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Major stakeholder views still being ignored by Parks Victoria NORTHERN Grampians Shire Council (NGSC) has written to the Minister for Environment, Ingrid Stitt, regarding the Upper Teddington Reservoir earmarked by Parks Victoria for decommissioning and has indicated that Parks Victoria have disregarded the community, who have not been involved in any decision to decommission. Council was alarmed to hear that Parks Victoria recent statement stating the decommissioning was going ahead, indicating that no further outcomes that would deliver a better outcome for the community are to be considered. Although Council appreciates that the standard of water storage must keep the risk to as low as possible but the Consequence Assessment did find that remediating the embarkment with a full height filter buttress would be costly but would reduce the risk to ALARP [at low as reasonably possible]. Council states in their letter that ‘it seems unusual that a report published on 13 July 2021 where the viability of decommissioning is questioned and advice is provided elsewhere in the report that the cost estimates should not be used for budget purposes, that

Above: Supporters of the Save Upper Teddington gathered at the “no water no life” sign painted on the dam wall in July 2023. decommissioning proceeded as part of a State Budget Submission to the Department of Treasury and Finance as part of the round one inputs for the 2022-23 Victorian State Budget in September 2021”. The letter also notes that the consequence of decommissioning on the Lower Teddington Reservoir and the additional run-off into the Strathfillan Creek would impact on the residents of Stuart Mill, with the Lower Reservoir becoming the only

impounding storage for all future inflows to the catchment. Council believes that Parks Victoria’s failure to manage the Upper Reservoir by not clearing saplings under the water level is already having the knock-on effect of providing the Stuart Mill community with black water in town storage in the Lower Teddington Reservoir. The letter notes that Mark Williams, Managing Director of Grampians Wimmera

Mallee Water (GWMWater) stated in a meeting with NGSC that it would be sub-optimal to decommission Upper Teddington as it is a key catchment in the Wimmera Avoca Basin. NGSC is seeking a meeting with the Minister as a matter of urgency to discuss the matter further. North Central News is unaware if any response has been received to this letter dated 11 July 2023.

Great Western residents to take planning approval decision to VCAT ‘REST in peace Great Western’ was the loudly spoken phrase of an exiting member of the Public gallery at last week’s Northern Grampians Shire Council (NGSC) meeting last week.

Above: The architect’s drawing in the planning application for the development in Main Street Great Western.

But far from giving up and allowing Great Western to rest in peace, the objectors to the planning application’s approval are now going to take their fight to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) to have the approval overturned. The planning application has been approved for the construction of a two

Above: ‘Salingers’, which sits in front of the proposed development on a corner, is an example of the heritage-style buildings that residents say they prefer for their main street. storey, 59-room hotel with an underground car park in the centre of the village precinct in Great Western. In a response simi-

lar to the St. Arnaud objections to the development of units in Bowen Street St. Arnaud community members believed that

the planning application was not in keeping with what they saw as the character of the village. • Cont. on page 3.

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Windfall Gains Tax may mean higher land prices NORTHERN Grampians Shire Council moved at its recent meeting for a motion to proceed to the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) to lobby the State Government regarding the recent legislation introducing the Windfall Gains Tax (WGT). Moreover, the motion called upon the MAV to request of the State Government that they ‘revoke application of the Windfall Gains Tax in rural communities’. This is based on NGSC’s view that the tax will act as desensitising rural councils to rezone land to ensure that sufficient residential, industrial and commercial land for future development. This is more the case in St. Arnaud as there is insufficient land already zoned for future development, whereas in Stawell the stocks of land already zoned are quite strong. Secondly, Council believes that the tax will also put off commercial developers from rural projects and that this will lead to market failure. The WGT has, like all legislation, some unintended consequences, most particularly in relation to the growth and sustainability of rural areas and from all reports the WGT was intended to contribute to Victoria’s infrastructure costs. However, it appears that the WGT does not however even mandate spending the revenue on infrastructure.

What is the tax and who is liable The tax, which is current now, is payable by the landowner of the land to be rezoned and solely by that landowner. The exempted rezoning are minimal, such as for land that will be used for residential A purposes, up to 2 hectares, as well as for certain rural zones such as rural conservation zone, farming zone and rural activity zone. That is therefore land to be F subdivided for residents and rezoned into 20 quarter-acre lots will be exempt from WGT. E Although developers are saying that the WGT will contribute to rising housing costs, what is more likely in this part of the state is that developers will just not develop. Where developers only get a marginal return they simply would not proceed due to the added impost of WGT. For Local Councils if they have not already rezoned to make wayCfor future development, it is too late. An interesting assumption that is interesting is that the tax assumes that all increases in landC values are due to rezoning but it is clear here that farming land that has not been rezoned has substantially increased over recent times. For the purposes of the tax, the Valuer-General will use the Capital Improved Value BEFORE the land was rezoned and will take another valuation of the property based on the rezoning within the same year. The difference between the two valuations form the basis for the application of the WGT. This Saturday’s Ballarat Courier featured a story about a group of community-minded citizens who have banded together to put a parcel of land (31 hectares) together for sale (subject to Council rezoning from farming to residential) to enable the expansion of the western growth corridor. I wonder if they are aware of the WGT because it will surely eat into their profits. For the proceeds or revenue gained from the WGT to be fair and equitable, the tax gathered (or at least a proportion of it) should be put back into theDcommunities from which it came for local infrastructure projects, such as schools, roads and hospitals. Currently there is no guaranteed alignment between where the revenue is raised and the infrastructure spending of that revenue. This sort of reallocation would make the tax more attractive for rural communities. North Central News is published weekly by Peter Marland, 3279 Charlton/St. Arnaud Road, Slaty Creek for NCNews Pty. Ltd., 18 Napier Street, St. Arnaud. A.C.N. 146 461 903. Printed by Western District Newspaper P/L, Camperdown Vic. Registered by Australia Post Publication No. VAC 4217 - Recommended and maximum selling price only.

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Save Market Square Dear Editor, As a relative newcomer to St Arnaud my choice to live here was strongly influenced by the country charm of tree lined streets, the beautiful Queen Mary gardens and the amenities of a Public Library and the associated ease of parking in Market Square. As a former retailer I understand the significance of adequate and easy parking for any business or social activities. Without adequate parking it meant my business had a drastic downturn in sales and customer satisfaction inclusive. To usurp the parking space afforded to the Library and Town Hall and the delightful Bob's Market which I attend regularly is a retrogressive move. As a retired person with compromised health then walking long distances is a major deterrent and the loss of parking in Market Qld will affect many Square 4217 like myself people who don't have great mobility. 1 800 652 284 I applaud the introduction of the three year old kinder initiative which the Government is rolling out but feel the placement of the building in Market Square is totally inappropriate. Ted Whillier The only alternative will be to use the front street Mattparking Trickeyand the IGA car park. This will cause a bottleneck in the IGA carpark and surely this is counter-productive to the smooth running of this charming town. I urge all residents to have their say and request that the Council rescind this decision and resolve the matter for the benefit of all involved, being young and old. (Name and address supplied).

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car park at the rear of the Town Hall is one of the Town’s best assets. Why rip up perfectly good and functional community infrastructure and replace it at considerable expense to the rate/tax payer to locate a ‘modular’ building? Using the word ‘modular’ as a more palatable word to describe a ‘portable’ building, which can be given and taken away easily, is like ‘putting lipstick on a pig’. Will the new building and consequential changes to the carpark impede fire trucks if there is a fire at the Town Hall? Why cut down trees and threaten other heritage trees including the elms along the main drain opposite the Senior Citizens centre, to relocate the VTA bus stop?

A move which is very Phone: (03) 5495 1055; problematic because no Email: ncn@iinet.net.au reasonable new site for the bus stop has been found. These trees proSt. Arnaud, Charlton & surrounding districts vide us with welcome shade after all. N.C.N. INFORMATION Apparently, the Preprep modular building The North Central News is 100% locally owned, was to be sited above the independent newspaper, established in 1864. With carpark adjacent to the an ABC audited circulation of 1,650 copies, and an Primary School, near estimated readership of over 4,250 throughout the the entrance to Lord Northern Grampians and Buloke Shires. Nelson Park (football SUBSCRIPTIONS and sports grounds). Annual subscription for 12 months is only $144.00 An objection was (inc. GST), including postage and packaging. raised alleging this locaADVERTISING & COPY DETAILS tion was too close to the Artwork, and all advertisements or alterations are primary school and to be submitted before 5.00pm Friday prior to would encourage parpublication. ents to subsequently Announcements of births, deaths, marriages and send their children to engagements must be properly authenticated. the State Primary rather N.C.N. prefers advertisement and editorial copy to be than St Qld Patricks. typed or neatly hand-written to avoid being published A Even4217 if the new incorrectly. We accept no responsibility for error or kinder was built under misspellings in illegible advertisement and editorial copy. 1 800 652 284 the F palm trees near the DISCLAIMER front doors of the State E The views and opinions expressed in this publication Primary School, parents are not necessarily those held by the publisher or will send their children editor. The publisher and staff accept no liability for to the school of their injury or losses which may occur as a result of choice. information presented in this publication. Ted Whillier • Cont. page 4. C © Copyright 2023 Matt Trickey No. 10102 C

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Proposed site for the new Kindergarten Dear Editor, Placing a Kindergarten in a car park is a ridiculous proposition. There is simply no room for expansion of the Early Learning Centre at its present site. The public area and

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Full Steam ahead on unique live music tourism event MELBOURNE to Charlton will be the line for a heritage train, where music lovers can hop on board for performances and some Victorian music lovers will be on track for a weekend-long treat with the announcement of SOUND TRACKS. Set on a restored steam train, and held over three days from Friday, 6th October to

Sunday, 8th October, SOUND TRACKS will see a heritage train running between

Melbourne and Charlton, with Victoria’s most exciting talents, all while enjoying local food and wine. Minister for Creative Industries Steve Dimopoulous said the Government is backing SOUND TRACKS as part of our work to

strengthen and support the state’s music industry and our commitment to supporting recover y in floodimpacted communities. “Incredible music, stunning scenery, a steam train, great food and wine – it all adds up to a one-of-a-kind

experience that will invite travellers to see our regions in a whole new light.” SOUND TRACKS aims to support Charlton’s continued recovery from the 2022 summer floods, and builds on the $1 million announced

Pebble Church is now fully charged PEBBLE Church Heritage Association Inc. (PCHAI) was recently successful in gaining a Northern Grampians Shire Council 2022/23 Arts and Culture grant, receiving $4,199 to purchase a Honda generator from local business Tom's Small Engines. The project title for this grant was “Readiness for Arts and Culture Events”. The Pebble Church venue and surrounds lends itself to host a variety of plays and performances to be enjoyed by both younger and older community members (separate events likely) - for example, a play/short script performance for adults, and a "Wind in the Willows" type interactive play for children and families. As the Pebble Church does not have any power or lighting to host these types of events, it would require a generator and appropriate lighting equipment. According to PCHAI

Tom Dyke from Tom’s Small Engines was fantastic to deal with and ordered them the generator. He also provided a great handover on how to operate it, and lodged the warranty to Honda for them. PCHAI can now offer to future hirers of the Pebble Church, the use of this generator to make their event more achievable, and they can pursue musical and theatrical events. As future fundraisers for PCHAI the organisers are now able to run lights, speakers, fridges and other electrical items. PCHAI thanks Northern Grampians Shire Council for this opportunity.

