Issue #53

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APRIL / MAY 2014
Issue 53
The Smell of Success in a small town called Yackandandah
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There are some great people there to help you
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YACKITY YAK
Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down
Yackity Yak is a free bimonthly publication aimed at providing
news, entertainment and information to the people of
Yackandandah.
A new section in Yackity Yak - just a quick run down of what’s going on good and bad.
Yackity Yak is published by YCDCo (Yackity Yak) Pty Ltd. and
1200 copies of Yackity Yak are printed with each release with a
minimum of 900 copies distributed free of charge to homes in the
Yackandandah and surrounding area via Australia Post.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Editor / Advertising / Printing / Accounts
Ali Pockley
Yackity Yak
C/- Yackandandah Post Office,
High Street,
Yackandandah VIC 3749
Ph: 0448 803 411
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.uniqueyackandandah.com.au
To Kevin Poyner for having faith in his vision to provide Yackandandah and
local artists and craftspeople with a new home and another income stream to
Yack following the Shire’s flawed decision to remove 1/3 of previously Yackbased staff to Beechworth. See page 8.
To the Yack Historical Society and Museum for the opening of their great new
storage area. Considering everything that this group has had thrown at it since
the fire in December 2006 which destroyed much of the original High Street
building, they have done a magnificent job in getting back on their feet. Their
storage now will provide additional space for many years to come - eat your
heart out, the Burke Museum! See page 21.
The Yack Folk Festival for providing us with another great weekend of music
and delights. The Festival Choir continues to grow and is attracting everincreasing numbers of singers to its ranks - from age 3 - 90 years! See page 5.
YACKITY YAK - 2014 DEADLINES:
To the Shire and Matt Charles-Jones for providing a Solar Energy Forum to
look at the possibilities of Yack becoming the first solar town of Indigo. To
YCDCo for helping this look remotely like a possibility. See page 13.
Forthcoming deadlines for submission of advertisements and
articles for the Yackity Yak are 5pm on the following days:
Ron Boulton became the Champion of Champions for the Ovens and Murray
Region on Saturday, 8th March. See the article on page 26.
Issue 54 - June/July - Monday, 12th May, 2014
Issue 55 - August/September - Monday, 14th July, 2014
Issue 56 - October/November - Monday 8th September, 2014
Issue 57 - December/January - Monday, 10th November, 2014
Linda Fish who was one of a very small select group of artists chosen to exhibit
sculpture and take workshops at the Lorne Sculpture Biennale during March.
See page 16.
Please note that all advertising must be paid in full prior
to that issue deadline. We can make no exceptions.
To the Yack Shack AKA the Men’s Shed, for attending the Yack Folk Festival’s
community parade on the Friday of the Folk Festival Weekend & providing
lollies to the children in the crowds watching.
All new advertisements or alterations to current advertisements
must be submitted one business week (5 days) before the
deadline.
THUMBS DOWN
As per media law requirements, no advertisements can be printed
without a current, completed and signed booking slip. Please
contact the Editor for the booking slip.
Would you like to advertise in Yackity
Yak?
We are always keen to attract
advertisers for this great community
paper. It has a circulation of 1,200
and is delivered free of charge every
two months.
It’s also available at the following
outlets:
* YCDCo
* Visitor Info Centre
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Council
*YCEN
*Yack PO *Yack Newsagency
It’s a great way to get your message
across to the Yack community and
doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.
Speak with Ali if you would like to
advertise & we will do our best to
accommodate your wishes.
Tel. 0448 803 411 or email:
[email protected]
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To Yack Health for running the workshop on Grief and Suicide
after Yack was rocked by the death of a much loved member of
our community.
To everyone connected with the Yack Community Garden - there
were a number of false starts and some “nay sayers”, but the proof
of the pudding etc..... Well done all of you - it looks just fantastic
and the opening was a blast. See page 7.
Yackity Yak wishes to advise that the views and or remarks
expressed in this publication are not necessarily the views of
Yackity Yak editorial or production staff, and no endorsement or
service is implied by the listing of advertisers or contributors.
Although every effort is taken in reproducing and printing
advertisements correctly, we take no responsibility for errors.
ARE YOU A YACK BASED
BUSINESS, OR DO YOU
SERVE THE YACK AREA?
THUMBS UP
To the people that use and abuse our lovely recreation spots - see
the letter on page 22. If you won’t look after these places, then please
don’t bother to visit them.
To the weather that broke just hours before the Yack Folk Festival
and certainly threw the Editor into conniptions when she saw several
plumes of smoke from the Brewers Road end of the Leneva/Indigo
Valley area, and then the area was buzzing with helicopters and planes waterbombing the fire which was fired by ferocious winds for about an hour. Yack
also had lightning strikes that kept several of the local brigades busy from
about 1.30 pm on Friday, 21st March. We did all love the rain tho’ really!
The Yack Shack AKA the Men’s Shed for not saving enough lollies for the
children taking part in the Yack Folk Festival’s community parade and reducing
them to tears - planning, boys, planning!
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A Ramble with the Editor
Every edition I sit down to do my editorial & enjoy sifting out what to
write about, but never have I had just SO much to celebrate! What this
township and its community have achieved since the last edition of
Yackity Yak completely blows me away.
There is masses to celebrate in this edition, and whilst people have not
wanted retrospectives, there is just masses to report on, and rmore than
one reason to celebrate and raise a glass or two to.
Yack has certainly kept the Member for Indi, Cathy McGowan, incredibly
busy over the last few weeks commencing with the opening of the Yack
Museum’s newly improved storage faciltiies was a great affair, and It
is no mean feat for a small organisation to raise funds for this type of
infrastructure - it is in itself not very “sexy”, and so the Historical Society
and all connected it with it have done a phenomenal job in raising
the money to get this long overdue project completed - well done to
everyone. Yack Museum now has more storage space for its artifacts
than the Burke Museum in Beechworth, so you can see what a great job
has been carried out by the dedicated volunteers who work so hard for
recording Yack’s history.
The formal opening of the Community Garden was another great event
for Yack. Another completely different group of people have worked
incredibly hard on a project that had a rather rocky start in seeking a
venue, but once this was overcome with great help from the Shire and
various staff from the Council, this great collaboration was off and flying.
Special mention has to go to Lee-Anne Benson, Project Coordinator,
and Judy Davis, Manager of YCEN, who have both put in huge amounts
of work on this project to see this garden flourish and have a wonderful
community opening in March.
Then moving straight onto the Solar Forum, again with assistance
from the Shire, which will kickstart Yack into seriously investigating the
possiblities of the township investing in green energy and helping to
reduce the reliance that the town has in brown coal generated electricity.
It was standing room only at the Forum which only goes to show what
interest and concern there is about our electricty source. Watch this
space for progress.
The 17th Yackandandah Folk Festival has just finished as I type this,
and another great event it was too. It seems to just get bigger and better.
Tickets were in great demand, and the wet start to the Friday only served
to raise people’s spirits as a some much needed rain fell over Yack and
the local area. Very inspiring to see so many people having fun, and by
all accounts, the Sal Kimber gig on Saturday night was a great dancing
event!
Kevin Poyner, whose Yack Station project was formally launched by
Cathy McGowan on the Saturday of the Festival, has to be congratulated
in choosing to invest in Yackandandah as a new home for his and
Geoff’s architectural practice and for the vision in providing artists and
craftspeople with a new venue in Yack. We all know what the financial
situation globally has been over the past few years, and it’s wonderful to
see what has been built at the Yack Station. I urge you all to go and see
what’s happening up there.
Well - I will now draw breath... well done, Yack - what a place!
ALI POCKLEY, Editor
The Way of the Cross
Good Friday
Yackandandah
The Combined Christian Churches of Yackandandah invite
you to accompany them in this celebration on
Good Friday, 18th April.
We will assemble outside the Lutheran Church in Wellsford Street at 10.30 am.
The group will process down and up the High Street and conclude with Morning Tea
at the Uniting Church in Hammond Street.
CHORAL SINGERS
are invited to participate in a people’s
presentation of Stainer’s “Crucifixion”
on 12 April at St Matthew’s Church,
Albury and 13 April, 2014 at Holy Trinity
Cathedral, Wangaratta. For an information
sheet and to register your interest, email
John Scott at [email protected]
or phone 0412 828 923.
Connecting Rural Business Women Conference
Sunday 4th & Monday 5th May, 2014 in Beechworth
Over 20 workshops to choose from.
Registration includes all meals and workshops.
Be part of our environment of
warmth, celebration, collaboration and encouragement
Visit our website for all the details and to register :
connectingruralbusinesswomen.com.au
WAW Expand Yack’s Banking Services
Smaller regional towns have
often seen a decline in banking
services with devastating effects
on local businesses. However, in
Yackandandah and Corryong WAW
Credit Union has gone against this
trend by expanding their banking
services.
This month a new WAW service
centre opened in Yackandandah
replacing the much smaller one that
had operated from the Indigo Shire
Offices whilst in Corryong, WAW
will now be opening on Saturday
mornings.
WAW Deputy CEO Mr Michael
Mack was pleased too with the
improved banking arrangements in
both towns. ‘We have always been
committed to providing banking
services where they are needed.
Much as in Chiltern where we
opened a new service centre in 1993
after the last of the major banks
closed their doors, we endeavour to
support smaller towns by providing
full banking services.’
‘We have totally renovated an old
real estate building at 17 High St
to create the new Yackandandah
service centre. It means we can
employ an additional staff member,
install a new radiate and provide
a full time loans officer. It is a
significant investment by WAW in
Yackandandah and we expect it will
encourage people to conduct more
business in the town.”
‘In Corryong we have responded to
our customer requests for Saturday
trading. At this stage we are trialling
the increased hours for 3 months
but fully expect that it will become
a permanent arrangement. Again it
means that we are investing more
resources in a regional town,’ said
Mr Mack.
WAW has been part of the
community since 1956 and is
a customer owned financial
institution.
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The untimely death of Tristan Short has shaken the Yack township, and Yackity
Yak has received many emails and calls regarding this. A session on Grief and
Suicide was put on recently by our thoughtful Yackandandah Health which will
help support people coming to terms with Tristan’s death.
DEATHS
The funeral service for Mr. Tristan Douglas Short was held at the
Yackandandah Sports Park on Wednesday, 26th February 2014 at 2.00 pm.
At the conclusion of the service, the cortege left for the Yackandandah
Cemetery.
The Colours of the Rainbow
People grow up and move away,
Time passes by without delay.
Love is lost or taken away,
Innocence is stolen away.
People contacting us were keen to ensure that the subject of suicide is not swept
under the table and ignored, but brought into the public domain for discussion
and support, so that we can try and ensure that people who are in need of help
are heard and supported in our community.
Karen Young sent in the poem “The Colours of the Rainbow” as she felt she
needed to express her sorrow and feelings and it is printed in full - thank you
Karen.
The statistics for suicide are not good, however there are many organisations
such as Lifeline (Tel: 13 11 14), Beyond Blue (Tel: 1300 224 636), Kids Help Line
(1800 551 800 ) who are always there at the end of a telephone, and a much
needed Headspace Centre is planned for Albury-Wodonga.
We understand that people will be very raw from their recent loss of Tristan and
now is not quite the time to put together an article on how Yack can help support
people who may be requiring support, but we will certainly look at this later on in
the year.
There are no words to adequately express the loss of a loved person, particularly
in these circumstances, but Yackity Yak and everyone connected with the paper
send their deepest condolences to Tristan’s family.
Hearts mend or are torn apart
And with the loneliness you sit in the dark.
You feel alone and there is no way out,
You try to be heard to be only shut out.
Ali Pockley, Editor
You need a friend or a helping hand,
But all you find is no one around.
Silence is lurking around, in the dark
With an aching body, you’re a lost spark.
Surrounded by evil and horrible thoughts,
“Could someone please save me from these horrible taunts”
The evil is close, but I’ll try not to obey
To only find solace in my own dismay.
Then finally you think you’re finally through.
You think it’s all over…You’re done…dusted, I’ve had enough that’s true.
Just when you think there is no hope to be found
A little ray in sunshine starts to be found.
Things start to get better, you feel kinder and new
And the thought of suicide could never come true.
Then blue turns to yellow then orange and green
The colours of the rainbow become brighter and clearer then you have ever seen.
Sometimes in life the moments become blue,
But if you hang on and keep in there, the colours change too.
Karen Young
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The Arts Yackandandah Community Choir continue to wow their audiences
with a great program including a choral suite composed by Kavisha Mazzella, a
performer at this year’s Festival
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new name for her business – The
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trust and rely on. We care for your
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after your home so that it’s like you
never even left,” says Leanne.
Leanne is experienced in caring
“Coming home from a holiday, the
last thing you need to worry about is
an empty fridge or what to make for
dinner. So, we also ensure you come
home to fresh milk, bread and eggs,
and of course we can also pick up
anything else you might need.”
The Good Neighbour - Leanne
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customers!
for beloved pets of all shapes and
sizes, but also ensures homes and
gardens are well maintained when
clients are away on holidays or are
unable to look after them - just like
a good neighbour would do.
It is due to the popular demand for
the expanding range of home and
garden services that Furry Friends
Home Care has become The Good
Neighbour, in order to better reflect
all the home and pet care services
on offer.
The Good Neighbour enquiries
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at thegoodneighbour.com.au or by
contacting Leanne on 0411 496 062.
Holidays can be very busy times for
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planning on a holiday, it is a good
idea to book in as early as possible.
Furry Friends Home Care service
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Process Orientated
Psychotherapy &
Holistic Counselling or
Process Work
Ya c k a n d a n d a h C FA
The local district has been fortunate in not having any serious wild-fires this Summer, due in some respects, to
a lack of thunderstorms and consequent lightning strikes. These have been a major cause of fire alerts in past
Summers.
However, Brigade members have been generous in volunteering their time at fires in other districts such as
Wunghnu and Wallan. The tanker also saw service at these fires. Its return to the station necessitated an extensive
working bee by members to restore it to a clean and serviceable condition.
The Brigade expresses its appreciation to those who gave their time on strike teams at the recent fires. Thanks also
to those who help behind the scenes at the station. Their assistance is invaluable.
Restrictions- Fire restrictions are still in force at the time of writing, despite the cooler weather and some
showers. During the fire danger period you cannot burn off outside without a permit from CFA and the Shire. This
includes bonfires. Brochures on this topic are readily available at the Fire Station.
How can you tell when fire restrictions are no longer in force? A sign is suspended at the front of the Fire Station
through the fire danger period. It will not be out after the fire danger period is over, so look for it as you drive past
the Station. If in doubt, the Shire can advise the status of restrictions.
