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With the recent an-nouncement of the North and South

Korean leaders meeting, it is timely that local ex-service-men were recently recognised for their service during the Ko-rean War, also known as ‘The Forgotten War’.

South Korea’s General Kwon Young Hae (ret’d) pre-sented the South Korean Me-dallion and certificate in rec-ognition of a veteran’s service during the Korean War at a re-ception at Trafalgar Thorpdale RSL on 6 May.

The master of ceremony for the afternoon was Trafal-gar Thorpdale RSL’s vice-pres-ident, Jim Crowe.

In front of an audience of approximately 70, locals George Howorth from Tra-falgar, and Allan Frost and Glenda Chambers on behalf of their late father, Lance Corpo-ral James Ernest Frost of Thor-pdale, received the medallion from General Kwon.

George was a past member

of the British forces Royal Or-dinance Army Corps (ROAC), and James served with 3RAR and spent 341 days in Korea.

A further six ex-servicemen from local RSL sub-branches were presented with their me-dallion from General Kwon.

The search to find Korean Veterans involved Department for Veteran Affairs (DVA), which identified 11 Korean veterans who live between Dr-ouin and Traralgon, however, no names were provided.

Contacting local RSL sub-branches, Jim Crowe was able to put names to that number, and indeed, found one not re-corded by DVA.

The event came about fol-lowing a discussion between Trafalgar Thorpdale presi-dent Ray James, Jim Crowe, and Malcom Dobson. Plan-ning for the presentation took many months, Representatives from Drouin, Warragul, Moe, Yallourn/Newborough, Mor-well and Traralgon RSL sub-branches attended the presen-

tation with many members of Trafalgar Thorpdale RSL.

General Kwon Young Hae was accompanied by his wife Hyo Soon Kwon, his daughter Claire, son-in- law Francis and their children. General Kwon has held many distinguished positions in his South Korean career, including:• Commanding officer, 6th

Division South Korean Army

• Head of security (police and army) Seoul Olympics (1988)

• Vice-Defence Minister (1990-93)

• Defence Minister (1993)• Chief of Korean Intelli-

gence National Security (1994-98)

• Chairman of Associa-tion of Korean National Foundation Since 1948 (2013-present)Over 17,000 Australians

served during the Korean War, of which 340 were killed and over 1216 wounded. A further 29 were prisoners of war.

The South Korean medallion presented to local Korean War veterans at Trafalgar Thorp-dale RSL on 6 May

Every parent knows the anxiety involved with having sick children. In

November last year three mates were talking over a drink and decided they were going to try to make a difference. They were going to raise $10,000 for the Royal Children’s Hospital.

Organising committee mem-ber and former President of the Trafalgar Chamber of Com-merce, Mr Graham Davey, said the response of local residents was amazing, “We sat down and devised a schedule of how many people we needed and come up with 18 to 20. We had 36 volunteers. My wife Maria set up counting tables and a “tally room” for us. An hour in I re-alised we needed more tables based on the amount of coins coming in. When I went out to help on the lights I was joined by

my wife and sister, the next day we were all out again and my brother in law joined us. It had a real family feel to it’

Mr Michael Patterson from the Criterion Hotel had a num-ber of staff members volunteer to collect on the day, “Instead of having a sleep in or head-ing off to the beach these guys were down there at 8am Friday morning collecting, rattling tins and loving every minute of it. I found out later that quite a few of them stayed longer than they had to because they were having so much fun and to keep up with the demand. As an employer I cannot tell you how proud I am of these guys”

Chairman of the Trafalgar Community Bendigo Bank, Mr Peter Starkey, was the third member of the organising com-mittee and Area manager for the

Trafalgar collection.Peter said he was over-

whelmed by the generosity of the work of volunteers and those who donated. “I realised at about 10pm on Thursday night after the first day had been counted that this was going to be bigger than we had anticipated. Then the work of roadside col-lectors on Friday completely blew me away, we had The CFA, the Chamber of Commerce, the Football and Netball club to-gether with other community members volunteering. I had three generations of one family out collecting, people from 16 to 70, I had husbands and wives giving up their valuable family time to help out and they loved every minute of it. The smiles from roadside volunteers were infectious, they really did work hard”

Trafalgar Gives That They May Grow

From left to right; Penny Fowler, Chair Herald and Weekly Times, Graham Davey, Michael Patterson, Peter Starkey, Deputy Direc-tor Good Friday Appeal Emoke Bakacs

South Korea’s General Kwon Young Hae (ret’d) withTrafalgar’s George Howorth at the cenotaph at Trafalgar Thor-pdale RSL afterGeorge had been presented with his South Korean Medal-lion by General Kwon

Ex-servicemen recognised by Korea

The efforts of the organising committee and volunteers raised in excess of $20,000, double the original expectations. As a thank you Graham, Michael and Peter were invited to meet with other volunteers from across Gippsland and were fortunate enough to be thanked by Herald and Weekly Times Chair, Penny Fowler. Ms Fowler explained her connection with the appeal goes back three generations to her grandfather Sir Keith Murdoch and her grandmother Dame Eliz-abeth Murdoch who set up the appeal 87 years ago. Over this time the appeal has raised $327 million for the Royal Childrens Hospital.

After such a successful be-ginning the committee are coy about their future plans. When asked by Traf News about plans for next year the trio wryly smile

before Peter adds “Well, you see, it’s like that old Sinatra song ‘The

best is yet to come’ so watch this space”

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Draft budget for Baw Baw ShireBaw Baw Shire Council has unanimously endorsed the draft 2018/19 Budget and is inviting the community to have their say.The draft budget is the sec-ond annual budget in Council’s four-year term representing an income of $86.8 million and expenditure of $75.1 million, resulting in a surplus of $11.7 million.Mayor of Baw Baw Shire Coun-cillor Joe Gauci was pleased to present a draft budget that fo-cuses on delivering quality ser-vices to the community through a combination of existing pro-grams, new initiatives and capi-tal works projects.“Local infrastructure and as-set renewal remains one of our

top priorities with a proposed investment of $22 million to-wards capital works. This figure equates to 38% of Council’s total rates revenue, including $2.4 million of carry over projects from last year”, said the Mayor.Key highlights from the pro-posed Capital Works Program include:$11.6 million for roads pro-grams and projects,$1.4 million for drainage works and improvements,$1.4 million for open space up-grades including recreation and playground works,$1.4 million for footpath con-struction and renewal,$3 million for a new Early Learning Centre in Warragul

subsidised by Federal and State Government funding support, and $1.9 million for buildings including the West Gippsland Art Centre upgrade project and replacement of the Hearn Road public toilets.“During the budget process, we have been mindful of the need to balance quality service and capi-tal works delivery within a rate capped environment. We want to support our growing region with better services and infrastruc-ture, while also meeting our leg-islative requirements to a high standard”, said the Mayor.“We have worked alongside our community to develop a draft budget that funds the services and projects important to them.

We’re now asking residents to review the draft budget to ensure it meets community aspirations and expectations.”Deputy Mayor Cr Danny Goss spoke in favour of the draft bud-get saying it proposes aresponsible use of ratepayer funds and highlights Council’s long-term financial sustainabil-ity.“Waste service charges are pro-posed to increase by only $8, which is significantly less than the amount being charged by many other Councils. Likewise, our fees and charges have only increased minimally. It’s a great start but we now want to hearfrom the ratepayers before we come up with final document”,

said Cr Goss.The draft 2018/19 budget, Council Plan annual review and associated documents will be on exhibition until 5.00pm on Thursday 24 May 2018. To review these documents and provide a feedback submission, please go to www.bawbawshire.vic.gov.au/HaveYourSay or visit one of Council‘s Customer Ser-vice Centres in Warragul and Drouin.Following the public exhibition period, Council will consider public submissions at a Special Council Meeting at 5.30pm on Wednesday 6 June at the Trafal-gar Council Chamber. Submitters may speak to their submission if they request this in advance.

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Ten-year- old Trafalgar schoolboy Kyan Jenkins learnt first-hand at a

young age about the devastation and pain of a cancer diagnosis and resolved to do something about it.

Kyan lost an aunty to the disease last year and then his grandfather was also diagnosed with cancer.

The grade 5 student decided to sell the football cards he be-gan collecting when he was just three and donate the proceeds to the Cancer Council for research into the prevention of cancer. He set up a trestle table outside his dads hardware store in Trafalgar

and hasn’t looked back. Kyan started with a modest

goal but had to quickly revise it upwards as his message touched the hearts of strangers across the state. “I only started with [a target of] $1000 because my mum said, ‘son, don’t get disappointed if you don’t raise over $50’,“ he said. “Since I went on the news, I’ve gone vi-ral and I’m really happy that ev-eryone’s hopped on board and tried to help”. Kyan’s new goal is $10,000 and he is almost half-way there.

A listener named Brad phoned in while Kyan was be-ing interviewed on ABC radio

and donated $700 on the spot. A woman donated $2000, a cou-ple drove from East Gippsland to hand over 1000 football cards and an op shop sent several al-bums of cards for Kyan to sell. A north-east AFL league also do-nated a game ball for him to sell.

A highlight of Kyan’s cam-paign came during a Melbourne radio interview when St Kilda AFL player Josh Bruce called in and promised to organise a signed football and for the young Saints supporter to run out on to the field with the team.

In even better news, Kyan’s grandfather is doing well with his treatment.

Kyan’s cards take on cancer

St Kilda Football Club invited Kyen Jenkins to run out on the field with them

Baby Sammie Plavins peacefully sleeping and photographed

Professional Trafalgar pho-tographer, Alison Landme-ter, recently received two

silver awards for her local new-born images and has now also qualified for the National Aus-tralian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) Awards to be held later in the year.

“I am a new member with the AIPP after completing my accredi-tation with rewarding results,” said Alison, who has been a pro-fessional photographer special-izing in maternity and newborn shots for the last nine years while also working with local Gippsland John Ansell Photography for the last seven years. She began her photography career with Colin McKeown Photographics.

Alison entered three images in the statewide awards for the new-born category, which was meticu-lously scrutinized by five judges; their average is then used to score the photo.

“My first print of a newborn from Traralgon scored an average of 78, which is classified as high professional standard, I was very pleased with it,” Alison explained.

“To my surprise the next two images, both photographed in Trafalgar, scored higher, 80 for the baby girl and 81 for the Indian themed image, both of these clas-sify as above professional practice

Trafalgar photographer wins EPSON AIPP Silver Award

and score silver awards,” said Alison.

Alison described the expe-rience as rewarding but nerve wracking and is appreciative of her local family, friends, clients and photography mentors sup-port.

“I couldn’t have done this without the support of my local clients and friends, and especially my mentors John and Rosemary Ansell. I was very overwhelmed and it was wonderful having John Ansell at my side through the awards and knowing friends and family were watching the event

live online,” continued Alison.“A special thank you goes out

to my local clients who have al-lowed me to be creative on their newborn shots. I am very pas-sionate about local maternity and newborn photography and I love capturing moments with families and siblings in new ways.”

Alison is now getting ready to create two new images for the national awards to be held in Sep-tember.

You can see her award win-ning images at:

Trafalgar’s Alison Landmeter from Alison K Photography with one of her award winning images

Baby Harley Moore with his Indian headdress

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Following the successful food-handling course held several months ago spon-

sored by the Masonic lodge, the Lions club of Trafalgar decided that there was still a need for another training session.

Participants attending the

second food training course, conducted by Federation Train-ing, included representatives from Trafalgar ping pong, Thor-pdale public hall, Trafalgar scouts, Hill End football/netball club, St. Mary’s church of Eng-land, Trafalgar bowls club and

Trafalgar Lions.The Lions club of Trafalgar

are grateful for the support of the Trafalgar bowls club for the use of their facilities in ensur-ing the club was able to conduct the activity efficiently and thanks those who participated.

Lions club second course

During the most recent Summer holidays drama teacher, Joanne Watt,

conducted a nine day, live in, Summer camp for aspiring young stage performers in Trafalgar.

One of the participants, La-chie Moore, was a recipient of a Baw Baw Arts Alliance scholar-ship that enabled him to attend the Summer camp. Congratula-tions must go to Lachie who, after a couple of auditions, has been accepted into the New York Film Academy for a one-year program to study acting.

In his words Lachie said, “I’m beyond excited and absolutely cannot wait to start this new ad-venture and hopefully become one step closer to achieving my dream.”

What a wonderful accolade for the work this young student

teacher who believes the skills gained from the Drama Summer Camp will contribute to his effec-tiveness as a classroom teacher.

Another very exciting award has been presented to Louise Sedgman, photographer and member of the Warragul Camera Club and Baw Baw Arts Alliance. Louise works out of her studio in Drouin capturing the connection between horses and their women owners.

She was recently acknowl-edged by the Australian Institute of Professional Photographers with the title of Victorian Pet/Animal Photographer of the Year. This award was accompanied by three silver awards and one silver distinction thus qualify-ing her for the AIPP’s national awards in August. Congratula-tions Louise.

Baw Baw local accepted to New York Film Academy

Louise Sedgman in her studio with her award winning photos. Photo taken: Russell Monson

The trip by many of our members to Bright was a great success although

the drive up was at the time of the severe inclement weather in late April.

