetland .................... 9 (20) Daniel Chetland ................ 9 (19) Brittney Taylor .................. 9 (19) Tanya Milnes ..................... 8 (19) Micah Condron ................ 8 (17) Donald Milnes................... 7 (16)

Junior competition (63) (42) (42) (38) (30) (28) (26) (22)

Round the table - Archie Paxton, Freddy Mariajoseph, Elly Burns; numbers - Ella McRae (24); top shot - Harrison Burns; hit the bat - Louis Paxton (5).

Leongatha Small Bore Rifle Club 50M pennant results Section B R6: MCC A 578. 018 d Leongatha A 574.023.

R7: Shepparton 574.014 d Leongatha A 571.017.

R8: Leongatha A 574.023 d Frankston B 559.014.

Section E R4: MCC B 567.016 Leongatha B 555.013.

R5: Leongatha B 557.009 d Albury B 550.011.

R6:Leongatha B 543.009 (bye).

R7: Lancefield 558.008 d Leongatha B 545.007.

We shoot Friday Nights at 8pm at the rifle club on the recreation reserve.

For any inquiries, please call R. Spratt on 5664 2358.

tablished himself as a very adaptable player, winning most of his sets.

Paris is so adaptable, that when asked to assist in the B Grade competition he willingly did so and again won his three sets, however he was exhausted by the night’s conclusion.

Paris was involved in the top of the table clash in A Grade between Mauritius and Hawaii. Mauritius had all the answers on this occasion, winning by four sets to two sets, and by a comfortable 19 points.

Paul Sokhom and Jose Shelton starred again for Mauritius, the evergreen Tim Bright the standout player for Hawaii.

Maldives and Bali fought out an entertaining tussle, which narrowly went Maldives’ way. Gary McGrath and Jason Comrie did enough to get their team over the line.

Greg Marshman was brilliant for Bali, but like his football team North Melbourne, the Bali side seemed destined for the wooden spoon.

Phuket was gutted by their two point loss to Fiji.

Matthew Oomman and Ryan Jeremiah put in some good sets, but consistency is the problem. Fiji’s overall team effort was enough to earn the narrow win.

In B Grade action, the very settled Jupiter team was too solid over a gallant Mercury. Michelle Krohn again won her three sets, this week against her son Brayden. Tracey Ryan is beginning to find some good form and Kathy Smith also turned on a top performance.

For Mercury, Ross Winkler and Trish Berryman again won some nice sets and of interest, the husband and wife combination of Ross and Sherrill Winkler are yet to lose a set together. A fine effort.

Pluto easily accounted for Mars in a match that had many fill-ins. Thanks to Bev Porter and Brenda Eaton for helping out.

Davis Loo and Melanie Plunket played well for Pluto and special mention to Agnes Shelton for winning her first set this season.

Fill-ins were also necessary for the remaining B Grade match, when Neptune proved too classy for Venus. Emma Smith had a good night for Neptune, as did Steven Holmes.

Lauren Goldie and Ka-

trina Hodges won Venus’s only set, but a good night’s badminton was enjoyed by all.

Of major concern in the B Grade section is a number of players who are supposed to play and do not turn up. This practice is unfair to all team members and opponents, and causes great headaches for organisers. If you can’t play let the fill-in co-ordinator know about it please.

Results

A Grade: Maldives 3/112 d Bali 3/98, Fiji 3/106 d Phuket 3/104, Mauritius 4/108 d Hawaii 2/89.

B Grade: Jupiter 4/107 d Mercury 2/98, Neptune 5/124 d Venus 1/75, Pluto 5/126 d Mars 1/65.

Ladders A Grade Mauritius ................................17 Hawaii .....................................15 Maldives ..................................14 Phuket ..................................... 11 Fiji ..............................................8 Bali .............................................7 B Grade Venus .......................................15 Jupiter .....................................15 Pluto ........................................13 Saturn ......................................12 Neptune .................................... 11 Mars ...........................................9 Mercury ......................................9

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - PAGE 53

Woorayl Golf Club ON Saturday May 21 a fourball par event was played and was sponsored b y Colliers.

It was also the qualifying day for the A. and G. Wilson board event. The winners were Brendan Robjant and Peter Burgess with plus 12, a fine score. They won from two of our juniors, Tim Burgess and Ryan Higgins, a comfortable win as the runners-up had +8.

Balls went to D. Symons, Z. Trease / G. Salmon, A. Clemann / B. Stubbs, I. Smith / J. Diaper, B. Fiek and B. Wilson, G. McKinnon.

The only nearest the pin went to Brett Stubbs on the 8th hole.

The qualifiers for the A. and G. Wilson event were B. Robjant, P. Burgess / T. Burgess, R. Higgins / D. Symmons, Z. Trease and G. Salmon, A. Clemann.

Next week will be our monthly medal, sponsored by Mick Cole.

Leongatha Golf Club

Ladies Because of the wet conditions underfoot we had to postpone the first round of the Perrety family foursomes, which of course is a board event. Instead we held a single stableford event with teeing up on certain holes.

The day’s winner was Margaret Higgins with 37 points and balls went to Melinda Martin and Dot Jarvis. The nearest the pins went to Dot Jarvis (8th and 17th) and Margaret Higgins (11th). The day’s raffle winner was Melinda Martin.

Next week will be our annual challenge against Mirboo North, at Mirboo North. The day will again be sponsored by our captain Ann Poole and her sister Chris Gunn from Mirboo North. Good golf to all.

STEVE FISHER was A Grade winner on Saturday with a steady 37 points.

The big scores of recent weeks have gone missing, with only David Forbes managing to reach 40. He was our B Grade winner, while Dan Malone posted a win in C Grade with 34 points.

Nic Cairns won the pro-pin, Fred de Bondt took nearest the pin, and the following won golf balls: P. De Plessis, J. Dalton 37; T. Rickard 36, G. Marsham 35, G. Morrison, F. de Bondt, J. Feddersen 34; A. Sparkes, A. Edney, J. White, G. Sharrock, B. Attwood 33; R. Findlay, M. Kavanagh, J. King 32.

Tuesday Congratulations to Ian Murchie who scored an eagle on the first hole, one that is rarely eagled.

Geoff McDonald was the day’s star, winning A Grade with 39 points, equal to 77 off-the-stick, a fine round.

Ken Gardner was B Grade winner on 37 points. David Vorwerg and Jon Smith were nearest the pin winners.

Down the line balls: J. Lowell 38, A. Macfarlane 37, M. Thomas, P. Walsh, B. Fiek 36; D. Porteous, P. Waters 35; J. Curtis, P. Hartigan 34; J. Smith, C. Hanley, N. Hughes 33.

Thursday A rare par event was played on Thursday and par has not increased its popularity. Alan Adcock was A Grade winner on +2. Handicapper Peter Hartigan took B Grade with +3, and that

same score saw John King home in C Grade.

Chris Leaver (14th) and A. Smith (16th) were nearest the pin winners and balls went to: I. Nunn +3, N. Hughes, J. Cummins, M. Stubbs +2; T. Bruinewoud, G. Sharrock +1; B. Howson, M. Williams, D. Vorwerg sq; A. Smith, C. Sperling, J. Curtis, B. Jamieson, L. Newton -1.

Pennant results were mixed, with Division 1 losing 4-3 to Meeniyan at Phillip Island. Winners were Rob Bride two up, Neville Wright 6/4 and Michael Thomas 2/1.

Division 2 had a gutsy 4-3 win against Foster at Lang Lang, with Andrew Macfarlane 3/2, Peter Walsh 7/5, Nic Cairns 2/1 and Jon Smith one up, the winners.

Division 3 had a bye and Division 4 lost narrowly 4-3 to Phillip Island at Korumburra. Those to win their matches were keith Finney two up, Shane 2/1 and John Dalton 6/5.

Saturday’s event is another stableford followed a week later by the June monthly medal sponsored by Colin Watson Holden.

Ladies The postponed first round of the club championships began on Wednesday May 18.

It was also the May monthly medal and next round of the Silver Spoon.

Around 50 ladies hit off and sponsors of

the day’s event were the House of Golf and Beaches and Cream, so thank you.

We hit off in thick fog, the atmosphere was heavy and the course wet from the recent rains. Did that deter our medal winner? Not in the slightest. Maxine Eabry scored a great 91 - 22 - 69. This won her A Grade, and qualified her for the Silver Spoon play off as well as the monthly medal. Wendy Brown scorched around the course to win B Grade with 96 -26 - 70, another great effort in the heavy conditions. Maria Bell came in with a terrific score to win C Grade with 107 - 37 - 70 .

The scratch event was won by Mary Brewis, our valuable accountant out of the office for the day, who scored 88.

Noreen Williams won the putting with 29 putts.

Noreen Williams 73, Evelyn Indian 73, Marg. Berry 74, Joc. Howson 74, Wendy Surman 75, Julie Howard 75, Toni West 75, Rita deBondt 75, Sharryn Rayson 76, Bev. Martin 76 Ann Blundy 78 and Marea Maher 79 all won balls down the line.

A stableford event was played on Saturday 21 may. Dot Stubbs was the winner with 36 points.

Balls were won by Rebecca Wilson 35, Wendy Surman 34, Joy Runge 33, and Anna deBondt 32.

Local lads: Jim Baum, Craig Turner, John Hickey and Michael Grist enjoyed the perfect playing conditions at Woorayl on Saturday.

Meeniyan Golf Club SATURDAY was the annual Col Stewart Plate.

The track was soggy after the all the rain, but thanks to Dave and all his helpers it was up and ready for the day.

The sponsor for the day was Panthers Mensland, which was much appreciated.

Thanks also go to the Foster Golf Club for their support of this event.

The Plate winners were the Meeniyan team of Craig Buckland, Jeff Wilson, Rod Matthews and Jeff Stoiljkovic with a total of 111.

The A Grade winner was Steve Reid with an excellent 40 points.

The B Grade winner

was Reg Hannay, also with an excellent 40 points on a countback.

Balls down the line went to Rod Matthews 40 points, Daryle Gregg 40 points, Winston Reilly39 points and Craig Buckland with 38 points.

Nearest the pin: 2nd Winston Reilly, 17th Noel Black.

Sunday saw the third round of pennant with both our sides going in undefeated. Division 1 were struck a late blow with Brett damaging his ribs at football, but they still fielded a very competitive side and came away with a 4/3 win. Division 4 went even better with a great result of 6/1.

Tuesday The winner of Tuesday’s single stableford day was Col Stewart with 35 points.

Balls down the line went to Tony McHarg with 34 points.

Best nine was Jim Cusack with 19 points and nearest the pin on the 8th was won by Steve Collins.

Thursday The winner of the single stableford was Fred Stalker with 38 points on a countback.

Balls down the line went to Reg Hannay with 38 points.

Best nine went to Col Stewart with 20 points and nearest the pin on the 2nd was won by Frank Peile.

South Gippsland District pennant results May 22 Division 1 (at Phillip Island Golf Club): Lang Lang 7 d Korumburra 0, Wonthaggi 5 d Woorayl 2, Meeniyan 4 d Leongatha 3, Phillip Island bye.

Division 2 (at Lang Lang Golf Club): Wonthaggi 4 d Phillip Island 3, Leongatha 4 d Foster 3, Lang Lang - bye.

Divison 3 (at Leongatha Golf Club): Foster 4 d Aussie Golf 3, Wonthaggi 4 d Korumburra 3, Woorayl 4 d Lang Lang 3, Wonthaggi - bye.

Divison 4 (at Korumburra Golf Club): Korumburra 4 d Wonthaggi 3, Phillip Island 4 d Leongatha 3, Woorayl 4 d Welshpool 3, Meeniyan 6 d Lang Lang 1.

