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Ripon MP Martha Haylett turns the lights on in St. Arnaud Close to dusk last Wednesday Member for Ripon Martha Haylett officially opened the new lights at the Lord Nelson Park complex. Usually dark at that time, St. Arnaud’s weather continued to baffle many but nothing could stop the opportunity to switch them on for a photo. Below: MP for Ripon Martha Haylett is joined by Northern Grampians Councillors, staff and members of the St. Arnaud Advisory Committee to be present for the lighting up of Lord Nelson Park.

MEMBER for Ripon Martha Haylett met with locals and community groups in St. Arnaud last Wednesday. Catching up with the Royal Flying Doctors (RFDS) Hayley Wallace and Peter Cunningham at the St Arnaud Neighbourhood House, Martha learnt more about the new Community Transport service starting soon in town. Hayley and Peter confirmed they need 16 local volunteers to help run the service, taking residents to medical appointments in Ballarat, Bendigo, and Horsham - with 9 volunteers already confirmed. Martha Haylett said she knows how hard it can be for locals to get to medical appointments out of town, especially when they are on a regular basis. It can put strain on families and friends, and add unneeded stress. “The brand-new community transport service will pick up patients within a 45-kilometre radius of St. Arnaud and take them to medical appointments in Ballarat, Bendigo, Horsham, and surrounds – taking a huge weight off local residents' shoulders.” “This is a wonderful service the Royal Flying Doctors Service team are bringing to St. Arnaud – however more volunteers are needed and I’d encourage anyone interested in being involved to get in touch with the Royal Flying Doctors Service team” Martha said. Martha also had the opportunity to meet local Paramedics and Ambulance Community Officers (ACOs) at the St. Arnaud Ambulance Station to

discuss local health issues and opportunities. The new ambulance station was completed in 2019 with $2.1 million from the State Government, which resulted in a new garage space for their vehicles, fit for purpose rest areas, a new kitchen and large training rooms. “It was wonderful to meet local paramedics and ACO’s to talk about staffing, workload and local healthcare issues” Martha said. “I will be back in St. Arnaud again shortly to meet with more locals and community groups, however if you have a State Government-related matter you need assistance with, please contact my office by emailing martha.haylett@parliament.vic.g ov.au or calling 03 5461-1255.”

Above: Ripon MP Martha Haylett meets with volunteers for the new RFDS Community Transport service. (left to right) Chris Jones, Rachel Hendy, Martha Haylett, Hayley Wallace, Peter Cunningham and SOURCE: Facebook. Cr. Eddy Ostarcevic.

Below: Martha at St. Arnaud Ambulance Station. (left to right) Nick Green, Linda Ainsworth, Nicole Maywald, Martha Haylett, Corey Bussem and Greg Fithall. SOURCE: Facebook.

Jazz In July at Charlton CHARLTON Arts is delighted to be hosting Jazz in July on 16th July at 1:30pm. The ever-popular Hot B’Hines, well known for their high-quality performances, will play a mix of blues and traditional jazz. Having played together for over 30 years, their repertoire is extensive, and they never fail to entertain a crowd. The performance will take place at the Charlton Park Community Complex which provides a very comfortable and acoustically pleasing venue. The bar will be open and afternoon

- Contributed tea is provided. Secretary of Charlton Arts, Carolyn Olive, says, “we are delighted that the Hot B’Hines will be back in town. “They have been regular visitors to Charlton over many years and have a large following in the local district and beyond. “Their performances are always enthusiastic and their obvious delight at playing music together is infectious.” Tickets for Jazz in July are $20 and are available from the Charlton Neighbourhood House, online at https://events.humanitix.com/jazz-injuly-2023 or at the door.

To the Editor

It is so much more! Dear Editor, It is so much more than ‘opposing the project which they say will run through their properties.’ (NCN Article 5.07.2023) It is about democracy! Generally, ‘community consultation’ has been a sham – ‘ticking the box’ for AEMO, not the community. $10 paid to complete an Ipad sur vey – bribery. There has been no transparency…. questions still remain unanswered. Compulsory acquisition – what a sickening ring those two words make! Just for a moment imagine 28,000 kms of transmission lines running from southern Victoria to Northern Queensland – imagine the materials needed, are they going to be imported from our exports? Are they coming from a country which is the biggest annual emitter of planet warming greenhouse gases? How clean and green is that? Is Australia simply becoming a milk bar? Do we simply buy in and sell on to our citizens? During Covid we felt and experienced the need as a nation to become self sufficient and therefore the need for more manufacturing in Australia – as Covid subsides, sadly it seems, so does the need for self sufficiency. Like me, these transmission poles and wires have a life span –‘they’ say 60 years. What happens then? The question was raised at Charlton’s TCV (Transmission Company Victoria) community ‘meeting’ (AEMO faces) last Wednesday evening and the answer was ‘probably scrap metal’! This is all in the name of transitioning to clean energy. Almost forgot the 17 truck loads of concrete for one transmission pole … 17 truck loads for one transmission pole! There are solid alternatives being put forward for a better way which present day infrastructure can facilitate, a cheaper way, a way with far less environmental impact and thus a lesser impact on human well being.

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Robodebt’s ‘crude and cruel’ system brings whistleblowers to their knees ROBODEBT was one of the worst acts by a Government or a government department in our time, but to actually understand the depth of the corruption and the human cost that occurred we must read the reports and letters from whistleblowers. The Royal Commission into the scheme has concluded the system was ‘crude and cruel’ worked by averaging data from the Australian Tax Office and distributing debt notices to over 443,000 welfare recipients. But many Centrelink employees risked their jobs to appeal for the scheme to be seen as corrupt. One whistleblower testified that Robodebt turned his once-rewarding job into a nightmare and he expressed “gnawing frustration towards highups, who allegedly seemed blind to issues arising from the scheme”. Another reported that Age pensioners who are exempt from having termination payments assessed were having these payments assessed as earnings by the Online Compliance Intervention (OCI) process (which was the official name which has now become Robodebt). Debts were then being raised fully on income that Centrelink already had evidence of via the customer's pension claim documents that was fully non assessable income. “This means we are knowingly raising age pension debts for exempt income which applied over a whole year leaving many pensioners with massive debts in the thousands of dollars. We are not permitted to check or fix this and even if we ever are given permission to fix it thousands of age pension reviews go through without a human ever seeing it and therefore raise incorrect debts for age pensioners anyway” this whistleblower reported. Recovery fees were designed to penalise customers after they provided “no reasonable explanation for under-declaring”. Although the policy declared that customers must first be contacted Qld and assessed as not being vulnerable to have fully A 4217 understood their declaration requirements along with having no reasonable excuse and their actions must be found to have1 been deliberate in 800 652 284 the act of being overpaid. Under OCI recovery fees F were simply applied in most cases even if a cusE contacted or spoken to a staff tomer has never been member. The whistleblower said “there is an option for customers to negate the fee online in the review process but this almost never occurs”. Another statement was that “within the organisation it is well known that there errors in the Ted are Whillier program and compliance officers are directed to C ignore incorrect debts without being permitted to correct them. When we report Matt errorsTrickey it falls on deaf ears or we are told that the issue is already known C and we must not make any attempt to fix the error or our work will be returned as wrong and we will have to cancel the corrections”. And yet another example was “there are dozens more examples and directions given to staff that ensure that customers even in the review appeal stages do not achieve a correct outcome. For example, under appeal if we see the customer has checked the box that says they agree that they earned that amount for that employer and we can also see full well that some of that customers' income included exempt allowances we are not permitted to correct it. The direction is given because we must accept the customers' acceptance of the income. Customers however simply do not know that some of their income is exempt. We are struggling daily with our consciences and pushing back against our leaders every single day. We are telling the OCI helpdesk over and over that what we are doing is wrong. Nothing changes and grad-

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ually I can see officers simply accepting that they are powerless to change anything, powerless to help customers have accurate outcomes and powerless to stop this process. I see these reviews every working day and I am horrified at what I am being directed to do. I am risking my job sending this information in the desperate hope that exposing such a corrupt and unjust system might just make a difference. Please help”. These are the words of Centrelink employees who were true to their conscience. There are many like them. Humans are themselves the best intervention against corruption, but other humans responding Qld of highlightto their complaints made that process A 4217 ing the corruption far too long. If we are going to tackle corruption we must have a better system that 1 800 652 284 protects and responds to Fa whistleblower in an acceptable amount of time. It is not only the lives E of the recipients that were falsely charged amounts they did not owe that were so cruelly affected, but also those employees on the ground who tried to grapple with their consciences every day. We say thank you to those men and women.Ted Whillier

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To the Editor • From page 2. Our Government needs to ask questions and listen to their people (our PM in Horsham ‘wondered’ what ‘they’ were on about, but didn’t bother to ask before he chose to leave – we would gladly have continued our respectful presence and spoken with him). These alternatives must be investigated … there has to be a better way forward than what is proposed, it must be investigated to prevent the ‘monumental mistake’. If the Government isn’t willing to look at these alternatives, then there must be a Senate Inquiry to do so. It is so much more than power lines going through property, it is about sustainability, environmental impact it is about democracy! Glenda Watts Charlton

Don’t shame landholders in Power Grab Dear Editor, I refer to your article ‘Local Farmers Disrupt Albanese Visit to Horsham’ North Central News, 5 June 2023. I am curious as to where and how you have derived your opinion, clearly you weren’t there nor have taken the time to ask those who were. Independent professors continue to slam the VNI West (along with many other ‘Renewable Energy’ projects being implemented across the country) identifying the VNI west project as a ‘monumental mistake’. AEMO continually fudge research to ensure it correlates with their latest route. You have written ‘some locals are opposing the project which they say will run through their properties’. Was that a quote or a crafty assumption made from an onlooker? Why not ask those who made the effort ‘Why are you here?’ As an attendee at Horsham, we were not only ‘local farmers’, but community members both rural and city based, who see through the wolf in lambs clothing and can see that this ‘Clean and Green’ energy push is nothing but an inner-city vote grab because ‘we are fast tracking clean energy’. Public servant surveys completed by