However the sunshine came after we got there and a beau-tiful week of sunshine was en-

Bright colours for Probus Club

At Bright, Antoinette Turra on the left with Leonie Pethybridge behind her and Ross Pethybridge on the right and Wayne Butterworth behind him and Tina Phipps showing her head at the back

Various local user groups at the recent food-handling course facilitated by the Trafalgar Lions club

joyed by all. Bright was at its autumn best and there were many places locally to visit in-cluding Falls Creek, Harrietville and Mount Buffalo.

One of the highlights of the week was the “Aussie Hoe-down” with an evening of jokes, tricks and Aussie readings and a dress up with the best out-fit prize going to Queen of the Desert aka Neil Phipps, well done Neil. A long trip back but well worth the excursion. Photo shows members enjoying a chat.

TripsMembers have been to Wer-ribee Zoo and enjoyed the open bus safari and it was better to be able to see the animals out in

their natural habitat. The next trip is to the Melbourne Gaol and the Queen Vic market.

Monthly Dine OutThis month we went to the Ital-ian-Australian Club at Morwell and the meal was excellent as usual and next month we are off to the Downtowner at Warragul.

In July we are holding our Xmas in July function which will again be at our local Golf Club so members should book in for that as they put on a great meal.

We always welcome new members so if you need some excitement and the fellow-ship of new friends, do contact someone you know in the Club, or our Secretary Elly Fallon on 5633 2622.

The Baw Baw Arts Alliance has a strong sense of contribut-ing to the Arts and the develop-ment of emerging artists and this can be seen in an exhibition of paintings by emerging artist, Wendy Russell.

Prior to taking up paint-ing, Wendy’s services as a cake decorator were in demand. These days she prefers to apply her painterly skills to canvas producing land and seascapes influenced by her travels around Australia, her love of the work of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Tom Roberts. Don’t miss her highly detailed acrylic works in the exhibition in the Station Gal-lery, Yarragon, during June.

Also exhibiting in a section of the Station Gallery named ‘The Wall’, are works by Nola Clark. Nola has a passion for paint-ing animals, domestic and wild, big and small, but her subject matter also includes portraits, landscapes, seascapes, flowers, architecture and cityscapes. She has won awards for all subjects over many years.

Nola is best known for her works in pastel and scratch-board but also enjoys the chal-lenge of acrylic, oil, water-colour, pen and ink, coloured pencil, charcoal and oil pastel. She enjoys a liberal demand for commissioned work.

Not to be missed are demon-strations at the Station Gallery by Nola of her art. On Wednes-day, June 13 from 2pm to 4pm, Nola will demonstrate her pastel drawing skills and on Sunday, July 1, she will demonstrate the art of scratchboard work from 2pm to 4 pm. These demonstra-tions will be at the Station Gal-lery, Yarragon.

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The Battle of Trafalgar Festival has been a long-standing social event to

recognise and celebrate the his-toric meaning behind the name of our small country town.

Over the years, the festival has taken many forms and con-tinues to change as our town grows and new families are welcomed into the community.

This year the committee is working tirelessly with the Baw Baw Shire to return the festival to the streets of Trafalgar and hold a market, games, competi-tions and demonstrations down Contingent Street.

If you wish to be apart of the committee or participate on the day, 21 October, please contact Neil Carolan 0448 858 952.

An elected Liberal Nationals government will fix coun-try roads and save country

lives. Opposition Leader Matthew

Guy, Leader of The Nationals Peter Walsh and Shadow Minister for Roads and Infrastructure David Hodgett announced today if elect-ed, the Liberal Nationals will bring back the $160 million Country Roads and Bridges Program.

By contrast, Daniel Andrews axed the program when he was elected in 2014, leaving coun-cils struggling to meet the cost of maintaining local roads. Ap-

proximately $1 million in grants will be provided to Victoria’s 40 rural shires each year over four years.

The grants will help restore and rehabilitate council-main-tained roads and bridges, which have deteriorated under Labor’s neglect. People in rural Victoria are over-represented in the road toll.

In 2017, 156 lives were lost on roads in rural Victoria, com-pared to 102 on roads in Mel-bourne. The Country Roads and Bridges Program will give rural Victorians the safe and reliable

infrastructure they deserve. Comments attributable to

Gary Blackwood MP: Our local roads and infrastructure are the critical link for parents taking the kids to school, for freight opera-tors bringing goods and services into our towns and for the jobs that keep our communities mov-ing.

Restoring this program will be a shot in the arm for regional municipalities including Baw Baw – it’ll make communities right across Narracan more liveable and it will support jobs in our region.

Further to our May article, we just about have ev-erything in place for our

Talk on Men’s Health and will provide details later on in this article.

Firstly we would like to thank two ladies, Ellen and Sue for donating some hand tools a tackle box complete with hooks and sinkers and a lawn edge trimmer.

One of the ladies was mov-ing away and the other was cleaning out a shed and they took time to give us a call and offer the tools, which is appre-ciated by the members.

On Friday 4th May’18 we received a call from Mr Neil Joiner owner of the Trafalgar Holden Museum asking us to provide bacon and egg sand-wiches and steak sandwiches to help celebrate the 50th birthday of the FC Holden car on Sunday 6th May’18.

This was short notice and most of us blokes at the shed take awhile to get out of neutral let alone into first and then sec-ond gear forget about top! Any-way after many phone calls and getting the necessary goods we were ready for what can only be described as about an hour of organised chaos.

To keep our community up to date with key Council decisions, outcomes and

plans; here is a snapshot sum-mary from Council’s Wednesday 9 May 2018 ordinary meeting.

Vibrant CommunitiesCouncil conditionally accepted $383,663 in funding from the Department of Education and Training for early parenting pro-grams (pending to the provision of further detail from the Depart-ment to allow a more compre-hensive review of program costs to the Council).

Council accepted Officer’s recommendations in relation to the introduction of seven per-

manent designated dog off-leash areas across the municipality:

Darnum Recreation Reserve, Darnum

Bellbird Park, DrouinDunstan Oval, RawsonSt Phillack Reserve, RawsonLinear Reserve, TrafalgarBrooker Park, WarragulDowton Park, YarragonAn alternate recommenda-

tion was moved to seek further community consultation on the design and location of desig-nated dog off-leash areas within Brooker Park Warragul, Dowton Park Yarragon and Linear Re-serve Trafalgar.

Council accepted the tender for the construction of the Yar-

ragon Skatepark submitted by Concreed for the total sum of $285,977.50 (excluding GST).

Organisational ExcellenceCouncil accepted the proposal for the implementation of a new phone system from IComm Aus-tralia.

Additionally, Council re-ceived and tabled a petition signed by 26 signatories in rela-tion to maintenance of Johnson Road, James and Newell Road in Longwarry.

To see the full minutes from the Wednesday 9 May 2018 Council meeting, please go to Agendas and Minutes.

Festival time inOctober

Liberal Nationals will bring back Country Roads and

Bridges Fund for Baw Baw

Council meeting update

Men’s Shed talk on men’s health and

wellbeingRon Fletcher

Approximately 60 Holden vehicles in mint condition ar-rived together with about 150 people and they were all hun-gry. Thanks to Neil and his staff for the opportunity to be part of the Holden Museum team for the day.

Before we give the details of our Health Talk we have a request and if fulfilled it will be the last piece in the puzzle in organising the health talk. This is our request; if there is a comedian or a budding co-median (school student) out there willing to donate 15 min-utes of their time to inject some humour into the event, would they please call Ron Fletcher 0405 100 218 looking forward to your call.

The Trafalgar Men’s Shed

would like to invite all men in our community for a talk on Men’s Health and Wellbeing on:

Wednesday 13th June’18Venue: Uniting Church Hall

behind our new shed situated at 34 Contingent Street (the shed faces Wellington Street)

Time: 9.45am for a prompt 10am start

Noon: Lunch and this will be catered for at no cost to you.

Non-members are welcome to have a tour of the shed af-ter lunch. New members are always welcome.

The guest speaker is one of our local doctors Dr Mitch Kraan. Help make the day a success by coming along.

Enquiries: contact Ron Fletcher 0405 100 218

* Basil’s Chatter *SERIOUSLY - LET’S HAVE A LAUGH

After years of researching the subject of humour, I have decided to share some quips and comments that tickled my fancy relating in some way to sport-

ing events of days gone by. We hope many readers will recall some of the lines,

which provided quite a bit of mirth when first spoken, and consequently received attention in the media of the time. We will publish the name of each author so you can do your own bit on Google, and check other lines spoken (by those named) which space prevents a mention here.

Let’s begin with Stan Alves (coach of St Kilda at the time). A reporter who asked him; “You’ve got Essendon this week. With them coming off a loss, you must be a bit worried?”

Quick retort from Alves: “We’re coming off two losses - they must be terrified.” At one stage when Billy Brown-less was playing with Geelong, who after having a very bad time finally won a game.

He said; “It’s marvellous how a win lifts everyone. Not just the players or the coach, but even the cleaner. People were looking at him and saying he wasn’t doing a good job.” Former Richmond legend (and tough guy) Jack Dyer seemed to dislike Collingwood for one reason or another.

When he was retired and doing a bit of TV and Ra-dio he said; I hate Collingwood so much I wouldn’t even watch a black and white movie!”

Michael Parkinson was a supporter of the Anti-Golf Society when he revealed: There are now more golf clubs on the world than Gideon Bibles, more golf balls than missionaries and, if every golfer in the world, male and female, were laid end to end, I for one would leave them there.”

Author Paul Harvey wrote; “Golf is a game in which you yell FORE, shoot SIX and write down FIVE.” Kenny Lynch seemed to agree with the first two quips and suggested; “There are 56 million golfers in the world, which only goes to show you what a silly place it is.”

John Wayne has the last word with; “I wouldn’t rec-ommend golf to my worst enemy. Actually on second thoughts I would.”

Former Australian cricketer Simon O’Donnell was having a very bad run with the bat and made the com-ment; “I couldn’t get a run in a cheap pair of stock-ings.” The famous Englishman Ian Botham was asked if he would like to further his cricket career in the media; “I doubt if I would work in the media because I would be breaking too many people’s necks. There are certain people in that media box that I wouldn’t even share a room with.”

In the UK, Tommy Docherty was a soccer coach, mentor and apparently very vocal. Here are three quick quips to prove it. On the subject of a new recruit he addressed him by saying; “You’re very deceptive son, you’re even slower than you look.”

After one game where his side had been beaten 5-1, he responded by saying; “After the match an official asked for two of my players to take a dope test. I offered him the referee.” He also once said; “This game either drives you to drink or to the madhouse. Well, I’m not ready for the madhouse, so I’ll have another large one.”

Our final offering is not really sporting but it relates to a Yankees Baseball champion (and funny man) Yogi Berra. He asked his wife where she had been. She had only just returned, and she responded that she had taken their son to see Dr Zhivago!” Yogi replies with – “What the hell’s wrong with him now?

The monthly nonsense stops here. This last bit is a little difficult, but it’s long service leave for Mr and Mrs Basil. We are not leaving this wonderful community of Trafalgar.

We thank everybody for their assistance and friend-ship since we arrived here about ten years ago. Time may see the rebirth of this monthly patter, but in the meantime the only thing to say is – Keep Smiling – BA-SIL

Note – If you enjoyed these quips you’ll find most of them (if not all) in a wonderful book by author Michael Butler called, “SPORTS QUOTABLE QUOTES”. It was published in Australia in 2000.

If you can’t find it, leave a message with TRAF NEWS and we’ll arrange a loan if you’re under 98 years of age. -Basil!

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We, the general commu-nity, cannot imagine the experiences and

horrors people, paid and un-paid, who are in service to the community go through. The paramedics, police, fire fighters, etc, and the list goes on and on.

The horrors they all have to deal with are sometimes on a daily basis. Some people might say ‘I can imagine’. No you can’t. You haven’t walked a mile in their shoes.

Following are snippets from the life of Trafalgar resident Mi-chael Jacobs.

From my understanding of what Michael has shared I be-lieve for Michael it means help-ing others in the community, and in his world. In a round-about way it also means being of service to himself.

As a human being he feels a sense of satisfaction that con-firms his worth in the world. I suspect Michael has a lot of things that money can’t buy in-cluding manners, respect, char-acter, common sense, patience and integrity.

Michael is a Paramedic at Ambulance Victoria and is ex-perienced working with people in a variety of situations, usually with the general public in situ-ations of medical and traumatic emergencies.

He is also a volunteer with our local Trafalgar CFA. No, as he said, he’s not a saint just a normal human being wanting to be the best of what he is good at, and at the same time always learning.

Michael and his family have been Gippsland residents for many years, first as a dairy farm manager, which then led him to

Michael Jacobs with his son Alex, who is eagerly waving an Aussie flag at Australian Day in Trafalgar

Applause for those ‘In Service’ to the community

Over the past few years I’ve met some fantastic members of our local

Trafalgar CFA. Trafalgar CFA Cap-tain Danny Mynard, Trafalgar CFA 4th Lieutenant Mark Walshe and Paramedic Michael Jacobs. Michael is also a member of our Trafalgar CFA.

When a guest speaker Danny spoke of how we, as a nation, come together on Australia Day, and I suspect many of us appre-ciate how we come together on any day of a disaster. Specifically bush and house fires. There are many more disasters CFA volun-teers attend.

Such as road accidents be-ing only one of them. Danny confirmed how as volunteers we show much of our community spirit whatever the disaster might be. A reminder each year during May National Volunteers Week is celebrated.