Ladders

Division 1 Wonthaggi ....................3.0 Lang Lang .....................2.0 Meeniyan ......................2.0 Korumburra .................1.0 Phillip Island ..................1.0 Woorayl .........................0.0 Leongatha.......................0.0 Division 2 Leongatha * ..................1.0 Wonthaggi .....................1.0 Phillip Island *..............0.0

15.0 12.0 8.0 9.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 3.0

Foster.............................0.0 Division 3 Aussie Golf ...................2.0 Foster............................. 2.0 Woorayl .........................2.0 Korumburra .................1.0 Leongatha.......................1.0 Wonthaggi ......................1.0 Lang Lang ......................0.0

3.0 13.0 11.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 6.0 8.0

Division 4 Meeniyan ......................3.0 Phillip Island................. 2.0 Lang Lang .....................2.0 Woorayl .........................2.0 Leongatha.......................1.5 Korumburra ....................1.0 Wonthaggi ......................0.5 Welshpool.......................0.0

17.0 11.0 10.0 9.0 12.5 9.0 9.5 6.0

Mirboo North Golf Club A STABLEFORD event was attended by 26 starters on Thursday May 18 with a CCR of 70.

A Grade was won by Neil Whitelaw (18) 45 points. Down the line balls: John Blunsden (20) 40, Stuart Henning (5) 39, Stephen Mills (24) 39. Birdies: Peter Draper (16th), Stuart Henning (6th), D. Hill (6th), Rob Gourlay (4th).

On Saturday May 21, a stableford was played.

There were 36 players and the CCR was 70.

A Grade was won by Terry Bradshaw (9) 39 points. Neil Whitelaw won B Grade with (16) 37 points.

Down the line balls: Tom Traill, John Woodall 37 points, Dave Woodall 36 points, Russell Pentland 36 points on countback.

Nearest the pins: 4th Dave Woodall, 13th Tom Traill, 16th John Woodall. Pro pin: 6th Tom Traill.

Birdies: Mark Heiberg (4th), Dave Woodall (4th).

In the first round of the Captain’s trophy play-offs, P. Draper d G. Watson 20th, T. Bradshaw d M. Heiberg 2-1, J. Blunsden d S. Henning 2-1, J. Hughes d A. Williams 19th.

Semi finalists for Saturday May 28: J. Blunsden v T. Bradshaw, P. Draper v J. Hughes.

Learning tricks: Leongatha Golf Club manager Michael James-Cull instructed Wendy Williams of Cape Paterson on Sunday, as she sought to learn the finer points of golf.

Michael will offer another beginners’ course covering chipping, putting and full swing over five sessions, starting mid June. To book, phone the club on 5664 3314.

The pair was watched by Carol Christensen, Julie Calsaferri, Marg Scott, Judy Caughey, Terry Grace and Garry Jose.

South Gippsland veteran golfers THE 65 veterans who arrived at Wonthaggi Golf Club viewed the overcast morning with resigned suspicion.

However as the stableford competition progressed to the usual cries of anguish the skies lightened, clouds cleared and the sun beamed down upon us as we left to go home.

Many thanks to Wonthaggi who arranged to hold the competition with short notice. The original venue, (Meeniyan Golf Club), was washed out as a result of the drenching this region has received over the past weeks.

The Wonthaggi course was in good condition under the circumstances and to make amends for any wet spots, preferred lies through the green were the order of the day.

The competition was won by Leon-

gatha’s Jon Smith on countback from Wonthaggi’s Oxley Gordon-Brown, both finishing with 39 points. Nearest the pins went to Steve Laing, (Wonthaggi) on two, Lance Lancaster, (Woorayl), on eight, Tom Jacobson, (Phillip Island), on 13 and John Diaper, (Woorayl), on the 17th.

Jon won a magnificent driver with headcover, tees galore and three Taylor Made golf balls. These prizes were kindly donated by John Cassidy from Coffee Extreme. John also donated 1000 sachets of the finest coffee and 100 insulated coffee cups, a gesture which is deeply appreciated by all of the coffee drinkers amongst us. Ball run down went to 31 points.

We have a true champion amongst our number. On the second and third of May the Victorian Veterans Country Championships were conducted at Neangar Park Golf Club near Bendigo.

Winner of the single stableford event

Wonthaggi Golf Club SATURDAY, May 21 we played a 4BBB par with a smaller than usual field of 85.

Best score of the day was plus nine from a couple of mature age youngsters. Winners: A Grade J. Wintle, E. Boek +8; B Grade G. Stewart, R. Devereux +9.

Balls down the line to +6 on countback. Nearest the pins: 2nd E. Boek, 13th M. Brosnan. Pro pin 8th S. Tiziani. Money won by R. Hender.

Pennant results: Division 1 d Woorayl 5-2, Division 2 d Phillip Island 4-3, Division 3 d Korumburra 4-3, Division 4 came second to Korumburra 3-4.

Next week we will hopefully conclude the fourball better ball par.

on day two was Kevin Bayley from Wonthaggi Golf Club with a splendid 42 points.

Division Two in the same competition was won by our State president George Thorne with 41 points. Well done to both of you! Next game we hope to hold is at Korumburra Golf Club on Thursday June 16 depending on rainfall between now and then.

In order to communicate changes to our 2011 program as quickly as possible we are asking all Members who have access to the internet to advise us of their email address if they so wish.

We will be leaving a list out at each competition for members to use or alternatively you can advise your address by emailing isdonisgood59@waterfront.net. au

Korumburra Golf Club FORTY-NINE played the stableford and A. Varley memorial on Saturday May 21.

Trophy: Charlotte Varley.

The CCR was 69.

A. Grade 11 handicap: D. Austin 38. Balls: N. Perks 37.

B Grade 12 handicap: A. Brocklembank 40 on countback, M. J. Stein 40, M. Webb 40, B. Clasby 40.

Missed out on 37: T.

O’Neill, R. Luccnia, S. Webster, D. Hislop / B. Newton.

C. Grade 22 handicap: N. McKenzie 41, M. Hutchinson 40, M. Belvedere 40, K. Pope 38, G. Wilson 38, N. Walker 38, A. L. Twite 37.

Putting:1st A. Brocklebank, 7th D. Goad, 10th C. Clasby, 13th D. Gow. Naga: P. Hosking 23 points. B. Clasby.

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Korumburra City plays Dragons KORUMBURRA City finally kicked off the season with round four seeing all teams playing against Drouin Dragons.

Small sided Under elevens were short on numbers but thanks to Drouin who shared a couple of players, all the kids enjoyed a game of soccer.

The Under 13s played an undefeated Drouin, kicking off a 10am and in fine conditions got off to a good start with plenty of passing and attacking play.

The first half saw plenty of action at both scoring ends but no goals. The second half saw a similar line of play with all players having a great part in the passing and fast game play.

The game finished nil all after an exhausting game for all.

In the next match the Korumburra Under 15s also played a hard fought game drawing one all. With four key players out it was good to have some Under 13s step up and play again after their wonderful effort.

The first half saw plenty of action in this game with Korumburra having many attempts at goal before Chloe Rodda broke through and scored. But is wasn’t long before Drouin got one through the defence

and scored.

The under 19s played out a closely contested game. Korumburra allowed Drouin to score three goals before Daniel Longden woke up and kicked the next three goals. Craig Wallace played a brilliant game in defence, holding Drouin to the three up until the 85 minute mark when Korumburra were unlucky to have a penalty awarded against them. Drouin made no mistake of the opportunity and finished the game with a 4-3 win.

The Korumburra women played their first match and have been looking forward to it for four weeks. Korumburra started very slowly with some confusion on where positions were which allowed Drouin to break through and score their only goal two minutes into the game.

Korumburra then slowly started coming together and played well. Tara, Zoe and Bree were getting plenty of the ball up front but it took 10 minutes before Tara Wallace got through the defence and levelled the score.

With plenty of play up and down the pitch it was Holly Allman who kicked the ball beautifully over the keeper’s head to score her first and Korumburra’s second goal. Half time break Korumburra went

Soccer results

Seniors: Drouin Dragons 8 d Leongatha 0.

Mirboo North 1 drew Phillip Island 1.

Women’s Senior: Drouin Dragons 1 lt Korumburra 2.

Mirboo North 0 lt Phillip Island 3.

Under 19: Drouin Dragons 4 d Korumburra 3.

Under 15: Drouin Dragons 1 drew Korumburra 1.

Mirboo North 2 lt Phillip Island 8.

Under 13: Drouin Dragons 0 drew Korumburra 0.

Wonthaggi 16 d Prom Coast 0.

Ladders Seniors Drouin Dragons ......................12 Wonthaggi United SC ............12 Leongatha .................................7 Korumburra ............................6 Mirboo North .......................... 5 Phillip Island ..............................4 Women Phillip Island ..........................12 Korumburra ...........................12 Leongatha ...............................12

Mirboo North ...........................6 Drouin Dragons ........................0 Under 19 Leongatha ...............................12 Phillip Island...........................12 Korumburra .............................9 Drouin Dragons ........................6 Prom Coast SC (Foster)...........3 Wonthaggi United SC ................0 Under 15 Phillip Island...........................10 Wonthaggi United SC ............10 Mirboo North ...........................9 Korumburra .............................6 Drouin Dragons ........................3 Leongatha...................................3 Under 13 Wonthaggi United SC ............12 Drouin Dragons ......................10 Leongatha .................................9 Korumburra .............................7 Phillip Island.............................3 Mirboo North .............................3 Prom Coast SC (Foster) .............0

SOCCER FIXTURES ROUND 5 - MAY 29 Drouin Dragons v Wonthaggi United SC at Bellbird Park Phillip Island v Leongatha at Newhaven Rec Reserve Korumburra v Mirboo North at Korumburra Rec Reserve Prom Coast SC (Foster) - bye

in 2-1 up.

The second half saw Korumburra control the play right up to the final seconds when Drouin got a great run and shot at goal only to be stopped by Korumburra goalie Bridie Allen.

Seconds later an indirect free kick was awarded to Drouin at the top of the 18 yard box and with everyone holding their breath the kick was taken. Unluckily for Drouin it was hard to get passed the Korumburra goalie with Bridie again saving the game this time. With this save the final whistle blew giving Korumburra the win 2-1.

In the final game the seniors played a very one sided affair going down 8-0. Drouin were just too good and quick for the mostly inexperienced Korumburra side.

• SOUTH GIPPSLAND SOCCER

Korumburra City go down 8 nil DROUIN Dragons continued their unbeaten form on the weekend with an 8-0 thrashing of Korumburra in the seniors’ competition.

Magnificent: Fraser Boys, the goalie for the Korumburra Under 13s, did a superb job restricting the undefeated Drouin Dragons to no goals.

South Gippsland Panthers SOUTH Gippsland Panthers played round six away.

The under 14s boys travelled to Traralgon City and lost 7-0. With five new players it took a while for the Panthers to gel. In the warm conditions the players found it hard going.

Traralgon had the ball consistently in their attacking area and the Panthers struggled to get the ball out of defence.

The Under 14 Panther players are slowly getting the game together; they tried hard all day on a big field. Next week see us playing Morwell Falcons at our home ground Richard Street, Korumburra. Kick off at 1pm.

The Under 16 Panthers played in heavy conditions at Trafalgar. South Gippsland scored early through a solo run by Daniel Longden and moments later again Daniel Longden broke through and scored his second.

The Panthers’ mid field of Jack, Keanu and Michael repeatedly forced play forward and the Panthers scored again through Tom Stamton.

On a good run from Trafalgar the score at

half-time was 3-1. The second half was hard fought for both teams with no score added.

Final score: 3-1 to South Gippsland.

In the third South Gippsland match the Under 18 women travelled to Morwell. South Gippsland took to the field with just the eleven players and moments later Alex Lloyd came off after doing her hammy. This left ten women on the pitch and in very warm conditions played a fantastic 90 minutes of football.

The Panthers consistently attacked with all players controlling and passing the ball brilliantly. Panthers won the game 6-3 with Tara Wallace scoring five of the six goals all from lovely ball work. Neesa Kirkus scored the other goal again from a great passage of play and passing. Well done girls.

Next week sees the U18s play Monash.

Kick off is at 2.30pm so come along to the Richard Street Reserve, Korumburra and support the South Gippsland Panthers.

Drouin had a great start with Ashley Robinson placing a long floating kick into the top corner of the net to goal in the 6th minute, while Daniel Glenn managed to tap the ball past the keeper a minute later. Korumburra’s defence then steadied and managed to prevent a couple of certain goals with some desperate efforts.

