Probus honours members

It was a special day for awards at the Horsham East Ladies Probus Club’s annual meeting. Retiring president Ruth Walter presented seven members with their 20-year service badge, thanking them for their continued membership and service to the club.

Recipients were Jan Cameron, May Glover, Pauline Martin, Jenny Pipkorn, Lois Reid, Janet Stevenson and Marion Seater.

Mrs Walter also had the honour of presenting a respected member of the club with a life membership.

Margaret Woodford received the honour for continually displaying qualities of the membership of principals and standards across 26 years.

Her loyalty and commitment showed her dedication to the ideals of Probus – friendship, fellowship and fun.

The meeting continued with retiring officer Joy Smith leading into the election of new office bearers.

Carolyn Sonego was elected president for the 2023-24 year with past-president Walter presenting her with the Probus collar and president’s badge and wishing her, and the committee, an enjoyable year.

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1. What is the name of the Wimmera landscape-scale Landcare project based on the course of Yarriambiack Creek and featuring an annual cultural plant-out weekend?

2. What year was the Grampians declared a national park? A. 1984. B. 1990. C. 1962. D. 1937.

3. There are many differences between our snakes and lizards. Which, generally, has ear drums and external ear openings?

6. Footballers who play for Horsham District league club Jeparit-Rainbow are known as the Lakers. What was Jeparit’s nickname before it merged with Rainbow?

7. Which fish generally need to drink – those that live in salty water such as the sea, those that live in fresh water such as the Wimmera River, or both?

8. What picturesque Wimmera village has the claim of being Victoria’s oldest inland town?

9. How many times did Kaniva district footballing export Glenn Hawker represent Victoria during his 10year stint at Essendon?

10. What does the addition of the word Rosea to the Latin name of plants or trees such as Eucalyptus sideroxylon ‘Rosea’ suggest about the plant?

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Females. Bush flies are constantly in search of protein and moisture from bodily secretions to feed their eggs.

Mallee pioneering figure Edward Lascelles was friends with the seventh Earl of Hopetoun, Aus- ards have ear drums and external ear openings but these are absent from all snakes. 4. Hopetoun.

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