Great Western residents to take planning approval decision to VCAT • From page 1. The NGSC Councillors clearly found that the proposal was in line with their commitment to improve the shortage of housing in the shire. A Go-Fund-Me page has been set up to raise funds to support the cost of fighting the council’s decision in VCAT. Brett Tunstall believes that legal fees to fight this decision will cost in the order of $25,000, Brett spoke to us and said that the response from the community was tremendous with $15,000 already raised. “50% of the residents have contributed to the appeal for the VCAT fight. “It does show you that although 40 objections were received against the issuing of a planning permit, that

residents as a whole is behind the push to not have this development in the centre of our town. “The proposed development is oversized and it’s in a bad position. “The owner of the pub is the developer and he even wants subterranean parking, which is an area that was not that long ago under water” Brett said. Residents question whether this huge development is suitable for the middle of small and heritage village which they point out is around 20 times smaller than Stawell which does not have this size development in their main street. For those who wish to contribute to the Go Fund Me campaign, go to https://www. gofundme.com/f/helpsave-great-western-hist oric-village.

earlier this year to support tourism-boosting and communitystrengthening music events in flood-impacted communities across the state. The event, presented by OK Motels, will feature a stacked lineup including electronic producer Har vey Sutherland, jazz outfit Glass Beams, dance act Juno Mamba and folk group Folk B*%ch Trio with more announcements to come. Departing from Southern Cross Station, the train will make pit stops in Geelong and Ballarat before arriving in Charlton, giving guests the opportunity to explore the town. From performances at the local bowling club, dinner in the

shire hall and headline acts filling Charlton’s iconic art deco REX theatre, guests can expect a lively weekend filled with food and great music, contributing to the bustling arts culture that Victorians know and love. Music lovers can look for ward to a bumper season of creative events across Victorian flood-impacted communities in October including Rochester and the L oddon region, Melbourne International Games Week, Melbourne Fringe, Melbourne Jazz Festival, the Eighty-Six festival and more. For tickets and more information on SOUND TRACKS, visit www.sound-tracks.au.

Above: Tom from Tom’s Small Engines with the much-needed and appreciated Honda generator the PCHAI was able to purchase from a NGSC grant. Photo Source: Facebook.

Senseless vandalism NOT very pleased was a walker on Sunday morning to see this example of vandalism. Either Friday or Saturday night’s escapade was committed by person or persons unknown at View Point . The walker did congratulate Parks Victoria for doing a great job keeping the area maintained despite the efforts of some to destroy it.

Right: Vandalism at View Point over the weekend.

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To the Editor • From page 2. The location, wherever it is, will have zero impact on either of our primary schools. If stating that having the new kinder close to the existing ELC is more convenient for parents dropping off children, it is just as likely that these same parents will have slightly older children to drop off or pick up at either of our two primary schools. The original proposed site for the new Pre-prep building, adjacent to the entrance to Lord Nelson Park is excellent. So too would be an area in the vicinity of the Band and Scout Halls with an adjacent unused portion of State Primary School land. The new Kindergarten for three and four year old children should be in the most suitable spot for all of the community and

the carpark and open space in the middle of town is not it. Yours, Christobel Anderson St. Arnaud

A cordial Nuclear meeting Dear Editor, As an audience member at the nuclear energy forum held in St Arnaud’s Town Hall on Friday 4th August, I disagree totally with your correspondent Vlad Bata. The meeting was cordial, respectful and well run by the moderator Colin Coates. All questions were accepted and answered. Dr Bata in fact asked more questions than any other single participant. Only when a motion was being formally put

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to the meeting was he sanctioned from objecting until those for the negative were asked to speak. I enjoyed the robust and well informed discussion that these important issues triggered, as we grapple with energy solutions that don’t despoil our countryside and farmlands. Yours Dr Ann Parker OAM MBBS DCH FRACGP Berrima, NSW 2577

Exploring our energy future Dear Editor, This letter is in response to that of Dr Vlad Bata who criticised the Nuclear Energy forum held in St Arnaud on the 4th August. It was inspiring to see the diversity of people who attended on the night from school students and teachers through to the local farming community and mums and dads. Dr Bata’s criticisms of nuclear energy consist of a grab bag of cherry picked scary tales that do not relate to the current safe performance of civilian nuclear power plants. The world has 440 operating nuclear power plants and another 60 under construction. According to the United Nations Economic Commission Report into Integrated Life Cycles Assessments of Electricity Sources, nuclear energy has the lowest carbon emissions of any energy source. Except for small hydro it has a much lower cancer producing potential than any other generating source, including wind and solar. When one looks at all the life cycle impacts including factors such as water and land use, materials consumption

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and toxicity, the UN report found that nuclear energy was beaten out of the best rating by small hydro and was on a par with concentrated solar. Finally however, Dr Bata’s arguments about overpopulation are not life affirming. It’s like telling young people in particular that they are excess baggage and this destroys their self-worth and inventiveness. History tells us that mankind’s trajectory relies on increasingly energy dense sources. We go from using draught animals and wood burning for survival through to the age of coal and oil and then to a future with nuclear energy. At each stage, as societies become wealthier, their quality of life is dramatically increased and their birthrates reduce. Reliance on wind, solar, batteries, pumped storage and more of AEMO’s transmission reverses that trend and will drive our nation into poverty. Robert Parker Nuclear For Climate Australia

More on Nuclear ‘alternative’? Dear editor Further to the Nuclear Forum held on Friday the 4th of August, I could not help noticing how some of the people present were interested in the economic aspect of nuclear power, to the exclusion of all else. Primarily for their benefit, I have assembled a small but representative collection of economic data regarding nuclear site decommissioning, waste disposal and accident remediation costs. So, in its 2018 budget, the US government allocated 30 billion U.S. for nuclear waste storage alone. The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) estimated cost of decommissioning a nuclear reactor site is between 1 and 1.5 billion dollars U.S. per GW. Small, modular reactors cost approximately double, between 2 to 3 billion U.S. per GW. It should be borne in mind that decommissioning a nuclear reactor is not as simple as locking the doors and walking away. United States legislation allows 60 YEARS AFTER POWER GENERATION HAS

STOPPED for the complete closure of a nuclear site. Exemptions apply to sites that have suffered accidents, so that final closure may take even longer. A few examples may prove instructive. The 2010 estimate for decommissioning Lithuania's reactors was 2 billion euros. By 2015, the estimate had grown to 3.37 billion euros. Lithuania is a small republic on the Baltic coast, about half the size of Tasmania, with a population of about 4 million. This translates to a decommissioning cost of nearly 1000 euros for every man, woman and child. The Brennilis reactor in France, a mere 70 MW site, has been decommissioning for 20 years at a cost of 480 million euros, a 2000% cost blow-out on the original estimate. The decommissioning is ongoing, and an estimated 60% of France's nationwide decommissioning costs are not funded. Sellafield (formerly Windscale, U.K.) Europe's largest nuclear installation covering 650 hectares. Final closure was estimated to cost 33.6 billion pounds in the 2006-7 financial year. By 2018-19, this had grown to 118.3 billion pounds. The site's reactors are expected to be shut by 2037, with a FINAL SITE CLOSURE SLATED FOR 2120. The costs exclude waste storage; they pertain only to the "clean-up" of the site itself. In 1978, a spent fuel reprocessing plant was approved for Sellafield, with a projected profit of 500 million pounds. The plant began operation in 1994, and by 2003 it had lost 1 billion pounds, but had to be kept running due to contractual obligations. It ceased operations in 2018, and is expected to be fully decommissioned by 2070. Some may wonder at the costs and times involved. In my previous letter I mentioned that spent fuel rods have to be kept on-site in cooling pools for a long time. Pro-nuclear literature gives that time as "a minimum of three months". More typical times range from 3 to 20 years. A personal friend who spent many years working at a central

European nuclear power plant gave the figure 20 to 30 years. Remember, the cooling MUST NOT BE INTERRUPTED for that whole time. Then, realise that these cooling pools contain thousands of spent fuel rods, in a high-radiation environment. The ionising radiation creates ozone, free radicals and damages the fuel rod sheaths. From a corrosion perspective, this is not good at all. It is highly probable that after such a long time in such an aggressive environment, some of the rods may fail due to corrosion. Even a pinhole, resulting from pitting corrosion, would be sufficient to contaminate the whole cooling pool with fission products. When the time for clean-up comes, all this has to be dealt with. In many cases, there are areas too dangerous for humans to enter, and robots have to be designed and built to do the job. Proceeding to ACCIDENTS COSTING OVER 100 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS (2006 value). 21 January, 2002, Manche, France. Control and safety valves fail after improper installation of condensers, forcing a two month shutdown, $102 million. 4 May, 1986, HammUentrop, Germany Operator actions to dislodge damaged fuel elements at the thorium high temperature reactor release excessive radioactivity to 4 square kilometres surrounding the facility, $267 million. November 24, 1989, Greifswald, Germany. A near meltdown; three out of six cooling pumps were switched off for a test. A fourth broke down and control of the reactor was lost. 10 fuel elements damaged, $443 million. 4 May, 1987, Kalpakkam, India. Breeder Test Reactor refuelling accident ruptures the reactor core, resulting in a two year shut-down, $300 million. 31 May, 1993, Bulandshahr, India. Narora atomic power station suffers a fire, damaging the heavy water reactor, $220 million. 2 February, 1995, Kota, India. Rajasthan atomic power station leaks radioactive helium and heavy water into the Rana Pratap Sagar River, necessitating a

two-year shutdown for repairs, $280 million. March 22, 1975, Browns Ferry, Alabama, USA. Fire burns for seven hours and damages 1600 control cables for three nuclear reactors, disabling core cooling systems, $240 million. March 28, 1979, M i d d l e t o w n , Pennsylvania, USA. Loss of coolant and partial core meltdown, $2,400 million. September 15, 1984, Athens, Alabama, USA. Safety violations, operator error and design problems force six-year outage, $110 million. March 9, 1985, Athens, Alabama, USA. Instrumentation systems malfunction during start-up, $1,830 million. April 11, 1986, P l y m o u t h , Massachusetts, USA. Recurring equipment problems force emergency shutdown, $1,001 million. March 31, 1987, Delta, Pennsylvania, USA. Two reactors malfunction due to cooling problems, $400 million. February 20, 1996, Connecticut, USA. Leaking valve forces shutdown at Millstone nuclear power plant units 1 and 2, multiple equipment failures found, $254 million. September 2, 1996, Crystal River, Florida, USA. Equipment malfunction forces shutdown and extensive repairs, $384 million. February 16, 2002, Oak Harbour, Ohio, USA. Severe corrosion of control rod forces 24 month outage, $143 million. February 1, 2010, Vernon, Vermont, USA. Deteriorating underground pipes leak radioactive tritium into groundwater supplies, $700 million. March 11, 2011, Fukushima, Japan. Earthquake and tsunami cause cooling failure and triple meltdown, $100 BILLION to date, clean-up ongoing. April 26, Chernobyl, USSR. Steam explosion, meltdown and graphite core fire, $6.7 BILLION, clean-up ongoing. The above list is by no means exhaustive, because in many cases the cost of the accident was not quoted, especially in the case of Japanese and Canadian nuclear accidents, and it does not include any Chinese or military reactors.