The Brigade can often experience a busy period after restrictions are removed, when people get a bit careless with
burning accumulated rubbish.
Whenever you burn off, be sure to have checked that it is legal to do so. Ensure you have adequate equipment and
personnel on hand.Fires do frequently escape despite the ‘she’ll be right’ attitude of those who lit the match.
BE PREPARED, TO BE SAFE!!
Training - With the change of seasons, the Brigade is reviewing how it reacts to fires in buildings.
The Brigade training recently included a walk along High Street to assess the risks posed by the heritage
streetscape. This was to assess some of the strategies and plans in place to combat structure fires.
More details about Winter risks will be articulated in the next edition of Yackity Yak.
Good Friday - the Good Friday appeal will proceed again at Easter with the fire units canvassing the town for
donations. If one doesn’t pass by your place, your donation can be given to any brigade member or left with a local
business.
Keep these numbers on hand, and discuss fire safety with everyone in your household.
To report a fire
Burn-off Notification
Bushfire Information Line
CFA Web Site
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1800 668 511
1800 240 667
www.cfa.vic.gov.au
A big name for a simple and deeply
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Arnold Mindell in the 1970’s, this
modality develops awareness by
following and opening what is
happening; what your experience is
right now. Through discovering how
and what you are identifying with
and how you are experiencing this,
you can gain a deeper understanding
of aspects of yourself and your life
that you know less about. My role
is to assist you in this process of
discovery, hence the name - Process
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The model is holistic; holistic
comes from the Greek word, 'holos’,
meaning 'whole' or 'complete'. The
interconnectedness of the body,
mind and spirit can be reflected
in the quality of wellness and
happiness you have in your life.
Given we are all learning as we
journey through our lives, holistic
counselling aims to support you
to find understanding, peace and
wellbeing. Each session varies
depending on what works best or
you and what unfolds.
If you would like to find out more or
to make a booking please contact:
Paula Mobach
Phone: 0447 271 331.
Email - paula.mobach@
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Congratulations and Thanks to our Firies
Simon Cavini along with other members of the Yack CFA, was
awarded the National Emergency Medal at a ceremony at the
Cube in Wodonga on Friday 14th March. These medals were
awarded to local CFA volunteers who gave extensive service in
the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires.
We can be very proud of everyone that gave freely of their
skills and time to help others in the fires that devastated parts
of Victoria.
Thanks to a very proud mum, Gena Cavini for providing us
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thanks again
to our firies
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A journey of a thousands miles begins with the first step –
Lao Tzu -
YACKANDANDAH COMMUNITY EDUCATION NETWORK INC (YCEN)
ABN: 42 829 681 329
PO Box 702 Yackandandah 3749
Tel: 02 6027 1743
Email: [email protected] Web Site: ycen.org.au
Opening hours Tues, Wed 9am to 5pm, Thurs 9am to 4pm
(Occasionally changes to these times are necessary)
Yackandandah sows seeds
to garden success
Yackandandah’s Community
Garden project was developed with
the support of the Helen McPherson
Smith Trust, Sustainable Gardening
Australia and the Yackandandah
Community Education Network Inc
(YCEN), and has taken almost 12
months to take shape. The garden
was officially opened by Dr Phillip
Moors AO, Trustee of the Helen
Macpherson Smith Trust and Bruce
Plain, President of Sustainable
Gardening Australia. Thanks must
also go to the local Into Our Hands
Community Foundation, represented
at the opening by Ali Pockley,
whose recently received grant
for “Cooking Up a Community”,
funded a BBQ, pizza oven and
preserving table which will enable
the community garden to have food
preserving workshops and be able
to impart knowledge of preserving
to its members. The garden team
enjoyed downing its gardening tools
and celebrating its progress.
The opening was a good opportunity
for members of the community to
learn more about the benefits of
being involved with the community
garden which is for everyone,
whether they have a green thumb or
not. It is planned that this will be a
hub for fun, educational workshops
in gardening, food preparation and
other associated skills, as well as
a great place to meet like-minded
people, share gardening knowledge,
and access a library of Permaculture
literature.
It’s an amazing transformation
- from an under-utilised grassed
area, to a terraced, easily accessible
garden of raised beds teeming with
vegetables, with water tanks, a
shade structure, and some terrific
gabion (rock wall) features.
The Community Garden has only
been possible thanks to the funding
from the Helen Macpherson Smith
Trust, Sustainable Gardening
Australia, the coordination of
Lee-Anne Benson, the knowledge
and experience of Les Keeble and
the hard work of a wide range of
community members, who have
gathered each week to carry rocks,
shape garden beds, shovel horse
manure and compost, and plant and
water - rain, hail or 40-plus degree
heat.
any of the following activities?
Cheese Making, Knife Sharpening,
Responsible Serving of Alcohol,
First Aid, Food Handling.
If you do, please join others we have
registered and register your interest
by emailing ycen@yackandandah.
com or ringing 6027 1743 or coming
in to the Community Centre any
Tues, Wed or Thursday. We need to
have minimum numbers before we
can run the activity. If you have any
ideas for activities you would like to
see available, please let us know.
Community Guinness World
Record
Yackandandah Community
Op Shop Celebrations.
The Yack Op continues to thrive and
involve a selection of volunteers
from Yack and the surrounding area.
²² Yoga with Julie Klose,
We are continually getting supplies
Wednesday’s 9.45 am – and
of excellent quality goods to sell and
6pm- 7pm, Court House, $10
we would like to thank everyone
per session.
that donates items and, of course,
²² Zumba with Jenn Clarke,
our volunteers without whom this
Thursdays 10-11am, Public Hall, just would not happen!
$10 per session.
Our first
²² Designing a Business Facebook anniversary
Page - due to the success of this has been and
two day course, other sessions
gone now,
will be arranged in the near
and here is
future.
a photo of
²² Fabric Art (create your own
some of the
patchwork material designs
wonderful
and silk scarf), starting in Term
volunteers
2, three four hour workshops,
who make
$40 member $50 non-member.
the Shop
Bookings are being taken now.
such a great
success.
²² Community Garden; If you are
Current Activities at YCEN
interested in being involved just
let us know, we will be posting
notices on the Community
Notice Board and at the Garden
of future events and activities.
like to pass on their sincere thanks
for the input of everyone into the Op
Shop.
The YCEN
Committee
of
Management
would also
Our certificate for the record
breaking ‘Longest Line of Bunting’
has been received and this will be
displayed in the Community Centre
Foyer once it has been framed.
Again, another great community
project which saw a range of people,
community groups and
businesses in the area
coming together to see
this project through
to a triumphant
conclusion.
Left to right, top row to bottom row:
Chris Szirom, Pauline Cook, Margaret
Jansen, Libby Schmidt, Rose O’Keefe
Expressions of Interest.
Would you like to take part in
There will be another
project to fill the
void, Yackity Yak
understands! You
might just need to
have a little bit of
patience whilst this
is assessed and then
the secret will be
divulged.
Congratulations again
to all involved with
this project.
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THE OPENING OF KEV’S SHED
Ya c k O l d Ti m e D a n c e G ro u p
2014 has seen the YOTDG get off to
a good start. Our first public dance
for the year was on the 8th February
with a band from Sale in Gippsland,
namely Bak 2 Bak and this dance
was very well attended.
we dance through till 11.00pm. On
these evenings people attending
bring a plate of supper along to
share and, of course, everybody has
a good time.
We’re always looking for new
people to come along and they’re
Our class nights on a Tuesday have
made very welcome. Our surplus
seen good number turning up. On
funds go to worthy causes to which
Tuesday 04 March, fifty six people
we’ve
attended and
donated
this is very
many tens of
encouraging
thousands of
to the
dollars over
Committee.
the years.
There are
So, if there’s
a lot of
anybody out
people out
there who
there, I’m
would like to
sure, who
get involved,
would like
please come
to participate
A great evening at the YOTDG as they trip the light along and,
in this very
fantastic to Bak 2 Bak from Gippsland
as I’ve said,
social and
you’ll be
enjoyable
made very
pastime and
welcome. Dancing also makes you
the good thing about it is the great
entertainment value for so little cost. fit and keeps you that way.
We only charge $5.00 for Tuesday
nights when we finish at 10.00pm
with a cup of tea/coffee and biscuits
and on our social evening which
is the last Tuesday of each month
Come along, we look forward to
seeing you. I can be contacted on
6027 1266
Stan Sutherland
President
What a great project this has been - a
combination of serious planning, vision
and a brilliant use of recycled materials has
finally see Kevin Poyner’s new project up
and running.
Member for Indi, Cathy McGowan
formally opened the building on Saturday,
22nd March before a crowd of some 100
people, and said” this project is a mixture
of vision, courage and economics”. Cathy
Kevin Poyner, architect and
spoke about her family’s long connection
motivating force behind the
with the area, and how her mother opened
Yack Station project
the family’s eyes to the arts. Her mother
was very good friends with Shirley & John Dermer, and showed how
important it was to have arts of works used in everyday living. The Dermer
pottery was brought out and used, and was honoured and loved. Cathy also
spoke about the Yack Folk Festival and how it has been set up as a festival
for the people of Yackandandah, bringing performing and all other arts
to the township. She spoke about the importance of what the arts bring to
the community and not just in the way of tourism and the local economy.
Nuturing what was started by the
Dermers is very important and Kevin’s
project is another milestone for the arts
in Yackandandah.
Projects of this size and magnitude do
not occur very often in small regional
townships, and we will remain grateful
to Kevin for planning and building this
in our community.
It will serve as an inspiration to us all,
and will provide some much needed
infrastructure for our artists and
craftspeople that work locally.
Member for Indi, Cathy McGowan AO
formally opens the
Yack Station
Ya c k ’s C o m m u n i t y G a r d e n
Whilst YCEN Manager, Judy Davis, has
done a great report on the opening of the
Community Garden, Yackity Yak could not
let this event go without further comment.
It has been such an inspiration to see this
project reach fruition in so many senses
of the word. It had a bit of a tricksy start
when two possible sites for the garden were
investigated and then for various reasons,
came to nought. The Shire, however, have
stepped up to the mark and provided a great
place which was completely under-utilised,
and Planning staff and Jenny Penna, have
been marvellous support for YCEN and the
Project Coordinator, Lee-Anne Benson.
The grant-givers of the project, the Helen
McPherson Smith Trust and Sustainable
Gardening Australia, made the whole
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project so
Scores of people
much easier
turned up on the
to run, and
15th March for
Elaine
the official launch,
Shallue,
and it was evident
Project
over the couple of
Manager for
weeks before this
SGA was a
just how much
delight to
work was bework with
ing put in by the
from start to
garden volunteers.
finish. It is
Lee-Anne cracks
Early morning preparations for the Community a mean whip but
marvellous
Garden launch
for Yack to be
draws no blood,
one of only
and so people
5 gardens in
were more than
Victoria that received funding from these
pleased to turn a hand to just about everything in the garden. It was also great to see
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April / May 2014
Well done to Lee-Anne and Judy and all the
Community Garden supporters. Names that
spring to mind are Les Keeble, Tim Evans,
Neil Padbury, Bev Hoffman, Meagan
Vincent and there are many more, but just
not enough space. Thank you all .......
Gray’s Farm Friends
Yackandandah & District Historical Society Inc.
21 High St Yackandandah 3749
[email protected]
Open 11am - 4pm in victorian school holidays
Wednesday - Sunday during school terms
entry by donation
the Opening. The work that they were able
to put into the Yack Community Garden
should not be over-looked. They clearly enjoyed the work that they carried out, and the
pride in seeing the launch was more than
evident in their faces. It is a double bonus
for both the Community Garden and also
the men that helped, who are getting close
to release back into their own communities,
and this type of project helps enormously
with easing them into society again.
Anthony Gray
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02 6027 0606
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It seems like only a couple of weeks
ago that we said good-bye to 2013,
and here we are heading into March
and, thank goodness, some slightly
cooler weather. The start of the
school year was very, very hot and
really tested the stamina of students
and staff alike in getting through
the day. It’s amazing
how much resilience
the young ones seem
to have to the heat.
We did go through
a record number of
10-litre water bottles
in one week during
this period….nine,
which is a great sign
that the children
are well and truly
keeping hydrated.
competition.
This week the Years 4-6 students
and three teachers head off to The
Great Aussie Holiday Park located
near the Wymah Ferry crossing on
Lake Hume at Bowna. The weather
will be perfect for the great outdoors
and water activities that the Park has
to offer.
In the classroom
this term the
whole-school
integrated studies
topic is “The
Amazing Race”
with a focus on
various countries
of the world.
The Junior Unit
(Prep-Year 3)
are “visiting”
Our 15 new Preps
a country from
have settled into
each continent
school life really well
and doing many
and were very happy
activities about
to have Wednesdays
that country (fact
off during February
finding, learning
to help them adjust to
One seriously intrepid student on a new alphabet,
full-time schooling.
the climbing wall at the 456 Camp making musical
All but 4 of the
instruments). The
Preps are siblings of
Year 4-6 students
existing students, so what a great
are looking at different countries
family affair for our school. These
from a travel agents perspective,
Preps plus a new family have seen
learning things about a country
our enrolments for 2014 at an allthat they can “sell” to prospective
time high of 83!! We maintain our
tourists. We think these will be
5 classrooms and continue with our
fun and interesting ways for all
specialist subjects: Italian, Music
our students to gain a greater
and Science. We also welcome new
understanding of the big, wide
staff member, Mrs Tameeka Godde, world that we live in.
who is teaching our 4/5 Class.
This year our school has introduced
We have already had plenty of
a program called “Bounce Back”
things happening in these first few
which is a preventative, wholeweeks of Term 1.
school, social and emotional
learning program that has been
Our Years 3 to 6 students swam at
developed to support teachers in
the schools swimming sports in the
their efforts to promote positive
second week of February with 12
whole-school mental health and
of these students going on to the
wellbeing in students. In particular,
district swimming carnival, and
to enable students to act resiliently
three of these going on to zone
when faced with challenges and
adversity. The program focuses on
classroom strategies and activities
that teach positive social and
emotional skills.
We have decided on “Bounce Back”
as it closely aligns with our current
school values and the positive social
skills that are explicitly taught in
the program will support learning
in students who struggle in this
area whilst reinforcing those skills
in students who already have good
coping mechanisms.