In the 33rd minute, Drouin converted again through Arjay Trillanes to put the score line at 3-0.

Korumburra tried to maintain some offensive pressure before the break, but could not defeat the Dragons’ tight defence.

The second half began with Korumburra continuing their attacking form, pushing Drouin’s players hard. However, goalkeeper Shanon Knegt was in good form and remained solid despite the pressure. Drouin counter-attacked and managed to score again through Daniel Glenn. Minutes later, Glenn kicked his third to complete the hat trick and Korumburra began to look ragged. The goals kept coming late in the second half with Daniel Burski, Daniel Brown and Stephen Smythe

all scoring before the final whistle.

In the other match of the round, Mirboo North and Phillip Island had a tough contest that ended in a 1-1 draw. Phillip Island began aggressively and put some hard pressure on the Mirboo’s back half. Andrew Soplakow was outstanding, rallying the defensive line and helping ensure that there were no lapses. The midfield battle was equally tough, with both sides playing hard in an attempt to find the back of the net. At the half time break, the score line remained 0-0.

After the break, Phillip Island continued their offensive push, again placing Mirboo North under some strain. However, Mirboo fought back and began to dominate the midfield, allowing them to push through and make some attacks of their own with Frank DeGennaro unlucky not to score.

The game was in the balance and momentum shifted between the two teams before Phillip Island managed to goal after a brilliant header from a set piece play.

Mirboo was under siege, but proceeded to play bravely and a kick from Patrick Finnigan was put away by Justin Mulry, equalising the scores.

Next round, Drouin Dragons take on Wonthaggi, Phillip Island face off with Leongatha and Korumburra play Mirboo North at home.

• LEONGATHA CYCLING

McFarlane double DAVID McFarlane won the Leongatha Cycling Club’s Senior road race on Saturday with son Thomas taking out the junior event.

Saturday racing was conducted from Tarwin Lower.

The senior field had the out and back run to the top of the hill above Walkerville – a 38km race, whilst the junior riders did an out and back run of 16km. Riders had a fine day with a steady north wind blowing – this resulted in a tail wind for the outward journey and a head wind for

the return run.

The handicapper had to sort 23 riders into a field with the result that the scratch bunch had five riders chasing another five at one minute, a gap to six riders at four minutes, four riders at seven minutes, two at 12 minutes and the limit rider at 15 minutes.

At the turn, Rod McCall, riding from the 12 minute mark had left his co-marker and caught and passed the limit rider on the 2km climb to the turn. The field basically arrived at the half way mark still in their groups with several riders losing contact from their groups.

However, the scratch bunch had picked up the one minute bunch and had closed the gap to most of the field.

They were chasing around four minutes to hit the front.

By the 8km to go mark, the four minute bunch had picked up all those in front and were trying to drive the pace.

However it was to no avail as the big backmarker’s punch powered toward the finish at around 50kmh.

With around 3km to go they picked up Rod McCall and settled down for the sprint. The finish line is adjacent the Tarwin Lower Community Centre - around 200m from the bend at the bowls club. The judges faced a difficult task but David McFarlane (scr) dashed clear to record a convincing win plus taking fastest time. His time was 58.26 minutes.

Gavin Slavin (one min) took second over Tony Clark (scr). Kevin Feely (one minute) 4th, Phil Camenzuli (scr) 5th, Steve Allen (four minutes)

Winners group: from left, second Gavin Slavin, junior winner Thomas McFarlane, first and fastest David McFarlane and third Tony Clark.

Action: Elliot Gin leading the scratch bunch from Jason Scott, Tony Clark and David McFarlane heading for Cape Liptrap.

6th, Elliot Gin (scr) 7th, Jason Scott (scr) 8th, Steve Wilson (four minutes) 9th and rounding out the top 10 was Greg Bill (four minutes).

In the Junior race, over 16km, Thomas McFarlane made it a double for the family but had to work hard for the

win just catching the others at the turn 200m from the finish.

It was another first and fastest in 31.05 minutes. Alex Bennett showed a good tenacious streak as he had to work hard to get the upper hand over his co-marker Matt Minogue for the minor places.

Next week racing is at Kernot which is two laps of a circuit with some flats but also around 2km of climbing from Woodleigh up to The Gurdies Road. The following week riders have the Gippsland Titles at Leongatha prior to the three day tour weekend.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - PAGE 55

Alberton netball Results - Round 8 May 21

A Grade: KorumburraBena 57 d Foster 45, Dalyston 57 d Phillip Island 21, Stony Creek 46 d Fish Creek 41, MDU 65 d InvKongwak 39, DWWWW, Yarram and Toora - bye.

B Grade: Foster 52 d Korumburra-Bena 37, Phillip Island 47 d Dalyston 41, Fish Creek 42 d Stony Creek 34, Inv-Kongwak 48 d MDU 47, DWWWW 48 d Kilcunda-Bass 37, Tarwin 47 d Yarram 16, Toora - bye.

C Grade: Foster 31 d Korumburra-Bena 29, Dalyston 48 d Phillip Island 30, Stony Creek 33 d Fish Creek 21, MDU 31 d InvKongwak 25, DWWWW 32 d Kilcunda-Bass 22, Tarwin and Toora - bye.

17 & Under: Korumburra-Bena 61 d Foster 13, Phillip Island 36 d Dalyston 24, Fish Creek 42 d Stony Creek 16, Inv-Kongwak 39 d MDU 36, DWWWW 35 d Kilcunda-Bass 13, Yarram 48 d Tarwin 6, Toora - bye.

15 & Under: Korumburra-Bena 23 d Foster 20, Dalyston 31 d Phillip Island 29, Fish Creek 24 d Stony Creek 21, MDU 27 d Inv-Kongwak 24, KilcundaBass 26 d DWWWW 25, Yarram 18 d Tarwin 11, Toora - bye.

13 & Under: Korumburra-Bena 26 d Foster 6, Dalyston 39 d Phillip Island 6, Fish Creek 51 d Stony Creek 3, MDU 9 d InvKongwak 8, Kilcunda-Bass 16 d DWWWW 13, Yarram 36 d Tarwin 4, Toora - bye.

Ladders A Grade Dalyston .......................343.4 Kor-Bena ......................240.1 Foster............................161.5 MDU .............................141.9 Stony Creek ................. 118.7 Fish Creek ......................85.7 Phillip Island .................107.4 Toora ...............................70.8 Inv-Kongwak ..................92.3 Yarram .............................66.2 DWWW ..........................33.7 B Grade Foster............................389.7 Dalyston .......................178.5 Kor-Bena ......................194.7 Inv-Kongwak ...............155.0 Phillip Island................121.5 Stony Creek .................138.1 MDU ............................. 111.2 DWWWW..................... 112.4 Fish Creek .......................80.0 Toora ...............................67.6 Tarwin .............................45.7 Kil-Bass...........................45.8 Yarram .............................14.0 C Grade Foster............................224.3 Dalyston .......................212.7 Kor-Bena ......................196.6 MDU .............................124.8 Stony Creek .................140.9 Inv-Kongwak ...............150.6 Phillip Island .................100.0 Fish Creek .......................87.2 Toora ...............................62.4 Tarwin .............................61.7 DWWWW.......................68.1 Kilcunda-Bass .................40.2 17 & Under

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Yarram .........................246.8 Phillip Island................223.0 Fish Creek ....................364.9 Kor-Bena ......................307.6 Dalyston .......................178.2 MDU ............................. 117.7 Inv-Kongwak ..................94.7 Stony Creek.....................71.6 Foster...............................40.1 Toora ...............................38.8 Tarwin .............................52.9 DWWWW.......................38.3 Kil-Bass...........................22.2 15 & Under Stony Creek .................225.2 DWWWW....................170.7 Fish Creek ....................138.1 Inv-Kongwak ...............153.5 Foster..............................92.0 Toora ..............................88.5 Kor-Bena .......................105.1 MDU ...............................93.6 Dalyston ..........................84.7 Phillip Island ...................84.3 Yarram .............................75.4 Tarwin .............................53.4 Kil-Bass...........................37.8 13 & Under Dalyston .......................543.9 Phillip Island................377.9 Yarram .........................246.4 Kor-Bena ......................396.4 Fish Creek ....................259.8 MDU .............................139.8 Foster...............................98.3 Toora ...............................41.5 Kil-Bass...........................41.2 Inv-Kongwak ................127.1 Tarwin .............................28.0 Stony Creek.......................9.9 DWWWW ...................... 11.1

On the hop: MDU player Laura Nicholas has a spring in her step as she defends Inverloch-Kongwak’s Sophie Cook.

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Below Mine, no mine: Jolie Middleton and Kelly Pruyn battle for the ball. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@ www. fourcornersframing.biz

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Tough day for Power A Grade

Wonthaggi 37 lt Traralgon 47

Wonthaggi 47 lt Traralgon 52 Well done girls. Our talk and discipline was outstanding. Keep your heads up, we are not far off and yet still have room for improvement.

Enjoy the week off and come back refreshed to take on Maffra.

Awards: (Caledonian Bistro) Emma Main, (Evans Petroleum) Alice Young.

Great team building game. Although we couldn’t walk away with the four points we can still hold our heads high. Great team effort across the board. Well done!

Awards: (Revive) Fiona Cengia, (Evans Petroleum) Brooke Scapin.

B Grade

Great team effort today girls against a slick unit. The first half was exciting netball to watch with level scores. The intensity of today’s game reflects what can be achieved through putting in that bit extra through the week. It’s only up from here.

Awards: (Vortex) Alex Griffiths, (Evans Petroleum) Alice Lindsay.

Wonthaggi 29 lt Traralgon 63 We came across a very disciplined team in Traralgon. We need to focus on our own targets within each quarter. Although the end score was a blow out, everyone can hold their heads high as we achieved the team or individual skill target on the court.

Awards: (Caledonian Bistro) Sarah Foon, (Evans Petroleum) Claire Atherton.

C Grade

17 and Under Wonthaggi 25 lt Traralgon 39

side today. We worked hard and never gave up. With Dom out through injury, Georgia played ¾ in GK and did well. Lets keep training and get our skills polished up. Remember reoffer and hassle your opponents.

Awards: (Sports Power) Courtney Brann, (Evans Petroleum) Niki Cengia.

13 and Under

15 and Under Wonthaggi 20 lt Traralgon 44 We started with great spirit today knowing we were up against a top

Wonthaggi 22 lt Traralgon 35 Great game girls, you can’t win them all and you all never gave up.

Traralgon are a very talented team and applied pressure all down the court. We changed a few positions and you all adjusted well. We look forward to a week off and ready to take on Maffra.

Awards: (Evans Petroleum) Eva Lindsay, (McDonalds) Jessica Tiziani, (Encouragement) Ally Cengia.

A Grade

done girls. Enjoy the week off.

B Grade Leongatha 45 d Sale 43 Awards: Aimee Collins (RSL) and Andrea Pearce (Network Video).

Auction player: Kate Pellicano.

After a slow and stressful start the girls picked up quarter by quarter.

Defence end pulled out some marvellous turnovers to help result in a grateful win of two points.

Well done girls, keep up the good work.

C Grade Leongatha 47 d Sale 32 Awards: Bek Vagg (LC Excessorise) and Kate McCracken (Leongatha Skin Therapy).

Auction player: Brooke Brown.

A fantastic team effort! Defenders were tight all game, shooters shot with confidence and centre court ran hard all game.

Looking forward to the next game to have another win.

Under 17 Leongatha 42 d Sale 39.

Awards: Jacki Smith (Influence Clothing) and Maddi Kerr (RSL).

Sale started well and Leongatha steadied to dominate the first term. Sale fought back in a very fast moving second term.

Coach Cathy asked the girls to steady it down, and an even third term saw Leongatha maintain a two goal lead at three quarter time.

The girls stood up well against some physical play in the last term and did themselves proud to win by three goals.

Saturday May 28 11am: Beth Forrester, Chelsea Deenan, Julie Grant, Angelique Dunlevie, Jamie Gourlay, Anita Gourlay, Hannah Engel, Rebecca Wylie, Robyn Kenny, Kim Lawrence, Holly Hurst, Madison Funnell, Stephanie Wylie, Mariah Grant.