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St. Arnaud 100 Years Ago: 10th – 16th August 1923

To the Editor •From page 4.

from uranium-238 in a nuclear reactor. The civilian power supply side was simply a way of subsidising the costs. One other point of interest. Most readers are probably not aware that atomic, and especially hydrogen bombs (the former use plutonium, the latter tritium) have a shelf life, or a use-by date, like the yoghurt on a supermarket shelf. The half-life of tritium is 12.9 years, so in that time, a hydrogen bomb will lose half its destructive power. Therefore, the tritium "bottle" must be replaced every couple of years, and where is the tritium supposed to come from? You guessed it! Since it is not naturally occurring like plutonium-239, it must also be cooked in a handy water-cooled reactor. Dr Vlad Bata, Carapooee B. Eng. Hon. (Metallurgy, RMIT) Ph. D. (Materials Engineering, Monash)

Please note, that of all the listed accidents, ONLY ONE was caused by a natural disaster. All the others were caused by FACTORS ENTIRELY WITHIN HUMAN CONTROL. If it is entirely within our control and we STILL can't get it right, perhaps we should not be doing it? To finish, I would like to point out a few facts about the nuclear power industry. The nuclear power industry arose out of the nuclear weapons industry, and the two remain inextricably linked. Such big names as General Electric, Union Carbide, DuPont, Rockwell International and Monsanto (now part of Bayer), to name a few, supplied the United States military with materials and components for their nuclear weapons. The ONLY reason reactors were built in the first place was because atomic bombs are made from plutonium which does not occur naturally; it must be transmuted

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The induction of the new minister, Rev C T Fletcher took place on Thursday afternoon, followed by a social that evening in the Mechanic’s Institute to meet him and his family.

Waltzing competition won by Mr R Cadzow and Miss Cadzow. Prizes for fancy dress costumes won by Miss Eileen Stalker [Puss in Boots], Mr H O’Donohue [French Courtier], and for children – Teresa Hoye [Daphne], Winnie Hoye and Tom Sharpe [Babes in the Wood].

Rev Fletcher comes from Yackandandah to succeed Rev E Macdonald who has gone to Murrumbeena. At the social Rev Mr Porter was given a fountain pen for services rendered to the St. Arnaud and Gre Gre North congregations as interim moderator. Organist Miss Nessie McGlashan, who is to be married, was given a silver entrée dish.

Council Nominations of candidates to fill the vacancies on the Council of the Shire of Charlton, caused by retirement, through effluxion of time, of Crs W. Hindson, T. R. Edyvean and C. H Churchill must be handed in by Wednesday 15th August.

High Street Shop Mr R.J. Tippett again brings before the public the existence of the little shop in High Street, with a display of the “right goods, at the right time, at right prices”. The showroom and remnant table are prominent features of the present propaganda of economical values.

Cr Hindson’s Retirement At the last meeting of the Shire Council a letter was read from Cr Hindson, on the eve of his retirement from civic life:- “Brother Councillors – This meeting terminates my term as a councillor and I am not seeking re-election.

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Football St. Arnaud 10-9 defeated Birchip 3-7 at Birchip putting Birchip out of the competition. Next week a semifinal will be played at St. Arnaud between Watchem and Donald. Stuart Mill defeat

- by Heather Pritchard Barkly by 8 points Beat players for Stuart Mill A Frohlich, L Douglas, W Swanton, W Stanley and for Barkly A Marshall, Cross, Aldridge and Marland.

Golf Ladies foursome won by Mrs Ogilvy and Mrs O’Connell 62-13-49, gent’s singles won by R McKechnie 44-7-37 and W McDonald 47-10-37.

Sales Rev Coupe sells a single seated buggy and a pair of good ponies plus harness, Mrs D Mason sold 4 room brick house on ¼ acre block on Inglewood Road to I J T Grigg.

Weather Total rain so far this month – 108 points.

“I desire to thank the Councillors and officers for their loyal assistance during my term as your President. During the 16 years I have been treated with the greatest respect, although we could not always see eye to eye, we always agreed to differ and there was no ill feeling. “I am pleased to be able to leave the Council with the smallest overdraft we have experienced for years. “I tender my grateful thanks to the ratepayers for the honour they have always done me in returning me unopposed during the whole of those years.”

read at the Council meeting. Cr Williams said that when considering plans for a new bridge consideration should be made for a larger space under the bridge, to allow floodwaters to get quickly away. Cr Merr ylees expressed the opinion that whatever might be done, unless building operations were curtailed on the embankments on the west side of the river, every flood would be forced back on to the town. Cr Jackson thought if the bridge were made three chains longer, and the embankment taken away, the town would be relieved of a lot of water.

Dry-Shod to School

Obituary

A letter from the Progress Association, asking the Council to construct approaches to the Charlton bridge, so as to obviate the danger to school children who, of necessity, now travel along the railway line whenever there is a flood, was

Mrs Catherine Byrne died at the home of her daughter, Mrs Donnellan, at the age of 76 years. Born in County Cork, Ireland, the deceased lady came to this country when only a girl. With her husband,

the late John Byrne, she kept a hotel at Balranald. She came to Mount Jeffcott 30 years ago. An illness preceded her demise, the news of which was received with regret. Three sons, one of which was from Donald, Richard (Corack), Daniel (Melbourne) and her daughter, Mrs Bridget Donnellon of Jeffcott, are left to mourn their loss.

Silver Wedding Anniversary Mr and Mrs Richard Windsor celebrated their silver wedding on Friday last, and are in the enjoyment of the best of health that the best of their friends could wish them. Their marriage was celebrated on 10th August, 1898, at St Joseph’s Church.

Agricultural Society A general meeting was held at the Mechanics’ Institute.

by Charlton Golden Grains Museum Present: Messrs A. J. White (president), W. McGuffie, F. Edwards, F. Judd, H. E. Wood, J. Dwyer, G. Cox, F. Beckham, D. Drew, W. Cossar, G. Parish and Chas Hando (secretary), apology from Mr J. H. Peverill. Correspondence: From Mr Fowler, Fitzroy, offering the services of Fowler’s Australian dramatic players at Victoria Hall on show night. From Mr G. James, manager of the All Star Comedy Company, Charlton, offering to stage an entertainment, consisting of entirely new items, on show night. From Mr Chas Naylor, Bendigo, of the “Musical Gardiners” Company offering to provide entertainment on show night. All were referred to the Concert Committee. Steward appointments were made. (Information from East Charlton Tribune)

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During July there were 59 patients admitted, 54 discharged, 34 remaining and 4 deaths. There has been a delay in obtaining sufficient bricks for the renovations. T Skelly and L Rogers appointed Life Governors in recognition of their work for the annual wood bees.

Mrs Mary Jane Cutting of St. Arnaud died age 60 years after a long illness leaving seven children. She was buried with her husband William who died 2 months ago. Mrs Fanny Howard of Kooreh, died age 30 years, leaving a husband Henry and four young children aged between 9 and 2 years. She was born at Kooreh, and was the daughter of Joseph Allen. Mr William Fletcher who was born at St. Arnaud North died age 53 years. For 20 years he worked at the Lord Nelson mine where he had an accident, which left him with a weak leg. Lately he has been employed at the Welcome Nelson mine

and ten weeks ago while wheeling a truck of quartz he slipped and broke his weak leg, which eventually lead to his death. William who married 26 years ago leaves a widow, 3 children and 6 stepchildren. Mr John Bryne of Banyena died age 46 years, leaving a widow, 4 sons and 2 daughters and was buried at the Banyena Cemetery. John married Miss Suzanna Drum 17 years ago and has a brother James Bryne living in St. Arnaud.

Charlton 100 Years Ago: 11th to 15th August 1923

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions … and the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

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Above: 1910 Shire Councillors (left to right) R: Mr Beveridge (editor), Crs W. A. Merrylees, I. S. Olive, W. Hindson, J. O’Meara, W. Williams, C. H. Foreman (President), W. J. Schooling (Secretary), M. Mulquiny, C. Churchill, E. N. Peverill.

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Oppenheimer – a Buloke Council Meeting Wrap Movie Masterpiece

BULOKE Shire Council’s August Meeting was highlighted by the adoption of the Annual Plan Year 3, Volunteer Policy, and Community Grants Guidelines. Council, also noted the results of the Community Satisfaction Survey, resolved to join the Wimmera Southern Mallee Development (WSMD Ltd) and considered key customer experience items. An important component of Council’s strategic planning has been adopted with the Year 3 Annual Plan developed to deliver a range of key objectives set out in the Council Plan 2021-2015. Some of the key actions/projects included in the Year 3 Annual Plan include the development and adoption of a Buloke Aquatic Strategy, completion of construction of Playspaces for Berriwillock, Donald, and Wycheproof, preparation of Buloke Drainage Plans, preparation of Community Plans, Recreation Reserve Planning projects for Birchip, Donald, and Sea Lake, development and adoption of an Integrated Community Planning Framework and Development and adoption of the Children, Youth and Families Strategy. The Community Grants guidelines have been adopted for the financial year to ensure that there is clarity and transparency around allocations of Community Grant funding. Each year, Council allocates $20,000 to the

Community Grants Program and Sponsorship and $50,000 to the Community Sustainability Grants Program, with both programs now open. Similarly, the newly adopted Volunteer Policy is a key in supporting the community and encouraging volunteerism. Engagement of volunteers to assist Council in the performance of its functions is considered a ver y important and worthwhile initiative, and something which should be encouraged to support the benefit and wellbeing of the broader Buloke municipal community. The policy outlines Council’s efforts in the promotion, recruitment, engagement, and recognition of volunteers across many services and opportunities. The results of the Community Satisfaction Survey for 2023 have been noted. Council’s overall performance has fluctuated over time, but since achieving its peak in 2021, perceptions have significantly declined for consecutive years, returning to ratings seen in 2016 and 2017. Results from the L ocal Government Community Satis-faction Survey have been nationally trending downward over the last two years with many factors influencing how

residents experience local government services including cost of living and affordability, as well as emergency events such as flooding. Council is committed to working hard for our community on both our flood recovery efforts and normal operations and will use these results to inform future actions. Council, has resolved to accept an invitation to apply for membership to WSMD Ltd. Formally known as Wimmera Development Association, should WSMD Ltd approve Buloke’s application they would join the current member municipalities of Horsham Rural City, Hindmarsh Shire, West Wimmera Shire, Yarriambiack Shire and Northern Grampians Shire in an