Applause for those ‘in service’ to the community. An attitude of service…so what does it mean?

During a disaster any volun-teer or paid worker have similar stressors at work, home, or so-cial, for example they can have a flight & fight response. Adrenal-in, heart pumping, pulse racing, breathing more rapidly, vision/hearing acute, etc. Stress, if not discharged, can accumulate, so there is a great need for these amazing volunteers to debrief as soon as it is possible.

Many times they are not able

Celebrating local volunteersMarjorie O’Donnell

Trafalgar CFA Mark Walshe, Alex Jacobs, Paramedic and Trafalgar CFA Michael Jacobs, Trafalgar CFA Captain Danny Mynard

Official petition results re-garding the application to stop the development

of a large BP service centre in Yarragon with retail and drive-through takeaway food stores have been released.

In the short time of 11 days, petitions were signed by 1097 individuals. 80% were from Yar-ragon, the surrounding region and towns including Trafalgar.

The remaining signatures came from areas including Sale, Gippsland Lakes region, Mel-bourne suburbs and interstate visitors.

Yarragon residents submit-ted 36.4% of signatures. This represents 31.6% of the total Yarragon adult population (20-85 years, based on 2016 cen-sus).

Additional signatures came in after the cut-off date for the official objections to the pro-posal that was sent to council, an addition of 84 signatures with 61 from Yarragon resi-dents.

This brought the final count to 1181 signatures, 39% from Yarragon Residents, represent-ing 36% of the total Yarragon adult population.

A physical petition was made available for people to sign in a number of businesses in the town and an additional on-line petition, both lodged with council on Tuesday 27 February 2018. Copies of the covering let-ter and objection reasons were sent to all councilors.

The reasons for the objec-tion as stated on the petition forms included:

The development will take up a large proportion of land that has been identified for fu-ture residential zoning in the Yarragon Structure Plan.

Yarragon already caters for travelers with a service station on the east; public toilets, long vehicle parking, supermarket, chemist, parks and gardens and a variety of food and drink op-tions within the township

Yarragon has been identi-fied by Baw Baw Shire Council as a ‘tourist’ destination, with marketing of the town promot-ing a ‘village’ atmosphere. A large service station centre does not fit with Yarragon’s village streetscape and the boutique offering provided by local small business owners.

A service station centre de-

velopment will undoubtedly in-crease the amount of litter and noise pollution in and around Yarragon; in turn this may lower the value of land and existing homes in the surrounding area.

Over 60 submissions have been received by Council to date, most in objection to the development. The development application is still to be present-ed to Council for voting.

An information meeting was organised by the council on Wednesday 18 April 2018 for those who had lodged submis-sions to discuss their concerns with the applicant and council staff.

Planning consultants Crowther and Sadler repre-sented the applicant, JASBE Petroleum, at the meeting. Over 40 people attended the meet-ing, where all who spoke were against the development as de-scribed in the application.

The council planning offi-cers at the meeting advised that the application will go to coun-cilors for their vote in the next few weeks and that they would consider receiving further sub-missions before the next meet-ing is scheduled.

Petition shows local support against service centre

pursue his desire to be a para-medic.

In 2013 he received a scholarship from Ambulance Victoria to study a Bachelor of Paramedical Science through Flinders University, whilst work-ing on road full time with Am-bulance Victoria. Michael has been based in Sale, Traralgon and is currently stationed at Le-ongatha.

Previous to Gippsland Mi-chael lived and worked in New Zealand. Accredited with five years a member of New Zealand Fire Service, St. Johns Ambu-lance and a Reservist in the New Zealand Army.

He was born in Capetown, South Africa and immigrated to New Zealand in 1999. In 2005 he moved to Trafalgar with his wife to manage a dairy goat farm.

I love stories of people’s an-cestries and naturally had to ask Michael about his ancestors. Mi-chael’s maternal grandparents were originally from the United

Kingdom and Paternal grand-parents from the Netherlands. This led to reminiscences of my own ancestors who came from UK, Scotland, Ireland.

For me there were also Netherlands connections as my youngest son was an exchange student there many years ago. I visited my sons Netherlands host family in 1996 and 2014.

All this discussion with Mi-chael took place over two cof-fees. Throughout this conversa-tion Michael’s great common sense and his commitment to Trafalgar and district commu-nity was obvious.

As well as being one of our local volunteers with Trafalgar CFA, and his study schedule, when time allows, Michael also volunteers time to read at his children’s school.

Michael certainly has a positive and well developed at-titude of service to wherever he may live and work. Thank you Michael for a very interesting morning, also the coffee!

to do so as for a long time they are high alert and on call. They sometimes debrief among them-selves, or with family, friends, or someone in the community.

Some will watch TV, go for a walk, go for a meal/coffee, play cards, read a book, listen to music(loud or soft), etc. Com-ing back to the norm may take some time and can be stressful for their family and/or friends. Overall be aware kindness to self and others is a goal.

I could go on for several pages about the fantastic com-

munity volunteers I have known over several years. For example volunteers interstate, Melbourne suburbs and now country town volunteers. Character, self-dis-cipline, determination, attitude and service are the substance of life whether it be a paid worker or a volunteer worker.

Not all languages are here but overall so many thanks to all vol-unteers from

Marge O’Donnell: Ta/dank je/sukriya/merci/gracias/ and a good old Aussie of THANKS MATE!

“The Greatest Little Art Show in Gippsland” In the beginning, the Tanjil

Valley Art Show was an oppor-tunity for the local community to organise and showcase their talents as artists and photogra-phers, whilst helping to utilise the then recently closed Hill End Primary School as a community hub. Having saved the school this year from being sold, the art show takes on a special sig-nificance this year, as a prime reason for keeping it within the community.

This is very much a commu-nity show being run by the com-munity for the community.

Our show has gone from strength to strength, and this year, we celebrate our 12th An-

niversary with over $5,000 of prizes, all donated by local businesses and families. There are also numerous raffle prizes each day to be won and again all donated by local businesses.

Finding ‘The Best Portrayal of the Tanjil Valley’ is the pri-mary purpose of our show. The stunning scenery of the Tanjil Valley allows enormous scope and creative stimulation for those with artistic flair, with the opportunity to win major prizes and to sell exhibited work. Visi-tors are amazed at the creative talents of artists from local and surrounding areas.

We are also intent on foster-ing the imagination and artistic expression of our local school children. This year’s subject for

the younger budding artist is “What Makes Me Happy” with additional prizes on offer.

The Show is held over the Queen’s Birthday weekend at the Hill End Primary School, 22 Paynter’s Road, Hill End.

Our official opening and pre-sentations will be held on Friday 8th June, 2018, commencing at 7pm. The venue will be open from 10am to 4pm on the 9th, 10th 11th June. Admittance is simply a gold coin entry fee. Delicious locally made soups, scones and sandwiches will be available each day.

For further enquiries Phone: Alene: 0427 402 117; Di: 0429 184 509; Liz: 5635 4277; or Michael: 0403 039 581

Michael Dempsey

The Trafalgar & District Community Bank

Tanjil Valley Art Show

Marjorie O’Donnell

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The Latrobe Chorale’s next concerts will be on 16 June in Traralgon and

17 June in Warragul. Timpani, cello and trumpets will join the forty voice strong choir and so-loists for Haydn’s fi ery and ex-citing Mass in Time of War.

The choir practises weekly in Morwell and the singers come from an area that cur-rently extends from Rosedale to Drouin, and from Willow Grove to Won Wron..

The choir is directed by Mary Mirtschin and will be accompa-nied on keyboard by well known

Drouin based concert pianist, Brian Chapman. Lauren Burns will sing the Soprano solos and be joined by Katherine Hood, alto, Ian Moore, tenor and Ross de Vent, bass. Joan Evans will play the cello and Leon Duncan the timpani. Former Melbourne Symphony Orchestra principal trumpet John Schmidli will play as will another yet to be named trumpet player.

The choir members in this community based choir sing for the love of it and for the challenge and satisfaction of producing high quality perfor-

mances for others to enjoy. The choir has now been in existence for over thirty years and is a capable and experienced choir that is constantly renewing itself with new repertoire and new singers.

The Haydn mass that will be the main work in the con-certs was written in 1795 and is known in German as the Pauke-nmesse because it features kettledrums; perhaps to cre-ate an atmosphere of suspense at a time when the Napoleonic wars were approaching Haydn’s homeland.

The choir will also perform other wonderful classical gems including the energetic Durante Magnifi cat; Mozart’s heart-rending Ave Verum Corpus; and Handel’s beautiful homage to Palestrina, Throughout the Land from his oratorio, Solomon.

The Traralgon concert will be at Traralgon Uniting Church, 19-29 Park Lane, at 2.30p.m. on Saturday June 16. The choir will give the same concert in Warragul in Sunday June 17 also at 2.30p.m.. The Warragul concert is at Wesley of Warra-gul, 64 Victoria Street.

A concert not to be missedJay Duncan

Members of the Latrobe Chorale photographed recently in the Morwell Centenary Rose Garden. L-R :Joelle Champert, Wen-dy Savage, Margaret Sunderland, Martin Carruthers, Bron-wyn Morrissey, David Tanner, Jan Raper, Julie O’Brien, Mark Watkins, Sue McCleod, Peter Corser, Simon Trebilcock, Mary Mirtschin ( Musical Director), Ian Moore (Tenor Soloist), Jane Caffney (obscured), Michelle Moore, Tony Boulton, Baiba Ste-vens, Marian Edwards, Brian Chapman (accompanist), Lucy Chapman, Kirsten Fuller-Jackson , Robyn Irvine, Michelle Short. Absent: Irene James, Diane Wilkie, Kate and Neil Cart-wright, Chris Lange, Les Hunt, Jay Duncan (photo), Kate Tilley, Phil Brook-Carter, Stephen Heath, John Lagerway, Tanya Foat, Glenda Edebohls Tom Anderson. Photo credit: J. DuncanJohn Hanley is compiling a

history of the telegraph ser-vices, post offi ces and tel

phone exchanges of the Trafalgar district, for the Trafalgar & District Historical Society, covering the late 1800s up to the closure of the Trafalgar automatic exchange as a staffed centre.

John was a Post Master Gener-al’s Department (PMG) Telecom-munications Technician stationed in Trafalgar between 1959 until 1978.

John is seeking information about:

• premises, their owners and dates

• post masters• postal staff including day

and night switchboard operators/telephonists

• maintenance and instal-lation technicians;

• linesman and other peo-ple/personnel

Personal stories and anecdotes as well as information gleaned from newspaper articles, photo-graphs, etc. are also being sought and together this information will bring the history to life.

The known locations of postal, telegraph or telephone exchanges are: Yarragon Railway Station, Yarragon (Waterloo), Yarragon South, Allambee, Childers, Thor-pdale Railway Station, Thorpdale (Narracan West), Thorpdale South (Warrington), Narracan Railway Station, Narracan East,

Narracan, Fumina South (Dug-gan) , Hill End, Willow Grove, Yalungah (Trafalgar Swamp), Trafalgar, Trafalgar South, Trafal-gar East (Moe Swamp East) and Trafalgar West.

The history will also cover the Yarragon and Trafalgar Lines Yard and the Trafalgar Mechanics workshop.

Traf News readers are encour-aged to pass on this appeal to oth-ers who may have information, including families that may have left the district.

All contributions will be ac-knowledged with items loaned promptly returned.

Contact John by email, traf-pmg@gmail.com, or phone 0456600706.

Telegraph services, post

offi ces and telephone

exchanges history appealJohn Hanley

L-R, telephonists Mrs Norma Chambers, Mrs Brenda Albury(Wife of former Supervising Technician Noel Albury atTrafalgar) and Mrs Eileen Marino, working at the Trafalgar manual exchange just prior to the cut-over in February 1976

Early magnetotelephone, withhand-crankedgenerator, turnedto ring the bell

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Crazy Hair Day at St Josephs Catholic

Primary SchoolStudents at St Joseph’s Catho-

lic Primary School in Trafal-gar conducted a fundraiser

for Caritas Australia (the Catholic Church International Aid Organ-isation) on Friday 22 March.

The children were encour-aged to donate $1 for the privi-

lege of coming to school with crazy hair. The crazy hair designs were extraordinary and included unusual and creative designs, even chocolate treats tied to the hair.

Each year in the church sea-son of Lent, Caritas run a program

called ‘Project Compassion’. This program helps children and fami-lies to understand that other fami-lies around the world are often not as fortunate as us. The money raised by St Jospehs, a whooping over $200, will assist these fami-lies.

St Joseph’s celebrates Catholic

Education Week

St Joseph’s Catholic Pri-mary School in Trafalgar, along with other Catholic

Schools in the Diocese of Sale, recently celebrated Catholic Education Week. “It was an opportunity for all Catholic Schools to celebrate our dis-tinctive mission and to share things that are special about our schools with everyone,” Mrs Trish Mulqueen , Principal said.

“We celebrated this week in a number of ways. Our teach-ers attended a special mass of thanksgiving with other teachers from neighbouring catholic schools, at Marist-Sion School.”

Senior students and the staff also celebrated our relation-ships in our community by enjoying a special morning tea. The shared morning tea was a huge hit and further reinforced the strong and vibrant com-munity of St Joseph’s Catholic School.