12 noon: Amy Smith, Mary Keenan, Janice Hill, Sue Ritchie, Amy Egan, Kate Norton, Chelsea Deenan, Karen Clarke, Belinda Dyke, Narelle Hanily, Mariah Grant, Kim Lawrence, Emalie Gordon, Brittany Tennyenhuis, Erin Baudinette, Pat Kuhne.

1pm: Brenda Kelly, Julie Grant, Janice Sing, Janice Hill, Kate Gourlay, Andrea Funnell, Kerri Bentvelzen, Emma Smith.

2.15pm: Gabrielle Patterson, Samantha Anderson, Danielle Jones, Pat Kuhne, Janice Sing, Barb Challis, Anita Gourlay, Brenda Kelly.

Leongatha & District netball Results Saturday May 21 11/Under: St Laurence Blue 17 d Town Green 5.

Mt Eccles White 5 d Mirboo North Gold 4. Mirboo North Purple 14 d Mt Eccles Aqua 4. Town Black 11 d Mt Eccles Pink 3. St Laruence Gold 13 d Town Tangerine 4. South Gippsland 13 d Mt Eccles Navy 7.

13/Under: Town Tangerine 15 d Mirboo North 8. Mt Eccles Purple 17 d South Gippsland 10. Town Black 33 d St Laurence Gold 29. St Laurence Burgundy 29 d Mt Eccles Aqua 15. Town Green 17 d Mt Eccles Pink 15.

15/Under: South Gippsland 31 d Mt Eccles 12. Town Green 36 d Town Black 13. Town Tangerine

Parrot netballers win four Leongatha 64 d Sale 37 Awards: Nicola Marriott (Nagels Pharmacy) and Megan Lester (Leongatha Skin Therapy).

Auction player: Nicola Marriott.

A great opening quarter for the Parrots, as all seven players worked hard, resulting in a lead of eight points at quarter time.

The second quarter saw the Parrots increase their lead with Meg Rosser and Kate Lafferty shooting accurately.

The centre court ran and worked hard all game and the defence got their hands on many balls which created turnovers.

The lead was up to 17 at three quarter time.

A dominant last quarter with all players putting in resulted in a fantastic win for the Parrots. Well

LDNA umpires

Under 15

Leongatha 12 lt Sale 45 Awards: Taylar Kerr (Network Video) and Aimee O’Loughlin (Evans Petroleum).

A disappointing loss to a good Sale side that was a lot fitter than our girls. We need more girls at fitness training. Good games by Taylar Kerr and Aimee O’Loughlin.

Under 13 Leongatha 20 lt Sale 57 Awards: Paige Matthews (McCartins Hotel) and Koby Dennison (RSL).

A loss with lots of positives for the girls. The defenders tried hard all game and the shooters shot well with the opportunities they had. Well done team, the coaches are proud.

18 d Mirboo North 4.

17/Under / C Grade: South Gippsland 53 d Mirboo North 39. Town 44 d St Laurence 15.

B Grade: Mt Eccles Aqua 46 d Mt Eccles Navy 42. Town Black 59 d Mt Eccles Pink 25. Mt Eccles White 38 d St Laurence 25.

A Grade: Mt Eccles Aqua 46 d Mt Eccles White 38. Town 46 d St Laurence 43.

Ladders 13/Under St Laurence Burg ....... 187.76 Town Green..................170.58 Town Black ..................144.90 Mt Eccles Purple ........123.68 Mt Eccles Pink ..............92.86 Town Tangerine...............88.68 Mt Eccles Aqua ...............84.62 Mirboo North ..................50.88 St Laurence Gold ............75.56 South Gippsland ..............54.24

8 8 7 5 4 3 3 2 0 0

15/Under South Gippsland ..........324.32 Town Green..................244.19 Town Black ....................90.22 Mt Eccles ........................86.49 Town Tangerine .............58.23 Mirboo North ..................21.19

8 6 4 4 2 0

17/Under / C Grade Town .............................221.43 South Gippsland ..........151.25 Mirboo North ................76.07 St Laruence` ..................36.77

8 4 4 0

B Grade Town Black ..................187.64 Mt Eccles Navy ............145.60 Mt Eccles Aqua............131.08 Mt Eccles White ..........109.77 Town Tangerine .............61.74 St Laurence .....................58.04 Mt Eccles Pink ................46.90

8 6 6 6 2 2 2

A Grade Town .............................147.92 St Laurence .................. 114.84 Mt Eccles Aqua............100.00 Mt Eccles White ............57.41

8 4 4 0

PAGE 56 - “THE STAR”, Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Mirboo North recovers to win

By Rover MIRBOO North overcame a poor second quarter, to defeat a determined Yarragon by 20 points, in beautiful 22 degree sunshine at Dowton Park, Yarragon last Saturday.

Mirboo North now has five victories from its seven starts in 2011 and is second on the ladder behind undefeated reigning premier, Trafalgar.

The mighty Tigers were without the services of star ruckman Don Webb, who was unavailable due to work commitments.

Injured playing coach, Matt Holland, was also forced to miss the important away clash.

Mirboo North opened well and held a 13-point advantage at the first break, after goals from Tim Traill, Ben Stoops and Ben Leach.

The Tigers were playing attractive link-up footy with Shane Peters, Brett Palmer and Damien Turner prominent and dangerous.

A four goal burst from Ren Anderson, Matt Parkinson, Scott Brown and Matt Nooy during the second term, allowed the Panthers to hit the front and set Mirboo North back on its heels.

The Tigers were strug-

gling to contain dual Mid Gippsland best and fairest winner Ben Damschke, who was at his dynamic best in and around the packs.

Yarragon’s tackling pressure was intense and its ultimate acts of desperation to gain possession were wearing the Tigers down in the heavy conditions.

Some dicey disposal choices and subsequent turnovers were hindering Mirboo North and its structures were falling apart.

Nick Murray, Jack Cropley and Shane Burgmann were other Panthers who were starting to exert influence with their skills and hardness at the footy.

The Tigers were seriously missing Webb in the ruck; they were suffering from the brain cloudy blues and their confidence was upside down.

Just when Yarragon, seemed ready to stamp its authority on the match, Damschke was out of business with a hamstring strain and the dynamics of the contest suddenly changed.

Brayden Wilson goaled for the Tigers, after Drew Gardener, Turner, Palmer and Peters all combined splendidly to ferry the Sherrin to him.

This left the Tigers just eight points in arrears at the long break.

Mirboo North’s third

term was exemplary, with four goals from Stoops (2), Traill and Alex Windsor, whilst Yarragon remained scoreless.

Traill had been moved out of the goal square to play a roaming role across half-forward, which worked a treat.

Computerised statistics reveal the Sherrin spent 91.73 per cent of its time in Mirboo North’s forward line during the third quarter, which triggered the Panthers into automatic damage control.

The Tigers were advancing in significant numbers and there was little the Panthers could do to stop them peppering the goals.

Palmer’s skill, determination and aggression were outstanding; he found openings where others saw congestion.

Both sides recorded a goal in an even final term - Johnny Parkinson for the Panthers and Daniel Taylor for the Tigers.

Dwayne Gunn, Windsor and the ever-reliable Gardener, held up many Yarragon forward thrusts with safe marking and wellexecuted clearing kicks.

The speedy Turner, who was best afield, kept on running hard, creating space and looking for targets from his wing.

Joe Brooks, who spent some periods in the ruck in Webb’s absence, was

another Tiger to impress with his effective palming, clean marking and reliable ground work.

Reserves Mirboo North recorded its second victory for the season with a hardfought 26-point win over Yarragon.

The Tigers have now climbed to eighth position on the ladder and are only two games out of the five Smokin’JoeO’Loughlin was in terrific form for the Tigers, finishing with six outstanding goals.

Others to do well were Joel Graeme, Ricky Whittle, Luke Gervasi and Dean Ross.

Yarragon had consistent performers in Matthew Blair, Nicholas Gray and Matthew Ryan.

An exciting last quarter saw Yarragon boot four goals and get within eight

Mirboo North 9.7.62 d Yarragon 6.5.41 Mirboo North Goals: B Stoops 3, T Traill 2, D Taylor, A Windsor, B Leach, B Wilson Mirboo North Best: D Turner, B Palmer, D Taylor, S Peters, A Bence, D Gunn Yarragon Goals: R Anderson, J Harvey, S Brown, M Nooy, J Bainbridge, M Parkinson Yarragon Best: N Murray, J Cropley, S Burgmann, M Parkinson, B Damschke, M Ablett RESERVES

Mirboo North 11.6.72 d Yarragon 7.4.46 Mirboo North Goals: J O’Loughlin 6, D Banks 2, S Lawson, A McCarthy, S Kalos

points of Mirboo North.

But the Tigers steadied and kicked the remaining three majors of the match, to run out comfortable winners.

Thirds Yarragon turned a 10-point three-quarter-time deficit into a four-point victory, with two unanswered goals in the final quarter.

The Panthers hit the front after receiving a 50-metre penalty from a Mirboo North indiscretion.

Four goals from Chris Irwin was a great effort against Yarragon’s tight defence.

Fourths Yarragon taught Mirboo North a complete footy lesson in its excellent 55-point win.

Jesse Hough was Mirboo North’s lone goalkicker.

Mirboo North Best: J Graeme, J O’Loughlin, R Whittle, L Gervasi, D Ross, A Leach THIRDS

Hitout: Julian Patterson sends the ball forward for Leongatha.

UNDER 14S

Leongatha 16.8.104 d Hill End/Willow Grove 0.0.0 Best players: Jake Hendersen, Kyle Materia, Jordan Nagel, Ben Hannon, Halen Duff, Jarrod Appleyard.

Goal kickers: Jake Hendersen 6, Zac VanDelft 3, Kyle Materia 2, Jordan Nagel 2, Halen Duff, Blake Moscript, Joel Norton all 1 each.

UNDER 13S

Leongatha 17.9.111 d Corner Inlet 1.2.8 Best players: Oliver MacLean, Branson Amato, Kyle Cooper, Harrison McGannon, Ethan Stephenson, Sam Forrester.

Goal kickers: Branson Amato 6, Oliver MacLean 4, Julian Patterson 2, Jackson Smith 2, Timothy Sauvarin, Sam Forrester and Brodie

THIRDS

LADDER

LADDER

Trafalgar ............... 173.26 28 Mirboo North ........ 113.89 20 Boolarra ................ 125.97 16 Hill End ................. 100.00 16 Newborough ........... 94.21 16 Thorpdale ................ 93.42 12 Yall Yall North ........... 89.11 10 Yarragon .................. 95.61 8 Yinnar ...................... 81.62 8 Morwell East ............. 66.83 6

RESERVES

28 20 20 18 18 16 8 8 4

FOURTHS

LADDER Boolarra ................ 205.52 Yinnar ................... 105.22 Thorpdale ............. 125.56 Hill End ................. 109.09 Newborough ......... 103.16 Trafalgar ............... 135.23 Morwell East......... 114.59 Mirboo North............ 70.30 Yall Yall North ........... 45.02 Yarragon .................. 58.33

Newborough ......... 277.09 Yarragon ............... 147.67 Yinnar ................... 130.70 Mirboo North ........ 159.45 Trafalgar ............... 123.53 Hill End .................... 94.38 Thorpdale ................ 78.23 Morwell East ............ 38.83 Yall Yall North ........... 32.30

24 24 16 16 16 12 12 8 8 4

LADDER Yarragon ............... 725.97 28 Newborough ......... 387.76 28 Boolarra ................ 239.33 20 Trafalgar ................. 96.07 16 Mirboo North .......... 91.70 16 Thorpdale .............. 121.30 12 Yinnar .................... 28.71 8 Morwell East ............ 17.73 8 Hill End ..................... 23.64 4

OTHER MATCHES SENIORS Trafalgar 14.12.96 d Yall Yall North 6.13.49.

Hill End 15.12.102 d Yinnar 8.5.53.

Thorpdale 11.13.79 d Morwell East 7.23.65.

RESERVES Trafalgar 21.11.137d Yall Yall North 2.3.15.