“Bounce Back” revolves around 8
core values which are very closely
related to our School’s values:
Honesty, Fairness (including
Social Justice), Responsibility,
Support (being kind, showing care
and compassion), Cooperation,
Acceptance of differences
(accepting, respecting, living with
and finding the positive side of
differences in others), Respect
(for the rights and feelings of
others; self-respect), Friendliness
and inclusion (being friendly and
socially responsible, including
others in games, activities and
conversations).
Our sports focus this term is
athletics across the school and
the students are having a great
time in practicing high, long and
triple jump, sprinting, shot put and
hurdles. It is great to see even those
who are not strong at sport having
a real go at each of the events and
doing their best.
As this issue goes to publication
we look forward to the upcoming
Yackandandah Folk Festival and
our wonderfully successful Baked
Potato stall in High Street on Friday
night as well as our participation in
the street parade. As always, the
amazing contribution by our parents
and extended family members is so
important, not only to the success
of our fundraising activities, but to
the overall strength of the school
community.
For further details on enrolments
etc., please call Osbornes Flat
Primary School on 02 6027 1415.
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the Hall on Monday and Thursday evenings
from 7 pm. Cost is $15 per class (casual)
or $100 for 10 sessions. Pilates has many
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that important “core” strong! Call Janene on
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Our general hire charge is $150, and we also have a small meeting room
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Yackity Yak
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A SHAGGY RABBIT STORY!
A rabbit walks into a pub and says
to the barman,
says, 'Are you sure I will like it?'
"Can I have a pint of beer, and a
Ham and Cheese Toastie, please?”
The masses' bated breath is earshatteringly silent... The barman,
with a roguish smile says,
The barman is amazed, but gives the
rabbit a pint of beer and a ham and
cheese toastie.
'Do you think that I would let down
one of my best friends. I know
you'll love it.'
The rabbit drinks the beer and eats
the toastie. He then leaves.
'Ok,' says the rabbit, 'I'll have a pint
of beer and a Cheese and Onion
toastie.' The pub erupts with glee
as the rabbit quaffs the beer and
guzzles the toastie. He then waves
to the crowd and leaves....
The following night the rabbit
returns and again asks for a pint of
beer, and a Ham and Cheese toastie.
The barman, now intrigued by the
rabbit and the extra drinkers in the
pub (because word gets round),
gives the rabbit the pint and the
toastie. The rabbit consumes them
and leaves.
The next night, the pub is packed.
In walks the rabbit and says, 'A
pint of beer and a Ham and Cheese
toastie, please barman.'
The crowd is hushed as the barman
gives the rabbit his pint and toastie,
and then burst into applause as the
rabbit wolfs them down
The next night there is standing
room only in the pub. Coaches
have been laid on for the crowds of
patrons attending. The barman is
making more money in one week
than he did all last year
In walks the rabbit and says, “A
pint of beer and a Ham and Cheese
toastie, please barman,”
The barman says, 'I'm sorry rabbit,
old mate, me old mucker, but we are
right out of them Ham and Cheese
toasties...'
The rabbit looks aghast.
The crowd has quietened to almost
a whisper, when the barman clears
histhroat nervously and says, 'We do
have a very nice Cheese and Onion
toastie.'
NEVER TO RETURN!!!!!!
One year later, in the now
impoverished public house, the
barman (who has only served 4
drinks tonight, 3 of which were
his), calls time.
When he is cleaning down the now
empty bar, he sees a small white
form, floating above the bar. The
barman says, 'Hello, who are you?'
To which he is answered, 'I am
the ghost of the rabbit that used to
frequent your public house.'
YACK MOBILE
LIBRARY VISITS
These are on the following days/
times for the next two months
(subject to change). The mobile
library can be found opposite the
Community Garden & next to the
Courthouse in William Street.
Sat 29 March - 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon
Thurs 3 April - 2 - 5 pm
Sat 12 April - 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon
Thurs 17 April - 2 - 5 pm
Sat 26 April - 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon
Thurs 1 May - 2- 5 pm
Sat 10 May - 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon
Thurs 15 May - 2 - 5 pm
Sat 24 May - 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon
Thursday 29 May - 2 - 5 pm
The mobile library is run by the
Riverina Regional Library out of
Wagga. 02 6926 9771.
Long Tom hill - only 10 minutes from
downtown Yack!
The rabbit says, 'Yes I know..'
The barman said, 'I remember, on
your last night we didn't have any
Ham and Cheese Toasties. You had
a Cheese and Onion one instead.'
suitable to standard four wheel
drives and usually includes a damper
and billy tea. We plan to use medium
grade tracks but that can change if it
rains or we become ‘geographically
challenged’!
The rabbit said, 'Yes, you promised
me that I would love it.
The barman said, 'You never came
back, what happened?'
'I DIED', said the rabbit.
'NO!' said the barman. 'What
from?'
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0488 224 481 / 02 6027 0617
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April / May 2014
On the third Sunday of the month
at midday, we do a local 4WD
tour. Past trips have included
various mine sites, the Eldorado,
Mount Pilot and many other local
attractions. This is a relaxed event,
You must return your books to the
mobile library and not any of the
other libraries.
Cont’d on page 14
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It
is to be useful, to be honourable, to be
compassionate, to have it make some
difference that you have lived and lived
well.
Ralph Aldo Emerson
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On the first Sunday of the month
at 12.30 pm, we have a Radio
Controlled Model Afternoon. It
is held rain, hail or shine as we
have a large hall that is perfect
for indoor challenges! Electric &
nitro powered models are welcome. There are usually cars, planes,
wings, helicopters & multicopters.
The barman says, 'I remember
you. You made me famous. You
would come in every night and
have a pint of beer and a Ham and
CheeseToastie. Masses came to see
you and this place was famous.'
The rabbit looks him in the eye and
10
B a c k C re e k
Christian
Yo u t h C e n t re
I Wonder Why Pirates Wear Earrings
Max the Mealworm
Centenary of Anzacs
Animals in Combat
Tree Shaker -Nelson Mandela
So You Want to be Prime Minister…..
Jodie Picoult & Samantha Van Leer-(daughter)
Between the Lines
Don’t Behave Like you Live in a Cave
Little Mate’s-Easter Egg Express
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tableware, bags and stationery
Talking Swaggie Koalas and Kangaroos join our
Yackandandah Bears
”Good onya mate, how yer goin?”
Reminder- the Basic Postage Rate is now 70c
for a small letter
Both events start at 95 Schmidt Lane,
Yackandandah - the Back Creek
Christian Youth Centre, and the
Yackandandah Community Church
meets at 10 am. Contact Myles Ryan
on 0459 752 997 with any questions all welcome to all events run!
THE LIFE STYLE COMMITMENT
1 s t Ya c k S c o u t G ro u p
Joeys - 1st Yackandandah Scout
Group are really excited to
announce that Joeys will begin in
Term 2. They will be meeting on
Thursdays at 4.30 and will run for
an hour. Our first Joey night will be
24th April.
desperately need a new leader. If
you are interested in becoming
a leader, please contact Allan
Grogan, Group Leader as above.
Monster Raffle - You may have
already seen our Scouts and Cubs
at the market or in the street selling
raffle tickets for raise funds for
The format for a typical Joey night
Cuboree and Jamboree. Thank
consists of parade, games, art and
you for your support if you have
craft activity and a story or song.
already purchased a ticket or two
Each week we will focus on a new
theme with Scouting values threaded or three…You will be seeing a
lot more of the kids as they have
through the program. The first few
weeks will begin with ANZAC Day a massive 150 books to sell, they
have already had great success
activities, Mothers’ Day activities,
and sold 40 books so please bare
a nature walk and learning about
the Joey motto, which is HOP (Help with us. Thanks must also go to the
Yackandandah Lions Club for the
Other People).
stall at the February market, we
Rain, hail or shine we will be
had a great time.
getting together and making new
Soap Drive - Keep your eye out
friends and having lots of fun. We
for our soap drive!! Cinderella’s
hope to see as many 6 and 7 year
Soaps is very kindly allowing us
old boys and girls there on our first
to fundraise selling her soaps, so
night, Thursday 24th April. For
thank you Cinderella.
more information please contact
Allan Grogan, Group Leader, 0400
The 1st Yackandandah Scout
821 076 or email allangrogan2341@ Group would like to thank the
gmail.com.
community for their continued
Cubs - The Cubs are going very
well at the moment but to continue
their success and growth they
support.
I recognise that the peaceful development and perhaps the survival of the
human family are threatened by:
The injustice of extremes of poverty and wealth, the excessive growth of
population, the widespread pollution of natural resources, the profligate
consumption of these resources by a substantial minority.
I therefore propose to:
±± Live more simply that all of us may simply live, understanding that my
greed may already be denying another’s need.
±± Give more freely that all of us may be free to give.
±± Accept that those poorer than I can teach me a lifestyle which offers a
practical alternative to the values and assumptions of a competitive,
alienated and narrowly materialistic society.
±± I pledge my active support to such political and social action and to
such economic policies as tend to consume, develop and redistribute
the earth’s resources for the benefit of the whole human family.
I intend to:
±± Make my decisions on what to buy, how much to spend and what to do
without as one who wants fair shares for all.
±± Resist the pressures of advertising to buy what in fact I do not need or
want.
±± Where possible, challenge wasteful packaging, built-in obsolescence
and bad workmanship.
±± Encourage the repair, renovation, re-use and recycling of materials as
may be appropriate.
±± I shall decide what percentage of my net disposable income to give
away for the benefit of those in need, especially in the developing
countries.
Yours in Scouting.
Amanda Trenery
I intend to:
The Lifestyle Commitment
The next article on this page came out of the International Youth Festival of
Hope for Mankind held in the UK in 1977. The International Youth Festival
of Hope for Mankind was a ten day event sponsored by the Ockenden
Venture (now Ockenden International), an international refugee organization,
for 10,000 resident youth, plus daily visitors on an 85 acre site in Haslemere,
Surrey.
The festival encompassed a conference designed to discuss the problems
facing the world to seek solutions in the traditional and alternative areas of
thought.
Interesting to see that nearly 40 years on from this, that current issues
are much the same now as then. How little progress it seems that we
have really made in the intervening years.
Thanks to the Whitfords for this. Ed.
±± Be generous without ostentation and hospitable without extravagance.
±± Neither to eat nor drink to excess, nor to consume what in my
judgement depends for its production on the exploitation of the poor.
±± To make time in my life for reflection; for the deepening of my
understanding of the world in which I live and of the people in it;
for recreation and sharing of simple pleasures with others, and for
sufficient sleep for good health and temper.
In my proper concern for the whole human family, not to neglect those
near and dear to me or any others towards whom I have particular
obligations.
As opportunity arises, I undertake to commend this commitment to others.
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World Day of Prayer
Reg’s Rain Report
2014
mm
Days
Rain
Jan
Feb
March to
8th
17.2
30.3
2.6
3
5
1
TOTAL
50.6
9
To
8/3/13
To
8/3/12
43.8
8
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This event was hosted at St Matthew’s Catholic Church in Yackandandah on Friday March 7th
and organised by the Committee from the Combined Christian Churches of Yackandandah. It
was pleasing to see representatives from the Anglican, Uniting, Lutheran, Catholic and Back
Creek Community churches in attendance, along with other residents of the area.
I haven’t been run off my legs
measuring the rain this year, but it’s
not the end of the world - we have
had years like this before.
For example: Since 1887 to the end of
March:
1910 - 37.5 mm. 1920 - 35.2 mm.
1923 - 15.1 mm. 1930 - 24.1 mm.
1940 - 22.3 mm. 1965 - 14.0 mm.
1979 - 19.4 mm. 1986 - 26.0 mm.
2003 - 23.0 mm
From left to right: Ann & Lindsay Jarvis, Anne Corr, Evelyn Leitch & Margaret Jansen
The theme for this year was Egypt. We were very fortunate to have Ann Jarvis from
Kergunyah as our guest speaker during the evening. Ann spoke about the trip that both she
and her husband, Lindsay, did to Egypt a few years ago. It was extremely informative. She
supported her talk with traditional outfits that are worn on formal occasions.
Ya c k K i n d e r g a r t e n
Yackandandah Kindergarten
TRAFFIC
SAFETY AROUND
YACKANDANDAH
KINDERGARTEN
The evening concluded with a delicious supper and lots of chatting about Egypt as everyone
examined the various items that Ann and Lindsay brought along. It was noted that Ron Furze
looked extremely smart in a formal Egyptian wedding garment!
Anne Corr
visitors and drivers who may
not be familiar with the traffic
conditions. Please drive carefully,
and allow plenty of space for
unexpected braking.
A recent collision and several near misses serve as a
reminder of how easily a serious accident could happen,
and how devastating the consequences would be. We
ask that all Yackandandah drivers familiarise themselves
We are also running an awareness
with the Kindergarten driveway turn-off in Isaacs Ave,
campaign within the Kinder
and take extra care when driving nearby.
community, and work hard to
The busiest times are around drop-off and pick-up.
educate our children about road
These are 8:30 am and 4 pm Monday, Tuesday and
safety. Let's work together to make
Thursday, and 9 am and 1 pm on Wednesday. Please be
sure that our roads are safe for
aware of these times, and expect traffic turning into and
everyone.
out of the driveway, and pedestrians on the edge of the
Rhiannon Edwards
road.
On behalf of Yackandandah
Remember that although Isaacs Ave is a 60 km/hour
speed zone, many trucks use the road as well as tourists, Kindergarten
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See page 26 for full story.
Harnessing the power of the sun to run a town
Imagine if you lived in a town with
locally owned, cheap and reliable
renewable solar power – what would
that mean for you, personally?
For a start, it would mean you
would pay less
in power bills.
But it would
also mean
you were part
of a growing
world-wide
community
movement that
is tapping into
the limitless
energy of the
sun to help
protect the
environment.
So with that level of awareness
and commitment, residents could
partner with businesses, or a whole
town, and could technically be
independent of the electricity grid
within five years.”
speakers who are driving this
process in various communities
across Australia.
One speaker, Nicky Ison, founding
director of Community Power
Agency, said that community-owned
and run renewable energy projects
are helping communities across the
world respond to the challenges
of climate change and regional
economic development.
“From wind to solar, bioenergy to
hydro power, there are thousands
of community renewable projects
providing income, employment and
energy for their regions,” Nicky
said. Nicky has worked with
and visited over 35 community
projects in Australia and Europe.
Matthew
Standing room only at the Solar Forum held
Charles-Jones
at the Senior Citz
is Indigo Shire
Council’s
There are more than 40 communities
Solar Projects officer and he says
in Australia investigating the idea
using the energy of the sun for our
of community power projects,
power makes perfect sense.