Grade 6 student Jayme Axe, teacher Katie Balfour and student Jaz Landmeter, enjoy morning tea together

Jacob, Aiden, Zarah and Ava show off their crazy hairstyles

Summer, Tia and Stephanie are a trio of crazy hair do’s

Ruby, Robert and Tahlia are all smiles about crazy hairLeila and Noah celebrating crazy hair day

Grade 6 class pictured enjoy-ing morning tea prepared by St Joseph’s staff

Grade 6 student Tina Cathomen and teacher Laura Sanchez pictured at morning tea

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Across our state, every day, Victorians from all walks of life are living out our

shared values. The ‘Victorian. And proud of it.’ campaign cel-ebrates real-life examples of con-tribution and belonging, as told by real Victorians.

On Tuesday 17 April 2018, ‘Vicky the Truck’ visited Trafalgar High School.

Vicky is the name given to a truck that is traveling Victoria to promote the Victorian Values Statement. The Victorian Values Statement can be read at www.proud.vic.gov.au/victorian-val-ues-statement/

Onboard the students got to experience virtual reality technol-ogy that immersed them in the story of a young Victorian and his involvement with Surf Life Saving

Victorian values truck visits Trafalgar High School

David C Lyons

Left to right Azahra Mitrovic, Shayelee Smedley-Boyes, Ali Shlaibeq, Lajuventi Pannu, Jake Richardson, Ewan Jarvis, Joshua Van Baalen

St Paul’s welcomes new Principal

St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School recently welcomed a new Principal to the

school, Mr Cameron Herbert.Cameron has come from

Western Australia and was previously the Principal of St Mark’s Anglican Community School, a large coeducational K-12 school in the northern suburbs of Perth.

Cameron has thirty years of diverse experience as an educator in Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania. Pri-or to becoming a Principal, he taught English at The Southport School on the Gold Coast for six years, where he held the posi-tions of Dean of Students (Years 10-12) and Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning. Cam-eron also has experience as a Secondary Head of House, Eco-

New Principal, Cameron Herbert, at his first assembly at St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School

After a break of a few years, Trafalgar now again has a very active Junior Fire

Brigade. The aim is that mem-bers will develop some useful skills, get a better understand-ing of the work of the CFA, and that some will eventually choose to join the senior Brigade.

Males and females between the ages of eleven and sixteen can join, with membership of the senior brigade available af-ter the sixteenth birthday. Young people of all abilities are most welcome.

Regular training nights are held on the third Thurs-day of the month. Practical skills taught include operating pumps, using hoses, commu-nicating with radios, reading maps and building control lines with hand tools.

A lot of the subject mat-ter is the same as that taught in the adult recruit minimum skills course. Health and safety are always the highest prior-ity. Additional practical train-

ing will take place from time to time at Victorian Emergency Management Training Colleges (VEMTC) such as the one at West Sale.

Members will learn how fire spreads, how it behaves in the bush, in grassland and in buildings and the most suitable control methods. An accredited first aid course will also be un-dertaken. There will be some day trips and activities not re-lated to fire fighting.

It is hoped that a competi-tion (running) team can be formed. Members will compete against teams from other junior brigades from around the state in fire fighting related events. A running track for competition training is being developed near the soccer ground.

Personal development is a big part of the program. Team-work and leadership are always stressed as is the community service aspect of fire fighting. Members will elect a Brigade Management Team to give kids

Trafalgar Junior Fire Brigade kicks off

Junior Brigade Leaders Melissa Horne and Mark Walshe

the chance to develop leadership abilities. A large part of training relies on members working to-gether harmoniously.

Overalls and other protec-tive clothing will be supplied for training. A grant from the CFA has been obtained to cover these expenses. Also, a polo top for each junior will be provided by the senior Brigade. The Juniors will be designing a Trafalgar Ju-nior Brigade logo to be printed on these.

Approval and funding has been obtained from the CFA, and

fifteen young people have already begun taking part. The juniors marched with the seniors on AN-ZAC Day and laid the wreath.

Melissa Horne and Mark Walshe are the adult leaders. Other senior brigade members will be helping out as well. A fe-male leader will always be there when female juniors are present.

An orientation day has been held jointly for parents and kids, and parents are welcome to come to training sessions.

If interested, please call Mel on 0434665694.

On Tuesday May 1st, a group of Year 11 stu-dents from Trafalgar High

School participated in The Alfred Hospital’s PARTY program.

Prevent Alcohol and Risk-re-lated Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) program is a trauma prevention and health promotion initiative

that seeks to build resilience in young people through the lived experience of a major trauma service.

Students learned about pre-venting injuries, patient safety and rehabilitation. “Everyone had a chance to experience neck, leg and torso braces”, reported

PARTY at Trafalgar High School

Year 11 students from Trafalgar High School participating in PARTY

Victoria.Trafalgar High School is

proud to have been the second secondary school the campaign has visited, with Bendigo being the first.

Trafalgar High School had 148 students and nine staff who got to experience the campaign.

If you would like to learn more please visit www.proud.vic.gov.au

Colin Proctor

Laura Van Stijn, school nurse, Trafalgar High School. “Students learned how to look after each other when someone is not well, and basic first aid was practised.”

The PARTY program allowed students with an interest in medical careers to meet trauma teams, emergency doctors, a trauma survivor, physiothera-pists, Ambulance Victoria, speech pathologists, emergency care nurses from the Latrobe Regional Hospital and The Alfred Hospital and volunteers.

Students visited a mock emer-gency department and rehabilita-tion clinic. They problem-solved a first-aid scenario in a supported learning environment, suited to high school students.

nomics Teacher, Middle School Teacher, Primary Teacher and Head of Junior School.

Cameron said “I was attract-ed to St Paul’s by the school’s values, strategic directions and pursuit of excellence. St Paul’s standing as an independent, Anglican school that grew from a rural community’s dream was also appealing to me as someone who grew up as part of a Christian family in a rural community. It is my hope that, as Principal, I will be able to contribute significantly in these areas and help St Paul’s to con-tinue confidently on its path, going from strength to strength as a leading regional school in Australia.”

In an address to students and staff, Cameron talked about his family and his background and why he chose to pursue a career in education.

He thanked previous Prin-cipal Ms Lisa Moloney for her seven year leadership, as well as other staff and has been busy meeting and getting to know students.

Cameron is looking forward to developing a deeper under-standing of the school’s people and culture.

“By taking the time to de-velop a deep understanding of a school’s people and culture, I believe that the Principal is well placed to lead astutely and as-suredly into the future.”

Commemorating those who fought in World War 1

Traf News is commemo-rating those soldiers who fought in World

War 1 by re-producing the front page of their enlistment papers.Recorded at the National Ar-chives, the list will be pro-duced over the course of the remainder of this year and into next year.Anyone wishing to get infor-mation on their own relatives, may do so by going to http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/ and then search-ing under ‘Places’. Type in the town the person was born at or living in, and then click on the town when the map appears.A list of all those recorded for that town will appear, and the reader can then select the ap-propriate name.

3951 David Frazer TurnbullBorn at Willow Grove, Daniel was a 22 year old farmer when he enlisted at Melbourne on 24 July 1915. He was initially assigned to the 10th Battalion and later as a member of the 12th Reinforcements for the 8th Bat-talion.

He returned to Australia on 10 September 1917 and was discharged on 27 November for family reasons.

The 8th Battalion was raised in 1914 and was com-pletely recruited from Victoria. During the war it fought at Gallipoli and in France and Belgium on the Western Front. It took part in the attack on Lone Pine at Gallipoli from 6 to 10 August 1915.

In March 1916, the 8th Battalion embarked for France and after arriving there, it took up a position in the trenches on the Somme battlefield. The Battalion’s first major action in France came at Pozières in July 1916. Later the Battalion fought at Ypres, in Belgium, before returning to the Somme in winter. Throughout 1917 they took part in operations against the Hinden-burg Line, before being involved in the Third Battle of Ypres.

Following the launch of the German spring offensive in March and April 1918, the 8th Battalion took part in defensive operations, before participating in the Battle of Amiens, as the Allies launched their own counter of-fensive on 8 August 1918; an offensive that ultimately brought about an end to the war.

The Battalion continued operations until late Sep-tember 1918, when, suffering severe manpower short-ages, the Australian Corps was withdrawn from the line for rest and re-organisation. They were subsequently

out of the line when the Armistice was signed on 11 November 1918.

776 Harold ChesterfieldHarold was 19 years and 3 months of age when he enlisted at Queenscliffe on 28 June 1916. He had been born at Al-lambee.

He joined the Artillery and embarked at Sydney on 30 September 1916 as a Gunner. Harold served with the 338th Australian Siege Battery until 11 March 1917 when he transferred to the 55th Australian Siege Battery.

He returned to Australia on 11 May 1919.

5304 Charlie BriggsBorn at Yarragon, Charlie enlisted at Mel-bourne on 9 May 1916, nominating his mother Isabel of Boolarra as his next of kin. He was a single Farm Labourer and became a member of the 14th Reinforce-ments for the 24th Battalion.

It had originally been planned that the 24th Battalion would be raised from personnel drawn from outside of Victoria and it was designated as an “outer states” Battalion meaning that it would draw its recruits from the less populous states of Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia; however, due to the large number of recruits that had ar-rived at Broadmeadows at the time it was decided to raise the Battalion there, from Victorian volunteers. As a result of the hasty decision to raise the Battalion very little training was carried out before the Battalion sailed from Melbourne just a week after being formed.

Their first major action in France came at Pozières and Mouquet Farm in July and August 1916, after which over the next two-and-a-half years the 24th Battal-ion took part in many of the major battles undertaken by the Australians in Europe. In 1917, after the Germans shortened their lines and withdrew to the Hinden-burg Line, in May the 24th took part in the Second Battle of Bullecourt where the Battalion suffered over 80 per cent casu-alties, before later in the year attacking around Broodseinde.

In 1918, despite being severely deplet-ed, it played a defensive role during the German Spring Offensive before support-ing the attack at Hamel in July. In August, it joined the Allied Hundred Days Offen-sive, attacking around Amiens, and then joining the advance that followed. In early October 1918, the Battalion attacked the Beaurevoir and then Montbrehain

Charlie was taken on strength by the Battalion in France on 21 December 1916 and served with it until the end of the War. He was appointed as a Driver on 30 March 1918 and returned to Australia on 19 June 1919.

111 Lindsay Osland BilsonWhen Lindsay enlisted at Melbourne on 1 March 1915 he was a student aged 20 years and 6 months. He had been born at Yarragon.

He was assigned to the 13th Light Horse Regiment which left Australia for the Middle East, arriving in Egypt in June. When the Australian infantry units were dispatched to Gallipoli later that year, it was thought the terrain was unsuitable for mounted troops, and the Light Horse Regiments remained in Egypt. However, heavy casualties resulted in the deployment of the 13th Light Horse Regiment in September 1915 in a dismounted role. The Regiment was deployed defending the trenches at Lone Pine, a strongly contested stretch of the front line around Anzac Cove. Two months later in December, the Regiment was withdrawn back to Egypt when the Allied forces were evacuated from the peninsula.

On the Western Front, two squadrons – “B” and “D” – which had originally been part of the 4th Light Horse Regiment took part in the Battle of Messines, the Third Battle of Ypres, the Battle of Broodseinde, the Battle of Passchendaele, the Battle of the Lys, the Battle of Kem-mel, the Second Battle of the Marne and the Battle of Tardenois. The two squadrons, together with a squadron from New Zealand, were eventually amalgamated and renamed the II Anzac Corps Mounted Regiment, and to-gether earned nine battle honours on the Western Front.

When the infantry component of the Australian Impe-rial Force was expanded to five divisions, the 13th Light Horse Regiment was broken up to provide a reconnais-sance squadron for the 2nd, 4th, and 5th Divisions. The squadrons then moved to the Western Front in France between March and June 1916. They were soon reunit-ed, however, as the “I ANZAC Mounted Regiment”.

The static nature of the fighting along the Western Front limited the use of mounted troops and they were mostly in a secondary role; doing traffic control, rear area security, escorting prisoners and during an attack reconnaissance and probing the German rear areas. The pinnacle of the Regiment’s service on the Western Front was following the Hundred Days Offensive when they led the advance of the Australian Corps. When the war ended the Regiment was resting, and gradually its personnel were returned to Australia. Their total casualties during the war were 57 killed, and 328 wounded.

Lindsay had a problem with discipline and had a number of spells of No 2 Field Punishment with forfei-ture of pay. He returned to Australia on 12 May 1919.

War Workers 746 Victor Rodier and 720 William Henry RodierBorn at Yarragon, the Rodier brothers were among about 6,000 Australian volunteers who went to England to work as an Austra-lian War Worker or Australian Munitions Worker.

World War 1 was the first industrialised war fought on a global scale. Supplying the fighting fronts became a war of production. The armed forces consumed vast amounts of munitions, requiring huge quantities of steel, copper, explosives and other materials.

British factories delivered over 218 million artillery shells dur-ing the war; while at the same time over 5 million men left the workforce and joined the armed forces or merchant marine. The incredible production of munitions and other supplies, in spite of the loss of so many skilled workers, was partly thanks to women entering the workforce to replace men or take up new opportuni-ties.

At this time, apprenticeships to become a fitter or turner were for 7 years. Therefore, there was a skilled labour shortage, espe-cially after the introduction of conscription in 1916.

In response to this shortage of skilled workers, the Australian and Imperial Governments agreed a programme to recruit chem-ists and other skilled men to bolster munitions production in the UK. The Australian Munitions Workers scheme started seeking volunteers in the middle of August 1916 and was later extended to include labourers for construction projects.