Melbourne residence, identified their major concern regarding green energy is; Landholders being reimbursed for their land being used and ensuring there is adequate consultation. Now we see the Andrews government throwing the $8k/KM for 20 years of transmission line. What about the latter 40 years of the Transmission lifespan? Albanese’s Government – ‘we need to ensure the community consultation process is better’ so now after the VNI West route has changed for the 8th time by AEMO, we have TCV in our back yard doing ‘community consultation’. For the record - TCV is AEMO – just under a different name because AEMO have chosen the route with NO community consultation…. lucky we now have TCV to come and tick that box, thanks for the afterthought, Andrews Government. Despite winning the inner-city vote, how is erecting 28,000 kilometres of transmission line cables from top to bottom of eastern Australia clean (that is enough to go halfway around the world)? Have you stopped to think that all of that material needs to be mined and then manufactured (where? off shore?)? What about the implementation of 44 wind towers and 2000 solar panels a month for the next 5 years (total of 2,640 and 120,000 respectively) to meet the labour government’s self-elected foolish ‘clean energy’ target? Where will it go at the end of its useful life being some 12-15 years for solar and 25 for wind? It can’t be recycled, so it is into landfill. What about ‘the dirty fossil fuel’ energy that will be required to manufacture, transport, erect all of this so called ‘clean energy’? What about the allweather roads that will also be engraved through the landscape? The easements required and the trees, native vegetation and habitats that will be reduced to bare earth around, beneath and along the transmission lines and the REZ zones? And of course, those landholders, which according to you, just don’t want them on their land. Would you? Even those enforcing these projects (TCV

/ AEMO), when asked directly in Charlton last week ‘How would you react if these were planned to go on your land and through your communities?’ AEMO’s chairperson was very quick with her response ‘this is about you, not us. Next question?’ What about those land holders, their asset value to decrease by 50%. Should I stop here? Can you imagine your largest asset, maybe your house, losing 50% of its value because of a vote pushing exercise by the government, when independent professors have alternatives? I’ll continue …. access to paddocks ruined, use of future technology - ruined, use of aircraft - ruined, ability to fight wild fireruined… should I continue? OK – ability to operate machinery, run livestock, fertility issues in stock, limited use of some chemicals, increased biosecurity risks, visual graffiti, 24/7 access to landholders land, compulsory acquisition of personal assets for 1000’s of Australian citizens … I thought we lived in a democracy? Living (I assume?) and reporting in a small rural town I would have thought you would have understood the significance that this project will have on the entire community, for generations to come. Clearly the residence do, maybe that is why there was over 300 concerned members in the townhall back in April? Or were they only land holders who say it will run through their property too? I know we could have had more in Horsham too, but it was under radio silence and the fact that more than 60 community members took time off work and out of their lives at very short notice to stand up for our basic rights and raise awareness that this isn’t how a democratic government works and that we need a Senate Inquiry. It is very disappointing you can’t see that. There is a Facebook page AEMO- Say NO to Option 5 with over 830 members, these people are not all landholders. The land holders, like me, are just the first to be impacted and then naturally the detriment to our farmers will flow onto our rural and regional communities next then onto our

city folk later at the checkout register. I take my hat off to those who have enough foresight to see that this project will ruin our rural communities and our country and are doing their all to raise awareness and ‘Disrupt’ if that is what you want to call it. When (among other things) the cost of power continues to rise and the reliability drops off, you will look back in vain and think ‘I had my chance to stop it and I did nothing…. the Albanese government kept me in the dark then and now I am literally in it’. I’ll see you (the reader) in Spring Street on the 15th of August where we will meet to push for ‘Environmentally Sustainable Energy.’ Glenden Watts Coonooer Bridge

Last week’s NCN was worth a read Dear Editor The NCN on Wednesday the 5th of July had several interesting stories and letters that were worth reading. The first story on the front page relates to the battle for the Upper Teddington Reservoir to be retained and reading the story it appears that Parks Victoria have made up their minds what they are going to do regardless of the points put forward by the locals and many others who do not live in the near vicinity to the reservoir. The points for retaining the reservoir are all extremely good and also from a community health perspective we know that access to local water for recreation purposes goes a long way to maintain a communities mental health. It is extremely good to see councillors from our shire taking an interest and speaking to Parks Victoria about the concerns of the public. I do commend all of the people taking part in trying to get the Teddington asset retained In saying that it must be remembered that the councillors involved are from the same shire that, without any public consultation destroyed the assets at Lake Batyo Catyo which was also a great asset to the area and reputed to put over $100,000 per year into the local economy.

The second story on page one relates to the disruption of the Prime Ministers visit to Horsham by farmers protesting over the planned high voltage power lines running through local farm land. I am not sure why this type of protest took place but from past experiences I have found that talking to an individual or group calmly and sensibly a better outcome can be had as even I will walk away from a person or group that just wants to shout instead of putting their points of view forward in a calm and sensible manner. One can only hope that if a high voltage power line does go through any area it will have a very minimal impact on the surrounding land and its communities. I am still not sure why electricity produced in one area has to be taken to another area before it is used. With the means of producing electricity today, solar and wind, it should be used in the area where it is pro-

duced and if any was needed elsewhere or there was a shortage in that area surely the existing network would be capable of doing the job. Letters to the Editor on page two contains two letters which in all fairness would not be totally unexpected. The two letters in question are from political party members no longer in government but are happy to point out the errors the party in power is making regardless of what they did or not do while their parties were in power. The quote of the week in the NCN on the same day these letters were published in some way sizes up what is happening in Australia's

governments, local, state and federal, "The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws". If private businesses were run by groups of people such as the politicians, state and federal, in this country they would not stay viable as a business for very long. Businesses need to have a plan relating to the present and perceived future state of play and in doing so do their best to stay viable. When one hears the way that politicians carry on in their parliaments it beggars belief that they have the best interests of this country and its citizens at heart. Barry Robertson Carapooee

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New report guides route refinement for VNI West COMMUNITIES across the Victoria to New South Wales Interconnector (VNI West) project area will get the chance to discuss a new report which provides an insight into the work underway to refine the route for this essential transmission line. To coincide with five community information sessions taking place in July, Transmission Company Victoria (TCV) is sharing a series of maps, which illustrate the important areas of land use across the project area. Drafted by engineering and environment consultant AECOM, the report identifies important areas and features across six distinct categories: agriculture, ecological values, Aboriginal cultural heritage, flooding, land use and infrastructure and engineering. The Environmental Constraints Summary Report is based on detailed desktop analysis and expert workshops, along with

information gathered through community and stakeholder discussions undertaken by TCV in recent months. TCV spokesperson, Nicola Falcon, said they are working to find a route that minimises impacts to agriculture, cultural heritage and the environment. “This report highlights the challenge of charting a route for the project through a rural landscape featuring Aboriginal heritage sites, flood plains, environmentally sensitive areas and intensive agriculture,” Ms Falcon said. “We have heard community concerns regarding the large area of interest, and we understand land-

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holders want more certainty and more answers. “Releasing AECOM’s maps and report provides more information for the community about the data and information TCV is using to narrow the route. “We are still in the

areas identified include airports, significant heritage sites, RAMSAR wetlands, conservation parks and recreation reserves. The report also recommends a buffer around towns in the project area, including Navarre, St Arnaud, Charlton, Boort and Kerang. These principles are balanced with the challenge of finding a

suitable route through the broad area of interest for VNI West, as well as dense areas of sensitive and significant land uses as depicted in AECOM’s maps. Ms Falcon said, “It will not always be possible to avoid all sensitivities, however where we can’t avoid particular areas, we will look at technical and engineering solutions

to mitigate any impacts.” In coming months, TCV will publish a narrower 500m-1km corridor, which will be further refined to a 200m-400m indicative route towards the end of the year. Comprehensive environmental assessments will be conducted over a 12-18 month period in the next phase of the project.

Council raises flag in celebration of NAIDOC Week LAST week was NAIDOC Week 2023 and the Northern Grampians Shire Council (NGSC) had planned activities at locations throughout the shire. NAIDOC Week (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) occurs annually in July, and celebrates the histor y, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week provides an opportunity for all Australians to come together, learn, and engage with the rich diversity of Indigenous heritage and the ongoing journey towards reconciliation. This year's theme, For Our Elders, honoured the wisdom, knowledge, and resilience of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, recognising their invaluable contributions to the community and the preservation of Indigenous culture. Leading the week, the council held flag raising ceremony on Monday, 3rd July in St. Arnaud with

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very early stages of determining the route for VNI West,” she said with construction not due to commence before 2026,” she said. AECOM’s maps identify significant features that will influence the location of the transmission lines as well as outlining the area that should be avoided, wherever possible. The ring-fenced

Above: Abbey (educator) (left to right) Kaillou, Zayn, Archie, Harriet, Bobby, Logan, Noah, Indiana, Vivian, Desi with Cr. Eddy Ostarcevic. Councillor Eddy Ostarcevic raising the flag in Market Square. Children from the preschool helped with the raising of the flag and asked the councilor some very important questions about the reasoning

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raising ceremony on Thursday at the Budja Budja Medical Centre, Grampians Road, Halls Gap. The Future, a mural work by St. Arnaud’s artist Kyle Torney, honours local First Nations young people at the

Halls Gap Pop Up Park and can be visited anytime. NGSC Mayor, Cr Kevin Erwin said by coming together and embracing our shared history, we can build a stronger, more harmonious future for all.