Matthew says. “This is becoming
“On any level it is logical to use
more feasible, for instance, with the
the power of the sun to power
global average cost of solar panels
our homes and businesses and
falling by up to 75% in the past 8
industry,” he says. “Especially in
years,” Matthew says.
Indigo Shire where according to
A community energy forum in
Clean Energy Council data, we
Yackandandah held in March
have the highest density of rooftop
discussed opportunities for locallysolar panel installations – 22.8%
owned power and heard from
- of any municipality in Victoria.
Another speaker, Martin May, a
financial expert with experience
in capital-raising for community
power projects, said that solar
power is being embraced by
people looking to build regional
businesses based on locally
owned and operated solar
generation.
The community energy forum was
held at the Yack Senior Citizens
Centre on Sunday, 16 March when
people from across the Shire, and
also from further afield such as
Benalla, Wangaratta, Albury &
Wodonga. It was standing room
only as a packed room listened to
the speakers.
There was commitment for three
members of the public to meet and
discuss the next stage with Matthew,
and this will then be reported back
to all those who were present.
If you were unable to get to the
forum and would like to be updated
Organiser, Matthew Charles-Jones,
“This is more common in the
oversaw the setting up of YCEN’s recent
solar PV panels
bush than in the city. By working
together, people can create
opportunity, energy security and
on progress, or be involved in some
recycle their capital back into their
way, please contact Matthew at
community. We saw this at Hepburn matthew.charlesjones@indigoshire.
Wind & the result is a stronger more vic.gov.au.
cohesive community,” Martin said
PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS
My Lord, be praised for all your creatures
Especially Brother Sun, who give us
The day that through you illuminates us.
Beautiful is he, and radiant with splendour
Your gravest witness, O Omnipotent One.
My Lord, be praised for Brother Wind
Clear skies and cloudy in all weather
So life-giving, be praised.
My Lord, be praised for Sister Moon
And every star made so bright, precious
Beautiful in this your heaven.
My Lord, be praised for Brother Fire
He who lights up the night
My Lord, be praised for Sister Water
So necessary, so humble, precious and chaste.
So carefree, robust and fierce.
My Lord, be praised for our sister, Mother Earth
Who nourishes and watches over us
With fruits abundant as her variety of flowers.
My Lord, be praised through our Sister Bodily
Death
From whom no living man escapes.
SPIDERS, RODENTS, BEES, EUROPEAN
WASPS, TERMITES, MILLIPEDES,
EARWIGS, ETC AND BAITING SYSTEMS
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To send light into the darkness of men’s
hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
Robert Schumann
Margaret McCall
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting
that speaks.
Simonides
A phone call from Lyn Ingram put
Yackity Yak in touch with artist,
Margaret McCall, who moved to
Yackandandah just over a year
ago.
ARTIST
AND
MAKER
PROFILE
Margaret is no stranger to
Yackandandah – she spent her
childhood in Wodonga, and her
father, Mick McCall, may well be
known to the older residents of
Yack. Mick, for many years, was
connected with the newspaper
industry via the Lockhart
Express, the Rutherglen Star and
had a regular column in what was
then the Border Morning Mail.
“Cabbages and Kings” was the
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and landscapes of
the local surrounds.
A great collaboration
between Margaret
and E.E. (Curly)
Heckendorf was the
lovely “Lockhart
Sketchbook” which
was produced in the
1980s. Margaret would
produce one of her
lovely pen and ink
drawings and Curly
One of Margaret’s pen and ink drawings for the
would produce the
real estate section of the Border Mail
text. This was printed
as a very impressive
booklet which
name of one of his columns and
was widely sold in the Shire.
Yack and residents were regularly Meanwhile, Margaret won art
mentioned in it. Sadly, Mick was
competition after competition and
killed in 1978 in a terrible local
began to build up quite a name
train accident.
for herself.
Margaret is entirely self-taught,
Margaret also had a great off-farm
and started at a very early age
income sketching houses for real
by covering her school books in
estate companies later on when
drawings of horses, a life-long
living in Woomargama where she
love of hers that continues to this had a berry farm which took up
day and which features in many
most of her available time. She
of her lovely paintings. Margaret
was married to trotter racehorse
trainer, Jeff Castle, and they spent
many years in Lockhart where
Margaret would help exercise
trotters early in the morning, and
then disappear off to the bush
for the rest of her day with her
painting equipment. Jeff built
Margaret a studio and gallery –
“The Stable Gallery” – which
is still in existence as a gallery
today with the original sign in
place.
Whilst in Lockhart, Margaret’s
artwork really hit the straps
and she was commissioned by
many of the local squattocracy
and townspeople to document
their life in the Shire. Many
pedigree Hereford cattle were to
be immortalised with oil paint
on canvas, and Margaret painted
many of the prize livestock,
racehorses, working heavy horses
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Cook books and children’s books
have been another source of
Margaret’s illustrations, and she
has also written and illustrated
her own children’s book about a
trotter.
From
Woomargama,
Margaret moved
to Pambula
and the coast
which went on
to influence her
painting with
many seascapes
and seabird
pictures. Her 2.5
acre property
was largely
turned over to
berry production
drawing on her
previous farming
experience.
Margaret’s house and studio is
full of paintings – both finished
and under way. She is delighted
to have a great studio which is
full of light, leads straight into the
garden and she is still working
from her original palette and easel
that she started her painting career
with in the 1980s. Margaret’s
favourite medium is oils,
followed closely by pastels and
charcoal. When asked about her
exhibition prospects, Margaret
said that she has an exhibition
“on the cards”, but still needs to
complete a few more paintings.
Margaret takes commissions;
she is happy to discuss subjects
and particularly enjoys creating
pictures of farms and sheds, of
which there is an endless supply
in the local area.
Margaret McCall can be
contacted on 0400 317 851.
A commission in the very early stages of painting
Eventually, Margaret wished to
look at a more peaceful pace of
life and somewhat reluctant sold
her coastal property,
and moved via
Cobargo, back to this
part of the country.
Margaret took a
little while to find
the right property
in Yack, and
consequently spent
several months
“camping” locally
in her camper van.
She has now settled
very happily on
the outskirts of the
township where she
Work in progress in Margaret’s light and airy studio
has worked hard
on the house, and
completely re-vamped the garden
particularly enjoyed working on
turning it into a haven of flowers
site with these illustrations, and
and native shrubs. Margaret said
it is a great loss to the Border
that she has always known about
Mail generally, that this form of
advertising of real estate is largely Yack and loves it for being a quiet
and peaceful town set in glorious
a thing of the past.
bush countryside.
ARTIST AND MAKER PROFILE
By popular request, we will be putting
in regular profiles of our fantastic artists
and craftspeople from around Yack and
district.
We are blessed with a fantastic amount
of talented people who have chosen to
make Yackandandah and District their
place to live and base themselves.
It will be no surprise that these people
often have a very high profile and are
well known around the traps. We will
look at all manner of artisans and are
happy to spread the net wide. If you
would like to suggest a person, then
please contact us and let us know a
bit about the artist or craftsperson,
why you are choosing them and their
contact details, and we will follow up
with an article.
The Shaggy Rabbit
Story cont’d
from page 10
After a short pause, the rabbit
said...
‘Mixin-me-toasties!’
Nice one, Craig of AllCar Auto Electricals! Keep
‘em coming. Ed.
THE
ARTS
IN YACK ANDANDAH
Yackandandah Theatre Company is bringing some great work to Yack in
their upcoming performances on May 30 and 31. Evening performances
are at 7.30 pm and there is a Saturday matinee at 2pm.
There are two plays, the first showcasing the junior drama group, and the
second, an ensemble piece with a mix of younger and adult players.
Play 1: "Scaredy Cat"
The local Scouting group are going camping and newest recruit, Danny, is
convinced that the bushland surrounding them is home to a mysterious black
panther. Despite the ridicule of his peers, he is determined to catch the
elusive panther and prove everyone wrong, once and for all. When one of his
fellow campers goes missing in the middle of the night, however, it quickly
becomes a case of the hunters becoming the hunted...
An original play written by Brendan Hogan for Yackandandah Theatre
Company's Junior Drama Troupe, and starring 13 very talented little local
actors. The play contains mild horror themes and is suitable for children aged
9 years and over.
Play 2: "Out of the Box"
ATTENTION CITIZENS OF YACKANDANDAH - URGENT MESSAGE &
EXCLUSIVE OFFER!
Ever had trouble deciding what to watch on the telly? Are you spoilt for
choice, yet also endlessly wasting the precious time you have left on this
earth surfing the TV guide?
Did you know that the average Australian adult spends a total of seven years*
channel surfing over the course of their pathetic, meaningless and soulless
life?
Have a think about it - how much time have YOU already wasted loafing on
the couch whilst being exposed to alarming rates of radiation poisoning and
clinging to that remote as if it's a bodily extension of your right hand?
Well - the Yackandandah Theatre Company have a solution to this national
health crisis, and are excited to announce this once in a life time exclusive
offer; but only for a limited time!!!
Stop wasting those precious minutes, hours, days in a sedentary brain
freeze. Tear yourself away from the box, put down that remote control,
and use those dilapidated, degenerating muscles to get yourself into the
Yackandandah Town Hall on 30th/31st May to enjoy some live theatre;
written, directed and performed by the talented folk of your own home town,
Yackandandah.
We promise that after this life changing experience, you'll never press a
button on that television remote control again.**
* Fact based on no evidence whatsoever
** Or at least until you do, YTC will not be held responsible for any person or persons
who choose to continue wasting their lifetime surfing the television guide after voluntary
subjection to this once in a lifetime, exclusive life changing offer...
LOCAL ARTISTS SHORTLISTED IN YACK SHIRE
OFFICE PROJECT
Indigo Shire Council has received twelve submissions to a call for Expressions of
Interest in relation to its sculpture project for the new Yackandandah Council office
project.
Acting CEO Alan Clark said the project was not just about a piece of artwork but
about enhancing the civic space for community use, and the standard of submissions
was excellent. “We have had 12 great submissions, including small scale models,
from a wide area including Melbourne, regionally and locally,” Mr Clark said.
“This is significantly higher than the number of submissions often received from
professional companies for Council infrastructure projects or consultant services.
The selection panel has now shortlisted three of the artists to include in an
application for grant funding of up to $100,000. A requirement of the grant funding
is that an artist or artists and their concepts be
included in the application.”
The Council has its own funds for the project,
but extra funding is being sought to enhance the
project.
The three shortlisted artists are Richard Walker
from Smoko in the Alpine Shire, Ali Rowe
from Yackandandah and Benjamin Gilbert from
Yackandandah. The quality and variety of the
shortlisted submissions is inspiring. Medium
includes rock, historical salvaged materials,
the edges
Come & join us for this exciting art exhibition…you will undoubtedly
get a sense that these artists are stepping off the edge.
Opening 6pm Thursday 17th April runs until Sun.4th May 2014
10am– 4:30pm Wed– Monday
s p i r i t u s a r t g a l l e r y; 2 high st. YACKANDANDAH; 02 6027 1797
concrete, bronze, and timber,” Mr Clark said.
“The grant application goes to Arts Victoria and we won’t know the result until May.
Once we know the outcome, the three artists will develop their concepts to a more
detailed level for broad community input during July and early August.
“In August, the selection panel will then choose one of the three artists to fully
develop their design for construction towards the end of the year, as the office
project nears completion.”
John Dermer
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The selection panel comprises two Yackandandah
residents – Cheryl Webster (owner of Spiritus
gallery, member of Arts Yackandandah and Chamber
of Commerce,) and Karen Gardiner (CEO Murray
Arts), Cr James Trenery, Linda Peacock (Council’s
Burke Museum collections officer), Robert
Uebergang (Council’s office project manager) and
Susan Reid (Council’s Arts and Culture Officer).
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THE
ARTS
IN YACK ANDANDAH
flickside 7.15pm start at the Yackandandah Courthouse
Saturday 26 April 2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist –thriller,U.S.A., rated M, 2012, 130 mins.
A young Pakistani man is chasing corporate success on Wall Street.
He finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American
dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family’s
homeland.
Saturday 24 May 2014
Caramel- comedy/drama, Lebanon, rated M, 2007, 92 mins, English
subtitles.
Six women in Beirut seek love, marriage, and companionship and
find duty, friendship, and possibility. Four work at a salon: Nisrine,
engaged to Bassam, with a secret she shares with her co-workers;
Jamale, a divorced mother of teens, a part-time model, fearing the
encroachment of time; Rima, always in pants, attracted to Siham, a
client who smiles back; Layale, in love with a married man. There’s
also Rose, a middle-aged seamstress, who cares for Lili, old and
facing dementia. Rose has a suitor; Layale has an admirer on the
police force. Is caramel a sweet or an instrument of pain?
Saturday 16 August 2014
Searching for Sugarman- documentary/ biography/ music, South
Africa, rated M 2012, 86 mins.
Searching for Sugar Man is a documentary film which follows the
efforts of two Cape Town fans in the late 1990s, Stephen ‘Sugar’
Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, who set out to find out
whether the rumoured death of American musician Rodriguez was
true, and, if not, to discover what had become of him. Rodriguez’
music, which never took off in the United States, became wildly
popular in South Africa, but little was known about him there.
Saturday 13 September 2014
In the House- mystery/thriller, France, rated MA, 2013, 102 mins,
English subtitles.
A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow
student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for
his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the
teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s
intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.
Saturday 18 October 2014
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty-adventure/comedy/drama, U.S.A.,
2013, 114 mins.
A day-dreamer escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a
world of fantasies filled with heroism, romance and action. When his
job along with that of his co-worker are threatened, he takes action
in the real world embarking on a global journey that turns into an
adventure more extraordinary than anything he could have ever
imagined.
flickside screens at the Yackandandah Courthouse
(opposite the pool). If you wish you can bring your favourite folding
chair and/or cushion/bean bag. New members can join on the
night, or join online at arts.yackandandah.com. $20 single/$30
family.
STOP PRESS
Co-Opera will be coming to
Yackandandah on Wednesday,
28th May to stage their final
season’s performance of
Giacomo Puccini’s “Madame
Butterfly”.
Get this date in your diary
now. Limited tickets will be
available for Co-Opera’s only
performance of this glorious
opera in the local region.