William joined the scheme on 7 May 1917 and embarked for England on the Clan McGillivray on 10 May. He was assigned to Henry Boot and Sons, a company which constructed over one thousand military buildings and over 50 miles of roads and sew-ers during the War.

Shortly after his arrival, William began to suffer the effects of a concussion he had endured some 12 months before and was sub-sequently judged unable to fulfill his duties. He returned to Aus-tralia on 1 March 1918 and was discharged on 14 January 1919.

Victor went to work for another construction company, Hol-land Hannan and Cubitts. He suffered a serious eye injury while working as a carpenters’ labourer and was repatriated to Austra-lia, departing England on 13 March 1919.

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Diaries of Charlie Heywood

This is the continuation of Yulungah’s Charlie Hey-wood diary. As we follow

him during the World War I through his diaries. He and the 4th Light Horse are still in the Sinai/southern Palestine region mainly on security duties.

JUNE 1918Charlie is still with the 4th Light Horse in Palestine fi ghting the Turkish Army. Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire.

During June Charlie was ad-mitted to hospital with malaria.

On the website www.ma-lariaworld.org/blog/world.war.1.and.malaria there is a powerpoint presentation titled “WW1 and malaria” by Anton Al-exander 5 November 2014.

In this he quoted information from “A review of the control of malaria in Palestine 1918-1941” by the (British) Department of Health, which says that “8500 primary cases of malaria were reported in the front line troops from April to October, 1918,”

Sat 1st.Turkish gun throwing shells along the Wady auja and away behind our bivacs

It is just a wk since he shelled here.

Sun 2ndTaubes over bombing this morn-ing, none dropped in our area.

Mon 3rdWe relieved the 12th LH last night. I had a party on a listen-ing post.

Tues 4thThe weather seems allright up in these hills. Mosquitos are very bad. “Jacko” is about 1500 yds distant to his outpost, having a very easy time.

Wed 5thA very quiet day. The Turks not shelling at all. The lads digging trenches until 9.p.m.

Thurs 6thStood to at about 2.a.m. Turk-ish patrol supposed to be heard then, Jacko shelled us heavy enough before dinner but did not get anybody.

Fri 7thJacko shelled us pretty solid to-day and hit a couple of bivvies. Sgt Robertson going away.

Sat 8thPretty warm day. I was lucky

enough to be detailed off for Cairo leave, Relieved from front line after dark by 1st Regt.

Sun 9thBack with horses – very dusty. Went to Jericho to leave Camp.

Mon 10thI am on leave and it dates from 10th to 24th June, I will have about 8 days in the Egt. Left Jeri-cho by Moter Lorry and reported to D.C.R.C. at Jerusalem, left Je-rusalem 9.p.m. by train.

Tues 11thArrived Ludd 4.30.a.m. Scaled away on a train at 9.a.m reached Kantara 1.a.m. – a long tedious ride.

Wed 12thArrived Kantara 1.a.m. got across Canal on boat, and then went to Mrs Chishom Restauer-ant, left Kantara 9.a.m arrived Cairo.2.p.m and went out to kit stores.

Thurs 13thCalled on Mrs Lawson and had dinner with them, went out in evening and saw Ashley – he is

having a lovely time tho busy, staying at Anzac Hostel.

Fri 14thWent out in afternoon and saw Ashley, he will be a very learned man when fi nished all his stud-ies. went to Kursaal but did not enjoy it, a poor circus on.

Sat 15thLeft Cairo at 7.20.a.m and ar-rived Alex at 11.30, went out to races but cld not stick them, then went and had some bathing. Had a Turkish bath which proved good, putting up at the united services hostel

Sun 16thMore bathing. Went Nouzha gar-dens and to Cemetery

Mon 17thPut in morning writing. Left Alex at 3.30.p.m. feeling unwell, ar-rived Cairo 7.30.p.m. feeling very rotten, took Quinine and went to bed.

Tues 18thHad a bad night, I had to report to M.O. at Kaser-nil who sent me on to 31st Genl. Feeling terrible: Temp 103°

Information page from page 58 of Charlie’s diary which talks about the care of feet and march discipline

Wed 19thHaving a bad time. My head, back and legs aching something fearful. I have got malaria fever.

Thurs 20thFeeling much better but very weak on it I am not allowed up yet. Have to take Quinnine every 4 hrs. It is brutal stuff.

Fri 21stI am on the road to recovery al-right.

Sat 22nd[no entry]

Sun 23rd[no entry]

Mon 24thStill progressing. We have a very good Sister in charge of us – tho she gets cross.

Tues 25thAshley McCann was in to see me today, pleased to have some one to call on me.

Wed 26thOn ordinary diet and had a good dinner. I will soon pull up now. This place is run on the strictest economy.

Thurs 27thI am feeling pretty fi t again and can knock about alright. Sis-ter Robinson called on me this morning was delighted to see her.

Fri 28thI think it was today that Ashley called on me.

Sat 29thEver so many of the chaps who have been on leave .. have taken ill like myself, pretty well all ma-laria cases. It is hard luck for me as now will miss getting my 2nd stripe. Ashley called.

Sun 30thWent to Church Service.

June 9-15 1918 page of Charlie’s diary which shows the handy hint about “squeaking boots”

A friend is living by the motto “No-one ever went broke from sharing.” She’s found that when she’s feeling stressed about balancing household bills, this little mantra helps her fi nd a more generous path in life. Deep down I believe that we all know

that sharing is the thoughtful and compassionate thing to do. We teach our small children to share their toys when a friend comes over. We encourage our teens to share at least some of their time with their classmates who are on the fringe.

We have sayings like, ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’ and ‘Do unto others...’ And yet, our society has become less generous in recent decades. Reductions in our overseas aid giving and moving support for the needy from government to other welfare agencies

are seen as practical budget measures. Why? Australia generally has a high standard of living. Why are we becoming a divided society where the well off make more money than they can enjoy while those struggling are fi nding life even tougher? Somewhere between adolescence and adult life it seems that we lose thewillingness to share our time, money, friendship.

Maybe it is fear that motivates not sharing. Fear that even though we have enough now, we might not later; fear that if I am generous today, I might not be OK later. Cognitive Be-haviour Therapy (CBT) teaches that we need to identify irrational thinking and to replace it with more reasoned and accurate thinking. “No-one ever went broke from sharing.”

On Fear and Sharing

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Many thanks to Keith Sewell and Hel-en Johns for identifying some of the missing names in the photograph of

the Trafalgar Senior footballers from 1980. The missing players are: 1. Geoff Johns 4. Lou Vellani 13. Wayne Oswald 14. David Blake, not Barry Lockett 15. Greg Jean 20. Tim DurkinWe are yet to identify the third mascot.

Special thanks to Paul Taylor who was able to complete the list and identify the team as be-ing the 1980 MGFL Grand Final Team.

Among the many publications in our col-lection is a large folder containing the Baw Baw Shire Heritage Study, Stage 2, Vol 2, 2011 which has details of many sites, buildings and

even trees in the Shire.One such tree being “The Cockscomb Cor-

al Tree which is located in the front garden of 1 Anzac Road Trafalgar, is of scientific (horti-cultural) significance as a rare (possibly the only) example of this tree in Baw Baw Shire and is notable for its relatively large size.”

The latest Gazette will shortly go on sale and contains an article from the very first Ga-zette which includes a map of Trafalgar East. The lead article is Part 1 of Life as a Young PMG Technician, written by John Hanley. Look out for this edition at the post office and newsagency.

The next general meeting of the Trafalgar & District Historical Society will be held on June 21st in the Community Centre at 7.30. New members and guests are always wel-come.

Trafalgar Primary School student, Mikaela Graham, wrote a letter which was

read at Trafalgar’s Dawn Service on Anzac Day as part of the of-ficial service.

She wrote the letter from the perspective of her great-grandfa-ther, World War II veteran Doug-las Graham.

The letter, from Douglas who is serving in the Middle East, is to his parents.

Mikaela, who turned 11 on 26 April, wrote the letter as part of her grade 6 school camp. While she was away at camp,

the students visited the Shrine of Remembrance and the Old Mel-bourne Gaol.

The students were then asked to write a letter from the view point of a person who was in gaol or someone who was in the war.

Mikaela chose to write a let-ter from her great-grandfather’s perspective.

She researched this carefully by speaking to her grandfather, David Graham.

The part about meeting a girl and falling in love is correct, however, Mary was not in the war

and Mikaela’s mother believes he met her when he was in Bris-bane.

Mary’s parents billeted out soldiers who had come back home from war and they quickly fell in love. The letter says:To my dearest Mother and Father,

I just wanted to let you know that we arrived here safely. Our camp base is sort of plain and ordinary. I heard from the coun-cil that I could potentially be here for another 5-6 years.

I am sorry I haven’t been

Mikaela writes for her great-grandfather

Trafalgar Primary School student Mikaela Graham, who wrote a letter from the perspective of her great-grandfather, Douglas Gra-ham, who fought in World War II. The letter was read at Trafalgar’s Dawn Service

writing to you much as every-thing is going on and it was a long journey. Mum, I wish I was home; your food is the best. We have to eat horrid food every day.

We have to eat bully beef out of a can and lots of other hor-rible things. We sleep in tents most of the time and each tent has around 4-6 men in them.

It is so annoying because when you want to do something alone (which is never really of-ten) all of the boys in your tent will be there with you. You prob-ably know what I do and where I am, but for your concern I will tell you anyway.

I have one stripe, I’m in the Middle East in artillery which is mortars, anti-aircraft and long range artillery explosives. You also might know this, but I will still tell you anyway.

The Germans waged war on Europe, and we fight for King and Country. The King of England ruled Australia and we are fight-ing the Germans and allies. I am a second lieutenant and I carry a rifle with a knife on the end.

At night I get so scared I can’t get to sleep. So suddenly at the most random time, like 3am, we have to rush and fight. It breaks my heart to see all this, but I am a big boy now and I can handle my own problems.

I can remember to this very day, so sadly, on the day we ar-rived, my best mate Johnny

got shot in the head. I had to carry him to safety while try-ing to dodge all of the bullets and knives that got thrown at me while I was running.

I nearly fell while carrying Johnny on my back, but luckily I made it out alive. I can still re-member that moment on the 7th week of war. I am sure that there is going to be a whole lot more in the next 5-6 years ahead.

I met a woman over here, her

name is Mary. She is a nurse and is really nice. I think that I am completely in love with her.

Over at the grave site where I go to see Johnny, all I can smell is the blood drenched soil, and it is really horrid and disgusting.

Boom Boom. I’m so sorry Mum and Dad, but the alarm is going off and I must go.

Yours SincerelyDouglas xxx

Anzac Day memoriesMick Bourke

Due to the short time between Anzac Day and the cut-off for our May edition, we could

only insert a small number of photos. Nor could we include the letter writ-ten by Trafalgar Primary School’s Mi-kaela Graham from her great-grand-father’s perspective and a letter from Trafalgar’s sergeant Arthur Smith.

Trafalgar High School’s student leadership team at the Anzac Day service. From left: Liam White, Stephanie Paul, Nathan Balfour. Photo: David Wombat Lyons

Trafalgar Scouts Tianna McClure and Brooklyn Matthews with the scouts’ wreath. Photo: David Wombat Lyons

Some of the marchers at this year’s Anzac Day March

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Miriam TawfikWhat’s all the fuss about the ‘flu’?The ‘flu’ is getting a lot of atten-tion at the moment, you may have noticed tv and radio programs recommending you go and get your flu vaccination over the last few months. So what’s all the fuss about? Largely, this is because last year was a particularly bad flu season. In 2017, approxi-mately 750 deaths were reported nationally due to confirmed in-fluenza infection. This seems unacceptable when we have im-munisations that can help protect us from various strains of the flu. The highest rates of hospitalisa-tions secondary to the virus, were seen in the elderly and children under five years of age. In addi-tion, greater severity and com-plications of the virus were seen in pregnant women, people with chronic diseases and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. So why was 2017 such a bad year? The influenza virus is cunning, each season it undergoes changes which we call ‘antigenic drift’. This ‘drift’ is the virus’ adapta-tion to our natural defence, our immune system. Essentially the virus tries to find ways to attack our immune system that it previ-ously hasn’t tried before. This adaptation is unpredictable, and can result in annual outbreaks and epidemics of influenza. This is why the components of the vac-cine require yearly review, and why we all need to have a repeat vaccine annually.

How do I know if I have the flu?Influenza symptoms can vary. In adults, the onset is usually abrupt, 1-3 days after coming into contact with the virus. Fevers, chills, leth-argy, muscle aches, headaches, reduced food intake are common symptoms. They are often accom-panied by a runny nose, cough and possibly sneezing. Children experience similar symptoms to adults, however their tempera-tures may by higher and they may experience symptoms in other parts of the body, such as ear pain or gastro-like symptoms. How is Influenza spread?Influenza is transmitted from person to person via respiratory aerosols. This includes coughing, sneezing or touching someone’s hands or tissues. We know that living in close contact with someone with the flu puts you at higher risk of spread (e.g nurs-ing homes, correctional facilities

etc.). With this in mind, it is im-portant to practice good hygiene by covering our mouth and nose when coughing/sneezing, and washing our hands regularly. It’s free for those at increased risk Vaccines and eligibility change year to year and are based on data from the previous years which help us target the most vulnerable people and include the most prevalent strains of flu.