Yinnar 7.10.52 d Hill End 6.9.45.

Morwell East 14.15.99 d Thor-

pdale 8.8.56.

THIRDS Trafalgar 17.17.119 d Yall Yall North 4.3.27.

Yinnar 12.7.79 d Hill End 7.8.50.

Thorpdale 12.17.89 d Morwell East 5.12.42.

FOURTHS Yinnar 8.9.57 d Hill End 4.5.29.

Thorpdale 14.24.108 d Morwell East 2.1.13.

• PARROTS UNDER 10S

Mirboo North Goals: C Irwin 4, N Gervasi, M Wightman, B Bradshaw, J Dickeson, C Irwin Mirboo North Best: L Smit, N Gervasi, M Wightman, B Bradshaw, J Dickeson, C Irwin FOURTHS

Hill End kept scoreless

Yarragon 8.16.64 d Mirboo North 1.3.9 Mirboo North Goal: J Hough Mirboo North Best: P Hinkley, J Hough, J Peters, S Pratt, J Salinger, B Richards

Parrots bury Hill End Led by small forward Nathan Trotto, who slotted six goals in a best on ground performance, the Parrots were never challenged by the Rovers.

This is not to say the backmen did not play a part in the victory, with Jack Dunn and Ben Ryan stemming the Rovers’ early attacks.

Kyle Kennedy was flying high early and Zac Caughey put the Parrots’ first major on the board with a clever snap.

Tully Belaldo was playing well, and so too Joel Norton.

Tom Brew was hitting the packs hard and Tom Evans, who was at his creative best, kicked another goal before the first break.

The Parrots opened up the account early in the second quarter, with a great goal from Zac Van Delft. Trotto was gain-

SENIORS

Yarragon 8.10.58 d Mirboo North 8.6.54

• UNDER 12s

THE Leongatha Parrots were in full flight on Sunday, when they thrashed Hill End by 60 points.

Mid Gippsland League

ing possessions at will.

Caughey slotted another, and Hill End got one in reply.

Trotto kicked his first for the game. Dunn took a storming run up the wing.

In the third Trotto was quickly on the board with another goal.

Clay Alexander was helping to set up much of the play, while Caughey was also rising to the occasion.

Trotto kicked his third.

Jordi Geary took the mark of the day, with a breathtaking leap into oncoming traffic.

Van Delft would not be outdone, taking one too and slotting through a goal.

Trotto kicked the first goal of the last quarter, taking his tally to four.

Norton was giving his team great drive through the middle, and helped Trotto find his fifth goal.

Kennedy snaffled one more goal, then Trotto put the icing on the cake with a sixth.

Under 10s Results FIRST quarter: Off to a slow start but the Parrots were doing a great job keeping the balls from the Hill End Rovers.

There was a great tackle

by Jack Hume. The boys played well, shepherding opponents throughout the quarter with clean pick-ups

by Mitch B. to kick towards goals. Great play by Tim Boke, a first goal kicked within the first five minutes.

Rhys L. played well leading to Adrian Ballagh who kicked a clean goal.

Luke Stoddart kicked a goal. There was a lot of competition in the goal area.

Jack McDonald received a hard knock to the head but continued playing. A great kick from Tim B. to end the quarter.

Second quarter: A great tackle by Mitch B, and

mark by Jay Wilson. Ryan Cocksedge played on to kick the first point for the quarter. Great team playing was shown by all team players throughout the quarter with great shepherding by Shem Murphy. There was a tight struggle for the ball with three points gained in the second quarter.

Third quarter: The team played on for another tight quarter with Hayden Kewming marking the ball to play forward for another point and Haley Geary marked the ball also.

Fourth quarter: Jay Wilson scored the first goal for the quarter with a great kick by Jordan Brown to play on to Tim B. Jacob Wrigley kicked the first point for the quarter with two marks placed by Luke Stolhart.

Mitch B. marked the balls to forward on to Rhys L. who kicked a goal. There was a great handball by Haley G.

Chadwick.

UNDER 12S

Leongatha 10.6.66 d Hill End 1.0.6 UNDER 11S

Corner Inlet 11.12.78 d Leongatha 4.1.25 Best players: Mason McGannon, Bailey Bacon, Zayn Clark, Mitchell Scrimshaw, Jack Stockdale and Zaidyn Kemp.

Goal kickers: Jack Stockdale 2, Mason McGannon and Zayn Clark.

UNDER 10S

Leongatha 4.9.33 d Hill End 0.0.00 Best: M. Bentvelzen, R. Lindsay, J. Wilson, K. Casbolt, J. Thomas and D. Hume.

Goalkickers: M. Porteli, R. Lindsay, A. Ballagh and J. Wilson.

Joel Norton: the in and under specialist was on song.

“THE STAR”, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - PAGE 57

New SportFirst store opens LEONGATHA will be served by a brand new sports store with SportFirst coming to town and beginning trade tomorrow, Wednesday, May 25.

Owner Mark Lafferty, who already owns a successful SportFirst store in Korumburra, has always embraced the thought of extending to Leongatha.

Mark has big plans for the Leongatha store and will increase the stock levels massively.

As well as an extensive range covering most sports, Mark has added a ladies fitness apparel label Lorna Jane to the store range.

He is stocked up in winter fitness gear including fleece pants, tops, Leluu and Adidas apparel, the Ripcurl

range and Skins and Underarmour sports wear.

Mark has already built a solid reputation in Korumburra, with that store open for three years now.

Mark will have no problem fitting in with the Leongatha scene, he lives in town, coaches the Leongatha seconds after many years playing his footy at MDU and plays A Grade cricket with Imperials.

“I have a really good relationship with the Leongatha Junior Football Club and supply their footys, helmets, socks, shorts and so on.

“I really want to beef up stock levels here in Leongatha and lift the reputation of the store which has suffered in the past few months,” Mark said.

Mark will work out of the Le-

ongatha store and has recruited Kate Cantwell to join him. Tom Sorrell will head up the team at Korumburra.

“We will be in a great position with stock; being able to switch gear between the two stores means we will be able to get an item for the customer pretty quickly.”

To celebrate the opening, the store has some specials this week; call in and check out the new store at 35 McCartin Street, Leongatha.

Signs up: Troy Williams had the job of painting the new SportFirst signs in Leongatha. New owners Mark and Kate Lafferty (pictured) liked what they saw.

Power fails at Traralgon WONTHAGGI Power lost to Traralgon on the weekend and now sits at three and three for the 2011 season.

The Power showed some real positive signs of the excellent form but couldn’t manage to steal the points from the Maroons.

Wonthaggi didn’t start well, with Traralgon kicking the first major. The Power welcomed back Aiden Lindsay from Casey who added some depth to their midfield.

Lindsay was a real standout for Wonthaggi, with close to 30 touches.

The Maroons were matching Wonthaggi in

tackling pressure, they also had some real pace about their game.

The Power’s midfielders started to lift and began pushing the ball forward.

Earl Shaw was dominating the ruck and Andrew Seccull was also playing well. Ryan Underwood was a livewire up forward, he kicked two consecutive goals to really get things moving for his side.

The Power lifted in all areas, Dean Jenkins especially gave Wonthaggi some run out of defence. Half time saw the Power with their noses in front by nine points.

In the third quarter both sides were playing desperate football. Young gun Jack Blair was getting his

hands on the ball. North and Stockdale were playing solid games for Traralgon.

The Maroons were lifting and the Power had no answers around the ground.

Big man Earl Shaw took a heavy bump and he took no further part in the game which hurt the Power. McDonald was continuing his form for his side.

The home side goaled late and were up and about, taking a four point lead into the final break.

Traralgon started the last term with a perfect start, Wonthaggi looked flat-footed and the Maroons threw on six goals to really run away with the game. The Power replied with two late term goals of

their own to put the margin back to 22 points.

Ryan Underwood finished with five majors for

the day.

The Power will enjoy the bye before taking on Maffra at home.

But following Saturday night’s loss to Sale they have slipped to eighth place, albeit just one game outside the five.

The Parrots knew going into the match that the undefeated Magpie line-up was going to offer a challenge, and came prepared.

The first quarter was even, with both sides looking to instigate run and carry into their forward halves.

Chris Verboon was proving a big target up forward for the Parrots, and made life difficult for his opponents.

Also damaging was Zac Griffiths, who continues to prove what a valuable member he is to the team.

Griffiths kicked three goals early on in the match to keep the Parrots in front.

At quarter time the coaching staff was content with the effort put forward by the players, and urged them to continue to heap pressure on their skilful opponents.

The second quarter was a similar affair, but Sale slowly started to

pull away.

Their efficient ball use meant that all Leongatha’s efforts moving the ball forward could be dashed at any second.

It made life hard for the Parrot defenders, who were constantly being peppered with attacks.

At half time the visitors held a four point lead.

The third, or premiership quarter usually defines a match and the saying could not have been more pertinent in this encounter.

Sale booted home six goals to two, running the Leongatha defensive unit ragged.

Magpies captain Matthew Ferguson was the main offender, kicking seven goals and tearing the game apart in the third term.

His opponent Tom Mayo can be commended for his effort, as the delivery Ferguson received was as good as anyone could have asked for.

At three quarter time the Parrots were behind the eight ball, and needing a big last quarter to bring home a win.

Again they were only able to manage two goals while Sale kicked four to

end the match on a high.

In better news for Leongatha, Beau Vernon has been called into the Gippsland League side, as the teams have chosen to play one extra player on the interchange.

He, along with Tom Marriott will be playing next week while the rest of their team-mates enjoy the week off.

The Parrots will then make the long trip to Bairnsdale to take on the Redlegs, who are travelling well this season.

Round 6 GOALKICKERS

SENIORS LADDER W

Traralgon 17.15.117 d Wonthaggi Power 14.11.95 Traralgon Best: D. Campbell, M. Northe, M. Cooper, S. Hazelman, J. Aitken, K. Harrold Goals: M. Northe 3, D. McKenna 3, D. Campbell 2, M. Stockdale 2, M. Cooper 2, K. Grinstead-Jones, S. Dunbar, J. Hall, M. Stevens, T. Johnston Wonthaggi Power Best: A. Lindsay, J. Blair, P. Brosnan, R. Underwood, D. Jenkins, P. Solohub Goals: R. Underwood 5, J. Blair 2, M. Kremmer 2, A. Seccull, A. Winter, P. Brosnan, K. McCarthy, L. McDonald.

RESERVES

Traralgon 6.10.46 d Wonthaggi Power 4.13.37 Top goalkicker: M. Cummins (Traralgon) 3 Traralgon Best: D. Brunt, R. Smith, R. Wilkie, J. Egan, B. Adams

Wonthaggi Power Best: M. Everitt, M. Al-Badine, B. Foon, R. Todd THIRDS

Traralgon 31.15.201 d Wonthaggi Power 5.2.32 Top goalkicker: L. White (Traralgon) 8 Traralgon Best: D. McGrath, L. White, L. Pollard, J. Symons, B. Hammer, R. Pledge Wonthaggi Power Best: B. Graham, B. Hughes, L. Gennacarro FOURTHS

Traralgon 6.23.59 d Wonthaggi Power 6.5.41 Top goalkickers: M. Nelson, R. Jacobsen (Traralgon), A. Murray (WP) 2.

Traralgon Best: B. Northover, R. Hildebrand, J. Main, G. Stevenson, M. Mustoe Wonthaggi Power Best: P. Ryan, S. Scott, T. Hamilton, J. Membrey, A. Murray, E. Wilson

Parrots blown away by Sale

JUST two weeks ago Leongatha sat in third place on the Gippsland League ladder.