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Survey reflects greater satisfaction from St. Arnaud residents for Council COMMUNITY UPDATE

Community Care Review We have an initiated an independent review into our community care services, with a view to explore how we can best support older residents throughout the Northern Grampians area to remain healthy and independent into the future. A survey is available online for residents to submit their experiences, thoughts, and ideas and we are looking to hear from community care service users, their families, carers and other interested parties:

To design a program for the future, it is important that we hear from all our community care service users, their families, carers and other interested parties. We appreciate the time that it takes to complete our online survey and would like to thank you in advance for you participation. Community Consultation Lunch 12.30pm to 2pm Thursday 13 July Perry Room St Arnaud A light lunch will be provided and interested community members are encouraged to attend. Visit www.www.ngshire.vic.gov.au/Projectsand-Consultation/Have-Your-Say today or contact the council on 03 5358 8700 or by email at ngshire@ngshire.vic.gov.au for further information and to register your attendance for catering purposes.

St Arnaud FOGO TRIAL Northern Grampians Shire Council will be introducing a food and garden organics kerbside collection trial in and around the St Arnaud township. We expect the trial to increase recycling culture and grow the circular economy within our shire, enable the further development of our four-stream waste management program, and encourage and educate the community around best practices to reduce landfill. Ratepayers of the properties selected to participate will receive free FOGO kerbside collection for a year. The trial will enable the council to increase our understanding of what works best for the community in relation to bin size and frequency of collections. Participating in this trial offers residents an opportunity to provide feedback that will later assist the council to formulate an efficient future kerbside green bin service for the whole of the shire. There will be no cost to the ratepayer/s of the selected properties to participate, with each property to receive a free 7-litre kitchen caddy to assist with the easy disposal of their food organics into their new 240-litre 'greenlidded' FOGO bin. The trial is scheduled to begin in July and bins will initially be collected fortnightly, on a Monday and a Tuesday. Please note that an ongoing audit of bins and continuing community engagement with participants is planned to assist in minimising waste, reducing contamination and providing an optimal service to best fit with your needs. If you would like further information on the upcoming trial, please visit our website at:

CommunityConnect App Review of Dog Off Leash Areas and Cat TESTING GROUP CALLOUT Control Northern Grampians Shire Council are in The council is seeking feedback from the process of developing an app designed anyone in the community to understand if to offer localised information for the current arrangements are suitable or if communities, where you can check an changes are needed. You do not need to online community noticeboard, receive own a dog or cat to have your say. Whether notifications about events occurring locally or not you own a dog or cat, the orders set and access resources to ensure that you are by the council will specify what dog and cat suitably informed and prepared during owners must do to control their animals in emergency events. a public place. Everyone in the community To design the best app for you, we need could be affected in some way. your help. All ages and abilities required This short survey asks if the dog off-leash we want this to work for everyone. areas that currently exist are appropriate:

ALTHOUGH the 2023 Local Government Community Satisfaction Survey results show a mixed response from Northern Grampians Shire residents, the overall direction taken by the council is considered positive. The Survey validates a strategic objective instigated by the council as a result of the previous Community Satis-faction Survey report and is reflective of the council’s ongoing commitment to St. Arnaud. The results however still put residents of Stawell in front of St. Arnaud residents in their approval of their perceptions of council and their overall performance. As many residents as not consider that they do not get value for their rates. Northern Grampians Shire Council (NGSC) is pleased with the results and acknowledges that there is still a great deal of work to be done. This is reflected by the slight decline in the council’s overall performance with an index score of 54 following four years of trend growth since 2018. The report suggests that the council should focus on improving the condition of sealed local roads, which is the lowest performing service area and also the most significant drop since the previous year. Results of the survey were discussed at length during the shire’s July council meeting held on Monday 3rd July in Stawell, with statistics showing that the council sits on par with the small rural grouping of councils across the state. The councillors also agreed to pay for an additional question to be incorporated into

the survey asking our residents what council can do most to improve performance. This will mean that residents will have the opportunity to highlight any of the issues or services the council covers, or it could be about something else altogether. By offering this question, council hopes to provide a genuine and dedicated feedback pathway that is independent of the council. Coordinated by the Department of Government Services on behalf of Victorian councils, the survey is a vital interface between the council and the community and provides insight into community views on the council’s overall performance, value for money in services and infrastructure, community consultation and engagement, decisions made in the interest of the comm u n i t y, c u s t o m e r service, local infrastructure, facilities, services and overall council direction. “This year’s survey results are encouraging. “The results in St. Arnaud in particular are a great illustration of how the council has been able to use this survey as a tool to inform our operations going forward,” NGSC Mayor, Cr Kevin Erwin, said. “Our commitment to community consultation and our effort to engage effectively with our community has begun to show at ground level.

“At a strategic level, the council decided to focus more on the St. Arnaud township area, and we are starting to see dividends because of the actions taken by the council and council staff. “We are now surveying quarterly, instead of once a year. “This approach will allow us to gain further insights through the data this community satisfaction survey report offers us. “For example, feelings within the community can be tracked over the year to see if our results are skewed by external events such as weather phenomena,” Cr Erwin continued. “During the July Council Meeting, recommendations were put forward to continue to keep the balance of focus on Stawell and St. Arnaud and to also consider how best to ensure that our smaller townships share equal focus,” Cr Erwin added. NGSC was graded above the State-wide average for overall direction and is performing in line with the small rural group of councils and the state-wide average for councils in three of the four service areas evaluated. The council intend to continue to work to keep their balance of focus between Stawell and St. Arnaud while broadening their commitment to our smaller townships. The full report is available for download on the Northern Grampians Shire Council website at www.ngshire.vic.gov.a u/Latest-News/NewsDirectory/Community -SatisfactionSurveyReport

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Additionally, given that in the General Local Law review undertaken in 2022 requests by App testing is scheduled for late July 2023. the community were made for the council Public launch currently planned for late to consider broader cat control measures, 2023. Need more information? the above survey also asks if the council Contact Emergency Management Support should impose further cat controls within Officer Shawna Dominelli at the shire. shawna.dominelli@ngshire.vic.gov.au

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Above: The poor state of the Northern Grampians sealed roads has been reflected in the Community Satisfaction Survey. SOURCE: The Weekly Times

Victorian Concert Orchestra live at the REX Attention music lovers!

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An af ternoon of musical enjoyment is guaranteed when the Victorian Concert Orchestra performs at The Rex on Sunday 30th July 2pm. Under the baton of Musical Director / Conductor, Gerald Keuneman OAM, the 40 piece orchestra will be joined by soloists, Veronica Iredale (lyric soprano) and Nicholas Matters (tenor) who will share duets and individual items from well-known musicals and operatic backgrounds. A regular soloist with the VCO, Veronica’s style covers opera, operetta and musical theatre, while Nicholas, (a member of the Opera Scholars Australia program) will showcase his tenor voice in a selection of iconic and well-loved pieces. Expect to hear rousing orchestral items such as Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance” March, along with operatic favourites “O Mio Babbino Caro”, and musical theatre gems, “One Hand, One Heart”

(West Side Stor y), “Music of the Night” (Phantom of the Opera) and the distinctive instrumental theme from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean”. And that’s just the start! The orchestra last performed in Charlton in November 2011 at the Shire Hall in the aftermath of the 2011 floods. A large and receptive audience was on hand, and the response was immediate and spontaneous. This concert will take place in vastly improved circumstances, and we encourage you to join us for an afternoon of exhilarating music and song as we welcome the Victorian Concert Orchestra on their return visit to our region. An event not to missed! Tickets are just $20 and bookings can be made online at: https://events.huma nitix.com/vco Charlton Neighbour hood House (T: 03 5491 2333) or at the door.

CWA Creative Arts coming up THE Country Women’s Association (CWA) of Victoria will be holding its State Creative Arts Exhibition at the St. Arnaud Town Hall on Friday 28th July from 9am to 5pm and Saturday 29th Contributed July from 9am to 3pm. However set up and judging will be taking place during the preceding Monday through Thursday. This is a great opportunity for St. Arnaud as this statewide exhibition of handcrafts and cookery will attract many interested people to the town. They will stay locally and enjoy local cuisine. Many will take the time to do some shop-

ping and look at the town’s tourist destinations (all delegates at the recent State Conference in Melbourne received a tourism brochure kindly provided by the Northern Grampians Shire Council). There will be more than 270 different sections, with over 1200 entries on display at the exhibition, including the cooking challenge of a Gingerbread House,

and craft challenges of a Butterfly/ butterflies, and ‘The Big Challenge’ using material from a purchased kit. Other crafts include felting, patchwork, felting, bears and embroidery, and c o o ke r y a n d p r e serves. There will also be Group exhibits with the Craft theme of ‘Rocks’ and the Home Industries theme of ‘Peaches, pears and potatoes’. It will be interesting to see how various groups interpret and display the five items to be exhibited in each

of these classes. Come and take a look at the Pot Holder and Oven Mitt Festival that will be held concurrently.

This is a wonderful opportunity to see an excellent display of craft without having to travel far to do so.

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To Catch a Killer at the REX GET ready for a complex web of intrigue as the movie “To Catch A Killer’ screens at the Rex - Contributed this weekend. The story revolves around Eleanor Falco (Shailene Woodley), a young police investigator wrestling with the demons of her past, when she is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator (Ben Mendelsohn) to help profile and track the work of a disturbed individual. As the police and FBI launch a nationwide manhunt, they are thwarted at every turn by the individual’s unprecedented behavior. Given her tortured psyche, Eleanor may be the only person who can understand the mind of their assailant and bring him to justice. Much kudos to young actor Shailene Woodley taking on a role which has been compared to that of “Clarice Starling” played by Jodi Foster in the “Silence of the Lambs”. Audience reviews have praised the pacing and build up of tension as the story unfolds, with many

ticks for the thriller aspect of the narrative. So why not go and see for yourself and make your own judgement. “To Catch A Killer”MA15+(Strong themes, violence and coarse language) 119 mins. Screens on Saturday 15th July at 8pm, Sunday 16th July at 2pm and Tuesday 18th July at 8pm.