MOU with the peak body who leads, supports and encourages the sustainable development of the region in partnership with government, business and the community. Also considered at the Council Meeting was the strong progress made against the Customer Experience Strategy as well as the adoption of a Draft Customer Experience Charter for the purposes of community consultation. Two leaves of absence were approved at the meeting, Cr Carolyn Stewart for the period 1st July 2023 to 31st December 2023 and Cr David Pollard for the period 10th August 2023 to 30th November 2023. An Additional Council Meeting was

held on 1st August to consider matters relating to Expressions of Interest for the Growing Regions DIRECTOR Christopher Nolan’s epic movie Program Round Qld 1. “Oppenheimer” brings depth and emotion to the CouncilA will 4217 both man known as the “father of the atomic support an expression J. Robert Oppenheimer - the American 1 800 652bomb”, 284 by the Birchip F Community Housing theoretical physicist who was the director of the Incorporated and subE Manhattan Project (code name for the development mit an expression for of the atomic bomb) during World War 2. the Wycheproof This is the movie - Contributed Recreation Reserve screening at The Rex Multi-Sport Facility. ethical dilemmas faced Ted Whillier over the coming weekMinutes and docuby scientists during C end. ments relating to wartime. Matt TrickeyAn intellectual as the August Council Blending historical C well as an inspired Meeting and the accuracy with fiction, physicist, OppenAdditional Council the movie brings the heimer’s interests Meeting and recordings audience into a world extended beyond just of both meetings are where science and science to ethics, and available on Council’s artistry collide. following WW2 with website. Visually stunning the USA establishment Buloke Shire and captivating, the of the Atomic Energy Council will hold its movie weaves the Commission, Oppennext scheduled monththemes of science, heimer, who was ly Council Meeting in ambition and humaniChairman of the the Wycheproof Supper ty together through Advisory Committee, Room from 7:00pm on Nolan’s unique story strongly opposed the Wednesday 13th telling style. Also stardevelopment of the September 2023. ring Robert Downey Jr vastly more powerful (Admiral L ewis hydrogen bomb. Strauss), Matt Damon ( This controversial Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves stance closed many Jr.) and Emily Blunt doors to him as New (Kitty Oppenheimer), McCarthyism (antithis is a thought-proSub-variant communism) took hold voking,compelling and A new sub-variant in America and subemotional vision of one EG.5.1, or Eris, is jected him, and of the most defining becoming one of the numerous others, to events of history. most prevalent variintense investigation “Oppenheimer”MA ants in the UK and the and scrutiny. 15+ 180 mins screens USA. Nolan’s movie first on Saturday 19th Experts here are introduces OppenAugust at 8pm, Sunday saying that the same heimer (Cillian 20th August and thing probably will Murphy) within this Tuesday 22nd August happen in Australia. context, before backat 8pm. Although the WHO tracking through does not now consider flashbacks of signifiSolution No. 10102 that COVID-19 is a cant events and stages I D E A L S P R A T Y pandemic, there is a of his life. E R A Z O R N I C E S T A I N F I N G E R S continuation of subAccompanied by the O S E C T S L U variants appearing and evocative musical D U P E S O B E S E E R A S H O N E S T L Y cases continue. backing of composer, A S L O W E D O E Eris developed origLudwig Göransson, the R E T A I L E R S A G A C E R E S M E T E R inally in Asia and case movie delves into L S T E L I C N numbers of the subthe complexities of M A R I N E R S U I T S variant appear to be on Oppenheimer’s charE T O N R I V E R L T T E R S E R E F E R the rise. acter, as well as the

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COVID Updates and Developments Victorian stats The source for these figures has changed since the Victorian Health Department has ceased publishing the statistics and visitors are now directed to the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care. According to that department on 8th August, Victoria’s average daily reported cases is 63, which although high is down from 74 reported for the week prior. This equates to 441 new cases reported for the week.

There was a provisional seven-day rolling average of one death as of 8th August, equating to 7 for the week, with 85 COVID patients in hospital, and five people in ICU. There were no new cases reported in the Northern Grampians Shire, and only 1 new case reported in Buloke. Experts say that because testing rates have declined, these numbers likely only represent a fraction of the cases in the community.

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Week ending Wednesday 9 August 2023

Above: Agriculture Victoria staff with Victorian Agriculture Minister Gayle Tierney and Victoria's Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Graeme Cooke.

Showcasing animal disease preparedness at Sheepvention THE Victorian Government is strengthening Victoria's ability to respond rapidly in the event of an emergency animal disease (EAD) outbreak with new equipment and resources. Minister for Agriculture Gayle Tierney recently attended Sheepvention in Hamilton and spoke with Agriculture

— By Glendon Hancock

THE Australian wool market has resumed this week after the annual three-week mid-year recess, recording a small overall loss. As shearing continued during the break, wool continued to make its way into broker’s stores. As this was the first opportunity to sell at auction since early July, this is traditionally one of the larger sales of the season. This year there was only 43,697 bales available to the trade, this was 11,666 less than the 55,363 on offer in Week 6 last year. The market movements were varied across different sectors, different types and different microns. In the merino fleece types the individual Micron Price Guides (MPGs) ranged between plus 42 cents (17 micron in the North) through to minus 45 cents (19 micron in the West). The crossbred market

was mainly positive. The 37 cent (6.5%) increase in the Southern 26 micron MPG a market highlight, only the 32 micron 10 cent loss in the same region preventing an across the board crossbred increase. The carding market also recorded an overall gain, the three Merino Carding indicators (MC) rose by an average of 10.3 cents. The AWEX Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) dropped by 3 cents for the series, closing at 1,176 cents. Although the fall in the EMI was minimal when viewed in Australian dollar (AUD) terms, due to a significant weakening in the AUD against the US dollar (USD) since the previous sale (the AUD lost 1.7 cents since the

National Offering Centre North South West Total

Week 6 6 6

Days 9 August 9 August 9 August

Offering 14,764 24,582 9,683 40,029

Future Offerings 7

15, 16 August 46,874

Source - AWEX

12th of July), when viewed in USD terms the market reduction was larger, the EMI dropped by 22 US cents, a 2.8% reduction. Sales will now continue every week until the end of year Christmas recess. Next week is another reasonably large offering as wool accumulated during the break makes its way to auction. There is expected to be 46,874 bales on offer in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle.

Melbourne 1144M -5 16.5 2028 -15 17 1885 -12 17.5 1711 -29 18 1618 -11 18.5 1501 -31 19 1474 -17 19.5 1419 -24 20 1400 -26 21 1382 +1 22 23 24 25 836n 26 605n +27 28 335 +10 30 302 +12 32 250 -10 MC 712 +7 Ind.

Victoria staff and farmers about the continued EAD threats facing the nation and the importance of ever yone doing their part to prepare. Studies have estimated that a multi-state EAD outbreak of footand-mouth disease (FMD) in Australia, could result in direct economic losses of up to $80 billion over a 10year period for Australia’s national livestock and meat processing sectors alone. Since the threat of an outbreak increased when FMD and lumpy skin disease were detected in Indonesia last year, the government has taken significant strides to bolster our capability to detect and respond to an EAD. To continue to strengthen the state’s preparedness, $17.5 million was allocated in the Victorian Budget 2023-24 to help fund portable yards, traceability equipment, 100 decontamination kits, and purpose-built decontamination trailers – taking the total government investment to more than $43 million. The new decontamination trailers will support Victoria’s rapid response strategy by allowing first responders to effectively clean vehicles and equipment at

affected properties or restricted areas. Agriculture Victoria’s stand at this years’ Sheepvention featured new sheep sculptures painted by local artists and new activity books to teach kids about biosecurity and keeping farms safe. It will also promote the new Biosecurity Strategy, which is currently open for feedback on engage. vic.gov.au.

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St. Arnaud Turf Club

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Advance Notice to Members

Friday 27th October 2023,

La Dolce Vita! Art Exhibition Classical Realism & Introspective Printmaking Feature artists:

“Paintings from Florence” - Hannah Sutton “Painting and printmaking with light” - Malini Lewis & Local artists: Gabrielle Rohlje, Lynette Robinson and Will Pout.

Opens August 19 at 4pm St Arnaud Raillery Hub Gallery Queens Ave, St Arnaud

St. Arnaud Racecourse 6.00pm. The purpose of the Annual General Meeting is to: • Elect Members of the Committee • Receive and consider the Club’s financial statements for 2022-23. • Appoint the Auditor of the Club. No less than three (3) voting members will be elected to the Committee of the St. Arnaud Turf Club at the Annual General Meeting. Nominations to the Committee can be made in writing to the Club Manager, supported by two voting members with consent of the candidate and received by the Club by 29th September 2023. Members are invited to submit items of business for consideration and/or questions of the Auditor at the Annual General Meeting by 29th September 2023. For further information please contact Club Manager Penny Penfold 0418 124 289.

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SAVE MARKET SQUARE Council proposes to put the new Pre Prep (Kindergarten) building in Market Square carpark – between the back of the Post Office and the existing Kinder building. It will take up almost half of the car parking spaces. Come to a Public meeting: Tuesday, 22 August at 7.30pm Senior Citizens Clubrooms If you’re interested but can’t make it contact Karen Probst 0427 952 595 Graham Ross 0407 886 510

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St Arnaud Medical Centre Notice of Leave and Closure The team at St Arnaud Medical Centre would like to notify their patients that Drs Darko & Vesna Slipcevic will be away for the full month of September. We regret to inform that during this time, the St Arnaud Medical Centre will be required to close from Monday 18th September to Friday 29th September, inclusive. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and encourage our patients to ensure they have enough medication for the month of September. Please contact the centre if you require assistance on 54951766.

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Dress Pink for Barbie at the REX

THANKYOU Thank you to all who sent cards and best wishes on my 100th birthday, also for the presents and flowers and those who came to my day on the 17th of June. I had a great day catching up with most during the day. All made a memorable birthday which was very much appreciated. Iris Farnsworth.

BOWDEN - Dorothy “Alison” A Memorial Service to Celebrate the Life of Alison Bowden will take place at the St Arnaud Sporting Club next Friday, 25 August 2023 commencing at 2pm. Wimmera Funerals Trevor Bysouth and Daughter Phone 5381144 AFDA Member

ST. ARNAUD UNITING CHURCH Sunday 20th August ST. ARNAUD 9.30am Worship Team STUART MILL Worship with St. Arnaud

SHE might be a blonde bombshell, but it is the colour pink which has the close association with the juggernaut movie “Barbie”.

DEATH DOUGLAS - Alan Edwin 28/1/1941 – 4/8/2023 Aged 82 years Passed away suddenly. Dearly loved husband of Meryll (dec). Loving father of Joanne, Brett, Craig, Leanne and their partners. Very proud Grandfather of 13 grandchildren and 18 Great Grandchildren. Very much loved brother and brother in law of Jeannie and Bruce (Pain) Uncle to Steve and Marie, Tony and Gabrielle and families Treasured memories and loving stories we will hold so dear. We will miss you Dad / Grandad. Cheers for now. FEARON - Griffith Boyd “Chips” 23-12-1945 - 13-8-2023 of Marnoo. Result of an accident. Dearly loved husband of Val and much loved Dad of Tony (Chips), Matthew and Tammy. Father-in-law of Linda and Andrew. Adored Pop of Emily; Lucas, Sharna; Brayden and Chelsea. Loved always and sadly missed. A private funeral will be held. Condolences at lifelived.com.au KELL FUNERALS ST ARNAUD NFDA

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IN MEMORIAM COUGHLIN - Mabel Elizabeth Born: Jan. 28th 1923. Died: Aug. 19th 2002. Thinking of you every day, always. Gordon. TORNEY - W.H.M.(Snow) Loving thoughts of our dear Dad & Pop. Loved & remembered every day. Sharon, Graham & family xxx

CHURCH NOTICES ANGLICAN PARISH OF ST. ARNAUD Christ Church Old Cathedral Friday 18th August 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

PARISH OFFICE Chris & Rob Batters Pastorial Co-ordinators Enquiries 5495 6223

ST. ARNAUD CHURCH OF CHRIST Cnr. Queens Ave & Alma St. Celebrating faith in our Lord Thu 17th August 10.30 a.m.: Faith Group Sun 20th August 9.45 a.m. Prayer Time 10.30 a.m.: Worship & Communion Speaker: Neale Postlethwaite All welcome Enquiries: Brian Eccles Ph: 5495 2267 DISTRICT CATHOLIC CHURCHES East Wimmera Parish BIRCHIP

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Sunday August 20th 10.30am Live Stream in Parish Coordinator: Noeline Hogan 0476 617 976

Having scorched the box office with global takings now in excess of $1billion dollars, director, Greta Gerwig’s phenomenal hit has been something of a saviour for the film industry as it claws its way back after the lockdowns of COVID. Well, folks, “Barbie” is coming to The Rex in late August (26th, 27th& 29th) and there’s a callout for patrons to come along dressed in pink for the Sunday 27th August matinee. Head to The Rex before the 2pm starting time and make it an opportunity to checkout the fashions, the styles and creativity in what should be a fun afternoon. There will be prizes for stand-out creations, for style and family groups. Hopefully a few “Kens” will add flair to the day, and if you have a Barbie doll, bring her along, too. We would love to get snaps of a full-on Barbie collection. The consummate Barbie look can include pink glasses, gorgeous gowns, jewellery, hats, bags and of course, snazzy shoes.