Gippsland League

Sale 15.14.104 d Leongatha 9.5.59 Sale Best: S. Fyfe, K. Fraser, M. Ferguson, P. Macfarlane, J. Dessent, D. Waddell Goals: M. Ferguson 7, K. Fraser 4, B. Rathnow, O. Collins, B. Martin, M. Davis Leongatha Best: C. Verboon, B. Vernon, Z. Griffiths, Z. Vernon, R. Kelly, R. McLennan Goals: Z. Griffiths 3, A. Heppell 3, J. Stone, N. Nagel, B. Vernon RESERVES

Leongatha 8.13.61 d Sale 5.7.37 Top goalkickers: C. Brown, J. Kennedy (Leongatha) 3 Leongatha Best: L. Dumont, P. Kindellan, B. Geitz, T. Pellicano, J. Kilsby, J. Renden

Sale Best: C. Stasinowsky, C. Elliott, A. Quirk, C. Hudson, L. Bates THIRDS

Leongatha 9.9.63 d Sale 8.4.52 Top goalkicker: J. McIntyre (Sale) 4 Leongatha Best: T. Goss, M. Elliott, T. Gordon, N. Tuckett, J. Pellicano, O. Kerr Sale Best: S. Jackson, J. McIntyre, S. Lange, T. McMillan, N. Flint FOURTHS

Sale 10.16.76 d Leongatha 5.1.31 Top goalkicker: J. Kiss (Sale) 4.

Sale Best: J. Meade, B. Walker, A. Wallace, J. Dunkley, J. Leslie, L. Lange Leongatha Best: J. Read, B. Tomada, B. Rosser, B. Chalmers, A. Taranto, B. Vanrooy

L D

Sale ............ 6 Drouin.......... 4 Traralgon ...... 3 Bairnsdale .... 3 Maffra ......... 3 Won Power ......3 Morwell ............3 Leongatha ........2 Moe..................2 Warragul ..........0

0 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 6

0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

%

Pts

213.58 126.16 104.20 82.37 90.22 90.22 79.80 108.57 88.12 58.44

24 16 14 14 12 12 12 8 8 0

GOALKICKERS M. Ferguson (Sale) ............ (7) R. Donaldson (Moe) ........... (4) J. Gibbs (Bairnsdale).......... (1) C. Dunne (Drouin) .............. (3) D. Bedggood (Mafra) ......... (3) N. Nagel (Leongatha) ......... (1) D. McKenna (Traralgon) ..... (3) S. Ryan (Bairnsdale) .......... (1) B. Martin (Sale) .................. (1) D. Woodhead (Drouin) ....... (5) B. Connelly (Maffra) ........... (6)

31 26 20 20 20 20 17 14 14 13 13

LADDER W

L D

%

Pts

1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 5

178.72 129.79 240.14 131.25 95.45 73.08 70.19 56.70 38.50

20 20 16 16 10 6 4 4 0

0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

GOALKICKERS M. Davies (Leongatha) ....... (1) 15 J. Langshaw (Maffra) ......... (0) 14 C. Brown (Leongatha) ........ (3) 13 G. Harrison (Moe) .............. (4) 11 R. Tack (Won) .................... (2) 10 N. Burr (Drouin) ................ (3) 10 P. Alger (Drouin) .................. (4) 9 C. Pleydell (Maffra) .............. (0) 9 A. Gieschen (Maffra) ............ (0) 9 C. Dyt (Sale)......................... (1) 8

UNDER 18 W

L D

Bairnsdale .... 6 0 Leongatha ..... 5 1 Drouin.......... 4 1 Sale ............ 4 2 Traralgon ......4 1 Waragul............1 4 Won Power ......1 4 Maffra ..............0 4 Morwell ............0 6 Moe..................0 2

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

%

Pts

766.96 159.50 209.03 227.65 182.79 59.19 34.05 39.18 29.73 0.19

24 20 18 16 16 4 4 2 0 0

GOALKICKERS J. McIntyre (Sale) .............. (4) J. Scott (Bairnsdale) .......... (0) T. Burgess (Leongatha) ...... (2) J. Brown (Warragul)........... (0) W. Siania (Bairnsdale) ........ (3) L. White (Traralgon) ........... (8) L. Sperling (Leongatha) ..... (2) B. Collins (Drouin) ............. (0) N. Storer (Bairnsdale) ........ (2) N. George (Bairnsdale) ....... (0) J. Jarred (Drouin) ............. (1) J. Rippon (Drouin) ............. (4)

40 16 15 14 14 13 11 11 10 10 10 10

UNDER 16 LADDER W

L D

Traralgon ...... 6 Sale ............ 5 Maffra.......... 4 Bairnsdale .... 3 Leongatha ..... 3 Won Power ......3 Drouin ..............2 Warragul ..........2 Morwell ............1 Moe..................0

0 0 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 6

%

0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

299.47 275.12 133.81 278.34 146.46 79.30 98.32 49.60 39.65 17.84

Pts

24 22 16 14 12 12 8 8 4 0

Other matches SENIORS

UNDER 18

Moe 15.14.104 d Warragul 11.4.70.

Drouin 18.14.122 d Morwell 6.10.46.

Maffra 19.13.127 d Bairnsdale 9.12.66.

Drouin 9.10.64 d Morwell 7.8.50.

Bairnsdale 18.14.122 d Maffra 2.8.20.

RESERVES Moe 10.12.72 d Warragul 4.8.32.

Drouin 17.13.115 d Morwell 8.2.50.

Nick Tuckett: the Fourths captain stepped up to play Thirds on the weekend and had a great game.

19 18 16 14 13 13 12 12 12 11 11

LADDER

RESERVES Leongatha ..... 5 Drouin ......... 5 Maffra.......... 4 Sale ............ 4 Moe ............ 2 Won Power ......1 Morwell ............1 Traralgon ..........1 Warragul ..........0

D. Hayes (Biarnsdale) ........ (0) B. Doran (Leongatha) ........ (1) J. Kiss (Sale) ...................... (4) Z. Petrovic (Sale) ............... (0) J. Vucenovic (Traralgon) .... (0) B. Davidson (Leongatha).... (0) R. Jacobsen (Traralgon) ..... (2) B. Waddell(Bairnsdale)....... (0) M. Nelson (Traralgon) ........ (2) C. Minichiello (Warragul) ... (5) P. Ryan (Won) .................... (0)

UNDER 16 Warragul 12.16.88 d Moe 3.12.30.

Drouin 7.8.50 d Morwell 4.9.33.

Maffra 6.11.47 d Bairnsdale 2.5.17.

PAGE 58 - “THE STAR”, Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Big day for Killy-Bass KILCUNDA-BASS started off well, kicking 11 goals in the first quarter with Paul Lange bagging four of them.

Jamie Evans worked well in the ruck, giving Kilcunda-Bass’s Chris Endres and Jess Attenborough plenty of the ball out of the centre, driving it forward to Luke James and Jason Wells.

In the second quarter the Allies were more intense and determined to get their hands on the football as Kilcunda-Bass had a bit of a lull.

After the half time break the Bass boys came out all fired up with Jamie Turner in the ruck.

Jared Attenborough, Chris Endres and Ryan Fitzgerald moved the ball around the ground well giving the Kilcunda-Bass forwards plenty to smile about.

In the last quarter Kilcunda-Bass never let the pressure up, with great defensive work from coach Steve O’Bryan and Adam Miller.

Kilcunda-Bass player Xavier Reicha was great all game, doing all the right things.

Reserves

Kilcunda-Bass started off slowly and gradually improved as the game progressed.

They played well in patches and will improve as they get a few blokes back from injury.

First gamer Ben Froud settled into the team well, kicking two goals.

Thanks to the Thirds boys who stepped up and gave a hand, with mention to Jacob Dakin who snagged three goals.

Under 18s Despite Kilcunda-Bass having six players out due to injury or illness, the boys were keen to fire up. Good to see Parker back for his first game of the season.

Both teams were evenly matched, with a determined Allies not allowing Kilcunda-Bass to take the game away.

However at the start of the second quarter, the Kilcunda-Bass boys started to find their feet, kicking three goals one to DWWWW’s one goal.

The Bass boys still weren’t happy at their efforts going into the third quarter.

They started to apply the pressure by kick-

ing three goals five to DWWWW one goal one.

Coming into the last quarter after a quick rev up by the coach, the Kilcunda-Bass boys brought it home seven goals two to three goals one. The pleasing thing to watch was the discipline they applied to this game, it was outstanding.

SENIORS LADDER

Under 15s

W L D

After Kilcunda-Bass Under 15s having a loss last week the boys jumped out of the blocks early. Their shepherds as well as first, second and third efforts were outstanding.

Their run and create from the half back line was inspiring.

With multiple goal kickers it is good to see the Kilcunda-Bass boys sharing the ball around.

Keep up the good work boys and keep building on today.

Kil-Bass ....... 7 MDU............ 6 Kor-Bena ...... 6 Fish Creek..... 5 Foster .......... 4 Inv-Kongwak .. 4 Stony Creek......4 Dalyston ...........3 Yarram .............3 Philip Island .....2 Toora ................1 Tarwin ..............0 DWWWW .........0

Kilcunda Bass 33.19.217 d DWWWW 4.2.26 Kilcunda Bass Goals: L. James 11, J. Wells 9, P. Lange 5, S. O’Bryan 2, C. Endres 2, X. Reicha 1, R. Fitzgerald 1, J. Attenborough 1, J. Smith 1.

DWWWW Goals: S. Kilgower 2, S. Kilgower 1, N. Graeske 1.

Kilcunda Bass Best: X. Reicha, C. Endres, L. James, S. O’Bryan, J. Wells, J. Attenborough.

DWWWW Best: G. Riley, M. O’Sullivan, S. Kilgower, S. Kilgower, L. Ferguson, W. Colbert.

RESERVES Kilcunda Bass 26.12.168 d DWWWW 2.4.16 Leading goalkicker: S. Cunningham (KilcundaBass) 6.

Kilcunda-Bass Best: B. Hayes, O. Milton, B. Varker, S. Cunningham, B. McNamara, L. Smith DWWWW Best: O. Henderson, B. Barlow, M. Moore, B. Asif, M. Jabar, T. Crawford.

UNDER 18 Kilcunda Bass 14.10.94 d DWWWW 6.4.40 Leading Goalkicker: J. Goewie (KB) 7.

Kilcunda Bass Best: J. Newsome, D. Wake, M. Doyle, P. Babington, J. Turner, C. Smith.

DWWWW Best: B. Vardy, B. Reed, B. Maher, T. Williams, E. Paterson.

UNDER 15 Kilcunda Bass 11.13.79 d DWWWW 2.2.14 Leading Goalkicker: N. Arney (KB) 3.

Kilcunda Bass Best: D. Stacey-Van Steensel, S. Hammond, B. McInroy-Howard, N. Arney, M. Homer, B. North.

DWWWW Best: C. Pintus, S. Mayne, T. Rendell, D. McKeane, S. Vening.

Kick away: Demon Marcus Wilson gets around the Sea Eagles’ defence in the third quarter.

Nearly there: Kilcunda-Bass’ Tim Smith makes sure his Allies opponent was under pressure.

Daly outdoes Island WITH both teams in the six sitting on 20 premiership points each, the game promised to be very keenly contested.

From the first siren the building crowd was treated to a fierce but fair contest with every kick, mark or handball made to be earned by the recipient.

Todd Cleeland and Adrian O’Gorman were winning plenty of the ball for the Bulldogs as they gradually pulled back the early lead that the Magpies had after an initial scoring burst.

In what turned out to be a match defining quarter, Dalyston slammed on four goals to the Bulldogs’ two.

This was due to our defence being under constant pressure from the Magpies’ on ball brigade. When we went into our forward half, we found it difficult to score, with the ball rebounding too easily despite the efforts of Leigh Woolford and Kevin Taylor.

At the long break, the Bulldogs found themselves 22 points in arrears.

The third quarter was a classic battle of the backlines with neither side conceding an easy ball.

Rod McKenzie worked tirelessly in the ruck trying to give our midfielders first use of the ball, but this was wasted on occasions with players not hitting intended targets.

This quarter provided plenty of work for Tony Hornsby who stood firm on the half

backline but our inability to keep the scoreboard ticking over was always a problem.

The last quarter was an arm wrestle, with both sides desperate to finish the game on a winning note. When the Bulldogs kicked two goals, it brought them within striking distance of the Magpies but it wasn’t to be, as Dalyston slotted through a major and ran out the winner by 20 points.

Dalyston 13.13.91 d Phillip Island 12.7.79

O’Gorman, L. Woolford, R. McKenzie, K. Taylor, A. Hornsby.