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51st Wimmera Bands Group Music School THE first Bands Group Music School was in 1974 with not even one unsuccessful and this year the 51st was held in St. Arnaud. J a n e a n d Pe t e r Battersby have been involved with the organisation of the school for 19 of those years. COVID put two of the years out of action, and last year the music school week was held in Horsham. This year it was run

in St. Arnaud and the first week of the school holidays was full of music at St. Patricks Primary School. Attendance is open to all, 8 years to 80 years, but it is hoped that the attendees can read, not read music, but read English. This year there were

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Peter Battersby spoke of his granddaughter who bought a trumpet to start the classes and passed her

prep examination on Saturday afternoon. All the instructors volunteer their time, and this year there was 19 of them, many returning year after year to take the classes. This year Peter says he had to knock back some instructors that

Above: Instructors and students come together for a concert at the RSL Hall Sunday afternoon. PHOTO: Joanne Wiseman. wanted to assist, indicating the strength of the week and also the enjoyment that they get out of it. Peter says that there are no behavioural

issues, as everyone wants to be there. “We have friendships that are made, marriages too, and we also have what we call ‘Band School Babies”.

Above: The group of volunteer Instructors for the 51st Wimmera Bands Group Music School. PHOTO: Joanne Wiseman.

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Above: Students of brass instruments practice as a band.

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AFTER recording the longest run of weekly losses (8 consecutive weeks) since 2003 (10 consecutive weeks), the Australian wool market has recorded an overall positive movement, to open the 2023/24 selling season strongly. The poor market conditions over the previous two months discouraged many sellers form the market and what is normally one of the larger sales of the season ended up being only 36,175 bales. This was 12,685 bales less than week 1 of the previous year. The market opened with increases across all merino fleece types and descriptions and continued to slowly strengthen as the sale progressed. The Individual Micron Price Guides (MPGs) formerino fleece in Sydney and Melbourne gained between 3 and 44 cents for the first day. In Fremantle, which was selling last, the increases were larger, the Western f leece MPGs added

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between 21 and 49 cents. The AWEX Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) added 14 cents for the day. The gains seen late in the day in the West, were quickly realised when the markets opened in the East on day two, from there the market continued to climb. Across the country the MPGs added between another 1 and 51 cents. The EMI climbed by a further 21 cents. The EMI closed the week 36 cents higher at 1,162 cents. This was the first weekly rise in the EMI since the 3rd of May and the largest weekly rise in the EMI since the 9th of February, when the EMI gained 44 cents for the week. All other sectors of the

National Offering Centre North South West Total

Week 1 1 1

Days 4, 5 July 4, 5 July 4, 5 July

Offering 12,849 16,400 6,910 36,159

Future Offerings Week

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Source - AWEX

44,452

markets recorded positive movements, the only exc e pt i o n s we r e a n unchanged Southern 30micron MPG and the carding indicator also in the South. Next week is the final sale before the annual midyear three-week recess. This is the last selling opportunity at auction until August. Currently, there is expected to be 44,452

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Misleading tactics being used by transmission companies to dupe farmers

MICHELL WOOL is a proudly family owned Australian business operating since 1870.

THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has expressed concerns about misleading information being provided to farmers who may be impacted by the proposed VNI-West transmission project.

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VFF President Emma Germano said the Australian Energy M a r ke t Operator (which is planning the project on behalf of the Victorian Government) had released information to landholders designed to pressure them into signing away access to their land. “The tactics used by AEMO to try and coerce farmers into signing away their rights is shameful and is yet another example of the way they have acted in bad faith with farming communities. “If the Victorian Government continues to allow for this sought

of behaviour from AEMO, farmers won’t cooperate and there is no way that Victoria will be able to meet its renewable energy targets and keep the lights on.” Ms Germano said AEMO had published statements in its L andholder Guide suggesting that it may use powers under legislation to force entry onto farms to undertake surveying. Under section 93 of Victoria’s Electricity Industry Act 2000, transmission companies may force entry onto land to undertake surveys where they have been licenced by the Essential Services Commission.

“The shell company AEMO has created to undertake this work called Transmission Company Victorian (TCV) does not have the power to force entry onto farmland at this time.” “AEMO and TCV have not been issued a licence by the ESC, and therefore have no ability force entry onto farms.” Ms Germano said the issue had been compounded by landholders being offered $10,000 payments to enter into a L and Access Agreement with AEMO over two years. “It is unconscionable that AEMO would be offering a $10,000 inducement for farmers to give up access to their land, otherwise they’ll use legal powers to force

entry, when they do not have that power.” The VFF understands that the ESC has contacted AEMO to advise them that the information they have provided is misleading and has requested that their materials be re-written. “Had AEMO and the Victorian Government engaged with farmers and communities in good faith from the start, we would not be seeing the widespread opposition to the proposed project.” “Farmers won’t let authorities run over the top of their rights and the Victorian Government has a responsibility to ensure that farmers are not taken advantage of,” Ms Germano said.

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For this vacancy we are also looking for applicants who currently hold tickets, or who are willing to undertake training for forklift, telehandler and reach stacker. Initially this will be a key part of the role. The successful applicants will be: • Committed to safety, quality and preventative maintenance. • Able to legally work in Australia on a permanent basis. • Work well in a team environment. • Able to work both day, afternoon and night rotating 8 hour shifts for up to 5 consecutive days. • Able to pass a pre-employment medical eg: drug screen & ability to work in a physical hay environment. Resumes and queries to: carl.leach@gilmac.com.au or hr@gilmac.com.au Phone: (03) 5495 1100.

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NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 181(5)(B) LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1989 TAKE NOTICE the Loddon Shire Council of 41 High Street, Wedderburn, VIC 3518, in accordance with Section 181 of the Local Government Act 1989, intends on or after 9 August 2023 to sell or transfer to itself ALL THAT piece of land being Lot 2 on Title Plan 573120D being more particularly described in Certificate of Title Volume 11508 Folio 339 being the land situate at Newbold Street, Wedderburn VIC 3518. The registered owner, being Dale Norman Cureton Searle, having failed for a period of more than three years to have paid the rates and charges in respect of same, having further failed to pay such rates and charges pursuant to an Order of the Magistrates' Court of Victoria at Melbourne on 26 September 2022 requiring payment of such rates and charges. Executive Collections Legal Services Level 40, 140 William Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Ph +61 3 8318 4908 Ref 396206

Principle responsibilities include: • Undertake the preparation and dispatch of ARGT and feed test samples daily. • Transport samples between St Arnaud and Goornong sites. • Complete quality documentation related to samples. • Cleaning of sample equipment. • Assisting with weighbridge receivals - Moisture testing hay and completing relevant documentation. Successful applicants will: • Have flexible availability to match with seasonal requirements during harvest. • Be quality focused and willing to be hands on supporting QA sampling requirements. • Have a high level of attention to detail. • Sound computer skills. • Work well in a team environment. • Automatic car license. • Be able to pass a pre-employment medical including a drug screen. Interested persons are encouraged to apply. Applications to: carl.leach@gilmac.com.au or hr@gilmac.com.au Phone (03) 5495 1100

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DEATH

CHURCH NOTICES

Loddon Shire opens kindergarten enrolments

• IRONSTONE

COLLISON - Myra We have such great memories of our dear Aunty Myra, especially the fun times at Kell Road - Sunday Afternoons! She was always a presence in our lives, it always amazed us how she remembered not just our Birthdays and special occasions but our families as well. Aunty Myra was such a Beautiful Lady, and was Loved by all the Cecini Families. Rest Peacefully Aunty Myra — Glen & Chris xx

ANGLICAN PARISH OF ST. ARNAUD

EXPRESSIONS of interest for 2024 kindergarten enrolments across Loddon Shire are open from 4th July. 5

REMOVALS - Maryborough- runs south. Phone: 0412 726 432.

Nicola Kirk Physiotherapist Over 15 years experience Open Mon to Fri 8 Nelson Parade ST. ARNAUD

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70th BIRTHDAY

CRAIG CHEESMAN 19-7-1953

SHIELDS - Margaret Kathleen 21-10-1948 – 6-7-2023 Loved wife of John for 55 years. Loving mother of Janette, Duane and Troy. Treasured Nanna of Jason, Tim, Andrew, Cameron, Luke; Hudson, Mackenzie; Tylah, Morgan, Jade and great Grandmother of 4. Always in our Hearts SHIELDS - Margaret Our little MKM group is getting smaller with the loss of dear friend Margaret. Will be sadly missed. Deepest sympathy to John, Janette, Duane and Troy and families. Bernice and Noel, & Moolerr Country Club

SHIELDS - Margaret Dear Margie, thanks for the many years of friendship and all the fun and laughter. I will miss my dear friend. R.I.P. Deepest sympathy to John, Janette, Duane, Troy and families. - Anne.

FUNERAL SHIELDS A gathering will be held to remember Marg at the St Arnaud Sporting Club at 1.00pm on FRIDAY 14th July. KELL FUNERALS ST ARNAUD EST: 1860

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CHURCH NOTICES

Love Glenda, Antony, Stephen, Jenny, Claudia and David, Cristina, Matt and Madeline.