You will be able to get your vaccine for free under the Na-tional Immunisation Program if you are:

- 65 years or over- children aged six months to

five years- Pregnant (at any stage)- Aboriginal or Torres Strait

Islander over 15 years old- People six months and over,

with a medical condition that puts you at higher risk of com-plications.(For example heart disease, chronic lung conditions, diabetes. Discuss your eligibility with you doctor).

If you don’t meet the above cri-teria, we still recommend you get your flu vaccine, however this will come at a small cost, rather than supplied free by the government. When should I get the flu shot? Getting vaccinated 3-4 months prior to the peak flu period (June to September) will give you and your children the best protection for the season ahead. However in-fluenza can still occur year round, so if your yet to get your vaccina-tion, it’s not too late.

Flu vaccine safetyThe flu vaccine is very safe. Com-mon side effects include soreness, redness and swelling at the injec-tion site. Some people experience muscle aches, low grade fevers and tiredness. However the vac-cination is not live, so this does not mean you have the flu. You cannot catch the flu from being immunised. It is safe for pregnant women and their babies at any stage during pregnancy?If you have had anaphylaxis to the influenza vaccine or components previously, you should not have the vaccination. If you have a se-vere egg allergy (anaphylaxis), you should still be able to have the vaccine, but monitoring will be required, and this should be discussed with your doctor.

Joints are crucial to our mo-bility and for keeping active. If they start to become stiff

and sore it can be difficult to maintain an active lifestyle and simple tasks in your day-to-day life.

Many people find that pain in their joints increases with the cold weather in autumn and win-ter. Low temperatures and a lack of sunlight affect the joints and bones, as the body tends to cir-culate less blood to the periph-eral areas as a way of conserving warm blood around the heart. As a result, joints become inflexible, which leads to pain. You may find that pain increases after physical activity, or even when getting out of bed in the morning.

Why the winter woes? There are a few ideas as to

why joint pain increases in win-ter. One is that in colder weather, your body will conserve heat and direct your blood to your organs. When that happens, blood ves-sels will constrict in your arms, legs, shoulders and knee joints - making those joints stiff and sore.

Another idea is that cold weather decreases barometric (atmospheric) pressure.

This places less external pressure on your joints, allowing the inner joint fluid and synovial membrane to bulge outwards. This causes your joints to swell, resulting in pain, stiffness and inflammation.

Improving your joint health this winter:

MUSCLE MOVEMENTSMuscles essentially act like shock absorbers in our bodies and help to stabilise and protect joints. Muscle strengthening movement such as lightweight training can be incredibly protective for joint (and bone) health.

As you age, it is incredibly important that you continue to strengthen your muscles with weight bearing exercise. Knee joints in particular are the most prone to wear and tear - so strengthening the muscles with movement such as cycling, can help protect them from prema-ture damage.

JOINT EXERCISES When we move a joint we move the fluid within the joint. This fluid is the joint’s lubrication. By moving our bodies we help to move the old fluid out and allow new fluid to move in.

Moving your body everyday is a wonderful way to lubricate your joints naturally and help freshen the fluid. Incorporate five to ten minutes of joint mobil-ity movement each morning.

THE RIGHT NUTRIENTSFats:

Eating a well balanced diet is essential for healthy joints, especially one high in good fats. Healthy fats become the building blocks for molecules that fight

inflammation in the body. Good sources include the fats from oily fish such as sardines (omega 3), flaxseeds, avocado, walnuts, pe-cans, and chia seeds. One of the best possible sources of omega 3 is fish oil. If you can’t eat enough omega 3s or don’t like fish, then supplements are a great option.

Glucosamine & chondroitin:Glucosamine preserves the structure of the joints, helping to ease stiffness and maintain a range of motion. It builds and repairs cartilage, while another important element for joints, chondroitin, cushions joints. Combining the benefits of glu-cosamine and chondroitin does wonders for your joints and any joint pain you may have.

TumericTurmeric, the main spice in In-dian curry, is argued to be the most powerful herb on the plan-et at fighting disease. Turmeric benefits are incredibly vast and very thoroughly researched; es-pecially for one of its renowned healing compounds, curcumin.

What is turmeric? Turmeric comes from the

Curcuma longa plant, which grows in India and other South-east Asian countries. The dried root of the Curcuma longa plant is ground into the distinctive yel-low turmeric powder.

There are several chemical

compounds found in turmeric, known as curcuminoids. The active substance in turmeric is curcumin, which is what makes turmeric a “functional food”.

Health Benefits of TumericPowerful anti-oxidant: with a high potency dose and minimal side effects, curcumin offers natural anti-oxidant protection against free radical damage.

A natural liver detoxifier: cur-cumin supports health digestion by stimulating your gallbladder to produce bile.

Natural anti-inflammatory: Chronic inflammation is known to be a contributor to many com-mon Western diseases. Curcum-in can inhibit many molecules known to play major roles in inflammation.

Benefits against depression: studies have shown that cur-cumin can be just as effective as prescription anti-depressants

Arthritis and joint pain relief: Many studies show that curcum-in can help treat symptoms of ar-thritis and is in some cases more effective than anti-inflammatory drugs.

Possible cancer fighting properties: New studies are suggesting that curcumin has anti-cancer effects, as it can kill cancer cells and prevent more from growing. It has best effects on breast cancer, bowel cancer, stomach cancer and skin cancer cells.

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Farming NewsDEPI articles selected by Greg Turner

Have an ongoing plan for your livestock Dianne Phillips, Senior Veteri-nary Officer, South East Region

Producers and livestock owners will need to contin-ue to assess their livestock

as the effects of dry seasonal con-ditions continue to impact feed availability.

As a result of the dry condi-tions, a number of animals will be experiencing the effects of the shortfall of paddock feed.

To ensure livestock make it through this dry period, some timely decisions need to be made.

Producers should examine their options carefully and ask:

Have I got enough supple-mentary feed on hand? If not, will I be able to source it at a reason-able price?

What other feeds can I source?

What is the feed quality? Is agistment an option, what

is the cost and how far will my stock have to travel?

Is a Stock Containment Area

not cover.Feral cats will not be declared

as a pest animal on private land. Farmers and other private land-holders will not be required to control feral cats.

The declaration will not affect local councils.

Animal welfare is a high pri-ority for the Victorian Govern-ment. Responsible cat ownership has many benefits and domestic cats are valued pets for many Vic-torians.

Animal welfare and the safety of free-roaming domestic cats will be prioritised through a feral cat management Code of Prac-tice.

This will include operational standards and guidelines that all government pest controllers and their agents must abide by.

Have your say DELWP are keen to receive

feedback, understand your views on the proposed feral cat decla-ration, and what the declaration may mean to you or the organisa-tion you represent.

You can have your say on the proposed feral cat declaration by completing the survey below, or by sending an email to biodiver-sity.regulation@delwp.vic.gov.au.

Artisanal agriculture and premium food programThe State Government has re-cently launched the artisanal agriculture and premium food program.

The $2 million program, which will help grow Victoria’s high-value and emerging arti-sanal agriculture and premium food industry, is a 2018/19 bud-get item.

The program is designed to increase market opportunities for high-quality, high-value pro-duce, and strengthen Victoria’s regional food offerings, deliver-ing flow-on benefits for jobs and tourism.

The program will include an industry development plan for the artisanal agriculture and pre-mium food sector in Victoria, a grants program to support busi-ness growth, and biosecurity and industry support services tailored to the needs of the sector.

Agriculture Victoria is re-searching this diverse sector to identify opportunities for sector growth, and help define where funding support will best advan-tage producers.

Throughout June and July, there will be a series of forums with premium food producers and industry groups to survey the sector’s needs and identify key opportunities for business growth, industry development and increased connectivity to services.

The forums will be held at nine locations across the state: Mildura, Timboon, Woodend, Avenel, Beechworth, Meeniyan, Mornington, Bendigo, and Day-lesford.

The artisanal agriculture and premium food program will complement support that will be provided to artisanal producers navigating the state’s land use planning reforms, which will be announced soon.

Bank on learning at Ellinbank Agriculture Victoria Ellinbank are hosting free seminars until the end of the year, and all are welcome to attend.

Sessions include:20 June on open data and

platform services – maximis-ing opportunities with your data with Steve Williams, Carlos Lora, Kieran Murphy, Muhammad Is-lam, David Hunter of Agriculture Victoria;

18 July on nitrogen move-ment through an Ellinbank soil from fertiliser or cow urine with Dr. Michael Heaven, Agriculture Victoria.

an option? What other informa-tion do I need if I set up one? What are the preventive health issues I need to consider?

Do I need to sell some stock now to ensure I can maintain my core breeders?

What will the decisions I make now have on my long term viability as a producer and live-stock owner?

A well-constructed plan is a valuable approach to assist livestock owners and managers with making decisions. Decisions need to be made carefully and promptly.

By using a time-line with de-tails such as, “if it has not rained by X date I need to sell 100 weth-ers” often eases the pressure on producers and their livestock.

Providing essential nutrition is the responsibility of the stock owner or livestock manager to livestock in their care.

Allowing livestock to starve, or not have access to water, is not an option and legislation ex-ists which enables prosecution of those who allow this to happen.

For further advice please con-tact your local veterinarian or Agriculture Victoria Veterinary or Animal Health Officer.

Feral cat declaration Feral or wild populations of the cat (Felis catus) will be declared an established pest animal on public land in Victoria under the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 in mid to late 2018.

This was recommended by the 2017 Parliamentary Inquiry into the control of invasive ani-mals on Crown Land. It is part of a national commitment to man-aging feral cats.

The declaration is an im-portant milestone in protecting Victoria’s biodiversity and threat-ened wildlife.

Feral cats have a major im-pact on Victoria’s biodiversity and are one of the most signifi-cant threats to our threatened wildlife.

The survival in the wild of 43 listed threatened species under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 is at direct risk from

predation by feral cats.Unless feral cats are strategi-

cally managed, critically-endan-gered native species such as the Mountain-pygmy Possum, Hel-meted Honeyeater, Orange-bel-lied Parrot and Plains Wanderer may be pushed into extinction in the wild.

The declaration will require public land managers to control feral cats where key biodiversity values are at risk. It will only ap-ply to specified public land be-ing managed by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) or Parks Victoria. Only departmental and agency staff (and their agents) will be permitted to destroy a feral cat.

This will ensure the focus is on areas where feral cat manage-ment is a high priority for bio-diversity protection, and won’t impose undue obligations on all public land managers or any sec-tor of the public.

The existing arrangements for cats will continue to apply in ar-eas the feral cat declaration does

Trafalgar Veterinary Clinic News

Trafalgar and Newborough Veterinary Centres are run-ning an awareness campaign

for the health of our senior canine patients for all of June. You are probably aware that dogs age must faster than ourselves and therefore illness can develop and progress within a shorter period of time.

This is why we recommend a yearly physical examination and health assessment to help maintain a comfortable and healthy life.

Osteoarthritis can show in dogs as lameness or limping but other symptoms such as slight behav-ioural changes can be overlooked.

Senior Pet Month

These can include trouble groom-ing, moving slowly or walking stiffly after a rest, having trouble jumping up, licking and chewing at joints, or appearing depressed or irritable.

We are excited to be part of an osteoarthritis improvement trial. This program offers a specific treat-ment that may help to improve your canine friend’s quality of life by no-tably reducing pain and inflamma-tion associated with arthritis.

This program is only available to patients that fit specific criteria. To be involved, you first need to register your interest at www.dog-switharthritis.com.au. Here you will

find a list of FAQ’s plus full details of the program.

During this promotion we will also be offering a reduced consul-tation fee and discounts off vac-cination and urine/blood testing fees. Blood and urine testing is very helpful to identify early changes which may not be found on regular examination.

Getting normal blood and urine test results is obviously a fantas-tic outcome, but they also give us something to compare to if your pet is ever unwell in the future. These tests are especially important for those patients which are taking

regular medications. At the consultation we will asses

your dog’s joint health and mobility to confirm whether this trial is ap-propriate for them. Trial medica-tion will be provided at no cost for participants.

The trial runs for 14 days dur-ing which time you will be asked to monitor and record your dogs progress using a simple website. We will be able to access this infor-mation to help ensure the best out-come possible for your pet.

We look forward to hearing from you and seeing your furry friends very soon.