Dalyston Goals: A. Russell 4, R. Birnie 2, A. Donohue 2, C. Graham 1, M. Rosendale 1, B. Carew 1, D. Wylie 1, P. McKenna 1.

Phillip Island Goals: B. Van Brummelen 2, T. Daff 2, B. Lawrence 2, C. Terlich 2, M. Price 1, G. Powles 1, J. Emery 1, J. Niven 1.

Dalyston Best: R. Jennings, A. Russell, P. McKenna, D. Kelly, M. Rosendale, B. Carew.

Phillip Island Best: J. Emery, S. Riordan, T. Cole, M. Price, J. Niven, T. Daff.

UNDER 18 Phillip Island 9.5.59 d Dalyston 7.7.49

RESERVES Dalyston 10.13.73 d Phillip Island 8.5.53 Leading Goalkicker: K. Taylor (PI) 4.

Dalyston Best: S. Sibly, S. Cicala, R. Beaton, A. Wallis, A. Gennaccaro, M. Boyle.

Phillip Island Best: T. Cleeland, A.

Leading Goalkickers: E. Richards (PI) 3, M. Schreck (Dal) 3.

Phillip Island Best: D. Hewett, D. Clarke, T. Sandbach, M. Francis, A. Cook, S. Taylor.

Dalyston Best: J. Alexander, J. Coldebella, M. Howell, T. Davey, L. Wall, M. Schreck.

UNDER 15 Dalyston 11.8.74 d Phillip Island 5.5.35 Leading Goalkicker: O. Bates (Dal) 4.

Dalyston Best: J. Legione, M. Davey, H. Wright, M. Ware, L. West, N. Bainbridge.

Phillip Island Best: J. Guerin, C. Porter, J. Wright, B. Johnston, J. Van Zanen, R. Arnold.

MDU overwhelms Inverloch A WEEK is a long time in football, and especially in our slice of paradise, South Gippsland.

The cold, wet, bleak conditions of round seven were replaced by a glorious autumn day - sunny, balmy even, with a northerly in residence at the Meeniyan oval.

The pitch was picture-perfect; the scene set for a bobby-dazzler in the eagerly anticipated main event.

With both teams ensconced in the six, and in winning form, a close contest was expected. It was not to be. The match was a largely lack-lustre affair, with the Demons strangling the life from the I-K game plan.

MDU proved too strong for the gallant Sea Eagles, Demon captain Dean Aldridge won the toss and kicked to the scoreboard end, favoured by the breeze.

MDU dominated the first quarter but managed only two goals, five behinds on the board. Selfish play around goals was to blame, with many attempts at goal on the day.

Forwards working hard off the ball were too often burnt. I-K were running the ball well through the midfield when they won possession, but could not penetrate MDU’s last line. Dylan Clark was outstanding for the visitors with his run and carry.

Persistence was rewarded with two goals in a minute prior to the siren, leaving I-K only two points in arrears. The pace was a cracker, and the teams went goal for goal. A chain of handballs allowed Tohiariki to goal for the Demons.

At the other end, the dangerous Nathan Cant displayed superb recovery skills to snap a ripper. MDU’s break came midway through the second quarter.

Roy Taylor took over in the ruck and the midfield collectively asserted themselves. The combine quickly opened up a four goal break. I-K’s cause was not helped by the loss of big ruckman Patrick Jobling to injury.

In a bad day for big fellows, Demon Craig Riccardo also had an early end to his match. Cal Hutcheson assumed a runwith role on Dylan Clark and nullified his influence.

The MDU backline was impassable.

Damien Adkins and Luke Smith were the take-away kings in the centre and at the stoppages.

Best on ground ball-magnet Joel Sinclair began accruing possessions and the forwards found harmony. A procession of goals followed.

The Sea Eagles’ backline was overwhelmed, despite the admirable efforts of Walter Taberner, Josh Clottu and Tim Thornby.

MDU next week has the bye whilst Inverloch-Kongwak returns to the Tarwin Valley to take on Stony Creek in a must-

win match for both clubs.

The loser will find themselves most likely a game outside the six.

M.D.U. 20.21.141 d Inverloch-Kongwak 6.8.44 M.D.U. Goals: M. Wilson 3, S. Clark 3, B. Pedlow 2, T. Tohiariki 2, J. Wilson 2, B. Maxwell 2, K. Gowers 1, L. Smith 1, J. Sinclair 1, D. Adkins 1, A. Harris 1, T. Corry 1.

Inverloch-Kongwak Goals: N. Cant 2, C. Spencer 1, W. Rankin 1, A. Sadler 1, C. Chapman 1.

MDU Best: J. Sinclair, D. Adkins, T. Corry, C. Hutcheson, J. Wilson, L. Smith.

Inverloch-Kongwak Best: W. Taberner, K. Rotthier, J. Clottu, C. Chapman, W. Rankin, T. Thornby.

RESERVES M.D.U. 10.12.72 d Inverloch-Kongwak 5.7.37 Leading Goalkicker: S. Charlton (MDU) 3.

MDU Best: P. Harris, B. Densley, S. Charlton, C. Thomas, N. Eddy, S. Trotman.

Inverloch-Kongwak Best: J. Brosnan, N. Maher, W. Holmes, B. Withers, L. Rankin, A. Powell.

UNDER 18 M.D.U. 22.11.143 d Inverloch-Kongwak 0.0.0 Leading Goalkicker: N. Moore (MDU) 7.

MDU Best: N. Moore, M. Olden, B. Thomas (Jnr), T. Harris, J. Winderlich, A. Hill.

Inverloch-Kongwak Best: C. Allum, L. Johnson, C. Casey, J. McCarthy, S. Worthy, T. Taylor.

UNDER 15 Inverloch-Kongwak 15.14.104 d M.D.U. 1.1.7 Leading Goalkicker: C. Casey (IK) 5.

Inverloch-Kongwak Best: J. Dowie, J. Burton, J. Dalmau, C. Casey, M. MacKay, J. Best.

MDU Best: D. Thorson, J. Graham, W. Stewart, C. McInnes, J. Van Dyk, L. Bourke.

0 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 4 5 5 7 8

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

%

Pts

228.65 195.98 192.64 176.06 121.35 112.25 100.19 173.35 98.41 114.35 28.68 56.23 20.19

28 24 24 20 16 16 16 12 12 8 4 0 0

GOALKICKERS L. James (Kil-Bass) .......... (11) C. Graham (Dalyston) ........ (1) B. Anderson (Fish Creek) ... (2) T. Bartholomew (Foster)..... (4) C. Maskell (Kor-Bena) ........ (4) T. Krause (Inv-K’wak) ......... (0) M. Standfield (Fish Creek) .. (5) C. Langley (Stony Creek) ... (3) J. Wells (Kil-Bass).............. (9) M. Wilson (MDU) ............... (3) N. Belsey (Kor-Bena) .......... (0) B. Lawrence (PI) ................ (2)

53 29 28 28 27 22 22 22 20 18 18 18

RESERVES LADDER W L D

%

Kor-Bena ...... 7 0 0 382.78 Dalyston ....... 6 0 0 485.33 Fish Creek..... 6 1 0 362.21 Kil-Bass ....... 5 2 0 209.91 Phillip Island . 4 2 0 159.25 MDU............ 5 2 0 113.40 Inv-Kongwak ....3 5 0 148.16 Tarwin ..............3 4 0 87.53 Foster ...............2 4 0 100.69 Stony Creek......1 6 0 59.21 DWWWW .........1 7 0 25.50 Toora ................1 5 0 22.45 Yarram .............0 7 0 13.36 GOALKICKERS R. Quaife (Kor-Bena) .......... (5) L. Wilkinson (Dalyston)...... (0) J. Jackson (Inv-Kongwak).. (2) B. Redpath (Fish Creek) ..... (5) K. Taylor (PI) ...................... (4) J. Wallis (Kor-Bena) ........... (1) N. Cant (Inv-Kongwak)....... (0) D. Jenkins (Fish creek)....... (0) M. Boyle (Dalyston) ........... (3) D. Smith (Foster) ............... (2) B. Vague (Kil-Bass) ............ (0)

Pts

28 24 24 20 20 20 12 12 8 4 4 4 0 35 35 23 18 16 15 14 13 13 12 12

UNDER 18 LADDER W L D

%

Pts

302.59 419.50 279.26 256.75 183.16 356.55 98.77 69.36 40.27 38.71 40.32 20.47 25.65

28 24 24 20 20 16 12 12 8 8 4 4 0

GOALKICKERS J. Goewie (Kil-Bass) .......... (7) J. Meade (Kor-Bena) .......... (2) P. Pattison (Kor-Bena) ........ (0) M. Green (Foster) ............... (7) J. Hughes (PI) .................... (0) J. Black (PI) ....................... (1) D. Vardy (DWWWW).......... (0) K. Salama (Kil-Bass) .......... (0) M. Jones (PI) ..................... (0) S. Macri (Kor-Bena) ........... (0) M. Howell (Dalyston) ......... (0) J. Kilpatrick (Kor-Bena) ...... (3)

31 26 24 24 18 17 16 16 12 12 12 12

KIl-Bass ....... 7 Kor-Bena ...... 6 MDU............ 6 Phillip Island . 5 Foster .......... 5 Dalyston ....... 4 DWWWW .........3 Fish Creek ........3 Toora ................2 Yarram .............2 Tarwin ..............1 Stony Creek......1 Inv-Kongwak ....0

0 1 1 2 1 2 5 4 4 5 6 6 8

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

UNDER 15 LADDER W L D

Kor-Bena ......7 Dalyston .......6 Fish Creek.....6 Phillip Island .6 Kil-Bass .......5 Foster ..........4 Inv-Kongwak .3 Stony Creek.....2 DWWWW ........2 MDU................1 Tarwin .............1 Toora ...............1 Yarram ............0

0 0 1 1 2 2 5 4 6 6 6 5 7

%

Pts

0 688.50 28 0 1044.62 24 0 894.52 24 0 416.67 24 0 250.48 20 0 162.93 16 0 109.25 12 0 53.24 12 0 27.14 8 0 30.06 4 0 22.54 4 0 5.08 4 0 15.94 0

GOALKICKERS N. Arney (Kil-Bass) ............ (3) B. Johnston (PI)................. (2) J. Hopkins (Kor-Bena) ........ (4) J. Buckland (Fish Creek) .... (3) E. Staley (Foster)................ (2) M. Manteit (PI)................... (1) B. Dorling (Kor-Bena)......... (2) J. Taylor (PI) ...................... (0) O. Bates (Dalyston) ............ (4) G. Staley (Fish Creek)......... (3) M. Boyd (Kor-Bena) ........... (2)

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“THE STAR”, Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - PAGE 59

Fishy wins battle of Creeks IT was a beautiful day at Fish Creek and with the ground at Terrill Park in very good condition it was Fishy into attack first.

Keen to atone for their lacklustre performance the week before, Fishy started with urgency, they moved the ball well and looked good.

The first goal on the board came at the two and a half minute mark after Blake Anderson took the ball out of the ruck and snapped truly.

This was followed minutes later by another to Cal Park and the Kangaroos had the start they wanted.

Stony had their first on the board after a good tackle and resulting kick from Huggins.

Fishy looked the better of the two sides and the first quarter was played mostly in their forward half.

The second quarter underway and it was Fishy again into attack immediately and the Stony Creek backs were under constant pressure.

Cal Park after a strong tackle kicked truly to put the first goal on for the quarter only minutes in. Fishy were playing all over Stony, who couldn’t find an avenue to goal.

Fishy added further goals to Matty Standfield who booted three for the quarter, two of which were lovely snaps and another to Robbie Smith.

At half time Fishy had a commanding 47 point lead with winners all over the ground.

The second half under way and a much better contest in the third with four goals kicked by both sides, the battle between the ruckmen a good duel, with Linke winning the centre bounces and Manne dominating around the ground.

Rouda continued on his good form and Jake Staley looked a lot better for the run last week.

Jago continues to get better each week and 17-year-old Cal Park is going to be a very good footballer for Stony Creek.

Hutchinson was trying hard and getting a bit of the ball as was Van Der Pluym and Stone.