The Charlton Op Shop is also getting in on the act with a window display (in pink, naturally) and would

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- Contributed “Barbie” movie a memorable occasion. “Barbie”PG 114 mins screens: Saturday 26th August at 8pm, Sunday 27th August and Tuesday 29th August at 8pm.

Above: (left to right) Wendy Peacock thanks guest speaker, Zoe Torney, from Ambulance Victoria.

St. Arnaud Kara Kara Combined Probus report

We were fortunate to have Zoe Torney, Paramedic, from Ambulance Victoria as our guest speaker for the day. Zoe gave a very impressive talk on her busy life, and daily duties,

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Op Shops in all our communities could be hiding the perfect addition to your costume if home wardrobes can’t provide the answer.

While the Sunday screening is the optimum dress-up day, patrons are welcome to “think pink” for the other screenings on Saturday 26th and Tuesday 29th August. So, shed the inhibitions and make the

THE St. Arnaud Kara Kara Combined Probus Club held its monthly meeting for August at the St. Arnaud Sporting Club with 29 members in attendance.

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be a good place to start searching for dress-up ideas.

Pink wigs would look great, too. Be creative, and have fun.

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Above: Gil Gretgrix from the Charlton Op Shop has some ideas for the “Dress Pink for Barbie” Rex Theatre event on 27th August.

- Contributed and what is expected of her. Also some very helpful hints to have in place if ever an emergency occurred. We were also given a brief talk on what their vehicles have on board in case of an emergency. If any member, is not a member of the Ambulance, it might be wise to join.

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Above: Des Moulday (right) President with other the club members looks over the Ambulance.

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Local farmers urged to help Zero tolerance is a non-negotiable AGGRESSIVE behaviour towards Buloke Shire stop fresh food tax staff has reached unprecedented levels and Council MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster is urging farmers and families to help stop the Australian Government’s fresh food tax, by registering interest to have their say online. The new tax is a biosecurity levy on farmers, set at a rate equivalent of 10 per cent of the 2020-21 industry-led levies. Consultation has now opened into the Government’s Sustainable Funding to Strengthen Biosecurity | Have Your Say Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Dr Webster said farmers and families in Mallee would be impacted by the new tax, which would push up the price of fresh food in a serious cost of living crisis. “In Mallee more than 7,000 farmers are likely to be affected by this new tax, which comes into effect on July 1, 2024,” Dr Webster said. “Farmers make up almost 10 per cent of the workforce in Mallee. “Farmers are critical to our region as they

support rural communities and provide us with fresh, healthy and affordable food. “The new tax on farmers will inevitably be passed onto consumers, which means even higher grocery bills for Australian families. “I am determined to stop this new tax on our farmers and our food. “I urge locals in Mallee to register their interest, to help stop this senseless new tax.” L eader of The Nationals and Shadow Agriculture Minister David Littleproud added it had been almost three months since the Budget and there was still no new information on the biosecurity levy. “It is unfathomable the Labor government would ask farmers to pay for the biosecurity risks of international importers from other

countries,” Mr Littleproud said. “Instead of taxing farmers, a future Coalition Government will scrap this tax. “Under our plan, importers of foreign products will pay for the biosecurity risk they pose – not Australian farmers.”

says Buloke Shire

is deeply concerned. As a result, it has initiated a zero-tolerance campaign to try to combat the harassment. Acting CEO Hannah Yu says several recent incidents have highlighted the lack of respect shown towards council officers. “While the majority of our community

behaves appropriately, we are seeing a significant increase in the number of incidents of occupational violence occurring towards our staff. “They are regularly being cornered in the street and in supermarkets, and verbally abused – shouted at and sworn at,” Ms Yu said.

St. Arnaud 50 years Ago: August 1973 Engagements

- by Heather Pritchard

Bernadette Hogan and Laurie Cossar. Barbara Meich and Michael Jones. Lesley McMillan and Mervyn Dyke. Cheryl Howe and Ian Anderson. Elaine Robertson and John Effern.

Births Garry and Marg Cross nee Mason, a daughter Melinda Jane. Bill and Gwenda Burge, a son William Paul.

Kevin and Lynette Douglas nee Hyder, a daughter Penny Lynette. Rod and Anne McRae nee Briggs, a daughter Michelle Louise. Glenn and Lynette Burrage, a son Adam.

Deaths Norman Robert Gallagher. Mrs Helen Catherine Gifford nee McRae. Mrs Ella Carroll nee Bertalli, age 62. Jessie Wingfield age 86 Margaret Cook

“Some are being targeted outside their homes at night. “This unconscionable behaviour is happening during the week and on weekends. “Our staff should not have to put up with intimidation. “It is, quite simply, not on. “They go out into the community and often cop an earful simply for doing their job. “They do their best to carr y out their responsibilities with care and consideration, and are entitled to be treated respectfully. “As frustrated as ratepayers and residents may get, they need to realise that council is charged with adhering to the law. “That means where permits or further information is required, our staff have a legal obligation to undertake that work.” Buloke, like many Councils across the

state, is transitioning to a federal aged care model, which will result in improvements to the level of service. “The Aged Care transition is one of the areas that staff are being aggressively approached about. “Adjusting to the new model obviously takes time, but Council is only af ter the best outcome for all affected.” Council’s zero tolerance drive involves a social and mainstream media campaign, with the slogan “Council Does Care – Listen, Talk, Respect”.

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Barbie is the ultimate world of illusion at St. Arnaud Cinema - Contributed

BARBIE and her partner Ken live in a fantasy land. There is dancing and music to keep the dolls happy in this world of ‘perfect’. One day, their unreal world is transposed into the real world. They find the two worlds do not mix well, and there are issues in trying to adapt. Conflict arises between Barbie and Ken as they try to adapt to the real world. This is the real world of economics; the world of board members of Mattel and their products Barbie and Ken. Margot Robbie plays Barbie and Ryan Gosling plays the role of Ken. There is an amazingly huge line-up of actors playing dolls and humans in their fantasy movie. Screening takes place on Friday 18th August at 7.30pm and Sunday 20th August at 2pm.

St. Arnaud Country Club golf - Contributed

JOHN Goode scored a century and convincingly won Saturday’s golf event by 6 shots. His score of 100, gave him a nett 65 which was way too ‘goode’ for the rest of the field. David Lanyon was second with 71 nett and Bill Rodger 3rd on 73 nett, after a countback from Lindsay Baldock. A further shot back, but out of the prize money, were Ernie Scilini and Ivan Jackson. NTP’s – 6th T McDonald, St. Arnaud Caravan Park 8th B Rodger, 10th D Lanyon and Weirs IGA 18th T Stewart. Thursday mornings Old farts golf was won by Trevor Stewart with 18 points. Sunday was Footballers day and there was plenty of potential out on the course, with a few managing to live up to the ‘hype’. They played a 3 person Ambrose event, which alleviated the problem of having to play from positions where it all went horribly wrong. Winners of the event were Jake Male, John Goode and Alistair Egan. It was suggested that the footballers could play golf whenever they liked because we were short of players, but we were quickly reminded that the football teams have the same problem.

North Central Indoor Bias Bowls Championships 2023 Singles Championships THE North Central Indoor Bias Bowls Championships for 2023 commenced with the Singles Championships being played at Charlton on Wednesday 26th July. - Contributed The first game was played between Ian Potter from Boort and Flo Andison from St. Arnaud. This game was very even with scores tied three times during the game. In the end Flo came out on top.

The other game was between Leonie McLean from Wedderburn and Greg Wain from Charlton. This game was very easily won by Greg Wain. The final was played between Flo and Greg. Flo started off very well and went on to

Above: Tuesday’s Bendigo winner “Sergios Rocket” with Charlton reinsman Ryan Sanderson. Photo. Andrea O’Gorman

McNaulty double at Yarra Valley KOOREH trainers Shaun and Jason McNaulty were rewarded for making the formidable trip to the Yarra Valley on Monday with a winning double. The 3yo “Slice of Cheddar”, a $1.90 favourite, was having its first start since 30 December 2022 and a mid-race move by driver James Herbertson took him from near last to first where he remained until the race finish winning by 7.70m in 1.59.6. The stable’s other winner was the Horsham winner “Pesci” who made it “two on the trot” with in form concession driver Declan Murphy aboard. Horsham’s winning driver Kerry Manning will be out of the sulky for an estimated 6-8 weeks recovering from injuries she received in a skirmish during a trial held before the July 27 meeting. At Bendigo on Tuesday night the Sanderson stable was successful with the 4yo “American Ideal” mare “Sergios Rocket” who was having her 4th start since joining the Charlton stable. A winner of 3 races before Tuesday she now has career best time of 1.58.2. The last race at Melton on Wednesday was won by “Dicko Dixon” for his trainer 83yo Bob Kuchenmeister. Amongst the group that race the winner is I R (Dick) Lee best known for his success with the first Australian bred horse to win four Derbies, “Rufus Youngblood”

Inside running by Archie

and other top class horses like multiple Cups winner “Rhodonite” and trotters “Hampdens Pride”, “Glenfield Girl” and “Game Ebony”. A double header on Thursday saw Ryan Sanderson drive a winner at Stawell in the afternoon and the John Tormey trained “Terroroan” win at Echuca that night when driven by Ellen Tormey. $945,000 in prizemoney was on offer at Bendigo of Friday when the finals of the Nutrien Age Classics were conducted and whilst there were no wins for the locals 3yo colt “Dangerous” finished his race off strongly for a second placing after being held up early in the straight. The Melton meeting on Saturday gave Ryan Sanderson 3 winners for the week when his 5 point metropolitan claim was used to advantage by the connections of 9yo gelding “Letsrockletsroll” who made it lifetime win number 18 and took his prizemoney total to $176,800. Ararat race tomorrow night, the 17th, and Swan Hill are racing on Sunday.

win the Singles Championships for 2023.

