BEST START FOR LEARNER DRIVERS

Do you have someone in your household ready to get their L plates?

Are you a li le nervous about how to be helpful in the passenger seat? Then we might be able to help.

Gary Clarke is the driving instructor leading the Driver Training Program run by Community Bank Maldon & District that has been running for over 20 years.

This program has seen over 400 young people learn skills, increase confidence, and be er understand road rules by experiencing a range of different environments, traffic condi ons and driving styles.

The Community Bank Maldon & District subsidises the majority of the $900 per par cipant program costs.

There is a charge to par cipants of only $150 but each graduate receives a reward of a $50 bank account with the Community Bank Maldon & District on comple on of their course.

The course can add up to 15 hours of supervised driving experience per par cipant. Two sessions are run during most school holiday breaks.

In the mean me, Gary’s top ps for parents of new drivers are:

- Explain all the controls on the dash of the vehicle, for e.g. indicators, heater, wipers, seat adjustment, mirror adjustment and how to start the car e.g. foot on brake for auto and foot on clutch for manual. Then turn the key.

- Choose a quiet place ‘on road’ or ‘off road’ to start moving forwards and backwards slowly.

- Feel how the steering works le to right, moving slowly and back to straight, then applying brakes to stop.

- On your first drive – keep it short and posi ve; no speed involved just get used to how it feels, very gently; never get into arguments about driving as this will not create confidence; build up slowly and enjoy the drive.

For more informa on about the Driver Training Program, chat to staff at any of our branches, phone Maldon on 5475 1747 or head to our website h ps:// maldoncb.com.au/wp-content/ uploads/2020/12/Applica onform-Learner-Driver-TrainingProgram-2020-21-MDCB.pdf

Pictured: Instructor Gary with recent graduates Amabel, Liam and Finley.

I have recently discovered that wonderful garmentthe poncho.

This is about one thousand years later than the South American na ve people. The one I have is woollen and very warm and there is plenty of room to keep your arms and hands warm too.

I kni ed my girls one each when they were fashionable many years ago.

I have a fine collec on of garden gloves which I decided to sort out. I now have two full pairs and four le handed gloves.

I can only imagine that the right ones have gone to join the odd socks, wherever they are.

I was talking about my first car last week – a red Mini. I forgot to men on that I drove it around for some me with the bumper bar in the back seat.

There was a school crossing marked with posts on the road just outside our house. It had been there for years and was not exactly invisible. But that did not stop me from backing into it at very low speed, so the damage was not too bad.

I have repeated that ac on here by backing into the par ally open garage door - twice!

I was watching a show about preserving lemons which made me remember mine.

My brother-in-law told me a method of making a rub for sore knees etc. I came home and put four lemons in a big Moccona jar and covered them with metho. This was about 10 years ago and the lemons are perfectly preserved. I'm not game enough to open the jar and I certainly would not put the liquid on anything.

See you next month.

ROSIE

Bealiba Bowls

It was a cold, wet night but a small group of bowlers braved the elements this week.

Shirley Coburn was the rose between the two thorns, Malcom Campbell & Gary McClelland on the winning team.

Pam Brightwell was the rose on the opposing team with Lyle Streeter & Tiger Coburn.

Shirley, Malcolm & Gary were convincing winners with a score of three games to nil. Be er luck next week.

Happy bowling.

Chris Evans

ChurchNotices

Catholic Church, Dunolly

There will be Assembly at St. Mary's at 8.30 on Sunday 2nd July.

Today, call to mind that old admoni on: "The only place success comes before work is in the dic onary ".

R. Mecredy

Uni ng Church, Dunolly

Worship on Sunday 2nd July at 9.30am will be led by Jan Wa s. The Op Shop is open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 am.

Uni ng emergency relief will be in Dunolly on Thursday 6th July from 1.30pm.

Julie Ramsay

St John's Anglican Church, Dunolly

Rev Canon Heather Blackman

Parish Office, Nigh ngale Street, Maryborough. Phone 5460 5964

St David’s Anglican Church, Bealiba

Davies Street Bealiba

Sunday Eucharist: 8am second and fourth Sundays of every month.

Priest-in-Charge Reverend Judi Bird.

New Horizons Church, Bealiba

Bealiba Public Hall Every Sunday 3 pm.

Wednesday Bible Study

Dunolly 10.30; Bealiba 11 am

Contact Veronica for more informa on0427 345 577

Dunolly UHF Tower is ON !

On 25th June, 2023, the channel 1 UHF Dunolly Repeater Tower was turned on. Please remember that repeaters use 2 channels to operate, so please don’t chat on input channels 31 to 38.

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Bealiba CWA

Our delegates are back from the CWA State Conference and from all accounts it was excellent. There was an interes ng and inspiring array of guest speakers including Emma Gee who suffered a stroke when she was 24. As well there was an organic farmer hoping to empower people to grow their own food, a speaker from Community Housing for vulnerable people - this includes homeless women and a representa ve from the An -Cancer Council advising that Cervical Cancer screening can now be done at home. Other highlights were that the CWA’s Thanksgiving Fund had raised over $19,000 for 3D Hands – a great ini a ve to provide prosthe c hands to those at home and abroad. Congratula ons also to the East Wimmera’s Maureen Donnellan (from Birchip) who won two awards for her wri ng and to the Morwell’s Evening Branch who won the Scone Challenge for the third year in a row. They made and sold 2,120 scones! The June mee ng was largely taken up with arrangements for Associa on Day. This year we are going to do our fund raising ‘in house’ given that August is going to be a very busy month for the

The Maryborough Highland Society (MHS) generously donated $1,380 to the Freemasons Founda on of Victoria, on 16th June, 2023.

These funds when added to other funds raised, be doubled by applica on to the Freemasons Founda on and presented as a $300.00 Primary School branch. Members are reminded that we will be having a shared lunch and to please bring a plate of finger food. In addi on, each member is asked to bring along a compe on or game plus a small prize for the winner. The June compe on for something old had a diverse range of objects including a medal, a cut-throat razor and an old money box complete with three pences.

Compe ons for June

Small Pot Plant:

First Mandy La er Second Heather Davis

Something Old:

First Heather Davis Second Pam Brightwell

Compe on for July: Best winter recipe to share

Dates for the Diary:

Tuesday, 4th July Cra @ 10am in St. Arnaud - bring a metre of fabric if a ending.

Friday, 14th July, Avoca CWA Xmas in July lunch @ 12noon. Cost $25. There will also be a blind auc on.

Thursday, 20th July Branch Mee ng @ 10.30am followed by a shared lunch and fund raising in the a ernoon.

Thursday, 10th August. East Wimmera Conference in Bealiba. 9.30 am for a 10am start.

Heather Davis

Scholarship for one student in every grade six, of the 18 classes provided annually to the schools in the Central Goldfields. Selec ons are made by the Principal and Year Six Teacher from each respec ve school and funds will be deposited into the student's account at their a ending secondary school in 2024, to be used for educa onal purposes. Therefore, this cheque will mean that funds are covered for nine of those 18 scholarships.

Ken Calder, Secretary St George Lodge (Dunolly), Chairman, Central Goldfields Masonic Group & Freemasons Loddon District Philanthropic Off.