Shields was providing a target but was inaccurate in front of goals.

At three quarter time Fish Creek maintained

Above: Quick hands: Dan McKenzie flicks the ball up to team-mate Matt Van Boven, in Fish Creek’s win over Stony at the weekend. Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@ www.fourcornersframing.biz

Punch from behind: Fish Creek’s Jason Rouda flies high over Stony’s Cam Stone.

Photo courtesy Gerard Bruning@ www. fourcornersframing.biz

Yarram storms home AN EIGHT goal last quarter gave Yarram a 26-point win over Tarwin on Saturday.

The Demons were too strong for their opponents in a strange game that saw scoring bursts from both

teams.

The first quarter was very even, with both teams sharing the ball for an equal amount of time.

Tarwin were slightly more effective around the field, but could not convert in front of goal and as

a result they had five goals four at quarter time.

A seven goal second quarter helped the Demons keep some breathing space from the visitors, but they were still in touch at the major change.

Tigers bite Bulldogs KORUMBURRA-Bena met their match as they came up against 2010 premiers Foster on the weekend.

The previously undefeated team was knocked off their perch as Foster affirmed their authority.

In perfect weather the Tigers got off to a good start and had two goals up on the Bulldogs at quarter time, even though they had had one less scoring shot than the home team.

In the second the Tigers really took off, scoring seven goals for the quarter compared to Korumburra-Bena’s one.

This had Foster leading by 49 at the main break and looking like they’d continue on with good skill into the third.

Tom Bartholomew kicked four goals

Foster 13.14.92 d Korumburra-Bena 8.9.57 Foster Goals: T. Bartholomew 4, J. Best 4, D. Waser 3, S. Gilchrist 1, N. Grylls 1.

Korumburra-Bena Goals: C. Maskell 4, I. Osman 1, A. Snooks 1, P. Pattison 1, B. Fitzgerald 1.

Foster Best: S. Everington, D. Waser, T. King, J. Best, N. Grylls.

Korumburra-Bena Best: B. Fitzpatrick, C. Macri, J. Rippingale, L. Carpenter, D. Wyhoon, B. Fitzgerald.

RESERVES

Korumburra-Bena 16.11.107 d Foster 8.9.57 Leading Goalkicker: R. Quaife (KB) 5.

Korumburra-Bena Best: D. Muir, D. Myors, J. Caporale, N. Paterson, B. Kelly, A. Meade.

Foster Best: D. Langstaff, M. Eales, A. Heal, A.

for the visitors and broke the game open.

Korumburra-Bena regrouped and came out firing after half time, bringing the margin back down to 25, yet they couldn’t keep up the momentum after the last break.

The Tigers had control of the ball in the last quarter, getting seven scoring shots but couldn’t capitalise with a lot of them, while the Bulldogs could only manage two behinds for a disappointing end to the game.

Korumburra-Bena are now hungry for victory and are looking for a win against Toora next week.

Foster will take on Dalyston, who are coming off a good win against Phillip Island.

Mercieca, J. Dows, D. Smith.

UNDER 18

Foster 13.9.87 d Korumburra-Bena 8.10.58 Leading Goalkicker: M. Green (Fos) 7.

Foster Best: M. Green, M. Allott, S. Chaseling, B. Turner, J. Lowe, J. Moore.

Korumburra-Bena Best: A. Harrison, K. Arestia, J. Harris, A. O’Neill, J. Kilpatrick, L. Auddino.

UNDER 15

Korumburra-Bena 11.9.75 d Foster 5.1.31 Leading Goalkicker: J. Hopkins (KB) 4.

Korumburra-Bena Best: J. Bell, J. Arestia, J. O’Neill, C. Hansen, B. Dorling, H. Bull.

Foster Best: E. Smith, M. Green, R. Prain, L. Coffey, B. Thomas, J. Vitols.

Tarwin captain Jonathan McMicking was doing his best to keep his side in the game, and eventually finished with six goals to his name at the final siren.

He was well supported

by Dale Lawton across the half-forward line, who was moving well and creating headaches for the Yarram defenders.

The third term was another tight one, with both teams kicking two goals.

The Demons were creating many opportunities, but were failing to put the score on the board.

At the last change they held a 14 point lead and were looking as if they were going to run away with the game.

To Tarwin’s credit they hung in and kicked a respectable six goals in the last quarter.

Unfortunately for the Sharks they were upstaged, with the home side booting home eight of their own to take a great victory.

Yarram is holding onto hopes of making the six while Tarwin is languishing without a win.

They will take on the Allies next week in the bottom of the table clash while Yarram will be at home again to Phillip Island.

a 48 point lead.

The last quarter began and again Fishy were straight into attack and after a nice piece of play and pass from Blake Anderson to Schneider, Fishy was on the board.

Stony were quick to respond only a minute later and then Fishy did the same again.

The game was quick with Fishy moving the ball well, switching play when required and giving the forwards plenty of space to run into.

Fish Creek coach Marshall Livingstone was good for his side, marking well and tackling hard and he kicked two last quarter goals.

Five last quarter goals to Fishy and four to Stony saw the margin increase to 55 points at the end of the day.

Fish Creek 19.11.125 d Stony Creek 10.10.70 Fish Creek Goals: M. Standfield 5, M. Livingstone 3, C. Park 3, B. Edwards 2, B. Anderson 2, M. Schneider 1, J. Staley 1, R. Smith 1, L. Park 1.

Stony Creek Goals: C. Langley 3, B. Langley 2, A. Huggins 1, M. Shields 1, J. Shields 1, R. Harmes 1, J. Stuart 1.

Fish Creek Best: C. Park, D. Jago, M. Livingstone, M. Standfield, J. Rouda, B. Edwards.

Stony Creek Best: B. Hutchinson, C. Stone, K. Van Der Pluym, M. Linke, R. Harmes, M. Shields.

RESERVES

Fish Creek 12.7.79 d Stony Creek 2.8.20 Leading Goalkicker: B. Redpath (FC) 5.

Fish Creek Best: L. Pratt, P. Mueller, J. Danckert, M. Van Boven, W. Cocksedge, J. Lawson.

Stony Creek Best: S. Hughes, K. Hoekstra,

S. Browne, L. Shields, L. Horsbourgh, M. Luscombe.

UNDER 18

Fish Creek 10.6.66 d Stony Creek 6.9.45 Leading Goalkicker: J. Buckland (FC) 4.

Fish Creek Best: J. Buckland, T. McGannon, B. Bohn, R. McGannon, A. Straw, R. Nicoll.

Stony Creek Best: S. Wilson, J. Monaghan, S. Cole, B. Cashin, J. Charlton, B. Savage.

UNDER 15

Fish Creek 14.16.100 d Stony Creek 1.1.7 Leading Goalkicker: J. Buckland (FC) 3.

Fish Creek Best: G. Staley, K. Byers, J. Walker, D. Walker, K. Jacobson.

Stony Creek Best: T. Stone, D. Enter, J. Riseley, L. Harrington, L. Moore, H. Stuart.

Yarram 21.13.139 d Tarwin 17.11.113

Bland, B. McMahon, H. Moore.

UNDER 18

Yarram Goals: B. Lynch 7, R. Coulthard 4, J. Swift 4, C. Bruns 1, J. Reid 1, C. Sutherland 1, J. Parry 1, S. Grazotis 1, A. Holt 1.

Tarwin Goals: J. McMicking 6, D. Lawton 4, S. O’Neil 2, J. Cann 2, T. Cameron 1, J. Bloom 1, J. Stewart 1.

Yarram Best: C. Bruns, R. Jamieson, J. Parry , B. Lynch, J. Reid, R. Coulthard.

Tarwin Best: J. McMicking, W. Nye, J. Chalmers, T. Cameron, T. Lomax, C. Lamers.

RESERVES

Yarram 9.8.62 d Tarwin 6.5.41

Tarwin 19.17.131 d Yarram 6.3.39 Leading Goalkicker: S. McRae (Tar) 4.

Tarwin Best: S. McRae, T. Giroud, J. Shill, W. Lomax, V. Van Dillen, W. Joplin.

Yarram Best: J. Barron, K. Shrubb, M. Leggett, A.

Leading goalkicker: H. Moore (Yar) 3.

Yarram Best: H. Moore, L. Le Blanc, K. Shrubb, B. Davis, A. Holt, J. Le Blanc.

Tarwin Best: L. Anderson, A. Bell, E. Charles, J. O’Sullivan, J. Moore, K. Robinson.

UNDER 15

Tarwin 9.6.60 d Yarram 6.4.40 Leading Goalkicker: J. Stubbe (Yar) 3.

Tarwin Best: K. Robinson, H. Krause, L. Keily, B. Ellen, J. Simpson, A. Turner.

Yarram Best: C. Coulthard, L. Rodaughan, W. Bodman, J. Liversidge, M. Rodaughan, J. McDonald.

FOOTY DRAWS THIS WEEKEND ALBERTON Round 9 - May 28 Stony Creek v Inv-Kongwak Tarwin v DWWWW Foster v Dalyston Korumburra-Bena v Toora Yarram v Phillip Island Fish Creek v Kilcunda-Bass MDU - bye

MID GIPPSLAND

ELLINBANK

Round 8 - May 28 Newborough v Yall-Yall North Boolarra v Thorpdale Trafalgar v Yarragon Mirboo North v Hill End Yinnar v Morwell East

Round 8 - May 28 Cora Lynn v Garfield Nar Nar Goon v Koo Wee Rup Catani v Ellinbank Lang Lang v Longwarry Buln Buln v Bunyip Nyora v Poowong Nilma Darnum v NeerimNeerim Sth Warragul Ind - bye

GIPPSLAND May 28 Worksafe Championships

Special guest: Leongatha Primary School welcomed back one of their favourite sons, Dyson Heppell, for a kick to kick and question and answers segment on Monday, May 23 in the gymnasium. Dyson has a few days in town before resuming training this Friday. Essendon has the bye this weekend. Dyson is pictured with students, from left, Jack Hume, Zac Caughey, Evi Dekker, Glenno Nicklen, Clay Alexander and Ryan Hayward.

PAGE 60 - “THE STAR”, Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Korumburra-Bena’s top dog

By Jacob de Kunder PETER Helms is a much decorated player in country footy and his experience is showing as he is setting KorumburraBena’s senior football side up as contenders in 2011.

The Bulldogs were undefeated until Saturday’s defeat by reigning premiers, Foster, but a lot of their season’s success so far can be attributed to Helms.

Peter, who is a teacher at Tarwin Valley primary, has played at many levels of football in the area, notching up 240 games for the Leongatha Parrots. He also captained the Gippsland football league interleague side in 1992 as well as playing for other various teams around the state.

The coach is pleased with the Bulldogs side he’s been working with this year.

“We’ve got a young team and they still have a lot to learn but they are very enthusiastic about football,” he said.

“The team uses the many skills they have to get the best result they

can with quick ball movement and direct plays.”

A professional and structured approach to the game is what Peter brings to the club, while still keeping the game enjoyable for the players.

“I make sure the players are responsible for their own game and I give them both verbal and written feedback at different times, like after trainings and games.”

“There are some high expectations that I have of the group and they usually meet the standards, but I do have to pick up the bad points when they become visible.”

The voice is the most important tool when it comes to coaching, Peter said.

“My role is to instruct and I find that I get the best result when I modulate my voice, it’s not about what you say but also how you say it.

“There have been times where I have to raise my voice to get my point across but I aim to be specific, courteous and respectful with what I have to say.”

The Bulldogs coach says that he’s always got the big picture in mind when it come to footy, but his main focus is the short term.

“From the start of preseason training we have run a ‘Fit for Finals’ program which conditions us physically and gets us ready to perform well if we make it to the finals.

“Although we have to concentrate on each game separately, we take things one week at a time and worry about finals footy when and if we make it that far.”

The young Bulldogs’ side has been going well in the 2011 season, sitting third on the ladder after eight rounds of footy.

Despite Saturday’s loss Helms’ boys are still in good contention for finals and are hungry for success.

Top dog: Korumburra -Bena coach Peter Helms has his side well placed for a tilt at a premiership