DISTRICT CATHOLIC CHURCHES East Wimmera Parish BIRCHIP

Sunday July 16th 8.30am Mass BOORT

Sunday July 16th 10.30am Live Stream in BANYENA No Mass CHARLTON Saturday July 15th 7.00pm Mass DONALD

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Sunday July 16th 10.30am Live Stream in Parish Coordinator: Noeline Hogan 0476 617 976

A new online form, which will be available until the end of August, provides an easier and more efficient way for families to enrol and reenrol their children in kindergarten. “As well as ensuring a smoother process for families, the expression of interest also helps Council more effectively manage kindergarten places and access across the Shire,” Council’s Director Community Wellbeing Wendy Gladman said. The streamlined process balances the need for mandatory enrolment information and approval forms with a

more user friendly interface and provides face to face assistance when needed. “Additionally, it allows an easier re-enrolment process for parents and carers of children moving from the three year old

particularly for re-enrolments.” Parents and carers who would like to submit an expression of interest to enrol their child or children in the 2024 three or four-year-old kindergarten program can visit www.loddon.vic.gov.au/O ur-Services/Services-forour-younger-residents /Kindergartens A

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CHURCH NOTICES

ST. ARNAUD CHURCH OF CHRIST Cnr. Queens Ave & Alma St. Learning to follow Jesus Thu 13th July 10.30 a.m.: Faith Group Sun 16th July 9.45 a.m. Prayer Group 10.30 a.m.: Worship & Communion Speaker: Norma Hunt After Service Prayer for Healing with Anointing with Oil. Enquiries: Brian Eccles Ph: 5495 2267

SHIELDS - Margaret Marg I will miss you calling in for a chat and laugh, going out for coffee and long lunches. Deepest sympathy to John and family. - Wendy.

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Happy 70th Birthday

Christ Church Old Cathedral Friday 14th July 9am Morning Prayer St. Arnaud 9.30am Every Sunday Eucharist Bealiba 8am 2nd/4th Sunday All Welcome Locum Priest Archdeacon Peter Blundell Enquiries phone: Phone: 0427 694 720

program into four-yearold kinder.” Mrs Gladman said the new online enrolment process was introduced following feedback from families. “Our kindergarten families told us that the current enrolment and re-enrolment processes were quite involved, and would like this process be easier,

ST. ARNAUD UNITING CHURCH Sunday 16th July ST. ARNAUD 9.30am Worship Team PARISH OFFICE Chris & Rob Batters Pastorial Co-ordinators Enquiries 5495 6223

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Charlton 100 Years Ago: 7th - 11th July 1923 by Charlton Golden Grains Museum

Agricultural Society A meeting of the committee was held. Present were Messrs A. J. White (president), A. Jenkins, J. Peverill, F. Beckham, D. Drew, G. Cox, W. A. McGuffie, C. H. Churchill, F. Edwards, M. Bish, G. Bennett, J. Dwyer, H. J. Jackson, S. Wood and Charles Hando (secretary). The tender of A. L. Flockhart for the lease of the showground at £10 was accepted. It was resolved to add a prize for 5 lambs for export, to which Mr C. H. Churchill donated £1/1/ and Mr G. Bennett 10/-. It was resolved to add a section for half cwt of manger hay to class 2; and other sections of most profitable chaffing hay. It was resolved to write to the All-Star Comedy Company about the annual concert, and book the hall at once for 31st October.

Rainfall The total rainfall till the end of June this year is represented by 770 points, added to which 56 points on 1st July. It will be necessary to go back to the year 1898 for a similar June rainfall, when the figures were 525 points. The highest record for any one month was 682 points in February, 1911. During January, 16 points of rain fell on two days, 18 points fell on one day in February, no rain fell in March or April, and 219 points were registered on 18 days in May. In June 517 points fell on 17 days.

Partnership Messrs O’Donnell and Burton have entered into partnership as general carriers and forwarding agents, and from their service in the past have already proved their merit, and possess the confidence of the local public. These two gentlemen were in the AIF together, and, having established a bond of comradeship over on theDother side, hope to enlarge their partnership with the public under very different and more favorable conditions, in the district, where every care will be

taken of consignments entrusted to them, and all business will receive prompt attention.

Presentation to Mr W. Tippett A pleasing function took place at the local flour mill when Mr William Tippett was farewelled by fellowemployees of Noske Brothers, Pty Ltd, where he has acted as head engineer for upwards of four years, and for some eight years previously was employed in the same capacity by Mr W. E. Foreman. Mr Tippett has now severed his connection for the purpose of entering into business. The manager, Mr E. Richards, spoke of the high esteem in which he is held. Whilst keenly regretting the loss of such a capable employee, the best wishes of everyone for a successful future in his new undertaking was most cordially expressed; and the presentation of a handsome silver entrée dish was made as a token of appreciation.

Scots Nicht The Presbyterian Mutual Improvement Society held its fortnightly meeting. There was an attendance of almost one hundred. The gathering took the form of a “Scots Nicht”. Misses Ada and Emily Kirk appeared in kilts, while “plaidies” and tartans were worn by many; and the hall was decorated with Scottish flags, photos of leading Scotsmen, and views of Scotland. A full and varied programme was submitted, such as: Songs, “The Bonnie Hills of Scotland” and “Blue Bells of Scotland”; Lecturette “Bobby Burns”; Community Singing. Mr Crossley gave a number of Scottish selections on his gramophone, after which coffee was handed round, and “Auld Lang Syne” concluded one of the best nights so far.

Methodist Church About seventy Guild members gathered in the Methodist Hall when the Rev. R. Bruce McConchie opened and dedicated the new piano, giving a brief outline of the details leading to its purchase.

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He trusted it would prove of great benefit to the young people, and produce much enjoyment for many years. The item of the evening was a social preceded by community singing. The programme was a very enjoyable one. Very amusing games, such as crazy ping-pong and indoor football occupied the attention of the members who represented symbols indicative of popular songs. This competition was won by Miss Cassie Curnow. (Information from East Charlton Tribune)

Above: 1920c Noske flour Mill.

St. Arnaud 100 Years Ago: 6th – 12th July 1923 Hospital Report for June The staff has been kept busy with influenza cases. Patients admitted 42, discharged 36, remaining 33, outpatients 14 and 2 deaths. Miss Raynes and Miss McCleary, were appointed probationer nurses and nurse Lamplugh was given one months sick leave. Former patient Mr J Pearce of Donald donated a 28 lb chest of tea and the Birchip High School donated 80 cakes of soap. The tender of A E H Preece for remodelling the hospital at a cost of £6,808-15-9 was accepted.

Farewells Miss Edie McPhee employed at Dimelow’s Drapery for some time was presented with a manicure set on her leaving work. Fred Mansfield manager of Edwards big store presented Harry Trevithick with a gold-mounted fountain pen on his leaving the establishment after a lengthy engagement as a lorry man. Mr C Burrow manager of the St.Arnaud Railway Refreshment Rooms for the past two years has been transferred to Colac.

Deaths Mrs Mary McSwaine, relict of John McSwaine of Burnside road, died on 10th July age 74. Former St. Arnaud resident William McIntosh son of James McIntosh and brother of Mrs E J Cherry was killed when he was knocked over by a car in Melbourne in heavy fog, on 11th July.

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William, who was age 43, was a tram driver and leaves a widow and a daughter.

Football St. Arnaud played Donald at St. Arnaud on a very wet ground. Scores – ¼ time St. Arnaud 0-2 Donald 1-4, ½ time St. Arnaud 1-7 Donald 1-8, ¾ time St. Arnaud 4-6 Donald 4-9, final ¼ St. Arnaud 7-8 defeat Donald 4-9. Best players for St. Arnaud L Crone, Cadzow, Fithall, Wyatt

and for Donald Coats x 2, McConville and Penny. Swanwater 6-4 defeated Kooreh 4-2.

18 and the hockey game ended in a draw.

by Heather Pritchard

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Teddington, which has a capacity of 27 ft is now 18 ft 7 ins deep. Goldfields is 13 ft deep and the Government Dam has 12 ft of water but is leaking and is being repaired.

Weather Thick fog lasted all one day, followed by 31 points at night.

St. Arnaud Combined Probus Club report C

PRESIDENT Glenys opened the meeting with a warm welcome to all. We sang the club song and then Birthdays for July were read out with a special mention of Graham Curnow’s 90th. Unfortunately Graham could not be with us owing to ill health in the family but we wished him a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY from all of us. We had a gift to mark the occasion which will now be taken to him and we also send good wishes to Beth. The usual business of the day then went ahead before our break for our “cuppa”. Our guest speaker for this month was Heather Stevenson from St. Arnaud Neighborhood House. This facility is supported by The Department of Human Services for 25 hours per week and I am sure that many of you have taken advantage of the great services Heather and the staff offer, that is help with mobile phone problems/computers.

Ted Whillier

- Contributed Matt Trickey

As wellCapplications are taken for the electricity bonus, a community garden where the produce is placed in a box out the front for people to help themselves this is free but remember it is for everyone so please do not take more than a fair amount. There are also two book exchanges. Ballarat Hearing visits each fortnight and Heather has been trying for quite some time to get an optometrist. The Flying Doctor is a huge asset and Heather outlined the services that they will cover. Rooms are for hire at $25 a day which would probably be suitable for community groups. They also have a grant which enables them to help some families with a $50 voucher. Call in and see Heather and staff if you have anything you would like help with also pick up a list of all the facilities they offer. It is a wonderful service which quite often is free or with a mini-

Above: Heather Stevenson (left) and Dawn McKay. mum fee naturally if you feel that you would like to make a donation to this great facility it would be gratefully accepted. Dawn presented

Heather with a token of our appreciation. The meeting was then closed and we stayed at the club for lunch and companionship…Cheers

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Attracting and retaining good employees “IT’S no longer simply deciding you need more labour on farm and advertising,” states Denise McLellan who will be explaining how to attract good staff and keep them, at Birchip Cropping Group’s (BCG) Farm Expansion Day on Tuesday 25th July at the Birchip Leisure Centre. “When thinking about adding labour units to a farm business, farmers need to first define roles across the farm so they know where the gaps are. “They also need to be aware of the culture of their farm business as well as have a clear picture of what the business has to offer prospective employees. “Adverts that only describe what the farm looks like, for example

size or enterprises and outlining what you need aren’t going to cut it. “They need to include what you can offer: can you provide a good work/life balance? “Are you flexible? What services are nearby? “Looking at the job from the employee’s point of view can make a real difference to whether you have any applicants and importantly, who you attract.