Pairs Championships The Pairs Championships were played at Boort on Sunday 30th July. The first game played between Dot Baldwin (S) and Kaye Smith from St. Arnaud and Greg Wain (S) and Brad Chester from Charlton. This game was fairly even and ended in a draw at the end of 12 ends, and so another end was played and it was Dot and Kaye who managed the one shot to win. The other game was between Ian Potter (S) and Ruth Nixon from Boort and Bob Nicholls (S) and Margaret Bentley from Wedderburn, who went on to win this game easily. In the final game it was Bob Nicholls (S) and Margaret Bentley from Wedderburn, who went on for a comfortable win to win the Pairs Championships for 2023, over Dot Baldwin (S) and Kaye Smith from St. Arnaud.

Triples Championships The Triples Championships were played at Wedderburn on Wednesday 2nd August. The first game was played between the team of Malcolm Campbell (S), Kaye Smith and Maria Hills from St. Arnaud and the team of Val O’Connor, Sue Nicol and Jenny Walsh from Charlton. St. Arnaud lead all the way and finished well, winning easily. The other game was

between the team of Pam Gould (S), Nola Stringer and Alan Gould from Boort and the team of Bob Nicholls (S), Leonie McLean and Jenny Barnard from Wedderburn. This game was very one sided right throughout the 14 ends with the Wedderburn team who came out the winner. The final was then played between the St. Arnaud team and the Wedderburn team. It was a very close game with the lead changing several times. When it came to the last end scores were level. During the last end each team held the winning shot until the last bowl. The St. Arnaud team held two shots and the Wedderburn Skipper put down his last bowl, which meant Wedderburn could have won but the bowl didn’t do a great deal of damage and St. Arnaud still held the two shots giving them the Triples Championships for 2023.

Rinks (Fours) Championships The Rinks (Fours) Championships were played at St. Arnaud on Sunday 6th August. The first game was played between the team of Flo Andison (S), Betty Mazucco, Bill Deanshaw and Jenni

Above: Winner of the Singles Championship Flo Andison St. Arnaud.

Above: Pairs winners from Left to right – Margaret Bentley and Bob Nicholls (S) from Wedderburn.

The Triples Bowls Championships winners from Left to Right – Malcolm Campbell (S), Kaye Smith, Maria Hills from St. Arnaud. Drury from St. Arnaud and the team of Leonie McLean (S), Greg Barnard, Jenny Barnard and Margaret Bentley of Wedderburn. The St. Arnaud team got on top early and went on to win this game. The other game was played between the team of Val O’Connor (S), David Beaty, Brad Chester and Greg Wain of Charlton and the team of Ian Potter (S), Allen Stringer, Aileen Morris and Alistar McDougal from Boort.

Boort got on top of this game and went on to win easily. The final was played between the St. Arnaud team and the Boort team. It began with each team getting the lead on one end, and then the other team would come out on top on the next end. About the 12th end, Boort got ahead and went on to win the Rinks (Fours) Championships for 2023.

Above: Rinks (Fours) Bowls Championships winners from left to right – Ian Potter (S), Allen Stringer, Aileen Morris, Alister McDougal from Boort.

The 2023 Inter – Hotels Pool Competition finals IN the absence of our normal scribe Bob, it is very unfortunate that he had to go away on holidays seeing he is in total shock after Hawthorn - Contributed defeated the Mighty Magpies. Hope you recover Bob. The final series commenced on Wednesday 9th August, with the first semi-final between Country Club 1 and Country Club 2 played at the Farmers Arms Hotel. This game was a must win, the loser drops out and the winner advances to the preliminary final. At the completion of Round 1 it was two all. Paul Mullins defeated Will Jackson Harley Dur ward defeated Troy Shields Jake Male defeated Jacob Vanrenan Des Moulday defeated Grant Doyle Round 2 was another even contest with scores being four all. Will Jackson defeat-

ed Paul Mullins Troy Shields defeated Harley Durward Foul/Black Jake Male defeated Jacob Vanrenan Des Moulday defeated Grant Doyle Foul/Black With scores level and two singles games to be played . Club 1 Captain Paul Mullins defeated Will Jackson and Club 2 Captain defeated Troy Shields, with scores at 5 all, with two games to play it was anyone’s guess. Paul Mullins and Troy Shields defeated Harley Durward and Grant Doyle and Des Moulday and Jacob Vanrenan defeated Jake Male and Will Jackson. This was a great night with the Club 1

winning both doubles, final scores 7 games to 5 and now advance to the preliminary final. Commiserations to Harley and his team. The second Semifinal was played at the Royal Hotel between the Royal 1 and the Farmers 1. The Royal Hotel dominating the first round leading 3 games to 1. Mitch Phillips defeated Ben Medlyn Dave Russ defeated Shane Sanger Hayden Perr y defeated Daniel Needs Tom Watts defeated Geoff Watts

Round 2 At the end of round 2 the Royal led 5-3 with 3 games of singles to be played. Mitch Phillips defeated Ben Medlyn

Shane Sanger defeated Dave Russ Daniel Needs defeated Hayden Perry Geoff Watts defeated Tom Watts

Round 3 Shane Sanger defeated Dave Russ Hayden Perr y defeated Daniel Needs Geoff Watts defeated Tom Watts The Farmers boys staged a remarkable fightback in round 3 winning all three games to now lead 6-5 prior to commencing the doubles. The Farmers pair of Shane Sanger and Hayden Perry defeated Mitch Phillips and Sam Postlethwaite to clinch the final. Final score Farmers 7 Royal 5 A big thank you to the Hotels that hosted the finals, the supper and service was very much appreciated.

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North Central Hockey Association results round 17 Under 12:

Under 15:

Women:

Men

Charlton 0 Wycheproof-Narraport 1, Sea Lake Nandaly 0 Donald 1, St. Arnaud 4 Boort 0.

Charlton 1 Wycheproof-Narraport 2, Sea Lake Nandaly 6 Donald 0, St. Arnaud 1 Boort 1.

Charlton 4 Wycheproof-Narraport 0, Sea Lake Nandaly 5 Donald 0, St. Arnaud 1 Boort 1.

Charlton 0 Wycheproof-Narraport 9, Sea Lake Nandaly 0 Donald 2, St. Arnaud 2 Boort 1.

Ladders Men

Women

Under 15s

Under 12s

pts

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

31 28 27 15 8 7 1

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

37 34 24 21 16 13 9 0

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

34 31 30 23 14 14 6 3

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

37 32 25 23 17 12 6 0

North Central Netball Association results round 17 14 & Under A St. Arnaud 30 Boort 19 Sea Lake Nandaly 17 Donald 24 Nullawil 30 Wedderburn 0

Charlton 19 WycheNarraport 20

17 & Under

14 & Under B

41

St. Arnaud 29 Boort 13 Sea Lake Nandaly 25 Donald 1

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St. Arnaud 21 Boort Sea Lake Nandaly 8 Donald 43 Nullawil 65 Wedderburn 22 Charlton 21 WycheNarraport 44

A Grade

B Grade Sea Lake Nandaly 28 Donald 65 Charlton 48 WycheNarraport 33 Nullawil 48 Wedderburn 40 St. Arnaud 30 Boort 70

C Grade Charlton 31 WycheNarraport 44 Nullawil 66 Wedderburn 42 Sea Lake Nandaly 25 Donald 57 St. Arnaud 21 Boort 74

D day for the young Saints SATURDAY the 12th of August wasn’t like most other Saturdays, this was an important one for the young Saints, a win today would secure their spot in the finals the only thing standing in their way was the tough - Contributed and fierce Boort. The siren sounded to signal the start of the first quarter and from the get-go the young Saints go to work, pressing and putting immense amount of pressure on the strong Boort side, all players standing up and working together as one. The hunger from both sides made them both look equally as dangerous, and amped up the pace of the game. As the quarter began to wear away so too did the Saints and after a slip up and a good scrum, Boort were able to find space and get the first goal of the match. St. Arnaud 0.2.2 to Boort 1.2.8

2nd Quarter Both teams once again came out hungry for the ball hungry to get the first goal of the quarter. Jack Batters was able to stand up when his team needed him and to take some much-needed clutch tackles and run downs. Hamish Tannock was able to show just how much he has grown throughout the season putting his body on the line on multiple occasions just to stop Boort getting an easy mark, and then run on. Arley Reyne and Charlie Baldwin offered some much needed calm when they took some stella intercept marks, but Boort proved that they were just too strong and conceded another 2 goals before the quarter ended.

St. Arnaud 0.3.3 to Boort 3.2.20

3rd Quarter Much like the first two quarters, the pressure was non the less except this time round Boort were really able to capatilise and take the game on their terms. Nathan Saludes, was handy in the midfield and Finn Evans offered a reliable set of hands when it came to intercepting marks down in the backline, but Boort proved too strong and now had notched up another 3 goals, and had a 6 goal lead coming into the last quarter. St. Arnaud 0.4.4 to Boort 6.4.40 Boort was able to take the game by storm and showed why they have a cemented spot in the top 4, they kept the young Saints from scoring at all in this quarter and conceded another 3 goals to well and truly seal the deal. Although not the results the Saints had hoped for, and this loss unfortunately puts an end to the Saints final campaign, there was plenty to take away from the game and plenty to work on, grouse effort from the young Saints. Final Scores St. Arnaud 0.4.4 to Boort 9.7.61 Best players for St. Arnaud. Jack Batters, Finn Green, Hamish Tannock, Arley Reyne, Finn Evans and Nathan Saludes.

11 & Under

Sea Lake Nandaly 34 Donald 47 Charlton 35 Wyche-Narraport 48 Nullawil 46 Wedderburn 69 St. Arnaud 35 Boort 54

The 11 & Under’s were granted another week off and a well needed rest before heading into finals.

The Under 17’s have their first loss of the season

AS we head into the weekend that signifies the last time we will face Maryborough Rovers as a club, the Natte girls proved to show their strength and dominate in majority - Contributed of the games.

13 & Under The 13 & Under’s team won convincingly against Rovers 51 to 4. The glass and canteen award went to Sienna Maffescioni and the Reformer Pilates voucher went to Asha Ross who both played their personal best games for the year.

15 & Under The 15 & Under’s had a tight tussle against a determined Rovers team, our girls played consistent netball with a 6 goal win, 24 to 18. Awards went to Milla Boyes and Annalee Ross for their strength on the court.

17 & Under The 17 & Under’s had a great win this weekend, 21 to 11. It was a great team effort, awards going to Sienna Mortlock, Ellie Martin and Talia Sinclair.

C Grade The C Grade girls had a tough game ahead of them and the Rovers girls proved to be too strong on the day with us going down, 20 to 51. Awards went to Sam Porter for her versatility and Hannah Lanfranchi for her consistent strength down the court.

B Grade The B Grade girls have grown so much over the last month, setting themselves up for a really strong finals campaign. A great team effort on Saturday proved to be far too strong for Rovers, winning 52 to 20. Ash Ryan played a great game in defence, while Chantelle Mills fed beautifully and created space in the attack end.

A Grade A hard fought win for the A Grade girls this week, coming up against an improved and determined Rovers team. Chloe Ross had a confident game in WA, feeding the goalers well all game. Shannae Mills displayed her speed and agility to open up the goal circle well. A great win, 70 to 46.