Co-Opera’s production fuses
the joy, beauty and sorrow of
Puccini’s masterpiece with the
elegance and sophistication
of Japanese Kabuki Theatre,
making innovative use of
masks, puppets & exotic
costumes
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INDIGO ROCKS FReeZA
Indigo Shire's FReeZA Committee Indigo Rocks FReeZA are working on
some exciting and action-packed events for 2014, and invites you to join
them in making them happen.
Indigo Shire's Manager for Community Planning, David Koren, said today
the committee already has plans under way for the North East Skate Park
Series, Battle of the Bands, The Shed at the Yackandandah Folk Festival,
the "Push Over" bus trip, dance parties, photography and art opportunities,
a monthly Open Mic evening, and film making and animation.
"Community Development Officer Annette Walton and the young people
of Indigo Shire have been involved in the delivery of a large variety of
fantastic events, programs and activities over the past 12 months, and are
busy making 2014 even more exciting," he said.
Mr Koren called for people aged 12-25 and passionate about music and
youth culture to join the committee and help create opportunities for
musicians, artists and other creative young people.
"By joining the FReeZA committee you will receive training in event
management and have a hands-on role in all aspects of planning and
managing events that meet the needs of young people where you live," he
said.
"It's a great opportunity for Indigo youth to build self-confidence, create
and develop professional relationships, and provide opportunities to
explore education and employment pathways in the music industry."
FReeZA is a youth development program providing young people with the
opportunity to attend affordable and accessible music and cultural events.
FReeZA attracts more than 140,000 young people each year to events that
take place in safe, fully supervised, drug, alcohol and smoke-free venues
across the Victoria.
If you would like to join the FReeZA crew contact Annette Walton,
Community Development Officer Youth Services, on 02 6028 1133 or 0418
163 699.
Linda Fish - exhibiting sculptor at Lorne Sculpture
Biennale 2014
Our well-known ex-president and one of the founding members of Arts
Yackandandah, Linda Fish, was recently chosen to exhibit for the second
time at the Lorne Sculpture Biennale which ran in 2014 between the 8th
and 30th March.
Linda was exhibiting under the Small Sculpture – Collector Project. The
Sculpture Biennale is an especially chosen series of forty one outdoor
sculptures on the Sculpture Trail and forty three indoor small sculptures.
Linda was also busy at the Sculpture Biennale taking a series of adults’ and
children’s workshops.
This is not an easy exhibition to be chosen for. The Curator, Julie Collins
looks for artists whose practice occupies or utilises the 3D, achieves high
levels of artistic integrity, quality and above all innovation. It is important
that the artists respond or react to the Lorne environment.
She selected artists who work within the contemporary sculptural realm
and who present projects which include a mix of object based, abstraction,
representational, installation, site specific, ephemeral, time based media,
sound, light, kinetic, happenings and performance, and above all, projects
which are reflective of our time and place within our cultural history.
Showcasing our most innovative Australian sculptors alongside selected
international artists, Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2014 is the most diverse
survey of Australian contemporary sculpture, reflective of contemporary
ideas and concepts that the important artists of our time are conveying.
Congratulations Linda – I’m sure you had a great time down there!
resonance & dissonance
recent works by Paul Miller
Spiritus Gallery 2 High St
Yackandandah. Exhibition
runs March 15 till April 6,
2014. Hours: Wednesday Monday 10am - 4.30pm
THE
ARTS
IN YACK ANDANDAH
POETRY POETRY POETRY POETRY POETRY
Arts Yackandandah Calendar of Events 2014
the first Sunday of each month at
2 p.m. in the small meeting room
Arts Yackandandah has many exciting events in 2014 with theatre, musical,
visual art and film events.
at YCEN, High Street, Yack
Check our website for more details: arts.yackandandah.com
Sundays 6th April &
4th May, ‘14
Date
What’s On
Where and Tickets
Friday 4 April 2014
Word Paintings
8pm
Spoken images of landscape
Grace’s Place, 13 High St
Yackandandah
Bring your favourites to share - poems of all
styles and eras welcome. You don’t need to
be a poet - just come to enjoy and explore
the magic of poetry and words.
Tickets available from Spiritus
Gallery, or reserve 6027 0626
POETRY POETRY POETRY POETRY POETRY
$12-includes coffee and cake
Yackandandah Courthouse
Saturday 26 April 2014
Flickside Film Society
7.15pm
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Friday 2 May 2014
Lipstick Dreams
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
Yackandandah Public Hall
Saturday 24 May 2014
Albury Wodonga Theatre Company
Flickside Film Society
Yackandandah Courthouse
7.15pm
Caramel
Friday 30 May 7.30pm
Yackandandah Theatre
Company Young Players Theatre
production
Saturday 31 May, 2pm and
7.30pm
Friday 25 July 2014
For further details, please contact Kev
Warburton on 6027 0626
35th Easter Sale and Exhibition
JOHN DERMER
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
Yackandandah Public Hall
Liz McBarron one woman show
Yackandandah Public Hall
Saturday 16 August
Flickside Film Society
Yackandandah Courthouse
KIRBYS FLAT POTTERY
7.15pm
Searching for Sugarman
225 KIRBYS FLAT ROAD, YACKANDANDAH
Saturday 13 September 2014
Flickside Film Society
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
Yackandandah Courthouse
7.15pm
In the House
Saturday 18 October 2014
Flickside Film Society
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
Yackandandah Courthouse
7.15pm
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
PASTA, RICE, SOUP AND SERVING BOWLS,
COOKWARE ETC. ALL HAND THROWN IN THE
STUDIO (NO MOULDS USED). FUNCTIONAL POTS
THAT ARE CONSIDERED, EXTREMELY DURABLE
AND INEXPENSIVE.
23 - 25 October 2014
Yackandandah Theatre
Company Production
1-9 November
Fresh & Unframed art exhibition Yackandandah Courthouse
SHOWCASING NEW TABLEWARE.
FREE to Arts Yackandandah
members
Yackandandah Public Hall
UNIQUE LOCAL GIFTS THAT ARE NOT CHINESE IMPORTS!
(Slightly imperfect seconds will also be available)
Saturday 19 April, Sunday 20 April, Monday 21 April
(9am - 5pm) and continuing throughout the NSW School holidays
(10:30am - 5 pm)
johndermer.com.au
CUT ME OUT AND PUT ME ON YOUR
FRIDGE! DON’T MISS OUT .....
CINEMA CINEMA CINEMA CINEMA
The
Hobbit - Friday March 28
Saving Mr Banks - Friday April 4
The Railway Man - Friday May 9
Special Ladies Night - Philomena - Thurs April 10
********
Contact: Grahame Hutchings
Mobile: 0427 271 017 - yackcinema.com.au
The Cinema operates on Friday evenings, usually once a fortnight and
commences at 7 pm. at the Public Hall opposite the Primary School. There is
seating for about 150. Mainly late release family movies are shown.
02 6027 1416
[email protected]
FILM BUFFS - THIS IS FOR YOU!
The Beechworth Film Society and Flickside (Arts Yackandandah) are
collaborating to offer their respective members a special offer ”try
before you buy”, to one screening of the other group’s films.
So, if you are a member of the Beechworth Film Society or Flickside
(Arts Yackandandah), you can see one film as a guest. Then, if you think
you’d like to see more, you can join. Just take your Beechworth Film
Society or Arts Yackandandah email membership confirmation as your
ticket for a great film night out.
For more information:
Beechworth Film Society: Michael Bink: [email protected]
Flickside, Arts Yackandandah: arts.yackandandah.com
flickside
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Cathy McGowan has told
Parliament about the level
of disappointment people
of Indi have expressed over
the withdrawal of Regional
Development Australia RDA Fund
funding commitments, and called
on the Government to reinstate
RDA funding across the country
for vital infrastructure programs.
“I have spoken to a number of
key stake holders responsible
for the rollout of RDA projects
in my electorate, and they have
expressed bewilderment that
the RDA funding system has
been abolished,” Ms McGowan
said. “It enabled growth, created
jobs and provided certainty for
desperately needed community
projects.”
Ms McGowan said she has been
informed how the RDA system
was efficient, easy-to-use, and
CATHY McGowan is
encouraging Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander youth in
Indi to consider applying for
a comprehensive educational
program in the country’s capital.
National Indigenous Youth
Parliament 2014 is a week-long
leadership program for young
Indigenous Australians aged 1625, to be held in Canberra from
May 28 to June 3, 2014.
“The goal of the program is to
promote youth-led advocacy and
to teach the democratic processes
in Parliament,” Ms McGowan
said. “This is a great opportunity
for any young Aboriginal person
in Indi, who is passionate about
issues that affect them, their peers
funded projects that would
otherwise have not been
prioritised for funding.
Yack Station on track to
enhance Yackandandah’s creative
community
“These projects represent
significant community and
volunteer input as well as an
investment of time and money on
behalf of the councils in Indi,” she
said. “It worked, it was efficient,
it was trusted, it had legitimacy,
it created effective networks,
it delivered high value, great
outcomes and, most importantly
of all, no red tape,” she said.
Ms McGowan officially opened
the Yack Station on Saturday,
March 22, which is an exciting
project driven by Kevin Poyner,
who has been the visionary and
inspiration behind the initiative.
Yack Station will include an
artists’ workshop and gallery and
eventual market-style area for
viewing artists at work.
Projects due to receive under
Round 5A and B, which were in
excess of $7.3million, and will
now not be funded include:
• The Wodonga City Heart
Redevelopment ($5.86million)
• The Wodonga Tennis Court
redevelopment ($340,000)
• Rutherglen Main Street
($280,000)
• Wangaratta Saleyards
and their community, to apply to
participate in the NIYP.”
NIYP will provide training in
how government works, public
speaking, and dealing with the
media. Ms McGowan said part of
the Closing the Gap aim included
helping improve Aboriginal
electoral articipation.
“Aboriginal youth in particular
are less likely to enrol, less
likely to vote and more likely
to vote informally than other
Australians,” Ms McGowan said.
The program also includes a twoday simulated parliament, where
participants will debate bills and
issues of importance to their
communities.
“Yackandandah has a wonderful
creative community and there
is potential for the Yack Station
to help attract even more
creative minds to the area,” Ms
McGowan said. “Yack Station
has successfully grown from an
idea to create a work and gallery
space for up to 15 artists and craft
persons. It will become a must-see
destination for artists and tourists,
and culture and history buffs,
and visitors will have the unique
experience of watching art being
made, as well as being able to
purchase works.”
The building is on the site of
the old Yackandandah Railway
turntable, and there are plans to
have a railway museum as an
integral part of Yack Station.
OUR MEMBER FOR INDI - what’s
happening in our electorate
The 17th Yackandandah Folk
Festival was held over three days,
starting on Friday, March 21,
and provided a diverse range of
entertainment, including music,
singing and dancing, literature
and poetry, theatre and film,
visual arts and food for people
from right across Victoria and
beyond. The Festival this year,
was held entirely within the
township and heavily involved
local businesses and community
groups.
Cathy McGowan was well in
evidence over the weekend. She
has volunteered at every festival,
and on Friday acted as an MC
at the Public Hall. She also sang
with the Yack Community Choir
as she has at every festival they
have performed at.
Ms McGowan said the music
and arts culture was alive and
well in Indi, thanks to events like
the Yackandandah Folk Festival.
“There’s always a great
atmosphere at this festival
which has a strong sense of
community,” Ms McGowan said.
“There is plenty of community
involvement, delicious food,
and is inclusive for all local
groups, and the festival also
helps promote the values that
are important to the people of
Yackandandah.”
Ms McGowan said the festival
organisers’ commitment to
become more sustainable
through improved environmental
practices showed how a fun
community event could be held
without negatively impacting the
environment.
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PROGRAM GUIDE
Indigo FM
G’day listeners.
The Yackandandah Radio Station will have had a huge Folk Festival event
by the time you read this. We have been putting our Folk Festival Special
three hour show on for the last 2 weeks (thanks to Scott).
Mondays
12:00 - 2:00 pm
We have been interviewing bands in the studio, as they play live (and loud!)
and we will be putting these 30 minute shows on at all three stations in due
course.
Tuesdays
We are asking the community to try and find us some more announcers,
so if you know anyone who would like to give it a go…contact Paul on
0438 271 339 …. We can make it happen… it would be great to have a
gardening show, (with talkback), a country and western show, a youth show
or whatever takes your fancy. Just give Paul a ring to discuss.
There are plenty of slots for new shows - in the evening, daytime or early
morning. Training is easy and free, and your shows can be also be sent to
Beechworth and Rutherglen. Plus we are putting together some very special
Radio Plays in conjunction with the Beechworth Theatre Company, that
will be going to air soon……something not to miss out on.
Some shows from our other stations are now being aired, as we are trying
to get more “live” entertainment going, and we are also refreshing and
updating our main playlist. Come along and join in.
11:00 - 12:00 pm
7:00 - 9:00 pm
Wednesdays
4:00 - 5:00 pm
Ya c k C WA
The next CWA event will be a trip
to an organic garden in Stanley on
Sunday, 13th April at 3.00 pm. and
then we will be back to our regular
third Thursday in the month meeting
with a talk from Trisha Glass on
Autism on Thursday May 15th at
7.30 pm at YCEN.
9:00 - 11:00 am
Saturdays
All women of any age will
8:00 - 10 am
12:15 - 1:15 pm
Sundays
Please phone President, Gabi Pulla
on 6027 0771 or Secretary, LeeAnne Benson on 0412 106 085 for
information.
2:00 - 4:00 pm
THE
BEECHWORTH
THEATRE
COMPANY and
are running a series of workshops on Radio
Plays with well known radio presenter,
Joseph Thomsen
• Learn how to broadcast brilliant and engaging plays.
• Find out what is required from both an acting and technical
point of view.
• Get some tips on how to get the most out of your equipment.
• Learn the best way to sort out your sound effects.
Readings &
Conversations Gail / Rhonda
Small Town
Sounds
Chris / Lauren
School News
Keeley & Bobby
AM with Phil
Phil
* Everyone
be warmly welcomed by this
flourishing group.
If you would like to go on the
garden visit, then phone Gabi or
Lee-Anne about car pooling.
Presenter
Spencer
Thursdays
Tune to 88.0Mhz FM, your Town’s Local Radio Station.
Paul Titterington
Program
Musical Mash
Deserves
Music
Musical Mash
Scott
Spencer
* Lipstick
Blues
Ruth
* Program on a fortnightly schedule.
For requests during live programs, text the Station on 0478 228
064
Indigo FM transmits 24 / 7, during times when live programs are
not put to air the Station plays a diverse and eclectic mix of Music
from all eras.