“I’ll explain in detail how to determine roles and culture, how to advertise and induct employees as well as how to keep them at BCG’s Farm Expansion Day.” Denise will also discuss the importance of communication and how to do it well. “Communication is key to any good working relationship,” Denise said. “I’ll outline the best ways to communicate with staff so that you are attracting the right people and looking after them so they stay.” Farm Expansion Day will also cover land investment principles— buy versus lease versus

share farm with ORM’s Ben Hogan, machinery investment decisions and benchmarking with Kondinin Group’s Ben White and managing growth within the business with Carmen Quade. The event will conclude with a panel of farmers and advisers sharing their farm expansion experiences including how advisory boards can aid such decisions, in particular, how they can build resilience in times of drought. Event organiser and BCG North West Broadacre Node Lead Grace Hosking said: “As part of the Victoria

Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub North West Node, BCG is hosting this event to help farmers considering expansion to determine if their business will benefit and if so, how to ensure it doesn’t come undone in times of drought. “By gaining information regarding labour units, machinery and land purchases, how to communicate effectively and hearing other growers’ experiences, this event aims to provide attendees with the tools needed to guide objective expansion decisions to capitalise in good years and weather

the bad.” The event will run from 9.30am to 3.00pm. To register visit bcg.org.au/event/farmexpansion-day/ For more information call the BCG office on (03) 5492 2787. This event is part funded through the BCG managed North West Broadacre node of the Victoria Drought Resilience, Adoption and Innovation Hub, which is supported by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund. This event is also part of the Resilient Farming Communities project funded by Agriculture Victoria and the

Above: Denise McLellan will be speaking about how to attract good staff and keep them at BCG’s Farm Expansion Day on Tuesday 25th July at the Birchip Leisure Centre. Department of Health in collaboration with Deakin University and the National Centre for Farmer Health.

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Natte Bealiba vs Navarre netball results AFTER another week off, we welcomed one of our eldest rivals Navarre to our grounds for what was - Contributed a big hit out. 11 and Under The 11 & Under’s knew it was going to be a fairly contested game against Navarre but with some smart moves we came away with a win 12 to 5. Every player contributed to the win, with amazing attitudes and consistently trying. Training hasn’t been the greatest with the rain lately so these kids are putting it together on their own, each player got a chocolate for their efforts with Zeva getting the Reformer Pilates award for turnovers and constant voice. 13 & Under The 13 & Under team played last year’s grand final rematch against Navarre to come away comfortable winners 30 to 6. The Reformer Pilates award went to Morgan LeaBrightwell and canteen award to Sienna Maffescioni. 15 & Under The 15 & Under’s had a big game against them this week coming up against Navarre who are close to Natte on the ladder. Unfortunately the girls went down by one goal, 24 to 25. Awards went to Annalee Ross and Eve Mortlock. 17 & Under The 17 & Under’s had a great win this weekend, beating Navarre 29 to 9. Awards went to Indy Palmer, Ellie Martin and Reanna Tobin, however all the girls played an amazing team game. C Grade The C Grade girls had a tough hit out this week and proved to hold tight to Navarre, sadly going down 24 to 36. All the girls played wonderfully and created great flow all down the court with awards going to Zali Mortlock and Anita Ross. B Grade A great game for the B Grade girls this week with Toni Bucknall playing her first game for the year. The girls had a great start to the game and pushed out the lead to win by 14 goals with the end result being 44 to 30. Jess White was excellent in goals and Kayla Stewart ran hard all day in the centre. A Grade A big welcome back to Shannae Mills who slotted straight back into the team and didn’t miss a beat. The Natte girls played a consistent four quarters to run away with a 35 goal win, 64 to 29. Awards went to Ella Tranter who was pivotal in the midcourt and Naomi Medlyn who stood out in defence.

North Central Hockey results Under 12: Charlton 1 Birchip Watchem 2, Donald 4 Wedderburn 0, Sea Lake Nandaly 0 St. Arnaud 5, WycheproofNarraport 3 Boort 1, Under 15: Charlton 2 Birchip Watchem 3, Donald 5 Wedderburn 0, Sea Lake Nandaly 2 St. Arnaud 3, Wycheproof-

Narraport 0 Boort 4, Women: Charlton 3 Birchip Watchem 0, Donald 0 Wedderburn 3, Sea Lake Nandaly 0 St. Arnaud 1, WycheproofNarraport 4 Boort 0 Men: Charlton 4 Birchip Watchem 1, Sea Lake Nandaly 2 St. Arnaud 6, WycheproofNarraport 6 Boort 3,

MCDFNL results Seniors Avoca 14.12-96 Royal Park 8.4-52 Carisbrook 10.9-69 Trentham 8.13-61 Lexton 19.20-134 Campbells Creek 5.1-31 Newstead 9.13-67 Marybor’gh Rovers 14.4-88 Maldon 13.11-89 Talbot 6.7-43 Harcourt13.10-88 Dunolly 7.9-51 Natte Bealiba 5.2-32 Navarre 6.9-45 Reserves Avoca 8.8-56 Royal Park 7.2-44 Harcourt 6.11-47 Dunolly 3.7-25 Natte Bealiba 10.5-65 Navarre 4.4-28 Maldon 2.5-17 Talbot 10.9-69 Carisbrook 6.2-38 Trentham 9.7-61 Lexton 28.39-207 Campbells Creek 0.1-1 Newstead 17.12-114 Maryborough Rovers 6.5-41

Charlton vs St. Arnaud Indoor Bowling Club results for June JUNE was here and with that came winter and Birchipit was cold and raining some frost, but we are Watchem lucky at Bowls to have a warm Hall. - Contributed Indoor Bowling first Netball week was Birthday - Contributed 14 & Under B Charlton 1 def by Birchip Watchem 31 REX Cinema Best: Rosie Fitzpatrick, North West Ag Coaches: Lila Schofield, Bendigo Bank & Signwise Solutions Encouragement: Marley McGurk 14 & Under A Charlton 7 def by Birchip Watchem 38 Nutrien Ag Solutions Best: Erin Blair, FHN Ladies Auxiliary Coaches: Anika Holmes-Brown, Bendigo Bank & Signwise Solutions Encouragement: Josie Larmour 17 & Under A Charlton 8 def by Birchip Watchem 40 Bendigo Bank Best: Isabel Soulsby REX Cinema Coaches: Emmersyn Nelson, FNH L adies Auxiliar y Encouragement: Annie Olive C Grade Charlton 14 def by Birchip Watchem 64 Teejet & Holmes Brown Floor & Window Coverings Best: Sarah Blair, Stacey’s Dental & Charlton Caravan Park – Travellers Rest Coaches: Emma Campbell B Grade Charlton 26 def by Birchip Watchem 32 Roberts Contracting & JS Plumbing Best: Alinta Marshall, Charlton IGA & Steels Butcher’s Coaches: Kate Stuchbery A Grade Charlton 34 def by Birchip Watchem 44 Walsh Motors & S&D Consulting Best: Isabel Soulsby, Teys Charlton and East Charlton Hotel: Annie Hockey Heenan’s Lucky Volunteer of the Day : Billy Fitzpatrick

week, Happy Birthday to Marie Craddock and Elaine Palmer. On the 13th June was our Triples Competition. It was a good day held on Invitation Day Visitors were from Maryborough, Wedderburn, Avoca and Dunolly. There were winners and grinners, but all had a lot of fun. Raffle prizes were won by K aren Stephens and Greg Wain. Sponsored by Weirs IGA. Winners for the 6th of June Flo Andison S, Kaye Smith, Rolf Wacker with 31 Points. Winners for the 13th June Triples Competition Malcolm Campbell S, Kaye Smith, Maria Hills Runner Up Beat Wacker S, Lyle Streeter Rolf Wacker Winners for the 20th of June Invitation Day. Sandra Collier S, Cheryle McBride, Greg Barnard, Rolf Wacker with 45 Points Runners up:Malcolm Campbell, Greg Wain, Leonie McLean, Brenda Beggs with 31 Points Triers:L ance Wadeson, Kaye Smith, Margaret Bentley, Linda Kemp with 20 points Winner for the 27th of June :- Dot Baldwin S, Maria Hills, Win Battersby with 43 points.

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Right: Winners Triples Competition (left to right) Malcolm Campbell, Kaye Smith and Maria Hills.

Above: Winners June Invitation Day. (left to right) Rolf Wacker, Greg Barnard, Cheryle McBride and Sandra Collier.

Above: (left to right) Brenda Beggs, Leonie McLean, Greg Wain and Malcolm Campbell.

Above: Triers. (left to right) Linda Kemp, Margaret Bentley, Kaye Smith and Lance Wadeson.