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THE Saints Under 17s took on Boort at home in what was one of the - Contributed biggest games of the season. As the teams sat one and two on the ladder and with the finals just around the corner it was always going to be a hotly contested match. The first quarter was a real battle with both teams applying great pressure. Frankie Donald and Tyson Funston were both very impressive in the midfield providing great runs and accurate kicking to the

forward line where Jackson Needs was providing a great target both in the air and on the ground. Down back Owen L owe and Chase Zander were defending well. Jackson Needs kicked the teams only goal in the first quarter. First quarter score Boort leading 14 to 8 pts. The second started the same as the first

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The third quarter was a mirror image of the second quarter with Boort controlling the midfield and the Saints' boys putting their bodies on the line and fighting hard for every possession. Jackson Needs kicking the only goal for the Saints in the third quarter. Boort leading 57 to 21. The boys showed plenty of heart finishing with 4 final quarter goals. Tyson Funston 2

and 1 goal each to Jackson Needs and George Gorrie. Final score Boort 65 – 45. Goals – Jackson Needs 4, Tyson Funston 2, George Gorrie 1. Awards J & B Beggs – Jackson Needs, Croplands – Tyson Funston, United Church – Mason Thomas, Parkview Baker y – Ben Greenaway, Canteen – Frankie Donald, Sonya’s Hair Directors – Blayne Piper.

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Navies earn respect winning against Wycheproof Charlton vs Wycheproof netball - Contributed

• From back page. Woods with first hands on the ball again at the centre bounce able to feed Jesse Taylor, Anthony Judd pinpointing Charlton’s star of the future Nick Thompson, who cooly went back and converted from a tightish angle in the pocket, the Navies clearly coming to play. Gavaghan missing a golden opportunity for Charlton to have three goals on the board in the space of five minutes and blow the game open. Play then see-sawing between half forward lines as both teams found their feet, the Demons looking to assert themselves on the game. Alex Hogan with his hands full as Nick Thompson kicked Charlton’s third after an intercept mark at half back from Kris Clifford turned defence into attack. With Charlton’s Jaydon Cowling running with Demons general Gedd Hommelhoff, the visitors were relying on captain Joel Turner and Dayne McLennan to provide their midfield drive. Veteran Corey Jones showing his class with a ice cool set shot from deep within the pocket. Late goals to Charlton captain Tim Hill and a second for the quarter to Gavaghan and the home side would take a handy 17 point advantage into the first change. The Demons started the second quarter intent on getting the game on their terms, looking to up their contested possession game and deny the Charlton side any ease of ball movement, reward for hard running came in the form of a goal to Gedd Hommelhoff, showing his class reading the play and kicking the simplest of goals from inside the square to wrest some momentum from the home side. From there the ball spent a lot of time on the ground, clean possession hard to come by, the tackling pressure immense from both sides, the umpires reluctant to either reward or penalise the tackler. An amazing spinning snapping goal from Charlton’s Jesse Taylor, quickly followed by another Gavaghan goal, this time from a strong pack mark in the mouth of goal saw Charlton get out to four goal lead. WycheproofNarraport’s Jones though, having none of it, crashing packs like a 20 year old and calmly kicking back to back majors to keep the visitors in touch, and when Matthew Beckmans put through a long range

running effort, the Demons had put their noses in front for the first time in the contest, 10 minutes or so from half time. Contested possession was again became paramount, both teams showing the tenacity and willingness to throw themselves at the contest. A great example of Charlton’s development through the year, youngster Mason Heenan now getting game time on the ball, winning a free kick at a stoppage, before going back and kicking the goal to put the Navies back in front. A Gavaghan behind the only other score for the half, Charlton in front by one straight kick, WycheproofNarraport winning the quarter kicking five goals to three. The break at halftime rejuvenating both sides, vigorous attack on the footy common place and the sides traded behinds for early part of the third term. Charlton’s youth again on display, bookending the opening goal of the second half, strong Bailey Dixon intercept mark resulting in the ball going deep forward where Nick Thompson used his smarts and speed to run into an open goal and break the run of behinds. Charlton reduced to one rotation shortly into the third term, having already lost Travis Baird during the second quarter to what looked like a lower leg complaint, Jed Carey soon joined him on the sidelines, ice applied to an ankle/foot issue. Back to back goals to the Demons key forwards Jones and Ben Fraser and the visitors had drawn on level terms, causing a few headaches for the Charlton bench as momentum appeared to be all with mighty Demons. Not wanting to let the big crowd down, Nick Thompson again stepped to the plate, kicking a long range bomb, and Sam Woods converting after yet another hard ball get. Charlton back out to a two goal lead when the siren sounded to end the third quarter. Charlton off to a perfect start in the last, kicking towards the boisterous reunion crowd, Gavaghan put through his fourth moments after the restart. Riely Thiesz enormous for the homeside, shouldering rucking duties after Jed Thompson was summoned back into defence to mind the ever present Jones. When Kris Clifford wound back the clock, producing a blind turn

after a clean pick up to spin and put through Navies thirteenth goal of the day, closely followed by Harry Taylor kicking truly, the home side had opened up the biggest lead of the day, out to a five goal advantage. Gedd Hommelhoff doing what he could to keep his side alive, winning a free and converting. Nick Thompson though responding for Charlton, putting through his fifth of the day, putting paid to the Demons short lived resurgence. A couple of late consolation goals to the visitors, including Corey Jones’ sixth of the day, reducing the margin. Charlton eventually running out 16 point

victors, a resounding turnaround from the 69 point thumping they received in the corresponding match just nine weeks ago. Final scores – Charlton 15.6.96 to Wycheproof-Narraport 12.8.80. Best - Charlton: Sam Woods (Teys Australia); Jaydon Cowling (East Charlton Hotel); Nick Thompson (North West Ag); Riely Thiesz (Charlton Community Bank); Chris Gavaghan; Ben Lanyon; Kris Clifford (Vale of Avoca) WycheproofNarraport: Alex Hogan; Tom Trewin; Spencer Allan; Justin Bateson; Matthew Beckmans; Gedd Hommelhoff

14 & Under A Charlton 19 def by Wycheproof 20 REX Cinema Best: Erin Blair, North West Ag Coaches: Stella Nicolson, Bendigo Bank and Signwise Solutions Encouragement: Sheena Fitzpatrick 17 & Under A Charlton 21 def by Wycheproof 44 Holmes-Brown Floor & Window Coverings Best: Emily Olive, REX Cinema Coaches: Sarah Blair, Encouragement L adies Auxiliar y: Taylah Boyle C Grade Charlton 31 def by Wycheproof 44 Teejet & House to Home Best: Dayne Bartlett, Heenan’s Newsagency & Stacy’s

Dental Coaches: Abbey McGurk Special Mention to everyone that took the court for their hard work and encouragement all game. B Grade Charlton 48 def Wycheproof 33 Nutrien Ag Solutions Best: Lucinda HolmesBrown, Charlton IGA &

Loveland Electrical Coaches: Kate Alday A Grade Charlton 35 def by Wycheproof 48 Walsh Motors & JS Plumbing Best: Ellie Rae, Teys Charlton Feedlot & East Charlton Hotel Coaches: Megan Bruns Heenan’s Newsagency Lucky Volunteer of the day: Lauren Campbell

Bealiba Hall Indoor Bowls BOWLERS held a minute’s silence this week after receiving the very sad news of the passing of Joe - Contributed Battisson. Joe was a much valued bowler and past president of the club. Congratulations to the winning pair of Shirley Coburn and Chris Evans with a perfect score of three wins. Most games of the night were close with one game finishing with a draw. There were also some superb shots played. Bowlers are reminded that next week is supper night

North-Central Football Roundup Goldacres Seniors

BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 7.10 10.16 16.18 (114) ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0 5. 1 9. 1 11. 4 (70) Goals for Boort: Natnael McLaren 5, Frasier Holland 3, Ethan Coleman 2, Jarrod Fitzpatrick 2, Harry Weaver 2, Matthew Chisari, Darcy Hawker. For St Arnaud: Torin Petrie 4, Jake HIcks 2, Jacob Tillig 2, Anthony Bourke, William Jackson, Bradley Organ. Best for Boort: Alex Davis, Ryan McGhie, Tom Potter, Jarrod Fitzpatrick, Matthew Chisari, Natnael McLaren. For St Arnaud: Kurtis Torney, Bradley Organ, Torin Petrie, William Jackson, Jacob Tillig, Zachary Notting.

WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 5.9 6.10 11.13 (79) NULLAWIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 7.3 11. 5 11. 8 (74) Goals for Wedderburn: Sam Barnes 6, Danny Benaim, Tom Campbell, Louis Holt, Jayden Jones, Mitchell McEwen. For Nullawil: Jordan Humphreys 4, Andrew Casey 2, Adam Thomson 2, Zachary Caccaviello, Zak Kelly, Daniel Watts. Best for Wedderburn: Luke Holt, Tom Campbell, Samuel Lockhart, Robert Whyman, Louis Holt, Sam Barnes. For Nullawil: Jordan Humphreys, Patrick Kelly, Dean Smith, Ben Brennan, Lucas Caccaviello, Josh Bamford.

SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.1 11.4 15.5 19.12 (126) DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.0 4.0 5.1 6. 2 (38) Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Joshua Jenkins 5, BIlly McInnes 4, John Summerhayes 3, Max Cahoon, Charlie Cox, Bryce Delmenico, Trent Donnan, Matt Elliott, Tyson McKenzie, Ryan O’Sullivan. For Donald: Sam Dunstan 4, Ryan Bath, Jamie Papalia. Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Billy McInnes, Tyson McKenzie, Brody Weir, Austin Mertz, Thomas Cox, Jordan Bath. For Donald: Josh Potter, Sam Dunstan, Noah Berry, James Wall, Ryan Bath, Ross Young.

CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.1 8.2 11.5 15.6 (96) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . . 2.2 7.2 9.5 12.8 (80) Goals for Charlton: Nick Thompson 5, Christopher Gavaghan 4, Kris Clifford, Mason Heenan, Tim Hill, Harrison Taylor, Jesse Taylor, Sam Woods. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Corey Jones 6, Benjamin Fraser 2, Gedd Hommelhoff 2, Rick Allan, Dane McLennan. Best for Charlton: Sam Woods, Jaydon Cowling, Christopher Gavaghan, Riely Thiesz, Nick Thompson, Ben Lanyon. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Alexander Hogan, Thomas Trewin, Spencer Allan, Justin Bateson, Matthew Beckmans, Gedd Hommelhoff. Bye: Birchip-Watchem.

Haeusler’s Reserves

BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 5.11 13.15 18.23 (131) ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 1. 3 1. 3 1. 3 (9) Goals for Boort: Patrick O’Rourke 5, Nathan Gooding 4, Elias Lanyon 3, Chris O’Rourke 2, Tim Rhook 2, Mitch Buchanan, Joe Kane. For St Arnaud: Heath McNally. Best for Boort: Mitch Buchanan, Blake Slatter, Patrick O’Rourke, Elias Lanyon, Jacob Mulquiny, Jack Dowling. For St Arnaud: Heath McNally, Daniel Needs, Sam Male, Darcy Clohesy, Riley Burke, Chris Snell.

NULLAWIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.5 11.10 20.10 28.16 (184) WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0. 0 0. 0 0. 0 (0) Goals for Nullawil: Jarrod Taylor 8, Lachlan Braine 5, Will Hogan 5, Jason Perry 2, Nicholas Williams 2, Jack Barry, Charlie Fawcett, George Forrester, Dude Kelly, Aidan McGrath, Jack Morrison. For Wedderburn: Best for Nullawil: Charlie Fawcett, Jarrod Taylor, Lachlan Braine, Jack Barry, Matthew Hogan, Will Hogan. For Wedderburn: Jake Hayes, Andrew Brett, Finn Turnbull, Cameron Lang, Kyle Wright, Samual Carroll. SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.4 13.9 17.13 22.18 (150) DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.0 0. 0 0. 1 (1) Goals for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Billy Poulton 6, Nathan Wight 5, Damon Bailey 2, Joel Donnan 2, Jacob Hatcher 2, Dylan Hickey 2, Joel Clohesy, Codey Elliott, Rylee McGarry. For Donald: Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Connor Michael, Cooper Allan, Rylee McGarry, Joel Donnan, Chase Tait, Joel Clohesy. For Donald: Nathaniel Clark, Kalon Green, Colby Anderson, Jake Sullivan, Jett Adams, Ethan Clapham.

WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . . 2.2 4.5 6.10 8.11 (59) CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 1.2 2. 2 2. 5 (17) Goals for Wycheproof-Narraport: Ben Brennan 6, Chris Duffy, Dylan Turner. For Charlton: Marcus Campbell, Ethan Needs. Best for Wycheproof-Narraport: Rowan Jones, Trevor Rumbold, Daniel Murray, Luke Bish, Dylan Turner, Sebastian Rodda. For Charlton: Billy Sexton, Tyler Catherine, Sean O’Connor, Henry Bourke, Patrick Soulsby, Jackson Zagame.

Community Bank Charlton & District Under-17s

BOORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 4.5 8.9 9.11 (65) ST ARNAUD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 2.3 3.3 7.4 (46) Best for Boort: Lachlan Hall, Brodie Wagner, Beau Herrington, Brodie Arnold, Jack Potter. For St Arnaud: Jackson Needs, Tyson Funston, Mason Thomas, Benjamin Greenaway, Frankie Donald, Blayne Piper. NULLAWIL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5 10.7 15.7 WEDDERBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 0.0 3.3 Best for Nullawil: Jason Box, Tynan Perry, Les Cooper, Brody Kelly, Tiger Vearing. For Wedderburn: Noah Winslett, Maikia Punguika, Jason Sanderson, Brock Treuel.

18.9 4.3

(117) (27)

SEA LAKE-NANDALY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 7.5 12.6 17. 7 (91) DONALD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.1 4.3 6.6 7.12 (54) Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Felix Warne, Brayden Allan, Cruz O’Sullivan, Tye Griffiths, Billy McClelland, Hugo Warne. For Donald: Brady Griffiths, Colby Anderson, Ethan Clapham, Joel Lewis. CHARLTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 4.6 7.9 10.13 (73) WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT . . . . . . . . 0.1 2.3 2.5 5. 8 (38) Best for Charlton: Jye Roberts, Angus Soulsby, Ajay Markham, Chaise Markham, Joseph Monaghan, Hugh Sait. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Heath Senior, Mark Austin, Thomas Cotton, Angus Cowell.

Next Round

Round 18, Saturday, August 19 — Birchip-Watchem v. St Arnaud Boort v. Nullawil

Wedderburn v. Sea Lake-Nandaly Donald v. Charlton Bye:- Wycheproof-Narraport

Uniting Church Under-14s

BOORT 9.7 (61) d. ST ARNAUD 0.4 (4) Best for Boort: Cooper Gooding, Brodie McPherson, Seth Muller, Cooper Gould, Connor McNally. For St Arnaud: Jack Batters, Finn Green, Hamish Tannock, Arley Reyne, Finn Evans, Nathan Saludes.

NULLAWIL 11.9 (75) d. WEDDERBURN 2.4 (16) Best for Nullawil: Tiger Vearing, Darcey Poyner, Smith Morrison, Jed Harrison, Logan Higgins, Andrew Teece. For Wedderburn: Blaz Cramp, Caleb Gault, Bayley Kemp, Aaron Thomas, Jye Laverty-Smith.

SEA LAKE-NANDALY 6.5 (41) d. DONALD 3.5 (23) Best for Sea Lake-Nandaly: Benjamin Barbary, Milton Bailey, Harry Wight, Charlie Winter-Goldman, Nate McClelland, Archie Alday. For Donald: Baylee Coleman-Young, Luca Rice, Jesse Lydom, Daniel Cooper.

CHARLTON 17.17 (119) d. WYCHEPROOF-NARRAPORT 4.3 (27) Best for Charlton: Mitchell Boyle, Cooper McGrath, Leigh Van Boven, Private Player, Liam Monaghan, Charlie Zagame. For Wycheproof-Narraport: Darcy Coles, Ryder Harrison, Morgan Beattie, Desmond Polzin.

Positions of Teams Goldacres North-Central Seniors

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

P 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 15

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

P 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 15

Pts 60 44 40 36 30 28 18 16 0

% 274.42 164.23 114.55 146.01 83.44 113.35 79.97 56.51 29.47

W 15 11 10 9 7 7 4 4 0

L 0 4 5 6 8 8 10 11 15

Haeuslers Reserves Pts 56 50 46 44 32 16 12 8 8

% 670.82 355.33 318.43 168.03 93.77 36.16 35.50 31.37 27.83

W 14 12 11 11 8 4 3 2 2

L 1 2 3 4 8 11 12 13 13

D 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0

B 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2

For 1663 1460 1165 1298 1003 1282 922 872 516

Ag 606 889 1017 889 1202 1131 1153 1543 1751

D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2

For 1563 1432 1382 988 843 439 524 378 423

Ag 233 403 434 588 899 1214 1476 1205 1520

Community Bank Charlton and District Under-17s

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

P 15 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 15

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

P 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15

Pts 56 54 46 34 22 20 20 18 2

W 14 13 11 8 5 5 5 4 0

L 1 1 3 6 10 10 10 10 14

D 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1

B 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

B 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2

Uniting Church Under-14s Pts 56 52 48 36 28 24 20 4 4

W 14 13 12 9 7 6 5 1 1

L 1 2 3 6 8 9 10 15 14

Tooleybuc Sporting Club Presidents’ Award

Voting for round 17 Boort: A. Davis 3, R. McGhie 2, T. Potter 1. St Arnaud: K. Torney 3, T. Petrie 2, M. Birthisel 1. Wedderburn: L. Holt 3, T. Campbell 2, J. Rosengren 1. Nullawil: J. Humphreys 3, P. Kelly 2, D. Watts 1. Sea Lake-Nandaly: T. McKenzie 3, B. Weir 2, J. Summerhayes 1. Donald: J. Potter 3, S. Dunstan 2, N. Berry 1. Charlton: J. Cowling 3, S. Woods 2, J. Taylor 1. Wycheproof-Narraport: C. Jones 3, T. Trewin 2, J. Turner 1.

Saturday’s Leading Goal Kickers Seniors

Reserves

Sam Dunstan (Donald) 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 Ben Edwards (Bir.-Watchem) . . . . . . . . . .69 Sam Barnes (Wedderburn) 6 . . . . . . . . . .56 Billy McInnes (SLNT) 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Nick Thompson (Charl) 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Nathan Gordon (Bir.-Watchem) . . . . . . . .38 Adam Thomson (Nullawil) 2 . . . . . . . . . . .38 Joshua Jenkins (SLNT) 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Tom Campbell (Wedderburn) 1 . . . . . . . .33 John Summerhayes (SLNT) 3 . . . . . . . . .32 Gedd Hommelhoff (W-N) 2 . . . . . . . . . . .30

Billy Poulton (SLNT) 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Patrick O’Rourke (Boort) 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Ben Brennan (W-N) 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Callum Goode (Bir.-Watchem) 4 . . . . . . .38 Jarrod Taylor (Nullawil) 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Gerald Riley (Wedderburn) . . . . . . . . . . .30 Nathan Wight (SLNT) 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Sam Goldsmith (Nullawil) . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Dylan Hickey (SLNT) 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Matt Poyner (Nullawil) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Nicholas Williams (Nullawil) 2 . . . . . . . . .20

CHS Broadbent Club Championship

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

Snr. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 10 0

Res. 6 0 6 6 0 6 0 0 0

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

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

Ttl. 296 234 195 194 158 147 92 90 86

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Navies earn respect winning against Wycheproof CHARLTON has hosted Wycheproof-Narraport in Round 17 of North Central Football, playing for the Mount of Prevention ‘Respect’ Cup, an annual event to raise awareness of domestic violence and the ‘It’s Never OK’ campaign, survivor and campaign organizer Kim O’Reilly on hand to address the crowd and present the Cup to winning captain, Charlton’s Tim Hill. - Contributed

Above: Winners of A grade at Wycheproof tournament Maree Cullen Donald (left) and Glenda O’Neill St. Arnaud.

Country Club ladies golf THE numbers of ladies playing golf has risen just a little the last couple of weeks taking advantage of the great condition of the course and the fine weather. Last week was stroke and Club medal day with four playing 18 holes and 3 playing a 9 holes stableford. Winner of the 18 holes was Marilyn Knights and in contention for the monthly medal with 73 net. Runner-up was Glenda O’Neill. Winner of the 9 hole event was

Chris Batters with 14 pts. Nearest the pins 6th Glenda, 8th Chris. Glenda went to Wycheproof tournament on Friday and with partner Maree Cullen won the A Grade. It is good to see Glenda get some reward for all her hard work. Next Friday is Donald’s tournament.

A huge crowd had gathered at Charlton Park, as Charlton hosted past players and members of winning premiership teams of the 3’s, in Football terms that was the 1973 and 2003 Senior teams, 1973 Netball Under 16’S, 2003 A Grade Netball, 2013 C Grade Netball and the 1983 B Grade Hockey Premiers. The crowd hoping to cheer home a winning Senior side, no doubt having heard of Charlton’s build through the season, eager to see for themselves how this current crop of players were going about building to Charlton’s next Premiership side. Wycheproof-Narraport’s Demons on the other hand were looking to finish their season on a high, no next week for them, their season finishing on Saturday with the bye to come next week, and any mathematical chance of finals biting

the dust in last week’s loss to the rampaging Sea L ake-Nandaly outfit. Without coach Boe Bish, WycheproofNarraport looked to established stars Gedd Hommelhoff, the ageless Corey Jones, and Rick Allan to lead from the front and maintain the Demons recent dominance of their great Calder Highway rivals Charlton. Allan getting the visitors off to the perfect start, on the end of good ball movement by two of the Demon’s best on the day, Justin Bateson and Damien Horbury. That opening goal sparked the Charlton side into action, from the resulting ball up, a clean centre clearance from Sam Woods finishing with the ball in the hands of the dynamic Chris Gavaghan, making no mistake converting from just inside the arc.

• Cont. on page 15.

State finals Successful in their regional final, the St Arnaud Primary School Hockey 7’s team have secured a spot in the State Hockey Championships to be held in Melbourne on Thursday 7th September. - Contributed Congratulations and thanks to coach Nicola Kirk and team manager Daniel Greenaway. What a fabulous achievement! Left: Standing (left to right) Ned Ezard, Zach Green, Duncan Kirk, Finn Wilson, Lewis Lowe, Riley Burke, coach Nicola Kirk. Kneeling - Sam Greenaway and Finn Evans.

Above: A focal point in attack again for Charlton, young gun Nick Thompson kicking five goals, pictured here leaping high over opponent Alex Hogan to win a forward 50 ruck contest – umpire Mal Burge officiating.

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