We also broadcast shows from our other Indigo Shire Towns
(Rutherglen & Beechworth) that play with our playlist and repeat
Great Victorian Bike Ride and some Community $$$$s
Did you know that this is coming to North East Victoria in November of this year?
Did you know that Yack is Day 2’s destination?
Did you know that in 2013, over 5,200 people COMPLETED the ride which ended
in Geelong, so you can imagine the numbers that started and
may not have finished!
The RACV Great Victorian Bike Ride runs from
Saturday, 29 November to Sunday, 7 December for
9 days and 500km from Albury via Bright and the
High Country to Lilydale.
WHEN?
There is an exciting opportunity for Yack
organisations to do some coordinated
fundraising over the period that the Bike
Ride visits Yack, and also beforehand.
To be effective as a community it
would be helpful to have
a plan, so that we do not
duplicate or miss fund raising
opportunities.
To book or for further details, please contact
Ali on 0448 803 411 or email us on:
We already have a list of
groups interested in
a community meeting to talk about the opportunities that this bike ride will present
for fundraising. If you would like to be involved in these discussions and have some
feedback from people that have been involved in the bike ride as participants from
previous years, a meeting will be held at
These are free workshops. Places will be limited, and the
opportunity to audition for parts in two brand new radio plays
to be performed on Indigo FM later this year, will be offered to
interested participants.
Wednesdays 2nd & 9th April, 2014
between 7 and 9 pm
WHERE? Yackandandah’s Public Hall,
High Street, Yack
[email protected]
BOOK NOW DON’T RISK DISAPPOINTMENT!
Osbornes Flat Primary School on
Thursday, 24th April at 7.00 pm.
Please let Yackity Yak know if you can attend:
[email protected] or phone/text Ali on 0448 803 411
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Ya c k G a r d e n C l u b
Just to whet your appetite and
encourage you to come along and
visit the open gardens, here is some
advance news about our passionate
gardeners and their gardens.
First up is Ian and Olive Moyle on
Moyle Road, they started with a
Olive and Ian Moyle in their
beautiful garden
bare block in 1972 and now have
3 acres of beautiful garden. They
have developed their garden over
the years by choosing plants that
they liked, that would survive the
local climate and conditions and
they sourced their plants and trees
from local nurseries. Ian and Olive
have opened their garden previously
and often host coach tours. A
pride for them in their garden is
a white magnolia which flowered
this year for the first time. They
enjoy walking around their garden,
seeing the growth in existing plants
and trees, and then seeing the
new growth that pops up by self
seeding. The tips they share are to
draw a plan of the watering system
and have wide paths to cater for all
visitors. The garden is a labour of
love, Ian and Olive have spent a lot
of time in their garden and when I
visited, they were selecting bulbs,
even though Ian said 'no more'.
When you visit, be sure to look out
for the 'bottle' tree.
Secondly, is Chris Gequillana's
garden on Racecourse Road, a
work in progress. Chris has revived
her garden, upon returning to the
home, after a period of time away.
Chris's mother and grandparents
are an inspiration for her garden,
they had a market garden in Sussex.
Chris loves to propagate, especially
rhododendrons, she loves to see
the growth in her garden, and she
works hard to ensure the garden
doesn't get overgrown. Chris has
a large vegetable garden, with
tomatoes, sweet potato, artichoke,
Autumn is one of the most
important times on the garden care
calendar, with lots of tasks to do to
help keep the garden flourishing and
healthy.
Early to mid-autumn is the perfect
time for planting and fertilising. The
warm soil temperature and warm
days are ideal for plants to establish
a sound root system and put on
some quick growth.
As the summer veggie crops finish,
pull the spent plants out and add to
the compost. Harvest any remaining
produce and collect some seed for
next season. Replenish the hungry
soil by digging in some compost,
animal manure, ‘blood and bone’
and potash. Practice crop rotation by
Yackity Yak April / May 2014
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After the hot and dry summer many
lawns are looking worn and tired.
Green up the lawn and improve
aeration by pushing a garden fork
into the top few inches of soil and
wiggle back and forth to allow rain,
nutrients and air to penetrate more
deeply and at the same time relieve
any compaction.
Repair any bare patches and level
any unevenness by top dressing with
soil and sprinkling with lawn seed.
Early autumn is also ideal for laying
turf grass or sowing lawn seed.
Fertilise with a lawn fertiliser which
is high in phosphates and potash.
The best time to fertilise is during
rain so keep an eye on the weather
forecast and be prepared for when it
does rain.
Autumn is traditionally bulb
planting season with March and
April the best time to plant spring
flowering bulbs. Planting later may
result in fewer flowers with shorter
Thirdly, there is Janice Hinderaker
and Glen Mildren, at 'the Diggings'
on Bells Flat Road. The
garden was established
in the 70's by previous
owners, they had
travelled overseas
frequently and bought
back seeds, which now
forms a well established
tree canopy to allow
other plants and shrubs
to be protected from the
extremes.
Janice and Glen feel
rewarded every day
by their garden, every
corner is a favourite spot
and they are looking
forward to sharing
their garden with many
visitors. When you
visit, be sure to look
out for the tree from the
Vatican.
mushrooms, peppers, egg plants and
strawberries, ready for the cook.
Watering is a regular task, every
second day, they have to water, by
Autumn in the Garden with Debbi Gibson
never planting successive sowings
in the same spot. This reduces
the chances of soil borne pest
and disease problems. Then plant
out with hearty winter vegetables
like Brussels sprouts, cauliflower,
cabbage, broccoli, peas, beetroot,
swede, turnip, carrot, parsnip,
spinach, silverbeet, onions, lettuce,
and radish.
hand, for 2.5 hrs. When you visit, be
sure to look out for their Coral tree.
stems. Garden centres and nurseries
have spring flowering bulbs in
stock now, or order from an online
mail order nursery. Along with
the traditional favourites, there are
many new varieties available. Plant
the bulbs as soon as you get them,
while they are fresh, except tulips.
Tulip bulbs need to be put in the
crisper of the fridge for six weeks
before planting; this is like a false
winter and forces flowering. Put
them in on April Fool’s Day and
plant them out on Mother’s Day.
By mid-autumn, temperatures have
cooled and plant growth slows
down. The autumn leaves begin
their gradual change in colour and
start to fall. With an abundance of
autumn leaves, now is the perfect
Thank you to our
passionate and dedicated gardeners
for sharing their gardens.
Cheryl Frawley
News Editor
smaller sizes before adding to the
compost.
The secret to successful compost
is to use small pieces and build
up many layers, a bit like making
lasagne. It’s best to have a mixture
of greens and browns in thin even
layers, watering each layer as it is
added. Keep the compost moist and
turn it over every few days to allow
plenty of air into the mix to break it
down.
Finally, take some photos of your
garden as it changes with the season,
it’s a great way to keep a record of
what’s happening in your garden.
Enjoy your garden!
Debbi
Debbi writes a weekly column for
the Wangaratta Chronicle each
Wednesday and can be heard on
Saturday mornings between 8 &
9 a.m. with her talk back radio
program, “In your Garden” on
1566 3NE.
time to start or add to the compost
heap. Run the lawn mower over
the autumn leaves to cut them into
If you have any specific topics you
would liked covered in editions to
come, please contact the Editor at
[email protected] and
let us know what gardening issues you
might be having!
Ya c k H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y & M u s e u m
Conservation Building to
Protect our History for
Future Generations
On Saturday afternoon, 1st March
2014 the Yackandandah Historical
Society officially opened their
Conservation Building Extension to
great acclaim.
The importance of the Historical
Society holding its collection
remotely to the Museum was
realised in December 2006 when
a fire gutted the historic bank
building, destroying all its contents.
Fortunately though, only a fraction
of the collection was on display,
with the remainder being kept
safe in the Conservation Building,
constructed in 1995-6.
In 2009, with the fire still fresh in
their minds, along with the need to
accommodate a growing collection
of historic records and artefacts, the
Society’s Members began planning
to increase its storage capacity.
People may not realise that the
Society not only collects 150
year old items, but also stores
and conserves items with local
provenance and significance, such
as newspaper articles and digital
records and photos of events that
happened just last year or last
week.
In late 2011, final plans were drawn
up and by the middle of 2012 a
contract was let to local builder,
Yves Quaglio to perform the works.
The scope was to provide as much
usable space on the available land,
whilst maintaining its external
appearance.
Museum Curator and collection
custodian, Susan Reynolds OAM, in
opening the facility alongside Cathy
McGowan AO MP,
the Member for
Indi, announced
that “this is
another project
for which the
organisation can
be justly proud.”
and a major donor to the building,
while Haddon Storey’s Arts Victoria
funded the original build with
$25,000. The final facility cost in the
order of $50,000.
organisations, are represented
in the registers, minute books,
documents, photographs, objects
and digitised records held, fully
catalogued, boxed, stored and
reports that in 2010-11, the
Victorian arts and culture sector
added direct value to the economy
of $11.4 billion and employed the
equivalent of 111,000 full time
“This extension, similarly, has been
on our long-term plans for some
years. This time, we had no outside
funding, but we had a generous
membership and good investments.
We also had an excellent overseer
in Brett McClellan, who worked
with Yves Quaglio in building it, and
with Dan Carberry in shelving and
maintenance.”
Susan took the opportunity to
lobby the Indigo Shire Council
when stating that the “conservation
building stands on land leased from
the Shire. Negotiations are currently
underway to incorporate this leased
land into the existing title, owned
by the Historical Society since 1969,
on which the rest of this complex
stands.”
Susan stressed the importance of
“having this separate storage and
work area as it assists in securing
the Museum’s official Accreditation,
which was first achieved in 2001”,
going on to proudly add that
Yackandandah was “one of the
first museums, large or small, who
gained accreditation in Victoria.
“This building holds our stored
collection, which is about 98%
of our entire collection – which
is pretty good museum practice.
Rotation and changing of displays,
is one of the essentials in collection
care.
“We currently hold about 9,000
of these items on our database
program, many of those with
several sub-parts. The Cemetery
Trust, the Primary School, the
Cathy McGowan MP & Susan Reynolds officially open the
Conservation Building Extension
located. Each item in many cases, is
then indexed in detail as to people,
organisation, place and event
contained.
“This collection is where we get
most of the information to use for
our clients, for our displays, for
our publications and for our own
research, and is the heart of our
organisation.”
In performing the official opening,
Cathy McGowan said that she
was “proud to be involved in a
project that has been made possible
as a result of the foresight and
motivation of Historical Society
volunteers.”
She reinforced the importance of
volunteering when announcing that
the “$50,000 building works were
fully funded by Historical Society
volunteers, who over many
years have donated their time in
keeping the Society and Museum
sustainable.
Cathy described the extension as
“constructed from double skin
brick walls, insulated within the
cavity, plus insulation within the
She recalls “the
ceiling. There are no windows
original part of
and the floor is a concrete slab
the conservation
on ground. This provides the
building being
most stable environment to
built in 1995-6.
store and conserve material as
That time, we had
the temperature fluctuations are
Haddon Storey,
minimised. The storage rooms
Yackandandah Historical Society Vice President Linton Lithlean,
then Minister for
therefore
do not require any
Cathy McGowan & Susan Reynolds
the Arts in Victoria,
air conditioning, only a fan to
to visit as we began
maintain air movement.”
Shire of Yackandandah, Fire
the build in 1995, and Doris Storey,
In highlighting the importance of
Brigade, Red Cross, Bush Nursing
(no relation) and Tony Plowman,
Regional Museums, Cathy touched
Hospital,
MUIOOF
(Manchester
MLA, to jointly open the building
on the economic significance of the
Unity Independent Order of
in 1996. Doris was a long-time
arts and culture in Victoria. “The
Oddfellows),
sports
groups
and
member of the Historical Society
many other current or defunct local Australian Bureau of Statistics
workers.”
Following the extension works, the
facility now has the capacity to store
and care for Yackandandah’s history
for the next 20 years.
For anyone interested in becoming
a Member or Volunteer with the
Yackandandah & District Historical
Society, they are always looking
for people with fresh ideas and
enthusiasm to join their progressive
organisation and reap the rewards
that come from contributing to our
fantastic community.
Solar Generation
The Yackandandah Museum is
currently generating 7.50 kWh/
day which is substantially covering
usage of 9.5 kWh/day. This equates
to approximately 5.0 kWh/day for a
1 kW system. For 2013 the average
generation is 5.91 kWh/day, or
3.94 kWh/day for a 1 kW system.
With rising electricity prices more
householders are considering Solar
Energy, which reduces bills and
helps our environment.
The Museum has 5 years of
comprehensive solar generation
records, so if you are considering
a Photovoltaic solar system for
your business or residence in
our region, please contact us for
specific data which will assist in
your calculations and decisions. It
is particularly useful for calculating
your proposed payback period.
Yackandandah & District Historical
Society
21 High Street, Yackandandah 3749
Ph: 02 6027 0627
email: [email protected]
website: yackandandahmuseum.word
press.com
Yackity Yak
April / May 2014
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Letters to the Editor
To the Editor and All Users of the
Allans Flat Waterhole…
We are fortunate to have such a
beautiful
feature in
the local
landscape as
the Allans Flat
waterhole. It
is a wonderful
place to seek
respite in our
hot summers.
What a shame,
then, to see
people take liberties with this shared
space in a number of ways. Signage
clearly indicates that dogs are not
permitted at the waterhole. They
foul the water and leave “presents”
in and around the water. Not so
nice when your toddler picks up a
floating “egg” in the water while
swimming! Perhaps dog owners
could be reminded to check the
signs.
and are not for general domestic
waste. What are people thinking
when they dump their rubbish in and
AROUND these
bins?!
Finally,
considerable
effort is put into
planting and
maintaining
trees and
providing
picnic tables
to improve
the amenity of
the area. How
heartbreaking is it to see axe marks
in tree trunks, pushed over trees
and damaged tables. The public is
encouraged to report vandalism and
the dumping of rubbish if witnessed.
A bit of consideration will help to
ensure that this fabulous location is
one that we can all enjoy without
smells and the fear of what lurks in
the water.
Secondly, the bins are paid for by
the Recreation Reserve committee
With regards,
Dear Madam,
Throughout the country lots of small
businesses and churches are closing
- we don’t want that here.
LIVE LOCAL, BUY
LOCAL, PLAY LOCAL,
PRAY LOCAL - GIVE
BACK TO YACK
Yackandandah is our “Castle”. Our
very presence here shows that we
appreciate the serenity.
Even castles need supplies both
physical and spiritual: services, food
and clothes, medical, mail and a
petrol station.