Bron Dempsey

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C H U R C H S E R V I C E S

St Mary’s Church, Trafalgar

Sundays: Holy Communion and Sunday School 9.30amWednesdays: Holy Communion, a quiet service 10am Cuppa and conversation 10.45am

JAFFAS after school program 3.30 - 5.30pm

St Mark’s Church, Thorpdale

First Sunday of the month: Breakfast after service 8am

St Mark’s Church, Yarragon

First Sunday of the month: Service 8:30am

Other Sundays: Holy Communion 8.30am

Tuesdays: JAFFAS after school program 3.30 - 5.30pm

CATHOLIC PARISHFather Bernie Krotwaar, Phone 5633 1166

UNITING CHURCHRev Chris Duxbury, Phone 5633 1047

ANGLICAN CHURCHRev Sue Jacka, Phone 5633 10210409 757 170 or tullycavan@dcsi.net.au

THORPDALE WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCHRev Frank Lees,

Phone 5634 6413 or 5633 2758

St John’s Trafalgar, 54 Waterloo RoadVigil Mass: 6pm (Saturday)First Saturday Devotions: Mass at 9.30amExposition and Reconciliation 10am-11amSaturday Night Mass 6.00pmSunday Mass: 10.00am (2nd/4th Sunday)Weekday Masses: 9.30am (Tuesday to Friday) Each Wednesday after Mass: ExpositionSecond Wednesday Devotions: Exposition, reconciliation and annointing of the sick, after mass

St Jarlath’s Yarragon, Rollo StreetSunday Mass: 10.00am (1st/3rd/5th Sunday)

Transport availability, Neighbourhood Outreach, Home visiting Please phone Julianne now at the parish office on 5633 1166

St. Andrew’s Uniting Church, Trafalgar Service times 9.15am Sunday, 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month Sunday School 9.15am 2nd Sunday of the month Chin-Wags 1-3pm 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the month

St David’s Uniting Church, YarragonService times 9.15am Sunday - 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month Contemporary 5.00pm on the 4th Sunday of each month with shared tea to follow

St Stephens DarnumService times 11.00am on 2nd and 4th Sunday of each monthAs we have no minister at present, please direct inquiries to 5634 2450

Every Sunday: 10amSunday School: (During service)Bible studies: Thursday evenings

Remember WHEN

The Trafalgar & Yarragon News, June 1928

21 June – Shrine AppealThere is every reason to believe that the £35,000 ($2,727,600

today) required to make up the balance for Victoria’s Shrine of Re-membrance will be secured without a great deal of difficulty. So far, the appeal has met with a wonderful response, and the State will have a Memorial worthy to be ranked with any in the world. It will indeed be something for national pride.

Roller SkatingThis enjoyable sport has become very popular in Trafalgar already this season, and it has been decided to conduct sessions for lady beginners every Monday evening.

There are the usual sessions for all on Tuesday and Friday nights. The skating is conducted in St. Mary’s Parish hall.

28 June – Fish Hatchery A working bee was held at Trafalgar yesterday (Wednesday), to prepare the fish hatchery about to be established.

The cost of this is being borne equally by the Trafalgar, Yarragon, Wil-low Grove and Westbury clubs, and will deal with 15,000 eggs yearly.

Mr Lewis, Chief Inspector, was in the town last week, and expressed pleasure at the activity of the angling clubs in this district.

Billiard Tournament The billiard tournament at the Trafalgar Memorial hall was concluded on Friday evening last, when Messrs. R. Williams and J. Stephens met in the final. It was a good close game right to the end with Mr Williams taking the prize, a nice cup.

The Gippsland News, June, 1958

5 June – Car Mud ScrambleOn Sunday next the Trafalgar Car Club will conduct a mud scram-

ble on the club’s circuit, east of Trafalgar, proceeds of which will be in aid of Brenda Charlesworth, (Queen of Agriculture in the Moe Ambulance Queen Competition).

The first event will be at 12 noon and a thrilling day’s entertainment is assured for the whole family.

12 June – “Trafalgar Hardest Team”“The hardest team we met in the first round was Trafalgar”, said Traral-gon’s football captain and coach, Frank Considine last week. He was dis-cussing the merits of the Latrobe Valley League teams. He said: “Trafalgar are a good marking side, and when we played them they out-rucked us. On paper, they are a better side than Sale.

Help for “Fairview” HomesAt a recent meeting of the Yarragon committee for “Fairview” Homes it was decided to have an Opportunity Shop in the premises next to the newsagents in Yarragon. Proceeds are in aid of furnishing Yarragon’s unit at the Homes.

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19 June – Yarragon Marching GirlsA marching girl’s unit is to be formed at the Yarragon Girls’ Club and we have all the makings for a really good unit in our club. They are keen and have already got the “professional touch”, and in a very short time will be an attractive and profitable addition to the Yarragon Youth Club.

New Presbyterian ChurchAt a meeting of the Board of Management held on Wednesday eve-

ning last, a tender for £7141 pounds ($556,600) was accepted for the construction of the new Presbyterian Church at Trafalgar. The suc-cessful tenderer is well-known builder, Mr R. Ireland.

At the moment Mr Ireland is engaged on the construction of the new Health Centre in Contingent Street, Trafalgar, near the Memorial Hall.

26 June – Young Farmers’ Help OthersSupporters and friends from neighbouring clubs in the Central Gippsland District Council, together with a good measure of local patronage, created a very happy atmosphere at the Narracan Shire Senior Young Farmers’ ball held in the public hall, Trafalgar, on Friday night, 20 June.

Proceeds from this function will augment the funds already in hand towards the candidate of the club’s Queen (Miss Brenda Charlesworth) in a fund raising competition for the Moe branch of the Latrobe Valley Ambulance Service. Johnny Roger’s Orchestra provided excellent music and the stage decorations were highly commendable.

Trafalgar PolocrosseTrafalgar Polocrosse players gave a good account of themselves in the Po-locrosse carnival at Bairnsdale during the Queen’s Birthday holiday week-end. They were narrowly defeated by Mt Taylor in the grand final 7 to 5.

The Trafalgar team were: Lindsay Martin (Captain), Don Green, Ron Jolly, Wally Blake, Alex Templeton and Mrs McMahon.

Traf News, June 2000

June – Trafalgar’s HeroesIt was very pleasing to read the front page articles in the Latrobe Valley Express on 15 May 2000 and the Moe Narracan News on the following day which saw Geoff Morland and Danny Mynard, two of Trafalgar’s fire-fighters, each receive the CFA’s Valour Award for bravery when they put their own lives at risk whilst attempting to save the lives of two children in August 1994.

Lions Donate $10,000 to Andrews HouseThe Lions Club of Trafalgar recently paid their final pledge of $2,000 ($3100 today) to the Andrews House Building Appeal. Mr Ormond Pear-son, CEO, West Gippsland Healthcare Group thanked the Lions and said that to donate $10,000 ($15,300 today) to the Appeal is a great effort. The $1.1m ($1.7m today) building appeal is now in the final year of its five year pledge phase. To date over $1 million ($1,256,000 today) has been received.

Willow Grove Trail Riding ClubThe next ride of the Willow Grove Trail Riding Club will be on this Sunday, 11 June. Starting place is at the Willow Grove Recreation Reserve with riding out time 9.30am sharp. Lunch is provided in the inclusive fee of $3 ($4.60 today) per ride. All children are to be accompanied by an adult and helmets must be worn by all riders.

Public Hall VandalismThe Trafalgar Public Hall was broken into recently and considerable damage was done to the hall. The hall committee are very upset by the wilful damage done to the public asset. Fire extinguishers were discharged and cleaning took five hours plus cost of refilling the ex-tinguishers, with the total cost approximately $150 ($230 today).

Also damaged were the very valuable and beautiful leadlight windows which were made and donated to the hall by Margaret Street.

Truck Blockade Near TrafalgarIt all began Wednesday night the 24 May at 8pm Truckies, from all over Australia, put on the brakes and commenced a “safe park up” just outside Trafalgar.

Trucks were parked along the Princes Highway at the weigh-bridge between Trafalgar and Yarragon since late May. The drivers have had enough and are calling on the Federal Government to introduce legisla-tion to enforce cartage rates, 14 day payments, licensing of loading agents and licensing of the road transport industry.

Full support from the Transport Workers Union has made it an official picket line with any truckie who crosses the line being black banned.

Compiled by Jack McDonald from newspapers held in the Trafalgar and District Historical Society Archives

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Capital Works ProjectsProjects currently underway, or planned for across the Shire.• Upgrade of Labertouche North

Road• Drouin Dragons Change Rooms

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Careers at CouncilThere are currently over 370 staff working to deliver more than 100 services to the Baw Baw Shire community. Working with Council offers diversity and inclusiveness, career development opportunities, and a flexible and satisfying work environment.To view the full list of current vacancies or register your details to be notified when a suitable position becomes available, please visit the Careers page on Council’s website.

Council Meetings Upcoming Council Meetings will begin at 5.30pm on:• Wednesday 6 June

(Special Meeting for budget submissions)

• Wednesday 13 June• Wednesday 27 June• Wednesday 11 JulyCouncil meetings are held at the Trafalgar Business Centre located at 107 Princes Highway, Trafalgar. The public are welcome to attend or tune into the live stream from home.

To view the agendas and minutes for each meeting, visit bawbawshire.vic.gov.au/Careers

Connecting Communities Through SpacesCouncil is taking a fresh look at our community spaces: How they are used, how they are developed and how they can best connect communities.We’ve launched a number of community consultation opportunities and want to make sure that all Baw Baw residents have the chance to take part. Community consultation pop-up sessions are scheduled as follows:YarragonSaturday 26 May, 8.00am - 1.00pm Yarragon Market, Yarragon Public HallHill EndSaturday 26 May, 2.35pm - 4.35pm Hill End v Thorpdale (Mid Gippsland Football League), Hill End Recreation ReserveTrafalgarSaturday 2 June, 9.00am - 12.00 pm Community Garden (behind Public Hall)EllinbankSaturday 2 June, 2.10pm - 4.10pm Ellinbank v Nyora (Ellinbank and Districts Football League)LongwarrySunday 3 June, 8.00am - 1.00pm Longwarry Fire Brigade Market, Bennett StreetNoojeeSunday 3 June, 12.00pm - 2.00pm Noojee HotelRawsonThursday 7 June, 10.00am - 1.00pm West Gippsland Mobile Library, Knotts Siding Road DrouinSaturday 16 June, 8.00am - 12.30pm Drouin Craft and Produce Market, Civic Park If you’d like to be involved and be kept in the loop with progress for this project, please register your interest at www.bawbawshire.vic.gov.au/communityspaces If you or someone you know doesn’t have internet access, you can also sign up in person at one of Council’s Customer Service Centres or by calling 5624 2411.

Community Development Grants Still Open!Applications are still open for Council’s annual Community Development Grants program! The program offers financial support to community groups, non-profit organisations, volunteers and individuals to lead projects that reflect the community’s priorities and vision.Applications for funding are available in four categories:• Environment• Youth, Community Events and

Programs• Minor Capital Works• Minor Equipment PurchasesThere’s still time to apply! Applications will remain open until 3.00pm on Friday 15 June 2018.To apply, please visit bawbawshire.smartygrants.com.au/CDG2018-2019For more information including detailed guidelines, please visit the Community Development Grants page on Council’s website.

Thank You to Our Amazing Volunteers!During National Volunteer Week (held in May), we were able to celebrate and thank our 357 volunteers who provide valuable services such as Meals on Wheels, community shopping bus, friendly visiting, community transport and even help out with the gardening.In the past year, the team of registered volunteers have:• Contributed 13,986 hours of time

to help the community. • Delivered over 1,975 Meals on

Wheels across the Shire, and• Completed 2,311 community

transport trips to medical appointments, some as far as Melbourne.

Thank you for your generous, selfless and caring service! You are the difference in assisting Baw Baw Shire residents continuing to live independently in their own homes.To find out more about volunteering opportunities, please visit www.bawbawshire.vic.gov.au/Volunteering or call 5624 2411.

Permanent Dog Off Leash Areas for Baw Baw!Good news for our four-legged furry community members! Seven permanent dog off-leash areas have been introduced across the Shire:• Darnum Recreation Reserve,

Darnum• Bellbird Park, Drouin• Dunstan Oval, Rawson• St Phillack Reserve, Rawson• Linear Reserve, Trafalgar• Brooker Park, Warragul• Dowton Park, YarragonThree of these areas will become premium dog parks that are fully fenced with extra amenities such as dog litter bins and bags, extra signage, agility equipment and a drinking fountain suitable for dogs. These include Brooker Park in Warragul, Bellbird Park in Drouin and Linear Reserve in Trafalgar.Extra targeted consultation opportunities will take place soon for community input on the design and location of areas at Dowton Park in Yarragon, Linear Reserve in Trafalgar and Brooker Park in Warragul. Stay tuned for more details on these consultation opportunities soon!Project funding for associated works, such as fencing, dog litter bins and agility equipment, will be considered as part of the 2018/19 Budget process. Following this, further clarity will be available on the overall scope and timing of works.

Cr Darren Wallace0476 000 053Darren.Wallace@bawbawshire.vic.gov.au

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Cr Michael Leaney0476 000 119/5165 6263Michael.Leaney@bawbawshire.vic.gov.au

Cr Peter Kostos0438 570 304Peter.Kostos@bawbawshire.vic.gov.au

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The Trafalgar bowls club ‘Diggers Day’ was re-cently held during the

ANZAC week and showcased two full greens of bowlers from near and far.

The event was a huge suc-cess, with the club able to raise $2500 for the Trafalgar-Thorpdale RSL.

The club wishes to thank all involved on a great effort.

Trafalgar had three teams in the Baw Baw tennis as-sociation competition this

season, and all teams made it to the finals, which was a fantastic outcome for the Trafalgar tennis club.

The section seven team made it to the preliminary final, and bravely went down to Buln Buln, who then went on to be runners up to eventual winners, Warragul.

Emily and Thomas Nelson, Molly Young, David Brand, Sarah Seddon, Bailey Wyntjes and Jayme Axe (injured) competed in the team.

The Section five team con-

sisted of Eva Istraty, Alyssa Giles, Flinders Cane, Harry Pace and Noah Smith. They had a success-ful season of tennis and made it to the grand final against the team of Drouin Gold.