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teams of 6 will compete against each other in a variety of challenges, for the title of… “saints olympic champions” STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION round 18 | away vs bir.-watchem | royal hotel sunday august 20 | major raffle draw @ LNP september 23rd | st arnaud saints black tie vote count & presentations

The Inter-hotels Pool North Central Netball Association results round 12 14 & Under A C Grade Comp season A Grade Watchem 40

ROUND Twelve of the Inter-Hotels’ Pool Competition was played on Wednesday, 5th July, and as I had predicted, the match of the round was to take place at the Parisian enclave of town while the grey grasshoppers and other nocturnal wildlife that call the Country Club home bore witness to the other close encounter that was to eventuate. - By Bob Wooley With both the Farmers’ Arms and Country Club One teams at full strength it was to be indeed a monumental clash akin to one between the Autobots and the Decepticons (I’m a Transformer movies fan) and they could not be separated at the end of the first round after the Farmers captain Optimus Prime Leigh Watkins had won his opening game against the Club’s leader Megatron Paul Mullins while the Farmers’ Ben Medlyn and Geoff Watts had failed against Troy Shields and Jacob Vanrenen however saintly Shane Sanger created the state of equilibrium by outsmarting demonic Des Moulday. The second round was to be a different story however as the Mean Machine began to assert their authority when Paul squared his match with Leigh while Troy and Jacob took great pleasure in dismantling Ben and Geoff however it was to be Shane who was to keep the fighting Farmers in the battle when he overwhelmed Des to leave the Club leading by five games to three with just one singles frame required in the third round. This was between the masters of the two sides and it was to be the wizard Leigh who was to conjure up the spell that was to retire Paul to the bar and elevate the doubles encounters to where they would decide the match however it appears the rollers and floggers had retired into hibernation, allowing the flying Farmers to win both and take the match by the narrowest of margins, six games to five. This now leaves them securely in second place on the ladder with a virtually unassailable twelve-point buffer ahead of those teams below them. It was on this day eighty years ago that the German Wehrmacht launched the attack on Kursk against the Russian army that was to escalate into the greatest tank battle in history and the Logan troop broke out of the Avoca Forest to rumble through town and assault the Country Club Two defenders at their home citadel and it wasn’t long before they were in more strife than the Aussie cricket team are with the Pommy

tabloids (again) as the home side’s Harley Durward and Bill Rodger stopped Stephen Rodger and Ben Pell in their tracks (it is also fifty years to the day since England’s Harold “Dickie” Bird umpired his first Test match; one wonders how he would have handled the Lords fiasco). The McNaulty brothers, Jason and Shaun, kept the Loganites in the fight however by eliminating Grant Doyle and Jake Male respectively then when the Club won the first of the doubles the match was all over however the boys from the Pub in the Scrub staged a fighting retreat, winning the final doubles in the Club Two’s six games to five victory. The Royal Two team where the gracious hosts for the Farmers’ Arms Two team and received an early wakeup call when the flighty Farmers broke out of the barrier early with Logan Hines and Luke Pole winning their opening frames against Simon Elliott and Nick Birthisel respectively however their exaltation was to be truncated as Peter Tannock, a surprise appearant on the baize once again, and Phil Atkins demolished the delightfully demure darlings, Alayne and Zoe Cunningham. Logan went on to win his match against Simon but the rollicking Royals went on to success in both doubles for a nine games to three victory, thereby consolidating in fourth place on the ladder, now eight points clear of the fifthplaced Logan. Top side Royal One was handed a percentage boost and a night off when, as a result of the traumatic circumstances that their opponents the Sporting Club team had encountered with the medical emergency at their match on the 28th June the Club team members had opted to forfeit this week, a decision that is completely understandable considering what they had been forced to witness unfolding with one of their teammates. At the time of writing the unfortunate young man is in a serious condition in an ICU in a Melbourne hospital and a fund-raising day is being held on Sunday, 23rd July, at the Farmers Arms hotel to help provide support for his young family.

Charlton 7, BirchipWatchem 37 Wyche-Narraport 7 Boort 22 Donald 31 Wedderburn 1 Sea Lake Nandaly 24, St. Arnaud 20

14 & Under B Charlton 1 BirchipWatchem 31 Donald 20 Wedderburn ) Sea Lake Nandaly 10 St. Arnaud 23

17 & Under A Wyche-Narraport 19 Boort 24 Sea Lake Nandaly 21 St. Arnaud 26 Donald 63 Wedderburn 17 Charlton 8 Birchip-

Sea Lake Nandaly 36, St. Arnaud 48 Wyche-Narraport 33 Boort 37 Donald 54 Wedderburn 67 Charlton 34 BirchipWatchem 44

B Grade Sea Lake Nandaly 43, St. Arnaud 33 Donald 57 Wedderburn 32 Wyche-Narraport 15, Boort 61 Charlton 26 BirchipWatchem 32

C Grade Sea Lake Nandaly 44, St. Arnaud 26 Wyche-Narraport 6 Boort 69

Donald 43 Wedderburn 46 Charlton 14 BirchipWatchem 64

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Boort Wedderburn Birchip-Watchem Nullawil Wyche-Narraport Donald Charlton St. Arnaud Sea Lake Nandaly

44 36 32 26 20 12 12 4 4

B Grade Boort Wedderburn Nullawil Donald Birchip-Watchem Charlton Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud

44 36 32 28 24 8 8 8

Boort Nullawil Birchip-Watchem Wedderburn Donald Sea Lake Nandaly Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud Charlton

Donald Wedderburn Boort Charlton

44 36 32 28 24 12 12 4 0

17 & Under A Birchip-Watchem Boort Nullawil Donald Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud Charlton Sea Lake Nandaly Wedderburn

14 & under Nullawil Sea Lake Nandaly Donald Birchip-Watchem Boort Wyche-Narraport St. Arnaud Charlton Wedderburn

16 10 8 2

40 36 32 28 18 16 14 8 0

44 40 28 28 20 16 12 4 0

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14 & Under B Birchip-Watchem 32 St. Arnaud 24 Sea Lake Nandaly 20

North-Central Football Roundup Goldacres Seniors

SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 9.15 13.24 20.28 (148) ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 1. 2 2. 3 5. 4 (34) Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: John Summerhayes 5, Billy McInnes 4, Billy Poulton 3, Charlie Cox 2, Thomas Cox 2, Will Simpson 2, Trent Donnan, Tyson McKenzie. For St Arnaud: Owen Lowe 2, Jake Male 2, Zachary Notting. Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Trent Donnan, Charlie Cox, Tyson McKenzie, Luke Martin, Will Simpson, Ryan O’Sullivan. For St Arnaud: Jake Male, Owen Lowe, William Jackson, William Bertalli, Mitch Birthisel, Nick Birthisel. 5.1 7.1 9.3 13.5 (83) BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 5.3 9.3 11.5 (71) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goals for Birchip-Watchem: Nathan Gordon 5, Ben Edwards 4, Daniel Castellano, Ben Christodoulou, Nicholas Rippon, Lachlan Ryan. For Charlton: Christopher Gavaghan 4, Nick Thompson 3, Sam Woods 2, Mason Heenan, Riley Thiesz. Best for Birchip-Watchem: Nathan Gordon, Nicholas Rippon, Dale Hinkley, Marshall Rippon, Jonty Randall, Darcy Reid. For Charlton: Jesse Taylor, Sam Woods, Christopher Gavaghan, Nick Thompson, Patrick Soulsby, Bailey Dixon. WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . . 3.0 4.2 7.5 9. 8 (62) BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.5 2.9 4.13 (37) Goals for Wycheproof-Narraport: Rick Allan 2, Damien Horbury 2, Ben Brennan, Gedd Hommelhoff, Koby Hommelhoff, Rowan Jones, Joel Turner. For Boort: Jarrod Fitzpatrick 2, Brayden Aitken, Levi Moss. Best for Wycheproof-Narraport: Spencer Allan, Rick Allan, Joe Kenny, Gedd Hommelhoff, Koby Hommelhoff, Josh Walsh. For Boort: Ryan McGhie, Jarrod Fitzpatrick, Tom Potter, Samuel Green, Natnael McLaren, Matthew Hodoras. DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 6.5 13.11 16.13 (109) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 4.3 6. 4 12. 5 (77) Goals for Donald: Sam Dunstan 6, Stephen Dinnell 3, Ryan Bath 2, Trent Grant 2, Cooper Anderson, Josh Potter, Ross Young. For Wedderburn: Sam Barnes 7, Mitchell McEwan 2, Danny Benaim, Tom Campbell, Jordan Rosengren. Best for Donald: William Burke, Ryley Barrack, Trent Grant, Josh Potter, Ross Young, Sam Dunstan. For Wedderburn: Jordan Rosengren, Sam Barnes, Darcy Jackson, Hamish Lockhart, Mitchell McEwan, Luke Holt. Bye: Nullawil.

Haeusler’s Reserves

SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.7 9.15 13.24 20.28 3.2 9.6 13.12 21.15 (148) (141) ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.0 0. 0 0. 0 (0) Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Nathan Wight 9, Max Cahoon 4, Chase Tait 3, Cooper Allan 2, Zachary Wemyss 2, Joel Donnan. For St Arnaud: Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Lance McClelland, Max Cahoon, Angus Collins, Cooper Allan, Nathan Wight, Chase Tait. For St Arnaud: Harrison Meagher, Rodney Kirk, Sam Penfold, Edward Swanton, Kynan Torney, Hamish Darby. BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6 2.7 4.11 9.12 (66) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.2 0. 2 0. 2 (2) Goals for Birchip-Watchem: Callum Goode 3, Ty Colbert 2, Jak Goldsmith, Kody Leith, Jack Ryan, Tison Wiantara. For Charlton: Best for Birchip-Watchem: Alexander Noonan, Ty Colbert, Jack Ryan, Jacob Noonan, Micheal Love. For Charlton: Tyler Catherine, Lachlan Holmes-Brown, Darby Fitzpatrick, Dan Whykes, Henry Bourke, Jake Lanyon. BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 7.6 13.6 17.6 (108) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . . 0.1 0.1 1.3 2.4 (16) Goals for Boort: Patrick O’Rourke 6, Dale Cameron 2, Chris O’Rourke 2, Kobie Streader 2, Mitch Buchanan, Jett Hird, Nicholas Scott, Jordan Sheahan, Blake Slatter. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Zachary Cruse, Harry Fawcett Best for Boort: Patrick O’Rourke, Blake Slatter, Mitch Buchanan, Nathan Gooding, Oliver Toose, Alex Cockerell. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Rhylie Botheras, Kirk Henshaw, Trevor Rumbold, Thomas Keane, Zachary Cruse, William Allan. DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 3.5 6.15 7.15 (57) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 4.2 4. 2 7. 4 (46) Goals for Donald: Bayley Burke 2, Brenton Dixon 2, Gavin Beckham, Michael Donnellon, Brady Griffiths. For Wedderburn: Jesse Douglas 3, Gerald Riley 3, Chris Hargreaves. Best for Donald: Kalon Green, Gavin Beckham, Brenton Dixon, Dion Hawkes, Joshua Talty, Tom Letts. For Wedderburn: Dane Keuken, Cameron Lang, Kyle Wright, Tyson Webster, Lachy Price, Matthew Lockhart.