Hi Ali
Hi Ali
Foster Carers - I have sent through
our small advert again – hoping
that you might be able to fit it into
the next edition. We have had a
busy month here assessing 7 new
carer households; we also did an
information exchange from a lady
who lives in Beechworth who saw
our publicity in your newsletter. So
thank you!
I am a volunteer member who has
co-ordinated the Yack area March
door-knock over the last few years
on behalf of the Red Cross.
Thank you again for your support
and interest.
Kind regards,
Jeanine Aughey | Specialist Carer
Recruitment Assessment and
Training Officer | Foster Care |
Upper Murray Family Care
Thanks Ali for utilising your
network to assist the community
in this matter (circulating Yack
Health’s flyer for a Grief & Suicide
session).
2014 is the 100th year of Australian
Red Cross - Collections are still
being conducted this month so on
their behalf, we are hoping that
Yackandandah and District will
continue to give as generously as
they have in the past.
I have been involving as many
children in collections as possible,
including the Yack Scouts group –
and would love to give the kids a
well earned pat on the back. Red
Cross Australia will provide them
with a commemorative badge for
participating in their 100th year.
Kind regards
Clara Smith
More than just a newspaper.
Cheers
Concerned Local
Kevin Poyner
Support your local organisations
in all ways possible - buying
something, meeting together,
praying together, serving together,
advocating a fair go from large
corporations and government
enterprises.
Please support our
Advertisers as they
support YOUR newspaper
Always a good cause to give
to. Ed.
Classified
Ads
Let them know they’ve “gotta be
joking!”
Denise Gould
Yackandandah Post Office
WANTED TO BUY
Oh so true - we can’t point it out too often or bang on about it too
much. Use it or lose it - the answer is in our hands. Ed.
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Think Twice Before You Think of Planting Olives
“Think twice if you are thinking
of planting olives in your
garden or on your property for
ornamental purposes. And if you
already do have olives growing
make sure you harvest all the fruit
before the birds get to them.”
That’s the message those involved
in the Indigo Feral Olive Control
Program would like to get out to the
wider community.
The groups’ goals are to remove
the olives before they do became
a major environmental weed and
inform the community of the
potential threat to the district’s
remnant vegetation along roadsides,
on private properties and in state
and national parks.
complement theirs.”
But for the program to be
successful, the source of olive
infestations also needs to be tackled.
“There is a real concern that garden
plantings and farm driveway
plantings of olives are possibly a
ticking time-bomb unless those
There are olive infestations in
many parts of south east Australia
including major infestations in the
Adelaide Hills in South Australia
and the Mt Annan Botanic Gardens
in the Blue Mountains, NSW.
A declared weed in NSW and
South Australia, olives are not yet
officially a weed in Victoria.
The Indigo Feral Olive Control
Program is an ambitious joint
project by the Rutherglen and
Chiltern Landcare groups in
Victoria’s North-East which has
seen more than 400km of roadsides
in the Indigo Shire mapped and
cleared of feral olive trees.
Those involved are also hoping that
raising people’s awareness of the
environmental threat that olives can
pose will encourage landholders to
remove unwanted and feral olives
on their properties and adjacent
roadsides.
The initiative isn’t targeting
commercial olive growers.
Whilst olives are an important
part of the agricultural and tourist
industry in north-east Victoria,
they have a “dark” side. A hardy
plant, well-suited to our climate,
mature olive trees produce large
quantities of fruit with seeds easily
dispersed by birds. As a result
feral olives have become a serious
environmental weed and pose a real
threat to remnant native vegetation.
A long-lived species (100 years
or more), olives produce a dense
canopy that effectively shades out
native plants and suppresses natural
regeneration. A South Australian
study found native Eucalypt
woodlands infested with olives have
a 50% reduction in plant diversity
and an 80% reduction in native plant
canopy cover.
characteristics e.g. Western
Rosewood (Alectryon oleifolium
subs.canescens)
“Properly managed olives
are OK because you are
removing the fruit and the seed
source,” says Project Manager,
Rick James, from Riparian
Management Services.
“If you are a conscientious
professional olive grower
you should be aware they can
become a weed and remove the
fruit. It would be good practice
for growers to monitor their
immediate area and remove
any seedlings that do pop up on
nearby roadsides or reserves.”
Jenny Davidson of Rutherglen, Jane Roots of Chiltern Landcare
and Rick James, Project Manager
The three year program, which
began in May 2012, received
$96,000 funding from the Victorian
Sate Government’s Communities
for Nature program. As well Indigo
Shire is actively supporting the
project and has contributed $10,000
for removing other woody weeds on
selected roadsides.
olives are well-managed and
regularly pruned,” says Jenny
Davidson, President of the
Rutherglen Landcare Group and
convenor of the program’s steering
committee.
“Ensuring we don’t allow our
olives to become an environmental
weed is very much a community
“From Indigo Shire’s perspective
responsibility. We need to be very
this project is viewed as a really pro- aware of what we are planting in our
active program rather than a reactive gardens and on our properties.”
one,” says Jenny Pena, the Shire’s
Instead of planting fruiting olives,
Natural Resources Management
the suggestion is to plant a nonOfficer. “The landcare groups are
fruiting variety such as the Swan
trying to tackle an issue before it
Hill Olive, or a native species
gets too big. It complements our
with similar foliage and growth
own weed program and we can
*Members of the project are
happy to talk to other landcare
groups and agencies and share
their experiences about what
they have learnt from undertaking
the project. They are developing a
fact sheet “Olives: friend or foe?”
which will shortly be available on
Indigo Shire’s website.
Margrit Beemster
Great in a martini and delicious
to eat - but a menace in the
bush and on roadsides. If you
have ever been to the Barossa
Valley where there are wall-towall verges full of them, then it’s
absolutely worth thinking twice
before you plant them... Ed.
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Ya c k S u s t a i n a b i l i t y
The township of Yackandandah has many exciting
initiatives bubbling along at the moment, some of
which are captured here. We had a big two weeks
on sustainability in Yack!!
1. Yackandandah Folk Festival (21st-23rd
March) - The Folk Festival has been on a bit
of a green journey, and a new benchmark has
been achieved recently We have installed 3 kW
of solar panels in conjunction with the Yack
cooperatively owned petrol station. This 3 kW
array (as part of a total array of 12 kW) will
generate sufficient power annually to offset the
power used during the festival. More to see at:
yackfolkfestival.com/about/environment/
2. Yackandandah Community Garden - The
Community Garden had its official launch on
the 15th March. It is looking spectacular. The
opening coincided with the monthly food swap.
More details at: ecoportal.net.au/event/officialopening-yackandandah-community-garden
3. On the 16th of March, Indigo Council hosted
speakers and guests for a Community Energy
Forum. This event considered some the
Community Power activity in Australia and
globally and aim to catalyse local community
energy. More details: ecoportal.net.au/event/
indigo-community-energy-forum
The Food Swap which takes place on the third
Saturday of the month will be held from now on at
the Community Garden - a great place to be having
these social gatherings particularly when it has a
food bias.
Matthew Charles-Jones
For The Love of Reading
It was smiles all round at Yackandandah
story time last week when two children were
presented with book vouchers for their efforts
in the Summer Reading Club.
“This year the theme of Summer Reading
Club was ‘investigation’. At the Indigo Shire
Libraries children enjoyed a weekly whodunit
Indigo Council conducts the Summer Reading
club at all library branches and this was the first style story time; guessed how many miniature
items were hidden in a jar of rice; dressed up in
time for Yackandandah.
disguise; invented
Indigo Libraries
secret agent name
acting co-ordinator,
tags; played
Wendy Kerr,
memory games
said the Summer
with essential
Reading Club was
spy equipment;
developed by the
and pinned the
State Library of
magnifying glass
Queensland, in
on the detective.
partnership with
Children kept
public libraries
lists of the books
across Australia.
they read over the
“It provides
holidays, and for
children, young
Library Officers, Yvette Hawkins & Katrina Mahoni with Ivy every five books
people and their
Edwards who collected a voucher on behalf of her sister
read they entered
Nina, and Violet MacCalman with her voucher in the Prefamilies with
the draw for a book
School Category
fun, creative
voucher.”
and engaging
One Primary and one Pre-School entry were
summer holiday activities,” she said. “The
program encourages reading and celebrates the selected from each Indigo Shire Library branch.
Tidy Towns are proud towns
Indigo Shire's Cr Don Chambers would like all
towns and communities in Indigo Shire to enter
the Keep Australia Beautiful Victoria Tidy
Towns awards.
"These awards celebrate the great work our
communities do to protect and enhance their
environment," Cr Chambers said.
"In the 45 years since their inception, the
awards have grown from being an anti-litter
campaign to encompass projects as varied as
preserving heritage, saving water and energy,
community action and leadership.
"The long-term behavioural change across
communities brought about by these awards
allows us to build better communities year by
year, and encourages us to tread lightly on our
landscape."
The food swap in its new location at the Community
Garden
importance of developing all the senses through
reading, writing, art, craft and computer skills.
"What this tells me is that we have wonderfully
proactive and proud communities in our Shire
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with many community-driven initiatives that
could be included in this year's awards," Cr
Chambers said.
Cr Chambers said Indigo Shire Council is a
member of Keep Australia Beautiful and entry
in the awards is free. However, applications
need to be driven by the community, and
Cr Chambers praised the work of two hardworking advocates who are available to help
with the application process.
"Iris Mannik in Beechworth has been a longtime supporter of these awards and works
tirelessly each year to compile entries for
Beechworth. And in Rutherglen, Frances Walsh
is also available to offer help and advice. Just
give Iris a call on 03 5728 2774 or Frances on
0417 364 441."
Iris said that taking part in the awards had
many benefits, not least of which were the
rewards of community participation.
Frances highlighted the awards'
positive effect on residents taking
pride in the appearance of their town
and its environs.
Anyone can enter the awards,
individuals, community groups
such as Landcare, service clubs,
and committees or "friends of"
groups. In addition to the Awards,
the Keep Australia Beautiful Gift
Fund is offering six $1000 prizes for
community groups seeking to start
new projects.
Visit: sustainability.vic.gov.au/kabv.
Applications close at 11pm on 5
May 2014.
Who’s doing what around
the traps? Has your family been
busy?
What have YOU been up to?
Please let us know - don’t be shy...
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Tackling Elm Leaf Beetle
The past year has been a particularly
bad one for the numbers of Elm leaf
beetle attacking Elm trees in Indigo
Shire.
Indigo Shire’s Tree Maintenance
Officer, Jim Harrison said residents
had expressed some concern about
the damage the beetle was doing to
Elm trees.
“The Elm Leaf Beetle is still
very active although it is late in
the season for it,” Mr Harrison
said. “Council treated about 1000
Elm trees throughout the Shire
in September 2013 by means of
ground injection, which is the
treatment recommended to us
as the most effective by Council
Arboriculture Victoria.”
“However, the conditions in Victoria
since the spring, with low rainfall
and a mild start to summer followed
by extreme temperatures, have
put all of our trees under great
stress, especially trees native to the
Northern Hemisphere such as the
Elm.
“However, there are many more
“Confidor” is the chemical that the Shire’s contractors use to inject into
the ground to control the Elm Leaf Beetle. “Confidor” whose common name
is Imidacloprid, is a neonicotinoid which is under suspicion of contributing
to Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder - the decline of honey bee colonies
in Europe and North America observed since 2006. Imidacloprids which
are highly toxic to bees, were banned in France in 1999. Actual damage to
bee populations is a function of toxicity and exposure of the compound in
combination with the mode of application. A systemic pesticide, which is
incorporated into the soil or coated on seeds, may kill soil-dwelling insects,
such as grubs or mole crickets as well as other insects, including bees, that are
exposed to the leaves, fruits, pollen, and nectar of the treated plants.
It is also not working that well any longer looking at the state of the trees, so
perhaps it is time to look at a new way of treating the trees. Ed.
Domestic Hard Waste and
Furniture Disposal
This is a free service for Indigo Shire ratepayers. Residents must
deliver their waste to the sites listed below, no kerbside pickup
will be provided. Items are to be sorted and separated at the site, as
instructed by staff. Supervisors will reject unacceptable items.
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 March, 2014
Beechworth, 1pm-5pm, Beechworth Transfer Station, Diffey
Road
Chiltern, 8am-noon, former Transfer Station, ChilternRutherglen Road
Kiewa-Tangambalanga, 9am-1pm, corner Forge Court and
Kiewa-Bonegilla Road, opposite Kiewa Fire Station.
Elms on private land than under
Council control. This is a major
concern for us. The Elm leaf beetle
moves from the untreated trees to
Council’s treated trees and begin
to feed before dying. But it is the
huge volume of beetles due to the
unusual weather conditions that is
the problem.
“We will not be able to eradicate
the beetle completely, but we are
doing all that we can to improve
and manage the overall health of
the trees to ensure that they are able
to respond
well to our
measures.
“One of
the most
significant
things that
could be
done is for owners of private elm
trees, which are not on Council
property, to contact an accredited
operator to treat those trees,
seriously limiting the movement of
the beetle to other trees.”
Drawing City Folk To Indigo Shire
Indigo Shire will again attend the
Regional Victoria Living Expo in
Melbourne in April — this time
showcasing our first class country
talent.
provides to invite more talented
families to make Indigo their home."
Cr Gaffney said Adrian Osborne, of
Splatoons Cartoon Shop,
Beechworth, would be a
major drawcard.
"The talent in Indigo
ranks among the Shire's
Triple Golden Guitar
finest assets," the mayor,
winner, Pete Denahy of
Cr Bernard Gaffney, said.
Yack will also perform,
"People come here from
Keep your hair on, and Beechworth writerall walks of life and enjoy
photographer Brenda
Pete! It’s only an
the fruits of some of the
Pomponio will tell why
expo...
most creative people in
she chose Indigo as her
the country — and we
special place.”
welcome the opportunity this Expo
New Award for Heritage Advocacy
A new award in the annual Indigo Shire Heritage Awards this year will
acknowledge a resident who has been a strong advocate for heritage in the
Shire. Nominations for the awards, which again will be held in conjunction
with the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), are now open.
Indigo Shire Deputy Mayor and Heritage Awards committee member,
Cr Peter Croucher, said the new award was to acknowledge outstanding
contributions by an individual towards Heritage Advocacy in the Shire.