In a nail biting finish, they played their hearts out, but end-ed the morning just a couple of games short of victory.

In Section four, the Trafalgar team of Campbell Young, Trent Burgess, Kai and Sam Kondo played Drouin Maroon in the grand final, also hosted by Drouin tennis club.

In a long battle against the tenacious Drouin players, the

Trafalgar team were victorious in a closely fought match to win the pennant by only ten games.

A wonderful initiative of the Tr-afalgar tennis club is the awarding of the Molly Ryan encouragement award. Molly Ryan was a much treasured and remembered long term member, player and coach of the Trafalgar tennis club.

As a tribute to her tireless vol-untary work in supporting and encouraging the young Trafalgar players, the club initiated this annual award in Molly’s name, to be awarded to a junior player who showed consistent effort and self-improvement over the season

of tennis. Sam Kondo is to be congratu-

lated for being the recipient of the Molly Ryan award in the 2017-18 season, for his ongoing efforts to improve his tennis through regu-lar practise and Saturday games.

Sam determination to play as well as he can every week helped his team achieve the competition’s pennant win over the rest of the Section four teams.

Thank you to all the players and their supporters for a great season of tennis, and we look for-ward to next season. New players are always welcome.

120 people teed off in the annual Charity Golf Day fundraiser held in War-

ragul to support West Gippsland Hospital.

The Ambrose team tourna-ment at Warragul Country Club helped to raise $25,250 through an auction of donated goods on the day and the sale of raffle tick-ets sold in the community over the past few weeks.

Trafalgar and District Com-munity Bank® Branch along-side Bendigo Bank branches in Drouin and Neerim were proud to participate as sponsors of the event.

West Gippsland Healthcare

Group CEO, Dan Weeks, and War-ragul District Specialist School Principal, Matthew Hyde, thanked the Committee, sponsors and community for their marvellous generosity.

“It is fantastic to see the com-munity spirit. People genuinely want to help the hospital and the specialist school and funds donated will certainly boost the resources we can provide to our community,” Mr Weeks said.

Trafalgar and District Commu-nity Bank® Branch Manager, Phil Drummond said of the event, “It demonstrates the commendable level of personal investment and commitment shown by the com-

munity in order to build increas-ingly sustainable infrastructure and essential services that will stand for generations to come.”

Warragul Country Club Vol-unteer Committee member, Mau-reen Kittelty, said it was the fourth year the event had been staged with help and support from Ben-digo Bank Community branches across Baw Baw Shire.

“This year’s proceeds take the total amount raised over four years to $92,500.”

“This is a marvellous result that reflects the community gen-erosity towards our local hospital. We are also pleased to include the Warragul and District Specialist

School this year to receive a share of raffle ticket sales to help them purchase additional equipment for young people with disabili-ties,” Maureen said.

The Warragul Country Club Committee were blown away by the community support in the first year, raising three times the amount they had hoped for. Since then, the event has grown with local businesses and individu-als donating goods and services for the auction and supporting the community raffle. This year’s prizes included vouchers for gar-den supplies, jewellery, travel, ac-commodation, farm equipment, outdoor furniture, wine and food.

Bowls club raises funds

for RSL

Trafalgar junior tennis teams

all reach finals

Charity Golf Day supports West Gippsland Hospital

120 people participated in the annual Bendigo Bank Charity Golf Day to raise funds for West Gippsland Hospital and the Warragul and District Specialist School

Terry Hunter, Mike Arnold and Gerry Van Duin being presented their winnings by Heather Lavell.

Trafalgar bowls club singles champions for 2018: Pat Tatterson and Darren Kane.

Section four winners with their pennant flag, Kai Kondo, Sam Kondo, Campbell Young and Trent Burgess

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Rhys is one of the districts best known cricketers and Trafalgar is extremely fortunate he has chosen to return to his home club after two seasons playing with Buln Buln. Conversely, Daniel brings with him a common sense ap-proach to administration, and his strong business acumen will only

benefit the clubs decision making for the future.

In previous seasons, Rhys and Daniel both played in the 2014/15 first grade premiership, have won best and fairests and played rep-resentative cricket. With this ex-perience and a large population of cricketing friends the club is hopeful this appointment will contribute toward the club con-tinuing to strive to be the bench-mark club in Gippsland.

Elsewhere, the Ships second grade side will be captained by the duo of Christian Burgess and Jasin Hopkins. With a wealth of riches in its junior ranks, it will be imperative that the clubs younger

brigade are given every opportu-nity to develop, come through at their own pace and learn the skills required for top level cricket.

Christian is the ultimate club person and has achieved virtually everything there is to achieve on the field. Whilst Jasin carries with him a wealth of experience and a ‘no flog policy’ which will be of great service to the club.

Trafalgar enters the 2018/19 season with a large degree of op-timism in mind. If anyone is inter-ested in playing or being involved in cricket this season be sure to join the clubs Facebook page to keep up to date with all important communications.

On Saturday 30 June 2018, the Trafalgar Boxing Gym’s Strengthening the Youth

program is pleased to be able to offer a special local amateur sport-ing event.

A great opportunity to support the local sport of boxing and see some of the local emerging tal-ent in this arena. A friendly spar-ring event between local clubs is proven to provide a great day out for families and young ones alike to help raise funds for the Trafalgar Boxing Gym.

The Strengthening the Youth Program provides a focus on fit-ness, building self-confidence, positive social interactions and re-lationships within the community and amongst members.

The Gym not only provides a mentoring opportunity for young people but promotes general health and wellness approaches through its coaching and volunteer support.

The Gym will welcome a special guest speaker to the event - Olym-pic boxer Jason Whateley. Jason will be the feature speaker to open the event, sharing about his boxing journey and recent Olympic expe-rience. This is a presentation not to

be missed! Jason Whateley is originally

from Lakes Entrance in East Gippsland and started boxing at the Bairnsdale Boxing club in 2008. He had his first bout, as part of a football grudge match on of the then Annual Bairnsdale box-ing tournament. Jason now runs his own boxing gym and boxes out of the Peninsula Boxing Club in Mornington.

Jason has racked up 98 fights over the last 10 years, including, but not limited to, 4x National Sil-ver medallist, 4x National cham-pion, 2017 Australasian Golden gloves heavyweight winner and representing Australia at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

On Saturday 30 June 2018, the Trafalgar Boxing Gym’s Strengthen-ing the Youth program is pleased to be able to offer a special local amateur sporting event. A great op-portunity to support the local sport of boxing and see some of the local emerging talent in this arena.

A friendly sparring event be-tween local clubs is proven to provide a great day out for fami-lies and young ones alike to help raise funds for the Trafalgar Boxing Gym.

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New senior coaches and captains for cricket club

Jason has also represented Australia at the 2013 world cham-pionships in Kazakhstan, 2015 world championships in Doha, 2017 world championships in Ger-many where he finished inside the top 8. Most recently, Jason was a 2018 Commonwealth games Silver medallist.

Over his career, Jason has trav-elled the world boxing, visiting 11 different countries with boxing and has boxed in many international tournaments. The Trafalgar Boxing Gym is excited to have Jason attend as the guest speaker for this fund-raising event.

There will be opportunities for attendees to have their photo taken with Jason throughout the event.

The Friendly Inter-Club spar-ring event will be held at the Trafal-gar Public Hall, Contingent Street Trafalgar on Saturday 30 June 2018 at 11am. Entry is $15 per family and $5 per singles – tickets available at the door. Food will be available on the day for purchase. All proceeds go towards helping the Trafalgar Boxing Club. For fur-ther information about the event, please contact Coach Shane Cam-eron on 0408 962 764.

New B grade captains Jasin Hopkins and Christian Burgess

Trafalgar cricket clubs newly appointed senior coaches Daniel Heathcote and Rhys Holdsworth

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Trafalgar polocrosse club was well represented at the recent Victorian state

championships held at Sale, with the D grade team taking out the state title.

The D grade team was unde-feated throughout the weekend competition, leading onto a con-vincing win over Sale in the final.

The championship D grade team included Alicia Nicholson, Cody Templeton, Ryan Dyke, Izzy Nicholson, Tayla Dyke and Lacey Radford.

The Radford family of Trafal-gar also took out championship honours with their club Rose-dale winning the B grade title in a nail biting final against West Sale.

Five of the six Rosedale play-ers live in Trafalgar including Annette, Taylor, Blake and Toby

Radford, Dan Puglia and Matt Gobel making up the team.

Trafalgar club members Piper Hobson, Isabella Ingram and Tayla Wells also won a state championship, making up a combined Sale-Trafalgar team in the E grade.

Trafalgar was also repre-sented in the A, B and C grade competitions.

Both the A grade and C grade teams were runners-up in their championship finals, with the C grade going down to a play-off in extra time.

In the individual awards, Tra-falgar was also well strong with many players claiming honours, including:

A Grade: Cassie Malady - best number two and the Joan In-gram memorial overall best and fairest lady player and Cameron

Templeton - best overall horse with Promise.

C grade: Wayne Claridge - best number one and Skye Tem-pleton best horse with Blue.

D grade: Alicia Nicholson - best number one; Cody Temple-ton - best number two; Lacey Radford best number 3 and best horse with Django.

E grade: Piper Hobson - best number one; Tayla Wells - best number three and best horse with Loz.

Rosedale team members also took out some major awards with Dan Puglia winning best number three in B grade and best ‘off the track’ horse with Amber. In addition, Blake Rad-ford won the Gerard Watt per-petual trophy for best intermedi-ate player and Toby Radford won best over under 12 player.

A two division women’s competition was the major feature of Trafalgar polo-

crosse club’s annual tournament recently.

The club took the initiative to introduce a women’s competition in 2015. Initial plans were for a biennial event but significant in-terest and support of the competi-tion from Victorian and interstate women has seen it now become an annual event.

The Trafalgar and district community bank branch women’s competition attracted 60 players in a ten team, two-division com-petition.

Club secretary Katie Martin, a passionate spokesperson about

women in polocrosse, and with other women players in the club, the competition has grown to be a feature on the Victorian polo-crosse calendar.

Katie said that the club ‘wanted to promote women’s polocrosse in Victoria by providing a high standard competition for players without having to travel interstate.’

Adding that the competition was ‘one of its kind in the state and while aiming to provide a high standard competition it also gives all women players the op-portunity to compete’.

To promote youth develop-ment, each team also included an intermediate or junior player in the two divisions, which gave

youngsters an opportunity to play with top level players and develop their skills.

The clubs annual tournament also included 14 teams playing out the weekend’s competition in four grades from A to D grade. Teams from around the state as well as a team from Narracoorte, South Australia competed.

Trafalgar teams and players were represented in A, C and D grade competitions.

Results:Overall best player – Corey Buys, Sale; best intermediate player – Zach Vines, Moorooduc; best junior player – Angus Tem-pleton, Trafalgar.

Division one women:Winners – Jeremy’s Jets; Runners-up – Wellsy’s Wildcats.Best number 1 – Annie Forbes; Best number 2 – Hannah Adams; Best number 3 – Amy Hochuli.Best & fairest intermediate player – Christie Martin (WA)Best and fairest lady player – Kelly AllenBest ladies horse – Amy Hochuli, “Beauty”Division two women:Winners – Corio Cougars; Run-ners-up – Ducky Devils.Best number 1 – Kelly Armstrong; Best number 2 – Renee Taylor; Best number 3 – Teresa McHenry.Best and fairest junior player – Sharia Penning (NT)

Best and fairest lady player – Kelly ArmstrongBest ladies horse – Alicia Nichol-son “Arena”

A grade:Winners – Sale; Runners-up – Trafalgar.Best number 1 – Luke Lossberg; Best number 2 – Dale Galvin; Best number 3 – Zach VinesBest horse – Corey Buys

B grade:Winners – Corio; Runners-up – MoorooducBest number 1 – Brad Cooper; Best number 2 – Hugh Arm-strong; Best number 3 – Jordan Street

Best horse – Jordan Street, “Stitch”.C grade:Winners – Pool team; Runners-up – Trafalgar.Best number 1 – Wayne Claridge; Best number 2 – Braydon Han-ley; Best number 3 – Dean Creighton.Best horse – Toby Radford “Flo Jo.”D grade:Winners – Trafalgar/Sale; Runners-up – Moorooduc/Narracoorte.Best number 1 –Tayla Dyke; Best number 2 –Isabella Ingram; Best number 3 –Lindzy Marsden.Best horse – Ryan Dyke, “Scooter”

Polocrosse club bring home title

Cassie Malady won best number 2 player in the A grade competi-tion and also took out the Joan Ingram memorial trophy for best and fairest lady player.

The C grade final proved a tough contest, going to a play off between the two teams. In action during the match are Dean Creighton (left) and Bryce Templeton

Trafalgar polocrosse tournament a landmark success

Trafalgar’s Braydon Hanley in action in the C grade competition.Trafalgar player Angus Templeton during the A grade final against Sale

Trafalgar D grade state champions (from left) Tayla Dyke, Izzy Nicholson, Lacey Radford, Alicia Nicholson, Cody Templeton and Ryan Dyke.

Rosedaleís winning B grade state champions (from left) Matt Gobel and Trafalgar resi-dents Dan Puglia, Annette, Blake, Toby and Taylor Radford.

Piper Hobson, Isabella Ingram and Tayla Wells were part of the Sale-Trafalgar E grade state championship team.