Community Bank Charlton & District Under-17s

ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 9.4 9.5 11.5 (71) SEA LAKE NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 0.4 3.5 5.7 (37) Best for St Arnaud: Tyson Funston, Jackson Needs, Ryan Bigmore. For Sea Lake-Nandaly: Isaac Durie, Tye Griffiths, Cruz O’Sullivan, Noah Barbary, Ethan Ellis, Angus Renney. BIRCHIP-WATCHEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.4 8.6 10.8 12.10 (82) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.3 0.5 2. 8 (20) Best for Birchip-Watchem: Riley Hogan, Harry Cook, Charlie Frank, Lucas Darby. For Charlton: Jye Roberts, Isaac Bourke, Ethan Soulsby, Sebastian Zagame, Mitchell Boyle, Leigh Van Boven. BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8 9.11 11.15 14.19 (103) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . . 0.0 0. 2 1. 4 2. 6 (18) Best for Boort: Max Beattie, Lachlan Hall, Brodie Wagner, Samual Toose, Brodie Arnold. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Thomas Cotton, Xavier McKersie, Leyland Seddon, Locke Coles, Spencer Nicholls. DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 4.3 7.6 7. 6 (48) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.2 1.8 1.9 3.14 (32) Best for Donald: Brady Griffiths, Rory Godkin, Colby Anderson, Joel Lewis. For Wedderburn: Dylan Caruana, Robert Whyman, Noah Winslett, Jason Sanderson.

Next Round

Round 13, Saturday, July 15 —

St Arnaud v. Charlton Birchip-Watchem v. Wycheproof-Narraport

Boort v. Donald Nullawil v. Sea Lake-Nandaly Bye: Wedderburn

Uniting Church Under-14s

SEA LAKE-NANDALY 4.8 (32) d. ST ARNAUD 1.1 (7). Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Nate McClelland, Milton Bailey, Finn Austerberry, Charlie Winter-Goldman, Scott Barbary, Riley Allan. For St Arnaud: Jack Batters, Archer Reyne, Finn Green, Hamish Tannock, Bob Donald, Arley Reyne.

CHARLTON 4.9 (33) d. BIRCHIP-WATCHEM 2.0 (12). Best for Charlton: Murphy Fitzpatrick, Sebastian Zagame, Mitchell Boyle, Dustin Hill, Reagan Good, Nate Markham. For Birchip-Watchem: Willow Ryan, Oscar Sharp, Kobe Hamilton. BOORT 22.16 (148) d. WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT 1.0 (6). Best for Boort: Brodie McPherson, Connor McNally, Archer Lee, Mase Young, Tristan Broad. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Morgan Beattie, Adele McNaughton, Saeed Al Amoudi, Private Player.

DONALD 10.10 (70) d. WEDDERBURN 3.6 (24). Best for Donald: Baxter Donnellon, Jesse Lydom, Hayden Clark, Jaxon Reynen. For Wedderburn: Brock Treuel, William Huismann, Jayden Baltas-Brew, Luke Martin, Archa Derks.

Positions of Teams Goldacres North-Central Seniors

Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

P 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 10

Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . .

P 11 11 10 11 11 10 11 11 10

Pts 44 28 28 28 26 16 14 8 0

% 259.86 170.79 165.13 114.52 95.70 92.69 91.26 48.65 29.26

W 11 7 7 7 6 4 3 2 0

L 0 3 4 3 4 7 7 9 10

Haeuslers Reserves Pts 44 34 30 28 24 12 8 8 4

% 649.71 306.15 281.52 132.45 107.85 43.40 35.92 35.18 29.89

W 11 8 7 7 6 3 2 2 1

L 0 2 2 4 5 7 9 9 9

D 1 1 -

B 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2

For 1146 924 1042 765 712 812 668 577 342

Ag 441 541 631 668 744 876 732 1186 1169

D 1 1 -

B 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2

For 1111 946 853 653 591 306 379 298 301

Ag 171 309 303 493 548 705 1055 847 1007

Community Bank Charlton and District Under-17s

Teams St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . Teams Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . .

P 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 11

Pts 40 38 34 22 18 16 12 10 2

W 10 9 8 5 4 4 3 2 0

L 0 1 2 5 6 6 8 7 10

D 1 1 1 1 1 1

B 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1

D -

B 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1

Uniting Church Under-14s

P 11 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 11

Pts 40 36 32 28 16 16 12 8 4

W 10 9 8 7 4 4 3 2 1

L 1 1 3 4 6 6 8 9 10

Tooleybuc Sporting Club Presidents’ Award

Voting for round 12: Sea Lake-Nandaly: T. Donnan 3, R. O’Sullivan 2, L. Martin 1. St Arnaud: O. Lowe 3, J, Male 2, D. Gifford 1. Birchip-Watchem: N. Gordon 3, N. Rippon 2, J. Randall 1. Charlton: S. Woods 3, J. Taylor 2, C. Gavaghan 1. Wycheproof-Narraport: S. Allan 3, J. Kenny 2, J. Walsh 1. Boort: R. McGhie 3, J. Fitzpatrick 2, T. Potter 1. Donald: W. Burke 3, R. Barrack 2, T. Grant 1. Wedderburn: J. Rosengren 3, M. McEwan 2, S. Barnes 1.

Saturday’s Leading Goal Kickers Seniors

Reserves

Sam Dunstan (Donald) 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Ben Edwards (Bir.-Watchem) 4 . . . . . . . .43 Billy Mcinnes (SLNT) 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Sam Barnes (Wedderburn) 7 . . . . . . . . . .32 Adam Thomson (Nullawil) 3 . . . . . . . . . . .31 Nathan Gordon (Bir.-Watchem) 5 . . . . . . .30 Tom Campbell (Wedderburn) 1 . . . . . . . .25 Joshua Jenkins (SLNT) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Gedd Hommelhoff (W-N) 1 . . . . . . . . . . .23 Nick Thompson (Charl) 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Billy Poulton (SLNT) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Ben Brennan (W-N) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Callum Goode (Bir.-Watchem) 3 . . . . . . .28 Sam Goldsmith (Nullawil) 0 . . . . . . . . . . .27 Patrick O’Rourke (Boort) 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Gerald Riley (Wedderburn) 3 . . . . . . . . . .23 Nathan Wight (SLNT) 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Matt Poyner (Nullawil) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Joel Clohesy (SLNT) 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

CHS Broadbent Club Championship

(Senior win 10 pts., Reserves 6, Under-17s 4, Under-14s 2) Sea Lake-Nandaly . . . . . . . . . . . . Birchip-Watchem . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nullawil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wycheproof-Narraport . . . . . . . . . Donald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St Arnaud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wedderburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Snr. 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0

Res. 6 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 0

U-17 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 4 0

U-14 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0

Ttl. 218 154 144 133 121 110 58 58 56

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Lots of wood Oh So Easy not much golf FOR trainer Tarah McNamara and her husband Jack the win of “Poppy Popstar” at Charlton’s Independence Day meeting continues their run of good luck with horses that they were gifted.

THE highlight of the golf for the last week was the amount of wood cut on Sunday for the wood auction next Saturday. Eleven blokes, a saw bench and block splitter cut and loaded about eight tonne. Thanks to Brian Dixon for the use of his equipment and to all who helped. Golf on Thursday saw eight players play in heavy conditions with Tony Coloe the winner on a count back from Tubby Drendel. Saturday was a washout with only three players getting through seven holes

- Contributed before more rain drove them inside to the warmth of the clubhouse fire. Next Saturday is the wood auction at 10am. Could members have their loads on the 14th by 9.30 please. After the auction it is the hotly contested Captain versus President day. It should be noted that All the presidents men are going for three years straight.

The two Standardbreds, the other one is “Delightful Mia”, have won 12 races between them and over $135,000 in prizemoney and bonuses with the inform “Poppy Popstar” promising to add more to that total. Monday’s winner is the only foal of the mare “Windsor Block” by the 2007 Breeders Crown winner “Danny Bouchea” whose last racetrack success was in the 2010 “Weirs Supa IGA St. Arnaud Trotters Cup”. “Danny Bouchea” has sired 29 winners from 42 starters with

total earnings of $1,478,252 at an average of $35196 per starter. The run of success for the John Tormey stable continued with “Terroroan” winning again at Shepparton on Wednesday and John and Pa u l T h o m p s o n’ s m a r e “Twisted Bliss” getting the Judge’s nod by a short half head at Mildura on Friday. Both winners were driven by Ellen Tormey who won 6 races last week taking her progressive tally for the current season to 78. At its 3rd run back from a spell the Denis

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and Elise McIntyre’s 4yo “Puzzle Piece” was successful at Ararat on Sunday evening. Trained by Denis and driven by Ryan Sanderson the gelded son of “Heston Blue Chip USA” paced it’s way to the front from barrier 6 over the 2195m trip and with a quick last half around Ararat on a winters night of 57.5 sec scored a narrow but strong win. “Lavender Dolly” continued to hold her form for trainer Clinton McSwain with a soft win in the first of two heats of the “up to 47” pace at Ararat. The final is at Stawell on July 16.

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IT was another cold, wet night but it didn’t deter our bowlers. Lyle Streeter and Karen Waters were behind all the way in their first game and needed to score six on the last end to draw. They managed to get 7 out of their 8 bowls in the count to win by one point. Congratulations to Lyle and Karen for their two wins and to the team of Malcolm Campbell, Chris Evans and Ian Lovel also finishing the night with two wins. Congratulations also to our bowler Heather Cooper who recently travelled to Brisbane to compete in a half marathon. Well done Heather in finishing the course in 3 hours, 7 mins, fantastic effort from someone approaching the octogenarian club.

Above:“Poppy Popstar” winner at Charlton’s Independence Day meeting with part owner/trainer Tarah McNamara.

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