The awards recognise people and groups who have made contributions to
cultural heritage in a range of areas including public and private places,
buildings, landscapes, streetscapes, gardens and objects. The award
categories are:
• Creative re-use of a Heritage place
Rutherglen, 1pm-5pm, Transfer Station, Cornishtown Road
• New work/development within a Heritage area
Yackandandah, 9am-1pm, Indigo Shire Depot, Railway
Avenue, (behind YCDCo Service Station)
• Restoration of a Heritage place
Items accepted: carpet, mattresses, scrap metal, sump oil (at
• Sustainability and/or rreening of a Heritage place
Beechworth and Rutherglen only), whitegoods, household and
garden furniture, car bodies (at Beechworth and Rutherglen only),
televisions, computer equipment.
Items not accepted: domestic waste and recyclables (at
Yackandandah, Chiltern and Tangambalanga), car bodies (at
Yackandandah, Chiltern and Tangambalanga), industrial waste,
building waste, rubble, batteries, cleaning solvents, household
chemicals, herbicides, pesticides, paint, unidentified chemicals,
green waste, garden waste, asbestos, tyres.
This service is for large items that cannot be disposed of through
domestic kerbside collection.
White goods, scrap metal, car bodies, computer
equipment, televisions and sump oil can be disposed of
free of charge throughout the year at the Rutherglen and
Beechworth Transfer Stations, during normal opening
hours.
• Specialist trade skills
• Open Heritage
• Junior Heritage
• •Individual Heritage advocacy (new category)
• •The Indigo Shire Heritage Advisory Committee Heritage Gold Award.
Nominations close on Friday 11 April and the awards presentation will take
place at The Star Theatre in Chiltern on 16 May.
“This year the guest speaker will be one of Chiltern’s own – Christine Hay.
Christine grew up in Chiltern and spent many idyllic hours in the Chiltern
bush and around the mines and mullock heaps of the gold rush era. She will
talk about Women and Children on the Indigo and Chiltern Goldfields,” Cr
Croucher said. “Christine is studying for a Master’s Degree in history and
is a sessional teacher of Conservation and Land Management at Wodonga
TAFE.”
Nomination forms availalbe from Council’s website indigoshire.vic.gov.au/
heritageawards or copies are available at Council offices and libraries.
No Heritage Award to the Council for recommending a speculative
housing development in a pristine part of Hammond Street. Ed.
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YCDCo Contribution Benefits Fitness
The ‘Looking Good’ group is one of
the latest receipients in community
funding from YCDCo following
their recent submission for new
items of fitness equipment.
‘Looking Good’ group invited
Matthew Charles-Jones from the
YCDCo Board to come down
to one of their Monday morning
sessions to give the equipment
a whirl. Whilst there, Matthew
saw some of the new equipment
in action with
over 20 ladies
in attendance.
Whilst the group already has at their
disposal a range
of equipment,
the newest
editions to the
The group
group’s arsenal
meets every
is a new rowing
Monday
machine and
morning at 9am
16 resistance
at the Nelson
bands. The
McIntosh
acquisition
Pavilion. Any
of the rowing
new ladies
machine will
Matthew and Tarn Charles-Jones with
provide an
members of the Looking Good group at a looking to
enhance their
additional low
recent fitness session
fitness are
impact cardio
more than welcome. $5 per session
option for the group, further aiding
(which covers, hall hire, insurances
their bid for improved physical
and equipment- instructor is a
fitness. The bands will allow them
to continue working on strength and volunteer). Contact Kath on 02
6027 1435 or Suzanne on 0411 234
muscle tone.
277.
To christen the new machine, the
Thanks to our fantastic Volunteer Life Guards
Ya c k a n d a n d a h B o w l i n g C l u b
The Yackandandah Bowling Club is
proud to announce that Ron Boulton
became the Champion of Champions
for the Ovens and Murray Region on
Saturday, 8th March.
The Championship Final was played
at Rutherglen between Ron and Jack
Lillis of Myrtleford. The competition
between the two was a tight game of
excellent draw bowls by both players.
Jack was off to a good start scoring 5
in the first few ends then Ron came
back scoring 4 and 2. They were 10
The Champion with that winning bowl! all on end 11. The lead see-sawed
throughout the game. 12 all on end
14. Jack went to the lead on end 15
and went out to 16 to 13 by the 17th end. On end 22, they were together
at 18 all. Ron scored 6 over the next 4 ends to take him to 24. It took him
another 3 ends for that one crucial shot to
take him to 25 - the final score being 25 to
21.
Both players had won their respective
heats at their own clubs before playing off
against the Club Champions for the other
Clubs in the Ovens & Murray Region.
Quite a few members of the Yackandandah
Bowling Club supported Ron on the day
including Ron’s wife Helen.
Another season of invigorating (and
considering this summer's heat - sometimes
rather warm) morning swimming in
Yackandandah has drawn to a close! A
consistent bunch of some 25 swimmers
have been clocking up the early morning
kilometres through summer; lots of swimming
laps, chatting, BBQ's and pancakes and
watching over the next generation of young
swimmers.
On the Honour Board at the Yackandandah
Club, the last Champion of Champions
was Helen Kelly in 2005 and the last male
The Winner takes all! Ron
champion was Chris Kennedy back in 1998 Boulton & Jack Lillis shake on it.
of the Ovens and Murray East Region.
All this has been made possible through
Volunteer Life Guards, Cath
the generous offer of expertise, time and
Bishop & Richard Whitford,
without whom there would be
enthusiasm from Cath Bishop and Richard
Whitford - and not to mention our BBQ and no early morning swimming
sessions.
pancake chef, Jill Whitford! Your volunteer
time is greatly appreciated! Thanks must
also be extended to Indigo Shire Council for supporting this important
community resource.
Until next summer…
Congratulations to Ron on his win against Jack. Most of the publicity
has been for Jack who has made headlines because of his age (83 years
and clearly still going strong on the bowls field). Both Ron and Jack
knocked out some of the Association’s best and elite players on the way
to the final. Good on you, Ron - Yack’s proud of you.... Ed.
Ron will now compete in the Champion
of Champions week in Bendigo during April. So it is great to have a small
club like Yackandandahcoming through with a Regional Champion.
The Club congratulates Ron.
Glaucoma Australia is an
organisation which endeavours
to educate people on the need for
early diagnosis so that invisible
damage to the eyes does not occur.
Raised pressure, once diagnosed,
can often be controlled simply by
daily use of eye drops.
WORLD GLAUCOMA WEEK
March 10-16
was World
Glaucoma
Week. This will
have passed by
the time you
read this, but
gradual loss of
vision will still
be occurring
in many,
completely
unaware of
the changes
happening in
Early morning swimmers couldn’t convince the Editor to get in...
their eyes.
Perhaps next season!
Glaucoma is
called 'the sneak thief of sight', as it is painless and very gradual so that
sufferers may not be aware of the gradual rise in pressure within their eyes
which leads to damage of the optic nerve and irreversible loss of vision.
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Early detection is simple and
painless and can be carried out by
an optometrist. So if you are not
needing to visit an optometrist for
spectacles, you should still do so
to have your eye pressure checked
if over the age of 40 or have a
family history of glaucoma.
To mark Glaucoma Week,
Glaucoma Australia encouraged
B.I.G. (Beat Invisible Glaucoma)
breakfasts. We will have held a
breakfast at the Yack Swimming
Pool on 12th March by the time you read this.
Intrepid early morning cook, Jill Whitford,
cooks up a storm on World Glaucoma Day
for the early morning swimmers (and the
Editor!).
Further information can be obtained from glaucoma.org.au or talk to Jill
Whitford on 6027 1723.
Ya c k a n d a n d a h Te n n i s C l u b
We have just completed the
2013/2014 KTDTA competition.
Yack had three teams competing –
Section 4 with one team and Section
3 had 2 teams. Section 4 made it to
the semi finals but lost to Mt Beauty.
Mt Beauty ended up
winning the flag.
This is a good social competition for
all ages.
MARGARET COURT TENNIS
ACADEMY
Please contact Anna Hession on
6027 0558/0438 196 937 or email
[email protected].
Please
Junior Coaching available on
Wednesday nights. For details,
please contact Margaret Court
Tennis Academy via email
or phone for enquiries:
cameronmeagher@hotmail.
com or 0422 137 891.
Section 3 had 1 team
making it to the Grand
Final and winning the
flag .
SATURDAY MORNING
JUNIOR
TENNIS
COMPETITION
It has been a great
competition and the
younger members have
really improved their
tennis.
Thanks to all the
players and parents
for
supporting
the
competition. It has been
a hard summer with so
many hot Saturdays.
THURSDAY NIGHT
COMPETITION
Junior K T & DTA
competition will commence
in Term 4. This is for all
juniors of any ability; please
contact Therese on 0439 440
451 for details.
The winning Section 3 team. From L to R: Aengus Williams,
Adam Bullivant, Jock Shannon, Joe Labram & Corey Jackson
(Ray Leonard absent)
register as soon as possible.
MIXED
Starting Spring 2014.
You may enter as an individual and be
put in a team or enter a mixed team.
TUESDAY
COMPETITION
NIGHT
Mixed competition. Please contact
Duane Washington on 0418 578 860
for further details.
COURT ACCESS
Club
Membership
is
required to obtain the code
to gain entry on to the courts. Please
contact Geoff Simmons on 6027
1742 for all membership enquiries.
A key is now located at the Yack
Newsagency. A refundable deposit
of $10 is required, plus court hire of
$5.
Beechworth Secondary
College Fundraiser
Beechworth Fun Run /Walk
will be held on
Easter Saturday,
19th April,2014
Visit the following website and
click on the 'Registration' tab to
enter:
beechworthfunrun.com.au
Our 10 km course provides a
challenging run through the
picturesque gorge area and
lakeside while the 3 km course
gives the opportunity for
children, families and the less
fit to walk and run around our
beautiful town.
As we are part of the Golden
Horseshoe Festival, there is a
wonderful festive feel to this
event. As part of the North East
Runners Series, we attract a
strong field each year.
Our generous sponsors provide
us with both cash prizes and spot
prizes to the winners in each
category.
Online entries close Wednesday,
16th April, 2014.
Categories:
10 km run or walk - $22.00
(9.00 am start)
3 km run or walk - $8 (9.10 am
start)
Families 3 km (only) - $25 (2
Adults & 2 children)
Prams & dogs (on leads)
welcome.
Looking for a
Ve n u e ? ?
The Yack Sports Park is a great
venue for weddings, 21st parties,
engagements parties, reunions,
trivia nights, club presentations,
debs, balls, music events, funerals,
meetings and sporting events. With
its beautiful views, heating and
cooling, it makes the perfect place
for just about anything.
So, the very next time you are
looking for a venue to hire, consider
booking the Yackandandah Sports
Park.
More information can be found on
our website:
sportspark.yackandandah.com or
email: sportspark@yackandandah.
com.
Contact Amanda on 0447 128 868
to arrange a time to convenient
time to inspect this great venue in
fantastic surroundings, and very
reasonable prices!
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YCDCo Community Youth Awards - 2013
On the 26th of
January this year
Chairman of
YCDCo, Phillip
Newman awarded
the inaugural
community
Yackandandah
Youth Awards.
These awards
seek to provide
recognition of the
many ways young
people contribute
positively to our
From left to right: Kene Keats, Phillip Newman and Anna Ross community.
The winner of the
‘senior’ award was Ms. Anna Ross, for her contribution to Arts, Music and
Youth Leadership. The junior award went to Ms. Kene Keats for her efforts
at the YCEN Opportunity Shop and community radio. Congratulations to
both Anna and Kene!
YCDCo looks forward to repeating the awards at the end of 2014 and more
importantly, hearing of all the great contributions being offered by the
younger members of our community.
YCDCo Board
MISSING – PLEASE RETURN US
Foodworks Yack
reported the headscratching loss of
several of their
smaller shopping
trolleys that are
invaluable to the
older members of
our community. A
number have gone
missing over the
past months, and
unfortunately there
are no plans to
replace them due
to the very high cost of purchase.
A member of staff said “we are at a loss
to know why they should be targeted.
Do people use
them to wheel their
washing out to
their Hills Hoists?
We just can’t think
why so many of
them should have
been stolen”.
One thing is for
sure, they need
to be returned.
Can whoever
“borrowed” these
trolleys PLEASE
replace them. Do it at night if you
worry about being spotted... Just let
our older residents have access to these
lighter trolleys once again.
YCDCo and Folk Festival Go Solar
In February this year, YCDCo launched a new project,‘yEnergy’. This
launch featured the installation of 12kW of solar panels on the roof of the
yFarm shed.
As an Australian first, the Folk Festival Committee, in partnership with
YCDCo, has funded 3kW of this installation and this will indirectly power
the annual festival.
YCDCo Chair, Phillip Newman, said yEnergy lowers YCDCo’s operating
costs and keeps capital in our community as well as helping to decrease
the company’s environmental footprint. “A core function of YCDCo is to
promote the economic and social wellbeing of the Yackandandah area and
this solar installation ticks all the boxes,” Phillip said. “Over the past 10
years, YCDCo profits have sponsored more than $110,000 worth of local
community activities.”
Chairman of the Folk Festival Committee, Chris Smith said this 3kW
purchase would produce more than enough renewable energy throughout
the year to offset the power used during the three days of the festival on
March 21 to 23.
“The permanent installation is believed to be an Australian first for folk
festivals. We are taking responsibility for our impact on the environment,
and continuing to host a great weekend of entertainment. These panels will
indirectly neutralise
the carbon emissions
associated with the
festival,” Chris said.
Phillip and Chris both
agree the joint venture
again demonstrates
the co-operation
and foresight of
Yackandandah
townsfolk in the
adoption of creative
approaches to energy
and community
resilience.
Phillip said that the yEnergy initiative could be offered to other community
groups wanting to redirect their energy expenses and reduce impacts on the
environment. Maybe one day it will be powering Yackandandah’s electric
vehicle fleet!
“It is hoped yEnergy will open the way for partnerships with other local
groups seeking fresh ways of addressing emissions and keeping capital
local,” he said.
YCDCo Board and Yackandandah Festival Committee
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Saturday:
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We have dropped the price on all varieties of chaff.
Remember, if we don’t have what you want, we are
happy to try and get it for you.
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STAFFING AT
YCDCo
Congratulations to
Alice Newman and
Felix McDermott on
their appointments
for our new Gap Year
Traineeship position.
I’m sure most people
have already noticed
their bubbly and vibrant
personalities, and it
should be a great year
with Alice and Felix on
board.
We wish Ben, Ryan and
Riley all the best for the
next phase of their lives
at University, and thank
them very much for their
efforts at YCDCo.